The Legend of Playoff Fitz Grows! (Cardinals vs. Panthers 2008, NFC Divisional)
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- Check out the 2008 NFC Divisional Round game highlights between the Arizona Cardinals and Carolina Panthers!
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11 years later, and Larry Fitzgerald is STILL doing what he does. The guy is amazing.
@Sports Shorts He's one of my favorite players in the league. He always seems to have a great play against the Packers though. Even in 2018 the year the Cardinals won like 3 games, he had an amazing catch that helped pretty much ended the Packers playoff chances.
This is reminiscent of the 2017 NFC Championship, when the Vikings scored the first touchdown right away, then got obliterated for the next 55 minutes.
aww why you gotta bring that up
@@uub12 It's alright, I'm a Jags fan, so I know your pain :(
Saints did the same to the Cardinals in 2009 and the Steelers to the Chargers in 08 divisional. Remember those games so vividly.
Basically just the cardinals were on the road which made it even more crazy
:(
And this is the game that signaled the end of Jake Delhomme’s run in Carolina 😔.
@Goy George Newton has a higher career completion percentage lol
Goy George bruh ur dumb Delhomme did some good stuff for us but Cam is our franchise qb
Ended up with the Browns in 2010 i believe. Then came Jimmy Clausen. Man was that a bad bad year for Carolina
@@lilmc5166 cam newton is fucking trash
David Anaya II If memory serves correctly, Delhomme’s slump continued into 2009 - he threw 4 interceptions in an opening loss to the Eagles and had 18 interceptions total (and a 59 rating) in his last year as a starter for the Panthers 😔.
Sad way to end a memorable run with Carolina.
One of the craziest upsets that no one ever talks about.
And then the most devastating would-be Cinderella story Superbowl.
I'll talk about it til I'm blue in the face. Yup, Cards fan here.
@@Patrick-ho3st I was so happy when they lol
People forget how consistently good the Panthers used to be. They dominated the NFC South before the Saints.
Incorrect, the Panthers only made the playoffs 3 times in this era and won the NFC south only twice. In 2001 they went 1-15 and were themselves in the middle of a rebuild, because of that they quickly rebounded and went 11-5 in 2003. Missed in '04, went 11-5 in 2005 but failed to win the division, missed in '06 and '07, really their best year was '08 which was 12-4 and won the NFC South which was very competitive that year, Saints moving in, Falcons 11-5, Buc's on the final year of Gruden 9-3 before imploding in the last 4 games, but the Panthers fell in this game and that was the end. Year later 6-10 and collapsed to 2-14 in 2010. The Panthers had a lot of really quick rises and quick falls in their history, 12-4 in '96 and 4-12 in '98, 12-4 in '08 and 2-14 in 2010.
Bruh Steve Smith is 5'9 look at how they triple covering him these kids don't know about agent#89 steve was different and this cards team was just on a mission
Alton Rodgers i played against his HS alma mater my senior year in 2010. He was a top hurdler back in high school and played at the local community college here in Santa Monica with Ochocinco (back when he was Chad Johnson). He was a man among men 💯
Go watch the NFC championship in 2006 (2005 season) and watch the seahawks put 4 on Smitty all game
He had to return punts just to make plays, took one straight to the house he was so angry
@@ThirteenAmp factssss Steve is my goat the first wide out ever to get quadruple teamed and he was 5'9 if that doesn't tell them he was the best idk what will💯🐐
Couldn’t have said it better. On a mission.
I'm not even a Panthers fan but I felt so bad for Delhomme when I watched that game live. It was the self destruction of a career in slow motion and we all saw it unfold like a train wreck.
SPTO he was finished that’s pretty much why this happened lol
Yup. He was crying too. I felt for him
From what I remember I think it was his birthday during this game
@@hashslinginslasher Jeez! That makes it even worse if that's the case.
He not only had the 5 INT's but he lost a fumble and there was another pass that the Cardinal defender dropped.
I remember watching this game live Larry Fitzgerald had the GREATEST post season in NFL history for a receiver he did everything but win the Superbowl
Kurt Warner was incredible in the Playoffs. He's a legend in his own b/c nobody can brag about going from stocking groceries to leading two nobodies out of nowhere to the Super Bowl. He was my favorite player growing up and still is my favorite player ever.
