Result in San Diego shouldn't diminish Manning's regular season

Turner
Pennington
Brees
Peterson
Rivers
Warner

Manning had an average year by his own standards. He wasn't even the best QB in the league this year, and if you aren't even the best at your position- you don't deserve to be MVP of an entire league.

 

Sort of like when they wouldn't give Edgerrin James the ball in goal-line situations, so Manning could pass from the 4 yard line 3 times in a row just to get his stupid TD record. (which was broken a couple seasons later by Brady lol)

Add Kurt Warner to my list of more deserving, also.

 

just more PK mancrush jock love for Gayton.

You suck PK!

 

http://www.coltfreaks.com/forum/showthread.php?p=131416#post131416

 

that last comment is just begging a Gayton postseason comparison

 

manning had better stats, won 2 head to head games, and won the division over steve "fragile" mcnair. yet he got a co-mvp

now that was a joke.

 

yes it was awful McNair having too share the award with such a whinner.

 

My problem with MVP voting in any league is the criteria. It seems that each voter has their own. I know what acronym MVP stands for but when most people (i.e. commentators and sports writers) explain their choice they do not vote for the person who is most valuable. Some people vote for the person who has the most stats, some people vote for the person who is more popular. In my opinion the talent level in the NFL is so great that is almost impossible to say that one person of all the players is more valuable than others.

For example, no way the Colts go 12=4 without manning. But on the flip side of that is you could have replaced Manning with Rothlisburger (excuse the spelling), Eli Manning, Delhomne etc. and had similar results. So in the end how valuable is he. Other QBs could have done what Manning did. Usually the person on the best team ends up having the better stats and record. A lot of that is not necessarily due to the player that's collecting the stats but more to the team as whole.

If Rothlisburger had a better O-line he would have had better stats and hence been a candidate for MVP. Not because he himself did anything different.

Look at the Brady/Cassell situation. If Brady was healthy it is quite likely the Pats win the division and make the playoffs. However, Cassell did an excellent job taking over. So it proves that in New England is not so much the player but the team and system.

So how can you give one person credit for what a team of people accomplish without having set criteria?

 

you can go ahead and throw out turner and pennington. especially pennington. he did a lot worse than manning in the playoff game. turner didn't do too hot himself. how was AP's game? he had one 40 yard carry and that was practically it. Rivers' team went 8-8 in the West. That says enough. Brees didn't come close to the playoffs. Warner is the only other argument you have