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Joe Burrow is playing the best football of his career, but Saturday might be the final game of his season. The Cincinnati Bengals will face the Pittsburgh Steelers, and need a win and some help from the Kansas City Chiefs and New York Jets to clinch the final playoff spot in the AFC.

Although he's having a spectacular campaign, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow acknowledged that he won't take home the MVP trophy this season. In an interview on ESPN with NFL legend Cam Newton, Burrow said he deserves the award. But he's also aware that it usually goes to the "quarterback of the best team."

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Although the Bengal's defense has been bad for most of the season, Burrow has proven time and time again that he is good enough to pull them out of a rut to win the game. Riding a four-game win streak into the Week 18, Burrow has garnered MVP consideration, which he knows he's unlikely to win at season's end.

Cincinnati's franchise quarterback doesn't think he'll be able to overcome the Bengals' average record to take home the prestigious award.

With the two MVP front-runners facing off this weekend, Ben Arthur and Henry McKenna debate who's been the better QB and who will be.

Part of the excitement of this matchup will be the MVP debate. Both are very deserving. Consider there's been three instances in NFL history of a player with 40+ total touchdowns, 500+ rushing yards and fewer than seven interceptions in a season.

There haven't been too many NFL divisional round matchups like the final game of this weekend. It starts with the quarterback battle. Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson will almost certainly finish 1-2 in the NFL MVP voting,