1.       STEELERS @ TITANS  2:58

2.       EAGLES @ LIONS   2:59

3.       DOLPHINS @ VIKINGS   3:39

4.       BUCS @ PANTHERS   2:31

5.       BEARS @ COWBOYS   3:01

6.       RAVENS @ BENGALS   3:02

7.       CARDS @ FALCONS   2:37

8.       CHIEFS @ BROWNS   2:07

9.       BILLS @ PACKERS   2:50

10.   RAMS @ RAIDERS   1:18

11.   PATS @ JETS   2:25

12.   SEAHAWKS @ BRONCOS   1:11

13.   JAGS @ CHARGERS   1:32

14.   TEXANS @ REDSKINS   3:03

15.   GIANTS @ COLTS   3:43

         TRT: 51:28 with bars

 

01:10:16 – PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

 

STEELERS AT THE TITANS.  CHRIS JOHNSON LOOKING TO CONTINUE HIS STREAK OF 12 STRAIGHT 100 YD. GAMES.  DENNIS DIXON, ONE & ONE AS A STARTER FOR PITTS.  OPENING KICKOFF!  A LITTLE TRICKERATION FOR PITTS.’S OFFENSE ON THE TITANS KICK.  THE HANDOFF FROM __ MOORE ON A REVERSE TO ANTONIO BROWN, AND HE IS GONE!  ONE MAN TO BEAT.  IF IT’S THE KICKER, YOU KNOW HE’S GONNA SCORE.  AN 89 YD. TD. FOR ANTONIO BROWN; AND PITT’S KICK RETURN TEAM GETS THE SCORE ON THE OPENING KICK.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AS ANTONIO BROWN FAKES LIKE HE’S JOINING THE WEDGE BUT HE GETS THE BALL.  STEELERS GO UP 7-NOTHING.  THEIR FIRST TD. OFF A KICK RETURN SINCE 2007.  IT WAS JUST A BRUTAL GAME FOR TENN’S OFFENSE.  VINCE YOUNG PICKED OFF BY TROY POLAMALU; AND ON THIS PLAY LAMAR WOODLEY GETS VINCE YOUNG.

 

CHRIS JOHNSON, YOU DON’T SEE THIS VERY OFTEN.  A FUMBLE AFTER A HIT BY LAWRENCE TIMMONS.  4 TURNOVERS IN THE FIRST HALF ALONE FOR TENN. AND ONLY 4 1^ST DOWNS.  2^ND QUARTER, STEELERS LEADING 7-3.  DENNIS DIXON RUNNING BEHIND A CONVOY OF BLOCKERS TO THE LEFT.  HE HAD HURT HIS KNEE ON THAT PLAY.  STEELERS SETTLE FOR A F.G. ON DIXON’S LAST SNAP.  LEAVES ON A CART WITH A SPRAINED KNEE.  CHARLIE BATCH WOULD ENTER THE GAME IN HIS PLACE.  PITTS. LEADS 13-3 AT THE HALF.  3^RD QUARTER, _ WITH THE BALL.  SAME SCORE.  VINCE YOUNG BACK TO PASS.  HE IS SACKED.  FUMBLES.  JAMES HARRISON HIT HIM.  RECOVERED BY STEVE MCCLENDON OF PITTS.  THE 4^TH TURNOVER OF THE GAME FOR VINCE YOUNG.  KERRY COLLINS STARTS WARMING UP.  STEELERS SETTLE FOR A F.G. GOING UP 16-3.  ONTO THE 4^TH QUARTER.  TITANS WITH THE BALL, SAME SCORE.  KERRY COLLINS IN THERE FOR VINCE YOUNG.

 

COLLINS THIS TIME LOOKING DOWNFIELD FOR NATE WASHINGTON.  THIS BALL IS PICKED OFF.  BRIAN MCFADDEN LAYING OUT FOR THE BALL.  THE 6^TH TURNOVER OF THE GAME FOR TENN.  TITANS WITH THE BALL, NOW TRAILING

19-3.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER.  THIS TIME KERRY COLLINS FIGURES IT OUT.  NEXT ON THE TOUCHDOWN WITH NATE WASHINGTON, AND THEY WOULD ALSO CONVERT ON THE 2 POINTER MAKING IT AN 8 POINT GAME.  19-11 IN FAVOR OF PITTS.  SO THEY GO FOR THE ONSIDE KICK; CHANGE-UP THE FORMATION; GO UP THE MIDDLE.  THE BALL IS BOUNCING AROUND AND DIVING IN THERE.  COLLIN ___ RECOVERS THE ONSIDE ATTEMPT.  TITANS WITH THE BALL TRAILING BY 8, 19-11.  2^ND & 3 FROM THEIR 39.  KERRY COLLINS, AND HE FINDS JUSTIN GAGE FOR A GAIN OF 30 DOWN TO THE PITTS. 31.  2 PLAYS LATER, AT THE 31.  KERRY COLLINS LOOKING DEEP.  NATE WASHINGTON IN THE END ZONE!  INCOMPLETE!  OUT OF BOUNDS.  HAD A CHANCE TO POTENTIALLY TIE IT ON THAT PLAY.  BUT AFTER 2 FALSE START PENALTIES, IT’S A 30 & 20.  KERRY COLLINS.  HE DUMPS OFF TO CHRIS JOHNSON.  HE IS STOPPED INBOUNDS.  THAT ENDS THE GAME.  A STEELERS WIN, 19-11.  THEY ARE NOW 2-0.

 

01:13:24 – PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ DETROIT LIONS

 

EAGLES AT THE LIONS.  SHAWN HILL GETTING THE START IN PLACE OF MATTHEW STAFFORD.  ACTUALLY, 10-6 AS A STARTER.  MICHAEL VICK MAKING HIS FIRST START SINCE 2006 AS A MEMBER OF THE FALCONS.  EAGLES FIRST POSSESSION.  THAT’S VICK FINDING DESHAWN JACKSON.  MAKES A CUT.  JACKSON TAKES IT ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE.  A 45 YD. TD. FOR DESHAWN JACKSON PUTS THE EAGLES UP 7-0 AS HE HOOKS UP WITH MICHAEL VICK.  ON THE ENSUING LIONS POSSESSION, THAT’S THE ROOKIE JAVAD BEST BUSTING UP THE MIDDLE FOR A 13 YD. SCORE.  IT WOULD BE A BIG DAY FOR BEST.  THEY TIE THE SCORE AT 7.

 

NOW ONTO THE 2^ND QUARTER.  LIONS LEADING 10-7.  SHAWN HILL WILL FIND JAVAD BEST FOR A DUMP OFF ON THE SCREEN PASS TO THE RIGHT SIDE.  BEST MAKES A COUPLE PEOPLE MISS.  HE IS GONE.  HE TAKES IT ALL THE WAY FOR A 75 YD. TD.  LIONS LEAD 17-7.  BEST, THE FIRST LIONS ROOKIE SINCE 1960 WITH AT LEAST 2 TDS. IN EACH OF HIS FIRST 2 GAMES.  LESHAWN MCCOY ON HE ENSUING POSSESSION.  HE PUNCHES IT IN FOR A PHILA. SCORE.  EAGLES TRAILING 17-14 AT THAT POINT.  SAME SCORE, NEXT POSSESSION FOR PHILLY.  MICHAEL VICK.  HE’LL FIND DESHAWN JACKSON AGAIN OVER THE MIDDLE FOR 53 YDS.  BEAUTIFUL BALL THERE.  DOWN TO THE LIONS 17.  135 YDS. RECEIVING FOR DESHAWN ON THE GAME.  4 PLAYS LATER, 2^ND & GOAL ON THE LIONS 9.  VICK FINDS JEREMY MACKLIN, A 7 YD. SCORE.  EAGLES UP 21-17 AT THE HALF.

