BY NOW, YOU might be aware that the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys put on one of the all-time great playoff games last night.
And you might also be aware that a sensational back-and-forth tussle was effectively settled on the penultimate play of the game by a man who can do no wrong at the moment: Aaron Rodgers.
With 12 seconds on the clock and the Packers out of field goal range, facing 3rd & 20 and the very real prospect of overtime, Rodgers showed serious cojones to conjure up a 35-yard pass to Jared Cook, putting Mason Crosby in position to kick the winning field goal.
(Cook, for the record, might never make as brilliant or as important a catch for the rest of his career — and he should be perfectly ok with that.)
https://vine.co/v/53U1ug0H2Qj
Just when you think this moment of jaw-dropping brilliance can’t be any more impressive, Randall Cobb rocks up and fills the world in with a crucial bit of detail.
That wasn’t a call from the Packers’ playbook. That was something that Rodgers just improvised in the huddle.
“Cobb said the final play was not an actual playcall,” MMQB’s Robert Klemko reported.
“Rodgers just told each receiver what to do, like a kid drawing in the dirt. Seriously.”
The Fox cameras appear to have caught the very moment when Rodgers took matters into his own hands.
https://vine.co/v/53PMlFl0rpi
Is this lad for real?
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Hopefully he can continue where he left off last season. In fairness he’s been a much better player for us than any of his previous clubs – that’s the Bielsa effect for you.
If Southgate is not going to put him on the squad can we take him at least he be guaranteed international football and he can score goals. Win win situation.
@robert o mahony: he doesn’t want us though, bit of a stumbling block
@Shimmy Shammy: He is waiting it out but only so much you can wait for. I think if he isn’t in September squad for England. Then you can surely persuade him. Because you don’t want to be nearing 30 and regret it that he could of played more international games. Unless he can play with another country other than Ireland and England
Future Ireland International for sure.
He clearly feels English so why would he want to play for us? We don’t need jokers like that.