Mine too #13 for ever
@@gunnervictorika9859 Capt. Kurt!
It’s easy to forget how long deangelo Williams and jonathon Stewart played in Carolina. Damn
And Thomas Davis. crazier when you think about his knee injuries
Johnath stewart was on the 2015 Superbowl roster. Peppers,steve Smith, delhomme where on the 2003 Superbowl roster
Damn Panthers really had some guys that stuck around
It was Jake delhomme's birthday worst game of his career and was never the same after this
The all seeing Eye same thing I’ve said for years. This game broke him, it was gut wrenching to watch and his career literally ended here.
@@EWUFBIiswatching It was good for Panthers because if his career didn't change there maybe they don't end up getting Cam a couple years later. Lol
@@justinpettit3432 Hard to say this is a good thing considering that Cam is out of Carolina now. Sure, he got them the one Super Bowl appearance, but he then proceeded to implode for the next few seasons before he finally got booted.
Bruh no one gonna say anything about 3 1,000 yard receivers on Arizona? And people at the time said this could be one of the worst playoff teams of NFL history smh
Exactly, if you three thousand yard receivers you got the best receiving core.
@@bird_gang_az9598 Those receivers were good, but lets be honest. They were only as good as their QB. When Warner left, even Fitz sucked until Palmer came into town.
@@Sillysoft He didn’t suck lmao. You can’t throw the ball to yourself
They were 9-7 and had gotten BLOWN OUT by all the good teams they had played. No one saw this run coming.
I had forgotten about that, with I think it was Steve Breston maybe? Getting 1000 yards along with Fitz and Boldin
This was the best playoff run by a WR in NFL history, 546 yards and 7 td's whilst making every big play Arizona needed... The cardinals don't make it out of the wildcard without Fitz during that season.
Edgerrin James left the Colts the year before they finally won the SB, but 3 years later miraculously got to a SB with the freaking Cards on a cinderella run, only to lose anyway to the very same team that had ripped the Colts hearts’ out his last year in Indy. Brutal that Edge didn’t get a ring
Although Edge never won a ring, he did receive one from Jim Irsay
@@marvinlynch1305that’s not same… winning one and just getting one isn’t the same
Thank you for posting a game where the Cardinals actually won
I KNOW RIGHT
Yes
We not gonna talk about how DOMINANT Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was in this game
Ricardo Ollivierre with coverage
Nobody gave Jake Dehome credit for almost WINNING a super bowl.
because all he ever did was almost win...
@@tommyverno8750 true Statement
Thank you, almost doesn’t count smh.
Tommy Verno I’d say winning division titles and an NFC championship counts as winning, considering you’re playing at the highest level in the world. He has nothing to hang his head about, he’s accomplished more than 99.9999999999% of other American athletes.
@Smart Kid Jimmy And you discredit him by calling him Dehome and not Delhomme.
Yes! Inject this Fitz in my veins
Larry Fitzgerald is that gentleman and stand up guy you want your daughter to marry lol
Jake Delhomme didn't deserve to go out like this. He created so much stability at QB for the Panthers
He turned that franchise around. Let's not forget the year he took them to the Super Bowl came two years after the team went 1-15, losing 15 in a row. That says a lot!
It's so strange too watch a NFL game from 2008 and realizing that neither of these teams win a Superbowl , Jake was underrated panthers QB....
Yo this was the Cards Superbowl year when they almost upset Pittsburgh!
FuckingHateTwilight Yeah i hope you guys can get juju a ring but here we are
The way this Cardinals was playing, I'm not sure I'd call it an upset.
And to think the Cardinals finished 2nd in the Peyton Manning sweepstakes
Imagine Peyton Larry and Wes Walker
Jesus that offense would be scary but man it would be tough as hell to make the SB with the Seahawks 49ers Packers etc all still there
When it’s all said and done, Larry Fitz will be right behind Jerry Rice as the top 2nd best receiver to ever play this game
Randy Moss?
Moss died?
3rd, Randy Moss is the second best receiver of all time.
FuckingHateTwilight HOF Ring
Haha will his career is almost over and Randy is a lot better
And to think 2 years later they collapsed to 2-14 with Jimmy Clausen at QB, which led to John Fox being fired.
