Your 2010 NFL MVP is?

[Jontrem]

Originally Posted by Terpfan76

At this point, I'm going with Brady but Peyton Manning deserves some props... perhaps an honorable mention. The guy is keeping his team in contention with a MASH unit for an offense. He loses wrs on a weekly basis and has no running game, yet he still manages to get the job done. This team won't play for the Super Bowl, hell, they may not make the Playoffs, but the Colts are one team that would be as bad if not worse than the Panthers if Manning went down. In my mind, that makes him the MVP.

Thats something that needs to be defined better, what are the criteria for an MVP?

[Terpfan76]

Originally Posted by Jontrem

Thats something that needs to be defined better, what are the criteria for an MVP?

Well, the award is the Most Valuable Player. Where are the Colts without Peyton Manning? Probably sitting on the #1 pick in the draft. While it's true Brady and Vick have had much better seasons, and that 3 week or so stretch where Manning was handing out souvenirs and pick sixes at an epic rate was hard to watch, Manning did what he had to to help his stay above water. While we can all agree that he will not win the MVP, there's really no debate there, I really don't see how there's much argument in that he's truly the most valuable offensive player in the NFL.
Now we could certainly make a strong argument for Troy Polamalu being the most valuable player in the NFL bar none, but I hate the Steelers way to much to make it.

[Jontrem]

Originally Posted by Terpfan76

Well, the award is the Most Valuable Player. Where are the Colts without Peyton Manning? Probably sitting on the #1 pick in the draft. While it's true Brady and Vick have had much better seasons, and that 3 week or so stretch where Manning was handing out souvenirs and pick sixes at an epic rate was hard to watch, Manning did what he had to to help his stay above water. While we can all agree that he will not win the MVP, there's really no debate there, I really don't see how there's much argument in that he's truly the most valuable offensive player in the NFL.
Now we could certainly make a strong argument for Troy Polamalu being the most valuable player in the NFL bar none, but I hate the Steelers way to much to make it.

Ok so for MVP we are to take the valuable in the most literal sense of the word? How valuable that specific player is? My concern with that is that you then have to take alot more into consideration. Things like who his back up is, what type of defense the team has (or offense if a defensive player ever wins again) what the offensive line is like, there are just too many things to take into consideration. I think it should go to the player who played at the highest level that year, and how many wins they would have lost without that player should be taken out of the equation.