As a Giants season ticket holder I'll never forget leaving the stadium that night as Pats fans celebrated and someone yelled out 'We'll see you in five weeks!' boy were they right
As a pats fan, this season humbled me to the max lol. I remember being a young a punk thinking nothing would stop that patriots team and after that SB was heart breaking. Ever since then I’ve never talked shit lmao
@@TheLocalLt Yeah. But they could be boring in this format too, with a lot of games we probably don't even remember, often games to decide draft position and nothing else.
@@residentevilfan6007 This is how the majority of NFL pro athletes and NFL analyst have it. 1. 51 2. 3 3. 49 4. 13 5. 42 We all get it that Giants fans would want their team to be in the top spot or at least top 3, but that’s just not how it works. You/Giants fans have their opinions and that’s fine, you’re allowed to.
I have a neighbor who is from Boston, and he has been a Pats fan since before Brady was even alive, so he has seen all their struggles as well as their highs. He said about this game "with how well they played us, especially considering that they had nothing to gain, I really hope we don't have to play them in the SB if we make it that far." What a guy
I had the exact same thought coming out of this game. Pats should've lost...it felt like we did. But I also remembering thinking, "Thank God Eli is QB. He'll cost the Giants a game in the playoffs and if we get to the SB, good thing this defense won't be there." The worst part of the eventual SB match up wasn't the Giants’ defense, though. It was the media treating the Patriots like they had already won! I remember Brady did an interview with Chris Berman and Berman was essentially speaking in past tense. It was all about references to the undefeated Dolphins and how this season would go down in the history books and blah blah blah. I wanted to jump through the television screen and strangle him. Any real Patriots fan was not comfortable playing this Giants team again. I'll tell you what though… The worst part of the eventual loss was not the helmet catch. The worst was the play before when Asante Samuel dropped a game ending interception that hit his hands! He took his eye off the ball to try to line up his feet inbounds. As brutal as the helmet catch was, that drop was excruciating.
NFL Throwback and the game that actually meant something because of course these 2 iconic teams met in Super Bowl 42 and these Giants stopped NE for that perfect season
@Omega8kilo You sound like a bitter Pats fan. Lol Just accept your team got burned by a wildcard team on what would've been the greatest season in NFL history
@Omega8kilo lmfao fym it is relevant Brady first person to break 50 tds/ moss breaks rice old record Manning with that elusiveness in the pocket to deliver it with some gum to tyree One of the most memorable super bowls in recent history (idk if ud call almost 11 yrs ago recent lol) Honestly if i was u id be mad at the 3/4/5 defensive linemen that got a hand to manning and SOMEHOW MISSED HIM That really shoulda been a sack and if i was anyone of those DL id prolly have nightmares bout it for the rest of my life
Are you people forgetting that Spy Gate happened in Week 1 of that same season? Those bitch ass Patriots should have been forced to forfeit that game. Perfect season my ass
@Omega8kilo here's what you've said so far: "the superbowl isn't good just cuz it's memorable to giants fans" Also you: "so basically since it wasn't in the NFL top 15 that speaks for everyone"
This is the only game in NFL history besides Super Bowl I to be simulcast on two different networks, both CBS and NBC. It was also on NFLN who produced the broadcast.
I was at this game and honestly even as a New York sports fan, this was the best game I've ever been to. The Pats fans were also very chill and called the SB match up. Also that TD from Brady to Moss was the best throw I've ever seen in person.
A lot of people forget about this game because it's overshadowed by their memorable Super Bowl 42 showdown just a couple months after. This was a fantastic game too.
Ah, one of the most memorable games for me. I was there and we came so close to winning this one! On the way out, there was a weird mix of disappointment and hope. And then I got on the escalator from the 3rd level and my life was changed forever. The escalator had a major malfunction and we were all sent plummeting down for the ride. When I got to the bottom, everything came to a crashing halt and my right leg was trapped inside the mangled mess. Most people were thrown off to the ground, but I stayed trapped for about 30 minutes (it felt way longer than that) until the amazing EMTs came and broke me free with the Jaws-of-life. Fastforward past a 2-week stay at Hackensack University Medical Center and a total of 5 different surgeries over 3 years, I finally had my leg amputated in 2010. After watching the playoff game against the Buccaneers from my hospital bed, I was lucky I could finally go home and be able to see the rest of the postseason from my home. Watching the Giants win that Super Bowl from my couch was one of the best gifts I could ever receive and meant so much to me at the time. It still does.
oh shit you're Michael Harris from that lawsuit against Schindler? That's fucked man. How something like that isn't maintained is beyond me. I remember seeing that story back in the day - I hope you've been able to recover somehow or that the settlement was a sizable amount.
This is the game where the Patriots put the Miami Dolphins undefeated talk to rest. After this game majority of those Dolphins stopped celebrating including Coach Shula, that they were the only undefeated team. Just a couple still celebrate, those few just can’t face the truth. The Patriots went on still to reach the point of 18-0 passing the Dolphins 17-0. The Patriots had to play 2 more games than the Dolphins did and still passed them. The Patriots are now the only NFL team to reach a 18-0 record. Pats lost the Super Bowl but it took a miracle catch to finally beat them and for Patriot Nation that’s fine. That it took a miracle to beat them. “ it is what it is” The Patriots would go one to 6 more Super Bowls and winning 3 of them. Cementing the NFLs only 20yr DYNASTY. Most dynasty’s during the SB ERA last just about 5yrs. The Patriots from 2001 to 2019 went to 9 Super Bowls and winning 6 of them. The averages going to a SB every other year.
