1. MVP - Kurt Warner, Eli Manning, and probably James Harrison and Ed Reed.
OROY - Matt Ryan, Chris Johnson or Joe Flacco. I'd probably give it to Ryan today.
DROY - Not so sure about this one. Names that come to mind include Jerod Mayo, Chris Horton and Aqib Talib.
COY - Jeff Fisher nosing out Tom Coughlin.
2. Hard to decide, but I'm going with the Jaguars barely over the Chargers. The Jags have quit on their coaches and quit on each other. I don't expect them to win another game this season. San Diego at least has a very outside shot at making the playoffs despite everything.
3. I don't follow these teams enough to be able to do that. I will say that the Lions will need at least 2 more years before they can compete. They need to focus on rebuilding both lines and their secondary this offseason.
4. I don't think it's been any better or worse than in previous years. I've seen horrible calls made since I started watching football. It's just that some of the bad calls have been a lot more high profile this year (e.g. the Hochuli call against San Diego). I do wish the media would stop putting these guys under such an intense microscope -- bad calls from Hochuli's crew were making headlines a month after the Denver/SD game. I also think the league should consider hiring full-time officials and paying them as such.
5. If I was a Raiders fan, I'd say Al Davis, but speaking as a Broncos fan, we love the guy! Anyway, my pick is Philip Rivers because he's such a whiny bitch.