49ers Players Campaign for Teammates as NFL MVP Candidates
On Monday, 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey appeared on Tom Brady’s Let’s Go! podcast on SiriusXM and discussed his top MVP candidates. “If I had my vote, it’d be Brock [Purdy] as the MVP and Trent [Williams] would be the second in line,” McCaffrey said.
Brady, who was having a conversation on team achievements versus individual awards, disclosed that he has a vote for the MVP award this year, despite having a pending deal to buy a piece of the Raiders. He expressed his admiration for Williams, stating that he would be the MVP in his opinion if there was an award given to offensive linemen.
McCaffrey then lobbied for Purdy, urging Brady to vote for him. He praised Purdy’s outstanding performance and expressed frustration with critics who dismiss him as “just a system quarterback.”
The challenge for the voters this year is how to rank the various 49ers candidates (Purdy, McCaffrey, Williams, and receiver Deebo Samuel) and balance them against other candidates such as Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, Bills quarterback Josh Allen, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, and others.
The final decision will likely become more clear once the playoff trees are set in both conferences, and it all comes down to how the next three weeks play out. The 49ers players will have to wait and see if their performances are enough to win the MVP award or if someone like Lamar Jackson can trump them by having a huge game in San Francisco on Christmas night.
The NFL’s MVP race is heating up, and it will be interesting to see how the next few weeks of the season play out.