1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Greatest Plays Bracket podcast, brought to by 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Hackensack Meridian Health Keep Getting Better. I'm John Schmelt, joined 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: by the Voice of the Giants Bob Popa. Is part 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: of the Giants one hundredth anniversary celebration. Are panel of experts, 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: Bob of which was one of them, have gone back 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: and selected the sixty four greatest plays in Giants history 7 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:21,799 Speaker 1: to give the fans a chance to vote as to 8 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: which one they think is the best. We've broken into 9 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 1: four sixteen play brackets. This is the Blue bracket. Bob, 10 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: Let's talk about it. 11 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 2: And the first of all, it was hard to get sixteen. 12 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,599 Speaker 1: We'll talk about it. I mean, we could have. 13 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 2: Easily for each of these brackets. We could have easily 14 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 2: come up with another four or five plays for Beach bracket. 15 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 2: So what we tried to do is we tried to 16 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 2: distill it by great individual performance, heroic performance, and then 17 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 2: maybe significance of the performance when it happened, where it happened, 18 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 2: the significance of the game, which I think led us 19 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 2: to be able to get it down the sixteen seeds 20 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 2: in each bracket. But trust me, there were way more 21 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 2: than sixty four greatest plays in Giants' history. 22 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: And we've tried to touch as many eerrors as we 23 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: can as well in great players as we've gone through these. 24 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 1: So the interesting thing about the blue bracket, Bob, is 25 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: the first five seeds are all offensive plays for a 26 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: franchise that's known for their defense. 27 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, offense sales tickets, Johnny, No. But I mean, 28 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 2: I think that's one of the things that gets sometimes 29 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: forgotten about the Giants is if you think about the 30 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 2: history of the New York Football Giants. 31 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: And. 32 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 2: You could make the case that three of the greatest 33 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 2: pass plays in the history of the Super Bowl, not 34 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 2: the Giants, are plays from the Giants. Whether it's the 35 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 2: helmet catch, whether it's a play that's in this bracket, 36 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 2: which is the second seed, the mark Ingram third and 37 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 2: thirteen catch in Super Bowl twenty five again against the Bills, 38 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 2: or it's the Mario Manningham catch against the Patriots. I mean, 39 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 2: some of the most iconic plays in Super Bowl history 40 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 2: pass plays are from New York Giants. 41 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: It is amazing. And let's start, Bob, because you mentioned well, go, 42 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: let's go one and two seeds first. Here they're two 43 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: plays in very important games you mentioned the two seed. 44 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: You have the Ingram third and thirteen play in Super 45 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 1: Bowl twenty five where he makes about six guys miss 46 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: on a short pass to get a first down, unbelievable 47 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: run after catch. Let's start with that one. 48 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 2: Well, actually, if you think about plays one and two 49 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 2: in this bracket, because play one is the Bavarro play 50 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 2: against the forty nine ers on Monday Night Football on 51 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 2: eighty six, if you think about it, I mean those 52 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 2: are individual performances. I mean mark Ingram makes almost the 53 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 2: entire Bills team miss and Bavarro carried the entire Niners team. 54 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 2: So it's not just that the play was so unbelievable. 55 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 2: It's not like they were incredible catches. But what makes 56 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 2: them great plays are the individual effort by the player 57 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 2: themselves to elevate these two epic plays in Giants history. 58 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: All right, and then let's go and match up. Now 59 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: for the first one, you have the Bavaro play. You 60 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: guys have all seen it. Catches over the middle against 61 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers. Guys jump on his back. He's 62 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: carrying them down the field, games in their fifteen or 63 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: twenty yards after the catch. Despite the fact Niners are 64 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: hanging off of him and Bob He's going against Jimmy Patton. 