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For lead for Buffalo, eleven 18 00:01:09,226 --> 00:01:16,946 Speaker 1: seconds to play shuck up, Murray, Paddle the pocket seven seconds, 19 00:01:16,946 --> 00:01:32,866 Speaker 1: six seconds Murray cholinsous, Oh Yes it was miraculous. No 20 00:01:32,906 --> 00:01:35,666 Speaker 1: one better and We're actually really fortunate Iron Eagle was 21 00:01:35,706 --> 00:01:37,506 Speaker 1: on the call, one of the good guys in the 22 00:01:37,506 --> 00:01:40,106 Speaker 1: business who was just so on point on that play 23 00:01:40,146 --> 00:01:42,946 Speaker 1: by play. They're one of the most memorable moments from 24 00:01:42,946 --> 00:01:46,986 Speaker 1: the season WEEKDN Cardinals Bills Kyler Murray connecting with the 25 00:01:47,146 --> 00:01:50,146 Speaker 1: hop that last second touchdown to take out the Bills 26 00:01:50,186 --> 00:01:53,586 Speaker 1: thirty two to thirty. Now the plays since been called 27 00:01:53,746 --> 00:01:56,786 Speaker 1: the Hail Murray, but before that nickname was given to 28 00:01:56,786 --> 00:01:58,826 Speaker 1: the play, it already had a name and went by 29 00:01:58,826 --> 00:02:00,986 Speaker 1: the Hail Mary. It's going on, guys, I'm like yam 30 00:02:00,986 --> 00:02:04,906 Speaker 1: and is always joined by Adit King Kabwalla. Hi, everybody, 31 00:02:05,026 --> 00:02:06,946 Speaker 1: I'm humped for this one. You should be pumped for 32 00:02:06,946 --> 00:02:09,266 Speaker 1: this one because today we're gonna do a nice little 33 00:02:09,266 --> 00:02:11,866 Speaker 1: deep dive on what could be the most exciting play 34 00:02:12,026 --> 00:02:15,546 Speaker 1: in football. It's NFL explained the Hail Mary now a 35 00:02:15,586 --> 00:02:18,186 Speaker 1: d D. During our grab Bag episode, there were a 36 00:02:18,186 --> 00:02:22,306 Speaker 1: couple of questions asked about football terminology, and we thought, 37 00:02:22,506 --> 00:02:24,546 Speaker 1: you know, things like shotgun and flee flickering, But we 38 00:02:24,626 --> 00:02:27,066 Speaker 1: felt like with the Hail Mary, we wanted to go 39 00:02:27,186 --> 00:02:29,106 Speaker 1: all in on something that I know the two of 40 00:02:29,146 --> 00:02:31,306 Speaker 1: us absolutely love to see the play that gets us 41 00:02:31,306 --> 00:02:32,546 Speaker 1: all at the end of our seats, and then we 42 00:02:32,586 --> 00:02:35,546 Speaker 1: certainly go crazy when the past is actually completed. Well, 43 00:02:35,586 --> 00:02:37,986 Speaker 1: even either way, Mike, Frankly, when the ball is in 44 00:02:38,026 --> 00:02:39,666 Speaker 1: the air, you're sort of like, Okay, who's going to 45 00:02:39,746 --> 00:02:41,946 Speaker 1: get better position and what's going to happen, Because look, 46 00:02:41,986 --> 00:02:43,546 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, a hail mary also 47 00:02:43,586 --> 00:02:46,146 Speaker 1: has a chance of being an interception, almost just as 48 00:02:46,146 --> 00:02:47,866 Speaker 1: good of a chance of being an interception as it 49 00:02:47,866 --> 00:02:50,626 Speaker 1: doesn't being caught, maybe a greater chance. And there are 50 00:02:50,706 --> 00:02:54,866 Speaker 1: quite a few quarterbacks that don't want that interception, padding 51 00:02:55,586 --> 00:02:58,946 Speaker 1: their statue to some degree. So, especially when you see 52 00:02:58,946 --> 00:03:00,546 Speaker 1: the hail mary at the end of the first half 53 00:03:00,546 --> 00:03:02,946 Speaker 1: as opposed to the end of the game, that is rare. 54 00:03:03,026 --> 00:03:05,666 Speaker 1: It takes me back. I mean, I was in Green 55 00:03:05,786 --> 00:03:09,946 Speaker 1: Bay when Eli Manning at halftime heaves a ball up 56 00:03:10,066 --> 00:03:12,986 Speaker 1: and you see all of these hands go up in 57 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:16,346 Speaker 1: the end zone and Hakim Knicks is huge mix because 58 00:03:16,346 --> 00:03:18,826 Speaker 1: he had huge he had like a I don't know, 59 00:03:18,946 --> 00:03:22,306 Speaker 1: five xcel glove size. All of a sudden, Hakim Knicks's 60 00:03:22,426 --> 00:03:25,546 Speaker 1: gloves are higher than everybody else's and he comes down 61 00:03:25,546 --> 00:03:27,946 Speaker 1: with the ball in the momentum and the excitement and 62 00:03:28,506 --> 00:03:30,986 Speaker 1: all of that. I'm all into it. Yeah, it's funny 63 00:03:31,026 --> 00:03:34,266 Speaker 1: you mentioned the statistical standpoint. You know, I've talked to 64 00:03:34,346 --> 00:03:36,586 Speaker 1: enough NBA players and college players to know a lot 65 00:03:36,626 --> 00:03:39,626 Speaker 1: of times they don't like the full court heave or 66 00:03:39,666 --> 00:03:42,266 Speaker 1: the half court shot. They'll do it when they know 67 00:03:42,386 --> 00:03:44,786 Speaker 1: the time is actually expired. They'll keep it close just 68 00:03:44,866 --> 00:03:48,546 Speaker 1: so that they're not worried about that little miss affecting 69 00:03:48,586 --> 00:03:51,426 Speaker 1: some of those statistics. But look, we've discussed at length 70 00:03:51,466 --> 00:03:54,746 Speaker 1: a lot of the excitement for for Kickers and the 71 00:03:54,786 --> 00:03:57,226 Speaker 1: whole thing add with our ice and the Kicker episode. 