Every Team's Most HEARTBREAKING Playoff Loss!
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Don't even need to watch to know what the Falcons most heartbreaking loss is
It’s DEFINITELY NOT the Super Bowl that’s for sure
I hate you. don't bring it up. e v e r.
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I love that you guys used the losing team's radio calls...you rarely hear those and it hammers home the pain of the losses big time.
I was thinking the same thing. It really fits with the theme of the video
I was expecting Paul Allen's call on the Minneapolis Miracle or Bob Papa's on the Helmet Catch and subsequent Plax TD but correct, it does add to the pain.
Same. I noticed that and loved that piece of wood added to the fire
Well, they're being paid by each team's broadcasting network,so they have to act upset. They're acting because it's sports entertainment. Nobody really loses because they still get paid.
@@quentincampbell612 you get paid more for playoff wins
OH BOY do I have a Buffalo Bills game for you to update this list with... lol
The bills loss is the epitome of what's devastating in the NFL today. NO DEFENSE. The game is hardly watchable. With the acception of the bills loss Sunday.
Same with Tampa
@@jerryvan-hees7130 The NFL wants more offense so people will watch more.
Same with Chiefs
@@koolkitties8552 not for people from my generation, for the most part anyway.
Chargers just blew a 27-0 lead to the Jags a few minutes ago. Crazy heartbreaker for LA
Not the craziest
SOMEHOW THE HEADCOACH KEPT HIS JOB. after BLOWING 2 post season trips away. not to mention the revolving door at LB FROM AN LB MINDED HEAD COACH. Herbie takes over this year n sticks it to coaching or we fucked
It's crazy that in 2011, the Ravens lose in the AFC Championship to the Patriots because their kicker missed a chip shot field goal - and that's their most heartbreaking loss on this list. The next summer, they get Justin Tucker, who has been (at least on pace to be) the greatest kicker in NFL history. And he makes the kick in the 2012 AFC Divisional to hand the Broncos their most heartbreaking loss.
Or lee evans didn't haul it in. Its always better to leave it to a td than a kicker. Like when the Colts didn't score on the bettis fumble bcuz Harper couldn't get by big ben
Ravens would have won the superbowl that year had they had tucker
That kick v. N.E. would have only tied the game. No guarantee that Baltimore would have won it.
@@MichaelMurphy-kj3xf no, but missing it does guarantee they lose.
@@mrshanny82 Harper got stabbed in the thigh by his girlfriend the night before in a domestic dispute
I would argue that an even worse loss for the Broncos was the ‘96 Divisional Playoff against the 2nd Year Jaguars.
One of the biggest playoff upsets and it absolutely shocked the Broncos.
Agreed, Broncos may have won it all that year. I certainly think they woulda beaten the Patriots in the afc.
Killed the old orange crush uniforms for good.
Yea but than they won the next 2 titles. Kinda takes the sting out of it, you know?
I remember that! The week earlier they went into Buffalo and shocked everyone by beating the Bills. I was really wanting to see a final Bills-Broncos Kelly in his last chance at a championship vs Elway who looked like he was going to get another chance at a championship playoff game. I was feeling ok before the Jags-Bills game. Afterwards,I was upset and having headaches. Then,when they shocked the Broncos,I was so angry. Fortunately, Elway and the Broncos won Super Bowl XXXII a year later. In fact,in the 1997-98 season, there was a Broncos at Bills game which the Broncos won in OT. Imagine if that would've been a playoff game. That's what we missed out because of the Jaguars. Man,I was so ticked off about that!
@@dukes1993724 the Broncos faced the Jaguars again a year later in a wild card game. The Broncos opened up a 21-0 lead,the Jaguars scored 17 unanswered points then turned the ball over on a fumble in Denver territory and threw an interception on the following drive,all in the 3rd qtr. When the 4th qtr began,the Broncos had enough and stared pounding the Jaguars with the run game and scored, I think 3 more tds. They were so focused on beating the Jaguars and that focus and determination really helped them as they then beat the Chiefs and Steelers,both on the road,to get to and win Super Bowl XXXII.
...and AS a Giants fan...I love this video...I never realized how many heartbreaks we have caused till I see them all in one place
26:25. That tackle single-handedly expired the 49ers dynasty, possible 3 peat, as well as Montanas career😢. Hope the 9ers can payback the favor some day!!!
@@gillroygarlic3616 i mean yall got payback in 2002. Then we got payback on yall in 2011
@@marqkuisphillip2295 ESPN article later that week: The NFL said the refs botched the call on the final play, an unusual admission about an unusual game.
Jim Fassel
New York's Rich Seubert, an eligible receiver on the play, gets dragged down by San Francisco's Chike Okeafor before the pass gets to him.
A pass-interference penalty should have been called against the San Francisco 49ers at the end of their wild 39-38 playoff victory, giving New York another chance to kick a game-winning field goal, said Mike Pereira, NFL director of officiating.
NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue commented on the play Tuesday. "What happened at the end in terms of the breakdown of officiating was totally unacceptable to us and it shouldn't have happened with the mechanics already in place,"
@@gillroygarlic3616 hopefully not next week lol
the patriots were involved in almost every game on here lol
Ah yes, allowing all fans to relive their most painful memories. Thank You NFL Throwback
Ha ha ha! At least the creator of the video didn't discriminate! And we know we are not alone in our pain. It's universal as a football fan!
Damn, the Patriots really are "America's worst nightmare". On here 9 times just crushing team's dreams.
Fr man.
I mena you could easily make a video : every teams most heart breaking loss against the patriots.
With all the unluckiest things happening...So Tom fluked his way to most of his SBs. Figures.
@@GODISGREAT_12 BS first of all, he also lost SB´s and championsip games to the most lucky things like the helmet catch. Allmost lost 49 through an equaly unlikely catch etc. secondly you do not get to 10 superbowls and win 7 because of a few lucky plays. You are just fishing for excuses instead of admitting his greatness. So pathetic.
Go watch SB 20 video : it’s beautiful
3 hours of that bullshit franchise getting destroyed
The Saints have had so much playoff heartbreak that they had to put 2 for us. And they didn't even include Beastquake or 2019.
There were a few moments to choose from lol. Being a saints fan is not for the faint hearted
I'd say the packers have more. Super bowl 32, 2003 divisional round, 2007 NFC championship, 2009 Wild Card, 2014 NFC championship, 2015 divisional round, and 2020 NFC championship are just some of them.
