Matthew Stafford, Drake Maye Heat Up MVP Debate
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With the wild-card round in the rear view, we're one step closer to Super Bowl LX—and the 2026 NFL Honors, which is scheduled for February 5.
Should Maye win the 2025 NFL MVP award, he would join a list of three other 23-year-olds to win the award: Walter Payton in 1977, Dan Marino in 1984 and Patrick Mahomes in 2018. He wouldn't rival Jim Brown for the title of youngest MVP ever, nor Lamar Jackson for youngest MVP quarterback, but would still be among the youngest MVPs.
Here are our picks to win the NFL MVP, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Offensive Rookie of the Year, Defensive Rookie of the Year, and Coach of the Year awards.
Logan Bowles/ (McMillan) Our 10-person panel has voted for our choices to win MVP, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Offensive Rookie of the Year, Defensive Rookie of the Year,
Dak Prescott is coming off a Pro Bowl year in 2025, but could be set for bigger things in 2026 with the Cowboys.
Fourteen seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, an NFL MVP, a place in the team's Ring of Honor and holding every passing record in franchise history just weren't enough for Matt Ryan. Now, the legendary Falcons quarterback has been named the first-ever president of football for the organization.
Matthew Stafford's Saturday started with him being named a first-team All-Pro and he closed it with the kind of performance that showed why he's a frontrunner for the NFL's biggest award.
Brock Purdy and Mac Jones pulled off a miracle, leading the injury-riddled San Francisco 49ers to a 12-5 season, same record as the Rams, when reality was pointing to something a lot closer to 5-12.