As a packers fan, even tho we lost that was one of the most amazing and greatest games I’ve ever watched between Rodgers and Warner. I also love love LOVE irony. The way that game ended was to me the greatest irony in nfl history. In a game in offensive fireworks where neither offense could be slowed down, that the defense is what won the game for the cardinals at the end. I still get shivers thinking about it. As a packers fan yes it was heartbreaking, as a football fan? IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!
Bernie Kosar would never be recognized by all the so-called geniuses who comment on the NFL as an excellent professional QB for a time, but he was very young and he masterfully guided Cleveland those years. The Browns lost 3/3 AFC title games to Cleveland in the 80s, and it’s a shame that the only name we still talk about from then is Elway. If BK and the Browns had managed to win just one of those two in 1986 and 1987, and they really should’ve won that second one, we NFL fans would regard Bernie in a better way than we do now...but just because they lost all those games to Denver doesn’t mean Bernie should be forgotten. Guy is a Competitor. Was a nice backup for Troy Aikman in Dallas, after his Cleveland days were over too...
SB XIII w Bradshaw and Staubach was not only a classic duel and for the championship of that season as well as team of the 70s, it turned out that game may have been for the best dynasty of all time, or close to it.
I saw O'Brien vs. Marino on TV as it happened as a 8 year old Jets fan and remember thinking then I'm not sure if I'll ever see anything as amazing like that again. Here almost 35 years later great to see it's legendary status still holds up. Contrary to popular belief not all Jets memories all bad ones.
I like that they have Young vs. Kelly from 1992 on the list.. and it's where it belongs at 10. BUT.. what should've been at least mentioned for 10 seconds.. was that the 2 QB's also had the greatest QB duel of all time in the USFL. Opening day 1985.. Kelly's Houston Gamblers at Young's Los Angeles Express in the L.A. Coliseum. Unfortunately for the USFL and their half-a$$ TV deal, the game wasn't televised live by ESPN or ABC. Kelly threw for 574 yards which is still the most in a single game of any pro football league. People can rip on the USFL all they want, that's fine.. but it had a good number of quality players who still speak highly of it to this day. They just didn't like the cheap owners. Some things never change.
I miss the old USFL. Hall of famers came out of that league as well as several pro bowlers. Jim Kelly, Steve Young, Reggie White, Hershel Walker, Mo Carthon, Brad & Bart Oats, Anthony Carter, Sam Mills, Ricky Sanders, Bobby Herbert, Irv Eatman, Kelvin Bryant, to name several.
@@Rockhound6165 I heard some stat one time (can't find it) that 40 or 50 USFL players made at least one NFL Pro Bowl between 1986 and 1991. It might've actually been more. I think they said it at the end of the 30 for 30 movie about the USFL.
Seeing Ed Too Tall Jones at 30:47 triggered lots of fun memories. Dallas and Pittsburgh had two of the most physical defenses of the time. Loved watching those games.
It still gets me that their explanation of why Jim Kelly vs. Steve Young was only at #10 was because it ended on a missed field goal, or as they put it: "Because the outcome wasn't decided by a QB." Then they go down the list and: #6 (Dickey-Theismann) Ends on a missed field goal. #5 (Elway-Kosar) Ends on a running back fumble. #3 (Bradshaw-Staubach) Ends on a failed onside kick. #2 (Warner-Rodgers) Ends on a sack-fumble returned for a TD by the defense.
Exactly. Their ranking logic was always so inconsistent. And they’d poijt that out themselves, they’d include clips of everybody talking about how it doesn’t make sense. Whatever. I miss these a lot
How could you not at least give honorable mention to the Epic in Miami between the Dolphins and the then San Diego Chargers? Both Dan Fouts and Don Strock, the latter off the bench no less, each threw for over 400 yards in the game. Of course that was one of the craziest games ever, with the hook and lateral by the Dolphins, blown field goals, including not one but two blocked kicks, and an incredible effort by Kellen Winslow for the victorious Chargers. Unforgettable to say the least.
1984 LA Coliseum- Houston Gamblers vs the LA Express. Jim Kelly vs Steve Young! What great QB duel!! But, since that was the USFL, a NFL Films Top 10, would not include that game! But, if you saw that game, it was awesome!!
greatest game no one ever saw...they played NJ game on TV because it was Doug Flutie debut. Kelly threw for 574 yard 5 TD in a comeback win. Yes, if it were not an NFL list I too would have it way up there toward the top.
