SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 15

  1.  49ERS@CHARGERS  4:07

  2. CHIEFS@RAMS  2:17

  3. CARDINALS@PANTHERS  2:14

  4. EAGLES@GIANTS  3:46

  5. LIONS@BUCCANEERS  2:43

  6. BROWNS@BENGALS  2:30

  7. BILLS@DOLPHINS  2:47

  8. REDSKINS@COWBOYS  2:45

  9. JAGUARS@COLTS  3:25

  10. SAINTS@RAVENS  2:23

  11. TEXANS@TITANS  2:23

  12. FALCONS@SEAHAWKS  1:58

  13. JETS@STEELERS  3:58

  14. BRONCOS@RAIDERS  1:25

  15. PACKERS@PATRIOTS  4:14

 TRT:   55:29     WITH BARS

 

01:10:15 - SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

 

FANS HERE ARE FIRED UP THAT THEIR CHARGERS HAVE 8 WINS.  WHO’D HAVE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE THE CASE WHEN THEY WERE 2-5 BACK IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE SEASON.  ALEX SMITH AND THE 49ERS NEEDING A WIN TONIGHT TO STAY IN THE MIX IN THE NFC WEST.  NOW THEY REALLY NEED SOME HELP AFTER VINCENT JACKSON COMES DOWN WITH THE JUMPED BALL EARLY ON.  WELCOME BACK VINCENT JACKSON.  ONLY 2 CATCHES BEFORE THIS GAME.  THEY GO UP TOP IN THE FIRST DRIVE.  TOUCHDOWN CHARGERS.  JUST THROW IT UP.  I SAW HIM IN WARM-UPS AND I WAS SAYING TO MYSELF, “THIS IS A VERY LARGE MAN.  VERY LARGE AS WELL AS ATHLETIC.  SPEAKING OF WHICH.  HERE’S JEFF REID FOR THE F.G. FOR THE S.F. 49ERS.  WELL, JEFF REID PUTS THIS ONE THROUGH AND, WAIT A MINUTE.  WE EVEN WENT TO COMMERCIAL BREAK.  NOBODY SAW THE FLAG UNTIL WE SAW LEVERAGE WAS CALLED.  LOOK AT THAT.  I MEAN ANTONIO __ WAS USING BASICALLY A STEP LADDER.  THAT MEANS A 15 YD. PENALTY.  POINTS COME OFF THE BOARD.  NINERS COME BACK OUT TRYING FOR THE TD.  ALEX SMITH, 3 PLAYS AFTER THE FRESH SET OF DOWNS, LEAPING FOR THE PYLON; KNOCKS IT OVER.  IT’S RULED ON THE FIELD A TD.  BUT NORV TURNER CHALLENGES THIS CALL.  AND AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, YOU COULD SEE ALEX SMITH’S KNEE IS DOWN AND THE BALL NEVER CROSSES THE PLANE.  SO THE POINTS COME OFF THE BOARD AGAIN FOR THE NINERS AND NOW IT’S 4TH & INCHES AND THEY GO FOR IT AND CAN’T GET IT.  YEA, THAT WAS SMART UPSTAIRS.  SOMEBODY UPSTAIRS SAW THAT NORV CHALLENGED THIS THING AND IT PROVED TO BE REAL BENEFICIAL.  AND THAT WAS A BACKBREAKER.  GREAT PLAY BY BRANDON __ RIGHT THERE.  AND THAT WAS A BACKBREAKER BECAUSE THE CHARGERS GET THE BALL.  MIKE TOLBERT, NO GAIN, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT’S JUSTIN SMITH COMING THROUGH AND HE SHOVES THE UMPIRE …….  THAT’S..  I WAS ON THE PLANE WITH THESE GUYS IN S.D.  THIS IS A GREAT GROUP OF GUYS.  THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF OFFICIATING.  BUT YOU CANNOT TOUCH THE REFEREE.  AND THAT’S IT FOR SMITH.  HE GOT THE GATE.  15 YDS. AND THE GATE.  DONE FOR THE NIGHT.  THAT HURT.  THE BEST PASS RUSHER FOR THE NINERS IS GONE.  SO PHILIP RIVERS WENT TO WORK.  HERE HE IS RIGHT NOW THROWING IT TO KELLY WASHINGTON 36 YDS. DOWN THE SIDELINE.  YOU TACKED ON 15 MORE.  THIS ONE, I DIDN’T AGREE WITH THIS CALL.  LATE HIT ON TERRELL BROWN.  I MEAN WHAT’S HE SUPPOSED TO DO?  NO, I DON’T AGREE WITH THAT CALL EITHER.  IT ENDED UP TO BE ON .. BUT THEY STARTED ON THE FIELD OF PLAY.  I DON’T THINK THAT SHOULD’VE BEEN CALLED AT ALL.  THAT’S A ROUGH CALL RIGHT THERE.  TACK ON 15 MORE YDS. AND THEN PHILIP RIVERS TO VINCENT JACKSON AGAIN.  2ND TD. OF THE GAME FOR JACKSON.  2 TD. GAME FOR JACKSON SINCE WEEK 15 OF LAST YEAR.  3RD QUARTER WE GO AFTER THE NINERS WERE DOWN 17-NOTHING.  THEY COULDN’T DO ANYTHING WITH THEIR FIRST POSSESSION AND PHILLIP RIVERS BEGAN TO TICK DOWN THE CLOCK AND MATRICULATE DOWN THE FIELD.  RANDY MCMICHAEL ON 3RD & 8.  A FIRST DOWN AND MOVING THE CHAINS.  4 PLAYS LATER IT’S 4TH & 1.  NORV’S GOING FOR IT.  MIKE TOLBERT PICKS IT UP.  GETS THE 1ST DOWN BUT NOT THE TD.  2 PLAYS LATER THOUGH IS WHEN MIKE TOLBERT DOES GET THE TD. AND THE ROUTE WAS ON MARSHALL.  YEA, AND THE S.D. CHARGERS CAME OUT HERE AND THEY DID WHAT THEY HAD TO DO WHICH IS PUT THE S.F. 49ERS AWAY.  TAKE AWAY ANY DOUBT THAT THEY WERE GONNA HAVE OF WINNING THIS GAME.  24-NOTHING THERE.  4TH QUARTER.  RIVERS NOW TO RANDY MCMICHAEL ON ANOTHER 3RD DOWN.  HE PICKS UP A 1ST DOWN ON ANOTHER 3RD DOWN.  DOWN TO THE 23 AND 3 PLAYS LATER THE HAT TRICK IS COMPLETED.  PHILIP RIVERS TO VINCENT JACKSON FOR THE TD.  31 TO NOTHING.  THE CHARGERS GO UP.  THEY DO NOT GET THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUT BUT THAT’S BASICALLY JUST SOME HOUSEKEEPING AS IT’S ALL SMILES FOR RIVERS AND JACKSON; AND THE CHARGERS AGAIN, ONCE UPON A TIME 2-5.  THEY ARE NOW 8-6, AND 1 K.C. CHIEF LOSS AWAY FROM HAVING THE DESTINY IN THEIR OWN HANDS, BECAUSE IF THE CHARGERS WIN OUT AND THE CHIEFS LOSE JUST ONCE, THEN THAT WOULD BE IT FOR THE AFC WEST.  IT WOULD BELONG TO THE S.D. CHARGERS.

