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So, da Umfragen ja momentan beliebt zu sein scheinen hat mich folgender Artikel von SI.com dazu veranlasst, auch mal eine zu starten 
Entering Week 9, we're staring down the midway point of the NFL's 2004 regular season. Which means it's time to crank up the MVP debate. By our estimation, there are at least eight candidates. But this is the Top Five. Sorry Donovan McNabb. Sorry Priest Holmes. Sorry Curtis Martin. You don't make the cut. I don't have to fill out my Associated Press ballot until the day after Week 17 concludes, but if I were asked for it today, here's how it would look:
1. Terrell Owens, Philadelphia, WR -- It's almost a chicken-or-the-egg MVP question in Philadelphia: Has Owens been so good because he has McNabb as his quarterback, or is McNabb playing his career-best ball because he finally has a big-play receiver like Owens to throw to? Obviously some of both apply, but I'm leaning toward Owens as the X factor in the equation, since he's the new component and the Eagles haven't lost a meaningful game with him in uniform.
After all the trouble the Eagles went through to acquire him, Owens' impact (42 receptions for 697 yards) has been undeniable. Despite defenses being focused on shutting him down, he owns exactly half of Philadelphia's 18 touchdowns this season, and has scored at least once in six of its seven games. His nine receiving touchdowns lead the NFL, and only running backs Priest Holmes (14) and Shaun Alexander (10) have found the end zone more often this season.
Philadelphia is off to the first 7-0 start in the franchise's 73-season history, and is the NFL's lone remaining unbeaten team. Owens has set a club record with his five consecutive 100-yard receiving games, and most important, his presence finally gives the Eagles the offensive balance they need to end their frustrating string of NFC title-game failures.
2. Daunte Culpepper, Minnesota, QB -- After an astounding first five games (18 touchdown passes, 127.0 passer rating), Culpepper has cooled off the past two weeks and is no longer on a pace to shatter six all-time NFL single-season passing records. But his 2,180 passing yards and 183 completions still lead the league, and he's already tossed five touchdowns in a game an NFL record three times.
Besides leading the Vikings to a 5-2 record and first place in the NFC North, Culpepper's MVP platform is best supported by his 20 touchdown passes against just five interceptions, and NFC-high 114.2 quarterback rating. He'll get an excellent opportunity to further his case this week when Minnesota travels to Indianapolis to square off against the Colts Monday night.
3. Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, QB -- Last year's co-MVP hasn't done anything but step up his game, but fairly or unfairly he loses some support with the Colts being a so-so 4-3. He shouldn't be faulted for the problems Indianapolis has on defense, but if the Colts don't win, it will take some of the luster off his credentials. Manning has presided over an offense that has scored 24, 24 and 35 points in the Colts' three losses, but Indy's sieve-like defense has given up 27, 27 and 45 in those defeats.
The truth is Manning is having his career-best season and has been nothing short of amazing, with league highs in touchdown passes (22) and quarterback rating (117.4), and his 2,161 yards passing trailing only Culpepper. He's completing 65 percent of his passes (156 of 240), is averaging a whopping 9.0 yards per attempt, and has just four interceptions. Who can forget Manning's blitzkrieg of a first half against visiting Green Bay in Week 3, when he threw for five touchdowns and 320 yards against the seemingly defenseless Packers in a 45-31 Colts victory?
4. Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh, QB -- It might sound ridiculous to suggest a rookie could win the MVP award, but how can you have a legitimate discussion about which player has been the most valuable thus far in 2004 without at least mentioning the guy who's already a cult figure in the Steel City? Big Ben is 5-0 since being inserted into the starting lineup for the injured Tommy Maddox, the second best streak for a rookie quarterback at the start of his career since the 1970 merger.
Roethlisberger, the No. 11 pick in April's draft, has led the surprising Steelers to a 6-1 mark and first place in the AFC North, and his poise, savvy and veteran-like execution have been hailed by Bill Parcells and Dan Marino. Pittsburgh has hung up between 24-34 points in his past four starts, and last Sunday he put the exclamation point on his dramatic first-half rise by being the winning quarterback in the Steelers' 34-20 defeat of New England, snapping the Patriots' league-record 21-game winning streak. Big Ben looks headed for big things.
5. Tiki Barber, New York Giants, RB -- Barber's NFC-best 748 yards rushing would only rank fourth in the AFC, but when you factor in his 352 yards receiving on 27 catches, his 1,100 yards of combined offense makes him the league's most productive running back in the first half of 2004. His 5.3-yard average carry is also tops in both conferences, and he's been a big-play machine for the upstart Giants. He has five runs of 20 yards or more, and five receptions of at least 20 yards, with three of those accounting for 40 yards or more. All told, he has produced first downs on 46 of his 169 touches, or 27.2 percent of the time.
A serial fumbler in recent years (he lost 12 of 18 fumbles in 2002-2003), Barber has learned to hang onto the rock. He has just one fumble so far, and he even recovered that one. His six rushing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown tie him for fourth overall in the NFC, and his consistent week-in, week-out production has been the key to New York's unexpected resurgence under first-year head coach Tom Coughlin. The Giants at 5-2 already have surpassed last season's win total (4-12).
Da ich bei dieser Frage ein kleines bißchen beeinflusst bin hat Ben meien Stimme bekommen
Allerdings müsste man objektiv wohl bisher T.O. den Award geben. Der Unterschied in der Eagles-Offense gegenüber den letzten Jahren ist einfach zu offensichtlich...
