10 Best Super Bowl Plays Ever

1. Super Bowl 42: David Tyree's Helmet Catch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgQ14DqbC-g Some plays are immortalised forever. These plays are given names. 'The Catch'. 'The Immaculate Reception'. 'The Music City Miracle'. At Super Bowl 42, New York Giants wide receiver David Tyree gave us 'The Helmet Catch'. The context for this play is like something out of a movie. The New England Patriots went through the season like a buzzsaw on route to the league's first ever 18-0 record heading into the Super Bowl. The Patriot's Tom Brady, Randy Moss and Wes Welker helped create the most prolific offence in NFL history and they had a 14-10 lead over the New York Giants with just seventy five seconds left in the game. The Giants were on third down and five at midfield. The Patriots defence needed one more stop to secure their perfect season. They very nearly got it as well. Giants quarterback Eli Manning faced such heavy pressure form the Patriots pass rush that they damn near grab the jersey of his back. Manning escapes the sack, throws high into the middle of the field (which a quarterback, under any other circumstances, should never do) and hits David Tryee, heavily covered by the Patriots' Rodney Harrison. Tyree is under so much pressure that he pins the football on his helmet with one hand and manages to bring his second hand in to stop it inches from hitting the ground. From that point on the Giants make another pass to the right sideline which stops the clock and a final thirteen-yard slant and go pass to Plaxico Burress to score the game-winning touchdown. Perfect season over. And how did David Tyree's career soar after making the unbelievable catch? He was placed on injured reserve after a training camp injury for the entire season and was then let go from the Giants. Tyree appeared in thirteen games for the Baltimore Ravens in 2009, but did not record any receptions meaning the greatest catch in Super Bowl history was also the last of David Tyree's career. What do you think is the best play in Super Bowl history? What plays were missed off the list? Who do you think will make a huge play this year? Let us know in the comments below!