Brian Orakpo: NFC Defensive Player Of The Week
Posted by Matt Terl on December 16, 2009 – 10:55 am
Headline says it all. Redskins LB Brian Orakpo was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against Oakland: four sacks, six tackles, three tackles for loss, and a forced fumble. It’s a stat line that’s up there with the best in history, tying the Redskins record for sacks in a game, and Orakpo’s only third rookie to accomplish that feat in more than twenty years.
One new stat from the press release is that the 44 yards Orakpo cost Oakland with his four sacks are the most sack yards accrued by one player in a single game since the statistic started being tracked back in 1994. Which is pretty cool.
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