Where Does The Noah Brown Play Rank?

[Canadian Hog]

Was the Noah Brown Hail Mary the greatest play/biggest moment in the last 32 years of Washington football?

Discuss your thoughts.

 

[burgold]

I'd probably put it just behind the Santana Moss plays in Dallas. Then again, I'm fine if you put Brown's as number 1.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

If I were to list the top 5 plays in the last 32 years, I think I'd go with the following:

1. Moss TD late in Dallas
2. Brown Hail Mary
3. Larry Centers OT TD against SF
4. Vincent blocked FG against Dallas
5. Moss TD in Overtime against the Jags

There was something special about those Moss TDs in Dallas. Those plays turned that whole season around after a dreadful start. But I'd slot the Brown play in right behind it.

 

[tshile]

For me, the blocked field goal against Dallas, Monday night miracle, rob Jackson interception of Tony Romo to go to the playoffs.

I don’t know that this will beat any of those. Maybe if the season ends in a magical way it’ll go down as part of that.

Of course I was at two of those games, the ones at fedex, and I wasn’t there today so I’m a bit biased…

 

[burgold]

Also the Sean Taylor return has got to be up there. The one where he also got a face mask at the end which just pushed us into field goal range.

 

[Ashburn Dave]

I'd probably put it just behind the Santana Moss plays in Dallas. Then again, I'm fine if you put Brown's as number 1.

That's what I was thinking also is the Moss game miracle compares to this one.

My wife had gone to bed right before the Moss catches but she came a running when I started hollering after his second TD.

 

[Neophyte]

I think Riggins' TD run in the Super Bowl has to be in the conversation as well.

 

[Knightingale]

I'd be hard pressed to top this one for me. Even the others mentioned above. Maybe the blocked FG...

Honestly, this was tops for me simply because of the crazy emotional swing it represented.

To set the scene... The game was on pretty late here (it was an 20:30 start) so the end of the game was approaching midnight. Wife was in bed, and the dogs were sleeping peacefully next to me. Have to admit, I was getting pretty tired into the mid point of the second half.

When we couldn't crack the endzone, I had this sinking feeling that although we were dominating we were gonna let the game slip away. Either that, or we were having a 'Giants' type of game where we just blitzed them with FGs. The missed one really worried me at that point.

But other than that I was kinda happy with how we were playing.
Then coming down the final straight, things started to unravel.

For starters, it felt like we were cursed by the Refs. Yes, I know most of the calls were legit, but how many of them wouldn't have been even noticed on any other given Sunday? How many missed calls happen every game, and yet these were just so pernickity. Like the Ertz call on the Touchdown. I was wondering if there was just not enough evidence to overturn the on field call... which made me wonder what they'd have done if that call had been the other way around. Called a TD on the field and THEN reviewed? Would it have stood?

Anyway, seemed like we were Ref cursed. Like they'd been given a secret briefing to try and keep this game close.
Then our D, which had been solid and had completely bamboozled Williams, finally broke and allowed that Swift TD. The Uh Oh feeling started to intensify. But still I tried to stay positive.
Then there was the fumble! YAY! And then our inability to move the ball! ARGH! Then the thought about whether JD was actually a bit more injured than they were letting on. Was his magic being stifled by that sore rib?
Then there was the St Juste Penalty on the 1 yard line. Uh Oh. Then they scored. UH OH! They they got the 2 pointer! UH S**T OH!
20 secs left. There was a lot of negativity in the chat room, and I knew how they felt... But JD is clutch. I had to believe it. They'll march down the field with quick throws.

When we ended up with 2 secs left and one last shot, even I didn't believe we would win. It just seemed so implausible at that point.

BOOM! I woke up the whole house with my pretty loud celebration, including scaring the dogs half to death!

Point is, I've seen games before which have depressed me. I've seen games that have excited me. I've seen moments that have filled me with glee...but to roller coaster like last night to a point where almost all hope was lost and then feel that elation in a split second.... I don't recall experiencing anything quite like that before.

I'm still buzzing this morning!

