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Current Pittsburgh Steelers’ center Maurkice Pouncey and former Steelers’ wide receiver Antonio Brown have both been selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s All-Decades Team for the 2010s. Any player who earned either an All-Pro or Pro Bowl selection from the years 2010 to 2019 were eligible to be selected.
One current & one former Steeler have been selected to the @ProFootballHOF 2010s All-Decade Team.
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) April 6, 2020
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Drafted by the Steelers as the 18th overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft, the only seasons Maurkice Pouncey has not been selected to the Pro Bowl were when he did not play due to injury in 2013 and 2015. Pouncey was also selected first-team All-Pro in 2011 and 2014.
Former Steelers’ wide receiver Antonio Brown was also selected in the 2010 NFL draft, but was taken in the sixth round with the 195th overall pick. Brown earned seven Pro Bowl selections during his time in Pittsburgh as well as first-team All-Pro four times from 2014 to 2017.
For the first time since the 1950s, the Steelers did not have a defensive player on the all-decade team. The most likely candidate would have been Cameron Heyward who has been selected to the Pro Bowl in the last three seasons and was All-Pro in 2017 and 2019. Unfortunately for Heyward, he was classified as a defensive end for the first seven years of his career which cost him more Pro Bowl selections as he was in the same group as 4-3 edge rusher‘s rather than other interior defensive linemen.
The following is a list of all Pittsburgh Steelers players who have been selected for an all-decade team courtesy of Steelers.com‘s Teresa Varley.
Steelers selected to the Pro Football All-Decade Team through the years
Pro Football Hall of Fame 1930s All-Decade Team
RB Johnny “Blood” McNally
Pro Football Hall of Fame 1940s All-Decade Team
RB Bill Dudley
FB Marion Motley
RB Byron “Whizzer” WhitePro Football Hall of Fame 1950s All-Decade Team
RB Jack Butler
QB Bobby Layne
T Ernie StautnerPro Football Hall of Fame 1970s All-Decade Team
QB Terry Bradshaw
DT Joe Greene
DE L.C. Greenwood
LB Jack Ham
RB Franco Harris
LB Jack Lambert*
WR Lynn Swann
C Mike Webster*
Coach Chuck Noll*Pro Football Hall of Fame 1980s All-Decade Team
K Gary Anderson*
CB Mel Blount
LB Jack Lambert*
C Mike Webster*
Head Coach Chuck Noll*Pro Football Hall of Fame 1990s All-Decade Team
K Gary Anderson*
LB Kevin Greene
LB Levon Kirkland
S Carnell Lake
CB Rob WoodsonPro Football Hall of Fame 2000s All-Decade Team
G Alan Faneca
S Troy PolamaluPro Football Hall of Fame 2010s All-Decade Team
WR Antonio Brown
C Maurkice Pouncey* Indicates individual was selected twice
The complete list of the 2010’s all-decade team can be seen below courtesy of profootballhof.com.
OFFENSE
WR – Antonio Brown, Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Julio Jones
TE – Rob Gronkowski, Travis Kelce
T – Jason Peters, Tyron Smith, Joe Staley, Joe Thomas
G – Jahri Evans, Logan Mankins, Zack Martin, Marshal Yanda
C – Alex Mack, Maurkice Pouncey
QB – Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers
RB – Frank Gore, Marshawn Lynch, LeSean McCoy, Adrian Peterson
Flex – Darren Sproles
DEFENSE
DE – Calais Campbell, Cameron Jordan, Julius Peppers, J.J. Watt
DT – Geno Atkins, Fletcher Cox, Aaron Donald, Ndamukong Suh
LB – Chandler Jones, Luke Kuechly, Khalil Mack, Von Miller, Bobby Wagner, Patrick Willis
CB – Patrick Peterson, Darrelle Revis, Richard Sherman
S – Eric Berry, Earl Thomas, Eric Weddle
DB – Chris Harris, Tyrann Mathieu
SPECIAL TEAMS
P – Johnny Hekker, Shane Lechler
K – Stephen Gostkowski, Justin Tucker
PR – Tyreek Hill, Darren Sproles
KR – Devin Hester, Cordarrelle Patterson
COACHES
Bill Belichick, Pete Carroll