SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE

SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 7

1.       JAGUARS@CHIEFS 3:15

2.       BILLS@RAVENS 3:08

3.       REDSKINS@BEARS 3:49

4.       STEELERS@DOLPHINS 3:32

5.       RAMS@BUCCANEERS 2:27

6.       EAGLES@TITANS 3:29

7.       BROWNS@SAINTS 3:32

8.       BENGALS@FALCONS 3:25

9.       49ERS@PANTHERS 3:11

10.   RAIDERS@BRONCOS 1:09

11.   CARDINALS@SEAHAWKS 1:34

12.   PATRIOTS@CHARGERS 3:25

13.   VIKINGS@PACKERS 6:59

TRT--     55:09   with Bars

01:10:15 – JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

THE JAGUARS FORCED TO START TOM BOWMAN ON THE ROAD IN K.C. HASN’T THROWN A PASS IN THE LEAGUE SINCE 2005. MATT CASSEL, 3-0 AT HOME ON THE SEASON.

CHEFS PUNTING FROM THEIR OWN 40. NO SCORE. BIG RETURN FROM MIKE __. A 49 YARD RETURN BUT HE FUMBLES. __ __ KNOCKS IT OUT AND THOMAS GAFFORD IS THERE TO RECOVER IT. HUGE CHANGE OF EVENTS. K.C. RECOVERS THE FUMBLE; AND GUESS WHAT? THE HANDOFF GOES TO THOMAS JONES RIGHT AFTER THAT AND HE BUSTS ONE LOOSE. THOMAS JONES COULDN’T GET INTO THE INTO THE END ZONE. KEEP IT GOING T.J. HE IS PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS. STEPS OUT AT THE 4 BUT NOT BEFORE GAINING 70 ON THE PLAY.

VERY NEXT PLAY 1^ST & GOAL. THE GIVE TO JAMAL CHARLES. SPINS HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE. A 4 YD. SCORE. K.C. UP 7-NOTHING, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE TURNOVER. ONTO THE 2^ND. JAGUARS DOWN 7-3. TODD BOWMAN LOOKING FOR HIS T.E. MARCEDES LEWIS. YOU CAN’T BRING HIM DOWN. STAYING ON HIS FEET, A GAIN OF 26 FOR MARCEDES. COULD JACKSONVILLE GET INTO THE END ZONE? SURE LOOKS LIKE IT. BOWMAN LOFTS ONE FOR MAURICE JONES-DREW. AN 18 YD. TD. CATCH. JAGUARS GOING UP ON THE ROAD, 10-7 WITH TOM BOWMAN AS THEIR QB.

ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION FOR K.C., THE PASS TO DEXTER MCCLUSTER, FIGHTING HIS WAY FOR THE 1^ST DOWN. HE PICKS UP 9 YDS. K.C. WITH THE FIRST. 1^ST & GOAL FROM THE JAGUARS 1. …PLAY THE DRIVE. THOMAS JONES OVER THE TOP. HE GETS HIS TD. THEY’RE SAYING HE FUMBLED BUT HE GOT OVER FIRST, CROSSING THE PLANE FOR THE TD. THOMAS JONES OVER THE TOP. K.C. UP 14-10. CHIEFS OPENING POSSESSION OF THE 3^RD QUARTER. MATT CASSEL LOOKING SIDELINES FOR DWAYNE BOWE WHO SLIPS A MAN; CUTS IT BACK THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. BREAKS ANOTHER TACKLE IN TO THE END ZONE! WHERE WAS THE TACKLING ON THAT PLAY?! DWAYNE BOWE, A 53 YD. SCORE. CHIEFS UP 21-13. AFTER THAT TD., ENSUING JAGUARS POSSESSION. BOWMAN GOING RIGHT BACK AT IT TO MIKE SIMMS-WALKER, A 9 YD. SCORE. JAGUARS DOWN BY 1. 21-20. COULD THEY PULL THE UPSET ON THE ROAD IN K.C.? AH, MAYBE NOT. PICKED OFF! DERRICK JOHNSON WITH THE INTERCEPTION OF BOWMAN, AND THAT WAS THE LETHAL MISTAKE. JOHNSON INTO THE END ZONE. 15 YD. INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR A TD. K.C. GOING UP 28-20 ON THE TURNOVER.

ONTO THE 4^TH. SAME SCORE. A COUPLE POSSESSIONS LATER FOR THE CHIEFS. JAMAL CHARLES FIGHTING HIS WAY FOR A GAIN OF 18 DOWN TO THE 6. HE FINISHED WITH 71 YDS. AND A TD. A COUPLE PLAYS LATER, 2^ND & GOAL. MATT CASSEL LOOKING TO THE END ZONE. DWAYNE BOWE! DID HE GET BOTH FEET IN? HE MADE THE GRAB AND, YES, HE DID. A 6 YD. SCORE FOR DWAYNE BOWE, GETTING BOTH FEET INBOUNDS. HIS 2^ND STRAIGHT 2 TD. GAME. CHIEFS WIN 42-20. THEY’RE NOW 4-2.

01:13:40 – BUFFALO BILLS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS

BUFFALO AT BALTIMORE. ED REED BACK OFF THE __ LIST. MISSED YA!

17-10 IN THE 2^ND QUARTER TO BRIAN FITZPATRICK WHO ..FITZPATRICK’S A PRETTY GOOD STORY. HE IS. LOOK AT RAY TELLING THEM GUYS. “YOU GUYS, YOU CAN’T LET THIS TEAM DO THIS TO YOU.” LOOK AT THAT. THEY’RE DOWN 24-13.

C.J. STILL A ROOKIE OUT OF CLEMSON. PUTTING HIM ON THE GROUND. HIT FROM BEHIND BY __ __. JOSH WILSON RECOVERS. TRY TO HOLD ONTO THE BALL ROOKIE.

RAVENS TAKE OVER AT THE BUFFALO 27 YD. LINE. JOE FLACCO. JOE FLACCO RALLIED HIS TEAM AND DELIVERED TODAY. THEY GOT DOWN EARLY, AS YOU SAW. 3 TD. PASSES. NO PICKS. ONE-HANDED PICK? THAT’S A HECK OF A PLAY RIGHT THERE. NO GOOD? YEA, NO GOOD.

24-13 BILLS. FLACCO STANDING TALL IN THE POCKET. FINDS A WIDE OPEN TODD HEAP. THAT BALL COMES OUT OF HIS ARM HOT. THAT’S ONE THING I DO KNOW ABOUT JOE FLACCO.

INTO THE 3^RD QUARTER, IT’S NOW A 4 PT. GAME. BILLS ON TOP 24-20. PATS IT A COUPLE TIMES. IT’S TIPPED, AND THERE’S YOUR GUY ED REED. WELL THIS IS A RAVENS DEFENSE THAT HAS BEEN VERY SOLID SO FAR THIS YEAR; BUT THEY HAVEN’T HAD A TON OF BIG PLAYS. YOU HAD TO THINK THAT THE TAKEAWAYS WOULD COME AS SOON AS ED REED GOT BACK IN THE LINEUP.

MAGAHEE BACK TO FLACCO, TO ANQUAN BOLDIN! OH, JUMPED OFF HIS ARMS. DIDN’T WORK THAT WELL IN PRACTICE. IT IS THE BILLS. YOU’RE PRACTICING AGAINST THE RAVENS DEFENSE IN PRACTICE. RAVENS UP 3. THE PLAY ACTION FLACCO COMES BACK UNDERNEATH. INSIDE THE 20 TO RON MCCLAIN. JOHN HARBAUGH SAYS, “THAT’S A NICE CALL CAM CAMERON.”

INTO THE 4^TH QUARTER IT’S NOW A 10 PT. RAVEN LEAD. LEE EVANS..HOW ABOUT THE #’S FOR THE BILLS? THE BILLS WENT 506 TOTAL YARDS. SAY THAT AGAIN. 506. HAS THAT EVER HAPPENED? WAKE UP THE BILLS OFFENSE. IN THE NEW ERA OF THE RAVENS.

