Found this gem on Youtube...

[TN05]

I was looking around and found this on Youtube. This is ESPN SportsCenter covering the 1999 finale, with the utterly bizarre scenario of both us and the Packers running up the score over hapless teams trying to claim a wild car berth. None of it mattered in the end because Dallas beat New York which gave them the seed. It's a tough memory, but it has an insane Michael Bates kickoff return, and you see Jake Delhomme as a Saint. Genuinely one of the weirdest games in team history.

[Mr. Scot]

That's a clip that gets "found" and posted every so often on here.

 

Never gets old for me though.  I still enjoy it

[teeray]

I remember that. That poo was crazy. Made for fun football in two blowout games. Even though at the time I was bummed put we didn't get there

[Mr. Scot]

I remember that. That poo was crazy. Made for fun football in two blowout games. Even though at the time I was bummed put we didn't get there

 

The other thing that depresses me about that clip is that it reminds me of how much better NFL Primetime used to be than it is now

 

[SIGCHI222]

That was awesome.  I remembered it vividly but watching the video made it real again.  I didn't even watch the Dallas game later, just hoped they won so I wouldn't have to feel even worse that GB got in and we didn't.  Luckily that didn't happen.

[KillaCamNewton]

The other thing that depresses me about that clip is that it reminds me of how much better NFL Primetime used to be than it is now

Yep. The NFL fuged up getting rid of ESPN's Primetime/SNF rights and giving it to NBC

[Kuhndog94]

Thanks for sharing that. 

 

That's some crazy football right there. 

[t96]

I remember this. Love the way Berman said "He could go all the way."

[Panthers Fanatic]

I was there!

Smh at what Patrick Jeffers could have been for us. He had a cool 165 YDS that day, and was a great replacement when Rocket Ismail left for Dallas after his lone 1,000 YD season in Carolina. Cool memories of the Seifert years...unfortunately they are few and far between. Beuerlein was the man!

[Newtcase]

That was an awesome day.  I met Beuerlein and Wesley Walls at the entrance to the players parking lot after the game that day!

[slail04]

Pretty sweet video. Thanks for posting.

[CarolinaNCSU]

Jake with 4 INTs...never change, Jake  

[PantherWake]

I remember this. Love the way Berman said "He could go all the way."

He was in his prime

[Hugor Hill]

Michael Frigging Bates man. I love that guy.