Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is widely considered the frontrunner to earn this year’s league MVP Award. But New York Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale thinks Matthew Stafford deserves some consideration for the award, as well.
During a press conference this week ahead of the team’s game against the Los Angeles Rams, Martindale explained that he thinks Matthew Stafford is playing “at a very high level.”
“I think that Stafford is playing at a Hall of Fame-type level and each team, we’ve talked about it here, each team jells and they have jelled offensively. I think that Matthew is — I mean, he’s making throws that you just sit there and go, ‘wow,’” Martindale said. “From all different kind of arm angles, no looks, all those things you’ve heard about, you’re seeing him do it and they’re playing at a very high level.
Martindale then made the case that Stafford should be an MVP candidate along with Jackson.
“So, they put you in a bind of what you want to try to do and how you’re going try to do it, but Stafford is playing unreal,” Martindale said. “I mean, he’s a great football player, but I think that he and Lamar [Jackson] should be up for the MVP candidate. That’s the kind of year he’s having, and they’ve scored over 30 points a game since you when you were talking about [since their bye].”
With Stafford leading the way, the Rams have now won five of their last six games.
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