SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 6

1.        FALCONS@EAGLES  2:56

2.       DOLPHINS@PACKERS  3:08

3.       SEAHAWKS@BEARS  2:44

4.       CHARGERS@RAMS  2:41

5.       BROWNS@STEELERS  3:13

6.       RAVENS@PATS  2:55

7.       SAINTS@BUCS  1:32

8.       CHIEFS@TEXANS  2:38

9.       JETS@BRONCOS  2:28

10.   RAIDERS@49ERS   1:39

11.   COWBOYS@VIKES  4:10

12.   LIONS@GIANTS  3:06

13.   COLTS@REDSKINS  4:56

 

          TRT: 50:21  WITH BARS

 

01:10:16 – ATLANTA FALCONS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

 

ANOTHER NFC SOUTH TEAM.  THE ATLANTA FALCONS AND MATT RYAN TRAVELING HOME TO TAKE ON THE PHILA. EAGLES.  KEVIN KOLB MAKING HIS 3^RD CONSECUTIVE START.  NEXT, ON THE EAGLES OPENING POSSESSION, DESEAN JACKSON GETS THE BALL.  LEAVES THE TACKLE IN SPACE.  EXCITING, ELECTRIFYING PLAYER.  WE TALKED ABOUT ANDY REID YESTERDAY FINDING A WAY TO GET THAT GUY IN THE GAME PLAN, AND HE DID.

 

FALCONS NEXT POSSESSION, 3^RD PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  MATT RYAN TO MICHAEL JENKINS.  GOOD TO HAVE HIM BACK IF YOU’RE MATT RYAN.  HE’S GOT A LOT TO WORK WITH.  THEY OBVIOUSLY RUN THE FOOTBALL WELL.  YOU’VE GOT RODDY WHITE, TONY GONZALEZ.  JENKINS IS JUST ANOTHER PIECE TO THEIR OFF. PUZZLE.

 

PAT BRIAN WOULD MISS A 41 F.G.  KEVIN KOLB NOT GONNA MISS HERE.  WHO SAYS HE CAN’T THROW DOWNFIELD?  HE’S THROWING THE BAL DOWNFIELD AND HE FINDS ACTION JACKSON.  EAGLES UP EARLY, 14-0 AFTER THE 34 YD. TD. FROM KOLB.  DID YOU HEAR ANDY REID QUOTE HIS QB STATS TODAY?  THAT WAS KIND OF CREEPY.  HE WAS HAPPY.  OH!!  MY GOODNESS.  LOOK AT THAT.  DESEAN JACKSON HIT BY DANTE ROBINSON.  THIS IS A HORRIBLE CALL, BY THE WAY.  BOTH PLAYERS WOULD LEAVE.  THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE CALL.  IF HE DOESN’T..  YOU MEAN THE 15 YD. PERSONAL FOUL PENALTY?  NO.  BECAUSE IF HE DOESN’T MAKE THAT TACKLE OR MAKE THAT HIT, HE CATCHES THE BALL, POSSIBLY KEEPS RUNNING.  BUT THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.  BIG TD. PASS.  KOLB TO JEREMY MACKLIN.  NICE CATCH.  LAYS OUT JUST ACROSS THE GOAL LINE.  ANOTHER PHILA. TD.  THE EAGLES LEADING 21-ZIP.  AND AGAIN, LOOK AT THAT OR THINK ABOUT THAT.  IF THAT’S A TD., THAT CALVIN TD… YOU KNOW!  ABSOLUTELY.

 

FALCONS ENSUING POSSESSION, RYAN TO RODDY WHITE.  TURNS THE CORNER. PICKS UP 18 YDS. TO THE EAGLES 48.  THIS IS JUST NOT A TEAM TO PLAY FROM BEHIND, THIS FALCONS TEAM.  THEY WANT TO COME OUT AND GROUND AND POUND AND RUN THE FOOTBALL TO SETUP THEIR PLAY ACTION.  AND THAT’S NOT MATT RYAN’S FAULT.  THE BALL GOES THROUGH THE HANDS OF THE USUALLY RELIABLE GONZALEZ.  JUS A TOUGH PLAY.

 

PHILA. NEXT DRIVE.  FIRST AND 10.  KEVIN KOLB INTERCEPTED BY CURTIS LOFTON.  BALL DRILL RIGHT THERE.  ONE OF THE FEW MISTAKES THAT KEVIN KOLB MADE TODAY.  COMPLETED 23 OF 29 FOR 326 AND 3 TDS.  I SOUNDED LIKE ANDY REID, DIDN’T I?  YOU DID SOUND LIKE HIM.  LOFTON WITH A TIPPED BALL.  …SMILE ON MY FACE THOUGH.  YEA, HE HAD MORE…  FALCONS NEXT POSSESSION, RYAN TO TONY GONZALEZ, 21-7, HALFTIME SCORE.  ATLANTA COMING BACK A LITTLE BIT.

 

INTO THE 3^RD QUARTER THOUGH, PHILLY PUTS THIS ONE AWAY.  PLAY ACTION.  PLENTY OF TIME.  JEREMY MACKLIN DOWN THE LEFT SIDE.  WELL PLACED BALL.  EAGLES 6.  IS THIS MACKLIN’S …WITH I BELIEVE THAT’S HIS 6^TH TD. CATCH ON THE YEAR?  THAT’S HIS B.F.F.  THEY THROW THE BALL.  IT IS!  MACKLIN IS HIS GUY.

 

ANDY REID QUICK TO POINT OUT, AS YOU SAID AFTER THE GAME, THAT “HEY, KEVIN KOLB WAS 23 OUT OF 29.”  HE GAVE HIM THE QB RATING!  I’VE NEVER HEARD THAT!  HE WAS ECSTATIC ABOUT IT!

 

01:13:21 – MIAMI DOLPHINS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS

 

DOLPHINS COMING OFF THE BYE IN G.B.  AARON RODGERS STARTING AFTER SUFFERING THE CONCUSSION AT THE END OF LAST WEEK’S GAME.  FIRST QUARTER, PACKERS DOWN 7-3.  1^ST PLAY AFTER AN INTERCEPTION.  RODGERS LOOKING, DEEP.  GREG JENNINGS MAKES THE GRAB AND HE IS OFF TO THE RACES CUTTING ACROSS THE FIELD.  AN 86 YD. TD. CATCH FOR GREG JENNINGS!  THAT PUTS G.B. UP 10-7.  DOUBLE MOVE.  … DAVIS.  PERFECTLY EXECUTED BY G.B.  LONGEST CAREER RECEPTION FOR JENNINGS.  LAST DRIVE BEFORE HALFTIME.  DOLPHINS 12^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  CHAD JENNING BACK OF THE END ZONE.  BRANDON MARSHALL TO HAUL IN A 25 YD. TD. BUT THE 2^ND FOOT IS OUT OF BOUNDS.  SO, IT IS RULED INCOMPLETE.  DOLPHINS SETTLE FOR A 53 YD. F.G. TYING THE GAME AT 10.

 

3^RD QUARTER PACKERS TRAILING 13-10.  AARON RODGERS, THE PASS IS INTERCEPTED BY JASON ALLEN ON THE ENSUING MIAMI POSSESSION, A 4^TH & 1 FROM THE PACKER 27.  AND THEY DECIDE TO RUN THE BALL GIVING IT TO RONNIE BROWN; AND HE APPEARS TO HAVE THE 1^ST DOWN.  BUT THE MEASUREMENT COMES UP JUST SHORT.  DOLPHINS TURN IT OVER ON DOWNS.  DOLPHINS CHALLENGE THE SPOT.  IT WAS UPHELD.  ACCURATE.  GOT ANOTHER F.G. THAT TIED THE GAME AT 13.

