The eagles had less time to make a comeback and were down by more points. The patriots comeback was no doubt a great one. You could also make the argument that the cavs and cubs' comebacks were better because they were each down 3-1 in their championship series and had to win 3 games in a row, not just 1.

Correct me if i am wrong but....the Pats were down 25 whole points in the third after the first half. The eagles at the most were down 24-3 at the half and then 31-10 in the third quarter. That at most is 21 points. How is that down more points than the pats 25?
 

It's been a long past 24hrs haha. You're right, bigger deficit but the pats were only down 19 entering the 4th quarter. Eagles were down 21 with 8 and a half minutes left to play. And the eagles didn't even need to go to OT. They won on the last punt as time expired. So the eagles scored 28 points in 8 and a half minutes to win their game. Both are absolutely amazing comebacks. I rank the Texas A&M comeback at the top though. Im surprised no major news sources are mentioning that one.

Great comeback. But, there is a little recency bias here. The greatest comeback was Buffalo coming back and beating Houston, down 35-3 in the 3rd quarter, in the playoffs. Just my two cents.

What a way to let everyone down Atlanta and let the Kardashians of the NFL comeback and win another Super Bowl.

It's up there but the bills were only down 4 going into the 4th. The greatest comebacks imo are the ones where you score the most points in the least amount of time towards the end of a game. 5 points in 5 seconds just to force OT in a game 6 is also ridiculously impressive

The Monday Night Miracle, anyone?

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How much were the Colts trailing by against the Chiefs in the opening round 3 years ago? I want to say 41 to 14 and that was another crazy comeback where I couldn't believe my eyes. But regardless of all the arguments, doing it on the biggest stage ever gives it a huge bump. Offsets the biggest loss in SB history when they couldn't go 19 and 0  

None of those games matter as much as the Super Bowl. A comeback win of 10 points in the Super Bowl carries more weight than 20 in the playoffs or a comeback of 30 in the regular season. In 2014 the Browns came back 25 points in a regular season game but who cares or remembers? It was during the regular season and it certainly didn't get them anywhere. 

The Bills comeback would have meant more had they won the big game afterwards. Just like the 1980 Winter Olympics Miracle on ice wouldn't have meant as much had they lost the following game and walked away with the silver. 

I'd say the Bills comeback WAS the greatest comeback but many have already forgotten it. No one who saw this Super Bowl will ever forget it. 

 

The patriots comeback is the best superbowl comeback for sure, but that's about it. You can make the argument for several other championship comebacks in other sports that they're better than the pats' comeback. Also, I find it interesting that we put more value on comebacks in games that mean more. Isn't a comeback a comeback regardless of the stakes of the game? It's just interesting how we rank stuff and what we consider to be most important.

 

The argument it has going for it, is that in the Superbowl, you have the 2 best teams. It's not regular season where you can beat up a shitty team like the Browns and score 25 at will. Both the Falcons and Patriots were significantly better than the other teams in the conference.

I can't stand the Patriots, but what they did last night was pretty much the biggest come back in NFL history.

The real question is whether there has been a better single-game comeback that decided a championship. I can't recall one.

If it is best Super Bowl comeback then it is the best football comeback. The Super Bowl is the only game that counts. The rest is a big long pre-season.

Of course we put more value on games that mean something. Because they mean something.If it is a meaningless game the events in that game mean less.
 

The only thing that comes to mind was when the Heat took game 6 in the Finals (to ultimately win it all) against the Spurs a few years back - that was some jaw dropping amazing shit too.  Half the Heat fans left the building and then weren't allowed back in  
 

Half? It was a massive crowd that left theur seats and headed to the exits. I wonder if there ever was an official count.  

The interviews of some fans that were season ticket holders going bonkers over not being let back in were entertaining.  

The thing about a comeback is that you had to play pretty badly to put yourself in that position in the first place. Just saying  

Did I go to a Super Bowl Party? YES
Did I watch the Super Bowl? Nope! I was too far into the 40 jello shots I did that night...

Was I happy the Patriots won? HELL YEAH

I love it when Tom Brady wins and the haters act like WTF?.. He's one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time and Well it's nice when he just wins...



JELLO SHOTS for the win!

That was the most Atlanta-esque thing I have ever witnessed.

Remember when the Blackhawks scored twice in 17 seconds?

Maybe not the best comeback ever, but just wanted to bring it up  

No, but I remember when Tracy McGrady scored 13 points in 35 seconds on a Thursday night to comeback and beat the then-champion Spurs.  That's 4 3 pointers, one of which was an and 1.  Most amazing athletic performance I've ever watched on live TV by far.

Such a good way to clinch the cup. Fuck the Bruins! *sigh* this Hawks team is a shell of its former self.
 

Once you have 2 players making 20M, you're done. Can't blame the players for taking the money, but it just crippled the team moving forward.

Yup. I remember it well. Was doing a school assignment on the family computer. The game was over, then with each 3 made i focused less and less on the assignment lol

I do! It was almost as amazing as the time the Bruins came back from 4-1 with 8 minutes left in game 7 against the Maple Leafs.