Cam Newton is the NFL’s MVP, after the way he dismantled the Redskins, among others this year, there can be little doubt that Cam has proven himself worthy of an MVP Trophy. He has his Carolina Panthers off to a 10-0 start, best in franchise history, and no one in the NFC South (which has been an underrated division this season) is going to catch them, due in large part to Cam’s emergence as a complete quarterback. Kelvin Benjamin was supposed to help Cam’s development, who knew that he could do that from the sidelines, as Cam has had to throw to a receiving core that includes draft bust Tedd Ginn Jr., who only seems to play well with the Panthers, Jericho Cotchery, who is the essence of a possession receiver that struggles to get separation, Philly Brown (Or Corey Brown, whatever he wants to be called) who’s wildly inconsistent, Devin (Bunches of) Funchess who’s a rookie converting from the tight end position to playing wide receiver, and steady Greg Olsen, the one guy how can consistently catch the ball. It’s not exactly Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce, but Newton is still making it work to the tune of 20 passing touchdowns and 6 more on the ground. How would this team fare if Derek Anderson was to take over? Probably not well, the run game would falter, as cam has almost 400 yards, and leads the team in rushing touchdowns, the passing game would fall apart.

The Falcons and Buccaneers might be in a battle for first place if Cam wasn’t a Panther right now. That’s where value comes into play, a lot of people will look at this article and think I’m downplaying Tom Brady’s terrific season. By no means am I saying Brady isn’t having a good season, it’s phenomenal, no doubt, but when you have weapons like Rob Gronkowski, Julian Edelman, Danny Amendola (He was a good player in St. Louis, just hurt more often), Brandon LaFell, and a stable of running backs to salt away games, it’s much tougher to evaluate Brady’s value, Garoppolo would not have the Patriots undefeated, but they would still be a team with a winning record, so in terms of Offensive Player of the Year, I think Brady would be the right choice (depending on Adrian Peterson and Devonta Freeman’s performances the rest of the way), but in terms of value to the team, there’s no doubt it’s Superman.

The detractors for Cam in the MVP race will talk about the play of the defense this year, as the Panthers have the 5^th rated scoring defense, and the 4^th best defense in terms of yards, but I will point right back to the Patriots defense, who have the 4^th best scoring defense, even if only 16^th in terms of yards. Cam’s passing numbers aren’t as good as Brady’s? Okay Phillip Rivers leads the league in passing yards, should he be and MVP candidate too? No, because his team is 2-8, yes, Brady’s passing yards are superior, but they have scored the same number of touchdowns overall, what’s more important: yards, or points? Carson Palmer has more touchdowns than both of these guys, and I have yet to hear his name in MVP conversations, because it comes down to value, not stats, and no one in the league is more valuable to their team than Cam is to his.

We’ve seen a lot of good coming from Newton throughout his career, but nothing like this, where he seems to have put it all together in terms of his passing game, his running game, and his ability to win games in the clutch. Ask the Seattle Seahawks vaunted Legion of Boom about Cam, ask the Green Bay Packers about how well Cam is playing, they’ve been victims of his success. I wouldn’t want to be the Cowboys on Thursday, as once again the doubters have reared their ugly heads, pegging the Dallas Cowboys, who are 3-7 on the year, fresh off their first win since September against Cam’s 10-0 Panthers. Cam Newton has transformed the Panthers from a team that needs to play slow and win sloppy 15-13 games week in and week out, into a team that could hoist the Lombardi Trophy this February, if that doesn’t scream value, then I don’t know what does. Who’s your MVP Candidate this season, do you agree with me? Do you think it should be Brady? Someone else? Leave a comment on this article with your ideas.