Overview
- The NFL honored Brooks for Week 11 after he made 20 tackles in a 16-13 overtime win over Washington in Madrid, tying his career high.
- It is his second AFC Defensive Player of the Week in four weeks and the first two such awards of his career.
- Brooks leads the league with 125 tackles through 11 games, averaging 11.3 per game and holding an 18-tackle edge over Bobby Wagner.
- His earlier award came in Week 8, when he posted 10 tackles, a sack and three tackles for loss in a victory over the Falcons.
- Analytics backed the performance as Pro Football Focus gave him the NFL’s top run-defense grade for Week 11, and his multiple 18-plus tackle games are the first by a Dolphins player since Zach Thomas in 2006.