Ballot and comments from AP Pro 32 panel voter Chris Berman of ESPN:
Week 16
CHRIS BERMAN (ESPN)
1. San Francisco 49ers - Came into New England expecting to win and
NEW YORK (AP) Comments on the Minnesota Vikings by the AP Pro32 panel (ranking in parentheses):
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MINNESOTA VIKINGS (14)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Old Dominion quarterback Taylor Heinicke has won the Walter Payton Award, given to the top offensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision.
The 21-13 loss to the Green Bay Packers cost the Bears the NFC North (Green Bay clinched), very likely the playoffs and very possibly Lovie Smith and his staff their jobs.
DEERFIELD, ILL.A day after Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio made his season debutapproximately nine months after ACL surgeryBulls head coach Tom Thibodeau was posed with the inevitable question
