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It's the end of the decade, and this has been an interesting question to me for quite some time. There have been numerous all-decade lists dropped by Yahoo, USA Today, Sporting News, NFL.com (seems there was a misunderstanding that it was an official list), The Athletic, Yardbarker, etc., but all of them include first-team only, and Tom Brady is the runaway winner for first-team QB. The official NFL All-Decade team has not yet been released and includes first and second team. Since we had a good thread going on about the Top 100 QBs segment, I thought this would generate some debate.
The first thing I'd like to clarify is I'm not sure if Drew Brees's Super Bowl counts for the 2010s. Wikipedia says that Officially, 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.
National Football League 2000s All-Decade Team - Wikipedia
Considering that the 2010s team was announced January 31, 2010 (and voting likely took place before that), I'd wager that Brees's Super Bowl (won in February 2010) would count, since it was ineligible for the previous decade's vote. It is just confusing because that postseason was an extension of the 2009 season. So, let's just assume it counts, as voters are likely to count it if there's ambiguity.
Assuming the vote has already likely occurred and will (if it is like last decade) be announced in January, then this year's postseason would not make an impact.
Feel free to cite any comments, stats, accomplishments in the thread and vote in the poll. For one, I'm not good at using profootball-reference to isolate and compare stats (including win/loss record), but I can list some basic accomplishments. I think the top 3 are clearly Brees, Rodgers, and Wilson, though I'm including Manning as well considering if you choose to go with peak play, the argument is not crazy.
Drew Brees
Super Bowl Champion (44)
Super Bowl MVP (44)
2X All-Pro
9X Pro Bowl
Volume stat leader of the 2010s
Peyton Manning
Super Bowl Champion (50)
3X AFC Conference Champion (2009/10, 2013, 2015)
NFL MVP (2014)
2X All-Pro
4X Pro Bowl
Strong consideration for second best QB (behind only Brady) for half the decade
Aaron Rodgers
Super Bowl Champion (45)
Super Bowl MVP (45)
2X NFL MVP
3X All-Pro (no designation between 1st/second team)
7X Pro Bowl
Efficiency stat leader of the 2010s
Russell Wilson
Super Bowl Champion (48)
2X NFC Conference Champion (2012, 2013)
7X Pro-Bowl
Win/Loss efficiency and volume leader of 2010s (besides Brady)
The first thing I'd like to clarify is I'm not sure if Drew Brees's Super Bowl counts for the 2010s. Wikipedia says that Officially, 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.
National Football League 2000s All-Decade Team - Wikipedia
Considering that the 2010s team was announced January 31, 2010 (and voting likely took place before that), I'd wager that Brees's Super Bowl (won in February 2010) would count, since it was ineligible for the previous decade's vote. It is just confusing because that postseason was an extension of the 2009 season. So, let's just assume it counts, as voters are likely to count it if there's ambiguity.
Assuming the vote has already likely occurred and will (if it is like last decade) be announced in January, then this year's postseason would not make an impact.
Feel free to cite any comments, stats, accomplishments in the thread and vote in the poll. For one, I'm not good at using profootball-reference to isolate and compare stats (including win/loss record), but I can list some basic accomplishments. I think the top 3 are clearly Brees, Rodgers, and Wilson, though I'm including Manning as well considering if you choose to go with peak play, the argument is not crazy.
Drew Brees
Super Bowl Champion (44)
Super Bowl MVP (44)
2X All-Pro
9X Pro Bowl
Volume stat leader of the 2010s
Peyton Manning
Super Bowl Champion (50)
3X AFC Conference Champion (2009/10, 2013, 2015)
NFL MVP (2014)
2X All-Pro
4X Pro Bowl
Strong consideration for second best QB (behind only Brady) for half the decade
Aaron Rodgers
Super Bowl Champion (45)
Super Bowl MVP (45)
2X NFL MVP
3X All-Pro (no designation between 1st/second team)
7X Pro Bowl
Efficiency stat leader of the 2010s
Russell Wilson
Super Bowl Champion (48)
2X NFC Conference Champion (2012, 2013)
7X Pro-Bowl
Win/Loss efficiency and volume leader of 2010s (besides Brady)
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