The excellent Joseph Vincent SB LI video has a few clips and it made me nauseous just seeing those few moments. I can't imagine re-watching the game.
I find no solace here for 2007.
Yeah it sucks, but it's been a decade...there's now been two more SB victories...
Red Sox have won 3 world series since 2004. Still doesn't make watching ball go thru Buckner's legs and Boone's homer any easier
Ya. I tried flipping on for a few plays. Still hurts.
Yup. Rewatching this game the thing that stood out the most to me was that if our receivers, especially Branch, could catch the ball on that final drive, they had a real chance of putting themselves in position to get a TD.
The pass to Branch was tipped by a zone LB. If it isn't tipped or Branch makes that adjustment and catch, he's probably on like the Giants 35 if he doesn't break it completely.
I also think Otis Smith should have scored on his INT as well. Seemed to run right into Patriots.
Yeah this was all part of knowing for sure as Boston fans that we were absolutely destined to lose, just like we were supposed to lose, as such was our fate and would always remain so. And not just lose, but lose like Charlie Brown trying to kick that football, or like Wile E Coyote trying to get the Roadrunner.
Just watched it again from 17-10. Pat Summerall, old field goal kicker himself, said "right down the pipe" as soon as Adam hit it, or maybe the video and audio were out of synch a bit. Summerall was a favorite of mine.
Summerall was clearly fading by that game, requiring Madden to take more of a role than maybe he usually would. Summerall would keep beginning points and not finishing them or just letting it trail off. Still, though, that voice. I love the replay of that game. The announcing style seems so antiquated now, but it's really a fantastic keepsake to keep on the DVR.
Thank God they did. Last year 4th and 1 from the 16 down 8 with 6 minutes left they idiotically went for it and failed AND 4th and 6 from the 14 with 2:25 left still down 8 they again went for it and failed and then they scored with 12 seconds left and lost by two.
Right, Greg Gumbel. As soon as I resumed watching on the other TV with the sound louder it was obviously him.
You can tell this when they cut in a shot of AV in practice. Summerall thinks the kick they show is wide, when really they just don't show the other goalpost
I just watched XXXVIII and, except for a bad miss, maybe 2, he was almost all dead nuts on all game. And, he moved in the pocket as well as ever. Not to mention that he is probably the best QB leader all this time. We are so lucky to have had such a great quarterback for so long.
The time between Brady's first SB start and his most recent is 15 years.
I will never get over 2007.
