Mike Chappell, the Indianapolis Star's veteran Colts beat writer, conducted another poll of the 50 individuals who vote for the Associated Press' NFL MVP voting. Here's the link to his story this morning.
Mike wanted our top three picks after last week's games. Here were my top three: 1, Peyton Manning. 2, Drew Brees. 3, Philip Rivers.
Mike got 23 of the 50 voters to respond. He weighted each person's top three, giving five points for first, four for second and three for third.
Manning led with 114 points, followed by Brees (88), Rivers (51), Chris Johnson (17) and Favre (15).
Mike ran his first MVP poll story back on the morning of Dec. 6. That was when the Vikings were 10-1 and getting ready to play the Cardinals later that day. At that point, 35 of the 50 voters responded with their top five. Using a weighted formula, Manning led with 137 points, followed by Brees (126), Favre (111) and Johnson (49).
In other words, the Vikings' two nationally-televised clunkers in three weeks took Favre out of the running.
I asked Rich Gannon the other day who he'd pick. I listened intently because, after all, here's a guy who actually won the award in 2002.
"I think if ever there was a case for co-MVPs, this is the year," he said. "I can't separate Peyton Manning, Drew Brees and Brett Favre. I think you could give it to any one of them."
