Honorable Mention: Matt Millen. I don't know that Matt Millen actually deserves an award, but it's got to be a long time since anyone's given him one, so I say he at least gets a mention here.

I maintain that when Cris Collinsworth is absent, Millen is the best analyst in the NBC studio. Granted, this puts him ahead of only Jerome Bettis and Tiki Barber, a status that could be reached by most of the guys who had those old, "CALL NOW, AND FOR ABSOLUTELY FREE, YOU'LL GET MY 100% GUARANTEED, STONE COLD, LEADPIPE LOCK FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT'S GAME" commercials.

I found this interview honest and entertaining, too.

5. Brian Westrook. Westbrook gets the fifth spot, provided he agrees to split custody of the non-existent award with Donovan McNabb. Westbrook went over 100 total rushing and receiving yards, but most of it came on one spectacular game-sealing play.

McNabb, meanwhile, didn't have numbers that'll bowl you over -- 23 of 34, 300 yards, one touchdown and one interception -- but when he was contrasted on the same field with Tarvaris Jackson, McNabb looked spectacular. He did the right things when he was under pressure and kept the Eagles in control of the game.

4. Larry Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald not only had six catches for 101 yards, but he authored the prettiest highlight of wild card weekend. The catch he made in the end zone off of the Edgerrin James-to-Kurt Warner flea flicker was just a masterpiece of body control and athleticism. See it here.

3. Whoever figured out the Falcons snap count. Time and time again, the Cardinals defensive linemen were bursting out of their stances at the exact same time the Falcons linemen were. This resulted in the Falcons backfield becoming the Cardinals own personal sandbox, and they spent most of their day back there harassing Matt Ryan, bottling up Michael Turner and building pretty little sand castles.

2. Ed Reed. His two interceptions amounted to 40 percent of the turnovers that the Dolphins gave the Ravens, as well as a 14-point swing in an 18-point game. One of his interceptions he took to the house for a score, and the other came in the red zone as the Dolphins looked poised to score.

1. Darren Sproles. I was fully prepared to leave Sproles in the No. 2 spot, due to the fumble he coughed up at the 1-yard-line before he morphed back into Superman and saved the world. No one else wanted the spot, though, which is fine with me, since I think Sproles deserves any accolade anyone could heap on him.

With Tomlinson out, and the Colts taking the deep ball away from Philip Rivers, someone had to be the stud. Sproles did everything. He was the one weapon the Colts couldn't stop.