MCM Postseason Awards: NFL MVP
by Jimmy on Jan 30, 2012 9:42 AM CST
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PrintThe NFL will have their big award ceremony on Saturday night before the Super Bowl. I thought it would be interesting to throw a poll up for each category here at MCM to see who we thought deserved each award, and see how that stacks up against who actually wins.
I am going to try to provide at least four options for every category with the exception of NFL MVP. For most of the season it was a forgone conclusion that Aaron Rodgers was going to win the MVP. No one was paying much attention to the season the Drew Brees was putting together. Here are their numbers on the season:
Aaron Rodgers: 4643/45/6
Drew Brees: 5476/46/14
That is about as close as it gets. I am voting for Rodgers because he threw less than half of the interceptions that Brees threw on the season, but you really cannot go wrong with either one of these guys.
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With as bad of a defense the Packers had this season, Aaron Rodgers never really had any games out of his control
also with very little of a running game, he was absolutely amazing to watch this year.
If CJ’s 2k yards doesn’t earn him an MVP, then neither should Brees’s yardage IMO
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CJ didn't set the yardage record
Brees did
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Not as impressive
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CJ did break records that year...
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by StPrattrick on Jan 30, 2012 12:12 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah
but not the big one.
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I actually like Brees more.
But the argument either way is solid.
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by BonzosMontreaux on Jan 30, 2012 9:54 AM CST reply actions
Give Rodgers his 16th game...
And he probably tops 5000 yards and 50 TDs, based on the way that game went.
He threw roughly the same number of TDs, half the INTs. Plus, for just the “wow” factor, The way Rodgers started the season was just some of the most incredible QB play ever.
"Do the Titans have a miracle left in them in what has been a magical season to this point? If they do, they need it now. Christie kicks it high and short. Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25; he dishes it back to Wycheck; he throws it across the field to Dyson. 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, endzone...touchdown, Titans! There are no flags on the field! It's a miracle! Tennessee has pulled a miracle! A miracle for the Titans!"
by TennesseeTyrants on Jan 30, 2012 10:21 AM CST reply actions
I voted for Brees for the same reason I voted for CJ after his 2000yd season
I gotta go with the guy that tore up the record books
I don't like that argument.
It’s “Most Valuable Player”, not “Guy Who Put Up the Most Madden-like Stats”. Considering how poor his defense really was and the serious lack of a running game, I think Rodgers has to be the guy considering how valuable he was to the Packers’ success this season.
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by ronburgundy7427 on Jan 30, 2012 10:39 AM CST up reply actions
I hear your argument but...
The stat lines often measure a players value to his team. That being said Rogers/Brees is really a toss up considering Rogers stats were really impressive as well. The year CJ went for 2000yds, I think the Titans would have lost a LOT more games if he wasn’t on the team. Our offense was completely one dimensional and he still managed to put up those stats.
There isn't a wrong answer here.
I’d love to see Brees win (same high school). And, I can’t stand the whining Rodgers did when he was shut out of the Rose Bowl in 2004.
Objectively, though, I think even more impressive than Brees’ gross yardage record is Rodgers’ QB Rating. He posted a rating of 122.5 this year, which is the highest of all time. A guy can only run the plays called, and he did that exceedingly well…besting Brees in TD%, INT%, and Y/A.
Put another way, for arguments sake, if you projected Rodgers Y/A and added the additional 150 attempts that Brees had, Rodgers would have accumulated nearly 6000 passing yards. Of course, we can’t do that, but I don’t think Rodgers would have had any troubles breaking the record had he been given the opportunity.
I'm abstaining.
It’s like voting on two shades of blue. Two QBs that had awesome statistical seasons… one had more yards, etc while the other more wins. Both lost in the playoffs. I’m fine with either. Or both. Meh.
(And no, I’m not saying another player deserves to even be mentioned.)
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i think they may do co-mvp again
by jtc2086 on Jan 30, 2012 11:06 AM CST via Android app reply actions
You can't vote for both can you?
I don’t know who to choose, but I feel like this year’s MVP should be split. McNair and Manning shared an MVP when the stats and teams were similar and I feel like that a case can made for both Brees and Rodgers for this year.
I vote for Peyton Manning.
