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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has become the first player to win The Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player honors four times.

In balloting by 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the league, Manning received 39½ votes to 7½ for Drew Brees as only quarterbacks received any backing. The other votes went to San Diego's Philip Rivers with two, and Minnesota's Brett Favre with one.

Manning adds the 2009 honors to the awards he won in 2003, 2004 and 2008, breaking a tie with Favre at three MVPs.

He has joined the truly elite of team sports: Wayne Gretzky (9), Barry Bonds (7) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6), the leaders for most valuable player awards in each of their sports.
 

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7 fourth quarter comebacks and one game where one of the best coaches in the league decides it better to go for it on fourth down inside their own 30 than give manning the ball back with a min to go. That seems like he has had a pretty dominant season. There is no other quarterback in the league that gets that kind of attention from other coaches including Drew Brees.
 
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Yes.. Manning had a good year..But if winning is the only thing that matters, why do the keep statistics? Manning was better than Brees in 1 category: passing yards. Brees was 120 give or take a few yards from Manning. I get tired of ppl saying well if you take Manning off the Colts then they would be .500. Well good observation. If you take Manning off the Colts, they would go find some other qb. They sure as hell wouldnt have Sorgi or Painter be their QB. Take Brees off the Saints and their going to be .500. It just baffles me that Manning won by so much. So I will ask you guys this.. If the Colts were undefeated and manning only has 16 Tds, 10 Int, 2400 passing yards and Brees has 32 Td, 11 Int, 3200 yards and a record of 13-3, then who would you give MVP to there?
 
and if my aunt had.....well, you know....lol...

she'd be my uncle....lol....

of course...if brees had much better stats, then he would win the mvp award...duuuuh......lol.......
 

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one important thing to note about Manning winning the MVP Award....

Not one media member in Indianapolis, or for the whole state of Indiana for that matter, has a vote in the Associated Press' Most Valuable Player voting panel.....in fact, the voting panel is made up of sports writers and sports broadcasters who cover the NFL as a whole....no beat writers or reporters from NFL cities.....the panel consists of reporters from New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami....I think that ESPN has two or three voters on the panel...the Associated Press wants people who cover the NFL as a whole...on the panel...to get a broader view....
 
this is what Paul Kuharsky from ESPN.com had to say about Manning....

No player has ever won it four times before.

The AP story says he got 39.5 of the 50 votes, with Drew Brees getting 7.5.

In a season in which Manning relied on two inexperienced receivers to go with Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark, he had his best year with accuracy ever (a 68.8 completion percentage) while throwing to rookie Austin Collie and second-year man Pierre Garcon.

He led the Colts to a 14-0 record and a super-early clinching of the division title, the bye week and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs while making fourth-quarter comebacks look routine.

It’s hard to imagine him leading more and doing more to set the tone for the franchise, but he made gains in both departments during Jim Caldwell’s first season as head coach.

I was fortunate enough to see the Colts in person nine times this season and gained even more of an appreciation for Manning's play and precision.

During the Colts' 35-31 win at Jacksonville on Dec. 17, I never felt any doubt about who was going to win, even though the Jaguars did some great work and made plays that helped create a thriller.

I compared it to the movie "Apollo 13." You knew the astronauts were going to make it back, but it was still compelling and entertaining to see how NASA and the guys in the capsule were going to find a way. Manning and the 2009 Colts had much the same feel.

I think he’s the best player in the league right now, and he would have gotten my vote.
 
by the way sycamores 28.....

i was just teasing you when i made the joke about my aunt....lol....
 

