Pride Of Detroit · Aug 11, 2020
What if every NFL kicker couldn’t kick?
Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesThe River City Relay was perhaps one of the most spectacular plays in NFL history. The New Orleans Saints, down seven points, pulled off a miraculous last-second touchdown. Three laterals culminated in Jerome Pathon scoring the game-tying touchdown, sending the game to overtime and keeping the Saints—at the time on the brink of playoff elimination—alive.
Except it didn’t.
Jon Bois covered this famous and infamous moment as part of his Pretty Good series—it’s pretty good. John Carney, fifth all-time on the NFL’s points scored leaderboard, missed the extra point, and the Saints lost. It was heartbreak all around.
