SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 16

1.       TITANS@CHIEFS  2:26

2.       RAVENS@BROWNS  2:10

3.       PATRIOTS@BILLS  2:07

4.       49ERS@RAMS  3:14

5.       LIONS@DOLPHINS 3:25

6.       REDSKINS@JAGUARS  2:56

7.       JETS@BEARS  3:15

8.       PANTHERS@STEELERS  2:42

9.       COWBOYS@CARDINALS  4:20

10.   COLTS@RAIDERS  2:18

11.   CHARGERS@BENGALS  1:58

12.   SEAHAWKS@BUCCANEERS  1:12

13.   GIANTS@PACKERS  4:59

14.   TEXANS@BRONCOS  1:27

             TRT:   50:55 WITH BARS

 

01:10:15 - TENNESSEE TITANS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

 LET’S MOVE A LITTLE BIT WEST THERE ON I-70.  K.C. THE CHIEFS.  CHIEFS WIN AND THE CHARGERS LOSE AT CINCY.  THE CHIEFS WIN THE AFC WEST.  MATT CASSEL WAS HUGE TODAY.  THROWING THE BALL ALWAYS A BIG WIN WHEN THE PASSING GAME IS GOING.  THAT’S A 21 YD. GAIN.  5 PLAYS LATER, CASSEL TO THIS YEAR’S 2^ND ROUND PICK, DEXTER MCCLUSTER, 14 YD. GAIN.  I’LL TELL YOU, THERE IS SOME TALENT ON THAT OFFENSE AND THAT QB HAS FOUND HIS RHYTHM.  AND JAMAL CHARLES OUT OF THE BACKFIELD, A LITTLE SLIP SCREEN AND AN EASY K.C. TD.  LAST WEEK THEY WENT TO ST. LOUIS AND BEAT A GOOD YOUNG RAMS TEAM.  TODAY AT HOME AGAINST THE TITANS THEY JUST, THIS WAS A COMPLETE THRASHING IN ALL FACETS.  3^RD DOWN & 8, IT’S THE ROOKIE T.E. TONY __, 17 YDS.  2 PLAYS LATER ON 2^ND & GOAL, MATT CASSEL BUYING A LITTLE TIME.  LOOK AT THE TOUCHBACK.  TO JAMAL CHARLES.  REALLY NICE TO JAMAL CHARLES.  THEY PLAY ACTION FAKE ON THE BACKFIELD, AND HE JUST KEEPS GOING AND HE FINDS HIM.  NICE PLAY.  MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE THROW OF THE DAY HERE TOM, O.K.  BECAUSE DWAYNE BOWE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO CATCH THAT RIGHT IN STRIDE.  5 TITANS IN YOUR PICTURE THERE.  YOU ADMIRE HOW HE WORKED THAT IN THE, JAMIE?  JUST KIND OF SHOT IT RIGHT THROUGH.  I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT A DROP-FEST THAT BOWL WAS THAT … LET IT GO, WILL YA?  I’M JUST SAYING.  LET IT GO.  HE WASN’T DROP… KERRY COLLINS LETTING IT GO TO KENNY BRITT.  53 YD. TD.  THE TITANS.. WHY CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT MATT CASSEL?  YOUR LACK OF RESPECT FOR HIM.  WILL YOU LET IT GO!  KERRY COLLINS PICKED OFF BY .. BERRY, THE ROOKIE.  1^ST ROUND PICK OUT OF TENN.  54 YD. K.C. TD. AFTER HE GOT DONE WEAVING HIS WAY.  AND LEAP.  CHIEFS LEAD 31-7.  GO ON TO WIN 34-14.  THE RAIDERS COME TO K.C. NEXT WEEK.  IF, IN FACT, THE CHIEFS CAN BEAT THE RAIDERS, THEY WOULD FINISH THE SEASON WITH 3 CONSECUTIVE WINS.  THAT’S WHAT WE CALL EARNING THE DIVISION TITLE.  AND LOOK AT THOSE #’S FROM MATT CASSEL.  TREMENDOUS, AND I MEAN COULD YOU PUT A T ON THAT FOR ME TOM?  A GIANT T.  THANK YOU.  24 FOR 34, 314 YDS., 3 TDS.  HOW ABOUT 23 TD. PASSES AND ONLY 2 INTERCEPTIONS SINCE WEEK 6 FOR MATT CASSEL?  YEA.  THAT’S TOM BRADY-LIKE.

 

01:12:51 – BALTIMORE RAVENS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

 RAVENS AT THE BROWNS.  BALT. HAS WON 5 STRAIGHT AGAINST CLEVELAND.  JOE FLACCO UNDEFEATED AGAINST THEM IN HIS CAREER.  1^ST QUARTER, 2^ND BROWNS POSSESSION WITH THE WILDCAT.  PAYDEN HILLIS HANDS OFF TO MUHAMMAD __ AND HE BOMBS TO THE END ZONE.  BRIAN ROBISKI IS THERE FOR THE TD. GRAB.  RULED A TD. ON THE FIELD BUT JOHN HARBAUGH WOULD CHALLENGE THE PLAY, THINKING THAT ROBISKI DID NOT CATCH IT.  THAT MAYBE THE BALL BOUNCED ON THE GROUND.  HE HAD THE CLEAN CATCH.  RULE THE TD.  BROWNS LEAD IT 7-0.  THAT’S THE 2^ND STRAIGHT GAME WITH THE TD. CATCH FOR ROBISKI.  THEY’RE UP 7-3.  NEXT POSSESSION FOR THEM, __ HITS __ __ BUT HE LOSES THE BALL.  JAMIEL MCCLAIN RECOVERS IT FOR THE BALT. RAVENS.  THEY GET A BIG TIME BREAK, AND ON THEIR ENSUING POSSESSION, A 3^RD & 5 AT THE 15; JOE FLACCO BACK TO PASS.  END ZONE T.J.  HOUSHMANZADEH IN DOUBLE COVERAGE. MAKES THE GRAB.  RAVENS GO UP 10-7.  THEY WERE LEADING 13-10 AT THE HALF.  BROWNS TRYING AN ONSIDE KICK COMING OUT OF THE 3^RD QUARTER BUT THE BALL DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH SO THE DOLPHINS KICK ONLY WENT 8 YDS.  SO THE RAVENS SET FANS HALF THE FIELD POSITION AT THE 38.  OH, AND YOU KNOW JOE FLACCO WOULD MAKE THEM PAY.  AVOIDING ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE.  ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT, HE WILL PULL IT AND RUN, AND HE IS GOING FOR A 1^ST DOWN.  A GAIN OF 13 BY JOE FLACCO.  A NICE HEAD’S UP PLAY TO AVOID THE RUSH; AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT THE VERY NEXT PLAY PLAY ACTION FAKE.  FLACCO PLENTY OF TIME.  END ZONE TO THE CORNER.  DERRICK MASON THERE FOR THE TD. GRAB.  RAVENS GO UP 20-10.  MASON HAS 7 TD. CATCHES ON THE SEASON.  6 OF THEM HAVE COME SINCE THEIR WK. 8 BYE.  COLT MCCOY JUST A ROUGH GAME FOR HIM.  INTERCEPTED FOR THE 3^RD TIME IN THE GAME.  THE 2^ND PICK BY ED REED IN THE GAME.  HE HAD 10 CAREER PICKS AGAINST CLEVELAND LOOKING FOR THE LATERAL.  BALT. RECOVERS.  THEY SIT ON THE BALL GOING FOR A 20-10 AND THEY SECURED A SPOT IN THE PLAYOFFS.  BROWNS WITH THEIR 9^TH DOUBLE-DIGIT LOSING SEASON SINCE ’99.

