I don’t think you’ll find a more improbable playoff run. Beating the Cowboys and Packers on the road who were both 13-3 and then beating the 18-0 Patriots. They beat the 3 best teams in the league in a row
@@itbelikethat6579 Was actually referring to the 07 Bucs because the Giants beat them on the road in the wildcard game. I mentioned the Cowboys and Packers but not the Bucs who did have a pretty good team that year.
They had an elite defense. They started the season horribly but as for the season after their first month they showed they could beat anyone. Hell they almost beat the patriots at the end of the season before the playoffs. To think this run was more improbable than Nick Foles throwing a perfect passer rating against the Vikings number 1 defense and to beat Brady WHILE Brady threw for more yards than anyone in playoff history is a joke. The 2017 Eagles are easily the most improbable story in the Super Bowl era. The eagles were picked to lose every single game from week 13 all the way to the Super Bowl🤦 Experts said giants could win only if they win with defense. They did. Experts said even with good defense Foles was gonna lose by 30 and it would be the worst Super Bowl ever. Instead it broke multiple records and is recognized at anywhere between the greatest whistle to whistle Super Bowl or at least top 3. (In the nfls own words) Combine both the first and second scores of the pats in the giants Super Bowl wins (14 points and 17 points) and it’s still less than what he scored against an eagles team who won with a back up QB, an undrafted rookie with clement who did more than the rest of the RBs that game, with a TD pass thrown by a 3rd string TE..
As a patriots fan I’d love to disagree but I can’t! Without those wins, he’s not making the HOF. With those wins, Eli most likely will make it. Even though he was literally a .500 QB.
@@barbaracaroll Even though I’m a diehard Patriots fan. I try to be as unbiased as possible. Both of those games crushed my soul and when I watch them now. I still want to scream, hoping they’ll do something different. BUT those were epic clashes against a phenomenal post season QB and beyond stellar defenses. We didn’t make it easy for them and they went out and earned every inch of those wins.
Giants were a team of destiny that year, winning as a Wild Card 3 playoff games on the road, playing the Pats twice including that helluva Super Bowl game with Manning to Tyree 3rd and 17 play...great season.
The 1986 team was truly dominant. The 1990 team got lucky with wide right. Plaxico catching the pass from Eli in XLII was the greatest moment in Giants history!
I'm a Patriots fan and that sb loss was the most traumatizing sports loss I've experienced in 30 years of watching, but I respect the hell out of that giants team, that playoff run was amazing. I watched the packers game too, it was unreal. What that defense did in the sb was almost miraculous.
Everyone loves a ingrate of a sports fan. Okay since 2007 the Red Sox have won 2 World Series, the Patriots 3 more Super Bowls, 1 by the Celtics and 1 by the Bruins. Classic New Englander has to feel sorry for themselves.
@@BAYAREA-kd1ig lol as a raider fan I was thinking the same thing I’ve only seen them in the super bowl once and got killed in my life so any pats fan crying about one loss is ridiculous lmao
@@BAYAREA-kd1ig I guess you're the polar opposite then, literally so few championships you have no idea what the experience is like. Yes, single seasons can still have tough moments to go through. My comment wasn't for folks that can't have more than one thought running at a time, don't mind me.
Al Harris caught mugging Plaxico Burress didn't think it was illegal contact. Reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where Jerry steals that old lady's marble rye bread
Watching the 49ers, in the snow and wind, block the punt and win against the Packers this past weekend brought me back to this magical game. Thank you to all of the NYG Coaches and Players and Bob P and Carl for making this a NYG Legend. It's a real treat for us fans to hear you guys talk about it. Who shared a number with Matt Bahr? Good Tynes!
I was literally coming to comment something about that play, then saw your comment. Well said. This video basically glossed over it, but it was spectacular individual effort. Saved what was going to be a long play for a first down, possibly a touchdown considering the blockers they had in front.
I've been in New York Giants fan for a very long time and I've seen many regular season games that were very amazing and I witnessed some amazing postseason games but this championship game of the 07 season is by far without a doubt one of the greatest games ever in both of these two franchises history and even with the two super bowl victories and both of them Eli Manning being the MVP this NFC championship game really cemented Eli Manning's career
Eli did literally nothing to deserve the MVP. The Patriots were held to 23 points below their season average and below average Eli still barely managed to win. It's that simple.
2007 and 2011 NYG are the MOST legendary teams of all time. Prove me wrong...They beat the 18-0 Pats and were 9-7 in 2011 with less than 1% chance to win the superbowl let alone get there. I will never forget these moments in history. Greatest SBs I've ever witnessed besides the pats comeback in the 2016 season SB vs Falcons
I'm more of a baseball guy than football. However, these Giants on both this run and SB 46 run have give me memories that will last a lifetime. I was so happy for Strahan, what an amazing human being. And Eli...talk about clutch. Find me a qb that fights out of a sack lime that. Say what you want, but in the playoffs, he's beaten Farve, Rodgers, and Brady x2. What a resume. And that defense...I mean damn
going into the playoffs? give me Playoff Eli era Giants. the best seasons of football I have ever watched. Playoff Eli, the D-line, the trio of RBs. it was great.
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CONGRATULATIONS to NFL Films for Capturing in this Documentary the moment by moment of what could be the Greatest Sport Story of All Time - The Giants not only had to battle the elements but it was clear that the corporate media announcers and zebras wanted a Tom Brady/Brett Farve SB
As a Giants fan, this was the greatest game I’ve ever seen. And the most exhilarating. I remember holding my breath when Eli looked like he was getting sacked in the final minute of the game…only for him to somehow escape, throw this improbable throw…and SOMEHOW find David Tyree, who made the catch of a lifetime, with ONE HAND. That made me a believer, made me really think the Giants could do the impossible and defeat the undefeated. And once Burress caught that end zone TD, my family and I jumped to our feet in pure joy. I knew that we had just watched our team complete the playoff run of a lifetime. One of my favorite memories.