ED REED WITH THE BIG HIT. 34-31, 8 SECONDS LEFT. THE CHANCE. WOW. IT’S A TIE. AND THERE IT IS.

I KNOW YOU’RE NOT A BIG FAN OF KICKERS BUT THAT WAS A REALLY SOLID KICK.

OVERTIME FOR THE 2^ND WK. IN A ROW. RAVENS HAD TO DO THE SAME THING AT NEW ENGLAND. BALL COMES OUT. BOY, IT LOOKED LIKE MOMENTUM HAD STOPPED, DIDN’T IT? THE PLAY’S GOING ON? GREAT PLAYERS MAKE PLAYS. THAT GUY. RAY LEWIS STRIPPING THE BALL FROM SHAWN NELSON. BILLY CUNDIFF FROM 38 YDS. OUT. I GUESS A WIN IS A WIN IS A WIN. BUT… THE BILLS MADE THEM SWEAT TODAY. BUFFALO UP EARLY AND FAILING TO GET IT’S 1^ST WIN, FALLING TO 0-6. THE RAVENS IMPROVE TO 5-2.

01:16:59 WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ CHICAGO BEARS

REDSKINS/BEARS AT SOLDIER FIELD. JAY CUTLER, THE CHICAGO QB AND DONOVAN MCNABB, THE CHICAGO NATIVE. D.J. MOORE TRYING TO PLAY HERE, COMES ON THE BLITZ. WRAPS UP DONOVAN MCNABB. TIPPED BY ISRAEL EDONASHA, AND MOORE HAS IT BACK, AND THE BEARS HAVE 6

WELL, AND THE WAY THE BEARS OFFENSE HAS BEEN PLAYING, THEY COULD USE A LOT OF THIS.

DONOVAN MCNABB WOULD COME RIGHT BACK TO ANSWER WITH, WHAT ELSE? THE POST-CORNER POST TO SANTANA MOSS. YEA. HE’S GOT ALL DAY TO THROW IT. IT’S A GOOD ROUTE AND A GOOD THROW. YOU SEE A LOT OF THESE TRIPLE MOVES IN THE NFL THESE DAYS. YOU GOTTA HAVE TIME TO DO IT. YEA. IT’S FAIRLY NEW, ISN’T IT? YEA, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS GUYS ARE GOING TO IT.

2^ND QUARTER, CUTLER BUYING SOME TIME WHICH IS A GOOD SKILL TO HAVE IN CHICAGO THESE DAYS. JOHNNY KNOX, 6 CATCHES, 86 YDS. IN THAT TD. THAT’S ABOUT THE ONLY THING HE DID.

BEARS WENT TO MORE OF A QUICK PASSING GAME TODAY. THIS IS A 7 STEPPER BUT IT’S CUTLER TO EARL BENNETT FOR 48 YDS. DOWN TO THE 1. LOVIE SMITH WOULD CHALLENGE THE RULING ON THE FIELD STANDS… IT’S 1^ST & GOAL FROM THE 1. IT WAS THE RIGHT CALL. THEY MADE THE RIGHT CALL. THIS IS THE WRONG CALL. YEA. THIS IS HARD TO BELIEVE. YOU WATCH THIS TRANSPIRE. JAY CUTLER TRIES TO STRETCH THIS BALL OVER THE GOAL LINE. WITH THE BENEFIT OF INSTANT REPLAY YOU WILL SEE THAT HE GETS THE BALL OVER THE GOAL LINE BEFORE IT’S KNOCKED OUT OF HANDS. IT SHOULD’VE BEEN RULED A TD. IT’S RULED A FUMBLE ON THE FIELD AND LOVIE DOESN’T THROW THE CHALLENGE FLAG FOR SOME REASON. YOU’LL SEE RIGHT THERE. THAT’S A TOUCHDOWN. WHERE’S LOVIE? I MEAN IS HE GUN SHY BECAUSE HE THREW THE CHALLENGE FLAG THE PLAY BEFORE? I MEAN THE GUY UPSTAIRS GOTTA TELL HIM SOMETHING. HE CAN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE? DO I NOT KNOW THE RULE? I MEAN CAN YOU CHALLENGE BACK-TO-BACK PLAYS? I THINK YOU CAN BUT WHAT GOOD IS THAT? BUT, ULTIMATELY, HE’S THE COACH. DONOVAN MCNABB THOUGH GAVE IT RIGHT BACK TO D.J. MOORE. FLAG DOWN. REDSKINS CALLED FOR DELAY OF GAME. THIS IS SYMBOLIC OF THIS ENTIRE BALL GAME. THIS ONE WAS HARD TO WATCH. BAD BREAK.

NOW CUTLER HAD A LITTLE INTERCEPTION PROBLEM AS WELL. 4 TODAY AND DEANGELO HALL WAS THE RECIPIENT. GOTTA BE WHERE YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE. THIS OFFENSE REQUIRES YOU TO THROW TO THE SPOT. IF YOU DON’T GET TO THE SPOT, YOU’RE GONNA HAVE DROPS. INTERCEPTIONS. INTERCEPTED DONOVAN MCNABB BY DANIEL MANNING. THIS IS A GREAT PLAY. HE WAS RULED DOWN BY CONTACT BUT IT’S JUST A GREAT INTERCEPTION BY MANNING.

O.K. THAT’S ON JAY. THAT’S ON JAY. DEANGELO HALL 92 YDS. FOR THE WASH. TD. IT’S A GREAT PICK TOO. DEANGELO HALL GOES UP IN THE AIR AND BASICALLY BRINGS IT DOWN ONE-HANDED. TAKES IT 92 YDS. JAY CAN’T MAKE THAT THROW. IF YOU CAN’T GET IT TO THE RECEIVER, THROW IT IN THE 1^ST ROW IN THE STANDS. WATCH THIS. OH YEA. IT’S THAT STICKY GLOVE JAY. IT IS. SO BOTH DEFENSES HAVE SCORED ON PICK 6’S. REDSKINS UP 17-14 4^TH QUARTER. INTERCEPTED AGAIN BY DEANGELO HALL. NOW, AGAIN, YOU CAN PUT THAT ON JAY. THAT’S ON JAY. BUT A WIDE RECEIVER’S 1^ST JOB IS TO NEVER LET THE DEFENSIVE BACK ACROSS YOUR FACE. YOU CAN’T! THE OFFENSE REQUIRES YOU TO EXECUTE A CERTAIN WAY. YOU CAN’T PUT THAT ON HIM. SEE, YOU JUST CAN’T. CUTLER …TO DEANGELO HALL FOR THE 4^TH TIME ON THE AFTERNOON AND TIES AN NFL RECORD. AND I MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT KNOTS WAS LOAFING ON THAT PLAY. BUT THAT BALL’S GOTTA BE THROWN FURTHER TO THE OUTSIDE. SORRY TOMMY. IN THE POST-GAME COMMENTS JAY CUTLER DID TAKE THE BLAME WHICH IS WHAT A QB’S SUPPOSED TO DO. BUT YOU COULD MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT KNOX DID NOT HELP HIM TOO MUCH ON THIS DAY. DEANGELO HALL, BOTTOM LINE, 4 INTERCEPTIONS. HOW ABOUT THAT? AND HE MAY NOT WIN DEF. PLAY OF THE WEEK. MORE AT 11.

01:20:57 – PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ MIAMI DOLPHINS

4-1 STEELERS AT THE 3-2 DOLPHINS. JAMES HARRISON FINED 75 GRAND DURING THE WEEK. THREATENED TO RETIRE BUT MADE THE START. A BUNCH OF MISTAKES EARLY ON FOR PITTS. ROOKIE EMANUEL SANDERS FUMBLED ON THE OPENING KICKOFF. LED TO A DOLPHINS F.G. AND THEN AFTER THAT BEN ROETHLISBERGER ILL-ADVISED PLAY, TRIES TO FORCE IT OUT. HE FUMBLES. DOLPHINS RECOVER. BUT, PITTS’S DEFENSE HELD UP. 6-NOTHING MIAMI. A COUPLE OF F.G.’S EARLY HAD THE LEAD. BUT PITTS’S OFFENSE WOULD GET IT RIGHT BACK.

