NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Titans cornerback Logan Ryan did everything right in his first half sack of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in Sunday's win.

The first person he heard from was Brady himself.

"When I hit him, as he was going down, he said, 'Good sack, Log,'" Ryan of Brady, his former teammate with the Patriots.

On Wednesday night, Ryan heard from the NFL -- he'd been selected by a panel of former players as the Week 10 recipient of the NFL Way to Play award, which promotes proper playing technique while protecting players from unnecessary risk.

The 2018 season marks the official launch of NFL Way to Play.

"I think it's a way to show the kids – in youth football, in high school football – the right way to play football and how to tackle correctly," Ryan said. "So a shout-out to my little league coach for the Jersey Pine Wildcats, Mike McGough, for teaching me at seven years old how to tackle with my head up, with my shoulders first.