MVP
The MVP Debate: And then there were four (QBs)
We’re big on recognizing players at all positions here at Pro Football Focus, but it remains clear that the most important position on the field is quarterback.
Which is why our 10 voters collectively put four quarterbacks at the top of this week’s MVP list (note: a certain three-time Super Bowl winner is not among them). It’s a golden age for QBs — even with defensive lines taking a clear edge over offensive lines here in 2010, seventeen QBs have NFL passer ratings above 90.0. Consider that in 1978, when the league went to a 16-game schedule and changed the rules to favor passing games, that Roger Staubach led the league at 84.9.
Our four QBs atop the list have at least one thing in common — all were picked in the top four overall in their respective drafts. Which top gun is No. 1? For now, it’s the “Decatur Dandy,” but this race is going to come down to the wire.
It’s a two-man race for MVP …
Peyton Manning and Philip Rivers. There doesn’t seem to be much debate among our 10 MVP voters that these two are the two most valuable arms in the league this year (including Roger Goodell’s strong arm of the law). Both are putting up obscene numbers and doing it with players that are barely famous in their hometowns.
So who’s No. 1, No. 17 or No. 18?
And did a Buffalo Bills player actually garner a 10th-place vote?
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