WATCH: Marcus Mariota scores on most impressive first career playoff touchdown in NFL history
By Andrew Olson
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Football fans watching the Tennessee Titans-Kansas City Chiefs NFL Wild Card game were treated one of the wildest, rarest touchdowns in football history.
In the third quarter, Titans QB Marcus Mariota had a pass tipped by Chiefs CB Darrelle Revis. Mariota caught the tip himself and ran it in for a touchdown. The play was ruled a legal touchdown because Mariota was an eligible receiver out of the shotgun.
Video comes via Joseph Hoyt:
This angle is crazier pic.twitter.com/RA0YD1EzXi
— Joseph Hoyt (@JoeJHoyt) January 6, 2018
Here’s another view of the incredible play via Terry Lambert:
Exotic. Smashmouth. pic.twitter.com/c3RMLUVFmk
— Terry Lambert (@TLambertFB) January 6, 2018
On the ESPN broadcast, it was revealed that the self-pass touchdown has only happened twice in NFL history and never before in the playoffs. Mariota’s Titans have cut the Chiefs’ lead from 21-3 to now 21-16.
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