If you could change 1 play in Super Bowl history, which would it be?

Back in the 1990s, a compelling Super Bowl was difficult to find. Of the 10 NFL championship games played between ‘90 and ‘99, only two were decided by nine points or fewer (one of them was, sorry Bills fans, the Wide Right Super Bowl).

That changed in the 2000s as parity ruled and created heaps of turnover in every division but the AFC East. In the 19 Super Bowls since, 12 have had final differentials of eight points or less, making individual plays more and more important than ever before. The Patriots might not be a dynasty without Adam Vinatieri’s field goals. Peyton Manning could have won a second NFL title for Indianapolis if Tracy Porter dropped his game-sealing pick-six. The Falcons could have kicked a game-sealing field goal if not for Jake Matthews’ third-down holding penalty with fewer than four minutes in the game.

There’s a wide range of Super Bowls that swung wildly on a single play, and they aren’t limited to just the past two decades. So if you had the extremely limited power to change one single snap in any Super Bowl, which would you choose?

When it comes to the Giants’ game-winning drive to upset the 18-0 Patriots in 2008, the play most people think about is David Tyree’s ridiculous helmet catch.

This is great news for Asante Samuel, because otherwise he’d be known for dropping the interception that would have sealed the league’s first 19-0 season. One play before Tyree would make the biggest play of his career, Samuel was covering the New York receiver/special teamer when he cut off an out route too soon. That left the All-Pro cornerback in position to leap up and give his Patriots possession with fewer than 80 seconds to play.

It wasn’t to be.

Instead, Tyree got his second chance, Plaxico Burress caught a game-winning touchdown pass, and the schadenfreude generated by the Patriots’ first loss in over a year was powerful enough to briefly knock the earth from its axis. That’s why the Patriots only have five Super Bowl rings since 2002, and not six. (insert sad emojis here as necessary) — Christian D’Andrea

I’m haunted by this whole series.

Nearly two full years have passed, and I still feel my blood pressure rise whenever this particular series from Super Bowl LIII comes up. The Falcons, up eight with with 3:56 remaining in regulation, were in field goal range with a fresh set of downs.

The Falcons ran it on first down, resulting in a loss of 1 for Devonta Freeman. No big deal — they still had three downs to work with. But on second down, Matt Ryan took a sack for a loss of 12 yards. It’s about impossible to narrow the outcome of an entire game down to a single play, but if I had to do it, this was the one that lost it for the Falcons. I’d give about anything for it to have gone differently. Just think of all of the terrible 28-3 jokes I wouldn’t have had to experience. — Jeanna Thomas

Hello, another salty Falcons fan checking in. I still see nightmares of Julian Edelman’s ridiculously lucky catch in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl 51.

The pass should have been intercepted by Robert Alford, which would have effectively ended the game with just over two minutes left on the Patriots’ side of the field. Somehow he caught the ball in between what felt like every member of the Falcons’ defense.

I mean, just look at how close this pass was to hitting the ground.

That was the moment when I knew it wasn’t meant to be for the Falcons. Excuse me while I go throw up and cry. — Charles McDonald

It’s hard out here for those of us who aren’t fans of the Patriots, Cowboys, Steelers, 49ers, or one of those other teams with multiple Super Bowl titles. Maybe one day I’ll get to see the Jaguars actually win one, or go to one, or just avoid drafting in the top 10 more than one year every decade or so.

That’s why I always find myself rooting for those teams that have never had that special moment before. It would’ve been cool if the Chiefs got to go to their first Super Bowl in 49 years, but the Patriots ruined that. It also would’ve been cool if the Jaguars got to go to their first Super Bowl last year, but the Patriots ruined that too. Dammit Patriots, can’t you share?

And it would’ve been fun to see the Cardinals win Super Bowl 43 — their only ever trip to the big game. That dream was spoiled by Santonio Holmes, the Steelers receiver who somehow managed to tap both toes in the corner of the end zone for a game-winning touchdown with 35 seconds left.

There’s a good chance the Steelers would’ve got the win anyway. It was only second down, and — at the very least — they were in range to tie the game with a field goal. But it ended a great game with a special moment.

The sad part is that it erased a 64-yard touchdown by Larry Fitzgerald with less than three minutes left that could’ve been one of the most memorable moments in Arizona sports history.

Fitzgerald still doesn’t have a ring, and — even though he’s coming back in 2019 — he’ll probably never get one. Maybe that would’ve been different if Holmes didn’t BARELY get his toes down. — Adam Stites

One yard. That’s how close the Titans were to their first Super Bowl win. Instead, that one yard was what gave the Rams their first (and still only) Super Bowl win.

Until late in the third quarter, Super Bowl 34 had been a bit on the borefest. The Rams slooooowly built a 16-0 lead, each field goal making us just count down the minutes until the next commercial (it was probably for a dot com company) or the episode of The Practice that ABC had rewarded with the coveted post-Super Bowl time slot.

Then the Titans finally remembered that this is the Super Bowl and they should probably score some points. That’s when things started to get good. With 14 seconds left in the third quarter, Eddie George ran in a touchdown to get the Titans their first points. Halfway through the fourth quarter, he did the same thing, inching his team within three points. Al Del Greco tied it up with just over two minutes to go. It was, at the time, the largest Super Bowl comeback ever.

That tie didn’t last long. On the Rams’ first play of their next possession, Kurt Warner hit Isaac Bruce for a 73-yard touchdown.

The Titans weren’t done, though. Steve McNair got the Titans back in scoring range pretty much all by himself thanks to both his arm and his escapability. It was a legendary drive that should’ve been more legendary, if only, with no timeouts, his last throw hadn’t been stopped just short of the goal line.

Kevin Dyson’s reach, and Mike Jones’ stop, is an iconic Super Bowl image:

And one that I wish didn’t exist.

I’m not even a Titans fan, but I wanted that last-second game winner and the epic comeback. I wanted McNair and George to get a championship. And no offense to Warner, whose underdog NFL career was a great story in its own right, but I was tired of it hearing about it every three seconds.

I know changing history in this game also means we’d have to stomach the phrase “Super Bowl-winning coach Jeff Fisher,” but especially the tragic way that McNair’s life ended, it would be worth it. — Sarah Hardy