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Players of the week: Minnesota

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chille37

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Football: The players of the week of for the Minnesota game have been announced, and there were a couple of surprises, particularly for the Jack Tatum Hit of the Week award and the Special Teams Player of the Week.
Offensive Player of the Week - Antonio Pittman
Defensive Player of the Week - Donte Whitner
Special Teams Player of the Week - Antonio Smith
Attack Force Player of the Week - Quinn Pitcock
Jack Tatum Hit of the Week - Santonio Holmes
Offensive Lineman of the Week - Nick Mangold
Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week - Will Crall
Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Week - Ryan Franzinger
Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week - Juan Garnier
 
From today's presser ...

"The Jack Tatum hit of the week was administered by Santonio Holmes. On the little Statute of Liberty play that Antonio Pittman gained about 15 or so on and Santonio is assigned to crack and he cracked and very legal, very hard, and very fitting for the Jack Tatum hit of the week. It was a physical play."

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REPORTER: Talk about Santonio's intangibles. I know production-wise he's always been there, but seems like he's got an energy or competitiveness that kind of transcends the other --

TRESSEL: Santonio grew up with expectations that you win every time you compete, whether it's in a race or a baseball game or a football game or a conference championship or whatever, when you go to Glades Central and you're not the state champ, you had a bad year. That's just what he was raised with and brought that here and added that to our football team in 2002 and you talk about all the little things that piled up to have a great 2002, Santonio Holmes' competitiveness and expectations and all that against our defense every day is huge. And he's carried it on now that he's been the guy we go to and we constantly look for ways to get the ball in his hands so that he can make things happen and I think he gives the rest of the offensive group some energy and the return units energy and you know, that's why he's a special player.

REPORTER: Do you remember having to sell him on blocking or was he already sold on that?

TRESSEL: Santonio got the Jack Tatum hit of the week.

REPORTER: I know, I'm saying --

TRESSEL: No, you don't have to sell him on blocking. I have to sell him sometimes you can't hold. Because he brought back a couple runs -- two -- that's a couple.
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What's funny about that quote is that Tone was at the press conference and sitting 15 feet from JT. Real nice of JT to remind everyone that Teddy's had two returns called back thanks to holding on #4. :wink2:

Another important note from the presser:

From a kick return standpoint, I thought Coach Hazell made a good adjustment. People had hurt us a little bit with pooches when we had Santonio and Teddy way back there. Now we put them into what we call a 'diamond alignment,' and so if they want to pooch it, they're going to have to hit it to Santonio short, or Gonzo short, allowing Teddy to roam the center field there. I thought that was a good adjustment Darrell made with that group but I think we're getting a little better and our guys take a lot of pride in it.
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I know JamO had 1 that caled back a TD return, but I'm pretty sure that's it. Holmes has had several holds negating nice returns and nice runs, but I can't remember if any were on TD returns or not...
 
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