What Happened to the 22 Losers of the NFL’s Greatest Games? 

Bro The NBA Needs a channel like NFL Throwback

Can you imagine playing in -15 back in the 60’s where you could decapitate people and the field was just plain grass. Whether you got hit or hit the ground, it must have felt like getting shot out of a cannon into a brick wall

As a saints fan I'm crying thinking about THAT moment in 2017, 2018, and 2019

Games Showcased 0:30 - Green Bay @ Arizona (2015 NFC Divisional Round) 2:51 - Oakland @ New England (2001 AFC Divisional Round - Tuck Rule Game) 4:27 - Dallas @ Green Bay (1967 NFL Championship - Ice Bowl) 5:46 - Buffalo @ New York Giants (Super Bowl XXV - Wide Right) 7:42 - St Louis @ New England (Super Bowl XXXVI) 9:02 - Cincinnati @ San Francisco (Super Bowl XXIII) 10:42 - New York Jets @ Baltimore Colts (Super Bowl III) 11:57 - New Orleans @ Minnesota (2017 NFC Divisional - Minneapolis Miracle) 13:39 - San Diego @ Miami (1981 AFC Divisional - Epic In Miami) 15:16 - Pittsburgh @ Arizona (Super Bowl XLIII) 16:26 - Baltimore Colts @ New York Giants (1958 NFL Championship - Greatest Game Ever Played) 17:27 - New York Giants @ New England (Super Bowl XLII) 19:06 - Houston Oilers @ Buffalo (1992 AFC Wild Card) 20:44 - Pittsburgh @ Dallas (Super Bowl XIII) 22:06 - New England @ Atlanta (Super Bowl LI - 28-3) 23:32 - Cleveland @ Denver (1986 AFC Championship - The Drive) 25:06 - St Louis @ Tennessee (Super Bowl XXXIV - One Yard Short) 26:38 - Miami @ Oakland (1974 AFC Divisional - Sea of Hands) 27:41 - New York Giants @ San Francisco (1990 NFC Championship) 29:11 - Miami @ Kansas City (1971 AFC Divisional) 30:30 - New England @ Seattle (Super Bowl XLIX) 32:07 - Dallas @ San Francisco (1981 NFC Championship - The Catch)

As a Giants fan, the DeSean Jackson game killed me. I remember screaming "NO!!!" like Luke Skywalker and lying flat on my back for a half hour. But 14 months later, totally different story. 😁

The NHL needs a throwback channel like this.

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Being a Packers fan, that loss to the Cardinals in the divisional round hurt really bad at the time. Nowadays, the loss really doesn’t hurt because the Panthers most likely would’ve stomped on us if we played them in the NFC Championship.

Bro in less than 30 videos you have earned EVERY single footballs fan love on this site

The 2000 Titans never get their due as an all time great defense. People remember the Ravens but Tennessee allowed just 191 points, which is seven less than the '85 Bears. And like Baltimore, they only allowed 10 points in their playoff clash, let down by a blocked FG return and a pick 6 by the special teams and offense.

Interesting Fact. The NY Giants have won 4 Super Bowls and Bill Belichek was involved in all 4.

Fascinating how so many teams either duplicated or exceeded what they did after these losses.

As a Falcons fan, the Minneapolis Miracle is one my favorite moments ever.

Still waiting on that Randall Cunningham career highlights video

Falcons will never recover from 28-3

Throwback request: 12/6/1998 Chiefs at Broncos (Elway’s final 4th quarter comeback)

This channel just keeps getting better when I didn’t think it possible. Hell of a video!

I can never get tired of the narrator's voice and the lovely editing! The stories are well worth the watch as well

Well done! That took me on a memorable emotional roller coaster ride. Thanks.

So many great memories . My entire childhood and adult life as a football fan recaptured. The only mention of my Lions was Megatron's fumble that wasn't a fumble, But I could live by Vicariously through the dynasties , And enjoy most of them

This was an incredible watch. Great work my friend

Really cool vid keep it up love this channel. Can't wait for this NFL season

NFL throwback never misses .. keep it up !!!