This game and playoff run was so big for all of us in Arizona. I still live in AZ, and was 10 during their big run. I don’t ever remember a time that our state was so united. This run cemented the legacy of Fitz as arguably the most beloved athlete that Arizona will ever have.
As a panthers fan living in Arizona, this game broke my heart 😭
Delhomme was a interception machine in this game
You can literally see Jake Delhomme’s confidence literally leave his body. You have to feel bad for him.
Ya he deserved ring he was like Brad johnson type
Cardinals had three 1,000 yard receivers. Super crazy.
Ya Steve breaston former Michigan guy on that crazy 2006 team
I was at this game as an 8 year old. I remember falling asleep.
I’ll never forget this game. It’s the one that broke Jake’s confidence. He was NEVER the same after losing.
This team was better than the one that took them to the Super Bowl the 1st time. Look at the effort from the defense, all those turnovers and they held them to a lot of field goals. If not for Jake completely losing focus, they would’ve made it to the big game again.
Larry is everything you want from a player on and off the field. Legend!
This year is so crazy, NY Giants become a seed 1 and lose to Eagles and Cardinals upsets a Panthers seed 2.
We went into the playoffs limping thanks to Burress shooting himself (literally).
I remember watching this game as a kid... this brings back bad memories...
More playoff highlights please! 😃❤️
I remember Carolina being heavily favored in this game. Their ground game was lethal. You knew Arizona was going to the SB after this though. Was a very impressive win
And then the following afternoon the Giants got beat by the Eagles making it the first time ever the 1 and 2 seeded teams from the same conference both lost in the divisional round.
Happened in 2006 with the Chargers and Ravens.
Thanks you so much for making these videos
This game marked
-The first ever divisional round playoff win for the Cardinals
-The first Cardinals road playoff win since 1998
-The first-ever Eastern Time Zone victory for the Cardinals since week 11 of the previous season
-Kurt Warner’s first and only career road playoff win
-The final playoff game for John Fox as Panthers head coach
-The final playoff game of Jake Delhomme’s career
-The Cardinals last win at Carolina to date
2011
Not a Panthers or Cardinals fan but I genuinely felt for Jake Delhomme here.
This is every panthers fans nightmare of game I almost threw up just thinking of how many ints this man threw
I remember this when I was 8 you and Atlanta lost to the cardinals
Meanwhile we won the superbowl day after beat the colts
@@kamyriengillies1781oh yeah the cards destroyed us and the pathers
Forget Super Bowl 38, Super Bowl 50, 1996 NFC Championship, or the loss to Atlanta that gave us our only regular season loss in 2015. This was without a doubt the hardest game for me to watch as a fan.
Patrick Nugent PREACH. But certainly not the worst loss for me. I cried after both Super Bowl Ls. But this one is for sure in my top 5 panther heartbreaks.
Vincent Vega completely understand that. Both of those outcomes were hard to accept.
At least in 1996 you beat Dallas
Kurt Warner was just one of the smartest QBs in the game man. Knew what he had to do and made good reads.
Deadly accurate too give him time in the pocket he will get you to playoffs every year
I remember being excited as a Giants fan thinking we were gonna play Cards in the cold of Giants Stadium feeling this was the much easier matchup. Little did I know that we wouldn’t even get the chance to play them cause Philly pulled off the upset.
This is one of the most painful memories in Panthers history😭😭😭our worst playoff game ever plus this was suppose to be a super bowl year for us
As a Buccaneer fan this was one of my favorite games ever lol
That Carolina team was legit. Nasty defense, great running game. Delhomme picked the worst time to have his worst game. Lol picks thrown everywhere.
Larry Fitzgerald was a legit SUPERSTAR back then! Should’ve gotten that ring man
The only receivers to have a better peak than playoff Fitz are Rice, Moss and Calvin Johnson
Fitz is ahead of Calvin in every category.... Bad comment
@@aarronvanburen8612
I was gonna say did Calvin Johnson ever play in the postseason?
This was effectively RIP Jake Delhomme, which was kind of a shame, he had a lot of talent but outside of 2003 it wasn't sustainable enough.
But at least Larry shined in this game. Everybody loves that guy. Can't believe how good he still is in 2019, hasn't lost a step!
