I love Randy Moss coming in and saying to Bill belichick "yeah, you can forget about seeing single high safety while I'm here." That's a bad mother right there
"Thorwing deep for Fitz.. far side in the.. endzone.. in DOUBLE coverag.. *IT DOESN'T MATTER!!* " That sums up Larry's inspirational career. The man is a walking Gold Jacket.
the blocking sums it up to me, he was like a 5th lineman on either side of the field and was disgusting blocking out of the backfield, who does that and catches back shoulder fades? Larry and nobody else
@@alexamerling79my comment said GOOD team or Stable QB. Palmer had 5 years in Arizona but only healthy for 3 of those.. that's not stable. Also that totals 3 out of 16 years of Fitzgerald career. Rest my case.
The NFL started in 1920. Don Hutson retired in 1945 and at that time he had three times as many touchdowns as anyone else in those first 25 years of football. It's a record that stood for 44 years until Steve Largent broke it in 1989. Hutson only played 10-11 games a year. Mind boggling. I'd call him the greatest football player ever, regardless of position. Too smart. Too fast. Too creative. Too tough. For anyone in his time. He dominated his era more than football player ever dominated their own time.
They snubbed him out of the NFL early. Now they want to pretend he never played at all. They took that money from his ratings hike & ticket sales though. He was the true “beast mode” no one wanted to cover or tackle him.
Megatron is the all time single season receiving leader. In fact he has the only ever 1900 yard season with 1964 in 2012. He was also the league's leading receiver in 2011 with 1681 yards. The same year he set the single season receiving record he also led the league in catches with 122. In 2008 he tied Larry Fitzgerald for the league lead in receiving touchdowns with 12. Saying he never led the league in anything is pure ignorance.
Has to be the toughest category to limit it to just 10. People knew of the greats, but I always appreciated watching those underrated guys that just were always reliable...Hines Ward, Jimmy Smith, Herman Moore, Wayne Chrebet, Flipper Anderson, Stanley Morgan, Wesley Walker, Sammy White to name a few. You just couldn't help but to like those guys and root for them even though you knew they'd never be in any realistic top 10 or 20 all-time list.
Imagine if Larry would have had a decent qb for those 5 years he had some of the worst qbs to ever play? He would be neck and neck with Jerry already . Possibly the greatest to ever do it that no 1 talks about
1. Jerry Rice- Could not be covered in any type of coverage you put on him. Something else that he was greater at above all receivers was turning short 5-15 yard routes into 60-70-80+ yards. Their was not one weakness to Rice's game. Not one. What makes Jerry Rice still special, is that his single game former records of most TDs and most yards in a season are still the greatest receiving performances of all time in those respective categories/seasons. Let me explain. First: The most td's in a season: Moss broke the record yes. But Rice set the record while only having 12 games played due to the strike season that year. Experts predicted if that year was an actual full season, and the averages Rice was having that year, Rice could have very well finished that season reaching between 28-30 TDS before playoffs. Moss didn't even tie Rice's record in his record breaking season with the Patriots until after the 12th game. It took more games for him to actually tie Rice before eventually breaking the record. Second: The most yards in a season: Rice did have a full season played when he held this record unlike his TD record. However, what made Rice's record breaking season more greater than Megatron's record breaking season was simply the yards/td ratio. Rice finished with 1,848 yards, 15 touchdowns, and 1 rushing touchdown. (A total of 16 TDs) Also averaging 15.1 yards per catch w/ 122 catches with no fumbles. For Megatron? 1,964 yards, 5 Tds, 0 rushing touchdowns, and 3 fumbles. (All turnovers) With 16.1 yards per catch while catching a total of 122 footballs. Since this generation is all about NFL Fantasy and it's accumulating of points, if these two performed these two seasons at the same time, Jerry Rice would finish 1st in NFL Fantasy. For a good decade+ , the league has done everything they can to make the QB look as good as possible and be protected. Basically over a decade since the defense has been hampered down and crippled compared to what they were able to do and get away with in the 80s and 90s. And through this past decade and a half, their is not one receiver that is even sniffing to reaching career numbers that Rice got. 2. TO: One of the top greatest athletic wide receivers to ever play. Chemistry with QBs was great despite personal problems off the field. T.O.'s best performance was his losing effort in the Super Bowl as an Eagles player. 3. Randy Moss. Perhaps the most gifted athlete in the Wide Receiver position. However, his play to not get hurt, taking plays off, deciding when to go 100% in games, and the fact that Moss was mostly a one-trick pony in seemingly only being a deep threat receiver. (Greatest deep threat receiver). Was not one of the greatest blockers in the game as a receiver by a long shot, QB could never trust him on short/cross slant routes unless they knew he'd have a wide window of space or else he'd be getting ghost feet fearing he was going to get hammered. 4. Larry Fitzgerald: If only he was around with Kurt Warner during Warner's prime years. If only Larry had better overall teams with Arizona Cardinals. Despite that, Larry is one of the greatest consummate wide receiver teammates you could ever have. One of the most gifted and reliable hands a receiver has ever possessed. Throw the ball high, chances are, Larry is the one that is going to jump and reach the highest altitude in order to get the ball in his hands outside of Randy Moss. A true all around great receiver and a phenomenal team player. 5. Calvin Johnson- Megatron is in my opinion the only receiver that has had a shot of dethroning the GOAT, Jerry Rice. Due to his short career, he will always be a what if type of receiver. Definitely had the tools to usurp Rice and break every record. Sadly, he followed the footsteps of the former Lion legend, Barry Sanders. However, unlike Sanders, Calvin's total career stats don't give enough evidence that suggest he'd have reached Rice's records, because his career was just that short in regards to numbers that Rice simply has. Another thing that dodges him from being any higher than 5 is the fact that Calvin was great at accumulating a lot of yards and catches, but for whatever reason, when it came time to actually turn those yards and catches into td's, their was too much absences of that.
@@chasewilley4648 should reread what i wrote about how he managed to beat Rice's single season record and how Rice reached his record ;) You will know just how much Rice's season was actually better ;)
They left a lot on the table with the Hutson conversation. I know it’s easy to overlook the old school era with how much more advanced the game and athletes are, but when he retired he had TRIPLE the amount of touchdown catches as the next guy all time. Pretty wild
Thatcher Hoyt Hutson is the reason I have developed a certain fascination with the WHITE WR with reputation as a speed merchant. In the words of MLK JR I HAVE DREAM THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO SEE A BLACK QB TEAM UP WITH A WHITE WR WITH SIZE AND SPEED IN THE NFL.ALL OF THE GREAT QB/WR COMBOS THE QB WAS WHITE.
@@dwightlove3704 haha I was a little worried where the first part of this going ethically but that would definitely be a fun first time combo. I guess mahomes to kelce are giving us a version 1.0, but we need more speed!
I remember Fitzgerald being a very charitable guy and even receiving the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. I had no idea that his generosity was sparked by kindness and generosity shown to him by Randy Moss when he was the ball boy. That is a great story and it shows that Moss was a good guy despite the press trying to smear his name nearly every season.
Especially when Marvin Harrison played with Peyton for 98% of his career. TO had Steve Young for a couple years, then Jeff Garcia, McNabb, Romo, Trent Edwards and Carson Palmer. Outside of Young, none could match up to Peyton!
