# NFC vs AFC Player of the Week Awards **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 14, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfc-vs-afc-player-of-the-week-awards/596326 "2011-09-14T18:43:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfc-vs-afc-player-of-the-week-awards/596326/1 "2011-09-14T18:43:51Z")
The NFL announced the PotW awards for Week 1 and there were some doozies. I thought it might deserve it’s own thread and maybe a little debate over which performance was the most impressive. [Brady, Suggs, Janikowski named AFC players of the week](http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/14/brady-suggs-janikowski-named-afc-players-of-the-week/) > [@](#): > > Brady completed 32 of 48 passes for 517 yards (fifth most in NFL history) and four touchdowns as the Patriots beat the Dolphins. It’s the 18th time Brady has been named Player of the Week, which ties him with Dan Marino for the second-most since the award was instituted in 1984. (Peyton Manning has the most Player of the Week honors, with 21.) > > Suggs had three sacks and two forced fumbles in the Ravens’ 35-7 win over the Steelers. Both times he forced Ben Roethlisberger to fumble, the Ravens recovered in Steelers territory. This was Suggs’ third Player of the Week award. > > Janikowski booted an NFL record-tying 63-yard field goal just before halftime of a game the Raiders would win 23-20 at Denver. [Rodgers, Urlacher, Ginn take home Week One NFC awards](http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/14/rodgers-urlacher-ginn-take-home-week-one-nfc-awards/) > [@](#): > > In the NFC, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (to little surprise) is the offensive player of the week. Rodgers completed 27 of 35 passes for 312 yards and three touchdowns in the season-christening win over the Saints. He racked up an uncanny 132.1 passer rating. > > … > > On defense, Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher (to little surprise) got the nod, thanks to an interception and a 12-yard touchdown after recovering a fumble in a 30-12 filleting of the Falcons. It was Urlacher’s sixth POW award, tying him with Hall of Famer Richard Dent for the most in franchise history. > > … > > Ted Ginn (to absolutely no surprise) is the special-teams player of the week, thanks to a 102-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and a 55-punt return for a touchdown that turned a 19-17 fourth-quarter margin into a 33-17 rout. So, in the group we had a player tie the NFL kicking record, a player return both a punt and a kickoff for TDs in the span of a minute to finish a 4th quarter, only the 12th time ever someone did both in 1 game, a QB throwing for the 5th most yards ever in a NFL game on MNF, a QB who beat him with a 132.1 passer rating and a crazy 77% completion rate in the primetime opener and a defensive player with a highlight reel INT, a fumble returned for a TD slightly overshadowing a defender with 3 sacks, 2 of which were strip-sacks leading to turnovers. That’s god-damned insane. And of those events, 3 were in 3 different primetime games and 2 of the other 3 were in probably the 2 highest profile Sunday day games. There wasn’t a single gimme among them. Which award were you most impressed by? If you had to pick NFL awards which would you choose for each? Brady v. Rodgers, Urlacher v. Suggs, Ginn v. Sea Bass? (See poll) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfc-vs-afc-player-of-the-week-awards/596326/2 "2011-09-14T21:34:37Z")
I’m least impressed by Janikowski’s kick. 63 yards in Denver ain’t like 63 yards in New Orleans–plus, Dempsey did it with only half a foot. I give the nod to Brady over Rodgers, because…well, shit…he passed for 517 yards. Rodgers looked great, I’m not knocking him…but Brady’s numbers are just incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfc-vs-afc-player-of-the-week-awards/596326/3 "2011-09-15T02:10:02Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I’m least impressed by Janikowski’s kick. 63 yards in Denver ain’t like 63 yards in New Orleans–plus, Dempsey did it with only half a foot. > > I give the nod to Brady over Rodgers, because…well, shit…he passed for 517 yards. Rodgers looked great, I’m not knocking him…but Brady’s numbers are just incredible. It’s likely because Rodgers did it against a tougher team. A passer rating of 132 is insane. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfc-vs-afc-player-of-the-week-awards/596326/4 "2011-09-15T18:03:32Z")
Brady, Urlacher, and Ginn.