The New England Patriots will be well represented at this year\u2019s NFL Honors as they feature finalists for six awards in the 2025 Associated Press NFL Awards.<\/p>\n
Drake Maye is among the finalists for two of those awards: Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year. Maye, who was voted second-team AP All-Pro behind Matthew Stafford, was one of the biggest reasons for New England\u2019s rise to 14-3 this regular season.<\/p>\n
In his second season, Maye led the NFL and set a Patriots franchise record with a 72 percent completion rate in addition to leading the league in several other advanced metrics. He is the only player (and quarterback) as a finalists for both awards.<\/p>\n
Two of Maye\u2019s top offensive weapons \u2014 Stefon Diggs and TreVeyon Henderson \u2014 are finalists for Comeback Player of the Year and Offensive Rookie of the Year, respectively.<\/p>\n
A year after tearing his ACL, Diggs was New England\u2019s top pass catcher as he eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark for the seventh time in his career. He also led the team with 85 receptions as he became a trusted and key weapon for Maye.<\/p>\n
After being selected in the second-round of this year\u2019s draft, Henderson delivered as one of the most explosive players in all of football behind four 50-plus yard touchdowns. Overall, Henderson overcame a slow start to finish the season with over 1,100 scrimmage yards and 10 total touchdowns.<\/p>\n
The Patriots\u2019 coaching staff will also be represented which starts with head coach Mike Vrabel who is a finalist for Coach of the Year. Vrabel, who previously won the award in 2021, immediately rebuilt the culture in his first year in charge and led the Patriots to a 14-3 record and the team\u2019s first AFC East title since the 2019 season.<\/p>\n
Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels was then a key part Maye\u2019s development and the team\u2019s offensive turnaround this season. In the midst of his third stint in New England, McDaniels is now up for Assistant Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n
The winners will be announced Feb. 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New England Patriots will be well represented at this year\u2019s NFL Honors as they feature finalists for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,726,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-696895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-england","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-new-england-patriots-news","12":"tag-newengland","13":"tag-newenglandpatriots","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115940119479357133","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}