Rodgers came to the line and checked from a pass play to a run play. However, after making eye contact with receiver Donald Driver, he decided to throw it anyway - unknown to everyone else on offense - because he saw linebacker James Harrison alone in coverage on Driver.
But at the snap of the ball, Harrison blitzed and inside linebacker James Farrior went out to cut off Driver. Rodgers actually brought his arm up to throw, but when he saw Farrior move toward Driver, he went through with the handoff to Grant. Fullback Korey Hall made a terrific adjustment to block Harrison and save the play from being a disaster, and Grant ran through a hole as big as next week for a touchdown.
"It's a good check, but it's a check where on paper you'd probably throw it there," McCarthy said. "There are times you have to run it into a bad look. There are plenty of times where there have been huge plays on bad looks."