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Tip to Kuharsky, three Colts show up

3. QB Peyton Manning / Indianapolis Colts

We might have no clearer example of the “value to team” portion of our criteria than Manning. He willed a Colts team beset by injuries to first place in the AFC South. Playing without key weapons such as TE Dallas Clark and WR Austin Collie down the stretch and without much of a running game to fall back on, Manning delivered, throwing for 4,700 yards and 33 TDs. While Manning threw 17 picks, that was only one more than a season ago — and he attempted 108 more passes than in ’09. The Colts needed him to play to his high standard this season, and, except for a three-game stretch, he did just that.