Burrow and Foreman named NFL Offensive Players of the Week while Bosa and Heyward get defensive nods

Joe Burrow was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season after an impressive performance against the Patriots, while D’Onta Foreman won the award for the first time on the NFC side.

Burrow passed for 375 yards and three touchdowns as the Bengals beat the Patriots 22-18 in New England on Saturday.

The Cincinnati quarterback completed a career-high 40 (of 52) pass attempts after previously winning the award for Weeks 7 and 13 of this season.

Joe Burrow won his third Player of the Week award of the season after beating the Patriots

D’Onta Foreman first won the award after a day of racing against the Lions

In Charlotte, Foreman rushed for a career-high 165 yards as the Panthers beat the Lions 37-23.

Foreman also scored a touchdown as Carolina put a big damper on the Lions’ playoff hopes.

None of the defensive winners were rookies for this award.

49ers defensive end Nick Bosa won the award for the fourth time (and second this season) after recording two sacks and a forced fumble as San Francisco beat Washington to win its eighth straight game.

Nick Bosa leads the league in sacks and had two more against the Commanders last weekend

Cam Heyward won the award for the first time since 2017 with two sacks against Las Vegas

Bosa also had seven tackles in the contest.

In the AFC, Cam Heyward won his third Defensive Player of the Week award, but first since 2017, recording three tackles for loss, two sacks and one pass defensed as the Steelers beat the Raiders 13-10 in a tight matchup. .

Heyward now has 8.5 sacks on the season, while Bosa leads the league with 17.5.

Kickers Riley Patterson and Greg Joseph were also recognized as Special Teams Players of the Week.

Patterson scored a career-high four field goals as the Jaguars beat the Jets 19-6, while Joseph had 61 yards for the Vikings as time expired to sink the Giants.