Chiefs LB Vrabel Named to All-Fundamentals Team

by Joel Thorman on Dec 8, 2009 6:43 PM CST in 2009 Kansas City Chiefs Campaign

Kansas City Chiefs LB Mike Vrabel has been chosen as a member of the All-Fundamentals Team by USA Football and the NFLPA.

A six person panel chose Vrabel because of his ability to shed blocks.

USA Football is the governing body of youth football and is chaired by former Chiefs GM Carl Peterson who, along with Herm Edwards and four others, chose the All-Fundamentals team. This 26-man roster honors the NFL's most fundamentally-sound players who also commit themselves to service in their communities.

One other player with a Chiefs connection - Tony Gonzalez. He was given the honor for his ability to catch the ball in traffic.

Each player will choose a school to give a $1,500 equipment grant.

Full list of all the players chosen can be seen after the jump.

NAME	POSITION	TEAM	FOOTBALL FUNDAMENTAL
Tony Gonzalez	TE	Atlanta Falcons	Catching in traffic
*Ryan Clady*	T	*Denver Broncos*	*Hands in pass protection*
Joe Thomas	T	Cleveland Browns	Pass blocking footwork
Alan Faneca	G	New York Jets	Combo/zone blocking
Steve Hutchinson	G	Minnesota Vikings	Pulling, run blocking
Jeff Saturday	C	Indianapolis Colts	Snapping and blocking
Larry Fitzgerald	WR	Arizona Cardinals	Proper catching with hands
Wes Welker	WR	New England Patriots	Proper catching with hands
Ryan Grant	RB	Green Bay Packers	Ball security/proper cuts
Moran Norris	FB	San Francisco 49ers	Run blocking
Drew Brees	QB	New Orleans Saints	Throwing mechanics
Osi Umenyiora	DE	New York Giants	Takeoff and pass rush
Kyle Vanden Bosch	DE	Tennessee Titans	Playing the run
Darnell Dockett	DT	Arizona Cardinals	Defeating blocks
Haloti Ngata	DT/NT	Baltimore Ravens	Footwork and leverage
Mike Vrabel	LB	Kansas City Chiefs	Shedding blocks
London Fletcher	LB	Washington Redskins	Angle tackling
DeMarcus Ware	LB	Dallas Cowboys	Pass rush/bull rush
Cortland Finnegan	CB	Tennessee Titans	Man-to-man coverage
Nnamdi Asomugha	CB	Oakland Raiders	Breaking up the pass
Troy Polamalu	S	Pittsburgh Steelers	Playing the ball
Eric Weddle	S	San Diego Chargers	Open-field tackling
David Akers	K	Philadelphia Eagles	Kicking mechanics
Brian Moorman	P	Buffalo Bills	Punting mechanics
David Binn	LS	San Diego Chargers	Long-snapping mechanics
Clifton Smith	KR	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Kick catching and returning

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Interesting

I’ve never heard of this before.

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by Chris Thorman on Dec 8, 2009 7:17 PM CST reply actions

No Colquitt?

Shenanigans!!!

by Chiefsfan1970 on Dec 8, 2009 7:54 PM CST reply actions

Mike Vrable also showed excellent technique when flipping off the Donkeys

Yeah, let's just keep matriculatin' the ball down the field, boys! ...

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by oldchiefsfan on Dec 8, 2009 7:57 PM CST reply actions

excellent technique indeed

by Bearson on Dec 8, 2009 8:47 PM CST up reply actions

Vraebel is a leader, love his passion.

Good move by the Chiefs org, glad to see LJ gone.

by Eric Allen on Dec 8, 2009 8:01 PM CST reply actions

A couple things...

1. This is exactly why Vrabel was brought in, not because of his production, but because of his knowledge

2. How would we know about Asomugha, because QB’s never throw his way.

3. BRIAN MOORMAN IS TEH AWESOME !!!

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by averagegatsby on Dec 8, 2009 8:20 PM CST reply actions

Chiefs threw at him quite a bit actually

But other than that, no, teams don’t throw at him.

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by Joel Thorman on Dec 8, 2009 8:58 PM CST up reply actions

Not that he isn't a great Corner...

He’s starting to live a little on reputation… But hell Neion Deion did it for the last 5 years of his career… Well until those last 2 years in Baltimore.

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by averagegatsby on Dec 8, 2009 10:22 PM CST up reply actions

If no one throws to him, that means the receiver he is covering doesn’t get any catches. I’d say that is THE definition of a shutdown corner.

by T-Rich on Dec 8, 2009 10:59 PM CST up reply actions

To some degree yes...

But i dont think a QB even looks his way as much, and Deion was really good at baiting QB’s into throwing his way. So to some degree they are just scared to throw that way if the corner is beat or not.

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by averagegatsby on Dec 8, 2009 11:02 PM CST up reply actions

Still means that the receiver isn’t getting any catches.

by T-Rich on Dec 9, 2009 1:52 AM CST up reply actions

I did say "NOT that he isn't a great corner"

But if his receivers aren’t blanketed and a QB COULD throw that way BUT doesn’t it’s because of his reputation. QB’s are scared that they are being bated into throwing their way, but since they dont we dont actually know.

I don’t get why there is even an argument, I never said he wasn’t a shutdown corner.

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by averagegatsby on Dec 9, 2009 8:05 AM CST up reply actions