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On Monday, the NFL and the Pro Football Hall of Fame revealed the 2010-19 All-Decade Team with four players who have previously or currently played for the San Francisco 49ers making the list: Joe Staley, Richard Sherman, Patrick Willis and Frank Gore.
The 55-member team (52 players and two head coaches) is the result of votes cast over the last several weeks by the Pro Football Hall of Fame's 48-member selection committee. Only players who received at least one selection to a Pro Bowl, Associated Press All-Pro team or Pro Football Writers Association all-conference team during the 2010-19 seasons were eligible. It's worth noting that 39 of the 55 players on the All-Decade Team are still active entering the 2020 season.
The NFC West, which has sent a club to five of the last eight Super Bowls, is the most heavily represented division, with 17 players with ties to the division, including Larry Fitzgerald, Chandler Jones, Patrick Peterson, Aaron Donald, Russell Wilson and Bobby Wagner among other players.
Joe Staley
Staley was selected in the first round (28th overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft by San Francisco. Throughout his 13-year career with the 49ers, he has started 181 regular season games, as well as all 11 postseason contests.
Staley currently ranks fifth in franchise history for the most games played by an offensive lineman, trailing only T Len Rohde (208), T Keith Fahnhorst (193), G/C Randy Cross (185) and C/G Jesse Sapolu (182). Staley earned All-Pro honors in 2011, 2012 and 2013, in addition to being selected to six Pro Bowls (2012-16 and 2018).
Richard Sherman
A five-time Associated Press All-Pro (First Team – 2012-14; Second Team – 2015 and 2019) and five-time Pro Bowl selection (2014-17 and 2019), Sherman spent seven seasons with the Seattle Seahawks after being selected in the fifth round (154th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft. With the Seahawks, he appeared in 105 regular season games (99 starts) and registered 364 tackles, 99 passes defended, 32 interceptions (two returned for touchdowns), five forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and one sack.
Sherman signed with San Francisco on March 11, 2018, and appeared in 29 games and registered 15 passes defended, three interceptions (one for a touchdown), a sack and a fumble recovery in two seasons with the 49ers. Sherman is tied for first in the league with Aqib Talib among active players with 35-career interceptions.