 

2 DOLPHINS POSSESSIONS LATER, THEY’RE LINING UP TO PUNT BUT THERE IS A FLAG DOWN ON THE PLAY.  CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?  A 4^TH & 2.  G.B. WOULD’VE HAD TERRIBLE FIELD POSSESSION BUT ROBERT FRANCOIS LINES UP OVER THE CENTER, A 5 YD. PENALTY.  DOLPHINS MAINTAIN POSSESSION AT THE 38.  MIKE MCCARTHY CAN’T BELIEVE IT.

 

3 PLAYS LATER CHAD HENNE.  HE FINDS BRIAN HARTLINE FOR A GAIN OF 10 AND A 1^ST DOWN.  VERY NEXT PLAY, CHAD HENNE ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT.  LOOKS BACK ACROSS THE FIELD.  A NICE SCREEN SETUP FOR T.E. ANTONY FAISANO.  HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE MIKE!  1-13 ON THE ROAD WITH LESS THAN 6 MINS. LEFT IN G.B.  CAN THE PACKERS COME BACK?  THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO FROM THEIR OWN 31, 3^RD & 10.  AARON RODGERS SCRAMBLING, PLENTY OF TIME, AND HE IS RUNNING AROUND THE FIELD.  BOUNCED IT OFF OF JORDY NELSON OVER THE MIDDLE.  HE CROSSES MIDFIELD PICKING UP 24 YDS.  5 PLAYS LATER, A 4^TH & 7.  THIS TIME THEY HAVE TO CONVERT TO KEEP THE GAME ALIVE, AND THEY DO.  AARON RODGERS TO GREG JENNINGS FOR 20 YDS.  DOWN TO THE 9 YD. LINE.  4 PLAYS LATER AARON RODGERS.  LOOK AT THIS!  WHERE’S THE DOLPHINS DEFENSE?!  BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED PLAY.  RODGERS IS IN!  THAT BRINGS THEM WITHIN 1.  EXTRA POINT TIES IT, AND WE ARE HEADED TO OVERTIME, TIED UP AT 20.  PACKERS POSSESSION 3^RD & 6.  __ BRINGS DOWN AARON RODGERS.  HIS 3^RD SACK OF THE GAME.  A HUGE ONE FOR MIAMI.  THEY GET THE BALL BACK.  SET UP.  3^RD & 5 FROM THE 26.  DAN CARPENTER A 44 YD. F.G. BEATS THE PACKERS 23-20.  THEY ARE NOW 3-2.

 

01:16:40 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ CHICAGO BEARS

 

SEAHAWKS COMING OFF THE BYE WEEK IN CHICAGO.  MARSHAWN LYNCH MAKING HIS SEAHAWKS DEBUT AFTER GETTING TRADED UP FROM BUFFALO.  JAY CUTLER RETURNING AFTER MISSING LAST WEEK’S GAME BECAUSE OF A CONCUSSION.  ON THEIR OPENING DRIVE MATT FORTE, ON THE 4^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, TAKES IT IN ROM 6 YDS. OUT.  A NICE START FOR CHICAGO AT HOME.  THEY’RE UP 7-NOTHING BUT THAT WOULD ALL CHANGE.  SEAHAWKS ON THE ENSUING DRIVE.  MATT HASSELBECK WITH THE PUMP FAKE, AND HE FINDS MIKE WILLIAMS GETTING INSIDE THERE ON THE SIDELINES, GETTING 2 FEET DOWN FROM 24 YDS. OUT.  A NICE PICKUP.  IT WOULD BE A BIG GAIN FOR WILLIAMS; AND RIGHT AFTER THAT, MATT HASSELBECK FOUND DEION BUTLER FOR A 22 YD. TD.  THAT TIED THE GAME AT 7.  BUTLER’S 2^ND TD. CATCH OF THE SEASON.  7-7 GAME.  3 SEATTLE POSSESSIONS LATER, ON THE DRAW PLAY, HANDOFF TO JUSTIN …  HE GOES UP THE MIDDLE FOR A 9 YD. SCORE; AND SEATTLE, ON THE ROAD IN CHICAGO, GOES UP 14-7.  3 BEARS POSSESSIONS LATER, DOWN 14-10, JAY CUTLER.  HE FINDS JOHNNY KNOX AND SLIPS PAST THE SECONDARY.  THE SPEEDSTER MAKES A MOVE.  CUTS UP FIELD, AND JOHNNY KNOX TAKES IT FOR A GAIN OF 67.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G. BY ROBBIE GOULD, BRINGING THE BEARS TO WITHIN 1 AT 14-13 AT THE HALF.

 

3^RD QUARTER SAME SCORE, JAY CUTLER IS SACKED!  LUCKILY HE IS ABLE TO RECOVER IN THE END ZONE.  SO IT’S A SAFETY INSTEAD OF A TD.  JORDAN BABINEAUX CAME IN UNBLOCKED.  FORCED THE BALL LOOSE.  LUCKILY, BEARS ESCAPE WITH ONLY A SAFETY.  SEAHAWKS GO UP 16-13.  3^RD & 11 FROM THEN 46.  JAY CUTLER BROUGHT DOWN AT MIDFIELD.  SACKED BY RAHEEM BRAUGHT.  THAT FORCES THE BEARS TO PUNT.  BIG 3^RD DOWN PLAY BY SEATTLE.  MORE OF THE SAME FOR THE SEAHAWKS.  THEY SACK JAY CUTLER ON THE NEXT BEARS POSSESSION.  ON ANOTHER 3^RD DOWN PLAY, LAWYER MALLOY BROUGHT HIM DOWN.  THAT WAS THEIR 5^TH SACK OF THE GAME.  THEY SACK CUTLER 6 TIMES.  ENSUING SEATTLE POSSESSION, MATT HASSELBECK ONCE AGAIN TO MIKE WILLIAMS.  HE HAD 10 CATCHES FOR 123 YDS. IN THE GAME.  8 PLAYS LATER, 1^ST & GOAL.  MARSHAWN LYNCH BREAKING TACKLES INTO THE END ZONE.  HIS FIRST TD. OF THE SEASON PUT THE SEAHAWKS UP 23-13.  DON’T KICK IT TO DEVIN HESTER!  DON’T KICK IT TO DEVIN!  THEY KICKED IT TO HESTER.  HESTER TAKES IT 1 CUT AND HE IS GONE!  DOWN THE OPPOSITE SIDELINE.  THAT CUTS THE LEAD TO JUST 3 PTS., BEARS.  NOW DOWN 23-20, GOING FOR THE ONSIDE KICK.  BUT GET UP THERE JOHN CARLSON.  HE RECOVERS FOR SEATTLE.  THEY GET THE WIN.  THEY ARE NOW 3-2.  BEARS ARE 4-2.

