The Questionable Drop at Qwest Field! (Rams vs. Seahawks 2004 NFC Wild Card) | NFL Vault Highlights

The Rams traveled to Seattle to take on the Seahawks for the 2004 NFC Wild Card Game!
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For this game since we don’t have the rights to ABC’s play-by-play we tracked down the St. Louis radio broadcast hope you enjoy!!!

[@c.a.whodat]

NFL Throwback is this why the NFL likes to stray away from uploading games played on ABC?

[@robertkane1490]

NFL Throwback That's OK, I'm just happy to see more great content on this channel.

[@TheLocalLt]

C. Who Dat the issue is that despite being produced by Espn, the broadcasts on ABC from before the 2015 Chiefs-Texans game (from Feb 2006 on back) are owned by abc’s entertainment division, which has no ties to the nfl. This stemmed from the MNF contract being directly with ABC; despite ESPN having taken over production of sports on ABC in mid-1997

[@NFLVault]

This guy does his homework 👆

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

@@TheLocalLt damn son you smart

[@GarrusN7]

One of those infamous playoff drops. Man those early 2000 Seahawks were plagued with drop issues.

[@docadams7099]

It took the Legion of Boom to do it, but at least the Seahawks eventually got a ring. The Rams got one for the 1999 season.

[@yaahlabanyamyan144]

Them and Eagles

[@mattkhanna]

Hasselback would’ve gone to the hall of fame with a decent receiver or 2

[@trentonmcclintock7836]

04 is like my favorite season of football ever. that was peak nfl for me. the same week the vikings went to green bay and beat the packers, with Randy moss notoriously "mooning" the crowd after catching two touchdowns on a bad ankle.

[@jdrifter8]

Same same

[@ProfPistolPete]

Interesting stuff about this game. This was the last playoff appearance for the Rams in St. Louis, and they made the playoffs as an 8-8 Wildcard.

[@trentonmcclintock7836]

Prof PistolPete also interesting no 8-8 team had ever won a playoff team game until the rams did it, and the vikings did the same the next day by beating green bay.

[@infamousaq1]

Then got destroyed by Atl the next game.

[@encinobalboa]

Going with Bulger over Warner was a terrible decision.

[@Kennyisdarkvanilla]

Was also the last time Rams beat the Seahawks for awhile. After that, Hawks owned them for a couple of years.

[@zechariahcameron3645]

I remember those games. My first-ever postseason. I guess it was great to play division rivals lol.​@@trentonmcclintock7836

[@LombardiWay]

Loving the radio broadcast. There is always that extra excitement in the radio calls

[@fredrosenblum]

Marc Bulger deserves a lot of credit for helping the Rams win this playoff game, which is the last playoff game the Rams won in St. Louis. The clutch play was Marc Bulger's beautiful touchdown pass to Cam Cleeland in which he had to thread the needle to get it there; that turned out to be the game winning touchdown. By 2008, Isaac Bruce was playing for the San Francisco 49ers and Tori Holt had knee problems. By 2009, Bulger had no receivers to throw the ball to. Marc Bulger was a good to very good quarterback between 2002-2006, when he had good receivers to throw to.

[@wpjohnston0213]

This is the Seahawks last home playoff loss.

[@zanedegonia5705]

wpjohnston0213 that's right.

[@AmirKhan-yv8jm]

And the Seahawks wouldn’t lose to the Rams again until 2010!

[@hassanhaulcy]

Rowdy Jr. was*

[@darkangels119]

@@hassanhaulcy What? When did we lose a home playoff game since the time he commented? We lost in Atlanta in 2016, Dallas 2018, Lambeau last year.

[@darkangels119]

@@hassanhaulcy My dude, I can name every season we went to the playoffs since this game and we lost in either a neutral or away site. You and the two people that liked this are talking out of your ass lmaoo

[@zanedegonia5705]

I remember watching this game at home with my dad and brother. I remember that dropped pass by Seattle. Man I was 12 and my first year in middle school. Really good playoff game. Last playoff game the Rams won before my Grandpa passed away.

[@isaacschickenreviews9414]

Zane DeGonia I’m sorry to hear that, may God bless you and your family

[@fswaver]

Great edit! Overlaying the radio broadcast commentary with the game is a dope touch!

