SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 12

 

1.       PATRIOTS@LIONS  1:29

2.       SAINTS@COWBOYS  2:07

3.       BENGALS@JETS  3:35

4.       PACKERS@FALCONS  3:07

5.       TITANS@TEXANS  3:01

6.       VIKINGS@REDSKINS  2:51

7.       JAGUARS@GIANTS  3:10

8.       STEELERS@BILLS  3:27

9.       PANTHERS@BROWNS  3:18

10.   BUCCANEERS@RAVENS  1:25

11.   EAGLES@BEARS  3:38

12.   DOLPHINS@RAIDERS  1:47

13.   CHIEFS@SEAHAWKS  1:57

14.   RAMS@BRONCOS  2:13

15.   CHARGERS@COLTS  3:26

 

           TRT: 53:05    WITH BARS

01:10:15 - NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ DETROIT LIONS

 

THAT WAS THE KAY JEWELER GEM OF THE GAME.  NOW LET’S TAKE YOU BACK TO SOME EARLIER ACTION ON THIS THANKSGIVING DAY.  TOM BRADY AND THE PATRIOTS ARE TAKING ON THE LIONS.  PATRIOTS DOWN 14-3.  BEN JARVIS GREEN-ELLIS.  HE JUST KEEPS CHURNING.  FIND A WAY TO GET IN THE END ZONE.  THEN GET A LOT OF CARRIES BUT WHEN HE DOES, HE MAKES THE MOST OF THE CARRIES HE GETS.  RUNS BEHIND HIS PADS AS WELL AS ANY BACK IN OUR LEAGUE, AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY FIND A WAY TO GET THEIR ROLE PLAYER GOING.  HE RAN OVER ALFONSO SMITH THERE.  MORE ON HIM COMING UP LATER.  GREEN-ELLIS WITH A COUPLE OF TDS.  MAURICE MORRIS GETS IN FROM 1 YD. AWAY.  LIONS ON TOP 24-17 BUT IT WAS ALL PATRIOTS AFTER THAT.  TOM BRADY, KURT, WENT ALL DAY, AND HE’S GONNA BE DEADLY WHEN HE HAS THAT KIND OF TIME.  WELL THAT’S JUST LIKE THEY WERE BUYING THEIR TIME.  CLOSE GAME, CLOSE GAME, AND THEN DECIDED TO JUST BLOW IT OPEN AND .. TOM BRADY PLAYING AS WELL AS ANYBODY IN THE LEAGUE RIGHT NOW.  IT’S IMPRESSIVE.  A LOT OF DIFFERENT GUYS BUT THE SAME RESULT.  AND ALFONSO SMITH.  DO YOU KNOW WHAT?  THE BIGGEST KEY IS, FRAN, THAT PLAY WAS MADE ON 3RD & 2.  THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER OFFENSES IN OUR LEAGUE ON 3RD DOWN.  SO THEY’RE IN MANAGEABLE SITUATIONS THAT ALLOW THEM TO TAKE CHANCES LIKE THAT.  AND GUNTHER CUNNINGHAM, THE DEF. COORD. LETTING SMITH KNOW WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT PLAY.  4TH QUARTER IT’S BRADY GOING BACK TO BRANCH.  AND SMITH DRAGGING HIM ALONG INTO THE END ZONE.  THEY SEEM TO GO HAND-IN-HAND IN THIS GAME.

 

01:11:53 – NEW ORLEANS SAINTS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

 

SAY HELLO TO STERLING SHARPE AND KURT WARNER.  GUYS, A THRILLER JUST ENDED IN DALLAS.  YES.  SO LET’S TAKE YOU TO COWBOYS STADIUM FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS.  JASON GARRETT TRYING TO GET THE COWBOYS TO A 3-0 MARK AS INTERIM HEAD COACH.  LET’S GET RIGHT TO THE DRAMA.  20-6 IN THE 3RD QUARTER.  SAINTS ON TOP.  MILES AUSTIN, WHERE WAS THIS AT THE 1ST HALF OF THE SEASON, STERLING?  WE JUST DIDN’T KNOW HE COULD RUN THAT FAR THAT FAST.  BUT GREAT BLOCKING ON THE OUTSIDE TO SPRING HIM FOR THE TD.  60 YD. TD.  COWBOYS NOW WITHIN 7 PTS. SAINTS ON TOP 20-13.  23-13.  REGGIE BUSH PLAYING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WK. 2.  BACK WITH A BROKEN FIBULA AND HE FUMBLES!  LEON WILLIAMS IS THERE WITH THE RECOVERY.  YOU KNOW THE BIG PLAYS THAT REGGIE BUSH IS GONNA GIVE THIS OFFENSE DOWN THE STRETCH.  BUT HE ALSO HAS A TENDENCY TO DO THAT EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE.  4TH & GOAL FOR THE COWBOYS.  IT’S MARION BARBER TWISTING IN, AND THE SAINTS NOW LEAD BY JUST 3; 23-20.  GARRETT & CO. FIRED UP.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  3RD & 6.  DREW BREES.  THE PASS IS TIPPED AND PICKED.  GERALD SENSIBAR IS THERE.  CAN THE COWBOYS RALLY?  7 PLAYS LATER ON A 3RD & GOAL, DESHAR CHOICE PUSHES HIS WAY IN.  DALLAS ON A 21 TO 6 RUN.  THEY LEAD 27-23.  HERE COME THE COWBOYS.  ROY WILLIAMS FROM KITNA, HIS FORMER QB IN DETROIT TO MALCOLM JACOBS WITH A GREAT PLAY.  THE STRIP, AND THE SAINTS GET IT BACK.  COULD’VE BEEN THE GAME-WINNER RIGHT THERE.  SHOULD’VE BEEN THE GAME-WINNER RIGHT THERE.  ROY DID EVERYTHING RIGHT EXCEPT SECURE THE FOOTBALL.  SO HERE COME THE SAINTS, DEFENDING S.B. CHAMPS ON A 3RD & 10.  __ WAS WIDE OPEN.  A BIG PLAY BUT HE SAW MEECHUM BEAT HIM QUICKLY.  DREW, WITH THAT ACCURACY, JUST DROPS IT RIGHT IN THERE.  55 YDS. TO ROBERT MEECHUM AND THEN LANCE MOORE THERE FOR THE 12 YD. TD.  30-27.  HOW ABOUT DAVID BIELER.  IT WENT FROM 53 YDS. EARLIER.  BUT HE CAN’T KNOCK IT DOWN FROM 59.

 

01:14:11 – CINCINNATI BENGALS @ NEW YORK JETS

 

