The MVP for the Super Bowl was presumably between Brady, Edelman, Gronk and Butler, with Brady winning it.
But I still don't think this was a great game for Brady except for the 4th quarter. I don't think you can give the MVP to a QB who gives up two picks like that. In fact, a good portion of his long passes were picks. I'm sick of people choosing the best plays of a QB and forgetting picks - one key reason I thought Dilfer was undervalued even though he had zero post-season turnovers in his SB win.
Edelman was spectacular, and Gronk too. Vereen was critical as well.
Still, I think the MVP should have gone to Butler for two very simple reasons:
1. Without Butler's interception, the Patriots would have almost certainly lost the game.
2. I don't think any other player would have made that play. I've still never seen any play like that. It's a huge gamble by the cornerback, and I think most corners are conditioned not to take such a gamble. And the explosiveness off the line was unreal.
Now, if you want to give the MVP to Brady for being the MVP of the *season*, well, that's reasonable. But for the game itself, I feel like what Butler did was unprecedented. (I asked in another thread if anyone had seen an interception as athletically and timing-wise as shocking, nobody had.)
