Games with Names - Highlight Reels: Best 28-3 Stories

Episode Date: November 2, 2025

Celebrities and Athletes share their stories of reacting to the New England Patriots Super Bowl 51 Comeback, 28-3, over the Atlanta FalconsSupport the show: http://www.gameswithnames.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I'm Julian Edelman, and we got a brand new compilation highlight reel starting now. Now, Paul Pierce, on watching the end of Super Bowl 51 with his Celtics teammates. That game was unreal, because I remember we was getting off the plane. it was in Toronto we actually landed in Toronto because when we landed the score was 28 to 3 it was like damn and then we started watching in the lobby

we watched it in the lobby at the hotel I never forget we watched in the lobby hotel we didn't move me and Sam was right there the whole time like damn what the hell is going on that was crazy so basically because of the truth watching the game with Sam Cassell in the lobby it gave us the good luck to come back those are the vibes we need and win

Which game was that where you caught that ridiculous? That was probably to me. I think he made the greatest catch of all time. That was in that game. That was that game. That was that game. That was that game. That was that game.

That was what I thought. That was the greatest catch ever. That was a crazy catch. I don't know how you caught that ball, dude. How did you catch that? Keep your eye on the ball. You couldn't see the ball, dude. You keep your eye on it.

You couldn't even see the ball. Your eyes will always bring your hands to the ball. Somewhere out there. That was crazy. Next, Ice Cube on how unbelievable the Patriots 28th. to three comeback was yeah that 28 to 3 game was that was some shit because i remember watching that game had a house full of people and we're going crazy because we want the falcons to win no offense but the patriots was they had hurt so many of our hearts over the years we was like you know

let's get one for the A. And everybody's talking during the half time. We're drinking, food everywhere, halfway paying attention to the game.

And I'm like looking out the corner of my eye and I'm just saying like, I'm starting to do the math in my head like, do they have enough time? If they scored,

if they get the ball back, if they, oh, they got the ball, but oh, shit, they, And it goes from us not paying attention to shit to everybody slowly but surely locking back into the game to see to come back. And, you know, I'm talking to my friend from Atlanta and shit.

And he just, he almost shit a chicken, man. He was so fucking beside himself. You know what I'm saying? He was so beside himself. And he just, I was like, man, like, we're going to do a wellness check on you later on. tonight because don't kill yourself over in a fucking game man like it was it was bad it was bad but it was a great fucking comeback you know what i'm gonna pull from something from this episode what you said you were what 14 you went in saw scarface yeah people like you

need people like me to say that's a fucking bad guy yeah that's what a fucking bad guy yes we are I just felt like it was, it was playable. You know, everyone needs a fucking bad guy to look at and say that's a bad guy. That's him. He can punch your fucking finger. You could punch your finger. You can punch your finger. You can punch a fucking finger and say that's the bad guy.

That's a fucking bad guy. Look at him. You know the Patriots, we're the fucking bad guys. Hey, it's cool. It's all good. You know, this is what you want in football. You need, you need a threshold. you need something to chase.

And the great thing about this league, there was a time where it was you guys. And there's a time when it was the Niners. And then there's a time, now it's the Chiefs. Yeah. You know, who's it going to be next? Who's next? Who's next?

Is it the Chiefs? Eagles. Is it the Eagles? Or is it not? Next up, Julian tells Carissa Thompson about going on Jimmy Fallon with coach Bill Belichick after winning the Super Bowl. You and Bill were guests together?

Yeah. I need to know that story. How does that happen? Right after the Super Bowl, Atlanta, they asked us if we wanted to go on. Stacey James came up, do you want to go do Fowling with Bill? I was like, hell yeah. Oh my God, and his heartbeat. So wait, how was he?