Mike Youngblood don’t sleep on Marvin, he was hella consistent throughout his career. He carried Peyton early in his career as Peyton always panic dumped the ball off to him and he still made the catches. Peyton struggled a lot early on. Having a record back to back 4 100 catch seasons straight. Other than Wes Welker and Brady we haven’t seen that since and Wes was a slot receiver. Marvin was not. Marvin just lost his record of 143 to Michael Thomas this season by one catch too. He also has a super bowl win under his belt which sadly TO never got to win. NFL lists always take SB rings into account A big reason TO had so many QB’s is because he bounced around a lot. He doesn’t admit it, but at the time he was very much so a problem/diva like receiver who people didn’t want to have. Complained when he didnt get the ball. Donavan still dislikes TO to this day i think
@@mikeyoungblood1642 - McNabb did not have the same career, but when he was at his best, he was one of the best to ever do it. McNabb will go down as a forgotton QB and it is sad. (49ers fan who just respected the man's game)
I figured TO acts like he is the WR God of football and he refused to share the stage with Randy Moss, thus his own ceremony, which I gladly refused to watch, that prima donna.
Jerry Rice laughing at the mere thought of Randy Moss being mentioned in the same sentence as a single high safety before Belichick even gets to the point, is hilarious at 6:02.
Look, I get that he wasn't the most likeable player ever, but snubbing TO is a joke. The guy played in a Superbowl on one leg and was the best player on the field that day. He's top 5 in career stats and ranks only behind Rice in a few of them. Moss was every bit the diva TO was and he's on the list, but TO still gets left off? No wonder he wanted nothing to do with the HOF.
Yeah but you can argue that Moss 'grew up' with his career. TO was causing office lady type drama in every situation he would get into when he was 40+ years old
He or T.O. Should be on this list. Gale Sayers played 68 games in 7 seasons. Barry, Jim Brown also had short careers. I look at the talent and production when he played. Megaton was a legit top 5 all time talent who put up HOF numbers on terrible teams that had no other option. These lists tend to favor the old school guys.
Harry Engel no doubt they belong. Barry is my favorite player of all time, however Calvin Johnson played in 135 games, 700+ catches, over 80 TD, nearly 12,000 yards in 9 seasons, and retired at 30. He has the numbers and the talent.
In that short Career he finished with all kinds of records ....what are u talking about. Was the most dominant receiver for at least 3 seasons. TO has never been the best WR in the league in any season
I'm starting to hear some people penalize Jerry Rice for GOAT WR status because he catches balls in stride and don't have to go up to make catches like Randy Moss and Megatron did but that's like penalizing Michael Jordan for having the smoothest fadeaway. Jerry constantly tirelessly worked on his routerunning like a maniac.
The problem is that casuals confuse athleticism with skill. Moss and Megatron were better athletes, but Rice was easily more skilled than either one. Rice's route running and ability to pick up yards after the catch was second to none. Rice was also an ace blocker and ran the reverse better than any other receiver I've ever seen.
@@xaviervega468 I can't argue with anything you said it's all true. I'm glad you touched on Jerry's blocking ability he doesn't get enough credit for that.👍🏽
Hutson still leads the Packers in all time TDs. He scored 102 TDs in 116 games. One season he had more TD catches than 8 of the other 9 teams. He was Babe Ruth level dominant.
So many kids in the comments don’t know a thing about the games history then complain about snubs. To them the best receivers of all time are they guys who are good in Madden.
I’m so glad Marvin Harrison got the respect he deserves. He absolutely belongs on this list. The silent killer. Say what you want about TO not being in here but Marvin was everything you wanted in a receiver. He had unbelievable hands, speed, route running, and a great teammate. Loved watching him and Manning play together.
Hmmmm weird list. Missing T.O and the Playmaker... I've only been watching since the 80s so i don't haven't seen the players in the 60s and 70s... but those two guys were bloody amazing.
For context on Don Hutson as one of those guys before your time, when he retired noone was even close in the league receiving wise. When Hutson retired for the third and final time after the 1945 season, he had nearly double the receptions Chicago’s Jim Benton had when he retired two years later as the No. 2 all-time leading receiver (488 to 288) twice the touchdowns (99 vs 45) named first team All-Pro eight times, leading the league in receptions eight times, receiving yardage seven times and touchdowns nine times in a 10 year career. He also lead the league in interceptions in 1940. It took till Steve Largent to get past that touchdown milestone. He's arguably the Jim Brown of receivers. He retired because they wouldn't give him money consummate with basically MVP/top tier QB play. And so he left for good, not because he couldnt play but because they wouldn't pay him to. There was nothing left to prove for him otherwise. And that era of Packers, who he helped win 4 titles for basically went to crap until the 60's when Lombardi arrived.
only if megaton wasn’t drafted by the lions oh my god he would literally be the best receiver all time accolades and all even without accolades he still beat all time
You absolutely cannot leave Terrell Owens off this list. Third in career touchdowns and yards and eighth in receptions. As an Eagles fan, I’m very familiar with his off the field issues. But that’s no excuse. It wouldn’t shock me at all if Goodell vetoed his selection.
Jerry Rice and Randy Moss sitting next to each other, the 2 greatest WR to ever play football. Honestly you could make a case for Randy Moss being #1 but its trivial to me because greatness is greatness regardless of what number you place before it. Everyone will have their own opinions regardless of how "official" this list is.
Randy Moss is my favorite. Followed by Fitzgerald. All because Moss was on my franchise Patriots team in NFL 2010. Then because Fitzgerald is just a nice dude.
I feel like largent does not get enough credit. He had no gloves he wasn’t the biggest or the fastest but he had the best hands ever. Also he didn’t even have a good QB. He changed the game and he should 100% be in this list over T.O and Calvin
@@1NumeroUno To be perfectly honest Randy should have played better. 5 rec for 61 yards was unacceptable for an all-time great in his first Super Bowl . Rice, Owens and Fitzgerald all performed MUCH better when they got their first shot and Owens had a broken leg.
@@xaviervega468 Not really, it wasn't Randy's fault, Tom had a high ankle sprain (suffered in the AFC championship) on his planting leg the same injury that TO had. He was in a boot up until game time. Tom was under and over throwing him all game which had never happened that season up to that point. Additionally because the O-line couldn't protect Brady the timing that Randy and Tom had developed all year was also disrupted all of this equals poor statistics and an L.
Man. Love what Collinsworth was saying about someone not being the best athlete but that there was “something else” there that made someone a great football player
Cause Belichick hates stupid question. If u ask him a good question, he will give u a good and long answer on how his team performed, what probably went wrong and what made the opponent great! But if u ask him dumb questions he'll just ignore u and skip as fast as possible to the end of the press conference. Here they're talking with football legends about the best players in history, so he's obviously interested in talking about stuff he knows!
A lot of complaining in comments about being players being left out but gotta understand they’re going through 100 years of football so they have to include guys from the 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s too.
Remember that it took Moss 16 games to break Rice's TD reception record. Rice had 22 TDs in 12 games. He only had one game where he had "only" one TD reception.
Not to mention the Patriots ran up scores that season specifically seeking records. Going for it on 4th down in blowout games in the 4th quarter just to get Brady and moss more tds
Rice had one of the greatest QBS Joe Montana throwing him the football. When Randy Moss broke Jerry Rice's record was his first year with Tom Brady as his Quarterback. Jerry Rice had played 3 years with Joe Montana as his Quarterback.
Just gonna be waiting a long time to see team success. I think team obliterator-the most fitting name ever-only played in 1 SB,& (albeit a special performance)has no rings...a clear cut HOFer though, no doubt. But only off production..Hall of piss as a team mate,& leader.
Megatron is the all time single season record holder, career ypg record holder, and had the most receiving yards through his first 9 seasons of any player ever. He is also the all time leader for consecutive 100 yard games. He had 329 receiving yards in a GAME, well more than anybody else here was able to achieve. He had a faster 40 and stronger bench than anybody on this list, while also being taller than them. He should be considered the GOAT, but since he retired early he isn’t even on the list smh.
