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ng the decision by 16 sportswriters to make Patriots receiver Julian Edelman the MVP of Super Bowl LIII. One of those 16 voters Kurt Warner Jersey , Mike Reiss of ESPN.com, has an idea that perhaps should have been the right answer: The entire Patriots defense.It’s a twist to the argument made by Chris Simms on this week that Pats coach Bill Belichick should have been the MVP (notwithstanding the fact that the “P” stands for “player”), and it’s a way to collectively honor the effort that allowed the Patriots to hold the Greatest Show-offs on Turf Part Two to only three points.An outside-the-box outcome like that would never happen under the current procedure, which harvests votes even before the game ends. But it wouldn’t take much to tweak things a bit to allow the 16 voters to confer and discuss the situation briefly before voting.Given the protracted delay that now unfolds between the firing of the confetti cannons and the handing of the trophy from the Commission to the owner of the winning team, the 16 voters could get together somewhere in the Super Bowl stadium and discuss the worthy candidates before casting their ballot via text message to the appropriate NFL representative.It would be an easy thing to do Joe Namath Jersey , but it won’t be easy to pierce through the antiquated realities of the Super Bowl press box, which features a farm of old-school copiers and an endless supply of Dunder Mifflin’s primary product being passed around in the form of first-quarter stats, halftime stats, third-quarter stats, full-game stats Cooper Kupp Jersey , and a never-ending array of quote sheets.Nothing against Edelman, but his stats made him the most obvious candidate for MVP, given the manner in which the MVP votes currently are cast. If a more deliberate and collaborative process were utilized, the voters may have decided on someone else — or maybe on the entire New England defense. Brandin Cooks is one of four players on the Rams roster who has played in a Super Bowl before, although he only saw limited action in his other trip.Cooks was a member of the Patriots for last year’s game against the Eagles Todd Gurley II Jersey , but only played 18 snaps before leaving the game with a head injury as a result of a huge hit from Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins. He was traded to the Rams a short time later and will get a chance to reacquaint himself with some former teammates in Atlanta.One of those former teammates is cornerback Stephon Gilmore, who said this week that he’s looking forward for the chance to face off against Cooks.“It’ll be fun,” Gilmore said, via NESN.com. “I’m excited for him, but on the field Aaron Donald Jersey , it’s all business. But it’s going to be a fun experience.”Cooks posted his fourth straight season with at least 65 catches and 1,000 receiving yards in 2018 and did it with his third team as the Patriots acquired him in a 2017 trade with the Saints. He signed a long-term deal after landing in Los Angeles, so any more Super Bowl appearances in the near future will likely come for the Rams as well.