January 20, 2008
New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)

The Giants under Tom Coughlin were able to beat the Patriots in two different Super Bowls despite seemingly overwhelming odds against them, and in both cases, the road to those Super Bowls carried them through conference championship games that went to overtime and were ultimately decided by Lawrence Tynes field goals. Tynes had missed a 36-yarder at the end of regulation, but in the first drive of overtime, Brett Favre threw a crushing interception to Giants cornerback Corey Webster, and Tynes made up for his previous miss with a 47-yard boot. It was Favre’s lass pass for the Packers, while the Giants went on to shock the previously undefeated Patriots in the Super Bowl’s biggest upset.

This illustrates how much of a factor Plaxico Burress was for this team. He caught 11 of 13 targets for 152 yards in the game. The next year, with the Giants coasting to the No. 1 seed in the NFC, he foolishly blew up his career — and the Giants’ chance to repeat as Super Bowl champs — when he shot himself in the leg.