PANTHERS RB D’ONTA FOREMAN, 49ERS DL NICK BOSA &
VIKINGS K GREG JOSEPH NAMED NFC PLAYERS OF WEEK 16
Running back D’ONTA FOREMAN of the Carolina Panthers, defensive lineman NICK BOSA of the San Francisco 49ers and kicker GREG JOSEPH of the Minnesota Vikings are the NFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played in Week 16 (December 22, 24-26).
OFFENSE: RB D’ONTA FOREMAN, CAROLINA PANTHERS
- Foreman rushed for a career-high 165 yards on 21 attempts (7.9 average) with a touchdown in the Panthers’ 37-23 win over Detroit. It marked the most rushing yards of any player in Week 16.
- This is the first-career Offensive Player of the Week award for Foreman and he is the first Carolina running back to earn the honor since Jonathan Stewart (Week 14, 2017).
- Foreman is the fifth former Texas Longhorn running back to win an Offensive Player of the Week award.
DEFENSE: DL NICK BOSA, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
- Bosa registered seven tackles, two sacks and a forced fumble in the 49ers’ 37-20 win over Washington in Week 16. He also recorded a sack on a two-point conversion attempt in the fourth quarter.
- Bosa leads the NFL with a career-high 17.5 sacks and has 12 games with at least one sack this season, tied for the fourth-most such games in a season since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic. Only DEMARCUS WARE (14 games in 2008), JUSTIN HOUSTON (13 in 2014) and CHANDLER JONES (13 in 2017) have more.
- This is Bosa’s fourth-career Defensive Player of the Week award, the most ever by a 49ers defensive lineman, and second this season:
- 2019: Weeks 5, 8
- 2022: Weeks 13, 16
SPECIAL TEAMS: K GREG JOSEPH, MINNESOTA VIKINGS
- Joseph converted all five of his kicks (two field goals and three point after attempts), including the game-winning 61-yard field goal as time expired in the Vikings’ 27-24 win over the New York Giants.
- Joseph’s 61-yard game-winning field goal tied JAKE ELLIOTT (61 yards on September 24, 2017) for the fourth-longest game-winning field goal with no time remaining in the fourth quarter or in overtime. Only JUSTIN TUCKER (66 yards on September 26, 2021), TOM DEMPSEY (63 yards on November 8, 1970) and MATT BRYANT (62 yards on October 22, 2006) had longer game-winners.
- This is Joseph’s second-career Special Teams Player of the Week award, having previously earned the honor in Week 4 earlier this season.
- Joseph is the fourth Vikings kicker to win Special Teams Player of the Week multiple times in the same season, joining Gary Anderson (1998), Dan Bailey (2019) and Blair Walsh (2012).
2022 NFC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
| Offense | Defense | Special Teams | |
| Wk 1 | RB Saquon Barkley, N.Y. Giants | LB Uchenna Nwosu, Seattle | CB Zech McPhearson, Philadelphia |
| Wk 2 | WR Amon-Ra St. Brown, Detroit | CB Darius Slay, Philadelphia | K Graham Gano, N.Y. Giants |
| Wk 3 | RB Cordarrelle Patterson, Atlanta | DE Brandon Graham, Philadelphia | P Pat O’Donnell, Green Bay |
| Wk 4 | QB Geno Smith, Seattle | LB Haason Reddick, Philadelphia | K Greg Joseph, Minnesota |
| Wk 5 | TE Taysom Hill, New Orleans | LB Micah Parsons, Dallas | K Cameron Dicker, Philadelphia |
| Wk 6 | QB Marcus Mariota, Atlanta | CB Tariq Woolen, Seattle | P Ryan Wright, Minnesota |
| Wk 7 | QB Daniel Jones, N.Y. Giants | CB Marco Wilson, Arizona | K Cairo Santos, Chicago |
| Wk 8 | RB Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco | LB Za’Darius Smith, Minnesota | TE Will Dissly, Seattle |
| Wk 9 | QB Justin Fields, Chicago | S Kerby Joseph, Detroit | P Jake Camarda, Tampa Bay |
| Wk 10 | WR Justin Jefferson, Minnesota | LB Devin White, Tampa Bay | K Joey Slye, Washington |
| Wk 11 | RB Tony Pollard, Dallas | DL Aidan Hutchinson, Detroit | RB Cordarrelle Patterson, Atlanta |
| Wk 12 | QB Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia | DE Brian Burns, Carolina | RB Kene Nwangwu, Minnesota |
| Wk 13 | QB Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia | DL Nick Bosa, San Francisco | K Michael Badgley, Detroit |
| Wk 14 | QB Baker Mayfield, L.A. Rams | DE Brandon Graham, Philadelphia | K Eddy Pineiro, Carolina |
| Wk 15 | QB Kirk Cousins, Minnesota | LB Kayvon Thibodeaux, N.Y. Giants | WR Kalif Raymond, Detroit |
| Wk 16 | RB D’Onta Foreman, Carolina | DL Nick Bosa, San Francisco | K Greg Joseph, Minnesota |
