Brock Purdy is No Longer the MVP Favorite

It's hard to look at Brock Purdy the same way after throwing four picks in the 49ers' embarrassing loss to the Ravens.

Before that game, Brock Purdy was the favorite to win the MVP Award, and people were comparing him to Joe Montana. Now, he's not even one of the top three choices to win the MVP, and you can forget about those Montana comparisons until Purdy wins at least one Super Bowl.

Here are the odds for which player is most likely to win the MVP, according to BetUS:

1. Lamar Jackson: -175

2. Christian McCaffrey: +400

3. Tua Tagovailoa: +1000

4. Brock Purdy: +1200

5. Josh Allen: +1400

Purdy was so bad against the Ravens, he convinced people that he isn't even the MVP of his own team -- McCaffrey is. Because McCaffrey played well against the Ravens, averaged 7.4 yards per carry. Perhaps if the 49ers had given him more than 14 carries, they would have won.

For a while, Purdy had created the impression that he's more than a mere game manager -- he's a game changer who can make as many plays on his own as the best quarterbacks in the league.

But we saw him on the same field as Lamar Jackson, who already won an MVP Award, and there was no comparison. Jackson is a true game changer, while Purdy is a game manager who can make a few plays when everything is going his way. And things weren't going his way against the Ravens. And he got worse as the game went on, while Jackson got better.

That's why Jackson most likely will win the MVP and Purdy probably won't.