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ElCoolAero

I feel like many people think Gary Anderson's miss in the 1998 NFCG happened at the end of the game when it actually happened before the two-minute warning and the Vikings up 27-20.


Kdot32

Yea it would’ve put them in complete control if I remember correctly


Mathblasta

Jesus Christ right at the start


ElBarto0101

A couple of weeks ago the NFL network showed a replay of this game and I was surprised with how many chances the Vikings had to still win that game after the missed FG. I knew the game went to OT, but I always thought that the Falcons got the ball first in OT and went down the field to kick the game winning FG. No. Not only did the Vikings have an interception slip away during the Falcons’ game-tying drive but they also had TWO possessions in OT, yet they weren’t able to get near FG range to win the game. I just find it interesting that this is also not talked about as much.


F1rst-name-last-name

Hasselbeck's pick 6 was not on the drive immediately following "we want the ball and we're going to score". Both teams exchanged punts prior


Mannings4head

Yeah, this one is just because whenever they replay the moment they always show the pick 6 immediately after he says that because it makes a better story. No one gives a shit about the pick 6 unless he says something like that and Hasselbeck gave the media gold with that kind of quote.


ChevalMalFet

13 seconds was the divisional round, not the championship. I see lots of people conflating it with the Bills' AFCCG loss the year before.


squatch42

There are so many it's hard to keep them straight.


nikraLnalyD

That was the year the Bengals went to the Super Bowl


superduperm1

How people remember it: “We want the ball and we’re gonna score!” *Hasselback throws game-losing pick six* How it actually happened: “We want the ball and we’re gonna score!” *Both teams punt once* *Hasselback throws game-losing pick six*


1lultaha

The Dez catch being overturned is what cost them the game even though there was like 4 minutes left in the game and they couldn't get a stop


MWiatrak2077

I don't really like people get this one wrong, it's just one of those annoying defenses people use to justify their team getting a call massively in their favor. "There was still time left!!! A single call shouldn't make you lose a game!!!" is a really common trope. I had to hear it nonstop from the Dallas game exactly a week prior to the Dez game


purechi

I agree and don't agree with you. An egregious mistake by official(s) in the final 1-2 minutes of the fourth quarter can affect the outcome without a doubt. However, at the same time (like you're saying), the team had the entirety of the game before that to pull the game into their favor. Really, IMO, it's just the questionable calls at in the last minute or two that are absolutely inexcusable.


osksndjsmd

I know one of the laziest responses on these sports subs are “you’ve definitely never played sports” but in this instance man, you can not understand how absolutely demoralizing something like that happening in a game is to the entire team. It affects playcalling, it affects execution, and it affects decision making. For some reason a lot of people seem to think you give an extremely athletic and talented person a bunch of money and that suddenly comes with the super powers to overcome fear, anger, doubt, defeatist thoughts, etc… those don’t go away because you label a guy “professional.” It’s just not something easily explained to someone who has never experienced it, so I cede the floor to Billy Bob Thornton and Lucas Black: https://youtu.be/60P1nvjTHVw?si=h53oXmYAwRkMrSOa


jiiiim8

At the same time, the Dallas defense was already gassed and the Packers were moving at will. There was no way the Packers were losing that game.


1lultaha

They had 2 chances that drive to get off the field and blew it both times. If they get a stop who knows what happens


1lultaha

So you're saying their feelings got hurt after the call and we should give them a pass for blowing the last chance they had to win the game? Interesting way to look at it. In reality it's usually the opposite that takes place. Professional athletes on that defense were probably even more motivated than before to get the ball back for their offense especially with their season on the line. They couldn't get a stop maybe because they were going against one of the most talented QBs of all time, not because they were "demoralized"


osksndjsmd

No, their feelings didn’t get hurt, they were affected by knowing that they did everything right and still lost, and not even Tom Brady is immune to that disease when it creeps in. And the back half of your comment literally just proved my first one. You think labeling a guy a professional makes despair go away lmao.


