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Every week during the NFL season, six finalists are chosen for the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week award, 3 nominated as the FedEx Air player (a quarterback ) and 3 nominated as the FedEx Ground player (a running back ), online on NFL.com . At the end of the season, fans nominate from 3 finalists of each category the FedEx Air & Ground Players of the Year.
2003 FedEx Air winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Key statistics and notes
1
Joey Harrington
DET
ARI
17/30, 195yds, 4 TD
2
Drew Bledsoe
BUF
JAX
19/25, 314yds, 2 TD
3
Kerry Collins
NYG
WAS
24/39, 276yds, 3 TD
4
Peyton Manning
IND
NO
20/25, 314yds, 6 TD
5
Peyton Manning
IND
TB
34/47, 386yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
6
Steve McNair
TEN
HOU
18/27, 421yds, 3 TD
7
Aaron Brooks
NO
ATL
23/30, 352yds, 3 TD
8
Kerry Collins
NYG
MIN
23/39, 375yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
9
Tom Brady
NE
DEN
20/35, 350yds, 3 TD, 1 INT
10
Doug Flutie
SD
MIN
21/29, 248yds, 2 TD
11
Kelly Holcomb
CLE
ARI
29/35, 392yds, 3 TD
12
Matt Hasselbeck
SEA
BAL
23/41, 333yds, 5 TD
13
Matt Hasselbeck
SEA
CLE
26/35, 328yds, 3 TD, 1 INT
14
Jeff Garcia
SF
ARI
19/28, 252yds, 4 TD
15
Aaron Brooks
NO
NYG
26/35, 296yds, 5 TD
16
Brett Favre
GB
OAK
22/30, 399yds, 4 TD
17
Tom Brady
NE
BUF
21/32, 204yds, 4 TD
2003 FedEx Ground winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Carries
Yards
Average
Touchdowns
1
Clinton Portis
DEN
CIN
24
120
5.0
2
2
Jamal Lewis
BAL
CLE
30
295
9.8
2
3
Ricky Williams
MIA
BUF
42
153
3.6
1
4
Ahman Green
GB
CHI
19
176
9.3
2
5
Ahman Green
GB
SEA
27
118
4.4
2
6
William Green
CLE
OAK
26
145
5.6
1
7
Travis Henry
BUF
WAS
31
167
5.4
2
8
Stephen Davis
CAR
NO
31
178
5.7
2
9
Ahman Green
GB
MIN
21
137
6.5
0
10
LaDainian Tomlinson
SD
MIN
16
162
10.1
2
11
Deuce McAllister
NO
ATL
28
173
6.2
2
12
Deuce McAllister
NO
PHI
19
184
9.7
2
13
Clinton Portis
DEN
OAK
34
170
5.0
2
14
Clinton Portis
DEN
KC
22
218
9.9
5
15
Rudi Johnson
CIN
SF
21
174
8.3
2
16
Jamal Lewis
BAL
CLE
22
205
9.3
2
17
Ahman Green
GB
DEN
20
218
10.9
2
2004 FedEx Air winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Key statistics and notes
1
Donovan McNabb
PHI
2
Aaron Brooks
NO
3
Peyton Manning
IND
4
Byron Leftwich
JAX
5
Daunte Culpepper
MIN
6
Daunte Culpepper
MIN
7
Donovan McNabb
PHI
8
Drew Brees
SD
9
Drew Brees
SD
10
Brett Favre
GB
11
Donovan McNabb
PHI
12
Peyton Manning
IND
13
Carson Palmer
CIN
14
Billy Volek
TEN
15
Kerry Collins
OAK
16
Brett Favre
GB
17
Tom Brady
NE
2004 FedEx Ground winners [ ]
2005 FedEx Air winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Key statistics and notes
1
Drew Bledsoe
DAL
2
Carson Palmer
CIN
3
Donovan McNabb
PHI
4
Eli Manning
NYG
5
Brett Favre
GB
6
Carson Palmer
CIN
7
Brett Favre
GB
8
Jake Plummer
DEN
9
Carson Palmer
CIN
10
Chris Simms
TB
11
Drew Brees
SD
12
Carson Palmer
CIN
13
Carson Palmer
CIN
14
Drew Bledsoe
DAL
15
Matt Hasselbeck
SEA
16
Kyle Boller
BAL
17
Trent Green
KC
2005 FedEx Ground winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Key statistics and notes
