Plaxico makes a clutch catch

dave52959 · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 14

Who woulda thunk it.

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Tank McGee · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 34

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> Who woulda thunk it.
>

Any Giants fan, I suppose. He leads the Giants in TD catches.

Rocky · Joined: 28 Sep 2007 Posts: 28

"Tank McGee" wrote in message @66.133.129.71...
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>> Who woulda thunk it.
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> Any Giants fan, I suppose. He leads the Giants in TD catches.

Yeah, I think the bigger surprise is that he only had 2 catches the entire
night. But one was for the go-ahead TD.

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Dan Darby · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 74

I still can not believe Plaxico of all people, caught that go ahead TD
pass. LOL As a fan of both the Giants and Steelers of course, I am
still amazed that he caught it!

Tank McGee · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 34

"Rocky" wrote in$0$26032$88260bb3@free.teranews.com:

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> "Tank McGee" wrote in message
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>> dave52959@hot1mail.com wrote in
>> @ 4ax.com:
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>>> Who woulda thunk it.
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>>
>> Any Giants fan, I suppose. He leads the Giants in TD catches.
>
> Yeah, I think the bigger surprise is that he only had 2 catches the
> entire night. But one was for the go-ahead TD.
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>

It was a perfect pass and Plex left his defender in the dirt. Pretty
play. Boomer Esiason called it before it happened. He said before the
snap "this could decide the SB right here" when he saw Plex had single
coverage. Great call Boomer!

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