Willis Voted Defensive Player of the Week

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Willis Voted Defensive Player of the Week

Submitted by FNN Staff on Friday, 30 November 200717 Comments

Patrick Willis of the San Francisco 49ers has been voted the GMC Defensive Player of the Week for games played Nov. 25-26. Willis recorded 18 tackles and half a sack in the 49ers’ 37–31 win over the Arizona Cardinals.

Willis was selected from among five finalists by voters on NFL.com. The other finalists were safety Roman Harper of the New Orleans Saints, defensive end Patrick Kerney of the Seattle Seahawks, cornerback Asante Samuel of the New England Patriots, and safety Dwight Smith of the Minnesota Vikings.

Also at it stands now Willis is also a lock to win Rookie of the Week.

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ninerfaithful4ever said:

yaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooo we have had two of are players win awards this week franh gore being named nfc offensive player of the week

- 30 November 2007 at 7:36 am

ninerfaithful4ever said:

sorry for the typo

- 30 November 2007 at 7:36 am

Mike said:

I can’t wait untill next year to have Manny Lawson and Melvin Oliver back. That D will be sick!!!

- 30 November 2007 at 7:43 am

Lowrance said:

This makes a first for Willis correct? That and previously 2 rookie’s of the week?
Yeah, we already know that Gore and Willis are stars. Gotta love them both and their heart!

I’m curious to see if our offense can continue moving and scoring. As usual, I’m very hopeful this week….

- 30 November 2007 at 7:49 am

Eric said:

Yeah, this is his first D player of the week. This week will be his 3rd time named Rookie of the Week… more than any other player so far.

- 30 November 2007 at 7:57 am

West said:

And finally, I’m closing the P Willy Nickname Challenge as of this afternoon. I’ve received more than 250 submissions, some of them great, some of them OK, and many of them just really, really horrible. I’m thinking that I will pick the top 5, put them to an on-line vote and let the people decide. More on that later. In the meantime, here’s a small sampling of the submissions I received. I’ve withheld names in order to spare some people public ridicule.

1. Patrick “The Machine” Willis
2. Mississippi Mayhem
3. Mississippi Vice
4. Boss Hog (did he play at Arkansas?)
5. The Destroyer
6. The Annihilator
7. The Hit Man
8. Patrick “The Pain Train” Willis
9. Fast Willy
10. Slick Willy
11. Cyborg
12. The Fog (Phonetically, I’m not sure this will work in SF)
13. Patackling Machine
14. The “Heat-Seeking Missile”
15. The Widow Maker
16. ‘pshyco patrick’
17. The Hammer (multiple submissions)
18. Patrick “The Road Block” Willis.
19. Will-do
20. Will-power
21. Marshall Will
22. Patrick “the UFO” Willis (huh?)
23. Patrick “The Stalker” Willis
24. Pit Bull Willis (let’s hope he never plays Michael Vick)
25. The Red Barron
26. Shock and Awe
27. Shock and Awesome (see what they did here!)
28. Patrick “The Quiet Storm” Willis
29. Wolverine Willis
30. The Patty Wagon
31. Beowillis
32. Sir Patrick
33. 52-pickup
– Matt Barrows

- 30 November 2007 at 8:46 am

49ersfan77 said:

hell willis is the man GO NINIERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- 30 November 2007 at 9:05 am

imfasterhanur said:

As far as nicknames are concerned; on a seperate website, some people were in favor for “The Big-Dong”, poking fun at “The Big-Unit” in baseball.

I’m pretty sure it won’t fly with many people, but i found it pretty damn funny.

On another note: 8-8 baby!!!! baby steps toward improvement

- 30 November 2007 at 9:59 am

ninerfaithful4ever said:

profootballtalk.com is currently reporting that smith is done for the season and is looking at surgery to repair the damage in his shoulder so we are now riding on the dilfer express

- 30 November 2007 at 10:02 am

R,Craig33 said:

Damn I didn’t know he had 18 tackles being from the east coast once again I didn’t see the game but like mike said when lawson and oliver come back our D might be shit.

- 30 November 2007 at 10:12 am

xaos50 said:

Mississippi Mayhem is the best nickname for Willis I think.

- 30 November 2007 at 12:16 pm

jon said:

“mississippi mud slid”
cant get past this

- 30 November 2007 at 4:47 pm

jon said:

“mississippi mud slid”
cant get past this

- 30 November 2007 at 4:47 pm

Goldrusher49 said:

Patrick “The Pain Train” Willis is by far the best name available.

- 30 November 2007 at 4:56 pm

unknown niner said:

He is amazing. When the draft comes we should use the first rounder we have on another middle linebacker to support him instead of slow him down (Derick Smith), or an outside linebacker to replace tully banta cain.

- 1 December 2007 at 8:43 am

unknown niner said:

We will have the best,fastest, and youngest linebackers in the nfl if we do draft line backers in the first round. We already have P willis and Manny Lawson. I know our offense needs help but this would be amazing if we did this.

- 1 December 2007 at 8:46 am

Derek Zoolander said: