Christmas Eve for New York City Supremacy! (Giants vs. Jets, 2011) | NFL Vault Highlights 

Victor Cruz’s 99 yard touchdown, the play that kick started the Giants’ Super Bowl run that season

"You wanna get a positive play here so you can punt from a normal distance" Victor Cruz: OR.... Hear me out...

I was at that game. When the giants were backed up in their 1 yard line I was joking around with the jet fans around me calling for a 99 yard play, than Victor Cruz became my savior that day.. What a day

Turning point for the Jets. Haven’t been the same since

I miss Victor Cruz 💔

One of the rare times in the NFL when you'll hear cheers for both teams 😂 Not a moment during this game when it was quiet

9:05 O MY GOD Bradshaw completely steamrolled that jets defender somebody call the damn E.M.T

VICTOR CRUZ 99 YARDS

2011 got to be one of the greatest nfl seasons ever! so much happened that year

Love how the Jets send Plaxico up alone as if that'll be some type of psychological advantage, and seeing Justin Tuck just brush him off is great

Ahmad Bradshaw absolutely trucking Brodney Pool is still one of my favorite moments from that season.

Man Bradshaws running style is truly one of a kind. Same with jacobs 2 unique runners made for in my opinion one of the best rb duos ever. In today’s nfl a lot of backs catch the ball and whatever and as good as they may be Bradshaw and jacobs we’re both run 1st backs and could still catch the ball if needed.

I remember screaming in excitement with my dad watching that Victor Cruz touchdown.

I remember when Coughlin got hurt during this game no matter how old he is he’s always tough as nails

Man I remember going up to my parents house for Xmas and watching this game with my father who's a Jets fan & I being a Giants fan. Man was it fun for me! Lol classic game. From the Cruz juke for 99 yards and Bradshaw laying the wood to pretty much seal it was priceless. I cant believe i am saying this...the good old days! Felt like it was yesterday. Go Gmen!

The game that sent the Giants into orbit!

Merry Christmas nfl throwback

Those were the good days

That was a great year. 9-7 finish and then super bowl champs!

And Burress looked so serious lol.

Watching this after both Jets and Giants were embarrassed in week one of 2019. Man I wish the Giants were a slim fraction of what this game was right now.

Fun fact: Steve Weatherford the punter for the Giants here is now an avid body builder. No joke

Plaxico was not the "shot" the Jet's were hoping for. LOL 😂😆

That game to me was an early Christmas present.

The Jets had game winning WR from 2 consecutive SuperBowls on this team. Plax in 42, Holmes in 43.

Mark Sanchez was so awful. Hard to think he was twice just a game away from the Superbowl, Jets from 2008-2011 were wasted talent from QB position

The moment when Rex's career went downhill.

Giants Victory Baby 2011 Super Bowl Champions!!!!

This was the game where Brandon Jacobs called Rex Ryan a "disrespectful bastard"

- Little did anyone know at the time that this game would kickstart the Giants' run to their 2nd Super Bowl in 4 seasons; the Jets were favored coming in, a lot of confidence and swagger on their side while the Giants were a wounded team coming in, but the Giants turned this game around after a sluggish start & wound up dominating the 2nd half en route to winning this game...thus opening the door for the G-Men to make another improbable run to victory in Super Bowl XLVI. :-D Meanwhile, the Jets....well they've never really been the same since this game....& this was 7 years ago....Lol

Back when the Jets used to be legit SB contenders. Good/Relevant.

Giants nation let’s turn up this season prove the haters wrong again 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

9:20 Ooooh GET REKT! Dude might need to call his momma! LOL!

This game saved the Giants season. Also Rex Ryan almost got into a fight with Brandon Jacobs.

15:16 The final play of the game where Christmas never ends

We thought joking with my mom and telling her we eloped because we were expecting a baby would be funny on Xmas 2011 to mess with her! Then the day after Xmas we learned we really were expecting! Joke was on us. Because 8-24-12 my daughter layla was born! We joked her right into existence. Lol

Memorable game it was Cruz & Bradshaw showed up hard body...that Christmas

What if these 2 met in super bowl 48 Both New York teams in their own stadium

The Giants D line is a monster when they have the lead.

Best SB run in Giants history

Can you upload highlights from the Ravens vs Broncos 2012 divisional round?

