Best Playoff Games of the Decade

As picked by CHFF.

In fact, the game was not only exciting, it was one of the watershed events of the decade.

When the dust had settled, the Colts had finally toppled their nemesis, earned a trip to Super Bowl XLI and erased painful memories of their offensive meltdowns against the Patriots in the 2003 conference championship game and the 2004 divisional round and agains the Steelers in the 2005 divisonal round.

Bill Belichick’s so-called clutch defense had failed and the New England organization has never really recovered. Late-season and late-game defensive collapses still haunt the team.

Manning completed his wild ride in the 2006 postseason by earning Super Bowl XLI MVP honors against the Bears. But you could argue that the real Super Bowl of the 2000s was the 2006 AFC title game