Rodgers’ Hail Mary lifts Packers over Lions

“But the beauty about this sport is we get a little break now then we have to get right back out there next Sunday and play another game”. Richard Rodgers Sr. threw two laterals on the final play of the Cal-Stanford game in 1982, when the Golden Bears went through the Stanford band and reached the end zone.

Green Bay Packers tight end Richard Rodgers (82) catches a game winning touchdown pass from quarterback Aaron Rodgers (not pictured) during the fourth quarter against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. However, in the case of Green Bay on Thursday, they executed the play to perfection and because of this they were able to win the game. Rodgers threw a pass to Jared Abbrederis, which could have been called pass interference.

An improbable victory on a Hail Mary miracle could have potentially saved the Green Bay Packers’ season. Lions defenders were simply not in the right area of the football as it neared the end zone.

In the U.S. college ranks, Boston College Eagles’ quarterback Doug Flutie found Gerard Phelan on the final play of a 1984 game against the University of Miami in 1984 for the winning score. The two players at the 50 would guard against a short pass and lateral play, but in this situation it was unnecessary to have both of them there for two reasons.

“I felt good that it was going to be in the end zone”, shared Rodgers via CBS Sports.

Well, the Packers’ win essentially pushed the Lions out of the playoff picture.

Rapoport said the Packers worked out former Denver running back Montee Ball on Friday.

The fact remains, however much that last play hurt, the Lions gave up a 20-0 second-half lead.

“We were ready for a big game, and I think we played that way up until all of about a couple flashes in that ballgame”, Caldwell said.

Trailing 23-21 with time expired, having been given one last play after Lions defensive end Devin Taylor was penalised for grabbing the quarterback’s facemask, Rodgers set up for a desperation pass from inside his own 40-yard line. They play in Green Bay in Week 17. The resilient Packers added a different slogan to one of the most spectacular wins in their 97-year history: Scat Two Rebound Pass. But that’s because Taylor pulled him down by the shoulder pads and collar.

While McCarthy said his team earned some time off, the Lions will have to stew over this one for a few days. And none of them were receiver Calvin Johnson, who’s capable of out-jumping pretty much everyone in the NFL.

It’s planning. Strategy. Practice (something the Packers reportedly do with their Hail Mary play every Saturday).

Aaron Rodgers released a near ideal pass aimed at the spot directly in front of the gathering group of players in the end zone. It gives new life to a season that’s been in shambles lately during a stretch where the Packers lost four of five games coming into Week 13. The penalty gets called and then Rodgers throws it back to Rodgers again.

“All I saw was the dude catching the ball”, cornerback Darius Slay said. Two-time league MVP Aaron Rodgers passed for 273 yards and two touchdowns and also scored on a 17-yard run as Green Bay improved to 8-4.