The best of the best is right here

espn.com published its All-Decade NFL team but I have some disagreements with it.  *I can’t necessarily evaluate positions such as defensive tackle because comparing Kris Jenkins to Richard Seymour is apples to oranges.  [And being a lineman in a 3-4 is totally different than being in a 4-3.]*

Remember that this is an All-Decade team and not who I would start a team with today…

QB:  Tom Brady
He rewrote the record books with his 2007 campaign.  4 Super Bowl appearances and 3 championships.  I was almost tempted to put Peyton Manning here because of his statistical dominance over the past decade.  But he has played with one of the best receivers ever (Marvin Harrison), in a dome for 8+ games a year, and within a system designed for tons of 300-yard passing games.  Brady is my lover.  I can’t wait for him to return to dominance this year.

RBs:  LaDainian Tomlinson
I even wrote RBs to signify that I wanted to put multiple running backs here but I can’t.  LT owns.  Who else would I put here?  Priest Holmes?  Marshall Faulk? (if this was a 1994-2004 team, then maybe him…but it’s not…)  I think that Adrian Peterson will make the next All-Decade team at this position.

WRs:  Marvin Harrison, Randy Moss
Harrison’s numbers are simply too hard to ignore.  Possibly the best route runner of the decade too.  Moss could and still can take on two or three defenders at a time.  Ridiculous.  A case is to be made for Torry Holt and TO, but criminal Harrison and smoothie man Moss top the list.

TE:  Tony Gonzalez
Duh.

I’m going to ignore O-lineman because all the same ones already get recognized and there’s no real way to differentiate them; Jones, Pace, Ogden, Birk, Mawae, Faneca, etc….they’re all great.

LBs:  Ray Lewis, Derrick Brooks, Zach Thomas
Lewis was the centerpiece of one of the best defenses over the past decade, Brooks is everywhere, and Thomas made every tackle for the Dolphins over the past decade.

CBs:  Champ Bailey, Ty Law
Stop howling that I put Law here.  For the early part of this decade, Law gambled and always won.  Chris McAlister never lived up to his potential.  Troy Vincent was amazing but no Law in my opinion.  Nnamdi Asmougha is still too young for this list.

Safeties:  Brian Dawkins, Bob Sanders, Troy Polamalu, Ed Reed
I could not pick two simply because Polamalu and Reed receive all the accolades (rightfully so), but Sanders, when healthy, is EVERYWHERE (props for the 5′8” guy with a 40″ vertical), and Dawkins has been the centerpiece of the defense that has been to 5 out of the last 8 NFC championship games.