SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 10

 

  1. LIONS@BILLS  2:46

  2. TEXANS@JAGUARS  3:02

  3. VIKINGS@BEARS  3:13

  4. JETS@BROWNS  3:31

  5. PANTHERS@BUCCANEERS  2:22

  6. BENGALS@COLTS  3:32

  7. TITANS@DOLPHINS  2:59

  8. RAVENS@FALCONS  6:39

  9. SEAHAWKS@CARDINALS  1:01

  10. RAMS@49ERS  2:11

  11. CHIEFS@BRONCOS  1:06

  12. COWBOYS@GIANTS  4:54

  13. PATRIOTS@STEELERS  5:13 

        TRT:  54:45  with Bars

 

00:08:59 - DETROIT LIONS @ BUFFALO BILLS

 

BUFFALO HOSTING DETROIT.  0-8 ON THE SEASON.  FRED JACKSON AND THE BILLS LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR.  LIONS BALL.  NO SCORE.  7TH PLAY OF THEIR DRIVE.  SHAUN HILL.  HIS PASS IS TIPPED AND INTERCEPTED BY __ EDWARDS.  HE RETURNS IT 8 YDS. TO THE BUFFALO 43.  A NICE BREAK EARLY FOR THE BILLS.  ON THEIR ENSUING POSSESSION, 2ND QUARTER, 3RD & 3 FROM THE 50.  FITZPATRICK BACK TO PASS.  BOMBS ONE DOWN THE RIGHT SIDELINE.  LEE EVANS WITH THE STEP.  HE MAKES THE GRAB.  KNOCKED OUT OF BOUNDS FOR A GAIN OF 43, AND THE BILLS ARE IN BUSINESS.  DOWN TO THE LIONS 7.  2 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & GOAL FROM THE 1.  FRED JACKSON DIVES INTO THE END ZONE.  A TD. FOR THE BILLS.  THEY GO UP 7-NOTHING EARLY AT HOME.  MAYBE THEY CAN WIN THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR DETROIT.  SHAUN HILL BROUGHT DOWN BY BRIAN SCOTT.  A 9 YD. LOSS.  IT KNOCKS THE LIONS OUT OF F.G. RANGE.  IT FORCED A PUNT.  HALFTIME SCORE BILLS UP 7-3.  BILLS OPENING DRIVE OF THE 2ND HALF.  FRED JACKSON GETS THE CARRY; RUNS RIGHT, CROSSES MIDFIELD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 34 YD. LINE AFTER A GAIN OF 39 ON THE PLAY.  5 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & 9 FROM THE 16.  FITZPATRICK, THE SHOVEL PASS TO FRED JACKSON.  STILL ON HIS FEET.  ESCAPES A MAN AND WALKS INTO THE END ZONE.  A 16 YD. SCORE FOR FRED JACKSON.  THEY’RE UP 14-3.  HIS FIRST CAREER GAME WITH A RUSHING AND RECEIVING TD.  4TH QUARTER LIONS.  DOWN 14-3.  SHAUN HILL COMPLETES IT TO TONY SCHEFFLER FOR A GAIN OF A 18.  DOWN AT THEIR OWN 44.  THEY’RE TRYING TO MOVE THE BALL WITH UNDER 7 MINS. TO GO.  SHAUN HILL FINDS CALVIN JOHNSON WHO TURNS AND RUNS FOR THE SIDELINE; AND HE PICKS UP A GAIN THERE OF 29 THAT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G. LIONS, NOW WITHIN 1 SCORE AT 14-6.  THEY GET THE BALL BACK DOWN.  BY 8 PTS.  THEY NEED A TD. AND A 2 PT. CONVERSION.  SHAUN HILL TO BRANDON PETTIGREW FOR 14 AND A 1ST DOWN AT THEIR OWN 45.  4 PLAYS LATER, 1:21 LEFT.  CAN DETROIT MAKE THE COMEBACK?  AND HILL FINDS A WIDE OPEN NATE BURLESON OVER THE MIDDLE FOR A GAIN OF 23.  WHERE WAS THE DEFENSE ON THAT ONE?  DOWN TO THE 28.  4 PLAYS LATER SHAUN HILL, A WIDE OPEN CALVIN JOHNSON OVER THE MIDDLE.  BUFFALO.  WHERE’S YOUR DEFENSE?  SO NOW A 2 PT. CONVERSION CAN TIE THE GAME.  DOWN 14-12.  SHAUN HILL, ALL KINDS OF TIME.  CAN’T FIND ANYBODY.  LOFTS ONE BACK OF THE END ZONE OUT OF BOUNDS, AND BUFFALO ESCAPES WITH THE WIN, 14-12.  THEIR FIRST VICTORY OF THE SEASON.  THEY’RE 1-8.  DETROIT DROPS TO 2-7.

 

00:11:54 – HOUSTON TEXANS @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

 

HOUSTON AT JACKSONVILLE.  MATCHUP IN THE AFC SOUTH.  BOTH TEAMS ARE 4-4.  2ND QUARTER SCORE TIED UP AT 3.  NICE PITCH TO MAURICE JONES-DREW.  HE RUNS AROUND THE LEFT AND FOR A GAIN OF 15 OFF THE FAKE.  4 PLAYS LATER 2ND & GOAL AND J.D. GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  A 3 YD. SCORE.  JAGUARS GO UP AT HOME 10-3; AND JONES-DREW DOES A LITTLE SHIMMY SHAKE BUT GUESS WHAT?  HE WAS RIGHT BACK AT IT.  GETTING INTO THE END ZONE RIGHT BEFORE HALFTIME.  JAGUARS GO UP 17-3 AT THE HALF.  MAURICE JONES-DREW 2 TDS. IN THE GAME.  HE ONLY HAD 1 RUSHING TD. ENTERING THIS GAME ON THE SEASON.  3RD QUARTER, MATT SCHAUB SELLS THE PLAY FAKE WIDE OPEN.  ANDRE JOHNSON TRYING TO MOTOR INTO THE END ZONE.  HE COMES UP WITH A 60 YD. GRAB DOWN TO THE 6.  IT LED TO AN ARIAN FOSTER TD.  TEXANS DOWN BY 7.  SAME SCORE.  ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, SCHAUB HITS JAMES CASEY.  AN 18 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 9.  NEXT PLAY, 1ST & GOAL PLAY FAKE.  MATT SCHAUB END ZONE.  ANDRE JOHNSON!  HOW DID HE GET SO WIDE OPEN?!  THAT TIES UP THE GAME AT 17.  YEA, IT’S ANDRE JOHNSON.  YOU MIGHT WANT TO COVER HIM.

 

ONTO THE 4TH, SAME SCORE.  1ST & 10 FOR THE JAGUARS.  10TH PLAY OF THEIR DRIVE.  DAVID GARRARD, AND HE WILL HIT ZACK MILLER; AND HE WILL GET A BLOCK DOWNFIELD AND OUTRUN EVERYONE INTO THE END ZONE.  A 52 YD. SCORE!  JAGUARS GO UP 24-17.  THE FIRST TD. OF THE SEASON FOR MILLER.  ENSUING TEXANS POSSESSION.  MATT SCHAUB HITS ANDRE JOHNSON.  A PICKUP OF 19 ON THE PLAY.  SAME DRIVE, 4 PLAYS LATER.  SCHAUB, HIS PASS INTENDED FOR KEVIN WALTER INTO THE END ZONE.  IT LOOKS LIKE HE LOST IT.  RULED INCOMPLETE ON THE FIELD.  TEXANS DECIDE TO CHALLENGE THE CALL.  WALTER DID HAVE POSSESSION LONG ENOUGH.  CALL IS REVERSED.  TEXANS TD.  SCORE TIED-UP AT 24.  GOOD CALL BY GARY KUBIAK.

