Jan. 11, 2016
Three #ProJackets were in action during last weekend’s 2016 NFL Playoffs Wild Card Weekend. Morgan Burnett tallied a team- and career-high 13 tackles in Green Bay’s 35-18 win at Washington.
DE Michael Johnson recorded five tackles – including one for loss – in Cincinnati’s 18-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday night. In the first playoff game, QB coach George Godsey and the Houston Texans suffered a 30-0 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Five #ProJackets are slated to be in action for this weekend’s NFL Divisional Playoffs, including New England Patriots rookie offensive guard Shaq Mason. Check out the rest of this week’s Nissan #ProJackets Report.
| #PROJACKETS REPORT, 2016 PLAYOFFS | |||
| PLAYER | WILD CARD | NEXT GAME | |
| Morgan Burnett, S Green Bay Packers 6th Year GT Bio | NFL Bio | Twitter | Sunday, Jan. 10 STARTED at WAS (W, 35-18) 13 tackles | Divisional Round Saturday, Jan. 16 at ARI 8:15 p.m. ET NBC | |
| Michael Johnson, DE Cincinnati Bengals 7th Year GT Bio | NFL Bio | Twitter | Saturday, Jan. 9 STARTED vs. PIT (L, 16-18) 5 tackles, 1.0 TFL | FINAL 2015 STATS Games Played: 16 Games Started: 15 42 tackles 5.0 sacks 2 PDef, 3 FF | |
| Shaq Mason, OL New England Patriots ROOKIE GT Bio | NFL Bio | Twitter | BYE | Divisional Round Saturday, Jan. 16 vs. KC 4:35 p.m. ET CBS | |
| Demaryius Thomas, WR Denver Broncos 6th Year GT Bio | NFL Bio | Twitter | BYE | Divisional Round Sunday, Jan. 17 vs. PIT 4:40 p.m. ET CBS | |
| Vance Walker, DE Denver Broncos 7th Year GT Bio | NFL Bio | Twitter | BYE | Divisional Round Sunday, Jan. 17 vs. PIT 4:40 p.m. ET CBS | |
| Brandon Watts, LB Minnesota Vikings 2nd Year GT Bio | NFL Bio | Twitter | Sunday, Jan. 10 DNP (INACTIVE) vs. SEA (L, 9-10) | FINAL 2015 STATS Games Played: 7 Games Started: 0 7 tackles, 1 FF | |
| Lou Young, CB Carolina Panthers 1st Year GT Bio | NFL Bio | Twitter | BYE | Divisional Round Sunday, Jan. 17 vs. SEA 1:05 p.m. ET FOX |
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