NFL Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett has had enough and believes the award is given to quarterbacks too often.
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“They’re saying, uh, a defensive player can’t win MVP, and we don’t affect winning enough,” he said in an interview with fellow defensive star Micah Parsons. “That’s the next mission, that’s all I’m thinking about.”
He added: “I feel like QB has the MVP assured because they have the ball in their hands on almost every play.”
Garrett also said that the quarterbacks have not determined the playoffs this year, but the defense, and he is not wrong.
All you have to do is watch last Sunday’s Super Bowl to understand where Garrett was coming from. The Seattle Seahawks defense basically shut down the New England Patriots offense, holding them to 13 points.
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The Patriots’ defense wasn’t that bad per se, it just limited the Seahawks’ offense to one touchdown.
Before that, it was the Patriots’ defense against the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship Game that won the matchup. Despite the brilliant performance of the Seahawks defense, the Super Bowl MVP award went to Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III.
Walker was the first running back to win the MVP award in nearly 30 years, so maybe Garrett is right, maybe it’s time to reexamine who wins all the MVP awards, too.
This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: Myles Garrett questions NFL MVP voting