a play that's always stuck with me has been Antonio Pierce's tackle on a screen pass in the NFC championship game vs Green Bay in 2007. Such a clutch tackle in the situation. Sure there are many more memorable plays that I remember, but for some reason I always remember that play. It would have definitely been a touchdown.... - ( New Window )
Jacobs trucking Charles Woodson in NFC Championship... Â
I'm pretty sure the Green Bay radio booth said something to the effect of playing NYG is like having teeth pulled without drugs.
Charles Woodson was a great player but you can tell he was beaten for the rest of the day on that play alone. You have to wonder the effect that has on a defense when your leader and one of your best players has his spirit broken (on top of being concussed) that early in a huge game, especially in those elements.
...but one that sticks out to me was during the Jets game on Christmas Eve 2011. Not the Cruz play but Ahmad Bradshaw's TD run when he plowed through Brodney Poole. I was fortunate to be at that game (Jets "home" game),
I watch it over and over. Couldn't believe he was that wide open then, can't believe it now. I think I read somewhere that Eli said he threw the ball and then time stopped. He just kept yelling for the ball to get down because it never seemed to move. It was a surreal moment. Oh, and screw the Pats.
I watch it over and over. Couldn't believe he was that wide open then, can't believe it now. I think I read somewhere that Eli said he threw the ball and then time stopped. He just kept yelling for the ball to get down because it never seemed to move. It was a surreal moment. Oh, and screw the Pats.
For sheer magnitude it has to be this play. It was like a walk-off homer in game 7 of the WS. You knew when the ball came down they were champions.
Victor Cruz first regular season TD vs the eagles, makes a move that causes two eagles to run into each other like keystone kops.
Honorable mention to Victor Cruz TD vs. Cowboys at end of the season when someone in the nbc truck surreptitiously piped in salsa music to the audio as Cruz was doing his salsa after the td.
This is it for me. Not the best and certainly not the most important play I've seen as a Giants fan. But I loved Bavaro, and there's something so awesome about his refusal to go down as more and more of them grabbed onto him. Such an awesome football play.
was great because it made Christmas great by all but eliminating the Jets and mathematically eliminating the Eagles. 2 birds, 1 stone. That was at a time when Eagles fans were talking about "Dream Team" and Jets fans were talking about "JetLife Stadium".
I let out a yell/squeal/cry that came out like a bizarro donkey bray. Embarrassed and laugh/crying (OK, a little drunk)I went into the kitchen to compose myself.
No single Giant play EVER made me lose it like that.
Therefore - it's my favorite.
Ron Dixon opening kick vs. Eagles in '00 Divisional Round Â
It was my first live Giants playoff game. All the anticipation and build up leading up to the game against our division rival and he takes the opening kick to the house. I remember the stadium being louder than anything I had ever heard in my life to that point.
Gave us George Young... who gave us 7 straight years of dominant drafting... which culminated in a totally dominant team and the Giant's first Lombardi.
... can't believe no one referenced my favorite play. Easy one. Giants down in the 1990 NFC Championship. Last couple of minutes of game and Erik Howard hits Roger Craig in the backfield and LT grabs the fumble before it hits the ground. Hostetler takes us down the field and Bahr makes the kick. Giants win 5-13 and go on to win Super Bowl.
Giants beat longtime rival in Candlestick who going for three-peat. Montana, Rice, Lott, Craig, Bill Walsh that was a great 49er team.
Erik Howard causes the fumble and LT recovers. My favorite Giants play of all time
... can't believe no one referenced my favorite play. Easy one. Giants down in the 1990 NFC Championship. Last couple of minutes of game and Erik Howard hits Roger Craig in the backfield and LT grabs the fumble before it hits the ground. Hostetler takes us down the field and Bahr makes the kick. Giants win 5-13 and go on to win Super Bowl.
Giants beat longtime rival in Candlestick who going for three-peat. Montana, Rice, Lott, Craig, Bill Walsh that was a great 49er team.
Erik Howard causes the fumble and LT recovers. My favorite Giants play of all time
That's a great memory - however Seifert was the 9er coach then. That game produced so many great memories. Marshall's hit, Reason's fake punt, Hostetler coming back after having his leg nearly amputated by Burt, the fumble, the FG! There will be no 3 peat!!!
...Frank Tarkenton was the QB and the Giants were losing against the Washington Redskins with just a few minutes left in the 4th Quarter.
The Giants executed an amazing double reverse with either Joe Morrison throwing (or catching) a TD pass to win the game!
I believe the game you are referring to was against the Steelers. Tark handed off to the running back (Frederickson maybe?} who handed to Homer Jones coming on a end around who flipped it back to Tarkenton for the pass to Morrison and the TD.
