Week 3: Darnell Savage Jr., Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers safety Darnell Savage, who played collegiately at the University of Maryland, has been named the DC Touchdown Club Pro Football Player of the Week after providing the steady hand that led the Packers’ rally for an 18-17 victory over the New Orleans Saints this past Sunday.

Savage finished with five tackles but just as important his calm presence played an important role after the Packers trailed 10-0 at halftime.

“Don’t worry about it, we got you,” Savage repeatedly told Packers Coach Matt LaFleur.

“I kinda joked around and said, 'We got all the bad stuff out of our system in the first half'," Savage told reporters after the game. "Now all we can do is go out there, play free and whatever happens, happens. Just looking around in the locker room, we were still confident. That's one thing about this team. We believe in each other, trust each other. We're still confident so we went out there, handled business and look what happened."

The Packers trailed 17-0 entering the fourth quarter, before turning things around. LaFleur said he had never been part of a win like that and was reminded of the belief Savage – the Packers’ first-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft -- had in the team.

“That’s why I was hugging him so long after the game,” LaFleur said.