SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 11

 

1.       CARDINALS@CHIEFS  1:43
2.       TEXANS@JETS  3:09
3.       REDSKINS@TITANS  3:27
4.       PACKERS@VIKINGS  3:11
5.       RAVENS@PANTHERS  2:01
6.       RAIDERS@STEELERS  2:56
7.       BILLS@BENGALS  3:57
8.       BROWNS@JAGUARS  3:07
9.       LIONS@COWBOYS  2:57
10.   BEARS@DOLPHINS  3:02
11.   BUCCANEERS@49ERS  1:05
12.   COLTS@PATRIOTS  4:17
13.   SEAHAWKS@SAINTS  :58
14.   FALCONS@RAMS  2:00
15.   GIANTS@EAGLES  4:51 

TRT:    55:15     WITH BARS

 

00:10:15 – ARIZONA CARDINALS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

 

CARDINALS AT THE CHIEFS.  K.C. BACK HOME WHERE THEY HAVEN’T LOST THIS YEAR.  DWAYNE BOWE 13 CATCHES, 186 YDS. LAST WEEK IN A BLOWOUT LOSS HOPING TO DO THE SAME BUT IN THE WIND; AND THEIR FIRST PLAY OF THE DRIVE IN THE FIRST.  CASSEL FINDS BOWE FOR 37 YDS. DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE.  BOWE GETTING BUSY EARLY.  SAME DRIVE 3 PLAYS LATER.  CASSEL END ZONE.  DWAYNE BOWE DIVES FOR THE TD. GRAB.  THEY GO UP 7-3.  DWAYNE BOWE WITH A TD. IN HIS 6^TH STRAIGHT GAME.  THAT IS A FRANCHISE RECORD.

 

MATT CASSEL FOLLOWING A 3 & OUT BY THE CARDINALS.  IT’S JAKE O’CONNELL PLUS A PENALTY.  LOOK AT THAT LATE HIT.  KALEB HAYES, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?  AN UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS MAKES IT A 1^ST DOWN AT THE 26; AND ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY MATT CASSEL PLAY FAKING TO JAMAL CHARLES AND HITS CHARLES OVER THE MIDDLE.  BUSTING UP THROUGH THE MIDDLE DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE.  VERY NEXT PLAY, 5^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, THOMAS JONES OVER THE TOP, A 1 YD. SCORE.  CHIEFS GO UP 14-3 AT HALFTIME AT HOME.  ONTO THE 3^RD QUARTER.  THEIR OPENING POSSESSION OF THE 2^ND HALF.  STILL 14-3.  CASSEL JUST DARTS ONE OVER THE MIDDLE FOR DWAYNE BOWE.  A 14 YD. PICKUP DOWN TO THE 43.  2 PLAYS LATER, TAMAL CHARLES FINDS AN OPENING AROUND THE LEFT END.  TRYING TO OUTRACE PEOPLE INTO THE END ZONE.  TAKES IT DOWN TO THE 3.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO THOMAS JONES’ 2^ND TD. OF THE GAME.  CHIEFS GO UP 21-3.  ONTO THE 4^TH, UP 24-6, A 3^RD DOWN PLAY AND CASSEL FINDS WAYNE BOWE OVER THE MIDDLE.  3 DEFENDERS AROUND HIM AND HE ZIGZAGS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE SCORE.  THEY GO UP 31-6.  WIN IT 21-13.  THEY’RE NOW 6-4.

 

01:12:08 – HOUSTON TEXANS @ NEW YORK JETS

 

THE NEW MEADOWLANDS.  THE HOUSTON TEXANS AT THE N.Y. JETS.  ARIAN FOSTER AND HIS TEAM.  3 GAME LOSING STREAK.  MARK SANCHEZ AND THE JETS, 2 WINS IN A ROW BOTH IN O.T. ON THE ROAD.  2^ND QUARTER, JETS TRAILING 7-3.  SANCHEZ TO SANTONIO HOLMES.  26 YD. GAIN.  THIS CONNECTION HAS REALLY DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WKS.

 

YOU ALWAYS HAVE THIS CONNECTION.  SANCHEZ TO BRAYLON EDWARDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE’S ABLE TO HANG ON.  KEEP THIS IN MIND TOO.  EVERYBODY’S SAYING THAT THEY CAN’T SIGN BOTH OF THESE GUYS.  I DON’T SEE WHY THE JETS COULDN’T.  SANCHEZ TO EDWARDS, 4 YD. TD.  JETS LEAD NOW 10-7.  THAT DRIVE 10 PLAYS, 78 YDS.  3^RD QUARTER IT’S 13-7 N.Y.  SANCHEZ TO L.T. MAKING PEOPLE MISS.  REMEMBER THEY SAID HE COULDN’T DO THAT?  YEA, I SAID IT.  OLD MAN’S STILL GOT IT.  I DIDN’T THINK HE HAD A WHOLE LOT LEFT IN THE TANK EITHER.  I’LL BE HONEST.  3^RD DOWN & 6.  SANCHEZ TO HOLMES, 41 YDS. AND ANOTHER JET TD.  IS THERE ANYBODY BETTER IN THE LEAGUE RIGHT NOW RUNNING THE SLANT AND TURNING IT UP FOR BIG YARDAGE?

IT’S LIKE HIS ONLY HIGHLIGHTS.  GOOD HIGHLIGHTS.. BUT IT’S THE SAME PLAY EVERY TIME.  4^TH QUARTER, IT’S 23-10.  SHAWN GREEN PUTS IT ON THE GROUND AND KEVIN BENTLEY PICKS IT UP AND TAKES IT BACK 16 YDS.  AND THAT’S HOW YOU LET TEAMS BACK IN THE GAME.  THIS GAME SHOULD’VE BEEN OVER.  SHAWN GREEN HAS HAD FUMBLING PROBLEMS, AND IT’S SURPRISING AS BIG AND THICK AND AS STRONG AS HE HAD.  DON’T LET THE HOUSTON TEXANS OFFENSE HANG AROUND BECAUSE HERE IT COMES DOWN 13 UNTIL SCHAUB FINDS HIS BACKUP T.E. JOEL DREESON. 43 YD. HOUSTON TD.  IT’S NOW 23-7.  THE SAD REALITY IS THOUGH THAT THE HOUSTON TEXANS DEFENSE THEN HAS TO GO BACK OUT ONTO THE FIELD.  AND HERE’S THE HOUSTON OFFENSE.  PLAY ACTION, MATT SCHAUB.  LOTS OF TIME AND ANDRE JOHNSON A LITTLE BIT OPEN FOR A 20 YD. GAIN.

 

REVIS SHUT THIS GUY DOWN AGAIN TODAY.  ONLY 32 YDS. ON THE DAY FOR ANDRE JOHNSON.  ARIAN FOSTER RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.  ONE YD. TD.  HEY, TEXANS LEAD 24-23.  THE JETS CHALLENGE THIS CALL.  AND HE DOES GET THE BALL ACROSS.  REBUILDING TIME FOR MARK SANCHEZ. WHAT HAPPENS.  JUST GONNA DUMP THIS ONE OFF TO L.T. OR TRIED TO.  INTERCEPTED BY KEVIN BENTLEY.  WELL AT THIS POINT YOU THINK THAT THE HOUSTON TEXANS ARE GONNA SULK THIS ONE AWAY, CORRECT?  YEA.  THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I’M THINKING.  AND YOU’RE THINKING, “BUT THEY NEED TO TRY TO GET 7 TO PUT THEM DOWN BECAUSE YOU GOT THE BALL…YOU GOT 3.  THEY ONLY GOT 3 TO MAKE IT 27-23.  BRAYLON EDWARDS DOWN THE SIDELINE ON THE 4^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  NICE.  42 YD. JET GAME.  CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT TEXAS DEFENSE CONTINUES TO GET THEM BEAT.

 

PERFECT PASS.  SANCHEZ TO HOLMES.  6 YD. TD.  IS HOW THE JETS DO IT.  THE HOUSTON OFFENSE RACKED UP 343 YDS. AND 27 PTS. AGAINST THE JETS DEFENSE.  SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR A WIN, SHOULDN’T IT?  OUGHT TO BE.  HOUSTON DEFENSE.  30-27.  THE FINAL SANCHEZ OVER 300 YDS. AND SANTONIO HOLMES OVER 100 YDS. RECEIVING AGAIN.  THE GAME WINNER.

