1. RAIDERS@TITANS   2:48

2. VIKINGS@SAINTS   5:06

3. COLTS@TEXANS   3:14

4. FALCONS@STEELERS   3:05

5. LIONS@BEARS   3:41

6. BROWNS@BUCANEERS   2:38

7. PANTHERS@GIANTS   3:13

8. BRONCOS@JAGUARS   3:12

9. BENGALS@PATRIOTS   3:01

10. DOLPHINS@BILLS   3:08

11. PACKERS@EAGLES  3:39

12. CARDS@RAMS   1:49

13. 49ERS@SEAHAWKS   1:45

14. COWBOYS@REDSKINS   5:49

TRT: 58:37  WITH BARS

01:10:10 – OAKLAND RAIDERS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

RAIDERS AT THE TITANS.  JASON CAMPBELL MAKING HIS OAKLAND DEBUT AFTER 5 SEASONS IN WASH.  THERE YOU SEE VINCE YOUNG.  8 & 2 AS A STARTER.  A SEASON TO GO.  AND NOW HE RUNS THE OPTION TO THE RIGHT SIDE ON THE OPENING PLAY OF THE GAME.  VINCE YOUNG PICKING UP 22 YDS.

5 PLAYS LATER FOR TENN., 6^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE; VINCE YOUNG BACK TO PASS.  HE IS SACKED, BROUGHT DOWN AND FUMBLES.  RICHARD SEYMOUR RECOVERS AT THE T.E.’S 34.  THAT WILL LEAD TO A F.G. FOR OAKLAND. PUT THEM UP 3-0.  STILL 3-0, SAME SCORE.  NEXT T.E.’S POSSESSION.  VINCE YOUNG ROLLS TO THE RIGHT; FINDS NATE WASHINGTON DEEP DOWN THE SIDELINE FOR A 56 YD. SCORE.  PUTS THE T.E.’S UP 7-3.  WASHINGTON 6 TDS. A YEAR AGO, ALREADY WITH 1 IN THE OPENER.

ENSUING RAIDERS POSSESSION, AND THAT IS JASON CAMPBELL BROUGHT DOWN.  THE FUMBLE IS RECOVERED BY MICHAEL GRIFFIN.  HE RETURNS IT 23 YDS. FOR A TD. BUT THE RAIDERS WOULD CHALLENGE THAT CALL.  WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  GRIFFIN IS TOUCHED BY MARIO HENDERSON AS HE RECOVERS THE BALL.  THE CALL WINDS UP BEING REVERSED.  LEADS TO A TENN. F.G. PUTTING THE TITANS UP 10-3.

ON THE ENSUING RAIDERS POSSESSION, JASON CAMPBELL, UNDER HEAVY PRESSURE AGAIN, HE THROWS IT.  INCOMPLETE.  DAVE BALL WITH THE DEFLECTION.  CAMPBELL WAS UNDER HEAVY PRESSURE THE ENTIRE GAME.

2^ND QUARTER NOW, SAME SCORE.  2 TENN. POSSESSIONS LATER, IT’S VINCE YOUNG LOOKING FOR HIS MAIN MAN, NATE WASHINGTON, ONCE AGAIN, COMPLETE FOR 21 YDS.

SAME DRIVE 5 PLAYS LATER.  THIS TIME THE GIVE IS TO JEVON __ TO THE LEFT SIDE; AND HE GOES INTO THE END ZONE FOR A 15 YD. SCORE PUTTING THE T.E.’S UP 17-3.

EXCELLENT BLOCKING BY TENN’S OFF. LINE OPENING UP THE HOLE FOR RINGER, AND THE R.B. FROM MICH. STATE KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH THAT HOLE.

ON THE ENSUING RAIDERS POSSESSION, JASON CAMPBELL’S BACK UNDER PRESSURE AGAIN.  SACKED BY JASON __.  HE FUMBLES.  RECOVERED BY MARCELLA REESE FOR AN 8 YD. LOSS.

CHRIS JOHNSON RELATIVELY QUIET IN THE EARLY GOING IN THIS GAME.  RAIDERS WERE KEEN ON HIM EARLY ON.  BROUGHT DOWN BY MICHAEL HUFF.  AT THAT POINT, HE ONLY HAD 36 YDS. ON 12 CARRIES; BUT KNOWING CHRIS JOHNSON, YOU KNOW HE’S GONNA GET LOOSE AT SOME POINT.  TAKES THE HANDOFF.  …AND HE IS GONE.  FASTEST MAN IN THE NFL.  HE TAKES IT ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE.  76 YDS. LATER IT’S A TD. PUTTING THE TITANS UP 24-3.  12 STRAIGHT 100 YD. RUSHING GAMES FOR CHRIS JOHNSON.

HALFTIME SCORE – TITANS UP 24-6.  CHRIS JOHNSON DOES IT AGAIN, OPENING UP THE 3^RD QUARTER ON TENN.’S 2^ND POSSESSION.  A 4 YD. SCORE, FINISHED WITH 142 YDS., 2 TDS., AND THE TITANS ROLL TO VICTORY.

01:13:13 – MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

REMATCH OF THE NFC CHAMP. GAME LAST YEAR.  THE EVENTUAL S.B. CHAMPION SAINTS TAKING ON BRETT FAVRE AND THE VIKINGS.  SEAN PAYTON WITH THE JUICY FRUIT WORKING.  S.B. MVP DREW BREES PICKING RIGHT BACK UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF LAST SEASON.  1^ST DRIVE OF THE GAME, MARCUS COLSTON 28 YD. GAIN.  ABOUT 29 OF THE VIKINGS.  4 PLAYS LATER IT’S A 3^RD & 2 FOR THE SAINTS AT THE VIKINGS 29.  A RUNNING DOWN FOR A LOT OF TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE.  NOT FOR THE DREW BREES AND THE SAINTS, WITH A SCRAMBLE DRILL AND DEVORY HENDERSON COMES UP WITH A 29 YD. TD. 7-0 JUST LIKE THAT.  PENALTY ON THE VIKINGS, OBVIOUSLY DECLINED.  TRENT, TAKE US THROUGH IT.

GREAT RHYTHM BY THE SAINTS.  THEY COME OUT THIS FIRST DRIVE – WEAVE THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.  DREW BREES LOOKING OFF TO HIS LEFT; FEELS THE PRESSURE; STEPS UP IN THE POCKET.  DEVORY HENDERSON FEELS BREES MOVING OUT OF THE POCKET.  HE PEELS THAT ROUTE.  IT WAS AN OUT-ROUTE.  HE PEELS UP THE SIDELINE AND DREW SEES HIM FOR THE TD.  BREES, 3 FOR 4, 69 YDS. ON THE DRIVE.  WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE A 49-45 TITANS SHOOTOUT.  IT SETTLED DOWN AFTER THAT.  HERE WE GO WITH BRETT FAVRE CONSECUTIVE STARTS STREAK CONTINUES, AND HIS CONNECTION WITH ASANTE SHENKO CONTINUES.  ONE OF HIS FAVORITE TARGETS FROM LAST YEAR.  PICKS UP A 14 YD. GAIN.  CAN’T COMPLETE TO BERNARD BERRIAN RIGHT THERE.  THEY HAD TO SETTLE FOR A RYAN LONGWELL F.G.  SAINTS STILL LED 7-3.

NEXT POSSESSION BY THE VIKINGS, SAME SCORE.  BRETT FAVRE AND THIS IS THE BAD.  I’LL TELL YOU WHAT.  THEY GOT A BLITZ HE DIDN’T SEE LOOKING ONE WAY.  HARPER DOING A GOOD JOB HITTING RIGHT HERE.  OOH.  BRETT FAVRE, YOU GOTTA EAT THAT BALL.  YOU CAN’T THROW THAT BALL LIKE THAT.

COMING UP WITH THE INTERCEPTION, JONATHAN VILMA, FROM THE U.  I HAD TO LET YOU FINISH THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.  ALRIGHT, BRAD CHILDRESS WITH A CONCERN RIGHT THERE.  THE VIKINGS NEXT POSSESSION THOUGH WITH 46 SECS. LEFT TO GO IN THE HALF.  FAVRE THOUGH, THE GOOD BRETT FAVRE SHOWS UP.  ASANTE SHENKO WITH THE BIG GAINER OVER THE MIDDLE, 33 YDS.  VIKINGS GET A TIMEOUT.  NEXT PLAY, FAVRE…TEAMS GO F.G. PROBABLY WHEN THEY GET DOWN THIS CLOSE.  FAVRE, RIGHT TO THE TEETH OF THE DEFENSE, BACK OVER THE TOP.  2 BACK-TO-BACK PLAYS TO ASANTE SHENKO.  AND YOU CAN TELL DOWN THE FIELD THEY HAD A MATCHUP SHENKO AGAINST THE LINEBACKER.  THAT’S A MATCHUP YOU TAKE EVERY TIME JUST BECAUSE OF SIZE AND PHYSICAL MATCHUP.  THAT WAS A GOOD THROW, 2 GOOD THROWS IN A ROW BY BRETT.  EXTRA POINT WAS BLOCKED.  SO YOU GOT A 9-7 GAME GOING INTO THE HALF, AND THEN WE PICK IT UP IN THE 3^RD QUARTER RIGHT NOW.  SAINTS BALL, 2^ND & 8, VIKINGS 35.  BREES, COLSTON.  14 YD. GAIN.  THE SONG GOES ON.  NEXT PLAY, IT’S BREES AND, AGAIN, WE SAW THIS LAST YEAR JAMIE.  PICK YOUR POISON WITH THESE GUYS.  …DO YOU COVER?  ABSOLUTELY.  SEAN PAYTON ..BRING THE BALL, HITS PIERRE THOMAS OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.  DREW BREES MASTERFULLY WORKING THE ENTIRE FIELD.

