Player Notes

P Tress Way received NFC Special Teams Player of Week honors after booting five kicks for a net average of 47.8 yards per punt in Sunday's 16-3 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

K Stephen Hauschka received AFC Special Teams Player of Week honors after makinge all seven of his attempts (five extra points, two field goals) in Sunday's 41-10 victory over the New York Jets. He highlighted his performance with a season-high 54-yard field goal.

LB Leighton Vander Esch secured NFC Defensive Player of the Week laurels after recording a career-high 13 tackles and one interception in Sunday night's 27-20 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.

LB Wesley Woodyard received AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors after recording 1.5 sacks in Sunday's 34-10 victory over the New England Patriots. This marked the second time in his career that he picked up Player of the Week honors, having done so in 2012.

QB Mitchell Trubisky was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 355 passing yards and posting a season-best 76.7 completion percentage in Sunday's 34-22 triumph over the Detroit Lions.

QB Ben Roethlisberger earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors following his five-touchdown performance versus the Carolina Panthers, the NFL announced Wednesday. Roethlisberger threw for 328 yards in the Steelers' 52-21 romp over the Panthers on Thursday to receive the honor for the second time this season and 17th career.

NFL Team Report - Minnesota VikingsPLAYER NOTES --LB Anthony Barr still wasn't ready to practice after the team's bye week. Barr was held out of Wednesday's practice with the hamstring injury that has kept him out of the past two games. --S Andrew Sendejo didn't practice on Wednesday with his lingering groin injury. Sendejo has missed four games because of the injury. He had returned to practice ...

NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings--Minnesota's defense is finally playing like the unit that led the league last season. The Vikings are fifth in the NFL in total defense, giving up 322.2 yards per game. Once a question, the unit has come together since a prime-time loss to the Los Angeles Rams in Week 4. Since then, Minnesota has given up just 274.8 yards per game and has 20 sacks in five games, ...

NFL Team Report - Minnesota VikingsVikings impressed by Bears improvement Khalil Mack's preseason trade to the Chicago Bears sent shockwaves through the NFL, one of the league's best defensive players being traded across conferences for just draft picks days before the start of the regular season. In Minnesota, and the NFC North, shock was replaced by trepidation. "Certainly would have loved ...

NFL Team Report - Tampa Bay BuccaneersPLAYER SPOTLIGHT: K Cairo Santos is the seventh kicker the Bucs have hired since 2014. Six of them are out of the NFL, including Chandler Catanzaro, who was released after missing two field goals against the Redskins Sunday. Santos kicked for parts of four years with the Chiefs until an injury knocked him out. He bounced around with brief stops with the Bears and ...