 

01:15:11 – NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ BUFFALO BILLS

 PATRIOTS AT THE BILLS.  N.E. HAS WON 14 STRAIGHT GAMES AGAINST BUFFALO.  THE LONGEST CURRENT STREAK BY 1 TEAM AGAINST ANOTHER IN THE NFL.  THEY’RE LOOKING TO LOCK UP HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE THROUGHOUT THE PLAYOFFS.  GETTING OFF TO A GREAT START WITH A TD. RUN BY DAMIEN WOODHEAD LATE IN THE 1^ST QUARTER.  A 29 YD. SCORE.  PATRIOTS GO UP 7-3.  THAT’S THE 6^TH TD. OF THE SEASON FOR WOODHEAD.  RYAN FITZPATRICK BUMBLING DOWN THE LEFT SIDELINE FOR C.J. SPIELLER.  HAD A NICE GAME THE FIRST TIME AROUND AGAINST N.E.  GETTING A 41 YD. GRAB THERE.  DOWN TO THE PATRIOTS 28 BUT 3 PLAYS LATER RYAN FITZPATRICK IN TROUBLE TRYING TO PULL IT DOWN AND RUN.  BUT HE HAS THE BALL STRIPPED FOR HIM ON THE HIT.  GARY ___ WITH THE SACK AND THE FUMBLE.  JARROD MAYO RECOVERED AT THE 21.  ROB GRONKOWSKI HAD A MONSTER GAME.  THE ROOKIE T.E. WAS JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE.  NICE OVER-THE-SHOULDER GRAB FROM TOM BRADY ON A SOFT PASS DOWN TO THE BILLS 11, AND 2 PLAYS LATER YOU KNOW WHO HE’S LOOKING FOR AGAIN ON THE PLAY FAKE.  ROB GRONKOWSKI IS THERE.  TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE.  HIS 8^TH TD. CATCH OF THE SEASON.  IT PUT THE PATRIOTS UP 14-3, AND THEY WOULD JUST CRUISE FROM THERE.  2 BILLS POSSESSIONS LATER, RYAN FITZPATRICK INTERCEPTED BY PATRICK CHONG WHO MAKES A NICE DIVING GRAB AND GETS UP AND TAKES IT DOWN INSIDE THE 30 TO THE 27, A RETURN OF 19.  ROUGH DAY FOR FITZPATRICK, AND THE PATRIOTS MADE HIM PAY.  1^ST & GOAL, THE TD. PASS TO ALGE CRUMPLER.  THE 2ND TD. PASS OF THE GAME FOR TOM BRADY.  PUT THE PATS UP 24-3.  THAT WAS A HALFTIME SCORE AS THEY WERE WELL ON THEIR WAY TO A 7^TH STRAIGHT WIN ON THE SEASON.  3^RD QUARTER SAME SCORE, AND THERE IT IS AGAIN.  JARED PAYS THIS TIME WITH THE INTERCEPTION.  3^RD TURNOVER OF THE GAME FOR RYAN FITZPATRICK.  ALL KINDS OF MISTAKES, AND EVERY SINGLE TIME PATRIOTS MADE HIM PAY.  TOM BRADY ALL KINDS OF TIME, END ZONE.  ROB GRONKOWSKI IS THERE AGAIN!  HIS 9^TH TD. CATCH OF THE SEASON.  PATRIOTS GO UP FOR THE EASY WIN, 34-3.  THEY CLINCH HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE THROUGHOUT THE PLAYOFFS.

 

01:17:29 – SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

 HUGE NFC WEST GAME IN ST. LOUIS.  THE NINERS CAN STILL WIN THE DIVISION WITH 2 STRAIGHT WINS.  THE RAMS CONTROL THEIR DESTINY.  2 STRAIGHT WINS MAY WIN THE DIVISION.  1^ST QUARTER NO SCORE, OPENING RAMS POSSESSION.  A HANDOFF TO DANNY AMANDOLA.  THROWS DOWNFIELD.  INTERCEPTED BY REGGIE SMITH.  BIG TURNOVER.  COSTLY FOR ST. LOUIS BUT, A PENALTY FLAG AND GUESS WHAT?  THEY GET THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AS THERE WAS PASS INTERFERENCE.  IT SET UP A 1 YD. TD. RUN BY STEPHEN JACKSON.  SO THEY GO UP 7-NOTHING.  THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, TROY SMITH TACKLED IN THE END ZONE FOR A SAFETY.  RAMS UP 9-NOTHING EARLY PLAYING FOR THE DIVISION.  BUT PUNTING TO TED GINN, JR., ALWAYS A TRICKY PROPOSITION, AS HE WAS OUT TO THE RACES AND GOES ALL THE WAY FOR A TD. RETURN.  78 YDS. FOR TED GINN.  NINERS ONLY DOWN BY 2.  9-7.  ST. LOUIS ADDED A F.G. GOING UP BY 5.  TROY SMITH WITH 5 MINS. LEFT IN THE HALFTIME.  VERNON DAVIS FOR A GAIN OF 25 TO THE S.F. 42.  3 PLAYS LATER, SMITH THIS TIME FINDS MICHAEL CRABTREE!  MAKES A NICE MOVE, AND HE IS OFF TO THE RACES.  ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE HIGH-STEPPING INTO THE END ZONE.  A 60 YD. SCORE.  HIS 6^TH TD. OF THE SEASON.  NINERS UP AT THE HALF, 14-12.  3^RD QUARTER, OPENING POSSESSION OF THE 2^ND HALF, AND THAT IS JUST OVERTHROWN INTENDED FOR HIS RECEIVER MICHAEL CRABTREE; AND O.J. __ RETURNS IT 19 YDS.  A BIG BREAK FOR ST. LOUIS.  COSTLY MISTAKE FOR SAN FRANCISCO.  TROY SMITH GETTING INTO A YELLING MATCH ON TE SIDELINE WITH MIKE SINGLETARY.  FRED GINN THROWING A TOWEL IN HIS FACE TO TRY AND CALM AND HIM DOWN.  THAT LED TO A F.G. BY ST. LOUIS.  THEY GO UP 15-14.  THEN JUST UNDER 10 MINS. LEFT, SAM BRADFORD AIRING ONE OUT TO DENARIUS ALEXANDER.  HE IS TAPPED, BUT HE GETS UP, WALKS INTO THE END ZONE.  IT IS RULED A TD. ON THE FIELD.  THE PLAY WAS CHALLENGED.  OVERTURNED.  RULED DOWN AND 1^ST & GOAL FROM THE 3.  ST. LOUIS, DOESN’T MATTER.  WE’RE GONNA GET A TD. ANYWAY.  SAM BRADFORD HITS LARON ROBINSON.  A 3 YD. SCORE.  RAMS GO UP 22-14.  S.F.’S ENSUING POSSESSION WITH THEIR SEASON ON THE LINE.  THEY MAKE THE CHANGE TO ALEX SMITH, AND HE WILL AIR ONE OUT.  HE HITS JOSH MORGAN FOR 33 YDS.  IT LED TO A 47 YD. F.G. BY JEFF REED; AND TROY SMITH IS THERE TO CONGRATULATE HIS TEAMMATES.  THEY’RE ONLY DOWN BY 5.  UNDER 3 MINS. TO GO, DOWN BY 8, AND A STRIP BY THE ST. LOUIS DEFENSE.  CHRIS LONG IS THERE.  FRED ROBBINS RECOVERED.  HUGE PLAY FOR THE ST. LOUIS RAMS, BUT, THEY WOUND UP PUNTING AND S.F. GOT THE BALL BACK.  STILL NEEDING A TD. AND A 2 PT. CONVERSION, THE SACK BY FRED ROBBINS.  THEN 4^TH & 10, CLOCK IS TICKING.  THE PASS COMPLETE TO TED GINN!  BUT DID HE GET OUT OF BOUNDS IN TIME TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER PLAY?  TIME RUNS OUT, 25-17.  S.F.’S SEASON IS OVER.  ST. LOUIS PLAYS FOR THE DIVISION.

