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Every team across the National Football League has now played at least 10 games this season, providing plenty of NFL stats to evaluate the best players right now. One of the biggest questions right now, who will win NFL MVP? What’s become clear is that we’re going to get a first-time MVP winner this season.
Let’s dive into our NFL MVP candidates rankings entering Sunday’s Week 12 action.
The Buffalo Bills’ performance on Thursday Night Football all but assured that reigning NFL MVP Josh Allen won’t win the award in 2025. While he did deliver a six-touchdown performance days prior versus Tampa Bay, Allen has only posted a 5-5 TD-INT line with a 90.1 QB rating and a 1-2 record in his last three games. Allen might be the most important player to his team’s success this season, but it’s for a Wild Card team.
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love is getting almost no mention among NFL MVP candidates right now. While that might be the case, he’s starting to prove he is one of the best quarterbacks in the league. Love entered Week 12 with the highest Adjusted EPA per Play (0.291) in the NFL, even ahead of Drake Maye (0.284). Love also ranks fifth in adjusted net yards per attempt (7.56), third in fourth-quarter comebacks (four), and he ranks fifth in ESPN QBR (69.6). All of that comes with a career-low 1 percent interception rate. To top it all off, Love’s success comes at a time when Packers’ receivers can’t hold onto the football, Green Bay is struggling on the ground, and its offensive line is getting worse in pass protection.
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Jonathan Taylor is the obvious choice for Offensive Player of the Year, but winning NFL MVP still seems unlikely for the Indianapolis Colts running back. What matters is that at a time when quarterback Daniel Jones is regressing back to his standard level of play, Taylor is playing his best football. Over the last four games, the All-Pro running back is averaging 134 rushing yards and 2 rushing touchdowns per game, putting up an absurd 7.2 yards-per-carry average. Taylor’s very presence is also a big reason why Jones is having a career-best season, and the Colts are 8-2 with an offense that leads the NFL in scoring (32.1 PPG) and ranks first in both yards per play (6.4). This is the only offense in the league...