I get where he coming from on this. Randy looked so to me most of this game. But I'm 99% sure he was running by these guys lol. It's one of those "player makes it look easy thing"
@@etchosts8162 I think we all can agree. You can't compare Rookie Randy to old one. But maybe he's not running a 4.1. maybe it's more like 4.2 by then lol. But I think it's because Randy makes it look so easy.
@@chrisgarry22 The Cowboys had beaten up on the Giants in their regular season matchups but by the time they met in the Divisional Round, the Giants were full of confidence and perhaps the Cowboys just took them a bit too lightly.
@@ckendall67Also, Tony Romo took a vacation with Jessica Simpson to Mexico while the cowboys had a bi week in the first round of the playoffs (back then). Heard that he may have skip practice (or most of it) with the team and eventually that may bite him in the butt at the end of that game against the Giants.
This game I think is what killed the patriots, they didnt have to win this game but instead they played all their starters and showed the giants basically alot of their offense on film and gave them the confidence they can beat the pats even though they lost. They shouldv'e just rested everyone.
@@millennialfootball9499 They couldn't rest everyone. Their goal was to overcome the perfect (14-0 reg, 17-0 Super Bowl champs) 1974 Dolphins with a 16-0 finish.
Nonsense. Teams in general were starting to figure New England out in the 2nd half of the season and the playoffs. The Pats were blowing teams out basically every week for the first half of the year and then when their schedule got tougher and teams started to figure out their protection scheme th games were closer and NE needed luck to win, especially against Baltimore, Philly and Indy. In the playoffs they played two very close and competitive games against the Jags and SD
Man this game was crazy I remember the NFL putting this on all sports channels because of the Patriots going for the perfect season it was intense Jacobs & Wilfork got into it & we all remember @ 10:37 that was a once in a lifetime play
The reason it was on ALL networks was only partially due to the imporatnce of the game; the NFL had scheduled this for NFL Network and the entire sports world went CRAZY that basically nobody at the time would be able to watch it. So the league couldn't just give it to one network, hence it was broadcast State of the Union style on every network that showed NFL games. This game MADE the Giants that year.
I remember being in this game, row 6 in 50 yard line on Patriots sideline. We gave Randy Moss a hell of a time, he kept giving us the finger all game long. What a time and what a game!
This is the game where the Patriots put the Miami Dolphins undefeated talk to rest. After this game majority of those Dolphins stopped celebrating including Coach Shula, that they were the only undefeated team. Just a couple still celebrate, those few just can’t face the truth. The Patriots went on still to reach the point of 18-0 passing the Dolphins 17-0. The Patriots had to play 2 more games than the Dolphins did and still passed them. The Patriots are now the only NFL team to reach a 18-0 record. Pats lost the Super Bowl but it took a miracle catch to finally beat them and for Patriot Nation that’s fine. That it took a miracle to beat them. “ it is what it is” The Patriots would go one to 6 more Super Bowls and winning 3 of them. Cementing the NFLs only 20yr DYNASTY. Most dynasty’s during the SB ERA last just about 5yrs. The Patriots from 2001 to 2019 went to 9 Super Bowls and winning 6 of them. The averages going to a SB every other year.
Logan Mankins didn't either. It just was not the Pats day. I think were they healthy or Asante catches that interception they win....even if it was ugly. The Pats oline was turnstyles that game. Eli and Coughlin just always played them tough.
The NFL account should publish this full game. The Patriots looking for the perfect season, facing the Giants who were no longer really playing anything in the regular season and played with a determination that made them grow in the following weeks until the Super Bowl. An unforgettable spectacle for a regular season match.
@@greatestnitemare6626 Moss got open deep a bunch of times in the super bowl, wtf are you talking about? Brady was on his ass and couldn't get throw off
So important that this game was simulcast on TWO networks I believe (NBC and CBS if I remember). I hated the Pats and was glad they lost that final game but looking back I almost wish they won the SB to go 19-0. Would've been the best accomplishment in sports history
The Day after the Game, John Madden called Tom Coughlin and left a Voicemail praising Coach and the Giants for Going All Out instead of just Mailing It In. Saying it was one of the Best Things to happen for the NFL in the last 10 Years😮😮😮😮👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Since 2008. Ive been the only person on this earth to talk about the last play the giants had in this game. The Burrues touchdown. THey ran the same play to beat the pats in the super bowl. Nobody but me has ever talked about this. It makes me madder that Belchick didnt see that play coming nor the cb that guarded plaxico in both games. It was the difference because they showed that play in this game.
Patriots got 3 SB right out of the gate. The middle years were good, but no rings from 2005-2013. Since 2014, it has been almost total domination of Brady
As a patriots fan I wish we would have never face giants the last game of regular season not knowing that this would be the team patriots face in Super Bowl ... I this this game gave giants some great tape review before that super bowl
I agree. What I think also is why high octane offensises face physical defenses, the physical really destroys the offense...especially when the league lacks physical defenses to really practice against. The Pats would've beaten the Packers or the Cowboys that year easily. Giants were just more physical and that wares down softer teams.
Watching that game I thought, that gave the Giants confidence, they knew they could hang with anyone. Also before the Superbowl, the Pats were cocky. You don't want to insult your opponent. It gives them anger and desire to beat you. The Pats should have been quiet Superbowl week and not give the Giants ammunition.
