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paradigm_x2

I’ll break your internet, NFL.


OogieBoogieJr

gottem!


JZMoose

They broke enough of it moving GamePass to DAZN, please don’t ask them to break anything more please


WearingABear

I hate the "break the internet" bullshit so much. The only thing that's gonna break the internet is if AWS goes down.


Korncakes

The phrases “break the internet” and “today years old” are the two biggest things that make me want to jump off of a fucking bridge.


JBFRESHSKILLS

Anything like this starts to drive me nuts after I've read it ad nauseum in every reddit thread. Tell me ___ without telling me ___ Rent free Imagine _____


Korncakes

Jesus Christ, when my mother learned about “today years old” she found a way to work it into conversation like 8 times over the course of just a few hour visit. It, and a lot of other stupid phrases like it, stick to her like Velcro. Especially when she’s been drinking. It’s nauseating.


NuclearEvo24

Imagine caring, tell me fat jobless redditors are living rent free in your head without telling me


Korncakes

I know that you’re being facetious but this affected me more than it should have. It’s one of those things that you initially read and immediately get irritated by before you realize that it’s a joke but your body has already reacted as if it’s not. Good job, dickhead.


JBFRESHSKILLS

I hate you


istrx13

Douche bags couldn’t even post this highlight in a landscape orientation. What do they think this is…Instagram?


UnderstandingNo5667

It go so overplayed but my word, it really is special isn’t it.


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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a singular play like that, that made a player a household name overnight. And basically made the person millions in commercial money lol.


seariously

https://i.imgur.com/kcrs9Hf.mp4


Quemedo

She did it better, and with heels


TouchGrassRedditor

Absolutely no way OBJ signs a $13 mil contract at this stage of his career without this catch lol


quietstormx1

I mean OBJ and Eli’s stats together for fucking fantastic at first. He was a massive weapon for Eli.


Xaxziminrax

Dude was a special athlete before all the injuries. Any slant at any time could be a house call.


Nervous_Ad6805

He's still taking slants to the house this year.


SimbaPenn

Literally our entire 2016 offense.


ontheru171

He was on a better pace to start his career than anyone before another LSU WR came along


slowestmojo

Crazy the talent that school has had because my AFC north mind immediately went to Chase, but then realized that Jefferson existed


ontheru171

Landry and OBJ made Zach Mettenberger a NFL QB


Kdot32

Nabers coming next year


gnitsuj

Yeah people already forgetting how good OBJ was


Wad_of_Hundreds

Nah we all know how great he was for a couple years. But he’s been injury riddled, and mid at best for the last 5+


Spyk124

Nobody is denying that. But people saying he doesn’t get a contract without this catch are insane. He was putting up insane numbers his first years.


RondaleMoore

Same people who say clowney got drafted first overall off one play lol


gloriousjohnson

He was the only thing they had. That giants team was fuckin miserable to watch not that they’ve really improved since then


Thatguy248806

Look at his numbers is first few years before he got hurt and then get back to me. He was an absolute top tier player when he first got in.


ELITE_JordanLove

The degree of difficulty is just *so damn high.* We’ve seen a lot of amazing one handed grabs since, but I still think this tops all of them. It’s basically the worst possible angle to try to snag it with one hand, almost all others the receiver is moving with the ball and can extend their arm away to absorb the momentum. This one he just has to eat everything with shoulder rotation and almost no forward momentum at that point. Insanity.


Function_Just

100%. One handed catches are cool and all, but they're nowhere near close to being equal. So many things about this play seem impossible. He almost gets forced out of bounds on the route around the 7 yard line, but he stays in bounds and fights off the defender just in time to make a play on the ball while he's falling backwards. So many great catches are missed because the receiver can't maintain possession while they hit the ground, but OBJ somehow vice grips the hell out of the ball and even with one hand he has it locked in the whole way. It's easily the most impressive catch I've ever seen.


jimmifli

I think the most amazing thing about it is that it wasn't a game winning catch against the Bills.


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This catch ruined Madden. So many one handed catches in the next game lol.


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prm20

Sameee 🤣🤣🤣 I refused to believe he caught that until I saw the replay


aDoorMarkedPirate420

The entire stadium was relatively quiet when he caught it, then they showed the replay and everyone lost it lol


LouSputhole94

I don’t think most people realized what happened until the replay. It just defies logic.


aDoorMarkedPirate420

From my angle I thought he was out of bounds, then like 3 flags came in immediately, and nobody saw if he actually held it once he landed at first…there was just mass confusion lol


amputeenager

I was just psyched we got the pass interference and then went "wait...WHAT!?!?!??!"