THE JETS WON ON THURS. NIGHT FOOTBALL HERE ON NFL NETWORK.  MARK SANCHEZ AND CARSON PALMER, 2 U.S.C. QBS IN THE SAME HOUSE, AND PALMER MADE THE FIRST MISTAKE ON HIS 10TH PASS ATTEMPT OF THE NIGHT.  CARSON PALMER, JUST HUCKS IT DOWN INTO TRIPLE, DOUBLE COVERAGE IT SEEMS, DEION.  I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE THOUGHT HE SAW THERE BUT IT WAS REALLY TRIPLE COVERAGE, AND HE JUST THREW INTO COVERAGE AND THEY MADE THE PLAY.  RIGHT TO THE JETS FIRST POINTS OF THE NIGHT.  A F.G.  NEXT DRIVE ANTONIO CROMARTIE.  THERE’S YOUR TRIPLE COVERAGE INTO THE END ZONE.  YEA, A LOT OF BODIES BACK THERE.  PROBABLY SHOULD’VE THROWN THAT ONE AWAY OR CHECK IT DOWN.  SO 3RD STRAIGHT GAME WITH AT LEAST 2 PICKS FOR PALMER.  BUT, DESPITE THOSE MISTAKES, LOOK WHO LED AT HALFTIME.  IT WAS CARSON PALMER AND THE ..AND THE CINCY BENGALS BECAUSE ERIC SMITH IS CALLED FOR I GUESS HITTING A DEFENSELESS RECEIVER MARSHALL.  I HAVE NO IDEA.  IF THAT WAS DEFENSELESS, THAT WAS A BANG-BANG PLAY.  I’M SURPRISED THEY EVEN THREW THAT AWAY.  SO IT’S A FRESH SET OF DOWNS RIGHT ON THE GOAL LINE.  AND THEN IT’S A TD. FOR JORDAN SHIPLEY.  YEA, SMART ROUTE.  NOW HE HOOKED IT UP IN THE ZONE.  OPTION ROUTE WELL DONE.  BENGALS UP 7-3.  BUT THE FIRST POSSESSION OF THE 2ND HALF, BRAD SMITH WITH AN END-AROUND TO THE END ZONE.  53 YDS. AND A TD.  AND THE JETS ARE ON TOP.  THEY USE THIS KID IN SO MANY WAYS.  IT’S, I’M HAPPY TO..I WATCH HIM PLAY IN COLLEGE.  HAPPY TO WATCH HIM HAVE SUCCESS IN THE NFL.  2 DRIVES LATER THIS WAS A TURNING POINT EVEN THOUGH THE JETS WERE UP HERE.  THE BALL IS LIVE EVEN THOUGH FEW PEOPLE REALIZE IT.  JAMES HEDIBOW REALIZES IT.  MARVIN LEWIS DOESN’T CHALLENGE THE PLAY EVEN THOUGH IT DID NOT APPEAR TO HIT ANYBODY ON CINCY.  MAYBE ANDRE CALDWELL WAS THE CLOSEST TO IT BUT MARVIN NEVER PULLED OUT THE CHALLENGE FLAG.  I’M SURE SOMEBODY’S IN HIS EAR GIVING HIM ADVICE ON WHAT TO DO IN THAT SITUATION, AND THEY MUST’VE TOLD HIM, “DON’T CHALLENGE IT.”  BECAUSE IT’S HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT MARVIN LEWIS WOULDN’T CHALLENGE SOMETHING THAT CLOSE.  IT DIDN’T LOOK THAT CONCLUSIVE BUT MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT WAS CALLED ON THE FIELD.  BUT, AT ANY RATE, JUST A COUPLE PLAYS LATER SANTONIO HOLMES IS WIDE OPEN IN THE END ZONE.  A 13 YD. SCORE TO PUT THE JETS UP BY 10.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  JETS ON 4TH & 16 IN THEIR OWN END ZONE PUNTING IT.  AND IT’S A WEAK DUCK OFF OF THE FOOT OF STEVE WEATHERFORD.  BUT IT ALSO WENT OFF JOSH MALGA’S ARM.  HE HAD A PERSONAL PROTECTOR GETS PUSHED BACK INTO THE PUNTER AND IT’S BLOCKED THERE FOR ABOUT A 12 YD. PUNT.  LED TO A F.G. FOR THE BENGALS BUT ..AND THE ENSUING KICKOFF.  OH BOY.  HERE COMES BRAD SMITH A RIPPIN’ AND A TEARIN’.  I LOVE THE PATIENCE.  I LOVE THEM SETTING THE BLOCK.  HE’S SO FAST.  HE JUST COMPLETELY RAN OUT OF HIS SHOES.  89 YDS., AND AS YOU MENTIONED DEION, ONE SHOE ON.  ONE SHOE OFF.  NOW THAT’S HIGH-STEPPING.  THAT’S HIGH-STEPPING.  A 2ND CAREER KICKOFF RETURN FOR SMITH; AND THEN WITH THE BENGALS DOWN BY 2 SCORES, THE CHERRY ON TOP IS A 2 POINTER.  TREVOR PRYCE HITTING CARSON PALMER WHO THREW THE BALL AWAY WITH NOBODY IN THE VICINITY.  THAT’S CALLED A SAFETY AND THE JETS WIN 26-10.  HARASSING CARSON PALMER AFTER HALFTIME, AFTER A MISTAKE-FILLED 1ST HALF LEFT THEM NEEDING ANOTHER COMEBACK WIN, EXCEPT THIS ONE DIDN’T COME WITH 10 SECS. TO GO.  IT WAS ALL JETS IN THE 2ND HALF; AND NOW THE JETS, AFTER 12 WKS. OF PLAY FOR THEM IN THE 2010 SEASON, SIT AT 9-2 ATOP THE AFC.  THEIR BEST START SINCE 1986.

 

01:17:56 – GREEN BAY PACKERS @ ATLANTA FALCONS

 

HUGE MATCHUP IN THE NFC.  PACKERS A THE FALCONS.  2 OF THE TOP YOUNG QBS IN THE LEAGUE.  MATT RYAN 18-1 AT HOME, AS A STARTER IN HIS CAREER.  AARON RODGERS AND THE PACKERS HAVE WON 4 STRAIGHT.  GETTING BUSY WITH THE GAME TIED UP AT 3.  RODGERS ON THE HOT ROUTE HITS BRETT SWAIN.  A 31 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 46, AND A LATE HIT ADDS ON 15 YDS.  RODGERS AT THE GOAL TRYING FOR THE QB SNEAK.  HE LOSES THE BALL!  A HUGE GAME-CHANGER.  THEY COULD’VE GONE UP WITH THE TD.  INSTEAD, IT’S A TOUCHBACK AND THE FALCONS WIND UP MAKING THE BIG PLAY ON THEIR DEFENSE, GETTING THE TURNOVER.  NO PTS. SCORED FOR G.B. AS THE BALL COMES OUT; AND ON TOP OF THAT AARON RODGERS APPEARED TO HAVE HURT HIS WRIST ON THE PLAY.  SO THE FALCONS GET THE BALL, AND AFTER THE 2 MIN. WARNING THEY HAVE A 2ND & 6 AT THE 26.  SKYING UP FOR THE BALL, TONY GONZALEZ OVER THE MIDDLE.  A 21 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 5.  THEN ON THE 14TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE WITH 10 SECS. LEFT IN THE HALF, ALL ALONE IN THE END ZONE.  HOW DO YOU NOT GET A BODY ON TONY GONZALEZ?  HE GETS THE TD.  FALCONS TAKE A 10-3 LEAD INTO THE HALF.  ONTO THE 3RD.  PACKERS DOWN 10-3.  RODGERS LOFTS ONE TOWARDS THE END ZONE.  GOING UP FOR IT GORDY NELSON.  A NICE 28 YD. CATCH DOWN TO THE 1, AND THEN THEY SPLIT THEM ALL OUT WIDE AND AARON RODGERS GOES WITH THE QB DRAW.  THIS TIME HE HANGS ONTO THE BALL, SPIKES IT, AND DOES A CELEBRATION.  THEY TIE UP THE GAME AT 10.  WE’VE GOT OURSELVES A BALL GAME IN ATLANTA.  MICHAEL TURNER LETTING LOOSE, AND HE IS TIPTOEING DOWN THE SIDELINE.  UPSET BECAUSE HE THINKS HE COULD’VE HAD A TD. AFTER THAT.  HE STILL GETS DOWN TO THE 12 AFTER A GAIN OF 26.  SAME DRIVE.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  4TH & GOAL FROM THE 1.  HUGE PLAY.  GIVE IT TO TURNER AROUND THE END, AND HE GETS IN THERE.  FALCONS GO UP 17-10 CONVERTING ON THE 4TH DOWN. MICHAEL TURNER HAD HIS 6TH 100 YD. GAME OF THE SEASON AND 21ST OF HIS CAREER.  PACKERS DOWN BY 7.  17-10.  AND THIS IS A 4TH & 1.  RODGERS MAKING THE PLAY, SHOVELING THE BALL TO JAMES JONES FOR AN 18 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 3.  SO THE PACKERS ARE IN BUSINESS BUT THEY DON’T GO ANYWHERE.  SO THEY HAVE A 4TH & GOAL.  DO OR DIE.  NEED A TD. TO TIE IT!  A MINUTE LEFT.  RODGERS PLENTY OF TIME, THROWS A ROCKET INTO THE END ZONE.  IT IS CAUGHT BY GORDY NELSON.  BOTH FEET INBOUNDS, AND WITH THE EXTRA POINT THEY TIED UP THE GAME.  A 16 PLAY, 90 YD. DRIVE.  BUT THERE’S STILL 56 SECS. LEFT.  SO THEY KICKOFF TO ERIC _, AND HE HAS THE RETURN.  LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT BREAK IT.  BROUGHT DOWN.  THERE IS A FACEMASK PENALTY AS HE WAS TACKLED.  ADD ON 5 YDS. WITH THE PENALTY.  THAT PUTS THE BALL AT THE 49.  PLENTY OF TIME FOR MATT RYAN TO GET THEM INTO F.G. RANGE.  47 YDS. OUT, 11 SECS. LEFT.  MATT BRYANT’S WITH THE KICK.  IT IS GOOD!  20-17.  FALCONS GO ON FOR THE VICTORY.  THEY’RE 9-2.  PACKERS ARE NOW 7-4.

