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i B4 e:FN blows monkey chunks said 09/13, 12:56 PM
To clarify my title. The first argument - who was the most deserving of MVP. The second argument - who was the least deserving MVP. The final argument - who should have won the MVP instead of the one you thought was least deserving. This is going to require some research I know, but what the heck.
Most deserving:
Chuck Howley - Superbowl V. Huh? You might be saying. Well, he was the 1st defensive player to win this award. He was also the first player chosen from a losing team. Let me repeat that - he was the first player to win from a LOSING team. Your first thought might be why would someone from a losing team win the MVP? That's because no one deserved it more. Howley did everything he could to help the Cowboys win. (BTW, they lost in the final seconds on a FG) He had 2 INTs and a fumble recovery. He left everything on the field. He deserved it most because he was truly the best player on the field, which is supposed to be the point of the MVP - to give it to the most deserving player.

i B4 e:FN blows monkey chunks said 09/13, 02:17 PM
Least Deserving:
After thinking long and hard about this one, and changing my mind a couple of times (I will put in the comments who I was thinkg about first) I finally convinced myself to go with Dexter Jackson - SB XXXVII. Boy that's a mouthful. I do believe that someone on defense should have won it, but not Jackson. He had 2 interceptions, but for only 34 yards combined. They didn't really help put Oakland away because they were both in the first half when the game was still manageable. His first one was more because Jolly ran the wrong route and Gannon basically just handed it to him. The second only set up a FG. Sorry, but I don't think he was the best defender that night.

i B4 e:FN blows monkey chunks said 09/13, 02:39 PM
Who should have won it:
It's funny you mentioned Smith. Since this SB was as good of a defensive pounding as one could give, a defender definitely deserved it. So I would have given it to Dwight Smith. He also had two INTs and returned them both for touchdowns. One was a 50 yarder and the other a 44 yarder. Each of those were more than Jackson's combined. After Tampa actually scored an offensive TD, Oakland was coming back and Smith returned his 1st INT 44 yards for a TD to put away the Raiders for good. And just to add insult to injury, Smith returned another INT 50 yards to end the game. Jackson played a heck of a game, but I don't think his play was any better than Smith's or Derrick Brooks for that matter. I briefly thought of Howard. I don't want to take away what Favre did, but Howard did deserve it because in addition to the 99 yard TD, he had 244 total return yards which set up several scores for Green Bay.

It???s a little more difficult to say someone didn???t deserve an MVP when you have to pick who it should have gone to. I wanted to put in a throwdown where we would actually have to work for it. Good job powers.