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Best Coached Game Ever? (1 Viewer)

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Recently, I was looking into this with a few of my friends. Coming up with one game was pretty tough, but we thought it was Super Bowl XXXVI when the Pats shut down the "greatest show on turf". They were 14 point underdogs, and Belicheck figured out a way to stop Marshall. Once Marshall was contained, Kurt was contained, and Brady went off. Anyone have any other games in mind?

 
SB XXV - The Giants held the ball for more than 40 of the 60 minutes in that game, including all but a little over seven minutes of the second half. It was the only way to shut down a high-powered Bills offense that had scored 95 points in the two playoff games leading up to the Super Bowl. The Giants also committed zero penalties and zero turnovers.

 
Recently, I was looking into this with a few of my friends. Coming up with one game was pretty tough, but we thought it was Super Bowl XXXVI when the Pats shut down the "greatest show on turf". They were 14 point underdogs, and Belicheck figured out a way to stop Marshall. Once Marshall was contained, Kurt was contained, and Brady went off. Anyone have any other games in mind?
Belicheck found out if you hold the running back coming out of the backfield you can contain him. That wasn't the best coaching game ever...it was the worse refereeing game ever. Also Tom Brady was 16 for 27 for 145 yards with one touchdown as where Warner was 28 for 44 for 365 yards and a touchdown. I wouldn't say Warner was contained and I wouldn't say Brady "went off". So to be so anal on this topic but as a RAMS FAN this game touches a sore spot for me.
 
SB XXV - The Giants held the ball for more than 40 of the 60 minutes in that game, including all but a little over seven minutes of the second half. It was the only way to shut down a high-powered Bills offense that had scored 95 points in the two playoff games leading up to the Super Bowl. The Giants also committed zero penalties and zero turnovers.
Good candidate in recent times at least. As a Giants fan, that was about as gravy a super bowl as you can get. We werent going to get beat. We were going to get blown out. The Bills were a Monster that you. They couldnt be stopped. Great defense and an unstoppable offense. Couldnt lose.Parcells at his finest. From Hosstetler (though I wish they went back to Simms the next year) to the game plan, to the ability to get his players to play smart, under control and disciplined and finding a way to contain an uncontainable team.Buffalo might have had 2-3 Super Bowl wins if they handnt blown what was clearly their best shot at the first.
 
Hate to say it, but Jimmy Johnson, Thanksgiving Day, 1991. Washington was dominant, undefeated (11-0), a championship team that would later blow out every comer in the playoffs. The skins lost in week 17 resting starters. Their only real loss that season was because Jimmy Johnson had a day for the ages. We would probably have two undefeated NFL champions if not for that game, and the 91-92 Redskins would be widely regarded as the best team in league history. Dallas was 6-5 and trying to believe in their coach who kept telling them how good they were. Dallas won the game 24-21. The Redskins were obviously superior, but that day the difference was Jimmy Johnson schooling Joe Gibbs over and over again to keep Dallas in the game. Dallas didn't lose again that regular season finishing with 5 straight wins. They lost to Detroit in the playoffs, badly. But the future was bright and they won 3 of the next 4 Super Bowls. I still believe, that one game where Jimmy Johnson did everything right and took the needed risks (and had some luck for being willing to gamble), was responsible for the mini dynasty in Dallas. Without that win that team continues struggling to believe in the fast talking coach. With it, history was made.

 
Belichek against the 2003 Bills. This was the game where he used the "11 men standing" defense to shut down the potentially record-breaking pass offense of the Bills

 
SB XXV - The Giants held the ball for more than 40 of the 60 minutes in that game, including all but a little over seven minutes of the second half. It was the only way to shut down a high-powered Bills offense that had scored 95 points in the two playoff games leading up to the Super Bowl. The Giants also committed zero penalties and zero turnovers.
No doubt this was the best coached team of all time...The Giants had two entirely different schemes back to back weeks and came out with 2 down lineman only against the Bills and then tried to hurt them when they caught the ball. If the Giants played the Bills 10 times The Bills would have won at least 8 of them, but they played and coached an excellent game.
 
