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Let's just say Dodge wasn't "Ram tough." Because he couldn't have lofted it better to Jackson if he was hitting shallow fly balls to junior high kids.

Facing a 21-point deficit,cheap nfl jerseys, Michael Vick set up the drama at the end by rushing for 94 yards and tossing two touchdown passes during the final eight minutes alone. A successful onside kick during the 28-point Philly run further underlined the value of special teams.

Tied at 31 with just 14 seconds left in regulation,wholesale nfl jerseys, Giants coach Tom Coughlin just needed his punter to kick the ball away from the most explosive athlete east of Derrick Rose. It should have been simple for rookie Matt Dodge to do: Directionally kick the ball, sacrificing distance for safety. And, by all means, DON'T allow the return man to get his hands on it, especially when that guy is Jackson.

During a 2008 wild-card game, Chargers punter Mike Scifres single-handedly destroyed the Colts' offense by pinning it deep in its own territory five times. There was nothing Tony Dungy and Peyton Manning could do about Scifres that day. But this aspect of the punting game -- avoiding a dangerous return man -- had the stench ofChris Kluwe trying (and failing) to kick away from Reggie Bush in 2008.

It's Football 101: the punting game. The most underrated aspect of pro football cost the Giants a spot in the playoffs.

It was the most special of plays,Wholesale cheap nfl jerseys, however, that sealed the "Miracle at New Meadowlands" as our top game of 2010.
 

Dodge's gaffe almost came off brilliantly when the Jackson initially muffed the punt. But within seconds Jackson scooped it up, knifed through several defenders and was off to the races.

One of my colleagues said that to me about the play that decided the outcome of our top game of 2010. The thing is, this comment came five months after the Eagles' DeSean Jackson essentially ended the playoff hopes of the Giants while invigorating the Packers' aspirations. Oh, and he put his own team in the driver's seat.

"That's one of the most incredible football plays I think I've ever seen."

As the research analyst for NFL Network's NFL RedZone,wholesale sports jerseys, Elliot Harrison watched all 267 games in the 2010 season. We asked him to rank the 20 most memorable.

To use a baseball reference: Intentionally walk him!

Jackson is just one part of the story. The other?

Honestly, this game should not have reached the point where Dodge's kick had any meaning. The Giants built a 31-10 fourth-quarter lead with a little more than eight minutes remaining,Dallas Cowboys Jerseys, mostly on the strength of Eli Manning's four touchdown passes and some costly Philly turnovers.

Moments after, poor Coughlin looked like the leading man in a Milk of Magnesia commercial. At least the Giants could've avoided this disaster