Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson, who was uncatchable in setting a league mark for yards from scrimmage (2,509) and becoming the sixth player with a 2,000-yard rushing season, was the runaway winner of the Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year award.
He is the first NFL player to finish with at least 2,000 yards rushing and 500 receiving (503).
That earned the second-year pro 38 1/2 votes Wednesday from a nationwide panel of 50 sportswriters and broadcasters. New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees was second with nine votes.
"I kind of realize what I did, and I feel like I had a dream season," said Johnson, who scored 16 touchdowns (14 rushing), second to the Minnesota Vikings' Adrian Peterson, and tied the NFL mark with six consecutive games rushing for at least 125 yards.
PATRIOTS: Junior Seau is retiring again. The 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker, who came out of retirement to rejoin New England in its sixth game this season, said in remarks taped for broadcast Wednesday night on Showtime that he's ending his career.
Seau, 41, played eight games for the Patriots this season, all as a backup, finishing with Sunday's 33-14 playoff loss to the Ravens in which he made a season-high five tackles.
REDSKINS: Offensive line coach Joe Bugel retired after 32 NFL seasons.
Bugel said it's "tough to walk away" and that he was asked to stay by new coach Mike Shanahan, but Bugel turns 70 in March and is ready to spend more time with his family.
Bugel coached Redskins offensive linemen from 1981 to 1989 and since 2004, sandwiched around head coaching stints with the Cardinals and Raiders.
Meanwhile, The Denver Post reported that Broncos running backs coach Bobby Turner has accepted the same post with the Redskins, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that Steelers assistant linebackers coach Lou Spanos has agreed to become the linebackers coach.
In other news, the team's general admission ticket prices will stay the same for the fifth consecutive year. The Redskins announced that tickets will continue to cost from $29 to $99 for the 2010 season. The team's average price of $79.13 ranked 10th in the NFL this season.
BILLS: Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer reportedly has turned down Buffalo's request to interview him for its vacant head coaching job.
ESPN.com, citing anonymous sources, reported that Schottenheimer has told the Bills he does not want to talk to them about the position this week or after New York's playoff run is over.
CHIEFS: Romeo Crennel, the defensive coordinator on the Patriots' Super Bowl teams, agreed to join Kansas City in the same capacity, his agent said.
Crennel was out of football this past season after hip surgery.
BEARS: Club officials have interviewed Jaguars assistant head coach and tight ends coach Mike Tice and Bengals quarterbacks coach Ken Zampese for their offensive coordinator job.
Tice, who played quarterback at Maryland, is a former Vikings head coach.
CARDINALS: Ailing wide receiver Anquan Boldin, along with linebacker Gerald Hayes, did not practice.
Boldin has been nursing left-ankle and knee injuries he suffered in Arizona's regular-season finale. Hayes has an injured right ankle.
COWBOYS: Running back Marion Barber missed practice because of his sore left knee but hopes to play Sunday in Minnesota.