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.
In his first game as a Giant (96 i think) he took a punt all the way. Later that day i was having pizza in California ( dont ask it was horrible) I met 2 little league refs who, while still in my giants shirt, asked me if I knew him. they had been reefing his games since he was a little boy. I told them of his touch down and they jumped up and down as I had earlier. Great moment.
1) Gary Reasons fake punt 90 NFC Title Game
2) Matt Bahr's GW FG 90 NFC Title Game
3) Strip in 11' NFC Title Game
4) Both of Tynes' FG's
5) Fake punt in SB 21
amazing plays everyone has listed, but some of my favorite Special Teams moments came when David Meggitt was returning punts for the Giants or when Reyna Thompson was the gunner on punts. Those two guys were so much fun to watch play.
Meggitt was such an amazing returner, who always got positive yards and returned several punts for TDs.
Thompson also was terrific, downing Landeta's punts within the 5 yard line or making tackles for loss of the opposing returner.
amazing plays everyone has listed, but some of my favorite Special Teams moments came when David Meggitt was returning punts for the Giants or when Reyna Thompson was the gunner on punts. Those two guys were so much fun to watch play.
Meggitt was such an amazing returner, who always got positive yards and returned several punts for TDs.
Thompson also was terrific, downing Landeta's punts within the 5 yard line or making tackles for loss of the opposing returner.
amazing plays everyone has listed, but some of my favorite Special Teams moments came when David Meggitt was returning punts for the Giants or when Reyna Thompson was the gunner on punts. Those two guys were so much fun to watch play.
Meggitt was such an amazing returner, who always got positive yards and returned several punts for TDs.
Thompson also was terrific, downing Landeta's punts within the 5 yard line or making tackles for loss of the opposing returner.
Both of these gentlemen were a joy to watch play.
Agree 100%. However, Meggett is no gentleman. Miserable rapist SOB.
amazing plays everyone has listed, but some of my favorite Special Teams moments came when David Meggitt was returning punts for the Giants or when Reyna Thompson was the gunner on punts. Those two guys were so much fun to watch play.
Meggitt was such an amazing returner, who always got positive yards and returned several punts for TDs.
Thompson also was terrific, downing Landeta's punts within the 5 yard line or making tackles for loss of the opposing returner.
Both of these gentlemen were a joy to watch play.
Agree 100%. However, Meggett is no gentleman. Miserable rapist SOB.
I had heard that Meggitt had gotten into major trouble, but I didn't know that it was Rape. That sucks. Pathetic on his part.
Serial rapist. Not a misunderstanding that went wrong, she said no, but he took it to mean yes. Nope, he hunted his victims down, and drugged and raped them. Fudged up to say the least. To find out what a POS he is, really sucked after having loved so much of what he did for the Giants.
amazing plays everyone has listed, but some of my favorite Special Teams moments came when David Meggitt was returning punts for the Giants or when Reyna Thompson was the gunner on punts. Those two guys were so much fun to watch play.
Meggitt was such an amazing returner, who always got positive yards and returned several punts for TDs.
Thompson also was terrific, downing Landeta's punts within the 5 yard line or making tackles for loss of the opposing returner.
Both of these gentlemen were a joy to watch play.
NY Giants Special Teams Legend - Reyna Thompson - ( New Window )
Thanks Eric for sharing those videos of Reyna Thompson and Larry Flowers. It was fun to watch those plays again.
Gary Reasons fake Punt, even though the man couldnt dodge a simple lame low tackle for a TD lol
And Ron Dixon opening playoff KR, because my father and I were there, together. He passed 8 weeks ago, no clue how I can watch our Gmen without him, we did it together 39 years, dating back when I was 4, my first game memory to this day).
But I will, because I have children to continue to share that bond. Lets Go BIG BLUE!
Serial rapist. Not a misunderstanding that went wrong, she said no, but he took it to mean yes. Nope, he hunted his victims down, and drugged and raped them. Fudged up to say the least. To find out what a POS he is, really sucked after having loved so much of what he did for the Giants.
That is horrifying to learn. Well I hope he rots in jail for the rest of his life. POS
If you want to go with something from our team then it's probably the Reasons fake punt vs San Fran or the Dixon TD kickoff return to start playoff game.
Easy choice. That moment, for me, rivals any Super Bowl memory. Beating the Niners in that game on their field when they were on a two and a half year hot streak? Priceless.
The Niners were 6-5 after 11 weeks in 1988. Starting the next week that season, and continuing on for 44 games until that 1990 NFC title game, they were 39-5! That's what the Giants had to overcome to win that game. I don't think younger fans realize just how monumental winning that game was.
and yeah, it's hard to enjoy watching highlights with Meggett now
He's a horrible human being. Had a lot of people fooled for a long time, because I remember him being considered one of the real good guys on the team at the time.
