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Aaron Rodgers throws an additional Hail storm Mary just before halftime of Planes vs. Bills

.Aaron Rodgers has maybe lost a measure. But something the 40-year-old quarterback have not lost is his potential to throw Hailstorm Marys. With the New York Planes tracking the Buffalo grass Expenses 20-10 along with 8 few seconds left behind up until halftime, the four-time MVP uncorked a successfully pass coming from midfield and released it in to completion region, where 6-foot-5 receiver Allen Lazard reached up and also contracted the 52-yard score: The elapsed traveled 61.4 lawns as well as was the lengthiest finalization through a Planes quarterback since 2016, when NFL's Upcoming Gen Stats began tracking those amounts. It was actually the 4th Hail Mary of Aaron Rodgers' occupation and also his 1st considering that the 2016 period. His previous three all happened when he was actually the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. The very first taken place in the 2015 playoffs against the Arizona Cardinals, a 41-yard goal to Jeff Janis that sent out the video game to overtime (the Cardinals happened to win). The 2nd, nicknamed "The Magic In Motown," was actually a 61-yard request to Richard Rodgers that offered the Packers a 27-23 draw the Detroit Lions in 2015. The third came in the playoffs the following time in a wild-card matchup with the New york city Giants. Right before halftime, Rodgers connected with Randall Cobb for a 42-yard TD that turned a 7-6 Packers introduce a 14-6 one-- they went on to win 38-13. On Monday night, in the Planes' very first game considering that Robert Saleh's shooting, Rodgers released that Hail storm Mary magic once again. The Jets cut the deficit to 20-17 heading right into the half.Going right into Full week 6, Rodgers as well as the Planes outburst have actually strained to discover congruity considering that he came back coming from tearing his Achilles in Week 1 of the 2023 season. Rodgers possessed the most affordable passer rating (81.6) and TD portion (3.8%) of his occupation as a starter via these first five weeks, as well as the New york city offense stood near all-time low of the league in both lawns every activity (286.6) as well as goals per game (18.6 ). Besides firing Saleh, the Jets also demoted offensive organizer Nathaniel Hackett. Interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich offered play-calling tasks to Todd Downing, the Jets' passing away game coordinator as well as quarterbacks trainer. [Want terrific stories delivered right to your inbox? Make or log in to your FOX Sports profile, comply with games, staffs as well as players to get an individualized newsletter daily.] Receive even more from National Football Organization Follow your preferences to obtain information about video games, news as well as additional.