Just a one-year starter for the Crimson Tide, Simpson had a pretty solid year up until around mid-November, where things started to derail from a production standpoint, losing three of his final six starts, including a blowout loss to Indiana in the Rose Bowl.

The critical piece for Dolphins fans will be to give Hafley time to figure things out. This team has question marks at quarterback, wide receiver, offensive line, defensive line, and the secondary. Several MAJOR issues need to be addressed, and the process may be slow.

In what felt like a continuation of Wild Card weekend, the Patriots, a team who largely won games on high offensive output in the regular season, have now won in the postseason thanks to some lights out defensive performances.

Offensively, Houston didn't exactly have a banner evening against the Pittsburgh Steelers, with multiple turnovers and a slew of penalties, but when you have a defense that features guys like Will Anderson, Danielle Hunter, Jalen Pitre, and Derek Stingley Jr., good things typically happen sooner or later, and boy did they ever last Monday.

There are "don't overthink it" prospects, and then there's Caleb Downs.

In some ways, the Patriots' first playoff victory since their last Super Bowl went as expected, but certainly not in others.

This season has already exceeded nearly all expectations from spring/summer, but let's be real: this is still a Boston sports team, and this is when and where things will determine how this year will be remembered.

He's already done live races on a KTM in the final months of 2025, but there's simply something about Eli Tomac on an orange bike that doesn't compute in my brain.

Harbaugh was that stale piece of gum we refused to spit out because we had grown so used to it.

Both Matt Stafford and Drake Maye have compelling and good arguments for this year's MVP award, and regardless of the borderline insane #discourse that's arisen in this debate nationally the last several weeks on either side of the fence, either would be a good winner.

As the old saying goes, "defense wins championships," and the Texans will prove it more than any other team in the AFC playoffs. Yes, even more than the Denver Broncos. Minus the 49ers, the Texans have shown more perseverance than any other team this season.

The fact that they won 14 games while clinching a division title over the 49ers and the Rams shows they can beat any team, one way or another. Winning football's most competitive division is serious heavy lifting for the Seahawks or any team in that matter.

The crown jewel of Kamitani's 2025 resume, however, would have to be that she became the first Japanese women's wrestler to take home Tokyo Sports' annual Puroseuo MVP award, as well as the first non-NJPW talent to win since Takeshi Sugiura in 2010.

There was no shortage of great moments, matches, and performers throughout the last calendar year, and today, we begin honoring the best and worst in the world of Pro Wrestling from 2025.

Not a particularly long day for the first-team Patriots offense, but Maye's 256 yards and five TDs on just 24 dropbacks were one of the best EPA starts a quarterback has had in the last decade, and his 157 passer rating only trails the perfect 158.3 mark Jalen Hurts put up back in Week 7.

If dismantling the Jets last week wasn't that impressive to you, how do you feel now after Trevor Lawrence went into Denver and became the first road QB to win there all season in a 279-yard 3 TD day?

Sometimes, when things are quite literally falling apart around you, and it's winning time, it's going to be on you to come up and make plays. Drake Maye in the fourth quarter exemplified that to a T and then some. 12/14, 139 Yards, 1 TD, passer rating of 131.8, with a game-sealing first-down scramble to boot.

Baltimore has been... an interesting team this year, to keep it simple. They've won five of their last seven and most recently shut out the Cincinnati Bengals on the road. However, it's clear that even after returning, Jackson is still not at 100% physically...

Bring up the fact this was against the Jets all you want, Trevor Lawrence was absolutely on one for the Jaguars on Sunday. His 27.5 EPA was the best by a QB this week and it's not even close, and he was also the only QB league wide to have a passer rating north of 135...

Was the officiating super great? I wouldn't say so, but the bottom line is the Patriots had plenty of real chances to bury the Bills and couldn't get the job done.