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Giants player Odell Beckham became a meme after this crazy catch

Internet-obsessed football fans reacted as only they can.

 

Alex La Ferla

Internet Culture

Posted on Nov 24, 2014   Updated on May 30, 2021, 3:44 am CDT

New York Giants rookie wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. made what many football fans are already calling the greatest catch ever during the first half of Sunday night’s game against the Dallas Cowboys. NBC Commentator Cris Collinsworth was positively giddy as the network repeatedly cycled through slo-mo replays of Beckham’s incredible one-handed catch.

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Collinsworth was not alone in his awe. On Sunday night, amateur photo editors everywhere took to Twitter and Tumblr to give the soon-to-be-iconic catch the meme treatment.

Below are some of our favorites so far:

https://twitter.com/geeksandcleats/status/536708697721167873

Photo via Guian Bolisay/Flickr (CC BY SA 2.0) | Remix by Jason Reed

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*First Published: Nov 24, 2014, 11:00 am CST