With trips to the Super Bowls on the line, you knew every player would leave every ounce of themselves on the field. Big performances weren’t a surprise – they were an expectation.

Ten semifinal games took place from Thursday to Saturday and an uncountable number of players stepped up huge to help get their team to their respective Super Bowl. It’s always great to see – unless you’re trying to narrow down a list to five players for the Longplex Athlete of the Week for the Football Semifinals.

We ran through each of the games and took into consideration the impact individuals made and the competition they were playing against and came up with our five nominees. Are there others who could be here? Absolutely. But we feel these five had the biggest impact in getting their team to their re

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