Vote Quimby2 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 (edited) just heard on the radio. Barber was second. EDIT: my bad Manning was second. Edited January 5, 2006 by Vote Quimby2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyknocker Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Just as it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vote Quimby2 Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 Alexander is first, Manning second in MVP votingAssociated Press NEW YORK -- Shaun Alexander set an NFL record for touchdowns, led the league in rushing and ran away with The Associated Press Most Valuable Player award Thursday. Shaun Alexander Running Back Seattle Seahawks Profile 2005 SEASON STATISTICS Rush Yds TD Rec Yds TD 370 1880 27 15 78 1 And with free agency on the horizon, the Seattle running back could parlay his sensational year into unprecedented riches. Alexander spearheaded the Seahawks' rise to the best record in the NFL, including a victory over the league's other 14-2 team, the Colts. It was the most productive season in Seahawks history, one in which Alexander scored 28 touchdowns and rushed for 1,880 yards. That earned him 19 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the NFL. He ended the two-year reign of Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning, who received 13 votes. "I think that is a team goal," Alexander said of winning the award. "The way I always looked at MVPs was it was a player that did really, really good on a really, really good team. That is why I am even more excited about this year, because I have put together some great numbers, but we have a great team." Those great numbers included 11 games rushing for 100 yards or more, topped by 173 against Arizona on Nov. 6. He scored 27 TDs on the ground and one as a receiver to break Priest Holmes' seasonal record by one. His lowest output was in a Monday night game in Philadelphia, a 42-0 romp in which he played only the first half and had 49 yards in the snow. Alexander became the only player in NFL history with at least 15 TDs in five straight seasons and the fourth with consecutive 20-touchdown years. He became Seattle's career rushing leader this season. "It's just like all the things -- the rushing title, the MVP, all those things -- it's exciting to talk about," said the sixth-year pro out of Alabama. "But I don't think it would mean that much until after I retire, because then it would actually hit me what it means. "Right now, we're on this ride and it's just kind of one of those things; everything is kind of numb to us. It's all exciting. We're already in the second round of the playoffs, we've just got a bunch of cool things that we are really not used to." Seattle would like to get used to having Alexander in the backfield. But he could leave in the offseason. He was designated the Seahawks' franchise player before this season and accepted the team's one-year, $6.323 million offer with a proviso. The team agreed not to use the same franchise tag on him in 2006. So either the Seahawks come up with a huge financial package, or the MVP could be scoring touchdowns and gaining all those yards elsewhere next season. "It is a business," he said. "The Seahawks have to make their own decisions. I am going to be happy for whatever they do." Alexander is the first Seahawk to win the award. He also is the first running back voted MVP since Marshall Faulk in 2000. Trailing Manning in the balloting were Patriots quarterback Tom Brady with 10 votes, Giants running back Tiki Barber with six and Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer with two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soopanuts Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2281472 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcat2334 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Awesome!! Nice to hear- he deserved it for 1, and he is a great guy as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarina Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Good for him. He's a good guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msaint Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Eell deserved by Alexander. Manning is hands down the best pure skilled QB in the league, a tremendous leader of that team, and ran away with the MVP last year, but I think there was some "passing TD record hangover" here on the voters' parts...I would have put Carson, Barber AND Brady (keeping a decimated team afloat virtually on his own) ahead of Peyton this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runner Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Well deserved. Seattle better pony up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 he has earned it ive won 6 ff titles thanks to shaun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehand Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Sweeeet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piranha Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoothead Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Seems obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Next year. Larry Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSupe4You Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Well deserved. Seattle better pony up. 1249459[/snapback] I disagree. Seattle is as much a part of his success as he is a part of Seattle's. If he is asking for record money, I say let him walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Little Bit Special Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Well deserved. Seattle better pony up. 1249459[/snapback] That's what I was thinking. Time for someone to break open the piggy bank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTen Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 A post about Alexander and Seahawks 21 has not showed up yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedroz13 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 That's what I was thinking. Time for someone to break open the piggy bank. 1249543[/snapback] Seattle management must be pumped that they didn't get him signed before the season. Now, they are going to have to make him the highest paid RB in the league. Good call guys....good call. I can just see Shaun's agent now: "Lets see.....Shaun broke the TD record, didn't miss a start, won the rushing title....and oh yeah, he was the MVP this year. That equates to about (insert absurd amount of money here) $$$ over the next 5 years." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 A post about Alexander and Seahawks 21 has not showed up yet? 1249547[/snapback] Don't you mean Seahawk37? 21 is not totally devoted to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Little Bit Special Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 A post about Alexander and Seahawks 21 has not showed up yet? 1249547[/snapback] Don't you mean Seahawk37? 21 is not totally devoted to him. 1249570[/snapback] Doesn't he reserve his manlove for Reggie Williams? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrappy1 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Can't argue with Alexander getting the nod, but I am a bit surprised that Tiki Barber didn't get a little more love and finished in 4th. The Giants would be nowhere without Tiki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heehawks Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Oh yeah!!! He deserved it, and I really really really really hope Seattle signs him to a long term deal! I would hurl if he is running for someone else next year. But onto more pressing matters, GO HEEHAWKS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 When he won the rushing title AND took over the TD record it was almost a lock for him to get the MVP, especially when you consider that he lead his team to 1st overall seed in the NFC. In my mind there were lots of viable candidates this year and he certainly was one of them. While you might be able to make arguments for others, it's hard to argue that SA doesn't deserve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHook Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Congrats to Shaun! A well deserved award for an incredible season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraftykraft Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Good for Alexander. Now, lets see where he ends up next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PantherDave Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 What!!!! It wasn't Bruschi!!!! w/ Brady a close second!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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