 

JAGUARS, A 43 YD. F.G. ATTEMPT TO GO UP 27-24.  JOSH SCOBIE HADN’T MISSED ENTERING THE GAME.  MISSES HIS 2ND F.G. OF THE GAME!  SCOBIE WITH THE CHANCE TO GIVE JACKSONVILLE THE LEAD, BLEW IT!  HOUSTON LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE GOING TO WIND UP GETTING THE WIN BUT NO!  JOE DRESSON FUMBLES THE BALL WITH JUST 6 SECS. LEFT.  DRESSON, AS THEY WERE SETTING UP FOR A F.G.  SO JACKSONVILLE GETS THE BALL BACK.  HAIL MARY.  TIME EXPIRED!  GARRARD INTO THE END ZONE!  THIS NEVER WORKS!  IT IS CAUGHT!  MIKE THOMAS CATCHES IT IN THE END ZONE!  A 50 YD. TD.!  JACKSONVILLE GETS THE WIN AT THE FINAL BUZZER!  THE HAIL MARY WORKS!  THEY WIN IT 21-24!  GROVER QUINN TRIED TO BAT IT DOWN.  WENT STRAIGHT TO MIKE THOMAS INTO HIS HANDS.  IT NEVER WORKS BUT IT DID THERE.  THOMAS WITH THE TD.  KUBIAK BUMMED OUT AFTER HOUSTON LOSES.  THEY DROP TO 4-5.  JAGUARS ARE NOW 5-4.

 

00:15:04 - MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ CHICAGO BEARS

 

RIGHT NOW LET’S GO TO THE VIKINGS AND THE BEARS.  BRETT FAVRE 0-4 ON THE ROAD THIS SEASON.  JAY CUTLER AND THE BEARS WINNING IN TORONTO LAST WEEK.  …..AGAINST THE BILLS.

 

BEARS TRAILING 3-0, 3RD & 11.  CUTLER FEELS THE PRESSURE.  FINDS JOHNNY KNOX.  YOU LIKE THE WAY HE PLAYED TODAY, RIGHT  I DO.  AND I GIVE MIKE MARTZ A LOT OF CREDIT TOO BECAUSE THEY GOT JAY OUT ON THE EDGE.  SO JAY MADE 1 BAD THROW ALL DAY.  DID YOU SAY YOU GIVE WHO CREDIT?  MIKE MARTZ.  3RD & 14.  PLENTY OF TIME.  CUTLER TO GREG OLSEN INSIDE THE END ZONE.  THERE’S 17 YDS.  4 VIKING DEFENDERS AROUND HIM.  HE’S ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OLSEN FOR 6.  BEARS LEAD 7-3.  A COUPLE OF VIKINGS POSSESSIONS LATER.  FAVRE STEPPING UP, ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT AND SPOTTING A WIDE OPEN PERCY HARVIN.  THAT’S THE ONLY WAY THEY MAKE PLAYS IS WHEN SOMEBODY’S WIDE OPEN.  THE COVERAGE GETS BUSTED.  BUSTED COVERAGES, TIM JENNINGS LETTING HARVIN GO RIGHT BY HIM.

 

VIKINGS LEAD BY 3 AT 10-7.  NEXT CHICAGO POSSESSION, 52 SECS. LEFT TO PLAY IN THE HALF.  WE PICK IT UP 2ND & 10 FROM THE VIKING 19.  CUTLER TO DEVIN HESTER.  THIS IS A GREAT INDIVIDUAL EFFORT HERE.  WHO’S GONNA TACKLE HIM THERE?  NOBODY.  NOBODY.

 

BEARS RETAKE THE LEAD 14-10.  BEARS ARE DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB GETTING JAY TO GET RID OF THE FOOTBALL QUICKER.  FAVRE WOULD END UP WITH 4 TURNOVERS ON THIS DAY.  HERE’S ONE ON THE FUMBLE.  FLIPPED FROM BEHIND BY HENRY __.  TOMMY HARRIS RECOVERS FOR CHICAGO.  BEARS LED 14-10 AT HALFTIME.  DID NOT GET THE F.G. BEFORE THE HALF THERE.  HOW ABOUT THAT?  I’M NOT… JUST LET ME CUT IT OFF AT THE PASS, JAMIE.  I’M NOT BLAMING THAT ONE ON BRETT.  BLAMING THAT ON THE LEFT TACKLE.  INTERCEPTED BY D.J. MOORE.  GET INTO THAT ARGUMENT.  CUTLER OUT TO PLAY ACTION.  THEY’RE GONNA FIND TIME AGAIN.  JOHNNY KNOX, 22 YD. GAIN.  THE THING THAT BOTHERS ME ABOUT IT, JOHNNY KNOX TODAY WANTS TO FIGHT FOR ETH BALL.  BUT HE WAS THE REASON WHY JAY HAD AN INTERCEPTION EARLIER IN THE GAME THOUGH AS WELL.  JOHNNY KNOX LEFT HIM HANGING.  THAT THROW CAN’T BE MADE.  THAT’S A BAD THROW.  THAT’S A BAD THROW.  JUST TAKE THE 3.  MICHAEL IRVIN GOING THROUGH THE ROOF.  THAT’S JAY FROM, 2009 RIGHT THERE.  LOVIE SAYING…

 

ABDULLAH WITH THE INTERCEPTION.  THAT WAS HIS 2ND INT. OF THE GAME.  I HATE WHEN HE JUST SHUFFLES BACK LIKE THAT.  THAT DOESN’T BOTHER ME BECAUSE WITH THAT ARM.  I KNOW BUT…  IT JUST DOESN’T BOTHER ME.  SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA LET PLAYERS BE PLAYERS.  HE’S GOT SOME ABILITY TO…  PLAY CALL.  GOOD CALL.  3RD & 1, KELLEN DAVIS 19 YD. TD.  GOOD CALL BECAUSE IT WORKED.  IF IT HADN’T WORKED, THEN WE WOULD’VE SAID, “BAD CALL.  WHY DON’T YOU JUST RUN?”  THAT’S KIND OF …  CUTLER, 3 TDS.  WHO’D YOU HAVE TODAY?  VIKINGS.  NOW THIS IS NOT BRETT FAVRE’S FAULT.  THAT WAS PETERSON.  I HAD THE VIKINGS.  LANCE BRIGGS INTERCEPTS IT.  THE VIKINGS WOULD CHALLENGE THAT THE BALL HIT THE GROUND.  WE’LL LET YOU MAKE THE CALL.  YEA, SOMEBODY SCHOOL ME ON THE WORLD OF OFFICIATING.  THAT BALL HITS THE GROUND.  AND IT MOVES.  YEA.  I LIKE THE NO CALL.  CALL STANDS AND NEXT VIKINGS POSSESSION, FAVRE LOOKING FOR DASHANTE SHENKO.  HE ALSO SLIPS AND THAT ONE IS INTERCEPTED BY CHRIS HARRIS.  FAVRE TURNS THE BALL OVER 4 TIMES.

 

00:18:28 – NEW YORK JETS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

 

JETS AT THE BROWNS.  ERIC MANGINI’S FIRST TIME FACING HIS FORMER TEAM. BROWNS LOOKING FOR THEIR 3RD STRAIGHT WIN WHILE THE JETS ARE UNBEATEN ON THE ROAD THIS SEASON.  3RD BROWNS DRIVE.  GAME TIED UP AT 3.  PAYTON HILLIS AROUND THE LEFT END.  THERE’S A TD. FOR PAYTON HILLIS.  FIRST BROWNS R.B. SINCE 1968 WITH 9 TDS. IN THE FIRST 9 GAMES OF THE SEASON.  CLEVELAND UP 10-3 ON THAT RUN BY PAYTON HILLIS.  ENSUING JETS DRIVE.  9TH PLAY OF THEIR DRIVE, MARK SANCHEZ SCRAMBLING TO HIS LEFT; BUYING SOME TIME; THROWS DOWNFIELD IN THE END ZONE.  JERICHO COTCHERY WIDE OPEN.  A 25 YD. SCORE.  THAT TIME THE GAME AT 10, CAPPING OFF A 9 PLAY 76 YD. DRIVE.  THE BROWNS WOULD ANSWER WITH A F.G. 13-10.  THEY WOULD GO UP.  MARK SANCHEZ ON A 3RD & GOAL FROM THE 1, DIVES INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  THEY GO UP 17-13 AT THE HALF.  NO PUNTS IN THE 1ST HALF.  A 17-13 LEAD FOR THE JETS.  LOOKING TO ADD ONTO IT BUT NICK VOLK’S 24 YD. CHIP SHOT HITS THE UPRIGHT.  NO GOOD.  A 19 PLAY DRIVE TO OPEN UP THE 2ND HALF.  THAT LASTED OVER 10 MINS.  GOT THEM NO POINTS.  ONTO THE 4TH.  JETS DID ADD A F.G.  UP 20-13.  COLT MCCOY.  LAST DRIVE, LAST CHANCE.  HITS BEN WATSON FOR A 17 YD. GAIN AND A 1ST DOWN.  COULD THEY TIE UP THE GAME WITH THEIR ROOKIE QB?  MUSCLING THE BALL AWAY, EDMUND MOORE FOR A GAIN OF 18, FIGHTS DERRELL REVIS FOR THE CATCH.  DOWN TO THE 3.  VERY NEXT PLAY 1ST 7 GOAL INTO THE END ZONE.  AND THERE YOU HAVE IT.  MUHAMMAD MASAQUAI WITH THE TD. CATCH DOWN BY 1.  THEY ELECT TO KICK THE EXTRA PT., AND TIE UP THE GAME AT 20.  GUESS WHAT FOLKS?  INTO OVERTIME.

