NFL's Greatest Games - 1996 AFC Divisional Playoff - Jacksonville at Denver

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[@astrostar49]

Wow didn't see the NFL's Greatest Games version of this game before. Thanks for posting.

[@eric3298]

Same fire

[@VancouverChokers]

I grew up an Elway fan. To say that was a heartbreaker - complete understatement. It was a unique situation. Jags were the hottest team at the time

[@sKraat528]

Jags were on fire, Brunell is still underrated

[@randerson1184]

I’ve been looking for this for years. You are the man! I would pay bank for the Super Bowl 32 NFL’s greatest games.

[@packersauburneric3625]

I love all the NFL greatest games ecspecially from the 90s and 80s

[@hipstereagle6050]

This was Tom Coughlin’s greatest win as a HC until SB 42. And you can tell by the ESPN bottom line that Super Bowl XLII was coming soon.

[@packersauburneric3625]

Lmao I remember him as Boston college coach originally turning down the giants job

[@Jeremy_theGent]

​@@packersauburneric3625When did he turn down the Giants head job?

[@CoreyT127]

@@Jeremy_theGentIn 93 before they eventually hired Dan Reeves. They offered it to Coughlin first.

[@z71pack]

Watched this 1000 times in high school. Upsets like this seem more common today than 1996. Broncos won 7 straight playoff games after this including 2 Super Bowls

[@agoo7581]

Definitely less parity back then. NFL had a college feel to an extent where the top teams and pretty good teams still had a pretty big gap. There is a reason why a lot of superbowl games were blowouts and only one wildcard team until 1998 had won a superbowl. We really started to see this change in the early 2000s.

[@donhenry5208]

Was sitting in the north endzone..for this game..most painful loss even more than the super bowls..

[@pepsiguy52883]

Broncos making excuses why they lost. Jacksonville was the better it at that time. They were the hottest team in the nfl goin into that game

[@KWCline91]

Yes, Jacksonville was hot, but Denver was known more for running the football back then with Terrell Davis and crew. They could've gone to that plan and won the game (henceforth why they won the following year). But the problem was regardless of the gameplan, Jacksonville wasn't supposed to win even though they were sneaky good.

[@packersauburneric3625]

Thank you for the upload just watched this after watching the live version on nfl channel

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

Broncos had three straight winning seasons in 1996 97 & 98 Two of which they won the Super Bowl Thanks to Elway at quarterback McCaffrey & Smith at WR Davis at HB Zimmerman at center Sharpe at TE Atwater at Strong Safety Romanowski at OLB Schlereth at guard

[@BradleyGlaudi]

Coughlin was one of the greatest in game coaches of all time

[@christopherking4932]

Awesome video.

[@TRuePack1]

As a Packer fan, so glad we didn't have to face Denver in this Super Bowl. We are 0 for the Moon vs the Shanahan's in the playoffs

[@eric3298]

Go pack go we got future like this

[@markminter6312]

As a Bills fan, I knew Jacksonville was dangerous because they took us out the week before. However, I absolutely didnt think they had a chance at beating Denver. Still one of the all time playoff upsets.

[@sonsofliberty75]

Coughlin was an incredible coach; remember, you beat Brady and Patriots twice in the SB with Eli Manning as his Quarterback.

[@James-ru3st]

his eye gor talent is unrivaled he got Fred Taylor for Rob Johnson lol

[@ExecutiveProtection51]

No one could call HUGE games like Dick Enberg! OH, MY!!

[@graciemaemarie11jones16]

he was a pansy....light in the loafers.....

[@Colin_1977]

As a Pats fan, I was very happy the Jags won this game. The Pats had no chance at beating the Broncos in the AFC Championship.

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

Elway cooked us in our home field

[@eulissbenoit816]

Broncos throwback uniforms are absolutely gorgeous

[@smoothALOE]

Orange Crush

[@rkid727]

This game really stung at the time. I thought like many, that they were going to the Super Bowl. But I also thought Green Bay was going as well and never felt like Denver was ready for that matchup. For some reason, I felt the 97 team was much more prepared because of this loss.

[@eac1235]

Lol. Denver would have beaten GB a year early.

[@rkid727]

@@eac1235 maybe. Will never know.

[@Storm27ification]

Such a classic upset

[@derekbolz4368]

Jimmy Smith was clutch

[@Storm27ification]

Goes to show you that winning records mean nothing when you play in the playoffs

[@kevinkhoy7171]

That was a tremendous upset! Elway was looking passed the jaguars he'll never admit! Jaguars bit him right in the ass!

[@rkid727]

He was 36 and was still chasing a ring. I doubt he was, but I think the defense wasn’t as sharp and Shanny had a terrible game plan. Way too many passes.

[@kevinkhoy7171]

​@@rkid727 Dever Should of Won that Game! They might of Won 3 SB in a Row? But it all worked out! Dever change their uniforms & Logo. The rest is history! 👍

[@keyshawnbess572]

Jaguars should have taken ray lewis with the #2 pick in the draft. Kevin Hardy was good no doubt but he didn’t fully live up to the expectations of a #2 pick.

[@lucyloo2228]

Yep

[@sportshistorybuff319]

This game turned on a dime just like Michigan upsetting Ohio State 24-12 in 1969. Did that game also start 12-0 for the eventual loser?

[@KWCline91]

No. Ohio State led 6-0 before Michigan scored a touchdown plus the extra point. It was then 12-7 OSU before the Wolverines scored the last 17 points.

[@sportshistorybuff319]

Did the Buckeyes ever threaten to score in the second half or did the Michigan D completely stifle them?

[@KWCline91]

@@sportshistorybuff319 Michigan’s d forced seven turnovers including six picks. Buckeyes never got close to scoring

[@redmustangredmustang]

The craziest thing of all between 1996 to 1998 THIS THIS was the ONLY HOME LOSS for the Broncos between those years. The next 2 season the Broncos would win ALL their home games including playoff games. It sure as hell made the Broncos go out and get players like Darrien Gordon and Neal Smith on defense. Their new team redesign logo made the Broncos play differently.

[@Yeomannn]

1:27

[@ginocavazos2153]

🐆⚪🟢🏉🟠⚪🐎

[@DontWorry-ooki]

Broncos are garbage🗑️ 🗑️

[@benelias3556]

The Jaguars would not even have been in the game if it were not for the corruption that we are so used to watching in the NFL with that horrible pass interference call

[@kyledonovan9616]

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuvvvvvvvvvalll