A few days ago, it was announced that Rams‘ QB Matt Stafford was named MVP of the 2025-26 NFL season.
He narrowly defeated Patriots‘ QB Drake Maye, who ended up making it to the Super Bowl, while Stafford didn’t.
Although it’s technically a regular-season award, Maye’s Super Bowl performance might have just proved/solidified why Stafford deserved the ‘controversial’ MVP award after all.
Matt Stafford’s stats against the Seahawks this season prove why he deserves MVP over Drake Maye
The Rams played the Seahawks twice in the regular season and once in the playoffs this season.
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Although the Seahawks eliminated Stafford’s Rams in the postseason, the difference in how Stafford and Maye were able to handle the Seahawks defense was day and night.
Across the three games Stafford played against Seattle this season, he threw for an average of 320.3 yards, 8 total touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
Maye, on the other hand, did not play as great against Seattle’s defense in the biggest game of his career on Sunday.
| Player | CMP/ATT (PCT) | PASS YDS | TD | INT/FL | RTG | SACKS |
| Matt Stafford (3 GP) *averages | 22.0/37.3 (58.93%) | 320.3 | 2.7 | 0.0/0.0 | 110.8 | 0.3 |
| Drake Maye (1 GP) *totals | 27/43 (62.8%) | 295 | 2 | 2/1 | 79.1 | 6 |
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The stats that show the clear differences between the players are passer rating and turnovers.
Stafford took care of the ball much better and was efficient compared to Maye, who got most of his passing yards and touchdowns late in the game when the Patriots were already down big.
The Seahawks Super Bowl run showed they were the best team in the NFL, which makes them as tough a test as a QB can get.
Maye unfortunately failed against that challenge, and Stafford’s repeated success against Seattle this season, in all stages, showed how consistent he was, which is a good measure when it comes to MVP consideration.