AND THEY CAN STILL RUN THE BALL AS WELL.  PIERRE FINISHES A RUN OFF HIMSELF.  A LITTLE 1 YD. TD. PLUNGE.  SAINTS GO UP 14-9.  NOW, THE VIKINGS STRUGGLED ON 3^RD DOWN IN THE 2^ND HALF.  1^ST DRIVE OF THE HALF, IT’S A 3^RD & 3.  FAVRE ALMOST PICKED OFF BY JABARI GREER.  GOT BOTH HANDS ON IT, ON THE BALL.  THEY WOULD GIVE THE BALL OVER THERE.  NEXT POSSESSION 3^RD & 10.  INCOMPLETE TO GREG LEWIS.  THEY GIVE THE BALL BACK OVER THERE ON A PUNT.  THE NEXT POSSESSION 3^RD & 13.  PERCY HARVIN AND FAVRE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE.  FAVRE DID NOT COMPLETE A PASS IN THE 3^RD QUARTER.  ONTO THE 4^TH WE GO.  WASN’T HIS FAULT.  WELL WE’LL GET INTO THAT IN A SECOND.

IT’S STILL 14-9.  STILL STRUGGLING.  __ MEECHUM CAN’T COME UP WITH THE PLAY.  COME ON MEECHUM.  YOU GOTTA CATCH THIS BALL RIGHT THERE.  BIG TIME PLAYERS MAKE BIG TIME PLAYS IN BIG TIME GAMES.  OH, MEECHUM ..

PEOPLE STILL THINK THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE BREAKOUT CONNECTIONS – QB TO WIDE RECEIVER THAT WE SEE THIS YEAR WITH ROBERT MEECHUM REALLY COMING INTO HIS OWN.  HE’S GOTTA CATCH THE BALL.  DIDN’T GET THAT ONE ON OPENING NIGHT.  2 MISSES TONIGHT.  GARRETT HARTLEY, THE S.B. HERO, THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME GAME-WINNER.  ROUGH START TO THE NEW YEAR.  NEW YEAR?  NEW YEAR INDEED.  STILL 14-9 AT THIS POINT AND YOU GOT A DANGEROUS MAN WITH THE FOOTBALL AGAIN.  THERE’S GREG CAMARIO CATCHING IT FROM FAVRE.  29 YD. GAIN.  THEY PICKUP CAMARIO JUST A WEEK OR SO AGO TO TRY AND FILL IN THE BLANK FOR SYDNEY RICE A LITTLE BIT RIGHT THERE.  THEN FAVRE TRYING TO HIT CAMARIO AGAIN.  JUST NOT IN THE … THERE.  DIG IT OUT TRENT!  TELL HIM.  DIG IT OUT!  I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU GIVE CAMARIO SOME TIME AND THESE 2 ARE GONNA GET ON THE SAME PAGE BECAUSE GREG’S A GUY YOU CAN RELY ON.  YOU CAN TRUST HIM TO BE IN THE RIGHT SPOT.  FAVRE..THE BEARD A LITTLE BIT GRAYER AS HE GETS TOWARDS 41 YRS. OLD.  ROUGH NIGHT FOR HIM.  AND THEN THE SAINTS… COACH, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TO WIND OFF THE CLOCK?  MASTERFUL EXECUTION OF THE 4 MIN. OFFENSE BY THE N.O. SAINTS.  THAT WAS DREW BREES TO HEATH EVANS ON THE PRIOR PLAY.  BREES TO DEVORY HENDERSON RIGHT THERE.  ANOTHER 1^ST DOWN.  THEY’RE USING ALL THE CLOCK.  USING THE VIKINGS TIMEOUTS UP RIGHT THERE.  PIERRE THOMAS CAN RUN IT FOR A 10 YD. GAIN.  VIKINGS, THEY TAKE THEIR FINAL TIMEOUT RIGHT THERE.  SAINTS KNEEL ON IT THE REST OF THE WAY; AND JUST AS WE SAW IN THE NFC CHAMP. GAME, SAINTS VICTORY.  A VIKINGS LOSS.  BRETT FAVRE BACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR.  BRAD CHILDRESS BACK AGAIN.  LET’S SEE WHERE THE VIKINGS GO FROM HERE.  WE KNOW THE SAINTS GO ON TO S.F. 1 AND 0, AND THE S.B. CHAMPIONS FARE SO WELL IN THE SEASON-OPENING GAME.  11 IN A ROW FOR THEM.  14-9 THE FINAL SCORE.  BRETT FAVRE 0-2 IN HIS LAST 2 TRIPS TO THE SUPERDOME.

01:18:30 – INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ HOUSTON TEXANS

LOTS OF EYES ON RELIANT STADIUM IN HOUSTON TO SEE IF JIM CALDWELL AND THE COLTS CAN MOVE TO 16-1 ALL TIME AGAINST GARY KUBIAK AND THE HOUSTON TEXANS.  INTO THE 2^ND QUARTER, HOUSTON’S 7^TH PLAY OF THIS DRIVE.  MATT SCHAUB LOOKING OFF.  COMING BACK TO A WIDE OPEN KEVIN WALTER.  22 YD. TD. AND HOUSTON LEADING 13-NOTHING.  ONE OF THE ONLY PASSING HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY FOR SCHAUB.  HE WAS JUST 9-17 FOR 107 YDS.  LOTS OF RUSHING HIGHLIGHTS THOUGH.  TEXANS NET POSSESSION.  SCHAUB COULD BE PICKED OFF BY MELVIN BULLOCK.  TAKES IT BACK TO THE HOUSTON 35.  HE’S PLAYING IT FOR THE INJURED BOB SANDERS.  YEA, BOB GOT HURT AGAIN.  IT JUST SEEMS LIKE BOB SANDERS CANNOT STAY HEALTHY.  YOU PLAY WITH RECKLESS ABANDON, YOU DON’T STAY HEALTHY.

7 PLAYS LATER IT’S 2^ND & GOAL FROM THE 14.  MANNING FROM THE SHOTGUN LOOKING FOR REGGIE WAYNE AND FINDS HIM.  14 YD. TOUCH.  INDY.  THE COLTS CUT THE LEAD TO 6, TRAILING 13-7.

THIS COMBINATION HAS BEEN SO GOOD FOR SO LONG BUT, JAMIE, YOU TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER.  PEYTON MANNING GOT POUNDED BY THAT FRONT 7 OF THE TEXANS.

MARSHALL FAULK, THAT WAS A BACK SHOULDER POST.  YEA.  PEYTON’S THE BEST.  SPEAKING OF FRONT 7 POUNDINGS, HOW ABOUT WHAT ARIAN FOSTER DID TO THE COLTS FRONT 7?  HERE HE GOES 13 YDS.  MUCH MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM.  IT’S A SCARY OFFENSE IF THEY CAN RUN THE FOOTBALL.  YOU KNOW THEY CAN THROW IT.

4^TH & 1 NOW AT THE COLTS 20.  FOSTER GONNA BOUNCE IT OUT TO THE RIGHT SIDE.  KEEPS THE COLTS TO THE EDGE.  2 YD. GAIN.  CHAINS MOVE AND IT’S 1^ST DOWN HOUSTON.  6 PLAYS LATER INSIDE THE 1, 3^RD & GOAL FROM THE 1, FOSTER TO THE RIGHT SIDE, IN EASILY FOR THE TOUCH.  10 RUSHES ON THE DRIVE.  49 YDS.  THAT’S ONLY 1 DRIVE AND THE TEXANS LEADING NOW 20-10. 

INTO THE 4^TH QUARTER, INDY WITH THE FOOTBALL TRYING TO COME BACK.  THEY HAVE 3^RD & 5 AT THE HOUSTON 41.  MANNING FROM THE SHOTGUN 32 YDS. TO AUSTIN COLLIE.  … IT ON THE TURF.  RECOVERED BY GLOVER QUINN.  BUT YOU THINK PRIOR TO THAT THE FANS IN THAT BUILDING ARE GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS?  I’VE SEEN THE COLTS COME BACK.  TIME AND TIME AGAIN.  HERE’S COME ARIAN FOSTER.  CUTS IT BACK.  42 YDS. LATER HE WAS AT THE COLTS 49.  JUST GOOD EXECUTION.  GOOD PATIENCE TOO.  WAITING ON THE BLOCKS TO DEVELOP.  CUTS IT BACK FOR A BIG RUN.

MORE ARIAN FOSTER.  THIS TIME 25 YDS. AND A SPRINT PAST MELVIN BULLOCK.  25 YD. TD.  HOUSTON LEADING 27-10.  HE SHOWED FLASHES LAST YEAR IN THE 2^ND HALF OF THE SEASON.  YOU KNEW THE COLTS WOULD COME BACK THOUGH.

HENNESSEY THROWS.  PEYTON MANNING BY GLOVER QUINN.  PIERRE GARSON PUNCHES OUT AND SAVES THE INTERCEPTION.  NICE JOB OF BEING A DEF. BACK BY GARSON.  GARSON STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT TODAY BUT HE MADE A GOOD PLAY THERE.  DROPPED THE BALL.  KEY PLAY.  THEY PUT HIM ON THE BENCH FOR A HOT SECOND.  YEA, THEY DID.

