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Sorry, Peyton Manning fans. The Indianapolis Colts' injured quarterback won't be appearing on the MVP Watch list following a spirited debate on the subject last week. His team has gone from perennial double-digit winner to 0-8 without him, but the...

Aaron Rodgers has topped the MVP Watch list five weeks in a row. He's the clear, obvious favorite heading into the Green Bay Packers' bye week. Without him, the Packers might be 3-4 or 2-5 instead of 7-0. But would they be as bad as the 0-7 Ind...

Aaron Rodgers was looking like the 2011 MVP favorite coming off his Week 1 performance for Green Bay on national television Thursday night. It was tough to imagine a quarterback making a bolder statement than the one Rodgers fashioned while comple...

Quarterbacks' recent grip on the NFL's Most Valuable Player Award could be slipping. Peyton Manning's precarious health situation heading toward the Indianapolis Colts' 2011 opener leaves him ranked only 10th on our initial MVP Watch of the season...

Peyton Manning topped the MVP Watch nine times in the first 10 weeks of this NFL season. He did not crack the top 10 this week, a scenario once as unfathomable as Manning's recent run of flawed performances. Four interceptions during the Indian...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Brett Favre's departure from the Packers and eventual arrival in Minnesota has helped both teams. The Vikings' success with Favre makes his departure to a division rival a net loss for Green Bay, of course, but s...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Matt Schaub and Joe Flacco missed the MVP Watch cut this week despite impressive performances in Week 6. Their teams have .500 records and that gave me an out when trying to find spots for other deserving players...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Listing Kyle Orton as a potential MVP candidate once would have seemed about as plausible as the Broncos opening 5-0 with victories over the Cowboys and Patriots. Orton makes his MVP Watch debut -- at the expense...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando That didn't take long. Peyton Manning needed only three games to establish his 2009 credentials as the early MVP favorite. He threw six touchdown passes with only one interception during two prime-time road victo...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, Brett Favre, Frank Gore and Kurt Warner are making their 2009 regular-season debuts on the weekly MVP Watch. Their teams are a combined 9-1 this season, and all five played key roles in Wee...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Trips to Philadelphia and Buffalo can alter a quarterback's MVP trajectory depending on the weather. At least Drew Brees gets to play there in September. The Saints' touchdown machine enters the upcoming two-w...

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando This 2009 debut edition of the weekly MVP Watch draws from two decades of history for guidance. Quarterbacks and running backs have won the award every year since Giants great Lawrence Taylor prevailed for his ef...

With Tom Brady injured and Peyton Manning's individual numbers down, Kurt Warner has found his way back to a familiar role: MVP favorite.