Aaron Rodgers: ‘I can’t believe Richard Rodgers caught it’
“The game’s not over until zero, zero, zero on that clock”, Packers receiver Davante Adams said.
Lions fans? Not so much. JC Tretter replaced Linsley and was called for holding on his first play.
“No player shall grasp and control, twist, turn, push, or pull the facemask of an opponent in any direction”. “My goodness, can Aaron Rodgers throw the football”, coach Mike McCarthy gushed. So the last penalty, and thus the last play, never should’ve happened. Why were two players standing around midfield? The Lions left their nose tackle in after the failed lateral play a few seconds earlier. That’s the problem: They haven’t been making those plays. Ansah is not built for coverage. That’s a long way! This team has a lot of fight. The penalty gets called and then Rodgers throws it back to Rodgers again.
One snap after Aaron Rodgers overthrew James Jones and Glover Quin intercepted the pass, Johnson added to his highlights.
This is bad, Detroit. “We just didn’t make the play”. Taylor had two sacks as part of a Detroit front that was overwhelming at times.
“Eddie didn’t have a great week, so we went with James”, McCarthy said, via ESPN.com. What you are looking for is a grab and a twist.
Adrian Peterson respects that play, but he doesn’t respect how Green Bay was given the opportunity for one final shot.
Rodgers scrambled to his right and fired a bomb into the end zone, where his tight end made a two-handed grab.
Stafford threw a 3-yard pass to Eric Ebron, who was uncovered, after the Packers scrambled around to get lined up and were left two defenders trying to cover three Lions. It may also be the first ever walk-off touchdown in regulation play in the 96-year history of the team. He escaped the Lions’ initial three-man pressure, rolled to his right and let loose with the impressively arching throw toward the end zone.
This meant that Rodgers, with the Packers down 23-21, would need to heave the ball 65+ yards into the endzone and hope a Packer receiver would catch it.
RANDALL COBB, PACKERS WIDE RECEIVER: “A miracle, it was unbelievable”.
The Packers’ fourth quarter rally and the Rodgers’ desperation touchdown pass brought back memories of other noteworthy “Hail Mary” victories.
“As the play was developing, and I saw Aaron got outside, I thought to myself, wow, if [Richard] can get it up there, he’s going to get it”, Rodgers Sr. said, via Bill Voth of Black and Blue Review.
Taylor, however, was flagged for a facemask. The NFL said after the Ravens-Jaguars game that the Jaguars players were not set and the play should have been whistled dead, causing the game to end.