3rd and 11, Eli Manning to rookie Steve Smith, a couple plays after the helmet catch. Caught in the flat, tiptoed the sideline, got hit out of bounds directly after getting the first down. I know Giants fans know the play and don't need a description, BUT HOW IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PLAYS IN GIANTS HISTORY CONTINUOUSLY OVERLOOKED!!! RESPECT STEVE SMITH!!!
Probably one of the cooler things after that end of season Pats game was John Madden calling Tom Coughlin's office phone and leaving him a voicemail the following Sunday morning (they played Sat night). The sheer respect that John had for the game and also praising Coughlin and the entire Giants squad for not resting their players, but playing the game to win like every team should every Sunday afternoon. That was huge. Video here: ruclips.net/video/Rv6R5UrnB3o/видео.html Skip to the 21:30 mark to hear the voicemail he left Tom Coughlin.
For real nostalgic time flies wish my packers won but maybe blessing cause we would of lost to patriots and never would of had Rodgers win ring in 2010 when we got revenge vs giants beating them getting in the playoffs and knocking them out
This is one of my best childhood memories this season was one of the best Superbowl runs of all time. That NFC championship game was the greatest NFC championship game in my eyes because of how Brandon Jacobs just took Charles woodson's soul and the whole game was just epic. This is my ice bowl.
@@tomknapp6194wonder if favre doesn't retire if they make super bowl that Brandon Jacobs play intimidated me watching lmao even though woodson a OG and al Harris was shocked how bad he played vs plaxico
Great game. Great team. As a Cowboys fan after the Giants knocked them out and the Giants made it to the Super Bowl... I've never rooted for my arch rival more than I did for the Giants against the Patrots in Super Bowl 42.
This game is really tense throughout. And the Gmen took the NFC championship by a field goal and upsetting the Pats in Super Bowl 42. You love to see it.
Its amazing , all the big kicks, Giants have been involved in over the years, here, the Norwood miss in SB XXV against the Bills, the week before against the 49ers Matt Bahr, winning the 2011 nfc champ, on a kick after recovering a fumble; they have been very fortunate
Yea people don’t understand this. Those runs was so special because Eli played his greatest in 07 and 11. Sure for most seasons he wasn’t elite but it’s idiot to say that without those wins he doesn’t get into the hall of fame because he played just as good as any qb ever played for those playoff runs.
@@RomanoLemm Chances are this "son" has been watching football longer than you have been alive. How did the Patriots get to 18-0? Was it scoring 14 points per game? No, they averaged 37 points per game. And just a few weeks earlier, they put up 38 on that same Giants defense. Then in the playoffs, Eli leads the Giants to fewer points and is called the hero in a low scoring game? Please tell me you understand how this just doesn't make sense.
@@tomknapp6194 grandpa, if you seem to know so much about football (quality over quantity btw.), I pray you have realised at some point the difference between regular season football and playoff football. those are two separate pair of shoes. patriots were also stellar on defense that year, as they were most years with brady but who am I telling, football guy already knows that (btw., eli put up the most points on them in a single game that year, by a touchdown). so let's say the 07 season was won by chance and a great defense. I guess the same will be said about the 11 run by salty massholes?
@@StevenEvens7125 It is way up there with the Gary Reasons fake punt and the Erik Howard-forced fumble by Roger Craig recovered by Lawrence Taylor 17 years earlier in that other IMMORTAL NFC Championship game. "And the Giants have the ball!"
I enjoyed every minute of this. As Giants fans '07 and '12 are the only thing we have to hold on to and be proud of this last decade of misery. 2012 NFC championship vs SF would be one hell of an episode to watch as well!
@@georgetoney1455 It was the 07 season. The bears went to the Superbowl in the 06 season. So your actually the one whos wrong. The game was played in Jan 08. It literally says the 2007 championship game in the title. How dense are you?
We were asked on an international flight what time the game was--everyone was excited about watching Brett and Eli play. Brett really played well that season. What a fun person to watch. Great game! Just wish Brett and the boys could have won!
As a Giants fan this game was a nail biter lol. Plexico was a monster i wish his career lasted longer than it did and Brandon Jacobs was a bulldozer lol
As a lifelong NYG Fan from 1982 on, this game, and this video, still gives me chills. I love all of the commentary from the players and coaches. There's a voice that's missing who was a huge difference maker. Plax. Without Plax, we don't win. Yes, he made a big mistake, but this fan still loves him. He played like a Great Giant. Look for a podcast from Plaxico. He's very articulate, eloquent, and an easy listen. Anyway, love this whole team forever.
2008: Giants beating the No 1 seed Cowboys and No. 2 seed Packers in one of the coldest games of all time...and beating the team that would have been crowned the greatest of all time - the almost 19-0 Patriots - is the greatest post season run in NFL History. Not to mention the greatest play in SB history. Historic and legendary.
If it’s a Giants-49ers playoff in SF, something crazy is gonna happen. 1990: most physical game ever. Marshall mimics Burt’s attempted homicide of Montana from 4 years previous. Reasons Fake punt, Craig fumble. Hostetler hangs in there after Burt’s (now with SF) cheap shot. Bahr FG. Giant Upset. 1993: 44-3. Ricky Watters. Shocking for LT and Simms to get blown out like that in last game of their careers. 2002: Bar-room brawl. 2011: Another punishing defensive game. Muffed punt. Eli hangs in there after having his face drilled in the mud. Another muffed punt. LT3 FG. Another Giant upset.
Eli didn't just get sacked, he got sacked by College Football National Champion, Super Bowl Champion, Ryder Cup Champion, All-time leading tackler of the Packers AJ HAWK!!!!!!
