The NFL 2000s All-Decade Team is composed of outstanding performers in the

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in the ten years spanning

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–

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. Only a player or coach's performance in the 2000s is used as criteria for voting. The full team was announced on January 31, 2010 during the pregame show for the 2010 Pro Bowl. The names of the twelve all-decade honorees who participated in the 2010 Pro Bowl had been released earlier in the week.

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, and

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were previously named to the 1990s All-Decade Team.

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, Shane Lechler,

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and

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were later named to the 2010s All-Decade Team. Tom Brady is the only active NFL player on this list.

Selection process

The team is chosen by members of the

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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

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and 11 "at-large" delegates (primarily national sportswriters) for a total of 44 voters. These voters are asked to select two coaches and a total of 54 players, broken out as follows: two

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s, two fullbacks, four wide receivers, two

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s, four guards, two

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, four

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s, four

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s, six

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, two

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s, two punters, two kick returners, two punt returners. Among the voters who have revealed their individual selections for the team are Alex Marvez (

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), Rick Gosselin (

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), and Peter King (

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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 or after are not listed.
Note 3: Under "Hall of Fame?" if a year is listed, i.e., "e-2022", that is the year player is eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Offense

Defense

Special teams

Coach

References

External links

Top 10 players of the decade
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National Football League lists

Selection process

The team

Offense

Defense

Special teams

Coach

See also

References

External links