 

 

 

 

01:19:33 – SAN DIEGO CHARGERS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

 

THE CHARGERS HAVE STARTED 2-3 EVERY YEAR UNDER NORV TURNER BUT STILL RALLIED TO WIN THEIR DIVISION.  RAMS TRYING TO IMPROVE TO 3-1 AT HOME.  RAMS ALREADY UP 3-NOTHING 1^ST QUARTER.  SAM BRADFORD, AND HE GOES INTO THE END ZONE TO __ ALEXANDER.  A 38 YD. DIVING CATCH.  …5 PLACE 75 YD. DRIVE.  RAMS UP 10-NOTHING.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR ST. LOUIS, BRADFORD.  THIS TIME HE FINDS MARTY DILLIARD FOR 21 YDS. AND A 1^ST DOWN; AND THAT KEEPS THE DRIVE ALIVE ON A 3^RD & 17.  11 PLAYS LATER, BRADFORD FINDS DANNY AMONDOLA FOR 11 YDS. JUST SHORT OF THE END ZONE.  BUT WAIT!  THERE’S A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  ANTOWANE BARNES OF THE CHARGERS GETTING CALLED FOR A BLOW TO THE HEAD.  ROUGHING THE PASSER.  THAT SETS UP A 1^ST 7 GOAL AT THE 2.  2 PLAYS LATER THEY GIVE TO STEPHEN JACKSON.  FINDS SOME RUNNING ROOM.  DIVES INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  RAMS GO UP 13-NOTHING.  A 17 PLAY, 71 YD. DRIVE.  AND THEY GOT AFTER PHILLIP RIVERS IN THE GAME.  2 SACKS BY CHRIS LONG.  2 BY LARRY GRANT.  5 1^ST HALF SACKS FOR THE RAMS.  THEY WERE UP 17-3 AT THE HALF.  COULD THE CHARGERS FIGURE OUT THEIR PROTECTION?

 

PHILLIP RIVERS CERTAINLY FOUND PATRICK CRAYTON FOR A PICKUP OF 16.  A 1^ST DOWN AT THE 38.  5 PLAYS LATER THEY GIVE TO MIKE HOLBERT AT THE GOAL LINE.  HE IS IN FOR THE TD.  THAT BRINGS THE CHARGERS BACK TO WITHIN 7 AT 17-10.  ONTO THE 4^TH, CHARGERS STILL DOWN BY 7.  PHILLIP RIVERS IS SACKED BY JAMES HAWK.  7^TH SACK IN THE GAME FOR ST. LOUIS.  THAT IS A NEW CAREER HIGH FOR PHILLIP RIVERS.  HE HAD ONLY BEEN SACKED 5 TIMES.  THAT WAS HIS PREVIOUS HIGH AGAINST DENVER; AND THEY MISSED ON SPECIAL TEAMS AGAIN.  NATE KAEDING HAD HIS F.G. ATTEMPT FROM 49 YDS. OUT, BLOCKED.  SPECIAL TEAMS KILLING THE CHARGERS.  RAMS STILL UP 17-10.

 

CHARGERS NEXT POSSESSION AFTER THE RAMS ADDED A F.G.  PHILLIP RIVERS HIT PATRICK CRAYTON WHO REVERSED HIS FIELD AND TAKES IT DOWN TO THE 6 YD. LINE.  CRAYTON, 6 CATCHES, 117 YDS. IN THE GAME.  1^ST & GOAL AT THE ST. LOUIS 5.  RIVERS SCRAMBLING TO HIS LEFT!  CAN HE GET THE CHARGERS BACK IN THE GAME?  HE SURE CAN, TO BUSTER DAVIS.  A 5 YD. TD. PASS.  CHARGERS NOW WITHIN 3.  20-17.  ENSUING RAMS POSSESSION.  TRYING TO RUN OUT THE CLOCK; AND YOU KNOW STEPHEN JACKSON CAN GET THE JOB DONE.  12 YDS. AND THE 1^ST DOWN.  RAMS WIN IT 20-17.  CHARGERS FALL TO

2-4; AND NOW ST. LOUIS IS 3-3.

 

01:22:25 – CLEVELAND BROWNS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS

 

AFC NORTH BATTLE AT HEINZ FIELD.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER RETURNING FROM HIS 4 GAME SUSPENSION.  HE’S 10-1 IN HIS CAREER AGAINST THE BROWNS.  COLT MCCOY MAKING HIS 1^ST CAREER NFL START.  THE ROOKIE QB HASN’T BEATEN THE STEELERS IN HIS FIRST CAREER START SINCE 1985, AND THINGS DO NOT START OFF WELL FOR COLT MCCOY.  INTERCEPTED BY RYAN CLARK ON THE BROWNS OPENING POSSESSION, INTENDED FOR BEN WATSON, RETURNED 11 YDS. TO THE 29.  STEELERS WITH THE BALL, AND BEN ROETHLISBERGER OVERTHROWS MIKE WALLACE.  INTERCEPTED BY THE ROOKIE 1^ST ROUND PICK JOE HADEN.  HADEN TAKING IT ALL THE WAY DOWN.  STILL ON HIS FEET.  BOBBING AND WEAVING AND DODGING ALL THE PITTS. STEELERS PLAYERS ON OFFENSE AS HE CUTS ACROSS THE FIELD FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN AFTER A RETURN OF 62 YDS. FOR THE STEELERS 35 THAT LED TO A F.G.  BROWNS GOING UP 3-NOTHING.  STEELERS GET THE BALL BACK IN THE 2^ND QUARTER.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER SCRAMBLING.  FINDS EMANUEL SANDERS FOR 22 YDS.  THAT’S THE 1^ST CAREER CATCH FOR THE ROOKIE OUT OF SMU.  EMANUEL SANDERS WITH A GAIN OF 22.

 

A COUPLE PLAYERS LATER AT THE BROWNS 29.  ROETHLISBERGER THE PUMP FAKE.  HANGS IN THERE; THROWS IT INTO THE END ZONE.  MIKE WALLACE WITH THE TD. GRAB FROM 29 YDS. OUT.  IT PUTS THE STEELERS UP 7-3.  CLEVELAND WITH THE BALL 1ST & 10 AT THEIR OWN 46.  JOSH CRIBBS; AND HE TAKES A HIT.  FUMBLES.  IT IS RECOVERED BY FLOYD WOMACK.  CRIBBS IS DOWN ON THE PLAY, GETTING HIT TO THE HELMET.  SUFFERING A HEAD INJURY, HE WOULD NOT RETURN TO THE GAME AFTER JAMES HARRISON HIT HIM THERE.  HALFTIME, STEELERS UP 7-3.  DEEP IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY, ROETHLISBERGER HANGING IN THERE AGAIN.  BOMBS ONE FOR MIKE WALLACE; AND HE PICKS UP 50 YDS. ON THE PLAY.  MIKE WALLACE 3 CATCHES, 90 YDS. AND A TD. IN THE GAME.  ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY, STEELERS RIGHT BACK AT IT.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER.  THIS TIME FOR HIS T.E. HEATH MILLER WHO TAKES IT OUT OF BOUNDS FOR A PICKUP OF 36 DOWN TO THE BROWNS 10 YD. LINE.  3 PLAYS LATER A 3^RD & GOAL FROM THE 8, RIGHT OVER THE MIDDLE TO HINES WARD WHO MUSCLES HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  AND THE STEELERS GO UP 14-3.  5 CATCHES, 54 YDS., AND THAT TD. IN THE GAME FOR HINES WARD.

 

ONTO THE 4^TH.  STEELERS PUNTING FROM THE 47 OF CLEVELAND, AND CHANCY STUCKEY BACK THERE.  HE WOULD MUFF THE PUNT FROM DANIEL SUPOVIDA, AND THE STEELERS RECOVER AT THE 13 YD. LINE.

