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00:00by the best hands but hands hands with the Raiders we always said cheating was encouraged
00:13let's start by saying this is not the top 10 greatest receivers of all time
00:22no instead this is the top 10 greatest hands so just because you're number one on the depth chart
00:28doesn't mean you've made our list I'm looking good receivers even great receivers by a lot of
00:34standards the TOs of the world he seemed drop the ball even at the highest level finding a receiver
00:40with great hands isn't guaranteed he's got to be the sickest man in America a guy with good hands
00:47doesn't necessarily have to be the fastest nor the quickest but if he has good hands just get the
00:52ball in his area he'll catch it look at that have you seen me miss the ball like that
00:57okay if it hits their hands they catch it that was the standard that was the standard in 1958
01:03it's the standard in 2009 and I suspect it'll be the standard in 2059 too
01:09and while some great receivers have great mouths
01:18we're more interested in the players that let their fingers do the talking
01:23holy cow what a catch if you talk to most coaches they'll take a guy with great hands
01:28usually over guys a great receiver because guys with great hands very low maintenance very low
01:34maintenance if I caught three passes and and we'd have won it would have been fine guys who are the
01:39great receivers typically a pain in the ass
01:46the number 10 greatest hands of all time Marvin Harrison yep in the top 10 yeah okay I'll give Marvin
01:57Harrison 10
01:58I would think he's higher than number 10 yeah I'd put him a little higher on that list
02:02Marvin Harrison great hands amazing work ethic phenomenal mustache
02:09everyone knows you need to have fantastic hands to have a fantastic mustache
02:16many catches manly mustache that's Marvin Harrison in a few words just the way our number 10 receiver likes it
02:24Marvin Harrison is of the guys on the list is the guy that most emulates my game he plays hard
02:30he runs great routes he catches the football and he's a quiet guy just because he doesn't do commercials
02:36just because he doesn't use a sharpie in the end zone he uses his to sign autographs for fans
02:41he's like the Marcel Marcel of NFL wide receivers
02:4510 for Marvin Harrison
02:46he's got it
02:47my goodness what a great catch
02:52yeah sir
02:54drops the throw pump fake airs it out deep down for him 10 for Marvin Harrison
02:57he got it
03:00how hard do you have to work when you're catching balls from Peyton Manning
03:04Marvin's that type of receiver that
03:07was perfect for the offense with Peyton Manning
03:11Marvin didn't play in a slot
03:12now wouldn't Marvin lasted in a slot that would have been the style of offense that they ran
03:16maybe maybe not you know he's kind of a smaller guy
03:19people just say not that he's a prominent system but boy how can you not have a thousand catches with
03:23Peyton Manning throwing the football
03:24so maybe people don't give him quite the credit that he deserves
03:28after all Peyton may have been throwing but he went Marvin's way for a reason
03:35the two hooked up more times for more touchdowns than any duo in NFL history and from 1999 to 2006
03:44Harrison caught a staggering 826 passes an eight year total no receiver has ever met
03:54he's made some killer catches against us in Baltimore Peyton threw a great ball he just ran right past Chris
03:59Carter double tapped in the back of the end zone and I just shook my head and said not again
04:09if I'm thinking signature catches for Harrison it's how he is able to keep his feet inbounds
04:15touchdown Marvin Harris
04:16now I remember just seeing Marvin making one hand catches in the end zone barely getting two feet down look
04:21like he was breaking his toes trying to catch the ball
04:23at New England on the right sideline of the end zone Peyton throws a back shoulder pass and Marvin has
04:29to kind of reach back around to get it
04:30he got it what a catch touchdown touchdown
04:34it was such a great catch that Bill Belichick didn't even bother challenging it
04:37I've seen it before
04:42the most amazing catch that I can remember of Marvin was in Tennessee where he stretches out
04:46catches it with his right hand and has enough presence to kind of cradle the ball so when he hits
04:50the ground he's not losing the ball
04:51those are the ones that you just say you know did I see that right
04:54holy mackerel what a catch by the great one Marvin Harrison
05:00just missing the cut with some great names
05:02with even greater nicknames glue fingers
05:05Dante
05:06glue fingers
05:07if he touched the ball with one finger he'd catch it
05:11Mark super duper starred in Miami but he really belonged at Cape Canaveral
05:17Mark duper had twin rockets strapped to his fanny
05:20fires for the end zone it is caught for a touchdown by Mark duper
05:25at first glance the ghost Dave Casper didn't knock anyone's socks off or shoes
05:31he gave me the appearance that he couldn't uh you know pour beer out of the boot
05:34but his hands were simply divine
05:41still he couldn't hold a candle to the next man on our list
05:46the number nine greatest fans of all time
05:49I mean if he got near him he caught it
05:54underrated
06:18and Bradshaw he loved throwing deep
06:20Bradshaw after the far side to Scott and it is a touchdown
06:24and that's why because he had a guy like Swan
06:29first you have to get the right name to be graceful
06:32okay you you have to be born a swan
06:35I couldn't invent that you've got to be born with a good name that says
06:39that you're graceful
06:41in addition to his name Swan took ballet lessons while in Pittsburgh
06:46which transformed our number nine pair of hands
06:49into a Baryshnikov in cleats
06:52his body control along the sidelines was unbelievable
06:56touchdown touchdown
06:59he was the first receiver that I remember
07:01that knew how to get his body in position to go get a ball
07:04you know when I think of somebody saying acrobatic catch in the National Football League
07:08my mind flashes to pictures of Len Swan
07:12unbelievable catch for the touchdown
07:13he was a guy that was beautiful playing the game of football
07:18and I don't know who else I would describe in that same category
07:22Lynn Swan's hands not only captured the admiration of Steelers fans
07:30but also some of the most memorable moments in NFL history
07:35all you got to look at are the highlights from Super Bowl X
07:37he made his career in that one game
07:40unbelievable catch he looked like a wide circus
07:44everybody remembers the juggling catch where he tipped the ball off to himself
07:47and caught back on the way down
07:48I remember the catch along the sidelines
07:50with going up to get it
07:52while positioning your body to get both feet down in bounds
07:55you still wonder how he did it
07:57and for that catch
07:58should probably be the highlight film of any wide receiver that wants to play in the NFL
08:03this is how you do it under pressure
08:05are you serious?
