Safety Mike Brown of the Kansas City Chiefs, who only a week earlier
blamed a loss to Jacksonville on his own missed tackles, has been named
AFC defensive player of the week for his efforts in the win over
Oakland.
In the 16-10 victory Sunday at Oakland, Brown had a career-high two
interceptions and four passes defensed. His first interception was
converted into Ryan Succop's 31-yard field goal. His second came off a
dropped pass that killed Oakland's bid for a game-winning TD drive at
the Chiefs 10 with 38 seconds left.
Just the week before, however, Brown said his failure to make two
touchdown-stopping tackles in the open field caused Kansas City to lose
a 24-21 game in Jacksonville.
Brown is the first Chiefs safety to win the honor since Jerome Woods
in 1997. In 2001 when he was with the Chicago Bears, Brown was the NFC
defensive player of the week.
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