SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 4

  1. 49ERS@FALCONS   3:12

  2. RAVENS@STEELERS   3:14

  3. BRONCOS@TITANS   2:55

  4. LIONS@PACKERS   3:23

  5. JETS@BILLS   2:34

  6. PANTHERS@SAINTS   3:10

  7. BENGALS@BROWNS   3:02

  8. SEAHAWKS@RAMS   2:59

  9. TEXANS@RAIDERS   1:52

  10. CARDINALS@CHARGERS   1:24

  11. REDSKINS@EAGLES   3:25

  12. COLTS@JAGUARS   3:10

  13. BEARS@GIANTS   3:48

TRT:   50:23  WITH BARS

 

01:10:16 – SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ ATLANTA FALCONS

 

S.F. 49ERS UNDEFEATED IN THE PRESEASON, WINLESS THIS YEAR.  FIRED JIMMY RAY.  MIKE JOHNSON TAKING OVER.  ALEX SMITH HOPING FOR SOME CHANGE OF LUCK WITH HIS 6TH OFF. COORD.  THEIR FIRST POSSESSION, HEATH THROWS ONE OUT TO VERNON DAVIS WHO FIGHTS HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  RULED DOWN AT THE 1.  MIKE SINGLETARY CHALLENGED THE CALL.  VERNON DAVIS RULED INTO THE END ZONE AS THE CALL IS REVERSE AND THE NINERS GET THE TD. 7-NOTHING.

 

FALCONS ENSUING DRIVE AND THEY WILL PUNT OUT OF THEIR END ZONE.  DOMINIQUE ZIEGLER BLOCKS IT.  CUT BY TAYLOR.  MAIZE IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE FOR A NINERS TD.  TAYLOR MAIZE MAKES AN OVER-THE-SHOULDER GRAB.  BOTH FEET INBOUNDS.  THAT PUTS THE NINERS UP 14-NOTHING EARLY IN THE GAME BUT THAT WOULD BE ALL THE SCORING THEY WOULD DO.  FALCONS ON THEIR ENSUING POSSESSION.  MATT RYAN, HE FINDS RODDY WHITE.  MAKES A NICE CATCH FOR A PICKUP OF 20 AND A FALCONS FIRST.

 

RYAN THIS TIME.  HE WILL LOOK FOR HARRY DOUGLAS AND HE SCORES INTO THE END ZONE FOR AN 8 YD. SCORE.  THAT CUTS THE NINERS LEAD TO 14-7.

 

ATLANTA ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, STILL DOWN 14-7.  MATT RYAN LOOKING THIS TIME FOR TONY GONZALEZ.  PASS IS TIPPED.  BOUNCED AROUND.  PICKED OFF BY SEANTY SPENCER.  THE 2ND INTERCEPTION BY MATT RYAN THIS SEASON.

 

2 NINERS POSSESSIONS LATER THEY’RE STILL UP 14-7.  ALEX SMITH IN TRAFFIC.  ILL-ADVISED BALL.  INTERCEPTED BY CURTIS LOFTON.  HE WAS UNDER PRESSURE ON THAT ONE FORCING THE THROW.  HE WAS FURIOUS AFTER THAT PICK.  NINERS STILL UP 14-10 AT THE HALF.  THEIR FIRST DRIVE OF THE 2ND HALF, ALEX SMITH AND HIS PASS IS INTERCEPTED BY WILLIAM MOORE; RETURNED 13 YDS.  ALEX SMITH’S 7TH PICK OF THE SEASON.  MIKE SINGLETARY, HE HAS SEEN PLENTY OF THAT.

 

NINERS STILL UP 14-13.  ALEX SMITH THIS TIME TRIPPED UP, AND HE TRIED TO THROW THE BALL AWAY.  INTERNATIONAL GROUNDING.  BRUTAL PLAY, AND THAT WILL TAKE THEM OUT OF F.G. RANGE FORCING THEM TO PUNT.  ATLANTA GETS THE BALL.  ENSUING DRIVE AND MATT RYAN’S PASSED PICKED UP BY NATE CLEMONS.  BUT KEEP YOUR EYE ON RODDY WHITE FROM BEHIND.  HE KNOCKS THE BALL LOOSE.  MATT SCRAMBLED FOR THE BALL.  WHO WOULD GET IT IN THAT PILEUP?  AND ATLANTA COMES UP WITH IT.  HARVEY DAHL.  RODDY WHITE MAKES THE CHASE DOWN FROM BEHIND; KNOCKS THE BALL LOOSE, AND THE FALCONS WILL RESTART THEIR DRIVE AT THEIR OWN 7.

 

MATT RYAN, AND HE WILL MAKE ANOTHER CONNECTION WITH HARRY DOUGLAS FOR 17 YDS. AND A 1ST DOWN TO THE 24.  3 PLAYS LATER, STILL MOVING THE BALL.  MATT RYAN, AND HE FINDS RODDY WHITE OVER THE SHOULDER GRAB AND A 1ST DOWN AT THE NINERS 39 TRYING TO GET INTO F.G. RANGE, AND THEY DO.  7 SECS. LEFT.  MATT BRYANT LINES UP 2ND WEEK IN A ROW WITH A CHANCE AT A GAME-WINNING KICK, AND HE NAILS IT FROM 43 YDS. OUT.  FALCONS GO ON OR THE 16-14 WIN KEEPING THE NINERS WINLESS ON THE SEASON.  ATLANTA IS NOW 3-1.

 

01:13:37 – BALTIMORE RAVENS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS

 

HUGE AFC NORTH BATTLE IN PITTS.  RAY LEWIS LEADING ONE OF THE BEST DEFENSES IN THE NFL SINCE 2000.  CHARLIE BATCH COMING OFF HIS 3 TD. PERFORMANCE LAST WEEK FOR THE UNDEFEATED STEELERS.  2ND POSSESSION OF THE GAME FROM PITTS. AND HE LOOKS DEEP TO ANTOWANE RANDLE L. MAKING THE DIVING AND LEAPING GRAB OVER FABIAN WASHINGTON.  A 34 YD. PICKUP.  PERFECTLY TIMING THE JUMP.  FULLY EXTENDING FOR THE CATCH.  RANDLE L. TAKES IT DOWN TO THE 1.

 

RASHARD MENDENHAHL PUNCHED IT IN.  2 PLAYS LATER, STEELERS UP 7-NOTHING.  JOE FLACCO ENSUING POSSESSION, LOOKING FOR DERRICK MASON.  MASON GOES UP FOR THE GRAB PULLING IT DOWN.  A 40 YD. PICKUP DOWN TO THE 43.  SAME DRIVE, 8 PLAYS LATER, WILLEST MCGAHEE TAKES THE HANDOFF AND HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  A 9 YD. SCORE FOR MCGAHEE.  THAT TIES THE GAME UP AT 7.  MCGAHEE PUTS THE MOVES ON JAMES FERRIOR AND GETS INTO THE END ZONE TO TIE THE GAME.

 

NOT MUCH OFFENSE AFTER THAT.  BALT. UP 10-7.  STEELERS WORKING WITH CHARLIE BATCH.  HE WILL LOOK FOR ANTOWANE RANDLE L.  A PICKUP OF 16 ON THE PLAY.  AND THEN THEY WOULD GIVE IT TO RASHARD MENDENHAHL RUNNING RIGHT, AROUND THE END.  MENDENHAHL, WITH 3 MEN CHASING, DIVES INTO THE END ZONE.  PICKS UP THE TD. GIVING PITTS. A 14-10 LEAD.  2 TDS. ON THE GAME FOR RASHARD MENDENHAHL.  74 YDS. ON THE GROUND.

 

BALT. ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION, DOWN 14-10.  JOE FLACCO LOOKING FOR T.J. HOUSHMANZADEH, AND HE FINDS HIM WIDE OPEN FOR A GAIN OF 21, DOWN TO THE 46.  8 PLAYS LATER, FLACCO THROWS RIGHT FOR DERRICK MASON.  BROKEN UP BY WILLIAM GAY.  EXCELLENT PLAY ON THE COVERAGE.  A HUGE DECISION FOR BALT. UNDER 3 MINS. TO GO.  4TH & GOAL, THEY DECIDE TO GO FOR IT FROM THE 2.  FLACCO LOBS ONE FOR BOLDING.  BROKEN UP BY WILLIAM GAY, AND THE RAVENS TURN THE BALL OVER ON DOWNS.  PITTS. APPEARS TO HAVE THIS ONE LOCKED UP.  UP BY 4 WITH JUST OVER A MINUTE TO GO.  BUT – THEY HAD TO PUNT.  RAVENS GET THE BALL BACK ON THE SHORT FIELD.  JOE FLACCO GOES TO WORK.  HITS ANQUAN BOLDEN FOR A GAIN OF 9, AND THEN THEY WOULD GO FOR IT AGAIN.  2ND & 1.  FLACCO RIGHT BACK TO WORK.  38 SECS. LEFT, AND HE WILL FIND ANQUAN BOLDEN ONCE AGAIN WHO GETS OUT OF BOUNDS.

 

2 PLAYS LATER JOE FLACCO BACK IN THE SHOTGUN AGAIN.  DOWN BY 4 AND HE THROWS OUT OF BOUNDS TO T.J. HOUSHMANZADAH.  A GAIN OF 10 TO THE 18.  NEXT PLAY JOE FLACCO AGAIN.  PUMP FAKES THIS TIM E.  T.J. HOUSHMANZADEH IN THE END ZONE.  A TD. GIVING THE RAVENS A 17-14 LEAD.  THE DOUBLE MOVE GOT THEM.  HOUSHMANZADEH WITH HIS FIRST TD. CATCH AS A MEMBER OF THE BALT. RAVENS.  THAT PUTS THEM ON TOP.

 

BUT THE STEELERS WOULD GET THE BALL BACK.  1ST & 10 FROM THEIR 15.  28 SECS. LEFT.  CHARLIE BATCH SCRAMBLING.  RAY LEWIS DIVING FOR THE INTERCEPTION.  IT WAS THE FIRST INTERCEPTION OF THE SEASON FOR BALT.  GIVES THEM THE WIN 17-14.

 

01:17:03 – DENVER BRONCOS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

 

TITANS AND THE BRONCOS.  VINCE YOUNG 8-2 AT HOME AS A STARTER SINCE 2008.  KYLE ORTON 2ND IN THE LEAGUE IN PASSING YDS. THIS SEASON.  BRONCOS WITH THE BOMB.  THE 2ND __ PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  KYLE ORTON HITS BRANDON LLOYD.  NICE GRAB.  A LEAPING CATCH FOR A GAIN OF 23 TO THE TENN. 45.  HE HAD A CAREER HIGH 11 CATCHES IN THE GAME TO GO ALONG WITH 115 YDS.  FIRST & GOAL FROM THE TENN DRIVE, JASON BABEN DRAWN OFFSIDES PRIOR TO THE SNAP.  TITANS DEF. COORD. CHUCK CECIL DISAGREES WITH THAT CALL.  UNHAPPY ABOUT IT.

 

NEXT PLAY, 1ST & GOAL FROM THE 2.  KYLE ORTON.  HE FINDS EDDIE ROYAL; THIS TIME FOR A 2 YD. SCORE.  PUTS DENVER UP IN FRONT 7-NOTHING.  TITANS ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION.  FIRST PLAY OF THE DRIVE, AND THAT IS JEVON RINGER.  NOT CHRIS JOHNSON.  RINGER GOES 54 YDS.  WHERE’S THE DEFENSE ON THAT PLAY?  ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 17.  HE ONLY HAD 2 CARRIES IN THE GAME BUT JEVON RINGER MADE THEM COUNT.  3 PLAYS LATER, VINCE YOUNG LOOKING FOR KENNY BRITT, AND HE FINDS HIM.  GETS 2 FEET INBOUNDS FOR AN 8 YD. SCORE.  THAT TIES UP THE GAME AT 7.  THEY GO INTO HALFTIME TIES UP AT 10.

 

BRONCOS KICKING OFF AFTER A F.G.  TITANS ROOKIE MARK __ TAKES IT AND HE WILL GO ALL THE WAY CROSSING MIDFIELD INTO THE END ZONE.  A 98 YD. KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TD. GIVES TENN. ITS FIRST LEAD OF THE GAME AT

17-13 BUT DENVER WOULD GO BACK TO WORK.  KYLE ORTON INTENDED FOR JABBAR GAFFNEY.  SLIDING GRAB FOR A GAIN OF 28 TO THE TENN. 33.  GAFFNEY BARELY CRADLES THAT BALL.  GETS UNDER IT FOR THE CATCH.

 

5 PLAYS LATER, DENVER WITH THE TOUGH DECISION.  THEY DECIDE TO GO FOR IT.  4TH & INCHES FROM THE 11.  KYLE ORTON WITH THE SNEAK.  HE PICKS UP THE 1ST DOWN.  BUT JEFF FISHER, HE WOULD DECIDE TO CHALLENGE THE SPOT AS WE SEE INCONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE TO OVERTURN THE RULE.  SO DENVER KEEPS THEIR DRIVE GOING.

 

NOW THEY HAVE ANOTHER 4TH & 3.  THEY DECIDE TO GO FOR IT AGAIN.  KYLE ORTON PLENTY OF TIME.  HE WILL LOOK FOR JABBAR GAFFNEY.  GAFFNEY INCOMPLETE.  BRONCOS WOULD TURN THE BALL OVER ON DOWNS.  BUT THEY WOULD GET THE BALL BACK AFTER A TITANS PUNT.  GORDON EVADING THE RUSH, AND HE WILL BOMB ONE INTENDED FOR JABBAR GAFFNEY.  LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THAT, AND THERE IS A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  CHRIS HOAK FLAGGED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  THEY ARE CELEBRATING BECAUSE IT SETS UP A 2ND & GOAL FROM THE 6.  KYLE ORTON TO CORRELL BUCKHALTER.  A 6 YD. SCORE GIVING DENVER A 23-20 LEAD; AND THEY DECIDE TO GO WITH THE SQUIB KICK.  THE BALL RICOCHETS OFF OF MARK MARIANI’S HANDS.  RECOVERED BY __ VAUGHN.  DENVER ADDS A F.G.  THEY GO ON FOR THE WIN 26-20 IN TENN.

 

01:20:07 – DETROIT LIONS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS

 

MIKE MCCARTHY COACHING.  MIKE STAFFORD OR MATTHEW STAFFORD WATCHING.  PACKERS FIRST POSSESSION.  AARON RODGERS LOOKING FOR DONALD DRIVER.  29 YD. TD.  G.B. UP 7-NOTHING.  THAT’S A PRETTY THROWN PASS.  AND YOU THINK THAT’S GAME OVER, RIGHT THERE IT’S OVER.  HAVE A NICE DAY.  AARON RODGERS DOING WHAT HE DOES.  STARTING THIS GAME 8 FOR 9.  3 TDS.  WELL THEY LET THE DETROIT LIONS BACK IN THE GAME.