They also missed the 2011 divisional vs the 49ers. That huge comeback only for it to undone in one drive. Fantastic game though.
@@CRMdrifter all very true. In my opinion it hurts a little more considering we only have one super bowl and few opportunities to get more. Who knows when we’ll have a really good QB again 🥲😭
92 Wildcard against the Eagles was also painful. On thd verge of their first playoff win only to have Randall Cunningham rally the Eagles in the 4th Quarter.
Seeing RG3 go down like that is really heartbreaking especially knowing how badly that injury effected his potential
I think the Redskins losing their name because of a bunch of white liberals should be a bigger heartbreak.
I used to think that until I saw his diva attitude the following year with his Litle "RG3 coming back" video with is European born girlfriend being flagged around.. thank God Kirk Cousins saved the Redskins for a little while. HTTR! (or is it HTTC now, ha ha?)
Redskins ruined his future
@@chanceishikawa1699 yeah, not like he could tell the coaching staff: hey, my knee is injured and i'm in severe pain.
He wasn’t that good. Run first QBs rarely make it in the NFL. I remember when Vick was supposed to be the greatest QB of all time.
As a Saints fan, I understand, but how dare you make me relive BOTH of those moments.
That Rams game was disrespectful
Sherm face after the INT said it all.. can't imagine the pain Seahawks fans felt
The only reason I can tolerate looking at that 23-20 loss to the Patriots in 2011, is knowing that the Ravens got revenge the following season on their way to a Superbowl victory.
And opened the door for the greatest kicker of all time ! JT
If I remember correctly billy missed the field goal he was a kicker for the Packers. Ray Lewis said it's not Billy's fault it was a team effort.
It's sort of poetic how the 49ers and Giants gave each other their most heartbreaking loss.
As a Panthers fan, that loss in Super Bowl XXXVIII still stings almost twenty years later. The Cardiac Cats had the game within their grasp, but the kick out of bounds and frickin' Tom Brady killed any chances they had of going out on top.
It was tied though, it could've went either way
But yes, that out of bounds kick costed them the most
Do you ever find it kind of suspicious that both the Rams and the Panthers lost because they kicked off OOB setting up winning Cheatriot FGs?
@@indy_go_blue6048 Rams didn’t kick out of bounds in Super Bowl 36.
As a Eagles fan the lost to the Panthers in the NFC championship stings to this day , worst lost in team history in my opinion
@@indy_go_blue6048 lol cope
Just seeing how many of these teams' most heartbreaking losses have been to the Patriots has been mind-boggling.
SEVEN teams on this list lost to the Patriots. The list could be altered and changed, yes, but really puts into perspective just how dominating the Pats have been for the last 20 years or so.
Or lucky. Or cheaters. Or just good. Who knows.
Telamon salty boy
#FlyEaglesFly
At first I was like “man they got a lot of calls in their favor”, but I guess if you’re always in the playoffs you just have more chances for those calls.
And just how close we are to an alternate reality where the Patriots don't win any championships and Brady/Belichick are talked about as two of the biggest choke artists in NFL history.
Small margins between historic levels of glory and bitter defeat.
Patriots seemed to own about a quarter of those heartbreaks
well, when their fuckign QB plays for 20 damned years............
The Giants have a few to and one of the biggest ones against the Pats
YES U KNOW THE RAMS ONE OF THE very few SB FAVORITES TO LOSE yhe first lose to Brady some Vegas books 6 1/2 pts. The Colts 10 1/2 over Jets is all-time choke
It’s all manipulated/ scripted/ rigged
It’s not legitimate: wake up
@@mrmercedes8528 woah man your so like smart what a take
Major props for using the losing team's radio announcers, it really adds some extra oomph to hear all these different dudes going through the five stages of grief in real time.
As a Steelers fan, I believe the '94 AFC championship loss to the Chargers was the most devastating. They had home field advantage against an inferior San Diego team and laid and egg at Three Rivers. Yeah, their Superbowl 30 loss to the Cowboys was disappointing, but they were the underdog as not many people thought they would knock off the dynastic Cowboys.
Excellent choice. I remember seeing that game and the Steelers were heavy favorites. It went down to the last play when they threw an incomplete pass in the end zone, and I couldn't believe the Chargers won. The Steelers certainly would have been a formidable opponent to the 49ers and Steve Young that year.
Indeed that Chargers team was more lucky than good
San Fran would have killed Pitt in that Super Bowl, anyways.
@@redpillfreedom6692 I recently watched that game. The Chargers played well but not otherworldly. The Steelers problem was simply they played way to safe for some reason and felt like "yeah we'll pull it out eventually" but they never did.
Super Bowl 45 imo if Pittsburgh would of won that it would of changed everything for the franchise
It must have been difficult for the NFL Throwback editors to come up with just one Vikings heartbreaking playoff loss. Drew Pearson pushing off? Darrin Nelson dropping the game winning pass in Washington? Gary Anderson? 41-Donut? Favre throwing across his body against the Saints? NICK FOLES beating the brakes off the #1 ranked D? Oh yeah and any of the 4 Super Bowl losses.
Blair Walsh missed field goal too
Summed up perfectly. No need to wonder why we Vikings fans are so cynical!?
You could probably do a whole video on that alone
Farve has to be the worst one. We were screwed out of a Manning-Farve SB
Yeah fr being a fan is so depressing lol
As a Saints fan I would rather go through 10 Minneapolis Miracles than what happened the year after
Facts. The Minneapolis Miracle sucked. But at least the Saints actually made that mistake and deserved to lose because of it. The 2018 game was just sick because that was 1000% on the officials.
100%
Yep, I was at the NFC championship and it was I was miserable afterwards…
I’m not a Saints fan but I def agree with u. I feel like 2018 was ur year. That loss was just incredibly heart breaking
People can't even spell you're right it's spelled you're not ur 🤦
Jacksonville was so dominant and deserved to go to the Super Bowl that year IMO.
As a fan of New Orleans the divisional loss to the 49ers on January 14, 2012 hurt worse. Many of us believed the 2011 crew was the best team the Saints ever put on the field, even better than the '09 team.
But the rams one litalley robbed you a Super Bowl trip
That Falcons loss to the Patriots is one of the all-time worst chokes in sports history. No way Atlanta ever forgets that one.