 

01:15:26 – WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

 

TITANS HOSTING THE REDSKINS COMING OFF THE MONDAY NIGHT DEBACLE AGAINST THE EAGLES.  DONOVAN MCNABB LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK FROM THAT BIG LOSE.  RANDY MOSS MAKING HIS 2^ND START FOR TENN.  FIRST QUARTER, 2^ND REDSKINS POSSESSION WITHIN 9.  SO THEY PUNT.  MARTIN __, AND LOOK AT HIM GO.  HE’S GOT A MAN IN FRONT OF HIM WHO MAKES A NICE BLOCK.  MARINARI INTO THE END ZONE TAKING IT ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE.  AN 87 YD. PUNT RETURN FOR A TD.  TITANS GO UP 7-NOTHING.  ENSUING REDSKINS POSSESSION, MCNABB PLENTY OF TIME AFTER THE PLAY FAKE.  FINDS SANTANA MOSS.  BALL IS KNOCKED OUT OF BOUNDS BUT IT’S A GAIN OF 48.  TITANS WOULD CHALLENGE THINKING THAT HE FUMBLED ON THE PLAY AND NEVER HAD CONTROL OF THE BALL.  BUT, THE RULING ON THE FIELD STANDS.  SANTANA MOSS WITH THE CATCH.  5 PLAYS LATER, MCNABB WITH THE OUT ROUTE TO SANTANA MOSS IN THE END ZONE.  A TD.  A 5 YD. SCORE.  WASHINGTON TIES IT UP AT 7.  THEY GO INTO HALFTIME TIES UP AT 10.

 

SCORE TIED AT 13 IN THE 3^RD QUARTER.  VINCE YOUNG FINDS NATE WASHINGTON OVER THE MIDDLE BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT BALL HAD LOST SOME AIR.  WHAT HAPPENED ON IT.  VINCE YOUNG HAD HIS HAND INJURED ON THE PLAY.  LOOKS LIKE HE WOUND UP HAVING HIS HAND JAMMED INTO A PLAYER SO HE WOULD LEAVE THE GAME.  GUESS  WHO COMES IN?  ROOKIE RUSTY SMITH FROM FLORIDA ATLANTIC WARMING UP, COMING IN TO REPLACE VINCE YOUNG.  4^TH DOWN & 3.  GAME TIED AT 13.  HE LOOKS END ZONE FOR RANDY MOSS.  IT’S A TD. BUT, NO.  THERE’S A FLAG DOWN ON THE PLAY.  THEY CALLED RANDY MOSS FOR THE PUSH-OFF.  OFF. PASS INTERFERENCE.  YEP, HE SURE DID.  GOOD CALL ON THAT ONE.  4 PLAYS AFTER THAT.  ON TO THE 4^TH.  THE TD. WAS NULLIFIED.  T.E.’S POSSESSION.  2^ND & 6 FROM THEIR 21.  RUSTY SMITH LOOKING DEEP DOWN THE MIDDLE AND HE FINDS NATE WASHINGTON FOR A GAIN OF 27.  AND THAT WOULD SETUP A TITANS F.G.  SO TENN. GOES UP 16-13 WITH JUST UNDER 11 MINS. LEFT IN THE GAME.  ENSUING REDSKINS POSSESSION OF 3^RD & 7 AT THE 31, MCNABB PASSES TO COOLEY FOR A GAIN OF 7.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G. THAT TIED THE GAME AT 16.  UNDER A MINUTE TO GO.  MCNABB LOOKING TO WIN THIS ONE IN REGULATION, THROWS A LASER ACROSS THE MIDDLE.  BRANDON BANKS PICKS UP 15 YDS. ON THE CATCH.  5 PLAYS LATER GRAHAM __ SETUP.  GAME WINNING F.G.!  DOWN THE MIDDLE!  LOOK AT THAT ONE!  OH, IT COMES UP SHORT!  NOT ENOUGH LENGTH, AND THEY WOULD GO INTO O.T.  DONOVAN MCNABB CANNOT BELIEVE IT.  MIKE SHANAHAN CAN’T BELIEVE IT.  THEY ARE HEADED TO O.T. AS THAT F.G. CAME UP SHORT.

 

BUT, THE REDSKINS WOULD GET IT DONE.  FIRST & 10 ON THEIR 42.  MCNABB HIT AS HE THREW.  CHRIS COOLEY CANNOT COME UP WITH IT BUT, IT IS A HELMET TO THE FACE OF MCNABB.  SO THERE IS A ROUGHING THE PASSER PENALTY CALLED 2 PLAYS LATER.  MCNABB PASSES SHORT TO THE LEFT FOR SANTANA MOSS.  HE PICKS UP THE 1^ST DOWN.  A GAIN OF 10.  MCNABB 30 OF 50, 376 YDS., A TD. AND A PICK.  BUT IT WOULDN’T MATTER UNLESS THEY NAILED THE F.G.; AND THIS TIME GRAHAM GANO GETS IT FROM 48 YDS. OUT.  REDSKINS BOUNCE BACK FROM THEIR LOSS ON MONDAY NIGHT.  THEY WIN ON THE ROAD, 19-16.

 

01:19:03 – GREEN BAY PACKERS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS

 

PACKERS AT MINN.  AARON RODGERS TAKING ON THE MAN HE USED TO BACKUP MAYBE FOR THE LAST TIME.  BRETT FAVRE HOPING TO SALVAGE THIS SEASON FOR THE VIKINGS.  THEIR 2^ND POSSESSION OF THE GAME.  1^ST & 10 FROM THE 40.  FAVRE UP FOR PLAY ACTION.  HE HITS GREG LEWIS DOWN THE SIDELINES.  A 29 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 11.  THEIR DRIVE WOULD STALL.  THEY WOULD END UP WITH A F.G. GOING UP 3-NOTHING.  ONTO THE 2^ND.  VIKINGS STILL UP 3-0.  AARON RODGERS FROM THE SHOTGUN GOES DOWN THE RIGHT SIDELINES BOBBLING IT AS GREG JENNINGS COMES DOWN WITH IT AND CUTS ACROSS THE FIELD TOWARDS THE MIDDLE, DOWN TO THE 30 YD. LINE.  A 47 YD. GAIN THAT LED TO A F.G. TO TIE IT AT 3, AND THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING.  ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, RODGERS DEEP DOWN THE RIGHT SIDELINE.  JAMES JONES GETS BEHIND DEFENDERS FOR A 39 YD. PICKUP DOWN TO THE 11.  VERY NEXT PLAY, AARON RODGERS BACK TO PASS.  LOOKING END ZONE, AND IT IS NEARLY INTERCEPTED BY HUSAIN ABDULLA AS HE READ IT COMING OUT OF THE HAND OF AARON RODGERS.  ALMOST HAD IT.  GOES IN AND OUT OF HIS HANDS.  PACKERS DODGE A BULLET.  AARON RODGERS KNOWS HE GOT LUCKY ON THAT ONE.  VERY NEXT PLAY AND HE BURNS THEM.  AARON RODGER SCRAMBLING, ROLLS TO HIS LEFT, DIRECTING RECEIVERS, AND HE FINDS GREG JENNINGS FOR THE TD.  PACKERS GO UP 10-3 ON THE ROAD.  VIKINGS ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION.  BRETT FAVRE HIT SIMEON RICE ON THE SLANT PATTERN.  THE FIRST CATCH OF THE SEASON FOR RICE.  HE HAD 3 CATCHES FOR 56 YDS. IN HIS RETURN FROM A HIP INJURY.  6 PLAYS LATER, FAVRE THROWING TO THE RIGHT.  INTERCEPTED.  TREMAN WILLIAMS, AND HE IS STILL ON HIS FEET DODGING DEFENDERS GOING UP THE FIELD.  RETURNS IT 14 YDS. TO THE 47 YD. LINE.  TREMAN WILLIAMS READ BRETT FAVRE’S EYES; JUMPED A ROUTE, AND HE HAD THE INTERCEPTION.  FAVRE ON THE SIDELINE UPSET, TALKING IT OVER WITH HIS OFF. COORD.

