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The NFL named its Week 13 NFC Players of the Week
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The NFL honored a trio of players on Wednesday as they named the Week 13 NFC Player of the Week award recipients.
Packers quarterback Jordan Love earned the NFC Offensive Player of the Week award after leading the Green Bay Packers to a crucial 31-24 Thanksgiving Day win over the Detroit Lions to secure second-place in the NFC North. Love went 18-of-30 passing for 234 yards, four touchdowns, and zero interceptions in the victory over the Lions. With his effort, Love was the only NFC quarterback to record four touchdown passes and no interceptions in Week 13.
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This is the fourth time Love has earned an Offensive Player of the Week award in his career, and the second time this season after receiving the honor in Week 8. Love is the third Packers quarterback to win the award four times, joining Aaron Rodgers (14-time winner) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre (12). He is also the only Utah State alum to win the award four times.
Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week for his role in Seattle 's 26-0 shutout win over Minnesota . Jones tallied 12 tackles and two interceptions, including one that was returned 85 yards for a touchdown. He became just the third player since 2000 to record at least 12 tackles, two interceptions, and return an interception for a touchdown in a single game, and in doing so earned his first-career Defensive Player of the Week Award.
The honors were capped off by Buccaneers punter Riley Dixon , who was named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for helping control the field advantage in Tampa Bay's 20-17 win against the Cardinals . Dixon punted five times and recorded three inside the 20-yard line, with two inside the 10-yard line, in the victory. Dixon was the only NFC punter in Week 13 with two punts inside the 10 and ranked second with a 46.8 net yards per punt average among punters with at least five punts, and he earned his first-career Special Teams Player of the Week award for his efforts.
This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: The NFL names its players of the week for Week 13
