Charles And His Spot In History
Quite simply, Jamaal Charles was robbed.
Politics is the only reason that Charles was not named the AFC’s offensive player of the week for his 259-yard rushing performance against Denver last Sunday.
The league gave the AFC honor to Baltimore running back Willis McGahee. Why? Because they named Derrick Johnson the AFC Defensive Player of the Week, and the league does not hand the offensive and defensive player awards to teammates the same week. They’ve got 32 ownerships to make happy, so in this case Charles got jobbed.
His performance was the eighth best single-game rushing performance in league history. Here are the details:
| # | Running Back |
Team |
Date-Opponent |
Att. |
Yards |
Avg. |
| 1. | Adrian Peterson |
Minnesota |
11/04/07-San Diego |
30 |
296 |
9.9 |
| 2. | Jamal Lewis |
Baltimore |
9/14/03 – Cleveland |
30 |
295 |
9.8 |
| 3. | Jerome Harrison |
Cleveland |
12/20/09 – Chiefs |
34 |
286 |
8.4 |
| 4. | Corey Dillon |
Cincinnati |
10/22/00 – Denver |
22 |
278 |
12.6 |
| 5. | Walter Payton |
Chicago |
11/20/77 – Minnesota |
40 |
275 |
6.9 |
| 6. | O.J. Simpson |
Buffalo |
11/25/76 – Detroit |
29 |
273 |
9.4 |
| 7. | Shaun Alexander |
Seattle |
11/11/01 – Oakland |
35 |
266 |
7.6 |
| 8. | Jamaal Charles |
CHIEFS |
1/3/10 – Denver |
25 |
259 |
10.4 |
| 9. | Mike Anderson |
Denver |
12/03/00 – New Orleans |
37 |
251 |
6.8 |
| 10. | O.J. Simpson |
Buffalo |
9/16/73 – New England |
29 |
250 |
8.6 |
Eighth best rushing game EVER…but not AFC’s Player of the Week??? Of the F’ing WEEK!
How messed up is that?
Gotta’ love a 10.4 yards per carry average…without a doubt.
Here’s to hoping that there are many more games where he piles up the yardage so that he gets plenty of AFC player of the week awards. Great season Jamaal!
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