65 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: He'd a kick and punt return in the same game 66 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: for touchdowns. He was the first player to ever do 67 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: it against rival Washington back in nineteen fifty five. 68 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 2: Well, obviously, Jimmy Patton was one of the great Giants 69 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 2: of all time and was part of that defense in 70 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 2: the nineteen fifties that people forget that aren't old enough 71 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 2: to remember. But the Giants defense was the toast of 72 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 2: the town. Every Giants fan could rattle off the starting 73 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 2: Giants defensive unit, and in fact, the defense would be 74 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 2: introduced first at home game a lot of the time, 75 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 2: so they were sort of the toast of the town. 76 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 2: They were the ones that everybody knew, and Jimmy Patton 77 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 2: was part of that great unit. And anytime you can 78 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 2: get a fifty yard pick six against Pittsburgh is a 79 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 2: very significant play. But the significance of the Bavaro play 80 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 2: is something that you have to really dive into and 81 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,799 Speaker 2: take yourself back in time, because the Giants and Niners 82 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 2: at this point in time are becoming almost like division rivals. 83 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 2: The Giants, who were up and coming in eighty four 84 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 2: lost the playoff game in San Francisco against the Niners, 85 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 2: and then the Giants beat the Niners in the eighty 86 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: five playoffs, and everything was setting up for there was 87 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 2: gonna be another playoff showdown. And it felt like these 88 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 2: teams met every year in the regular season, and there 89 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 2: was a commonalty, and there was a rivalry between these 90 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 2: two teams West Coast, East Coast. If you remember at 91 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 2: that time, it was Boston against LA and basket ball, 92 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 2: and it was New York against San Francisco in football, 93 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 2: and there was this rivalry that was building between two 94 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 2: teams that played different styles of football. The Niners were 95 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 2: known for their offense, although their defense was very underrated, 96 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 2: and the Giants were known for their defense. And this 97 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 2: is on Monday Night football, and you know, the Giants 98 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 2: are getting destroyed at halftime, they're getting beaten alive. And 99 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 2: remember back then, Monday Night football started at nine o'clock, 100 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 2: so by the time you got to halftime, especially if 101 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 2: you were a little bit younger, I'm sure there was 102 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 2: some TVs clicking off and Bavarro gave the Giants life. 103 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 2: And this is a play that I think not only 104 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 2: spearheaded them to another playoff win, against San Francisco later 105 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 2: on at Giants Stadium. But I think this really cemented 106 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 2: the rivalry between the Giants and the Niners between nineteen 107 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 2: eighty four and nineteen ninety season. 108 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, and a very important game, Bob, And I think 109 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: the way you characterize the two teams I think was good. 110 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: Where the Niners were that West Coast offense Bill Walsh 111 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 1: kind of finesse team and the Giants with a blue collar, 112 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: rough and tough team. And that's Bavarro, right, he was 113 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 1: the personification of that type of Giants persona. And him 114 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: just running over and through a forty nine Ers defense, 115 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: I just think really encapsulated how the two different, how 116 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: the Giants fan base really thought about the matchup. 117 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 2: Well, I think it sent a message to the team 118 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 2: as well, because again they were getting smoked at halftime, 119 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 2: I mean, the Niners were having their way with them, 120 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 2: and I think this just woke everybody up and realize, hey, 121 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 2: we're not going down lightly. We may lose this game, 122 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 2: but we're not going down without a fight. And of course, 123 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:47,799 Speaker 2: the Giants went on to win the football game. 124 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 1: And to your point, they would later take on the 125 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: forty nine Ers and the playoffs and then of course 126 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: have a chance to go to the Super Bowl. All right, 127 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: so let's go on order. Now, the winner of that 128 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,799 Speaker 1: one to sixteen matchup, Bob, will take on the winner 129 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 1: of the eight to nine match up. Here. Now we 130 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: have some defensive plays into the mixyear, and we'll get 131 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: to the rest of those offensive plays as we move along. 