 

01:14:33 – KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

 

CHIEFS AT THE RAMS.  BIG GAME FOR MATT CASSEL RETURNING FROM HIS APPENDECTOMY ON DEC. 8TH, TAKING ON THE RAMS IN ST. LOUIS.  THEY’RE 8-5, K.C. LOOKING TO STAY A GAME AHEAD OF THE CHARGERS IN THE DIVISION; AND MATT CASSEL WAS INTERCEPTED LATE IN THE 1ST QUARTER.  HIS PASS INTENDED FOR TONY ___.  PICKED OFF BY KEVIN DOCKERY.  HIS FIRST INTERCEPTION IN HIS LAST 163 PASS ATTEMPTS BUT CASSEL WOULD GET THINGS TOGETHER.  HE’LL FLOAT IT DOWN THE RIGHT SIDELINE TO DWAYNE BOWE.  MAKES THE GRAB, A GAIN OF 28.  SETS UP AN EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION PLAY FOR THE K.C. CHIEFS.  THEY HAVE A 3RD & 1 AND A ROLLOUT TO LEONARD POPE WHO CATCHES HIS 2ND TD. OF THE SEASON.  CHIEFS GO UP 7-6.  THAT’S THEIR FIRST TOUCHDOWN IN THEIR LAST 9 QUARTERS.  ONLY UP 7-6 LATE 2ND QUARTER.  CASSEL ESCAPING THE RUSH.  ROLLING OUT AND GETS THE 1ST DOWN.  EXCELLENT PLAY BY MATT CASSEL.  HE HAS A RIGHT TO BE FIRED-UP AFTER THAT ONE.  6 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & GOAL.  THAT’S JAMAL CHARLES GOING INTO THE END ZONE.  HIS 5TH TD. OF THE SEASON.  CHIEFS LEAD IT 14-6 AT HALFTIME AFTER A SLOW START, AND IT WAS JUST A BAD GAME FOR SAM BRADFORD ALL THE WAY AROUND.  PRESSURED BY THE CHIEFS DEFENSE THROWING THE BALL AWAY.  THEY WERE DOWN 17-6, AND HE COULDN’T GET ANYTHING GOING ON THE PLAY FAKE ESCAPING THE RUSH AND THEN DANIEL FELLS WITH THE DROP.  3RD & 7 FROM THEIR OWN 6.  BRADFORD LOOKING AROUND, SCRAMBLING.  ALL KINDS OF TIME.  JUST CAN’T FIND ANYONE.  SO HE JUST PULLS IT DOWN, COMES UP SHORT OF THE 1ST DOWN.  181 YDS. PASSING OF THE GAME.  BUT HE DID SURPASS THE 3,000 YD. PASSING MARK WHICH JUST MAKES HIM THE 3RD ROOKIE TO DO SO BETWEEN MATT RYAN AND PEYTON MANNING; AND THEN STEPHEN JACKSON GETS A LATE TD.  SO THE RAMS WERE DOWN 20-13.  CHIEFS LOOKING TO HANG ON FOR THE VICTORY AND JAMAL CHARLES BREAKS ONE LOOSE WITH THE PLAY FAKE, AND HE IS JUST GONE.  CHARLES RUSHING 80 YDS.  THE LONG EST RUN OF HIS CAREER BUT HE WAS PULLED DOWN AT THE 2 BY RONALD BARTELL, AND IT WOULDN’T MATTER BECAUSE RIGHT AFTER THAT THOMAS JONES LEAPS INTO THE END ZONE FOR A 2 YD. SCORE.  CHIEFS LEAD IT 27-13, AND GO ON TO WIN IT BY THAT SCORE; AND THEY ARE NOW 9-5.

01:17:00 – ARIZONA CARDINALS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

 

2 OF THE WORST TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE GETTING TOGETHER IN CAROLINA.  THE PANTHERS HAVE BEATEN THE CARDS 6 STRAIGHT TIMES, LOOKING TO MAKE IT 7.  2ND QUARTER, CARDINALS TRAILING 6-NOTHING; A 3RD & 4.  JOHN __ LOCKS IN ON STEPHEN SPOT, AND HE THROWS IT RIGHT TO SHARRARD MARTIN WHO MAKES THE PICK OFF AND THE INTERCEPTION BEING RETURNED INSIDE THE 20 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 16.  EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION FOR THE CAROLINA PANTHERS; AND RIGHT AFTER THAT PLAY ACTION FAKE.  JIMMY CLAUSSEN THROWS BEHIND HIM AND IT’S A WIDE OPEN JEFF KING INTO THE END ZONE.  13-NOTHING CAROLINA.  THE FIRST TD. CATCH OF THE SEASON FOR JEFF KING.  THEY WERE UP 13-3 AT THE HALF AND ARIZONA JUST HAD ALL KINDS OF MISTAKES ON SPECIAL TEAMS.  FIRST THE ONSIDE KICK ATTEMPT DID NOT GO 10 YDS. BY JAY FEELEY.  GAVE THE PANTHERS EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION AT THE 37.  LED TO ANOTHER F.G.  SO THEY WENT UP 16-3; AND THEN ON A PUNT 2 DRIVES LATER, REGGIE WALKER FLAGGED FOR ROUGHING JASON BAKER ON THE PUNT.  KEPT THE DRIVE ALIVE FOR CAROLINA.  THEY GOT A 43 YD. F.G. FOR JOHN CASEY GOING UP 19-3.  ONTO THE 4TH.  CARDS TRYING TO COME BACK WITH 5 MINS. LEFT.  PASS INTO THE CORNER FOR STEVE BREASTON WHO MAKES A NICE SIDELINE CATCH.  GETS BOTH FEET INBOUNDS, DRAGGING THE TOES; AND THAT WAS CATCH BY BREASTON DOWN TO THE 10.  NEXT PLAY 1ST & GOAL.  STELTON THROWING OVER THE MIDDLE TO TIM HIGHTOWER BUT HE LOSES THE BALL.  IT’S IN THE END ZONE, AND STEVE BREASTON RECOVERS.  HE IS EVERYWHERE ON THAT DRIVE.  THAT MAKES IT 19-9 BUT WITH THE MISSED 2 PT. CONVERSION ATTEMPT, IT STAYED THAT WAY.  ARIZONA TRYING TO COME BACK LATE IN THE GAME.  THE PASS DOWN THE SIDELINE FROM JOHN STELTON TO LARRY FITZGERALD FOR 41 YDS. PLUS A PERSONAL FOUL ON THE PLAY PUT THE BALL AT THE 10.  LED TO A F.G. BY JAY FEELEY.  SO, THEY NEED THE ONSIDE KICK TO COME BACK IN THIS ONE; AND THEY GO REVERSE FIELD ON THE ONSIDE KICK ATTEMPT.  BUT JORDAN SIMM RECOVERS IT FOR CAROLINA, AND THEY HOLD ON FOR THE VICTORY, 19-12.  THEY ARE NOW 2-12, AND THE 7 GAME LOSING STREAK FOR THE PANTHERS HAS COME TO AN END WITH A WIN OVER THE ARIZONA CARDS., AND JOHN FOX IS LOVING IT.

 

01:19:23 – PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ NEW YORK GIANTS

 