If they win one we will forget. That’s kinda what happened when the braves won the WS.
@@benny6466 Braves had already won before, they were decent. Falcons are a joke that became even more of a joke since then, they wont win or even get close for many decades.
@@aesir1ases64 you literally don’t know
it's the kind of loss where i would understand if any falcon fan wanted to abandon their team and find a new one. everyone gives brady so much credit but that to me is more about a total team collapse
@@abneryates4304 yeah but I’m loyal and there’s literally no way I can change teams
As a pats fan I got over the 46 and 52 losses. But 42… man kills me to this day smh
Another note crazy how many of these involve Tom Brady
To be fair, Tom Brady got them almost 20 playoff appearances so it makes sense for Brady to have these losses.
Eli avoiding the sack honestly hurts more than a hundred Helmet Catches, all these years later I’m like “get him, GET HIM!”
Yea after that I was really questioning if should trade teams… but I didn’t 🤦🏾🤣
Me : sees this
Me : Oh yeah the seahawks one
I’ll never forgive Asante Samuel for dropping that easy ass pick
I'd argue for the Jets that their loss to the Steelers in the 2010 AFC Championship Game was the most heartbreaking. They had just come off a huge upset against the rival Patriots and were one drive away from completing the comeback. The Steelers 3rd and 6 conversion still haunts me to this day, and as of this writing, that is the most recent Jets playoff appearance.
Also the AFC Championship Game loss to the Colts the year prior was pretty rough.
Doug briens two misses were also soul destroying. Herm purposely choosing to end a drive with tons of time left after they had just gotten a huge run and 1st down from lamont jordan is one if the single stupidest coaching decisions I've ever seen. Why on earth would you not try and get closer after Brien had JUST missed a FG?
And of course the salt in the wound...Brien's first miss was a miss on what would've been the longest FG ever at HEinz. So naturally in game 1 next szn vinateri makes it lol
yeah. as a patriot fan that’s probably the best run yall’ve made in a minute. y’all were definitely a pain in the ass back then. who knows how it will go with Aaron Rodgers tho.
Yeah man that 2010 AFC championship game Jets vs Steelers was disappointing to me.The Jets had second year QB Mark Sanchez and weapons like Tomlinson,Holmes,Greene,Cole,and that tight end can't remember his name but damn.The Jets were loaded with talent and couldn't break through the playoffs to get to Super Bowl 45. 🤦♂️ There was no excuse for the Jets to get to the super bowl.I hope that the Jets get another super bowl both like they did in the 1968 season with Joe Namath.Jets shocked the world beating the 18 point favorite Colts in Super Bowl 3.
Ask Jet lifer’s..they’ll tell you the Mud Bowl.
The Vikings could’ve had the Hail Mary, 1987 drop on the goal line, 1998, 2009 Brett Farve int, and the 2015 Blair Walsh miss.
Then 2 of the ass kicking we got against the Eagles and 49ers 😔
00:00 - Patriots
00:56 - 49ers
01:45 - Chiefs
02:42 - Packers
03:49 - Cardinals
04:43 - Seahawks
05:14 - Titans
06:02 - Saints
07:04 - Steelers
07:54 - Ravens
08:39 - Bills
09:19 - Eagles
10:18 - Rams
11:22 - Broncos
12:09 - Buccaneers
13:04 - Giants
14:16 - Falcons
15:09 - Browns
16:09 - Raiders
17:10 - Bengals
17:56 - Redskins/Football Team
18:59 - Chargers
20:00 - Colts
20:37 - Panthers
21:33 - Lions
22:17 - Bears
23:21 - Vikings
23:59 - Dolphins
24:16 - Jets
25:14 - Jaguars
26:05 - Texans
27:07 - Cowboys
Thx for this
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Imma just skip the Panthers one,thank you!
Thanks, God bless you and your family 🙏🏾
@@BokuGlack it’s rough watching that
That Seahawks loss still hurts …. Lynch was disrespected by his own coach :(
Lynch wasnt disrespected it was 4 downs and Seahawks tried to throw and get touchdown juat Patriots read play and got interception
@@terrystyles3486 Did you watch this game? Everyone watching knew a Seahawks win was inevitable with the way Lynch was running the ball all game and on that drive. There's no way the Patriots stopped Lynch on 4 straight downs. Throwing the ball was risky for no reason and they unfortunately paid the price.
@@terrystyles3486 lol the best 2 yard Running back not named Campbell and you throw the ball . Disrespectful… Pete Carroll with the worst call of all time .
@@alexflaherty9426
Yeah clown i watched the game and a pass on 1st down by Seahawks ans Patriots cornerback read the play and interception you acting like Seattle throw 4 times at 1 yard line and disrespected Lynch im sure had that pass not been intercepted then they would have gave Marshawn ball on 2nd down clown
@@alexflaherty9426 I still can't believe that Peyton Manning wasn't prepared for the ball to be snapped on Denver's first offensive play in Super Bowl XLVIII.
It’s hard to not pick the 2010 NFC Championship game against the Packers for the Bears. Chicago was the host and let their longtime rival hoist the George Halas trophy in Soldier Field. Two weeks later Green Bay goes on to win the Super Bowl. I’ll never forget that game. The infamous Jay Cutler injury and all of the ex players calling him out on social media.
Double Doink was pretty bad.
The worst part is that they lost because of a big man pick six.
Stupid bears blew it by not building around Cutler!
More than anything, the takeaway is that every single team in the sport has had a heartbreaking loss. Solidarity
And that is EXACTLY why you should never get arrogant after you win. Be a gracious winner because your heartbreak is coming someday. Count on it!
I follow 4 teams: Arizona Cardinals, Philadelphia Flyers/Sixers/Phillies and I can give all 4 of their most crushing losses:
Cardinals-2015 NFC Championship game
Flyers-Game 6 1980 Stanley Cup Finals
Sixers-Game 7 1981 Eastern Conference Finals
Phillies-1993, Joe Carter
@@Rockhound6165 Better a Cardinals fan than an Eagles fan.
@@AwesomeDude799 at least the Eagles have a SB title. What do we have? Endless losing.
@@Rockhound6165 and the eagles have a solid chance at another one
I love how the giants are just ruining dynasties in these, it’s the only thing they’re good at 😂
They may of beaten the Patriots twice, but they didn’t ruin the dynasty.