1
Willie Parker
PIT
2
Thomas Jones
CHI
3
LaDainian Tomlinson
SD
4
LaDainian Tomlinson
SD
5
Tatum Bell
DEN
6
LaDainian Tomlinson
SD
7
LaMont Jordan
OAK
8
Tiki Barber
NYG
9
LaDainian Tomlinson
SD
10
Shaun Alexander
SEA
11
Reuben Droughns
CLE
12
LaDainian Tomlinson
SD
13
Larry Johnson
KC
14
Jerome Bettis
PIT
15
Tiki Barber
NYG
16
Julius Jones
DAL
17
Larry Johnson
KC
2006 FedEx Air winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Key statistics and notes
1
Donovan McNabb
PHI
2
Rex Grossman
CHI
3
Brett Favre
GB
4
Rex Grossman
CHI
5
Donovan McNabb
PHI
6
Philip Rivers
SD
7
Michael Vick
ATL
8
Tom Brady
NE
9
Drew Brees
NO
10
Brett Favre
GB
11
Carson Palmer
CIN
12
Drew Brees
NO
13
Carson Palmer
CIN
14
Drew Brees
NO
15
Rex Grossman
CHI
16
Jeff Garcia
PHI
17
Brett Favre
GB
2006 FedEx Ground winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Key statistics and notes
1
LaDainian Tomlinson
SD
2
Rudi Johnson
CIN
3
Brian Westbrook
PHI
4
Laurence Maroney
NE
5
Deuce McAllister
NO
6
LaDainian Tomlinson
SD
7
Chester Taylor
MIN
8
Ahman Green
GB
9
LaDainian Tomlinson
SD
10
LaDainian Tomlinson
SD
11
LaDainian Tomlinson
SD
12
Joseph Addai
IND
13
LaDainian Tomlinson
SD
14
LaDainian Tomlinson
SD
15
LaDainian Tomlinson
SD
16
Ron Dayne
HOU
17
Tiki Barber
NYG
2007 FedEx Air winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Key statistics and notes
1
Tony Romo
DAL
2
Derek Anderson
CLE
3
Brett Favre
GB
4
Brett Favre
GB
5
Philip Rivers
SD
6
Tom Brady
NE
7
Tom Brady
NE
8
Brett Favre
GB
9
Ben Roethlisberger
PIT
10
Brett Favre
GB
11
Tom Brady
NE
12
Brett Favre
GB
13
Tony Romo
DAL
14
Matt Hasselbeck
SEA
15
David Garrard
JAX
16
Ben Roethlisberger
PIT
17
Tom Brady
NE
2007 FedEx Ground winners [ ]
2008 FedEx Air winners [ ]
2008 FedEx Ground winners [ ]
2009 FedEx Air winners [ ]
2009 FedEx Ground winners [ ]
2010 FedEx Air winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Key statistics and notes
1
Jay Cutler
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Cutler went 23 of 35 for 372 yards and two touchdowns in the Bears' 19-14 win over the Detroit Lions.
2
Matt Schaub
Houston Texans
Washington Redskins
Schaub had a then franchise-record 497 passing yards and three touchdowns to rally the Texans from 17 points down in the second half in Houston's first-ever OT win, 30-27, over the Redskins.
3
Michael Vick
Philadelphia Eagles
Jacksonville Jaguars
Vick completed 17 of 31 passes for 291 yards and three touchdowns in the Eagles' 28-3 win over the Jaguars.
4
Kyle Orton
Denver Broncos
Tennessee Titans
Orton passed for 341 yards and two touchdowns with one interception, in the Broncos' 26-20 win over the Tennessee Titans.
5
Shaun Hill
Detroit Lions
St. Louis Rams
Hill had 21 completions out of 32 attempts for 227 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 44-6 win over the St. Louis Rams.
6
Kevin Kolb
Philadelphia Eagles
Atlanta Falcons
Kolb threw three touchdowns and one interception, completing 23 of 29 passes for 326 yards in the Eagles' 31-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons.
