Year of the UNDERDOG: The 2008 NFL Season
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- Year of the UNDERDOG: The 2008 NFL Season. The Arizona Cardinals cinderella season fell short due to James Harrison, Ben Roethlisberger & Santonio Holmes. But Kurt Warner & Larry Fitzgerald put up an amazing effort in Super Bowl XLIII. What else happened during the 2008 NFL season?
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Plaxico Burress shot himself in a new York nightclub. Brett Favre retired & un-retired. Tom Brady tore his ACL. Jay Cutler & Philip River battled in the AFC West & had the Ed Hochuli game. Matt Ryan threw a touchdown on his very first pass as a rookie quarterback.
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I never blamed Orlovski for running out of the endzone. If Jared Allen was chasing after me, I'd run out of the endzone too.
Take a safety, or, take a massive full speed shot from Jared freakin Allen AND a safety. Yeah easy choice for everybody but masochists
Lol right!?
Somebody had to be a meme.
That's why you're not an NFL QB
@@MrRiccPac0299 it's also why his body is probably in better shape than an NFL QB.
As a cardinal fan I loved every second until the last 2 minutes..... so much pain I have never rewatched this game since 08
Yeah that's a tough one. You guys had them.
Haven’t watched the broncos vs ravens game either
It was a serious internal battle whether or not to even click on this one. The wound will never heal.
@@Bigmike55626 haha as a neutral that game was awesome. Hard not to root for ray and ed getting that ring too
@David Allsman yeah I was 9, definitely will never get over it
My dad passed in Sept. 2008. That Cardinals run was the only thing I could look forward to in the following months. Made the loss that much more heartbreaking, but I'm thankful for the run.
Kurt Warner willed this team into the playoffs. The cards were so bad... ranked the worst teams to go to super bowl in the last 25 years. That's a hall of fame quarterback for you.
They had a nice roster though
Damn they weren't that bad lol. Great receiving core, HoF quarterback, darnell dockety, and a safety duo of Adrian Wilson and Antrel Rolle. They just had a shit run game and couldn't pressure the opposing quarterback at all so their defense had to rely on getting turnovers to stop touchdowns lol.
Keep in mind Fitz played out of his mind that postseason too!
@@bigfat4172 a team with no pass rush objectively sucks defensively
@judehindi9859 they definitely sucked defensively but my point was just that they weren't a terrible team as a whole and played a lot of great games with great players
This was the 1st season that got me invested enough in the sport to turn me into a lifetime Dolphins fan… so many fond memories cheering for Larry Fitzgerald in the playoffs ☺️
James Harrison was actually recently on Big Ben's podcast Footbahlin with Roethlisberger and they talk about that play. Harrison said he was supposed to blitz on that play but decided not to before the snap and instead faked the rush and dropped into coverage. He said Kurt Warner was looking right at him but didn't see him because he knew Harrison was supposed to be blitzing. The rest of his breakdown of the play was also super good.
I wish I wasn't a Cardinals fan because that was one of the top 3 Super Bowls ever! If the ends of both halves didn't completely rip my heart out every time I watched, read, or talked about them, I would be so relive that game. But all these year's later, it still hurts.
@@EmilioMejia as a Steelers fan it’s the opposite, however the packers Steelers super bowl still gives me nightmares
@@codycarpenter1672 That doesn't make me feel better because I hate the Packers too.
@@codycarpenter1672
While I agree Superbowl 30 will always be the worst because Neil O'Donnell somehow thought Larry Brown was a Steeler wr for some reason that game
Let me just say this for everyone, we all enjoy these Balls Deep vids and we hope you carry on with them 😁😁
This needs way more likes
Truer words have never been spoken!❤️
Please keep it up Brandon!
I even love the little intro w/ the footballs, the beat, and the huh huh huh huh. It’s perfect
It's Pride Month all year 🎇🎆
that 2008 steeler defense was insane
Really? That's kinda sad to hear man. Just goes to show the mental effects these guys endure from playing the game.
They were psychopaths
@@hihunter7 W comment. W Dad joke. That is all
As a Steelers fan I went nuts when Holmes caught that pass. Greatest SB game Ive watched.
from one Steelers fan to another, here's to a good next season 🥂
Not a Steelers fan, but for my money that is the most clutch throw/catch in SB history. The placement was one in a hundred thousand, the catch was one in a million.
