SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 5

1.        GIANTS@TEXANS  2:29

2.       CHIEFS@COLTS  2:08

3.       JAGUARS@BILLS  2:55

4.       BUCANEERS@BENGALS  3:26

5.       BEARS@PANTHERS  2:21

6.       RAMS@LIONS  2:43

7.       BRONCOS@RAVENS  2:32

8.       FALCONS@BROWNS  3:01

9.       PACKERS@REDSKINS  3:21

10.   TITANS@COWBOYS  2:56

11.   SAINTS@CARDINALS  2:36

12.   CHARGERS@RAIDERS  2:14

13.   EAGLES@49ERS  4:26

TRT: 49:25  WITH BARS

01:10:16 - NEW YORK GIANTS @ HOUSTON TEXANS

GIANTS/TEXANS FROM HOUSTON.  GARY KUBIAK LOOKING TO MOVE THE TEAM TO 4-1.  THAT WOULD BE THE BEST START IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.  TOM COUGHLIN WANTS TO BUILD UP A BIG WIN OVER THE BEARS.  AHMAD BRADSHAW TAKING THE HANDOFF.  CUTTING BACK.  23 YD. GAIN.  HE HAD 16 CARRIES FOR 67 YDS.  THAT’S THE #32 DEFENSE.  32^ND RANK DEFENSE IN THE LEAGUE, HOUSTON TEXANS.  THAT’S NOT GOOD.  THERE’S ONLY 32 TEAMS.

THIS IS GOOD.  ELI MANNING, AHKEEM NICKS.  6 YD. TD.  THAT’S…WHAT IS THAT THE BACK SHOULDER..FAVRE SHOULDER FADE.  YES.  WASN’T NECESSARILY OPEN.  THEY NEVER ARE OPEN!  TEXANS FOLLOWING POSSESSION PLAY ACTION SCHAUB, WITH TIME BUT HE IS PICKED BY COREY WEBSTER.  MATT SCHAUB HAD HIS WORST GAME OF THE YEAR.  WHAT I SAID, I THINK THE GIANTS WOULD HAVE TO BE THE SLOWED DOWN ARIAN FOSTER AND FORCE MATT SCHAUB TO BEAT YOU THROUGH THE AIR.

ELI MANNING TO AHKEEM  NICKS.  A GOOD FORMATION THROUGH THE AIR.  27 YDS.  PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 1.  BRANDON JACOBS WOULD PUNCH IT IN ON THE NEXT PLAY AND THE GIANTS LED 14-NOTHING.  N.Y.’S NEXT POSSESSION.  1^ST & 10.  WHY NOT GO BACK TO AHKEEM NICKS.  16 YD. GAIN.  THAT HOOKUP WAS GOOD.  12 TIMES FOR 130.  THAT’S A PRETTY GOOD AFTERNOON.  THAT’S A GOOD FANTASY GAME RIGHT THERE.  2 TDS.  LOOK AT THE … ON THAT GUY!  NO, I DON’T HAVE THEM UNFORTUNATELY.

AND THIS IS MANNING TO NICKS ONCE AGAIN.  14 YDS. ON THE GAIN.  NOT EVEN CLOSE.  GOTTA STOP THOSE DUMB INTERCEPTIONS.  YES HE DOES.  WIDE OPEN AHKEEM NICKS.  GIANTS LED 21-NOTHING.  NOW YOU GOT THE HOUSTON TEXANS WHERE YOU WANT THEM.  THEY BECOME 1-DIMENSIONAL AND HAVE TO THWART EVERY DOWN.

GIANTS DEFENSE, BIG DAY.  A LONG ONE FOR MATT SCHAUB.  STRIPPED BY UMENYORA.  FUMBLE RECOVERED BY JUSTIN TUCK.  10 SACKS FOR THE GIANTS LAST SUNDAY NIGHT AGAINST THE BEARS.  THEY HAD ANOTHER 3 TODAY WITH MATT SCHAUB.  SO SCHAUB’S BELOW 50 PERCENT.  4^TH QUARTER THEY RUSH 5.  PRESSURE SCHAUB.  CHRIS CANNY DROPS IT.  GIANTS DEFENSE WITH 13 SACKS IN THE LAST 2 WKS.  3 TODAY AS TOM MENTIONED.  NEXT POSSESSION, MANNING TO STEVE SMITH.  I TALK ABOUT THE G.B. PACKERS HAVING THE BEST YOUNG RECEIVING CORE IN THE NFL; AND ELI MANNING GOT SOME REALLY NICE YOUNG PIECES TO WORK WITH.  BUT NOT AS GOOD AS THE PACKERS.  THEY’RE NOT AS GOOD BUT SOMEBODY, EVERYBODY CAN’T BE THE BEST TOM.  GIANTS WIN 34-10.  ARIAN FOSTER, THE #1 RUSHER IN THE NFL HELD TO JUST 25 YDS.  BIG WIN FOR BIG BLUE.

01:12:54 – KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

WHO WOULD’VE THOUGHT THE LAST UNDEFEATED TEAM IN THE LEAGUE WOULD BE THE CHIEFS.  3-0.  COULD THIS BE THE DAY THAT THEY WOULD SUFFER THEIR FIRST LOSS?  COLTS HAVE WON 9 OF THE LAST 10 MEETINGS BETWEEN THE TEAMS.  K.C. STARTS OFF THE GAME WITH AN ONSIDE KICK ATTEMPT BUT THE BALL DID NOT GO 10 YDS.  ILLEGAL PROCEDURE.  A … GAMBLE FAILED 4 K.C.  COLTS 1^ST & 10 AT THE 34 YD. LINE.  THEY GIVE IT TO JOSEPH ADDAI.  A RUN OF 11 YDS., AND THAT LINED UP WITH A F.G. FOR THE COLTS GOING UP 3-NOTHING.  ADDAI TOUCHED THE BALL 10 OF 11 1^ST QUARTER PLAYS.  JAMAL CHARLES WITH AN 11 YD. PICKUP FOR K.C. AND THEN, LOOKING END ZONE, MATT CASSEL INCOMPLETE IN TRAFFIC.  SO THEY WOULD WIND UP WITH NO POINTS ON THAT DRIVE.  THAT WAS A 4^TH & 2.  THEY WENT FOR IT.  PEYTON MANNING.  HIS PASS IS KNOCKED DOWN BY DERRICK JOHNSON IN THE 2^ND QUARTER.  THEY’RE UP 6-NOTHING.  GOING FOR IT ON A 4^TH & 2, THE GIVE TO JOSEPH ADDAI.  HE IS STUFFED.  RIGHT BEFORE HALFTIME, THE COLTS UNABLE TO CONVERT ON THE 4^TH DOWN AND K.C. WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO MOVE THE BALL; TRY AND GET A F.G.; AND THEY GIVE IT TO CHRIS CHAMBERS FOR A PICKUP OF 13 PLUS A LATE FLAG FOR A LATE HIT.  15 YDS. ADDED ON.  CALVIN HAYDEN WITH THE PENALTY.  THAT PUTS THE CHIEFS INTO F.G. RANGE.

