One thing i dont like about alot of football films is that they always score as the clock hits 0:00.. its like.. do these people know how football works?
@@supdawg2559 You would never do a movie scene, that wasn't for everyone. There's very little in making movie productions for your sister's friend named Gary, with the wooden leg. So without a knowledge of American football, having no more time generally means everything is done in most people's mind. Except for retarded soccer where then they'll just kind of loosely estimate how many timeouts they took and then add that on at the end of the game.. which will still end zero to zero
A play can start after time has run out. If the final play was a touchdown, the teams have to line up as for an extra point. And a penalty on the defense results in an additional down (and another if another foul is called).
@@leonardshevlin7260 I think the play starting after the time is up is Canadian rules. If they line up and set, they can run the play even if the clock is 0:00. In the U.S., you have to snap the ball before the clock runs out. If not, it's over.
The Patriots' touchdown to win the Super Bowl wasn't remarkable in and of itself - it capped a comeback for New England from a 28-3 deficit, which was historic.
Players are taught to bat the ball down in those situations. Too many times guys try and catch it and the ball only bounces to the opponent. That was a freak occurrence tbh.
Yeah, I can only think of a couple of times in the NFL when it didn't work to just bat it down (this one and Atlanta's Billy Whiteshoes Johnson). But it's worked hundreds (if not thousands) of times. The problem is, they don't have time to look who's around them while looking for the ball. He had time and space to catch it, but didn't know that in the moment, he just didn't bat it down but instead more backward.
There were no Jaguars with a chance to catch it unless it hit a Texan. That DB created a disaster because he followed through on a decision to bat the ball regardless of how the play developed. If he didn't want an easy INT, he could have batted the ball out of the end zone instead of back toward his opponents.
The Dolphins/Pats game is one of my all time favorites. Just before the play they show Brady on the sidelines laughing and celebrating. That touchdown made my heart happy.
Daz is American lol. Also, that Dolphins play where they were tossing it - your're allowed to throw/toss/pitch the ball backwards (backwards lateral). If any of those players other than the QB were to have tossed it forward (forward lateral) it would have been a penalty on the play and the touchdown would not have counted. It may have even resulted in a 10 second run off of the clock which would have ended the game. Im not sure thought, sometimes penalties don't have the 10 second run off thing. I dunno man. Im just yapping at this point. Love the reactions.
You basically nailed it. Also, 10 second runoff is applied under 2 minutes when a penalty stops the clock when it otherwise should not have stopped. The team awarded the penalty can decline the ten second runoff if it benefits them. Or the penalized team can prevent it by using a timeout.
Yup, if you hike the ball with 1 second on the clock, the person can run around for 15 minutes if he wants and the game continues until the play is over.
5:27. The coach had explicitly told the punter not to kick a returnable punt. Kick it out of bounds or really high so the team could get under the ball, anything, but don't let that guy return it. You can see how pissed he was.
They talked about in another video that Daz favorite team is NY Giants, Dave should go with the Philadelphia Eagles and Mike should go with the GB Packers.
On the conversation at about 11:30: When a ball is thrown all players, offense and defense, have the same "rights" to the ball, but you have to play the ball, not the other players. You can get in a players way (as long as it isn't just to slow them down or something like that), you block other players vision (in the NFL not in college), and you can to a small extent move other players as long as you don't do it with your hands and are clearly doing it to get to the ball. If you are clearly acting upon a player on the opposing team, grabbing an arm, knocking a leg, pushing, etc. that is pass interference. On the offense, 15 yard penalty, on the defense, offense gets the ball at the spot of the foul and a first down. Importantly for a play when the clock is on 0, a defensive pass interference in the end zone will put the ball at the 1 yard line and the offense will get one un-timed down in which to score. And, statistically, it is very hard to stop an NFL offense from gaining 1 yard in those situations.
It's really similar to a defender making a tackle on a striker in soccer, where he can kind off muscle the attacker off the ball as long as its clear he's playing the ball and not just shoving a guy to the ground.
7:29, this is what you’re taught on last second Hail Mary passes as a db. Because there’s a bunch of people around you bumping into each other the idea is that if can get a hand on the pass as a db you don’t try to catch it so you don’t bobble it and accidentally tip it up in the air again. That’s why you’re taught to knock it down. Didn’t work here because he knocked it way forward
Daz. If a defensive player catches an interception in his own end zone, it's a touchback, just like when a kick goes all the way through the end zone. So his team would get the ball at the 20, if there was time left.
Only if they go down, though. Gotta specify that. The ball is still live until they are ruled down. That's why players take a knee. So, Daz is still right. (Super late response lol but am re-watching this and wanted to clarify your statement for anyone else reading it.)
HEY Fellas!!!! A few things: 1.You are correct Daz, as long as the ball isn't downed, player tackled, the clock running to zero doesn't matter, the ball is still in play until either tackled or forced out of bounds. 2.That passing play at the end of that one Miami game, as long as the ball is passed to a teammate away from or parallel from the opponents goal line. 3.The very first play where Arizona caught the ball between 3 defenders, it's said that if DBs could catch they would be receivers, lol. Also, most receivers are 6 to 7 inches taller than DBs and more powerful, which is why you see DBs throw their bodies into people to tackle them. 4.The play where he caught the batted ball, DBs are usually taught to bat the ball down at the end of the game or last down so that way there is no chance of catching the ball and losing it because of many situations. Like what you saw in the Green Bay clip when the DB tried to catch it and couldn't.
