SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It was a mixed bag for the Patriots at the NFL Honors awards show on Thursday night.
While Mike Vrabel and Josh McDaniels won coach of the year and assistant coach of the year, Drake Maye was edged out by Matthew Stafford for MVP. Stafford won by the closest margin outside of two previous ties.
The top five in voting for the 2025 NFL Most Valuable Player selected by The Associated Press (Voters ranked players one through five with scoring on a 10-5-3-2-1 basis):
Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams: 366 points (24 first-place votes)
Drake Maye, New England: 361 (23)
Josh Allen, Buffalo: 91 (2)
Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco: 71
Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville, 49
Others with first-place votes: Justin Herbert, Los Angeles Chargers (1)
NFL Coach of the Year
Mike Vrabel, New England: 302 points (19 first-place votes)
Liam Coen, Jacksonville: 239 (16)
Mike Macdonald, Seattle: 191 (8)
Ben Johnson, Chicago: 145 (1)
Kyle Shanahan, San Francisco: 140 (6)
NFL Assistant Coach of the Year
Josh McDaniels, New England: 249 points (17 first-place votes)
Vance Joseph, Denver: 176 (10)
Brian Flores, Minnesota: 130 (8)
Klint Kubiak, Seattle: 102 (3)
Vic Fangio, Philadelphia: 78 (4)
Others with first-place votes: Matt Burke, Houston (3), Anthony Campanile, Jacksonville (2); Robert Saleh, San Francisco (2), Aaron Kromer, Buffalo (1)
NFL Offensive Player of the Year
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Seattle: 272 points (14 first-place votes)
Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco: 223 (12)
Puka Nacua, Los Angeles Rams: 170 (8)
Bijan Robinson, Atlanta: 168 (6)
Drake Maye, New England: 58 (5)
Others with first-place votes: Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams (3), Josh Allen, Buffalo (1), Trey McBride, Arizona (1)
NFL Defensive Player of the Year
Myles Garrett, Cleveland: 500 points (50 first-place votes)
Will Anderson Jr., Houston: 177
Micah Parsons, Green Bay: 63
Nik Bonitto, Denver: 52
Aidan Hutchinson, Detroit: 42
NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year
Carson Schwesinger, Cleveland: 441 points (40 first-place votes)
Nick Emmanwori, Seattle: 199 (7)
James Pearce Jr., Atlanta: 173 (2)
Xavier Watts, Atlanta: 102 (1)
Abdul Carter, New York Giants: 72
NFL Comeback Player of the Year:
Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco: 395 points (31 first-place votes)
Aidan Hutchinson, Detroit: 221 (9)
Dak Prescott, Dallas: 167 (6)
Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville: 130 (2)
Stefon Diggs, New England: 40
Others with first-place votes: Chris Olave, New Orleans (1), Philip Rivers, Indianapolis (1)
NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year
Tetairoa McMillan, Carolina: 445 points (41 first-place votes)
Tyler Shough, New Orleans: 168 (5)
TreVeyon Henderson, New England: 111 (1)
Jaxson Dart, New York Giants: 88 (1)
Emeka Egbuka, Tampa Bay: 66
Others with first-place votes: Grey Zabel, Seattle (2)
Bobby Wagner of the Rams won Walter Payton Man of the Year.
The 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class:
Drew Brees
Roger Craig
Larry Fitzgerald
Luke Kuechly (Boston College)
Adam Vinatieri
Patriots ‘sloppy’ in two-minute drill as Maye goes full again
From the PFWA pool reports:
The Patriots spent 75 minutes running through an up-tempo practice session with a focus on the two-minute drill, red zone situations and special teams. The team will finish its on-field preparations for Super Bowl LX on Friday.
“We wanted to try to get some of those things with speed and in the red zone, the plays that we’ll have to come back to and hit again [on Friday], but those are obviously critical plays down there,” Vrabel said.
Maye was sharp during that red zone series, as the team worked through plays from the high red zone down to the goal line. But that wasn’t the case during a sloppy two-minute drill for the offense.
“We’ll have to have better execution on Sunday, without a doubt,” Vrabel. “There’s going to be mistakes, they just can’t pile up and we can’t let one mistake turn into another mistake and another mistake. So it’s going to be about how we regroup, and I thought they did that.”
Maye was once again a full participant in practice, though he remains on the injury report because of the right shoulder injury. Linebacker Robert Spillane returned to practice and was a limited participant after sitting out Wednesday’s session with an ankle injury. Linebacker Harold Landry did not practice after he was limited on Wednesday with a knee injury.
Other players on Thursday’s injury report include starting right tackle Morgan Moses (limited, rest), backup offensive tackle Thayer Munford Jr. (limited, knee), and defensive tackle Joshua Farmer (full, hamstring).
Emmanwori does not practice for Seahawks
Rookie safety Nick Emmanwori did not participate in practice because of an ankle injury he suffered during Wednesday’s practice. He was not on the field during Thursday’s practice. Head coach Mike Macdonald told reporters Thursday morning before practice that Emmanwori had a low ankle sprain and he “fully expects” him to play Sunday.
When asked what the practice plan for Emmanwori will be for Seattle’s two remaining practices, Macdonald said the team would, “take it day by day.”
“See how he’s feeling,” Macdonald said. “He’ll be ready to go regardless. Let’s do the smartest thing for us and him every day, and make sure we’re ready to go, We’ll evaluate it tomorrow and see how much he can do.”
Quarterback Sam Darnold was a full participant in practice for the first time since injuring his oblique on Jan.15.
Two Seattle players were limited in practice Thursday: Left tackle Charles Cross (foot) and fullback Robbie Ouzts (neck).