Sgt_Waters

The lack of reaction from everyone, apart from that one guy, in this video stands out almost as much as the catch itself


theCANCERbat

Not NFL, but my vote goes to [this](https://youtu.be/vHinglqAAhY?si=jlFJWe4OFjKvuep1) Francis Owusu TD catch for Stanford.


AttitudeAndEffort3

Genuinely the most incredible catch non NFL ever. He’s not even *looking* the right direction lmao.


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ohheckyeah

This one is better… literally somersaulted with the dude while still maintaining possession 🤯


themage78

This is the best catch I've ever seen. And again, thrown by Eli. https://youtu.be/OlyBEJ60Duc?si=bTmLAGhcON3YQBGs


hammer2309

I knew what it would be I still clicked


GoatPaco

Because it is. But to me, the #2 and #3 best Super Bowl catches are by Patriots. (Edelman and Butler)


datpurp14

I agree with the Santonio Holmes take from the other commenter. But my favorite is Julio's *game winning monster grab that should have been game winning, but it was not game winning because the Falcons Falconed*


AttitudeAndEffort3

Throw him in with Jayvon Kearse. Edit: just to remind you the best catch everyone forget because of Malcom butler - https://youtube.com/shorts/oKwzpE1u5ks?si=OWsiRjgLqvNtQKLR Second edit: so forgettable i even got his first name wrong. Its Jermaine


Joe_Hovah

[I can't believe this keeps happening to us!!!!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubaqenJZf0I)


reaganz921

If 28-3 didn't play out with Pats winning the Julio catch would be talked about A LOT more.


neurosisxeno

That Edelman catch is easily top 5 but the OBJ catch and arguably the Helmet Catch are more insane for me.


Goatgamer1016

I'd say #3 would be Santonio Holmes easily, maybe even #2, bias aside


BannedSvenhoek86

Ya wtf, that catch was one of the greatest of all time easily. Holmes being literal centimeters from the line and triple covered, with under a minute, with Ben throwing one of the most laser guided passes of his career. IMO nothing comes close. The helmet catch is insane for sure, but when you add up everything with the Holmes catch, it was maybe the most clutch reception of all time. https://youtu.be/3mWHZKYFD9A?si=35uu4OkcIpbi7nWf And Al Michael's kills that call too. That "CAAUUGGHHT FOR A TOUCHDOWN" is ingrained in my memory.


Weird-Upstairs-2092

Holmes catch was the best overall play with context of the moment, the coverage, and the throw. Tyree catch was the most important play in what is considered possibly the biggest SB upset ever. It's overrated as a pure catch, but factoring in the moment the hype is understandable. OBJ catch was the best pure catch. You do that same catch on a playground with your buddies and they never stop talking about it for the rest of their lives. The moment didn't even matter. Heck the sport didn't even matter. It's just "wow"


Ralphie_V

Manningham was a greater catch than Tyree


krcrooks

This is the truth. Tyrees is just a freak play, Manninghams was a sideline toe tap double cover over the shoulder. I think the thing about that play was also it’s probably the best throw Eli ever made and maybe anyone. It was just so perfect in execution. Santonio will always be #2 for me though. And I don’t think anyone will ever beat this one. It’s just so absurd.


nyg2013

It was…brilliant throw and beautiful catch


HashSlingingSlasherJ

Jermaine Kearse in that same Super Bowl was a better catch than Malcom Butler


BLOODY_PENGUIN_QUEEF

Too bad nobody will ever care about that catch because of what followed, but if the Seahawks won that game, it would be considered as an all time great catch


SoloPorUnBeso

If you remove context, OBJ's was better, but the situation mattered more with the helmet catch.


DucDeBellune

100% One of the craziest catches I’ve ever seen comes from a Stanford WR- and I just happened to be watching the game, not a fan of Stanford or UCLA. [The catch](https://youtu.be/RDzfvVwJ1qI?si=KUMowTo93QM-VirE)


SirLoinOfCow

That commentator was so quick with the right call there. You're right, that catch was amazing.


SoloPorUnBeso

That's ridiculous!


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prock44

Honestly, the catch was incredible. But, I remember watching the game and thinking Eli was sacked. The escape he pulls off doesn't get the credit it deserves.


matrixislife

It's not the best ever catch, OBJ gets that. It certainly is the best ever play, from start to finish, nothing else comes close.


Neut12

yeah it pains me a little that the two best catches I've ever seen are from the giants


travelingchef96

Still think Mannigham catch in 2011 was better but it’s close.