 

01:21:13 – TENNESSEE TITANS @ HOUSTON TEXANS

 

THE 2 TEAMS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AFC SOUTH GETTING TOGETHER IN HOUSTON.  T.E.’S COACH MIKE HIMERDINGER, DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER THIS WEEK.  STILL COACHING.  HE’LL UNDERGO TREATMENT ON MONDAY.  2ND QUARTER, NO SCORE.  TYNAN’S POSSESSION, THROWING DEEP.  CATCH IS INTERCEPTED BY GLOVER QUEEN AT THE 34.  DRAGGED DOWN AFTER IT’S RETURNED FOR 9 YDS. TO THE TITANS 25.  HIS FIRST CAREER INTERCEPTION AND THE TITANS WOULD WIND UP GIVING UP SOME PTS. RIGHT AFTER THAT TURNOVER.  ARIAN FOSTER HURDLES A MAN.  TAKES IT DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE.  A GAIN OF 16.  VERY NEXT PLAY, PLAY ACTION FAKE INTO THE END ZONE.  MATT SCHAUB HITS JOEL DRESSON IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  TEXANS MAKE THEM PAY FOR THE TURNOVER.  THEY GO UP 7-NOTHING.  SAME SCORE THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, AND THE GIVE IS TO ARIAN FOSTER.  CUTS ACROSS THE FIELD.  PICKS UP A 1ST DOWN AND A GAIN OF 13.  7 PLAYS LATER.  STILL IN THE SAME DRIVE.  SCHAUB DUMPS IT OFF FOR ARIAN FOSTER DOING ALL KINDS OF WORK.  HE GRABS ANOTHER FIRST DOWN.  TAKES IT DOWN TO THE 2.  ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY A 1ST & GOAL AT THE 2.  SCHAUB ON THE ROLLOUT BACK OF THE END ZONE.  THERE HE IS.  ANDRE JOHNSON, A 2 YD. SCORE.  TEXANS GOING UP EARLY 14-NOTHING.  THEY WOULD LEAD BY THAT SCORE AT THE HALF, AND CHRIS JOHNSON WAS BOTTLED UP.  JUST A BRUTAL DAY FOR HIM.  DROPPED IN THE BACKFIELD BY BRIAN CUSHING FOR A 4 YD. LOSE IN THE 3RD QUARTER.  SAINTS SCORE 2.  TITANS POSSESSION LATER, 2ND & 1 AT THEIR OWN 39.  AND LOOK AT THAT.  CHRIS JOHNSON JUST NOWHERE TO GO.  AMOBI AKOYE STOPS HIM FOR A 5 YD. LOSS.  A CAREER LOW 5 RUSHING YDS. ON 7 CARRIES FOR CHRIS JOHNSON IN THE GAME.  ONTO THE 4TH.  CAN TENN. AT LEAST GET ON THE BOARD?  NOT TODAY.  GROVER QUEEN’S 2ND INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME.  HE HAD NO CAREER INTERCEPTIONS PRIOR TO THIS ONE.  RUSTY SMITH, THE ROOKIE, WAS GETTING BEAT UP; AND ANDRE JOHNSON, SPEAKING OF BEAT-UP, GOING AT IT WITH CORTLAND FINNEGAN.  THEY EACH RECEIVED PERSONAL FOULS ON THAT PLAY IN THE 4TH QUARTER FOR UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS.  THINGS WOULD ONLY GET WORSE.  CHECKOUT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.  JOHNSON GOING AT IT WITH CORTLAND FINNEGAN ON A RUNNING PLAY BY DERRICK WARD.  BUT THE BIG THING IS, WE’RE GOING W.W.E. ON THIS ONE.  ANDRE JOHNSON AND CORTLAND FINNEGAN GOING AT IT.  HELMETS ARE OFF, THROWING PUNCHES.  ANDRE JOHNSON EJECTED.  SAME THING WITH CORTLAND FINNEGAN; BUT HOUSTON HAD THE BETTER END IN THIS MATCHUP AS THEY WERE UP

17-NOTHING.  FINNEGAN GOING STRAIGHT FOR HIS HEAD.  HIS HELMET COMES OFF.  ANDRE JOHNSON, HIS HELMET GETS SWUNG OFF, AND THERE HE IS JUST THROWING HAYMAKERS.  YOU CAN EXPECT FINES COMING AFTER THIS ONE.  AND YOU KNOW WHAT?  MAYBE EVEN A SUSPENSION MIGHT BE DUE AFTER THOSE SHOTS WERE THROWN.  BUT THE TEXANS WIN IT, 20-NOTHING.  ANDRE JOHNSON GOES OUT ON TOP WITH A TD. ON THE GAME, AND BOTH TEAMS ARE NOW 5-6.

 

01:24:24 – MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS

 

2 STRUGGLING TEAMS GETTING TOGETHER.  VIKINGS AT THE REDSKINS.  NEW COACH, LESLIE FRASIER TOOK OVER AS HEAD COACH THIS WEEK AFTER BRAD CHILDRESS WAS FIRED.  TRYING TO TURN THEM AROUND.  THEY’RE 3-7.  DONOVAN MCNABB GETTING BUSY FOR THE SKINS EARLY ON.  6TH PLAY OF THEIR OPENING DRIVE.  CONNECTS WITH CHRIS COOLEY FOR A GAIN OF 14, AND THEN HE FINDS IN THE END ZONE FRED DAVIS.  A 10 YD. SCORE AND GUESS WHAT FOLKS?  REDSKINS GO UP 7-NOTHING AT HOME.  1ST TD. OF THE SEASON FOR FRED DAVIS.  ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION FOR MINN., THEY’RE LOOKING TO GET RIGHT BACK INTO IT.  BRETT FAVRE WITH A DUMP-OFF TO ADRIAN PETERSON, GOES ACROSS THE FIELD GETTING SOME NICE BLOCKS DOWNFIELD.  ALL THE WAY INSIDE THE 30.  A 34 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 26.  A FEW PLAYS LATER ON A 2ND & 2, ADRIAN PETERSON LOOKS LIKE HE’S STOOD UP; BUT HE POWERS HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE FOR A TD.  THAT TIES THE GAME AT 7.  MINN. RIGHT BACK INTO IT.  ONTO THE 2ND.  STILL TIED AT 7, VIKINGS 1ST & 10 AT THEIR OWN 23.  PETERSON IS SLOW TO GET UP AFTER RUNNING TO THE RIGHT.  LOOKS LIKE HE GOT HURT ON THE PLAY.  HE SURE DID.  HE GETS TANGLED UP AND HIS ANKLE WINDS UP GETTING INJURED.  SO HE GETS TAPED UP ON THE SIDELINES, AND HE DID NOT RETURN TO THE GAME.  GUESS WHAT?  THAT MEANS IT’S ALL ABOUT ROOKIE TOBY GERHARDT FROM THAT POINT FORWARD; AND THEY USE HIM AS A DECOY ON THE PLAY ACTION FAKE.  ASANTE SHENKO WITH THE CATCH.  A GAIN OF 29 IN THE 3RD QUARTER WITH THE GAME TIED UP AT 7.  DOWN TO THE 14.  A FEW PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 1.  TOBY GERHARDT MUSCLING HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  HE IS IN THERE FOR THE TD. AND THAT PUTS THE VIKINGS UP 14-7.  THE 1ST CAREER TD. FOR THE ROOKIE FROM STANFORD.  THEN THE REDSKINS LOOKING TO COME BACK.  FALL RIGHT OFF SANTANA MOSS.  INTERCEPTED BY E.J. HENDERSON.  COSTLY INTERCEPTION.  GREAT FIELD POSITION FOR THE VIKINGS.  THEY TAKE OVER AT THE 9.  3RD & GOAL, BRETT FAVRE, AND HE IS SACKED BY ALBERT HAINESWORTH MAKING A BIG PLAY.  SO THE VIKINGS SETTLED FOR A F.G. GOING UP 17-7.  SO, IT’S A 2 SCORE GAME; BUT THE REDSKINS MAKE IT 17-13 WITH A COUPLE OF F.G.’S, AND THEN THE PUNT TO BRANDON BANKS.  HE BREAKS IT!  HE IS TAKING IT ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE!  THIS IS GOING TO GIVE THE REDSKINS THE LEAD AT HOME!  FANS ARE GOING CRAZY!  EVERYBODY’S GOING WILD BUT WAIT!  A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  THERE IS A BLOCK IN THE BACK, AND THAT HELPED SPRING BANKS.  HARRY RILEY CALLED FOR THE PENALTY.  TAKE IT OFF THE BOARD, AND THE VIKINGS ARE UP 17-13.  3RD & 8, HUGE PLAY AT THE 24.  BRETT FAVRE SCRAMBLES FOR THE 1ST DOWN AND GUESS WHAT?  THEY CAN JUST RUN OUT THE CLOCK FROM THERE.  LESLIE FRASIER GETS THE GATORADE BATH.  HIS FIRST WIN AS THE INTERIM COACH.  VIKINGS WIN IT 17-13 ON THE ROAD OVER THE SKINS.

