Who's the best WR of all time?

Question

And why do you think that?
Im going to say Chris Carter, reason being Rice has had 2 QB's most of his career, young and Montana.
Carter had
1.Culpepper
2. George
3.Cunninham
4.Johnson
5. Moon
6. McMahon
7. Gannon
8. Wilson
9. Kramer
10. Fiedler
ok, now put rice in carters spot who's the best now, give carter Montana and Young.
Point being is as a player carter is ahead of rice, deeper threat, more aggresive, and agility and jumping abiltiy.

Sorry Rice didn't show in Oakland till 2001 Gannon was already having a great 2 years before that.
Rice did so good for Garcia in 99 when young wasn't playing they went 4-12 and again in 2000 garcia, rice and the niners went 6-10.
But in 2001 when Owens took control they went 12-4.
How do you explain the Cheifs when Montana took over as QB?? Rice didn't follow him did he??
So with most of your concepts if Harrison left the colts P.M. wouldn't get it done and Harrison could make a QB such as Brad Johnson look like a superstar?
Im not buying it, young, montana, manning, etc.. etc.. are great because of just that they are great.

Answer 1

All Cris Carter does is catch touchdowns. : )

Answer 2

Like most others I would say Jerry Rice too.

But you can't forget these great WRs:
Art Monk (who should be in the Hall of Fame)
Lynn Swann
John Stallworth
Torrie Holt
Steve Largent
Isaac Bruce
Tim Brown
Chris Carter

Answer 3

Well, Rice also had Gannon, and he is far and away the best. Christ Carter was amazing, but it was Rice who helped make his QB's look good, not the other way around. His longevity, work ethic, and results speak for themselves. Rice easily matches or outshines Carter in all the areas you mention. You may wish to remove your purple colored glasses and look at it a little more objectively.

So, it wasn't Rice but the QB who made him good, then Owens comes to town and he "takes control" and the go 12-4? Which is it? You're contradicting yourself. You're whacked if you think Carter's better than Rice.

Answer 4

Jerry Rice by far! Carter was a great player, but Rice was the best we have ever seen! Sure, you can say that Rice had two great QBs throwing to him, but it doesn't matter, a good WR performs with what he has. Jerry Rice is the best we have ever seen and probably the best we will ever see.

Answer 5

JERRY RICE How much more must you do other thanhelp win 5 superbowls for one team and help another team get there.
Racking up thousands of yards in the proccess. He set numerous records and displayed amazing plays and you dishonor him on the account that he played with great quarterbacks He made the QB's better, not the other way around. Everywhere Rice went another quarterback became great in the case of Gannon

Answer 6

Jerry Rice accept no substitutes, I would put the following ahead of Cris Carter
Lynn Swan
Stallworth
Torrie Holt
Art Monk
Isaac Bruce
Tim Brown

Answer 7

Jerry Rice. He had a way better work ethic than Carter, all the records and the rings. Having two hall of fame helps a lot, but the QB can only do so much and Jerry did the rest. They both had there memorable plays and highlights , but Jerry was just better.

Answer 8

Jerry Rice. Carter was amazing, but Rice is probably the best player who ever played (in any position) in the NFL.

Answer 9

Jerry Rice.

Answer 10

Im a die hard 30-yr NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTS fan and i would have to say Amani Toomer.





YEAH RIGHT. JERRY RICE, dude!!


Chris Carter??? Are you kidding?!? Chris Carter should go back to receiving then, because he sucks on Inside the NFL.

Answer 11

I can't jump on the Rice Bandwagon. He, just like Emmit Smith, was a product of a system. Rice was in the west coast offense that had one of the best offensive coaches of all time- Bill Walsh. The 49er's had depth, maybe the deepest team ever. Rice, J. Taylor, Clark, Craig (The mold for receiving and rushing RB), Rathman (Today's Alstott), then later Ricky Waters (another receiving RB as well as a good runner) and a guy named T.O. and not to mention the QB's running the system (The 1st 2 are Hall of Famers) were all mobile and could move around to give the WRs time to get open. If you concentrated on Rice, Taylor would kill you. Play the pass to shut down Taylor and Rice, Roger Craig would light you up or Clark would eat up short passes. Carter had better hands. I don't know why people choose to forget that Rice had a problem catching balls early in his career. His early year or so with Montana, he dropped countless wide open catches and TDs-to his credit he put in the work and over came his weakness, but as mentioned earlier Carter had no stabily at QB or at head coach/ Offensive schemes. How many Head coaches and offensive coordinators did Carter have? The style of play in the NFC Central (Bears, Packers, Tampa, Vikings) was smash mouth and play tough D-Black and Blue Division. Put Carter in the 49ers scheme with the play calling Rice was involved in and what would happen. I'll put it like this, take Emmitt off of Dallas and put him in Detroit, would he be the NFLs leading rusher? NO. Would he have all of the TD's, NO. Why? Lack of oppotunities? Put Barry in the Dallas backfield with a QB like Aikman, WRs like Irvin and Harper, Novicheck (sp?), Blocker like Moose Johnson, would Sanders have better stats-HELL YEAH. He would have more opportunities and would not be taken out of the game in the Red Zone like Detroit did to him. Players in great Offensive schemes are in a better environment to flourish, but we must be careful not to give them too much credit and give credit to the system that gave them the opportunity to succeed. Defenses can focus in on true legends and yet they still produce. Jordan as great as he was early in his career didn't win titles until other talent, Pippen Grant, outside shooters Hodge. Paxton, Kerr played in a great system-The Triangle. Look at players like Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Jim Brown, even Sterling Sharpe, defenses knew all they had to do was stop one player to win the game, yet those players still dominated. Those are GREAT players, not recepients of a system.