--- title: Odell Beckham Catch Memes: Kim Kardashian, Sistine Chapel description: Even Kim Kardashian gets in on the action canonical: https://time.com/3602318/odell-beckham-catch-memes/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-24T17:01:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:48.016Z og:title: Odell Beckham's Insane Catch Gets the Full Meme Treatment og:description: Even Kim Kardashian gets in on the action og:url: https://time.com/3602318/odell-beckham-catch-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33cb8f80d5fd2015/69876a8d35ba6f7b7ac05845/odell-beckham-catch-giants.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3108 og:image:height: 1748 og:image:alt: Odell Beckham #13 of the New York Giants scores a touchdown in the second quarter against the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium on Nov. 23, 2014 in East Rutherford, N.J. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Odell Beckham's Insane Catch Gets the Full Meme Treatment twitter:description: Even Kim Kardashian gets in on the action twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33cb8f80d5fd2015/69876a8d35ba6f7b7ac05845/odell-beckham-catch-giants.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Odell Beckham's Insane Catch Gets the Full Meme Treatment > Sponsored content. 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Odell Beckham #13 of the New York Giants scores a touchdown in the second quarter against the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium on Nov. 23, 2014 in East Rutherford, N.J.Al Bello—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Nov 24, 2014 5:01 PM UTC On Sunday, the New York Giants’ rookie wide receiver Odell Beckham made an [absolutely ridiculous one-armed catch](http://time.com/3601943/odell-beckham-giants-cowboys/) during a game against the Dallas Cowboys. By making good on that one incredibly unlikely catch, Beckham scored a touchdown, cemented his reputation as a go-to receiver, earned a spot in NFL highlight reels and, naturally, became an Internet meme. The Internet has Photoshopped Beckham’s three-fingered catch by adding him to everything from the Sistine Chapel to [Kim Kardashian’s](http://time.com/3580809/kim-kardashian-butt-paper-magazine/) instantly infamous [_Paper_ magazine cover](http://time.com/3581618/kim-kardashian-butt-paper-magazine-empty-promise/) to what could have been a game-changing play against an equally [infamous Chicago Cubs’ fan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%5FBartman%5Fincident). — Rob Perez (@World\_Wide\_Wob) [November 24, 2014](https://twitter.com/World%5FWide%5FWob/status/536712097669722112) _Read next:_ [_Watch This Ridiculous 1-Handed Touchdown Catch_](http://time.com/3601943/odell-beckham-giants-cowboys/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3602318/odell-beckham-catch-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3602318/odell-beckham-catch-memes/"},"headline":"Odell Beckham's Insane Catch Gets the Full Meme Treatment","datePublished":"2014-11-24T17:01:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:48.016Z","description":"Even Kim Kardashian gets in on the action","url":"https://time.com/3602318/odell-beckham-catch-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Football","Meme"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33cb8f80d5fd2015/69876a8d35ba6f7b7ac05845/odell-beckham-catch-giants.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33cb8f80d5fd2015/69876a8d35ba6f7b7ac05845/odell-beckham-catch-giants.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Odell Beckham #13 of the New York Giants scores a touchdown in the second quarter against the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium on Nov. 23, 2014 in East Rutherford, N.J.","caption":"Odell Beckham #13 of the New York Giants scores a touchdown in the second quarter against the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium on Nov. 23, 2014 in East Rutherford, N.J.","creditText":"Al Bello—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3602318/odell-beckham-catch-memes/","name":"Odell Beckham's Insane Catch Gets the Full Meme Treatment"}}]}] ```