I don't believe there is ANY doubt that Manning wins MVP...he just put in one of the all-time greatest seasons a QB ever has...and his club won 14 games all while having the worst running game in the league.
Take him off that team and how many do they win?? My guess would be 2 at most. I think the one game that wins this for him is that Miami tilt when his club had the ball for 15 minutes, the Dolphins for 45, yet the Colts won while putting up 27 pomits.
However that argument ( how many wins without him) could be made for several QB's...Schaub, Rodgers, Brees, Roethlisburger, Rivers etc.
The only guy that cant make that claim is Favre, as he won 12 games this year with essentially the same cast of characters that Minnesota won 10 games with last year. Although there is no denying he had a tremendous year.
Lots of great individual performances this year, Johnson, Brees, Rivers,
Rodgers (anyone really look at his #'s? They are astounding) etc. But one stands above all and its Peyton.
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