What Lions Fans are Saying About the Loss to the Packers

Rodgers escaped the pass rush to get out of the pocket and heave a huge throw from the right sideline to the end zone, where tight end Richard Rodgers leapt highest to catch the ball and give the Packers a stunning victory. At this point the time as expired in the game and the Lions win but the tackle on Rodgers was flagged because Taylor brought him down by his face mask.

Aaron Rodgers could not remember ever completing a Hail Mary pass during a game but he will never forget the one he threw on Thursday, a play that might have saved the Green Bay Packers’ season.

And that is exactly what happened!

Then Rodgers, a 6-foot-4 tight end, caught the second-chance, game-winning, 61-yard Hail Mary pass.

“It is the greatest game I been part of except the Super Bowl”, said Aaron Rodgers, who released the ball from his own 35-yard line.

So back to Monday night’s wild finish, we have quarterback Aaron Rodgers, from Cal, throwing to a receiver with the same last name, who also attended Cal. And that receiver’s father once saved the day for Cal in a miraculous finish.

The Packers’ fourth quarter rally and the Rodgers’ desperation touchdown pass brought back memories of other noteworthy “Hail Mary” victories. The Packers defense held the Lions to only two field goals in the second half and finally started getting pressure on Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford.

Junior even had the play on his mind as the Packers’ comeback attempt was ongoing.

“The replays that they showed, I saw the defender playing the ball”, Blandino said.

While the Packers did their jobs well, we have to ask what on earth were the Lions doing? “I can’t believe Richard caught it. When he caught it, I blacked out. We just didn’t make the play, they did”. That’s too long for a Hail Mary, so they attempted a wild lateral-filled scamper toward the end zone.

Aaron Rodgers finished 24 of 36 for 289 yards with two TDs and an interception. But the Detroit facemask penalty extended the game and the Packers pulled off the miracle. This caused the referees to grant the Green Bay Packers an untimed down from the National Football League team’s 39-yard line. After a freakish touchdown where Randall Cobb recovered a James Starks fumble, the Packers found some life. “You want to get the ball into the end zone and you want to get people around it. However you orchestrate that, I mean you don’t want to throw it short and you don’t want to throw it out”, Belichick said.

The Detroit Lions closed in on Aaron Rodgers, and there was nobody nearby he could lateral to.