I can't help but feel bad for the Packers in the playoffs so much bad luck. My top 3 are the 2007 Nfc championship, 2014 nfc championship and 2022 divisional. To get so close just to have the opportunity yanked away in the most mind boggling ways. Great game and documentary 👍👍
This is why you watch all those games, to find that rare combination of heart and talent that takes your team all the way. The Parcells SB teams were dominant start to finish, not the 2000 Giants. 10-6 and 9-7. These teams were inconsistent and could break at any moment, but they didn't. They had two playoff runs that were historic, amazing, some of the greatest football I've ever seen.
I can't imagine tackling Brandon Jacob's luckily nick Barnett and aj hawk were stout enough to keep us in this game and our offensive line on the interior cost us this game
After watching them lose another playoff game they should've won, as a fan, I don't even know why I'm here. Blessed with two legends and did nothing but underachieve over the last 27 years...
The fact that Brett farve told his teammates not to wear long John's or sleeves for protection against the sub freezing temperatures was sickening and saying that gloves were not used either by receiver's cost. Them many receptions and the game i blame Brett farve and nobody else
This one is up there with the Jan 1991 Championship against SF. It was insanely bitter cold here in Michigan that day as I watched these men play in even colder weather a bit to my west, and I was so happy to be indoors chilling with my cats and drinking coffee instead of getting frostbite.
I just returned from a deployment in Afghanistan a couple of months prior and was stationed at Fort Drum. The weather there that day was about the same as in Green Bay. I didn’t think that the Giants, my favorite team, had a chance to beat GB. This was a typical Giants team, strong defense with just enough offense to keep us fans from having a heart attack. I didn’t have any confidence in Tynes before he kicked that game winning field goal, but it was Party Tynes when it was true.
For me the 2007 NFC championship was just something that i never on earth imagined we could've achieved until we did. Cause the Packers and the Cowboys were both the best NFC' teams, Eli didnt have any playoff game where he passed the 200 yrds untill this game at Green Bay. The stars were alined in this season for us become champions, because we were not the best team at all.
Al Harris just had an impossible match up on Plax, Eli, and an icy mess. Leverage, timing, and turf...he had no chance. And looking back....boy is this a typical McCarthy game, lol.
Mr. McDowell, did you happen to catch the professional football game on television last night?...Oh sir, the Giants of New York took on the Packers of Green Bay. And at the end the Giants triumphed by kicking an oblong ball made of pigskin through a big "H". It was a most ripping victory.
I wasn’t a giants fan, but I was 8 as well when this game was played and can remember exactly where I was during the pats/giants super bowl. Was rooting for the giants.
Born and raised in Green Bay, WI . I played QB growing up in high school then in college , the highest compliment you could receive growing up playing quarterback in Wisconsin is you reminded someone as “Brett Favre”. My Dad was my coach growing up and had that old school approach when the weather got cold it meant I better not be wearing long sleeves and we damn sure better win the game that day. Brett Favre’s win/loss record in the cold at home was amazing at the time! I was down in Iowa for my Freshman year of college, after finishing my first season. 2 of my WR’s and three offensive lineman were from New York. I was the only player on our team from Wisconsin besides our punter lol. I had just been given a BRAND NEW flat screen LED TV (all legal if the NCAA asks lol), so I invited about 13 of my teammates over , 12 black guys from New York, Texas, Los Angeles and then myself and the little white punter. Lol I had about 12 different bets on this game. Never thought in a MILLION years the Packers would lose. It would be too perfect for Favre to win one more just like Elway did on his way out. I never had so much fun , kicking it with my team and my guys but yet felt so sick after it all ended. People in the media who have no clue about the game of football itself want to yell and scream about “diversity” and all this other BS. Trust me man with out the game of football my path would have never crossed paths with these inner city kids , and we were both blessed to meet one another. White men possess and excel at certain things in sport and life and black men possess and excel at others it’s the combination of them that make truely GREAT teams. Great , great coaches are a higher percentage white, why? Because most of the guys are about 5’6” tall and maybe played the game but we’re not gifted the size to do anything with their knowledge of the game so they figure out real early they will find most success in coaching . Most black young men don’t lack the athletic capabilities but grow up most times without father figures , guidance or structure …. When these two can mesh and feed of another everyone benefits . The GREAT quarterbacks or any QBs for that matter will largely remain white, kickers, punters, same situation. Running backs , WRs defense will remain highly athletic positions and remains predominantly black. There will ALWAYS be crossovers , and as our society changes over the next few decades hopefully it’s an equal mix everywhere . You have your Patrick Mahomes half white half black , you Have Christian Mccaffrey , Cooper Kupp, Travis Kelsey.No one gives the NFL credit for this but there was a MAJOR reverse racism card being pulled in the 80s/90s2000’s NFL, scouts and GMS would not seriously scout white WRs, RBs or even Tight Ends. How can white people outnumber blacks 3 to 1 but blacks out number whites 3 to 1 in the NFL? Thank God for the JJ Watts, TJ Watts, Nick and Joey Bosas, Jordy Nelson’s, Cooper Kupps and Christian McCaffreys, I just hope CJ Stroud, and the other Black QB coming out of the draft this year can cement their names now. I have never been sold on Lamar and am afraid his career may be ok a downward spiral
The throw to Manningham, the plex connection, 10 road wins in a row, beats the perfect Pats....! And some say Eli is NOT a 1st ballot HOFer.... They're haters or ........... They just didn't watch
Kickers and defensive backs have to have a short memory. That said... what an incredible kick, in that weather, in that game, with all the pressure on. Justin Tucker couldn't have kicked that last one better.
