The weird thing about the Immaculate Reception is that there actually isn't a mystery. If you watch the complete un-cropped footage, it's pretty clear that Tatum hit the ball away without Fuqua touching it and Harris clearly picked up the ball before it hit the ground. The way the NFL cuts that play, they make it seem more vague than it was, because they want to build mystique around the play. It's a miraculous play, but the refs absolutely called it correctly (eventually).
@@brendanmayhew6280 The Minneapolis Miracle happened after this episode aired, genius. It shouldn't be on here because it didn't happen yet! Use your head for once!
This list is a disgrace. #1 shouldn't even be in the Top 5, and they left off the greatest playoff finish ever, which is Frank Reich beating the Oilers and leading the largest playoff comeback in NFL history.
Good list. But one finish I thought belonged was the Minneapolis Miracle. You dont have moments like that where the game was damn near over and you have a finish where if you’re a football fan you believe that a hidden power allowed Marcus Williams to launch himself too early and leave Diggs with a walk in TD to seal the game. Also Im a Falcons fan so I think that should be number 1
@@matthewdaley746 Yes it really was a shame how they played in the Championship. But still the moment was so refreshing for the city that they damn near celebrated it. And its still talked about. And it doesn’t help when the Saints lose like that with the Falcons watching. 🤪
The clutch 4th down throw against leagues best defense. Then the long kick return followed by a bomb by trubisky, then Pedersons timeout when Parkey nailed the kick, only for him to double doink it on his second try lol def a great
Both times the Cards and Packers met in the playoffs, the Seahawks and Packers playoff game, and now the Bucs and Packers playoffs. The Packers have had bad luck in the playoffs
all of Russell Wilson's picks in the 2014 nfc championship were when he was target Jermaine Kearse, and Kearse is the one who catches the game winner. Irony
I like this list, if for no other reason than I didn't know that it was legal to put The Immaculate Reception anywhere except #1 on every list ever. I love The Immaculate Reception, even though I'm a Raiders fan, I can't help but enjoy the impossibility and broken physics of it. It will NEVER be duplicated. It's just.... I don't know, refreshing?? to see it not immediately put #1.
Why do people forget the real controversy of that play. At that time, it was not a legal catch if two offensive players touched the ball consecutively (No tipping directly to a teammate). Now it was a bang-bang play, but it still looks to me like the ball bounced off Frenchy Fuqua (A Steelers player) directly to Franco Harris without the Raiders player (I believe it was George Atkinson) touching it in between the two. That would make it an incomplete pass.
@@craighenry2351 Actually, the rule (1972 rule book, Rule 7, Section 5, Article 2, Item 2-c) was slightly different than that: _Any forward pass (legal or illegal) becomes incomplete and ball is dead immediately if pass is caught by any A player after it has touched ineligible A player or second eligible A, and before_ any _touching by B._ (emphasis added) So, if the ball hit both Jack Tatum and Frenchy Fuqua, the order it touched them in is irrelevant - Franco's catch is legal (well, assuming the ball didn't touch the ground before he had possession, which is the other controversial part). I've watched every available angle of that play a thousand times, and I'm 98% sure the ball hit Tatum and 95% sure it didn't touch the ground before Franco caught it, but I can't get rid of those few percentage points of doubt.
1:51 The 3:16 Game. 6:37 The 2009 Packers-Cardinals Wild Card Shootout. 9:03 The 2006 AFC Championship. 13:13 The 2015 Packers-Cardinals Divisional Round Overtime Game. 17:02 The Tip! 20:45 The Immaculate Reception! 23:57 The Catch! 28:30 The Music City Miracle. 32:46 The Drive. 38:36 The 2014 NFC Championship.
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To this day, I'll always say that the Packers/Seahawks game and that comeback is the main reason why they changed the onside kick rules, which makes it virtually impossible to recover an onside kick nowadays.
I think the rule it really changed was allowing the defense to score on a 2-point conversion. The only reason Russ threw that ball up for grabs is because there was no downside. The play would have been dead if Green Bay picked it off. Starting the next season the defense could run a fumble, INT, or blocked kick back for 2 points.
Some honorable mentions should include: The Tuck Rule Dez's "catch" Gary Anderson's missed field goal Billy Cundiff's missed field goal Favre's interceptions The Minneapolis Miracle The 2002 NFC Championship The 2002 NFC Wildcard The 2011 NFC Championship The 2019 AFC Championship These were all just amazing playoff games
1. Tragic, rule, but, correct. 2. Turnabout is fair play. 3. Wouldn't have beaten the Broncos, anyway. 4. Seeing the Patriots lose the SB made up for it, and, the Ravens won the very next year, after all. 5. Clockwork predictability. 6. Wouldn't have beaten the Patriots, anyway. 7. Wouldn't have beaten the Raiders, anyway. 8. Wouldn't have beaten the Buccaneers, anyway. 9. Wouldn't have beaten the Patriots, anyway. 10. Wouldn't have beaten the 49ers, anyway.
@@matthewdaley746 Good point, you can't exactly have the Dez catch without that 2014 wildcard game . I just remember that game so well because the words I said afterwards were" f you Jerry Jones, how much did that call cost?". I do think caught it but that pure karma coming back to bite em. Too this day I still don't trust the Refs in jerry world, this weekend added to that with the"fumble". The one thing I disagree on your list is the 1998 vikings would have beaten Denver in the SB. That offense was too explosive to not shred the Denver's Def.
@@nexuseagles6279 I respectfully disagree, throughout the season, the Vikings couldn't stop the run, at all, plus, Dennis Green had a terrible problem of coaching not to lose.
