Secrets of the Super Bowl Quarterbacks
SUPER BOWL VII
The thing people don't realize is, in most games, even the Super Bowl, you line up for that first play not really knowing if you will win or not. We were confident heading into the game with the Redskins -- mean, we were 16-0 that season. But then the game starts, and there was a lot of doubt. We didn't know if the defense is better than you expected, or if the defense is going to throw out all of their tendencies and have a completely different game plan. It's scary when you get to the line for that first snap. It wasn't until the end of the first quarter that we really believed we could win, and the play that convinced us was called Brown Wide 66 DQ. Paul Warfield lined up on one side, and I saw a Redskins corner and safety drift toward him. That left our other receiver, Howard Twilley, in single coverage. That was the moment -- that was when we all knew the Redskins were going to play that game exactly as we thought they were. I remember looking at the guys and saying, 'OK, we got these guys.' Howard faked inside, I gave a little pump fake and the corner bit. I laid the ball in there and Howard got into the end zone for a 28-yard touchdown. It was only 7-0, in the first quarter. But that's when we knew we would win.-- As told to Ryan Hockensmith of ESPN The Magazine
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