72 00:03:57,386 --> 00:03:59,386 Speaker 1: But look, at the end of the day, bigger rush 73 00:03:59,506 --> 00:04:01,586 Speaker 1: and then a quarterback who launches that ball. I would 74 00:04:01,626 --> 00:04:03,906 Speaker 1: imagine to me that is really, in a lot of 75 00:04:03,906 --> 00:04:06,186 Speaker 1: ways the most exciting thing. But you and I need 76 00:04:06,226 --> 00:04:10,986 Speaker 1: to get into sort of the history behind this actual moment. 77 00:04:11,146 --> 00:04:13,626 Speaker 1: Let's start with where the name actually comes from. You 78 00:04:13,666 --> 00:04:16,666 Speaker 1: were saying before we did the episode, why do we 79 00:04:16,706 --> 00:04:19,266 Speaker 1: say shotgun? Why do we safely flicker? Well, why do 80 00:04:19,306 --> 00:04:22,986 Speaker 1: we call it hail Mary? And that's because it is 81 00:04:23,026 --> 00:04:25,866 Speaker 1: sort of this idea of to mind intervention, don't you think, 82 00:04:26,746 --> 00:04:30,386 Speaker 1: Oh yes, yeah, It's actually based on some newspaper clippings 83 00:04:30,426 --> 00:04:34,986 Speaker 1: from nineteen twenty two from a college football game. Not surprising, 84 00:04:35,146 --> 00:04:37,386 Speaker 1: Notre Dame actually a part of it. In Georgia Tech, 85 00:04:37,426 --> 00:04:41,506 Speaker 1: the Hail Mary was not used once, actually twice in 86 00:04:41,546 --> 00:04:44,986 Speaker 1: the huddle on fourth down the Hail Mary prayer was used. 87 00:04:45,026 --> 00:04:47,706 Speaker 1: A player who played in the game is quoted as 88 00:04:47,746 --> 00:04:52,146 Speaker 1: having said, in the huddle, boys, let's have a Hail Mary. Now. Look, 89 00:04:52,146 --> 00:04:54,626 Speaker 1: I've done enough of the Catholic masses on Sundays not 90 00:04:54,666 --> 00:04:56,506 Speaker 1: to mention Catholic school in my whole life to know 91 00:04:56,626 --> 00:04:59,586 Speaker 1: exactly all of this stuff. Hail Mary, full of grace. 92 00:04:59,706 --> 00:05:02,266 Speaker 1: The Lord is with the I'm actually having flashbacks now 93 00:05:02,266 --> 00:05:04,746 Speaker 1: to Sister Bridget in elementary school. Needless to say, the 94 00:05:04,826 --> 00:05:07,946 Speaker 1: prayer during the game game was answered because Elmer Laden 95 00:05:08,066 --> 00:05:10,266 Speaker 1: converted on that fourth down a d D and scored 96 00:05:10,266 --> 00:05:13,626 Speaker 1: a touchdown. Well, obviously this came from a Catholic school 97 00:05:13,666 --> 00:05:15,706 Speaker 1: like Notre Dame. I mean, you have seen the touchdown, 98 00:05:15,786 --> 00:05:19,426 Speaker 1: Jesus right, Mike, Oh yes, But let me tell you this, 99 00:05:19,666 --> 00:05:22,626 Speaker 1: it did take a little bit longer for the term 100 00:05:22,666 --> 00:05:26,746 Speaker 1: to make its way into the modern day NFL vernacular. 101 00:05:27,506 --> 00:05:33,146 Speaker 1: That didn't happen until nineteen divisional playoff game Cowboys Vikings 102 00:05:33,226 --> 00:05:37,666 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer Roger Snowback famously throws a fifty yard 103 00:05:37,786 --> 00:05:42,586 Speaker 1: touchdown pass for the lead to Drew Pierson with twenty 104 00:05:42,626 --> 00:05:45,306 Speaker 1: four seconds left on the clock. Well, the Cowboys native 105 00:05:45,346 --> 00:05:48,986 Speaker 1: miracle Roger, He's going log down the near sideline for 106 00:05:49,066 --> 00:05:52,626 Speaker 1: dru Haarrison. Harrison makes the catch at the five. Let's down. 107 00:05:53,146 --> 00:05:59,066 Speaker 1: What's believe it? Stop Harrison on the yard touchdown. After 108 00:05:59,106 --> 00:06:01,866 Speaker 1: the game, they asked what I was thinking. I said, 109 00:06:01,946 --> 00:06:04,346 Speaker 1: I closed my eyes instead of hail Mary. The AP 110 00:06:04,506 --> 00:06:07,186 Speaker 1: writer wrote the story that the hail mary pass won 111 00:06:07,266 --> 00:06:10,306 Speaker 1: the game. The term hail mary started that moment in 112 00:06:10,346 --> 00:06:18,786 Speaker 1: the NFL. I'm kind of proud of that. Aaron Rodgers 113 00:06:18,866 --> 00:06:21,626 Speaker 1: and a lot of people have thrown hail mary passes, 114 00:06:21,666 --> 00:06:24,506 Speaker 1: but they didn't throw the hail Mary pass. The Cowboys 115 00:06:24,626 --> 00:06:28,626 Speaker 1: then went on to win seventeen fourteen and advanced to 116 00:06:28,706 --> 00:06:32,186 Speaker 1: the NFC Championship. You know what I love about that, Mike. 117 00:06:32,306 --> 00:06:34,586 Speaker 1: I was just with our colleague and our friend and 118 00:06:34,666 --> 00:06:39,146 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer Kurt Warner the other night, and there's 119 00:06:39,186 --> 00:06:41,666 Speaker 1: a new movie out on Kurt Warner's life, and he 120 00:06:41,746 --> 00:06:44,506 Speaker 1: was saying, what's so fascinating about this is this generation 121 00:06:44,546 --> 00:06:47,746 Speaker 1: of NFL players right now who sure they know that 122 00:06:47,826 --> 00:06:49,626 Speaker 1: you know, Kurt's on TV, and they know that Kurt's 123 00:06:49,626 --> 00:06:51,026 Speaker 1: in the Hall of Fame, but they don't really know 124 00:06:51,186 --> 00:06:55,506 Speaker 1: his actual story. And that Kurt was saying is because 125 00:06:56,186 --> 00:07:00,306 