 

 

 

 

01:27:26 – JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ NEW YORK GIANTS

 

JAGUARS AT THE GIANTS.  TOM COUGHLIN, THE FIRST COACH IN FRANCHISE HISTORY FOR JACKSONVILLE.  NOW THE COACH OF THE GIANTS.  MAURICE JONES-DREW LOOKING FOR HIS 4TH STRAIGHT 100 YD. GAIN.  HE GOT GOING EARLY ON FOR THE JAGS.  TRAILING 3-NOTHING, AND HE GOT OUT FOR A GAIN OF 23 TO THE GIANTS 47.  3 PLAYS LATER FIRST AND GOAL AT THE 5.  THIS TIME IT’S RASHAD JENNINGS IN THE GAME.  STUMBLES A BIT BUT GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  HIS FIRST TD. OF THE SEASON.  JAGUARS UP ON THE ROAD 7-3 OVER THE GIANTS.  THEIR NEXT POSSESSION IS 2ND & 1.  MAURICE JONES-DREW TRUCKING ..RUNNING PEOPLE OVER AND DRAGGING THE PILE.  A GAIN OF 15.  N.J.D. WITH 113 YDS. ON THE GROUND.  THAT LED TO A F.G.  JAGUARS UP 10-3.  THEIR NEXT POSSESSION IN THE 2ND QUARTER, UP 10-6.  GARRARD SCRAMBLING AROUND BUYING SOME TIME.  BACK OVER TO HIS LEFT.  POINTING FOR SOME BLOCKERS TO PICKUP A MAN.  HE GRABS A 1ST DOWN AFTER A GAIN OF 6.  DAVID GARRARD MAKING PLAYS WITH HIS LEGS.  AS YOU COULD SEE, HE WAS JUST GOING OFF.  3RD & GOAL, AVOIDS THE SACK.  CUTS BACK.  GETS A COUPLE OF NICE BLOCKS.  GARRARD STILL ON HIS FEET INTO THE END ZONE.  HOW DID HE ESCAPE ALL THAT PRESSURE?  A 5 YD. SCORE BY DAVID GARRARD.  JAGUARS ON THE ROAD UP 17-6 AT THE HALF.  BUT THAT WOULD ALL CHANGE. ON TO THE 3RD.  SAME SCORE.  … TAKES A …. INTO THE HANDS OF TERRELL THOMAS.  A COSTLY INTERCEPTION FOR JACKSONVILLE OPENING UP THE 3RD QUARTER, LED TO A LAWRENCE TYNES F.G.  GIANTS ONLY DOWN BY A SCORE.  17-9.  ONTO THE 4TH.  GIANTS STILL STRUGGLING, DOWN 17-9.  BUT ELI MANNING FINDS A WIDE OPEN MARIO MANNINGHAM FOR THE TD.  A 26 YD. SCORE.  HIS 5TH TD. OF THE SEASON.  GIANTS DOWN BY 2.  SO THEY GO FOR 2.  AHMAD BRADSHAW IN THE GAME.  THEY GIVE IT STRAIGHT TO HIM.  HE POWERS HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE AND THAT TIES UP THE GAME AT 17.  2 GIANTS POSSESSIONS LATER, STILL IN THE 4TH, DOWN 20-17.  ELI MANNING SACKED OR HIT AS HE THROWS BUT HE GETS RID OF IT, AND MARIO MANNINGHAM IS THERE FOR THE GRAB.  A GAIN OF 18.  MANNING GOT CRUSHED ON THE PLAY BUT STILL GOT IT OFF; AND THEN THEY GIVE IT TO BRANDON JACOBS.  MAKES A COUPLE OF NICE MOVES.  ALMOST DOWN TO THE 30 YD. LINE.  HE PICKED UP 18.  SO 3 PLAYS LATER THEY HAVE A 3RD & 10 STILL FROM THE 32.  ELI MANNING, QUICK PASS TO KEVIN BOSS.  NICE HOT READ.  HE ESCAPES A MAN AND A TACKLE, AND RUNS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.; AND THAT WAS THE GAME WINNER.  KEVIN BOSS, A 32 YD. SCORE.  HE HAS 3 TDS. ON THE YEAR.  THEY HAVE ALL COME IN THE LAST 4 GAMES.  GIANTS UP 24-20.  ELI MANNING WITH 2 TDS. IN THE GAME.  JAGUARS TRYING TO COME BACK AND DAVID GARRARD HIT AS HE THROWS.  BALL IS LOOSE.  PICKED UP BY ANTRELL ROLLE, AND THE GIANTS HOLD ONTO THE VICTORY 24-20.  THEY’RE NOW 7-4.  JAGUARS ARE 6-5.

 

01:30:46 - PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ BUFFALO BILLS

 

