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The original was posted on /r/nfl by /u/Themadreposter on 2025-06-04 23:03:53+00:00.
I saw the FOX rankings of top quarterbacks and noticed they seem to rank Mahomes above Peyton Manning, even though Peyton has five MVPs. To me, football should be the one sport where MVP awards carry more weight than playoff results, since it’s not a series format. In the other major sports, if you’re the MVP on the best team and still lose, that’s usually seen as a legitimate knock on your career—because it’s rare and often reflects underperformance.
But in a one-game format like the NFL or March Madness, luck can play a huge role. The best team doesn’t always win, and that randomness is part of what makes football so thrilling to watch. Still, I don’t think a playoff loss should count heavily against a player’s legacy—especially in cases like when Mike Vanderjagt missed an easy kick that kept Peyton from a potential Super Bowl run. In other sports, a single play like that usually doesn’t end a championship bid—you’d have to lose two or three games for that to happen.