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It was oh-so-close.
Green Bay Packers cornerback Davon House came within a few inches of blocking Phil Dawson’s game-winning field goal in Sunday’s NFC wild-card game and sending the game to a frigid overtime session at Lambeau Field.
On the game’s final snap, House broke off the left side, ran untouched toward Dawson and perfectly timed his leap to block the kick. But instead of getting his arm on the ball, House somehow positioned his limbs So THAT the football snuck through his right and left forearms. It sailed through the uprights and San Francisco left Wisconsin with a 23-20 win. House could not have timed it any better while positioning himself any worse.
It can not be Stated how ridiculous it Is that a game-winning field goal in a playoff game literally went through the arm of an incoming blocker. That’s crazy.
Guess you shouldhave worn thicker sleeves, Davon, or maybe gone with some of that Barry Bonds body armor. Then the ball might have nipped the arm instead of splitting two sets of uprights.
But it turns out it did not matter if House blocked the kick. Replays Showed there was a reason the corner got off the corner so quickly: He jumped offsides. The penalty was Declined, of course.
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