The Miracle at the New Meadowlands deserves a deep rewind
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- It’s December 19th, 2010. We’re in East Rutherford, New Jersey where the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants are tied at 31 in the closing seconds andddd DeSean Jackson just muffed this punt. Officially, every outcome is on the table as these teams battle to control the division. You might know what comes next, but to remember how we got here, or why we really shouldn’t be here, let’s rewind.
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this was a fun one to put together, hope y'all enjoy. we'll see you on tuesday with another new video so keep your eyes out
He wasa DANGEROUS return man and elite deep threat.
Good mention the Giants won the Super Bowl next year.
Good underrated "revenge game" it was early in the 2011 season the following year in week 3 and Victor Cruz became a star IN Philly. Keep the regular season win in 2010, Philly. I'll take what happened the next year every single time.
@@dco2006 it's the past. Y'all are super trash now. Worst in the division. No hope for a division crown or playoff berth anytime soon. It will prolly be every bit of 7 to 10 years before you sniff a division title.
I agree when he’s actually on the field and healthy. Just an injury prone dude, but damn! He was a game changer.
Hey SB, this was the M@M 2. M@M 1 was when Herm Edwards returned the fumble for the TD to win the game.
You also failed to mention the giants head coach specifically said not to punt to Jackson and the punter did anyway. Leading to him being cut and never playing in the NFL again
We used a draft pick on that guy too.
Ouch, honestly though it's not suprising though Coughlin has always been a hard nose coach, where he will chew someone out for any little mistake. But this punter got the bad end of Coughlin and got cut on his day off.
That would be Matt Dodge's only NFL season. Was he basically blacklisted?
@@SoberBob559 -- He lasted to the end of the season. But he lost the punting job to Steve Weatherford before the 2011 season started. He never played another NFL down.
@@AEMoreira81 When somebody is blacklisted it means they're being excluded for reasons outside of their performance. As a Giants fan I can assure you that Matt Dodge just plain sucked.
Tom Coughlin throwing down his play sheet and screaming at the punter after Desean Jackson’s GW TD will never not be funny! 😂
He told him to kick it out of bounds lol. This also doubles as the last game for the Giants punter.
I think he was 10 yards onto the field and screaming at the punter before Desean ever even crossed the goal line lmao
If you a eagles fan of course 🤣🤣
The saddest part is Matt Dodge was cut after the season and never played football again
Never
Jackson will always have a place in the hearts of Packer fans. This play meant GB took a wild card spot, which they turned into a SB win.
I just made the same comment! I remember thinking when the Eagles and the Pack met in the playoffs “whoever wins this game will win the Super Bowl.” I was right, it just wasn’t my team.
@@christophermanley3602 shutup
@@christophermanley3602 remember that game and Desean was just tripped on on a shoestring tackle or he would have scored the winning TD in that one...
Also I was at the game vs Chicago in 2010 at lambeau. Chicago could've knocked them out but didn't. They played hard for 55 minutes then just gave up and let Green Bay win. The best part is lovie told McCarthy we'll see you in Chicago lol
@@narski82 If Cutler didn't get "hurt" the bears win that game
My favorite eagles game of all time. It’s gonna sound crazy but even more than the sb win. The last 8 mins were absolutely insane
Third favorite imo. Kicking the teeth down the vikings fans' cocky mouths in the NFC championship was 🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾
I know my favorite Eagles game of all time: the 2003 NFC Championship game. 😏
🧀🧀🥜🥜
It’s an all time great game as an eagles fan but how can anyone say any game other then that Super Bowl win, it was the perfect way for us to win our first Super Bowl and as a championship starved city, no other game even comes close
Fav moment was 4th and 26. What a pop 😂
I'm a lifelong Giants fan, and it happened on my birthday. I definitely recall not feeling great about it.
HAHAHAHA GO BIIIIRDS!!!
Lmao go birds, nerd
At least we won in 2011
"It's been a decade, I can watch this as a Giants fan." (8 seconds later, see Desean Jackson enter the frame, feel a profound pain and exit out of the tab).