132 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: You have Osia Minora's sixth sack September thirty a two 133 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: thousand and seven Eagles on a fourth and eighteen OCE 134 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: sacks McNabb nine yard sack forces fumble team record six ZAC. 135 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: Giants win that game sixteen to three, and that goes 136 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: up against maybe one of the great individual matchups of 137 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: yesteryear between two Hall of famers. 138 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 2: Yes, Sam Huff stopping Jim Brown at the goal line. 139 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 2: The Browns have to settle for a field goal in 140 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 2: that game, and the Giants wound up winning the football 141 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 2: game thirteen to ten points. Where at a premium, Tom Landry, 142 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 2: who was the Giants defensive coordinator at the time, came 143 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 2: up with the Umbrella defense, the four to three defense, 144 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 2: and it was designed specifically to stop Jim Brown because 145 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 2: he was the greatest player in the NFL at that 146 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 2: point in time, and in order to run this defense, 147 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 2: you needed a middle linebacker, and the Giants had one 148 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 2: in Hall of Famer Sam Huff. So this was my 149 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 2: amano Huff stopping Brown at the goal line. They each 150 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 2: had their wins in the battles against each other, but 151 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 2: I think this kind of epitomized what the Giants of 152 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 2: that era were all about. 153 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 1: No question. And I think that OC six sac game, 154 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: with the way that Giants front dominated in that era 155 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: in two thousand and seven, epitomize what that Giants team 156 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: was all about. Poor Winston Justice was all over the 157 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: highlights of that night. Just couldn't block those Giants defensive ends. 158 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: And OC, who is the quintessential speed rusher if you 159 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 1: talk about all time NFL let alone, just Giants, was 160 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:35,839 Speaker 1: the dominant player in that game. 161 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's it's almost as if this was 162 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 2: this play is really it's more of a moment right 163 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 2: where you're getting six sacks in a game. The set 164 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 2: of franchise record that's had some great sack artists, starting 165 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 2: with Lawrence Taylor, who happened to be in the building 166 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 2: that night, and of course Michael Strahan. So some of 167 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 2: these are individual performance is that was the greatest plays 168 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 2: all wrapped up in one for oci. But this is 169 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 2: a really tough matchup with two great defensive plays. 170 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: It is absolutely all right. Let's jump to the next one, Bob, 171 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: the five and the twelve, and we go back to 172 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: Homer Jones here. This is that fifth offensive play we 173 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 1: talked about in the top five, a ninety eight yard 174 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: touchdown catch Earl Morale. In that game, the Giants were 175 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: down fourteen to the fourth quarter. They scored two touchdowns 176 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: to come back and win. And I love the stat 177 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: line from Homer Jones in this game two catches, one 178 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:35,199 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy three yards and eighty sixty and a 179 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 1: half per catch average with those two touchdowns. Of course, 180 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: Homer Jones also invented the spike, Bob, So it just 181 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: this epitomizes Homer Jones and what he could do in 182 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: one game. 183 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 2: Wasn't there It was only two at the time, But 184 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 2: it begs the question if there were sports talk radio 185 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 2: back then, if he had two catches for how many yards. 186 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: Was it it was one hundred and seventy three. 187 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 2: Why didn't you throw it to them more? Yeah, but 188 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 2: he was a dynamic player. He was a Pro Bowl player. 189 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 2: This record of ninety eight yards stood until two thousand 190 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 2: and eleven when Victor Cruz broken on Christmas Eve against 191 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 2: the Jets. Truly a great performance by Homer Jones. So 192 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 2: you know you got to throw that up in there. 193 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,839 Speaker 2: It goes against the defensive play though, Yeah, goes against 194 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 2: the defensive play, which is pretty cool. 195 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, Mark Haynes end zone fumble, gets the touchdown, 196 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: gives the Giants a twenty seven to twenty seven to 197 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: seven lead and win over the Eagles on December twenty seventh, 198 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty one, and the Giants' first playoff game in 199 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: eighteen years. One of John Mara's favorite Giants teams. 