Jon Gruden: Jordan Love, Jared Goff too low on MVP board

Coach Gruden took his whiteboard to a DraftKings-sponsored segment and spent it on the 2 quarterbacks playing in Detroit Sunday.

Jon Gruden

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Jordan Love and Jared Goff are WAY TOO LOW on the MVP leaderboard! @DKSports #DKPartner

It's a paid DraftKings spot, so take the hype with a grain of salt. But Gruden isn't making up the numbers. Going into Week 7, DraftKings had Love and Goff both at +3500 to win MVP, with Josh Allen still on top. That's a lot of daylight for 2 guys running 2 of the best offenses in the NFC.

Goff's case is pretty simple. He's carrying a 111.3 passer rating and hasn't thrown an interception all season, and Detroit is putting up more than 30 points a game with Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams and Sam LaPorta catching passes and Jahmyr Gibbs piling up yards. Love's case is a little louder. He's already thrown for 300-plus yards 3 times this year, and Green Bay put up 54 points over its last 2 games even without much help from the run game.

Sunday is where one of those cases takes a hit. Goff's clean sheet runs into a Packers defense with a league-leading 9 interceptions. Love, who has been taking hits lately, gets a Lions front that leads the NFL with 20 sacks. Somebody's MVP price is moving Monday morning, one way or the other.

History says to bet on points. The last 3 Packers games in Detroit ended 29-22, 34-31 and 31-24. On Warren Sharp's Week 7 preview, one of the panelists said Matt LaFleur can't play scared in that building.

Warren Sharp

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“I think the expectation is when you play the Lions in Detroit, you better come to score touchdowns.”

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That's the game Gruden is selling: Dan Campbell vs. LaFleur, 2 quarterbacks who usually get treated as the NFC North's second tier behind the big names, and a division lead on the line. If either one throws for 4 scores in a shootout, +3500 is going to look like a gift. If Goff finally throws a pick to that Green Bay secondary or Love spends the afternoon on his back, the price Gruden is yelling about will make sense real fast.