 

BROWNS FORCE THE JETS PUNT.  COLT MCCOY FINDS CHANCY STUCKEY.  TIGHT-ROPING DOWN THE SIDELINE BUT HE LOST THE BALL AND THE JETS WOULD RECOVER!  OH MY GOODNESS.  THEY WOULD’VE BEEN IN F.G. RANGE.  STUCKEY DID.  HE STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS OR NOT.  THE PLAY WAS REVIEWED.  STUCKEY DID, IN FACT, STAY INBOUNDS RIGHT BEFORE THE STRIP.  SO THE RULING ON THE FIELD STANDS.  JETS GET THE BALL AT THEIR OWN 36.  ON THEIR ENSUING DRIVE, A 39.  SANCHEZ PRESSURED, AND HE TRIES TO ESCAPE, AND THEN HE’S ABLE TO MAGICALLY FIND JERICHO COTCHERY WITH THE DIVING CATCH FOR A 1ST DOWN!  COTCHERY APPEARS TO INJURE HIS GROIN, AND THEN HE STAYS ALIVE MAKING THE 1ST DOWN CATCH!  AMAZING PLAY.  SETS UP A 47 YD. F.G. TO WIN IT!  WIDE TO THE RIGHT!  NICK VOLK MISSES THE KICK!  NEW LIFE FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS.  COULD THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE?  NO.  THEY WOULD PUNT.  SO THE JETS GET THE BALL BACK 3RD & 14.  UNDER 2 MINS. LEFT IN O.T.  SANCHEZ BUYING SOME TIME.  …RUNS DEEP TOWARDS THE END ZONE FOR BRAYLON EDWARDS.  INTERCEPTED BY THE ROOKIE 1ST ROUND PICK OUT OF FLORIDA, JOE HAYDEN.  BROWNS TAKE OVER AT THE 3.

 

BUT THEY WENT 3 AND OUT.  SO THE JETS GET THE BALL BACK.  SLANT PATTERN RIGHT BACK TO SANTONIO HOLMES.  SLIPS A MAN!  HE SEES GREEN AND … HE’S INTO THE END ZONE.  JETS GO ON FOR THE VICTORY, 26-20!  ALMOST A TIE BUT, NO.  SANTONIO HOLMES COMES UP WITH IT, AND THE JETS GET THE WIN ON THE ROAD.  7-2 ON THE SEASON FOR N.Y.  BROWNS ARE NOW 3-6.  THEIR WINNING STREAK COMES TO AN END.

 

00:22:09 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

 

NFC SOUTH MATCHUP.  BUCCANEERS AND THE PANTHERS.  JOSH FREEMAN LOOKING TO REBOUND FROM LAST WEEK’S LOSS TO THE FALCONS.  1ST QUARTER, OPENING POSSESSION AND IT’S A FUMBLE.  BALL ON THE GROUND, AND T.B. WOULD PICK IT UP.  MIKE GOODSON HAS THE BALL KNOCKED OUT.  SHAWN JONES RECOVERS.  HUGE PLAY TO START THE GAME FOR T.B.  2ND & 5 ON THE 8.  FREEMAN THE PLAY FAKE.  ROLAND __ FINDS __.  HE DIVES INTO THE END ZONE.  AN 8 YD. SCORE.  BUCCANEERS UP AT HOME 7-NOTHING EARLY ON.  TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A CAROLINA MISTAKE.  2 BUCS POSSESSIONS LATER, THE GIVE TO __ BLUNT, RUNNING AROUND THE RIGHT END.  OUTRUNNING PEOPLE.  A GAIN OF 24 YDS.  2 PLAYS LATER, GIVE IT TO BLOUNT ONCE AGAIN.  IN SOME TRAFFIC, HE FINDS A SEAM AND HE’S JUST DRAGGING PEOPLE FOR A GAIN OF 17.  VERY NEXT PLAY.  LOOK AT THIS ONE WITH GARRETT UP THE MIDDLE!  DIVING INTO THE END ZONE!  AND HE SPINS!  DOES A TWIST INTO THE END ZONE FOR A TD.  LOOK AT GARRETT BLOUNT GETS IN THERE WITH HIS 4TH SCORE OF THE SEASON.  BUCCANEERS GO UP 14-3.

 

ENSUING CAROLINA POSSESSION, AND THEY ARE PUNTING.  JASON BAKER PUNTS AND IT GOES OFF THE LEG OF A T.B. PLAYER.  DANTE RISARIO RECOVERS IT.  THE BALL BOUNCES OFF THE LEG OF ALBERT MACK, SO CAROLINA ADVANCES THE BALL ALL THE WAY DOWNFIELD.  JUST AS GOOD AS A 1ST DOWN PLUS EVEN BIGGER THAN THAT, THEY’RE ABLE TO TURN IT INTO A TD.  JOSH VAUGHN, THE ROOKIE, A 2 YD. SCORE.  HIS 1ST CAREER TD. AND GUESS WHAT?  CAROLINA ONLY DOWN BY 4, 14-10.  2 BUCKS POSSESSIONS LATER.  JOSH FREEMAN THROWS FOR KELLEN WINSLOW.  WHAT A GRAB!  DIVING CATCH FOR A GAIN OF 12, AND 8 PLAYS LATER, 57 SECS. TO GO IN THE HALF.  LOOK AT THAT GRAB BY KELLEN WINSLOW IN TRAFFIC.  PASS INTERFERENCE ON THE PLAY.  THEY DECLINE BECAUSE OF THAT KILLER CATCH BY KELLEN.  21-10.  T.B. UP AT HALFTIME.

 

ON THE 4TH QUARTER.  A 3RD & 15.  THEY GO WITH THE SCREEN PASS.  EXCELLENT CALL.  CADILLAC WILLIAMS GETS THE 1ST DOWN, AND THAT PRETTY MUCH ICED THE GAME BECAUSE 4 PLAYS LATER CADDY AGAIN BREAKS IT LOOSE.  AND HE WILL RUN ALL THE WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  A 45 YD. SCORE FOR CADILLAC WILLIAMS.  BUCCANEERS GO ON FOR THE 31-16 WIN.  THEY’RE NOW 6-3.  CAROLINA, 1-8.

 

00:24:42 – CINCINNATI BENGALS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

 

BENGALS AT THE COLTS.  PEYTON MANNING 6-0 ALL TIME AGAINST CINCY.  WELL THE BENGALS HAVE LOST 5 STRAIGHT.  CARSON PALMER 5 TDS.  NO PICKS IN HIS LAST 2 ROAD GAMES THOUGH.  1ST QUARTER, BENGALS 1ST POSSESSION OF THE GAME.  CARSON PALMER LOOKING FOR CHAD OCHOCINCO.  THROWS THE BALL BEHIND HIM.  OCHOCINCO RUNNING TOWARDS THE SIDELINES.  HE IS OPEN BUT THE BALL IS JUST BEHIND HIM.  PALMER AND OCHOCINCO WILL TALK IT OUT ON THE SIDELINES.

 

ON THE VERY NEXT POSSESSION FOR CINCY, THEY’RE DOWN 3-NOTHING.  PALMER LOOKING FOR TERRELL OWENS.  INTERCEPTED BY KELVIN HAYDEN!  HE’S GOT A CLEAR PATH INTO THE END ZONE.  A 31 YD. SCORE.  CINCY DOWN 10-NOTHING ON THAT MISTAKE BY CARSON PALMER.  LOOKED LIKE A MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN HIM AND HIS RECEIVER.