200 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 2: Well, you know, it's interesting. Mark Haynes had a really 201 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:51,319 Speaker 2: good Giants career. He spent six years with the Giants, 202 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 2: and he was not there for Super Bowl twenty one, 203 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,079 Speaker 2: But I mean, the guy made three Pro Bowls. He 204 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 2: was the first team All Pro twice. He was a 205 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 2: really good football player. And this is very interesting because 206 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 2: you know, growing up being from the Bronx originally and 207 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 2: hearing about the fifties Giants and all that other stuff. 208 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 2: My youth was the late sixties and the seventies, so 209 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 2: not the best. No, So I saw a lot of 210 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 2: losses as a kid, and it was a very frustrated 211 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 2: Giants fan. 212 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:24,959 Speaker 1: As a kid. 213 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 2: And to see them get in the playoffs. Rob Carpenter 214 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 2: was the running back for the Giants to first breakthrough 215 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:36,439 Speaker 2: and even get in and then this improbable end zone 216 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 2: fumble recovery that the Giants actually took a dominant lead 217 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,559 Speaker 2: against an Eagles team that was really good coached by 218 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 2: Dick Formil. They were in the Super Bowl the year before, 219 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 2: having lost to the Raiders, and the Giants weren't expected 220 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 2: to win this football game, especially on the road in Philadelphia. 221 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 2: So the Marcaines fumble recovery was very significant because it 222 00:11:58,040 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 2: got the Giants out to a big lead and they 223 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 2: wound up advancing. 224 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: Now, whenever you can beat the rival Eagles in a 225 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,839 Speaker 1: playoff game, and this play was a big part of that. 226 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: That's and the Eagles had to come back. They came 227 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 1: back to twenty seven and twenty one, but the Giants 228 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: held on for the victory. All right, let's go to 229 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: that four to thirteen matchup, Bob. This is one of 230 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: those five offensive plays in the top five. Here the 231 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: Keen Knicks hal Mary going down to the end of 232 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: the first half in the twenty eleven NFC Championship game 233 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: against the Packers back to throw Eli Manning the key. 234 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: Nicks goes up and gets it, and it helped the 235 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: Giants pull away in a game where they ended up 236 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: winning fairly comfortably, but at that point the game was 237 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: still very much in doubt. 238 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, and remember the Packers were the number one seed 239 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,839 Speaker 2: that year fourteen and two, if I remember, they were 240 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 2: one of the Yeah, they were the best team in 241 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 2: the NFC. And there was a play that happened before 242 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 2: this play that was significant because Eli Manning late in 243 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 2: the first half kind of checks down to Amad Bradshaw. 244 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 2: And how many times did you see a guy turn 245 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 2: up field, see some daylight and tries to get more Bradshaw, 246 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 2: who always played with an it's optionally high football IQ, 247 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 2: doesn't try to get more yards. He knew I had 248 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 2: gotten enough yards to get us in position to try 249 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 2: a hail mary, and then he just makes a b 250 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 2: line to get out of bounce to stop the clock, 251 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 2: which then sets up this play. And it's clearly kind 252 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 2: of interesting because when you watch most hail mary's there's 253 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 2: a lot of pulling and fighting and tugging. Not really 254 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,719 Speaker 2: sure what the Packers were doing there, because Nicks was 255 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 2: able to go up pretty cleanly and make the play. 256 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 2: But you're right, it started the route. And this game, 257 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 2: really in the second half wasn't as close as the 258 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 2: final score would indicate. There was a horrible roughing the 259 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,079 Speaker 2: passer call against the Giants, and you know Rogers got 260 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 2: attack on touchdown to make the score close. But that 261 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 2: really did send the number one seed back to the 262 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 2: locker room at halftime, knowing they look beaten when they 263 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 2: went back to the locker room. And you don't really 264 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 2: hear a lot of booze at lambeau Field, but there 265 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 2: were some booze at lambeau Field that day. 266 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: And I just want to throw on top of this too. 267 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: It underlines what an unbelievable play off run Hakeem Nick 268 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: sad And of course Eli Manning is well in twenty eleven, 269 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: but Akeem Nicks, this is when he was at his 270 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: full powers. He had not dealt with a lot of 271 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: those lower leg and foot and ankle injuries that really 272 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: took the juice out of his legs. At the end 273 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: of his career. He was dominant in all the playoff 274 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: games that year. Nobody could cover that game. 275 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he was the guy. Victor Cruz was 276 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 2: the guy during the season that made a lot of 277 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 2: the big splash plays and hit the home run balls. 