| NEW YORK — Dec. 11, 2024 — Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase, Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Zach Sieler and Kansas City Chiefs kicker Matthew Wright are the AFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for Week 14 (December 5, 8-9).
OFFENSE: WR JA’MARR CHASE, CINCINNATI BENGALS
- Chase registered 14 catches for 177 yards and two touchdowns in Cincinnati’s 27-20 win at Dallas on Monday Night Football. It marked his sixth-career game with at least 175 receiving yards, tied for the second-most by a player in his first four seasons in NFL history.
- This is the fourth-career Offensive Player of the Week award for Chase, becoming the fourth Bengals player with four-or-more Offensive Player of the Week awards, joining Boomer Esiason (nine-time winner), Joe Burrow (six) and James Brooks (four).
- 2021: Weeks 7, 17
- 2023: Week 5
- 2024: Week 14
- Chase becomes the fifth wide receiver to win Offensive Player of the Week four times since 2000, joining Amari Cooper (four-time winner), Larry Fitzgerald (four), Pro Football Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson (four) and Julio Jones (four).
DEFENSE: DT ZACH SIELER, MIAMI DOLPHINS
- Sieler recorded four tackles and two sacks in the Dolphins’ 32-26 overtime win over the Jets. Both of his sacks came in the fourth quarter, the most by any AFC player in Week 14.
- This is Sieler’s first-career Defensive Player of the Week award. Sieler is the sixth Dolphins defensive lineman to win Defensive Player of the Week, joining Adewale Ogunleye (two-time winner), Randy Starks, Pro Football Hall of Famer Jason Taylor (seven), Olivier Vernon (two) and Cameron Wake (three).
- Sieler becomes the second former Ferris State player to win Player of the Week, joining Tavierre Thomas (Week 16, 2021 – Defense).
SPECIAL TEAMS: K MATTHEW WRIGHT, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
- Wright converted all four of this field goal attempts, including the game-winning 31-yard field goal with no time remaining in the Chiefs’ 19-17 win over the Chargers on Sunday Night Football.
- This is the second-career Special Teams Player of the Week award for Wright, becoming the second Chiefs kicker to win Special Teams Player of the Week in the past 10 seasons (2015-24), joining Harrison Butker (five-time winner).
- 2021: Week 6 (Jaguars)
- 2024: Week 14 (Chiefs)
- Wright becomes the second former UCF kicker to win multiple Special Teams Player of the Week awards, joining Matt Prater (15-time winner).
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