08:07Swan made just 336 receptions in his career
08:11but it was his hands during four Super Bowl wins
08:15that put him at number nine on our list
08:18Swan, touchdown, touchdown
08:20it was his postseasons that he elevated himself
08:24literally and figuratively
08:26this is a guy who was at his best
08:34when the stakes were the highest
08:37he's got it
08:38world touchdown touchdown
08:40there you go
08:41he wouldn't be the last one of the day
08:43if it wasn't for those Super Bowls
08:44and the Super Steelers
08:46are the champions of the National Football League
08:51the number eight greatest hands of all time
08:53Sterling Sharp
08:54Sterling Sharp
08:56what a catch
08:57see if we can get you guys excited
09:03Sterling Sharp's NFL career was short and often forgotten
09:09he was the first receiver to catch 100 balls in back-to-back seasons
09:14five times he was all pro
09:16three times he led the league in receiving
09:20and twice he broke the single season reception mark
09:24oh and he only played seven seasons
09:27Sterling is probably one of the most underrated receivers in the history of the National Football League
09:32he didn't have a very long career
09:34so it's easy to forget about him and overlook him
09:37he didn't talk to the media when he played
09:39so he didn't get a lot of attention
09:40I think more people probably know about him as a broadcaster than he did as a player
09:45hello there and welcome to the AFC edition of Playbook
09:48you come out of the end
09:50as an analyst for the NFL Network
09:52Sterling Sharp now speaks with his hands
09:55as a Green Bay Packer
09:56his hands spoke for themselves
09:58I remember before every practice and before every game
10:02John Gruden was throwing him 100 passes
10:05all different catches
10:06from the half
10:07here
10:08over here
10:08and he was religious about it
10:13Sterling Sharp had sticky fingers
10:15and strong, strong hands and wrists
10:17would out fight people for the football
10:19you're not going to get up on the line of scrimmage impressive
10:21he's too tough
10:22he brought a mentality to the position
10:24that nobody had really played it with in a long time
10:26I mean, he was thick
10:27Sterling Sharp could play wide receiver
10:30for running back mentality
10:31he could probably play linebacker in the NFL
10:33guess who?
10:34Sterling Sharp
10:35in traffic
10:36seemed to have complete disregard for his body
10:38made a lot of tough catches
10:39clearly the guy
10:41would stick his head in there to make a play
10:43which obviously not every receiver has
10:47damn up, Sterling!
10:49get him, baby!
10:50a Packer for all of his seven seasons
10:52our number eight selection
10:53won just two playoff games
10:55in 1994
10:56a neck injury
10:58ended his run
10:59just as Brett Favre
11:00started his
11:01I think back to Favre's first year
11:02and it was just as much
11:03Sterling Sharp being dominant
11:04as Favre coming out of the scene
11:06Sharp was probably the best receiver
11:08in the NFL that year
11:09he was a great receiver
11:11and he had the injury
11:12and he would have been listed
11:13high
11:14statistically
11:15in every category
11:16had he not had that neck injury
11:18he was one of the great ones
11:19and I think
11:19had his career
11:20not ended early
11:21he would have been
11:22in the Hall of Fame
11:23and I think he'll tell you that he deserves a place in Canton
11:26that was another
11:28Sterling performance
11:29they call me the freak, man
11:31what do they call you the freak?
11:33because I'm a freak of nature
11:34Randy Moss has made plenty
11:36of freakish catches
11:37over the years
11:38but he was unable
11:39to crack our top ten
11:41we are not drunk
11:42this is our hero
11:44golly!
11:45Isaac Bruce's great hands
11:47helped create
11:48the greatest show on turf
11:49but he didn't make it
11:51to our center rink
11:59after 16 seasons
12:01with the Raiders
12:01Tim Brown
12:02is the Silver and Blacks
12:04all-time leader
12:04in receptions
12:09but Oakland's
12:11Mr. Raider
12:11can't compete
12:12with the San Francisco
12:14treat
12:16the number seven
12:17greatest hands
12:18of all time
12:18Jerry Rice
12:20Jerry Rice
12:21has the best hands
12:21on the planet
12:22he's number seven
12:23oh my god
12:25seven?
12:26who's doing this survey, man?
12:28I don't believe he's number seven
12:30why is he number seven?