 

3^RD QUARTER – NOW 1^ST & GOAL AT THE LIONS 4.  9^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  THE GIVE TO LESHAWN MCCOY.  A 4 YD. TD. RUN FOR MCCOY.  EAGLES GOING UP

28-17 ON THAT TD.

 

4^TH QUARTER NOW, SAME SCORE.  3 EAGLES POSSESSIONS LATER.  LESHAWN MCCOY AGAIN WITH THE BALL.  HE BREAKS A TACKLE; HURDLES A MAN.  HE BUSTS UP THE MIDDLE.  46 YDS. LATER INTO THE END ZONE.  120 YDS., 3 TDS. FOR LESHAWN MCCOY.  HE PUT ON A SHOW.  EAGLES GOING UP 35-17.  ENSUING DETROIT POSSESSION A 2^ND & 6.  SHAWN HILL FINDS 2^ND YR. T.E., BRANDON PETTIGREW.  HE GOES DOWN THE SIDELINE RUMBLING FOR A GAIN OF 35.  THAT LEADS TO A JAVAD BEST 2 YD. TD. RUN.  LIONS ARE DOWN 35-24 AFTER THAT.  SAME SCORE.  NEXT LIONS POSSESSION.  SHAWN HILL WILL FIND CALVIN JOHNSON.  MEGATRON IN FOR THE SCORE.  LIONS CONVERTED ON THE 2 POINTERS.  THEY WOULD TRAIL 35-22 AFTER THAT.  THEY GO UP FOR THE ONSIDE KICK.  RANDY PHILLIPS RECOVERS IT FOR THE LIONS ON A LOOSE BALL.  DETROIT WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH IT.  WE GOT A GAME HERE UNDER 2 MINS. TO GO, 4 PLAYS LATER, A 4^TH & 10.  LAST PLAY.  INCOMPLETE INTENDED FOR TONY SCHEFFLER.  __ HANSON BROKE IT UP.  EAGLES WOULD RUN OUT THE CLOCK.  GET THE WIN 35-32.  MICHAEL VICK, 284 YDS. PASSING AND 2 TDS.

 

01:16:32 – MIAMI DOLPHINS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS

 

BRAD CHILDRESS, TONY SPARANO.  THE DOLPHINS LOOKING TO GO 2-0 AND TOM, LITTLE SURPRISING THE DOLPHINS COME OUT THROWING.  EDDIE TO MARSHALL.  PRETTY HOOKUP.  WELL, AND IF THIS TEAM IS GOING TO BE A FACTOR IN THE AFC EAST IN THE AFC PLAYOFF PICTURE OVERALL, YOU GOTTA SEE MORE OF THIS.  MORE.  MORE.  THIS TEAM IS GONNA GO FAR AS CHAD HENNE AND BRANDON MARSHALL TAKE THEM.  WAITS FOR BRIAN HARTLINE TO OPEN UP IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  5 YD. TD.  EXTRA POINT.  MIAMI LEADS 7-NOTHING.  RONNIE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS.  WELL I KNOW BUT YOU HAVE TO BE MULTIDIMENSIONAL IN THE AFC EAST.

 

BRETT FAVRE DID HAVE 3 INTERCEPTIONS BUT THIS IS NOT HIS FAULT.  PERCY HARVIN GOTTA CATCH THIS BALL.  GOT TO CATCH THE BALL.  IT WAS ALMOST AS IF HE JUST DIDN’T KNOW WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.  HIS BODY CONTROL WAS NOT GOOD, AND THEN HE DIDN’T CATCH THE FOOTBALL.  AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS SYMBOLIC OF A LACK OF WORK IN TRAINING CAMP.  HARVIN HAD THE MIGRAINE HEADACHES AND FAVRE WAS IN MISSISSIPPI.  IT’S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME FOR THOSE 2 TO GET BACK ON THE SAME PAGE.  PLAY WAS CHALLENGED BUT IT STOOD AS AN INTERCEPTION.  MIAMI LEADING 7-NOTHING AT HALFTIME.  3^RD QUARTER, FAVRE BACK TO PASS IN HIS OWN END ZONE.  CAMERON WAKE STRIPS IT OUT.  __ RECOVERS.  EXTRA POINTS.  IT’S 7-0.  YOU CAN’T BLAME THAT ON BRETT FAVRE.  YOU GOTTA PROTECT THE GUY!  WELL WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME FOR.  LOOK.  I’M JUST TELLING YA!  BRETT DOESN’T HAVE A TON TO WORK WITH.  HE THREW 3 PICKS TODAY AND THAT FUMBLE… HE TURNED IT OVER 4 TIMES!  WHEN I SAID I WASN’T WORRIED ABOUT BRETT, YOU WERE ALL OVER ME.  I’M WORRIED ABOUT HIM.  I’M WORRIED HE DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH AROUND HIM AND I’M WORRIED THAT HE MAKES THROWS LIKE THAT.  IS THAT ON HIM?  THERE’S THAT __ YOU WERE JUST TALKING…….ON THE BACK SHOULDER OF THE DOLPHINS DEFENDER.  JASON ALLEN MAKES THE PICK.  NEXT PLAY, RICKY WILLIAMS PUTS IT ON THE GROUND.  HENDERSON RECOVERS IT AND THE VIKINGS TAKE OVER.  THIS WILL BE THEIR LONE TD. DRIVE FROM 2 YDS. OUT.  2 PLAYS LATER 2^ND & GOAL, IT’S ADRIAN PETERSON UP THE MIDDLE AND THE VIKINGS CUT THE LEAD IN HALF TO 14-7.

 

____ OVER 100 YDS. RUSHING, AND HE WAS THE …  THAT’S WHAT THEY GOTTA DO.  CONTINUE TO GET HIM THE FOOTBALL.  WELL, AND THE VIKINGS DEFENSE NOT BAD.  HELD THE DOLPHINS TO 226 TOTAL YARDS.  CREATED A COUPLE OF TURNOVER THAT HAD SOME SIZE.

 

YOU JUST SAW THIS GOING THE OTHER WAY.  FAVRE LOOKING FOR BERNARD BERRY BUT INTERCEPTED BY JASON ALLEN, HIS 3^RD PICK OF THE GAME.  NOW THAT WAS ..WHO WAS THAT ONE ON?  O.K.  THAT ONE IS ON THE … SO WAS THE OTHER ONE!  O.K.  THAT ONE IS ON ……..  SO WAS THE OTHER ONE!  THE OTHER ONE WAS ON HIM TOO!  AND I’LL EVEN SAY A GUY WHO’S BEEN IN THE LEAGUE 19 YRS. SHOULD’VE FELT THAT PRESSURE ON THE GOAL LINE AND KNOW MORE WHERE HE WAS.  VIKINGS DEFENSE COMING UP BIG THOUGH.  GETTING THE FUMBLE STRIPPED BY PAT WILLIAMS.  RECOVERED BY E.J. HENDERSON, AND __ GIVES IT RIGHT BACK.  NEXT VIKINGS POSSESSION.  4^TH & GOAL AT THE 1.  VIKINGS GOING FOR IT.  WHO YOU GONNA GIVE IT TO?  A.D.  CARLOS DANSBY IS THERE TO STUFF HIM AND IT’S TURNED OVER ON DOWNS.  WOW, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE DECISION.  I MEAN YOU’RE DOWN 4.  WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?  ARE YOU GONNA KICK THE F.G. AND THEN…

 

 

 

THE VIKINGS GOT THE BALL AT THE …42.  LEFT 3^RD & 10.  FAVRE TO GREG LEWIS.  14 YD. GAIN AND A VIKINGS 1^ST DOWN.  5 PLAYS LATER IT WAS 4^TH & 7 AT THE MIAMI 27.  FAVRE LOOKING OVER THE MIDDLE FOR THE MAN WHO’S BECOME HIS #1 RECEIVER, ASHANTE SHENKO.  INCOMPLETE.  MIAMI HANGS ON TO WIN 14-10.  DOLPHINS START THE SEASON 2-0 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2002.

