The NFL Honors may not happen till Thursday, however Tom Brady is able to settle all the massive award debates now.
Brady introduced the recipients of his LFG Awards for the 2025 NFL season on Sunday. The seven-time Super Bowl winner and three-time MVP dished out 9 awards, making some conventional awards picks. But he additionally had a couple of non-traditional award alternatives, naming his Sixth Round Pick of the Year, Call of the Year and Best Value Player of the Year.
“I know this goes up there with some of the greatest awards in award season,” Brady stated of his LFG Awards.
So, with out additional ado, listed below are Brady’s LFG Awards for the 2025 NFL season.
Tom Brady’s LFG Awards
LFG Player of the Year: Matthew Stafford, QB, Los Angeles Rams
Brady did not identify an MVP, however his LFG Player of the Year is the closest factor to it. And for that honor, he believes that Stafford was the Player of the Year.
“I covered him a bunch this year. I was so impressed by what he did the entire season,” Brady stated of Stafford. “I think his consistency was incredible. He showed up in the biggest moments for his teammates. He made throws so few guys in the NFL could make. They did it in tough conditions. Look, they play in a dome out there in SoFi, but he went on the road and they were great on the road. They were great in the wind. He had his main guys go down a few times. Puka [Nacua] was down. Davante [Adams]was down. And he always found ways to produce. He had an incredible touchdown-to-interception ratio. He was absurd.”
Stafford ended the common season as the favourite to win MVP, having the greatest season of his 17-year profession. He led the league in passing yards (4,707) and passing touchdowns (46), main the Rams to a 12-5 document and an NFC title recreation look.
Brady additionally had a pair of honorable mentions for the award, naming Seattle Seahawks extensive receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Buffalo Bills working again James Cook in that group. Fortunately for Smith-Njigba, he is taking house another {hardware} as an alternative …
While Brady had a transparent winner for most of his awards, there have been a pair of awards for which he felt he could not choose only one particular person. LFG Offensive Player of the Year was one of them.
“I know, it’s too hard to pick between the two of them, but they’re both phenomenal. On a team, when you’re the quarterback, you love having two of these guys. Not just one. Puka, what can I say about him? Tremendous catches, his body control, yards after catch, those suction cup hands of his — he’s made some of the most ridiculous plays this season.
“Then, JSN, had a 100-plus catches, one-handed catches in the [NFC] Championship Game, massive catches and landing catches. He was [Sam] Darnold’s, I do not even wish to say security blanket. He was an explosive participant. He did every part for that workforce in the cross recreation.”
Smith-Njigba and Nacua both finished the regular season as the favorites to win Offensive Player of the Year. They were also each named as unanimous selections to the AP All-Pro first team.
Smith-Njigba and Nacua also showed out in last week’s NFC Championship Game. The Seahawks star had 10 catches for 153 yards and a touchdown in the win, while the Rams’ receiver logged nine grabs for 165 yards and a touchdown.
LFG Defensive Player of the Year: Myles Garrett, edge rusher, Cleveland Browns
Unlike with LFG Offensive Player of the Year, Brady’s pick for LFG Defensive Player of the Year was clear.
“[Garrett] broke my buddy Michael Strahan’s document, which is completely insane,” Brady said. “The impression he has on each recreation is second-to-none. He’s only a hard-working man, Myles is. For a man that will get as a lot consideration by each offensive coordinator — in phrases of gameplanning, tackles, chip blocks — what are you going to do to this man? He’s acquired a fantastic motor, and he knocks folks out.”
Garrett was the catalyst of a Browns’ defense that was one of the best in football. As Brady mentioned, Garrett’s 23 sacks this season gave him the single-season sack record. He also had three games where he recorded at least three sacks, including a three-sack outing against the Patriots in Week 8.
There was one other participant Brady needed to provide props to, although.