I am a Cowboys fan but grew up in Northeaast Ohio. I watched both Cleveland-Denver games with two good friends and Browns fans. It was really painful to watch their reactions. I have to say, the Browns have as loyal a fanbase as anybody in the NFL. They just have to learn to be good winners. They don’t take success well. They get arrogant. And I will root for their demise as long as Baker Mayfield plays for their team. As an Ohio State fan, I will not forgive him for the flag planting incident. Maybe the next time they play the Niners, Nick Bosa can plant him into the turf like Joe Turkey Jones planted Terry Bradshaw so many years ago. A little revenge for a Buckeye who was on the field the day of the incident
@@craighenry2351 Well I was at both AFC Championship games between the 2 and I have been to dozens of stadiums on my 60 years on earth. To include Oakland and Los Angeles coliseum which are both in the middle of a ghetto and Irrate Raiders Nation.That game in Cleveland after The Drive was the only time in my life traveling as a NFL fan that I was actually frighten for my life. You'd have thought we stormed the capital, killed the President and burned the kids at the stake. Only time I actually hid my Broncos colors. I don't condone violence on the field of play, but any legal hit on Baker Mayfield is acceptable to me.
Note: These are not the Top 10 NFL Playoff finishes. Some of them are (The Catch) and some of them do not belong (Tebow pass in wildcard game). For example, where's the John Montana to John Taylor touchdown to cap 49ers last minute touchdown drive against the Bengals in Super Bowl 23 - Tebow's pass is above that?
Listen to the category at the beginning. It is clearly stated that only playoff games are included. The reason? There is another list for top ten Super Bowl finishes.
@@craighenry2351 There is nothing that makes a distinction between playoffs and the Super Bowl in the title "Top 10 Playoff Finishes" nor the description "Today's list brings together the ten best playoff finishes in NFL history. This episode originally aired in 2016." The playoffs traditionally include the Super Bowl in team, coaches, and players statistics for record purposes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_head_coaches_by_playoff_record. So if only the wild card, divisional and conference championship rounds were only considered, then the written description for the video should be revised accordingly. But this still would not be a top 10 list as there are many more game-winning plays from conference championships that would dominate the list before something like the Tebow sudden death OT touchdown pass in a wildcard game - Maybe I would think differently if it were a regulation time Hail Mary pass like the Cowboys' Hail Mary against Minnesota in 1975 NFC Championship Game. But there would still be yet more - Bart Starr's QB sneak in the final seconds of the 1967 'Ice Bowl,' the Steelers Immaculate Reception against the Raiders in the 1972 playoffs, the Raiders' Sea of Hands touchdown play in the final minute a 1974 playoff game against the Dolphins and more...I would even go for a San Diego overtime field goal in the 1981/82 AFC playoffs after one the greatest divisional round playoff games in NFL history. Maybe there is just a recency bias on this Top 10 Plays list?
In typical fashion when it comes to anything related to the Tennessee Titans, they didn't give the Music City Miracle the respect it deserved. For context, it was the 1999 season. It was the first ever season of the Tennessee Titans with that name (the previous two seasons they were the Tennessee Oilers). It was the first NFL postseason game played in the state of Tennessee. A lot of storylines in this game that give the Music City Miracle more significance.
How do you not include the Sea of Hands??? Literally the last play off the game. Broke Dolphins 3 year run of Super Bowl Appearances. Pete Rozelle running NFL films? He hated Al Davis.
@@matthewdaley746 Two spots on this list had teams that didn't make it to the super bowl (#10 and #7), what's to stop them from putting on the game that had 4 lead changes in the final 5 minutes of the game? And ending on a walk-off touchdown in regulation, not overtime
@@theleightowskiteam5003 Probably, that it was more about the defensive player showboating, and, it backfiring, fatally, than it was about the particular offensive player.
@@matthewdaley746 Hey, a miracle finish is a miracle finish (And showboating? There was more to that singular play than just one out of 22 players on the field at the time). Stephen A-Hole Smith tried using the same logic of "Marcus Williams ruined the chance for Brees vs. Brady!!" (crying lil bitch), there were more elements to that game besides a missed tackle. 17-0 start for the Vikes, full comeback by the Saints in the 2nd half, and again the 4 lead changes in the final minutes. Literally the entire nation was talking about that game after it happened. Plus you have endless clips of former athletes (Reggie Bush, Mike Strahan and the whole Fox crew, etc.) and even Bill Burr going nuts over it and saying "This is what Football is about!" Plus the #1 choice is fucking bullshit anyway, just goes to show everyone loves sucking Wilson's and Rodgers' dicks!!
@@theleightowskiteam5003 The defender wanted to end the Game with a single play, and, he did, just not the way he originally intended, his teammate was also, clobbered.
This one might have to be combined but the Minneapolis Miracle along with the Rams no pass interference call both against the Saints would be a great addition to the list. Both situations where the Saints were plays away from the Super Bowl and in the case of the no PI call literally changed the game for a season where you could challenge pass interference
Cardinals’ Warner may have just tossed the ball to Larry Fitzgerald, but the argument could be made that they shouldn’t have been in that game to start with. What a season.
Kind of funny hearing them talk about the 2013 NFC Championship as being the "last time the 49ers were good", and then they just casually make another Superbowl appearance after the 2019 season. And then the 262nd overall pick absolutely balls out and takes them to ANOTHER conference championship in 2022. They're a pretty blessed franchise.
