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Below Moose's reports are the AFC and NFC Players of the week with great reports direct from NFL Media.

Final NFL 85th season Notes, as the Regular Season ends...

By: Rich Salzer

NFC Playoff Preview: Minnesota at Green Bay and Saint Louis at Seattle

I predict the Seahawks and Packers to win rather easily in these two games, but here's some perspective. I really feel this is the great Brett Favre's last best chance to get back to one more Super Bowl Championship. The Packers have won more NFL titles (13) than any other NFL club. To start the new year off right, the Packers need 'slackers' to pay them, a visit. 

Enter poor beleaguered former 14 year NFL TE Mike Tice, current punching-bag/Coach of the perpetually underachieving Vikings. Big-egos, Randy Moss and non-leadership QB Daunte Culpepper will be at each other's throats before this one is over. RB Robert Smith has never been replaced properly in this Offence and Ontario Smith [great name, eh?], isn't the answer. The Vikings backed into the playoffs losing six of their last eight games and stingy owner Red McCombs won't offer any proper bucks up to retain Coach Tice, who's cajoled and pampered big-ego Moss (who averages 2.5 drops per game!), and deserves better. 

Comeback Kid/Coach Mike Sherman was all but written off ealier in the year when the Pack slipped to 1-4-0. But then the Offencive Coordinator needed a double bypass surgery on his heart, Lonnngggtime backup Doug Pederson, who of the League's best, got hurt for the year and all of a sudden Sherman taking over the play calling (Pederson is now on the mic as well helping from the sidelines - He may yet be an Ast.Coach) and like, voila, man. All is well with the Pack. They'll have no trouble dispatching the Vikings. In the other NFC game, the Seahawks, who've been wrestling with the Rams for the NFC Western Division all year long get to go into the crypt and finally drive a stake (not 'steak') into Mike Martz (who'll probably be fired after that) and finish the biggest freak show in the NFL turf, once and for all. Marc Bulger can occasionally throw for a ton of yards and scores in shootouts like this one but he has a history in the playoffs of throwing a ton of INTs as well. 

Poor Marshall Faulk - remember when the Rams used to have REAL QBs like Kurt Warner and Trent Green?!

League Awards, 'The Salzer's', for the 2004 season -
M.V.P. - Drew Brees, San Diego QB.
Best Offensive Player of Year: Peyton Manning, Indianapolis QB.
Best Defensive Player of the Year: Julius Peppers, DE, Carolina.
Best Special Teams Player of the Year,  and the most exciting player to come into the NFL in last 15 years: Dante (Small) Hall, KR-WR/PR-RB Kansas City Chiefs. 
Runner-up M.V.P. Michael Vick, indeed, eh, Myk....
Coach of the Year: Martin Edward Schottenheimer, San Diego Chargers.
Draft Picks, the top three: (1) San Francisco, (2) Miami, (3) Cleveland.

OK...I finally got to see my man Sage Rosenfels start a game at QB for the Dull-Fins...I'm off the bandwagon. Bring on Shawn Withy-Allen!

Most Underrated Player in the NFL - Wes Welker, San Diego / Miami. This kid became the first player in NFL history to return a kickoff, a Punt for touchdowns AND kick a FG in the same season in the League's 85 years. What a story. Let go by the Chargers early in the year (couldn't beat out Tim Dwight), he lands in Miami and simply was the Dolphins M.V.P. this year. Second to Dante Hall in almost all kick/punt returning categories - and leads the pathetic Dolphins in Total yards in his Rookie season. Only Big Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh's QB had a better rookie season.

Comeback of the Year: Kurt Warner, QB, New York Giants (if only he could have played for a REAL Coach, like Jim Fassel, who will be back Coaching in the NFL soon!)

Most Overrated - take your pick: Eli Manning, Michael Vick, Randy Moss, Aaron (I'm a great QB on an inconsistent team) Brooks...I wouldn't have any of these guys on my team - except Vick - at WR or RB...

Worst Coach: Take your pick again - Tom Coughlin, Mike Martz or Terry Robiski

Should Probably Retire: Washington's Joe Gibbs, N.Y. Giants Coughlin, Dallas Bill Parcells...Coughlin I can't stand but Gibbs and Parcells shouldn't want to end their careers on THESE kind of notes.