AFTER A WIN…AT THE NEW MEADOWLANDS.  LET YOU LISTEN TO MICHAEL VICK AND DESEAN JACKSON AS SOON AS THEY STEP UP.  FOR NOW, THE HIGHLIGHTS.  MIGHT BE THE GAME OF THE SEASON SO FAR.  2ND QUARTER, 22 SECS. LEFT.  VICK TO JEREMY MACLIN.  HE PUTS IT ON THE GROUND.  THE EAGLES STRUGGLED TO HANG ONTO THE FOOTBALL TODAY.  THEY TURNED IT OVER 3 TIMES AND THEN THE ACHILLES HEEL OF THE GIANTS COMING IN.  PLAY WOULD BE REVIEWED BUT… HOLD ONTO THE BALL GUYS.  YOU NOTICE THEY’RE POINTED OUT.  JEREMY MACLIN, NOT A STRONG 3 QUARTERS.  YEA, AND THEN SEVERAL TIME THROUGHOUT THE GAME THAT, TO ME THAT’S, WHEN THE BIG GAME IS THERE, YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT YOUR BEST.  BUT HOW ABOUT THE GIANTS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT EAGLES MISTAKE, AND THEY TURNED THAT TURNOVER INTO 7 PTS.  GIANTS LED 24-3 AT HALFTIME.  3RD QUARTER, MORE GIANTS 2ND & 12.  ELI MANNING TO MARIO MANNINGHAM.  UP THE SIDELINE BUT HE DOES FUMBLE AS HE’S CALLED OUT OF BOUNDS.  THE EAGLES COMMITTED 3 TURNOVERS TO THE GIANTS TOO.  BUT TURNOVERS HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE FOR THIS GIANTS TEAM.  35 TURNOVERS ON THE SEASON FOR N.Y.  AND IT IS COLD.  THE BALL IS HARD.  THAT’S THE 1 LITTLE CAVEAT WE’LL GIVE.  A GREAT PLAY CALL BY ANDY REID.  VICK ROLLS OT THE LEFT.  COMES BACK TO THE BACKSIDE TO A WIDE OPEN JEREMY MACLIN.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  PHILLY TRAILING 24-10.  STILL VICK LOOKING FOR DESEAN JACKSON.  31 YD. FOOTBALL GAME.  BUT HE’S GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL TOO.  SAME STORY.  NOW ANDY REID DID NOT CHALLENGE THIS CALL.  I DON’T KNOW WHY.  I GUESS HE DIDN’T GET ANY HELP.  BUT YOU COULD SEE GOFF MAKES CONTACT WITH JACKSON AS HE GOES TO THE GROUND.  ANDY’S GOT THE HANKY OUT BUT DECIDES TO TUCK IT.  BUT I THINK THE CALL WOULD’VE BEEN OVERTURNED.  TALK ABOUT TURNING TURNOVERS INTO PTS.  MANNING TO BOSS, AND THE GIANTS IN CONTROL, 31-10.  ELI BROUGHT HIS A-GAME!  ABSOLUTELY.  HE PLAYED WELL TODAY.  YOU SEE VICK.  HE DROPS BACK.  THIS IS A WILD PLAY TO BRENT CELEK, FITTING IT IN THERE.  LET ME ASK YOU GUYS A QUESTION.  DOES THE SAFETY NOT MAKE THAT HIT BECAUSE IT’S IN THE BACK OF HIS MIND HE’S GONNA GET FINED?  BUT HE STILL CAN TACKLE.  WHY DO YOU NOT MAKE THE … HIT OR NOT.  HE’S GOTTA MAKE IT HERE.  I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND.  WATCH THE GIANTS.  GIANTS DON’T EVEN STEP FORWARD. THEY GO BACK.  LOOK AT THAT.  LOOK AT RILEY COOPER.  HE’S UNABATED.  AND, AGAIN, BUT PART OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH, AS ANDY SAID, THEY KEPT THE REGULAR FORMATION THERE AND THAT’S WHY IT WORKED.  VICK KEEPS IT HIMSELF AND NOW WE’VE GOT A BALL GAME.  IT’S ONLY 31-24.  OH, TOM COUGHLIN.  EAGLES BALL, 3RD & 10.  VICK PRESSURED AND THERE HE GOES.  ANOTHER 3RD DOWN CONVERSION THANKS TO THE GIFTED FEET OF MIKE VICK.  33 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 45.  5 PLAYS LATER VICK FROM THE SHOTGUN.  MACLIN DELIVERING THERE.  HUGE PLAY.  THAT IS.  THERE’S NO QUESTION THE ATHLETIC ABILITY’S THERE.  HE’S AN EXCEPTIONAL PLAYER.  HE’S JUST GOTTA BE ABLE TO RAISE HIS GAME.  ALRIGHT.  14 SECS. LEFT.  MATT DODGE JUMPS TO GET THE SNAP AND PUNTS TO DESEAN JACKSON, YOU’RE THINKING NO WAY.  THE ONLY WAY THIS GAME ENDS RIGHT NOW IS IF DESEAN JACKSON DOES THIS.  ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW.  I THINK, PAUL, YOU HIT THE NAIL IN THE HEAD EARLIER BECAUSE WE ALL ASKED OURSELVES THE QUESTION.  HOW IN THE WORLD DOES THE PUNTER NOT KICK IT OUT OF BOUNDS?  BUT YOU WERE RIGHT.  I THINK YOU’RE DEAD ON.  THE BALL WAS SNAPPED HIGH AND, AT THAT POINT, HE STARTS TO PANIC.  I GOTTA GET THE BALL OFF.  GOT TO GET IT OFF.  HE HAD A SPLIT SECOND TO GET IT OFF.  ABSOLUTELY.  YOU KNOW, I’M… THERE’S TOM COUGHLIN TALKING TO MATT DODGE ASKING HIM WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED.  HOW DO YOU KICK THAT BALL TO DESEAN JACKSON; AND THE EAGLES WIN 38-31 GOING ON A 28-NOTHING RUN LATE IN THE GAME.  PHILLY NOW THE AFC’S #2 SEED AND SITTING #1 IN THE NFC EAST.

 

01:23:20 – DETROIT LIONS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

 

BIG GAME FOR THE BUCCANEERS AT HOME HOSTING THE LIONS.  THEY’RE 8-5.  THEY’RE TRYING TO STAY IN THE PLAYOFF RACE.  1ST QUARTER 2ND LIONS POSSESSION, DREW STANTON BACK TO PASS, AND HE FINDS CALVIN JOHNSON OVER THE MIDDLE.  THAT’S A 1ST DOWN AND A GAIN OF 20.  IT WOULD BE A HUGE GAIN FOR MEGATRON.  THAT TOOK THE BALL DOWN TO THE 50.  5 PLAYS LATER.  THIS TIME HE FINDS NATE BURLESON MUSCLING HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  A 10 YD. SCORE.  NICE EFFORT FOR BURLESON.  HIS 5TH TD. OF THE SEASON.  PUTS THE LIONS UP 7-NOTHING ON THE ROAD.  2ND QUARTER, SAME SCORE, A BIG 4TH & 2; AND THE BUCS LOOKING TO PASS IT, AND THAT IS COMPLETE.  JOSH FREEMAN TO __ BEN, FOR A GAIN OF 13 DOWN TO THE 24.  CONVERTS THE 1ST DOWN FOR T.B.  NEXT PLAY, 1ST & 10 AT THE LIONS 24; AND THAT IS MIKE WILLIAMS THE ROOKIE FROM SYRACUSE GETTING INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE 8TH TIME ON THE SEASON.  TIES THE GAME AT 7.  NEXT BUCS POSSESSION, LOOK AT __ BLUNT WITH THE CHASE.  LOOKS LIKE HE’S DOWN!  NO.  HE STAYS ON HIS FEET!  HOW DID HE DO IT?!  __ BLUNT INTO THE END ZONE!  MAY HAVE BEEN HIS BEST PLAY OF THE YEAR.  A 39 YD. SCORE.  BUCS GO UP 14-7.  THEY WOULD LEAD AT THE HALF 14-10.  BUT THEN, IN THE 3RD QUARTER, LIONS WITH THE END AROUND TO NATE BURLESON, AND HE GAINS 25 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 21.  SO THE LIONS ARE IN BUSINESS.  5 PLAYS LATER THE GIVE TO MAURICE MORRIS!  A 10 YD. SCORE.  LIONS TAKE THE LEAD 17-14.  LOOKING TO KNOCKOFF THE BUCS AND WIN ON THE ROAD.  IN THE 4TH QUARTER, A 2ND & 15 AT THE LIONS 39, AND __ BLUNT TAKES OFF FOR A GAIN OF 27!  HOW DID HE DO IT?!  HE IS SO PHYSICAL, YOU HAVE TO BRING HIM DOWN WITH ABOUT 5 GUYS.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G. TO TIE UP THE GAME.  NEXT T.B. POSSESSION, 5 MINS. LEFT IN THE GAME; AND THAT IS COMPLETE.  FREEMAN TO MICHAEL SPURLOCH.  A GAIN OF 19.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A BUCS F.G.  THEY’RE UP 20-17 BUT DETROIT WOULD COME UP BACK ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION.  42 SECS. LEFT.  HIGH AND SKY FOR THE GRAB.  CALVIN JOHNSON!  A GAIN OF 22.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G. TO TIE UP THE GAME AND SEND IT TO OVERTIME, WHERE DETROIT CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE PASSING GAME.  DREW STANTON FINDING GUESS WHO?  CALVIN JOHNSON ONCE AGAIN, A GAIN OF 12.  HE HAD A HUGE GAME.  10 CATCHES, 152 YDS.  AND DAVE REINER SETTING UP FOR THE 34 YD. F.G. IN O.T. IN SUDDEN DEATH, AND THAT WOULD END IT.  LIONS WIN IT 23-20.  BUCS ARE NOW 8-6.

