Week 6 - NFC Players of the Week

NEW YORK - Oct. 21, 2026 - Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams, New Orleans Saints cornerback Martin Emerson and Arizona Cardinals kicker Chad Ryland are the NFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played in Week 6 (October 15, 18-19).

OFFENSE: QB CALEB WILLIAMS, CHICAGO BEARS

• Williams completed 30 of 36 pass attempts (83.3 percent) for 305 yards and one touchdown with no interceptions for a 111.2 rating in Chicago's 31-23 win at Atlanta. He became the second quarterback this season to record a completion percentage of 80-or-higher and pass for at least 300 yards on 35 attempts, joining Geno Smith (Week 3).
  
  
• This is Williams' second-career Offensive Player of the Week award (Week 3, 2025). He joins Jay Cutler (two-time winner) as the only Bears quarterbacks to win the award multiple times.
  
  
• Williams is the sixth former USC quarterback to earn multiple Offensive Player of the Week awards, joining Carson Palmer (three-time winner), Matt Cassel (two), Sam Darnold (two), Vince Evans (two) and Rodney Peete (two).
  

DEFENSE: CB MARTIN EMERSON, NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

• Emerson recorded seven tackles, four passes defensed, two interceptions and a tackle for loss in the Saints' 34-27 win at the New York Giants. He became the third player since 2000 to record at least seven tackles, four passes defensed, two interceptions and a tackle for a loss in a single game, joining Joe Schobert (Week 11, 2019) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Charles Woodson (Week 12, 2009).
  
  
• This is Emerson's first-career Defensive Player of the Week award. He is the sixth Saints cornerback to win the award and the first since Kool-Aid McKinstry (Week 5, 2025).
  
  
• Emerson is the third former Mississippi State cornerback to win a Defensive Player of the Week award, joining Darius Slay (five-time winner) and Walt Harris.

SPECIAL TEAMS: K CHAD RYLAND, ARIZONA CARDINALS

• Ryland converted all six of his field goal attempts, including the game-winning 43-yard field goal as time expired, and accounted for all 18 points in Arizona's 18-16 win over the Los Angeles Rams. His six field goals made are the most in a game in 2026 and tied for the most in team history, joining Neil Rackers (Week 4, 2005) and Jim Bakken (Week 13, 1973).
  
  
• This is Ryland's first-career Player of the Week award and he becomes the first Cardinals kicker to win Special Teams Player since Matt Prater (Week 3, 2023).
  
  
• Ryland is the second former Maryland kicker to with Special Teams Player of the Week, joining Nick Novak (three-time winner).