Stepping in as substitute quarterback for the first time this season, Joe McDonald helped his team win the first playoff game by throwing for three touchdowns, running for two, and catching another in a come-from-behind 42-34 win Thursday night.
"I... was... (retching sounds)," he said, before weakly waving away reporters.
McDonald, recently on a regimen of early morning basketball workouts and long romantic walks with Dena, had just enough left in the tank to outsprint the defense for the length of the field on consecutive possessions.
"Wh... when... the rush... (wheezing, sucking air)," he analyzed while trying to support himself on one knee moments before toppling over.
With a minute remaining in the first half, he tossed the first of three deep passes to Jeremy Levine, who showed great hands and acrobatics.
As the game wound down, the defense held firm, in part due to McDonald's lone series on defense and swatting of a third down pass. When the opponent turned the ball over on downs at their own 5-yard line, a trick play found McDonald fading to the corner of the end zone unguarded for the clinching score to seal the win, and also for the two-point conversion in traffic.
Paramedics arrived quickly.
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