Patriots receiver Brandin Cooks took a jet sweep from Tom Brady and tried to run for a touchdown on the first play of the second quarter of the Super Bowl. This involved an attempted hurdle over Eagles safety Rodney McLeod, who didn’t like that idea:
Brandin Cooks tried to hurdle Rodney McLeod but got suplexed into the turf instead
Ouch.
McLeod caught Cooks at roughly his highest point and basically set the little receiver back on the ground. It had been a third-and-2 and at the Eagles’ 9-yard line, and McLeod’s strength was critical in limiting Cooks to a yard short of the marker.
At least one pro wrestler referred to the play as a powerbombing:
Making matters worse for New England, kicker Stephen Gostkowski clanged the ensuing 26-yard field goal off the left upright, keeping Philadelphia’s lead at 9-3.
The jet sweep that started the Cooks play is a standard feature in New England’s offense this year. It’s a classic college play that the Patriots have made one of their favorites. It normally works better than it did here.
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