David Bowens Named AFC Defensive Player of the Week

Anyone who would have bet on David Bowens for player of the week honors any time this season would have been committed for insanity.  The old vet, Bowens, was once thought to be on the bubble of making the Browns’ roster.  Now the 33 year-old has won this week’s honor after doubling his career interception total by adding two this week at the expense of Drew Brees of all people.  For Bowens it also adds two touchdowns to his resume that used to have none. The real ripoff is that Reggie Hodges didn’t earn the special teams nod from the league.  Steelers’ returner Emmanuel Sanders gets it after amassing 144 yards on kickoffs.  He had two long returns of 37 and 48 yards.  Seems impressive right?  Wrong.  Reggie Hodges ran once for 68 yards.  68 is a bigger number than either 37 or 48 in case you didn’t know.  In addition to that heroic run, Hodges averaged 42 yards per punt with two inside the 20 and a long of 53 yards.  What was Emmanuel Sanders’ lo...