# Caleb Williams, Martin Emerson & Chad Ryland Named Week 6 NFC Players of the Week

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> 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).

By Mark Perry · Published 2026-10-21 16:13 UTC

**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).

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