2010 NFL Playoffs and Postseason Awards Predictions

This is the best time of the NFL season for many football fans. Every team is in first place, and hopes for a championship still have a moment of sanity.

It is that time the ardent fan predicts how the season will go, as well as how the players will end up performing. It is where the favorite player gets cheered on, the disliked player respected while a hope of failure is mixed in.

It is the days before opening kickoff, where rosters are mostly set and everyone can argue, debate, or theorize how the whole ball of wax that is the NFL season will roll.

Here is yet another set of predictions that have little chance of occurring:

Wild Card Weekend

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NEW ORLEANS - JANUARY 24: Percy Harvin #12 of the Minnesota Vikings returns a punt against the New Orleans Saints during the NFC Championship Game at the Louisiana Superdome on January 24, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints won 31-28 in overtime.

Philadelphia @ New Orleans   Minnesota @ San Francisco    Pittsburgh @ San Diego   Cincinnati @ Baltimore

Divisional Playoffs

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ARLINGTON, TX - JANUARY 09: Running back Felix Jones #28 of the Dallas Cowboys runs the ball against the Philadelphia Eagles during the 2010 NFC wild-card playoff game at Cowboys Stadium on January 9, 2010 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/

New Orleans @ Green Bay

Minnesota @ Dallas 

Pittsburgh @ New England

Baltimore @ Indianapolis

Conference Championships

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GLENDALE, AZ - JANUARY 03: Linebacker Clay Matthews #52 of the Green Bay Packers on the field against the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium on January 3, 2010 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Dallas @ Green Bay

Baltimore @ New England

Super Bowl XLV

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FOXBORO, MA - JANUARY 10: Ray Rice #27 of the Baltimore Ravens runs for an 83-yard touchdown run in the first quarter against the New England Patriots during the 2010 AFC wild-card playoff game at Gillette Stadium on January 10, 2010 in Foxboro, Massachu

Baltimore @ Green Bay

Most Valuable Player

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FOXBORO, MA - AUGUST 26: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots celebrates the touchdown by teammate Rob Gronkowski in the second quarter against the St. Louis Rams on August 26, 2010 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Gett

Tom Brady, New England Patriots

He is in a contract year, and critics think he has passed him prime while never fully recovering from his 2008 knee injury.

Brady make his team regret not offering him a contract to his liking earlier.

Offensive Player of the Year

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SAN FRANCISCO - AUGUST 22: Adrian Peterson #28 of the Minnesota Vikings runs with the ball during their preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers at Candlestick Park on August 22, 2010 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings

This is his first year where the Vikes solely rely on him, not having a proven backup like Chester Taylor. AP puts the team on his back and takes them far.

Defensive Player of the Year

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SAN FRANCISCO - DECEMBER 14: Linebacker Patrick Willis #52 of the San Francisco 49ers reacts after sacking Kurt Warner #13 of the Arizona Cardinals at Candlestick Park on December 14, 2009 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Image

Patrick Willis, San Francisco 49ers

Willis has been piling up tackles since he first stepped onto a professional gridiron. This year he piles up nearly 300 tackles.

Offensive Rookie of the Year

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CINCINNATI, OH - AUGUST 15: Jermaine Gresham #84 of the Cincinnati Bengals gets tackled after catching a pass by Wesley Woodyard #59 of the Denver Broncos during a preseason game at Paul Brown Stadium on August 15, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Bengals wo

Jermaine Gresham, Cincinnati Bengals

The reporters will swarm the lockers of blabbermouths Ochocinco and T.O., but the old men won't be getting as quite open as they used to. Gresham can line up anywhere, and he presents huge mismatch problems with his combination of size and speed.

If the Bengals fail to replicate last year's success on the ground game, as I suspect they will, expect them to pass often.

Defensive Rookie of the Year

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DETROIT - AUGUST 28: Ndamukong Suh #90 of the Detroit Lions looks on prior to playing the Cleveland Browns in a preseason game on August 28, 2010 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Ndamukong Suh, Detroit Lions

Suh is special. He could end up being the best defensive tackle to hit the NFL since Alan Page. Lions fans will be happy if he has half the career Page had.

Coach of the Year

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GREEN BAY, WI - AUGUST 26: Head coach Mike McCarthy of the Green Bay Packers watches as his team takes on the Indianapolis Colts during a preseason game at Lambeau Field on August 26, 2010 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers defeated the Colts 59-24. (Ph

Mike McCarthy, Green Bay Packers

People look at the talent of the Pack and tend to forget it was not long ago that general manager Ted Thompson and McCarthy started a rebuilding job. This is a year it all comes together, and possibly the start of several more highly competitive seasons ahead.