J.J. Watt Won't Pander To Media For MVP Votes

Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt told Peter King at MMQB that he wasn’t about to stump for MVP votes through the media.

J.J. Watt is the best player in the NFL right now. Whether or not he’s the most valuable player is another matter altogether thanks to the discrepancy is positional importance. If you ask Watt though, that’s all just background noise. He’s not about to pander to those who might vote him the first defensive MVP since 1986.

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“That’s for people like you to decide, not me,” Watt told Peter King when asked about his MVP chances. “I can’t change any voters’ minds, and I don’t think I should try. I don’t care, actually. It doesn’t matter to me. It’s an award. If people vote for me, great. But to politic for it, no. Please vote for me? No. People who play don’t get to decide who wins, nor should they. I want to be deserving, but not because I politicked for it. My play on the field is all that should matter. Nothing else.”

Would you expect anything less from the hard-nosed sack master? His incomparable 2014 has put him in the MVP discussion along with usual suspects Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, and possibly running backs DeMarco Murray or Le’Veon Bell, thanks to five touchdowns as a defensive player as well as a continual diet of QB pressures, knockdowns, sacks, and forced fumbles.

That said, the NFL is a quarterback-driven league, and even though Watt is the game’s top player, that hasn’t been enough to vault the Houston Texans into playoff contention, which could pave the way for the playoff-bound Rodgers to take the trophy.

Whatever happens, Watt doesn’t seem to care much as the pass-catching QB-pressuring sack artist continues his rampage through offensive lines in the NFL.

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J.J. Watt Won’t Pander To Media For MVP Votes

By Cory Buck | Dec 8, 2014

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