The last guy who broke the NFL’s single-season record for passing yards was also voted the leagues’ MVP. You know….some guy by the name of Dan Marino. Sadly New Orleans Saints’ quarterback Drew Brees won’t be following in Marino’s footsteps in that regard.
Marino’s record stood for 27 years before Brees broke the record on Monday night against the Atlanta Falcons. Despite such a monumental accomplishment, Brees is still a distant second to the Green Bay Packer’s Aaron Rodgers in the MVP voting. Rodgers has more wins and touchdowns than Brees has so far this season.
Rodgers has also thrown seven less interceptions than Brees has thrown this season. Even if the Packers lose their last game and the Saints win theirs, Rodgers will still have a one game lead over Brees for the season. Rodgers unfortunately won’t break the 5,000-yard threshold though.
Tom Brady is close enough to join Brees in besting Marino’s record. He is currently 187 yards shy of Marino’s mark. If Brady passes Marino also it would only serve to lessen Brees’ achievement. Especially when you consider that Brady already owns the record for touchdowns in a season.
So I guess we can just crown Mr. Rodgers right now. Then again there may be a chance that the voters realize how big of an accomplishment the passing record was and rightfully award Brees the MVP trophy. On second thought, Brees probably has a better chance of winning the Super Bowl than of that happening.
Roosevelt Hall is an NFL Blogger for The Sport Mentalist and also writes for both The Penalty Flag and Outside The Redzone. He can be contacted at RHall_TPFB@Yahoo.com. Follow him on Twitter @Sportmentalist.
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