Greatest Play In NFL History

TommyBrady12 said:

Santonio Holmes TD in SB 43

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the one that wasn't?

robertweathers said:

I see a difference in the Greatest Play and Biggest Play.

If the goal is to choose a play that had the biggest impact on the biggest game there are only 6 plays I can think of.

Malcolm INT
Montana to Taylor vs CIN
Roeth to Holmes vs AZ
AV beats Rams SB
AV beats CAR w/ FG
OBrien FG :09 Colts beat Dallas in SB

Are those the greatest plays in NFL history? Maybe not but those were the last key plays which directly impacted the outcome of a game.

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Montana to Clark

Julian's tip-bobble-catch v Falcons

Willie Mac goal line stand.

James Harrison Int return for TD.

Bo Jacksons hit stick TD over the Boz.

Gleason punt block.

A few plays I thought of the top of my head.

Has to be the Butler INT:

1. Derailed a dynasty.
2. Launched another Pats' dynasty.
3. Had the biggest win expectancy change of basically any play in Super Bowl history.
4. Potentially altered the narrative of Tom Brady (4-2 is way better than 3-3; plus, "they haven't won since Spygate" went away; plus "Deflategate").
5. Not only derailed Seattle's potential dynasty, but from what we now know, it began the process of destroying them as a team.

I can go with the Butler SB interception but it should be Watson streaking the length of the field to blow up Champ Bailey for a game-saving touchback.

Chevy said:

Montana to Clark

Julian's tip-bobble-catch v Falcons

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Great plays for sure

ivanvamp said:

Has to be the Butler INT:

1. Derailed a dynasty.
2. Launched another Pats' dynasty.
3. Had the biggest win expectancy change of basically any play in Super Bowl history.
4. Potentially altered the narrative of Tom Brady (4-2 is way better than 3-3; plus, "they haven't won since Spygate" went away; plus "Deflategate").
5. Not only derailed Seattle's potential dynasty, but from what we now know, it began the process of destroying them as a team.

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The play impacts its game not the future.
Nonetheless it could be one of the most impactful single plays in NFL history, but not ahead of the rams/titans tackle at the 1 on the mast play of the game.

They will 100% choose the helmet catch #1. I would put money on it.

1960Pats said:

How could the Butler INT not be #1? I can't think of a bigger play.

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The rams tackling the titan wr at the 1 on the last play of the Sb.

robertweathers said:

I see a difference in the Greatest Play and Biggest Play.

If the goal is to choose a play that had the biggest impact on the biggest game there are only 6 plays I can think of.

Malcolm INT
Montana to Taylor vs CIN
Roeth to Holmes vs AZ
AV beats Rams SB
AV beats CAR w/ FG
OBrien FG :09 Colts beat Dallas in SB

Are those the greatest plays in NFL history? Maybe not but those were the last key plays which directly impacted the outcome of a game.

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I'm lumping Greatest and Biggest together.

After looking at your list I realized there are other plays that are in the discussion. I favor the Holmes catch.

AV's tying kick vs Oakland is another good choice, even though it was only a kick.

1960Pats said:

I'm lumping Greatest and Biggest together.

After looking at your list I realized there are other plays that are in the discussion. I favor the Holmes catch.

AV's tying kick vs Oakland is another good choice, even though it was only a kick.

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So many great plays. Impossible to narrow down.

AVs kick vs OAK in the snow is no question one of the greatest plays in NFL history. The degree of difficulty. The conditions. The importance. The historical significance. Incredible.

AndyJohnson said:

The play impacts its game not the future.
Nonetheless it could be one of the most impactful single plays in NFL history, but not ahead of the rams/titans tackle at the 1 on the mast play of the game.

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I forgot about that one. Yea thats up there too.

I remember seeing a statistical breakdown analytics thingy which showed no play has ever impacted a team's chances to win the Super Bowl as much as the Malcolm Butler interception did.

The Patriots chance of winning the Super Bowl before the play was something like 13% before and 100% after, giving an 87% swing. Please note this is all from my memory of an article I read a couple years ago so forgive me if I am inaccurate. Maybe I will see if I can find the analysis later on....

AndyJohnson said:

The rams tackling the titan wr at the 1 on the last play of the Sb.

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Yes, another great choice, but I still favor Butler's play. The way he muscled his way into a pick was special. He hung on for the win while colliding with the WR.

Mark Henderson

I will go with AV’s kick.

You also know the Tyree play will be way up there...

AndyJohnson said:

The rams tackling the titan wr at the 1 on the last play of the Sb.

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Disagree. If he had scored and the extra point was good it would only have tied the game.

Are we thinking this one will be mentioned?

PatsWSB47 said:

Disagree. If he had scored and the extra point was good it would only have tied the game.

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And tackling him won the game.

Tyree unfortunately