 

G.B.  2 PLAYS AFTER THE INTERCEPTION, AARON RODGERS HITS ANDREW CORELESS FOR A 14 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 34; AND 3 PLAYS LATER, AARON RODGERS PLENTY OF TIME.  ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT.  DUMPS IT OFF TO BRANDON JACKSON.  HE PICKS UP THE 1^ST DOWN OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 3 AFTER A GAIN OF 15.  VERY NEXT PLAY 1^ST & GOAL, AND HE LOBS IT FOR JAMES JONES.  AARON RODGERS, THE TD. PASS.  HIS 2^ND OF THE GAME.  A ONE-HANDED GRAB BY JAMES JONES.  THE BOOTH WOULD REVIEW IT.  HE HAD CONTROL.  CALL WOULD STAND.  PACKERS UP 17-3 AT THE HALF; AND THEY ONLY ADDED ON TO THEIR LEAD.  RODGERS WITH THE PLAY FAKE, AND HE HITS GREG JENNINGS.  HE MAKES A MAN MISS.  NOBODY IN FRONT OF HIM.  TAKING IT ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE; AND IT IS A ROUTE IN MINN.  PACKERS UP 24-3.  JENNINGS BROKE OFF HIS ROUTE, CAME BACK ON THE HIT, AND THEN ALLEN MISSED THE TACKLE.  JENNINGS TOOK IT TO THE HOUSE.  BRAY EDWARDS AND CHRIS GOOD YELLING AT EACH OTHER ON THE SIDELINES.  VIKINGS DEFENSE IN DISARRAY.  ONTO THE 4^TH.  PACKERS UP 24-3.  RODGERS GOING FOR GOLD ONCE AGAIN.  __ 3^RD TD. CATCH OF THE GAME FOR GREG JENNINGS.  PACKERS UP 31-3.  THEY WOULD GO ON FOR THE VICTORY.  THEY ARE NOW 7-3.

 

01:22:22 – BALTIMORE RAVENS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

 

RAVENS GO INTO CAROLINA.  THEY HAVE NEVER BEATEN THE PANTHERS.  IMAGINE THAT?  BUT THINGS WOULD CHANGE ON THIS DAY.  THEIR OPENING POSSESSION 2^ND & 16 FROM THEIR 44.  JOE FLACCO FINDS T.J. HOUSHMANZADEH BEHIND ALL THE DEFENDERS.  DRAGGED DOWN IN THE END ZONE.  A 56 YD. SCORE.  BALT. UP EARLY 7-0.  THE 600^TH CAREER CATCH FOR HOUSHMANZADEH.  HIS FIRST TD. SINCE THE GAME WINNER AGAINST THE STEELERS.  2^ND QUARTER, RAVENS UP 10-3.  FLACCO THROWS FOR TODD HEAP.  BALL IS PUNCHED OUT OUT OF BOUNDS; BUT, DID CAROLINA GET IT INBOUNDS?  NO.  SO BALT. MAINTAINS POSSESSION.  RAY RICE WALKS IN FOR THE TD.  6 PLAYS LATER, 17-3, BALT. UP AT HALFTIME.  THAT WAS AN 8 PLAY 51 YD. DRIVE.  ONTO THE 4^TH.  CAROLINA DOWN 20-6.  BIG PLAY, ___.  LOOK AT THAT.  BRIAN __ FINDS DAVID GETTIST WHO GETS BEHIND JOSH WILSON, AN 88 YD. SCORE.  CAROLINA IS PROBABLY WITHIN 7 PTS. AFTER GETTING THE EXTRA POINT, IT’S 20 13.  THEIR NEXT DRIVE, DOWN 23-13.  LOOKING DEEP.  INTERCEPTED BY ED REED.  REED DIRECTING HIS BLOCKERS; AND HE GOING TO TAKE IT ALL THE AWAY DOWN.  HE’LL PITCH IT OUT TO DWAYNE LANDRY.  HE TAKES IT IN.  DIVES INTO THE END ZONE AND BALT. IS UP NOW 30-13 AFTER THAT PICK 6.  GREAT PLAY BY REED.  INSTINCTIVELY.  HE WAS RIGHT THERE PICKING IT OFF, DIRECTING HIS BLOCKERS ION FRONT OF HIM AND REALIZING HE’S GOT A TEAMMATE WITH A BETTER SHOT AT THE END ZONE WITH THE RUGBY PITCH, AND LANDRY DOES THE REST INTO THE END ZONE.  A 50^TH CAREER INTERCEPTION FOR ED REED.

 

ON THE ENSUING PANTHERS DRIVE.  1^ST PLAY.  GUESS WHAT?  ONCE AGAIN.  BRIAN __ INTERCEPTED.  RAY LEWIS IN.  A 23 YD. SCORE.  37-13 THE FINAL SCORE IN CAROLINA.  TURNED INTO A ROUTE IN FAVOR OF THE RAVENS.  THEY GO ON TO 7-3 ON THE SEASON.

 

 

01:24:36

STEELERS HOSTING THE RAIDERS.  THIS THE FIRST TIME SINCE ’95 THE TEAMS ARE MEETING WITH BOTH OF THEM HAVING A WINNING RECORD.  STEELERS 3^RD POSSESSION IN THE1ST QUARTER.  ROETHLISBERGER FINDS MIKE WALLACE.  EXCELLENT GRAB FOR A GAIN OF 27.  7 PLAYS LATER AT THE 29, ROETHLISBERGER ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT, DUMPS IT OFF FOR HINES WARD.  HE PICKS UP A 1^ST DOWN AND 13 YDS. ON THE PLAY.  SAME DRIVE, 4 PLAYS LATER.  IT’S A 1^ST & GOAL FROM THE 5.  WHAT DO YOU DO?  GIVE IT TO RASHARD MENDENHAHL RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.  RAN INTO A BRICK WALL.  BUT HE GOT THE TD.  STEELERS GO UP 7-3 ON THE RAIDERS AT HOME.  MENDENHAHL 59 YDS. AND A TD. IN THE GAME, AND THE STEELERS OFFENSE WOULD NOT BE QUIETED DOWN.  ROETHLISBERGER HITS HEATH MILLER.  A GAIN OF 18.  AFTER THE PLAY LOOK AT THAT.  RICHARD SEYMOUR GETTING IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCRUM.  VERY PHYSICAL GAME, AND SEYMOUR ..THAT WOULD NOT BE THE LAST YOU WOULD SEE OF HIM.

 

2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR PITTS., ROETHLISBERGER, PLENTY OF TIME.  THROWS DOWN THE MIDDLE.  ANTONIO BROWN MAKES THE GRAB IN TRAFFIC.  A 21 YD. PICKUP.  A 1^ST DOWN FOR PITTS.; AND 3 PLAYS LATER 3^RD & 5 AT THE 16.  ROETHLISBERGER DRIFTS TOWARDS HIS LEFT, AND HE IS GONNA TAKE IT HIMSELF.  ROETHLISBERGER CUTS UPFIELD.  DIVES INTO THE END ZONE.  HE GETS THE TD.  PITTS. UP 14-3 AT HOME.  ROETHLISBERGER WITH THE TD. RUN. ENSUING RAIDERS POSSESSION.  1^ST & 10 FROM THEIR 33.  JASON CAMPBELL WITH PRESSURE, AND HE HITS LEWIS MURPHY.  BUT, THE BALL IS PUNCHED OUT BY IKE TAYLOR.  LAWRENCE TIMMONS RECOVERS FOR PITTS. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PILEUP.  STEELERS TAKE OVER AT THE 35 AND IT WOULD JUST BE BLOWOUT CITY AFTER THAT.  ON THEIR ENSUING POSSESSION, LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL GRAB BY EMMANUEL SANDERS IN THE END ZONE.  A 22 YD. SCORE.  STEELERS UP 21-3, AND THINGS GOG UGLIER AFTER THE PLAY.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER IS DOWN.  MAJOR PILEUP IN THE MIDDLE.  WHAT HAPPENED, RICHARD SEYMOUR TOOK A SHOT AT HIM FLAT FIST AND THE PALM GOES STRAIGHT TO HIS HEAD AND, GUESS WHAT?  RICHARD SEYMOUR IS EJECTED.  BRIAN LEFTWICH AND BEN ROETHLISBERGER LAUGHING IT OFF, AS ONE OF THE BEST DEFENDERS FOR OAKLAND WAS OUT OF THE GAME.  21-3 AT THE HALF.  STEELERS UP.  BRUCE GRANTKOWSKI GETTING INTO THE GAME FOR JASON CAMPBELL IN THE 3^RD QUARTER.  CAMPBELL BENCHED AND GUESS WHAT?  MORE OF THE SAME.  PITTS’S DEFENSE GETTING TURNOVERS.  TROY PALAMALU INTERCEPTS BRUCE GRATKOWSKI.  FINALLY  BROUGHT DOWN JUST BEFORE MIDFIELD AT THE 46.  GRATKOWSKI NOT MUCH BETTER THAN CAMPBELL.  13-24, 98 YDS. AND A PICK.  ONTO THE 4^TH.  UP 21-3.  THE DUMP-OFF ACROSS THE MIDDLE FOR MIKE WALLACE.  LOOK HOW FAST THAT GUY IS!  RACES EVERYONE INTO THE END ZONE.  A TD. FOR WALLACE.  A 52 YD. SCORE.  THEY GO UP 28-3 AND WIN IT, 35-3.  STEELERS ARE NOW 7-3.

