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Catches like this were almost never made decades ago because all receivers went bare-handed (ya know, natural without any 'assistance').
I didn't play WR at any significant level but I did play and some of these catches are impossible without gloves.
ODB's end zone catch would have NEVER been made in a billion years bare-handed.
That catch you just saw? Would never be made bare-handed. In negative degree weather??? 
Honestly, these gloves function as a mini-steroid for these receivers. They're great and then for the very special ones the gloves put them at an elite level (or in ODB's case, a near super-human level).
But make no mistake, these catches were never made because players never wore gloves designed to help you make these types of catches.
This doesn't even speak to whatever 'stick-um' adhesive they are using on these gloves that the NFL doesn't have any rules to check for.
The point is, all this Ooooohing! and Ahhhhing! for catches that are only possible because of modern technology. Stop being so quick to credit the player with every aspect of a catch.
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