It’s December and it is time for all of the talking heads and fans to really heat up the MVP issue. This year however, no one is really talking about anyone but Peyton Manning. Oh sure, you have your haters like Bryan Cox who has no sense, but every news and sports outlet has pretty much handed the award to number 18.
Is it deserved? Well you make the call. PM leads the NFL with 41 touchdown passes. That’s the stat everyone seems focused on right now. And they should be. PM is on pace to shatter Dan Marino’s TD mark of 48 set back in 1984. 18 also leads the league in passer rating with a gaudy 126.6. Steve Young finished with a 112.8 in 1994 which is the current mark. PM is also on pace for another 4000 yard passing season. His sixth consecutive, which is also a new mark. He is currently second in passing yards behind only Marc Bulger in pass happy St. Louis.
Then there are the intangibles which every MVP is graded on. The work ethic, the toughness and the will to win. These are attributes that 18 has in abundance. No one studies film, stays late to work out and with players and prepares like PM. As for toughness, well consider that he has missed only one snap in his career when the game was on and that was when he broke his jaw. He was in the next play. Sure, Jim Sorgi has come on in the last two games, but only in mop up time. I get so sick of hearing about what a warrior Steve McNair is, when PM is as tough if not tougher. And will to win? Already this season we have seen PM snap his team to attention because he simply refuses to lose.
As for the competition, well Michael Vick is having a nice season, but he only throws to Alge Crumpler and if the big TE isn’t open he hoofs it. Just not MVP stock. Duante Fumblepepper had nice season going until Randy Moss went out for a few games and then the fumbler was exposed. Maybe Moss should get some run for the MVP. In Philly, one has to wonder if it is all Soupy McNabb or a combination of him and TO. The only other one who really deserves any run is Drew Brees in San Diego. Brees, nearly benched after a week 3 loss has reeled off 7 of 8 wins since. His 108 QB rating is third in the league and he is primarily responsible for the surprising Chargers being in first in the AFC West.
But when it comes down to it, how can it go to anyone but PM? I don’t know what else he could possibly do to ensure it, but as long as there are blowholes like Bryan Cox, there will be talk.
Is it deserved? Well you make the call. PM leads the NFL with 41 touchdown passes. That’s the stat everyone seems focused on right now. And they should be. PM is on pace to shatter Dan Marino’s TD mark of 48 set back in 1984. 18 also leads the league in passer rating with a gaudy 126.6. Steve Young finished with a 112.8 in 1994 which is the current mark. PM is also on pace for another 4000 yard passing season. His sixth consecutive, which is also a new mark. He is currently second in passing yards behind only Marc Bulger in pass happy St. Louis.
Then there are the intangibles which every MVP is graded on. The work ethic, the toughness and the will to win. These are attributes that 18 has in abundance. No one studies film, stays late to work out and with players and prepares like PM. As for toughness, well consider that he has missed only one snap in his career when the game was on and that was when he broke his jaw. He was in the next play. Sure, Jim Sorgi has come on in the last two games, but only in mop up time. I get so sick of hearing about what a warrior Steve McNair is, when PM is as tough if not tougher. And will to win? Already this season we have seen PM snap his team to attention because he simply refuses to lose.
As for the competition, well Michael Vick is having a nice season, but he only throws to Alge Crumpler and if the big TE isn’t open he hoofs it. Just not MVP stock. Duante Fumblepepper had nice season going until Randy Moss went out for a few games and then the fumbler was exposed. Maybe Moss should get some run for the MVP. In Philly, one has to wonder if it is all Soupy McNabb or a combination of him and TO. The only other one who really deserves any run is Drew Brees in San Diego. Brees, nearly benched after a week 3 loss has reeled off 7 of 8 wins since. His 108 QB rating is third in the league and he is primarily responsible for the surprising Chargers being in first in the AFC West.
But when it comes down to it, how can it go to anyone but PM? I don’t know what else he could possibly do to ensure it, but as long as there are blowholes like Bryan Cox, there will be talk.
posted by mm at Thursday, December 02, 2004
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