On February 5,  The NFL announced the award winners for the 2025-2026 season. Starting off with Cleveland Brown’s defender’s Myles Garrett unanimously winning defensive player of the year and Carson Schwesinger winning defensive rookie of the year. Garrett Finished the season breaking the sack record with 23 sacks.

Next up was Carolina Panther’s wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan winning offensive rookie of the year. McMillan broke the Panthers rookie franchise record in most receiving yards in a season with 1,014 yards.

Following that, Chicago Bears guard Joe Thuney won the protector of the year. Thuney was traded to the Bears from the Chiefs in the 2025 offseason. Next was the 49ers Christian McCaffrey winning comeback player of the year coming off tearing his Achilles the prior season. When it came to coach of the year, it was Patriot’s head coach Mike Vrabel taking it home for the second time of his career.

Coming up next was Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba winning offensive player of the year after posting 119 receptions for 1,793 yards and 10 touchdowns this season. Finally, the MVP winner was Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford as he finished with 4,707 passing yards and 46 touchdowns to 8 interceptions.