NFL fans went crazy on Aaron Rodgers during halftime of the Monday Night Football game between the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills. The veteran quarterback, who has thrown iconic Hail Marys during his career with the Green Bay Packers, did it again on the final play of the half against the Bills.
He dropped back to throw from his 48-yard line and, with nine Bills players on coverage, threw a prayer into the end zone. The ball somehow found the hands of Allen Lazard, who fell into the ground completing a catch. Buffalo tried to knock it off, but the process of what constitutes a catch was completed.
This is the fourth completed Hail Mary of Aaron Rodgers' career. He did it three times with the Green Bay Packers: two in the playoffs against the Giants (2016) and the Cardinals (2015), and one against the Detroit Lions to win a regular season game, also in 2015.
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"HE DID IT AGAIN!!!!," celebrated a fan.
"Gonna start calling it the Hail Aaron," noted another one
What were the other Hail Mary throws completed by Aaron Rodgers?
During his time with the Packers, where he played from 2005 to 2022, the superstar quarterback completed three Hail Mary passes, and each received its own name – although it's important to notice that his team lost one of these games.
The first happened late in the 2015 season, when the Packers played the Detroit Lions. On the final play of the game, the quarterback launched a bomb into the end zone and he somehow won the game with a catch by Richard Rodgers. The play became known as Miracle in Motown.
That same season, with their season on the line, he found Jeff Janis in the end zone on the final play of the game against the Arizona Cardinals. Although the tie took the game to overtime, the Cardinals won and advanced to the NFC Championship Game, as the game became known as Hail Larry:
The third happened against the New York Giants during the Wild Card Round of the 2016 season. The name actually became just "Hail Rodgers III" and they were able to dominate one of the league's best defenses of 2016.
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