 

JAVAD BESS BEEN PRETTY GOOD THIS SEASON BUT THIS..THAT’S A TD. PASS TO CALVIN JOHNSON 23 YDS.  CALVIN JOHNSON HAS A BIG DAY AS WELL.  2 TD. CATCHES.  GAME TIED AT 7 BUT HERE’S JAVAD BESS PUTTING IT ON THE GROUND.  CAN’T DO THAT.  CAN’T DO THAT ESPECIALLY AGAINST AN OFFENSE THAT’S AS POWERFUL AS THE G.B. PACKERS.  AND THAT WAS THE 2ND TURNOVER OF THE HALF FOR DETROIT.  4 PLAYS LATER, THAT BALL COULD’VE BEEN THROWN TO 1 SPOT.  THAT’S WHERE IT ENDED UP.  WATCH THIS.  AND COULD ONLY BE THROWN BY MAYBE 1 OR 2, MAYBE 3 QBS IN THE LEAGUE.  THAT’S BEAUTIFUL.  NICE CATCH.  HOW GOOD IS THE KID JERMICHAEL FINLEY.  LEADING T.E. IN THE NFL FOR RECEIVING YDS.

 

PACKERS NEXT POSSESSION.  FREE PLAY!  AARON RODGERS DROPS BACK.  DON’T GIVE AARON RODGERS…BECAUSE YOU KNOW HE’S GOING DOWN THE FIELD, CHANCES ARE TO DONALD DRIVER.  PENALTY WAS DECLINED.  DETROIT STILL HAD … THAT’S THE 1ST HALF.

 

RODGERS TO GREG JENNINGS.  ANOTHER G.B. TD.  AND AT THIS POINT AGAIN, 8 FOR 9, BUCK 31.  BUT THINGS CHANGE.  THAT WOULD CHANGE.

 

SHAWN HILL COMING RIGHT BACK TO CALVIN JOHNSON.  GOES UP AND GETS IT.  21 YD. TD. AND DETROIT APPARENTLY NOT GOING ANYWHERE.  I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU DEFEND THAT ANY BETTER.  CHARLES WOODSON’S UNDERNEATH.  CHARLES JOHNSON.  YEA.  YOU JUMP UP AND..  YEA, I MEAN YOU GOT HIM BRACKETED.  THAT’S JUST AN EXCELLENT…AND THAT’S A THROW THAT BRETT FAVRE MAKES.  THAT’S RIGHT.  JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT’S A THROW THAT BRETT FAVRE MAKES.  THE FAVRE SHOULDER THROW?  ABSOLUTELY.  NO.  THE FAVRE SHOULDER DOUBLE-COVERAGE THROW.  NOW WE’VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.  CHARLES WOODSON WITH THE PICK, AND HE WOULD EVENTUALLY GET 6 AND ACTUALLY LEAPED THE FINAL 6 YDS. INTO THE END ZONE.  WOW.  I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S A GAME AT THIS POINT.  NO, YOU CAN’T.  I MEAN THIS GAME WAS OVER FAST.  CALVIN JOHNSON ALMOST ABLE TO DEFLECT THAT PASS.  THAT PLAY WAS REVIEWED BUT IT COUNTS AS 10TH CAREER INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR A TD.  I ONLY HAD 9 AS A RECEIVER FOR CRYIN’ OUT LOUD.

 

THINGS LOOKING NOT SO GOOD FOR G.B.  JORDY NELSON PUTS IT ON THE GROUND.  THAT LED TO A DETROIT F.G. AND THE LIONS DOWN ONLY 28-26.  NEXT G.B. POSSESSION RODGERS LOOKING FOR GREG JENNINGS.  PICKED OFF BY ALFONZO SMITH.  HERE’S THE DIFFERENCE WITH THIS YEAR’S DETROIT LIONS.  YOU CAN’T LET THEM HANG AROUND BECAUSE THEY ARE MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE.  A YEAR AGO, 2 YRS. AGO, YOU COULD PLAY THIS WAY IF YOU WERE G.B. AND STILL WIN BY A COUPLE OF SCORES.  AND AARON’S RIGHT TO BE MAD.  I MEAN THAT’S A PLAY, THAT’S A GOOD THROW.  RECEIVER’S GOTTA MAKE SURE EITHER HE GETS THE BALL OR HE COMES DOWN WITH IT, OR THE BALL HITS THE GROUND.  THAT’S A GOOD THROW.  HILL TO BRENDON PETTIGREW.  19 YD. GAIN.  MATTHEW STAFFORD LIKES WHAT HE SEES.  HE’S GOT SOME PLAYMAKERS.  PETTIGREW, JOHNSON, SHUFFLER, BEST.  THIS IS LOOKING FOR JOHNSON BUT BROKEN UP BY CHARLES WOODSON, AND HE’S NOT GONNA GET THAT CALL.  NO.  LIONS FALL 28-26.  AARON RODGERS 0-14.  STARTED OFF REALLY FAST.  KIND OF COOLED OFF A BIT BUT HIS TEAM NOW 3-1.

 

01:23:40 – NEW YORK JETS @ BUFFALO BILLS

 

COULD THE BUFFALO BILLS GET THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON?  LADAINIAN TOMLINSON, IT’S BEEN 25 GAMES SINCE HE WENT OVER 100 YDS. ON THE GROUND.  NOW IT ALL CHANGED TODAY.  TOMLINSON RIGHT SIDE, AND HE GETS A NICE BLOCK FROM JOHN CONNER FOR 15 YDS. TO THE 11.  ON THE OPENING JETS DRIVE HE GOES UP THE MIDDLE.  L.T. INTO THE END ZONE PUTTING THE JETS UP 7-NOTHING.  HE MOVES INTO 7TH PLACE ALL TIME CAREER RUSHING PASSING TONY DORSETT.

 

2ND QUARTER JETS UP 10-NOTHING.  NICE PUMP FAKE.  MARK SANCHEZ.  HE FINDS A WIDE OPEN BRAYLON EDWARDS INTO THE END ZONE.  A 41 YD. SCORE PUTTING THEM UP 17-NOTHING.  __ __ BITING ON THE PUMP FAKE.  SANCHEZ FINDS EDWARDS.  HIS 3RD STRAIGHT GAME WITH A SCORE.  ENSUING BILLS POSSESSION, RYAN FITZPATRICK.  THEY’LL FIND DAVID NELSON FOR A GAIN OF 37.  ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE RED ZONE NEARBY THE 10 TO THE JETS 15.  2 PLAYS LATER A 1ST 7 GOAL.  FITZPATRICK BACKPEDALLING.  THROWS INTO THE LEFT CORNER.  LAYING OUT FOR THE CATCH, DAVID __ FOR THE SCORE, AND MADE IT 17-7 IN FAVOR OF THE JETS AT THE HALF.

 

3RD QUARTER, BILLS TRYING TO KEEP UP THEIR MOMENTUM.  RYAN FITZPATRICK BROUGHT DOWN BY SHAWN ELLIS FOR A 10 YD. LOSS.  JETS GET THE BALL BACK AND IT IS MARK SANCHEZ BACK TO WORK ONCE AGAIN.  INCOMPLETE PASS ON THE LEFT SIDELINE TOWARDS BRAYLON EDWARDS.  THERE IS A FLAG DOWN.  PASS INTERFERENCE.  IT IS CALLED ON DRAYDON FLORENCE.  HE NEVR4 TURNED AROUND.  AND THAT WILL SETUP THE JETS WITH A NICE POSITION 3RD & GOAL FROM THE 3.

