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On a Sunday in early February, there will be a battle for the ultimate football prize. Between now and then, though, there are still 266 NFL games to be played.  For each of the next 20 Sundays, we'll all be glued to our TV screens watching, waiting to see who will get the chance to vie for the Lombardi Trophy. A host of different teams, players, and coaches will make their presence known in some way or another during that span of time. There will be nail-biters and blowouts, peaks and valleys, injuries and breakouts.  And when it's all said and done, these are the people and the franchises whom our CBSSports.com staff believes will be rewarded with some hardware, be it real or imagined.Super Bowl champions Pete Prisco:    All that talk of  being down last season was way overplayed. He will come back and win another title and league MVP.   Jason La Canfora:    No Super Bowl hangover this year. Will Brinson:    The entire NFL is going full Dangerfield on a team that went 15-1 last year. Is there a po sibility for a Super Bowl hangover? Sure, but this is an ascending roster, not the other way around. The  lo s  Milwaukee Brewers Custom Jersey will sting but the contract will look worse for Washington when all is said and done. Carolina could come back to earth in the regular season, but they're by far the best team in the NFC South and clearly capable of a deep run. Ryan Wilson:    The Arizona Cardinals finally bring the Lombardi Trophy to the Valley of the Sun. Bruce Arians cements his place among the league's best coaches, while veteran quarterback  finally gets the can't-win-in-the-postseason monkey off his back. John Breech: Seahawks over  Last year, I picked the to win it all, so let's just a sume I'm going to be right again. As for the Bengals being in this game, let's just all agree that it would be fitting if they finally won a playoff game on the 25th anniversary of their last playoff win. Note: I put the Bengals in this game by a nose over the and .   Jared Dubin: Cardinals This is the most complete football team in the league. Arizona has a good offensive line, a ton of weapons, and can score from anywhere on the field. Once the Honey Badger gets back, the Cardinals defense will be top-notch as well. Sean Wagner-McGough: Seahawks No Marshawn, no problem. succe sfully becomes the undisputed conductor of the Seahawks' offense and the defense remains the dominant force it has been for the past several seasons. If the Seahawks can lock down home-field advantage they'll be nearly impo sible to beat at home in the postseason.Super Bowl MVP Pete Prisco: Aaron Rodgers He will Paul Molitor Jersey  put up amazing numbers this season and keep rolling right through the postseason and the Super Bowl.   Jason La Canfora: Ru sell Wilson He and Ciara ride off into the sunset in that truck they award to the MVP. Will Brinson:  The run to the title is going to be fueled by the reigning MVP, who isn't getting any love this offseason either. A title run and a strong performance by Cam will net him the honors easily. Ryan Wilson: Carson Palmer It's only fitting that Palmer, he of the 1-3 playoff record, puts it all together on the game's biggest stage with the world watching. Also fitting: The 37-year-old Palmer pulls a Peyton and goes out on top.   John Breech: Ru sell Wilson  There won't be any "you should've Jhoulys Chacin Jersey  given the ball to Marshawn at the 1-yard line" controversy after this game. Wilson will just call his own number and score the game-winning touchdown on a QB sneak. Ciara will then release a new album about Ru sell called "MVH," code for "Most Valuable Husband," and they'll live happily ever after. Jared Dubin:  Johnson is a monster. Over the final five games of last season, he averaged 131.6 total yards and a touchdown. In any scenario where Arizona wins, he's going to play a huge role. Sean Wagner-McGough:  He scores a few red-zone touchdowns to steal the MVP away from Ru sell Wilson.  Regular Season MVP Pete Prisco: Aaron Rodgers He will get the triple crown: Ring, regular-season MVP and Super Bowl MVP. Jason La Canfora:  The Pats might not lose a regular season game when he returns. Will Brinson:  For whatever reason Big Ben doesn't get included in MVP conversations enough. He deserves it the way he's matured as a pa ser in Todd Haley's system, and he's got enough weapons this year to put up huge numbers. With mi sing a few games and out the season, he'll get more credit for a ma sive year.   Ryan Wilson: Ru  Robin Yount Jersey sell Wilson This is the year it all comes together for one of the league's best young quarterbacks. Wilson has gotten better each season, and in 2015 he set career bests in touchdowns (34), TD/INT ratio (4.25), pa ser rating (110.1), and he ranked third in Football Outsiders' QB rankings last season, behind only Carson Palmer and Tom Brady. John Breech: Ben Roethlisberger Big Ben is going to put up some huge numbers this year in the Steelers' offense. Let's just hope people actually notice when it happens. Oh, and here's a little known fact: The only Steelers quarterback who has received an MVP vote since 2000 is Kordell Stewart. Jared Dubin: Ru sell Wilson Wilson is in for a ma sive year. The changes the Seahawks made to their offense over the second half of  Lorenzo Cain Jersey last season play perfectly into his skill set, and he should continue being responsible for an even larger portion of their succe s.   Sean Wagner-McGough: Ru sell Wilson If he plays like he did down the stretch last year for most of the season, the MVP is his. Beast Mode is gone, the offense belongs to Wilson, and the Seahawks will undoubtedly win enough games for Wilson to be in the running for the award.Offensive Player of the Year Pete Prisco: Aaron Rodgers Yep, Rodgers again. You think he will own the season? Jason La Canfora: Ben Roethlisberger/Cam Newton Both will put up astounding numbers in offenses that will surpa s what they did a year ago.   Will Brinson: Andrew LuckThe formula you need for OPOY is a quarterback with tons of weapons and a defense that isn't afraid to cough up points. Luck has both in spades and should be healthier this year with an improved offensive line. We might see multiple breakouts from his receivers, including Donte Moncrief and Philip Dorsett.  Ryan Wilson:  He's the league's best receiver, plays for the league's most high-powered offense, and he's impervious to double- and triple-teams. Put another way: He has 375 receptions for 5,031 yards and 31 touchdowns. Oh, and Brown is a top-flight punt returner too. John Breech: Antonio Brown  They might have to rewrite the receiving portion of the