He was fun. I mean, you know, Bill, that's the only time, you know, you can bank on that. Bill is smiling, having good time. I'm sure, like, five days later, he's on to the draft. But, you know, he's a fun guy. You know, we had some awesome conversations. we took a jet together to the to new york right after the super bowl and you know we had no like weird awkwardness and conversation like you're definitely there's always awkwardness with bill i mean he's

socially awkward but like in a cool like ah that's my socially awkward friend not like i probably could say that now that's like you're i wonder if you introduced him as your socially awkward friend i'm gonna maybe i say that would be incredible i need to get bill on this god dang couch i swear if he He does McAfee before he does my show. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. It should hurt your feelings. It hurt me. Okay, I didn't coach.

I didn't take all those team-friendly deals for just nothing. Show me the receipts on that. Your socially awkward friend needs to be right here sooner than later. What do we got? Yeah, right there. Oh, yeah. Julian, what is this look? That's playoff, baby.

Jules, that doesn't even look like you. You look like you're an extra in teen wolf. Yeah. Like this is crazy. Like your actual face does it, maybe because it's halfway covered. But like, what also, what are our LBs at that point? Uh, 298. I was, I'm like five pounds under.

Really? Yeah. Oh, maybe just the cameras as, you know, people that are on camera, it adds 10 pounds. Oh, 100%. Yeah, you look thick there. I'm too C thick. Yeah. I'm two seat thick.

Are you guys holding hands to? Yeah. What did they? say they said uh they were addressing that coach is a hard ass yeah i think it came to like he said we do kumbaya and like we held hands and look at how we held hands it was so awkward he held my hand so the holding of the hand was awkward i didn't know how to react but we're on you know live tv it's so good old coach um now we got howie long recalling his experience on the sidelines of super bowl 51 now is this the greatest game of all time

You know, your game, your game in the Super Bowl when Chris played for the Patriots was so improbable in so many ways. Same halftime scores. Yours in other way. Improbable. So here we are. I walk into the stadium and it's the Super Bowl. Fox is covering. You've got the pregame. It's four or five hours long.

You know, we've got our only, as you know now as a broadcaster, there's a lot going on. going on a lot going on there's 32 sections and you know what are we talking what's the order you know who's talking about what and you know etc because you don't want to be redundant and you want to be on top of it but this hits me and you know um i think it's usher who is there during the day he kind of had had his kind of a all all access pass into our green room and everything else he's a huge Atlanta fan oh yeah and you know which is great and he's a really nice guy. Yeah. And I want to save that up front. He's a really nice guy. But here we are. It's 28 to 3. 28 to 3 in the third. In the third quarter. I'm standing next to Terry and I get

kind of quiet. When I get quiet, it's never good. And I'm quiet. And Terry knows I'm, you know, I feel like the worst dad in the world. I push this kid. Now, he makes his own decisions. He's a grown man. he makes his own decisions. But I certainly played a part in, you know, him going to New England. Over Atlanta. And it's over Atlanta. And it's 28 to 3, and I'm the worst dad in the world. That's how I felt.

And Terry says to me, like, you know, kind of like Forrest Gump, he just said, don't worry, little buddy. Tom's going to throw it all over the yard and it's going to be fine. It's going to be the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history. And I'm like, this. you're out of your freaking mind. You're out of your mind, Terry. And then, you know, I would say the giant catch

was the most improbable catch. I think your catch was the most amazing catch I've seen. And seriously, I mean, I was there. I'm looking at it. I'm like, oh, my God, did that just happen? and I'm looking for the review to see if your hands under it. And it was just the sequence of things that had to happen,

including Chris getting a holding call down on, it was like first and then it goes to. First and 20, and then they decided to throw it. And then we got a sack. And they decided to throw it. I mean, when I say improbable, there were so many things that had to happen in that half.

And everything, including the two-point conversion, And, you know, I mean, two-two point coverings. Everything. It was amazing. That's fucking hard. And we put in five for that game. It was amazing. And I remember, you know, Chris came on the set and Diane was there and, you know,

the boys were there. Kyle had a tendon surgery and he was limping around and, you know, just it was one of those kind of, you know, moments that, you know, was a Polaroid in your head. And, you know, and we go back to the hotel. And I remember I'm still in disbelief. And Usher, who had been yelling, you know, after halftime in our green room, you know, you know, Falcons, falcons screaming and yelling. And in my head, I'm punching him in the face.