Speaker 1: your legacy as a player in the NFL is somewhat finite, 126 00:07:00,746 --> 00:07:02,826 Speaker 1: right And when we get to our records episode, we'll 127 00:07:02,826 --> 00:07:06,906 Speaker 1: talk about that. But what Stalbach is saying here is 128 00:07:07,146 --> 00:07:10,026 Speaker 1: why he is so proud of this is because that 129 00:07:10,226 --> 00:07:12,706 Speaker 1: term lives on forever. I mean, no matter what, he 130 00:07:12,746 --> 00:07:16,026 Speaker 1: has made an indelible change on the game, We're never 131 00:07:16,066 --> 00:07:17,946 Speaker 1: going to call that anything other than the Hail Mary. 132 00:07:18,066 --> 00:07:20,106 Speaker 1: It's really cool because I actually saw some interviews that 133 00:07:20,186 --> 00:07:23,266 Speaker 1: Drew Pierson, by the way, on NFL Network, just talking 134 00:07:23,306 --> 00:07:26,226 Speaker 1: about those moments, and it's kind of cool to relive it. 135 00:07:26,266 --> 00:07:27,826 Speaker 1: You hear the audio, but when you hear some of 136 00:07:27,906 --> 00:07:31,106 Speaker 1: these players, like actually talking about that moment and Pierson 137 00:07:31,106 --> 00:07:33,506 Speaker 1: talking about that moment, you can sort of see the emotion, 138 00:07:33,826 --> 00:07:36,186 Speaker 1: hear it in their voice and see it on their face. 139 00:07:36,306 --> 00:07:38,426 Speaker 1: But before we actually walk you down memory lane, as 140 00:07:38,466 --> 00:07:41,186 Speaker 1: some of the most memorable hail mary's. Ever, I think 141 00:07:41,226 --> 00:07:43,386 Speaker 1: it's important to try to define what a hail mary 142 00:07:43,586 --> 00:07:46,146 Speaker 1: is and then get into some of the statistics behind it. 143 00:07:46,186 --> 00:07:48,866 Speaker 1: We reached out to stats LLC, who is our official 144 00:07:49,226 --> 00:07:52,186 Speaker 1: stats provider for answers, and funny they actually don't have 145 00:07:52,306 --> 00:07:55,586 Speaker 1: a hard definition for a hail mary. Instead, they said 146 00:07:55,586 --> 00:07:58,226 Speaker 1: they rely on the eye test on film to determine 147 00:07:58,266 --> 00:08:01,866 Speaker 1: which pass is actually qualified. Love that term eye test. 148 00:08:02,186 --> 00:08:06,826 Speaker 1: Some factors considered, including game situations like the position down 149 00:08:07,186 --> 00:08:09,746 Speaker 1: the clock to score, and what actual play was called 150 00:08:09,786 --> 00:08:12,466 Speaker 1: basically just verts, right, like just wide receivers running down 151 00:08:12,466 --> 00:08:15,026 Speaker 1: the football field and getting it done and then hopefully 152 00:08:15,066 --> 00:08:18,466 Speaker 1: delivering and the prayers are answered in that critical moment. Well, Mike, 153 00:08:18,506 --> 00:08:20,186 Speaker 1: it really makes sense. I mean, if you put me 154 00:08:20,226 --> 00:08:22,626 Speaker 1: on the spot and said, what is a hail mary? 155 00:08:22,786 --> 00:08:25,106 Speaker 1: I would think of it as a the final play 156 00:08:25,266 --> 00:08:27,746 Speaker 1: or maybe two attempts at it, but the final play 157 00:08:27,786 --> 00:08:29,346 Speaker 1: at the end of a half or the end of 158 00:08:29,346 --> 00:08:32,866 Speaker 1: a game. It's got to be a big long throw. 159 00:08:33,026 --> 00:08:35,866 Speaker 1: It can't be just this crazy lateral how many guys 160 00:08:35,906 --> 00:08:39,466 Speaker 1: can touch the ball and I think that that's it. Yeah, 161 00:08:39,506 --> 00:08:41,786 Speaker 1: clock end of the play, and it's got to be 162 00:08:41,826 --> 00:08:44,306 Speaker 1: a deep path, and it's got to be a score 163 00:08:44,306 --> 00:08:46,706 Speaker 1: that you absolutely need. Now, Mike, this topic is a 164 00:08:46,706 --> 00:08:49,786 Speaker 1: little bit hard to quantify, and really, actually technically they 165 00:08:49,826 --> 00:08:53,346 Speaker 1: didn't start keeping hail Mary statistics until two thousand six, 166 00:08:53,786 --> 00:08:57,946 Speaker 1: so let's primarily focus on the last fifteen years since 167 00:08:57,986 --> 00:09:02,546 Speaker 1: those stats have been kept, except that maybe the most 168 00:09:02,746 --> 00:09:05,546 Speaker 1: iconic hail Mary, not the first one, not the stob 169 00:09:05,586 --> 00:09:08,826 Speaker 1: I one, but the most iconic one it was actually 170 00:09:09,106 --> 00:09:12,186 Speaker 1: the Haill Flutie and that one happened before two thousand six, 171 00:09:12,306 --> 00:09:14,586 Speaker 1: and to be fair, it wasn't actually in an NFL game, 172 00:09:14,986 --> 00:09:18,586 Speaker 1: but Flutie was an NFL quarterback, so you know there's 173 00:09:18,586 --> 00:09:21,506 Speaker 1: a parallel there, Mike. You'll buy it right, Oh yeah, no, 174 00:09:21,626 --> 00:09:24,866 Speaker 1: I'm I'm with you. Like any long bombs we can get, 175 00:09:24,866 --> 00:09:30,306 Speaker 1: I'll take alright. Doug Flutie, Boston College. There's a sixty 176 00:09:30,506 --> 00:09:35,386 Speaker 1: three yard touchdown to Gerard Phelan, the last second touchdown 177 00:09:35,426 --> 00:09:39,826 Speaker 1: gives Boston College a win over the Miami Hurricanes, the 178 00:09:39,866 --> 00:09:43,386 Speaker 1: big bad Miami Hurricanes. And there are a lot of people, 179 00:09:43,706 --> 