Well the Rams played pretty good defense too.

@@stevespud2707 Yeah, but the Bucs offense was horrible. So I guess there's that. They scored just 270 points during the year, almost half of what the Rams scored.

The early 2000's Dolphins defense with Zach Thomas and Jason Taylor used to routinely put up good games but ya kno, Jay Fielder.

@@stevespud2707 Stopping Shawn King was a bit easier than stopping Warner, Faulk and Bruce in a dome.

umm they did crack 6 points dummy

Shouldn’t have even been there. Redskins should have beat them a week earlier if they didn’t muff the snap on the game winning field goal

@@jasonmckinney9938too bad

​@@jasonmckinney9938the Redskins would've gotten smoked lmao

​@@jasonmckinney9938it was over 50 yards with over 1buck 30 left and would have put them up by 2. I hear ya though. Harder 2 go up n down the field back then. Especially with King as the QB.

I say this as an unbiased Steelers fan who had no rooting interest in this game, Pittsburgh was terrible during this season. The Bucs defense was so great in 1999 that they really didn’t need a top flight quarterback or an elite offense, just a run of the mill competent offense would have done the job. The Bucs defense played as close to a perfect game as possible, forced three turnovers and held one of the best offenses in NFL history to 11 points, with the Tampa Bay offense gifting the Rams a safety, so essentially they only conceded 9 points. Everyone remembers the Bert Emanuel play but if you dig a little deeper, the true story is revealed. In this game, FOUR TIMES the Bucs offense got to start a drive in the Rams side of the field because of how their defense was able to force turnovers and shut down the Greatest Show on Turf. And the results of those four drives? Field goal, punt, punt, interception. To not be able to punch it into the end zone one time is shameful with that kind of advantage in field position. Shaun King was dreadful. One of the most anemic offensive performances ever in a conference championship game. If I’m a Bucs defensive player at the end of that game, I’m absolutely livid at the offense.

Yep we had the Megatron debacle....then Dez Bryant....and i forget the Steelers Tightend but was against the Patriots surprise surprise... 😂😂

@@lillagahnavich7700good ole jesse james

indeed the NFL was rigged way back when

You'll never see defenses like this again the bucks today wouldn't even be this good cuz they wouldn't be allowed to tackle like that.....

Ya I think they had dilfer dimes on the bench

True because their defense was ranked 3rd and their offense 27th.

They wasn't beating the Titans in that superbowl

Well they won it in 2002

Properly rated

Brooks and Nickerson are considered great.

Yup

Yup, but at least they got one 💍 out of all that & the first one they got established them as one of the greatest defenses ever put together

@@808mitch the 2002 offense was way better than the 1999. Thats why they won.

That and having more interceptions than the raiders had scoring drives

@@fast9963both the picks and pick 6’s they got off on Nick Gannon are still 20 years later Super Bowl Records

Two Class Acts Coach Dick Vermeil and Coach Tony Dungy

amen

It is now

Not a catch

@@deanladue5367 Man as a bucs fan i gotta imagine Randy moss would be able to run over us for at least 2 touchdowns and we lose this game 17-6

@@peacebestill2653No one cares you don’t understand football if you want attention go cry to mama

@@sickboy8914As a Viking fan we would have choked and lost 6-3 lol

You're exactly right.

I was 10 and ripped the thermostat off the wall and got in trouble

What is a part time Bucs fan? Do You only root for the Bucs when they win?

@seveglider8406 I'm a Ravens fan and the bucs are my nfc team, because of Alstott

@@LewDog053 Alstott? That is a sorry excuse for being a Bucs fan!

Reminds me of the 77 falcons

Almost as bad as the Calvin Johnson catch that time vs the bears a few years ago ...

Dez and Bert Emmanuel are the 2 worst non catch calls in history

Yea but that Bert Emanuel call resulted in the nfl officially changing the rule about the ball touching the floor. I mean, obviously as a Bucs fan I’d have rather had the catch. But it’s not like it wasn’t addressed.

That interception at 8:32 was absolutely horrendous. Shaun King was just not at the level of an NFL starting quarterback. With that brilliant defense along with Warrick Dunn and Mike Alstott running the ball, if Tampa Bay had at least a serviceable quarterback who could come in and manage the game (Mark Brunell, Brian Griese, Vinny Testaverde, etc.) then they win the Super Bowl that year.

The nfl game of the week sounds of the game is even better

it was the rules at the time, it was the correct call

@@QuiltHoncho its good the rules changed, the way he received the ball was not going to count then or before 99

It only took 23 years for them to re release this footage....we were fuckin robbed and the nfl knew that...

@@kingcook1485 nigga stop crying damn it’s not that serious

Emanuel did have control of the ball, but the rules at the time stated that if the ball scrapes or touches the turf, it's ruled a no-catch. It was pretty close. Even if said player appears to maintain possession. They did eventually alter the rule after the season.

NFL would later admit that the officials got it wrong.

Im not sure the ball even touched the ground it was so close. Did they have to follow the rule of indisputable video evidence back then or was it more up to the officials discretion?

@@stevep8445 not wrong since those were the rules

we were fuckin robbed, stop with the kap!!!!!PERIOD!!!

@@kingcook1485 Lol keep crying

Dude was on Mutiple SB/SB Contender teams

There's a good reason the most unathletic guy on the field always had a job and found significant playing time.