Worst QBs I've EVER seen in ANY Pro Leagues... Up until the last week of the season, I would have said Archie Manning could die in peace, with the way his son Eli was playing, but then I saw Koy Detmer of Philthydelphia - EACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's even worse than Ty! Phildadelphia saw how much fun Minnesota had backing into the Playoffs and they decided they would stink up the joint as bad. Memo to Andy Reid: Shawn Withy-Allen is still available - get him please, and cut loose Detmer and Jeff Blake, Dave Shula's old buddy as well." Moose

"Wow! Moose goes right off at some of my favorite players" Myk Aussie

Direct from NFL Media.

AFC PLAYERS OF WEEK 17 BRONCOS QB JAKE PLUMMER, PATRIOTS LB TEDY BRUSCHI & STEELERS K JEFF REED 

Quarterback JAKE PLUMMER of the Denver Broncos, linebacker TEDY BRUSCHI of the New England Patriots and kicker JEFF REED of the Pittsburgh Steelers are the AFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played the 17th week of the 2004 season (January 2), the NFL announced today.

OFFENSE: QB JAKE PLUMMER, DENVER BRONCOS "Yeh way to go Jake" Myk

In a game that the Broncos had to win in order to advance to the playoffs, Denver’s Plummer rose to occasion by posting a 105.7 passer rating, completing 17 of 30 passes for 246 yards and a pair of touchdowns without an interception in a 33-14 win against the Colts to force a Wild Card playoff rematch this Sunday in Indianapolis.  The 6-2, 212-pound quarterback totaled 4,089 passing yards for the season, surpassing JOHN ELWAY (1993) for the single-season franchise record.  Plummer’s two touchdowns, which included a 38-yard, over-the-shoulder catch by ASHLEY LELIE gave Plummer 27 for the season, which tied Elway (1997) for the team record.  Plummer also became the first player in club history to throw every pass attempt for the team for an entire season.  Both of Plummer’s scoring throws came in the first half to earn the home team a 17-7 lead that it would not relinquish. In his eighth year from Arizona State, this is Plummer’s third career Player of the Week Award and his second as a Bronco. 

DEFENSE: LB TEDY BRUSCHI, NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

In a 21-7 victory against San Francisco for the team’s second-consecutive 14-2 regular season record, New England’s Bruschi led the Patriots with 15 tackles and played a key role in limiting the 49ers to one touchdown.  The San Francisco native recorded nine tackles within three yards of the line of scrimmage against his hometown team.  Five of his 15 stops were made one yard beyond the scrimmage line or for a loss.  Bruschi and the Patriots finished the season tied for the second-fewest points allowed in the league (16.3 per game).  The AFC East champions earn a bye this week and will host an AFC Divisional playoff game on Sunday, January 16, at 4:30 p.m. ET. This is the fourth career Player of the Week distinction for the 6-1, 247-pounder from Arizona and his second of the season (Week 4).

 SPECIAL TEAMS: K JEFF REED, PITTSBURGH STEELERS

In a 29-24 win at Buffalo, Pittsburgh kicker JEFF REED was a perfect five-for-five in field goals along with a pair of extra points for a total of 17 points on the day.  Reed connected from 22, 21, 31, 37, 37, and 33 yards – one field goal short of the club record of six, which he shares with former Steelers kicker GARY ANDERSON.  Reed finished the season 28 of 33 in field goal attempts (84.8 percent) and was third in AFC scoring with 124 points.  The AFC North champion Steelers have earned a bye this Sunday and will face the lowest-remaining AFC playoff seed on Saturday, January 15 at 4:30 p.m. ET. In his third season from North Carolina, this is Reed’s second career Player of the Week Award.

NFC PLAYERS OF WEEK 17 - RAMS QB MARC BULGER, PACKERS DE KABEER GBAJA-BIAMILA & SAINTS DE TONY BRYANT 

Quarterback MARC BULGER of the St. Louis Rams, defensive end KABEER GBAJA-BIAMILA of the Green Bay Packers and defensive end TONY BRYANT of the New Orleans Saints are the NFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played the 17th week of the 2004 season (January 2), the NFL announced today.

