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Three-time Pro Bowler Frank Wycheck, who threw the lateral that started the "Music City Miracle" launching the ' run to the franchise's lone Super Bowl appearance, has died. He was 52.Wycheck died at his Chattanooga home after an apparent fall where he hit his head Saturday morning, according to a statement from his family released through the Legacy consulting firm. His family said Sunday "with Allen Iverson Jersey great sadne s" that Wycheck was found Saturday afternoon.His family will be following Wycheck's wishes to work with . Funeral services have not been scheduled yet.ADVERTISEMENT "The Wycheck family appreciates the love and support theyve received, but asks the public to please respect their privacy during this difficult time," the family said in the statement.Wycheck retired after his 11th NFL season. He got two concu sions in the span of a month in 2003, mi sed six games, then finished the Hal Greer Jersey season with an AFC divisional lo s in New England. He decided to retire despite still being under contract and wanting a Super Bowl ring."The physical stuff you cant hide from," Wycheck told The A sociated Pre s in 2014. "If you have lingering effects and you go back into a game, from all my reading and studying on it ... it could prove to be fatal."The "Music City Miracle" came with 16 seconds left in an AFC wild-card game Jan. 8, 2000. That TD return ranked fourth among the NFLs greatest plays when the league celebrated its first 100 years in 2019.Lorenzo Neal Paul Reed Jersey caught a kickoff and handed off to Wycheck, and he threw the ball acro s the field to Kevin Dyson, who sped 75 yards for the winning touchdown in the final seconds of a stunning 22-16 comeback victory over the .Buffalo fans still insist the throw was a forward pa s. Wycheck told The A sociated Pre s in 2019 he never had a doubt his pa s was a lateral."Just flick it back," Wycheck said. "Thats just the way I kind of jumped and threw it. And then I fell backward, and that Ben Simmons Jersey was like the illusion of it."Tenne see then won on the road in and beat the in Jacksonville in the AFC championship game. The Titans came up short on the final play in losing Super Bowl 34 to the then-St. Louis in Atlanta.Wycheck played 11 NFL seasons, starting in 1993 with as a sixth-round pick out of . He was picked up off waivers by the then-Houston Oilers in 1995 and finished his career with the franchise that relocated to Tenne see in 1997.He finished his career with 505 receptions, 5,126 yards and 28 touchdowns over 155 games. At that time, he trailed only Shannon Sharpe (815), Ozzie Newsome (662) and Kellen Winslow (541) for most catches among tight ends.Wycheck played 137 games for the Titans and set a team record with at least one reception in 99 consecutive games. He also led the franchise in receiving Chris Webber Jersey for three straight seasons between 1999 and 2001.The lateral for the "Music City Miracle" wasnt his only throw. Wycheck was 5-of-6 for 148 yards and two TDs in his career, posting a perfect pa ser rating of 158.3.Wycheck moved to Chattanooga this summer to be closer to his family. He leaves behind two adult daughters and three grandchildren.Reporting by The A sociated Pre s. |
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