Netflix will stream its first-ever live MMA event on May 16 from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, featuring a featherweight bout between Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano. The fight will follow Unified Rules, be five rounds of five minutes each, at 145 pounds with four-ounce gloves, and take place in a hexagon. Carano returns to competition five years after being fired by Disney/Lucasfilm, with MVP (Jake Paul’s promotion) producing alongside Netflix; the rest of the card will be announced later.
Kenneth Walker III rushed 27 times for 135 yards and caught two passes for 26 in Super Bowl LX, leading the Seahawks to a 29-13 win over the Patriots and becoming the first running back to win SB MVP since Terrell Davis in 1997. Seattle’s defense forced three takeaways and six sacks, while kicker Jason Myers set an NFL postseason record with five field goals; a Walker TD run was wiped out by a holding penalty. Walker benefited from Zach Charbonnet’s postseason injury and heads into free agency this offseason with strong momentum.
Sportswriter Albert Breer releases his NFL Honors ballot, placing Drake Maye as MVP and Matthew Stafford on the First-Team All-Pro, while outlining his reasoning for the picks. The piece also touches on injury updates for Seahawks safety Nick Emmanwori and a wave of coaching‑staff moves surrounding Jim Schwartz and other coordinators ahead of Sunday’s games.
At NFL Honors, Matthew Stafford narrowly beat Drake Maye to MVP by 5 points (366-361) across 50 ballots: 24 for Stafford, 23 for Maye, plus two for Josh Allen and one for Justin Herbert, with three ballots cast for candidates outside the Stafford/Maye duel; the voters’ identities remain anonymous.
Matthew Stafford, 37, won his first NFL MVP and said he will play at least one more season with the Los Angeles Rams after narrowly beating Drake Maye by one first‑place vote; he becomes the oldest quarterback to win MVP for the first time and adds another chapter to his Rams success after their 2021 Super Bowl win, with other award winners including Jaxon Smith‑Njigba and Myles Garrett highlighted at the ceremony.
Matthew Stafford was named NFL MVP in a razor-thin vote over Drake Maye—the closest finish since 2003—after leading the league with 4,707 passing yards and 46 touchdowns with 8 interceptions for a 12-5 Rams and earning first-team All-Pro; Maye led in completion rate and accounted for 35 touchdowns, finishing second with 361 points to Stafford's 366 (24 first-place votes to Maye's 23). Stafford will return for his 18th season in 2026 as the Rams reached the NFC title game and Maye’s Patriots prepare for Super Bowl LX against the Seahawks.
Matthew Stafford edged Drake Maye by a razor-thin margin to win the NFL MVP at the 2026 NFL Honors (366-361 points) and signaled he’ll return next season; the show also crowned Jaxon Smith-Njigba Offensive Player of the Year, Myles Garrett Defensive Player of the Year, Tetairoa McMillan Offensive Rookie, Joe Thuney Protector of the Year, Christian McCaffrey Comeback Player of the Year, Mike Vrabel Coach of the Year, and Carson Schwesinger Defensive Rookie of the Year, while Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, Luke Kuechly, Adam Vinatieri and Roger Craig joined the Hall of Fame; Caleb Williams to D.J. Moore was the Play of the Year.
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford was named the NFL MVP for the 2025 season by a panel of 50 NFL journalists, after leading the league in touchdowns (46) and yards (4,707) and guiding Los Angeles to a 12-5 record and the top offense in scoring and yardage; he edged Drake Maye for the award in AP voting.
Matthew Stafford was named NFL MVP after a standout regular season with the Los Angeles Rams, finishing with league-leading numbers (4,707 passing yards and 46 touchdowns) as the Rams went 12-5; he also earned All-Pro honors, edging Drake Maye for the award at NFL Honors.
The NFL Honors awards show will crown the league MVP tonight, with Mike Vrabel already named AP Coach of the Year and other honors (Defensive Player of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year, Offensive Rookie of the Year) to be presented at the San Francisco event.
Live updates from the 2026 NFL Honors reveal MVP finalists (McCaffrey, Allen, Lawrence, Maye, Stafford) and Coach of the Year finalists (Coen, Johnson, Macdonald, Shanahan, Vrabel) ahead of Super Bowl 60, with Jon Hamm hosting and viewing details for NBC/NFL Network and Peacock/NFL+.
The 15th NFL Honors will honor finalists across MVP, Offensive/Defensive Player of the Year, Offensive/Defensive Rookie of the Year, Comeback Player, Coach, and Assistant Coach, with Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees announced as part of the ceremony. Finalists include MVP contenders Josh Allen, Trevor Lawrence, Drake Maye, Christian McCaffrey and Matthew Stafford; Defensive Player of the Year candidates Will Anderson, Myles Garrett, Micah Parsons and others; Offensive Player of the Year finalists Drake Maye, Christian McCaffrey, Puka Nacua, Bijan Robinson and Jaxon Smith-Njigba; Offensive Rookie finalists Jaxson Dart, Emeka Egbuka, TreVeyon Henderson, Tetairoa McMillan and Tyler Shough; Defensive Rookie nominees Abdul Carter, Nick Emmanwori, James Pearce, Carson Schwesinger and Xavier Watts; Comeback Player finalists Stefon Diggs, Aidan Hutchinson, Trevor Lawrence, Christian McCaffrey and Dak Prescott; Coach of the Year includes Liam Coen, Ben Johnson, Kyle Shanahan, Mike Vrabel and others. The ceremony, hosted by Jon Hamm, airs 9 p.m. ET on NBC/Peacock from San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, with NBC Sports providing full coverage.
Analysts preview the AP awards for the 2025 NFL Honors, naming Matthew Stafford as the MVP front-runner with Drake Maye close behind, Myles Garrett as the top defensive player, Tetairoa McMillan as the Offensive Rookie of the Year front-runner, Carson Schwesinger as the Defensive Rookie of the Year leader, Christian McCaffrey as the Comeback Player of the Year front-runner, and Mike Vrabel and Klint Kubiak leading the Coach of the Year and Assistant Coach of the Year ballots.
Matthew Stafford capped a league-leading 4,707 passing yards and 46 TDs as the Rams went 12-5, but Los Angeles lost the NFC Championship to Seattle 31-27. The defeat slighted his MVP odds, though he remains a top contender amid a pecking order that Verge from Sam Darnold to Drake Maye in various rankings; Stafford’s performance still keeps him in the MVP conversation for 2025-26.
