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Revisiting the "Monday Night Miracle"

We catch up with Jumbo Elliott 10 years after Gang Green's greatest comeback

Updated: October 9, 2010, 8:27 PM ET
By Rich Cimini | ESPNNewYork.com

It was only a three-yard touchdown reception, not particularly difficult, but the man who made it still gets stopped by strangers who ask him to autograph photos of the catch. The entire play took only five seconds -- five seconds out of a 14-year career -- but it's his signature moment.

"A goof play," John "Jumbo" Elliott called it.

Maybe so, but when a 320-pound offensive lineman named Jumbo makes a juggling catch in the end zone in one of the most memorable games of the decade, ...

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