No, I wouldn't put Mahomes/Goff on an updated version of this list and here's why: As great of a duel as that was, let's remind ourselves that three of the scores in that game came off of Defensive TD's. To be a great QB duel, it's gotta be two QB's consistently beating the defenses throughout the entire game, that's how it has to be to me.
@Harry Engel I agree with you, personally I would rate it second behind only one other Monday Night game, that being the Monday Night Miracle between the Jets and the Dolphins from 2000.
Jackie Smith’s dropped pass did not cause Dallas to lose SB 13. There was 2:46 left in the THIRD quarter when Smith dropped Staubach’s pass. The Cowboys still got 3 points out of the drive with over a quarter left to play. Steelers put up another 14 points after that & would’ve tried to put up more instead of burning clock if Smith had caught the pass.
Harry Engel Thatnks that’ is a fun fact. It makes sense that they would want him back. He was obviously good enough to slip off the line & get into the end zone without being covered. 😀
R. William Comm Thank you for bringing that up. EVERY time that highlight is played.. and the radio call from Verne Lundquist is heard.. the impression is given that the pass would've won the game late or something, or "lost" it because of the drop. It was only 21-17 after Dallas made that FG with plenty of time left.
Chris Swanson Exactly. It’s amazing how even sports media twists our sacred memories. Randy White jokingly said many times that in a way he was glad Smith got so much attention for dropping that pass because White had made so many mistakes in that game that he felt like Smith took all of the heat. Although I was a Steelers fan, Dallas was so classy that you had to admire them. Another memory twisted by media: the moniker “America’s Team” was never used until after this game when it was the title of the NFL Films Cowboys highlight reel for the 1978 season when they needed a title that was optimistic instead sounding in the Super Bowl defeat. It fit well even though it was their last Super Bowl until the end of the 1992 season. 😀
Bledsoe could've been an all time great but he slowly became a statue in the pocket. Seeing this it's no wonder Brady became so obsessed with flexibility
Man. I think a duel from the last two years might need to be in here. And on top of that, Super Bowl 52 is now on this list at #2. There's alot of great things that bave happened in the NFL recently.
Hey Isaac, do you think you could possibly upload "Top 10 Greatest Hands" next. It's a list that I haven't seen in a while, but it's one of my favorite Top 10 episodes.
37:20 Am I just seeing things, or is Michael Adams grabbing onto Rodgers’ face mask there? I’ve seen that play dozens of times and even watched this top 10 video before, and I can’t believe I’ve never noticed that until now.
@@cooperwolfe5478It should have been a penalty back then if I’m being honest! That was still the era where grabbing the face mask was an automatic 15 yards (I’m old enough to remember the days where there was a 5 yard penalty for accidentally grabbing the face mask and a 15 yard penalty for grabbing and holding onto it too long)
This list needs an update! Superbowl LII _ Nick Foles vs Tom Brady. 879 total yards passing; 7TDs - 1INT. Brady's best game of his career with 505 yards himself with 3TDs -0INT. Eagles had 164yds Rushing and 374yds Passing (538yds total) Patriots had 113yds Rushing and 505yds Passing (619yds total!) Final Score 41-33. (Eagles) Only ONE punt in the game - Eagles' Donnie Jones 41 yarder.
OBrien kept heating Marino and Eason taking the Patriots to the 85 Super Bowl made the Jets and Pars think that maybe it was ok that they passed on Marino. That idea didn't last long
Remember this was the FIRST Super Bowl that followed the Mel Blount Rule. Certainly had a huge effect on passing careers like Bradshaw, Staubavh, Fouts, Plunkett, Sipe, Jawirski and others
Some people don't like Marino vs Ken O'Brien. I think if you included Quinn vs Stafford on the list its the same thing. If a fan casually can remember that game, and its not like a playoff game guaranteed to be showcased for the NFL world to see, its safe to say it stood the test of time. The fact that it does decades later and we're even debating where it resides on the list means its an all timer.
Fascinating detail from Packers/Redskins 1983: The game combined for 1000 yards of offense and 95 points. Green Bay only had the ball for a little over 20 minutes and still scored 47 points. Unreal.