SB XXV - The Giants held the ball for more than 40 of the 60 minutes in that game, including all but a little over seven minutes of the second half. It was the only way to shut down a high-powered Bills offense that had scored 95 points in the two playoff games leading up to the Super Bowl. The Giants also committed zero penalties and zero turnovers.
No doubt this was the best coached team of all time...The Giants had two entirely different schemes back to back weeks and came out with 2 down lineman only against the Bills and then tried to hurt them when they caught the ball. If the Giants played the Bills 10 times The Bills would have won at least 8 of them, but they played and coached an excellent game.
:rolleyes: TOP was a direct result of third down efficiency:Bills 1/8Giants 9/16Parcells rules!I wonder how many SB's the Bills would have won if they beat the Giants? Seemed like everytime they reached the SB after that, they were waiting for the other shoe to drop....and it always did.
 
SB XXV - The Giants held the ball for more than 40 of the 60 minutes in that game, including all but a little over seven minutes of the second half. It was the only way to shut down a high-powered Bills offense that had scored 95 points in the two playoff games leading up to the Super Bowl. The Giants also committed zero penalties and zero turnovers.
No doubt this was the best coached team of all time...The Giants had two entirely different schemes back to back weeks and came out with 2 down lineman only against the Bills and then tried to hurt them when they caught the ball. If the Giants played the Bills 10 times The Bills would have won at least 8 of them, but they played and coached an excellent game.
:eek: TOP was a direct result of third down efficiency:Bills 1/8Giants 9/16Parcells rules!I wonder how many SB's the Bills would have won if they beat the Giants? Seemed like everytime they reached the SB after that, they were waiting for the other shoe to drop....and it always did.
this is the correct answer. The best coached game in the best Super Bowl ever. Giants won with backup QB Jeff Hosstetler and 33 yr old RB Ottis Anderson against an amazingly potent Bills team. :no:
 
SB XXV - The Giants held the ball for more than 40 of the 60 minutes in that game, including all but a little over seven minutes of the second half. It was the only way to shut down a high-powered Bills offense that had scored 95 points in the two playoff games leading up to the Super Bowl. The Giants also committed zero penalties and zero turnovers.
No doubt this was the best coached team of all time...The Giants had two entirely different schemes back to back weeks and came out with 2 down lineman only against the Bills and then tried to hurt them when they caught the ball. If the Giants played the Bills 10 times The Bills would have won at least 8 of them, but they played and coached an excellent game.
:thumbup: TOP was a direct result of third down efficiency:Bills 1/8Giants 9/16Parcells rules!I wonder how many SB's the Bills would have won if they beat the Giants? Seemed like everytime they reached the SB after that, they were waiting for the other shoe to drop....and it always did.
At the time I thought it was Parcell's but right now I would have to say it was mostly Belichik. Parcell's hasn't done much without Belichik and BB has done pretty well without BP...I'm just sayin'
 
Hate to say it, but Jimmy Johnson, Thanksgiving Day, 1991. Washington was dominant, undefeated (11-0), a championship team that would later blow out every comer in the playoffs. The skins lost in week 17 resting starters. Their only real loss that season was because Jimmy Johnson had a day for the ages. We would probably have two undefeated NFL champions if not for that game, and the 91-92 Redskins would be widely regarded as the best team in league history. Dallas was 6-5 and trying to believe in their coach who kept telling them how good they were. Dallas won the game 24-21. The Redskins were obviously superior, but that day the difference was Jimmy Johnson schooling Joe Gibbs over and over again to keep Dallas in the game. Dallas didn't lose again that regular season finishing with 5 straight wins. They lost to Detroit in the playoffs, badly. But the future was bright and they won 3 of the next 4 Super Bowls. I still believe, that one game where Jimmy Johnson did everything right and took the needed risks (and had some luck for being willing to gamble), was responsible for the mini dynasty in Dallas. Without that win that team continues struggling to believe in the fast talking coach. With it, history was made.
very good analysis imo. Nice to hear a Cowboys fan admit how good that Skins team was. They did indeed get a little lucky(onside kick, hail mary), but I will agree that it was very well coached.
 
SB XXV - The Giants held the ball for more than 40 of the 60 minutes in that game, including all but a little over seven minutes of the second half. It was the only way to shut down a high-powered Bills offense that had scored 95 points in the two playoff games leading up to the Super Bowl. The Giants also committed zero penalties and zero turnovers.
No doubt this was the best coached team of all time...The Giants had two entirely different schemes back to back weeks and came out with 2 down lineman only against the Bills and then tried to hurt them when they caught the ball. If the Giants played the Bills 10 times The Bills would have won at least 8 of them, but they played and coached an excellent game.
:porked: TOP was a direct result of third down efficiency:Bills 1/8Giants 9/16Parcells rules!I wonder how many SB's the Bills would have won if they beat the Giants? Seemed like everytime they reached the SB after that, they were waiting for the other shoe to drop....and it always did.
At the time I thought it was Parcell's but right now I would have to say it was mostly Belichik. Parcell's hasn't done much without Belichik and BB has done pretty well without BP...I'm just sayin'
Bellicheck has a losing career record without Tom Brady.
 