 

[Knightingale]

I think Riggins' TD run in the Super Bowl has to be in the conversation as well.

This is my very first awesome memory of the Redskins, and probably the play that made me a supporter.
I didn't see the game itself, that was a year before my time. The first Redskins game I ever watched was Superbowl XVIII. I'd been leaning towards supporting the Redskins anyway as I loved the colours/logo, but I remember watching the build up to the game here and they showed that Riggins run from the previous year and that sealed the deal.
I left that game feeling disappointed, but I was all in for the B&G since that point.

 

[Neophyte]

The play already has its own t-shirt.

 

[burgold]

I think Riggins' TD run in the Super Bowl has to be in the conversation as well.

Oh, I thought we were only looking at post-glory year plays? If we're including the Super Bowl years then Riggo's run, Green's return, that entire 2nd quarter of the 87 Super Bowl (which I count as one moment), Daryl Grant's TD return against Dallas, and a bunch more need to be included.

 

[Neophyte]

Oh, I thought we were only looking at post-glory year plays? If we're including the Super Bowl years then Riggo's run, Green's return, that entire 2nd quarter of the 87 Super Bowl (which I count as one moment), Daryl Grant's TD return against Dallas, and a bunch more need to be included.

You are correct, sir.

I missed Canadian Hog's condition in the OP.

My bad.

 

[burgold]

All good. Never a bad thing to fold in the glory years. More celebration is always a good thing.

 

[tshile]

Also the Sean Taylor return has got to be up there. The one where he also got a face mask at the end which just pushed us into field goal range.

That would be the Vincent blocked field goal.
Picked up by ST.
FG kicked through by Nick Novak

 

[Chris]

That would be the Vincent blocked field goal.
Picked up by ST.
FG kicked through by Nick Novak

I actually flew up for that game with my son. So amazing. We also went up for the Gibbs 2.0 reboot opener and I had to hold him up in the air to witness CP’s opening carry. If not for the playoff loss in Seattle, he would have been the franchises good luck charm.

 

[DieselPwr44]

I've been a Redskins fan for 42 years. I can never remember this team ever completing a walk off Hail Mary. Anyone here know if that's the first in franchise history?

 

[SkinsNumberOne]

I've been a Redskins fan for 42 years. I can never remember this team ever completing a walk off Hail Mary. Anyone here know if that's the first in franchise history?

I am right in the same area, around 42/43years, but at that point I was pretty young. It was or became a family thing at that time though.

Some friends and I discussed this too, no recollection of it. SVP also mentioned he doesn't remember anything of the sort happening.

 

[Bulldog]

Many of Washington's greatest offensive plays in crunch time over the years going back were runs rather than passes.

In terms of surprise and immediate joy, the Brown catch is probably only rivalled in recent years (since 1995) by the Moss TD on Monday Night Football against Dallas that allowed Washington to beat the Cowboys 14-13.

The look of utter disgust and shock on the face of Bill Parcells after the game was something to behold

In terms of history, to me the greatest throw I saw was as a 8 year old kid when Charley Taylor caught the long TD pass in the fourth quarter against man coverage to take the Redskins to their first Super Bowl and beat the defending champion Cowboys on New Year's Eve.

The throw to Brown COULD be on that level if this is one of the first memories to be enshrined from the career of Jayden Daniels in a Washington uniform.

 

[tshile]

For reference - only including the home games

Rob Jackson interception - season finally, winner wins the division and makes the playoffs.



Troy Vincent block, ST return, Novak kick as an untimed down:




Idk. It being the bears will always be an issue for me, the other games were against Dallas and one for was literally for the division. I also wants there yesterday so I’m totally biased, being in the euphoric moment certainly changes how you view it

 

[Solitary Man]

To those who say this was luck, I say…
Why has this never happened before for this team?
New Ownership. The stench of a criminal owner finally lifted. First year new coaching staff. Rookie of the year runaway player. Fans appearing for the first time in droves in over a decade. And this happens. This was not luck. A miracle happened because of something larger than any one person.