 

01:26:13 – CLEVELAND BROWNS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS

 

AFC NORTH, GAME IN CINCY.  BROWNS AND THE BENGALS.  COLT MCCOY BACK IN THE STARTING LINEUP AFTER MISSING THE LAST 3 GAMES WITH AN ANKLE INJURY.  1ST QUARTER, OPENING POSSESSION OF THE GAME.  COLT MCCOY GOING TO WORK SCOURING FOR THE CATCH.  BENJAMIN WATSON, A GAIN OF 18 TO THE 43.  2 PLAYS LATER COLT MCCOY ROLLING OUT IN THE PLAY ACTION, AVOIDS THE RUSH; AND HE WILL THROW IT DOWN TO BRIAN ROBISKI, WHO HOLDS IT IN AND PICKS UP 17 YDS. TO THE BENGALS 38.  A COUPLE PLAYS LATER, COLT MCCOY LINING UP IN THE SHOTGUN.  WEIRD FORMATION, AND THE BENGALS DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.  THAT’S ROBERT ROYAL WITH THE TD. GRAB.  HE HAD JUST 3 CATCHES ENTERING THE GAME ON THE SEASON.  GETS THE TOUCHDOWN.  BROWNS GO UP 7-NOTHING.  THEY ONLY HAD 3 GUYS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.  THEY FAKED OUT THE BENGALS DEFENSE FOR THE TD.  THE 6TH PLAY, 75 YD. DRIVE.  LASTED JUST UNDER 3 MINS.  BENGALS ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION.  CARSON PALMER THROWS INCOMPLETE FOR CEDRIC BENSON.  BUT, TERRELL OWENS WOULD GO DOWN ON THE PLAY HURT.  HE LEFT THE GAME COMING UP LIMPING WITH A KNEE INJURY.  HE DID NOT HAVE A CATCH IN THE GAME.  STILL IN THE 1ST QUARTER, SAME SCORE.  BENGALS WITH EH BALL; AND THAT IS A COMPLETION TO JEROME SIMPSON NEAR THE SIDELINE.  A GAIN OF 15 TO THEIR 37.  AND THAT DRIVE WOULD CONTINUE ON TO THE 2ND QUARTER.  THE PITCHOUT TO CEDRIC BENSON, PUSHING GUYS OUT OF HIS WAY; FIGHTING FOR A 1ST DOWN.  A GAIN OF 12 TO THE BROWNS 24.  A COUPLE PLAYS LATER CEDRIC BENSON.  GIVE THE BALL TO HIM AGAIN AND ON 2ND & 4 FINDS A HOLE.  HITS THE SIDELINE.  WALKING INTO THE END ZONE.  HIS 7TH RUSHING TD. OF THE SEASON.  TIED UP THE GAME AT 7.  WE GO INTO HALFTIME WITH THE BENGALS UP 10-7.  ONTO THE 4TH.  BENGALS WITH THE BALL UP 16-10; AND OFF THE PLAY ACTION, 9TH PLAY FAKE AND THE TOSS TO ANDRE CALDWELL.  TAKE IT ALL THE WAY DOWNFIELD.  COULD HE GO ALL THE WAY?  FIRST OUT OF BOUNDS BUT HE GAINED 53 ON THE PLAY.  SETUP A F.G. FROM 20 YDS. OUT.  BENGALS GO UP BY 2 SCORES, 19-10.  SO CLEVELAND NEEDS 2 SCORES IN THE FINAL 3 MINS. TO COME BACK; AND WITH PLAYS LIKE THAT FROM BENJAMIN WATSON, MAYBE THEY COULD DO IT.  A 24 YD. GAIN TO THE 46.  THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT SKYING FOR THE GRAB; RYAN ROBISKI TAKES IT IN FROM 46 YDS. OUT!  BROWNS DOWN 19-17.  THEY WENT FOR THE ONSIDE KICK.  DID NOT GET IT.  BENGALS WITH A HUGE 3RD & 3.  GO FOR THE 1ST DOWN.  BROWNS ONLY HAVE 1 TIMEOUT LEFT.  CEDRIC BENSON CONVERTS.  HE HAD A SEASON-HIGH 150 YDS.  BENGALS WIN IT 19-17.

 

01:28:52 – BUFFALO BILLS @ MIAMI DOLPHINS

 

BIOG GAME IN THE AFC EAST.  MIAMI DOLPHINS AT 7-6, LOOKING TO BEAT THE BUFFALO BILLS AND STAY IN THE PLAYOFF RACE.  IF THEY LOSE, THEY WILL BE ELIMINATED FROM CONTENTION.  1ST QUARTER NO SCORE.  3RD POSSESSION FOR MIAMI, AND THAT BALL IS INTERCEPTED.  THE PASS FROM CHAD HENNE INTENDED FOR PATRICK __, PICKED UP BY GEORGE WILSON, RETURNS TO MIAMI 35.  4TH & 1 COMING UP HERE FOR THE BILLS AT THE 26.  THEY ARE GOING FOR IT.  FRED JACKSON GOES UP THE MIDDLE.  HE CONVERTS.  IT’S A 1ST DOWN FOR BUFFALO AT THE DOLPHINS 24.  2 PLAYS LATER A 2ND & 12.  RYAN FITZPATRICK HITS DAVID NELSON.  HE BOBBLES THE BALL BUT HOLDS ON AND SETS UP A 1ST 7 GOAL AT THE 6.  THE ROOKIE FROM FLORIDA GETTING IT DONE.  AND THEN AFTER A TD. WAS NULLIFIED, RYAN FITZPATRICK GOES RIGHT BACK TO THE ROOKIE FOR AN 18 YD. SCORE.  IT’S THE 15TH STRAIGHT GAME WITH THE TD. PASS FOR FITZPATRICK.  HE THREADED THE NEEDLE BIG TIME ON THAT ONE.  WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HANDS OF CARLOS DANSBY.  BILLS LEAD IT 7-NOTHING.  THEN, AFTER A MIAMI PUNT, IT’S C.J. SPIELLER ON THE RETURN, BATTLING SOME TRAFFIC DOWN THE SIDELINE AND HITTING THE TIGHT ROPE; AND HE STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS.  BUT, HE SETUP EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION AND A F.G. BY RYAN LINDELL.  BILLS GO UP 10-NOTHING ON THE ROAD.  LOOKING TO SPOIL THE SEASON FOR MIAMI BUT, BRANDON MARSHALL WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.  A 16 YD. GAIN; AND THEN ON THE WILDCAT RUN GROUND ON 2ND & GOAL, RUNS IT OUTSIDE.  HITS THE END AND GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR A TD.  DOLPHINS ON THE BOARD TRAILING 10-7; AND THAT WAS THE HALFTIME SCORE.  HE GOT SOME EXCELLENT BLOCKING DOWNFIELD FROM BRANDON MARSHALL ON THE PLAY.  HE WAS HOLDING UP DRAYDON FLORENCE ON THAT.  ONTO THE 3RD, 2ND POSSESSION OF THE HALF FOR BUFFALO.  3RD & 3 AT THEIR 21.  BIG TIME PLAY BY ROOKIE __ ROOSEVELT; GOING UP THERE IN TRAFFIC FOR A GAIN OF 24.  RYAN FITZPATRICK HAD 2 TD. PASSES IN THE GAME.  SETS UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 45.  THEN LOOKING END ZONE.  STEVE JOHNSON DOES A LITTLE DANCE AFTER MAKING THE GRAB.  HIS 10TH TD. CATCH OF THE SEASON.  BUFFALO GOES UP 17-7.  BUT THE DOLPHINS TRYING TO COME BACK WITH 7 MINS. TO GO.  IT’S ANOTHER CATCH BY BRANDON MARSHALL.  THIS TIME FOR A TD.  HE HAD 11 CATCHES FOR 106 YDS. AND THAT TD.  THEY WERE DOWN BY 3 LOOKING TO COME BACK WITH 2-1/2 MINS. LEFT.  ANTHONY FAISANO MAKES THE GRAB.  A GAIN OF 16.  SETS UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 31.  4 PLAYS LATER, 4TH & 9.  SETTING UP FOR A F.G. TO TIE IT, AND DAN CARPENTER MISSES IT.  WIDE TO THE RIGHT FROM 48 YDS. OUT.  HE MISSED ALL 4 OF HIS F.G.’S, AND THE DOLPHINS WERE ELIMINATED FROM THE PLAYOFFS.