I never really seen Namath but Obrian came from a school close to me he was a decent qb jets were just a non factor. We were shocked he got drafted coming from a division 2 school
2:20 San Francisco's post-Joe Montana vs. Buffalo game. 6:41 The 2013 Broncos-Cowboys game.* 10:09 The 1994 Patriots-Dolphins season opener. 14:45 Ah yes, the 4th & 2 game. 18:15 Lynn Dickey upsets the Hogs. 22:29 The Fumble! 25:31 The 1972 rematch of Super Bowl III. 29:46 Super Bowl XIII 34:41 The 2009 Wild Card Shootout! 39:51 The 1986 Dolphins-Jets match. *= That inter-conference game replaces the 2009 Tank Bowl between Cleveland and Detroit. Why was that past encounter a Tank Bowl, because both teams at the time came in at 1-8.
I remember where Ineas diring the Dickenson Theismann duel...I had just come home from trick or treating to watch my beloved Redskins play. Also, dont forget, that was one of only THREE Redskins losses that season
Here are 2 duels that may not be in the top 10, but there is definitely an argument. - Aaron Rodgers (Packers) Vs Ben Roethlisberger (Steelers) (2009 - Week 15). - Carson Palmer (Bengals) Vs Derek Anderson (Browns) (2007 - Week 2). The next 2 should’ve definitely been on here. How they aren’t is mind boggling, or even mentioned is unbelievable. - Norm Snead (Redskins) Vs Y.A. Tittle (Giants) (1962 - Week 7). - Both quarterbacks combined for 851 passing yards, and Y.A. Tittle had 505 of them. - Both quarterbacks combined for 11 passing TD’s, and Y.A. Tittle became the 4th quarterback of all time to pass for 7 TD’s in one game…IN 1962 FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. - Charley Johnson (Cardinals) Vs Billy Kilmer (Saints) (1969 - Week 7). - Both quarterbacks had over 340 passing yards, and each quarterback had 6 TD’s, AND THAT ISN’T ON THIS LIST? To be fair, both the Cardinals and Saints were very bad that year, but c’mon, that’s the only quarterback duel in NFL history where both quarterback threw for 6 TD’s.
Gb vs Det. Jan 1, 2012. Flynn vs Stafford. 45-41. Flynn with TD pass with 1:10 left in game to put it away, this one definitely should've been on the list like what 🤯.... Flynn: 31-44/480 passing yards/6 passing tds/8 different receivers to catch a pass/4 different receivers to catch a td 1 wr over 150 yards, 2 more over 80 yards, and 2 more over 50 yards Top receiver (Jordy): 9 catches/162 yards/3 tds Stafford: 36-59/520 passing yards/5 tds/ 6 different receivers to catch a pass/all had 4+ catches/4 different receivers with a td/1 wr with 240 yards 🤯, 1 more over 110, 1 more over 60, and 1 with 45 Top receiver (Megatron): 11 catches/244 yards/1 TD #2 receiver (pettigrew): 7 catches/116 yards Easily one of the top 10 QB duels of all time only knock is there was no stakes other than the lions getting the 6 seed and having to play the saints, instead of getting the 5 seed and playing the giants. But other than like no real stakes, statistically one of the greatest games ever played, they combined for 11 tds, and 1000 yards passing 🤯🥵 no reason this shouldn't be on the list.
I remember when Ray Wersching got cut/retired and the 49ers preferred Mike Cofer, who had a bigger leg... the problem was, he had none of Wersching’s accuracy. It was like if Bill Parcells had cut Matt Bahr in favor of, say, Mike Vamderjagt 😂, which would’ve cost NYG the 1990-91 NFC title game, and we’d have seen Buffalo trying to stop SF from 3-peating in that Super Bowl...you go from a deadly-accurate but short-range kicker to a guy with a huge leg who sometimes doesn’t even get the ball NEAR the uprights lol Cofer was the one weakness those 49ers teams possessed. EDIT: This is regarding #10 on the list.p, the first QB matchup shown...
Honestly Dickey vs Theismann should be replaced by the another game that season: Plunkett vs Theismann at RFK where Theismann threw for 417 yards and Plunkett threw for 372 yards and the game came down to the wire with a touchdown pass to Joe Washington winning it 37-35.
@Harry Engel If they could put Brady Quinn and Lynn Dickey (granted, he was an amazing deep passer) on this list, then yeah, you allow Scott Mitchell to be on here.
As a fan, and not a hometown sports journalist, Bradshaw v. Staubach should have been number 1. In a game for a ring, that is where true greatness lies...
I know they replaced the "best game nobody watched" (Brady Quinn vs Matthew Stafford in 2009) with Peyton Manning vs Tony Romo. Another game they easily could've replaced that with is The Matt Flynn Game. (Which also involved Stafford.) Scoring a million points is one thing, but that game was the ESSENCE of the entire 2011 season. Hall of Famer after Hall of Famer was having a seminal year, and then to close it out, even a rando can throw for 480 yards and 6 touchdowns (and need every one of them.)
Dave Krieg vs. Dan Fouts 1985. 825 passing yards, 10-1 touchdown interception ratio, 84 combined points in 1985.
Let me guess, Fouts threw the Interception? He always did throw an INT at the most critical time.
@@KojinMacJorn Yes, Krieg was more of a fumbler as opposed to INT rpthrower, but he threw a few of those as well..,
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Dan Fouts only had 4 TD’s, not 5. Mark Herrmann threw the last TD for the Chargers.
As a packers fan, even tho we lost that was one of the most amazing and greatest games I’ve ever watched between Rodgers and Warner. I also love love LOVE irony. The way that game ended was to me the greatest irony in nfl history. In a game in offensive fireworks where neither offense could be slowed down, that the defense is what won the game for the cardinals at the end. I still get shivers thinking about it. As a packers fan yes it was heartbreaking, as a football fan? IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!
Saw the Namath Unitas duel as a child. Never seen another duel,as great, with aging lions in one last battle.
Marino vs Bledsoe in '94 was something else. As a Dolfan Bledsoe always made me nervous. He could go off at any time
Manning vs. Young, 1998. A coming out party for Peyton and a vintage comeback for Steve Young. It doesn't get much better than that.
I remember dat game at the Stick!!
I think both quarterbacks had good games, but I don’t think it’s a top 10 duel.
Jared Goff vs Patrick Mahomes definitely is on this list. That Monday Night game in 2018 was a nuclear explosion of Offense
No it wasnt there was defensive tds and i think it was 2 or 3
@@johntravers3575 mahomes had 478 yards and 6 TDs…. Goff had 412 and 4 TDs, not including a rushing TD he also had…. It’s top 5
@@clintfowler1526 thank you for putting john in his place
@@gotshmoked1764 it was great game (more of a shootout, but there was enough great defensive plays to satisfy those who love defensive football)
The Rams did the right thing by trading Goff to Football Siberia aka Detroit Lions.
Bernie Kosar would never be recognized by all the so-called geniuses who comment on the NFL as an excellent professional QB for a time, but he was very young and he masterfully guided Cleveland those years. The Browns lost 3/3 AFC title games to Cleveland in the 80s, and it’s a shame that the only name we still talk about from then is Elway. If BK and the Browns had managed to win just one of those two in 1986 and 1987, and they really should’ve won that second one, we NFL fans would regard Bernie in a better way than we do now...but just because they lost all those games to Denver doesn’t mean Bernie should be forgotten. Guy is a Competitor. Was a nice backup for Troy Aikman in Dallas, after his Cleveland days were over too...
SB XIII w Bradshaw and Staubach was not only a classic duel and for the championship of that season as well as team of the 70s, it turned out that game may have been for the best dynasty of all time, or close to it.
I remember watching that Broncos/Cowboys game live. It was absolutely epic
I saw O'Brien vs. Marino on TV as it happened as a 8 year old Jets fan and remember thinking then I'm not sure if I'll ever see anything as amazing like that again. Here almost 35 years later great to see it's legendary status still holds up. Contrary to popular belief not all Jets memories all bad ones.
O"brien vs Marino wk 3 86 season
I'm so sorry for the lifetime of disappointment the Jets set you up for on that day.
If this list gets updated, 2015 “Duel at the Dome” Eli Manning and Drew Brees needs to be on the list.
Also 2019 Niners-Saints
@@STP43FAN1 Brady Foles in the SB
I like that they have Young vs. Kelly from 1992 on the list.. and it's where it belongs at 10. BUT.. what should've been at least mentioned for 10 seconds.. was that the 2 QB's also had the greatest QB duel of all time in the USFL. Opening day 1985.. Kelly's Houston Gamblers at Young's Los Angeles Express in the L.A. Coliseum. Unfortunately for the USFL and their half-a$$ TV deal, the game wasn't televised live by ESPN or ABC. Kelly threw for 574 yards which is still the most in a single game of any pro football league. People can rip on the USFL all they want, that's fine.. but it had a good number of quality players who still speak highly of it to this day. They just didn't like the cheap owners. Some things never change.
Sports Illustrated called it, "The Greatest Game that Nobody Saw."
