The National Football League today announced that Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Josh Freeman was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 17. Freeman earned Offensive Player of the Week honors after leading the Buccaneers to a 23-13 win over the defending Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints. He finished the game 21-of-26 passing for 255 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions, for a 133.2 quarterback rating, while completing passes to 10 different receivers. With the touchdown passes, Freeman extended his consecutive games with a touchdown pass streak to 13 games (10/10/10-1/2/11), the most consecutive games in team history. He has also now thrown 109 consecutive passes without an interception. At 22 years old, Freeman, who led the team to a 10-6 season, is just the second Buccaneer player ever to win the NFC Offensive Player of the Week Award twice in the same season (QB Brad Johnson in 2002). This season, he is also one of only four players to win multiple Offensive Player of the Week Awards (also, Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Michael Vick). This marks the 17th time overall and the second time this season that a Buccaneer has been named NFC Offensive Player of the Week.
QB FREEMAN NAMED NFC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
TBB: Wednesday, January 5, 2011TB
