Some NFL MVP Dark Horses

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Published: November 29, 2009

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... (Brees/Favre/Manning) for the MVP, I think these are some players who are in a good place to put together runs that could breach them into the top four or five beyond expectation.

Phillip Rivers: This will probably take a bit of flak as my ‘homer’ pick, and the better the Chargers are looking the more this is actually hurting his vote, as they aren’t relying on 300 yard games.  But show me a team that stayed alive more purely on the power of their quarterback’s arm earlier in the season. 

With a somewhat friendly final stretch of games, this team could easily earn a 12-4 record with increased relevance after being an afterthought the first half of the year.  He began the year putting up big touchdowns, nice yardage, and an average completion percentage. 

He lost some of the gaudy stats now that they have something resembling a running game, but has seen his completion percentage skyrocket.  To ...

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