 

ADRIAN PETERSON GOES 28-…FOR 145, AND THE VIKINGS DEFENSE PRETTY GOOD TOO.  ONLY 14 PTS.  BUT FAVRE WITH THOSE 3 INTERCEPTIONS, WE CAN ARGUE ALL WE WANT ABOUT WHOSE FAULT IT WAS BUT THE BOTTOM LINE, IT’S 14-10.

 

THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE.  LOOK, I’M GONNA RUN OUT AND BUY A FAVRE JERSEY RIGHT AFTER THE SHOW BECAUSE I’M THAT BIG A FAN OF HIS JAMIE.  BUT WHEN YOU TURN IT OVER 4 TIMES AND 3 OF THEM ARE ON HIM, YOU’VE GOT SOME ISSUES.  I’M NOT SAYING IT’S ALL HIM.  HE COULD USE A SYDNEY RICE.

 

01:20:21 – TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

 

THE BUCCANEERS AT THE PANTHERS.  JOSH FREEMAN COMING OFF A 17-14 WIN IN WK. 1 OVER THE BROWNS. ON THEIR 2^ND POSSESSION, NO SCORE.  FREEMAN HITS KELLEN WINSLOW OVER THE MIDDLE FOR A 24 YD. GAIN, AND A 1^ST DOWN AT THE PANTHERS 30.  3 PLAYS LATER, FREEMAN THIS TIME SCRAMBLING.  HE PUTS A GREAT MOVE ON RICHARD MARSHALL.  AS YOU CAN SEE, GETS PAST HIM.  PICKS UP A GAIN OF 17 AND A 1^ST DOWN AT THE PANTHERS 14.

 

NEXT PLAY, FREEMAN, HE FINDS ERNEST GRAHAM FOR THE 14 YD. SCORE PUTTING THE BUCS UP 7-NOTHING.  GRAHAM’S 1^ST TD. SINCE 2008.  2^ND QUARTER, 2 PANTHERS POSSESSIONS LATER, NAT MOORE.  HE WILL FIND, ON A 4^TH DOWN, STEVE SMITH WHO TAKES IT TO THE HOUSE FOR A 37 YD. TD. TYING THE GAME AT 7 A PIECE.  CAROLINA WOULD NOT BE HEARD FROM AFTER THAT.  ENSUING BUCCANEERS POSSESSION.  FREEMAN.  HE’S ABLE TO AVOID THE SACK TWICE; AND HE GETS AWAY FROM THE PRESSURE, AND HE’LL FIND KELLEN WINSLOW FOR A GAIN OF 40.  WINSLOW, THE LEADING RECEIVER WITH 83 YDS., SETS UP A 1^ST & 10.  NEXT PLAY AND THAT IS FREEMAN FINDING ROOKIE MIKE WILLIAMS.  HE TAKES IT ALL THE WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  A 35 YD. TD. PUTTING THE BUCS UP 14-7 AT HALFTIME.

 

FREEMAN, 2 TDS. ON THE GAME.  3^RD QUARTER, PANTHERS 2^ND POSSESSION.  NAT MOORE’S PASS PICKED OFF BY RONDE BARBER.  INTENDED FOR STEVE SMITH.  THE BUCS WOULD KICK A F.G. PUTTING THEM UP 17-7 AFTER THAT.  NEXT PANTHERS POSSESSION, NAT MOORE, SACKED BY QUINCY BLACK!  A LOSS OF 11 FORCING THE PANTHERS TO PUNT.  AFTER THAT, A PUNISHING HIT.  PANTHERS ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, TRAILING 20-7; NAT MOORE IS BROUGHT DOWN, THIS TIME BY TIM CROWDER.  CROWDER FUMBLES THE BALL.  IT’S RECOVERED BY KYLE MOORE.  HE RETURNS IT 5 YDS.  MOORE, 6 OF 16,125 YDS.  A TD. AND A PICK IN THE GAME.  JIMMY KLAUSON NOW IN FOR CAROLINA, AND A 1^ST DOWN AT THE BUCS 29.  SMITH, 64 YDS. AND A TD. IN THE BALL GAME.  8 PLAYS LATER 4^TH & GOAL FROM THE BUCS 1.  BIG PLAY FOR CAROLINA.  JONATHAN STEWART TO THE LEFT SIDE.  TACKLED BY GENE __ SHORT OF THE END ZONE.  T.B. TAKES OVER ON DOWNS.  CAROLINA ON ITS NEXT POSSESSION, AND THAT IS JIMMY KLAUSON’S PASS.  TIPPED AND PICKED OFF BY __ __, RETURNED 21 YDS.  KLAUSON 6 OF 12, AND THE BUCS GO TO 2-0 WINNING 20-7.

 

01:23:06 – CHICAGO BEARS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

 

JASON GARRETT, THE COWBOYS OFF. COORD., AND TONY ROMO WELCOMING THE CHICAGO BEARS TO DALLAS.  1^ST QUARTER, ROMO TO MILES AUSTIN.  IT BY CHARLES TILLMAN AND INTERCEPTED BY D.J. MOORE TO THE COWBOYS 23.  THIS IS HOW THE CHICAGO BEARS PLAY FOOTBALL.  THEY MAY BEND.  THEY HOPE THEY DON’T BREAK, AND THEY TRY TO PROD THE FOOTBALL AWAY FROM YOU.  WHEN THEY WENT TO THE S.B. THEY WERE A FANTASTIC TEAM AT TAKING THE BALL AWAY.

 

AND WHEN THE COWBOYS TRADED UP TO GET DES BRIAN IN THE 1^ST ROUND, THEY HAD VISIONS OF THIS.  ABSOLUTELY.  FIELDING THE PUNT, 62 YDS. LATER. 6 PTS.  AND THIS IS A BIG MAN TOO WE’RE TALKING ABOUT.  THIS IS NOT A LITTLE SCAT BACK KIND OF A PUNT RETURNER.  THIS IS A BIG GUY SHOWING YOU PATIENCE.  DID A GOOD JOB WAITING.  MICHAEL IRVIN REALLY HAPPY CAUSE, AS HE SAID TO ME, THAT MEANS THEY’RE GONNA START TALKING ABOUT HIM AGAIN.  THEY SEE 88M, THEY PLAY.

 

BEARS WITH THE BALL.  I REALLY LIKE WHAT MIKE MARTZ DID HERE.  ABSOLUTELY.  THAT’S EXACTLY WHERE I WAS GOING.  JAY CUTLER WAS UNDER DURESS IN THE OPENING SNAP, AND MIKE MARTZ MAKES SOME SUBTLE TWEAKS AND ASKS JAY TO START GETTING RID OF THE BALL INSTANTANEOUSLY.  THIS IS WHAT YOU SAW.  THEY STARTED MOVING THE FOOTBALL.  39 YDS. TO GREG OLSEN.  BEARS UP 10-7.

