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We noted last week that ESPN analyst Todd McShay considers Clemson receiver DeAndre Hopkins to have some of the best hands in the draft. This Sport Science video offers three minutes of illustration. Hopkins' hands are 20 percent larger than avera...

Although Tampa Bay's Vincent Jackson went deep into the season before dropping his first pass, Atlanta's Harry Douglas had the NFC South's best hands in 2012. At least if you go by the numbers. Douglas finished with a division-high 97.4 catch perc...

When ESPN Stats & Information sends out its weekly package that includes the league leaders in individual and team dropped passes, I usually do a post about it. It was relevant last year when Atlanta's Roddy White was running away with the lea...

Who has the best hands in the NFC South? If you go purely by the numbers, it's Tampa Bay's Vincent Jackson. According to ESPN Stats & Information, Jackson is the only NFC South wide receiver to be targeted at least 20 times who has not dropped...

The best hands Jim Harbaugh has ever seen on a wide receiver account for two of the San Francisco 49ers' 11 drops this season. Michael Crabtree, though generally very solid for the 49ers this season, hasn't met the nearly impossible standard his h...

EA Sports is giving gamers the amazing ability to help shape the player ratings in "Madden NFL 13," and this week, the receiver results have been revealed. Below are the winners of the Facebook vote in four critical categories, which will result in b...

Before offering his list of five wideouts with the best hands, ESPN's Tim Hasselbeck explains why he thinks San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh offered such high praise for Michael Crabtree. "If you look at the context, Randy Moss joins the tea...

There's little sense in taking the bait when San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh tells a radio program Michael Crabtree "has the best hands I've ever seen on a wide receiver." Anyone with a strong grasp of NFL history would place Cris Carter, R...

We have a tie when it comes to the best hands in the NFC South. New Orleans' Marques Colston and Tampa Bay's Preston Parker each had a 97.6 catch percentage during the regular season, according to ESPN Stats & Information. Let's take a look at ...

He's a backup wide receiver on a losing team. But, at least statistically speaking, Tampa Bay's Preston Parker has the best hands in the NFC South. Parker has a division-best 97.2 wide-receiver catch percentage (receptions divided by receptions pl...

Hines Ward doesn't have the speed like fellow Steelers wide receiver Mike Wallace. He isn't as elusive in the open field as Antonio Brown. But Ward knows how to find holes in zone coverages and he knows how to catch the ball. In fact, Ward has the...

We have a new leader in NFC South catch percentage for wide receivers and the name probably will surprise you. According to ESPN Stats & Information, it's Tampa Bay's Preston Parker, who is ninth in the NFL with a 97.2 catch percentage (recept...

Who has the best hands in the NFC South? Well, if you go strictly by the numbers, the answer would be Lance Moore, Preston Parker and Brandon LaFell. They lead the NFC South, and are among the league leaders in wide receiver catch percentage (rece...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- For years, there has been a strong consensus that receiver Steve Smith had the best pass-catching hands on the Carolina Panthers. But that's changed in the eyes of at least one key player. While going out of his way to heap pr...

As part of the Best of the NFL Week on ESPN.com, here are five bests for the AFC East: Best hands, Davone Bess: Just to get a rise out of everybody, I could have gone with New York Jets receiver Braylon Edwards here. After all, he dropped only one...

As part of Best of the NFL Week on ESPN.com, here are five bests for the NFC North: Best hands, Earl Bennett: The NFC North has no shortage of elite receivers who have collected Pro Bowl honors, from Greg Jennings to Calvin Johnson to Sidney Rice....