Ten weeks into the NFL season, the leading MVP candidate isn’t a quarterback, the hottest QB in football is 37 and the New England Patriots might have the coach of the year.

Start with Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor, who bolstered his MVP credentials with another masterpiece on Sunday in the NFL’s first game in Berlin. Taylor ran all over the Atlanta Falcons in a 31-25 victory, piling up 244 rushing yards and three scores, including the walk-off winner in overtime. It’s already the fifth three-touchdown game for Taylor this season, making him the first player in history to do so in 10 games — only three others have done it over the course of an entire season. The 8-2 Colts remain atop the AFC.

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As for coach of the year, the conversation needs to start with New England’s Mike Vrabel (and Indianapolis’ Shane Steichen, for that matter). Vrabel’s Patriots earned another statement win, beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28-23. That’s seven in a row for New England, which is now 8-2 and has already doubled the franchise’s win total from each of the past two seasons. Visiting Patriots fans were serenading QB Drake Maye with “M-V-P” chants on Sunday.

From a 23-year-old contender for the award in Maye to a 37-year-old one: The Los Angeles Rams’ Matthew Stafford continued one of the best seasons of his decorated career, throwing for four touchdowns in a 42-26 rout of the San Francisco 49ers. Stafford is now the first quarterback in history to throw for four or more touchdowns and no interceptions in three straight games. His season touchdown tally is now at 25 (to go with just two interceptions), and he became just the ninth QB ever to reach the 400-touchdown mil