Rudi Johnson is FedEx Ground Player of Week

Quarterback Rex Grossman of the Chicago Bears and running back Rudi Johnson of the Bengals are the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week for games played on September 17-18, the NFL announced today.

Grossman completed 20 of 27 passes for 289 yards and four touchdowns for a passer rating of 148.0 in the Bears’ 34-7 victory over the Detroit Lions. He threw touchdown passes of three, five, 31 and 41 yards.

Johnson carried 26 times for 145 yards and two touchdowns in the Bengals’ 34-17 victory over the Cleveland Browns. He scored on touchdown runs of one and nine yards in the fourth quarter.

Grossman and Johnson were selected from among finalists in air and ground categories through 139,748 fan votes. The other FedEx Express NFL Player of the Week finalists were quarterbacks Eli Manning of the New York Giants and Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts, while running backs Warrick Dunn of the Atlanta Falcons and Frank Gore of the San Francisco 49ers were the other finalists for the FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week.

Grossman received 36 percent of the fan votes for FedEx Express NFL Player of the Week, while Eli Manning received 34 percent and Peyton Manning received 30 percent. Johnson’s 66 percent of the fan votes for FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week beat out Dunn’s 19 percent and Gore’s 15 percent.