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Football

Statement Made

Standout Performers

Henry Anderson • DE • New York Jets • Fifth season • @HenryAnderson91

Anderson recorded a season-high four pressures, including three quarterback hits, in the New York Jets' 22-21 win against Miami on Sunday. Starting and appearing on 60 percent of defensive snaps, Anderson finished with two tackles.

Zach Ertz • TE • Philadelphia Eagles • Seventh season • @ZErtz_86

Ertz took over late in Philadelphia's 23-17 win against the New York Giants on Monday Night Football, scoring the tying and go-ahead touchdowns en route to victory. Appearing on 89 percent of offensive snaps, Ertz hauled in nine of 13 targets for 91 yards and two scores. Ertz, who set an NFL record for tight ends with 116 receptions in 2018, leads tight ends with 79 reception sin 2019.

Blake Martinez • ILB • Green Bay Packers • Fourth season • @Big__Blake50

Martinez made 10 tackles with one pass defensed in Green Bay's 20-15 win against Washington on Sunday. Martinez's 128 tackles ranks only behind Bobby Wagner (129) for the most in the NFL.

Christian McCaffrey • RB • Carolina Panthers • Third season • @run__cmc

McCaffrey carried 11 times for 53 yards to go with 11 catches for 82 yards in Carolina's 40-20 loss at Atlanta. Appearing in all but one of the Panthers' 70 offensive snaps, McCaffrey already has the eighth-most receptions in franchise history. McCaffrey leads the NFL with 1,946 yards from scrimmage, joining Eric Dickerson, Ezekiel Elliott, Edgerrin James and LaDainian Tomlinson as the only players in NFL history to surpass 1,900 scrimmage yards in two of his first three seasons.

Ty Montgomery • RB • New York Jets • Fifth season • @TyMontgomery2

Montgomery carried nine times for 31 yards and caught all three targets for 30 yards in the New York Jets' 22-21 win against Miami. With Le'veon Bell injured, Montgomery appeared on a season-high 23 offensive snaps and 17 special teams snaps, also returning four kickoffs for 90 yards. 

Trent Murphy • DE/OLB • Buffalo Bills • Sixth season • @TMurphy_93

Murphy tied a season high with four pressures, including two hurries and two quarterback hits, in Buffalo's 24-17 loss against Baltimore on Sunday. The edge rusher appeared on 63 percent of defensive snaps and six special teams snaps.

Richard Sherman • CB • San Francisco 49ers • Ninth season • @R_Sherman25

In what many consider the best regular-season game of 2019, Sherman led San Francisco's defense with seven tackles, all solo and including one for loss, to go with one pass defensed on 88 percent of defensive snaps in a 48-46 win at New Orleans. In coverage, Sherman was targeted five times, allowing four catches for 33 yards, including just six after the catch. It was just the third time this season a quarterback has thrown Sherman's direction at least five times.

Quick Hitters

  • J.J. Arcega-Whiteside caught two of three targets for 29 yards on 90 percent of snaps in Philadelphia's 23-17 win against the New York Giants on Monday night. One of his catches went for a 22-yard gain on third down in the fourth quarter, setting up former Cardinal Zach Ertz's game-tying touchdown to force overtime.
  • Johnson Bademosi appeared on 26 special teams snaps in New Orleans' 48-46 loss against San Francisco.
  • Jake Bailey punted four times for 165 yards, a 41.3 average and a 36.3 net average in New England's 23-16 loss against Kansas City.
  • David DeCastro started and played all 60 offensive snaps in Pittsburgh's 23-17 win at Arizona.
  • Cameron Fleming played one offensive snap and five special teams snaps in Dallas' 31-24 loss at Chicago on Thursday night.
  • Nate Herbig was inactive for Philadelphia's 23-17 win against the New York Giants on Monday night.
  • Making his first appearance since Week 10, Austin Hooper hauled in two of six targets for 32 yards in Atlanta's 40-20 win against Carolina while appearing on 65 percent of offensive snaps.
  • Peter Kalambayi appeared on one defensive snap and 17 special teams snaps in Houston's 38-24 loss against Denver on Sunday.
  • Josh Mauro made two tackles on 21 defensive snaps and seven special teams snaps in Oakland's 42-21 loss against Tennessee.
  • Bobby Okereke started and made two tackles to go with one quarterback hurry on 27 defensive snaps in Indianapolis' 38-35 loss at Tampa Bay on Sunday.
  • Andrus Peat was inactive for New Orleans' 48-46 loss against San Francisco while he recovers from an ankle injury that was sustained in Week 10.
  • Justin Reid recorded six tackles and one quarterback hit on 95 percent of defensive snaps in Houston's 38-24 loss against Denver on Sunday.
  • Jordan Richards made two special teams tackles on a game-high 27 special teams snaps during Baltimore's 24-17 win at Buffalo on Sunday.
  • Starting and appearing on 63 percent of defensive snaps in Houston's 38-24 loss against Denver, Brennan Scarlett finished with three solo tackles.
  • Dalton Schultz appeared on three offensive snaps and 10 special teams snaps in Dallas' 31-24 loss at Chicago on Thursday night.
  • Kaden Smith started, caught two of five targets for nine yards and appeared on 96 percent of offensive snaps in the New York Giants' 23-17 loss at Philadelphia on Monday night.
  • Michael Thomas made three tackles on 28 defensive snaps and a game-high 30 special teams snaps in the New York Giants' 23-17 loss at Philadelphia on Monday night.
  • Solomon Thomas appeared on 33 defensive snaps and seven special teams snaps in San Francisco's epic 48-46 win at New Orleans on Sunday.
  • Levine Toilolo was inactive for San Francisco's 48-46 win at New Orleans.