Kids today will never understand the greatness Megatron was. When you think of Detroit, you always think of losing. Megatron shined bright in a cloud of darkness of an organization.
Megatron is the only player ever who I can say I enjoyed watching abuse my favorite teams defense every time they played because he was so insanely good and fun to watch. He’s right up there with guys like Moss and Rice when you look at his peak 🐐
Thanks for the memories Megatron. What a beast. Absolute physical freak. No one has had his combination of size, speed, strength, hands, vertical leap, and route running. Impossible to cover. Arguably the most gifted receiver ever.
It actually makes perfect sense. While he predicts plays a ton on TV, he also incorrectly predicts plays every now and then. As a broadcaster on TV, that’s no big deal. But as a QB on the field, that’s what leads to a ton of interceptions
It took me so long to start consistently watching football that I’m upset I never got to see amazing games like these when I was definitely old enough to still get into them
It’s okay there is NFL throwback to catch up. Think about me I am not American discovered this sport only 7 years ago. I go back in time to see what I missed.
The Cowboys from 2011 to 2013 blew so many games like this. All the Cowboys had to do was win a game like this one and they didn't have to have to face a last winner take all game to decide the divsion which the blew as well. This was 100% choke that you saw from Jason Garrett, Romo, and the rest of the team. I mean later on that season against the Cardinals. Jason Garrett iced his own damn kicker by calling a time out which didn't need to be done. Still you can't f up games like this because for the Cowboys they were pros in the 2011 to 2013 season of f ing up games.
Cowboys choked so many games in the 2011 season. They choked the season opener against the Jets, this lions game, and the cardinals game like you said.
@@Poopster909able I remember that being up 10 points with less than 4 minutes left in the Jets game. Then being up big against the Giants in the first match up. I just remember that 3rd down play where Romo overthew Miles Austin or it got lost in the light. Miles Austin was so open and if he catches that ball the game is over. I knew once the Giants got the ball they were going to score.
I still say 2011 was my favorite year being a Lions fan. Don't get me wrong, 2014 was a hell of a year, but 2011, not only we were good, but Stafford was young, Megatron in his prime, Suh at his vicious... yeah, sky was the limit that year
The most balance they had under Stafford. Jahvid Best was the puzzle piece. Start 5-0 with him, then the injuries and that team never was the same. It's sad.
I was 11 when I watched this game live, passed off at half time as my friend continuesly talked shit. I'm 24 now yet I remember so many tiny details about this game like the celebrations and a lot of plays. I must've obsessed about this game like I obsessed about the entire 2023-24 lions season
This was so crazy. I was watching redzone and cowboys totally blew this. After Romo had 2nd INT returned for TD i knew lions would comeback. When redzone showed 2nd INT return i thought it was showing the first TD again and then i said out loud "another one!?" Ome of the crazier comeback. And this was in Dallas!
Gotta love that Jason Garrett play calling of mostly passes in the second half with a big lead that let the Lions back into the game. If I remember correctly, before this game, Cowboys DC Ryan said Megatron would be the third best receiver on the Cowboys. The Megatron 329 yard game against Dallas was even better than this one.
7:58-7:59 that play was waaaaaay to easy! You can tell the OLB read that to the bone and got the easiest pick of his career and made a pick six out of it
one of the many reasons why they took romo off the field and put him behind the cameras. even more hilarious whenever he points out missed plays and adds his advice to what should've happened 🤣
I made a similar comment. It's surreal how Romo can read everything perfectly as long as he's in the booth. He's like a psychic who can't predict his own calamities.
This game definitely didn't help Romo's reputation at all. Up 27-3 and he throws pick sixes on back to back drives to suddenly make it a game. 3 overall in the 2nd half, which matched Dallas' point total after their 1st drive of the 3rd quarter. Horrible stuff.
One of the greatest tragedies in NFL history is Calvin Johnson having his career wasted away on the Detroit Lions. Even the combined greatness of him and Matthew Stafford weren't enough to ever elevate that franchise beyond first round playoff exits.
I love football love Lions football...actually I started watching football at 8 going on 9 years old watching college football...freshman Kirk Cousins at Michigan State...then back in 09 became a Lions fan when Matthew Stafford was a rookie....miss those days
After the game Tony Romo was so upset of all the interceptions thrown, that he threw down his helmet, but it too was picked off and ran back for a touchdown.
YO this is crazy, I was just thinking about how I wish you could possibly upload this exact one. I come to your channel and it’s here 😂😂😂🙌🏽👌🏽🙏🏽 Now I need the Raider one later this same year Edit: also the 2013 (? I think that was the year) Cowboys and Lions.