My favorite too. Rare that you can pinpoint a moment when a season completely turned.
Lots of good answers on this thread, but a singular play that stands out to me was game the of the 2007 season. Iirc the first two games were blowout losses where the defense didn't look good. We were playing Washington and the defense was folding again. The skins were on the goal line, went for it on fourth down. A big stop happened and it seemed the defense changed, took on a new attitude and went on toward history
Obvious ones have been mentioned. A few more I love: Â
- Nicks long TD (w/ dirty bird celebration) vs Atl in '11 wild card game. We were outplayed in 1st quarter of this game, tide turned in 2nd and than this really put it away, if I recall.
- Bradshaw running the giants to '07 playoffs in the snow in Buffalo
I'd have to say the game-winner to Plax in Super Bowl 42. Seeing him come into view wide open in the end zone as Joe Buck nailed the call - it was just a perfect moment of pure bliss. I remember the Bahr game-winner in SF and the Norwood miss, but I was a little too young to truly appreciate those moments. The Plax TD - after holding my breath for what seemed like three hours - was unlike anything I've experienced as a sports fan.
But there are 10 others that would be #1 depending on which one I watched last. LT 97 yards is another. LT beating Joe Jacoby game 2 1986 in Washington is another. Simms to Bavaro 1985 SF playoff game. Plus all the obvious ones that have been mentioned.
... can't believe no one referenced my favorite play. Easy one. Giants down in the 1990 NFC Championship. Last couple of minutes of game and Erik Howard hits Roger Craig in the backfield and LT grabs the fumble before it hits the ground. Hostetler takes us down the field and Bahr makes the kick. Giants win 5-13 and go on to win Super Bowl.
Giants beat longtime rival in Candlestick who going for three-peat. Montana, Rice, Lott, Craig, Bill Walsh that was a great 49er team.
Erik Howard causes the fumble and LT recovers. My favorite Giants play of all time
That's a great memory - however Seifert was the 9er coach then. That game produced so many great memories. Marshall's hit, Reason's fake punt, Hostetler coming back after having his leg nearly amputated by Burt, the fumble, the FG! There will be no 3 peat!!!
Good pick up on Seifert - I forgot he took over at that point.
George Martin's sack/safety in Super Bowl XXI. Such a huge play and momentum turner. It was all down hill after that for Denver. He always had a knack for scoring points for the Gmen.
The Tyree catch was mind-blowing. But watching the Giants take the lead with less than a minute on the clock against the 18-0 Patriots made the dream a reality.
Regular season. One play I am fond of is Jacobs trucking Laron Landry of the Skins.
Going back further, LT's TD vs. the Lions on Thanksgiving in 1982. Wow.
On Defense - In the 1980's they used to send the weakside LB on a seemingly direct and unimpeded path to the QB. Not sure why they moved away from it. It was very successful back then.
Until that Green Bay game was over I had huge doubts they would be able to close it out. After a relatively stress free Tampa opening round game, Dallas and GB back to back was exhausting. Good thing we had time to rest up for what would become David vs Goliath
Has probably been posted already but I thought of some more worth honorable mention:
Tiki with the game-winning TD vs. Dallas in the last game of Eli's rookie year. Made you feel like we had a young smart QB and a good future going into next season.
Jacquain Williams FF of Kyle Williams in the 2007 NFC Championship. Seen more as a 49ers mistake but it was a huge turnover for us in a Super Bowl run.
Has probably been posted already but I thought of some more worth honorable mention:
Tiki with the game-winning TD vs. Dallas in the last game of Eli's rookie year. Made you feel like we had a young smart QB and a good future going into next season.
Jacquain Williams FF of Kyle Williams in the 2007 NFC Championship. Seen more as a 49ers mistake but it was a huge turnover for us in a Super Bowl run.
Has probably been posted already but I thought of some more worth honorable mention:
Tiki with the game-winning TD vs. Dallas in the last game of Eli's rookie year. Made you feel like we had a young smart QB and a good future going into next season.
Jacquain Williams FF of Kyle Williams in the 2007 NFC Championship. Seen more as a 49ers mistake but it was a huge turnover for us in a Super Bowl run.
...Frank Tarkenton was the QB and the Giants were losing against the Washington Redskins with just a few minutes left in the 4th Quarter.
The Giants executed an amazing double reverse with either Joe Morrison throwing (or catching) a TD pass to win the game!
I believe the game you are referring to was against the Steelers. Tark handed off to the running back (Frederickson maybe?} who handed to Homer Jones coming on a end around who flipped it back to Tarkenton for the pass to Morrison and the TD.