I’m surprised we didn’t get anything from the 2003 playoff games Particularly I would’ve gone with 4th and 26 Eagles over Giants in overtime in the divisional round but either Steve Smith’s 69 TD to end Double Overtime Panthers over the Rams in the divisional or Hassleback throwing an interception in over time after saying “we want the ball and we’re gonna score” in the Packers Seahawks Wild Card game
PLEASE ALLOW ME TO CLEAR IT UP! I wish washed as a kid when my dad first showed me the Music City Miracle on replay. According the sports geeks at Sport Science, the trajectory of the projectile in question (oblong shaped pigskin) was in fact a diagonal obtuse angle in relation to the release point. IT WAS A LATERAL. THE RIGHT CALL WAS MADE. IT WAS A MIRACLE. YOU CAN SEE DYSON'S FOOT ON THE SAME YARD LINE AS WYCHECK'S.
They need to make more of these top 10s and revise some of these lists. I would imagine the Minneapolis miracle and the bills cheifs 13 seconds would be on here
Just to be clear, it is a known fact now that the Immaculate Reception was actually a Reception. There are full, clear wide angles that show the play from the side and the ball did not touch the ground
I would rank the AFC championship game between the Bengals and the Chiefs with Cincy going on to win the game in OT I would rank in at least in the top 5.
A complete lack of defense was the common thread in all of them, the skill of Aaron Rodgers was no match for a defense that would repeatedly let him down.
How is the Oakland Raiders beating the three previous super bowl appearing, two time defending champion Miami Dolphins, in the "Sea of Hands" game not #1, much less not even in the top 10?
The 2013 NFC championship game. The glorious game that broke Kaepernick and ended his career. The NFC championship game the next year was even better in my opinion. But “the catch” was just a normal rudimentary touchdown play that would barely make a highlight reel today.
The 2004 divisional playoffs. Carolina at St. Louis. Double OT game with a walk-off touchdown to Steve Smith. Not even mentioned in the entire video. Sad.
1992 AFC Wildcard was the greatest. C'mon man y'all always jip the Bills. Also honorable mention goes to Delhomme to Steve Smith in 2003 over the greatest nerf on turf. Another GREAT playoff shocker....
The first thing I think of when I hear about the Music City Miracle is the late Tim Russert's line, "The Music City Miracle was a crime, perpetrated on the streets of Nashville" SHOULDA STARTED FLUTIE HE'S IN THE CFL HALL OF FAME FOR A REASON
It was the perfect example of why owners and managers should not be involved in the coaching decisions. Take this with a grain of salt, but I heard Wade Phillips was pressured to start Rob Johnson because of the massive contract they had signed him on earlier. Doug Flutie was clearly the better player and leader. His only "flaw" was being short.
The only thing I hated about that game was that it had to happen to Warren Moon. I loved him since he and Spyder Gaines destroyed Michigan in the Rose Bowl.
The obvious complaint is the Hail Mary not even on the list. 46 years later and the term for that pass, coined that day is still in use. It should be #1 on that list, with arguments from the Catch and the Immauculate Reception. Maybe the fact that it was in a divisional playoff game had something to do with it, but remember something. That catch and win propelled the Cowboys as the first ever Wildcard team to make it to the Super Bowl, one they lost by four and were throwing into the end zone for the win at the end of the game. That play may be the deciding factor as to why Drew Pearson is finally where he deserves to be, in the Hall of Fame. I guess this list is made by another Cowboys hater. I will say good mention to note that the Catch didn’t end that game. It is funny, as a noted Cowboys fan I was watching in my dorm room at Ohio State, with my roommate also being a Cowboys fan, when several people broke into my room dogging us. They immediately went silent when Pearson nearly took it to the house 1 play later. As to the ensuing fumble, the grasp and control rule was in effect then and there was a question as to whether it should have been called. That was the second of Danny Whites 3 straight NFC championship games and was his best shot at a win. He deserved better. As far as the Immaculate Reception, the real controversy was that the rule at the time was that two offensive players could not touch the ball consecutively (-No direct tipping to a teammate). There is still, to this day, a question as to whether Frenchy Fuqua or George Atkinson touched that ball immediately before Franco. I still think it was Fuqua, but I was OK with it at the time as the Steelers were just starting their dynasty and I didn’t despise them, then. Now, the only team I hate at the same level are the Eagles, especially the Buddy Ryan Eagles.
Bullsh#t list. How the hell do the Giants NOT own at least 4 of these? The RW Mc Quarters INT vs Dallas, the next game in Green Bay winning in OT that sent them to SB 42 to defeat undefeated Patriots. The NFC Championship games that ended NINERS 3 peat where Montana gets KO of the game Giants win in SB 25 vs Bills.The NINERS game where the fumble on the punt ends up with game winning FG. Giants go on to beat Brady Bunch AGAIN in SB 46
I know this would piss off saints fans and have Ram fans forced to defend there team but...... The NFC championship game from 2018 ending. Literally I have not forgotten about that aweful miss which cost NO a super bowl appearance. I don't think a single person will forget ever it. I didn't watch SB 53 because the match up seemed fixed and that call
I hate to admit it but I was a Tebowmaniac. I was rooting for Tim Tebow during that season. My brother and somehow my mother weren’t though. But in that playoff game when Demariyus Thomas ran the length of the field for a TD to seal the game, I stopped being a Tebow maniac. Why? Because in my eyes all Tebow did was throw the ball about 20 yards. Thomas had to stiff arm Ike Taylor and escape from Polomalu and run 60 yards to get the score. But people kept on cheering as if Tebow was the one who did everything. And Im glad the Broncos got rid of Tebow. No disrespect to him phenomenal human being, but unfortunately he was unintentionally stealing the spotlight.
Only people who never had their team play the Florida Gators loved him. I hated him for a long time. And ESPN would not shut up about him for YEARS!!! I think he's a good guy now, but he was all anyone would talk about. It was like Megan Fox after Transformers came out.
