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JWL wrote:NFL Network just did a top 10 show on interceptions.
10. Mel Blount in Super Bowl 9
9. Antonio Cromartie vs Colts in 2007 regular season
8. two Troy Polamalu interceptions (one vs Titans, one vs Chargers)
7. Jason Sehorn in 2000 playoffs vs Eagles
6. Ronde Barber in 2002 NFC Championship Game
5. Willie Brown in Super Bowl 11
4. Al Harris in playoff game vs Seattle
3. Tracy Porter in Super Bowl 44
2. James Harrison in Super Bowl 43
1. Malcolm Butler in Super Bowl 49
One could argue the Willie Brown INT was in garbage time. Mike Davis was crucial...and helped propel the Raiders to a ring. Hard to square this. And while I'm on my soapbox, did anyone catch the gaff in Ken Stabler's A Football Life? They said the '76 Steelers at Raiders opener was settled in OT. Ugh.
JWL wrote:NFL Network just did a top 10 show on interceptions.
10. Mel Blount in Super Bowl 9
9. Antonio Cromartie vs Colts in 2007 regular season
8. two Troy Polamalu interceptions (one vs Titans, one vs Chargers)
7. Jason Sehorn in 2000 playoffs vs Eagles
6. Ronde Barber in 2002 NFC Championship Game
5. Willie Brown in Super Bowl 11
4. Al Harris in playoff game vs Seattle
3. Tracy Porter in Super Bowl 44
2. James Harrison in Super Bowl 43
1. Malcolm Butler in Super Bowl 49
As always with the NFL, almost anything before 2000 is considered ancient times.
While I normally agree with this, I couldn't think of many pre-Super Bowl interceptions that should have made the list. It is hard to argue against the top four on this list. The other six (or seven, if counting the two by Polamalu as one) can certainly be argued.
I would have put the Mike Davis one of the list for sure and probably the Eric Allen one from 1993 against the Jets.
Another interception that should be considered was in the 1981 AFC Wildcard playoff game between Buffalo and the N. Y. Jets. Bills safety Bill Simpson intercepted a pass in the goal line with seconds left to preserve a 31-27 victory.
BD Sullivan wrote:
As always with the NFL, almost anything before 2000 is considered ancient times.
The other night the MLB network had the 20 greatest games in MLB history and the earliest
was in 1975. Apparently if color videotape doesn't exist of a game it never happened.
Tom Brown's pick of Don Meredith's 4th down prayer late in the 1966 NFL Championship Game was big even though the pass had no chance of being completed.
JohnH19 wrote:Tom Brown's pick of Don Meredith's 4th down prayer late in the 1966 NFL Championship Game was big even though the pass had no chance of being completed.
The 50th anniversary of which will take place on New Year's Day.
Willie Brown's is cemented in lore because of the iconic NFL Films shot of his face and Bill King's "Old Man Willie" call.
Obviously, I'm kinda partial to Ronde Barber's.
Favre's NFC Championship Game interception is accompanied by Viking announcer Paul Allen's whiny call when he realized that HE wouldn't get to go to the Super Bowl.
How about Mike Bass' "interception" (technically a fumble recovery) of Garo Yepremian's Whatever That Was?
John Grasso wrote:The other night the MLB network had the 20 greatest games in MLB history and the earliest
was in 1975. Apparently if color videotape doesn't exist of a game it never happened.
How could they not include Game 7 of the 1960 World Series? Unreal.
John Grasso wrote:The other night the MLB network had the 20 greatest games in MLB history and the earliest
was in 1975. Apparently if color videotape doesn't exist of a game it never happened.
How could they not include Game 7 of the 1960 World Series? Unreal.
It might have been a retread program that was made before the 1960 kinescope was found.