 

01:20:52 - DETROIT LIONS @ MIAMI DOLPHINS

 THE 7-7 DOLPHINS HOSTING THE LIONS.  THEY ARE BOTH PLAYING FOR PRIDE.  MIAMI 1-6 AT HOME ON THE SEASON, BUT THEY HAVE WON 5 IN A ROW AGAINST DETROIT.  LIONS LOOKING TO WIN 3 IN A ROW FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2007.  1^ST QUARTER, LIONS FORCED TO PUNT, AND THEY KICK TO DEVON BESS WHO RETURNS IT TO THE RIGHT SIDE, DANCING AROUND.  HIT HARD!  HE WAS DRILLED BY ASHLEY PALMER!  BALL COMES UP LOOSE!  EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION FOR DETROIT.  THEY TURNED IT INTO A F.G. GOING UP 3-NOTHING ON THE ROAD.  THEN SHAWN HILL’S FAVORITE WEAPON, BRANDON PETTIGREW GOT IT DONE.  THE TD. CATCH, HIS 4^TH OF THE SEASON.  DETROIT GOES UP 10-3 ON THE ROAD.  BUT MIAMI COMING BACK.  _ POLITE.  HIS 1^ST CAREER RUSHING TD. TO TIE UP THE GAME AT 10, CAPPING OFF AN 11 PLAY 80 YD. IMPRESSIVE DRIVE FOR MIAMI.  THEIR OFFENSE WAS NOT DONE.  THE BALL TIPPED WITH 30 SECS. TO GO IN THE HALF, INTO THE HANDS OF DEVON BESS, RULED A TD. ON THE FIELD.  THERE WAS A BOOTH REVIEW BECAUSE BESS’ FOOT DID GO OUT OF BOUNDS.  BUT, BECAUSE THE BALL WAS DEFLECTED, THE RULING ON THE FIELD STANDS WITH A TD.  MIAMI UP 17-10 AT THE HALF.  CHAD HENNE PLAYING WELL SO FAR.  3^RD QUARTER, DOWN BY 7.  LIONS WERE GONNA GET BACK IN THE BALL GAME.  HOW ABOUT AN EXCELLENT GRAB BY CALVIN JOHNSON.  HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SEEN HIM DO THAT THIS SEASON?  NICE CATCH FALLING OUT OF BOUNDS.  A 16 YD. GAIN.  MIAMI CHALLENGED THE CALL BUT JOHNSON MAINTAINED POSSESSION AS HE FELL TO THE TURF.  RULING ON THE FIELD…  IT LED TO A MAURICE MORRIS 5 YD. SCORE.  LIONS TIE THE GAME AT 17.  1^ST & 10 AT THE 29.  CHAD HENNE GOING TO WORK.  HE FINDS MICKEY SHULER, JR.  WHO?  THAT’S RIGHT.  HIS FIRST CAREER RECEPTION LED TO A RONNIE BROWN RECEPTION.  DOLPHINS UP 24-17. THEY ADDED A F.G.  SO DETROIT DOWN BY 10.  UNDER 5 MINS. TO GO.  SHAWN HIT WITH THE DUMP-OFF.  JAVAD BEST IS THERE, GETTING SOME BLOCKING DOWN THE FIELD!  TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE!  A 53 YD. SCORE!  NATE BURLESON WITH THE BEAUTIFUL BLOCKING DOWN THE FIELD.  CLEARED A PATH FOR BEST.  HIS FIRST TD. SINCE WK. 2.  THAT’S WHAT TURF TOE WILL DO TO YOU.  ONLY DOWN BY 3, WHEN CHAD HENNE WAS INTERCEPTED WITH UNDER 4 MINS. TO GO.  COULD THE COMEBACK BE ON FOR DETROIT?  YOU BETCHA.  THEY KICK A F.G. TO TIE IT AND THEN CHAD HENNE AGAIN!  WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!  THE ANDRE LEVY STILL ON HIS FEET!  HE CAN TAKE IT IN HIMSELF!  AND HE DID JUST THAT!  A 34-27 LEAD FOR DETROIT.  MIAMI BLOWING THIS ONE.  THEY ONLY HAVE 25 SECS. LEFT.  THE PASS COMPLETE DOWN THE FIELD.  CHAD HENNE LOOKING TO MOVE HIS MEN DOWN THE FIELD.  THEY NEED A TD. TO TIE IT.  AND THEN THEY GO TO RONNIE BROWN BUT THE TACKLE IS MADE AND NATHAN VASHER KEEPS BROWN INBOUNDS.  MIAMI TRYING TO GET TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.  THEY ONLY HAVE 1 PLAY LEFT HERE TO GET IT DONE!  CLOCK IS TICKING.  THE REFEREE TRYING TO SPOT THE BALL.  HE DOESN’T SPOT IT UNTIL TIME EXPIRES, AND THAT’S HOW THE GAME ENDED.  2 COSTLY INTERCEPTIONS BY CHAD HENNE, AND 1 GREAT TACKLE BY NATHAN VASHER; AND DETROIT HAS A 3 GAME WINNING STREAK.

 