00:09:45,786 Speaker 1: Mike that consider it one of the greatest sports plays 180 00:09:45,786 --> 00:09:48,546 Speaker 1: of all time, in no small part because of who 181 00:09:48,626 --> 00:09:51,946 Speaker 1: actually executed the past. Yeah, it looks in a lot 182 00:09:51,986 --> 00:09:54,386 Speaker 1: of ways. It was really awesome. And Flutie, by the way, 183 00:09:54,746 --> 00:09:57,026 Speaker 1: was actually pretty nasty in that game, and nasty in 184 00:09:57,026 --> 00:09:59,386 Speaker 1: a good way. It's sort of look, I did a 185 00:09:59,386 --> 00:10:01,306 Speaker 1: little Wikipedia search here, and I thought this was kind 186 00:10:01,306 --> 00:10:04,146 Speaker 1: of like a cool little deal. Uh. He threw the 187 00:10:04,146 --> 00:10:06,666 Speaker 1: ball from his own thirty seven. Now, he certainly wasn't 188 00:10:06,666 --> 00:10:09,466 Speaker 1: a prototypical perfect looking quarterback in terms of the size 189 00:10:09,466 --> 00:10:11,666 Speaker 1: and the height. He's five tens, so kudos to him. 190 00:10:11,706 --> 00:10:14,906 Speaker 1: I was like the shorter guys for obvious reasons. But 191 00:10:14,946 --> 00:10:17,306 Speaker 1: the quarterback, so he throws the ball at least sixty 192 00:10:17,346 --> 00:10:21,306 Speaker 1: three yards against thirty mile per hour wins. So this 193 00:10:21,386 --> 00:10:22,706 Speaker 1: is like in a day and age where we weren't 194 00:10:22,706 --> 00:10:25,346 Speaker 1: talking about next gen stats and Cynthia Freeland wasn't dropping 195 00:10:25,426 --> 00:10:27,506 Speaker 1: like serious dimes on us. So to me, that was 196 00:10:27,586 --> 00:10:29,666 Speaker 1: kind of cool. And that was after he'd already thrown 197 00:10:29,666 --> 00:10:33,586 Speaker 1: the ball a ton right forty five times in the game. 198 00:10:33,706 --> 00:10:36,866 Speaker 1: Fluty finishes with four seventy two three touchdowns, with the 199 00:10:36,946 --> 00:10:40,586 Speaker 1: third one being truly awesome. All right, but back to 200 00:10:40,666 --> 00:10:43,866 Speaker 1: those metrics are research team in two thousand six. Since 201 00:10:43,906 --> 00:10:46,426 Speaker 1: that time, there have been three hundred and fifty seven 202 00:10:46,466 --> 00:10:49,506 Speaker 1: hail mary pass attempts in a game in the NFL, 203 00:10:49,626 --> 00:10:52,466 Speaker 1: including the playoffs. How about this, though it's kind of surprising, 204 00:10:52,546 --> 00:10:57,386 Speaker 1: only thirty nine completions, so nearly one in nine get completed, 205 00:10:57,426 --> 00:11:00,906 Speaker 1: with only a seven percent touchdown rate on the flip side. 206 00:11:01,306 --> 00:11:04,386 Speaker 1: One in four of those gets intercepted. So if we 207 00:11:04,426 --> 00:11:06,786 Speaker 1: want to do the statistical anal says, it's really important 208 00:11:06,786 --> 00:11:08,306 Speaker 1: to know you're not throwing a hail mary unless you 209 00:11:08,346 --> 00:11:10,746 Speaker 1: abstually have to based off some of those numbers. Well, 210 00:11:10,786 --> 00:11:12,586 Speaker 1: and that's what we were talking about earlier, right, I 211 00:11:12,586 --> 00:11:15,986 Speaker 1: got the statistics wrong, obviously, But as I was saying, 212 00:11:16,266 --> 00:11:18,746 Speaker 1: I do know of quarterbacks who are afraid to throw 213 00:11:18,746 --> 00:11:20,826 Speaker 1: the past because they don't want to be picked off. 214 00:11:20,866 --> 00:11:23,026 Speaker 1: And I also know once that are afraid to throw 215 00:11:23,066 --> 00:11:26,466 Speaker 1: the past because then people will know whether they really 216 00:11:26,506 --> 00:11:29,306 Speaker 1: can actually do it or not. I mean, we always 217 00:11:29,346 --> 00:11:31,346 Speaker 1: knew that Joe Flacco had an arm, but not everybody 218 00:11:31,466 --> 00:11:36,586 Speaker 1: really necessarily has that arm. So, Mike, there are actually 219 00:11:36,666 --> 00:11:41,226 Speaker 1: quarterbacks who've thrown a hail mary more than ten times 220 00:11:41,386 --> 00:11:44,226 Speaker 1: in their career. And since you know I love quizzes, 221 00:11:44,866 --> 00:11:47,986 Speaker 1: I'm going to make you guess, but no, no no, no, 222 00:11:48,226 --> 00:11:49,866 Speaker 1: not yet, not yet. I'm giving you a chance to 223 00:11:49,866 --> 00:11:52,626 Speaker 1: think about it. Okay, so you've got a few seconds 224 00:11:52,706 --> 00:11:55,306 Speaker 1: right here, you m all over that which three quarterbacks 225 00:11:55,386 --> 00:11:58,066 Speaker 1: have thrown a hail mary more than ten times in 226 00:11:58,106 --> 00:12:01,626 Speaker 1: their career. When we come back on the NFL, exclaimed, 227 00:12:01,666 --> 00:12:05,146 Speaker 1: we will relive some of the greatest hail mary's and 228 00:12:05,266 --> 00:12:08,746 Speaker 1: find out what future Hall of Famer has he yet 229 00:12:08,786 --> 00:12:12,226 Speaker 1: to complete a hail mary of his own bucket lest item, 230 00:12:12,586 --> 00:12:15,386 Speaker 1: We'll do our best to identify what quarterback could be 231 00:12:15,466 --> 00:12:20,546 Speaker 1: considered the king of hail mary's. That and much more. Mike, 232 00:12:20,866 --> 00:12:27,506 Speaker 1: when we returned to NFL explained, build the team that 233 00:12:27,546 --> 00:12:31,306 Speaker 1: will build your business. 