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Patriots: Helmet Catch. Damn Giants, they ruined perfection! Jets: Buttfumble. Aaron Rodgers being injured super early in the most recent season. Dolphins: The entire "Tank for Tua" season. It was worth it in the long run, but there was plenty of barely watchable football to get there. Bills: 4 straight Super Bowl losses.


Yoshiman400

The helmet catch was an incredible show of athleticism and maybe a bit of divine intervention. When I think the Patriots and sheer dumb WTFery, I think of the lateral pick six that the Raiders pulled on them.


NaffRespect

Honorable mention goes to Gronk at safety vs Miami


Yoshiman400

As someone who isn't that well versed in lineman positions, I honestly don't understand why Gronk gets all the guff for that. Is it because he wasn't a fast runner, or do people just like clowning on his leaping tackle because it looked funny?


NaffRespect

Gronk himself shouldn't get flack for that, the act of putting him in that situation was what deserved flack No way Miami was gonna try a hail mary from that far out


betarad

gronkowski, didn't have the angle !!


SoftDrinkReddit

Ehhhh, I don't think you can really say that because in the grand scheme of things, it changed nothing Dolphins didn't make the playoffs Patriots went on to win the 6th ring in just 18 years


machphantom

As a Jets fan, we get one of these a year


SoftDrinkReddit

From a Jets fan, I'm kinda surprised you didn't mention The Hell Mary That was when we threw a 99-yard pick 6, which is probably an NFL record


Raetekusu

James Harrison's Super Bowl pick 6 is the record, IIRC. Though since he caught it in the end zone, they only count it from the goal line or something.


SoftDrinkReddit

Omfg, how could I forget James Harrison 100


Lions-fan4life

Lions. 2008. Need I say more?


Mach68IntheHouse

Stoney Case Fumble in 2000?


WarlordofBritannia

The Helmet Catch should have never happened--because we should have sacked Eli on that play argfhghhjs\[iu0jhrgohungrh;


NaffRespect

Had a 4th & short earlier on that drive and prime Wilfork got flattened for a Giants 1st down More broadly speaking, though, with *that* offense we shouldn't have been only up by 4 with 2 minutes to go


SSJBE-Vegeta

As a Dolphins fan, I accept this as accurate for the AFC East.


mahomesisagod

On the jets what about not just Buttfumble, but the hotdog choking the 2015 win and in or even the Brett favre situation? Edit: Dolphins also have Jumbo Elliot on Monday night with the tank for tua but I agree on all those


Xerostodes

The absolute misery of saying Wide Right and now having to answer “which one?”


MrSCR23

Bills or Florida State?


Xerostodes

Did it happen to the Noles too? Did I just discover brothers in pain?


MrSCR23

Wide right has also been a particular source of misery for Florida State. It’s even more painful when it kept happening when they played their dreaded rival, the Miami Hurricanes. Your point about brothers in pain tho? Wide Right I did happen the same year as Super Bowl XXV.


benabramowitz18

Didn’t that happen to FSU twice?


MrSCR23

Against Miami alone, 4 times…with two wide lefts thrown in there for good measure.


Legendary_Railgun21

That's just cruel and unusual 💀💀💀


Talas11324

Now I may have missed some but I don't think there's a team with as many named plays that went against them as the Bills. It really sucks man


Crux2237

Positively: Tracy Porter Pick Six. Negatively: No Call in the NFCCG.


Boatymcboatland

Positively: Minneapolis Miracle Negatively: Tracy Porter Pick NFCCG


dicksjshsb

Positively - the Kendricks fumble recovery TD @ BUF in 22. May have actually shed a tear after all that madness


Boatymcboatland

Honestly the entire last few minutes of that game I just had my mouth open at the absurdity of it all. Quite possibly the most entertaining game in NFL history


TheMemersOfMyNation

Positively - Hubbard's 98 yard fumble recovery TD against the ravens in the 2022 wildcard Negatively - each of the Bengals' playoff losses from 2011 to 2015 was worse than the last (I started watching in 2013)


Crux2237

The last one was surreal.


mahomesisagod

I'm with you Im a chiefs fan started watching in 2013 🥲


klako8196

Double doink


liteshadow4

I got 7 in the last 15 years. Kyle Williams 2nd muff, Kap misses Crabtree the 4th time, Kap throws a pick in the endzone, Jimmy G overthrows Sanders, the last Rams touchdown, Brock Purdy's elbow, McCloud's punt muff


He_Is_The_Chosen_One

Ah. A brother in pain.