OFFENSE: QB MARC BULGER, ST. LOUIS RAMS

·     Bulger guided the Rams to a thrilling 32-29 overtime victory against the visiting New York Jets, helping St. Louis clinch a playoff berth.  Bulger completed 29 of 39 attempts for 450 yards and three touchdowns, posting a 116.4 passer rating.  Playing perhaps his best football in overtime, Bulger completed six of nine passes for 93 yards in the extra session, including three of three attempts for 42 yards on the game-winning drive, culminating in a 31-yard field goal by kicker JEFF WILKINS.  His 450 yards was the second-highest total of his career and fifth-highest in team history, as he completed passes to nine different receivers in the win.  Bulger’s three touchdowns marked his fourth-career three touchdown game and helped the Rams to their 13th consecutive December home victory, the second-longest active streak in the NFL (Kansas City, 16). In his fourth season from West Virginia, this is Bulger’s second Player of the Week Award.

DEFENSE: DE KABEER GBAJA-BIAMILA, GREEN BAY PACKERS

·     Gbaja-Biamila led the defensive charge for the Packers, who earned a 31-14 victory over the rival Chicago Bears at Soldier Field.  The defensive end posted a career-high 4.0 sacks, finishing with seven tackles and one forced fumble.  His 4.0-sack performance ties for the third-best in franchise history and is the most since VONNIE HOLLIDAY set the club mark with a 5.0-sack effort against the Buffalo Bills on December 22, 2002.  Gbaja-Biamila entered the game with 9.5 sacks and now takes his place alongside the legendary REGGIE WHITE as the only players in Packers’ history with four 10.0-sack seasons.  White accomplished the feat in 1993, 1995 and 1997-98, while Gbaja-Biamila has done it in each of the last four seasons. In his fifth season from San Diego State, this is Gbaja-Biamila’s first Player of the Week Award. 

SPECIAL TEAMS: DE TONY BRYANT, NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

·     Bryant played an important role in keeping the Saints playoff hopes alive in Week 17, helping New Orleans to a 21-18 road-win against the NFC South rival Carolina Panthers.  With the Saints clinging to a three-point advantage, Carolina lined up for a potential game-tying 60-yard field goal to force overtime.  But Bryant rose to the occasion, blocking the attempt by kicker JOHN KASAY – who had connected on a 54-yard field goal earlier in the game – to seal the victory.  Bryant also contributed on defense, recording 1.0 sack as the Saints held the Panthers to their lowest point in more than two months (17, October 31, at Seattle). In his fifth season from Florida State, this is Bryant’s first Player of the Week Award and marks the fourth consecutive week a Saints player has captured the NFC Special Teams honor.                                                                                   

It is so cool to be the only Aussie that has regularly reported on the NFL for the past 5 years. Yep that's me, I have had NFL media passes at Super Bowl's, Pro Bowl's and other NFL games. Thus I am allowed into the NFL Media section and allowed to post their great reports on here. Much more coming over the coming weeks." Myk Aussie

Wed, Jan 5 05 "Happy New Year NFL mates! Bronco's, Vikings, Packers, Chargers, Seahawks my top 5 MYKwebWORLD focused teams are in the playoffs! Moose's as always HARDBall but very informative NFL week 17 report! Moose's NFL Playoff picks with my comments! " Myk Aussie 

This is great my 1st top 5 NFL teams are all in the Playoffs! Bronco's, Vikings, Packers, Chargers, Seahawks are the 1st 5 NFL teams that I focused on, these teams being the teams that I did MYKwebTV on in my 1st 2 years of reporting on the NFL. Since then I have covered two Super Bowls thus the Raiders, Buc's, Panthers and Patriots are also on MYKwebTV along with star players and cheerleaders from many of the other teams from the 3 Pro Bowls that I have covered. A nice little coincidence that for the 1st time all my top 5 teams are in the Playoffs. My tips were horrible n Rd 17, hard to pick when who knows was playing!

NFL Week 17, Game 16 Update

Scores:

San Diego 24, Kansas City 17 [Doug Flutie now 38-25 as NFL starter]
Pittsburgh 29, Buffalo 23
Tennessee 24, Detroit 19
Cincinnati 38, Philadelphia 10
Cleveland 22, Houston 14
Baltimore 30, Miami 23
Green Bay 31, Chicago 14
New England 21, San Francisco 7
New Orlean 21, Carolina 18, O.T. [60-yd FG blocked to preserve N.O.'s win]
Seattle 28, Atlanta 26
Arizona 12, Tampa Bay 7
Denver 33, Indianapolis 14
Jacksonville 13, Oakland 6
New York 28, N.Y. Dallas 24

