With Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa all enjoying a week off, the MVP race had a chance to get even more absurd in Week 10.
Lamar Jackson faced one of the league’s best defenses in the Browns, providing him with a stiff test in an important AFC North matchup. In Jacksonville, it was Trevor Lawrence dealing with Nick Bosa, Fred Warner and the 49ers’ defense.
Yet nobody made more of a move, either in the MVP race or in the standings, than the Texans’ C.J. Stroud.