 

3 PLAYS LATER, 3^RD & 7 FROM THE BROWNS 10, BEN ROETHLISBERGER, AND HE FINDS RASHARD MENDENHAHL BUMPED OUT OF BOUNDS.  BUT HE WOULD PUNCH IT IN ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY FROM 2 YDS. OUT GIVING THE STEELERS A 21-3 LEAD.  BROWNS TRAILING 21-10.  CAN COLT MCCOY BRING THEM BACK?  NOT THIS TIME.  BALL BOUNCES AROUND.  INTERCEPTED BY LAWRENCE TIMMONS.  COLT MCCOY’S 2^ND INTERCEP0TION OF THE GAME, AND PITTS. WOULD BE ABLE TO GO ON AND ADD SOME MORE PTS. ONTO THE BOARD.  BEN R. FINDS HEATH MILLER, HIS T.E., IN THE END ZONE.  A 14 YD. SCORE.  STEELERS WIN IT 28-10.  THEY’RE NOW 4-1.  BROWNS ARE 1-5.

 

01:25:47 – BALTIMORE RAVENS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

 

SO YOU SAW THE SCORE THE PATRIOTS 23-20.  HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS.  RANDY MOSS NOW A VIKING, YET HE’S STILL ON THE TICKET.  TOM BRADY IS STILL A PATRIOT.  WE’LL SEE HOW HE DID HERE.  HOW THE PATRIOTS OFFENSE LOOKS WITHOUT RANDY MOSS.  BRADY TO AARON HERNANDEZ.  YOU KNEW YOU’D SEE A LOT OF THIS.  30 YD. GAIN.  THAT’S THE ROOKIE FROM FLORIDA.  HE DROPPED A LOT FO BALLS IN THIS GAME BUT HE’S AN EXCITING YOUNG PLAYER.

 

THEN JARVIS GREEN ELLIS FLIPS TO BRANDON TATE.  SHOWS THE SPEED 22 YDS. DOWN TO THE 2.  TATE NOT A FACTOR IN THE PASSING GAME.  ZERO CATCHES.  HAD THE BIG RUN FOR 22 YDS.  A WELL DESIGNED PLAY BUT DID NOT PLAY A ROLE IN THE PASSING GAME.  BUT YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO WAS A FACTOR IS A GUY BACK TO THE FUTURE FOR DEION BRANCH.  YEP.

 

2^ND QUARTER, FLACCO TO HEAP.  16 YD. TD.  THE RAVENS LEADING 10-7.  THE N.E. PATRIOTS DID A FANTASTIC JOB SLOWING DOWN THE RAVENS RUSHING ATTACK TODAY.  HELD THEM TO 99 YDS. ON 34 CARRIES.  LESS THAN 3 YDS. PER CARRY.  THERE’S A FORCE AND AN OVERTHROW FROM TOM BRADY.  CHRIS CARR PICKS IT OFF AND TAKES IT BACK TO THE 36.  YOU’LL SEE RIGHT HERE COMING OFF THE EDGE.  YOU SEE …GOOD JOB OF BLITZING IN HERE, GETTING PRESSURE ON TOM BRADY.  IT’S A SACK.

 

BRADY WITH 2 PICKS TODAY.  JOE FLACCO ACTUALLY WITH BETTER #’S.  27 OF 35 FOR 285, 2 SCORES AND 0 PICKS.

 

HERE’S A TD. TO ANQUAIN BOLDEN THAT MADE IT 17-7 BALTIMORE.

 

HE GOES THROUGH EVERY PLAYER IN THE NFL. ..THAT’S CURRENTLY FROM…  NO, I GAVE….. THERE’S DEION BRANCH COMING OPEN IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  THE PATRIOTS TRAILING BY 3.  YES HE IS.  N.E. NEXT DRIVE.  PLAY ACTION LOOKING FOR BRANCH AGAIN.  22 YDS. DOWN TO THE 36.  I MEAN AND THE THING ABOUT IT, HE HAS NOT BROKEN STRIDE.  SEEMS LIKE HE PICKED UP RIGHT WHERE HE LEFT OFF 5 SEASONS AGO.  AND THERE’S THE OTHER ROOKIE T.E. ROB GRANKOWSKI, 24 YD. GAIN.  THEY RAN THE FOOTBALL EXCEPTIONALLY WELL TODAY TOO.  TOM BRADY, A COMPETITOR AS WE ALL KNOW. BETTER THAN PHILLIP RIVERS.  THEY’D BE TALKING ABOUT PHILLIP RIVERS OR JAY CUTLER, YEA.  TOM CAN GET AWAY WITH THAT.  AND HE SHOULD.

 

GRANKOWSKI FROM 23 YDS. OUT, NOW TIES THE GAME AT 20.  INTO O.T.  BRADY PLAY ACTION DEEP TO DEION BRANCH.  23 YDS.  YEA, THEY CONNECTED 9 TIMES FOR 98 YDS. TODAY.  HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE ON 3^RD & 2.  THIS IS A HUGE WIN FOR, WITHOUT QUESTION, ALL THE TALK ABOUT RANDY MOSS; AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO KICK THIS F.G. IN O.T., GET THIS VICTORY AGAINST A GOOD BALT. RAVENS TEAM; AND DO IT USING GUYS LIKE DEION BRANCH.  A HUGE LIFT FOR THEM.  NO SMILE FOR BILL BELICHICK THOUGH GUYS.  THAT WAS A SMIRK.  HUGE WIN.  THAT’S A SLIGHT SMIRK.  SMIRK ON THE INSIDE.  SLIGHT SMIRK.  3 PT. WIN., AND THE PATRIOTS IMPROVE TO 4-1.

 

01:28:52 – NEW ORLEANS SAINTS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

 

NFC SOUTH MATCHUP.  LAST TIME THESE 2 TEAMS MET, JOSH FREEMAN LED THE BUCS TO A WIN WITH 271 YDS. PASSING.  DREW BREES AND THE SAINTS COMING OFF A LOSS LAST WEEK.  OPENING DRIVE AND BREES FINDS LANCE MOORE OVER THE MIDDLE FOR A 16 YD. PICKUP.  SETS UP A 1^ST 7 10.  3 PLAYS LATER BREES LOOKING RIGHT SIDELINE, AND HE CONNECTS WITH LANCE MOORE FOR A TD. FROM 41 YDS. OUT PUTTING THE SAINTS UP 7-0; AND THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING.  N.O. OFFENSE LOOKED GOOD IN THIS CONTEST.  SAME SCORE, 7-NOTHING.  DREW BREES ALL KINDS OF TIME.  STEPS UP IN THE POCKET AND HE FINDS ROBERT MEECHUM WHO GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  A 42 YD. CORE.  HIS 2^ND TD. CATCH OF THE SEASON.  SAINTS GO UP 14-NOTHING.  ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, CHRIS HARVEY THIS TIME RUNNING AROUND THE RIGHT SIDE.  PICKS UP THE 1^ST DOWN.  HE RUNS FOR 33 YDS., AND THAT WOULD SETUP A GARRETT HARTLEY F.G.  SAINTS GO INTO THE HALF LEADING 17-NOTHING.  SAME SCORE.  8^TH PLAY OF THE BUC DRIVE.  CADILLAC WILLIAMS AND HE FUMBLES.  BALL IS PICKED UP BY MARVIN MITCHELL.  N.O. GETS THE TURNOVER.  THEY TAKE OVER AT THE BUC 46 ON THE SHORT FIELD.  5^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, IVORY RUNNING AGAIN, BREAKING TACKLES.  A PICKUP OF 16 SETS UP A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 11.