That’s the thing about Tony, he could make some great passes but he threw too many picks and it was hard for the Cowboys to rise above mediocrity during his tenure. Same with the game where he threw for more than 500 yards, it ended with a pick when a successful drive could have given him the single game passing record. Maybe one of three interceptions in this game you could say his receiver didn’t help him but overall it’s the picks that kept him from a chance at the Hall of Fame.
From 2009-2014 Romo had an Int rate of 2.2%. The numbers prove your narrative is way off the mark. That was on a majority of terrible teams where Romo was consistently forced to push the ball the entire game.
@@domino20 Dak has been afforded better teams on average. At the end of the day you need SB caliber teams to win SB's. Romo gave us a better chance then 25-27 other QB's per year. Dak gives us a better chance then 20 QB's per year. Aikman wouldn't have sniffed a SB on any of the last 20 Cowboys teams.
A perfect example of a Romo game and microcosm of his career. He would look so good at times but blew it when it counted a lot of the time. I just remember always being SO FRUSTRATED WITH HIM.
@@Bill_Woo No, 65 3% career completion rate. Where are you getting your consistently incorrect statistics from? And 61.4% of 16 is 9.84. Are you rounding up to give him 10 wins? That's some participation trophy shit.
I'm sorry, I was out sick from Special Education classes that say that 9.84 rounds to 9 instead of 10. And it's top 10 all time, princess ("consistently correct", LMFAO). But a stubborn Romo hater will never man up to crushing defeat. Fortunately I think they have an operation that cures penis envy.
@@Bill_Woo 🤣🤣 you went and deleted your super inaccurate first 2 posts to try to hide how wrong you were before attempting a comeback? A comeback that just included another blatant inaccuracy (Romo's win % isn't close to top 10). Yeah, you were "out sick from Special Education classes." So... you admit you were enrolled in Special Education classes and were just out sick certain days? That explains a lot. 🤣🤣🤣
Even watching highlights from a game in 2011 makes me appreciate that Joe Buck is gone from FOX. At least a few weeks out of the NFL season we get the manningcast as an alternative over his monotone voice.
The 2011 Lions had several comebacks in that 5-0 start and later on in the season to finish 10-6. They were finally a football team in Detroit with some fight, but unfortunately the NFC was very strong that season and they would've gotten beat no matter who they played in the playoffs. They weren't very disciplined either and that would characterize the rest of Schwartz's tenure in Detroit.
@@Knightmessengerit also didn’t help that there were THREE 13-win teams in the NFC that season including those 15-1 Packers. So not only did the Lions get a wild card spot at 10 wins, they had to play the 13-3 Saints, who would’ve been a 1-seed any other year.
@dpackerman4203 and yet the giants won with a worse record than the Lions. They seemed to find a way to play up to the opponents. While the Cowboys are good enough to win that weak division many years but not to beat other teams in the playoffs.
Is it just me or is joe buck easily the worst play by play guy ever? Like there were so many amazing plays in this game and he was just flat the entire time
It’s just wild how much better the Lions are now top to bottom. That team also made that playoffs and they couldn’t get New Orleans to punt ONCE in the playoff game. Staff crushed it in the playoffs and our defense led by Gunther Cunningham was trash.
Kids today will never understand the greatness Megatron was. When you think of Detroit, you always think of losing. Megatron shined bright in a cloud of darkness of an organization.
Still think he’s the best without a 💍
Well said. One of the most dominant players, regardless of position, in sports history during his peak. Sucks he retired so early
He’s the best talent to ever play wr. Jerry rice is the goat overall though
It’s a shame Detroit wasted his and Barry’s career
@@jonzeljohnson9976 that’s Barry
Megatron is the only player ever who I can say I enjoyed watching abuse my favorite teams defense every time they played because he was so insanely good and fun to watch. He’s right up there with guys like Moss and Rice when you look at his peak 🐐
His peak was like a plateau. "Megatron's best year was..." uh I have no idea. His firstsecondthirdfourthfifthsixthseventheighthninthtenth?
I'm a Lions fan who lives in TX, actually got to see this game. One of my favs!.
There are a million stories here and they're all tragedies.
Joe Buck was going through some things in his life then. He sounds more like Pat Summerall.
Thanks for the memories Megatron. What a beast. Absolute physical freak. No one has had his combination of size, speed, strength, hands, vertical leap, and route running. Impossible to cover. Arguably the most gifted receiver ever.
Cowboys at their best up 24 let’s keep passing lmaoooo
I marvel at Tony Romo's inconsistent level of play considering he is practically omnipotent when on commentary.
