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We’re in the final full month of the 2025 NFL season, with the conclusion of Week 14 meaning each team has just four games left on its schedule. While plenty can change in a four-game span, we’re starting to get a clearer picture of who may take home MVP, Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year and other wards.
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Let’s dive into our NFL Award Predictions following Week 14. We’ve included Comeback Player of the Year, Coach of the Year and Executive of the year in this exercise, too.
The bad news for Jaxon Smith-Njigba is that he’s no longer on pace to break the single-season receiving yardage record. From Weeks 1-12, the Seattle Seahawks wideout had 80 receptions for 1,313 receiving yards. That total alone would still have him leading the NFL in receiving yardage entering Week 15 by over 100 yards. Unfortunately, the historic pace has come to an end. After averaging 119.4 receiving yards per game in his first 11 contests, Smith-Njigba has 115 receiving yards total in the last two games. All of this is to say, even with JSN off the historic pace, his importance to the Seahawks offense this season exceeds that of Jahmyr Gibbs and Puka Nacua. JSN is the Seahawks’ offense, and he deserves Offensive Player of the Year.
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This isn’t even a discussion. Myles Garrett is going to shatter the single-season sack record in 2025, as he’s currently on pace for 26 this season. Making NFL history in itself will certainly be enough to win Defensive Player of the Year. In case it’s not, Garrett is leading one of the league’s best defenses, and he’s already become just the second player in NFL history to record 30-plus tackles for loss in a season. Realistically, Garrett will hold the single-season record for sacks and TFLs by Week 18.
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It’s an interesting year for rookies on the offensive side of the ball. Coming into the season, running back Ashton Jeanty was the heavy favorite followed by quarterback Cam Ward. Neither are having rookie seasons that even warrant a top-five vote. Emeka Egbuka was the leading option early in the season, putting up 445 receiving yards (89 per game) and 5 touchdowns in his first five games. Since returning from injury, Egbuka has totaled just 361 receiving yards (45.1 per game) with 1 touchdown in his last eight contests.
So, the pick for Offensive Rookie of the Year is Tetairoa McMillan. The Carolina Panthers rookie wideout ranks 11th in the league in receiving yards (826), and he’s cleared 60 receiving yards in seven of 13 games this season. While his production hasn’t always been consistent, due to quarterback play and some...
