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Kurt Warner Shares Thoughts on Santonio Holmes’ Super Bowl Catch: ‘You Gotta Tip Your Hat And Give It To Him’

Football is full of all different kinds of controversy, and there are certainly several plays in Steelers’ history that embody that. Jesse James’ non-catch is one of the most recent, and Franco Harris’ Immaculate Reception is the most famous, but Santonio Holmes’ toe-tapping grab in Super Bowl 43 might be the most improbable. Whether it’s the tight window that Ben Roethlisberger threw the ball in or the impossible stretch Holmes makes to secure the ball, the play almost looks like poetry in motion. However, that hasn’t stopped people from crying foul by saying Holmes didn’t get both feet down, although the Cardinals’ starting quarterback from that game doesn’t seem to be one of them.