Why JT deserves the MVP

[YDFL Commish]

https://youtu.be/EPf8vqs0xH8?si=DEUw0napJ_c8myKp

[Dam8610]

If he breaks the TD record, he might get it.

[ChaosTheory]

One thing not mentioned in the Taylor and Cook comparison is the Colts are +116 point differential with four 20+ point blowouts (and LAC was two TDs).

I haven't tried looking up playing time per quarter, but I imagine JT is high on the list of 4th quarter rest this season.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

One thing not mentioned in the Taylor and Cook comparison is the Colts are +116 point differential with four 20+ point blowouts (and LAC was two TDs).

I haven't tried looking up playing time per quarter, but I imagine JT is high on the list of 4th quarter rest this season.

He only had 12 carries last game. Not to mention we are the best team in the NFL.

[Hoopsdoc]

He deserves it but it’s highly unlikely he’ll win it. Running backs don’t generally win MVP. Saquon should have won it last year and didn’t.

The last running back to win MVP was Adrian Peterson in 2012, I believe.

[albany ed]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

He only had 12 carries last game. Not to mention we are the best team in the NFL.

I say it's fine to mention him as a candidate for MVP, but come on, we're not even half way through the season. Hopefully, he continues to perform as well as he has so far, but there's no guarantees for that. Same with calling the Colts the best team in the NFL. But if their next game was against the Chiefs or the Bills or the Lions, do you think they'd be the betting favorite? I for one am enjoying the hell out of the season SO FAR, but I remain surprised that they continue to play so well. It's like a dream I don't want to wake up from.

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by albany ed

I say it's fine to mention him as a candidate for MVP, but come on, we're not even half way through the season. Hopefully, he continues to perform as well as he has so far, but there's no guarantees for that. Same with calling the Colts the best team in the NFL. But if their next game was against the Chiefs or the Bills or the Lions, do you think they'd be the betting favorite? I for one am enjoying the hell out of the season SO FAR, but I remain surprised that they continue to play so well. It's like a dream I don't want to wake up from.

This is a good point. The schedule gets WAY tougher from here on out.

[Oldcolt]

It is a QB award and we have the best QB in the league right now. Why everyone is downplaying Jones is fucked up. I get it, it has taken me a long time to get past all the shit I read about him before he started for us. I thought we were going to be stuck with a dump and dink offense with a guy terrified to take chances down field. What a crock of horseshit that turned out to be. The man is accurate, throws a damn nice deep ball (it has definite evolved over the season), reads defenses incredibly well (almost always throws to the correct person), moves well in the pocket and isn't an asshole. If any other QB was leading an offense like this he would be a runaway MVP favorite (it's early but just wait until he carves up Pittsburg et al). JT is great and I don't want to downplay the dude but Jones has been incredible for us.

[Colts And Orioles]

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(OCTOBER 31st)



Jonathan Taylor Carrying the Colts to the Playoffs ...... And Winning an MVP ???

(By Jeremy Fowler)

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...yers-divisions


MVP has morphed into almost solely a quarterback award. A passer has won it for 12 straight years. Last season, Saquon Barkley rushed for 2,000 yards and finished a distant 3rd in the voting behind Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson.

So it feels quite possible that Adrian Peterson (2012) will be the last non-quarterback MVP of our generation ...... but some around the league hope that's not the case based on the way Taylor is playing for Indianapolis.

Taylor's 14 total touchdowns through 8 games puts him on a pace just shy of LaDanian Tomlinson's NFL record of 31 scores (28 rushing) in 2006. Tomlinson won the MVP with a convincing 76% voting share that season.

"Taylor is playing like a Hall-of-Famer right now," an NFL coordinator said.

Added an AFC executive ...... "I would vote for him if I had one. That offensive line has been dominant, and once the hole is there, Taylor is elite at the second level."

Still, Taylor's MVP campaign is shaky at best. Other names that come up often in this conversation are Patrick Mahomes, Drake Maye, Jordan Love, and Tampa Bay's Baker Mayfield. l ESPN Bet l has Taylor at +1300 odds, well behind Mahomes, Allen and Maye.

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[apballin]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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(OCTOBER 31st)



Jonathan Taylor Carrying the Colts to the Playoffs ...... And Winning an MVP ???

(By Jeremy Fowler)

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...yers-divisions


MVP has morphed into almost solely a quarterback award. A passer has won it for 12 straight years. Last season, Saquon Barkley rushed for 2,000 yards and finished a distant 3rd in the voting behind Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson.

So it feels quite possible that Adrian Peterson (2012) will be the last non-quarterback MVP of our generation ...... but some around the league hope that's not the case based on the way Taylor is playing for Indianapolis.

Taylor's 14 total touchdowns through 8 games puts him on a pace just shy of LaDanian Tomlinson's NFL record of 31 scores (28 rushing) in 2006. Tomlinson won the MVP with a convincing 76% voting share that season.

"Taylor is playing like a Hall-of-Famer right now," an NFL coordinator said.

Added an AFC executive ...... "I would vote for him if I had one. That offensive line has been dominant, and once the hole is there, Taylor is elite at the second level."

Still, Taylor's MVP campaign is shaky at best. Other names that come up often in this conversation are Patrick Mahomes, Drake Maye, Jordan Love, and Tampa Bay's Baker Mayfield. l ESPN Bet l has Taylor at +1300 odds, well behind Mahomes, Allen and Maye.

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Barkley very well could have and should have won it last year but I believe him being the newcomer on an already solid team that just went to the Super Bowl a couple of years ago hurt his chances.

Before the season began Taylor was +10000 to win MVP so the fact it’s down to 13-1 tells me it’s gaining huge steam