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.
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.
2nd Runner Up: Sehorn onside KR for TD
3rd Runner Up: Dixon KR TD in SB (would be #1 if it was more meaningful...)
Tyree as a gunner. We had some great punt teams for a stretch.
Norwood missing wide right
Game winning FG 1990 NFC Title Game
Ron "Alarm Clock" Dixon opening up with a KO return for TD against the Eagles, Divisional Round 2000.
2) Matt Bahr's GW FG 90 NFC Title Game
3) Strip in 11' NFC Title Game
4) Both of Tynes' FG's
5) Fake punt in SB 21
Runner up - Daluiso against the cards in 93'
Both fumble recoveries off Kyle Williams in 2011 NFC title game.
All 3 NFC title game FG clinchers.
Now for the worst.
Calloway non recovery of onside kick in 97 playoffs against Vikings.
Desean Jackson walk off punt return 2010.
No hands team against Eagles in the same game.
Brian Westbrook punt return for TD in 2003.
Danelo FG to beat Dallas in 1981 to make the playoffs
2nd Runner Up: Sehorn onside KR for TD
3rd Runner Up: Dixon KR TD in SB (would be #1 if it was more meaningful...)
was at the JPP game with Captain Bill
Feel bad for Kyle Williams....
Bummer
Also the block and TD return by Jenkins before halftime.
Meggitt was such an amazing returner, who always got positive yards and returned several punts for TDs.
Thompson also was terrific, downing Landeta's punts within the 5 yard line or making tackles for loss of the opposing returner.
Both of these gentlemen were a joy to watch play.
Meggitt was such an amazing returner, who always got positive yards and returned several punts for TDs.
Thompson also was terrific, downing Landeta's punts within the 5 yard line or making tackles for loss of the opposing returner.
Both of these gentlemen were a joy to watch play.
NY Giants Special Teams Legend - Reyna Thompson - ( New Window )
Meggitt was such an amazing returner, who always got positive yards and returned several punts for TDs.
Thompson also was terrific, downing Landeta's punts within the 5 yard line or making tackles for loss of the opposing returner.
Both of these gentlemen were a joy to watch play.
Agree 100%. However, Meggett is no gentleman. Miserable rapist SOB.
NY Giants Special Teams Legend - Larry Flowers - ( New Window )
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.
- Dixon starting the playoff game with a kick return.
- Reasons running the fake punt and pointing at the would be tackler.
- Leon Bright getting lit up for what seems every couple of weeks.
- Wally Henry fumbling twice against us in the first Giant playoff game that I was old enough to watch (or maybe in my life as I was 10).
Most memorable acronym - Parcell's acronmym for special teams play - ARAPAHOE - a run, a pass, a hit on the enemy.
Worst memory - Eagle meltdown in 2010. Duke Calhoun having no awareness that the Eagles may try an onside kick.
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amazing plays everyone has listed, but some of my favorite Special Teams moments came when David Meggitt was returning punts for the Giants or when Reyna Thompson was the gunner on punts. Those two guys were so much fun to watch play.
Meggitt was such an amazing returner, who always got positive yards and returned several punts for TDs.
Thompson also was terrific, downing Landeta's punts within the 5 yard line or making tackles for loss of the opposing returner.
Both of these gentlemen were a joy to watch play.
Agree 100%. However, Meggett is no gentleman. Miserable rapist SOB.
I had heard that Meggitt had gotten into major trouble, but I didn't know that it was Rape. That sucks. Pathetic on his part.
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amazing plays everyone has listed, but some of my favorite Special Teams moments came when David Meggitt was returning punts for the Giants or when Reyna Thompson was the gunner on punts. Those two guys were so much fun to watch play.
Meggitt was such an amazing returner, who always got positive yards and returned several punts for TDs.
Thompson also was terrific, downing Landeta's punts within the 5 yard line or making tackles for loss of the opposing returner.
Both of these gentlemen were a joy to watch play.
NY Giants Special Teams Legend - Reyna Thompson - ( New Window )
Thanks Eric for sharing those videos of Reyna Thompson and Larry Flowers. It was fun to watch those plays again.
And Ron Dixon opening playoff KR, because my father and I were there, together. He passed 8 weeks ago, no clue how I can watch our Gmen without him, we did it together 39 years, dating back when I was 4, my first game memory to this day).
But I will, because I have children to continue to share that bond. Lets Go BIG BLUE!
That is horrifying to learn. Well I hope he rots in jail for the rest of his life. POS
The Niners were 6-5 after 11 weeks in 1988. Starting the next week that season, and continuing on for 44 games until that 1990 NFC title game, they were 39-5! That's what the Giants had to overcome to win that game. I don't think younger fans realize just how monumental winning that game was.
Go to 2:01 of the video below
Tom Flynn - ( New Window )
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.