 

01:27:41 – BUFFALO BILLS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS

 

2 OF THE WORST TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE GETTING TOGETHER IN CINCY.  RYAN FITZPATRICK, BILLS QB, USED OT BE THE BACKUP TO CARSON PALMER.  TERRELL OWENS SPENT LAST SEASON WITH BUFFALO.  OPENING CINCY POSSESSION.  PALMER FINDS CHAD OCHOCINCO ACROSS THE MIDDLE.  A 2 YD. SCORE CAPPED OFF WITH A 13 PLAY, 62 YD. DRIVE.  BENGALS LEAD IT 7-0, AND OCHOCINCO PAYS HOMAGE TO THE MEXICAN FLAG.

 

ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION FOR BUFFALO, BRIAN FITZPATRICK FINDS STEVE JOHNSON.  HE CURLS AWAY FROM A DEFENDER; CUTS ACROSS THE FIELD.  STEVE JOHNSON WITH THE PRETTY MOVES.  MISS-TACKLE BY BRANDON JOHNSON, A 38 YD. GAIN.  1^ST & 10 AT THE 34.  5 PLAYS LATER THE HANDOFF.  UP THE MIDDLE.  FRED JACKSON A 7 YD. SCORE.  HE HAD 7 CARRIES FOR 42 YDS. ON THE DRIVE.  THAT TIED THE GAME UP AT 7.  BUT THINGS WOULD GET OUT OF HAND EARLY ON.  TERRELL OWENS JAWING WITH HIS FORMER TEAMMATES, __ __.  A COUPLE PLAYS LATER GUESS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?  YOU KNOW THAT TERRELL OWENS WAS EAGER TO GET IN ON THE ACTION.  CARSON PALMER GOES BACK TO T.O. FOR THE T.D.  HE HAD 3 CATCHES, 63 YDS., AND THAT TD., HIS 8^TH TD. IN THE LAST 7 GAMES.  CINCY UP 14-7.

 

ON THE ENSUING DRIVE FOR CINCY.  1^ST AND 10 AT THE 29.  THE GIVE TO CEDRIC BENSON UP THE MIDDLE.  MAKES A NICE MOVE.  CUTS IT OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE.  UP THE SIDELINE.  BROUGHT DOWN AFTER A GAIN OF 26.  THE LONGEST CARRY OF THE SEASON FOR BENSON.  GETS 124 YDS. AND A TD. GETTING SOME GREAT BLOCKING FROM TERRELL OWENS.  LED TO A 1 YD. CEDRIC BENSON TD.  CINCY UP 21-7.  RYAN FITZPATRICK, RIGHT AFTER THAT, PICKED OFF JONATHAN JOSEPH INTO THE END ZONE, AND THINGS GOT OUT OF HAND IN CINCY.  BENGALS UP 28-7.  AFTER THAT INTERCEPTION, THE 2^ND OF THE GAME FOR JOSEPH.  THEY WERE UP 31-14 AT THE HALF.  RYAN FITZPATRICK TRYING TO BRING THE BILLS BACK, FINDS STEVE JOHNSON FOR ANOTHER TD; AND THERE IT IS.  THE T-SHIRT COMES OUT.  WHY SO SERIOUS?  STEVE JOHNSON PLAYING THE JOKER TO OCHOCINCO AND TERRELL OWENS; BATMAN AND ROBIN.

 

ENSUING BENGALS POSSESSION.  FALL ON THE GROUND.  PICKED UP BY DRAYDEN FLORENCE.  HE RETURNS IT FOR A TD.  CEDRIC BENSON LOST THE BALL; AND BUFFALO, INCREDIBLY, AFTER BEING DOWN 28-7 IS BACK IN THE GAME FOLKS.  CEDRIC BENSON LOSES IT BEFORE HIS KNEE TOUCHES THE GROUND.  MARCUS STRAUD WITH THE STRIP, AND THE LEAD WAS CUT TO 3.  CINCY ONLY UP 21-38.  NOW THEY WERE UP 17 AT THE HALF.  ENSUING CINCY POSSESSION.  CARSON PALMER DEEP.  TERRELL OWENS BOBBLES THE BALL, AND HE COMES DOWN WITH IN THE END ZONE.  A TD. FOR TERRELL OWENS BUT WAIT!  A HOLDING CALL ON THE PLAY ON ANDREW WENTWORTH, BROUGHT DOWN A MAN GIVING CARSON PALMER TIME FOR THE THROW.  NO TD.  5 PLAYS LATER, COULD THEY MAKE UP FOR IT?  NO.  INTERCEPTED IN THE END ZONE.  PICKED OFF GEORGE WILSON WITH THE PICK FROM BUFFALO.  CARSON PALMER DOES KNOCK HIM OUT OF BOUNDS BUT THAT ONE HURT.  TO THE CINCY 49, A 1^ST & 10 FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS.  COULD THEY TAKE THE LEAD?  ONTO THE 4^TH. ENSUING BUFFALO POSSESSION DOWN BY 3.  END ZONE.  GUESS WHAT?  FITZPATRICK TO STEVE JOHNSON.  A 13 YD. SCORE.  JOHNSON’S 3^RD TD. OF THE GAME COMING UP, AFTER HE HAD SCORED 2 ALREADY.  HERE THEY GO RIGHT BACK TO THEM.  UP 35-31, FITZPATRICK – STEVE JOHNSON.  GET SOMEBODY ON THAT GUY.  HIS 3^RD TD. OF THE GAME.  FITZPATRICK, 4 TD. PASSES.  BUFFALO UP 42-31.  137 YDS. FOR JOHNSON ON 8 CATCHES.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER, CARSON PALMER IN TRAFFIC.  PICKED OFF.  __ FLORENCE WITH A HUGE GAME FOR THE BILLS.  THEY WOULD ADD ANOTHER TD. AND WIN IT, 49-31.  BOTH TEAMS ARE NOW 2-8.

 

01:31:48 – CLEVELAND BROWNS @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

 

JAGS HOSTING THE BROWNS.  JACKSONVILLE HAS WON 2 STRAIGHT COMING OFF THEIR BIG HAIL MARY WIN OVER THE TEXANS.  COLT MCCOY AND THE BROWNS COMING OFF THEIR TOUGH O.T. LOSS TO THE JETS.  1^ST QUARTER, BROWNS DOWN 3-0.  11^TH PLAY, THE DRIVE.  COLT MCCOY GETS CHANCY STUCKEY FOR A 16 YD. GAIN AND A 1^ST DOWN ON A 3^RD & 6.  THAT TOOK IT DOWN TO THE JAGUARS 33.  ONTO THE 2^ND.  SAME DRIVE.  5 PLAYS LATER COLT MCCOY ESCAPING TROUBLE, DOESN’T KNOW WHERE TO GO.  HE DUCKS OUT OF IT.  DUMPS IT OFF PAYDEN HILLIS MAKING THE PLAY INTO THE END ZONE.  EXCELLENT PLAY BY COLT MCCOY TO ESCAPE TROUBLE.  TURN IT INTO A TD., 7-3 BROWNS UP.  LATE IN THE 2^ND, SAINTS SCORE.  JAGS BALL.  DAVID GARRARD HITS MIKE THOMAS FOR A SLANT.  A 5 YD. SCORE.  JAGUARS UP 10-7.  THEY WOULD GO INTO THE 3^RD.  SAINTS SCORE.  JAGUARS BALL 1^ST & 10 AT THEIR 10.  MAURICE JONES-DREW FIGHTING FOR EXTRA YARDAGE; AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE BALL?  INGRAM ELAM GOING INTO THE END ZONE.  WAS THAT A TD.?  DID HE JUST GET A FUMBLE?  LET’S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  ELAM STRIPS THE BALL FROM MAURICE JONES-DREW AND PICKS IT UP WHILE EVERYBODY IS STANDING AROUND.  BROWNS GO UP 14-10.  ONTO THE 4^TH.  JAGS BALL.  DOWN BY 7.  MAURICE JONES-DREW RUNNING INTO TRAFFIC.  BREAKS A TACKLE AND HE IS PICKING UP A GAIN OF 22 TO THE 5 YD. LINE.  3 PLAYS LATER A 3^RD & GOAL AT THE 14.  DAVID GARRARD PLENTY OF TIME.  BACK TO PASS.  LOOKS OVER THE MIDDLE.  AN THAT’S MERCEDES LEWIS EXTENDING FOR THE TD.  JAGUARS TIE IT UP AT 17.  BIG TD. GRAB FOR LEWIS.

