Hail Mary

[KYPack]

Did you see Janis on that fly pattern? He ran for like 10 yards with his arms in the air slowing down... I'd say he wasn't in there because he can't catch. My guess.

Oh yeah.

Was thinking the same thing.

This kid is supposed to be a burner and all that shit, but he can't even run a 9?

Janis' development is SLOW.

The kid knows a route tree of about 2 patterns.

The slant and the shallow cross (sometimes).

[smuggler]

I don't think Janis is all that bright. Kind of a shame.

[Patler]

I think the Lions were defending Adams, expecting him to be the guy going up for it. R. Rogers even said that he might get a minus for his performance on the play because it was his job to box out defenders so that Adams could go up for it (shades of Bostick!). I suspect Rodgers just got there late, so he drifted to the front of the pack, the realized he was in a great position to go up for it. Luckily, that put Abrederis, Adams and Jones in perfect positions to keep his back pretty clean for an almost uncontested catch.

[Patler]

Oh yeah.

Was thinking the same thing.

This kid is supposed to be a burner and all that shit, but he can't even run a 9?

Janis' development is SLOW.

The kid knows a route tree of about 2 patterns.

The slant and the shallow cross (sometimes).

I think Janis simply couldn't locate the ball on that one. I have no idea why Rodgers threw that one so high. It was probably well above where Janis was looking, so he slowed not knowing where it was. That was one of the stranger looking passes that I have seen Rodgers throw. Unlike a hail mary, where receivers turn back and face the throw and can pick up a skyball, Janis probably had to break stride just to twist his head and shoulders around to look that high.

I was worried about Rodgers arm when I saw that throw. I thought if he had to get that much air under it on that throw, something must be wrong with his arm. After watching him unleash a 70 yarder, I'm no longer worried about his arm.

Masthay doesn't get as much air under his punts as Rodgers did on the throw to Janis.

[Fritz]

From where I sat, it looked really, really weird. Almost like it slipped.

[pbmax]

Rodgers had an arm in his face and was getting bumped by the blocker on that Janis throw I believe. Probably not the most accurate deep throw he has made. Might have interfered with the follow through as well.

I thought Janis raised him arm (at least once) to get free of the defender grabbing, but why he kept it up is unclear. If he had run through that throw, its a TD. It was too late in the route (and too high a throw for a back shoulder).

RichRod did say his job was to box out for Adams and catch rebounds. But the throw was a little short of the mass of people. Adams had the best spot and the Lions were mostly behind him. I think RichRod realized he was clear of interference and had a clean line to the ball. If he had dropped it though, would have been another brutal TE screwup.

[Deputy Nutz]

I am almost better now.

[Fosco33]

Didn't arod say he thought it was supposed to be 5 wide and Adams wasn't supposed to motion either but play clock was moving?

Think about it - if Janis was in for rich rod - then maybe lions would've played more for Hail Mary over lateral play.

And why we're lions defending the sideline, only rushing 3 and not having megatron out there?

Add all that on top of extra play, etc and it really is amazing it worked at all.

[red]

Didn't arod say he thought it was supposed to be 5 wide and Adams wasn't supposed to motion either but play clock was moving?

Think about it - if Janis was in for rich rod - then maybe lions would've played more for Hail Mary over lateral play.

And why we're lions defending the sideline, only rushing 3 and not having megatron out there?

Add all that on top of extra play, etc and it really is amazing it worked at all.

it was one of, if not THE longest throw in nfl history

no one on the lions team thought he would throw it to the endzone, they were expecting a lateral type thing like the previous play

[mraynrand]

I am almost better now.

thank god

[red]

holy shit, look at the throw from this angle

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/nerd-alert--aaron-rodgers--hail-mary-throw-actually-traveled-almost-100-yards-161331817.html

mastay wishes he could do that

pb, can you figure out a way to get that video posted in here?

[Deputy Nutz]

it was one of, if not THE longest throw in nfl history

no one on the lions team thought he would throw it to the endzone, they were expecting a lateral type thing like the previous play

Really?

[red]

Really?

theres rumors of some of the old guys way back in the day throwing 80 and 90 yards in the air. but i believe the 68 yards the ball flew last night was the longest in at least the last 15 years

the longest throw i ever saw was the kordell stewart throw against michigan, that one was launched from the 26 or 27 and came down at about the 1. so 72 or 73 yards

[Patler]

RichRod did say his job was to box out for Adams and catch rebounds. .... If he had dropped it though, would have been another brutal TE screwup.

Yup, we would be talking about GB having the dumbest TEs in the league, and/or that they need a new TE coach who can get the players to do as they are told to do.

[mraynrand]

the longest throw i ever saw was the kordell stewart throw against michigan, that one was launched from the 26 or 27 and came down at about the 1. so 72 or 73 yards

thanks for reminding me.