Be honest, you as a giant fan would trade this experience over the misery that has plagued the franchise since they hired Dave Gettleman. There seems to be no end in sight.
at least you guys won the SB in 11 right after this
Same
That's your guy's payback for the Patriots
@@kevinstewart8054well you guys had a pretty good season in Daboll’s first year, future looking bright
The Giants rookie punter Matt Dodge had been making short line drive punts just like this one all season that were being returned for big gains. It was a glaring hole on special teams all year but they didn't do anything about it. When I saw him coming in for this punt I knew exactly what was gonna happen. He got cut after that season and never played again
We used a draft pick on him too. Never draft a punter. Kickers, maybe, but never punters.
Matt Dodge was told to kick it out of bounds. Because of the loss, the Giants missed the playoffs at 10-6, losing a strength of victory tiebreaker (I believe this is the deepest tiebreaker that has ever had to be used---the fourth). Had the Giants won this game, they win the division at 11-5. The Packers would still make the playoffs, but then they would have played the Giants.
I was at that Packers-Eagles wildcard game and the Eagles were closer to winning than people remember. They lost by 5 in a game where their (6x Pro Bowl) kicker, David Akers, missed two field goals.
That 2010 season was wild. And had they won the Super Bowl that year, the Eagles would have won their first Super Bowl in Jerry Jones' brand new art museum.
"He took out and Dodged".
@@ryanmchenry6694 David Akers was the best kicker in the league for years on end and I remember the fanbase turning on him for good after that game. Typical from Philly fans, an awful lot of them never appreciate the great folks they've got until they're long gone.
I did 5 years upstate (Somerset PA) got there Dec 10th 2010 & remember watching this and was mad we were down then after this touchdown you literally felt the whole jail SHAKE! One of the craziest and loudest roars, commissary boxed banged on the doors. It was mayhem in there.
Came home Sept 2015, became a homeowner 19 months ago, got married 2 months ago and I vow to never go back! #FlyEaglesFly
It's okay if you do go back my man, just make sure it's worthwhile. I've been burying treasure for years for my family.
That 'pobody's nerfect' 12:22 had me laughing a little more than I would like to admit.
Me too!
i don't get it ?
@@cfisher2447 it's meant to be "nobody's perfect", but because nobody's perfect he said "pobody's nerfect" instead
@@cfisher2447 it's a reference to "The Good Place"
Desean Jackson gotta be one of the more underrated WRs of the last decade
Facts
As an eagles fan, i love the guy to death, hell of a player
@@DannyD3V1to never should’ve let him go
By who?
Most mid receiver
True story: Tom Coughlin said he went into a dark room after this game and didn’t talk to anybody. “I just sat and reflected.”
Worst loss, but it got better for him winning another SB the next year.
Out of darkness comes light.
Ya know, Matt Judge got a high snap giving him less time. He had to get the ball off. The other Giants special teams guys should bear the responsibility. Bad coverage.
Watched this game live when I was 9 years old still come back a view times a year to watch the comeback , loved the squad we had those few years, Shady , Djack , Vick and maclin were a fun show to watch 🦅🦅🔥go birds
Litterally a moment in history for eagles fans of our generation.
The squad (and game) that made me an Eagles fan. Jason Avant wasn't flashy but always reliable, love that dude as a player
Big Iggles fans here and watched the game live with my 9 yo daughter who inexplicably wouldn't let me turn the game off when the Eagles fell behind by 21 in the 4th.
I live in New Jersey and as a birthday present my family took me out to see this game. I'm a huge eagles fan I was so excited to watch this game and I figured so the one time I get to see my eagles play live we suck. Needless to say I will never forget how crazy this stadium was how I made it out alive is a miracle in itself.
