One of many extra memorable catches in Tremendous Bowl historical past got here in the course of the 2007 season when the New York Giants regarded to upset the New England Patriots, a staff that had gone 16-0 within the common season.
With 1:15 left within the fourth quarter, the Giants trailed by 4 factors when quarterback Eli Manning narrowly evaded a sack and threw the soccer to David Tyree, who caught it by pinning the ball between his fingers and his helmet.
It proved to be the impetus that allowed the Giants to win 17-14 and pull off one of many extra unbelievable upsets in sports activities historical past.
In a latest look on the “Roommates Show,” Manning talked about what he was pondering throughout the important thing play from Tremendous Bowl XLII.
“We were running out of time,” Manning stated. “We had to try to make a play, so I gave my guy a chance. I didn’t know if he really caught it. I didn’t know if it hit the ground. It was a lot going on. Unbelievable effort by David pulling it off the helmet, holding onto it [with] Rodney Harrison hanging all over him.”
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“The Helmet Catch”
Eli Manning to David Tyree
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The Patriots had been large favorites heading into that contest, as they’d what seemed to be a dream staff with broad receivers Randy Moss and Wes Welker becoming a member of a solid that had already received three Vince Lombardi Trophies in recent times.
In the meantime, the Giants had been the proverbial little engine that would. Manning was then a younger QB discovering his method, they usually didn’t have a single offensive starter who made the Professional Bowl.
4 years later, they repeated the feat by defeating a well-liked Patriots staff in Tremendous Bowl XLVI, 21-17.
Manning received Tremendous Bowl MVP each occasions, and he can confidently say he twice slayed the beast generally known as the Patriots’ mighty dynasty.
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