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Hail Mary play



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The Denver Broncos pull off a "Hail Mary" play alongside the rest of the NFL plays of the week from the second round of games.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2023

Designed to stretch the field vertically, opening up space either underneath, over the middle of the field, or deep, four verts isn’t just your favorite Hail Mary play call on Madden.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2022

The Arizona Cardinals’ rebuild arrived at a giddy zenith Sunday afternoon with a Hail Mary play, a little less than two years after it began with a Hail Mary plan.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2020

Plus, as he demonstrated with that famous Hail Mary play on his last visit here, Rodgers himself is not a man to know when he’s beaten.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2016

He looked her dead in the eyes, the way he did to his receiver as he was calling a Hail Mary play when the team was losing.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau




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