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Top 10 biggest upsets in NFL history

   In the final game before 
  the AFL-NFL merger, the 
  Chiefs pulled off the upstart league's second straight upset win over the established NFL. 
   Not many believed that the 
  Vikings could beat a 
  49ers team that finished 13-2, and featured Joe Montana at his peak and a rising WR in Jerry Rice. 
   Behind backup QB Jeff Hostetler, the 
  Giants put together a game plan for success against the high-flying 
  Bills in this edge-of-your-seat thriller. 
   When replacement players were used during a strike in the 1987 season, the 
  Redskins' final replacement game helped inspire a movie. 
   One year removed from their inaugural season, the expansion 
  Jaguars went into Mile High Stadium and shocked the football world. 
   A year after the 
  shocking upset against the Jaguars, the 
  Broncos pulled off one of their own against the defending 
  Super Bowl champion 
  Packers. 
   Fresh from a move from the fledgling All-American Football Conference, the rogue 
  Browns dominated the two-time defending NFL champion 
  Eagles. 
   Before he married a supermodel and was a national icon, 
  Tom Brady was a relative unknown leading the 
  Patriots to 
  an improbable Super Bowl win. 
   The 
  Patriots steamrolled to an 18-0 record en route to 
  Super Bowl XLII, where the 
  Giants prevented New England's pro football immortality. 
   Joe Namath made a famous guarantee before 
  Super Bowl III, but not many believed the AFL's 
  Jets could even match up with the NFL's 
  Colts. 

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