Aaron Rodgers completed 2 passes for 101 yards on his OT-forcing, Hail Mary drive
Need more proof that Saturday’s game was absurd?
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The best thing about sports is how it surprises us. You can watch thousands of hours of football, and watch thousands more over the rest of your life, and perhaps not see a game like Saturday night's, when Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers completed a Hail Mary and lost. That never happens. Even if you watched the ending of Saturday's game, you'd be in your right mind not to believe it.
Just look at Rodgers’ stat line from the Hail Mary drive -- 2-for-5, 101 yards, and a touchdown. Rodgers somehow passes for a more than a football field’s worth of yards on one drive alone.
Rodgers accomplished the statistical oddity thanks to a 5-yard illegal motion penalty that pushed the Packers back to the Cardinals' 41-yard line after they had gained 60 yards from their own 4 on fourth-and-20. Rodgers gained the final 41 yards on a miracle heave to Jeff Janis.
By catching both of Rodgers’ passes, Janis finished with 101 yards receiving on the day, and in the process surpassed his former career total of 96 receiving yards through two NFL season.
Rodgers threw for 261 yards during the game, meaning that he gained nearly 40 percent of his passing yards on one drive. The Packers had 10 possessions. If Rodgers gained 101 yards ever trip he’d have thrown for 1,010 yards.
And given how this game went, he still might have lost.
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