12:32he's the best overall receiver
12:33bar
12:33I mean just Jerry Rice
12:35and everybody else
12:36I mean that's how it is
12:37yeah you're not talking about
12:38the best receiver
12:40you're just talking about
12:40the best hands
12:41but hands
12:43hands
12:44yes hands
12:45if this list was
12:47the top ten wide receivers
12:49of all time
12:49we would no doubt
12:50have number 80
12:51at number one
12:52but when it comes
12:54to greatest hands
12:54Mr. Rice
12:56is number seven
12:57on our countdown
12:58I understand that
12:59they're not talking about
13:00you know
13:01the greatest receiver
13:02but Jerry Rice
13:03had a great pair of hands
13:05you don't amass
13:06the type of yardage
13:07that he had
13:08without a great pair
13:09of mittens on him
13:10I think the thing
13:11is Jerry Rice
13:11always put himself
13:12in position
13:13he almost didn't even
13:14notice the catch
13:15the ball seemingly
13:15just kind of floated
13:16into his hands
13:17and stuck
13:18but you didn't notice
13:19how well he tucked
13:20the football away
13:21or how well he received
13:22the football
13:23he had quiet hands
13:25I'd like to think of
13:27you know Jerry Rice
13:29didn't need to have
13:29great hands
13:30because he had
13:31Joe Montana
13:31putting it right there
13:33throws a pass
13:34Jerry Rice
13:35touchdown 49ers
13:36maybe he suffered
13:37from the fact
13:37that he played
13:38with Joe Montana
13:38and Steve Young
13:39kind of put the ball
13:40in great spots
13:40all the time
13:41to the end zone
13:42caught
13:42Jerry Rice
13:43it would be
13:44interesting to see
13:44Jerry Rice could be
13:45covered
13:46and Steve Young
13:48will find him
13:49covered
13:51he could be
13:52covered
13:52and Montana
13:54will find him too
13:55Jerry Rice would have been
13:57if he'd been on a team
13:58that didn't have
13:59Joe Montana
13:59or then Steve Young
14:01did John Lennon
14:02make Paul McCartney
14:03or did Paul McCartney
14:04make John Lennon
14:09you know
14:09the one thing
14:10that's pretty amazing
14:11about Jerry Rice's hands
14:12is that he developed
14:13them the old fashioned way
14:15by catching bricks
14:16well believe it or not
14:18my father
14:19he's a bricklayer
14:20and he used to take me
14:22to work with him
14:23and his dad used to
14:24toss him bricks
14:25on the ladder
14:26this is what they did
14:27for a living
14:28and Jerry Rice
14:29would catch bricks
14:29I guess that's
14:30the reason I'm able
14:31to catch football
14:32I can't pass
14:33to Jerry Rice
14:34it's like
14:35ah a football
14:36what's that
14:37compared to these bricks
14:38I've been catching
14:39all my life
14:42it's one of those things
14:43you know
14:43probably job
14:43he wasn't too excited
14:45by it as a kid
14:45but I sure paid dividends
14:46for him
14:46Jerry Rice is back
14:48on the end zone
14:51walks it down
14:52the right side
14:53Rice is there
14:54oh my
14:56he would catch
14:57everything that was
14:57thrown to him
14:59I don't remember him
15:00ever dropping a ball
15:01could it be
15:02that after 20 amazing
15:04NFL seasons
15:04that Jerry Rice
15:06never once
15:07dropped a ball
15:09did Jerry Rice
15:10ever drop one
15:11sure
15:12we're all human
15:12I saw Rice drop
15:13some balls
15:14plus he had that
15:15terrible fumble
15:16against the 86 Giants
15:30because of that play alone
15:31I don't put him
15:32in the list
15:34there's not a drop
15:35in the literal sense
15:36where he dropped the pass
15:37but he had the ball
15:38in his hands
15:39and as he was making
15:39his break for daylight
15:40he did literally
15:42drop the ball
15:43it was Jerry Rice's drop
15:45is a painful one
15:46but maybe he had to
15:47experience that pain
15:49to get him to
15:50return the next year
15:51which was a record
15:52setting year for him
15:53in 1987
15:54during the strike
15:55shortened season
15:56Rice caught an
15:57NFL record
15:5822 touchdowns
16:0012 games
16:00he owns 38
16:02NFL career records
16:03which is good enough
16:04for Canton
16:04but only number 7
16:06on our list
16:07Jerry Rice has set
16:08every single record
16:09that has ever been
16:11significant
16:11in receiving
16:13number 1
16:14in pro football history
16:15in touchdown reception
16:17and in my mind
16:18he has the best
16:20pure hands
16:21of any wide receiver
16:22in the history
16:23of the National Football League
16:24certainly caught more balls
16:26than any wide receiver
16:27in the history
16:27of the National Football League
16:29a play that if you're
16:30a 49er fan
16:31you've seen 100 times
16:32over the years
16:33caught more passes
16:34than anybody else
16:35and you gotta have
16:35hands for that
16:40the number 6
16:41greatest hands
16:42of all time
16:43Kellen Winslow
16:44Kellen Winslow
16:46number 6
16:47for Kellen
16:48I think he should
16:48be a top 5
16:49he's a good
16:50offensive player
16:50but I wouldn't put
16:51Kellen Winslow
16:52up there
16:53who compiled this list
16:54his place
16:55on our list
16:56may be debatable
16:57but there's no
16:57questioning
16:58Kellen Winslow's
16:59numbers
16:59caught
17:00by Winslow
17:01one of only
17:027 tight ends
17:02in the Hall of Fame
17:03he averaged
17:04over 60 catches
17:05a year
17:06for 9 seasons
17:07he was voted
17:08to 5 Pro Bowls
17:09and 3
17:10All-Pro teams
17:11you looked at him
17:13and he just had