278 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 2: But in the postseason, Hakeem Knicks made big play after 279 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 2: big play after big plays, starting with the Falcons game 280 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 2: with the cross and where he took off and went 281 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 2: for the touchdown to hail Mary like this. He was 282 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 2: a dominant figure in that postseason. Now it's going against 283 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 2: the Sneakers game from nineteen thirty four. Think about this, 284 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 2: Think about what the equipment was like in nineteen thirty four, 285 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 2: and think about the field conditions. You know, now, the 286 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 2: field conditions are all perfect. They're inspected by the league, 287 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 2: and when there are problems with a field, you know, 288 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 2: a lot of it is kind of nitpicking, you know. 289 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 2: But these were like bad fields. These were games played 290 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 2: in baseball stadiums. They didn't have the techniques to re 291 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 2: sod and everything else. And the Giants, because of their 292 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 2: connection with Manhattan College, they were able to go get 293 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 2: some Sneakers because the ground was frozen to get better 294 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 2: traction and Ken Strong going forty two yards on frozen 295 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 2: dirt and whatever was left of the grass at the 296 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 2: Polo Grounds in nineteen thirty four at this time of year, 297 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 2: good luck. That has to be one of the greatest 298 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 2: performances ever. 299 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 1: Giants win thirty to thirteen. Is another second Sneakers game 300 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: a little bit later on as well. All right, let's 301 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: go to the next match of Bob. We have lt 302 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: sacking Gary Danielson, who some fans might know is more 303 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: as a broadcaster now than a quarterback against the Lions 304 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving, and he's going up against Melt Triplett's seventeen 305 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: yard touchdown run that help start a forty seven to 306 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: seven route of the Bears in the nineteen fifty six 307 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: NFL Championship. 308 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, Sneakers game two and again put on a pair 309 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 2: of basketball sneakers and go run on frozen dirt and 310 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 2: grass and you're going against the Bears in the NFL 311 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 2: Championship game. This one was played in Yankee Stadium. Nineteen 312 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 2: fifty six was the Giants first year in Yankee Stadium. 313 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 2: And when you have a seventeen yard touchdown run that 314 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 2: kicks off a forty seven to seven route, certainly one 315 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 2: of the greatest plays. And then well, this play of 316 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 2: Lawrence Taylor just signifies everything because one hand and just 317 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 2: one hands, the one hand and he throw. I mean, remember, 318 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 2: these are grown men. It's not like when you're playing 319 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 2: with your kid and you're playing nerve football or something 320 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 2: like that. But that's what it looked like around exactly. 321 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 2: It was the brilliance of Lawrence Taylor. Truly one of 322 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 2: the greatest plays in Giants history. I mean, just one 323 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 2: hand on Thanksgiving, he slammed them down like a turkey. 324 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 1: Leg just took him, slung him around in a circle 325 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 1: and flung him down to the ground. Unbelievable play by LT. 326 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 1: All right, let's go to the number three seed, number fourteen. 327 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,360 Speaker 1: See the three seed Bob might be a play that 328 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: Giant fans have seen before. Odell Beckham Junior a big 329 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 1: one handed catch back in twenty fourteen on the sideline 330 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: against the hated Dallas Coupa. 331 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I mean this is this is significant play 332 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 2: for a zillion different reasons, right, I mean, emojis have 333 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 2: made up of it. It sent Odell into a whole 334 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 2: different stratosphere with just this one play. The thing about 335 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 2: the play that is really so impressive is the fact 336 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 2: that Odell was fouled, he was interfered with, and while 337 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 2: being interfered with, he's able to make the catch over 338 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 2: his head while horizontal, but he doesn't fall out of bounds. 