Hill is the first player in the Super Bowl era to top 1,200 receiving yards within his team’s first 10 games

Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons sounded off on the NFL MVP race, noting that while Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is playing well, more credit belongs to his top receiver: Tyreek Hill.

“They keep giving these awards to rushers and quarterbacks. Let’s expand on this, give it to the players that actually deserve these MVPs,” Parsons said this week on his podcast.

Parsons pointed out that Hill, who has 1,222 yards this season, became the first player in the Super Bowl era to top 1,200 receiving yards within his team’s first 10 games.

“That’s absurd,” Parsons said. “He should be up for MVP, yet Tua’s up for MVP. Tyreek Hill, what he’s doing after the catch is quite unbelievable. I seen a picture of five people around this man, he outran everybody. Tua’s not doing that work.”

Tagovailoa has completed 69.7% of his passes for 2,934 yards, 21 touchdowns and eight interceptions for Miami (7-3). Hill, meanwhile, has 79 catches for 1,222 yards, an average of 15.5 yards per reception in his second season with the Dolphins after six years in Kansas City.

“No doubt about it, you should be in the MVP conversation,” Parsons said, referencing Hill. “We need to change how we look upon these things because what receivers are doing after the catch and things like that is truly amazing. That’s one thing we gotta do: give [MVP] to the best players who truly deserve it.”

Each of the last 10 NFL MVPs have been quarterbacks. The last time a quarterback or running back wasn’t MVP was in 1986, when the New York Giants’ Lawrence Taylor earned the nod. No receiver has ever won NFL MVP.