"The NFL's Most Valuable Player award will very likely come down to Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and Patriots quarterback Drake Maye. Even if you agree that they were the two most valuable players in the league this season -- spoiler alert, I do not! -- there are several interesting questions beyond those two. While the NFL's MVP almost has to be a quarterback,"
"Because the NFL MVP award itself rarely answers these questions, I take it upon myself to submit a 100-player ballot. There were a lot of players who played well this season. So why not rank them? This is my fourth annual attempt at doing just that. To evaluate players, I rely on a variety of sources -- statistics and quantitative metrics, awards such as the All-Pro team, and feedback from NFL front office personnel and colleagues at ESPN."
A 100-player NFL ballot ranks players by value relative to positional averages. Rankings combine statistics, quantitative metrics, awards such as the All-Pro team, and feedback from NFL front-office personnel and colleagues. Quarterbacks are expected to occupy the top positions because of their high positional leverage, but the ballot caps quarterbacks at 16. The approach reflects that player evaluation is not settled and that trusted evaluators often disagree about individual placements. The ranking frames questions about when non-quarterbacks, centers, safeties, and running backs appear and how positional limits shape representation.
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