Randy ran a much faster 40 yard dash and was basically the same height. He just didn’t quit early like Calvin did. The numbers are ultimately against him. Great player but you can’t retire at 30 and be the greatest anything, no matter how good you are.
I believe Jim brown is not the greatest running back ever. Again, his stats just don’t add up anymore. Even in the modern game where running isn’t prevalent his numbers aren’t that great. Walter Payton was much better. Even Jim himself admitted that.
I find it funny how most fans talk about a WR speed to take the top of a defense but the best WR of all time wasn't fast but still will take the too of a defense and would beat a faster man in coverage lol
@White Oak Grove Church You can make that argument and I wouldn't argue with you if you felt that way. So many great players have played in the NFL. I'm sure a few of them have a case to be the best. Jim Brown is a damn great player.
Good segment. But wow, they really said not one word about Terrell Owens. Wow. More first team all pros than any in that booth other than Jerry. And also he was just Fkn incredible. Cmon !
Here is my list, feel free to put your input. Jerry Rice (speaks for itself) Randy Moss (speaks for itself) Lance Alworth (I actually agree with this one, I feel he does not get the credit he deserves because he played in the AFL) Terrell Owens (how do you not include him? You are leaving out a guy who is top 3 in receiving TDs and yards, also is first team all-pro on 3 different teams. That is absurd!) Calvin Johnson (this may seem absurd to some, but look at Calvin’s time in the league, to go along with his other accolades, he has the record for most receiving yards in a season, most receiving yards in a game (without OT). His biggest weakness was his loyalty to the Lions. You can’t tell me Crazy legs Hirsch was better than Megatron) Don Hutson (another one I agree with big time, dude had triple the receiving TDS of second place when he retired with 99, that is dominance if I’ve ever seen it) Larry Fitzgerald (Look at this guys career and the qbs he has been stuck with and he manages to be a great receiver every year and now is 2nd all time in yards and receptions, also has more tackles than drops) Steve Largent (very underrated and a guy who I think should speak for himself) Marvin Harrison (I struggled with Marvin the most, but despite the fact he had Peyton Manning, you can’t deny his consistently great play and the receptions record that was seen as unbreakable until Michael Thomas broke it) Paul Warfield (I originally had Isaac Bruce here, but after learning more about both Warfield and Berry, I ended up replacing Bruce with Warfield, but Berry could also go here. I ended up picking Warfield because of his incredible numbers despite the lack of receptions. Honourable mentions: Isaac Bruce, Raymond Berry, Cris Carter and Michael Irvin (honestly, place any one of these guys in place of Marvin Harrison and it is still a good list to me. Let me know what you think. Edit: I replaced Isaac Bruce with Paul Warfield.
Noah Rocca sub in Raymond Berry for Isaac Bruce and you got it. Also I really hate when people bring up the QB’s a wide receiver had or vice versa. Their accomplishments speak for themselves. This isn’t a what if game, where we can switch around the players they had with them. I’m not trying to pick on you but I see this so often and especially against Marvin Harrison. Marvin is underrated because he was the quiet guy in the era of diva WR’s. And I hate when people disrespect him. Not saying you were, but I see it too often. You can’t judge people by what they had with then you can only judge them for what they did.
1950's Rams are the father's of the modern day passing offense. They still hold the record for the most points per game in a season. That's why Hirsch is on the list. If Raymond Berry is on than Don Maynard deserves to be on it too. Same goes for Charley Taylor, Taylor was not as dynamic as Warfield, but he was as physical and as productive of any WR during his time. Taylor and Warfield were the TO and Moss of their era
I wish you would speak for Largent, because he never would. Pretty selfless guy, one who I think the younger fans take for granted. Few players can set up a player a route or two in advance. That guy could set you up mid route. Film was a lie and so were his eyes as they gave away nothing. I still don't understand what Houston didn't see to let him go to Seattle. Maybe I don't ever want to understand as a fan of football, Steve was a football player and that's what mattered. Warfield was what you'd call the missing piece, the player that takes you over the top from being a potentially good team to a great team. When teams evaluate what an acquisition can do for a team, a franchise, Warfield is arguably a standard you should set. And that sounds weird when you consider his numbers don't seem like that next to todays game. But you have to remember the era he was in, and how Shula ran that Miami team. They ran the ball masterfully with a 3 deep backfield, so when they needed the pass they needed a winning one. Warfield gave them that dimension.
If Tory Holt and Isaac Bruce weren't on the same team they would be up here. Those 2 were lethal and they put up hall of fame number playing together sharing the wealth.
@@trainwithrhettkind1165 Bullshit. Eight straight years of a thousand yards, with MULTIPLE QBs throwing to him, lead the league in TDs in 3 of those years as well. He had as good of hands as ANY WR in NFL history, and had a football IQ that was off the charts. You clearly dont know football history.
The WRs of the 70s and crazy underrated. You had to be insane to keep your eye on the ball. All of Football had changed, but no position more than WR. What TO or Justin Jefferson accomplished isn't in the same game that saw what James Lofton or John Stallworth do. Imagine being Stanley Morgan, as a rookie, seeing your fellow WR and teammate get paralyzed by a Jack Tatum hit in pre season, and then you still have the balls to go on to catch 10,000 yards in your career. How do you compare guys from that era to someone with 10,000 yards in the 00s?
Unbelievable that Calvin Johnson isn't on this list, there is no reason he shouldn't be. Holds the record for most receiving yards EVER in a single season, and was possibly the biggest game changer ever. The best QB he ever played with was Matthew Stafford, got all his godly stats without ever having an elite QB. Got 1000 yards receiving in all but two of his seasons, of which one of those was super close at 984. There is absolutely zero reason he shouldn't be above guys like Largent and Lance Alworth...
No reason to disrespect Largent, he retired the all-time leader in all major receiving categories, Johnson didn't. An argument can be made to put him on the list but not above clearly not above Rice, Hutson, or Largent. The rest you can make an argument for.
@@DireHammer Let me put it to you like this: Lets say you have to draft a dream team, where you can have any receiver ever in their prime on your team. You are telling me that you are going to take Largent over Calvin Johnson? Heck no. Jerry Rice and Randy Moss would be the only legitimate people you could make a legitimate argument for taking over Calvin. Largents overall career statistics mean nothing in terms of making an argument for him over Calvin, he had much greater longevity playing for much longer. He never came close to being anywhere near as dominant as Calvin Johnson on a football field. Emmitt Smith has the most rushing yards ever, because he played for an incredibly long time. Would you be picking him over Jim Brown, Barry Sanders or Walter Payton? Calvin Johnson was better than Steve Largent in EVERYTHING except for durability. Johnson was bigger, stronger, faster, way more disruptive to defenses, a much bigger game breaker, and could make plays Largent could never dream of. Largent is an all time great, but not even close to being in Calvin's league as a football player.
@@crx122 this isn't about the 100 best players in their prime, if it was the list would be completely different. It's a list of the greatest all-time players, taking their careers in totality.
@@DireHammer What you are saying doesn't in any way give credence to picking Largent over Calvin. Lets talk about full careers then. Calvin Johnson only has 1500 yards less receiving than Largent, while playing 5 less seasons, his yearly production over his full career is FAR superior. Calvin's best year was 1964 receiving yards, Largents was 1287, not even close. Calvin Johnson has FOUR SEASONS where he got more receiving yards than Largents best season he ever had, and FIVE out of NINE seasons he had 1200+. Calvin Johnson has the NFL records for single season receiving yards, most 100 yard games in a season with 11 and is the record holder for the fastest to ever get 11,000 yards receiving. This is despite the fact Calvin played in 65 fewer games than Largent, and Calvin was also on some of the most god awful teams in NFL history including the 0 and 16 season. So yes lets talk full careers, because Calvin's full career production dwarfs Steve Largent's. Calvin was a FAR SUPERIOR player to Largent and it isn't even close.
