Oakland’s Shane Lechler on NFL All-Decade Team
Shane Lechler and Richard Seymour were the only current members of the Oakland Raiders to be named on the National Football League’s All-Decade team.
The full squad was announced tonight prior to the Pro-Bowl in Miami and it also included former Raiders Randy Moss, Warren Sapp and Charles Woodson.
Lorenzo Neal who was with the team during the summer and waived prior to the season also made the squad.
Lechler is a five-time Pro Bowl selection, five-time first-team All-Pro and a two time second team All-Pro.
In his 10-season with the Raiders, the former 5th round pick has averaged 47.3 yards per punt and a 38.6 net average.
Moss spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons in the Bay Area.
Randy Moss in Silver & Black during the 2005 season
He compiled 102 receptions for 1,558 yards and 11 touchdowns after being acquired for Napoleon Harris, a 1st round selection and a late round pick.
After Oakland traded him to New England, Moss found his stride again after a dominant start to his career in Minnesota and tallied 23 touchdown grabs, setting the league single season record.
Woodson was Oakland’s 4th overall selection in the 1998 draft. The six-time Pro Bowl selection was the AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year with the Silver & Black.
He donned the Raider colors from 1998-to-2005.
This past season, he was voted the AP NFL defensive Player of the Year.
Woodson has 45 career interceptions.
Warren Sapp made a stop in Oakland during his illustrious career
Sapp spent 4-years with the Raiders. The boisterous defensive tackle tallied 19.5 sacks while in Oakland.
Seymour just finished his first season with the Raiders after being acquired in a trade with the New England Patriots.
NOTES
- Seymour is a three-time Super Bowl Champion with the Patriots (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX). He has been selected to five Pro Bowls and is a three-time first team All-Pro.
- Sapp is a four time first team All-Pro and a Super Bowl Champion with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (XXXVII). He was also selected to the NFL’s 1990s All-Decade Team. The former first rounder out of the University of Miami won the 1999 NFL Defensive Player of the Year award. He ended with 96.5 career sacks.
- Moss was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the year (1998), has been a seven time Pro Bowl selection and was the Pro Bowl MVP in 2000.
