This decade has seen some of the greatest single-season performances by players in the history of the game. Which got us to thinking: What if you could put together the ultimate fantasy football roster, made up of players plucked from any season in the last 10 years?
Well, we ran the numbers and peppered in our own opinion to come up with the decade's ultimate fantasy football team—a powerhouse roster for the ages.
QB1 – Tom Brady
(2007 New England Patriots) – Not only does Brady’s 2007 season serve as the finest fantasy football campaign by a QB this decade, it is widely considered the best season by a QB in NFL history. Brady threw for the 3rd most yards in NFL history with 4,806, he broke Peyton Manning’s single season TD record by throwing for a ridiculous 50 TDs and he added 2 more scores on the ground while throwing just 8 interceptions all season . Brady led the Patriots to an undefeated regular season in 2007, only to have the dream end with a devastating 17-14 loss to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII. Regardless, it is highly unlikely that we will ever be lucky enough to witness a season like it again.
QB2 – Peyton Manning
(2004 Indianapolis Colts) – Manning has had many amazing seasons, but from an individual accolades and fantasy perspective, none of them have been bigger than his 2004 campaign. En route to his second NFL MVP award, Manning threw for 4,557 yards with a record breaking 49 TDs (since broken by Tom Brady in 2007) and just 10 interceptions. He threw for 3 or more TDs in 9 of 16 games in 2004 highlighted by a 6 TD performance against Detroit and 5 TD efforts against Green Bay, Houston and Kansas City, respectively. It was a monster season indeed.