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Super Bowl MVP: Which Patriots have the best chance?

By Patrick Morgan

FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS - JANUARY 13: James White #28 of the New England Patriots reacts after the AFC Divisional Playoff Game against the Los Angeles Chargers at Gillette Stadium on January 13, 2019 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)
FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS - JANUARY 13: James White #28 of the New England Patriots reacts after the AFC Divisional Playoff Game against the Los Angeles Chargers at Gillette Stadium on January 13, 2019 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) /
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4. Julian Edelman

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – JANUARY 20: Julian Edelman #11 of the New England Patriots reacts after a first down in the first quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs during the AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium on January 20, 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – JANUARY 20: Julian Edelman #11 of the New England Patriots reacts after a first down in the first quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs during the AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium on January 20, 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images) /

Only seven wide receivers have garnered MVP honors at the Super Bowl in history. Of those seven, only three of them have won the award in the past 20 years.

Santonio Holmes did it for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII after racking up 131 yards and scoring the game-winning touchdown. Fellow Steeler Hines Ward also won it in Super Bowl XL after turning just five catches into 123 yards and a touchdown.

The third guy to do it in the past two decades? None other than Patriots legendary wideout Deion Branch, MVP of Super Bowl XXXIX, who caught 11 balls for 133 yards against the Philadelphia Eagles.

That sounds like the kind of day Julian Edelman could have against the Los Angeles Rams’ secondary come Super Bowl Sunday.

As any fantasy football player who’s ever rostered Edelman can attest, the tough slot receiver isn’t exactly BFFs with the end zone, but he does make up for his lack of touchdowns with a boatload of yards most weeks. It also doesn’t hurt that he’s been the most trusted receiver for the greatest quarterback of all time, in one of the NFL’s most consistently-prolific offenses, year-in and year-out for quite some time now.

If any one receiver from either roster has a chance at taking home the trophy on February 3rd, our money’s on Edelman.

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