I respect them for having the balls to go for it. Once they beat the ravens in the Steelers I kind of accepted it at that point at a certain point it’s time to go for it.
In a lot of ways, this season was the NFL’s home run race of 98 equivalent. There was a lot of hype and anticipation around the Patriots as they closed in on a 19-0 season. And of course their offense was legendary. Everyone was watching them and everyone wanted to beat them. We kept our eye on them here in Miami for sure and celebrated when the undefeated season was prevented by the Giants in the big game.
@@yetz2291 yea but Brady chocked that game he had one best wide receivers ever and a defense that was ranked 4th that year, meanwhile giants defense was ranked 17th that year and people call eli manning trash but still put up more points than Brady
Proud of the Pats that season. 18-1, sure, but still won the AFC championship. As a fan, no need to be mopey about what you don’t have, but rather grateful for what you do
True story Was dating a former NASA engineer who hated football. At her house I asked that we check the score of this game and as we laid down and were getting “comfortable”, she said That guy in number 12 is like the perfect body type at that position. She paused it and showed how accurate he is throwing downward and how sure he is of his long distance throws based on his entire motion of throwing. It was the coolest thing in the world and this was before the record breaker of 50 TD’s for Brady. She said “He doesn’t have to have a lot of arm. His whole body is behind every throw and he follows through with ridiculous accuracy.” And he DOES have a sick arm.
Rewatching this for like the 10th time and the ref that officiated this game is the same one that officiated the Super Bowl five weeks later. That's crazy, he was there to see the Pats go 16-0, and the Giants upset to ruin the perfect season five weeks later.
The NFL tried to use the significance of this game to get people to subscribe to whatever package had NFL network and America was like “bitch you thought”
As a Pats fan, tough to deal with losing to NY that way. Giants had no business being in the two SBs with 9-7 and 10-6 records, but they pulled it off. Pats never should’ve beaten Seahawks or Falcons either, so it all comes out in the wash
This is the game where the Patriots put the Miami Dolphins undefeated talk to rest. After this game majority of those Dolphins stopped celebrating including Coach Shula, that they were the only undefeated team. Just a couple still celebrate, those few just can’t face the truth. The Patriots went on still to reach the point of 18-0 passing the Dolphins 17-0. The Patriots had to play 2 more games than the Dolphins did and still passed them. The Patriots are now the only NFL team to reach a 18-0 record. Pats lost the Super Bowl but it took a miracle catch to finally beat them and for Patriot Nation that’s fine. That it took a miracle to beat them. “ it is what it is” The Patriots would go one to 6 more Super Bowls and winning 3 of them. Cementing the NFLs only 20yr DYNASTY. Most dynasty’s during the SB ERA last just about 5yrs. The Patriots from 2001 to 2019 went to 9 Super Bowls and winning 6 of them. The averages going to a SB every other year.
My all time favorite regular season Giants game, regardless of the loss. The fact that we came SOOOOOO close to beating the “greatest team ever” (and still might be the greatest in my lifetime despite what happened in the Super Bowl) gave us Giants fans so much confidence entering the playoffs. We all thought that if we came far closer to beating New England than anyone else, then we could beat every other team in the league. “We could beat these guys, we just need to get through the NFC first.” Judging from the ensuing playoff run, I assume the players shared the same sentiment. You could tell in the very next week in the playoffs against the Buccaneers, the Giants’ confidence was at an all-time high. Against Dallas and Green Bay, that confidence never wavered, and when it was time to play New England again in the Super Bowl, it felt like destiny.
As much as people want to discuss the way the Giants "figured out" the Pats offense going into the super bowl, I'd say the same can be said of the Pats. They gave up 35 points here and only allowed half that in the SB. It was just a matter of who got the better defensive stop throughout the entire game.
@JL-CptAtom I can tell you right now that if the Patriots were in the NFC and a division like NFC South or NFC North they wouldn't be going to super bowls like that.
As a NFC North team you have to give 100% every week to get into the playoffs. On the other hand, the Pats have the luck to play 6 games a year against basically always bad division rivals. 80% are enough to beat them. That's like having extra bye weeks.
JL-CptAtom If Brady was in the NFC without Bill Belichick, Tom would be a complete joke to the NFL. The NFC North and West would smoke his ass. Fuck the Patriots. It’s all because of Belichick. Tom Brady is really not that good.
JL-CptAtom - It doesn’t matter. When you have a cakewalk to a division title every year it doesn’t matter what happens outside your division until you make it to the super bowl. The AFC has always been the weaker conference, and the AFC east has been trash for the better part of 20 years. You’re obviously a patriots fan given the fact that you dug so deep to find these stats. Congrats on your wins, they can’t be taken away from you. However you have to credit the front offices of your divisional opponents for failing to make adjustments for so long.
It seemed like the commentators momentarily forgot about bradys/moss record breaker achievements until one of them said "and PERHAPS congratulations to new england" Shows how pulsating this game was
Surely they would've loved to win on THAT night....but more importantly, they wanted to show everyone that they could go toe-to-toe with the then-'Perfect' Patriots. And they did, despite losing by a FG. Walking off the field that night, the Giants knew deep down they were on par with the Pats. And they would get to show the WORLD just how so again a month later.