01:24:27 – WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

 JAGUARS AT HOME AGAINST THE REDSKINS.  THEY’RE 8-6 ON THE SEASON LOOKING TO STAY IN THE PLAYOFF HUNT.  REX GROSSMAN TIED A CAREER-HIGH WITH 4 TD. PASSES LAST WEEKEND.  GETTING THE START; BUT MAURICE JONES-DREW INACTIVE, ENDS A STREAK OF 45 STRAIGHT GAMES PLAYED, AND WITHOUT HIM IN THE LINEUP THEY WERE TRYING TO AIR THE BALL OUT.  DAVID GARRARD INTERCEPTED EARLY ON WITH THE REDSKINS ALREADY LEADING 3-0.  CARDINALS ROGERS WITH THE RETURN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 18 OF 38 YD. RETURN.  WASH. MADE JACKSONVILLE PAY.  4 PLAYS LATER, 3^RD & GOAL AT THE 1.  THE PASS FOR SANTANA MOSS INCOMPLETE, BUT, THERE IS A PENALTY.  ILLEGAL CONTACT ON LINEBACKER KIRK MORRISON.  AUTOMATIC 1^ST DOWN FOR THE SKINS’ AND WITH 4 CRACKS AT THE END ZONE, YOU KNOW THEY WOULD GET IT DONE.  A TD. PASS FROM REX GROSSMAN TO FRED DAVIS.  THERE UIS THE GATOR CHOP, AND THE REDSKINS TEARING UP THE JAGS, 10-NOTHING ON THE ROAD.  BUT, JACKSONVILLE WOULD COME BACK.  2^ND QUARTER STILL DOWN 10-NOTHING.  THE PASS IS COMPLETE TO MIKE THOMAS OVER THE MIDDLE.  A GAIN OF 26 SETS UP A 1^ST & 10 AT MIDFIELD.  7 PLAYS LATER GARRARD BEATING UP ON THAT ZONE, FINDS MIKE THOMAS AGAIN.  HIS 4^TH TD. CATCH OF THE SEASON.  THOMAS HAD 4 CATCHES FOR 65 YDS. ON THAT DRIVE ALONE.  WASHINGTON’S LEAD DOWN TO 3.  10-7.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER, THROWING END ZONE, REX GROSSMAN LOOKING FOR SANTANA MOSS.  INTERCEPTED BY DERRICK COX ….. RULED ON THE FIELD AN INTERCEPTION.  WASH. WOULD CHALLENGE BUT COX DID GET HIS 2^ND FOOT DOWN.  SO THE PLAY STANDS.  WASH. LEADS 10-7.  HUGE TURNOVER BY THE JAGUARS.  3^RD QUARTER AFTER A JOSH SCOBIE F.G. TIED THE GAME, REX GROSSMAN OVER THE MIDDLE TO SANTANA MOSS.  A 12 YD. GAIN PLUS A 1^ST DOWN.  SANTANA MOSS WENT OVER 1,000 FOR THE 4^TH TIME IN HIS CAREER.  ONTO THE 4^TH.  BIG DECISION.  4^TH & GOAL FROM THE 1.  SHANAHAN GOING FOR IT.  RYAN TERRAIN UP AND OVER THE TOP FOR THE TD!  HEY, I THOUGHT…WHY NOT GO FOR IT?  THEY GO UP 17-10.  DAVID GARRARD, WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO COME BACK?  HOW ABOUT A COMPLETION TO JASON HILL OVER THE MIDDLE.  A GAIN OF 20 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 20.  THEN A GREAT CALL.  HOW ABOUT A LITTLE DELAY RUN BY THE QB.  GARRARD FINDS AN OPENING UP IN FRONT OF HIM.  TAKES IT ALL THE WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  HE TIES UP THE GAME WITH A TD. RUN AND WE ARE HEADED TO OVERTIME.  BUT GARRARD  DROPPING BACK TO PASS.  UNDER PRESSURE.  HIS ARM HIT AS HE THREW.  INTERCEPTED BY KEVIN BARNES.  RETURNED TO THE 14.  BIG TIME PLAY BY THE REDSKINS DEFENSE GETTING THE TURNOVER.  SETS UP A 31 YD. F.G. BY GRAHAM __, AND HE MAKES IT.  REDSKINS WIN 20-17.  JACKSONVILLE IS NOW 8-7 ON THE SEASON.  THEIR PLAYOFF HOPES ARE IN DANGER.

 

01:27:34 – NEW YORK JETS @ CHICAGO BEARS

 GAME OF THE DAY, AT LEAST ON THE EARLY SCHEDULE.  THE JETS AT THE BEARS.  JAY CUTLER ARRIVING TO THE STADIUM.  JOHN TRAVOLTA.  GOT THE CHEST OUT.  SANCHEZ WARMING UP; AND BOTH QBS WOULD REALLY HAVE THEIR MOMENTS.  1^ST QUARTER SANTONIO HOLMES ON THE END-AROUND.  HIT BY TIM JENNINGS.  UH OH.  BALL IS OUT AND CLIFF HARRIS HAS IT.  IT’S WHAT THE BEARS DEFENSE HAS DONE SO WELL UNDER LOVIE SMITH, IS TAKE THE FOOTBALL AWAY FROM THE OPPONENT.  BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE MAGIC GLOVES TOM?  THE MAGIC GLOVES ONLY HELP THEM IN TRYING TO CATCH THE FOOTBALL PART.  HOW ABOUT MAGIC FEET?  MATT FORTE.. A LITTLE BIT UNDERAPPRECIATED.  I THINK SO.  YEA.  22 YDS.  BEARS ON TOP 10-NOTHING.  2^ND QUARTER, JETS FOLLOWING DRIVE.  SHAWN GREEN 3 YD. TD. RUN AND THE JETS RIGHT BACK IN IT AT 10-7.  IT’S ON.  IT’S ON.  BEARS NEXT POSSESSION.  2^ND PLAY OF THEIR DRIVE.  IT’S 2^ND & 20.  CUTLER … DON’T DO IT JAY.  AHH.  YOU KNOW THAT ONE IS A BAD THROW BUT IT WASN’T ONE OF THOSE WHERE HE WAS BACK..STEPPING BACK, STEPPING BACK AND THROWING OFF HIS HEEL.  THAT WAS JUST HE …POOR BALL PLACEMENT.  I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THAT.  NO. THAT’S AS HARD AS JAY WILL PUT HIS RIGHT FOOT ON THE GROUND AND THROW.  BAD READ.  BAD READ.  BAD THROW.  ALRIGHT, JETS UP 14-10.  JETS NEXT POSSESSION.  LADAINIAN TOMLINSON POUNDS IT IN FOR A TD.  IT’S NOW JETS, 21-10.  21 UNANSWERED PTS. FOR THE N.Y. JETS.  YOU STARTED THINKING, CHICAGO BEARS, IT’S OVER.  BUT JAY SAYS NO!  THERE’S A LITTLE BACKWARD THROW TOM.  I KNOW.  THAT’S A GREAT THROW BUT I HATE SEEING THAT.  MATT FORTE, 24 YD. GAIN.  CUTLER WOULD THEN RUN IT IN TO MAKE IT 21-17.  STRANGE CALL HERE.  OBVIOUSLY 4^TH & 3.  WELL THROWN BY SANCHEZ. BRAD SMITH’S GOTTA MAKE THAT CATCH.  I THOUGHT MARK SANCHEZ, THIS IS AS GOOD AS I’VE SEEN MARK SANCHEZ LOOK.  MAYBE EVER.  SO THE NEXT PLAY FOR THE BEARS.  CUTLER, WITH TIME, GIVES JOHNNY KNOX A CHANCE, AND HE HOLDS IT IN.  BEARS TIE THE GAME AT 24.  NOTICE YOU DON’T SEE CROMARTY OR REVIS.  THEY WEREN’T GONNA THROW AT HIM.  OT’S THE OTHER GUYS.  AND THERE’S THE OTHER GUY RIGHT THERE.  WELL, SEE, THAT WAS THE GAME..THAT HAD TO BE THE GAME PLAN.  THROW AWAY FROM CROMARTY.  THROW AWAY FROM REVIS, AND TRY TO GET YOUR BACKS AND T.E.’S AND MISMATCHES WITH LINEBACKERS AND SAFETIES  31-24 NOW.  JETS NEXT POSSESSION, SANCHEZ TO A WIDE OPEN SANTONIO HOLMES.  I DON’T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED.  HE DROPPED A BALL LIKE THAT LAST WEEK, REMEMBER?  NEITHER DID JAY.  JAY JUST WAS LIKE, “WOW.  I GUESS .. CHEWED OUT HIS ARM.”  ALL TIED AT 31.  CUTLER TO KNOX.  WOW.  THAT’S THE BEST OF THE 3 TD. THROWS RIGHT THERE.  BECAUSE IT’S ON THE MONEY?  NOT JUST THAT BUT JUST WELL PLAYED.  BEARS LEADING 38-31.  4^TH QUARTER, IT’S 38-34.  UNDER A MINUTE LEFT.  SANCHEZ TO SANTONIO HOLMES.  PICKED OFF BY CHRIS HARRIS.  THAT’S REALLY THE ONLY BIG MISTAKE MARK SANCHEZ MADE TODAY.  HE HAD ANOTHER THROW THAT WAS ALMOST INTERCEPTED BY TIM JENNINGS BUT, FOR THE MOST PART, MARK SANCHEZ CAME TO PLAY.  BUM SHOULDER AND ALL.  THE BEARS HANGING ON TO THAT #2 SEED.  THEY CAN HANG ONTO IT INTO THE POST-SEASON IF THEY WIN AT G.B. NEXT WEEK.

