Watt More Could You Want?

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In 2013, the Houston Texans were the worst team in football. At 2-14, the Texans needed a lot of help to have a chance at the playoffs in 2014. The Texans best offseason move was signing JJ Watt to a 6 year/$100 million contract extension. The other big offseason moves were drafting Jadeveon Clowney and signing Ryan Fitzpatrick.

In 2014, the Houston Texans finished 9-7 and barely missing the Wild Card. What was the biggest difference in the two years? Ryan Fitzpatrick played decent and Arian Foster was able to stay healthy enough to rush for over 1, 000 yards. I would make the argument that JJ Watt also had a large impact on the Texans season.

JJ Watt added a presences to the Texans that nobody else had. Every team knew that they had to stop JJ Watt, yet here we are at the end of the 2014 season talking about his great year. He managed to get 20.5 sacks, a safety, 4 forced fumbles, 5 fumble recoveries, an interception returned for a touchdown, and three offensive receiving touchdowns. The minute he stepped on the field he added a type of swagger to that team. The only other player who had a similar presences that Watt had was Odell Beckham Jr but it still wasn't as impactful.

JJ Watt deserves MVP. He was a monster all season. He has the numbers to back it up and he played a large part in turning around the Texans. However if you asked him who should win MVP, he would never consider himself because that's the kind of person Watt is. JJ Watt is one of the few people worth his contract (Watt could you buy with $100 million). He had on of the best seasons a defensive players can have. If the MVP goes to an offensive player, it shows the MVP is an award for offensive players because nobody had the season Watt did.

The other player that people have been arguing for MVP is Aaron Rodgers. My question is "Why does Aaron Rodgers deserve MVP?" Rodgers had the 7th most passing yards behind; Drew Brees, Ben Roethlisberger, Andrew Luck, Peyton Manning, Matt Ryan, and Eli Manning. Rodgers has thrown the 3rd most touchdowns this season behind Andrew Luck and Peyton Manning. He did not have the highest pass percentage. The only category Rodgers led was in TD:INT ratio. He was +33 in 2014. Aaron Rodgers had two of the leagues best wide receivers. Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb both finished 2014 as a top 10 receiver in the NFL and Rodgers still couldn't lead in yards or TDs.

Yes, Aaron Rodgers had a great year, but when compared to other quarterbacks, Rodgers didn't do a lot to stand above the the rest. JJ Watt went above the rest. He finished 1.5 sacks behind Justin Houston but is the 1st player to record back to back seasons with at least 20 sacks. When looking at everything Watt did compared to Rodgers, Watt had a more rare and impactful season at his respective position.

JJ Watt deserves MVP and it would come as a major surprise if anyone else receives the honor for the 2014 season.