after being cut by the Packers that year, the Giants picked up Flynn. I think it was his very first game as a Giant we played the Packers. Flynn blocks the kick and scores.
Go to 2:01 of the video below Tom Flynn - ( New Window )
I always thought Flowers got short-changed in discussions about Thompson. He predated him, but he was an amazing special teams player.
I don't really remember Flowers much - I mean, I remember him on the team but was too young to appreciate the ST player he was. It's probably just a function of Thompson playing on more prominent teams. Did the Pro Bowl have coverage specialists when Flowers played?
I can remember the Giants under Parcells using star players like LT on special teams. That's almost unheard of today - was it just as unusual back then?
I can remember the Giants under Parcells using star players like LT on special teams. That's almost unheard of today - was it just as unusual back then?
No, it was quite common... at least for the Giants. Hostetler was even on special teams (he blocked a punt against the Eagles).
I'm a Giants fan. I turned the game on and figured "what the hell am I watching this for? Football is boring". Then Dixon returned that kick and my mind was changed. I didn't finish watching that game but tuned into the game against the Vikings and then the SB. Then I got into it fully the following season.
but i was at the game for was the 2005 home game against the eagles - David Tyree blocked a punt in the endzone for a TD. The thud of ball being blocked and thunderous crowd eruption aftewards was awesome.
hixon's KR TD against the Patriots in the 07 regular season finale was among the loudest times i've ever heard the stadium.
and sporting events /concerts in general... Ron Dixon returning the opening kick for a TD against the Eagles was THE loudest I have ever heard any stadium full of people get. I could literally feel the concrete shaking beneath my feet and thought Giants stadium was going to implode lol.
Anyone else who was there: do you agree? Or can you think of a moment in your lifetime when a stadium of people got louder than that?
Man that was awesome.
RE: Dixon opening KO return vs. the Eagles in '00 Div playoff
It was the only playoff game I ever got to go to in person. Great tailgait, was so jazzed and pumped to get in the stadium and then Dixon takes it to the house right away. The place was bedlam. Looking back at old clips Pat Summeral had a great call too.
That was great! I was deep in Eagle country (South Jersey) at my GF's apartment complex. I was the only person you could hear!!! I was screaming!!! I'm sure some of those dirtbag fans were trying to figure out where it was coming from, lol.
Have to mention both Bahr's made field goal and Norwood's miss. I can't seem to find the video but for one of those, a picture of Maurice Carthon with huge eyes and teeth with his hands in the air. Pretty cool.
- Bahr dedicating his to the troops was awesome. Speaking of Bahr and awesome... I think it was that year when he would make what seemed like a ton of tackles down field on kickoffs.
On the other side - Shockey celebrating the field goal prematurely in San Francisco during the collapse.
Ugghhhh - how about the non-pass interference "Bummer" to end the same game.
I'm biased, but I would rank that kick was one of the greatest field goals in NFL history. The magnitude of the kick, the distance, the temperature, and I believe Tynes was sick as a dog when he kicked it.
I'm biased, but I would rank that kick was one of the greatest field goals in NFL history. The magnitude of the kick, the distance, the temperature, and I believe Tynes was sick as a dog when he kicked it.
Based on complexity, I’d have to agree. It wasn’t a gimme kick either. Tynes once said kicking that ball was like kicking a brick in those conditions.
is #1 for me easily. Almost felt a little bad for Kyle Williams, but just a little.
The reason I cant put "wide right" in the top spot is because the Giants didnt really "do" anything on that play. I mean, yes, they were there:). And if they had blocked the kick to win the game, thats one thing. But it was really just a failure of the Bills kicker to make the kick.
I was at the 2000 Eagles-Giants playoff game, only I missed the most exciting play of the game. I think I was on the escalator trying to get to my seat when the kickoff return happen. I could hear the stadium erupt and I had a feeling this had happened.
I had only been to a few Giants game before this one so I didn't prepare properly for getting there early enough.
I was in medical school and snuck out of classes to go to the Ticketmaster outlet inside the Newark NJ transit station to get tickets. It was only a small group of people waiting on line and they had a small lottery to determine the order of the first twenty people in line. Bought four tickets and sold 2 of them to defray the costs on Ebay (I think I made enough to pay for about half my ticket).
For the championship, i couldn't sneak out but the guy I went to the game with was available. I begged him to go to the train station to buy them (who goes to a Newark train station to get ticketmaster tickets?) but he insisted on going to a Nobody beats the Wiz store instead that had a ticketmaster machine. Of course, he said that there were hundreds of people waiting and wasn't even close to getting tickets. I was not happy.
in the last game of the season to position us for possibly our first playoff game in my lifetime. it felt like everything was changing
definitely got us into the playoffs vs philly which also had a game impacting special teams play. mark haynes recovered a fumble in the end zone for a TD to make it 20-0 in the first quarter. we won the game 27-21.
Stunk, every kick was hold your breathe, the most satisfying moment was wide right, which made the Matt Barr kick the biggest moment, knocking off the 14-2, 2 time super bowl champs in Frisco to stop the threepeat, as the great Dick Lynch said, "Its over for the threepeats". The kicks in Frisco and Green Bay were great, but him missing 2 to win it earlier made it more relief then exciting. The most exciting moment without a doubt was Dixon taking the opening kickoff to the 2000 playoff game against the Eagles all the way. It exploded Giant stadium.
Looked for all the world that the Packers were going to recover.
Two Giants made great saving plays.
Michael Johnson had no chance to get the ball but he made a full extension dive to whack it out of the grasp of a Packer who had two hands on the ball, picking it up.
