Brett Favre Comes in Second in MVP Voting

I have no clue how this possibly could have happened, but Brett Favre has miraculously received sole possession of second place in the MVP voting, showing up 48 points behind New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who received 49 of 50 votes. I was positive that Favre would finish in a second place tie with everyone else in the NFL when Brady received all 50 votes. It would have been fitting for Brady to throw 50 TDs and get all 50 votes but apparently they must let someone in Green Bay have a say in the voting (or perhaps Bridgette Moynihan has a vote). I'd start looking into the witness protection program if I were the guy (or gal) that voted for Favre.

In winning the Award, Brady said that individual accomplishments don't rule his world. "As I have learned over the course of my time with the Patriots, the most meaningful accomplishments are always the ones I have celebrated with my teammates," he said. Yeah, like those three Super Bowls!

Let's look at the numbers to try to make some sense of all this madness: Brady threw for 4,806 yards, which was 383 more than any other quarterback. He completed 68.9 percent of his passes. He threw 50 TDs to eight INTs for a QB rating of 117.2. The league record for QB rating is 121.1, which is apparently the only record that Brady didn't break this year. He had 12 games this year where he threw at least three TDs. New England scored 589 points and 75 touchdowns, both records. Oh, and in case you've had your head buried in the sand, Brady is the first QB to lead his team to a 16-0 regular season.

By comparison, Favre threw for 4,155 yards, fourth most in the league. He completed 66.5 percent of his passes (also ranking fourth) while throwing for 28 TDs (tied for sixth) and 15 INTs (tied for 11th most in the league). His QB rating for the year was 95.7, placing him sixth among all QBs this year. His team finished 13-3.

I just don't get it. How can someone possibly look at these two quarterbacks and think that Favre honestly had the better year? And please don't tell me that the Packers would be doomed without Favre because you know what? Almost any NFL team would be doomed without their starting QB. Do you think that Matt Cassell would have led the Patriots to a 16-0 record? Heck, Bill Belicheat benched Cassell in garbage time earlier this year because he threw an interception. Yeah, the Packers had a good year. Favre played good, even great at times, but how can you honestly say that Favre had a better year than Brady or is more valuable to his team.

"He deserves it," Bill Belicheat said. "I have thought for a long time that there is no past or present quarterback I'd rather coach than Tom Brady, and I am more certain of that every year he plays."

Look, getting 49 out of 50 votes is pretty cool but if the Patriots play the Packers in the Super Bowl, look for the Pats to score at least 50 points. . in the first half. As it is, I can easily see Brady and Belicheat taking out their grudges against the NFL voters against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday night. Belicheat only received 29 of 50 votes for Coach of the Year and now Brady gets slapped in the face by only receiving 49 of 50 votes for MVP. It could get very ugly Saturday night.

More to come later in the week on the Patriots-Jaguars game and all of my NFL picks for the weekend.