With their MVP cases complete, Matthew Stafford and Drake Maye seek even bigger prize

In all likelihood, the 2025 NFL MVP is playing Sunday. What’s less certain is who exactly that will be. Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye are the heavy front-runners for the coveted annual honor. Maye and the Patriots are set to host the Houston Texans in the earlier window of Sunday afternoon’s divisional round of the playoffs, while Stafford and the Rams face the Bears in frigid Chicago in the second game of the day. And while those games have no bearing on the MVP outcome — it’s a regular-season award — Sunday could mark the last time Stafford and Maye play on the same day this season. “It would mean a lot,” Stafford said of...