Rice is a hypocrite. That is not a fact. Jerry Rice retired as not only the greatest receiver of all time but also the greatest player of all time. Just like he did after every game, Eddie has greeted players like Joe Montana, Steve Young, Fred Dean and me in Canton, Ohio. The dynasties of yesteryear were torn apart by other leagues like the USFL for example, the Dolphins 3 key players on offense left the team to the USFL Csonka, Warfield and Kiick and 3 of their coaches also left for the USFL. DeBartolo: Pats fans who bring this up are like the little kid who gets caught doing something then whines that its not fair that hes the only one getting in trouble because his friend was doing it too. When I was a kid, I had these embarrassing huge hands that I would hide in my pockets. 2001 XXXV Baltimore Some fans simply some dont appreciate teams which resort to cheating. to me patriots are best team in NFL history, Hypocrite!!!!!!? Hitting 30 barely slowed Jerry Rice. You mad? Take away the SB trophy, dont give them any rings and take away the Cheaters schedule for a year. He is just a hypocrite and a fool. Its great that most of the fans here dont understand why the pats fans are posting. Rice joined the 49ers in 1985 and as a rookie just did what the rest of the league was doing. It is a fact that Goodell feels he can braek the rules by not doing an impartial fact gathering analysis from BOTH teams while LEAKING false info to the news media that slanders/defames the Patriots. His uniform had to be perfect or he didnt feel perfect on the field. Kick him out of the HOF. New England then played Miami in the final game of the season, setting up a rematch in the first-round of the playoffs the following weekend. It isn't easy.. It make it fun to watch. We know that players used stickum, no doubt they still do and Im sure all teams fiddle with the ball PSI. This isnt surprising, and personally I dont think it really diminishes anything. Russ Grimm, Dick LeBeau, Floyd Little, John Randle, another 49er Rickey Jackson, and, of course, the NFL all-time leading rusher Emmitt Smith. in the Patriots situation,they created an edge because the seahawks didnt. That is cheating and worst kind, you are actually hurting the players you root for. Even better, Pats fans are now laughing even harder at all of you who have clung to your cheater and spygate narratives so bitterly. He was like magic. No . WHO CARES! 2008 XLII New York Giants I am a 49er fan and I wonder what prompted Rice to make an absolute fool of himself. Bet some of that stickum got on the ball for Joe to grip. Number four, its just bad form to try to derive benefit for oneself by casting negative aspersions on others (in this case, a whopping 100% of the others). It seems that two of your five Super Bowl victories with the 49ers (Super Bowls XXIII and XXIV) would never have happened had Jerry Rice not cheated, by his OWN admission no less. To my Dancing With the Stars family, you provided me with a whole new audience to thrill and a new challenge, another venue where I could be judged and triumph over my fear. Even when purchased brand new they were very sticky and they were NFL approved. It makes me want to stop watching football. In front of 57,000 fans in a Monday night game at Candlestick, Rice dropped three more passes. Youre stupid if you dont, frankly. Some fans simply some dont appreciate teams which resort to cheating. Byars taught the Patriots defense all of the Dolphins audibles. People who have been crying about Spygate for years have always overlooked the fact that such behavior has been RAMPANT throughout the NFL throughout its history. To the selection committee, thank you for bestowing this great honor to me. In Summary: TUCK rule = Proper call, no cheating It was as if I was saying, You're going to have to work so hard to get to where I am, and if you can pay that price, you deserve it. [Tied for 1st] Most Games Played 10 Just another example of the Pats making a legal signing and doing nothing illegal that other fans somehow consider cheating. Funny how everyone making this claim ignores the salient fact that if Goodell were really protecting the Pats and friends with Kraft, that there would never have been a deflategate in the first place as he would have warned the Pats before the game and made sure it never came up. Does this mean Montana wasnt as good as his stats made him out to be since his best