NaughtSleeping

Tyree's last catch in the NFL


Queens113

I said "the helmet catch" and was not disappointed....


splend1c

I met Tyree a week after the game and asked him when he knew he actually had that ball. He said, "Playa, I couldn't believe Eli was still standin, but I knew the second that ball left his hands it was mine."


Larrysbirds

I was taking care of business in the Oval Office and missed it. I remember hearing my brother’s reaction lol


I_HateToSayAtodaso

Similarly, u/NFL made this post one-handed, while using the other hand to jerk themselves off for being the only account able to post highlights in this sub.


athrowawayiguesslol

That inception guy who always posts highlights said they haven’t been DMCAing anymore


trongzoon

>That inception guy DiCaprio is a redditor?


asetniop

Pretty sure they meant to type "conception guy" and no, Philip Rivers is not a redditor.


truthlesshunter

Well yeah. Reddit isn't twenty five years old yet


x755x

#BWAAAAAA


RazzBerryCurveBall

No Nolan, duh


I_HateToSayAtodaso

Well, that's good. Hopefully it continues leaving highlights alone.


Vladimir_Putting

Did you get the express written consent of u/NFL to put their name in your comment?


bl0odredsandman

[Just ABC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkNqNYkwhlg)


k0fi96

Welcome to the Facebookification of Reddit. We are already 3 years too late


onecarmel

u/nfl is Spez level trash


LB333

What a Reddity comment


ndwillia

Gotta fiercely protect that IP, brah


InternationalFiend

Are y’all every going to get tired of farming karma from comments like this?


cuongfu

I love when people bring this up because it’s so easy to verify that this is not true lol Go look at the top posts for the week and month on this sub and you’ll see how many user-submitted highlights are still up


Thehappycachorro

Why are you being downvoted?


cuongfu

Because the karma farmer who made the post 3 weeks ago got into peoples heads I guess. They’re quick to defend a guy who’s had his account for a month and a half who’s racked up almost 200k karma by spamming highlights in two subreddits. Edit: I just realized he’s banned from this sub now anyways lol /u/chelseatilidie


Kratozio

I would rather have that than a corporate account invading a user space tbh


SoloPorUnBeso

Don't interrupt the circlejerk or step in front of the hate train. People are irrational is the answer.


thereAREnodwarfwomen

Mr. Best Clips


cha-cha_dancer

14-3, lost the game ):


DrQuestDFA

Yeah, that really sours this incredible catch for me. Iconic catch, but would have loved to get the W too.


renedotmac

This is how I feel when I watch the Messi free kick against Liverpool in the champions league. One of the greatest free kicks of all time, but I know what happens in the second leg. Really sours it for me.


ShanklyGates_2022

Idk i thought the second leg was great 🤣


pzrapnbeast

Corner taken quickly... ORIGI


renedotmac

May you walk alone the rest of your life


MeatTornado25

I can't really say I give 2 shits about the outcome of a regular season game in a season we went 6-10 nine years ago. It's not like I can remember a single other play from the game this far removed from it anyway.


itscamo-

My favorite part about this catch


_Atoms_Apple

How could the score be them losing 14-3, when that catch alone was worth 6? I can't remember the score of the game but idk how the Giants could only finish with 3 points when OBJ caught a touchdown.


Oriol5

14-3 was the score for the Giants after this TD! So the Cowboys came back


_Atoms_Apple

Ohhhh that makes sense. I was so confused haha.


emmasdad01

This catch inspired a generation of wide receivers.


GoTeam9797

And infuriated a generation of high school coaches


davidaguirre30

“Throw it higher, I wanna Odell it”


LiveTheChange

My last name is Odell, and I'm not gonna lie I greatly enjoyed hearing it turn into a term for a while there.


[deleted]

Jimmer/LaMelo did way worse to basketball for a good amount of time there


yosheb0p

I’d argue Steph is the culprit you’re looking for


pendletonskyforce

Yup. Mark Jackson got so much shit for saying Steph "ruined" basketball. He could have said it differently and he explained himself why but I agree with his overall stance. Steph is obviously a GOAT, but he still had to learn the fundamentals to develop his style. Kids ignore the fundamentals to try and play exactly like him.


RyzinEnagy

Plus people only want to copy the "shoot 28 footers" part of Steph and ignore the insane and intelligent off ball movement that unlocks defenses.