THEY WOULD GET A F.G. AND TRAIL 6-3 AT HALFTIME.  3^RD QUARTER, 2^ND POSSESSION OF THE HALF FOR THE COLTS.  PEYTON MANNING PICKED OFF BY JOHN MCGGRUDGE.  JUST HIS 2^ND PICK OF THE ENTIRE SEASON.  ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY, MATT CASSEL LOOKING END ZONE FOR DWAYNE BOWE BUT HE DROPS IT.  CASSEL HAD 7 STRAIGHT INCOMPLETIONS ALL 3 WERE DROPPED ON THAT DRIVE.  DWAYNE BOWE MISSING A BIG OPPORTUNITY.  THEY WOULD SETTLE FOR A F.G. TRAILING 9-3.  4^TH QUARTER, COLTS UP 12-9.  THE GIVE TO MIKE HART.  HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  AN 11 YD. SCORE.  COLTS GO UP IN THIS ONE AND WIN IT 19-9.  1^ST TIME SINCE 1970.  NO TEAM STARTED 4-0.

01:15:13 - JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ BUFFALO BILLS

THE JAGUARS IN BUFFALO.  WITH SOME MOMENTUM COMING OFF THEIR VICTORY LAST SECOND LAST WEEK AGAINST THE COLTS.  BILLS HOPING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON, PUNTING ON THEIR OPENING POSSESSION.  MIKE THOMAS BACK TO RECEIVE FOR THE JAGUARS; AND HE WINDS UP GETTING HIT BY KERRY HARRIS.  LOSES THE BALL.  RECOVERED BY GARRISON SANDBORNE OF BUFFALO AT THE JAGUARS 45.  NICE BREAK FOR THE BILLS. 

VERY NEXT PLAY RYAN FITZPATRICK.  PLENTY OF TIME.  LOOKING DOWN THE LEFT SIDE.  LEE EVANS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD. PUTTING THE BILLS UP 7-0.  WOULD THIS BE THE GAME THEY GET THEIR FIRST VICTORY OF THE SEASON?

2 JAGS POSSESSIONS LATER, TRAILING 10-NOTHING, MAURICE JONES-DREW WAITING FOR THE PLAY TO DEVELOP.  HE FINDS A HOLE AND HE RUNS OUTSIDE TO THE LEFT FOR A GAIN OF 23.  IT ADDED TO A F.G. CUTTING THE LEAD TO

10-3.  JONES-DREW 19 CARRIES IN THE GAME FOR 84 YDS.  ON THE ENSUING DRIVE FOR THE BILLS, 5^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, RYAN FITZPATRICK FINDS ROSCO PARRISH IN A BILLS 1^ST DOWN.  HARRIS GOES FULL EXTENSION.  HANGS ON FOR THE TOUGH CATCH.  BILLS WITHOUT A F.G. GOING UP 13-3.  AN END AROUND FOR MIKE THOMAS; AND HE PICKS UP 33 YDS.  NOTHING BUT SPACE IN FRONT OF HIM.  DOWN TO THE BILLS 15 WITH HIS TEAM TRAILING 13-6.  SAME DRIVE, DAVID GARRARD ROLLING RIGHT.  HE FINDS MERCEDES LEWIS IN THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  THAT TYING THE GAME AT 13 HEADING INTO HALFTIME.  ON THE OPENING DRIVE OF THE HALF FOR JACKSONVILLE, DAVID GARRARD BACK.  HE FINDS MERCEDES LEWIS WHO CRAWLS INTO THE END ZONE FOR A 27 YD. SCORE; AND IT IS RULED A TD.  MERCEDES LEWIS WITH THE GRAB, HIT.  HE SPINS HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE GIVING THE JAGS A 20-13 LEAD.  2 TDS. IN THE GAME FOR MERCEDES LEWIS.  5 ON THE SEASON FOR HIM.  2 BILLS POSSESSIONS LATER, FRED JACKSON, NOW THE TEAM STARTER, BOUNCES IT OUTSIDE.  STILL GOING AND FIGHTING FOR YARDAGE!  HE PICKS UP 31 AND A 1^ST DOWN AT THE JAGUARS 14.  SAME DRIVE, 3^RD & GOAL FROM THE JAGS 5.  FITZPATRICK FOR STEVE JOHNSON, A 5 YD. SCORE.  RULED INBOUNDS.  THAT TIES THE GAME AT 20.  FITZPATRICK HAD 3 TDS. IN THE GAME.  ON THE ENSUING DRIVE FOR JACKSONVILLE, DAVID GARRARD LOOKING FOR MIKE SIMMS-WALKER WHO MAKES AN EXCELLENT GRAB FOR A GAIN OF 22 & A 1^ST AT THE 6.  WHY NOT GO RIGHT BACK TO HIM?  DAVID GARRARD LOOKING SIMS-WALKER AGAIN IN THE END ZONE.  A 7 YD. SCORE.  JAGS BACK IN FRONT, 27-20.  3 TD. PASSES FOR DAVID GARRARD AND THE GAME.  BILLS TRAILING BY 10, IN PUNT FORMATION, TRYING TO RUN THE FAKE BUT BRIAN MORMON IS CAUGHT FROM BEHIND FROM MONTEL OWENS.  BILLS TURN IT OVER ON DOWNS.  JAGS GO ON FOR THE 10 PT. WIN 36-26.  BILLS ARE STILL WINLESS.

01:18:10 – TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS

NFC SOUTH AT THE AFC NORTH IN CINCY.  THE BUCS AND THE BENGALS.  TERRELL OWENS LOOKING TO SPARK THAT OFFENSE, AND HE WOULD DO THAT.  BALL THROWN FROM CARSON PALMER.  43 YD. TOUCH.  BENGALS UP 7- NOTHING.  NICE JOB.  BUT INTERCEPTIONS, FELLAS, HAVE BECOME KIND OF A PROBLEM FOR CARSON PALMER; ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY TURN INTO 6 PTS. FOR THE OTHER TEAM.  HE HAD A LOT OF PICK 6’S.  HE AND BEN ROETHLISBERGER SEEMED TO LEAD THE LEAGUE LAST YEAR WITH THE PICK 6’S, AND HE’S RIGHT BACK.  WHAT WAS HE LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE?  HONESTLY?  THAT’S JUST NOT THE AREA TO MAKE THAT THROW.  THAT’S CODY GRAHAM.  11 YD. TD.  WE’RE ALL TIED AT 7.  NEXT DRIVE LOOKING FOR ANDRE CALDWELL.  ABSOLUTELY.  MIKE NUGENT KICKED A F.G.  BENGALS LED AT HALFTIME 10-7.  3^RD QUARTER, JOSH FREEMAN TO MIKE WILLIAMS.  INTERFERENCE THE CALL ON LEON HALL.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK HERE TO SEE IF THAT CALL WORKS OR NOT.  YEA, YEA.  HE’S GRABBING AND PUSHING.  SET-UP AN EARNEST GRAHAM TD.  BUCS UP 14-10.  NEXT BENGALS POSSESSION, PALMER TO GERMAINE GRESHAM.  THE FIRST ROUND PICK OUT OF OKLAHOMA.  HE IS NOT HAPPY.  SEE… THEY HAVE BAD FOOTWORK TOO.  I MEAN KIND OF DANCING AROUND BACK THERE.  SOME GUYS CAN DANCE AROUND BACK THERE, MAKE THAT THROW AND HAVE VELOCITY ON IT.  CARSON’S GOTTA PLANT THAT FOOT TO GET ENOUGH ZIP ON IT.  THIS IS WHERE HE NEEDS TO GO.  MICHAEL SPURLOCK TAKING IT BACK 24 YDS.  AT THE END THE BALL WOULD COME OUT BUT HE WAS RULED DOWN BY CONTACT.  MARVIN LEWIS DOES NOT AGREE AND CHALLENGES.  TURNED OUT TO BE A PRETTY GOOD CHALLENGE BECAUSE, AS YOU’LL SEE HERE, THE BALL DID COME OUT.  BALL’S OVERTURNED.  RULED A FUMBLE, AND CINCY HAS THE BALL ON THE 29.  ADAM JONES.  GIVE HIM AN ATA BOY.