Watching this again. One of the announcers commented "playing this NY Giants team is like going to the dentist and having teeth pulled without Novocaine." 😂😅😅
Giant defensive line + were the real MVP's. This was no fluke. Brady was subpar missing receivers many times because pressure and pounding took its toll and effected greatly his play. If not for wes Walker who knew how to get open, catch the ball, and run with it, it would have been even more one sided in favor of giants defense. Also, patriot defense was not too good against weak giant offense with eli manning.
I remember watching this game as a kid in 08 Brett Favre last game then he left to the Vikings to have a hell of a run. Everyone thought we wasent going to make it to A playoffs game with Aaron Rodgers little did they know 2 years later we would win the Superbowl. Both games after those nfc championships they beat the patriots with the legendary helmet catch some of the best games iv seen kudos to the Giants and Eli Manning
Man as a packer fan this was another good team that finished just short. Packers should have at least 5 more Superbowls but giants, cowboys, 49ers, in NFC championships they had are number especially cowboys for favre and 49ers for Rodgers.
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I don’t think you’ll find a more improbable playoff run. Beating the Cowboys and Packers on the road who were both 13-3 and then beating the 18-0 Patriots. They beat the 3 best teams in the league in a row
They beat the 2nd through 4th best teams in a row.
Don't forget the Bucs who had a pretty good team as well, that win also on the road. They actually beat 4, 2, 1 and 1 in a row.
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@@itbelikethat6579 Was actually referring to the 07 Bucs because the Giants beat them on the road in the wildcard game. I mentioned the Cowboys and Packers but not the Bucs who did have a pretty good team that year.
They had an elite defense. They started the season horribly but as for the season after their first month they showed they could beat anyone. Hell they almost beat the patriots at the end of the season before the playoffs. To think this run was more improbable than Nick Foles throwing a perfect passer rating against the Vikings number 1 defense and to beat Brady WHILE Brady threw for more yards than anyone in playoff history is a joke. The 2017 Eagles are easily the most improbable story in the Super Bowl era. The eagles were picked to lose every single game from week 13 all the way to the Super Bowl🤦
Experts said giants could win only if they win with defense. They did. Experts said even with good defense Foles was gonna lose by 30 and it would be the worst Super Bowl ever. Instead it broke multiple records and is recognized at anywhere between the greatest whistle to whistle Super Bowl or at least top 3. (In the nfls own words) Combine both the first and second scores of the pats in the giants Super Bowl wins (14 points and 17 points) and it’s still less than what he scored against an eagles team who won with a back up QB, an undrafted rookie with clement who did more than the rest of the RBs that game, with a TD pass thrown by a 3rd string TE..
The 2 Giants super bowl runs with Eli are iconic and legendary
not just for getting there but beating the GOAT
As a patriots fan I’d love to disagree but I can’t! Without those wins, he’s not making the HOF. With those wins, Eli most likely will make it. Even though he was literally a .500 QB.
@@WheelchairWolverine you're a Great NFL fan sweetie I appreciate your view ❤️
@@barbaracaroll Even though I’m a diehard Patriots fan. I try to be as unbiased as possible. Both of those games crushed my soul and when I watch them now. I still want to scream, hoping they’ll do something different. BUT those were epic clashes against a phenomenal post season QB and beyond stellar defenses. We didn’t make it easy for them and they went out and earned every inch of those wins.
@@WheelchairWolverine I'm the same way I respect Belichick and Brady for creating the longest dynasty of winning in the NFL it will never be surpassed
In my opinion, the most impressive playoff run I've seen and to cap it off, the Giants beat an undefeated Patriot team to win the Super Bowl.
Giants made people a believer the greatest underdogs I think of all time.
Please post more of the NFL’s Greatest Games.
amen
Especially the ones in which the Packers lose!!!
I remember watching The Catch II all the time, it was maybe the first really great game I ever watched.
@@williamherman9065 plenty of playoff wins and losses to choose from
@@mattwallace2221 Small lead victory = Greatest Game
LMAO
Giants were a team of destiny that year, winning as a Wild Card 3 playoff games on the road, playing the Pats twice including that helluva Super Bowl game with Manning to Tyree 3rd and 17 play...great season.
If Dez didn't catch it then Tyree didn't either. I guess catches ain't catches and non catches is a catch.
@@dominicdicarlo6698 Tyree's was legit...never hit the ground. TV zoomed in on it a hundred times...still hadn't hit yet...lol.
The tip of that ball touched the ground!!
Dez and the boys just weren't good enough......
@@dominicdicarlo6698 even if Dez caught it, Aaron Rodgers and the Packers offense would’ve still led them to victory!
This was one of the first games I remember paying attention to. This giants team was iconic.
The 1986 team was truly dominant. The 1990 team got lucky with wide right. Plaxico catching the pass from Eli in XLII was the greatest moment in Giants history!
did u become a giants fan afterwards ?
@315giants no I was an eagles fan before this because of nfl street.
I'm a Patriots fan and that sb loss was the most traumatizing sports loss I've experienced in 30 years of watching, but I respect the hell out of that giants team, that playoff run was amazing. I watched the packers game too, it was unreal. What that defense did in the sb was almost miraculous.
Yall were so made u lost that one u had to win 3 more to compensate
Everyone loves a ingrate of a sports fan. Okay since 2007 the Red Sox have won 2 World Series, the Patriots 3 more Super Bowls, 1 by the Celtics and 1 by the Bruins. Classic New Englander has to feel sorry for themselves.
@@BAYAREA-kd1ig lol as a raider fan I was thinking the same thing I’ve only seen them in the super bowl once and got killed in my life so any pats fan crying about one loss is ridiculous lmao
* and they got killed
@@BAYAREA-kd1ig I guess you're the polar opposite then, literally so few championships you have no idea what the experience is like. Yes, single seasons can still have tough moments to go through.
My comment wasn't for folks that can't have more than one thought running at a time, don't mind me.