Worst game I’ve ever watched
@@wildcatjs1570 If you're a Cardinals fan I get it lol
@@TheTha411Talking real reckless but your team is ass
The 2021 Cincinnati Bengals remind me of the 2008 Arizona Cardinals. A team that got hot, went on a run and fell just short. That 2008 Cardinals team lit a fire under the franchise to strive for greatness and they had a lot of great seasons afterwards. They just had a lot of bad fortune where they just get cold towards the end of the season in the entry bug would hit them like in 2014 they could have won the Super Bowl. Even in 2021 they had the hottest start. It would be a dream to see the Bengals and Cardinals in the Super Bowl.
I totally agree ma bro 😞
Remember also that this was the year after the 2007 NCAA Football Division I FBS season, the one that featured ten #1's and #2's losing, with eight of their opponents unranked at the time of the upset. Two of the greatest upsets of all-time also happened: Stanford beating #2 USC in a game the Trojans were favored by 41 to win, and probably the greatest upset so far this century - the then-FCS Appalachian State beating #5 Michigan at Michigan Stadium.
Also Hawai'i reached Top 5 (if not also, #1?) somehow outta the WAC
Ohhhh man. Cardinals fan here.. normally I Brandon "Jump-Right-in" Perna, into these videos. But alas, I'll have to warm up to this one.
It was the 2nd cardinals game I ever watched (I was 10) 1st being the nfc championship vs the eagles. I'll never forget this. Watched it with my mom and she became a cardinals fan too ever since.
I'm really glad you made this! I feel like it was one of the best stories and also superbowls imo.
Plz do this for more seasons this is a type of video I can watch like 10 times
I 2nd this! Hear Hear!
I'm late but I honestly like this type of football that was played around this time than now. A heavy mix of run and pass, less soft penalties, and defense still mattered. It may be a bias since I'm a Steelers fan but I feel I can't be the only one.
10:33 The ravens and texans were originally going to have byes I think somewhere in weeks 6-9 in 2008, BUT a hurricane hit houston in week 2 postponing their game. So they both had a bye week 2 and their schedules along with the bengals schedules were rearranged to accommodate much like how many schedules changed for covid in 2020
I was about to comment this hurricane Ike hit houston that's why they had a bye in week 2 also!! The texans came back the next week against the dolphins and they won the game when Matt Schaub ran it in on 4th down !!! Memories
Being a Steelers fan this was one of the best seasons ever. Not just because the Steelers won it all in dramatic fashion. That was just such a fun season of the NFL. Honestly feels like the last of that era. Every after 2008 feels like a different NFL.
The late 2000’s and early 2010’s was the most fun games, felt like every week was always a banger
Brandon "Where in the world is Tim Tebow when you need him" Perna
For some reason I don't remember Ben's 08 season being that bad maybe because I was always in awr of his ability to escape the pocket which he had to do nearly every time he dropped back that year
It wasn't terrible Perna doesn't particularly like the Steelers
Nah Big Ben saved our asses so many times that season lmao stats aren’t everything.
That o line was terrible. It was so bad we even had a safety in the superbowl because of a foul from the o line
I saw the cardinals mollywhop the rams in Glendale that season. I'm a dolphins fan, but my cousin who I went with is a rams fan so it was fun to not have a dog in the fight and enjoy his misery and watch kurt warner have a field day.
I dig your historical works.
2008 season where the lions became the third team in history to have a Purrrrrfect season
As a yinzer, this Super Bowl was obviously insanely great, but that AFC Championship against the Ravens might just be the best game in that legendary series.
I cried that night. That Polamalu pick 6 left me depressed going to school Monday morning but that entire 5 year stretch between the Ravens-Steelers were must watch.
Made high school for me the best years of my life
@@MarloSoBalJr I HATED the Ravens back then, but when I look back it's nothing but deep respect. Nothing will ever top the peak of that rivalry.
I like hearing about old seasons, I have a horrible memory so it's nice. This was one of the first few seasons I really got into football, only had to wait a couple seasons to see my Packers win 😁
this was the first NFL season I watched. Thanks Peona for reminding of a time In which the cardinals actually brought me joy
As an eagles fan this whole season just pissed me off.
