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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 376606" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Humble, grateful and classy equals a great HOF acceptance speech. Saying he is the only inductee who is the second best football player in his family was very touching. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">As to the greatest WR in NFL history we can use and argue statistics – and I will - but in the end it’s a subjective judgment. In <em>my</em> opinion the greatest WR in NFL history is Don Hutson and not because I’m a lifelong Packers fan. It’s because when I consider the greatest of all time anything, I try to put it in historical context. For me, its how he compared to his contemporaries and that, for me, puts Hutson as the all time greatest. Hutson created many of the routes used today. He was so dominant in his era, according to Wikipedia, as of 2009, he still held the following all-time NFL records: </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Most seasons leading league in pass receptions (8), Most consecutive seasons leading league in pass receptions (5), Most seasons leading league in pass receiving yards gained (7), Most consecutive seasons leading league in pass receiving yards gained (4), Most seasons leading league in pass receiving touchdowns (9), Most consecutive seasons leading league in pass receiving touchdowns (5), Most seasons leading league in scoring (5), and Most consecutive seasons leading league in scoring (5). So while Rice’s total catches and total yards dwarf Hutson’s, consider these records were still in place 60+ years after Hutson retired. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Articles/11_402_You_take_Rice,_we'll_take_Hutson.html" target="_blank">Cold Hard Football Facts</a> did a comparison of the two back in 2005. Here’s an excerpt from that story: "</span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Hutson's 1942 campaign was probably the greatest season by a receiver in NFL history. In 11 games, Hutson caught 74 passes for 1,211 yards (16.4 YPC) and 17 TDs – numbers that even by today's pass-happy standards would have put Hutson in the Pro Bowl. Rice, the dominant receiver of our day, played his entire career with the benefit of a 16-game schedule. He surpassed 17 TDs just once and equaled it one other time. Projected over a 16-game schedule, Hutson would have caught 108 passes for 1,761 yards and 25 TDs in 1942."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">As the story says, Hutson had 74 receptions in 1942. The player who had the second-most receptions caught 27 passes. Hutson averaged 110 receiving yards per game. The next receiver averaged 52. Hudson scored 17 TDs, next in line: 8 TDs, 5 TDs, and four players tied with 4 TDs. He had almost three times more receptions and more than doubled his contemporaries in yards/game and TDs. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I loved watching Sterling Sharpe – he was a WR with a LB’s attitude. But <em>IMO</em> Rice was the better WR and the best of his era. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 376606, member: 4300"] [FONT=Verdana]Humble, grateful and classy equals a great HOF acceptance speech. Saying he is the only inductee who is the second best football player in his family was very touching. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]As to the greatest WR in NFL history we can use and argue statistics – and I will - but in the end it’s a subjective judgment. In [I]my[/I] opinion the greatest WR in NFL history is Don Hutson and not because I’m a lifelong Packers fan. It’s because when I consider the greatest of all time anything, I try to put it in historical context. For me, its how he compared to his contemporaries and that, for me, puts Hutson as the all time greatest. Hutson created many of the routes used today. He was so dominant in his era, according to Wikipedia, as of 2009, he still held the following all-time NFL records: [/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Most seasons leading league in pass receptions (8), Most consecutive seasons leading league in pass receptions (5), Most seasons leading league in pass receiving yards gained (7), Most consecutive seasons leading league in pass receiving yards gained (4), Most seasons leading league in pass receiving touchdowns (9), Most consecutive seasons leading league in pass receiving touchdowns (5), Most seasons leading league in scoring (5), and Most consecutive seasons leading league in scoring (5). So while Rice’s total catches and total yards dwarf Hutson’s, consider these records were still in place 60+ years after Hutson retired. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][URL="http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Articles/11_402_You_take_Rice,_we'll_take_Hutson.html"]Cold Hard Football Facts[/URL] did a comparison of the two back in 2005. Here’s an excerpt from that story: "[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Hutson's 1942 campaign was probably the greatest season by a receiver in NFL history. In 11 games, Hutson caught 74 passes for 1,211 yards (16.4 YPC) and 17 TDs – numbers that even by today's pass-happy standards would have put Hutson in the Pro Bowl. Rice, the dominant receiver of our day, played his entire career with the benefit of a 16-game schedule. He surpassed 17 TDs just once and equaled it one other time. Projected over a 16-game schedule, Hutson would have caught 108 passes for 1,761 yards and 25 TDs in 1942."[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]As the story says, Hutson had 74 receptions in 1942. The player who had the second-most receptions caught 27 passes. Hutson averaged 110 receiving yards per game. The next receiver averaged 52. Hudson scored 17 TDs, next in line: 8 TDs, 5 TDs, and four players tied with 4 TDs. He had almost three times more receptions and more than doubled his contemporaries in yards/game and TDs. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]I loved watching Sterling Sharpe – he was a WR with a LB’s attitude. But [I]IMO[/I] Rice was the better WR and the best of his era. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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