 

3 PLAYS LATER DREW BREES PLAY ACTION FAKE; AND HE FINDS HEATH EVANS FOR A 4 YD. SCORE.  SAINTS GO UP 24-NOTHING.  THEY ROLL IN A VICTORY.  THEY’RE NOW 4-2.

 

01:30:35 – KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ HOUSTON TEXANS

 

CHIEFS IN HOUSTON COMING OFF THEIR FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON LAST WEEK AT INDY.  THEY’RE LOOKING TO GO TO 4-1.  THEIR FIRST POSSESSION OF THE 2^ND HALF, UP 14-7.  MATT CASSEL.  HE FINDS DWAYNE BOW WHO SLIPS  A MAN, BREAKS A TACKLE; RUNS ACROSS THE FIELD THROUGH THE HOUSTON TEXANS SECONDARY INTO THE END ZONE.  A 42 YD. SCORE.  CHIEFS GOING UP 21-7 ON THE ROAD IN HOUSTON.

 

ON THE ENSUING TEXANS POSSESSION, DERRICK WARD GETS THE CARRY; BREAKS A COUPLE OF TACKLES, RUNNING THROUGH THE CHIEFS SECONDARY INTO THE END ZONE.  A 38 YD. TD. RUN FOR DERRICK WARD.  THAT CUTS THE LEAD TO 21-14 IN FAVOR OF K.C.  SCORE 24-14.  HOUSTON GOING FOR IT ON A 4^TH-1.  MATT SCHAUB COMPLETE TO OWEN DANIELS; AND THE TEXANS PICKUP THE 1^ST DOWN.  THE DRIVE CONTINUES.  7 PLAYS LATER, 2^ND & GOAL.  ARIAN FOSTER THE HANDOFF, DIVING INTO THE END ZONE FROM 2 YDS. OUT.  TEXANS CUT THE LEAD TO 3.  IT’S 24-21, K.C. FIRST & 10 AT THE 40.  JAMAL CHARLES RUNNING TO THE LEFT.  CAN’T FIND ANY ROOM.  SO HE REVERSES FIELD.  HOW DID HE DO THAT?  AND HE IS ABLE TO PICKUP 8 YDS. ON THE PLAY.  2 PLAYS LATER THOMAS JONES THIS TIME.  HE IS FINDING SOME RUNNING ROOM UP THE MIDDLE INTO THE END ZONE.  AN 11 YD. SCORE.  CHIEFS NOW UP BY 10.  31-21.  ON THE ENSUING TEXANS POSSESSION, DERRICK WARD GETS THE HANDOFF, AND HE GOES FOR A GAIN OF 16 YDS. DOWN TO THE 5.  A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER, 2^ND & GOAL.  THIS TIME ARIAN FOSTER ONCE AGAIN.  IN FOR A 2^ND TD. OF THE GAME.  HE HAD 71 YDS. AND 2 TDS.  TEXANS BACK WITHIN 3.  DOWN 31-28.  2:36 LEFT.  MATT CASSEL THROWING ACROSS THE FIELD INTENDED FOR TONY ___.  AND HE OVERTHREW HIM.  THEY ARE FORCED TO PUNT.  THAT WOULD GIVE HOUSTON ANOTHER CHANCE.  2^ND & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 45.  MATT SCHAUB LOOKING FOR ANDRE JOHNSON.  NICE OVER-THE-SHOULDER GRAB.  JOHNSON, A GAIN OF 31.  5 PLAYS LATER, SCHAUB SCRAMBLING; LOOKING FOR ANDRE JOHNSON.  BACK CORNER OF THE END ZONE.  IT IS A TD.!  HOUSTON TEXANS TAKE THE LEAD.  GOING AHEAD WITH 28 SECS. LEFT.  35-31.  THOMAS JONES CANNOT BELIEVE IT.  COULD K.C. COME BACK?!  NOT THIS TIME.  MATT CASSEL BROUGHT DOWN AND SACKED BY _ __.  TEXANS WIN THE GAME 35-31.

 

01:33:22 – NEW YORK JETS @ DENVER BRONCOS

 

YOU’RE TOO OLD TO BE DOING THAT.  SO THE JETS ARE IN MILE HIGH.  SHORT WEEK.  THIN AIR.  THAT CAN BE TROUBLE.  TROUBLE  MARK SANCHEZ HAS NOT THROWN AN INTERCEPTION ALL YEAR.  DON’T DO IT.  SANCHEZ HAS HAD A CLEAN SLATE ALL YEAR.  RICH!  MARK SANCHEZ…  RICH!  GET DOWN KID!  JASON HUNTER PICKS OFF SANCHEZ BUT THE BRONCOS WOULD FUMBLE THE ENSUING F.G. ATTEMPT ON THE SNAP.  SO STILL SCORELESS, START OF THE 2^ND QUARTER.  SANCHEZ TO BAILER.  EDWARDS!  TOUCHDOWN!  JETS ON TOP.  HE DOESN’T BLINK.  HE JUST KEEPS FIRING IT!  WHAT WAS THAT?  BRONCOS NEXT POSSESSION.  THEY MARCH IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 5 YD. LINE, AND WHO COMES IN?  TIM TEBOW!  THAT’S HIS FIRST CAREER TOUCHDOWN!  IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.  TIES THE GAME AT 7.  IF I TOLD YOU THAT TEBOW’S FIRST CAREER TD. WOULD COME AGAINST THE JETS ON A RUN, GOODNESS GRACIOUS.

 

SO NOW THERE’S 2 PICKS FOR MARK SANCHEZ ON THE SEASON.  WITH 48 TICKS LEFT IN THE HALF, SEQUAN THOMPSON PICKS OFF SANCHEZ, AND MATT __ KICKED ONE FROM 59 YDS. OUT TO GIVE THE BRONCOS A 10-7 LEAD AT THE HALF.  THEY’RE TIED AT 10 AT THE HALF.  THEY’LL THROW.  …YEA, NOT 100%, AND THEY’RE GONNA KEEP GOING AT HIM UNTIL HE PUTS THAT FIRE OUT.  FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING ..  THIS DOES APPEAR THAT THIS COULD’VE BEEN CHALLENGED FOR A TD. BUT REX RYAN JUST LEAVES THE CHALLENGE UNSUCCESSFULLY 2 PLAYS BEFORE AND DECIDED NOT TO THROW THE CHALLENGE FLAG ON THAT.  TAMARIO THOMAS’ TD. STANDS, AND L.T. WITH 8 & CHANGE TO GO, LOOKING LIKE  THE L.T. OF OLD ON THE STRETCH PLAY.  TEARDROPS IT.  17-ALL.  LADAINIAN WITH A 20 YD. SCORE AFTER THE BRONCOS SCORE TO MAKE IT 20-17, 4^TH & 6.  90 TAKES LEFT.  THE JETS, ON THE RUN, LEADING A MIRACLE.  NEEDING A BIG PLAY FROM THEIR QB, AND HE THROWS IT DOWN THE FIELD TO SANTONIO HOLMES, AND THERE’S A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  WE HAVE LAUNDRY ON THE FIELD HERE.  WELL RENALDO HILL FACE RAKES SANTONIO HOLMES.  YEA, THAT’S A GOOD CALL.  A GOOD CALL.  THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT OF YOUR YOUNG QB.  GO WIN A GAME AT THE END, ON THE ROAD, TOUGH CONDITIONS.  SO INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SETUP NICK VOLK FOR A LONG F.G. TO TIE IT, IT’S A BUNNY TD. BURST FOR L.T.  ANOTHER TEARDROP, AND THE JETS ARE UP BY 24-20; AND KYLE ORTON CANNOT HANDLE THE SNAP ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION.  DWIGHT LOWERY RECOVERS IT, AND THE JETS ARE THE FIRST 5 WIN TEAM IN THE NFL IN 2010…

