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After a historic 18-week, 17-game NFL season and one of the most memorable collections of postseason games in recent memory, just two teams remain to battle for the coveted Lombardi Trophy at Super Bowl LVII, with the Kansas City Chiefs taking on the Philadelphia Eagles.
Within that final pro football matchup of the 2022/23 season, one playmaker will stand out as the most valuable to his team, and that Super Bowl LVII MVP will be honored and given an award that will carry prestige with it for the rest of his football career.
Here are the top five candidates for the Super Bowl LVII MVP award including our predictions, picks, and odds.
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If Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes can lead his team to victory despite the high ankle sprain he recently suffered, he should win the MVP awards for this game.
Our Pick – Mahomes (+120)
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Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes recently suffered a high ankle sprain, so if he can suit up and lead his Chiefs to another Super Bowl victory (he already helped them win Super Bowl LIV) over this highly rated Eagles defense, this MVP Award should be his, especially given that four of his receivers are now injured and questionable to play.
At the start of the season there were whispered doubts about the Eagles’ young QB Jalen Hurts, but after a season of wowing critics with his ability to escape the pocket and throw effectively on the run while helping his team win 14 regular season games and crush the Giants in the postseason, a Super Bowl win could earn him an MVP.
Last week, the Kansas City Chiefs didn’t think 4x First team All-Pro TE Travis Kelce would even suit up due to a seized back he suffered before the game, but his toughness cannot be denied as he helped lead his team back to the Super Bowl, and now with some Big Game big plays with his QB Mahomes, he could earn his first ever MVP Award.
After spending his first three NFL seasons with the Tennessee Titans, WR A.J. Brown came to play for the Eagles in 2022 and posted 88 receptions for almost 1,500 yards and 11 TDs, production that helped catapult his team to the Big Game, and now he is just a few thrilling TD catches and a Super Bowl victory away from earning the game’s MVP Award.
The Eagles’ fourth year RB Miles Sanders is a longshot to win the Super Bowl MVP but he is on the list because of his outstanding contributions in the regular season and in the playoffs, so far with 279 total touches for 1,347 yards from scrimmage and 11 TDs (all from rushing), a multi-tooled player who could be the key to an Eagles’ Super Bowl victory.
Position | Total |
Quarterback | 31 |
Wide receiver | 8 |
Running back | 7 |
Linebacker | 4 |
Defensive end | 2 |
Safety | 2 |
Cornerback | 1 |
Defensive tackle | 1 |
Kick returner/punt returner | 1 |
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The Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award, or Super Bowl MVP, is presented annually by the league to the most valuable player of that year’s Super Bowl, which is the National Football League's championship game.
The award typically goes to the one player who has had the best performance for the winning team. That includes any scoring plays and any big plays that affected the outcome in a positive way for his team. A panel of 16 football writers and broadcasters cast ballots which count for 80 percent of the vote tally. Fans voting electronically nowadays and their ballots make up the other 20 percent
Besides bragging rights for life, Super Bowl MVP winners join an elite group of players who share a common history of greatness. The MVP is awarded the Pete Rozelle Trophy by the NFL commissioner and typically given a free automobile.
When it comes to the Super Bowl MVP Award, the name that pops up in every discussion is Tom Brady, the NFL quarterback GOAT who just retired from the game of football. Brady has won more Super Bowl MVP Awards than any other player, now with five of those trophies in his case.
QB Joe Montana earned three Super Bowl MVP Awards. QBs Eli Manning, Terry Bradshaw, and Bart Starr each have earned two.
Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown was the youngest ever MVP, winning the 1957 award at age 21. That following year, Brown also won MVP at age 22, that feat matched by 22 year old Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson in 2019.
Of course, it’s GOAT Tom Brady who is the oldest NFL player to ever win Super Bowl MVP. Brady was 43 years and 188 days old when he last took home those honors.
31 quarterbacks have earned the Super Bowl MVP, the most of any position.
Seven running backs have won the Super Bowl MVP.
With 31 Super Bowl MVP Award winners, the quarterback position is the most common recipient. The next most common position after that is wide receiver, with eight WRs having won the award.
Seven Dallas Cowboys players have won Super Bowl MVP awards, the most of all teams if you include the Super Bowl XII co-MVPs.
Last season, Los Angeles Rams player Cooper Kupp became the eighth wide receiver to win the Super Bowl MVP Award.
Yes. Chuck Howley was one of the greatest outside linebackers in Dallas Cowboys history and he remains the only player to ever win a Super Bowl MVP Award while playing on the losing team.
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