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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Matt Hill, NFL, 212-450-2080 Howard Clabo, FedEx, 901-434-7786 TEXANS QB DAVID CARR, VIKINGS QB DAUNTE CULPEPPER, Fans To Vote For Winners On NFL.com Quarterbacks DAVID CARR of the Houston Texans, DAUNTE CULPEPPER of the Minnesota Vikings and TIM RATTAY of the San Francisco 49ers are the finalists for FedEx Express NFL Player of the Week honors for games played on October 10-11, while running backs TIKI BARBER of the New York Giants, CHRIS BROWN of the Tennessee Titans and REUBEN DROUGHNS of the Denver Broncos 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. Fans will be voting for more than their favorite player. The weekly FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week Awards are a win for the local community. Along with the award, FedEx will donate $5,000 every week to the local children’s hospital in each winning market. The children’s hospitals in the two season-long winner’s markets, announced at this year’s Super Bowl, will be awarded $25,000 each. That means that FedEx will deliver nearly $250,000 to local children’s hospitals around the country in recognition of the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week Award winners. A closer look at the FedEx Express NFL Player of the Week finalists: Houston’s David Carr completed 27 of 43 passes for 372 yards and three touchdowns for a passer rating of 113.7 in the Texans’ 34-28 overtime loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Carr rallied Houston from a 28-14 fourth-quarter deficit with touchdown passes of 11 and 22 yards in the final four minutes to send the game to overtime. Minnesota’s Daunte Culpepper threw for 396 yards and five touchdowns, completing 36 of 50 pass attempts for a 128.4 passer rating in the Vikings’ 34-28 overtime win over the Houston Texans. Culpepper threw touchdown passes of one, five, 10 and 50 yards in regulation before tossing a 50-yard game-winner in overtime. San Francisco’s Tim Rattay completed 38 of his 57 pass attempts for 417 yards, two touchdowns and a passer rating of 99.8 in the 49ers’ 31-28 overtime victory over the Arizona Cardinals. Down 28-12 with less than five minutes to play, Rattay threw his two touchdown passes to send the game to overtime, where the 49ers prevailed. A closer look at the FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week finalists: The New York Giants’ Tiki Barber carried 23 times for 122 yards and one touchdown in the Giants’ 26-10 victory over the NFC East-rival Dallas Cowboys. Barber added five receptions for 76 yards. Tennessee’s Chris Brown carried 27 times for 148 yards and two touchdowns in the Titans 48-27 win over the Green Bay Packers. Brown scored touchdowns of 37 and 29 yards on his second and fourth carries of the game. Denver’s Reuben Droughns ran for 193 yards on 30 carries in the Broncos’ 20-17 win over the Carolina Panthers. Droughns added four receptions for 18 yards and a touchdown. 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.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: MATT HILL, NFL, 212-450-2080 DAVE DECECCO, PEPSI-COLA, 914-253-2655 PANTHERS WR KEARY COLBERT, CARDINALS
