--Former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy will receive the prestigious Lamar Hunt Award at the annual 101 Banquet in Kansas City on March 7.
The awards banquet recently announced its recipients.
New Orleans Drew Brees was named NFC offensive player of the year, Dallas' Demarco Ware the NFC defensive player and Atlanta's Mike Smith the coach of the year.
On the AFC side, Indy's Peyton Manning was named offensive player, Pittsburgh's James Harrison the defensive player of the year and Miami's Tony Sparano the coach of the year.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "There had been no contact and it was pure speculation, but there were a couple of days sitting in Arizona that I thought maybe I should throw in some tape of Kansas City, just in case. But I didn't do it because I thought it would be a disservice to my team there." -- New Chiefs coach Todd Haley, on his decision to not take a sneak-peak evaluation of Chiefs players before getting the job there.