Its crazy to think that people hate on the pats for losing to ny in the superbowl when they barely won here in week 17 and all the giants did was get there win back tbh,it literally took an entire season and a team who already played them to finally lose,I just think that's hella impressive and shouldn't be cast aside when talking about this season,but props to the giants though
I swear after all this time i just realized watching this again tht the Head Ref is the same guy that refereed the super bowl...now how cool is that ...
I remember this game as I was wanting the Giants to win and stop the perfect season. The Giants played with heart but came up short. They broke the perfect season in the SB though 😆
I had one guy at work (a Raiders fan, but a huge Brady fan) try to tell me before the Super Bowl that the Patriots would win easily like they did in this game. I said "Did you even watch that game? At the end of the 1st quarter, the Giants were winning. At the end of the 2nd quarter, the Giants were winning. At the end of the3rd quarter, the Giants were winning. Now, did we win the game? No. But you cannot convince anyone that that game was easy." The Friday before the Super Bowl, someone asked him who would win. His response? "The greatest quarterback of all time." To which I calmly replied "But I thought you didn't like Eli Manning."
As a Giants season ticket holder I'll never forget leaving the stadium that night as Pats fans celebrated and someone yelled out 'We'll see you in five weeks!' boy were they right
I bet they were eating their words 😂
Funny how that came back to punch them in the face.
I'm a season ticket holder and was at this game as well. Unreal stuff, man.
As a pats fan, this season humbled me to the max lol. I remember being a young a punk thinking nothing would stop that patriots team and after that SB was heart breaking. Ever since then I’ve never talked shit lmao
That’s a compliment tbh. Fans of an undefeated acknowledging that the Giants played well and were probably going to the Super Bowl.
Back when week 17 games weren’t reserved for division opponents to play each other like it is now
BostonSportsFan I wish NFL will go back to that. They stopped it after the 2009 season.
Sazerrider same more excitement
@Nilsson They actually changed it to make them mean more for divisional races.
lukerbom12 right but they forgot that division games are often boring
@@TheLocalLt Yeah. But they could be boring in this format too, with a lot of games we probably don't even remember, often games to decide draft position and nothing else.
This game was a great prequel. The super bowl is an All-Timer
www.nfl.com/photoessays/0ap2000000314258/ranking-all-52-super-bowls
It's #2 on nfl.com That is the 2nd most relevant by your logic.
But an entirely different game. Goes to show how much the defense shuts down offense in the playoffs
It was a great SB.
Too bad it went from 2nd all-time to now 5th all-time.
@@obnoxious3388 rank top 5 I’m curious
@@residentevilfan6007
This is how the majority of NFL pro athletes and NFL analyst have it.
1. 51
2. 3
3. 49
4. 13
5. 42
We all get it that Giants fans would want their team to be in the top spot or at least top 3, but that’s just not how it works.
You/Giants fans have their opinions and that’s fine, you’re allowed to.
I have a neighbor who is from Boston, and he has been a Pats fan since before Brady was even alive, so he has seen all their struggles as well as their highs. He said about this game "with how well they played us, especially considering that they had nothing to gain, I really hope we don't have to play them in the SB if we make it that far." What a guy
The classy pats fans who been through it all deserves the dynasty
My neighbor (FROM BOSTON)
I had the exact same thought coming out of this game. Pats should've lost...it felt like we did. But I also remembering thinking, "Thank God Eli is QB. He'll cost the Giants a game in the playoffs and if we get to the SB, good thing this defense won't be there." The worst part of the eventual SB match up wasn't the Giants’ defense, though. It was the media treating the Patriots like they had already won! I remember Brady did an interview with Chris Berman and Berman was essentially speaking in past tense. It was all about references to the undefeated Dolphins and how this season would go down in the history books and blah blah blah. I wanted to jump through the television screen and strangle him. Any real Patriots fan was not comfortable playing this Giants team again. I'll tell you what though… The worst part of the eventual loss was not the helmet catch. The worst was the play before when Asante Samuel dropped a game ending interception that hit his hands! He took his eye off the ball to try to line up his feet inbounds. As brutal as the helmet catch was, that drop was excruciating.
Greatest loss I have ever seen as a Giants fan. We knew after this we were favorites to come out of the NFC.
I'm sure they more than made up for it 5 weeks later.
The only game I've ever seen where a moral victory actually meant something
Favorites? Really? As a 6 seed? Sure you guys had all the reason to feel good about your chances but favorites? Really?
NFL Throwback and the game that actually meant something because of course these 2 iconic teams met in Super Bowl 42 and these Giants stopped NE for that perfect season
Yes we all kno this
@Omega8kilo You sound like a bitter Pats fan. Lol Just accept your team got burned by a wildcard team on what would've been the greatest season in NFL history
@Omega8kilo lmfao fym it is relevant
Brady first person to break 50 tds/ moss breaks rice old record
Manning with that elusiveness in the pocket to deliver it with some gum to tyree
One of the most memorable super bowls in recent history (idk if ud call almost 11 yrs ago recent lol)
Honestly if i was u id be mad at the 3/4/5 defensive linemen that got a hand to manning and SOMEHOW MISSED HIM
That really shoulda been a sack and if i was anyone of those DL id prolly have nightmares bout it for the rest of my life
Are you people forgetting that Spy Gate happened in Week 1 of that same season? Those bitch ass Patriots should have been forced to forfeit that game. Perfect season my ass
@Omega8kilo here's what you've said so far: "the superbowl isn't good just cuz it's memorable to giants fans"
Also you: "so basically since it wasn't in the NFL top 15 that speaks for everyone"
The fact that they met 5 weeks after this for the biggest prize.. this game is so much history in it..