 

BRAD SMITH IN AT QB.  FAKES THE HANDOFF.  HE THROWS TO THE BACK OF THE END ZONE LOOKING AROUND; AND HE FINDS DUSTIN KELLER, A 3 YD. SCORE.  THAT MAKES IT 12-7 IN FAVOR OF THE JETS.

 

BILLS COMING BACK 1ST PLAY OF THE ENSUING DRIVE.  MARSHAWN LYNCH COUGHS IT UP!  AND THERE IS JASON TAYLOR TO RECOVER THE FUMBLE FOR THE JETS.  NOTHING GOING RIGHT FOR THE BILLS AS MARSHAWN IS HIT FROM BEHIND AND STRIPPED.  BRIAN THOMAS COMES IN; FORCES THAT FUMBLE.

 

3 PLAYS LATER, YOU GUESSED IT.  MARK SANCHEZ PLAY ACTION.  DUSTIN KELLER AGAIN.  HIS 5TH TD. RECEPTION OF THE SEASON.  THAT MADE IT 31-7, SANCHEZ 14 OF 23, 161 YDS. AND 2 TDS.  8 TDS., NO PICKS ON THE SEASON FOR SANCHEZ.

 

NEXT JETS DRIVE, L.T. LOOK AT THAT CUT!  LOOKING LIKE 2005.  L.T. INTO THE END ZONE.  26 YD. SCORE MADE IT 38-7; AND THEY WOULD GO ON FOR THE WIN 38-14.

 

01:26:23 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

 

NFC SOUTH BATTLE IN N.O.  SAINTS HEAD COACH SEAN PATTON AND HIS TEAM COMING OFF THE FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON LAST WEEK TO THE FALCONS.  JOHN FOX LOOKING FOR THE 1ST WIN.  DREW BREES TO LANCE MOORE.  THERE’S THE 1ST TD. OF THE GAME.  7-NOTHING SAINTS.  LANCE MOORE HAS DELIVERED SOME BIG PLAYS FOR THE SAINTS TEAM EARLY IN THIS SEASON.

 

THERE HE IS.  THE YOUNG PHENOM.  JIMMY CLAUSEN NOT TOO BAD HERE FINDING JONATHAN STEWART, AND THAT’S A PANTHERS TD.  I LIKE WHAT I’M SEEING OUT OF THIS YOUNG MAN.  HE’S A WORK IN PROGRESS.  HE’S NOT PEYTON MANNING SO JUST SLOW DOWN!  55 OF HIS 146 PASSING YDS. CAME ON THAT PLAY.

 

FIRST TD. FOR JIMMY CLAUSEN.  I JUST SAID SLOW DOWN!  LOTS OF MISCUES FOR THE SAINTS HERE FELLAS.  LANCE MOORE PUTS IT ON THE TURF JUST BEFORE IT GETS TO THE GOAL LINE.  SHERARD BARTON RECOVERED BY JAMES ANDERSEN.  AND, AGAIN, YOU ASK ME WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE OFFENSE, THAT WOULD’VE BEEN A TD.  YOU’RE RIGHT.  YOU’RE RIGHT.

 

HERE COMES A CHRIS IVORY FUMBLE.  HE ACTUALLY JUST THREW IT TO THE PANTHER DEFENDER, DIDN’T HE?  AT THE 20…YOU’RE RIGHT.  AGAIN, THOSE WOULD’VE BEEN PTS. CONVERTED SOME KIND OF WAY.

 

10-7 SAINTS AT HALFTIME 3RD QUARTER.  CLAUSEN TO THE LEFT TO DWAYNE JARED.  BATTED UP IN THE AIR BY TRACY PORTER CAUGHT BY JEFF KING.  O.K.  THAT’S LIKE 15 YDS.  SO 70 OF HIS PASSING YDS. COMING ON THOSE 2 PLAYS.  THAT’S ALL I’M SAYING.  CAROLINA TAKING THE LEAD RIGHT HERE.  THE CUTBACK FROM DEANGELO WILLIAMS.  THE PANTHERS LEADING 14-10 AFTER THE EXTRA POINT.  THIS IS WHAT’S BEEN MISSING FROM CAROLINA.  I MEAN THEY’VE HAD SOME QB PROBLEMS BUT YOU COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON DEANGELO WILLIAMS AND JONATHAN STEWART.

 

THIS IS CAPTAIN MUTTERLAND FIELDING THE PUNT.  WHO?  CAPTAIN MUTTERLAND.  ONE OF DEION’S BABIES.  I KNOW A CAPTAIN MORGAN BUT … THE BALL’S RECOVERED BY A COURTNEY ROBBIE.  PANTHERS FIRST TURNOVER OF THE GAME.  14-13 AFTER A F.G. LATE 3RD QUARTER.  CLAUSEN TO STEVE SMITH FOR A 5 YD. GAIN AND SMITH STAYS DOWN.  GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH STEVE SMITH TOO.  MAYBE WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT.  HE GOT CARTED OFF.  ISSUE WITH HIS LEFT ANKLE.  THAT’S NOT A GUY YOU CAN AFFORD TO LOSE IF YOU’RE THE CAROLINA PANTHERS AND YOU HAVE LIMITED EXPLOSIVENESS TO BEGIN WITH.

 

4TH QUARTER, SAINTS DOWN 14-13.  BREES TO DAVE THOMAS.  YEA, BUT THE BALL WHERE HE THREW IT.  RIGHT INTO COVERAGE.  JOHN CARNEY IN FOR GARRETT HARTLEY, CONVERTS THE 25 YD. F.G. AND N.O. ON TOP 16-14.  JOHN CELEBRATED HIS 50 BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK.  NO.  46?  JOHN 46?  HE MIGHT BE.

 

CAROLINA NOW WITH A CHANCE.  IT’S 4TH & 4.  BOSTIC ROLLING RIGHT, FIRES A DART TO DAVID GETTIS.  GOOD PLAY RIGHT THERE.  16 YDS.  BIG 1ST DOWN.  GOOD THROW.

 

4 PLAYS LATER, 8 SECS. LEFT.  BOSTIC TRYING TO FIND JARRETT.  INCOMPLETE.  AT LEAST HE PUT IT UP AND GAVE HIS RECEIVER A CHANCE TO MAKE A PLAY.  I’M WITH YOU.  I’VE BEEN JOKING ABOUT JIMMY CLAUSEN NOT GREAT BUT IMPROVEMENT TODAY AGAINST THE SAINTS.  YEA, AND HOW MANY PICKS DID HE THROW?  THAT’S WHAT I LOOK AT.  HE THREW ZERO INTERCEPTIONS.  THAT’S AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE.

 

SAINTS NOW 3-1.