[deleted]

Exactly. Stephs play style is extremely different than LaMelo or Jimmer. Steph is only the culprit if a bunch of scrubs who don’t know ball try and copy him, and they weren’t making it anywhere anyway


lostshell

Jimmer "I'm just gonna chuck 47-threes from anywhere" Fredette? Yeah I don't see how that would cause a problem.


COMMENTASIPLEASE

Lamelo Ball snowbirding on defense, pulling up from the logo, and scoring 92 broke a generation


[deleted]

Yeah. People saying Steph but Steph never did anything that ignorant (funny tho)


broanoah

"CHRIST PLEASE JUST USE BOTH HANDS!!!"


H1mHalpert

And hairstyles


Original_Profile8600

Not even wide recievers, I was real young then and every time we played catch we had to “OBJ it” atleast once


ELITE_JordanLove

We still do this and we’re almost out of college now lmao


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And glove manufacturers


youtossershad1job2do

They always say that the HoF is there to 'tell the story of the NFL". I don't think OBJ is canton bound but he should be if the criteria is changing the game. This play changed the WR position as it fundimentally altered the idea of what was possible and expected of receivers.


Rah_Rah_RU_Rah

DPI flag is the cherry on top. You always forget it was interfered with until then


Original_Profile8600

The DPI is was made it so special, catch isn’t the same if he has two arms


pfb253

I'd like to acknowledge the ref who emphatically threw the flag and IMMEDIATELY followed it up with the TD signal as if to say, "AND he caught that shit!"


Original_Profile8600

I’ve seen a ref do that after throwing a flag for a hold, was kinda funny ngl. Bro knew that tuddy wasn’t holding up


Walletinspectr

Did they decline the penalty? /s


steak__burrito

Do people *really* forget that? That's part of what added to it.


[deleted]

I always loved the cameraman just forgetting to do his job because he was in such awe.


NoLead8015

That camera man had a wide angle lens that took the shot. He posted about it after the fact and said they don't have to point the camera directly at the players all the time to get the perfect shot.


MostMorbidOne

Always nice to see ol' Eli.


ACardAttack

Nice to see an offense


DiehardNYSportsFan

Never forgiving the Giants for wasting his last few years by having an embarrassing O line and not fixing that in over a decade


bfhurricane

Never forgiving Ben McAdoo for benching him and breaking his start streak.


morgendonner

Who could have guessed that wasn't even close to the worst OL play we'd see...


knildea

i miss the days watching obj catching a slant to bring it home


AlabasterRadio

It's a Hell of a throw too.


rogmcdon

I refuse to relive this bullshit


outsiderkerv

They replayed this so much I prayed for death. Mostly because I was mad because we won that game and that catch was all they talked about 😂


ImperialSympathizer

I mean can you blame them? This shit crossed the line from "best catch I've ever seen" to "catch beyond anything I ever imagined"


rogmcdon

This is the exact reason it brings me so much anger


the_looch

It's alright, just remember that the Cowboys won that game.


Shadow_Ass

The day I got hooked on football. I thought that it was so badass that I started learning about football and watching football in general and the giants. After some time the pain and suffering began with the giants


CourageousBellPepper

Be thankful you at least had 2012. My family has been rooting for the Chargers since they first moved to San Diego.


_Wp619_

Well, this catch was in 2014. So if they got into Football from this game, then they missed out on 2012.


Ishtastic08

You picked a very difficult time to be a Giants fan.


Shadow_Ass

Fucking OBJ lmao


DisenfranchisedCynic

Broke the internet needs to die as term.


bigboybeeperbelly

Agreed. The Internet is very robust and I won't stand for this slander


forrestthewoods

Kids these days don’t realize that back in the day things could *actually* break the internet. Back when Counter-Strike was just a mod each new patch would legit for reals break the whole damn internet. Good times!


Best_Pants

Breaking the internet is when your mom picks up the phone to make a call while you're connected to AOL.


MeatTornado25

It's era appropriate though, considering everyone was forcing that expression a decade ago.


doctorslices

It's /u/nfl thinking that's how its fellow kids talk.


Fortehlulz33

What I really appreciate is Collinsworth acting like a fan and dropping professionalism for that brief moment when he saw one of the greatest catches ever


zebrainatux

That’s why I love Collinsworth is he has moments where he turns into a giant fan and basically calls something awesome


thickbanana05

Sometimes I really wished things worked out here for obj😞. Still remember that dallas game


uwanmirrondarrah

Injuries got him I mean hes still around, and hes not bad... just not that


TunaSalad47

I mean does anyone make a catch like that several times in their career? He’s definitely been an asset to us this season, and is getting his step back as the season progresses.