Oh yeah. If he applied half of what he commentates to his actual game he would've been a wayy more consistent qb
Weird how you spelt "abysmal" wrong for his commentary...
It actually makes perfect sense. While he predicts plays a ton on TV, he also incorrectly predicts plays every now and then. As a broadcaster on TV, that’s no big deal. But as a QB on the field, that’s what leads to a ton of interceptions
It took me so long to start consistently watching football that I’m upset I never got to see amazing games like these when I was definitely old enough to still get into them
It’s okay there is NFL throwback to catch up. Think about me I am not American discovered this sport only 7 years ago. I go back in time to see what I missed.
Stafford to Megatron man...that was something else.
Now Stafford to Kupp is this connection's spiritual successor, but it will never match up to this.
Still remember this game
Miss 2011 good memories
10:40 no receiver does it better than Megatron!
11 Years Ago
Either this team or the 2014 Lions was the best Stafford had to work with
2014: Better defense
It’s 2014
2014 Lions team was dangerous. Their defense destroyed the Dallas offensive line in the first half of their playoff game.
The Cowboys from 2011 to 2013 blew so many games like this. All the Cowboys had to do was win a game like this one and they didn't have to have to face a last winner take all game to decide the divsion which the blew as well. This was 100% choke that you saw from Jason Garrett, Romo, and the rest of the team. I mean later on that season against the Cardinals. Jason Garrett iced his own damn kicker by calling a time out which didn't need to be done. Still you can't f up games like this because for the Cowboys they were pros in the 2011 to 2013 season of f ing up games.
Cowboys choked so many games in the 2011 season. They choked the season opener against the Jets, this lions game, and the cardinals game like you said.
@@Poopster909able I remember that being up 10 points with less than 4 minutes left in the Jets game. Then being up big against the Giants in the first match up. I just remember that 3rd down play where Romo overthew Miles Austin or it got lost in the light. Miles Austin was so open and if he catches that ball the game is over. I knew once the Giants got the ball they were going to score.
@@redmustangredmustang I totally forgot about that first giants game! They really could have been like 12-4 that year smh
The Packers Game from 2013 where they were up 26-3 and blew it against Matt Flynn starting in place for a broken collarbone A-Rod.
Stafford’s game winning TD to Johnson resembles his game winning TD to Kupp in the Super Bowl.
Joe Buck ruins it by showing no excitement
Except this one predates that one...
I still say 2011 was my favorite year being a Lions fan. Don't get me wrong, 2014 was a hell of a year, but 2011, not only we were good, but Stafford was young, Megatron in his prime, Suh at his vicious... yeah, sky was the limit that year
The most balance they had under Stafford. Jahvid Best was the puzzle piece. Start 5-0 with him, then the injuries and that team never was the same. It's sad.
yeah maybe this game is why you lost the 2014 WC game.
I was 11 when I watched this game live, passed off at half time as my friend continuesly talked shit. I'm 24 now yet I remember so many tiny details about this game like the celebrations and a lot of plays. I must've obsessed about this game like I obsessed about the entire 2023-24 lions season
Megatron was something else
As a lions fan this was the game that gave me hope in stafford, also made me realize how holy Calvin was
MEGATRON#81 ..
Tony Romo got bored of a blowout, he throw picks on purpose at 7:57 and 8:35. Those were horrible throws. LMAO
The catch on the front cover on this video is awesome, it reminds me of the Richard Rogers catch in 2015 against the lions (miracle in Motown)
This was so crazy. I was watching redzone and cowboys totally blew this. After Romo had 2nd INT returned for TD i knew lions would comeback. When redzone showed 2nd INT return i thought it was showing the first TD again and then i said out loud "another one!?" Ome of the crazier comeback. And this was in Dallas!
Gotta love that Jason Garrett play calling of mostly passes in the second half with a big lead that let the Lions back into the game.
If I remember correctly, before this game, Cowboys DC Ryan said Megatron would be the third best receiver on the Cowboys. The Megatron 329 yard game against Dallas was even better than this one.
Jerry Jones: "Do well!"
Lions' nameless coach: "Okay!"
Jones: "I meant Garret."
Lion coach: "Don't care."
Garret: "That lets me off the hook!"
7:58-7:59 that play was waaaaaay to easy! You can tell the OLB read that to the bone and got the easiest pick of his career and made a pick six out of it
one of the many reasons why they took romo off the field and put him behind the cameras. even more hilarious whenever he points out missed plays and adds his advice to what should've happened 🤣
I made a similar comment. It's surreal how Romo can read everything perfectly as long as he's in the booth. He's like a psychic who can't predict his own calamities.