The Eagles game that starts just before 5:00, everyone and their mother watching the game knew the right play there was to punt the ball out of bounds. At that time Jackson was one of the best punt returners in the game and it made sense for them, at this point in the game, to keep the ball away from him. The coach yelling towards the end of that clip is the head coach screaming at the punter for not kicking it out of bounds. Pretty sure that was the punters last game in the NFL, or pretty close to it.
The Giants Eagles game will always be my favorite moment. I was an Eagles fan, my parents Giants. The groan of absolute disappointment that came from my dad during that play was beautiful.
I wish they had a better shot at that Franco Harris catch and TD. Nicknamed "The Immaculate Reception", he caught it just inches off the ground and it is considered by most sports historians one of the greatest plays in NFL history.
@@chiantiar All the questions are part of the "mystique" of the Immaculate Reception, don't you think? I mean, the play stands as it stands. It changed history for Pittsburgh football after 40 years of nothing. It's kind of a romantic thing, in the sense that here's this kid, Franco Harris, Rookie of the Year (already?) and he caps it off with THIS play?
Overtime is a bit complicated, but I’ll sum it up as easily as it can be done. The first team to score a touchdown wins. If the first team with possession gets a field goal, the other team has one possession to match that feat, and then play continues until the very next score of any kind. The second rule is still precluded by the first rule, so if the first team gets a field goal, and the other team gets a touchdown, the touchdown still wins. If the first team with possession fails to score, it’s now down to the next score winning.
And first possession is determined by a coin toss. This can often be advantageous to the team that wins the toss, as it was for the Patriots in Superbowl LI.
As a Cardinals fan, that catch by Hopkins will live on forever. It was a fantastic, thrilling, game followed by that amazing scramble and throw from Murray and, of course, the ridiculous catch. I didn't even cheer initially. Was too stunned.
I was at the playoff game with my two sons where Tebow hit Thomas for the touchdown to win the playoff game in Denver vs Pittsburgh. Was an electric atmosphere!
RIP DT. He had such a great combination of strength and speed. Too bad they didn't show the endzone shot of one of the most epic stiffarms you will ever see.
The play when Steelers running back Franco Harris catches the ball on a rebound winning the game for Pittsburgh became known as The Immaculate Reception. This was a play on words of the Catholic feast day, “The Immaculate Conception.” Someone(s) must have been praying hard for that win!
There were a couple Favre throws in there. Not the greatest to ever do it but imo the most fun. Hell of an arm too, used to break his receivers' fingers.
Awesome channel guys, a lot of these game-winners had very big implications so just seen the play happened you might not know why people are celebrating are freaking out so much but a lot of these games were pretty big games. Keep up the good work 👍
The classic Rodgers end of game play when it’s tied or the packers are down is usually he gets flushed out of the pocket avoids a couple defenders runs towards the sideline plants his feet and then launches a huge pass to a receiver that for some reason NO defender paid attention to. Detroit decided to cover the receivers that one play and one of them still caught the ball.
That announcer is the famous Gus Johnson. The Blokes should react to his calls. He’s done EPL games too. Famous for College Basketball’s March Madness.
I have some funny beer stories at games.. I'm a Raiders fan my old Roommate was Chargers.. Went to a few in SD. It was a home game for us.. People were trying to put beer on him as he went to get one.. In his teams stadium.. funny.. Where I live, Utah.. The college teams don't allow alcohol, so it's tailgating or bust... and once you're in, you can't leave and come back.. But when you're young you get adventurous and sneak things in.. we (same friend) Gott away with it for years.. then they banned bringing in "sports bottles.. we had those filled up all the time with something.. then snuck in a small pint, buy a coke, stand in line for the restroom then fill half with whiskey. Went to an Oregon game.. they had a beer garden in their practice facility.. 2 min away walking from the stadium.. can have some there.. just not in the stands.. Lawas are different everywhere as you've learned.
Not shown was the Billy Whiteshoes Johnson winning TD back in November 1983. The Atlanta Falcons launched a Hail Mary pass into the endzone; the 49er defenders tried to bat down the ball and it went into Johnson's hands at about the five-yard line and he was just able to run it in. I was so PO'd that I threw my chair toward the TV--not directly at it, I wasn't that crazy! Right after this was the broadcast of "The Day After" tv movie about America under nuclear attack, which seemed an "up" thing to me at that moment.
9:40 This is a situation most similar to a Direct Free Kick in soccer, with the “wall”, and the unit of players that are used in situations like this (called “special teams”) are basically like a set piece in soccer
That announcer @1:25 is Gus Johnson. He's hands down the most exciting basketball announcer ever. Check out his greatest calls on buzzer beaters it's awesome
12:34 The Immaculate Reception happened in December 1972 and to this day is still debated. They even made a 1 hour documentary about it that broke down 2 parts of the play: 1. Was it a catch? No camera angle definitely shows that it was. 2. Did the ball bounce off the Steeler receiver? If it did, it was an illegal catch, even though it may not have been a catch. 😂
It was definitely a catch regarding the tv angle. You can just use physics to explain it. At the pace the player was running when getting on screen from the time the ball left the screen only shows one possible solution and that is that he caught it. There isn't enough time for anything else to occur when the ball leaves the FOV.
@@AlmondGlazedSunrise Nice. I wasn't sure how they would've made half or a large part of the documentary about if it was a catch. It's pretty evident he caught it. Never seen the doc though sounds interesting. What's it called?
