"a Hail Mary of a chance"

[Laurence Horn]

"I said they had to get somewhere around here in order to have a Hail Mary of a chance.  They've got it at midfield."

--announcer on NFL Network describing San Diego Chargers' desperate attempt to get in position to win the game (presumably by hurling a "Hail Mary" pass, discussed in earlier threads on the list)

I know Arnold has written up many posts on the "X ADJ of a N" construction (e.g. "How incompetent of a politician"), but are there any examples in the archive along the lines of "a Hail Mary of a chance", meaning something like "a chance for a Hail Mary"?

LH

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