Actually, I think we've all seen that the MVP is basically awarded by week 8 and everything else is ignored after that. Drew had MVP level seasons in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2018 and maybe a few others. Each season he lost to guys who had great seasons but mostly won because they started red hot and won "the sprint" whereas Drew perhaps had a better marathon.
Wilson is the MVP this year - but if he keeps up his current level of play and creates some distance on the TD record, Brady I think will win MVP...which kind of goes against what I said somewhat - but Brady is like Manning (when in doubt...give it to Brady).