There has been a lot of debate in recent years on whether quarterbacks should always be the frontrunners for the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award. Retired Houston Texans’ legendary defensive end J.J. Watt decided to offer his take in a recent social media post, and it isn’t what you would expect.
It all started when Texans shared a breakdown of Watt’s 2014 campaign on X (former Twitter), writing that their former star should have been the MVP that year over quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Responding to the post, Watt disagreed, saying that “a QB should always win MVP.”
“The honest truth is that it’s physically impossible for any one player to be more “valuable” than the quarterback. They touch the ball every single play,” Watt wrote while adding that Rodgers fully deserved his award.
Quarterbacks have long dominated the MVP award, winning the award 25 times in the past 30 years. The other five MVP honors were given to running backs in that period. There have been only two defensive players to win the award since its inceptions, with Alan Page claiming it in 1971 and Lawrence Taylor winning one in 1986.
Also, the last 10 MVP winners were all quarterbacks. The last non-quarterback to win the award was Adrian Peterson in 2012.
