NFL History: 50 greatest quarterback-wide receiver tandems in NFL history

DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 27: Matthew Stafford #9 of the Detroit Lions celebrates with teammate Calvin Johnson #81 after a first quarter touchdown the game against the Dallas Cowboys at Ford Field on October 27, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) /

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The 25th greatest quarterback-wide receiver duo in NFL history: Kurt Warner & Torry Holt

On paper, the tag team of Kurt Warner and Torry Holt was a terrific one. The two shared the same stage for five seasons. But, due to a long list of injuries to Warner, we’ll discount those final two years together.

From 1999-2001, Warner and Holt were essentially as good as it gets as a duo.

During those three years together, they did pretty much everything imaginable. Both players were named to two Pro Bowls apiece. Warner garnered MVP honors in 1999 after throwing for 41 touchdowns, and 4,353 yards. He took home another MVP in 2001. This time, on the back of a season in which he threw 4,830 yards and 36 touchdowns.

Holt led the league in receiving yards in 2000 with 1,635 and nearly repeated the feat one year later after racking up 1,363. In two of those three seasons together, the St. Louis Rams made two Super Bowl appearances, winning one against the Tennessee Titans and losing the other to the New England Patriots.

All in all, they compete with the best of them on any given Sunday.

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