TRAILING 6-NOTHING, BEN ROETHLISBERGER ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT FINDS HINES WARD. LOFTS IT TO HIM FOR A 46 YD. GAIN. THEY WOULD ADD A F.G. TRIMMING THE LEAD TO 6-3. SAME SCORE. STEELERS ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION AFTER A FUMBLE. BEN ROETHLISBERGER. HE FINDS HINES WARD, WHO SHAKES A MAN, MUSCLING HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE. HINES WARD, A 21 YD. TD.! STEELERS GO OUT AND… 10-6 ON THE TD. BY HINES WARD.

ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION, MIAMI LOOKING TO GET RIGHT BACK IN IT. CHAD HENNE LOOKING OVER THE MIDDLE. BRANDON MARSHALL WITH THE GRAB. A PICKUP OF 19 DOWN TO THE 31. JAMES HARRISON LOOKING TO GET AFTER CHAD HENNE. HE HURDLES A MAN BUT COMES UP SHORT. DOLPHINS ADDED A F.G. THEY WERE DOWN 10-9.

STEELERS GOING RIGHT BACK TO WORK. BEN ROETHLISBERGER, ALL KINDS OF TIME. LOOKING INTO THE END ZONE FOR MIKE WALLACE! AND HE GETS IN THERE FOR A 53 YARD SCORE!

STEELERS GO UP 17-9 ON THAT TD. PASS FROM ROETHLISBERGER TO MIKE WALLACE. ENSUING POSSESSION FROM MIAMI, 2^ND & 4, AND HE HITS DEVON BESS. HE BREAKS A TACKLE AND FIGHTS INTO THE END ZONE! A 26 YD. SCORE FOR DEVON BESS! SLIPS A MAN. STAYS ON HIS FEET. THE JUKES LOST THE POWER AND HE MUSCLES HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE. DEVON BESS WITH THE EXCELLENT TD. DOLPHINS WITHIN 1, 17-16.

TRAILING 20-19. TRYING TO GO TO WORK AND TAKE THE LEAD. CHAD HENNE FINDS BRIAN HEARTLINE FOR A 24 YD. PICKUP. JUST ACROSS… A COUPLE PLAYS LATER, CHAD HENNE THIS TIME LOOKING SIDELINE. ANTHONY FAISANO WIDE OPEN. FAISANO TAKES IT STRAIGHT AHEAD FOR A GAIN OF 22 DOWN TO THE 28. TONY SPARANO IS LOVING IT. CAN HIS TEAM TAKE THE LEAD? THEY DO WITH A F.G. 22-20. PITTS. TRYING TO BATTLE BACK. THE DUMP-OFF TO MAWELDE MOORE, INTO DOLPHINS TERRITORY. DOWN TO THE 14 YD LINE. A GAIN OF 29 ON THE PLAY. SETS UP A 3^RD & GOAL. BEN ROETHLISBERGER, QB DRAWL. DIVES INTO THE END ZONE BUT HE LOSES THE BALL! MIAMI JUMPED ON IT. BUT DID HE GET INTO THE END ZONE FIRST? INITIALLY RULED A TD. ON THE FIELD. HUGE, CRITICAL PLAY. TONY SPARANO CHALLENGES. DID BEN ROETHLISBERGER GET THE BALL INTO THE END ZONE? DID IT CROSS THE PLANE; OR WAS HE DOWN BEFORE THE BALL WENT OVER? THE TD. CALL IS OVERTURNED. STEELERS RETAIN POSSESSION. ON THE 4^TH & GOAL THEY KICK A F.G. TO TAKE A LEAD 23…MIAMI COMEBACK.

4^TH & 6. CHAD HENNE SCRAMBLING, TRIES TO THROW IT TO RONNIE BROWN. GOES INCOMPLETE. STEELERS HANG ON FOR THE VICTORY, 23-22 IN MIAMI. HEARTBREAKING LOSS FOR THE DOLPHINS. THEY FALL TO 3-3. PITTS. LEADS THE AFC NORTH AT 5-1.

01:24:40 – ST. LOUIS RAMS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

THE SURPRISING BUCCANEERS AT HOME. WITH A WIN TODAY, THEY’LL HAVE MORE WINS THAN THEY HAD THE ENTIRE SEASON LAST YEAR. STEPHEN JACKSON NEEDS 32 RUSHING YDS. TO PASS ERIC DICKERSON AND BECOME THE RAMS FRANCHISE LEADER. SAM BRADFORD. 4^TH PLAY OF THEIR OPENING DRIVE AND HE IS SACKED BY STILES WHITE. RECOVERED ON THE PLAY BY T.B. SETS UP A 1^ST & GOAL AT THE 6. A COUPLE OF PENALTIES TOOK THEM ALL THE WAY BACK AND JOSH FREEMAN IS BROUGHT DOWN FOR A LOSS OF 9. THAT SETS UP A LONG F.G. FOR CONNER BART. HE CONVERTED. BUCS UP 3-NOTHING.

2^ND QUARTER, GAME TIED UP AT 3. SAM BRADFORD WITH THE END-AROUND. DANNY ALMONDOLA FOR 21 YDS. SETS UP A 1^ST & 10 AT THE BUCS 29. 4 PLAYS LATER, THIS IS THE BIG ONE FOR STEPHEN JACKSON. NOT ONLY DOES HE FIGHT FOR THE 1^ST DOWN BUT HE ALSO BECAME THE RAMS FRANCHISE LEADER IN RUSHING YDS. SURPASSING ERIC DICKERSON.

ON A 3^RD & GOAL FROM THE 5, SAM BRADFORD FINDS DANNY ALMONDOLA WITH THE EXTENDED GRAB. HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE. A 5 YD. SCORE. RAMS GOING UP 10-3 ON THE ROAD. ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, GIVE IT TO STEPHEN JACKSON. CUTS UPFIELD. A GAIN OF 18. SETS UP A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 20. STEPHEN JACKSON HAD 110 YDS. IN THE GAME.

4 PLAYS LATER, IN F.G. FORMATION, RONDE BARBER IS OFFSIDES. THE 5 YD. PENALTY GIVES THEM A 1^ST DOWN. KEEPS THE DRIVE ALIVE. ON THE PLAY FAKE SAM BRADFORD FINDS HIS T.E. FOR THE TD. HIS 2^ND TD. OF THE GAME. RAMS GO UP 17-3 INTO THE HALF.

RONDE BARBER KNOWS HE COST HIS TEAM ON THAT PLAY. ONTO THE 4^TH. BUCCANEERS, 10^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE. JOSH FREEMAN HITS MIKE WILLIAMS. A PICKUP OF 11. CLOCK TICKING. THEY’RE DOWN BY 5. NEED A TD. TO TAKE THE LEAD. 4^TH & 3 AND THEY CONVERT! JOSH FREEMAN TO KELLEN WINSLOW. BALL DOWN TO THE 21. ANOTHER PASS TO MIKE WILLIAMS. HE SLIPS IT AND GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE! CAN T.B. PULL OFF THE COMEBACK ALL THE WAY BACK FROM 17-3 DOWN?

FREEMAN, ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT! AND HE FINDS CADILLAC WILLIAMS IN THE END ZONE! A TD. FOR T.B. THEY FAILED ON THE 2 PT. CONVERSION BUT GET THE WIN, 18-17. THEY’RE NOW 4-2.

01:27:16 – PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ TENNESSEE TITANS

EAGLES AT THE TITANS. COUPLE OF NOTABLE QBS SITTING OUT. VINCE YOUNG, SPRAINED ANKLE. NOT PLAY. MICHAEL VICK LISTED AS THE 3^RD QB.