 

01:31:50 – WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

 

REDSKINS AND THE COWBOYS.  MAJOR CHANGES FOR BOTH TEAMS.  MIKE SHANAHAN AND THE SKINS HAVE LOST 3 IN A ROW.  THEY ARE GOING TO REX GROSSMAN THE REST OF THE WAY; BUT DONOVAN MCNABB NAMED ONE OF THE CAPTAINS FOR THE SKINS.  BUT HE WOULD NOT BE STARTING IN THIS ONE.  INSTEAD IT’S REX GROSSMAN WHO GOT PICKED OFF TRYING TO THROW THE BALL AWAY.  GERALD SENSABAUGH THERE FOR THE INTERCEPTION.  HE RETURNED IT 9 YDS.  DONOVAN MCNABB LOOKING UP TO SEE THE REPLAY.  IT’S SET UP EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION FOR THE COWBOYS AND THEY MADE THE REDSKINS PAY.  MILES AUSTIN WITH HIS 1ST TD. CATCH SINCE WK. 11, GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  COWBOYS GO UP 10-NOTHING AT HOME.  IT’S LOOKING LIKE A WRAP, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO THE WILDCAT WITH JON KITNA LINED UP AS A RECEIVER; AND HE TAKES THE HANDOFF OFF THE REVERSE, AND HE’LL THROW IT DOWNFIELD ALL THE WAY BACK TO FELIX JONES FOR A GAIN OF 32 DOWN TO THE 36.  LOTS OF TRICKS INVOLVED IN THAT PLAY.  SET-UP NICE FIELD POSITION FOR THEM.  5 PLAYS LATER IT’S JASON WITTEN SLIPPING A MAN INTO THE END ZONE FOR A 14 YD. SCORE.  IT IS A ROUTE IN DALLAS.  20-7, COWBOYS UP AT THE HALF.  WITTEN HAD 10 CATCHES FOR A SEASON HIGH 140 YDS. IN THE GAME.  REX GROSSMAN, ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS EARLY IN THE 3RD QUARTER; AND HE LOSES THE BALL.  THE STRIP SACK BY DEMARCUS WARE.  JAY RATLIFF RECOVERS, AND THE COWBOYS ALREADY A BIG ..GO IN FOR A TD., UP 27-7.  BUT, THE REDSKINS WERE COMING BACK.  DOWN BY 20.  REX GROSSMAN UNLOADS ONE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ANTHONY ARMSTRONG, THE DEEP THREAT.  COMING DOWN WITH THE GAIN OF 47 AT THE COWBOYS 24; AND THE PASS COMPLETE TO SANTANA MOSS.  A 10 YD. SCORE.  REDSKINS ONLY DOWN 27-14.  TRYING TO COME BACK, IT’S THE 4TH QUARTER.  THAT’S WHEN REX GROSSMAN GETS IT DONE.  ONCE AGAIN TO SANTANA MOSS.  HIS 2ND TD. CATCH OF THE GAME.  THAT ONE FROM 5 YDS. UP.  WAS A 2 POINTER.  HEY, IT’S A 1 SCORE GAME.  ONLY DOWN 30-22.  THEIR NEXT POSSESSION AFTER A COWBOYS 3 & OUT.  2ND & GOAL.  8 PLAYS TO DRIVE.  CHRIS COOLEY GETS IN WITH THE 5 YD. SCORE.  2 PT. CONVERSION.  GOOD ONCE AGAIN.  REDSKINS COME ALL THE WAY BACK TO TIE UP THE GAME AT 30.  UNDER 2 MINS. LEFT.  DALLAS LOOKING TO MOVE INTO F.G. RANGE.  THAT PASS COMPLETE TO MILES AUSTIN WOULD SET 1 UP FOR DAVID BIELER, AND HE NAILS IT FROM 39 YDS. OUT.  COWBOYS GO UP 33-30.  SO, COULD REX GROSSMAN GET IT DONE LATE IN THE GAME?  3RD & 1.  KEY PLAY, PICKED OFF BY TERRENCE NEWMAN.  REX GROSSMAN 322 YDS. PASSING, 4 TDS.  BUT 2 COSTLY INTERCEPTIONS AND THE COWBOYS ON THAT PLAY WOULD WIN THE GAME.  THEY WOULD WIN IT 33-30.

 

 

01:34:44 – JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

 

BIG GAME FOR THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS IN INDIANAPOLIS.  THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO CLINCH THEIR FIRST EVER AFC SOUTH TITLE WITH A WIN ON THE ROAD.  COLTS TRYING TO GET TO THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE 9TH STRAIGHT SEASON; AND WITH MIKE HARDEN AND JOSEPH ADDAI OUT, THAT MEANS THAT IT WOULD BE DONALD BROWN GETTING MOST OF THE WORK FOR INDIANAPOLIS.  HE TAKES OFF FOR 49 YDS. DOWN TO THE JAGUARS 7 EARLY ON THEIR OPENING DRIVE.  SETS UP A 1ST &* GOAL.  8TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  CORNER OF THE END ZONE.  AUSTIN COLLIE, WELCOME BACK.  HIS 1ST TD. SINCE WK. 6 FOR INDIANAPOLIS.  PUTS THEM UP 7-NOTHING.  SOME CONFUSION THERE AS HE FOUND THE OPEN SPOT IN THE DEFENSE.  A TD. CATCH FOR AUSTIN COLLIE.  HE WOULD HAVE A BIG GAME.  2ND QUARTER.  COLTS UP 7-3, AND THAT’S COLLIE ONCE AGAIN OVER THE MIDDLE.  A 27 YD. SCORE.  THAT IS WHAT PEYTON MANNING HAS BEEN MISSING THESE WEEKS.  COLTS UP 14-3 AND PUNTING.  JAGUARS WITH ONLY A F.G. IN THE GAME.  CLOSE TO HALFTIME, MIKE THOMAS BACK TO RETURN THE PUNT, AND HE JUST TAKES IT STRAIGHT UP THE SIDELINES.  GETS A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AND HE IS GONE.  NOBODY IN THE FRAME.  MIKE THOMAS SOMERSAULTING INTO THE END ZONE.  JAGUARS ONLY DOWN 14-10.  HUGE DIFFERENCE-MAKING PLAY FOR JACKSONVILLE.  THEY ARE BACK IN THE GAME.  NOW JIM CALDWELL THOUGHT THAT THOMAS SIGNALED FOR A FAIR CATCH, BUT, THOMAS NEVER DID.  SO HE CELEBRATES WITH THE TD.  PEYTON MANNING LOOKING TO GO BACK TO AUSTIN COLLIE RIGHT BEFORE HALFTIME; AND AUSTIN COLLIE GOT HIT HARD.  PEYTON MANNING LED HIM INTO SOME TROUBLE AND HE GOT HIT IN THE HEAD.  ONCE AGAIN, HE WOULD LEAVE THE GAME, AND HE HAD ANOTHER CONCUSSION.  SO HE WOULD LEAVE THE GAME.  THAT WAS IT FOR AUSTIN COLLIE BUT HE HAD 2 BIG TD. CATCHES.  COLTS UP 14-10 AT THE HALF.  AND THEY WOULD GO TO THE GROUND GAME AFTER THAT.  DONALD BROWN BREAKING ONE DOWN THE SIDELINE.  OUTRUNS EVERYONE INTO THE END ZONE.  A 43 YD. SCORE.  HE WENT OVER THE 100 YD. MARK FOR THE 1ST TIME IN HIS CAREER.  COLTS UP 21-10.  JAGS TRYING TO COME BACK.  EXCELLENT ONE-HANDED GRAB BY MARCEDES LEWIS.  HE HAS BEEN HAVING A GREAT SEASON, AND THAT CATCH JUST COMPLIMENTED EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE, GOING UP WITH THE 1-HANDED GRAB DOWN TO THE 6.  AND, ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY, DAVID GARRARD FINDS A WIDE OPEN MIKE SIMMS-WALKER FOR THE TD.  HIS 2ND STRAIGHT GAME WITH A TD. CATCH.  JAGUARS ONLY DOWN 24-17.  SAME SCORE, NEXT JAGUARS POSSESSION.  1ST & 10 AT THE 38, AND GARRARD IS INTERCEPTED BY ANTOWANE BETHEA.  RETURNED ALL THE WAY TO THE COLTS 44 YD. LINE AS HE IS SPINNING AROUND AND KNOCKED DOWN.  BUT THE COLTS GET A FIELD GOAL.  SO THEY GO UP BY 2 SCORES; 27-17.  4TH QUARTER WITH 3:21 LEFT.  DAVID GARRARD TRYING TO MAKE A COMEBACK.  GRESHARD JENNINGS WITH A NICE MOVE ONE-ON-ONE.  SLIPS A MAN.  TAKES IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE COLTS 26.  NICE MOVE.  AND THAT SETS-UP 6 PLAYS LATER 1 3RD & GOAL FROM THE 1, AND THE TD. TO MIKE SIMMS-WALKER FROM DAVID GARRARD.  SO THE JAGUARS ONLY DOWN BY 3, 27-24.  WITH UNDER 2 MINS. TO GO IT IS ONSIDE KICK ATTEMPT TIME.  BUT GUESS WHAT?  TYWANE HAGLER IS THERE AND HE RETURNS IT THE OTHER WAY FOR THE COLTS!  THEY WOULD GO ON FOR THE VICTORY 34-24; AND THE JAGUARS BLOW A CHANCE TO CLINCH THE DIVISION.

