The Dallas Cowboys are just too good to have the NFL MVP
By Reid Hanson
The Dallas Cowboys have the longest winning streak and the best record in the NFL. Why then won’t they have the NFL MVP when the season concludes?
It seems strange to discuss NFL end-of-season awards during the midst of a very promising Dallas Cowboys season, but we won’t let that stop us. Let us take this opportunity to bask in the glory of success; after all, we earned this.
The past two decades have only offered glimpses of greatness as we, more-often-than-not, festered in a boiling pool of suckitude season after season. It may be counting chickens before they hatch. It may be putting the cart before the horse. Whatever it is, it is clear sign of the success happening in Dallas these days, therefore we should embrace it!
Since Bill Parcells graced the Cowboys with his services 10 years ago, we’ve spouted the words “you are what your record says you are.” And that record, my friends, is the best in the NFL.
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It’s for that reason the Dallas Cowboys will not boast the NFL MVP at season’s end.
The current front-runners for NFL MVP consist of some familiar names: Tom Brady and Russell Wilson lead that list. There are also a couple surprises like Matt Ryan and Derek Carr. All in all, it’s a pretty darn good list of the NFL’s best. All of the players listed in the top-10 over at Odds Shark play integral parts of their respective team’s success.
The reason the Dallas Cowboys will struggle to provide the NFL MVP is because they have too many worthy candidates.
Who would have thought the Dallas Cowboys would have one player in the discussion for NFL MVP, let alone two players? But that’s exactly where they stand today with both Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott fully entrenched in the NFL MVP discussion.
Heck, valid arguments have been made to make the Dallas Cowboys entire offensive line the MVP of the league. They get my vote. But look around at the other teams…
Tom Brady may have as many losses as Jimmy Garoppolo at the helm of the Patriots machine this season, but he’s putting up some gaudy statistics to support his argument as the MVP. Russell Wilson may have the benefit of one of the best defenses in the NFL, but he’s almost single-handedly carrying the offense.
Matt Ryan is leading the best offense in the NFL this season and Derek Carr has managed to turn around a franchise in the best division in football. If you name the teams that these gentlemen play for, these are the first players you think of. That’s what makes them such viable candidates.
The Dallas Cowboys aren’t quite so easy.
Who gets the credit? The NFL leading rusher, Ezekiel Elliott, or the steal of the draft, rookie Dak Prescott. Both could claim the best all-time rookie season at their respective positions and both play equally important roles in making the Dallas Cowboys so formidable.
Zeke is leading in the odds department but people like Sport DFW’s Ben Davila are making pretty convincing arguments for the rookie quarterback. Throw in the loaded arsenal at WR, depth at RB, and complete dominance of the offensive line, and you have quite the quandary on your hands. Who should get the credit?
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At the end of the day, NFL MVP is the least of our (and the Dallas Cowboys’) concerns. The Super Bowl remains the sole objective this season. But since we’re greedy for accolades given the pain we’ve endured over the years. And since a championship and an NFL MVP are not mutually exclusive awards, why not give it some thought?
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The Dallas Cowboys are the best team in the NFL and that’s exactly why they are unlikely to source the NFL MVP this season. But hey, that’s just an observation from someone unabashedly basking in the success of 2016 and refusing to take a single moment for granted.