With plenty of candidates, including Philip Rivers, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady won the league’s Offensive Player of the Year Award and is the likely player to win the MVP as well.  Brady had an enormous season in New England, throwing 36 touchdowns against just four picks all season long.  What’s most impressive is that Brady did it while transitioning the Pats’ passing attack away from the vertical game they had under Randy Moss.  While most assumed the Pats’ offense would slow down a bit after they traded Moss, Brady picked up his game and the Pats lost just one game after the trade.

Brady was given credit for turning rookie tight ends and underneath threats into one of the most prolific passing attacks in all of football.  In that way, Brady was in a similar situation as Philip Rivers, who made the best out of limited healthy talent surrounding him.  Much has been made of Rivers’ ability to overcome the injuries and suspensions on his offense to guide the Chargers to yet another winning team, though they ultimately missed out on the playoffs by just a single game.  Brady finished the season with the top passer rating in the league at 111.  Rivers was second in the league in passer rating with a 101.8 mark, narrowly edging out Super Bowl hopeful Aaron Rodgers.

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