Best coached by one coach or best coached by both coaches?

The Dolphins versus the Chargers in the playoffs was an insane game because both coaches (Shula and Coryell) were play-calling maestros. Edit to add - 1981 playoffs.

The Dolphins had a decent defense (#5 point scoring D), but were facing the #1 offense in the league. With Don Strock at QB for the 'phins. The 'phins overcame a 24-0 deficit and the game was an offensive play calling MASTERPIECE on both sides.

 
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Jimmy Johnson versus the 49ers '93? The 49ers had replaced sections of the turf and JJ plan certain plays utilizing the new turf. They went on to win the game and te Super Bowl.

 
Despyzer said:
SB XXV - The Giants held the ball for more than 40 of the 60 minutes in that game, including all but a little over seven minutes of the second half. It was the only way to shut down a high-powered Bills offense that had scored 95 points in the two playoff games leading up to the Super Bowl. The Giants also committed zero penalties and zero turnovers.
That's the first game I thought of too! Belichick devised a defense that played with only 2 defensive lineman the whole game.He had 2 options.1) He could blitz Kelly and and hope to get to him before he beat the blitz or ...2) He could play coverage and hope that Kelly wouldn't pick them apart with the extra time.By playing 2 lineman he could still play coverage while sending a LB or Safety about %50 percent of the time. It gave him the best of both worlds.
 
Gruden's coaching against the Raiders deserves notice. He had the Bucs knowing EXACTLY what the Raiders, specifically Gannon, were doing.

 
The three best I have ever seen...and BB is part of them all:

*Bills/Giants-Enough has already been said.

*Pats/Rams-BB coaches against Martz's ego...and the Rams and Warner are never the same again.

*Pats/Colts-Playing without both starting CBs and without Richard Seymour the Pats hold the Colts offensive machine to three points. This was an absolute clinic...and it came a year after the rule changes that Polian clamored for which made it that much sweeter.

A few other ones:

*The clinic San Fran put on in the Super Bowl against Denver.

*Penn State's win over Vinny's UMiami juggernaut.

 
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It is what it is said:
Tony Dungy, Monte Kiffin, Lovie Smith and crew did an outstanding job against the Rams offense in the '99 NFC Championship game...The Rams offense averaged 33 points per game in the regular season and 36 points per game in the playoffs. Except against Tampa Bay when the Bucs defense held them to just 11 points, in an 11-6 loss in the NFC Championship. The Bucs probably had one of the worst receiving corps in NFL history on that club...a little more offense from Tampa and it would have been a different outcome.
Even as a Rams fan I was thinking about this one as well as Fischer in the '99 Super Bowl against us. That Tampa game made me sweat. Kudos to all those coaches for Tampa and Tenn, they made us work for that championship.Thank God for Ricky Proehl.
 
Despyzer said:
SB XXV - The Giants held the ball for more than 40 of the 60 minutes in that game, including all but a little over seven minutes of the second half. It was the only way to shut down a high-powered Bills offense that had scored 95 points in the two playoff games leading up to the Super Bowl. The Giants also committed zero penalties and zero turnovers.
One of my faves too BB's plan was to let Thurman get 100 yards. Go figure.There was a Giants vs San Fran playoff game where I felt BP was great.
 
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Despyzer said:
SB XXV - The Giants held the ball for more than 40 of the 60 minutes in that game, including all but a little over seven minutes of the second half. It was the only way to shut down a high-powered Bills offense that had scored 95 points in the two playoff games leading up to the Super Bowl. The Giants also committed zero penalties and zero turnovers.
No doubt this was the best coached team of all time...The Giants had two entirely different schemes back to back weeks and came out with 2 down lineman only against the Bills and then tried to hurt them when they caught the ball. If the Giants played the Bills 10 times The Bills would have won at least 8 of them, but they played and coached an excellent game.
:nerd: TOP was a direct result of third down efficiency:Bills 1/8Giants 9/16Parcells rules!I wonder how many SB's the Bills would have won if they beat the Giants? Seemed like everytime they reached the SB after that, they were waiting for the other shoe to drop....and it always did.
At the time I thought it was Parcell's but right now I would have to say it was mostly Belichik. Parcell's hasn't done much without Belichik and BB has done pretty well without BP...I'm just sayin'
Bellicheck has a losing career record without Tom Brady.
And...??? you are talking about being a head cioach where he spent a few years in Cleveland with terrible personnel and didn't do to well. His winning record is supported by Brady, but the QB is less than 15% of the teams success.
 