BILLS HOSTING THE STEELERS LOOKING FOR THEIR 3RD STRAIGHT WIN.  BRIAN FITZPATRICK COMING OFF A BIG COMEBACK LAST WEEKEND AGAINST THE BENGALS.  FIRST QUARTER, STEELERS ON THEIR OPENING POSSESSION.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER PLENTY OF TIME DEEP DOWN THE MIDDLE.  NICE GRAB BY HINES WARD.  A PICKUP OF 21.  8 PLAYS LATER, RASHARD MENDENHAHL LOOKS LIKE HE COULD’VE RUN FOR 100 YDS. ON THAT PLAY.  HE GETS THE 1 YD. SCORE.  STEELERS GO UP EARLY 7-NOTHING AT BUFFALO.  ONTO THE 3RD.  SCORE 13-NOTHING IN FAVOR OF PITTS.  FITZPATRICK THROWS OVER FOR SHAWN NELSON.  PASS IS INCOMPLETE BUT THERE IS A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  YEA, YOU KNEW IT.  JAMES HARRISON FLAG FOR ROUGHING THE PASSER, LEADING WITH HIS HELMET, A 15 YD. PENALTY.  MIKE TOMLIN NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT.  3 PLAYS LATER A 3RD & 10.  THE DUMP-OFF TO FRED JACKSON, ALL KINDS OF TRAFFIC IN THE MIDDLE, AND HE BREAKS IT!  COULD HE TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE!  NOBODY IN FRONT OF HIM!  HE OUTRACES EVERYBODY INTO THE END ZONE!  A BIG TIME PLAY BY FRED JACKSON, A 65 YD. SCORE!  BILLS ONLY DOWN BY 6, 13-7.  JACKSON, A CAREER-HIGH 104 YDS. RECEIVING IN THE GAME.  RASHARD MENDENHAHL WITH THE CARRY.  LOOKING FOR EXTRA YARDAGE.  FIGHTING FOR IT, AND THE BALL COMES LOOSE.  THE BILLS WITH THE STRIP.  JARUS BIRD MADE THE PLAY, AND THE BILLS WIND UP WITH THE TURNOVER, AND THAT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G. TYING THE GAME AT 13.  WE GOT OURSELVES A BALL GAME.  PITTS. A 3RD & 18.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER AVOIDING THE PRESS; AVOIDING A SACK.  HE’S GONNA PULL IT DOWN HIMSELF AND HE’S GONNA RUN.  LOOK AT HIM GO!  HE BREAKS IT FOR A 1ST DOWN!  A HUGE PLAY BY BEN ROETHLISBERGER.  UNDER 9 MINS. TO GO.  LOOK AT THIS AS BIG BEN WAS UNDER PRESSURE.  HE’S NOT EVEN MOVING THAT FAST BUT HE IS HARD TO BRING DOWN.  HE GETS HIS WAY IN THERE FOR THE 1ST DOWN, DIVING HEAD FIRST FOR IT.  AND THE STEELERS KEEP THE DRIVE GOING.  THEY GIVE IT TO RASHARD MENDENHAHL WHO BREAKS IT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE INTO THE SECONDARY.  BROUGHT DOWN AFTER A GAIN OF 22.  A SEASON HIGH 151 YDS. IN THE GAME FOR RASHARD MENDENHAHL ON A CAREER-HIGH 36 CARRIES LED TO A F.G.  THEY GO UP 16-13 BILLS.  UNDER 3 MINS. LEFT AND THAT LOOKS LIKE THE BACKBREAKER.  THE BALL IS TIPPED OFF OF STEVE JOHNSON’S HANDS.  TROY PALAMALU  WITH THE DIVING INTERCEPTION;.  EXCELLENT DEF. PLAY BY PALAMALU COMING OUT OF NOWHERE FOR THE INTERCEPTION!  AND THAT SHOULD SEAL THE GAME WITH UNDER 3 MINS. LEFT BUT, NO.  BUFFALO GETS THE BALL BACK, NEEDING A F.G. TO TIE IT.  MAKING PLAYS HAPPEN, UNDER 40 SECS. LEFT, AND THAT WENT TO DAVID NELSON FOR A GAIN OF 14.  IT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G. FROM 49 YDS. OUT TO TIE UP THE GAME.  AND IN OVERTIME RYAN FITZPATRICK ON THE PLAY FAKE.  LOOKING END ZONE, THROWING IT DEEP!  STEVE JOHNSON’S WIDE OPEN AND HE’S GOT IT FOR THE GAP!  HE DROPPED IT IN THE END ZONE AND THE BILLS MISS OUT ON A CHANCE TO WIN IT.  JOHNSON 3 TDS. LAST WEEKEND.  FITZPATRICK THINKS HE HAS THE GAME WON.  SO DOES HIS LINEMAN BUT NO!!  IT’S A DROP, AND THE STEELERS GET THE BALL BACK.  ROETHLISBERGER ROLLING TO HIS LEFT, AVOIDING THE PRESSURE.  THROWS COMPLETE TO MIKE WALLACE.  A GAIN OF 17.  10 PLAYS LATER, SHAWN SUISSEM LINING UP FOR A 41 YD. GAME-WINNING F.G.IN OVERTIME, AND HE NAILS IT 19-16.

 

01:34:21 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

 

PANTHERS AT THE BROWNS.  THIS GAME MAYBE ONLY MATTERED FOR FANTASY PURPOSES; AND WE SEE A LOT OF BIG TIME SCORES.  JAKE DELHOMME FACING HIS FORMER TEAM.  ON THEIR 1ST DRIVE HE THROWS IN TO THE END ZONE.  LOOKS LIKE A TD. BUT EDMUND MOORE DROPS IT.  HE GOT LIT UP BY RICHARD MARSHALL, WHO GOT FLAGGED FOR THE HELMET-TO-HELMET HIT.  THAT WAS A 3RD & GOAL PLAY SO IT KEPT THE DRIVE ALIVE.  PEYTON HILLIS WAS JUST A BEAST IN THIS ONE.  TAKES THE PITCH OVER THE LEFT END ON A 1ST & GOAL.  DIVES INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.; AND THAT WAS HIS FIRST SCORE OF THE GAME.  TIED IT UP AT 7.  DELHOMME, 5 OF 6 ON THE DRIVE.  HILLIS ON A 2ND & 1, GETS THE GIVE UP THE MIDDLE AND THE BROWNS SCORE TO TAKE THE LEAD 14-7.  HILLIS, THE 5 YD. TD.  HIS 10TH TD. OF THE SEASON.  THE FIRST BROWNS BACK SINCE KEVIN __ IN 1986; AND IT WAS JUST MORE OF PEYTON HILLIS.  RUNS OVER A MAN INTO THE END ZONE.  __ GODFREY WANTED NO PART OF PEYTON HILLS.  3 1ST HALF TDS. FOR PEYTON HILLIS.  HIS 4TH 100 YD. OF THE SEASON AS WELL.  IT WAS A MONSTER GAME FOR PEYTON HILLIS.  THEY’RE UP 21-7 BUT, BLEW THAT LEAD 21-13 WHEN JAKE DELHOMME THROWS THIS PASS IN THE 3RD QUARTER.  INTERCEPTED BY CAPTAIN MUTTERLAND INTO THE END ZONE.  HIS FIRST CAREER INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR A TD, AND THAT CUTS THE LEAD TO 21-20.  CAROLINA BACK IN THE GAME MAKING PLAYS ON D.  ONTO THE 4TH QUARTER.  SAME SCORE A BIG TIME 4TH & 1 PLAY AT THE 25, AND PEYTON HILLIS FINALLY IS SHUTDOWN AND STOPPED BY THE CAROLINA PANTHERS.  THEY COME UP WITH THE BIG TIME STUFF.  THEY TAKE OVER.  SO ON THE ENSUING DRIVE, THEY GET LOOSE.  2ND & 3 AT THEIR 44.  JONATHAN STEWART MAKES A MOVE TOWARDS THE SIDELINE.  HE GAINS 31 YDS. TO THE 25.  LED TO A F.G.  THE CAROLINA PANTHERS ON THE ROAD, UP 23-21 ON THE BROWNS.  THEY GET THE BALL BACK.  3RD & 10 ON THEIR 42 RIGHT OVER THE MIDDLE.  PEYTON HILLIS WITH THE GRAB, AND HE GOES AHEAD FOR THE 1ST DOWN.  A BIG RECEIVING GAME FOR HILLIS AS WELL.  6 CATCHES, 63 YDS., IN ADDITION TO HIS 131 ON THE GROUND.  SO THEY LINEUP FOR THE GO-AHEAD F.G.  PHIL DAWSON BARELY GETS IT INSIDE THE UPRIGHTS, AND IT IS GOOD.  A 41 YD. F.G.  THEY’RE UP 24-23.  COULD CAROLINA COME BACK?  JIMMY CLAUSSON SURE TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND HE LOFTS ONE OVER TO THE SIDELINE.  MIKE GOODSON.  HE SLIPS A MAN.  HE’S GOT OPEN FIELD IN FRONT OF HIM, AND HE IS STILL ON HIS FEET!  YOU CAN’T BRING DOWN MIKE GOODSON!  STILL RUNNING!  ALMOST TO MIDFIELD WITH THE CLOCK TICKING AWAY!  UNDER 20 SECS. LEFT, NOW WITH 12.  A 2ND & 10, CLAUSSON LOOKING TO THE SIDELINE.  DIVING CATCH!  BRANDON__, A 28 YD. GRAB!  DID HE HAVE POSSESSION?  WAS IT A CATCH?  THE RULING ON THE FIELD STANDS.  AFTER A BOOTH REVIEW.  SO THE PANTHERS HAVE IT AT THEIR 24.  5 SECS. LEFT, 42 YD. F.G.  GAME WINNER!  JOHN CASEY AND NO!  IT FLUTTERS TO THE LEFT OFF THE UPRIGHTS!  AND THE BROWNS HANG ON FOR THE WIN BY A POINT!  CAROLINA STILL ONLY WITH 1 WIN ON THE SEASON.  BROWNS GO TO A 4-7 AFTER THAT F.G. MISS.