Bravo to both the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers for the #92'S ON THEIR HELMETs in honor of Reggie White. Why didn't the Panthers, were White's last Pro team also were them? Maybe that's why they lost. Conjecter...Records: Brett Favre pushed the most consecutive starts to 205. That'll be a record I don't think I will live to see broken. Ben Roethlisberger, though he was dressed as number #3 yesterday, though injured, still finished the season with a perfect 13-0 record as a rookie starting QB, another one that'll be hard to break. Chief's Tony Gonzalez set an alltime Pro Football record with 102 catches for a TE. No chance for Antonio Gates, San Diego's allstar to break that or Tony Gabriel's alltime Pro TE mark of 13 TDs in a season, set with Ottawa in '76. Gates and four other Chargers set to rest for the playoffs. Good job by Pitt's Coach Bill Cowher to get third string Canadian QB, Brian St. Pierre some playing time yesterday. St. Pierre prepped at both Univ. of Pittsburgh and Saint Mary's, the only player I know of who played in both the NCAA's and CIS.

Game Balls for game 16. Regular season ends for NFL, PLAYOFF Picks comin'

1) Marc Bulger, St. Louis QB, 430 yards passing to get the Rams into the playoffs and save Mike Martz job.

2) Shaun Alexander, RB, Seattle. Not only did the Seahawks clinch the NFC West but Alexander lead the NFC in rushing. Way to go Shaun! "Hey Moose that was great when we interviewd Shaun after the game in Seattle a couple of years ago, the game he had 5 TD's in the 1st half" Myk 

3) Teddy Bruschi, LB, New England. An unconscionable 15 (more) tackles in a single game, yesterday.

4) Jake Plummer, QB, Denver. Not only did the Broncos crush the Colts (who they play in the playoffs next week) but he threw more TDs and had more yards passing in a single season than any QB in Denver's history even more than that guy, what was his name, Elway (?) ever have. A-mazing!

5) Ageless Doug Flutie, in what may have been his last start - EVER!. 199 yards passing on only 13 completions, 1 TD throw - no sacks, no fumbles, no INTs., 3 carries for 25 yards and 1 TD in only about one third of a game. 42 and in his twentieth Pro season. REALLY A-Mazing!

Moose's fearless playoff Picks:

AFC

Denver OVER Indianapolis
San Diego OVER New York Jets

NFC TO come...

Moose you are going for the Broncos? I hope you are right and I will be rooting for them but against the Colts at home?" Myk Aussie

"Myk three reasons; (1) Peyton Manning 2-5-0 in his career in NFL playoffs, 
(2) What are the chances of Denver losing two years in a row at Indianapolis and, (3) Does anybody think that Tony Dungy, who is a good guy, is a better Coach than two time Super Bowl winner Mike Shanahan? Broncos by at least a TD" Moose out! 

Fri, Dec 31 04 "My NFL week 17 picks! Moose's NFL week 17 picks! His as always NFL HARDBAll and informative report from week 16! Champ Reggie White RIP!"

Who will be rested and who won't be in the final round of NFL is all the talk this week on SportsRage with Gabriel Morency. If the Broncos who are my #1 team win and Peyton Manning doesn't play I'll still be very hapy that we made the playoffs and then anything can happen.

My week 17 tips - Lions over Tits. Ravens over Fish. Packers over Bears. Jets over Rams. Texans over Browns. Vikings I damned well hope so over Redskins. Bills over Steelers as Big Ben the star Steelers QB will be rested it seems. Panthers over Saints. Pats who I still like for the Super Bowl over 49ers. Eagles over Bengals but will Donovan McNabb play. Falcons over Seahawks but if Falcons Champ QB Michael Vick doesn't play the Seahawks should win Bucs over Cardinals. Chargers over Chiefs but the Chargers may rest players as well. Broncos over Colts. Jags over Raiders. Cowboys over Giants." Myk Aussie

Moose's Week seventeen Picks:
Tennessee OVER Detroit
Miami OVER Baltimore
Green Bay OVER Chicago
New York Jets OVER Saint Louis
Houston OVER Cleveland
Minnesota OVER Washington
Pittsburgh OVER Buffalo
Carolina OVER New Orlean
New England OVER San Francisco
Cincinnati OVER Philadelphia
Seattle OVER Atlanta
Tampa Bay OVER Arizona
Kansas City OVER San Diego
Denver OVER Indianapolis [they probably won't play P.Manning]
Jacksonville OVER Oakland
Dallas OVER New York Giants