WR LARRY FITZGERALD, Fans To Vote For Winner On NFL.com Wide receiver KEARY COLBERT of the Carolina Panthers, wide receiver LARRY FITZGERALD of the Arizona Cardinals, running back MEWELDE MOORE of the Minnesota Vikings, quarterback BEN ROETHLISBERGER of the Pittsburgh Steelers and kick returner-punt returner B.J. SAMS of the Baltimore Ravens are the finalists for PEPSI NFL ROOKIE OF THE WEEK honors for games played on October 10-11, the NFL announced today. Fans can vote for one of these five players on NFL.com beginning Tuesday morning and ending on Thursday afternoon to determine the PEPSI NFL ROOKIE OF THE WEEK. The PEPSI NFL ROOKIE OF THE WEEK will be announced Thursday afternoon on NFL.com. After the regular season, five players will be nominated for Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year honors. Fans can vote for the winner on NFL.com throughout the month of January. The winner will be announced at a press conference at Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville. A closer look at the finalists: Carolina’s Keary Colbert caught four passes for 115 yards and one touchdown in the Panthers’ 20-17 loss to the Denver Broncos. Colbert scored on a 26-yard touchdown pass from Jake Delhomme in the second quarter to give the Panthers a 7-6 lead. He ranks second on the team with 11 receptions for 201 yards and two touchdowns. Arizona’s Larry Fitzgerald caught five passes for 94 yards and one touchdown in the Cardinals’ 31-28 overtime loss to the NFC West-rival San Francisco 49ers. Fitzgerald caught his first NFL touchdown pass in the fourth quarter on a 24-yard strike from Josh McCown. He leads the team with 22 catches for 298 yards and one TD. Minnesota’s Mewelde Moore carried 20 times for 92 yards and caught 12 passes for 90 yards in the Vikings’ 34-28 overtime win over the Houston Texans. Moore, making his first career start, gave the Vikings a huge lift at tailback, accounting for 182 yards of total offense. Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger completed 16 of 21 passes for 231 yards and one touchdown in the Steelers’ 34-23 victory over the AFC North-rival Cleveland Browns. Roethlisberger gave Pittsburgh a 14-7 lead on a six-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress in the second. Baltimore’s B.J. Sams returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown in
the Ravens’ 17-10 victory over the Washington Redskins. Sams’ touchdown
return was his second in as many games, and it put the Ravens ahead for
the first time, 14-10 in the third quarter. This is Pepsi’s third year as the official soft drink sponsor of the NFL.
WEEK FIVE NOMINEES NAMED FOR THE Fan Voting Continues Through Noon ET Thursday at NFL.com NEW YORK, OCTOBER 12, 2004 – Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed’s 22-yard forced fumble recovery and return for a touchdown against the Washington Redskins is among the five Week 5 nominees for the "LEVITRAâ (vardenafil HCI) PLAY OF THE WEEK." The award is presented each Thursday during the NFL regular season to recognize the single most exciting play that week as determined by the fans. Voting is open to the fans each week from Tuesday at Noon ET until Thursday at Noon ET, exclusively on NFL.com. Each weekly winner will be a finalist for the "LEVITRAâ PLAY OF THE YEAR," to be awarded at Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Florida. Fans who vote at NFL.com each week can also enter for their chance to win a three-day/two-night trip for two to Jacksonville, Florida to attend Super Bowl XXXIX on February 6, 2005, including round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations. Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu’s 26-yard interception return for touchdown against the Cincinnati Bengals was voted last week’s winner of the "LEVITRAâ PLAY OF THE WEEK" by the fans at NFL.com. For details and video of this week’s nominees, past winners and the results of fan voting, log onto NFL.com. In July 2003, Bayer Pharmaceutical Corporation (Bayer) & GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), co-marketers of LEVITRA (vardenafil HCI), a prescription medicine that is used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED), announced their groundbreaking sponsorship of the NFL.