7^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  COMING RIGHT BACK TO GERMAINE GRESHAM.  BACK OF THE END ZONE.  CINCY TD.  2 PT. CONVERSION WAS GOOD AND CINCY LEADING 21-14.  GAME OVER RIGHT?!  GAME OVER.  ONE MIGHT THINK.  2 MINS. LEFT…NOT EXACTLY HEY CARSON.  AKEEB TALEB.  INTERCEPTION IN EVERY GAME HE’S PLAYED THIS YEAR.  WOW.  THAT BALL LOOKED LIKE IT HAD A GOOD ARC ON IT TOO.  THAT WAS JUST A 15 YD. END ROUTE.  SOP THE BUCS GET THE BALL BACK MIDFIELD.  JUST OVER 2 MINS. LEFT.  5^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  JOSH FREEMAN TO MIKE WILLIAMS.  THE ROOKIE THEY REALLY LIKE OUT OF SYRACUSE.  20 YD. TOUCH.  AND WE’RE TIED AT 21.  IMAGINE GETTING THAT KID SOME OTHER FRONT LINE WEAPONS.  IT’LL BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN TAMPA.

INTERCEPTION TRAIN CONTINUES.  SAVY PISCATELLI, WITH A TIP.  THAT ONE I’M NOT GONNA PUT ON CARSON.  NO, NOT HIS FAULT.  T.B. FOOTBALL WITH 14 SECS. LEFT.  BUCS NEXT POSSESSION, 1^ST PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  AFTER THE CELEBRATION THERE WOULD BE THE FIRST PLAY OF THE NEXT DRIVE.  1^ST & 10.  JOSH FREEMAN WANTS MICHAEL SPURLOCK.  HE HAS HIM FOR 21 YDS.  AND HOW YOU CAN ALLOW THAT COMPLETION TO TAKE PLACE SO YOU CAN GET OUT OF BOUNDS AS WELL?  THAT’S A GREAT CATCH.  YES IT IS.  A GREAT CATCH.

5 SECS. LEFT.  HE LET __ COME OUT FROM 31 YDS. OUT.  PERFECT, AND THE BUCS WIN 24-21.  JOSH FREEMAN VICTORIOUS.  RAHEEM MORRIS.  CARSON PALMER ON THE OTHER SIDE NOT SO MUCH.  3 INTERCEPTIONS AS THE BENGALS LOSE BY 3.  THEY NOW HAVE 3 LOSSES ON THE YEAR.

01:21:53 – CHICAGO BEARS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

A REVENGE GAME FOR JULIUS PEPPERS MAKING HIS RETURN TO CAROLINA FOR THE 1^ST TIME.  MATT FORTE ONLY 134 YDS. ON THE GROUND ALL SEASON.  BUT THAT WOULD ALL CHANGE.  EARLY ON IN THE GAME, AFTER ALONG KICK RETURN, THE GIVE IS TO FORTE.  STUFFED UP THE MIDDLE.  BOUNCES IT OUTSIDE.  HE PICKS UP 14.  FIRST & 10 AT THE CAROLINA 23.  A COUPLE PLAYS LATER, THE TOSS IS TO FORTE, RUNNING AROUND THE END, AND HE IS INTO THE END ZONE BARELY TOUCHED.  HIS 1^ST TD. RUN OF THE SEASON TO GIVE THE BEARS A 7-NOTHING LEAD.

ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, UP 7-3, LOOK AT FORTE GO.  MAKES A CUT UP THE MIDDLE AND HE IS GONE.  A 68 YD. SCAMPER.  HIS LONGEST CAREER RUN ALREADY WITH 2 TDS. IN THE GAME.  HE FINISHED WITH 1:66.  BEARS UP 14-3.

JIMMY KLAUSEN’S PASS IS BATTED AND TIPPED BY JULIUS PEPPERS WHO MAKES THE INTERCEPTION.  LOOK AT PEPPERS GET UP.  HE USED TO PLAY BASKETBALL.  SHOWING OFF HIS HAND-EYE COORDINATION.  GREAT PLAY BY PEPPERS AS HE QUIETS THE CROWD.  THEY GO ON FOR A F.G. LEADING 17-3.  ON CAROLINA’S NEXT POSSESSION A 3-OUT.  SO THEY PUNT TO DEVIN HESTER.  THAT IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR TROUBLE.  HESTER TAKES IT UP THE SIDELINE.  1 MAN TO BEAT.  PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS BY THE PUNTER JASON BAKER.  A 50 YD. RETURN SETS UP A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 9.  3 PLAYS LATER A 3^RD & GOAL.  TODD COLLINS LOOKING END ZONE.  IT IS PICKED OFF BY ED JOHNSON.  THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME FOR TODD COLLINS.  ONE OF 3 1^ST HALF INTERCEPTIONS THROWN BY COLLINS.  HE WAS REPLACED BY CALIB HANEY LATE IN THE GAME.  3^RD QUARTER, CHICAGO LEADING 17-3.  CAROLINA GOING FOR IT ON A 4^TH & 1 AT THE 28 BUT THERE’S A FALSE START PENALTY.  THEY’RE FORCED TO KICK THE F.G. FROM 51 YDS. OUT.  NO GOOD.  WIDE TO THE RIGHT.  NOTHING GOING WELL FOR CAROLINA IN THE GAME.  JIMMY KLAUSEN BENCHED AFTER GOING 9 OF 22 FOR 61 YDS.  THAT BRINGS ON NAT MOORE INTO THE GAME.  BEARS LEADING 20-6.  BACK TO BACK, AND HE PASSED IT OFF OF AMANI EDWARDS.  INTERCEPTED BY BRIAN URLACHER.  CAROLINA, STILL WINLESS BEARS GO ON FOR A 23-6 WIN.

01:24:26 – ST. LOUIS RAMS @ DETROIT LIONS

LIONS LOOKING FOR THEIR 1^ST WIN OF THE SEASON.  SAM BRADFORD LOOKING TO WIN HIS 3^RD STRAIGHT GAME.  SEAN HILL 3-0 AS A STARTER IN HIS CAREER AGAINST THE RAMS WHO START OFF THE GAME WITH A SURPRISE ONSIDE KICK.  BUT IT DID NOT WORK.  DETROIT RECOVERS; AND THAT WOULD BE INDICATIVE OF HOW THE ENTIRE GAME WOULD GO FOR ST. LOUIS.

