SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 13

1.  BROWNS@DOLPHINS  2:19

2.  49ERS@PACKERS  2:12

3.  BRONCOS@CHIEFS  2:38

4.  BILLS@VIKINGS  2:55

5.  BEARS@LIONS  2:26

6. JAGUARS@TITANS  2:55

7.  REDSKINS@GIANTS  3:14

8.  SAINTS@BENGALS  2:54

9.  TEXANS@EAGLES  5:12

10. PANTHERS@SEAHAWKS  1:24

11. FALCONS@BUCCANEERS  3:14

12. COWBOYS@COLTS  4:18

13. RAIDERS@CHARGERS  2:38

14. RAMS@CARDINALS  1:02

15. STEELERS@RAVENS  5:39

 

TRT:  57:36  WITH BARS

01:10:16 – CLEVELAND BROWNS @ MIAMI DOLPHINS

DOLPHINS AT HOME AGAINST THE BROWNS.  THEY’RE 6-5 ON THE SEASON.  THEY WON 6 OF THEIR LAST 8 AGAINST CLEVELAND BUT IN THE 1^ST HALF THEY COULDN’T GET ANYTHING GOING PROPERLY.  DNA CARPENTER HAD A 41 YD. F.G. ATTEMPT BLOCKED BY SEAN ROGERS.  ALWAYS SEEMS TO GET A HAND ON F.G.’S.  THEN CHAD HENNE INTERCEPTED BY JOE HAYDEN.  THE ROOKIE CORNERBACK GETTING AN INTERCEPTION FOR THE 4^TH STRAIGHT GAME, AND THEN ABRAHAM ELAM PICKED HIM OFF.  BROWNS COULD ONLY MANAGE 3 PTS. OFF THOSE TURNOVERS.  NOT GETTING A WHOLE LOT OUT OF IT.

LAST PLAY OF THE 2^ND QUARTER THOUGH, LINING UP, DAN CARPENTER.  A 60 YD. F.G. ATTEMPT DOWN THE MIDDLE, IN LINE.  IT JUST BARELY GETS OVER THE CROSSBAR BY MEER INCHES.  DAN CARPENTER SETS A FRANCHISE RECORD WITH THAT 60 YD. F.G.  PETE STROYANOVICH HELD THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE TEAM.  SO THEY GO INTO HALFTIME TIED UP AT 3.  3^RD QUARTER.  CAN THE BROWNS GET SOME OFFENSE GOING?  JAKE DELHOMME HOPING SO.  HEAVING ONE DEEP FOR MUHAMMAD MASAQUA.  HE MAKES THE CATCH.  A GAIN OF 37.  MASAQUA, BALL’S SLIGHTLY UNDERTHROWN, GOES UP AND MAKES A NICE GRAB TO THE 46.  HE HAD 81 YDS. RECEIVING.  DELHOMME, SAME DRIVE.  1^ST & GOAL.  3 PLAYS LATER, BEN WATSON ALL ALONE.  A 3 YD. SCORE.  BROWNS GO UP 10-3.  BEN WATSON, 10 CATCHES, 100 YDS. AND A TD.  MONSTER GAME FOR HIM.  ONTO THE 4^TH, SAME SCORE, DOLPHINS WITH THE BALL.  CHAD HENNE DECIDES TO PULL IT DOWN AND SCRAMBLE, MOVING ALMOST IN SLO-MOTION BUT, HEY, GOOD ENOUGH FOR A 1ST DOWN AND A GAIN OF 10 TO THE 34.  6 PLAYS LATER, A 3^RD & 3.  HENNE LOOKING END ZONE.  THAT IS ANTHONY FAISANO.  THAT IS A GAME-TYPING TD.  DOLPHINS WITH THE EXTRA POINT.  MAKE IT 10-10.  OOH, TONY SPARANO LOVING IT.

CHAD HENNE, A TD. IN THE GAME BUT PLENTY OF MISTAKES.  LATE IN THE 4^TH, TRYING TO RALLY HIS TEAM, AND HE’S INTERCEPTED!  YOU CANNOT GET PICKED OFF LATE IN THE GAME LIKE THAT!  MIKE ADAMS TAKES IT ALMOST IN FOR THE SCORE DOWN TO THE 2 YD. LINE; AND THAT BALL WAS JUST INTERCEPTED AFTER THE BLOCKED PASS.  ADAM THERE FOR THE RETURN.  BROWNS WITH A HUGE OPPORTUNITY.  SO 4 SECS. LEFT.  BILL DAWSON SETTING UP.  23 YD. F.G. AND HE NAILS IT.  CLEVELAND BROWNS GET THE WIN 13-10.  CHAD HENNE AND THE DOLPHINS STUNNED AFTER THE LOSS.

01:12:45 – SAN FRANCISCO @ GREEN BAY PACKERS

PACKERS AT HOME HOSTING THE NINERS.  THEY’VE ACTUALLY WON 8 STRAIGHT AGAINST S.F.  AARON RODGERS HAS BEEN HOT.  ONTO THE 2^ND, PACKERS DOWN 6-NOTHING.  RODGERS THROWING DEEP FOR GREG JENNINGS, AND HE MAKES THE GRAB!  TAKES IT ALL THE WAY IN TO THE END ZONE.  A 57 YD. SCORE, AND THEY STARTED TO GET IT GOING, UP 7-6 IN THE 2^ND.  THEN ON THEIR NEXT DRIVE, THE G.B. PACKERS OFFENSE HAD IT GOING ON.  THE DUMP-OFF.  THE SCREEN PASS TO BRENDON JACKSON.  ALL KINDS OF NINERS AROUND HIM BUT HE RUNS PAST ALL OF THEM TAKING IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE; AND THAT SETUP ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY.  JOHN __ FOR THE TD.  A 1 YD. SCORE.  PACKERS UP 14-6.  THEY START TO GE IT GOING IN THE 2^ND QUARTER. ENSUING NINERS DRIVE.  2ND & 10 FROM THEIR 34.  A MINUTE 34 BEFORE HALFTIME.  THE PASS COMPLETE FROM TROY SMITH TO VERNON DAVIS.  SAFETY MISSED THE TACKLE.  HE IS ALL ALONE GOING INTO THE END ZONE.  BLOWN BY NICK COLLINS.  AND VERNON DAVIS IS FIRED-UP.  GET ME THE BALL!  I CAN MAKE SOME PLAYS!  AND HE DID.  126 YDS. RECEIVING BUT THE PACKERS, THEIR RECEIVERS WERE DOING EVEN BETTER.  AARON RODGERS SCRAMBLING.  HE PICKS UP A 1^ST DOWN.  YOU KNOW HE CAN DO IT WITH HIS LEGS.  HE GRABBED 12 YDS. ON THAT PLAY, AND THAT SET THIS UP.  2 PLAYS LATER RODGERS THROWING DOWN TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE FOR DONALD DRIVER.  HE’S GOT A MAN AROUND HIM.  SLIPS THAT TACKLE.  DUCKS OUT OF ANOTHER.  STILL ON HIS FEET!  PUSHES A MAN OUT OF HIS WAY AND FIGHTS INTO THE END ZONE!  DONALD DRIVER WITH THE AMAZING RUN AFTER THE CATCH FOR THE TD.  A 61 YD. SCORE.  GREAT INDIVIDUAL EFFORT.  PACKERS UP 21-13, AND WHEN IT WASN’T DRIVER IT WAS GREG JENNINGS GETTING IT.  ONCE AGAIN, THE PLAY FAKE FROM RODGERS.  HE EVEN WENT DEEP FOR JENNINGS.  EXCELLENT CATCH.  A GAIN OF 48, AND THAT WOULD SETUP A 3^RD & GOAL FROM THE 1.  RODGERS QUICK PASS, RIGHT SIDE GREG JENNINGS, AND HE GETS THE TD. REWARD.  JENNINGS 6 …AND HE GETS THE TD REWARD.  JENNINGS, 6 HEDGES, 122 YDS., 2 TDS.  PACKERS WIN IT 34-16.  THEY’RE NOW 8-4.