 

01:38:21 – NEW ORLEANS SAINTS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS

 

2 OF THE TOP TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE GETTING TOGETHER IN BALTIMORE.  SAINTS HAVE WON 6 IN A ROW.  THEY’RE 10-3.  THEY NEED A WIN TO KEEP UP WITH THE DIVISION-LEADING FALCONS.  RAVENS 9-4 ON THE SEASON.  THE PITCH OUT TO RAY RICE.  PUTS THE GAME AT 7-7; AND RICE RUNS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 29.  A GAIN OF 20.  RICE WOULD HAVE A MONSTER GAME FOR BALT; AND HE JUST FINDS THE HOLE FOR THE TD. FROM 10 YDS. OUT.  HE WAS FINDING HOLES ALL GAME LONG.  RAVENS GO UP 14-7 AT HOME AFTER TRAILING EARLY 7-NOTHING.  THEIR NEXT POSSESSION AFTER A NICE RETURN FROM LADARIUS WEBB, SETS UP RAY RICE AGAIN FOR 14 YDS. AFTER A 1ST DOWN.  DOWN TO THE 17.  THEN 3 PLAYS LATER CORNER, RAY RICE IS THERE.  HE IS ALL OVER THIS HIGHLIGHT!  WHETHER HE’S RUNNING OR CATCHING, HE WAS GETTING IT DONE FOR THE BALTIMORE RAVENS!  A 17-YD. TD. CATCH.  HIS 2ND TD. OF THE GAME.  RAVENS GO UP 21-7.  SO DREW BREES AND THE SAINTS LOOKING TO GET IN A SCORE BEFORE HALFTIME; AND THAT IS COMPLETE TO REGGIE BUSH.  BUSH GETTING THE MOVES AND MAKING A PLAY FOR 20 YDS.  SETS UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 37.  THEN A FEW PLAYS LATER IT’S JIMMY GRAHAM WITH THE TD.  CAME INTO THE BALL GAME WITH 1 TD. ON THE SEASON.  HAD 2 IN THE GAME.  THAT WAS THE 2ND.  THEY WERE DOWN 21-14 AT THE HALF.  24-17 RAVENS IN THE 4TH QUARTER.  SAINTS LOOKING TO DRIVE.  DEVORY HENDERSON WITH THE CATCH FOR 26 YDS.  THEN BREES IN TROUBLE.  THROWS TO THE LEFT QUARTER OF THE END ZONE.  BALL IS KICKED AROUND.  LANCE MOORE IS THERE BUT DID HE GET BOTH FEET DOWN?!  THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS A TD. AND THE RAVENS WOULD CHALLENGE.  LANCE MOORE LOOKING LIKE A BALLERINA ON HIS TOES, GETTING HIS FEET DOWN AND GUESS WHAT?  RULING ON THE FIELD WAS UPHELD.  A TD. CATCH.  POOR LANCE MOORE.  BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.  IT’S RAY RICE ALL OVER THE HIGHLIGHT RUNNING DOWN THE RIGHT SIDELINE.  YOU CANNOT STOP RAY RICE.  153 RUSHING YDS. AND 80 RECEIVING YDS.  IT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G., 27-24.  BALT. GOES UP; PLUS, AFTER THAT A 4TH & 8.  THEY TIPPED A PASS BY DREW BREES.  __  _ WITH THE TIP.  READY WITH AN INTERCEPTION.  RAVENS WIN IT 30-24.  BOTH TEAMS ARE NOW 10-4.

 

01:40:51 – HOUSTON TEXANS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

 

ONCE UPON A TIME, THE TITANS WERE 5-2.  BUT THEY HAVE LOST 6 IN A ROW.  BOTH TEAMS 5-8.  TEXANS AND THE TITANS.  LAST TIME, ANDRE JONSON AND CORTLAND FINNEGAN MET.  THEY GOT INTO A FIGHT AND BOTH WERE EJECTED. BUT THE TITANS WOULD GET THINGS GOING ON.  KERRY COLLINS FINDING DAMIAN WILLIAMS FOR A 39 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 3.  2 PLAYS LATER, A 2ND & GOAL.  KERRY COLLINS LOOKING OVER THE MIDDLE; AND THAT IS NATE WASHINGTON FOR THE 3 YD. SCORE.  TITANS GO UP AT HOME EARLY, 7-NOTHING.  THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, 1ST & 10 AT THEIR OWN 39.  ALL KINDS OF TIME FOR KERRY COLLINS.  BOMBS ONE DEEP DOWN THE FIELD.  2 TEXANS ARE THERE, AND IT GOES INTO THE HANDS OF KENNY BRITT!  HOW IS THAT NOT AN INTERCEPTION?!  BRITT TAKES IT DOWN TO THE 2; A 59 YD. GAIN.  AND THEN ON A 4TH & GOAL, THEY ARE GOING FOR IT; AND THAT IS COMPLETE TO JUSTIN GAGE IN THE CORNER OF THE END ZONE.  TITANS GO UP AT HOME 14-NOTHING AFTER THAT GUTSY CALL.  THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, 2ND & 10 AT THE 32.  KERRY COLLINS LOOKING FOR KENNY BRITT, AND HE TAKES IT DOWN TO THE 11.  KERRY COLLINS WITH A GREAT PUMP-FAKE, AND HE CLEARS A PATH FOR HIMSELF TO THROW THE BALL, AND COMPLETES IT TO KENNY BRITT, 7 OF 11 FOR 141 YDS. AND 2 TDS. IN THE 1ST QUARTER ALONE FOR KERRY COLLINS; AND THAT WAS CHRIS JOHNSON JUST TAKING CARE OF THE REST.  AN 11 YD. TD. RUN.  TITANS UP BIG AT HOME AT THE HALF.  24-3.  3RD QUARTER, NOW 2ND & GOAL FROM THE 12 FOR THE TEXANS.  MATT SCHAUB ALL KINDS OF TIME.  LOOKING INTO THE END ZONE.  ANDRE JOHNSON GETS IN THERE FOR THE TD.  CUTS THE DEFICIT TO 24-10.  MATT SCHAUB IN THE 3RD QUARTER ALONE, 11-13 FOR 123 YDS.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR TENN., CHRIS JOHNSON GETS LOOSE!  COULD HE TAKE IT ALL THE WAY?!  HE IS BROUGHT DOWN BUT NOT AFTER GAINING 42.  SETTING UP A 1ST & GOAL FROM THE 7.  JAVON RINGER, HIS BACKUP FROM MICHIGAN STATE, TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE FOR A 7 YD. SCORE.  TITANS GO UP 31-10 AT HOME LOOKING TO BREAK THAT LOSING STREAK.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  THEY’RE UP 31-17.  2ND & 6.  CHRIS JOHNSON REVERSES HIS FIELD.  YOU CANNOT STOP THE MAN.  A 19 YD. GAIN.  HIS NFL HIGH 8TH 100 YD. GAME OF THE SEASON.  TITANS GO ON FOR THE WIN 31-17.  CHRIS JOHNSON 130 YDS. AND A TD.

 

01:43:24 – ATLANTA FALCONS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

 

