| NEW YORK — Sept. 23, 2026 — Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Hezekiah Masses and Cleveland Browns kicker Andre Szmyt are the AFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played in Week 2 (September 17, 20-21).OFFENSE: QB JOSH ALLEN, BUFFALO BILLSAllen completed 20 of 31 passes (64.5 percent) for 248 yards with three touchdown passes in Buffalo’s 41-31 win over Detroit. Allen also rushed 14 times for 69 yards and two touchdowns, tied for the most rushing yards among quarterbacks in Week 2. Allen has four career games with at least three touchdown passes and two rushing touchdowns, the most in NFL history.He is the only quarterback in the 2026 season to record at least three touchdown passes and two rushing touchdowns in a single game.This is Allen’s 19th-career Offensive Player of the Week award, the fourth most of any player in NFL history, trailing only Tom Brady (32-time winner) and Pro Football Hall of Famers Peyton Manning (27) and Drew Brees (25). 2018: Week 172019: Week 112020: Weeks 2, 9, 13, 152021: Week 32022: Weeks 5, 6, 152023: Weeks 2, 42024: Weeks 3, 13, 152025: Weeks 1, 11, 142026: Week 2 DEFENSE: CB HEZEKIAH MASSES, LAS VEGAS RAIDERSMasses, a fifth-round selection (No. 175 overall) in the 2026 NFL Draft, recorded five tackles, two interceptions, and a tackle for loss in the Raiders 26-14 win over the Chargers. He is one of three players since 2000 to record at least five tackles and two interceptions in one of his first two career games, joining Kyle Fuller (Week 2, 2014 with Chicago) and Denzel Ward (Week 1, 2018 with Cleveland). This is Masses’s first-career Defensive Player of the Week Award, becoming the first Raiders cornerback to win since Phillip Buchanon (Week 11, 2003).Masses is the second former California cornerback to win Defensive Player of the Week, joining Deltha O’Neal (two-time winner).SPECIAL TEAMS: K ANDRE SZMYT, CLEVELAND BROWNSSzmyt converted all three of his field goal attempts – from 34, 34 and 50 yards – and both of his extra point attempts, totaling 11 points in the Browns’s 23-19 win over the Buccaneers. Four of his five kickoffs that were returned landed within one yard of the goal line.This is Szmyt’s second Special Teams Player of the Week award (Week 3, 2025). He is one of three kickers in Browns history to win multiple times, joining Phil Dawson (two-time winner) and Dustin Hopkins (two).Szmyt is one of three former Syracuse kickers to win the Special Teams Player of the Week award, joining Gary Anderson (six-time winner) and Olindo Mare (three |