01:15:09 – DENVER BRONCOS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

AFC WEST BATTLE.  CHIEFS AT HOME AGAINST THE BRONCOS WHO RAN IT UP AGAINST THEM 3 WKS. AGO WINNING 49-29.  TODD HALEY DID NOT HAVE A PLEASANT HANDSHAKE AFTER THAT ONE FOR JOSH MCDANIELS.  MATT CASSEL LOOKING TO GET THINGS GOING IN THE 1^ST QUARTER.  COMPLETES IT.  A GAIN OF 19 BY DEXTER MCCLUSTER.  3 PLAYS LATER 3^RD & 1 AND THE SWING PASS GOES TO THOMAS JONES WHO SLIPS A MAN, AND HE GETS FREE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 5 YD. LINE.  A GAIN OF 20 ON THE PLAY.  2^ND & GOAL, 2 PLAYS LATER, AND CASSEL ROLLS OUT LOOKING FOR HIS T.E.  FINDS IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE LEONARD __, A 2 YD. SCORE.  A GREAT TIME FOR HIS 1^ST TD. OF THE SEASON.  CHIEFS GO UP 7-NOTHING.  LOOKED LIKE THEY MIGHT GET SOME PTS. ON THE BOARD BUT NO.  IT WOULD BE VERY LOW-SCORING THE REST OF THE WAY.  3^RD & 12 FOR THE BRONCOS, AND THAT IS A 1^ST DOWN PASS TO ERIC DECKER FROM KYLE ORTON.  GAIN OF 28.  NEXT PLAY, 1^ST & 10 AT THE 32.  NOSHAWN MARINO FINDS AN OPENING AND HE IS BREAKING TACKLES FOR A GAIN OF 17.  LED TO A F.G.  BRONCOS DOWN 7-3 AT THAT POINT AND WOULD TRAIL 10-3 AT THE HALF.  IN THE 3^RD, CHIEFS UP BY 7 PTS.  MATT CASSEL’S PASS INTENDED FOR DEXTER MCCLUSTER’S INCOMPLETE.  BUT, UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS PENALTY ON THE PLAY.  D.J. WILLIAMS FLAGGED FOR THAT HIT ON MCCLUSTER. MCDANIELS DOESN’T KNOW WHAT THAT’S ALL ABOUT.  AUTOMATIC 1^ST DOWN AND THE CHIEFS DRIVE CONTINUES.  4 PLAYS LATER A 4^TH & GOAL AT THE 2.  THEY ARE GOING FOR IT.  AND CASSEL HAS NOBODY AVAILABLE.  HE IS SACKED BY MARIO HAGGAN, AND THEY TURN THE BALL OVER ON DOWNS.  CHIEFS COULD NOT CAPITALIZE.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER THE GIVE TO DEXTER MCCLUSTER.  HE LOSES THE BALL.  RECOVERED BY JUSTIN __.  EXCELLENT BREAK FOR THE DENVER BRONCOS AS THEY FORCE THE BALL LOOSE.  DEXTER MCCLUSTER LOSES IT.  NEVER BRONCOS TAKE OVER.  THEIR ENSUING POSSESSION, A 2^ND & 4 TO GIVE TO NOSHAWN MARINO BUSTING UP THE MIDDLE.  COULD HE BREAK IT?  BROUGHT DOWN FROM BEHIND.  A BIG GAIN OF 22.  HE HAD 161 RUSHING YDS. IN THE GAME.  A CAREER HIGH, AND THAT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G. DOWN 10-6.  DENVER LOOKING TO COME BACK WITH 10 MINS. TO GO AND KYLE ORTON IS SACKED AND BROUGHT DOWN BY TOM __.  HE FUMBLES.  __ RECOVERED IT.  BRONCOS MISS A CHANCE, AND THEN THE CHIEFS WOULD PUNT WITH UNDER 20 SECS. LEFT.  THE BALL SAILS OVER EDDIE ROYAL’S HEAD, AND K.C. WINDS UP TACKLING PARISH COCKS IN THE END ZONE BUT IT IS NOT A SAFETY.  BALL WAS RULED TO HAVE BEEN TOUCHED AT THE 8.  STILL, A LOSS FOR DENVER, 10-6  K.C. GETS THE WIN.

01:17:50 – BUFFALO BILLS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS

BILLS AT THE 4-7 VIKINGS.  BRETT FAVRE AND LESLIE FRASIER ONE LAST WEEKEND MAKING HIS HEAD COACHING DEBUT.  NO SCORE.  3^RD & 5.  BRETT FAVRE ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT.  DOESN’T SEE ANYTHING COMING.  THROWS UP A DUCK AND HE WAS HIT.  BRADEN FLORENCE MAKES THE INTERCEPTION AT THE 45 BUT BRETT FAVRE WAS HURT ON THE PLAY.  HE GOT DRILLED IN THE BACK.  ARTHUR MOTTS NAILED HIM.  HE LEFT THE GAME WITH A SHOULDER INJURY.  HEADED TO THE L.R., TAVARES JACKSON TOOK OVER FOR BRETT FAVRE AFTER THAT.  2 VIKINGS POSSESSIONS LATER, JACKSON IN THE BALL GAME; 3^RD & 4 AT THEIR 33.  HIS PASS INTENDED FOR GREG CAMARIO, AND IT IS INTERCEPTED BY DRAYDEN FLORENCE.  HE IS TAKING IT THE OTHER WAY.  THAT IS A PICK 6.  BILLS ON THE ROAD GOING UP EARLY 7-NOTHING.  THE 2^ND INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME FOR DRAYDEN FLORENCE; BUT NOT SO FAST FOR THE BILLS.  PASS.  TAVARES JACKSON.  HE WENT DEEP DOWN THE SIDELINE.  SYDNEY RICE COMES DOWN WITH IT.  INITIALLY RULED THAT HE IS OUT OF BOUNDS; INCOMPLETE IN THE END ZONE.  SO THE VIKINGS CHALLENGE THE CALL.  SYDNEY RICE MAKING THE CATCH IN TRAFFIC.  COMES DOWN WITH THE POSSESSION OVER LEOTUS MCKELVIN INSIDE THE PYLON.  CALL IS REVERSED.  RULED A TD. FOR SYDNEY RICE TYING UP THE SCORE AT 7.  THEN THE BILLS RETURNING THE KICKOFF; AND HE TRIPS OVER HIS OWN MAN.  LEO MCKELVIN FUMBLES THE BALL.  RECOVERED BY FRANK WALKER.  VIKINGS HAVE IT AT THE 14.  OH, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.  TD!  TIME FOR ADRIAN PETERSON RUNNING OVER FOLKS INTO THE END ZONE.  A 2 YD. SCORE.  VIKINGS GO UP 14-7 MAKING THE BILLS PAY FOR THAT FUMBLE ON THE KICKOFF RETURN.  SAME SCORE.  NEXT VIKING POSSESSION.  JACKSON SCRAMBLING AND HE GETS THE 1^ST DOWN AND SLIDES.  BUT, HE IS HIT BY DANTE WITNER WHO WAS FLAGGED FOR UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS.  2 PLAYS LATER, ADRIAN PETERSON INTO THE END ZONE!  ONCE AGAIN, YOU CANNOT STOP THE MAN!  HIS 2^ND TD. OF THE GAME.  50^TH RUSHING TD. OF HIS CAREER.  THEY GO UP 21-7.  OH, IT WAS JUST PAINFUL; FOR THE BILLS TURNING THE BALL OVER LEFT AND RIGHT.  THIS TIME RYAN FITZPATRICK INTERCEPTED BY ANTOWANE WYNNFIELD WHO RETURNS IT TO THE 5.  GUESS WHAT THAT MEANS?  ANOTHER VIKINGS TD.  THE PLAY FAKE.  TAVARES JACKSON, ALL KINDS OF TIME LOOKING END ZONE.  EXCELLENT GRAB BY SYDNEY RICE EXTENDING FOR THE CATCH.  A 6 YD. SCORE.  HIS 2^ND OF THE GAME.  HE HAD 105 RECEIVING YDS.  VIKINGS UP 28-7.  IT WAS JUST A MESS FOR BUFFALO.  RYAN FITZPATRICK BACK TO PASS.  STRIPPED BY JARED ALLEN, AND THE VIKINGS RECOVER AT THE 43.  VERY NEXT PLAY, 1^ST & 10 FROM THE 43.  PETERSON BOUNCES THIS ONE OUTSIDE.  OH, HE’S JUST TOO FAST.  GETTING ON HIS HORSE AROUND THE CORNER, INTO THE END ZONE.  A 43 YD. SCORE.  107 YDS. FOR ADRIAN PETERSON, 3 TDS.  VIKINGS WIN IT, 38-14.

