Originally Posted by
yoko1
The 737NG is rarely thrust limited, so there's not a compelling reason to provide much additional thrust in the MAX. The new LEAP engines were added primarily for increased fuel efficiency and not increased thrust.
That's certainly true of the Max 8/9 compared to the -800/-900.
I'm not sure sure that it holds for the bigger and heavier Max 10, for which there is of course no NG equivalent.