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Best quarterback/wide receiver duos in NFL history

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INDIANAPOLIS - NOVEMBER 16: Peyton Manning No. 18 of the Indianapolis Colts celebrates the touchdown of Marvin Harrison No. 88 for a 30-20 lead over the Houston Texans during the fourth quarter at Lucas Oil Stadium on November 16, 2008 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS - NOVEMBER 16: Peyton Manning No. 18 of the Indianapolis Colts celebrates the touchdown of Marvin Harrison No. 88 for a 30-20 lead over the Houston Texans during the fourth quarter at Lucas Oil Stadium on November 16, 2008 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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MIAMI, FL: Bob Griese No. 12 of the Miami Dolphins drops back to pass in a circa mid 1970’s NFL game aginst theTampa Bay Buccaneers in Miami, Florida. Griese played for the Dolphins from 1967-80 (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL: Bob Griese No. 12 of the Miami Dolphins drops back to pass in a circa mid 1970’s NFL game aginst theTampa Bay Buccaneers in Miami, Florida. Griese played for the Dolphins from 1967-80 (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

14. Bob Griese and Paul Warfield

Paul Warfield was just an average 6-foot, 188-lb wide receiver from Ohio State when the Cleveland Browns made him the No. 11 overall pick in the 1967 NFL Draft. Okay, so maybe he wasn’t averaged size then, but he’d be average size in today’s NFL.

After putting up 44 touchdown catches in six solid years with the Browns, Warfield found himself with the Miami Dolphins to begin the 1970 season. He teamed up with the fourth-overall pick from the 1967 NFL Draft, Bob Griese.

Griese was entering his fourth year in Miami when Warfield hopped on board, and things did not get off to a great start. Warfield caught just 28 passes for six touchdowns, and Griese threw only 12 touchdowns with 19 interceptions.

The following year, Griese threw 19 touchdowns with only nine interceptions while Warfield led the league with 11 touchdown grabs.

In 1972, in spite of Griese being injured, the Dolphins went undefeated and are still the only team in NFL history to go undefeated through the regular season and the postseason. The 2007 New England Patriots went undefeated through the regular season but lost to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl — close but no cigar.

Warfield and Griese would play another two years together before Warfield went back to Cleveland to finish out his career. By the time it was all said and done, Wafield caught 29 of Griese’s 192 career touchdown passes.

Warfield caught another eight touchdowns in his final two years with the Browns before retiring in 1977 with 85 career touchdown catches.

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