As a Ravens fan, I still find it hilarious how a checkdown on 4th & 29 ended up being one of the biggest/most important plays in franchise history

@Mr.Amazing1694

Жыл бұрын

Definitely is! I was watching it in real time I couldn't believe we did that crap then seeing us convert will forever last in my head forever along with the mile high miracle. Definitely top ten greatest moments in our history

@micaharies

Жыл бұрын

such a ravens ass way to do that too

@davidhutchinson5233

Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing that on TV back when it happened. The people I was watching it with, we were all blown away.

@davidhutchinson5233

Жыл бұрын

@@micaharies Winning is winning.

@anoob09

Жыл бұрын

Greg Roman would probaly do this but it wouldn’t work

Me in Madden:

@b0d1e

Жыл бұрын

4th and 32nd even though it’s 1st quarter 😂

@SupremeAdmiralTC-Shark

Жыл бұрын

@@b0d1e And on your own 2

@ColeridgeBernardStroudIV

Жыл бұрын

Your opponent in madden 💀💀💀

@Dinerobeatz29

Жыл бұрын

@@b0d1e never punt the entire game 🤣😤

@jovany.h_1998

Жыл бұрын

And your receiver drops it 😢

5:56 Such enthusiasm in that play-by-play there. I think somebody just wanted to go home at that point.

Chargers defense had arguably the worst blown coverage in the secondary while trying to deny Ray Rice from converting on 4th & 29!

@Phinal_Flash

Жыл бұрын

Seriously. I think Cam Cameron would have been fired way earlier if that didn't work out.

@kevinspencer3242

Жыл бұрын

On a check down

@samuelcolarocco9429

Жыл бұрын

Really an elevating play that just beat up on a defense!

@Fireyninjadog

Жыл бұрын

​@@kevinspencer3242 for the chargers, it's a choke down

Fun fact about the first one: Jeff Janis also caught the subsequent Hail Mary. Because of a 5 yard illegal formation penalty in between plays, Janis had 101 receiving yards on a single drive. You know, on a 100 yard field.

@fortynights1513

10 ай бұрын

Very impressive

@tiatrips

8 ай бұрын

That's a great trivia question, actually.

@FireMarshallStev

8 ай бұрын

Gotta be some kind of record

@karterguy06

7 ай бұрын

@@tiatripsFr

@packpackcheesehead8613

6 ай бұрын

annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd then lost in OT lol. But those 2 hail marys were soooo exciting!

3:19 My dad and I were at this game! Ended up being a wild final drive with that conversion, and also a circus Chris Hogan catch down at the goal line. Sammy Watkins caught the game winner in the dying seconds!

@rickytavilla4259

Жыл бұрын

Very cool. I loved Hogan

@allisonkrueger8330

Жыл бұрын

As a Vikings fan it’s weird seeing them in purple as visitors 😂

Eagles 4th and 26 vs the packers will always be my favorite.

That game punt by Washington was insane he got so much distance in that throw and it was a beautiful spiral

Watching football: Great play Playing Madden: So unrealistic

I need to know what #45 on the Jets was doing at 5:08 🤣🤣🤣

@briangruenewald7536

Жыл бұрын

Guess he forgot which team he was on 😂

@isaiahjones3427

Жыл бұрын

The crazy thing is that it actually saved the runner from getting tackled short I believe.

@AntonioBrownsNeurosurgeon

Жыл бұрын

he probably saw open field in his direction, and no holes in the side the runner was going to, so he tried to reverse his direction. plus, his momentum prevented him from really stopping, and on 4th down, theres no difference between him tackling his own teammate and him staying out of the way and letting him get tackled in the direction the runner was going.

A few of these conversions were insane

8:53 Only one foot down

@jasongates6894

Жыл бұрын

That was before the rules were changed. Back then, if you were forced out of bounds by the defender it was considered a completion. You can even see the ref motioning that he was forced out of bounds.

Gus Frerotte throwing a 65-yard bullet flat-footed is unreal 10:25

The play at 8:27 led to the Vikings not winning a division title, giving it to the Packers. This led to the play at 10:00 two weeks later, when the Eagles converted a 4th and 26, setting up a game tying field goal at the end of regulation, winning it in OT.

@thouck

Жыл бұрын

His left foot never touched the ground and it was incomplete. Sadly, this is just a precursor to what we're living in now with the abhorrent state of officiating in this league -- even with instant replay. Oh, well.

@mattd9881

Жыл бұрын

@@thouck I think that was before the rule change. If you had one foot down & then were pushed out of bounds it still counted as a catch.

