NFL Films Guru Calls Manning to Tyree the Greatest Play in Super Bowl History

Shutdown Corner found this 2/8/2008 on sports.aol.com [flag]

So just how great was Manning to Tyree , the play that changed Super Bowl XLII? So great that NFL Films boss Steve Sabol, a man with a great sense of the history and tradition of professional football, says the combination of Giants quarterback Eli Manning 's escape and receiver David Tyree 's catch makes it the greatest play in Super Bowl history. Sabol writes : I've been to every Super ... [link]

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Deep Posts: The Redskins like to take their time with things
Published 2/8/2008 at Shutdown Corner
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