How dark is this horse?
Kyler Murray has ALL the tools to become a dark horse MVP candidate this year 👀@K1 | @Vikings | @heykayadams pic.twitter.com/wNsJQpBUtn
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Not very dark. 2X Pro Bowl QB with tools for days running a KOC offense with Jefferson, Addison, Jennings, Hockenson and one of the NFL's better offensive lines? And that guy's MVP odds are longer than Jaxon Dart's? Madness. I think the fact that he's in a competition is the only reason those odds are so long.
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MaroonBells wrote:
Not very dark. 2X Pro Bowl QB with tools for days running a KOC offense with Jefferson, Addison, Jennings, Hockenson and one of the NFL's better offensive lines? And that guy's MVP odds are longer than Jaxon Dart's? Madness. I think the fact that he's in a competition is the only reason those odds are so long.
No matter how you cut it, should be a fun and interesting Viking's season!
Barf.
Jordan Love is our No. 1⃣ dark horse MVP candidate this year...
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CPOTY is more likely. But a case can be made for MVP. First, he plays the right position. Second, the surround is top 5-10. Third he’s got the right HC to get the maximum out of him. I don’t have to squint to see it.
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Eh...
...I have doubts. Partially, because Kyler's been a fading blip on my radar since his initial splashes; the hype I'm seeing now seems determined to ignore injuries, inconsistencies, work ethic, and so on.
Also, I'm not fully convinced that he's going to win the competition. All signs point to JJM trying to put the bit in his teeth, and push himself into a status that helps us all forget his worst moments of last season...
...but mostly, due to their histories, I'm nearly certain that we'll see them both starting for the team this season.
KOC, JJM, Flores...make a good plan, or you'll be following Kwesi....
JustInTime wrote:
CPOTY is more likely. But a case can be made for MVP. First, he plays the right position. Second, the surround is top 5-10. Third he’s got the right HC to get the maximum out of him. I don’t have to squint to see it.
If he stays healthy, he's nearly a shoe-in for CPOTY. Problem is, he's 2nd only to Patrick Mahomes in terms of odds, so there's not much of a payoff if you bet on it.
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Zanary wrote:
Eh...
...I have doubts. Partially, because Kyler's been a fading blip on my radar since his initial splashes; the hype I'm seeing now seems determined to ignore injuries, inconsistencies, work ethic, and so on.
Also, I'm not fully convinced that he's going to win the competition. All signs point to JJM trying to put the bit in his teeth, and push himself into a status that helps us all forget his worst moments of last season...
...but mostly, due to their histories, I'm nearly certain that we'll see them both starting for the team this season.
Injuries are a legitimate concern for Murray, but it's a concern for McCarthy as well.
Inconsistency is a pretty nebulous term. We've all seen great QBs have terrible games, including Brady, Stafford, Mahomes, Cousins, Darnold. If a QB has debilitating inconsistencies, you don't see him hit 4,000 yards, with a 67% completion percentage, 30 total TDs, and 12 INTs, which is his 17-game average over 7 seasons. That's not his best season, that's what he's averaged. Those are damn good numbers for a QB on a damn bad team.
I also think the work ethic thing is overblown, arising only because of that clause in his contract, which even the team admitted was a mistake and promptly removed it. The only teammate I've heard about who criticized Murray was Patrick Peterson, but that was 6 years ago when Murray was a 23 year old kid in his 2nd season.
Several teammates came to his defense over that too: Zach Ertz said "the addendum is what it is, but in my opinion, Kyler knows the playbook inside and out." Michael Carter said, "I don’t think he ever leaves the facility. He’s always in here. He’s the freakin’ first person in...last person out." Chase Edmunds said "Look, I have never once questioned Kyler Murray’s work ethic. I know the work he puts in day in and day out to be prepared at the highest level...when Kyler was younger, I do think he could have been helped...but in terms of work ethic? I’ve never questioned that.”
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