 

01:36:01 – OAKLAND RAIDERS @ S.F. 49ERS

 

BATTLE OF THE BAY.  RAIDERS AND THE 49ERS.  JASON CAMPBELL STARTING AT QB FOR THE INJURED BRUCE GRATKOWSKI.  RAIDERS FIRST POSSESSION OF THE 2^ND QUARTER, LEADING 3-NOTHING.  CAMPBELL, A LITTLE REVERSE.  MICHAEL BUSH PITCHES TO LOUIS MURPHY.  MURPHY TAKES OFF, AS YOU CAN SEE, NOTHING BUT REAL ESTATE.  FORCED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 12 YD. LINE.  43 YD. GAIN.  JANIKOWSKI F.G., 6-NTHING OAKLAND.  ALEX SMITH, MEANWHILE, STRUGGLING AT QB FOR SAN FRAN.  FRESH OUT OF THE POCKET.  INCOMPLETE.  ALMOST INTERCEPTED BY THE ROOKIE, ORLANDO MCCLAIN OVERTHROWING JOSH MORGAN DEEP; OVERTHROWING FRANK GORE UNDERNEATH.  8 FOR 20 IN THE 1^ST HALF.  JUST A 55 PT. 8 PASSER RATING.  5 SECS. LEFT IN THE 3^RD QUARTER.  SMITH DROPPING BACK.  THIS TIME IT’S COMPLETE TO MICHAEL CRABTREE.  32 YDS.  S.F. TD., AND THE NINERS NOW LEADING 10-6.  8:21 LEFT TO PLAY IN THE 4^TH QUARTER.  S.F. LEADING 10-9.  FIRST & 10 FRANK GORE.  BIG DAY FOR HIM OFF THE RIGHT SIDE.  FIGHTS HIS WAY THROUGH THE TRASH.  THEN THE SPRINT.  64 YDS. BEFORE BEING BROUGHT DOWN BY MICHAEL HUFF.  HE HAD 25 CARRIES FOR 149 YDS.  SAME DRIVE, A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER.  SMITH LOOKING TO VERNON DAVIS.  THE ALL-PRO T.E. ROLLING RIGHT BACK TO THE LEFT.  17 YD. S.F. TD. AND THE NINERS LEADING BY 8 AT 17-9.

 

2:46 LEFT.  OAKLAND WITH A CHANCE TO CAMPBELL’S PASS OFF JACOBY FORD.  INTERCEPTED BY TAKEO SPIKES.  AND THAT WOULD BE IT.  S.F. WITH THE FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON.  NINERS BEAT THE RAIDERS 17-9.

 

01:37:49 – DALLAS COWBOYS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS

 

LET’S GET TO THE 1 CONTEST THAT WE’VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL WEEK, SINCE THESE WERE THE 2 TEAMS IN THE DIVISIONAL ROUND LAST YEAR.  1-3 AGAINST 1-3.  NOW RANDY MOSS IS IN THE MIX WITH BRETT FAVRE IN THE METRODOME.  LET’S CHECK THINGS OUT ABOUT THE MISTAKES IN THIS GAME.

 

RIGHT AWAY, STEVEN?  YEA.  YOU NEVER WANT TO SEE THIS.  YEA, YOU PRACTICE BALL HANDLING WITH RUNNING PLAYS ALL DAY EVERYDAY; AND THERE’S AN EXCHANGE PROBLEM WITH A.P.  AND ROMO TURNED IT INTO PTS.  THERE’S ROY ..  ROY IS FLAT-OUT …RUNNING INSIDE ROUTES; RUNNING DEEP ROUTES, MAKING THE TOUGH CATCH AS WELL.

 

SO 1 FUMBLE, 1 TD.  COWBOYS UP 7-NOTHING BUT ROMO GIVES IT RIGHT BACK.  E.J. HENDERSON PICKS THIS BALL OFF IN THE AIR AS IT WAS A TIPPED BALL COMING DOWN, AND THE VIKINGS GET THE BALL NOW IN THE RED ZONE; AND FAVRE, 3 PLAYS LATER, GREG CAMARARIO WIDE OPEN.  THAT WAS A FAST BALL IN THERE.  YEA, VERY NICE DOUBLE POST OVER HERE.  HE LOOKED TO RANDY MOSS FIRST BUT WIDE OPEN FOR THE TD.  SO WE’RE TIED AT 7 AS TURNOVERS LED TO PTS. FOR BOTH TEAMS.

 

2^ND QUARTER, 2 MINS. INTO IT, ROMO FADING BACK TO PASS.  WINGS IT TO A WIDE OPEN MILES AUSTIN, AND HE IS GONE!  EXCEPT FOR THE FACT… HOW DO YOU GET SO OPEN LIKE THAT?  HE HAD TO PUSH HIM!  YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A GREAT ROUTE.  IF HE HAD NOT EXTENDED HIS RIGHT ARM RIGHT THERE, THIS PLAY WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN CALLED.  GREAT ROUTE NO MATTER WHAT.  SO NO PTS.  COWBOYS HAVE TO PUNT ON THE DRIVE.  NEXT COWBOYS POSSESSION.  ROMO TO HIS B.F.F.   BOY, THEY DID A GOOD JOB WITH SCREENS ALL DAY LONG AGAINST THAT GREAT PASS RUSH BY THE VIKINGS . JASON WITTEN WITH A 30 YD. GAIN.  4 PLAYS LATER 3^RD & 7 FOR THE VIKINGS.  29 & ROMO SCRAMBLES OUT OF THE POCKET AND SLIDES DOWN SAFELY.  14 YD. GAIN.  MOVE THE CHAINS.  5 PLAYS LATER 2^ND & GOAL FROM THE VIKINGS 2 YD. LINE; AND ROMO TO ROY E. AGAIN!  HE’S BECOMING THE GO-TO GUY.  WHEN IT’S ON THE LINE, YOU GOTTA GO TO THE BIG PLAY ROY WILLIAMS.

 

COWBOYS GO UP 14-7 AT THE HALF, BUT THE ENSUING KICKOFF OF THE 2^ND HALF WE’RE SHOWING THIS TO YOU BECAUSE PERCY HARVIN IS A RIPPIN’ AND A TEARIN’.  YEA, HE’S GOOD IN 2 PHASES.  OFFENSE AND IN THE KICKING GAME. HE CAN DO THIS.  THIS IS WHY HE WENT TO THE PRO BOWL LAST YEAR.  95 YDS. TIES THE GAME AT 14.  2 VIKINGS POSSESSIONS LATER, 3^RD & 4 ON THE COWBOYS 32.  FAVRE FLIPS IT OUT TO JIM KLEINSAUCER AFTER THE BALL WAS ON THE TURF.  SO A DISASTER TURNS INTO A 20 YD. GAIN AND FAVRE’S ALL FIRED-UP.

