Saints QB Drew Brees Finishes Second to Chiefs QB Pat Mahomes in NFL MVP Voting

If you would have gotten a William Hill Promo Code at the start of the season and checked out their site to bet the NFL MVP award, the name Patrick Mahomes would have not been found anywhere on the list for possible candidates for the 2018 MVP of the league.

Mahomes, the young quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, had a season for the ages, and he was rewarded for it on Saturday night at the NFL Honors event, coming in first past Saints quarterback Drew Brees for the leagues Most Valuable Player award.

The voting was not even close, as Mahomes received 41 votes from a nationwide panel of media members who regularly cover the league, easily beating out Brees, who earned nine votes.

“I’m so humbled,” Mahomes said. “This is just the beginning. We’ve got a long ways to go.”

Both Brees and Mahomes had great seasons, but due to the somewhat late season slump by Brees, it was obvious what player was going to win the award.

All Mahomes did in his first season as a starter under center for the Chiefs was throw for over 5000 yards and 50 touchdowns, video game like numbers for a player who saw very little playing time while sitting back and watching Alex Smith a year ago from the sidelines lead the Chiefs.

Smith was dealt to the Washington Redskins last offseason, opening the door for Mahomes, who knocked it down, and then used an axe to take the door apart and throw it into a fire as he dominated the league from opening day on, leading the Chiefs to the best record in the AFC.

As for Brees, the 40-year-old starter of the Saints, who had the NFC’s best record before losing to the Rams in a disputed NFC Title Game, has still never won the MVP award in his 18 NFL seasons,

Overall it is the fourth time Brees finished second in the voting. He was the runner-up in 2006, 2009 and 2011.

The voting shifted when the Saints offense had a few weeks of struggle after starting the season 10-1.

At that point he had thrown 29 touchdowns with two picks, but in his final four games he had his issues, throwing just three touchdowns and three interceptions along with a passer rating of 84.7 before sitting out Week 17.

Even if Brees would have been great those last four games it probably wouldn’t have been enough to close the gap between himself and Mahomes, who simply was the best player in the league in 2018.

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