[@astrostar49]

Great spotlight on this game. Bulger and Hasselbeck were two underrated passers from the mid 2000's that people seem to have forgotten. The Rams and Seahawks played each other three times in 2004, and all three games were good. The first one was a huge comeback by the Rams in Seattle, the second one the Rams took advantage of Seattle dropping passes in St. Louis, and the third game was a tighter version of the second. Seattle had problems all year catching the ball, and it came to bite them in the end. It's funny, because the Rams even at 8-8 were not a good team, but Seattle just could not get past them. These two teams seemed to be developing a nice NFC West rivalry, but the final remnant of the Greatest Show on Turf essentially fizzled out after 2004 with Seattle becoming an upper dog in the NFC.

[@marcamico5254]

Fair enough. There's a reason why Rice played for Seattle in '04,cause in '03. Seattle's receivers sucked like Darrell 'butter fingers' Jackson,Obamanu,DJ Hackett and Jeremy Stevens irritated the hell out of Seahawks fans. Guy who dropped the pass in the endzone was Bobby Engram who's kinda equivalent to Doug Baldwin. '04 was Seattle's first NFCW title since their NFCW inception of '02.

[@emoo.182]

as a stl rams fan and child during the mid 2000's i can assure you that rams,seahawks rivalry was REAL. I remember in 06 the rams went 8-8 and lost both time to seattle on a game winning josh brown kick. if we would've won 1 of those games we would've made the playoffs

[@AmirKhan-yv8jm]

The Rams would not make the playoffs again until 2017!

[@gatienlaurol5793]

And to this day, this is the St.Louis/Los Angeles Rams’ last playoff win.

[@IWantToMature85]

AJ X it did change

[@zachrizzo6525]

Until the 2018 Divisional Round

[@1who4me]

2021 says hi

[@CoreyT127]

It's crazy most people don't remember the Seahawks were a afc team when holmgren took the job! And didn't join Nfc til realignment in 2002!

[@Empr4evr]

To be fair, that change happened almost 20 years ago. I'm sure you could also find people that didn't know the Patriots were once trash, as they were before Belichick took over. The Tuna got them a few good seasons, but New England did a lot of losing before 2000, as did Seattle in the basement of the AFC West.

[@benmaloy9757]

When I think of the Seahawks in the afc, I immediately think of Brian Blades...

[@benmaloy9757]

I sort of miss the old divisions. I was somewhat excited when I found out tampa was put with the saints, Panthers and falcons.. Saints offense was capable, but inconsistent with Aaron Brooks and still hurting from drafting and being burned by Ricky williams, Panthers busted on qb Chris Weinke and had rodney Peete. I was nervous about the falcons and Michael Vick, but was optimistic we could go 1-1, if not 2-0, with a fast d-line, simeon rice preventing Vick running to his throwing left side and eventually making mistakes. Tampa bay use to play the bears, packers, vikings and lions. Now I would be just fine playing the turnover machineStafford lions, a bears limping offense with Trubisky or Foles, a vikings team that is 50/50 good/bad, worry about only dalvin cook. And an aging Packers team that can be one dimensional.

[@AdamWest1290]

I missed the seahawks in the AFC west actually..being from the northwest the raiders vs seahawks rivalry was fun

[@docadams7099]

Even fewer people remember that the Seahawks were in the NFC West for their first season (1976), and Tampa Bay was in the AFC Central that year. Then those two teams switched conferences (Seattle then moved to the AFC West and Tampa went to the NFC Central).

[@LamaeJackson4President]

Hasselback was about to have a stroke

[@insertcolorfulmetaphor8520]

Dude... That was nothing, compared to what Matt would have to deal with, the next season. Engram, Jackson, Stevens, etc... No one could hang on, to make a catch, especially in crunch-time. I was so thankful that the Front Office signed Joe Jurevicius, during free agency. Joe Jurevicius would hang on to the passes that HAD TO BE CAUGHT. He didn't suffer from the "hole in hand" syndrome that affected nearly every other WR and TE on the team. I hated seeing both Hutchinson and Jurevicius leave the 'Hawks after they lost in SB XL... Anyways. GO 'HAWKS!!!

