Are the Patriots the best team in football right now? Probably, but that's not what we're here to argue about. We're here to argue about who's going to win the MVP award and this week, we have a new candidate: Rob Gronkowski. 

Gronkowski Gronk'd his way onto the projection list this week, meaning that for the first time all season we have two players from the same team on the list in the same week. 

Now you might be wondering: Have two players from the same team ever finished in the top two spots of the MVP vote?

Even if you're not wondering that, I'm going to tell you anyway and the answer is yes.

Back in 2001, Rams quarterback Kurt Warner won the MVP by four votes (21.5-17.5) over runner-up Marshall Faulk. Warner and Faulk also finished No. 1 and No. 2 in the voting in 1999 when Warner also won the award. 

Since 1990, teammates have only finished No. 1 and No. 2 in the MVP voting a total of three times. Besides the two times Faulk and Warner did it, there was also Thurman Thomas and Jim Kelly in 1991. Thomas won the award with 39 votes to Kelly's 18. 

Now let's get to the projection where this week's No. 1 player doesn't have a teammate on the list. 

MVP  Projection

1. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers:

For the sixth time in 11 weeks, there's a new No. 1 on the MVP Projection. (USATSI)
For the sixth time in 11 weeks, there's a new No. 1 on the MVP Projection. (USATSI)

It took a Brett Favre endorsement but Aaron Rodgers has finally done it: He's up to No. 1 on the MVP Projection list.

Rodgers threw for 341 yards and three touchdowns in a Packers win that was so big, Eagles linebacker Brandon Graham said afterward that Rodgers was laughing at his team. All of America was laughing Brandon, not just Aaron.

Anyway, Rodgers now has Favre's endorsement.

I'm assuming "outstandingly" is Favre's word for MVP. Weeks on projection list for Rodgers: 6/11.

2. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady: Brady drops to No. 2 this week because he's on a cold streak. Of course, a cold streak for Brady is like a supermodel having a bad hair day, no one's going to notice.

Brady has thrown three interceptions over his past two games, something he hasn't done since the final two weeks of 2012. That being said, Brady probably could have thrown nine interceptions over the past two games because the Patriots won 43-21 and 42-20.

Brady might not win the MVP this year, but he'll definitely win at least one award: The James Ihedigbo best hair award. Weeks on projection list for Brady: 3/11

3. Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray: Before 2014, Murray had never had more than 217 carries in one season. He's already at 244 this year -- and he wants more.

"In this part of the year, it's cold, the weather, so I think running is going to be a little bit more of a factor for us, which is good," Murray said this week. "We've got a strong offensive line. We've got some backs who can run and also got a lot of guys on the edge that can go up and get the ball. So it's going to be huge for us."

It's a good thing Murray wants the ball more because the Cowboys will be spending four of their next six weeks in places that only a citizen of Buffalo would consider tropical: at New York, at Chicago, at Philadelphia, at Washington. 

If voters need a non-football reason to vote Murray MVP: He spent part of his bye week feeding the needy at a soup kitchen. Weeks on projection list for Murray: 8/11.

4. Texans defensive end J.J. Watt: It's going to be almost impossible for a defensive player to win the MVP award in this offensive era, but by God, J.J. Watt is going to do everything in his power to try and make it happen. 

Here's what Watt's totals were from Houston's 23-7 win over Cleveland: five tackles, one sack, three tackles for a loss, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a touchdown.

Let's take another look at that touchdown because it's definitely going to go down as the best touchdown catch by a defensive end turned tight end all year and it might go down as the best touchdown catch by any tight end all year whether they're a defensive end or not. 

Oh and do you know who J.C. Caroline is? Don't worry, I didn't either until five minutes ago. Before Watt, he was the last player to score multiple touchdowns on both offense and defense in the same season. Caroline did that in 1958. That's 56 years ago. Roger Goodell wasn't even alive to punish players yet, that's how long ago that was. Weeks on projection list for Watt: 11/11.

5. Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning: If Manning has looked at the box score from Sunday's loss to the Rams -- and you know he has looked at it at least 40 times -- he's going to notice he got outplayed by Shaun Hill.

This is going to bother Manning because three weeks ago, it looked like the only way Manning and Hill would be mentioned in the same sentence was if that sentence was "Shaun Hill got hired to work at one of Peyton Manning's Papa Johns.' 

Including the St. Louis game, Manning has now thrown multiple interceptions in three straight games, something he hadn't done since 2010. That's why Manning has dropped from No 1 in our projection -- where he was eight weeks ago -- to No. 5 heading into Week 12. Weeks on projection list for Manning: 11/11.

6. Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski: Gronk probably hates reading, so I'm just going to give you a bunch of visual reasons for why he's on this list. Weeks on projection list for Gronkowski: 1/11.

Gronk did this to the Colts. 

Then said this.

Then celebrated the touchdown like this. 

And let's not forget that Gronk kicked Sergio Brown 'out of the club.'