This is the only game in NFL history besides Super Bowl I to be simulcast on two different networks, both CBS and NBC. It was also on NFLN who produced the broadcast.
*2 broadcast networks
Only three-network simulcast ever.
And Bryant Gumbel of all people called this game considering he was working for NFLN at the time and once worked for both NBC and CBS from 1972-2002.
8:18 play is such an insanely good throw by Eli
I was at this game and honestly even as a New York sports fan, this was the best game I've ever been to. The Pats fans were also very chill and called the SB match up. Also that TD from Brady to Moss was the best throw I've ever seen in person.
A lot of people forget about this game because it's overshadowed by their memorable Super Bowl 42 showdown just a couple months after. This was a fantastic game too.
Ah, one of the most memorable games for me. I was there and we came so close to winning this one! On the way out, there was a weird mix of disappointment and hope.
And then I got on the escalator from the 3rd level and my life was changed forever. The escalator had a major malfunction and we were all sent plummeting down for the ride. When I got to the bottom, everything came to a crashing halt and my right leg was trapped inside the mangled mess. Most people were thrown off to the ground, but I stayed trapped for about 30 minutes (it felt way longer than that) until the amazing EMTs came and broke me free with the Jaws-of-life. Fastforward past a 2-week stay at Hackensack University Medical Center and a total of 5 different surgeries over 3 years, I finally had my leg amputated in 2010.
After watching the playoff game against the Buccaneers from my hospital bed, I was lucky I could finally go home and be able to see the rest of the postseason from my home. Watching the Giants win that Super Bowl from my couch was one of the best gifts I could ever receive and meant so much to me at the time. It still does.
oh shit you're Michael Harris from that lawsuit against Schindler?
That's fucked man. How something like that isn't maintained is beyond me. I remember seeing that story back in the day - I hope you've been able to recover somehow or that the settlement was a sizable amount.
This is the game where the Patriots put the Miami Dolphins undefeated talk to rest.
After this game majority of those Dolphins stopped celebrating including Coach Shula, that they were the only undefeated team.
Just a couple still celebrate, those few just can’t face the truth.
The Patriots went on still to reach the point of 18-0 passing the Dolphins 17-0.
The Patriots had to play 2 more games than the Dolphins did and still passed them.
The Patriots are now the only NFL team to reach a 18-0 record.
Pats lost the Super Bowl but it took a miracle catch to finally beat them and for Patriot Nation that’s fine. That it took a miracle to beat them. “ it is what it is”
The Patriots would go one to 6 more Super Bowls and winning 3 of them.
Cementing the NFLs only 20yr DYNASTY.
Most dynasty’s during the SB ERA last just about 5yrs. The Patriots from 2001 to 2019 went to 9 Super Bowls and winning 6 of them.
The averages going to a SB every other year.
Moss was barely jogging and burned everyone
Definitely not the case, but ok.
@JL-CptAtom Sure he was 👀
I get where he coming from on this. Randy looked so to me most of this game. But I'm 99% sure he was running by these guys lol. It's one of those "player makes it look easy thing"
MRTUPAC 28 watch his rookie tape compared to this youll see what i mean.
@@etchosts8162 I think we all can agree. You can't compare Rookie Randy to old one. But maybe he's not running a 4.1. maybe it's more like 4.2 by then lol. But I think it's because Randy makes it look so easy.
What a great game, and who could even imagine what was to come. One of the greatest post-season stories in the history of the NFL.
I'll never forget saying that night, "Patriots could meet this team in the Superbowl if the Giants get by Favre."
Not to mention the cowboys who swept the Giants during the season
You didn't say that Tom.
@@chrisgarry22 The Cowboys had beaten up on the Giants in their regular season matchups but by the time they met in the Divisional Round, the Giants were full of confidence and perhaps the Cowboys just took them a bit too lightly.
@@ckendall67Also, Tony Romo took a vacation with Jessica Simpson to Mexico while the cowboys had a bi week in the first round of the playoffs (back then). Heard that he may have skip practice (or most of it) with the team and eventually that may bite him in the butt at the end of that game against the Giants.
brandon jacobs was a tank
He was spectacular...when he wasn't fumbling the ball
The most meaningless game in history had so much meaning.
Gotta love it. Two teams just playing for pride; beating the mess out of each other. Awesome.
This game I think is what killed the patriots, they didnt have to win this game but instead they played all their starters and showed the giants basically alot of their offense on film and gave them the confidence they can beat the pats even though they lost. They shouldv'e just rested everyone.
Millennial Football, they just wanted a perfect season at that point.
@@millennialfootball9499 They couldn't rest everyone. Their goal was to overcome the perfect (14-0 reg, 17-0 Super Bowl champs) 1974 Dolphins with a 16-0 finish.
Nonsense. Teams in general were starting to figure New England out in the 2nd half of the season and the playoffs. The Pats were blowing teams out basically every week for the first half of the year and then when their schedule got tougher and teams started to figure out their protection scheme th games were closer and NE needed luck to win, especially against Baltimore, Philly and Indy. In the playoffs they played two very close and competitive games against the Jags and SD
Man this game was crazy I remember the NFL putting this on all sports channels because of the Patriots going for the perfect season it was intense Jacobs & Wilfork got into it & we all remember @ 10:37 that was a once in a lifetime play
The reason it was on ALL networks was only partially due to the imporatnce of the game; the NFL had scheduled this for NFL Network and the entire sports world went CRAZY that basically nobody at the time would be able to watch it. So the league couldn't just give it to one network, hence it was broadcast State of the Union style on every network that showed NFL games. This game MADE the Giants that year.
