To the surprise of few, no current or former members of the New York Giants were selected to the All-Decade team that was released earlier this week courtesy of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
In a decade that started with a Super Bowl win in 2011, Giants fans haven’t had much to cheer about.
The only individual who likely had a shot to be selected to the team was former Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. He likely missed out because of a combination of lack of longevity (six seasons) in the decade and his injury-shortened season (four games) in 2017. Even so, it would have been tough for him to beat out the competition of Antonio Brown, Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson and Julio Jones.
Defensively, the Giants didn’t really have anyone stand out much during the last decade. Sure there were impressive individual seasons like Landon Collins’ sophomore season or Janoris Jenkins’ first year with the team, but no noticeable stand out for the majority of the decade.
The players who got voted in unanimously were Tom Brady, Adrian Peterson, Joe Thomas, Marshal Yanda, J.J. Watt, Aaron Donald, Von Miller and Justin Tucker. The coaches selected were Bill Belichick and Pete Carroll.
Yet another accolade on the impressive resumes of Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. Although no Giants made the cut to be elected to the All-Decade team, it does make the two Super Bowl victories against the Patriots that more impressive.
Hopefully, 10 years from now we are talking about one of the Giants players making the All-Decade team of the 2020s.
