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Post by lordarvidthexiii on Mar 9, 2019 23:07:44 GMT
I have to agree this is the greatest interception.
#1 Malcolm Butler's Goal Line Pick in Super Bowl XLIX | NFL Films | Top 10 Interceptions
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Post by tristramshandy on Mar 9, 2019 23:11:37 GMT
James Harrison's in the Super Bowl vs the Cardinals.
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Post by No_Socks_Here on Mar 10, 2019 1:27:44 GMT
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Post by DC-Fan on Mar 10, 2019 15:46:24 GMT
James Harrison's in the Super Bowl vs the Cardinals. I agree. This is the #1 defensive play in Super Bowl history. Not only getting the INT when the opposing offense is about to go in for a score, but managing to stay inbounds along the sidelines while returning the INT 100 yards for a TD. A swing of 14 points in a game decided by 4 points.
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Post by lordarvidthexiii on Mar 10, 2019 19:56:25 GMT
James Harrison's in the Super Bowl vs the Cardinals. I agree. This is the #1 defensive play in Super Bowl history. Not only getting the INT when the opposing offense is about to go in for a score, but managing to stay inbounds along the sidelines while returning the INT 100 yards for a TD. A swing of 14 points in a game decided by 4 points. Except neither of those teams were defending champions with the #1 defense. Butler was a nobody on a team that specialized in offense.
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Post by DC-Fan on Mar 10, 2019 21:30:20 GMT
I agree. This is the #1 defensive play in Super Bowl history. Not only getting the INT when the opposing offense is about to go in for a score, but managing to stay inbounds along the sidelines while returning the INT 100 yards for a TD. A swing of 14 points in a game decided by 4 points. Except neither of those teams were defending champions with the #1 defense. Butler was a nobody on a team that specialized in offense. Irrelevant. We're talking about the greatest defensive play in Super Bowl history and that's definitely James Harrison's INT return for 100 yards for a TD with no time left on the game clock. A swing of 14 points in a game decided by 4 points.
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Post by lordarvidthexiii on Mar 10, 2019 21:39:47 GMT
Except neither of those teams were defending champions with the #1 defense. Butler was a nobody on a team that specialized in offense. Irrelevant. We're talking about the greatest defensive play in Super Bowl history and that's definitely James Harrison's INT return for 100 yards for a TD with no time left on the game clock. A swing of 14 points in a game decided by 4 points. The thread is about the greatest interception. Also, defeating the defending champion in the last 30 seconds is a truly rare feat.
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Post by DC-Fan on Mar 10, 2019 21:50:56 GMT
Irrelevant. We're talking about the greatest defensive play in Super Bowl history and that's definitely James Harrison's INT return for 100 yards for a TD with no time left on the game clock. A swing of 14 points in a game decided by 4 points. The thread is about the greatest interception. And that would still be James Harrison's INT. An INT when the opposing team was going in for a TD and returned 100 yards the other way for a TD. A swing of 14 points in a game decided by 4 points vs a INT that wasn't even returned for a score. It's no contest. James Harrison's INT was the greatest INT and greatest defensive play in Super Bowl history. defeating the defending champion in the last 30 seconds is a truly rare feat. Not really. The Steelers did it against the Cowboys and the Broncos did it against the Packers. Of course, you Patriots fans are too young to remember those Super Bowls. But what is rare is returning an INT 100 yards for a TD with no time left on the game clock. Heck, that rarely happens in a regular season game, let alone a Super Bowl.
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Post by lordarvidthexiii on Mar 10, 2019 21:59:15 GMT
The thread is about the greatest interception. And that would still be James Harrison's INT. An INT when the opposing team was going in for a TD and returned 100 yards the other way for a TD. A swing of 14 points in a game decided by 4 points vs a INT that wasn't even returned for a score. It's no contest. James Harrison's INT was the greatest INT and greatest defensive play in Super Bowl history. defeating the defending champion in the last 30 seconds is a truly rare feat. Not really. The Steelers did it against the Cowboys and the Broncos did it against the Packers. Of course, you Patriots fans are too young to remember those Super Bowls. But what is rare is returning an INT 100 yards for a TD with no time left on the game clock. Heck, that rarely happens in a regular season game, let alone a Super Bowl. "And that would still be James Harrison's INT. An INT when the opposing team was going in for a TD and returned 100 yards the other way for a TD. A swing of 14 points in a game decided by 4 points vs a INT that wasn't even returned for a score. It's no contest. James Harrison's INT was the greatest INT and greatest defensive play in Super Bowl history." NFL disagrees. Seahawks were defending champ about to become a dynasty when a rookie crushed all their dreams. Furthermore, it highlighted the greatness of Pats preparation.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Mar 11, 2019 0:13:59 GMT
Those other plays were also great, but the Butler pick literally decided the Super Bowl.
