SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 8

 

1.BILLS@cHIEFS   2:59

2.PANTHERS@RAMS   1:53

3.BRONCOS@49ERS   2:43

4.PACKERS@JETS   3:21

5.JAGS@COWBOYS   2:56

6.DOLPHINS@BENGALS   2:55

7.REDSKINS@LIONS   3:06

8.VIKES@PATS   4:20

9.TITANS@CHARGERS   3:08

10.BUCS@CARDS   2:13

11.SEAHAWKS@RAIDERS   1:17

12.STEELERS@SAINTS   4:05

 

 

TRT:  47:02   WITH BARS

 

01:10:14 – BUFFALO BILLS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

 

K.C. PLAYING HOST TO BUFFALO.  TODD HALEY’S CHIEFS #1 RANKED RUSHING TEAM IN THE LEAGUE.  THE WINLESS BILLS SHOULD BE EASY FOR K.C., RIGHT?  NO!  MATT CASSEL DUMPING TO JAMAL CHARLES.  MAKING A PLAY, 31 YD. GAME.  HOW ABOUT JAMAL CHARLES RUSHING FOR 177 YDS. IN THIS GAME?

 

AND DWAYNE BOWE.  1 YD. TD.  THE CHIEFS LED 7-0 AT HALFTIME.  MATT CASSEL MANAGING THE GAME.  THAT’S WHAT HE DOES.

 

4^TH QUARTER NOW.  BILLS TRAILING 10-3.  RYAN FITZPATRICK GOING DEEP TO ROSCOE PARRISH 37 YDS.   __ WILL THROW THAT BALL DOWN THE FIELD.  I LOVE THE BEARD.  CAME INTO THIS GAME AS A 2^ND LEADING PASSER IN ALL OF THE NFL.  PASSER RATING.  YEA.  HE ALSO HAD 11 TD. PASSES.  LEE EVANS FUMBLES.  CHIEFS RECOVER.  CHAN GAILEY WOULD CHALLENGE THE PLAY.  MIKE VRABLE WAS OUT OF BOUNDS WHEN HE TOUCHED THE BALL SO THE BILLS RETAIN POSSESSION.  THAT IS A BAD BEARD.  THAT IS A BAD BEARD.

 

4^TH & GOAL FROM THE 3.  FITZPATRICK TO STEVIE JOHNSON.  NOW WAS HE IN FOR A 3 YD. TOUCHDOWN?  ON THE FIELD THEY SAY YES BUT TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  HE WAS IN.  I THINK HE’S IN.  THE OFFICIALS THINK HE’S IN.  YEA.  LEG WAS NOT DOWN.  CALL STANDS.  BILLS TIE THE GAME AT 10 WITH THE EXTRA POINT.  CHAN’S GOT THE READING GLASSES ON.  ENSUING POSSESSION.  MATT CASSEL.  3^RD & 1.  A MINUTE AND A HALF TO GO, 3^RD & 1, YOU’RE TIED AND YOU’RE THROWING IT?  YOU’RE THE BEST LINE TEAM IN THE LEAGUE!  STOP IT!  STOP IT!  THAT’S NOT ON MATT CASSEL.  THAT’S ON CHARLIE WEISS.  NO, NO.  THAT’S ON FITZPATRICK AND THAT SLIPPED.  SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND.

 

AND WE ARE HEADED FOR OVERTIME TIED AT 10.  7:19 LEFT.  BUFFALO SENDS OUT THE KICKING UNIT.  BRIAN LINDEL FROM 53 YDS. OUT.  IT’S GOOD.  HOWEVER, A TIMEOUT.  WOW.  CAN HE DO IT AGAIN FROM 53?  NO, HE CANNOT.  YOU ARE CORRECT.  NO GOOD.  CHIEFS TAKE OVER.  STRATEGY.

 

7 PLAYS LATER, RYAN SUCCUPS CHANCE FROM 39 YDS. OUT.  CHAN GAILEY, GIVE ME THAT TIMEOUT.  MAKE HIM THINK ABOUT IT.  DID HE ICE HIM?  YES HE DID.  THAT COUNTS AS A HOOK.  3:38 LEFT IN O.T.  THAT COUNTS AS A CHOKE.  GAME TIED AT 10.  CHIEFS NEXT POSSESSION.  CASSEL TO THE ROOKIE T.E. TONY __ .  SPIN MOVE 18 YD. GAIN TO THE BUFFALO 35.  5 PLAYS LATER RYAN SUCCUP, COME ON BACK OUT.  WITH 6 SECONDS LEFT, IT’S FROM 35 YDS. OUT.  NICE DRAW.  SEE HE LAID IT OUT THERE …LET THE WIND BRING IT BACK IN.

 

K.C. WINS IN O.T. HERE.  BAD BEARD LOSES.  WINLESS.  AT 0-7, THE CHIEFS IMPROVE TO 5-2.  MATT CASSEL, ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT AN INT.

 

 

 

01:13:25 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

 

RAMS LOOKING TO WIN THEIR 4^TH STRAIGHT AT HOME.  STEPHEN JACKSON PASSED ERIC DICKERSON AS THE FRANCHISE’S ALL TIME LEADING RUSHER.  HAD SURGERY ON HIS RING FINGER DURING THE WEEK.  BUT HE GOT TO WORK EARLY AND OFTEN.  2^ND QUARTER, BOUNCING IT OUTSIDE AND CUTTING UP FIELD FOR A 1^ST DOWN.  A GAIN OF 14.  IT WOULD LEAD TO A RAMS F.G. PUTTING THEM UP 3-NOTHING.  ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, SAME SCORE.  SAM BRADFORD FINDS BRANDON GIBSON FOR AN 8 YD. PICKUP AND A RAMS 1^ST DOWN AT THE 30.  NICE GRAB.  A COUPLE PLAYS LATER, BRADFORD LOOKING.  ALL KINDS OF TIME.  FINDS RON ROBINSON WHO PICKS UP 16 YDS.  NICE PICKUP IN TRAFFIC DOWN TO THE PANTHERS 10.  FEW PLAYS LATER, BRADFORD ROLLING RIGHT, FINDS DANNY AMANDOLA IN THE END ZONE.  HIS 2^ND TD. OF THE SEASON.  10-0.  ST. LOUIS WENT INTO HALFTIME UP 10-3.  PANTHERS OPENING POSSESSION OF THE 2^ND HALF.  MATT MOORE SACKED BY O.J. ATAGWA FOR A LOSS OF 8.  THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUNT ON THAT POSSESSION.  MORE OF THE SAME ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION.  THIS TIME JAMES __ GETS IN ON THE ACT.  CAROLINA FORCED TO PUNT ONCE AGAIN.  AND ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, SAME STUFF GOING ON FOR CAROLINA.  ALL KINDS OF MISTAKES.  MATT MOORE FINDS STEVE SMITH, BUT HE BOUNCES AWAY AND LOSES THE BALL.  CHRIS LONG FALLS ON IT FOR ST. LOUIS.  RAMS BALL AT CAROLINA’S 43.  8 CATCHES, 80 YDS. BUT THAT COSTLY FUMBLE FOR STEVE SMITH.  SAM BRADFORD MAKING THEM PAY.  COMPLETE TO BRANDON GIBSON.  A PICKUP OF 33.  DOWN TO THE CAROLINA 15.