**nods** Go Birds
Same and this was the final chance they had to win it all with Dawkins, Westbrook and McNabb. It would have been a true underdog, Cinderella story had they beat the Cardinals and won Superbowl 43 against the Steelers. What if, right.
Only reason the Ravens had a Week 2 bye was because of Hurricane Ike; they were supposed to play the Texans but the game was postponed to November and both teams had their bye week moved up
As a Titans fan this was the one rare season that started out so incredible and ended so awful. It’s bitter sweet but I enjoyed the ride. Thank you for this. 🤘
I remember watching this Super Bowl as a kid and wondering why they couldn’t cover Holmes. Then he did that catch and I understood why.
My favorite part of that final throw to Santonio is that Ben had no reason to do it at all. He already had multiple defenders on him, and on the wide cam it looks like Mewelde Moore is wide open on the flat route for a walk in TD. Whether he was or not, it does seem like destiny was calling Santonio on that drive, and Ben sure knew how to put it right where only Santonio could have caught it, even if he had an easier throw.
But hey, as a Steeler fan, I'm not complaining.
Another fun fact is that Reggie Wells, #74, a guard for Arizona (and Pittsburgh native) was an assistant coach on my HS team for a year. Dude was so knowledgeable about the game and taught me more about being a lineman that year than all my other years combined. It's amazing how pros can grasp some of these crazy concepts and how smart they all are. Although simple relative to other HS teams, his knowledge made our playbook seem like it was the stuff 6 year olds ran. Always fun to watch him chugging down the field on that Harrison pick 6.
As a Cardinals fan… why am I a Cardinals fan? *sigh*
At least your not a Texans fan...screw you for taking all our good players
I wanted Warner and the Cardinals to win that year so bad. After being dumped by the Rams, Warner earned the opportunity to prove he still belonged. Shame his defense let him down.
Maybe don't throw a 104 yard pick six? His defense didn't let him down that was just that good of a drive by the Steelers
@@manwithamic2372 honestly wasn’t anyones fault. Everyone on the field that day played their asses off that’s why it was such an amazing super bowl
Hate the Steelers but man… that’s arguably the best throw and catch I’ve ever seen.
The only better throw is Eli to Manningham on the sideline during the Giants game winning drive against Patriots part 2. But im biased lol
That 2008 super bowl was bonkers in the 4th quarter. Rumor has it those Steelers defenders are still chasing Larry Fitzgerald's shadow to this very day.
Fitzgerald had one of the most impressive, insanely good playoff runs in history that year.
5:09 Greg Jennings really put the team on his back 🐐
>New TGS video drops while I'm bored at work
Sick!
>it's Perna reminding me about watching my Cardinals lose the superbowl huddled around a 26 inch tube TV in the middle of the night in afghanistan
Me, under my breath: "oh fuck off, perna.."
Great year, great video. As an Eagles fan, you kind of looked over how much of an underdog the Eagles were- we needed, like 4 different teams to lose in week 16 just to give us a chance of getting in as a Wild Card, and we made it to the 5th NFC championship game in a decade.
Since the 2013 Season, Brady in New England is 7-6 vs the Dolphins. The Patriots played in 4 super bowls in that 6 year stretch, winning 3. The Dolphins had a single playoff game (which was a blowout loss to the Steelers) during that stretch.
This game and Super Bowl will always be remembered for Holmes ballin and Harrison going coast to coast. 💯💛🖤❤️💛🖤💯
Super Bowl 43 was the last time I felt happiness as a Steelers fan and I just long for that feeling again.
I'm a Steelers fan, yes this year has been fun. But in that super bowl I'm not going to lie when Fitzgerald hit the turbo button and just zoomed off to the end zone at the end of the game, I was really nervous. So nervous that my buddy was giving me shit. He's the Steelers fan too but he just kept going go Cardinals ! Lol booze and football and Friends. that's living right there!
That superbowl is some of my best memory's. Just jumping up and down on the couch screaming at the TV with my dad. I was only 8 lol
@@WhoTFareyou2 that sounds fantastic. My dad 101% wouldve told me to sit down and shut up its just a game 😂
Cherish those moments haha
Backwards hat shaming lmao damn these TV journos never cease to amaze me
Such a weird thing to critique a player for, and Colin is still not above doing that a decade later.
