BEARS QB REX GROSSMAN & BENGALS RB RUDI JOHNSON PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

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NFL.COM VOTERS SELECT
BEARS QB REX GROSSMAN & BENGALS RB RUDI JOHNSON
AS WEEK 2 FEDEX AIR & GROUND® NFL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK HONORS

Quarterback REX GROSSMAN of the Chicago Bears and running back RUDI JOHNSON of the Cincinnati Bengals
are the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week for games played on September 17-18, the NFL announced
today.

Grossman completed 20 of 27 passes for 289 yards and four touchdowns for a passer rating of 148.0 in the Bears’ 34-
7 victory over the Detroit Lions. He threw touchdown passes of three, five, 31 and 41 yards.

Johnson carried 26 times for 145 yards and two touchdowns in the Bengals’ 34-17 victory over the Cleveland Browns.
He scored on touchdown runs of one and nine yards in the fourth quarter.

Grossman and Johnson were selected from among finalists in air and ground categories through 139,748 fan votes.
The other FedEx Express NFL Player of the Week finalists were quarterbacks ELI MANNING of the New York Giants
and PEYTON MANNING of the Indianapolis Colts, while running backs WARRICK DUNN of the Atlanta Falcons and
FRANK GORE of the San Francisco 49ers were the other finalists for the FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week.
Grossman received 36 percent of the fan votes for FedEx Express NFL Player of the Week, while Eli Manning
received 34 percent and Peyton Manning received 30 percent. Johnson’s 66 percent of the fan votes for FedEx
Ground NFL Player of the Week beat out Dunn’s 19 percent and Gore’s 15 percent.

Fans voted for more than their favorite players. The weekly FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week Awards
are also a win for the local community. Along with the player awards, FedEx is awarding Shriners Hospital for
Children and Cincinnati Children’s Medical Hospital, the children’s hospitals in each winning market, a check for
$5,000.

The children’s hospitals in the two season-long winner’s markets, announced at Super Bowl XLI in South Florida, will
be awarded $25,000 each. That means that FedEx will deliver nearly $250,000 to local children’s hospitals around the
country in recognition of the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week Award winners.

FedEx, the premier global provider of transportation, e-commerce and supply-chain management services, is the
Official Delivery Service Sponsor of the NFL, Super Bowl and Pro Bowl. Through the weekly FedEx Air and Ground
awards, FedEx recognizes those NFL players who represent the same speed, precision and teamwork that their
customers have come to expect from the full range of FedEx air, ground, freight and international shipping services.

2005 FEDEX AIR & GROUND NFL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

EXPRESS (AIR) Charity GROUND Charity

Wk 1 Donovan McNabb, Phi. Children’s Crisis
Treatment Center
LaDainian Tomlinson,
SD.
Rady Children’s
Hospital
Wk 2 Rex Grossman, Chi. Shriners Hospital for
Children
Rudi Johnson, Cin. Cincinnati Children’s
Medical Hospital
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