Skip navigation
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up

Braden Mann named AFC special teams player of the week

3GLF0ISN90wN
The Football Night in America crew zips through several storylines from Week 2 of the 2022 NFL season with discussions on the biggest comebacks, the best 2-0 teams and more.

Braden Mann is the Jets punter. But he did a couple of extra things in Sunday’s stunning comeback victory over the Browns that helped him earn AFC special teams player of the week.

In the first quarter, Mann executed a successful fake punt with a 17-yard pass to receiver Jeff Smith that kept New York’s drive going. Eventually the Jets scored a touchdown that tied the game 7-7.

Then after quarterback Joe Flacco’s 66-yard touchdown to receiver Corey Davis late in the fourth quarter, Smith executed a successful onside kick that gave the Jets the opportunity to win the game.

They did it with Flacco’s 15-yard touchdown pass to Garrett Wilson.

Mann is the first Jets punter since 2015 to earn special teams player of the week honors.

The Jets will take on the 0-2 Bengals in Week Three.