Think You Can Catch Footballs From Warren Moon?
If you’ve ever played football growing up, at some point you dreamed of playing at the highest level of the game whether in the NFL or the CFL. And no doubt you dreamed of catching passes and scoring touchdowns. That feeling of scoring the game-winning touchdown with a fingertip catch in front of a packed stadium is every young player’s fantasy.
Well, here are a few “regular Joes” trying their hand at catching passes from Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon. Think you could hold on to the ball? Take a look at these people when they give it a try.
Warren Moon was a legend in both the NFL and the CFL. In Canada with the Edmonton Eskimos he won five Grey Cup championships (1978-82) and was inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame in 2001.
He played another 17 seasons in the NFL with the Houston Oilers (now the Tennessee Titans), Seattle Seahawks, Minnesota Vikings and the Kansas City Chiefs. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
He threw for a total of 70,553 yards and 435 touchdowns in his 22 seasons of professional football. He is now the color commentator for the Seattle Seahawks radio network.
The number of receivers who caught touchdown passes from Warren Moon is too long to list here, but are the top five:
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Drew Hill – Houston Oilers – 43
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Ernest Givins – Houston Oilers – 40
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Haywood Jeffires – Houston Oilers – 30
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Cris Carter – Minnesota Vikings – 26
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Curtis Duncan – Houston Oilers – 19