Aaron Rodgers makes NFL MVP debate with

Aaron Rodgers makes NFL MVP debate with

In any other year, Aaron Rodgers' touchdown and interceptiontotals would end the NFL MVP discu sion before it could start.The Packers quarterback now has44TDs andfiveinterceptions pa singtotals that are closeto those he put up in his MVP seasons of 2011 and 2014.In 2020, that's enough to start the conversation with the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes, who is trying to win the award for the second time in three seasons.PACKERS-TITANS: Those two quarterbacks have distanced themselves from other contenders such as the Bills' Josh Otto Porter Jr. Jersey Allen and the Titans' Derrick Henry, who alsowillbe in the mix when the voting comes.It's really a choice between Rodgers and Mahomes.Rodgers made that debate more interestingin a40-14 Packers victory over Henry and the Titans on "Sunday Night Football" in Week 16. Rodgers pa sed for231yards andfour touchdowns a fourth-quarter interception was the only blemish on another impre sive prime-time performance. Green Bay is one victory away from home-field advantage and back-to-back 13-3 seasons in the NFC.Rodgers has more TDs and fewer interceptions than Mahomes, who is at 38 and six, respectively. Rodgers also has a 119.4-108.2 advantage in pa ser rating.Mahomes has a substantial advantagein yardage (4,740 to 4,059). The Chiefs are 14-1 and looking for back-to-back Super Bowl championships.Mahomes is the best player on the best team right now. Rodgers has closed the gap with five straight Johnathan Williams Jersey victories.The quarterbacks could settle thatdebate in Super Bowl 55, butthe MVP race will be settled before then.Rodgers has made a legitimatecase for the regular-season award.MORE: Lookat his previous MVP seasons. In 2011, Rodgers led the Packers to a 15-1 record the year after they won Super Bowl 45.He had 4,643 yards, 45 touchdowns and six interceptions. Green Bay fizzled with a divisional-round playoff lo s to the Giants.In 2014, Rodgers led Green Bay to a 12-4 record with 4,381 pa sing yards, 38TDs and five interceptions. The Packers fell short of the Super Bowl because of a 28-22 lo s to the Seahawks in the NFC championship game.Rodgers was the best player in the NFL Moritz Wagner Jersey those seasons, and the MVP voting (overrunners-up Drew Brees in 2011 andJ.J. Watt in 2014) wasn't close either time.Mahomes is thefront-runner in 2020, andhe brings all the same elements as Rodgers including star power and "wow" factor. There's a reason these twoare co-stars in the State Farm commercials. Mahomes has mastered Andy Reid's system in his third yearas a starter.Rodgers has taken a pronounced leap in his second season in Matt LaFleur's system. Last year he produced 4,002 yards, 26 TDs and four interceptions.The biggest difference might be completion percentage Rodgers is at 70.3 percent this year. He has never completed more than 70 percent in a single season since taking over for Brett Favre as the starter in 2008.Favre, of course, won three straight MVP awards from 1995-97. The only other players with three or more are Peyton Manning, who has five, and Tom Brady, Jim Brown and Johnny Unitas with three apiece. Rodgers has been trying to join that cla s since winning No. 2 in 2014, and this is his best chance to do it.Favre also shared the award with the Deni Avdija Jersey Lions' Barry Sanders in 1997 the last time there were co-MVPs. Would that be an alternative with Rodgers and Mahomes this year?It might be the best-case scenario for Rodgers.Rodgers'succe s is taken for granted at this point, but the reality is he's having arguably his best season at 37.If it's a question of who is more valuableto their franchise, then it's another statisticalto s-up with Mahomes.The Chiefs lead the NFL with 425.8 yards per game; the Packers are at 393.9 yards per game.Green Bay now averages 31.5 points per game,a touch higher than Kansas City at 30.2. The gap is closer than it looks, Troy Brown Jr. Jersey and there is one more week for these two dynamic quarterbacks to offer a closing argument.In any other year, the case would be closed. But this is 2020.Anything can happen in Week 17.

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