Al Harris caught mugging Plaxico Burress didn't think it was illegal contact. Reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where Jerry steals that old lady's marble rye bread
As a die-hard New York Giants fan,this footage gave me chills!
As a Pats I remember this game very well. It was disappointing but on the other hand well done by the Giants and Tom Coughlin👍🏈💣💥
Watching the 49ers, in the snow and wind, block the punt and win against the Packers this past weekend brought me back to this magical game. Thank you to all of the NYG Coaches and Players and Bob P and Carl for making this a NYG Legend. It's a real treat for us fans to hear you guys talk about it. Who shared a number with Matt Bahr? Good Tynes!
That seems reminiscent of this 07 Giants
The niners story kinda similar this year
As a packers fan that loss still hurts but I think our defense will be top 5 and will match up good vs the 49ers and rams and bucs
That play by Antonio Pierce at 22:53 on that screen deserves more credit. Underrated play and still one of the best I've seen by a linebacker
I was literally coming to comment something about that play, then saw your comment. Well said.
This video basically glossed over it, but it was spectacular individual effort.
Saved what was going to be a long play for a first down, possibly a touchdown considering the blockers they had in front.
I swear I was about to mention this play when I saw your post.
One of the greatest tackles ever
@@xsouthwelllmao that woodson tackle on Jacobs looks soooo painful
@@packersauburneric3625 He did an interview and said he could not see straight after trying to take on Jacobs
Totally agree I can’t believe they just thought it was a regular play.
I got frost bite watching this game. It was incredible. I just dont know how these warriors did it. But they did,...yes they did.
I've been in New York Giants fan for a very long time and I've seen many regular season games that were very amazing and I witnessed some amazing postseason games but this championship game of the 07 season is by far without a doubt one of the greatest games ever in both of these two franchises history and even with the two super bowl victories and both of them Eli Manning being the MVP this NFC championship game really cemented Eli Manning's career
The 2011 nfc championship is right up there with this one
Dean i've been a fan for 60+ years, and i have to agree with you. I can die in peace knowing I was there.
@@TheCybertiger9 my hat's off to you sir and it must feel so great and I also wish I could have been there to witness that greatness
This is why Eli makes the hall of Fame one of the best clutch performers when it counts most
Eli did literally nothing to deserve the MVP. The Patriots were held to 23 points below their season average and below average Eli still barely managed to win.
It's that simple.
My favorite game of all time. Everyday waking up wondering when this magical run would end.
2007 and 2011 NYG are the MOST legendary teams of all time. Prove me wrong...They beat the 18-0 Pats and were 9-7 in 2011 with less than 1% chance to win the superbowl let alone get there. I will never forget these moments in history. Greatest SBs I've ever witnessed besides the pats comeback in the 2016 season SB vs Falcons
I'm more of a baseball guy than football. However, these Giants on both this run and SB 46 run have give me memories that will last a lifetime. I was so happy for Strahan, what an amazing human being. And Eli...talk about clutch. Find me a qb that fights out of a sack lime that. Say what you want, but in the playoffs, he's beaten Farve, Rodgers, and Brady x2. What a resume. And that defense...I mean damn
I love the Buccs dominant Super Bowl run in 02, but this Super Bowl run is my all time favorite.
going into the playoffs? give me Playoff Eli era Giants. the best seasons of football I have ever watched. Playoff Eli, the D-line, the trio of RBs. it was great.
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if you like this, the "america's game" version of the 2007 giants is also a treat to watch
- sad 9er fan from 2011
This was not in 2007 it was in 2008 in 07 the bears went remember
@@georgetoney14552007 Season, it ended in 08
CONGRATULATIONS to NFL Films for Capturing in this Documentary the moment by moment of what could be the Greatest Sport Story of All Time - The Giants not only had to battle the elements but it was clear that the corporate media announcers and zebras wanted a Tom Brady/Brett Farve SB
As a Giants fan, this was the greatest game I’ve ever seen. And the most exhilarating. I remember holding my breath when Eli looked like he was getting sacked in the final minute of the game…only for him to somehow escape, throw this improbable throw…and SOMEHOW find David Tyree, who made the catch of a lifetime, with ONE HAND. That made me a believer, made me really think the Giants could do the impossible and defeat the undefeated. And once Burress caught that end zone TD, my family and I jumped to our feet in pure joy. I knew that we had just watched our team complete the playoff run of a lifetime.
One of my favorite memories.
That was the next game that happened. Not this one.
Please continue to upload videos from this series. They are fantastic.
Thank you for putting up this game video. One of the most grueling and inspirational NFL games played of all time.
NFL Films is so damn good.. I love watching this stuff.
P.S. Can we get some more of the NFL's Greatest Games?
Plaxico Burress's best game ever.
3rd and 11, Eli Manning to rookie Steve Smith, a couple plays after the helmet catch. Caught in the flat, tiptoed the sideline, got hit out of bounds directly after getting the first down.
I know Giants fans know the play and don't need a description, BUT HOW IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PLAYS IN GIANTS HISTORY CONTINUOUSLY OVERLOOKED!!!
RESPECT STEVE SMITH!!!
That play is so overlooked.
Probably one of the cooler things after that end of season Pats game was John Madden calling Tom Coughlin's office phone and leaving him a voicemail the following Sunday morning (they played Sat night). The sheer respect that John had for the game and also praising Coughlin and the entire Giants squad for not resting their players, but playing the game to win like every team should every Sunday afternoon. That was huge.
Video here: ruclips.net/video/Rv6R5UrnB3o/видео.html
Skip to the 21:30 mark to hear the voicemail he left Tom Coughlin.
