Back on Nov. 1, we published our NFL midseason awards in which we handed out meaningless hardware based on half a season’s work. Now, we’re all a bit more informed, and we’ve gone back to hand out our year-end awards while looking back at how those initial choices have evolved and why they were made. There are some categories that stayed the same and some that drastically changed, so let’s dive in:



MVP: PATRICK MAHOMES, QB, CHIEFS



Mahomes received 23 out of 30 votes among our NFL writers and national team. Also receiving votes: Drew Brees (6), Aaron Donald (1)



Midseason winner: Patrick Mahomes (21 first-place votes out of 30)



This category felt sealed for Mahomes when we first selected him as our midseason award winner — though that was right at the beginning of a month where Drew Brees went on to throw 15 TDs and just one interception. After that, it felt like this award could go either way between the young gun...