 

3 PLAYS LATER, BRADFORD AVOIDING THE PRESSURE, ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT, FINDS HIS T.E. DANIEL FELLS INTO THE END ZONE.  A 23 YD. TD.  HIS 2^ND TD. CATCH OF THE SEASON.  BRADFORD 2 TD. PASSES.  RAMS GO ON FOR THE EASY VICTORY.  THEY’RE NOW 4-4.

 

01:15:27 – DENVER BRONCOS @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

 

BRONCOS AND THE NINERS IN LONDON AT WIMBLEY STADIUM.  JOHN ELWAY AND JERRY RICE ON HAND AS THE HONORARY TEAM CAPTAIN.  AND, GUESS WHAT?  IT WOULD BE KYLE ORTON AND TROY SMITH GOING AT IT AS THE QBS IN THIS ONE.  FRANK GORE TAKING A HANDOFF ON S.F.’S 2^ND POSSESSION.  ON A 2^ND & 4 HE GETS A GAIN OF 13 FOR A 1^ST DOWN.  3 PLAYS LATER TROY SMITH IN THE SHOTGUN.  THROWS ON A SLANT TO VERNON DAVIS.  A GAIN OF 12 AS THEY CROSS MIDFIELD.  4 PLAYS LATER AT THE 45.  THIS TIME SMITH FINDS BRIAN WESTBROOK ON THE SCREEN PASS.  WESTBROOK PICKS UP 9 YDS. AND THE FIRST DOWN.  IT WILL LEAD TO A JOE NEDNEY F.G.  NINERS GOING UP 3-NOTHING AT THE HALF.  VERY LOW SCORING CONTEST IN LONDON.  KYLE ORTON, NICE FAKE AND HE THROWS DEEP.  IT’S BRANDON LLOYD.  THIS COULD BE THE BIG PLAY FOR DENVER ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE.  A GAIN OF 71; AND TIM TEBOW COMES IN ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY.  FIRST AND GOAL, RUNNING LEFT SIDE.  PLOWS INTO THE END ZONE.  DENVER UP 7-3 IN LONDON.  TEBOW’S 2^ND TD. RUN OF THE SEASON.

 

ALEX SMITH LOOKING ON.  HE IS HURT.  TROY SMITH IN THERE.  NINERS DOWN 10-3.  COULD HE MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN?  AND GUESS WHAT?  STANDING ON HIS FEET ESCAPING PRESSURE.  BOMBS ONE DEEP!  AND GUESS WHO’S THERE?  DELANEY WALKER AT THE 1 YD. LINE.  A GAIN OF 38 ON THE PLAY.  2 PLAYS LATER TROY SMITH ROLLING RIGHT.  I GOT THIS ONE MYSELF.  INTO THE END ZONE, A 1 YD. SCORE.  NINERS TIE IT UP AT 10.  THAT IS TROY SMITH’S 3^RD CAREER RUSHING TD.  ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, STILL TIED AT 10.  IT’S MICHAEL CRABTREE.  WHAT AN EFFORT.  A 28 YD. TD. AND NOW THE NINERS ARE UP 17-10.  ENSUING DENVER POSSESSION.  KYLE ORTON UNDER PRESSURE, AND HE IS BROUGHT DOWN FROM BEHIND; LOSES THE BALL.  TAKEO SPIKES RECOVERS IT FOR S.F.  NINERS TAKE OVER AT THE 18.  IT’S THE 8^TH FUMBLE LOSS FOR THE BRONCOS ON THE SEASON.  FRANK GORE MAKES THEM PAY.  SQUIRTS THROUGH FOR THE TD. FROM 3 YDS. OUT.  NINERS UP 24-10.  GORE, 118 YDS. AND THE TD.  2:23 LEFT.  ORTON FINDS BRANDON LLOYD.  A 1 YD. SCORE.  BRONCOS MISSED THE EXTRA POINT.  GOES DOWN 8.  24-16.  COULD THEY COME BACK?  UNDER A MINUTE LEFT AND GUESS WHAT?  HE IS INTERCEPTED BY SHANTE SPENCER.  NINERS TAKE OVER AND THEY WOULD EARN THEIR 2^ND WIN OF THE SEASON.  BOTH TEAMS ARE NOW 2-6.  24-16, S.F.

 

01:18:20 – GREEN BAY PACKERS @ NEW YORK JETS

 

THE PACKERS HAVE NEVER BEATEN THE JETS ON THE ROAD.  AARON RODGERS AVERAGING 300 YDS. PASSING.  THE LAST 3 WKS. COMING OFF THE BYE, DARRELL REVIS DECLARES HIMSELF 100% HEALTHY THIS WEEK, AND IT’S A FAKE PUNT ON A 4^TH & 18.  STEVE WEATHERFORD RUNNING FOR THE 1^ST DOWN.  DID HE GET IT?  MIKE MCCARTHY, PACKERS COACH, WANTS TO CHALLENGE THIS SPOT.  HE THINKS WEATHERFORD WAS SHORT OF THE 1^ST DOWN AND GUESS WHAT?  HIS FOOT WAS OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 36.  PACKERS WIN THE CHALLENGE.  THEY TAKE OVER IN JETS TERRITORY; AND WOULD MAKE N.Y. PAY.  1^ST PLAY.  AARON RODGERS FINDS A WIDE OPEN GREG JENNINGS OVER THE MIDDLE.  RUNNING ACROSS THE FIELD, TAKES IT DOWN TO THE 6 YD. LINE BUT THE JETS DEFENSE WOULD HOLD.  PACKERS WOULD SETTLED FOR AS F.G.

3-NOTHING.  TURNS OUT, THAT WAS ALL THEY WOULD NEED.  AS THE JETS OFFENSE COULDN’T GET ANYTHING GOING.  MARK SANCHEZ, SACKED BY BRANDON CHILLER ON THE 3^RD DOWN.  BRAD SMITH UNDER CENTER, AND HE FUMBLES THE BALL.  PACKERS WOULD RECOVER THAT ONE.  THEN ON A 3^RD DOWN, MARK SANCHEZ PICKED OFF BY TRUMAN WILLIAMS.  THE JETS OFFENSE IN THE 1^ST HALF, JUST 148 YDS., NO POINTS, AND 2 TURNOVERS.  IT WAS A ROCKY GAME FOR N.Y.’S OFFENSE.

