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Miami, FL. — Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, Houston Texans cornerback Derek Stingley and Jacksonville Jaguars punter Logan Cooke are the AFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played in Week 16 (December 18, 20-22).
OFFENSE: QB JOE BURROW, CINCINNATI BENGALS
- Burrow completed 25 of 32 pass attempts (78.1 percent) for 309 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions for a 146.5 passer rating in Cincinnati’s 45-21 victory at Miami. He had the highest passer rating in the NFL and the most touchdown passes in the AFC in Week 16. Burrow became the third player in NFL history with at least 150 touchdown passes (152) and the fifth player ever with at least 20,000 passing yards (20,269) in his first 75 career games.
- This is the eighth career Player of the Week award for Burrow and his first this season, joining Boomer Esiason (nine-time winner) as the only Bengals players with eight-or-more Player of the Week awards.
- 2021: Weeks 4, 16
- 2022: Weeks 7, 13, 16
- 2023: Weeks 8
- 2024: Week 17
- 2025: Week 16
- Burrow has the fourth-most Player of the Week awards by a quarterback since entering the NFL in 2020. Only Josh Allen (16-time winner), Lamar Jackson (nine) and Patrick Mahomes (nine) have more.
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DEFENSE: CB DEREK STINGLEY, HOUSTON TEXANS
- Stingley recorded two tackles, a forced fumble and returned an interception 31 yards for a touchdown in Houston’s 23-21 win over Las Vegas. He was the only player in the NFL with a forced fumble and interception in Week 16.
- This is Stingley’s third-career Defensive Player of the Week award and he becomes the third Texans player to earn Player of the Week honors this season, joining C.J. Stroud (Week 5) and Danielle Hunter (Week 10). Stingley has the second-most Defensive Player of the Week awards by a Texans player, trailing only J.J. Watt (seven-time winner).
- 2023: Week 13
- 2024: Week 15
- 2025: Week 16
- Stingley ties Patrick Peterson (three) for the most Defensive Player of the Week awards earned by a former LSU cornerback.
SPECIAL TEAMS: P LOGAN COOKE, JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
- Cooke had six punts – including four inside the 20 with two inside the 10 and one inside the five – with a league-long of 63 and an average of 52 yards in the Jaguars 34-20 win at Denver.
- This is Cooke’s first Player of the Week award and the first by a Jaguars punter since Chris Hanson (Week 11, 2002).
- Cooke joins Boobie Dixon (Week 12, 2014) as the only former Mississippi State players to win a Special Teams Player of the Week award.
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