Pat Y: Drew Brees for MVP? (1 Viewer)

[Hawkeye Saint]

Didn't see this posted.
Nice job by Pat Y.

Drew Brees for MVP? - NFC South Blog - ESPN

 

[Domeination]

Great article. Pat Y nailed it. Unfortunately, if GB keeps winning Rogers will get the MVP despite Brees' brilliance this year. It would be a real shame if he never wins MVP. He should have been the MVP in 2009. Payton Manning was not undeserving that year, but we all know Brees was even better. Thanks for posting, Hawkeye.

 

[ndcc]

Brees is having a great season. But thus far (in 2011), Rodgers is playing at a higher level.

 

[blackadder]

Brees is having a great season. But thus far (in 2011), Rodgers is playing at a higher level.

Rodgers is being statisically a little more efficient, and he is defintely matching Brees as far accuracy and ball placement.

But I think Radgers edge is his receivers. Jennings, Driver and Nelson are really good and get open consistently on intermnediate and deep routes. Our receivers are not getting the same kind of separation. They are good, but GB's receiver corps is a notch better and Rodgers is benefitting.

 

[TheDeparted]

I think the Colts' staggering decline in his absence shows that, without a doubt, Peyton Manning is the leagues' MVP.

 

[v3kt0r]

Stirring the pot. Yes, Brees is playing great but Rodgers is clearly the frontrunner because he hasn't had any missteps. 4INTs v 11INTs and currently undefeated.

 

[lonestarcajun]

I do like this statement from Pat:

Go ahead and start the chants for Aaron Rodgers. I get it and there's no doubt Rodgers is having a tremendous season. But I think Brees is having every bit as good a season as the Green Bay quarterback. Maybe better, and I am not alone.

“Aaron Rodgers is on an undefeated team and obviously that means a lot,’’ New Orleans right tackle Zach Strief said. “Aaron Rodgers is an absolutely great quarterback, no doubt. But is anybody playing better than Drew Brees right now? Probably not.’’

 

[birdog]

When Brees breaks Marino's record, that should put him above everybody else, including Rodgers, for league MVP.


After all.....that record is the most prestigious individual record for any QB. Almost impossible to break, yet both Brees and Brady are on pace to break it.

BTW....its great to see the competition between Brady & Brees .......two of the best QBs in the business....

 

[bergeaux]

Rodgers and Brees are in a 1 year tie in my opinion. The tie breaker is time invested. Brees has done it longer and proven the pedigree to deserve the MVP. If one or the other had a big lead over everyone else, then fine, but this is really a tie.

I know it's supposed to be about "this year", but if that were the case there were years that some other MVP's wouldn't have won it in similar tie situations. Let's be honest.

Look at the list for past MVPs and check out the year others in the league had those years:

National Football League Most Valuable Player Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2009 stands out to me the biggest. Drew had an incredible year and was on an incredible team, with considerably better stats than Manning, but Manning won because of pedigree.

Brees deserves this MVP, he's earned it this year and past years. Rodgers will earn it if he can keep doing this.

 

[perdidosaint]

lets see how many records Brees breaks before we crown Rodgers. Brees is who we thought he was. Simply the best.

 

[lonestarcajun]

Rodgers and Brees are in a 1 year tie in my opinion. The tie breaker is time invested. Brees has done it longer and proven the pedigree to deserve the MVP. If one or the other had a big lead over everyone else, then fine, but this is really a tie.

I know it's supposed to be about "this year", but if that were the case there were years that some other MVP's wouldn't have won it in similar tie situations. Let's be honest.

Look at the list for past MVPs and check out the year others in the league had those years:

National Football League Most Valuable Player Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2009 stands out to me the biggest. Drew had an incredible year and was on an incredible team, with considerably better stats than Manning, but Manning won because of pedigree.

Brees deserves this MVP, he's earned it this year and past years. Rodgers will earn it if he can keep doing this.

It wouldn't be the first time MVP considered a complete body of work rather than just the one year... that's one of the things that has worked for Manning in the past.

The thing is that people have been looking to crown the next great young QB and have been looking to Rodgers for that honor. With the Super Bowl run last year, he validated that outlook and really this year he has been every bit as good as the hype that was made about him. Rodgers has established himself as being one of the unquestioned elite this season... you can't take that away from him, the guy is playing at a very high level.

With the recent memory of that Super Bowl run and a Super Bowl MVP being followed up by just out of this world play and an undefeated season so far, I believe MVP will go to Rodgers unless he has some big breakdown in the next few weeks -- which I don't see happening. Brees should be in the conversation, and I agree with Pat that Brees is having every bit as good of a season as Rodgers. But its going to be that QB rating and the talk of a perfect season that will be on everyone's mind when MVP voting comes around.

You could make the argument that Brees's likelihood to break one "unbreakable record" in Marino's passing yards while edging up on the "really unbreakable record" of consecutive games with a TD pass are far more significant than QB rating in a season and the string of wins that GB has so far. But the one thing about those that will still hurt Brees's chances at MVP even if he breaks Marino's record is that both Brady & Rodgers may break it also, and if not, they'll be close.

I'd love to see Brees win MVP, it just doesn't look like it will happen again this year. But, just like in 2009, I'd trade league MVP for Super Bowl MVP any day.

 

[coldseat]

The Packers :butthurt in that tread is strong.

 

[bornnraisedwhodat]

Give me SB MVP anyday

 

[gregh]

love the comments at the bottom