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FedEx and the NFL announced the winners of the seventh annual Fedex Air & Ground Nfl Players of the Year Awards at a press conference in South Florida, site of Super Bowl XLIV.
Quarterback DREW BREES of the New Orleans Saints was named the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Year
Running back CHRIS JOHNSON of the Tennessee Titans was named the FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Year.
OUTSTANDING AIR & GROUND PERFORMANCES
New Orleans Saints Quarterback DREW BREES completed 70.62 percent of his passes in 2009, setting the NFL record for completion percentage in a season.
Brees threw for 4,388 yards, extending his consecutive 4,000 passing yard seasons to four, a franchise record. Brees threw 34 touchdowns and became the first player in NFL history to throw six touchdown passes on Kickoff Weekend.
With nine touchdown passes through Week 2, Brees tied for the most TD passes through the first two games of a season. Brees became the fastest quarterback to reach 15,000 passing yards with a team when the Saints beat the Giants in Week 6, reaching this milestone in 53 games.
Drew Brees quarterbacked the Saints to a 13-3 record and the number one seed in the NFC. Brees was nominated for five FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week awards in 2009, winning five times.
Chris Johnson Titans RB
Tennessee Titans Running Back CHRIS JOHNSON rushed for 2,006 yards in 2009 becoming the sixth player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards.
Johnson also broke the scrimmage yards record totaling 2,509. Johnson recorded 11 consecutive 100-yard games, tied for the second-longest streak in NFL history, and posted at least 125 rushing yards in six consecutive games, tying the NFL record. This season, Johnson became the first player in NFL history with six consecutive games of 125+ rushing yards and a 5.0+ yards per carry average in each of those games.
In Week 2, Johnson became the first player in NFL history to record a 90-plus yard rushing touchdown (91), 50-plus yard rushing touchdown (57), and 60-plus yard receiving touchdown (69) in a game.
Johnson started all 16 games and had 14 rushing touchdowns. He was nominated for six FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week awards in 2009, winning twice.
Brees and Johnson were selected from a panel of three finalists in each of their respective Air and Ground categories. The finalists were chosen by a panel of NFL experts based on the season's fan voting. The other FedEx Air NFL Players of the Year finalists were quarterbacks PEYTON MANNING of the Indianapolis Colts and BRETT FAVRE of the Minnesota Vikings, while the FedEx Ground NFL Players of the Year finalists included running backs MAURICE JONES-DREW of the Jacksonville Jaguars and ADRIAN PETERSON of the Minnesota Vikings.
More than 2,070,665 fan votes were cast at NFL.com from Monday, January 11 through Friday, January 29, to decide the winners.
Former winners of the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Year Award include:
2008 - New Orleans Saints QB DREW BREES and Minnesota Vikings RB ADRIAN PETERSON
2007 - Green Bay Packers QB BRETT FAVRE and Jacksonville Jaguars RB FRED TAYLOR
2006 - New Orleans Saints QB DREW BREES and San Diego Chargers RB LA DAINIAN TOMLINSON
2005 - Bengals QB CARSON PALMER and Seattle Seahawks RB SHAUN ALEXANDER
2004 - Indianapolis Colts QB PEYTON MANNING and New York Jets RB CURTIS MARTIN
2003 - Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning and Green Bay Packers RB AHMAN GREEN
NFL 2009 FEDEX AIR & GROUND NFL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
| Week | Air | Ground |
|---|---|---|
| Source: NFL | ||
| Wk 1 | Drew Brees, NO | Adrian Peterson, MIN |
| Wk 2 | Drew Brees, NO | Frank Gore, SF |
| Wk 3 | Peyton Manning, IND | Maurice Jones-Drew, JAX |
| Wk 4 | Brett Favre, MIN | Rashard Mendenhall, PIT |
| Wk 5 | Peyton Manning, IND | Cedric Benson, CIN |
| Wk 6 | Drew Brees, NO | Thomas Jones, NYJ |
| Wk 7 | Carson Palmer, CIN | Cedric Benson, CIN |
| Wk 8 | Brett Favre, MIN | Chris Johnson, TEN |
| Wk 9 | Kurt Warner, ARI | Michael Turner, ATL |
| Wk 10 | Brett Favre, MIN | Adrian Peterson, MIN |
| Wk 11 | Brett Favre, MIN | Ricky Williams, MIA |
| Wk 12 | Drew Brees, NO | Chris Johnson, TEN |
| Wk 13 | Kurt Warner, ARI | Correll Buckhalter, DEN |
| Wk 14 | Drew Brees, NO | Ray Rice, BAL |
| Wk 15 | Ben Roethlisberger, PIT | Jerome Harrison, CLE |
| Wk 16 | Jay Cutler, CHI | Jonathan Stewart, CAR |
| Wk 17 | Brett Favre, MIN | Jamaal Charles, KC |
About FedEx
As the Official Delivery Service Sponsor of the NFL, Super Bowl and Pro Bowl, FedEx understands the need for a winning game plan, and created the Air & Ground program to highlight superior on-field performance while delivering safe kids off the field. Because FedEx has thousands of delivery trucks out on the roads each day, the company is committed to funding pedestrian safety improvements through its 10-year relationship with Safe Kids USA.
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INDIANAPOLIS COLTS 30 New York Jets 17
NFC Championship Game
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NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 31 Minnesota Vikings 28 (OT)
NFL 2009 Playoffs Divisional Weekend Results
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Saturday, January 16
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 45, Arizona Cardinals 14
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS 20, Baltimore Ravens 3
Sunday, January 17
MINNESOTA VIKINGS 34, Dallas Cowboys 3
New York Jets 17, SAN DIEGO CHARGERS 14
NFL 2009 Playoffs Wild Card Weekend Results
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Saturday, January 9
N.Y. Jets 24, CINCINNATI BENGALS 14
DALLAS COWBOYS 34, Philadelphia Eagles 14
Sunday, January 10
Baltimore Ravens 33, NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 14
ARIZONA CARDINALS 51, Green Bay Packers 45 (OT)
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