KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – OCTOBER 19: Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates after a touchdown during an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on October 19, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images)
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Another week of NFL action is nearly complete, and Week 7 of the 2025 NFL season continues to prove that this is a year unlike any other. The Indianapolis Colts kept rolling thanks to the two-headed attack of Daniel Jones and Jonathan Taylor, while the Philadelphia Eagles got back on track against Minnesota.
Elsewhere, the Rams kept pace in the NFC West in London, a former MVP has entered the race once again, and the Miami Dolphins have reached new lows. But who were the biggest winners and losers of Week 7?
NFL Week 7 Winners
1. Drake Maye
Through the first six weeks, Drake Maye was a dark horse NFL MVP candidate, but he might not be a dark horse anymore. For the sixth-straight game, Maye threw for over 200 yards with a passer rating of 100+. Against the Tennessee Titans, Maye went 21-of-23 for 222 yards and two touchdowns in the air. On the ground, Maye rushed for 62 yards on eight carries.
Maye even managed to do something that not even the legendary Tom Brady did in New England. By throwing just two incompletions, Maye became the first Patriots quarterback to complete 90% or more of his passes in a single game.
With the Bills on a bye this week, New England now sits alone with a half-game lead in the AFC East through seven weeks.
2. Patrick Mahomes
Speaking of the NFL MVP, it’s time to put Patrick Mahomes right in the middle of that discussion. A week after throwing for 257 and three touchdowns against Detroit, Mahomes followed it up with a 286-yard, three-touchdown performance against the Las Vegas Raiders.
From the opening kick, Mahomes picked apart the Raiders as he completed passes to nine different targets. His 8.2 yards per pass was the second-highest in the league on Sunday, and he’s now up to 14 touchdowns on the season. What’s also been impressive his how he’s protecting the ball. After throwing 11 interceptions last season, Mahomes is on pace for just six this year.
Since starting the season 0-2, Kansas City has won four of its last five games and is right in the mix in the crowded AFC West. If the last two weeks are any indication of how the rest of the season is going to go for Kansas City, the Chiefs should once again be considered a favorite to make it back to the Super Bowl for a fourth-straight season. The NFL is on notice.
INGLEWOOD, CA – OCTOBER 19: Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor (28) runs for a touchdown during an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers played on October 19, 2025 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. (Photo by John Cordes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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3. Jonathan Taylor
The Indianapolis Colts are 6-1 and sit atop the AFC through seven weeks. While the play of Daniel Jones is a big reason for that success, you can’t talk about the Colts’ start to the year without talking about Jonathan Taylor.
For the third time this season, Taylor rushed for three touchdowns in a single game. He’s now one of 10 running backs to reach that feat in a single season. With 10 games to go, Taylor has the chance to be the fourth back to rush for three or more scores in a game four times in a season.
If you are wondering about the record, LaDanian Tomlinson did it five times in 2006 on his way to a record-setting 28 rushing touchdowns.
Aside from the touchdowns, Taylor picked up 94 yards on the ground to stay atop the league in rushing at 697 yards. His 10 rushing touchdowns are also good for first in the NFL, two ahead of Josh Jacobs.
At this point, if Taylor isn’t in the MVP conversation, the award should be renamed.
4. Micah Parsons
This was why the Green Bay Packers traded for Micah Parsons. After travel issues forced Green Bay to get into Arizona just 14 hours before kickoff, the Packers struggled with the Arizona Cardinals.
Though they managed to squeak out a 27-23 comeback victory to move to 4-1-1, it wasn’t an easy game by any means. And, without the big plays of Parsons, it may not have happened at all.
Parsons entered Week 7 with just 2.5 sacks and one tackle for loss through five games. Against the Cardinals, he surpassed both of those numbers and put the Green Bay defense on his back. Parsons finished the game with 10 pressures, five quarterback hits, four tackles for loss, and a single-game career high of three sacks. No sack was bigger, however, than on the final Arizona drive of the game.
Arizona had a 1st and 10 at the Green Bay 26 when Parsons blew by right tackle Jonah Williams for a nine-yard sack. That set the moment for the rest of the drive as the Packers forced a turnover on downs three plays later, sealing the win.
Parsons looked like a player who finally found his groove with a new team. That’s dangerous for any team that has to figure out how to stop him moving forward.
5. Brandon Aubrey
When it comes to long-distance field goals, Brandon Aubrey is as close to automatic as there’s ever been. On Sunday against Washington, he now sits alone in the NFL history books.
With his 61-yard field goal with 7:22 left in the second quarter, Aubrey became the first kicker to make five field goals from 60 yards or more. He’s now 5-of-7 from 60+ for his career, and a perfect 15-of-15 kicking this season.