In the #1 game on this list the Seahawks first points came on a fake field goal during which the holder (the punter, Jon Ryan) threw a TD pass to rookie offensive lineman Garry Gilliam (who played TE in college). Also, Russell Wilson was 0-4 with three interceptions (one of which bounced off of the receiver's hands) when targeting Jermaine Kearse before OT. On the sideline, he predicted that the game winner would go to Kearse.
1990 NFC Championship??? Come on, son! Knocking off the two-time defending champions on their field without scoring a touchdown, knocking Montana out of the game and the city, a fumble recovery by Lawrence Taylor in the final minute to set up the win?
“The catch” might be the most overrated play of all time. Listening to that guy talk about how it was the greatest play of all time is laughable. People just love nastalgia and big names. A future hall of fame QB rolled out and threw to one of the tallest receivers in the league who was there to grab it........That’s literally it lmao
That is the second reason I hate Dwight Clark. The first is that he was on the Clemson team that beat OhioState in the 1978 Gator Bowl, causing the Woody Hayes meltdown. Woody was a great guy off the field, he just couldn’t control his temper on it.
All I know is Colleen Wolfe is SMOKIN HOT 🔥!
John Gonzalez is her husband
I was think Andrea kremer but ok
I thought the same thing.
If your into elves
@@tulpfiction9522that Is a u problem
love watching nfl top 10 we need more
49ers vs saints Vernon catch 49ers vs packers t.0 catch 49ers vs cowboys Clark The catch should all be in top 10
Yesss
Second.
Hey Issac Green where is the top ten draft steals?
bro fr especially the older episodes such a throwback
Oh man I love that Geto Boys intro. Now I have to listen to the entire Resurrection record.
I am replaying Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and thought I was seeing a targeted ad or something when I heard that. It was a confusing two seconds.
lol I felt like eazy e riding thru Compton
The 2021 playoff games have reshuffled the top 10.
Mr. Green another perfectly timed release on this Dreary Salt lake City day. You've helped make my Veterans Day a lot better.
Glad I could help.
@@isaacgreen3273you got great taste with the music in the intro
The weird thing about the Immaculate Reception is that there actually isn't a mystery. If you watch the complete un-cropped footage, it's pretty clear that Tatum hit the ball away without Fuqua touching it and Harris clearly picked up the ball before it hit the ground. The way the NFL cuts that play, they make it seem more vague than it was, because they want to build mystique around the play. It's a miraculous play, but the refs absolutely called it correctly (eventually).
The mile high miracle was pretty crazy too. Idk how the ravens pulled that off. Jacoby Jones made a cool name off that playoff run.
how could they leave out Frank Reich’s comeback against the Oilers? it was the original 28-3
This should be on here. Vikings fan here too. We should be on here too with the Minneapolis Miracle
The underrated truth!!
The game was already within one score by the end of the 3rd quarter so it's not really a "playoff finish."
@@brendanmayhew6280 The Minneapolis Miracle happened after this episode aired, genius. It shouldn't be on here because it didn't happen yet! Use your head for once!
35--3
That guy talking in the beginning is so spot on with everything he said
He’s absolutely hilarious in these videos
This list is a disgrace. #1 shouldn't even be in the Top 5, and they left off the greatest playoff finish ever, which is Frank Reich beating the Oilers and leading the largest playoff comeback in NFL history.
Yeah, the celebration by the Seahawks was disgraceful, and, made their ultimate fate all the more satisfying, the other Game later moved a team.
1 is the best tho
@@matthewdaley746 keep crying
@@divinecomedy7311 Yeah, and, how'd that SB turn out in the end.
@@divinecomedy7311 Richard Sherman was crying like the big baby he is immediately following the SB.
Issac Green does it again thanks for another classic upload
Ugh, lost a pinch of credibility when you use a social media expert..no matter how fit she is
Franco Harris, God rest his soul!!
Would the double doink qualify for this list if it was done again? Although the game is only remembered for that
35:32 - Does anyone know the name of that song? Or where I could find it???
This is what makes the playoffs so much fun - - anything can happen!
You guys can feel free to have Colleen do all the commentary.
Can you upload:
Top 10 players who never played in a super bowl
Top 10 Dynasties
Top 10 Raiders
I love it when these videos drop
Amazing! Games where the Cardinals are featured and playing well!!!😁 Love Larry, too bad we weren’t able to get him a ring
Good list. But one finish I thought belonged was the Minneapolis Miracle. You dont have moments like that where the game was damn near over and you have a finish where if you’re a football fan you believe that a hidden power allowed Marcus Williams to launch himself too early and leave Diggs with a walk in TD to seal the game. Also Im a Falcons fan so I think that should be number 1
@@matthewdaley746 Yes it really was a shame how they played in the Championship. But still the moment was so refreshing for the city that they damn near celebrated it. And its still talked about. And it doesn’t help when the Saints lose like that with the Falcons watching. 🤪
@@matthewdaley746 True. Keenum could only do so much and they needed that defense to bail them out against the Eagles and it didnt
Hard for that to be on the list when this episode came out before that game was even played.
Great work again man
Also could you try to upload the top 10 players not in the hall of fame
This needs to be updated with the Double Doink.
The clutch 4th down throw against leagues best defense. Then the long kick return followed by a bomb by trubisky, then Pedersons timeout when Parkey nailed the kick, only for him to double doink it on his second try lol def a great
17:22 the reporter getting so irritated at sherman lol
He's a fucking big mouth. I don't blame anybody for avoiding that attention magnet. Another one of my top 10 reasons I quit watching pro ball.
Anytime Aaron Rogers loses, it’s a good game.