339 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 2: He doesn't lose the football as he makes contact with 340 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 2: the ground. And there were a lot of people that 341 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 2: were watching in real time. They're like, oh, I think 342 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 2: he caught it, and then it was like, oh, yeah, 343 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 2: and he even scored a touchdown out of it. From 344 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 2: an individual greatest play standpoint, it certainly is one of 345 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 2: the most athletic dynamic catches in the history of the 346 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 2: National Football League. 347 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 1: And we had seen one handed catches in the NFL 348 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 1: before that, Bob, but it was oftentimes guys cuffing the ball, 349 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: cupping the ball. This was the first time, really with 350 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 1: the new era, in these new wide receiver gloves that 351 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 1: are extra sticky, where the guy catches it like a baseball. 352 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:39,679 Speaker 1: He caught the football like a baseball one handed in 353 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 1: his fingers. And now all wide receivers try to do 354 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 1: that sort of stuff now, but this was really the. 355 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 2: First wide receive a wide receiver. Yeah, how about like 356 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 2: kids playing flag football still try to do the Odell, 357 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 2: which I would not recommend for your kid whose hands 358 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 2: not big enough to try to do the Odell and 359 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 2: they try to do it and they usually drop it. 360 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: I feel like you've had that conversation with your son before, Bob, 361 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 1: my Son's yeah. 362 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 2: I mean, it's an incredible, unbelievably gifted play. The Giants 363 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 2: didn't win that game, and you know it turned out 364 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 2: to not be a playoff here or anything like that. 365 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 2: But from an individual greatest play, it certainly deserves its 366 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 2: place in this bracket. 367 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: But a tough matchup against another significant play, this one 368 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: a game winner, Eli Manning a two yard touchdown pass 369 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: to a Moni tumb with five seconds left to beat 370 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,920 Speaker 1: the Broncos twenty four to twenty three October twenty third, 371 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: two thousand and five a Giant Stadium, the last game 372 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: Wellington Mara would be able to watch before he unfortunately 373 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: passed away. 374 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,640 Speaker 2: And everybody knew it. Everybody knew that mister Marra was sick. 375 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,959 Speaker 2: I think this game has such elevated significance. I mean, 376 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 2: the Odell play is the Odell play, and it's one 377 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 2: of the great individual plays. But now when you take 378 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 2: a look at this game winner in the context of 379 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 2: what was happening. This is Eli's first year as the 380 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 2: starting quarterback. The Giants are in position to get to 381 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 2: the play else for the first time with Eli Manning 382 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,439 Speaker 2: as the starting quarterback. The Denver Broncos were a very 383 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 2: good football team, and this is almost history redone because 384 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 2: of the Kent Graham to Amani Tumor touchdown pass a 385 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 2: couple of seasons earlier, when the Broncos were undefeated. I 386 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 2: think the significance of this play with five seconds remaining, 387 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 2: and the fact that Tumor, who had beaten the Broncos 388 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 2: a time before the touchdown catch, and it's Eli's first year, 389 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 2: and obviously with mister Mara being sick and everybody knowing 390 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 2: that he was going to pass short, you know, at 391 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 2: pretty close. I think the significance of what this meant, 392 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 2: and the fact that it happened in a home game 393 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 2: at Giants Stadium, pretty significant play in Giants history. 394 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: No question about it. Let's jump to the next matchup here, 395 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 1: Bob the seventh seed Rosie blocks three men. Rosie Brown, 396 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: one of the greatest Giants in history, dominating the Eagles 397 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,439 Speaker 1: in this matchup. A nineteen seventy five for Football Hall 398 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 1: of Famer Bob one of the best value draft picks 399 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 1: in the history of the NFL, a twenty seventh round 400 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 1: draft they turned into one of the best offensive tackles 401 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:06,160 Speaker 1: of all time. 402 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 2: The two different era matchup because it's going against number 403 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 2: ten mel Hines fifty yard picked six against the Green 404 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 2: Bay Packers, the only touchdown of his fifteen year career. 