 

4^TH QUARTER, 4…ADRIAN PETERSON, INTO THE END ZONE. T EH VIKINGS TAKE A TD. LEAD, 21-14.  NEXT COWBOYS POSSESSION, FROM THE VIKINGS 31 IT’S 3^RD & 11.  ROMO LOOKING FOR DEZ BRYANT WHO MAKES A PLAY!  BOY, THERE’S A ROOKIE FOR YOU KNOW.  HE PLAYS BIG.  HE PLAYED HURT.  AND THIS GUY CAN PUNT RETURN AS WELL.  WHAT A GIFT HE IS.  BUT THEN THE NEXT POSSESSION HERE’S THE DOUBLE AGENT.  YEA.  THE THING ABOUT ROMO, YOU GOTTA TAKE THE GOOD WITH THE BAD BUT SOMETIMES IN THESE CRITICAL GAMES, HE’S GONNA GIVE YOU THAT BAD.  YOU ALSO HAVE TO WONDER WHY THEY’RE THROW IT ON 3^RD ON ONE, OVER THE MIDDLE.  … AS WELL, AND NOT TO AUSTIN.

 

ENSUING VIKINGS POSSESSION, RANDY MOSS ALMOST COMES DOWN WITH IT BUT THE VIKINGS DO GET THE F.G. AND TURN THAT TURNOVER FROM ROMO INTO 3 CRUCIAL PTS.  DEZ BRYANT ON A 3^RD & 5 ON THE NEXT POSSESSION DOESN’T COME UP WITH IT.  COWBOYS FORCED TO PUNT, AND NOW, WITH NO TIMEOUTS LEFT. THEY NEED A STOP HERE AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY GET IT, AND HERE COMES THE FLAG IN ON MICHAEL JENKINS.  YOUR THOUGHTS, DEION?  BACK SHOULDER FADE.  THE TOUGHEST ROUTE TO COVER.  MICHAEL JENKINS.  NOT BEING COMFORTABLE WITH HIMSELF.  HOLDING RIGHT THERE WITH THE RIGHT ARM, GRABBING THE JERSEY.  GOOD CALL.

 

SO FAVRE IS FIRED-UP, AND THAT ESSENTIALLY LED TO A MIRACLE NEEDED NOW BY DALLAS GETTING THE BALL DEEP ON THE PUNT WITH 22 TICKS REMAINING.  DEZ BRYANT TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING OF IT BUT CANNOT; AND THAT IS THE WAY THIS GAME CAME TO A CLOSE.  KEITH BROOKING AND THE COWBOYS HAVE LOST 4 OF THEIR FIRST 5.  IT IS THE COWBOYS THAT START 1-4, NOT THE VIKINGS.  SO IT IS THE COWBOYS WHO NOW HAVE THIS PIECE OF HISTORY AND THE DAUNTING MATH IN FRONT OF THEM.  ONLY 5 TEAMS SINCE 1990 HAVE STARTED THE SEASON AT 1-4 AND MADE THE PLAYOFFS.

 

01:42:10 – DETROIT LIONS @ NEW YORK GIANTS

 

GIANTS HAVE WON 2 IN A ROW.  THEY’RE AT HOME AGAINST THE DETROIT LIONS WHO HAVE LOST 23 STRAIGHT GAMES ON THE ROAD.  THEIR FIRST POSSESSION AFTER A GIANTS TURNOVER, 3^RD & 1.  SHAWN HILL.  HE FINDS NATE BURLESON.  NICE GRAB IN THE END ZONE.  THE THROW IN TRAFFIC.  BURLESON COMES DOWN WITH IT.  LIONS UP 7-NOTHING ON THE ROAD EARLY.  2^ND QUARTER, GAME TIED UP AT 7.  AMONT BRADSHAW.  HE PICKS UP 11 YDS. AND THE 1^ST DOWN AT THE LIONS 39 ON HIS WAY TO A HUGE GAIN FOR THE GIANTS.  3 PLAYS LATER, AT 3^RD & 4.  ELI MANNING LOOKING END ZONE.  MARIO MANNINGHAM FROM ELI MANNING.  33 YD. TD.  GIANTS GO UP 14-7.  NEXT POSSESSION FOR DETROIT, 1^ST & 10 AT THE GIANTS 45.  SHAWN HILL HIT AS HE THROWS.  HE WOULD LEAVE THE GAME.  REPORTEDLY, A BROKEN LEFT FOREARM.  SO DREW STANTON WOULD TAKE OVER, AND MATTHEW STAFFORD WAS THE TEAM’S EMERGENCY QB.  GIANTS UP 14-10 AT THE HALF.

 

3^RD QUARTER, LIONS 1^ST POSSESSION OF THE HALF.  DREW STANTON BACK TO PASS.  HE LOSES THE BALL.  RECOVERED BY JUSTIN TUCK.  OSI UMENYIORA COMING IN AND STRIPING THE BALL.  GIANTS TAKE OVER AT THEIR 43. ON THE ENSUING GIANTS POSSESSION, A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 43.  ELI MANNING LOOKING FOR HIS T.E.  KEVIN BOSS COMPLETE FOR A GAIN OF 25,DOWN TO THE 18 YD. LINE.  ELI 20 OF 30 FOR 177 YDS. AND 2 TDS., SET UP ANOTHER TD. PASS.  GIANTS UP 21-10.

 

4^TH QUARTER NOW, 2 POSSESSIONS LATER.  ROOKIE CALVIN JOHNSON INTO THE END ZONE WITH NOBODY AROUND HIM!  AN 87 YD. TD.  HE IS WALKING IN, PULLING THE LIONS WITHIN 4 AT 21-17.  CALVIN JOHNSON HAD HIS 10^TH CAREER 100 YD. GAME.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR DETROIT, 3^RD & 5 AT MIDFIELD.  STANTON COMPLETE TO NATE BURLESON BUT HE FUMBLES, AND THE GIANTS RECOVER IT.  DEION GRANT.  AFTER BURLESON LOSES THE BALL, RIGHT BEFORE GOING DOWN, GIANTS GET THE BALL.  VERY NEXT PLAY, AMONT BRADSHAW TAKES THE HANDOFF.  BUSTS UP THE RIGHT SIDE INTO THE SECONDARY, AND HE IS FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN INSIDE THE 15 YD. LINE AT THE 13.  19 CARRIES, 133 YDS. FOR BRADSHAW.  THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING COMBINATION WORKING.  THEY GIVE IT TO JACOBS TO FINISH THE DRIVE.  HE CAPPED IT OFF.  A 6 YD. SCORE.  HIS 2^ND TD. OF THE GAME.  GIANTS TAKING A 28-17 LEAD.  COULD DETROIT GET BACK IN IT?  MAYBE SO.  DREW STANTON SCRAMBLING FOR 20 YDS. AND A 1^ST DOWN, STILL ON HIS FEET.  NO TIMEOUTS LEFT AS THE CLOCK IS TICKING, 28-20.  SO THEY NEED A TD. AND A 2 PT. CONVERSION BUT STANTON OFF THE FINGERTIPS, IS PICKED OFF BY ANTRELL ROLLE.  HE RETURNS IT 36 YDS. TO THE DETROIT 48 YD. LINE.  THE BALL GOES RIGHT THROUGH BRANDON PETTIGREW’S HANDS.  GIANTS WIN 28-20.  THEY’RE NOW 4-2.

