Most heart-filled playoff performance you have seen

[J.T.]

Indianapolis Colts - Rex Grossman = Dallas Mavericks

Pre-2005 I would have agreed with you. The loss against the Steelers is wholly on the offensive line, they were horrible at protecting Peyton in that game, and the loss against the Chargers is on the defense. 402 yards and 3 TDs, the two picks aren't on Peyton at all. But 402 yards and 3 TDs and you're comparing Peyton to Dirk? Seriously? Dirk has yet to do in the playoffs other than beat the Spurs.

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Brady's first playoff win in the 2002 Divisional Round vs the Raiders. The game that showed the Patriots were destined to prove doubters wrong. Coming back from 10 down to tie it and then driving in overtime especially with that 4th down conversion to David Patten and winning it in dramatic fashion was a thing of beauty.

Please you mean the game that the officials gave to the Patriots. No matter what you say.. The tuck rule call changed the NFL. Had the Raiders won that game I wonder if we would look at the Pats the same.

[J.T.]

Please you mean the game that the officials gave to the Patriots. No matter what you say.. The tuck rule call changed the NFL. Had the Raiders won that game I wonder if we would look at the Pats the same.

They'd have zero rings if the tuck rule never happened.

[bostonguy]

Please you mean the game that the officials gave to the Patriots. No matter what you say.. The tuck rule call changed the NFL. Had the Raiders won that game I wonder if we would look at the Pats the same.

Sorry the tuck rule card doesnt cut the Raiders any slack. A broncos fan defending the Raiders?? During that time you guys were thanking us left and right for ending their season. Raiders had their chance in OT to stop the Patriots but they couldnt do it. 4th down in OT and the Raiders couldnt get that big stop. They had a 10 point lead in the 4th and couldnt hold it. They had a 3rd and short winning by 3 and could have iced the game with a first down but couldnt convert. They didnt go for it on 4th down either. Blaming the tuck rule is flat out comedy when they could have won that game in other ways. Did the Pats have luck in that game? Sure they did. Then again ALL great teams will have luck. Raiders gave up after that reverse tuck rule call. Not to mention that rule was legit as they stated that specific rule from the NFL rule book. You can call the rule stupid and dumb all you want but the fact remains it was a legit call.

[bostonguy]

They'd have zero rings if the tuck rule never happened.

I know that Pats/Colts game in Indy pissed you off that year. Remember when Troy Brown ran,threw, and caught a touchdown pass in that blowout at the RCA Dome?

[J.T.]

I know that Pats/Colts game in Indy pissed you off that year. Remember when Troy Brown ran,threw, and caught a touchdown pass in that blowout at the RCA Dome?

I thought ESPN and Friends keeping online records of box scores was cool until this troll came along and is trying to pass as a lifelong Pats fan when all he does is read wiki and old box scores.

[greenroom]

Sorry the tuck rule card doesnt cut the Raiders any slack. A broncos fan defending the Raiders?? During that time you guys were thanking us left and right for ending their season. Raiders had their chance in OT to stop the Patriots but they couldnt do it. 4th down in OT and the Raiders couldnt get that big stop. They had a 10 point lead in the 4th and couldnt hold it. They had a 3rd and short winning by 3 and could have iced the game with a first down but couldnt convert. They didnt go for it on 4th down either. Blaming the tuck rule is flat out comedy when they could have won that game in other ways. Did the Pats have luck in that game? Sure they did. Then again ALL great teams will have luck. Raiders gave up after that reverse tuck rule call. Not to mention that rule was legit as they stated that specific rule from the NFL rule book. You can call the rule stupid and dumb all you want but the fact remains it was a legit call.

Well I am a football fan first. Yes I love when the Raiders lose, but I hate when a team loses a game because of the Zebra's. It may have been in the rule book, but to my knowledge I do not ever remember the rule being enforced before. I would not call that luck to be honest.

But it is history the Pats won and the Raiders have gone to crap.

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Brady's first playoff win in the 2002 Divisional Round vs the Raiders. The game that showed the Patriots were destined to prove doubters wrong. Coming back from 10 down to tie it and then driving in overtime especially with that 4th down conversion to David Patten and winning it in dramatic fashion was a thing of beauty.

