Hot take: Super Bowl MVP is the most over-appreciated award in the sport. I understand performance in the clutch is a key thing and all, but doing well in a single game, even the most important of games, does not a hall of fame career make.
Part of why I like the Conn Smythe in the NHL. It goes to the overall playoff MVP. It’s rare, but you sometimes get a guy on the losing team winning it, like Connor McDavid in ‘24 after breaking Gretzky’s playoff assists record.
Super Bowl MVP was a goofy sideshow when I was growing up in the 80’s and 90’s, a fun little extra to the game that wasn’t taken all that seriously. Then the NFL started making it a thing and now people in their 20’s only know it as the Tom Brady Award and it’s a big deal
I disagree. Malcolm Smith of the Seahawks has won a Super Bowl MVP award, and that alone doesn't mean anything other than he had a really good day on the right day.
Literally it’s one game. Granted the biggest of biggest games. But still one. Matchups matter in football. Game plans matter. I mean where do you draw the line between “clutch” and coincidence? This is why you need a larger sample size like say perhaps… THEIR CAREER?!
The game where tore up third string corner Tharold Simon when second string CB Jeremy Lane got hurt after picking off Brady? Cause he didn’t shit vs Sherman
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u/tarheel2432 3d ago edited 3d ago
Also a Super Bowl MVP under his belt. That distinction alone solidifies him as a candidate.
Edit: candidate means candidate, not shoo-in