 

TRAILING 3-NOTHING, LADAINIAN TOMLINSON WOULD GET INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS ON THAT RUN.  A GAIN OF 8.  HE BECAME JUST THE 2^ND PLAYER IN NFL HISTORY WITH 1,300 CAREER RUSHING YDS. AND 4,000 CAREER RECEIVING YDS.

 

G.B. GOES INTO HALFTIME UP 3-NHTING IN THIS LOW-SCORING CONTEST.  JETS WITH THE BALL TRAILING 3-NOTHING.  MARK SANCHEZ LOOKING DEEP FOR JERICHO COTCHERY OVER THE MIDDLE.  STAYS ON HIS FEET.  GAINS 49 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 28.  LOOKS LIKE THE JETS HAVE SOMETHING COOKING BUT NICK FOLK WOULD END WIND UP MISSING A 37 YD. F.G.  NO PTS. FOR N.Y.

 

ONTO THE 4^TH.  STILL DOWN 3-0, SANCHEZ, AND MAKING THE SHOELACES GRAB, BRAYLON EDWARDS, AND THAT WAS JUST HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE GAME.  NOT UNTIL THE 4^TH QUARTER DID HE GET INVOLVED.  4 PLAYS LATER, 1^ST & 20, SANCHEZ LOOKING FOR DUSTIN KELLER.  HOW DID CHARLES WOODSON COME UP WITH THAT BALL?  THE 3^RD TURNOVER OF THE GAME FOR THE JETS.  LOOK AT IT AGAIN.  SOMEHOW CHARLES WOODSON GETS THE STRIP.  REX RYAN WANTED TO CHALLENGE.  HE COULDN’T BECAUSE HE WAS O-2 ON CHALLENGES IN THE 1^ST HALF.  PACKERS ADDED ANOTHER F.G.  WENT UP 6-NOTHING.  JETS NEXT POSSESSION.  COULD THEY GET SOMETHING GOING FROM THE 35?  SANCHEZ LOOKING..END ZONE!  TRAMONT WILLIAMS WITH THE INTERCEPTION!  BREAKS UP THE PASS.  KNOCKS IT DOWN.  NOT THE PICK BUT, HE HAD JUST AS GOOD OF A RESULT.  REX RYAN ON THE 4^TH DOWN WANTS TO GO FOR IT.  4^TH & 8 FROM THE 35.  SANCHEZ PUMP FAKE, LOOKING FOR COTCHERY IN TRAFFIC.  BALL IS KNOCKED DOWN.  JETS TURN IT OVER ON DOWNS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE G.B. IS GOING TO COME AWAY WITH THINGS.  BUT, THE JETS GET ANOTHER CHANCE.  A 4^TH & 11.  2-1/2 MINS. LEFT, DOWN 6-0.  SANCHEZ ALL KINDS OF TIME.  COULD HE FIND A WIDE OPEN RECEIVER?  GOES DOWNFIELD.  OUT OF BOUNDS.  INCOMPLETE.  AND THE PACKERS ADD ANOTHER F.G.  HOLD ON FOR THE 9-0 WIN AND THE SHUTOUT.  THEY’RE NOW 5-3.  JETS ARE 5-2.

 

01:21:51 – JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

 

COWBOYS GOING WITH BACKUP QB JON KITNA, GETTING HIS FIRST START SINCE 2008 WITH TONY ROMO OUT 6-8 WKS. WITH A BROKEN CLAVICLE SUFFERED ON MONDAY NIGHT.

 

1^ST QUARTER, COWBOYS UP 3-NOTHING.  MAURICE JONES-DREW TAKES THE PEAK FOR THE 1^ST DOWN.  A GAIN OF 23 FOR M.J.D.  AND JACKSONVILLE, ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY.  DAVID GARRARD WITH THE PLAY FAKE.  BACK OF THE END ZONE.  MIKE .. WALKER COMES DOWN WITH IT.  A TD.  HIS 4^TH OF THE SEASON.  JAGS UP EARLY ON THE ROAD, 7-3.  AND IT WOULD BE MORE OF THE SAME FOR JACKSONVILLE. JON KITNA GETTING SOME BAD LUCK EARLY ON.  BALL GOES OFF HIS RECEIVER RIGHT TO .. AND FELIX JONES.  BALL DEFLECTED OFF OF HIM.  JACKSONVILLE COMES UP WITH THE TURNOVER.  CAN’T REALLY BLAME JON KITNA FOR THAT ONE.  HE THREW IT RIGHT TO FELIX JONES BUT JACKSONVILLE GETS THE INTERCEPTION.  AFTER A DAVID GARRARD FUMBLE, COWBOYS IN GOOD FIELD POSITION.  ONCE AGAIN, SAME THING.  OFF THE HANDS OF MILES AUSTIN.  DERRICK HAWKS GETS THE INTERCEPTION FOR JACKSONVILLE.  THEIR 2^ND INT. OF THE GAME.  RIGHT TO MILES AUSTIN OFF HIS FINGERTIPS, AND THERE IS COX IN THE RIGHT PLACE AGAIN FOR JACKSONVILLE.  AND ON THEIR ENSUING POSSESSION, THEY WOULD MAKE THEM PAY.  MERCEDES LEWIS OVER THE TOP, AND HE BREAKS A TACKLE IN THE END ZONE.  A 42 YD. SCORE.  JAGUARS ON THE ROAD.  UP 14-3 IN DALLAS.  WADE PHILLIPS, UH OH.  30 SECS. LEFT IN THE HALF.  COULD DALLAS GET A SCORE?  BACK OF THE END ZONE.  MILES AUSTIN.  DID HE HAVE BOTH FEET DOWN ON THE PLAY?  IS DALLAS BACK IN THE BALL GAME?  NO.  RULES OUT OF BOUNDS.  3^RD & GOAL.  THE GIVE TO MERRIAN BARBER.  STOPPED SHORT AT THE GOAL LINE.  SO WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO?  9 SECS. LEFT IN THE HALF.  4^TH & GOAL.  THEY’RE GOING FOR IT.  THE GIFFS, AND HE RUNS INTO HIS OWN MAN.  MERRIAN BARBER RAN INTO JON KITNA.  THE STOP FOR JACKSONVILLE.  THEY GO INTO HALFTIME LEADING 14-3.  BAD MISCUE FOR DALLAS.