I miss the old USFL. Hall of famers came out of that league as well as several pro bowlers. Jim Kelly, Steve Young, Reggie White, Hershel Walker, Mo Carthon, Brad & Bart Oats, Anthony Carter, Sam Mills, Ricky Sanders, Bobby Herbert, Irv Eatman, Kelvin Bryant, to name several.
@@Rockhound6165 I heard some stat one time (can't find it) that 40 or 50 USFL players made at least one NFL Pro Bowl between 1986 and 1991. It might've actually been more. I think they said it at the end of the 30 for 30 movie about the USFL.
@@swingforthefences7439 you can now add Sam Mills to the list of USFLers in the hall of fame.
@@Rockhound6165 baffled that he was inducted over Zach Thomas, to be honest with you
Seeing Ed Too Tall Jones at 30:47 triggered lots of fun memories. Dallas and Pittsburgh had two of the most physical defenses of the time. Loved watching those games.
I think we may have to put Mahomes vs Allen in the 2021 AFC Divisional Playoff on an updated version of this list. HOLY BLEEP what a game.
13 seconds
also about that game i was glad to have some representation as far as my name goes
It still gets me that their explanation of why Jim Kelly vs. Steve Young was only at #10 was because it ended on a missed field goal, or as they put it: "Because the outcome wasn't decided by a QB." Then they go down the list and:
#6 (Dickey-Theismann) Ends on a missed field goal.
#5 (Elway-Kosar) Ends on a running back fumble.
#3 (Bradshaw-Staubach) Ends on a failed onside kick.
#2 (Warner-Rodgers) Ends on a sack-fumble returned for a TD by the defense.
Hahaha well said
Exactly. Their ranking logic was always so inconsistent. And they’d poijt that out themselves, they’d include clips of everybody talking about how it doesn’t make sense.
Whatever. I miss these a lot
In my opinion,it should have been much higher.
Brady vs Delhomme most under rated quarterback duels
1972 Namath Unitas was a great one
It was. I saw that one.
Two aging gunslingers giving it their all for one last harrah. Truly poetic.
How could you not at least give honorable mention to the Epic in Miami between the Dolphins and the then San Diego Chargers? Both Dan Fouts and Don Strock, the latter off the bench no less, each threw for over 400 yards in the game. Of course that was one of the craziest games ever, with the hook and lateral by the Dolphins, blown field goals, including not one but two blocked kicks, and an incredible effort by Kellen Winslow for the victorious Chargers. Unforgettable to say the least.
1984 LA Coliseum- Houston Gamblers vs the LA Express. Jim Kelly vs Steve Young! What great QB duel!! But, since that was the USFL, a NFL Films Top 10, would not include that game! But, if you saw that game, it was awesome!!
greatest game no one ever saw...they played NJ game on TV because it was Doug Flutie debut. Kelly threw for 574 yard 5 TD in a comeback win. Yes, if it were not an NFL list I too would have it way up there toward the top.
SI called it "The Greatest Game That Nobody Saw"
Mahomes and Allen just had the greatest Quarterback Duel of all time.
Revamp is definitely needed
Manning and romo had a few good ones
I was just about to ask where y’all would put that
Did you forget about mahomes and goff
@@brycethompson8761 Video made BEFORE that game. Use critical thinking.
The list must be reviewed and revised, to include Goff v Mahomes 2019 duel
Agree. If they do an update video that game was a dual for the ages.
No, I wouldn't put Mahomes/Goff on an updated version of this list and here's why:
As great of a duel as that was, let's remind ourselves that three of the scores in that game came off of Defensive TD's. To be a great QB duel, it's gotta be two QB's consistently beating the defenses throughout the entire game, that's how it has to be to me.
@Harry Engel I agree with you, personally I would rate it second behind only one other Monday Night game, that being the Monday Night Miracle between the Jets and the Dolphins from 2000.
Itd come in probably top 5
Yes there are a few of these they need to revise
What makes the Jets vs Dolpins game more AMAZING was the Wes Walker, Jets WR, was blind in his left eye
NFL films did a revised list like two years ago, still had Ken O’Brien Dan Marino at 1, Super Bowl 52 at 2
SB52 - Nick Foles v. Tom Brady!
Tom brady and Nick foles deserves a spot on a new list for sure!
Or Brees Smith 2011 playoffs
Jackie Smith’s dropped pass did not cause Dallas to lose SB 13. There was 2:46 left in the THIRD quarter when Smith dropped Staubach’s pass. The Cowboys still got 3 points out of the drive with over a quarter left to play. Steelers put up another 14 points after that & would’ve tried to put up more instead of burning clock if Smith had caught the pass.
