nerdmann
14 years ago
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/743907-5-most-ridiculous-catches-in-packers-history/page/3#/articles/743907-5-most-ridiculous-catches-in-packers-history/page/3 

Slideshow.
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Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago
Of course, what no one ever talks about is that No. 1 ("He did what??") was a signature terrible throw by Favre that by rights should have been intercepted. Had Freeman not made that fluky catch, it would have been yet another Favre interception and Sherman would have been the goat yet again.

All that talk by the commentators about Favre and Freeman "getting off" together sounds just weird nowadays. 😍
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Rockmolder
14 years ago
Nr. 1 was obvious.

Nr. 2 shouldn't be there.

Nr. 3 should be nr. 2. Playing like that, as an old-man back-up who had a whopping 4 receptions the entire year, after a night of heavy drinking and partying... That's impressive.
Zero2Cool
14 years ago

Of course, what no one ever talks about is that No. 1 ("He did what??") was a signature terrible throw by Favre that by rights should have been intercepted. Had Freeman not made that fluky catch, it would have been yet another Favre interception and Sherman would have been the goat yet again.

All that talk by the commentators about Favre and Freeman "getting off" together sounds just weird nowadays. 😍

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 



If Freeman hadn't caught it, it would have been an incompletion, not interception. Unless I'm misremembering.


Edit, so I clicked the link just to see what the 5 were. Brooks 99yd TD has no business being mentioned as a ridiculous catch. It was a perfectly thrown ball that hit him in stride damn near between the numbers.
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Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago
You're right, it would have been an incompletion. I meant to say the pass should have been an interception. It was on the inside shoulder of the defender -- not even between him and Freeman -- and he actually had a really good shot at it. While the play was a display of amazing awareness by Freeman, it was also a wretched throw by Favre and a surprisingly inept reaction by the defender. I am not in any way trying to take anything from Freeman. It was a brilliant play on his part. I just think it is interesting that, as far as I remember, Favre escaped all criticism on that play.
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DakotaT
14 years ago

I am not in any way trying to take anything from Freeman. It was a brilliant play on his part. I just think it is interesting that, as far as I remember, Favre escaped all criticism on that play.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 



Favre bashing prick! I suppose next your going to say he forced passes into triple coverage. 😂
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago

You're right, it would have been an incompletion. I meant to say the pass should have been an interception. It was on the inside shoulder of the defender -- not even between him and Freeman -- and he actually had a really good shot at it. While the play was a display of amazing awareness by Freeman, it was also a wretched throw by Favre and a surprisingly inept reaction by the defender. I am not in any way trying to take anything from Freeman. It was a brilliant play on his part. I just think it is interesting that, as far as I remember, Favre escaped all criticism on that play.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 



Noted, however, this topic is about ridiculous catches, not Favre escaping criticism. 🙂 And I agree, it was a poorly thrown ball, which in my opinion makes the catch more "ridiculous".
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DakotaT
14 years ago
I saw Robert Brooks catch a Favre rocket ball for a touchdown against the Cows in '94 or '95. What made the catch spectacular was that he caught it with his fingertips and to this day; I still find it amazing that he snagged that ball with the velocity with which it traveled.
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zombieslayer
14 years ago
OK did I watch a completely different video? The one I watched had the WRs ranked:
1) Don Hutson (cold hard football facts said "you can have Jerry Rice, I'll take Don Hutson")
2) Sterling Sharpe
3) James Lofton
4) Donald Driver
5) Antonio Freeman
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago

OK did I watch a completely different video? The one I watched had the WRs ranked:
1) Don Hutson (cold hard football facts said "you can have Jerry Rice, I'll take Don Hutson")
2) Sterling Sharpe
3) James Lofton
4) Donald Driver
5) Antonio Freeman

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 




Click through the slide show. #2 is Robert Brooks 99 yard reception.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/743907-5-most-ridiculous-catches-in-packers-history/page/6 
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