The NFL MVP Shouldn't Be This Hard

It's a 3 horse race between Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, and Drew Brees, but the obvious choice for the NFL MVP should be Drew Brees.

Here are the numbers for all of them:
Brady: 105 QB Rating, 5,235 Yards, 39 TDs and 12 Int and 65.6%
Rodgers: 122 QB Rating, 4,643 Yards, 45 TDs and 6 Ints and 68.3%
Breesus: 110 QB Rating, 5,476 Yards, 46 TDs and 14 Ints and 71.2%

I don't see how it can't be Brees. He broke Dan Marino's passing yards record and his own completion percentage record and had the most TDs in the league.

The thing that should kill Rodgers in this talk was out of his control, when Mike McCarthy decided to bench Rodgers in the final game and his back up Matt Flynn threw for 480 yards and 6 TDs made people wonder, including myself.... Is it the system? We saw this with Brady/ Cassel before and I think Flynn excelling and putting up HUGE numbers may have spelled doom for Rodgers MVP campaign. Although his TD/INT ratio is stupid and his QB rating is record breaking, McCarthy may have taken it away by being a good coach.

The thing that should kill Brady is obvious, the strength of schedule. The Patriots didn't beat a team that finished with above .500 record. Brady didn't have one category that he finished ahead of the other 2 and although he did break Dan Marino's record, but Brees still owns it. And although it's out of his hands, not playing anyone and not beating anyone relevant kills his candidacy.

So with that being said, there is only 1 true MVP of this league and he lives in New Orleans.

Rodgers Wins AP Male Athlete of Year

"Rodgers is the 2011 Male Athlete of the Year, chosen by members of the Associated Press, after he turned in an MVP performance in the Green Bay Packers' Super Bowl victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in February and then went on to lead his team on a long unbeaten run this season (CBS Sports)."

Rodgers run has been pretty epic. The rest of the voting went as follows...

"Rodgers received 112 votes out of the 212 ballots submitted from U.S. news organizations that make up the AP's membership. Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander finished second with 50 votes, followed by tennis standout Novak Djokovic (21), Carolina Panthers rookie quarterback Cam Newton (6) and NASCAR champion Tony Stewart (5)."

While it's hard for me to argue that didn't Rodgers deserved the award there is a name missing here that really pisses me off... Tim Thomas. Listen, I get it, hockey isn't the biggest sport in the world, but Thomas won the Vezina Trophy (best goalie in NHL), went on to have a record setting playoff run, won the Conn Smythe Trophy (playoff MVP), and won the Staleny Cup. He was the first goaltender to win the Stanley Cup, Vezina, and Conn Smythe trophies in the same season since 1974, and yet he isn't even mentioned on the list? I think that's bullshit. Especially when I could make the argument he deserved it over Rodgers.

Around The NFL: Big Ben and Pittsburgh With Another Dominant Week

35 Pittsburgh, 7 Cincinnati
This game was over before it started, Big Ben put out another legendary performance with throwing 2 more TDs with a broken thumb and leading his team to a 9-3 record. Rashard Mendenhall now has more TD's than Franco Harris did in his first 3 years. The Steelers are clearly the best team in the AFC.

38 Packers, 35 Giants
Aaron Rodgers finally won a close game when the pressure was on with a masterful performance. Rodgers completed passes of 24, 27 and 18 yards in a lightning-quick five-play drive to set up a 31-yard field goal by Mason Crosby on the final play. Tom Coughlin must want to get a gun and shoot his secondary because their play was pathetic, and the Giants late season collapse is still on as they finish 6-6.

35 Broncos, 32 Minnesota
God! Stop It! Stop making Tim Tebow Win! Tim Tebow is the bane of my existence all he does is win and it's fucking annoying. Although his schedule isn't hard I can't knock Tebow's 6-1 record as a starter. I just really need a team to beat him and end this all.

19 Cardinals, 13 Cowboys
Jason Garrett has cost his team another vicory with his timidness as a coach. Maybe you can push some of that blame on Jerry Jones, but the last 30 seconds of this game is out of control. He had his kicker kick a 49 yard field goal(and freeze him) when they had a chance to get the ball a little closer. This is the 2nd time Garrett has cost the team a victory this year with the 1st being against the Pats.

34 New York Jets, 19 Redskins
This game was a lot closer until the end and Mark Sanchez played a hell of a game. Know what I think? Mark Sanchez is a better QB than Matt Ryan. I'd take Sanchez over Matty Ice any day. The Jets are 7-5 and a game out of the playoffs.

28 Panthers, 19 Bucs
Cam Newton may have a 4-8 record but should be the Rookie Of The Year. I like what Andy Dalton has done, but Newton is just oo good to be denied that. Yesterday he threw for 201 yards and a TD and rushed for 3 more. He set the rookie record for rushing TDs with 13 and has 26 TDs on the year.

17 Texans, 10 Falcons
The Falcons and Matt Ryan were beat by a team that is starting a 3rd string qb and lost their best WR again. He sucks.

10 KC, 3 Bears
Caleb Hanie blows and they most likely lost Matt Forte for the year with a sprained MCL. Bears are doomed and they should be calling McNabb or hell, just starting anyone else.

34 Miami, 14 Raiders
The Dolphins may be the best 4-8 team in the history of the NFL, Reggie Bush and Matt Moore have been playing extremely well. I don't think a lot of teams want to be playing the Dolphins for the rest of the year. The Raiders meanwhile have been overthrown by Saint Tebow for that AFC West wildcard.

31 New Orleans, 17 Detroit
Drew Brees is playing out of control and will easily beat Dan Marino's passing record this year. The guy is money and got 3 more TDs last night. They might be playing better than the Packers these couple of weeks.