SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 18 (WILDCARD WEEKEND)
1. SAINTS@SEAHAWKS 9:37
2. JETS@COLTS 6:14
3. RAVENS@CHIEFS 6:41
4. PACKERS@EAGLES 8:12
TRT: 41:28 WITH BARS
01:10:15 – NEW ORLEANS SAINTS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
FIRST GAME OF THE WILDCARD ROUND. THE SEAHAWKS AND THE SAINTS. DREW BREES AND THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS AT THE SEAHAWKS. WALTER JONES, A PRETTY GOOD LEFT TACKLE. HE IS…FROM WHERE? FLORIDA ST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OF COURSE. MATT HASSELBECK GETTING THE START. MATT HASSELBECK, FROM WHERE? HERE’S HIS ONE LOWLIGHT GUYS. ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT, PICKED OFF BY JABARI GRIER. YEA. BAD PLACEMENT. A LITTLE BIT TOO HOT WITH THE THROW. BUT, AS YOU MENTIONED PAUL, THAT’S PROBABLY THE ONLY REAL MISTAKE THAT MATT HASSELBECK MADE ALL DAY. SAINTS #1 IN THE LEAGUE ON 3RD DOWN. HERE’S 3RD & 8. A LITTLE DUMP TO REGGIE BUSH. 1ST DOWN SAINTS AND THE N.O. OFFENSE LOOKING JUST LIKE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD. THEY CAME OUT O.K. THEY REALLY DID. THEY CAME OUT AND SCORED, SCORED PTS. EARLY. INCOMPLETE BUT WE DO HAVE INTERFERENCE ON BREES’ INTENDED PASS TO LANCE MOORE. WALTER THURMAN. THAT’S AN OLD BASKETBALL MOVE RIGHT THERE BY LANCE MOORE. A LITTLE MUGGING THERE BUT THAT’S KIND OF… DEFENSIVE BACK GO THROUGH YOU. NOW THIS IS EASY. A LITTLE PLAY ACTION. YOUR FULLBACK WIDE OPEN IN THE FLAT. 6 PTS. THE SAINTS OFF AND RUNNING, LEADING 10-NOTHING. WELL, THAT’S KINDA EASY. WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE THROWS THAT MATT HASSELBECK MADE. THOSE WERE NOT EASY. REAL EASY. A LITTLE BATTLE CRY RIGHT THERE ON THE SEAHAWKS SIDELINE. MARSHAWN LYNCH RUNNING FOR A SEAHAWK FIRST DOWN. 10 YDS. TO THE 21. HE AVERAGED JUST 3.6 YDS. PER CARRY IN THE REGULAR SEASON BUT HE RUNS HARD. AND PART OF THAT HAVING TO DO WITH THE OFFENSIVE LINE GIVING OFF COMBINATIONS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE NICE LITTLE EASY THROWS FOR MATT HASSELBECK. JOHN CARLSON. SAFETY PLAY FROM THE SAINTS ALL AFTERNOON WAS AWFUL. SIMPLE.. THAT WAS KIND. I WAS THINKING THE “H” WORD. HORRENDOUS, HORRIFIC. EARLIER THIS SEASON JULIUS JONES WAS A SEAHAWK. NOW A SAINT. 15 YDS. TO THE SEATTLE 36. 3 PLAYS LATER, NOW INTO THE 2ND QUARTER. 7TH PLAY OF THIS DRIVE. BREES TO SHOCKEY. NICE TOUCH IN BETWEEN THE LINEBACKERS AND SAFETIES. 19 YD. GAIN TO THE 11. EVERYTHING WORKING FOR THE SAINTS ON OFFENSE INCLUDING THE RUNNING GAME. JULIUS JONES TOUCHDOWN. O.K. SO FOR THE 2ND TIME THE SAINTS HAVE A 10 PT. LEAD IN THIS GAME AND YOU WERE ALL EXPECTING THE SEAHAWKS TO LAY DOWN, RIGHT? WRONG. ABSOLUTELY. SEAHAWKS COMING BACK. MATT HASSELBECK, LOOK AT THE TOUCH THERE. BEAUTIFUL. AND, AGAIN, THE SAFETY PLAY. ROMAN HARPER COMPLETELY OUT OF POSITION. ATHLETICALLY, JUST DOESN’T MAKE THE PLAY. MATT HASSELBECK MAKES HIM PAY. THAT WAS CAMERON MOORE WITH THE TD. HERE’S JOHN CARLSON’S 2ND TD. AND NOW IT’S 17-14. IT’S 41 AGAIN. WATCH HARPER. AGAIN, THIS IS THE OLD KIND OF…THEY CALL IT THE OLD SOMETHING PLAY WHERE THE T.E. FALLS DOWN. HOW ABOUT, “OH I’M A VETERAN AND I SHOULDN’T LET THAT OH HAPPEN?” HOW ABOUT NOT A SAINT IN THE HIGHLIGHT? 