Sports: National Football League: Pro football's Most Valuable Player 2011

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"As the NFL playoffs continue, most people are chatting about who’s going to play in the 2011 Super Bowl. But looking back at the regular season, though, it’s interesting to have the Most Valuable Player debate – especially since Tom Brady and his New England Patriots failed so miserably in the postseason. 
Here are our Top 3 picks for NFL MVP this season:

1. Michael Vick, Philadelphia Eagles

Let’s face it: the Eagles would have been nothing without Vick, who redeemed himself and posted his best season as a pro in 2010. At the beginning of the season, Kevin Kolb was supposed to be the future in Philadelphia but the Eagles were lucky that he was injured because it gave an opening for Vick to step in and light the world on fire. 

Take a look at these numbers:
-3018 passing yards
-21 passing touchdowns, six interceptions
-676 rushing yards
-9 rushing touchdowns

And by the way, all of that damage was done in just 12 games played.

The Eagles are nothing without Vick this year never mind NFC East champs. If that’s not MVP credentials, I don’t know what is.

2. Darrelle Revis, New York Jets 

Make no bones about it: the Jets are a defense-oriented team. And clearly, they may be the best defensive team in the NFL.

If that’s the case, then why shouldn’t the best defensive player on the best defensive team be named as the league’s MVP?

Time and time again, coaches are lauding Revis as being the best defensive player in the league. Opposing quarterbacks don’t even want to the throw the ball his way.

He probably won’t win it because the stats aren’t there (cornerbacks are generally graded by their number of interceptions) but Revis has a huge impact every single game he plays. He deserves plenty of credit for MVP.

3. Arian Foster, Houston Texans

It’s time to give the little guy some love. He’s been getting plenty from fantasy football players all season long but Foster deserves some serious consideration for MVP.

Foster is the NFL’s leading rusher, finishing with 1616 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns. But that’s not where his work ended. He was also second on the team with 66 receptions for 604 yards and a couple more touchdowns.

When you do the math, Foster had the most yards from scrimmage (2220) of any player in the league and he himself accounted for 138.8 yards of offensive per week. 

While the Texans didn’t accomplish much this season, Foster’s stats hover around astounding and he deserves some MVP merits.