# Best white NFL receiver since Super Bowl I? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 28, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312 "2010-09-28T02:36:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/41 "2010-09-29T22:26:08Z")
**Mod Note:** I’ve received reports that people consider this to be a racist thread, or at least a racist OP. Although the OP is admittedly less than delicate, I’ll note that **Cubsfan** is himself, indeed, white. While that doesn’t necessarily remove the “racism” from the equation, it does go a way to alleviate suspicions of _malicious_ racism. Carry on. Gukumatz, Game Room Moderator. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/42 "2010-09-30T00:33:45Z")
Errr, no…it’s rac_ial_, not rac_ist_. Sometimes the distinction is difficult to see, but in this case you have to be willfully trying to be offended. Edit to add: Upon rereading the OP, I see the target for ire: the word “whitey”. It’s enough of a non-issue that I didn’t even notice it the first time around, but I suppose if you enjoy being offended enough, that could twig your meter. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/43 "2010-09-30T03:47:33Z")
Racist thread? Really? What makes it racist? I figure that if you ask 1000 people to name the 20 best WR from the last 40 years off the top of their head 995 of them will not have a white name on their list. There are just too many memorable black WRs. FTR I don’t think the only measure of greatness is yards gained which is why Largent didn’t immediately come to mind. Some guys have very short careers due to injury but could have been superstars otherwise. So they don’t show up on lists based solely on numbers. And yes I’m white. Not sure why that matters here though. ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/44 "2010-09-30T06:09:53Z")
Bob Chandler led the NFL in receptions 1975-1977 If TE’s count: Dave Casper - Hall of Fame Todd Christianson - Led the league in receptions twice, 5 pro bowls Jeremy Shockey - 4 pro bowls ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/45 "2010-09-30T06:24:34Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Largent’s been retired for more than 20 years. People who were born after his last game will be old enough to legally drink this Christmas. One day you’ll be old too, smart ass. The answer is Steve Largent. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/46 "2010-09-30T06:53:07Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I was gonna say Jerry Rice kinda transcends it all … he’s the best black, white, human, alien, machine, animal, supernatural wide receiver. You look up “wide receiver” in the dictionary and his face should be right there next to the definition. Course it helped to have Joe Montana doing the passing. Rice’s best year in yardage was a year in which 11 of San Francisco’s games were started by Steve Young at QB, and 5 were started by the immortal Elvis Grbac. Rice could have gotten 1200 yards with my sister throwing to him. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/47 "2010-09-30T13:01:04Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Rice could have gotten 1200 yards with my sister throwing to him. I know I did. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/48 "2010-09-30T13:15:43Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > FTR I don’t think the only measure of greatness is yards gained which is why Largent didn’t immediately come to mind. OK, then you really need to consider the 100 career touchdowns. That’s a phenomenal number of scores for a receiver of his era. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/49 "2010-09-30T13:57:01Z")
> [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](#): > > > [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > > > Largent’s been retired for more than 20 years. People who were born after his last game will be old enough to legally drink this Christmas. > > One day you’ll be old too, smart ass. The answer is Steve Largent. I may not be as old as you are, but I’m old enough to have seen Largent in his prime (on TV, anyway). But not everyone on these boards is. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/50 "2010-10-01T04:38:31Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > I may not be as old as you are, but I’m old enough to have seen Largent in his prime (on TV, anyway). But not everyone on these boards is. You might not be much younger than me, though, which is somehow satisfying. 😉 I just thought the OP was already factoring in the age thing with the “since Super Bowl I” qualifier, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/51 "2010-10-03T04:33:47Z")
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