Each week, we offer up the very best of the NFL on a given Sunday, kind of like the fantasy football team you wished you had.All year, we’ve picked one quarterback, two running backs, two receivers and a tight end — OK, this sounds a lot like a super-hindsight fantasy football team. We’re also recognizing an entire offensive line, a few select defensive stars and even a special-teams standout of the week.So, let’s dive into Week 17: This was a fairly easy one as weekly quarterback picks go. Maye was near-perfect in the Patriots’ rout of the Jets, going 19-for-21 for 256 yards, five touchdowns and zero interceptions. By passer rating, it’s the second-best game of 2025, only behind a Jalen Hurts win over the Vikings, and that’s just the idiocy of passer rating. Maye needed 7 more yards to get the “perfect” passer rating of 158.3 that Hurts had and instead settled for 157.0. Speaking of passer rating, this vaulted Maye ahead of Matthew Stafford for best season rating in the league, though MVP will likely still go to Stafford because he has 10 more touchdown passes and three fewer interceptions – and he still plays on Monday. It was all smiles for Drake Maye after his flawless performance against the Jets. (Evan Bernstein/Getty Images) RB: Derrick Henry, RavensThis was another really easy call after what was a monster game Saturday night for Henry. He had 36 carries for 216 yards and four touchdowns in a game Baltimore absolutely had to win to set up a Week 18 showdown with the Steelers. That Henry is having the season he’s had – 1,469 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns – makes it a tough call for which two backs will earn All-Pro honors this season. This week? No such difficulty.RB: Christian McCaffrey, 49ersWith San Francisco battling for positioning among three NFC West teams in the playoffs, McCaffrey was his do-it-all self Sunday night, rushing 23 times for 140 yards and a touchdown and catching another four passes for 41 yards against the Bears. McCaffrey is over 1,000 yards rushing on the season and needs 110 in the finale to reach 1,000 receiving for a rare 1,000-yard double. All this came against a Bears defense that held the Eagles and Packers under 20 points in the past month. San Francisco was able to rack up 42 in a playoff-preview type showdown.WR: Ja’Marr Chase, BengalsWho would think Chase would be on here so rarely in 2025? We’ll be tallying up which players were honored the most this season this week, but it’s a rare honor…
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