With Peyton, the Colts are a playoff team. Without him… 2-14.
’Nuff said.
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by DannoE on Jan 30, 2012 12:28 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I hate this logic.
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by StPrattrick on Jan 30, 2012 12:29 PM CST up reply actions
You can hate it all you want.
Still… the fact is that the guy was, if anything, UNDER-rated.
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Giving his MVP for a season he did not play in because his team was near-winless = Something you say as a joke
Saying he should have gotten MVP every season he lead that same team to 10 wins = What you should be saying
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Jan 30, 2012 7:56 PM CST up reply actions
Peyton has enough mvps
and he deserves every one of them… THE 8 HEADED BASTARD!!!! I HATE HIM I HATE HIM I HATE HIM… (but he’s the best to ever play this position)
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Hard to argue with that last part
after seeing the Colts this past season.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Jan 31, 2012 6:17 PM CST up reply actions
how about we just give it to John Elway then? the Broncos just haven’t been the same since he retired.
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by D. Reese on Jan 30, 2012 9:23 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I vote Rodgers
Love Brees, but he did have the benefit of a competent running game and a comparatively better defense. That doesn’t diminish the incredible season he put together, but if you consider where the Packers would be without Rodgers, then I think you have to vote for him.
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His backup threw for like 400 yards in his one and only appearance.
They would’ve been at least 80% as successful with Flynn. My $.02 is that you have to be at least somewhat irreplaceable to be MVP.
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What makes you think that Flynn isn't really good as well?
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Because I saw Flynn in mop-up duty last year
when all the other second stringers were starting on offense.
He isn’t really good as well.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Jan 30, 2012 7:58 PM CST up reply actions
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Brees = Other than Jimmy Graham, no true receiving threats
Rodgers = A whole group of stud WR’s
Brees = Broke the single season passing yards record with a seven yard touchdown, Owned the Lions, Lost in the Divisional Round in a game where he brought the Saints back twice in the final 4 minutes.
Rodgers = Lead his team to a one-loss season, broke the single season QB Rating record, Team got blown out for a one-and-done in the postseason.
I’d have to go with Brees.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Jan 30, 2012 7:52 PM CST reply actions
Brees's receivers are pretty damn good, in my opinion.
"Do the Titans have a miracle left in them in what has been a magical season to this point? If they do, they need it now. Christie kicks it high and short. Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25; he dishes it back to Wycheck; he throws it across the field to Dyson. 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, endzone...touchdown, Titans! There are no flags on the field! It's a miracle! Tennessee has pulled a miracle! A miracle for the Titans!"
by TennesseeTyrants on Jan 30, 2012 8:37 PM CST up reply actions
Which wide receiver outside of Colston can be considered even a solid receiver if he played for a not-epic QB?
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Jan 31, 2012 2:55 AM CST up reply actions
Graham and Colstron are his two best. Both over 80+ catches, well over 1000 yards.
Darren Sproles isn’t a WR, but he had 86 catches. Lance Moore, Pierre Thomas Robert Meachem all had over 40 catches, and Moore and Meachem went for over 600 yards. Those numbers are “solid.”
Jordy Nelson and Greg Jennings both had very good years, but neither had as good a year as Graham or Colston by yards or catches (though Nelson’s Yards/catch is nice). But stepping down from their, no one on that team was any more than “solid” either. Again, as a team, they had better Yards/catch numbers, but that says more about their offense and QB than their skillset as WRs.
Receiving stats are tied in so directly with passing stats, that it’s hard to separate whether or not the QB makes them look better or whether they make the QB look better, but just going by numbers alone, the Saints WRs are just fine.
"Do the Titans have a miracle left in them in what has been a magical season to this point? If they do, they need it now. Christie kicks it high and short. Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25; he dishes it back to Wycheck; he throws it across the field to Dyson. 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, endzone...touchdown, Titans! There are no flags on the field! It's a miracle! Tennessee has pulled a miracle! A miracle for the Titans!"
by TennesseeTyrants on Jan 31, 2012 5:48 AM CST up reply actions
Uh, TT...
You can’t really look at the stats of those wide receivers with Drew Brees, and use them to say they would be solid without Drew Brees.
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by fanoftheunderdogs on Jan 31, 2012 6:16 PM CST up reply actions
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