Arizona Cardinals: Tyrann Mathieu Earns NFC Honors
By Erich Becker
Another Arizona Cardinals player earns NFC Player of the Week Honors
A week after Larry Fitzgerald and David Johnson were named Offensive and Special Teams Players of the Week in the NFC comes the honor for safety Tyrann Mathieu who picks up the Defensive Player of the Week honor with two interceptions of the 49ers Colin Kaepernick, one returned for a touchdown in the first quarter on Sunday.
Mathieu, who also had five combined tackles in the game, is the first Cardinals player to take home the Defensive honor since Patrick Peterson, a fellow LSU alum, took it in Week 10 last season. This is the first honor for the once-troubled-but-now-found player who has a pep in his step again after missing part of last season and never getting it “quite right” after a serious knee injury to derail is rookie campaign.
The defense put on a clinic last week on how to trap and exploit the 49ers woeful offense, honoring former safety Adrian Wilson at halftime, this game was all about the “D”.
Cards net Player of Week hat trick w Off/Def/SpecTms honors in 7-day span: Fitz-@Mathieu_Era & DJohnson pic.twitter.com/qKPH3m3GGg
— Mark Dalton (@CardsMarkD) September 30, 2015
#HoneyBadger takes what he wants...including the NFC Defensive POTW award. Congrats @Mathieu_Era!#AZCardinals https://t.co/jShj5iB71G
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) September 30, 2015
Tyrann @Mathieu_Era is 1st AZ safety to win Def Player/Wk since Adrian Wilson, who went into Cards ROH Sunday pic.twitter.com/N7EaPcCQ39
— Mark Dalton (@CardsMarkD) September 30, 2015
Well done kid, well done.