MANNING FINDING DALLAS CLARK.  INDY TD.  NOW THE LEAD IS CUT TO 10.  IT’S 27-17.  NERVOUSNESS STARTS?  NO.  JUST KEEP GIVING THE BALL TO THAT KID.  ARIAN FOSTER INSIDE.  8 YDS. OFF THE RIGHT SIDE.  I DON’T BELIEVE HE WAS TOUCHED.  GREAT JOB BY THE TEXANS, AND BOTH LINES FOR THAT MATTER.  OFF. LINE & DEF. LINE ASSERTING THEMSELVES IN THIS GAME.  THEY WERE ALL OVER THE DEF. LINE FOR THE TEXANS..WERE ALL OVER PEYTON MANNING THE ENTIRE GAME.  JUST 2 SACKS BUT I BELIEVE TH4EY PUT A HELMET ON HIM 8 OR 10 TIMES.  YEP.  ARIAN FOSTER 231 YDS. RUSHING.  THAT’S THE 2^ND MOST ON OPENING DAY IN NFL HISTORY.

01:21:55 – ATLANTA FALCONS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS

FALCONS AT THE STEELERS.  DENNIS DIXON MAKING HIS 2^ND CAREER START WITH BEN ROETHLISBERGER OUT.  MATT RYAN TRYING TO LEAD ATLANTA BACK TO THE PLAYOFFS.  3^RD QUARTER FALCONS WITH THE BALL.  RYAN HITS TONY GONZALEZ OVER THE MIDDLE FOR A GAIN OF 20.  TONY’S FIRST CATCH OF THE GAME.  HE’S THE FIRST T.E. IN HISTORY WITH 1,000 CAREER RECEPTIONS.  GETS IT ON THAT PLAY.  SETS UP A FALCONS FIELD GOAL.  THEY GO UP 6-3.  ENSUING STEELERS POSSESSION, DIXON IS BACK.  HE FINDS MIKE WALLACE DOWN THE RIGHT SIDELINE.  WALLACE HAULS IT IN FOR A GAIN OF 52.  THE 2^ND YEAR MAN FROM OLE’ MISS FIRED-UP AFTER THAT CATCH.  STEELERS WITH THE FIELD GOAL WILL TIE IT AT 6.  4^TH QUARTER, 1^ST PLAY OF PITT’S DRIVE.  DIXON LOOKING OVER THE MIDDLE, AND HE WILL FIND HINES WARD WHO DIVES TO MAKE THE GRAB.  A GREAT CATCH FOR A GAIN OF 24 SETTING UP A 1^ST & 10.  HINES WARD BECOMES THE 1^ST STEELER TO ECLIPSE 11,000 RECEIVING YDS.  VERY NEXT PLAY DIXON SCRAMBLING AND HE WILL FIND HINES WARD WIDE OPEN FOR A GAIN OF 25.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A STEELERS F.G. PUTTING THEM UP 9-6.  A LOW SCORING GAME.  ATLANTA ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION AND IT IS MATT RYAN BACK.  HE IS HIT BY LAWRENCE TIMMONS.  HE FUMBLES.  AS JAMES HARRISON, RUNNING IT BACK FOR A TD. FOR THE STEELERS.  MIKE SMITH AND THE FALCONS.  THEY’RE GONNA WANT TO SEE THIS ONE AGAIN.  THEY THROW THE CHALLENGE PLAY.  WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS PLAY AS MIKE SMITH KNOWS THAT THAT ONE DID NOT LOOK KOSHER.  RYAN’S ARM APPEARS TO BE MOVING FORWARD.  IT WAS JUDGED THAT WAY AND HE LOSES THE BALL.  THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS OVERTURNED.  FALCONS KEEP THE BALL AT THEIR OWN 41.  SMITH HAPPY ABOUT THAT.  VERY NEXT PLAY IT’S MATT RYAN GOING BACK TO WORK.  HE FINDS HIS MAIN MAN RODDY WHITE FOR AN 18 YD. GAIN.  7 PLAYS LATER IT’S A 3^RD & 8.  RYAN AGAIN LOOKING FOR RODDY WHITE FOR A 6 YD. GAIN BUT HE COMES UP JUST SHORT OF THE 1^ST DOWN.  IT SETS UP A 23 YD. F.G.  FALCONS TIE THE GAME AT 9 A PIECE.  PITTS. ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION.  DIXON IS BACK TO PASS.  HE IS SACKED BY COY BEREMAN.  HE SIZES HIM UP FOR A PUNT RIGHT THERE.  MIKE SMITH NEARLY PULLS A HAMSTRING TRYING TO CALL A TIMEOUT THERE TO TRY AND GET HIS OFFENSE BACK ON THE FIELD.  HE IS FEELING THAT ONE.  ENSUING FALCONS POSSESSION, MATT RYAN AGAIN LOOKING FOR RODDY WHITE.  IT IS INTERCEPTED BY TROY POLAMALU.  GREAT PLAY BY THE SAFETY FROM USC.  HE MAKES THE READ AND HE KEEPS BOTH FEET INBOUNDS.  MIKE SMITH CANNOT BELIEVE IT.  STEELERS WITH THE BALL, A MIN. 40 LEFT IN ATLANTA TERRITORY.  JEFF REID SETS UP FOR A POTENTIAL GAME-WINNING F.G. FROM 40 YDS. OUT.  IT GOES WIDE TO THE RIGHT AND THIS GAME WILL GO TO OVERTIME, TIED UP AT 9.  AFTER THE FALCONS PUNT IT’S RASHARD MENDENHALL.  1^ST & 10 FROM THE 15.  SLIPS THROUGH A HOLE AND HE WAS GOING, GOING, HE IS GONE.  50 YD. TD. RUN FOR RASHARD MENDENHALL.  120 YDS. IN THE GAME.  STEELERS WIN IT 15-9.  GO CRAZY FANS.  3^RD LONGEST O.T. TD. RUN IN HISTORY.

01:25:11 – DETROIT LIONS @ CHICAGO BEARS

LIONS AT THE BEARS.  JAY CUTLER IN HIS 2^ND YEAR IN CHICAGO.  LEAGUE WORST 26 PICKS LAST YEAR.  MATTHEW STAFFORD IN HIS 2^ND YEAR WITH DETROIT.  2^ND POSSESSION, JAVAD BEST, THE ROOKIE OUT OF CAL INTO THE END ZONE FOR A 7 YD. TD. RUN.  PUTS THE LIONS UP 7-3.  THE ROOKIE FROM CAL BURSTS RIGHT THROUGH.  HE WOULD SCORE 2 TDS. IN THE GAME.  FIRST LION TO DO SO IN HIS NFL DEBUT SINCE BILLY SIMMS.  2 BEARS POSSESSIONS LATER TRAILING 14-3.  DUMP-OFF TO MATT __, AND HE DOES THE REST OF THE WORK.  OUTRUNS EVERYONE FROM DETROIT’S DEFENSE, UP THE SIDELINE, INTO THE END ZONE.  AN 89 YD. TOUCHDOWN FOR MATT _.  THAT CUTS THE LIONS LEAD TO 14-10.  89 YD. SCORE.

3^RD PLAY OF THE LIONS ENSUING POSSESSION.  MATTHEW STAFFORD SACKED BY JULIUS PEPPERS.  BALL COMES OUT.  TOMMY HARRIS PICKS IT UP FOR CHICAGO.  MATTHEW STAFFORD BANGED UP ON THAT PLAY.  THE BEARS WILL TACK ON A F.G.  TRAIL 14-13 AT THE HALF BUT STAFFORD EXITS THE GAME.  EXCELLENT EFFORT BY JULIUS PEPPERS NAILING THE SHOULDER OF MATTHEW STAFFORD.  TAKES OFF THE SHOULDER PADS.  DONE FOR THE GAME, AND IN THE 4^TH QUARTER IT’S SHAWN HILL FROM S.F. NOW WITH DETROIT, INTO THE BALL GAME.  HEEL GOES BACK.  EXCELLENT PLAY BY LANCE BRIGGS.  HE FUMBLES.  BRIGGS RECOVERS IT AT THE 1 YD. LINE.  NOW TAKE ANOTHER LOOK HERE.  LANCE BRIGGS FINDS A HOLE UP THE MIDDLE.  UNBLOCKED.  DIVES.  RUINS THE EXCHANGE, AND HE WINDS UP FALLING ON THE BALL AS WELL.  EXCELLENT PLAY AND INDIVIDUAL EFFORT BY LANCE BRIGGS.  3^RD PLAY OF THAT BEARS ENSUING POSSESSION.  A 3^RD & GOAL AT THE 1 AFTER THEY WERE STUFFED A COUPLE OF TIMES; AND IT’S MATT __ STUFFED ONCE AGAIN AT THE 1 YD. LINE.  TOUGH DECISION FOR LOVIE SMITH AND THE BEARS.  THEY GO FOR IT ON 4^TH & GOAL, RUNNING RIGHT, AND HE IS STUFFED ONCE AGAIN.  KYLE VANDENBOSH PICKED UP IN FREE AGENCY MAKES THE STOP.  THE BEARS TURN IT OVER ON DOWNS.

