NFL.com - Players of the Week Brees, A.P. up for FedEx Air & Ground Players of the Year
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Quarterbacks Drew
Brees of the New Orleans
Saints, Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts and Kurt Warner of the Arizona Cardinals are the finalists for 2008 FedEx Air NFL Player of the Year honors, while running backs Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings, Michael Turner of the Atlanta Falcons and DeAngelo Williams of the Carolina Panthers are the finalists for 2008 FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Year honors, the NFL announced today.
Fans can vote for one player in each category on NFL.com/FedEx from 2:00 PM ET on Monday, January 5 through 12:00 PM ET on Friday, January 23 to determine the 2008 FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Year.
The FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Year will be announced on Wednesday, January 28 at a press conference during the week of Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa Bay.
Fans will be voting for more than their favorite player. As part of this season's Air & Ground program, FedEx teamed up with Safe Kids USA - a national non-profit organization that works to prevent accidental injury among children - to deliver safer kids by making weekly $1,000 donations in each of the winning players' names. The funding directly benefits local Safe Kids coalitions in that team's city, to fund pedestrian safety improvements throughout the year.
Additionally, FedEx hosted special safety events throughout the season in various NFL markets. These local programs showcased the various pedestrian safety initiatives that FedEx has been proud to support. FedEx also made donations to the local Safe Kids coalitions in each of these cities.
FedEx will make a special $25,000 donation to the Tampa Safe Kids chapter, as well as make $25,000 donations to the winning FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Year players' local Safe Kids coalitions. This year, FedEx celebrates its fifth year of the program and surpasses the $1 million mark in funding to create safer communities for children.