1^ST QUARTER 3^RD & 3. KEVIN KOLB BACK TO PASS. SPIED BRENT CELEK. NAILED BY __ VERNER, THE ROOKIE. 1^ST DOWN. OUCH. EAGLES DRIVE WOULD RESULT IN A F.G. YOU SEE? GOES IN WITH HIS SHOULDER. THAT’S RIGHT. THAT WAS GOOD TECHNICAL TACKLING. OH, YES IT WAS. I MEAN CLASSIC TECHNIQUE. I’M JUST SAYING WITH THE RULES, I’M JUST NOT CLEAR ON WHAT IT IS. OH STOP.

NOT A GREAT DAY FOR KEVIN KOLB. PLAY ACTION LOOKING DEEP. WOULD BE PICKED OFF BY MICHAEL GRIFFIN WHO TAKES IT BACK 28 YDS. 4^TH CONSECUTIVE GAME WITH AN INT. FOR MICHAEL GRIFFIN. WELL, THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE GONNA BE THERE FOR THAT SECONDARY WHEN THEY RUSH THE PASSER AS WELL AS THEY DO. THEY CAME INTO THIS GAME. THE TITANS DID WITH 24 QB SACKS. HOW ABOUT THE OLD MAN? KERRY COLLINS PLAYED PRETTY WELL TODAY. HE DID. YOU TALK ABOUT QB CONTROVERSY, RIGHT?

ROUGHING THE PASSER BY JAQUA PARKER TO KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE. YEA, THERE’S NO QB CONTROVERSY IN TENN. D.Y.’S HEALTHY, HE’S PLAYING.

SAME DRIVE. COLLINS TO KENNY BRITT. GOES RIGHT UP OVER THE TOP OF ELLIS HOBBS. 26 YD. TD. BUT IT’S NICE TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU NEED A GAME OR 2 OR 3, THAT YOU GOT A GUY LIKE THIS WHO CAN STEP IN AND DELIVER DECENT #’S.

JEREMY MACLIN, KEVIN KOLB. THIS IS UNFORGIVEABLE. LOOK AT THIS CATCH BY RILEY COOPER. INCREDIBLE. HE THROWS THAT INTO QUADRUPLE COVERAGE. YEA. I DON’T KNOW WHERE HE’S THROWING. AND THE C.B.’S TRYING TO..YOU ALWAYS GOT TO THE BALL. YOU DON’T BACK UP!

RILEY COOPER, THE ROOKIE OUT OF FLORIDA BAILS OUT KOLB. THE DRIVE CONTINUES. KOLB GIVES IT RIGHT BACK TO HIM. SCORES HIS 1^ST 6. DIFFICULT TEST FOR A QB IN TENN. FACING THAT TITANS DEFENSE, BUT KEVIN KOLB, NOT A GOOD DAY.

PHILLY 13-7 AT HALFTIME. 3^RD QUARTER KOLB PUTS IT ON THE GROUND AND __ __ RECOVERS. SEE, THAT’S NOT KOLB’S FAULT. THAT’S NOT ON HIM. YOU GOTTA BLOCK THE GUY INSIDE-OUT. YOU DON’T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN!

JASON JONES IN THE BACKFIELD TO MAKE THAT PLAY HAPPEN. EAGLES WITH 4 TURNOVERS TODAY. KENNY BRITT WAS HUGE TODAY, TRAILING 16-7. COLLINS WITH TIME. DEEP OUT TO BRITT. 34 YD. GAIN. AND REMEMBER, HE DIDN’T START THE GAME BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE CLUB ON FRIDAY.

ROB BARONAS F.G. IT’S NOW 16-10. COLLINS LOOKING DEEP TO KENNY BRITT. A LITTLE UNDERTHROWN. COMES BACK AND MAKES THE CATCH. AND THEN GOES THE OTHER WAY. 80 YD. TENN. TOUCHDOWN. WOW. WELL THE BIG PLAYS GOT THE EAGLES TODAY. THE MISTAKES GOT THEM. THEY TURNED IT OVER 4 TIMES AND COMMITTED 10 PENALTIES FOR 100 YDS. THAT’S JUST A MENTAL AND PHYSICAL MISTAKE MADE BY THE EAGLES QB.

RILEY COOPER EARLIER COMING BACK TO HELP OUT KEVIN KOLB; AND THERE KENNY BRITT COMES BACK TO HAUK IN THE UNDERTHROWN PASS FOR A TD. COLLINS…TO KENNY BRITT AGAIN 42 YDS. IT TAKES KERRY A HALF A DAY TO GET BACK IN THAT POCKET. I JUST HAD A CLOCK ON HIM. 10 SEC. 7 STEP DROP. F.G. 20-19. ONE 1,000; TWO 1,000. THAT WAS RIGHT ON THE SPOT THOUGH. 21 YDS. TO KENNY BRITT. 4 PLAYS LATER FROM THE SHOTGUN. PUMPIN’ LEFT OFF THE BACK FOOT TO KENNY BRITT IN THE END ZONE FOR A TENN. TOUCH. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, GIVE THE TITANS OFF. LINE SOME CREDIT FOR GIVING KERRY COLLINS TIME TO THROW. HE WAS SACKED 3 TIMES TODAY BUT, OVERALL, PRETTY COMFORTABLE BACK THERE.

01:31:56 – CLEVELAND BROWNS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

CLEVELAND BROWNS AT THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS. BREES IN THE 4-2 SAINTS TIES FOR THE LEAD IN THE NFC SOUTH. COLT MCCOY AND THE 1-5 BROWNS.

JOSH CRIBBS…THROWING! ERIC WRIGHT. TRICKERATION SUNDAY IN THE SUPERDOME TODAY. 69 YDS. DOWN TO THE SAINTS 11. SAW A WHOLE LOT OF THE DRIVES STALLING AS WELL, AND THAT ONE DID. LOSS OF F.G. BROWNS LEADING 3-NOTHING.

NEXT CLEVELAND POSSESSION. PAYTON HILLIS CONTINUES HIS HUGE YEAR. 4 YD. TOUCH. CLEVELAND LEADING 10-NOTHIG. FASTER THAN MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE. GOOD RUNNER. SAINTS WITH IT. NOW WE APPEAR TO HAVE A TD. TO LANCE MOORE. HOWEVER, COMING BACK. WHAT?! OH YEA. ILLEGAL USE OF THE HANDS. NO TD. 7 PENALTIES FOR 98 YDS. COMMITTED BY THE SAINTS TODAY.

SO HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS. BREES FINDS HIS FORMER TEAMMATE SCOTT FUJITA. THE PROBLEM IS HE’S A LINEBACKER. .. REVENGE SO SWEET.

HOW ABOUT THIS? LOOK AT THIS. COME ON. JERKERATION AGAIN FROM YOUR OWN.. IS THAT A WORD? 20 YD. RUN. I’VE HEARD IT SO I’M JUST PARROTING IT BECAUSE I LIKE IT. YOU HAD ANOTHER ONE YESTERDAY TOO. DID I?

TOO EASY. YEA, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT. REGGIE HOGES GOING 68 YDS. PHIL BOSTIC KICKED THE F.G. CLEVELAND LED 13-3. SAINTS WITH IT. BREES, TRYING TO THROW IT AWAY. DAVID BOWENS FINDS IT! REALLY DREW. THAT’S NOT THE DREW BREES WE SAW LEAD THE SAINTS TO THE S.B. LAST YEAR. VERY CARELESS, HUH? WHAT’S THAT? VERY CARELESS. VERY CARELESS. HE’S HUMAN. HE’S THROWN 10 PICKS NOW. WHEN TODAY WAS ALL SAID AND DONE, 10 INTERCEPTIONS ON THE SEASON. WHAT’D HE THROW, 11 ALL OF LAST YEAR? THAT’S DAVID BOWENS, 30 YD. CLEVELAND TD. SAINTS ENSUING DRIVE. BREES SACKED BY MARCUS BERNARD. 8 YD. LOSS. 3 SACKS TODAY.