 

ON THE ENSUING BROWNS POSSESSION, COULD THEY BREAK THE TIE?  1^ST & 10 FROM THEIR 20.  COLT MCCOY ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT.  ALL KINDS OF TIME.  LOBS ONE DEEP DOWN THE FIELD.  EDMUND MOORE, A PICK OF 38 TO THE 42.  MAYBE THEY COULD SETUP FOR A GO-AHEAD F.G.  3 PLAYS LATER 3^RD & 4^TH A 36.  MCCOY UNDER PRESSURE.  ESCAPES IT. RUNS FOR A 1^ST DOWN.  PICKS UP 18 YDS.  MCCOY DOING IT WITH THE LEGS.  COMES UP LIMPING.  THEY WOULD CONNECT ON A 41 YD. F.G. TAKING THE LEAD.  THE DUMP-OFF PASS FROM MAURICE-JONES DREW ON A 1^ST & 10.  RUNNING ACROSS THE FIELD.  BOUNCING OFF PEOPLE.  HE BREAKS FREE.  COULD HE TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE?   MAURICE JONES-DREW STILL ON HIS FEET INSIDE THE 10, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE!  MAURICE JONES-DREW WITH A HUGE PLAY ON THE 1^ST & 10 FROM THEIR 24.  2 PLAYS LATER.  COULD THEY GO AHEAD FOR THE SCORE?  2^ND & GOAL.  THE GIVE, JONES-DREW.  2^ND EFFORT!  REACHES THE BALL OVER THE PLAIN AND HE IS IN FOR TD.  JAGUARS GO UP 24-20 WITH THE COMEBACK.  CLOCK IS TICKING DOWN.  UNDER 20 SECS. COLT MCCOY.  HE HITS MOORE AGAIN.  A GAIN OF 22.  OUT OF BOUNDS.  HEY NEED A TD. THOUGH, NOT A F.G.  13 SECS. LEFT IN TRAFFIC.  INTERCEPTED BY SHAWN CONSADINE.  COLT MCCOY, 1 TD. PASS.  THAT COSTLY PICK.  JAGUARS COME BACK FOR THE WIN, 24-20.

 

01:35:05 – DETROIT LIONS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

 

LIONS AT THE COWBOYS.  JASON GARRETT LOOKING TO GO 2-0 SINCE TAKING OVER AS INTERIM HEAD COACH.  JON KITNA USED TO BE THE QB FOR THE LIONS.  THEIR OPENING DRIVE, 3^RD & GOAL AND KITNA THROWS.  DEZ BRYANT GOES UP.  COMES DOWN WITH THE 1 YD. CATCH.  COWBOYS GO UP 7-NOTHING.  THEY CAP A 98 YD. SCORING DRIVE.  ONTO THE 2^ND.  JUST BEFORE HALFTIME, FELIX JONES LOSES THE BALL.  KYLE VANDENBOSH FORCED IT.  __ LEVY RECOVERS FOR DETROIT.  BIG TIME MISTAKE FOR FELIX JONES.  LIONS WITH THE BALL AT THE 14.  24 SECS. LEFT, 3^RD & 5.  SHAWN HILL FINDS NATE BURLESON.  HE WALKS INTO THE END ZONE.  A 9 YD. SCORE.  __’S UP 10-7.  CAPITALIZING ON THAT BIG MISTAKE BY FELIX JONES.  3^RD QUARTER, THE LIONS ARE PUNTING, TRYING TO KNOCK IT DOWN AT THE 5 BUT GUESS WHAT?  BRIAN MCCANN PICKS IT UP AND THERE’S NOBODY IN FRONT OF HIM!  HE HAS A CONVOY OF BLOCKERS MAKING HIS WAY DOWN THE SIDELINE!  BRIAN MCCANN PICKS UP THE PUNT.  RETURNS IT 97 YDS. FOR THE SCORE!  COWBOYS GO UP 14-12.  HIS 2^ND STRAIGHT WEEK WITH A 97 OR MORE YD. TD.  ANOTHER MISTAKE FOR DETROIT.  JEROME FELTON FUMBLES THE BALL ON A 2^ND & 8.  HE GIVES EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION TO THE COWBOYS.  THEY HAVE THE BALL AT THE 19.  ON DALLAS’ NEXT POSSESSION, 2^ND & GOAL.  END ZONE JON KITNA.  FINDS MILES AUSTIN.  COWBOYS GO UP 21-12.

 

DETROIT GETS THE BALL BACK.  3^RD & 10 AT THEIR OWN 30.  SHAWN HILL, AND HE FINDS NATE BURLESON, WHO’S GOT A CLEAR PATH TO THE END ZONE BUT HE IS TAKEN DOWN FROM BEHIND, DOWN TO THE COWBOYS 12 YD. LINE.  2 PLAYS LATER A 2^ND & 12.  SHAWN HILL, PLENTY OF TIME.  LOOKS END ZONE.  LOFTS IT UP THERE FOR CALVIN JOHNSON.  MEGATRON WITH THE TD. CATCH.  LIONS ONLY DOWN 2.  21-19 ON THE ROAD.  COULD THEY GET THE WIN?  3^RD & 15 FROM THE 29.  THE GIVE TO MARION BARBER.  BOUNCING OFF OF PEOPLE.  PING-PONGING AROUND, AND HE TAKES IT INSIDE THE 5 YD. LINE.  A GAIN OF 24 FOR MARION BARBER ON THE PLAY.

 

2 PLAYS LATER A 2^ND & GOAL.  THE GIVE ONCE AGAIN TO MARION BARBER.  HE IS BROUGHT DOWN BY __ __, WHO IS CALLED FOR A PERSONAL FOUL.  THEY GOT HIM FOR A HORSE COLLAR.  BUT, NO, HE REALLY HAD HIM BY THE HAIR; AND JIM SCHWARTZ WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT CALL AT ALL.  COWBOYS GET THE BALL AT THE 5.  3 PLAYS LATER 3^RD & GOAL AND WIDE OPEN.  MILES AUSTIN, ONCE AGAIN HIS 5^TH TD. CATCH OF THE SEASON.  COWBOYS GO UP 28-19.  SAME SCORE.  NEXT DALLAS POSSESSION, JOHN KITNA ON THE NAKED BOOT!  TAKES IT ALL THE WAY INTO THE END ZONE!  WHO COULD’VE PREDICTED THAT?  KITNA GETS INTO THE ACTION.  COWBOYS GO ON FOR THE WIN, 35-19.  JASON GARRETT NOW 2-0 AS HEAD COACH, AND THE COWBOYS ARE 3-7.