In Philly, this was known as the forgotten playoff run. This happened right after the Phillies won the WS so alot of Eagles fans were riding that high for a while. NO ONE expected them to go as far as they did that year, a pleasant surprise
Yessir! And the Eagles were 9-6-1 that year. No one really gave us a chance. Go Birds!
Larry Fitzgerald is my all time favorite athlete and considering I'm 58 years old there's a long list of athletes to choose from. I'm a Philadelphia fan by nature with the exception of the Eagles. I've been a Cardinals fan since 1975 and consider myself blessed to have witnessed Larry's hall of fame career.
Reducing overtime from 15 to 10 minutes has also played a big role in the rise of the “tie”.
Great video Brandon; so good I got transported to 2008 for a little while. BTW have you heard of this thing called TH-cam?
I want to see you do a video on jake the snake. He was my favorite nfl player when i was young!
Not 2008 but Stevie Johnson’s TD celebration of Plaxico’s shooting still lives in my head rent free lol
Always get excited when I see a Perna video sitting in my sub box. Good stuff man.
Twas a great game. One jumped route in the end zone that turned into an insane pick six right before halftime sank the cards’ ship. Was rooting hard for Warner.
Man that cards team was so close lol I’m a lifelong chargers fan so the Steelers and pats always slapped those great chargers teams… when the Steelers won that year I was so upset lol
Larry Fitzgerald was absolutely unreal this postseason. Best single postseason ever by a wide receiver and he held the record for most receiving yards in a year including the postseason until Cooper Kupp got that last year. 546 yards and 7 TDs in 4 games. He was their entire offense in that super bowl and it's such a shame he never got a ring. Regardless, an all-time great and first-ballot HOFer
This was the season that got me into football. Everyone was forcing the chargers on to me since I was a kid and I just didn't like the way Philip Rivers threw the ball, that and the completely obnoxious fans. So I decided to give it one more chance and happened to tune into the 2008 AFC championship between The Steelers and The Ravens. I honestly despise the color yellow so much and have always preferred the defensive side of sports, so it was easy to choose who to root for in the game. I remember 2 or 3 cart offs, cold weather, a defensive slugfest. It was perfect. Decided then and there to be a Ravens fan because of their amazing defense and haven't looked back since.
It was fun to watch this video and see all the things that went on during that season. Although I did remember the chargers beating the colts because my town erupted in partying after lol
I remember a lot of the film you used from nfl films movies they made. Great content
I cannot wait for Perna to inevitably do the 2022 season and somehow summarize the pure chaos lmao
Donovan McNabb didn’t know ties could happen 😂😂😂😂😂
I remember that. Oh geeze.
Thank you 🙏🏼 This season was so packed with craziness and I was hopin you'd be doin a balls deep on this season. Well Deserved!
That SB was good. I don't follow either team, but I'm glad I watched it.
My all time favorite season as a chargers fan!
I love these season review videos
I became a fan of the Lions after this season. I remember it like it was yesterday.
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Excellent video! This season happened during my senior year of highschool. It was a good time to be a Steelers fan and a fan of defensive football. I never celebrated harder in my life than that James Harrison Superbowl interception return for a td.
Joe Flacco was insanely overrated in his prime but the one thing that wasnt overrated was his arm he had an absolute cannon
This Super Bowl also gave birth to that great Weekend Update bit on SNL
That Holmes catch… my God
Greatest season of my football loving life. HERE WE GO STEELERS!!!!!
My favorite videos!! Love these, hope u do more and if so, do 09-10 because my saints won the sb that year 😂
Gotta do every season from the 90’s til current. I’ve watched everyone of these you’ve put out. Great work you’re hilarious
Ben Roethlisberger in his prime was a beast
OMG your Dances with Wolves surge protector reference made me spit my coffee all over my computer screen..
I said it at the time and I maintain my position to this day: James Harrison deserved the SuperBowl MVP. His pick 6 just before halftime represents at least a 10 point swing. The Cardinals had a great opportunity for a TD, while a FG from that distance was virtually automatic. Holmes was phenomenal, no doubt, but a 10 point swing in a game decided by 1 score has got to be the ultimate difference maker.