3 POSSESSIONS LATER JULIUS JONES…STUFFS…BALL’S OUT. COUGHED IT UP. RAHEEM BROCK KNOCKS IT LOOSE AND DAVID HAWTHORNE RECOVERS FOR SEATTLE. MIKE MAYOCK TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE TOP OF THE BROADCAST. THIS SAINTS TEAM VERY GOOD LAST YEAR TAKING THE FOOTBALL AWAY FROM THE OPPONENT. THIS YEAR NOT SO MUCH. THEY TURNED IT OVER 28 TIMES IN THE REGULAR SEASON, MINUS 6 OF THE REGULAR SEASON TURNOVER RATIO. BUT TURNOVERS STILL NOT THE STORY OF THIS GAME. 17-ALL, 3RD & 5. THERE’S RAHEEM BROCK AGAIN WITH THE SACK, AND THE SAINTS FORCED TO PUNT. THAT’S A 3 & OUT. ENSUING SEATTLE POSSESSION. 3RD DOWN 11. QUICKLY TO REVEL MARTIN. 15 YD. GAIN TO THE 38. SAFE TO SAY THAT THE SEAHAWKS HAD A RALLY IN THEM. THEY DID. AND THAT AFTER BEING DOWN 10 TWICE. AND MATT WAS REALLY SHARP ALL DAY. MADE A LOT OF GOOD DECISIONS AND, ONCE AGAIN, YOU SEE 41 IN THE …UNBELIEVABLY POOR PLAY OUT OF THE SAFETIES. YEA, ALLOWING BRANDON STOKLEY TO GET 2, 3 STEPS BEHIND THAT SEAHAWKS DEFENSE. AND, AGAIN, BOTH SAFETIES COMING UP. AND AT THAT POINT YOU HAVE TO BE AN ATHLETE. YOU’RE RIGHT JAIME, THE SAFETY PLAY FROM THE SAINTS TODAY WAS JUST AWFUL. SAINTS COMING BACK. DREW BREES, DEVORY HENDERSON PUTTING IT RIGHT ON HIM FOR A 40 YD. GAIN. DREW BREES WAS FANTASTIC TODAY. 400 YDS. PASSING ON THE DAY. A COUPLE TDS. NO PICKS. I MEAN HE JUST DID SOME GREAT THINGS BUT, AGAIN, YOU PUT 30 SOME-ODD PTS. ON THE BOARD, YOU SHOULD WIN THE GAME. YOU SCORE 36, YOU EXPECT TO WIN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR DEFENSE HAS BEEN BETTER THIS YEAR. EXCEPT THE 1ST DOWN WITH HIS FEET, THEN OVER THE MIDDLE TO DAVID THOMAS. INCOMPLETE. THEN THE SAINTS WOULD SETTLE FOR A F.G. 24-20 AT HALFTIME. PLEASE STOP RIGHT THERE. 3RD QUARTER, OPENING POSSESSION OF THE 3RD QUARTER. HASSELBECK TO BEN __. GIVE JEREMY BANKS A LOT OF CREDIT. THEY OPENED UP THE PLAYBOOK AND SHOWED THE SAINTS SOME THINGS OFFENSIVELY I DON’T THINK THEY WERE EXPECTING. AND THIS IS AS PRETTY AS IT GETS. WATCH THIS BALL JUST DROP DOWN PERFECTLY TO MIKE WILLIAMS. DARREN SHARPER, AGAIN. THAT’S DOUBLE COVERAGE. PERFECT THROW. GOOD CATCH FROM A BIG WIDE RECEIVER. BUT, ULTIMATELY, IF YOU HAVE …BUT IF YOU HAVE 2 DEFENDERS ON A RECEIVER, ONE OF THOSE GUYS GOTTA MAKE THE PLAY. NO QUESTION. 34-20 NOW. (01:15:08) SAINTS BREES TO JULIUS JONES. STOP FOR 2 YD. GAIN ON 3RD & 3. SAINTS JUST SHORT OF THE 1ST DOWN. SO SEAN PAYTON SAYS, “HEY, WE ARE GOING FOR IT ON 4TH & INCHES.” NOW MAYOCK, MIKE MAYOCK IN THE BROADCAST SAYS HE DOESN’T AGREE WITH THE CALL. I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT THEY CALLED. THEY HAD THE GUARD PULLING. YOU CAN’T PULL A GUARD BECAUSE THE DEFENSE ARE SO DUG IN. SO YOU CAN’T PULL ANY OFF. LINEMEN ON A VERY SHORT PLAY LIKE THAT. THE PLAY SELECTION WAS POOR. YEA, I DON’T MIND THE DECISION BECAUSE THAT’S WHO SEAN PAYTON IS. RIGHT. THAT’S NOT WHO MIKE WILLIAMS HAS BEEN MOST OF THE SEASON TO PUT THE DROP ON 2ND & 8. NEXT PLAY, 3RD & 8, HASSELBECK TO BEN ___; AND THIS ONE IS INCOMPLETE. A LITTLE UNDERTHROWN. NO PENALTY AFTER SOME CONTACT FROM PATRICK ROBINSON. YEA, BUT INEXPERIENCE ON ___’S PART. WORK YOUR WAY BACK INTO THE DEF. BACK, AND YOU CAN P.I. ALL DAY LONG. BUT IF YOU WORK IT AWAY, THERE’S A PROBLEM. 53 YD. F.G. ATTEMPT. OLINDO MARE TRYING TO ATTEMPT IT. SEAHAWKS CALL FOR DELAY OF GAME. SO THE 4TH & 1 WHICH THEY DENIED; ULTIMATELY THEY DID NOT TURN THAT INTO ANY PTS. AT ALL. AND THAT COULD’VE COST THEM THE GAME BECAUSE COMING OFF OF THE PLAY THAT THEY MADE, THEY NEEDED THOSE PTS. THAT’S BREES TO LANCE MOORE, 18 YDS. TO THE SEATTLE 36. INTO THE 4TH QUARTER. 9TH PLAY IN THIS DRIVE. BREES OUT OF THE BACKFIELD TO JULIUS JONES. 