So I'm watching NFL Network's Top 10 Forgotten Plays and guess what comes in at #3: Plaxico's game-winning TD catch in SB 42.
I was absolutely floored. What am I missing? I think behind the Tyree catch (which granted was a few minutes earlier) it's the most memorable moment of the game. This comedian who looked like a homeless guy thought that the Tyree catch was the play that won the game. John Gonzalez (a.k.a. the Eagles beatwriter who by some miracle married Colleen Wolfe) didn't remember who scored the GW TD. Some weird German comedian said we don't remember Plaxico.
Are we so immersed in our Giants that we don't realize that PERHAPS the general public (gasp!) forgot about this play? Jason Cole of the Bleacher Report said that it's "absolutely" a forgotten. But Is this really a forgotten play? Burress. Alone. Touchdown New York? Really? People really don't remember it?
Many others blame him for not repeating in 08 (wasn't gonna happen folks, the defensive line was fully out of gas by week 13 and had nothing left to offer at all, they were fully shot and nobody was healthy/fresh to play well)
Not me though, I remember all the greatness Plaxico brought to the NYG and also his legendary performance against Al Harris in the nfccg
But yeah, it’s never talked about. Ever. Forgotten.
The Jay Alford sack on Brady at the end can also be in this conversation.
But THE CATCH was so amazing that it’s expected.
Many others blame him for not repeating in 08 (wasn't gonna happen folks, the defensive line was fully out of gas by week 13 and had nothing left to offer at all, they were fully shot and nobody was healthy/fresh to play well)
Not me though, I remember all the greatness Plaxico brought to the NYG and also his legendary performance against Al Harris in the nfccg
Funny, if what went down w plaxico Burress occurred during this era of civil unrest, there would have been huge outrage for what sentence was handed down on Burress...no way he deserved that compared to what others get less for. He got a raw deal. .
Anti-climatic maybe ... but, forgotten?!! Never!
I agree. We don't win without that play.
They basically had 3 weeks off, only playing a partial game in Minny, and having the bye....they would have played for the championship the next week and then have 2 more weeks off....
That gassed defense only gave up one long drive to the Eagles....it was the inability to convert 4th downs, Eli having a terrible game, and not having Plax out there, who owned the Eagles, that cost us that game.... and another SB.....
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That was arguably a greater catch than Tyree, when Ingram was temporarily possessed by the spirit of Barry Sanders on a long 3rd late in the game.
It was in the 3rd quarter during the massive time-sucking drive that ended with and OJ Anderson TD.
To be accurate, it was not the catch, it was the run afterwards that was extraordinary and key. Tyree was just about the catch. No comparison really, save for the fact that they were extremely big
Dare I say, it was like he was touched by the hand of God...
Dare I say, it was like he was touched by the hand of God...
Had an unreal quality to it like Tyree magic helmet catch. I think both Tyree and Harrison said the catch had a divine element to it.
Also remembered seeing an interview with the DL who almost sacked Eli, still seemed broken up about that play years later.
Dare I say, it was like he was touched by the hand of God...
lol
Can you imagine if Eli had missed him, or if Plax had dropped it?
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Steve Smith 3rd down play is a better option in my view.
I agree. We don't win without that play.
This and the Jacobs 4th and 1 run for a first. Those 2 plays were totally forgotten. Nobody forgot the Burress catch
Can you imagine if Eli had missed him, or if Plax had dropped it?
I didn’t move an inch that entire drive right up until after the helmet catch. I sat their frozen and terrified lol... then Eli and tyree went nuts and I started to move a little. Got that was crazy.
Now, as a Giants fan? “Manning lobs it...Burress alone.... Touchdown New York!”
If that was completed and I think at that time the score would have sealed the game for the Giants or at least put them up by 2 scores.
Then none of the dramatics we fondly remember now happens.
If that was completed and I think at that time the score would have sealed the game for the Giants or at least put them up by 2 scores.
Then none of the dramatics we fondly remember now happens.
Plax was wide open. I don't know if he scores, but he gets a nice chuck of yardage.
If that was completed and I think at that time the score would have sealed the game for the Giants or at least put them up by 2 scores.
Then none of the dramatics we fondly remember now happens.
Well, Eli missed him because Plax stopped....Eli thought he was going to keep running which is probably the play when your QB is scrambling......BTW, Eli made a really nice spin move to avoid pressure and get free.
The mobile Eli Manning!!!! :)
What is THE quintessential highlight of that game?
It's not Plax, it's Tyree.
It's that Tyree's catch was spectacular in so many ways - the moment, the difficulty of the catch, the way Eli escaped what looked to be a sure sack...
Plax juked Ellis Hobbs like a JV corner and made one of the easiest catches you'll see.
The Burress catch was enormous, obviously - but it's not surprising that it almost gets buried because of the Tyree play.
Was Brandon Jacobs crossing Eli's face and picking up the backside safety blitz. If he doesn't see that, Eli gets sacked for a loss.