S Grant Delpit has earned the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for games played Oct. 16-20 (Week 7), the National Football League announced on Wednesday.
Early in the second quarter on the Dolphins kickoff return, Delpit poked the ball out of Dee Eskridge's arms to force the fumble, which S Rayshawn Jenkins then scooped up for the recovery. The forced fumble set the Browns up for their second touchdown of the day.
"He was awesome," head coach Kevin Stefanski said. "Grant was flying around. That whole safety position. Grant is playing at a really high level, a leader for us, just great on and off the field, but, man, he's playing physical."
Delpit's presence on the field extended past just the forced fumble. He recorded two tackles on special teams, as well as two tackles, one ta