 

ENSUING CINCY POSSESSION.  ANOTHER MISTAKE!  CEDRIC BENSON PUTS THE BALL ON THE GROUND.  RECOVERED BY ANTONIO JOHNSON; AND THAT WOULD LEAD TO A TAVARIS JAMES TD.  COLTS UP 17-NOTHING, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE MISTAKES.  BRIAN LEONARD ON A 4TH & INCHES, TAKES THE DIRECT SNAP.  CARRIES IT 42 YDS. DOWN TO THE 44 YD. LINE INDY.  AND 6 PLAYS AFTER, CHAD OCHOCINCO HAD A TD. CALLED BACK.  A 2ND & 2.  PALMER FINDS OCHOCINCO IN THE CORNER OF THE END ZONE.  HE GETS BOTH FEET INBOUNDS!  AND THE BENGALS GET A TD.  OCHO DOES GET HIS TD. ON THE DRIVE.  THEY TRAIL BY 10 AT HALFTIME, 20-10.  WICKED OUTMANEUVER BY CHAD OCHOCINCO.  HIS 3RD TD. OF THE SEASON.  ONTO THE 4TH.  COLTS UP BY 10.  20-10.  CARSON PALMER, PLENTY OF TIME.  AND HE THROWS.  INTERCEPTED BY TYWANE HAGLER.  HE’S .. HAPPEN INTO THE END ZONE, TRIPPED UP AND DOWN.  HE GETS UP AND RUNS INTO THE END ZONE.  THE BENGALS CHALLENGE TH4E PLAY BECAUSE THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS A TD.  BUT, CARSON PALMER DID TRIP HIM DIVING INTO HIM.  CAUGHT HIM WITH HIS LEG.  SO, HE WAS RULED DOWN AT THE 10. COLTS WOULD SETTLE FOR A F.G. GOING UP 23-10.  CINCY GETTING THE BALL BACK 2ND & 6.  PALMER PICKED OFF BY BEN FRANCISCO.  HIS 3RD INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME.  HIS 2ND 3-PICK GAME OF THE SEASON.  PALMER 292 YDS. BUT 3 COSTLY INTERCEPTIONS.  OWENS PULLED UP ON THE ROUTE.  HE KNOWS THAT ONE IS ON HIM.  NEXT BENGALS POSSESSION, STILL DOWN 23-10.  PALMER FINDS GERMAINE GRESHAM.  A 19 YD. SCORE.  SO NOW THEY’RE ONLY DOWN BY 6.  STILL IN IT.  GOING FOR THE ONSIDE KICK, AND THEY REVERSE IT.  KICK IT UP THE MIDDLE, AND THE BALL IS BOUNCING AROUND.  PIERRE GARSON CANNOT CONTROL IT.  DID CINCY COME UP WITH IT?  THEY SURE DID; AND GARSON ALSO WAS CALLED FOR AN UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT PENALTY FOR TAKING OFF HIS HELMET.  JIM CALDWELL WANTED TO CHALLENGE BUT A LOOSE BALL IN THE OPEN FIELD, NOT REVIEWABLE.  CINCY WITH THE BALL.  DOWN ONLY 6.  2-1/2 MINS. LEFT.  1ST PLAY OF THEIR DRIVE.  CARSON PALMER GOING RIGHT BACK TO GERMAINE GRESHAM.  HE IS STANDING UP TRYING TO GET SOMETHING EXTRA BUT HE LOSES THE BALL!  MIKE NEWTON RECOVERS IT WITH 2:23 LEFT.  THE BENGALS, A SEASON-HIGH 5 TURNOVERS ON THE DAY.  THEY WOULD GET THE BALL BACK THOUGH.  THE GAME IS NOT OVER, AND DWIGHT FREENEY BRINGS DOWN CARSON PALMER.  SACKS HIM, AND THAT WOULD BE IT.  COLTS GET OUT WITH A 20-17 WIN.  THEY’RE 6-3.  BENGALS FALL TO 2-7.

 

00:28:24 – TENNESSEE TITANS @ MIAMI DOLPHINS

 

TITANS AT THE DOLPHINS.  CHAD PENNINGTON AND RANDY MOSS TEAMMATES TOGETHER AT MARSHALL.  PENNINGTON MAKING HIS FIRST START SINCE WEEK 3 OF 2009.  CHAD HENNE BENCHED.  AFTER A TITANS TURNOVER, DOLPHINS WITH THE BALL.  CHAD PENNINGTON BACK TO PASS.  HIT AS HE THROWS.  INCOMPLETE.  HIS SLOW TO GET UP AS WE SEE PENNINGTON’S RIGHT SURGICALLY-REPAIRED SHOULDER.  GOES INTO HIS TEAMMATES.  HE WOULD LEAVE AND HEAD TO THE L.R.

 

CHAD HENNE NOT BENCHED FOR LONG.  HE HITS __ __ OVER THE MIDDLE.  JUST GETS THE 1ST DOWN.  A 10 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 2.  RONNIE BROWN WOULD PUNCH IT IN.  DOLPHINS GO UP, 7-NOTHING.  TITANS FOLLOWING POSSESSION, 2ND & 8.  KERRY COLLINS BACK TO PASS, LOOKING FOR RANDY MOSS DEEP!  BUT GUESS WHAT, IT HITS VANTE DAVIS IN THE BACK.  33 YD. PENALTY ON THE PASS INTERFERENCE.  DAVIS NEVER TURNED AROUND.  5 PLAYS LATER SETS UP A CHRIS JOHNSON RUN UP THE MIDDLE.  HE IS INTO THE END ZONE, AND THAT WOULD TIE-UP THE GAME AT 7.  DOLPHINS AND THE TITANS.  ONTO THE 2ND QUARTER.  TRAILING 10-7, MIAMI WITH THE BALL.  CHAD HENNE HANDS OFF TO RICKY WILLIAMS.  FLEA-FLICKER!  HENNE GOES DEEP!!  FOR BRIAN HARTLINE.  HE MAKES THE GRAB.  A 54 YD. GAIN.  THE LONGEST COMPLETION OF THE SEASON FOR CHAD HENNE.  IT LED TO A DAN CARPENTER F.G. TYING UP THE GAME AT 10.  BUT, KERRY COLLINS LAST PLAY BEFORE THE HALF, THROWS SHORT.  HE COMES OFF LIMPING AFTER THAT PLAY.  GOES INTO THE L.R.; AND, THEY WOULD TURN IT OVER TO VINCE YOUNG, WHO IS THE BACKUP QB. FOR THE GAME, DEALING WITH AN ANKLE INJURY HIMSELF.  3RD & 8 FROM THE 22.  HE LOSES THE BALL.  JEREMIAH BELL CAUSED THE FUMBLE, AND THE DOLPHINS JUMPED ON IT.  EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION OFF THAT TURNOVER FOR MIAMI.

 

2 PLAYS LATER, CHAD HENNE HITS PATRICK KOLB SHORT TO THE RIGHT.  HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  A 13 YD. SCORE.  DOLPHINS UP 20-10.  THAT IS THE FIRST TD. SINCE 2008 FOR COBBS.  TITANS ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, INTO THE END ZONE.  THAT IS NATE WASHINGTON COMING DOWN WITH THE BALL.  A 14 YD. SCORE.  TITANS ONLY DOWN BY 3.  BUT GUESS WHAT?  ANOTHER INJURY TO A MIAMI QB.  CHAD HENNE BROUGHT DOWN AWKWARDLY DOWN ON THE GROUND.  IN INTENSE PAIN.  OH MY GOODNESS.  WHAT WOULD MIAMI DO AFTER THAT?  BOTH PENNINGTON AND HENNE WERE HURT.  THEIR EMERGENCY QB, TYLER THIGPEN.  SO THEY GO TO THE WILDCAT INSTEAD.  RONNIE BROWN TAKES THE SNAP.  HANDS TO RICKY WILLIAMS.  HE HITS THE EDGE.  23 YD. GAIN; AND NOW IT SETUP ANOTHER F.G.  THEY GO UP 23-17.  SO TYLER THIGPEN IN THE GAME IN THE 4TH QUARTER.  3RD & 7 FROM THE 9.  THIGPEN TAKES THE SNAP.  BACK TO PASS.  END ZONE.  ANTHONY FAISANO, A 9 YD. SCORE, AND THE DOLPHINS GET THE WIN 29-17!