 

ONTO THE 2^ND QUARTER.  COWBOYS WITH THE BALL.  ROMO LOOKING FOR ROY WILLIAMS.  HE FOUND HIM RIGHT THERE.  HE DID FIND HIM RIGHT THERE AND ROY REALLY GOT …  WOW!  ROY WAS ACTUALLY NOT BAD TODAY.  HE DID PUT THE BALL ON THE GROUND ONCE I BELIEVE, FUMBLING.  PLAY ACTION WIDE OPEN.  CHRIS __SKI AND THE COWBOYS RETAKE THE LEAD.  IT’S 14-10 DALLAS.  STILL NEVER THOUGHT AT ANY POINT THAT THAT COWBOY OFFENSE HAD FOUND ITS RHYTHM TODAY.  LOVE THE TALENT ON THIS THROW.  WITH TIME A LITTLE FLICK.  ABOUT 60 YDS. TO JOHNNY KNOX IN STRIDE.  AND ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT MIKE MARTZ MAKES IS, IN REALITY, HE HAS TO GO IN.  CHRIS WILLIAMS.  HE GETS INJURED IN THE GAME.  WHAT DOES HE DO?  HE HAS THE BACK OVER THERE TRIPPING MAKING PLAYS.  FLIPPED HIS TACKLES.  HOW ABOUT THE BALL SKILLS HERE OF DEVIN HESTER.  UNBELIEVABLE.  UNBELIEVABLE.  KIND OF MISTIMED HIS JUMP.  COMES DOWN 1 HAND, GETS BOTH FEET IN.  YOU TALK ABOUT MISTIMED HIS JUMP!  HE DID!  WOW!  HE DID!  GEE WHIZ!  TOUGH CROWD!  AND THEY KEEP TELLING US DEVIN HESTER’S THE #1.  HE’S GOTTA CONTINUE TO MAKE CATCHES LIKE THAT TO PROVE IT.  THAT ADDED TO THE DIFFICULTY OF TIMING HIS JUMP.  __ AND WITTEN, 23 YDS. TO THE CHICAGO 31.  WITTEN WOULD LEAVE THE GAME WITH A HEAD INJURY.  WOULD NOT RETURN.  4 PLAYS LATER, DAVID BIELER SHANKS IT LEFT.  SORRY ABOUT THAT.  CHOKED UP SOME WATER.  THAT’S JODY CAMILLIS, THE SPECIAL TEAMS COACH.  DOESN’T LIKE IT.  CUTLER THEN TO MATT FORTE.  AGAIN, MIKE MARTZ SPLITS HIS R.B. OUT WIDE AND THROWS THE BALL TO HIM ALA MARSHALL FAULK.  AND MARSHALL FAULK TIPPED HIS HAT TO HIM TODAY ON NFL GAME DAY, THE PREGAME SHOW.  ROY WILLIAMS IS TRYING TO GET DOWN AND STRIPS BY CHARLES TILLMAN.  RECOVERED BY BRIAN URLACHER.  AGAIN, THIS IS CLASSIC BEARS DEFENSE.  ONE GUY HOLDS UP AN OFF. PLAYER.  THE 2^ND GUY COMES IN TO RIP THE BALL AWAY.  WHAT A PERFORMANCE.  WADE PHILIPS SAW BY THE OPPOSING TEAM, THE CHICAGO BEARS COME TO TOWN LED BY JAY CUTLER.  21 OUT OF 29.  3 TDS. AND THE BEARS WIN 27-20.

 

01:26:15 – BALTIMORE RAVENS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS

 

BIG AFC NORTH GAME.  RAVENS AND THE BENGALS.  MARVIN LEWIS LOOKING TO AVOID AN 0-2 START TO THE SEASON.  2^ND QUARTER RAVENS TRAILING 3-NOTHING.  JOE FLACCO THROWS TO THE LEFT SIDE ON THE 3^RD & 4.  IT IS PICKED OFF BY ADAM JONES.  HE RETURNS IT 10 YDS. DOWN TO THE BALT. 35.  PAC MAN EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE.  ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION FOR CINCY, CARSON PALMER THIS TIME LOOKING FOR TERRELL OWENS OVER THE MIDDLE.  HE BREAKS INTO THE OPEN FIELD.  A 22 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 16 YD. LINE FOR T.O.

 

6^TH PLAY, THE DRIVE.  A 3^RD & 6 FROM THE 12.  IT’S PALMER WITH PLENTY OF TIME.  LOOKING BACK OF THE END ZONE.  CHAD OCHOCINCO OUT OF HIS REACH.  WIDE OPEN FOR PALMER.  HE MISSES HIM DESPITE THE DODGING ATTEMPT.  BENGALS SETTLE FOR A F.G. TAKING A 6-NOTHING LEAD.  3^RD QUARTER NOW JOE FLACCO 23 PASSING YDS. IN THE 1^ST HALF.  LOWEST OF HIS CAREER.  PLENTY OF TIME.  HE FINDS DERRICK MASON DEEP FOR A TD. FROM 31 YDS. OUT.  RAVENS TAKE THE LEAD 7-6 AFTER THAT TD PASS BY FLACCO.  BENGALS 3^RD POSSESSION OF THE 2^ND HALF.  CARSON PALMER’S PRESSURED THIS TIME.  HE IS BROUGHT DOWN BY RAY LEWIS WHO HAD TRIPPED HIM ON THE PLAY.  FLAGS AS YOU CAN SEE, RAY LEWIS BLOCKED BY BERNARD SCOTT, ROLLS INTO CARSON PALMER.  BRINGS HIM DOWN.  AUTOMATIC 1^ST DOWN ON THE TRIPPING PENALTY.  RAY LEWIS FUMING AFTER THAT CALL.  NEXT PLAY, IT’S A 1^ST & 10 FROM THE 32.  PALMER ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT.  HE WILL FIND HIS MAN, CHAD OCHOCINCO FOR A GAIN OF 11.  BENGALS TACKED ON ANOTHER F.G. TAKING A 9-7 LEAD.

 

RAVENS WITH IT 1^ST & 10 FROM THEIR 29.  RAY RICE TAKES THE HANDOFF AND HE WILL BREAK FREE.  A 30 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE CINCY 41.

 

3 PLAYS LATER, JOE FLACCO FROM THE SHOT GUN.  HE WILL FIND ANQUAIN BOLDEN FOR A PICKUP OF 12.  THAT WILL LEAD TO A BILLY CUNDIFF F.G.  RAVENS TAKING THE LEAD, 10-9.  ON THE ENSUING KICKOFF, SPECIAL TEAMS GETTING IT DONE FOR CINCY.  THAT’S BERNARD SCOTT BUSTING THROUGH UP THE MIDDLE; CUTTING IT TO THE LEFT; AND HE WILL TAKE IT 60 YDS. DOWN TO THE BALT. 41.  HUGE PLAY FOR THE BENGALS.  CARSON PALMER ON THE NEXT PLAY IS PRESSURED.  HIT AS HE THROWS.  INCOMPLETE BUT THERE IS A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  TERRELL SUGGS CALLED FOR ROUGHING THE PASSER.  15 YDS. AND A 1^ST DOWN FOR CINCY.  OH, YOU COULD READ HIS LIPS THERE.  HARBAUGH FUMING AFTER THAT ONE.  ANOTHER F.G. FOR CINCY.  THEY’RE UP 12-10 AT THAT POINT.  ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION FOR BALT., IT IS PICKED OFF BY BRANDON JOHNSON.  JOE FLACCO INTERCEPTED ONCE AGAIN.  BENGALS SETTLE FOR ANOTHER F.G. TAKING A 15-10 LEAD.  NEXT POSSESSION FOR BALT.  4^TH DOWN.  IT IS INTERCEPTED BY __ DUQUA.  BENGALS WIN IT 15-10.

 

01:29:28 – ARIZONA CARDINALS @ ATLANTA FALCONS

 

CARDINALS AT THE FALCONS.  TIM HIGHTOWER GETTING THE START FOR THE 2^ND STRAIGHT WEEK FOR BEANIE WELLS WHO’S HURT.  MICHAEL TURNING TRYING TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER HIS 42 YD. EFFORT LAST WEEK AGAINST PITTS.  OPENING DRIVE.  TURNER SPINS AT THE LINE.  HE’S GONNA PICKUP 16 YDS. ON THE PLAY.  GOOD FOR A 1^ST & 10 AT THE ARIZONA 33.  5 PLAYS LATER IT’S JASON SNELLING GETTING THE GIVE THIS TIME.  HE BUSTS HIS WAY UP THE MIDDLE FOR A GAIN OF 11 PLACING IT 1^ST & GOAL AT THE ARIZONA 9 FOR ATLANTA.