@kaseywahl

Жыл бұрын

And the play at 8:27 hurt extra bad for Vikings fans because the Vikings started the season 6-0. They're one of two teams in league history to start a season 6-0 and miss the playoffs.

@bobcarpenter3345

Жыл бұрын

​@@thouck 😅

@fries5849

Жыл бұрын

@@thouck the old rule was that if you had 1 foot in and got pushed out like the receiver did then it counted as a catch

Great idea for a video. Thanks for uploading. With the offseason looming, I'll be depending on your work to once again get me through the drought :)

Nah if my team gave up a first down on 4th and 29 just on a checkdown and they went on to lose the game, I'd have to take a week off from watching them.

@saintbrownthetrojan

Жыл бұрын

That’s why the Chargers are in Los Angeles… only to suck again.

@zzzaphod8507

Жыл бұрын

Only a week?

@r0cky_2010

3 ай бұрын

idk how does the defense allow a 4th and 29 converted for a first down 😡🤬

@blkdragonfly89

2 ай бұрын

Agreed hahaha. - Bills fan

As a kid, when McNabb converted 4th and forever against green bay, it broke my heart. Little did I know that was only the beginning lol

@travismiller4320

Жыл бұрын

If only Sherman had went for TD on 4th down near halftime. I remember thinking I agree with that choice to go for 3…but afterwards I was thinking, dang, maybe Green could have got that 6.

@allisonkrueger8330

Жыл бұрын

As a Vikings fan looooooooool, also your QB wants to leave because his team sucks😂😂

@sixohtwo12

Жыл бұрын

@@allisonkrueger8330 you should of left Vikings out of your comment lol I can't even make fun of you, your team is just sad at this point, since they came in the league.

@travismiller4320

Жыл бұрын

@@sixohtwo12 as I recall Packers should not have even been in the playoffs that year, but kzread.info/dash/bejne/hK1qrdyzfLaem5M.html

@npvuvuzela

Жыл бұрын

You're a Packers fan... how can you be complaining? lmao

For a historically bad franchise, the Cardinals have truly been a part of some amazing games

@scandelez

11 ай бұрын

Larry fitz is the man

@5yearsout

10 ай бұрын

@@scandelez He will always be my favorite Cardinal player. The fact that he has more tackles than drops is an amazing stat.

@JDP2104

10 ай бұрын

We've had our moments no doubt. Superbowl 43 is arguably the best Superbowl ever

@fortynights1513

10 ай бұрын

@@JDP2104The 43rd Super Bowl was excellent. The 2015 Cardinals were a very good team (probably the best in the history of that team by the numbers), and there’s also the two championships in 1925 and 1947. And shoutout to the mid 70’s teams for having one of the best offensive lines ever (seven sacks allowed for a season in the mid 70’s is impressive). Not a good team at all historically, but the Cardinals definitely have had their moments.

@slickrick4112

10 ай бұрын

​@@JDP2104one of my all time favorite SBs

It’s plays like these that really just show the beauty of football

Justin Herbert is the king of fourth down conversions

@metalpharaoh3025

Жыл бұрын

He should go for it all the time maybe he’d actually win a playoff game

@Raiderhays37

Жыл бұрын

Except when he's not. 😂

@MyTagYourIt

Жыл бұрын

Lmao Raider fan ^

@The_Kid5253

10 ай бұрын

That’s My Quarterback ⚡️⚡️⚡️

@fortynights1513

10 ай бұрын

Herbert has definitely developed a knack for that. Having watched the whole thing though, I was surprised to see that the unsuccessful Bills quarterback Rob Johnson threw the pass that converted the longest fourth down converted in the past 30 years or so. 4th and 34 is a long conversion.

That Ray Rice Play Was One Of The Greatest Ever

That's the first time I've ever heard the Cardinals broadcast on the Nate Poole catch. It's always been Paul Allen's anguished screaming that I've heard.

@jbdixon4020

Жыл бұрын

and it’s weird to consider the losing-team’s announcer’s call “legendary” , but it really is

@thenumberquelve158

Жыл бұрын

Same here. As much as I adore Paul's call, it is nice that the winning side's commentators got acknowledged for once. The excitement sounded genuine, too. I'm sure they might've been worried that they screwed up the tank and what-not, but that 2004 class was beyond deep, and they got Larry Fitzgerald, so they're happy.

@jdb2002

Жыл бұрын

That catch was the highlight of Nate Poole's entire career, as he otherwise had an unremarkable 4 year stint in the NFL before retiring.

@fortynights1513

10 ай бұрын

@@jdb2002He only caught one other touchdown in an NFL game

@jdb2002

10 ай бұрын

@@fortynights1513 As I said, unremarkable.

