San Francisco 49ers star Nick Bosa had two sacks, four QB hits and seven total tackles in the team’s win over the Washington Commanders and received a big vote of confidence from his teammates for his Defensive Player of the Year.

Bosa won the 2019 AP Defensive Rookie of the Year and is on his way to the third Pro Bowl of his career. After the team’s 37-20 victory over the Commanders, tight end George Kittle backed Bosa as the league’s top defensive player.

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"I think today secured his defensive MVP," Kittle said Saturday, via ESPN. "I don't know how it doesn't. If you look at what he does every Sunday compared to everyone else around the league whether it's offense or defense, I don't know why he's not in the MVP conversation, too ... Every single day he's just an absolute monster. All the sacks, they're earned and deserved. He's fantastic. He's never not good."

Bosa has taken over the NFL lead for sacks. His two against the Commanders pushed him to 17.5 sacks on the season. Michael Strahan and T.J. Watt had 22.5 sacks in a single season, which was the record when the NFL started to count sacks. According to Pro Football Reference, Al Baker had 23 in 1978 for the Detroit Lions.

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"It's insane the level he's playing at," 49ers linebacker Fred Warner said. "That's a big reason why our defense is going the way it is because we know it takes all 11 to rush and the coverage works together, but knowing that he's on the field and has that opportunity to get home, you get stickier in coverage and you're able to sit on routes. He's just been playing out of his mind."

Bosa said the target is Defensive Player of the Year. He has some stiff competition in Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons and New England Patriots pass rusher Matthew Judon.

"That's a dream," Bosa added. "I've played this game since I was 7 years old, and I played D-line the entire way through. I've watched guys throughout the years and just wanted to be in that position, and I finally feel like I'm kind of living out my dream."

As of Sunday, San Francisco had the league’s best defense. They were ranked first in yards allowed and points allowed.

Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Eli Apple has never been one to shy away from speaking his mind, and he did so after New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones had a play on him he said was "dirty."

Apple called Jones out following the Bengals’ 22-18 win over the Patriots, saying that Jones intentionally dove at his legs away from a play where Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt was running back what he believed to be a fumble from Jones for a touchdown. 

The play was eventually blown dead, resulting in no turnover by the Patriots. But it was a play from Jones that honestly Apple expected. 

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"Of course I did (notice it). He tripped me," Apple said via NESN. "I thought it was a dirty play. He’s done that before, I’ve seen it."

This isn’t the first time a player has called out the Alabama product, as Carolina Panthers defensive end Brian Burns said last season that Jones tried to twist his ankle on purpose. 

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The Chicago Bears were also looking for flags on slides from Jones, who was raising his cleats up into players pursuing him for a tackle. 

Pratt was yards ahead of Jones in this case, and even if it was a fumble, he had no chance to tackle him. Meanwhile, Apple was just tailing the play and Jones appeared to pick him out and drop to the turf right below his feet. 

Apple fell to the turf, but luckily didn’t come up injured on the play. 

New England has now lost two straight games, moving them to 7-8 on the season, though they remain in the playoff hunt. The Buffalo Bills already clinched the AFC East title, so the wild card is all the Patriots can hope for now. 

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On the other hand, the Bengals are rolling in the AFC North, leading the division by one game now after winning their seventh straight game on Saturday afternoon and moving to 11-4. 

The Baltimore Ravens are right behind them at 10-4 and they will meet in Week 18 for a game that could determine the division winner. 

Either way, the Bengals are looking like a team ready to defend their AFC championship from a season ago.