 

2 PLAYS LATER IT’S MATT RYAN AND HE WILL FIND RODDY WHITE INTO THE END ZONE FOR ATLANTA’S FIRST TD. OF THE SEASON.  PUTS THEM UP 7-NOTHING.  ON ARIZONA’S 2^ND DRIVE OF THE GAME AFTER A FALCONS PUNT, DERRICK ANDERSON IS BACK.  HE’S LOOKING FOR STEVE BREASTON.  IT IS PICKED OFF BY CHRISTOPHER OWENS.  RETURNED 13 YDS. DOWN TO THE ARIZONA 43.  THERE WAS AN ILLEGAL FORMATION PENALTY.  CARDS DECLINED.  THEY WOULD ADD A F.G. GOING UP 10-NOTHING.  CARDS ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION, GIVE IT TO TIM HIGHTOWER.  HE HITS THE SIDELINE AND HE IS GONE.  1 MAN TO BEAT IS A.J. JEFFERSON.  HE GETS PAST HIM.  AN 80 YD. SCORE FOR TIM HIGHTOWER.  THE LONGEST CAREER TD. RUN FOR TIMMY.  IT CUTS THE DEFICIT TO 10-7.

 

FALCONS COME RIGHT BACK AFTER THAT.  MICHAEL TURNER AROUND THE RIGHT SIDE.  HE’LL PICKUP 17 YDS.  THAT WOULD BE HIS LAST CARRY OF THE GAME.  FINISHED WITH 75 YDS. ON 9 CARRIES.  HE SUFFERED A GROIN INJURY AND JASON SNELLING TOOK OVER FROM THERE.  MATT RYAN DUMPING OFF TO SNELLING AND GOES OUT OF THE BACKFIELD INTO THE END ZONE FOR A SCORE FROM 19 YDS. OUT PUTTING THE FALCONS UP 17-10.  TURNER TRYING TO STRETCH OUT THAT GROIN.  HE WOULDN’T HAVE PLAYED THE ENTIRE GAME.

 

NEXT DRIVE, FOR THE FALCONS AFTER AN ARIZONA PUNT, 1^ST & 10 ARIZONA.  BRIAN PLAY ACTION.  HARRY DOUGLAS LAID-UP BY GREG TOLER AFTER A GAIN OF 18.  UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS PENALTY MAKES IT 1^ST & 10 ON THE ARIZONA 11.  2 PLAYS LATER MATT SNELLING GETTING THROUGH FOR THE TD.  PICKED IT UP AFTER TURNER GOT HURT.  FALCONS LEAD 24-7 AT THE HALF AFTER THAT TD. BY SNELLING.  IN THE 3^RD QUARTER IT’S ANDERSON BACK TO PASS AGAIN.  THIS TIME INTERCEPTED BY WILLIAM MOORE OFF THE TIP.  RETURNED 31 YDS. TO THE ARIZONA 14.

 

3 PLAYS LATER FOR ATLANTA.  A 3^RD & 8 AT THE ARIZONA 12.  IT’S RYAN FINDING BRIAN FINNERAN IN THE CORNER OF THE END ZONE.  LOOKED LIKE A POWER FORWARD ON A POINT GUARD IN THAT MISMATCH.  HIS FIRST TD. SINCE 2008 FOR BRIAN FINNERAN.  3 TD. PASSES FOR MATT RYAN AS ATLANTA ROLLS TO VICTORY.

01:32:13 – KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

THE CHIEFS AT THE BROWNS.  K.C. COMING OFF THE BIG WIN MONDAY NIGHT OVER S.D.  BROWNS LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON.  JAKE DELHOMME NOT PLAYING IN THIS ONE.  SENECA WALLACE GETS THE START.  THE GIVE IS TO JEROME HARRISON IN THE 1^ST QUARTER.  HE FUMBLES IN THE BACKFIELD AFTER MIKE VRABLE STRIPS THE BALL.  THE PLAY IS CHALLENGED BY UPHELD.  ERIC MANGINI UPSET.  CHIEFS GO ON TO KICK A F.G. AND TAKE A 3-NOTHING LEAD.

 

LATE 1^ST QUARTER, STILL 3 TO NOTHING.  HARRISON THIS TIME TAKES THE SCREEN PASS ON THE LEFT SIDE.  MAKES A NICE RUN AFTER THE CATCH.  HE PICKS UP 23 YDS. ON THE PLAY.  2 PLAYS LATER SENECA WALLACE IN THE SHOTGUN.  HE FIRES OVER THE MIDDLE.  FINDS BEN WATSON, HIS T.E.  BIG RUN AFTER THE CATCH FOR WATSON.  TAKES IT ALL THE WAY DOWN 44 YDS. INSIDE THE 10.

 

THE DRIVE CONTINUED INTO THE 2^ND QUARTER.  THIS TIME IT’S PAYTON HILLIS WITH THE GIVE.  HILLIS ON THE 2^ND EFFORT SPINS HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  STRONG MAN GETS IN THERE.  BROWNS TAKE A 7-NOTHING LEAD.  ON CLEVELAND’S NEXT POSSESSION, STILL UP 7-3, AND THAT PASS IS PICKED OFF INTENDED FOR CHANCY STUCKEY.  BRANDON FLOWERS STEPS IN FRONT.  CHIEFS RETAKE THAT LEAD WITH THEIR DEFENSE 10-7.  ERIC MANGINI NOT HAPPY AFTER THAT TURNOVER.  ENSUING BROWNS POSSESSION AND THAT’S SENECA WALLACE PLAY-ACTION FAKING.  HE GOES DEEP TO JOSH CRIBBS.  CRIBBS OUTRUNS EVERYONE TO THE END ZONE.  A TD. PASS.  CRIBBS 74 YDS. RECEIVING.  BROWNS GO UP 14-10 AFTER THAT TD.  NOW IN THE 4^TH QUARTER IT’S MATT CASSEL THIS TIME CONNECTING WITH DWAYNE BOW OVER THE MIDDLE.  BOW IS LIT UP BY T.J. WARD BUT HANGS ON FOR THE 1^ST DOWN.  3 PLAYS LATER JAMAL CHARLES TAKES THE DRAW UP THE MIDDLE.  HE PICKS UP THE 1^ST DOWN, A 7 YD. GAIN.

 

3 PLAYS LATER ANOTHER 3^RD DOWN.  CASSEL THIS TIME GOING TO HIS ROOKIE T.E., TONY __ FOR THE 1^ST TO PICKUP A 12.  6 PLAYS LATER GETS RYAN SUCCUP, 3 OF 3 ON THE BALL GAME.  A 23 YD. F.G.  HE HITS IT.  CHIEFS GO 2-0.  THEY WIN 16-14.

 

01:34:32 - BUFFALO BILLS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS

 

PACKERS HOSTING THE BILLS.  AARON RODGERS WILL HAVE AN EXTRA BURDEN WITH RYAN GRANT DONE FOR THE SEASON.  BUFFALO’S OFFENSE DID NOT HAVE A RED ZONE DRIVE IN THEIR OPENER.  LOOKING TO CHANGE THAT.  TRENT EDWARDS BROUGHT DOWN FOR THE 2^ND TIME IN THE GAME, AND THAT WAS IN THE 1^ST QUARTER WITH G.B. LEADING 6-NOTHING.  THEY WERE UNABLE TO CONVERT ON THE 3^RD DOWN AND WERE FORCED TO PUNT.  ENSUING PACKERS POSSESSION, AARON RODGERS LOOKING FOR JERMICHAEL FINLEY WITH THE NICE OVER-THE-SHOULDER CATCH FOR A GAIN OF 32 FOR FINLEY.

 

3 PLAYS LATER A 3^RD & 10 ON THE 20.  AARON RODGERS, AND HE WILL SCRAMBLE.  HE’LL GET LOOSE FOR A GAIN OF 12 YDS. GOING DOWN THE MIDDLE SLIDING TO AVOID THE HIT.  SETS UP A 1^ST & GOAL AT THE BILLS 8 YD. LINE.

