{"id":462611,"date":"2026-02-06T16:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/462611\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:40:11","slug":"nfl-news-live-updates-ahead-of-super-bowl-2026-nfl-honors-led-by-mvp-matthew-stafford-hof-class-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/462611\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL news, live updates ahead of Super Bowl 2026: NFL Honors led by MVP Matthew Stafford; HOF class announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we reach the home stretch of Super Bowl<\/a> week, the football world turned its attention to Thursday night\u2019s NFL Honors, where the top awards for the 2025 season were handed out.<\/p>\n

MVP \u2014 Matthew Stafford, Rams QB<\/a><\/p>\n

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Offensive Player of the Year \u2014 Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Seahawks WR<\/p>\n

Defensive Player of the Year \u2014 Myles Garrett, Browns DE<\/p>\n

Offensive Rookie of the Year \u2014 Tetairoa McMillan, Panthers WR<\/p>\n

Defensive Rookie of the Year \u2014 Carson Schwesinger, Browns LB<\/p>\n

Protector of the Year \u2014 Joe Thuney, Bears OG<\/p>\n

Comeback Player of the Year \u2014 Christian McCaffrey, 49ers RB<\/p>\n

Coach of the Year \u2014 Mike Vrabel, Patriots<\/p>\n

The night also included the announcement of the five-man 2026 Hall of Fame Class<\/a>: Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, Luke Kuechly, Adam Vinatieri and Roger Craig. As previously reported, legendary Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and owner Robert Kraft failed to make the list.<\/p>\n

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But we also got another round of Super Bowl injury reports on Thursday for the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots.<\/p>\n

Both quarterbacks appear healthy and ready to go as Patriots quarterback Drake Maye fully participated in practice both Wednesday and Thursday despite a shoulder injury, according to the team\u2019s injury report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Seahawks QB Sam Darnold was also a full participant in Thursday\u2019s practice after being limited Wednesday while dealing with an oblique injury from a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

On the other side of the ball, Seahawks rookie safety Nick Emmanwori went down with an ankle injury in practice Wednesday and was held out of Thursday\u2019s session<\/a>. Emmanwori said he plans to play Sunday.<\/a><\/p>\n

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For the Patriots, linebacker Harold Landry missed Thursday\u2019s practice after being limited Wednesday while fellow LB Robert Spillane returned to practice in a limited fashion after sitting out Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Follow along with Yahoo Sports for the latest NFL news and injury updates leading up to Super Bowl LX:<\/p>\n

Live110 updates\"FrankFri, February 6, 2026 at 7:29 AM PST<\/p>\n

Frank Schwab<\/p>\n

When the New England Patriots went 4-13 in consecutive seasons, plenty of NFL fans were good with it.<\/p>\n

They won too much over two decades with Bill Belichick and Tom Brady.<\/a> People were ready to be done with them<\/a> (though they just shifted their hate to the Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>). When the Patriots bottomed out at the end of the Belichick era, and then again for Jerod Mayo\u2019s one season as head coach, the dynasty wasn\u2019t just dead but it was deep into the rearview mirror.<\/p>\n

Well, guess what? The Patriots are back in the Super Bowl.<\/a> And it is possible this isn\u2019t their last one of this era.<\/p>\n

Read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"AndyFri, February 6, 2026 at 4:41 AM PST<\/p>\n

Andy Backstrom<\/p>\n

With the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class complete<\/a>, eyes are already on who could make up the 2027 class<\/a>, including first-time eligible candidates.<\/p>\n

The list is stacked.<\/p>\n

Among those candidates are former New England Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski, Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger and Minnesota Vikings RB Adrian Peterson.<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

NFL Honors concludes with Commanders LB Bobby Wagner winning the award for philanthropy and community impact.<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Stafford narrowly beat out the Patriots QB, with 24 first-place votes to Maye\u2019s 23.<\/p>\n

Josh Allen was the only other candidate to get any first-place votes, with 2.<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Stafford beats out Patriots QB Drake Maye for the NFL\u2019s top honor of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Seahawks receiver takes home the award, but of course he\u2019s not in person to accept it as his team is preparing for a pretty big game on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The second-round draft pick out of UCLA became an important centerpiece of Cleveland\u2019s dominant defense.<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Caleb Williams\u2019 overtime-winning touchdown pass to DJ Moore to help the Bears beat the Packers and eventually win the NFC North title was voted top moment this season.<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

As previously reported, the notable names missing from this class: Patriots legends Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft, who were both first-time finalists this year.<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 7:11 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Drew Brees<\/p>\n

Larry Fitzgerald<\/p>\n

Luke Kuechly<\/p>\n

Adam Vinatieri<\/p>\n

Roger Craig<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Vrabel beat out Super Bowl counterpart Mike Macdonald of the Seahawks. Will Sunday\u2019s outcome be difference?<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

As expected, the Patriots head coach wins the award after leading the team to the Super Bowl in his first year on the job.<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The 49ers RB had a fantastic season and played all 17 games after missing most of the previous season with various injuries.<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Bears guard wins the brand new award, created to give some love to offensive linemen.<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Panthers wideout wins the honor after going for over 1,000 yards and 7 TDs.<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

No surprise here after Garrett broke the NFL record with 23 sacks this season.<\/p>\n

This is the second DPOY award for the Browns DE after he also won in 2023.<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Falcons RB Bijan Robinson is apparently the DJ for tonight\u2019s NFL Honors event:<\/p>\n

Thu, February 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As we reach the home stretch of Super Bowl week, the football world turned its attention to Thursday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[156671,64,63,6290,20797,5374,40058,35191,28661,85886,35237,153304,6588,42502,16820,593,3041,5357,5348,40469,190374,1269,5353,85,7508,5383],"class_list":["post-462611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-adam-vinatieri","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-carson-schwesinger","tag-christian-mccaffrey","tag-drake-maye","tag-drew-brees","tag-harold-landry","tag-jaxon-smith-njigba","tag-joe-thuney","tag-larry-fitzgerald","tag-luke-kuechly","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-mike-vrabel","tag-myles-garrett","tag-nfl","tag-nick-emmanwori","tag-panthers","tag-patriots","tag-robert-kraft","tag-robert-spillane","tag-sam-darnold","tag-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-super-bowl","tag-tetairoa-mcmillan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}