There were a string of late game losses to start the 1997 season that was almost unfathomable as they piled up one after another (I still remember all these games vividly sans the Washington game which came back to memory after I looked up which game in this run was missing).
1. We blew a 21-3 lead to the Bengals on opening day after Centers fumbled the ball with less than 2 minutes to go. Blake to Carl Pickens with like 20 seconds left was the game winner.
We then beat Dallas in a crazy OT game on SNF. But after that…
2. Lost to Washington on the road in OT when Tommy Knight gave up a 30 yard walk off TD 19-13.
3. Lose in Tampa Bay 19-18, when were up 18-12 late in the fourth Q and had them facing 4th and 10 with like a minute left and they hit on a 35 yard-ish TD to win the game… Karl Williams somehow beat Aeneas on this drag route and the rest of the D was nowhere to be found.
4. I think it was the next week we led Minnesota at home 19-10 with four minutes left, totally blew the game and lost on a FG at the gun 20-19.
5. 13-10 OT @ Philly. This was Jake’s first game ever and they put him in down 7-3, midway thru the 4th, replacing Stoney Case, handing him the ball for the first time EVER at his own 5 yard line. Jake unbelievably Marched them 95 yards for a TD to take the lead with less than a minute left. So of course the D went out, gave up a game tying FG to put it into OT where we promptly lost 13-10.