2018 AFC Championship game is always so underrated.. although it hurts as a Chiefs fan

Super Bowl 51. The beginning of the end for Thomas Dimitroff. The Falcons never recovered from that choke job. 2017 was a year filled with ups and downs, where we ended up as the sixth seed. The only reason we won against the Rams was because of how inexperienced McVay was at the time. Then against the Eagles, Sarkisian’s playcalling did us no favors as the Eagles defense smothered Matt Ryan. Tevin Coleman was one of the very few bright spots in that game. But it ended in failure. 2018 saw us getting injuries to damn near every defensive playmaker, which explains why Beasely never got injured, and our O line, which got Matt Ryan killed behind the line, which ended up with Sarkisian and Marquand Manuel, the defensive coordinator for the best defense the Falcons have has in the 2010s, losing their jobs. 2019 saw the inexplicable return pf Dirk ‘I like to throw the ball all day long’ Koetter. The man responsible for our O line getting hacked before Dan Quinn showed up. And to no surprise from me, the running game was a no show, the defense was getting tired due to the constant 3 and outs, and Matt Ryan was damn near killed again for 2 whole seasons. Julio then left the Falcons, wanting to win a Super Bowl before he retired. Now this last season was a mix for me. We were still rebuilding but while we didn’t have talent, we had more fight. Thanks to Aj Terrell, Grady Jarrett, Cordarelle Patterson, and Kyle Pitts, we went game by game sometimes winning sometimes being blown out. It was a season to determine where we needed help. Our O line was put through the fire, and got exposed, at least 3/5 of it was. Unfortunately for some reason we went after Deshaun Watson, which pissed off Matt Ryan who decided he wanted a trade.

All other Big 5 American sports leagues (MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS) need channels like this.

You guys do a great job with these videos.

This was a great video. Thanks

Great job, NFL Throwback! I love the effort, research, humor, editing, and so on in your videos. I am a life long falcons fan and all I have to say is…pain.

We need a part 2 to this because yall missed games like Miracle at the Meadowlands 1 and 2, The Immaculate reception game, Packers Vs Seahawks 2015 NFC Championship game, The Infamous Ben Roethlisberger Tackle in the AFC Divisional Game Steelers Vs Colts, and many more. I wanna see a part 2.

Dude y’all need to put those old games in hd so I can watch em is sick quality.

Just got reconstructive ankle surgery. Been BINGE watching these while recovering. Thank you for the nostalgia. Best channel on RU-vid

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"New England held an all-time offense to only 3 points in the first half" - much easier to do that when you know what plays they are running.

Keep making more of these amazing and hilarious videos

Love that channel❤️🔥

this is crazy. nice job once again throwback :D

Look, I'm no Cowboys fan, but it isn't exactly fair to characterize their 1982 run as a "last gasp." They were neck and neck with the Redskins in '83 at 12-2 until Washington took the wind out of their sails in one of the most hotly anticipated regular season games of all time. Two years later, they won the division again before losing to the Rams in the divisional round. It wasn't until halfway through the 1986 season that the Landry Cowboys finally collapsed, falling from a 6-2 midway mark to a 7-9 finish.

The 93 oilers had a very interesting and very heartbreaking season. Read up on it or watch urinatingtrees video about it… they went 12-4 after all kinds of tragedy and internal turmoil

Another great spotlight piece.

This is essential viewing for the off season.

You could argue that the 1970 Cowboys lost the greatest ugly game in Super Bowl V (11 turnovers; 7 by Dallas), and they went on to win the Super Bowl the following season.

As a Pats fan the 28-3 game will always be my favorite super bowl but I honestly feel bad for Matt Ryan. Seeing him walk off the field with that look back at what could’ve been was rough and it’s only worse now that he was also the QB in the new largest comeback loss of NFL history.

0:00 Intro 0:29 Packers-Cardinals II 2:50 The “Tuck Rule” 4:27 The Ice Bowl 5:45 Wide Right 7:42 Brady’s 1st Ring 9:02 Montana Magic 10:42 Namath’s Guarantee 11:57 Minneapolis Miracle 13:38 The Epic in Miami 15:15 Santonio Holmes Tip-Toe 16:25 The Greatest Game Ever Played 17:26 The Helmet Catch 19:05 The Comeback 20:44 The Battle of the 70’s 22:05 28 to 3 23:30 The Drive 25:05 One Yard Short 26:37 The Sea of Hands 27:39 Montana’s End in San Fran 29:10 The Longest Game Ever Played 30:29 Run. The. Ball. 32:07 The Catch

I'm watching this the day after Franco passed away. Great player, but, I can testify he was an even better man. Thanks 32. You were immaculate.

The Greatest Sports Channel Of All Time!!!!! PLEASE Upload The 2004 Week 7 Monday Night Football Game Between The Bengals & Broncos🙏🏾💪🏾

This is the first time I've heard the "Minneapolis Miracle" described accurately - the result of an all-time missed tackle. No disrespect to Diggs, but he had very little to do with that play working out as well as it did.

Throwback request: Best NFL rivalries of the nineties and today.

Great idea for a video

Adam Vinatieri in the snow: Tuck Rule game MVP.

The Dolphins in 81 & 82 were maybe the greatest group of overachievers ever.

The Cardinals and packers game got me i was so excited going into OT and then Packers defense let larry run all over us to the 1yard line

These are the sport videos we need

James Brooks played in at least 3 of the games mentioned. Which says something for him. He really hung around & could still play.

Was the tuck rule ever called before or after it was used to gift that game to the Pats?