Thanks Gman11... I can still see that play in my mind's eye a half century later, but I definitely could have forgotten the team we were playing!
moments from the two recent super runs, but a random play I really liked was the "Fassel flea-flicker" to Toomer in a huge game @Indy in 2002. I remember that 2002 team really caught fire at the end of the year and went in to Indy and trashed the Colts and that flea flicker play was awesome.
It made the collapse in the playoffs to the Niners even worse because I thought that team had caught fire and was going on a bigtime run.
George Martin, 78-yard pick-6 against John Elway. He was 34 and the older player on the team.
Not an important game? Nope. Every game in that season was important. Regardless, as a kid, I never heard so much screaming and cheering during that play, and prob never will again.
But I recall a story about some famous coach (maybe Lombardi?) when asked a similar question from a reporter responded without missing a beat: "the one where we score and the player gives the ball to the referee."
It would have definitely been a touchdown.... - ( New Window )
Charles Woodson was a great player but you can tell he was beaten for the rest of the day on that play alone. You have to wonder the effect that has on a defense when your leader and one of your best players has his spirit broken (on top of being concussed) that early in a huge game, especially in those elements.
This is mine...that was perhaps the most physical, competitive game I ever remember. Every play was huge, and that was an absolutely insane effort.
Pierce’s screen pass tackle against the Packers in the playoffs mentioned above is a close second for me.
4) Snap to Reasons during the fake punt in the '90 NFC Championship.
3) Shockey catch over Dawkins in '02 in the win and in game
2) Big Mark Ingram catch on 3rd down from Super Bowl 25
1) Tyree
My favorite too. Rare that you can pinpoint a moment when a season completely turned.
JPP's block a couple a weeks earlier was great but then we laid an egg against the Redskins.
...Frank Tarkenton was the QB and the Giants were losing against the Washington Redskins with just a few minutes left in the 4th Quarter.
The Giants executed an amazing double reverse with either Joe Morrison throwing (or catching) a TD pass to win the game!
For sheer magnitude it has to be this play. It was like a walk-off homer in game 7 of the WS. You knew when the ball came down they were champions.
Honorable mention to Victor Cruz TD vs. Cowboys at end of the season when someone in the nbc truck surreptitiously piped in salsa music to the audio as Cruz was doing his salsa after the td.
It never gets old.
This is it for me. Not the best and certainly not the most important play I've seen as a Giants fan. But I loved Bavaro, and there's something so awesome about his refusal to go down as more and more of them grabbed onto him. Such an awesome football play.
No single Giant play EVER made me lose it like that.
Therefore - it's my favorite.
Only reason this isnt it for me is we didnt revover the fumble.
Simms down the seam to Bavaro.
Summerall always had good lines, but after one completion for a TD, he goes "Simms to Bavaro.....made it look easy....."
Defense ... Burt knocks out Montana and LT scores
Offense ... O J Anderson run over Kelso in the super bowl ...
special teams .... can you say “wide right” ?
I am also partial to
Kerry Collins to Toomer flea flicker that opened the second half against Colts
Amani Toomer catches 82 yard flea flicker TD vs Colts in 2002 - ( New Window )
Gave us George Young... who gave us 7 straight years of dominant drafting... which culminated in a totally dominant team and the Giant's first Lombardi.
Loved seeing it happen for someone who had been on some really, really bad teams.
Giants beat longtime rival in Candlestick who going for three-peat. Montana, Rice, Lott, Craig, Bill Walsh that was a great 49er team.
Erik Howard causes the fumble and LT recovers. My favorite Giants play of all time
Also - remember that Tiki run against Kansas City where he made 7 or 8 tacklers miss?
Giants beat longtime rival in Candlestick who going for three-peat. Montana, Rice, Lott, Craig, Bill Walsh that was a great 49er team.
Erik Howard causes the fumble and LT recovers. My favorite Giants play of all time
That's a great memory - however Seifert was the 9er coach then. That game produced so many great memories. Marshall's hit, Reason's fake punt, Hostetler coming back after having his leg nearly amputated by Burt, the fumble, the FG! There will be no 3 peat!!!
Oh man...when that happened I knew we had it!!!!!!!
Get my vote as well
...Frank Tarkenton was the QB and the Giants were losing against the Washington Redskins with just a few minutes left in the 4th Quarter.
The Giants executed an amazing double reverse with either Joe Morrison throwing (or catching) a TD pass to win the game!
My favorite too. Rare that you can pinpoint a moment when a season completely turned.