Both teams were really good in 2008. I wasn't able to watch it but I did pick Arizona to win by a field goal. When I checked the final score, I was shocked as hell. Warner and Fitz were killing it along with that Cardinals defense. I felt bad for Jake Delhomme. I never expected him to commit 5 INTs. @15:17 It's was to see an NFL Europe reunion between Warner and Delhomme.
That double coverage catch @ 2:49. Vintage Fitz.
Only real fans remember these beast
- Deangelo Williams
- Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
- Steve Breaston
- Antrelle Rolle
I think everyone remembers DRC considering he was in coverage on the Santonio Holmes play in the SB.
Wasn't even bad coverage. Some things just can't be defended against. Then he went on to have a few good years with the Giants. Solid CB for a good while.
i read somewhere that fitz has more tackles than drops in his career. he is a legend
Jakes performance reminded me of Eli Manning's performance against the Panthers in a wildcard game at the Meadowlands. It's like the defence were in the huddle with Eli that day, just as it seemed like they were in this game.
Carson Palmar 2015 what about me
Gosh i was so hyped for this game ...we came out on fire ....and then got delhommed
I am a cardinals fan but I felt bad for Delhomme. Poor guy :/ I know its sports but I am an empath lol
2008 was such a great season! Only one team with a playoff bye survived Divisional weekend. The last McNabb/Dawk/Westbrook run in Philly. Arizona’s magical run, no New England, CJ2k and the Titans were a top seed over Manning’s Colts. Even Carolina was a fun team that year even with this awful loss above. One of the best seasons ever. Shame Pittsburgh won at the end though. Kind of a boring team to win the title in a crazy season.
4:50 This was the pick that set the tone of the whole game
Crazy how many underrated players were in their primes here. DRC, Thomas Davis, Steve Breaston, Edgerrin James, DeAngelo Williams, Jonathan Stewart, Jon Beason, Antrel Rolle...bet I missed a few more but I didn't really start following the NFL closely until 2012/13 so once I first heard these guys' names they were all vets or some even retired.
7:24 Larry wanted a super bowl more than anything else in the world
My Falcons put up a good fight against Arizona in that wildcard round, but I didn't expect the Cardinals to put it on the Panthers like they did.
Probably made you feel better
13:22 when u know u just lost that Bojangles endorsement 🤣
If I may make a suggestion for a video: With the Broncos playing at Lambeau this week, it might be cool to have a video of the game in week 17 of the 2003 season where the Packers beat Denver at Lambeau, combined with the Cardinals beating the Vikings at the same time putting the Packers in the playoffs. Such a great moment. But either way, thanks for all the videos!
I remember that. That's a good suggestion. I was thinking 2001 bears vs either cleveland or san fransisco when mike brown returned 2 picks for game winning tds.
That's a trigger warning for Vikings fans.
Or Super Bowl 32
More like the Legend of playoff Delhomme. I knew he had a bad game but I forgot he threw 5 INTs in this game. My goodness.
I LOVE YOU LARRY FITZ!!!
AZ'S HERO FOREVER!!!
Some ideas for Week 3 of the 2019 Season:
Saints-Seahawks Beast Quake playoff game
Giants-Bucs 2007 Wild Card
Jets upset Tom Brady in Foxboro with Mark freaking Sanchez
Miami-Dallas Thanksgiving Leon Lett misplay
🙂
Good game
As a Panthers fan, I don’t know which loss was more painful, this one against the Cardinals or Super Bowl 50 against the Broncos 🤷🏻♂️ 😞
The super bowl hurt a lot
2008 was a great year
crazy thing is, the panthers defense in the NFC championship in 2015 did this exact same thing that the cardinals did to us in 2008....
This game brings back terrible memories from my childhood😭😭
Delhomme played good for us but the truth its sometimes he had these games this one just so happened to be one and this was his birthday
Fitz deserves a super bowl.
How do you waste a Hall of Fame career? Just watch how the Cardinals took care of Fitz
The Cats got a bath on that day!
LARRY FITZGERALD IS AMAZING
As a die hard Philadelphia Eagles fan, I will never forget the nightmare of facing the Cardinals in the NFC Championship. Fitz was just unstoppable that playoff run. Sure the Cards lost the Super Bowl that year, but Pittsburgh had to pull out a once in a lifetime final drive to beat that Arizona offense.