 

00:31:30 – BALTIMORE RAVENS @ ATLANTA FALCONS

 

THIS TOWN..WHAT WITH THE 6-2 BALTIMORE RAVENS COMING IN WITH RAY LEWIS AND CO. AS THE #1 SEED IN THE AFC.  MATT RYAN’S ONLY LOST ONCE IN HIS CAREER IN THIS DOME.  WE PICK THINGS UP IN THE 2ND QUARTER.  STILL SCORELESS.  2ND & LONG, AND HERE IS JASON SNELLING ALL OF A SUDDEN FREE; AND THEN BOWLING THROUGH DEWANE LANDRY TO CAP A 14 PLAY, 91 YD. DRIVE.  STEVE MARIUCCI, WHAT HAPPENED HERE?  IT LOOKS LIKE A BUSTED COVERAGE IN HERE.  NOBODY COMES OUT AND COVERS SNELLING.  HE CHECKS IT DOWN VERY EASILY, BROOKS TO THE END ZONE, AND HERE WE GO.

 

IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS WAS A BUSTED COVERAGE.  IT’S BUSTED, AND HE BREAKS A TACKLE HERE ON THE 5 YD. LINE TO GET IT IN.  AND VERY RARELY DO YOU SEE THIS COMING FROM THE BALT. RAVENS BECAUSE NORMALLY THEY PLAY WITH A LOT OF DISCIPLINE.  7-NOTHING.  A PUNT AFTER THE RAVENS SUBSEQUENTLY GET THE FALCONS TO GO OFF THE FIELD OFFENSIVELY.  BUT LADARIUS WEBB PUTS THE BALL ON THE TURF, AND BRIAN FINNERAN IS THE MAN ON THE SPECIAL TEAMS TO MAKE THIS PLAY.  THESE ARE THE KIND OF PLAYS THAT IN A GAME THAT WHEN YOU’RE WORKING ON A SHORT WEEK, AND YOU COME TO SOMEBODY’S HOUSE, YOU CANNOT TURN THE FOOTBALL OVER.  THAT WAS COSTLY AT THE END OF THE HALF.  MATT RYAN WAS 20 OF 28 FOR 160 YDS. IN THE 1ST HALF.  HERE HE MAKES THE 1ST DOWN WITH HIS LEGS; AND ED REED HITS HIM AS HE’S SLIDING IN THE HEAD; AND THERE’S NO PENALTY.  THAT’S ED REED, BY THE WAY.  SO HE’S ALLOWED TO DO THAT.  HE’S IN THE TOP 100.  THAT LED TO A MATT RYAN F.G., AND THE FALCONS LEAD 10-NOTHING AT THE HALF OF THE 1ST GAME OF WEEK #10.  IN HALFTIME THIS WAS YOUR BIG MOMENT DEION.  YEA!  I’M SO THANKFUL.  ARTHUR BLANK’S ENTIRE ORG. JUST TO HONOR ME.  I’VE BEEN IN SEVERAL ORGS. BUT THIS WAS TRULY HOME.  I’M THANKFUL.

 

HERE IN THE RING OF HONOR FOREVER MORE, THE FIRST PLAY OF THE 2ND HALF, JOE FLACCO SACKED BY JOHN ABRAHAM WHO BROUGHT HIS A-GAME TONIGHT.  2 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 15.  A MAN THAT THEY WOULD PICKING ON FOR MUCH OF THE 2ND HALF, GOT THE FIRST LAUGH.  BRENT GRIMES PICKS OFF JOE FLACCO.  YEA, AND THE GREAT THING HERE NOW, JOE FLACCO THROWS THE INTERCEPTION.  THEY JUST HAD TURNED IT OVER ON THE PUNT RETURN BUT THIS GREAT DEFENSE OF RAY LEWIS AND THE GUYS; THEY HELD HIM TO F.G.’S BOTH TIMES.  STAYED IN THE GAME.  IT HAD THE RAVENS OFFENSE STARING AT EACH OTHER WITH ANQUAN BOLDEN TRYING TO RALLY THE TROOPS.  DOWN

13-0 AS THAT PICK LED TO A F.G.  JOE FLACCO ON 3RD & 9, PICKS UP THE 1ST DOWN BY RUNNING FOR IT.  DANTE STALLWORTH IN HIS 2ND GAME BACK FOR THE RAVENS ON AN END-AROUND FOR 19 YDS. DOWN TO THE 16, AND THEN 4 PLAYS LATER, 1ST & GOAL FROM THE 5.  FLACCO FINDS HIS WIDE RECEIVER WHO HAD NOT YET CAUGHT BALL ON THE NIGHT BUT ANQUAN BOLDEN MAKES HIS FIRST CASH CATCH FOR 6.  HE CHECKED OUT OF THIS PLAY.  I WAS WATCHING HIM BEFORE THE SNAP, AND HE SAW INSIDE LEVERAGE CORNER; AND HE POPPED IT UP FOR THE PYLON FOR THE TD.

 

13-7 IN THE 4TH QUARTER NOW.  MATT RYAN FROM MIDFIELD.  RODDY WHITE 17  YD. GAIN.  TAKES A BIG HIT FROM ED REED.  JOSH WILSON ALSO HAD TROUBLE GETTING UP FROM THIS COLLISION RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.  3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 10 FROM THE RAVENS 33, AND RYAN IS GONNA LOOK FOR SNELLING AGAIN; EXCEPT THIS TIME THEY SNELLED THIS PLAY OUT.  THE RAVENS DEFENSE GETS THE FALCONS OFF THE FIELD.  BUT, IT’S FACEMASK ON TERRELL SUGGS, WHO SEEMS TO HAVE HIS OWN FACEMASK GRABBED BY SNELLING TOO.  THIS CALL COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY.  YOU GOTTA GIVE SNELL SOME CREDIT.  HE WAS ALL OVER THE FIELD, HAVING A FEW SACKS ON THE NIGHT AS WELL AS PLAYING GREAT RUN.  JOHN HARBAUGH BARKING AT THE REFS LATE IN THE 4TH QUARTER TOO; AND THAT PENALTY LED TO RODDY WHITE WITH A 4 YD. TD.  THE FALCONS ARE UP BY 13 FOR MIKE SMITH.  RAVENS GETTING THE BALL BACK.  THEY NEED POINTS IN A HURRY WITH 8 MINS. AND CHANGE TO GO.  FLACCO DUMPS IT OFF TO RAY RICE RUNNING FOR THE RAVENS TO THE FALCONS 26.  ANQUAN BOLDEN PUTTING ON A BIG HIT TO SPRING HIM FREE.  4 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & 5 FROM THE 6; AND ITS’ DERRICK MASON FROM FLACCO, AND IT’S A 6 PT. GAME AGAIN.  GREAT PROTECTION.  GREAT ROUTE RUNNING.  THESE GUYS, THEY WON’T BEAT YOU DEEP BUT THEY CAN SURE RUN A GREAT ROUTE TO GET OPEN.

 

