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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6772999...en-nailor/
"The Vikings put the ball in J.J. McCarthy’s hands and trusted him to deliver the knockout blow to beat Detroit. That was the top takeaway from a game in which he completed only 14 passes.
What’s your play call on third-and-5 from your own 28-yard line while protecting a late 27-24 lead at Detroit with a quarterback making his third career start? The Lions had one timeout remaining with 1:41 on the game clock when Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell sent in the play to McCarthy. The result: a bold back-shoulder ball traveling 16 yards past the line of scrimmage to Jalen Nailor for a victory Minnesota badly needed after weeks of uncertainty surrounding the viability of the Vikings’ QB plan.
“This was not the boot pass where they pick someone off the line and he blocked someone for three seconds and released, was wide open, caught it and dove over the line to gain,” an exec from another team said. “This was a passing formation where they had to make a difficult throw, when the other team knows you are going to throw.”
The boldness of the play seemed remarkable under the circumstances, partly because McCarthy had completed only 13 passes all game and was playing for the first time in 49 days."
"The Vikings put the ball in J.J. McCarthy’s hands and trusted him to deliver the knockout blow to beat Detroit. That was the top takeaway from a game in which he completed only 14 passes.
What’s your play call on third-and-5 from your own 28-yard line while protecting a late 27-24 lead at Detroit with a quarterback making his third career start? The Lions had one timeout remaining with 1:41 on the game clock when Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell sent in the play to McCarthy. The result: a bold back-shoulder ball traveling 16 yards past the line of scrimmage to Jalen Nailor for a victory Minnesota badly needed after weeks of uncertainty surrounding the viability of the Vikings’ QB plan.
“This was not the boot pass where they pick someone off the line and he blocked someone for three seconds and released, was wide open, caught it and dove over the line to gain,” an exec from another team said. “This was a passing formation where they had to make a difficult throw, when the other team knows you are going to throw.”
The boldness of the play seemed remarkable under the circumstances, partly because McCarthy had completed only 13 passes all game and was playing for the first time in 49 days."
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