As this decades draws to a close, The Sporting News decided to award a player of the decade award to the top NFL star from the past 10 years. After much debate among the top 7 candidates, Peyton Manning won out in a close race with Tom Brady. Brady has the 3 Super Bowl rings compared to just one for Manning, but I think it’s a universal consensus that Brady was surrounded by much better players on offense and his team had a better defense year in and year out. In addition to 38,000+ passing yards, Manning has won the SN Player of the Year 3 times this decade.

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