Obscure sports trivia

He also once won a spaghetti eating contest against an ostrich, who ended up dying from overeating.

Thank you, Baseball Hall of Shame book series.

 

Of all 32 NFL teams, which has the player with the least amount of career receiving yards as its all-time leader? Bonus if you can name the player.

 

Completely off the top of my head wild guess: Patriots -- Irving Fryar.

 

Ha! After guessing, I looked up the Pats' career receiving leaders list. Not even close!

 

Knowing how bad their QBs have been since, oh, the 1940s, I bet the Chicago Bears are the team. And I will guess Johnny Morris as the receiver.

 

The Bears were my guess too, with Wille Gault or even Mike Ditka.

 

The Ravens and ... hell, I can't even think of a great receiver who was with them long enough to set the franchise record. And as good as they've been, they've always been built more around running and defense than passing.

 

The answer is the Bears with Morris, who had a tick over 5000 career yards, but that included a 1,200 yards season.

Second is the Ravens and Derrick Mason who had 5777 in Baltimore.

 

Morris might be best known as a longtime sportscaster after his NFL career. He did newscasts on WBBM, the Chicago CBS affiliate, into the 1980s and would sometimes be the analyst for Bears TV games on the same network.

 

Which nfl team has the lowest career rushing yard leader?

 

Texans, since they’re the newest franchise?

 

I’m not even going to try after my previous debacle.