Looks like Warner has fallen so far, he is not being given ANY consideration at all anymore. Peter King(actual voter)...
Philip Rivers is going to win the 2008 passing title. But it's another title he wants.
Rivers cannot be the MVP, not on a team that will finish .500 at best. I expect this could be a year when at least five players get MVP votes: Peyton Manning, Roethlisberger, Harrison, Adrian Peterson, Brian Westbrook (if the Eagles make the playoffs), and maybe Haynesworth, Matt Ryan, Ray Lewis or Troy Polamalu. How my list shapes up with one week to play:
1. Peyton Manning, QB, Indianapolis.
Thursday night, Jacksonville up 14-0, crowd in Jagland getting fired up
about slaying the almighty Colts when it means nothing to the home team
and everything to Indy: Manning to Anthony Gonzalez for 12, Manning to Dominic Rhodes for seven, Manning to Rhodes for seven more, Manning up the right seam to Reggie Wayne for 41. Touchdown.
Jacksonville up 17-7 to start the third quarter: Manning to Gonzales for seven, Manning to Dallas Clark
for 10, Manning to Wayne for 12, Manning to Clark for 21, Manning
incomplete to Gonzalez, Manning to Rhodes for eight, Manning on a
middle screen to Rhodes for 10. Touchdown.
Jacksonville
up 24-14 late in the third: Manning to Clark up the right side for 33,
Manning to Wayne for 15, Manning incomplete to Wayne, Manning
incomplete to Clark, Manning to Wayne for 18, Manning to Gijon Robinson for 15. Manning to Clark for one. Touchdown.
Three
pressure drives with the game on the line, 15 of 18, 212 yards, three
touchdowns. But this is the point I'd like you take away from this
game: On those three scoring drives, the Colts attempted six rushing
plays and gained two yards. Not including penalty yardage, 212 of the
Colts' 214 yards on those three crucial drives were produced by
Manning. I understand the depth of the good candidates for this award,
and I can't argue with the greatness of Peterson, the precociousness of
Ryan or any Steeler for surviving the toughest schedule I've ever seen
to win a first-round playoff bye. But this vote, to me, comes down to
which team would be damaged most if you took a single player away from
it. And I think the 11-4 Colts would be the 4-11 (or 3-12) without
Manning.