Yes … he has time on his hands. "It's what I do," he says.

Anyone know the answer?

OFFENSE:

WR

Winners: Andre Johnson, Wes Welker

Me: Johnson, Reggie Wayne

Tough to pick between Wayne and Welker. I went with the Colts overall efficiency as an offense. Both guys had great quarterbacks throwing to them. It's not like either pick is wrong. I just had to pick one.

TE

Winner: Dallas Clark.

Me: Clark

I gave serious consideration to Antonio Gates based on his one-man dismantling of the Browns, but Clark's overall production (100 catches, 10 TDs) was too much to ignore.

OT

Winner: Joe Thomas, Ryan Clady

Me: Thomas, Michael Roos

Anyone who quibbles with the drafting of Thomas is missing the point. He's on the verge of being a perennial All-Pro. Things have gone swimmingly with him. Clady got a lot of play out of Denver, but somebody had to help Chris Johnson top 2,000 yards, which is why I went with Roos.

G

Winners: Jahri Evans, Steve Hutchinson

Me: Evans, Hutchingson

Evans seems to have surpassed Hutchinson as the best guard in the league this season.

C

Winner: Nick Mangold

Me: Mangold

Watch the guy and he's just dominant. I had a lot of fun when the Browns took a center in the first round of the draft, but if Alex Mack becomes anything like Mangold it will be quite a pick.

QB

Winner: Peyton Manning

Me: Manning

Tough choice between Brett Favre, Manning and Drew Brees. But it's just impossible to ignore all the things Manning brings to the team.

RBs

Winners: Chris Johnson, Adrian Peterson.

Me: Johnson, Peterson

Though I did consider Stephen Jackson for all he did for a lousy team in St. Louis.

FB

Winner: Leonard Weaver

Me: Lousaka Polite

Gave serious consideration to Lawrence Vickers.

PK

Winner: Nate Kaeding

Me: David Akers

What is it with kickers who suddenly can't kick in the playoffs?

KR

Winner: Josh Cribbs

Me: Cribbs

Perhaps the easiest vote on the ballot.

DEFENSE:

DE

Winners: Dwight Freeney, Jared Allen

Me: Freeney, Allen

Remember when Freeney was drafted and everybody said he was too small to play DE in the pros? Perfect illustration why Bill Polian gets it. He drafts players that fit the Colts system, and he doesn't worry about this or that. His other end, Robert Mathis, is also an excellent player.

DT

Winners: Kevin Williams, Jay Ratliff

Me: Williams, Haloti Ngata

Ngata looked pretty good to me in the two games I saw him. He should make this team next season — and a lot more after

OLB

Winners: Elvis Dumervil, DeMarcus Ware

Me: Dumervil, Ware

The best pass rushers always win this position. This season is no different

ILB

Winners: Patrick Willis, Ray Lewis

Me: Willis, David Harris

I think the league's top-ranked defense deserved to have its leading tackler on the team. As good as Lewis is, he seems more on the downside of a great career than on the dominant end of things.

CB

Winners: Darrelle Revis, Charles Woodson

Me: Revis, Woodson

Pretty easy choices. Have to say that the more I watch Revis the more impressed I am. That guys is a true shutdown corner.

S

Winners: Darren Sharper, Adrian Wilson

Me: Sharper, Nick Collins

Sharper was a no-brainer, but Collins had an outstanding season for Green Bay. He gave up only 87 yards after the catch, had six interceptions and seven pass breakups and only gave up three touchdowns. I chose him just ahead of Wilson and Kerry Rhodes of the Jets.

P

Winner: Shane Lechler

Me: Lechler

Absolute no-brainer. The guy had a net of 43.8 yards, which is flat amazing.

I voted for Norv Turner of San Diego, and after watching the weekend's playoff games I wish I had voted for Marvin Lewis. Why Turner didn’t kick deep after cutting the deficit to 17-14 defies logic. Kick it deep, use the timeout before the two-minute warning, get the ball back at the 35 or 40 with more than a minute left and you have a chance.

Of course that would have meant the Chargers would have had to actually stop the Jets. They didn't. They lost.

In truth, this is the one vote I wish I had back — even before the playoff games. Lewis deserved it. So did Turner, or so I thought at the time. At least my vote didn't cost Lewis the award.

In past years, guys signed to high contracts might have some protection becuase signing bonuses accelerated into the cap the year they were cut or traded. This meant released players could be on the street, yet still count millions in "dead money" against a team's cap.

If there is no cap, that won't happen.

Writes Lombardi: "My sense of free agency this offseason is that we’ll see players who are terminated by their current teams because of their high contract status and failure to perform to the level of those contracts. Teams will dump these players, allowing them to get rid of their future signing bonus proration without it affecting their salary cap. The market will be filled with players who have been cut and sent packing with no one from their former team offering many complimentary words about their play, and teams will have to rely on their ability to clearly evaluate their play."

Both, I'd say, are worthy. I picked Revis because he was so good in coverage teams often threw away from him. He was part of the league's top-ranked defense, and he played in a blitzing system that asked him to do a lot of one-on-one coverage.

Woodson played in a similar system, and had impressive big-play numbers. So it's not like he didn't deserve it.

Both guys were worthy; one had to win. I picked the guy who came in second.

Maybe not.

But it sure seems like they've twisted a well-intentioned rule on its ear. Seattle clearly went after Pete Carroll with no intention of hiring anyone else. Yet it brought in Leslie Frazier in for an interview.

Leslie Nielsen had as good a chance to land that job as Leslie Frazier.

Washington supposedly interviewed Jerry Gray for the Redskins coaching job in December. This took place even though the Redskins had a coach and everyone and their uncle knew Mike Shanahan was Washington bound.

If this is compliance, then Lady Ga Ga can carry Madonna's shoes.

I have high standards for the Hall (though I do not have a vote). I don't think it should be the Hall of the Very Good, which it is becoming. It should be the Hall of Fame, for guys who were excellent in their careers.

After last season, I was kind of on the fence about Warner, but the more I think the more it's impossible to keep him out. He's taken two teams to Super Bowls, won one and in the playoffs the guy is as good as anyone has ever been. Sunday's game doesn't make him Hall of Fame worthy — no single game does that … if it did David Tyree would be on the ballot five years after his retirement. But Sunday Warner was incredible: 29-of-33 for 379 with five touchdowns and no interceptions.

He's now 9-3 in the playoffs, and his career stats read this way: 290-for-436 for 3,747 yards, 31 touchdowns and 13 interceptions.

Career regular season rating: 93.7.

Career playoff rating: 104.6

Tom Brady won the Comeback Player of the Year. I voted for Cincinnati running back Cedric Benson. This is a tough one because there's no real clear definition of comeback. Brady clearly came back from a serious knee injury, but to me Benson came back from the scrap heap, which made it a tad more worthy.

Peyton Manning won the MVP. I voted for him. I know, big limb

I thought long and hard about giving it to Brett Favre, because where would the Vikings be without him? But going against Manning makes little sense. The guy runs the Colts offense on the field, calls a bunch of plays, completes a high percentage, wins and wins and wins. Take Manning from the Colts and they'd be in worse shape than the Viking without Favre.

Yes, I considered Drew Brees and Chris Johnson as well, but Manning was too good to vote for someone else.