What The F--k Do We Call This Play?
You know the story by now: Eli Manning escapes certain doom and finds David Tyree in the middle of the field. Tyree goes up and makes an amazing catch by holding the ball onto his helmet, converting a crucial 3rd-and-long and setting up the game winning score. We at KSK agree, as you certainly do, that this sequence of events is among the greatest plays--if not the greatest play, in Super Bowl history.
What we can't agree on is what to call it, how to refer to it. This play needs a instant-recall nickname that signals the DVR player in my mind to find this play, and reminisce over its kickassedness. "The Catch," obviously, is out. "The Clutch" is getting tossed around, but that doesn't really do it for us. Here's part of the list that we came up with, and we need your help. If nothing else, it will get you warmed up for the upcoming commenter drafts.
Here we go:
The Snag.
The Grab.
Jesus Christ, Let Me Complete This Or My Endorsements Are Ruined.
Boston Flee Party.
Running On Empty.
A Prayer To St. David.
Rodney Harrison's A Little Bitch Who Should Have Batted That Down.
The GIANT Catch (see what I did there?).
David Ty-REEEEACH!
Mama's Boy Runs Home.
Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening.
The Incorporation of St. David, Arizona (yes, it's an actual city).
A Boy Named Elisha.
I Have To Convert Here Because I'm Sure As Hell Never Getting Laid Again Otherwise.
Blue Moon Rising.
Run, Eli, Run.
Plaxico Saw This Whole Thing Coming.