Only Two Atlanta Falcons Selected For Pro Bowl by Sam Kweon

Well this is interesting.

As much as Paul Worrilow is a mean player on the field, he was recognized for being “a good guy” in a vote of Atlanta Falcons writers and broadcaster regularly assigned to cover the team on Wednesday.

If you do not know what the PFWA is, it stands for Pro Football Writers of America. It’s known as the official voice of professional football writers.

Tony Gonzalez won the National Good Guy Award last season. Understand that Worrilow has only won the Falcons Good Guy Award, not the national one…yet.

From AJC.com:

NATIONAL GOOD GUY AWARD WINNERS (To a NFL player for his qualities and professional style in helping the pro football writers do their job): 2005 – Jerome Bettis (Pittsburgh Steelers); 2006 – Tiki Barber (New York Giants); 2007 – LaDainian Tomlinson (San Diego Chargers); 2008 – Brett Favre (Green Bay Packers); 2009 – Kurt Warner (Arizona Cardinals); 2010 – Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints); 2011 – Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers); 2012 – Tim Tebow (Denver Broncos); 2013 – Tony Gonzalez (Atlanta Falcons).

FALCONS GOOD GUY AWARD WINNERS: 2011 – Roddy White; 2012 – Thomas DeCoud; 2013 – William Moore. 2014 – Paul Worrilow

Worrilow got off to a rocky start in 2014 and was criticized countless times by Falcons fans for missing tackles. He has been steadier as of late and is the leader of a defense that is dominating the run defense the past couple of games.