Category: Most Valuable Player
2012 PFF Most Valuable Player
The MVP race comes down to two superstars who returned from injury to carry their teams into the playoffs. Will Peyton Manning or Adrian Peterson take home PFF’s crown?
2011 PFF Most Valuable Player
What an enthralling season of individual performances. The shortened offseason stunted defenses early in the year and–outside of a small handful of units–they were playing catch-up all year long. This allowed a number of individuals to elevate their play which, in turn, saw long-standing records tumble. Finding a single Most Valuable Player is tough in [...]
The MVP Debate: Week 14
Just when you think he can’t do any more to sow up his inevitable MVP selection, Aaron Rodgers goes and has that drive against the Giants. The ease of it almost made you forget how clutch he was once again as the Packer continues to put forth one of the greatest seasons a quarterback has [...]
The MVP Debate: Week 10
Before we start focusing on Week 11, how about we update our Most Valuable Player award? Sounds like the right thing to do. PFF Founder Neil Hornsby couldn’t hack the pressure of making a vote this week so it was left to Sam Monson, Ben Stockwell and I to rank the most valuable players in [...]
The Final MVP Debate: So many deserving candidates
The problem with the NFL’s MVP debate is that it plays out like the chase for the college football championship: It’s all subjective. It’s all supposition, and inference, and who did what against who, and in the end there can be several different options for No. 1. Our seven voters were asked to pick their [...]
The MVP Debate: Sorry, still not Brady
Our Sam Monson spent some of his week on with the Patriots Football Weekly podcasters, talking about the MVP race and why Tom Brady – still – isn’t atop our list. His ears are still ringing from the cries of disbelief. The MVP debate has been boiled down to quarterbacks, and rightly so. There are [...]
The MVP Debate: Early favorite back on top
Our 10 top candidates for MVP remain the same this week, but we have a new leader that looks a lot like the old leader. Back when we started this feature, Philip Rivers was the solid No. 1 choice before team fortunes and slightly diminished his accomplishments. Now, he’s back in charge. Our 10 voters [...]
The MVP Debate: It’s already decided, but shouldn’t be
While the MVP race appears to be signed, sealed and delivered to Tom Brady, the battle for our choice is well up for grabs with three weeks to play. Brady, Philip Rivers, Drew Brees, Michael Vick, Matt Ryan and Aaron Rodgers all got first-place votes among our 10 ballot-boxers, and the difference between first place [...]
The MVP Debate: It’s a five-quarterback race
And down the stretch they come! With four games left to play, the voting has tightened significantly among our 10 balloteers, and it seems like there are five candidates slugging it out: Matt Ryan, Aaron Rodgers, Philip Rivers, Michael Vick and Tom Brady. All five quarterbacks had at least one voter rank them either first [...]
The MVP Debate: No passing fancy
There was an elementary school campaign that some of us were treated to as kids that emphasized “The Three Rs,” namely Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic. Well, this year’s MVP race is also shaping up as the Three Rs right now, namely Rivers, Ryan and Rodgers. Philip Rivers retained the top spot by the cumulative voting [...]