2 YD. GAIN TO THE 29 BUT CHRIS CLEMONS CALLED FOR A 15 YD. PERSONAL FOUL AFTER THE PLAY. STUPID, STUPID PLAY. CLEMONS SHOVES DAVID THOMAS, THE SAINTS T.E. AND DAVID THOMAS HITS HIM, BUT YOU JUST CANNOT RETALIATE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE STAKES BEING THIS HIGH. 2ND GUY IN. YEP. ALWAYS HAPPENS THAT WAY. NOW 12TH PLAY OF THIS DRIVE, JULIUS JONES FIGHTING FOR EXTRA YARDAGE AND GETTING THE 6 PTS. THE SAINTS CUT THE LEAD TO 34-27 ON THAT 12 PLAY, 72 YD. DRIVE. AND DESPITE THE FUMBLE, JULIUS JONES ACTUALLY HAD A PRETTY GOOD GAME. SETTING UP THE SCREEN PASS TO JULIUS JONES. GETS SOME BLOCKS. TURNS IT ON DOWN THE SIDELINE. 33 YDS. DOWN TO THE 23. I’D LIKE TO SAY THE SAINTS INABILITY TO RUN THE FOOTBALL TODAY AND THE LACK OF BALANCE COST THEM BUT THEY SCORED 36 PTS. YEA, THERE’S NOTHING…THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE DEFENSE AND THE POOR PLAY OF THE SECONDARY, IF YOU ASK ME. THAT WAS 3RD & 3. DEVORY HENDERSON GOT 2. PETE CARROLL COMES UP AFTER A F.G.; MAKES IT 34-30. NEXT SEATTLE POSSESSION. HASSELBECK DUMPS IT OFF TO JUSTIN FORSETT. GETS 3 YDS. TO THE 39. THE SEAHAWKS FORCED TO PUNT ON THE NEXT PLAY. DREW BREES WITH A CHANCE. 3RD DOWN & 8 NOW FROM HIS OWN 19 YD. LINE. OUT OF THE GUN, STEPPING UP, RUSHED, LOOKING FOR MARCUS COLSTON. INCOMPLETE. PENALTY ON THE PLAY. THE SAINTS HOLDING DECLINED BY THE SEAHAWKS, AND N.O. FORCED TO PUNT. BIG STOP. ENSUING SEATTLE POSSESSION. 2ND & 10. MARSHAWN LYNCH. YOU TALKED ABOUT HIM RUNNING HARD EARLIER, DIDN’T YOU? LOOK AT THIS. BREAKING 7 TACKLES ON HIS WAY TO A 67 YD. TD. ONE THAT WOULD BASICALLY SEAL THE DEAL FOR THE SEAHAWKS MAKING IT 41-30. SEAN PAYTON AND DREW BREES CAN’T BELIEVE IT. IF YOU’RE GOING TO TACKLE THAT MAN, YOU BETTER WRAP. AND I UNDERSTAND THE SAINTS, AT THIS POINT, ARE PROBABLY TRYING TO SWIPE AT THE FOOTBALL, BUT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BRING MARSHAWN LYNCH WITH AN ARM TACKLE. TOUGH TOUGH RUNNER. I THINK IT JUST SYMBOLIZED THE INSPIRED EFFORT THAT THE SEAHAWKS CAME WITH ALL DAY LONG. HAVE TO PLAY THE GAME. ANYBODY’S CAPABLE OF WINNING. THIS TEAM DESERVES JUST AS MUCH CREDIT AS ANYTHING ELSE. THEY BATTLED. THEY BEAT THE DEFENDING CHAMPS. GOTTA GIVE THEM A LOT OF CREDIT. STIFF-ARMING TRACEY PORTER ON THE WAY TO THE END ZONE. INTO THE SIDELINE FOR THE HUG FROM PETE CARROLL. SAINTS NEXT POSSESSION. BREES TO DAVID THOMAS. 16 YDS. TO THE 22. ONE TIMEOUT LEFT THOUGH. THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT DEFICIT TO OVERCOME. 11 PTS. WITH 1 TIMEOUT AND 2 MINS. TO GO. BREES FALLING DOWN. ALMOST PICKED OFF BY CHRIS CLEMENS THERE ON 1ST & 10. A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER, 9TH PLAYOFF THIS DRIVE. BREES TO DEVORY HENDERSON. 6 YD. TD. NOW THE SAINTS GOING TO GO FOR 2. AND WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO JAIME? THEY’RE GONNA RUN THE BALL. THEY’RE TRYING TO CATCH THEM OFF-GUARD. O.K. WITH THE 28TH RUSHING TEAM IN THE LEAGUE, YOU’VE GOT YOUR 4TH STRING R.B. I JUST…AND, AGAIN, …LINEMEN. I DON’T… WOULD YOU RATHER SEE DREW BREES WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS? I’D RATHER HAVE, YES. DREW BREES WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS TRYING TO GET THE PLAY OFF. LOOK, SEAN PAYTON’S GOT 36 PTS. ON THE BOARD. I UNDERSTOOD. O.K. HE DID O.K. TO GET 36 PTS. ON THE BOARD. NOW YOU GOTTA HAVE THE ONSIDE KICK AND THEY HAVE NO CHANCE THERE. JOHN CARLSON WITH 2 TD. CATCHES AND THE IMPORTANT RECOVERY THERE TO BASICALLY END THIS ONE. DREW BREES…LITTLE GOOD LUCK WISH TO MATT HASSELBECK, AND THE SAINTS ARE ELIMINATED. THE SEAHAWKS WIN 41-36.