As a Lions fan it's not like Romo was making bad reads. He was making good decisions, just making awful passes by underthrowing or overthrowing them.
Come on NFL Throwback why you doing my Cowboys like that lol
Cowboys up big in second half and refuse to run the ball and chew clock. They blew so many games doing this sh*t. makes me sick
The game that Jerry Jones check didn’t clear and the Lions won
When joe buck and Troy aikman forgot it was 4th down 14:43
Stafford threw it to a triple - teamed Calvin and it looked so easy , its scary lol
Romo lookin Joe Flacco elite 😮
This game definitely didn't help Romo's reputation at all. Up 27-3 and he throws pick sixes on back to back drives to suddenly make it a game. 3 overall in the 2nd half, which matched Dallas' point total after their 1st drive of the 3rd quarter. Horrible stuff.
Bad game but still TOP 5 QB. How many times did he erase big deficits. 10x better than dak
Only the cowgirls could blow a 24 second half lead TO THE LIONS!!!
Two pick sixes back to back lol!!!
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Joe Buck back in the day was unlistenable 🤦♂️
This year he had a vocal chord problem. He had to get it aligned I think
@@mariosnum1fan how he get that?
@@exotic_t from what I looked up just now, it was his hair surgery
One of the greatest tragedies in NFL history is Calvin Johnson having his career wasted away on the Detroit Lions. Even the combined greatness of him and Matthew Stafford weren't enough to ever elevate that franchise beyond first round playoff exits.
Who would won, during a Jump ball, 3 defenders against 1 intended receiver, who won?
Wow Calvin was something else
Romo!
I love football love Lions football...actually I started watching football at 8 going on 9 years old watching college football...freshman Kirk Cousins at Michigan State...then back in 09 became a Lions fan when Matthew Stafford was a rookie....miss those days
I remember being in 11th grade and being proud to be a lions fan outloud and annoy my classmates since they all liked the steelers niners and so on
Was Joe Buck on drugs for this broadcast? Literally no emotion, and seemed to have NO idea that final play was 4th down.
vocal cord damage
They used to tell him to be emotionless like this. At some point they realized it's boring and now he has more excitement in his calls.
Wow Lions 3-0, Megatron and Stafford were great
They went from 5-0 to 10-6
Buck is at his worst in this game. Christ his calls are bad.
What's with stopping the clock for a fifth down?
MEGATRON was that kind of player my god
Laurent Robinson was a one year wonder after going to Jacksonville
Miss those Reebok jerseys
Finally!!!! I’ve been waiting for this one for soooooooooooooooooooooooo long.
Oof joe tf happened to your voice
The lions could of been great with the right coaching.
6:43 Jason Hanson bites it 😂
After the game Tony Romo was so upset of all the interceptions thrown, that he threw down his helmet, but it too was picked off and ran back for a touchdown.
The Cowboys' favorite thing to do is to find inventive, exciting ways to lose and still get more praise than the rest of the NFL combined.
YO this is crazy, I was just thinking about how I wish you could possibly upload this exact one. I come to your channel and it’s here 😂😂😂🙌🏽👌🏽🙏🏽 Now I need the Raider one later this same year
Edit: also the 2013 (? I think that was the year) Cowboys and Lions.
Dallas is no longer America's team the Lions will take. One pride
That’s the thing about Tony, he could make some great passes but he threw too many picks and it was hard for the Cowboys to rise above mediocrity during his tenure. Same with the game where he threw for more than 500 yards, it ended with a pick when a successful drive could have given him the single game passing record. Maybe one of three interceptions in this game you could say his receiver didn’t help him but overall it’s the picks that kept him from a chance at the Hall of Fame.
His defenses were also terrible
From 2009-2014 Romo had an Int rate of 2.2%. The numbers prove your narrative is way off the mark.
That was on a majority of terrible teams where Romo was consistently forced to push the ball the entire game.
@@supersexysega Yeah, sorry to be hard on Tony. Longtime disappointed Cowboys fan here. It’s not like they’re doing any better with Dak.
@@domino20 Dak has been afforded better teams on average. At the end of the day you need SB caliber teams to win SB's. Romo gave us a better chance then 25-27 other QB's per year. Dak gives us a better chance then 20 QB's per year.
Aikman wouldn't have sniffed a SB on any of the last 20 Cowboys teams.
I only came here to watch Megatron.
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Joe buck is so emotionless. Dudes entire commentary of this game was so robotic per usual
Oh yeah this is definitely the same dude that threw 5 picks in a game the next year
and now the Lions are one game away from the Super Bowl
I watched this game with an obnoxious cowgirls fan. It was a glorious day.