NEXT FALCONS DRIVE, 3 MINS. TO GO.  RODDY WHITE ON 3RD DOWN DROPS THE BALL.  VERY UNCHARACTERISTIC OF RODDY WHITE.  NORMALLY SURE HANDS.  THESE ARE THE KIND OF PLAYS WE ALWAYS SEE RODDY WHITE MAKE.  MATT RYAN WAS EVEN SURPRISED.  SO INSTEAD OF MOVING THE CHAINS WITH 3 MINS. TO GO, THE RAVENS GET THE BALL BACK AND BEGIN TO MOVE THE CHAINS THEMSELVES.  FLACCO BUYS TIME.  FINDS MASON 22 YDS.  4 PLAYS LATER ON THE FALCONS 35, WITH A MINUTE 55 TO GO; FLACCO SCREEN TO RAY RICE, RUNNING THROUGH RAVENS; AND HE’S RECEIVING AND RUNNING, AND …..RUT RO!!  GREAT PLAY CALL ON THE SCREEN.  A LOT OF PRESSURE ON FLACCO ALL NIGHT.  THE SCREEN WAS A TIMELY PLAY CALL.  2 PLAYS LATER, 70 TICKS LEFT.  FLACCO TO TODD HEAP!  …RAY TO THE RED ZONE FOR THE RAVENS.  HE WAS READY TO HAVE A GREAT GAME.   HE KNOW THEY WERE GONNA PUT IN HIS HANDS.  GREAT PLAY.  THE BOOTH BUZZES DOWN, “DID THE BALL COME LOOSE BEFORE HEAP HAD POSSESSION IN THE END ZONE?”  THE REFS RULED THAT THE PLAY STOOD AS CALLED.  RAY LEWIS GIVING HIS QB A “YOU THE MAN” POINT AS THE RAVENS HAVE THEIR FIRST LEAD IN THE GAME.  BUT, STILL TOO MUCH TIME FOR MATT RYAN, WHO FINDS MICHAEL JENKINS 24 YDS. ON 3RD & 10.  BOOTH BUZZES DOWN.  PLAY STANDS AS CALLED.  BOTH FEET DOWN.  IT DID LOOK MAYBE THAT THE BALL WAS SEPARATED FROM THE FINGERTIPS.  RAY THOUGHT IT WAS A JUGGLE, BUT IT WAS A CATCH.  JENKINS MOVES THE CHAINS.  NEXT PLAY, RODDY WHITE, 15 YD. GAIN.  THEY’RE GETTING INTO F.G. RANGE FOR THE RAVENS 41.  3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 10.  RYAN OVER THE MIDDLE.  IT IS INCOMPLETE BUT TAVARIS GOODEN IS CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  FRESH SET OF DOWNS FOR MATT RYAN AND THE FALCONS; AND JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THEY COULD KICK THE GAME-WINNING F.G., THEY THROW FOR A GAME-WINNING TD.  RODDY WHITE SHOOK FREE OF JOSH WILSON OR SHOVED HIM DOWN, DEPENDING ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW.  BOTTOM LINE IS THE FALCONS FIND THE END ZONE AND LODGE A MAJOR COMEBACK WIN TO IMPROVE TO 7-2 FOR ONLY THE 3RD TIME IN THE 45 YR. HISTORY OF THE ATLANTA FALCONS.  MATT RYAN WITH 50 PASS ATTEMPTS ON THE NIGHT.  HIS 11TH GAME-WINNING 4TH QUARTER DRIVE OF HIS YOUNG CAREER.  3 TDS.  316 YDS.; PASSING RODDY WHITE DESPITE THAT DROPPED BALL.  THAT WAS PRETTY BUT THE REST OF THE NIGHT WAS BEAUTIFUL.  1:38, 2 TDS. AND 12 RECEPTIONS FOR RODDY WHITE,

 

00:38:20 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS

 

LET’S GO TO THE NFC WEST.  MATT HASSELBECK OUT LAST WEEK.  CHARLIE WHITEHURST GOT BAPTIZED BY THE GIANTS.  MATT HASSELBECK IS BACK AS THEY TAKE ON THE DIVISION RIVAL ARIZONA.  LARRY FITZGERALD DOWN THE SIDELINE DEEP FOR 33 YDS.  TIM HIGHTOWER WILL PUNCH IT IN FROM THERE; AND THE ARIZONA CARDINALS DRAW FIRST BLOOD.  BUT MATT HASSELBECK LOOKED ON-POINT AND SHARP.  MIKE WILLIAMS HAD HIS BEST GAME IN A FEW WKS.  HE HAD 11 CATCHES.  MIKE WILLIAMS SLIM AND TRIM.

 

245 YDS.  MARSHAWN LYNCH WOULD CAP THAT 12 PLAY DRIVE, TIED AT 7.  TIED AT 10 WHEN HASSELBECK FINDS DEION BUTLER, AND THIS DEION MAKES A PLAY.  YEA, THAT DEION MAKES A PLAY.  HE CAN GET DEEP IN THE END.  GREAT BURST AND INSTINCT.  WATCH HIM MAKE A PLAY AND GET THIS BALL INTO THE PLANE.  63 YD. PASS PLAY.  17-10 SEAHAWKS UP, AND THEY WOULD NOT LOOK BACK.  THEY HAD SEVERAL F.G.’S, 29-10 IS YOUR SCORE HERE MIDWAY THROUGH THE 4TH QUARTER.  EARLY DUSSETT SCORING LATE BUT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO LATE FOR THE ARIZONA CARDINALS WHO ARE DOWN 11.  LAST CHANCE AND CHRIS CLEMENS SACKS DERRICK ANDERSON.  THE SEAHAWKS WIN.

 

00:39:31 - ST. LOUIS RAMS @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

 

6.  THE SEAHAWKS NOW 5-4, MEANING THE RAMS WOULD HAVE TO KEEP PACE IN S.F. WITH THEIR HEISMAN TROPHY QB STARTING HIS FIRST GAME ON THE MAINLAND IN THE U.S., IN THE DOMESTIC U.S., AFTER WINNING IN LONDON HIS FIRST START.  SAM BRADFORD COMING OFF FROM THE BYE WEEK JUST LIKE THE 49ERS.  HERE IS STEPHEN JACKSON RUNNING DOWN…HE’S A PHYSICAL MAN!  26  YDS. ALLOWS STEPHEN TO SET THEMSELVES UP 13 YD. BURST TO FINISH THE DRIVE.  THE LINEMEN MUST LOVE HIM.  OH, HE’S A BEAST.  … CARRIES, 81 YDS. AND THAT SCORE FOR STEPHEN JACKSON.  49ERS ARE DOWN IN THE 4TH QUARTER.  LET’S CUT TO THE CHASE.  17-13.  4TH & 18.  LAST CHANCE FOR THIS 2-6 TEAM.  I MEAN THEY NEED THIS 4TH & 18 FOR THE SEASON TO CONTINUE, AND THEY CONFER.  TROY SMITH BUYS TIME AND FINDS THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH.  FRANK GORE 23 YDS. DOWN TO THE RAMS 16.  NEXT PLAY, SMITH…LOOK AT THE TIME HE HAS TO THROW, COACH.  TO MICHAEL CRABTREE, TOUCHDOWN!  POST CORNER.  YES, POST CORNER AND HE THREW IT DOWN UNDERNEATH A DEFENDER.  GREAT THROW AND CATCH, AND THE OFF. LINE, LIKE YOU SAID, GAVE HIM ALL KINDS OF TIME.  356 YDS. PASSING FOR SMITH BUT SAM BRADFORD LED THE RAMS RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD; AND ON THAT FREE PLAY  WITH AN OFFSIDES TO THE 49ERS, BRADFORD FINDS JACKSON DOWN THE FIELD FOR 25 YDS. OUT OF THE 49ERS WITH 18 FREE TICKS TO GO.  JOSH BROWN TO SEND THIS GAME IN O.T. FOR STEVE SPAGNUOLO AND THE RAMS…AND JOSH BROWNS…GOT IT!  WE GO INTO THE EXTRA PERIOD IN S.F., AND IN THE O.T.  THE RAMS WON THE TOSS.  WENT 3 & OUT.  49ERS GET THE BALL BACK.  3RD & 2 ON THE PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD.  SMITH..FOR DELANEY WALKER.  HEAVES IT DOWN THE MIDDLE.  THERE’S A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  O.J. __ CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  ED HOCHULES ALSO GOT IMPRESSIVE TRICEPS.

 

1ST & 10 FOR THE RAMS.  1ST & 10 FOR THE NINERS ON THE RAMS 23.  OUT COMES JOE NEDNEY.  LAY UP.  GOT IT!  AHD THAT’S THE WAY THE 49ERS SURVIVED TO IMPROVE TO 3-6…AND GET OUT OF THE CELLAR.  THE CARDS, BECAUSE OF THEIR 1-2 DIVISION RECORD, AND 3-6 OVERALL RECORD, THEY ARE IN LAST PLACE.

