SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 20 (CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND)

           

1.        PACKERS@BEARS  8:56

2.       JETS@STEELERS  10:58

 

 

        TRT:  30:20  WITH BARS

 

01:10:15 - GREEN BAY PACKERS @ CHICAGO BEARS

 

WELL LET’S TAKE YOU TO SOLDIER FIELD FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS NFC CHAMP. MATCHUP BETWEEN THE G.B. PACKERS AND JAY CUTLER AND THE CHICAGO BEARS, OLDEST RIVALRY IN NFL HISTORY.  THE 182^ND MEETING OF THESE 2 TEAMS BUT JUST THE 2^ND IN THE PLAYOFFS SINCE 1941.  AARON RODGERS, GUYS, CAME OUT ON FIRE JUST LIKE HE DID A WEEK AGO IN ATLANTA.  SURGICAL.  IT WAS SURGICAL.  THEY CAME OUT AND USED PLAY ACTION PASS VERY VERY EFFICIENTLY, AND THEY WENT AT TIM JENNINGS IN THE OPENING DRIVE AND KEPT THROWING AT TIM JENNINGS THE ENTIRE GAME.

 

22 YDS. TO GREG JENNINGS.  26 YDS. TO GREG JENNINGS, AND NOW IT’S JORDY NELSON 22 YDS. DOWN TO THE 2.  2 PLAYS LATER ON ..B.J. RAJI.  HE’S IN THE BACKFIELD.  IS HE GONNA GET HIS HANDS ON THE FOOTBALL?!  IT’S NOT GONNA BE THE LAST TIME YOU SEE B.J. IN THE HIGHLIGHTS.  AARON RODGERS, TACTFULLY DONE.  SNEAKS IN FOR THE 1 YD. TD.  A MINI CELEBRATION..I THINK HE AS A LITTLE BANGED UP ON THIS IT AND THEY LOST CHAD CLIFTON, THEIR STARTING LEFT TACKLE, FOR A COUPLE OF SERIES ON THAT PLAY AS WELL.  PACKERS UP 7-NOTHING.  THEY GET IT RIGHT BACK.  DUMPS IT OFF TO BRANDON JACKSON.  BRIAN URLACHER.  YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY TO BLAME THAT ON THE TURF BUT I DON’T KNOW.

 

HOW ABOUT JAMES STARKS?  THIS GUY HAS MORE RUSHING YDS. IN THE PLAYOFFS THAN ANYBODY COMING INTO THIS GAME.  HE WAS A FACTOR IN THE 1^ST HALF.  THE BEARS SHUT HIM DOWN IN THE 2^ND HALF.

 

1^ST & GOAL NOW IT’S STARKS WHO LUNGES.  IT WAS A GOOD CALL.  HIS KNEE WAS NOT DOWN.  LOVIE SMITH DID NOT CHALLENGE.  THAT’S A GREAT RUN BY A YOUNG R.B. WHO KNOWS WHERE HE’S AT; UNDERSTANDS WHAT’S GOING ON.  GREAT EFFORT.  AND A GOOD CALL, AND A GOOD NO CHALLENGE FOR LOVIE SMITH AS WELL.  PURSUING BEARS POSSESSION HERE AND IT’S JAY CUTLER LOOKING FOR JOHNNY KNOX.  HE HAS HIM.  24 YDS.  IT’S TIME TO GET SOMETHING GOING.  THESE PLAYS WERE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.  THE PACKERS SECONDARY DOMINATED THE BEARS WIDE RECEIVERS FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE GAME.

 

