More often such plays are called a "post" or a "fly," although most plays in football playbooks have numerical tags as opposed to names. Generally there is no standard "Hail Mary Play. A play is more often called "Hail Mary" after the fact, that is if and after it has worked out against all odds and resulted in a score in the final moments.
It is more a descriptive term of a sports moment, as opposed to a planned play. Although such plays have low percentage chance of completion, there is likely some type of long pass play in every playbook at the professional and college level. Such a "long ball" "post" pass can occur with four or five wide receivers in the singleback formation or with four or five wide receivers in the standard or shotgun formation.
Generally, three or more eligible receivers are lined up on the short side of the field and all run a fly pattern. The running backs , if in the play, may be kept in to block. Sometimes the team running a post will not even have a running back in the backfield, instead choosing to use every possible eligible receiver five of them to run a pass route, hoping to spread out the defense and give the quarterback more passing options.
The quarterback throws towards a receiver, making the decision as to which one within 2—2. The Hail Mary pass does not always need to be completed to move the ball for the offense. It may succeed in drawing a pass interference penalty on the defense a strong possibility with so many receivers running deep routes for the defense to cover , which gives the offense the ability to run another play with better field position in all situations since the game cannot end on a defensive penalty, even if there is no time left on the clock.
In college it may not help much as pass interference is only a spot foul up to 15 yards, while in the NFL, it is a spot foul no matter where it occurs, with the ball placed at the 1 yard line if the infraction occurs in the end zone. The standard defense against the Hail Mary pass is the prevent defense. The first priority is to ensure the defensive backs are in zone coverage , and that they keep the receivers well in front of them until the ball is thrown.
Second, generally no more than four defensive linemen rush the quarterback, with all the linebackers dropping back to prevent a shorter pass. In many cases, the defense will remove some of its linebackers and linemen and replace them with extra defensive backs, in order to help compensate when the opposing team brings in extra receivers, leading to there being five or six defensive backs on the field instead of the usual four, generally known as the nickel and dime packages, respectively.
Once the ball gets down field, the primary role of the defensive back is to knock the ball to the ground, thus ending the play, and preventing something such as an offensive player stripping the ball, a tipped pass resulting in a reception, or a fumble that could happen if the defensive player intercepted the ball. Occasionally, especially in college football, offensive players usually wide receivers will be put in on defense to defend a Hail Mary.
Hail Mary passes are most successful when the defense is in the wrong alignment. If the defense is in man-to-man coverage, and a receiver manages to break coverage by getting further down field than the nearest defensive back, the chance of success is greatly improved.
Quarterback Jim McMahon spearheaded a last-gasp come-from-behind victory, capping the comeback with a successful Hail Mary pass to tight end Clay Brown as time expired that tied the game; Kurt Gunther's extra point gave BYU its first-ever bowl win, defeating SMU 46— With just 6 seconds left on the clock, Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie threw what was by then commonly called a Hail Mary pass, which succeeded primarily because Miami's secondary stood on the goal line to keep the receivers in front of them, and failed to cover a post route being run by Gerard Phelan.
Miami's defense was based on the assumption that Flutie wasn't able to throw the ball as far as the end zone, but Flutie hit Phelan in stride against a flatfooted defense a yard deep in the end zone. Retrieve it. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate image within your search results please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. Term » Definition. Word in Definition. Freebase 1. How to pronounce hail mary pass? Alex US English. David US English.
Mark US English. Daniel British. Libby British. Mia British. Karen Australian. Their season appeared over. His high, arcing ball came down near the 5-yard-line. Pearson, sprinting toward the end zone, adjusted his route to account for the underthrown ball. When Wright moved toward the falling football, Pearson collided with him. Wright fell, prompting Krause to yell at the officials that they should call pass interference on Pearson.
Meanwhile, the collision almost caused Pearson to drop the ball. Instead, he trapped it between his arm and his thigh, tucked it away, and ran into the end zone for the winning touchdown.
Vikings fans, already celebrating an apparent victory, turned surly. On a fourth down play, Staubach launched the ball up in the air towards wide receiver Drew Pearson. Against impossible odds, Pearson caught the yard throw and waltzed right into the end zone to win the game for the Cowboys, shocking the Minnesota crowd, and this reporter, and sending the Cowboys to the NFC Championship game.
When interviewed after the game, Staubach explained, "I just closed my eyes and said a Hail Mary. My second thought about Rodgers is: Why isn't he telling me? I know how to keep a secret! Ask anyone. Considering one is risking one's life feet in the air to a guy with sweaty palms, I think it's probably best to ask for Divine intercession.
For more than 50 years, the term was largely confined to Notre Dame University God bless them! Jim Crowley often repeated the story about a game which took place on October 28, between Notre Dame and Georgia Tech in which the Fighting Irish players said actual Hail Mary prayers together before scoring each of their team's touchdowns.
It transpired on a fourth and goal play at Tech's 6-yard line during the second quarter. Perhaps this story will inspire all Catholic football fans to keep their rosaries nearby during a big game.
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