 

3 PLAYS LATER BRANDON JACKSON THE REPLACEMENT FOR RYAN GRANT, FINDS HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE TO GIVE THE PACKERS A 13-NOTHING LEAD.  FOR JACKSON, HIS 1^ST TD. OF THE SEASON.  ON THE ENSUING BILLS POSSESSION, TRENT EDWARDS LOOKING FOR LEE EVANS, AND HE WILL GO DOWN THE SIDELINES.  INCOMPLETE BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE’S A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  CHARLES WOODSON CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  A 24 YD. PENALTY GIVES THE BILLS 1^ST DOWN AT THE PACKERS 13.  2 PLAYS LATER FRED JACKSON AROUND THE CORNER FOR A TD CUTTING THE SCORE TO 13-7 IN FAVOR OF THE PACKERS.

 

3^RD QUARTER, FIRST BILLS POSSESSION OF THE HALF.  TRENT EDWARDS LOOKING FOR HIS MAN STEVE JOHNSON.  BRANDON CHILLER WITH THE INTERCEPTION.  THE BILLS WERE LINED UP TURNING THE BALL OVER TO THE PACKERS.  AFTER THAT PICK, THEY WERE UNABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.  FOLLOWING THE TRENT EDWARDS INTERCEPTION, PACKERS WITH THE BALL AT THE 3^RD & GOAL ON THE BILLS 7.  RODGERS HITTING DONALD DRIVER FOR A TD.  TRENT EDWARDS UPSET AFTER THAT PICK.  IT WAS COSTLY.  PACKERS GO UP 20-7 AFTER THE LAMBEAU LEAP FOR DONALD DRIVER.  HIS 2^ND TD. OF THE SEASON.

 

ENSUING PACKERS POSSESSION, AARON RODGERS SCRAMBLING ONCE AGAIN, AND HE’LL FIND THE END ZONE ALL ON HIS OWN.  A 9 YD. SCORE FOR RODGERS GIVING THE PACKERS A 277-7 LEAD.

 

IN THE 4^TH QUARTER ON THE NEXT BILLS POSSESSION, TRENT EDWARDS BACK TO PASS.  A LONG DAY FOR HIM.  AND THAT PASS IS PICKED OFF BY MORGAN BURNETT.  NOT NECESSARILY AN INTERCEPTION SO MUCH AS IT WAS A STRIP.  HE JUST TAKES THE BALL AWAY FROM ROSCOE PARRISH ON THE PLAY.  I’M JUST STRONGER THAN YOU.  MORGAN BURNETT WITH A BIG TIME PLAY FOR G.B.  PACKERS CAPITALIZING OFF THE BILLS TURNOVERS ALL OVER THE PLACE.  RODGERS HITS JAMES JONES THIS TIME FOR A 30 YD. SCORE.  PACKERS GO UP 24-7.  RODGERS 255 YDS.  2 TDS. IN THE AIR, 1 ON THE GROUND.

 

ON THE NEXT BILLS POSSESSION A 1^ST & 10 FROM THEIR 49.  EDWARDS SACKED BY CLAY MATTHEWS FOR THE 3^RD TIME.  HIS 2^ND STRAIGHT GAME WITH 3 SACKS.  PACKERS WILL GO UP FOR A 34-7 WIN.

 

01:37:32 – ST. LOUIS RAMS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

 

#1 OVERALL PICK, SAM BRADFORD AND HIS ST. LOUIS RAMS VISITING THE OAKLAND RAIDERS.  RAMS 1^ST POSSESSION OF THE 2^ND QUARTER.  2^ND & GOAL, BRADFORD THROWING TO MARK CLAYTON, AND THAT IS A 7 YD. HOOKUP FOR THE RAMS; AND IT’S ALSO A 7-NOTHING ST. LOUIS LEAD.

 

29 SECS. LEFT TO PLAY IN THE 1^ST HALF.  JASON CAMPBELL LOOKING DEEP TO LOUIS MURPHY.  INTERCEPTED BY JAMES BUTLER.  CAMPBELL 8 FOR 15, 87 YDS., AND THAT INTERCEPTION IN THE 1ST HALF.

3^RD QUARTER JASON CAMPBELL SHOWN TO THE BENCH.  BRUCE GRATKOWSKI COMING OUT.  COME ON OUT.  3^RD & GOAL FROM THE 4 YD. LINE.  LOOKING FOR LEWIS MURPHY.  FLEW UNDERTHROWN BUT THAT’S A 4 YD. TD.  RAIDERS HAVE 13-7.  GRATKOWSKI  …FOR A BUCK 62.  A TD. AND A PICK.  3:24 LEFT IN THE GAME.  BRADFORD LOOKING FOR MARK CLAYTON.  GETS HIS FEET DOWN AND MAKES A GREAT CATCH.  INITIALLY RULED INCOMPLETE BUT AFTER IT WAS REVIEWED, IT WAS A TD.  17 YDS. FOR THE TOUCH.  RAMS DOWN 16-14.

 

NEXT RAIDERS POSSESSION.  PLAY ACTION GRATKOWSKI.  FORCED OUT OF THE POCKET.  THROWS IT AWAY TO AVOID THE SACK.  HIT LATE BY FRED ROBBINS.  ROUGHING THE PASSER IS CALLED.  AUTOMATIC 1^ST DOWN.  THE RAIDERS SAY, “THANK YOU VERY MUCH.”  THEY WIN 16-14.

 

01:38:59 – NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ NEW YORK JETS

 

AFC EAST BATTLE AT THE NEW MEADOWLANDS.  DERELL REVIS AND THE JETS.  REVIS PROBABLE WITH A HAMSTRING INJURY, WARMING UP.  YES.  HE WILL PLAY, 2^ND QUARTER NO SCORE.  PATS BALL.  BRADY LOOKING FOR WES WELKER.  THAT IS A N.E. TD.  EXTRA POINT MADE IT 7-NOTHING N.E.

 

JETS WITH A CHANCE TO RESPOND.  3^RD & 3 ON THE PATRIOTS 10.  MARK SANCHEZ LOOKING LEFT TO BRAYLON EDWARDS.  GOES UP AND GETS IT.  GAME TIED AT 7.  EDWARDS WAS CALLED FOR TAUNTING ON THE PLAY.  SANCHEZ 7 FOR 7.  64 YDS. ON THAT DRIVE.  COUPLE OF POSSESSIONS LATER, DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS.  BRADY TO RANDY MOSS.  ONE-HANDED CATCH AND THE PATRIOTS LEADING 14-7.  JETS DID NOT ALLOW ANY TDS. INSIDE 2 MINS. LAST YEAR.  THEY’VE ALLOWED 2 ALREADY THIS YEAR.  WE SEE RANDY MOSS BEADING DERELL REVIS OFF THE LINE AND THEN TOPS IT OFF WITH A PRETTY 1-HANDED CATCH.  JETS WILL KICK A F.G., AND THEY TRAIL 14-10 AT HALFTIME.  REVIS WORKING ON THAT HAMSTRING, HEADING INTO THE L.R.

 

3^RD QUARTER, PATS BALL.  STILL LEADING 14-10.  BRADY THROWING DEEP DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE TO MOSS BUT THIS ONE IS INTERCEPTED BY ANTONIO CROMARTY.  WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A JETS F.G. AND N.Y. ONLY TRAILING BY 1, 14-13.

 

2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR THE JETS.  SAME SCORE.  L.T. MAKING PEOPLE MISS.  SPRINTING DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE FOR A 31 YD. N.Y. JET GAIN.  A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER IT WAS 2^ND & GOAL FROM THE PATRIOTS 2.  SANCHEZ WELL PLACED TO JERICHO COTCHERY.  JETS WOULD GO FOR 2 AND CONVERT, AND THEY LED 21-14.

