2016 Week 16 game balls

Saturday, Sunday and Monday Week 16 Game balls
This weekend was the last true stressful of football from a fans perspective. The playoffs are set in both conferences. There were some excellent performances from a ton of players in the league. Saturday was the main day of football this week because Sunday was Christmas, and the NFL had to give way to the NBA. So I have a special Saturday edition game ball.

I will give that game ball to Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers for a tremendous game against the division rival Minnesota Vikings. Rodgers has had a lack luster season, but shown up big time on Saturday. A-Rod went 28/38 for 347 and 4 touchdowns. In a last effort to save the Packers season, but it didn’t matter in the end. After an MVP season, Rodgers disappointed a ton of people with his injury riddled season of 2016. The Packers will not be making the playoffs, but at least Rodgers gets my special game ball.

My Sunday game ball came in a winning effort and a playoff clinching effort. My Sunday game ball goes to Pittsburgh Steelers Running back Le’Veon Bell. Bell had a true work horse day on Sunday, giving everything he had in. Bell not only had 122 on 20 carries and a touchdown. He also chipped in with 3 receptions for 15 yards and another score. Bell is arguably the best running back in the league and he has made his chase in 2016, even with the 4 game suspension at the beginning of the year.

Lastly, my Week 16 Monday night game ball. This was a close game early on, but there was too much Dallas in the end. Dez Bryant actually showed up and played like a number one Pro-Bowl receiver last night. Bryant had for catches for 70 big yards and 2 touchdowns. He also threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Dak Prescott. The Cowboys had a lot of fun last night, and it shows in the kind of outing that Bryant had last night. I am interested to see what kind of performances are produced next week, due to the fact that it is a meaningless week out football.
Sources:(nfl.com)

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