But I didn't, you know, I'm sitting in the corner. I'm quiet. And he's a good guy. Great guy. Nothing wrong with being a fan. And he probably had no idea that, you know, he didn't put two and two together. But, you know, not the place to be yelling. but here we are i'm we go back to the hotel and i remember it like it was yesterday and the family's

there and you know it's one in the morning and you can't get room service i talked them into sending us some burgers down the lobby and we're sitting around having burgers and i go back up to the room finally at like four in the morning and the game was being replayed on nfl network and i had to watch it like it did this really happen and i was almost my my poor wife's dead asleep and i'm watching nfl network replay of the super bowl and i'm watching it again to say this really happen and you know of course chris goes to philadelphia the next year and does it again and does it again and you know it's a it's a another barn burner game versus new england what would the average what was the average win our biggest our biggest win total was 18 when we won by 10 points against the rams yeah it's

usually always been four three three four you know but that's how we wanted to play the game yeah that's how bill wanted he wanted to control the game but you have to be really really confident in your ability to run situational football to play that kind of a game without a doubt every possession every first down, every punt, every field goal, every kickoff is important. Yeah. It's like you can't turn the ball over. You can't. There's so many things that can't go wrong.

Without a doubt. I mean, I did the same thing like three years later and just watched that game. Like when I retired, I saw that game for the first time TV copy. I don't think I've ever watched our Super Bowl front. Exactly. You don't watch them. Yeah. But it was on.

And I was sitting there like, How the fuck did we win this game? Next, Jay Glazer and Julian swap Super Bowl 51 stories. Hey, I'll tell you this to the 28 to 3 game. So we're in the, we did that game too. And Stray and I brought Usher with us. So wait, beforehand, the NFC championship game, so we were in Mexico with Usher, Hamdrop.

And we, Michael and I did this thing where Usher was performing the next night. And we're like, too, we're doing shots. And he's like, I can't do shots, man. I'm performing tomorrow night. We're like, stop being a fucking wuss. You're doing shots with us. So we're doing shots with him, but Michael and I are just doing water.

And we gave us to probably 14 shots of tequila. We fucked him up so bad. He was beyond cross-out. I don't know how he performed the next night. But during that night, he's like, hey, if the Falcons make the NFC championship game, I want to come be with you guys on the sideline. So you could do it,

but you've got to be my fucking sideline assistant. I want to wear you out. Right. And we didn't really think the Falcons are going to make the NFC championship game. sure shit they make it so hey a deal's a deal i'm like hey you come down we're going to get you pass sideline pass but you got to be my sideline assistant and he's walking around my little fucking red bull and my makeup and pads and i was literally doing stuff just to fucker i'd like

put something over here and i'd be like bam yeah you have to run over and get it and walk over and tell people who's my assistant at one point we're on the air and and i call him moskowitz My ex-girlfriend asked if Usher was his real name. I said, no, it's actually Usher Moskowitz. He was raised by Jews, which obviously is not, but I just said. And so I call him Moskowitz forever. So he comes on live TV and he tries to pat my head. I said, Moskowitz, what are you doing?

And the whole world's like, why is he calling Usher Moskowitz? Anyway, there's the ADD. So later on that 28 to 3 game, Harry Long, obviously, is going nuts because Chris is playing his plane is losing 28 to 3. and Usher comes into our green room and he is celebrating and fucking Herman Munster the bolts on his neck

started lighting up and the veins Howie Long Hate starts going the veins and he's like and we're like no no get out get out we're like Usher gets the fuck out Howie's about to murder you This is full broken arrow Howie is full, yeah

so anyway that was a 283 game but this game it was just it was the sad it's just a tyree thing itself but dude i don't know because your catch two in that 28 to three game man that all right i don't know which is a first down it's more of insane catch i don't know it's more of insane catch first down we all talk about tirees but also that catch you had dude is just i just saw it again recently and i'm like hell the fuck did that little squirrel catch on that thing you know on it's unbelievable they're both very very did you realize like

You always know you had it the whole time, but you did? It's like miced up. No, I know that, but did you? No, I didn't think I had it the whole time. But when I saw it right before and I snatched it, like after that, I was like, yeah, I fully got that. So you didn't think the ground hit. Never, never, you knew. You always kind of know that.

