Overview

• The Week 6 honor was announced Wednesday, the same day Dean turned 29 and learned of the award after the team’s walk-through.
• In Tampa Bay’s 30-19 win on Oct. 12, Dean logged his first career sack, forced a fumble and intercepted Mac Jones to seal the game.
• He became the first NFC player this season to record a sack, forced fumble and interception in a single game.
• Bowles praised the sack as a career-best moment and noted the interception was the 10th he has seen Dean make in the NFL.
• Dean is the first Buccaneer to win NFC Defensive Player of the Week since Ronde Barber in 2012.