01:20:01 – NEW YORK JETS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
LUCAS OIL STADIUM FOR THE JETS AND THE COLTS IN THE NIGHTCAP. REX RYAN SAID, “WE GOT THE BEST TEAM IN THE PLAYOFFS AND THEY EXPECT TO WIN S.B. 45.” THE COLTS AND JETS, A REMATCH OF THE NFC CHAMP. GAME A YEAR AGO. MANNING LOOKING FOR PIERRE GARCON. IT’S INCOMPLETE. ANTONIO CROMARTY WITH THE TAUNT ON THE PLAY. AND IT WAS THAT KIND OF DAY. MANNING NOW TO GARCON. AGAIN, 57 YDS. FOR THE TD. COLTS UP 7- NOTHING. IT WAS TOUGH IN THE EARLY GOING. THIS WAS GONNA BE THE MATCHUP. I TWEETED OUT EARLIER TODAY BECAUSE REGGIE WAYNE, REVIS. THERE WAS GONNA BE A DRAW. CROMARTY, PIERRE GARCON. YOU GOT THEM IN THE COVERAGE YOU WANTED. CROMARTY’S NOT A GOOD PLAYER WHEN HE BACKS OFF. HE’S BETTER IN THE GAP COVERAGE THAT THEY WANTED, AND PEYTON MANNING EXPLOITED IT. AND REX RYAN TALKING TO HIS DEFENSE ON THE SIDELINES. COVER SOMEBODY! THAT’S WHAT HE’S SAYING. TO ANTONIO CROMARTY. HERE COME THE JETS. SO ON A 3RD & 4, SANCHEZ TO SANTONIO HOLMES, 15 YDS. TO THE 48. AND NOW ON A 2ND & 13, A BUCK 15 LEFT IN THE HALF. IT’S SANCHEZ TO HOLMES WHO TAKES IT 14 YDS. TO THE 19. JETS USE THEIR FIRST TIMEOUT. AND THEN IT IS SANCHEZ ON THE PLAY-ACTION TO DUSTIN KELLER. HE HAD HIM..! OH MAN. YOU KNOW HE WENT TO PURDUE. HE SHOULD’VE RAN TRACK. HE WOULD’VE GOT TO THE FOOTBALL. SANCHEZ HAD A COUPLE OF LONG THROWS ON THIS DRIVE. COME ON! THEY’RE LOOKING FOR A FLAG THERE WITH KELLER. IT’S INCOMPLETE. AND THEN ON A 3RD & 10..DON’T DO IT. HE’S GOT ALL DAY. DON’T DO IT. AND HE TRIES TO FORCE ONE IN TO KELLER… HE DID IT. HE DID IT. AND JUSTIN TRYON IS THERE FOR THE PICK. THAT’S WHEN YOU GET UPSET WITH THE YOUNG SOPHOMORE QB. IN THAT SITUATION RIGHT BEFORE THE HALF. TAKE THE F.G. TAKE THE 3 PTS. GO INTO THE L.R. REGROUP. COME OUT WITH A FRESH SHOT. YOU’RE RECEIVING THE BALL AT THE END OF THE …BEGINNING OF THE 2ND HALF. COLTS ON TOP 7-NOTHING, AND YOU JUST MENTIONED IT, PRIME. NOT ONLY DID THE JETS TAKE THE 2ND HALF KICKOFF, THEY METHODICALLY TOOK THEIR TIME DOWN THE FIELD ON A 3RD & 3 AND SANCHEZ TO KELLER FOR 20 YDS.; AND ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY, ON THE 1ST DOWN, LADAINIAN TOMLINSON UP THE MIDDLE! TOMLINSON HAD SOME FRESH LEGS TONIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT, HE LOOKED, IN THE 2ND HALF THEY STARTED PLAYING THEIR SMASH-MOUTH FOOTBALL, GETTING THE BALL INTO THE END ZONE. THE JETS GO 63 YDS. IN 10 PLAYS. TOMLINSON TAKES IT IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN, AND THEY TOOK 5:12 OFF THE CLOCK IN THE PROCESS TO GO ON TOP OR TO TIE THE GAME AT 7. AND THEN HERE COMES JOSEPH ADDAI FOR THE COLTS, 14 YDS.; AND ON A 3RD & 1 ON THE JETS 28, DOMINIC RHODES SAY HELLO TO DAVID HARRIS. THE JETS WERE STOUT DEFENSIVELY FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE GAME ON 3RD & SHORT. ALRIGHT, THAT LED TO AN ADAM VINATIERI F.G. WITH THE COLTS ON TOP 10.. TO 7. MARK SANCHEZ NOW. I HATE THOSE LITTLE FLIP PLAY. IT SCARES ME. LADAINIAN TOMLINSON WAS A LITTLE DANGEROUS THERE. AND SO NOW IT IS SANCHEZ ON THE .. RUN! RUN! DO NOT THROW, WHATEVER YOU DO. HE ENDS UP PICKING UP THE 1ST DOWN. AND PEYTON MANNING ON THE BENCH, AND THIS IS DEION …HOW DO YOU BEAT A PEYTON MANNING-LED FOOTBALL TEAM? KEEP THE QB ON THE BENCH! I GOTTA GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO LADAINIAN TODAY. HE RAN HARD. HE RAN TOUGH BETWEEN THE TACKLES, AND HE WAS THERE WHEN IT COUNTED. JETS ON TOP 14-10. MIDWAY THROUGH THE 4TH NOW, AND IT’S RHODES PICKING UP BIG YARDAGE AND A 1ST DOWN ON A 3RD & 7. THIS IS A 3RD & 8, AND IT’S MANNING TO GARCON. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE 18 ON YOUR SIDE, YOU ALWAYS HAVE A SHOT AT WINNING THE GAME. AND NOW IT’S RHODES ON ANOTHER 3RD & 7. A COUPLE CURIOUS CALLS THAT WORKED ON, THE FIRST TIME ON 3RD & 7. THEY TRIED TO RUN AGAIN. AND IT DIDN’T.. SO IT LED TO A FIELD GOAL. COLTS DOWN1, 14-13. 3RD & 5 RIGHT THERE. HOLMES. MR. RELIABLE. I CANNOT HOLD ON. TY SCHMIDT CALLED IN FOR RUNNING INTO THE KICKER ON SHAWN RUTHERFORD. GOOD CALL. GOOD CALL?! WATCH THE ACTING JOB HERE! DID HE HIT HIM? HE DID HIT HIM. HE DID HIT HIM. I KNOW IT WAS A GREAT ACTING JOB BUT HE DID HIT HIM. IS HE A COLT NEXT WEEK? SO THAT KEPT THE DRIVE ALIVE. INDY NOW FORCED TO BURN A COUPLE OF TIMEOUTS BEFORE THE 2 MIN. WARNING ON ANOTHER 3RD & 5. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? IT IS SANCHEZ… HOW DOES HE GET TO ALL THE GAMES? THE FIREMAN! HE OVERTHROWS EDWARDS. AND HERE COMES PEYTON MANNING AND THE COLTS. IN THAT 2 MIN. DRILL AND MANNING.. NO ONE’S BETTER. WITH A COMPLETION RIGHT THERE. ON A 2ND & 4 NOW. UNDER 2 MINS. LEFT. MANNING TO BLAIR WHITE; AND ADAM VINATIERI GETTING READY. 3 PLAYS LATER NOW ON A 3RD & 6, IT IS MANNING ROLLING. INCOMPLETE. SO HERE COMES ADAM VINATIERI ON..FOR A 50 YD. F.G. ONE OF THEE MOST CLUTCH KICKERS IN NFL HISTORY, AND VINATIERI KNOCKS IT DOWN. HAD PLENTY OF ROOM TO SPARE, 16-14. COLTS ON TOP. SO GAME OVER, RIGHT? WELL WRONG. ANTONIO CROMARTY BACK IN FOR BRAD SMITH. BRAD SMITH WAS A LITTLE INJURED TODAY. CROMARTY HAD 2 EARLY GOOD RETURNS AND THIS SET THEM UP. TAKES IT 47 YDS. ON A 2ND & 1 NOW, IT’S SANCHEZ TO HOLMES, ROD, FOR THE 1ST DOWN. 40 SECS. LEFT. THE COLTS CALLED A TIMEOUT HERE! PEYTON’S LIKE “WHAT’S UP?” I WANT TO KNOW WHO CALLED IT. THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. SO IT’S SANCHEZ LOOKING FOR EDWARDS. DOES A GREAT JOB OF GETTING BOTH FEET DOWN, AND THAT JUST MADE NICK FOLK’S JOB A LOT EASIER. FROM 32 YDS. AWAY! IS THAT THE SAME NICK FOLK THAT GOT CUT FROM DALLAS?! YES IT IS! SO THE JETS GO IN INDY, AND THEY KNOCKOFF THE COLTS.