LIONS KICK A F.G. ON THE PLAY; AND STARTING OFF, 3-3 AT THE 2^ND QUARTER, STEPHON LOGAN.  HE WILL RETURN THE KICK, RUNNING INTO HIS MAN ACROSS MIDFIELD, AND HE IS JUST GONE.  STEPHON LOGAN RETURNS IT 105 YDS. FOR A TD.  DETROIT TAKES A 10-3 LEAD IN THE GAME.  BIG PLAY BY DETROIT ON SPECIAL TEAMS.  ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, SHAWN HILL ROLLS AND FINDS NATE BURLESON FOR A PICKUP OF 13 YDS.  EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD FOR DETROIT EARLY ON.  3^RD & 8, 3 PLAYS LATER, SHAWN HILL THIS TIME.  HE FINDS JAVAD BEST WHO CUTS IT BACK TO THE OUTSIDE AND PICKS UP 22 YDS. BEFORE BEING PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS.

1^ST & GOAL PLAY.  13^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, LOOKING END ZONE FOR CALVIN JOHNSON, AND HE COMES DOWN WITH IT.  SHAWN HILL WITH THE TD. PASS TO MEGATRON.  A 13 PLAY DRIVE TAKEN UP JUST OVER 7 MINS.  PUTS DETROIT UP 17-3.  ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, SHAWN HILL LOOKING FOR MEGATRON ONCE AGAIN.  4 CATCHES & 54 YDS. IN THE GAME FOR MEGATRON, PLUS THAT TD.  COUPLE PLAYS LATER, STILL ON THE SAME DRIVE, SHAWN HILL LOOKING FOR CALVIN JOHNSON IN THE END ZONE.  LOOKS LIKE HE COMES DOWN WITH IT.  INITIALLY RULED A TD.  BUT, DID HE GET BOTH FEET IN BEFORE GETTING PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS?  THERE WOULD BE A REPLAY AND A REVIEW.  THE PLAY WAS REVERSED.  RULED AN INCOMPLETE PASS.  ONLY GOT 1 FT. DOWN.  SO NO TD. ON THE PLAY.  6 PLAYS LATER, 18 SECS. TO GO.  ALL KINDS OF TIME FOR SHAWN HILL.  RIGHT BEFORE HALFTIME, HE GETS A TD. PASS TO BRANDON PETTIGREW.  A 3 YDS. SCORE.  THAT PUTS DETROIT UP 24-6 AT THE HALF.  12 PT. DRIVE FOR THEM.  IT WAS ALL DETROIT’S OFFENSE IN THIS GAME.  1^ST POSSESSION OF THE 3^RD QUARTER, AND SHAWN HILL FINDS NATE BURLESON FOR A 26 YD. SCORE.  HE PICKS UP A FLAG FOR CELEBRATING.  THEY’RE UP 31-6.  IT WOULDN’T EVEN MATTER.  ON TO THE 4^TH.  1^ST RAMS POSSESSION OF THE QUARTER.  BALL DEFLECTED AND BOUNCING UP IN THE AIR; AND __ GETS THE INTERCEPTION.  TAKES IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 30 YD. LINE.  A BIG BIG WIN FOR DETROIT.  THEIR FIRST VICTORY OF THE SEASON.  THEY’RE NOW 1-4.

01:27:20 – DENVER BRONCOS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS

RAVENS AT HOME COMING UP.  THEIR BIG WIN LAST WEEKEND IN PITTS.  THEY’LL IMPROVE TO 4-1.  JOE FLACCO ON THEIR 2^ND POSSESSION.  HE LOOKS FOR DERRICK MASON.  PICKS UP THE 1^ST DOWN AND SCAMPERS FOR A GAIN OF 19.

VERY NEXT PLAY FLACCO, LOOKING TO PASS ONCE AGAIN.  PLENTY OF TIME AND HE FINDS TODD HEAP.  FORCED TO THE SIDELINE FOR A GAIN OF 22. THAT WOULD LEAD TO A 1 YD. JOE FLACCO SNEAK FOR A TD. AND A 7-NOTHING QUICK LEAD FOR BALT.

SAME SCORE AT 7-NOTHING, AND RAY RICE WOULD HAVE HIS 1^ST REALLY BIG GAME OF THE SEASON.  EBERT’S UP THE MIDDLE FOR A GAIN OF 18 YDS.  AS THE RAVENS WERE MOVING THE BALL ALL GAME LONG.

1^ST & 10 FROM THE 26.  JOE FLACCO PLENTY OF TIME ONCE AGAIN, AND HE LOOKS FOR DERRICK MASON IN THE END ZONE.  NO CATCH BUT DEF. PASS INTERFERENCE ON THE PLAY.  FLAGS ARE DOWN.  PARISH HAWKS DIDN’T TURN AROUND FOR THE BALL.  RAVENS TAKE OVER ON THE 1.  NEXT PLAY, AND THE GIVE TO RAY RICE, WALKING INTO THE END ZONE.  HIS FIRST TD. OF THE SEASON  THAT PUTS BALT. UP 14-NOTHING.  LOOKING LIKE A BLOWOUT EARLY.  COULD DENVER COME BACK TRAILING 17-NOTHING.  KYLE ORTON BROUGHT DOWN BY CORY READING FOR A LOSS OF 7 YDS.  BALT. DOMINATING EARLY IN THE GAME, UP 17-NOTHING IN THE 2^ND QUARTER.

LAST CHANCE BEFORE HALFTIME.  SAME SCORE DENVER.  PUMP FAKE BY KYLE ORTON AND LOOKING END ZONE.  BRANDON NOLL WITH THE DIVING GRAB!  A 42 YD. TD. CATCH FOR BRANDON LLOYD, THE NFL’S LEADING RECEIVER LAYS OUT FOR THE TD. TO MAKE IT 17-7.  BALT. AT THE HALF.

SAME SCORE 1^ST & 5.  WILLIST MCGAHEE GETS THE GIVE.  HE GOES FOR 10 YDS. UP THE MIDDLE.  4 PLAYS LATER, STILL ON THE SAME DRIVE.  JOE FLACCO, THIS TIME HE WILL DEAL OUT TO DERRICK MASON PICKING UP A 1^ST DOWN AND A GAIN OF 11.  JOE FLACCO 14 OF 25 FOR 196 YDS.  RAY RICE, COULD IT BE, 2 TDS. ON THE GAME FOR HIM.  THAT MAKES IT 24-7.  CAPS A 14 PLAY, 67 YD. DRIVE.

RICE 133 YDS. AND 2 TDS.  AND WHEN HE WASN’T SCORING IT WAS WILLEST MCGAHEE BUSTING OVER AT THE RIGHT SIDE FOR A 30 YD. SCORE MAKING IT 31-10.  RAVENS WIN IT 31-17.