Man romo definitely threw some bad picks
What a fucking comeback! That was an awesome game!
This is why the Lions should have kept Matthew Stafford
Just a awful awful awful game. Hate reliving this 😂👍
Can we please load packers vs Washington from 2007 before Sean Taylor passed away please ! Great game
Titus young could’ve had a good career man, sad
I was at this game!
amazing how dry buck is. No excitement at all.
I think this was the last year Joe Buck used his boring voice.
A perfect example of a Romo game and microcosm of his career. He would look so good at times but blew it when it counted a lot of the time. I just remember always being SO FRUSTRATED WITH HIM.
@@Bill_Woo 78-49 career record. That's 61%, not 70%. Comes out to about 9 wins per year, which is a much more accurate picture of Romo's career.
@@Bill_Woo No, 65 3% career completion rate. Where are you getting your consistently incorrect statistics from? And 61.4% of 16 is 9.84. Are you rounding up to give him 10 wins? That's some participation trophy shit.
I'm sorry, I was out sick from Special Education classes that say that 9.84 rounds to 9 instead of 10. And it's top 10 all time, princess ("consistently correct", LMFAO). But a stubborn Romo hater will never man up to crushing defeat. Fortunately I think they have an operation that cures penis envy.
@@Bill_Woo 🤣🤣 you went and deleted your super inaccurate first 2 posts to try to hide how wrong you were before attempting a comeback? A comeback that just included another blatant inaccuracy (Romo's win % isn't close to top 10). Yeah, you were "out sick from Special Education classes." So... you admit you were enrolled in Special Education classes and were just out sick certain days? That explains a lot. 🤣🤣🤣
the hell was up with the last play?
Even watching highlights from a game in 2011 makes me appreciate that Joe Buck is gone from FOX. At least a few weeks out of the NFL season we get the manningcast as an alternative over his monotone voice.
Buck hasn't sounded this monotone and emotionless in years.
Buck had shot vocal cords during this game so he couldnt yell at all.
Joe buck used to ruin games for me with that commentary Jesus
The 2011 Lions had several comebacks in that 5-0 start and later on in the season to finish 10-6. They were finally a football team in Detroit with some fight, but unfortunately the NFC was very strong that season and they would've gotten beat no matter who they played in the playoffs. They weren't very disciplined either and that would characterize the rest of Schwartz's tenure in Detroit.
It didn't help that they were in the same division as 15-1 Green Bay.
10 wins would have won other divisions and hosted a playoff game that year.
@@Knightmessengerit also didn’t help that there were THREE 13-win teams in the NFC that season including those 15-1 Packers. So not only did the Lions get a wild card spot at 10 wins, they had to play the 13-3 Saints, who would’ve been a 1-seed any other year.
@dpackerman4203 and yet the giants won with a worse record than the Lions.
They seemed to find a way to play up to the opponents. While the Cowboys are good enough to win that weak division many years but not to beat other teams in the playoffs.
This has to be one of the worst chokes in NFL history. How do you throw TWO pick-sixes after going up by 24?
Is it just me or is joe buck easily the worst play by play guy ever? Like there were so many amazing plays in this game and he was just flat the entire time
Then I bet you really thought Pat Summerall blew chunks. You just perfectly described Pat Summerall.
He had a vocal cord operation done earlier that year so he had an excuse that year.
He sounds loads better now. The 28-3 super bowl and the Minneapolis Miracle are good.
More Bengals games please
As a Lions fan, watching this just reminded me of how AWFUL Chris Houston was for us. Definitely remember this game though! Good times!
God Joe Buck is impossible to listen too
How many hof careers have both these teams wasted?? 😂
Let’s go
Wtf happened on the last play, bro just didn’t tackle him and he ended up stepping out of bounds 3 yards short
11:52
Megatron was way better than Dez Bryant
This joe buck?
Wow this might be Joe Buck's most boring and monotone commentary of all time. And that says a lot. See 7:58, 10:35
Buck is awful
My god Joe Buck is awful in this game. Zero emotion or joy in his voice as Calvin Johnson is putting on a show.
This Cowboys team was so good lol 😂
Joe bucks worst game
Didn't surprise me Dallas lost. Romo was such an overrated choke artist. like Aaron Fraudgers. 😂
It’s just wild how much better the Lions are now top to bottom. That team also made that playoffs and they couldn’t get New Orleans to punt ONCE in the playoff game. Staff crushed it in the playoffs and our defense led by Gunther Cunningham was trash.
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