Why?

Here is a list of Greene's honors, year-by-year

ALL-PRO
1989 (NEA, SN) • 1994 (AP, PFWA, SN) • 1996 (AP, PFWA)

PRO BOWLS
(5) – 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998

NFL Defensive Player of the Year
(1) – 1996 (NEA)

NFC Defensive Player of the Year
(1) – 1996 (UPI, KC101)

NFL Linebacker of the Year
(1) – 1996 (NFL Alumni)

NFC Linebacker of the Year
(2) – 1996 (NFLPA), 1998 (NFLPA)

AFC Linebacker of the Year
(1) – 1994 (NFLPA)