01:30:02 – ATLANTA FALCONS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

MIKE SMITH AND THE FALCONS LOOKING STRONG.  THEY HAVE WON 3 IN A ROW, STANDING AT 3-1.  BROWNS COMING OFF THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON.  SENECA WALLACE ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME, FINDS PAYTON HILLIS FOR A SHORT PICKUP.  HILLIS WITH THE HURDLE OVER BRENT GRIMES AFTER THE CATCH.  LOOK AT THAT.  GOING UP.  SHOWING OFF THE MOVES.  A GAIN OF 15 FOR CAYDEN HILLIS.  JUST JUMPING OVER BRENT GRIMES WHO WANTED NO PIECE OF THE MONSTER ON THAT PLAY.  DRIVE ENDED ON THE NEXT PLAY.  NO PTS. BUT IT SURE LOOKED PRETTY.  BROWNS DOWN 3-NOTHING.  JOSHUA CRIBBS FIELDS THE KICKOFF FROM MICHAEL CAYDEN AT THE BROWNS 11.  RUNS UP FIELD INTO HIS OWN MAN. SPLITS DEFENDERS.  A 44 YD. RETURN GIVING THE BROWNS GOOD FIELD POSITION.  5 PLAYS LATER, SENECA WALLACE.  HE LOBS ONE FOR CAYDEN HILLIS.  HIS ONE-HANDED GRAB INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  THAT GIVES CLEVELAND A 7-3 LEAD.  FINESSE ON THE PART OF CAYDEN HILLIS.  NOT JUST POWER, AS HE GETS THE TD. GRAB.  ENSUING FALCONS POSSESSION, AND THEY ARE COMING RIGHT BACK.  MATT RYAN SCRAMBLING, FINDS SOME TIME; AND HE WILL FINALLY FIRE ONE ACROSS THE FIELD.  TONY GONZALEZ IS THERE.  HE PICKS UP 16 YDS. ON THE PLAY.  MATT RYAN, AFTER SCRAMBLING AROUND, GOT DRILLED BY MARCUS BERNARD.  HE’S A TOUGH GUY AND WOULD REMAIN.  3 PLAYS LATER, RYAN SCRAMBLING UP THE MIDDLE.  HE PICKS UP THE 1^ST DOWN.  A GAIN OF 7.  THAT DRIVE WOULD END WITH A MATT BRYANT F.G.  ATLANTA CLOSES THE DEFICIT TO 7-6.  BROWNS DEFENSE LOOKING FATIGUED.

ON THE NEXT ATLANTA POSSESSION, THEY GIVE IT TO MICHAEL TURNER.  HE’S BUSTING THROUGH THE MIDDLE.  BREAKING SOME TACKLES.  YOU CAN’T ARM TACKLE MICHAEL TURNER ALL THE WAY DOWN INSIDE THE 15 YD. LINE.  HIS LONGEST RUN OF THE SEASON.  A GAIN OF 55.  HE FINISHED WITH 140 IN THE GAME AS CLEVELAND’S DEFENSE IS WEARING DOWN.  BUT ATLANTA ATTEMPTS THE F.G.  MATT BRYANT’S 30 YD. KICK BLOCKED BY THE ROOKIE T.J. WARD.  NO POINTS ON THE DRIVE, FALCONS STAY DOWN 7-6.  SENECA WALLACE GETS SACKED BY JOHN ABRAHAM.  HURT ON THE PLAY AS HE IS BROUGHT DOWN.  HE WOULD LAVE THE GAME WITH A RIGHT ANKLE INJURY, AND DID NOT RETURN.  THAT BOUGHT ON JAKE DELHOMME IN AT QB FOR THE REST OF THE WAY FOR CLEVELAND.  SO HE WOULD PLAY THE ENTIRE 2^ND HALF.  MID 3^RD QUARTER ATLANTA DOWN 10-6.  WHEN MATT RYAN DROPS A BOMB FOR  RODDY WHITE INTO THE END ZONE FOR A TD!  SHELDON BROWN BEAT ON THAT PLAY.  HE WAS BURNED LAST WK. BY T.O.  FALCONS RETAKE THE LEAD 13-10.

4^TH QUARTER, STILL 13-10.  JAKE DELHOMME IN THE GAME AT QB AGAIN.  HAS HIS PASS BATTED.  … BEERMAN MAKES THE INTERCEPTION AFTER DEFLECTING IT, AND HE RUNS ALL THE WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  FALCONS EXTEND THEIR LEAD TO 20-10.  THEY GET THE VICTORY.  A DOG PILE IN THE END ZONE.  4-1 SEASON NOW FOR ATLANTA.

01:33:11 - GREEN BAY PACKERS @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS

PACKERS AT THE REDSKINS.  DONOVAN MCNABB LOOKING TO REBOUND FROM THE 2^ND HALF LAST WEEK IN PHILLY WHERE HE WAS 2 FOR 11.  AARON RODGERS AHD 3 TD. PASSES LAST WK. AGAINST DETROIT.  ROLLING TO HIS LEFT, LOOKING FOR DONALD LEE.  BALL STRIPPED BY LARON LANDRY, RECOVERED BY KARIM MOORE.  TAKES IT BACK TO THE PACKERS 21.  LARON LANDRY ..ONE OF THE TOP SAFETIES IN THE NFL.  YOU SEE JERMICHAEL FINLEY HERE.  COMES UP …THAT’S NOT GOOD.  THAT MAY BE THE BEST YOUNG T.E. IN ALL OF FOOTBALL.  SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HIS KNEE.

REDSKINS FAILED TO SCORE ON THAT POSSESSION.  THIS IS BRENDON JACKSON, TOM.  OVER 100 YDS. FOR THE DAY.  YEA, BRENDON JACKSON RUSHES FOR 115 ON 10 CARRIES.  THE PACKERS RAN IT FOR 157 YDS. TODAY.  IT’S BEEN A MISSING ELEMENT TO THEIR OFF. ARSENAL.  BUT TODAY, AGAIN, AARON RODGERS NOT NEARLY AS SHARP SO FAR THROUGH 5 WKS. AS HE WAS IN THE 2009 SEASON.

THAT WAS GOOD.  THE DONALD LEE 5 YD. TOUCH EXTRA PT. MADE IT 7-NOTHING PACKERS.  DONALD LEE THOUGH WOULD ALSO LEAVE THE GAME WITH A SHOULDER INJURY.  HOW ABOUT THAT?  NO T.E.’S.  LOOK AT THAT.  DID YOU SEE THAT?  HE’S ROLLING TO HIS LEFT… 35 YDS.  MAKES IT 35 YDS. ON A ROPE.

2^ND QUARTER, SAME DRIVE.  RODGERS WITH THE PLAY FAKE, GOES TO THE END ZONE LOOKING FOR THE ROOKIE .. PORTIS.  BUT BROKEN UP BY LORENZO ALEXANDER.  THAT WAS 4^TH & GOAL. REDSKINS DEFENSE HOLDS.