Watching this with my dad , who turned of the game at this point , walking in my room just before the punt return was a moment I'll never forget . I didn't get too watch the Superbowl Win with him but I'm glad this game gave us that moment
As a Giants fan I remember watching this game live. Michael Vick was on a different level of consciousness in the second half.
yeah probably a bit more than when he was dog fighting
@@idrunkdrive You could have at least put some effort into this joke
Knowing the Giants punter never played again is crazy… man I love this moment so much
Eagles fan for life here and i have to say i love how you told the story of that Miracle because everyone forgets the "how we got here" moments leading up to the return. Vick was incredible and looked better then ever
As a Vick fan and Eagles fan...THIS is one of my favorite games.
Legit the most memorable moment for me as an eagles fan. I remember watching this live it was glorious.
This is the one game I can’t bring myself to watch. Everytime I see this highlight I have to look away. Incredible work but so so painful as a NY fan
I was 16 years old, obviously long before the super bowl win, so until 2018, my favorite Eagles game of all time
I’ll never forget watching this live with my dad, he stepped out thinking it would go into OT and came running back in when I started screaming. Both of us are huge Eagles fans, and DJax was always one of my favorite players!
The unsung hero on that play, Jason Avant. The block that Buck calls out during the return featured Avant knocking himself unconscious to spring Jackson.
I was at this game and it still haunts me to this day. I distinctly remember with the 21 point lead during a TV timeout they start playing hypnotize and the whole stadium is rocking. And then it all just fell apart watching this slow motion heart breaking train crash
One of the only calls Joe Buck has made that actually has some emotion
The other one is the Minnesota Miracle
Joe’s gotten a lot better about emoting in recent years. His peak Robot Voice period was the 90s and early 2000s.
@@theenglishman case in point, the Mitchell kick return
Joe Buck gets so much hate just because it's popular lol he's like the Nickelback of sports announcing
Because it's against a New York team lol
FINALLY !! I have been waiting for you guys ti do this rewind . More EAGLES content please!! And thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
As a young Eagles fan, I'll never forget this game... my dad went outside to hang up Christmas lights since it appeared the game was long over. I had to go out and drag him back in to watch the last half of the 4th... an unbelievable win
This was an amazing moment for a young football fan. Flipping back and forth between games and seeing the gap close with almost every click. Lucky I didn't flip away for the punt!
Little side fact about this story is that DeSean's father had recently passed away from Pancreatic cancer before this game and in an interview sometime after the face DeSean said this Touchdown was a sign that his father was watching over him. Crazy
As an Eagles fan, the first three and a half quarters of this game were brutal to watch. I’m glad I stayed until the end. This was also the Eagles last win of the season, unfortunately, since the next two were the dreaded Joe Webb game and the final week when they rested starters, and then lost to the eventual SB champs in the wild card round. Hell of a season.
Sorry for playing spoiler. Go packers and thank you for beating Brady
I remember watching this game when I was 11 years old and I couldn’t believe what I witnessed. Already loved football at the time but this game only made it stronger
I remember watching this game from one of the tvs at my grandparents house and literally being in shocked at how the game ended
As a Packer Fan , thank you Desean Jackson , I’ll forever love you for this
How did that game impact Packers?
Giants would have been the 6th seed instead of the Packers , and Rodgers wouldn’t have a ring
@@williamk2803 I see......Thanks
@@HM55-77 Its funny cuz its actually deeper than just the face value, the packers and giants played after this with the packers beating them for the tie break, then in the final week of the season the TB bucs beat the lions to get the packers into the playoffs. It's funny the historical impact this game has, hell it helped the eagles win the division, and the packers first playoff opponent? you guessed it! at philly.
Watching this live was insane made Deshaun Jackson my favorite player to watch
You definitely did this game justice, so THANK YOU.
Just one minor change I’d make: use the call from Merrill Reese and Mike Quick instead of Joe Buck’s.
came here to say this. amen. joe buck can make dicks go limp on a strip club
I'd rather hear the Wilhelm scream than anything Joe Buck says.
