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Vote for the All-Time Team wide receivers

Wide receiver is next up as we close in on completing our Big Blue View All-Time Giants Team.

This should be an interesting vote, as we have well-known players from a variety of eras to choose from. The top two vote-getters will be named to the team.

So, here are your nominees.

  • Amani Toomer -- Never thought of as a superstar, or a game-changing receiver, but he is -- statistically -- the best receiver in Giants' history. Straight from Giants.com, here is just some of the Toomer bio.

    -  Toomer holds franchise records for catches (620), receiving yards (8,917), touchdown catches (50) and 100-yard receiving games (22).

    -  Toomer has 34 more receptions than runner-up Tiki Barber (586) and 3,483 more yards than former record-holder Frank Gifford (5,434).

    -  Toomer also holds the Giants postseason records for reception (42), yards (582) and touchdowns (7).  No one else in Giants playoff history has more than 3 postseason touchdown receptions (Bavaro and Gifford).

    -  Toomer is 2nd in Giants history with 10,344 total yards (Barber is 1st with 17,359)…In addition to his receiving yards, Toomer has 1,060 yards on punt returns, 257 yards on kickoff returns and 110 yards rushing.

     -  Before injuring his knee in 2006, Toomer had caught at least 50 passes in 7 consecutive seasons and had at least 700 receiving yards in 6 of the previous 8 years, including 5 in a row with more than 1,000 yards. No other Giant in history has more than 3 consecutive 1,000-yard seasons.

    -   From 1999-2002, he became the 1st receiver in team history to catch at least 70 passes in 4 consecutive seasons.

    -   Has the 3 highest single-season reception totals in team history: 82 in 2002, 79 in 1999 and 78 in 2000.

  • Homer Jones -- An explosive speedster, Jones averaged 22.3 yards per catch in a 7-year career from 1964-70. He spent the first six of those seasons with the Giants, and name to two Pro Bowls and one All-Pro team.

  • Del Shofner -- Spent the final seven of his 11 NFL seasons with the Giants in a career that went from 1957-67. He made the Pro Bowl and All-Pro teams his first three seasons with New York, and caught more than 60 passes twice.

  • Plaxico Burress -- Honestly, I'm not sure Plax has done enough yet to belong here. He has only been a Giant for three seasons, but he does has two 70+catch seasons, 29 touchdowns and a Super Bowl-winning touchdown catch. I think he COULD be an all-time Giants great, but I personally don't think he should be looked at that way yet. We will see how you guys feel.

  • Kyle Rote -- Had an even 300 catches and 48 touchdowns in an 11-year Giants career from 1951-61. Made the Pro Bowl four times.

  • Joe Morrison -- One of the best and most versatile players in Giants history, even if most of his career was wasted in the Wilderness Years. Morrison played flanker, halfback and fullback. Totaled 7467 yards rushing and receiving in his career. Caught 395 passes for 47 touchdowns and ran for 18 more touchdowns in 14-year career from 1959-73. I doubt Morrison will win a receiver spot here, or one of the two running back slots. Giants fans who saw Morrison, though, likely feel like I do -- that there ought to be a way to get this guy on the team.

As always, vote in the poll. You have until next Thursday.

Poll
Who should be the wide receivers on our Big Blue View All-Time Giants Team?
  • Amani Toomer
  • Homer Jones
  • Del Shofner
  • Kyle Rote
  • Plaxico Burress
  • Joe Morrison

  89 votes | Results

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I think we should just concede a spot

for Toomer. I remember Jones, Shofner, and Rote being big deals but it’s hard to compare their stats to the high octane offense of the current era. I agree that Burress hasn’t been around long enough, but then again, I didn’t think Snee had been around long enough. So I’ll go with your Joe Morrison logic, though I wonder why it doesn’t also apply to Kathi Lee’s husband. Was it because of the famous picture taken after Bednaric knocked him out? And where are the great receivers from our Coach’s tenure—Phil McConkey, Odessa Turner, Steven Baker, and Lionel Manuel

by TerraByte on Jun 27, 2008 8:38 AM EDT   0 recs

Gifford

We haven’t gotten to running back yet. If I was voting (and I am staying out of it) I would vote for Gifford at RB, but we’ll see how you guys feel.

by ETVal on Jun 27, 2008 8:46 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I thought that Gifford

switched to flanker later in his career. The roster on the Giants lists him as a B-E. It doesn;t really matter. He wouldn’t beat out the other receivers on the list nor will he beat Megget, Hampton, or Barber at back.

by TerraByte on Jun 27, 2008 12:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

what?

