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BILLS QB DREW BLEDSOE, PATRIOTS QB TOM BRADY

 & REDSKINS QB PATRICK RAMSEY; PANTHERS RB STEPHEN DAVIS, PACKERS RB AHMAN GREEN & RAVENS RB JAMAL LEWIS

CANDIDATES FOR

FEDEX AIR & GROUND NFL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK HONORS

Fans To Vote For Winners On NFL.com

Quarterbacks DREW BLEDSOE of the Buffalo Bills, TOM BRADY of the New England Patriots and PATRICK RAMSEY of the Washington Redskins are the finalists for FedEx Express NFL Player of the Week honors for games played on September, 14-15, while running backs STEPHEN DAVIS of the Carolina Panthers, AHMAN GREEN of the Green Bay Packers and JAMAL LEWIS of the Baltimore Ravens are the finalists for FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week honors, the NFL announced today.

Fans can vote for one player in each category on NFL.com from Tuesday morning through noon on Thursday to determine the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week.  The FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week will be announced Thursday on NFL.com and Friday in USA Today.

A closer look at the FedEx Express NFL Player of the Week finalists:

  • Buffalo’s Drew Bledsoe passed for 314 yards and two touchdowns in the Bills’ 38-17 win over Jacksonville.  Bledsoe completed 19 of 25 attempts and recorded a 144.2 passer rating.
     
  • New England’s Tom Brady completed 30 of 44 pass attempts for 255 yards and three touchdowns for a passer rating of 105.8 in the Patriots’ 31-10 win over Philadelphia. 
     
  • Washington’s Patrick Ramsey completed 25 of 39 pass attempts for 356 yards and two touchdowns for a passer rating of 110.6 in the Redskins’ 33-31 come-from-behind win over Atlanta. 

A closer look at the FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week finalists:

  • Carolina’s Stephen Davis rushed for 142 yards, against one of the stingiest defenses, on 33 carries in the Panthers’ 12-9 win over Tampa Bay. 
     
  • Green Bay’s Ahman Green rushed for 160 yards and a touchdown on 23 rushes - averaging close to 7.0 yards per carry - in the Packers’ 31-6 win over Detroit. 
     
  • Baltimore’s Jamal Lewis rushed for an NFL single-game record 295 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries in the Ravens’ 33-13 win over Cleveland.  Lewis’ scores were on runs of 82 and 63 yards.

FedEx, the premier global provider of transportation, e-commerce and supply-chain management services, is the Official Delivery Service Sponsor of the NFL, Super Bowl and Pro Bowl.  Through the weekly FedEx Air and Ground Awards, FedEx recognizes those NFL players who represent the same speed, precision and teamwork that their customers have come to expect from the full range of FedEx air, ground, freight and international shipping services.