 

01:37:51 – TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS

 

LET’S GO TO BALMER.  JOSH FREEMAN AND THE BUCS LOOKING FOR A QUALITY WIN ON THE ROAD AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO DO IT THAN BEATING THE EQUALLY 7-3 BALT. RAVENS, WHO ARE UP 3-NOTHING IN THE 2ND QUARTER.  AKEEB TOLEB.  NICE DIVING GRAB.  I GOT THAT RICH.  AH, YOU GOT THAT ONE RICH.  YOU SNEAKY HOST YOU.  JUST READING THE HIGHLIGHTS.  AKEEB TOLEB MADE A GREAT PLAY!  HE CAUGHT IT WITH HIS CALF!  A 5 EASY PIECES PICK.  HOLD IT BETWEEN YOUR KNEES.  GETS THE INTERCEPTION.  LED TO A GAME TYING F.G.  BEFORE THE 2ND HALF’S OVER THOUGH IT’S TIED.  65 YD. TD. PASS .. T.E.  YOU DON’T SEE THE LONG PASS PLAYS TO T.E.’S VERY OFTEN.  YOU DON’T SEE T.E.’S THAT CAN MOVE IT THAT LONG.  RAVENS UP 10-3.  42 TICKS LEFT IN THE HALF.  JOE FLACCO TO T.J. HOUSHMANZADEH.  MYRON LEWIS CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  YOUR THOUGHTS.  WELL YOU CAN’T PUT THE ARMS BACK.  AKEEM MORRIS DIDN’T LIKE THE CALL.  VERY UPSET.  CERTAINLY YOU GET A LITTLE BIT ANGRY…D.B. COACH.  HE’D BE EVEN ANGRIER BECAUSE THE NEXT PLAY LOOKED LIKE … POSITION.  FLACCO TO DERRICK MASON.  THAT BOY CAN RUN SOME ROUTES MAN.  THIS IS ALMOST BILL COWHER RUNNING AFTER BEN __ TYPE OF MOMENT HERE.

 

01:39:25 – PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ CHICAGO BEARS

 

MICHAEL VICK IN CHICAGO.  A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD PUT HIM IN THE H.O.F. BASED ON WHAT WE’VE SEEN THE LAST MONTH.  BUT JAY CUTLER AND THE BEARS WILL HAVE NONE OF IT.  IS THAT THE SAME JAY CUTLER THAT WE SAW A COUPLE WKS. AGO ON THURS. NIGHT?  THAT’S CORRECT.  THAT’S CORRECT.  THAT’S HIM?  SAME BEARS DEFENSE AS WELL PRETTY MUCH SHOWED UP.  THEN THE OFFENSE …THAT’S DEVIN HESTER IS AFTER THE EARL BENNETT TD.  PUT THE BEARS UP 7-3.  THAT’S THE NEXT POSSESSION AFTER THAT TD.  2ND & 9, CUTLER TO JOHNNY KNOX OFF OF A PLAY FAKE AND THE BEARS ARE ON TOP.  THAT’S THE SAME JAY CUTLER…HE GETS THE HOT HAND.  THAT’S THE SAME GUY.

 

2ND QUARTER VICK NOW IN THE RED ZONE FINDS JEREMY MACKLIN OVER THE MIDDLE.  SO VICK IS NOW BRINGING THE EAGLES WITHIN 4.  AND THEN ON THE NEXT POSSESSION 8TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE; 2ND & GOAL.  IT’S A 3 PT., 1 PT. GAME.  WENT UP.  TIPPED BALL.  IT SEEMS THAT THE PASS JUST DIDN’T COME OUT OF VICK’S HAND RIGHT AND CHRIS HARRIS PICKS IT OFF IN THE END ZONE.  FIRST PICK VICK HAS THROWN SINCE CHRISTMAS EVE OF 2006.  6, AND THAT LED TO PTS. WITH CUTLER WALKING RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD AND GET EARL BENNETT.  I GUESS THAT’S WHY THE STATS DON’T TELL THE FULL STORY OBVIOUSLY.  THERE’S A WHOLE LEVENWORTH THING IN THE MIDDLE OF IT BUT 21-13, WITH THE BEARS NOW UP 3RD QUARTER.  OPENING POSSESSION OF THE 2ND HALF AND CUTLER HITS DEVIN HESTER RIGHT THERE, AND HESTER TAKES IT 34 YDS.  YOU GOTTA GET THE BALL TO THAT GUY RIGHT THERE.  I DON’T CARE IF IT’S A PUNT, KICKOFF RETURN.  SCREEN IT TO HIM.  FIND THAT GUY!  HE CAN DO DAMAGE.  TACK ON 15 MORE FOR A HORSE COLLAR, AND IT’S 1ST & GOAL FROM THE 9.  CUTLER TO GREG OLSEN MAKING A PLAY.  EAGLES DON’T CHALLENGE BECAUSE OLSEN WAS INBOUNDS, AND ANDY PUTS THE RED HANKY BACK IN HIS POCKET.  THE BEARS ARE UP BY 28-13.  MICHAEL VICK WAS PRESSURED FOR MOST OF THE DAY.  HE WAS PRESSURED MUCH OF THE DAY GOING AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST PASS RUSHERS IN THE GAME, JULIUS PEPPERS.  BUT THIS DEFENSE IS RANKED AMONG THE BEST AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING MICHAEL VICK IN THE POCKET.  4 SACKS ON THE DAY OF MICHAEL VICK.  WE SAW JULIUS PEPPERS AND MATT __ , ANTHONY ADAMS ALL GETTING IN ON THE ACT.  31-16.  CUTLER PRESSURED AS HE THROWS TO MATT FORTE; AND THEN CUTLER, YOU USUALLY DON’T SEE THIS SORT OF SCREAMING AND YELLING.  HE WANTS P.I. HERE THOUGH.  IT LOOKS LIKE ERNIE SIMMS MIGHT’VE HAD SOME CONTACT ON HIS RECEIVER HERE.  I THINK JAY WAS RIGHT.  UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT THOUGH.  SO A LITTLE TOO MUCH CHIRPING AND THE EAGLES GET THE BALL ON A QUALITY FIELD POSITION AND RILEY COOPER MAKING A PLAY…OR WAS IT VINCE PAPALI?  I CAN’T TELL.  3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & GOAL.  VICK PRESSURED BY …YEA, YOU WANT TO FLUSH HIM TO HIS RIGHT.  HE NORMALLY IS A RUNNER.  HE DOESN’T LIKE TO THROW GOING BACK IN THAT DIRECTION.  SO ANDY REID ON 4TH & GOAL FROM WAY OUT, DECIDES TO KICK A F.G. AND TAKE HIS CHANCES ON GETTING THE BALL BACK; AND ON 3RD & 10 CUTLER’S NEARLY PICKED AND THE EAGLES DO GET HE BALL BACK BUT THEY USE ALL THEIR TIMEOUTS TO GET IT BACK WITH ENOUGH TIME LEFT ON THE CLOCK.  4TH & 9.  WHAT AN INCREDIBLE THROW THIS IS BY VICK WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE.  YEA, I THOUGHT THIS WAS A PICK.  IT LOOKED LIKE 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT DEFENDERS.  SHOT IT INTO BRENT CELEK.  BEAUTIFUL STUTTER GOAL.  WHAT ABOUT THE CONCENTRATION BY CELEK?  BEAUTIFUL.  WHAT A THROW.  WHAT A CATCH.  WHAT A PLAY, AND IT SETS UP THE EAGLES FOR NEEDING THIS ONSIDE KICK TO KEEP THE GAME ALIVE.  JOHNNY KNOX HAD IT.  THE EAGLES THOUGHT HE WASN’T TOUCHED, AND THEN RELINQUISHED THE BALL.  BUT THERE WAS NO CHALLENGE.  HE DID SEEM TO BE TOUCHED AND LOVIE, EH GOD, HIS BEARS HAVE WON 4 IN A ROW FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEIR S.B. APPEARANCE SEASON OF 2006.

