Jamaal Charles made his return to the Kansas City Chiefs in a big way. In his first game since injuring his ankle in Week 2, Charles filled up the stat sheet in the KC Chiefs 41-14 Monday Night Football victory over the New England Patriots.
AFC Offensive Player of Week 4: @KCChiefs RB @jcharles25. 4th career Player of the Week Award
— Jon Zimmer (@NFLhistory) October 1, 2014
Charles rushed the ball 18 times for 92 yards, including one rushing touchdown. He caught three passes for 16 yards and two of those went for touchdowns. It was the first touchdowns of the season for Charles.
. @kcchiefs' @jcharles25 is 2nd player in @NFL history with 90+ rush yds, rush TD & 2+ rec. TDs in MNF game (Ron Johnson, 1972)
— Jon Zimmer (@NFLhistory) September 30, 2014
Charles only played 36 of the 67 offensive snaps because he came out of the game to get an IV after apparently cramping.
This is the fourth AFC offensive player of the week award for Charles.
Meanwhile, Husain Abdullah did not win an award but he was nominated.
#Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah was nominated for the AFC Defensive Player of the Week. He had 8 tackles & a 39-yard interception-return TD.
— BJ Kissel (@ChiefsReporter) October 1, 2014
Same with kicker Cairo Santos.
#Chiefs kicker Cairo Santos was also nominated for the Special Teams Player of the Week. He converted both FGs & was 5-5 on touchbacks.
— BJ Kissel (@ChiefsReporter) October 1, 2014