The NFL’s Most Valuable Player award is essentially a quarterback honor in modern days. Generally, the award goes to a quarterback who leads his team to a playoff spot by putting up gaudy numbers and delivering in big moments on national television, with additional weight being placed on the games down the stretch in the regular season. The other thing that a player usually needs is a compelling narrative — Josh Allen’s MVP award last season was at least somewhat driven by his absurd rushing touchdown numbers, which helped to push him over Lamar Jackson for the top spot.

Through seven weeks of the season, Jordan Love’s name has rarely come up in the MVP discussion. That should change immediately after the performance he delivered on Sunday Night Football in Pittsburgh, which delivered bot

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