The NFL announced the All-Decade team and there were some very deserving players on the list like Tom Brady and Aaron Donald.
With every list, including this All-Decade team, it seems there are always a few snubs that probably should have also found a way into the mix.
Let's look at the five biggest snubs from the NFL's All-Decade Team.
5. Drew Brees
The NFL allowed only two quarterbacks to make the list and those spots went to Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers. Brady was a no-doubter, but Drew Brees should have been the guy over Rodgers.
Brees threw for more yards, more touchdowns, and had a higher completion percentage, but the committee still decided Rodgers should have been the choice.
There is no doubt Rodgers was one of the best quarterbacks over the last decade, but Brees is higher on that list.
4. Jason Witten
Rob Gronkowski and Travis Kelce were given the two tight end spots on the list, and there can be a strong argument made that Witten should have taken Kelce's spot.
During the decade, Kelce played in seven of the seasons, catching 507 passes for 6,456 yards and 37 touchdowns. During the same stretch, Witten played in nine seasons, catching 692 passes for 7,102 yards, and 45 touchdowns.
It seems Witten is getting dinged because he played two more seasons, but the fact he played more years should actually help his case for the team.
3. Kam Chancellor
Kam Chancellor is often overlooked as a member of the “Legion of Boom” and it looks like it's happened again with the NFL All-Decade Team.
Chancellor was one of the hardest hitters in the game, and if he wasn't on the Seahawks with Richard Sherman and the rest of the crew, there would have been no Legion of Boom.
There could be an argument made that Chancellor was the best safety in the last 10 years, and they didn't even give him a spot on the All-Decade team.
2. AJ Green
Antonio Brown, Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, and Julio Jones were the four wideouts to make the list and they are all deserving, but AJ Green also deserved a spot.
Towards the end of the decade, Green dealt with a lot of injuries which might have kept him off the list, but since coming into the league in 2011, Green has caught 602 passes for 8,907 yards and 62 touchdowns.
There really isn't a player that Green should have replaced, but it would have been helpful if there would have been five wideouts that made the team.
1. Andrew Whitworth
Jason Peters, Tyron Smith, Joe Staley, and Joe Thomas were the players selected instead of Andrew Whitworth, but he deserved a spot.
While Whitworth was with the Cincinnati Bengals, he was one of the best offensive linemen in football. And since joining the Los Angeles Rams, he has been a key part of the team's success.
At the age of 36, Whitworth was named to his second NFL All-Pro First Team, and there is no arguing just how good of a player he has been.
When his career is over, he should find himself in Canton, Ohio.
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