Aaron Rodgers’ 61-yard, Hail Mary pass landed softly in the hands of Richard Rodgers. It was more than the last play of the game, it was an extra play in the game, the result of a facemask penalty against the Lions that extended the game for one, fateful, untimed down.
“We’ve been on the flip side of that. We know how it feels,” Aaron Rodgers told TV in the moments immediately following the game. He was obviously referring to a loss the Packers had painfully suffered in Seattle in 2012.
“I can’t believe Richard caught it.