 

01:30:58 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS

 TONIGHT ON THURS. NIGHT FOOTBALL ON NFL NETWORK, TROY POLAMALU MISSING HIS 2^ND CONSECUTIVE GAME.  AGAIN, THIS IS JUST 4 DAYS AFTER BEN ROETHLISBERGER AND THE STEELERS LOST IN THIS BUILDING TO THE JETS.  THEY HAVEN’T LOST BACK-TO-BACK GAMES IN DEC. IN PITTS. SINCE 1998; AND THEY CAME OUT AGAINST THE 2 WIN TEAM AND PUT THEIR FOOT ON THE THROAT WITH A HEATH MILLER RECEPTION INSIDE THE RED ZONE; AND THEN BASICALLY AFTER BEN ROETHLISBERGER ESCAPES HERE AND FINDS A EMANUEL SANDERS, IT LOOKED LIKE THE STEELERS WERE ON THE BOARD.  BUT JOHN FOX HAS A RED HANKY.  HE THREW IT AND, SURE ENOUGH, SANDERS DID NOT MAKE THIS CATCH.  YEA, SOMEBODY UPSTAIRS SAW THIS ON THE REPLAY AND IT WAS A SMART CHALLENGE.  RIGHT THERE THE BALL HITS THE GROUND.  THAT’S AN INCOMPLETE PASS.  GOOD CHALLENGE BY JOHN FOX.  SO THAT LED TO A SHAWN SUISSEM F.G.  WHO?  SHAWN SUISSEM.  IT’S 3-0 PITTS., 2^ND QUARTER.  ROETHLISBERGER IS SACKED BY CHARLES JOHNSON, AND WOULDN’T YOU KNOW IT,. THIS MAN WHO HAD HIS NOSE SURGICALLY REPAIRED A COUPLE WKS. AGO, HE’S NOW BLEEDING FROM THAT NOSE AGAIN.  GETTING LOOKED AT ON THE SIDELINE.  ENSUING PANTHERS RECEPTION THOUGH, JIMMY CLAUSEN.  JIMMY’S GETTING UPSET!!  BECAUSE HE’S PICKED OFF BY BRIAN MCFADDEN.  DAVID GETTIS DIDN’T REALLY GO GET IT.  YEA, DAVID’S GOTTA GO FIND THAT BALL AND BREAK IT UP AND MAKE SURE IT’S NOT INTERCEPTED.  BUT, INSTEAD, IT WAS INTERCEPTED AND THE STEELERS BEGAN TO MOVE DOWN THE FIELD.  THE FIRST PLAY AFTER THE INTERCEPTION, HEATH MILLER, WHO HAD A NICE NIGHT COMING BACK FROM MISSING 2 GAMES WITH A CONCUSSION.  AND THEN THIS BIG, BANG BANG PLAY TO MIKE WALLACE FOR THE SCORE.  BLITZ, READ.  BIG BEN READ IT PERFECTLY.  MIKE WALLACE IS EMERGING AS A PLAYMAKER IN OUR GAME.  A 43 YD. SCORE.  ROETHLISBERGER WENT INSIDE TO GET THAT NOSE LOOKED AT A LITTLE MORE.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER, HE DIDN’T MISS ANY TIME ON THE GAME.  THERE’S EMANUEL SANDERS RIGHT THERE FOR 35 YDS.  S.M.U.!!  DOWN GO THE PANTHERS 29.  4 PLAYS LATER 3^RD & GOAL, RASHARD MENDENHAHL RUSHES IT IN.  17-NOTHING.  THE STEELERS WOULD GET AN EASY 3 RIGHT BEFORE THE END OF THE HALF AFTER THE PANTHERS TURNED IT OVER ON THE ENSUING KICKOFF.  SO IT’S 20-NOTHING AT HALF.  3^RD QUARTER, ROETHLISBERGER THROWS TO HINES WARD…BUT WE HAVE A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  RICHARD MARSHALL CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  3 PLAYS LATER, 3^RD & GOAL, AND BIG BEN IS TALL.  THAT’S WHY THEY CALL HIM BIG BEN.  27-NOTHING.  STEELERS GO ON TO WIN 27-3; AND AS I MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES.  THE STEELERS ARE 1 WIN AWAY, NEXT WEEK IN CLEVELAND, FROM BEING THE AFC NORTH CHAMPS.  I THE RAVENS LOSE ANY OF THEIR LAST 2 GAMES, THEY’RE IN CLEVELAND THIS WEEK; AND THEN AT CINCY THE NEXT.  THEN THAT WOULD GIVE THE AFC NORTH TO THE PITTS. STEELERS.

 

