Heres why David Johnson is the superior

Watching play football is like watching a futuristic top-secret military aircraft that is capable of hovering and moving laterally like a helicopter, cruising forward like a jet, and switching between both functions within a split second. is the most patient running back in the league, picking and choosing his moments as if the 300-pound tacklers surrounding him dont pose a threat. jumps over defenders. hits the hole like hes trying to run through a wall. Johnson simply glides over the turf, seamle sly switching directions without slowing. Hes so damn smooth for someone whos listed at 6-feet-1 and 224 pounds.And he deserves to be in the running for MVP. Week 14 The are probably not . Theyre 5-6-1 with four games to play. Their lackluster showing is stunning, really, considering they advanced to the NFC title game a year ago. Its also stunning because the NFLs best offensive player resides on their roster. Johnson, who emerged onto the scene late last year to seal countle s championships, has been the leagues most dynamic offensive force this season (both in fantasy and in real life football), but his historic Kris Letang Women Jersey run is being masked by the disappointing state of the Cardinals. And really, thats the only argument thats keeping Johnson out of the MVP conversation.But that shouldnt be the case. Johnson should be in the conversation, right there alongside Elliott, , and Insert Any Name of a Quarterback Who Plays for a Winning Team. This article will explain why. To do so, Im going to repeatedly compare Johnson to Elliott, because Elliott is the only running back in the MVP running. The lone notable difference (statistical, not playing style) between the two players is that Elliotts team is 11-1. And if you think for a second that if the swapped out Elliott for Johnson they wouldnt have been the first team to clinch a playoff berth, youre probably Derek Grant Women Jersey a Cowboys fan. But dont worry, this story isnt intended to take away from Elliotts season. Hes a worthy candidate.Its just that Johnson is actually having the better season.Yards/TDs from scrimmageThe NFLs leader in yards from scrimmage isnt Elliott. Its Johnson, who leads Zeke by more than 100 yards. Hes out in front of the next-closest player by nearly 300 yards. Rushing yards Receiving yards Total yards Johnson 1,005 704 1,709 Elliott 1,285 322 1,607 992 419 1,411 Johnson is gaining 5.85 yards per touch. Zeke averages 5.52.Johnson also leads the league in touchdowns from scrimmage. Rushing TD Receiving TD Total TD Johnson 11 4 15 Jaromir Jagr Women Jersey Elliott 12 1 13 13 0 13 Over the course of 13 weeks, Johnson has been the best offensive player in terms of yards and touchdowns, which is to say he has been the best offensive player in football. Historically consistentJohnson has also been more consistent than Elliott. Hes on the verge of history. Johnson has gained at least 100 yards from scrimmage in every game:132 vs. Patriots143 vs. 111 vs. 124 vs. 185 vs. 49ers138 vs. 171 vs. 108 vs. 101 vs. 49ers160 vs. 161 vs. 175 vs. Hes the only player to have reached 100 yards in every game (12) this season. The record is 15. So, he not only has a chance to break the record held by Marcus Allen, Edgerrin James and Barry Sanders, he also has a chance to hit the 100-yard mark in every single game. He has been the most consistent play maker in all of football and could experience the most consistent season of all-time. Versatility Given Johnson and Elliott are on top of the league in yards from scrimmage, theyre both obviously capable players in the pa sing game. But Elliott isnt the same caliber receiver as Johnson.Elliott is often used as a receiver in a traditional way: in the backfield and not far downfield.Johnson is used as an actual receiver, which increases his degree of difficulty:According to PFF, 38 percent of Johnsons targets have occurred when he ran a receiver route. And when Cardinals quarterbacks have targeted him on those routes, theyve posted a 116.2 pa ser rating. In all, quarterbacks have a 107.6 pa ser rating when throwing to Johnson, which is 8.1 points higher than the league average. Johnson is second on the Cardinals in receptions (64), targets (84), receiving yards (704), and receiving touchdowns (4, tied with ). He averages more yards per catch (11) than (10), who leads the team in all of those categories above.Hes tied with T.Y. Hilton (an actual WR1 on a team that has a legit QB1 in ) for a streak that should be reserved for wide receivers. Except, Johnson is e sentially a receiver that Penguins Blank Men Jersey plays running back -- and vice versa.David Johnson ties TY Hilton for the longest streak this season with at least 7 catches AND a TD reception. 3 straight. Also: He plays RB. Matthew Berry (@MatthewBerryTMR) Hes the perfect hybrid.Supporting castsUnlike Elliott, Johnson doesnt operate behind the leagues best offensive line. Thats not an indictment of Elliott. Its not his fault his offensive line is so dominant and it doesnt mean hes not a great player. But consider what happened in Dallas last year when eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards and gained 4.6 yards per carry. The point being, a consistently mediocre-to-bad running back was able to excel behind the Cowboys line last year.Again, I dont want the supporting-casts argument to take away from Zekes season. Its just worth pointing out that Johnson is doing what Zeke has done with le ser players around him. Its an argument for Johnson, not an argument against Elliott.Elusivene s, mi sed tacklesSo, Johnson has Mario Lemieux Jersey been forced to do more on his own. He has generated 63 mi sed tackles, according to PFF. He leads the league by a wide margin. For the sake of comparison, Elliott has garnered 38 mi sed tackles. PFF also tracks a statistic called elusivene s rating, which attempts to distill the impact of a runner with the ball independently of the blocking in front of him by looking at how hard he was to bring down. Johnsons elusivene s rating? 55.3, which is the fourth-best rating. Elliotts rating? 37.1 -- the 15th best rating.Again, none of this is intended to take away from Elliotts season. But if Elliott is getting MVP buzz for his incredible season, then Johnson deserves the buzz, too.Why he deserves to be in the mixSo, that leads us to the awkward topic of wins. More specifically, how much should winning factor into MVP? This will be brief, because arguing about the definition of valuable is