Patriots Sweep ESPN.com All-Decade Honors

It’s ESPN.com’s All-Decade week, and the New England Patriots are dominating the pack for top honors. In awards announced today from the network (team, coach and MVP), the Patriots have taken them all, with coach Bill Belichick named as the all-decade coach for leading the Patriots to three Super Bowls and four AFC championships since 2001. Also because of this feat, the Patriots were named as the all-decade team in the league, while quarterback Tom Brady took the honors as MVP of the decade.

NFL general managers, coaches, scouts and players alike all put their opinions into the honors, and Belichick made a statement reflecting on the honors of being the coach of the decade in the NFL, saying, “It’s definitely an honor when you consider the other great people that are involved in that - Coach Cowher (Pittsburgh Steelers), Coach Shanahan (Denver Broncos), Coach Dungy (Indianapolis Colts) - a lot of great coaches there. It’s certainly an honor to be place among the coaches of that time.”

Perhaps Bill Belichick’s most genius decision to date was replacing QB Drew Bledsoe with Tom Brady back in 2001 after Bledsoe was injured in a game against the New York Jets. Brady proved his worth and was soon named the starting QB for the Patriots, and that move was perhaps Coach Belichick’s best decision yet. Dolphins DE Jason Taylor commented on Brady, ESPN.com’s MVP of the decade, saying, “The guy’s just a winner. He knows how to win, period. He’s got the talent. But everybody at this level has talent. Maybe he does have a little more God-given ability than some others, but between the ears he’s as good as they come.”

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