| Offensive Player of the Week Candidates |
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QB Billy Andrews |
New York (A) |
28-32 (87%) 362 yds pass (11.31 ypa), 3 TD, 0 INT, 2 sacked, 145.1 rat, 3-28 yds rush (9.33 ypc), 0 TD ( 142.3101 ) |
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QB Frankie Giles |
Minnesota |
25-30 (83%) 302 yds pass (10.07 ypa), 3 TD, 0 INT, 1 sacked, 141.9 rat, 2-10 yds rush (5.00 ypc), 0 TD ( 136.49815 ) |
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QB Phillip Sampson |
Jacksonville |
29-46 (63%) 355 yds pass (7.72 ypa), 3 TD, 0 INT, 1 sacked, 108.5 rat, 1-18 yds rush (18.00 ypc), 0 TD, 1 fumb ( 124.16195 ) |
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QB Heath Brodie |
Houston |
27-32 (84%) 320 yds pass (10.00 ypa), 3 TD, 0 INT, 1 sacked, 139.6 rat, 2--2 yds rush (-1.00 ypc), 0 TD ( 119.02065 ) |
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LG Emmitt Walton |
Kansas City |
5 KRB, 9 KRO (55%), 3 PNK ( 115.407 ) |
| Defensive Player of the Week Candidates |
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RDE Howie Barrett |
Cleveland |
8 tkl, 3 sacks, 1 caught, 3 hurries, 6 QBKnock ( 199.4933 ) |
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RDT Tommie Bernard |
San Diego |
4 tkl, 3.5 sacks, 1 hurries, 4 QBKnock ( 175.90294 ) |
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RCB J.C. Sturm |
Minnesota |
1 tkl, 2 INT (0 yds, 0 TD), 1 caught ( 164.1 ) |
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LDE Xavier Preston |
New York (A) |
6 tkl, 2.5 sacks, 1 ff, 1 passblk, 1 hurries ( 156.6804 ) |
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SS Ray Herndon |
Indianapolis |
6 tkl, 2 INT (6 yds, 0 TD), 1 caught ( 145.742 ) |
| Offensive Rookie of the Week Candidates |
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RB Tito Schneider |
Kansas City |
26-134 yds rush (5.15 ypc), 1 TD, 2-16 yds catch (8.00 ypc, 3 yac, 2 tgt, 8.00 ypt), 0 TD, 0 drp ( 101.3336 ) |
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RB Glen Mock |
Tampa Bay |
27-83 yds rush (3.07 ypc), 2 TD, 1-10 yds catch (10.00 ypc, 0 yac, 1 tgt, 10.00 ypt), 0 TD, 0 drp, 1 fumb ( 74.6567 ) |
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RB Jamie Woodson |
Philadelphia |
8-42 yds rush (5.25 ypc), 1 TD ( 39.506 ) |
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RB Jeremy 'Captain' Kirk |
Chicago |
15-37 yds rush (2.47 ypc), 0 TD, 2-15 yds catch (7.50 ypc, 2 yac, 3 tgt, 5.00 ypt), 0 TD, 0 drp ( 37.5319 ) |
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SE Junior Gibson |
Indianapolis |
4-60 yds catch (15.00 ypc, 6 yac, 4 tgt, 15.00 ypt), 0 TD, 0 drp ( 37.3086 ) |
| Defensive Rookie of the Week Candidates |
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LCB Andy Inthapany |
Green Bay |
8 tkl, 1 INT (12 yds, 0 TD), 5 caught, 3 def ( 129.847 ) |
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FS Cris Farr |
New England |
6 tkl, 1 INT (13 yds, 0 TD), 1 caught, 1 def ( 107.312 ) |
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WLB Warren Stewart |
New England |
6 tkl, 1 sacks, 1 caught, 3 hurries ( 93.87495 ) |
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LCB Dennis Brock |
Denver |
4 tkl, 1 INT (0 yds, 0 TD), 1 fr, 2 caught ( 86.154 ) |
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LCB Terrell Knight |
Jacksonville |
5 tkl, 4 caught, 3 def ( 80.28 ) |
| Special Teams Player of the Week Candidates |
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FL Ronald Howard |
Washington |
150 kickretyrds (1 TD) ( 350 ) |
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FS Tyrone Weber |
Carolina |
108 kickretyrds (1 TD) ( 330.6 ) |
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K Burt McCalla |
Green Bay |
4-4 FG (100%, 2 40+, 0 50+), 2-2 PAT (100%) ( 120 ) |
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P Doug Coles |
Dallas |
3 in20, 245 puntnet ( 87.58 ) |
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K Andre Buckley |
Kansas City |
2-3 FG (66%, 1 40+, 1 50+), 4-4 PAT (100%) ( 87 ) |
| Offensive Player of the Year Candidates |
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QB Frankie Giles |
Minnesota |
197-269 (73%) 2468 yds pass (9.17 ypa), 19 TD, 2 INT, 8 sacked, 121.8 rat, 18-92 yds rush (5.11 ypc), 0 TD ( 903.06475 ) |