Week #5 Nominees
On Minnesota’s second possession of overtime against the Houston Texans, Vikings wide receiver Marcus Robinson hauled in a 50-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Daunte Culpepper. Robinson caught the ball in stride and raced untouched into the endzone for the game-winning score to give Minnesota a 34-28 overtime victory. He finished with 150 yards and two touchdowns on nine receptions. Andre Johnson, WR- Houston Texans- Two-yard touchdown reception With just over seven minutes to play in the first half of the Houston Texans’ match up with the Minnesota Vikings, Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson grabbed a David Carr pass for a two-yard touchdown. Johnson jumped high into the air to snatch Carr’s throw and hung on to the ball after a Vikings’ defender upended him. Johnson set career-highs in receptions, yards and touchdowns, catching 12 passes for 170 yards and two touchdowns. Ed Reed, S- Baltimore Ravens- 22-yard fumble return for a touchdown With his team trailing 10-0 in the third quarter, Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed came free on a blitz and stripped Washington Redskins quarterback Mark Brunell of the football. Reed then scooped up the ball before it went out of bounds and raced 22 yards for a touchdown. Reed’s play sparked the Ravens’ second half surge as they went on beat the Redskins 17-10. Shaun McDonald, WR- St. Louis Rams- 52-yard game-winning touchdown reception Less than three minutes into overtime, St. Louis Rams wide receiver Shaun McDonald streaked past a Seattle Seahawks defender and caught a game-winning 52-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Marc Bulger. The Rams scored 17 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to send the game into overtime before McDonald’s game-winner. The Rams’ 33-27 victory over the Seahawks ended Seattle’s 10-game home winning streak. Brandon Lloyd- WR- San Francisco 49ers- 23 yard touchdown reception With 1:07 left in regulation, San Francisco wide receiver Brandon Lloyd made a diving 23-yard touchdown catch in the back of endzone, bringing the 49ers within two points of the Arizona Cardinals. Lloyd also caught the ensuing two-point conversion to send the game into overtime, where Todd Peterson kicked a 32-yard field goal to give the 49ers their first win of the season, 31-28. About LEVITRA LEVITRA is a prescription medicine that is used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED). Men taking nitrate drugs, often used to control chest pain (also known as angina), should not take LEVITRA. Men who use alpha blockers, sometimes prescribed for high blood pressure or prostate problems, also should not take LEVITRA. Such combinations could cause blood pressure to drop to an unsafe level. You should not take LEVITRA if your doctor determines that sexual activity poses a health risk for you. Men who experience an erection for more than four hours should seek immediate medical attention. LEVITRA does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases .The starting dose of LEVITRA is 10 mg taken no more than once per day. Your doctor will decide the dose that is right for you. In patients taking certain medications such as ritonavir, indinavir, ketoconazole, itraconazole, and erythromycin, lower doses of LEVITRA are recommended, and time between doses of LEVITRA may need to be extended. In clinical trials, the most commonly reported side effects were headache, flushing, and stuffy or runny nose. LEVITRA is available in 2.5-mg, 5-mg, 10-mg, and 20-mg tablets. About Erectile Dysfunction The consistent or recurrent inability of a man to attain and/or maintain a penile erection sufficient for sexual performance1 – is a common health condition among men that is largely untreated. It is estimated that some degree of ED affects more than one half of all men over the age of 402– 152 million men worldwide3 and 30 million men in the United States alone.4 Despite the high prevalence of sexual problems, nine out of 10 men in the U.S. have not yet sought treatment from a physician.5 1. Jardin A, Wagner G, Khoury S, et al. Recommendations of the 1st International Consultation on Erectile Dysfunction. Co-sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO), International Consultation on Urological Diseases (ICUD) and Societe Internationale d’Urologie (SIU) and held July 1-3, 1999, Paris. 2000, p. 713. 2. Feldman HA, Goldstein I, Hatzichristou DG, et al. Impotence and its medical and psychosocial correlates: results of the Massachusetts Male Aging Study. J Urol 1994;151:54-61. 3. Aytac IA, McKinlay JB, Krane RI. The likely worldwide increase of erectile dysfunction between 1995 and 2025 and some possible policy consequences. BJU Int 1999;84:50-56 4. National Institutes of Health, Consensus Development Conference Statement, December 7-9, 1992. Online data: http://odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/091/091_statement.htm. (accessed 8/26/02). 5. Laumann EO, Paik A, Rosen RC. Sexual dysfunction in the United States: prevalence and predictors. JAMA 1999;281:537-544. About Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Our aim is to discover and manufacture innovative products that will improve human and animal health worldwide. Our products enhance well-being and quality of life by diagnosing, preventing and treating disease. Forward Looking Statement This news release contains forward-looking statements based on current
assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer Group management. Various known and
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These factors include those discussed in Bayer’s public reports filed with
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to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future
events or developments. GlaxoSmithKline – one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies – is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. For more information about LEVITRA, please visit www.LEVITRA.com. ####
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