I think Bill Walsh figuring out a way to stop the Marino/Duper/Clayton arial machine was genius.

Also I thought Cowher in his 1st Superbowl appearance was remarkable against Cowboys. Steelers were bigtime underdogs against a Cowboys team stacked with HOF'ers. Cowher shut down Emmitt Smith and Irvin like no other team all year. Cowher also called a beautifully timed onside kick in the 2nd half to regain momentum. Its ashame O'donnell spotted 14 points and the Steelers ended up losing by 10 points. Otherwise more folks would be talking about how great the Steelers gameplan was that day....then again any coach from the AFC could have outsmarted Barry Switzer. :confused:

 
Chaos Commish said:
Hate to say it, but Jimmy Johnson, Thanksgiving Day, 1991. Washington was dominant, undefeated (11-0), a championship team that would later blow out every comer in the playoffs. The skins lost in week 17 resting starters. Their only real loss that season was because Jimmy Johnson had a day for the ages. We would probably have two undefeated NFL champions if not for that game, and the 91-92 Redskins would be widely regarded as the best team in league history. Dallas was 6-5 and trying to believe in their coach who kept telling them how good they were. Dallas won the game 24-21. The Redskins were obviously superior, but that day the difference was Jimmy Johnson schooling Joe Gibbs over and over again to keep Dallas in the game. Dallas didn't lose again that regular season finishing with 5 straight wins. They lost to Detroit in the playoffs, badly. But the future was bright and they won 3 of the next 4 Super Bowls. I still believe, that one game where Jimmy Johnson did everything right and took the needed risks (and had some luck for being willing to gamble), was responsible for the mini dynasty in Dallas. Without that win that team continues struggling to believe in the fast talking coach. With it, history was made.
:bowtie: That was the only meaningful game that the Redskins lost that year, and Johnson was still teaching his team how to be champions. I as a Redskins fan was relieved when Detroit beat Dallas, because I wasn't looking forward to facing them again in the playoffs - I knew they'd destroy the Lions, but I was not so confident about the Cowboys.
 
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Despyzer said:
SB XXV - The Giants held the ball for more than 40 of the 60 minutes in that game, including all but a little over seven minutes of the second half. It was the only way to shut down a high-powered Bills offense that had scored 95 points in the two playoff games leading up to the Super Bowl. The Giants also committed zero penalties and zero turnovers.
No doubt this was the best coached team of all time...The Giants had two entirely different schemes back to back weeks and came out with 2 down lineman only against the Bills and then tried to hurt them when they caught the ball. If the Giants played the Bills 10 times The Bills would have won at least 8 of them, but they played and coached an excellent game.
I can't remember which year it was (I think it was the conference championship that year) but Parcells' Giants also beat a very good 49'ers team in a low scoring game, something like 16-13. In other words, the game was played on Parcells' terms and not the 49'ers terms.
 
Despyzer said:
SB XXV - The Giants held the ball for more than 40 of the 60 minutes in that game, including all but a little over seven minutes of the second half. It was the only way to shut down a high-powered Bills offense that had scored 95 points in the two playoff games leading up to the Super Bowl. The Giants also committed zero penalties and zero turnovers.
:bowtie: :D :loco: :goodposting: :goodposting:
 
Super Bowl II. The Packers dynasty was old and only went 9-4-1 in 1967. Their top running backs were the immortal trio of Donny Anderson, Ben Wilson, and Jim Grabowski, and Bart Starr had one of his worst seasons ever. Meanwhile the Raiders went 13-1 and came into the Super Bowl with an 11 game winning streak and 12 Pro Bowlers. Didn't matter. The Packers methodically dominated Oakland 33-14 as Vince Lombardi proved he was the greatest coach of all time.

 
I wouldn't put this at the top, but in Super Bowl XXII, the Redskins were against the Broncos and by the end of the 1st quarter were down 10-0 and getting totally dominated. No team to date had come back from a 10-point deficit in the Super Bowl.

They made adjustments and had a record breaking, 35-point second quarter and coasted to a 42-10 victory.

Gibbs during that time was so known for his in-game adjustments that his players never panicked, even though they had an unknown Timmy Smith at RB.