2 PLAYS LATER 3^RD DOWN AND 11. LOOKING DEEP FOR ROBERT MEECHUM. INSTEAD FINDS SHELDON BROWN. NOW THAT’S MORE OF A PUNT. SEE THE CLOCK. THERE’S ONLY 20 SECS. LEFT. IT WAS 3^RD & LONG. SO YOU DON’T REALLY HANG THAT ONE ON HIM. IT COUNTS AS AN INTERCEPTION. AT HALFTIME IT WAS CLEVELAND 20. WE HAVE THAT AUTHORITY. NEW ORLEANS 3. NOW IT’S CHRIS IVORY. UP THE MIDDLE 8 YDS. SAINTS 1^ST DOWN. THEY DID NOT RUN THE BALL EFFECTIVELY TODAY. GIVE BREES THAT KIND OF TIME. THAT’S DAVID THOMAS, 11 YD. TD. CUTTING THE CLEVELAND LEAD TO 20. AND I’M THINKING, REALLY? WITH, WHAT,13 MINS. TO GO? THE SAINTS STILL GONNA WIN THIS GAME.

PAYTON HILLIS DOING IT ALL. 3 MINS. LEFT TO GO I THOUGHT. TRICKERATION! THROWING BACK TO COLT MCCOY. 3^RD EXAMPLE FO TRICKERATION. SETTING UP, OF COURSE, PHIL BOSS’ F.G. I MEAN IT WAS REALLY? THEY HAD 210 YDS. OF TOTAL OFFENSE. THE BROWNS DID. COLT WAS ON FIRE TODAY. 68 YDS. CAME ON THAT FAKE PUNT. COLT WAS ON FIRE. DREW BREES. REALLY DREW? INTERCEPTED BY DAVID BOWENS AGAIN. REALLY DREW? HE’S NOT GONNA SCORE AGAIN JAMIE, IS HE? HE IS GONNA TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE. WOW. UNBELIEVABLE. NO ONE IN A SAINTS UNIFORM. HE HAS 4 IRON TEE’S. O.K. HE’S GOT 2 FOR TDS. WHAT’S A BIGGER WIN? SKINS OVER BEARS OR THE BROWNS OVER.. I’D SAY THE SKINS OVER THE BEARS BECAUSE IT KEEPS THE SKINS ALIVE IN THE NFC EAST. NO ONE’S GIVING THE BROWNS A CHANCE IN THE AFC NORTH. THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING. THE SAINTS FALL TO 4-3 AND THE BROWNS IMPROVE TO 2-5.

01:34:37 – CINCINNATI BENGALS @ ATLANTA FALCONS

CHIEFS ARE ON TOP. LET’S MOVE TO ATLANTA. THE BENGALS AND THE FALCONS. CHAD OCHOCINCO SENT A BOX OF MAD CHAD T-SHIRTS TO THE FALCONS DB’S. RODDY WHITE. HE’LL BE THE RECEIVER TODAY. 3^RD & 3 FINDS RODDY WHITE ON THE UNDER ROUTE. 46 YD. GAIN LED TO A BRIAN FINNERAN TD. A LOT OF NAME POWER.

CHAD OCHOCINCO, T.O. RODDY WHITE’S THE BEST RECEIVER ON THE FIELD. MATT RYAN COMPLETED HIS FIRST 7 PASSES. NEXT ATLANTA POSSESSION, PLAY ACTION TO THE RIGHT, THROWING BACK TO THE LEFT. RODDY WHITE. HOW ABOUT THAT TOUCH? IS THERE ANY DOUBT THAT RODDY WHITE, THE BEST WIDE RECEIVER IN THE GEORGIA DOME TODAY? DON’T EVEN LOOK AT ME AND SAY T.O., AT THIS POINT IN HIS CAREER’S, A BETTER RECEIVER. YES. YES IS THE ANSWER.

FALCONS 24-3 AT HALFTIME. YOU DON’T HAVE TO DISRESPECT T.O. I’M NOT DISRESPECTING T.O. I’M JUST, I’M TALKING ABOUT RODDY WHITE AND THE PLAYER HE’S BECOME. STILL SHOCKED THAT THEY SAID HE’S THE MOST OVERRATED PLAYER IN THE NFL. I’M STILL KIND OF SHOCKED BY THAT. HE’S HAD A GOOD YEAR THIS YEAR.

LOOKING FOR MICHAEL JENKINS. LEON HALL WITH THE INTERCEPTION. LOOK AT THAT. THAT’S A GOOD THROW. GIVE IT TO THE DEFENSE. HE COMES UP AND MAKES A PLAY. CARSON PALMER TO JORDAN SHIPLEY. A COUPLE OF JUKES. 64 YD. TD. LOVE THIS GUY. WOW. 2 PT. CONVERSION AND THE BENGALS TRAIL ONLY 24-19. THAT’S THE FIRST CAREER TD. FOR THE ROOKIE JORDAN SHIPLEY.

WELL, WE NEW THAT CARSON PALMER WAS GONNA HAVE TO STEP UP AND MAKE PLAYS FOR THE BENGALS TO HAVE A CHANCE. RODDY WHITE. GREAT PLAY PACMAN JONES. BUT HE WAS STRIPPED THERE BY ADAM JONES. ADAM. SORRY ADAM. PULL IT UP FOR DEION. CAN’T MAKE MUCH MORE PRIMETIME IF YOU OLD … THAT’S A HECK OF A THROW. THAT IS A HECK OF A THROW. AGAINST A STRONG RECEIVER. RODDY WHITE DOES NOT PUTT HAT BALL ON THE GROUND VERY OFTEN. PLAY WAS CHALLENGED. 2 PT. CONVERSION.

25-24. 4^TH QUARTER NOW. RYAN THROWING IT SHORT TO RODDY WHITE. GETS INTO THE END ZONE. ATLANTA LEADS BY 5. WHAT IS THE KEY TO MATT RYAN’S SUCCESS JAMIE? RUNNING THAT FOOTBALL. 2 PT. CONVERSION. THEY RAN THE BALL. BUYING TIME. LOOK AT THAT. THAT VERY RARELY WORKS. ROLLING TO YOUR LEFT THROWING BACK TO YOUR RIGHT. BUT A GUY WITH HOPS LIKE THAT. RODDY WHITE. THINK HE CAN DUNK? CAN HE DUNK? 11 CATCHES, 201 YDS. AND A COUPLE OF TDS.

NEXT, CINCY POSSESSION. CARSON PALMER COMING RIGHT BACK TO TERRELL OWENS. MAKES THE CATCH BUT HE WAS RULED INCOMPLETE. WOW. HE WAS OUT OF BOUNDS. EVEN SO; CARSON PALMER WITH BETTER THAN 400 YDS. PASSING TODAY. NEXT PLAY, 2^ND & 10. CEDRIC BENSON RUNS TO THE LEFT. BRIAN WILLIAMS PICKING IT UP.

NEXT DRIVE, 1^ST & GOAL. MICHAEL TURNER RUNS RIGHT SIDE. LOOK HOW… THICK HE IS. FALCONS UP 39-25. NOT MANY GUYS LINING UP TO TACKLE MICHAEL TURNER. NO. NO. AND THE FALCONS GO ON TO WIN BY A TD. 39-32. PRETTY GOOD FALCONS TEAM AT HOME IN THEIR BUILDING, ISN’T IT?

01:38:11 – SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

S.F. 49ERS.. SO WE HAVE TO WATCH THIS ONE? REALLY? ..AT THE PANTHERS. MAT MOORE. YOUR BOY COMES THROUGH TODAY! ALEX SMITH LOOKING FOR WIN #2 OF THE SEASON. FIRST QUARTER, FRANK GORE RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. 20 YD. GAIN. JUST THROUGH MATT MOORE, YOU KNOW, DESERVED ANOTHER CHANCE… MATT MOORE IS, PAUSE, MATT MOORE.