 

01:38:12 – CHICAGO BEARS @ MIAMI DOLPHINS

 

LET’S CHECK OUT HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN HERE.  KICKOFF WEEK #11 IN THE NFL.  JAY CUTLER AND THE BEARS AGAINST BRANDON MARSHALL AND THE DOLPHINS.  CUTLER AND MARSHALL TEAMMATES BACK IN THE DAY IN DENVER AND TYLER THIGPEN MAKING HIS FIRST START AS A MIAMI DOLPHIN.  3^RD POSSESSION OF THE GAME, DOWN 3-NOTHING.  CHARLES TILLMAN PICKS OFF TYLER THIGPEN, AND THE NIGHT BEGAN TO GO DOWNHILL FROM THERE.  LITTLE GREENIE RIGHT THERE THREW IT OVER THE TOP OF THE UNDERNEATH DEFENDER, AND IT WASN’T GONNA HAPPEN.  LED TO A ROBBIE GOLD F.G. AS THE DOLPHINS DEFENSE WAS KEEPING MIAMI IN THE GAME.  IT’S JUST 6-0 NOW IN THE 2ND QUARTER.  BUT BRANDON MARSHALL DOES SOMETHING FOOLISH.  HE PICKS UP A 1^ST DOWN THEN FLIPS THE BALL AT JAY CUTLER, AND HE’S CALLED 15 YDS. FOR TAUNTING.  I’M NOT GONNA SAY THAT’S FOOLISH.  THAT’S HIS FRIEND.  THEY PLAYED TOGETHER.  I KNOW THE REFEREES DON’T KNOW THAT.  IT’S NOT LIKE HE THREW THE BALL AT HIM.  HE JUST FLIPPED IT TO HIM AS JAY WAS HECKLING HIM.  IT WAS NOTHING..  I DON’T KNOW DEION.  THERE IS NOTHING TO CONSIDER.  YOU THINK HE THREW IT HARD AT HIM?  IT’S GOT NOTHING…HE THREW IT AT ALL.  YOU KNOW A REF IS GONNA CALL THAT.  THERE’S NO CONTEXT IN SOME OF THESE CALLS THAT THE REFS MAKE; AND THAT ONE, THEY’RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.  AND THEN BRANDON MARSHALL LATER ON IS NOT …EVEN WORSE.  INJURED HIS HAMSTRING ON THIS PLAY OVER THE MIDDLE, AND IT WAS HIS LAST PLAY OF THE NIGHT.  SO THE OFFENSE WAS SPUTTERING, AND THEN HAD TO BE WITHOUT THEIR TOP WIDE RECEIVER.  ALREADY WITHOUT THEIR TOP 2 QBS.  THE OFFENSE STRUGGLED ALL NIGHT.  IT’S 9-NOTHING NOW IN THE 3^RD QUARTER.  THIGPEN, ONE OF THE 6 TIMES HE WAS SACKED ON THE NIGHT BY THE BEARS DEFENSE.  TAKEN DOWN ON THAT PLAY BY ISRAEL __, AND THEN BEARS GET THE BALL BACK AND START MOVING IT DOWN THE FIELD AGAIN.  CUTLER WHO WAS MONEY ON 3^RD DOWN ALL NIGHT, FINDS GREG OLSEN, FROM THE U., MAKING A NICE CATCH ON THE SIDELINE; AND THEN 3 PLAYS LATER, OLSEN AGAIN MOVING THE CHAINS INSIDE THE 10. AND THEN 3 PLAYS AFTER THAT, MATT FORTE CAPS A 13 PLAY, 55 YD. DRIVE THAT ESSENTIALLY WRAPPED THE GAME UP.  THESE GUYS ARE 31^ST IN THE LEAGUE COMING INTO THE GAME ON 3^RD DOWN, AND THEY WERE QUITE SUCCESSFUL TONIGHT.  AND THIS IS THE SHOT THAT PRETTY MUCH ENCAPSULATES THE SEASON.  LOOK AT THAT.  PENNINGTON IN A SLING.  MARSHALL IN STREET CLOTHES.  THIGPEN OUT THERE TRYING HIS BEST ON A SHORT WEEK, 3^RD STRING QB, SWARMED UNDER BY BRIAN URLACHER FOR THE 8 YD. LOSS.  HE COMES IN VIRTUALLY UNTOUCHED.  WELL YOU GOT A NEW CENTER IN THERE.  RICHIE IN COGNITO WHO’S A GUARD, HAPPENS TO BE PLAYING CENTER BECAUSE THEIR BACKUP CENTER, CORY PROCTOR, GOT HURT EARLY IN THE GAME.  SO WITH 4 MINS. TO GO, TRYING TO AVOID ONLY THEIR 2^ND HOME SHUTOUT IN THE LAST 40 YRS., THIGPEN AND THE DOLPHINS GO FOR IT ON 4^TH DOWN; AND __ MANNING DISLODGES THE BALL FROM DEVON BESS.  THAT’S AN EXCLAMATION POINT RIGHT HERE ON THIS GAME.  WHAP!  RIGHT HERE.  LEGAL HIT.  A TOUGH HIT, AND HE BROKE IT UP.  16-NOTHING IS YOUR FINAL SCORE AND, FITTINGLY, IT’S THE MIAMI DOLPHINS WHO 25 YRS. AGO, THAT 16-0 YOU SEE RIGHT THERE YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS WHAT THEY.. CHICAGO BEARS FROM ACHIEVING RIGHT HERE IN MIAMI.  25 YRS. LATER, THE BEARS GET A NICE WIN, 16-LOVE ON THE ROAD TO IMPROVE TO 7-3 FOR LOVIE SMITH.

 

01:41:25 – TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

 

BUCCANEERS AND THE NINERS.  MIKE WILLIAMS ARRESTED FOR D.U.I. EARLIER THIS WEEK.  HE’S ALL ROOKIE WITH RECEIVING YDS.  HE DID PLAY.  CADILLAC WILLIAMS, 7 YD. TD.  BUCCANEERS LED 7-0 AT HALFTIME.

 

3^RD QUARTER, WE ARE STILL AT 7-ZIP.  FIRST & 10.  1^ST PLAY OF THIS DRIVE, JOSH FREEMAN.  THROWING BACK ACROSS HIS BODY TO MIKE WILLIAMS 33 YDS.  THIS KID DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PROTECTING THAT FOOTBALL.

 

3^RD & 1.  JUST TOSSES IT LITERALLY STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR.  MIKE WILLIAMS COMES DOWN WITH IT FOR AN 8 YD. SCORE.  THIS IS A BIG WIN FOR THEM TO GO ON THE ROAD TO S.F.  S.F. IN MUST WIN MODE.  ROY SMITH INTERCEPTED BY RONDE BARBER, WHO TAKES IT BACK 29 YDS.  THAT’S BARBER’S 40^TH CAREER INTERCEPTION.  FRANCHISE RECORD.  AND THE HUG FROM THE HEAD COACH.  B.F.F. MAN.  7-3.  THAT CORRECT?  DID I SAY THAT RIGHT?  THAT IS CORRECT.

 

JOSH FREEMAN BACK TO THE LEFT FOR DONALD PEN.  BIG DONALD PEN.  AND THE BUCCANEERS.

 

01:42:39 – INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

 

LOTS OF THAT.  LET’S START WITH THE HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT IN N.E.  I LOVE HIM.  TOM BRADY.  THE BEST IN THE GAME.  PEYTON MANNING, 4 S.B. RINGS, 5 MVP’S COMBINED..AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE.  THAT’S ONLY HAPPENED 3 TIMES BEFORE IN NFL HISTORY.  YOU’VE GOT A PICK BY PEYTON MANNING JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS BACK IN N.E.; AND THAT WAS A PICK BY BRANDON MERRIWEATHER AS HE RETURNS IT TO THE COLTS 32 YD. LINE ON THE OPENING POSSESSION OF THE GAME.  YOU CAN’T GIVE PEYTON, TOM BRADY A SHORT FIELD.  I MEAN HE SITS BACK IN THE POCKET AS IF HE HAS ALL DAY, AND WES WELKER IS AMONG THE BEST IN THE GAME TODAY AT RUNNING ROUTES.  HIS 1^ST TD. IN 8 GAMES.  HE WAS THE FORGOTTEN MISSING MAN SINCE RANDY MOSS HAD LEFT THE PREMISES.  2^ND QUARTER, NEXT PATRIOTS POSSESSION.  3^RD & GOAL ON A 15 PLAY DRIVE CAPPED BY AARON HERNANDEZ.  YEA, VERY METHODICAL DRIVE UP AND DOWN THE FIELD.  MIX RUN AND PASS FINISH OFF WITH A ROOKIE IN THE END ZONE.  YOU GET 15 PLAY DRIVE IN WHICH THEY CONVERTED 4 3^RD DOWNS.  NEXT COLTS POSSESSION NEEDING SOME PTS.  PEYTON MANNING OFF THE SPOT.  USUALLY THAT’S A GOOD THING BUT HERE HE BUYS TIME AND FINDS DONALD BROWN BACK IN N.E.  THE YUKON STAR WITH THE CATCH.