01:26:26 – BALTIMORE RAVENS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
LET’S TAKE YOU TO K.C. FOR THE CHIEFS AND RAVENS AS WILDCARD WEEKEND CONTINUES. RAY LEWIS AND COMPANY COMING IN WITH THE BETTER REGULAR SEASON RECORD OF 12-4, TAKING ON THE AFC WEST DIVISIONAL WINNERS, THE K.C. CHIEFS. JOE FLACCO TO TODD HEAP FOR A 12 YD. GAIN THERE. 10TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE IT’S FLACCO TO HEAP EARLY ON, TOM. THEY DID JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING RIGHT EXCEPT GET IN THE END ZONE ON THIS FIRST DRIVE. THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. TODD HEAP WITH A BIG DAY. 10 CATCHES OVER 100 YDS. THEY EXPLOITED THE CHIEFS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. ON A 3RD & 1, FLACCO JUST RUNS OUT OF TIME. AND A GREAT PLAY THERE BY ERIC BERRY TO KNOCK IT DOWN. ERIC BERRY ALL OVER THE FIELD TODAY. JUST A GREAT YOUNG SAFETY IN THIS LEAGUE. SO IT LED TO A BILLY CUNDIFF F.G. FOR THE RAVENS GO UP 3-NOTHING. TOMAHAWK LEAP. HE DID HIS JOB WITH THE CHIEFS. THE SACK. THE STRIP, ROD. THE RECOVERY. THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO GET FROM YOUR DEF. END. BUT THIS IS ONE THING THAT THE K.C. CHIEFS HAVE BEEN GOOD AT ALL YEAR LONG. GETTING AFTER THE OPPOSING QBS. AND SO THE CHIEFS ON THE ENSUING DRIVE. JAMAL CHARLES GONE! 41 YDS. A TRACK STAR IN COLLEGE AT TEXAS; AND TOMMY PUTS THE CHIEFS ON TOP 7-3. BOY, THAT’S JUST CRAZY SPEED. AND YOU’LL SEE THE CHIEFS BLOCK THIS PERFECTLY. BRYANT WATERS IS GONNA GET A PIECE OF __ NADA. IN RETURN, TONY __ IS GONNA KICK OUT JARED JOHNSON. BRENDON ALBERT GONNA SEAL RAY LEWIS. IT’S JUST ALL PERFECTLY DONE GUYS. YOU’LL SEE THIS SAME JAMAL CHARLES HITS THAT SEAM, AND IT’S A RUN TO DAYLIGHT. YOU SEE ED REED TAKES A BAD ANGLE. ED REED, A PERENNIAL PRO BOWLER BUT JUST HAS TO RECOGNIZE JAMAL CHARLES HAS THAT EXTRA SPEED. JUST A CRAZY RUN. 41 YDS. FOR THE TD. RAVENS GET CHARLES BACK HERE. TERRANCE CODEN, THE BIG ROOKIE! JUST FALLS RIGHT ON CHARLES AFTER HE STRIPS THE BALL. THAT’S A LOT OF WEIGHT ON HIM. AND HE ONLY WEIGHS LIKE 195 LBS. SO THAT’S LIKE 340, 350 PLUS. BRANDON MCKINNEY RECOVERS. BUT FLACCO CAN’T GET AWAY FROM ALI. ALI WAS 2ND DURING THE REGULAR SEASON WITH 14-1/2 SACKS. THAT’S A HUGE STOP FOR THE CHIEFS AFTER THE TURNOVER. HERE COME THE CHIEFS ON A 3RD & 8. WOW! DEXTER MCCLUSTER. OUCH. SMACKED BY ED REED! THE ENSUING NOW RAVENS POSSESSION. UP 7-3. FLACCO TO TODD HEAP. AGAIN, THEY’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. OPEN ALL DAY LONG FOR THE RAVENS. AND THAT’S WHY HEAP CONTINUED TO HAVE SUCH A BIG DAY. WE YDS. HERE DOWN TO THE 17 YDS. LINE. 11TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, AND FLACCO DUMPS IT OFF TO RAY RICE. ROD, THEY JUST PICKED HIM APART WITH THE SHORT PASSING GAME. THEY REALLY DID. THEY WERE REALLY CONCENTRATING ON COVERING THE GUYS ON THE OUTSIDE, AND THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. 10-7, RAVENS AT THE BREAK. 