The guys that played with bare arms that day are the real heroes
I remember this season still, its amazing the parts you dont see
For real nostalgic time flies wish my packers won but maybe blessing cause we would of lost to patriots and never would of had Rodgers win ring in 2010 when we got revenge vs giants beating them getting in the playoffs and knocking them out
This is one of my best childhood memories this season was one of the best Superbowl runs of all time. That NFC championship game was the greatest NFC championship game in my eyes because of how Brandon Jacobs just took Charles woodson's soul and the whole game was just epic. This is my ice bowl.
Giants had the blueprint of beating Tom Brady: Pressure by the front 7.
They rushed 4, dropped 7.
If it was that easy, why did the Patriots go 18-0?
@@tomknapp6194wonder if favre doesn't retire if they make super bowl that Brandon Jacobs play intimidated me watching lmao even though woodson a OG and al Harris was shocked how bad he played vs plaxico
33:38 Pierce showing off his HC skills. Broke down that one pretty nicely.
The Brandon Jackson play ? Ya saved touchdown
Great game. Great team. As a Cowboys fan after the Giants knocked them out and the Giants made it to the Super Bowl... I've never rooted for my arch rival more than I did for the Giants against the Patrots in Super Bowl 42.
This was a great game but that 2011 playoff game against the 49ers was crazier
This game is really tense throughout. And the Gmen took the NFC championship by a field goal and upsetting the Pats in Super Bowl 42. You love to see it.
Nostalgia ..I remembered sitting on the edge of my bed watching this game..Eli was a trooper in both Super Bowl run !!!
Man, this was GREAT.. Its like watching a favorite old movie,,, Burress, Eli, the whole damn defense... Coughlin... just Awesome.. ty for this!!
Its amazing , all the big kicks, Giants have been involved in over the years, here, the Norwood miss in SB XXV against the Bills, the week before against the 49ers Matt Bahr, winning the 2011 nfc champ, on a kick after recovering a fumble; they have been very fortunate
@JeffKehlert-rz5xu saw Brandon Jacobs tonight reminded me running over woodson in minus 20 must have been burtsl
Playoff-Eli was something else..miss that guy being under center. for big blue
Yea people don’t understand this. Those runs was so special because Eli played his greatest in 07 and 11. Sure for most seasons he wasn’t elite but it’s idiot to say that without those wins he doesn’t get into the hall of fame because he played just as good as any qb ever played for those playoff runs.
Wrong. The defense stepped up. In those 8 games, if just an average team showed up, with what Eli put up for points would be blowouts.
@@tomknapp6194 just an average team? how about the 18-0 Patriots? good enough for you son?
@@RomanoLemm Chances are this "son" has been watching football longer than you have been alive.
How did the Patriots get to 18-0? Was it scoring 14 points per game? No, they averaged 37 points per game. And just a few weeks earlier, they put up 38 on that same Giants defense. Then in the playoffs, Eli leads the Giants to fewer points and is called the hero in a low scoring game?
Please tell me you understand how this just doesn't make sense.
@@tomknapp6194 grandpa, if you seem to know so much about football (quality over quantity btw.), I pray you have realised at some point the difference between regular season football and playoff football. those are two separate pair of shoes. patriots were also stellar on defense that year, as they were most years with brady but who am I telling, football guy already knows that (btw., eli put up the most points on them in a single game that year, by a touchdown). so let's say the 07 season was won by chance and a great defense. I guess the same will be said about the 11 run by salty massholes?
Mike McCarthy when Brett made the interception was hilarious.
“Look in my eyes. That’s the eyes of a champion, we gonna win to-damn-day.”
Eli Manning: 👀👀👀
He got a big piece of humble pie after the game lmfao 🤣
@@ChiefBlue4298something y’all desperately need🙄
The Antonio Pierce play is the most underrated in New York Football Giants history I swear it was.
#Giants4Life
Ya damn Brandon Jackson couldn't break the tackle and our guard couldn't block like a mean offensive lineman
Yes. Outstanding!
@@Torgo1969 in HISTORY!!!!
@@ericpackers1700 so you know exactly the play I'm talking about?
@@StevenEvens7125 It is way up there with the Gary Reasons fake punt and the Erik Howard-forced fumble by Roger Craig recovered by Lawrence Taylor 17 years earlier in that other IMMORTAL NFC Championship game. "And the Giants have the ball!"
I enjoyed every minute of this. As Giants fans '07 and '12 are the only thing we have to hold on to and be proud of this last decade of misery. 2012 NFC championship vs SF would be one hell of an episode to watch as well!
2011
This wasn't in 2007 that was the year the bears went to the super bowl remember
How can u be a giants fan and not know this game was in 2008 not 2007 the bear played that year
@@georgetoney1455 to be fair it was the 2007 season
@@georgetoney1455 It was the 07 season. The bears went to the Superbowl in the 06 season. So your actually the one whos wrong. The game was played in Jan 08. It literally says the 2007 championship game in the title. How dense are you?
We were asked on an international flight what time the game was--everyone was excited about watching Brett and Eli play. Brett really played well that season. What a fun person to watch. Great game! Just wish Brett and the boys could have won!
This team will always be special to me, among a few others.
Well it was special yeah but in 2008 not 2007
Tom Coughlin belongs in the NFL Hall of Fame!
Coughlin will eventually get in no doubt. His run with the expansion Jaguars team is icing on the cake foe him.
So does Eli
Takes an expansion to a conference championship game
Over a decade later wins a super bowl with the Giants
@@JeffKehlert-rz5xusaw Brandon Jacobs tonight reminded me running over woodson in minus 20 must have been burtsl
Without question, doubt, or hesitation this was the greatest football game I have ever seen.
Cant imagine tackling Jacobs
Charles Woodson is one of my favorite non-Giants players ever, but when Jacobs clobbered him… oh man! That felt good.