01:33:49 – DALLAS COWBOYS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS

 MAKING HIS 3^RD CAREER START HERE TONIGHT AGAINST THE DALLAS COWBOYS WHO GOT THE BALL FIRST.  FOR JASON GARRETT, 4-02 AS THE INTERIM HEAD COACH, TRYING TO ASSURE HIMSELF WITH A WINNING RECORD AS THE INTERIM HEAD COACH.  BUT THE 2BND PLAY OF THE GAME WAS A PICK 6 BY DOMINIC ROGERS CROMARTY, PRIME.  AND THIS GUY HAS THE ABILITY TO BE ONE OF THE ELITE CORNERS IN THE GAME.  MATT __ SLIPS.  HE WAS VERY AGGRESSIVE.  MADE TO PLAY.  YOU KNOW WHAT HE’S GONNA DO WITH IT.  WATCH THE HANDS.  SIT UP UNDER HIM.  BEAT HIM TO THE SPOT.  NOW3 LET’S GO TO THE HOUSE AND DO MY DANCE.  7-0 FOR THE HOME STANDING ARIZONA…OH!  OH, HE WENT HIGH-STEPPING.  YEA, SEE, HE’S GOING PRIMETIME.  HE WENT HIGH-STEPPING.  NEXT COWBOYS POSSESSION, 8^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  THIS IS A PICK 6 NOW BY GREAT TOWER ..OFF THE TIPPED DRILL, OFF OF ROY WILLIAMS’ HANDS.  CARDINALS UP 14-0, AND ROY, WHO WAS QUESTIONABLE BEFORE THE GAME, JUST COULDN’T HOLD ONTO IT.  HE WAS, AND  IT WAS ON THE BACK SHOULDER.   NOW JOHN SAW SOME DEFENDERS COMING CLOSE; SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BEHIND ROY.  BUT JOHNNY ON THE SPOT HERE, GREG TOWLER, GOES A YARD AND BEATS T3HE QB WITH HIS SPEED.  THEY GO UP 14-NOTHING.  WAY TO GET THINGS GOING FOR YOUR 3^RD STRAIGHT QB.  JERRY JONES NOT LIKING IT.  HE CERTAINLY WOULDN’T LIKE THIS.  JOHN SKELTON, THE FIRST EVER FORDHAM QB IN THE NFL.  WE’RE LEARNING A FORDHAM MAN NEEDS A GOOD CITADEL WIDE RECEIVER TO THROW TO!!  A WIDE OPEN ANDRE ROBERTS!  74 YDS.!  AND SUDDENLY KEN WHISENHUNT HAS ORDERED A CODE RED ON THE COWBOYS.  IT’S 21-3 ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT.  WHAT HAPPENED HERE?  THIS IS INDICATIVE OF THE WAY THE SECONDARY AND MICHAEL JENKINS HAS BEEN PLAYING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.  A SIMPLE OUT AND UP ROUTE.  BEAT HIM.  TRIED TO GRAB HIM.  SLIPPED AND FELL.  NEXT THING YOU HEAR IS 6.  NEXT DRIVE, SAM HERD.  IT’S INCOMPLETE ON THE 10^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  JON KITNA FALLS ON HIS HIP AND HE WOULD LEAVE THE GAME FOR A MOMENT.  IT’S A 1^ST DOWN COWBOYS BECAUSE IT WAS AN OFFSIDES ON ARIZONA.  NEXT P0LAY STEPHEN MAGEE COMES IN THE GAME.  HANDS IT OFF TO MARION BARBER.  MAGEE, THE 4^TH ROUND PICK FROM LAST YEAR.  1^ST ACTION AS AN NFL QB.  KITNA COMES BACK IN ON 4^TH DOWN TO FIND JASON WITTEN FOR THE VERY FIRST TD. OF THE GAME FOR DALLAS, AND KITNA WOULD LAVE TO GO TO THE L.R. AT HALFTIME.  COMES OUT OF THE L.R.  COULD NOT GO.  SO IT WAS UP TO STEPHEN MAGEE IN A GAME THAT HE’S NOW DOWN BY 8, HANDING OFF TO MARION BARBER WHICH WORKED VERY WELL.  THIS IS WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO NOW.  ESTABLISH THE GROUND GAME.  THEY HAD A GOOD DAY RUNNING THE FOOTBALL WITH A YOUNG QB.  2^ND YEAR PLAYER THAT HASN’T PLAYED BEFORE.  A 24 YD. SCORE FOR NUMBER 24.  TOOK OFF HIS HELMET.  COST HIM 15 YDS. ON THE ENSUING KICKOFF.  DOWN BY 4, IT’S STEPHEN MAGEE WITH HIS FEET!  TACK ON 5 MORE FOR ILLEGAL CONTACT DOWN THE FIELD, AND SWISH.  LOOKS LIKE LEBRON IN STAPLES CENTER TODAY AS WELL.  LESS THAN 2 MINS. TO GO.  DOWN BY 4.  STEPHEN MAGEE.  IT’S INCOMPLETE ON 4^TH DOWN BUT IN COMES THE FLAG FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  FRESH SET OF DOWNS FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND JERRY JONES LIKES THE CALL.   WITH THE FRESH SET OF DOWNS, WHAT WOULD THEY DO?  MAGEE WOULD GO UP TOP TO MILES AUSTIN!  TOUCHDOWN!!  HOW DID THAT BALL GET THROUGH?!  PERFECT THROW NO.  HE HAD TO BEAT THE FREE SAFETY WITH THE THROW.  HE GOT IT IN THERE JUST ON TIME!  ONE OF HIS 11 COMPLETIONS.  FANTASTIC THROW.  WHY ARE WE SHOWING THE EXTRA POINT?!  DOINK!!  NO HE DIDN’T.  BUEHLER ANYONE?  BUEHLER?  O.K.  SO IT’S ONLY A 2 PT. GAME FOR JOHN SKELTON TO WORK SOME MAGIC ON 4^TH & LONG.  ONLY CATCH OF THE GAME FOR LARRY FITZGERALD.  THAT KEEPS T4HE DRIVE ALIVE. T HE CARDINALS GET IT DOWN TO THE COWBOYS 25 AND SPIKE THE BALL.  BUT, HERE COMES A FLAG.  WE THOUGHT IT WAS A FALSE START,.  IF IT WAS, THE CLOCK WOULD HAVE BEEN RUN OFF FOR THE 10 SEC. RUNOFF.  INSTEAD, IT’S JUST ILLEGAL MOTION.  MOVE THE BALL 5 YDS. BACK FOR JAY FEELEY FOR THE GAME WINNER.  HE.. GOT IT!!  WITH 5 TICKS TO GO!  AND THE CARDINALS, ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT, WIN AN ABSOLUTE UNIV. OF PHOENIX BARNBURNER.  STEPHEN MAGEE SETUP TO BE THE HERO.  INSTEAD, IT IS JAY FEELEY!  WITH THE ROOF OPEN ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT, IT WAS A HECK OF A BALL GAME!  I CALLED IT MONTHS AGO WHEN IT WAS ON THE SCHEDULE.  IT WOULD BE JOHN SKELTON OUTDUELING STEPHEN MAGEE ON THE END FOR THE ARIZONA CARDS.  BOTH TEAMS NOW 5-10.

 

01:38:20 – INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

 THE COLTS AND THE RAIDERS.  JOSEPH ADDAI ACTIVE.  FIRST TIME SINCE WK. 6.  COLTS LOOKING FOR A WIN TO ENSURE A TRIP TO THE PLAYOFFS.  THAT’S BECAUSE THE JAGUARS LOST EARLIER.  OPENING KICKOFF, JACOBY 4.  TAKES IT BACK 99 YDS. FOR THE TOUCH.  THE RAIDERS UP 7-NOTHING.  JACOBY FORBE’S 3^RD KICK RETURN THIS SEASON.  YOU GOTTA PUT THIS KID ON THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR KIND OF BOARD.  I MEAN THERE ARE A LOT OF ROOKIES, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT HAVE REALLY PERFORMED WELL THIS YEAR.  PEYTON MANNING TO REGGIE WAYNE.  15 YDS. ON 3^RD & 7, SETTING A 1^ST & 10 AT THE OAKLAND 25.  A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER, FROM THE 6, JOSEPH ADDAI BACK IN THE END ZONE AFTER MANY WKS. AWAY.  WELL THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO ATTACK THE RAIDERS.  THEY STRUGGLE TO STOP THE RUN.  THEY’RE RANKED 26 IN RUN DEFENSE.  COLTS TRAILING, 13-10.  MANNING LOOKING FOR PIERRE GARCON.  INTERFERENCE CALL ON CHRIS JOHNSON.  I WOULD SAY THAT WAS A PRETTY EASY CALL TO MAKE.  NEXT PLAY, ONLY 41 SECS. LEFT.  MANNING, WITH TIME, TO JACOB PUTTING IT RIGHT ON IT.  WOW.  COLTS LEADING AT HALFTIME, 17-13.  3^RD QUARTER, IT’S 17 16, INDY 1^ST & 10.  MANNING WANTS BLAIR WHITE.  CAN’T THROW IT MUCH BETTER.  BUT PASS INTERFERENCE ON STANFORD …  3 PLAYS LATER, 2^ND & 2 AT THE 4.  …WITH THE CATCH AND THE REACH ACROSS THE PYLON.  THE COLTS UP BY 8 NOW, 24-16.  IT’S NOT MARVIN HARRISON.  IT’S NOT DALLAS CLARK ANYMORE.  IT’S JACOB TAMI AND BLAIR WHITE, AND HE’S STILL GETTING IT DONE.  AND THAT’S CHRIS JOHNSON WITH THE PICK.  LED TO A JANIKOWSKI 45 YD. F.G.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  CHRIS JOHNSON WITH THE PICK.  MANNING COMING RIGHT BACK.  WORKING IT TO PIERRE GARCON.  MAKES A CLASSIC BACK SHOULDER FADE.  CLASSIC.  YOU GET EXCITED..QB.  SCORE!  RUN FOR IT!  RUN!  RUN!  AND SLIDES DOWN INSIDE THE 5!  WHAT A PLAY?!  NO TIMEOUTS LEFT FOR THE OAKLAND RAIDERS, AND I THINK PEYTON JUST DOES THE VETERAN MOVE THERE.  SMART GUY.  DOESN’T CARE ABOUT HIS OWN PERSONAL STATS.  FANTASY GUYS ARE GOING NUTS.  THAT’S 7…THAT’S 6 PTS. PEYTON COULD HAVE PUT UP ON THE BOARD.