01:21:00 – CHICAGO BEARS @ DETROIT LIONS

NFC NORTH MATCHUP IN DETROIT.  BEARS AND THE LIONS.  JAY CUTLER AND BEARS HAVE WON 4 STRAIGHT.  DREW STANTON MAKING HIS 2^ND CAREER START FOR THE 2-9 LIONS.  THEIR 2^ND POSSESSION OF THE GAME IN THE 1^ST QUARTER.  DREW STANTON WOULD RUN IT IN FOR A TD, AND THE LIONS GO UP 7-0.  WHAT KIND OF CELEBRATION  DANCE IS THAT?  DREW STANTON TRYING TO DO THE DOUGIE.  AT LEAST HE SCORED.  DETROIT GOES UP.  BEARS ON THEIR ENSUING DRIVE.  A 3^RD & 8.  CUTLER SCRAMBLING, BUYING SOME TIME.  HE FINDS EARL BENNING FOR A 14 YD. GAIN AND A 1^ST DOWN.  THAT KEEPS THE DRIVE ALIVE.  4 PLAYS LATER, THE GIVE TO CHESTER TAYLOR AROUND THE LEFT END.  HE IS INTO THE END ZONE FOR A TD. AND THAT TIES UP THE GAME AT 7.  THEY’RE ALL KNOTTED UP.  ONTO THE 2^ND.  BEARS WITH THE BALL, DOWN BY A F.G. ON 3^RD &1 AND THE PASS IS COMPLETE ONCE AGAIN TO EARL BENNING.  HE PICKS UP 33 YDS. ON THE PLAY.  IT TAKES A HANDFUL OF DETROIT PLAYERS TO BRING HIM DOWN.  HE FINISHED WITH 7 CATCHES FOR 104 YDS.  BIG GAME FOR BENNETT.  AND THEN ON THE FAKE, THE PITCHOUT TO MATT FORTE.  HE GOES IN FOR THE TD.  HIS 5^TH RUSHING TD. OF THE SEASON.  BEARS GO UP 14-10.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR DETROIT.  THE GIVE TO JAVAD BESS.  BEEN SLOWED BY THE TURF TOE.  NOT ON THIS PLAY.  BREAKS IT FREE AROUND THE END, AND HE IS BUSTING UP THE SIDELINE FOR 45 YDS. TO THE 46; AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT DETROIT MAKING THEM PAY.  DREW STANTON OVER THE MIDDLE.  THAT’S MEGATRON CALVIN JOHNSON.  DON’T ARM-TACKLE THAT GUY!  HE IS JUST MUSCLING PEOPLE WITH THE STIFF-ARM INTO THE END ZONE FOR A TD.  HIS 12^TH OF THE SEASON.  17-14.  DETROIT UP ON CHICAGO AT THE HALF.  CALVIN JOHNSON JUST TOO STRONG FOR THE BEARS DEFENSE AS HE GETS IN THERE.  ONTO THE 4^TH QUARTER.  BEARS FALL.  THEY’RE DOWN BY 3; 20-17.  CUTLER ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT, AND HE ELECTS TO RUN. CHANGES DIRECTION.  GETS PUSHED DOWN IN THE BACK BUT THERE IS A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS ON __ __ FOR HITTING CUTLER IN THE HEAD.  BEARS  GET A 1^ST DOWN.  LOOK AT THAT SHOW BY __.  JIM SCHWARTZ CANNOT STAND THAT CALL; AND THE BEARS GET A NICE BREAK.  1^ST & GOAL ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY.  CUTLER, ALL KINDS OF TIME.  HE HITS HIS T.E. BRANDON ___ FOR THE SCORE.  BEARS GO UP 24-20 AND WON IT BY THAT SCORE.

01:23:36 – JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

AFC SOUTH MATCHUP – JAGUARS AT THE TITANS.  KERRY COLLINS BACK UNDER CENTER FOR THE TITANS.  MISSED THE LAST 2 WKS. BUT THE …MAURICE JONES-DREW, 4 STRAIGHT 100 YD. GAMES; AND IT WOULD BE ANOTHER BIG GAME FOR THE JAGS ON THE GROUND.  IN THE 1^ST QUARTER 1^ST & 10 AT THEIR 23.  JONES-DREW AROUND THE RIGHT END FOR A GAIN OF 9.  AND IT WAS JUST LIKE THAT THE ENTIRE GAME.  JONES-DREW ONCE AGAIN.  7 PLAYS LATER THAT’S AN 11 YD. PICKUP.  7 CARRIED FOR 44 YDS. ON THE OPENING DRIVE ALONE FOR JONES-DREW; AND THEN THE JAGS JUST PUNISHING THE BALL, GOES FOR IT ON A 4^TH & 1; AND RASHAD JENNINGS GETS THE TD.  AN 11 YD. SCORE.  PENALTY WAS DECLINED.  JAGS GO UP 7-0.  THEY TIED A TEAM RECORD WITH 29 1^ST HALF RUSHING ATTEMPTS.  KERRY COLLINS TRYING TO GET THE TITANS INTO THE BALL GAME IN THE 2^ND QUARTER.  PICKED OFF BY DERRICK COX LOOKING FOR HIS MAN NATE WASHINGTON.  WASHINGTON HAS DERRICK __ BEAT BUT..PASS IS UNDERTHROWN.  SO THE JAGUARS GET THE BALL AT THEIR OWN 43.  SOME EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION.  ALREADY UP 7-0.  3^RD & 9 ON THE 25.  DAVID GARRARD, PLENTY OF TIME, FINDS MERCEDES LEWIS.  MUSCLES HIS WAY FOR THE 1^ST DOWN, AND THAT’S A 1^ST & 10 AT THE TENN. 15.  PICKUP OF 10.  3 PLAYS LATER, THE FAKE.  DAVID GARRARD WITH AN AMAZING FAKE PLUS THE STUTTER STEP INTO THE END ZONE.  HE GETS IN THERE FOR THE SCORE, TAKING IT HIMSELF.  A 4 YD. TD. RUN FOR GARRARD.  CAPPED A 13 PLAY DRIVE.  14-NOTHING JAGUARS.  4^TH & 7, TYNES GOING FOR IT AROUND MIDFIELD.  LOOKING DEEP FOR RANDY MOSS.  KERRY COLLINS UNDER THROWS HIM!  COULD’VE BEEN A TD. IF HE HITS HIS MAN BUT, NO.  KERRY COLLINS UNDER THREW RANDY MOSS WHO WAS WIDE OPEN.  TURNOVER ON DOWNS.  JACKSONVILLE ADDED A F.G.  THEY WENT UP 17-0 AT THE HALF.  ONTO THE 3^RD.  FIRST POSSESSION IN THE 2^ND HALF FOR THE TITANS.  CHRIS JOHNSON.  HE FINDS AN OPENING.  LOOKING FOR SOME MORE RUNNING ROOM.  HE STILL PICKS UP 21 YDS. ON THE PLAY AND GOES OVER 1,000 YDS. FOR THE 3^RD STRAIGHT SEASON.  3 PLAYS LATER, COLLINS FINDS __ BUT HE DROPS IT!  WIDE OPEN OVER THE MIDDLE!  __ KNOWS HE HAD A TD. BUT HE WAS THINKING ABOUT SCORING FIRST AND DROPPED THE BALL!  THAT RESULTED IN A F.G.  JAGUARS UP 17-3.  ONTO THE 4^TH.  TENN. TRYING TO COME BACK.  DOWN 17-6.  COLLINS IS SACKED.  A 6 YD. LOSS.  THAT BRINGS UP A 2^ND & 16; AND NOW WITH THE 3^RD & 16, TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.  BALL IS DEFLECTED AND INTERCEPTED BY WILLIAM MIDDLETON FOR JACKSONVILLE.  NOTHING GOING RIGHT FOR THE TITANS, AND THEN THEY WOULD JUST TRY AND ICE T4HE GAME AFTER THAT.  MAURICE JONES-DREW.  HE COULD DO BETTER THAN ICE THE GAME.  HE CAN PUSH YOU AROUND.  MAURICE JONES-DREW RUNNING FOR A CAREER-HIGH 186 YDS. IN THE GAME.  HIS 5^TH STRAIGHT 100 YD. GAME AND THE JAGUARS WIN IT.  THEY’RE NOW 7-5.

01:26:41 – WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ NEW YORK GIANTS