Both times the Cards and Packers met in the playoffs, the Seahawks and Packers playoff game, and now the Bucs and Packers playoffs. The Packers have had bad luck in the playoffs
Very bad luck....
and now the packers and the 49ers.. choking master aaron rodgers strikes again
at 0:16 ... boy , NFL Films really evolved with the times .. (intro reminds me of Dr Dre).
They need to make an updated version of this after the 21/22 Divisional and Conference Playoff Games.
Nobody cares about the bullshit corporate NFL anymore.
This needs to be redone for the saints vs vikings playoff game.
Great list
The 2022 divisional playoff round can be added in here somewhere - all 4 games were greT
Nothing definitely better than the NFL Playoffs, including the finishers (except the Superbowl).
all of Russell Wilson's picks in the 2014 nfc championship were when he was target Jermaine Kearse, and Kearse is the one who catches the game winner. Irony
Kind of incredible how one weekend this past January made this video incredibly outdated
I like this list, if for no other reason than I didn't know that it was legal to put The Immaculate Reception anywhere except #1 on every list ever.
I love The Immaculate Reception, even though I'm a Raiders fan, I can't help but enjoy the impossibility and broken physics of it. It will NEVER be duplicated. It's just.... I don't know, refreshing?? to see it not immediately put #1.
The fact that the Steelers lost to the Dolphins likely is what removed it from the top spot, without question.
Why do people forget the real controversy of that play. At that time, it was not a legal catch if two offensive players touched the ball consecutively (No tipping directly to a teammate). Now it was a bang-bang play, but it still looks to me like the ball bounced off Frenchy Fuqua (A Steelers player) directly to Franco Harris without the Raiders player (I believe it was George Atkinson) touching it in between the two. That would make it an incomplete pass.
@@craighenry2351 Actually, the rule (1972 rule book, Rule 7, Section 5, Article 2, Item 2-c) was slightly different than that:
_Any forward pass (legal or illegal) becomes incomplete and ball is dead immediately if pass is caught by any A player after it has touched ineligible A player or second eligible A, and before_ any _touching by B._ (emphasis added)
So, if the ball hit both Jack Tatum and Frenchy Fuqua, the order it touched them in is irrelevant - Franco's catch is legal (well, assuming the ball didn't touch the ground before he had possession, which is the other controversial part). I've watched every available angle of that play a thousand times, and I'm 98% sure the ball hit Tatum and 95% sure it didn't touch the ground before Franco caught it, but I can't get rid of those few percentage points of doubt.
1:51 The 3:16 Game.
6:37 The 2009 Packers-Cardinals Wild Card Shootout.
9:03 The 2006 AFC Championship.
13:13 The 2015 Packers-Cardinals Divisional Round Overtime Game.
17:02 The Tip!
20:45 The Immaculate Reception!
23:57 The Catch!
28:30 The Music City Miracle.
32:46 The Drive.
38:36 The 2014 NFC Championship.
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@@mjc11aStop being so prejudicial.
@@joshuagamboaii741 I'm not. Simply stating facts.
To this day, I'll always say that the Packers/Seahawks game and that comeback is the main reason why they changed the onside kick rules, which makes it virtually impossible to recover an onside kick nowadays.
I think the rule it really changed was allowing the defense to score on a 2-point conversion. The only reason Russ threw that ball up for grabs is because there was no downside. The play would have been dead if Green Bay picked it off. Starting the next season the defense could run a fumble, INT, or blocked kick back for 2 points.
Some honorable mentions should include:
The Tuck Rule
Dez's "catch"
Gary Anderson's missed field goal
Billy Cundiff's missed field goal
Favre's interceptions
The Minneapolis Miracle
The 2002 NFC Championship
The 2002 NFC Wildcard
The 2011 NFC Championship
The 2019 AFC Championship
These were all just amazing playoff games
1. Tragic, rule, but, correct.
2. Turnabout is fair play.
3. Wouldn't have beaten the Broncos, anyway.
4. Seeing the Patriots lose the SB made up for it, and, the Ravens won the very next year, after all.
5. Clockwork predictability.
6. Wouldn't have beaten the Patriots, anyway.
7. Wouldn't have beaten the Raiders, anyway.
8. Wouldn't have beaten the Buccaneers, anyway.
9. Wouldn't have beaten the Patriots, anyway.
10. Wouldn't have beaten the 49ers, anyway.
You nailed it on the nose. But I would add the picked flag from 2014 Lion at cowboys WC.
@@nexuseagles6279 Like I said before, the Cowboys later would have their gift returned in kind.
@@matthewdaley746 Good point, you can't exactly have the Dez catch without that 2014 wildcard game . I just remember that game so well because the words I said afterwards were" f you Jerry Jones, how much did that call cost?". I do think caught it but that pure karma coming back to bite em. Too this day I still don't trust the Refs in jerry world, this weekend added to that with the"fumble". The one thing I disagree on your list is the 1998 vikings would have beaten Denver in the SB. That offense was too explosive to not shred the Denver's Def.
@@nexuseagles6279 I respectfully disagree, throughout the season, the Vikings couldn't stop the run, at all, plus, Dennis Green had a terrible problem of coaching not to lose.
"The Drive" is number one! Especially in making Elway. 98 yard drive and he made every single yard himself. 78 yrds passing and 20 yrds running.