 

SELDOM DO YOU SEE HIM ESCAPE TO THE RIGHT AND THROW WAY BACK TO THE LEFT.  AND THEN GEION ROBINSON EVERYBODY!  WHO?  GEION ROBINSON.  I EVEN NEEDED HIS NAME SPELLED FRENETICALLY.  ALL THAT PAPERWORK.  MANNING’S 1^ST TD. THROWN HIS LAST 86 ATTEMPTS.  AUSTIN COLLIE OUT OF THIS GAME.  HE TRIED TO GO.  REMEMBER, HE’S CONCUSSED A COUPLE WKS. AGO.  HE MISSED LAST WEEK’S GAME.  HE WAS OUT …  REGGIE WAYNE NOW DOWN 21-7.  HE DON’T MISS GAMES.  28 YD. PASS PLAY RIGHT THERE ON 3^RD & 10 TO MOVE THE CHAINS.  2 PLAYS LATER ON THE PATRIOT 11.  9 TICKS TO GO IN THE HALF AND HERE’S REGGIE WAYNE.  GORGEOUS TD. PASS; CATCH AND PASS TO THROW.  OH, GREAT THROW.  GREAT CATCH.  THIS IS WHY PEYTON MANNING WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS TO EVER PLAY THE GAME, AS WELL AS REGGIE WAYNE.

 

3^RD QUARTER, PATRIOTS DOWN 21-14 WITH 2 MINS. TO GO IN THE HALF.  DANNY WOODHEAD EVERYBODY, KEEPING HIS FEET.  THAT IS NOT WES WELKER!  THAT IS DANNY WOODHEAD!  YEA, WOODHEAD WAS BEHIND A WELKER BLOCK AND ALSO A DEION BRANCH BLOCK.  IT’S 28-14, PATRIOTS ARE UP.  NEXT COLTS POSSESSION, PIERRE GARCON.  IT’S PICKED BY DEVON MCCOY.  WHERE WAS ..UH, OH.  PIERRE BROKE HIS ROUTE OFF.  IT WAS A DISGUISE COVER 2.  ENDED UP COVER 4.  PIERRE GARCON RAN THE COMEBACK AND PEYTON THREW IT UP THE FIELD.

 

…LED TO A F.G. FOR N.E. BUT N.E. WAS UP 31-15 IN THE 4^TH & 2 GAME LAST YEAR.  SO THE COLTS HAD N.E. RIGHT WHERE THEY WANTED THEM.  HERE’S DONALD BROWN, 36 YD. GAIN ON THE PATRIOTS 20.  3 PLAYS LATER, 1^ST & GOAL FROM THE 5.  MANNING TO WHO ELSE?  THE BLAIR WHITE.  WHY DOES THAT PLAY ALWAYS WORK?  ALWAYS WORKS.  THEY FAKE THE DRAW AND AWAY YOU GO FOR THE TD.  10 PT. DEFICIT.  8 MINS. LEFT.  THEY GET THE BALL BACK ON MIDFIELD.  MANNING TO PIERRE GARCON WHO DOESN’T CUT HIS ROUTE OFF  INAPPROPRIATELY THIS TIME.  TULLY __, TACK ON 15 YDS. FOR UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT, AND THE COLTS ARE NOW IN THE RED ZONE.  NEXT PLAY, BILL BELICHICK WATCHED MANNING TO WHO ELSE BUT BLAIR WHITE?  THE BLAIR WHITE PROJECT FROM MICHIGAN STATE!  THE BLAIR WHITE PROJECT.  I LIKE IT.  SO THE COLTS 2 TDS. IN 3 MINS. TO BLAIR WHITE.  THERE’S A 3 PT. GAME.  TOM BRADY, NEXT POSSESSION, THROW IT OVER THE MIDDLE.  ALMOST PICKED OFF BY __ ADLER.  DISGUISE WITH THE BLITZ.  HE DROPPED BACK INTO COVERAGE AND ALMOST HAD THE PLAY OF THE GAME.  SO THE COLTS GET THE BALL BACK; AND MANNING WITH TIMEOUTS TO BOOT.  RIGHT BEFORE THE 2 MIN. WARNER TO JACOB TAMMY, 17 YD. GAIN.  ADAM VINATIERI LOOMING TO TRY AND TIE THIS GAME BUT PEYTON HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME AND TIMEOUTS, AND WHEREWITHAL TO JUST WIN IT WITH A TD.  7 PLAYS LATER ON 3^RD & 6.  REGGIE WAYNE OVER THE MIDDLE.  HOW DOES REGGIE WAYNE GET THAT WIDE OPEN?  24 YD. LINE.  NEXT PLAY PEYTON MANNING HIT AS HE THROWS.  HE’S PICKED!  OH, GAME OVER.  GREAT PLAY BY JAMES SANDERS, THE SECONDARY THAT WAS GETTING PICKED APART, PICKS OFF PEYTON MANNING TO SEAL THE DEAL.  WHAT A WAY TO FINISH THIS THING.  WE EXPECTED IT TO GO RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE, AND IT DIDN’T DISAPPOINT.  SO THE PATRIOTS IMPROVE TO 8-2 THANKS TO CONSECUTIVE HOME WIN #25 IN THE REGULAR SEASON BY TOM BRADY.

 

 

 

01:47:07 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

 

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS PLAYING HOST TO THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS.  THAT MEANS PETE CARROLL AND REGGIE BUSH ARE ON THE FIELD AT THE SAME TIME.  THE PREGAME HUG.  NO GAME FOR BUSH.  HE WAS INACTIVE TODAY.

 

2^ND QUARTER, BREES TO MARCUS COLSTON.  NOT ONLY MAKES THE CATCH BUT BREAKS TACKLES AND SCORES 6 PTS.  SAINTS LEADING 14-6.  NEXT N.O. POSSESSION ON 3^RD & 1, PLAY ACTION TO ROBERT MEECHUM.  SAINTS LEADING 21-6.  MEECHUM HAD 3 CATCHES FOR 50 YDS., AND ALSO 2 TDS.  ONE MINUTE LEFT IN THE HALF.  BREES TO MARCUS COLSTON.  SIGNATURE SAINTS TD. IN THE SEAM THERE.  SAINTS LEADING 27-16.  COLSTON HAD 8 RECEPTIONS FOR 113 YDS. AND 2 TDS.

 

3^RD QUARTER, BREES TO MEECHUM IN STRIDE, AND THE SAINTS HAD IT GOING OFFENSIVELY TODAY.  BREES 382 PASSING YDS.  N.O. WINS 34-19.

 

01:48:14 – ATLANTA FALCONS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

 

MATT RYAN AND THE FALCONS TAKING THEIR NFC BEST 7-2 RECORD TO ST. LOUIS.  SAM BRADFORD AND THE RAMS, 4 CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES AT HOME.  RAMS 2^ND POSSESSION.  PLAY ACTION TO THE LEFT; BACK TO THE RIGHT; AND THEN COMING BACK TO THE LEFT TO MIKE ___.  25 YD. RAM TD.  RAMS LEADING 7-0.  INTO THE 2^ND QUARTER, IT’S 10-3.  MATT RYAN BOUNCING BACK.  BACK OF THE END ZONE TO BRIAN FINNERAN.  FALCONS LED 16-10 AT HALFTIME.  INTO THE 3^RD QUARTER.  RAMS 1^ST POSSESSION, STEPHEN JACKSON.  16 YD. GAIN.  HE NOW HAS OVER 10,000 CAREER YDS. FROM SCRIMMAGE JOINING ISAAC BRUCE, TORY HOLT AND MARSHALL FAULK IN THAT RAMS CLUB.  2 PLAYS LATER, BRADFORD TO BRANDON GIBSON.  RAMS BACK ON TOP 17-16.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR ATLANTA.  FIRST & 10 AT THEIR 46.  MATT RYAN WANTS TO GO DOWNFIELD BUT THEN CHECKS IT DOWN TO TONY GONZALEZ.  STILL GOT SOME ATHLETICISM LEFT THERE ACROSS THE 30 YD. LINE.  16 YD. GAIN.  6 PLAYS LATER FOR ATLANTA.  2^ND & GOAL.  MATT RYAN, PLAY ACTION TO JUSTIN PEEL.  2 YD. FALCON TD.  THE FALCONS REGAIN THE LEAD 23-17.  4^TH QUARTER, RAMS TRAILING 26-17.  BRADFORD TO ROBINSON, 19 YD. ST. LOUIS GAIN.  VERY NEXT PLAY ON 1^ST & 10.  BRADFORD STEPPING UP, KEEPING IT HIMSELF.  17 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE FALCON 19.

