The biggest collapse in NFL history required a lot of bad luck.
But luck alone doesn't make history, let alone win football games. There are plenty of moving parts working together that allow self-destruction to happen. Moving some of those parts less - and more s l o w l y - would go a long way toward preventing such catastrophes.
The 1992-93 Buffalo Bills didn't come back from 35-3 deficit in the 3rd quarter to beat the Houston Oilers because of sheer luck. They needed Houston, a team that had just trounced them 27-3 the previous week to be complicit.