The Post’s 2025 end-of-year NFL awards: Tight MVP race came down to the wire
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Is there a better way to ring in the New Year than the annual Serby Says 2025 NFL Awards?
Don’t answer that.
But how about a champagne toast for some expert breakdowns from NFL insider and NFL Network film guru Brian Baldinger.
QB Drake Maye (Patriots): 30 touchdowns, 8 interceptions, 71.7 completion percentage, 112.9 rating, 409 rushing yards with four TDs, AFC East title. The quarterback the Patriots refused to trade to the Giants on Draft Day 2024. Overtook Matthew Stafford in the MVP race with his five-TD demolition of the Jets last week. He doesn’t have the luxury of throwing to Puka Nacua and Davante Adams.
As Black Monday approaches in the NFL, three situations make me think about … the Yankees.
The games are the games, but it is during the week, the daily grind, when players especially notice who is there with them and who is not.
Jaylen Brown thought his portfolio of stats was enough to win the Eastern Conference Player of the Month award for December.
Deonte Banks cradled two game balls under his arms as the Giants locker room hooted and hollered in recognition of his taste of success.
Karl-Anthony Towns joined the list of Knicks absences.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes appeared to be in good spirits while lighting sparklers with his family on New Year’s Eve, as seen a photo shared by his wife Brittany Mahomes.
Tre Kronor will have noll Islanders.
There was a major theme to Mike Brown’s postgame press conference. He talked about one topic almost exclusively.
Ten years have passed, but Ryan Fitzpatrick still remembers the hurt.
The top Japanese starter is off the market.
Star wide receiver Chris Olave will miss the Saints’ Week 18 game against the Falcons after a blot clot was discovered in his lung, according to multiple reports.
There’s still no love lost for the Lakers.
He is the shining light at the end of a long, dark tunnel; the Great Bright Hope for a franchise and a fan base that has suffered too much and for too long.