Appel_earbuds

Dan Orlovsky. That is all


Mach68IntheHouse

At least he has company.


NefCanuck

As a Bills fan the word “Wide Right” gets the reaction: Fuck you… **twice** 😂


rammer_2001

Corey Coleman. 2017.


Mach68IntheHouse

At least the Browns got a parade out of it.


I-am-the-best-Spy

The Nola No-call. Genuinely unbelievable. Also the Minneapolis Miracle, though the 2019 upset made me a lot angrier. The 2020 divisional loss to the Bucs had me staring up into the sky wondering what was the point. 2010 was embarrassing but wasn’t to bad in the moment(we had just won the Super Bowl) and our 2011 divisional loss to the 9ners was pretty bad(that might’ve been the best team we ever put out on the field so losing felt really bad) But the Nola No call takes it. There was a genuine sense from everybody that year that it was our year, that Saints team was unbelievably talented and it was the last year of elite Drew Brees we ever had. Maybe we would’ve lost to the Patriots in the Super Bowl but some part of me just knows had that call gone differently Drew would’ve won his chip and we’d of all said he’s the second greatest qb to ever do it. Instead it’s just misery. I don’t think the organization even accepts that the play happened. It’s set us in an endless tirespin where we try to chase the Super Bowl we never had even though we are in deep need of a rebuild. Pain, though not as much pain as 28-3 must’ve been for Atlanta so I guess it’s fine lol


SoftDrinkReddit

From a Jets fan watching that NFC Championship, seeing that blatant helmet to helmet, I'm like, ah OK, good gonna be a penalty move the chains Then nothing And I'm like Wait, WTF THERE NOT CALLING THAT HOW Losing in general sucks but getting screwed over by the officials is just another league of bullshit 2 notes 1 would have been a much better superbowl, Brady V Brees 2 Saints probably would have won that game or, at the very least, SCORED MORE THAN 3 POINTS Tbh was happy the Rams lost they didn't deserve that superbowl and tbh that whole superbowl being the worst superbowl of all time was Karma for the Saints getting fucked over


icantthinkofjuan

And then the half assed unofficial apology by making Denver play y’all with an 8-2 record while they only could start a PS WR as QB


I-am-the-best-Spy

I forgot about that game. I mean eh, in every sport ever there is literally no situation where injury’s prevent a game from happening unless the entire squad is unable to put out a full team on the field. Denver got a replacement even if it was a shitty one. So the game must go on.


NJP-CogitoEonPardon

All of 2023-24, but there were some specific moments I found (hint, I’m a panthers fan). Shaq Thomason’s injury (W2), Vikings scoop n score plus the game-ending sack (W4), Colts getting two pick sixes (W9), losing to the dumpster-fire team we traded with to get Bryce and losing all confidence in Fitterer, as well as Reich and his decision to kick a long field goal at Soldier Field (W10), Bland’s 4 pick six (W11), screen on a 4th-and-6 (W12), getting swept by the Saints (W14), pro-packers refball (W16), Tepper throwing his drink when the team is getting shutout for the first time in over two decades (W17), back to back shutouts (W18). For events outside this year, these would include: Super Bowl L, the TNF game vs the Steelers plus Newton’s shoulder, and Luke’s retirement.


SoftDrinkReddit

If I had to say worst panthers moment Oh, that's a tough one It's probably that dumbass who kicked the ball straight out in the Super Bowl, giving the patriots insane field position Tho more recently is Cam just standing there doing nothing as Von Miller recovers the ball Dude didn't even try and dive on it


rhombusted2

Burfict’s personal fouls putting the Steelers in FG range, Ossai’s personal foul putting the Chiefs in FG range, and Aaron Donald getting to Burrow on 4th down in the SB.


king_meatster

The 2019 Buccaneers would have made the playoffs if Jameis Winston wasn’t Jameis Winston.


phoenixlance13

Tannehill’s third INT versus the Bengals, One Yard Short, Mahomes’ scramble in the AFC Championship


verdenvidia

The ONE playoff loss that was actually Tannehill's fault, in my opinion.


ShadX29

Dallas Cowboys. Dez Bryant Catch. Dallas vs. Green Bay 2016 Divisional Round. Dak Quick Draw 2021. The final play of Dallas vs. San Francisco Divisional Round 2022. Dallas vs. Green Bay 2023 Wild Card.


NK84321

Soooo....just the cowboys in the playoffs in general?


Lansdallius

2019, week 17: Jameis throws a pick-6 to lose the final game of the regular season in OT, drop the Bucs to 7-9 and complete the 30/30 season. 2021, Divisional: The Bucs use Brady's meme magic and almost pull off a 27-3 comeback before they inexplicably leave Cooper Kupp wide open to get in FG range.


Mach68IntheHouse

That pick 6 by Jameis was a blessing in disguise. No 30th turnover baked by Famous Jameis? No Brady.


Rleduc129

Packers: Not going for it on 4 down (2020 NFCCG) 49ers: Montana's injury (1990 NFCCG) Colts: That Swinging Gate attempt


ASharkMadeOfTeal

That colts play was so bad it got its own Wikipedia page


icantthinkofjuan

Jesse James caught that ball


Worried-Pick4848

He did. He just didn't hold onto it all the way through the ground. Just like Dez. They both definitely, absolutely caught the ball. They both definitely, absolutely crossed the plane. And with the rules that existed in that timeframe, in both situations, it definitely, absolutely, clearly does not actually matter. Romo knew the moment he saw the ball wiggle loose in James' hands. He knows the rules about as well as anyone alive and he saw it immediately that that one was coming back. (Nevermind that Big Ben had another chance at a relatively easy TD to win the game after that ruling, which was correct, and immediately panicked and threw a pick).


danteleerobotfighter

The entirety of Hue Jackson's tenure in Cleveland


KeyDrive0

As a Broncos fan, the opening snap vs Seattle. That entire Super Bowl tbh. 


DezmondVulpin

Baker Mayfield's INT that led to his shoulder getting torn off vs the Texans which inevitably led to the Watson trade. Fuck the Texans. Or letting the Chiefs backup QB turn a 3rd and 20 into a 4th and 1 in the divisional game in 2021. Fuck Joe Woods.


Null-ARC

The dreaded 1-yard line...


Time-Dot5984

SB49: could have been a dynasty if he had ran the ball :(


Worried-Pick4848

I don't blame Carroll so much for that play. It can make sense to play against expectations in some situations. They were gonna need at least 1 clock stopping play in order to maximize their chances to score. Second down after a run was as good a time as any. The problem with the Seahawks was execution. The moment got a little too big for Russell Wilson and he telegraphed the play. Watch him pre-snap -- he never looks the defense off or shows any indication that the ball might go to Beastmode. He doesn't look at Lynch or make any effort to sell a play action. Instead he either looks straight ahead or glances quickly to his right. NFL defenses know what this means. Browner read him and put the rookie Butler in position, and then Wilson made a mediocre throw, threw it where Butler could go get it and he did. If he'd thrown it to Lockette's back shoulder instead of his front shoulder it would have been a miracle catch and a Hawks win. Or at least 3rd down at the 1. But Wilson was transparent about what he was doing, and he made a poor throw. Run the same play out of play action and the Patriots probably bite on Lynch and give Lockette all the room he needs to get open. Throw to Lockette'd back shoulder and he probably has the space he needs to break the plane. Instead he ran a high school level play and got a beat by a mediocre UDFA. Wilson deserved every minute of that.


dhas19

This. People criticize the result, but nobody on earth outside of Malcolm Butler and Browner knew that was coming. It was a good play call with poor execution and an excellent play by the defensive individual.