@@jacksonconley5117 They split the dynasty into two smaller ones 2001-2004 and 2014-2018
@@EmptyHand49 from 2004-2014 the pats only missed the playoffs once and it was when they went 10-6 and brady was injured. The pats dynasty was never split
Well,to be honest,that ball flies a couple more feet to the left, Bellichick has only one Super Bowl victory with the Giants.
@@el3ctroTV_ Winning multiple Superbowls makes a team a dynasty not just making the playoffs. That’s why the 2012-2020 Seahawks or Bills of the 1990s aren’t considered dynasties.
"As they try to win their 4th Super Bowl in 7 years"
The Packers have 4 NFCC loses in the last 7 years😭
Viklings have 6 straight NFCC game losses. An all-time NFL record. They also have the most playoff losses in NFL history. Minnesotans truly have a black hole where the heart belongs.
As a Packers fan, I feel this comment hit home too, the Vikings should have at least two Superbowls wins by now.
@@dn8750 Let's not forget the Twinks 18-straight game losing streak in the playoffs. Another all-time record. Minnesota really just is a black hole.
You really think the Raiders loss in the "Tuck Rule" game was more heartbreaking than the "Immaculate Reception" game? Raiders' fans and ex-players are still grousing about that game 50 years later.
Also, as a Colts fan I think the '95 PO loss to the Steelers ending a true "Cinderella season" on a missed last second hail Mary was a lot more heartbreaking than the '05 loss to those same Steelers, who outplayed us for the whole damn game.
I also think blaming Gary Andersen for "losing" the '98 PO game is pure BS. The Vikings still had a 7-point lead, and the D lost the game, not Andersen.
On the other hand, I'm still pissed about the Tuck Rule, and fully expect to still be pissed off 50 years from now. :)
Oh, Raiders fans are still bitching about the tuck rule game to be sure…
If you havent had a painful loss to the patriots or the giants, are you really a real team?
28-3 ... I'm not a falcons fan but that pain will never heal 💯😂
Told to tank
@@andrewgrove1691 comedy
As a Saints fan there is no worst one all of them hurt😞
I would say the first one vs Atlanta…..
Hahaha go bucs
As a fellow Saints fan, I knew which one it was, but when I saw the Diggs play I thought this list got it wrong, then I saw there were 2.... And of course I see some really silly comments under your comment, we never had a PLAYOFF loss against Atlanta that I know of, and not sure why the other person brought the buccs into it, that game was heartbreaking, but we were not the better team that day.
i would say probably the blown pass interference was worse than the minneapolis miracle
@@rogernelsonjr6969 definitely but the Minnesota miracle still is horrible
That no call as a Saints fan still haunts my dreams🙀
As a broncos fan I still believe the 96 divisional game vs the Jags was pretty brutal. That ravens team had a ridiculous tantrum in Jones and Bolden
As a chiefs fan I gotta say the loss to Andrew Luck and the colts was more heartbreaking. I’d even put the loss to Mariota and the Titans above the loss to Brady in the championship game. Once we got Mahomes there was a sigh of relief knowing we could win playoff games, but before then the curse was real and painful.
I felt that those teams weren't going anywhere, but it would have been nice to win a game to break the streak. maybe the 2017 team could have won 1 more after the TItans. to lose in 2018 after the interception was nullified was a killer
The Len Elliot game was worse for me.
@@nickfizer401
I agree. Those 90's Marty teams were certainly good enough to win at least one chip!😰
Upshot I felt the same way. My two kids were devastated after that 2018 Championship loss. I was disappointed myself, no doubt about it. But I just knew with PM the curse was lifted.
Definitely agree as a Red Sox fan 2003 seems like a horrible loss in game 7 against the Yankees but it doesn’t really bug me knowing we broke the curse the following season
The 2014 NFC championship is just pure pain. Packers defense played at a higher level than Seattle’s and forced 5 turnovers. That onside kick recovery was like a stab through the heart💔 Can’t believe how we dominated the majority of the game but didn’t close it out😔😔
And I like the packers,they get so much unwanted hate as well and those championships,so much pain for y’all
As a Seattle fan I feel no sympathy for packers fans but I must say you guys deserved it
They didnt dominate. Their red zone offense was trash
@@geordiejones5618 ok I could say our defense was dominating until the final minutes.
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I thought the worst game for Miami would be when Ray Finkle missed that heartbreaking field goal wide right in the Superbowl!
The Broncos most heartbreaking playoffs loss, I gotta say, would still have to be the 1996 Divisional loss to the Jaguars. The reason being that, despite Peyton Manning being a beloved part of Broncos history, John Elway was always The Man in Denver. 1996 looked like it was going to be their last, best chance at him winning a Super Bowl. Denver was far and away the best team in the AFC, and Jacksonville didn't look like they were going to be any serious competition. They were a 2nd year expansion franchise that barely squeezed into the playoffs. The Broncos were up 12-0 after the 1st Quarter and were rolling. And lost. The 2012 Ravens had been to the AFC Championship Game the previous season and were still a solid team that we knew could pull things off. The Jags came out of nowhere to win in 1996. Our jaws were wide open after the Broncos failed to convert that last onside kick. We all were like, "How could this happen?!?" That's the difference.
Oh, and The Ice Bowl. People all over the area had trouble starting their cars that morning, and there were reports that at least one person died in the stands due to exposure. It was so cold that they canceled the marching band performance at halftime and the referees got rid of their whistles because they were sticking to their lips. What was it, -15* in Green Bay that afternoon? I still love hearing Vince's admonishment to Bart Starr before that final QB sneak. "Okay, run it, then let's get the Hell out of here."
Absolutely correct. That Jaguars loss probably kept us from a three-peat.
The Jags loss was FAR more disappointing than what happened in 2012. Recency bias. Denver had the NFL's best record in 1996 and lost at home to an expansion team.
The most heartbreaking loss for Houston was the 32 point blown lead vs Buffalo in ‘93.
Well I agree, even though they were the same franchise, the Oilers and Tennesee Titans were two different football teams.
That game was the death knell for the Oilers
The Texans and Oilers are separate franchises.
@@redpillfreedom6692 that’s why I said Houston ;)
@@RB01.10
Actually it was their '93 playoff loss to Kansas City that spelt the end
As much as Super Bowl 42 footage, logos, sound effects and moments still traumatize me, huge shout out for using the Patriots radio call and the legendary voice of the Patriots, Gil Santos, who is sadly no longer with us
That Vikings team at the end of the 90's was one of the most talented teams to never make it to the SB.