Harry Engel Thatnks that’ is a fun fact. It makes sense that they would want him back. He was obviously good enough to slip off the line & get into the end zone without being covered. 😀
R. William Comm Thank you for bringing that up. EVERY time that highlight is played.. and the radio call from Verne Lundquist is heard.. the impression is given that the pass would've won the game late or something, or "lost" it because of the drop. It was only 21-17 after Dallas made that FG with plenty of time left.
Chris Swanson Exactly. It’s amazing how even sports media twists our sacred memories. Randy White jokingly said many times that in a way he was glad Smith got so much attention for dropping that pass because White had made so many mistakes in that game that he felt like Smith took all of the heat. Although I was a Steelers fan, Dallas was so classy that you had to admire them. Another memory twisted by media: the moniker “America’s Team” was never used until after this game when it was the title of the NFL Films Cowboys highlight reel for the 1978 season when they needed a title that was optimistic instead sounding in the Super Bowl defeat. It fit well even though it was their last Super Bowl until the end of the 1992 season. 😀
Foles vs Brady.
Enough said.
Bledsoe could've been an all time great but he slowly became a statue in the pocket. Seeing this it's no wonder Brady became so obsessed with flexibility
Have to include the first two duels between Brady and Mahomes!! Those were sickly awesome!
I think Tom Brady is on this list somewhere.
Man. I think a duel from the last two years might need to be in here. And on top of that, Super Bowl 52 is now on this list at #2. There's alot of great things that bave happened in the NFL recently.
*have
Kelly and Young did this in the USFL too. LA Express v Houston Gamblers 34 - 33
Hey Isaac, do you think you could possibly upload "Top 10 Greatest Hands" next. It's a list that I haven't seen in a while, but it's one of my favorite Top 10 episodes.
I'll try to find it.
Patrick Mahomes vs Tom Brady in the 2018 AFC championship game needs to up there on that list.
Brady Foles in the SB
People who still does some Romo quarterback bashing when he was with the Cowboys forgot this gem of a classic game.
The biggest choke artist of all times
Ok, the onions for 4th and 5 got me Dan marino and the patriots
I remember watching Marino vs O"Brien on TV that was a crazy duel
They need to put Foles v. Brady SB52 in the top 3 of this list
37:20 Am I just seeing things, or is Michael Adams grabbing onto Rodgers’ face mask there? I’ve seen that play dozens of times and even watched this top 10 video before, and I can’t believe I’ve never noticed that until now.
I agree. Probably nowadays that would’ve been a penalty.
@@cooperwolfe5478It should have been a penalty back then if I’m being honest! That was still the era where grabbing the face mask was an automatic 15 yards (I’m old enough to remember the days where there was a 5 yard penalty for accidentally grabbing the face mask and a 15 yard penalty for grabbing and holding onto it too long)
Got one more request for you my man, could you please try to find Top 10 Foul-Ups
They were playing on a Baseball Field! That's Awesome!
Jim Kelly vs Steve Young in the "no punt game" used to be on this list
Thank you Mr. Green.
This list needs an update!
Superbowl LII _ Nick Foles vs Tom Brady. 879 total yards passing; 7TDs - 1INT. Brady's best game of his career with 505 yards himself with 3TDs -0INT.
Eagles had 164yds Rushing and 374yds Passing (538yds total)
Patriots had 113yds Rushing and 505yds Passing (619yds total!)
Final Score 41-33. (Eagles)
Only ONE punt in the game - Eagles' Donnie Jones 41 yarder.
Update..... Mahomes v Allen should be enshrined in the Hall
OBrien kept heating Marino and Eason taking the Patriots to the 85 Super Bowl made the Jets and Pars think that maybe it was ok that they passed on Marino.
That idea didn't last long
Remember this was the FIRST Super Bowl that followed the Mel Blount Rule. Certainly had a huge effect on passing careers like Bradshaw, Staubavh, Fouts, Plunkett, Sipe, Jawirski and others
As a die-hard Broncomaniac, I HAVE to say Elway vs Farve in Superbowl 32.
My other pick is Either Suorbowl with Brady vs Eli Manning.
Sanchez in those old NY Titans unis
Some people don't like Marino vs Ken O'Brien. I think if you included Quinn vs Stafford on the list its the same thing. If a fan casually can remember that game, and its not like a playoff game guaranteed to be showcased for the NFL world to see, its safe to say it stood the test of time. The fact that it does decades later and we're even debating where it resides on the list means its an all timer.
