Moss = MVP candidate
I am a realist, and I dont think or believe that Santana Moss should or will win the NFL MVP award. However he should at least be talked about. He, Tiki Barber, Steve Smith and other position players have no real chance of winning the award seeing as how the award is Quarterback-centric, but his numbers are all up there with the tops in the league and his contribution to his team is unparalleled.
Moss was an amazing player early on in the season. He first emerged on monday night during the second week of the season after he burned the Cowboys for two fourth quarter touchdown, including the game winner.After dominating for the first month he had fallen off the map during the middle of the season as defenses realized that the Redskins had no second optioon in the passing game and would load up on his side. David Patten suffering a season ending injury did not help the situation and Moss's production declined.
However during the Redskins unthinkable four game winning streak, Moss has reemerged as one of the leagues best players as his stats have increased over the last month. He is second in recieving yards with 1400 (only 32 yards behind Steve Smith), he is third in touchdowns with 9, and he has the highest average yards per reception, 17.5, of any receiver with 80 or more catches. To top it all off he has his team on the cusp of its first playoff berth in 5 seasons.
If I was Fitz and had an anal retentive attention to stats I'd look up Sean Alexanders and tell you that the teams he has played have horrible defneses or something, but I have a life so I wont, at least not now. The race in my mind comes down to Peyton, Tiki, Larry Johnson (What hes doing is unprecedented), Smith, Moss, Brady (in about that order). But I dont expect the decision makers in the NFL to get smart anytime soon so my money is on Alexander
posted by tonymacq @ 12:31 AM
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Moss is having a breakout season. But i think Alexander will probably win MVP, and he deserves it.
Dude, I have a life. In 7 years you'll be my age and realize that you just have more time to look up shit on a computer, as opposed to what college freshman do (drink)
Anyway, Moss had a really good year, but I think it's unreasonable to talk about him as an MVP. In all fairness however, it's unfair to talk about Steve Smith as an MVP too.
Not even as a candidate? I dont think he should win either but my point is that the race usually is only a two man (Both men are usually quarterbacks, and occasionally a running back will be in there) race with alot of people not even being considered. And my point is proven when you say Smith shouldnt be considered either, why not?
My argument is surrounded by the fact that MVP awards tend to be a combination of two things: statistics and winning. This leaves WRs at a disadvantage from the start. While QBs will ALWAYS throw the ball, and RBs will ALWAYS run the ball, WRs will only get thrown the ball about 50% of the time if they are lucky, which doesn't even account for the receptions they drop or bad throws.
Now, the top three recievers this year were Steve Smith, Chad Johnson, and Santana Moss, in no particular order. All three had similar stats; they all got roughly 1400 yards, and the range of TDs was 9-11. All three teams, in my opinion, are likely to make the playoffs. But Smith is statistically the best, and the Panthers have a good chance to finish with the same record as the Bengals.
But still, I would put ANY of the following players above them for MVP consideration: Shawn Alexander, Carson Palmer, Peyton Manning, Edgerrin James, and Tom Brady. So, in general, I don't think that those WRs should be mentioned as MVP candidates.
As you said it is harder for a reciever to put up big numbers, but when one does why not reward him?
I think a WR would have to put up record breaking #s in order to be considered for MVP.
RB and QB are both independent positions, while WR is completely dependent.
I like Chad Johnson over Steve Smith and Moss for best reciever this year.
historically speaking, the numbers any of these WRs put down aren't groundbreaking or anything.
In 1995, Jerry Rice had 1848 yards with 15 TDs
In 2002, Marvin Harrison had 11 TDs and 1722 yards
In 2003, Randy Moss had 17 TDs and 1632 yards
Yet these players were beat out by Brett Fave, Rich Gannon, and Manning/McNair. And all of these players had far better statistical years than any of the top 3 from this year.
It should be noted, however, that the NFL MVP award is kinda gay. In it's 67 year history, a WR has never won, although a kicker has. And defensive players have only won a total of 5 MVPs out of the 70 awards handed out.
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