Isaac Bruce claims he and Torry Holt are the greatest wide receiver duo in NFL history
Less than a month from his enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, former Rams receiver Isaac Bruce has a message for any of his doubters: he and Torry Holt are the league’s best wide receiver duo of all-time.
“It may seem like a whole lot of arrogance to other people, but numbers don’t lie,” Bruce said during an interview with CBS. “Everything we put on the football field, the film, it is what it is. You can always go back and turn it on.”
When asked whether he believes he and Holt were a better pair than Vikings greats Randy Moss and Cris Carter, both Hall of Fame wide receivers who played around the same time, Bruce was quick to give one reason why.
“We won a Super Bowl,” Bruce said.
Bruce and Holt were part of the Rams team, nicknamed the “Greatest Show on Turf," that won the Super Bowl at the conclusion of the 1999 season. Holt, a rookie at the time, helped his team put up 526 points en route to the Lombardi Trophy. In Super Bowl XXXIV, the dynamic duo combined on 13 receptions for 271 yards and two touchdowns in the 23-16 victory over the Titans.
Carter retired without even playing in the championship game and Moss lost in two trips with the Patriots and 49ers. Moss is fourth all-time in the NFL with 15,292 receiving years, just ahead of Bruce with 15,208 receiving yards. Carter has 13,899 career yards, good enough for 13th most in league history, and Holt totaled 13,382 yards for 16th.
Moss and Carter also take the advantage in career touchdowns, ranking fourth and eighth, respectively, while Bruce ranks 31st and Holt rounds out the pack at 84th.
On August 7, Bruce will join former Rams teammates Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk and Orlando Pace in the Hall of Fame, becoming the fourth member of the Greatest Show on Turf to be inducted.
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