You don’t think Giff is above Megget and Hampton, you better hope George doesn’t see this post. As far as I’m concerned we should only even vote RB between Barber and Gifford

by queler on Jun 28, 2008 11:36 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

History

I understand that our audience is largely younger. I am often disappointed by the lack of knowledge or respect for historical figures in Giants history, and Gifford is one of those who belongs on the team.

by ETVal on Jun 28, 2008 11:38 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I am that younger audience

but come on he’s Frank Gifford

by queler on Jun 28, 2008 2:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Phil McConkey, Odessa Turner, Steven Baker, and Lionel Manuel

Great receivers? The weakest position on the Giants during the late ‘80s and through the ‘90s was WR. None of those guys were even close to being top-flight guys, much less all-timers (w/apologies to our own SBaker The Touchdown Maker, of course).

by ETVal on Jun 27, 2008 8:48 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'll gladly concede that the Giants receiving corps

(not counting Bavaro) sucked during Phil Simms entire tenure. Should that be a reason to keep him out of the HOF?

by TerraByte on Jun 27, 2008 12:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Simms?

No, but you can only go by the numbers he did put up. I always wondered what he would have done playing in San Francisco w/those weapons, but we will never know.

by ETVal on Jun 27, 2008 1:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Turner

Could have been one of the all time greats, if he didn’t quit playing in cold weather!

We're only gonna score 17 points?

by big blue wrecking crew on Jun 27, 2008 12:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Toomer

If he wasn’t a superstar than he was very close to being one in the Fassell years. In 2002 he had 1300 yards & 8 TDs and had a 204 yard game against the Colts. Am I remembering correctly that he barely missed the Pro Bowl in those years? At any rate, I always thought it was a shame he didn’t.

As for the rest, I always though of Jones as the best of the bunch from the pre-Toomer era, but I’d be interested in what George and 57 think on this one?

by potroast on Jun 27, 2008 8:46 AM EDT   0 recs

This is a tough vote

Perhaps I should have conceded a spot to Toomer and let everyone vote on the 2nd spot. If Amani wins in a runaway and there is no clear 2nd choice, maybe we will revote the 2nd slot. But, we’ll see how it plays out.

by ETVal on Jun 27, 2008 8:50 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

pot, I've been out on the big lake since Thurs morning and just got home.

I haven’t voted for WR yet, but I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. Up until last year I wouldn’t have voted for Toomer, but he has been around so long, has made so many clutch catches, has put up such great career stats, and has made QBs look so good so often by snagging tough balls that I decided to go with him months ago.He’ll never strike fear into defenses like Shofner and Jones (who ran but a half step behind Bob Hayes, “the world’s fastest human” in the hundred. but a guy who has played so well so long has earned his spot on the team. I don’t think Amani’ll ever make the Hall, but Shofner and Jones didn’t either. The tough call wil be to choose between them. So, Im voting for amani and for a second vote.

by george cronin on Jun 27, 2008 6:43 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

its weird

Toomer seems like a consensus choice, just because he has been Giants receiving for the last ten years. He was never a dominating player and will probably have a tougher time then Art Monk making the Hall. Still, he’s a no-brainer for me. I love the story about him not even seeing the TD that finished the comeback over the Eagles two years ago. He was so worn out he needed 4 IV bags after the game. Plus he finished out that game that he got injured that year, without even looking injured, and was then out of the season (I can’t remember the injury). I remember the first time I really noticed him, streaking to the end zone to ruin the Broncos perfect season.

Also gotta go with Homer Jones, how can you leave out of the bios that he invented the TD spike?

As far as the lack of candidates, there’s a reason when Burress was signed the reports all said, “Giving the Giant’s their first deep threat since….. uh since….?”

by queler on Jun 27, 2008 10:20 AM EDT   0 recs

and plax

Plax will be there in a few more years. He can catch better then TO, he can handle the press better then Moss, and he blocks like Hines Ward. The only thing that stop him getting on this list is his own head.

by queler on Jun 27, 2008 10:22 AM EDT   0 recs

It seems

that Plax’s head issues are behind him. He seemed to mature a lot last year. I think he’ll be there in a fe years too.

by potroast on Jun 27, 2008 12:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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