NFL: Top 10 catches of all time featuring Odell Beckham Jr and Randy Moss
Speed, agility, and vertical leap are all important for wide receivers in football—but without good hands, you’ll be stuck on the sidelines. There's few better ways to electrify a crowd, make believers out of doubters, and change the outcome of a game than to make a spectacular catch, then watch it on the jumbo screen as they replay it over and over and over.It takes some fantastic body control and sometimes a little bit of luck to make catches on the football field, whether it be one-handed, through the legs, on the helmet, or behind the back. And some of the players have it all.
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00:02 When it comes to the NFL,
00:13 there are certain moments that are remembered forever.
00:16 Whoever wins the Super Bowl, well, that one's obvious.
00:19 Last minute or even last second victories
00:21 are also very popular.
00:23 Sacks on quarterbacks, key interceptions,
00:26 and so on and so forth help make the NFL memorable.
00:29 But the single most remembered thing are the catches.
00:33 Because when it comes right down to it,
00:34 the catches by receivers
00:36 are what really move the game forward most times,
00:38 and they help seal the deal
00:40 in terms of victories in the NFL.
00:42 So given that, allow us to show you
00:44 the best football catches of all time.
00:47 Be sure to like the video and subscribe to the channel.
00:50 Wallace gets it done.
00:52 Even at age 31,
00:55 which is pretty old in wide receiver years,
00:57 Baltimore Ravens veteran Mike Wallace
00:59 showed he could still get the job done.
01:01 With Green Bay Packers cornerback Demarius Randle
01:03 draped all over him,
01:05 Wallace cradled a lofty pass
01:06 from quarterback Joe Flacco against his body.
01:09 Wallace needed only one hand
01:11 as he negotiated Randle
01:12 and two other members of the Packers secondary
01:14 and tumbled into the end zone,
01:16 all without the use of his right arm.
01:19 Number 17's snag was so impressive
01:21 that he punctuated it with a Lambeau leap,
01:24 despite wearing enemy colors.
01:26 So not only was it a great catch and a touchdown,
01:29 but he got a gloat about it,
01:30 and for very good reasons.
01:31 The catch that made OBJ famous.
01:36 When Odell Beckham Jr. was a rookie
01:38 for the New York Giants,
01:39 a team who has a few spots on this list, by the way,
01:41 he was well-known in football circles
01:43 for his catching ability
01:44 and how he could seemingly catch anything.
01:47 But what he did against the Dallas Cowboys
01:48 on Sunday night football
01:50 made him a worldwide star overnight.
01:53 After a play-action fake,
01:54 quarterback Eli Manning launched the ball
01:56 down the right sideline
01:57 from just beyond the 50-yard line
01:59 to a streaking Beckham,
02:01 and the rest was history.
02:02 Perhaps even the best catch in football history.
02:06 Even with the Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr
02:08 tugging at his jersey
02:09 and getting flagged for a penalty,
02:11 Beckham showed off some insane body control.
02:14 He fully extended his right arm,
02:16 made the catch with one hand,
02:18 somehow kept his body in bounds,
02:20 and then fell into the end zone to score a touchdown.
02:23 Replays showed that Beckham
02:24 never even put his left hand on the ball,
02:27 making one of the most athletic,
02:29 unbelievable, and stunning catches in NFL history.
02:32 This was the play that made him
02:34 one of the best receivers in the league
02:36 and earned him top money down the line,
02:38 showing that one catch, one big play,
02:41 can truly change your status in the league.
02:43 Randy Moss versus Darrell Rivas.
02:47 If you recall your defensive history,
02:50 you will know the name Darrell Rivas
02:52 because at his prime,
02:53 he was one of the best shutdown corners in the NFL,
02:57 to the extent that anyone guarded by him
02:59 was put on Rivas Island,
03:01 meaning that they would never get help from the outside
03:03 because he was all around them.
03:05 Not that it mattered much to Randy Moss
03:07 because the Hall of Famer was one of the only players
03:10 at the position of wide receiver
03:12 who wouldn't mind spending Christmas on Rivas Island.
03:15 Moss, while playing for the New England Patriots
03:17 when Rivas was with the Jets,
03:18 sped past the best cornerback in the NFL
03:21 and toward the end zone.
03:22 The pass from Tom Brady was a touch overthrown,
03:25 but that did not prevent Moss from using his right hand
03:28 to bring in the ball for a touchdown
03:30 that was made to look as common
03:31 as a one yard run across the goal line.
03:34 Elevated.
03:36 Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin
03:39 made a championship effort on this play
03:41 during the playoffs against the Minnesota Vikings
03:43 to earn the first down.
03:45 With temperatures dipping below zero in Minnesota,
03:48 Baldwin elevated to his highest point
03:50 with some ridiculous vertical leaping skills
03:52 to pull down the high pass from Russell Wilson,
03:55 all with one hand.
03:56 Baldwin had no idea if he was about to get knocked out
03:59 by a Vikings player, but he didn't care.
04:01 He made sure he made his catch.
04:04 And that's what makes plays like these so memorable,
04:06 the effort to make sure you get that ball.
04:09 Megatron.
04:11 When Megatron was at his best,
04:13 he was one of the best receivers in the game, period.
04:16 The Cowboys found that out the hard way
04:18 when playing against the Detroit Lions in 2011.
