NFL All-Decade Team

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NFL All-Decade teams are chosen every 10 years by the Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee members. The 2000s will mark the ninth All-Decade team to be selected in NFL history.

OFFENSE
Quarterback - Tom Brady, Peyton Manning.
Running Backs - Shaun Alexander, Jamal Lewis, Edgerrin James, LaDainian Tomlinson.
Offensive Tackles - Walter Jones, Jonathan Ogden, Orlando Pace, William Roaf.
Guards - Larry Allen, Alan Faneca, Steve Hutchinson, Will Shields.
Fullback - Lorenzo Neal.
Tight Ends - Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez.
Wide Receivers - Marvin Harrison, Torry Holt, Randy Moss, Terrell Owens.
Centers - Olin Kreutz, Kevin Mawae.

Head Coaches - Bill Belichick, Tony Dungy.

DEFENSE
Tackles - La'Roi Glover, Warren Sapp, Richard Seymour, Kevin Williams.
Ends - Dwight Freeney, Julius Peppers, Michael Strahan, Jason Taylor.
Linebackers - Derrick Brooks, Ray Lewis, Joey Porter, Zach Thomas, Brian Urlacher, DeMarcus Ware.
Cornerbacks - Ronde Barber, Champ Bailey, Ty Law, Charles Woodson.
Safeties - Brian Dawkins, Troy Polamalu, Ed Reed, Darren Sharper.

SPECIALISTS
Punters - Shane Lechler, Brian Moorman.
Kickers - David Akers, Adam Vinatieri.
Punt Returners - Dante Hall, Devin Hester. Kick Returners - Joshua Cribbs, Dante Hall.
 
Just looking at the QB's and I would have to disagree.

Can't complain with Manning as the starter but I would have to put Favre in ahead of Brady. Whether we appreciate his yearly post-season retirement will he won't he routine Favre left GB and got the Jet's farther than they should have last year. He then became the difference in yet a 3rd city this year.
 
Brady has to be there IMO. 4 Super Bowl appearances, 3 SB victories, 2 SB MVP's, 1 league MVP, 5 pro bowls, the only 50 TD season ever...and the list goes on.
 
Cooley Cadets said:
Just looking at the QB's and I would have to disagree.

Can't complain with Manning as the starter but I would have to put Favre in ahead of Brady. Whether we appreciate his yearly post-season retirement will he won't he routine Favre left GB and got the Jet's farther than they should have last year. He then became the difference in yet a 3rd city this year.
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Getting a team further than before or not, Favre doesn't have the rings. PLaying in the NFL has one common goal, getting to the Super bowl and winning the Super bowl. Brady has done that this decade... Favre hasn't.
 
I love Favre as much as the next guy, but he doesn't deserve to be on the all decade team. Most of his best years were actually in the 90's aside from this season. The QB's IMO were the easiest selection on this team. I would add Brees into the list for this decade prior to Favre.
 
mills said:
Getting a team further than before or not, Favre doesn't have the rings. PLaying in the NFL has one common goal, getting to the Super bowl and winning the Super bowl. Brady has done that this decade... Favre hasn't.
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As I already posted the winning of "rings" is over rated when assessing individuals performances. If that is the basis for such a decision then limit the conversation to the NFL All-Decade Super Bowl Team and I would have to agree with you.
 
Miller said:
I love Favre as much as the next guy, but he doesn't deserve to be on the all decade team. Most of his best years were actually in the 90's aside from this season. The QB's IMO were the easiest selection on this team. I would add Brees into the list for this decade prior to Favre.
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I would agree with the Brees selection if his success extended back more than 3-4 years.

And although I can agree that Favre's best years were in the 90's his numbers over the past decade still match up well with Brady which makes the fact that he did it with 3 different teams more impressive.
 
What Favre did with the Jets in 2008 would be a detriment to the argument for him being on this team. Pretty bad year for him IMO.
 
German CTL said:
What Favre did with the Jets in 2008 would be a detriment to the argument for him being on this team. Pretty bad year for him IMO.
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Then in fairness you would have to say the same for Brady who for our purpose missed an entire season. Another reason to include the old man who finished an otherwise solid season injured.

It is an apple to orange type of comparison for the two but Favre beat Brady that year in pass %, yards, and tds. On Brady's few attempts he did get a slightly higher passer rating and a lot fewer interceptions and sacks.
 
mills said:
Getting a team further than before or not, Favre doesn't have the rings. PLaying in the NFL has one common goal, getting to the Super bowl and winning the Super bowl. Brady has done that this decade... Favre hasn't.
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Can't agree with this. Brady's the product of a good QB coach and a system genius (not to mention offensive-oriented rules). On any other team Brady amounts to nothing more than a career backup and probably never sniffs the Super Bowl. Mind, that doesn't mean I'm dismissing his accomplishments, but Favre is a far better QB (man, does that hurt to say).
 