17:13these gigantic arms
17:14where he'd line up
17:15in the slot
17:15and his arms
17:16would be hanging down
17:17you'd say to yourself
17:18this guy can catch a ball
17:19that's 12 feet
17:19over his head
17:20no matter what you
17:21threw over there
17:21he was gonna catch you
17:22but 6'5
17:23he's an inviting
17:24and talented target
17:25this ball was
17:26anywhere close to him
17:27I mean
17:28it was caught
17:29I mean you and I
17:30could complete passes
17:31to Kellen Winslow
17:32Kellen Winslow
17:33in my opinion
17:34was the best
17:35tight end
17:35that's ever played
17:36in the National Football League
17:40there have been
17:41some really good
17:42tight ends before
17:42Mike Ditka
17:43P. Ratzlaff
17:45John Mackey
17:45Jackie Smith
17:46they were tight ends
17:47as we always
17:48envisioned tight ends
17:49Kellen Winslow
17:50was the beginning
17:51of a new breed
17:51of player
17:52probably seen
17:53as one of the first
17:54of the real
17:55athletic tight ends
17:57the way the tight ends
17:58are played today
17:59flexing them out
18:00you know
18:00that hybrid
18:01so to speak
18:02that's what he was
18:06over the middle
18:07he's got his win
18:08that win's like
18:09what's up
18:09we play him
18:10as a slot
18:11out as a flanker
18:13we play him
18:13of course
18:13as a tight end
18:14and we'll even
18:15put him in
18:16the backfield
18:17if we want to
18:18I know what he
18:19caught
18:19oh
18:20it must have been
18:2112-13 passes
18:23in one game
18:24the epic in Miami
18:26a 1981 playoff game
18:28in which Winslow
18:29injured nearly
18:30every part of his body
18:31except his hands
18:33he set a playoff record
18:34that day
18:35with 13 catches
18:36for over 160 yards
18:38he was an example
18:39of a player
18:40that found himself
18:41in the perfect system
18:42I mean when he went
18:43to San Diego
18:44Correale used the tight end
18:45a lot more
18:46than other people did
18:47and his offenses
18:47began to change
18:48and saw other people
18:49doing it
18:49I don't know
18:50that Winslow
18:51necessarily started anything
18:53but he certainly
18:54was a tight end
18:55who did some things
18:57that people
18:57hadn't seen before
18:59from that position
18:59and now
19:01the number 5
19:01greatest fans
19:02of all time
19:03Fred Bolitnikoff
19:08he was not
19:09really fast
19:10he was not
19:11really big
19:11but he always
19:12caught the ball
19:13and he made
19:14spectacular catches
19:17Fred Bolitnikoff
19:18remarkable catches
19:19during the 60's
19:20and 70's
19:21made him a
19:22superstar
19:22and helped him
19:23slide into the
19:24number 5 spot
19:25on our list
19:26greatest fans
19:28fifth
19:29throws to Bolitnikoff
19:30touchdown
19:31later
19:31no
19:32fifth
19:33come on
19:35throwing to Bolitnikoff
19:36super catch
19:37touchdown later
19:39you gotta be kidding me
19:40the moves
19:42made on all
19:42pro safety
19:43Johnny Robinson
19:44were phenomenal
19:45but the rest
19:46that was pure desire
19:48he ran a defense
19:49better than most
19:50quarterbacks
19:51because he couldn't
19:52outrun somebody
19:52he could not
19:53physical somebody
19:54he had to go
19:55find that spot
19:56that nobody was in
19:57and nobody was
19:58better at finding
19:59the open hole
20:00than Bolitnikoff
20:01he was a guy
20:02who created
20:02quite a sensation
20:03in his era
20:10the mystique of the Raiders
20:12was born in the 1970's
20:14and it was the hands
20:15of Fred Bolitnikoff
20:17that helped build
20:18the Raider nation
20:19the will to win
20:20has been a dominating
20:22theme of the Raider organization
20:24and while no player
20:25has epitomized that will
20:27more than Fred Bolitnikoff
20:28I will remember him most
20:30because he hated to lose
20:31there are Raiders
20:33that are Raiders
20:34and Oakland Raiders
20:35and Fred Bolitnikoff
20:36is the ultimate Oakland Raider
20:37first of all
20:38he had the old school
20:39you know
20:39double bar
20:40nobody wears that face mask
20:42anymore
20:42but he was tough
20:43he had the eye black
20:44underneath
20:45and he just epitomized
20:47maybe what a real
20:47old school
20:48tough wide receiver
20:50should play
20:51and look like
20:51he throws one
20:53for Bolitnikoff
20:53a fine catch
20:54at the 15
20:54he screamed
20:55at the 46 yard line
20:56of the chase
20:57and that's kind of
20:57a neat thing to see
20:58in this day and age
20:59when most guys
21:00are just looking
21:00for a pair of hand out
21:01there is something
21:02to Fred Bolitnikoff
21:03really believing
21:03in the silver and black
21:05Bolitnikoff had great hands
21:07but his sticky fingers
21:09might be his lasting legacy
21:11stick em
21:12my locker was right
21:13next to Freddy's
21:14he would take stick em
21:15all over the forearms
21:17all over that tape
21:17making a real sticky surface
21:19and he would put it
21:20on the inside of his sock
21:21on each side
21:22and that was his supply
21:23during the course of a game
21:24when he needed stick em
21:25he reached down
21:26and get the stick em
21:26off his socks
21:27the equipment manager
21:29Dick Romansky
21:29came up to me
21:30and I pulled out
21:33this drawer
21:33and stick em
21:35and he says
21:36you know
21:36start using some of this
21:37and that's how
21:38I got started using it
21:39he had stick em
21:40oozing off his elbows
21:42he had it on his legs
