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PatsFan24 · 09-17-2011, 02:59 AM

Would you rather have Brady be named Super Bowl MVP or League MVP? Only pick one. What is more impressive..a 3rd SB MVP or a 3rd NFL MVP?

lightningbolt · 09-17-2011, 03:09 AM

I'm not a Pats fan but obviously it's better to have a regular season MVP and a super bowl victory. Besides, super bowl MVPs are kind of cheap; they're almost always awarded to the quarterback of the winning team.

On the other hand, regular season MVPs are much more difficult to attain because even though QBs are favored to win it, there's a lot of competition amongst QBs to see who will get it.

Brady has to compete with Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Philip Rivers, and Aaron Rodgers every year to win the regular season MVP, and that's just counting the quarterbacks.

SammyBlueCat · 09-17-2011, 03:10 AM

The (not so) unstated implications of Tom Brady winning a Super Bowl MVP are...

lightningbolt · 09-17-2011, 03:13 AM

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The (not so) unstated implications of Tom Brady winning a Super Bowl MVP are...

Well, he stated in the title that the Pats win the super bowl either way. So, if the Pats are guaranteed to win a super bowl, which would you rather have him win? A regular season MVP or a super bowl MVP?

jcdavey · 09-17-2011, 03:18 AM

sb mvp should always trump any kind of regular season award

lightningbolt · 09-17-2011, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by jcdavey

sb mvp should always trump any kind of regular season award

Even if you win the super bowl as well?

PatsFan24 · 09-17-2011, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by lightningbolt

I'm not a Pats fan but obviously it's better to have a regular season MVP and a super bowl victory. Besides, super bowl MVPs are kind of cheap; they're almost always awarded to the quarterback of the winning team.

On the other hand, regular season MVPs are much more difficult to attain because even though QBs are favored to win it, there's a lot of competition amongst QBs to see who will get it.

Brady has to compete with Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Philip Rivers, and Aaron Rodgers every year to win the regular season MVP, and that's just counting the quarterbacks.

Eh...it depends. The SB MVP Aaron Rogers got last year was not a cheap award. Same with the ones Montana got. Or the Brady MVP in 2003. Now the year Peyton Manning got it...that was a cheap one

jcdavey · 09-17-2011, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by lightningbolt

Even if you win the super bowl as well?

well in that case.....still i'd say sb mvp means more, bigger game right?

i guess if the player in question played well enough to win the sb mvp but a teammate had better stats, then there's that argument

i'd just say in the end , regular season mvp seems pretty meaningless , because the playoffs are a 2nd season.

lightningbolt · 09-17-2011, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by PatsFan24

Eh...it depends. The SB MVP Aaron Rogers got last year was not a cheap award. Same with the ones Montana got. Or the Brady MVP in 2003. Now the year Peyton Manning got it...that was a cheap one

But if Rodgers played just average he most likely would have won it either way, unless another player on the Packers had an outstanding game.

When can you say in recent memory that a player won a regular season MVP without having played well?

You can argue that certain players deserved it more, like how Manning seems to get it when others perform better than him, but usually it still goes to a player who had good stats.

PatsFan24 · 09-17-2011, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by lightningbolt

But if Rodgers played just average he most likely would have won it either way, unless another player on the Packers had an outstanding game.

When can you say in recent memory that a player won a regular season MVP without having played well?

You can argue that certain players deserved it more, like how Manning seems to get it when others perform better than him, but usually it still goes to a player who had good stats.

I can see your point on that. Still though the SB MVP has rewarded some of the best performances in NFL history, and doing it on the biggest stage with everything on the line. To me that is not a cheap award.