Not sure if this has been posted, but I just saw it linked on Uniwatch.com.
| On Jan. 20, 2008, the Packers hosted the Giants at Lambeau Field for the NFC Championship Game, playing for the right to face the undefeated Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. When the two teams took the field that Sunday, no one knew that the game would be Favre’s last as a Packer, or that New York coach Tom Coughlin’s freezer-burned face would become the lasting image of an instant classic, or that the Giants would use their overtime win as a springboard to what many consider the biggest upset in NFL history, a last-minute 17–14 win over New England two weeks later. All anyone knew at the time was this: It was really, really cold. What follows is an oral history of that game, told through the words of over a dozen players, coaches and executives in interviews completed this week. |
Tynes: After the game I take my sock off and boom, I have this three-inch by two-inch knot on the top of my foot, where all my blood vessels had busted. It was from a kickoff in the first half. I felt it, but didn’t think too much about it. My sock had kept all the pressure in, and when I took it off my foot blew up to a two-inch knot, like a baseball.
Feagles: In the first half it was bothering him, but he just realized he had to play through it. There was nobody behind him. Well, I was the guy behind him. Better having nobody. I can’t kick field goals. He wanted to redeem himself, whether he had a broken foot or not.
Tynes: I had to get it drained the next day, they took out a lot of fluid. I would not have played in the Super Bowl had we played that weekend. Thank God we had two weeks. I didn’t kick again until the next Wednesday or Thursday of that week before the game. |
Giants recall their experience in Green Bay in 2007-2008 playoffs - (
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Seriously, I was out for a second after we made contact. Then I hit the ground and woke up. I remember being on the ground and one of my teammates was like, "Wood! Wood! You all right?!" I was shook -- really I was. I played the rest of the game, but I was out of it. That's a big regret for me, not going and hitting that guy low. That was a ROUGH day from then on out.
--Charles Woodson
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/14465021/charles-woodson-looks-back-moments-hard-forget-wrong-reasons-nfl
And Devin Thomas, Jacquain Williams and Steve Weatherford. All huge in the 2012 NFCC and SB(Weatherford)..
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I want nothing but the best of things for Lawrence Tynes for the rest of his days.
And Devin Thomas, Jacquain Williams and Steve Weatherford. All huge in the 2012 NFCC and SB(Weatherford)..
Can you include Kyle Williams on that list?
He's pretty lonely these days.