I am a Cowboys fan but grew up in Northeaast Ohio. I watched both Cleveland-Denver games with two good friends and Browns fans. It was really painful to watch their reactions. I have to say, the Browns have as loyal a fanbase as anybody in the NFL. They just have to learn to be good winners. They don’t take success well. They get arrogant. And I will root for their demise as long as Baker Mayfield plays for their team. As an Ohio State fan, I will not forgive him for the flag planting incident. Maybe the next time they play the Niners, Nick Bosa can plant him into the turf like Joe Turkey Jones planted Terry Bradshaw so many years ago. A little revenge for a Buckeye who was on the field the day of the incident
@@craighenry2351 Well I was at both AFC Championship games between the 2 and I have been to dozens of stadiums on my 60 years on earth. To include Oakland and Los Angeles coliseum which are both in the middle of a ghetto and Irrate Raiders Nation.That game in Cleveland after The Drive was the only time in my life traveling as a NFL fan that I was actually frighten for my life. You'd have thought we stormed the capital, killed the President and burned the kids at the stake. Only time I actually hid my Broncos colors.
I don't condone violence on the field of play, but any legal hit on Baker Mayfield is acceptable to me.
It didn’t finish the game
It set up overtime
@@EmmaBonn96 You are correct. But without the drive, there would have been no Karlis Kick. Therefore it basically won the game.
I thought there were a couple of carries by running backs early in the drive.
Well done opening track.
Dat Scarface music is dope!!
Note: These are not the Top 10 NFL Playoff finishes. Some of them are (The Catch) and some of them do not belong (Tebow pass in wildcard game). For example, where's the John Montana to John Taylor touchdown to cap 49ers last minute touchdown drive against the Bengals in Super Bowl 23 - Tebow's pass is above that?
Listen to the category at the beginning. It is clearly stated that only playoff games are included. The reason? There is another list for top ten Super Bowl finishes.
@@craighenry2351 There is nothing that makes a distinction between playoffs and the Super Bowl in the title "Top 10 Playoff Finishes" nor the description "Today's list brings together the ten best playoff finishes in NFL history. This episode originally aired in 2016." The playoffs traditionally include the Super Bowl in team, coaches, and players statistics for record purposes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_head_coaches_by_playoff_record.
So if only the wild card, divisional and conference championship rounds were only considered, then the written description for the video should be revised accordingly. But this still would not be a top 10 list as there are many more game-winning plays from conference championships that would dominate the list before something like the Tebow sudden death OT touchdown pass in a wildcard game - Maybe I would think differently if it were a regulation time Hail Mary pass like the Cowboys' Hail Mary against Minnesota in 1975 NFC Championship Game. But there would still be yet more - Bart Starr's QB sneak in the final seconds of the 1967 'Ice Bowl,' the Steelers Immaculate Reception against the Raiders in the 1972 playoffs, the Raiders' Sea of Hands touchdown play in the final minute a 1974 playoff game against the Dolphins and more...I would even go for a San Diego overtime field goal in the 1981/82 AFC playoffs after one the greatest divisional round playoff games in NFL history. Maybe there is just a recency bias on this Top 10 Plays list?
In typical fashion when it comes to anything related to the Tennessee Titans, they didn't give the Music City Miracle the respect it deserved. For context, it was the 1999 season. It was the first ever season of the Tennessee Titans with that name (the previous two seasons they were the Tennessee Oilers). It was the first NFL postseason game played in the state of Tennessee. A lot of storylines in this game that give the Music City Miracle more significance.
How do you not include the Sea of Hands??? Literally the last play off the game. Broke Dolphins 3 year run of Super Bowl Appearances. Pete Rozelle running NFL films? He hated Al Davis.
When I saw that this episode originally aired in 2016, I was immediately disappointed knowing that we wouldn’t have the Minneapolis Miracle
Even if it had happened, plays that don't result in a SB appearance have a tall hill to climb when trying to get on these lists.
@@matthewdaley746 Two spots on this list had teams that didn't make it to the super bowl (#10 and #7), what's to stop them from putting on the game that had 4 lead changes in the final 5 minutes of the game? And ending on a walk-off touchdown in regulation, not overtime
@@theleightowskiteam5003 Probably, that it was more about the defensive player showboating, and, it backfiring, fatally, than it was about the particular offensive player.
@@matthewdaley746 Hey, a miracle finish is a miracle finish (And showboating? There was more to that singular play than just one out of 22 players on the field at the time). Stephen A-Hole Smith tried using the same logic of "Marcus Williams ruined the chance for Brees vs. Brady!!" (crying lil bitch), there were more elements to that game besides a missed tackle. 17-0 start for the Vikes, full comeback by the Saints in the 2nd half, and again the 4 lead changes in the final minutes. Literally the entire nation was talking about that game after it happened. Plus you have endless clips of former athletes (Reggie Bush, Mike Strahan and the whole Fox crew, etc.) and even Bill Burr going nuts over it and saying "This is what Football is about!" Plus the #1 choice is fucking bullshit anyway, just goes to show everyone loves sucking Wilson's and Rodgers' dicks!!
@@theleightowskiteam5003 The defender wanted to end the Game with a single play, and, he did, just not the way he originally intended, his teammate was also, clobbered.
This one might have to be combined but the Minneapolis Miracle along with the Rams no pass interference call both against the Saints would be a great addition to the list. Both situations where the Saints were plays away from the Super Bowl and in the case of the no PI call literally changed the game for a season where you could challenge pass interference
Yeah, but, in the former, I'm absolutely sure they wouldn't have beaten the Patriots, and, in the latter, I'm still fairly sure they wouldn't.
Minnesota Miracle was no Miracle. Just todays NFL. No one knows how to tackle
Cardinals’ Warner may have just tossed the ball to Larry Fitzgerald, but the argument could be made that they shouldn’t have been in that game to start with. What a season.
Please do top 10 mobile quarterbacks
At least a nice video while a typhoon is still in the country where am I now.