CUTLER LOOKING FOR DEVIN HESTER.  INCOMPLETE.  SHOULD’VE BEEN A TD., AND THE BEARS KEPT PUNTING.  THEY DIDN’T GO FOR F.G.’S… THAT WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING.  YEA.  THEY WERE PUNTING INSTEAD.  BUT, AGAIN, THAT BALL ..BECAUSE AARON RODGERS WASN’T ON THE TOP OF HIS GAME AS WELL.  SO THAT BALL MUST’VE BEEN PRETTY HARD OUT THERE.  THAT’S TOUGH TO STOP RIGHT THERE.  AARON RODGERS SHOWING YOU THE KIND OF ATHLETE HE IS.  ONLY MICHAEL VICK HAD MORE RUSHING YDS. DURING THE REGULAR SEASON THAN RODGERS.  BUT A KEY 3^RD & 1.  THE BEARS DEFENSE COMES UP AND THEY STOP STARKS.  SO THE BEARS GET THE BALL BACK AND CUTLER …IS DROPPED.  YEA, THAT PLAY’S RULED DEAD BECAUSE INSIDE OF 2 MINS., ONLY PLAYER THAT CAN ADVANCE THAT FUMBLE IS THE PERSON WHO DROPPED IT ON THE GROUND.  SO FORTE COULDN’T ADVANCE IT.  HERE’S A FREE PLAY OFF DONALD DRIVER’S FOOT.  AND, AGAIN, AARON RODGERS WAS NOT SHARP TODAY.  BALLS …AND, AGAIN, IT HAD TO DO I THINK A LOT WITH HOW HARD THAT FOOTBALL IS BECAUSE THAT AIR FREEZES IN THAT BALL, AND IT’S JUST NOT THE SAME THING WHEN YOU’RE IN PRISTINE CONDITIONS.  BEARS HAVE TO MAKE SOMETHING OF THAT PLAY.  AND, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DO NOT.  CUTLER LAYS IT UP THERE BUT GREAT PLAY BY SHIELDS.  YEA, THIS IS A BAD CALL.  I AGREE WITH YOU JAMIE.  IF YOU HOLD ON..IF YOU’RE GOING BACK TO THIS RULE IF THE BALL MOVES… HERE YOU SEE HIM CATCH THE BALL.  THAT’S FINE.  BECAUSE THE BALL’S GONNA HIT THE GROUND.  IT HIT THE GROUND AND KNEE.  IT HITS THE GROUND…IT’S NOT SO MUCH THAT IT MOVES.  IT’S IF IT HITS THE GROUND.  IT CAN HIT THE GROUND BUT THE BALL…SEE HE LOSS IT RIGHT THERE.  SO THAT BALL SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AN INTERCEPTION.  RIGHT.  BASICALLY, THE REASON THEY KEPT IT THE SAME I THINK IS BECAUSE IT DID HIT THE GROUND.  IT DID HIT THE GROUND.  I KNOW.  BUT THEY SAW THAT IT DIDN’T HIT THE GROUND.  ANYWAY, JAY CUTLER HURT HIS KNEE.  RIGHT.  HE’S WALKING OFF THE FIELD THERE.  HE’S GONNA GRAB A PONCHO AND A PIECE OF BENCH.

 