I remember being in this game, row 6 in 50 yard line on Patriots sideline. We gave Randy Moss a hell of a time, he kept giving us the finger all game long. What a time and what a game!
This is the game where the Patriots put the Miami Dolphins undefeated talk to rest.
After this game majority of those Dolphins stopped celebrating including Coach Shula, that they were the only undefeated team.
Just a couple still celebrate, those few just can’t face the truth.
The Patriots went on still to reach the point of 18-0 passing the Dolphins 17-0.
The Patriots had to play 2 more games than the Dolphins did and still passed them.
The Patriots are now the only NFL team to reach a 18-0 record.
Pats lost the Super Bowl but it took a miracle catch to finally beat them and for Patriot Nation that’s fine. That it took a miracle to beat them. “ it is what it is”
The Patriots would go one to 6 more Super Bowls and winning 3 of them.
Cementing the NFLs only 20yr DYNASTY.
Most dynasty’s during the SB ERA last just about 5yrs. The Patriots from 2001 to 2019 went to 9 Super Bowls and winning 6 of them.
The averages going to a SB every other year.
So magical
What? You on crack boy?!
Shame that Moss and Seau never got a ring from this. It was perfect.
Almost perfect 😅
@@maxw2671 please... shut up.
Christian Travieso 18-1
Logan Mankins didn't either. It just was not the Pats day. I think were they healthy or Asante catches that interception they win....even if it was ugly. The Pats oline was turnstyles that game. Eli and Coughlin just always played them tough.
@@danlove3635 Asante Samuel is a bum who misses an interception 😊
The NFL account should publish this full game. The Patriots looking for the perfect season, facing the Giants who were no longer really playing anything in the regular season and played with a determination that made them grow in the following weeks until the Super Bowl. An unforgettable spectacle for a regular season match.
Only way Giants have a chance today is if Eli plays
Nope
Yeah... no
Moss was unguardable that season.
Prime Randy Moss was unguardable.
But he did nothing in the Super Bowl. Bum was invisible
@@greatestnitemare6626 Moss got open deep a bunch of times in the super bowl, wtf are you talking about? Brady was on his ass and couldn't get throw off
@@patrickr2691 62 yards 1 TD
Definition of nothing.
@@greatestnitemare6626 so the clips I can show of Moss open deep and getting missed qualify as nothing? LMAO
Crazy we played the giants last game to go 16-0. Crazy foreshadowing
I remember this game vividly gave us so much juice going into the playoffs we felt unstoppable
If moss caught that brady last-ditch-pass-to-avoid-a-sack that woulda been one hell of an all-time play
So important that this game was simulcast on TWO networks I believe (NBC and CBS if I remember). I hated the Pats and was glad they lost that final game but looking back I almost wish they won the SB to go 19-0. Would've been the best accomplishment in sports history
96-0 NBA team
"Brady, with time, going back again, for Moss!"
The Day after the Game, John Madden called Tom Coughlin and left a Voicemail praising Coach and the Giants for Going All Out instead of just Mailing It In. Saying it was one of the Best Things to happen for the NFL in the last 10 Years😮😮😮😮👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
I remember being home from OTR work for Swift, and watching this game on TV. I remember feeling so lucky to have seen such an entertaining game.
Since 2008. Ive been the only person on this earth to talk about the last play the giants had in this game. The Burrues touchdown. THey ran the same play to beat the pats in the super bowl. Nobody but me has ever talked about this. It makes me madder that Belchick didnt see that play coming nor the cb that guarded plaxico in both games. It was the difference because they showed that play in this game.
Incredible observation. Props.
Patriots got 3 SB right out of the gate. The middle years were good, but no rings from 2005-2013. Since 2014, it has been almost total domination of Brady
Yikes, remember this game like it was yesterday. The game that gave them the confidence in knowing that they could beat these guys...
Brady with time going back again to Moss. Touchdown Patriots!
I don't care what people say 07 NY Giants was a good team
good team? more like a weird team!
@@1990Thunderbolt great team
Knocked off the greatest in the game that mattered
Da Sports Fan lmfao
They were loaded that year
As a patriots fan I wish we would have never face giants the last game of regular season not knowing that this would be the team patriots face in Super Bowl ... I this this game gave giants some great tape review before that super bowl
I agree. What I think also is why high octane offensises face physical defenses, the physical really destroys the offense...especially when the league lacks physical defenses to really practice against.
The Pats would've beaten the Packers or the Cowboys that year easily. Giants were just more physical and that wares down softer teams.
Watching that game I thought, that gave the Giants confidence, they knew they could hang with anyone.
Also before the Superbowl, the Pats were cocky. You don't want to insult your opponent. It gives them anger and desire to beat you. The Pats should have been quiet Superbowl week and not give the Giants ammunition.
I respect them for having the balls to go for it. Once they beat the ravens in the Steelers I kind of accepted it at that point at a certain point it’s time to go for it.
How many people are watching this in 2020 wishing it was 2007 again?
In a lot of ways, this season was the NFL’s home run race of 98 equivalent. There was a lot of hype and anticipation around the Patriots as they closed in on a 19-0 season. And of course their offense was legendary. Everyone was watching them and everyone wanted to beat them. We kept our eye on them here in Miami for sure and celebrated when the undefeated season was prevented by the Giants in the big game.
