@@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!
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.
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
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).
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. 🤪
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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?
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....
True story my nephew and mother-in-law were at my house watching the game and my die hard Steeler fan mother in law disowned her grandson who was a broncos fan until they got eliminated by the pats
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.
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.
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