3RD QUARTER NOW. FLACCO..OR CASSEL’S PASS IS TIPPED, AND PICKED! JAMAL CHARLES THOUGH KNOCKS THE BALL LOOSE AND RECOVERS.. AND JOHN HARBAUGH WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS. YOU SEE ED REED DO THIS A LOT. LOOK FOR SOMEONE TO PITCH THE BALL TO. YOU GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL. SO HERE COMES CASSEL. COMPLETES TO CHARLES FOR A 15 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 48. NOW REMEMBER, THEY HAVE THOMAS JONES AS WELL ON A 3RD & 1. BUT HE COMES UP SHORT. RAY LEWIS THERE. SO TODD HALEY DECIDES TO GO FOR IT ON 4TH DOWN. YOU LIKE THE CALL TOM? I DO BECAUSE YOU’RE GETTING JAMAL CHARLES ON THE EDGE. I DON’T THINK YOU WANT TO ATTACK THIS BALT. RAVENS DEFENSE,. TACKLE-TO-TACKLE. USE JAMAL CHARLES’ SPEED AND, UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, THE BALT. RAVENS JUST GOT THE BEST OF THEM ON THAT PLAY. DAWANE LANDRY WAS THERE. MATT CASSEL NOW DOWN 13-7. TERRELL SUGGS. HE HAD DOUBLE-DIGIT SACKS IN 2010. 3RD & 26, AND IT’S CASSEL TO DEXTER MCCLUSTER. THAT’S RAY LEWIS STRIPS HIM. CHRIS CARR RECOVERS. THE CHIEFS HAD JUST 14 GIVEAWAYS ALL SEASON LONG. THEY HAD 5 IN THIS GAME. THIS WAS TRULY A TALE OF 2 HALVES. A GOOD BALL GAME IN THE 1ST HALF; AND THE 2ND HALF IT WAS ALL BALT. RAVENS. AND FLACCO IS HIT BY TOM __. IT LED TO ANOTHER RAVENS F.G. THOUGH. 16-7. CASSEL TRYING TO GET SOMETHING GOING. HAPPY FEET. YEA, HE LOOKED A LITTLE NERVOUS IN THE POCKET. I MEAN HE KEPT…THE BALT. RAVENS MAKE A LOT OF QBS SKITTISH IN THE POCKET, AND MATT CASSEL WAS NO EXCEPTION. 2ND PICK OF THE 3RD QUARTER. I THINK THE…LANDRY COMES UP WITH IT. YEA, I THINK THE ENORMITY OF THE MOMENT OR THE SITUATION GOT TO THE CHIEFS, AND THEIR LACK OF PLAY…. WELL HERE’S FLACCO TO HEAP TO THE 5 YD. LINE, AND ON THE 6TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, FLACCO HOLDING! THEIR BIG OFFSEASON ACQUISITION. A 4 YD. TD. STRIKE. RAVENS RULE IT, 23-7. CHIEFS NOW. TYPICALLY THEY HAVE NOT BEEN DOWN BY A LOT, AND NOW THEIR OFFENSE HAS TO COME UP BIG. MATT CASSEL SACKED BY LADARIUS WEBB. HE FUMBLES BUT THEY TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. IT’S THE OLD TUCK RULE. TUCK RULE. SO HIS ARM IS COMING FORWARD. I DISLIKE THAT. HE WASN’T TRYING TO THROW THE FOOTBALL. HE REALLY WASN’T. COME ON ROD. YEA, HE WAS! NAH, HE WASN’T. YOU SOUND LIKE A QB. ALRIGHT. MORE ON THAT IN A MINUTE, AND SAM COOK’S PUNT DOWN AT THE 1 YD. LINE BUT THE CHIEFS CALLED FOR OFFSIDES. YEA, CAN’T HAVE THAT HAPPEN. THE 5 TURNOVERS, PENALTIES AT THE WRONG TIME. AGAIN, YOU SAW AN INEXPERIENCED TEAM TAKE ON A VERY EXPERIENCED PLAYOFF TEAM. SO THIS CLOCK KILLING DRIVE CONTINUES FOR THE RAVENS. IT’S FLACCO TO ANQUAN BOLDEN; AND ON THE 14TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, RAY RICE ON A 3RD & 3. EXCEPT 2 YDS. ON A 4TH & 1, THEY’RE GONNA GO FOR IT, AND MCGAHEE BREAKS OUT OF THE PACK! 25 YDS. FOR THE TD. THE RAVENS CHEW UP 10 MIN. & 24 SECS. ON THAT DRIVE OF 80 YDS. THEY WIN IT 30-7, AND THEY WILL FACE THE STEELERS IN THE DIVISIONAL ROUND. SO JOE FLACCO BECOMES THE ONLY QB IN NFL HISTORY TO WIN A PLAYOFF GAME IN EACH OF HIS FIRST 3 SEASONS. PASSED FOR 265 YDS. AND 2 TDS. RAY RICE WITH A CAREER-BEST 10 RECEPTIONS FOR 108 YDS. IN THE PLAYOFFS. THE 10 RECEPTIONS, A CAREER BEST FOR HEAP IN THE POST-SEASON.
