HawkFan72":1bwplca0 said:
I think you guys are underrating Carson Palmer. He's having an amazing year (going to break Kurt Warner's franchise records in AZ) and has already beaten the Seahawks in Seattle to most likely lead the team to a division title.
Yep.
Three major things working against Wilson:
1) Cam, Palmer, and Brady are all just having amazing years.
2) Cam, Palmer, and Brady are playing on the three teams with the best records in the NFL (for a player on a wild card team to get MVP he has to be head and shoulders (and another set of head and shoulders) above the guys who play on the best teams.)
3) Cam, Palmer, and Brady have had great years all year, whereas Wilson has just had a truly transcendent month after a pretty average couple of months. If Wilson could put together a whole season of this month he'd be a shoe in, but there's a lot of guys who would win the MVP if their month long stretch crossed over a whole year (e.g. If Josh Norman's first month of the season was all season long he'd be the first CB to win it; if Devonta Freeman's second month of the season crossed the whole season he'd win it, and so on).
If he keeps it up and the Seahawks win the division maybe next year for Wilson, but this year I don't think he's even really in the conversation.