 

01:29:44 – CINCINNATI BENGALS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

 

THE BENGALS HAVE WON 9 OF THEIR LAST 11 MEETINGS WITH CLEVELAND.  CARSON PALMER COMPLETING JUST 56% OF HIS PASSES AND HE CAN’T GET THE EXCHANGE DOWN TO CEDRIC BENSON.  A FUMBLE IN THE 1ST QUARTER.  IT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G. PUTTING THE BROWNS UP 3-NOTHING.  ON CLEVELAND’S NEXT POSSESSION, SENECA WALLACE OUT OF THE SHOTGUN.  HE FINDS BACKUP T.E. EDMUND MOORE, THE 2ND YEAR MAN OUT OF STANFORD GETS HIS FIRST CAREER TD. CATCH PUTTING THE BROWNS UP 10-NOTHING.  ENSUING CINCY POSSESSION.  CARSON PALMER PICKING ON ERIC WRIGHT.  HE FINDS CHAD OCHOCINCO.  A GAIN OF 42.  HE IS PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS.  CHAD HAD 59 YDS. RECEIVING ON 3 CATCHES.  THE DRIVE ENDED IN A F.G.  10-3 CLEVELAND WITH THE LEAD.

 

NEXT CINCY POSSESSION, T.O. MAKES THE CATCH!  WALTZING INTO THE END ZONE.  A 78 YD. SCORE FOR CINCY.  TERRELL OWENS WITH THE 78 YDS.  T.O. TD. CATCH.  LONGEST TD. CATCH OF HIS CAREER.  SHELDON BROWN JUST TRIPS AND FALLS MAKING IT AN EASY SCORE FOR T.O.

 

NEXT BENGALS POSSESSION AFTER AN INTERCEPTION, A 2ND & 6, AND THAT IS HISTORY MY FRIENDS.  CARSON PALMER TO TERRELL OWENS FOR A GAIN OF 25.  HE PASSES ISAAC BRUCE FOR 2ND ALL-TIME IN CAREER RECEIVING YDS.; 15,231 FOR T.O.

 

BROWNS LEADING 13-10 AT THE HALF, HAYDEN HILLIS GOES IN FOR THE SCORE ON THEIR OPENING DRIVE OF THE 3RD QUARTER.  THAT PUTS THE BROWNS UP 20-10.  NEXT CINCY POSSESSION, CARSON PALMER CAN’T MAKE UP HIS MIND.  HE LOSES THE BALL.  SCOTT FUJITA PUTTING THE HIT ON HIM.  __ COLEMAN PICKS IT UP.  PALMER BRINGS THE BALL DOWN BUT LOSES IT.  HIS 2ND FUMBLE LOSS OF THE GAME.

 

BROWNS TAKE A F.G. TO GO UP 23-10.  4TH QUARTER, CARSON PALMER LOOKING AGAIN.  THIS TIME FOR T.O. AS PER USUAL.  HIS 3RD CAREER 200 YD. RECEIVING GAME.  OWENS 10 CATCHES, 222 YDS. AND A TD.  4 PLAYS LATER, CARSON PALMER LOOKING END ZONE FOR JORDAN SHIPLEY IN THE END ZONE.  HE IS LIT UP BY ROOKIE T.J. WARD WHO PUTS THE HIT ON SHIPLEY, LEADING WITH HIS HELMET, AND THAT IS A PENALTY!  SHIPLEY LEAVES WITH A CONCUSSION BUT THE PENALTY KEEPS THE DRIVE ALIVE.  1ST & GOAL, A SHOVEL PASS TO BRIAN LEONARD INTO THE END ZONE, AND THAT PUTS THE BENGALS WITHIN 3 AT

23-20.

 

CINCY’S NEXT POSSESSION AFTER A HOLDING CALL, TOOK THEM OUT OF F.G. RANGE.  CARSON PALMER BROUGHT DOWN BY MATT ROTH, AND THE BENGALS ARE FORCED TO PUNT.  BROWNS TRYING TO RUN OUT THE CLOCK.  WHO BETTER TO GIVE IT TO THAN CADING HILLIS.  A GAIN OF 24 AND THE BENGALS ARE OUT OF TIMEOUTS.  CLEVELAND PICKS UP IT’S FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON, 23-20.

 

01:32:55 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

 

NFC WEST BATTLE IN ST. LOUIS.  THE SEAHAWKS AT THE RAMS.  STEPHEN JACKSON, YES HE DID PLAY WITH THAT INJURED GROIN.  PUT HIS BIG BOY PANTS ON AND WENT OUT THERE AND PLAYED.  SURE DID.

 

SAM BRADFORD AT LEAST 1 TD. IN EACH OF HIS 3 GAMES.  PLAYED WELL AGAIN TODAY.  HERE HE IS TO MARK CLAYTON DOWN THE SIDELINE FOR 34 YDS.  MARK CLAYTON’S A NICE ADDITION TO THIS TEAM.  HE REALLY HAS BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO THIS RECEIVING CORE.

 

3 PLAYS LATER IT’S BRADFORD LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MAN FROM THAT RECEIVING CORE.  IT’S BRANDON GIBSON.  15 YD. TOUCH.  PUTS THE BACK FOOT DOWN ON THE GROUND.  THAT BALL GENERALLY IS COMING OUT.  TALK ABOUT HIGH CEILINGS.  THAT YOUNG MAN HAS A HIGH CEILING.

 

2ND QUARTER NOW.  THE ST. LOUIS DEFENSE KIND OF QUIETLY PLAYING PRETTY WELL TOO HERE, INDUCING THE TURNOVER.  MICHAEL ROBINSON CAME INTO THIS GAME WITH 8 TAKEAWAYS AND 3RD IN SCORING DEFENSE GIVING UP JUST 16 PTS. PER GAME.

 

NEXT ST. LOUIS POSSESSION, BRADFORD TO DANNY AHMANDOLA.  LOOK AT THIS CATCH.  ONE-HANDED!  WOW!  OH MY.  THAT REMINDS ME OF YOU!  NO HE’S A LOT FURTHER DOWN THE FIELD.  LOOK AT THAT.  THAT’S JUST UNBELIEVABLE, AIDED BY THE GLOVE, OF COURSE.  WOULD YOU STOP!  I’M JUST TELLING YOU THE TECHNOLOGY THESE DAYS IS CRAZY.  THERE’S THE TURNOVER.  INTERCEPTED BY BRADLEY FLETCHER.  RETURNS IT 28 YDS. TO THE SEATTLE 3.  THERE YOU GO.  MAKING PLAYS ON DEFENSE ONCE AGAIN.  HOWEVER, THE YOUNG QB GONNA DO WHAT YOUNG QBS DO SOMETIMES; AND THAT’S GIVE IT RIGHT BACK.

1ST ROUND PICK EARL THOMAS PICKS IT OFF.  THIS KID MAKING A CASE FOR DEF. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.  THESE MISTAKES ARE GONNA HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ASK SAM BRADFORD TO THROW IT 40, 45 TIMES A GAME.  THEY’RE ASKING HIM TO DO A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE OF THEIR LIMITATIONS.  AND HE DID THROW IT 41 TIMES TODAY.  NEXT SEATTLE POSSESSION, HASSELBECK LATERALS TO MICHAEL ROBINSON…TO LEON WASHINGTON.  28 YD. GAIN.  YOU’RE HAVING TO BEAT THE RAMS.  BRADFORD LOOKING AGAIN FOR BRANDON GIBSON.  FINDS HIM FOR 23 YDS. WITH A CATCH AND A RUN .  LED TO A F.G.  AND, AGAIN, THE BALL…THAT FOOT HITS THE GROUND.  THAT BALL IS COMING OUT.  ST. LOUIS UP 10-3 AT HALFTIME.

