Flacco Nominated for FedEx Air Award

by Bruce Raffel on Dec 23, 2009 8:27 AM EST

One week after Baltimore Ravens RB Ray Rice won the FedEx Ground Award, QB Joe Flacco has been nominated for the Air portion of this week's Award. Fresh off a great game vs. the Chicago Bears, when he threw for four TD's and earned a QB rating of over 135, Flacco had perhaps his best game of his short career.

Click on the 'Jump' to see the Press Release and how to vote for Joe, as the Award is totally fan-driven:

RAVENS QB JOE FLACCO, COLTS QB PEYTON MANNING & STEELERS QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER; CHIEFS RB JAMAAL CHARLES, BROWNS RB JEROME HARRISON & PANTHERS RB JONATHAN STEWART CANDIDATES FOR FEDEX AIR & GROUND® NFL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK HONORS

Fans To Vote For Winners On NFL.com

FedEx Delivers Pedestrian Safety Improvements

On Behalf of Winning Players In Their Teams’ Markets

Quarterbacks JOE FLACCO of the Baltimore Ravens, PEYTON MANNING of the Indianapolis Colts and BEN ROETHLISBERGER of the Pittsburgh Steelers are the finalists for the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week honors for games played on December 17 - 21, while running backs JAMAAL CHARLES of the Kansas City Chiefs, JEROME HARRISON of the Cleveland Browns and JONATHAN STEWART of the Carolina Panthers are the finalists for the FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week, the NFL announced today.

Fans can vote for one player in each category on NFL.com/FedEx from 9 a.m. EST on Tuesday through noon EST on Friday to determine the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week. The winners will be announced Friday evening on NFL.com.

Fans will be voting for more than their favorite player. As part of the Air & Ground program, FedEx continues its support of Safe Kids USA – a national non-profit organization that works to prevent accidental injury among children – by making weekly $1,000 donations in the winning players’ names. The funding, allocated to local Safe Kids coalitions in that team’s city, is used for pedestrian safety improvements throughout the year, from upgraded crosswalks and street signage to traffic barriers and educational training.

For a second season, fans can tune into the "FedEx Air & Ground Lowdown" posted exclusively on NFL.com/FedEx starting Wednesday mornings. The show examines the nominees in the Air & Ground categories through exclusive video highlights and expert analysis. NFL Network’s RICH EISEN and MARSHALL FAULK host the weekly five-minute show.

A closer look at the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week finalists:

Baltimore’s JOE FLACCO threw four touchdowns, completing 21 of 29 passes for 234 yards in the Ravens’ 31-7 win over the Chicago Bears.

Indianapolis’ PEYTON MANNING threw four touchdowns and one interception, completing 23 of 30 passes for 308 yards in the Colts’ 35-31 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football.

Pittsburgh’s BEN ROETHLISBERGER completed 29 of 46 passes for 503 yards and three touchdowns, including the game winning score with no time remaining in the Steelers’ 37-36 win over the Green Bay Packers.

A closer look at the FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week finalists:

Kansas City’s JAMAAL CHARLES rushed for 154 yards and one touchdown on 25 carries in the Chiefs’ 41 - 34 loss to the Cleveland Browns.

Cleveland’s JEROME HARRISON rushed for the 3rd most yards ever in a game with 286 yards on 34 rushes, and had three rushing touchdowns in the Browns’ 41 - 34 win over the Kansas City Chiefs.

Carolina’s JONATHAN STEWART had two fourth quarter touchdowns, one rushing and one receiving, and rushed 25 times for 109 yards, becoming the first running back in 36 games to rush for at least 100 yards against the Vikings, in the Panthers’ 26 – 7 win over the Minnesota Vikings.

As the Official Delivery Service Sponsor of the NFL, Super Bowl and Pro Bowl, FedEx understands the need for a winning game plan, and created the Air & Ground program to highlight superior on-field performance while delivering safe kids off the field. Because FedEx has thousands of delivery trucks out on the roads each day, the company is committed to funding pedestrian safety improvements through its 10-year partnership with Safe Kids USA.

The opinions posted here are those of the administrator of this blog and his loyal readers. They are in no way official comments from the team, and should not be misconstued as such, even though he thinks he could do just as well or even a better job!

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Fly Flacco Fly on the road to victory

Fly Flacco Fly
Throw it high
Throw it low
Throw a Touchdown 1-2-3
F-L-A-C-C-O FLACCO!!!!!!!!!!
(Any Eagle’s fans familiar with this tune?)

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people constantly say you cannot do.

by Zachary Beard on Dec 23, 2009 10:12 AM EST reply actions

Not a chance Flacco beats Ben

Optimism. Positivity. Win.

by John Stephens on Dec 23, 2009 10:16 AM EST reply actions

Or Peyton

for that matter.

They say the empty can rattles the most...

by Massacre on Dec 23, 2009 10:34 AM EST up reply actions

Flacco doesn't line up against either

It’s a team game and Flacco’s team is good enough to beat both We’ll see though, what happens when we beat Pittsburgh (again) and then go to Indy for the AFC CG

aka 'Rexx'

by Bruce Raffel on Dec 23, 2009 8:38 PM EST up reply actions

Not for Fedex award.....

or this Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."
-George Carlin

by Cdsumm on Dec 23, 2009 10:41 AM EST up reply actions

He shouldn’t be nominated for anythimng until he develops a pump fake and steps into his deep balls.

by raven on Dec 23, 2009 10:50 AM EST reply actions

steps into his deep balls

lol

Optimism. Positivity. Win.

by John Stephens on Dec 23, 2009 3:05 PM EST up reply actions

what a joke...

Flacco is not that good…he’s having a nice sophomore slump and can’t be in the same category as the other quarterbacks…give him a few years and a few good receivers and then we’ll see!

by Ravenator on Dec 23, 2009 12:25 PM EST reply actions

he’s having a nice sophomore slump

Way to contradict yourself. How is he having a sophomore slump? His stats are way better than last year, and he is supposed to break-out next year. So yeah, he is our guy for many years to come.

The key to success in life is doing what people constantly say you cannot do.

by Zachary Beard on Dec 23, 2009 5:53 PM EST up reply actions

503 yards

Against the second-ranked defense in the NFL. 10th most passing yards in a game in NFL history. Only the third QB in NFL history to throw for 500 yards in a game with no interceptions. No, I am not talking about Joe Flacco.

by Steelin on Dec 23, 2009 8:24 PM EST reply actions