 
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Despyzer said:
SB XXV - The Giants held the ball for more than 40 of the 60 minutes in that game, including all but a little over seven minutes of the second half. It was the only way to shut down a high-powered Bills offense that had scored 95 points in the two playoff games leading up to the Super Bowl. The Giants also committed zero penalties and zero turnovers.
No doubt this was the best coached team of all time...The Giants had two entirely different schemes back to back weeks and came out with 2 down lineman only against the Bills and then tried to hurt them when they caught the ball. If the Giants played the Bills 10 times The Bills would have won at least 8 of them, but they played and coached an excellent game.
I can't remember which year it was (I think it was the conference championship that year) but Parcells' Giants also beat a very good 49'ers team in a low scoring game, something like 16-13. In other words, the game was played on Parcells' terms and not the 49'ers terms.
Ironically, you may be referring to the NFC Championship game a week before the Bills game. SF was a near lock to play Buffalo, and the Giants stunned the football world and went to the Show. Only to pull of an even more amazing victory.As a Bills fan that was a dark day. Several have asked how many SBs do the Bills win if they win that game. I was at the 3/4 cowpoke games. Buffalo was taking it to Dallas in the 4th contest - dominating - but only put up a 7 point 1st half lead. Moved the ball at will to start the 2nd half, when TT gives up the big fumble. I saw first hand the heart of the Bills evaporate into the Georgia Dome. It was just a tie game at that point, but it was over. No amount of my/our screaming was going to change the fact that the team truly felt cursed, and powerless to change it.And it all started with the Parcels/Belichik 25th. The Giants didn't deserve to be on the same field as Buffalo - shoulda been San Fran. And it was not as if Buffalo couldn't score either; they scored more then a point per minute of TOP. But NY conspired to keep Buffalo's unstoppable offense off the field in the most amazing display of ball control I have ever seen. And when Buffalo did have the ball, their chief priority was to punish anyone catching a pass. Andre Reed was no sissy going over the middle, but they had one of the best YAC WRs of all time looking over his shoulder. If they had just kept running the Thurmonator..... :nerd:
 
Assani Fisher said:
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Despyzer said:
SB XXV - The Giants held the ball for more than 40 of the 60 minutes in that game, including all but a little over seven minutes of the second half. It was the only way to shut down a high-powered Bills offense that had scored 95 points in the two playoff games leading up to the Super Bowl. The Giants also committed zero penalties and zero turnovers.
No doubt this was the best coached team of all time...The Giants had two entirely different schemes back to back weeks and came out with 2 down lineman only against the Bills and then tried to hurt them when they caught the ball. If the Giants played the Bills 10 times The Bills would have won at least 8 of them, but they played and coached an excellent game.
:mellow: TOP was a direct result of third down efficiency:Bills 1/8Giants 9/16Parcells rules!I wonder how many SB's the Bills would have won if they beat the Giants? Seemed like everytime they reached the SB after that, they were waiting for the other shoe to drop....and it always did.
At the time I thought it was Parcell's but right now I would have to say it was mostly Belichik. Parcell's hasn't done much without Belichik and BB has done pretty well without BP...I'm just sayin'
Bellicheck has a losing career record without Tom Brady.
And...??? you are talking about being a head cioach where he spent a few years in Cleveland with terrible personnel and didn't do to well. His winning record is supported by Brady, but the QB is less than 15% of the teams success.
You can be a fan all you want, but we all know how much of a coach's success is measured by his coordinators and the players he has playing for him. Parcells was a genius with the Giants and had a great team and great coordinators working for him. You really want to go thru the HOF list of players on the defense from those sb teams and then tell me about the superiority of Belichek over Parcells?
 
I wouldn't put this at the top, but in Super Bowl XXII, the Redskins were against the Broncos and by the end of the 1st quarter were down 10-0 and getting totally dominated. No team to date had come back from a 10-point deficit in the Super Bowl. They made adjustments and had a record breaking, 35-point second quarter and coasted to a 42-10 victory. Gibbs during that time was so known for his in-game adjustments that his players never panicked, even though they had an unknown Timmy Smith at RB.
I knew a guy who played with the Redskins that year. He told me they laughed at the Broncos watching game film in preperation for the SB, and they knew they'd kill them because they had such a huge advantage at the LOS. Not the kind of thing I expected to hear, sounded like something a HS kid would say. Even more shocking to me was he said they had something like six running plays for that game. That's it. Timmy Smith set the SB record on a pretty light playbook. BTW, the SB ring was freaking huge.
 
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