AND A LOT OF BAD PRESS ON TOP OF IT.  RODGERS ..JAMES JONES.  SEE, I DON’T LIKE THIS CALL BECAUSE JAMES JONES, WATCHING THE REPLAY, INITIATES THE CONTACT.  JIM JENNINGS CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  ANOTHER KEY PLAY FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS DEFENSE.  RODGERS PICKED OFF BY BRIAN URLACHER.  THIS RIGHT HERE MAY’VE BEEN A GAME-SAVING TACKLE.  IF YOU WATCH THE GAME PLAY OUT.  I’M JUST SAYING.  YOU DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT?  SO CUTLER’S OUT.. TODD COLLINS WARMING UP.   HERE HE COMES.  AND ON HIS VERY FIRST PASS COLLINS PRESSURED AND HE’S LOW TO KELLEN DAVIS.  NEXT PLAY NOW AFTER A FALSE START, IT’S COLLINS.  THROWS BEHIND GREG OLSEN.  YEA, HE GETS HIT ON THAT DELIVERY.  YOU CAN’T FEEL VERY GOOD ..YOU CAN’T FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IF YOU’RE A BEARS FAN AT THIS TIME.  3^RD & 15 NOW AND IT’S COLLINS LOOKING FOR BENNETT.  PICKED OFF BY NICK COLLINS.  THAT ONE OBVIOUSLY HIT THE GROUND.  LOVIE HAD TO WASTE A CHALLENGE ON SOMETHING THAT WAS QUITE OBVIOUS.  I BELIEVE ONE OF THE OFFICIALS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD ACTUALLY SIGNALED COMPLETE.  HE DID.  WAVED IT OFF AND THEY FORCED..  SO 4^TH QUARTER NOW.  A COUPLE OF POSSESSIONS LATER, AND IT’S CALEB HANNE COMING INTO THE GAME.  TODD COLLINS …WAS ASKED TO TAKE A SEAT ON THE BENCH.  MATT FORTE 11 YDS. THERE.  MATT FORTE HAD A HUGE GAME.  ALMOST 160 YDS.  TOTAL OFFENSIVE YDS. FROM SCRIMMAGE.  NOW IT’S HANNE LOOKING FOR JOHNNY KNOX ON 2^ND & 13.  DIDN’T SEE MUCH OF THIS.  AND JOHNNY’S GOT TO EXTEND THAT BALL INTO THE END ZONE RIGHT THERE, AND DON’T LET IT EVEN BE AN ISSUE.  DON’T HAVE TO GO TO 1^ST & GOAL.  CHESTER TAYLOR NOW GETS IN FROM 1 YD. AWAY.  BEARS DOWN BY JUST 7.  14-7.  CALEB HANNE DEFINITELY GAVE THEM THE SPARK; AND THIS DEFENSE, THIS BEARS DEFENSE CAME TO PLAY IN THE 2^ND HALF.  AARON RODGERS LOOKING FOR JENNINGS DEEP.  JULIUS PEPPERS CALLED FOR ROUGHING THE PASSER WITH THE HELMET-TO-HELMET CONTACT.  THEY’RE GONNA THROW THAT FLAG EVERY TIME.  AND BRIGGS BLOW TO THE HELMET TOO.   SO YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CHOICE.  DOUBLE BUBBLE.  COMES UP SPITTING OUT BLOOD.  LOOKING FOR DRIVER.  TIM JENNINGS CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE THERE.  ALL DAY LONG THEY THREW IT TO JENNINGS.  3^RD & 2 NOW.  RODGERS TO ANDREW __.  NO PASS INTERFERENCE THERE AS THE BALL GOES RIGHT THROUGH __ HANDS.  HE’S GOTTA MAKE THAT CATCH.  THAT’S WHERE THEY MISS JERMICHAEL FINLEY, RIGHT THERE.  ABOUT RIGHT THAT SPOT ON THE FIELD.  SO JUST NOW THEY STARTED…BECAUSE THE BEARS DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WITH IT, AND NOW ON A 3^RD & 1 THEY GOT IT BACK.  RODGERS INCOMPLETE TO JIM CRABTREE.  THEY’RE FORCED TO PUNT.  BEARS DEFENSE DOING THE JOB THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.  UH OH.  HOLD IT UP BIG FELLA.  IT’S B.J. RAJI… PICKS OFF HANNE FOR THE TD.  YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CAN’T SIMULATE THOSE TYPES OF LOOKS WHEN YOU’RE RUNNING SCOUT TEAM IN PRACTICE.  AT THAT POINT YOU’VE GOT A 3^RD QB BASICALLY TRYING TO MATCH WITS WITH DOM CAPERS UP IN THE BOOTH FOR THE PACKERS.  B.J. RAJI PUTTING ON AARON RODGERS BELT RIGHT THERE.  CALEB HANNE HAD ONLY THROWN 8 PASSES TOTAL.  I DON’T THINK AARON RODGERS BELT’S GONNA FIT B.J. RAJI.  HERE’S HANNE TO GREG OLSEN FOR A 13 YD. GAIN.  5:59 LEFT IN THIS ONE.  1^ST & 10 NOW AND IT’S HANNE OVER THE MIDDLE TO EARL BENNETT WHO TAKES A HARD SHOT.  HANNE GAVE THEM A SPARK.  HE DID.  HE DID.  AND NOW ON A 1^ST & 10 IT’S HANNE WITH TIME.  MOVES TO HIS LEFT.  GREAT GRAB BY BENNETT.  THEN BENNETT’S GONE.  35 YDS.  DO YOU SEE NOW WHAT HANNE BRINGS AND COLLINS DOESN’T?  YES.  HE HAS THE ABILITY TO SLIDE, MOVE OUT OF POCKET ALSO, AND THROW.  YEA!  TODD COLLINS HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO THROW IT FOR AWHILE.  RODGERS HERE ON A 3^RD & 12.  ALL HE CAN DO IS SLIDE.  SO THE PACKERS FORCED TO PUNT WITH 3:06 LEFT.  BEARS HAVE 2 TIMEOUTS.  LANCE BRIGGS SAYS, “GUYS, COME ON.  LET’S DO IT.”  SO THE BEARS OFFENSE BACK ON THE FIELD, DOWN 21-14.  HANNE TO GREG OLSEN.  IT’S A 10 YD. GAIN AND A 1ST DOWN.  3^RD & 10 NOW.  IT’S HANNE LOOKING FOR FORTE, AND HE’S GOT IT BUT HE’S SHORT 1 YD.  IT’S ALRIGHT.  SO THE 2 MIN. WARNING HITS.  BEARS STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF TIMEOUTS.  THEY’RE GONNA GO FOR CHESTER TAYLOR.  PLENTY OF TIME.  POKES HIS WAY OVER FOR THE 1^ST DOWN.  1^ST & 10 NOW.  IT’S HANNE.  DUMPS IT OFF TO MATT FORTE.  FORTE.. THAT’S A GOOD CALL RIGHT THERE.  FORTE 14 YDS.  A BUCK 27.  SO THERE’S PLENTY OF TIME.  WELL HERE IT IS.  WELL, ACTUALLY, O.K.  WE’RE GONNA JUMP RIGHT TO THE 4^TH & 4 INSTEAD OF THROWING TO THE 3^RD & 3.  IT’S HANNE WHO’S PICKED OFF BY SAM SHIELDS.  SHIELDS GET HIS 2^ND INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME AND THAT ICED IT.  THE PLAY WE DIDN’T SHOW YOU WAS A 3^RD 7 3; AND THEY TRIED TO RUN A EARL BENNETT ON AN END-AROUND AND THEY ENDED UP LOSING A YARD OR 2, AND THAT PUT THEM IN THAT 4^TH & 4 PREDICAMENT.  AND THERE YOU SEE WHAT THE SITUATION IS.

 

01:19:21 – NEW YORK JETS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS

 

WHAT AN EXCITING GAME WE JUST SAW IN PITTS. PENNSYLVANIA.  THE N.Y. JETS AND THE PITTS. STEELERS GOING AT IT.  REX RYAN, AFTER KNOCKING OUT THE N.E. PATRIOTS, TRYING TO MAKE IT 3 S.B. WINNING QBS BAGGED IN A ROW.  LADAINIAN TOMLINSON TRYING TO TAKE SANTONIO HOLMES AND THE JETS BACK TO THE S.B. FOR THE 1^ST TIME IN 42 YRS.

 

WE ASKED FOR THIS A LONG TIME AGO!  WE DON’T GOTTA DO NOTHING BUT PLAY LIKE THE JETS!

 

L.T.’S NEVER PLAYED INA S.B.  4 QUARTERS AWAY BUT THE STEELERS CAME OUT ON FIRE IN THIS GAME, EVEN THOUGH  EARLY ON BEN ROETHLISBERGER CAN’T COMPLETE EMANUEL SANDERS.  WE DID SEE A LOT OF ED HOCHULI EARLY ON.  THAT’S 5 YDS. ON CROMARTIE.  UNDRESSING PEOPLE TODAY.  3 PLAYS LATER 5^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE BEN ROETHLISBERGER TO MIKE WALLACE.  MOVE THE CHAINS ON 3^RD DOWN.  JUST GETS IT UP THE 1^ST DOWN.  MOVE THE CHAINS.  THERE ARE THE CHAINS THAT ARE MOVED.  GENEROUS SPOT.  7 PLAYS LATER, 12^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, ROETHLISBERGER DOING …WHAT HE DOES.  LOOK AT THAT REX.  AND HE KNEW WHERE THAT YELLOW LINE WAS ON THE FIELD.  12 YD. GAIN ON 3^RD & 12.  MOVE THE CHAINS.  THEN ROETHLISBERGER TO HINES WARD…DOING WHAT THE HE DOES.  I LIKE THE PLAY WITH THAT RICH.  MOVE THE CHAINS DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE.  PUMP FAKEAGE ALL OVER THE PLACE.  __ POUNCEY, HOWEVER, THEIR PRO BOWL ROOKIE ALL WORLD CENTER DID NOT EMERGE FROM THIS PLAY HEALTHY.  AS YOU SAW, BRIAN THOMAS OF THE JETS ROLLED UP ON HIS LEG.  HE WOULD LEAVE THE GAME AND LEAVE THE FIELD ON CRUTCHES.  HOWEVER, BACK ON THE FIELD.. RASHARD MENDENHAHL AND THE RUNNING GAME CAME OUT AND HIT THE JETS ON THE GROUND AND.. 9 MIN. DRIVE TO START THE GAME.  15 PLAYS, 7-0, STEELERS.  THE JETS GO 3 & OUT.  ROETHLISBERGER’S PASS INTENDED FOR MANUAL SANDERS IS INCOMPLETE BUT ERIC SMITH IS CALLED FOR HITTING A DEFENSELESS RECEIVER.  I DON’T AGREE WITH THIS ONE.  MICHAEL?  YEA, IT WAS RIGHT HERE, AND THEY BOTH WENT TO HIT IT.  IT WASN’T A RUN-THROUGH.  TRIED TO AVOID IT.  TACK ON 15 YDS.  4 PLAYS LATER, ROETHLISBERGER’S PASS ON 4^TH & 1.  THEY WENT FOR IT.  IT’S A FREEZING NIGHT IN PITTS.  IT WAS A 50-PLUS YD. F.G. WHICH IS TOUGH IN HINES FIELD IN ANY CONDITIONS.  SO IT’S PICKED OFF BY BRIAN THOMAS.  HE RUSHED THAT.  HE RUSHED THAT.  AND THAT’S THE WAY THE STEELERS TURN IT OVER.  BUT THE OFFENSE OF THE JETS COULD NOT GET ANYTHING GOING EARLY ON BUT RASHARD MENDENHAHL, A 35 YD. GAIN.  THIS LOOKS LIKE THE OLD STEELERS WHERE THEY’RE GONNA POUND YOU DOWN AND RUN THE FOOTBALL AND CONTROL IT ON THE CLOCK.

