One of the biggest questions entering the Super Bowl every year is who will take the game's MVP award?
Well, the odds have been out this week and, not surprisingly, many folks think quarterbacks Tom Brady and Russell Wilson are the top contenders. It makes total sense -- six of the last eight Super Bowl MVPs have been QBs.
According to Vegas, Brady tops the betting board at 8/5, with Wilson right behind at 7/2. Marshawn Lynch (4/1) and Rob Gronkowski (7/1) are the two highest non-quarterbacks. Defensive studs like Darrelle Revis, Kam Chancellor, and Richard Sherman all land at 33/1. Last year's winner, Seahawks linebacker Malcolm Smith, isn't considered much of a threat to repeat -- he's just 100/1.
Are we in store for a historic performance from one of these players on Sunday night? We'll have to wait and see. Til then, here are the five best individual Super Bowl accomlplishments of all time.
5. Terrell Davis, Super Bowl XXXII
Davis helped his Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway get his first ring (Elway had been 0-3 in his Super Bowl in his career to that point) by putting on one of the gutsiest rushing performances in NFL history: 157 yards and 3 touchdowns despite battling a migraine that literally rendered him blind mid-game.
4. Joe Montana, Super Bowl XXIV
Montana was marvelous in four different Super Bowls, but it was his final appearance that was his true masterpiece. Joe Cool threw 22 for 29 for 297 and 5 touchdowns. The Niners walloped the Broncos 55-10, the biggest beatdown in Super Bowl History.
3. Marcus Allen, Super Bowl XVIII
191 yards on 20 carries for two touchdowns against one of the greatest rushing defenses of all time in the 1983 Washington Redskins. A 38-9 final.
2. Jerry Rice, Super Bowl XXIII
11 catches, one touchdown, and 215 yards, 51 of which came during San Francisco's game-winning 92-yard drive down the field to turn a 16-13 loss into a 20-16 victory over Cincinnati.
1. Steve Young, Super Bowl XXIX
Throughout the early '90s it seemed like Steve Young's legacy was always going to be overshadowed by the guy Montana that had come before him. However, Young changed that in emphatic fashion in 1995, leading San Francisco to a 49-26 Super Bowl win over San Diego. Young passed for 325 yards and six touchdowns, in the greatest single performance any player has ever had in a championship appearance.
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