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At NFL season's quarter mark, who's MVP? Philip Rivers has our vote
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by Nate Davis, USA TODAY Sports 3 hrs ago
As September comes to a close, most of the NFL's teams (six were on bye in Week 4) are one-quarter of the way through their 2014 schedule. Seems like a good time to assess how the races for individual awards are shaping up:
MVP
1. Philip Rivers: The Chargers quarterback gets a slight nod over Cowboys RB DeMarco Murray. Why? Rivers is the league's most efficient passer (114.5 rating), helped hand the champion Seahawks their worst loss in three years, and he's doing it in spite of the league's most ineffective run game (2.4 yards per carry). Maybe this is the year he joins 2004 draftmates Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger as a Super Bowl hero.
2. Murray: His 534 rushing yards eclipse second-place Le'Veon Bell by 156. Dallas' surprising 3-1 start can largely be attributed to Murray's heroics, which have helped keep an iffy defense off the field. He does need to clean up the fumbles and has been (mostly) well complemented by Tony Romo.
3. Steve Smith: His ever-burning fire has lit one underneath the Ravens, who admitted needing a spark in 2013 after the departures of field generals Ray Lewis and Anquan Boldin. Smith's production (AFC-high 429 receiving yards) has also stabilized a team that easily could have been sunk by the Ray Rice fiasco.
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