[@bradym.4258]

Like your name, I wish.

[@bmorebirdsnest92]

Might wanna change that profile name....

[@kevinrobinson6601]

Marc Bulger...there's a name I haven't heard in awhile

[@clashofthehornsofficialytu2082]

He was that eras kirk cousins

[@redbanner17]

@@clashofthehornsofficialytu2082 HAHAHAA YES

[@rondoloso8047]

Marc Bulger= the real St Louis sissy😂😂😂

[@jyu467]

Had potential to be great, but the Rams completely collapsed under his reign.

[@tylermcduffie2548]

That name still haunts Rams fans to this day

[@darkangels119]

Matt Hasslebeck was electric during this time.2002-2007 he was truly a top QB in the league, led us to three 10+ win seasons, threw 20K yards, 130 Tds led us to a shit ton of playoff games, and was fucked over by an incompetent receiving core, inconsistent offensive line and defense at the end of his years, and the referees in the super bowl. I thought he was going to be the best QB we would have seen here in Seattle for a long time after he left, but then all of a sudden the new kid Russel comes and wins the super bowl. As happy as I am that the franchise got the redemption, I wish that we gave Matt the Kam Chancellors, Richard Shermans, and Earl Thomas's of the time, he deserved it.

[@meltingkrayons5830]

This was the LAST playoff win for the St. Louis Rams. This was the second to LAST playoff GAME for the St. Louis Rams. And Kroenke blamed the fans for not supporting the team... 10 years of not making the playoffs, and maybe 2 or 3 seasons where it felt like a possibility.

[@emoo.182]

yup so true, the only years we had a chance to make the playoffs were 06 and 11 which we both didnt make it because of the seahawks

[@TheLocalLt]

Michael Strahan made his tv debut during this game. He was on with Chris Berman and Steve Young on nfl countdown and on halftime/postgame show, as the Giants didn’t make the playoffs

[@duke7424]

St Louis had Marshall Faulk (all purpose yard machine), and Steven Jackson (consistent 1,000 yard RB) in their backfield. Not to mention Torry Holt/Issac Bruce, one of the best WR duo's in History. Shaun Alexander was an incredible RB for Seattle that generally gets underrated as well in History. He had a 5 year stretch that you can put up with almost anybody, where he never had less then 14 TD's a year, including 2005 where he had 1880 yards rushing, 27 TD's (not a typo), and averaged 117.5 yards rushing a game.

[@nathansimpson5721]

I grew up with this team

[@emoo.182]

Kevin Curtis and Mcdonald were great for a 3 and 4 receiver and Mike Furrey. Our offense was stacked with weapons

[@ronjrusso]

“Unloads......unloads.....unloads over the middle......unloads......drops straight back and unloads.......unloads.”

[@waffles5433]

Matt Hasselbeck will be one of the many really good QB’s forgotten about from the 2000’s. You mention people like him, Culpepper, Kerry Collins, or Rich Gannon and a lot of people won’t know who you’re talking about lol.

[@TheLocalLt]

Mehoy Minyoy Rich Gannon and Kerry Collins were 90s guys who just happened to still be playing.! Brad Johnson too. Favre lasted til 2010 so it’s fair to call him both 90s and 2000s

[@waffles5433]

amlnet49 True, but Collins and Gannon didn’t hit their stride until the late 90’s/early 2000’s. Favre you could count as both I’d agree, and Brad Johnson was always solid. He was too good to be considered a game manager but wasn’t good enough to be considered Top 10.

[@waffles5433]

amlnet49 Actually I take that back. Johnson was low key Top 10 material in the early 2000’s, or at least hovered around in the Top 12-13

[@anthonyhutchins676]

Brad Johnson was better than people remember. I think you said it perfectly. A step above a game manager. Maybe like a Flacco??

[@waffles5433]

Anthony Hutchins Flacco confuses me. The guy isn’t quite a game manager and has a cannon for an arm, but he never seems to take that next big step. People point to his 2012 playoff run as evidence for how good he is (It was insane, can’t take that away from him), but other than that he really hasn’t done that much. Usually seems to rely on his defense to keep the score low. His stat line wudda been considered really good like 20 years ago, but today it’s pretty underwhelming.

