GREEN BAY – Packers LB Edgerrin Cooper has been named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Jaguars.
Playing just 34 defensive snaps in Jacksonville, 60% of the team's total, Cooper recorded eight tackles as well as a strip-sack and pass defensed that contributed to Green Bay's victory.
Early in the fourth quarter, Cooper knocked the ball from Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence's hand while sacking him near the goal line, and teammate DL Devonte Wyatt recovered. The Packers quickly scored on offense to take a 10-point lead.
Then later in the fourth, after bluffing a blitz at the line, he sprinted back 40 yards downfield to break up a deep ball intended for WR Christian Kirk, leading to a punt.
He also assisted LB Eric Wilson on a tackle for loss of RB Tank Bigsby on third-and-2 in the first half, forcing Jacksonville to punt.
Cooper is the first Packers rookie to win the award since LB Clay Matthews in Week 13 of 2009.
