Seattle middle linebacker Bobby Wagner was named as the NFC’s Defensive Player of the Week Wednesday, an award he somehow has never before won.
But there was no way he wasn’t winning it this week after a highlight-loaded gem of a game against the 49ers Sunday in which he returned an interception 98 yards for a touchdown, forced and recovered a fumble at the Seattle 5-yard-line, stopped a San Francisco two-point attempt and had a sack.
“You can’t talk about this game unless you talk about Bobby Wagner,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said afterward. “He just had a phenomenal game.