 

6 PLAYS LATER ON 3^RD & GOAL, BRADFORD LOOKING FOR MIKE ___ BUT IT’S PICKED OFF BY WILLIAM __.  BRADFORD’S 1^ST INTERCEPTION IN HIS LAST 170 ATTEMPTS.  2 MINS. LEFT.  FALCONS JUST TRYING TO RUN IT OUT.  MICHAEL TURNER BUSTS LOOSE.  39 YD. TD. TURNER.  28 CARRIES, 131 YDS.  THE FALCONS WIN 34-17 TO IMPROVE TO 8-2.

 

01:50:24 – NEW YORK GIANTS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

 

LET’S TAKE YOU TO THE LINC, AND ELI MANNING.  I BELIEVE IN YOU ELI.  AND MICHAEL VICK.  I BELIEVE IN HIM A LITTLE MORE.  MICHAEL VICK COMING OFF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR, HANDS DOWN; AND VICK, KEEPS IT HIMSELF AND GETS OUTSIDE.  HE’S THE FASTEST MAN ON THE FIELD.  LOST CONTAIN AND AWAY HE GOES.  EAGLES ON TOP 7-NOTHING.  2^ND QUARTER IT’S 10-3.  ELI MANNING LOOKING FOR AHKIM NICKS BUT ASANTE SAMUEL WAS THERE.  HE’S THE BEST OFF CORNER IN THE NFL TODAY.  THEE BEST, HANDS DOWN.  OFF COVERAGE, HE IS IT.  AND HIS 35^TH PICK SINCE ’06, THE MOST IN NFL HISTORY IN A 5 YR. SPAN.  AND COACH THE EAGLES, HAD A BUNCH OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.  THIS COULD’VE BEEN UGLY.  YEA, AND MIKE THREW OFF-BALANCE AND HE THREW A PERFECT STRIKE IN THE BACK AND ..HE’S GOTTA CATCH THAT.  THAT’S ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU’D LOVE TO HAVE IT BACK.  WIDE OPEN.  WHAT A GREAT DESIGN PLAY.  ..A DAVID AKERS F.G. BUT THEN THE NEXT EAGLES POSSESSION, DAVID AKERS FROM 42 YDS. AWAY AND IT’S BLOCKED.  AND HOW FRUSTRATING, MICHAEL, IS THIS WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE DOMINATING A GAME BUT THE SCOREBOARD DOESN’T SHOW IT?  ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE PLAYING A TEAM LIKE THE GIANTS.  EVERYTHING COUNTS.  EVERY POINT COUNTS.  YOU GO OVER TO THOSE GUYS ON SPECIAL TEAMS AND SAY, NOW WE GOTTA MAKE THAT WORK.  AN EXTREMELY SCARY MOMENT HERE IN THIS GAME AS ELLIS HOBBS HIT BY DAVE TOLEFSON ON THE HEAD AND HOBBS LAY MOTIONLESS FOR 10 MINS.  WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HELMET-TO-HELMET HITS BUT THIS IS WHEN YOU’RE TACKLING A BALL CARRIER, IT’S PERFECTLY LEGAL BUT OBVIOUSLY DANGEROUS.  HOPEFULLY, HE’LL BE O.K.  X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE ON HIS NECK AND HE, APPARENTLY, WALKED OUT OF THE X-RAY ROOM WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR.  ELI MANNING LOOKING FOR MARION MANNINGHAM.  QUINTEN MICHAEL CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  SO IT SET THE GIANTS UP ON THE EAGLES 2 YD. LINE, AND MANNING NOW TO TRAVIS BECKAM.  THE 2 YD. TD. STRIKE.  ALRIGHT.  SO THE EAGLES NOW WITHIN 6.  16-10.  YEA, MANNING DOES A GREAT JOB BRINGING HIS TEAM RIGHT BACK DOWN TO GET IN TO SCORE.  IT JUST SHOWS UP EVERY TIME, EVERY WEEK.

 

GIANTS TRIED TO FORCE MICHAEL VICK TO HIS RIGHT ALL NIGHT LONG.  HERE THOUGH, JUSTIN TUCK ABLE TO STRIP VICK FOR VICK’S FIRST TURNOVER OF THE SEASON!  HE’S BEEN TERRIFIC IN TAKING CARE OF THE FOOTBALL.  WE JUST GOT A STRIP FROM BEHIND.  THAT’S GONNA HAPPEN ON OCCASION.  SO HERE COMES ELI MANNING, AND THIS PLAY, VERY WELL DESIGNED.  BACK THE OTHER WAY TO BRANDON JACOBS.  THEY SAY …TO WASHINGTON LAST WEEK.  WE SHALL SERVE YOU THE FOOD YOU SERVE THEM THIS WEEK.

 

1^ST & GOAL NOW AND IT’S MANNING TO DERRICK HAGEN!  HAGEN WAS CUT BY THIS TEAM IN THE OFFSEASON BUT HE GOT A CALL BECAUSE STEVE SMITH IS INJURED WITH THAT PECTORAL MUSCLE INJURY; AND HAGEN BACK ON THE SQUAD MAKING PLAYS.  ALRIGHT, 3 POSSESSIONS LATER HERE, IT’S MICHAEL VICK LOOKING FOR JEREMY MACKLIN.  IT’S INCOMPLETE ON A 3^RD & 1.  SO ON 4^TH & 1M, EAGLES ARE GONNA GO FROM THE 50 YD. LINE.  WHY NOT.  BOBBLED THE SNAP.  HERE WE GO.  GET IT ON THE PERIMETER.  LASHAWN MCCOY, GONE!  A BOBBLE LIKE THAT, COACH, IT FREEZES THE ENTIRE DEFENSE BECAUSE THEY SEE THE BALL; THEY LOOSE FOCUS; AND GET OUT OF THEIR PURSUIT ANGLES.  50 YDS. FOR THE TD., AND YOU CAN SEE OSI UMENYIORA ALMOST KNOCKS IT DOWN!  YOU HEAR IT ALL THE TIME.  INCHES, AND THAT IS THE INCH THAT THEY TALK ABOUT!!  IT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WIN AND A LOSE.

 

VICK ENDED UP HITTING JASON AVANT FOR THE 2 PT. CONVERSION, 24-17.  MANNING NOW AND THE BALL IS..ASANTE SAMUEL.  STRIPPED BY ASANTE SAMUEL AGAIN.  BUT, WAIT A MINUTE!  HE’S HIT BY AHMAD BRADSHAW.  265 LBS. THE OTHER WAY…__ RECOVERS FOR THE GIANTS.  THAT’S WHY EVERYBODY ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM HAS GOTTA KNOW HOW TO PUT THAT BALL AWAY.  4 PTS. OF PRESSURE.  TAKE CARE OF IT ASANTE SAMUEL.  THAT WAS A NICE HIT TO GET THE BALL BACK.  AND THE GLARE FROM ANDY REID.  ALRIGHT 4^TH & 6 NOW.  MANNING, I BELIEVE IN ELI!  IS GONNA FIND SOME SPACE.  NICE SLIDE.  HE FUMBLES THOUGH AS HE’S DIVING IN THE GROUND.  ..DARREL __ RECOVERS.  TOM COUGHLIN CHALLENGED THE PLAY, AND THE GROUND CAUSES THE FUMBLE BUT MANNING WASN’T TOUCHED.  HE DIDN’T SLIDE.  SO THE RULING UPHELD.  MCCOY AGAIN.  THIS MAN’S A BEAST.  DID YOU SEE THAT MOVE, THAT STEP…LEFT HIM RIGHT IN HIS JAW.  WHAT A MOVE.  THAT QUICKNESS IS WHAT MAKES PHILA. SO DANGEROUS, BECAUSE THERE’S QUICKNESS ALL OVER THE FIELD.  40 YDS. THAT LED TO A DAVID AKERS F.G. AND THE EAGLES RALLY BACK AND THE BEAT THE GIANTS 27-17.  SO THEY’RE IN 1^ST PLACE IN THE NFC EAST.

 

 

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