Bryan McCann: NFC Defensive Player Of The Week

By David Halprin@dave_halprin Updated Nov 17, 2010, 12:30pm CST

Make one huge play, and you can become the NFC Defensive Player Of The Week. Bryan McCann did just that.

DEFENSE: CB BRYAN MCCANN, DALLAS COWBOYS

McCann, an undrafted rookie out of Southern Methodist, had a 101-yard interception-return touchdown in the Cowboys’ 33-20 win at the New York Giants.
He is the second rookie in the Super Bowl era with a 100+ yard interception-return touchdown (LOUIS DELMAS, 101 yards, December 20, 2009). It is the longest interception-return touchdown in team history and ties for the second-longest play by a Cowboy, trailing ALEXANDER WRIGHT’s 102-yard kickoff-return touchdown on December 22, 1991.
Playing in his second career game, he added five tackles, including one for a five-yard loss.
He is the first Cowboys rookie to be named NFC Defensive Player of the Week since DE MARCUS WARE (Week 16, 2005).

More on McCann's big play later today...

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