BENGALS QB JOE BURROW, RAIDERS DE CHANDLER JONES &
BROWNS WR DONOVAN PEOPLES-JONES NAMED AFC PLAYERS OF WEEK 13
Quarterback JOE BURROW of the Cincinnati Bengals, defensive end CHANDLER JONES of the Las Vegas Raiders and wide receiver DONOVAN PEOPLES-JONES of the Cleveland Browns are the AFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played in Week 13 (December 1, 4-5).
OFFENSE: QB JOE BURROW, CINCINNATI BENGALS
- Burrow completed 25 of 31 pass attempts (80.6 percent) for 286 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions for a 126.6 rating and rushed for 46 rushing yards with a touchdown in Cincinnati’s 27-24 victory over Kansas City. He went 9 for 11 in the fourth quarter, including the go-ahead touchdown pass with 8:54 remaining.
- This is the fourth-career Offensive Player of the Week award for Burrow and second this season:
- 2021: Weeks 4, 16
- 2022: Week 7, 13
- Burrow joins Boomer Esiason (nine-time winner) as the only Bengals quarterbacks to win Player of the Week at least four times.
- He becomes the second former LSU Tigers ever to win at least four Player of the Week awards, joining cornerback Patrick Peterson (five-time winner).
DEFENSE: DE CHANDLER JONES, LAS VEGAS RAIDERS
- Jones recorded six tackles, three sacks, two tackles for loss and a pass defensed in the Raiders’ 27-20 victory over the Chargers. He was the only player in the AFC with three sacks in Week 13.
- This is the seventh-career Defensive Player of the Week award for Jones and first as a Raider:
- 2014: Week 2 (with New England)
- 2018: Week 5 (with Arizona)
- 2019: Weeks 7, 16 (with Arizona)
- 2021: Weeks 1, 11 (with Arizona)
- 2022: Week 13 (with Las Vegas)
- Jones’ seven Defensive Player of the Week awards are the second-most since 2014, trailing only Aaron Donald (eight).
SPECIAL TEAMS: WR DONOVAN PEOPLES-JONES, CLEVELAND BROWNS
- Peoples-Jones recorded a 76-yard punt-return touchdown in Cleveland’s 27-14 win over Houston. It marked the second punt-return touchdown in the NFL this season and was the first by a Browns player since 2015.
- This marks the first-career Special Teams Player of the Week award for Peoples-Jones and is the second Browns player to win the award this season (kicker Cade York, Week 1).
- He becomes the first former Michigan Wolverine to earn the honor since kicker Jay Feely (Week 15, 2013).
2022 AFC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
| Offense | Defense | Special Teams | |
| Wk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6 | QB Patrick Mahomes, Kansas CityQB Tua Tagovailoa, MiamiQB Trevor Lawrence, JacksonvilleQB Patrick Mahomes, Kansas CityQB Josh Allen, BuffaloQB Josh Allen, Buffalo | S Minkah Fitzpatrick, PittsburghCB Jaylen Watson, Kansas CityDE Trey Hendrickson, CincinnatiS Jordan Poyer, BuffaloLB Matthew Judon, New EnglandDL Quinnen Williams, N.Y. Jets | K Cade York, ClevelandP Braden Mann, N.Y. JetsP Corliss Waitman, DenverK Evan McPherson, CincinnatiK Chase McLaughlin, IndianapolisK Dustin Hopkins, L.A. Chargers |
| Wk 7 | QB Joe Burrow, Cincinnati | CB Sauce Gardner, N.Y. Jets | K Randy Bullock, Tennessee |
| Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10 | RB Derrick Henry, TennesseeRB Joe Mixon, CincinnatiRB Jonathan Taylor, Indianapolis | DE Dre’Mont Jones, DenverLB Justin Houston, BaltimoreLB Alex Highsmith, Pittsburgh | K Nick Folk, New EnglandK Cameron Dicker, L.A. ChargersP Ryan Stonehouse, Tennessee |
| Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13 | TE Travis Kelce, Kansas CityRB Josh Jacobs, Las VegasQB Joe Burrow, Cincinnati | LB Matt Milano, BuffaloDT Ed Oliver, BuffaloDE Chandler Jones, Las Vegas | DB Marcus Jones, New EnglandP JK Scott, L.A. ChargersWR Donovan Peoples-Jones, Cleveland |