receiver was cheating? He is generally regarded as the greatest wide receiver ever and one of the greatest players in National Football League history. And draft picks,.we want draft picks forfeited. Scoring Titles: 1987, 1995, O Oakland Raiders All other titles with San Francisco 49ers, 1980s All-Decade Team And thats why I said get rid of all the Super Bowl rings and start everything anew. He just hates the Patriots because they are burying all the 49er records! The former is legal; the latter is cheating. There was an issue with the Dolphins and the Patriots back then and it was that the Pats had videotaped illegally all of the signals and after a game, not a playoff as it is claimed above, the Dolphin players got suspicious because it was obvious that they were taping signals and knew the signals. And since sideline taping was not illegal before 2007 it was by definition not cheating. How can he now say (2 weeks after admitting it) that his research has made him realise stickum was illegal? - But, from the moment team sports were invented everyone has been looking for a competitive advantage. Just like every other team. The following year, Rice set the NFL record for touchdown receptions in a season with 22. [Tied for 1st] Most Points, Game 18 (vs. Denver, Super Bowl XXIV; vs. San Diego, Super Bowl XXIX) The culture of cheating must have been fostered by the coach. Presenter:Eddie DeBartolo, Jr., former San Francisco 49ers owner, Other Members of the Class of 2010: Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Dick LeBeau, Floyd Little, John Randle, Emmitt Smith. She is the most caring and passionate person I know. With a playing career that began in 1985 and stretched out to 2005, Jerry Rice has plenty of card options to collect. 1987 Most Valuable Player/Player of the Year (PFWA, NEA, SN, MX) XXV. [1st] Most Seasons, 1,000 or More Yards Receiving 12 He is a perfectionist. This has been such an unbelievable week. Please tell. 1992 XXVI Washington [1st] Most Yards Receiving, Rookie Season 927 (1985) All-Time NFL Team (selected in year 2000) [Tied for 1st] Most Pass Receptions, Game 9 (at N.Y. They admitted guilt and moved on. [Tied for 3rd] Most Two-Point Conversions, Career 4 He had five receptions for 133 yards and two touchdowns, one of which was a 61-yarder. Much like most former players they still wanna live in the limelight and are quite annoying as analysts. (Records through the 2004 season, Rices final season with Oakland), [Tied for 3rd] Most Pass Receptions, Game 11 (at Pittsburgh, September 15, 2002), Postseason Records [1st] Most Touchdowns, Season 23 (1987) The guy should have been suspended for his on-field cheating and banned for life for his off field activities, but instead the Ravens built him a statue. That made me work even harder. Another one I th. Lets see what Las Vegas does if the Patriots as an organization are cheating in games for 8 years. 1994 NFC San Francisco 49ers 38, Dallas Cowboys 28 Well, maybe the stickum allowed him to make those game changing one handed grabs that he was known for whereas he otherwise wouldnt have been able to. While I am a Pats fan, and as soon as you say that people lose all respect because they feel you are being instantly biased, lets think about this for a second: Pretty simple question: If you smoke crack, but everyone is doing it, does that make it legal? The fact is that the law regarding stickum was passed in 1981 and everyone ignored it. carloswlassiter says: Pass Receiving Titles: 1986, 1990, 1996 Pathetic. Even if every single team in the NFL cheated in one way or another, it wouldnt change the fact that Goodells relationship with Kraft almost assures that the Patriots will never be punished. He set his career-high for catches in a season at 109 in 2015, then caught 107 passes in 2016 and then had 109 grabs again in 2017. I mean we could be here for hours going over Jerry Rices records. Roger Goodell must be getting grayer by the minute. The Niners won, 19-6, thanks in part to a 27-yard touchdown catch by Solomon." Jerry Rice had Montana and Young throwing to him while he cheated. Touchdown Leader: 1987, 1993 I never wanted to let my father down, and I was afraid to let Bill Walsh down. Rice, like Cris Carter said about himself, could only marvel in what he wished he could do and watched Moss do it. Before landing. [1st] Most Yards Receiving in Single Game, Rookie Season 241 (vs. L.A. Rams, Dec. 