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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Greatest Plays Bracket Podcast, brought to you

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Speaker 1: by Hack and Sack Murty in health Keep getting Better.

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Speaker 1: I am John Schmelk, joined by Voice of the Giants

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Speaker 1: Bob Poppa. As part of the Giants one hundredth anniversary celebration,

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Speaker 1: they're breaking down the top sixty four plays in Giants

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Speaker 1: history and giving you a chance to vote. So go

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Speaker 1: cast your vote both of your favorite plays. We have

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Speaker 1: four brackets of sixteen each. This episode will cover the

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Speaker 1: Red Bracket, Bob, where we have a lot of modern

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Speaker 1: era plays in this group that fans should be very

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Speaker 1: familiar with.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and we also have some very important defensive plays

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Speaker 2: in this group as well. And you know, you take

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Speaker 2: a look at the number one seed in this bracket,

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Speaker 2: and one of the most significant plays in Giants' history

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Speaker 2: is Eli Manning sideline pass to Mario Manningham and Super

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Speaker 2: Bowl forty six to get that game winning drive going.

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Speaker 2: Then you've got you know, Amani Tumor with a big

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Speaker 2: catch against the Dallas Cowboys in the two thousand and

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Speaker 2: seven Divisional playoff round. And then you got some buzzer beaters,

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Speaker 2: you got some defensive plays. So let's kind of go

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Speaker 2: through this because there's some fun things here.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and a trick player two in the mix as well.

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Speaker 1: So we'll check all those out, Bob, and let's start

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Speaker 1: that number one seed you just mentioned Mario Manningham the

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Speaker 1: sideline catch in Super Bowl forty six, Giants trying to

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Speaker 1: defeat a New England Patriot team. They come out trying

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Speaker 1: to get the offense going. It was a low scoring

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Speaker 1: game and Eli Manning just puts the ball in the

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Speaker 1: exact right spot with the safety coming over towards the sideline.

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Speaker 1: Manningham gets the feed in and it turns into eventual

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Speaker 1: scoring drive for the Giants. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I mean, in my opinion, this is the greatest pass

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Speaker 2: of Eli Manning's career, and this is probably the greatest

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Speaker 2: catch in Giants' history based on significance. I mean, we

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Speaker 2: know about the Odell catch and the tyreeplay, obviously the

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Speaker 2: helmet catch, but when it comes to a skill set,

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Speaker 2: what Mario Manningham was able to do to get in

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Speaker 2: that against that cover two with the safety coming over,

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Speaker 2: and to make that catch along the sidelines and to

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Speaker 2: get both in and to hit the ground and maintain

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Speaker 2: control of the ball. I mean, the Patriots ready were

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Speaker 2: right there on the sideline and they were challenging the

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Speaker 2: play because they couldn't believe that he made it. And

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Speaker 2: then you go back to the throw as Eli's climb

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Speaker 2: in the pocket. You cannot throw a better football than

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Speaker 2: what he did fitting it into that space. And when

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Speaker 2: you take a look at the pressure of the moment

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Speaker 2: super Bowl forty six and the execution from both the

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Speaker 2: quarterback and the receiver, that's why it's the number one

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Speaker 2: play in this bracket.

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Speaker 1: Even on your radio call, you have to pause, and

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Speaker 1: I believe you say, did he get his feet in?

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Speaker 1: He did, because you had to wait for the official

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it was really incredible, and it kind

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Speaker 2: of summed up at that point. You know what Eli

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Speaker 2: was all about, especially in that twenty eleven season and

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Speaker 2: in that playoff run. I mean, the Giants rode the

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Speaker 2: arm of Eli Manning. He was absolutely brilliant that season

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Speaker 2: and into the postseason, and he had the three weapons

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Speaker 2: with the Keeamnicks, Victor Cruz and Mario Manningham.