 

ONTO THE 3^RD QUARTER.  DOWN 21-3.  KITNA LOOKING AGAIN.  THROWS BEHIND ROY WILLIAMS.  INTERCEPTED BY DERRICK COX.  HIS 2^ND INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME BUT, DID THE BALL HIT THE TURF BEFORE COX MADE THE CATCH?  THEY WOULD REVIEW IT.  WADE PHILLIPS WITH THE CHALLENGE.  BUT COX SLID HIS HANDS UNDER THE BALL.  IT COUNTS AS AN INT.  JAGUARS GET THE BALL BACK.  21-3.  AND EVEN MORE.  THE PASS TO – WALKER, AND HE WOULD TAKE IT DOWN INSIDE THE 10 YD. LINE.  NICE GRAB, AND THEN ON A 2^ND & 9 FROM THE 9 YD. LINE, DAVID GARRARD GOES BACK ACROSS HIS BODY.  MERCEDES LEWIS, HIS 2^ND TD. CATCH OF THE GAME, AND THAT GIVES THE JAGUARS A BIG LEAD.  THEY WOULD ROLL TO VICTORY.  THEY’RE NOW 4-4.  DALLAS IS 1-6.

 

01:25:00 – MIAMI DOLPHINS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS

 

THE T. OCHO SHOW AT HOME LOOKING TO STOP A 3-GAME LOSING STREAK FOR CINCY; AND THINGS STARTED OFF WELL FOR THE BENGALS ON THEIR OPENING POSSESSION.  A 3^RD & 10, CARSON PALMER LOOKING LEFT SIDE AND GETTING UP THERE.  CHAD OCHOCINCO WITH A 14 YD. GAIN AND THE 1^ST DOWN, KEEPS THE DRIVE ROLLING.  3^RD & 1 FROM THE 7.  6 PLAYS LATER, PALMER END ZONE.  TERRELL OWENS, A 7 YD. SCORE.  BENGALS UP 7-0.  A 15 PLAY DRIVE AND THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LAST 13 GAMES, THEY SCORED A TD. ON THEIR OPENING.  2^ND QUARTER.  DOLPHINS DOWN 7-6 AFTER A COUPLE F.G.’S FROM THEIR OWN 10.  CHAD HENNE INTERCEPTED BY MORGAN TRENT WHO GOT THE START IN PLACE OF THE INJURED JONATHAN JOSEPH, AN D THE BENGALS MAKING THEM PAY.  ILL-ADVISED THROW BY CARSON PALMER.  BUT THE BATTED AROUND AND SOMEHOW TERRELL OWENS ENDS UP WITH IT IN THE END ZONE.  BENGALS UP 15-6.  CHRIS CLEMENS HAD THIS ONE BUT HE KICKS IT UP IN THE AIR.  T.O. IS THERE.  BENGALS GO IN TO HALFTIME LEADING 14-12.

 

SAME SCORE.  3^RD & 9 FROM MIAMI’S 32.  CHAD HENNE LOOKING FOR DEVON BESS.  THAT’S A 1^ST DOWN.  A GAIN OF 20 AS HE TIGHTROPES DOWN THE SIDELINE.  LED TO DAN CARPENTER’S 5^TH F.G. PUTTING THE DOLPHINS UP 15-14.  4^TH QUARTER, SAME SCORE.  AN END AROUND FOR BRIAN HARTLINE, AND LOOK AT THAT.  HARTLINE BREAKING ALL THE WAY DEEP INTO CINCY TERRITORY FOR A GAIN OF 30 TO THE 19 YD. LINE.  THEY’RE IN THE RED ZONE.  VERY NEXT PLAY, RICKY WILLIAMS THE GIVE, AND HE WILL BREAK IT DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE.  AND GUESS WHAT?  RICKY BACK AT IT AGAIN.  ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY, 1^ST & GOAL FROM THE 1.  THE GIVE TO RICKY WILLIAMS.  FIGHTING HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  AND THEY SIGNAL A TD. BUT, MARVIN LEWIS DECIDES HE WANTS TO CHALLENGE THE PLAY.

 

RICKY WILLIAMS.  DID HE GET IN OR WAS HIS KNEE DOWN?  HE RUNS INTO TRAFFIC, DIVES FORWARD, LOOKS LIKE HE HAS THE BALL ACROSS; AND THE RULING STANDS.  DOLPHINS GO UP 22-14.  GOOD FORTUNE THIS TIME FOR MIAMI.  CEDRIC BENSON ON THE ENSUING CINCY DRIVE, STUFFED.  BENNY SAPP HANDS HIM A 7 YD. LOSS.  6 STRAIGHT POSSESSIONS FOR CINCY, ENDING WITH A PUNT.  AND AFTER A DOLPHINS PUNT, CINCY GETS IT BACK.  CARSON PALMER MOVING THE BALL TO OCHOCINCO, 1^ST DOWN.  VERY NEXT PLAY PALMER THROWING DEEP BUT HE UNDER THROWS TERRELL OWENS.  HE WAS IN THE END ZONE WIDE OPEN.  2 PLAYS LATER, AFTER A 15 YD. PENALTY BY MIAMI, IT’S AN INTERCEPTION.  THIS TIME SHAWN SMITH PICKS OFF CARSON PALMER.  PICKS HIM OFF AND THE DOLPHINS HOLD ON FOR THE 22-14 WIN.  THEY ARE NOW-4-3 AND UNDEFEATED ON THE ROAD.

 

01:28:02 – WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ DETROIT LIONS

 

REDSKINS AT THE LIONS.  THIS SERIES DATES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1932.  DEANGELO HALL COMING OFF HIS 4 INTERCEPTION GAME LAST WEEK AGAINST THE BEARS.  MATT STAFFORD BACK AFTER HURTING HIS SHOULDER IN WK. 1; AND IT WOULD BE A MONSTER GAME FOR STAFFORD.  1^ST QUARTER LOOKING END ZONE BUT HE IS INTERCEPTED BY DEANGELO HALL, WHO GETS UP THERE.  HIS 5^TH PICK IN HIS LAST 3 QUARTERS OF PLAY; BUT STAFFORD WOULD BOUNCE BACK.  3^RD & 4 AT THE 13.  STAFFORD, CALVIN JOHNSON DRAGGING HALL INTO THE END ZONE.  GETS THE BETTER END OF THAT MATCHUP THIS TIME.  A 13 YD. SCORE.  LIONS DRAW 1^ST BLOOD IN THE 2^ND QUARTER.  UP 7-NOTHING.  ENSUING DRIVE.  AFTER A LONG KICK RETURN GAVE THE REDSKINS GREAT FIELD POSITION, MCNABB TAKES OFF RUNNING FOR 36 YDS. ALL THE WAY INSIDE THE 10; AND THE REDSKINS WOULD GET A TD. RUN BY RYAN __ TO TIE THE GAME AT 7.  THEY WOULD LEAD AT THE HALF, 13-7.  ONTO THE 4^TH.  DOWN BY 1.  DONOVAN MCNABB LOOKING DEEP, AND THAT IS ANTHONY ARMSTRONG MUSCLED DOWN AT THE 11.  A 1^ST DOWN, AND THEY WOULD GIVE IT TO KEALEN WILLIAMS AS HE GETS HIS 2^ND CAREER TD. TD.  RYAN TERRAN LEFT THE GAME WITH A HAMMY.  SO HEALEN GETS THE SCORE.  REDSKINS GO UP 19-14.  THE 2 PT. CONVERSION NO GOOD.  LIONS ENSUING POSSESSION.  A 3^RD & 7.  BIG 1^ST DOWN STAFFORD TO CALVIN JOHNSON; AND THEN, 2 PLAYS LATER, IT IS CALVIN JOHNSON ONCE AGAIN.  MEGATRON.  HIS 2^ND TD. CATCH OF THE GAME.  LIONS UP 20-19.