THEIR LOSING STREAK COMES TO AN END AND THEY’RE IN ATLANTA NEXT AS ATLANTA’S FINISHING UP THE 3 GAME ROAD TRIP.  THEY’VE WON THE FIRST 2 GAMES.  THEY HAVE TO TRAVEL AS FAR FROM ATLANTA AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN GO, TO SEATTLE WHERE THE 12TH MAN IS IN FULL THROAT WITH MARSHAWN LYNCH SCORING THE FIRST TD. OF THE GAME.  THAT SET THEMSELVES OPPOSITE JUST SHORT OF HIS TD.  7-NOTHING SEATTLE.  BUT A BIG FAT 8 MIN. 14 PLAY DRIVE CAPPED OFF HERE ON THE 15TH PLAY WITH JASON SNELLING TO TIE THE GAME AT 7.  WE’RE IN THE 2ND QUARTER AND BOTH TEAMS ONLY TOUCHED THE BALL ONCE.  THEY’RE DOING A GREAT JOB OF PROTECTING RYAN.  MATT RYAN, A RARE MISCUE, THROWS IT RIGHT TO JORDAN BABBINEAU.  BUT THE SEAHAWKS HAVE TO SETTLE JUST FOR THE F.G. AGAINST THE HOME TEAM.  EVEN THOUGH YOU’RE HOME, YOU CAN’T DO THAT.  TIES THE GAME AT 10.  FALCONS WITH 41 TICKS TO GO, AND THEN RYAN DOES HIS LITTLE MATTY __ THING WHICH IS FIND RODDY WHITE; AND THAT, AFTER THE FALCONS CALL A TIMEOUT 3 PLAYS LATER TO MICHAEL JENKINS.  TOUCHDOWN.  NICE OVER THE TOP.  THEY SURPRISE THEM WITH THE DEEP THROW.  THEY’VE BEEN SO METHODICAL TAKING LITTLE CHUNKS AT A TIME.  THEN THEY GO WE’RE GONNA TIE FOR THE 6.  3RD QUARTER 17-10.  MATTHEW DEEP IN HIS OWN END.  NOW IN HIS END ZONE.  GET RID OF IT.  GET RID OF IT.  COME ON MATTHEW.  I HAVE TO TALK TO MATTHEW AT THE END OF THE SEASON.  JORDAN BABBINEAU.  IT’S NOT ABOUT THE TEAM.  COVERS IT 24-10.  2 SEAHAWK POSSESSIONS LATER, HASSELBECK NOW NEEDING TO DESPERATELY MAKE PLAYS, LOOKING FOR BEN ___; AND IT’S PICKED FOR WILLIAM MOORE, AND THAT WOULD BE THE DAY…FOR HASSELBECK.  CHARLIE WHITEHURST COMES IN THE GAME.  AND THAT PICK LED TO POINTS.  ROLLING TO THE LEFT.  THEY CALL THIS QUITE FREQUENTLY.  HE’S SO GOOD AT IT.  MATT RYAN AND THE FALCONS COMPLETELY THEIR 3 GAME STREAK WITH A WIN.  THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN, WITH THE GIANTS LOSS, PUT TEM IN THE PLAYOFFS.  BUT WITH THE WIN THEY’RE NOW 1 WIN AWAY FROM CLINCHING THE CONFERENCE; AND THAT AIN’T SHABBY.

01:45:35 – NEW YORK JETS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS

 

SANTA!  HE’S LOVING THE WEATHER IN PITTS.  IT’S COLD, AND THE OPENING KICKOFF, THE GAME FOR THE JETS WHO NEEDED A GREAT START DESPERATELY.  THEY GOT IT FROM THE CORNER.  PUDDIN’ PIE AWARD WINNERS HERE ON NFL NETWORK THANKSGIVING NIGHT!  BRAD SMITH TAKES THE OPENING KICKOFF 97 YDS.!  THERE’S A FLAG ON THE PLAY BUT THE REFS PICK IT UP AND IT COUNTS.  HE DIDN’T HOLD IT UP RIGHT.  HE WON’T GO … EITHER.  SO 2ND QUARTER. THE JETS STILL DON’T SCORE AN OFF. TD. IN THE 1ST QUARTER.  THEY STILL HAVEN’T DONE THAT SINCE WEEK 4.  WITH HEATH MILLER OUT, BEN ROETHLISBERGER FINDS HIS BACKUP, MATT __.  A 96 YD. DRIVE.  LONGEST TD. DRIVE THE JETS DEFENSE HAS GIVEN UP THIS YEAR.  THAT TIES THE GAME AT 7.  STEELERS NOW DOWN BY 10-7.  BUT ROETHLISBERGER TO MIKE WALLACE ON A FAKE SPIKE.  OH, COME ON BEN!  OH MAN, COME ON BEN!  IT’S RIGHT TO THE PSYCHE OF THE JET FAN.  THE JETS NEEDING THIS WIN AFTER 2 STRAIGHT LOSSES WITH NO OFF. TDS.  THEY STILL DON’T HAVE AN OFF. TD. AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME.  OPENING DRIVE IN THE 2ND HALF FOR BEN ROETHLISBERGER.  HE HITS MIKE WALLACE 23 YDS. FOR A 1ST DOWN.  4 PLAYS LATER RASHARD MENDENHAHL GAINING THE EDGE AND HITTING PEOPLE, RUNNING DOWNHILL.  RUNNING OVER PEOPLE, DOWN TO THE JETS 4, AND THE STEELERS TAKE THE OPENING DRIVE OF THE 2ND HALF RIGHT DOWN THE GUT TAKING IT INTO THE END ZONE WITH MENDENHAHL AND THEY’RE UP 17-10.  THAT’S THE KIND OF FOOTBALL THEY REALLY WANT TO PLAY IN THAT WEATHER.  RUN THE FOOTBALL.  PLAY A LITTLE SMASH MOUTH.  SO THE JETS NOW NEEDING TO RESPOND ON THE PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD.  SANCHEZ OFF THE PLAY FAKE.  BRAYLON EDWARDS TAKES THE HIT.  TACK ON 15 MORE AS RYAN CLARK IS CALLED FOR UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS LAUNCHING AT THE RECEIVER.   THAT CAN BE $15, $25,000.  YOU CANNOT JUMP AND THROW YOUR BODY INTO THE RECEIVER.  AND ROETHLISBERGER CANNOT BELIEVE THE AFTER 15 YDS.  4 PLAYS LATER IT’S 4TH & 1 FROM 7.  THEY GO FOR IT.  WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS CALL?  GREAT CALL.  GREAT FAKE BY SANCHEZ.  EVERYBODY SOLD THE RUN EVEN THE CAMERAMAN.  AND THAT’S THE FIRST OFF. TD. FOR THE JETS SINCE THANKSGIVING NIGHT…THE NIGHT THAT BRAD SMITH WON THAT PUDDIN’ PIE.  TRAVELIN’ ED’S TRAVELING EVERYBODY.  WE ARE WITH THE JETS WHO PROMISED TO GO TO SANTONIO HOLMES.  JETS UP BY 3, PICKING UP A 1ST DOWN.  3 PLAYS LATER, RIGHT ON THE STEELERS 47, 3RD & 6, LADAINIAN TOMLINSON DIRECT SNAPPAGE.  NICE PATIENCE.  WAITING FOR THE BLOCKING TO SET UP.  BUT HE GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.  3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 5.  THE STEELERS HAVING ALL OF THEIR TIMEOUTS LEFT STILL.  THE JETS THROW FOR IT AND COMPLETE.  REX RYAN PUNTS THE BALL BACK TO THE STEELERS AGAIN WHO HAVE ALL THEIR TIMEOUTS LEFT.  2:45 TO GO.  JASON TAYLOR WITH THE BIG PLAY!  HUGE.  HUGE.  GOOD PENETRATION INSIDE.  GOT THE SAFETY.  TACKLE HIM OVER THE GOAL LINE.  HE DID NOT CROSS THE GOAL LINE WITH THE BALL AT ALL.  TAKES MAWELDE MOORE DOWN.  HE MISSED A BLOCK.  A 5 PT. LEAD.  BUT THE JETS GETTING THE BALL BACK.  I TURNED MY TV OFF RIGHT THERE.  OFF THE SAFETY, DON’T PICKUP A 1ST DOWN.  THEY GO 3 & OUT, AND THE STEELERS DON’T HAVE TO USE ALL OF THEIR TIMEOUTS LEFT.  THEY HAVE A 2 MIN. WARNING STILL.  BUT THEY HAVE TO GO THE LENGTH OF THE FIELD.  BEN R. ON 3RD & 24 AFTER A BIG SACK.  BEN FINDS A WIDE OPEN EMANUEL SANDERS FOR A 1ST DOWN.  WHEN THE JETS PLAY ZONE DEFENSE, PEOPLE ARE FINDING WINDOWS AND LANES AND COMPLETIONS BETTER THAN AGAINST MAN.  6 PLAYS LATER IT’S 3RD & 10.  STILL 3RD & LONG. T HIS IS PICKED UP AGAIN FOR A 16 YD. GAIN.  ANTONIO BROWN.  STEELERS SPIKE THE BALL WITH 9 TICKS TO GO.  THEY CAN START THROWING IT IN THE END ZONE AND ROETHLISBERGER DOES THROW IT IN THE END ZONE.  IT’S INCOMPLETE.  LOOK FOR MATT SPADE.  2 TICKS TO GO.  COULD THE JETS, LIKE THE GIANTS, LOSE ON THE LAST PLAY OF THE GAME IN WK. 15?  ROETHLISBERGER, EXTENDING THE PLAY AS ONLY HE USUALLY DOES.  THIS ONE IN THE END ZONE.  GREAT PLAY.  AND THE JETS HANG ON!

