Wednesday, December 22, 2010

NFL MVP race heats up

With two weeks remaining in the NFL regular season, the talk about who deserve the NFL's Most Valuable Player award begins.

The two candidates who are clear favorites are New England Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady and Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback Michael Vick.

The Patriots have clinched themselves the American Football Conference East and the Eagles have clinched the National Football Conference East while both teams have guaranteed spots in the postseason.

With no questions asked, both quarterbacks have been a big factor for their team's success this season and have performed spectacular in several games.

Brady has had a great season as he has been averaging 254-yards per game and has 3561 pass yards on 31 touchdowns thus far in the season with two games left on the schedule.

As well as Brady, Vick is having a great season as he is averaging 250-yards per game and has 2755 passing yards on 20 touchdowns thus far in the season with two games left as well.

The two are putting up great stats as well as spectacular games.

Against the Detroit Lions in week 12, Brady threw 341-yards on 21 of 27 completed passes with four touchdowns to win the game 45-24. He repeated his performance a game later against the Jets when he poured 326-yards on 21 of 29 completed passes with four touchdowns to win the game 45-3.

Brady's performance has lunched the Patriots to a 12-2 record thus far while on a six game winning streak.

On the other hand Vick has done his own work to keep the race between the two quarterbacks close.

Against the Chicago Bears in week 12, Vick passed for 333-yards while completing 29 passes on 44 attempts for two touchdowns but lost the game 31-26.

In last week's game against the New York Giants, Vick threw for 242-yards while completing 21 passes on 35 attempts for three touchdowns and rushed 10 times to get 130 rushing yards for one touchdown to win the game 38-31.

The win against the Giants won the AFC East for the Eagles and gave the team a 10-4 record thus far for a three game winning streak.

Either player is worth winning the award without any disappointment from the fans.

Personally I would like to see Vick win the award after overcoming his legal issues and serving time in prison for his actions. But Brady is most likely going to win the MVP award because his team is performing beyond expectation.