It is pretty irrational.

The award is for the guy most valuable to the play of that season not about what team had the biggest turnaround.

If the turnaround thing is to be used to judge then hey, lets look at the past few years:

tampa went from 4-12 in 06 to 9-7 and a division title in 07. Looks like Jeff Garcia should have been MVP last season, right? Same situation as chad since Jeff was brought in and managed the game like Chad did this year.

saints went from 3-13 in 05 to 10-6 in 06. Looks like Brees should have been the MVP in 06.

chicago and tampa both went from 5-11 in 04 to 11-5 in 05. Looks like someone from those teams should have been MVP in 05.

Pittsburgh went from 6-10 in 03 to 15-1 in 04. Big Ben should have been mvp in 04 over Peyton, right?

Carolina went from 7-9 in 02 to 11-5 in 03. Slap an MVP on Delhomme’s shelf.

See how silly it is to judge the turnaround as the main factor in the MVP? Why should guys like Peyton who play on a good team that does well each year somehow be punished for that? So if Indy last year went 3-13 would that somehow make manning’s season superior? Or better yet, if Indy went 3-13 then 12-4 this year and manning had to do LESS than what he has done this year (say in this scenario Indy actually had a running game and a defense that got off the field) would that make him more MVP worthy?

Anyone who actually followed the NFL and saw Colts games knows Peyton is the MVP and without his play the Colts probably go 4-12 and that doesn’t even factor all the other things Peyton had to deal with which makes his season more incredible. Without Chad the Fins would most likely be worse but they do not have an 8 game swing like Indy would have without Manning. No player who is being considered can logically be argued to be responsible for 8 more wins than if he wasn’t there or doesn’t play as well as he does.

The vikes do not go 1-15 without AP, the falcs do not go 3-13 without Turner, the Panthers do not go 4-12 without Williams, the saints do not go 0-16 without Brees (why people still have him in the running is beyond me), the Steelers do not go 4-12 without Harrison.

I like Chad and am happy he had a great year and his 08 story is a nice feel good one but the whole “chad for MVP” stuff is irrational and ridiculous.

Manning should walk away with this award and to think otherwise is irrational. He clearly defined what the whole point of the award is supposed to be and all this talk about chad and stuff just shows how weird humans are getting with their thought processes. 10 years ago nobody would even consider a season like Chads to be MVP worthy but somehow in this age of american idol and other stuff dumbing people down and making them not want to think logically, Chad is a main contender? Insane.