This may be the most stupendously awesome and mind-boggling catch in the history of American pro sports. Well, except for maybe Steve Bartman.
But by an athlete, it doesn't get any better than this. I can't stop watching it.
Seriously. How the hell did that happen? How did Eli Manning get away? But more importantly, how did David Tyree make a catch while getting clobbered, having the
ball knocked 3/4 of the way out of his hands, pinning the ball on his helmet with one hand, then clutching the ball with two hands just as he's about to hit the ground, then having his back bent all weird by Rodney Harrison's leg (which actually prevented the ball from spiking off the ground and possibly coming loose), and then fighting for the ball afterward and never once surrendering possession?
How?
Seriously, how?
I don't think a mother catches her newborn baby under the same circumstances.
Incredible.
Simply incredible.
I'm pretty much at a loss for words when it comes to describing the magnitude of this play, so I will use the words of a more loquacious observer....
"They made some plays." -- Bill Belichick