[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by ajbrown

I do not wish for this to sound negative as it was an amazing catch. To have the concentration to pull that ball in at all is really something.

That said, IMO a lot of the great one handed grabs we see today has to do with the gloves they wear. Not to take away the catch, but hard to compare to other eras... like many things in sports

The gloves are rivaling the grip of Mr Biletnikoff without the mess

Sorry, but Fred Biletnikoff and all of the great receivers of that era used stickum which has since been banned. I don't mean this to take anything away from those guys but to say that wearing gloves is an advantage over them is just wrong.

I had a friend that had a cleaning business back in the 70s. He had the contract for cleaning the Patriots uniforms and would also take care of equipment from other teams on occasion. He said it was just amazing to see the amount of crap these guys had on their hands, arms, shoulders, helmets and chest areas. They would cover themselves with it.