Will Aaron Rodgers Be Named AP MVP This Weekend?

by Brandon on Feb 2, 2012 1:00 AM CST in Green Bay Packers News

Brees wins FedEx Air Player of the Year - NFC South Blog - ESPN. And then Pat Yasinskas notes that "but I’m pretty sure we’re going to hear Saturday night that Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers is the Associated Press Most Valuable Player." Of course everyone was expecting last year that Clay Matthews would be named Defensive Player of the Year right up until Troy Polamalu won it.

It was a great season for quarterbacks in general, but Rodgers was the best in passer rating, yards per attempt, and he had an awesome 45:6 TD to INT ratio. The most important stat might be his 14-1 regular season record as a starter. It's a team game and a team's win-loss record isn't dependent on one individual, but sportswriters (i.e. the voters) love quarterbacks that just know how to win. It's a great honor, but I'd have rather have seen him snubbed for the Pro Bowl and go onto win the Super Bowl MVP on Sunday, as he was last season.

He'd be the first MVP for the Packers since Brett Favre won it in three consecutive years (1995-1997). Before him, the last Packer to be named MVP was Bart Starr in 1966, and the last non-quarterbacks to win the award for the Packers were Paul Hornung in 1961 and Jim Taylor in 1962. That is some elite company.

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by Zorakathura on Feb 2, 2012 2:42 AM CST reply actions

The All-Pro vote was a landslide in favor of Aaron.

If that’s any indication, he’ll be the MVP.

by mike_o on Feb 2, 2012 6:32 AM CST reply actions

Yeah, I’d have to say that its a very good likelihood, based on the all pro voting, that Rodgers gets it. I don’t know that it will be a landslide. I hope it is though!

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by TrevorR on Feb 2, 2012 7:30 AM CST up reply actions

Pretty sure it's the same people that vote for both.

2011: A wasted year

by Tepo6688 on Feb 2, 2012 12:03 PM CST up reply actions

That picture is so ripe for the "Deal With It" treatment

Awfully fitting for the soon to be MVP.

by Jason Hirschhorn on Feb 2, 2012 9:12 AM CST reply actions

As much as it is to the Saints fans dismay.. Aaron played at such a high level it can’t be ignored. Rodgers has career records that rival any QB in NFL history in consistency and accuracy. Imagine if he had a healthy, 1st string offensive line and a superior running back to compliment his game..dangerous
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by pgolt109 on Feb 2, 2012 9:41 AM CST reply actions 1 recs

it would be a straight up joke if he didn't win it...

but he will, and it’ll most likely not be remotely close.

football does not build character, it reveals character.

by sheehan on Feb 2, 2012 9:55 AM CST reply actions

He needs longer hair on top. The 'do is headed in the right direction, though.

Also, remember how good Brett Favre was? 3 straight MVPs. Mindblowing.

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by TwoShoesMcGooze on Feb 2, 2012 11:47 AM CST reply actions

He didn't deserve it in '97

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by Wiedmann on Feb 2, 2012 2:33 PM CST up reply actions

REVENGE4BARRY!!!

"Perfection is not attainable,
but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."

"We're nobody's underdog!"
"We don't play scared!"

After further review,
The Munsters of the Midway still suck,
Skol is a four-letter word,
abd those upstarts in Detroit couldn't beat the Little Sisters of the Poor.

by NorthStarr on Feb 3, 2012 9:07 PM CST up reply actions

His hair should look like this.

"Perfection is not attainable,
but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."

"We're nobody's underdog!"
"We don't play scared!"

After further review,
The Munsters of the Midway still suck,
Skol is a four-letter word,
abd those upstarts in Detroit couldn't beat the Little Sisters of the Poor.

by NorthStarr on Feb 3, 2012 9:07 PM CST up reply actions

Doesn't the MVP runner-up

USUALLY end up getting the Air Player of the Year Award? ;)

"Perfection is not attainable,
but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."

"We're nobody's underdog!"
"We don't play scared!"

After further review,
The Munsters of the Midway still suck,
Skol is a four-letter word,
abd those upstarts in Detroit couldn't beat the Little Sisters of the Poor.

by NorthStarr on Feb 3, 2012 9:12 PM CST reply actions