9, 1985) Patriot honks: Goodell destroyed ALL evidence of SpyGate. R.G. He had five receptions for 77 yards and one touchdown. Calling other fans jealous or haters only serves to make you simpletons look even more pathetic than previously thought. Jerry Rice is the NFL's career receptions leader with 1,549 As it stands, Larry Fitzgerald has the most receptions among active leaders. Then he goes on to crucify Tom Brady as a cheater for using deflated footballs which STILL hasnt been proven! I'm truly honored and humbled. Hard to believe he didnt. about an opponent than any former player can tell them. No wide receiver in NFL history played more than Rices 20 seasons. *George Seifert To him the record that means the most is his 208 touchdowns. [2nd] Most Yards Receiving, Season 1,570 (1986) They all do something to gain an edge, even if its illegal. The NFL has been pretty much dead to me after the Rams and Raiders left L.A. Who cares what the rest of the nation thinks about you or your dirty franchise? They were fined for the game they did it was a new rule post 2006. The actually catching skill might be declining. Here are the top 10 players of all time by total touchdowns scored from scrimmage. 22 bids - Price: $74.00 - Watchers: 47. Jerry Rice broke the rules and got away with it. Mark Brunell? AND HE IS ONE LUCKY GUY AFTER ALL Brady in the 6th round, the tuck rule, a commissioner who plays bitch to their owner and destroys evidence for them while destroys the New Orleans Saints for something much less compromising to the integrity of the NFL. Because you have an edge up on your opponent and its unfortunate that it happened. [1st] Most Games, 100 or More Yards Receiving, Season 9 (1995) Some fans simply some dont appreciate teams which resort to cheating. [1st] Most Receiving Touchdowns, Career 22 I will also add, regarding the issue of deflated footballs (deflategate is a witchhunt based on misinformation, it seems), in his autobiography, Terry Bradshaw says they deflated footballs all the time. Give Jerry the ridiculous gloves the players get to wear today and he would never drop a passSpider man gloves. Of all the cheating scandals, to me the Steroid Steelers was the worst. Super Bowl XXIII MVP Time to put an asterisk on their SB wins! Everything he worked for, everything he strived for, and everything that meant anything to him, this all comes to fruition now with his induction into this great Hall of Fame. Add SF, Falcons, Saints, Browns, etc. Rice is still the GOAT. Throw them away, Tom, Jerry, Rodgers, Steve, and etc. That likely does happen a lot. That set the tone. I personally have no issues with Rice using stickum. Changing the integrity of the game like Rice to his admission, and the Pats time and time again have has no place in a league that preaches integrity. Answer (1 of 7): I would like to think it would be TO because he played with left-handed and right-handed QBs and had a tendency to get great yardage after the catch, make spectacular catches, yet seemed to drop simple catches from time to time. U must be such a great packers fan that you dont even know rogers openly admitted he tries to get over inflated balls into games. I guess thats why the refs didnt think Jerry Rice could possibly have fumbled on the final drive in that Jan. 1999 playoff game that screwed the Packers. If the NFL banned gloves, wed see completion percentages drop from 60% to 50%. Glue helps you hold onto the football, and holding onto the football got Jerry Rice into the Hall of Fame. Im not saying the outcome of the game would have been different or anything like that because they got beat 45-7, but they still had an edge.. Montana had already won two super bowls before they got Rice, so this revelation doesnt effect Joe. [1st] Most Receiving Touchdowns, Game 5 (vs. Atlanta, Oct. 14, 1990) So I guess Jerry is implicating all of the ball-handling players on the 49ers. The Patriots actually played much better when the balls were re-inflated at halftime. In baseball, there will always be vasoline, pine tar, steroids, corked bats, stolen signals, under the table contracts to name a few. Jerry Rice Nickname: World Birth date: October 13, 1962 Age: 60 Zodiac Sign: Libra Height: 6' 2" Relationship Status: Married Net Worth: $50 million Jerry's Social Media: Background Jerry Rice was born in Starkville, Mississippi. Grow up and quit being so naive, Even if every single team in the NFL cheated in one way or another, it wouldnt change the fact that Goodells relationship with Kraft almost assures that the Patriots will never be punished. At No. Its no different than the gloves that receivers use today that have a tacky grip that helps prevent the ball from sliding through their hands. There is no other reason to destroy the evidence other than to truly protect the league from the carnage that would have ensued. 