Marvin Harrison's TD catch against New England: Nov. 5, 2006

Regardless of how you feel about the Colts, Patriots, Brady, Manning, Belichick, Dungy, or whatever if you watched Sunday night's game bwtween the Colts and Patriots (Nov. 5, 2006), you saw quite possibly one of the most brilliant catches in the history of professional football. Lots of people throw that statement around these days ("...in the history of professional football...") but in this case it is true. Marvin Harrison's 3rd quarter TD catch was as great as it gets, and only Marvin Harrison can make a grab like that. While players like Terrell Owens drop easy passes placed into their hands, or guys like Chad Johnson whine about not getting the ball enough, players like Marvin Harrison make plays so awe inspiring they deserve a place in Canton.

To aid you in fully appreciating Harrison's catch, I've downloaded some pictures from Colts.com and placed them in order. These pictures should show you just how magnificant Marvin Harrison is.

Pass thrown to Marvin, forcing him to re-adjust.

Marvin extends to grab the pass with one hand.

Marvin can't grab it with one hand, but manages to tip the ball to himself.

Marvin snatches the ball he has tipped to himself, but as he does this he is tumbling out-of-bounds.

Amazingly, Marvin keeps both feet in bounds; but does he have control of the football?

As he falls out of bounds, Marvin still has both toes on the ground and retains full control of the football.

Touchdown!

So, to recap: ball thrown to Marvin; he tries to catch it one-handed; he can't, so he tips the ball to himself; while falling out-of-bounds, he keeps both feet in-bounds and retains control of the football; touchdown!

It is an unbelievable, amazing catch; one of the ages. When they enshrine this guy in Canton, they will reference this catch. Absolutely amazing.

This pictures are available at Colts.com, where they have several great action images from the game.