"Drew it up in the dirt" as the kids say. Aaron Rodgers  garnered deserved acclaim for his brilliant pass to Jared Cook  on the final drive of Sunday's NFC divisional-round game, a throw that saved the Green Bay Packers  from overtime. As it turns out, the quarterback also deserves credit for the play call.
After the game, wide receiver Randall Cobb  told the MMQBs' Robert Klemko  that Rodgers drew up the play in the huddle moments before.
On third-and-20 with 12 seconds, Rodgers rolled out to his left to buy time until his targets found openings. After more than five seconds, he found Cook open along the boundary deep in Dallas Cowboys  territory. Rodgers uncorked one of his best throws of the night, and the tight end hauled it in with mere centimeters between his feed and the sideline.


FACT: It doesn't get any better than this Jared Cook sideline grab.C-L-U-T-C-H. #GoPackGo  #GBvsDAL  #NFLPlayoffs  https://t.co/N66Ir6sctr — NFL (@NFL) January 16, 2017 



While the play didn't appear "playground" on the live broadcast, three Green Bay receivers finish the play near Cook. Rodgers wanted a sideline catch from the start, a reasonable objective given the limited time remaining but a difficult pass to complete in practice.
Of course, Rodgers has made incredible plays his entire career, including a Hail Mary just a week ago. That explains why the Packers receivers don't consider these moments ridiculous, they think of them as "magic ."



Jason B. Hirschhorn is an award-winning journalist and Pro Football Writers of America member. He covers the NFL for Sports on Earth and SB Nation. He also serves as the senior writer and editor for Acme Packing Company, a Green Bay Packers blog.


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Dunno if I believe this. But he does tend to go sandlot at times.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 

I believe it... I'm not sure Rodgers knew he was going to target Cook or not, but Rodgers seems more comfortable out of the pocket and he had scrambled out of the pocket to the right so often the Cowboys were expecting it... so I believe Rodgers purposely had a scramble to his left called to trick the pass rush, and told all the targets to go to different routes to the left, giving him maximum number of potential targets and he would just nail whom ever he thought was best open, and that happened to be Cook.

That's just my guess... they might not have a play call for that.

Originally Posted by: beast 

Guaranteed they have sideline routes in a 2 minute drill. This particular play needed at least 35 yards, though so they may have decided to run it to that distance.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 

Loved hearing the Cowboys post game guy repeatedly bringing up that that was the greatest toe drag in NFL history.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 

HA! Now that's funny, as it might not be the best toe drag of the game...
Cobb had a better toe drag earlier in the game (not as important but better completed)

Originally Posted by: beast