Jordy Nelson on how Packers’ Hail Mary worked

It would have helped to have Randy Moss in the game. With the Lions foolishly employing a three-man rush, and for some reason deciding to put defenders near both sidelines even when stopping the clock was obviously not in Green Bay’s plans, Aaron Rodgers was able to launch a high-arcing 61-yard bomb to an inconceivably open Richard Rodgers in the end zone.

On Friday, McCarthy was asked what Lacy needed to do to get back in his good graces.

Belichick’s strategy worked as Moss actually came down with an interception in 2009.

An improbable victory on a Hail Mary miracle could have potentially saved the Green Bay Packers’ season.

The Packers decimated offensive line, which started the game without right tackle Bryan Bulaga and right guard T.J. Lang, lost center Corey Linsley to a reinjured ankle in the first half and left tackle David Bakhtiari briefly in the fourth quarter because of a reinjured knee.

“In that situation, we have a couple of different things that we do”, Caldwell told reporters.

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 Packers were down for the entire first half of the game.

I guess this is just the latest blown call by an National Football League official, although, this was certainly not an easy call to make in real-time. The first Packers touchdown came as a result of James Starks fumbling into the end zone and Randall Cobb just happening to be in the right place at the right time. That play, of course, ended with a questionable facemask call on the Lions which gave the Packers one untimed down from the Lions 39-yard line. When Lacy was limited to just 19 snaps and six touches (five carries for 4 yards and one catch for minus-1 yard), it was clear there was an off-the-field issue. The unusual touchdown got the Packers on the board with 5:44 left in the third quarter. Once they reach the ten yard line, the inside receiver begins heading toward the group of players while the outside receiver continues his slight angle closer toward the center of the end zone.

It’s not unusual for the Packers to work out numerous players each week and most of the time nothing comes of it. They do it to keep their board of available street free agents up to date and to consider players for their practice squad.

“I think it’s not an overly strategic play”. “I knew once I got outside the right that I was going to be able to set up and throw”.

Sure a few extra reviews couldn’t hurt, but stop blaming the referees for game outcomes. I felt good about throwing it in the end zone from the 40…. Rodgers threw a pass to Jared Abbrederis, which could have been called pass interference.

Lions fans? Not so much.

A turning point in the game was the Packers scoring back-to-back touchdowns within 2 minutes in the third quarter, benefiting from two fumbles.