Colorado Newsday: 'Greatest catch of all time': A new football star is born as Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. defies gravity on Sunday Night Football

'Greatest catch of all time': A new football star is born as Giants receiver
Odell Beckham Jr. defies gravity on Sunday Night Football
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Staff Writer on 23/11/2014 21:40:00


*Odell Beckham Jr was being dragged to the ground in first quarter	*Leaped
backwards into the air and caught the ball with thumb and finger	*Viewers of the
Dallas Cowboys game on Sunday night left gobsmacked
By Mia De Graaf for MailOnline
Published:   23:17 EST, 23 November 2014   |    Updated:   23:40 EST, 23
November 2014
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He was being dragged to the ground.
But that didn't stop New York Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr from pulling off
what many are calling the greatest catch of all time.
With just his thumb and two fingers, the 22-year-old hurled himself backwards
into the air to score an unbelievable 43-yard touchdown.
Unbelievable: Odell Beckham Jr caught the ball with just a thumb and two fingers
while falling backwards 
Greatest catch of all time? Commentators and fellow NFL players gushed about the
22-year-old's skill
It came during the first play of the second quarter against the Dallas Cowboys
on Sunday night at the Met Life stadium in New Jersey.
And as the Giants celebrated a 14-3 lead, viewers were gobsmacked.
Legendary NBC sportscaster Al Michaels exclaimed: 'That's incredible.'
Meanwhile his fellow commentator Cris Collinsworth could not stop shouting.
'Put that to music!' he gushed, 'That is absolutely impossible what he just did!
That may be the greatest catch I've ever seen in my life!'
His peers were no less impressed.
Lauded: Beckham brought the Giants to a 14-3 lead against the Dallas Cowboys in
Sunday night's game
'Impossible!': Even after catching the ball, Beckham kept his weight forward and
stepped twice before falling
Perfection: He scored a 43-yard touchdown in the second quarter of the game at
the MetLife Stadium
Gushing: His peers took to Twitter applauding Beckham for his skills and 'the
catch of the year'
'Increible!': The notoriously excitable Spanish language commentary of the catch
is now a hit on Twitter
'Wow. What a catch. #Respect,' Vontae Davis, Indianapolis Colts' cornerback,
wrote.
Jeremy Maclin, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver, simply tweeted: 'Sheesh' with
three applause signs.
The New York Giants' Victor Cruz said 'that's the best catch I've ever seen',
while the San Diego Chargers' Eddie Royal and Green Bay Packers' Randall Cobb
called it the 'catch of the year'.
Balletic? One artistic Twitter user fashioned Beckham's outstretched catch into
a corps of ballet dancers
Otherworldly: According to this Photoshop user, Beckham catch looked like
something out of Space Jam 
Contorted: Twitter users flipped Beckham in numerous ways to create hilarious
memes
David Nelson, of the New York Jets, wrote: 'Beckham Jr... WOW!!!!'
Predictably, the internet was awash with PhotoShopped images of Beckham's
contorted body in various scenarios.
One shows him backflipping over the moon to catch the ball.
Another lines up his outstretched arm with a corps of ballet dancers.
 
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