NFC CLASH AT THE NEW MEADOWLANDS.  REDSKINS AND DONOVAN MCNABB AT THE N.Y. GIANTS.  MOMMY, MAKE IT STOP.  GIANTS OPENING POSSESSION.  THIS IS 2^ND DOWN 8 AND THIS IS BRANDON JACOBS.  THE TIPTOE BANDIT IS RUNNING WITH POWER AND AUTHORITY.  THAT’S HOW YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO RUN.  CAME INTO THIS GAME AVERAGING BETTER THAN 5 YDS. PER CARRY.  THE OLD BRANDON JACOBS.  5 PLAYS LATER, IS THIS THE OLD BRANDON JACOBS RIGHT HERE?  RIGHT.  YEA.  WELL THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BUT THERE’S SOME OLD BRANDON IN THERE SOMEWHERE TO SHOW YOU HE’S RUNNING WITH POWER AND AUTHORITY.  FIRST TD. ON THE OPENING POSSESSION FOR THE GIANTS THIS SEASON.  NEXT N.Y. POSSESSION TO ELI MANNING.  PLENTY OF TIME.  NICE.  DEEP DROP.  HE’S GOT HIM.  KEVIN BOSS 21 YD. GAIN.  I WOULD SAY PLENTY OF TIME WAS AN UNDERSTATEMENT WASN’T IT.  HE COULD’VE STAYED BACK THERE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO.  GIVE IT RIGHT BACK TO BRANDON JACOBS.  11 YDS. AND ANOTHER N.Y. 1^ST DOWN.  YOU’RE RIGHT JAMIE.  NO LONGER IS KEITH PADDING HIS FEET BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.  HE’S SEEING SOMETHING, STICKING THAT FOOT IN THE GROUND AND RUNNING.  YOU TAKE A LOOK HERE AT THE GUARD PULLING AROUND.  DOES A GOOD JOB.  CHRIS LEE COMES AROUND.  …KIDS.  PLAY SMART, HAS GREAT TECHNIQUE.  AHMAD BRADSHAW REALLY WAS THE BIG PRODUCER IN THE GIANT BACKFIELD.  4 YD. TD. AND THE GIANTS LEADING 14-NOTHING.  HE HAD ALL THE CARRIES, THAT’S FOR SURE.  BRANDON HAD A BIG DAY AS WELL.  25 CARRIES FOR BRADSHAW AND ONLY 8 FOR JACOBS.  2^ND QUARTER, ELI MANNING TO KEVIN BOSS.  PICKED OFF BY THE LINEBACKER LONDON FLETCHER.  ELI BEING ELI.  OFF OF HIS BACK FOOT.  IT’S LIKE, “CAN YOU JUST STOP DOING THAT?!  THAT’S ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS JUST STOP DOING THAT.” DONOVAN MCNABB PASSING TO ANTHONY ARMSTRONG AND HE IS GOT IT COMPLETE BUT THE BALL COMES OUT.  KEITH BULLOCK RECOVERS FOR THE GIANTS.  IT’S A BAD TEAM.  YEA, IT IS.  IT’S A BAD TEAM.  GIANTS TAKE OVER AT THE 39, AND ON THAT POSSESSION, TO FINISH IT OFF, AHMAD BRADSHAW.  10 YDS. AND PUTTING HIS HEAD DOWN AND RUNNING STRONG.  IT IS THE WORST DEFENSE IN THE LEAGUE, STATISTICALLY.  THE WASH. REDSKINS ARE GIVING UP 400 YDS. PER GAME.  AND HOLDING ON TO THE BALL TOO.  BRADSHAW HAD…NO CHANCE THERE FOR DONOVAN MCNABB.  AND REMEMBER YOU WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT PEYTON MANNING WHAT 13 SACKS?  WELL THAT’S LIKE 34 OR 35 & COUNTING FOR 5.  OSI DOING THE HONORS THERE.  NEXT WASHINGTON POSSESSION.  2^ND & 2, MCNABB ROLLING RIGHT WITH TIME HERE.  GETS THE 1^ST DOWN BUT THEN THE BALL COMES OUT.  I MEAN REALLY?  COME ON.  THAT’S COREY WEBSTER PICKING IT UP.  YOU’RE RIGHT.  THAT’S A BAD FOOTBALL TEAM.  AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME I DON’T CARE WHAT THE SCHEDULE OR WHAT THE RECORD SAYS.  THEY ARE NOT A COMPLETE…GIANTS DEFENSE 4 SACKS, 4 FUMBLE RECOVERIES, A COUPLE OF INTERCEPTIONS AND, MEANWHILE, THE RUNNING GAME TAKING OVER.  WOW.  WOW.  BIG BRANDON HAD 100 YDS. ..OH WOW, WOW.  THAT’S HIS 2^ND TD.  IT WAS 28-NOTHING GIANTS AT THAT POINT.  GIANTS CAN RUN A FOOTBALL.  THEY PLAY VERY GOOD DEFENSE.  THEY JUST NEED TO GET THOSE RECEIVERS HEALTHY.  TERRELL THOMAS PICKS OFF MCNABB.  MCNABB 296 YDS. PASSING.  HOWEVER, A COUPLE OF INTERCEPTIONS.  HE LOST A FUMBLE.  GIANTS GO ON TO WIN 31-7.  THE RUNNING GAME, THE REAL KEY AS JACOBS AND BRADSHAW COMBINED FOR 200 YDS. RUSHING.

01:30:06 – NEW ORLEANS SAINTS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS

BENGALS AT HOME AGAINST THE SAINTS.  CINCY HAS LOST 8 IN A ROW BUT THEY HAVE WON 3 STRAIGHT AGAINST THE SAINTS.  N.O. IS HOT.  THEY HAVE WON 4 IN A ROW.  IT’S 4 TIES AT 3 IN THE 2^ND QUARTER.  THE GIVE TO CHRIS IVORY DOESN’T LOOK LIKE MUCH AT FIRST BUT HE BREAKS THROUGH.  THERE IS NOBODY THERE IN THE SECONDARY!  ALL THE WAY FOR THE TD.!  A 55 YD. SCORE FOR CHRIS IVORY!  SAINTS GO UP 10-3 EARLY IN CINCY.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR THE BENGALS.  4^TH & INCHES FROM THE 5.  THEY’RE GOING FOR IT.  CEDRIC BENSON IS STUFFED FOR A 1 YD. LOSS; AND THAT TURNS IT OVER ON DOWNS.  BENGALS ELECT TO GO FOR IT INSTEAD OF TYING FOR THE 3 PTS.  ALL FIRED UP AFTER THAT.  HALFTIME SCORE, 13-6, NEW ORLEANS.  IN THE 3^RD QUARTER THEIR PASSING GAME.  GUY __.  THE COMPLETION TO JEREMY SHOCKEY WITH THE 1-HANDED GRAB FOR 18 YDS. LED TO ANOTHER CHRIS IVORY SCORE.  SAINTS UP 20-6.  CARSON PALMER TRYING TO BRING THE BENGALS BACK.  HE FINDS CHAD OCHOCINCO OVER THE MIDDLE.  AND HE RUNS FOR 33 YDS. TO THE SAINTS 16.  SETS UP 4 PLAYS LATER.  A 1^ST & GOAL FROM THE 5.  CARSON PALMER BACK PEDDLING, THROWING OFF HIS BACK FOOT.  HE LOST ONE ONE INTO THE END ZONE.  TERRELL OWENS THERE FOR THE SCORE.  6 CATCHES, 47 YDS. AND A TD. FOR T.O. SHOWING OFF HIS MUSCLES.  BENGALS MISS THE EXTRA POINT.  DOWN BY 8 20-12.  LATE 3^RD QUARTER.  ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, STILL DOWN BY 8 PALMER FINDS OCHOCINCO FOR A GAIN OF 9.  NICE GRAB BY CHAD OCHOCINCO.  NOT ONLY TIPPING THE BALL BACK TO HIMSELF BUT ALSO GETTING BOTH FEET DOWN, LED TO A 1 YD. CEDRIC BENSON TD.  AND THEY WERE DOWN 20-19.  4^TH QUARTER NOW.  DREW BREES.  THAT IS WAY TOO EASY.  ROBERT MEECHUM THERE FOR THE 52 YD. SCORE.  SAINTS GO UP BY 8, 27-19; AND IT WOULD JUST PING-PONG BACK AND FORTH.  CARSON PALMER LOOKING OVER THE MIDDLE.  CHAD OCHOCINCO FOR 21 YDS.  HE HAD 96 YDS. RECEIVING ON 5 CATCHES.  SETS UP A 1^ST & GOAL AT THE 8.  THEN, 2 PLAYS LATER, CEDRIC BENSON.  NOBODY THERE.  HE BUSTS IN FOR THE TD.  A 4 YD. SCORE.  PLUS, WITH THE 2 PT. CONVERSION THEY TIED THE GAME AT 27.  WE GOT OURSELVES A BALL GAME IN CINCY.  THE BENGALS.  THEY WIND UP WITH A F.G. GOING UP 30-27.  SAINTS TRAILING 4^TH & 2, AND THE BENGALS ARE CALLED FOR A NEUTRAL ZONE INFRACTION; AND THAT JUST GIVES N.O. AN AUTOMATIC 1^ST DOWN.  PAT SIMMS CAUSED CARL NICKS TO JUMP EARLY.  NEXT PLAY, BREES FINDS MARCUS COLSTON.  A 3 YD. TD.  SAINTS GO UP 34-30.  65 YDS. AND THE TD. CATCH FOR MARCUS COLSTON.  BENGALS, 1 LAST CHANCE.  8 SECS. LEFT.  CARSON PALMER BROUGHT DOWN.  HE IS SACKED BY ROMAN HARPER.  SAINTS WIN IT 34-30.