ALEX SMITH HAS DONE SOME OF THIS THIS YEAR. YOU CANNOT THROW THE BALL ANY BETTER THAN THIS TO VERNON DAVIS. SAME STORY WE TALKED ABOUT. HE SHOWS YOU FLASHES OF GENIUS, BRILLIANCE. ALL THOSE THING. THEN WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE HE’S 9 OF 19 FOR 129 YDS. A TD. NO PICK. NEXT PLAY ROLLING TO HIS LEFT, VERNON DAVIS AGAIN 1 YD. TD. EXTRA POINT MAKES IT 7-NOTHIGN S.F.

2^ND QUARTER, CAROLINA TRAILING NOW 10-NOTHING. MATT MOORE…TO STEVE SMITH. OH YEA, SLING IT MATT! SLING IT! THAT’S HIS GUY!! THAT’S NOT MY GUY! I’M JUST..YOU DO NOT SEE THE JIMMY CLAUSON EXPERIMENT? IT WASN’T WORKING. I’M SAYING MATT MOORE IS STEVE SMITH’S GUY. IT’S STEVE SMITH’S FIRST GAME BACK SINCE HE WAS HURT WEEK 4 AGAINST THE SAINTS. 11 PLAYS LATER TO DAVID GETTIS. DAVID WHO? DAVID GETTIS. I’M GONNA HAVE TO WORK ON THAT ONE. HE SHOWED UP A COUPLE TIMES TODAY. 3^RD QUARTER, TIED AT 10. CHARLES JOHNSON DROPPING ALEX SMITH. AND HE HURTS HIS SHOULDER. FALLS ON HIS SHOULDER. OUT OF THE GAME. DAVID CARR. COME ON DOWN. YEA, WATCH THIS MESS. GAME TIED AT 13 NOW. MOORE… DUMPING IT TO JONATHAN STEWART HE THOUGHT. YEA, THAT’S YOUR GUY RIGHT THERE. THERE’S YOUR GUY. THAT’S REALLY THE ONLY MISTAKE HE MADE TODAY, ISN’T IT PAUL? LOOK AT HIS #’S, 28-41, 2 TDS., THAT INTERCEPTION. MATT MOORE 96.4 QB RATING TODAY. VERY NICE DAY FOR MATT MOORE. VERY NICE. VERY NICE. JIMMY CLAUSON.

THERE’S ANOTHER ROOKIE WIDE OUT, BRANDON LEFELL. CAROLINA, GAIN OF 9. 7 PLAYS LATER, 2 MINS. TO GO IN THE GAME. IT’S 3^RD DOWN & 2. MATT MOORE WANTS JAMIE’S GUY DAVID GETTIS. WHAT’S HIS NAME AGAIN? 23 YD. TOUCH. 8 CATCHES, 125 YDS. AND 2 TDS. I THINK THAT GUY SHOWED UP A COUPLE TIMES. THAT WAS A PRETTY WELL THROWN BALL TOO WASN’T IT. NOT THAT ONE. AS FOR THAT ONE THOUGH, PICKED OFF BY RICHARD MARSHALL. THAT’S A NICE INTERCEPTION. SO CAROLINA NOW HAS A CHANCE. COME ON, YOU’RE THE 49ERS, AND YOU WERE EXPECTED TO WIN THE NFC WEST, AND YOU’RE COMING ALL THE WAY TO CAROLINA TO DO THIS? MATT MOORE WELL PLACED. SLINGIN’ IT JAMIE. 308 YDS. PASSING FOR MATT MOORE. 43 SECS. LEFT. JOHN CASEY 37 YDS. OUT. UP AND IN. THE 49ERS ARE GONNA DROP TO 1-6? WELL, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO WALTZ TO THE NFC WEST TITLE. WELL I DON’T KNOW ABOUT WALTZ. OH YEA. OH YES. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DANCE. CAROLINA PANTHERS 23-20. TWO 1 WIN TEAMS.

01:41:33 – OAKLAND RAIDERS @ DENVER BRONCOS

RAIDERS AT THE BRONCOS. JASON CAMPBELL GETTING THE START WITH BRUCE GRATKOWSKI ON THE SIDELINES. 1^ST QUARTER OPENING POSSESSION, PLAY ACTION CAMPBELL TO HIS TALENTED T.E. ZACH MILLER, 43 YD. OAKLAND TD. 1^ST OPENING DRIVE TD. OF THE SEASON FOR THE RAIDERS. IT’S 7-NOTHING. SILVER & BLACK. MUCH MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM WITH TOM CABLE. NEXT POSSESSION FOR DENVER. KYLE ORTON WANTS JABBAR GAFFNEY BUT HE FINDS CHRIS JOHNSON, AND HE FINDS LOTS OF GREEN IN FRONT OF HIM. 30 YD. PICK 6. OAKLAND NOW LEADING 14-NOTHING JUST 5 MINS. INTO THE GAME.

2^ND QUARTER, IT’S 24-NOTHING RAIDERS. CAMPBELL DUMPS IT OFF TO DARREN MCFADDEN. HE FINDS TO THE END ZONE AND THE ROUTE IS ON. OAKLAND LED 31-NOTHING. INTO THE 3^RD QUARTER. HERE’S DAN MCFADDEN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE. 57 YD. SPRINT AND SCORE. MCFADDEN HAD 196 YDS. OF TOTAL OFFENSE AND THE RAIDERS ROLL…IN A BIG WAY ON THE ROAD AGAINST A DIVISION RIVAL, 59-14 THE FINAL.

01:42:50 – ARIZONA CARDINALS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

THE 12^TH MAN GOT IN AHEAD OF THE UNDRAFTED ROOKIE QB OF THE ARIZONA CARDINALS…COMPARED TO THIS GAME. IT WILL BE ONE THAT THEY’LL WANT TO FORGET. AS FOR THE SPECIAL TEAMS, THEY WEREN’T SPECIAL FOR ARIZONA EITHER. ANDRE ROBERTS FUMBLES. DOESN’T PUT THE BALL AWAY. MARCUS TRUFANT HOPS ON THE 2 YD. LINE, AND THAT IS A GIMME FOR MATT HASSELBECK. HE HAS GOT A RED HOT WIDE RECEIVER. LOOK AT THIS GUY. WHAT A GREAT BACK SHOULDER THROW. GO UP AND USE YOUR 6’5 HEIGHT MIKE. HE LOOKS GOOD. HAVING A GREAT YEAR.

3^RD QUARTER, MAX HALL… MAX HALL SAYS, “YOU KNOW WHAT?..” OH. MAX HALL WAS SHAKEN UP ON THE PLAY. CHRIS CLEMENS UP. WE’LL SEE IF WE HEAR ABOUT THAT LATER ON IN THE WEEK. THE SEAHAWKS MAKING F.G.’S THOUGH BECAUSE THEY WERE SETTLING FOR IT. WOULD YOU BELIEVE A …KICKOFF. SPECIAL TEAMS THROWING SPECIAL TEAMS. THAT’S WHY WE CALL THEM SPECIAL. BERNARD COX RECOVERS BUT, AGAIN, THE CARDINALS DEFENSE HELD, AND WITH DERRICK ANDERSON NOW IN AT QB, THE OFFENSE BEGAN TO CLICK. __ DUSSETT OVER THE MIDDLE. MID-3^RD QUARTER. 3 PLAYS LATER, BEANIE WELLS RUNS UP THE MIDDLE. NICE …THERE. NICE PATIENCE. YES, INDEED. AND THE CARDS GET ON THE BOARD AND MAKE IT A 16-7 LEAD. BUT WHEN IT WAS 22-10 IN THE 4^TH QUARTER, THEY WERE DOWN. LARRY FITZGERALD. IT’S INCOMPLETE, AND THE SEAHAWKS TAKE OVER ON DOWNS AND TAKE OVER THE LEAD OF THE NFC WEST. PETE CARROLL ALL FIRED-UP.

