Every single year the NFL hosts as Honors ceremony. At this event, the NFL announces the award winners for the season. Most importantly, they announce who will win the MVP award.

This season, its been a deadlocked race between the New Orleans Saints Drew Brees and the Kansas City Chiefs Patrick Mahomes. Even though both of these quarterbacks were knocked out of the playoffs by the teams now in the Super Bowl, both are very worthy of the award.

Brees this past week told Nola.com that he would not be attending the ceremonies. Mahomes will be, so this likely suggests that Mahomes will be receiving the award.

Before Week 17, BetOnline had Mahomes as the betting favors at -250 while Brees trailed at +170. Brees then sat out the final game while Mahomes added two more touchdowns to his impressive total.

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Mahomes is a second-year player out of Texas Tech. He's come into this season proving that he's the NFL's next top talent under center.

This season for the Chiefs he threw for 5,097 yards with 50 touchdowns and only 12 interceptions. His completion percentage sat at 66.0 percent, and he led the NFL in quarterback rating with an 82.0 overall output. He led the Chiefs to a 12-4 record and was knocked out in the AFC championship game.

For the New Orleans Saints, the 40-year-old Brees threw for 3,992 yards with 32 touchdowns and only five interceptions. His completion percentage sat at a league-best 74.4 percent and was second to Mahomes in QBR with an 81.9 rating. Brees carried the Saints to a 13-3 record in the regular season, making it all the way to the NFC championship.