The regular season is over. The 2023 Playoffs are in full swing. That means its officially awards season in the NFL.
There’s a long list of accolades reserved for pro football’s best players, ranging from the Hall of Fame fodder of a regular season Most Valuable Player award to the still-pretty-good-ness of a Pro Bowl invitation. This year’s Associated Press All-Pro teams have been published and we already know who’ll be playing dodgeball and hitting long drives at the Pro Bowl, but several awards remain in limbo.
That includes the Pro Football Writers Association — a guild in which I’m a member. The PFWA’s awards come out next week, starting with All-NFL teams and continuing all the way to the comeback and most improved players of the year. I got to vote for each of those awards. Here’s who I’m backing after the 2022 season, along with the closest runners-up in each major category.