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And before the 261 00:13:56,466 --> 00:13:59,026 Speaker 1: break we said there were three quarterbacks who have thrown 262 00:13:59,586 --> 00:14:02,546 Speaker 1: ten or more hal Mary's in their career. But before 263 00:14:02,586 --> 00:14:04,946 Speaker 1: we get there, here's an interesting list of qbs who 264 00:14:04,986 --> 00:14:08,266 Speaker 1: have never completed a Hail Mary. And it's actually kind 265 00:14:08,306 --> 00:14:13,986 Speaker 1: of surprising here. Derek Carr, Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Dak Prescott, 266 00:14:14,586 --> 00:14:17,506 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, Ben Roethlisberg, you know, would have been kind 267 00:14:17,506 --> 00:14:19,266 Speaker 1: of cool. Add because you were there a couple of 268 00:14:19,306 --> 00:14:22,946 Speaker 1: weeks ago hines Field, big Ben's last game in front 269 00:14:22,986 --> 00:14:24,786 Speaker 1: of that home crowd. Can you imagine if there was 270 00:14:24,826 --> 00:14:26,666 Speaker 1: a hail Mary that he was able to check that 271 00:14:26,826 --> 00:14:28,946 Speaker 1: off the list? I mean, that would have been incredible, sure, 272 00:14:29,066 --> 00:14:31,626 Speaker 1: except that I think he passed for his average past 273 00:14:31,626 --> 00:14:34,946 Speaker 1: attempt that night was one two yards. It was like 274 00:14:35,506 --> 00:14:37,546 Speaker 1: thirty some id passes in the first half of ninety 275 00:14:37,586 --> 00:14:38,826 Speaker 1: six yards. The point is you get a win and 276 00:14:38,866 --> 00:14:41,146 Speaker 1: he was celebrated, so a nice little bow on big 277 00:14:41,186 --> 00:14:46,066 Speaker 1: Ben's career. Yes, And it was the most electric, amazing atmosphere, 278 00:14:46,306 --> 00:14:50,146 Speaker 1: And it was sixty something thousand people lauding the person 279 00:14:50,226 --> 00:14:52,546 Speaker 1: that has been their franchise quarterback for eighteen years, which 280 00:14:52,626 --> 00:14:56,226 Speaker 1: is awesome. Eighteen years, one uniform, no hail mary's, but 281 00:14:56,426 --> 00:14:59,386 Speaker 1: plenty of other major statistical records. That he's got rock 282 00:14:59,426 --> 00:15:02,506 Speaker 1: in that Pittsburgh Steelers uniform. But the most surprising of 283 00:15:02,586 --> 00:15:04,426 Speaker 1: the bunch of that list of players who has never 284 00:15:04,586 --> 00:15:07,986 Speaker 1: thrown a hail mary Tom Brady, and earlier this year, 285 00:15:08,026 --> 00:15:10,026 Speaker 1: he actually told Aaron Andrews that a hail mary is 286 00:15:10,066 --> 00:15:12,546 Speaker 1: still one of things that he wants to accomplish in 287 00:15:12,666 --> 00:15:15,986 Speaker 1: his career. He's pretty much done everything, and since he's 288 00:15:15,986 --> 00:15:18,426 Speaker 1: going to play for another twenty years adity, I'm sure 289 00:15:18,466 --> 00:15:20,546 Speaker 1: he's going to be able to check off hail mary 290 00:15:20,666 --> 00:15:22,946 Speaker 1: on the box. I think you've heard me say this 291 00:15:23,186 --> 00:15:25,506 Speaker 1: multiple times. Tom Brady is older than me, so I 292 00:15:25,586 --> 00:15:28,266 Speaker 1: hope he played forever because as long as he plays, 293 00:15:28,826 --> 00:15:31,746 Speaker 1: I can still feel somewhat young. In any case. Back 294 00:15:31,826 --> 00:15:36,146 Speaker 1: to our top hail mary throwers. So I asked you 295 00:15:36,306 --> 00:15:38,506 Speaker 1: to guess you've had some time to think about it. 296 00:15:38,986 --> 00:15:43,026 Speaker 1: What three quarterbacks since two thousand six have attempted the 297 00:15:43,146 --> 00:15:46,386 Speaker 1: most hail mary's. Okay, there's one name that certainly comes 298 00:15:46,466 --> 00:15:49,986 Speaker 1: to mind, and that's Aaron Rodgers because you actually kind 299 00:15:50,026 --> 00:15:52,786 Speaker 1: of touched on it a little bit earlier in this podcast. 300 00:15:52,866 --> 00:15:55,146 Speaker 1: Guys that have the arm strength to be able to 301 00:15:55,266 --> 00:15:57,666 Speaker 1: do it. Rogers, I feel like he can just flick 302 00:15:57,746 --> 00:16:00,026 Speaker 1: his wrist and that thing's going forty yards anyway. And 303 00:16:00,026 --> 00:16:02,626 Speaker 1: then when there's actually like an attempt to throw the bomb, 304 00:16:03,266 --> 00:16:05,226 Speaker 1: Rogers has got it. So on the list, I would 305 00:16:05,266 --> 00:16:08,626 Speaker 1: say Aaron Rodgers has to be in the top three. Well, ding, ding, ding, 306 00:16:08,826 --> 00:16:11,826 Speaker 1: that is very good, and that one is a little 307 00:16:11,866 --> 00:16:15,026 Speaker 1: bit obvious. But let me tell you who's not. Kirk 308 00:16:15,626 --> 00:16:24,786 Speaker 1: Cousin has thrown ten and Andy Dalton has attempted. Now, 309 00:16:24,826 --> 00:16:27,546 Speaker 1: both Andy Dalton and Aaron Rodgers have actually connected on 310 00:16:27,946 --> 00:16:33,146 Speaker 1: three hail mary's, all of them for touchdowns. Cousins has 311 00:16:33,226 --> 00:16:38,266 Speaker 1: only connected on one touchdown and he's thrown three picks. Now. 312 00:16:38,386 --> 00:16:42,026 Speaker 1: He has acknowledged that perhaps the technique needs a little 