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Originally Posted by DRM08
Obviously Lamar is a million, maybe even a billion times more valuable than Brock Purdy. I think everyone realizes Purdy is a product of a stacked roster on both sides of the ball with a coach who seems to have a schematic advantage on the league. The huge "value" with Purdy right now is the super cheap rookie contract of a guy drafted in the 7th round. It will be hilarious if they end up giving him a top dollar contract.
But that TJ Watt statistic is just absolutely wild to me. I think the other positions outside of QB are not given enough thought in these MVP discussions. This 90% losing stat on TJ Watt injury games would indicate a 2-15 season for the Steelers...all because of one defensive player. They went 10-7 with him healthy. So the dude is worth 8 damn wins. That's crazy for a defensive player to be this valuable.
The other one I think about is Tyreek Hill in Miami. I think he has done tremendous stuff for them and he's extremely valuable to their performance. I feel bad for the Miami front office. Tua's agent is going to squeeze them for top dollar in the QB market, but Tua is propped up by his weapons...Tyreek hands down has the biggest impact of all those weapons. Biggest impact of any RB/WR in the league. Completely changes how defensive coordinators have to call games.
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Watt and Hill are definitely "valuable" in the MVP context. I think Lamar is in that same tier though; this would be a very average offense without him in the same way that the Steelers/Dolphins dropoff without Watt/Hill.
I almost wish they would just have a "QB MVP" and then MVP for everyone else, because the nature of the QB position is always going to be more valuable regardless.
By the way, what's the consensus amongst Chiefs fans about KC and Tyreek at this point? Was it just an inevitability that he had to go given his cost? If you could go back now and spend every available cap dollar on him, would it have been worth it?