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Speaker 1: Probably the best quarterback season in Giants' history that twenty

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Speaker 1: eleven season from Eli Manning just phenomenal. His clutch play,

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Speaker 1: especially in the fourth quarter, was just off the charts

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Speaker 1: all year long.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I mean this is a tough matchup because

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Speaker 2: number sixteen in this bracket. Yeah, Brandon Jacobs running over

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Speaker 2: Woodson Charles Woodson on the first play from scrimmage in

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Speaker 2: the seven NFC Championship game in Green Bay frozen lambeau Field,

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Speaker 2: and that definitely set a tone because the Giants were

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Speaker 2: very physical in that football game. Later in the game,

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Speaker 2: they had what could have been a game ceiling touchdown

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Speaker 2: called back. There was a horrible hold call against the

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Speaker 2: Giants and Amad Bradshaw went off to the races. But

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Speaker 2: this knocking the logo off Woodson's helmet, I think just

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Speaker 2: set a tone that, hey, we're here for real, We're

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Speaker 2: not pretenders, and although you beat us earlier in the

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Speaker 2: season in our building, you're not playing the same team

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Speaker 2: today that you play back in September.

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Speaker 1: And the funny thing, I'm gonna bring this back to

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Speaker 1: We all figure this is gonna be a pounded with

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Speaker 1: the conditions. And it's just another big time situation in

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Speaker 1: a tough spot where Eli played his best ball in

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Speaker 2: You know, Eli made it look like it was warm

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Speaker 2: out and Brett fav played like it was really cold correctly,

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Speaker 2: and that's one of the great compliments that can give

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Speaker 2: Eli Manning doing that in lambeau Field.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's go to the eight and nine matchup here, Bob,

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Speaker 1: this is one of the few pre Super Bowl era

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Speaker 1: plays in this bracket. Erich Barnes a then tying NFL

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Speaker 1: record one hundred and two yard interception return versus Dallas

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Speaker 1: Cowboys on October fifteenth, nineteen sixty one.

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Speaker 2: but my longtime broadcast partner Dick Lynch, Erich Barnes was

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Speaker 2: and he loved Erige Barns and he always told me

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Speaker 2: how tremendous a player he was, and Eridge Barnes was

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Speaker 2: part of that glory era in the fifties and into

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Speaker 2: the early sixties where the Giants were perennially challenging for

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Speaker 2: NFL titles. They had won the one in nineteen fifty six.

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Speaker 2: They went to three straight in the early sixties and

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Speaker 2: Eridge Barnes was a big part of it. And they

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Speaker 2: had some very explosive players on defense. We've talked about

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Speaker 2: Emlyn Toew mister offense. On defense, Erich Barnes had a

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Speaker 2: knack for the football and a knack in the ability

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Speaker 2: to make big plays. And obviously this was a big

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Speaker 2: one against the Cowboys because remember they're going against their

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Speaker 2: former defensive coordinator, Tom Landry, who's now the new head

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Speaker 2: coach of the Cowboys. It was only year two of Dallas,

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Speaker 2: so this is obviously a very significant play in Giants history.

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Speaker 1: And going against another significant play, the Joe Dello field

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, if you're a Giants fan, and let's

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Speaker 2: say you're a Rangers fan, you know all you heard

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Speaker 2: about was nineteen forty when you were a kid growing up, Well,

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Speaker 2: And when the Giants were able to beat the Cowboys

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Speaker 2: this kick. Now, they still needed a little help the

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Speaker 2: next day, but the thought of the Giants going to

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Speaker 2: the playoffs, so you just thought it was for everybody else.

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Speaker 2: So this kick is of tremendous significance, not only for

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Speaker 2: that were now growing into young adults in my age group.

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Speaker 2: You know, you were about to see something that you

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Speaker 2: never thought would happen in your lifetime, like the Giants

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Speaker 2: win the Super Bowl. So the Danello kick has a

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Speaker 1: Just notice, is now Bob a ton of plays against

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Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys in this bracket. Here's another one, the

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Speaker 1: fifth seed r W mcquorters big interception against Dallas in

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Speaker 1: the Divisional playoffs in two thousand and seven. It was

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Speaker 1: a fourth and long Tony Romo back to throw the Giants.