Lots of recency bias in some of these picks. Chargers’ loss to a depleted Oilers team in ‘79 or the loss to the Raiders in ‘80 were at least as bad as the Patriots game. Washington’s shellacking in Super Bowl XVIII to the Raiders was worse than RGIII getting hurt. Older Cowboys fans have always told me the loss to the Colts in Super Bowl V was way worse than the Packers NFL title losses. And speaking of the Colts, Super Bowl III????!
Anyway…
Hard disagree on the Steelers toughest playoff loss. Super Bowl XXX was frustrating, but the loss the year before to the Chargers in the AFC Championship Game was worse. 2001 AFC Championship against the Patriots was bad too. Way tougher to lose as a big home favorite than to lose in a game you weren’t necessarily expected to win. Even if it is the Super Bowl.
How about the loss to the Raiders without Harris and Bleier in ‘76? Any older fans remember that one?
All good stuff! It's really hard for some teams to just pick one, isn't it?
Agreed. Getting embarrassed in the Super Bowl as the record-breaking defending champions is way worse than a Wild Card loss. Same with the Colts; they completely shat the bed as enormous favorites on the biggest stage. It's such a historic loss that it is inextricably woven into the fabric of the league's history. Also, the Broncos being upset by the Jaguars in 1996 and suffering the worst ass-kicking in Super Bowl history had to be worse or at least on par with the Mile High Miracle
And was the Tuck Game really a worse loss for the Raiders than The Immaculate Reception? And the Ice Bowl for the Cowboys was an obvious choice.
Oh yeah, a LOT of recency bias here. As a Lions fan, the most heartbreaking loss was the NFC Championship game vs. Washington. Yes, it was a blowout, but it was the closest the Lions ever got to the Super Bowl in what was a dream-come-true season. The Redskins then stomped on it. It's been back to the drawing board ever since.
I am surprised you said 01 and not 04 AFC champ. The steelers team was far better but I can see why you chose 01- that team was given energy by Brady at such an improbable time.
Cowboys have had a lot of heartbreaking playoff losses, twice to the Steelers in the Super Bowl, Super Bowl 5 against the Colts, the "Catch" in 1982 with the 49ers, 1994 NFC title game against the 49ers, all of the Tony Romo losses, 2016 with the Packers.
2007 1 seed at home vs the Garbage Ass New York Giants….still haven’t gotten over it
@@treybear8174 it's hard to beat the same team three times in a season, it was just meant to be, that garbage ass team beat the Packers and the undefeated Pats too.
@@billyblueification ill never give them credit
@@billyblueification The giants were missing Plaxico most of the season. When he came back they caught fire.
@@imanuelbrooks8402 it had nothing to do with that. It had to do with dropped passes in the second half. Second string tight end dropping a td pass that hit him in the chest. T.O. dropping a 50 yard bomb. Patrick Crayton dropping an open field pass on third down, that potentially could have ran for a td if caught. Patrick Crayton dropping another first down later. Patrick Crayton stutter stepping to not catch the game winning td on the second before last play. That's 3 or more tds cowboys could have had if the receivers didn't drop easy balls.
The first truly heartbreaking playoff loss I ever experienced was for the 1991 season: John Elway led the Broncos on what some call "The Drive II" converting on a couple of 4th downs to defeat the Oilers 26-24.
If the Oilers still exist, easily they could have almost a Top 5 heartbreaking losses, that 91 Broncos game, the comeback, the game on 93 against Montana and the Chiefs, the Steelers game on the 79 season where the refs screwed them. Alongside the Browns, I think that those franchises have the worst heartbreaking losses on playoff
@@theguns244 and the comeback game by the bills lol
I couldn't remember what year it was, but I remember that game. Elway vs moon. I thought the Oilers had them too
@@theguns244 what's "the comeback?"
@@theguns244 nvm I'm an idiot
Man, I will never forget that Tyree catch. I was watching with a bunch of Giants fans and I think they had minor heart attacks multiple times in that one play.
you'd have to add bills' loss to chiefs yesterday
Thanks for including the radio calls from the losing side of some great defeats/collapses/impossible moments in NFL history. I had never heard the Seattle radio call of the Super Bowl 49 play. Very cool.
"The Drive" and "The Fumble" happening to the same team in back to back years against the same opponent in the same game. Man, the Browns really are cursed.
But at least the Broncos came up 0-2 during those Super Bowl trips. Browns fans can at least be sort of happy about that I guess.
Then never were any good for years and years Bless u Lebron
@@kevinstull8552 Remember even only the brave enter the arena to give their all have nothing to be ashamed of as a Cowboys fan I was glad when Elway won SBs later in his career NFL the greatest reality show that why generations get hooked again n again
I feel for the kickers,Ernest Byner all fumblersbut the teams ripped off by officials
Are the worst
Don't forget Red Right 88.
The Titans in the Super Bowl against the Rams will always be #1, but the 2021 Divisional against the Bengals, it's up there.
The most devastating loss in Dolphins playoff history: 1994 Divisional Round at San Diego. Dolphins dominate the 1st half up 21-6...fall behind 22-21 at the end of the 4th...Marino leads one final comeback drive...gets to San Diego's 30...Stoyo misses the game winning kick wide right. We should have played the 49ers in the Super Bowl that year.
McCleon: "Tom Brady, overrated." 😂😂😂
Brady than precedes to drive his team 70 yards into field goal range🤣
He right tho
@@captainchaserman7148 refs* not brady
@@jrsmith5080 You're losing at life bruh
@@MichaelMurphy-kj3xf explain how am I losing? Cuz i winning cuh, i got hotties on my d and i out here making racks. I winning bro, i winning. You jealous cuh
1981 AFC Divisional: Raiders at Browns. Mike Davis's last minute INT of Brian Sipe just when it looked like the Browns were gonna pull it out was also an extremely heartbreaking loss for the Dawg Pound. I wanted so bad to see a 'Siper' Bowl
I finally saw that play. It had no chance
'Siper' bowl?
Red Right 88
If you haven't already check out KTOs video on worst browns moments tier list
I gotta say that the most heartbreaking loss for the New Orleans Saints was the 2018 NFC Championship Game against the Rams on the no PI call.
i’m not even a cardinals fan and it hurts to see those super bowl highlights
As a Bears fan, I thought that the double doink was going to be in here.
