ESPN recently ran the following article regarding the NFL’s all decade team. We thought about this at FT3s, and each shared the following views:

All Decade Team (2000 – 2008)

QB: Tom Brady

RB:  Ladainian Tomlinson

FB:  Lorenzo Neal

WR:  Randy Moss, Marvin Harrison

TE:  Tony Gonzalez

T:  Jonathan Ogden, Willie Roaf

G:  Larry Allen, Will Shields

C: Kevin Mawae

DE: Michael Strahan, Jason Taylor

DT:  Warren Sapp, Ted Washington

OLB:  Derrick Brooks, Keith Bulluck

MLB:  Ray Lewis

CB:  Champ Bailey, Ty Law

S:  Ed Reed, Sean Taylor

K:  Adam Vinatieri

P:  Shane Lechler

KR/PR:  Devin Hester

SP:  Brendon Ayanbadejo,  Larry Izzo

HC:  Bill Belichick

DC:  Dick Lebeau

OC:  Charlie Weis

Special teams Coach:  Dave Toub

Here is what I’m thinking. I had a real question going in that Strahan and Taylor would win, considering you have Peppers, Seymour, Freeney, Rice, Kerney, etc. However, when you look at their numbers, those guys were pretty much the most unstoppable edge rushers of the decade, and are probably in the conversation for top five of all time. I had to stay with them, but I changed most of the other positions (defense only):

DE

Taylor, Strahan

DT

Casey Hampton, La’RoiGlover

LB

SAM – Vrabel

MIKE – Ray Lewis

WILL – Joey Porter

CB

Bailey, Asomugha

S

Lynch, Dawkins

These sorts of lists are always controversial. I know that there are some great players left off this list. Even though there are some retired players on this list, if they were dominant for a better part of the years from 2000 to 2008, they are eligible as far as I am concerned. Feel free to respond with your ideas of how you disagree or agree. I am interested to see were other fans views lay on this topic.

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