The late-afternoon Sunday games in Week 9 mark the official halfway point of the NFL season, making it the perfect time to take an updated look at who deserves to win nods in several of the key categories handed out after the year is up. I do this on a quarterly basis, as you may have seen earlier this year when I filed a quarter-season award ballot after Week 4.
In the case of these official awards, I'm not attempting to identify the player I think deserves to win the award. Instead, I'm using the general history of how the electorate has voted to get a better sense of who might be favored at this point of the season.