Who's your first quarter MVP?
 

A bit early to be talking about MVPs but a lot of teams look at their schedules in quarters. Obviously we're perfect, so who gets your vote for MVP of the first 4 games of the season?

*There will be a poll forthcoming if I can figure this shit out.

Charles. No question.

The defense. Honest to god. The entire thing. It has allowed the offense to come slowly.

Defense.

Colquitt, always and forever.

Dontari Poe.

The attention he commands allows our sackers and playmakers to run around sacking and pillaging opposing offense.

Von Miller. The Broncos would be ****ed without him.

Coaching.

Offensive coaching is still a work in progress (which is understandable, new scheme, new QB, some new bodies) but they are getting a little bit better every week, which is all we need to see at this stage.

Defensive coaching. Sutton is legit. A refreshing change.

They made excellent adjustments when it was necessary.

MVP.

Most Valuable Player

Chiefs only, broskino. I'll do one for the entire league after 8 games, though.

What will be funny is when you lose more games with him...

The guy that cleaned out Romeo's office then.

Sutton

Lose more than none? I guess that's probable.

Colquitt. No contest.

Smith by a mile.

Houston in KC!!

Who needs defense when you're scoring 40+ per game?

Denver.

They puke pts...

Poe. He creates opportunities for the entire defense. Domino effect. At least three of Houston's sacks are because of Poe.

Alex Smith close second.

Andy Reid's chef.

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It's all relative.

Smith - he's not great, but the Chiefs would ultimately be no good with Daniel or Geno Smith or whoever else they could've had. In the most literal sense, he's the most valuable player on the team. 1-3 without him, I'd say.

Charles - he's the best player on the offense and the only guy who can consistently be relied upon to get yards. Without him they would very likely be 1-3. I don't know that they'd beat the Giants with Knile Davis replacing what Charles did today. And they damn sure wouldn't have beat the Iggles.

Poe - he's taken a huge step but no, he's not the MVP at all. Simply no argument for him so not worth discussing.

Hali or Houston? - no. They compliment each other and if either hadn't played a snap, they'd be at least 2-2.

Sutton - I can see an argument. I don't really wanna make it. But it could be. The question is how good they would be anyway with Reid, Dorsey, new QB and plenty of FA help.

Reid? Again, you can make an argument, I think.

Albert? I don't think he's quite good enough to say MVP, but from the perspective of who replaces him (hard to say Fisher would suck at LT since it's his natural position, but...)? I dunno, man. It could be real ugly. It certainly was when he went down, albeit an unfair sample size.

Smith's the literal answer, Charles is probably the right answer. The offense is Charles, the defense isn't reliant on one guy.

there was no score from either team the first qtr, Colquitt layed out the best game I've ever seen him play. He was money.

It was our special team gunners

There are 15 guys in the league that could do the same thing that Alex Smith does.

You can't find 15 Dontori Poes or Justin Houstons. Those guys are disruptive talents that could not easily be replaced.

Clark Hunt!

He hasn't been made quite the impact Houston has. But Berry has quietly been unstoppable so far

Houston didn't flash on the fantasy boards today either but that's because he was in coverage a TON.

That happens when you're an overall ****ing face-raping stud...

Did the Giants have a TE in the game today?

Should be Defense unit 50/ Smith 50

defense

Probably true, but the defensive tackle is never voted MVP. Its either the sack specialist end/LB or the back with the interceptions. People aren't smart enough to judge something they can't put a number to. Looking at him last year, Poe looked like he would be another in a long line of busts we had at tackle. He has a shot at the Pro Bowl this year.

Houston. He leads the league in sacks, he is a beast against the run and is solid in pass defense. The total package on defense (our strength) this season.

Total team effort so far all around, but I'd have to give it to our pass rush, and that definitely would include Poe, Houston, and Hali. Take your pick. Are Houston and Tamba just gonna take turns getting sacks every week lol

Andy Reid

:clap:

had to go with houston
but the defense is the correct answer

The Best: Justin Houston(the defense)


The MVP: Alex Smith

He's the one keeping a shit offense on the right path.

Colquitt putting together what could be a career or even an all time punting year.

Colquitt.. I already nicknamed him MVP.

that is a good choice......challenging the spot that forced NY to punt and taking the field goal off the board and chewing up more clock was game changing

It's the coaching staff for me. They've taken 2012's shit squad and turned them into a real football team

No dunta robinson?