313 00:16:42,026 --> 00:16:46,146 Speaker 1: bit of work, but he says his approach is very 314 00:16:46,266 --> 00:16:49,386 Speaker 1: very specific, that basically his front shoulder better be tilted 315 00:16:49,506 --> 00:16:52,426 Speaker 1: up and that his back shoulder better be down because 316 00:16:52,746 --> 00:16:55,986 Speaker 1: it's not a regular pass. He says, my kids, I 317 00:16:56,066 --> 00:16:59,266 Speaker 1: think how he described it was a moonshot where he 318 00:16:59,426 --> 00:17:02,826 Speaker 1: wants the ball kind of arcing up and then coming 319 00:17:02,946 --> 00:17:05,706 Speaker 1: down at the receiver's in the end zone. Here's another 320 00:17:05,826 --> 00:17:12,186 Speaker 1: crazy one. The highest career hail mary completion percentage. That's 321 00:17:12,266 --> 00:17:15,746 Speaker 1: somebody who completed two of five, and that's somebody is 322 00:17:15,986 --> 00:17:20,386 Speaker 1: Jamis Winston. Famous Jamis making an appearance on the pot 323 00:17:20,466 --> 00:17:25,426 Speaker 1: on the Hail Mary edition Famous Chamis. So overall, since 324 00:17:25,466 --> 00:17:27,826 Speaker 1: two thousand six, there have been one hundred and fifty 325 00:17:27,946 --> 00:17:32,386 Speaker 1: six Hail Mary pass attempts to win or tie a game. 326 00:17:33,266 --> 00:17:36,866 Speaker 1: Seven were completed for a game telling touchdown. Of those 327 00:17:36,906 --> 00:17:40,026 Speaker 1: seven touchdowns, three ultimately led to a win in regulation, 328 00:17:40,546 --> 00:17:45,026 Speaker 1: the other four forced or time but didn't ultimately lead 329 00:17:45,106 --> 00:17:48,146 Speaker 1: to a win. The three of those were completed for 330 00:17:48,226 --> 00:17:51,426 Speaker 1: a game winning touchdown with no time remaining on the clock. 331 00:17:52,066 --> 00:17:57,746 Speaker 1: And Rogers actually leads the entire group with the longest 332 00:17:57,866 --> 00:18:01,666 Speaker 1: winning touchdown completion. So one hundred and fifty six Hail 333 00:18:01,746 --> 00:18:05,546 Speaker 1: Mary pass attempts since two thousand six. The longest one 334 00:18:05,986 --> 00:18:10,626 Speaker 1: that was completed for a winning touchdown was by Aaron 335 00:18:10,786 --> 00:18:15,306 Speaker 1: Rodgers and went for sixty one yards. Take a list 336 00:18:15,306 --> 00:18:20,546 Speaker 1: of Mike Rogers in trouble. It's gonna get there. They 337 00:18:20,666 --> 00:18:23,666 Speaker 1: turned thirty two yesterday. There's a half a vantage Promyn 338 00:18:29,186 --> 00:18:38,786 Speaker 1: Rocher Rogers for the lack off touchsown. But Holy Packers, now, 339 00:18:38,906 --> 00:18:42,706 Speaker 1: there is no way you can forget the miracle in 340 00:18:42,866 --> 00:18:48,706 Speaker 1: Motown Week thirteen, Packers and Lines Rogers able to connect 341 00:18:48,746 --> 00:18:52,106 Speaker 1: with Richard Rogers for the walk off whim Addy. Kind 342 00:18:52,146 --> 00:18:54,986 Speaker 1: of a cool connection here. Maybe some of our listeners 343 00:18:55,226 --> 00:18:57,186 Speaker 1: of a certain age would remember this play. But the 344 00:18:57,266 --> 00:19:00,386 Speaker 1: Stanford Cal game the play when the band is on 345 00:19:00,506 --> 00:19:05,666 Speaker 1: the field. So Rogers's dad, Richard Rochards Senior, actually played 346 00:19:05,866 --> 00:19:08,786 Speaker 1: for Cal in that particular game when the band was 347 00:19:08,826 --> 00:19:11,306 Speaker 1: on the field. He actually handled two of the five 348 00:19:11,466 --> 00:19:14,386 Speaker 1: laterals to end that game. So for me, there must 349 00:19:14,466 --> 00:19:17,546 Speaker 1: be something genetically in the Rogers name when it comes 350 00:19:17,586 --> 00:19:20,546 Speaker 1: to Aaron Rodgers making a ton of hail Mary throws, 351 00:19:20,946 --> 00:19:23,386 Speaker 1: Richard Rogers being on the receiving end of that, and 352 00:19:23,466 --> 00:19:25,786 Speaker 1: then Richard Rogers Jr. Being on the receiving end of 353 00:19:25,826 --> 00:19:28,386 Speaker 1: that past, and then Richard Rogers Sr. Playing in one 354 00:19:28,386 --> 00:19:30,186 Speaker 1: of those iconic games. Just kind of a cool little 355 00:19:30,226 --> 00:19:33,466 Speaker 1: factoid there, Sure, but I don't consider a crazy lateral 356 00:19:33,586 --> 00:19:36,386 Speaker 1: play a hail Mary. But anyway, since we did that one, 357 00:19:36,426 --> 00:19:38,346 Speaker 1: I think it's important that we go through the other 358 00:19:38,466 --> 00:19:42,226 Speaker 1: two game winning hail Mary touchdown. So the first one 359 00:19:42,586 --> 00:19:48,106 Speaker 1: Week ten, two thousand ten, Jacksonville, Houston, David Gerard throws 360 00:19:48,146 --> 00:19:52,986 Speaker 1: a fifty yard touchdown to Mike Thomas to beat Houston. 