By Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
ATLANTA — Drew Brees and Patrick Mahomes are the clear frontrunners to be the 2018 NFL MVP, but only one of them will attend the NFL Honors ceremony where the league announces the award.
Brees, the New Orleans Saints quarterback, said Friday that he was not planning on attending the event Saturday night in Atlanta and instead will return home after a brief stay in the Super Bowl LIII host city that began Thursday and included a media circuit Friday morning.
Mahomes, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, is planning on attending NFL Honors.
Brees did not indicate that he’d heard anything about the results of the MVP voting, so there’s still a chance he receives the award. However, Mahomes surpassed Brees as the top candidate late in the season, so it’s logical to expect him to win. ...
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