It's kind of like tennis and serves. Like, you know, like with the servers, like sometimes the I can't see it. But those tennis players know. Dude, that's a horrible fucking comparison. I think it's perfect. Dude, a tennis serve as to what you did. Are you should be? They're a million tennis serve, dude.

This is one of one. Or not. The catch or not. You know what I mean? One of one. No, I know. But, I mean, I'm talking about like the actual scenario of like when judgment isn't in, did you make the catch or not?

Is it in or is it out? Does it slow down for you? Or is it, is it a chaos? I don't really remember. Now, Sam Jay on being the only Patriots fan. at her Super Bowl 51 party. Were you in Atlanta for the 28 to 3 Super Bowl? I was, and I have a story for that, yes.

No, I was in Atlanta. I was in L.A. I was in L.A. And I have a wild story. That was a wild. That was because that was also, so at this time, I'm, like, really in comedy. You know, I've moved to L.A. to do comedy. And I'm feeling good.

You know, shit is kind of moving. I'm feeling good. And I would do these Super Bowl parties. Like, I mean, football every Sunday. It was at my house. All little hummings, we'd do comedy together. They would all come over. My girl would make wings.

We'd watch football. So, Super Bowl. What kind of wings, though? Lemon pepper. We would do lemon pepper hot. And then she would do something all brandy and talk about garlic parmesan or jerk. They would always be like a little flave, right? What about like sauce?

We got dip sauce? We got some ranch. Ranch. Like, are you blue cheese or ranch? It depends on what I'm on that day. I'm a same. Buffalo, I like blue cheese. I'm traditional.

But sometimes I'll do ranch. But lemon pepper, I usually go ranch. Yeah, yeah, my bad. So, no, no, these are important questions. I love chicken wings. So the Super Bowl is about to happen. Mommy's like, yo, are you doing a party? I had that experience with the job.

So you're traumatized, a little trauma. I'm traumatized. So I go, no, I don't want to watch the game with people who aren't Patriots fans. I know you guys aren't Patriots fan. I'm not having a fucking party. I'm going to just watch the game in my house, me and my lady, because she was also from Massachusetts, my ex-wife. I'm going to watch this shit at my house.

That's it. not we're not doing that he's like you're being a fucking sucker you know we come every week now you're not going to have me way we're we supposed to watch game bro and like i'm the only one who's like settled with my in my first two like i have a girl at the time i have like a home where there's going to be food cookies like you know we're all living like fucking savages like your house is the house and i'm like i'm not doing it he breaks me i do it so now everybody's in my house and we are getting beat bad bad bad bad and it's like for a Bostonian

you feel like the curse is coming back literally I'm like oh shit the curse is coming back because this is unraveling in a way that is fucking insane like we're playing in a way that doesn't make sense to me like plays are happening

and it's fucking Atlanta and I'm like what the fuck is that so now I'm equating this to my career right I'm like oh everything's about to crumble around me like a true Boston fan oh my God true Boston fan yeah I'm a cursed Bostonian And once again, nothing good is going to happen to be this year.

Everything I wanted this year is fucking down the toilet. This is fucking crazy. And these motherfuckers are celebrating. Like they're having the time of their life. They're passing around memes. They're fucking laughing. And they're all in my house eating my food. And I'm just like, I want to fucking, I'm quiet.

They're like standing in my face. And I'm just eating this shit, right? Did you give up on us? My friend, I gave up. I'm not going to lie. I gave up. My friend Jack, God rest of soul, he comes in a Randy Ma's jersey. Every time Atlanta scores, he is taking this jersey off, throwing it on the floor and stepping on it.

Because we're comics, too. So people are being fucking ridiculous, right? I am seething. I want to fucking cry. I'm losing hope. I'm like, it can't happen. My ex-wife goes, we have Tom. She's like, just believe.