7
Matt Ryan
Atlanta Falcons
Cincinnati Bengals
Ryan led the Falcons to a 39-32 win over the Cincinnati Bengals completing 24 of 33 passes for 299 yards, three touchdowns with one interception.
8
Jason Campbell
Oakland Raiders
Seattle Seahawks
Campbell completed 15 of 27 passes for 310 yards and two touchdowns in the Raiders 33-3 win over the Seattle Seahawks.
9
Brett Favre
Minnesota Vikings
Arizona Cardinals
Favre completed 36 of 47 passes for a career-high 446 yards with two touchdowns, including one with less than two minutes to go to tie the game and send it into overtime, and two interceptions in the Vikings' 27-24 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
10
Michael Vick
Philadelphia Eagles
Washington Redskins
Vick passed for 333 yards and four touchdowns in a record-setting performance during the Eagles' 59-28 win over the Washington Redskins on Monday Night Football.
11
Aaron Rodgers
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings
Rodgers completed 22 of 31 passes for 301 yards and four touchdowns in the Packers’ 31 – 3 win over the Minnesota Vikings.
12
Matt Cassel
Kansas City Chiefs
Seattle Seahawks
13
Aaron Rodgers
Green Bay Packers
14
Tom Brady
New England Patriots
15
Michael Vick
Philadelphia Eagles
16
Josh Freeman
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Seattle Seahawks
Freeman completed 21 of 26 passes for 237 yards and five touchdowns (tying a team record) in the Buccaneers 38-15 victory.
17
Josh Freeman
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2010 FedEx Ground winners [ ]
2011 FedEx Air winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Key statistics and notes
1
Tom Brady
New England Patriots
Miami Dolphins
Brady completed 32 of 48 passes for a career-high and team-record 517 yards with four touchdowns and one interception in the Patriots' 38-24 win over the Dolphins.
2
Matthew Stafford
Detroit Lions
Kansas City Chiefs
Stafford completed 23 of 39 passes for 294 yards, four touchdowns and one interception in the Lions' 48-3 win over the Chiefs.
3
Joe Flacco
Baltimore Ravens
St. Louis Rams
Flacco completed 27 of 48 passes for 389 yards and three touchdowns in the Ravens' 37-7 victory over the Rams.
4
Aaron Rodgers
Green Bay Packers
Denver Broncos
Rodgers completed 29 of 38 passes for 408 yards, four touchdowns and an interception in a 49-23 win over the Broncos.
5
Aaron Rodgers
Green Bay Packers
Atlanta Falcons
Rodgers threw for 396 yards and two scores in the Packers' 25-14 victory over the Falcons.
6
Aaron Rodgers
Green Bay Packers
St. Louis Rams
Rodgers threw for 310 yards, three touchdowns and an interception in the Packers' 24-3 win over the Rams.
7
Aaron Rodgers
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings
Rodgers completed 24 of 30 passes for 335 yards and three touchdowns in the Packers' 33-27 win over the Vikings.
8
Ben Roethlisberger
Pittsburgh Steelers
New England Patriots
Roethlisberger completed 36 of 50 passes for 365 yards, two touchdowns and one interception in the Steelers' 25-17 win over the Patriots.
9
Aaron Rodgers
Green Bay Packers
San Diego Chargers
Rodgers converted 80.8 percent of his pass attempts for 247 yards and four scores in the Packers' 45-38 win over the Chargers.
10
Tony Romo
Dallas Cowboys
Buffalo Bills
Romo completed 23 of 26 passes for 270 yards and 3 touchdowns in Cowboys' 44-7 win over the Bills.
11
Matthew Stafford
Detroit Lions
Carolina Panthers
Stafford completed 28 of 36 passes for 336 yards, 5 touchdowns and 2 interception in Lions' 49-35 win over the Panthers.
12
Drew Brees
New Orleans Saints
New York Giants
Brees completed 24 of 38 passes for 363 yards and four touchdowns in a 49-24 win over the Giants.
13
Aaron Rodgers
Green Bay Packers
New York Giants
Rodgers completed 28 of 46 passes for 369 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception in a 38-35 win over the Giants.
14
Matt Ryan
Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
Ryan completed 22 of 38 passes for 320 yards and 4 touchdowns in a 31-23 win over the Panthers.
