{"id":281350,"date":"2025-10-06T08:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/281350\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T08:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:59:12","slug":"11-players-coaches-making-me-a-believer-top-five-mvp-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/281350\/","title":{"rendered":"11 players, coaches making me a believer; top five MVP candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/daniel-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Jones<\/a> is creating a ton of buzz in Indianapolis and for good reason. That doesn\u2019t mean his resurgence is all about him figuring things out. His head coach has played a major role in this comeback tale, and anybody who\u2019s followed Steichen\u2019s career could see this coming. He couldn\u2019t figure out how to get the best of first-round pick \ufeff<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/anthony-richardson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony Richardson<\/a>\ufeff, but Steichen helped \ufeff<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/jalen-hurts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jalen Hurts<\/a>\ufeff grow into a star quarterback in Philadelphia. Given that Jones has similar physical tools, it made sense that Steichen could craft a plan that could maximize that potential. The Colts now boast a top-five offense, and Steichen\u2019s decision to hire Lou Anarumo as his defensive coordinator has paid dividends, as well. Indianapolis had one of the league\u2019s worst defenses in 2024. That same unit is only allowing 17.8 points per game through five weeks. So, this isn\u2019t just a Daniel Jones story in Indianapolis. This is a story about the Colts making smart moves and growing into a real playoff contender that has a 4-1 record. It\u2019s taken Steichen three seasons to reach this point, but his team is finally legit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Jones is creating a ton of buzz in Indianapolis and for good reason. That doesn\u2019t mean his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":281351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[529,29354,8995,8998,52868,8999,9000,29345,29348,9002,61681,8017,11343,29329,29308,3570,8986,9006,533,530,1105,89022,1262,9005,7149,62,3528,123187,77634,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-281350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-analysis","9":"tag-baker-mayfield","10":"tag-buffalo-bills","11":"tag-dallas-cowboys","12":"tag-daniel-jones","13":"tag-denver-broncos","14":"tag-detroit-lions","15":"tag-drake-maye","16":"tag-emeka-egbuka","17":"tag-indianapolis-colts","18":"tag-j-k-dobbins","19":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","20":"tag-jared-goff","21":"tag-javonte-williams","22":"tag-josh-allen","23":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","24":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","25":"tag-los-angeles-rams","26":"tag-new-england-patriots","27":"tag-no-minute","28":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","29":"tag-quentin-johnston","30":"tag-sam-darnold","31":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","32":"tag-seattle-seahawks","33":"tag-sports","34":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","35":"tag-the-first-read","36":"tag-travis-etienne","37":"tag-united-states","38":"tag-unitedstates","39":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}