Ahem. Chris Johnson Wants His MVP

Chris Johnson was without a doubt the player most responsible for the good fortunes of his team. Unfortunately the reward seems to be a popularity reward, (much like the Heisman Trophy is). If this award was actually awarded for what it is supposed to represent, then Chris Johnson would have won it.

This article is retarded. If Johnson were so “valuable” he’d have gotten the Titans to the playoffs.

Also, fun fact, in both of the Titans games against the Colts, CJ ran for over 100 yards once and did not score a single TD. If the Titans win either one of those games, they are in the playoffs. I noticed how that was absent from your little slap at us “cynics.”

Please, stop already, Andrew. Just stop already.

Johnson played the first 6 games of the Titans season as well as the last 10 and I believe they were 0-6 then. No? It wasn’t until the Titans decided to dump Moses at QB and go with Young, did they start winning.

An MVP leads his team to the post season….and guess where the Titans are? Looking forward to the draft and watching the playoffs from the comfort of their own homes. CJ will get Offensive Player of the Year…that’s all he deserves. Good try though Andrew!

Where would the Titans be without him: Not in the playoffs.
Where would the Titans be with him: Not in the playoffs.

The value is overwhelming!!!

That’s why they made the Offensive Player of the Year award, buddy.

Chris Johnson played all 16 games, and Tenn was 0-6 during the first six games. Vince Young comes back and the team is 8-2. I’m definitely not saying that Young should’ve been considered for MVP, but Titans played a cupcake schedule during its 8-2 with one of those losses coming from the Colts.

To me, MVP= playoff appearance. If you don’t get your team to the tournament , then you shouldn’t be MVP. Last year, Brees nearly broke Marino’s single passing record, yet his team finished 8-8, and he received Offensive Player of the Year Award; so, CJ, get ready for your OPOY and learn how to spell an all-time great’s name correctly.

HOW DARE YOU MAKE A REASONED ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF SOMEONE OTHER THAN PEYTON! WE TAKE SPORTS VERY SERIOUSLY! RETARD!!!!

Look, I own a Peyton Manning beanie bear (WHAT.), but Johnson getting NO votes is pretty weird. That said, if I’d known we could totally and irreparably alter Peyton’s legacy just by writing things on the internet, I’d have put him in a buddy cop movie with Jim Sorgi years ago.

Let’s go to the DVAR:
Manning: 2nd in NFL among QBs (also 2nd in DVOA) … behind Tom Brady, of course.
Johnson: 1st in NFL among RBs (by, um, a whole lot).

Also, we’re aware that Johnson broke the record for most yards gained from the line of scrimmage, right? And he became just the sixth RB EVER to go over 2000 yards in a season. Everyone knows this, right?

Look it, the MVP is obviously a meaningless award — chances are you can’t remember who won the 1997 MVP, but you can remember who won the Super Bowl that year. But for Johnson not to get ONE VOTE is pretty absurd. Hopefully you guys can at least understand that.

Indianapolis gave up the 8th fewest points in the NFL. Tennessee gave up the 5th most.

To take shots at C. Johnson for “not leading his team to the playoffs” is rather hilarious, and I find the number of people that don’t see the flawed logic here a bit unsettling. But then again, people thought “wins” were a good way to value pitchers for, oh, seventy years.

Big plays dont win you the MVP. and the article is a joke because your a suppose to be a writer for SBnation. I would at least expect you to use real words and not make up words and sentences that make no sense. also your logic is very flawed in this article.

Chris Johnson barely belongs in the conversation for MVP. Manning was a pretty clear choice.

Andrew Sharp. Instead, you opt for a sarcastic imitation of Colts fans and characterize any argument for Peyton as homerism. Interesting.

I would think that a much better approach would be to address the specific arguments brought up by Colts fans in this thread to prove your point instead of just dismissing them all.

I expected better out of an SBNation writer.

does mean that the player needs to be from a winning team. Most outstanding offensive player is definitely Chris Johnson in my opinion simply because I think the stats back it up. But value to me means putting a good team over the top. Not taking a mediocre or even bad team and helping it reach .500.

In baseball it should always come from a team that is either in the playoffs or is in the playoff hunt for the majority of the season (meaning down to the last week or so). Then again, MVP really is open to interpretation, so I can see why Andrew would feel this way. I mean if value is a direct correlation to winning on the field and CJ helped the Titans win four games that they might not have and the Colts would’ve probably still won a bunch of games because of their outstanding defense.

when we’re going to see an offensive lineman win the award? Has there ever been a more important position in a sport that was undervalued more?

Someone get Michael Lewis on the phone.

Let’s just agree that we’re happy Brett Favre didn’t win, yes?

OK, now everyone return to your Saturdays, please.

that the MVP had to be in the playoffs.

On a day where many of us Colts fans are celebrating Peyton Manning making NFL history by winning his 4th MVP award, we turn to SBNation.com and see your post saying Chris Johnson should win the award because… um, well, because he ran for a lot of yards. The article is kind of a slap in the face for Colts fans.

Either you wrote this piece looking for this kind of response (which makes you kind of a hack), or you are just that dumb not to expect a negative reaction from fans when you claim their favorite player did not deserve the award he got and then give illogical, boneheaded reasons why he shouldn’t.

Jones-Drew. Sorry, but he really is. I’d take MJD before AP or Johnson any day.