Right now the Tennessee Titans hold the best record in football. They have a stingy defense (by law, anyone talking about a good NFL defense is required to call it "stingy"), a great running attack, and great offensive and defensive lines. But what they do not have, is a great quarterback. Hell, they barely have a halfway decent one.
Several ESPN analysts including Tom Jackson, Skip Bayless, and Woody Paige have clamored for Kerry Collins to be the NFL MVP. Are they joking? Collins is 24rd in completion percentage, 21th in Passing Yards, 25th in yards per attempt, t-21th in TD, 22 in TD%, 20st in passer rating, 11th in DVOA (a football sabermetrics stat), 14th in DYAR (another football sabermetrics stats). According to footballoutsides.com "The simple version: DYAR means a quarterback with more total value. DVOA means a quarterback with more value per play."
There's only 32 NFL teams and for the most part Kerry Collins in part of the bottom third in major passing stats
To his credit he doesn't turn over the ball. He is t-2nd in INTs with 6 and has 11 TDs. Chad Pennington also 6 INTs but has 12 TDs. Jason Campbell also had 11 TDs and 6 INTs. Jeff Garcia, while granted have started less games that Collins only has three INTs and a better TD/INT ratio. Matt Ryan has one more INT (7) yet 3 more TDs (14). Eli Manning, Kyle Orton, and Tyler Thigpen have only two more INTs than Collins (8) and have way more TDs than Collins (20, 25, 14 respectively). All have better passer ratings.
Kerry Collins is on a team that has the second best scoring defense, the 4th overall defense in terms of yards. He's on a team that's third best in running the ball, has the fifth best RB in Chris Johnson in terms of running the ball, and the best RB in terms of TDs in LenDale White.
Kerry Collins has only three times thrown over 200 yards. Two of those opponents were against the Bears and the Jaguars. He has never thrown over 290 yards nevertheless 300. Against the Detroit Lions he didn't get a TD throw and less than 200 yards. AGAINST DETROIT! Only three times has he thrown more TDs than INTs; twice has he thrown the same amount of TDs as INTs; once he threw more INTs than TDs.
People who deserve the NFL MVP more than Kerry Collins: Drew Brees, Kurt Warner, Phillip Rivers, Clinton Portis, Adrian Peterson, Tennesse Defense, Brandon Jacobs, Anquan Boldin, Matt Forte, LenDale White, Andre Johnson, Greg Jennings, Jeff Fisher, Calvin Johnson, Matt Forte, Thomas Jones, Graham Harrell, Donavan McNabb, Jay Cutler, Chris Johnson, Marion Barber, D'Angello Williams, Titans Offensive line, Landanian Tomlinson, Peyton Manning, Albert Haynesworth, Chad Pennington, Kyle Orton, Colt McCoy, Matt Ryan, Tony Romo, Eli Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Albert Pujols, Jason Campbell, Skip Bayless, Brett Farve, Jeff Garcia, Matt Cassel, Bill Belichick's hoodie, Joe Flacco, Gus Ferrotte, Carlos Quentin, Matt Cassel, Chase Daniel, Me, and Tom Jackson. All are better MVP candidates than Kerry Collins.
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