 

BUT, ON THE ENSUING KICKOFF, SPECIAL TEAMS GETTING IT DONE FOR THE REDSKINS AGAIN.  THIS IS BRANDON BANKS TAKING OFF FOR THE RACES, LOOKING FOR A BLOCK.  SLIPS THE KICKER.  CUTS BACKFIELD AND HE IS GONE. THE ROOKIE FROM KANSAS STATE GIVES WASHINGTON A 25-20 LEAD ON A BIG TD.  THEY MISSED THE 2 POINTER.  THEY WERE UP 5.  THEIR NEXT POSSESSION AFTER A LIONS PUNT.  MCNABB USUALLY GREAT WITH THE BALL LATE IN THE GAME, INTERCEPTED BY ALFONZO SMITH WITH 4:32 LEFT, GIVING DETROIT EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION AT THE 37.  IT’S A 1^ST DOWN FOR THE LIONS DOWN BY 5.  AND THEY WOULD BE GOING FOR IT ON A 4^TH & 1.  MATTHEW STAFFORD FINDS CALVIN JOHNSON IN THE END ZONE.  IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW MANY GUYS YOU PUT ON HIM.  HE’S STILL GONNA COME DOWN WITH IT.  HIS 3^RD TD. OF THE GAME.  A CAREER HIGH FOR CALVIN.  THEY’RE UP 28-25 AFTER THE 2 PT. CONVERSION.  VERY NEXT SERIES FOR DONOVAN MCNABB.  HE IS BROUGHT DOWN ON A 4^TH DOWN.  CLIFF AVERILL THE SACK.  HIS 2^ND OF THE GAME.  THE 5^TH FOR DETROIT LED TO A LIONS F.G. AND GUESS WHAT?  MCNABB STOOD ON THE SIDELINES FOR THEIR FINAL POSSESSION.  REX GROSSMAN SACKED AND DOMINIC __ PICKS IT UP DANCING IN THE END ZONE; AND THAT IS A TD. FOR DETROIT TURNED INTO A BLOWOUT IN THE FINAL SCORE.  LIONS WIN IT 37-25.  THEY’RE 2-5.  REDSKINS DROP TO 500 AT 4-4.

 

 

 

 

01:31:18 - MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

 

...THAT JUST ENDED IN N.E.  BRETT FAVRE DOES MAKE HIS 292^ND CONSECUTIVE APPOINTED ROUND WITH RANDY MOSS BACK IN THE PLACE WHERE HE ONCE BELONGS JUST EARLIER THIS SEASON, AND FAVRE WITH MERE SECONDS TO GO IN THE 1^ST QUARTER.  TIRES TO STRIKE FIRST.  IT’S INCOMPLETE TO GREG LEWIS; BUT GARY DITAN IS GONNA GET A LITTLE … ON THE 6.  YEA, HE GOT A LITTLE BIT LATE HIT HERE TO THE HEAD, AND WAS SURPRISED TO SEE BRETT LEAVE THE POCKET EARLY IN THE GAME TESTING THAT INJURED ANKLE.  THAT’S WHEN ADRIAN PETERSON 1 YD. SCORE.  7-NOTHING MINN.  TOM BRADY GOING OVER THE MIDDLE FOR THE GUY THAT THEY TRADED…THAT THEY TOOK OVER RANDY MOSS’ SPOT.  THIS SHOULD’VE BEEN A PICK BY __ WILLIAMS.  NOT ONLY IT SHOULD’VE BEEN A PICK BUT AT LEAST BREAK IT UP.  HE MISSED THE BALL ENTIRELY.  AND, BIZARRELY, BRAD CHILDRESS CHALLENGED THAT.  I MEAN IT WAS AN OBVIOUS CATCH BY BRANDON TATAN.  WASTED CHALLENGE.  WASTED TIMEOUT.  THAT LED TO A DANNY WOODICK F.G. TO TIE IT AT 7.  TOBY GARHARDT, A COUPLE OF POSSESSIONS LATER WITH A MINUTE AND CHANGE TO GO IN THE 1^ST HALF.  ALMOST GOT IT AND THAT’S KEY THAT HE DIDN’T GET IN BECAUSE THEY TRIED FOR IT A COUPLE PLAYS LATER ON 4^TH & GOAL..  YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE GAMES BACK AGAINST MIAMI, 4^TH & GOAL, COULDN’T GET IT IN.  ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU GOT A FUTURE HALL OF FAMER IN HUTCHINSON ON THE LEFT SIDE.  AT ANY RATE, IT IS 10-7 IN THE 3^RD QUARTER. AND TOM BRADY BUYING ALL SORTS OF TIME TO FIND BRANDON TATE MAKING A PLAY, AND HE MAKES A MOVE IN THE OPEN FIELD AND IS GONE.  YOU GOTTA ..  AT GRADY FOR BUYING HIMSELF MORE TIME. IT’S HARD FOR ANY CORNERBACK IN THE NFL TO COVER A GUY FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.  GREAT PLAY BY TOM BRADY.  AND RANDY MOSS.  HE WASN’T THROWN TO ONCE IN THE 1^ST HALF.  THAT’S CRAZY.  AND THEY SHUT HIM DOWN OR THEY DOUBLE COVERED HIM PRETTY MUCH.  YEA, YOU’RE GONNA SEE A SAFETY OVER THE TOP.  MOST OF THE TIME  LINEBACKERS PUSHING TOWARDS HIM ALL DAY LONG DISCOURAGING BRETT FROM GOING THERE.  SO PERCY HAS TO HAVE THE BIG GAME.  SO RANDY MOSS, HE DIDN’T GET A RECEPTION UNTIL THE 2^ND HALF OF THIS GAME.  2 POSSESSIONS AFTER THE TATE TD.  PERCY HARVIN HAD IT IN HIS HANDS AND DEVIN MCCORDY RIPPED IT OUT OF HIS HANDS BEFORE THE BALL HIT THE GROUND.  THIS WAS A TRUE STRIP AND INTERCEPTION.  HEADS-UP PLAY BY THE CORNER.  NOW PERCY’S GOTTA MAKE THAT CATCH AND HE USUALLY DOES.  THESE ARE GAME-BREAKERS NOW.  THESE REALLY SWAY A GAME 1 WAY OR ANOTHER.  AND THAT LED TO BEN JARVIS GREEN ELLIS ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION TO MAKE IT AN 11 PT. GAME.  FAVRE WAS IN CONTROL AND PLAYED EFFICIENTLY, MORE THAN HE HAS PERHAPS IN ANY GAME THIS SEASON.  HE DIDN’T TURN THE BALL OVER.  THAT’S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO SAY.

