Introduction Some Some National Football League NFL games are known simply by the nicknames they've been given Fans still talk about legendary comebacks such as the Music City Miracle and The Drive Many of those games are remembered for the quarterbacks who led the winning drives Joe Montana and John Elway were famous for bringing their teams back when all hope appeared lost It's difficult to narrow down a list of the NFL's greatest comebacks because there have been so many The games in this list were chosen for their historical impact Playoff games take on added significance The size of the deficit and time left in the game also factor into the discussion Here are the top 10 comebacks in NFL history
10 Jeff Garcia celebrates his touchdown run in the fourth quarter of the 49ers victory over the New York Giants Garcia Joins the Greats Joe Joe Montana and Steve Young are remembered as two of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play in the NFL Montana led the San Francisco 49ers to four Super Bowl victories in the 1980s Young replaced Montana and was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player MVP twice He also was named MVP of the Super Bowl as San Francisco won its fifth title Jeff Garcia had the tough job of trying to replace the two Hall of Famers Garcia didn't match the success that Montana and Young had in San Francisco But he was a huge part of the second biggest playoff comeback ever The 49ers hosted the New York Giants in the first round of the National Football Conference NFC playoffs after the 2002 season New York led 38 14 with just over four minutes left in the third quarter But Garcia wouldn't let the Niners go quietly Terrell Owens caught his second touchdown of the game to start the comeback near the end of the third quarter Garcia ran for a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter Then after the Niners added a field goal Garcia connected with wide receiver Tai Streets for a 13 yard touchdown pass With one minute left in the game San Francisco had rallied to take a 39 38 lead
Then things really got crazy New York quarterback Kerry Collins drove the Giants down the field quickly Kicker Matt Bryant lined up a potential game winning field goal from 40 yards out But holder Matt Allen couldn't handle a bad snap Allen scrambled right and heaved a pass into the end zone as time expired But it fell incomplete and San Francisco celebrated an amazing comeback victory
