No surprise: Shootout QBs honored
Quarterbacks Derek Anderson of the Cleveland Browns, Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers and Carson Palmer of the Bengals are the finalists for FedEx Express NFL Player of the Week honors for games played on September 16-17. Running backs Frank Gore of the San Francisco 49ers, Jamal Lewis of the Browns and Willie Parker of the Pittsburgh Steelers are the finalists for FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week honors, the NFL announced today.
Fans can vote for one player in each category on NFL.com from 9 a.m. today through 5 p.m. Thursday to determine the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week. The winners will be announced Thursday night on NFL.com.
Fans will be voting for more than their favorite player. For the fourth season in a row, the weekly FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week Awards are a win for the local community. Along with the award, FedEx will donate $5,000 every week to the local children’s hospital in each winning market. The children’s hospitals in the two season-long winner’s markets, announced at this year’s Super Bowl, will be awarded $25,000 each. That means that FedEx will deliver nearly $250,000 to local children’s hospitals around the country in recognition of the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week Award winners.
A closer look at the FedEx Express NFL Player of the Week finalists:
-- Anderson completed 20 of 30 passes for 328 yards and five touchdowns (averaging 9.9 yards/pass) in the Browns’ 51-45 win over the Bengals.
Favre became the winningest quarterback in NFL history with his 149th victory in the Packers’ 35-13 win over the New York Giants. Favre threw for 286 yards with three touchdowns and completed 29 of 38 passes.
Palmer completed 30 of 50 passes for 401 yards and six touchdowns in the Bengals’ 45-51 loss to the Browns.
posted by Mark at 1:31 PM
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Post a Comment*Mark, in Monday's media press Q&A Marvin said he could not challenge the referees placement of the ball on the Ravin's final drive for a first down at 3:13 min, due to referee "spotting forward progress".
Is forward progress challengable by referee TV review, if the call results in a first down?
yes, you can challenge the spot of the ball or "spot forward progress" only when it would result in a first down.
marvin was wrong.
Can Carson play defense?
I wonder how many more QB's will be nominated for player of the week after they play the Bengal defense.
Sunday was a sad day for me, bringing back so many memories I thought Marvin had erased.
Hmmm...
Marvin Lewis, NFL head coach, coordinator, owner of a SuperBowl ring says he couldn't challenge it.
anonymous on a message board says you can.
Oh the agony... who to believe?
The reality? The clock was still running and they used their last timeout to stop the clock... if you have no time-outs, you can't challenge. Obviously, the idiots in the booth didn't communicate to Marvin to challenge BEFORE calling the timeout.
Marvin might have out coached himself under the circumstances. He is not perfect as we can see from the media sessions this week. He is right about the errors in coverage on special teams and defense, but these things can be fixed. He is also right about having a few more plays go their way in the first half giving them more opportunities to win. "We have to keep playing" and "make plays" to win. Uhhhh, you understand.
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