The award for the NFL’s most valuable player from the 2021 season comes down to two quarterbacks. Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady formed were in a two-man race the back half of the year, and each built a case for MVP based on statistics, monumental performances and overall value to their respective franchises. Both quarterbacks led their teams convincingly to the playoffs, and both were subsequently done playing in the divisional round. Fortunately, this is a regular-season award. The fact that neither quarterback will be playing for a championship does not factor into who walks away as the MVP at the NFL Honors, which are Thursday at 9 p.m. ET (ABC/ESPN+/NFL Network).
Based on how our ESPN panel — Sam Acho, Stephania Bell, Matt Bowen, Mike Clay, Courtney Cronin, Jeremy Fowler, Jason Reid, Kevin Seifert, Mike Tannenbaum, Seth Walder and Field Yates — voted here, we agree with the…
