The myth of Drew padding the stats at the end of blowouts has been debunked repeatedly on this board.
As I sat at the game Saturday I had a little laugh at the thought of someone posting a, "zomg, the Saints are running up the score in the playoffs" thread. Sure enough, some drunk posted one that night. To the board's credit, several Packers' fans pointed out why he was incorrect and when the poster sobered up he realized it too. Of course, the thread still exists and some of the more casual fans will probably just see the thread title and assume it is accurate.
Things have been said about Brees gets more help from his receivers than Rodgers, yet people refuse to listen to it and claim Rodgers shouldnt win.
If that post was made on this forum and you had an issue with it, was it reported so a mod could fix it?
I think Brees is an amazing player, and classy as hell, but in my eyes, gets a little to much credit for the yardage.....He needs help with that...
NO has 3 in top 17 in YAC this year.....In 08 Brees got 5069 yards..No one in the top 20 in yac...Bush was #22....His next closest year was last year..4620 yards, none in yac in the top 40..
I think that clearly shows this year his receivers really helped him out this year..
That is why I dont think plain yardage is a real asset to win the MVP...
Rodgers missed one full game (wont get into being pulled in a big lead) and he has about 155 less completions...
Going by his completion % now, he might have completed about 22 more passes in that one missed game....Prob would have had about 300 yards for about 4943 total yards..About 500 less than Drew..but again Drew would have had about 130 more att..
He also has one less TD, and face it...Drew padded his stats at least in the last game (I think he even mentioned it?) we all know it...
If Rodgers played last game, pretty safe to say he would have got at least one TD to tie Drew..
Dont forget 155 LESS attempts AND 8 LESS int, no multi int games and Drew had 2 or 3 multi interception games...
I think that really will sway the voters...And the fact Rodgers had the passing rating record to boot along with the 14 wins