 

4^TH QUARTER AN 11 PT. GAME, FAVRE TO MOSS IN THE END ZONE.  THAT’S A FLAG AND FAVRE DOES NOT GET UP.  IT’S NOT HIS ANKLE.  IT LOOKS LIKE HE TOOK A NICE HIT TO THE CHIN HERE; AND FAVRE WAS BLEEDING FROM THE CHIN.  AND IT’S SO RARE YOU NOT ONLY SEE HIM HELPED OFF THE FIELD BUT THIS SCENE.  LOOK AT THAT.  YEA, WE’VE NEVER SEEN THAT IN 20 YRS.  HE’LL BE BACK.  TAVARIS JACKSON COMES IN, AND THE FIRST PLAY HE FINDS __ FOR A TD, AND THE VIKINGS HAVE TO GO FOR 2 WITH 7-1/2 TO GO.  DOWN 5 AND TAVARIS FINDS PERCY HARVIN RAINBOWS IT IN THERE.  IT’S A 3 PT. GAME BUT TOM BREADY AND THE PATRIOTS WENT IN FOR THEIR 5 MIN. OFFENSE, 4 MIN. OFFENSE, AND IT WORKED.  3^RD & LONG, 3^RD & 12.  DANNY WOODHEAD MAKES A MOVE.  WOODHEAD IS A PLAYMAKER.  AND THE VIKINGS ARE FORCED TO USE A TIMEOUT; MOVE THE CHAINS.  BEN JARVIS GREEN ELLIS WITH A BACKBREAKER.  26 YDS. DOWN TO THE VIKINGS 1, AND THEN 3 PLAYS LATER, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?  A LAWFER..BEN JARVIS GREEN ELLIS ESQUIRE IN THE END ZONE.  TD.  THE BOOTH BUZZES DOWN BUT THERE WAS NO QUESTION THAT ELLIS FLIPPED HEAD OVER TEAKETTLE AND INTO THE END ZONE WITH THE BALL BREAKING THE PLANE, AND THEN…SO THAT MEANS THAT THE N.E. PATRIOTS TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS WITH BELICHICK AND MOSS EXCHANGING PLEASANTRIES AFTER THE GAME.  I DIDN’T WANT TO DO IT.  THEY MADE ME DO IT.  I DIDN’T WANT TO FIRE YOU.  THEY MADE ME DO IT.  10 PT. WIN AS THE PATRIOTS BECOME THE FIRST 6 WIN TEAM IN THE NFL IN 2010 MOVING INTO 1^ST PLACE IN THE AFC EAST WHILE THE VIKINGS FALL TO 2-5.  FAVRE DID NOT LAST THE GAME.

 

01:35:56 - TENNESSEE TITANS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

 

WE GO TO S.D. WHERE TENN’S UP 12-7.  C.J. TUKAY.  …AND LOOK AT VINCE YOUNG.  IS THAT VINCE?  THAT’S V.Y. OUT THERE.  IT’S LIKE A SEWING MACHINE THOSE FEET, RIGHT?  CHRIS JOHNSON AND VINCE YOUNG TEAM-UP ON THE RUN.  YOU LOOK HERE AT THIS POINT THAT TENN. WAS GONNA TAKE CONTROL OF THIS FOOTBALL GAME.  YEA, THEY’RE UP 19-7.  THEY HAVE THE 1^ST PTS. ON THE BOARD WITH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ANOTHER BLOCKED PUNT.  S.D.’S SPECIAL TEAMS STARTED THE GAME WITH ANOTHER BLOCKED PUNT THAT WENT FOR A SAFETY BUT BACK CAME PHILLIP RIVERS WITH THE BALL.  JUST AS HE WAS FALLING, …… …… 25 YDS.  NEXT PLAY.  ANTONIO GATES, WHICH IS MUCH EASIER TO SAY, TO BE VERY HONEST, THAT LED TO A RYAN __ TD.   CHARGERS TRAILING 19-14 AT THE HALF.  SO THE CHARGERS BEGINNING TO GET THEIR FOOTING UNDER THEM IN A GAME THEY DESPERATELY NEEDED ENTERING A 2-5.  3^RD QUARTER, PHILLIP RIVERS DOWN 2.  PICK ON MICHAEL GRIFFIN BUT THERE’S A REASON FOR IT.  HOLD ON HERE.  HOLD ON BABY!  FLAG ON THE PLAY.  HE GRABBED HIMSELF A NICE FISTFUL OF GATES’ JERSEY.  YOU CAN’T DO THAT!  YOU CAN’T DO THAT.  NOT IN THIS GAME.  SO TAKE THE TD. OFF THE BOARD.  GIVE THE BALL BACK TO PHILLIP RIVERS AND 2 PLAYS LATER…I MEAN DOES ANTONIO GATES CREATE MORE MATCHUP PROBLEMS THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE LEAGUE?  YEA.  YEA HE DOES.  AND THEY MOVE HIM INSIDE, OUTSIDE.  HE’S IN THE BACKFIELD.  HE’S THE T.E.  HE’S ALL OVER THE MAP.  48 YD. SCORE.  S.D. IS UP IN THIS GAME, 24-19 AND 27-19 WHEN VINCE YOUNG FINDS A WIDE OPEN NATE WASHINGTON.  HOW DO YOU GET THAT OPEN COACH?  WELL IT’S EITHER A DOUBLE MOVE OR A BUSTED COVERAGE!  THERE YOU GO.  NICELY DONE.  27-25 AS THE TITANS MOVE TO NEXT CHARGERS DRIVE.  5^TH PLAYOFF, 3^RD & 11.  RIVERS TO GATES…  AGAIN.  THIS GUY, HE RUNS GREAT ROUTES WITH GREAT HANDS WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE MAN.  123 YDS. RECEIVING FOR GATES.  HERE’S DARREN SPROLES.  JITTERBUGGING HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  …SCORE.  CHARGERS BOTCH THE EXTRA PT. MEANING MORE SPECIAL TEAMS ISSUES.  SO IT’S JUST AN 8 PT. GAME FOR TENN.  INSTEAD OF A 2 SCORE GAME, IT’S JUST A 1 SCORE GAME.  VINCE YOUNG SCRAMBLES AND AWKWARDLY FALLS DOWN IN A HEAP.  IT’S HIS LEFT FOOT.  NO CONTACT.  JUST A LOWER LEG INJURY IT’S BEING CALLED, AND HE LEFT WITH ICE AS IT SEEMS TO BE AN ACHILLES SITUATION BUT THE ICE IS ON THE TOP OF HIS LEG.  THE FRONT.  LUCKILY THEY GOT A VETERAN BACKUP QB.  AND KERRY COLLINS IS THAT VETERAN BACKUP QB COMING IN.  DAMIAN WILLIAMS 17 YDS. LOOKING INTO THE SUN, SETTING UP THE TITANS ON THE CHARGERS 37 WITH LESS THAN 2 MINS. TO GO.  IT’S A 4^TH DOWN.  THEY HAVE TO GO FOR IT ON 4^TH & 6^TH, AND COLLINS CONVERTS TO LAVELL HAWKINS OVER THE MIDDLE.  4 PLAYS LATER ANOTHER 4^TH DOWN.  37 TICKS TO GO GOING TO CHECK IT DOWN TO CHRIS JOHNSON, AND HE CAN’T HOLD ONTO IT, AND THAT’S THE WAY THE CHARGERS BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF AND MOVE TO 3-5 ON THE SEASON.

