ALLEN PARK -- Your MVP favorites through two weeks are Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and ... Matthew Stafford?

One of those names seems unlike the others, but it's true. The Detroit Lions quarterback has been given 5-1 odds in the MVP race according to Bovada, matching Rodgers and Brady for best in the league.

Rounding out the top five are Derek Carr at 9-1 and then Matt Ryan and Jameis Winston at 10-1.

Stafford flirted with the MVP race last year, when he led the Lions to an NFL record eight fourth-quarter comebacks. A finger injury in the final month of the season doomed those chances, but a fast start to 2017 has him right back in it.

He's thrown a league-high six touchdown passes and only one interception, which came on his first attempt of the season. He's completed 71.0 percent of his passes overall, which is seventh in the league, and his adjusted completion percentage -- which tosses out things like drops, throwaways and batted balls -- is sitting at 84.5 percent. That's third best in the league, trailing only Alex Smith and Derek Carr.

In the red zone, Stafford is 5 for 5 passing with three touchdowns.

And just for good measure, he's averaging 7.4 yards on the ground.

It's far too premature to know how serious Stafford's MVP bid is, but there's no question he's playing some of the best football at the position right now. And a win against Ryan and the unbeaten Falcons on Sunday would cement his place as one of the early favorites.