A penalty pushed it back to the 41 and Rodgers threw incomplete before getting off his last, great completion. With 55 seconds to go in the fourth quarter, Green Bay were pushed back into a fourth-and-20 situation at their four-yard line when Rodgers scrambled and threw 60 yards to Janis at the 36. A disputed coin toss and a catch controversy added spice to the already dramatic NFC divisional playoff game between the Cardinals and Packers on Saturday. With the Packers still celebrating and the Cardinals still in shock, referee Clete Blakeman needed two flips of the coin to start overtime. The Packers (11-7) took the kickoff but went nowhere and turned the ball over on downs, setting up Chandler Catanzaro’s 38-yard field goal that put Arizona up 20-13. 01-16-2016 - Packers Cardinals - Probably Yes. Floyd also had an eight-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter. After Aaron Rodgers momentarily saved the day for the Green Bay Packers with a 41-yard Hail Mary as time expired against the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday night at University of Phoenix. Probably Yes-> coin toss may have had a factor in deciding the winner, you have a stronger argument YES-> coin toss directly decided the winner GAMES. After Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers called tails, referee Clete Blakeman tossed the coin and it landed on heads. Damarious Randall, who moments earlier had made a key interception in the end zone, deflected a pass intended for Fitzgerald inside the five-yard line and the ball sailed into the end zone into the hands of Michael Floyd for a nine-yard TD catch. Summary: Something extremely unusual happened during the overtime coin toss of last night’s Packers-Cardinals game. Packers quarterback and captain Aaron Rodgers called tails, and Blakeman tossed the coin.
Jeff Janis, a 6ft 3in receiver pressed into extended duty because Green Bay’s top two receivers were hurt, outjumped defenders Patrick Peterson and Rashad Johnson and clutched the ball to his chest as he fell to the turf in the silence of University of Phoenix Stadium.Īrizona won the overtime coin toss - after the referees declared the first toss hadn’t flipped - and on the first play, no one was covering Fitzgerald, who caught and ran through defenders to the five-yard line.Ī strange play had given Arizona a 20-13 lead with 3:44 to play in the fourth quarter. The event occurred with captains from both teams gathered at midfield at University of Phoenix Stadium. Rodgers finds Jeff Janis for the HAIL MARY #Touchdown 💯 - NFL January 17, 2016
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