Merrill’s commentary is always so much better it’s not even close
100%
As much as this game ripped out my heart, we dont win the superbowl the next year without it. Coughlin said the theme the following year was "FINISH" and it was because of this game. I guess that how red sox fans look at game 7 of 03.
Yep. Eagles did not win a single game after that. Good for them. Giants had a comeback in 2006 down 24-7 but let's never talk about that.
@@dco2006 That fantastic comeback by Eli is what got me to believe in him. That was another fantastic comeback in this rivalry and why you can never count either of these teams out when they play each other.
The Plex OT TD will always be my Favorite Giants vs Eagles game..... Go GIANTS!!!
@@dco2006 People don't talk about the 24-7 comeback because it wasn't off of a muffed punt return to a TD, it was 17 points instead of 21 and it also took OT to complete. Also it was in week 2, not in a division-deciding week 17 matchup.
Here it is:
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This was my first ever football memory (I was 7). My dad was a giants fan and tried to raise me as such, but he avoided having me watch any TV for a long time and as such, I missed most of the Giants' two superbowl runs. He let me watch this game because I didn't have school the next day, but after this point I didn't really watch any Giants games until I was probably 9 or 10. My memory of being raised as a Giants fan is this play, then the end of Tomlin, the reign of McAdoo, and the benching of Eli Manning for Geno Smith. As you can probably imagine, I am no longer a Giants fan. #TitanUp
At first I thought he was just showboating when he ran parallel to the goal line from OB to OB, but when I saw him look back, I presume who was checking the clock to make sure it had run out.
oh wow, is that really why he did that? i for sure thought he was showboating.
Till this day I thought the sane thing I even played football most my life and know to do the same but damn you’re right. It’s his reputation tho to do it so we all just assumed 😂😂
I watched this game live. I can't really explain it, but as soon as it became clear the punt wasn't going out of bounds, there was this feeling in the air that it was gonna be a big return. Even after DJax muffed the punt
My mom is a Giants fan but we are all eagles fan when I tell you I've never heard her scream like that in my life 😂 we were jumping up and down and everything. Top 5 eagles plays in history
Then the Eagles didn't win a single game for the remainder of that same year. Got beat by Joe Webb lead Vikings win the next week at home lol the more embarrassing game for the Giants was losing to a 1-7 Dallas team at home. Pathetic.
2011 World Champions!
@@dco2006 so this play is still bad ass and we won a chip in 2017 can't say much for the giants as of recently 😂
@@seangrever3506 still clinging on to that? Up until 2017 in the Delaware Valley area Super Bowls were "things of the past".
Now you guys won't seem to shut up about 2017? Also ... Beating new england in the SB? Yawn. Did that twice before it was cool. 👊😎
One team was 18-0. 2017 isn't recent lol
@@dco2006 Lol now Philadelphia Eagle fans of all people acting as if their team wasn't connected to any championship droughts of their own 🙄 so many people who got to see super bowl 52 their relatives have passed on after living full lives of not seeing them win a championship lol pathetic franchise
@@dco2006 sounds like a sad giant fan have fun going 2-16 this year 😂😂
The 2010 Eagles season has to be one of the most memorable seasons in NFL history
How? They were one and done in the playoffs.
@@willschrantz474 Forget the playoffs. This team had just about everything else. The headlines, the close games, the memorable plays, the explosiveness. This Eagles season was fun, regardless of the end result
@@willschrantz474 waaaah waaah look at me. I only like teams with playoff success
@@willschrantz474 To be fair they lost to the Packers who won the Super Bowl that year.
@@charlesdunn442 and they lost by 5 points and Ackers missed 2 FGs that game.
I remember that game like it was yesterday. Amazing play by DJAX 🦅🏈 he was fun to watch back then when I was in high school.
These videos, and your commentary on them, are just so unbelievably well done. Covering all aspects, leading us backwards and forwards and back and forward again, absolutely fantastic job 👍🏻 100% hooked on these right now lol
I’ve been looking forward to a rewind of this exact play an Eagles fan!! The back story was very accurate especially with the QB situation leading up to the 2010 season. 2010 was definitely a new era and identity since Dawkins, McNabb, and Westbrook all left.
