... style="line-height: 130%;">The leading candidates for NFL MVP are Peyton Manning, Drew Brees and Brett Favre. Each has gaudy stats. Manning and Brees have lead their respective teams to 10-0. Favre has led the Vikings to a 9-1 mark.

Yawn.

It's easy to be MVP when you get to touch the ball on almost every offensive play.

How about an MVP who is better the fewer times he touches the ball? Now that's impressive.

Brett Kern—yes, the punter—is undefeated, too. On two different teams. Neither Manning or Brees can claim that. Usually we can only speculate how good or bad a team would be without their MVP. With Ker...

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