01:33:07 – HOUSTON TEXANS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

AFTER MICHAEL VICK AND THE EAGLES TOOK DOWN ANDRE JOHNSON AND THE HOUSTON TEXANS; ANDRE NOT SUSPENDED FOR THIS GAME; AND MICHAEL VICK WITH THE FIREWORKS STILL SMOKEY AROUND HIM FROM THE OPENING KICKOFF, FIND DESEAN JACKSON ON THE OPENING DRIVE.  I LIKE HOW THEY STARTED THE GAME A LOT LIKE THE WASH. GAME.  TAKE A SHOT DOWNFIELD TO DESEAN JACKSON.  AND THEN 10 PLAYS LATER, LESEAN MCCOY JUST STEPS IN THE END ZONE.  MICHAEL VICK 7 OF 8 ON THE OPENING 11 PLAY DRIVE.  2^ND QUARTER THIS GAME, EAGLES UP 7-3 WHEN IT’S MCCOY AGAIN CALLED ON DECK.  HE RUNS THIS ONE IN THIS TIME.  CAPS ANOTHER 11 PLAY DRIVE AND THE EAGLES ARE PUTTING IT ON THE TEXANS EARLY ON IN THIS GAME.  IT’S 17-3 MIDWAY THROUGH THE 2^ND QUARTER; AND MATT SCHAUB FINDS A WIDE OPEN ANDRE JOHNSON, DEION.  ANDRE JOHNSON, IT WAS A GREAT DOUBLE-MOVE, A GREAT ROUTE.  DOUBLE-COVERED AND HE STILL BEAT THE DOUBLE COVERAGE.  2 PLAYS LATER SCHAUB IS ROLLING RIGHT AND FINDS JACOBY JONES IN THE END ZONE FOR THE 1^ST TEXAN TD. OF THE GAME.  12^TH TD. DRIVE OF 80 YDS. OR MORE.  THAT’S THE MOST IN THE NFL FOR THE TEXANS; AND ON THE NEXT TEXANS POSSESSION, HAD A CHANCE TO GO DOWN AND TIE THE GAME AT THAT HALF.  WELL THAT’S A HORRIBLE INTERCEPTION.  YEA.  HE’S GOTTA GET THE BALL UP AND OVER THE TOP OF THE DEF. END BUT HE DIDN’T GET ENOUGH ON TOP OF IT AND PICK.  LUCKILY THEY HELD HIM TO JUST A F.G.  AND THAT’S BECAUSE THE EAGLES MADE SOME MORE RED ZONE MISTAKES AS JOE THEISMAN POINTED OUT ON THAT DRIVE.  THEY KEPT DROPPING THE BALL THE LAST COUPLE WKS. IN THE RED ZONE; AND BRETT CELECK DROPS THIS ONE, AND THAT WAS AFTER JEREMY MACKLIN HAD ONE GO RIGHT OFF HIS GRILL IN THE END ZONE.  SO THE EAGLES HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A F.G.  THEY’RE UP BY 10 IN THE 2^ND QUARTER.  BUT THE TEXANS WERE A DIFFERENT TEAM IN QUARTER #3.  MATT SCHAUB AND THE TEXANS COME OUT OF THE L.R. AGAIN FIRING IT DOWN THE FIELD.  ANDRE JOHNSON OPEN FOR 19 YDS.  YOU GOTTA GIVE THE COACHING STAFF CREDIT.  THEY MADE ADJUSTMENTS AT HALFTIME, AND WANTED TO IMPLEMENT ANDRE JOHNSON MUCH MORE IN THIS OFFENSE.   AND THIS KID, ARIAN FOSTER’S A BEAST MARSHALL.  HE IS.  PLAYED A HUGE ROLE, NOT JUST IN THE RUNNING GAME BUT IN THE PASSING GAME.  COST SOME BALLS AND REALLY GOT THIS OFFENSE GOING JUST AS WELL.  YEA.  HE TRUCKED OVER NATE ALLEN INTO THE END ZONE; AND THE NEXT EAGLES DRIVE, IT’S MICHAEL VICK WITH A RARE INTERCEPTION.  THAT’S 1 IN THE LAST 2 GAMES NOW FOR HIM.  AND JASON ALLEN WHO GOT…HE’S THE ONE WHO PICKS OFF MICHAEL VICK, AND THE TEXANS TURN THAT PICK INTO PTS. WITH ANOTHER 80-PLUS YD. DRIVE.  ANDRE JOHNSON 31 YDS. ON 3^RD & 17 RIGHT THERE.  THE BALL WAS UNDERTHROWN.  IT LOOKED LIKE ANDRE PUSHED OFF A LITTLE BIT BUT MADE A NICE CATCH COMING BACK …  4 PLAYS LATER ARIAN FOSTER WITH HIS 2^ND TD. OF THE QUARTER; AND NOW THE TEXANS WERE UP BY THE SCORE OF 24-20.  BUT, THAT’S WHEN MICHAEL VICK AND THE EAGLES BEGAN TO ASSERT THEMSELVES AFTER AN UP AND DOWN 3^RD QUARTER., MOSTLY 34OWN 3^RD QUARTER.  THEY SCORE THEIR 1^ST PTS. OF THE HALF BY DESEAN JACKSON GETTING 33 YDS. ON THE 2^ND & 8^TH PLAY.  THEN 2 PLAYS LATER VICK SNEAKS IT IN.  YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST TAKE IT IN HERE YOURSELF.  YOU PUT A NICE DRIVE TOGETHER AFTER HOUSTON TOOK THE LEAD.  THE EAGLES ANSWER.  27-24 AND THE TEXANS CANNOT GET ANY PTS. ON THEIR NEXT DRIVE.  SO IN LESS THAN 10 MINS. TO GO THE EAGLES GET THE BALL BACK, AND LESEAN MCCOY OUT OF THE BACKFIELD EVERYBODY.  THIS IS WHAT THEY DO BEST.  NOW THEY CAN SCREEN ANYWHERE ANY TIME AND THIS RUN REALLY IS GONNA PUT THIS GAME OUT OF REACH.  AND THIS WAS A CRUCIAL PLAY THOUGH BECAUSE THE TEXANS GOT THE EAGLES IN A 3^RD & LONG SITUATION; 3^RD & 19.  JUST WHEN YOU THINK THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO HOLD THE EAGLES TO A F.G. WHICH WOULD GIVE THEM THE CHANCE TO TAKE THE LEAD WITH GETTING THE BALL BACK, BRENT CELECK LEAPS FOR THE 1^ST DOWN AS HE’S ROLLING OVER KEVIN BENTLEY.  INITIALLY, CALLED SHORT OF THE LINE OF GAIN BUT ANDY REID…THAT’S SORT OF A WEAK LITTLE TOSS THERE STEVE.  YEA.  THAT WAS NOT AN ANGRY FLAG.  THAT WAS JUST A…I THINK MIKE VICK TALKED HIM INTO IT BUT BRENT CELECK SAID, “HEY, COACH,. I THINK I REACHED OVER THAT LINE,” AND YOU KNOW WHAT, HE WAS RIGHT.  WHETHER YOU THROW THE FLAG WITH CONVICTION OR NOT, HE FLEW THE FLAG AND THE RULING WAS OVERTURNED IN A GAME THE EAGLES HAVE A FRESH SET OF DOWNS WITH WHICH THEY SCORED A BACKBREAKING TD.  OWEN SCHMIDT 5 YDS. OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.  MIKE VICK IS ALL FIRED-UP BECAUSE HIS EAGLES ARE UP BY 10; AND WITH MATT SCHAUB FACING THE LAST CHANCE SALOON, HE IS HIT BY NATE ALLEN.  DARREL TAP RECOVERS FOR THE EAGLES, AND THE TEXANS GET TAPPED ON THE SHOULDER.  THE TEXANS GET TAPPED ON THE SHOULDER BY THE HOME STANDING EAGLES WHO LOST THE LEAD IN THE 3^RD QUARTER BUT CAME FROM BEHIND TO WIN IT IN THE 4^TH QUARTER AS MICHAEL VICK HAS HIS 2^ND CONSECUTIVE 300 YD. PASSING GAME.  2 TDS. IN THE AIR, 1 ON THE GROUND, 2 MORE TDS. FOR LESEAN MCCOY.  DESEAN JACKSON HAD A NICE BOUNCE BACK GAME FOR HIM, 84 YDS. FROM MICHAEL VICK; AND NOW THE EAGLES ARE UP IN THE NFC EAST BY A ½ GAME OVER THE GIANTS WHO TAKE ON THE WASH. REDSKINS AT HOME ON SUNDAY.  AND EVEN IF THE GIANTS DO WIN THAT GAME, THE EAGLES WILL BE IN 1^ST PLACE IN THE NFC EAST.

01:38:30 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

IT’S UNBELIEVABLE WHAT’S HAPPENED.  IT’S UNBELIEVABLE.  ..MAX HALL, AND HE HURT HIS SHOULDER.  3 QBS.  JIMMY CLAUSSEN AND THE PANTHERS UP IN SEATTLE.  TOUGH PLACE TO PLAY.  CERTAINLY WHEN YOU’RE TRAVELING ALL THIS WAY AND YOU HAVE ONLY 1 WIN ON THE SEASON.  AND LOOK WHO’S UP

14-NOTHING.  THAT WOULD BE JONATHAN STEWART AND THE PANTHERS.  IT’S 14-3 WHEN JUSTIN FORSETT TAKES THE PLAY.  THIS WHOLE CAL BACKFIELD HELPING OUT THE FORMER USC COACH UP THERE IN SEATTLE.  AND 15 ON TOP OF THAT.  BECAUSE MARSHAWN LYNCH WOULD GET IT IN FROM THERE FROM 1 YD. OUT.  PANTHERS NEXT DRIVE.  JIMMY CLAUSSEN LOOK DOWNFIELD.  LOFA TATUPU, THE USC PLAYER HELPING THE FORMER USC COACH NOW IN SEATTLE.  SEATTLE IS UP 17-14 JUST LIKE THAT AND PUTTING THE PEDAL TO THE METAL WITH LEON WASHINGTON, AND LITTLE LEON’S GETTING LARGER.  WOULD YOU BELIEVE THOUGH THAT JASON BAKER…  GET HIM JASON!  HE HELD HIS HAND UP!  OH NO LEON, COME ON!!  THAT’S AN ATHLETIC PUNTER.  JASON!  OH, HE’S HOLDING…THAT’S WHY…KEEP RUNNING!  YOU GOTTA HIGH STEP!  THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.  IF HE WAS HIGH-STEPPING HE WOULD’VE NEVER GOT HIS HEEL!  IT’S NOT FUN FOR STEVE SMITH BUT AT LEAST THE SEAHAWKS WERE ABLE TO LAUGH ABOUT THAT.  THEY HAVE A 6-6 MARK JUST LIKE THE RAMS, AND DESPITE HAVING A BETTER DIVISION RECORD.

