Titans head coach makes case for Joe Burrow to be NFL MVP
NASHVILLE – It's hard to think of a more competitive race for the NFL MVP Award than the one we are currently witnessing. At least in recent memory, it feels like the MVP is an open and shut case just about every year. But that couldn't be further from the truth in 2024. There's a legitimate […]
NASHVILLE – It's hard to think of a more competitive race for the NFL MVP Award than the one we are currently witnessing.
At least in recent memory, it feels like the MVP is an open and shut case just about every year. But that couldn't be further from the truth in 2024. There's a legitimate argument to be made for at least five different players.
Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan put his opinion on record during a press conference earlier this week. Callahan made the case for Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, who may not be the Vegas favorite at the moment, but is playing the quarterback position at a nearly perfect level.
"I just might as well just come out and say how I feel about it. I think Joe Burrow is playing the quarterback position better than anybody in football right now. I think he's the MVP of the NFL at this point," said Callahan on Wednesday. "We've got out work cut out for us. It'll be a tough test and excited to get going this week."
Callahan, a former Bengals offensive coordinator, will take on his former team this weekend when the Titans clash with Cincinnati at Nissan Stadium. Call it bias if you'd like, but Callahan knows Burrow as well as anyone. He knows what makes him so great to have on your sideline and so difficult to stop.
"I think he's just so accurate. He very rarely misses a throw. The ball is almost always where he intends it to go. The other part of it is, he's got such great command of the offense, of everything happening out there, knows exactly where his problems are. Knows exactly how to solve them. You're not going to ever fool him. You're also not ever going to rattle him. He's probably one of the most steadfast quarterbacks in football in terms of nothing rattles in one way or the other. He's just really a fantastic quarterback," Callahan said of his former QB.
Who Should be the MVP?
The biggest thing holding Burrow back from winning the MVP Award this season os the Bengals looking destined to come up short of the playoffs. At 5-8, Cincinnati needs to win out and get some help if they want to get in. With how competitive the MVP race is this year, I just don't see it going to the quarterback of a non-contender.
Granted, Burrow leads the NFL in both passing yards (3,706) and passing touchdowns (33) while limiting the number of turnovers. He's pacing for almost 5,000 yards and over 40 touchdowns. A few more wins and he'll be right back in the conversation.
Lamar Jackson has some staggering numbers with only three interceptions and over 30 total touchdowns. Jared Goff is the dominant quarterback of the league's most dominant team (Lions). Saquon Barkley is likely going to break 2,000 rushing yards and is 482 yards off the all-time single-season record with four games remaining.
But to me, the MVP is still Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen. Allen is the epitome of doing more with less. He lost Stefon Diggs in the offseason. Dalton Kincaid and Keon Coleman have missed time with injury. Buffalo's number one wide receiver is Khalil Shakir and still, Allen is leading his team to the standings. The Bills have the second best offense in football.
Allen has 32 total touchdowns with over 3,000 passing yards and for the first time in his career, has really cut down on the interceptions and turnover worthy plays. I'm not sure where the Bills would be without him, and that embodies MVP status to me.
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