 

00:41:52 – KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ DENVER BRONCOS

 

SO DENVER COMING OFF ITS BYE AFTER SOME BRUTAL LOSSES, IN SUCCESSION.  HAVE SCORED ONLY 1 TD. IN THE 1ST QUARTER ALL YEAR.  THAT WOULD CHANGE.  WHEN YOU MAKE A PLAY LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW THINGS ARE…HE WAS DOUBLE COVERED.  BRANDON LLOYD.  WHAT A YEAR HE’S HAVING.  37 YD. GAIN.  THEN 4 PLAYS LATER, KYLE ORTON FINDS NOSHAWN MARINO; AND JUST LIKE THAT, 8 PLAYS INTO THE GAME…MATCH THEIR ENTIRE SEASON TOTAL OF 1ST QUARTER PTS.  AND THEN THEY WOULD SURPASS IT ON THE NEXT POSSESSION.  9TH PLAY OF THAT DRIVE, 7-NOTHING.  KYLE ORTON TO BRANDON LLOYD.  TD.  NICE.  THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED, TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF A RUSHING FOOTBALL TEAM LIKE K.C., BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT EQUIPPED TO COME BACK.  LLOYD HAD 2 TDS. OF THE DAY.  NEXT BRONCOS POSSESSION, ORTON ALL SORTS OF TIME.  JABBAR GAFFNEY OVER 3 DEFENDERS.  THAT’S IT.  GET OUT IN FRONT.  BECAUSE YOU HAD A RUNNING GAME GOING TODAY COACH.  LOOK AT THIS.  DARN NEAR PUT UP A 50 BURGER.  THE BRONCOS HAVE LIFE, AND WITH THE CHIEFS’ LOSS, GUESS WHO’S LEADING THE AFC WEST?

 

00:43:07 – DALLAS COWBOYS @ NEW YORK GIANTS

 

WHAT A FIRST ASSIGNMENT FOR JASON GARRETT AS THE INTERIM COACH OF THE COWBOYS.  TAKE ON THE TEAM THAT KNOCKED TONY ROMO OUT PERHAPS FOR THE SEASON.  THE RED HOT GIANTS.  5 WINS IN A ROW.  ALREADY DOWN 3-0, DEZ BRYANT APPEARS TO CATCH THE BALL.  IT’S RULED INCOMPLETE.  JASON GARRETT CHALLENGES AND THE BOOTH CONFIRMS WHAT WE KNOW.  THAT DEZ BRYANT.  NICE FOLLOW-THROUGH.  I LIKE THAT.  IT CONFIRMS THAT DEZ BRYANT IS A PLAYMAKER OF THE 1ST RATE.  I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE OF THIS IN THIS YOUNG MAN’S CAREER.  ESPECIALLY WHEN HE LEARNS THE OFFENSE.  IT’S A TD.  PLAY OVERTURNED.  THE RULING OVERTURNED.  6-3 COWBOYS WHEN THEY MISS THE EXTRA POINT.  TERRENCE NEWMAN AND CHRIS JENKINS.  2 OF THE MALIGNED DEF. BACKS.  INJURED MIKE JENKINS.  BOTH OUT, AND LOOK WHO MAKES THE PLAY ON THE GOAL LINE.  THAT WOULD BE BRIAN MCCANE!  WHEN YOU GET YOUR TURN, YOU GOTTA STEP UP AND MAKE A PLAY, AND MCCANE DID JUST THAT.  HE’S STUDYING FOR THE .. YOU KNOW YOU GET AN INSIDE ROUTE.  A 101 YD. PICK 6 AND JASON GARRETT’S TEAM SHOCKING THE GIANTS IN THE NEW MEADOWLANDS, LEADING 19-6 AT THE HALF.  3RD QUARTER LIGHTS GO OUT.  A LIGHTS OUT MOMENT.  STADIUM IS IN SHOCK.  A COUPLE TRANSFORMERS BLOW.  1.6 BILLION DOLLARS.  THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS WITH A BILLION DOLLAR STADIUM.  YOU FORGET TO PAY THE ELECTRICITY BILL?  ACTUALLY, A COUPLE TRANSFORMERS BLEW OUTSIDE.  SO THEY STARTED PLAYING IN LIGHT THAT WAS SORT OF FILLING FOR THE, FITTING FOR THE DILLON PANTHERS.  FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS!  GREAT PLAY CALL.  GREAT EXECUTION, AND THIS GUY CAN RUN.  AND IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT THE LIGHTING SITUATION, IT WAS AN ELECTRIC MOMENT FOR FELIX JONES.  71 YDS., 26-6.  JASON GARRETT’S FIRED-UP.  IT’S ALL SMILES ON ONE SIDELINE.  THE GIANTS ARE SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER.  ENSUING POSSESSION DOWN 20 PTS.  AKEEM NICKS WITH A 1-HANDED GRAB.  THIS GUY’S…THERE’S NO QUIT IN THIS KID.  AND THEN A 2ND TRANSFORMER GOES OUT AND DELAYS THE GAME FOR A FULL 12 MINS.  THIS STADIUM IS IN SHOCK.  EVERYBODY’S IN SHOCK.  SO THE GAME CONTINUES ONCE THE..I GUESS .. GETS ON THE CASE.  AND A PLAY ACTION PASS FROM THE MANNING TO MANNINGHAM MAKES IT A 13 PT. DEFICIT FOR THE HOME TEAM.  ENSUING COWBOYS POSSESSION.  3RD & 22 ON THEIR OWN 49.  AND ROY WILLIAMS…  SHADES OF DETROIT, 2007.  THEY HOOKED UP MANY TIMES BEFORE AND THEY’VE GOT A GOOD CHEMISTRY, AND WE NEED TO SEE IT MORE.  AND THE NEXT PLAY KITNA.  WHAT A HECK OF A GAME…TO MILES AUSTIN, TOUCHDOWN.  IT WAS A GREAT ROUTE RUN AND KITNA PUT IT WHERE IT HAD TO BE PLACED.  AND NOW THE D.C. AND THE A.C.’S HAVING WORDS ON THE SIDELINE RIGHT HERE.  YEA.  HE SAID, “WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?  I’M CALLING THE PLAYS.  THEY CAN’T EXECUTE.”  ENSUING GIANTS POSSESSION AFTER A 35 YD. PASS INTERFERENCE PENALTY PUT THE BALL IN THE COWBOYS TERRITORY.  MANNING TO KEVIN BOSS.  HE’S THE BOSS.  HE’S THE BOSS.  HE’S THE BOSS.  35 YDS.  WIDE OPEN.  LONG COVERAGE.  GET INTO THE PYLON.  AND HE DID.  HE’S UNDERCOVERED BOSS.  THERE YOU GO.  HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT?  I LIKE IT.  33-20’S YOUR SCORE.  LESS THAN 11 MINS. TO GO.  4TH & INCHES FOR THE GIANTS AND …THEY’RE BURGLARIZED.  BRADSHAW COME ON MAN!  BRANDON JACOBS 8 FT. TALL AND ALL BUT HE CAN’T GET THE 1 INCH NECESSARY.  THE COWBOYS GET THE BALL AND THE TURNOVER ON DOWNS; AND THEN KITNA TO DEZ BRYANT.  PICKED OFF …BY DEION BRANCH.  YOU CAN’T BLAME KITNA FOR GIVING A SHOT THERE.  DEZ BRYANT HAS BEEN PLAYING LIGHTS OUT.  GIANTS NEXT POSSESSION, MANNING TO AKEEM NICKS.  WHAT A PLAY!  THE GIANTS ARE RIGHT BACK IN IT!  DOWN 6 WITH A TD. EXCEPT …HOLD ON.  HOLD ON.  THE PATCHWORK BANGED-UP OFF. LINE.  IT’S CALLED ON KEVIN BOOTH.  THAT’S CALLED A HOLD.  IT’S A SINGLE-EDGE TAKEDOWN.  THEY CALL IT A … TAKEDOWN.  SO WIPE OFF THE SCORE.  NEXT PLAY, 2ND & 15 DISASTER.  OH BOY.  A SNAP.  BAD SNAP.  ANTHONY SPENCER RECOVERS FOR THE COWBOYS WHO SETUP SHOP ON THE G-MEN 21.  LOOKING TO ICE THE GAME.  DAVID BEILER’S ALREADY MISSED AN EXTRA POINT.  DAVID BEILER…NO.  THAT WOULD’VE MADE IT A 3 POSSESSION GAME.  NO.  BEILER.  BEILER.  5:45 TO GO.  ENSUING GIANTS POSSESSION.  MANNING TO MANNINGHAM.  5 YD. GAIN.  GERALD SENSABAUGH AND ALAN BENSON GET CONFUSED WITH THE HUDDLE BEING RUN.  COWBOYS HAVE TO CALL TIMEOUT.  LOTS OF SCREAMING AND YELLING.  WHEN YOU’RE MISSING 2 DEF. BACKS, YOU DON’T HAVE YOUR DIME GROUP READY.  NEXT PLAY MANNING.  SHADES OF THE S.B.  GETS OUT OF A SURE SACK.  AHMAD BRADSHAW MAKES A PLAY.  STILL BELIEVE IN ELI!  DOWN TO THE COWBOYS 28.  6 PLAYS LATER MANNING ON 3RD & 10 FROM THE COWBOYS 17.  MANNING IS…BOOM.  ALAN BALL STEPS UP TO SEAL THE DEAL.  HOW ABOUT THE COWBOYS?  THAT’S A GREAT PLAY.  WOW.  COME INTO THE NEW MEADOWLANDS WITH THE G-MEN HAVING WON 5 IN A ROW, FRESH OFF A WAXING OF SEATTLE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST; AND THE GIANTS COME IN AND ..YOU’D THINK THEY WERE THE 1-7 TEAM.