It's amazing how Bill points out Randy is the smartest reciever he's ever known right after they talked with Jerry about how great players aren't necessarily the freak athlete or genius - Randy had an abysmally low Wonderlic score but really is a football genius
@@63Baggies How? Largent was the all-time leader in catches, yard,and TD;s when he retired. Rice patterned his game after him. Cliff was just a better deep threat.
@@xaviervega468 I was about to say, Branch is a deep threat. Largent could win anywhere and often did with his mental game. How he got open so often, and how open he got, is mind boggling at times on film. Definitely felt like the Larry Fitzgerald of his generation and certainly of that franchise.
Jerry Rice without a doubt the num 1 receiver! Primetime shut him down 1on1 and picked him off. Also shut down Irvin.And he's #34? Lott is a legend. But there is no better corner to ever play this game! Ultimate highlight reel! #239
No offense to Marvin Harrison, but his quarterback was also Peyton Manning. There are other great receivers like Megatron that should have been higher.
Chris Carter. Hands, tough, touchdowns, blocks, yards, receptions. What was he missing ? Also Cliff Branch. Scared everyone and made the bomb, well the bomb
Bias against him is awful. Just because he celebrated and had an ego. Should’ve been a first ballot hall of famer. Every qb he played with had there best season throwing to him. Could run every route. Slant, over the top. Get yards after the catch
Ochocinco will get his respect. It was the jacket he flashed is what made NFL tell him that he’s on there time to be in HOF. He paved the wave for the new era receivers running routes and footwork.
I love Randy Moss coming in and saying to Bill belichick "yeah, you can forget about seeing single high safety while I'm here." That's a bad mother right there
One of the biggest mistakes Bill belichick made as a GM was getting rid of Randy Moss in 2010.
Love the respect they gave Steve Largent. Very Often forgotten.
Honestly, he actually played at my highschool and we have a jersey hanging up in our hallway
@Harry Engel Putnam City Original High School. It's in Oklahoma in The Ward Acres area
Steve largent shouldn’t be here over calvin Johnson or terrell owens
@@LilFlackoJ and you don't watch football
Ethan Elmore shut up I bet I watch way more than you,your a bandwagon patriots fan and your probably like the buccaneers now
"Thorwing deep for Fitz.. far side in the.. endzone.. in DOUBLE coverag.. *IT DOESN'T MATTER!!* "
That sums up Larry's inspirational career. The man is a walking Gold Jacket.
Love the respect they gave Steve Largent. Very Often forgotten.
the blocking sums it up to me, he was like a 5th lineman on either side of the field and was disgusting blocking out of the backfield, who does that and catches back shoulder fades? Larry and nobody else
@@tec738cafdikfac2 He broke the career TD MARK of Don Hutson that's what got him noticed
@@coreygolphenee9633there's already 5 linemen 😭😂
Did he get A ring? No. Swann has 4 Fitz ain't no Moss Rice ain't no Moss Fitz ain't no factor
Imagine if Fitzgerald was drafted by a team that was actually good and had a stable quarterback.
swissmrkc If he had Kurt Warner for most of his career, he’d be a lot closer to rice’s records.
He was
Maybe with a QB like Tom or mahomes
Palmer was pretty good
@@alexamerling79my comment said GOOD team or Stable QB. Palmer had 5 years in Arizona but only healthy for 3 of those.. that's not stable. Also that totals 3 out of 16 years of Fitzgerald career. Rest my case.
The NFL started in 1920. Don Hutson retired in 1945 and at that time he had three times as many touchdowns as anyone else in those first 25 years of football. It's a record that stood for 44 years until Steve Largent broke it in 1989. Hutson only played 10-11 games a year. Mind boggling. I'd call him the greatest football player ever, regardless of position. Too smart. Too fast. Too creative. Too tough. For anyone in his time. He dominated his era more than football player ever dominated their own time.
He played against the local milk men
@@learn2xpand862 And his plumber was the safety on the other team😂
There were like 5 teams. 😂😂😂😂
T.O. gets snubbed for everything
Maurice King how TO ain’t on this list is disgusting
Disrespectful
Right and he's a HOFer
They snubbed him out of the NFL early. Now they want to pretend he never played at all. They took that money from his ratings hike & ticket sales though. He was the true “beast mode” no one wanted to cover or tackle him.
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Much respect to Larry Legend.
No TO and Megatron... smh
Shemzinho megatron didn’t play very long and their team also sucked. Not surprised
Megatron? Never led the league in anything but drops.
hal warner are you stupid
Megatron is the all time single season receiving leader. In fact he has the only ever 1900 yard season with 1964 in 2012. He was also the league's leading receiver in 2011 with 1681 yards. The same year he set the single season receiving record he also led the league in catches with 122. In 2008 he tied Larry Fitzgerald for the league lead in receiving touchdowns with 12. Saying he never led the league in anything is pure ignorance.
@@halwarner3326 leads the NFL in most yards in a season
Say what you want about bill billicheck, but I admire the way he sees and admires greatness, as great as he is. That's awesome.
He coached some guy named LAWRENCE TAYLOR
Love how randy says “just throw up the ball they can’t jump with me”
Has to be the toughest category to limit it to just 10. People knew of the greats, but I always appreciated watching those underrated guys that just were always reliable...Hines Ward, Jimmy Smith, Herman Moore, Wayne Chrebet, Flipper Anderson, Stanley Morgan, Wesley Walker, Sammy White to name a few. You just couldn't help but to like those guys and root for them even though you knew they'd never be in any realistic top 10 or 20 all-time list.
Smith and Ward, I completely agree that they were borderline Hall of Famers.
Michael Irvin The Playmaker
Imagine if Larry would have had a decent qb for those 5 years he had some of the worst qbs to ever play? He would be neck and neck with Jerry already . Possibly the greatest to ever do it that no 1 talks about
david garcia very very many people talk about it
Tim Brown played for 11 years before having a QB and still made 1,000 yards a season. Imagine being top 10 and having no QB for 2/3rd of your career
Nope
No where near Rice.
If he had warner for most his career too.
1. Jerry Rice- Could not be covered in any type of coverage you put on him. Something else that he was greater at above all receivers was turning short 5-15 yard routes into 60-70-80+ yards. Their was not one weakness to Rice's game. Not one. What makes Jerry Rice still special, is that his single game former records of most TDs and most yards in a season are still the greatest receiving performances of all time in those respective categories/seasons. Let me explain.
First: The most td's in a season: Moss broke the record yes. But Rice set the record while only having 12 games played due to the strike season that year. Experts predicted if that year was an actual full season, and the averages Rice was having that year, Rice could have very well finished that season reaching between 28-30 TDS before playoffs. Moss didn't even tie Rice's record in his record breaking season with the Patriots until after the 12th game. It took more games for him to actually tie Rice before eventually breaking the record.
Second: The most yards in a season: Rice did have a full season played when he held this record unlike his TD record. However, what made Rice's record breaking season more greater than Megatron's record breaking season was simply the yards/td ratio. Rice finished with 1,848 yards, 15 touchdowns, and 1 rushing touchdown. (A total of 16 TDs) Also averaging 15.1 yards per catch w/ 122 catches with no fumbles. For Megatron? 1,964 yards, 5 Tds, 0 rushing touchdowns, and 3 fumbles. (All turnovers) With 16.1 yards per catch while catching a total of 122 footballs. Since this generation is all about NFL Fantasy and it's accumulating of points, if these two performed these two seasons at the same time, Jerry Rice would finish 1st in NFL Fantasy.