DearbornDolfan said:
Can't agree with this. Brady's the product of a good QB coach and a system genius (not to mention offensive-oriented rules). On any other team Brady amounts to nothing more than a career backup and probably never sniffs the Super Bowl. Mind, that doesn't mean I'm dismissing his accomplishments, but Favre is a far better QB (man, does that hurt to say).
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:biglaugh: Bitter Phin Fan disorder....

The QB position in the NFL is all about accomplishment and rings. You have to have them if you are going to be Elite. This is a classic compiler vs winner debate. Brady has won, he has excelled in big spots, won rings, won SB MVP's and MVP's in THIS decade. If I am picking the better QB over their career, it's Favre for me at the moment, but if I am just looking at this decade it has to be Brady. Favre for the most part compiled in this decade. At no time could you say he was the top QB in the league. This decade at QB belonged to Manning and Brady.
 
Miller said:
:biglaugh: Bitter Phin Fan disorder....
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Not exactly. Brady wasn't anything special coming in as a rookie and a big part of his mystique is that he's accomplished so much despite being a sixth round pick.

Please remember that in his rookie season he just barely missed out on being cut during training camp on a team whose strength was certainly not QB, he had serious issues with his footwork and accuracy, his passes on intermediate-deep outs and fly routes lacked pop, he is and always will be a chickenshit when it comes to pressure, etc. These things were corrected because he had Charlie Weiss helping him, not because he miraculously saw the light.

On any other team he doesn't have Charlie Weiss coaching up his fundamentals. On any other team he doesn't have a head coach who tailors the offense year to year according to the issues his QB has and compensating for them. So, therefor, on any other team he's lucky to be a career second-stringer with no real accomplishments to speak of. That is not a quarterback, that is a mediocre football player who's been one lucky son of a bitch.

Plus, Brady's had one exceptional year and in that year he still managed to choke when it mattered. Manning, Brees, and Favre all have truly exceptional years in this decade and before. I would trust those three with any possible scheme I could devise, but I would be really weary of Brady in anything other than the Run n Shoot-inspired offense that Belichick likes to run.
 
Please remember that in his rookie season he just barely missed out on being cut during training camp on a team whose strength was certainly not QB, he had serious issues with his footwork and accuracy, his passes on intermediate-deep outs and fly routes lacked pop
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Sounds like Tebow :horror:
 
I admit Brady had 8 good years this decade. The one stat that stands out for putting Brady ahead of Favre is the number of interceptions each has thrown. But for me I will take the iron man veteran who WAS the reason his team won or lost over a player I consider more a good field general capable of getting the ball to a pretty solid supporting cast (this does not mean Favre did not have some nice players over the years).

Favre made 1,000 more pass attempts over the course of the decade but was able to keep a comparable completion percentage.

Favre in his 2nd decade in the league was still just as mobile as Brady.
 
DearbornDolfan said:
Not exactly. Brady wasn't anything special coming in as a rookie and a big part of his mystique is that he's accomplished so much despite being a sixth round pick.

Please remember that in his rookie season he just barely missed out on being cut during training camp on a team whose strength was certainly not QB, he had serious issues with his footwork and accuracy, his passes on intermediate-deep outs and fly routes lacked pop, he is and always will be a chickenshit when it comes to pressure, etc. These things were corrected because he had Charlie Weiss helping him, not because he miraculously saw the light.

On any other team he doesn't have Charlie Weiss coaching up his fundamentals. On any other team he doesn't have a head coach who tailors the offense year to year according to the issues his QB has and compensating for them. So, therefor, on any other team he's lucky to be a career second-stringer with no real accomplishments to speak of. That is not a quarterback, that is a mediocre football player who's been one lucky son of a bitch.

Plus, Brady's had one exceptional year and in that year he still managed to choke when it mattered. Manning, Brees, and Favre all have truly exceptional years in this decade and before. I would trust those three with any possible scheme I could devise, but I would be really weary of Brady in anything other than the Run n Shoot-inspired offense that Belichick likes to run.
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I'm far from a Brady or Bliicheat fan....but to slam on Brady now is just as I said....bitter phin disorder. Just look at the rings and the big games, Brady has been the man. You could say the same for Joe Montana, but in the end that's the team both of them played for and they still made the plays and won the rings.

And I would love to know when Brees had a truely exceptional year prior to 2000 ;)

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Brady's place on this team is based on reality. Speculation on "what might have been", had Brady played somewhere else, is irrelevant.
 
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