They have to put the Patriots vs Eagle Superbowl LII (52) was the best Quarterback Duel. Hand downs the best and exciting game.
That 78 super bowl was the first after the Mel Blount Rule and it showed
Fascinating detail from Packers/Redskins 1983: The game combined for 1000 yards of offense and 95 points. Green Bay only had the ball for a little over 20 minutes and still scored 47 points.
Unreal.
I never really seen Namath but Obrian came from a school close to me he was a decent qb jets were just a non factor. We were shocked he got drafted coming from a division 2 school
Honestly, Eli vs Brees would probably be #1 if we updated this list.
I have not watched all of this yet. But the one I am waiting for is Staubach and Bradshaw in those two Superbowls. Two games 8 points.😎😎😎
Hey, do you have that one video where they talk about Matthew Stafford and Brady Quinn’s duel?
Bradshaw after the game said ask Henderson if I was dumb today
This list needs to be updated!!
Kelly/Young is #10 but if their classic battles in the USFL were eligible for this list, at least one of them would be #1.
2:20 San Francisco's post-Joe Montana vs. Buffalo game.
6:41 The 2013 Broncos-Cowboys game.*
10:09 The 1994 Patriots-Dolphins season opener.
14:45 Ah yes, the 4th & 2 game.
18:15 Lynn Dickey upsets the Hogs.
22:29 The Fumble!
25:31 The 1972 rematch of Super Bowl III.
29:46 Super Bowl XIII
34:41 The 2009 Wild Card Shootout!
39:51 The 1986 Dolphins-Jets match.
*= That inter-conference game replaces the 2009 Tank Bowl between Cleveland and Detroit. Why was that past encounter a Tank Bowl, because both teams at the time came in at 1-8.
I remember where Ineas diring the Dickenson Theismann duel...I had just come home from trick or treating to watch my beloved Redskins play. Also, dont forget, that was one of only THREE Redskins losses that season
Seems like starting in the 1960s to current Packers had very good quarterbacks.
"And I'm not sure who i insulted when I said that it might have been myself."🤣🤣🤣🤣
31:53
It was definitely you Madden
Here are 2 duels that may not be in the top 10, but there is definitely an argument.
- Aaron Rodgers (Packers) Vs Ben Roethlisberger (Steelers) (2009 - Week 15).
- Carson Palmer (Bengals) Vs Derek Anderson (Browns) (2007 - Week 2).
The next 2 should’ve definitely been on here. How they aren’t is mind boggling, or even mentioned is unbelievable.
- Norm Snead (Redskins) Vs Y.A. Tittle (Giants) (1962 - Week 7).
- Both quarterbacks combined for 851 passing yards, and Y.A. Tittle had 505 of them.
- Both quarterbacks combined for 11 passing TD’s, and Y.A. Tittle became the 4th quarterback of all time to pass for 7 TD’s in one game…IN 1962 FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.
- Charley Johnson (Cardinals) Vs Billy Kilmer (Saints) (1969 - Week 7).
- Both quarterbacks had over 340 passing yards, and each quarterback had 6 TD’s, AND THAT ISN’T ON THIS LIST?
To be fair, both the Cardinals and Saints were very bad that year, but c’mon, that’s the only quarterback duel in NFL history where both quarterback threw for 6 TD’s.
It’s a shame they got rid of Stratford quin
NFL Network: "But should it a playoff game?"
Jim Mora: "Playoffs? You're really asking about playoffs?
Gb vs Det. Jan 1, 2012. Flynn vs Stafford. 45-41. Flynn with TD pass with 1:10 left in game to put it away, this one definitely should've been on the list like what 🤯....
Flynn: 31-44/480 passing yards/6 passing tds/8 different receivers to catch a pass/4 different receivers to catch a td 1 wr over 150 yards, 2 more over 80 yards, and 2 more over 50 yards
Top receiver (Jordy): 9 catches/162 yards/3 tds
Stafford: 36-59/520 passing yards/5 tds/ 6 different receivers to catch a pass/all had 4+ catches/4 different receivers with a td/1 wr with 240 yards 🤯, 1 more over 110, 1 more over 60, and 1 with 45
Top receiver (Megatron): 11 catches/244 yards/1 TD
#2 receiver (pettigrew): 7 catches/116 yards
Easily one of the top 10 QB duels of all time only knock is there was no stakes other than the lions getting the 6 seed and having to play the saints, instead of getting the 5 seed and playing the giants. But other than like no real stakes, statistically one of the greatest games ever played, they combined for 11 tds, and 1000 yards passing 🤯🥵 no reason this shouldn't be on the list.
