I apologize for not updating this for over a month. My weekly workload has definitely increased within the last month. I just finished applying to most of my colleges on Sunday. Between that, my high schools basketball team is now underway and they have their first game Saturday. I'm not on the team, but I am very involved with the team as I am sort of the leader of my schools student section and I run the school flag out before games. I won't bore you with all of the other stuff thats kept me busy between college apps, basketball, work, off-season baseball workouts etc. I'll start getting back to actually spreading some light on the world of sports (Lets see if I remember how to do this..)
So how 'bout them Saints? Yeah I know. We have been hearing about them all year. But man, what a team they have. That Monday night drubbing of the Pats was a franchise changing win.
The Vikings look better and better and better with each passing week. They have possibly the best defensive player in the NFL in Jared Allen. They have arguably the best running back in the NFL in Adrian Peterson. Last time I checked, to be successful in the NFL, a team needs to be able to run the ball and stop the run. Check and check. Oh yeah, Brett Favre is having a decent year too..
Peyton and the Colts tend to scare us every week, but who can remember the last time they lost a regular season game? Try October 27th, 2008. The Colts gave up 31 points to the Titans and lost that game 31-21. The Colts face the Tennessee Titans this weekend, who have won five straight. Does any QB-RB tandem in the NFL look better right now than the revived Vince Young and speedster Chris Johnson?
If I had to vote for MVP, these would be my top five candidates.
1.) Peyton Manning
2.) Drew Brees
3.) Chris Johnson
4.) Brett Favre
5.) Bruce Gradkowski
Ok, Ok. The last one is a joke. So before you go off and start punching your computer screen, realize it was a joke.
On a serious note, Peyton is the front runner right now for the MVP race. Now obviously one big reason is because the Colts are 12-0 and could finish undefeated, but perhaps whats even more significant is that this is with a rookie head coach! Jim Caldwell was on Tony Dungys staff for years, but how often does a rookie head coach start the season 12-0? Peyton has eased the transition of a new head coach as he is the coach on the field. He is more than a field general, he is an intelligent, well oiled machine that will out think your defense and knows that your going to blitz on 3rd down while he is still in the huddle for first down.
Brees has to be second because he is the quarterback of the other undefeated NFL team right now. Brees is in the same category with Manning and Brady now as the best QB in the game. And to think he began his career struggling with the Chargers, and people thought the former Boilermaker would never pan out.
Chris Johnson is third because he is less than 600 yards away from breaking Eric Dickersons single season rushing record of 2,105 yards- and we still have 4 games to play, however the Titans are only a disappointing 5-7. Without Johnson, this team would have two wins AT BEST. He makes this team go, but its going to be hard for him to win MVP with the Titans having seven losses and counting.
Brett Favre is easily in this conversation because statistically speaking, he is playing the best football of his career. At age 40! When Favre signed with the Vikings, I thought that he would put them at about a 9 or 10 win season and fade out towards the end of the season like he did last year with the Jets. However, the Vikings already have 10 wins and Favre has thrown 26 touchdowns and only 5 interceptions. Wait, is this the same gun slinging, risk taking Brett Favre we have always known? Yeah. The same Favre who threw 29 interceptions in 2005 has only thrown five this year. The Vikings are 10-2 and with losses only to last years superbowl teams (Arizona and Pittsburgh), Minnesota poses a real threat to New Orleans if they happen to meet up in the playoffs this year.
I'm not going to go in to detail about Bruce, but hell of a game by him at Pittsburgh, eh?
Four weeks left, and I'm going to try to update this thing more. I'm always on the go (who isn't these days?) but I'll do my best to get to this more. Anyways, I'm out for now.
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