Funny how the Jets were expected to make the Super Bowl that year but instead the Giants were the ones that ended up winning the whole thing

We won the SB but seeing Plaxico on the otherside man... that was tough 💯

I remember watching this game live, Sanchez was so bad. Had so many chances to take a final drive

Fun fact: as of the 2023 season, this is the last time the Giants beat the Jets. A major reversal of fortunes over the past decade, as this game was the last in a streak of 5 straight Giants wins over the Jets

With the jets green and the white giants uniforms with the red stripe this makes a good Christmas game

I'll be watching this video for the next 4 years until my Giants can play the Jets again because this is our last recent win vs them. #FireShurmur

Remember when clueless Jets fans thought Eli Manning vs Mark Sanchez was a debate?

Back when a New York team won the Super Bowl and the other contested in the conference championship game.

Burress and Manning avoiding each other.

Merry Christmas To All!

Victor Cruz’s jersey should be retired soon , but man we miss him so much as a giant 💔💔💔💔💔💔

Bradshaw's trucking of Pool is still my favorite play.

Victor cruz is so under looked. He’s in my top 5 of players to watch in the 10s.

LOL the jets...

I had Victor Cruz on my 2011 fantasy team

Upload highlights of Ravens v Steelers, Christmas 2016

Remember this like it was yesterday.

Do the tsunami game (Jags v Panthers 2011)

When my Giants had a good pass rush..

Plaxico the reason we dont have 3 superbowls instead of 2 since 07!

I was like 11 watching this at it was breath taking seeing Cruz go 99 yards man if Cruz never got hurt

I'm late, but happy holidays...

It’s giants stadium 🏟

Wish plax had retired a giant. That gun incident ruined a repeat run.

New York will always be a giants town

I wanna spend Christmas in nyc just like Kevin Mcallister

I requested this!!

The Jets in this game defeated themselves. Their emphasis on psychological warfare leading up to the game (covering up all the pictures of the Giants' historical success, sending out Plexico Burress for the coin toss) reveals what they knew deep down was their own weakness. And they let themselves be psyched out. At the end, after they made it a one-score game, it looked like they were going to drive up the field and take the lead with no time left, but rather than the run game, which had been successful all game (know how many current Hall of Famers were on the field that day? One, the Jets' running back, LaDanian Tomlinson), they panicked and turned to the passing game, putting it in the hands of Mark "Sanchise", and went nowhere, eventually handing the Giants another two points and an easy shot at an insurance TD.

Both teams needed this win to have a realistic chance at the playoffs. Jets lost and haven't made the playoffs since. Giants won and won the super bowl. Sorta sums up what my jets fan life is like

CRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZZZ! It's Salsa Time after the 99 yard TD!

God I forgot how bad Sanchez was

Who else here in 2021

Mark Sanchez was the weakest link on those Jets teams, they reached 2 consecutive AFC championship games in spite of him not because of him

This started the 10 year tail spin

2:29 damn Nicks did that against Revis. What could've been man

I came here when these two teams meet for week 10

upload the the 2015 game that was the nail in Tom Coughlins coffin, this is ancient ;)

I miss Ruben Randell, Victor Cruz, Mario Manningham and Hakeem Nicks all playing together. Now none of them are nowhere to be seen in the NFL

ahmad Bradshaw and Victor Cruz was bad men

This games might as well be in black and white ,, The last real time the New York Football Giants were competitive and good,

Bradshaw and Jacobs were a good 1-2 punch for the G men

The good old days, back when Mark Sanchez was good

Giants own NYC

After this game it seemed like the rex ryan mystique wore off back when he was considered a great coach who yelled let's get friggen snacks lmao the week 17 game at miami besides this game best defines the 2011 jets

How about the season finale between these same two teams... in 1988?

New York Jets was member AFC East Division from 1970 through 1993 and New York Giants member NFC East Division 1970 through 1993 era

Who’s here after the rookie Daniel Jones led Giants just beat the Jets 31-21? Edit: 5:15 If you want to see Victor Cruz’ 99 yard TD. Man I miss that guy 😭

Just a reminder of why Sanchez gets no love

Next time these teams face the home team should have all color jerseys and the away team go with all white. For this game only they should bring back the NFL logo at centerfield and have each team represented in either end zone.

G-Unit !!!!!👍

Jets go home - Giants go on to win SB XLVI

This the game when Rex Ryan did eat his crow and he haven't been the same since

Revis got away with multiple PIs. Still a great player though

this game made us jets fan really sad

My goodness, brandon jacobs is a BIG boi

A 99 yard long F-U and a merry Christmas to Gang Green. I love it!

Why in the fuck did Blackburn touch that ball at 4:52? Damn that bout pissed me off 😂

Go New York

Took the Jets soul here. Love it