2011 Divisional Playoffs, Bress Smith, 761 yards 7 TDs
RIP Don Shula
If this list ever gets updated that Mahomes Allen of last night def gotta be up there
Brady vs foles and Eli vs Brees would’ve made the current list
Facts
Or Brees Smith in the 2011 playoffs
I remember when Ray Wersching got cut/retired and the 49ers preferred Mike Cofer, who had a bigger leg... the problem was, he had none of Wersching’s accuracy. It was like if Bill Parcells had cut Matt Bahr in favor of, say, Mike Vamderjagt 😂, which would’ve cost NYG the 1990-91 NFC title game, and we’d have seen Buffalo trying to stop SF from 3-peating in that Super Bowl...you go from a deadly-accurate but short-range kicker to a guy with a huge leg who sometimes doesn’t even get the ball NEAR the uprights lol
Cofer was the one weakness those 49ers teams possessed.
EDIT: This is regarding #10 on the list.p, the first QB matchup shown...
Super Bowl 52, Rams-Chiefs 2018, Saints-Giants 2015, Mahomes-Brady 1, Chiefs-Texans 2017
The Unbeaten Bowl 2007 Brady Manning game should be included
Honestly Dickey vs Theismann should be replaced by the another game that season: Plunkett vs Theismann at RFK where Theismann threw for 417 yards and Plunkett threw for 372 yards and the game came down to the wire with a touchdown pass to Joe Washington winning it 37-35.
Hello idk if you would respond to this… but can you upload the nfl top 10 defenses of all time
My pick is Young vs Kelly in the 90s
Biggest omission- Warren Moon/Scott Mitchell Thanksgiving 1995. 794 passing yards, 7 touchdowns
I’m sure they left if off cuz they knew people would complain Scott Mitchell was apart of a top 10 QB duel lol
Derek Ruff then again, this list originally had Brady Quinn
Very true lol
@Harry Engel If they could put Brady Quinn and Lynn Dickey (granted, he was an amazing deep passer) on this list, then yeah, you allow Scott Mitchell to be on here.
"I am the panel."🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gotta redo this list and add Mahomes vs Allen
Needs to be revised and have superbowl 52 with Foles vs. Brady with the MOST YARDS IN ANY GAME!!!!
Absolutely. That game was crazy.
I mean theres a quarter back controversy in my Jaguars franchise in madden 21 😅
Geoff vs Mahomes 2018 MNF!
34:24 if they had to include a Montana game on this list:
1994 MNF vs Elway
1982 vs Dan Fouts
I don't care what anybody says. Warner v Rogers was the greatest QB duel of all time.
21:45 Why is there a random shot of Frank Zombo celebrating?
21:50 What's the name of this song?
How many moments did Romo have where he was "Unlucky!" A Fumbled Effing long snap is 1 I remember!
2017 superbowl set playoff records for yards. But that was mostly because both teams defense took the day off
Damn, John Mcclane really let himself go after that thing at Nakatomi Plaza.
I'm a dolphins fan but there needs to some raiders QBs here somewhere like lamonica stabler pastorinni etc
0:01 Duelin' it!
That Smith pass was a terrible trow. I'm tired of him getting shit when it was Staubach's fault . Lol I hate both teams
Kelly and young had an epic game in a different league. EPIC, think it was in the floundering USFL. HUGE qb duel. Over 12tds and 1100yrds.
Danny Amendolara paid in tooth enhancement for his interviews
If you watched number 9 live and are a fan of either team you know it should be higher
2009 Roethlisberger vs Rodgers was a good QB duel
Yup. 73 points, 886 passing yards, 6tds and a game winning td throw.
As a fan, and not a hometown sports journalist, Bradshaw v. Staubach should have been number 1. In a game for a ring, that is where true greatness lies...
I know they replaced the "best game nobody watched" (Brady Quinn vs Matthew Stafford in 2009) with Peyton Manning vs Tony Romo.
Another game they easily could've replaced that with is The Matt Flynn Game. (Which also involved Stafford.)
Scoring a million points is one thing, but that game was the ESSENCE of the entire 2011 season. Hall of Famer after Hall of Famer was having a seminal year, and then to close it out, even a rando can throw for 480 yards and 6 touchdowns (and need every one of them.)
And that game wasn’t completely meaningless. If Detroit won they would have been a 5 seed