 

01:40:47 – SAN DIEGO CHARGERS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS

 THE S.D. CHARGERS AND THE CINCY BENGALS.  CHARGERS TRYING TO STAY ALIVE IN THE RACE FOR THE AFC WEST.  BENGALS OPENING DRIVE.  CARSON PALMER TO HIS 1^ST ROUND ROOKIE GERMAINE GRESHAM.  WOW.  YOU KNOW WHAT, I’LL JUST SAY THIS.  THE S.D. CHARGERS ARE GETTING WHAT THEY DESERVE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.  FROM THE FRONT OFFICE ALL THE WAY DOWN.  YOU WERE A…MADE SOME QUESTIONABLE DECISIONS WITH REGARD TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU’RE GONNA BRING GUYS IN AND SIGN THEM.  YOU WERE HORRIBLE ON SPECIAL TEAMS, AND YOU LOST TO TEAMS YOU SHOULD HAVE BEATEN, INCLUDING THE CINCY BENGAL SQUAD.  I’M DONE.  I’M SORRY.  AND MIKE TOLBERT WITH THIS FUMBLE, AND WAS HIT IN A BIG WAY BY REGGIE NELSON.  JAMMED HIS NECK.  YOU COULD SEE IT.  HIS NECK WENT STRAIGHT BACK.  WOW, YOU HATE TO SEE THAT.  LEFT THE GAME ON A STRETCHER AND DID NOT RETURN.  HE IS GIVING YOU THE THUMBS UP.  2^ND QUARTER, SCORE’S 7-NOTHING.  STILL CINCY ON …PALMER BACK TO THE AIR TO JEROME SIMPSON.  10 YD. TOUCH AND THE BENGALS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.  THEY CAME TO PLAY.  CARSON FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE.  THAT’S THE THING ABOUT IT.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS FOOTBALL TEAM BECAUSE OF ALL THE TALENT THAT THEY HAVE.  13-3 AT HALFTIME.  3^RD QUARTER STILL LEAD 10 UNTIL RYAN MATTHEWS FINDS HIS WAY IN FROM 23 YDS. OUT AND S.D. CUTS THE LEAD TO 13-10.  HE’S HAD SOME INJURIES THIS YEAR BUT I LIKE HIS FUTURE.  OH YEA, HE’S A NICE PLAYER.  RIVERS LOOKING FOR RANDY MCMICHAEL.  PICKED-OFF BY RAY MALALUGA.  RETURNED 47 YDS. DOWN TO THE S.D. 21.  LOOKS LIKE MCMICHAELS HURT HIS ACHILLES ON THE PLAY.  HAD TO GIVE UP ON THE ROUTE.  PHILIP RIVERS PUT THE BALL WHERE IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE.  BUT.. LOOK, I GIVE THE BENGALS A LOT OF CREDIT BUT IF YOU’RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR PLAYOFF LIVES, AND YOU’RE THE CHARGERS WITH ALL THAT TALENT, YOU’VE GOT TO DELIVER.  CARSON PALMER WITH A TD. TO ROOKIE T.E. GERMAINE GRESHAM.  THEN RIGHT THERE TO THE ROOKIE WIDE RECEIVER JORDAN SHIPLEY AND…WHAT A SURPRISE IN CINCY.  THE BENGALS PLAYING LIKE A TEAM WITH SOMETHING TO PROVE, WINNING 34-20.

 

01:42:55 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

 LET’S GO TO TAMPA.  JOSH FREEMAN, AND HE IS BACK AND HE IS PLAYING HOST TO MATT HASSELBECK AND THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS.  BOTH TEAMS FIGHTING TO STAY ALIVE IN THE POST-SEASON RACE.  1^ST QUARTER, HASSELBECK ROLLING OUT.  KEEP IT HIMSELF.  HE THOUGHT ABOUT SLIDING.  HE LOOKED LIKE HE HURT HIMSELF.  THAT’S HOW KERRY COLLINS GOT HURT IN MIAMI ABOUT A MONTH AGO.  SEAHAWKS LEADING 7-NOTHING.  2^ND QUARTER, 3^RD & GOAL, JOSH FREEMAN.  HE HAD A BIG DAY.  I CAN’T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS YOUNG GUY.  I DON’T THINK THE AVERAGE PERSON IN THE NFL UNIVERSE KNOWS ENOUGH ABOUT HIM.  THEY WILL AS TIME GOES ON.  BUCS UP 10-7.  NEXT TAMPA POSSESSION, 3^RD & 10.  FREEMAN TO MIKE WILLIAMS THE ROOKIE.  JUST STANDING TALL IN THE POCKET.  KNOWS HE’S GONNA GETS HIT AND DELIVERS.  BUCS ON TOP 17-7 AT HALFTIME.  3^RD QUARTER.  PROBABLY HURT THE DEFENDER.  1^ST POSSESSION, FREEMAN WITH THE PUMP WITH TIME.  BUYING EXTRA TIME BACK ACROSS THE BODY TO KELLEN WINSLOW.  WISELY GETS UP.  SEE A LOT OF GLOVES.  SEE QBS WEARING GLOVES.  A LITTLE CHILLY IN TAMPA TODAY?  OH, IT WAS COLD IN JACKSONVILLE TOO, REMEMBER?  CAN IT GET COLD IN TAMPA?  AH, YES IT CAN.  ALRIGHT, THE BUCCANEERS, 38-15.  LOOK, 5 TD. PASSES!  MY GOODNESS!

 