HALFTIME IT WAS G.B. 10, WASH. 3.  4^TH QUARTER.  REDSKINS TRAILING 13-3.  MCNABB BUYING SOME TIME AND HE COULD ALWAYS THROW A PRETTY DEEP BALL.  HOW’S THAT?  DONOVAN THREW IT TO ANTHONY ARMSTRONG.  WHO’S THAT?  ANTHONY ARMSTRONG.  OH, LOOK AT THAT.  HIPS.  THERE YOU GO.  SETTLE THOSE FEET AND YOU GOT HIM.  WELL WE TALKED ABOUT …KEEP RUNNING.  DON’T SLOW DOWN.  WE KNOW THERE WAS ISSUES IN THE SECONDARY FOR THE G.B. PACKERS.  WE JUST DIDN’T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS GONNA BE ENOUGH.  BUT DONOVAN MCNABB DOES A GOOD JOB.  THE THING ABOUT THIS TOO.  CHRIS COOLEY, SHOW YOU HOW BAD THE RECEIVER SITUATION IS FOR THE WASH. REDSKINS.  THERE WERE A LOT OF PLAYS WHERE THE DEF. PLAYER OF THE YEAR WAS LOCKED UP ON CHRIS COOLEY.  FROM 45 YDS. OUT, AND THE REDSKINS TIE THE GAME AT 13 WITH 1:07 LEFT.  PACKERS NEXT POSSESSION.  AGAIN, SHORT ON T.E.’S.  THAT’S THE ROOKIE …21 YDS.  JUST NOT SCORING PTS.  THEY’RE MOVING THE FOOTBALL UP AND DOWN THE FIELD.  THEY’RE NOT SCORING PTS.  ALL YEAR LONG.  AARON CROSBIE FROM 53 YDS. OUT.  DONK!  THE TOP OF THE UPRIGHT.  2 SECS. LEFT AND THE GAME ENDED.  OVERTIME.  TIED AT 13.  GRIN ON HIS FACE.  AARON RODGERS ONCE.  GREG JENNINGS.  WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT LARON LANDRY?  I WAS TALKING ABOUT LARON LANDRY.  THESE ARE THE KIND OF PLAYS THAT WHEN YOU’RE A GREAT PLAYER, A DIFFERENCE-MAKER KIND OF A GUY THAT YOUR TEAM NEEDS.  HECK OF A PLAY.  HOW ABOUT THAT, THE 6^TH INTERCEPTION THROWN BY AARON RODGERS ON THE SEASON.  THREW 7 ALL OF LAST YEAR.  AND THAT’S … FROM 33 YDS. OUT, ENDING IT WITH A FINAL 3.  THAT’S A HUGE WIN.  WHAT A WIN FOR WASH.  HUGE WIN.  AND THEY COULD BE 4-1, AS YOU TALKED ABOUT.  THEY SHOULD’VE WON THAT…SHOULD’VE BEATEN THE HOUSTON TEXANS.

01:36:42 – TENNESSEE TITANS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

MOVING ON TO WHAT DO YOU CALL, THE VARSITY?  VARSITY.  THE BIG SHOW.  ALRIGHT.  AND VINCE YOUNG CAME IN WITH THE TENN. TITANS WITH A CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDER.  KENNY BRITTS SCORED A TD. THE LAST 3 GAMES.  HE’S FROM RUTGERS.  THAT’S RIGHT.  HE HAD A TD. IN EVERY GAME EVER SINCE I RELEASED HIM FROM MY FANTASY TEAM.  ROY IS BALLING OUT!  ROY IS BALLING OUT.  HE HAD 2 TDS. IN THE GAME BEFORE THE BYE, AND A TD. IN THIS GAME; AND THE COWBOYS ARE DOWN 17-10 3^RD QUARTER.  ROMO, MILES AUSTIN MAKING THE PLAY.  YEA, THAT’S GOING UP BETWEEN 2 DEFENDERS AND MAKING THE PLAY.  THAT’S WHY HE GOT PAID, BECAUSE HE DID THAT A LOT LAST YEAR.

EVEN THOUGH HE WENT IN THAT TOP 10 OF RECEIVERS; 69 YDS. FOR #19 TO TIE THE GAME AT 17.  2 COWBOYS POSSESSIONS LATER, ROMO TO MARTELLUS BENNETT OVER THE MIDDLE.  … ON THE TIP THROWN ON MICHAEL GRIFFIN IN THE END ZONE; AND HE WAS RULED DOWN IN THE END ZONE SO IT’S 1^ST & 10 FROM THE 20 YD. LINE.  VINCE YOUNG PLAY FAKING.  HE’S GOING DEEP VERTICAL TO KENNY BRITT WHO COMES UP WITH IT AN SUDDENLY HE’S UP AND RUNNING STEVE!  GET UP AND GO!  GET UP AND GO!  YOU NEVER KNOW IF IT’S BLOWN DEAD OR NOT!  YOU GOTTA FINISH THE PLAY.  GREAT AWARENESS BY THE YOUNG RECEIVER.  EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT MIKE JENKINS DID CONTACT HIM RIGHT THERE AS HE WAS GOING DOWN.  SO, TAKE THE PTS. OFF THE BOARD AND TITANS COULDN’T SCORE A TD.  THEY HAD TO SETTLE FOR A ROB BARONAS F.G.  THEY’RE UP 20-17.  TIED AT 20 WITH 7 & CHANGE TO GO.  ROMO TO MARTELLUS BENNETT.  A BURNER WITH A NICE PLAY.  THAT’S A NICE PLAY.  GREAT PLAY.  LITTLE BIT LATE TO THE FLAT, BUT THAT’S A GREAT PLAY BY THE DEFENSE.  AND THAT SETUP CHRIS JOHNSON FOR A 1 YD. TD. TO TAKE A 27-20 LEAD.  SO THE COWBOYS GET THE BALL BACK ON 4^TH & 2 AND GOING FOR IT.  ROMO TO AUSTIN WITH 5 MINS. TO GO.  MOVE THE CHAINS.  BIG 4^TH WITH 2 CONVERSION.  NEXT PLAY, THE TITANS 18.  ROMO TO HIS B.F.F.  JASON WITTEN RUMBLES IN THE END ZONE.  TIED AT 27.  MARK COLOMBO, HOWEVER, CALLED FOR UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT BY SPIKING THE BALL.  YOU CAN’T HAND THE BALL OFF.  YOU CAN’T SHARE IN THE FESTIVITIES.  SO THE COWBOYS KICK IT OFF FROM THEIR 15 AND MARK MARIANI MAKES IT…THEY ARE NOT…HE BETTER OPEN UP MARINI!  NO RELATION TO MIKE MIRIANO OUR COORDINATING PRODUCER.  DAVID BIELER TACKS ON 15 MORE FOR YANKING HIM DOWN BY THE FACEMASK.  THAT’S A GIMME WITH CHRIS JOHNSON.  SO JUST LIKE THAT THE TITANS TAKE A 7 PT. LEAD AND LOOK WHAT HE DOES.  HE STANDS ON THE STAR.  IS HE ON THE STAR?  OH BOY.  OH BOY.

SO THE COWBOYS ARE NOW DOWN 7 AGAIN WITH 2 MINS. TO GO.  LAST CHANCE FOR ROMO.  TO WITTEN.  CAN’T CORRAL IT ON 3^RD & 9.  SO THE COWBOYS GO FOR IT ON 4^TH & 9.  GOTTA DO IT.  THEY DON’T GO THE MILES.  IT’S THE B.F.F. AGAIN.  YOU CAN’T GO TO THE B.F.F. AGAIN.  YOU’RE CANNOT GO TO THE B.F.G. AGAIN!  JUMPS THE ROUTE.  ROMO HAD A CAREER-HIGH 406 YDS.