01:33:17 – GREEN BAY PACKERS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
THE G.B. PACKERS AND THE EAGLES WRAPPING UP WILDCARD WEEKEND HERE IN THE FIRST WEEKEND OF 2011 FOR THE PLAYOFFS. ANDY REID SHOWING EVERYBODY HE WON WITH G.B. YOU WANT ONE OF YOUR OWN. YOU DON’T WEAR A RING AND SAY “I WON.” WELL DOM CAPERS RANG UP MICHAEL VICK ON THE 1ST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE. DEVIN BISHOP, UNBLOCKED, TAKES VICK ON THE BLINDSIDE. 3 & OUT FOR THE EAGLES. LATER ON IN THE 1ST QUARTER, LESEAN MCCOY, A 6 YD. GAIN. MEANWHILE, THEIR BEST PLAYMAKER ON THE EDGE COMES UP GIMPY AS MCCOY RUNS UP THE BACK OF DESEAN JACKSON AND …BLOCK SOMEBODY! ADDING INJURY…INSULT TO THE INJURY. THERE’S A FLAG ON THE PLAY. IT DIDN’T EVEN COUNT. THAT’S WHEN YOU STOCK BLOCK AND SOMETIMES THEY RUN-UP ON YOU, HUH MIKE? NO, THAT’S WHEN YOU’RE NOT BLOCKING THE.. JACKSON IS OUT AND JAMES STARKS IS THE ONE MAKING PLAYS EARLY ON FOR THE G.B. PACKERS. THE ROOKIE R.B. WAS A FACTOR. 27 OF HIS 1ST HALF. 51 RUSHING YDS. ON THAT PLAY; AND THEN TOM CRABTREE EVERYBODY, THE ROOKIE! UNDRAFTED OUT OF MIAMI OF OHIO! HIS FIRST CAREER TD. CATCH PUTS THE PACKERS ON THE BOARD FIRST IN THIS WILDCARD SUNDAY GAME. MICHAEL VICK SNOWED UNDER BY THE BLOODLINE IN THE 2ND QUARTER. EAGLES HAVE ONLY 57 TOTAL YDS. AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME. NEXT PACKERS POSSESSION, RODGERS IS OUT OF THE GATE. NICE MOBILITY IN THE FIRST DOWN. 2 OF THE BEST RUNNING QBS IN THE LEAGUE WERE FEATURED TODAY. 8 YD. GAIN ON 3RD & 5. 12TH PLAYOFF THE DRIVE. RODGERS ROLLED INTO HIS RIGHT. MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME FOR JAMES JONES TO BREAK FREE. STAYS ALIVE IN THE POCKET. NOW THROWS IT DOWN TO THE PYLON AND HE BEATS ASANTE SAMUEL FOR THE TD. 14-NOTHING G.B. NEXT EAGLES POSSESSION THEY GET JACKSON BACK FROM THE L.R. TRYING TO WARM-UP HERE. VICK HITS HIS OTHER BIG PLAY WIDE RECEIVER, JEREMY MACLIN. THIS IS THE FIRST BIG PLAY OF THE GAME, ESSENTIALLY, FOR THE EAGLES. YEA, THEY WERE NOT GIVING UP ANY BIG PLAYS. PLAYED VERY DEEP. VICK FOUND MACLIN IN THE INTERMEDIATE AREA AND HE MADE A LITTLE .. WITH HIS MAN. 44 YDS., THE PACKERS 32 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 10 FROM THAT 30, VICK TAKES IT HIMSELF. 1ST DOWN AND A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE RED ZONE TO THE PACKERS 16. 3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 7 FROM THE PACKERS 13. VICK BUYING TIME, FLIPS IT OUT TO AVANT. JASON AVANT CANNOT MAKE A 1ST DOWN; AND DAVID AKERS, WHO ALREADY MISSED A F.G. IN THIS GAME, PUTS THE FIRST POINTS ON THE BOARD FOR THE EAGLES. ENOUGH TIME FOR AARON RODGERS TO TAKE A SHOT DOWN THE FIELD BEFORE HALFTIME!! WHOA! YOU CANNOT DO THAT SON! NOT IN THE PLAYOFFS WHEN EVERYONE’S HOME WATCHING YOU! THAT BALL’S IN YOUR BASKET. TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE! JAMES JONES CANNOT CORRAL IT, AND AARON RODGERS ALMOST HAD A 21-3 LEAD AT THE HALF INSTEAD OF 14-3 AT THE HALF AFTER WHICH THE PACKERS GET THE BALL FIRST. 3RD & 2, DEEP IN THEIR OWN END. RODGERS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING HIMSELF. INSTEAD, THE BALL IS LOOSE. THE EAGLES SETTING UP SHOP IN QUALITY FIELD POSITION, AS DARREL TAPP TAPS IT AWAY AND JACQUI PARKER RECOVERS FOR THE EAGLES RIGHT ON THE PACKERS 24. SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA LEARN JUST TO TUCK IT AND TAKE THE SACK. NEXT PACKERS…NEXT EAGLES PLAY…2 PLAYS LATER, HERE’S AVANT OVER THE MIDDLE. BEAUTIFUL THROW. UP AND DOWN THROW, OVER THE NICKEL BACK, BETWEEN THE 2 SAFETIES. MICHAEL VICK CAN SLICE UP A 2 DEEP ZONE. 4 PT. GAME. RODGERS GETS THE BALL BACK. HOW DOES HE RESPOND? BY COOLEY FINDING DONALD DRIVER OVER THE MIDDLE, PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD. I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND WHY THE PHILA. EAGLES DID NOT BLITZ AND GAVE THAT MAN TOO MUCH TIME TO PREPARE. NEXT PLAY IS JAMES STARKS AGAIN! 19 YDS. DOWN TO THE EAGLES 30. 