15
Drew Brees
New Orleans Saints
Minnesota Vikings
Brees completed 32 of 40 passes for 412 yards and five touchdowns in a 42-20 win over the Vikings.
16
Drew Brees
New Orleans Saints
Atlanta Falcons
Brees completed 23 of 39 passes for 307 yards, 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions in a 45-16 win over the Falcons. During this game, Brees broke the all-time season yardage record by a quarterback, passing Dan Marino 's previous mark.
17
Matt Flynn
Green Bay Packers
Detroit Lions
Backup quarterback Matt Flynn completed 31 of 44 passes for Packers' record 480 yards and 6 touchdowns, and 1 interception.
2011 FedEx Ground winners [ ]
2012 FedEx Air winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Key statistics and notes
1
Robert Griffin III
WAS
2
Eli Manning
NYG
3
Joe Flacco
BAL
4
Tom Brady
NE
5
Alex Smith
KC
6
Aaron Rodgers
GB
7
Drew Brees
NO
8
Tom Brady
NE
9
Andrew Luck
IND
10
Joe Flacco
BAL
11
Matt Schaub
HOU
12
Robert Griffin III
WAS
13
Russell Wilson
SEA
14
Tom Brady
NE
15
Matt Ryan
ATL
16
Aaron Rodgers
GB
17
Peyton Manning
DEN
2012 FedEx Ground winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Key statistics and notes
1
C.J Spiller
BUF
2
Reggie Bush
MIA
3
Jamaal Charles
KC
4
Brandon Bolden
NE
5
Ahmad Bradshaw
NYG
6
Shonn Greene
NYJ
7
Chris Johnson
TEN
8
Doug Martin
TB
9
Doug Martin
TB
10
Adrian Peterson
MIN
11
Doug Martin
TB
12
Arian Foster
HOU
13
Adrian Peterson
MIN
14
Adrian Peterson
MIN
15
Knowshon Moreno
DEN
16
Jamaal Charles
KC
17
Alfred Morris
WAS
2013 FedEx Air winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Key statistics and notes
1
Peyton Manning
DEN
2
Aaron Rodgers
GB
3
Peyton Manning
DEN
4
Drew Brees
NO
5
Tony Romo
DAL
6
Nick Foles
PHI
7
Matt Ryan
ATL
8
Drew Brees
NO
9
Nick Foles
PHI
10
Drew Brees
NO
11
Ben Roethlisberger
PIT
12
Philip Rivers
SD
13
Peyton Manning
DEN
14
Drew Brees
NO
15
Matt Cassel
MIN
16
Peyton Manning
DEN
17
Drew Brees
NO
2013 FedEx Ground winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Key statistics and notes
1
LeSean McCoy
PHI
2
James Starks
GB
3
DeMarco Murray
DAL
4
Adrian Peterson
MIN
5
Jamaal Charles
KC
6
Eddy Lacy
GB
7
Chris Ivory
NYJ
NE
Ivory rushed the ball 34 times for 104 yards in the NY Jets' 30-27 win in overtime over the New England Patriots.
8
Andre Ellington
AZ
9
Chris Johnson
TEN
10
Mark Ingram
NO
11
Bobby Rainey
TB
12
Adrian Peterson
MIN
13
Adrian Peterson
MIN
14
LeSean McCoy
PHI
15
Eddy Lacy
GB
16
LeSean McCoy
PHI
17
LeGarrette Blount
NE
2018 FedEx Air winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Key statistics and notes
1
Ryan Fitzpatrick
TB
NO
21/28, 417 pass yards, 4 TD, 1 rush TD
2
Patrick Mahomes
KC
PIT
23/28, 326 pass yards, 6 TD
3
Drew Brees
NO
ATL
39/49, 396 pass yards, 3 TD, 2 rush TD
4
Mitchell Trubisky
CHI
TB
19/26, 354 pass yards, 6 TD
5
Drew Brees
NO
WAS
26/29, 363 pass yards, 3 TD
6
Aaron Rodgers
GB
SF
25/46, 425 pass yards, 2 TD
7
Patrick Mahomes
KC
CIN
28/39, 358 pass yards, 4 TD, INT
8
Patrick Mahomes
KC
DEN
24/34, 303 pass yards, 4 TD, INT
9
Drew Brees
NO
LAR
25/36, 346 pass yards, 4 TD
10
Mitchell Trubisky
CHI
DET
23/30, 355 pass yards, 3 TD
11
Drew Brees
NO
PHL
22/30, 363 pass yards, 4 TD
12
Andrew Luck
IND
MIA
30/37, 343 pass yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
13
Philip Rivers
LAC
PIT
26/36, 299 pass yards, 2 TD
14
Dak Prescott
DAL
PHL
42/54, 455 pass yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
15
Philip Rivers
LAC
KC
26/38, 313 pass yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
16
Nick Foles
PHI
HOU
35/49, 471 pass yards, 4 TD, INT
17
Dak Prescott
DAL
NYG
27/44, 387 pass yards, 4 TD
2018 FedEx Ground winners [ ]
Week
Player
Team
Opponent
Key statistics and notes
1
James Conner
PIT
CLE
31 rush, 135 yards, 2 TD, 57 rec yards.