01:39:48 – NEW ORLEANS SAINTS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS

COWBOYS/TENN. GAME.  IT’S AN INSTANT CLASSIC THAT’S GOING DOWN IN BIG D.  BUT IN THE ARIZONA DESERT, MAX HALL MAKING HIS FIRST CAREER START.  1^ST UNDRAFTED ROOKIE TO START BY WK. 5 OF HIS CAREER SINCE JIM ZORN BACK IN ’76, AND JABBARI GREER BAPTIZES HALL IN HIS 3^RD PLAY OF THE GAME.

HE MAY START OFF A LITTLE NERVOUS WITH KURT WARNER IN THE BOOTH.  YES, THAT’S TRUE.  LED TO A F.G.  THAT’S THE WAY YOU START!  BUT JEREMY SHOCKEY PUTS THE SAINTS ON THE BOARD AS WELL WITH A TD. TO GO UP

10-NOTHING 2 POSSESSIONS AFTER GETTING THAT PICK.  AND THEN DREW BREES GIVES 1 RIGHT BACK RIGHT BEFORE THE END OF THE …

YOU CAN’T PUT THAT UP…  DREW BREES.  HE HAS TO CHECK THAT.  HE HAS TO CATCH THAT.  LADELL BECKS WENT OFF HIS HANDS; AND THEN MAX HALL…. COME ON MAX!  DON’T DO IT!  WHOA!  GOT SMOKED BY THE SAINTS DEFENSE AND FUMBLE THE BALL BUT RIGHT INTO LEVI BROWN, AND THAT’S THE WAY THE CARDS SCORE THEIR FIRST TD. OF THE GAME.  CAN’T CUT BACK.  THAT’S GOOD AWARENESS…NOW HE’S GOTTA TAKE BETTER CARE OF THE FOOTBALL, AND HE’LL LEARN THAT’S A GOOD HIT.  LEVY BROWN HEADS-UP PLAY!  SCOOP & SCORE LEVI!  THEY’RE CHALLENGING TO SEE WHETHER THE HELMET CAME OFF BEFORE HE FUMBLED IT.  IF THAT WAS THE CASE THEN THE BALL WOULD’VE BEEN BLOWN DEAD RIGHT THERE AND IT WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN A TD.  INSTEAD IT IS UPHELD AS A SCORE.  TIED AT 13.  2 MINS. TO GO IN THE 3^RD QUARTER IN THE RED ZONE AGAIN.  …. …. STOPPED BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE ON 3^RD & GOAL.  13 BRINGING ON JOHN CARNEY, WHO WAS BROUGHT IN JUST BECAUSE GARRETT HARTLEY WAS MISSING KICKS LIKE THIS AND…  NO GOOD.  SO WE’RE STILL TIED AT 13.  GO TO THE 4^TH QUARTER, AND SEAN PAYTON’S FINDING HIMSELF DOWN BY 3.  IT’S 16-13 ARIZONA.  LESS THAN 11 MINS. TO GO IN THE HALF.  LADELL BETTS FUMBLES IT.  SCOOPED UP BY KERRY RHODES AND HE IS TAKING IT INTO THE END ZONE!  NICE ESCORT.  GOOD BLOCKING BY THAT DEFENSIVE BUNCH.  KERRY RHODES AGAIN WITH A SCOOP AND SCORE.  HEADS UP PLAY.  A 10 PT. LEAD.  RHODES DID THAT LAST WEEK TOO.  LESS THAN 2 MINS. TO GO IN THE GAME.  DREW BREES FINDS A GUY WHO’S BEEN MISSING MUCH OF THE SEASON.  ROBERT MEECHUM 10 TD. CATCHES LAST YEAR.  THIS IS A BIOG ONE TO PUT THE SAINTS DOWN JUST BY 3; AND THE SAINTS GET THE BALL BACK WITH 24 TICKS TO GO NEEDING A SAINTS MIRACLE. 

LANCE MOORE HAS IT PICKED OFF IN FRONT OF HIM BY DOMINIC ROGERS-CROMARTIE; AND THIS IS JUST SOME QUALITY STAT PATTERN.  HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO ONCE HE MAKES THE PLAY.  AND IT IS A 30-20 CARDINALS WIN.  ARIZONA NOW 3-2 ATOP THE NFC WEST.  WHILE THE SAINTS, THE DEFENDING CHAMPS. AT 3-2.  NOT NEARLY AS GOOD ENOUGH TO BE ATOP THE NFC SOUTH.

01:42:34 – SAN DIEGO CHARGERS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

LET US GO TO THE BLACK HOLE.  NORV TURNER AND THE CHARGERS, AND NOT LOST TO THE RAIDERS IN THE LAST 13 GAMES, BUT THEIR KICKING GAME FOR THE CHARGERS HAS BEEN ATROCIOUS.  YEA, A SCORE BY THE KICKING GAME OR A DEF. SCORE TURNS A GAME AROUND BIG TIME; AND IT HAPPENED TODAY.  __ BYARS WITH THE BLOCK RIGHT THERE.  OH, WATCH OUT!  RAIDERS, BY THE WAY, BLOCKED 2 PUNTS.  2 FOR A SAFETY.  1 FOR A TD. AND TOOK A 12-NOTHING LEAD; BUT THE DOC B. GETS HIT BY SHAWN …  JASON CAMPBELL COMES IN.  PHILIP RIVERS.  AT LEAST THIS TIME HE WASN’T WIDE OPEN.  THEY HAD 2 GUYS AROUND HIM AND HE STILL WENT UP AND MADE A PLAY.  12-7 THE CHARGERS GET ON THE BOARD.  3^RD QUARTER NOW, THE CHARGERS ARE UP 17-15.  PHILIP RIVERS TO A WIDE OPEN MALCOLM FLOYD WHO WENT 195 YDS. RECEIVING ON THE DAY.  213 YDS.  PARDON ME.  I DID SHORTCHANGE HIM.  JASON CAMPBELL COMES RIGHT BACK TO ZACH MILLER.  TD.   YOU CAN SEE JASON CAMPBELL BACK AT THE HELM MAKING PLAYS.  24-22…27-22.  TOM CABLE GOING FOR IT ON 4^TH & 1 FROM THE CHARGERS 24.  12^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  CAMPBELL, BEAUTIFUL.  BRANDON MYERS 12 YDS.  THE DRIVE CONTINUES.  LESS THAN 4 MINS. TO GO NOW.  14^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  2^ND & 1 FOR THE CHARGERS.  3, IT’S MICHEEL BUSH UP THE GUT.  RAIDERS TAKE THE 28-27 LEAD.  AND WITH A MIN. 10 TO GO IN THIS GAME, PHILIP RIVERS ON 2^ND & 20.  HE’S HIT AS HE THROWS.  THE BALL IS LOOSE.  THE RAIDERS PICK IT UP, AND THIS BALL IS LIVE!  IT IS A RETURN DEF. SCORE FOR THE OAKLAND RAIDERS!  DEF. SCORE…SPECIAL TEAMS SCORING.  THAT’S HOW YOU BREAK THE STREAK.  I MEAN AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, THIS WAS …  HOT.  IT’S A FUMBLE THAT TOM CABLE’S LOVING IT BECAUSE THEY FINALLY END A 13 GAME STREAK IN THE DIVISION.  HERE’S THE BLITZ!  THE S.D. CHARGERS, PHILIP RIVERS LAST DITCH EFFORT.  IT IS INCOMPLETE AND THAT IS THE WAY THE RAIDERS IMPROVE TO JUST LIKE THE CHARGERS, AT 2-3.

