Chiefs Team Awards Honor Jamaal Charles, Eric Berry

by Joel Thorman on Feb 10, 2011 2:13 PM CST in 2010 Kansas City Chiefs Season

The Kansas City Chiefs players have voted and RB Jamaal Charles and S Eric Berry are your big winners. The team announced that via a player vote the team has named Charles as the team MVP and Berry as the team rookie of the year.

Was there ever any doubt?

Charles is arguably the only player you point at and say, 'The Chiefs have a chance on Sunday because this guy is on the field.' Meanwhile Berry headed a rookie class that has begun to usher in a new era of Chiefs football. Great choices by the players.

The MVP award is named after Derrick Thomas while the rookie of the year award is named after Mack Lee Hill. The awards are especially meaningful because they're voted on by their teammates.

As Josh Looney of KCChiefs.com points out, it's the latest in a long line of awards for Charles, who was also voted as a first team All-Pro by Pro Football Weekly and the (other) AP in addition to the FedEx Ground Player of the Year. Berry lead the team in interceptions, was named NFL rookie of the month for December/January and was named to the All-Rookie team by Pro Football Weekly and Sporting News.

The awards will be handed out at the 41st 101 Awards Banquet on March 5 in downtown Kansas City, where Todd Haley will also be awarded the AFC coach of the year.

Check out KCChiefs.com for the full history of winners.

(H/T kcsno56)

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very nice

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by LadyChief on Feb 10, 2011 2:23 PM CST reply actions

Good for them

Respect among your teammates is something you have to earn. We all had doubts about berry the first few games, but once he pulled it altogether it was obvious he was something special. We all know JC is special, can’t wait for him to tear it up next season too.

by SoCalChief17 on Feb 10, 2011 2:23 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Well...

Was there ever any doubt?

For me there was. Considering AP was putting out some articles saying Cassel was in the league MVP race. I didn’t think it was a sure thing Charles would win.

I would’ve voted for Charles, but I’m guessing MC got several votes…until his teammates heard about his N’Sync moment.

by kcsno56 on Feb 10, 2011 2:33 PM CST reply actions

Good point

Love the fact-checkers!

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by Joel Thorman on Feb 10, 2011 2:35 PM CST up reply actions

http://kcsportsspot.blogspot.com/

by ztarhini on Feb 10, 2011 5:44 PM CST reply actions

Young Players, Bright Futures

The Derrick Thomas award for team MVP and the Mack Lee Hill award for best rookie are two very prestigious awards for Chiefs players. These awards are voted on by the team.
On my blog, I came out with the team MVP and the offensive and defensive rookies of the year in the week leading up to the Super Bowl. This is when those league awards were being handed out. Here they are:
http://tipofthearrowhead.blogspot.com/2011/02/most-valuable-chief.html
http://tipofthearrowhead.blogspot.com/2011/02/rookies-of-year.html
I’ve also done defensive player of the year and comeback players of the year for the Chiefs. To check out these awards and other stories on the Chiefs, just go to
http://tipofthearrowhead.blogspot.com/

by Nathan Bramwell on Feb 10, 2011 9:26 PM CST reply actions