Peter King, at Sports Illustrated, runs an "MVP Watch" on his column "Monday Morning Quarterback" each week. For the past four weeks (give or take a week) Darrelle Revis, CB for the New York Jets, has been a regular for King's MVP list. Playing for the Jets, Revis has garnered some attention from the national media. I have to say first off, that he deserves most of it. He shut down the likes of Randy Moss and Andre Johnson, which is no small feat. What's more impressive is that the Jets feel comfortable leaving him on an island with these elite wide-outs and he has performed incredibly well.

As a Bengal fan, this got me thinking about Leon Hall and how well of a season he is having. After all, we didn't see him much against the Ravens "vaunted" offense. My guess is that Derek Mason had more than his fair share of Hall. So why not play a little numbers game:

                      Tackles:       Pass Def:      Int:       FF:

Player A:         18                  6                     1         1

Player B:        16                  6                     1          0

Player C:        17                  7                     3          0

Player A is Leon Hall, player B is Revis and Player C is Jonathan Joseph, who I threw in for fun. As you can see the numbers are quite similar. It's a small sample size but serves as a good indication as to how the season is progressing so far. Plus if King is looking for an MVP corner, look no further than the two Bengals CBs.

Let's take this a step further for fun. Revis has gained fame for shutting down elite wide receivers. But how did Hall do? A look at the number 1 wide-outs faced by Hall and Revis:

Revis:

Week 1: Andre Johnson: 4 catches, 35 yards, 0 TDs.

Week 2: Randy Moss: 4 catches, 24 yards, 0 TDs.

Week 4: Marquis Colston: 2 catches, 33 yards, 0 TDs.

Hall:

Week 1: Brandon Marshall: 4 catches, 27 yards, 0 TDs.

Week 2: Greg Jennings: 0 catches, 0 yards, 0 TDs.

Week 3: Hines Ward: 4 catches, 82 yards, 0 TDs.

Week 5: Derek Mason: 0 catches, 0 yards, 0 TDs.

A few things to note: I didn't add every week, only the games where there is a great QB/WR combo that would be a major threat to the CB. Also, I'm sure good offenses move their #1 receiver around and the corners were sometimes in zone, so they can't play man defense all the time. But look at the similarities in the numbers for the wide-outs. Pretty much shut down all day by each corner. If Revis is considered one of the best corners in the game and an MVP candidate, then I think it's only fair to add Hall into that discussion. Of course, Hall doesn't play football in New York City so he's got that working against him.