@@AlmondGlazedSunrise I'ma check it out either way. One of the most interesting random plays that just worked against a perfect defense that had it covered.
During a Hail Mary play they teach receivers to play for the tip so the qb will throw it to one guy and as everyone crowds him the other receivers are told to stand around the pile and watch for a tipped ball.
The reason why you don’t often see teams passing the ball around to each other during a play is because the only legal type of pass once the ball has crossed the Line of Scrimmage is a backwards pass (called a lateral) to a player behind the ballcarrier This is inefficient in most situations, and so lateral passes are really only used as a desperation play to keep the play alive once the clock has ticked down to zero Forward passes in American football are only legal if the ballcarrier passes it from behind the Line of Scrimmage, which is partially why on a typical passing play you see the QB take a few steps back (dropback) to ensure he passes legally from behind the line
9:55 You can see the kicker come in at the bottom left and get LEVELED by one of the blockers. Like, "that's gonna leave a mark" sort of leveling. By the way, the clip at 12:34 has a name, it's known as the Immaculate Reception and it's one of the (if not THE) most famous catches in football history.
In the Miami/New England game, Gronkowski was in to defend against a “Hail Mary” pass play into the end zone because he’s so tall, but he wasn’t a real defender against a running play that started out a pass play with laterals to keep the play alive!
the touchdown by plaxico burress was important because the patriots were trying to become only the 2nd team in nfl history after the 1972 dolphins to go undefeated and win the superbowl
That announcer is Gus Johnson. You guys should react to a compilation on his best calls. He is one of the best announcer we have to offer and he does multiple sports.
See, I like him as a person and just can't listen to him call a game. He's just too much for me. With that said, they definitely need to do this and other announcers
@@worldwidewells7452 That's fair I just prefer him since he actually gets excited for big plays unlike a lot of other announcers. Same reason I actually like the Charlotte Hornets announcer!
@@worldwidewells7452 I liked Marv as well but just the way his career ended last year with him messing up people's names and foul calls in the ECF left a bad taste in my mouth unfortunately. A guy I like for no reason is Bill Raftrey. We definitely need them to react to him just yelling get those puppies organized!😂
The play where the receiver had the ball bounce off of his shoulder pads, back 10 yards in the hands of the player at full stride, is called The Immaculate Reception.
They are coached to knock the ball down on “Hail Mary” plays because often time when they try to catch or intercept the pass the ball pops up and can be caught by the passing team. So it’s really crazy when they knock it down but the other team still catches it.
They bat the ball down in the hail mary throw because they are trained to do that. They are told to do anything to not let the receiving team catch the ball. So the def batting the ball into someone's hands is super rare.
“Sounds like he’s from South Park” You’re more right than you might have known. South Park is a region off hwy 285 here in Colorado (although the town in the show is fictional). Denver is the nearest city, and most of the characters are Broncos fans. They have parodied the team a lot, so it wouldn’t surprise me if that announcer got an impression done on the show
The greatest football 🏈 play in history is called “The Play” Cal Berkeley vs Stanford. College football rivals that ended in spectacular way! A MUST WATCH!!!
They showed plenty of my Niners in there.....except what was arguably the most incredible moment in all sports Montana's last seconds touchdown pass to John Taylor to win superbowl 23.
The super bowl one with the patriots vs the falcons that run in was a crazy game. They came back from down 28-3 with not long to go really. They had to get two two point conversions at the end to tie it up. It was an Insane game and the first Super Bowl to go into over time
@@j.w.971 what do you mean? Danny got over the line with the ball before getting hit. Plus the offsides from the Falcons. Don’t be mad Bc your team lost after having a big lead. It’s okay.
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The Immaculate Reception is still the single most controversial game winning touchdown in NFL history to this day. Because of the camera angles, it was never definitively shown if the ball was caught or simply picked up after it barely touched the ground by Franco Harris. Raiders fans are still sour about it to this day and Harris has said in interviews that he will never tell anyone if it did touch the ground or not.
the 3 touchdown catches by the 49ers players were called the catch by dwight clark the catch 2 by terrell owens and the catch 3 by vernon davis and all were in the playoffs
The NFL is divided onto Conferences and further Subdivided into Divisions(gegographic, all the Divisions are part of the same League) the Conference Final is the NFC and AFC Championship games, the winners of these two games face each other in the Super Bowl.
On those last second passes to the end zone, the defenders are taught to knock the ball to the ground, instead of trying to catch it. This is because trying to catch it, might end up with them actually tipping the ball upwards, giving the offense more chance of catching it.
By the way, for the two clips around 8:21... it was the same QB, :))) Favre was QB of the Packers from '92 to 2007, one year with the Jets... and two years with the Vikings, :)))
I was at that Miami/ Pats game and it was rough being there as a pats fan. It was all good though because the patriots ended up winning the super bowl that year
No, as an eagles fan, Jackson was an extremely egotistical player. He dropped the ball before crossing the line in a playoff game because he was showboating.
No it was to avoid a tackle and you must pass behind you - not lateral or ahead of you or it's penalty - as long as you toss the ball behind and keep it moving - it's the same play and all is good! Amazing!!
I know this is professional level.... but there is a college play that I absolutely love.... auburn vs albama Chris Davis returning a missed field goal to win the game for auburn.. absolutely stunning
The play at 6:15 you were a little confused on, where the defender just kinda swatted the ball into the receivers arms is actually how most coaches teach you to play that situation. Its much easier to jsut use both hands to swat the ball out of the air, instead of missing a catch and risking the intended receiver making a play. That jsut happened to be 1 in a million unlucky for the defense, but they played it 100% correctly.
