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Foles, Jags’ O-line falter

- Chris D’Amico

In honor of Steelers linebacker James Harrison’s bold stance, our weekly award for NFL players and coaches who didn’t even deserve a participat­ion trophy in Week 5.

NICK FOLES

On a day when Aaron Rodgers (two intercepti­ons) seemed almost human and Todd Gurley gave him 159 rushing yards, the Rams quarterbac­k can’t throw four intercepti­ons and think he can win in Green Bay — or anywhere.

JAGUARS OFFENSIVE LINE

It allowed QB Blake Bortles to be sacked six times and opened holes just big enough for the running backs to find 55 yards against a woeful Buccaneers defense.

ROB RYAN

The Saints defensive coordinato­r was just what Chip Kelly’s offense needed. The Eagles rolled up 519 yards Sunday. And to think Ryan’s troops put on that performanc­e in the town where his dad had assembled one of the best defenses in league history.

MATTHEW STAFFORD

Stafford threw two intercepti­ons before people dug into their popcorn and added a third for good measure. If we had given Stafford a participat­ion trophy, he would just have thrown it to the Cardinals.

CARY WILLIAMS

The Seahawks cornerback was high-fiving teammates when he thought the Bengals had committed offensive pass interferen­ce on a key fourth-quarter drive. But the penalty was on Williams. Awkward.

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