This is the play before The Play after The Other Play: On the first play from scrimmage, Carson Palmer hit a wide-open Larry Fitzgerald with a pass at about the Arizona 35, and Fitzgerald’s incredible run after the catch took the ball all the way to the five-yard line. The NFL overtime rules allow the team that gets possession first to win if they score a touchdown on that initial drive, and the Cardinals wasted no time. After the game, he indicated that he would have called heads the second time.Ĭoin Cam - yep, Coin Cam - showcases the bizarre flip to start #GBvsAZ overtime. The Cardinals again won the toss when the coin landed on heads, but Rodgers was upset that he didn’t get to call make a different call for the second flip. The NFL’s rule book apparently doesn’t include a requirement that the coin actually flip, but Blakeman quickly picked the coin up and tossed it again. Minutes later, Rodgers called tails during the standard pre-overtime coin flip, and complained to referee Clete Blakeman when the coin landed on heads without actually flipping in the air. Rodgers finds Jeff Janis for the HAIL MARY #Touchdown 💯 - NFL January 17, 2016 Here’s Rodgers’s miracle heave at the end of regulation: The extra point with no time remaining in the fourth quarter sent the game to overtime - but after a controversial coin-flip and a huge play by Larry Fitzgerald, the Cardinals would advance to the NFC title game anyway with a 26–20 victory. With time expiring in regulation and the Packers trailing the Cardinals by seven last night, Aaron Rodgers launched an off-balance Hail Mary pass from about his own 45-yard line - one that, incredibly, was caught in the end zone by Green Bay wide receiver Jeff Janis.

Aaron Rodgers’s heave at the end of regulation.

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