Lots of good answers on this thread, but a singular play that stands out to me was game the of the 2007 season. Iirc the first two games were blowout losses where the defense didn't look good. We were playing Washington and the defense was folding again. The skins were on the goal line, went for it on fourth down. A big stop happened and it seemed the defense changed, took on a new attitude and went on toward history
- Nicks long TD (w/ dirty bird celebration) vs Atl in '11 wild card game. We were outplayed in 1st quarter of this game, tide turned in 2nd and than this really put it away, if I recall.
- Bradshaw running the giants to '07 playoffs in the snow in Buffalo
- RW McQuarters INT in the end zone in Dallas
Real-time, Eli's kneel. I was not confident until the turnover on downs. I was pessimistic.
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... can't believe no one referenced my favorite play. Easy one. Giants down in the 1990 NFC Championship. Last couple of minutes of game and Erik Howard hits Roger Craig in the backfield and LT grabs the fumble before it hits the ground. Hostetler takes us down the field and Bahr makes the kick. Giants win 5-13 and go on to win Super Bowl.
Giants beat longtime rival in Candlestick who going for three-peat. Montana, Rice, Lott, Craig, Bill Walsh that was a great 49er team.
Erik Howard causes the fumble and LT recovers. My favorite Giants play of all time
That's a great memory - however Seifert was the 9er coach then. That game produced so many great memories. Marshall's hit, Reason's fake punt, Hostetler coming back after having his leg nearly amputated by Burt, the fumble, the FG! There will be no 3 peat!!!
Good pick up on Seifert - I forgot he took over at that point.
- Leonard Marshall destroys Montana
- Manning to Manningham, the greatest pass in Super Bowl History
The Sehorn tip to himself pick 6 is my favorite too. Incredible reflexes and play. Amazing. In the playoffs was the cherry on top.
the play was so magical it made plaxico burress game winner seem routine.
Regular season. One play I am fond of is Jacobs trucking Laron Landry of the Skins.
Going back further, LT's TD vs. the Lions on Thanksgiving in 1982. Wow.
In a radio interview Parcells said that was the greatest play he ever saw LT make.
this is another
Mark Bavaro Carrying 49ers Defense - ( New Window )
Jacquain Williams forced fumble in 2007 NFC Championship.
Nicks Hail Mary TD vs. GB.
Nicks Hail Mary TD vs. GB.
Jacquain Williams forced fumble in 2007 NFC Championship.
Tiki with the game-winning TD vs. Dallas in the last game of Eli's rookie year. Made you feel like we had a young smart QB and a good future going into next season.
Jacquain Williams FF of Kyle Williams in the 2007 NFC Championship. Seen more as a 49ers mistake but it was a huge turnover for us in a Super Bowl run.
Nicks Hail Mary TD before halftime vs. GB.
Tiki with the game-winning TD vs. Dallas in the last game of Eli's rookie year. Made you feel like we had a young smart QB and a good future going into next season.
Jacquain Williams FF of Kyle Williams in the 2007 NFC Championship. Seen more as a 49ers mistake but it was a huge turnover for us in a Super Bowl run.
Nicks Hail Mary TD before halftime vs. GB.
Tiki with the game-winning TD vs. Dallas in the last game of Eli's rookie year. Made you feel like we had a young smart QB and a good future going into next season.
Jacquain Williams FF of Kyle Williams in the 2007 NFC Championship. Seen more as a 49ers mistake but it was a huge turnover for us in a Super Bowl run.
Nicks Hail Mary TD before halftime vs. GB.
Nicks Hail Mary TD vs. GB.
Jacquain Williams forced fumble in 2007 NFC Championship.
Jacquain Williams forced fumble in 2007 NFC Championship.
Nicks Hail Mary TD vs. GB.
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...Frank Tarkenton was the QB and the Giants were losing against the Washington Redskins with just a few minutes left in the 4th Quarter.
The Giants executed an amazing double reverse with either Joe Morrison throwing (or catching) a TD pass to win the game!
I believe the game you are referring to was against the Steelers. Tark handed off to the running back (Frederickson maybe?} who handed to Homer Jones coming on a end around who flipped it back to Tarkenton for the pass to Morrison and the TD.
Thanks Gman11... I can still see that play in my mind's eye a half century later, but I definitely could have forgotten the team we were playing!
But the Phil McConkey flea flicker catch and ricochet TD catch off Bavaro were faves also.
It made the collapse in the playoffs to the Niners even worse because I thought that team had caught fire and was going on a bigtime run.
Not an important game? Nope. Every game in that season was important. Regardless, as a kid, I never heard so much screaming and cheering during that play, and prob never will again.
Sehorn pick 6 against Philly- amazing athleticism
Eli - Mannigham SB46- amazing throw and catch
there's about 30 more....