Rivers for MVP?

One thing that has been frustrating me over the past couple weeks is the fact that Philip is getting very few mentions as a candidate for MVP. Although I'm obviously a little biased, compared to many of the names put out there and the reasons for them, Philip has easily surpassed them and their achievements. Two names that seem to be popular right now are Miami's Chad Pennington and the Colt's Peyton Manning. Philip leads both of them statistically with a higher passer rating, more touchdowns, yards, and a higher average. We all know that stats aren't the sole deciding factor for MVP though, so we'll look at it from another angle also. Miami and Indianapolis both had higher ranked defenses and allowed fewer points on average, compared to the Charger's defense which was ranked in the bottom two in pass defense all season. In Pennington's case it's the fact that the Dolphins were 1-15 last year and now as a playoff team, it must be him that was responsible. The truth however is that the Dolphins were never that bad of a team, they were just the victim of turnovers and now with a game managing quarterback they have been able to eliminate that factor. There's no justice in a game managing quarterback winning MVP over a quarterback who has carried his team though. For the case of Peyton Manning, it has been inconsistency until later in the season. Then everyone likes to remember how Peyton had to overcome knee surgery, but then conveniently overlook that Philip had reconstructive knee surgery in the offseason.Now of course I'll agree that it is the end of the season where it matters, but Philip has been consistent all year and then even picked it up with the season on the line. That is what an MVP player is. In the worst year of LT's career, Philip put his team in position to win and was the lone bright star of a team that came back from a 4-8 start to make the playoffs. When Philip didn't make the Pro Bowl it was the pundits that all said it was because of wins. Now two of those "worthy" Pro Bowl quarterbacks have pulled off huge late season collapses while Philip has willed his team to a playoff spot. With any less of a quarterback the Chargers could easily be 4-12. What more must Philip do to finally be recognized?