Same. Maybe because it was during a Wild Card game and not an NFC Championship Game.
Me too
Everyone is gonna talk about the Seahawks not running the ball down at the goal line, but the 49ers losing Montana and the chance to 3-peat was bigger than that
Especially because that hit ended the 49ers Montana era. He never really got over that injury.
It's one of those what if moments. The 9ers were a contender for the next 5 years a d even won another super bowl. But they did it all without Montana because of that hit. Montana could've had more SBs under his belt for sure if he wouldn't have had to leave the 9ers and then the league 4 years later.
All due respect, but ABSOLUTELY NOT. SEA call at the 1 yard line was by far the worst and most dumbest call all-time in the history of the NFL.
So painful that it started another hall of famers career?
I'm not sure if you're implying they lost that game because they lost Montana. But Young did enough to win it. Roger Craig lost it. That play alone cost him the half of fame.
I Would argue that the 49ers loss to the Ravens in XLVII was worse
Add the Bills vs. Chiefs game to this list from the 2021 season divisional playoffs that just happened. I hope Bills Mafia will recover! Best game ever played.
Both teams will now have a possession in overtime in the playoffs so the bills will now have a chance in OT with this change to postseason rules
The fact that the Double Doink is probably the 3rd worst playoff loss in Bears history is depressing. (#1 being the Washington loss and #2 being the loss to the Packers in the NFC Championship game)
To be fair it was only the Wild Card game. If that happened in the NFC Championship or Super bowl it would their worst for sure
The double doink was way harder IMO. 2010 team had a good year but the packers were clearly the better team from the first drive. How the bears had a chance at the end with Haney is a miracle. I wasn’t alive for the Washington loss so can’t comment.
@@slydEvil35 nah losing to rodgers because our qb which that position has always haunted us to this day (hopefully fields changes that🙏🏽) and it being his only sb like 12 years later hurts.
No way man, 2010 NFC Championship was much worse. The fact that the Packers won the Superbowl after that is agonizing. Neither of those other two games are even close I think.
lol 1st clip might give Patriots fans an immediate heart attack and a loud moaning sound from Giants fans.
I’m a sicko pats fan for 28 years but no when we won so much losing just two SB didn’t hurt because we had already won 3 even before the giants and 3 after. Honestly didn’t hurt at all I kind of laughed thinking we couldn’t win every time.
God seeing that Saints no call still pisses me off. I'm not even a Saint's fan but that just made me hate the officiating crew. To see the whole team so heartbroken to have come so close but missing out because the refs don't have fucking eyes.
As a Cowboy fan, there's no way the 1966 NFL Title game was more heartbreaking than Dwight Clark making "The Catch." The 1966 Cowboys were a young, green playoff team facing the dynastic Packers. The overall mood was that their time would come. There was little expectation they would win, and no shame when they did. Truly heartbreaking were the SB loss to the Colts with 5 seconds left, and wasting two elite seasons by losing to inferior Cleveland in 1968 and 1969.
Or the Jackie Smith dropped TD in the Super Bowl. Or the Dez no catch. Or the ‘07 Cowboys at the number 1 seed losing to the Giants in the Divisional round. Or the 1995 NFC championship loss to the 49ers. Too many moments
@@jaquillahillahfoodstamps 1995 NFC Champ was GB
1994 was the 49ers ending the Cowboys quest for 3peat. 3 1st quarter turnovers = 21 points will do that
Other Cowboys playoff losses that get overlooked
1976: NFC-1, lose to the Rams
1979: NFC-1, lose to the Rams, Staubach’s final game
1998: 8-0 vs NFC East in the regular season, lose to the Cardinals in the Wild Card
@@jaquillahillahfoodstamps cowboys shouldn't have even been in the playoffs anymore for the Dez no catch, Lions got robbed & should have won in the previous round.
So many for the Cowboys.
1. 1966 and 67 to Pack.
2. SB V to Colts
3. SB XIII the drop
4. THE Catch
5. 1994 NFC Championship ending 3 peat and possibly 4 in a row....
'66 was heartbreaking in that they were right there on the 2-yard line to tie, send the game into OT with all the momentum and they ran into those big game screwups Landry never seemed to get blamed for (one referenced in North Dallas Forty) -- Bob Hayes, who wasn't usually in that package, was in and required to block the D-lineman who engulfed Meredith.
I'd say the Super Bowl V loss was worse. Colts scores came on a 75-yard double-tipped pass, a 2-yard TD drive after an INT and the game-winning FG after an INT. Dallas led 13-6 when Thomas fumbled near the goal line and Dave Manders actually recovered, but refs gave Colts the ball.
I like how they used the losing team's radio announcers to emphasize the heartbreak.
Yes, that was a nice touch.
Honestly don’t think I’ll ever be able to fully process the Jets and Browns making the same playoffs 🤯
What about Detroit in a divisional round
The 49ers loss to the Seahawks in the NFC championship killed me.. also that NFC championship against the giants where our punt returner muffed two punts and giants won in OT. Heartbreakers for sure.
Great list. Giants fan here. I expected the loss to the niners to be on the list...but by the start of the next season i was over it. The loss to the Rams in 1989 (Jan 1990) however... still hurts 32 years later... ask any giants fan who was a teenager then.
BTW, thanks for really getting the local broadcasts of the losing squads for this segment. I hadn't heard the Bengals radio team for Super Bowl 23 before. The contrast was fascinating.
I'll never forget the Packers vs Seahawks in the NFC championship game. My fathers last Packer game alive. We had that game in the bag, and to see that trick play on the field goal, and then the Wilson hail marry, and then to top it off the Bostick botched onside kick recovery, I swear I have football PTSD from that game.
Agree, that one still stings man
I’m sorry your father had to go out seeing that I’m so sorry 🤦🏿♂️🙏🏿
I’m so sorry for your loss man may he Rest In Peace gone to soon prayers for his family and everyone who knew him
Still haven't seen the end of that game..just know we lost.i didn't watch it on here either.just thought I'd see if that was ours...and of course.
I seriously cannot watch that game. Watched it live, and that was enough pain. No highlights, no replays, couldn't even watch it on this video, makes me sick.
I think they are going to have to update the most heartbreaking loss for the Bills.
