Monday, February 04, 2008

Using Your Head

In all the various accounts of last night's Super Bowl, sportswriters kept talking about Eli Mannings' pass to Plaxico Burress that won the game with 35 seconds to go.

Impressive? Sure. But the truth of the matter is that the opportunity for that touchdown was made possible by another play moments before. And it's that other play that will be on highlights reels for years to come.

With just over a minute to go, Giants quarterback Eli Manning went back to pass when he was swarmed by three Patriots linemen. He was completely surrounded, and two of them were holding onto Mannings' jersey. You just knew he was going down. He had to. There was just no way he could get out of this.

Yet somehow Manning managed to break the tackles and throw the ball. Receiver David Tyree jumped high, reached up, and somehow managed to catch the pass.... With his head.

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