*End of regular season after this weekend*

NFL Week 16 Notes - Coaches that probably will be let go soon. New Orlean - Jim Haslett, who is a good Coach though. Why, Jim, why did you go with Aaron Brooks over Jake Delhomme and Todd Bouman, both of whom have been to NFL E Bowls?! They've both played better than Mike Vick's

second cousin Brooks, when given the chance! Dumb move that'll mess up your resume! I predict that as far as NFL re- cycling goes, he'll get another H.Coaching job someday. Mike Martz (I'm gonna enjoy that one! And the New York Giants can take idiot Tom Coughlin with him!). His Rams have been so undercoached since that Super Bowl XXXVI loss three yrs. ago, I'm surprised he's survived this long! A very good Offencive Coordinator, but no H. Coach! Terry Robiski(how'd he get a Polish name!?), Cleveland, Mr. No Imagination. Also a strong candidate for worst Offencive Coordiantor of alltime. Let's see, before he was injured for the year, Jeff Garcia not rolling out, Then he benches Kelly (Barcelona) Holcomb THE GAME AFTER HE THROWS FOR 5 TDS, AN ALLTIME BROWNS LOSS! Luke McCown now 0-4 as an overmatched starter.

Coach of the Year: Frankly, the way the Giants started out the season, I sincerely thought it would be Tom Coughlin. But he got stupid and started the worst QB in the history of Pro Football Eli Manning. Manning now 0-7 as a starter and leading the League with a whopping 23 turnovers. Like I said, any Coach that screws with Kurt Warner gets burned. It's written in the stars, I guess...My choice for Coach of the Year - San Diego's Marty Schottenheimer. I never thought I'd hear myself say/write that! Once again, Marty Schottenheimer, San Diego, Coach of the Year (gets easier to take the more I say it).

Coaches that really should hang it up; Washington's Joe Gibbs, and Dallas Bill Parcells. Guys, you're already Hall-of-Famers. Let some younger men get a chance. Washington and Dallas will be the pits for years....

Dumbest Coaching move of the year - Miami, who is on a roll with ex-Ar.FL player/Ast. Coach Jim Bates, now 3-2 since replacing Dave Wannstedt and inconsistent QB Jay Fielder with more mobile A.J. Feeley, who has six TDs and 2 INTs. in the last three weeks, blowing big bucks on LSU nobody Nick Saban, who will be a huge flop, I predict. Just because he's Lou's boy....I-YI-YI-I-YI.

Game Balls - Week sixteen -   1)  Peyton Manning (this REALLY is scary. He's gotten more game balls from me this year [one more] , than any other player!), QB, Indianapolis, for breaking Doug Flutie and Dan Marino's outdoor Pro Football record of 48 TD passes in a season. Of course they'll go nowhere in the playoffs again, but.....

2) Antonio Gates, TE, San Diego, my pick for M.V.P this year, so far (along with two others, who I will divulge next week, er, ah, year). Gates tied Ottawa's Tony Gabriel's 13 TDs in a Pro Football season [1976] by a TE, with one game left. I predict he WILL break the mark with a 14th TDs this weekend. Basketball player indeed.

3)  Seattle RB, Shaun Alexander.

4)  Carolina QB Jake Delhomme, 4 TDs in a must win.

5)  Mushin Muhammad, Carolina, WR. Is it any wonder why this guy is the Cajan Snake's favorite target? Meet the new Jerry Rice.

Honourable Mention: Kansas City ST'r's Dante Hall and Vinnie Sapp for saving the Chiefs win over Oakland on Christmas Day. Now, on a sadder note; Reggie White's death:

Condolences to all especially the Reggie White family. White will be the first ex-Carolina Panther to make the Hall-of Fame in Canton, Ohio, probably on the first ballot in '06. White, 43, died of respiratory failure at home in North Carolina early Sunday morning, FOX & other Sports outlets reported last weekend.

Officially White is Pro Football alltime QB-sack leader, with 230.5 Pro sacks (198.5 in the NFL and 32 more in the United States Football League with Memphis, in 1984-'85. White's autobiography, which was released in 1995, is a good sports book.