21:43he had it on his forearms
21:44and oh my
21:46he must have had
21:46on his fingers
21:47for that one
21:48well it wasn't illegal
21:50so you can use it
21:52any chance
21:53to get an edge
21:54the Raiders
21:54of the 70s
21:56were going to get
21:57an edge
21:57with the Raiders
21:58we always said
21:58cheating was encouraged
21:59you know
22:00until they found out
22:01about it
22:02and they finally
22:02outlawed it
22:03the NFL
22:04banned stick em
22:05in 1980
22:06four years after
22:08Bolitnikov was named
22:09MVP of Super Bowl XI
22:11Super Bowl
22:12he made a
22:13real close catch
22:14snake threw a ball
22:15about an inch off the ground
22:16he goes down
22:16and gets it
22:17the only place
22:17that Kenny could get it to him
22:18he did it
22:19a brilliant work of act
22:21by the master
22:21of his position
22:22Fred Bolitnikov
22:23best hands in the NFL
22:25ever
22:27no
22:28Fred Bolitnikov's
22:30playmaking
22:30has stood the test
22:32of time
22:32and our number five
22:34greatest pair of hands
22:35has become the standard
22:36for future generations
22:37of receivers
22:38Fred Bolitnikov
22:40made a great catch
22:41well the Bolitnikov award
22:43is given every year
22:44for the top receiver
22:46in college football
22:47he is the only receiver
22:49on your list
22:49that has an award
22:50named after him
22:51for a receiver
22:52what does that say
22:53he wants to try
22:54for Bolitnikov
22:55by Clark
22:56and he's got it
22:57let's go Raiders
22:58ball cast
22:59Bolitnikov makes the catch
23:01touchdown Raiders
23:03Fred deserved to be
23:04in the Hall of Fame
23:05Fred deserved to be
23:06one or two
23:07on that best hands list
23:09the number four
23:10greatest hands of all time
23:12Larry Fitzgerald
23:14Larry Fitzgerald
23:15could catch a few
23:16with chopsticks
23:17well you know
23:18it's kind of hard
23:18to put him at number four
23:19I don't know that
23:19he's quite done enough yet
23:21to deserve number four
23:22all time
23:22the list is backwards
23:23no he's working
23:24his way up
23:25to be that high
23:25on the list
23:26may be a little bit
23:27too premature
23:27I would say it is
23:28too much too soon
23:29that's what Larry Fitzgerald
23:31does best
23:31we were joking
23:32during the Super Bowl run
23:33that the Cardinals had
23:34we were calling him
23:35on the air
23:36Jerry Rice Gerald
23:37and people were saying
23:38hey easy
23:39easy
23:39we gotta rearrange
23:40this whole thing
23:41he needs to be
23:42on the list
23:42but Jerry Rice
23:43needs to be
23:44a bit higher
23:47he proved
23:48this first half
23:49it's the Larry
23:49Fitzgerald show
23:50he's unbelievably
23:53gifted
23:53those of us
23:54who have covered him
23:54since he was a rookie
23:55you saw that really
23:56from the first day
23:57he stepped on the
23:58practice field
23:59his quarterbacks
24:00they'll tell you
24:01we have to adjust
24:02our game
24:02and throwing to him
24:04because
24:04the definition
24:05of the word
24:06covered
24:06changes
24:07how many times
24:08have we seen
24:08Kurt Warner
24:09throw the ball
24:10into double coverage
24:11but with Larry
24:12you say
24:12I'm gonna give him
24:13a chance
24:13throw it up
24:14nice and tall
24:15and he's gonna
24:15go out
24:16rebound somebody
24:17you almost want
24:18him to be covered
24:19because then
24:19there comes a moment
24:20where the defensive
24:21back thinks
24:22he has you
24:22and then he has
24:23to cover that
24:24third dimension
24:25the vertical dimension
24:26he is unbelievable
24:28he has this
24:30incredible gift
24:31of jumping
24:32at the right time
24:33getting the ball
24:34at its peak
24:35some tall receivers
24:36have it
24:36and some tall receivers
24:38have alligator arms
24:39you know like this
24:40they want to protect
24:40the ribs a little bit
24:41not Larry
24:42even when he goes
24:43up high
24:43he's not catching
24:44it at his shoulder
24:45when Larry goes
24:45up high
24:46he's catching
24:46it up above
24:47his head
24:47the one in the
24:48Super Bowl
24:48you know
24:49went over the
24:49defender
24:50and plugged
24:50the ball
24:51it's kind of
24:52his signature
24:54play
24:54in 2007
24:55the Hail Mary
24:56at the end of the
24:57half against
24:57the 49ers
24:59it's like this
25:00Venus flytrap
25:01you know
25:02the ball
25:02is there
25:04and he comes
25:04down with it
25:08he's the youngest
25:08man on our list
25:10and maybe the most
25:11controversial
25:12but don't let his
25:13inexperience fool you
25:14there was a guy
25:15he was a ball boy
25:16with the Minnesota
25:18Vikings
25:18he was working out
25:19with guys like
25:20Randy Moss
25:20and Chris Carter
25:21and when you train
25:22with those kind of
25:23wide receivers
25:24you're going to
25:25develop the kind
25:26of hand-eye
25:26coordination
25:27that allows you
25:28to be one of the
25:29best in the
25:29National Football League
25:31throughout this decade
25:33there's been all
25:34these busts
25:34that receiver
25:35in the draft
25:36whether it's been
25:36Charles Rogers
25:37or Mike Williams
25:38or Troy Williamson
25:40Larry Fitzgerald though
25:41is taken so high
25:42in that draft
25:43and has exceeded
25:44expectations
25:45touchdown
25:45Larry Fitzgerald
25:47it kind of shows
25:48that if you do
25:49have that stud receiver
25:50it's worth taking
25:51him in the first round
25:52because there might
