Greatest Super Bowl play of all time?

[Blade]

I don't have all-time, because I have only been alive since 1982.

But the greatest plays I remember:

1)Mike Jones vs Kevin Dyson
2)Desmond Howard's return
3)Elway doing the Helicopter, no pun
4)Tyree's Catch
5)Harrison's Return.

 

[Goober]

really? 300 pound line backers intercept a slant onthe goal line then ramble 100 yards to swing the momenteum of a game evey week? since you are so smart and so sure, i bet you have alist of these occasions... i shall be waiting with baited breath...


that being said, the tyree catch should have been number one since it was so improbable and it pretty much put the nail in teh coffin of a 19-0 season for bellicheat.

LOL @ 300 pounds.

 

[steeljake]

Steeler fans are being fucking stupid beyond belief about this.

A fucking INT return on the goalline, where the defensive player has the biggest advantage shouldn't be #1. Sorry, but running in a straight line isn't that fucking hard.

it is if you not only pick it off but then run 100 yards for a td. and just in case you didnt notice i said tyree's catch was number one. take head out of ass... then post.

 

[Shayn•Da•Pain]

it is if you not only pick it off but then run 100 yards for a td. and just in case you didnt notice i said tyree's catch was number one. take head out of ass... then post.

I think he was talking about me when he lumped all Steeler fans into one pile.

Steeler fans are being fucking stupid beyond belief about this.

A fucking INT return on the goalline, where the defensive player has the biggest advantage shouldn't be #1. Sorry, but running in a straight line isn't that fucking hard.

As if he only ran in a strait line.

1 INT.
4 Broken Tackles.
100 yards.
Touchdown.
14 point swing.
Steelers only won by 4 pts...yes Harrison's play mattered big time.
Biggest game of the year.
"Best QB Alive" - Nuke
Stole the ball from badass Boldin.
243 lbs.
Silverback Gorillas.

 

[Juggernaut]

1 INT.
4 Broken Tackles.
100 yards.
Touchdown.
14 point swing.
Steelers only won by 4 pts...yes Harrison's play mattered big time.
Biggest game of the year.
"Best QB Alive" - Nuke
Stole the ball from badass Boldin.
243 lbs.
Silverback Gorillas.

Manning to Tyree
Escaped the grasp of 3 defensive players
Leaping catch...with the helmet
Directly lead to a NYG touchdown
Giants only won by 3 pts...yes Tyree's play mattered big time.
Biggest game of the year.
"Best Team Ever" - Everyone
Took the hit from badass Rodney Harrison
206 pounds
"The Double Miracle"

GTFO

 

[EmpireWF]

Sorry but in the grand scheme of things, Tyree's catch mattered more than the INT TD.

With 1:15 remaining in the fucking game, down 14-10, the Giants faced 3rd and 5 in their own territory. Manning avoids the sack, despite the fact that at least one Patriot had hold of his jersey, gets his footing and gives the 'ol heave ho. Ball goes up 32-yards and comes down in the hands & helmet of David motherfucking Tyree, a guy who caught less than a handful of passes during the regular season and made his $$$ as a special teams guy (despite catching a TD pass earlier in the game). He fights Rodney Harrison to maintain possession in one of the oddest catches ever (as it turns out, Tyree likely loses possession if Harrison doesn't act as a landing pad for him) for 32-yards.

Four plays later, Manning hits Plaxico for the eventual game winning touchdown.

Fuck the first half interception return.

 

[FirstTimer]

Yeah, Harrison's INT swung the game so much that the Steelers needed a last minute TD drive to win the game.....

 

[Tailback U]

Yeah, Harrison's INT swung the game so much that the Steelers needed a last minute TD drive to win the game.....

I'd argue that the Steelers wouldn't even have been able to win the game without Harrison's play.

Tyree's catch was more spectacular and miraculous, but again, it was just a catch. Harrison put 6 points on the board while preventing the other team from putting up 6.

I don't care if Tyree made that catch with his cock and balls, you can't tell me that a catch is more meaningful than a touchdown. The Giants still had to score a touchdown to win the game, Tyree's catch didn't win the game. Harrison's play put points on the board.