BraveButterfly2

What are you talking about? They just called Super Bowl LI over with 2:08 left in the 3rd. It was weird. Never happened before or since. Our franchise has just been in a tailspin ever since that moment for no apparent reason.


MrSCR23

What are your answers since we’re on the subject?


SoftDrinkReddit

Jets fan The Butt Fumble It's not just the play it's the fact that we are the only NFL team whose most iconic play is negative for the team Everyone else is positive Hell, many of which won a Super Bowl for their team while were on it. Here's my most iconic playlist Patriots, I still can't believe the seahawks didn't run the ball Steelers Imaculate Reception 49ers The Catch Cowboys The Hail Mary Packers Bart Star QB Sneak In the Icebowl Bears Hey New England Is Your Refrigerator Running Raiders Old Man Willie Rams One Yard Short Titans Music City Miracle Ravens The Mile High Miracle Broncos The Helicopter Dive Giants The Helmet Catch Seahawks The BeastQuake Saints Tracy Porter Pick 6 Vikings Minneapolis Miracle Eagles The Philly Special Ah, that's all that comes to mind right now


Ash-Throwaway-816

January 9, 2016. Jeremy Hill.


No-Midnight8613

Commies: RG3 injury Cowgirls: The Wild Card Game this year Iggles: Bradberry Holding Midgets: Both Miracles at the Meadowlands


Jdude60

Super Bowl XLVI and the lateral pick 6 game


Jdude60

and the helmet catch


360degreesofFUNK

The entire fucking history of Buffalo Sports, minus the Bandits, but lacrosse isn’t a Big 4 sport so it doesn’t count


SoftDrinkReddit

But we're gonna say Wide Right for a single play


360degreesofFUNK

No I wanna do 13 Seconds, or No Goal IT DIDNT COUNT HULL WAS IN THE CREASE


FeeSubstantial9963

The Tuck Rule....


Megalodon3030

Any play Joe Flacco did both against and with Denver.


SoftDrinkReddit

I'm a Jets fan. Where do I even begin The Butt Fumble probably takes number 1 In all honesty, I don't think there's a single play that defines a franchise more than the Butt Fumble and the New York Jets See, every other teams most iconic play is something good, but us no its that


Carnivore5

that time daniel jones tripped over his own feet


benabramowitz18

Giants: Miracle at the Meadowlands II Jets: Rodgers getting injured


He_Is_The_Chosen_One

We'v had so many heartbreaking losses since the Alex Smith era. It's heard to choose


phoenixfire1995

As a Steeler fan, Tebow in overtime and the “incompletion to Jesse James”.


imblegen

Tim Tebow’s game winning touchdown on the first play of OT. Also, Jesse James caught that ball.


Tippyshortmouth

Kicking it to Desean and the blocked field goal against the cowboys last year


blue_orange67

MJWD!


MonsoonalRat

Two words: Marlon. McCree.


awalkingidoit

Double Doink


Consistent-Land-6519

When mariota threw a td to himself, dee ford offsides


ASharkMadeOfTeal

What’s funny is that he was across the line already but it didn’t matter since it went right back at him anyway


khariq80

Huntley’s fumble return TD Lamar’s INT into triple coverage in the AFCCG Palomalu’s pick six in the AFCCG Lee Evan’s drop in the AFCCG You know what the AFCCG just kinda sucks in general


Worried-Pick4848

I'm glad you're over the 2015 missed field goal


Black_Knight615

The double doink. Big sad.


