Colts' Manning worthy of third MVP

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  1. NewsGrabber

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    <em>Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky</em> <p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=1428" shape="rect" target="_new">Peyton Manning</a> is deserving of his <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3805670" shape="rect" target="_blank">third MVP award</a> after a regular season during which he helped the Colts, long regarded as a finesse team, add a large portion of grit to their recipe.</p> <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4" width="200"><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><img alt="" height="300" src="http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2009/0101/nfl_g_manning1_sw_200.jpg" width="200" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td><td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><font size="1" style="line-height: 1.2em">Andy Lyons/Getty Images</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td><td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><font size="1" style="line-height: 1.2em"><strong>Peyton Manning won his third MVP award on Friday.</strong></font></td></tr></table> <p>The MVP debate lasted longer than usual this year, and for a good stretch there was no clear-cut favorite. Manning probably convinced many voters for good in Week 16, when he was nearly perfect in a <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=281218030" shape="rect" target="_blank">Thursday night win at Jacksonville</a> when the run game offered him no real help and he threw every imaginable variety of pass with great accuracy, willing the Colts to the win that sealed their playoff spot. I think it was the best quarterbacked game I have ever attended.</p> <p>For a time, I thought voters could weigh one factor against Manning. He did wonderful work helping his team climb out of its early-season hole, but he helped dig that hole. Two knee surgeries that forced him to miss training camp and the preseason were a big part of why the team was so out of rhythm early. You can't blame him for having been hurt, of course, but the bad start was part of the season that's now been rewarded.</p> <p>I don't maintain a hard and fast formula for how I'd decide where to cast a vote, and I didn't have one here. I know I would have struggled to write in anyone else's name.</p> <p>For those who go by the where-would-the-team-be-without-him approach, he was a clear-cut choice. I do think that line of thinking can help reward a guy for his team's deficiencies -- the Colts without Manning would be terrible, in large part because they have been unable to run the ball effectively even with him.</p> <p>But yes, take Manning off the 2008 Colts and they are nowhere -- New England would be getting ready for a first-round playoff game. Instead, the clutch Manning helped hold a team together through an unfamiliar tough stretch. He takes the field in San Diego Saturday night as a three-time MVP.</p> <p>Would it mean nearly as much if the flight home is for a locker cleanout instead of to get ready for a trip to Nashville or Pittsburgh?</p> <p>I don't think so either.</p>

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  2. psychotictitan

    psychotictitan Its About That Time...

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    Peyton voted AP's NFL MVP for third time (AP)

    Peyton Manning has joined Brett Favre as the only three-time winners of The Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award. The Indianapolis Colts quarterback was a landslide winner Friday in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the NFL. Manning also was the league MVP in 2003, when he shared it with Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair, and in 2004.

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  4. Well, at least CJ got a vote...
     
  5. GoT

    GoT Strength and Honor

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    aren't all those teams the dolts whupped, barley at that, the same "bad" teams the Titans were poo-poo'ed on for dominating?


    you suck PK!
     
  6. GoTitans3801

    GoTitans3801 Forward Progress!

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    To be fair, they had a hard stretch with us, pats, steelers, and chargers... hard to sneer at that. Also, we've been getting less grief about our schedule in the second half of the season. You know, since we beat 4 playoff teams...
     
  7. Apart from the pats and the chargers, which apparantely makes a huge difference.
     
  8. Blazing Arrow

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    I am suprised Young is not getting more attention. If he had not gone down in the first game I do not think we would be the team we are today atop the AFC.
     
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  9. Carpy

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    This is a frickin disgrace. Peyton Manning did not deserve MVP. Not even close.

    My top 5 candidates:
    1. James Harrison
    2. Michael Turner
    3. Adrian Peterson
    4. Chad Pennington
    5. Ed Reed

    Peyton Manning barely made the top-5 in any single QB statistical category. They didn't win their division, they underperformed when compared to last season, and Manning had one of the worst statistical years of his career.

    I'm disgusted.
     
  10. SEC 330 BIPOLAR

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    MVP for Manning is the kiss of death for the Colts. :yes:
     
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