As part of the 50 Anniversary of the AFL and the Patriots, the Patriots Hall of Fame nomination committee has selected four All-Decade teams, as well as a 50th Anniversary team. During the season opener on Monday, September 14th against the Buffalo Bills, the Patriots will honor the 50th Anniversary team during a halftime ceremony. I’m mildly surrprised to see Logan Mankins named as the guard on the 50th anniversary team, alongside John Hannah, seeing as how Mankins has only played four seasons, but who were the alternatives? Are there any other changes you would make on this team, or the All-Decade teams?
50th Anniversary Team
| OFFENSE: OT Bruce Armstrong OT Matt Light G John Hannah G Logan Mankins C Jon Morris TE Ben Coates WR Stanley Morgan WR Troy Brown WR Irving Fryar QB Tom Brady RB Jim Nance RB Sam Cunningham |
DEFENSE: DE Julius Adams DE Richard Seymour DT Houston Antwine DT Vince Wilfork OLB Andre Tippett OLB Mike Vrabel ILB Steve Nelson ILB Nick Buoniconti CB Mike Haynes CB Ty Law S Fred Marion S Rodney Harrison |
SPECIALISTS: K Adam Vinatieri P Rich Camarillo SPT Mosi Tatupu KR/PR Kevin FaulkCAPTAIN: WR/K Gino Cappelletti HEAD COACH: |
All-Decade Teams
| 1960′s
OT Charlie Long HC Mike Holovak |
1970′s
OT Leon Gray HC Chuck Fairbanks |
1980′s
OT Bruce Armstrong HC Raymond Berry |
1990′s
OT Bruce Armstrong HC Bill Parcells |
No Tedy Bruschi at MLB for either the all-time or 1990′s team? Odd. I love Nellie but I’d have to put vintage 2004 Tedy in over him at that spot. It’s hard to argue with a pass rush of Tippet on one side and Vrabel on the other though!
Our offensive line really sucked in the 90s
To put Max Lane on any all time team is really an insult to anybody who ever saw the guy play. Max did more to hurt the Patriots in the Super Bowl vs Green Bay than anybody else. I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone look so bad in a game. Except for lane in countless games prior.( Bill Parcells wouldn’t go to the shotgun so you can’t blame Lane entirely. )
One game aside: He must have done something right, but I don’t know if I ever saw it. I absolutely never watch lineman, but always did when he played because he was that out of fucking place. You could have travelled to any high school in New England at the time and found a lineman who could have competed with Max for a atarting spot. Max Lane sucked!
Max Lane really sucked. ” He started in the NFL.” This can be said for Max as it can be said that no “bum” ever becomes a professional athlete.
Somebody must have had to justify his place on the team each year when he survived the cuts. Who was this person?
Now I feel bad. Apparently the Patriots took off the ” Chip ” manuver in order to get Ben Coates down the field to catch passes more quickly. This did more to aid Reggie White than the coaches or Lane thought it might.
Lane is still not an all decade player on any team.