No McGrath either. The poll starter blows.

I clicked Poe, but i'm starting to think its Andy ****ing Reid... he has completely changed our culture in record time, i dont think its overboard to call what he's done so far, amazing.

Dontari Poe is the difference maker this year on defense, no question.

He took a decent defense with too much talent and anchored it. Now we're playing at optimum efficiency.

My vote goes to Alex Smith. He has been instrumental in changing the culture here, in the huddle, in his passes to 8 different receivers a game, he's had a short memory when we needed him to, he's made the offensive line look better, he's given us an extra threat on the ground, and he's made smart decisions for four straight games.

Probably this.

Guys playing significant snaps that differ from the last regime:

Alex Smith
Avery
Sean Smith

To a far far lesser extent
Demps
Abdulah
DeVito
carousel of broken TEs

That's basically 3 guys different than the last window licker.

Yeah. Coaching.

The Defense as a whole if I had to pick one person-Bob Sutton

Andy Reid.

He essentially hired John Dorsey, hired arguably the best coaching staff in the NFL in Sutton, Childress, Toub, Ault, etc., traded for Alex Smith, installed entirely new offensive and defensive special teams and has every single player, draftee, free agent or guys off the street, playing at a high level.

Without Reid, there is no 4-0.

Quite the understatement. :D

Really though, I was skeptical of the Reid hire. I didn't want a retread (but to be fair, I did say we got the best one). Hopefully we can continue and I have to pound crow. There are still some questions, but Reid has done a marvelous job when most thought he was washed up.

It is astounding to me the level of ineptitude that infested this franchise in the Pioli era. Sweeping, overriding, smothering ineptitude that infested every single aspect of the franchise. I thought it couldn't get worse than Herm. Boy was I wrong. Every time I think about any aspect of the franchise, especially with coaching/gameplanning, it boggles my mind how much of a ****ing joke we were. And it went on for 4 years. 7 if you add in the Herm years.

It is truely sickening.

Obviously none of this happens without the coaching staff, but I went with Charles as the MVP. His unexpected production in the passing game, toughness in pass protection have made him a key part of the offense. His running in the fourth quarter of the Dallas, Philadelphia and NYG games shut the door on all three games.

Defensive MVP for the first quarter season is Houston, but DJ is still the heart of this defense and is quietly having a tremendous season.

I chose Poe because he provided much needed help to this defense. He was the right prescription for Hali and Houston. Had he not been there, this defense would not be producing the results we've seen. Hence, the team could be 2-2 easily.

Well, it's clearly between Poe, Houston, and Smith.

I picked Smith, purely because he is the only one who replaced a guy from last year's team, and it has made a world of difference.

If we had Poe and Houston playing at this level and still had cassel under center, there's no way we are 4-0.

Cassel would have been dramatically better under Reid. Haley was stank ass. Pittsburgh's offense has been dropping like a stone since the day Haley touched it, despite having a franchise and super bowl winning Quarterback.

Except for Dunta Robinson. That was the worst blown coverage I have ever seen.

:D

After years of being tortured by turds of Pitts, this feels awesome to see them be 0-4 and two games behind everyone including the Browns.

But, I think people are underestimating the amount of suck that is Matt Cassel.

Oh, and I voted Alex Smith. Had to. No special reason really. Just I think his leadership was far undervalued.

Oh, and if I had to pick a defensive MVP.......Although I still say if you can choose the entire OLINE, I should be able to take the defense, it would be Eric Berry.

he is like watching a young polomalu right now.

If you want to know where the ball is on defense, FOLLOW HIM......

He will lead you to it.

Eric Berry. at a critical time in that game yesterday, he took it over. the dude is just smooth as hell.

I voted for Alex, but co-vote for Houston. On pace for 4400 Total Yards and 28 TD. Ridiculous long clock killing drives in the 4th Quarter as well. That's good stuff right there.

Can I vote for him too???...and Poe!!!! Wait...wait Charles :D

Austin. I mean Houston. Get those towns mixed up.

It's a great sign the Hali and DJ only have one vote between them when they're both really, really good. We have a ton of talent and production on this defense.

USA today agrees with you brah

http://q.usatoday.com/2013/10/01/dre...paign=Qsidebar

I would vote Sutton if it were a choice.

As I think SNR said, this guy may have been the best hire in the entire NFL.

Very solid argument.