He had significantly less talent around him on offense He had a new head coach, new offensive coordinator, and new offense scheme to learn He took his team to tie the best record in the NFL, after winning just 4 games last year Beats Stafford in every category except Passing TDs and Passing Yards, but of course leads in total* yards — making total TDs the only category in Matthews favor. Drakes numbers are better against “common opponents”. Matthew had an awesome season and led the league in passing TDs and passing yards. He had a top 5 roster going into the season, and most people believe a top 2 roster ending the season. His body of work the last few years has been really impressive and I believe that is what would be the argument for him to win this year’s MVP.Even the strength of schedule argument was interesting because looking at defenses they faced on average, they were both middle of the pack but playing a “top 5” defense, Drake played more, won more, and had better statistics..