Super Bowl 2022: Predicting the award winners at the upcoming NFL Honors, including MVP and OROY

Before we watch the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams battle it out during Super Bowl LVI for the chance to hoist the Lombardi Trophy, we do have other hardware to hand out. On Thursday, the NFL Honors will air live on national television on ABC at 9 p.m. ET where we’ll find out who will win some of the game’s most prestigious awards, including MVP and Offensive Rookie of the Year. 

While we wait for those festivities to get started, we took the liberty of trying to predict who will be taking those awards home. Below, you’ll find who we foresee winning the seven major awards at this year’s NFL Honors. 

Most Valuable Player

Prediction: Aaron Rodgers

I previously made the case for Tom Brady to win this award, but the recently retired quarterback will likely come in a close second (outside of a final parting gift from the voters). Rodgers had a fantastic 2021 campaign where he led the league with a 111.9 passer rating and led the Packers to the No. 1 seed in the NFC. He put an exclamation point on winning this award for the second-straight season with his play down the stretch. Over his final seven games in the regular season, Rodgers…