Ironic in a sport that we call football; we try
to avoid at all costs any interaction of the foot and ball. Maybe it is so
ironic that now the name finally fits. But since the invention of the forward
pass the sport has been making money hand over foot…
In the last two decades Football has become a Quarterbacks league but where are they with out their prized possessions? We have been lucky as the top 10 Wide Receivers statistically have all played in the last 2 decades. At the top of those lists; The Great One himself, Jerry Rice. But as Dan Marino knows; statistics don’t necessarily make you the greatest of all time.
What if there was a Receiver that had twice as many receiving yards as that of Jerry Rice?
Cris Carter wasn’t the biggest, the strongest or the fastest but he did have the greatest hands. Or should I say hand? Though he wasn’t the inventor; he did perfect the one-handed grab. He didn’t make the greatest catches or put on a show but it was the subtle absence of drops over the collection of his years that made him the #2 receiver of all time. In 2002 he threw his hands up and the towel in but he wasn’t done being hands on.
Before Cris retired he was thrown a curveball in which he received with open arms; his replacement, Randy Moss. Carter became his trainer, his teacher, his guidance councilor and his brother. Carter not one to patronize then or now helped groom the young Moss who would eventually pass him on the all time list. You might say that is a stretch that Carter had that much influence on Moss but I rebuttal with; when you think of Randy Moss, don’t you think of a one-handed catch?
But it was the impact Carter had on a young ball boy inMinnesota
Cris Carter maybe 8th on the list but his hands have caught more passes than you know.
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
In the last two decades Football has become a Quarterbacks league but where are they with out their prized possessions? We have been lucky as the top 10 Wide Receivers statistically have all played in the last 2 decades. At the top of those lists; The Great One himself, Jerry Rice. But as Dan Marino knows; statistics don’t necessarily make you the greatest of all time.
What if there was a Receiver that had twice as many receiving yards as that of Jerry Rice?
Cris Carter wasn’t the biggest, the strongest or the fastest but he did have the greatest hands. Or should I say hand? Though he wasn’t the inventor; he did perfect the one-handed grab. He didn’t make the greatest catches or put on a show but it was the subtle absence of drops over the collection of his years that made him the #2 receiver of all time. In 2002 he threw his hands up and the towel in but he wasn’t done being hands on.
Before Cris retired he was thrown a curveball in which he received with open arms; his replacement, Randy Moss. Carter became his trainer, his teacher, his guidance councilor and his brother. Carter not one to patronize then or now helped groom the young Moss who would eventually pass him on the all time list. You might say that is a stretch that Carter had that much influence on Moss but I rebuttal with; when you think of Randy Moss, don’t you think of a one-handed catch?
But it was the impact Carter had on a young ball boy in
Cris Carter maybe 8th on the list but his hands have caught more passes than you know.
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
