Defensive end Michael Johnson has been named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week after recording three sacks and seven tackles in the Bengals’ 38-31 win at Washington on Sunday.

When asked for his reaction to the first such honor of his career, Johnson said, “Uh, thank you.”

The three sacks were a career high and brought his season total to a team-high four, which is tied for fourth in the NFL.

Johnson had six sacks in 2011.

“I’m a little heavier this year, so it helps against the run and it helps doing power moves,” Johnson said. “It feels good. I still feel like I’m moving well and I’m in pretty good shape.”

The Bengals lead the AFC and rank fourth in the league with 11 sacks.

Johnson is the first Bengal to win an AFC Defensive Player of the Week award since Antwan Odom tied a club record with five sacks at Green Bay in Week 2, 2009, and he is the second in as many weeks to be honored after Adam Jones was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week following his 81-yard punt return for a touchdown in the Cleveland game.

Hall’s hamstring: Cornerback Leon Hall missed Sunday’s game at Washington with what was described as a calf injury. Following further diagnosis and an MRI, it was listed as a hamstring on Wednesday’s injury report. His status for Sunday’s game in Jacksonville is unclear.

“I’m going to wait and see what happens,” Hall said. “It doesn’t feel too bad today. I’ve been getting treatment all day.”

Hall was one of six players who did not practice Wednesday, along with cornerbacks Nate Clements (calf) and Dre Kirkpatrick (knee), tight end Donald Lee (quad), running back Bernard Scott (ankle) and tackle Andrew Whitworth.

Replacement refs: Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis had a blunt answer when asked how he is instructing his players to deal with the replacement referees in the wake of Monday night’s controversial ending in Seattle.

“I told our guys to shut up,” Lewis said. “It’s not your business. You have no influence on it. You don’t need to worry about it. Just play football. You don’t need to talk about it, you don’t need to think about it. You play football, and do it the way we’re coaching you to do it. That was my message this morning.”

Streak reset: Bengals running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis saw his streak of 589 consecutive touches without a fumble end Sunday when he was stripped by the Redskins’ Josh Wilson, who also recovered the loose ball late in the third quarter.

“As far as dwelling on it or saying it’s eventually going to happen, I never thought about it like that,” Green-Ellis said of the streak. “People make more out of things than they are. You move on. Whether you drop a pass, you drop a fumble or you have an interception, you know you have to get better and you move on to the next play.”

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the 589 touches without a fumble were the most in NFL history to begin a career, although the league only began tracking individual fumbles in 1945.

Dolphins ducats: By linking the upcoming home games against the Dolphins (Oct. 7) and Steelers (Oct. 21) in a new ticket pack, the Bengals are hoping the Miami game will mark the third consecutive sellout at Paul Brown Stadium.

Pack E is the only way for fans to purchase tickets for the Steelers game, which will be aired on Sunday Night Football on NBC, and ticket prices as part of Pack E are cheaper than single-game ones.

“Fan response to Pack E was initially very good, and we know from the TV ratings that a lot of people watched us win an exciting game last Sunday,” Bengals spokesman Jack Brennan said. “We are working for another very good sales week on Miami, and the goal is another full house on Oct. 7.”