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Super Bowl LII: 5 candidates to take home the MVP award

By Peter Panacy

HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 06: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, and New England Patriots' Tom Brady with the Pete Rozelle MVP Trophy during the Super Bowl Winner and MVP press conference on February 6, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 06: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, and New England Patriots' Tom Brady with the Pete Rozelle MVP Trophy during the Super Bowl Winner and MVP press conference on February 6, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) /
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ST PAUL, MN – JANUARY 29: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots speaks to the media during SuperBowl LII Media Day at Xcel Energy Center on January 29, 2018 in St Paul, Minnesota. Super Bowl LII will be played between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles on February 4. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
ST PAUL, MN – JANUARY 29: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots speaks to the media during SuperBowl LII Media Day at Xcel Energy Center on January 29, 2018 in St Paul, Minnesota. Super Bowl LII will be played between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles on February 4. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /

No. 1: Quarterback Tom Brady, Patriots

Well, if this isn’t a shocker.

As stated, Tom Brady has already won this award four times. Why would anyone predict someone else wins?

True, the Eagles could pull off an upset. And as Niner Noise’s Titus Briseno pointed out, the last MVP award winner from a losing team came all the way back in Super Bowl V with Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley getting the honors.

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If the Patriots win on Sunday, it’s going to be hard to see MVP recommendations go to anyone else. After all, Brady owns a 95.3 passer rating in Super Bowls. He’s the GOAT, plain and simple.

Sure, it’s possible someone else on New England gets the award, especially if Brady winds up having a pedestrian-like game.

But would you bet on that? Didn’t think so.

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Either way, we’ll have the final answer when Super Bowl LII finally wraps up on Sunday, Feb. 4 from Minneapolis.