5 NFL Quarterbacks are clear frontrunners to win MVP

A quarterback has won each of the last 13 NFL MVP awards, and Adrian Peterson in 2012 remains the last non-quarterback to claim it. That math narrows the field before a single throw.  Matthew Stafford took last year's trophy by the third-closest margin in the award's history, edging Drake Maye by one first-place vote, and the previous winner almost never repeats. That leaves the quarterbacks on the rosters best equipped to win 11+ games, the win threshold nearly every modern MVP has cleared.

Roster reinforcement, offensive scheme, and the health of the passer separate the real contenders from the names filling out the field.  Five quarterbacks check every box as camps open, and each carries a case built on returning production, offseason additions, and a schedule that keeps them in the January conversation.