What Were the Best Passes of the 2025 NFL Season? Tom Brady Shares His Favorites

A total of 85 players completed a pass in the 2025 NFL regular season, but only a handful of them made our jaws drop. There were some throws that impressed FOX Sports lead NFL analyst Tom Brady, too.

In a video uploaded to his YouTube page on Wednesday, Brady shared his favorite throws of the 2025 NFL season. The seven-time Super Bowl winner shared some honorable mentions for what he thought deserved consideration for the best passes of the year before ranking his top three passes thrown this season.

So, let's take a look at the passes that caught Brady's eye in 2025. 

The play: Stroud threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Hutchinson by finding him for a completion 15 yards down the field before the receiver ran into the end zone to give the Texans a 23-7 lead in their Week 8 win over the 49ers.

Brady's commentary: "What I like is C.J. puts his left foot where his foot is a little bit off, but just as he's delivering the ball, he replants his left foot perfectly out in front of the receiver, adjusts his arm angle around the defensive tackle and throws the ball with a pace that's needed in order for the DB not to undercut the ball. All those things are very difficult to do: A, the drop, and B, replanting his lead foot. You can't release the ball until your front foot hits the ground. As soon as C.J.'s front foot hits the ground, it's about 0.2 seconds before the ball comes out of his hand because he's a very fast-twitched player. That ball pops out of his hand. 

"He drives it into that defense so perfectly in stride and he leaves the 49ers player in the dust."

The play: Mayfield stood in the pocket for a beat before recognizing that Johnson split the 49ers' secondary, unleashing a deep ball that the rookie wide receiver dove