NFL Week 1 Players of the Week: Lamar Jackson and Ryan Kerrigan highlight week 1 MVPs

NFL Players of the Week: Each week, the league picks the best offensive, defensive, and special teams player in each conference. The official players of the week list for week 1 was announced earlier today.

On Monday night, the first week of the 2020 NFL season wrapped up. The Titans left Denver with a win after K Stephen Gostkowski hit the game winner following 4 missed kicks.

It was a good way to cap off the first week of this highly anticipated 202o season. We saw some surprises like the Jaguars beating the Colts and some not so surprising moments, namely the Ravens bullying the Browns to a 38-6 win.

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Here are the official Players of the week:

AFC

Offensive Player of the Week: Lamar Jackson

Team: Baltimore Ravens

Position: QB

The reigning league MVP continued his dominance in week 1, leading the Ravens to an easy win over the Browns. Jackson was also named player of the week for the season opener in 2019, and this is his 6th time winning the award.

Your AFC Offensive Player of the Week is @Lj_era8 😈 pic.twitter.com/gahWWNn5bJ

— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) September 16, 2020

Stats

Pass Yards: 275

Pass TDs: 3

Passer Rating: 152.1

Completion rate: 80%

Defensive Player of the Week: Casey Hayward

Team: Los Angeles Chargers

Position: CB

Stats

PD: 2

Tackles: 12

Special Teams Player of the Week: Daniel Carlson

Team: Las Vegas Raiders

Postion: K

Stats

FGs: 2/2

PATs: 4/4

Points: 10

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NFC

Offensive Player of the Week: Russell Wilson

Team: Seattle Seahawks

Position: QB

Stats

Pass Yards: 322

Pass TDs: 4

Passer Rating: 143.1

Completion rate: 88.6%

Defensive Player of the Week: Ryan Kerrigan

Team: Washington Football Team

Position: DE

“The Football Team” picked up a huge win against Philly in their first game in this new era. Though he only played 22 snaps, Kerrigan was the driving force of the defense which made it a game to forget for Carson Wentz.

Congratulations to @RyanKerrigan91 on being NFC Defensive Player of the Week 😤 pic.twitter.com/omeRDsCAEJ

— Washington Football Team (@WashingtonNFL) September 16, 2020