01:44:16 – NEW YORK GIANTS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS

 ..THE PACKERS OF PLAYING SOLID FOOTBALL AT HOME WITH PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS ON THE LINE.  LET’S TAKE YOU TO LAMBEAU.  TOM COUGHLIN AND THE GIANTS.  IF THEY WIN, THEY CLINCH A PLAYOFF BERTH.  BUT AARON RODGERS’ IS BACK.  AARON RODGERS, WHEN HE COMES BACK, EVERYTHING SEEMS AS THOUGH IT FALLS INTO PLACE.  HE’S IN HIS RHYTHM; HAS FULL GRASP OF THIS OFFENSE; KNOWS ALL THE RECEIVERS TENDENCIES.  HE’S THE COMPLETE QB.  JORDY NELSON GOING 80 YDS.!  HIS LONGEST RECEPTION OF HIS CAREER.  PUT THE PACKERS ON TOP 7-NOTHING.  ENSUING GIANTS POSSESSION HERE, AND IT’S ELI MANNING LOOKING TO HAKEEM NICKS.  BUT IT IS PICKED OFF BY TRUMANE WILLIAMS, AND THIS WAS A THEME, COACH, FOR ELI MANNING FOR MUCH OF THE DAY.  YEA, NOT JUST MUCH OF THE DAY NOW.  MUCH OF THE SEASON.  NOW THEY LEAD THE LEAGUE IN TURNOVERS AND, AGAIN, HERE WE GO.  SO THE PACKERS COME RIGHT BACK.  BUY SOME TIME!  IT’S JAMES JONES FOR A TD.!  IN CONFUSION, KEEPS HIS HEAD UP THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE PLAY, AND HE MAKES SOMETHING HAPPEN.  LOOKED LIKE THE G.B. ROUTE WAS ON EARLY BUT THE GIANTS SETTLED DOWN IN THE 2^ND QUARTER.  IT’S ELI TO HAKEEM NICKS!   BIGGEST HANDS IN FOOTBALL!  36 YDS. FOR THE TD.  HE’S GOT GOOD SPEED AND SIZE; AND ELI, OUT OF THE POCKET, MAKES A NICE PLAY.  CHARLES IS REALLY AGGRESSIVE.  WOULD’VE GOT OVER AGGRESSIVE.  SLIPPED ON THE PLAY.  WHEN YOU SLIP, THEY DIP, YOU TRIP, IT’S 6.  GIANTS DOWN NOW 14-7.  PACKERS COMING BACK.  IT’S RODGERS TO NELSON.  FIGHTS FOR THE 1^ST DOWN BUT MONTREL ROLLE WITH THE STRIP, AND JUSTIN TUCK THERE FOR THE RECOVERY.  SO THE GIANTS TRYING TO GET RIGHT BACK IN IT.  MANNING PUTS IT UP TOP FOR MARIO MANNINGHAM BUT TRUMAN WILLIAMS CAN’T MAKE THE PLAY AND MANNINGHAM GONE.  TRUMAN GETS TURNED ALL THE WAY AROUND.  HE CAN’T FIND THE BALL..BUT, ANOTHER TD.  BIG PLAY.  GET BACK IN THE GAME NOW. 14-ALL.  85 YDS. ON THAT TD. STRIKE.  GIANTS ..OFF. PLAY THIS SEASON.  RODGERS TO DONALD DRIVER, AND A BIG FIGHT COMING UP AFTER HE WAS DUCKED INTO THE GROUND AND DARRELL THOMAS..  VERY UNCHARACTERISTIC OF DONALD DRIVER BUT HE’S NOT TAKING ANY JUNK OUT THERE THAT CAME AT THIS MAGNITUDE.  NO.  LED TO A JOHN KUHN TD.  PACKERS ON TOP 21-14.  DIRECT SNAP TO AHMAD BRADSHAW.  HE’S HAD PROBLEMS HOLDING ONTO THE FOOTBALL.  THAT’S WHY BRANDON JACOBS RESUMED THE STARTING POSITION TOWARDS THE END OF THE SEASON.  THAT WAS HIS 6^TH LOST FUMBLE OF THE SEASON, AND RODGERS MAKES A PLAY TO DONALD DRIVER.  33 YDS.; AND ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY, IT’S AARON RODGERS WHO HAS A GUN AND CAN LET IT FLY.  37 YDS. TO BRANDON JENNINGS WHO LAYS OUT TO THE 1 YD. LINE!  THAT’S HIS DEEP THREAT.  HOW HE’S GOTTEN DEEP MANY TIMES THIS SEASON, AND ANOTHER PERFECT THROW BY AARON RODGERS.  2^ND & GOAL NOW AT THE PLAY ACTION SO WELL WITH HIS FEET, AND HE FINDS DONALD LEE FOR THE TD.  PACKERS NOW UP BY 2 TDS., 31-17.  AND THE GIANTS WITH BRANDON JACOBS.  21 YDS. HERE ON 1^ST DOWN BUT HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL!  AND CLAY MATTHEWS COMES UP WITH THE HUGE STRIP!  THERE’S A SCRAMBLE, AND NICK COLLINS IS ABLE TO RECOVER.  NOW TOM COUGHLIN CHALLENGED SAYING THE BALL WENT OUT OF BOUNDS BUT, GUYS, IT STAYED INBOUNDS.  IT SURE DID.  THAT’S GREAT HUSTLE BY ALL OF THE PACKERS KEEPING THAT THING ON THE FIELD, AND RECOVERING.  THAT’S GOOD HUSTLE AND PURSUIT.  GIANTS BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGE, AND THEY WERE OUT OF CHALLENGES.  SO THE PACKERS NOW, 1^ST DOWN AT THEIR OWN 27.  THEY ENDED UP GOING 3 AND OUT.  WE TAKE YOU NOW TO THE 4^TH QUARTER ON A HUGE 3^RD & 15.  IT’S RODGERS TO JAMES JOYCE!  GOOD … RIGHT THERE.  ONE OF THE FEW MISTAKES THE RECEIVERS MADE ALL DAY BUT AARON RODGERS, HE’S TOUGH.  HE’S TENACIOUS.  HE’S GONNA GET RIGHT BACK AT IT.  ELI MANNING LOOKING FOR DERRICK HAGEN BUT, ONCE AGAIN, HE IS PICKED OFF.  WHAT HAPPENED HERE COACH?  HE’D LIKE TO HAVE THAT ONE BACK.  THE CORNER SANK UNDERNEATH THIS.  THERE’S NO WAY THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THROWN WHATSOEVER.  BUT THE GIANTS ARE OUT OF CHALLENGES HERE.  YOU JUST SEE SHIELDS WAS OUT OF BOUNDS.  SO, THE PLAY IS GOING TO STAND AS A PICK.  I DON’T KNOW HOW THAT’S GONNA GO OVER IN N.Y.  NOT WELL.  ON THE PACKERS POSSESSION, AND IT’S RODGERS ON THE PLAY ACTION.  GIVE HIM TIME AND HE WILL EAT YOU ALIVE TO GREG JENNINGS FOR 24 YDS.  I LIKE THEIR USE OF PLAY ACTION.  IT’S MAXIMUM PROTECTION WHEN YOU GO PLAY ACTION.  GAVE THEM ALL KINDS OF TIME.  ON ANOTHER PLAY ACTION PASS, DUMPS IT OFF TO KUHN.  KUHN GETS IN FOR HIS 2^ND TD. OF THE DAY.  PACKERS OPEN IT UP.  A 21 PT. LEAD.  28-17; AND MANNING LETS IT FLY TO MANNINGHAM BUT NICK COLLINS IS THERE.  4 INTERCEPTIONS FOR ELI MANNING.  PACKERS GO ON TO WIN IT 45-17.

 

01:49:28 – HOUSTON TEXANS @ DENVER BRONCOS

 ELSEWHERE IN THE AFC WEST, TIM TEBOW AND THE BRONCOS LOOKING TO IMPROVE FROM 3-11.  ANDRE JOHNSON INACTIVE.  WOW.  MRI REVEALED DAMAGE IN HIS ANKLE.  1^ST QUARTER, ARIAN FOSTER, THE LEAGUE’S LEADING RUSHER.  ARIAN FOSTER WAS QUESTIONABLE AS WELL, WAS HE NOT, WITH AN INJURY?  APPARENTLY, HE WAS O.K. BECAUSE AFTER THE BIG RUN HE FOLLOWS IT UP WITH A 3 YD. TD. RUN AROUND THE RIGHT SIDE.  AND HOUSTON TAKES THE LEAD.  HOUSTON OFF TO A SOLID START LEADING 7-NOTHING.  NEXT TEXANS POSSESSION.  PLAY ACTION.  MATT SCHAUB.  SCHAUB THROWS!  TO OWEN DANIELS.  A 3 YD. TEXANS TOUCH.  IT WAS 17-NOTHING, TIM TEBOW.  NICE.  EASY TO SAY.  YOU KNOW WHAT?  LOOK AT THAT.  THAT’S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY DIDN’T THINK HE WOULD EXCEL AT, SITTING DEEP IN THE POCKET AND BEING ACCURATE.  THAT’S THE TEXANS.  I UNDERSTAND IT’S THE TEXANS.  NICE JOB EXECUTING.  I’M JUST SAYING TO YOU.  ONE GAME DOES NOT MAKE A CAREER.  I UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL BUT..  TEBOW DID PLAY WELL.  IS PLAYING WELL.  BUT THEN WANTS TO GO RIGHT.  COMES BACK TO THE LEFT.  THAT’S WHAT YOU CALL MAKING A PLAY.  THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I CALL IT.  THAT’S NOT ALL OF TEXANS, ALRIGHT?  I MEAN THAT’S…  MATT SCHAUB WITH THE BALL.  TIPPED.  PICKED-OFF BY THE BRONCOS.  AND RIGHT NOW DENVER LEADING 24-23.  LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS BY TIM TEBOW.  THAT’S A FINAL.  THERE YOU GO.  WHO GETS THAT JOB NEXT?

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