For a good decade+ , the league has done everything they can to make the QB look as good as possible and be protected. Basically over a decade since the defense has been hampered down and crippled compared to what they were able to do and get away with in the 80s and 90s. And through this past decade and a half, their is not one receiver that is even sniffing to reaching career numbers that Rice got.
2. TO: One of the top greatest athletic wide receivers to ever play. Chemistry with QBs was great despite personal problems off the field. T.O.'s best performance was his losing effort in the Super Bowl as an Eagles player.
3. Randy Moss. Perhaps the most gifted athlete in the Wide Receiver position. However, his play to not get hurt, taking plays off, deciding when to go 100% in games, and the fact that Moss was mostly a one-trick pony in seemingly only being a deep threat receiver. (Greatest deep threat receiver). Was not one of the greatest blockers in the game as a receiver by a long shot, QB could never trust him on short/cross slant routes unless they knew he'd have a wide window of space or else he'd be getting ghost feet fearing he was going to get hammered.
4. Larry Fitzgerald: If only he was around with Kurt Warner during Warner's prime years. If only Larry had better overall teams with Arizona Cardinals. Despite that, Larry is one of the greatest consummate wide receiver teammates you could ever have. One of the most gifted and reliable hands a receiver has ever possessed. Throw the ball high, chances are, Larry is the one that is going to jump and reach the highest altitude in order to get the ball in his hands outside of Randy Moss. A true all around great receiver and a phenomenal team player.
5. Calvin Johnson- Megatron is in my opinion the only receiver that has had a shot of dethroning the GOAT, Jerry Rice. Due to his short career, he will always be a what if type of receiver. Definitely had the tools to usurp Rice and break every record. Sadly, he followed the footsteps of the former Lion legend, Barry Sanders. However, unlike Sanders, Calvin's total career stats don't give enough evidence that suggest he'd have reached Rice's records, because his career was just that short in regards to numbers that Rice simply has. Another thing that dodges him from being any higher than 5 is the fact that Calvin was great at accumulating a lot of yards and catches, but for whatever reason, when it came time to actually turn those yards and catches into td's, their was too much absences of that.
Amzingred TO and Larry>Moss
@@hassanhaulcy no argument to have. any of those 3 can easily fit at 2.
Moss caught the most tds in a single season no argument to be had
@@chasewilley4648 should reread what i wrote about how he managed to beat Rice's single season record and how Rice reached his record ;) You will know just how much Rice's season was actually better ;)
Chase Willey bruh you sound like a dumb 6 year old
Who else used to say "Moss'd" in a pickup game of football?
not just football but everything involving catching a ball over someone else including basketball
Who doesn't lmao
American Fitty people still say that
@@king_supreme1102 "used to say" attention to detail, ADHD kids they only hear part of the message.
Everyday at recess, we were playin that game
They left a lot on the table with the Hutson conversation. I know it’s easy to overlook the old school era with how much more advanced the game and athletes are, but when he retired he had TRIPLE the amount of touchdown catches as the next guy all time. Pretty wild
The modern receiving game was invented by Don Hutson.
Thatcher Hoyt Hutson is the reason I have developed a certain fascination with the WHITE WR with reputation as a speed merchant. In the words of MLK JR I HAVE DREAM THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO SEE A BLACK QB TEAM UP WITH A WHITE WR WITH SIZE AND SPEED IN THE NFL.ALL OF THE GREAT QB/WR COMBOS THE QB WAS WHITE.
@@dwightlove3704 haha I was a little worried where the first part of this going ethically but that would definitely be a fun first time combo. I guess mahomes to kelce are giving us a version 1.0, but we need more speed!
@@dwightlove3704 with alllllll due respect to the Byron leftwich - Matt Jones connection of course
@@thatcherhoyt4068 Matt Jones got drafted before aaron rodgers 🤣 🤣 🤣
How is T.O not on this list smh Terrell Owens belongs on this list
Fk the list T O is the goat🤷😂
That transition from Randy Moss’ highlights to Lance Alworth’s highlights was stark.
I remember Fitzgerald being a very charitable guy and even receiving the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. I had no idea that his generosity was sparked by kindness and generosity shown to him by Randy Moss when he was the ball boy. That is a great story and it shows that Moss was a good guy despite the press trying to smear his name nearly every season.
no good reason at all that T.O couldn't make the cut here.. gimme a break.
Especially when Marvin Harrison played with Peyton for 98% of his career. TO had Steve Young for a couple years, then Jeff Garcia, McNabb, Romo, Trent Edwards and Carson Palmer. Outside of Young, none could match up to Peyton!
Mike Youngblood don’t sleep on Marvin, he was hella consistent throughout his career. He carried Peyton early in his career as Peyton always panic dumped the ball off to him and he still made the catches. Peyton struggled a lot early on. Having a record back to back 4 100 catch seasons straight. Other than Wes Welker and Brady we haven’t seen that since and Wes was a slot receiver. Marvin was not. Marvin just lost his record of 143 to Michael Thomas this season by one catch too. He also has a super bowl win under his belt which sadly TO never got to win. NFL lists always take SB rings into account
A big reason TO had so many QB’s is because he bounced around a lot. He doesn’t admit it, but at the time he was very much so a problem/diva like receiver who people didn’t want to have. Complained when he didnt get the ball. Donavan still dislikes TO to this day i think
@@mikeyoungblood1642 - McNabb did not have the same career, but when he was at his best, he was one of the best to ever do it. McNabb will go down as a forgotton QB and it is sad.
(49ers fan who just respected the man's game)
Well...T.O. is worthy but you saw how he acted when he was finally named to the HOF. He stays bitter, and NFL views that as toxic.
I figured TO acts like he is the WR God of football and he refused to share the stage with Randy Moss, thus his own ceremony, which I gladly refused to watch, that prima donna.
Jerry Rice laughing at the mere thought of Randy Moss being mentioned in the same sentence as a single high safety before Belichick even gets to the point, is hilarious at 6:02.
He knew randy was special
I didn’t notice that at first… pretty cool
So glad to see Paul Warfield gets his props. He sacrificed numbers to win. Still the best touchdown-to-catches ratio in history.
He was the original MARVIN HARRISON just without the numbers to back it up.
Big Ten hurdles champ Ohio State. He could fly.
@@williambrown7495 I thought he was a sprinter????
DON HUTSON
Larry Fitzgerald has more tackles than drops. That is the GREATEST stat of all time!!
That means his QBs threw the ball more to the other team than him
@@brianbadonde9251 he had 1432 catches. I doubt they threw to the other team more than him
@@brianbadonde9251 1432 catches only 29 dropped. 41 tackles!!
It would be interesting to see where Sterling Sharpe would've fallen on the all time list had he stayed healthy. In my opinion, he'd be in the top 10.
Already had great numbers but he got hurt start of Farve/Holmgren era
He’d be top 5
@@howardcosell2022 Sharpe went across the middle on a slant route like Michael Irvin and they both got tattooed!!!!
Top 5 maybe top 3
Definitely
Sterling already is
Look, I get that he wasn't the most likeable player ever, but snubbing TO is a joke. The guy played in a Superbowl on one leg and was the best player on the field that day. He's top 5 in career stats and ranks only behind Rice in a few of them. Moss was every bit the diva TO was and he's on the list, but TO still gets left off? No wonder he wanted nothing to do with the HOF.
Yes thank u
Exactly
He’s too 5 but not top 3 in my opinion
Yeah but you can argue that Moss 'grew up' with his career. TO was causing office lady type drama in every situation he would get into when he was 40+ years old
T.O wasn't good
Megatron's career was way too short to be considered, thats why hes not on here. As for T.O.? I really dont know.
He or T.O. Should be on this list. Gale Sayers played 68 games in 7 seasons. Barry, Jim Brown also had short careers. I look at the talent and production when he played. Megaton was a legit top 5 all time talent who put up HOF numbers on terrible teams that had no other option. These lists tend to favor the old school guys.