As a Black and Gold fan, I am amazed that we did not allow more boneheaded 4th down and long conversions. I was expecting to see like 12 clips of the Saints blowing 4th down and long and hilariously failing to tackle. Especially when Sean and Drew were on the team…

Being a Packer fan, I'll never forget "4th & 26".

Ravens don’t make the playoffs without that 4th and 29 which means they wouldn’t have won that seasons Super Bowl. Crazy how stuff like that happens

@donalddonald348

Жыл бұрын

Yes they would have, this is a myth. Had they lost this game with all else the same going into week 17 they would have been in a matchup for the division with cincy. They rested their starters for this game because they had already clinched, but with a loss to the chargers they’d have played to win and probably beat cincy.

@Easelgames

Жыл бұрын

@@donalddonald348 not exactly a miss bc they coulda still lost to CIN. SO while a loss to SD here doesn't doom them it does mean it's not the same matchups

Hey Diddle Diddle, Ray Rice in the Middle - That was a black eye for the Chargers Defense.

1:12 I remember that Mike Sellers touchdown as a kid. So cool!

Thank you for posting the video

I remember that Bucs/49ers play from my youth. I watched the Bucs lose every week and they pulled that off against the 49ers, and otherwise scored points on offense. They just couldn’t stop Jerry Rice. It was a wild game.

0:53 "What the f*ck" 🤣

Hey diddle diddle Ray Rice up the middle!

2:51 Shoutouts to these commentators putting energy into their call despite the game clearly being totally meaningless.

Very nice compilation thank you

this was excellent thanks

I Love This Incredible Video 📸 NFL Throwback 🏈🏉 Keep Up The Good Work 👍.

4:25 The Colts D was so bad, it actually hurt to watch

5:05 Bro got jumped by his own man 💀

12:45 in today’s game, the block by Bolden would’ve nullified this play 😒

Was at the Chiefs vs Browns game (2nd to last clip ) and was screaming “make a tackle “ as the rest of the crowd got restless . Browns avg 9 yards a PLAY that first half . One of the crazier games i been to

Awsome video keep up the awsome work

I was at that game when Rice picked up the fourth-and-29 for the Ravens against my team. Brutal. It still hurts.

That throw by Josh McCown was awesome

0:54 Me when the Falcons lost the Super Bowl after being up 28-3 at halftime lol.

9:05 looks like he was push out of bounds before the second foot touch end zone

@evanaltman1653

6 ай бұрын

thats exactly what i thought

@GaryAdame777

5 ай бұрын

At the time, the NFL had a rule known as the "Force Out Rule". This rule applied here, therefore it was ruled by the ref a catch.

@InMyAffliction

4 ай бұрын

As @@GaryAdame777 said until 2008 if the defender pushed you out it was considered a catch. One of my favorite rule changes

The longest 4th down conversion I ever saw live was in a high school football playoff game. One team trailing by less than a TD with time running out and facing a 4th-&-26. They either convert or lose the game. Their QB heaves a pass into a crowd about 30 yards downfield. The pass deflects off a player high into the air to a wide-open receiver. The receiver catches the ball and runs it another 50 yards or so for the go-ahead TD. The other team is so stunned by the play they can't muster an answer in the 30 or so seconds they have left and end up on the losing end of a game they thought they had won.

It was a 3rd down but I remember the chargers had a 3rd and 33 against the broncos and rivers threw a 50 yard bomb to Vincent Jackson. That play was dope

Just came here to say "hey diddle diddle Ray Rice up the middle!"

Ray Rice getting an extra 2 pity yards, that knee is down at the 35 lol.

It's amazing that so many of these QBs were lesser known or rated. Glad to see Flaco and Mayfield well represented.

All these 4th and 20s were executed at a very high level

I will never forget 4th and 26 at the Linc! I was 13 with my family at the game, playoffs ending in a W for the birds! One of my favorite memories! It was a shame Carolina had to ruin it the next week in the NFC Championship SMH

@1990Thunderbolt

Жыл бұрын

the patriots took care of those cats in the super bowl 38 😉

@jordancoccia6590

Жыл бұрын

@@1990Thunderbolt ahah yessir they absolutely did!!

