Talk:Hail Mary pass
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[edit]How exactly is a lateral pass similar to a Hail Mary pass? Shouldn't that be removed?
- Quite right. It's been removed. RADICALBENDER★ 20:46, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
List of Hail Marys in American football
[edit]I just added this new page and moved all of the historical examples from this article to that one, except for Stabauch (coined term) and Flutie (most famous). If the list grows large, I suggest reintroducing some of the more famous examples of the play back into this article, but under a new section. Joeljunk 18:41, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Removed "5" from "with 4 or wide receivers in the singleback formation" as that would result in an intelligible receiver. 5+1+1 leaves only 4 linemen.
This list should be updated to feature the "Minnesota Miracle" hail mary that took place last NFL's seasons playoffs between the Saints and Vikings, where Vikings receiver caught a "prayer" (hail mary) past Saints corner back in order to win them the game with zero seconds left on the game clock. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmais1 (talk • contribs) 03:53, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
Padding
[edit]Is it just me, or does there seem to be an excess of irrelevant information on this subject - considering it's around 1 specific play? You know, too many cooks and all that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by CaptainScaulding (talk • contribs) 9:30 am, 30 April 2015
Why focus on the football pass?
[edit]Since the concept of a Hail Mary to mean a last-ditch attempt at something nearly hopeless is widely used outside of football (see all the items in the "metaphorical usage in other fields", which only lists a small subset of the real-world uses), it's weird that the article exclusively focuses on the football pass, rather than just including that as a section of an article on "Hail Mary (attempt)" or something to that effect? 104.220.94.134 (talk) 16:56, 10 April 2025 (UTC)