Harry Engel no doubt they belong. Barry is my favorite player of all time, however Calvin Johnson played in 135 games, 700+ catches, over 80 TD, nearly 12,000 yards in 9 seasons, and retired at 30. He has the numbers and the talent.
In that short Career he finished with all kinds of records ....what are u talking about. Was the most dominant receiver for at least 3 seasons. TO has never been the best WR in the league in any season
Megatron 2012 season alone should get him on this list
@@s.linastaffords6744 he has
As a kid growing up, I loved Fitzzy, he was such a great humble player.
That game John Taylor got two 90 yd TDs the crucial block on both was made by #80. He was awesome.
Jerry rice and joe Montana is one of the greatest duos I’ve ever seen
Actually Jerry and Steve young was a more deadly combo, they have touchdowns together
the greatest...period...
Another deadly one was Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski
Unitas to Berry was simply amazing. Raymond Berry had great hand. He never lost a single fumble in his whole career!
@@jalengreen1301 stfu fboy
So where is t.o at?? And megatron smh they botched it
Greg Jennings should be number 1. He put the team on his back. 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
LMAO
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😭😭😭😭
Bill looking at Larry like “you shoulda came to NE”
I'm starting to hear some people penalize Jerry Rice for GOAT WR status because he catches balls in stride and don't have to go up to make catches like Randy Moss and Megatron did but that's like penalizing Michael Jordan for having the smoothest fadeaway. Jerry constantly tirelessly worked on his routerunning like a maniac.
They clearly know nothing about football
The problem is that casuals confuse athleticism with skill. Moss and Megatron were better athletes, but Rice was easily more skilled than either one. Rice's route running and ability to pick up yards after the catch was second to none. Rice was also an ace blocker and ran the reverse better than any other receiver I've ever seen.
@@goatpik9756 facts
@@xaviervega468 I can't argue with anything you said it's all true. I'm glad you touched on Jerry's blocking ability he doesn't get enough credit for that.👍🏽
Elroy Hirsch.....1951.....12 game season, 1495 yards. Best season ever? Maybe. Let's keep watching.
rice had 1800 in 12
@@icypick1001 No he didn't. His 1800 yd season was in 95. He did have 22 TD's in 12 games though in 87.
No T.O.? When T.O. retired the only player ahead of him in most receiving categories was Rice. This list is a joke without him.
T.O has nothing compared to rice and moss
@@logansimons7644 are you dumb stupid or dumb?
Top 3 WR are Rice Moss and Owens
SpiderMonkeyNuts try Jerry, Randy and Larry
@@johnnysins9399 *KEYWORDS* WHEN HE RETIRED. His last season in 2010, he was 2nd in yards and TDs and 5th in catchss
Jerry looks like he can still play! 🐐
As a huge Pats fan, ladies and gentleman that conversation was legendary! Awesome to see Moss getting this moment!
It's a good thing that my favorite WR's where on this list aka Steve Largent and Marvin Harrison
Largent is underrated.
Yeah
Hutson still leads the Packers in all time TDs. He scored 102 TDs in 116 games. One season he had more TD catches than 8 of the other 9 teams. He was Babe Ruth level dominant.
Cris C., "I don't know how fast Alworth was"- he ran a 9.6 100 yard dash, easy enough to look up.
So many kids in the comments don’t know a thing about the games history then complain about snubs. To them the best receivers of all time are they guys who are good in Madden.
i know bruh, like i heard people say julio better then larry and rice, or tyreek hill better then tae and dhop, or kelce better then tony gonzalaz
My 8 yrs old grandson knows about the older players. He is. 49er fan
For a touchdown: Moss
For a game: TO
For a season: Megatron
For a career: Rice
For a game @ the Cowboys: TO
Nah - I want Rice in every single one of those situations.
To drop a pass : Owens
For a guaranteed catch: Fitz
@@brianwolf6166 😂🏈
I’m so glad Marvin Harrison got the respect he deserves. He absolutely belongs on this list. The silent killer. Say what you want about TO not being in here but Marvin was everything you wanted in a receiver. He had unbelievable hands, speed, route running, and a great teammate. Loved watching him and Manning play together.
I just see Coach B looking at Fitz wondering how many SBs he could have won if they had drafted him
FACTS
Hmmmm weird list. Missing T.O and the Playmaker... I've only been watching since the 80s so i don't haven't seen the players in the 60s and 70s... but those two guys were bloody amazing.
For context on Don Hutson as one of those guys before your time, when he retired noone was even close in the league receiving wise. When Hutson retired for the third and final time after the 1945 season, he had nearly double the receptions Chicago’s Jim Benton had when he retired two years later as the No. 2 all-time leading receiver (488 to 288) twice the touchdowns (99 vs 45) named first team All-Pro eight times, leading the league in receptions eight times, receiving yardage seven times and touchdowns nine times in a 10 year career. He also lead the league in interceptions in 1940. It took till Steve Largent to get past that touchdown milestone. He's arguably the Jim Brown of receivers.
He retired because they wouldn't give him money consummate with basically MVP/top tier QB play. And so he left for good, not because he couldnt play but because they wouldn't pay him to. There was nothing left to prove for him otherwise. And that era of Packers, who he helped win 4 titles for basically went to crap until the 60's when Lombardi arrived.
Nice to give props to Fitz. Silently dominating the league since 2004.
These are phenomenal! But it’s still a watered down list without T.O.
Jerry should have spoke up for his teammate.
only if megaton wasn’t drafted by the lions oh my god he would literally be the best receiver all time accolades and all even without accolades he still beat all time
This list is obviously invalidated because TO isn’t on it
Larry Fitzgerald.. In games that mattered I’ve never seen anybody match his level of play. And that includes the rest of his team
You absolutely cannot leave Terrell Owens off this list. Third in career touchdowns and yards and eighth in receptions. As an Eagles fan, I’m very familiar with his off the field issues. But that’s no excuse.
It wouldn’t shock me at all if Goodell vetoed his selection.
As a Browns fan, I'm glad that they both included Warfield and skipped the part where the Browns traded him for Mike Phipps.
How is TO not on this list????
Jerry Rice and Randy Moss sitting next to each other, the 2 greatest WR to ever play football. Honestly you could make a case for Randy Moss being #1 but its trivial to me because greatness is greatness regardless of what number you place before it. Everyone will have their own opinions regardless of how "official" this list is.
DarkSektori Rice is pretty much untouchable in arguements about the best receivers of all time. He always will be the best.
@Joshua Haynes yea but Randy had some down years I want someone that is consistent and plays big at the biggest moments
One had sb wins the other played for belacheet
Randy wasn't better than Owens! Moss was washed up in his early 30's😂
Randy Moss is my favorite.
Followed by Fitzgerald.
All because Moss was on my franchise Patriots team in NFL 2010.
Then because Fitzgerald is just a nice dude.
I feel like largent does not get enough credit. He had no gloves he wasn’t the biggest or the fastest but he had the best hands ever. Also he didn’t even have a good QB. He changed the game and he should 100% be in this list over T.O and Calvin
Hell yeah he should be on this list. Without a doubt.
Largent is on the list.
Jerry looks giddy when Moss is talking about his first td as a Patriot. You can really tell all these guys love football
I need to find me a girl that loves me as much as Bill loves Randy
Wish they won a Super Bowl!
@@1NumeroUno To be perfectly honest Randy should have played better. 5 rec for 61 yards was unacceptable for an all-time great in his first Super Bowl . Rice, Owens and Fitzgerald all performed MUCH better when they got their first shot and Owens had a broken leg.
