Week 12 on the NFL schedule is almost in the books (we still have Monday Night Football) and the best performances deserve to be recognized by our MMQB staff. Even if you’re feeling down because your team didn’t win, maybe one of your favorite players or coaches gets awarded a game ball by our staff.
Here are this week’s standouts:
Mitch Goldich: Brian Robinson Jr., RB, Commanders. It remains amazing that Robinson is on the field at all. Most people know the story by now that the rookie who had such a promising preseason came back to game action just six weeks after being shot multiple times in an attempted robbery and has had an impact on a team with legitimate playoff aspirations. On Sunday, we got a real look at the player we expected to see starting in Week 1—before his IR stint and rehab process. He rushed 18 times for 105 yards, his first career 100-yard game, absorbing contact and dealing it back out. For good measure, he caught a 14-yard touchdown pass on which he bowled over two defenders en route to the end zone. It was an important win that boosted the Commanders to 7–5 and ownership of the NFC’s final wild card for the time being. He also, crucially, gave the world the gift of the big hat.
