QB Peyton Manning (also considered Tom Brady)
RB Barry Sanders*
FB Da Moose*
WR Jerry Rice*
WR Randy Moss*
WR TO (also considered Calvin Johnson)
TE Rob Gronkowski*
LT Walter Jones (also considered Jonathan Ogden, Joe Thomas, and Munoz)
LG Bruce Matthews (also considered Steve Hutchinson and Alan Faneca)
C Dwight Stephenson*
RG Larry Allen
RT: Orlando Pace (there's so many good tackles, man!)
DE Reggie White*
DE Bruce Smith*
DT Aaron Donald*
DT John Randle (also considered JJ Watt)
LB Lawrence Taylor*
LB Ray Lewis*
LB Luke Kuechly (also considered Derrick Thomas... depends if you want a pass rusher)
CB Prime Time*
CB Darrell Green*
CB Champ Bailey (also considered Revis)
FS Ed Reed*
SS Troy Polamalu*
K Justin Tucker*
P Shane Lechler* (good thing the 2000s Raiders had an awesome punter)
KR Cordarrelle Patterson*
PR Devin Hester (also considered Dante Hall)
Stars are guys I consider to be The Dude with little debate. The other guys, you can make an argument for or against.
I already know I'm going to catch some heat for the Manning pick over Tom Brady, so let me explain. 2008-2013 PFM was the highest summit of QB play I have ever seen (Rodgers has visited there occasionally). IMO, he was robbed by being 2 years older than Brady and his neck injuries, which both cost him valuable seasons in the NFL's 2010s hyper-passing era.
We now watch a where Kirk Cousins can throw for 4000 yards regularly. Brady has cruised along in that era and put together good seasons, but the only times I've seen him hit that "tapping into the Matrix" level of play is the late 2010s. Same thing with Rodgers - he hits incredible peaks occasionally, but most of the time floats around the level of really good. Manning was just locked into super-screw you mode from 2008 on, and his neck was the only thing stopping that run of play from continuing.
