Peyton Manning was named the NFL MVP on Saturday morning, making him the first player in league history to win the award four times. Manning was MVP in 2003, 2004, and also 2008. The voting wasn't even close, as Manning earned 39 1/2 votes compared to only 7 1/2 for Drew Brees. Phillip Rivers received 2 votes and surprisingly Brett Favre had just one vote.
"I'm very humbled and grateful to be honored with this award and I really feel like it is a reflection of our team," said Manning.
Peyton had great numbers this year and was on the verge of leading his team to an undefeated regular season before the Colts decided to rest their starters in week 16. His 4,500 passing yards is second only to the historic season he had in 2004(4,557), and he threw for 33 TD's. This season Manning also set new personal bests for completion percentage at 68.8% and completions with 393.
I've had the privilege to watch some of the greatest QB's of all time during my lifetime and Peyton Manning ranks at or very near the top of that list. Congrats to Peyton on a terrific achievement.
"I'm very humbled and grateful to be honored with this award and I really feel like it is a reflection of our team," said Manning.
Peyton had great numbers this year and was on the verge of leading his team to an undefeated regular season before the Colts decided to rest their starters in week 16. His 4,500 passing yards is second only to the historic season he had in 2004(4,557), and he threw for 33 TD's. This season Manning also set new personal bests for completion percentage at 68.8% and completions with 393.
I've had the privilege to watch some of the greatest QB's of all time during my lifetime and Peyton Manning ranks at or very near the top of that list. Congrats to Peyton on a terrific achievement.
0 comments:
Post a Comment