 

01:39:06 – TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS

 

JOSH FREEMAN.  MAX HALL.  MATCHING WITS.  SOMEONE NOT GONNA FINISH.  WELL MAX HALL..IT’S PICKED BY GINO HAYES AND IT’S A PICK 6.  ALREADY WITH THE..IT LOOKS LIKE THE TAMPA BULL SCORING ON DEFENSE.  HALL STARTED WELL THROWING A TD. PASS TO LARRY FITZGERALD, BUT THEN REGRESSED IN A HURRY.  NOW TIED AT 14…HALL WITH 1 MORE PICK 6.  WE SORRY.  WE DIDN’T MEAN TO DO THAT.  I GUESS IT COULDN’T HAVE BEEN.  IT COULDN’T HAVE BEEN.  MAX HALL DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE READY.  IT COULDN’T HAVE BEEN.  AND SO DERRICK ANDERSEN’S NOW WARMING UP AS THE BUCS TAKE A 10 PT. LEAD AT HOME…I MEAN ON THE ROAD; AND THEN … KERRY RHODES INTO THE END ZONE.  YOUNG MEN HUNGRY.  HE MAY.  THE CARDINALS NEXT POSSESSION, LARON STEPHENS.  DID HE WRITE THE HARRY POTTERS SERIES?  NO, NO.  THAT’S SOMEBODY ELSE.  HE WROTE SOMETHING.  O.K.  WELL HE WROTE A TD. RIGHT THERE.  HIS FIRST CAREER-RUSHING TD. MAKES IT A 10 PT. GAME.  GARRETT __ GETS HIT BY __ HERE, AND THE OREGON DUCK PUTS IT ON THE GROUND AND GERALD HAYES PICKS IT UP.  WE HAVE A GINO HAYES RUNNING ONE BACK FOR THE BUCS.  WE HAVE A GERALD HAYES RUNNING ONE IN ON DEFENSE FOR THE CARDS.  AND, SUDDENLY, SUDDENLY THE 17 PT. LEAD FOR THE BUCCANEERS ON THE ROAD IS EVAPORATING.  THE BUCS CHALLENGE BUT THE BALL IS LOOSE.  THE PLAY STANDS.  IT IS A TOUCHDOWN, AND THE CARDS TRAIL JUST BY 3 WHEN THE DERRICK ANDERSEN LEADS THEM DOWN THE FIELD.  LARRY FITZGERALD 2^ND TD. OF THE GAME.  THE CARDS. LEAD.  THEY LEAD!  THAT’S THE VETERAN QB.  THE ENSUING BUCS POSSESSION THOUGH.  HERE IS JOSH FREEMAN.  HERE IS … LOOK AT THE BOY.  OH, HE CAN THROW IT.  OH, HE CAN THROW IT.  THAT’S A TD.  WELL IT’S DOWN TO THE 1.  BLUNT CAN POP IT IN FROM THERE AND BLUNT HAD AN INCREDIBLE RUN THAT YOU’LL SEE LATER ON NFL GAME DAY FINAL, NO DOUBT, THAT WILL MAKE WANT TO GO… AS __ WITH 1 LAST PICK OF THE GAME WILL SEAL IT.  ANOTHER 4^TH QUARTER COMEBACK WIN FOR JOSH FREEMAN.

 

01:41:30 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

 

DOESN’T NEED TO BE HALLOWEEN TO BE DRESSED UP AT A RAIDERS GAME BUT, HEY, IT DOESN’T HURT WHEN IT FALLS ON OCT. 31^ST.  THE RAIDERS PLAYING HOST TO THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS.  2^ND QUARTER, JASON CAMPBELL TO MARCEL REESE.  THE FULLBACK ON A 30 YD. SPRINT FOR A TD. CAPPING OFF A 12 PLAY 82 YD. DRIVE.  OAKLAND LEADING EARLY 10-NOTHING.  NOW INTO THE 3^RD QUARTER.  IT’S 13-NOTHING RAIDERS.  LITTLE LUCK DOESN’T HURT.  DARIUS HEYWARD BAY TO MICHAEL BUSH.  BUSH PICKS UP 55 YDS. DOWN TO THE SEATTLE SEAHAWK 30 YD. LINE.  OBVIOUSLY A PLAY DESIGNED FOR HAYWARD __.  CATCH IT HIMSELF.  BOUNCES RIGHT TO MICHAEL BUSH.  AND THE RAIDERS, YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF DAY IT WAS FOR THEM.  22 YD. F.G. MADE IT 16-NOTHING OAKLAND.