Dominic Hixon then was able to get possession with a dive between a couple of Packers who were inches away from getting it themselves.
Giants did not win it in regulation but they at least used up the remaining time to get to OT.
If Packers get that ball at midfield with two minutes left, I don't want to know what would have happened.
Michael Johnson was a rookie, the 224th pick in the 7th round. You never know who will make a play.
Go to 2:01 of the video below Tom Flynn - ( New Window )
And Flynn amazingly scored three times on blocked punts... against Packers, Bears, and Redskins...
The Tom Flynn Tribute - ( New Window )
It ALMOST worked.
There's that point in time on a long FG where you sorta see it about to be good.....what a feeling that was!
And of course Buffalo's miss.......I always remember the shot of Reyna Thompson pulling back as to not rough the kicker.
Seemed everyone knew it was coming...except the 11 49ers on the field...........
I don't really remember Flowers much - I mean, I remember him on the team but was too young to appreciate the ST player he was. It's probably just a function of Thompson playing on more prominent teams. Did the Pro Bowl have coverage specialists when Flowers played?
But I vividly remember Madden and Summerall continually praising Larry Flowers, who always seemed to be the first one down making the tackle.
"Larry Flowers down in a hurry and doing the job." (Imagine Summerall talking here)
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No, it was quite common... at least for the Giants. Hostetler was even on special teams (he blocked a punt against the Eagles).
That was a great game.
BB's masterpiece
Yes Flowers was really good on ST. Dumb as a post on D, but supernatural on ST.
hixon's KR TD against the Patriots in the 07 regular season finale was among the loudest times i've ever heard the stadium.
Anyone else who was there: do you agree? Or can you think of a moment in your lifetime when a stadium of people got louder than that?
Man that was awesome.
That was great! I was deep in Eagle country (South Jersey) at my GF's apartment complex. I was the only person you could hear!!! I was screaming!!! I'm sure some of those dirtbag fans were trying to figure out where it was coming from, lol.
- Bahr dedicating his to the troops was awesome. Speaking of Bahr and awesome... I think it was that year when he would make what seemed like a ton of tackles down field on kickoffs.
On the other side - Shockey celebrating the field goal prematurely in San Francisco during the collapse.
Ugghhhh - how about the non-pass interference "Bummer" to end the same game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQfECOLL2Zo - ( New Window )
That play still makes me laugh my ass off.
See 26:45 mark - ( New Window )
I'm biased, but I would rank that kick was one of the greatest field goals in NFL history. The magnitude of the kick, the distance, the temperature, and I believe Tynes was sick as a dog when he kicked it.
This was as critical as any play in Giants history for a SB championship.
Without it, I see the Giants winning percentage for that game dip quite a bit.
I think SF had only 10 on the field for that play.
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to get us to a Super Bowl!
I'm biased, but I would rank that kick was one of the greatest field goals in NFL history. The magnitude of the kick, the distance, the temperature, and I believe Tynes was sick as a dog when he kicked it.
Based on complexity, I’d have to agree. It wasn’t a gimme kick either. Tynes once said kicking that ball was like kicking a brick in those conditions.
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Mark Haynes special teams fumble recovery in end zone off an Eagles Kickoff
That play still makes me laugh my ass off. See 26:45 mark - ( New Window )
The on-field NFL Films camera guy was right on the pylon filming from kickoff to recovery...just a great sequence.
The reason I cant put "wide right" in the top spot is because the Giants didnt really "do" anything on that play. I mean, yes, they were there:). And if they had blocked the kick to win the game, thats one thing. But it was really just a failure of the Bills kicker to make the kick.
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of course it is.... like having a greatest movie conversation ..godfather then all the rest
Parcells calling the fake punt run to Gary Reasons
Norwood missing wide right
I'm not sure how Wide Right isn't the unanimous choice here for the entire thread.
Everything else is a debate for 2nd place, IMO.
I had only been to a few Giants game before this one so I didn't prepare properly for getting there early enough.
I was in medical school and snuck out of classes to go to the Ticketmaster outlet inside the Newark NJ transit station to get tickets. It was only a small group of people waiting on line and they had a small lottery to determine the order of the first twenty people in line. Bought four tickets and sold 2 of them to defray the costs on Ebay (I think I made enough to pay for about half my ticket).
For the championship, i couldn't sneak out but the guy I went to the game with was available. I begged him to go to the train station to buy them (who goes to a Newark train station to get ticketmaster tickets?) but he insisted on going to a Nobody beats the Wiz store instead that had a ticketmaster machine. Of course, he said that there were hundreds of people waiting and wasn't even close to getting tickets. I was not happy.
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definitely got us into the playoffs vs philly which also had a game impacting special teams play. mark haynes recovered a fumble in the end zone for a TD to make it 20-0 in the first quarter. we won the game 27-21.
Yeah, what a great night that was.
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and Ronald Dixon taking it to the house against Ravens in Super Bowl.
Yeah, what a great night that was.
Dixon will forever have a place in my heart for keeping the Giants from being the only team to get shut out in the Super Bowl.
Looked for all the world that the Packers were going to recover.
Two Giants made great saving plays.
Michael Johnson had no chance to get the ball but he made a full extension dive to whack it out of the grasp of a Packer who had two hands on the ball, picking it up.
Dominic Hixon then was able to get possession with a dive between a couple of Packers who were inches away from getting it themselves.
Giants did not win it in regulation but they at least used up the remaining time to get to OT.
If Packers get that ball at midfield with two minutes left, I don't want to know what would have happened.
Michael Johnson was a rookie, the 224th pick in the 7th round. You never know who will make a play.