Cause you didn’t have to coach randy lmao dude was smart af
@@xaviervega468 Not really, it wasn't Randy's fault, Tom had a high ankle sprain (suffered in the AFC championship) on his planting leg the same injury that TO had. He was in a boot up until game time. Tom was under and over throwing him all game which had never happened that season up to that point. Additionally because the O-line couldn't protect Brady the timing that Randy and Tom had developed all year was also disrupted all of this equals poor statistics and an L.
Man. Love what Collinsworth was saying about someone not being the best athlete but that there was “something else” there that made someone a great football player
Why does Bill talk in detail a lot here but in post game press conferences he barely talks?
Because he hates the media and is all coach and no talk. Which is why he is one of the best coaches.
He also knows how much the Patriots are hated on (envious) and media flips words for narratives.
Cause Belichick hates stupid question. If u ask him a good question, he will give u a good and long answer on how his team performed, what probably went wrong and what made the opponent great! But if u ask him dumb questions he'll just ignore u and skip as fast as possible to the end of the press conference. Here they're talking with football legends about the best players in history, so he's obviously interested in talking about stuff he knows!
he likes historical context...
Don't blame him for hating pressers, cause reporters ask some of the stupidest questions.
A lot of complaining in comments about being players being left out but gotta understand they’re going through 100 years of football so they have to include guys from the 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s too.
TO was better then the older folks with all due respect.
Jerry Rice was best in the 4th quarter, when everyone was tired but him.
The greatest Wide Receivers of all time
T.O. and Megatron are missing.
For His Time, Don Hutson was more dominant than Jerry Rice was in his time. For my money, Don Hutson is the GOAT
Remember that it took Moss 16 games to break Rice's TD reception record. Rice had 22 TDs in 12 games. He only had one game where he had "only" one TD reception.
Not to mention the Patriots ran up scores that season specifically seeking records. Going for it on 4th down in blowout games in the 4th quarter just to get Brady and moss more tds
Rice played against backups that year, he never broke 20 TDs in a normal 16 game season
Did moss use stickem???
Rice so good
Rice had one of the greatest QBS Joe Montana throwing him the football. When Randy Moss broke Jerry Rice's record was his first year with Tom Brady as his Quarterback. Jerry Rice had played 3 years with Joe Montana as his Quarterback.
Marvin baby finally gets love
They need a top 100 of each position.
Right...where's Terrell "T.O" Owens...one of the greatest of all time...haters and fans get your popcorn ready!!!🍿🎆🌋🛫🚀🔥
Just gonna be waiting a long time to see team success. I think team obliterator-the most fitting name ever-only played in 1 SB,& (albeit a special performance)has no rings...a clear cut HOFer though, no doubt. But only off production..Hall of piss as a team mate,& leader.
They haters
Except for his first QB, Steve Young, he threw the rest under the bus ...
Megatron is the all time single season record holder, career ypg record holder, and had the most receiving yards through his first 9 seasons of any player ever. He is also the all time leader for consecutive 100 yard games. He had 329 receiving yards in a GAME, well more than anybody else here was able to achieve. He had a faster 40 and stronger bench than anybody on this list, while also being taller than them. He should be considered the GOAT, but since he retired early he isn’t even on the list smh.
Randy ran a much faster 40 yard dash and was basically the same height. He just didn’t quit early like Calvin did. The numbers are ultimately against him. Great player but you can’t retire at 30 and be the greatest anything, no matter how good you are.
@@baileysmith1297 randy was like 3 inches shorter and way lighter
Randy moss was 1 inch shorter than Calvin Johnson. 6”4 to 6”5.
@@baileysmith1297 Jim Brown would like a word with you on that
I believe Jim brown is not the greatest running back ever. Again, his stats just don’t add up anymore. Even in the modern game where running isn’t prevalent his numbers aren’t that great. Walter Payton was much better. Even Jim himself admitted that.
Randy giving Larry is bmw for prom is awesome
No T.O. Play in the Super Bowl with a broke foot top 3 in yard and td smh
he had a 190 yards no touchdowns but he was physical.
@@Parleyposadajr2248Owens had 122 yards in super bowl 39 not 190
Very disrespectful.
I find it funny how most fans talk about a WR speed to take the top of a defense but the best WR of all time wasn't fast but still will take the too of a defense and would beat a faster man in coverage lol
Jerry Rice ain't just the GOAT for WRs, he's the GOAT Football player to ever lace them up!
@White Oak Grove Church You can make that argument and I wouldn't argue with you if you felt that way. So many great players have played in the NFL. I'm sure a few of them have a case to be the best. Jim Brown is a damn great player.
Any player that helps to win Rich Gannon a league MVP award is the best player ever regardless of position or era.
Goat WR yes. Goat player = L.T. Lawrence Taylor.
Good segment. But wow, they really said not one word about Terrell Owens. Wow.
More first team all pros than any in that booth other than Jerry. And also he was just Fkn incredible. Cmon !
Here is my list, feel free to put your input.
Jerry Rice (speaks for itself)
Randy Moss (speaks for itself)
Lance Alworth (I actually agree with this one, I feel he does not get the credit he deserves because he played in the AFL)
Terrell Owens (how do you not include him? You are leaving out a guy who is top 3 in receiving TDs and yards, also is first team all-pro on 3 different teams. That is absurd!)
Calvin Johnson (this may seem absurd to some, but look at Calvin’s time in the league, to go along with his other accolades, he has the record for most receiving yards in a season, most receiving yards in a game (without OT). His biggest weakness was his loyalty to the Lions. You can’t tell me Crazy legs Hirsch was better than Megatron)
Don Hutson (another one I agree with big time, dude had triple the receiving TDS of second place when he retired with 99, that is dominance if I’ve ever seen it)
Larry Fitzgerald (Look at this guys career and the qbs he has been stuck with and he manages to be a great receiver every year and now is 2nd all time in yards and receptions, also has more tackles than drops)
Steve Largent (very underrated and a guy who I think should speak for himself)
Marvin Harrison (I struggled with Marvin the most, but despite the fact he had Peyton Manning, you can’t deny his consistently great play and the receptions record that was seen as unbreakable until Michael Thomas broke it)
Paul Warfield (I originally had Isaac Bruce here, but after learning more about both Warfield and Berry, I ended up replacing Bruce with Warfield, but Berry could also go here. I ended up picking Warfield because of his incredible numbers despite the lack of receptions.
Honourable mentions: Isaac Bruce, Raymond Berry, Cris Carter and Michael Irvin (honestly, place any one of these guys in place of Marvin Harrison and it is still a good list to me.
Let me know what you think.
Edit: I replaced Isaac Bruce with Paul Warfield.
Noah Rocca sub in Raymond Berry for Isaac Bruce and you got it. Also I really hate when people bring up the QB’s a wide receiver had or vice versa. Their accomplishments speak for themselves. This isn’t a what if game, where we can switch around the players they had with them. I’m not trying to pick on you but I see this so often and especially against Marvin Harrison. Marvin is underrated because he was the quiet guy in the era of diva WR’s. And I hate when people disrespect him. Not saying you were, but I see it too often. You can’t judge people by what they had with then you can only judge them for what they did.
1950's Rams are the father's of the modern day passing offense. They still hold the record for the most points per game in a season. That's why Hirsch is on the list. If Raymond Berry is on than Don Maynard deserves to be on it too. Same goes for Charley Taylor, Taylor was not as dynamic as Warfield, but he was as physical and as productive of any WR during his time. Taylor and Warfield were the TO and Moss of their era
Raymond Berry has to be on here. If you were voted in first ballot as a WR, you should be on the list.
