Calais Campbell will be 34 years old when the regular season begins. He was a first-round draft pick in 2008. There aren’t too many defenders still in the league from the time he was drafted. And he’s been around that long because he’s been that good. He was named to the 2010s All-Decade Team.
At the expense of Cameron Heyward of the Pittsburgh Steelers, of course, though that also includes others who made the team over him like Julius Peppers and Cameron Jordan. Heyward didn’t take that snub lightly. He even took umbrage to a recent CBS Sports ranking that had him listed as the seventh-best defensive lineman in the league, even if it was one spot ahead of Campbell.