 

01:43:11 - MIAMI DOLPHINS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

 

LET’S GO OUT TO OAKLAND.  CHAD HENNE MADE A RETURN.  A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT HE MIGHT NOT RETURN IN 2010 BECAUSE OF A KNEE INJURY.  LOOK HOW THINGS BEGAN FOR THE OAKLAND RAIDERS THE OPENING KICKOFF RETURN BY THE FASTEST MAN AT THE COMBINE.  JACOBI FORBES.  YOU’RE NOT GONNA CATCH HIM.  4.28 AT THE COMBINE.  WHAT’D YOU RUN, BRIAN?  I RAN A 4.21 FOR BREAKFAST.  RAIDERS ARE UP 7-NOTHING JUST LIKE THAT.  BUT THIS IS THE GUS JOHNSON GAME.  YEA.  SO THINGS ARE GONNA BE A LITTLE FREAKY.  JUSTIN COBBS OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.  29 TD. FROM HENNE.  THE DOLPHINS ARE UP 10-7.  NEXT POSSESSION, CHAD HENNE FROM THE RAIDERS 11, AND OH, THIS IS A BOO-BOO.  PLAY ACTION FAKE, DEVON BESS.  TAKE YOUR TIME.  TAKE YOUR TIME.  INTENDED FOR HIM AND THEN … ON THE PLAY..JUST GETS IT OUT OF THE AIR.  TONY SPARANO’S LIKE, “THIS IS WHY WE WENT TO PENNINGTON.”  WELL, HE GOT A LITTLE GREEDY RIGHT THERE.  THERE WAS TOO MANY PEOPLE IN COVERAGE.  THROW IT AWAY, CHAD.  RAIDERS, CAN THEY TURN IT INTO POINTS?  … JACOBI FORD IS MAKING PLAYS ON …!  YOU CAN FORGET THAT.  1ST CAREER RECEIVING TD. FOR JACOBI FORD, AND BRUCE GRATKOWSKI GOT THE START.  NICE THROW AND EVEN BETTER YACK.  YEA, YOU’RE GONNA YACK WHEN YOU’RE WINNING ….  RAIDERS UP AT THE HALF BY A POINT.  BUT THE DOLPHINS GET THE BALL TO START THE 2ND HALF AND MARLIN MOORE IS MAKING A PLAY.  DID HE NOT THINK THAT HE WAS GONNA RUN THE BALL AFTER HE CAUGHT IT?  MAKE THE TACKLE, GUYS!  BRANDON MARSHALL WAS OUT OF THIS GAME.  WASN’T WITH THE TEAM AND MARLIN MOORE WAS MAKING LIKE BRANDON MARSHALL.  57 YD. SCORE.  DOLPHINS ARE UP BY 9 LATE IN THE 3RD QUARTER AND RICKY WILLIAMS PUTS THIS GAME TO BED.  STILL, THE DOLPHINS LOOKED DEAD IN THE WATER WHEN WE LAST SAW THEM .. FOOTBALL AGAINST THE BEARS.  BUT THEY ARE NOW 6-5, AND IT’S TOM CABLE’S GROUP THAT IS 5-6; AND TONY SPARANO, BOOYA!

 

 

 

 

01:45:09 – KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

 

20-10, LET’S GO TO SEATTLE.  AND A LITTLE U.S.C. REUNION.  PETE CARROLL NEVER STARTED MATT CASSEL IN U.S.C.  THAT’S WHAT HE JUST SAID, “HEY, WHY DIDN’T YOU PLAY ME A LITTLE BIT?”  WELL, MATT CASSEL WOULD PLAY QUITE A BIT AGAINST SEATTLE TODAY.  HE WAS CONNECTING WITH DWAYNE BOWE EARLY AND OFTEN.  7 STRAIGHT GAME THAT BOWE HAS CAUGHT A TD.  2 PLAYS LATER THOUGH, POSSESSIONS LATER, IT’S BERNARD COX DROPPING THE PUNT.  TERRELL THOMAS COMES UP WITH THE SCOOP.  SEATTLE DOES A NICE JOB IN THEIR KICKING GAME.  WELL COACHED.  AND THE GAME’S TIED AT 7 EVEN THOUGH THE CHIEFS OUTGAINED SEATTLE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.  153-14; THAT MATT CASSEL TO BOWE CONNECTION WAS JUST GETTING STARTED.  THIS IS THE BEST RUSHING TEAM IN THE NFL.  NOW THEY’RE FINDING THEIR PASSING GAME.  THEY SHOULD BE.  HAVE THE FRANCHISE RECORD 13 PRECEDING TD. OF THE SEASON FOR BOWE.  MATT HASSELBECK CONNECTS TO BEN __ THE FIRST PLAY OF THE 2ND HALF.  GOOD CATCH BEN.  2 PLAYS LATER HASSELBECK FINDING HIS T.E. CHRIS BAKER, AND EVERY TIME YOU THINK THE SEAHAWKS ARE OUT… 72 X-SHALLOW CROSS.  GIVE IT TO #1.  I LOVE IT WHEN YOU TALK FOOTBALL TALK.  72 X-SHALLOW CROSS.  #1 IS THE T.E. OVER THE BALL.  BOOM!  GIVE IT TO HIM!  CHANGE THE SCORE THERE WHEN KENT PALMER GETS STIFF-ARMED BY JAMAL CHARLES.  I LIKE THIS.  LET’S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.  I SAW MOOCH DOING THAT IN THE DRESSING ROOM EARLIER.  I DID IT BETTER.  TWEET ME AND LET ME KNOW.  I CAN’T KEEP UP WITH ALL THE DANCES NOW.  VERSION OF THE DUCKY.  173 YDS. FOR JAMAL CHARLES.  ENSUING SEAHAWKS POSSESSION, DERRICK JOHNSON.  THROW IT AWAY.  ..THE FUMBLE.  __ RECOVERS IT.  3 TURNOVERS ON THE DAY FOR THE SEAHAWKS AND GUESS HOW THEY TURN THIS ONE INTO POINTS?  THAT WOULD BE CASSEL TO DWAYNE BOWE.  THIS GUY’S ON HIS WAY TO THE PRO BOWL.  CHIEFS ARE 7-4.  CHIEFS ARE 7-4, AND THEY AWAIT THE RESULTS OF SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.

