The 2010s have been the most successful decade of Texans football, which can mean as much as you want it to mean. If you’re a pessimist, you’ll make sure to note that the franchise has existed for less than 20 years. But if you’re an optimist, you’ll point to all of those AFC South championship banners hanging in the NRG Stadium rafters.



Point is, the Texans turned a corner during this decade. They haven’t reached an AFC Championship Game yet, much less a Super Bowl, but they’re regular playoff contenders. Should they make the postseason this year, that’ll mark six trips in the past 10 seasons and four playoff berths under Bill O’Brien.



So, at least in the case of the Texans, picking an all-decade team for the 2010s — as writers all over The Athletic are doing this week — is much more fun than picking an all-2000s team. To complete this exercise, we mostly considered a player’s contributions to the...