I wish you would speak for Largent, because he never would. Pretty selfless guy, one who I think the younger fans take for granted. Few players can set up a player a route or two in advance. That guy could set you up mid route. Film was a lie and so were his eyes as they gave away nothing. I still don't understand what Houston didn't see to let him go to Seattle. Maybe I don't ever want to understand as a fan of football, Steve was a football player and that's what mattered.
Warfield was what you'd call the missing piece, the player that takes you over the top from being a potentially good team to a great team. When teams evaluate what an acquisition can do for a team, a franchise, Warfield is arguably a standard you should set. And that sounds weird when you consider his numbers don't seem like that next to todays game. But you have to remember the era he was in, and how Shula ran that Miami team. They ran the ball masterfully with a 3 deep backfield, so when they needed the pass they needed a winning one. Warfield gave them that dimension.
16:55 Same dude who told D Hop he was the best receiver in the game
Is that bad
@Jordan he is one of the better ones I'm my opinion
Jordan who is better in terms of pure skill
@@salamanderonherenuke has so much pure skill, you could kind of class him as the randy moss of today's nfl, just works harder and has better manners
Where’s Calvin Johnson
If Tory Holt and Isaac Bruce weren't on the same team they would be up here. Those 2 were lethal and they put up hall of fame number playing together sharing the wealth.
That duo was truly lethal!
Everybody talkin about T.O. but nobody mentioning the greatest hands of all time... Chris Carter
Punch line to asking directions joke “how do you get to Carnige Hall ? “
..... practice! That’s Carter .....
Lived with the ball throwing machine
I agree to is outstanding but Chris was like jerry in terms of work ethic.
Chris not anywhere near TO level lol
@@trainwithrhettkind1165 maybe not, but Chris deserves his respect too
@@trainwithrhettkind1165 Bullshit. Eight straight years of a thousand yards, with MULTIPLE QBs throwing to him, lead the league in TDs in 3 of those years as well. He had as good of hands as ANY WR in NFL history, and had a football IQ that was off the charts.
You clearly dont know football history.
The WRs of the 70s and crazy underrated. You had to be insane to keep your eye on the ball. All of Football had changed, but no position more than WR. What TO or Justin Jefferson accomplished isn't in the same game that saw what James Lofton or John Stallworth do.
Imagine being Stanley Morgan, as a rookie, seeing your fellow WR and teammate get paralyzed by a Jack Tatum hit in pre season, and then you still have the balls to go on to catch 10,000 yards in your career. How do you compare guys from that era to someone with 10,000 yards in the 00s?
Moss is a very smart guy.
That slant Fitz took to the crib in the SB man he just wanted that so bad like 60+ yards I believe
No Megatron, no T.O., this list is horrible
the rb list maybe worse.
Big Blue Word !!
Terrell Owens hands were inconsistent. Megatron was a freak though
Wow. No T.O?!?
Calvin Johnson?!?
You guys can’t be serious.
Unbelievable that Calvin Johnson isn't on this list, there is no reason he shouldn't be. Holds the record for most receiving yards EVER in a single season, and was possibly the biggest game changer ever. The best QB he ever played with was Matthew Stafford, got all his godly stats without ever having an elite QB. Got 1000 yards receiving in all but two of his seasons, of which one of those was super close at 984. There is absolutely zero reason he shouldn't be above guys like Largent and Lance Alworth...
Okay LMAO I agree with everything but saying Matt Stafford isn't elite is ignorant.
No reason to disrespect Largent, he retired the all-time leader in all major receiving categories, Johnson didn't. An argument can be made to put him on the list but not above clearly not above Rice, Hutson, or Largent. The rest you can make an argument for.
@@DireHammer Let me put it to you like this: Lets say you have to draft a dream team, where you can have any receiver ever in their prime on your team. You are telling me that you are going to take Largent over Calvin Johnson? Heck no. Jerry Rice and Randy Moss would be the only legitimate people you could make a legitimate argument for taking over Calvin. Largents overall career statistics mean nothing in terms of making an argument for him over Calvin, he had much greater longevity playing for much longer. He never came close to being anywhere near as dominant as Calvin Johnson on a football field. Emmitt Smith has the most rushing yards ever, because he played for an incredibly long time. Would you be picking him over Jim Brown, Barry Sanders or Walter Payton? Calvin Johnson was better than Steve Largent in EVERYTHING except for durability. Johnson was bigger, stronger, faster, way more disruptive to defenses, a much bigger game breaker, and could make plays Largent could never dream of. Largent is an all time great, but not even close to being in Calvin's league as a football player.
@@crx122 this isn't about the 100 best players in their prime, if it was the list would be completely different. It's a list of the greatest all-time players, taking their careers in totality.
@@DireHammer What you are saying doesn't in any way give credence to picking Largent over Calvin. Lets talk about full careers then. Calvin Johnson only has 1500 yards less receiving than Largent, while playing 5 less seasons, his yearly production over his full career is FAR superior. Calvin's best year was 1964 receiving yards, Largents was 1287, not even close. Calvin Johnson has FOUR SEASONS where he got more receiving yards than Largents best season he ever had, and FIVE out of NINE seasons he had 1200+. Calvin Johnson has the NFL records for single season receiving yards, most 100 yard games in a season with 11 and is the record holder for the fastest to ever get 11,000 yards receiving. This is despite the fact Calvin played in 65 fewer games than Largent, and Calvin was also on some of the most god awful teams in NFL history including the 0 and 16 season. So yes lets talk full careers, because Calvin's full career production dwarfs Steve Largent's. Calvin was a FAR SUPERIOR player to Largent and it isn't even close.
It's amazing how Bill points out Randy is the smartest reciever he's ever known right after they talked with Jerry about how great players aren't necessarily the freak athlete or genius - Randy had an abysmally low Wonderlic score but really is a football genius
The fact that T.O isn't on this list is crazy
The fact that Largent is ahead of Cliff Branch is a travesty.
@@63Baggies and no megatron..
@@63Baggies How? Largent was the all-time leader in catches, yard,and TD;s when he retired. Rice patterned his game after him. Cliff was just a better deep threat.
@@xaviervega468 I was about to say, Branch is a deep threat. Largent could win anywhere and often did with his mental game. How he got open so often, and how open he got, is mind boggling at times on film. Definitely felt like the Larry Fitzgerald of his generation and certainly of that franchise.
Throw it up above his head. They cant jump with me, GOLLY!
What? No John Stallworth as an Oiler fan I can’t believe it!
Jerry Rice without a doubt the num 1 receiver! Primetime shut him down 1on1 and picked him off. Also shut down Irvin.And he's #34? Lott is a legend. But there is no better corner to ever play this game! Ultimate highlight reel! #239
Have no idea how Calvin Johnson is not on this list
No offense to Marvin Harrison, but his quarterback was also Peyton Manning. There are other great receivers like Megatron that should have been higher.
Rice had Montana & Young.
TO and Cris Carter? Both were pretty dominant.
Chris Carter. Hands, tough, touchdowns, blocks, yards, receptions. What was he missing ? Also Cliff Branch. Scared everyone and made the bomb, well the bomb
Too bad Marvin Harrison didn't come on, would be really interesting to hear his story
What is the name of the song at 2:36 please?
Love love they added larry Fitzgerald gets overlook alot to me
Bill still calling Al Davis, Mr. Davis. You can tell, love him or hate him, the entire league has a tremendous amount of respect for Al Davis.
Imagine T.O. not being in that catergory crazy to think huh
Bias against him is awful. Just because he celebrated and had an ego. Should’ve been a first ballot hall of famer. Every qb he played with had there best season throwing to him. Could run every route. Slant, over the top. Get yards after the catch
2nd or 3rd best receiver easily
Ochocinco will get his respect. It was the jacket he flashed is what made NFL tell him that he’s on there time to be in HOF. He paved the wave for the new era receivers running routes and footwork.