361 00:19:55,066 --> 00:19:58,106 Speaker 1: And what actually happened was that the defender batted the 362 00:19:58,186 --> 00:20:02,426 Speaker 1: ball into Mike Thomas's hand. I mean, Mike, I'll never 363 00:20:02,466 --> 00:20:05,066 Speaker 1: forget the first Hail Mary that I was present for. 364 00:20:05,186 --> 00:20:07,546 Speaker 1: It was to that and twelve. The Giants were at 365 00:20:07,626 --> 00:20:11,186 Speaker 1: the Packers. It was the NFC Divisional round, end of 366 00:20:11,266 --> 00:20:17,386 Speaker 1: the first half, and Eli Manning keeps the ball down 367 00:20:17,626 --> 00:20:20,546 Speaker 1: field into the end zone. You see all of these 368 00:20:20,666 --> 00:20:24,826 Speaker 1: hands go up and then that one big, huge set 369 00:20:24,906 --> 00:20:27,986 Speaker 1: of myths. Kim Nicks his gloves. He I don't even 370 00:20:28,026 --> 00:20:29,986 Speaker 1: remember exactly, but I think he wore a size four 371 00:20:30,266 --> 00:20:33,746 Speaker 1: xcel glove. His hands were so big they were above 372 00:20:33,786 --> 00:20:39,026 Speaker 1: everybody else's. He trapped that pass from Manning against his 373 00:20:39,266 --> 00:20:42,826 Speaker 1: face mask actually, and I remember he fell to the ground. 374 00:20:42,986 --> 00:20:46,866 Speaker 1: It was a touchdown. Everybody swarmed him, and the momentum 375 00:20:46,946 --> 00:20:49,786 Speaker 1: of that game completely changed. It was like they scored 376 00:20:49,826 --> 00:20:52,026 Speaker 1: that touchdown, they go into the halftime break and you 377 00:20:52,186 --> 00:20:55,346 Speaker 1: knew that the Giants had won the game, and we're 378 00:20:55,386 --> 00:20:57,986 Speaker 1: going to go onto the NFC Championship game, and then 379 00:20:58,026 --> 00:20:59,746 Speaker 1: of course they went on to the Super Bowl, and 380 00:20:59,786 --> 00:21:02,226 Speaker 1: then of course they won the Super Bowl, and you 381 00:21:02,306 --> 00:21:05,026 Speaker 1: know I remember that play, and then how can we 382 00:21:05,146 --> 00:21:07,866 Speaker 1: forget when Aaron Rodgers was on the other side of 383 00:21:07,946 --> 00:21:11,546 Speaker 1: the hail Mary or should I call it the fail Mary? 384 00:21:11,626 --> 00:21:13,266 Speaker 1: And I know we talked about this in an earlier 385 00:21:13,346 --> 00:21:17,386 Speaker 1: episode two twelve, Week three. There's a referee lockout, so 386 00:21:17,626 --> 00:21:21,866 Speaker 1: replacement refs are working the game. Russell Wilson hits Golden 387 00:21:21,986 --> 00:21:25,106 Speaker 1: Tate for a twenty four yard touchdown. At the end 388 00:21:25,186 --> 00:21:31,186 Speaker 1: of regulation. The refs made two different calls. One said touchdown, 389 00:21:31,626 --> 00:21:36,786 Speaker 1: the other says time was expired. And listen to the 390 00:21:36,826 --> 00:21:39,586 Speaker 1: confusion right here, Mike, the Packers playing at the goal 391 00:21:39,626 --> 00:21:43,786 Speaker 1: law as Wilton started to keep it along. The game's 392 00:21:43,826 --> 00:21:46,466 Speaker 1: final play is it works and love to the m zode, 393 00:21:46,866 --> 00:21:53,226 Speaker 1: which is takes simultaneous who hazard who they're going to 394 00:21:53,826 --> 00:22:00,186 Speaker 1: Touchdowy Woy goes out touchdown. Over said, no, time has 395 00:22:00,346 --> 00:22:04,906 Speaker 1: to be looked arts. It's a school store assisition. Throw 396 00:22:04,986 --> 00:22:11,186 Speaker 1: there all off the pile. We must have a definitive call. 397 00:22:11,266 --> 00:22:18,306 Speaker 1: There was one touch that signal add Rogers always seemed 398 00:22:18,346 --> 00:22:21,106 Speaker 1: to be in the mix for a hail Mary, one 399 00:22:21,146 --> 00:22:22,906 Speaker 1: way or another, so it's only fitting that he can 400 00:22:22,946 --> 00:22:25,026 Speaker 1: speak on the strategy of a Hail Mary and an 401 00:22:25,226 --> 00:22:28,226 Speaker 1: ESPN article in this is what he said. I've done 402 00:22:28,266 --> 00:22:30,466 Speaker 1: all of those in practice, So even the Arizona throw, 403 00:22:30,666 --> 00:22:33,586 Speaker 1: the Detroit throw, and this last one, I've done similar 404 00:22:33,746 --> 00:22:37,066 Speaker 1: plays where we're moving the pocket slightly or not moving 405 00:22:37,106 --> 00:22:39,746 Speaker 1: the pocket, or escaping and resetting the edge, and then 406 00:22:39,786 --> 00:22:42,066 Speaker 1: you're throwing it as high as you can and trying 407 00:22:42,146 --> 00:22:44,946 Speaker 1: to judge the trajectory and distance and then how hard 408 00:22:44,986 --> 00:22:47,066 Speaker 1: you're going to throw it. It's a matter of quick 409 00:22:47,266 --> 00:22:50,426 Speaker 1: mathematical equation in your mind based on your field and 410 00:22:50,506 --> 00:22:53,666 Speaker 1: your muscle memory, which speaks add to what Kirk Cousins 411 00:22:53,786 --> 00:22:56,266 Speaker 1: was saying with the formatics of the throw, and what 412 00:22:56,386 --> 00:22:58,506 Speaker 1: it also reminds me of Justin Tucker when you hit 413 00:22:58,546 --> 00:23:01,306 Speaker 1: that sixty six yard field goal, that little hop step 414 00:23:01,386 --> 00:23:04,106 Speaker 1: to try to get a little extra umph on that kick. 415 00:23:04,506 --> 00:23:06,626 Speaker 1: It's sort of the same thing in different position. But 416 00:23:06,786 --> 00:23:08,946 Speaker 1: once again, just how some of these athletes are thinking 417 00:23:09,226 --> 00:23:12,426 Speaker 1: in real time on the field, right and proving that 418 00:23:12,826 --> 00:23:16,066 Speaker 1: playing football is not about just being a meathead. I mean, 419 00:23:16,186 --> 00:23:20,506 Speaker 1: they're clearly doing physics on the fly. But you know, 420 00:23:20,666 --> 00:23:25,186 Speaker 1: as we give these