Social Media Went Crazy For Taysom Hill’s Historic Playoff Performance
Jan 5, 2020, 11:41 PM
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 05: Taysom Hill #7 of the New Orleans Saints runs with the ball during the second half against the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Wild Card Playoff game at Mercedes Benz Superdome on January 05, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY – The New Orleans Saints might have lost their Wild Card game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, but that didn’t take away from everyone loving Taysom Hill’s performance.
The former BYU quarterback set social media on fire with his do-it-all play. Hill led the Saints in rushing with 50 yards on the ground, had 50 passing yards, 25 yards receiving, and made a tackle on special teams.
Taysom Hill is the first player in NFL history with 50+ pass yards, 50+ rush yards and 25+ receiving yards in a playoff game#Saints | @Saints | @T_Hill4
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) January 5, 2020
Hill became the first player in NFL Playoffs history with that stat line. This is the 100th year of the NFL and the 54th year in the Super Bowl era. Historic production from a special player.
People all over the football world and even pop culture couldn’t get enough of what Taysom was doing, so they had to share their reactions.
Taysom Hill is faster then tebow, better passer then tebow, more christan then tebow, Better punt protector then tebow, only question is now can he hit better than .179 in double A
— PFTCommenter (@PFTCommenter) January 5, 2020
I envisioned Tim Tebow in a role similar to Taysom Hill once full time qbing wasn’t an option. I guess for Tim ,it was qb or nothing.
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) January 5, 2020
You knew there would be Tim Tebow comparisons when Taysom was doing his thing. Tebow might still be in the league if he was willing to embrace a “do-it-all” role like Hill has done in New Orleans.
Taysom is different ‼️
— Josh Hart (@joshhart) January 5, 2020
Taysom Hill… best at football player of all time.
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) January 5, 2020
Taysom Hill is the number one trending twitter topic in the world pic.twitter.com/W3fqDm9ROh
— Robby McCombs (@rtmccombs) January 5, 2020
Taysom Hill was trending worldwide on Twitter during the Saints Wild Card loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
Let Taysom Hill get every snap
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) January 5, 2020
And then that happens. Drew Brees stinks. Taysom Hill would have won the Saints this game. Incredible
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) January 5, 2020
Taysom’s one throw in the Saints Playoff loss was a 50-yard deep ball to Deonte Harris and the advanced stats were blown away by the throw.
Taysom Hill's 50-yard completion to Deonte Harris traveled 54.7 yards in the air, longer than any Drew Brees completion (by air distance) over the last 3 seasons, including playoffs.
Completion Probability: 27.2%#MINvsNO | Powered by @awscloud pic.twitter.com/LeE1UdfP9Q
— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) January 5, 2020
I don’t play favorites. But Taysom Hill is one of my favorite players ever.
— Jim Rome (@jimrome) January 5, 2020
I gave the Vikings no chance today. And in New Orleans, Cousins outplayed Brees, who also got outplayed by Taysom Hill.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) January 5, 2020
Career Playoff Receiving TD
Notable PlayersTaysom Hill – 2
Marvin Harrison – 2
Calvin Johnson – 2
DeAndre Hopkins – 1
A.J. Green – 1#Saints | @Saints | @T_Hill4— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) January 5, 2020
Anybody else wanna see a little more Taysom Hill?
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) January 5, 2020
TAYSOM. HILL.
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) January 5, 2020
You knew there would be some references to Taysom Hill’s performances against Texas while at BYU.
95 percent of us are kinda joking about Taysom Hill being a superhuman. the other 5 percent are Texas fans and they’re dead serious
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) January 5, 2020
Taysom Hill: "Taysom Hill?"
Sean Payton: Taysom Hill
Taysom Hill: pic.twitter.com/CmUyMZKfYa
— Fumble Dimension Fan Account (@Kofie) January 5, 2020
Taysom Hill ❄️❄️❄️❄️
— Mack Wilson (@5mackwilson1) January 5, 2020
It’s always a great day when Taysom Hill goes off for a big performance. Now we’ll have to wait till next year to see another superhuman Taysom performance. The question now, who will he be playing for next season?
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast and Cougar Sports Saturday (Saturday from 12-3 pm) on KSL Newsradio. Follow him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper.
