Peyton Manning not worthy of MVP votes

There are some people out there, experts included, who believe that Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning might receive a few MVP  votes when writers vote for the award following the end of the NFL season. Manning, of course, has been injured and hasn’t played a single down this year, but his loss for the Colts has led to 13 straight losses and the high probability of going 0-16. Manning not playing this year has proved more than ever how valuable he is and MVP does stand for Most Valuable Player. There is also no rule stating that a player must actually play to receive votes or even win the award. I wouldn’t be shocked if he received a vote or two or even more myself, but I do think even receiving one MVP vote would be wrong.

I think many, many decades ago when writers came up with the term Most Valuable Player that they truly meant that term to mean the Best Player of the Year, which most times is probably the case anyway. However, I think that sometimes, and this year is the case, that people seem to take the word ‘valuable’ in the award’s title way too seriously. We all know that Manning is incredibly valuable to the Colts, but Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is having an all-time great year at his position and other NFL players are having fantastic years as well. So, let’s end the ridiculous talk about Peyton Manning as MVP.