 

01:47:16 – ST. LOUIS RAMS @ DENVER BRONCOS

 

JOSH MCDANIELS LOOK…  THAT’S A LOT OF LOOT.  I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON.  I CAN’T BELIEVE THERE’S ANOTHER VIDEOTAPING INCIDENT IN THE NFL.  BUT, AT ANY RATE, THEY’RE TAKING ON ST. LOUIS AT HOME AND UH, OH.  … SCREEN.  SAM BRADFORD TO MICHAEL UH OH, ___.  WHO?  UH OH.  ___.  DENVER IS UP 10-7 NOW ONLY.  AND NOW BILLY __ EVERYBODY.  KEEP IT ALIVE SAME.  FIND HIM!  FIRST CLEAR TOUCHDOWN.  SAM BRADFORD’S FINDING EVERYBODY.  THIS KID CAN PLAY.  AND THEN NOW COMES DENARIO ALEXANDER.  THEY’VE GOT A __.  THEY’VE GOT A DENARIO.  THEY’VE GOT AN UH OH __, AND UH OH, THE BRONCOS ARE HAVING IT PUT IT PUT ON THEM AT HOME BY SAM BRADFORD AN THE RAMS BECAUSE YOU CAN’T STOP BILLY BACHEMA.  2ND CAREER TOUCHDOWN.  2ND OF THE DAY.  WIDE OPEN.  GREAT CALLING.  YOU’RE PLAYING AGAINST THE BRONCOS.  THAT’S EASY.  MIKE NOLAN’S GONE.  26-13 IS THE SCORE.  IT’S 36-20 WHEN …DEF. COORD. LAST YEAR.  UH OH, HERE COME THE BRONCOS.  HE CAN THROW THE BALL NOW WITH THE BEST OF THEM.  EDDIE ROYAL TD.  THEY GO FOR 2, DON’T GET IT.  SO IT’S A 10 PT. GAME.  NEXT DENVER POSSESSION, 3:52 LEFT.  THEY EVEN HAVE A TIMEOUT.  ORTON TO ROYAL, PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD.  2 PLAYS LATER, ORTON TO ERIC DECKER.  DOWN TO THE 2!  THIS IS AMAZING.  STILL A 2 POSSESSION GAME NOW.  HERE THEY COME!  2 PLAYS LATER TO THE HIGHLIGHT MACHINE THIS YEAR.  BRANDON LLOYD IN THE END ZONE.  WHAT A YEAR HE’S HAVING.  3 PT. GAME.  LEADING THE LEAGUE IN YDS.  SO THE ST. LOUIS LEAD IS NOW SUDDENLY DOWN TO 3, AND WITH A MINUTE TO GO DENVER GETS THE BALL BACK; BUT, CHRIS … CAN GET A PLAY.  HE’S HAD A HECK OF A YEAR NOW.  YES, INDEED.  HIS 3RD YEAR.  HE’S GETTING TO THE QB.  3 PLAYS LATER, LAST CHANCE SALOON FOR ORTON, AND IT’S INCOMPLETE AND GUESS WHO’S NOW IN 1ST PLACE IN THE NFC WEST?  DON’T TELL ME.  DON’T TELL ME.  THAT’LL BE YOUR ST. LOUIS RAMS WITH STEVE SPAGNUOLO.  GREAT JOB GUYS.  AND THE BRONCOS FALL TO 3-8.

 

01:49:39 – SAN DIEGO CHARGERS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

 

ANTONIO GATES GONNA TRY AND GIVE IT A GO IN JUST A COUPLE OF GAMES WITH THAT PLANTER FACETIOUS.  PEYTON MANNING JUST OVER HIS HEAD ISSUES WITH THIS CHARGERS DEFENSE AND THAT 3-4.  HE HITS PIERRE GARCON HERE FOR 10 YDS.  IT’S THE 12TH PLAY OF THIS DRIVE ON A 3RD & GOAL.  IT’S MANNING TO JACOB TAMMY.  THEY’RE DECIMATED BY INJURIES.  THEY ARE DECIMATED BY INJURIES BUT JACOB TAMMY HAS REALLY REPLACED DALLAS CLARKE VERY WELL.  I LIKE THEIR OPENING DRIVE IN THE END ZONE.  COLTS ON TOP 7-0 BUT HERE’S WHERE IT STARTED TO FALL APART.  MANNING PICKED OFF BY KEVIN BURNETT.  HE TAKES IT BACK 29 YDS.  WE JUST DON’T SEE THIS THAT OFTEN BY …  YOU DON’T.  BUT THE S.D. CHARGERS PLAY TIGHT IN COVERAGE ON THE COLTS RECEIVERS EVERY TIME THEY PLAY.  THE 2ND QUARTER HERE AND MANNING’S ARM HIT BY ANTOWAN __.  STEVEN COOPER’S THERE.  IT’S HIS 16TH CAREER INTERCEPTION VS. THE CHARGERS; AND IN THE PLAYOFFS HE HAS MORE PICKS THAN TD. PASSES!  COLTS DOWN 16-7 AND IT’S PEYTON MANNING TO PIERRE GARCON.  GARCON TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.  30 YDS. DOWN & 5.  AND HERE’S ANOTHER ONE OF THESE PLAYERS, DEION, THE COLTS HAVE LITERALLY JUST PICKED UP OFF THE STREET.  BLAIRE … WITH A TD.  BUT YOU JUST TALK ABOUT GARCON.  YOU GOT REGGIE WAYNE ON THE OTHER SIDE.  WHAT IS PHILIP RIVERS THROWING TO ON THE OTHER SIDE?  YOU TALK ABOUT DECIMATED WITH INJURIES.  SPEAKING OF THAT.  HE GOT HURT.  VINCENT JACKSON ON THE BENCH WITH A CALF INJURY.  PHILIP RIVERS SAYS, “THAT’S O.K.  I GOT PLENTY OF WEAPONS I CAN GO TO.”  THIS GUY HAS JUST ABOUT 2 BROKEN FEET!  HOW IS HE MAKING PLAYS?!  AND HE CONTINUES TO JUST MAKE PLAYS.  ALRIGHT, RIVERS NOW TRYING TO GET OUT OF HARM’S WAY BUT HE’S SACKED BY ERIC FOSTER.  SO THE COLTS DEFENSE TRYING TO DO WHAT IT CAN TO KEEP INDY IN THE GAME.  IT LED TO A CHARGERS F.G. 19-14.  PEYTON MANNING STEPS UP.  AND ERIC WEIDIC GOT AWAY WITH A LITTLE ROUGH STUFF THERE.  KIND OF PULLED WEIDIC AWAY INTO THE GROUND AND STEPPED IN FRONT.  HE EVEN LOOKED BACK TO SEE WAS THE FLAG THROWN!  BUT HE WAS RUNNING WITH THE BALL FOR A TD.  HE KNEW HE HAD HIM.  IT’S NOT A PENALTY IF YOU DON’T GET CALLED, RIGHT?  MANNING, INCREDULOUS.  COULD NOT BELIEVE THERE WAS NOT A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  LOOKING FOR WAYNE.  IT WAS JUST KIND OF NOT…YEA, THAT’S NOT THE FIRST ONE THAT HE’S DROPPED.  HE AHD A TOUGH NIGHT, AND IT WAS HARD FOR PEYTON TO GET ON TRACK.  COLTS DECIDING TO GO FOR IT HERE ON 4TH & 4 AND WHY NOT.  BUT MANNING CANNOT CONNECT TO JACOB TAMMI.  THEY TURN THE BALL OVER ON DOWNS.  AND ON THE CHARGERS ENSUING POSSESSION, IT’S PHILIP RIVERS, WITH TIME, AND HE HITS __ __ 9 YDS. DOWN TO THE 9 YD. LINE.  CAN’T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT GATES.  IT’S TOUGH.  YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO PLAY WITH THAT PLANTER __.  THOSE TOE INJURIES.  HE’S ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD AS IS THIS BIG BOWLING BALL MIKE TOBER.  WHOA, BIG FELLA.  WHAT WAS THAT?  I DON’T KNOW BUT IT LOOKED LIKE IT HURT!  33-14.  MANNING DUMPS IT OFF HERE.  OH.  JAMES.  HE PUTS IT ON THE GROUND.  PAUL _ RECOVERS.  IT’S THAT KIND OF DAY FOR PEYTON MANNING.  HERE IS A 4TH INTERCEPTION…THROWN BY PEYTON MANNING.  YOU DON’T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN.  HE HAD 3 LAST WEEK.  A BIG SIGH ON THE BENCH.  7 INTERCEPTIONS IN THE LAST 2 GAMES FOR PEYTON MANNING.

 

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