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First off, I'm a Titans fan..
Second, the Colts fan base absolulety makes me mad. They think the Colts are God's team. When in reality the Colts are nothing special. They have good regular seasons but have a hard time winning when it really matters, with the exception of 2006. With that being the only Super Bowl title they have, the fans are just annoying as hell.
Third, I can not stand Peyton Manning. The man is a really great quarterback dont get me wrong, but when he blamed the offensive line for protection problems that one year they lost in the playoffs, that really just irritated me a lot and can't stand.
Fourth, Lucas Oil Stadium. Don't get me wrong its absolutely amazing but I hate indoor football stadiums. I know that having a multi-purpose venue is great for the economy of the city but I hate football inside a roof and sorry but retractable roof does not count.
Fifth, Tony Dungy.
That's about it. I'm sure I'm leaving out a few things..:censored:
 
well....let's clarify some things....

as for peyton calling out his offensive line...he really didn't...i was there covering the game when he made the supposed comments....he begged off saying anything several times...and a couple of national writers kept going back to the same subject....of course, folks never saw nor heard it when he kept begging off the question...and, of course, when tom brady rips his offensive line during and after games....i've seen and heard him do it several times over the years...its played up as being that brady is such a leader....showing his fiery competitiveness....lol.....

win or lose...manning comes out and talks....for a long time..to the media.....brady loses a game...and he talks for like two minutes....or not at all....we all remember how he dodged the espn reporter on the sidelines after a game earlier this season....

colts fans are nothing...and i mean nothing...compared to patriots or steelers fans.....they rival notre dame and indiana university fans....lol....

and dungy?...he's a great guy.....and an outstanding coach.....

and while i have friends with the titans...their assistant head coach/linebackers coach is dave mcginnis, a fomer indiana state assistant....and i'm still friendly with david thornton...former colts linebacker now playing for tennessee.....when their players pulled out the terrible towels last season and stomped on them....they didn't win a game last year and this year after that happened.....and then they went with vince young....lol....i did like it when jeff fisher wore the manning jersey....lol....
 
haha I know. I guess you could just I hate seein the Colts win. I just let me anger out by bashing the Colts even though they are one of the most succesful sport organzations in all of major sports! lol
 
sycamores28 said:
Second, the Colts fan base absolulety makes me mad. They think the Colts are God's team. When in reality the Colts are nothing special. They have good regular seasons but have a hard time winning when it really matters, with the exception of 2006. With that being the only Super Bowl title they have, the fans are just annoying as hell. :
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I agree...being a Rams fan when I heard Colts fans bitching about not being perfect I almost punched one of them in the face...I still hate them doing a fan thing that drives me crazy:
Deity/Player= Peyton Manning, people make it sound like Wayne Clark, Addai or any of these guys are nothing without him. Dont get me wrong, Manning is one of the best qbs of all time with his overall career but no one improves the players around them THAT much. They catch ball they run, Manning also has a tendency to leave his wideouts out to dry with throws that end up causing injuries...
 
And just because its NOTHING in the comparison to another fanbase, doesnt make it ok...Its annoying as sin, nuff said...
 

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I hate the fans of terrible teams who feel like its their duty to tell the fans of good teams how terrible they are. Just because you like to cheer for a terrible team just to make people believe you are not a "bandwagon fan" does not mean that you are not a terrible fan. Maybe you should try cheering for your team a little bit more instead of cheering against the teams that are actually performing week in and week out.
 
And, if you have actually watched the colts the past few years, how many times has manning left a reciever out to dry that resulted in an injury? ZERO! All of the injuries to the colts receivers have come on a tackle after the receiver had position and made a football move. So to say that manning lets his receivers get hurt is a blatant lie and anyone who has ever watched the colts would know its not true.
 
TJames said:
she'd be my uncle....lol....

of course...if brees had much better stats, then he would win the mvp award...duuuuh......lol.......
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As close as their stats were; as close as the team season records were, I'm just surprised that manning won by that large of a margin -- truly a love fest for manning -- should have been a co-MVP award (as in 1997 and 2003)
 
bkinsey said:
I hate the fans of terrible teams who feel like its their duty to tell the fans of good teams how terrible they are. Just because you like to cheer for a terrible team just to make people believe you are not a "bandwagon fan" does not mean that you are not a terrible fan. Maybe you should try cheering for your team a little bit more instead of cheering against the teams that are actually performing week in and week out.
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I wouldn't say that the Titans are terrible..They started out pretty.Ok they started out horrible but I cheer for my team quite a bit actually. I just dont agree with him getting MVP. Maybe Brees needs to do more t.v. commercials in order to get the love from everyone else..
 
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