01:40:04 – ATLANTA FALCONS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

RIGHT HERE I HAVE THE PAPERWORK.  LET’S GO TO TAMPA WHERE THE BUCS ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A STATEMENT WIN THIS YEAR.  I WANT SOME OF THAT HAIR.  AND THE ATLANTA.. ME TOO.  I’M JEALOUS.  THE ATLANTA FALCONS ON THE ROAD.  A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, “WELL WE WANT TO SEE THEM WIN A BIG GAME OUTSIDE THE GEORGIA DOME.”  SO BOTH TEAMS REALLY WANTING TO MAKE A STATEMENT TODAY.  2 YOUNG TEAMS WITH YOUNG QBS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY WERE HITTING EACH OTHER IN THE MOUTH ALL DAY.  IT’S BECAUSE THEY WERE HARRY DOUGLAS..OBE MAHALI GETS IN THE END ZONE AS THE FALCONS ARE UP 14-7 HERE WITH LESS THAN 5 MINS. TO GO IN THE 1^ST HALF.  BUT WE WERE JUST GETTING GOING.  LESS THAN 2 MINS. TO GO IN THE 1^ST HALF.  MATT LYON WITH A RARE INTERCEPTION.  THIS WAS THE FIRST TURNOVER BY THE FALCONS IN 5 GAMES.  SHAWN JONES WITH THE PICK.  RETURNS IT TO THE FALCONS 30.  EVENTUALLY TAKEN DOWN.  AND WITH 20 TICKS LEFT IN THE HALF, 2^ND & GOAL AT THE 1.  JOSH FREEMAN LATE THROW TO MIKE __.  JOSH FREEMAN IS SHOWING SOME MATURITY BEYOND HIS YEARS NOW.  HE’S PLAYING, AT THE END OF EACH HALF, VERY GOOD FOOTBALL.  IT’S TIED AT 14.  LET’S GO TO THE 4^TH QUARTER.  17-14 BUCS.  WHAT AN INCREDIBLE QUARTER OF FOOTBALL THIS WAS.  MATT RYAN LOOKING FOR RODDY WHITE.  HE’S INTERCEPTED BY COREY LYNCH.  A 2^ND PICK OF THE DAY OF MATT RYAN, AND THE ENSUING BUCS POSSESSION.  JOSH FREEMAN HITS ONE OF HIS ROOKIE WIDE RECEIVERS AND REALLY IS … ON THE SLOW ROUTE.  THAT’S JUST FLAT OUT FOOTBALL.  YOU GET THE BALL INTO THE HANDS OF YOUR PLAYMAKERS.  EXPEDITIOUSLY, .. ROUTE, AND HE TAKES IT TO THE HOUSE.  2 PLAYS LATER….HALFBACK OPTION!  EARNEST GRAHAM TO JOHN GILMORE.  IT’S CALLED BY GREG OLSEN, THEIR OFF. COORD.  WELL DONE!  NICE FLORIDA!  MAKING IT A 10 PT. BUCS LEAD; BUT THE ENSUING KICKOFF…WHY DO WE SHOW IT?  IT’S EITHER A BIG PLAY OR A …  IT’S AN ERIC WEINS BIG-TIME PLAY, DANCING ALONG THE SIDELINE!  AND HE EMERGES UNSCATHED!  GREAT BLOCKING.  GREAT RECEIVING.  AND HE DIDN’T HOLD IT UP SO HE WON’T GO… 102 YDS.  IT WAS CHALLENGED…BUT YOU COULDN’T SEE HIM STEP OUT OF BOUNDS.  SO BACK WITH 3 PTS. RIGHT AWAY ARE THE FALCONS.  LESS THAN 8 MINS. TO GO.  MATT RYAN WITH THE BALL BACK.  3^RD & 20.  WHAT A PASS AND CATCH!  BEAUTIFUL.  3^RD & 20!  WHAT A PLAY TO RODDY WHITE ON THE SIDELINES.  MOVE THE CHAINS.  THE FALCONS NOW WITHIN THE RED ZONE.  7 PLAYS LATER RYAN TO MICHAEL JENKINS.  UNBELIEVABLE.  ROLL IT TO HIS LEFT.  WHAT AN ACCURATE THROW.  THEY BEAT BALT. WITH WITH.  THAT WAS THE SAME …  WELL DONE.  ENSUING BUCS POSSESSION THOUGH.  LAST CHANCE SALOON.  4^TH & 11.  IT’S A COMPLETED CATCH!  SAMMY SLAUGHTER WITH THE CLOTHESLINE PASS FROM JOSH FREEMAN!  MOVE THE CHAINS.  NEXT PLAY, FREEMAN 2 MINS. TO GO AFTER THE 2 MIN. WARNING.  CAN THE BUCS PULL IT OFF?  THEY CAN’T.  BRENT GRIMES WITH HIS 2^ND INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME.  OF COURSE WHEN WE REALLY OVERTURN.  SO IT WAS REALLY HIS ONLY PICK.  BUT BOTTOM LINE, IT WAS A CRUCIAL PICK AND SEALS THE VICTORY FOR THE FALCONS.  ARTHUR BLANK AND MIKE SMITH ARE 10-2 ATOP THE NFC.

01:43:27 – DALLAS COWBOYS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

NOW BY THE 7-5 JAGUARS.  NOW THE COLTS HOSTING THE COWBOYS IN THE AFTERNOON.  PEYTON MANNING’S COLTS COMING OFF OF 2 LOSSES.  NOW HERE COMES DESHARD CHOICE ON THE FIRST SET OF DOWNS FOR THE COWBOYS, 20 YDS. FOR THE TD. AROUND THE EDGE AND IN.  THAT’S HOW YOU WANT TO START A FOOTBALL GAME.  METHODICALLY, RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD.  POUND IT IN THERE.  .. HOLIDAY RESPOND.  PLAY ACTION MANNING TO REGGIE WAYNE, BUT IT IS PICKED BY ALAN BALL.  MANNING’S 8^TH INTERCEPTION IN HIS LAST 3 GAMES.  THAT WOULD NOT BE THE LAST ON THE DAY AS THE COWBOYS, HOWEVER, HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A F.G.  IT’S 10-NOTHING DALLAS.  MANNING LOOKING FOR BLAIR WHITE.  IT’S PICKED BY ORLANDO __, AND HE IS GONE!  ANOTHER PICK 6 ON MANNING.  THIS IS A BAD READ.  COVER 2 IS THE DEFENSE THEY’RE PLAYING.  MANNING THREW RIGHT INTO COVERAGE.  3^RD PICK 6 IN 2 WKS.!  NEXT COLT POSSESSION, PIERRE GARSON HOWEVER.  TOUCHDOWN.  MANNING LEADS THE COLTS ON A 15 PLAY 81 YD. DRIVE.  SO THE COLTS DO SCORE.  MAKE IT JUST A 10 PT. DEFICIT AT THE HALF.  3^RD QUARTER, 1^ST POSSESSION.  OH, COLTS.  MANNING…TOUCHDOWN TO REGGIE WAYNE!  SO NOW IT’S A 3 PT. GAME DESPITE ETH TURNOVERS IN THE GAME FOR PEYTON MANNING.  DESPITE THE WAY THE COWBOYS CAME OUT AND HIT INDY IN THE MOUTH.  IT’S JUST A 6 PT. DEFICIT WITH 5 MINS. TO GO IN THE 3^RD WHEN, WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?  IT’S SHAWN LEE WITH ANOTHER PICK 6 OF MANNING!  YEA, THE LINEBACKER FROM PENN ST.  NOW HE TOOK THIS THING.  HE READ PEYTON’S EYES.  THEY RAN TO BLAIR WHITE.  HE’S HAVING CONVERSATION.  HE RAN THE OUT AND UP, AND SHAWN HILL DID NOT GET FOOLED.