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Post by tristramshandy on Mar 11, 2019 1:08:25 GMT
Irrelevant. We're talking about the greatest defensive play in Super Bowl history and that's definitely James Harrison's INT return for 100 yards for a TD with no time left on the game clock. A swing of 14 points in a game decided by 4 points. The thread is about the greatest interception. Also, defeating the defending champion in the last 30 seconds is a truly rare feat. As rare as a 100 yard pick six to end a half and change the score by at least 10 points.
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Post by lordarvidthexiii on Mar 11, 2019 4:17:12 GMT
The thread is about the greatest interception. Also, defeating the defending champion in the last 30 seconds is a truly rare feat. As rare as a 100 yard pick six to end a half and change the score by at least 10 points. Doubtful, only 6 times have a team lost when defending their title in the SB
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Post by DC-Fan on Mar 11, 2019 5:15:17 GMT
As rare as a 100 yard pick six to end a half and change the score by at least 10 points. Doubtful, only 6 times have a team lost when defending their title in the SB And only 1 time has an INT been returned for 100 yards for a TD with no time left on the game clock in the Super Bowl. So Butler's INT isn't rare, but Harrison's INT is rare and unique.
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Post by lordarvidthexiii on Mar 11, 2019 5:31:11 GMT
Doubtful, only 6 times have a team lost when defending their title in the SB And only 1 time has an INT been returned for 100 yards for a TD with no time left on the game clock in the Super Bowl. So Butler's INT isn't rare, but Harrison's INT is rare and unique. Butler is still unique because he was a fifthstringer beating one of the best quarterbacks of that year.
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Post by sdm3 on Mar 11, 2019 7:01:29 GMT
As rare as a 100 yard pick six to end a half and change the score by at least 10 points. Doubtful, only 6 times have a team lost when defending their title in the SB By my count, only 13 times have a team had the opportunity to defend their title in the SB. You're saying 6/13 teams lost? That's almost half, that's not rare.
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Post by DC-Fan on Mar 11, 2019 7:16:47 GMT
Doubtful, only 6 times have a team lost when defending their title in the SB By my count, only 13 times have a team had the opportunity to defend their title in the SB. You're saying 6/13 teams lost? That's almost half, that's not rare. just got owned! By the way, how many times has there been an INT in the Super Bowl? And how many of those INTs were returned 100 yards for a TD? Now that's rare.
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Post by lordarvidthexiii on Mar 12, 2019 6:18:47 GMT
Doubtful, only 6 times have a team lost when defending their title in the SB By my count, only 13 times have a team had the opportunity to defend their title in the SB. You're saying 6/13 teams lost? That's almost half, that's not rare. It was 4 teams had lost before the Seahawks-Pats game. So yeah, it was rare when Butler made the greatest interception in SB history.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Mar 12, 2019 12:00:38 GMT
All this arguing about which is more rare is just posturing by all involved parties. The difference to me is Harrison's play happened in the first half, and Arizona came back to take the lead in the second half. It was a great play in a back and forth game but it didn't decide anything. The Butler pick decided the game. Take off the fan glasses and you'll recognize this as fact.
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Post by sdm3 on Mar 12, 2019 12:03:15 GMT
All this arguing about which is more rare is just posturing by all involved parties. The difference to me is Harrison's play happened in the first half, and Arizona came back to take the lead in the second half. It was a great play in a back and forth game but it didn't decide anything. The Butler pick decided the game. Take off the fan glasses and you'll recognize this as fact. Yes, but they shouldn't have even been playing in the Super Bowl in the first place, since they cheated by deflating balls in the previous round. So all rarities by the Patriots don't count. (Except being the only 18-0 team to lose in the Super Bowl)
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Post by masterofallgoons on Mar 12, 2019 12:08:57 GMT
All this arguing about which is more rare is just posturing by all involved parties. The difference to me is Harrison's play happened in the first half, and Arizona came back to take the lead in the second half. It was a great play in a back and forth game but it didn't decide anything. The Butler pick decided the game. Take off the fan glasses and you'll recognize this as fact. That's true, but is that the criteria? The more impressive play (even though to me it's more about missed tackles by the offense) is the Harrison play. I also could point a handful of Troy Polamalu interceptions that are much more impressive, objectively, but how much does the game situation factor in? Is it the overwhelming factor? If that counts more than anything else then the Butler is the one. If it's objectively the play itself then it's not. |
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