Your favorite playoff performances (Not from your own team)

[Logicallylethal]

My list will be in no particular order

a) Larry Fitzgerald's 08 playoff run
- And what a legendary run it was. 30 rec 546 yds 7 tds in 5 games. He deserved that ring that year. But Ben and Santonio made a hell of a player (top 5 superbowl play of all time imo) so kudos to them.

b) Aaron Rodgers out dueled by Kurt Warner (09 NFC Wild Card)
- A young Rodgers led his packers to 45 pts in the playoffs throwing 28-42 for 423 yds 4 tds and 1 int. However, Warner topped that with 379 yds 5 tds 0 ints and only 4 incompletions all game (29-33).

c) Terrell Davis' Superbowl XXXII performance
- 30 carries 157 yds and 3 tds on the biggest stage. What an amazing talent he was. Just wished we could have seen his entire career unfold.

d) Peyton getting the New England Monkey off his back (06 AFC Championship)
- What a gritty performance this was. Down 3-21 and Peyton leads his Colts past their most hated nemesis the New England Patriots. None of it was pretty. Matter of fact, his entire Superbowl run his numbers weren't pretty either. But he got it done and as a team they got it done. They won the tough games. Which was the one thing they couldn't and as Rodney Harrison puts it "didn't know how to win."

e) Randy Moss 1999 Divisional Game
- Moss was a blur in this game going for 9 rec 188 yards and 2 tds

f) Michael Irvin roasting Deion Sanders (1994 NFC Championship)
- Even in a loss, how can you overlook what Irvin did to arguably one of if not the best of all time.

g) Aaron Rodgers annihilates the Falcons (2010 NFC Divisional)
- This was Rodgers coming out party and statement to the league that HE is now the best in the NFL. Rodgers was nearly perfect completing 31-36 for 366 yds 3 tds + 1 rushing resulting in a 136.8 qb rating.

h) Peyton Perfect (2003 AFC Championship)
- 22-26 for 377 yds and 5 int for a perfect 158.3 qb rating. Peyton did it to the Broncos again next year piercing them 27-33 for 458 yds 4 tds + 1 more rushing.

 

[sonnyblack65]

h) Peyton Perfect (2003 AFC Championship)
- 22-26 for 377 yds and 5 int for a perfect 158.3 qb rating. Peyton did it to the Broncos again next year piercing them 27-33 for 458 yds 4 tds + 1 more rushing

? He only threw 4 int with 1 TD with a 35 rating

I would definitely have Flacco's playoff run 2 years ago 11 TDs 0 INt with a 117 qb rating

 

[Reaper]

[quotef) Michael Irvin roasting Deion Sanders (1994 NFC Championship)
- Even in a loss, how can you overlook what Irvin did to arguably one of if not the best of all time. ][/quote]


I know strange as a Giants fan to have selected this but Irvin dominated the Battle of the Mouths and I was shocked that it went down the way it did!

 

[packerzrule]

Frank Reich's performance in the comeback victory over the Oilers in the 92 AFC Wild Card game.

That was epic.

 

[Sgthall999]

Frank Reich's performance in the comeback victory over the Oilers in the 92 AFC Wild Card game.

That was epic.

This^ And the guy was a backup QB at that!

 

[Money]

Frank Reich's performance in the comeback victory over the Oilers in the 92 AFC Wild Card game.

That was epic.

Many people don't realize that he came in the 2nd half and led Maryland to a 42-40 win against Miami (with Bernie Kosar) when Maryland was trailing 31-0 at halftime. At one point he held both the NCAA and NFL records for largest comebacks in a game.

BTW...that was the same year Miami lost to BC and Doug Flutie.

 

[dkmightyhammer]

Individually: Any game Watt played in this year. Man, that guy is fun to watch. He just needs to trade that Houston Jersey for a Seahawks one.


As a team: I liked the Bears/Seahawks game (which Seattle lost) in the divisional round of 2006 (I think it was 2006). Really fun game to watch that went right to the wire and there were no BS ref calls to complain about. Just a good win for the Bears. Probably my favorite game ever that the Hawks lost.

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

Mile High salute from Terrell Davis when Denver ended the NFC's 14 year reign of titles and they upset the Packers in 1997 .... Marcus Allen run vs the Redskins in 1983 lifting the Raiders to the title ... Joe Montana and the 49rs 90 yard drive in 1989, beating the Bengals in the last seconds... Patriots last drive vs the Rams in 2002 with Adam Vinatieri kicking the game winner and giving the Pats there first ever title...

 

[SJ76]

e) Randy Moss 1999 Divisional Game
- Moss was a blur in
this game going for 9 rec 188 yards and 2 tds

I was at that game. Lost my voice on the 1st play of the game - 70 yard bomb from Warner to Bruce. Best part of that game was at the end when Moss squirted the ref with a water bottle. I saw it live and it was funny as shit.

But the most impressive part of this game was the Rams dominating the Vikings. The Vikings were facing prevent D by mid-2nd quarter.

 

[Tainthappening]

Doug Williams Super Bowl XXII vs Broncos - 18-29 / 340 yards and 4 TDs. Redskins down 14 pointed, but then exploded in the 2nd quarter.

Same game... Timmy Smith RB for Redskins... pretty much no name RB, but then set record at time for 204 yards rushing in the Super Bowl. I remember having football card year after with that Super Bowl fact.


Kellen Winslow - 1982 Divisional game vs Dolphins... still can see him being helped off the field as he could no longer walk from cramps.... 13 catches 166 yards and TD.

 

[SJ76]

But I would say the Houston Oilers and Warren Moon pummeling the Bills in Buffalo (down 32 points) and then Buffalo coming back to win in OT was one of the all-time great playoff games that I remember.

 

[blstoker]

Same game... Timmy Smith RB for Redskins... pretty much no name RB, but then set record at time for 204 yards rushing in the Super Bowl. I remember having football card year after with that Super Bowl fact.

The most impressive part about that is that it was something like 80 more yards rushing than he had the rest of the season combined.

 

[Wamu]

Joe Montana's performance in SB XXIII

 

[Wamu]

Phil Sims going 22-25 in SB XXI

 

[France_Steve]

Titans Jaguars in 2000. titans came back several times before Mcnair put it away in the 4th quarter. Mcnair was a great qb that i loved watching

 

[Wamu]

Kurt Warner throwing for 414 yards in SB XXXIV

 

[J-Rod]

b) Aaron Rodgers out dueled by Kurt Warner (09 NFC Wild Card)
- A young Rodgers led his packers to 45 pts in the playoffs throwing 28-42 for 423 yds 4 tds and 1 int. However, Warner topped that with 379 yds 5 tds 0 ints and only 4 incompletions all game (29-33).

^^^ This was the first moment that came to my mind. Amazing game.

 

[Wamu]

The Browns in...oh who am I kidding!

 

[indypatfan]

K C in Super Bowl 4. To me that was the game that showed the AFL (AFC) had arrived more then the Jets win in SB 3. In SB 3 the Colts were just flat. In SB 4 KC just dismantled the purple people eaters.

 

[ducky]

The 2000 Baltimore Raven defense during the playoffs.

In 4 playoff games their opponents scored 23 points total (5.75 average per game). In those same 4 games their defense/special teams scored 28 points.

I have loved watching Seattle's defense the last couple of years. But it is hard to label any defense as being great when you remember that Baltimore defense. They were truly great. We will never see a defense quite like that one every again in all likelihood.