Eden Prairie, MN – Vikings QB Brett Favre
has been named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his 3-TD, 271-yard performance on Monday Night Football against Green Bay. The honor is the 14th time in Favre’s career he has been named either NFC or AFC Offensive Player of the Week. He was NFC Offensive Player of the Week 11 times as a Packer and earned the AFC award 2 times in 2008 with the Jets.
Favre is the 11th Vikings player since 2006 to earn an NFC Player of the Week award and marks the 3rd straight game a Vikings player has been named an NFC Player of the Week in 2009.
VIKINGS NFC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK SINCE 2006
Ryan Longwell@ - Special Teams - vs. Carolina, 2006
Cedric Griffin# - Defensive - at Detroit, 2006
Adrian Peterson# - Offensive - at Chicago, 2007
Adrian Peterson# - Offensive - vs. San Diego, 2007
Dwight Smith@ - Defensive - at NY Giants, 2007
Aundrae Allison# - Special Teams - vs. Detroit, 2007
Antoine Winfield - Defensive - at New Orleans, 2008
Adrian Peterson# - Offensive - vs. Green Bay, 2008
Jared Allen^ - Defensive - vs. Chicago, 2008
Tarvaris Jackson# - Offensive - at Arizona, 2008
Ryan Longwell@ - Special Teams - vs. NY Giants, 2008
Chad Greenway# - Defensive - at Detroit, 2009
Percy Harvin# - Special Teams - vs. San Francisco, 2009
Brett Favre@ - Offensive - vs. Green Bay, 2009
# drafted by Vikings since 2006
@ signed as free agent by Vikings since 2006
^ acquired by trade by Vikings since 2006
