Wil the MVP go to one of the Super Bowl Quarterbacks?

Posted February 2, 2010
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Will one of the Super Bowl Quarterbacks take the MVP Award?

Super Bowl XIV between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts is set for February 7, 2010, and if you're thinking about putting a little action on which player will win the coveted Super Bowl MVP award, it might be helpful to consider the statistical trends the previous forty-three Super Bowls allows us to review before making your selection.

The Super Bowl is all about excellence, and it's interesting to note that despite all the great stories in the NFL this year like Brett Favre, the New York Jets, and the Dallas Cowboys new home, in the end the two best teams in the league, the teams that flirted with an undefeated season for so long, are the ones that made it to the big dance.

The first thing you must remember is that quarterback has always been the most important position in the NFL, and that is especially true in the 21st Century NFL, where the league has consistently enforced pass defense rules against defenses in an effort to promote more scoring, since they believe that offense is what fans find more exciting. The league has gone to extra lengths to protect quarterbacks, so much so that many older fans believe that they have gone too far.

Nevertheless, it's a documented fact that quarterbacks have been named Super Bowl MVP in no less than 22 of the 43 games played to date. Since Super Bowl XIV features teams that have explosive offenses and arguably the two best quarterbacks in the game today, the odds are very good that either Peyton Manning, who has already won his 4th NFL MVP Award for the 2009 season, or Drew Brees will win the award and get the opportunity to appear in the Disney commercial and tell the world that they are going to Disney World.