Tom Brady officially makes his pick for NFL MVP

The NFL MVP award is usually a difficult choice, and this year’s race is no exception.

The MVP award appears to be down to either New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye or Los Angeles Rams veteran Matthew Stafford.

On Thursday, seven-time Super Bowl champion and three-time NFL MVP winner Tom Brady made his pick for the award, and he went with Stafford.

“Look, I love Drake Maye and what he’s done in his second year working with Josh McDaniels, who’s another tremendous coach and has done such a great job of understanding what Drake’s capable of,” Brady said. “And Drake’s taken advantage of every opportunity that he’s got.

“I always think in these awards, when you say one thing that’s positive about someone, it means you’re saying something negative about the other. It’s not like that at all. They both had incredible years.

“I just see Matt Stafford as a Hall of Fame-level quarterback that has played his best season of football. And he’s done it against, in any conditions, 46 touchdown passes. He’s just been incredible. I just love the way he leads this team.

“There’s no bad choice at this point. You’re talking about some of the best players in the league. But Matt has, in my opinion, really exceeded everyone’s expectations this season. What an incredible quarterback, and what a career he’s had.”