What Is The Longest Throw In NFL History?
Contents
- The longest throw in NFL history was made by Brett Favre in 1998.
- The throw was made during a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions.
- The ball was thrown from the Green Bay 30-yard line to the Detroit 40-yard line.
- The ball was caught by wide receiver Robert Brooks.
- The play was ruled an incomplete pass.
This blog post looks at the longest recorded throws in NFL history.
The longest throw in NFL history was made by Brett Favre in 1998.
In 1998, Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers made the longest throw in NFL history. The pass came on a Hail Mary play at the end of regulation against the Detroit Lions. Favre’s pass was caught by receiver Robert Brooks in the end zone for a touchdown, giving the Packers a 27-24 win.
The throw was made during a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions.
The longest throw in NFL history was made by Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who threw the ball a whopping 99 yards to wide receiver Randall Cobb during a game against the Detroit Lions in 2013. The pass was caught in the back of the end zone for a touchdown, and it helped the Packers seal a 22-9 victory.
The ball was thrown from the Green Bay 30-yard line to the Detroit 40-yard line.
The longest pass play in NFL history happened on January 1, 1939, in a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions. Packers quarterback Cecil Isbell threw a pass from his own 30-yard line to Lions receiver Bernie Bombardier, who ran it back for a touchdown. The play covered a distance of 10 yards, and is still the longest pass play in NFL history.
The ball was caught by wide receiver Robert Brooks.
On October 6, 1995, Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre broke an NFL record with a 99-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Robert Brooks. The play came in the third quarter of a game against the Chicago Bears, and it helped the Packers to a 34-17 victory.
Favre’s throw was the longest in NFL history at the time, and it has since been eclipsed by only two other quarterbacks: New England’s Tom Brady and Denver’s Peyton Manning.
The play was ruled an incomplete pass.
The play was ruled an incomplete pass. However, many believe that if the ball had been catchable it would have been the longest pass in NFL history. The throw was successful in terms of distance, but failed in terms of completion.