As a Giants fan this game was a nail biter lol. Plexico was a monster i wish his career lasted longer than it did and Brandon Jacobs was a bulldozer lol
Tackling Brandon Jacob's in 20 below zero has to be a miserable experience for a tackler
As a lifelong NYG Fan from 1982 on, this game, and this video, still gives me chills. I love all of the commentary from the players and coaches. There's a voice that's missing who was a huge difference maker. Plax. Without Plax, we don't win. Yes, he made a big mistake, but this fan still loves him. He played like a Great Giant. Look for a podcast from Plaxico. He's very articulate, eloquent, and an easy listen. Anyway, love this whole team forever.
I miss these Giants uniforms with the gray pants!
Seems like yesterday. Wish we had the same squad
That is one of the greatest games in the history of the NFL.
2008:
Giants beating the No 1 seed Cowboys and No. 2 seed Packers in one of the coldest games of all time...and beating the team that would have been crowned the greatest of all time - the almost 19-0 Patriots - is the greatest post season run in NFL History. Not to mention the greatest play in SB history. Historic and legendary.
2007 forever grateful
For strahan remarkable timing as after that season he retired
That Giants playoff run is like a fairy tale coming true. Like today being a wild card, beating Philly ,Bengals, and KC in the Super bowl.
If it’s a Giants-49ers playoff in SF, something crazy is gonna happen.
1990: most physical game ever. Marshall mimics Burt’s attempted homicide of Montana from 4 years previous. Reasons Fake punt, Craig fumble. Hostetler hangs in there after Burt’s (now with SF) cheap shot. Bahr FG. Giant Upset.
1993: 44-3. Ricky Watters. Shocking for LT and Simms to get blown out like that in last game of their careers.
2002: Bar-room brawl.
2011: Another punishing defensive game. Muffed punt. Eli hangs in there after having his face drilled in the mud. Another muffed punt. LT3 FG. Another Giant upset.
Best rivalry to me. The 80s were crazy.
Eli didn't just get sacked, he got sacked by College Football National Champion, Super Bowl Champion, Ryder Cup Champion, All-time leading tackler of the Packers AJ HAWK!!!!!!
All of that didn’t help Hawk in this game
Because he drives using both feet in an automatic he lost
So what? 🤣
He's a bum.
I can't help but feel bad for the Packers in the playoffs so much bad luck. My top 3 are the 2007 Nfc championship, 2014 nfc championship and 2022 divisional. To get so close just to have the opportunity yanked away in the most mind boggling ways. Great game and documentary 👍👍
This was not in 2007 yall thinking of 2008 in 2007 the bears played
They are mostly all millionaires living the life of luxury so don’t feel bad for them
I'm glad Donald Driver got his ring three years later (with some young guy at QB named Aaron Rodgers.)
so happy Toom got a ring...
This is why you watch all those games, to find that rare combination of heart and talent that takes your team all the way. The Parcells SB teams were dominant start to finish, not the 2000 Giants. 10-6 and 9-7. These teams were inconsistent and could break at any moment, but they didn't. They had two playoff runs that were historic, amazing, some of the greatest football I've ever seen.
@JeffKehlert-rz5xu saw Brandon Jacobs tonight reminded me running over woodson in minus 20 must have been burtsl
charles woodson..so honest..from a HOFer!!!!
Why did games feel more meaningful back then.
Because they were.
Great game…I can’t imagine how cold it was up there. Lambeau field in the playoffs, can’t beat it.
I can't imagine tackling Brandon Jacob's luckily nick Barnett and aj hawk were stout enough to keep us in this game and our offensive line on the interior cost us this game
Charles Woodson still seeing stars to this day.
After watching them lose another playoff game they should've won, as a fan, I don't even know why I'm here. Blessed with two legends and did nothing but underachieve over the last 27 years...
They didn't lose the NFCCG this year, they lost in the division round. The CCG is in two days between the 49ers and Rams.
@@indy_go_blue6048 Right, my bad, it all runs together after awhile
Y'all can't blame McCarthy lol
@@giffondhall2016 Everybody associated with the team over the last 27 years is to blame 🤣
The fact that Brett farve told his teammates not to wear long John's or sleeves for protection against the sub freezing temperatures was sickening and saying that gloves were not used either by receiver's cost. Them many receptions and the game i blame Brett farve and nobody else
"Best day of my life, I don't even know what happened" yeah that about sums it up
This one is up there with the Jan 1991 Championship against SF. It was insanely bitter cold here in Michigan that day as I watched these men play in even colder weather a bit to my west, and I was so happy to be indoors chilling with my cats and drinking coffee instead of getting frostbite.
Tom Coughlin ........"There was no bend on that ball". Did he see that ball being kicked?
Can still remember watching this with my family and almost doing a backflip when Tynes sunk that FG.
I just returned from a deployment in Afghanistan a couple of months prior and was stationed at Fort Drum. The weather there that day was about the same as in Green Bay. I didn’t think that the Giants, my favorite team, had a chance to beat GB. This was a typical Giants team, strong defense with just enough offense to keep us fans from having a heart attack. I didn’t have any confidence in Tynes before he kicked that game winning field goal, but it was Party Tynes when it was true.
For me the 2007 NFC championship was just something that i never on earth imagined we could've achieved until we did. Cause the Packers and the Cowboys were both the best NFC' teams, Eli didnt have any playoff game where he passed the 200 yrds untill this game at Green Bay. The stars were alined in this season for us become champions, because we were not the best team at all.
Al Harris just had an impossible match up on Plax, Eli, and an icy mess. Leverage, timing, and turf...he had no chance.
And looking back....boy is this a typical McCarthy game, lol.
This is the game I became a giants fan I was only 9 but this team was special
I was crushed when the Packers and Brett Favre lost this game. Until Manning beat Tom Brady. I was incredibly happy!
