MVP QBs: The Next Start
New England’s Tom Brady was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player for the 2007 season with his remarkable, record breaking 50 touchdown passes.
With few exceptions MVP quarterbacks come back and start the next season with a strong performance. Here are the last 10 passers who won the MVP and what they did in the opening game of a new season.
| NAME |
TEAM |
DATE |
ATT |
COMP |
PCT |
YARDS |
TD |
INT |
RATING |
| Steve Young |
SF |
9/3/95 |
27 |
21 |
77.8 |
260 |
2 |
0 |
131.5 |
| Brett Favre |
GB |
9/1/96 |
27 |
20 |
74.1 |
247 |
4 |
0 |
141.5 |
| Brett Favre |
GB |
9/1/97 |
22 |
15 |
68.2 |
226 |
2 |
1 |
113.1 |
| Brett Favre |
GB |
9/6/98 |
32 |
24 |
75.0 |
277 |
2 |
0 |
121.5 |
| Kurt Warner |
STL |
9/4/00 |
35 |
25 |
71.4 |
441 |
3 |
3 |
106.5 |
| Kurt Warner |
STL |
9/8/02 |
41 |
32 |
78.0 |
315 |
0 |
1 |
88.5 |
| Rich Gannon |
OAK |
9/7/03 |
38 |
24 |
63.2 |
264 |
2 |
0 |
101.2 |
| Peyton Manning |
IND |
9/9/04 |
29 |
16 |
55.2 |
256 |
2 |
1 |
93.5 |
| Steve McNair |
TEN |
9/11/04 |
14 |
9 |
64.3 |
73 |
1 |
0 |
101.2 |
| Peyton Manning |
IND |
9/11/05 |
36 |
21 |
58.3 |
254 |
2 |
0 |
98.6 |
So you’re saying that it would be better to be playing the Cardinals the first game this year, whose QB accounts for 67% of the INTS on this list?
Lol, The Cards are going to win 10+ games this year…. But I don’t know if they’ll win against the 49ers… they always seem to have trouble with them on opening day…