And I'm like, I don't know, man. I don't know. I'm literally, like, watching in the comeback starting. And now I'm like, I'm just quite, I'm not saying anything. I'm just like, hands in prayer, just, mm-hmm. Don't want to jinx it. Don't want to jinx it. But I'm like, okay, complete a pass.

I'm like, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go. They're getting quieter. The house is getting quieter. I don't, I'm just like, yep, yep. I never erupt. We win. But did you give body movement? Were you getting the body movement?

So they knew you were about, you were teakable? And now I'm watching Tom, Tom. So, you know, you know when you see Brady go Brady. I'm like, my niggas in it. Let's fucking go. You know what I'm saying? Like, he's about to do these niggas. So I'm like, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

We win. I jump up. I scream, I'm going to get everything I fucking want this year. This is my fucking year. And then I looked at my friend Jack. I said, now put on your fucking jersey and get the fucking jersey and get the fuck out of my house, bitch. I threw him out my fucking house.

And it was the best day in my fucking life. And that year, I got JFL. I got, that was my motherfucking year. So you got everything. I got everything I wanted. It was because of Tom Brady. It was because of Tom. Gotta believe.

Yeah. You got to believe. Because of Tom Brady. When did you know that we had it? That first touchdown in the third. James White, I believe, or was it? Danny. I was like, we're good. Yeah. We're good. We're about to snatch the heart out of these boys. For me, I was still doing math. Yeah. I was like, all right, that's cute. Yeah. We're still down

21 points. Yeah. Or 18 or whatever. I can't do math. I was like, Tommy ain't going to lose. Nah, it wasn't until the defense, I saw that when they started pissing down their leg. Yeah. The offense, Atlanta's offense, and then Trey Flowers had a big sack. They had a holdie and then Dante. fucking had the strip sacked. Then I'm sitting there like, oh, this shit's about to happen. Yeah, that was James White and the third. Yeah.

When we got that, I was like, now it's just pick apart, Tom. Because I'm like, okay, he's figured it out. Yeah. He's figured it out. And now he's just going to methodically pick them apart. And Tom can do that shit so fast. When's he can move the ball,

once he figures out how to move it, Nick, we're eating you up. He's disciplined. Yeah, we're going to eat you up. Dink and dunk, death by a thousand cuts. Bro, that's what I mean. You're going to eat you up. So how did that catch you had, though?

Crazy. Yeah, it's a bad route. Thanks for listening. Remember to tune in every Tuesday for a brand new episode and every Sunday for another Games with Names Highlight. In the heat of battle, your squad relies on you. Don't let them down. Unlock Elite Gaming Tech at Lenovo.com.

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search. Power up at Lenovo.com. Lenovo. Hello, America's sweetheart Johnny Knoxville here. I want to tell you about my new true crime podcast, Crimless. Billy Heist from Smartless Media, Campside Media, and Big Money Players. It's a wild tell about a gang of high-functioning nitwits who somehow pulled off America's

third largest cash heist. Kind of like Robin Hood, except for the part where he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. I'm not that generous. It's a damn near inspiring true story for anyone out there who's ever shot for the moon, then just totally muffed up the landing. They stole $17 million and had not bought a ticket to help him escape. So we're saying, like, oh, God, what do we do? What do we do? That was dumb. People do not follow my example.

Listen to Crimeless, Hillbilly Heist on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I live below a cult leader, and I fear I've angered her. Wait a minute, Sophia. How do you know she's a cult leader? Well, Dakota, luckily it's I'm not afraid of a scary story week on the the Okay Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my neighbor has been blasting music every day and doing dirt rituals, and now my ceiling is collapsing. I try to report them, but things keep getting weirder. I think they might be part of a cult. Hold up, a real life cult? And what is a dirt ritual? No clue, Dakota. To find out how it ends, listen to the Okay Storytime

podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Two rich young Americans move to the Costa Rican jungle to start over but one of them will end up dead and the other tried for murder three times. It starts with a dream, a nature reserve and a spectacular new home. But little by little, they lose it, they actually lose it. They sort of went nuts. Until one night, everything spins out of control.

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