25:53be no more lethal
25:54weapon in the entire
25:55league
25:55than Larry Fitzgerald
25:57some of the game's
25:58greatest pass catchers
25:59earned a place
26:00in Canton
26:01but not a play
26:04the number three
26:06greatest hands
26:07of all time
26:08Steve Largent
26:13when people talk
26:14about the great
26:14receivers in football
26:15they don't mention
26:16Largent to me
26:17nearly often enough
26:19he got open
26:21he called the football
26:22he scored touchdowns
26:26he made first down
26:27I mean you really
26:28saw the ball
26:28hit the turf
26:29I think his best
26:30asset is he
26:30understands the game
26:31and that helps me
26:32out a lot
26:33because he makes
26:33adjustments
26:34being as smart
26:35as he is
26:36don't take that
26:37to your head
26:37son
26:38right
26:38I forgot to tell
26:39him about my hands
26:40and he's got
26:40great hands
26:43at number three on our
26:45count down
26:46Steve Largent's hands
26:47were good enough
26:48for a hall of fame
26:49career
26:49but if this list
26:51was based on
26:52appearance
26:52you'd think he'd be
26:53better at filing
26:55tax returns
26:55than catching post
26:57patterns
26:57the thing that I always
26:58noticed about him
26:59was how open
27:00he got
27:08he doesn't look
27:09real fast
27:09like one of the
27:11smallest guys
27:11on the field
27:12how does this guy
27:12always get open
27:13and how is he
27:14always catching the
27:15ball over somebody
27:16that's bigger than
27:16him
27:18I don't think he
27:19could outrun me
27:20and I can't run
27:21very fast
27:21but the thing is
27:22he'll run a slant
27:23pattern
27:24he'll run it
27:24four different ways
27:25he could set up guys
27:27and just humiliate
27:28them
27:31I mean he embarrassed
27:32people with his
27:33route running
27:34your ability to be
27:35a great athlete
27:36and your ability to be
27:37a football player
27:38are two different
27:38things
27:39and I think he was
27:40a tremendous football
27:40player
27:44I'm not a great
27:45athlete but I think
27:45I'm a good football
27:46player
27:47I've played for a long
27:47time and I know a lot
27:48about the game
27:49and because I've been
27:50around for a long
27:51time now
27:51you know my football
27:52instincts are pretty
27:54good
27:56they would always
27:57say that the one
27:58thing that Largent
27:59can do well
27:59is catch the ball
28:00I may not have
28:01been the fastest guy
28:02run deep routes
28:03or anything like that
28:04but I would catch
28:05the ball if it was
28:06thrown near me
28:10it's easy to
28:11appreciate Largent's
28:12talents in retrospect
28:13but in 1976
28:15the Houston Oilers
28:17drafted Largent
28:18in the fourth round
28:20he had Jim
28:22and Dave Craig
28:24going to him
28:24and he still
28:25was that good
28:27where he was
28:28soon traded
28:28to Seattle
28:29for an eighth
28:30round pick
28:31you've talked to
28:32anybody associated
28:33with the Houston
28:33Oilers at that time
28:34and they'll probably
28:35admit that's the
28:35greatest mistake
28:36they ever made
28:37and he comes to
28:37Seattle and he's
28:39not real big
28:39and he's not real
28:40fast and if you
28:41were watching them
28:42practice that first
28:43day you would not
28:45pick him out of the
28:45line to even make
28:47the team let alone
28:48become the receiver
28:48he was
28:49but by the time
28:50he retired he had
28:51caught more passes
28:52than any receiver
28:53in the history of
28:54his league
28:55quick throw short
28:55he's got a reception
28:56by Largent
28:57who makes the catch
28:58and now becomes
28:59the all-time career
29:01receiving leader
29:02in the National
29:03Football League
29:04it wasn't just
29:04career catches
29:05career yards
29:05touchdown catches
29:06all that kind of
29:07stuff
29:07I mean he had
29:08that long streak
29:08of consecutive
29:09receptions
29:10that you know
29:11goes into the
29:11most seasons
29:12with 50 catches
29:13and all that kind
29:14of stuff
29:24Largent played
29:24his entire career
29:25with the Seahawks
29:27so while he's
29:27number three
29:28on our countdown
29:29he'll always be
29:30number one
29:31in Seattle
29:32and he made
29:33plays for the
29:35Seahawks
29:35for so long
29:38they've never had
29:39a receiver like
29:39him
29:39and I don't know
29:40if they ever will
29:40have a receiver
29:41like a Steve Largent
29:44any list of
29:45great receivers
29:45you put together
29:46Jackson Smith
29:47and Jigba
29:51an entire position
29:53went noticeably
29:54missing from our
29:55list
29:59he was one of
30:01the best
30:01in the game
30:02back then
30:03maybe the best
30:04who had better
30:05hands than
30:05Raymond Berry
30:06he caught some
30:06balls
30:07I don't know
30:07how he did
30:08Raymond Berry
30:09is in the
30:09Hall of Fame
30:10and he's in
30:10the Hall of Fame
30:10for one reason
30:11and one reason
30:12only
30:12he caught
30:13everything thrown
30:14his way
30:14as a Baltimore
30:15coach
30:15Berry wasn't
30:16very fast
30:17but like the
30:17old saying goes
30:18appearances can
30:19be deceiving
30:20he didn't have
30:20speed
30:21he wasn't that
30:21fast
30:22he wore contact
30:23lenses
30:23dirt slow
30:24I believe he
30:24would tell you
30:25he didn't have
30:26anything that
30:27would make a
30:27scout say
30:28oh that guy's
30:28going to be
30:29the phenomenal
30:29receiver he
