When all the games in the final week of the regular season were over, there was a wave of praise both inside and outside the league.

Lu Ke's performance this season is not inferior even to the peak season of the four elite quarterbacks, whether it is a brilliant record of winning all 16 games, or the highest quarterback rating in history of 124.5, whether it is winning the National League Offensive Player of the Week honor four times, or dominating quarterback statistics across the board, all of which are enough to occupy a place in the long history of history.

The season has just ended, and the conversation about the regular season MVP has already broken the table!

In addition to Lu Ke, Payton Manning, who has delivered a top performance after returning from injury this season, Aaron Rodgers, who has delivered a peak performance for the second consecutive season, and Matt Lane, who has completed his career's best performance, will all be strong contenders for the most valuable player of the season.

Then there's the Minnesota Vikings' running back, Adrian Peterson. The top running back, who was selected to the Pro Bowl in his rookie season in 2007, after four consecutive 1,000-yard seasons and four consecutive Pro Bowl selections, fell into a slump in 2011 and missed all relevant accolades for the first time, but this year he bounced back strongly and made history of his own -

Adrian Peterson became only the second running back since Earl-Campbell in the 1980 season to advance at least 150 yards in seven consecutive games; At the same time, Adrian advanced a full 1,019 yards after physical contact with a defender such as a collision or tackle, which is also a record all-time.

Thirdly, the 2,097-yard run in a single season was only eight yards short of the record of 2,105 yards set by Eric-Dickerson in 1984, and unfortunately fell to second place; However, Adrian's record was set over 348 runs with the ball, averaging a staggering six yards per run.

Seattle Seahawk Shawn Lynch's "Beast Mode" is famous, but Beast Mode needs moments of flash, and sometimes it doesn't work; Adrian, on the other hand, proved himself to be the number one alternate seed for the league's best running back with a consistent and strong performance of 16 games throughout the season.

Incidentally, Adrian was a sight to be a record player in Eric Dixon's final game of the regular season, but he needed to complete 208 yards, which was even more difficult than Lu Ke's five touchdowns, and eventually faced a powerful sniper from his arch-rival Green Bay Packers, who won the tournament but extinguished Adric's hopes of making history.

Does everything sound familiar? It can be seen that the season finale of the Western Region of the National League and the Northern District of the National League can be described as full of sparks and tension!

If nothing else, the 2012 regular season MVP will be born among the above five players, and Lu Ke and Adrian are undoubtedly the biggest competitors.

The most surprising thing is that among the four elite quarterbacks, Drew Bliss has not won the regular season MVP so far, in the MVP selection, the 2009 Super Bowl season lost to Payton Manning, and last year's peak season met the more aggressive Aaron Rodgers, which is also a small regret of Bliss's career so far.

As an aside, in 1986, the New York Giants' lineback Larence-Taylor won the MVP of the season, the last time the league was voted the Most Valuable Player of the regular season by a player who was not a quarterback or running back. For the next 25 years, the regular season MVPs were all quarterbacks and running backs.

Of those, quarterbacks won 20 times and running backs won 7 times. However, there were two years of tie results, the first being in 1997 when Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre and Detroit Lions' running back Barry-Sanders were tied; The second time was in 2003 with Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair.

Since 2007, the quarterback has won five consecutive regular season MVPs, all of which are won by the four elite quarterbacks, Big Manning twice, Brady twice, and Rodgers once.

Lu Ke is only a second-year student this year, is this too young? Isn't Adrian Peterson, in his sixth year in the league, more worthy of credit? Is Drew Blis, who has once again delivered a great season, more suitable than Lu Ke? After all, Lu Ke is still young, it's only his second season, and the long-term future is still ahead, he still has a chance, doesn't he?

Historically, it's not uncommon for a young player to win the regular season MVP, which was inaugurated in 1957, and Cleveland Browns' rookie running back Jim-Bron won the award in his first season in 1957 and won two more awards in a row the following year and 1965.

In addition, Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton in 1977, Houston Oilers running back Earl Campbell in 1979, and Miami Dolphins' Dan Marino were sophomores when he won the regular season MVP in 1984.

And, of course, there's Kurt Warner, who will never be forgotten, when he won the regular season MVP in 1999, it was his second season, but it was his first official season, writing a wonderful fairy tale for Cinderella.

