“Holy Catfish!” indeed, Steve.
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The Seattle Seahawks shook up the NFL world with a dramatic 20-17 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football. Drew Lock’s 29-yard throw to Jaxon Smith-Njigba capped off a 92-yard drive with only 28 seconds left, giving the Seahawks renewed playoff hopes and all but killing Philadelphia’s chances of being the No. 1 seed in the NFC for a second year in a row.
If you listened to Kevin Harlan’s play-by-play on the national Westwood One radio broadcast, this touchdown was basically as good as winning the Super Bowl. Harlan may have slightly tripped up Smith-Njigba’s surname, but otherwise it’s a hair-raising call.
And then, of course, you have the local radio broadcast with the great Steve Raible on play-by-play. He busted out the “Holy Catfish!” line after this one.
And just as a bonus, here’s how Peyton and Eli Manning reacted on the ESPN2 broadcast. You know something cool happened when Eli actually shows emotion.
I couldn’t find the Eagles’ audio for this one but we’ll maybe save that for Enemy Reaction, which is coming your way by the end of Tuesday!
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