Week 7 - AFC Players of the Week

NEW YORK - Oct. 28, 2026 - Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, Denver Broncos linebacker Alex Singleton and Cincinnati Bengals punter Ryan Rehkow are the AFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played in Week 7 (October 22, 25-26).

OFFENSE: QB JOE BURROW, CINCINNATI BENGALS

• Burrow completed 22 of 30 pass attempts (73.3 percent) for 292 yards and four touchdowns for a 143.3 passer rating in Cincinnati's 35-13 win at Baltimore. He led the NFL in touchdown passes and passer rating in Week 7. This marked Burrow's 32nd game with at least three touchdown passes, tying Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (32 games) for the third-most games with at least three touchdown passes by a player in his first seven seasons in NFL history.
  
  
• This is Burrow's ninth Offensive Player of the Week award. He ties Boomer Esiason (nine-time winner) for the most Player of the Week awards by a Bengals player.
  • 2021: Weeks 4 & 16
  • 2022: Weeks 7, 13 & 16
  • 2023: Week 8
  • 2024: Week 17
  • 2025: Week 16
  • 2026: Week 7
    
• Burrow's nine Player of the Week awards are the most by any former LSU player.

DEFENSE: LB ALEX SINGLETON, DENVER BRONCOS

• Singleton led the league with 19 tackles in Week 7 and added a sack in Denver's 30-16 win at Arizona. His three games with 19-or-more tackles are the second most by any NFL player since 2000, trailing only London Fletcher (four games). Singleton's 87 tackles lead the NFL this season and are the third most by any player through a team's first seven games of a season since 2000, trailing only Zaire Franklin (88 with Indianapolis in 2023) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Zach Thomas (88 with Miami in 2005).
  
  
• This is Singleton's first Player of the Week award. He is the 11th Broncos linebacker to be named Defensive Player of the Week and the fifth to do so in the last 10 seasons (2017-26), joining Cody Barton (Week 7, 2024), Nik Bonitto (Week 5, 2025), Jonathon Cooper (Week 6, 2025) and Von Miller (Week 11, 2018).
  
  
• Singleton joins Troy Andersen (Week 4, 2024) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jan Stenerud (Week 4, 1984) as the third former Montana State player to earn a Player of the Week honor.

SPECIAL TEAMS: P RYAN REHKOW, CINCINNATI BENGALS

• Rehkow landed all four of his punts inside the 20-yard line - including three punts inside the 10-yard line, with one punt inside the five-yard line - in Cincinnati's win at Baltimore. He led the league in Week 7 with 46.0 net yards per punt (minimum four punts). Rehkow's three punts inside the 10-yard line are tied for the most by any player in a game this season.
  
  
• This is Rehkow's first Player of the Week award. He becomes the second Bengals punter to win a Special Teams Player of the Week award, joining Kevin Huber (Week 13, 2013).
  
  
• Rehkow joins Taysom Hill (Week 14, 2018) as the second former BYU player to be named Special Teams Player of the Week.