The best drives in NFL history

[SeahawkFever]

Out of curiosity what in your opinion are the best drives in the history of the NFL?

One of mine has to be the Giants in Super Bowl XLII. The Tyreek catch, the Buress touchdown, a near game sealing interception dropped, and if I’m not mistaken a converted fourth down early on?

Another one that deserves mention for me if we are willing to consider regular season games: That one drive Vince Young led against the Cardinals in 2009 I believe?

Where they were down four with 2:40 to go or so, and he led them 99 yards and threw a game winning touchdown with no time remaining and converted three fourth downs and another 3rd & 5.

To me that’s one of the greatest and most suspenseful drives I’ve ever seen and if it occurred in a playoff game then it probably goes down as one of the greatest ever by consensus.

[Brian wolf]

The Unitas-to-Berry game winning drive in the 1958 NFL Championship had alot of overtime drama. Unitas threw a game winning TD pass to Jim Mutscheller, but he slipped out of bounds at the one yard line. Ameche ran it in on the next play to cover Carroll Rosenbloom's bet on the team ... haha, we dont know for sure, but John wanted to score a TD. He had already led them on another great drive to tie the game before "sudden death".

The "Drive" by Denver in the 1986 AFC championship game to tie the game before another drive won it in overtime. The "Fumble" by Cleveland in the 1987 AFC championship game also had alot of drama though the Broncos stopped them.

The 49ers of course, with the 89 yard drive to beat Dallas in the 1981 NFC championship game with "The Catch".

Speaking of name games, who could forget the dramatic Raiders drive that resulted in "The Sea Of Hands Game" TD against Miami in the 1974 divisional playoff?

More Joe Montana? How about the 92 yard drive to beat the Bengals in the 1988/89 SB? A dart TD to John Taylor.

The 1967 Ice Bowl NFL championship game and the great Packers drive with Bart Starr scoring the winning TD

Want more Ken Stabler? Another name game where "The Ghost to the Post" pass and drive tied the Colts in the 1977 divisional playoff. Then in overtime, Stabler hit Casper in the endzone to complete another dramatic drive.

Bob Griese and Miami had a dramatic TD drive to tie KC in the NFL's "Longest Game"divisional playoff in 1971 before the first overtime period.

People forget the two great drives to end the SF-Det divisional playoff game in 1983. Montana leads a nine play march into the endzone with a TD pass to Solomon to tie the game at 23-23. The extra kick gives the Niners the lead. With only 1:20 on the clock, the Lions march down the field where Eddie Murray misses a 43 yard FG attempt with 5 seconds left.

[Brian wolf]

Out of curiosity what in your opinion are the best drives in the history of the NFL?

One of mine has to be the Giants in Super Bowl XLII. The Tyreek catch, the Buress touchdown, a near game sealing interception dropped, and if I’m not mistaken a converted fourth down early on?

Another one that deserves mention for me if we are willing to consider regular season games: That one drive Vince Young led against the Cardinals in 2009 I believe?

Where they were down four with 2:40 to go or so, and he led them 99 yards and threw a game winning touchdown with no time remaining and converted three fourth downs and another 3rd & 5.

To me that’s one of the greatest and most suspenseful drives I’ve ever seen and if it occurred in a playoff game then it probably goes down as one of the greatest ever by consensus.

Had Asante Samuel made that interception, he would have made the HOF.

[Brian wolf]

Maybe not for every fan, but for Cowboy's fans, that drive after Jim Kelly threw the interception in the 1993/94 SB, where Emmitt Smith ran right through the Bills defense to score the TD to go up 27-13, was as dominant a drive as could have happened.

The Bills, Bruce Smith, Cornelius Bennett, Daryl Talley, KNEW he was coming, and couldnt stop him or the great blocking. Short drive but they still nearly ate up five minutes of clock. People talk about Thomas fumbling earlier, yet once the Cowboys got that interception, even the biased NBC television crew knew that the game was about to be over.

[saturdaysarebetter]

The Giants incredibly time-consuming drive in the Super Bowl against the Bills comes to mind.

The Drive itself by Elway over the Browns, Montana to Clark in the NFCCG was a great drive, Montana-Taylor in the Super Bowl against the Bengals to win it. Hard to top Green Bay's drive in the Ice Bowl overcoming the Cowboys and the elements.

[Brian wolf]

The Giants incredibly time-consuming drive in the Super Bowl against the Bills comes to mind.

The Drive itself by Elway over the Browns, Montana to Clark in the NFCCG was a great drive, Montana-Taylor in the Super Bowl against the Bengals to win it. Hard to top Green Bay's drive in the Ice Bowl overcoming the Cowboys and the elements.