 

INTO THE 3RD QUARTER SAME SCORE.  BRADFORD TO STEPHEN JACKSON.  GOTTA ADMIRE WHAT THIS GUY DOES.  GOT THE BAD GROIN, CORRECT?  STRUGGLING WITH A GROIN INJURY, GOES OUT AND THEY ASK HIM TO CARRY THE FOOTBALL 22 TIMES TODAY.  PUT THE BIG BOY PANTS ON!  HE CATCHES AS WELL.  3 PLAYS LATER BRADFORD TO KENNETH DARBY.  ANOTHER SCREEN.  THIS ONE TO THE LEFT SIDE, AND THIS ONE GOOD FOR 6.  RAMS LED 17-3.  MAY GO ON TO WIN IN IMPRESSIVE FASHION.  P0ETE CARROLL, CHANGE OF EMOTION, AFTER WHAT HE WAS LIKE LAST WEEK WITH THOSE KICKOFF RETURNS FOR THE TD.  BUT ST. LOUIS THE WINNER TODAY, 20-3.  ANOTHER STRONG SHOWING FOR SAM BRADFORD.

 

01:36:00 – HOUSTON TEXANS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

 

WE’RE SO …  THAT HAD TO BE SAD BECAUSE THAT’S A MAN.  ANDRE JOHNSON, INACTIVE IN HOUSTON.  SO IS ARIAN FOSTER FOR THE 1ST QUARTER.  COACH’S DECISION.  YEA, SOMETHING WAS UP.  DERRICK WARD IS RUNNING THE BALL EARLY ON, AND HE’S LOOKING LIKE ARIAN FOSTER.  33 YD. TD.  HE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING GOOD UPFRONT.  TEXANS LEAD 7-0 IN THE THE BLACK HOLE.  BUT THE RAIDERS HAVE DOUG B.!  AND GUESS WHAT HE IS OPERATING TODAY.  CHUCKING IT DOWN TO THE PATIENT DARREN MCFADDEN.  HE’LL PUNCH IT IN FROM THERE.  MCFADDEN WITH 129 TOTAL YDS.  THAT’S GONNA HURT HIM NOW.

 

AND IN THAT 3RD QUARTER ARIAN FOSTER MADE UP FOR LOST TIME.  AGAIN, BENCHED FOR THE 1ST QUARTER FOR DISCIPLINARY REASONS.  GO GET IT!  GO GET IT YOUNG FELLAS!  YEA, THEY RUN THE ZONE PLAY AS WELL AS ANYBODY, AND THIS GUY CAN BUST IT.  2 RAIDERS POSSESSIONS LATER.  BRUCE GRATKOWSKI DOWN 10 PTS. TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN BUT TROY NOLAN PICKS HIM OFF ON A TIPPED BALL.  AND HE GETS UP AND RETURNS IT TO THE PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD WITH THE OAKLAND 35, AND SOON DRIVING THE 4THQUARTER, MATT SCHAUB PLAY FAKES TO ARIAN FOSTER, THEN FINDS HIM.  THAT DIDN’T FAKE PLAY ACTION.  THEY FOOLED THE CAMERAMAN.  YOU KNOW WHAT, BECAUSE THEIR RUNNING GAME IS SO EFFECTIVE.  THAT’S WHY IT WORKS.  HE MISSED THE 1ST QUARTER AND STILL HAD 187 TOTAL YDS.

 

RAIDERS NEXT DRIVE, ZACH MILLER HAD OVER 100 YDS. RECEIVING.  122 YDS. TO BE EXACT AND 11 CATCHES FOR THE RAIDERS T.E., AND THE RAIDERS MAKE IT A 10 PT. GAME AGAIN; AND IT’S JUST A 1 TD. SCORE WITH A MIN. 52 TO GO AND DOC B. FINDS … TROY NOLAN AGAIN.  GOTTA MAKE THAT CATCH.  GOTTA MAKE THAT CATCH.  AND LEWIS MURPHY DOESN’T MAKE THE CATCH, AND THAT IS THE WAY THE RAIDERS FALL TO 1-3, AND THE TEXANS NOW LEAD THE AFC SOUTH AT 3-1.  LET’S GET TO IT.

 

01:38:05 - ARIZONA CARDINALS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

 

AS FOR THE AFC WEST, 4 TIME DEFENDING CHAMPION ANTONIO GATES AND PHILIP RIVERS AND THE CHARGERS PLAYING HOST TO THE ARIZONA CARDS.  ANTONIO GATES WOULD HAVE A PRETTY GOOD DAY.  2ND & 3.  RIVERS LOOKING FOR GATES.  33 YD. TOUCH.  EXTRA POINT MADE IT 7-NOTHING.  HOW’S HE GET THAT WIDE OPEN?  OCTOBER AND PLAYING AT HOME.  THAT’S AS GOOD A COMBINATION FOR THE CHARGERS AS RIVERS TO GATES IS.  RIVERS KIND OF LIKED THAT COMBINATION.  THERE HE IS ACROSS HIS FACE.  22 YD. GAIN.  SETS UP A MIKE TOLBER 5 YD. TOUCH, AND THE CHARGERS LED 14-7.  ISN’T IT AMAZING THEY JUST DON’T WAKE UP IN THE MONTH OF SEPT.

 

RIVERS TO, THERE HE IS, GATES.  HE BECOMES THE 7TH T.E. TO REACH 500 CAREER RECEPTIONS.  THAT’S IMPRESSIVE.  3 PLAYS LATER, IT CAN’T BE RIVERS TO GATES AGAIN, CAN IT?  OH SURE.  IS HE GONNA BE WIDE OPEN OR JUST KIND OF OPEN?  OH, WIDE OPEN.  WIDE OPEN.  26 YDS.  IMAGINE HOW MANY PASSING YDS. PHILIP RIVERS WOULD HAVE IF HE HAD VINCENT JACKSON IN HIS HUDDLE AS WELL?  DON’T MENTION THAT.  DERRICK ANDERSON INTERCEPTED BY SHAWN PHILIPS.  HE TAKES IT BACK 31 YDS. FOR THE TD.  NIGHTMARE FOR ARIZONA.  A BREEZE FOR S.D.  HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD THE STATEMENT, “DERRICK ANDERSEN IS INTERCEPTED”?  A FEW.  I THOUGHT THAT FINISHES THE SENTENCE.  FINAL SCORE – S.D. 41-10.

 

01:39:46 – WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

 