The NFL's alltime QB-sack leader, 'officially' is ex-Norfolk Nighthawk co-owner, Bruce Smith, who played one more Pro season than did White and amassed 200 NFL sacks. But as everybody who has covered Pro Football knows, since sacks were only a recorded Pro stat in the CFL since 1972 and the NFL since 1982, really Deacon Jones (ex-Washington, San Diego and L.A. Ram DE), who coined the term, is the 'unofficial' QB-sack leader. Jones averaged AT Least 23 PER SEASON in his 10-year Pro career, before they were an official stat.

White played 17 seasons, 15 in the NFL & the first two in the long defunct USFL. He played two seasons for Memphis, eight for Philadelphia, six for Green Bay before retiring for one season then his last year, 1999 for Carolina. Reggie was an ordained (non-futurist) Baptist minister who took a very Pro-biblical and hard stance v. abortion, pornography and homosexuality. He was a frequent target of both the political left and right. He stumped for several third party political candidates, even in the Presidential races. Ha also backed biblically-correct Alan Keyes in several Political races. God bless Reggie for 'doing the right thing for America, there. He was the best DE EVER to play Pro Football, in any League. His 'official' sack record (Deacon Jones 'unofficial' one, notwithstanding) will last probably as long as Tim Chang's NCAA passing stats. R.I.P." Moose

Thurs Dec 30, 04 "Happy New Year! NFL Players of week 16 direct from    NFL Media!" Myk Aussie

Direct from NFL Media

AFC PLAYERS OF WEEK 16 - COLTS QB PEYTON MANNING, BRONCOS LB D.J. WILLIAMS & CHIEFS KR-PR DANTE HALL. 

Quarterback PEYTON MANNING of the Indianapolis Colts, rookie linebacker D.J. WILLIAMS of the Denver Broncos and kick returner-punt returner DANTE HALL of the Kansas City Chiefs are the AFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played the 16th week of the 2004 season (December 24-27), the NFL announced today.

OFFENSE: QB PEYTON MANNING, INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

Indianapolis’ Manning surpassed DAN MARINO (48, 1983) for the most touchdown passes in a season with 49 and led his team to a come-from-behind 34-31 overtime win against San Diego to solidify the No. 3 seed in the AFC playoffs.  Manning completed 27 of 44 passes (61.4 percent) for 383 yards with two touchdowns against one interception.  The Colts trailed by eight points with 3:42 left in regulation when Manning and the NFL’s No. 1-ranked offense took possession on its own 20-yard line.  On the game-tying drive, the seven-year pro completed six of eight passes for 85 yards, including a 19-yard strike on fourth-and-four from the Indianapolis 26-yard line, which culminated in his record-breaking 49th TD pass of the season – a 21-yard completion to BRANDON STOKLEY.  Indianapolis was successful on its two-point conversion try and won the game on a 30-yard field goal two minutes into the extra session.

This is the fourth Player of the Week Award for Manning this season (Weeks 3, 10, 12) and the eleventh of his career.  Manning is one of eight offensive players to earn at least 11 Player of the Week Awards since the honor’s inception in 1984.

DEFENSE: LB D.J. WILLIAMS, DENVER BRONCOS

Williams, Denver’s starting rookie inside linebacker (first-round, Miami) led his team with 10 tackles and an interception in a 37-16 win at Tennessee on Christmas night.  The victory enables the Broncos to control their own playoff destiny this Sunday against Manning and the Colts at INVESCO Field at Mile High.  Williams was the center of a defense that limited the Titans to 1-of-11 (9.1 percent) on third-down conversion tries and a 20:36 time of possession mark.  Williams leads the club with 109 tackles and aims to become the first Bronco rookie to lead the team in that category for a season since rookie linebacker TOM GRAHAM tied LYLE ALZADO (91) for the team-high mark in 1972.  Former Bronco Graham, incidentally, is the father of New England tight end DANIEL GRAHAM.

This is the first Player of the Week Award for Williams and the first on the season for an AFC defensive rookie.

 SPECIAL TEAMS: KR-PR DANTE HALL, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

For the second-consecutive week, Kansas City’s Hall earns the AFC Special Teams honor with a performance that gave his team an opportunity to win on Christmas Day, defeating division-rival Oakland 31-30.  Hall returned six kickoffs for 175 yards and a 29.2 average.  Hall’s final return of the day – with 1:07 remaining in regulation – went for 49 yards to the Oakland 36-yard line with the Chiefs trailing by two points.  The return set the Chiefs up with favorable field position and led to a game-winning field goal with 26 seconds to play.  This marks the second straight season that the former NFL Europe Scottish Claymore veteran (2001) has won back-to-back honors after earning AFC Special Teams Player of the Week four straight times in 2003. In his fifth year from Texas A&M, this is Hall’s seventh Player of the Week Award – the most special teams honors by any Chiefs player in history.

