[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by DRM08

That's pretty unfair. I think Josh Allen is much better than Cam Newton. Josh's QBR grade was 5 points higher than the MVP Lamar this season.

MVP level seasons according to ESPN's QBR, usually the MVP has a grade of at least 70/100:

Mahomes has 4 of them (2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022).
Josh Allen has 3 of them (2020, 2022, and 2023)
Lamar Jackson has 1 MVP worthy season in 2019. Should NOT have been MVP in 2023 with 3 guys pretty far above him in the QBR metric. Lamar was below 65/100 on QBR this season.

Cam Newton didn't even deserve the MVP with a QBR of 61/100 in 2015. Mahomes was 78/100 or better in all 4 of the seasons I mentioned. Hell, Mahomes was 63/100 QBR this season and it was by far his worst year in the regular season.

ESPN QBR fully accounts for the rushing stats of guys like Cam & Lamar, so I think it's pretty fair to hold them to the standard of getting at least 70/100 when they win the MVP. Lamar was 83/100 in 2019, so this season at 64.7 out of 100 is a pretty weak MVP season.

No it's not unfair. Everything in my damn post is true