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Speaker 1: That put him in a bad situation. Dallas, I think

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean every time I watch this game when

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Speaker 2: And r W mcquarters was symbolic of that Giants team

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Speaker 2: secondary that had come from other teams. Sam Madison's another guy,

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Speaker 2: but they were all able to kind of buy in. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: what was needed at that point in time, not letting

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Speaker 2: his eyes wander, doing his job led to that victory.

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Speaker 1: And he's going up against the captain, Harry Carson, sack

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Speaker 1: against Joe thisman in eighty one, Bob, And you know,

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Speaker 1: Harry Carson was a guy that was really the heart

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Speaker 1: and soul of that Giants team in the early eighties.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he and George Martin. And obviously this is very

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Speaker 2: George Allen as the head coach, and Washington was always

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Speaker 2: a really good football team that gave the Giants fits

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Speaker 2: And for Harry to get this sack of thighsman in

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Speaker 2: that year, obviously was very significant.

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Speaker 1: All Right, let's go ahead to Super Bowl twenty one.

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Speaker 1: The flea flicker. We talked about Bob on a different

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Speaker 1: podcast about how Bill Parcells was a risk taker to

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Speaker 1: call some trick plays. Well, this is one of them.

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Speaker 1: A fleet flicker with Joe Morris, Phil Simms and Phil

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Speaker 2: Yeah, at this point in the game, the Giants are

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Speaker 2: feeling it. They got all the momentum going their way. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: the first half was a battle with the Denver Broncos.

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Speaker 2: But it almost felt like at this point anything the

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Speaker 2: kind of what happened here. And then Flee Flicker was

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Speaker 2: a big part of the Giants arsenal. They because they

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Speaker 2: were such a strong running team and Joe Morris was

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Speaker 2: such a fantastic running back, and the Giants were primarily

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Speaker 2: a run team. When they busted out a play like this,

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Speaker 2: it had a high success rate because teams had to

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Speaker 2: overplay the run because the suburbanites upfront were so good

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Speaker 2: because then you got the Jake Baller touchdown catch in

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Speaker 2: New England. This is the four to thirteen matchup, and

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Speaker 2: I think that's very significant because the Patriots had this

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Speaker 2: And I think this is a little bit of a

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Speaker 2: validation from Super Bowl forty two because this was the

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Speaker 2: first time that the two teams had met since that

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Speaker 2: Super Bowl, and they would later meet in Super Bowl

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Speaker 2: forty six. But you know, the Giants going up there

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Speaker 2: playing a really good Patriots team and kind of beating

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Speaker 2: them at their own game at the end was pretty cool.

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Speaker 2: And another unbelievable throw by Eli and then.

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Speaker 1: More validation in Super Bowl forty six. Certainly something they

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Speaker 1: could repeat. All right, let's go to the next match

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Speaker 1: of Bob the sixth seed, A Moni Tumor beats the

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Speaker 1: Broncos can't grahamt to Amni Tuomor thirty seven yard pass

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Speaker 1: with time winding down. They beat the undefeated Broncos in

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety eight.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think this was Listen. They weren't

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Speaker 1: That was gonna be my question for you, because I

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think this game. I mean he

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Speaker 1: We'll stick with the Super Bowl play for the five seed.

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Speaker 1: watching this play. Bob I did not remember this play.

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Speaker 1: two thousand and two. Shaki goes up there and muscles

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and this was his rookie season. And you know, again,

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Speaker 1: All right, Let's go on to the next matchup, Bob,

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Speaker 1: the seven and ten matchup, Michael Strahan sets the Giant

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Speaker 1: And he was a trendsetter because once Strand started doing

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Speaker 1: And going from beating the Eagles to beating the Dallas Cowboys. Again,

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Speaker 1: seven Divisional playoffs. And I remember this game. The Cowboys

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Speaker 1: Remember, Giants big time underdogs in the Division round against Dallas,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, this was I think this kind of

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Speaker 1: And going against another pick six, Bob, this one from

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Speaker 1: Absolutely. All right, folks, there's your bracket. Go place your votes.

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Speaker 1: What's the greatest play in Giants history? Make your voice heard.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us on the Greatest play Bracket

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Speaker 1: of course, stay tuned the Giants, the Giants Mobile app,

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