Probably about 75% of the plays in this video are nicknamed by NFL fans (The Immaculate Reception, Music City Miracle, the original Hail Mary, etc). Some aren’t necessarily nicknamed but occurred in very important games and the remaining seem to be involving big name or notorious player even though the actual game that the play happened in wasn’t all that important.
It's so rare to see them pass the ball around like that cuz it's sooo hard to do that without either dropping the ball or getting a penalty called against ur team cuz it's almost impossible not to make a mistake when a team does that so that's why they only do it in final seconds on last play of the game sometimes. It's so hard to make sure u don't get a penalty cuz every time it must be a backwards pass meaning if u decide to throw/pass the ball to one of your teammates they must be behind you and not ahead of you and I mean not literally behind you they can be anywhere on the field as long as they are not ahead of u when they catch it so even if they across the field they still must be at least half a step behind u they can t pass the line below ur feet
In the dolphins game winning td.. Rule is you can't pass the ball forward once it's past the line of scrimmage. So you can lateral the ball behind you and it's legal.
20:55, I'm more than fairly convinced that Daz may be an American/Brit at this/thus point. At least an Honorary American. We Americans Love Our Brit Cousins, However Daz, is a tasty brew froth above Our already Love for the UK.
Correct -- once the ball is snapped, the final play doesn't end even after the clock runs down until the ball carrier is down or steps out of bounds, or there is an incomplete pass, or there is a score.
7:20 On those Hail Mary passes where there is no time on the clock, coaches drill it into players heads to just KNOCK IT DOWN! Because going up for the interception might means it could bounce off the hands or pads and be caught by a receiver or simply the receiver outplays the defensive back and makes the catch. The latter two examples happen ALL the time, whereas this situation of a guy batting it into the hands of a receiver like that really never happens.
Defenders can be physical with receivers within 1 yard of the line of scrimmage, but after that have to play way more hands-off. Oddly enough, this was another thing the XFL tried to change to be more "Xtreme" and physical. However, it had a horrible outcome, games were defensive struggles because the defenders were legally mugging the receivers. If I remember correctly, a few weeks into the XFL season they changed it to only allow super-physical play on receivers to within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage.
The Texans knocking the ball into the Jaguars player hands drove us insane, the defensive coordinators were mad at our players because they kept going for an interception (defense catches the ball) instead of just knocking it down, so they drilled it into them to knock the ball down from now on…and then this happened
Also to add on, the game cannot end on a defensive penalty so if even if the play ends and the clock is at zero if there was a defensive penalty the offense gets 1 more play.
That is correct, as long as the play has started before the clock shows zeros it has to finish.
One thing i dont like about alot of football films is that they always score as the clock hits 0:00.. its like.. do these people know how football works?
@@supdawg2559 You would never do a movie scene, that wasn't for everyone.
There's very little in making movie productions for your sister's friend named Gary, with the wooden leg.
So without a knowledge of American football, having no more time generally means everything is done in most people's mind.
Except for retarded soccer where then they'll just kind of loosely estimate how many timeouts they took and then add that on at the end of the game.. which will still end zero to zero
Indeed, it's an old rugby throwback: if the ball is live, and you can keep it alive, the game doesn't end.
A play can start after time has run out. If the final play was a touchdown, the teams have to line up as for an extra point.
And a penalty on the defense results in an additional down (and another if another foul is called).
@@leonardshevlin7260 I think the play starting after the time is up is Canadian rules. If they line up and set, they can run the play even if the clock is 0:00. In the U.S., you have to snap the ball before the clock runs out. If not, it's over.
Great job Daz, knowing the rules and teaching the guys the game.
The Patriots' touchdown to win the Super Bowl wasn't remarkable in and of itself - it capped a comeback for New England from a 28-3 deficit, which was historic.
And now, a good bit after.... Matt Ryan is no longer a Falcon.
Players are taught to bat the ball down in those situations. Too many times guys try and catch it and the ball only bounces to the opponent. That was a freak occurrence tbh.
Yeah, I can only think of a couple of times in the NFL when it didn't work to just bat it down (this one and Atlanta's Billy Whiteshoes Johnson). But it's worked hundreds (if not thousands) of times. The problem is, they don't have time to look who's around them while looking for the ball. He had time and space to catch it, but didn't know that in the moment, he just didn't bat it down but instead more backward.
That's how we were taught.
Yeah defensive players don't have the best hands and can easily bobble it into the receivers hands. Fluke play.
There were no Jaguars with a chance to catch it unless it hit a Texan. That DB created a disaster because he followed through on a decision to bat the ball regardless of how the play developed.
If he didn't want an easy INT, he could have batted the ball out of the end zone instead of back toward his opponents.
Yah In that same season the bills in the playoffs against the colts learn from their mistake and bat the ball down
13:04. The "Immaculate Reception" and the beginning of the Steelers 70s dynasty. Most famous catch ever.
The Dolphins/Pats game is one of my all time favorites. Just before the play they show Brady on the sidelines laughing and celebrating. That touchdown made my heart happy.
Why was Gronk on defensive???
@@DaltonKY08probably to stop a hail Mary
Daz is American lol. Also, that Dolphins play where they were tossing it - your're allowed to throw/toss/pitch the ball backwards (backwards lateral). If any of those players other than the QB were to have tossed it forward (forward lateral) it would have been a penalty on the play and the touchdown would not have counted. It may have even resulted in a 10 second run off of the clock which would have ended the game. Im not sure thought, sometimes penalties don't have the 10 second run off thing. I dunno man. Im just yapping at this point. Love the reactions.