30:30became
30:31when you were
30:31watching him
30:32running around
30:32his shorts
30:32but once he
30:33put a football
30:33uniform on
30:34and the team
30:35had to rely
30:35on him
30:36and the town
30:36had to rely
30:37on him
30:37click click
30:38Hall of Fame
30:42what happened
30:43to that
30:44thumb
30:44or you know
30:45that your pinky
30:46what happened
30:46to your pinky
30:47multiple dislocations
30:49when I was a rookie
30:50his hands may not
30:52be pretty
30:52but his catches
30:53were
30:54our number two
30:55selection seemingly
30:56caught everything
30:57thanks to an
30:58incredible attention
30:59to detail
30:59I don't know
31:00that I've ever
31:01met anybody
31:02who has committed
31:03more
31:03to succeed
31:04at something
31:05than Raymond
31:06very good
31:06as a player
31:07he'd walk
31:07around
31:08on the day
31:08of a game
31:09or in the days
31:09leading up
31:10to a game
31:10with a football
31:11just so he would
31:12constantly have
31:12the feel
31:13of his hands
31:13after each game
31:15and after each
31:16practice
31:16he would take
31:17meticulous notes
31:18about where
31:20to break off
31:20a route
31:21Raymond Berry
31:22understood that
31:23playing wide receiver
31:24was really
31:24an art
31:26you had to
31:27understand
31:27how to run
31:28rounds
31:28and you had to
31:29time that up
31:30with the quarterback
31:32Berry's quarterback
31:32happened to be
31:33Johnny Unitas
31:34maybe the greatest
31:35of all time
31:36together they
31:37formed quite a
31:38marriage
31:39Unitas to Berry
31:40were to the Colts
31:41what Gable was
31:42to Garbo in the
31:43movies
31:43and Jagger to
31:45Richards in the
31:45Rolling Stones
31:46there wasn't a lot
31:47of dialogue between
31:48them
31:48they'd just run
31:49rounds and play
31:50catch
31:50one of the drills
31:51they used to do
31:52was just a net
31:53drill and it'd
31:53stand in front of
31:54it and have
31:55Unitas throw
31:56about 40 or 50
31:57or 60 passes
31:58after a practice
31:59even in warm up
32:00they'd come out
32:01on the field
32:01early early
32:02they'd just throw
32:03it until
32:03they just became
32:05one
32:05a week before
32:06training camp
32:06he'd come up
32:07and we'd work
32:08out in a high
32:08school field
32:09and he'd have
32:09a brown box
32:10and inside the
32:11box they'd have
32:12letters
32:14W-B-I-Y-H
32:18you know after
32:19a box record
32:19and I said Raymond
32:20what the hell
32:21are those letters
32:22in that box
32:23oh he says
32:23it's a reminder
32:24for me as I'm
32:25coming off the
32:25ball to watch
32:27the ball
32:27into your hands
32:34there's a story
32:35that John
32:35Unitas and
32:36Raymond
32:36Burry were so
32:37adept at their
32:38little square
32:38out that they
32:39would go out
32:40in the dark
32:41with no lights
32:42on the field
32:43and Unitas would
32:44throw the square
32:45out ten times
32:45and Burry would
32:46catch at eight
32:49Unitas and
32:50Burry had their
32:51biggest of days
32:52on the grandest
32:53of stages
32:53when in the
32:541958 NFL
32:55championship game
32:56they hooked up
32:57twelve times
32:58for 178 yards
33:00look at the
33:01catches this guy
33:02made going down
33:02the field
33:03for that last
33:04drive
33:04to kind of game
33:05to get him
33:06into overtime
33:06do you need
33:07an NFL championship
33:08game record
33:09for 55 years
33:10third and seven
33:12that they were
33:12going to run
33:13that little square
33:14out that you've
33:14seen him catch
33:1520,000 times
33:16and yet
33:17he's going to
33:18catch it
33:19why?
33:19because he's
33:20going to run
33:20that route
33:21right to the tip
33:22and Johnny
33:23was going to
33:23throw it high
33:24and outside
33:24and he was
33:26going to snatch
33:26it
33:28every 12 yard
33:29out for Raymond
33:30Burry was special
33:31every pass
33:32Unitas threw
33:32he treasured
33:33and that's why
33:34you see a guy
33:35who gets his
33:36hands on the
33:36ball
33:37because a loser
33:38understands
33:39these are my
33:40tools
33:41I better treasure
33:42these
33:43if I take care
33:43of them
33:44they'll take
33:44care of me
33:45and now
33:46the number
33:47one greatest
33:48hands of all
33:49time
33:49Chris Carter
33:52last season
33:53these hands
33:54caught 122
33:55passes
33:58all Chris Carter
33:59does is catch
34:00touchdowns
34:01that's what he
34:02did he just
34:02caught touchdowns
34:05his range
34:06to catch the
34:07football was
34:08amazing
34:09what a catch
34:10by Carter
34:10he looks like
34:11he's playing in
34:12the matrix
34:12he's just
34:13doing all types
34:14of crazy catches
34:15Chris Carter
34:16with a one hand
34:17round
34:18Chris Carter
34:19had great hands
34:19that was his
34:20number one
34:20attribute
34:23when you catch
34:24one handed
34:25where do you
34:25where do you
34:26put them in
34:26in your
34:28I catch the
34:29point of it
34:30there
34:30I try to
34:31catch the
34:31point right
34:31there
34:32and then
34:33every once in
34:33a while
34:34I bring my
34:34other hand
34:34over to
34:36trap it
34:36but normally
34:36I'm just
34:37trying to
34:37stop it
34:38with the
34:38point
34:38the ball
34:39is coming
34:39catch the
34:40point of
34:40it
34:40pull it
34:41in
34:41or bring
34:42this other
34:42hand
34:43on it
34:43Chris Carter
34:44may be
34:45number one
34:45on our
34:46countdown
34:46because he
