GREEN BAY – Coop’s performed it once more.
For the second time this yr, Packers rookie linebacker Edgerrin Cooper has been named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week for his efficiency in Sunday’s 30-13 win over the Seattle Seahawks.
Cooper was beforehand honored because the NFC Defensive Player of Week 8 after registering eight tackles, a strip-sack and move deflection in Green Bay’s 30-27 win over Jacksonville.
He’s the primary Packers participant to win NFC Defensive Player of the Week twice in a season since Clay Matthews in 2010. Cooper can also be the primary Packers rookie to win NFL/NFC weekly defensive award twice in the identical season since its inception in 1984.
On Sunday in Seattle, Cooper recorded 5 tackles (two for loss) with two passes defensed, a sack and an interception within the Week 15 win over the Seahawks.
It’s the primary time a Green Bay rookie has recorded a sack and interception in the identical sport since Esera Tuaolo in a 27-0 win over Tampa Bay on Oct. 27, 1991.
A second-round decide (No. 45 general) out of Texas A&M, Cooper has registered 52 tackles, 3½ sacks, 4 passes defensed, one interception, and a compelled fumble and restoration.
