Buttcatch
That catch by Cleveland TE Gary Barnidge was pretty damn great. Best catch of the year. I had no idea who Gary Barnidge even was before that play. It was also very much luck.
There are two types of insane catches in the NFL really. Skill catches and gonzo catches. OBJ’s catch was a skill catch. One hand, all effort by the receiver, just an incredible athletic play. The Barnidge catch was a gonzo catch, in that it was more luck over skill. Bounced just the right way and the receiver managed to get a hold of it. Gonzo catches are flukey but probably my favorite. Terrell Suggs had his gonzo thigh catch last year, and that Jermaine Kearse catch in the Super Bowl was a gonzo catch (with a little skill). The Immaculate reception was a gonzo catch, Franco was in the right place at the right time to make the play.
This will make me sound a lot older than I actually am, but
Best skill catch: Lynn Swann in super bowl X
Best gonzo catch: Steve Young in 1992 vs. Atlanta (the pass to himself)
Along that line, Brad Johnson’s self-TD reception was a great gonzo moment
I also think that the Antonio Freeman TD on monday night football (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQmyLLxRNcA) Is the best Gonzo catch ever.
Best gonzo catch will always be the Helmet Catch. Do you even Giants, dave?
Wait, a Giants fan was talking about gonzo catches and didn’t mention the Tyree catch? What?
Thought the same thing
Was that really gonzo, though? He caught it in his hands, brought it in and pressed it to his helmet as he went down, and then kept it from touching the ground through the entire play. The helmet makes it unusual, but the entire play seems more like effort and skill than luck.
Yeah that was my thinking. It seems gonzo at first but Tyree needed skill to hold it in place, it didn’t magically bounce there.
guess you missed this great catch by Barnidge the previous week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1QnXnm971U
Antonio Freeman’s on the shoulder catch was still better.
He did what??!!
I like to think of Suggs’ playoff gonzo catch as a “dick pic”
i lol’d
On of my favorite gonzo catches is Antonio Freeman’s versus the Vikings on MNF in 2000.
Well, Barnidge DID have a crazy catch in week 4, as well. The video below has it. He seems to have a genuine talent to get the football secured during insane situations. And his numbers are backing up his crazy plays, in my opinion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1QS-vAo8zs
What have you done to yourself, man?!?
dude, I have no idea WHY that picture is attached to my profile, that is like 4 years ago for a party.
What have you done to yourself, man?!?
Whoops meant to reply to ChristianMingo.com
OK, so we have buttfumble and buttcatch. How long till buttINT?
It happened.
Why is “Browns” written backwards on his pants in panel 7?
Best skill catch ever is Holmes dragging his toes.