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Sorry Kyle Brandt, the Philly Special was the Best TD Throw From A Non-QB in Super Bowl History

Kyle Pagan

By Kyle Pagan

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On Good Morning Football, the gang ranked their top-5 non-quarterback touchdown passes in Super Bowl history:

Peter Schrager beers in the City of Brotherly Love for life! It’s EASILY the boldest play call in Super Bowl history. If the Eagles don’t convert that, who knows if the city is still standing today? Tom Brady and the Patriots probably shove it down our throats 99 yards and score.

Kyle Brandt isn’t thinking about the significance the play call has from a strategic warfare mindset. The Philly Special was the play where Bill Belichick found out he wasn’t dealing with no ordinary coach. Doug Pederson has giant balls. Giant football shaped, oblong balls. They made a statue for God’s sake!

I mean what is this list?

First off, lets talk about Antwaan Randle El’s pass. Super Bowl XL was one of the most boring Super Bowls in NFL history. The only thing people wanted to talk about after the game was the officiating. Nobody was talking about Randle El hitting Hines Ward for 43 yards. Pittsburgh was in control the entire time. At the time they were up 14-10 with 8 minutes left to go. Matt Hasselbeck was 26/49 with 273 yards. He wasn’t leading a come from behind drive against that Pittsburgh defense. 

I’ll admit the Robert Newhouse throw was more incredible. Chucking it 29 yards with stick-um on your hands can’t be easy, but at the time it was similar to Steelers/Seahawks where Dallas controlled the entire game. It was 20-10 in the 4th and this pass to Golden Richards, with a name like that you’re born to be a wide receiver, made it 27-10. They controlled the entire game. Not to mention Kyle Brandt wasn’t even born until a year later.

Call it bias or whatever but the Philly Special is the greatest touchdown throw from a non-QB in Super Bowl history. Based off the cultural impact alone! People have tattoos of the right playcalls:

Some have a tattoo of the wrong playcall:

Sure you could’ve ran it up the middle with LeGarrette Blount, but when’s the last time someone tattooed HB Dive on their forearm?  

Kyle Pagan
Kyle Pagan

Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com

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