With March Madness in full swing, office productivity across the land has dipped to dangerously low levels this week.
Here at the NFL, we're doing our part to create a meaty work distraction of our own with NFL.com "Bracketology," tasked with determining the greatest play in league history.
The field of 64 has been chiseled down to 32 after a first round of action that finished mostly upset-free.
Still, we were surprised to see "The Holy Roller" -- a John Madden classic with the Oakland Raiders -- bumped in favor of Troy Polamalu's flying tackle. Another result we didn't see coming: Don Beebe's classic strip of Leon Lett in Super Bowl XXVII was bested by Brett Favre's 32-yard touchdown strike to Vikings wideout Greg Lewis in 2009.
And it hasn't been a banner week for Earl Campbell. The famous play that saw Campbell's jersey ripped to shreds as he rumbled down field for the old Houston Oilers was cast aside by Antonio Cromartie's 109-yard missed field goal return against the Vikings. I guess that's why we put this stuff up for a vote.
Looking ahead at the second round, all four No. 1 seeds -- "The Immaculate Reception," "The Catch," "The Music City Miracle" and David Tyree's "Helmet Catch" -- are still alive. Three of those top seeds appear poised to skate into Round 3, but Gregg Rosenthal hit me up on IM to predict doom for Tyree's moment of glory. Set to square off against Bo Jackson's eighth-seeded 90-yard touchdown run against the Seahawks, is an upset in the works?
That's for you to decide. More than two million fans voted during Round 1, and that number should climb as we inch ever closer to choosing the greatest play of all time.
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