You basically nailed it. Also, 10 second runoff is applied under 2 minutes when a penalty stops the clock when it otherwise should not have stopped. The team awarded the penalty can decline the ten second runoff if it benefits them. Or the penalized team can prevent it by using a timeout.
It makes me proud how much Daz knows about football!
Wow. Easily pleased 😂😂
@@officeblokedaz you bet!
He used to play it
Yup, if you hike the ball with 1 second on the clock, the person can run around for 15 minutes if he wants and the game continues until the play is over.
5:27. The coach had explicitly told the punter not to kick a returnable punt. Kick it out of bounds or really high so the team could get under the ball, anything, but don't let that guy return it. You can see how pissed he was.
That Catch by Freeman is probably one of the craziest in NFL history.
Hope the 3 blokes pick NFL teams to support this season. Even better if they get a fantasy league going.
They talked about in another video that Daz favorite team is NY Giants, Dave should go with the Philadelphia Eagles and Mike should go with the GB Packers.
@@brettpenning you got it. I’m getting the guys jerseys for a treat 👍🏻
@@officeblokedaz so happy mike is with the pack!!
Go Pack Go.
@@caterpillakilla wait no one got the LIONS!!! 🦁
Mike is right though blocked kicks are super rare.
On the conversation at about 11:30: When a ball is thrown all players, offense and defense, have the same "rights" to the ball, but you have to play the ball, not the other players. You can get in a players way (as long as it isn't just to slow them down or something like that), you block other players vision (in the NFL not in college), and you can to a small extent move other players as long as you don't do it with your hands and are clearly doing it to get to the ball.
If you are clearly acting upon a player on the opposing team, grabbing an arm, knocking a leg, pushing, etc. that is pass interference. On the offense, 15 yard penalty, on the defense, offense gets the ball at the spot of the foul and a first down. Importantly for a play when the clock is on 0, a defensive pass interference in the end zone will put the ball at the 1 yard line and the offense will get one un-timed down in which to score. And, statistically, it is very hard to stop an NFL offense from gaining 1 yard in those situations.
Good explanation…an easy rule to remember is: the game can’t end on a defensive penalty.
It's really similar to a defender making a tackle on a striker in soccer, where he can kind off muscle the attacker off the ball as long as its clear he's playing the ball and not just shoving a guy to the ground.
That Falcon one still breaks my heart.
7:29, this is what you’re taught on last second Hail Mary passes as a db. Because there’s a bunch of people around you bumping into each other the idea is that if can get a hand on the pass as a db you don’t try to catch it so you don’t bobble it and accidentally tip it up in the air again. That’s why you’re taught to knock it down. Didn’t work here because he knocked it way forward
Daz. If a defensive player catches an interception in his own end zone, it's a touchback, just like when a kick goes all the way through the end zone. So his team would get the ball at the 20, if there was time left.
Only if they go down, though. Gotta specify that. The ball is still live until they are ruled down. That's why players take a knee. So, Daz is still right.
(Super late response lol but am re-watching this and wanted to clarify your statement for anyone else reading it.)
HEY Fellas!!!! A few things:
1.You are correct Daz, as long as the ball isn't downed, player tackled, the clock running to zero doesn't matter, the ball is still in play until either tackled or forced out of bounds.
2.That passing play at the end of that one Miami game, as long as the ball is passed to a teammate away from or parallel from the opponents goal line.
3.The very first play where Arizona caught the ball between 3 defenders, it's said that if DBs could catch they would be receivers, lol. Also, most receivers are 6 to 7 inches taller than DBs and more powerful, which is why you see DBs throw their bodies into people to tackle them.
4.The play where he caught the batted ball, DBs are usually taught to bat the ball down at the end of the game or last down so that way there is no chance of catching the ball and losing it because of many situations. Like what you saw in the Green Bay clip when the DB tried to catch it and couldn't.
The Eagles game that starts just before 5:00, everyone and their mother watching the game knew the right play there was to punt the ball out of bounds. At that time Jackson was one of the best punt returners in the game and it made sense for them, at this point in the game, to keep the ball away from him. The coach yelling towards the end of that clip is the head coach screaming at the punter for not kicking it out of bounds. Pretty sure that was the punters last game in the NFL, or pretty close to it.
I was there, 1st row in the 2nd tier of the end zone he ran the punt into. Then had to ride a train home with eagles fans. God that day sucked.
The Giants Eagles game will always be my favorite moment. I was an Eagles fan, my parents Giants. The groan of absolute disappointment that came from my dad during that play was beautiful.
Fly Eagles Fly!
It's soooo frustrating not being able to explain all this to you while you're watching lol 🙃
Even though you are a Giants fan Daz, it's good to see you explain the rules to the other guys. - a Pats fan
I wish they had a better shot at that Franco Harris catch and TD. Nicknamed "The Immaculate Reception", he caught it just inches off the ground and it is considered by most sports historians one of the greatest plays in NFL history.
I was just watching some videos of that play this morning. Steelers fans for 50 years, the hubs and I have loved that TD forever.
Did he catch it just inches off the ground?? Only Franco Harris knows the answer.
@@chiantiar All the questions are part of the "mystique" of the Immaculate Reception, don't you think? I mean, the play stands as it stands. It changed history for Pittsburgh football after 40 years of nothing. It's kind of a romantic thing, in the sense that here's this kid, Franco Harris, Rookie of the Year (already?) and he caps it off with THIS play?