FROM SYRACUSE, #5, DONOVAN MCNABB!  AND THEY BOOED HIM.  THEY CHEERED HIM, THEN THEY BOOED HIM.  THAT’S THE PROPER WAY.  THAT’S WHAT THEY DO!  SO DONOVAN MCNABB WAS SETUP BY A NICE PUNT RETURN ON HIS FIRST SERIES AS A REDSKIN IN PHILA.; AND RYAN TURRAIN POPS IT IN FROM 12 YDS. OUT, AND THAT’S HOW MCNABB GOT THE EARLY LEAD.  NEXT POSSESSION, PLAY ACTION..OH, HE’D LIKE TO HAVE THIS ONE BACK.  HE’S WIDE OPEN DOWN THE SIDELINE.  THAT’S NOT HIS FAULT.  THE GUY NEEDS TO KEEP RUNNING DOWN THE FIELD!  THE GUY BEING FRED DAVIS.  HE TRIES HIS OTHER T.E. AND THAT WORKS.  CHRIS COOLEY, 6 PLAYS AFTER FRED DAVIS CAN’T CORRAL IN THE PASS, IT’S CHRIS COOLEY.  REDSKINS UP 14-NOTHING.  WHAT A START FOR DONOVAN MCNABB!  AS FOR MICHAEL VICK, PRESSURED.  THAT’S THE VICK I KNOW.  WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, THE FLAG YOU SAW FLYING ON THE SCREEN MAKES THIS PLAY A MOOT POINT, AND THEN ADDING INJURY TO THAT INSULT, VICK COMES UP HURTING AS HE WAS MALACHI CRUNCHED …BY HIS OWN FORMER TEAMMATE…VIRGINIA TECH.  AND MRI’S COMING ON MONDAY ON HIS RIBS AND CLAVICLE.  HE IS DONE FOR THE DAY.  THAT MEAN S KEVIN KOLB, AFTER ALL, DOES GO TOE-TO-TOE WITH DONOVAN MCNABB WHO’S UP 14-3.  GOING UP TOP ANTHONY ARMSTRONG WHO CORRALS IT AND THEN TROOPS OVER HIS OWN FOOT TYPE PLAY.  THIS IS THE BLOWN COVERAGE.  THE SAFETY WAS INFLUENCED BY CHRIS COOLEY ON THAT PLAY.  AND THAT LED TO A REDSKINS F.G.  A MINUTE TO GO IN THE HALF.  LESHAWN MCCOY STOPPED JUST SHORT OF THE GOAL LINE.  THE BOOTH BUZZES DOWN TO SEE IF THAT WAS THE CORRECT CALL AND IT WAS.  ANDY REID CALLED A 30 SEC. TIMEOUT AFTER THE REVIEW, AND THEN WHEN HE COMES OUT OF THE TIMEOUT, HE NOTICES THE BALL IS NOT ON THE INCH LINE BUT IT’S 5 YDS. BACK BECAUSE KEVIN KOLB COMES OUT WITH 10 SECS. LEFT ON THE PLAY CLOCK.  THEY WERE CALLED FOR DELAY OF GAME.  YEA, THAT’S KIND OF CRAZY, RICH.  AND SO THE EAGLES HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A F.G. INSTEAD OF GOING FOR THE TD. ON 4TH & INCHES; AND ANDY REID, AFTER THE GAME, SAID HE TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.  THAT WAS A CRUCIAL SEQUENCE IN THIS GAME IN WHICH KEVIN KOLB WAS CAPTAIN CHECK DOWN.  WHICH MEANS THAT NO ONE’S OPEN DOWNFIELD.  I CAN’T FIND A RECEIVER, SO I’M GONNA THROW IT TO MY GUYS UNDERNEATH.

 

LESHAWN MCCOY BEING ONE OF THE GUYS UNDERNEATH, AND THEN 6 PLAYS LATER WITH 4 MINS. TO GO IN THIS GAME, FINALLY A TD. FOR THE EAGLES.  IT’S BRENT SELECK IN THE END ZONE.  THEY GO FOR 2.  DON’T GET IT.  SO THEY’RE DOWN 5.  1 TIMEOUT LEFT.  MCNABB…HE CAN STILL RUN NOW.  PICKS UP THE BIG HUGE 1ST DOWN WITH HIS LEGS!  VINTAGE MCNABB!  PROBABLY WANT TO STAY INBOUNDS THERE.  HOOK SIDE ..KEEP THE CLOCK MOVING.

 

6 PLAYS LATER RYAN TURRAIN FOUND THE TERRAIN A LITTLE TOUGH RIGHT THERE UP THE MIDDLE.  STOPPED SHORT ON 3RD DOWN.  SO THE REDSKINS DO PUNT THE BALL AWAY AND KEVIN KOLB WITH NO TIMEOUTS LEFT HAS GOT A SHOT AT THINGS; EXCEPT HE REALLY COULD NOT MOVE THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD VERY WELL.  HERE HE IS. MCNABB.  WITH 30 TICKS LEFT TO GO HAS KEVIN FINDING DESEAN JACKSON WHO FLIPS IT.  TRIGGER IT.  GET OUT OF BOUNDS.  HE FLIPPED IT TO LESHAWN MCCOY WHO’S SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS.  AND THEN THE NEXT PLAY KOLB, NO TIME LEFT, TO THE END ZONE.  THE BALL HITS HIS RECEIVER IN THE HANDS BUT IT’S PICKED BY DEANGELO HALL; AND THAT’S THE WAY MCNABB’S A WINNER IN HIS RETURN TO PHILLY.

 

01:43:14 – INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

 

BIG GAME IN THE AFC SOUTH.  PEYTON MANNING AND THE COLTS TAKING ON DAVID GARRARD AND THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS.  1ST QUARTER, THE COLTS ON TOP 7-NOTHING.  DAVID GARRARD NOT KNOWN AS THE MOST NIMBLE QB.  HOWEVER, KEEPS IT HIMSELF ON THE OPTION MAKING PEOPLE MISS; AND THAT’S A JACKSONVILLE TD.  EXTRA PT. TIED THE SCORE AT 7.

 

MOVING INTO THE 3RD QUARTER, FIRST COLTS POSSESSION OF THE HALF, 2ND & 1.  PEYTON MANNING LOOKING FOR BRODIE ELDRIDGE BUT IT’S PICKED OFF BY JACKSONVILLE SAFETY ANTHONY SMITH.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AND WE SEE ELDRIDGE WAS HIT BY GERALD ALEXANDER CAUSING THE BALL TO COME OUT OF HIS HANDS.  JACKSONVILLE TAKES OVER.  ON THAT POSSESSION, 1ST & 10, GARRARD WANTS HIS T.E. MERCEDES LEWIS.  HE HAS HIM AND JACKSONVILLE HAS A 15 YD. TD.  JACKSONVILLE ON TOP 21-14.  YOU KNOW THAT THIS ONE WOULD NOT BE OVER THOUGHT BECAUSE PEYTON MANNING IS ON THE OTHER SIDELINES.  4TH QUARTER, MANNING TO REGGIE WAYNE.  21 YD. INDY GAIN AND A 1ST DOWN.  6 PLAYS LATER, SAME DRIVE, 1ST & 10 TO THE 35.  MANNING AGAIN LOOKING FOR REGGIE WAYNE.  A LITTLE SLIP SCREEN.  THAT’S A 17 YD. GAIN AND ANOTHER INDY 1ST DOWN.  4 PLAYS LATER TO THE GROUND GAME.  JOSEPH ADDAI RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE FOR 2 YDS. ON THE TD. AND, ONCE AGAIN, THIS GAME IS TIED AT 21.

 

JACKSONVILLE’S NEXT POSSESSION.  DAVID GARRARD WANTS TIQUAN UNDERWOOD.  HE  HAS HIM.  HE BREAKS A TACKLE.  13 YD. JACKSONVILLE 1ST DOWN HOME TEAM.  6 PLAYS LATER IT WAS 1ST & 10 ON THE 35 YD. LINE.  GARRARD LOOKING FOR HIS TAILBACK MAURICE JONES-DREW.  THAT’S AN 8 YD. TD. AND JACKSONVILLE LEADING ONCE AGAIN, 28-21.

 

NEXT INDY POSSESSION, DOWN TO THE FINAL CHANCE.  4TH & 10, MANNING TO DALLAS CLARK.  JUST SLIPS OUT.  MAKES THE 1ST DOWN LOOK EASY.  16 YD. INDY, GAIN ON 4TH & 10.  NOW REGGIE WAYNE HAD A HUGE DAY.  SO YOU MAY ASK, “HOW CAN HE GET SO WIDE OPEN AT SUCH A CRITICAL POINT IN THE GAME?  42 YD. GAIN INSIDE THE 10.  WAYNE HAD 15 CATCHES ON THE DAY SETTING A FRANCHISE RECORD.