Great call on the Giants drive against Buffalo. Kreager talks about the boring NFC offenses from Wash, NY and Dallas, yet when they played the Bills in the SB, they imposed their will, though the Bills KNEW it was coming. Imagine had they had a Ray Lewis-type LB those years?

[ShinobiMusashi]

I believe "The Drive II" belongs in the discussion. For me it's the best drive, the beginning of the end of an NFL franchise. Broncos vs Oilers in 1991 playoffs, 98 yards, two 4th down conversions. I'd take that over the 86 one over Cleveland.

For me an underrated one that is justifiably underrated because the team lost the game, but Houston's drive to tie the game in the end of the Comeback vs Buffalo. Down 38-35 on the road in that hostile environment with game on the line, after the wheels had totally fallen off and they had just given up 35-3 lead. In those circumstances I believe that drive to tie the game was Warren Moon's finest moment, his most clutch playing of his career. He was on the money and in the zone to move Houston down the field to save the game. The guts and composure he had going in that drive is lost to time because of how the game ended, but to get that game to overtime after all that had just happened was an achievement that deserves more props than it ever got. I'll never understand why Houston coaches pulled back and played for overtime they had time left to go after the end zone but were calling plays to settle for overtime. Moon and the Run N Shoot was all of a sudden clicking and they had the momentum going, could have attacked the end zone and ended the game instead of gambling with overtime and hoping to recapture that momentum that was already in their favor on that drive.

[Brian wolf]

I believe "The Drive II" belongs in the discussion. For me it's the best drive, the beginning of the end of an NFL franchise. Broncos vs Oilers in 1991 playoffs, 98 yards, two 4th down conversions. I'd take that over the 86 one over Cleveland.

For me an underrated one that is justifiably underrated because the team lost the game, but Houston's drive to tie the game in the end of the Comeback vs Buffalo. Down 38-35 on the road in that hostile environment with game on the line, after the wheels had totally fallen off and they had just given up 35-3 lead. In those circumstances I believe that drive to tie the game was Warren Moon's finest moment, his most clutch playing of his career. He was on the money and in the zone to move Houston down the field to save the game. The guts and composure he had going in that drive is lost to time because of how the game ended, but to get that game to overtime after all that had just happened was an achievement that deserves more props than it ever got. I'll never understand why Houston coaches pulled back and played for overtime they had time left to go after the end zone but were calling plays to settle for overtime. Moon and the Run N Shoot was all of a sudden clicking and they had the momentum going, could have attacked the end zone and ended the game instead of gambling with overtime and hoping to recapture that momentum that was already in their favor on that drive.

Good calls, I agree to, that the Oilers should have been more aggressive going for the endzone at the end of that Buffalo game.
Unfortunately with the run-and-shoot offense though, sometimes it was harder for the team to score the closer it got to the endzone. Other than Jeffries, their receivers were smaller and harder for Moon to spot. Also, it didnt help not having more blocking tight ends or fullbacks to help with a power running game. A TD and win might have saved Eddy's job on defense, but he helped the Cowboys defense win back-to-back SB games the next season.

[CSKreager]

I believe "The Drive II" belongs in the discussion. For me it's the best drive, the beginning of the end of an NFL franchise. Broncos vs Oilers in 1991 playoffs, 98 yards, two 4th down conversions. I'd take that over the 86 one over Cleveland.

For me an underrated one that is justifiably underrated because the team lost the game, but Houston's drive to tie the game in the end of the Comeback vs Buffalo. Down 38-35 on the road in that hostile environment with game on the line, after the wheels had totally fallen off and they had just given up 35-3 lead. In those circumstances I believe that drive to tie the game was Warren Moon's finest moment, his most clutch playing of his career. He was on the money and in the zone to move Houston down the field to save the game. The guts and composure he had going in that drive is lost to time because of how the game ended, but to get that game to overtime after all that had just happened was an achievement that deserves more props than it ever got. I'll never understand why Houston coaches pulled back and played for overtime they had time left to go after the end zone but were calling plays to settle for overtime. Moon and the Run N Shoot was all of a sudden clicking and they had the momentum going, could have attacked the end zone and ended the game instead of gambling with overtime and hoping to recapture that momentum that was already in their favor on that drive.

Good calls, I agree to, that the Oilers should have been more aggressive going for the endzone at the end of that Buffalo game.
Unfortunately with the run-and-shoot offense though, sometimes it was harder for the team to score the closer it got to the endzone. Other than Jeffries, their receivers were smaller and harder for Moon to spot. Also, it didnt help not having more blocking tight ends or fullbacks to help with a power running game. A TD and win might have saved Eddy's job on defense, but he helped the Cowboys defense win back-to-back SB games the next season.

Did he? Eddy wasn’t even their DC. Basically just trying to attach himself to Cowboymania like a frontrunner

[Brian wolf]

I sure bet Jim Eddy's SB ring looks nice ... haha