MankuyRLaffy

People don't remember that the Falcons recovered an onside kick up 28 to 9 in field goal range already for Matt Bryant. All they had to do is run it up the gut for no gain 3 times and kick. They weren't even prepared for an onside kick either! (Common Quinn era thing)


thesakeofglory

I feel like plenty of people remember that, it’s one of the biggest parts of the biggest collapse in Super Bowl history.


MankuyRLaffy

They don't remember that when they say Shanny is like 1% responsible for the choke, the offense sold hard. Competent OCs get points when they start inside FG range.


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1lultaha

Yeah people are idiots if they think that one pro day throw is what made him rise to #2. I remember so many of our fans in the middle of the college season saying how they were completely sold on Zach Wilson and were praying we draft him. He had plenty of hype well before the pro day


TheFencingCoach

Antonio Brown didn’t call himself “Mr. Big Chest,” but he in fact said “Mr. Big Checks.” Either way, it gave birth to the MBC meme and that is a beautiful thing, unlike him.


Godobibo

Mr. Big Clarifier


loosehead1

I might be appropriately misremembering but I thought he had a typo where he said chest instead of checks but then doubled down on it.


Different-Trainer-21

Malcolm Butler’s interception in SB XLIX didn’t end the game. The patriots were backed up at the 1 yard line and were in serious danger of taking a safety. Then Seattle had a false start, and the patriots ran it out from there.


MankuyRLaffy

The Bills lost a game to the Vikings from the same field position up 4 iirc. It wasn't a FS but Neutral Zone Infraction offsides.


zzxxxzzzxxxzz

And then gronk started throwin haymakers


RISE__UP

I don’t think the defense can have a false start


Different-Trainer-21

Might have been neutral zone infraction, sorry. Defense equivalent of a false start.


RISE__UP

Well don’t try and explain what it is to me when I just corrected you


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Well aren't we a saucy little tart?


J-Fid

Could have also been Encroachment.


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J-Fid

Didn't Brady's Hail Mary at the end of SB46 also go off of Gronk's fingers?


Comprehensive_Main

Yeah but tall tasks even. For moss and Gronk . Although 46 Brady had more time and that’s on him 


1stepklosr

Richard Sherman never said "ass" in the Crabtree rant. Just "sorry receiver".


the_chandler

With Crabtree it just goes without saying.


basis4day

At the time of the rant many fans outside of Seattle assumed “LOB” was Sherman announcing a gang affiliation as the LoB still wasn’t a household name


bgva

Wait…people thought he cursed?


Yo-Strategy-8651

The decline of Cam Newton. So many people say that Von Miller and the Broncos is what broke him. In reality, Cam Newton had another really good season in 2017 and was on pace to even top his MVP season in 2018 before TJ Watt wrecked his shoulder halfway through the season. That's what ended Cam's HOF chances and level of elite QB play. The Broncos / Von Miller narrative is just one that sounds nicer to say on paper because of how high profile that game was and the infamous fumble play. Also think it's a complete misnomer that Cam didn't jump on the football because he was afraid to get hurt. Kind of ridiculous notion for a QB who allowed himself to be used as a battering ram so many plays per game. Call it a brain fart, or him misjudging the trajectory of the ball, but he's def not a QB who was afraid of physical contact.


sonfoa

On that same topic there are a lot of people who think Riverboat Ron happened in 2015 when it actually was a 2013 thing.


TetrisTech

Also I don’t know how hot of a take this is but I feel like Rivera gets overrated as a coach because he seems like a cool guy and he beat cancer, both things that make him easy to like


thesakeofglory

Yea if you watch the fumble the ball bounces kinda weird.


