All-Decade Super Bowl Team

The last 10 years have seen the second leg of a dynasty emerge and some of the greatest individual performances in Super Bowl history. With all the legends that have come and gone, it was hard to pick just one player for most positions, but these guys have established themselves as the best Super Bowl performers of the last 10 years.

QB: Tom Brady

Be honest. Did any of you really think anyone else would be here? I could bring up all the stats and records, but let's get down to brass tacks here. Brady went to five of the 10 Super Bowls last decade, and he won three of them, and threw for 505 yards in one of the two losses. Safe to say he was a lock for this list.

RB: James White

White made 14 catches in New England's legendary comeback against Atlanta a few years ago, and his pass-catching exploits have been an invaluable asset for Josh McDaniels' offense. White's versatility and consistency was the perfect safety blanket for Brady, and at least one of their wins can be credited to his presence in a pretty significant way.

WR: Julian Edelman

No matter what, Edelman has always managed to find himself open on short routes. He seems to turn things up to 11 whenever there is a Lombardi trophy on the line, as his legendary catch against the Falcons and his 10-catch, 140 yard MVP performance against the Rams will attest to. Every time Brady needs a first down, No. 11 wiggles open.

WR: Jordy Nelson

In what might end up as Aaron Rodgers' only Super Bowl ring, Nelson picked a great time to have the best game of his career. Nelson recorded nine catches for 140 yards with a touchdown, and should have been considered for MVP honors. Rodgers never had synergy with any player that he had with Nelson, and that relationship was on full display against the Steelers.

TE: Rob Gronkowski

The most dominant tight end in history, Gronkowski was Brady's panic button during the late 2010s dynasty. When all else fails, chuck it up in the same area code No. 87 is located in, and he'll come down with the football. While losing Gronk to retirement might have taken Brady's best weapon away from him, it also meant that the football community, Pats haters and diehards alike, saw the last of one of the most skilled players ever.

OT: Marcus Cannon

On a Patriots offensive line that always seemed to add or lose a player every single time they came back into the Super Bowl, Cannon was the one constant. Annually handling the best in the league, Cannon has three rings on his hand. The offensive line keeping Brady up in the pocket is an invaluable part of the Patriots remaining as elite as they have been.

IOL: Joe Thuney

2019 was the first season in Thuney's career in which he did not make the Super Bowl. The former North Carolina State guard has quickly become one of the most reliable members of Brady's offensive line, as his football IQ and refined technique for a young player have both kept TB12 upright and paved the way for Sony Michel, James White, and the ground game to eat up some clock. Give this man a blank check in the offseason.

DL: Malik Jackson

Everyone remembers Jackson's touchdown after Cam Newton fumbled early, but he was instrumental in taking the run away from the Panthers in Super Bowl 50. The Panthers, who had one of the most lethal rushing units in the league, didn't record more than 45 yards rushing with any player, and no running back even managed to top 30 yards. Pro Bowlers and All-Pros like Trai Turner and Andrew Norwell were eaten up by Jackson, who earned himself a massive contract with the Jaguars based largely off this game.

EDGE: Von Miller

The vaunted Denver Broncos defense sacked Carolina Panthers QB Cam Newton six times in Super Bowl 50, and Miller supplied 2.5 of those sacks, taking home MVP honors for the game as a whole. Miller, at this point, was unquestionably the best 3-4 OLB in the game, and he abused Mike Remmers for 60 minutes of dominant football the folks at Mile High will never forget.

ILB: Bobby Wagner

Malcolm Smith winning Super Bowl MVP honors while picking off Peyton Manning certainly deserves consideration, but we're going with the guy with the most tackles in Super Bowl history since the stat became official. Wagner's 22 tackles are still the standard across all of football, and Seattle wouldn't have won one and gotten to two straight without No. 54 conducting some of the best defenses in the history of the game.

CB: Malcolm Butler

Yes, he was benched in Super Bowl LII, but how could we not put the guy who stopped the Seahawks from repeating just one yard short of glory? Butler's performance against Julio Jones late in Super Bowl LI should earn him some deserved praise, and his heroics against Seattle will live on forever. That's good enough for me.

S: Ed Reed

The greatest safety of the last 20 years got to add a ring to his resume this decade when he helped Baltimore take down the San Francisco 49ers in 2012. Reed intercepted a Colin Kaepernick pass that helped swing momentum back Baltimore's way, and his center field approach to safety ultimately won him a championship, capping off one of the most dominant careers in NFL history.

K: Stephen Gostkowski

Gostkowski has made big kick after big kick for New England, as he has been the main supplier of points in the second leg of the Patriots dynasty. The drop off from him to Nick Folk and Kai Forbath after his injury was cavernous, and certainly hindered New England's chances at winning another.