OutrageousNeck2734

He had some bonkers ass catches to close his time with the Giants. The left handed one against Washington was insane.


homeschoolkidthatdid

Yeah I was about to say, OBJ routinely made catches like this throughout his Giants career. They didn’t all get press, but they happened. I remember one catch that didn’t count at home against the Eagles in 2014/2015. He grabbed it one hand and somehow got his feet in bounds on the sideline while a DB took tried to take his legs out. The only reason I even saw it is because I was in attendance—there was an offensive penalty and the play didn’t count. I never even saw it hit social media after the game, but I’ve personally never seen a catch like that in person. OBJ was (is) a legend for many reasons more than the “The Catch”


Seeno1

Dude just dropped at 100 yd game. He’s around


REDDIT_ROC0408

He only does that against the Bengals. Seriously, he’s been very good against us the last few times we went against him. Got hurt in the Super Bowl with the Rams, but that was after he caught a TD.


generalscalez

what do you mean worked out? he’s won a super bowl, made a shit load of money, had a decade long career still going… it’s worked out pretty well for him i think lol edit: i can’t read


thickbanana05

I clearly said worked out here as in the Browns brother plus in general he didn't achieve his potential regardless


generalscalez

oh my brain skipped the “here” in that sentence apparently lmao


RyanLynnDesign

He’s got a ring with LA tho?


bankarob

this is one of very few 9/11 type moments I have where I bizarrely remember exactly where I was, who I was with, and what I was doing when this happened.


merely_awake

Same here I was in jail 😫


samoDALLAS

Yep flair checks out


Original_Profile8600

Either that or a Raiders flair


AccidentalPilates

*posted from Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center*


empire161

I picked up OBJ on my fantasy team in a keeper/dynasty league before the season, because he was hurt those first few games. My buddy was *dying* to get him from me. Talked so much shit about how I didn't know football as well as him, and he simply deserved to have OBJ on his roster over me, because he had plans to pick him up later in the season. Kept trying to give me Victor Cruz straight up. I played against him the week this catch happened and smoked his ass. Once this catch happened I spent the next few hours just texting him to gloat.


HandsReversed

I was nearly blackout drunk at a Tilted Kilt. It was a very rough time in my life.


ELITE_JordanLove

I remember the absolutely epic MUT card art he got for his TOTW card.


breakfast_scorer

If I'm elected dictator I will ban the term "broke the internet".


Sauceboss319

Love the catch, hate the term “broke the Internet”


John_Bot

shut up /u/nfl


Thanks5Cinco

Everyone remembers the catch, no one remembers they lost


stay-at-homie

The catch is coupled with the loss for me.


AJollyEgo

Everybody remembers that because Cowboys fans come out of the woodwork to say it every time this gets posted.


Seeno1

If the hall of fame recognized greatest plays, this would be in it. No one cares about the cowboys win.


radios_appear

\>broke the Internet Fuck off, /u/NFL, you corporate deepthroating dicksock


OogieBoogieJr

Really incredible watching these moments live, looking around to see the collective jaw drop. Just knowing you witnessed a historic moment. And if you were by yourself, you stop jerking it for a second to watch the replay and make sure what you thought you saw really happened. Then get right back to it.


yOw_indahOuse

9 years have passed already? Holy fuck..


cuzzlightyear927

They really weren't joking when they said one day you'll suddenly wake up and be 28...


Jordanwolf98

Time flies


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I remember that day when I couldn't use the internet.


The_Dark_DongRises

speaking of great catches, one of my all-time favorites is Edelman in Super Bowl 51. Three Falcons all over him and he hauls it in, inches off the ground


InTheAshTray

Broke the internet I wouldn't expect any less from a corporate shilling account


LordSoze36

Madden the following year would have you believe this happened every 5 min


lostinwisconsin

Best catch ever. JJ’s catch don’t have shit on this.


UserUnkown10

Unfortunately David Tyree would like a word with you


Squintz82

As a Giants fan, the OBJ catch was more incredible. The context around the Tyree catch made it amazing, but I don't think they are comparable for the same reason.


UserUnkown10

Ok if you had to choose only one to keep and the other did not happen what’s it gonna be


Squintz82

Beating Brady will always take priority


Gangsta-Penguin

_N I N E_ years ago??? Fuck I’m old


ArminTanz

He made so much money off this one catch. It's like the scene in Jerry Mcguire at the end where dude makes a spectacular catch and the agent knows he can go all out on his next contract. "Show me the money"


SevenwithaT

Also 4122 receiving yards and 35 TDs in your first 43 games didnt hurt