01:44:34 – NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

AS FOR THE PATRIOTS, THEY WENT OUT TO S.D. WITH THE CHARGERS ALL BANGED UP. I LIKE HIM. AND PHILIP RIVERS NEEDING TO COME UP WITH A WIN. BUT THEY JUST KEEP SHOOTING THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT, STEPHEN. YEA, THEY DO. THIS TEAM’S THE #1 PASSING TEAM IN THE LEAGUE. THEY’RE #1 ON OFFENSE AND DEFENSE. BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN THEY’RE GONNA PUT IT ON THE GROUND OR TURN IT OVER. A LOT OF INJURIES. LIKE YOU SAID, NO MALCOLM FLOYD TODAY. IS THAT CHRIS WILSON WHO PUT THE BALL ON THE GROUND THAT LED TO A TOM BRADY TD.? AND RICHARD GOODMAN FROM FLORIDA ST. AN UNDRAFTED ROOKIE WHO’S FIRST GAME, THOUGHT IT WAS COLLEGE THAT ONCE YOU GO DOWN, THAT THE PLAY’S DONE. BUT HE WASN’T TOUCHED. THEN HIS PANTS FELL DOWN ANYWAY. MENTAL MISTAKE. SO, THAT’S THE WAY THAT THE PATRIOTS RECOVER THAT BALL; AND IN THE NEXT POSSESSION, AGAIN, JAY ..MENTAL MISTAKE. THAT BALL IS A LATERAL. LATERAL. RECOVER THE BALL. AND ROB __ NOT ONLY CORRALS IT BUT THEN RESTS ON THE GROUND FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE GETTING UP. SO THAT NOBODY FROM THE CHARGERS RUSHED TO THAT BALL. NOBODY. AND THAT LED TO NORV TURNER CHALLENGING, BUT THE PLAY STOOD AS CALLED. THE PATS KICKED THE F.G. TO GO UP 10-3. NEXT CHARGERS POSSESSION, RIVERS.. HE’S NOT PERFECT BUT WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS MAKING MISTAKES, AND THEN HE MAKES A MISTAKE LIKE THIS WITH DEVIN MCCORDY WITH A NICE INTERCEPTION. THAT’ WAS A GREAT PLAY. YEA. GREAT PLAY BY A ROOKIE. NOW THE RECEIVER’S GOTTA GO UP AND IF HE CAN’T GET IT, HE’S GOTTA BREAK IT UP. 4 1^ST HALF TURNOVERS IS NOT THE WAY THE CHARGERS NEEDED TO COME OUT OF A GAME WHERE THEY WERE 2-4 TO A TOUGH OPPONENT AT HOME. THEY’RE DOWN 23-6 WITH 9 MINS. TO GO ON THE PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD. ON 4^TH & 5, THEY GO FOR IT. RIVERS WITH A NICE THROW OVER THE MIDDLE TO PATRICK CRAYTON WHO HAD QUITE A NICE DAY FOR THE CHARGERS WITH THEIR RECEIVING CORE ALL BANGED UP. MALCOLM FLOYD WAS OUT. THEN THIS WAS THE FIRST CATCH OF THE GAME FOR THE INJURED ANTONIO GATES WITH 7 MINS. AND CHANGE TO GO. MAKES IT A 23-13 GAME. THE ENSUING KICKOFF ON __. RICHARD GOODMAN WITH THE REDEMPTION PLAY. GREAT KID. GOOD EXECUTION BY THE SPECIAL TEAMS. THEY NEEDED THAT. BELICHICK CHALLENGED IT DIDN’T GO THE REQUIRED 10 YDS. BUT IT WAS THE 1^ST DOWN CHARGERS; AND THEN RIVERS TO __. WITH A 20 YD. PLAY. BRADY CAN’T WATCH AS MIKE TOLBERT PUTS IT IN THE END ZONE AND MAKE IT A 3 PT. GAME NOW. CAME ROARING BACK WITH A COUPLE OF QUICK TDS. HERE LATE IN THE LATE QUARTER MADE THE GAME. 3^RD & 3 FOR THE PATS, 2 AND CHANGE TO GO. WES WELKER DIVES FOR THE 1^ST DOWN. THE BALL IS RULED OUT OF BOUNDS, SHY OF THE 1^ST DOWN. IT’S 4^TH & SHORT. 4^TH & 2. HOLY KEVIN FAULK, JUGGLING ACT BATMAN. IT’S NOT A 1^ST DOWN, AS WES WELKER COULDN’T COME DOWN WITH IT. KEVIN FAULK COULDN’T COME DOWN WITH IT AT INDY. LET’S GO FOR IT AGAIN. I HIS SWAGGER. I LIKE IT. I LIKE HIS SWAGGER. BEN JARVIS …I DON’T LIKE HIS RUNNING GAME BUT I LIKE HIS SWAGGER. SO THE PATS NOW WATCH THE CHARGERS GET THE BALL ON THEIR OWN 48 WITH ALL 3 TIMEOUTS LEFT NEEDING A F.G. JUST TO TIE IT. RIVERS SCRAMBLING ON 3^RD & 10. HE LOOKS FOR GATES WHO CAN’T GET TO THE 1^ST DOWN MARKER HIMSELF. CHARGERS USE THEIR TIMEOUT AND GO FOR THE GAME-WINNING F.G.; BUT A FALSE START IS CALLED AND PUSHED CHRIS BROWN BACK FROM 50 YDS. OUT. THAT HURTS. AND 1 LAST MISTAKE. A FALSE START ON A GAME-TYING F.G.

01:48:10 – MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS

FOR FAVRE, BACK AT LAMBEAU FIELD FOR THE 2^ND TIME IN HIS CAREER AS THE QB OF THE VIKINGS. AND, OF COURSE GUYS, WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT? EARLY ON HERE, A NICE PLAY HERE AS THE GREAT PERCY HARVIN IN THE BACKFIELD, AND HE TAKES A HIT UP 17 YDS. FOR THE TD. HE DID THIS A LOT IN COLLEGE. YOU PLAY RECEIVER, A LITTLE BIT OF R.B. THE EMOTION OF INSIDE. RUN THE COUNTER WEAK WITH THE BACKSIDE T.E. I LIKE THIS PLAY. __ COMING AROUND HERE TO BLOCK INSIDE THE HOLE, AND THE BACK SIDE DUGAN T.E. FOLLOWING THROUGH HERE, AND IT’S A MISDIRECTION COUNTER PLAY. WELL DESIGNED, AND IT’S A LOCK IN FOR PERCY HARVIN. GOOD JOB COACH. AND ANY TIME YOU CAN GET THE BALL INTO PERCY HARVIN’S HANDS AS A PLAYMAKER, THAT’S A GOOD JOB.

7-ALL HERE. 3^RD & 8 FOR THE PACKERS. HERE’S RODGERS TO ANDREW __, AND THEY CALL IT A TD. BUT HE REALLY WAS OUT OF BOUND. BUT THE VIKINGS DIDN’T CHALLENGE. YEA, GREAT JOB GOING UP GETTING THE BALL. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE HE DOES NOT MAINTAIN POSSESSION. BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE ..POSSESSION IN CONTROL ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND; BUT, DID NOT GET CHALLENGED. THEY CALL THAT A TD.

ENSUING PACKERS POSSESSION HERE. BRETT FAVRE AND THE BUBBLE SCREEN TO PERCY HARVIN, WHO LUNGES..ORIGINALLY RULED A TD. BUT MIKE MCCARTHY WAS RED HOT WITH THE CHALLENGES. THE PLAY WAS REVERSED BECAUSE PERCY HARVIN STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS. AND THEN ENSUING PACKERS POSSESSION, THEY’RE LINED UP AT A F.G. FORMATION BUT THEY’RE GONNA FAKE IT. AND IT’S MATT _.......OH, YOU TRIPPED YOURSELF. YOU GOT 15 RECEIVERS ON THE SIDELINE. YOU’RE GONNA THROW THIS PLAY TO A GUY THAT’S GONNA LOSE HIS FOOTING. NOT A GOOD PLAY.