[@CPerryTravels]

Thank you! I always look forward to the playoff game highlights since those are what really matter 👍

[@abiayele5023]

This is the only time Seattle has lost in this building in the playoffs.

[@TheLocalLt]

A Fucking Bird nobody forgets that except for the bandwagon meme. The Seahawks famously got screwed by the worst refball of all time in the 2005 Super Bowl

[@TheLocalLt]

Millennial Falcon that literally makes no sense if they were fans back then (which they were) they would sill be pissed. The only seahawk bandwagoners are those in other nfl cities pretending to be fans

[@chrisuncleahmad]

A Fucking Bird Seattle was never an easy place to play in the Holmgren era

[@hesomelo5910]

That changed Go Rams

[@1who4me]

2021 says hello

[@awpmerst]

some great lines from the announcer "Bulger is gonna unload" and... "Hasselback straight back"

[@KyuubiTamer]

Who’s here after the playoff schedules were set?

[@justinnzamora5366]

I have Seattle winning 23-17.

[@thenumberquelve158]

For the Rams, a year after losing Kurt Warner. For the Seahawks, a year after We Want The Ball We're Gonna Score. Fun matchup!

[@masterwayne420]

God I love these throwback videos. Peak football right here.

[@ibraheemrao8434]

This turned out to be the teams final playoff win and season while located in St Louis.

[@juanamj1594]

Great post! Thanks.

[@KingDizzleLTDinc.]

Rams weapons,even though some them were old but Faulk,Jackson,Bruce,Holt,Curtis,McDonald in that West Coast offense was hard to cover

[@justinnzamora5366]

The Rams sure love playing in the Emerald City.

[@clashofthehornsofficialytu2082]

Rams have always been a thorn on Seattle's side

[@NorCalRamsfan]

Clash Of The Horns Yeah beat them 3x that year

[@oya999nkisimalongo9]

@Rowdy Jr. not really, THE HAGGS had their lil run, and Beat us a couple times, but we still consider yall an almost easy win.....

[@DeafeningCha]

Except from 2005-2009, when the Seahawks won every game.

[@dustinplatt6882]

Apparently these QB's unload or fire every single pass.

[@censoredname3195]

Love your channel from turkey bro ! keep it up

[@Sturmreiter1]

One of the announcers got excited and yelled when the Rams got that big play in just before their second touchdown. Afterward, he said he was sorry haha

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

Who could have guessed that the Rams would be the ones to end Seattle’s 10 game home playoff game winning streak?

[@Giratina1999]

That felt so good hahaha I hate the Seahawks

[@yaahlabanyamyan144]

I mean they owned Seattle 😂

[@TravelGuy9834]

Back in 2004, Seattle's favorite soup was egg drop soup.

[@Ambivalence18]

the last gasp of the 1999 team's decaying corpse.

[@savedbygodsgrace1622]

The NFL and Las Vegas working together to fix games. These are the best wide receivers' in the world. The ball hit both of his hands, perfectly thrown in the end zone.

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

Los Angeles Rams was member NFC West Division 1970 through 1993 and Seattle Seahawks was member AFC West Division 1976 through 1993 era

[@NorCalRamsfan]

Thumbnail got a Marshall Faulk picture from 2000

[@docadams7099]

This ranks as one of my favorite NFL playoff games of all time. I like its drama. ESPN's crew did an outstanding job calling the game.

[@georgebishop4627]

For those who say RB's don't matter. Check out that 4 year span they showed for Shaun Alexander. 70 TD's in a 4 year span, and only 1 of those years he actually lead the league in TD's. This is the bi product of the high powered passing offenses of that era. And it will be the same here real soon with this pass happy era. There's a lot more stud RB's in the game right now compared to stud QB's. The game is shifting back to the run game era's just like it has in the past.

[@erocs9747]

Elite left side

[@disneydanny2]

so it *IS* possible to beat Seattle at home in the playoffs, but the *ONLY* way it happens is Pete "The Cheat" Carroll can't be Seattle's coach.

