Sunday, October 20, 2013

Once Upon A Time


Before the start of the 2013 NFL season, Steve Largent's 819 career receptions had him ranked #21 in NFL history.  Since then, Jason Witten and Andre Johnson have passed him and it won't be long before Wes WelkerAnquan BoldinSteve Smith, and Larry Fitzgerald leap frog him too.

In fact... it's very likely that by the end of the season, Largent will be off of the NFL's top 25 all-time receptions list.

But once upon a time... Steve Largent was the NFL's All-Time Reception Leader.  And at the time of his retirement, he was also the career leader in touchdown receptions and receiving yards.  It's been almost twenty-four years since he caught his final pass, but he still ranks 7th in TD receptions and 14th in receiving yards.

Most importantly... he's #1 on my all-time favorite wide receivers list.

What about you...

Who's your favorite wide receiver of all-time?

Go Hawks!  Go Pack Go!

Happy Sunday and sayonara!

23 comments:

The Lost Collector said...

He's still young, but AJ Green.

buckstorecards said...

As a Buffalo Bills fan, I'll have to pick Andre Reed. As a Hamilton Tiger-Cats fan, my pick would be Earl Winfield. The latter finally got into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame Hopefully, Andre will follow stateside soon.

Hackenbush said...

I'll go kind of old school with Raider Hall of Famer Fred Biletnikoff.

Eric Bracke said...

NC State and Rams receiver Torry Holt

Cardhobbyist said...

For the Dolphins it would be Mark Duper but for former Hurricanes it would be Santana Moss.

Greg Zakwin said...

I suppose by default it's LaDainian Tomlinson because he caught so many passes and the Chargers haven't had great receivers in my lifetime.

Antonio Gates is right there too.

Corky said...

Steve Largent, his time with Zorn and Krieg at QB were classic.

Unknown said...

As a Steelers fan, there's really one player that comes to mind...Hines Ward. However Larry Fitzgerald could have been the greatest all-time if he had a QB to pass to him since Kurt Warner's retirement.

Ana Lu said...

Since I only follow NFL and got to know some players since '09 I don't know many 'vintage' players. So I have to name a Saints WR to my favourite: Marques Colston.

Chris P said...

I grew up with the Cowboys of the 90's so no doubt it was the Playmaker Michael Irvin. Today, It's Dez of course. Attitude problems aside, that guy is AMAZING. I sure hope we don't waste his career.

Fuji said...

Green is a beast! Look forward to see him play for the next decade or so.

Fuji said...

I never felt that Reed received the hobby respect that he deserved. Hopefully he gets inducted into Canton sooner, than later. As for Winfield... haven't heard about him. I'll have to look him up.

Fuji said...

Biletnikoff is definitely a local legend... very popular with old school Raiders fans.

Fuji said...

Nice call. Holt had a solid career. It was sad to see him just one day disappear.

Fuji said...

Loved watching Marino throw to Duper and Clayton in the 80's. As for Moss... never really been a huge fan... but the guy had talent.

Fuji said...

Yup. One of my favorite combos of all-time.

Fuji said...

If we're going with Chargers... I've gotta go with Joiner, Chandler, and Winslow.

Fuji said...

Krieg to Largent was another one of my favorite combo's from my childhood.

Fuji said...

Loved the fact that Ward played his entire career with the Steelers. In terms of Steelers... that catch by Swann against the Cowboys was one of the greatest catches I've ever seen. Insane!

Fuji said...

Hmmm... when it comes to the Saints... Joe Horn was the first to pop into my head.

Fuji said...

I have Dez on my fantasy team. The guy is a beast!

Commishbob said...

Old dude alert.....

This is really tough. My guy Tommy McDonald is special because he was so much a part of my younger days of playing street football. He was the last guy to play without a facemask.

Ben Hawkins was a high school star in my hometown in New Jersey when I was growing up. Every kid in town would wear his football helmet without snapping the chin strap because that was Ben's trademark. He became a star at Arizona State and he's still #8 all time among Philadelphia Eagles receivers in yards and TDs.

Lenny Moore was a flanker for the Colts but he was also a halfback. He's up there with Gale Sayers and Barry Sanders for flat-out football excitement. He taped up his cleats with white tape and was known as 'Spats'. Jimmy Orr used to 'own' the back right corner of the soyth endzone at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. It was called 'Orrs-ville'.

But to pick a favorite... I guess I'd say Ray Berry. He was the best receiver I ever saw. Ran perfect routes and Johnny Unitas could hit him with a blindfold on I bet.

Fuji said...

I've definitely heard of Lenny Moore and Raymond Berry... but McDonald and Orr are new to me. I'll have to look them up. Thanks for sharing your wisdom ;-)