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37:38 facenask ?
You should try and find thanksgiving games for tommorow if you can.
Kind of funny hearing them talk about the 2013 NFC Championship as being the "last time the 49ers were good", and then they just casually make another Superbowl appearance after the 2019 season.
And then the 262nd overall pick absolutely balls out and takes them to ANOTHER conference championship in 2022. They're a pretty blessed franchise.
Yeah, thanks for reminding us 😢
Then following another Super Bowl in 2023 😂
Blessed???
How??
They haven’t won a ring in 30+ years.
It’ll probably be 40, tbh.
I’m surprised we didn’t get anything from the 2003 playoff games
Particularly I would’ve gone with 4th and 26 Eagles over Giants in overtime in the divisional round but either Steve Smith’s 69 TD to end Double Overtime Panthers over the Rams in the divisional or Hassleback throwing an interception in over time after saying “we want the ball and we’re gonna score” in the Packers Seahawks Wild Card game
How is the 2007 NFC Championship Game at Lambeau where the Giants won not on here?
11:18 Wow a 2 yard rush. There is the indisputable evidence that the Colts running game was really good that year (which it very obviously wasn't).
That Game was the indisputable evidence that the Patriots being cheap would eventually catch up with them, their receiving corps stunk as a result.
This list needs an update Rams vs Saints 2019 NFCCG and Saints vs Vikings divisional playoff game should top the list period
The ball went BACKWARDS!!!!
“Oh it’s not a lateral.”
PLEASE ALLOW ME TO CLEAR IT UP! I wish washed as a kid when my dad first showed me the Music City Miracle on replay. According the sports geeks at Sport Science, the trajectory of the projectile in question (oblong shaped pigskin) was in fact a diagonal obtuse angle in relation to the release point. IT WAS A LATERAL. THE RIGHT CALL WAS MADE. IT WAS A MIRACLE. YOU CAN SEE DYSON'S FOOT ON THE SAME YARD LINE AS WYCHECK'S.
They need to make more of these top 10s and revise some of these lists. I would imagine the Minneapolis miracle and the bills cheifs 13 seconds would be on here
Like top 10 offensive lines!
Love The Bird is The Word, Family Guy Episode song for the intro.
Just to be clear, it is a known fact now that the Immaculate Reception was actually a Reception. There are full, clear wide angles that show the play from the side and the ball did not touch the ground
I would rank the AFC championship game between the Bengals and the Chiefs with Cincy going on to win the game in OT I would rank in at least in the top 5.
It warms my heart that 3 packers losses are on here.
A complete lack of defense was the common thread in all of them, the skill of Aaron Rodgers was no match for a defense that would repeatedly let him down.
It warms my heart that the Packers got revenge in 2019. #FuckSeattle
@@Steve_Hunts96 It warms my heart that the Seahawks are going to be doomed by their lack of defense once the Playoffs roll around.
How is the Oakland Raiders beating the three previous super bowl appearing, two time defending champion Miami Dolphins, in the "Sea of Hands" game not #1, much less not even in the top 10?
The 2013 NFC championship game. The glorious game that broke Kaepernick and ended his career. The NFC championship game the next year was even better in my opinion. But “the catch” was just a normal rudimentary touchdown play that would barely make a highlight reel today.
The 2004 divisional playoffs. Carolina at St. Louis. Double OT game with a walk-off touchdown to Steve Smith. Not even mentioned in the entire video. Sad.
Steeler Colts 2005 division game was the most insane fucking thing I’ve ever seen. My number 1 pick. Greatest game I’ve ever seen.
Staubach's Hail Mary was a HAAAAYYL NO because of Pearson's offensive pass interference.
1992 AFC Wildcard was the greatest. C'mon man y'all always jip the Bills. Also honorable mention goes to Delhomme to Steve Smith in 2003 over the greatest nerf on turf. Another GREAT playoff shocker....
13 seconds would be added if this were updated
I don’t know where though
20:36 i cant stop laughing
Perhaps, but, I laughed even harder watching him after they had lost the SB, and, he just totally looked like he was about to start crying.
As a Seattle fan I actually loved Kaepernick when he was good. Then, when he and the team went to s**t, I just laughed at both.
The first thing I think of when I hear about the Music City Miracle is the late Tim Russert's line, "The Music City Miracle was a crime, perpetrated on the streets of Nashville"
SHOULDA STARTED FLUTIE
HE'S IN THE CFL HALL OF FAME FOR A REASON
It was the perfect example of why owners and managers should not be involved in the coaching decisions. Take this with a grain of salt, but I heard Wade Phillips was pressured to start Rob Johnson because of the massive contract they had signed him on earlier. Doug Flutie was clearly the better player and leader. His only "flaw" was being short.
No bills vs oilers the greatest comeback ever should’ve been 1
That was a Game that was so, bad, a team wound up moving as a result, there aren't many Games that can claim that unique distinction.
The only thing I hated about that game was that it had to happen to Warren Moon. I loved him since he and Spyder Gaines destroyed Michigan in the Rose Bowl.
I said the same thing and now that I think back....2003 Panthers Deholmme to Steve Smith against the greatest show on nerf was a GREAT one too.
The obvious complaint is the Hail Mary not even on the list. 46 years later and the term for that pass, coined that day is still in use. It should be #1 on that list, with arguments from the Catch and the Immauculate Reception. Maybe the fact that it was in a divisional playoff game had something to do with it, but remember something. That catch and win propelled the Cowboys as the first ever Wildcard team to make it to the Super Bowl, one they lost by four and were throwing into the end zone for the win at the end of the game. That play may be the deciding factor as to why Drew Pearson is finally where he deserves to be, in the Hall of Fame. I guess this list is made by another Cowboys hater.