The only things truly impressive about that game was the fact that the refs would overturn an obvious fumble, and Adam Vinateri's kick (greatest kick of all time, HANDS DOWN)

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Indianapolis Colts - Rex Grossman = Dallas Mavericks

Patriots - Refs giving bull calls = 0 championships.

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You can call the rule stupid and dumb all you want but the fact remains it was a legit call.

It would have been legit if it was the correct call. But it wasn't.

[monosylab1k]

It would have been legit if it was the correct call. But it wasn't.

So one supposedly bad call excuses the fact that the Raiders played godawful the entire second half?

[monosylab1k]

Patriots - Refs giving bull calls = 0 championships.

Raiders - Jon Gruden = most pathetic franchise of the past 15 years.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Was it Harbaugh who almost led the underdog Colts over the Steelers in Pitt a few years back?

I remember blood all over his helmet from a cut on his hand.

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So one supposedly bad call excuses the fact that the Raiders played godawful the entire second half?

When they needed to make a play, they made one, and had it taken away from them. It's not easy to gain momentum when refs take what you earn away from you.

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Raiders - Jon Gruden = most pathetic franchise of the past 15 years.

Patriots - BS ref calls = 3 less rings than the Raiders have.

[monosylab1k]

When they needed to make a play, they made one, and had it taken away from them. It's not easy to gain momentum when refs take what you earn away from you.

Hmm the Pats and Chargers both did a pretty good job of bouncing back despite being repeatedly screwed over by the refs at the RCA Dome this year.

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Hmm the Pats and Chargers both did a pretty good job of bouncing back despite being repeatedly screwed over by the refs at the RCA Dome this year.

Kindly shut the up. The Pats did not get screwed over by the refs in any way, shape, or form. They were just acting like es because the Colts actually gave them a good game.

[J.T.]

I'm taking the winner of this mono vs stretch match out for a few rounds of beers. Cost of beers not included

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Cost of beers not included

Cheapass.

[monosylab1k]

The Pats did not get screwed over by the refs in any way, shape, or form.

Yeah the pass interference on Hobbs when he didn't even touch Wayne and the ball was uncatchable....that was the right call. They had the exact same play happen against the Chargers too, I think Jammer was the guy who got screwed on that one.

I wouldn't put it past that asshole Polian to pay off the refs. He is everything that is wrong with the NFL. He can't win so he es until the rules get changed. He still can't win so he pipes in crowd noise. He finally wins one and now wants all those rules he had changed all changed back because now his team is suffering for it. What a .

[FromWayDowntown]

Was it Harbaugh who almost led the underdog Colts over the Steelers in Pitt a few years back?

I remember blood all over his helmet from a cut on his hand.

It was. Those Colts won at San Diego in the wild card weekend and then beat the AFC's #1 seed, Kansas City, at Arrowhead in the Divisional Round. They had a 16-13 lead with under 2:00 to go, but Neil O'Donnell hit Ernie Mills on a deep ball to the goalline and Bam Morris punched it home with about 90 seconds left. Harbaugh drove the Colts to inside the Steelers' 30, and his last-second pass was sitting on Aaron Bailey's stomach, but instead of rolling over to his right, he rolled to his left and the ball rolled out and hit the ground.

I still think it's difficult to find a guttier individual performance than Winslow's game in Miami.

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Yeah the pass interference on Hobbs when he didn't even touch Wayne and the ball was uncatchable....that was the right call. They had the exact same play happen against the Chargers too, I think Jammer was the guy who got screwed on that one.

There was also a PI called against the Colts when it was actually Moss who pushed off and ended up getting a TD. I'd say that a TD as opposed to yards is a much bigger influence for a game.

I wouldn't put it past that asshole Polian to pay off the refs. He is everything that is wrong with the NFL. He can't win so he es until the rules get changed.

If Ty Law didn't get away with straight up grabbing, holding, and pushing on Harrison, then the rules wouldn't have needed to have been fixed. Besides, all this that you defend... if they happened to the Patriots, you would be pissed as too. If Bob Sanders did to Randy Moss what Ty Law did to Harrison, you too would start an unsuccesful pe ion to have Bob Sanders to be banned from the NFL.

He still can't win so he pipes in crowd noise.

Proof?