Little Fanfare For an Uncommon Man

Washington Post ^ | Oct. 18, 2006 | Sally Jenkins

[drjimmy]

There are no ploys from Marvin Harrison, no antic bids for attention, look at me, look at me, look at me. So, it may come as a surprise to learn that Harrison is the best wide receiver in the NFL, and perhaps on his way to being the best of all time, certainly better than any other wide receivers you have heard of, those garrulous self-promoters with their megaphone egos, and Klaxon mouths, and stage props hidden in their socks. Compared with him, those guys are insufferable bleaters. They are merely good. Harrison is great.

[drjimmy]

For those who despair over the lack of true sportsmen these days, I bring you the anti-Owens. Marvin Harrison is a class act. I don't know if he will ever match all the numbers put up by Jerry Rice, but he will come pretty darned close.

[lepton]

Yeah...I was wondering if he'd ever heard of Rice.

[lepton]

If SHE had ever heard of Rice.

[JimRed]

I don't know if he will ever match all the numbers put up by Jerry Rice, but he will come pretty darned close.

More important, he will be as well respected as Rice by folks in and out of football.