“I really didn’t know what was going on around me, I just locked in on the ball and tried to make a play”.
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Richard Rodgers Jr. plays tight end for the Green Bay Packers.
The Detroit Lions posted video of the penalty. He added, “I got a nice run up and crow-hopped into it. I didn’t see Richard until the last second, but when he caught it, I blacked out, I didn’t know what happened”. Theses two players were behaving as if the Packers were going to try to throw a pass to the sideline to stop the clock.
The Packers improved their Super Bowl odds and buried any remaining playoff hopes for the Lions with one “Hail Mary” pass on Thursday night. The Packers are now 8-4, ready to host the Cowboys at Lambeau Field on December 13.
The range was extreme-NFL record-keeping on this is spotty, but it’s the longest game-winning pass on record-but Aaron Rodgers’s arm was capable, Richard Rodgers’s hands were sure, and the Lions contributed their bad luck and bad coverage to create one of the most unbelievable endings you’ll ever see. “It feels like more”. “Those are the ones that eat at you”.
Richard Rodgers came down with the ball last night in one of the most exciting finishes in league history.
“It’s tough to swallow”, Detroit receiver Golden Tate said. He seemingly accidentally hooked his thumb in Aaron Rodgers’ facemask before his hand slipped to Rodgers’ shoulder pad.
Stafford connected with TJ Jones to convert a third-and-12 from the Detroit 18 after Green Bay called its final timeout with 2:54 to go. They had play-offs on their mind and had it won until a questionable facemask penalty on Lions defensive end Devin Taylor gave quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Packers one untimed down.
“I think it’s not an overly strategic play”.
Some argue the facemask call was ticky-tack. A replay appeared to show contact, but it wasn’t excessively violent.
But Dean Blandino, the NFL’s vice president of officiating, said the call was the right one in real time. Both Aaron Rogers and Richard Rodgers (no relation) are Cal alumni, and tonight’s miracle game-winning touchdown is their own little version of “the play”.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Packers coach Mike McCarthy left no doubt about where the team’s no-time-left win in Detroit stands for him. With the Lions rushing only three linemen, Aaron Rodgers bought time for his receivers to get downfield.
“It’s the complete scenario”, Rock Rodgers said, explaining his stance.
He has now much to Caldwell’s chagrin.
“Because in that situation, we have a couple different things that we do”, Caldwell said.
“When you throw it with that arch you have a chance, because it gives guys a chance to fight for position”, McCarthy said.
“I just heard him say, ‘face mask, 98”, Taylor said when asked what the referee said. Rodgers Sr. expected he could make that catch. He had 67 yards on 11 carries, including a 36-yard scamper to set up a score.
Taylor now has five sacks.
Green Bay scored again with just over four minutes left in the quarter after forcing a turnover.
It wasn’t a big enough cushion. First there was a fumble by Packers running back James Starks, which Randall Cobb fell on in the end zone.
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They lost this game because they took their foot off the gas in the second quarter after being up by 17.