2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR DETROIT.  SAME SCORE.  SHAWN HILL AVOIDING THE RUSH AND HE THROWS IT AWAY.  DETROIT IS FORCED TO PUNT.  UP 14-13.  3-1/2 TO GO.  3^RD PLAY OF THE NEXT BEARS POSSESSION.  THIS IS CHESTER TAYLOR FRESHLY SIGNED FROM MINN. FOR A GAIN OF 18 TAKING IT UP JUST PAST MIDFIELD.  5 PLAYS LATER BEARS ON THE MOVE, AND IT’S JAY CUTLER THIS TIME FINDING WHAT WOULD BE HIS FAVORITE RECEIVER OF THE GAME.  HIS R.B. MATT FORTE, A 2^ND TD. CATCH.  151 YDS. RECEIVING FOR FORTE PUTS THE BEARS UP 19-14 IN THE GAME.  A 2 PT. CONVERSION ATTEMPT FAILED FOR CHICAGO.  LIONS NEXT POSSESSION.  IT’S SHAWN HILL, AND HE FINDS CALVIN JOHNSON FOR THE CATCH FOR A GAIN OF 16 TO THE BEARS 25 YD. LINE.  2 PLAYS LATER, HILL LOOKING FOR CALVIN JOHNSON AGAIN.  IT APPEARS TO BE A GAME-WINNING TOUCHDOWN CATCH FOR CALVIN JOHNSON.  THE BALL COMES LOOSE, AS YOU CAN SEE IT.  WHEN CALVIN GOES DOWN IT IS RULED AN INCOMPLETE PASS ON THE FIELD.  THE PLAY, OF COURSE, WILL BE REVIEWED.  AS WE SEE IT AGAIN, JOHNSON GOES UP FOR THE GRAB.  COMES DOWN WITH THE BALL.  HE’S GOT HIS BUTT ON THE TURF.  HIS KNEE TOUCHES.  BUT HE HAS TO HAVE POSSESSION OF THE BALL AS HE HITS THE GROUND.  HE LOSES CONTROL.  REPLAY OFFICIALS CONFIRM THE CALL ON THE FIELD.  JIM SCHWARTZ ARGUING THIS ONE BECAUSE THAT’S A POTENTIAL GAME-WINNING SCORE RULED INCOMPLETE.  2 PLAYS LATER, 18 SECS. LEFT, 4^TH & 10, INTO THE END ZONE.  IT IS INCOMPLETE FOR CALVIN JOHNSON AGAIN.  45 YDS. FOR CALVIN JOHNSON BUT NOT THE BIG ONE.  BEARS GO ON FOR THE WIN 19-14.  372 YDS. FOR JAY CUTLER IN THE GAME.

01:29:02 – CLEVELAND BROWNS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

THE BROWNS AT THE BUCCANEERS.  JOSH FREEMAN WITH A THUMB INJURY FOR TAMPA BAY, GETTING WARMED UP; AND JAKE DELHOMME MAKING HIS CLEVELAND DEBUT AFTER 7 YRS. IN CAROLINA.  ON CLEVELAND’S 2^ND POSSESSION OF THE GAME, THE GIVE IS TO PAYTON HILL AS HE BUSTS UP THE MIDDLE FOR A GAIN OF 12 FOR THE 3^RD YR. MAN FROM ARKANSAS.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  ELVIN MACK LOSES HIS HELMET.  HE WILL BE O.K.  ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY JAKE DELHOMME FINDS MUHAMMAD __ DOWN THE MIDDLE.  HE SPLITS THE DEFENDERS INTO THE END ZONE.  A 41 YD. SCORE.  DELHOMME’S 1^ST TD. PASS AS A BROWN, 7-NOTHING CLEVELAND.

2^ND QUARTER, BROWNS NEXT POSSESSION.  THAT’S JEROME HARRISON FROM WASH. STATE GOING UP THE RIGHT SIDELINE.  TAKES IT FOR A GAIN OF 39 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 10 YD. LINE.  52 YDS. ON 9 CARRIES FOR HARRISON. ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY, THIS TIME IT’S PAYTON HILL WHO’S BACK WITH THE BALL.  HE RAMBLES 10 YDS. INTO THE END ZONE FOR HIS 7^TH CAREER TD.  THAT PUTS THE BROWNS UP 14-3.  ON THE ENSUING BUCCANEERS POSSESSION, 10^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  IT’S FREEMAN LOOKING FOR MICHAEL __.  PICKED OFF BY MIKE ADAMS.  ADAMS TAKES IT DOWN TO THE BROWNS 45 YD. LINE.  NICE GAME-CHANGING PLAY BY ADAMS.

3 PLAYS LATER BROWNS WITH THEIR 1^ST & 10 AT THE TAMPA 39.  JAKE DELHOMME, UNDER PRESSURE.  ANOTHER INTERCEPTION FOR DELHOMME.  THE SAME PROBLEM HE HAD IN CAROLINA.  THAT’S RONDE BARBER.  HE IS RUNNING OUT OF STEAM CHASED DOWN FROM BEHIND.  PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 3 YD. LINE.  38 CAREER PICK FOR BARBER.

ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.  JOSH FREEMAN LOOKING END ZONE FOR MIKE WILLIAMS.  PICKED UP IN TO THE AIR.  THAT’S WILLIAMS BRINGING IT DOWN FOR THE TD. TO CUT THE DEFICIT TO 14-10.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  BALL GETS TIPPED UP BY SHELDON BROWN.  NICE CONCENTRATION BY WILLIAMS.  MAKES THE CATCH.  2 FEET INBOUNDS AND IT COUNTS.  A TD. FOR WILLIAMS.

NOW IN THE 4^TH QUARTER WITH THE BROWNS STILL LEADING 14-10; JOSH FREEMAN LOOKING FOR SAMMY __.  HITS HIM FOR A 14 YD. GAIN.  DOWN TO THE BROWNS 33 YD. LINE.

3 PLAYS LATER IT’S A 3^RD & 10 FROM CLEVELAND’S 33.  FREEMAN LOOKING DEEP FOR MICHAEL SPURLOCK.  1-ON-1 COVERAGE WITH THE ROOKIE JOE HADEN.  MAKES THE CATCH.  A 33 YD. SCORE.  T.B. TAKING THEIR 1^ST LEAD OF THE GAME, GOING UP 17-14.

BROWNS, 2 POSSESSIONS LATER, WATCH THE CLOCK.  12 SECS.  IT IS COUNTING DOWN.  JAKE DELHOMME IN TROUBLE.  HE LOOKS TO THE SIDELINE FOR __ STUCKEY.  STUCKEY CANNOT GET OUT OF BOUNDS, AND THAT IS HOW THE GAME WOULD END.  BROWNS WITH NO MORE TIMEOUTS LEFT.  T.B. GOES ON WITH A 17-14 WIN.  ERIC MANGINI AND THE CLEVELAND BROWNS HAVE NOW LOST 6 STRAIGHT OPENERS.

01:31:49 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ NEW YORK GIANTS

TO THE NEW MEADOWLANDS STEADY AND WE GO.  1^ST GAME ON THE HOME FIELD FOR THE GIANTS.  IT WOULD BE AN UP AND DOWN GAME FOR ELI MANNING AND THE N.Y. OFFENSE.  OPENING GIANTS POSSESSION.  2^ND & 18 FROM THEIR OWN 36.  LOOKING FOR AKIM NICKS WHO WOULD HAVE A MONSTER GAME BUT THIS ONE IS INTERCEPTED BY CHARLES GODFREY.  ONE OF 6 TIPPED GIANT PASSES IN THE GAME; AND ONE OF 3 INTERCEPTIONS THAT ELI THREW TODAY.  NOT SO GOOD.  GIANTS TRAILING NOW 3-NOTHING.  IT’S NOT ELI’S FAULT.  HE ALSO HAD 3 TDS. WHICH WE’LL GET TO.  HE’S JUST A LITTLE…  JUST A LITTLE BIT.

AFTER THE SACK, LOOKING FOR MARIO MANNINGHAM.  KEEP YOUR HELMET ON ELI.  ACTUALLY THE SACK RIGHT THERE.  DAN CONNER GETS TO HIM.  AS I SAID, I WILL BE AN UP AND DOWN DAY FOR TOM COUGHLIN’S QB…A COUPLE PLAYS LATER.  YOU COULDN’T TELL WHETHER THEY WERE WINNING BY 40 OR LOSING BY 40.  THAT’S TOM’S LOOK.  SAME LOOK.  THAT’S HIS LOOK.  THERE’S AKIM NICKS IN BETWEEN A CORNER AND A SAFETY.  MANNINGHAM THERE ACTUALLY.  LOOKING GOOD.  NICKS HAVING A BIG DAY YESTERDAY.  YEA, THEY’VE GOT SOME GOOD YOUNG WIDE RECEIVERS.  NICKS COMING IN, DOING A GOOD JOB.  NICKS DID GET BOTH FEET DOWN.  RULED A CATCH.  THERE YOU GO.  THERE’S A NICKS TOUCHDOWN.  THERE’S THE NICKS TD.  3 SCORES.  19 YDS. OUT AND THE GIANTS LED 14-9.

45 YD. RETURN SETUP THE PANTHERS IN GIANTS TERRITORY.  MATT MORE.  ACTUALLY, THIS IS ELI MANNING.  I THINK THAT’S AKIM NICKS AGAIN.  WE CAN’T STOP GETTING ENOUGH OF THAT.  THAT’S A GOOD COMBINATION, A GOOD CONNECTION; AND THAT IS A GOOD CATCH AS WELL.  OUTSTANDING.  TOM’S STILL … DOWN 2.  UP 400.  IT DOESN’T MATTER.  HE’S GONNA HAVE THE SAME SCOWL ON HIS FACE.