[@tayebreezy824]

Who's here when the rams beat the Seahawks again in the playoffs

[@sonicdoommario]

Watching the highlight reel of this game for the first time, I was thinking "Questionable Drop" was going to refer to a bad call on whether or not a receiver caught a late-game pass that would decide the game lol

[@erocs9747]

Ya ur right

[@Monty_McFly]

Curtis got his clock cleaned on that fake reverse 8:24

[@alfredosantoscoy1582]

Wasn't this also Jerry Rice's last game?

[@kineticsimulations3593]

“Unloads...” you’ll never un-hear it

[@josuemagana7242]

Crazy how much the footing of QB's have evolved. I felt like they used to drop so far back in the 80s compared to this early 2000s to mid 2010's era of football. Comparing this to the era today they look like they are dropping so much further back than they do now. I imagine arm strength matters so greatly now they don't really need to drop so far back to get a good pass.

[@fixxxer3456]

Marc Bulger is one of those what ifs in NFL history. Had all the talent to be great...just never realized it.

[@jyu467]

Rams had two great quarterbacks in Kurt Warner and Marc Bulger and destroyed them BOTH. Warner was able to resurrect his career in Arizona, but Bulger was unfortunate to be apart of some of the worst teams of all time.

[@tylermcduffie2548]

Thats what you get with Jeff Fisher he kills QBs careers

[@jyu467]

@@tylermcduffie2548Bulger retired before Fisher became coach of the Rams.

[@tylermcduffie2548]

@@jyu467 I realized the mistake as soon as i hit send

[@emoo.182]

yup Martz was a great OC terrible head coach. dont get me started on the guys after martz...Linehan Spagnolo Jim Haslett Josh Mcdaniels to name a few. Terrible we never stood a chance

[@insertcolorfulmetaphor8520]

Ugh... I remember how exciting this Seattle team was, and it was excitement not seen and felt since the early 80's, for all of us 12's. Matty H was a great QB, for Seattle, and it was always so irritating to watch his beautiful passes be bungled by the likes of Jackson, Mili, Burleson, Stevens, etc... SO MANY DROPPED PASSES!!! Thank goodness for Joe Jurevicius, in 2005, because had he not been signed as a FA for that season, Seattle doesn't get to the Motor City, for XL... Thanks for the quick trip down memory lane, NFL Throwback, and GO 'HAWKS!

[@michaelwarren5492]

No offense, but I'd rather you guys received a monumental beatdown in that SB, as opposed to getting the Bret Hart treatment and being bent over in front of a worldwide audience. That, to me, was the lowest point in the history of the NFL. More so than this bullshit kneeling and protesting.

[@garrettracine3024]

Good old Quest Field!!! Miss it

[@bmorebirdsnest92]

It's the same field as century link

[@garrettracine3024]

I know but shhhh. The kids don’t know that

[@Criminalpresident45]

They still play in that stadium they just changed the name

[@fantasticvoyage614]

Ah, I loved listening games on Rams radio. Savard and Snow were very good together. Unless I’m mistaken, ABC had Patrick, Theisman, and McGuire on the TV broadcast. Which was typical then since Michaels and Madden were usually assigned the night game of the doubleheader.

[@johnnyroberts3761]

Love those Seattle uniforms from 2002-2011 😍

[@claytonbinner]

This guy sounds like Bob Menery.

[@fantasticvoyage614]

So weird seeing Rice in a Seahawks jersey. I forgot he was with them that year.

[@Babyboythaboss]

Back when St.Louis Rams was the best team in the world #STL for Life #ftw

[@prouddphuser]

2:49 Yawwwww.... I’m sorry

[@michaelhernandez6930]

"Yaaaaah! ,I'm sorry "

[@dylanatkins4968]

Hasslebeck was low key nice

[@silverwheel]

The last hurrah of Mike Martz.

[@jeremykrause9443]

I remember the year after this they got Joe Jurevicous and he really helped bolster the receiving core and they didn’t drop as much in 2005.

[@Chiefs_fan1595]

Take a shot every time he says "unload"

[@mikeabler2978]

That drop wasn't questionable, Engram never had control of it going to the ground as he rolled over

[@blackdonaldtrump3869]

“There was just nobody open jack that really hurts” There is 11:36 left in the first quarter sir.

[@joesakic91]

And the Rams did it to the Seahawks again.