U need to do one of Antonio Brown and Leveon Bell best game together
Man Delhomme Was Bad This Game 😂😂🤦🏽♂️
The MVP for the Cards that day was Jake Delhomme.
Jesus, I remember this shit. This game rocked. Super Bowl sucked tho.
Its a top 5 superbowl but the fact we lost sucks.
I feel like the 2020 Cardinals roster is the BEST roster we've EVER had💯💯💯💯we are DEFINITELY Super Bowl contenders this season,legitimately,Larry STILL playin at this same amazing level,now you add HOPKINS!! AND you can't forget about Christian Kirk!! All I feel like we need is another really good corner across from Pat Pete && a more polished Tight End,maybe a few trades/signings at the O-Line and we gon be that much harder to beat come time for the Playoffs
Didn't they pick up Robert Alford last season? He was above average in Atlanta. Was injured or something.
@@andrewflynn113 yeah,he still on the team but he got injured early asf,what I'm wantin ta see is Pat P at CB1,someone like a Marcus Peters at CB2 && Alford playin in the slot CB,then we almost guaranteed a playoff appearance
Marcus Peters as a CB2? Bro you insane, no way he'd ever take a CB2 role or paystub when he's a bonafide CB1 on 25+ teams. Let that guy they drafted last year develop as CB2, he got the size for bigger receivers while Peterson has the athleticism for the fast ones, shift Alford to slot, and draft some OL help. Cards OL pretty below average, it helps that Murray is small and quick but he got sacked a helluva lot last year
@@andrewflynn113 i dont mean specifically Peters I jus mean someone LIKE that,like a one of the better "household" names is what I meant
Delhomme looked tentative all night and those tipped interceptions were just icing on the crappy birthday cake
Jake Delhomme was in his peak postseason form! 😂
Panthers honestly didn’t even play bad, this is just the game that Jake Delhomme threw away lmao. You can’t do anything when your qb just gives the ball to the other team. His throws were terrible, why didn’t they run the ball
Ken Lucas kept getting cooked too
Was there a particular reason that Warner stumbled a lot on handoffs/PA fakes?
pls upload the highlights of cards vs falcons wild card
In Phoenix, we simply give our opponents Fitz.
Man i miss these cardinals 😳 #redsea
Panthers
Peppers Linebacker/DE (90)
Steve Smith WR (89)
D.Williams HB (34)
Stewart (28)
Cardinals
Kurt Warner QB (13)
Fitzgerald (11)
Boldin (81)
Docket (90)
Edgerrin James HB (32)
Haley to Warner: even if it doesn't look like Larry is open...just throw it to him.
This game was almost as hard to stomach as the cam newton fumble fail in the superbowl
Kurt Warner and Peyton Manning both played with Marshall Faulk and Edgerrin James as their RBs.
I don't care what anyone says, this man is Jerry Rice & Randy Moss level!!!
Larry Fitzgerald went absolutely STUPID in these playoffs!!! Dude is a fucking monster!
I remember being so damn angry watching this
They go right down and score easy with Dwill and stewart and I'm like we bout to beat their ass
Then Jake just...goddamnit...they ran the ball 10 more times, after Dwill had a break out season with zero fumbles and 19 tds...
Then on defense they just passed Fitz off to the saftey constantly, hed run right past Gamble and gamble would just stay in the zone, and Fitz just tore us up
I remember watching this game at my friends house and had DeAngelo Williams in a playoff fantasy league. I was honestly shocked AZ had killed them, even though I was living in AZ and surrounded by Cardinal fans at the time lol.
Hadn't lost a home game all season. Were coming off a biweek to a wildcard team that had been destroyed on the east coast consistently. How the hell did they lose?
You know I'm surprise I look back at the playoffs back in 2009 and the Arizona Cardinals beating 3 opponents at home against the Falcons, one on the road against the Panthers in the 2nd round of the playoffs, and came back in Arizona to face the Eagles in the NFC championship match. So they were in the wildcard position too bad they would have one in the super bowl and become the 6th NFL wildcard team winning the super bowl but they screwed up badly.