Should Lamar Jackson be the MVP instead of Josh Allen? - Source: Getty
Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson are tightly enshrined in the battle for the 2024 NFL MVP. The quarterbacks have been playing at a high level since the start of the year, and there's no clear-cut favorite until the regular season is over.
Winning back-to-back MVPs is not a rarity in the NFL, with Aaron Rodgers doing it most recently in 2020 and 2021. Lamar is the reigning MVP and a two-time winner, also taking the award in 2019; Allen, on the other hand, has not won the award, being overshadowed by Jackson, Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes in his best years.
The betting odds are shifted in favor of the Bills quarterback. But that's far from a unanimous opinion: Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans, who'll face Lamar Jackson on Wednesday during the Christmas games, thinks that the Ravens quarterback is the one who truly deserves the award in 2024:
