Posts Tagged ‘Miracle in the Meadowlands’

DeSean Jackson’s Stunning 65-yard Punt Return Against the Giants Voted Greatest Play in NFL History

Monday, April 15th, 2013

by Brandyn Campbell

 

 

 

 

It is a moment that will never be forgotten by any Philadelphia Eagles fan, and it has now been voted the best play in NFL history on NFL.com.

Picture it: a game against the hated New York Giants, on their home turf, and the Birds were being beaten.  Badly.  On that December day in 2010, with 8 minutes in the game remaining, the Eagles trailed the Giants by a score of 31-10.  Stick a fork in ‘em — these Birds were done.  Even the most die-hard fans knew the game couldn’t be salvaged and were waiting for the misery to end.

But then everything changed.  Fans, who a moment before had been squinting at the game in pain, were treated to what has become known as a miracle.  It was another Miracle at the Meadowlands.

The final moment that capped off that miracle — a stunning 65-yard punt return by none other than DeSean Jackson with 14 seconds left in the game – has now been voted the greatest play in NFL history.  With that moment, the Eagles completed a 28-point comeback that enabled them to beat Big Blue 38-31.

Voting was based on 64 plays, based on NFL.com’s own version of March Madness, until a winner was proclaimed.

Like any vote, the winning play was met with controversy, but the fans have spoken.

I’m sure it’s a moment Giants fans won’t soon forget, either.  Thanks so much for that little gift, Matt Dodge.

Let’s face it — there is no way you can hear that play referenced without wanting to watch it.  So watch it again and again below.

Go Eagles!

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Brandyn Campbell of Philly Sports Muse, for War Room Sports

Out From the Shadows

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

"The Phour Aces", "The Phour Kings", "The Phour (insert noun here)"

If you are a Philadelphia sports enthusiast like myself, then you are on a serious high right now.  First the uniting of the four kings, (Halladay, Lee, Oswalt, and Hamels), and now this?  The Miracle at the Meadowlands part II?  Only one word can describe it; unbelievable.

ANOTHER Miracle in the Meadowlands!

Can you feel it in the air or am I just riding the hallucination train thinking we might go-all-the-way?  First, a little arena football team called the Philadelphia Soul brought home a championship, much needed in the city of drought.  This little team won and challenged all the major league teams to do the same.  Then the boys in red pinstripes rolled through Milwaukee, LA, to Tampa to bring home a much-needed World Series that sent this City into a euphoric state.  The Flyers, the ultimate Cinderella story, made it to the Stanley Cup Finals last year when nobody thought they would even make it out of the first round.

Phillies Win the 2008 World Series!!!

I don’t know about you, but I can smell the polish they use to make that Lombardi trophy shine.  In my life, I have never seen anything like what I saw on Sunday and I have been watching football for a long time.  I could be naïve in thinking that we are going to the Superbowl, but what I saw Sunday gave me something that I haven’t had in a long time; hope.

2009-2010 Eastern Conference Champions!!!

There were so many blunders in Sunday’s game, a fumble here, an interception there.  It seemed like the Giants had Vick’s number and yet he still found a way to make it happen.  I love you Donovan, but you would have never been able to make this happen.

Mike Vick Never Says "Die"

We may finally be getting out from the under big brother’s shadow.  For now, we have the bragging rights over the Big Apple.  The only thing they can say is that the New York Knicks are slightly better than the 76ers and I’m okay with that.  All I know is that on a Sunday afternoon in December, I became glued to the television.  I watched history happen.  I watched Michael Vick turn an impossible to a possible.  I saw the speed of young man lift an entire city from its somber state.  I saw that same man celebrate in a way that I would usually frown upon, but this time he earned it.

Stephanie C. Curry, Guest Blogger for War Room Sports