Manning looked solid 💯 we didn’t build enough around him tbh. All of our money went towards defense & not protection and weapons.
Tbh Jerry reese ruined the 2nd half of eli manning's career hes the main reason y we suck today and injuries
That D that you say you spent too much money on held this record-breaking Pats offense to just 14 points in the Super Bowl, so...
@@yetz2291 yea but Brady chocked that game he had one best wide receivers ever and a defense that was ranked 4th that year, meanwhile giants defense was ranked 17th that year and people call eli manning trash but still put up more points than Brady
@@rafaelgeorge7271 They both put up 14 points giants kicker had the other 3
@@Levi77471 dont matter enough to get in winning position brady had better weapons and put up only 14 pts 💀 just admit it Brady choked
This game was outstanding!
I'm glad they changed the color of the TV first down line.. I kept thinking every play was fourth down in this video.
Week 17, 2007: the prequel
Super Bowl 42: the rematch
Super Bowl 46: the sequel
Brady with time Going back again FOR MOSS Touchdown Patriots!!
fun fact: the losing team in the regular season has a 86% winning rate in a rematch in the playoffs
Browns against Steelers in a nutshell in the Wild Card edition.
Well the giants won the rematch next time in the regular season and super bowl lol
remember watching this. One of the greatest regular season games of all time
*18-1 intensifies*
😭
It was our plan to lose so we upset them in ‘42
Proud of the Pats that season. 18-1, sure, but still won the AFC championship. As a fan, no need to be mopey about what you don’t have, but rather grateful for what you do
I watched this game on UPN 9
The people who told Bryant Gumbel “Hey, you oughta do play-by-play!” were complete idiots.
True story
Was dating a former NASA engineer who hated football.
At her house I asked that we check the score of this game and as we laid down and were getting “comfortable”, she said
That guy in number 12 is like the perfect body type at that position. She paused it and showed how accurate he is throwing downward and how sure he is of his long distance throws based on his entire motion of throwing.
It was the coolest thing in the world and this was before the record breaker of 50 TD’s for Brady.
She said
“He doesn’t have to have a lot of arm. His whole body is behind every throw and he follows through with ridiculous accuracy.”
And he DOES have a sick arm.
There is literally not one single scientific observation in what you wrote.
2007 Patriots was stacked wit Randy Moss Tom Brady Rodney Harrison but I still don't understand how they lose the Giants in Super Bowl 42 smh 💯
stomp you out
Easy to play when u has hothing to lose
Luck and 2 miracles in one play
Greatest forgotten game ever
Not forgotten. How many times is Bradys 50th TD pass shown. Its the most iconic one. More than Mahomes 50th. Really more than Mannings 51st
Tazer cause Brady was the first to 50. Also, no one talks about the game, just the record
Not forgotten, people realized if the Giants met the Patriots in the SB, it was going to be a game for the ages.
Thanks for uploading this one and not the other pats giants game that year. That one still hurts even though winning 3 since has helped.
The prequel, the game..the history that was followed after..
If New England lost, they would've gotten a great 18-1.
Instead, they got the wrong 18-1.
Haha. Was saying same
It’s crazy to me how many notable players there are on both teams side of the ball
Rewatching this for like the 10th time and the ref that officiated this game is the same one that officiated the Super Bowl five weeks later. That's crazy, he was there to see the Pats go 16-0, and the Giants upset to ruin the perfect season five weeks later.
What a season as a Giants fan!
Greatest regular season loss in history lol
The NFL tried to use the significance of this game to get people to subscribe to whatever package had NFL network and America was like “bitch you thought”
I remember 10 year old me switching between CBS and NBC, seeing the same game, and thinking I had defeated the cable gods.
This game was stationed by 5 channels that broadcasted this; NFL Network, CBS, NBC, Fox, and ESPN.
I hate the Giants and Eli with a passion. But I must say they taught me the true meaning of Any Give Sunday
As a Pats fan, tough to deal with losing to NY that way. Giants had no business being in the two SBs with 9-7 and 10-6 records, but they pulled it off. Pats never should’ve beaten Seahawks or Falcons either, so it all comes out in the wash
This is the game where the Patriots put the Miami Dolphins undefeated talk to rest.
After this game majority of those Dolphins stopped celebrating including Coach Shula, that they were the only undefeated team.
Just a couple still celebrate, those few just can’t face the truth.
The Patriots went on still to reach the point of 18-0 passing the Dolphins 17-0.
The Patriots had to play 2 more games than the Dolphins did and still passed them.
The Patriots are now the only NFL team to reach a 18-0 record.
Pats lost the Super Bowl but it took a miracle catch to finally beat them and for Patriot Nation that’s fine. That it took a miracle to beat them. “ it is what it is”
The Patriots would go one to 6 more Super Bowls and winning 3 of them.
Cementing the NFLs only 20yr DYNASTY.
Most dynasty’s during the SB ERA last just about 5yrs. The Patriots from 2001 to 2019 went to 9 Super Bowls and winning 6 of them.
The averages going to a SB every other year.
Now this was like a real life Madden game with my friends
My all time favorite regular season Giants game, regardless of the loss. The fact that we came SOOOOOO close to beating the “greatest team ever” (and still might be the greatest in my lifetime despite what happened in the Super Bowl) gave us Giants fans so much confidence entering the playoffs. We all thought that if we came far closer to beating New England than anyone else, then we could beat every other team in the league. “We could beat these guys, we just need to get through the NFC first.”