Losses in the Super Bowl are worse IMO, especially the wide right one
Super Bowl lost is worse
This needs to be updated.
4 times.
The fact that the most embarrassing playoff loss for the Bears in this video is NOT represented by the "Double Doink" is, in fact, embarrassing. 3 years later and the after-effects are still being felt, and will continue to be for a long time.
That wasn't their most embarrassing playoff loss, that would be 2010 against GB in the championship game. The double doink wasn't a surprise to any Bears fans that watched that season, Parkey hit the upright 4 times on 1 game that season, foreshadowing the eventually playoff loss.
@@FungiRy91 Both are embarrassing for various reasons. I describe that GB loss as more disgraceful than anything. When I saw Cutler STANDING on the sidelines on his supposedly injured leg while Caleb Hanie nearly saved the day, I was thinking "Excuse me? The chance to beat the Packers to go to the Super Bowl, and you stand there looking like you can scramble in the pocket or take a hit still?" That loss angers me more than I actually feel embarrassment for them, and I'm not a Bears fan.
@@FungiRy91 I told everyone that he needed to be cut after that 4 doink game but everyone said it’s not worth losing money to get rid of him
I’ll never get over 18-1…….or Samuel’s dropped INT…..
Also the holding on the helmet catch play...
I applauded the attempt. He's not Randy Moss, I know
That bloody "no-call" for the Rams-Saints..... absolute garbage
as a cowboys fan Rodger Goodell and that referee can burn in hell together for ruining the saints
Looking at this list, Brady got a lot of luck and capitalized on em.
Tuck rule, Ravens missed FG, KC lines up offsides, Jags blown lead/Mile Jack fumble recovery run, Falcons blown 28-3 lead, Seattle didn't run Lynch at the 2 yard line, Carolina kicks out of bounds in the Super Bowl, etc.
Tom Brady is the greatest QB ever but yeah he got extremely lucky during his career. His team bailed him out of a lot of things as well. I attribute that to bellichek just having a well disciplined team
@@lampini Belichick struggle to even get a winning record without Brady. Brady continued to be extremely lucky and won another Super Bowl without Belichick. Even though many said Brady is the goat or the greatest qb, his contribution to his team is still under appreciated.
@@realchimera9424 It took a lot of luck for him to get his ring with TB. And this past season the Pats and Bucs had the same record.
As a Chiefs fan, the epic collapses against the Colts in 2013 and Titans in 2018 hurt way more than that loss to the Patriots. While it sucked losing to the Evil Empire, with Patrick Mahomes it feels like we always have shot, rather than the impending sense of dread that I always had pre-Mahomes that we were going to somehow snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
The one that hurts even more than those is the 1995 AFC Divisional Playoff. One of the saddest nights of my childhood.
*Titans in 2017
@@arizonawrestlinginterviews1040 Lin Elliott man
It looks like those snatching defeat from the jaws of victory days are back for Kansas City
@@NeverSober8008 If you told me in 2017 that the Chiefs would host the next 4 AFC Championship games and win a Super Bowl though, 2017 me would take it in a heart beat. Pre-Mahomes in the playoffs the Chiefs were 9-18 (over 55 years). With Mahomes, they are 8-3 (in 4 years). Although I hate to assume, it is likely that Mahomes will have the same or more playoff wins in 5 years than the rest of the 55 year team history. The same amount of playoff wins in 9.1% of the time. Even though this last one hurt (and it did, but kudos to the Bengals. Their game plan clearly worked), it's still far better than where they were.
23:21 many people forget that the Vikings already had the lead before Gary Anderson's missed field goal. It would have made it a 2 possession game but ultimately it was the Vikings defense who blew it by allowing the Falcons to drive down the field in the last 2 minutes.
Thank you. I'm not a Vikings fan and I'm sick of the Gary Anderson slander. The Vikings' defense failed to keep the Falcons from scoring after that. Plus, it's not like Gary Anderson was a notoriously bad kicker like Cody Parkey.
Those freaking announcers jinxed Andersen pulled that he hasn't missed in forever line. And then as soon as I said that line right at the end of it he missed. Danny Green got all conservative though at the end. Was an offense like that we got conservative?? I mean remember him saying when they were going for that field goal you could hear him saying that a field goal wins it puts us up by 10 and that's probably true but why not just go for a fucking kill shot I guess that's what he thought he was doing.
@@tevinsherrill5653 I don't think anybody really blames Gary Anderson. I mean that's kind of the narrative but we all know that it was Danny Green that fucked it up and made the Vikings all conservative towards the end. Our defense was supar as well.
Exactly right! I can't for the life of me understand why people just don't get this! Perhaps they just enjoy having a specific person to have as their scapegoat.
@@yourdaddy6030
You mean Dennis Green.
Pretty ironic seeing this on my timeline as I just watched my cowboys performance a few days ago💀
That AFC Championship 1994 game was more heartbreak than super bowl 30 for the Steelers
As a cowboys fan I already knew it would be ethier the dropped catch in the super bowl by Jackie smith or romo fumbling a snap
Sadly there's plenty more, 1994 NFC Championship loss, 2007 Loss to Giants and the Dez game. Although the Jackie Smith one is probably the worst imo
The catch
My uncle is a Cowboys fan and says the Ice Bowl and Super Bowl V still hurts him to this day.
@@jerrys.3317 R u referring to the dez catch and stretch vs green Bay?
@@jerrys.3317 That playoffs was nothing but karma. The Lions weren't supposed to lose to Dallas. Dallas wasn't supposed to lose to green Bay. Green Bay wasn't supposed to lose to Seattle. And finally Seattle wasn't supposed to lose to New England
NFL Throwback is freaking amazing, it was what I was waiting for on TH-cam for the longest time. Learning and watching about great football before my time as a fan.
For the Cowboys, I would also include Jackie Smith's dropped touchdown catch in Super Bowl XIII.
That Dez catch in 2014 was also a heartbreaker
I genuinely think Pete Carroll didn't run the ball because of what happened to him in the Rose Bowl against Texas. Lendale White stuffed on 4th and 2 because everyone knew it'd be a run to their bruiser back.
Or just the exact reason people are still mad about it today...because he had the best RB in the NFL. Everyone in the stadium thought it was going to Lynch. If that play worked, then people would still be talking about how brilliant Carroll was.
