NFL Best Non-Super Bowl Playoff Games of All-Time

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Couldn't find another thread like this...

Quite simply what were the best?

The ones that come to mind for me are:

- Baltimore @ Denver, Divisional 2013:
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2013011200/2012/POST19/ravens@broncos?icampaign=GC_schedule_rr#tab=recap&menu=gameinfo|contentId:0ap2000000125523

- Patriots @ Colts, Conference Championship 2006:


- Green Bay @ Arizona, Wild Card 2010:
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/20100...gameinfo|contentId:09000d5d815a5f0c&tab=recap

- New Orleans @ San Francisco, Divisional 2012:


- NY Giants @ San Francisco, Wild Card 2003:




- Pittsburgh @ Denver, Wild Card 2012:

 

[Exe Gesis]

New Orleans @ Seattle 2010/11 Wild Card round. When Seattle was a feel-good story, a likable team.

Wouldn't say it's one of my favorite games, but an obvious one from recent years you forgot to include in the OP.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

sorry




- New Orleans @ Seattle, Wild Card 2011:

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Better GG?

 

[Exe Gesis]

Panthers vs Rams 2003 Divisional Round 29-23 (OT) - Steve Smith

Falcons vs Vikings 1998 Conference Game 30-27 (OT) - Anderson

Saints vs Vikings 2009 Conference Game 31-28 (OT) - Favre's blunder

Patriots vs Raiders 2001 Divisional Round 16-13 (OT) - Tuck Rule

Cardinals vs Packers 2009 Wild Card Round 51-45 (OT) - Karlos Dansby fumble return TD

Bills vs Oilers 1992 Wild Card Round 41-38 (OT) - Frank Reich greatest comeback ever

Titans vs Bills 2000 Wild Card Round 22-16 - Music City Miracle

Eagles vs Packers 2004 Divisional Round 20-17 - That 4th and 26 conversion

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Here's a list of them from Wikipedia....

Other games

• 1958 NFL Championship Game: Baltimore Colts at New York Giants ("The Greatest Game Ever Played")
• 1967 NFL Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers ("The Ice Bowl")
• 1974 AFC Divisional Playoff Game: Miami Dolphins at Oakland Raiders ("The Sea of Hands")
• 1977 AFC Divisional Playoff Game: Oakland Raiders at Baltimore Colts ("Ghost to the Post")
• 1980 NFC Divisional Playoff Game: Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons ("Duel in Dixie")
• 1981 AFC Divisional Playoff Game: San Diego Chargers at Miami Dolphins ("The Epic in Miami")
• 1981 NFC Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers ("The Catch")
• 1983 NFC Championship Game: San Francisco 49ers at Washington Redskins ("The Forgotten Classic")
• 1986 AFC Divisional Playoff Game: New York Jets at Cleveland Browns ("Marathon by the Lake")
• 1986 AFC Championship Game: Denver Broncos at Cleveland Browns ("The Drive")
• 1987 AFC Championship Game: Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos ("The Fumble")
• 1992 AFC Wild Card Playoff Game: Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills ("The Comeback")
• 1992 NFC Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers ("Changing of the Guard")
• 1993 NFC Wild Card Playoff Game: Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions ("Favre to Sharpe")
• 1995 AFC Championship Game: Indianapolis Colts at Pittsburgh Steelers ("60 Minutes")
• 1996 AFC Divisional Playoff Game: Jacksonville Jaguars at Denver Broncos ("Ambush at Mile High")
• 1998 NFC Wild Card Playoff Game: Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers ("The Catch II")
• 1998 NFC Championship Game: Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings ("Andersen and Anderson")
• 2001 AFC Divisional Playoff Game: Oakland Raiders at New England Patriots ("Tuck Rule")
• 2002 NFC Wild Card Playoff Game: New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers ("One Wild Finish")
• 2003 NFC Divisional Playoff Game: Green Bay Packers at Philadelphia Eagles ("4th & 26")
• 2005 AFC Divisional Playoff Game: Pittsburgh Steelers at Indianapolis Colts ("The Immaculate Redemption")
• 2006 AFC Championship Game: New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts ("Duel Between Rivals")
• 2007 NFC Championship Game: New York Giants at Green Bay Packers ("The Chilling Championship")
• 2010 NFC Wild Card Playoff Game: New Orleans Saints at Seattle Seahawks ("Building a Beast")

