I'm a Cardinals season ticket holder and I was there. I had to take a whizz so bad and couldn't wait any longer so I hauled ass to the can and while I was doing my business I hear the crowd roar so I missed everything but the celebration. And the Cardinals were total shit so missing out on the few bright spots was a big deal.
The Patrick Peterson one is beautiful, and it was fitting how it ended the game in OT. Remember watching that one in the basement on RedZone, as it was the last game to end of the day (apart from the SNF game) and being stunned by the slow spin. One of my favorite plays of all time from a player not on my favorite team.
Pat Pete's return is an amazing play and I love it, but my favorite play not from my fav team (go Giants) has to be Steve Gleason's blocked punt. It may not have been flashy but the mark it left on those unfortunate NO residents will never be forgotten. EVER!
The 2 most exciting plays in the NFL: long punt returns and long kickoff returns. And to think the NFL wanted to get rid of kickoffs, at least that's what I heard.
I am a Steelers fan and a reformed Saints antagonist. I was a pretty epic troller of the Sainrs when I posted this comment. I gave it up and focus on rooting for my team.
@@rogermartin8009 I am from New Orleans and loathe the team, particularly Drew Brees, who played his whole career like the Chargers trade was yesterday. While all fanbases have their toxicity, Saints fans were particularly bad because New Orleans was built around celebrations and tourism. So it felt like all of NOLA took an L when the Saints did. And I find that ridiculous. Update to @rico mcgee: I'm engaged to a girl from Atlanta.
Mannnn Dante Hall had a couple seasons where people were comparing his return skills to Deion Sanders. Hester made us quickly forget about him though lmao
Not really as Hester did not have the type of returns that Dante Hall had, as Hall had many like the Denver one in this video where he shouldn't have even gotten 5 yards let alone a TD, but he miraculously made it happen. Hall and other Chiefs returners have also taken kickoff returns end zone to end zone just like Hester.......
@@MrGNugget The rule doesn't forbid the player from catching the punt in the endzone and running it out. So technically it's not unbreakable, but it will be a while before someone does break it.
I love your videos! It's great to see someone who uses plays from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s. Also, if you don't mind me asking, where do you find these clips at?
I agree with Vasiliy: at 4:35, Washington’s Banks is VERY close to dropping the ball before it has actually crossed the vertical plane above the goal line. I wonder if this was before the NFL instituted automatic review of all TD plays. That sort of careless showboating turns a great return into a bonehead play.
I almsot gave you a "C'mon Man' for no Devin Hester... but I looked up his stats and see he's had a few 89 yarders so I can see why he was excluded. His 90+ yarders were all kickoff returns
8:19 Talk about a miracle play, Bailey was on point with that ball bounce, picked it up, hauled ass, runs a 103 yard punt return from endzone to endzone to score (first to ever do it and sets an NFLrecord), and the saints were just full of question marks. You just gotta respect that one. What are the odds of that ever happening again?
3:41 Wow. Leave it to the Lions to mess up downing a punt inside the 10. Edit: Okay, I get it now. This happened in 1994, when a punt had to be downed by the kicking team if it was in the end zone. Everyone assumed it would roll past the end line for a touchback, but it took a Ram bounce to stay in bounds and Bailey capitalized. The rule changed in 2004 where a punt was automatically a touchback if it crossed the goal line, hence these acrobatics by the coverage team to keep it out of the end zone without going in themselves. So until this rule is changed back, that 103 yard punt return TD will stand as the NFL record.
I just came here to comment that. Pause at 4:35 and watch frame by frame (using . and , if you are on a keyboard). He clearly lost control of the ball before getting in.
It was a shame it wasn't reviewed. He's just going to be another dude who returned a punt for TD, but if it was overturned he would be immortalized as an idiot.
Gotta feel for the punters on most of these. They’re putting it inside the 10 or even 5yd line ( a great punt! ) and then he ends up being the last guy to get blown up or laid out as it’s returned for a TD. Ouch.
The Redskins return at 4:34, did he let go of the ball before he crossed into the touchdown? From a couple of times rewatching and pausing, it looks VERY close to me.