And I hate the Seachickens. I like that they lost. But to me it was very smart to use Lynch as a decoy. Carroll probably should have faked a handoff to Lynch and had Wilson bootleg with a pass option. Easy to be a Monday morning QB though.
I heard a rumor, again just a rumor, that Paul Allen the owner did not want Marshawn Lynch to get the ball and win the MVP because he didn’t want to talk to the press. Not sure if it’s true, but wouldn’t be surprising
@@bryancoats5328 That is the first comment I've ever heard about that play that actually might make sense.....
There are 28 or 29 seconds left in the game when the ball is snapped and its second down. IF Lynch gets stuffed, there is a LOT of time to get lined up and spike the ball on third down. You still have one more shot from the 1, so I dont see the Lendale play in the 05 Nat Title game being a reason why Carroll would do what he did. They basically had 2 shots to score from the 1 if they run the ball...I like those odds.
@@jimmyplenderleith9471 They still had a timeout left so they wouldn't have had to spike the ball. I think they figured NE would expect a run so they decided to try and trick them with a throw instead, which even in hindsight was a dumb call. If Lynch gets stuffed so be it, call timeout and pick your best goal line play and hope for the best.
As a Panther's fan watching that final kickoff hurts my soul more and more every time I see it.
They probably still would have lost. they left too much time
@@vulcanraven9701 The Pats just barely got into FG range last second and if everything went the same way it would have been a 56 yarder without the botched kick off.
The Malcolm Butler interception makes me rage every time I see it 🤬
I know it's pretty standard for folks to complain about the playcall, but if it had worked, it would have been heralded as brilliant. "Of course New England is expecting Lynch to run it. What better way to trip them up than a short pass instead?"
@@Gamer2k4 sure but it’s head scratching they don’t try Lynch at least once on the goal line. They had 3 more downs to work with and 1 more timeout. That should’ve been a play-call for 3rd or 4th down.
i have that t-shirt. just a beaut.
@@Gamer2k4 ON THE 1 YD LINE?
You throw the pass on 2nd down because you only have 1 timeout. If you run and get stopped you have to use your T.O. AND you have to pass on 3rd down - with the Pats expecting it. Lynch was getting the ball on 1st, 3rd and 4th down if necessary. Pats had stuffed Marshawn for a loss or no gain 5 times that game. people forget what an incredible play Butler made on the ball and to hold onto it through contact.
Vikings have had so many of these it's impossible to pick just one
I still hurt watching my Titans lose the SB by a yd. I sure miss the warrior that was Air McNair😢
I'm a Ravens fan, & we also LOOOOVED AND MISS McNair. I was rooting for y'all that year because of McNair. Always a fan of his. I wanted him to get a Super Bowl ring soooo bad! 😔😔😔 We Ravens fans was sad & cried when he died. RIP Steve....🙏🏼😢💔🕊🕊🕊
Well, they didn't "lose" the game by one yard, they "lost" the shot at winning it in overtime--no guarantee that they would have done so though.
I’m biased but I still think Seahawks take that. Falcons was so gradual that you could see it coming. Seahawks fans were ALL convinced the game was done, touchdown guaranteed and in only 3 seconds, it was instantly lost. Can’t explain the shock. I just went home and laid on the couch and stared at the ceiling the rest of the night.
I feel that play not only ended the game, but also ended the Seahawks' dynasty to-be. Pete lost a lot of the locker room after that. They never recovered from that.
You know what has confused me ever since that happened? When Lynch runs the ball from the 6 down to the 1, play is stopped with a little over a minute left. Belichick and the Pats have a TO in hand and they dont use, letting the clock run down to under 30 seconds. Why would they let that clock run down? Almost like NE knew what SEA was gonna do so didnt worry about time remaining. I know everyone always focuses on the play that followed, and for good reason, RUN THE DAMN BALL, but I will never understand why NE, about to fall behind in the SB, let all that time run off the clock without a TO they had.
I am also biased. And that bias makes a part of me happy that you got to feel the pain of your team losing a game they should not have been in since that should have been my Packers instead. It is the one and only time I rooted for Tom Brady and the Patriots
The Steelers most painful loss has to losing the AFC Championship to the Chargers in 1994. They were huge favorites. They were hosting a championship for the first time in 10 years, and they had a 10 point lead late in the game.
I was just going to make the same comment.
That 2002 Eagles loss to Tampa Bay was earth-shattering. Everyone in my family, including my parents, went to bed in tears that night
That night, after the Eagles last game at the Vet, I had a nightmare that the city of Philadelphia looked like a war zone the next morning, that angry Eagle fans were tearing down everything in sight. Again, it was only a bad dream I had in my sleep. After the Rhonde Barbour interception, as he was running away, I was actually anticipating the announcer to yell, "LOOK AT THAT SON OF A BITCH RUN!!!"
Cowboys had 2 on here and they could have included The Catch, the last second SB V loss, the Jackie Smith dropped pass in SB XIII, the Dez no catch, or Rodgers ridiculous 3rd & 20 conversion in 2016.
didn't even mention romos goal line fumble against the seahawks in 06
@@Nick-wj4sn Oh man. I think I blocked that out.
Yeah, the Green Bay packers like to kill our playoffs. Only for them to lose in the next game.
I'd think Dez no catch has to be it. That was the best Cowboys team of the 21st century top to bottom, and that call ruined both Romo's and Dez's careers. In another reality, those two go on to become hall of famers
As a Chiefs fan, that AFC Championship was ruff, but that 2016 loss to Pittsburgh has been forgotten and that one was a gut punch
Looks like the Chiefs can pay back the favor this coming Sunday.
@@edwardgaines6561 time for big Ben's swan song
No one talks bout 97 Broncos
@@mrshanny82 And the Big Ben Era did just end recently :(
Though it was time, his best days were behind him
I still can’t believe they didn’t hand the ball to Beast Mode. That clip could make every NFL compilation 😂
VERY nice touch counting BOTH "The Drive" and "The Fumble" for Cleveland.
The 98 season gave you the impression the Vikings were destined to win it all. So the fact that they had the game in hand, let it slip away and then missed the field goal at the end was soul-crushing. I mean, it's just a game, but I don't think I had any optimism at all for the Vikings after. I mean, it never will be the same again: I'll never be that young again. Even if they win a Super Bowl in my lifetime it will just feel empty because they missed that kick. Just a game, of course.