ELI’S DROPPING BACK GOING TO MOORE, NICKS!  HOW ABOUT IT?!  WE SAW GLIMPSES OF THIS LAST YEAR.  YES WE DID.  NICKS WAS A SOLID RECEIVER, A BIG-PLAY RECEIVER.  LOVE THE RECEIVING CORE OF THE N.Y. GIANTS.  NOW MATT MOORE ON THE OTHER HAND.  STEVE SMITH SHOWED UP TO PLAY.  10 YDS. AND A CAROLINA 1^ST DOWN.  A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER, 9 SECS. LEFT; MOORE OVER THE MIDDLE TO STEVE SMITH.  19 YD. TOUCH.  THOSE ARE ABOUT THE ONLY HIGHLIGHTS YOU’RE REALLY GONNA SEE.  MATT MOORE, 13 OF 33.  182 YDS. AND 3 PICKS.  SMITH THOUGH, 5 CATCHES, 75 YDS.

GETTING INTO THE 3^RD QUARTER, THE 2^ND HALF REALLY OWNED BY ELI MANNING AND THE GIANTS.  LOOKING FOR MARIO MANNINGHAM.  YOU GOT ..THERE’S A STEVE SMITH THAT ALSO PLAYS FOR THE GIANTS.  YOU HAVE A MARIO MANNINGHAM AND YOU HAVE AKIM NICKS.  YOU HAVE A NICE GROUP OF RECEIVERS THAT CAN THREATEN ON ALL LEVELS OF THE FIELD.

PLAY ACTION, MANNING TO AKIM NICKS.  PLENTY OF TIME.  LOOK AT THAT TIME. THAT’S NICKS’ 3^RD TD. OF THE GAME.  HE HAD 4 CATCHES FOR 75 YDS.  24-16 N.Y.  4^TH QUARTER.  IS THIS THE NEW STAR R.B. FOR THE N.Y. GIANTS?  AHMAD BRADSHAW OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.  16 YDS.  BRADSHAW HAD A BIG DAY.  75 YDS. RUSHING AS WELL.

A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER N.Y. FACING 1^ST & 10 FROM THE CAROLINA 40.  BRADSHAW BURSTING UP THE MIDDLE.  39 YDS.  ALMOST FOR THE 6 BUT DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE.  MAYBE THERE IS A CHANGE IN THINKING WITH TOM COUGHLIN AND THE GIANTS.  BRADSHAW WITH 20 ATTEMPTS.  BRANDON JACOBS ONLY 12.  DON’T KNOW IF JACOBS IS BANGED-UP OR NOT.  THEY GAVE BRADSHAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN WITH IT.  I THINK YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE MORE OF THIS.

01:35:13 – DENVER BRONCOS @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

BRONCOS AT THE JAGUARS.  VERY HOT DAY IN SUNNY JACKSONVILLE.  TIM TEBOW MAKING HIS NFL DEBUT NEARBY WHERE HE GREW UP.  AND TEBOW GETS INTO THE GAME ON THE 3^RD PLAY FOR DENVER.  PLOWS UP THE MIDDLE FOR A GAIN OF 1.  BRONCOS WOULD WIND UP PUNTING.  TEBOW INTO THE GAME EARLY FOR DENVER.  2^ND QUARTER.  JAGUARS GOING FOR IT ON A 4^TH & 1 FROM THEIR OWN 49 YD. LINE; AND THAT’S MAURICE JONES-DREW IN THE SHORT YARDAGE SITUATION; GETS A GAIN OF 4 FOR A 1^ST DOWN.  AND JACK DELRIO IS LOVING IT.

2 PLAYS LATER, 1^ST & 10 FROM THE 21; AND THAT’S DAVID GERRARD FINDING HIS T.E. FROM UCLA, MERCEDES LEWIS WHO TAKES IT IN FOR A 21 YD. SCORE PUTTING THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS UP 7-NOTHING.

ON THE ENSUING BRONCOS POSSESSION IT’S A 1^ST & 10 FROM THEIR 26.  KYLE ORTON THROWING DEEP, COMPLETE TO BRANDON LLOYD WHO SLIDES FOR THE CATCH.  A GAIN OF 41 FOR BRANDON LLOYD ON THE PLAY.

3 PLAYS LATER, IN THE RED ZONE FOR DENVER.  ORTON THROWS COMPLETE TO JABAR GAFFNEY IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  AN 8 YD. SCORE FOR GAFFNEY.  THE RECEIVER FROM FLORIDA TIES IT UP BY 7 AT THE HALF.

1^ST POSSESSION OF THE 3^RD QUARTER FOR JACKSONVILLE.  IT’S DAVID GERRARD ONCE AGAIN LOOKING FOR HIS T.E., SURE-HANDED MERCEDES LEWIS COMES DOWN WITH THE GRAB.  A 10 YD. SCORE.  2 CATCHES.  2 TDS. FOR LEWIS.  14-7 JACKSONVILLE WITH THE LEAD AS LEWIS DUNKS IT HOME.

BRONCOS POSSESSION.  NOSHAWN MARINO IN THE GAME; HIGH-STEPPING, MAKES SOME NICE MOVES.  HE PICKS UP 17 YDS. ON THE PLAY.  SO MUCH FOR THAT HAMSTRING INJURY, HUH?

3 PLAYS LATER, 2^ND & GOAL FROM THE 1 YD. LINE.  THE GIVE AGAIN TO NOSHAWN.  PLOWS INTO THE END ZONE.  A 1 YD. SCORE.  THAT TIES THE GAME AT 14.  15 CARRIES, 60 YDS. FOR NOSHAWN MARINO.

THERE’S SOME BAD WEATHER THERE IN THE AREA.  PLAY WAS SUSPENDED.  THEY HAD TO CLEAR BECAUSE OF LIGHTNING; AND AFTER A 33 MINUTE DELAY, PLAY RESUMED TO START THE 4^TH QUARTER.  GAME WAS TIED-UP BY 17 IN THE 4^TH QUARTER.  DAVID GERRARD THIS TIME DROPPING BACK.  HE WILL THROW OVER THE MIDDLE, COMPLETE.  __ TAKES IT IN FOR THE 24 YD. SCORE PUTTING JACKSONVILLE UP 24-17.  GERRARD, 16 OF 21 FOR 3 TDS.  ENSUING BRONCOS POSSESSION, ORTON FINDS BRANDON LLOYD DOWN THE SIDELINE.  A FANTASTIC GRAB.  A 25 YD. GAIN FOR BRANDON LLOYD.  WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  HE LAYS OUT TO MAKE THAT GREAT CATCH.  5 CATCHES.  117 YDS. FOR BRANDON LLOYD.  5 PLAYS LATER BRONCOS.  THEY’RE GOING FOR IT.  A 4^TH & 3 AT THE 14 OF JACKSONVILLE.  ORTON THROWS TO THE END ZONE.  LLOYD MAKES ANOTHER GREAT CATCH.  HE IS RULED OUT OF BOUNDS.  INCOMPLETE PASS FOR DENVER.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  LLOYD’S RIGHT FOOT LANDS OUT OF BOUNDS AND JACKSONVILLE TAKES OVER ON THEIR OWN 14 YD. LINE AFTER THAT INCOMPLETION.

AFTER A JAGUARS PUNT, ENSUING BRONCOS POSSESSION.  ORTON IS UNDER PRESSURE.  HE THROWS FOR EDDIE ROYAL.  INTERCEPTED BY DARRELL SMITH.  KYLE ORTON, 21 TO 33 FOR 295 BUT THAT COSTLY INTERCEPTION AND THE JAGUARS ROLL ON TO WIN IT OVER DENVER, 24-17.

01:38:35 – CINCINNATI BENGALS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

WES WELKER IN THE STARTING LINEUP FULLY RECOVERED FROM KNEE SURGERY.  THERE’S TERRELL OWENS GETTING READY TO MAKE HIS CINCY DEBUT.  OPENING POSSESSION OF THE GAME.  1^ST PLAY FOR CINCY.  PALMER LOOKING.  DOWN THE SIDELINE FOR TERRELL OWENS.  ROOKIE DEVON MCCORDY COMES IN AND GETS THE STRIP.

THE ROOKIE FROM RUTGERS WITH A NICE PLAY, LEADS TO A PUNT.  PATRIOTS ON THE FOLLOWING POSSESSION.  BRADY FINDS ROOKIE T.E. AARON HERNANDEZ FREE DOWN THE LEFT SIDELINE. HE ESCAPES A COUPLE MEN.  STILL ON HIS FEET.  HE TAKES IT 45 YDS. ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BENGALS 14.

