TBT: Pats-Bills 1998....A Crazy Bet and a Crazy Finish

[AtomicDawg]

To tide you over until Sunday's newest game against the Bills, let's go back 19 years ago. One of the strangest, craziest finishes to a game cost a homeless man thousands of dollars.

Here is a great article to read on this. Lots of great stuff from Vinateri and others.

'The baddest beat they ever saw'

And here are a few highlights. I remember Bledsoe had a broken finger and how Coates was so silky smooth in the End zone.



Here's the AV 2 pointer. Imagine if Belichick did that today just like Pete, the Internet would blow up thinking he was arrogant and running up the score!

 

[everlong]

Two things I thought right away.

1. Wade Phillips looks like he ate a turd sandwich. Little did he realize he eat a lot more of those from the Pats over the next twenty years.

2. Cross calling those two of the greatest comebacks, Miami the week before, in Patriots history. I doubt their top 20 any longer.

 

[Tony2046]

Very strange ending.

 

[Gumby]

Like a fine wine, aged well.

But I do have to say with having this thread in close time-juxtaposition with the 'BB no difference/reaction to FIVE TDs' thread, that I am reminded how much more respectable BB is when compared to Carroll out there jumping and tackling other coaches.

 

[italian pat patriot]

what a great ending it was...

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Is that the game where Shawn Jefferson caught a pass like 10 feet oob on 4th down and they still gave us the first

 

[QuantumMechanic]

Here's the AV 2 pointer. Imagine if Belichick did that today just like Pete, the Internet would blow up thinking he was arrogant and running up the score!

God, those uniforms were so, so ugly.

 

[Patjew]

I remember jumping and screaming in joy so loudly my (first) kid, then a baby, freaked out and couldn't be consoled.

I can't believe that baby is 20 now.