That 1 yard throw to RR looks like it may have been almost 40 yards!!!
That's insane. That throw was amazing.
I liked the play call, and I liked a few things out of this play.
#1 it's first down...Jumbo Package...I think Kuhn was in there....Definitely thinking first down, just give it to Kuhn dive play or Lacy.
#2 This play action play always works against the packers D. The packers all jump and pile up and the TE sneaks out and there's no one within 5 yards of him and it's the easiest TD catch in the history of TD catches. I always used to wonder, how come we never run something like that?
#3 Well we finally did, and it was busted. Play action, but the Vikings were all over it and it looked like 3 guys were covering Quarless and the play was completely DEAD.
#4 Aaron Rodgers pulls off some type of insane play. How the heck did he even SEE RR!?! Aaron is running the opposite direction, is running with Quarless facing the other direction. Then TWO defenders are piling on him. Rodgers is still going the opposite direction and starts falling down and he somehow launches the ball 40 yards the completely opposite direction while falling down with 2 people on top of him!?? WTF! How is that even possible!?!?!
Somehow finding the open receiver with eyes behind your head, falling down, throwing across your body 40 yards while 2 people pile on you....Damn. That was amazing.
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http://espn.go.com/blog/green-bay-packe ... rd-rodgersMINNEAPOLIS – It might have been the longest 1-yard touchdown pass in Green Bay Packers' history, and for that reason the floater that Aaron Rodgers heaved across the field to rookie tight end Richard Rodgers on Sunday will serve as one of the most memorable scoring plays of the season.
Based on multiple looks at the replay -- and with a little geometry (see the Pythagorean theorem) to help in the calculation --
the ball traveled an estimated 39.4 yards through the air, according to unofficial calculations. The nearest Vikings' defender was at least 15 yards away.
Here's how it happened: In the second quarter of Sunday's 24-21 victory over the Minnesota Vikings, the Packers had a first-and-goal at the 1 after a 34-yard catch and run by Andrew Quarless. Coach Mike McCarthy then went with a three tight-end, two-back package that called for Aaron Rodgers to roll to his right. Almost everyone went with him, except Richard Rodgers. He waited for the entire Vikings' defense to follow the ball and then after a few seconds slipped out to the back left corner of the end zone.
By the time the rookie was waving his hands in the air about 3 yards from the back corner of the end zone, his quarterback was already at the numbers near the 10-yard line on the right side of the field.
"You usually don't have to throw the ball 20 or 30 yards for a 1-yard touchdown,” McCarthy said. "I'm sure you guys will measure that out and correct me. But Richard ran a great route on the back side. It's a delay route. Aaron delayed more than he probably needed to, but it was obviously a great throw."
And one that seemingly hung in the air for, as Richard Rodgers said, "forever. "
"I was just open, no one was really covering me," he said "So I was just standing back there waving."
Quarless was actually the primary read on the front side of the play, while Richard Rodgers was the second option on the back side.
"It didn't feel great that the back side was going to be open, so as I came off the fake and extended the play, Andrew got caught a little bit inside, so that was dead, " Aaron Rodgers said. "And at the last minute, I kind of saw him [Richard Rodgers] out of the corner of my eye and knew I had to put a little something on that to get it over there."
It gave the Packers a 14-7 lead with 5:23 left in the second quarter.
Here is the replay:
http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/laces-out/ ... ngs-112314
