The Green Bay Packers 2025 Season Awards

The 2025 Green Bay Packers finished with a 9-7-1 record and in second place in the NFC North. They qualified for playoffs for the third straight season despite having the youngest roster in the NFL. Here is a look at the Packers 2025 postseason awards as selected by the editors of The Packers Post. Feel free to comment on any of these and state your opinions about who you feel deserves any of these awards.

Packers 2025 Season Awards, Offensive MVP: QB Jordan Love

Jordan Love returned as the Packers starting quarterback for the third straight season. He finished the season with 3,381 passing yards; 23 touchdown passes, and just six interceptions. His season quarterback rating was 101.2. Before suffering a concussion on a questionable hit against the Bears, he was in the league MVP conversation.

Love has a strong arm that can make all the throws required of an NFL quarterback. He has also become a leader of this team.

There are still things Love can work on, but he has established himself as a top 10 quarterback in this league, maybe even top five. He will be the Packers starting quarterback for the foreseeable future and gives the team a chance to win every game.

Defensive MVP: DE Micah Parsons

There was no player who had a bigger impact on the Packers defense than Micah Parsons. The fact that the defense’s performance fell off dramatically and didn’t win a game after he was injured speaks volumes about his impact.

Parsons led the team with 12.5 sacks in 14 games. He also finished with a team-high 12 tackles for loss.

His impact on the defense helped the team cover up for inconsistent cornerback play and a run defense that fell off without him and Devonte Wyatt.

Parsons also provided leadership to the Packers defense and an intensity level that the team can use more of across the roster.

Packers 2025 Season Awards, Special Teams MVP: P Daniel Whelan

The Packers special teams continued to cost the team games, but the best player on the unit was clear. Punter Daniel Whelan led the NFL with a 51.7-yard average per kick. That sets a new Packers franchise record for punting average for a season.

The high average becomes even more impressive when you consider Whelan punts outdoors in cold weather, especially in the second half of the season.

Whelan placed 18 punts inside the opponent’s 20 and had just eight touchbacks. He also served as the holder on kicks and did a good job for both kickers.

Most Improved Player: TE Tucker Kraft

Tight end Tucker Kraft played fewer than half of the team’s games this season before injuries ended his season. He was on pace for a Pro Bowl season and became the team’s go-to receiver both overall and in the red zone.

Kraft finished the season with 32 catches for 489 yards. Despite playing just eight games, he tied for the team lead with six touchdown catches. That put him on a pace for 68 catches for 1,039 yards and 13 touchdowns over a 17-game season.

Kraft’s ability to run after the catch and turn short, check-down passes into bigger gains made him an invaluable part of the offense.

Getting Kraft back healthy will have a big impact on the Packers offense in 2026.

Packers 2025 Season Awards, Rookie of the Year: WR Matthew Golden

No rookie truly stood out and claimed this award in a clear way. Injuries limited most members of the 2025 Packers draft class this season.

While Anthony Belton got some consideration for eventually earning the starting right guard job, his overall play was just sufficient.

Instead, the award goes to first-round pick Matthew Golden almost by default, even though Golden’s first NFL season has to be considered a disappointment.

Golden showed good hands and flashed the skills that made him a first-round pick. He finished the season with just 29 catches for 361 yards. His only touchdown of the season came in the playoff loss to the Bears.

After Christian Watson returned from injury, Golden saw his role in the offense diminish. The coaching staff needed to do a better job of involving the rookie in the offense.

Unsung Hero: QB Malik Willis

For the second straight year, backup quarterback Malik Willis stepped up and delivered key performances to help the team win games when Love was injured.

Willis played four games and started one. He completed 30-of-35 passes for 422 yards and three touchdowns while not throwing an interception. That earned him a quarterback rating of 145.5.

Willis also gives the team a running threat and ran 22 times for 123 yards and two touchdowns.

The team always responded well when Willis was inserted into the lineup, and he provided the team with a spark. By the end of the season, Willis established himself as one of the best backups in the league. Unfortunately, he’s almost certain to depart in free agency this offseason as he seeks an opportunity to start.

Packers 2025 Season Awards, Biggest Disappointment: DE Rashan Gary

After a torrid start, defensive end Rashan Gary saw his performance diminish in the second half of the season. Yes, Gary finished second on the team with 7.5 sacks. But he recorded zero sacks and no tackles for loss in the final 10 games of the season.

When Parsons was injured, the team needed Gary to step up and he was practically invisible. Gary’s second half was a major disappointment for the team’s defense and a contributing factor to their late-season slump.

A disappointing season for left tackle Rasheed Walker would be a close second.

Best Game: Week 1: Packers 27, Lions 13

The Packers most complete win came in Week 1, which speaks volumes about the team’s failure to improve as the season progressed.

At the time, the win made a statement, the Packers beating the team that won the NFC North the previous season and beat them twice in the process.

The Packers scored on their first three drives and Parsons recorded a sack in his Packers debut before an ecstatic crowd at Lambeau Field.

Packers 2025 Season Awards, Worst Game: Week 16: Bears 22, Packers 16

The Packers loss in Chicago was a turning point in their season. This was the team’s first full game after Parsons was lost for the season. They had a chance to show they could win without their best player and could take over first place in the NFC North while sweeping the season series from the Bears. They didn’t do it.

The Packers were the better team for 57 plus minutes of the game and led by 10 points just before the two-minute warning. Unfortunately, the team bungled an onsides kick and lost the game in overtime in a stunning collapse. Once again, special teams mistakes at critical times and a failure to finish off an opponent when they had them down were problems for the team.

Losing a game that they really should have won against a top rival was devastating for the Packers. The team never really recovered from that.