28-3 still haunts me in my dreams. Not to mention the 4th down fail against the Eagles the next year

This video is so cool and awesome

Them games are legendary

This is a certified hood classic

I think it would have been great transition from after the Cardinals lost that close Super bowl to the Steelers to talk about the Packers who had lost to the Cardinals in that epic wild card round game the following year point out the fact that the year after that the Packers went ahead and won the Super bowl.

Your a great channel

Whole lot of heartbreaks!!!

This was my response to one of the losses (@9:02 through 10:41): being on the quietest bus ride to school the next day.

1:40 love the channel but its always funny. Both plays went to Fitz who did all the work that drive but you gave Palmer the credit we give the qb too much praise when those YAC was all fitz. He could have easily went out of bounds.....but he was hungry.

Dan Fouts at 13:40 🔥

Fun fact: Frank Reich, the QB for that Oilers-Bills match up, is the current head coach for Indianapolis. He was with the Colts from 2006-2011, including being the QB coach when the Colts made their last SB and Manning won MVP. He was also the offensive coordinator when the Eagles won their first SB title before taking the Colts job. Edit: WAS the Colts head coach. Unemployed for now

At least you referred to the pre-80s Colts as a BALTIMORE team; Indy has claim to the mediocre teams after that only.

"More on Atlanta in a bit" Haha

Kyle brandt and peter schrager should do commentary on games again

Bills are a franchise of eternal sadness

Now everyone will wonder about the 2022 Bills.

Make a video for the teams who won 10+ games and still missed the playoffs

As a falcons fan I already know that 2016 season is coming on the list

Not a coincidence that they left out the Packers vs Cardinals game from 2009. Mentioned it twice, but somehow don't include the highest scoring playoff game in league history and one that went to OT? If they did the little thing at the end about none of the teams winning the title the next year wouldn't be true, since GB did win the title the following year.

I feel bad for the losers of amazing games

This has been great so far and I haven't finished the video yet but I can't believe you didn't bother to mention that when the raiders did go to the Super bowl the following year after losing the Tuck rule game when they lost to the buccaneers the bucks did have the raiders coach from the year before Jon Gruden any pretty much literally knew exactly what the raiders would do against his team and he got sweet revenge against them for trading him. But I do like to bring up that the raiders eventually got their revenge right back on him by beating him in the final week of the 2008 season which caused the buccaneers to miss the playoffs and then they fired him

Overlooked Omission: 'Mile High Miracle' aka 'Rocky Mountain Rainbow' Joe Flacco to Jacoby Jones 70-yard game-tying TD & Double OT Divisional Round Baltimore Ravens 38-35 victory over Denver Broncos on a 47-yard FG via then-Rookie / now GOAT Kicker Justin Tucker - followed by tremendous Broncos run from 2013-2015, beginning with Peyton Manning's TD record-setting season, Denver losing in Super Bowl to Seattle Seahawks, then eventually winning it all in 2015 against the Carolina Panthers in SB 50. How this whole story - along with excellent postseason game to jump-start said epic tale - were excluded is beyond me!

Belichick was the coordinator for a defense led by Lawrence Taylor that is crazy to me

that rams-saints game still pisses me off, the way the pats played in that super bowl, i know drew bree’s would’ve taken advantage unlike the rams

Yeah

You right doc👍

I think the next video idea should be "Non-highlight plays that changed a season".

Hows that running back tree video coming guys 😌😌😌

Bro i just noticed the murray magic play against the bills happened to the cardinals lol

Me when I read the title:😀 Me remembering I’m a Seahawk fan:😫

More 🔥🔥

Week 18 - Chargers/Raiders, 2021 season. Should’ve been a tie 😭.

Cool vid idea

Crazy how Fitz had a huge role in two of the best games of all time. Truly a legend

Yes

I can’t believe you didn’t include the Mud Bowl!

20:06 "In the '93 Oilers responded with a miracle run of their own." ?

the ones that actually make me feel bad is jim kelly never winning one after going to 4 straight and matt ryan losing in the that 28-3 comeback.

what about 2018 Rams vs Chiefs?

Surprised you didn't include the Immaculate Reception

There are some recent Super Bowl champions that did suffer a devastating loss the previous season. SB XLV Packers win after losing 51-45 to the Cardinals the year before. SB XLVI Giants win after the Miracle at the New Meadowlands the year before. SB LIII Patriots win after losing SB LII the year before. SB LIV Chiefs win after losing back and forth AFC championship to Patriots the year before. If the Steelers Colts 2005 playoff games counts then add SB XLI Colts as well.

Thank you for not including the 2014 packers

The 1990 Giants are on this list twice, in back-to-back games. The 2001 Patriots are on here twice as well.

the 91 redskins are one of the 2 most underrated teams in nfl history. 73 dolphins are the other 1

That Seahawks/Lions highlight where Seattle batted the ball out the back of the endzone was illegal. But the refs didn’t call it and it screwed the Lions once again.