A touchdown is more meaningful than a catch. No matter how you slice it.

Notice my key word here is meaningful, though, as I said Tyree's catch was more spectacular and miraculous.

 

[FirstTimer]

I'd argue that the Steelers wouldn't even have been able to win the game without Harrison's play.

Tyree's catch was more spectacular and miraculous, but again, it was just a catch. Harrison put 6 points on the board while preventing the other team from putting up 6.

Why are we assuming Harrison's play prevented 6 points rather than 3 points? If he drops that ball the Steelers can still win the game in the 4th. Even if Arizona scores 6 points who's to say the Steelers can't win that game in the 2nd half still? Who knows how that game plays out and what the Steelers do strategically different if they are down by more or less. I highly doubt the play calling etc stays the same if Harrison doesn't make that play and the Cards get 3 or 6 points.

 

[ram29jackson]

I'd argue that the Steelers wouldn't even have been able to win the game without Harrison's play.

Tyree's catch was more spectacular and miraculous, but again, it was just a catch. Harrison put 6 points on the board while preventing the other team from putting up 6.

I don't care if Tyree made that catch with his cock and balls, you can't tell me that a catch is more meaningful than a touchdown. The Giants still had to score a touchdown to win the game, Tyree's catch didn't win the game. Harrison's play put points on the board.

A touchdown is more meaningful than a catch. No matter how you slice it.

Notice my key word here is meaningful, though, as I said Tyree's catch was more spectacular and miraculous.

this is about greatest SB play -period

it doesnt have to be a touchdown, it doesnt have to be something that definitively won or lost the game. It just has to be a great play.

And the Tyree catch has all the elements .
But I also think the Pitts final TD against the Cards edges it out just a tiny bit

 

[Prodigal Son]

it is if you not only pick it off but then run 100 yards for a td. and just in case you didnt notice i said tyree's catch was number one. take head out of ass... then post.

you got groaned because your dumb ass said he was 300 lbs. Just because someone looks as big as you, doesn't mean he's as fat as you.

 

[EmpireWF]

I'd argue that the Steelers wouldn't even have been able to win the game without Harrison's play.

Tyree's catch was more spectacular and miraculous, but again, it was just a catch. Harrison put 6 points on the board while preventing the other team from putting up 6.

I don't care if Tyree made that catch with his cock and balls, you can't tell me that a catch is more meaningful than a touchdown. The Giants still had to score a touchdown to win the game, Tyree's catch didn't win the game. Harrison's play put points on the board.

A touchdown is more meaningful than a catch. No matter how you slice it.

Notice my key word here is meaningful, though, as I said Tyree's catch was more spectacular and miraculous.

The Harrison INT isn't even the best play of the game (Holmes' TD).

You said even with the Tyree catch, the Giants still had to score a TD.

Same as the Harrison INT, Steelers still needed a TD to win the game.

 

[Hasselbeck]

That Tyree play was huge.. and IMO the #1 play of all time in the Super Bowl.

Just imagine if this doesn't happen.. then Tyree's play doesn't happen either.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K36wgL4VLHM"]YouTube- Super Bowl XLII Asante Samuel dropped interception. Buckner?[/ame]

(Best video I could find of it.. sorry)

 

[Shayn•Da•Pain]

There is no way a first down catch is better than a 10 to 14 point swing to take a team into halftime up 17-7.


In 2008, from 1st and goal, Warner had 5 tds 1 int on the season.
2nd and goal 4 tds 0 ints.
3rd and goal 3 tds 0 ints.

Over a three year span
1st and goal 11 tds 2 ints.
2nd and goal 11 tds 0 ints.
3rd and goal 9 tds 0 ints.

This had only happened to Warner one time before, and that play wasn't in the super bowl, and wasn't a game changing INT return. This just doesn't happen.

This happens every week?

In 2008 only two linebackers returned INTs for touchdowns, Patrick Willis did twice, Suggs did once, for a total of 86 yards each...The ONLY INT return in the playoffs for a linebacker was Harrison's 100 yard return. But this happens every week...ok.