@1990Thunderbolt

Жыл бұрын

@@jordancoccia6590 👍

@kingofcrows8829

10 ай бұрын

Philly's qb wouldn't have shied away from a fumble even though he's the size of a tight end

@mariosnum1fan

9 ай бұрын

Philly should’ve made it to 4 straight super bowls in 2001-2004. They were favored in 2002 and 2003 nfc champ games, and could’ve made it in 2001 over the slightly favored rams

Vikings 4th and 18 deserves to be here more than any others

Now days Targeting would have been called. 10:15

7:00 that is 100% a fumble 8:55 he isn't even relatively close to being in bounds lol

@freddieflores8881

Жыл бұрын

Do you know the rule back then and why it was a completion?

@davidkaplan5517

8 ай бұрын

I think at the time they would’ve ruled he was pushed out. I’m not sure what year it was but that must have been the ruling.

@timlett99

8 ай бұрын

@@davidkaplan5517 Thats wild lmao he didn't even get a foot down in the endzone

@davidkaplan5517

8 ай бұрын

@@timlett99 the rules before 2008 didn’t require him to. ”If a wide receiver would land inbounds with both feet but was pushed out by a defender before that happened, the pass would be ruled complete.” I’m pretty happy they changed the rule because the last thing we need is more subjectivity surrounding what would’ve happened or where somebody would’ve landed had they not been pushed out, etc. The downside now is that defenders have more ability to interrupt that process without negative consequences.

3:59 - The audio was lifted from another game. The 1990 NFC Championship, Giants vs. 49'ers.

Don criqui commentated the miracle at the Meadowlands, red right 88, marathon at the lake, the jaguars and saints first games, and the longest 4th down conversion

Would love to see a “Longest 4th downs ever converted!”

7:11- If you ever need to prove an old Giants fan that you're a real Giants fan too... then just tell him that your favorite wife receiver growing up was _Ike Hilliard_ haha That'll _DEFINITELY_ get him!

When defense coach screaming at you. “1 yard!!”

It's the middle of July but I'm ready for some football...

Dan Campbell would be proud.

Never understand why people add music to sports highlights. You're here to watch the play not hear how talented someone is at picking a song.

7:40 dudes last name was Slaughter

Imagine being so bad at defence, you give up a first down on 4th and 34.

Hey diddle diddle! Ray rice up the middle!

Best one ever was when Lovie Smith made the call for Houston to beat the Colts on multiple 4th downs in a row, with the last one being the nail in the coffin

@RandyMoss84GOAT

10 ай бұрын

That play cost me over $500 on a parlay

@MrFrmartin

10 ай бұрын

@@RandyMoss84GOAT I feel your pain. I have lost much on miracle plays as well.

4th and 26 against the eagles will haunt me my entire life and I was 10 when it happened

insane amount of 4th and 20s

Nice to see my team on the positive side of the highlight reel while wearing the orange & white 😂

I remember Freddie Mitchell like yesterday!

4th and 26 Fred X - with helmet to helmet that was legendary!

40 seconds in & my cardinals getting worked 😂

Exciting!!!

Ray Rice delivering those vicious blows

I had not thought about Tandon Doss in like a decade. Crazy.

I know it isn't 4th and 20+ but a play I would've loved to see on this list was the 4th and 13 Josh Allen conversion for a TD at the 2 min warning in the 4th qtr against the Chiefs in the Divisional last year. It was such an amazing play to

0:55 he said "wtf dude" lmao

Damn this is crazy

Fitz Magic has the best 4th down conversion of all time

that second angle where you can see aaron throwing on the run was sick

Bravo

I was at that colts game this year

Interesting edit, thanks Didn't see any of the Steelers offense. When's the last time they converted 4th and 20+?

Genuinely thought this would be 14 minutes entirely of Flacco.

8:27. He got 1 foot in. Nfl took out the force out rule shortly after. Vikings lost division. Missed playoffs on a rule that don’t even exist today.

@engaginglifesmoments7657

5 ай бұрын

Crazy right?!

4 and 26 McNabb to first down Freddy Mitchell, it just never gets old.

Awsome video

Love you Richie Kotite

13:00 jc that has to be biggest blown coverage ever 😂

I grew up in San Diego. I was still pretty young, and had only been interested in football for a few years, but honestly after that 4th & 29 play, I should have known just from that. Never have hope for the Chargers. (I finally ragequit them in 2016 when they became the only team to lose to the Browns in two years.) [It's amazing the Chargers are on the GOOD side of this list MORE THAN ONCE. I've never even HEARD of the quarterback at 0:38!]

@interstate1335

Жыл бұрын

If I owned the chargers, I would move them back to San Diego.