Miami trolling New England never gets old 😆
Overtime is a bit complicated, but I’ll sum it up as easily as it can be done. The first team to score a touchdown wins. If the first team with possession gets a field goal, the other team has one possession to match that feat, and then play continues until the very next score of any kind. The second rule is still precluded by the first rule, so if the first team gets a field goal, and the other team gets a touchdown, the touchdown still wins. If the first team with possession fails to score, it’s now down to the next score winning.
And first possession is determined by a coin toss. This can often be advantageous to the team that wins the toss, as it was for the Patriots in Superbowl LI.
As a Cardinals fan, that catch by Hopkins will live on forever. It was a fantastic, thrilling, game followed by that amazing scramble and throw from Murray and, of course, the ridiculous catch. I didn't even cheer initially. Was too stunned.
The NYG TD to beat New England was in the SBowl. NE was undefeated that season until the SB.
I was at the playoff game with my two sons where Tebow hit Thomas for the touchdown to win the playoff game in Denver vs Pittsburgh. Was an electric atmosphere!
RIP DT. He had such a great combination of strength and speed. Too bad they didn't show the endzone shot of one of the most epic stiffarms you will ever see.
OB never disappoint on sunday uploads!
I absolutely love watching folks outside the US react and enjoy american football. Good show. I'll be back.
The play when Steelers running back Franco Harris catches the ball on a rebound winning the game for Pittsburgh became known as The Immaculate Reception. This was a play on words of the Catholic feast day, “The Immaculate Conception.” Someone(s) must have been praying hard for that win!
There were a couple Favre throws in there. Not the greatest to ever do it but imo the most fun. Hell of an arm too, used to break his receivers' fingers.
Awesome channel guys, a lot of these game-winners had very big implications so just seen the play happened you might not know why people are celebrating are freaking out so much but a lot of these games were pretty big games. Keep up the good work 👍
The classic Rodgers end of game play when it’s tied or the packers are down is usually he gets flushed out of the pocket avoids a couple defenders runs towards the sideline plants his feet and then launches a huge pass to a receiver that for some reason NO defender paid attention to. Detroit decided to cover the receivers that one play and one of them still caught the ball.
That announcer is the famous Gus Johnson. The Blokes should react to his calls. He’s done EPL games too. Famous for College Basketball’s March Madness.
I have some funny beer stories at games.. I'm a Raiders fan my old Roommate was Chargers.. Went to a few in SD. It was a home game for us.. People were trying to put beer on him as he went to get one.. In his teams stadium.. funny.. Where I live, Utah.. The college teams don't allow alcohol, so it's tailgating or bust... and once you're in, you can't leave and come back.. But when you're young you get adventurous and sneak things in.. we (same friend) Gott away with it for years.. then they banned bringing in "sports bottles.. we had those filled up all the time with something.. then snuck in a small pint, buy a coke, stand in line for the restroom then fill half with whiskey. Went to an Oregon game.. they had a beer garden in their practice facility.. 2 min away walking from the stadium.. can have some there.. just not in the stands.. Lawas are different everywhere as you've learned.
Not shown was the Billy Whiteshoes Johnson winning TD back in November 1983. The Atlanta Falcons launched a Hail Mary pass into the endzone; the 49er defenders tried to bat down the ball and it went into Johnson's hands at about the five-yard line and he was just able to run it in. I was so PO'd that I threw my chair toward the TV--not directly at it, I wasn't that crazy! Right after this was the broadcast of "The Day After" tv movie about America under nuclear attack, which seemed an "up" thing to me at that moment.
9:40 This is a situation most similar to a Direct Free Kick in soccer, with the “wall”, and the unit of players that are used in situations like this (called “special teams”) are basically like a set piece in soccer
That announcer @1:25 is Gus Johnson. He's hands down the most exciting basketball announcer ever. Check out his greatest calls on buzzer beaters it's awesome
Sorry if you guys have already done it but you should look at some baseball crazy double plays or best pitching videos. Love the channel!
Glad you can appreciate football. I love this sport and seeing others love it is great
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@@zacharysnyder2520 call it what you want. We call it football.
12:34 The Immaculate Reception happened in December 1972 and to this day is still debated. They even made a 1 hour documentary about it that broke down 2 parts of the play: 1. Was it a catch? No camera angle definitely shows that it was. 2. Did the ball bounce off the Steeler receiver? If it did, it was an illegal catch, even though it may not have been a catch. 😂
It was definitely a catch regarding the tv angle. You can just use physics to explain it. At the pace the player was running when getting on screen from the time the ball left the screen only shows one possible solution and that is that he caught it. There isn't enough time for anything else to occur when the ball leaves the FOV.
@@iamjamesmix In the documentary, one of the Raider players also said it was a catch.
@@AlmondGlazedSunrise Nice. I wasn't sure how they would've made half or a large part of the documentary about if it was a catch. It's pretty evident he caught it. Never seen the doc though sounds interesting. What's it called?
@@iamjamesmix "Immaculate Reception A Football Life". They did a great job taking 45 minutes to break down a play lol.
@@AlmondGlazedSunrise I'ma check it out either way. One of the most interesting random plays that just worked against a perfect defense that had it covered.
During a Hail Mary play they teach receivers to play for the tip so the qb will throw it to one guy and as everyone crowds him the other receivers are told to stand around the pile and watch for a tipped ball.