DOWN 13, WHAT WOULD MANNING DO?  WHY HE GOES FOR REGGIE WAYNE WHO WAS DOWN AT THE 1.  LOOKS LIKE HE ROLLED INTO THE END ZONE.  IT WAS JUST A MEER FORMALITY.  TAVARES JAMES POPPED IT IN FROM THERE.  THE COLTS ARE DOWN 6 4^TH QUARTER.  COWBOYS PUNTING. LOOKING ..WHOA!  IT’S TY SCHMIDT WITH THE BLOCKED PUNT; AND DESPITE ALL THE PICK 6’S ON PEYTON MANNING, THE COLTS DO IT WITH A BLOCKED PUNT AND NOW HAVE THE 1 PT. LEAD WITH LESS THAN 13 MINS. TO GO!  FIRST BLOCKED PUNT FOR A TD. FOR THE COLTS SINCE 1989.  BUT HERE COMES DESHARD CHOICE AND THE ENSUING POSSESSION.  26 YDS. DOWN TO THE COLTS 12 INSIDE THE RED ZONE.  6 PLAYS LATER THEY’RE ON THE 1.  IT’S DESHARD CHOICE STOPPED.  THE COLTS HAVE GIVEN UP 200 YDS. RUSHING BUT THEY COME OFF SOMEHOW WITH A GOAL LINE STAND FORCING DAVID BIELER TO KICK A F.G. WHICH MEANS PEYTON MANNING WOULD ONLY BE DOWN 2.  BIELER FOR THE F.G., TO BUDDY.  IT’S GOOD EXCEPT WE HAVE A FLAG ON THE PLAY ON ERIC FOSTER.  HE’S CALLED FOR LEVERAGE.  WHAT IS THAT?  IT’S WHEN YOU US AN OPPONENT TO EXTEND AND REACH AND GET MORE HEIGHT.  IT’S ALSO THE NAME OF A PROCEDURAL CRIME DRAMA ON TNT!  PLACING A HAND ON HANDS ON A TEAMMATE OR OPPONENT TO GAIN ADDITIONAL HEIGHT IN THE BLOCK OR ATTEMPT TO BLOCK AN OPPONENT’S KICK IS WHAT LEVERAGE IS CALLED, AND IT WAS APPROPRIATELY CALLED.  THAT’S RIGHT.  NOW WE GET IT.  FRESH SET OF DOWNS.  THAT’S A GOOD SHOW, BY THE WAY.  FOR THE COWBOYS, TIMOTHY HUTTON’S IN THAT SHOW.  AND WHO IS IN THIS SHOW?  IT’S JASON WITTEN WITH THE FRESH SET OF DOWNS.  THE COWBOYS NOW TAKE THE LEAD… IT’S OVER TOO!  AND THAT’S WHAT THEY DO.  THEY DIDN’T GO FOR 2 AND GET IT.  SO PEYTON MANNING IS NOW DOWN 7 WITH 2 MINS. TO GO.  MANNING TAKES HIS TIME.  SO HE THROWS IT TO REGGIE WAYNE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.  WE GO TO THE 2 MIN. WARNING.  LESS THAN 90 TICKS TO GO NOW.  MANNING TO WHO ELSE?  HE SAYS, “I’M NOT THROWING IT TO ALL MY NEW GUYS.  I’VE GOT A COMFORT ZONE WITH REGGIE WAYNE.”  …DOWN THOUGH.  THEY CHECK ON IT.  THE PLAY STANDS AS CALLED.  IT’S A CATCH.  2 PLAYS LATER TAVARES JAMES.  TOUCHDOWN.  TOUCHDOWN AND THE GAME IS TIED AT 35.  HOLY _, WE GO TO OVERTIME IN WHICH MANNING HAS …  NO!  NO!  NO!  IT’S A TIPPED THROW!  INTERCEPTED AGAIN!  THE INTERCEPTION OF THE DAY FOR MANNING.  11^TH IN HIS LAST 3 GAMES.  LEAVES 2^ND TICK OF THE DAY.  SETS UP DAVID BEILER FROM 38 YDS. AWAY TO FINALLY END IT.  AND BEILER…OH BOY!  AND THAT’S THE WAY THE COWBOYS SHOCK THE COLTS WHO FALL TO 6 & 6 ON THE SEASON NOW.  PEYTON MANNING AND THE COLTS HAD LOST 3 IN A ROW.  IT’S 18.  HAS 11 INTERCEPTIONS IN THAT SPAN.

01:47:57 – OAKLAND RAIDERS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

N.Y. STILL THINK THEY’RE GONNA MAKE THE PLAYOFFS?  THEY DARN WELL COULD.  COULD.  THEY’RE ONLY 2 GAMES OUT.  LET’S GO TO S.D.  THE RAIDERS TRYING TO SWEEP THE S.D. CHARGERS IN A SEASON SERIES, THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2001 AND ANOTHER SPECIAL TEAMS MISTAKE HURTS THE S.D. CHARGERS.  DARREN SPROLES MUFFED THE PUNT.  HE’S LIGHT ON HIS FEET!  HE CERTAINLY IS.  MAYBE HE SHOULD DO “DANCING WITH THE STARS”.  I’D LOVE TO SEE THAT.  THEY DECIDE TO GO FOR IT MINS. LATER ON 4^TH & 1.  WHAT A GREAT PLAY CALL.  THAT’S A GREAT PLAY FAKE.  JASON CAMPBELL WALKS IT IN.  HE WAS PATIENT WITH THAT FAKE.  4^TH CAREER RUSHING TD. AND SPROLES DOES NOT LIKE WHAT HE SEES.  HIS MUFF TURN INTO 7 PTS.  PHILIP RIVERS, TO GO FROM THE MUFF TO THE HUFF.  MICHAEL HUFF PICKS IT OFF.  THAT BALL GOT AWAY FROM HIM COACH.  YEA, HE DOESN’T USUALLY DO THAT IN THESE UNIFORMS.  THESE ARE THE MOST AWESOME UNIFORMS OF ALL TIME.  SO THE MUFFED PUNT LEADS TO A TD.  THE INTERCEPTION LEADS TO A TD.  JACOBY FORD, REALLY, BEING A ROOKIE OUT OF CLEMSON’S BEGINNING TO HAVE A NICE 2^ND HALF.   AND THEY GROUND IT OUT TOO.  THERE’S AN 11 PLAY 41 YD. DRIVE.  SO THEY’RE TAKING TIME OFF THE CLOCK TOO, MID SECOND QUARTER.  CAMPBELL TO MARCEL REESE, THE FULLBACK, LEAPING OVER THE DEFENDER!  IS THAT EDWIN MOSES?  RIGHT OVER ERIC WETTLE.  I DON’T BLAME YOU WETTLE.  I UNDERSTAND.  6 IS A BUSINESS DECISION.  THAT WAS BIG MISTAKE.  6 PLAYS LATER HERE’S MICHAEL BUSH RUNNING DOWN.  IT’S 21-03, OAKLAND IN S.D.  THE CHARGERS WON 4 IN A ROW.  HAS BEAT INDY IN INDY.  THEY’RE WEARING THE POWDER BLUES.  THEY BEAT OAKLAND 13 STRAIGHT TIMES COMING INTO THE SEASON.  WHAT’S HAPPENING?  WELL, NOW IN THE 2^ND HALF MIKE TOLBERT TAKES THE BALL INSIDE THE RED ZONE.  TACK ON 15 MORE FOR ROUGHING THE PASSER.  AND THEN 2 PLAYS LATER RIVERS FINDS A WIDE OPEN ANTONIO GATES, AND JUST..NOW YOU’RE THINKING O.K.  JUST LEAVE HIM OPEN.  ONLY THE BEST T.E. IN THE GAME.  SAY, HEY THIS IS DECEMBER  WE WON 18 IN A ROW IN DEC.  THAT’S RIGHT.  YOU’RE THINKING, “ALRIGHT.  THIS IS WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN BUT….LEWIS MURPHY WITH A GREAT PLAY FAKE BACK IN THE POCKET IS WIDE OPEN DOWN THE FIELD.  NORV CAN’T BELIEVE IT; AND 2 PLAYS LATER DARREN MCFADDEN GETS AROUND THE EDGE.  RAIDERS HAD 251 RUSHING YDS., AND IS THE TOP RANKED DEFENSE IN THE NFL.  GO UP 28-13.  LAST CHANCE FOR THE CHARGERS..AND THAT’S IT.  THE RAIDERS HOLD ON; SWEEP S.D. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2001.  TAKE OVER 2^ND PLACE IN THE AFC WEST THANKS TO THE 28-13 LEAD; AND THEY ARE 4-0 IN THE DIVISION.

01:50:45 – ST. LOUIS RAMS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS

RAMS, I BELIEVE ARE THE MOST COMPLETE TEAM IN THAT DIVISION.  DEREK ANDERSON OBVIOUSLY HAVING SOME TROUBLES AT QB.  HE GETS BENCHED IN THE GAME.  STEVEN JACKSON CLEARLY THE STORY IN THIS GAME.  THIS GUY, I MEAN ONE OF THE BRIGHT SPOTS, AND ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS, OTHER THAN SAM BRADFORD, THAT THIS TEAM IS PLAYING AS WELL AW THEY ARE.  AND THAT DEFENSE AS WELL.  A DEFENSE THAT’LL GET AFTER YOUR QB.  THEY’LL ALSO STOP YOU ON 3^RD DOWN.  3^RD & 7 SCENE AT THE CARDS 28.  MAX HALL LOOKING FOR LARRY FITZGERALD.  PICKED OFF BY BRADLEY FLETCHER.