ALRIGHT, THE ENSUING VIKINGS POSSESSION HERE, TIED UP AT 14. FAVRE TO SHANKO. LOOKS LIKE A 17 YD. TD. BUT, ONCE AGAIN, MIKE MCCARTHY DECIDES TO CHALLENGE. AND THE BALL DOES HIT THE GROUND BUT MICHAEL LOOKS LIKE HE STILL MAINTAINED POSSESSION. YEA. THIS ONE THREW ME OFF TOO FRED. IT SAYS, AS LONG AS YOU GONNA DEMONSTRATE CONTROL. HE NEVER LOST CONTROL. I THOUGHT IT WAS A TOUCHDOWN AND, OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE COACH CHILDRESS. HE THOUGHT IT WAS A TD. BUT THAT WAS A RETURN.

NOW THE VIKINGS HAVE TO SET UP FOR A F.G. 17-14 OF THE 3^RD. FAVRE STEPS UP. PICKED OFF BY A.J. HAWKE. ALL OF A SUDDEN, BRETT FAVRE COMES UP A LITTLE GIMPY. OH COME ON MAN. BRETT HAS A REASON TO BE GIMPY. DID YOU SEE THAT ANKLE? YOU GUYS STOP THIS. SO HERE COMES AARON RODGERS WITH ZIP TO GREG JENNINGS. IT’S A 14 YD. TD. STRIKE. PACKERS GET PTS. OFF TURNER. OPENS UP 21-17. FAVRE COMING BACK. TIPPED OFF BY DESMOND BISHOP, AND BISHOP’S GONE 32 YDS. THE OTHER WAY. HE WAS LOOKING FOR RANDY MOSS. BUT IT DIDN’T WORK OUT. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS HAPPENS TO BRETT FAVRE WHEN HE’S UP UNDER DURESS. HE JUST CREATES OFF-THE-CUFF AND JUST DOES SOMETHING CRAZY. KEY 3^RD & 1. THEY GO FOR THE HOMERUN. I LIKE THE CALL. FAKE IT IN THERE WITH POWER RUN GAME AND THROW IT DEEP TO PERCY HARVIN. ALRIGHT. AND THAT SETUP THIS. 3^RD & 2. FAVRE WITH THE DART TO MOSS WHO GETS IN FOR IT WITH A TD. VIKINGS. THEY CUT THE PACKERS LEAD 28-20. HE BETTER WATCH THAT ANKLE ON THAT JUMP THERE. YOU SAW THAT?

3^RD & 5. NOW AARON RODGERS TRYING TO SCRAMBLE FOR A 1^ST DOWN. CLOSE BUT HE COMES UP 1 YD. SHORT OF THE 1^ST.

4^TH & 1 THEY’RE GONNA GO FOR IT. THEY GIVE IT TO JOHN…. EFFORT RIGHT THERE. EFFORT. THAT’S WHAT YOU LOVE WITH A TIGHT GAME LIKE THIS. YOU LIKE TO SEE GUYS GIVE THAT EFFORT. ALRIGHT, 3 PLAYS LATER NOW. 12^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE. IT’S RODGERS TO JENNINGS. THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS CLOSE TO A 1^ST DOWN BUT THEY DID IT IN A GREAT SPOT AND IT’S 4^TH & 1 AGAIN. MIKE MCCARTHY SAYS, “KEEP THE F.G. UNIT ON THE SIDELINES. WE’LL GO FOR IT. BUT THIS TIME CHAD GREENWAY IS THERE TO STOP .. A LOT OF MEAT INSIDE ON THAT DEF. LINE FOR THE VIKINGS. SO HERE COME THE VIKINGS. ADRIAN PETERSON, WHO WAS OVER 130 YDS. ON THE NIGHT. 17 YDS. THERE. THIS IS THE PATIENCE. ERIC __, HIS R.B. COACH WAS EXEMPLIFYING IN THE OFFSEASON, TRYING TO GET HIM TO UNDERSTAND PATIENCE OF A R.B. BRETT FAVRE PICKED OFF FOR THE 3^RD TIME. THIS TIME BY NICK COLLINS. JUST DOES A WONDERFUL JOB OF COMING OVER THE TOP OF THE RECEIVER TO MAKE THAT INTERCEPTION. THE VIKINGS GET THE BALL BACK ON A 3^RD & 7. FAVRE TO TOBY GERHARDT 6 YDS. TO THE 42. SO NOW WHAT’S BRAD CHILDRESS GONNA DO? GO FOR IT! AND IT’S PETERSON! WAS THERE ANY DOUBT. EVERYBODY IN THE STADIUM KNEW WHO WAS GONNA GET THE FOOTBALL THERE.

5 YDS. FOR THE 1ST DOWN. A BUCK 56 FOR MANNING. 28-24 PACKERS ON TOP. FAVRE LOOKING FOR HARVIN. IT IS INCOMPLETE. WELL HE GOT FOOLED RIGHT THERE. BRETT FAVRE DID. YOU COULD TELL A LITTLE BIT UNSTEADY. HE HAD RANDY MOSS 1-ON-1 OUTSIDE. DIDN’T GET A CHANCE TO GO TO HIM.

4^TH & 5 TO RANDY MOSS! A HUGE PLAY. KEEPS THE DRIVE ALIVE. A MINUTE 19 LEFT. FAVRE. HE’S GONNA BE DROPPED BY JARIUS WYNN. IT’S A 6 YD. LOSS. SO THE VIKINGS ARE FORCED TO USE THEIR 2^ND TIMEOUT. 1:12 LEFT. 2^ND & 16. FAVRE IN TROUBLE. DUMPS IT OFF TO A.P., AND PETERSON PICKS UP 26 YDS. TO THE 15; AND HE GETS OUT OF BOUNDS WITH BUCK 03 LEFT. SO AFTER A FALSE START HERE, IT’S FAVRE STEPS UP TO ASANTE SHANKO AT THE 10 BUT THERE’S A FLAG ON THE PLAY.

AND THERE WAS A FACEMASK RIGHT HERE. ..ON CLAY MATTHEWS. CLEAR AS DAY. SO HERE WE GO. IT’S 1^ST & 30. PLENTY OF TIME. FAVRE CREATES SPACE WITH A BACK IN THE END ZONE IS __, AND COMES DOWN WITH IT FOR A TD! WE’RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN NOW BECAUSE MIKE DOESN’T HAVE ANY CHALLENGES LEFT. HE USED THEM ALREADY BUT UP IN THE BOOTH THEY’LL CHALLENGE. 1 FOOT IN. 1 FOOT OUT. NOT A CATCH. CANNOT BELIEVE HE DID NOT TOE-TAP RIGHT THERE, COACH. IT’S AN AMAZING THING TO GET THAT CLOSE AND NOT TOE-TAP AND GET THAT TOUCHDOWN.

2^ND & 30, FAVRE DUMPS IT OFF TO PETERSON. PICKS UP 15 YDS. 20 NOW. PACKERS HAVE TO USE THEIR 3^RD TIMEOUT. THEN IT COMES DOWN TO THIS. 4^TH & 15. FAVRE FALLS DOWN. GETS UP! ARE THERE ANY FAVRE FIREWORKS LEFT?! INCOMPLETE TO RANDY MOSS. SO AARON RODGERS GET HIS 1^ST VICTORY AGAINST BRETT FAVRE AND THE MINN. VIKINGS; AND FAVRE WALKING OFF THE FIELD. LIMPING. LIMPING COACH. TO A CHILLY RECEPTION. SO THE VIKINGS FALL TO 2-4 AS THE PACKERS GET A HUGE VICTORY, 28-24. THEY ARE NOW TIE WITH THE CHICAGO BEARS ATOP THE NFC NORTH. MEANWHILE THIS PACKERS DEFENSE, DECIMATED WITH INJURIES. BUT THEY CAME OUT AND GOT A HUGE VICTORY.

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