“I wish to give like to my man Micah Parsons, too,” Brady said. “I do know he performed unimaginable all through the complete season. At the level he acquired injured and tore his ACL, he led the league in pressures. So, that would’ve been one thing particular down the stretch.”
For Brady, McMillan was a clear choice to win the LFG Offensive Rookie of the Year.
“I did not cowl so much of Carolina video games, however what I noticed from him was a dynamic potential to get open, catch the ball down the area, explosive performs and ball possession performs,” Brady said. “He actually rose to the event. There have been some questions popping out of the draft. But I believe he confirmed to everybody what he is all about with a monster yr.”
McMillan led all rookies in receiving yards (1,014) and receiving touchdowns (seven) as he ranked in the top-15 in the league in both categories. That helped the Panthers become one of the NFL’s surprise teams this season and win the NFC South
But there’s one other offensive rookie Brady needed to tip his cap to.
“I coated so much of Bears video games and watched this offense carry out, and Kyle Monangai as a seventh-round choose, I stored saying sixth-round choose on the air … he ran so arduous, so forceful and decided,” Brady said. “He was like a dynamo again there. Every time Caleb [Williams] handed the ball off to him, he was working by means of folks’s facemasks. I like that type of play. You had an amazing yr, Kyle.”
Monangai ran for 783 yards on 4.6 yards per carry and five touchdowns, helping the Bears win the NFC North behind one of the league’s top rushing attacks.
LFG Defensive Rookie of the Year: Nick Emmanwori, S, Seattle Seahawks
Brady didn’t call any Seahawks games until the playoffs, but Emmanwori left such a strong impression on him that he felt he had no choice but to name the safety his LFG Defensive Player of the Year.
“There’s some nice competitors on the market, however the man that I’ve coated the final two weeks on Seattle’s protection, who does all of it. He’s type of a joker on the market. They play him as principally a nickel defender and so they depart him on the market: Nick Emmanwori, what an animal this man is,” Brady said. “He’s massive. He’s quick. He’s bodily. He made some game-changing performs final Sunday in the championship recreation — protecting folks, knocking balls away, cross protection, tackles in the run recreation, aggressive in his run matches. This man has a really brilliant future.”
Emmanwori was 10th in tackles among rookies (81 combined tackles) to go with 2.5 sacks. While Emmanwori has had a strong postseason, his Week 14 performance against the Atlanta Falcons was one for the ages. He had two tackles for loss, a sack, a blocked field goal and an interception in that game, showing his all-around ability.
Coach of the Year seems to be the most hotly contested of the major awards this season, and Brady views it the same way. He picked four coaches as his LFG Coach of the Year.
“Ben Johnson in Chicago, [what] a ridiculous yr. How he taught Caleb [Williams] the offense he needed to run, play to the ability units of the guys was insane,” Brady said of the Bears head coach’s first season in Chicago, leading his team to an 11-6 record and an NFC North title.
Brady also shouted out Macdonald and Coen, who led their respective teams to division titles as well.
“We even have Mike Macdonald in Seattle, who’s executed the most unbelievable job with that protection, suffocating opponents week-in, week-out,” Brady said. “Seventeen factors [allowed] per recreation, that is completely absurd. And the respect your gamers have for you.
“Liam Coen, one year as a coordinator in Tampa, moves onto to Jacksonville and has an incredible season with Trevor Lawrence in that offense. So many great, young coaches in this league.”
The Seahawks did not have as dramatic a turnaround as the Jaguars this yr, however as Brady stated, they have been one of the league’s most dominant groups in 2025. The Seahawks went 14-3 in the common season, with Macdonald’s defensive thoughts serving to their protection lead the league in scoring. Offensively, Macdonald’s determination to rent Klint Kubiak as offensive coordinator paid main dividends as Sam Darnold had one other sturdy yr to assist the Seahawks attain the Super Bowl.
Finally, Brady additionally acknowledged Vrabel as one of his 4 recipients for LFG Coach of the Year as he is helped the Patriots go from back-to-back 4-13 seasons to enjoying in the Super Bowl.