 

[royals1922]

Music city miracle for me

 

[Dirty Bird]

2006 - Patriots @ Colts
2011 - "Saints" @ Seahawks

 

[fuey]

* off Cards/Packers... Talk about home c(r)ooked officiating *in bs. Although that's the game when I knew we'd win another Superbowl with Rodgers under centee.

No love for hawks/Niners last season? I thought it had pretty much everything...

 

[Joshen]

**** off Cards/Packers... Talk about home c(r)ooked officiating ****in bs. Although that's the game when I knew we'd win another Superbowl with Rodgers under centee.

No love for hawks/Niners last season? I thought it had pretty much everything...

Bias but was a ripper game.

Pats/Ravens from 3?ish years ago - I don't remember much of the game but any one where game is sealed by a missed field goal is usually good value.

 

[Paul Kersey]

Seattle v 49ers last year was sensational.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Championship games are generally the best

 

[Oscarman]

Pats/Ravens from 3?ish years ago - I don't remember much of the game but any one where game is sealed by a missed field goal is usually good value.

Wasn't much more than a chip shot either - only 32 yards.

 

[BomberWatson]

Wasn't much more than a chip shot either - only 32 yards.

Billy Cundiff is the biggest mental midget (yes I know that's an oxymoron) of a kicker in NFL history.

 

[dart]

1981 NFC Championship Game - 49ers v Cowboys

 

[dart]

oh I see it's already been posted in GG's comprehensive list.

 

[LennyStarkiller]

Didn't mind the Colts comeback last year against the Chiefs

 

[BomberWatson]

Didn't mind the Colts comeback last year against the Chiefs

I was on here going off on Ryan Grigson early in the 3rd Quarter, already having accepted our fate. 90 minutes later, I was running around my house like a loony, having seen my team achieve the equal 2nd biggest comeback in NFL history (and biggest ever in regulation). 10 months later, and I'm STILL going off on Ryan Grigson!

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Oh yeah

Green Bay at Seattle, 2015 NFC Championship Game:

 

[WhyAlwaysMe]

 

[Broken]

This one is up there on my list. Maybe not a great spectacle, but the tension in this made it memorable for me.

 

[fuey]

Oh yeah

Green Bay at Seattle, 2014-15 NFC Championship Game:
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2015011800/2014/POST20/packers@seahawks?icampaign=GC_schedule_rr#menu=gameinfo|contentId:0ap3000000460343&tab=recap

Like most modern movies, had a s**t ending...

 

[Paul Kersey]

Like most modern movies, had a s**t ending...

Funny, take away the ending and the game doesn't make this list.

 

[fuey]

Funny, take away the ending and the game doesn't make this list.

Its a matter of perspective.

Packers-Cowboys was one of the best playoff games of recent years too, but the ending made a lot of people cry uncontrollably, while others were pretty happy.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Its a matter of perspective.

Packers-Cowboys was one of the best playoff games of recent years too, but the ending made a lot of people cry uncontrollably, while others were pretty happy.

Whatever way you look at it, Dez's catch being called a no-catch took a lot of excitement out of that game

 

[Paul Kersey]

Its a matter of perspective.

Packers-Cowboys was one of the best playoff games of recent years too, but the ending made a lot of people cry uncontrollably, while others were pretty happy.

That game was pretty good though. Packers v Seahawks was pretty meh until the Seahawks went crazy/Packers s**t themselves.