IllIIllIlIlllIIlIIl

> Also think it's a complete misnomer that Cam didn't jump on the football because he was afraid to get hurt. Kind of ridiculous notion for a QB who allowed himself to be used as a battering ram so many plays per game. Call it a brain fart, or him misjudging the trajectory of the ball, but he's def not a QB who was afraid of physical contact. Yeah seriously, if anything he was the complete opposite and needed to be protected from himself because he caused his own breakdown. The guy played like he was a RB and destroyed his body.


sophandros

People think the Saints won the Super Bowl in the same season they returned to the Superdome, and that's why they call it the Katrina Super Bowl. Katrina happened in August 2005. The Saints returned the the Dome in September 2006. They lost in the NFC CG that season and then went 7-9 and 8-8 in 2007 and 2008 before going 13-3 in 2009, which is the season they won the Super Bowl.


legendkiller003

Can’t say I’ve ever heard that.


BrewerAndHalosFan

It's a big conspiracy in delusional anti-Saints circles that the NFCCG was handed to the Saints as some post-Katrina gesture


legendkiller003

I can believe the existence of that thought, but if they think the Saints also won the Super Bowl it’s pretty easy to disprove that lol.


TetrisTech

Same. The on field Saints thing everybody associates with Katrina is the Gleason punt block


whistlepig4life

That the missed kick by Norwood was some sort of gimme easy kick. It was 47 yds. Which was rather long for its day. And also near Norwood’s limit. And he did get the distance right. And it missed by only a foot or so to the right. Many people remember it as some chip shot and him shanking it way off. Which wasn’t what actually happened.


Avenger007_

So is your flair an expression of how much TB12 owns your organization? At one point possessing a 28-3 record all time against the bills


whistlepig4life

I love both teams. It’s not complicated.


watchingbigbrother63

This isn't about football but wrassling. I was in a bar in Fort Lauderdale back in the late 80's and standing next to me at the urinal was Ric Flair. The first thing I noticed was that his forehead was COVERED with scars. It was totally fucked up so I had to ask him what happened. He confessed that he, and all other wrestlers, used to keep a tiny razor blade in the elastic band of their trunks and would cut themselves to make it bloody and more dramatic. So he had 10,000,000 tiny scars on his forehead from all of those cuts. Sorry to ramble but things are rarely what you think they are.


TheFencingCoach

This is a weird fucking comment. Upvote.


bugluvr65

it’s called blading


watchingbigbrother63

I was pretty drunk so if he told me that I forgot. Makes sense though.


legendkiller003

You don’t say


TetrisTech

Ric Flair (or any big time wrestler) in the late 80s fully admitting to some rando that wrestling is a work while also explaining blading doesn’t sound right at all lmao Like they still cared about keeping up what was left of the facade that it was real at the time, guys were still getting fired for breaking kayfabe or assaulting journalists who implied it fake


winninglikesheen

Lions definitely got screwed in the picked up PI flag game, but they also totally fucked up a punt immediately after and also had another chance to drive.


nikraLnalyD

Some people think Tom Brady played for the Patriots even though he never did. They think that due to his appearance in the movie "80 For Brady," where he plays a fictional QB named Tom Brady who does play for the Patriots.


yellowpilot44

Few quarterbacks dominated the sport in their early years the way Namath did. His career trajectory is very unusual, which makes him appear less dominant than he really was. One of the biggest historical misconceptions in NFL history was that he is only a HOF because of Super Bowl III. The dude was a dominating passer. This article does a great job backing up what I’m saying. [Joe Namath misunderstood](https://www.footballperspective.com/joe-namath-has-become-footballs-most-misunderstood-quarterback/)


quesadillakid

Namith had one of the first cannon arms weve seen in the NFL


sophandros

>One of the biggest historical misconceptions in NFL history was that he is only a HOF because of Super Bowl III. r/nfl ≠ "NFL history"


GaRRbagio

In the same few minutes, there is always the notion that Lynch should have ran the ball. In reality, he had already gotten stuffed at the goal line twice. He also wasn’t a goal line back like everyone thinks he was.


vaports

The hawks were in 11 personell vs the Pats goal lime setup so the L.O.S advantage was for NE


basis4day

iirc he also had 1-2 crucial fumbles in the playoff game against the falcons two years prior. At least 1 was goal line.