[@davidgee2988]

Typical Rams, depending on dumb luck instead of earning the victory. Too bad their flight out didn't crash. What a GUTLESS way to win.

[@yvlanesmith]

Getting PTSD now

[@MrBigShot110]

Ending: When your open receiver drops a critical pass on Madden 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@darkangels119]

What was questionable about this? Seems like a pretty obvious drop.

[@shauncameron8390]

Pretty much.

[@DustinPlatt]

Is this a Rams color commentary? The other announcer is cheering and yelping at every Rams play. Not very biased. Edit. Ok never mind. I can't read.

[@stephenh5944]

The color guy was the late Jack Snow, who played wide receiver for the Rams from 1965-1975.

[@CRMdrifter]

The NFC was so weak in the mid 2000's. 2004-2006 the conference was a cakewalk.

[@anonymoususer450]

This is no longer the Seahawks last home playoff loss

[@JamesGrinstead]

Jerry Rice’s last game ever in the NFL

[@shauncameron8390]

And the Rams' last playoff appearance and win as the St. Louis Rams,

[@jakemilligan46]

Rams owned the Seahawks even when they were terrible lol

[@SoloShelby]

What's questionable about the drop?

[@michaelwarren5492]

I remember watching this. I thought for sure that after that W, Martz, Bulger, and that offense were gonna kick it into overdrive like 2001. But Atlanta waited for them like a schoolyard bully wanting his lunch money the following week. That was embarrassing. Hard to believe that this was the last playoff win for the Rams.

[@fprevost88]

Thought it was Bob Menery commentating for a minute lol

[@ChristopherStandardTime]

i never forgot this game. i have hated the rams ever since.

[@justinnzamora5366]

Same here

[@ChristopherStandardTime]

@@justinnzamora5366 a lot of fucking good it did us today. seahawks beat themselves and looked like SHIT doing it.

[@justinnzamora5366]

@@ChristopherStandardTime Russ got freaking cooked. :(

[@ChristopherStandardTime]

@@justinnzamora5366 we finally beat those bastards. #EatAtGenos

[@justinnzamora5366]

@@ChristopherStandardTime Feels good seeing Jalen Ramsey get torched!

[@enescustovic1883]

Steven Jackson was never faster than Marshall Faulk, even though he was 10 years younger. I have no idea what the point of him taking over the starting role was.

[@thej2073]

Pretty sure I heard unloads more times in this 12 minute video than the preceding decade of watching football

[@johnkerry6312]

2003: 10-6 2004: 9-7 2005: 13-3 2006: 9-7 2007: 10-6

[@ballthemblack]

Remember the Rams beat them 3x that season but the Seahawks still won the division

[@AreWhyAyeInn]

Rams are now 2-0 vs the Seahawks in the playoffs

[@goldeneve]

RIP. Rams last playoff win

[@michaelbatt9680]

this game should be called..."Pass, Run, Pick....Pass, Run, Pick" there's like 100 int's in this game. hard to believe these were considered good QB's at any point.

[@joshfriedman7099]

This was the years that two 8-8 teams made the playoffs, and upset their first round opponents.

[@CoreyT127]

Burger could sling it. He went to same h.s. as Marino and broke all his records!

[@membersonlydave]

Browns/Falcons 2002, just do it please!!

[@joelhernandez2799]

Why

[@jaredbyers5978]

"Darrell drop ball Jackson"

[@TG-ld8hl]

Tons of “unloading” in this game

[@tdjekins21]

Questionable drop?

[@erocs9747]

Engram usually sure handed

[@bobbyjewel7326]

3:39 😂😂😂

[@PigglePigSwillbucket]

Miss the name Quest Field. a lot

[@ghenea1984]

had no idea that shotgun formations were so rare back then. why was that?

[@SkolneyVikings]

Well, at least that was the last time Seattle ever lost a playoff game with a failed goal line pass.

[@Nate-vi4ft]

Football used to be so good!

[@KyleCaughlin]

Last Rams postseason win Last Seahawks home postseason loss

[@maul7850]

Haselback might be one the most unlucky qbs of all time

[@AdamWest1290]

After this game Vick and the Falcons murdered the rams in the divisional round...look up that game he went through that rams defense way worse than he did those dogs