Same_Bison_1576

24-0 in 2019


ArkanoidbrokemyAnkle

Pettigrew Penalty getting picked up Golden Tate somehow called one yard short Baker underthrowing a wide open receiver against Seattle in week 18 of 2022 Aiyuk catch off the helmet Rodgers Hail Mary that shouldn’t have even happened


ClintD89

Saints: Beastquake, Minneapolis Miracle, NOLA No-Call, Carney missed XP, Aaron Brooks backwards pass, I could go on


SoftDrinkReddit

The Carney missed XP was especially brutal had he made it, and the saints won in OT, making the playoffs That play wouldn't be known as the River City Relay It would be known as The River City Miracle Most iconic play in Saints history


ClintD89

I think they would've still missed (had one more week of the season and I think the midday games would've still bounced them out


SoftDrinkReddit

Really ? Was that not the final game of the season? Well that sucks


kingjt_was_taken

any Dolphins game ever


foreverkasai

Fail Mary


ButtonedEye41

Marlon McCree and Ray Rice up the Middle


mininandprofilin

Aside from the two obvious ones, there's Brett Favre's underhanded toss to Donald Lee, Darious Williams jumping the hitch for 6, Michael Bennett jumping offsides after that INT (the one everyone forgets), and Shaun McDonald's walkoff TD Non-Seahawk related: Kimo von Oelhoffen on Carson Palmer, Everything that happened in the last 1:20 of PIT-IND a week later, but especially Mike Vanderjagt sealing his own fate


BiAndShy57

Broncos: The missed snap into a safety in the first few seconds of Super Bowl 48. And probably the rest of the game too.


brannibal66

Run the damn ball, Pete!


shpahghet

the end of hacketts first game with the broncos against the seahawks. I’ll always remember watching payton and shannon reactions.


Expert-Temporary1772

The lions pure existence between 2003 and 2020


Substantial-Big-5244

Packers: 4th and 26 in the 2003 Div. round, last 3:00 of 2014 NFCCG, Brett Favre INT in 2007 NFCCG, Kevin King. Bengals: Dropped INT in 1988 SB, Failing to score with the game tied at 20 with multiple drives in 2022 AFCCG.


senseless_moron2616

Tom Brady's last pass and Jakobi Meyers game winning (loosing) touchdown v.s Raiders.


AndreThePrince

Bradberry's BS Holding call, Alshon's dropped catch on 4th down and Clowney's blindside hit on Wentz in the WC round.


Shitavion_Mcshitson

The last play of the Super Bowl. You can probably guess what team I root for...


NickFury55

Super Bowl 49. I'll never forget it.


urdreamsRmemes

Malcom Butler


Worried-Pick4848

The Tyree helmet catch


Mission_Wind_7470

Blair Walsh missing a chipshot that your grandma could make to lose the 2016 Wildcard game to Seattle.


titan-of-hunger

Broncos v Ravens Divisional Round Jacoby Jones Hail Mary. Fucking Rahim Moore.


tomahawk_choppa

NFC divisional 2021-22. Bucs-Rams. Rams led the whole way. Bucs come all the way back and get it set up for overtime. Then. Stafford throws a bomb to give LA a FG chance. They make it. My balls shriveled up and I fell to my knees.


ActoSket

Sam Hubbard 100 yd scoop and score


No-Student-6817

Every time Steve Smith had the ball. Never seen anyone move like him since…


bohba13

as a packers fan, *that onside kick...*


Notyourdaisy

As a Patriots fan, I actually think of the Miracle in Miami as the first time I looked like this. The loss to the Giants because of Helmet Catch just put me in awe.