This brings up painful memories lol. I vividly remember telling the people I watched this game with "Giants games are always one possession games by the 4th" when they had the 24-3 lead, and "I have a bad feeling we're about to lose" as they lined up to punt smh
Hearing the change in the tone of the crowd as the play goes from botched return to touchdown is exhilarating. I have no connection to either team, but there is nothing more exciting in sports than a huge play breaking loose with the hopes of thousands riding on the outcome. A moment in history, for sure.
PLEASE do this same exact thing starting with the "philly philly" play" granted most people know about it! As a Swedish Eagles fan i still can´t really grasp WTH happened that year, how could this lightning in a bottle happen! With your knowledge, amazing narration and analytics it would be such a TREAT!
This was a great video. I've watched this replay probably a million times but never seen it put together like this. Bravo
One of the greatest games I ever saw
who asked?
@@insertnamehere9950 I did
@@insertnamehere9950 1979 NFC Pro Bowler Bob Young
If I could ever make one request: Delmon Young’s bases loaded double in the 2014 ALDS against the Tigers. I love every single one of these!!!
As an eagles fan this is a top 3 moment all time. Vick and D Jax will forever be eagles after this game
One of my favourite games.
Thanks for the rewind guys!
I still remember this game like it was yesterday. Go Eagles!
Watched this game from beginning to end and I cried like we won the Super Bowl! 😂🤣
I was laughing so hard at the end of this because why in the hell would you punt directly to him?
It wasn't a great snap, and Dodge had to reach up to get it, leaving him not much time for the actual kick.
shouldve seen coughlin yelling at his punter after lol
Absolutely love these rewinds. I really hope you guys will go back and rewind the Jimmy Butler missed 3 pointer in the 2021-22 NBA Finals. So many amazing story lines throughout the series as well as the whole season for both teams. The Celtics coming back from mid season to make the finals. The controversial call on the Max Strus 3 pointer. It would be amazing
I remember watching this game at home with my dad, found out the next year I had a bunch of friends at that game. Great great moment as an Eagles fan!
As an Eagle fan I remember being at a party with this game surround by Giant fans. When the Eagles went down everyone trashed me and kept it piling on. As I watched the Eagles slowing come back I sat their quietly as I watched all the giants fans become less confident and grow more concerned. As the last play went down you could hear the shouts of “No! What are you you doing? Stop Him!” And as Jackson crossed the goal line with triple zeros on the clock the room was dead silent as I let out an evil diabolical laugh that haunted friends and family for years to come. One of my favorite games ever.
Great work Will! Thank you for another fascinating story!!
Queue 12 yr old me running around the living room until I stubbed my toe on the couch
THANK YOU!!! Been waiting for this for months
One of the greatest comeback games ever.
So was 2006 Giants vs Eagles. Giants down 24-7 in the 4th and win in 30-24 in OT.
@@dco2006 sounds just as exciting as this was. Syke sounds lame af
@@nickynomads7410 Only because it happened against your team lol the time to brag about regular season comebacks only comes around when it's a Philly one
@@nickynomads7410 Nah it was great watching the Giants make a comeback on the Eagles turf. Funny how you guys choose to forget it. 24-7 turned into 30-24 in 2006.
Never forget.
I am super happy to finally see my favorite series from this CZcams channel get sponsors like Honda that is awesome
Thank you as an eagles fan I was waiting for this one
Can’t wait for the “Philly special deserves…”
This play made me cry......tears of joy
Always awesome to watch a sports video loaded with still photographs.
I love it when fans of each team comment how these rewinders made them feel! So authentic man, I love sports lol.
