- National Football League 2000s All-Decade Team
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The NFL 2000s All-Decade Team is composed of outstanding performers in the National Football League in the ten years spanning 2000–2009. Only a player or coach's performance in the 2000s is used as criteria for voting.
The full team[1][2][3] was announced on January 31, 2010 during the pregame show for the 2010 Pro Bowl.[4] The names of the twelve all-decade honorees who participated in the 2010 Pro Bowl had been released earlier in the week.[5]
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Selection Process
The team is chosen by members of the Hall of Fame Selection Committee. This committee consists of one media member from each NFL market (two for New York/ New Jersey owing to the market's two teams), a representative from the Pro Football Writers of America and 11 "at-large" delegates (primarily national sportswriters) for a total of 44 voters.[6] These voters are asked to select two coaches and a total of 53 players, broken out as follows: two quarterbacks, four running backs, a fullback, four wide receivers, two tight ends, four offensive tackles, four guards, two centers, four defensive ends, four defensive tackles, six linebackers, four cornerbacks, four safeties, two placekickers, two punters, two kick returners, two punt returners.[7]
Among the voters who have revealed their individual selections for the team are Alex Marvez (Fox Sports),[8] Rick Gosselin (The Dallas Morning News),[7] and Peter King (Sports Illustrated).[9]
Perhaps the biggest debate for the group came with the vote for the quarterback position. In the end, three-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady narrowly edged four-time MVP Peyton Manning for the first-team nod.[10]
The Team
Note 1: Players are listed alphabetically within first and second teams
Note 2: Only teams for which a player played in a game from 2000–2009 are listed. Teams with whom a player signed but never played or for whom he played only prior to 2000 or after 2009 are not listed.
Note 3: Under "Hall of Fame" if a year is listed, i.e., "e-2010", that is the year player is eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Note 4: An asterisk "*" denotes the player is a free agent but has yet to file retirement papers with the NFLPAOffense
Defense
Special teams
Position First Team Hall of Fame? Second Team Hall of Fame? Kicker Adam Vinatieri (New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts) Active David Akers (Philadelphia Eagles) Active Punter Shane Lechler (Oakland Raiders) Active Brian Moorman (Buffalo Bills) Active Kick Returner Dante Hall (Kansas City Chiefs, St. Louis Rams) e-2014 Joshua Cribbs (Cleveland Browns) Active Punt Returner Dante Hall (Kansas City Chiefs, St. Louis Rams) e-2014 Devin Hester (Chicago Bears) Active Coach
Position First Team Hall of Fame? Second Team Hall of Fame? Coach Bill Belichick (New England Patriots) Active Tony Dungy (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Indianapolis Colts) e-2014 See also
References
- ^ "NFL's All-Decade team of the 2000s: Offense". Pro Football Hall of Fame. http://www.profootballhof.com/history/2010/2/15/nfls-all-decade-team-of-the-2000s---offense/. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ "NFL's All-Decade team of the 2000s: Defense". Pro Football Hall of Fame. http://www.profootballhof.com/history/2010/2/16/nfls-all-decade-team-of-the-2000s---defense/. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ "NFL's All-Decade team of the 2000s: Special Teams/Coaches". Pro Football Hall of Fame. http://www.profootballhof.com/history/2010/2/16/nfls-all-decade-team-of-the-2000s---special-teamscoaches/. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ "League announces 2000s NFL All-Decade Team". NFL.com. February 1, 2010. http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8161b0e9&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ^ "12 members of All-Decade Team competing in Pro Bowl". NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/probowl/story?id=09000d5d816025c4&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ "Selection Process". Pro Football Hall of Fame. http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/selectionprocess.aspx. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ a b Gosselin, Rick (December 23, 2009). "22 is the magic number for the NFL all-decade team". The Dallas Morning News. http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/nwsltr/sports/fromthe50/stories/122209dnspoinsidenfl.347a8f1.html. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ Marvez, Alex (January 1, 2010). "NFL All-Decade team: 2000-2009". Fox Sports. http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/marvez-nfl-all-decade-team-123009. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ King, Peter (December 8, 2009). "All-Decade Team: NFL". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/magazine/specials/2000s/12/05/nfl.decade.team/index.html. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ . http://www.profootballhof.com/history/2010/2/15/nfls-all-decade-team-of-the-2000s---offense/.
External links
- Top 10 players of the decade (video). December 31, 2009. NFL Enterprises LLC
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