5 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & GOAL AS THEY MOVE BACK ONTO THE 16, NO BIG DEAL AS BRANDON JACKSON WAITS FOR THE POSSE TO COME BEFORE HIM, AND HE WALKS IN UNTOUCHED ON THE SCREEN PASS! 21-10 PACKERS. NO HOLDS CALLED ON JAMES …JAMES JONES COULDN’T HOLD ONTO THE PASS BUT HE SURE HOLDS ONTO THAT TACKLE. THAT QB HAS TO KEEP TRYING TO RUN THROUGH THAT TO THE TACKLE. THEN ..AS HOLD. THE R.B. WAS 230. EAGLES ARE DOWN 11. VICK SHOOM…MAKES A PLAY ON 3RD & 14. IT WAS AT THAT POINT IN THE DRIVE, AT ONE POINT 1ST & 25, AND THEY CONVERT IT. LATER ON IN THE 4TH QUARTER, 3RD & SHORT. CAN’T CONVERT THAT! LESEAN MCCOY STOPPED BY CLAY MATTHEWS. ANDY REID SAYS, “ALRIGHT, WE’RE DOWN 2 SCORES. LET’S PUT IT ON THE PRO BOWL KICKER.” AKERS MISSED ONCE. HE CAN’T MISS TWICE. HE DID! NO HE DIDN’T! WIDE RIGHT. SO INSTEAD OF BEING 21-16, IT’S STILL 21-10. 13 MINS. TO GO, POTENTIALLY, IN THE EAGLES SEASON. PACKERS GET EH BALL BACK. ON 3RD & 3, RODGERS FLIPS IT OUT TO DONALD DRIVER. A HUGE MOVING OF THE CHAINS. 1ST DOWN, BLITZ READ. 3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & SHORT. JOHN KUHN STOPPED BY __ __. SO THAT’S FOKU ON __. THAT’S RIGHT THERE. THAT’S GOOD. PACKERS FORCED TO PUNT. NEXT EAGLES POSSESSION, VICK TO AVANT. 6 YD. GAIN ON 3RD & 5. MOVE THE CHAINS. YOU GET BEAT. YOU CAN GO FOR AWHILE IF YOU CATCH THAT RUN. 2 PLAYS LATER ON THE PACKERS 34. VICK FINDS LESEAN MCCOY..CHECKING IT DOWN AND MCCOY MAKES A PLAY. TAKES IT INTO THE RED ZONE TO THE PACKERS 18. GREAT JOB SCRAMBLING AROUND AND MICHAEL KNEW WHERE HIS CHECK-DOWN WAS. 2 PLAYS LATER, LOOKS FOR BRETT CELEK. NO RELATION TO BUD CELEK OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL… INSIDE THE 5 YD. LINE. THE PACKERS 3. 3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & GOAL. VICK CALLS HIS OWN #. IT’S 7. BUT HE CAN’T COME UP WITH 6. HE’S SHORT OF THE GOAL LINE. WHAT DOES ANDY REID DO HE’S GOT A BIG RING ON HIS FINGER AND HE MAKES A TIMEOUT …HIS HANDS. DO WHAT YOU DO MIKE VICK! AND HE DOES ON 4TH & GOAL. DECIDES TO GO FOR IT. IF HE’S STUFFED THERE, THE GAME’S POSSIBLY OVER. INSTEAD, IT’S A TOUCHDOWN. WHAT DO YOU DO STEVE? GO FOR 2 RICH! AND THEY GO FOR 2. ANDY REID’S GOT THE CHART. BUT WHAT HE DOESN’T HAVE IS A 2 PT. PLAY THAT WORKS. CELEK DOES CATCH THE BALL. WE GOT A HAT. WE GOT A PLAY. HE STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS. DOES REESTABLISH HIS FEET THOUGH. THE REASON WHY THAT’S IMPORTANT, IS IF HE DIDN’T DO THAT, IT WOULD’VE BEEN AN INCOMPLETE ATTEMPT. NO 2 PTS. INSTEAD IT IS A PENALTY. RULED IT 5 YDS. BACK. NOW TRY IT FROM THE 7. WHAT DO YOU DO? STAY IN THE CHART. JUST GO FOR 2 AGAIN! AND THEY DO! GREAT RUSH. GREAT BLITZ. RUSH UP THE LEFT SIDE TO MAKE SURE MICHAEL VICK NEVER GET ESTABLISHED. AND WHAT HE DOES IS TURN HIS ANKLE. COMES UP GIMPY. RODGERS COMES BACK ON THE FIELD. NO! NO! RODGERS COMES BACK ON THE FIELD AND HANDS IT TO JAMES STARKS. THIS GUY, THE ROOKIE FROM BUFFALO. HE DON’T KNOW ANY BETTER, MOOCH! 123 RUSHING YDS. MOST BY A G.B. ROOKIE BACK IN POST-SEASON HISTORY FOR THE G.B. PACKERS. HOWEVER, THAT’S ALL THEY WOULD GET AS THE BIG SACK IS MADE ON AARON RODGERS BY THE PHILA. DEFENSE, AND KEENAN CLAYTON FORCES THEM TO PUNT TO GUESS WHO? THEY WON’T PUNT TO HIM, WILL THEY?! THEY SHOULD’VE PUNTED IT TO DELAWARE! IT’S DESEAN JACKSON! STAY IN YOUR LANES! STAY IN YOUR LANES! THEY PUT HIM..THEY FINALLY GET HIM DOWN, AND THERE’S A FLAG TOO. SO, EVEN IF HE DID RUN IT BACK, IT WOULD’VE BEEN CALLED BACK. GERALD LAWSON CALLED FOR HOLDING. THAT’S WHERE THE EAGLES START THEIR DRIVE NEEDING 66 YDS. TO ADVANCE TO CHICAGO. WILL THEY BE AROUND NEXT WEEK? HERE’S DESEAN JACKSON. CAN HE BREAK FREE?! ALMOST DID! HE’S GOING TO THE HOUSE! DESEAN JACKSON WITH A 28 YD. GAIN. NEXT PLAY VICK ON THE PACKERS 38. OVER THE MIDDLE TO BRENT CELEK. OVERTHROWS HIM. NICK COLLINS UNLOADS. HE DOES NOT HIT HIM IN THE HEAD OR NECK. HE DOES NOT LAUNCH. HE GETS IT RIGHT IN THE GUT. THERE IS NO PENALTY. THAT’S A GOOD HIT. THAT’LL BE IN THE FILM, “THIS IS HOW YOU HIT A DEFENSELESS RECEIVER, IN THE GUT!” 3 PLAYS LATER, 42 TICKS LEFT. VICK FOR THE END ZONE! IT’S PICKED! TRUMAN WILLIAMS ENDS THE FINAL GASP FOR THE PHILA. EAGLES, AND SENDS THE G.B. PACKERS TO ATLANTA NEXT WEEK. IT IS THE VERY FIRST CAREER PLAYOFF WIN FOR G.B. QB AARON RODGERS.
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