To no one’s surprise Peyton Manning won his unprecedented 4th NFL MVP award. He surpassed another playoff QB, Brett Favre, in the record books and now has won more of these awards than any other player in NFL betting lines history.

So what does that have to do with the NFL odds playoff action? Not much actually, but it’s a testament to the near-perfect level of football that the All-pro QB is playing and just another reminder that no one has been able to stop him this season. His numbers this year, as dazzling as they may be, (4,500 yards, 33 TDs, 16 INTs) were more or less average for this accomplished QB.

Sure, the Jets handed the team a loss in week 16, and the team dropped another in week 17, but no one seriously believes that Indy wouldn’t have beaten the Jets and Bills if they’d played their starters. The point is, the Colts are 14-2 (and flirted with perfection) for one simple reason: Peyton Manning. No team has been able to stop him in the sports betting competition this season and it’s not likely that the Jets will be able to do so either.

Any time teams send crazy pressure, as the Jets are wanton to do, Manning makes them pay. He has the quickest release in the game and he is the best in the online betting and picking up blitzes and dictating blocking schemes. The Jets did a good job rattling Carson Palmer and Phil Rivers, but Manning is a different breed of animal all together and those blitzing schemes will not be nearly as effective.