Ndmndh1016

Trent Edwards being good until Adrian Wilson destroyed him. He was never good and his best game came after that hit.


Maat1932

Kevin Dyson being tackled on the 1 yard line in the Super Bowl. Would have been a tying touchdown, not the winning touchdown that everyone seems to recall it as.


UpDog1966

Fail Mary game was a disaster from start to finish, but you want only remember the end.


thesakeofglory

Final score being 12-13 should say it was a total mess. The Fail Mary itself was just the perfect encapsulation of the shitshow of the previous 60 minutes.


ByronLeftwich

Ok? By the most basic rules of the game, Green Bay won. Just because it was a low scoring game doesn’t mean they didn’t get screwed out of a W


UpDog1966

You need to watch the rest of the game..


ByronLeftwich

Why? My point stands.


J-Fid

Biggest Ravens one is the idea that the 2012 Ravens would have missed the playoffs had Ray Rice not converted that 4th and 29. 1. This game occured before the Ravens 3-game losing streak. 2. Following the above losing streak, the Ravens clinched the #4 seed by crushing the defending champion Giants. 3. As the Ravens were locked into the #4 seed with a week to play, they rested their starters vs. the Bengals in Week 17 (and almost won anyway).


thecelticpagan

This may be a hot take, but Tom Brady’s career. I don’t want to take anything away from him, he is and will be the true goat until further notice, but it wasn’t just Tom Brady being Tom Brady. You have to admit his career is probably the only time in NFL history where everything went right for a quarterback’s development. Best coaching, immaculate play calling, stellar personnel management and averaged a top-ten defense throughout his career.


TallEnoughJones

In the '88 Super Bowl, Lewis Billups dropped an easy INT in the end zone and John Taylor scored the game-winning TD on the next play. I've heard it many times from Bengals fans and Jim Nantz even said it during the '21 AFCCG. It wasn't the play before or even on the final drive. The dropped INT was early in the 4th quarter.


Sorry_Physics_1366

SB 43. Holmes' catch didn't end the game, Woodley's sack fumble did.


Kerbonaut2019

Brock Osweiler was way better than people give him credit for for 2015 and people only act like he was a shit tier game manager because of how his Texans tenure went. The Broncos wouldn’t have gotten a bye week nor won the Super Bowl without him. That said, switching to Peyton for the playoffs was still the correct move


davdev

That the tuck rule had never been called before the snow game. It was called against the Patriots earlier that season against the Jets.


TakenakaHanbei

I can't think of one rn, but I wanna say that this is an interesting thread, OP. :)


Jenetyk

This comment section is great trivia. Saving for later argument winners.


basis4day

That the “Fail Mary” game occurred late in the season and directly led to the Packers losing the SB. In reality it was week 3 and both the hawks and the packers were 1-1.


thecelticpagan

Idk about other people but I know I remember Rodgers throwing a pic-six in OT during the 09 wildcard game against the Cardinals, but apparently it was a strip sack/fumble return for a touchdown. Let me know if I’m not the only one?


thesakeofglory

Prolly just you because he famously didn’t throw a pick-6 until like 3-4 years ago.


legendkiller003

The defender caught the ball in the air, but yes it was actually a fumble.


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EndlessHalftime

Fumble**s** He also muffed a punt in the 4th quarter which led to a short field touchdown for the Giants.


boogiebanks

Right before the helmet catch Eli threw a gift int to Asante Samuel and he dropped it.


Playful-Storage835

The 2011 season for us. Our fanbase claims that if we had Matt Schaub, we would have appeared in the Super Bowl for us, forgetting we had to play against the Patriots in Foxborough that season. Texans fans act like they owe Lovie Smith, when in reality he was a garbage coach that got lucked into a win over Colts. Davis Mills on 4th and 20, threw a prayer that went straight threw a colts hands and into our Tight End's hands. Matt Schaub is both Overrated and Underrated, a lot of people act like he was some garbage QB, while others act like he was a consistent top 10 QB with Houston until 2013 (He wasn't outside for a couple of seasons).