Highlights
- Simi Fehoko earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors for Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season.
- The Arizona Cardinals wide receiver blocked a punt in the team's win over the Los Angeles Chargers.
- Fehoko, who wears No. 80, is a Stanford product drafted by Dallas in Round 5 of the 2021 NFL Draft.
- The Cardinals won 26-14, giving first-year head coach LaFleur a win in his debut.
Simi Fehoko earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors for Week 1 after the Arizona Cardinals wide receiver blocked a punt in the team's 26-14 win over the Los Angeles Chargers.
Fehoko, who wears No. 80, beat out the roster bubble to make the Cardinals' 53-man group this preseason, according to Arizona Sports, which noted the blocked punt came against his former team. The NFL posted video of the play, showing Fehoko giving Arizona excellent field position on the sequence.
The 6-foot-4, 225-pound receiver was drafted 179th overall in the fifth round of the 2021 NFL Draft. He attended Stanford University and is from Sandy, Utah. His base salary this season is $1,273,380, per USA TODAY Sports data.
The victory also marked a successful head-coaching debut for LaFleur, who earned a win and what KOLD News described as much-needed momentum for the franchise.
The Cardinals' next game is scheduled to follow Week 2 of the NFL regular season.
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