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QB Al An |
San Francisco |
138-216 (63%) 1919 yds pass (8.88 ypa), 19 TD, 2 INT, 6 sacked, 117.8 rat, 7-19 yds rush (2.71 ypc), 0 TD, 1 fumb ( 698.1521 ) |
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QB Phillip Sampson |
Jacksonville |
191-282 (67%) 2097 yds pass (7.44 ypa), 17 TD, 0 INT, 12 sacked, 109.6 rat, 16-67 yds rush (4.19 ypc), 1 TD, 3 fumb ( 689.6175 ) |
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RB Irv Stanford |
Dallas |
136-680 yds rush (5.00 ypc), 8 TD, 20-215 yds catch (10.75 ypc, 112 yac, 25 tgt, 8.60 ypt), 1 TD, 0 drp, 2 fumb ( 648.1953 ) |
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QB Bernard 'Cadillac ' Escalante |
New England |
132-204 (64%) 1577 yds pass (7.73 ypa), 10 TD, 1 INT, 9 sacked, 102.5 rat, 25-163 yds rush (6.52 ypc), 3 TD ( 572.43695 ) |
| Defensive Player of the Year Candidates |
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LDE Xavier Preston |
New York (A) |
23 tkl, 10.5 sacks, 3 ff, 1 fr, 1 passblk, 2 caught, 13 hurries, 8 QBKnock ( 714.41635 ) |
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LDE Teddy Davison |
Minnesota |
29 tkl, 5 sacks, 2 caught, 19 hurries, 23 QBKnock ( 592.43775 ) |
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RDE Arnold Blake |
Chicago |
20 tkl, 7 sacks, 2 ff, 1 fr, 1 passblk, 1 caught, 13 hurries, 13 QBKnock ( 581.8898 ) |
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MLB Seth 'Dr. Death' Levine |
Atlanta |
76 tkl, 1 INT (1 yds, 0 TD), 1 passblk, 24 caught, 5 def, 1 QBKnock ( 569.12 ) |
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SS Ray Herndon |
Indianapolis |
40 tkl, 4 INT (20 yds, 0 TD), 1 ff, 7 caught, 4 def ( 539.217 ) |
| Offensive Rookie of the Year Candidates |
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RB Tito Schneider |
Kansas City |
137-677 yds rush (4.94 ypc), 2 TD, 23-184 yds catch (8.00 ypc, 25 yac, 28 tgt, 6.57 ypt), 2 TD, 1 drp, 3 fumb ( 514.2589 ) |
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RB Glen Mock |
Tampa Bay |
113-441 yds rush (3.90 ypc), 4 TD, 5-26 yds catch (5.20 ypc, 0 yac, 7 tgt, 3.71 ypt), 0 TD, 1 drp, 3 fumb ( 267.4355 ) |
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RB Jeremy 'Captain' Kirk |
Chicago |
76-271 yds rush (3.57 ypc), 4 TD, 6-34 yds catch (5.67 ypc, 4 yac, 8 tgt, 4.25 ypt), 1 TD, 0 drp, 1 fumb ( 256.07 ) |
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SE Phillip Newman |
New Orleans |
32-399 yds catch (12.47 ypc, 43 yac, 55 tgt, 7.25 ypt), 2 TD, 2 drp ( 244.6065 ) |
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FL Dwayne Gelbart |
New Orleans |
20-362 yds catch (18.10 ypc, 112 yac, 34 tgt, 10.65 ypt), 2 TD, 3 drp ( 208.6146 ) |
| Defensive Rookie of the Year Candidates |
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WLB Warren Stewart |
New England |
19 tkl, 5.5 sacks, 1 ff, 5 caught, 1 def, 6 hurries ( 391.6326 ) |
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SS Donald Hancock |
New York (A) |
39 tkl, 1 INT (29 yds, 0 TD), 1 ff, 16 caught, 6 def ( 373.613 ) |
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LCB Howie Lord |
Atlanta |
14 tkl, 1 ff, 11 caught, 8 def ( 366.435 ) |
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LCB Terrell Knight |
Jacksonville |
22 tkl, 1 sacks, 1 INT (18 yds, 0 TD), 1 ff, 16 caught, 6 def ( 362.911 ) |
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LCB Andy Inthapany |
Green Bay |
28 tkl, 2 INT (12 yds, 0 TD), 16 caught, 4 def ( 300.482 ) |
| Special Teams Player of the Year Candidates |
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SE Matthew 'The Music Man' Meadows |
Pittsburgh |
722 kickretyrds (1 TD), 1 specTkl ( 646.65 ) |
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K Andrew Whalen |
Jacksonville |
15-17 FG (88%, 8 40+, 2 50+), 19-19 PAT (100%) ( 529 ) |
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K J.R. Marston |
New Orleans |
18-20 FG (90%, 5 40+, 1 50+), 13-13 PAT (100%) ( 498 ) |
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SS Adrian Cotchery |
Detroit |
523 kickretyrds (1 TD) ( 491.1 ) |
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K Rico Shoro |
Arizona |
14-15 FG (93%, 8 40+, 2 50+), 6-6 PAT (100%) ( 475 ) |