When Harrison took that football everybody had a chance to get him, he wasn't running at super sonic speed. He got some blockers out in front of him and he broke 4 tackles. It was amazing, put points on the board, took points away from Warner of all QB's on the same play, ended the half up 10 points, rather than down 3-7. It covered more ground, he broke more tackles than Eli, he caught as many balls as Tyree, he played offense and defense in the same play, he had larger balls, and the Cardinals 4 best players were involved in the play (Warner INT passing to Boldin, Broke several tackles including a last minute attempt by Breaston and landed on Fitz while staying alive to make the score with no time left.

The weight of the moment, all the things that could have prevented this play from every happening, we will never see another 100 yard int by a linebacker again...it is FAR more likely we'll see another 3rd and 5 first down in the 4th quarter, or an amazing catch late in the game (Holmes amazing SB catch as well).

I still love the Tyree catch, top 3 ever all time catches in the SB, but Harrison's play was better IMO. Don't hate me for it, call me a homer all you like, but if Tyree ultimately changed the scoreboard by 10 to 14 points on that catch I might change my opinion. To me they are both once in a lifetime plays, we'll never see another play quite like each of them, but there is no fucking way we'll ever see a linebacker have an impact like this on one single play in the SB. No way, not ever. This is the difference.

 

[EmpireWF]

I don't see how you can call the INT TD the greatest play in super bowl history (just looking at 42 and 43).

Like I said before, it wasn't even the most memorable play of that game.

If you want to argue and say the Holmes TD catch is the greatest play over the Tyree catch, I can understand. But not that INT TD at the end of the first half.

That Manning/Tyree play took the wind out of the Patriots on the game winning drive.

 

[Shayn•Da•Pain]

I don't see how you can call the INT TD the greatest play in super bowl history (just looking at 42 and 43).

Like I said before, it wasn't even the most memorable play of that game.

If you want to argue and say the Holmes TD catch is the greatest play over the Tyree catch, I can understand. But not that INT TD at the end of the first half.

That Manning/Tyree play took the wind out of the Patriots on the game winning drive.

If you don't remember that play you don't watch football or live with cows cock sauce in your eyeballs.

Holmes catch was also amazing, and I actually think his catch was better than Tyrees as well, but I'm arguing about the best SB play ever. Holmes had two chances at roughly the same catch in back to back plays and missed the first one, and the Cards secondary was not doing a good job of stopping him at that point, and it's not like we're talking about the best WR in the NFL here. Tyree's catch was also amazing, the #2 maybe #3 play ever and believe me I know that says a hell of a lot.

The fact that we saw only 3 other INT returns by a linebacker in 2008 tells me that this play was extremely rare, on top of that the swing was amazing. It was 1st and 1 yard to go with :25 left, the Cards were more than likely going to score 7 points unless Harrison takes this play to the house. And you're telling me that play didn't take the wind out of Warner and the Cardinals? It took Arizona 22:35 to score in the second half, and all the Steelers had to do was milk the clock and hold off the lat game heroics for the easy win.

It's like you people consider the Harrison TD off the radar for top plays, like it's the 80th play or some shit. This is beyond belief to me. I can understand one considering my choice as being homerish, but to argue as if this play wasn't a once in a lifetime moment, on the biggest stage, against "the best QB alive" as Nuke would say, preventing an almost gimme 7 points from a 1st and goal on the 1 yard line, doing all the crazy shit Harrison did, what else can I pile on here...fucking Warner's goaline TD to INT ratio, Harrison read Warner perfectly and jumped that route, it wasn't just thrown to his chest, 14 point swing in a 4 point game, Cards punch drunk after halftime for over a quarter, DPOY proves his worth in a pivotal moment, just fucking impossible...how the fuck can anybody argue that this play at the very least approaches a top spot? How the fuck can anybody sit here and tell me that this play is not memorable? How the fuck can anybody sit there with a strait face and talk bullshit as if this play can't be mentioned in the same breath as the Tyree catch? That's fail son, forget about it. The Harrison play is chock full of impossibility and intrigue as well as maximum effect on the biggest stage in a single play performance. Period.