I will say good mention to note that the Catch didn’t end that game. It is funny, as a noted Cowboys fan I was watching in my dorm room at Ohio State, with my roommate also being a Cowboys fan, when several people broke into my room dogging us. They immediately went silent when Pearson nearly took it to the house 1 play later. As to the ensuing fumble, the grasp and control rule was in effect then and there was a question as to whether it should have been called. That was the second of Danny Whites 3 straight NFC championship games and was his best shot at a win. He deserved better.
As far as the Immaculate Reception, the real controversy was that the rule at the time was that two offensive players could not touch the ball consecutively (-No direct tipping to a teammate). There is still, to this day, a question as to whether Frenchy Fuqua or George Atkinson touched that ball immediately before Franco. I still think it was Fuqua, but I was OK with it at the time as the Steelers were just starting their dynasty and I didn’t despise them, then. Now, the only team I hate at the same level are the Eagles, especially the Buddy Ryan Eagles.
Hmmm. After last weekend, this needs a serious update. Buffalo at KC, Rams at Bucs, Cincinnati at Tennessee and SF at Green Bay.
Thanks for not letting your cousin from Cleveland not edit Denver totally out of the video.
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This was an impressive top ten.
Definitely need more ads, UA-cam. Try to have 90 minutes of ads for a 43-minute video.
Bullsh#t list. How the hell do the Giants NOT own at least 4 of these? The RW Mc Quarters INT vs Dallas, the next game in Green Bay winning in OT that sent them to SB 42 to defeat undefeated Patriots. The NFC Championship games that ended NINERS 3 peat where Montana gets KO of the game Giants win in SB 25 vs Bills.The NINERS game where the fumble on the punt ends up with game winning FG. Giants go on to beat Brady Bunch AGAIN in SB 46
You play to win the game!! It's simple.
My Cardinals 2 spots for a horrible team they were exciting to watch for a bit.
Where in the world is the Sea Of Hands game in the 1974 AFC Playoffs with Oakland and Miami?
I know this would piss off saints fans and have Ram fans forced to defend there team but...... The NFC championship game from 2018 ending. Literally I have not forgotten about that aweful miss which cost NO a super bowl appearance. I don't think a single person will forget ever it. I didn't watch SB 53 because the match up seemed fixed and that call
Also could have had Dallas at Atlanta playoffs after the 1980 season
Brady/mahomes afc championship game needs to be on this
How is the 81 playoff game between the dolphins and chargers not on here. Its only considered one of the greatest games ever played.
Tim Tebow with his 5 minutes of fame in the 2011 playoffs
Where is the 49er-Saints 2011 divisional round?
I hate to admit it but I was a Tebowmaniac. I was rooting for Tim Tebow during that season. My brother and somehow my mother weren’t though. But in that playoff game when Demariyus Thomas ran the length of the field for a TD to seal the game, I stopped being a Tebow maniac. Why? Because in my eyes all Tebow did was throw the ball about 20 yards. Thomas had to stiff arm Ike Taylor and escape from Polomalu and run 60 yards to get the score. But people kept on cheering as if Tebow was the one who did everything. And Im glad the Broncos got rid of Tebow. No disrespect to him phenomenal human being, but unfortunately he was unintentionally stealing the spotlight.
Only people who never had their team play the Florida Gators loved him. I hated him for a long time. And ESPN would not shut up about him for YEARS!!! I think he's a good guy now, but he was all anyone would talk about. It was like Megan Fox after Transformers came out.
In the #1 game on this list the Seahawks first points came on a fake field goal during which the holder (the punter, Jon Ryan) threw a TD pass to rookie offensive lineman Garry Gilliam (who played TE in college). Also, Russell Wilson was 0-4 with three interceptions (one of which bounced off of the receiver's hands) when targeting Jermaine Kearse before OT. On the sideline, he predicted that the game winner would go to Kearse.
When I saw their shameful celebration, I knew they were either winning the SB in a blowout, or, losing in a nail-biter.
They could put this year of 2023 season and 2024 playoffs in the mix with an updated version
Trouble is they don't do this show anymore
@michaelleroy9281 I know right.
I was at the immaculate reception game and the ball did not touch the ground
1990 NFC Championship??? Come on, son! Knocking off the two-time defending champions on their field without scoring a touchdown, knocking Montana out of the game and the city, a fumble recovery by Lawrence Taylor in the final minute to set up the win?
Playoffs , Playoffs, Don't talk about Playoffs, I just want to win a game!!!!!
I don't care...who you play.
The Drive shouldn’t be that high. Back then, the Broncos and Browns were playing for the privilege of getting eviscerated by the NFC the next week.
Yeah, not to mention the 49ers in 1989, although, that Game has no such historical nickname.
That was pretty much every Super Bowl back then, From 1985 -97 they was only 2/3 competitive games, the rest were massacres.
@@ShahPhilLeotardo The two-point conversion made SBs a lot closer than they had been.
Yes, and both that and the fumble led to bad Super Bowl losses to the NFC BEAST, East.
“The catch” might be the most overrated play of all time. Listening to that guy talk about how it was the greatest play of all time is laughable. People just love nastalgia and big names. A future hall of fame QB rolled out and threw to one of the tallest receivers in the league who was there to grab it........That’s literally it lmao
In the NFL championship game
Stay in school, Kid.
That is the second reason I hate Dwight Clark. The first is that he was on the Clemson team that beat OhioState in the 1978 Gator Bowl, causing the Woody Hayes meltdown. Woody was a great guy off the field, he just couldn’t control his temper on it.
The playoffs is certainly more important than marriage