CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals Joe Burrow is receiving recognition for his play Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals.
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He has been nominated for the NFL’s FedEx Air Player of the Week for the first time this season.
Burrow passed for 317 yards and three touchdowns in the Bengals’ 34-20 win at Arizona Sunday afternoon.
Those were his best stats this season.
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The other players nominated were the 49ers’ Brock Purdy and Bears QB Justin Fields.
Purdy passed for 252 yards and four touchdowns in a Sunday night win over Dallas.
Fields threw for 282 yards and four scores as Chicago won for the first time this season Thursday night at Washington.
The FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week Awards, voted on by the fans, work with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to make donations of $2,000 in the name of the winners to Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country.
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Cincinnati enters Week 6 with a 2-3 record and will host Seattle on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Paycor Stadium.
The game will be televised here on Channel 7.