"I saw Jeff briefly and I just tried to put some air on it to give him a chance,” said Rodgers of the miracle, 59-yard touchdown heave, thrown while he was scrambling to his left, falling away and under heavy pressure from pass-rushers. The touchdown and extra point tied the score at 20. Situation: Second and 15 from the Arizona 41-yard line. Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers to Jeff Janis vs. "Unfortunately, when we play it, it's a victory for the other team.”Ħ. Saints head coach Mike Ditka, whose team had given up a Hail Mary touchdown to end the first half the previous week, was incredulous: “ a prevent defense, but if it’s played with a certain technique, it’s called a victory defense," he said. Before the play, Cleveland defensive tackle Darius Holland was resigned to another loss: “I had my shoes untied, my shirt untucked." he told the Akron Beacon Journal. On the final play, Couch sprinted right to avoid pressure and heaved a ball that was tipped in the air and caught by Johnson just inside the front pylon for a touchdown. Cleveland was on its way to a hard-luck defeat in New Orleans, trailing 16-14 with two seconds left and 56 yards to go. The Browns had an 0-7 record, losing five games by double-digits, in their first year back in the NFL since the original Browns moved to Baltimore. Situation: First and 10 from Cleveland's 44-yard line. Cleveland’s Tim Couch to Kevin Johnson vs. “That was the Lord … that was the Lord,” said McCartney. Learn more great football expressions here.How the Soviet Union's Fall Pushed Putin to Try and Recapture Russia's Global Importance So, for example, you could use the expression when faced with a failing grade in college or a reprimand at work and you ‘throw a Hail Mary’ by bringing your professor or boss a bottle of his favorite single-malt Scotch as a thank you gift for being the best mentor you’ve ever had. Well, after football confiscated the saying, it is now somewhat acceptable to be used as an everyday expression when you are up against all odds, have almost zero chances of a successful outcome, but with a little hope and a whole lot of prayer, you go for it anyway. In the movies, this is something that is required by a priest to be said a certain number of times after someone has confessed a sin. OK, so this is one where football clearly stole something from the Catholics among us! Hail Mary is a Catholic prayer. How the saying, “Throw a Hail Mary Pass,” can be used in real life: In fact, the first discussion of a Hail Mary according to some accounts was a play between Notre Dame and Georgia Tech back in 1920’s but was not a long, unreliable pass like it is referred to today. The Hail Mary Pass is very rarely successful and was really developed as a ‘play’ when Doug Flutie was the QB for Boston College way back in the day. In the image above, you can see what almost appears to be a scrum of receivers and defenders all jumping up and trying to catch or knock down the ball. The ball is not intended for any one guy, it’s just heaving it down the field in hopes that one of his guys catches it and not one of the ‘other’ guys. Then the quarterback (saying a couple of Hail Mary prayers under his breath), throws the ball as high and as far as he can. To do this, they would likely put in a bunch of really fast and tall wide receivers (4-5 of them) and let them run as fast down the field as possible. It is at a time like this (losing by more than 3 points or outside of range to kick a field goal), that a team may call a Hail Mary Pass. Photo – Football concept: Hail Mary PassĪt the end of a half or the end of the game, the team who has the ball on offense may need more points but only have a few seconds left to get them.
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