2 PLAYS LATER, TOM BRADY SLINGS IT OUT TO WES WELKER.  HE TAKES IT IN FOR THE SCORE FROM 9 YDS. OUT.  WES WELKER GETTING INTO THE END ZONE EARLY.  LET’S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  3 RECEIVERS SPLIT OUT TO THE LEFT FOR N.E. BUT ONLY 2 CINCY DEFENDERS ARE OUT THERE.  IT MAKES IT AN EASY PLAY.  2 MEN TO BLOCK.  WELKER WALKS RIGHT INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  PUTS THE PATS UP 7-NOTHING OVER THE BENGALS.  IN THE 2^ND QUARTER WITH THE PATS LEADING 10-NOTHING, IT’S BRADY THIS TIME CONNECTING WITH RANDY MOSS.  HE BREAKS A TACKLE AND HE SLIPS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CINCY 24 FOR A PICKUP OF 32.  5 CATCHES AND 59 YDS. ON THE GAME FOR RANDY MOSS.  4 PLAYS LATER, TOM BRADY WITH ALL KINDS OF TIME ON THIS PLAY.  NO BENGALS DEFENDERS IN SIGHT, AND HE DECIDES TO SLIP IT TO KEVIN FAULK ALONG THE SIDELINE FOR 21 YDS. OUT AT THE CINCY 4.  3 PLAYS LATER, TOM BRADY GOES AT WES WELKER ONCE AGAIN IN THE RED ZONE.  WELKER INITIALLY HAD THAT PLAY RULED A TD.  MARVIN LEWIS DECIDES HE WANTS TO CHALLENGE THIS PLAY.

LET’S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  WELKER MAKES THE CATCH.  IMMEDIATELY HIT.  BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE BALL CROSSED THE PLANE.  THEY ARE AWARDED THE INITIAL RULING, A TD. ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION FOR CINCY.  CARSON PALMER LOOKING FOR JERMAINE GRESHEN, AND THAT IS GARY GUIDEN INTERCEPTING IT.  HE OUTRACES CARSON PALMER ALL TH WAY DOWN INTO THE END ZONE FOR A TD.  HIS FIRST CAREER PICK.  GUIDEN MADE IT COUNT.  24-NOTHING LEAD FOR THE PATRIOTS AT THAT POINT.

OPENING KICKOFF OF THE 2^ND HALF, PATS UP 24-3 AT THIS POINT.  2^ND YEAR MAN FROM N.C., BRANDON TATE FIELDS IT AND HE IS GONE.  TAKING IT ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE, CROSSES ..  PAST MIDFIELD; AND HE IS GOING TO OUTRUN EVERYBODY INTO THE END ZONE.  A 97 YD. KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TD. PUTTING THE PATRIOTS UP 31-3.  A DISASTROUS START FORE CINCY BENGALS TRAILING 31-10 AT THIS POINT.  PALMER FINDS CHAD OCHO CINCO IN THE END ZONE FOR A TD.  CHAD’S FIRST SCORE OF THE SEASON.  TRIMS THE LEAD TO 31-17.

4^TH QUARTER, SAME SCORE.  PATRIOTS WITH THE BALL.  BENGALS DEFENSE NEEDS TO STOP..TOM BRADY FINDS WES WELKER FOR 11 YDS.  WELKER, 53 YDS. ON 7 CATCHES AND 2 TDS.  8 PLAYS LATER, TOM BRADY LOOKING ONCE AGAIN TO ROBERT GRANIKOWSKI FOR THE TD.  THE ROOKIE FROM ARIZONA MAKES IT.  PATRIOTS ROLL 38-24.  BRADY WITH 3 TD. PASSES.

01:41:45 – MIAMI DOLPHINS @ BUFFALO BILLS

DOLPHINS/BILLS FROM BUFFALO, GIVING US OUR 1^ST LOOK AT BRANDON MARSHALL AS A MIAMI DOLPHIN, AND C.J. SPILLER THE FIRST R.B. SELECTED.  THE 1^ST ROUND PICK BY BUFFALO.  3^RD PLAY, THE BILLS OPENING POSSESSION.  TRENT EDWARDS DROPPED BY CARLOS DANSBY.  CARLOS DANSBY, 9 YD. LOSS.  YEA, THAT’S A GOOD DOLPHINS DEFENSE THAT GOT BETTER BY ACQUIRING HIM.

CHAD HENNE, HOPING TO GET BETTER BY THE ACQUISITION OF BRANDON MARSHALL.  13 YD. GAIN.  MIAMI 1^ST DOWN.  LED TO A F.G. AND THE DOLPHINS LED 3-NOTHING.  PRETTY AVERAGE DAY FOR THE DOLPHINS.  YEA BUT STILL NOT GETTING THE BALL.  JUST FOR A LITTLE SMOKE ROUTE.  JUST PICK THE BALL UP AND THROW IT TO BRANDON MARSHALL.  HE’S THROWING IT TO HIM RIGHT HERE.  8 CATCHES, 53 YDS.  BRANDON MARSHALL’S AVERAGE IS 6.6 YDS. PER CATCH.  THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT.  SAME DRIVE, 7 PLAYS LATER.  YOU DON’T NEED TO DO THAT.  YOU DON’T HIRE, YOU DON’T PAY HIM 44 MILLION TO AVERAGE 6.6 YDS.

EMPTY BACKFIELD.  HENNE LOOKING FOR ANTHONY FAISANO.  ..ADJUSTMENT ON THE BALL BY THE BIG GUY.  GOOD THROW.  GOOD THROW.  GOOD THROW.  GOOD CATCH.  GOOD READ.

NEXT PLAY, RONNIE BROWN IN FROM 1 YD. OUT, AND THE DOLPHINS AFTER THE EXTRA PT., LED 10-NOTHING ON THE ROAD.  BACK FROM WHAT…. INJURY LAST YEAR?  THAT’S CORRECT.  BILLS WOULD COME BACK 4^TH PLAY OF THE NEXT DRIVE.  MARSHAWN LYNCH.  CUTTING OVER TO THE LEFT SIDE.  14 YD. GAIN.  THAT DRIVE LED TO A BILLS F.G.  CUTS THE LEAD TO 10-3.  WE’RE NOT EVEN PAYING ATTENTION.  SORRY PAUL.  PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE 2 MEN TO MY LEFT.

NEXT DOLPHINS POSSESSION, CHAD HENNE WITH TIME.  WELL THIS IS WHAT WE’RE ASKING FOR ISN’T IT?  ..BEHIND HIM!  PUT IT OUT THERE ON HIM!  LET HIM MAKE THE PLAY!  HE LOSES HIS SHOE.  LOSES THE BALL.  BUT PUT IT ON HIM!  THAT’S WHAT YOU GOT HIM THERE FOR!  IF THIS TEAM’S GONNA COMPETE IN THE EAST, THEY’VE GOTTA GET MORE OUT OF THEIR QB.  AND HE’S GOTTA CATCH THAT.  AND HE’S GOTTA CATCH THAT.

C.J. SPILLER 2^ND & 10.  STOPPED FOR A 4 YD. LOSS.  FELLOW ROOKIE 1^ST ROUND PICK JEROD _.  SPILLER’S WHAT, 6 CARRIES?  I MEAN 7-10 FOR 6 YDS.  HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?  NOT SO GOOD.  HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE FOR YOUR DRAFT CHOICE THAT YOU GET THE FLASH PLAYER OF THE DRAFT AND HE GETS 7 PLAYS?  WELL, THEY HAD TO GIVE IT TO MARSHAWN LYNCH.  WHY?  THEY HAD TO GET IT TO FRED JACKSON.  WHY?

4^TH QUARTER BUFFALO TRAILING 13-3.  TRENT EDWARDS SACKED BY __, ANOTHER ROOKIE.  AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO GIVE TRENT EDWARDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THROW IT 44 TIMES.  THIS MIGHT NOT BE DOWN BY 10 AT ANY POINT.  WELL IT’S 4^TH & 11.  THEY’RE GOING FOR IT.  EDWARDS TO ROSCOE PARRISH.  WIDE OPEN.  31 YDS.  GREAT COVERAGE.  BUFFALO COMING BACK.  YEA.  GIVE THEM SOME CREDIT.  DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.  WHO’S GUARDING?  WHO’S GUARDING?  O.K.  THAT’S NOT BUSTING COVERAGE?  NO, YOU’RE RIGHT.  SEE, NO ONE … ALLOWS ..TO RUN RIGHT PAST.  YOU INSINUATED THE ONLY REASON THEY SCORED A TD. WAS BECAUSE OF __.  THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT!  THE ONLY REASON THEY SCORED BECAUSE OF __.  A 4^TH & 15.  THAT’S ONLY A 9 YD. GAIN TO DAVID NELSON.  THE FINAL SCORE, THE DOLPHINS GO UP NORTH AND WIN 15-10.  NOT A LOT OF NUMBERS OFFENSIVELY BUT CHAD HENNE JUST GOOD ENOUGH.  21 OUT OF 34.  THAT’S HOW THEY WIN.  THAT’S WHAT THEY DO.  A WIN’S A WIN.

01:45:03 – GREEN BAY PACKERS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

THE EAGLES AND PACKERS OPENING THE SEASON TOGETHER.  AARON RODGERS, SO MANY PEOPLE EXPECTING AN MVP-TYPE SEASON.

KEVIN KOLB.  WHAT TO EXPECT OUT OF THIS GUY WHO’S STARTING IN PLACE OF DONOVAN MCNABB FULLTIME FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND HE LOOKED LOST FOR MUCH OF THE GAME; AND THEN ..MATTHEWS KNOCKS KOLB FROM THE GAME.  SUFFERED A CONCUSSION ON THAT PLAY.  MATTHEWS WAS ALL OVER KOLB THROUGHOUT THE 1^ST HALF.  BOTH ARMS AND BOOM AND JUST DRIVE HIM INTO THE TURF.  FACE IN THE DIRT.  NEXT PACKERS POSSESSION AFTER THE WIPE THE SOD AND … YOO HOO, AND LOOSEN THE JAW UP ON KOLB.

