"Pro Football Focus' Sam Monson later revealed himself to be the person who voted for Herbert. He explained that he felt the Chargers quarterback brought the most value to his respective team, more than any player this season. "The guy had the worst offensive line in the NFL all season and despite that he was working miracles in almost every single game," Monson wrote on social media. "Stafford's OL became 2/5ths as bad as Herbert's for 5 minutes and he became a turnover howitzer. He embodied 'value'.""
"In a follow-up post, Monson wrote that he felt there were two other deserving candidates for MVP this season as well. He didn't specify who those two players were, but he also felt that Maye's supporting cast was better than Herbert's. "How something is seen preseason is not necessarily how it performs," Monson wrote when replying to someone who mentioned Maye was one of the top-performing quarterbacks this season despite having a supporting cast that was viewed as lackluster."
"Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert received one of the 50 first-place votes even though he didn't put up relatively impressive numbers. If that first-place vote went to Maye, he would've had the same number of first-place votes as Stafford (24). It's hard to argue against Monson's point that Herbert had less talent around him than Maye this season. Thanks to multiple injuries, the Chargers' offensive line was ranked as the third-worst in football by PFF."
One voter cast a first-place MVP ballot for Justin Herbert, giving him one of 50 first-place votes. Had that vote gone to Drake Maye, Maye would have matched Matthew Stafford with 24 first-place votes and lost the award by five points. The ballot explanation emphasized Herbert's value while playing behind a severely weakened offensive line and with limited receiving and rushing production. The Chargers' offensive line ranked third-worst by PFF; no Charger receiver exceeded 800 receiving yards, and the leading rusher had 643 yards. The ballot also noted Maye had a comparatively better supporting cast and mentioned two other unnamed deserving candidates.
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