Will the actual Slim Shady please rise up?
Washington Commanders tight finish John Bates might have to face up if that query is posed round him.
In spite of everything, he was the person who successfully ended Detroit’s season when he caught a 20-yard cross from Jayden Daniels to all however wrap up the Commanders stunning 45-31 win over the top-seeded Lions.
The identify of that play?
Slim Shady.
And if that wasn’t cool sufficient, Bates made the play with infamous Lions fan, Eminem, in attendance.
“It was actually cool,” Bates informed talkSPORT.com in an unique interview.
“It is a play that we have had in for a very long time now, simply form of been ready for the fitting alternative to run it.
“I wasn’t essentially anticipating that decision on third and 5 to seal the sport, I feel it shocked lots of people.
“Kliff despatched within the name and we bought the right look and the right entrance for it and made a play, made a linebacker miss and was in a position to assist form of seal that sport up.
“Loopy too, the play is named Slim Shady and we bought it from Detroit and Eminem was on the sport.
“It was form of the right ending in Detroit to name that one.”
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When requested what the response was like not solely to that play, however to the win generally, Bates likened it to a euphoric feeling.
“Pure pleasure,” Bates recalled.
“For our group to be able that we’re in, to enter a hostile setting in opposition to the primary seed and to win at their place the way in which that we did.
“To place ourselves able to play in a sport that we have been speaking about since DQ and AP first bought right here.
“It is a actually cool alternative.
“And so, there was simply pure pleasure and happiness throughout the locker room.
“Guys excited for this chance and all of the laborious work and dedication that we have put on this 12 months into making a run and to have the ability to be the group that we’re proper now could be actually paying off.”
The Commanders have been the shock of the season and at the moment are only one win away from the Tremendous Bowl.
They’re within the NFC championship for the primary time because the 1991 season.
Led by their star rookie quarterback Daniels and first 12 months head coach Dan Quinn, the sky appears to be the restrict.
Bates and the remainder of the group appear to be having the time of their lives, particularly after some of the stunning upsets in current reminiscence.
They’ll thank Slim Shady for that one.
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