Mr. McDowell, did you happen to catch the professional football game on television last night?...Oh sir, the Giants of New York took on the Packers of Green Bay. And at the end the Giants triumphed by kicking an oblong ball made of pigskin through a big "H". It was a most ripping victory.
I was 8 when this game was played I'm 23 now it was my first season as a giants fan I was hooked ever since
I wasn’t a giants fan, but I was 8 as well when this game was played and can remember exactly where I was during the pats/giants super bowl. Was rooting for the giants.
Ok so it's safe to say u was 8 in 2008 because that's when this game was played not in 2007 that was da bears
@@georgetoney1455@JeffKehlert-rz5xu saw Brandon Jacobs tonight reminded me running over woodson in minus 20 must have been burtsl
1 of the best games ever
Born and raised in Green Bay, WI . I played QB growing up in high school then in college , the highest compliment you could receive growing up playing quarterback in Wisconsin is you reminded someone as “Brett Favre”. My Dad was my coach growing up and had that old school approach when the weather got cold it meant I better not be wearing long sleeves and we damn sure better win the game that day. Brett Favre’s win/loss record in the cold at home was amazing at the time!
I was down in Iowa for my Freshman year of college, after finishing my first season. 2 of my WR’s and three offensive lineman were from New York. I was the only player on our team from Wisconsin besides our punter lol.
I had just been given a BRAND NEW flat screen LED TV (all legal if the NCAA asks lol), so I invited about 13 of my teammates over , 12 black guys from New York, Texas, Los Angeles and then myself and the little white punter. Lol I had about 12 different bets on this game. Never thought in a MILLION years the Packers would lose. It would be too perfect for Favre to win one more just like Elway did on his way out.
I never had so much fun , kicking it with my team and my guys but yet felt so sick after it all ended.
People in the media who have no clue about the game of football itself want to yell and scream about “diversity” and all this other BS. Trust me man with out the game of football my path would have never crossed paths with these inner city kids , and we were both blessed to meet one another. White men possess and excel at certain things in sport and life and black men possess and excel at others it’s the combination of them that make truely GREAT teams. Great , great coaches are a higher percentage white, why? Because most of the guys are about 5’6” tall and maybe played the game but we’re not gifted the size to do anything with their knowledge of the game so they figure out real early they will find most success in coaching . Most black young men don’t lack the athletic capabilities but grow up most times without father figures , guidance or structure …. When these two can mesh and feed of another everyone benefits . The GREAT quarterbacks or any QBs for that matter will largely remain white, kickers, punters, same situation. Running backs , WRs defense will remain highly athletic positions and remains predominantly black. There will ALWAYS be crossovers , and as our society changes over the next few decades hopefully it’s an equal mix everywhere . You have your Patrick Mahomes half white half black , you Have Christian Mccaffrey , Cooper Kupp, Travis Kelsey.No one gives the NFL credit for this but there was a MAJOR reverse racism card being pulled in the 80s/90s2000’s NFL, scouts and GMS would not seriously scout white WRs, RBs or even Tight Ends. How can white people outnumber blacks 3 to 1 but blacks out number whites 3 to 1 in the NFL?
Thank God for the JJ Watts, TJ Watts, Nick and Joey Bosas, Jordy Nelson’s, Cooper Kupps and Christian McCaffreys, I just hope CJ Stroud, and the other Black QB coming out of the draft this year can cement their names now. I have never been sold on Lamar and am afraid his career may be ok a downward spiral
Tf is this
Please post more content based on Packers playoff loses. It sustains me during these cold winter months.
This and the 2014 loss still hurts me to this day
The throw to Manningham, the plex connection, 10 road wins in a row, beats the perfect Pats....! And some say Eli is NOT a 1st ballot HOFer.... They're haters or ........... They just didn't watch
Kickers and defensive backs have to have a short memory.
That said... what an incredible kick, in that weather, in that game, with all the pressure on. Justin Tucker couldn't have kicked that last one better.
Watching this again. One of the announcers commented "playing this NY Giants team is like going to the dentist and having teeth pulled without Novocaine." 😂😅😅
Giant defensive line + were the real MVP's. This was no fluke. Brady was subpar missing receivers many times because pressure and pounding took its toll and effected greatly his play. If not for wes Walker who knew how to get open, catch the ball, and run with it, it would have been even more one sided in favor of giants defense. Also, patriot defense was not too good against weak giant offense with eli manning.
Patriot would've been undefeated had Favre not thrown that damn pick.
I remember watching this game as a kid in 08 Brett Favre last game then he left to the Vikings to have a hell of a run. Everyone thought we wasent going to make it to A playoffs game with Aaron Rodgers little did they know 2 years later we would win the Superbowl. Both games after those nfc championships they beat the patriots with the legendary helmet catch some of the best games iv seen kudos to the Giants and Eli Manning
He had a pit stop with the Jets before signing with the Vikings
@@dominicdicarlo6698 he did but it wasn't memorable like the Vikings run
The helmet catch was one play. They beat them with a relentless swarm of defense. That Patriots record setting offense was stunned.
Still shocked al Harris got thrown on so well him and Woodson were probably the best corner duo in the nfl that year....
The Giants' backfield was so stacked that year that Ryan Grant was a Giants castoff.
What a game one the greatest winning in Green Bay in that cold it’s awesome
I've watched this game 5 or 6 times, and I still get nervous, hoping the Giants can take it. Man, I love football.
NFL Films, you should upload the Super Bowl XLII episode
Man as a packer fan this was another good team that finished just short. Packers should have at least 5 more Superbowls but giants, cowboys, 49ers, in NFC championships they had are number especially cowboys for favre and 49ers for Rodgers.
My first ever NFL game i was amazed. Violence and art.
54:36 who knew Corporal Coughlin could be this funny 🤣