“Vrabes, you’re like my brother,” Brady stated. “I love ya, I’m so proud of ya. Even though you went to Ohio State, your caliber of decision-making was questionable back then, you’ve become a great teammate of mine and a Super Bowl champion. Not to mention a great goal line, and I’m just going to mention a goal line, wide receiver. You didn’t do anything outside of the 1-yard line. So, you’re not that good as a wide receiver, but you’re a hell of a coach.”
And Brady has a message for the coaches he did not honor for LFG Coach of the Year.
“All you coaches, get your asses back to work,” Brady stated. “The season’s over, and the 2026 sesaon’s underway.”
LFG sixth Round Pick of the Year: Quentin Lake, S, Los Angeles Rams
Brady had a pair of names in thoughts to obtain his LFG Sixth Round Pick of the Year honor.
“[Lake] had a great year in the secondary, played nickel, safety, covered guys, zone coverage, man coverage, blitzing and they really missed him when he was out, that Rams defense,” Brady stated. “When he was out, their points per game went way up. When he’s in, he’s the X-factor in that secondary.
“One different man, simply as an honorable point out, Josh Metellus in Brian Flores’ protection. Same sort of factor, versatile, does so much of issues, pressures, covers, picks, sacks, tackles and so they do all of it. So, do not sleep on these sixth-rounders. They’re diamonds in the tough.”
Lake, a sixth-round pick in the 2022 draft, had 61 total tackles, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and an interception in 10 games. He was also Pro Football Focus’ 13th-highest graded safety in 2025.
As for Metellus, he had 86 total tackles and two interceptions, following in Brady’s footsteps as a productive sixth-round pick from Michigan.
Of all the awards, this is perhaps Brady’s favourite.
“This simply speaks to my coronary heart, simply enthusiastic about these guys which are drafted late and are handed over all these occasions by these genius scouts and personnel executives that assume they’ve all the solutions all the time,” Brady said. “Sometimes, they simply slipped by means of the cracks into the sixth-round.”
Brady was initially asked to give his LFG Game of the Year, but when he reminisced on which game to pick, he instantly changed the award to LFG Call of the Year.
“I’m altering this, it ain’t going to be LFG Game of the Year. It’s going to be the LFG Call of the Year, and that goes to my boy Kevin Burkhardt with that recreation in Week 16, Packers at Bears,” Brady said. “Bears get an onside kick, they rating late, recreation goes to additional time, Caleb Williams drops an absolute dime, most likely 60, 65 yards in the air with frigid temperatures in large winds drops a dime to DJ Moore. My boy, Kevin Burkhardt, was on the name, and what? I’m not even going to explain it. Play the tape!”
You’ve got it, Tom. Here’s Burkhardt’s call of the Bears’ game-winning touchdown from their Week 16 win over the Packers:
“My boy KB with the name of the yr,” Brady said. “I get goosebumps simply enthusiastic about it.”
LFG Best Value Player of the Year: Nahshon Wright, CB, Chicago Bears
The teams in the league are also the ones that can find productive talent at a cheap cost. The Bears did that this offseason when they signed Wright to a one-year, $1.1 million contract.
“He had an amazing season. He was an absolute turnover machine,” Brady said of Wright. “The Bears, they did not do a fantastic job between the 20s. The ball was moved so much. But when it got here to turning the ball over, they have been higher than each workforce in the league and he was an enormous purpose why. He was intercepting passes, strip sacks, fumbles, fumble recoveries … what I noticed with my eyes is that greatest worth participant in the yr.
“Congratulations, you’ve earned yourself quite a contract in the future. And shoutout Nashon Wright’s agent, you’re going to do pretty well, too.”
Wright had a league-leading eight takeaways in 2025, logging 5 interceptions. He was additionally named a Pro Bowler consequently of his play, serving to him out earlier than he turns into a free agent once more.
