Joe Buck feels like he did the absolute best he could given the circumstances.
The Fox play-by-play legend is defending his call of David Tyree’s helmet catch on Monday night’s “Manningcast.”
“When you’re up there and you know you’re doing the game for 100 million people, you’ve to be really sure,” Buck said of the famous Super Bowl XLII play.
“First of all, Eli gets no credit for getting out of that pile of bodies and even throwing the ball. And then all Giants fans are like ‘Come on, Buck. I mean, the guy catches the ball on his helmet, give me a break, man. You’re supposed to be excited, for my Giants.’ I’m like ‘I wasn’t sure he caught the ball!’ If you’re going to do it for 100 million people, you better damn well be right.”
As you remember, the New York Giants pulled off the improbable by defeating the undefeated New England Patriots thanks to Eli escaping pressure, flinging the ball downfield, and Tyree squeezing the ball between his hands and helmet while being tightly covered by safety Rodney Harrison.
Buck thinks he made up for it on the touchdown to Plaxico Burress.
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“So, I kind of low-keyed it, we got through it. I still saved (it), one of the best calls I’ve ever had was Eli to Plaxico Burress at the end of that game was magical,” Buck said.