great quarterbacks all this shine let's 421 00:23:25,306 --> 00:23:28,706 Speaker 1: talk about the receivers a little bit. Since two thousand six, 422 00:23:28,946 --> 00:23:32,546 Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald and A. J. Green have the most targets 423 00:23:33,146 --> 00:23:36,386 Speaker 1: on Hail Mary's with five apiece. Now, Fitzgerald was indeed 424 00:23:36,426 --> 00:23:40,066 Speaker 1: able to catch one of those, but Green A Cumnick 425 00:23:40,186 --> 00:23:43,586 Speaker 1: so I mentioned earlier, and Richard Rodgers, who you also 426 00:23:43,706 --> 00:23:47,826 Speaker 1: mentioned earlier, lead the way with to each And since 427 00:23:47,866 --> 00:23:50,666 Speaker 1: we talked about Rogers earlier, let's take a listen to 428 00:23:50,746 --> 00:23:53,026 Speaker 1: what he had to say after he caught that one 429 00:23:53,146 --> 00:23:58,106 Speaker 1: against Detroit Basketball. You have a spot some point five 430 00:23:58,186 --> 00:24:00,946 Speaker 1: points in junior year. At what point did you start 431 00:24:00,986 --> 00:24:03,066 Speaker 1: to think like a basketball player saying I just got 432 00:24:03,186 --> 00:24:05,986 Speaker 1: to go up and get this rebound um in? Then 433 00:24:06,026 --> 00:24:08,706 Speaker 1: start really, I'm supposed to be boxing out and DeVante 434 00:24:09,226 --> 00:24:11,266 Speaker 1: is supposed to be the jumper. But once I saw 435 00:24:11,266 --> 00:24:12,826 Speaker 1: it in the air, I realized I could get it, 436 00:24:12,906 --> 00:24:15,186 Speaker 1: so I just went for a d D. It's a 437 00:24:15,226 --> 00:24:17,266 Speaker 1: really good point, and I love that Rogers is saying 438 00:24:17,306 --> 00:24:19,306 Speaker 1: it because kind of boxes out, leaps up and he's 439 00:24:19,306 --> 00:24:22,626 Speaker 1: got that basketball background. But without those guys catching the ball, 440 00:24:23,066 --> 00:24:25,266 Speaker 1: you don't even have this episode of NFL explained. I 441 00:24:25,346 --> 00:24:27,426 Speaker 1: think the one thing that I learned today is Aaron 442 00:24:27,546 --> 00:24:30,346 Speaker 1: Rodgers might be the best at the hail mary throw. 443 00:24:30,746 --> 00:24:33,946 Speaker 1: We didn't even mention his hail mary in the divisional 444 00:24:34,026 --> 00:24:36,826 Speaker 1: game against the Cardinals. I don't know, is there a 445 00:24:36,906 --> 00:24:38,706 Speaker 1: guy that you want to throw the ball to up 446 00:24:38,746 --> 00:24:41,826 Speaker 1: in the air, last second, crucial moment in a game. 447 00:24:42,146 --> 00:24:45,226 Speaker 1: M that's asking me right now, who's got the best hands? 448 00:24:45,826 --> 00:24:47,106 Speaker 1: You know what, I don't even know if it's about 449 00:24:47,106 --> 00:24:49,346 Speaker 1: the best chance, since we're talking about the whole mathematical 450 00:24:49,466 --> 00:24:52,586 Speaker 1: piece of it. I feel like Cooper Cup is always 451 00:24:52,666 --> 00:24:54,626 Speaker 1: in the right place at the right time. I mean, 452 00:24:54,706 --> 00:24:56,906 Speaker 1: this is a guy that I repeatedly watched just a 453 00:24:56,946 --> 00:25:01,346 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago beat double teams. Jamar Chase is fearless. 454 00:25:01,746 --> 00:25:06,066 Speaker 1: He's another guy I would absolutely totally throw two. Um 455 00:25:06,506 --> 00:25:09,466 Speaker 1: who else? And then again, I'll go back to I 456 00:25:09,546 --> 00:25:11,826 Speaker 1: mentioned Kim Nicks and being there when he caught one, 457 00:25:12,186 --> 00:25:15,586 Speaker 1: just being able to, like Roger said, box somebody out 458 00:25:15,666 --> 00:25:19,306 Speaker 1: and have bigger hands than anybody. That is a tough one. 459 00:25:19,346 --> 00:25:21,026 Speaker 1: You're putting me on the spot and not even giving 460 00:25:21,066 --> 00:25:23,866 Speaker 1: me a chance to really actively think about that. Yeah, 461 00:25:23,866 --> 00:25:25,506 Speaker 1: I like it. You know you look you you like 462 00:25:25,626 --> 00:25:27,506 Speaker 1: the quizzes on the show. I thought I could throw 463 00:25:27,586 --> 00:25:29,106 Speaker 1: one your way, all right, So let me give you 464 00:25:29,186 --> 00:25:30,706 Speaker 1: one more. Let me give you one more. You know 465 00:25:31,266 --> 00:25:33,906 Speaker 1: there is one more Aaron Rodgers hail Mary, and it's 466 00:25:33,946 --> 00:25:36,666 Speaker 1: one that you forgot of. CoRIS is the two thousand 467 00:25:36,706 --> 00:25:39,066 Speaker 1: seventeen Wild Card game when he threw a Hail Mary 468 00:25:39,186 --> 00:25:42,426 Speaker 1: against the Giants at the end of the first half. 469 00:25:42,666 --> 00:25:46,786 Speaker 1: And uh, I know you still bleed blue. Sometimes it's hard, 470 00:25:46,826 --> 00:25:48,946 Speaker 1: so I apologize, but I think we should toss this 471 00:25:49,026 --> 00:25:52,626 Speaker 1: one out the door on our way out, and everybody 472 00:25:52,666 --> 00:25:54,946 Speaker 1: else as you listen to this call and as Mike 473 00:25:54,986 --> 00:25:57,426 Speaker 1: wipes the way the tears listening to those calls, thank 474 00:25:57,506 --> 00:26:03,746 Speaker 1: you as always for joining us for a stuff. 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