2025 NFL Honors: Who won the league’s biggest award?

The NFL's best pick before the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles gathered with Super Bowl Lix (Sunday, 6 p.m. ET) at the Caesar Super Balloon in New Orleans. The good NFL gathered at the nearby Saenger Theater to receive NFL honors Thursday.

Upcoming awards include: Most Valuable Player and Coach of the Year.

Here is the reason for who won the award and why:

Defensive Rookie of the Year

Jared Poetry | Edge | Los Angeles Rams

Poetry is the Rams’ first-round first-round draft pick since 2016, and the 19th-place trial has had an impact on his rookie season as he doesn’t have recently retired star Aaron Donald for defense. Florida's rookie poet has 4.5 sacks, 66 tackles, 2 forced grops and 2 turnovers recovery rates. He is the only Pro Bowl option for the Rams, and “his influence and impact on the game,” said defensive coordinator Chris Shula. Verse ranked fourth in quarterback pressure. His 76 pressures were 20 more than the next rookie on the list. Shula called the poem a “real three-pointer” and praised his growth through the Rams’ playoffs.

“He's an exciting guy with a great charm,” said head coach Sean McVay. “He has a great resilience to himself. I think as he matures and grows, he continues to do so,” said head coach Sean McVay. Use all these experiences.”

Verse is one of two Rams finalists for the defensive rookie of the year, joining their second round pick, defensive tackle DT Braden Fiske. – – Sarah Barshop

Make a comeback player of the year

Joe Burrow | QB | Cincinnati Bengali

At the beginning of the season, there were a lot of questions about how Joe Burrow would respond to the injury at the end of the 2023 season. Burrow ruptured the ligament of the shoulder capph bone on the throwing wrist. During his recovery, he couldn't find another injured quarterback or pitcher. It took a while, but Burrow was good in 2024 and ended up being the best season of his career.

He leads the league (43) with pass yards (4,918) and pass touchdowns (43) and finishes third in QBR totals (74.7). Burrow, along with Chad Pennington, became the only player to win the award twice, since reintroducing it in 1998. Burrow won the honor in 2021 by leading the Bangladeans to the AFC North title and Super Bowl berth. season. Burrow said in December that he would be proud of winning the comeback player of the year for the second time.

“It's not the award you want to win,” Burrow said. “But, if you want, you might as well try to win it.” – – Ben Baby

Offensive Player of the Year

Saquon Barkley | RB | Philadelphia Eagles

Barkley is one of the best seasons to run in NFL history.

He became the ninth player to make 2,000 rushing yards after the Hawks chose to rest in the regular season finale against the Giants, with Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing record (2,105) only 100 yards (2,105). Barkley had seven touchdown runs with over 60 yards, the most in a season. The Hawks decided in Week 5 to be a more reliant offense that centered around Barkley and won 10 consecutive victories with a 14-3 record.

“I want to say he exceeded expectations, but when I saw him he was always one of the best players I’ve ever seen and I always knew what kind of person he was because it’s not hard to find out,” General Manager Howie Roseman said.

“So, I'm not surprised by this, I'm not saying it in a arrogant way, it's based on who he is, it has nothing to do with me, because that's what he's always been.” – – Tim McManus

Defensive Player of the Year

Pat Surtain II | CB | Denver Mustang

Whether it is just an ophthalmic test or a vortex of analysis, you can choose from it. Surtain has been very good all season anyway. He paired with a catcher celebrity, Ja'marr Chase's three catch distances of 27 yards (on 43 routes with Surtain) and DK Metcalf's three catch distances (on 24 routes) are right Those best people who shoot stars.

According to the next Gen Stats of the NFL, Surtain abandoned the minimum reception code (306) (minimum 375 coverage snapshots) of anyone in his position this season, allowing the second highest passer rating when positioning, And the lowest expected point was added per target (negative 0.43). He tied for his career in interceptions (four) and led the league in interception return codes (132). As defensive coordinator Vance Joseph said: “Pat is the center of everything we do… He gives us a lot of opportunities that defense doesn’t have, we can only decide where we line up. Some things.” Jeff Legwald

Offensive Rookie of the Year

Jayden Daniels | QB | Commander of Washington

Jayden Daniels set records after records – from the beginning of the season to the later.

He is just the sixth rookie quarterback who leads his team to the conference championship game – all of which are ranked as the top three defensive champions in the first five games. Washington is 18th. He rushed to yards (891), more than any rookie quarterback in history and combined it with 3,568 yards. He is the fourth-ranked passer in the NFL in total QBR and threw 25 touchdowns with nine draft picks (15 in his last five games), and he ran for six points. Daniels led five winning drives, including one in the playoffs. Three ended with a touchdown pass. He made more touchdown passes in the fourth quarter, while overtime (12) was more than any rookie in history.

In September, he became the first quarterback in NFL history to play at least 85% of consecutive games. – – John Keim

Assistant Coach of the Year

Ben Johnson | Detroit Lions | Offensive Coordinator

Johnson is now the head coach of the Chicago Bears and is a big part of the Lions' record-breaking season in 2024, winning the franchise most while winning the first game of the NFC and the second straight second game. Excellent 15 games NFC Northern Title.

Johnson is widely respected by players for his offensive glory and creative drama. Lions receiver Jameson Williams is impressed with what Johnson knows about the game.

“I was talking to him while we weren't attacking,” Williams said. “But it's different. A little different. He plays the game, but some people are passionate about coaches, and once they have a feeling about the game and understand the game well, it becomes easy. You know what kind of defense to ask for. – – Eric Woodyard