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Offense: RB LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers

• The Chargers seized the AFC West lead on the road Sunday night with a 35-27 win at Denver, bolstered by Tomlinson’s four touchdowns (three rushing, one receiving), 105 rushing yards on 20 carries, and 75 yards on three receptions. In his 89th career game, Tomlinson scored his 99th, 100th, 101st, and 102nd career touchdowns, reaching 100 TDs in the fewest games played. Tomlinson surpassed the previous-best mark of 93 games, reached by Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown and Emmitt Smith. Trailing 24-7 midway through the third quarter, the San Diego rusher scored on a three-yard run and a 51-yard catch and run within 84 seconds to make the score 24-21, Denver. With 3:03 left in the game, a San Diego interception gave the Chargers possession on the Denver 23-yard line with a 28-27 lead. Tomlinson rushed for the team’s next 23 yards – including a one-yard TD run – in a five-play scoring drive for the Chargers’ eight-point margin of victory. Tomlinson has 22 TDs on the season and is only six touchdows away from tying the single-season record of 28, set by Seattle’s Shaun Alexander last season.

In his sixth season from TCU, this is Tomlinson’s eighth Player of the Week Award and his fifth since the start of 2005.

Other nominees for AFC Offensive Player of Week 11 were:

• New England quarterback Tom Brady, who tied a career-high with four TD passes, completing 20 of 31 (64.5 percent) for 244 yards and a 128.2 passer rating in a 35-0 win at Green Bay.
• Houston quarterback David Carr, who completed 25 of 30 passes (83.3 percent) for 223 yards against one interception in a 24-21 loss against Buffalo. Carr tied an NFL record by completing 22 consecutive pass attempts in the game.
• Buffalo wide receiver Lee Evans, who set a club record with 265 receiving yards on a career-high 11 catches. Evans posted two 83-yard TD receptions, making him the third player in NFL history with two TD catches of 80-plus yards in one game.
• Cincinnati wide receiver Chad Johnson, who posted 190 receiving yards and career-high-tying three touchdowns on six catches in a 31-16 win at New Orleans. Johnson leads the NFL with 932 receiving yards.
• Kansas City running back Larry Johnson, who rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns on 31 carries (5.0-yard average) in a 17-13 win against Oakland.
• Baltimore running back Jamal Lewis, who carried the ball 22 times for 91 yards (4.1 avg.) and rushed for a career-high-tying three TDs.
• Buffalo quarterback J.P. Losman, who threw a career-high 340 passing yards, completing 26 of 38 attempts with three TDs against one interception. Losman led the team on a seven-play, 55-yard TD drive to win the game with nine seconds left in regulation.
Cincinnati quarterback CARSON PALMER, who completed 14 of 22 passes for 275 yards and three touchdowns against one interception for a 127.8 passer rating.
Pittsburgh quarterback BEN ROETHLISBERGER, who led the Steelers on three fourth-quarter touchdown drives of more than 75 yards in a 24-20 win at Cleveland. Roethlisberger completed 18 of 29 fourth-quarter passes for 224 yards and two TDs.