405 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 2: Because the guy played center. But by the way, he 406 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:21,679 Speaker 2: did more than that. 407 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: Though he played all over the field, he played defense. 408 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 2: Too, right, well, I mean back then they played both ways. 409 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,479 Speaker 2: First of all, let's start with Roosevelt Brown, because not 410 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 2: only is he one of the greatest Giants of all time, 411 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 2: but he's one of the greatest left tackles in the 412 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 2: history of the sport. You know, if you break it down, 413 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 2: obviously the size and the guys are much bigger and 414 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,239 Speaker 2: stronger and faster now, but when you put it in 415 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 2: relative terms from a technique standpoint, Rosie Brown is mentioned 416 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 2: not only in Giants circles, but he's mentioned in NFL 417 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:55,439 Speaker 2: circles when people talk about the greatest offensive lineman. And 418 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 2: Rosie spent a long time with the Giants as part 419 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 2: of the organization being a part of the coaching staff. 420 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 2: And then, I mean, what do you say about mel 421 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 2: hin He's a Hall of Famer as well. This is 422 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 2: a battle of Hall of famers and in an era 423 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 2: where a guy's played both ways and a guy that 424 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 2: was not necessarily known for his speed fifty yard pick 425 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 2: six against the Green Bay Packers back in thirty eight 426 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 2: when the Packers and Giants were always contending for championships. 427 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: Enough set, I admit I was not as familiar as 428 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 1: I as familiar with as I should have been with 429 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 1: Melhin Bob. I'm sure younger Giant fans have probably heard 430 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 1: the name, but they don't understand how great of a 431 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 1: player he was. Can you put Melhine into context for 432 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 1: maybe some of the younger fans out there. 433 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 2: Well, I mean, he's when you get into the Hall 434 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 2: of Fame and like the first class of the Hall 435 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 2: of Fame, that means something. And he was a dominant player. Again, 436 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 2: the game was so different back then, and you know, 437 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 2: most of the guys had to play two ways. But 438 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 2: you know, he was a star in a young National 439 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,159 Speaker 2: Football League and a guy that helped the Giants be 440 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 2: one of the prominent teams in the National Football league 441 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 2: and win in early championship. 442 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: All right, our final matchup to two and fifteen seed, Bob, 443 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 1: we already talked about the two seed. The mark Ingram 444 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 1: third and thirteen catch against the Bills in Super Bowl 445 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:12,400 Speaker 1: twenty five. Really unbelievable play that sets up Otis Anderson's 446 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:17,360 Speaker 1: touchdown run. And that's taking on Amani Tumor's toe drag 447 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: play against Green Bay. Really and I had forgotten about 448 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 1: this play, Bob. Then I watched a video of preparation 449 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 1: for this. It's that NFC Championship game in the cold 450 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: weather against the Packers in two thousand and seven. Diving 451 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: play over the sideline, not to the sideline, over the sideline. 452 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: As he gets to the ground, he gets that second 453 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: toe in to catch the pass on the sideline. Unbelievable catch, 454 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 1: especially given the conditions. 455 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's not like he just dragged his 456 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 2: toe and got it in. Amani was horizontal and it 457 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 2: looked like the one toe wasn't going to get in. 458 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,120 Speaker 2: But to have the body control, and I know Amani 459 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 2: worked very hard on his conditioning. I know he had 460 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 2: used more martial arts earlier in his career for body control. 461 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 2: And when you think about the significance because every possession 462 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 2: counted in that game, every possession was so critical, and 463 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 2: that when you take a look at the weather conditions, 464 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 2: what he was about to land on a frozen field 465 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 2: and then to have the wherewithal to be able to 466 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 2: get that second toe down. 467 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: I mean, it. 468 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 2: Truly is one of the great individual plays, especially when 469 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 2: you think about the significance of it with it happening 470 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 2: in an NFC championship game with a chance to go 471 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,360 Speaker 2: to the Super Bowl. 472 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 1: And maintaining control too. You mentioned he lands arms first. 