34:47literally
34:47only needed
34:48one hand
34:49to catch
34:50the ball
34:50it's like
34:51did he just
34:52catch that
34:52deep down
34:53field
34:53it is to
34:54Carter
34:54one hand
34:55catch
34:55did he make
34:56it
34:56did he make
34:57it
34:57yes
34:58what a
34:58catch
34:58touchdown
34:59greatest catch
35:00I've ever seen
35:02Carter is the
35:03best one handed
35:04receiver I've
35:06ever seen
35:06I don't know if
35:07Elias keeps
35:07statistics on
35:08one handed
35:09catches
35:09imagine Chris
35:11Carter would be
35:12at the top
35:12of that category
35:13Chris Carter
35:14with a one hand
35:16I've seen
35:16Carter talking
35:18to somebody
35:19standing next
35:19to him
35:20and catch
35:20a pass
35:21with one hand
35:21and never
35:22while he was
35:23still in the
35:23middle of a
35:24sentence
35:27but Carter's
35:28uncanny
35:29abilities
35:29weren't
35:30reserved
35:30just for
35:31one hand
35:31grabs
35:34Chris Carter
35:35is the best
35:35boundary
35:35receiver
35:36I ever
35:37saw
35:37and that's
35:38including
35:38Jerry Rice
35:39back
35:39up
35:40George
35:40looks
35:40cocks
35:41and throws
35:41to Carter
35:42touchdown
35:44knew where
35:45the sideline
35:45was
35:46knew where
35:46the back
35:47line of
35:47the end
35:47zone
35:47was
35:47knew where
35:48the goal
35:48line
35:49was
35:49tremendous
35:50field
35:50presence
35:51what a catch
35:52by Carter
35:52you want to talk
35:54about getting
35:55your toes in
35:56while you make a
35:57catch on your
35:58literally on your
35:59to use the phrase
35:59tippy toes
36:00that would be
36:01Chris Carter
36:05Carter
36:06Carter's career
36:06began in
36:07Philadelphia
36:08where he
36:08almost dropped
36:09the ball
36:09on life
36:10and head
36:11coach
36:11Buddy Ryan
36:12cut Carter
36:13after just
36:14three seasons
36:14he did show
36:15some promise
36:16in that he was
36:17a guy who caught
36:17the ball
36:18constantly
36:18but he also
36:19had those
36:19behind the
36:20scenes
36:21yeah
36:21that's why
36:22Carter shouldn't
36:23be number
36:23one over
36:24Raymond
36:24Barry
36:25he had to
36:26play in the
36:26same outside
36:27conditions
36:28that Barry
36:29did
36:29he didn't
36:30do
36:31anything
36:32and he
36:33didn't do
36:33anything
36:34in huge
36:35playoff
36:36games
36:36like Barry
36:37did
36:39Barry
36:40had to
36:40play outside
36:43Fitzgerald
36:43had to
36:44play
36:44in the
36:45dome
36:45Largent
36:46play in the
36:46dome
36:47Carter
36:47play in
36:48the dome
36:49Barry
36:50played
36:50outside
36:51with
36:51rules
36:51geared
36:52towards
36:53defenses
36:56scenes
36:56problems
36:57he had
36:58issues
36:59with
36:59I believe
37:00he'll be
37:00the first
37:00to admit
37:01with some
37:01substance
37:02problems
37:02reason why
37:03he cut
37:03me
37:03was not
37:04based on
37:04my ability
37:04but he
37:05cut me
37:05because of
37:06my
37:06substance
37:06abuse
37:06and he
37:07didn't
37:08think he
37:08could depend
37:08on me
37:09anymore
37:09and Buddy
37:10Ryan probably
37:10did Chris
37:11Carter the
37:11biggest favor
37:12of his
37:12career
37:12and letting
37:13him know
37:13he had to
37:14change
37:14his ways
37:15if he was
37:15ever going
37:16to become
37:16a player
37:16and then Chris
37:17went on to
37:17Minnesota
37:18and everything
37:19changed
37:20and he got
37:20his life
37:21together
37:21that's when
37:22his talent
37:22really took
37:23off
37:25Chris
37:35Carter has
37:36yet to be
37:36voted into
37:37the Hall of
37:37Fame
37:38but for now
37:39you can find
37:40him at the
37:40number one
37:41spot for
37:42having the
37:42greatest hands
37:43in NFL
37:44history
37:44if I had to
37:45jump out of
37:46a burning
37:46building
37:47I would hope
37:47that Chris
37:48Carter would
37:48be there
37:48to catch
37:49me
37:52I always
37:53said there
37:53was one
37:54NFL guy
37:54that I would
37:55pay to see
37:55play
37:56and it was
37:56Chris
37:57Carter
37:57I thought
37:57he just
37:58had the
37:58best
37:58hand-eye
37:59coordination
37:59of any
38:00receiver
38:00ever
38:01the way
38:04that that
38:04guy could
38:05get his
38:05hands
38:05close to
38:06a ball
38:06and on
38:07a ball
38:07I don't
38:08think
38:08we've
38:08seen
38:08anybody
38:09else
38:09like
38:09that
38:09consistently
38:10who
38:11could
38:11catch
38:11the way
38:11that
38:12he
38:12could
38:13we've
38:13reached
38:14the end
38:14of our
38:14countdown
38:15and if
38:15you don't
38:16agree
38:16with some
38:17of our
38:17choices
38:17well
38:18you're not
38:19alone
38:20Chris
38:20Carter
38:20can't be
38:21number one
38:21on this
38:21list
38:21I'm sorry
38:22no way
38:23Chris
38:24Carter
38:24number one
38:25number one
38:25by far
38:26is Jerry
38:26Rice
38:26Jerry Rice
38:27at seven
38:28that's
38:28man
38:30you kidding
38:31me
38:31I'd put
38:32Swan
38:33somewhere
38:33between
38:35and this
38:36is up to date
38:36this is modern
38:38I'd put him
38:38around 20
38:39I think it's
38:40a little
38:40premature
38:41to have
38:42Gerald
38:43at I think
38:44number four
38:44yeah
38:45I think
38:45that's a
38:46little bit
38:46too high
38:46right now
38:47that's what
38:47I'm saying
38:47look at
38:48look at
38:48my fingers
38:48I mean
38:49so I mean
38:49I should be
38:50giving us
38:51some credit
38:53fix that
38:54I don't
38:55I don't
38:55I don't
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