NFL Week 7 Losers
CLEVELAND, OHIO – OCTOBER 19: Grant Delpit #9 of the Cleveland Browns pressures Tua Tagovailoa #1 of the Miami Dolphins in the fourth quarter of a game at Huntington Bank Field on October 19, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
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1. Miami Dolphins
If it looked like things couldn’t get any worse for Mike McDaniel and the Miami Dolphins this year, a 31-6 blowout loss to the Cleveland Browns has to be viewed as rock bottom. Right from the start of the game, Miami couldn’t get out of its own way.
The Dolphins were bullied in every area of the game, and Tua Tagovailoa continued his turnover-filled season with three more interceptions. While the first one of the day could be forgiven because of it bouncing out of the hands of De’Von Achane, the second interception was exactly the type of play Dolphins fans have come to expect from their quarterback. Pinned deep in his own end, Tagovailoa panicked when faced with a Browns blitz, throwing the ball directly to Rayshawn Jenkins. One play later, and the Browns extended their lead.
There have been a lot of moments this season that left you wondering when something has to happen in Miami. If a loss like this isn’t what brings change, who knows what will? Oh, and for those wondering, the Dolphins would face up to a $99 million dead cap penalty if they were to move on from Tagovailoa after this season. The lowest it would be is $13 million if the Dolphins could find a team to trade him to after June 1st.
2. Jacksonville Jaguars Offense
For the second week in a row, the Jacksonville Jaguars’ offense failed to score despite putting up offensive numbers that would suggest otherwise.
Looking at the stat sheet, it feels like Jacksonville should’ve made some noise against the Los Angeles Rams in London. The Jaguars finished with 21 first downs, 358 yards of offense, and averaged more yards per play than the Rams (4.8 vs 4.4). But where the Rams were able to finish their drives with touchdowns, the Jaguars failed to put up points when it mattered. Missed kicks from Cam Little and going 2-of-6 on fourth down put Jacksonville in too deep of a hole.
It also doesn’t help that after giving up 33 pressures on 42 drop backs against the Seahawks a week ago, Jacksonville’s offensive line gave up 34 pressures on 55 drop backs. Though the percentage technically improved, that’s still too many times that Trevor Lawrence has had to deal with defenders in his face when trying to throw.
After a 4-1 start to the season, the Jaguars now sit at 4-3 and two games back of the first-place Colts heading into their bye week. Hopefully for Jaguars fans, they spend that time working on ways to finish drives with points so that a strong start to the year isn’t completely wasted.
EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY – OCTOBER 19: Justin Fields #7 of the New York Jets is shaken up after a hit while sliding during the second quarter against the Carolina Panthers in the game at MetLife Stadium on October 19, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
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3. Justin Fields
It’s time to wrap up the Justin Fields experiment in New York. A week after throwing for just 45 yards against Denver in London, Fields went 6-of-12 for 46 yards against the Carolina Panthers before he was pulled in favor of Tyrod Taylor. While it didn’t go much better for the Jets as they still fell 13-6 to drop to 0-7 on the season, it was a move that needed to be done.
Whether it’s a lack of trust in his offensive line or just an inability to see plays develop downfield, Fields has had a severe case of happy feet all season long. This has led to Fields being the second-most sacked quarterback so far this season, behind only Titans rookie Cam Ward.
After the game, Jets head coach Aaron Glenn said it was his call to make the move because he felt he needed a spark. As far as what will happen moving forward, Glenn wouldn’t commit to anyone just yet.
“I make the call,” he said. “There are a lot of conversations I have to have with myself.”
Regarding the benching, Fields said after the game that he was a little surprised to be pulled, but that he “can’t be mad at the decision.” He added that it wasn’t his decision to make, but he’s there to “be the best teammate” he can.
If this is actually the end for Fields as the Jets starter, he’ll finish with just 799 passing yards and four touchdowns to go with a 65% completion percentage.
4. The New York Giants
When you look up the definition of choking in the dictionary, there might be a new example used moving forward. Over the course of the final 5:14 of the game, Denver was able to score 25 points to complete a 19-point fourth-quarter comeback and win 33-32. While losing the game is bad, how the Giants lost it makes it even worse.
After seeing their lead cut to 26-16, Jaxson Dart threw a ball directly to Denver’s Justin Strnad. Four plays later, Denver cut the lead to three with 3:51 to go.
The next New York drive ended with a punt after just three plays and 1:09 off the clock, leaving enough time for the Broncos to go down and score again and take the lead with 1:51 left.
But it wasn’t over for New York, who managed to get downfield—in part, thanks to a Broncos pass interference penalty that put the ball at the Denver one—and retake the lead. Unfortunately, Jude McAtamney missed his second PAT of the day, leaving the window open for Denver to win with a field goal. And the Broncos made sure to jump right through that window.
It took Denver three plays to get down to the New York 21-yard line, where Will Lutz kicked the game-winning field goal.
For as great as the Giants and their fans felt after beating the Eagles a week ago, the low of this loss has to feel worse.
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