*NSFL MVP Rankings (Week 9)

nickyvmlp · (This post was last modified: 04-11-2019, 08:04 PM by nickyvmlp.)

Coming into this week, four players were all in position to take the lead in the MVP race with a strong showing. Childish Gambino, Micycle McCormick, Joliet L. Christ, and Marquise Brown could all stake a claim on the league's top individual title, but who's leading the pack right now? Let's find out.

1. BAL

Hawks QB Childish Gambino (Prev.: 1st) (@Renrut)

Surprise, it's still Gambino, but in a week where he had to play the best game he possibly could, he pretty did just that. Yes, he lost to the Otters, but the Otters are red hot right now, and he nearly brought them back from a 17 point fourth quarter deficit. Along the way, he went 32/50 for 379 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. He got three different receivers to more than 95 yards receiving, including our old friend Vinny Valentine. The only huge downside is that Philadelphia was able to get by Colorado, meaning that Philly has a two game lead on the Hawks with five games to go and Philly holds the tiebreaker. But for the MVP race, I'd say Gambino is still the man to beat...

2. COL

Yeti QB Micycle McCormick (Prev.: 2nd) (@infinitempg)

But not by much. The Micyclist went step for step with Gambino, and even though the Yeti also came out of the losing end against Philly, the Yeti stayed close and were perhaps a single missed two point conversion away from turning the tide of the match. On the stat sheet, McCormick nearly matched Gambino to the tee: 34/55 for 371 yards for three touchdowns, all three of which went to his flexback Balthazar Crindy, but sadly two interceptions clouded the books and ultimately put him second on this list. Right now he's on pace for a little more than 4,800 passing yards on the season, which would still destroy the old Yeti record, and would run away with the passing title this year. In order to hit 5,000 yards, he'd have to average 375 yards per game the rest of the way. Can he do that? And if he does, will that give him the title?

3. SJS

Sabercats QB Joliet L. Christ (Prev.: 3rd) (@`AndrewWarren13`)

It was really hard to find the right place for Joliet Christ on this list. I mean, 16/24 for 174 yards, no passing touchdowns, no picks, 33 rushing yards, and three rushing scores looks a bit weird, but I'm going to at least call it pretty good, bordering on great. There isn't a ton of yards, but it's at least on good efficiency, he didn't turn the ball over, and he still found paydirt multiple times. If they were passing touchdowns instead of rushing touchdowns, his statline would look a lot more complete. And on top of that the Sabercats murdered the Outlaws, so there really wasn't much use for a passing game by about midway through the third quarter. Good game for Christ, but other people had great ones.

4. BAL

Hawks RB Marquise Brown (Prev.: 4th) (@YoungTB)

The Second Line defense made just about everyone on the Baltimore offense look like an MVP contender. Everyone except for the one who needed the big game most of all oddly enough. Marquise Brown was relatively shut down against New Orleans, picking up 26 touches on the day for 97 total yards. Less than four yards per pop, and no touchdowns, while everyone else around him was finding the end zone and picking up yards in chunks. This could've been Brown's chance to jump to the top of the board, but now he's back into dark horse territory. He's still the lead dog in the Best Running Back race though, as the only person in his ballpark in rushing yards is Slim Shady, and Shady has a way lower yards per carry average and way fewer touchdowns, so Brown's got that going at least.

5. NOLA

Second Line FB Tyler Swift (Prev.: NR) (@`BayleyIsland`)

This week it's Tyler Swift's turn to be the star of the Second Line receiving corps, although neither he nor Vladimir Fyodorovich really blew it out of the water. Swift did pretty well though, picking up six receptions for 94 yards. I know one of these two guys should be in the MVP race as one of them is probably going to end up leading the league in receiving yards, but if they keep going back and forth like this, neither of them will get higher than where Swift is right now. These two are cannibalizing each other's MVP chances, but for the moment Swift has the better shot.

6. PHI

Liberty WR Carter Bush (Prev.: NR) (@adam2552)

Hey, someone from the Liberty finally made the list. Right now, if any non-Second Line receiver is going to enter the MVP race, it's Philadelphia's Carter Bush. In Week 9, he went for five receptions for 97 yards, pretty good numbers on their own. On the season, he's fifth in receptions, third in receiving yards, and first in receiving touchdowns. He's the total package, and even though he's in his tenth season and he's already going through regression, he's still playing at a really high level.

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