In other words, even with Kurt Warner, there are only five players in history who have won the regular season MVP in their sophomore season; And all of them, except for Warner, were in the distant eighties. So, what about this year? Can Lu Ke still make history?

All the answers will be revealed over the Pro Bowl weekend!

For now, the most important thing is the Wild Card Tournament, which will start in a week's time.

After 17 weeks of battle, the 2012 playoff spots were all decided.

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American League Western Conference champion, Denver Broncos, 13-3, top seed.

American League Eastern Conference Champion, New England Patriots, 12-4, No. 2 seed.

American League South Champion, Houston Texan, 12-4, No. 3 seed.

American League North Division Champion, Baltimore Ravens, 10-6, No. 4 seed.

Wild card for two teams.

Second in the American League South Division, Indianapolis Colts, 11-5, fifth seed.

Second in the North Division of the American League, Cincinnati Tigers, 10-6, No. 6 seed.

Overall, the American League is still showing a stable posture, the four division champions are basically familiar old faces, and the only slightly immature Houston Texans are also making the playoffs for the second year in a row.

The biggest surprise came from the Pittsburgh Steelers, who finished with an injury-plagued 8-8 record this season and missed the playoffs again after 2009. Of course, the 2012 season in the North Division of the American League was a roller coaster, and the Tigers and Tigers in the same district of the Steelers were also on a roller coaster, all the way to the end, and the overall performance was the worst among the four divisions of the American League.

The American League East and American League South are still the same, and the surprise comes from the rebound of the Indianapolis Colts, although Andrew Lack's performance is not satisfactory, but the overall strength of the Colts is still there, quickly recovering from Payton Manning's injury, and still holding the top pick last season, and this season it is back in the playoffs.

Looking back at the big picture, the only difference between the 2012 American League playoff spots and the 2011 season is that the Indianapolis Colts replaced the Pittsburgh Steelers.

In fact, on the whole, the main members of the strong and weak teams have not changed, even the Colts and the Steelers have not changed much-

The former was at the bottom last year and rose this year, mainly due to Peyton Manning's injury, and the quarterback immediately returned to the attitude of the previous year after being re-selected by the draft; The latter, who was the No. 5 seed in the American League last year and finished seventh in the American League this year, still has an absolute advantage over other weak teams, although they are two wins away from the playoff spots.

Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Buffalo Beals and other weak teams are still weak teams and have not been able to set off too much turmoil and turmoil.

Even the record of wins and losses is almost the same, just a small fluctuation.

That's why it's always said that the American League game lacks excitement and suspense.

It's not the playoff teams that deserve to be mentioned in the American League this season, but the No. 1 overall signing, the Kansas Chiefs. This is undoubtedly the biggest surprise of the season.

In the offseason, Alex Smith, the former No. 1 quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, moved to the Kansas Chiefs, one of the biggest deals after Payton Manning.

You must know that in the 2011 season of the American League West Division, the Denver Broncos entered the playoffs with an 8-8 record, while the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders were also 8-8, and the Kansas Chiefs at the bottom of the division were 7-9. Everyone says it's a rookie peck, but for them, the playoffs are just around the corner.

Big Manning joins the Broncos and Alex joins the Chiefs, and naturally, the changes in the Western Division of the National League are worth looking forward to.

Sadly, Alex has suffered serious injuries this season – mainly due to unsatisfactory pocket protection for the offensive forward, resulting in a concussion, a right leg injury and a shoulder injury, all of which were not serious injuries for the season, but the season has become choppy, disrupting the team's rhythm of the game.

What's more, the overall situation of the Kansas chiefs in recent years has been worrying, and this year it has fallen to the bottom in a cliff-like manner.

With two wins and 14 losses, the Kansas Chiefs truly touched the bottom of the abyss and got the top pick in the 2013 draft.

But the eyes are always on the winners, and no one cares about the loneliness of the losers, not even Peyton Manning has been ignored after his injury, and Alex Smith is no exception. Unless Alex can be like Big Manning and come back from injury again, his career will be in a quagmire -

When Big Manning chose the Denver Broncos, everyone said it was a gamble; Alex chose the Kansas chief, why not?

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