Tom Brady has revealed who he thinks should be the 2023 NFL MVP favorite, as the regular season comes to a fold with each team only having three games to go before the playoffs.

Brady, who won the the league MVP three times (2007, 2010 and 2017) in his 23-year career, pointed to the San Francisco 49ers‘ roster as one with a player who is largely capable of winning football’s biggest individual prize this year.

The Niners’ quarterback Brock Purdy is the betting favorite to many sportsbooks. He is flying high this season for a 49ers team that sits atop of the NFC standings with a 11-3 record.

Purdy has completed 69.8 percent of his passes for 3,795 yards, 29 touchdowns and seven interceptions in what is only his second NFL season.

But, perhaps one of his teammates is a more deserving candidate to win MVP. Purdy even says so, himself…

Tom Brady believes a running back in the NFC should win football’s biggest individual prize

Brady has also heaped praise on San Francisco 49ers sophomore quarterback Brock Purdy

Backed by Brady, 49ers running back Christian McCaffery, who is engaged to model Olivia Culpo, is proving that his position is still valuable and deserving of big money contracts, as he leads the league with 1,292 rushing yards – 324 more than any other player – and 13 touchdowns this year. He would be the first running back to win the award since the Minnesota Vikings’ Adrian Peterson in 2012.

What’s more is, that the two-time Pro Bowler is also having an impact on his team as a pass-catcher out of the backfield with 57 receptions for 509 yards and seven receiving TDs.

‘I remember the first time I actually got a glimpse of Christian was in the Rose Bowl,’ Brady recalled on the latest episode of his podcast titled ‘Lets Go!’. ‘He caught an angle pass against Iowa and ran for about a 75-yard touchdown. I was like, ”Well, they’re not gonna catch him.” He was a dynamic player then.

San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey is leading his team to the top of NFC

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‘He is a dynamic player now, and I think all of what he’s done this year is a lot of what he’s done in the past. It’s a different team with some different opportunities and they’ve been really dynamic on offense.

‘So he is definitely in my mind the MVP favorite and according to his quarterback too, Brock Purdy, who says some amazing things about him…

‘And I know you’ll say, because you’re a great team player, the Super Bowl is the only thing that really matters. With the offseason that the running backs have, do you kind of feel like an award like that would be pretty nice?’

McCaffrey, Purdy and the remainder of the 49ers will gear up against another 11-3 team in the Baltimore Ravens on Christmas Day at Levi’s Stadium, next.