WoodysGirl
08-28-2012, 06:30 PM
-- Charean Williams
Tony Romo was twice honored Tuesday. He won the team's Ed Block Courage Award, which was announced earlier this year but awarded Tuesday, and his teammates voted him offensive player of the year for 2011.
"I didn't know I'd have to give two speeches, so I'm not as well prepared this time," Romo said during the team's kickoff luncheon benefiting Happy Hill Farm. "As appreciative as [I am], this is the ultimate team sport and there's really no MVP when you play football, because my job has no chance if I don't have five guys up front blocking their butts off and all being one cohesive unit, having a tailback who knows what he's doing, a fullback who knows where he's going, a wide receiver making a great play, a tight end making a guy going a different direction and beating a double team. All these things go together, and it's not just the offensive side of the ball."
The Ed Block Courage Award is an annual award NFL teams give to honor players who "exemplify commitments to the principles of sportsmanship and courage. Recipients are selected by their teammates for team effort, as well as individual performance.
Read more here: http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.com/cowboys/2012/08/romo-wins-2011-offensive-mvp-award-as-well-as-ed-block-courage-award.html
Tony Romo was twice honored Tuesday. He won the team's Ed Block Courage Award, which was announced earlier this year but awarded Tuesday, and his teammates voted him offensive player of the year for 2011.
"I didn't know I'd have to give two speeches, so I'm not as well prepared this time," Romo said during the team's kickoff luncheon benefiting Happy Hill Farm. "As appreciative as [I am], this is the ultimate team sport and there's really no MVP when you play football, because my job has no chance if I don't have five guys up front blocking their butts off and all being one cohesive unit, having a tailback who knows what he's doing, a fullback who knows where he's going, a wide receiver making a great play, a tight end making a guy going a different direction and beating a double team. All these things go together, and it's not just the offensive side of the ball."
The Ed Block Courage Award is an annual award NFL teams give to honor players who "exemplify commitments to the principles of sportsmanship and courage. Recipients are selected by their teammates for team effort, as well as individual performance.
Read more here: http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.com/cowboys/2012/08/romo-wins-2011-offensive-mvp-award-as-well-as-ed-block-courage-award.html