2
Matt Breida
SF
DET
11 rush, 138 yards, 1 TD
3
Adrian Peterson
WAS
GB
19 rush, 120 yards, 2 TD
4
Alvin Kamara
NO
NYG
19 rush, 134 yards, 3 TD, 47 rec yards
5
Isaiah Crowell
NYJ
DEN
15 rush, 219 yards, TD
6
Todd Gurley
LAR
DEN
28 rush, 208 yards, 2 TD
7
Kerryon Johnson
DET
MIA
19 rush, 158 yards
8
James Conner
PIT
CLE
24 rush, 146 yards, 2 TD
9
Kareem Hunt
KC
CLE
17 rush, 91 yards, 2 TD, 50 rec yards, TD
10
Nick Chubb
CLE
ATL
20 rush, 176 yards, TD, rec TD
11
Saquon Barkley
NYG
TB
27 rush, 142 yards, 2 TD, rec TD
12
Christian McCaffrey
CAR
SEA
17 rush, 125 yards, TD, 11 rec, 112 rec yards, rec TD
13
Phillip Lindsay
DEN
CIN
19 rush, 157 yards, 2 TD
14
Derrick Henry
TN
JAC
17 rush, 238 yards, 4 TD
15
Derrick Henry
TN
NYG
33 rush, 170 yards, 2 TD
16
C.J. Anderson
LAR
ARI
20 rush, 167 yards, TD
17
Jordan Howard
CHI
MIN
21 rush, 109 yards, 2 TD
FedEx Air & Ground Player of the Year winners [ ]
Year
Air Player/position
Team
Ground Player/position
Team
2018
Patrick Mahomes , QB
Kansas City Chiefs
Saquon Barkley , RB
New York Giants
2017
Carson Wentz , QB
Philadelphia Eagles
Todd Gurley , RB
Los Angeles Rams
2016
Matt Ryan , QB
Atlanta Falcons
Ezekiel Elliott , RB
Dallas Cowboys
2015
Carson Palmer , QB
Arizona Cardinals
Adrian Peterson , RB
Minnesota Vikings
2014
Aaron Rodgers , QB
Green Bay Packers
Le'Veon Bell , RB
Pittsburgh Steelers
2012
Peyton Manning , QB
Denver Broncos
Adrian Peterson , RB
Minnesota Vikings
2011
Drew Brees , QB
New Orleans Saints
LeSean McCoy , RB
Philadelphia Eagles
2010
Aaron Rodgers , QB
Green Bay Packers
Jamaal Charles , RB
Kansas City Chiefs
2009
Drew Brees , QB
New Orleans Saints
Chris Johnson , RB
Tennessee Titans
2008
Drew Brees , QB
New Orleans Saints
Adrian Peterson , RB
Minnesota Vikings
2007
Brett Favre , QB
Green Bay Packers
Fred Taylor , RB
Jacksonville Jaguars
2006
Drew Brees , QB
New Orleans Saints
LaDainian Tomlinson , RB
San Diego Chargers
2005
Carson Palmer , QB
Cincinnati Bengals
Shaun Alexander , RB
Seattle Seahawks
2004
Peyton Manning , QB
Indianapolis Colts
Curtis Martin , RB
New York Jets
2003
Peyton Manning , QB
Indianapolis Colts
Ahman Green , RB
Green Bay Packers
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