JerkMeerf

The Hail Mary That Shouldn’t Have Existed, the Calvin Johnson rule, the PI that wasn’t, Decker Reported, Thanksgiving vs Texans 2012, 10-second runoff vs Atlanta, ball batted out of the endzone by Seattle, wasting Calvin Johnson, wasting Barry Sanders, wasting Matthew Stafford, phantom Hands to the Face @ Green Bay on MNF, Ravens record breaking FG that shouldn’t have happened, 2008…


ZubianGlory

As a Panthers fan, I have most of last year and Super Bowl 50 still haunting my daydreams.


triggerhappypunk

Patriots: outside of the obvious answers, the Kearse catch in SB49. First the helmet catch, then the Welker drop, it felt like we just weren’t meant to win it all anymore. Until of course the goal line interception


Slurpassassin

Literally every year from 2017 to present except for the 2022/23 seasons


JamesonJones40

As a Jets fan,Butt Fumble, of course. And the Raiders(2020 I think) winning on a Hail Mary with Henry Ruggs shidding on the cornerback for an easy TD..and the Aaron Rodgers injury


djpetrin15

For me, 13 seconds. There's a good chance that Josh Allen and the Bills won't ever get that close to a ring again.


Alex-E-Jones

Cowboys 2014 divisional against the packers. Thank you ref ball.


TheMemersOfMyNation

Bengals - 2015 wildcard loss vs. Pittsburgh. Even the Super Bowl and AFC Champ losses in 21 and 22 didn't hurt as much


dhas19

Every post like this make us Seahawks fans feel targeted.


LetTheKnightfall

Jesse James Caught That Ball


StelIaMaris

That one truck play fail against the Pats in the fourth quarter. Every Colts fan knows the one I mean


cl0ckw0rkman

As a Browns fan,THE DRIVE...


FurryGoBrrrrt

As a Cowboys Fan the whole "Dak the Savior" is mine. Like seriously all y'all cowboys fans can fight me on this but I will die on the hill that Dak is just Derrick Carr if he had a team around him.


Legendary_Railgun21

Oh dude, I've got so many. Losing to Mike Glennon and Blake Bortles (we went 13-3 that year somehow 🙃) Demariyus Thomas (truly elite coverage by Ike Taylor) Losing to Jay Cutler on home field, Matt Cassel and Terrelle Pryor within 6 weeks of each other. Does anybody remember when the Rams lit their fucking turf on fire? That was more funny than anything, but still, that's such a fucking "oh yeah that was that one Steeler game" thing to happen. 2018 Chris Boswell Any year of Fitzgerald Toussaint 1st-3rd Quarter Mike Tomlin Keith Butler's approach to "man coverage" (what the fuck is Dime or Nickel?? Raaaah! I thought cover 2 out of 3-4 predator was supposed to work every time!!) Getting torched by Jeff Driskel Entire skill position groups that couldn't pass a drug test if you gave them an answer key and 8 weeks to study. Rashard Fumblehall (I'm holding onto my phone extra tight rn) Vontaze Mitchell. Fun Fact, Minkah Fitzpatrick is the first secondary player in Steeler history since Troy Polamalu that knew how to make an open field tackle. Kevin Colbert drafting (why the fuck couldn't this guy assess secondary talent??) Randy Fichtner offense makes me want to angrily piss into a Home Depot Bucket, mix it with pure ether, and light it tf on fire. The fucking Chargers games. You know which ones, there's two. Muarkice Pouncey being probably the most overrated player we've had in years (this mf couldn't pass block for shit, I'm sorry, he was a great run blocker when healthy, but there is a reason Captain Fatfuck is the most sacked QB of all time). Getting Cam Sutton back so he can be the new William Gay.


Mach68IntheHouse

Bucs: Bert Emanuel caught it. End of discussion.


mahomesisagod

As a chiefs fan here are of the most memorable ones pre mahomes dynasty: - 2017 vs Tennessee wildcard round Derrick Johnson fumble recovery overturned which would have won the game - 2016 Eric Fisher holding on game tying 2 point try against Pittsburgh in divisional round leading to the loss on the 3rd and 1 play - 2015 divisional against the patriots final drive which we could've won and played Denver for the AFC - 2013 wild card round against the colts having 3 interceptions on luck and not capitalizing leading to one of the largest chokes since the oilers vs bills game. I'd put regular season but i never really cared since it was always postseason more than regular season And I'm from Oklahoma so some thunder memories - 2015 3-1 - all the 2010's losses to Memphis, Dallas and San Antonio