HERE IS RODGERS TO GREG JENNINGS FOR AN 8 YD. GAIN, AND STEWART BRADLEY COMES UP WOOZY FROM THIS AS WELL.  THEY’RE PLAY CALLING LINEBACKER, STEVE.  YEA.  THIS HURTS.  NOW HE’S GONNA TRY TO COME BACK IN BUT HE’S GONNA BE HURT.  THESE ARE 2 VERY HARD-HITTING DEFENSES NOW.  WE GOTTA KEEP THAT IN MIND.  MADE IT ROUGH ON ALL THE QBS.  WELL BRADLEY LEFT THE GAME.  WOO, HEY.  HE WAS ON CLEAR STREET RIGHT THERE AND THEN HE LEFT THE GAME WITH A CONCUSSION AS WELL; AND LATER ON AFTER BRADLEY FINALLY GOT UP, IT IS DONALD DRIVER IN THE END ZONE.  10-3 PACKERS WHO LED THE HALF 13-3; AND THEN MICHAEL VICK STARTS THE 2^ND HALF; AND THE FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE VICK DOES.. WHAT VICK DOES!  A 23 YD. SCRAMBLE HERE.  YEA, NOBODY ELSE IN THE LEAGUE CAN RUN AROUND LIKE THIS AT QB.  MICHAEL VICK’S GOT SOME MAGIC LEGS.  AND 2 PLAYS LATER, JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT OLD MO WAS WEARING A GREEN SHIRT, __ BUCKLEY PUTS THE BALL ON THE TURF AS CHARLES WOODSON MAKES ANOTHER DEF. PLAY.  THAT’S WHY HE IS…HE JUST RECEIVED A CONTRACT EXTENSION BECAUSE HE CAN PLAY THE PASS AS WELL AS THE RUN.  THAT LED TO A PACKERS TD.  IT’S 20-3 WHEN VICK DOES..  WHAT VICK DO!  LET HIM GO.  31 YDS. DOWN TO THE 2!  MAYBE HE SHOULD STEP OUT OF BOUNDS.  NO, NO.  THAT’S NOT MICHAEL VICK.  HE TAKES THOSE.  HE LIVES FOR THAT.

2 PLAYS LATER LESHAWN MCCOY UP THE GUT AND IT’S A 10 PT. GAME; BUT THE PACKERS GET THE BALL BACK AND IN QUALITY FIELD POSITION BECAUSE THE RETURN TEAM FOR THE PACKERS HAD QUITE THE DAY.  IT’S RODGERS TO JENNINGS AGAIN.  THIS ONE FOR A TD.  32 YDS.  IT’S A 17 PT. LEAD FOR THE PACKERS BUT HERE COMES THE EAGLES WITH MICHAEL VICK NOW SLINGING IT TO BRENT SELLECK.  THAT’S A PERFECT THROW OVER THE TOP OF THE LINEBACKER, IN BETWEEN THE SAFETIES.  THAT WAS SELLECK’S 1^ST CATCH OF THE DAY.  5 PLAYS LATER VICK TO JEREMY MACLIN.  TOUCHDOWN!  10 POINT GAME AGAIN.  THAT WAS A GREAT ROUTE ON THE OUTSIDE, RICH.

NEXT PACKERS POSSESSION, 3^RD & 13.  RODGERS IS PICKED.  I DON’T KNOW WHO HE WAS…  A LITTLE BIT WET.  I THINK THAT BALL GOT AWAY FROM HIM.  IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND.  HERE WE GO.  WE HAVE A BALL GAME.  NATE ALLEN WITH THE PICK.  THE EAGLES GET THE BALL BACK 3^RD & 9.  VICK CALLS MCCOY UP TO THE BRIDGE.  HERE’S LESHAWN 27 YDS.  WEAVING HIS WAY THROUGH THE PACKERS DEFENSE INSIDE THE 10 YD. LINE.  3 PLAYS LATER VICK PRESSURE.  SCRAMBLING.  I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA RUN THIS ONE IN.  YEA, HE SHOULD’VE RAN THAT.  HE SHOULD’VE RAN THAT IN.  INSTEAD HE TRIES TO FORCE IT IN AND THE EAGLES HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A F.G.  PACKERS GET THE BALL BACK 3^RD & 7.  EAGLES OUT OF TIMEOUTS AND THEY GET A BREAK CAUSE THE PASS CAN’T BE COMPLETED TO JENNINGS.  PACKERS FORCE THE PUNT.  EAGLES WITH A CHANCE.  4 MINS. TO GO.  VICK DOES WHAT VICK DO!  16 YDS.  VICK GOES OVER 100 YDS. RUSHING FOR THE 9^TH TIME IN HIS CAREER.  4 PLAYS ALTER VICK CANNOT DO WHAT HE DOES ON 4^TH & 1; AND THAT IS THE WAY THE PACKERS FINALLY HOLD ON TO WIN 27 TO 20.

01:48:52 - ARIZONA CARDINALS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

SO IF KURT WARNER RETIRED..I MEAN EVERYBODY’S THINKING THAT THIS IS THE YEAR FOR THE ARIZONA CARDINALS TO SLIP UP, RIGHT?  RIGHT.  ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY’RE STARTING AGAINST SAM BRADFORD THOUGH.  MAYBE THAT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN.  SAM DIDN’T HAVE A GOOD PRESEASON THOUGH.  HERE’S SAM BRADFORD.  THIS IS THE REAL SEASON, SAM.  SHAKE IT OFF SAM.  YOU GOTTA KEEP PLAYING . THE GAME IS A LITTLE QUICKER NOW.  DON’T BLINK.  2^ND POSSESSION.  2^ND POSSESSION.  THE CARDINALS DIDN’T CAPITALIZE THOUGH.  THEY’RE UP 10-3 WITH LESS THAN HALF A MINUTE TO GO IN THE 1^ST HALF, AND HERE IS SAM BRADFORD TO MARK CLAYTON.  THE NEWEST ACQUISITION …OVER THE TOP OF THAT CORNER.  SO 4^TH & GOAL, 5 TICKS TO GO.  YOU KNOW, STEVE SPAGNUOLO SAYS “GO FOR IT.”  HE SHOULD.  ON 4^TH & GOAL.  AND IT PAYS OFF!  WHY NOT?  YOU GOT THE FIRST PICK LAST YEAR.  BRADFORD TO __ ROBINSON, AND WE’RE TIED AT … 4^TH QUARTER, 1^ST & 10.  RAMS ARE UP BY 3.  1^ST & 10 FOR ARIZONA, AND HERE’S STEVE BREASTON OVER THE MIDDLE.  DOWN TO THE RAMS 11.

4 PLAYS LATER, DERRICK ANDERSEN TO LARRY FITZGERALD WIDE OPEN, AND THE CARDINALS TAKE THE LEAD.  ANDERSON’S FIRED-UP.  HE SHOWS GOOD MOBILITY UP AND OUT IN THE POCKET, AND FINDS LARRY DOWNFIELD ON THE SCRAMBLE.  HOW DOES BRADFORD RESPOND IN HIS FIRST CAREER START BY FINDING MARK CLAYTON WHO MAKES A PLAY 33 YDS. DOWN TO THE CARDINALS 33.  BUCK 27 LEFT IN THE GAME.  4^TH & 10.  DEFINITELY HAVE TO GO FOR IT HERE.  BRADFORD THROWS.  GET RID OF IT BUDDY.  IT’S PICKED.  WELL DONE.  BY KERRY RHODES WHO TAKES IT 65 YDS. THE OTHER WAY.

TIM HIGHTOWER.  WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT, PUTS THE BALL ON THE GROUND.  OH MY GOODNESS.  THIS IS A 4 MIN. DRILL.  YOU’RE TRYING TO CHEW THE CLOCK.  KEEP THE OTHER TEAM OFF THE FIELD.  YOU CAN’T LAY IT ON THE GROUND.  SO THE RAMS TAKE OVER.  LAST CHANCE TO DO IT.  BRADFORD …HE’S PICKED BY ADRIAN WILSON.

01:50:52 – SAN FRANCISCO @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

NFC WEST BATTLE IN SEATTLE.  THE SEAHAWKS PLAY HOST TO MIKE SINGLETARY AND THE 49ERS.  THE FIRST GAME FOR PETE CARROLL AS THE HEAD COACH OF THE SEAHAWKS.  2^ND QUARTER, HOME TEAM TRAILING 6-NOTHING.  HASSELBECK FINDS REFORMED RECEIVER MIKE WILLIAMS.  35 YD. GAIN.  RULED DOWN AT THE 1.  MIKE WILLIAMS 1^ST RECEPTION SINCE DEC. 9, 2007.  VERY NEXT PLAY, 7^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, MATT HASSELBECK KEEPS IT.  NOT KNOWN FOR HIS RUNNING ABILITY BUT, HEY, A TD’S A TD.  EXTRA POINT MADE IT 7-6, SEATTLE.  PETE CARROLL FIRED-UP.  NEXT S.F. POSSESSION DOWN 7-6.  ALEX SMITH GONNA SCRAMBLE, LOOKING FOR MICHAEL CRABTREE BUT IT’S TIPPED AND INTERCEPTED BY JORDAN __.  SEATTLE OFFENSE IN EXCELLENT POSITION.  1^ST & 10 FROM THE NINERS 13.  MATT HASSELBECK THROWING IT UP FOR DEION BUTLER.  AT THE END OF THIS WE HAVE A 13 YD. TD.  WIDE OPEN BUTLER BY THE WAY.  SEAHAWKS LEADING 14-6 AFTER THE EXTRA POINT.  3^RD QUARTER, STILL 14-6.  SMITH INTENDED FOR MICHAEL CRABTREE.  INTERCEPTED BY MARCUS TRUFANT.  RETURNS IT 32 YDS. FOR THE TD.  SEAHAWKS LEADING 21-6.  TOUGH DAY FOR ALEX SMITH, 25 OUT OF 34.  TWO INTERCEPTIONS.  ZERO TDS.  NEXT SEATTLE POSSESSION.  IT’S STILL 21-6 UNTIL MATT HASSELBECK LOOKING FOR MIKE WILLIAMS.  17 YD. GAIN.  SEATTLE OFFENSE ON THE MOVE ONCE AGAIN.  5 PLAYS LATER IT’S HASSELBECK TO DEION BRANCH; 3 YD. TD, AND THE SEAHAWKS GO ON TO WIN 31-6.  HASSELBECK WAS 18 OUT OF 23 FOR A BUCK 70.  2 TDS., 1 INTERCEPTION.  HE ALSO HAD THE RUSHING TD.