QB POSITION HAS BEEN A DISASTER FOR CARDINALS ALL YEAR.  THAT’S WHAT I SAID.  IF YOU’RE THE ARIZONA CARDS, DON’T ROCK THE SHIP.  YOU JUST GOTTA FIND YOURSELF A QB.  THAT’S WHAT YOU GOTTA DO.  WELL MAX HALL DROPS BACK.  SACKED BY FRED ROBBINS.  HE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE HE’S FEELING TOO GOOD EITHER.  I MEAN IT’S JUST, IT’S A COMPLETE…LOOK, THE RECORD DOESN’T SAY IT.  YOU SEE THE ST. LOUIS RAMS ARE 6-6 BUT IN THIS DIVISION THEY’VE GOT THE BEST R.B.  I THINK THEY’VE GOT THE MOST COMPLETE DEFENSE; AND THEIR QB IS PLAYING BETTER THAN ANY OF THE OTHER QBS.

01:51:52 – PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS

ON THE LINE, 1^ST PLACE IN THE AFC NORTH.  RAY LEWIS AND CO. LOOKING TO MEET THE STEELERS FOR THE 2^ND TIME THIS YEAR.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER DIDN’T PLAY IN THAT FIRST MATCHUP BUT HE’S GOT A BUMP FOOT.  AND THERE HE IS DROPPED BY TERRELL SUGGS AND __ NADA.  SUGGS PLAYED WELL ALL DAY.  HE PRESSURED BEN ROETHLISBERGER AND HE GOT IN HIS FACE.  YEA.   BREAKING BEN ROETHLISBERGER’S NOSE RIGHT THERE!  NOW FLACCO, FROM THE MIDDLE OF HIS END ZONE TO ANQUAN BOLDEN!  61 YDS. TO THE 36!  COACH, CALL THE PLAY MAN.  YEA, THAT’S JUST TOO GOOD; ALTHOUGH, HE’S GOTTA POP IT IN THERE BETWEEN THE SAFETIES.  THROW IT IN THERE JOE!  LOVE IT WHEN YOU TALK FOOTBALL!  10^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE AND MICHAEL HOW DID ANQUAN BOLDEN GET SO OPEN?  I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU LOSE ANQUAIN BOLDEN BUT WHEN YOU’RE PLAYING NEAR THE END ZONE, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  THE CORNERBACKS, D.B.’S, THEY WILL LOSE YOU.  YOU CAN COME OUT AND FIND SOME OPEN ROOM.  THAT’S WHAT ANQUAN BOLDEN DID.

7-3, RAVEN SIN THE 3^RD QUARTER.  FLACCO ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM TROUBLE.  AND HE SCRAMBLED 14 YDS.  GREAT SLIDE.  CAN YOU TEACH MIKE VICK THAT?!  IKE TAYLOR CALLED FOR ILLEGAL CONTACT.  AND NOW IN THE 12^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, FLACCO LOOKING FOR RAY RICE.  IT’S INCOMPLETE.  SO BALT. HAVING TO SETUP FOR A F.G., GO UP 10-3.  ENSUING STEELERS POSSESSION HERE.  ROETHLISBERGER IS GOING TO BE DROPPED BY JARED JOHNSON.  LOSES THE BALL.  WHOA!  SUGAR!  BIG MAN WITH FOOTBALL!  BAM!  THAT’S A BIG FELLA!  THAT’S A BIG MAN’S DREAM!  ALRIGHT.  THERE’S A PENALTY ON THE PLAY THOUGH.  __ __ CALLED FOR DEF. HOLDING ON HEATH MILLER.  SO IT’S AUTOMATIC 1^ST DOWN.  GOOD CALL.  THAT HURTS.  3^RD & 1, ISAAC REDMOND STOPPED FOR NO GAIN.  THE STEELERS ARE GONNA RUSH TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE THERE FOR 4^TH DOWN.  TRY 4^TH & 1, AND BEN ROETHLISBERGER’S HARD COUNT.  NO. IT’S GONNA DRAW CODY REDDING FOR OFFSIDES.  ANOTHER NEUTRAL ZONE INFRACTION.  AND NOW A 1^ST DOWN AT THE STEELERS 40.  ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY, BEN ROETHLISBERGER LOOKING FOR HEATH MILLER BUT MILLER IS HIT HARD BY THE JAMIL MCCLANE; AND … STAYS OUT ON THE FIELD.  FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, CORY READING IMMEDIATELY SIGNALED FOR THE TRAINERS TO TAKE A LOOK AT HIM.  NO PENALTY ON THE PLAY WHICH IS REMARKABLE.  HERE WE GO.  HE GOT UP.  HEATH MILLER WAS ABLE TO GET UP AND WALK OFF THE FIELD BY HIMSELF.  ROETHLISBERGER NOW TO EMMANUEL SANDERS FOR 28 YDS.  GET UP!  ROLL OUT!  ED REED TOUCHED HIM GOING BY.  WHAT ABOUT BIG BEN’S MOBILITY JUST TO MAKE THAT PLAY.  3 PLAYS LATER NOW, IT’S ROETHLISBERGER TO MIKE WALLACE, BUT HE’S STACKED UP.  GREAT JOB BY THE DEFENSE.  NOT ATTACKING THE RUNNER WITH THE FOOTBALL BUT JUST BUILDING A WALL TO STOP THEM FROM GOING IN THE END ZONE.  ON TO A SHAWN SUISSEM F.G.  REMEMBER THEY GOT HIM JUST A FEW WKS. AGO.  HERE COME THE STEELERS AGAIN.  ROETHLISBERGER TO WALLACE.  THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.  WHEN YOU ATTACK THE RUNNER LIKE THAT, YOU MAKE HIM MISS AND HE CAN GET, PICKUP ANOTHER 12, 13 YDS.  2^ND & 8 NOW.  RILEY WHO HAD A REALLY SOLID GAME, IS GOING TO GET TO BIG BEN.  SO THE STEELERS ENDED UP PUNTING AT THE END OF THIS DRIVE; AND THE RAVENS UP 4 BUT TROY POLAMALU.  HE IS SOMEONE TO ACCOUNT FOR.  COMES UP WITH THE SACK AND THE STRIP.  LAMAR WOODLEY GOING THE OTHER WAY FOR THE STEELERS.  POLAMALU JUST SO KEEN!  AND THE PROTECTION DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR HIM.  THEY DIDN’T SLIDE.  THEY DIDN’T HAVE A BACK TO HIS SIDE.  HERE HE COMES, AND IT’S A SACK AND A STRIP.  SO HERE COME THE STEELERS NOW, A 1^ST & GOAL.  BIT BEN ROETHLISBERGER ..HE SIZZLED OUT.  ROB __ JUST COULDN’T BRING HIM DOWN!  ROETHLISBERGER HAD THE BALL.  HE IS HUGE, STRONG AND VERY ATHLETIC.  ALRIGHT.  SO 2 PLAYS LATER NOW, ON A 3^RD & GOAL, IT IS ROETHLISBERGER.  DUMPS IT OFF TO REDMOND!  GET HIM ON THE GROUND.  HE KEEPS CHURNING.  GET HIM ON THE GROUND!  YOU NEVER GOT HIM ON THE GROUND!  OH!  SO … ON TOP 13-10.  THEY WERE DOWN FOR THE MAJORITY OF THIS FOOTBALL GAME.  2:05 LEFT ON A 4^TH & 2.  IT’S FLACCO TO ANQUAIN BOLDEN FOR AN 8 YD. GAIN.  SO THE RAVENS ARE STILL ALIVE.  THEY JUST NEED A F.G. TO TIE IT AND SEND IT INTO O.T.  HERE’S WHAT SEPARATES.. HERE’S WHAT SEPARATES THE GOOD FROM THE GREAT THOUGH FRIEND.  IT’S THE QBS THAT CAN CONSISTENTLY TAKE THEIR TEAM DOWN THE FIELD AND GIVE THEM A SCORE LATE IN THE GAME.  THOSE ARE THE QBS THAT WILL MAKE A MOVE IN THIS LEAGUE THIS SEASON.  FLACCO STEPS UP, LOOKING FOR DERRICK MASON BUT THERE’S A PENALTY ON THE PLAY.  BRIAN MCFADDEN CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  NOT A GOOD PLAY BY THE DEFENDER.  NOT A GOOD PLAY AT ALL.  GET BACK ON THE SIDELINES.  AND SO THE RAVENS ARE STILL IN BUSINESS.  49 SECS. LEFT.  FLACCO TO DIXON.  A 3 YD. GAIN TO THE 31.  DIXON CANNOT GET OUT OF BOUNDS.  SO THE RAVENS HAVE TO BURN THEIR FINAL TIMEOUT.  37 SECS. LEFT.  IT’S 4^TH & 2.  FLACCO LOOKING FOR DIXON.  OH!  GET IT TIPPED AND BROKEN UP.  THAT’S THE GAME.  TOOK AWAY HIS INITIAL READ NO THE FRONT SIDE.  GREAT JAM BY THE CORNER.  JAMMED UP ANQUAN BOLDEN ON THE FRONT SIDE.  FLACCO COULDN’T GET TO THE BACK SIDE FAST ENOUGH.  PITTS. STEELERS, A HAD TO HAVE IT.  THEY DIDN’T LEAD UNTIL LATE IN THE 4^TH QUARTER BUT THEY GO ON TO WIN 13-10.

(01:57:37 – END)