Was at work and had some time to think about this one(mailman thoughts),who had the best hands of all time? I know it could be subjective but there's lots of video proof out there. I'm not quite as old as some here but guys like Stegall,Edwards,Cahoon,Stala, Fantuz...I'm probably missing a bunch but post away!

I just remember the last game Tee played, which was in Winnipeg, Incompleterson dropped an easy deep pass, where had he caught it, he had an easy run for the winning TD. Then he chickened out and would not talk to the media afterwards.

Jamie Stoddard

I want it noted for the record that Stoddard got more votes than Bobby Gordon.... I can only deduce that this means.......... 

Robin from Teen Titans 

But seriously Stegall and SJ Green come to mind. 

 

In all seriousness I don’t think I ever saw Milt Stegall drop a football until his last season. He was just that good. 

57 minutes ago, do or die said:

Dr. Ken Nielsen...

 

Dr. Nick Riviera.

Cahoon; SJ Greene; Stegall; Flutie; Lewis

And I'm surprised no one has mentioned him yet: Andrew Harris. 

 

Cahoon for sure, MTL lived off him getting first downs for years. It was almost automatic 2 and 8 and he caught it 9 yards up....every time. 

4 minutes ago, Engelwood said:

Cahoon for sure, MTL lived off him getting first downs for years. It was almost automatic 2 and 8 and he caught it 9 yards up....every time. 

Good Choice! He was probably the best second and long receiver I’ve ever seen. If you needed a first down he was so frusterating because you knew the ball was coming to him and he was going to catch it for a first down every single time. 

BC - Darren Flutie was sneaky good, Fernandez, but Burnham makes circus catches look routine

Cal - Nik Lewis, Tom Forzani was also fairly reliable

Edm - Brian Kelly

Sask - Narcisse, Jeff Fairholm and those weird orange fish cutter gloves

Wpg - Goodlow, Poplawski, Rick House, Milt

Ham - Tony Champion for the Grey Cup broken rib catch alone, Rocky DiPietro

Tor - Terry Greer

Ott - Tony Gabriel

Mtl - Cahoon and Jamal Richardson

 

 

Okay, Tommy Joe Coffey, Hal Patterson, Nik Lewis, Allen Pitts, Geroy Simon, Milt Stegall, Craig Ellis, Terry Greer, Mervyn Fernandez, Tony Champion, Joe Pop, Brian Kelly, George McGowan, Earl Winfield, Terry Evanshen, Ben Cahoon, James Murphy, Tom Campana, Darren Flutie, Rhett Dawson. Tom Scott.

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10 hours ago, bigg jay said:

No love for Kamau Peterson or Kito Poblah?

Hands of stone cloman too. 

10 hours ago, Geebrr said:

Ended Tee Martin's career.

 

It worked out for him in the end. He wasn't much of a qb but man he's had a good coaching career afterwards. 

7 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Okay, Tommy Joe Coffey, Hal Patterson, Nik Lewis, Allen Pitts, Geroy Simon, Milt Stegall, Craig Ellis, Terry Greer, Mervyn Fernandez, Tony Champion, Joe Pop, Brian Kelly, George McGowan, Earl Winfield, Terry Evanshen, Ben Cahoon, James Murphy, Tom Campana, Darren Flutie, Rhett Dawson. Tom Scott.

Solid list right there. Good on you for Hal Patterson and Tom Scott, missed that pair. 

Bobby gorgeous and Terry Vaughn aren't getting nearly enough mentions in this thread.

9 hours ago, Engelwood said:

Cahoon for sure, MTL lived off him getting first downs for years. It was almost automatic 2 and 8 and he caught it 9 yards up....every time. 

It's a good thing that Lapo wasn't his OC.☺️

It's obviously Stegall.

And the reason you pick him over guys with "solid" hands like Nik Lewis or the peoples champion Stoddart is because he had to make all the catches, with shite at QB.

My random, non-Winnipeg pick would be Marquay McDaniel. Dude lived in the middle of the field and had to fight through contact on every catch.

I watched the milt stegall era bombers as a new fan who didn't even really know all the basic rules. There were lots of guys who made incredible catches in coverage at times and you were like oh ****. The difference with stegall was you expected him to make those catches. He seemed to routinely catch balls he shouldn't, beat coverage he shouldn't beat. Who knows how accurate my memory is, but my memory is stegall made a routine of the stuff that was jump out of your chair in disbelief for the other top players. With stegall you just expected it.

 

I also admittedly have some blue bias.

Stegall is the greatest receiver of all time and had great hands.... but to me he isn't the best hands of all time. There are a ton of guys played throughout the years with better hands than milt in my opinion.

17 hours ago, Geebrr said:

Geroy Simon, Donald Narcisse, Dave Sapunjis, Arland Bruce III, Jeremaine Copeland, Terry Vaughn.

I definitely thought of Copeland,one of my first actually but I just couldn't totally really recall.

At the risk of recency bias, I'm going to narrow down my previous list to one: Burnham.

Been watching this game for a long time (not as long as some), but Burnham makes more catches that he should have no chance on than anyone I can remember.

I consider guys like Dressler and Cahoon great route runners with very reliable hands.

Burnham is a magician.

2 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Bobby gorgeous and Terry Vaughn aren't getting nearly enough mentions in this thread.

THANK YOU!!!!! 

What in the actual **** is going on that I'm the only one mentioning Bobby G??? Easily the best hands on a receiver that I can remember....

24 minutes ago, Noeller said:

THANK YOU!!!!! 

What in the actual **** is going on that I'm the only one mentioning Bobby G??? Easily the best hands on a receiver that I can remember....

More than once the guy got knocked the **** out and still held onto the ball. 

Ryan Smith he could catch the ball without even looking at it lol.  

Definitely Ken Neilson....Joe Poplawski, Rick House and Milt for us.....One guy who used to drive me nuts (and yes he used to play for the green guys) was Gluey Huey Campbell...the guy just never dropped a pass....Cahoon was pretty good and Evanshen...I'll throw in a guy from today ... Burnham...Pretty good hands

Herm ("Ham hands") Harrison