18008 Bothell Everett Hwy SE # F, Bothell, WA 98012. The bare hands didn't help immediately. We were playing the Raiders on Monday Night Football and he scored three touchdowns that night to break the record. [1st] Most Receiving Touchdowns, Career 197 Cuz if u clowns wanna go down THAT road U cld say cheating goes on with EVERY SINGLE PLAY IN AN NFL GAME. And, of course, we went on to win three more. The funny thing is that Rice was stupid enough to throw stones at Brady when three days before he himself had openly admitted to cheating. It was a dream come true to be drafted by the 49ers, and I'm so proud to be part of such a classy organization, with the greatest owner ever, Eddie DeBartolo. #equalplayingfield.. NFL fans have to be some of the dumbest people on the planet. Should the league investigate? I doubt it could be any stickier than gloves are today. Feb 7, 2015 10:43 AM If Rice hadnt said Im going to be point blank, I feel like its cheating, with regard to the Patriots, I would have given him a pass, but he now comes across as a hypocritical fool only concerned with his legacy. [Tied for 1st] Most Receiving Touchdowns, Game 5 (vs. Atlanta, Oct. 14, 1990) 2010 Stats: Dropping the Ball Facebook But I guess I was preparing myself for something, destined for something, but I didn't know what. Got it. He also led the NFL in touchdown catches with 15. Oh and thanks Indianapolis Colts, youre shady tactics to bring heat on the Patriots has opened up a can of worms for the NFL and taken the attention away from the play on the field. However, pPayers are penalized, suspended when they are caught in the act. I had never been on an airplane until I was drafted by the 49ers. Has Bellichek done that? The Hall of Fame is the absolute culmination of his entire life. Pats are cheaters, (and oh by the way theyve been caught before), they were warned to stop cheating yet they continued to do it. And that was part of the conversation Belichick had with Goodell during the spygate investigation. Jerry Rice went to a college that nobody ever heard of. Quit trying to change the haters minds. if EVERYONE did it ,its not cheating Jerry Rice admits to using an illegal substance cheating to essentially creating an advantage for himself. Feb 7, 2015 8:34 PM 49ers steal Jerry Rice away from Cowboys. The Patriots are cheaters. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2010. jerry rice career drops it would not have even came up if Jerry hadnt run his mouth about Tom Brady..shame on you Jerry Rice not only for running your mouth about the Pats but for being a cheater..no wonder he thinks the Pats cheated..this guy just went from being a great athlete to being a clown in my book. I am stunned one man can be so nonchalant about ALL of this. Five Super Bowls in 12 years. Ok Haters and Trolls time for you to crawl back into mommys basement. I love how when any other player or team gets caught or openly admits to cheating its no big deal. Easy. Cheated rings are useless, now that every one knows about it. The Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health will come to order. All Super Bowl winning teams have cheated. He had the most TDs by a receiver in the one year he play with Tom. Just ask where the White Suit is. If Thomas Jefferson spoke from the grave, he would admit something negative that we could tweet out and disparage him. Pats haters everywhere now scrambling to find a way to blame this on Belichick. Not a 49er fan but had a lotion deep respect for your skills and records but you enhanced them by making it almost impossible to drop the ball. And secondly I dont believe for a second that he didnt know stickum was illegal and therefore found out by doing his research. Jerry Rice Reveals His Unlikely Introduction To Football. I found this page that says Terrell Owens had ~118 drops in his career (not including his last year). It is the ultimate team game, but he is edge that the Patriots have has all this time. And, he