 

PATRIOTS SECONDARY, AWFULLY YOUNG, WOULD STRUGGLE LATE IN THE 4^TH QUARTER.  2^ND & 8, SANCHEZ INCOMPLETES TO BRAYLON EDWARDS BUT DEION BUTLER.  2^ND YEAR MAN CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  1^ST DOWN JETS ON THE PATRIOTS 26 YD. LINE.  2 PLAYS LATER 2^ND & 5 OFF THE PLAY ACTION.  SANCHEZ INCOMPLETE TO COTCHERY.  HOWEVER, DEION BUTLER CALLED AGAIN FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  BILL BELICHICK DOESN’T LIKE IT.  1^ST DOWN JETS AT THE 5.  PLAY ACTION SANCHEZ BACK TO DUSTIN KELLER.  NICE TOUCH.  JETS LED 28-14 WITH SANCHEZ WITH A CAREER HIGH 3 TD. PASSES.  PATS LOOKING TO COME BACK.  BRADY HIT FROM BEHIND.  FUMBLED IT AND IT’S RECOVERED BY BRIAN THOMAS.  THE N.Y. JETS GET EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED.  A 28-14 WIN.

 

01:41:34 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ DENVER BRONCOS

 

LATE AFTERNOON KICK IN DENVER.  JOSH MCDANIELS AND HIS BRONCOS LOOKING TO REBOUND AFTER LOSING IN JACKSONVILLE LAST WEEK.  MATT HASSELBECK AND HIS TEAM 1-0.  SEAHAWKS 1^ST POSSESSION.  HASSELBECK, INTENDED FOR DEION BRANCH.  INTERCEPTED.  NICE PLAY BY CHAMP BAILEY.  HASSELBECK 20 OUT OF 35.  3 INTERCEPTIONS.  ENSUING DRIVE.  WALTER THURMAN FUMBLES.  RECOVERED BY THE BRONCOS CASSIUS VAUGHN AT THE SEATTLE 13, 1^ST & 10.  3 PLAYS LATER 3^RD & 10.  KYLE ORTON LOOKING FOR EDDIE ROYAL.  ROLLS IN.  EXTRA POINT MADE IT 7-NOTHING DENVER.  INTO THE 2^ND QUARTER, 3^RD DOWN & 5 FOR THE BRONCOS AT THE SEATTLE 35.  ORTON LOOKING FOR HIS BACK.  __ MARINO THROWS BACK TO ORTON, AND HE COMPLETES TO EDDIE ROYAL 34 YDS. DOWN TO THE 1.  COREL BUCKHALTER WOULD PUNCH IT IN FROM 1 YD. OUT.  DENVER LED 14-NOTHING.

 

3^RD QUARTER, BRONCOS LEADING NOW 17-7.  ORTON WHO WAS 25 OUT OF 35 WITH 307 AND 2 TDS., TO NOSHAWN MARINO.  HE ESCAPES FOR 45 YDS. DOWN TO THE 16.  HE WOULD FINISH THE DRIVE WITH A 1 YD. TD. RUN, AND THE BRONCOS WOULD FINISH OFF THE SEAHAWKS 31-14.

 

01:42:55 – JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

 

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS LOOKING TO START 2-0 BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BEAT THE CHARGERS IN S.D. TO DO IT.  PHILLIP RIVERS AND CO. READY TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER THE MONDAY NIGHT LOSS AT K.C.  RYAN MATTHEW RUNS FOR 3 YDS. BUT INJURES HIS RIGHT ANKLE ON THE PLAY.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  THE ROOKIE 1^ST ROUND PICK OUT OF FRESNO STATE.  SEE HIS ANKLE.  A PILE FOLLOWS ON IT AND MATTHEWS GETS HELPED OFF THE FIELD; CARTED INTO THE L.R.  HE DID NOT RETURN TO THE GAME.  2^ND QUARTER, JAGUARS TRAILING 7-3.  DAVID GARRARD INTERCEPTED BY ANTOWANE CASSON.  HIS 2ND PICK OF THE DAY.  1 OF 4 JAGUARS TURNOVERS IN THE 1^ST HALF ALONE.

 

THE ENSUING CHARGERS POSSESSION.  PHILLIP RIVERS WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE BY FINDING ANTONIO GATES.  9 YDS. TD.  THE PIVOT AND THE EASY SCORE.  S.D. LEADING 14-3.  DAVID GARRARD WITH TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.  2 CHARGERS POSSESSIONS LATER, S.D. UP 14-06.  RIVERS TO GATES AGAIN.  THAT’S ANOTHER S.D. TD.  GATES’ 62^ND CAREER TD. TIES HIM FOR 2^ND ALL TIME FOR T.E.’S.  S.D. UP 21-6 AT HALFTIME.  3^RD QUARTER, MAURICE JONES-DREW RUNNING LEFT, PUTTING THE BALL ON THE GROUND.  RECOVERED BY PAUL OLIVER.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A S.D. F.G.  THAT MADE IT 24-6 CHARGERS.  JACK DEL RIO PERPLEXED ON THE JACKSONVILLE SIDELINE.  NEXT JAGS POSSESSION, DAVID GARRARD GETS HIT BY BRANDON SILER.  INTERCEPTED BY KEVIN BURNETT.  4 INTERCEPTIONS FOR GERRARD.  FINAL SCORE, THE CHARGERS WIN GOING AWAY 38-13.

 

 

01:44:37 – HOUSTON TEXANS @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS

 

2 GAMES TODAY WHERE BOTH TEAMS WERE 1-0.  HERE’S ONE OF THEM.  MATT SCHAUB WITH THE 1-0 TEXANS, AND DONOVAN MCNABB AND THE 1-0 REDSKINS; AND SUPER 5 IS WEARING BURGUNDY AND GOLD TODAY.  DONOVAN MCNABB TO ROY DELWILLIAMS HERE.  UP 20-10 MIDWAY THROUGH THE 3^RD QUARTER.  MCNABB WAS 28 OF 38 FOR 426 YDS; AND JUST 1 TD. TO CHRIS COOLEY.  AND YOU TRADED HIM?  HERE’S AN OFFENSE THAT DIDN’T SCORE A TD. LAST GAME BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY CAN HIT ON ALL 8 CYLINDERS.  JUST WHEN THE REDSKINS ARE UP BY 17 WITH LESS THAN A MINUTE TO GO IN THE 3^RD QUARTER, ARIAN FOSTER MAKES HIS BIGGEST PLAY OF THE DAY.  THERE’S 50 YDS. ON THE SCREEN DOWN TO THE 6; AND THEN ON THE NEXT PLAY 1^ST & GOAL FROM THE 6, MATT SCHAUB IS FAKING TO STEVE CLAYTON.  FINDS KEVIN WALTER TO MAKE IT A 10 PT. GAME.  BIG TIME POSSESSION.  THEY HAD IT ANSWERED BEING DOWN BY 17 PTS.

 

IT’S A 7 PT. GAME.  THE REDSKINS WITH A CHANCE TO INCREASE THEIR LEAD AND ___ __ IS BLOCKED BY BERNARD POLLARD.  BOY, HE SEEMS TO MAKE A PLAY EVERY YEAR.. POLLARD.  NO.  IT’S NOT LIKE HE DOESN’T MAKE ANY PLAYS OTHERWISE BUT HE USUALLY CROPS UP WITH BIG PLAYS.  3^RD & 13 WITH THE REDSKINS HAVING THE BALL BACK.  ALMOST JOEY GALLOWAY ON 3^RD & 13.  THAT WOULD’VE SEALED THE DEAL.  SO YOU SEE THE 2 TIMES THAT THE REDSKINS HAD A CHANCE TO ESSENTIALLY SEAL THIS GAME AND IMPROVE TO 2-0 BUT THE TEXANS ARE STILL ALIVE WITH 3 MINS. TO GO.  SCHAUB TO ANDRE JOHNSON.  THIS WAS HIS FIRST CATCH AFTER HE LEFT FOR SEVERAL MINS. WITH A HEAVILY TAPED ANKLE BECAUSE OF AN ANKLE INJURY.  600^TH CAREER CATCH FOR THE BEAST OUT OF THE U.  4^TH & 10.  LAST CHANCE FOR THE TEXANS FROM THE REDSKINS 34.  WHAT DO YOU DO  WHO ELSE DO YOU THROW IT TO?  THROW IT TO THE BEAST.  #8 COMES UP AND PICKS IT OUT OF THE SKY!  TO TIE THE GAME AT 27 WITH 2 AND CHANGE TO GO!  WHAT A BIG MOMENT FOR GARY KUBIAK AND THE TEXANS.

