Tom Brady and Dion Lewis Win AFC Players of the Week

AFC Offensive Player of the Week: Tom Brady
AFC Special Teams Player of the Week: @DionLewisRB #GoPats pic.twitter.com/qhOBZrakbJ

— New England Patriots (@Patriots) November 15, 2017

What a great week to be a Patriots fan!

Your only "competition" in the division, the 5-4 Buffalo Bills just benched its starting quarterback, meanwhile down in Foxboro Tom Brady, for 3rd time this season and 30th time in his career is the AFC Offensive Player of the Week. Thanks in part to a 3 touchdown 0 int game in Denver, the 54th such of his career. Brady picked up his NFL record 86th road victory as well in the contest.

Oh and for good measure, Dion Lewis thanks to his Davontae Booker aided kickoff return touchdown takes home AFC Special Teams player of the Week Honors.

103 YARDS TO THE HOUSE!@DionLewisRB is GONE. #GoPats #NEvsDEN pic.twitter.com/fnVmoZVx1u

— NFL (@NFL) November 13, 2017

Somewhat surprisingly, since Brady has won this award nearly two full seasons worth of his career, this is the first time he's been AFC Offensive Player of the Week and a teammate has taken home the award for special teams. However it's not the first time a Patriot duo has achieved the feat.

Brady & Lewis are the 2nd #Patriots duo to win AFC honors in the same week, joining Bledsoe & Vinatieri (1998, Week 12): https://t.co/OB86v4Cgv3 pic.twitter.com/8VC0IDnA57

— New England Patriots (@Patriots) November 15, 2017

Statistically speaking you'd think he's probably shared AFC Player of the Week with a teammate before, especially considering the two kickers he's spent most his career with you'd assume there would've been some week where Brady and Vinatieri/Gostowski could've both won. Apparently not!

​Oh well, yet another feather in Tom Brady's cap. I bet he'll love this because it just gives him an opportunity in the press conference to take the light off of him and give credit to a teammate. That's just the Patriot way.