 

00:48:13 – NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS

 

AS BEN ROETHLISBERGER AND TOM BRADY.  BOTH THESE QBS, THEY HAVE WON 3 OF THE LAST…PATRIOTS WON 3 OF THE LAST 5 GAMES AGAINST THE STEELERS SINCE 2002.  BRADY TO __ FOR AN 18 YD. TD. ON THE 1ST POSSESSION.  THEY CAME OUT THROWING THE BALL, AND THEY NEVER STOPPED THROWING THE FOOTBALL ON PITTS.  ALRIGHT.  SO ROETHLISBERGER NOW HITS HINES WARD FOR A 5 YD. GAIN BUT BILL BELICHICK AND THE PATRIOTS CHALLENGE BECAUSE THE OLD ISSUE HINES WARD HAVING TO MAINTAIN, CONTROL THE FOOTBALL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GROUND.  HE WAS INJURED ON THE PLAY WITH A NECK INJURY.  AND HE DID NOT CONCUR.  AND THAT WAS THE HEART OF THE STEELERS.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER FACED A DEEP PRESSURE ALL NIGHT.  SACKED 5 TIMES.  GARY __ GETS HIM THERE.  MIKE WHITE AND SHAWN FRABLE.  THEY WRAP UP BIG BEN AND __ .  THAT’S THE THING ABOUT MATCHUPS, MAN.  I’M TELLING YOU.  THIS …DEFENSE CAME TO PLAY TODAY.  PATRIOTS ON TOP, 10-3.  HOW ABOUT DANNY WOODHEAD HERE.  ON 3RD & 6.  2 YDS.TOM BRADY FIRED UP THAT HIS TEAMMATES ARE NOT QUIET GETTING THE MESSAGE.  PATRIOTS ON TOP 10-3 AT THE BREAK.

 

3RD QUARTER, STILL UP 10-3, AND IT’S BRADY TO WES WELKER WHO HAS MISSED RANDY MOSS.  YEA, HE HAS.  AND THEY’RE GETTING A LOT OF THIS LITTLE UNDERNEATH STUFF PLAYING SMALL BALL BUT I LIKE THEIR GAME PLANS.  VERY EFFECTIVE.

 

10TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, AND BRADY, THAT’S A BEAUTIFUL PLAY ACTION TO GRATKOWSKI.  THAT’S HIS 2ND TD. OF THE GAME.  PATRIOTS ON TOP, 17-3.  GREAT GAME PLAN.  PATRIOTS HAVE.  GREAT GAME PLAN.  SO DO THE STEELERS OFFENSE, IF THEY WERE ABLE TO GET GOING.  ROETHLISBERGER LOOKING FOR HIS DEEP THREAT IN MIKE WALLACE.  BRANDON MERRIWEATHER…  CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  AND THAT SETUP THIS.  ROETHLISBERGER…COMES THE BLITZ.  TO THE ROOKIE FROM S.M.U. LOOKING FOR EMANUEL SANDERS.  HINES WARD WAS MISSING.  THAT’S WHERE HINES WARD WOULD BE.  AND JEFF REED.  THIS IS A 26 YD. F.G. TO THE PATRIOTS… THE STEELERS GET NO POINTS THERE.  TOM BRADY WANTS IT BACK IN A BIG WAY TO BRANDON TATE.  45 YDS. TO THE 35.  HE’S THEIR SPEED GUY NOW.  HE’S GETTING TURNS, AND HE’S A DEEP THREAT.  ALRIGHT, 1ST & 15 NOW.  IT’S BRADY TO WES WELKER.  16 YDS. TO THE 24.  7TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  2ND & GOAL, AND BRADY SAYS, “I’LL KEEP IT MYSELF.”  A LITTLE GOOSE PLAY NOW.  HE LIKES TO LINE IT WITH THE DEF. TACKLES. WIDE AND OUTSIDE THE A-GAPS.  AWAY WE GO FOR THE TD.  THE PAT ON THE BUTT.  THE COACH TELLS THE CENTER LET’S GO.  …MISS THE EXTRA POINT.  23-3.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER TO SANDERS.  THE ROOKIE FROM S.M.U.  IT’S AN 11 YD. GAIN.  AND ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY IT IS ROETHLISBERGER TO MIKE WALLACE.  THIS GUY’S A BIG …WAITING TO HAPPEN.  20 YDS. TO THE 6.  FIRST & GOAL, AND IT’S ROETHLISBERGER BACK TO SANDERS WITH HINES WARD OUT OF THE GAME WITH A NECK INJURY.  IT IS ROETHLISBERGER HOOKING UP WITH SANDERS.  23-10.  ALRIGHT, 5TH PLAY NOW.  THE ENSUING PATRIOTS DRIVE, AND THEN BRADY, INCOMPLETE THERE.  CALLED FOR INTENTIONAL GROUNDING.  YEA.  NOBODY NEAR HIM BUT HE WAS STILL IN THE POCKET.  SO THE PATRIOTS ARE FORCED TO PUNT ON THE NEXT STEELERS POSSESSION.  ROETHLISBERGER’S LOOKING FOR ANTOWANE RANDLE L.  IT’S DEFLECTED AND PICKED OFF BY JAMES SANDERS!  AND SANDERS IS GONE 32 YDS. FOR THE TD. TO PUT THE PATRIOTS ON TOP 29-10; AND THEY WILL GO FOR 2 AND COME UP SHORT.  STEELERS THOUGH WITH 7 PLUS MINS. LEFT IN THE GAME, NOT GIVING UP.  ROETHLISBERGER TO RANDLE L.  15 YDS. DOWN TO THE 23, AND ON THE 4TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, IT’S ROETHLISBERGER DEION.  BACK TO MIKE WALLACE.  MIKE WALLACE IS LEADING THE LEAGUE IN ALL THESE YDS. PER CATCH FOR A 2ND YEAR STRAIGHT.  THIS GUY’S INCREDIBLE.  BIG BEN AND CO. OUT IN A 2 PT. CONVERSION.  29-18.  BUT EVERY TIME THE STEELERS GOT CLOSE…PATRIOTS TURNED ON THE GAS.  THEY WERE BLITZING RIGHT THERE AND HE WAS VERY WELL PROTECTED; AND HE HITS HIS ROOKIE T.E. TO GET IN FOR A TD.  GRANKOWSKI’S 3RD TOUCH OF THE GAME.  SO THE STEELERS COME BACK AND IT’S ROETHLISBERGER TO MIKE WALLACE.  SO, IT ENDED UP TURNING INTO A SHOOTOUT HERE.  AND NOW ON A 3RD & 2, ROETHLISBERGER LOOKING FOR WALLACE AGAIN.  ALL DAY!  AND HE FINDS HIM FOR THE 33 YD. TD. STRIKE.  HE IS PLAYING WELL MAN.  HE NOT ONLY GOES DEEP; HE GOES ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND MAKES THE TOUGH CATCHES.  ALRIGHT, THE STEELERS OF COURSE TRY AN ONSIDE KICK.  BIG FELLA, ALGE CRUMPLER, SCOOPS IT UP.  SO THE PATRIOTS GO INTO PITTS., AND HINES WARD KNOCKED OUT OF THE GAME WITH A NECK INJURY; AND THEY COME UP WITH THE BIG VICTORY HERE, 39-26.  TOM BRADY, 350 YDS., 3 TD. PASSES, ALL TO ROB GRANKOWSKI.

 

 

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