@@davet2459 Adam Thielen is/was similar

Cooper Kupp became best white reciever ever, sadly future generations will forget abt Ricky..they will only remember Welker and Edleman bc Brady made them famous winning in New England@@douglaswilke8582

@Devin Curtis exactly , 1999 and 2001 defenses were good. 2000 was terrible. Rams cleaned house after 2000, only 3 defensive starters were retained.

@@stephenh5944 aneas Williams adam Archuleta Dre bly developed and Leonard little and many more

99 defense was good ENOUGH. 01 defense with addition of Aneas Williams was solid to good. 00 defense was atrocious. Which is why they hired Lovie Smith that off season going into 01.

@@Riles31521999 Defense was more than good enough they were literally the 4 ranked defense. The last two playoff games shows that

It is funny as a Rams fan I wouldn't have put the - symbol. 1999 was a great defense and 2001 was a great defense. 2000 defense was horrible and the offense put up crazy numbers just to win the games until Warner got hurt.

Lmao king of the hill

not only that but they dominated everyone. Wasnt like some other surprise teams like 01 patriots and others who grinded to close wins. Which is usually the case. Rams were a machine. They put this roster togethor though kind of quietly. Obviously warner but you add faulk and draft holt in one offseason. Bruce and hakim were there . Defense was solid

Yeah... the Rams' success did come out of nowhere. Home of the Arch--- my favorite team since I followed sports . Wonder how they got good outta nowhere

The Rich Brooks Rams D was getting pretty good 96'-98'. Drafting Orlando Pace and getting Faulk set them up. Warner is was what came out of nowhere, but I knew they were going to be pretty good.

@@greghobbs1728 pretty good , you mean greatest show ever lol

They were better than the 2002 for sure. The 2002 Defense just had a much better offense to help them and not let them Back. The bad offense of the 1999 wore off the defense a lot. Before Gruden got down there the offense was basicaly just Alstott and the kicker

20000 Ravens...

2015 Broncos, 1985 bears, 2007 Steelers lmao

@@erikpuka2627 2006 ravens were just as good as 1999 bucs defense and yall didn't have Simeon rice

‘00 Ravens hands down was the best D all-time!

I saw Faulk fumble the ball once.(1st time watching ) And I thought he kinda sucked after that. Asked my diehard colts fan uncle if he was any good. He said he was average... After that I kept rooting for him to do well and atone for it. They broke my heart vs Carolina. I still remember the watermelon head that said "SuperBowl Bound" looking disappointed after ot loss...

I was 7 at the time.

Ya the smash mouth era ​@@finchborat

Nah. 2 Words: John Madden

3 words and 1 article, ”it was a catch" lol

Naaa 3 words, Ricky fuckin prohel

3 words nfl is rigged

@@blakebortles6098 3 words refs just suck

Ronde not Randle there kiddo😂

I do agree to an extent, whether the Bucs scored a touchdown or not is a completely different argument, however by that point, the Rams defense was completely exhausted and were on their heels, so if Tampa Bay could’ve gotten the ball into a 1st and goal situation, they maybe could’ve punched it in with Alstott. I had no faith in Shaun King being able to throw a touchdown pass in this situation, I believe he had thrown a grand total of 7 all season.

How about the 4th and 3 delay of game play that was milliseconds bad? At minimum there inside the 20 with a good chance of 3 pts and up 4. Took some serious home cooking to give the 1 hit wonder greatest show on turf there only ring.

​@@AshleySmith19912 That's because Shaun King played 5 1/2 games that season. with 7 TD's, in 5 1/2 games, that's not a fair point to judge. lol (not arguing your other points.)

We will never know though right? Play calling is different when you need 11 or 12 yards vs 23 or 24, it was a horrible call

Not every good games end in the 20s 30s or even 50s score wise

I guess you don’t appreciate great defense that today’s Nfl barely has

@@NYGForever if they got the current rules like we got nfl would tank a long time ago

Smashmouth era and 2 great units scrapping

Maybe so, but the Rams defense absolutely SLAMMED King on so many sacks. I bet King was coughing up a lot more than blood after them.

I seriously hope you are not equating 2 time league MVP Kurt Warner with freakin Shaun King. Holding the GSOT to 9 points is a hall of fame achievement where as the Bucs offense was liability in this era.

They didn't have Simeon rice though

P.S.S. The ball jiggled slightly as he hit the ground, so NO CATCH BABEEEE!!! If you want to complain about a terrible call, go back to Brady's fumble that cost the Raiders the game.

Glory days

Was a clutch winning player with the panthers also

Honestly I think the current LA Rams uniforms are pretty fire too. Although these old Rams uniforms were the best.

20 years karma

Who went undefeated at Tulane the year before I wanna say before taking over for dilfer

If Dungy had a decent QB he woulda stayed

As a packers fan even I love this classic

Kevin Carter London fletcher grant wistrom

Were they? I mean it's the Bucs offense with a rookie QB. If they did this to a better offense, than it'd be impressive.

I thought he may have too, I’m glad someone else noticed!

It absolutely looked like he caught that pass

Same rule. Ball touches the ground. No catch

But you never see it hit the ground

@@danmule4131 It does. Watch it frame by frame

Hall of fame level

Saved the game

Not to mention they lost their only other game before week 17 against the Lions, another playoff team that year…also explains why their defensive numbers were kinda inflated that year too

We still won the superbowl so who cares

@@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly we still won it all

And then they beat the 10-6 Vikings 49-37, the 11-5 buccaneers and the 13-3 titans in the super bowl

@@josephsarto689 exactly and they forget going into that season the rams were projected to be the worst team in the league

he was awful

Sorta maybe that rams defense in 2001 was solid