ESPN's All-NFC North Team

ESPN's beat reporters for each of the four NFC North teams got together and selected 2016's best of that division. It's really no surprise that their All-NFC North teams starts with Aaron Rodgers.

Offense

QB	Aaron Rodgers	Green Bay Packers
RB	Jordan Howard	Chicago Bears
RB	Ty Montgomery	Green Bay Packers
WR	Jordy Nelson	Green Bay Packers
WR	Golden Tate	Detroit Lions
TE	Kyle Rudolph	Minnesota Vikings
LT	David Bakhtiari	Green Bay Packers
LG	Josh Sitton	Chicago Bears
C	Cody Whitehair	Chicago Bears
RG	T.J. Lang	Green Bay Packers
RT	Bryan Bulaga	Green Bay Packers

Defense

DE	Everson Griffen	Minnesota Vikings
DT	Linval Joseph	Minnesota Vikings
DT	Mike Daniels	Green Bay Packers
DE	Danielle Hunter	Minnesota Vikings
	Akeem Hicks	Chicago Bears
LB	Eric Kendricks	Minnesota Vikings
LB	Nick Perry	Green Bay Packers
LB	Anthony Barr	Minnesota Vikings
CB	Xavier Rhodes	Minnesota Vikings
CB	Darius Slay	Detroit Lions
S	Harrison Smith	Minnesota Vikings
S	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	Green Bay Packers

Specialists

K	Matt Prater	Detroit Lions
P	Sam Martin	Detroit Lions

Ret

Cordarrelle Patterson

Minnesota Vikings

Special teams:

	Kentrell Brothers	Minnesota Vikings
	Don Carey	Detroit Lions
	Sherrick McManis	Chicago Bears
	Jayrone Elliott	Green Bay Packers

It's a fine, deserving team. It's tough to argue with any of their selections. I'd probably have Danielle Hunter alone as one of the defensive ends. Akeen Hicks had a very good year. Hunter had a great year. He was unstoppable most of the time that he was on the field.

One of the most impressive players in the NFC North this season was Bears rookie running back Jordan Howard. He was a nightmare for the Vikings defense in both games. He was a nightmare for a lot of defenses. He doesn't look anything like some of the other Bears rookie running backs that have flashed early and faded. Howard looks like he's going to be a nightmare for defenses for a while. The Bears also had another one of their rookies shine in center Cody Whitehair. With Josh Sitton, Whitehair, and a healthy Kyle Long in the middle of the Bears offensive line Howard could have a lot of room to run next year.