The reason why you don’t often see teams passing the ball around to each other during a play is because the only legal type of pass once the ball has crossed the Line of Scrimmage is a backwards pass (called a lateral) to a player behind the ballcarrier
This is inefficient in most situations, and so lateral passes are really only used as a desperation play to keep the play alive once the clock has ticked down to zero
Forward passes in American football are only legal if the ballcarrier passes it from behind the Line of Scrimmage, which is partially why on a typical passing play you see the QB take a few steps back (dropback) to ensure he passes legally from behind the line
9:55 You can see the kicker come in at the bottom left and get LEVELED by one of the blockers. Like, "that's gonna leave a mark" sort of leveling.
By the way, the clip at 12:34 has a name, it's known as the Immaculate Reception and it's one of the (if not THE) most famous catches in football history.
In the Miami/New England game, Gronkowski was in to defend against a “Hail Mary” pass play into the end zone because he’s so tall, but he wasn’t a real defender against a running play that started out a pass play with laterals to keep the play alive!
the touchdown by plaxico burress was important because the patriots were trying to become only the 2nd team in nfl history after the 1972 dolphins to go undefeated and win the superbowl
That announcer is Gus Johnson. You guys should react to a compilation on his best calls. He is one of the best announcer we have to offer and he does multiple sports.
See, I like him as a person and just can't listen to him call a game. He's just too much for me. With that said, they definitely need to do this and other announcers
@@worldwidewells7452 That's fair I just prefer him since he actually gets excited for big plays unlike a lot of other announcers. Same reason I actually like the Charlotte Hornets announcer!
He gets excited for everything😂
@@jadenunderwood4879 yeah, I was gonna say I love Marv Albert. Like I'm not even sure why I don't like Gus.
@@worldwidewells7452 I liked Marv as well but just the way his career ended last year with him messing up people's names and foul calls in the ECF left a bad taste in my mouth unfortunately. A guy I like for no reason is Bill Raftrey. We definitely need them to react to him just yelling get those puppies organized!😂
That Titans play was clearly an illegal forward pass.
The play where the receiver had the ball bounce off of his shoulder pads, back 10 yards in the hands of the player at full stride, is called The Immaculate Reception.
Who knew I'd enjoy watching some guys from across the pond watching random @$$ videos. Yall seem like youd be fun to have a beer with.
Great reaction guys glad you enjoyed our brutally fun sport. Btw most of these games were playoff games.
18:19. "The Catch" and the beginning of the San Francisco 80s dynasty.
They are coached to knock the ball down on “Hail Mary” plays because often time when they try to catch or intercept the pass the ball pops up and can be caught by the passing team. So it’s really crazy when they knock it down but the other team still catches it.
They bat the ball down in the hail mary throw because they are trained to do that. They are told to do anything to not let the receiving team catch the ball. So the def batting the ball into someone's hands is super rare.
“Sounds like he’s from South Park”
You’re more right than you might have known. South Park is a region off hwy 285 here in Colorado (although the town in the show is fictional). Denver is the nearest city, and most of the characters are Broncos fans. They have parodied the team a lot, so it wouldn’t surprise me if that announcer got an impression done on the show
The greatest football 🏈 play in history is called “The Play” Cal Berkeley vs Stanford. College football rivals that ended in spectacular way! A MUST WATCH!!!
Both my parents graduated from Cal that year so I saw that play before I even knew what football was hahaha
@@evanshields3997 I was born in Berkeley CA and attended business classes in Cal Berkeley in HAAS. Cal vs Stanford are some great games!
@@sergiogarcia3730 there’s an internal family rivalry between my Cal grad parents and Stanford grad sister. I went to Cornell and stayed out of it lol
@God's celebrity that was the most epic part! 😂
Daz is correct. Once the play starts, then The play will continue even if the clock runs out.
They showed plenty of my Niners in there.....except what was arguably the most incredible moment in all sports Montana's last seconds touchdown pass to John Taylor to win superbowl 23.
The super bowl one with the patriots vs the falcons that run in was a crazy game. They came back from down 28-3 with not long to go really. They had to get two two point conversions at the end to tie it up. It was an Insane game and the first Super Bowl to go into over time
@Donald st. Amour they did not complete that second two point conversion, ball did not go over the line. Again cheating cheatriots
@@j.w.971 what do you mean? Danny got over the line with the ball before getting hit. Plus the offsides from the Falcons. Don’t be mad Bc your team lost after having a big lead. It’s okay.
The vikings one had some back story. It was the first year for the new stadium and on top Minneapolis was hosting the super bowl.
watching british bros trying to learn american football just makes me happy for some reason lol
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The Immaculate Reception is still the single most controversial game winning touchdown in NFL history to this day. Because of the camera angles, it was never definitively shown if the ball was caught or simply picked up after it barely touched the ground by Franco Harris. Raiders fans are still sour about it to this day and Harris has said in interviews that he will never tell anyone if it did touch the ground or not.
the 3 touchdown catches by the 49ers players were called the catch by dwight clark the catch 2 by terrell owens and the catch 3 by vernon davis and all were in the playoffs
You guys should react to best football crowd roars/reaction gives me chills how loud they can get.
That throw by Ben Roethlisberger around 12 minutes was to win the super bowl too
Field goals are frequently blocked/deflected but rarely go backward. The only way they can return it if the block go backwards
The NFL is divided onto Conferences and further Subdivided into Divisions(gegographic, all the Divisions are part of the same League) the Conference Final is the NFC and AFC Championship games, the winners of these two games face each other in the Super Bowl.