473 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: That's the first thing that hits the ground that I 474 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,639 Speaker 1: played in his arms which are cuffing the ball, and 475 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 1: he holds onto it despite the fact that ground was 476 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: like concrete. 477 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, he had it locked in. I mean he was. 478 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 1: I'm listening. 479 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,679 Speaker 2: He's the Giants all time and leading receiver for a reason. 480 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 2: And again, significance I put into this significance when he 481 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:01,479 Speaker 2: did it, where he did it, what was at stake 482 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 2: elevates it for me, elevates it for me. But I 483 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,479 Speaker 2: think the matchup that he's going against is a pretty 484 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:14,400 Speaker 2: tough one because again the Giants Number two is mark 485 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 2: Ingram's third and thirteen conversion in Super Bowl twenty five, 486 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 2: which we touched upon at the beginning. It sets up 487 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,959 Speaker 2: Otis Anderson's touchdown run. But really, if you think about it, 488 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 2: the Giants game plan. They had the ball for forty 489 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 2: minutes in that game. Everybody knew about the k gun 490 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 2: offense and the Buffalo bills and keep the ball away, 491 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 2: So the Giants kept the ball away and had the 492 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 2: ball for forty minutes. So every third down conversion was 493 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 2: critical because if you don't convert, you're giving them the 494 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,479 Speaker 2: ball back. And at this point in the game they 495 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,159 Speaker 2: hadn't figured out yet that let's see, the Giants really 496 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 2: don't have any d linemen in the game, and maybe 497 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 2: one guy's hands in the dirt, maybe we should try 498 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 2: to run it. Fortunately for the Giants, Buffalo never picked 499 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 2: up on that queue until the end of the game 500 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 2: when it was too late. But this was significant. I 501 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 2: mean again, every possession keep away and Ingram's individual effort 502 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 2: on this play, eluding tacklers, darting, dancing, but then the 503 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 2: whole end of the play where he's being grabbed around 504 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 2: the ankle and like you would a little kid trying 505 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 2: to hold onto your leg as you drag him across 506 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 2: the carpet. He's dragging and hopping on one leg to 507 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:30,679 Speaker 2: get what was needed for the first down. Truly, in 508 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,439 Speaker 2: my opinion, one of the most incredible plays in Giants systry. 509 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I love this brack of Bobby because you 510 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 1: mentioned there are so many games that have significance in 511 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 1: it NFC title game with the tumor toe drag Ingram 512 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl Triplet's fifty six title game touchdown play. 513 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,679 Speaker 1: You have the Sneakers game in here, right. You have 514 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: the Wellington Matra his final game that he's able to 515 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 1: watch in here, the Rivalry game, and the Monday night 516 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:59,159 Speaker 1: game with Bavarro against San Francisco Rivalry win with OCI 517 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:03,640 Speaker 1: against the Eagle stopping Jim Brown, a championship game. I mean, yeah, 518 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 1: so many games of significance. 519 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, because the Giants and Browns are playing 520 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 2: week after week. Here, they're playing at the end of 521 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 2: the season. They're playing in the postseason with the right 522 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 2: to go to the championship game. You know, in the 523 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 2: Eastern Conference, the road went through those two teams, so 524 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 2: that the significance of the games in this bracket are 525 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 2: pretty amazing. 526 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: It really is Bob awesome stuff. Always fun to catch 527 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: up on the Greatest play So stay tuned to everything 528 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 1: we're doing with the hundredth anniversary podcast, folks and all 529 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 1: of our celebrations social media, Giants dot com, the Giants App, 530 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: and of course stay tuned to all of the Giants 531 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: social media channels. Go to Giants dot com, Slash podcast, 532 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: the Giants App for all the Giants podcast offerings. 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