 

3 PLAYS LATER MANNING TO HIS RIGHT TO AUSTIN COLLIE.  EXTRA POINT MADE IT TIES AT 28.  UNDER A MINUTE LEFT, NO, DAVID GARRARD AND THE JAGUARS ARE NOT DONE.  LOOKING FOR TYQUAN UNDERWOOD ON THE POST CORNER.  22 YDS.  YES, HE GOT BOTH FEET IN.  ON THE NEXT PLAY INDY HAD A CHANCE TO SEND THIS ONE TO O.T.  OFF HIS BACK FOOT, GARRARD FLINGS IT.  CALVIN HAYDEN HAD A CHANCE, A GREAT CHANCE, TO PICK THAT ONE OFF BUT LETS IT SLIP THROUGH HIS HANDS, AND THAT WOULD BE COSTLY FOR THE INDY COLTS BECAUSE IN THE NEXT PLAY, 5 SECS. LEFT, JOSH SCOBIE, PREVIOUS CAREER HIGH 53 YDS., GIVING HIM A CHANCE TO WIN THIS ONE FROM 59 YDS. OUT.  COLTS HAVE LITTLE TO NO RUSH.  SCOBIE’S GOT PLENTY OF LEG.  RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE, AND THAT IS HOW JACKSONVILLE GETS IT DONE!  JACK DELRIO SAYS YES!  PEYTON MANNING SAYS, “WE ARE ONLY 2-2.  JACKSONVILLE ALSO 2-2.  JOSH SCOBIE THE HERO AFTER KICKING THE GAME WINNER FROM 59 YDS. OUT.  31-28 THE FINAL.

 

01:46:34 – CHICAGO BEARS @ NEW YORK GIANTS

 

THE NEW MEADOWLANDS STADIUM JUST WRAPPING UP BETWEEN THE BEARS AND GIANTS, AND ELI MANNING.  WATCH OUT.  YOU DON’T WHAT’S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.  IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE FEATURED QBS IN THIS ONE.  GET RID OF IT!  CUTLER.  OH, PICKED OFF BY DARRELL THOMAS RIGHT THERE, DEION!  A BAD READ RIGHT HERE.  COACH, COVER 2.  HE’S STARING THE RECEIVER DOWN.  NEVER SEEN THE CORNER BAG … HE HAS FLATS IN CONTAIN.  THROWS IT RIGHT TO HIM!  THE GIANTS ENDED UP BUT MISSING A F.G. BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T CAPITALIZE ON THE TURNOVER.  HERE THEY COME.  BUT THEY CAPITALIZED ON JAY CUTLER.  OSI UMENYURA TRACKS HIM DOWN.  THAT’S A PROBLEM, REALLY ALL NIGHT NOW.  YOU’RE HELPING WITH T.E.’S.  YOUR .. PROTECTING BUT WERE HOLDING ONTO THE FOOTBALL A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG IN THE BACKFIELD.  WE’RE NOT HOLDING ON.  JAY CUTLER IS HOLDING ON.  UMENYURA GETS HIM FOR A SECOND TIME ON THE SACK, THE STRIP AN THE FUMBLE, DEON GRANT RECOVERS.  9 TIMES!  THE MOST IN 20 YRS. SINCE THEY STARTED KEEPING THAT STAT.  BUT THE GIANTS …AS WELL.  PEPPERS WITH PRESSURE.  BRIAN URLACHER WITH THE FUMBLE RECOVERY.  PEPPERS EVERYWHERE ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS.  GET RID OF IT!  OH!  AARON ROSS AND PAY ATTENTION TO THAT FLIP AT THE END.  LET ME SEE…BECAUSE CUTLER’S HEAD BOUNCES OFF THE TURF.  OH, COME ON.  END OF THE 1ST HALF.  AND HE DID NOT RETURN.  SO CUTLER WAS DONE.  AHMAD BRADSHAW JUST HEATING UP.  13 YDS. TO THE 47.  IT MEANS SOMETHING.  YOU MAKE 1 GUY A STARTER.  STOP THINKING ALL THAT THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AND MAKE EVERYBODY ELSE OUT TO HAIL MARY.

 

NEXT PLAY MANNING TO TRAVIS BACKUP.  25 YDS. TO THE 28.  AND ON THE 7TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, THE VERY NEXT PLAY IT IS BRADSHAW.  OH, NICE FOOT MOVE.  HE’S SAYING WHILE HE’S RUNNING, “JACOBS YOU’RE NEVER COMING IN THE GAME AGAIN.”  BUT HE DID MICHAEL.  HE DID.  INSIDE THE 5 THERE.  ..BRADSHAW POUND IT IN THERE.  AND WATCH HIM MOVE THE CROWD.  BRADSHAW!  NOW HE’S SAYING, “JACOB, YOU COME AND GET MY SLOPS.”  KIND OF LIKE HIS CONTRACT YEAR.  THE GIANTS ON TOP 10-NOTHING.

 

TODD COLLINS IN FOR QB FOR THE INJURED JAY CUTLER.  PUTS IT FOR GREG OLSEN.  DEION GRANT RIGHT THERE.  THAT’S WHY HE’S CALLED THE 3RD STRINGER.  MAN, I WASN’T GOING TO ANYBODY.  I WAS AT HOME MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS AND YOU GONNA PUT ME IN THIS GAME?

 

HERE COME THE GIANTS.  MANNING DUMPED IT OFF TO BRADSHAW.  I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, THIS YOUNG MAN ARE RUNNING HARD ON THE 20-10.  HE’S TAKING THAT OVER.  HE IS THE …  THERE’S NO MORE EARTH WIND AND FIRE.  THIS GUY IS THE MAIN BACK AND IT’S GONNA STAY THAT WAY.  YEA, THAT’S WHY .. GOT IN THE GAME.  SO BRADSHAW HAD TO TAKE A BREATHER THERE.  BRADSHAW.  JACOBS FUMBLES THE BALL.  CHRIS HARRIS RECOVERS AND TOM COUGHLIN ON FIRE!  THAT THING UGLY BOY.  I’LL TELL YOU WHAT.  10-3 NOW.  HERE COME THE GIANTS AGAIN.  BRADSHAW BACK IN THE GAME.  THEN BRADSHAW..PUT IT AWAY.  END ZONE!  THE BEARS DO THIS AS WELL AS ANYBODY BUT __ BRADSHAW’S GOTTA KNOW THAT SOMEBODY’S CHASING ME FROM BEHIND!  YEA, THAT’S A GOOD TOUGH PLAY RIGHT THERE.  GREAT JOB BY ZACH BOWMAN RIGHT THERE TO STRIP IT AND END UP WITH THE FUMBLE RECOVERY.  BUT THE BEARS COULDN’T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.  SO GIANTS GET IT RIGHT BACK.  NICE PASS AND AKEM NICKS HAD A HUGE NIGHT.  WAY TO LOCATE THE FOOTBALL EVEN THOUGH THE D.B. DIDN’T LOOK UP.  AKEM NICKS LOCATES THE FOOTBALL, MAKES THE PLAY.  AND BRANDON JACOBS TRYING TO MAKE AMENDS.  NOW THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.  LOOK AT, HE DOESN’T EVEN LOOK HAPPY FOR THE THE TD.  GET OFF OF ME MAN.  I’M SICK OF THIS MESS.  HE HAS PROBLEMS RIGHT THERE IN N.Y.

 

 

(01:50:22 – END)