 

[mgoblue2290]

Ladies and gentlemen, the definition of being a homer, Shayndapain!!!

The Harrison play was good but not better than Tyree's mostly because of when it took place. It happened before halftime and possibly all that would've happened would've been the Cards up 14-10 or tied it at 10-10. The Steelers going up 17-7 was pretty big at the time, but they ended up blowing that lead anyways. I'd say it was 2nd or 3rd maybe, not 1st.

Holmes catch was not better than Tyree's. Holmes made a hell of a grab but I think Ben's throw was even more impressive, it was pinpoint. Tyree caught a jump ball by trapping the ball on his helmet, oh and did I mention Eli Manning somehow escaping the Pats d-line?

 

[Shayn•Da•Pain]

Ladies and gentlemen, the definition of being a homer, Shayndapain!!!

The Harrison play was good but not better than Tyree's mostly because of when it took place. It happened before halftime and possibly all that would've happened would've been the Cards up 14-10 or tied it at 10-10. The Steelers going up 17-7 was pretty big at the time, but they ended up blowing that lead anyways. I'd say it was 2nd or 3rd maybe, not 1st.

Holmes catch was not better than Tyree's. Holmes made a hell of a grab but I think Ben's throw was even more impressive, it was pinpoint. Tyree caught a jump ball by trapping the ball on his helmet, oh and did I mention Eli Manning somehow escaping the Pats d-line?

I'm more impressed with Harrison reading Warner like a sesame street book and taking the Steelers into halftime with a 17-7 lead than I am with Eli escaping the Pats d-line due to the "phantom holding". You are right about the Steelers blowing that lead, imagine how bad the Arizona Warners would have beat Pittsburgh. It would have been ugly without that extra 10-14 points. I don't think you understand how important it is to go into halftime with the lead, let alone a huge momentum boost like that, and points on the board as well. It was at a critical moment inthe footall game, no doubt about it.

 

[Sportsbuck]

That Tyree play was huge.. and IMO the #1 play of all time in the Super Bowl.

Just imagine if this doesn't happen.. then Tyree's play doesn't happen either.

YouTube- Super Bowl XLII Asante Samuel dropped interception. Buckner?

(Best video I could find of it.. sorry)

I love how he looks to see if his feet are inbounds after he watches the ball fly out of bounds.

 

[FirstTimer]

The fact that we saw only 3 other INT returns by a linebacker in 2008 tells me that this play was extremely rare, on top of that the swing was amazing. It was 1st and 1 yard to go with :25 left, the Cards were more than likely going to score 7 points unless Harrison takes this play to the house.

How would the Cards have scored 7 points if Harrison intercepted the ball and fallen to the ground?

Quit being an over dramatic twat.

Yeah it was a great play but it wasn't even the best one of the game.

Holmes game winning catch>>>>>>>>>Harrison's return that didn't even put the game out of reach.

And you're telling me that play didn't take the wind out of Warner and the Cardinals?

Yeah because prior to this play the Cardinals were marching up and down the field at will.

STFU.

It took Arizona 22:35 to score in the second half, and all the Steelers had to do was milk the clock and hold off the lat game heroics for the easy win.

LOL at that throw and catch being "easy" Ben actually said when he threw it that he thought he blew the game because he thought it was going to be picked off.

It's like you people consider the Harrison TD off the radar for top plays,

Ummm, no it's not. You're just getting your dick all twisted up about nothing.

but to argue as if this play wasn't a once in a lifetime moment,

How is that when it's not the first interception return for TD in Super Bowl history?

Harrison read Warner perfectly and jumped that route,

Harrison said it was an easy play to read because the Chargers actually ran the same play against them two weeks before for a TD.

.how the fuck can anybody argue that this play at the very least approaches a top spot? How the fuck can anybody sit here and tell me that this play is not memorable? How the fuck can anybody sit there with a strait face and talk bullshit as if this play can't be mentioned in the same breath as the Tyree catch?

Put a tampon in and quit bitching. No one is saying the play wasn't "great" it just wasn't the greatest play of the game and some feel the Tyree catch was better.