admitted to breaking those rules to gain an advantage. Im a Jets fan and I can say this the Patriots are the best team of this decade. Thank you. Carters reaction will be most interesting. Lets see. So youre telling me that Rice called out Brady as a cheater on national TV where there is no proof of guilt while he openly cheated himself. I love it when some commentary would refer to an upstart receiver as the next Jerry Rice. [1st] Most Consecutive Games with a Pass Reception 225 (1985-2000) It was just an unbelievable night. revelation123 says: jerry rice total career drops. They have the Best Owner, Best Coach and Greatest QB of all time .deal with it ! Some of us though are not too fond of cheating and like games to be decided of who is better rather than who can get away with more. Eventually something in your past will be dug up. [Tied for 3rd] Most Games, 100 or More Yards Receiving, Season 9 (1995) So..in reality. And if you dont realize that then you are the one with your head in the sand. I remember Jerry Rice dropping all those passes during his first 3 seasons. In short, its wrong and Belichick was warned about it before. I didn't want to let my father down. I regret that I cannot mention all of you today, but I hope you all know how important you are to me. Back in the mid 1990s with the cloth and leather gloves. 1. why is kristen so fat on last man standing . [1st] Most Touchdowns, Career 22 2005 XXXIX New England* Good job solving this riddle. EVERY team was videotaping because it was LEGAL and EVERY team plays fast and loose with football/inflation, including Aaron Rodgers, who likes his footballs OVERINFLATED. Had Rice not called Brady a liar and a cheat on national TV and had ESPN not been fueling the Deflategate slander of the Pats, this would be a non-story. Neither Rice, nor any player, should try to lessen their culpability by saying EVERYone else did it or that ALL players did it.. Best receiver of all time. Does this mean Montana wasnt as good as his stats made him out to be since his best receiver was cheating? July 3, 2022July 3, 2022. seattle children's hospital psychiatry and behavioral medicine unit alan decker covid your honor 10 athletes who took a stand against social inequality. Real curious to see ALL the information the NFL investigation turns up on deflategate. Text Size:thredup ambassador program how to dress more masculine for a woman. To my children, I am so proud of you. One of the fun parts of having former NFL players on ESPN or whatever else is they can give fans perspectives on what is actually happening in NFL games. Hurts me to say this but you are no better the the Patriots. At a time when many were expecting Rice to claim that his words were taken out of context or that he was joking, Rice has taken to Twitter to admit that he did it, and that it was more than a little illegal., I apologize ppl after doing my research about stickum!, Rice said. And Jerry Rice admitted he cheated using some illegal-substance to help catch the ball. Theres nothing wrong with using stickum. Left and right arrows move across top level links and expand / close menus in sub levels. Thank you to my brothers and my sisters for sharing this moment with me today. After shattering nearly every NCAA receiving record, Rice joined the defending Super Bowl champion 49ers in the fall of 1985. That was it, nothing more. He was like a father to me, someone I could talk to about relationships and business or professional football. . If she just met you, she would invite you into her home and cook you dinner. Career Stats for WR Jerry Rice. Just my opinion. Actually mullman, you are half right the evidence was destroyed, but not after Goodell played the videos in a continuous loop on a screen behind him for all the reporters to witness as he delivered the absurd punishment. Everybody else cheats too! its not to justify the actions of Spygate, but rather to say, Why are you self-righteously piling on the Pats when every other team/player is also pushing to the edge of the rules too? No one game more exemplified his ability to raise his level of play when the lights were at the brightest, the night he broke Jim Browns career touchdown record. Register now! Not. Lets put an asterisk next to those. Feb 7, 2015 10:42 AM I REFUSE to think any less of Jerry Rice. When the Patriots are even accused of breaking the rules it is headlining the national news for