2025 NFL Awards Predictions: Expert Picks for MVP, OPOY, DPOY, Top Rookie, More

FOX Sports' NFL reporters make their predictions for six major NFL awards, starting with the MVP and ending with the Coach of the Year. For three of the six awards, all of our reporters have a different pick.

Here's who you should expect to thrive in 2025.

Ben Arthur: Joe Burrow, QB Cincinnati Bengals (+550)
Greg Auman: Lamar Jackson, QB, Baltimore Ravens (+550)
Henry McKenna: Joe Burrow, QB, Cincinnati Bengals 
Ralph Vacchiano: Lamar Jackson, QB, Baltimore Ravens
Eric D. Williams: Joe Burrow, QB, Cincinnati Bengals

Henry McKenna: The idea here is simple: Burrow would’ve won the MVP last season if the Bengals had made the playoffs. With that in mind, I’m suggesting that almost everything will be the same in 2025 for Burrow and the Bengals — except they’ll make the playoffs this year. 

Cincinnati's defense will be awful again, which means Burrow will have to be transcendent. His stats will be mind-boggling. And when the Bengals clinch the postseason — and Burrow successfully carries his team for two straight seasons — he’ll walk away with his first MVP award.

A better season from the Bengals could make Joe Burrow an MVP favorite. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

Arthur: Bijan Robinson, RB, Atlanta Falcons (+1400)
Auman: Saquon Barkley, RB, Philadelphia Eagles (+750)
McKenna: Justin Jefferson, WR, Minnesota Vikings (+1600)
Vacchiano: Ja’Marr Chase, WR, Cincinnati Bengals (+850)
Williams: Davante Adams, WR, Los Angeles Rams (+12000)

Ben Arthur: Robinson is poised for a breakout season in 2025. Last year, his second in the NFL, he had more rushing yards than anyone not named Saquon Barkley or Derrick Henry. He’s dynamic as a pass-catcher out of the backfield and enters 2025 with a full year of quarterback Michael Penix Jr., a green