 

01:49:42 - DENVER BRONCOS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

 

THE RAIDERS HAVE NOT LOST A DIVISION GAME, AND HERE COMES TIM TEBOW IN HIS FIRST CAREER START, TAKING ON JASON CAMPBELL; AND THE RAIDERS TRYING TO STAY ALIVE IN A DIVISION THAT, AGAIN, THEY HAVE NOT LOST A GAME IN.  FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE, JACOBY FORD END AROUND; AND HE IS …THE FASTEST MAN AT THE COMBINE THIS YEAR.  YOU CAN FORGET THAT.  71 YDS.  RAIDERS UP 7-NOTHING.  2 BRONCOS .. LATER.  WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO, RUN?  LOOK AT HIM GO!  3RD & 24!  YOU’RE TREAT THEM LIKE THEY’RE MISS. STATE.  TEBOW JERSEY …LONGEST RUSHING TD. IN BRONCOS HISTORY.  LET’S SEE IF HE CAN THROW.  HE SURE CAN.  LOOK AT THIS THROW.  BEAUTIFUL. GREAT CATCH.  HE’S GOT CONCENTRATION.  IT WAS EVENTUALLY RULED INCOMPLETE.  THEY CHALLENGED.  OVERTURNED.  A TD.  THE RAIDERS UP 23-20 WHEN MARCEL REESE…FORGOT TO COVER THE FULLBACK.  YEA.  SOMEBODY TACKLE HIM PLEASE.  THAT’S A FULLBACK!  I’M BELIEVING IN THE RAIDERS!  I SAID IT.  I SAID IT.  THE CHIEFS ARE ON TOP OF THE BRONCOS BY 1 ON TOP OF THE RAIDERS BY 2.  THE RAIDERS ARE PLAYING K.C. IN THE FINAL GAME OF THE YEAR.  THE RAIDERS HAVE INDY IN OAKLAND NEXT.  THE K.C. CHIEFS, AGAIN.  THEY LEAD THE RAIDERS BY 2.  LOOK AT THAT.  THE RAIDERS ARE 5-0 IN THEIR DIVISION.  THEY’RE TRAILING BY 2 GAMES.  THE CHARGERS GOT IT.

 

01:51:17 - GREEN BAY PACKERS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

 

GUYS, WE GET A MUCH MORE EXCITING MATCHUP THAN WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GET AT FOXBORO STADIUM, AT GILLETTE STADIUM.  THE PACKERS ENDED UP GIVING THE PATRIOTS A FIGHT, WITHOUT AARON RODGERS.  AARON RODGERS SUFFERING HIS 2ND CONCUSSION THIS SEASON SO… 3RD YEAR QB, MATT FLYNN.  WHO?!  GONNA GET THE START.  MATT FLYNN.  HOW ABOUT BEN JARVIS GREEN ELLIS.  WATCH THE BLOCK RIGHT THERE BY DEION BRANCH.  WE ALWAYS SAY, WHEN YOU HAVE 2 NAMES, YOU GOT TO HAVE GAME; AND BEN JARVIS GREEN-ELLIS, BETTER KNOWN HERE AS LOAFER, HAS ALL OF THAT.  PATRIOTS ON TOP 7-3.  2ND QUARTER.  IT’S MATT FLYNN..SETTLED DOWN NICELY.  THIS LOOKS LIKE AARON RODGERS.  THAT’S MATT FLYNN TO JAMES JONES FOR THE 66 YD. TD.  PUT THE PACKERS ON TOP 10-7.  AND AARON RODGERS LIKES WHAT HE SEES.  A COUPLE OF PACKER POSSESSIONS LATER.  THIS IS THE 13TH PLAY, MICHAEL, OF THEIR DRIVE ON A 3RD & 10 TO JOHN KUHN.  YEA, THE KUHN MAN.  HE HAD A GREAT DAY TODAY.  HE DID A LOT OF THINGS WITH THE BALL AND THEY LOVE WHEN HE GETS THAT FOOTBALL.  AND THEN GLENN RIGHT THERE TO GREG JENNINGS FOR THE 1 YD. TD.; AND ON THE ENSUING KICKOFF IT’S DAN CONNOLLY ON THE SHORT KICK.  BIG MAN WITH BALL!  HERE HE GOES!  HE’S SCREAMING!  HIS FAMILY MEMBERS ARE SCREAMING!  HIS WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SCREAMING, “GO BIG MAN!”  OH, THAT’S GREAT RIGHT THERE MAN.  BIG FELLA GOT SOMETHING.  71 YDS. FOR …  LOOK HOW HE’S HOLDING IT!  … LONGEST RETURN IN NFL HISTORY BY AN OFF. LINEMAN.  3RD & GO9AL HERE.  IT IS BRADY WITH ALL KINDS OF TIME.  JUST SITTING BACK IN THERE PACKING A LUNCH.  AARON HERNANDEZ FOR THE 2 YD. TD.  17-14.  AND THAT WAS THE HALFTIME SCORE.  OPENING POSSESSION HERE IN THE 3RD QUARTER.  MATT FLYNN PICKED OFF BY KYLE ARRINGTON.  IS ANYONE GONNA WRAP UP AND BRING HIM DOWN?  NO, THEY’RE NOT TAUGHT TO TACKLE.  BUT IT SEEMED AS THOUGH, MICHAEL, THE RECEIVER STOPPED THE ROUTE.  … TIME, YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT.  THE RECEIVER STOPPED THE ROUTE, AND THAT WAS A WRONG THING TO DO.  36 YDS. FOR THE PICK 6, AND THEN IT’S A BRANDON JACKSON WITH THE 1 YD. RUN THERE BUT A PENALTY ON THE PLAY.  VINCE WILFORK CALLED FOR FACEMASK.  IT’S O.K.  HE’S BEEN BALLING ALL DAY.  KEEPS THE DRIVE ALIVE.  13TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  DUMPS IT OUT TO KUHN AGAIN!  HE’S EVERYWHERE!  YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO GO 13 PLAYS WITHOUT MAKING A MISTAKE AGAINST N.E.?  THAT’S WELL DONE BY G.B.  24-21.  PACK ON TOP.  TOM BRADY DROPPED BY B.J. RODGEY.  EATING HIM UP ALL DAY.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  PATRIOTS DOWN 27-24.  TOM BRADY UNDER PRESSURE TO DEION BRANCH.  16 YDS.  HUSTLES THEM UP TO THE LINE; AND NOW IT’S BRADY TO AARON HERNANDEZ.  YEA, A LITTLE OPTION ROUTE.  ONE-ON-ONE.  HE TOOK THE OUT PATH.  EASY TD. FOR HERNANDEZ.  HE BEAT A CORNER AT THAT COACH.  PATRIOTS UP 31-27. TOM BRADY’S PASS IS DEFLECTED BY A.J. HAWKE AND THE CALL’S INCOMPLETE.  SO, THE PATRIOTS FORCED TO PUNT AND THE PACKERS HAVE A SHOT HERE.  FLYNN GONNA LOOK FOR GREG JENNINGS.  HE IS PICKED OFF BY BRANDON MERRIWEATHER..BUT THERE IS A PENALTY ON THE PLAY.  …CALLED FOR HANDS TO THE FACE AGAINST BRIAN __.  RIGHT THERE.  WASN’T IT A …KEEPS THE DRIVE ALIVE.  FLYNN TO DONALD DRIVER.  26 YDS. AND A 1ST DOWN.  FLYNN, IN THIS SITUATION, WITH TOM BRADY ON THE OTHER SIDE, HANDLED HIMSELF WELL.  11TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE TO DONALD DRIVER ON A 3RD & 11.  THEY DON’T HAVE ANYMORE TIMEOUTS SO THEY GOTTA HUSTLE UP TO THE LINE ON 4TH & 1!  THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION BUT HERE WE GO.  IT’S GONNA BE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME AND FLYNN…SHOOT IT.  AND DROPPED BY __.  VINCE WILFORK RECOVERS A FUMBLE AND THE PATRIOTS, THEY WIN THEIR 6TH STRAIGHT.  THEY’RE NOW 12-2.  THEY WIN IT 31-27.  LOTS OF STUFF HAPPENED TODAY.  THE STEELERS CLINCHED THE PLAYOFF SPOT; EVEN THOUGH THE JETS BEAT THEM, THE RAVENS WERE ABLE TO BEAT THE SAINTS.  SO THEY’RE RIGHT THERE IN THE THICK OF IT.  THE CHIEFS HAD A BIG VICTORY.  THE JAGS BEAT..THE COLTS BEAT THE JAGS.  SO NOW THE COLTS CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY IN THE AFC SOUTH.

 

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