A Decade in Review: Top 10 Plays/Moments

I have seen all these reviews of the decade on various sports blogs and columnists.  And not much around here.  Since we have taken our last snap in 2009 and the 00s, I decided to take a look back at the decade.  What were the best plays/moments of the decade?.  I will rank mine:

10) Mike Wallace FTW - December 20, 2009 - Maybe it is just fresh in my mind, maybe I just like Wallace, maybe it is because it won the game, maybe I just wanted to say maybe a few times, but Wallace's TD this year against GB was awesome.  If, somehow, we slide into the playoffs this game and this play will be remembered as the moments that gave us that push.  This touchdown was so reminiscent of another play that is somewhere on this list (spoiler, wait, am I supposed to say that before?).  Anyway, just rewatch it and bask in the glory that that kid is only a rookie.

9) Ben Demoralizes the Ravens - November 5, 2007 - I couldn't find a good video of this, just some dude talking about the game.  This was an absolute blow out early.  Ben threw for 5 touchdowns...in the first half!!  Also, this was James Harrison blow out game.  he had 10 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 interception, 2 forced fumbles, 1 recovered fumble, and 1 pass deflection.  Just a mammoth blow out of my least favorite team, after they had goose egged us the previous year.

8) The Best Interception of All-Time - November 16 2008 - Seriously, I think this is the most athletic and remarkable interception in the history of the NFL.  Every time I watch this I am amazed.  Plus, it made laser face sad,  and that is always a bonus..  Honorable mention to the Troy interception against the Titans this year.

7) Steelers end Patriots 21 Game Win Streak  - October 31, 2004 - Anyone remember this game?  Ben's rookie year where they absolutely rolled the Patriots.  Two touchdowns by Plaxico Burress and an interception TD by Deshea Townsend ended this game in the 1st quarter.  Look how fast Deshea looks on that interception.  I miss that.  Moreover, it was just great to shut up the Patriots for once (although maybe we should not have showed their video cameras them all of our weapons).

6) Greatest Steelers Comeback? By Tommy Maddox?!?! - January 5, 2003 - Ok, maybe not the greatest, but still unbelievable. After a FG by Phil Dawson, the Browns were up 27-14 (it was 24-7 at one point) in the fourth quarter of this Wild Card playoff game.  The Steelers would go on to out score the Browns 22-6 and win the game 36-33 in an improbable comeback staged by Tommy "The Gun" Maddox.  It was the first lead the Steelers had all game and it would be enough to win.

5) Willie Parker 75 yards to the house - February 5, 2006 - If I am not mistaken this is the longest run in the history of the Superbowl.  Just one yard longer than Marcus Allen's 74 yarder in SB XVIII.  The Seahawks had a damn good rush defense, besides this play, they held him to 18 yards on 9 rushes.  However, on this play FWP found the seam and no one could catch him. Honorable mention from SB XL: Double Reverse, Antwaan Randle El passes deep to Ward on trick play.

4) Troy makes Flacco look like a rookie - January 18. 2009 - Nothing like beating your division rival in the AFFCG to  advance to the Superbowl.  It is even better when it comes on a final blow in the form of an interception return.  Troy made a great read on Flacco (was he actually reading his eyes?) and makes the rookie make a rookie mistake.  The rest is just pure athleticism by Polamalu to get to the endzone.  As former NFL QB Drew Bledsoe once said, "[If you beat a team 3 times in one year] it generally means you are better than them."

3) "The Tackle" or "The Shoe-Lace Tackle" - January 15. 2006  - That video is hilarious.  Anyway, as you know this tackle saved a likely return touchdown on an improbable fumble by Jerome Bettis.  Props to Ben for not giving up and making a huge play.  Bettis owes his lone ring to this guy, so maybe he should quiet down with all of his articles.  Also, thank goodness that Mike Vanderjagt absolutely sucks at kicking when it matters.  I've never seen a less clutch player in the history of any sport.

2) James Harrison Gets Winded on a 100-yard Interception Return - February 1, 2009 - What can be said about this play that already hasn't?  How did James outrun Larry Fitzgerald and Steve Breaston? The world may never know!  Anyway, I tried to find the hilarious video of Kenan on SNL acting as James Harrison.  It is hilarious, so if you have it please share!

1) The Santonio Holmes Toe-Tap Touchdown - February 1, 2009 - This one takes top cookie, because it won the SB. Why is it that the insane pass Ben made always gets overlooked? Yeah, it was a great catch and amazing concentration to stay in and hold onto it, but that throw was amazing too.  There are 3 defenders in that area and Ben slides it by all of them into the very corner of the endzone.  How Ben even saw white through all of the red in that area is beyond me.

Sorry, mine are kind of bottom heavy toward the latter years, probably because that is when we won 2 superbowls, or because I remember recent games better.  Chime in, what do you think?