01:52:48 – DALLAS COWBOYS @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS

IN THEIR ENTIRETY.  SO THE COWBOYS, THE STARTING OFFENSE COACH ONLY 1 TD. IN THE PRESEASON.  YEA, THIS TEAM HERE HAS GOT TO GET GOING HERE.  I LIKE DONOVAN MCNABB AND I LIKE KYLE SHANAHAN AND WHAT HE’S GOT TO OFFER.  LOOK AT THE LEGS THIS GUY…STILL HAS IT!!  THERE COACH.  LOOKS LIKE I GOT SOMETHING TO PROVE TO EVERYBODY!  NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ANKLE THERE.  A 17 YD. GAIN AND THE COWBOYS 27.  ROMO SWINGS IT OUT TO FELIX JONES.  THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.  YOU WANT TO GET THE BALL OUT OF YOUR HANDS EARLY AND INTO YOUR HANDS OF YOUR PLAYER MAKERS, AND THAT IS ONE OF THEM.

ALRIGHT.  TONY ROMO NOW ON THE MOVE.  GREAT GRAB BY ROY WILLIAMS.  I BELIEVE IN ROY!  WAY TO GO UP AND GET THE BALL.  AND ROY CAN DO THIS.  PUT ROY IN A SPOT AND TELL HIM, “GO UP AND GET THE BALL.”  ALRIGHT, DAVID BIELER THOUGH ON FOR THE F.G.  THE BALL SAILS WIDE RIGHT.  DID ANYBODY SAY NICK VOLK?  DID SOMEBODY SAY..  ?  THAT WAS LAST YEAR’S KICKER.  HOW ABOUT ALBERT HAYNESWORTH HERE?  THAT’S THE DEFENSE LINED UP THERE AND HAYNESWORTH WAS FURIOUS BECAUSE HE WAS PULLED OUT OF A PASSING SITUATION.  LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.  HE HAS A NO-WIN SITUATION.  MIKE SHANAHAN HAS WON HIS 1^ST GAME IN WASHINGTON HIS WAY.  HAYNESWORTH IS IN A NO WIN SITUATION RIGHT NOW.  GETS DRIVEN OFF THE BALL BY ANDRE GIRARD AND LEONARD DAVIS.  GIRARD GIVING HAYNESWORTH ANOTHER STIFF-ARM THERE.  NEXT COWBOYS POSSESSION.  TONY ROMO.. ABSOLUTELY.  THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL PLAYER FOOTBALL.  SHOULDERS DOWN NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT HIS SHOULDERS UP.  THERE’S NOWHERE TO GO.  GO DOWN IN THE HALF.  LET’S GO IN AT HALFTIME, COME BACK AND PLAY ANOTHER DAY.  THAT’S TERRIBLE.  NO TIME LEFT ON THE CLOCK.  GREAT STRENGTH BY DEANGELO HALL.  GIVE DEION CREDIT.  GREAT TACKLE.  GREAT STRIP.  HE GETS IT INTO THE END ZONE, AND HE DOES THE DANCE.  SO HE’S OFFICIALLY ON …  HIGH STEP IT?  YES HE DID.  THAT’S AUTOMATIC.  YES HE DID.  ALRIGHT, GRANT __’S KICK HERE.  IS GOOD BUT ORLANDO __ CALLED FOR OFFSIDES.  SO THE KICK NULLIFIED.  MISTAKES.  SLOPPY PLAY ON THIS ONE.  ABSOLUTELY.  ALRIGHT, A COUPLE PLAYS LATER ON IT’S 2^ND & 7.  MCNABB LOOKING FOR SANTANA MOSS.  PICKED OFF BY TERRENCE NEWMAN!  BUT THERE’S A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  I’VE SEEN YOU DO THIS QUITE A BIT DEION.  NEVER.  I WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING.  THEY WOULD’VE NEVER THROWN AT ME DOWN THIS AREA, IN THIS AREA.  NEWMAN WRAPS UP BOSS THERE FOR ILLEGAL CONTACT.  AND SO ..ANOTHER TRY FOR ANOTHER F.G.  BUT JOSH BIDWELL CAN’T HANDLE THE SNAP.  THE ELEMENTARY THINGS OF FOOTBALL.  YOU’VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO SNAP IT; CATCH IT; KICK IT; HOLD IT.  COWBOYS GO DOWN 10-NOTHING IN THIS BALL GAME.  TONY ROMO TO DES BRYANT.  DES BRYANT DIDN’T PLAY AT ALL IN THE PRESEASON.  8 YD. GAIN RIGHT THERE.  AND MILES AUSTIN GETTING THE BIG CONTRACT EXTENSION AND WHY NOT.  IT SHOWED THAT HE DESERVES WHAT HE GOT.  PROBABLY DESERVES A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.  MILES AUSTIN SHOWED UP TO PLAY FOOTBALL TODAY.  SO TONY ROMO AND THE COWBOYS CUTTING THE DEFICIT TO 10-7.  MCNABB TO SANTANA MOSS.  10 YDS. TO THE 41.  4:46 LEFT IN THIS ONE, AND LARRY JOHNSON…IS GONNA GET DROPPED BY DEMARCUS WARE WHO WAS INJURED ON THE PLAY.  KEEP YOUR HEAD UP.  KIDS WATCHING THIS, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP.  SEE WHAT YOU HIT AND HIT WHAT YOU SEE.  AND GOOD NEWS.  WARE WALKING OFF THE FIELD ON HIS OWN POWER.  A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER ON A 1^ST & 15.  HOW ABOUT CLINTON PORTIS?!  IT LOOK LIKE CLINTON PORTIS OF OLD.  THE CLINTON PORTIS THAT CAME FROM DENVER. HE’S BACK IN THAT CUTBACK SYSTEM; AND I THINK THAT’S THE BEST SYSTEM FOR HIM.  YES HE DID.  WADE PHILLIPS HAD 3 TIMEOUTS THERE AND DECIDED NOT TO USE IT.  THE 2 MINS. REMAINING AND TRENT WILLIAMS CALLED FOR A FALSE START.  3^RD & 7 NOW.  IT’S MCNABB LOOKING FOR ROYDELL WILLIAMS.  AND THAT PLACES THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE.  SO THE REDSKINS HAVE A 49 YD. F.G.  UP 13-7.  MIKE SHANAHAN LOOKING TO GET THE HOME VICTORY.  COWBOYS TRYING TO COME BACK.  ROMO TO DEZ BRIAN FOR 15.  MICHAEL, YOUR ASSESSMENT OF HIM?  IT’S HIS FIRST GAME OUT THERE.  HE CAUGHT 8 PASSES FOR 56 YDS.  NOW THAT’S A LOT OF CATCHES FOR YOUR 1^ST GAME IN QUITE AWHILE.

A BUCK 13 LEFT.  ROMO TO BRYANT 13 YDS.  WAIT TILL HE GET IN-SHAPE AND GAME-READY.  AND NOW IT’S ROMO WITH TIME TO MILES AUSTIN.  BUT IT’S PICKED OFF BY CARLOS ROGERS.  THEY GOT 2 .. CORNERS.  REALLY 3 WITH THE ADDITION OF PHILIP BUCHANAN.  THESE GUYS CAN GO AFTER THE FOOTBALL.  THAT’S WHY THIS DEFENSE IS SO GOOD.  COULDN’T PULL IT DOWN.  SO TONY ROMO AND CO. WITH ANOTHER SHOT.  AND IT’S ROMO TO AUSTIN; AND AUSTIN EATS UP THE MIDDLE 30 YDS. DOWN TO THE 13 YD. LINE.  COWBOYS TAKE THEIR 2^ND TIMEOUT.  8 SECS. LEFT.  2 PLAYS LATER.  2^ND & 10.  IT’S ROMO FOR __.  INCOMPLETE!  HERE WE GO.  LAST CHANCE.  ONE LAST SHOT HERE.  3 SECS. LEFT.  AND ROMO, LOOKING IN THE END ZONE.  STEPS UP.  FLING IT IN THERE!  OH BOY!  TOUCHDOWN ROY WILLIAMS!!  HOLD ON!  HOLD ON!  OH JEEZ…OH MY GOODNESS.  DID YOU SEE HOW HE EVEN… HE’S WRESTLING?  NOW I SEE.  YOU THINK …WITH YOU BOY.. LIKE THIS.  REDSKINS AND DONOVAN MCNABB, THEY WIN IT 13-7.

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