Comments on: AP MVPs Have Not Won A Super Bowl in 16 Years http://www.footballperspective.com/ap-mvps-have-not-won-a-super-bowl-in-16-years/ NFL History and Stats Sat, 03 Feb 2018 14:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Chase http://www.footballperspective.com/ap-mvps-have-not-won-a-super-bowl-in-16-years/#comment-331600 Sat, 03 Feb 2018 14:07:00 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=28285#comment-331600 With Matt Ryan and the Falcons losing last year, that makes AP MVPs 0-18 since Warner at winning the Super Bowl, including an 0-8 record in Super Bowls.

Tom Brady, of course, looks to change that tomorrow against the Eagles.

]]> By: Yazan Gable http://www.footballperspective.com/ap-mvps-have-not-won-a-super-bowl-in-16-years/#comment-316364 Tue, 31 May 2016 01:36:00 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=28285#comment-316364 Using the DVOA for team defenses, I checked what type of defenses the MVP winners lost to. 11 of the 17 lost to a top 8 defense, eight of the MVPs being quarterbacks and the other three being running backs (13 QBs won MVP to 4 HBs):

2002, Gannon vs. Buccaneers (1st)
2003, McNair and Manning vs. Patriots (2nd)
2004, Manning vs. Patriots (7th)
2005, Alexander vs. Steelers (3rd)
2006, Tomlinson vs. Patriots (7th)
2010, Brady vs. Jets (5th)
2012, Peterson vs. Packers (8th)
2013, Manning vs. Seahawks (1st)
2014, Rodgers vs. Seahawks (1st)
2015, Newton vs. Broncos (1st)

I know that the losses of the ’01 Rams and ’07 Patriots were surprising, but where I am more fuzzy on (being a more recent football fan) is how surprising were the losses of the ’00 Rams, ’08 Chargers, ’09 Colts and ’11 Packers. I know the Packers had a 15-1 record and the ’08 Chargers were 14-2, but I’ve never heard these two defeats spoken of as shocking. I also know Kurt Warner did not play most of the season in ’00, Trent Green being QB until Warner came back and he wasn’t 100% in the playoff game against the Saints.

Not sure how helpful this information is, but I thought it might be interesting to see if there was a common factor in these essentially Super OPOY award winners not winning a Super Bowl.

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