Lamar Jackson vs Josh Allen MVP debate divides NFL media

Chase Daniel decides whether Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen or Saquon Barkley deserves this year's regular season MVP.

In a year of hotly contested campaigns, the NFL MVP race has given fans and pundits plenty to argue about. 

The race between Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has ignited a flurry of arguments on social media and sports talk shows in recent weeks. Allen is currently the odds-on favorite at -300 to win the award, while Jackson has the second-best odds at +225. 

Allen and Jackson have strong yet slightly different arguments for the award, with no clear consensus over which case is stronger. 

For Allen, a fifth-straight division title, a 13-3 record and the only win against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs headline his campaign. Statistically, Allen's 3,731 passing yards and 28 touchdown passes, along with 531 rushing yards with 12 touchdowns on the ground, anchor his MVP-caliber season, even though he doesn't lead the league in any specific category. 

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But Jackson brings a very different argument as the most statistically efficient player in the league this year. Jackson leads the league in touchdown percentage and passing yards per attempt while also leading the entire league (quarterbacks and running backs) in rushing yards per carry. But Jackson's statistical performance is weighed down, compared to Allen's, by the fact that the Ravens only have 11 wins and haven't clinched their division yet with one week to go. 

Jackson's Ravens also defeated Allen's Bills, 35-10, in their meeting this season. 

These factors have earned Jackson the nod by multiple voters in the media, some of whom have