I remember hearing this on the radio driving home. Was amazing hearing that call
I was just thinking about this yesterday and here we are
The last block before he breaks for a touchdown is devastating I never noticed this before. As a Giants fan I freaking cried after this, but props to the block at the end. The block from hell.😯😮😲😳💀🏈
I'm not an american football guy, but I am a sports fan who is addicted to context. I love the content you put out as it really puts the storylines of professional sports into something even a filthy casual like myself can enjoy and appreciate. Thank you Secret Base.
Beautiful.
I remember this game. Helped propel Green Bay to the super bowl
It’s one of the things Packers needed to happen for Green Bay to make playoffs. Giants win that game and Packers are out.
@@travismiller4320 it's a shame Jackson didn't have a charity, otherwise Green Bay could have done what Buffalo did with Andy Dalton lol
@@SuperNuclearUnicorn I remember Green Bay giving that Arizona WR Nate Poole who caught the TD pass vs Vikings that knocked Minnesota out of playoffs and putting Green Bay in a key to the city. I think that was 2003.
It was never a shock to me that the 2010 Packers could win a Super Bowl as a #6 seed Wild Card
What still amazes me that they were so good that they never trailed by more than 7 points in at in the season and they still needed to make the playoffs
Ironic because the eagles were the first team the Packers beat in that playoff run
Thank you I've been waiting for this one
Thanks to this play the Packers got in over the Giants as the 6th seed and eventually win the Super Bowl. Thanks Eagles!
GO PACK GO!
Y’all beat us in round 1. You’re welcome.
We finished 10-6 and missed the playoffs just to go 9-7 and win the SB crazy
Lets goooo! Been wanting this one for ages!
Nothing better than waking up on a Saturday with a new secret base video!
im a giants fan and even I marked out watching this live.
One of the greatest eagles moments ever. I remember doing flips after this happened 🦅🦅🦅 #flyeaglesfly
Thanks so much for rewinding this! I hate both of these teams as a Pats fan, but any chance to laugh at either of them suffering is a happy moment for me.
I will never forget watching this as it happens
Great video! More baseball Rewind videos please and thank you!
I remember folding my clothes in the living room and watching the last quarter to this game and just losing my mind and running into the garage to get my dad right before the game ended. He couldn’t believe how I was describing what had just happened in the last few minutes.
As a eagles fans.............This game is legendary !!!
Miracle in the Meadowlands II
YESSSS!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS REWIND!!!
14:07 - I was hoping throughout the whole video that you would have the Merrill Reese / Mike Quick audio. It’s so much better. And Mike Quick was the one who coined the term “Miracle at the New Meadowlands” after a producer scribbled it on a paper and handed it Mike to read.
Jason Avant deserves a postscript for the huge (probably illegal) block that cleared the way for Jackson. Avant was something of a folk hero in Philly for a bit, despite never becoming a big threat on offense.
As a Giants fan I can confirm that Jason Avant was super underrated.
Here on the 12 year anniversary of the Miracle At The New Meadowlands.
leave us alone atleast we got 5 to your 1
Great stuff. I especially loved the pobody's nerfect touch.
Perfect.
I have virtually no attachment to any team in the NFC East, but out of all the regular season games I've ever seen, this is still the most memorable I've ever watched.
This was only the second year I was really truly into football too, so that has something to do with it. This is the game that personally sealed the deal and made me a football fan for life.
I honestly forgot this moment, so it was nice to see it for the first time again.
One of the greatest experiences of my life!
Fly Eagles Fly 🦅
Green pants. Hardly wear them anymore.
Best rewinder of all time! Almost like a miracle.
Still have nightmares of this game, took a long time for me to even watch highlights from this game 🥺🤦🏽♂️
We won the super bowl the very next year
@@yankeeyukon3883 facts 💯
I love these deep dives
lots of good easter eggs in this random video - i like what you're doing (as these blockbuster trades loom)
Thank you Secret Base....you just don't know how many times I have requested this one.
Everyone remembers the muffed punt
Vicks performance
The parting of the blue sea.
But when i think of this game.
Its that last block. It was so sexy.
Been waiting for this one