Peyton Manning played a sport.
The National Football League Most Valuable Player Award ( NFL MVP ) is an award given by various entities to the American football player who is considered the most valuable in the National Football League ( NFL ) . Peyton Manning . A two-time Super Bowl winner and the most valuable player of Super Bowl XLI , Manning is also the only quarterback to start the Super Bowl for two different franchises more than once each and the only starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl with two different franchises . A quarterback ( commonly abbreviated to QB ) is a position in American and Canadian football . The Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award , or Super Bowl MVP , is presented annually to the most valuable player of the Super Bowl , the National Football League 's ( NFL ) championship game .