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| The few highlights of the Chiefs' season were provided by Jamaal Charles. (US Presswire) |
Finding MVPs on a 2-14 Chiefs' football team is not always easy; however, the players who did play well this season stood out because of how bad some of the others were. Here are the 2012 RapidReports MVPs for the Chiefs.
Offense -- RB Jamaal Charles: If it weren't for Charles, the Chiefs might not have won any games. He turned the momentum of the game against New Orleans with a 91-yard touchdown and finished with 233 rushing yards in Kansas City's first win. Charles finished with a career-high 1,509 rushing yards. Not only did he perform for a hopeless team, he put together a Pro Bowl season one year after tearing his ACL.
Defense -- LB Derrick Johnson: It was easy to question the effort of some of the Chiefs this week, but one guy who continued to bring it each week was Johnson. He earned his second straight Pro Bowl selection by leading the Chiefs with 125 tackles.
Special teams -- P Dustin Colquitt: The Chiefs could not blame their woes on bad field position. Colquitt placed 45 punts inside the 20-yard line, which is the second-best in a single season by an NFL punter.
Newcomer -- RT Eric Winston: It wasn't a great year for the Chiefs' free-agent signings. RB Peyton Hillis was a bust. CB Stanford Routt was released. And Winston was not exactly a fan-favorite because of his rant after some fans cheered Matt Cassel's injury against Baltimore. Winston protected his quarterbacks -- on and off the field -- and he was also a solid run-blocker. His signing is the one thing GM Scott Pioli did right in the offseason.
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