04:21 Johnson was covered by not one, not two, but three
04:25 Dallas players when quarterback Matthew Stafford
04:28 looked for his superstar wide receiver in the end zone.
04:31 Johnson, not to be outdone, went up and got the ball
04:34 over all three of his opponents.
04:36 And then he held onto the ball despite being hacked
04:38 by the Dallas players looking to force
04:40 for an incomplete pass.
04:42 But when Megatron has the ball,
04:43 you ain't taking it from his hands.
04:45 The immaculate reception.
04:49 Fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers would riot
04:51 if the immaculate reception was not on this list.
04:54 So, hey, here you go.
04:56 Though we'll be clear on one thing,
04:58 there was a lot of luck in the play.
05:00 And also because we still don't know for sure
05:02 if it was even legal.
05:03 Had the ball made contact with either John Fuqua
05:05 of the Steelers or with the ground,
05:07 it would, should have been ruled an incomplete pass
05:10 per the rules of the NFL at the time.
05:12 The play was allowed to continue
05:14 despite the controversy of that moment,
05:16 giving Franco Harris the opportunity
05:18 to make the most famous run of his storied career.
05:21 And that play is still talked about decades later.
05:25 That is a true moment.
05:26 The catch.
05:28 It is a play so famous that it has two names.
05:33 The catch and Montana to Clark.
05:36 The San Francisco 49ers were trailing
05:38 the Dallas Cowboys late in the 1981 NFC Championship game
05:42 when quarterback Joe Montana looked toward the end zone
05:45 to make a play.
05:46 Montana, while on his back foot,
05:48 threw a high pass toward the back of the end zone
05:50 and tight end Dwight Clark rose above everybody else
05:53 and caught the ball for a game winning score.
05:56 It is a moment that will live on in highlights
05:58 and in San Francisco history.
06:00 So long as the league and the club exist.
06:03 And it's not hard to see why they feel that way.
06:05 The tiptoe in the end zone.
06:08 We're ending this list with two major catches
06:12 in the most important game in the NFL, the Super Bowl.
06:16 Specifically, we're talking about Super Bowl 43.
06:19 It was the dominant Pittsburgh Steelers
06:21 led by Ben Roethlisberger
06:23 versus the shockingly good in the playoffs,
06:24 Arizona Cardinals led by Hall of Famer, Kurt Warner.
06:28 To the shock of everyone, the Cardinals were up
06:30 and literally scored a touchdown
06:31 on the previous drive in eight seconds,
06:34 which is impressive, but that is not the catch in question
06:37 because the Steelers came back and drove down the field
06:40 and had to score to potentially secure the win.
06:43 But the Cardinals were not laxed in their coverage here,
06:46 especially when it came to all-star receiver,
06:48 Santonio Holmes.
06:49 But that didn't matter as Big Ben was able to dial in a shot
06:52 into the end zone just enough
06:54 so that Holmes would not just catch it,
06:56 but literally be inbounds by the tips of his toes.
07:00 No one could believe he caught that pass,
07:02 especially the Cardinals, but he did.
07:05 It counted and they went on to win.
07:07 Bubble gum on the helmet.
07:10 What makes a memorable catch?
07:12 This is not a trick question
07:13 as we've already shown you plenty of memorable ones,
07:16 but in truth, what makes a catch memorable
07:18 isn't just how it's caught, but how it got to them
07:21 and how they made sure the ball was caught.
07:24 The place, Super Bowl XLII.
07:26 The New York Giants led by Eli Manning
07:28 were facing off against the undefeated New England Patriots
07:31 led by Tom Brady.
07:33 No one gave the Giants a chance to win the game
07:35 and yet in the fourth quarter, they were only down by four.
07:39 In a play that still boggles the minds of people
07:41 to this day, Eli Manning was rushed by the Patriots.
07:44 Escaping one of them clutching his jersey,
07:46 he heaved the ball into the air,
07:48 threw it 40 yards to David Tyree.
07:51 Tyree, who is a backup wide receiver,
07:53 had him made a true impact all game.
07:56 By his own admission, had a terrible week of practice
07:58 before the Super Bowl and was guarded heavily
08:01 by Patriots players.
08:02 And yet despite all of those factors
08:04 on both sides of the ball, he was able to jump up,
08:07 grab the ball, pin it to his helmet to keep it in play
08:10 so that it would be labeled a catch.
08:12 Or as one announcer called it,
08:14 there was bubble gum on the helmet
08:15 because of how it just seemed to stick there.
08:18 Now to be clear, this wasn't a touchdown catch
08:20 as that would come later via a pass
08:22 from Manning to Plaxico Burris.
08:24 But without that David Tyree catch,
08:26 they wouldn't have been set up to win.
08:28 And when they did, to this day,
08:30 this is hailed as possibly the greatest Super Bowl play ever
08:33 and easily one of the greatest catches in NFL history.
08:37 So what do you think?
08:39 What do you think of this look
08:40 at the top NFL catches of all time
08:43 and how they stack up to one another?
08:45 Do you remember seeing any of these catches live
08:47 when they happened?
08:48 Do you feel that one of these catches deserves
08:50 to be higher than any other?
08:51 Or did we forget an impressive catch altogether?
08:54 Let us know in the comments below,
08:56 be sure to subscribe,
08:57 and we will see you next time on the channel.