I cried that day
I mean shit, even Steelers fans had to be cheering for the cardinals that year lol, When Fitz took it to the house, i was like holy fuck, the Cardinals are actually going to win this?? Incredible moment, and then it all ended lol
That superbowl winning td was outa bounds
Absolutely love the content Perna, you and Tom are the best!! Love from the other side of the Mile High Miracle
Kurt Warner always had a plethora of weapons, even with his short stint in NY. Idk how no one talks about it.
Truly one of the best Super Bowls ever!!! Thanks for the season over view.
Man I wanted this win for Kurt so bad as a die hard rams fan.....
08 steelers defense was scary
Best Superbowl of my life time, at least the one I'll never forget.
That was a fantastic video, thank you Brandon ❤
this the year that got me hooked to football for life
That Clay Mathews Sr joke was a banger
The 426 points allowed has to be a record for a team that made the Superbowl.
Fun fact: The only team other than ne to miss the postseason with a record of 11-5 were the Denver Broncos
I was in 9th grade back then, and I was taking World History. I remember I called that NFL season “The French Revolution of football” 😁 Tyree & Burress had upended the Ancien Regime a few months earlier, and then suddenly all these random teams produced their own Reigns of Terror. It was a year where the unlikeliest thing always ended up coming true, right to the very end of SB43.
Shoot that nostalgia straight into my veins, Brandon!
Fun fact: The 2008 Indianapolis Colts hold the record for least passing touchdowns allowed in a 16-game season with 6 despite ranking 11th in yards allowed.
This was the second best Super Bowl I’ve ever seen next to the first giants patriots game. Funny enough during the second giants pats super bowl the cable company shut my boys cable off during the game. I bounced and he got pissed I didn’t wanna stay. Like bro I’m here to watch the Super Bowl and your cables shut off I’m out. But yeah the cardinals Steelers game was fucking amazing and I remember watching that game. Shit was amazing. James Harrison’s run was insane considering he looked like he could hit but he seemed out of his element have to run.
2008 was one of my favorite seasons to watch despite my favorite team-KC- only winning 2 games! My 2nd favorite team was Carolina whose season gets overlooked because of Delhomme's poor game vs Cardinals. They were fighting Bucs for division until Bucs fell off. Then had a chance for home field but lost in OT to Giants. And in final game Kasay made GW FG to to clinch FG over division over a surging Falcons team. Williams & Stewart made a great tandem too.
I vaguely remember watching 44-6 with my grandpa. A glorious day.
Damn, 2008 was a really good year. I'm 6 minutes into this year, and just slowly realizing how great it was.
I usually pretend this season ended in December, but I guess I can relive the hell for your livelihood Perna. Damn Yinzers robbing us of a ring we had no right to be playing for took me all the way up to throw me headfirst off the mountaintop.
This was my second Super Bowl as a football fan, I lived in New York as I watch the Giants beat the Pats and then I move down to North Carolina so for my second season even though my team did good, the highlight of the whole year was the Superbowl party me and my friends through and I remember Santonio Holmes with that toe tap touchdown when the game and it sucked cuz I had $5 on the Cardinals and as a twelve-year-old that was literally my life savings, which makes me laugh my ass off thinking about it now
In my lifetime circa 30 years the game winning catch by Holmes is the greatest throw I've ever seen
We could've had a Steagle Bowl for 2008. Ah, the road not traveled.
Yes, the Turnpike Bowl
Turnpike Bowl is Jets/Eagles.
@@Ari22682 Different turnpike. 😆
As a Dolphins fan this might be my favorite season ever that I have witnessed as a fan. Only other season that could come close is 2016 with Jay Ajayi running the ball. Pretty sad that my two greatest seasons were watching my team get it's ass kicked in the wildcard round both years. But hey will still always remember being like 16yrs old ad watching that Patriots vs Dolphins game week 3 with all my friends who are Patriot fans seeing how I live in Massachusetts accept for one who's a Packers fan. And getting to talk shit for 3 full hours as the Dolphins dominated them with the Wildcat.
15 yard penalty you gave Tom Brady a Dirty look, is the actual "Brady rule"
Honestly I forgot about how good of a Carolina backfield Williams - Stewart was.