01:44:58 – PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

AND SHOW YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS BETWEEN THE EAGLES AND THE NINERS.  SO IT’S KEVIN KOLB.  HE’S YOUR STARTING QB.  MIKE SINGLETARY AND CO.  THEY ARE JUST LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST VICTORY OF THE YEAR.  1^ST QUARTER, ALEX SMITH LOOKING SOMETHING LIKE JOE MONTANA.  AND HE HAS TIME TO THROW NOW.  HE CAN SPIN IT.  THEN IT’S ALEX SMITH TO MICHAEL CRABTREE.  … IS ON FIRE IN THIS FIRST DRIVE.  11^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE HERE, 2^ND & GOAL AND IT’S SMITH TO CRABTREE.  STARTING THE LAST GAME, RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD, SCORING THE TD. TO …  PLACING THAT BALL ONLY WHERE CRABTREE CAN GET IT.  49ERS ON TOP 7-NOTHING.  THE EAGLES DON’T COME RIGHT BACK.  KEVIN KOLB ON THE ROLLOUT.  BRENT SELLECK WIDE OPEN.  SOMEBODY BUST THE COVERAGE HERE NOW.  YOU CAN’T GET THAT WIDE OPEN AS A T.E.  YOU GOTTA HAVE A STRONG ARM TO MAKE THAT THROW THOUGH.  AND DESEAN JACKSON HERE ON A 3^RD & 3 OUT OF THE WILDCAT; AND WITH THAT SPEED, PICKS UP THE 1^ST DOWN DOWN TO THE 15 YD. LINE.  10^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE AND IT’S KOLB.  BUYS A LITTLE TIME.  NICE!  MOBILITY.  AND HE FINDS SELLECK WHO GETS IN FOR THE 8 YD. TD.  VERY WELL DONE.  GAME TIED UP AT 7.  2^ND QUARTER, EAGLES ON TOP 10-7.

AND HERE WE GO.  KEVIN KOLB.   TRYING TO FORM RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIS SKILL PLAYERS.  THERE IT IS TO DESEAN JACKSON, 20 YDS.  KOLB IS SETTLING IN.  STARTING TO PLAY A PRETTY GOOD QB. POSITION.  AND LESEAN MCCOY.  PLAYING WITH THAT CRACKED RIB.  29 YDS. THERE.  SO THE EAGLES SEEMINGLY IN CONTROL.

NOTHING CRACKED TODAY!  4^TH QUARTER, 49ERS DOWN 17-10.  SMITH TO JOSH MORGAN.  16 YDS.  I’M HURT BUT I CAN DANCE.  3^RD PLAY OF THE DRIVE IT IS SMITH ROLLING TO HIS LEFT, AND HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL!  QUINTEN MICHEL RECOVERS, AND MICHELS GONE.  WHEN YOU SEE THIS PLAY, IT WAS A BLITZ.  NOW HE HAD THE RECEIVER OPEN TO THE RIGHT.  HE JUST GOTTA STAND IN AND THROW THE BALL.  MIKE SINGLETARY WAS ALL OVER HIM AFTER THAT.  AND THESE ARE THE KINDS OF MISTAKES THAT, IF YOU’RE A FRANCHISE QB, YOU CAN’T MAKE!  YOU CAN’T.  AND IF YOU’RE GONNA LEAVE THE POCKET LIKE THIS AND YOU’RE GONNA THROW IT OUT OF BOUNDS OR THROW IT AWAY, YOU GOTTA DO IT A LITTLE SOONER THAN THAT SO YOU DON’T RUN INTO TROUBLE.  YOU CAN’T RUN TOWARDS THE BLITZ COACH.  THAT WAS THE BLITZ SIDE.  ALRIGHT.  SO THE 49ERS GET IT BACK ON A 3^RD & 10.  IT’S SMITH TO CRABTREE BUT IT’S INCOMPLETE SO.  BRANDON CARR GETTING ON THE CALL HUH.  MIKE SAYS, “I’M GIVING YOU 1 MORE DRIVE ALEX.  YOU’RE GONNA GET ME FIRED.”  THAT’S WHAT HE SAID, “YOU’RE GONNA GET ME FIRED.”  HE HAS SOME THICK SKIN ON THIS DRIVE.  WELL DONE.  POW!  LAYS IT IN THERE BEAUTIFULLY FOR VERNON DAVIS.  36 YDS.  A PLAY THAT THEY RAN OVER LAST YEAR REAL WELL.  JUST STARTING TO HIT IT THIS YEAR.  SMITH TO DAVIS AGAIN, AND SINGLETARY SAYS, “THANK YOU.”  THANK YOU SON.  THAT’S RIGHT.  THEY CUT THAT LEAD TO 24-17.  THEY GET IT BACK 27-17.  SMITH TO CRABTREE.  GETS THE 1^ST DOWN.  2:51 LEFT.  SMITH…KEEP IT AWAY FROM THE RUSH TO CRABTREE.  THIS IS WHAT THE RECEIVER HAVE TO HELP THIS YOUNG KID.  2:06 LEFT.  3^RD & GOAL.  IT IS SMITH WHO LAYS IT OUT FOR FRANK GORE, AND THE 49ERS NOW JUST DOWN 3.  27-24.  AND SO THE EAGLES, THEY CAN PUT IT AWAY IF THEY PICKUP A 1^ST DOWN.  IT’S KEVIN KOLB TO MCCOY BUT HE DROPS DOWN BEFORE HE GETS THE 1^ST.  HE MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN WHERE THAT DOWN MARKER WAS.  HE NEEDED 2 MORE YDS.  SO HERE IT IS 3^RD & 2, AND KOLB INCOMPLETE LOOKING FOR SELLECK.  AND MCCOY AND MARTY MORNHENWEG HAVING A CONVERSATION ON THE SIDELINE.  SO THE NINERS WITH THE LAST CHANCE.  SMITH TO VERNON DAVIS!  HERE’S THAT PLAY AGAIN.  VERY PHYSICAL.  BUILT LIKE A TREE.  TAKES A SHOT BUT HOLDS ON.  3^RD & 10 NOW.  IT IS SMITH LOOKING FOR CRABTREE.  BUT IT IS PICKED OFF BY LINLEY.  SOONER OR LATER THAT BLITZ OF THE EAGLES WILL GET TO THE QB.  SO THE EAGLES GO TO S.F. AND THEY GET A TOUGH VICTORY ON THE ROAD.  THEY WON IT 27-24.  KEVIN KOLB, 21 OF 31.  NICE DAY.  NICE DAY.  …53 YDS. AND A TD. HE DID NOT TURN THE FOOTBALL OVER.  MEANWHILE S.F. 49ERS, THEY FALL TO 0-5.

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