Why Santonio Holmes was the right choice for MVP

by shake n bake on Feb 2, 2009 6:11 PM EST

Not that I've seen anyone arguing against it but I don't think it's being full recognized how sick of a game he had.

Holmes was thrown 13 passes. He caught 11 for 172 yards (2 for 41 yards total were canceled by penalty), one of the two he did not catch was tipped at the line for a pick, so that is 1 of 12 passes that he had a chance to catch that he did not.

Here's his line with the penalty canceled play and the tip removed

11 for 172, 1 TD, 15.6 yards per catch, 91.7 catch%

and his offical line without the tip

9 for 131, 1 TD, 14.6 YPC, catch% of 90

That is a WR MVP performance. A catch % of 90 while running mid to deep routes (14.6 YPC) is amazing.

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A thing that caught my eye is the steelers have 21 free agents this year

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers
I thought we had problems, but that is like half their team. How much money do the steelers realy have to invest in free agents?

Nate Davis = beast, God I hope he doesn't go to Detriot.......

by colts9318rock on Feb 2, 2009 6:29 PM EST reply actions

I get tired of hearing about how the QBs played well yesterday.

Roethlisberger played like turds for most of the game and had one good drive.

Warner played like turds the entire game and was saved by amazing YAC from Breaston, Fitz, Q, and Edge. Seriously, Warner is being touted as having played a wonderful game yesterday and coming up short.

If Manning had played the EXACT same game, he would be getting killed by the media for the ‘you shouldn’t have thrown that pass in a million years’ pick-6 to end the first half.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmGdAPjcgaM&eurl=http://www.only17points.com/&feature=player_embedded

by Nideak on Feb 2, 2009 6:44 PM EST reply actions

You can't throw that pass

And have Harrison return it 100 yards and have me think you’ve had a great game. Especially since the reason you had a good game was because you dumped it off to your receivers and they busted huge gains.

And in reference to if Manning did it, well, he had two tipped passes that weren’t his fault last year. Granted, the one to Wayne was high and a little behind, but the one to Keith wasn’t his fault at all. Add to that he got Reggie the ball with a sick throw but Reggie got jacked and dropped it. Then Dallas just completely missed one that would’ve been a TD. There was literally nobody in front of him. But he “choked”.

Jim Sorgi runs a 4.6 40. That's all I've got to say about that.

by monstersbox on Feb 2, 2009 6:47 PM EST up reply actions

Although I think the MVP should be judged by the whole game

You could also argue that he earned it on the final drive. 4 catches for 73 yards, including the winning TD. Wow.

by LovinBlue on Feb 2, 2009 7:38 PM EST reply actions

IT WASN'T A TD

Jim Sorgi runs a 4.6 40. That's all I've got to say about that.

by monstersbox on Feb 2, 2009 8:06 PM EST up reply actions

point

hahaha

by LovinBlue on Feb 2, 2009 8:07 PM EST up reply actions

the mvp should have been the arizona defender that fell and let holmes run free for the winning td to the 5. without that we are talking overtime and then a big ole brew ha ha of controversy of only letting one team get a chance to score ala the colts/bolts. the kicker would have been the mvp but this ending would have been juicy

I laugh at peter king and others saying this is the best super bowl ever. are you kidding me? I nearly turned it off at 20-7. no other superbowl in the past few years did I ever think of turning it off. for 3 quarters it was a snoozer despite the gift that warner gave up right before halftime.

also for all the hype of the no.1 d and a no. 1 team winning about 10 out 11 times this pitt team nearly choked it away. all the scoring chances for pitt and this shouldnt have been a game. tomlin being hyped a great coach when he was nearly the goat with his conserative game calling. holmes is a punk right along with harrison. I have a hard time giving an mvp to holmes and harrison who should have been kicked out of the game. this is the first game I think there shouldnt have been no mvp. Im still wondering how pitt didnt win this game going away?

by kinnickcolt on Feb 3, 2009 4:39 AM EST reply actions