People always forget that the Patriots interception wasn't the end of the game. Instead of just going down in the endzone he tried to run it out and got tackled on the one yard line. So the Seahawks still had a chance to get a safety and then get the ball back. But Michael Bennett jumped offsides, And the penalty brought the ball out to the 5-yard line, THAT was when the game truly ended.
#6 was a space-time continuum moment. If the Oilers had been able to hold that lead, they roll through the playoffs and get to the Super Bowl against the Cowboys. Win or lose, Bud Adams has political capital to get a new stadium in Houston and the Oilers stay. Instead, that loss was so devastating it put the fan's passion for the team on life support. Next year's loss to KC just created apathy and Houston was in no mood to give Bud Adams a stadium. Rest is history.
As devastating as "The Choke" was for the Oilers, maybe the '93 loss to the Chiefs was more devastating. That team had won 11 straight, had earned a bye into the DR, playing a KC team they shut out early in the season (without Montana, tbf), while going through all sorts of turmoil (Buddy Ryan, Baby-gate, the stadium conundrum, Jeff Alm's suicide et.c.). And then, in front of a record crowd, they lose in gut punching fashion to KC & it was the moment football died in Houston. Bud Adams blew up the team, they went 2-14 the next year & left for Tennessee 2 years after that.
The Oilers choke against the Bills should be number 1. It changed NFL history. As a fan, I can tell you it along with next year's loss to KC destroyed our fanbase. Apathy set in and the city of Houston pretty much told Bud Adams to hit the road when it rejected a referendum to build a new stadium. Had the lead held up, the Houston Oilers would still exist.
Superbowl 43 was such a heart breaking story to me.
I saw it live back when I was a kid. Me and my cousin were huge Steelers fans back in the day (my cousin still is one to this day). When we found out that the Cardinals were going to the Superbowl, we both got on madden, picked the steelers and intentionally tried to sack Warner as many times as we could to the point where he got injured. We celebrated it. I always thought Kurt Warner was a d-bag back then. So when we watched the Superbowl that year, we were glued to our seats. When James Harrison converted that interception to a TD, we were jumping with joy. Then Warner tossed it to Fitzgerald and scored, we were panicking because we thought it was over by then. It wasn't until the last drive where Santioni Holmes made that clutch TD and gave Steelers that win. That win made our entire week.
Later down the line, I was watching some NFL documentaries, and I came across the story of Kurt Warner and his journey of taking the Rams to the Superbowl. That story touched me because of what Warner had to go through in order to make it to the top. The guy went from bagging groceries to earning rings. Not only did he lead the offense with the Greatest Show on Turf, but he carried a franchise that was tanking. He was the literal comeback kid. So when I realized that he helped the Cardinals of all teams make it to the SuperBowl, I regret not cheering for him sooner. He should have won that game. He should have cemented himself as one of the GOATS for helping 2 franchises go from rags to riches. But unfortunately, he didn't win. Not a lot of people do talk about him at all, which is very unfortunate. But after watching that performance of him and Fitzgerald smashing through the Steelers defense, I was impressed. I'm honestly glad they made a film about him though, he deserves one.
If you were alive & a Cowboy fan 81 NFC championship. To this day I still remember where we sitting & screaming when Montana hit Clark. Heartbreaking. Super Bowl 13 is my runner up.
Top 10 Devastating Losses
Isaac Green
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Today's list is the ten most devastating losses in NFL history. This episode origianlly aired in 2015.