 

4^TH QUARTER, MATT HASSELBECK INTERCEPTED BY __ BRANCH.  MATT HASSELBECK 13 OUT OF 32 FOR A BUCK 60 AND THAT 1 INTERCEPTION.  THE RAIDERS WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE.  1^ST & 10.  CAMPBELL LOOKING FOR DARIUS HAYWARD BAY AGAIN, AND HAYWARD BAY THIS TIME JUST KEEPS IT HIMSELF.  69 YDS. LATER THE RAIDERS HAVE ANOTHER TD. AND OAKLAND ROLLS TO A BIG VICTORY OVER SEATTLE, 33-3.

 

01:42:56 – PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

 

GUYS, A MEETING OF THE LAST 2 S.B. CHAMPIONS.  OH, I’M SORRY.  MY BAD.  I’M SORRY MOOCH.  …RECORD SAYING OVER 17,700 FANS SHOWED UP IN COSTUME.  THE BIGGEST HALLOWEEN PARTY EVER.  THAT’S NORMAL.  SO LET’S GET DOWN THERE.  2^ND QUARTER, GAME’S SCORELESS.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER TO ANTOWANE RANDLE L.  DOESN’T GET IN.  THEY CALLED IT A TD.  SEAN PAYTON CHALLENGED THE RULING ON THE FIELD, AND HE DOES NOT GET THE BALL ACROSS.  SO THE RULING WAS REVERSED.  AND IT’S GONNA END UP BEING HUGE.  STEELERS WITH THE BALL ON THE 1 YD. LINE.  A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER, RASHARD MENDENHAHL, UH, UH.  BOTH OF THESE TEAMS ARE PLAYING SUCH GREAT DEFENSES.  I MEAN EVERY INCH WAS FOUGHT FOR.  MENDENHAHL STOPPED AGAIN.  SO IT’S A HUGE OVERTURNED RULING ON THE FIELD.  YEA, IT WAS REAL GOOD.  GOOD CAMERA ANGLES TOO ON THIS THING.

 

3-ALL AT HALFTIME.  1^ST POSSESSION OF THE 2^ND ACT, DREW BREES TO LANCE MOORE.  THEY RUN THAT BACKSTOP AS GOOD AS ANYONE IN THE LEAGUE.  THAT FADE STOP PLAY.  O.K. 10^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  CHRIS IVORY STOPPED FOR A LOSS OF 3 AT THE 4 YD. LINE AFTER A 2^ND & GOAL.  SO HERE WE GO.  11^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, 3^RD & GOAL.  LADELL BETTS, AND BETTS IS DROPPED AS WELL.  SO THE SAINTS HAVE TO ADD A F.G. TO TAKE A 6-3 LEAD.

 

GOAL LINE STAND.  ALRIGHT, NEXT SAINTS POSSESSION HERE.  STILL UP 6-3, AND IT IS DREW BREES TO JEREMY SHOCKEY.  AND MICHAEL THIS SAINTS OFFENSE, THEY’RE TRYING TO FIND ITS RHYTHM.  YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE ALL TIME SOONER OR LATER, THE GREAT QBS, LIKE THE DREW BREES, WILL MOVE THAT FOOTBALL.

 

4^TH QUARTER SAME DRIVE.  MARCUS COLSTON SPINS AROUND AND SAINTS END UP WITH A 16 YD. TD.  SAINTS ON TOP 13-3.  THERE’S YOUR BACK SHOULDER THROW AGAIN.

 

STEELERS COMING RIGHT BACK.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER’S DONE THIS PLENTY OF TIMES BEFORE TO HINES WARD, 12 YDS.  BEN STANDS TALL IN THAT POCKET AFTER GETTING RID OF THAT FOOTBALL.  ALRIGHT, 2^ND & 1 NOW.  IT’S RASHARD MENDENHAHL HITS THE CORNER!  GREAT BLOCKING.  WIDE TACKLE, HINES WARD SEALING.  GREAT RUN AS WELL.  38 YDS. FOR THE TD.  STEELERS BACK IN IT, DOWN 3, 13-10.

 

SAINTS NOW BIG PLAY, 3^RD & 5; AND BREES, WITH TIME, TO ROBERT MEECHUM WHO’S ALL ALONE!  GREAT PROTECTION.  HE HAD ALL KINDS OF TIME TO WAIT FOR HIM.  MEECHUM DOWN THE SIDELINE BEFORE THE SAFETY CAN GET THERE.

 

BUT 3 PLAYS LATER, THIS IS WHAT DICK LEBEAU’S DEFENSE CAN DO TO YOU.  BREES!  SMACKED BY BRYANT MCFADDEN!  LAMAR WOODLEY RECOVERS THE FUMBLE.  SO MANY PEOPLE LINED UP TO THE STEELERS RIGHT.  MORE THAN THEY CAN BLOCK.  WATCH THE FREE SAFETY COMES FREE.  AND BAM!  HITS YOU RIGHT IN THE ..  AND BREES DIDN’T HAVE A CHANCE.  SO HERE COME THE STEELERS.  2^ND & 8 NOW AT THEIR OWN 41.  ROETHLISBERGER!  HEATH MILLER AND THE BIG FELLA TRYING TO PULL IN EXTRA YDS. BUT ..MARVIN MITCHELL CAUSES A FUMBLE AND LOOK WHO’S JOHNNY ON THE SPOT!  …THEY ONLY COME TO A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE GETTING TO THE FOOTBALL MAKING THINGS HAPPEN.  SAINTS TRYING TO END IT.  BREES NOW ON THE PUMP FAKE, AND HE FINDS DEVORY HENDERSON FOR A 7 YD. GAIN.  ..FLAGS ON THE PLAY.  JAMES HARRISON CALLED FOR ROUGHING THE PASSER.  KEEP IN MIND, HE JUST HAD TO GIVE UP $75,000.  YEA, YEA,  THIS WAS A LITTLE CLOSE FOR ME.  I WAS A BIT UPSET AT DEVORY HENDERSON FOR NOT GOING FOR THE FIRST.  IT DIDN’T MAKE …  BREES TO MOORE.  SAINTS DIDN’T EVEN TRY TO RUN THE FOOTBALL IN THIS GAME.  IT WAS ALL ABOUT THEIR AERIAL ATTACK.  1^ST & GOAL.  IT IS BREES TO LANCE MOORE.  BALL GAME.  THAT’S CALLED THREADING THE NEEDLE.  SO DREW BREES AND THE SAINTS; WHEN THEY HAVE TO HAVE IT, A HUGE SUNDAY NIGHT PRIMETIME GAME AGAINST THE PITTS. STEELERS, AND THEY GO ON TO WIN IT 20-10.  SO THEY ARE KEEPING PACE WITH THE FALCONS; AND THE UPSTART T.B. BUCS WHO WERE ALSO VICTORIOUS TODAY.  SAINTS ARE 5-3.

 

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