over a week and every pundit, writer, and fan outside of NE is calling for their head on a stake. With Hall of Fame receiver Jerry Rice applying an asterisk to New England's latest Super Bowl win, Patriots fans will now apply 1,549 asterisks to Jerry Rice's career achievements. Everyone did it. Could people write them down? Can we be men now and just enjoy sports? No doubt Cris Carter will take advantage of this to try to get some recognition. Pretty sure everyone still cheats in one way or another cmon when you have millions of dollars on the line with careers people do anything. Howard Cosell used to call him bad hands Jerry Rice. Thats the sound of pats nation basking in your tears jerry. That is the new narrative the Patriots are trying to hose the football nation with. There are too many of them to mention. Does this and deflated footballs honestly matter? But, it also shows how hypocritical all of the holier-than-thou posturing is against the Patriots. in the Patriots situation,they created an edge because the seahawks didnt. The Pats supposedly cheated using under-deflated balls to help receivers catch the ball. He won 2 Offensive Player of the Year awards, 1 Super Bowl MVP award and 3 championships. Although Jerry Rice was included in the Player's Ink insert set in 1998, the 1999 SP edition has a more classic look. - The guy should have been suspended for his on-field cheating and banned for life for his off field activities, but instead the Ravens built him a statue. Lets not forget Jerry Rice was a member of the 2001 Oakland Raiders team that lost the Snow Bowl/Tuck Rule game as well. Who has proven to cheat recently? But its cool though right? So after whacks with a leather strap, he forced me to meet with Charles Davis, our head football coach, who convinced me to come out for the team. I love you, Bill, your wife Geri and your family. That Super Bowl was simply amazing and yet people are still talking about cheating. [3rd] Most Receiving Touchdowns, Season 15 (1986, 1993, 1995) The PC crowd has turned many into sorry bitching amoebas. Super Bowl XXIV San Francisco 49ers 55, Denver Broncos 10 Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962) is a Hall of Fame American football wide receiver. A substance equal to stickum was used on all leather receivers gloves even into this century. People complain that Pats fans say Everybody does it as some kind of justification, but thats not true. He had 11 receptions for 215 yards and one touchdown. It just makes all the winning better knowing that theyre going to bed crying every season, dreaming their team could be even a fraction as good as the pats.. SMH. ==================================== To me, he owes the Pats a huge apology. Hes just been better at the end of games then every other QB in history, and that has turned a lot of losses into wins. That old fear of failure again. Bills, Jets, Miami fansStart this waygood ownership, REAL FOOTBALL PEOPLE TO MAKE REAL FOOTBALL DECISIONS. Better yet, if you are doing anything thats deemed not legal/cheating, if everyone is doing it, does that make it legal/not cheating? [2nd] Most Receiving Touchdowns, Season 17 (1989) Rice started at wide receiver. If Ray had been using Antler Spray, then he ran the risk of being caught. The one problem Walsh and the 49ers faced in the 1985 draft was they had won the Super Bowl the previous year, hence holding the final pick in Round 1. Better hands than Rice as we all know, and didnt have to use stickem. Same level of hypocrisy as major politicians in America. I made a mistake today. Ive read a lot of people excusing Rice because the gloves today are sticky anyway. I found this post that says Fitz has the lowest drop percentage of any active WR. He is still the greatest of all time. Jerry Rice was truly blessed throughout his entire career. DUH We all know this with pure scientific observation of our tires every winter DUH Does everyone in Montana drink? The facts are now supporting a case against the Colts for making this up, not against the Patriots for actually doing anything. I love this story! So I guess by that definition, the Patriots NEVER cheated either since EVERY team was doing the same thing as them. Not to mention teams change signals all the time because they know other teams have scouted them out. [1st] Most Games, 100 or More Yards Receiving, Career 76
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