 

01:45:25 – INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS

 

PEYTON MANNING TAKING ON DONOVAN MCNABB.  MANNING SELECTED #1 OVERALL IN 1998.  MCNABB #2 OVERALL IN 99.  A COUPLE OF __ IN THE GAME.  MCNABB’S FIRST PASS LOOKING FOR SANTANA MOSS.  GERARD POWERS WAS THERE, AND HE TAKES IT TO THE COLTS 43.  THEN PEYTON MANNING AND COMPANY IN BUSINESS.  THAT’S RIGHT, ALL THE WAY.

 

THE COLTS NOW ON THE NEXT POSSESSION.  IT’S MANNING.  GARCON ..BEAUTIFULLY THROWN.  57 YD. TD.  THIS GUY, EVERY WEEK YOU’RE GONNA GET A BIG PLAY EARLY IN THE GAME FROM PEYTON AND HIS GUYS, AND HE DIDN’T DISAPPOINT TODAY AT ALL.

 

THE REDSKINS TRYING TO GET A RUNNING GAME GOING FOR THE 2^ND STRAIGHT WEEK, RYAN TURRAIN DOING A NICE JOB.  NOT KNOWN FOR HIS SPEED BUT VERY ELUSIVE AND VERY POWERFUL.  BIG FELLA MOVING THERE.  THE GAME TIED UP AT 7.  2^ND QUARTER COLTS GET IT BACK.  HOW ABOUT THIS?  PIERRE GARCON!  14 YDS. TO THE 10 YD. LINE.  12^TH PLAY NOW OF THE INDY DRIVE, AND IT’S PEYTON MANNING TO AUSTIN COLLIE.  PEYTON, PEYTON ESQUE ON THIS NIGHT.  THEY’RE GONNA GET THAT PLAY ACTION AND GET THE LINEBACKERS AND SAFETIES TO BITE, AND SHOOT IT INTO THE END ZONE TIME AND TIME AGAIN.  14-7, COLTS GET IT BACK.  THE ONE-HANDED GRAB!  WHOA!  LOOKS LIKE THE MOVIE!  AND, OF COURSE, I HAD A STUNT DUMMY AND A CAMERA ANGLE!  YOU DID IT FOR REAL!  BEAUTIFUL!  I MEAN HE’S USING THE RIGHT HAND AS OPPOSED TO THE LEFT HAND WHICH … YEA.  GREAT ATHLETICISM ON THAT PLAY.  ALRIGHT, AN ADAM VINATIERI F.G.  1^ST POSSESSION OF THE 3^RD QUARTER.  THE STRIP.  THE SACK, AND ANDRE CARTER RECOVERS THE FUMBLE  AND YOU GOTTA MAKE PLAYS IN THIS LEAGUE IN ORDER TO GIVE YOUR CHANCE, GIVE YOUR TEAM THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN.  PEYTON MANNING IS HARD TO SACK.  HE’S THE LEAST SACKED QB IN THE LAST DECADE.  BUT THEY GOT TO HIM TODAY, CAUSED THE FUMBLE.

 

ALRIGHT, ENSUING REDSKINS POSITION.  FIRST AND GOAL TORAIN.  HE’S IN FOR THE 2^ND TIME OF THE GAME.  REDSKINS.  THEY CUT THAT COLTS LEAD DOWN TO 17-14.  COLTS COMING RIGHT BACK.  JOSEPH ADDAI WITH A BIG NIGHT!  46 YDS.!  THIS IS A GUY WHO CAN RUN REAL WELL BEFORE HE GOT HURT TONIGHT.  THE LONGEST RUN OF ADDAI’S CAREER.  HE DID HAVE A SHOULDER INJURY AND LEFT THE GAME.  ALRIGHT, COLTS ON TOP, 24-14.  OOP, ADDAI, BANGING HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  …RUNNING GAME FROM INDIANAPOLIS COLTS.  IF THEY CAN EVER SUSTAIN THAT, THEY’LL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP!

 

AND HERE IS THE PLAY WHERE ADDAI ENDED UP LEAVING THE GAME.  HE WAS HIT BY LONDON FLETCHER.  IT WAS A COMPLETELY LEGAL HIT, AND KNOCKED THE FOOTBALL.  OOH.  THAT’S THE WAY TO GET TO THE BALL.  LARON LANDRY RECOVERS THE FUMBLE, AND IT IS A SHOULDER INJURY FOR ADDAI.  ALRIGHT. A COUPLE OF POSSESSIONS LATER.  IT’S 27-17.  MCNABB TO SANTANA MOSS WITH 8:36 LEFT.  6:28.  4 PLAYS LATER AND IT’S MCNABB HERE TO ANTHONY ARMSTRONG FOR A 1^ST DOWN.  YOU SEE THIS OFFENSE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER EACH WEEK WITH THE RUN GAME AND DONOVAN MCNABB A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH HIS RECEIVERS.

 

ALRIGHT 9^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  4:12 LEFT.  JOEY GALLOWAY 18 YDS. TO THE 19 YD. LINE.  DONOVAN’S DOING A GREAT JOB CONTROLLING, DIRECTING, AND BEING A LEADER FOR THE WASH. REDSKINS; AND NOW MCNABB DUMPS IT OFF TO __ WILLIAMS FOR THE 8 YD. TD.  THE FIRST OF WILLIAMS’ CAREER; AND MCNABB 10 FOR 11 ON THAT DRIVE.

 

BUT CLOCK MGMT., AN ISSUE HERE FOR THE COLTS BECAUSE WASH. HAD ALL THEIR TIMEOUTS AND THEY DIDN’T MAKE THEM USE THEM.  YEA, THEY’RE THROWING INCOMPLETE PASSES AND STOPPING THE CLOCK; AND WE SAW JOSEPH ADDAI GO UP AND DOWN THE FIELD ON A COUPLE OF DRIVES EARLIER, AND I THOUGHT THEY WOULD COME OUT AND TRY TO DO THE SAME THING.  SO PEYTON MANNING, JIM CALDWELL, THE COLTS FORCED TO PUNT HERE, AND THE REDSKINS, WITH ALL THEIR TIMEOUTS…WITH A CHANCE.  MCNABB TO WILLIAMS.  IT’S INCOMPLETE.  SO IT WOULD COME DOWN TO THIS; 4^TH & 10, 1:48 LEFT, AND MCNABB JUST TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.  LOOKING FOR ARMSTRONG BUT HE WAS WELL-COVERED, AND IT IS TOO LONG.  AND SO THE INDY COLTS GO INTO THE NATION’S CAPITOL AND THEY KNOCKOFF THE WASH. REDSKINS WITH 27 OF 24 AS MCNABB IS PICKED OFF IN A HAIL MARY ATTEMPT HERE.  AND THE REDSKINS FALL TO 3-3.  SO THE COLTS IMPROVING TO 4-2.  EVERYBODY JUST SLOW DOWN ON WHETHER IT’S THE DEMISE OF THE INDY COLTS, OF PEYTON MANNING IN FULL CONTROL; 25 OF 38, 307 YDS., AND A COUPLE OF TDS.  REDSKINS MAKING A LATE EFFORT TO SEE IF THEY CAN PULL THIS ONE OUT BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE.

 

 

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