NFC PLAYERS OF WEEK 16 - SEAHAWKS RB SHAUN ALEXANDER, RAMS DE BRYCE FISHER & SAINTS KR/PR MICHAEL LEWIS

Running back SHAUN ALEXANDER of the Seattle Seahawks, defensive end BRYCE FISHER of the St. Louis Rams and return specialist MICHAEL LEWIS of the New Orleans Saints are the NFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played the 16th week of the 2004 season (December 24-27), the NFL announced today.

OFFENSE: RB SHAUN ALEXANDER, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

·        Alexander led the Seahawks to a 24-21 win over the Arizona Cardinals at Qwest Field, helping Seattle clinch a playoff berth for the second consecutive season.  He carried 30 times for 154 yards in the victory, including touchdown runs of 1, 17 and 23 yards.  After his second-quarter one-yard touchdown sparked the Seahawks to a 10-7 halftime advantage, the Florence, KY native really heated up in the second half, rushing for 102 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead the team to the playoffs.  Alexander tops the NFL with 1,616 yards rushing and 19 touchdowns.  His five 150-yard rushing games are the most in the league.  With his 154 yards on Sunday, he surpassed CHRIS WARREN for the franchise single-season rushing record.  Warren rushed for 1,545 yards in 1994.

In his fifth season from Alabama, this is Alexander’s fourth Player of the Week Award.

DEFENSE: DE BRYCE FISHER, ST. LOUIS RAMS

·        Fisher played a pivotal role for the Rams in a 20-7 victory over the NFC East champion Philadelphia Eagles on ABC’s NFL Monday Night Football.  Fisher totaled seven tackles, 1.0 sack and one forced fumble, helping create a key turnover that enabled the Rams to seal the win and hand Philadelphia its first NFC loss of the season.  With the Rams leading 17-7 in the fourth quarter and having just lost a fumble two plays earlier, Fisher responded.  His sack forced a fumble, which was ultimately recovered by linebacker PISA TINOISAMOA and set up St. Louis at the Eagles’ 31-yard line.  Eight plays later, kicker JEFF WILKINS’ 29-yard field goal gave the Rams a 13-point advantage that would prove insurmountable.  The win keeps St. Louis’ hopes alive for a fifth trip to the playoffs in the last six years.

In his fourth season from Air Force, this is Fisher’s first Player of the Week Award. 

SPECIAL TEAMS: KR/PR MICHAEL LEWIS, NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

·     Lewis had another standout performance on special teams for New Orleans, playing an important role in a 26-13 win over the Atlanta Falcons.  The victory keeps the Saints alive for their first playoff berth since 2000.  Lewis returned three kickoffs for 122 yards, including a 96-yard third quarter touchdown which gave the Saints a 13-point lead.  The kickoff return touchdown was the third of his career and first for the NFL Europe League veteran (Rhein Fire, 2001) since 2002.  Lewis returned five punts in the game, with a long return of 25 yards, giving him 118 for his career, passing TYRONE HUGHES (116) for the most in franchise history.  The New Orleans native helped the Saints score first, downing a first-quarter punt at the one-yard line which set up a safety three plays later for a 2-0 New Orleans advantage. In his fourth season, this is Lewis’ second Player of the Week Award.

 It   It is so cool to be the only Aussie that has regularly reported on the NFL for the past 5 years. Yep that's me, I have had NFL media passes at Super Bowl's, Pro Bowl's and other NFL games. Thus I am allowed into the NFL Media section and allowed to post their great reports on here. Much more coming over the coming weeks." Myk Aussie

Tues Dec 28 04 "NFL week 16 scores"

Week sixteen scores:

Pittsburgh 20, Baltimore 7
Houston 21, Jacksonville 0
Buffalo 41, San Francisco 7
New Orleans 26, Atlanta 13
Cincinnati 23, New York Giants 22
New England 23, New York Jets 7
Seattle 24, Arizona 21, O.T.
Carolina 37, Tampa Bay 20
Detroit 19, Chicago 13
Miami 10, Cleveland 7
Saint Louis 20, Philadelphia 7
Dallas 13, Washington 10

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