Judging from the ensuing playoff run, I assume the players shared the same sentiment. You could tell in the very next week in the playoffs against the Buccaneers, the Giants’ confidence was at an all-time high. Against Dallas and Green Bay, that confidence never wavered, and when it was time to play New England again in the Super Bowl, it felt like destiny.
As much as people want to discuss the way the Giants "figured out" the Pats offense going into the super bowl, I'd say the same can be said of the Pats. They gave up 35 points here and only allowed half that in the SB. It was just a matter of who got the better defensive stop throughout the entire game.
It's poetic that Plaxico Burress was the receiver for the Giants last score in this game and to be the winning receiver for the Super Bowl weeks later
Honestly, I felt like this game had equal to or even more hype than a Super Bowl. Is that just me?
Also worthy to note Mike Carey officiated both this and the Super Bowl!
They're probably gunna go 16-0 again with that easy ass schedule they got.
@JL-CptAtom Get some help.
@JL-CptAtom I can tell you right now that if the Patriots were in the NFC and a division like NFC South or NFC North they wouldn't be going to super bowls like that.
As a NFC North team you have to give 100% every week to get into the playoffs. On the other hand, the Pats have the luck to play 6 games a year against basically always bad division rivals. 80% are enough to beat them. That's like having extra bye weeks.
JL-CptAtom If Brady was in the NFC without Bill Belichick, Tom would be a complete joke to the NFL. The NFC North and West would smoke his ass. Fuck the Patriots. It’s all because of Belichick. Tom Brady is really not that good.
JL-CptAtom - It doesn’t matter. When you have a cakewalk to a division title every year it doesn’t matter what happens outside your division until you make it to the super bowl. The AFC has always been the weaker conference, and the AFC east has been trash for the better part of 20 years. You’re obviously a patriots fan given the fact that you dug so deep to find these stats. Congrats on your wins, they can’t be taken away from you. However you have to credit the front offices of your divisional opponents for failing to make adjustments for so long.
The Giants may have lost this game
But they got their Revenge in the Superbowl and they ENDED the Patriots undefeated season
I’m surprised they didn’t spoil it here.
9:05 thats one hell of a stutter step by welker ive never seen one colder
The giants wouldn’t have won the Super Bowl without this game. They learned what they did wrong the first time.
It seemed like the commentators momentarily forgot about bradys/moss record breaker achievements until one of them said "and PERHAPS congratulations to new england"
Shows how pulsating this game was
I was so proud of Moss in this game. Best freak of nature to ever come from WV.
Defenses were built around him, not to mention offenses.
Just imagine if moss was on the same team that featured GRONK. LMFAO talk about siiiiiiick. You have to single cover everyone I assume.
@@danacaldwell5388 That would be a smart idea for moss and gronk to get on the same page in offense.
I remember this game like it was yesterday. I was in 8th grade.
This was the best loss in Giants history lol
Surely they would've loved to win on THAT night....but more importantly, they wanted to show everyone that they could go toe-to-toe with the then-'Perfect' Patriots. And they did, despite losing by a FG. Walking off the field that night, the Giants knew deep down they were on par with the Pats. And they would get to show the WORLD just how so again a month later.
Great upload. Great game :D
Its crazy to think that people hate on the pats for losing to ny in the superbowl when they barely won here in week 17 and all the giants did was get there win back tbh,it literally took an entire season and a team who already played them to finally lose,I just think that's hella impressive and shouldn't be cast aside when talking about this season,but props to the giants though
Brady to Moss...wow
If the Giants had rested their starters in this game, the Patriots would have went 19-0
One of the few times where moral victory actually meant something.
I swear after all this time i just realized watching this again tht the Head Ref is the same guy that refereed the super bowl...now how cool is that ...
Can you imagine if Madden had classic teams you'd have both these teams for sure.
Even tho the giants lost this game you got to be proud of how hard they played and fought
Matt Cassel’s story on this game really shows the competitive nature of that 07 Patriots team ‼️
I remember this game as I was wanting the Giants to win and stop the perfect season. The Giants played with heart but came up short. They broke the perfect season in the SB though 😆
Never felt better about a giants loss in all my life.
This wa a a great game
I remember watching this game on CBS and NBC cause i didn't had satellite
The Giants took this game personal. 😨
Probably the most fun regular season game I've ever seen. Very entertaining
14:14 “Manning lobs it Burress alone Touchdown New York!”
1 of 3 games between the giants and patriots that season.
@Ryan Irwin- Diehl postseason preseason regular season
I had one guy at work (a Raiders fan, but a huge Brady fan) try to tell me before the Super Bowl that the Patriots would win easily like they did in this game. I said "Did you even watch that game? At the end of the 1st quarter, the Giants were winning. At the end of the 2nd quarter, the Giants were winning. At the end of the3rd quarter, the Giants were winning. Now, did we win the game? No. But you cannot convince anyone that that game was easy." The Friday before the Super Bowl, someone asked him who would win. His response? "The greatest quarterback of all time." To which I calmly replied "But I thought you didn't like Eli Manning."
Idk why but the moment at 1:41 puts a little smile on my face.
That sack on Brady at 2:30 didn’t even count Giants D holding. They show that play all the time on NFL Films and it didn’t even count.