4th and 26 against the packers in playoffs is the worst the most painful for a real packer fan is amazing the packers let go this one the defensive coordinator was a shame

You’d think there would be a lot more 4th and 20 plays throughout NFL History. Crazy. Edit: ok this is only 1991-Current that makes sense I was gonna say there’ has be more than just this when you take into account how many NFL games have been played since the league began

@fortynights1513

10 ай бұрын

Pro football reference’s play index for NFL play by play only goes back to 1994. I remember coming across a message board post that mentioned a 4th and at least 40 in the early 70’s.

@toddinthemiddle

8 ай бұрын

There was one in the Dallas vs AZ game in 2010 that wasn't included here. Thankfully 😡

Love the Chargers. The best chokers in the AFC. Ray Rice girl put up a better fight than the Chargers.

As a Dallas fan these I'm not surprised at

That throw by Bobby Hoying is one of those plays that made him a option for NFL Films top 10 QB teases list for Philly fans.

@thenumberquelve158

Жыл бұрын

And I enjoy that video primarily for Damon Amendolara's line about him. "He had one good game *against the BENGALS??!?!??* " (Apparently he had a good game against another permanently crappy team I guess.)

@Gungho73

Жыл бұрын

@@thenumberquelve158 He was a guy who was inconsistent, but he had some good throws. In those days a 60% percentage passer wasn't the average necessarily and at his at 56% or so, you had to really dive into the film to see if it was just unlucky/inaccuracies or just plain inconsistency. Think a guy like Cam Newton for instance in our era. Pretty overall fine passer, but he had certain throws he just couldn't figure out. And occasionally, just missed the over the middle easy throw, hence why they went towards taller players for a time at TE/WR. But he did establish growth as a passer, especially in his deeper dropbacks in his NFL MVP season, trusting his protection. But with Hoying, he didn't grow with that offense. Those inconsistent throws remained, and once teams got film on him, the defenses bunkered down on routes to force him into those throws. Which hurt his confidence. The Eagles at that time also had a terrible offensive line. 64 sacks as a team (Hoying averaged 4 sacks a game his first real year, if we include all 7 appearances). 56 sacks the next year given up, 35 on hoying in 8 games 7 starts. That's a similar average. Dude got beaten up mentally and physically. Once you get that low as a young passer, all bets are off...

@fortynights1513

10 ай бұрын

I remember that show. Was unceremoniously ended in 2019. The QB Teases episode is one of the better episodes of the later seasons of it.

@Gungho73

10 ай бұрын

@@fortynights1513 I think the deathkneel was turning from the analysts, writers for papers/leagues and radio heads at the time and focusing on weird obscure comedians to fill for time. I know that is a significant complaint amidst the community that rewatches those. Me personally, some of those people were so...off it felt like the show people behind the scenes must've known them and was trying to get them work/publicity. Which isn't the point of the program and for me, having a section where the Beast Mode earthquake moment leads into a "joke" that refers to a dudes homosexual-focused sexual act just...cringe. That's one example but its an example for those who haven't seen the show of maybe why its unfortunately gone. Honestly the older shows cringiest episode is the ageless wonders. That episode is not great and its a shame since the topic is so cool and the selections are neat.

@fortynights1513

10 ай бұрын

@@Gungho73I remember those comics in the later years. One or two jokes were ok (and should out to Costaki Economopolus for talking about football when he was on despite being a comic), but they did that too often, and a lot of the jokes felt out of place. In my opinion most of the best episodes had aired by 2013-14. Most of the lists they made after that were reasonably logical to argue (at least at the time they aired), but weren’t presented in a very engaging manner. My favorite episode of the series hands down would have to be One Shot Wonders from 2007 because you could have made any of the top handful number one and I wouldn’t argue with it, and I like the note they ended it on. The program had ran its course in general don’t get me wrong, but I still think it sucks that after 11 years or so worth of content, the last episode doesn’t acknowledge that it’s the last episode. A few lists I would have been intrigued to hear their thoughts about that they never made an episode on: 1. Top 10 Coaches of all time 2. Top 10 Offensive Lines 3. Top 10 Defensive Lines 4. Top 10 Combine Performances 5. Top 10 One and Done Teams If I was making the last season, I would have made episodes on those topics, and one last final episode that would be a round table look and re-evaluation of all the lists and all the episodes. But that’s just me.

Rice was a yard short of the first down.

So many times the same teams were involved lol

8:27 it is so funny that I watched this in Arizona (I don’t live there) and I was like, “Yes! Yes yes yes!!!!!” I love the Cardinals (even if they are rivals to my Rams)

5:57 Announcer sounded shocked and disappointed at the same time

That Packers/Arizona game was such a sad game to lose as a Packers fan. Completed that wild 4th and 20 and then ended regulation with a successful Hail Mary only to lose in OT