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this from Bruce Jenkins in the SF Chron this morning:
<<..If you get a chance tonight to watch ESPN's treatment of the 1958 Colts-Giants game, study the great Baltimore receiver Ray Berry. He turned the position into fine art, running precise patterns, establishing a genius-level rapport with his quarterback (Johnny Unitas), and simply never dropping the ball. He wasn't particularly big or fast, but he could not be stopped ...>>
I've often wondered if it's just because this was a duo from the early days of my watching pro football (and it's hard not to be biased by what first impressed you), but I've long thought I never saw a better pair than these two in the telepathy department.
Seemed like Berry would run one of his precise routes, with multiple angle changes, never once looking backwards, and then, once in the end zone he'd turn around just as the ball arrived at his chest.
<<..If you get a chance tonight to watch ESPN's treatment of the 1958 Colts-Giants game, study the great Baltimore receiver Ray Berry. He turned the position into fine art, running precise patterns, establishing a genius-level rapport with his quarterback (Johnny Unitas), and simply never dropping the ball. He wasn't particularly big or fast, but he could not be stopped ...>>
I've often wondered if it's just because this was a duo from the early days of my watching pro football (and it's hard not to be biased by what first impressed you), but I've long thought I never saw a better pair than these two in the telepathy department.
Seemed like Berry would run one of his precise routes, with multiple angle changes, never once looking backwards, and then, once in the end zone he'd turn around just as the ball arrived at his chest.
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