On those last second passes to the end zone, the defenders are taught to knock the ball to the ground, instead of trying to catch it. This is because trying to catch it, might end up with them actually tipping the ball upwards, giving the offense more chance of catching it.
We need more brett favres in this world 🌍 👏 what a legend fr
By the way, for the two clips around 8:21... it was the same QB, :)))
Favre was QB of the Packers from '92 to 2007, one year with the Jets... and two years with the Vikings, :)))
13:17 I still remember watching this game. I wasn't too happy.
I was at that Miami/ Pats game and it was rough being there as a pats fan. It was all good though because the patriots ended up winning the super bowl that year
Pretty sure desean Jackson doesn’t run into the end zone right away cause he’s looking for the game clock to make sure it’s 00:00
No, as an eagles fan, Jackson was an extremely egotistical player. He dropped the ball before crossing the line in a playoff game because he was showboating.
Demaryius Thomas, the Broncos wr in the Broncos Steelers game passed away a few months ago in his 30s. Heartbreaking.
Sounds like dave was thinking of "hospital passes." Vids of those too!
Staubach to drew Pearson (Cowboys) in the 1970s is why they call it "The Hail Mary".
13:00 honestly it didn't matter if his helmet hit the other helmet because that was back in the 70s where the rules were alot more laxed lol
No it was to avoid a tackle and you must pass behind you - not lateral or ahead of you or it's penalty - as long as you toss the ball behind and keep it moving - it's the same play and all is good! Amazing!!
People don’t realize how big that Franco Harris play was at the time. That play made him legendary in the NFL
I know this is professional level.... but there is a college play that I absolutely love.... auburn vs albama Chris Davis returning a missed field goal to win the game for auburn.. absolutely stunning
The play at 6:15 you were a little confused on, where the defender just kinda swatted the ball into the receivers arms is actually how most coaches teach you to play that situation. Its much easier to jsut use both hands to swat the ball out of the air, instead of missing a catch and risking the intended receiver making a play. That jsut happened to be 1 in a million unlucky for the defense, but they played it 100% correctly.
Probably about 75% of the plays in this video are nicknamed by NFL fans (The Immaculate Reception, Music City Miracle, the original Hail Mary, etc).
Some aren’t necessarily nicknamed but occurred in very important games and the remaining seem to be involving big name or notorious player even though the actual game that the play happened in wasn’t all that important.
18:10. The term "Hail Mary pass" was coined due to this pass.
It's so rare to see them pass the ball around like that cuz it's sooo hard to do that without either dropping the ball or getting a penalty called against ur team cuz it's almost impossible not to make a mistake when a team does that so that's why they only do it in final seconds on last play of the game sometimes. It's so hard to make sure u don't get a penalty cuz every time it must be a backwards pass meaning if u decide to throw/pass the ball to one of your teammates they must be behind you and not ahead of you and I mean not literally behind you they can be anywhere on the field as long as they are not ahead of u when they catch it so even if they across the field they still must be at least half a step behind u they can t pass the line below ur feet
17:50. The original "Hail Mary" throw.
The Terrell Owen's TD was the second pass he caught of like 20 passes thrown to him
RIP Demerious Thomas
In the dolphins game winning td.. Rule is you can't pass the ball forward once it's past the line of scrimmage. So you can lateral the ball behind you and it's legal.
20:55, I'm more than fairly convinced that Daz may be an American/Brit at this/thus point. At least an Honorary American.
We Americans Love Our Brit Cousins, However Daz, is a tasty brew froth above Our already Love for the UK.
Can’t believe Mile High miracle wasn’t on there. Or the end of the ravens game where there were 3 (I think) back to back to back TDs to win
Correct -- once the ball is snapped, the final play doesn't end even after the clock runs down until the ball carrier is down or steps out of bounds, or there is an incomplete pass, or there is a score.
The play where they kept throwing the ball backwards it’s only legal backwards once the ball crosses line of scrimmage.
7:20 On those Hail Mary passes where there is no time on the clock, coaches drill it into players heads to just KNOCK IT DOWN! Because going up for the interception might means it could bounce off the hands or pads and be caught by a receiver or simply the receiver outplays the defensive back and makes the catch. The latter two examples happen ALL the time, whereas this situation of a guy batting it into the hands of a receiver like that really never happens.
blocked field goals are pretty rare
Defenders can be physical with receivers within 1 yard of the line of scrimmage, but after that have to play way more hands-off. Oddly enough, this was another thing the XFL tried to change to be more "Xtreme" and physical. However, it had a horrible outcome, games were defensive struggles because the defenders were legally mugging the receivers. If I remember correctly, a few weeks into the XFL season they changed it to only allow super-physical play on receivers to within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage.
*within the first 5 yards of the line of scrimmage
5 yards, not 1.
I think it used to be 10 or 15. But obviously, they wanted to increase offense, which increases scoring, which increases ratings.
@@evanshields3997 Good catch. I was conflating the illegal man downfield rule with this by accident. Don't post before your first coffee.
The Texans knocking the ball into the Jaguars player hands drove us insane, the defensive coordinators were mad at our players because they kept going for an interception (defense catches the ball) instead of just knocking it down, so they drilled it into them to knock the ball down from now on…and then this happened
Also to add on, the game cannot end on a defensive penalty so if even if the play ends and the clock is at zero if there was a defensive penalty the offense gets 1 more play.