 

WE GO INTO THE EXTRA PERIOD.  YOU THINK MCNABB NEEDS TO BE TOLD?  HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS.  AFTER A TEXANS PUNT, IS GRAHAM GONNA GO FOR 52 YDS. AWAY??  AND IT ISSS GOOD!  EXCEPT.  HOLD ON.  KUBIAK CALLED A TIMEOUT.  YEA.  HE PULLED A SHANAHAN.  HE LEARNED IT FROM THE GUY ACROSS THE WAY.  THERE YOU GO.  THERE YOU GO.  SO __ HAS TO COME BACK OUT AND TRY IT AGAIN AND THIS TIME HE PUTS THE NO IN CANOW.  IT’S RIGHT.  WIDE RIGHT, AND THE TEXANS GET SOME CHOICE FIELD POSITION FROM WHICH TO DRIVE DOWN THE FIELD TO TRY AND WIN IT, AND THAT IS WHAT THEY DO!  SCHAUB PLAY FAKING IT.  JOE DRESSON EVERYBODY INSIDE THE 20 YD. LINE.  2 PLAYS LATER FOR NEIL RACKERS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST EVER  O.T. WIN FOR THE HOUSTON TEXANS WHO ARE 2-0 HEADING HOME TO TRY AND TEACH EVERYBODY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS…

 

 

 

 

 

 

01:47:50 – NEW YORK GIANTS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

 

IT WAS THE MANNING BOWL, AND ELI TRYING TO PULL HIS RECORD EVEN TO 1-1 WHEN HE TAKES ON BIG BROTHER.  AND ARCHIE AND OLIVIA.  REAL DADDY!  CHECK IT OUT DOWN THERE SON.  HERE PEYTON MANNING TO REGGIE WAYNE.  THE COLTS DEFINITELY SEEM LIKE THEY HAD BUSINESS ON THEIR MINDS EARLY.  YEA.  THEY HAD A TOUGH LOSS NOW AT HOUSTON; AND THEY HADN’T LOST TO THEM VERY OFTEN.  SO THEY TOOK IT PERSONALLY.  THEY CAME OUT WITH THIS GAME HERE WITH PRECISION, AND THEY WENT RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD.  LOOKED LIKE NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER.  DONALD BROWN GETS IN FROM 7 AWAY.  BEFORE THAT, IT WAS AN 11 YDS. ONE; AND, RIGHT AWAY, ELI AND THE GIANTS ARE DOWN 7-NOTHING.

 

2^ND QUARTER, COLTS STILL UP 7-NOTHING, AND HOW ABOUT JOSEPH ADDAI?  FINALLY RUNNING THE FOOTBALL… JUST WHEN THE COLTS ARE RUNNING THEY ARE IN TOTAL CONTROL.  THEY MAY SETUP THE PLAY ACTION PASSES JUST LIKE THIS ONE TO DALLAS CLARK.

 

MANNING TO CLARK.  IT’S 50 YDS. FOR THE TD.; AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE COLTS ARE ON TOP 14-NOTHING.  TOM COUGHLIN WAS IN FOR A LONG NIGHT.  GIANTS NEXT POSSESSION HERE.  IT’S MANNING LOOKING DEEP FOR STEVE SMITH.  BUT THE GREAT GRAB BY ANTOWANE BETHEA FOR THE PICK!  YEA, NO BOB SANDERS NOW.  WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME SAFETY PLAY, AND THEY GOT IT TODAY.  THAT’S A HEADS-UP PLAY.

 

BETHEA WAS BACK THERE ON THE COVERAGE.  IF YOU TAKE A LOOK IT’S POWERS WHO ACTUALLY COMES UP WITH THE INTERCEPTION, AND TOM COUGHLIN AND CO. ARGUING…TRYING TO ARGUE THAT HE WAS DOWN BY CONTACT BUT THE RULING ON THE FIELD STOOD.  SO THE COLTS ADDED A F.G., 17-NOTHING.  GIANTS GET IT BACK.  ELI ON HIS BACK!  ROBERT MATTHIS WITH THE BIG HIT AND THE FUMBLE.  BIG O..THIS WAS A BUNCH OF A MESS DOWN HERE.  THEY DON’T KNOW WHO HAD THE BALL BUT THE COACH CAME UP WITH IT OUT OF THERE, AND YOU DON’T KNOW HOW OUT THE BOTTOM OF THAT PILE.

 

17 PASSING YDS. IN THE 1^ST HALF.  31 SECS. LEFT.  PLENTY OF TIME.  PEYTON MANNING TO AUSTIN COLLIE, 9 YDS. TO THE 16.  THEY JUST KEEP BRINGING IN PLAYERS, MAN.  PEYTON SAID, “YOU GO OVER HERE AND DO THIS.  I’LL GIVE THE BALL TO YOUR HANDS!”  AND THAT’S WHAT THEY DO.  IS THERE A TEAM COACH THAT DOES THIS BETTER IN THE NFL?  MANNING TO ADDAI…NO.  HE’S THE BEST AT IT.  HE CALLS HIS OWN PLAYS FROM START TO FINISH, AND HE IS IN TOTAL CONTROL.

 

SO MANNING TO AUSTIN COLLIE THERE FOR THE 3 YD. TD., AND IT IS 24-NOTHING.  BIG BROTHER WON’T LET GIANTS DOWN ON THE OPENING DRIVE  HERE OF THE 3^RD QUARTER, AHMAD BRADSHAW WITH SOME NIFTY RUNNING.  11 YDS. THERE.  3 PLAYS LATER ON A 3^RD & 8, IT’S MANNING; AND THIS IS WHAT GIANT FANS WERE HOPING TO SEE MORE OF.  A LOT OF THAT.  I’LL TELL YOU, THEY GOT SOME RECEIVERS MAN.  THE GIANTS DO.  AND THE MIX OF STEVE SMITH, AND THAT’S WHAT THEY CAN DO WHEN THEY’RE CLICKING.

 

ALRIGHT.  SO MEANWHILE NOW AFTER THE TD. HERE, BRANDON JACOBS.. COME ON B.J.  ACCIDENTALLY THREW HIS HELMET INTO THE STANDS OUT OF FRUSTRATION.  IT WAS A MISTAKE.  IT WAS MISTAKE.  HE WAS AIMING… HE WAS TRYING TO SLAM IT DOWN AND IT ENDED UP GOING ABOUT 10 ROWS INTO THE STANDS.  FAN DIDN’T WANT TO LET IT GO!  ELI HIT BY DWIGHT FREENEY.  __ __ RECOVERS A FUMBLE AT THE 1 YD. LINE.  TAKES IT IN FOR THE TD.  WE’LL SEE WHAT OUR DEFENSE HAS GOT.  MAN, THERE IT IS.  A QUICK MOMENT WITH ALL THE CAMERAS.  QUICK FAILING MOMENT THERE FOR ELI AND PEYTON.  THE COLTS HAVE BOUNCED BACK BIG TIME.  38-14.  PEYTON MANNING THROWING FOR 3 TD. PASSES.  LOOKING LIKE THE PEYTON MANNING WE HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS.

 

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