 

ISAAC REDMOND THAT GETS ON 2 PLAYS LATER.  HOWEVER, THE JETS DEFENSE WOULD STIFFEN FROM HERE ON OUT.  HOLD THE STEELERS TO JUST A F.G.  IT’S 10-NOTHING.  NOW WE SHOW YOU A JETS OFF. PLAY MIDWAY THROUGH THE 6 MIN. MARK OF THE 2^ND QUARTER.  IT’S AN INCOMPLETE PASS.  JERICHO COTCHERY CAN’T GRAB THE DEFLECTED BALL.  4^TH PUNT IN THE GAME FOR THE JETS ALREADY WHILE ROETHLISBERGER WAS CRUISING.  FINDS HIS SECURITY BLANKET..DOING WHAT HE DOES.  FINDING HIMSELF MORE TIME IN THE POCKET AND FINDING HIS T.E. DOWNFIELD.  SO GOOD AT THAT.  HE SIDESTEPS PRESSURE.  HE EXTENDS THE PLAY.  HE EXTENDS IT TO THE RIGHT.  KEEP YOUR EYES DOWNFIELD.  KEEP YOUR EYES DOWNFIELD BIG FELLA.  NICE THROW.  THE JETS TRY TO KEEP FROM GOING LEFT BUT COULDN’T KEEP HIM FROM GOING RIGHT THERE.  BART SCOTT AND ANTONIO CROMARTIE.  THE REST OF THE JETS DEFENSE LEFT MUTTERING TO THEMSELVES AS ROETHLISBERGER NOW THROWS LEFT TO EMANUEL SANDERS.  2 PLAYS AFTER THE MILLER 1^ST DOWN TD.  S.M.U.  2 PLAYS LATER ROETHLISBERGER..THROWS SHORT TO MENDENHAHL ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD.  HE SLIPS.  OTHERWISE HE MIGHT’VE GOTTEN IN THE END ZONE DOWN TO THE 2.  NEXT PLAY…THANK YOU LORD.  ROETHLISBERGER DOES WHAT HE DOES.  NOBODY OPEN SO BIG BEN TAKES IT HIMSELF.  THE STEELERS SCORE THE FIRST 17 PTS. IN THE GAME.  RYAN THOMAS AND THE JETS LEFT WITH THEIR HANDS ON THEIR HIPS.  REX RYAN AND THE JETS WERE HIT DIRECTLY IN THE MOUTH.  LESS THAN 2 MINS. TO GO IN THE HALF.  EVEN MORE DISASTER.  SANCHEZ GOES DOWN.  HE’S SACKED.  WILLIAM GAY…LAMAR WOODLEY GETS IT.  AND THEN 2 PLAYS LATER.. IKE TAYLOR HITS HIM AS HE THROWS.  WILLIAM GAY PICKS THE BALL UP.  THE BALL IS LOOSE.  THERE IS NO WHISTLE.  LOOK AT THE DOWNFIELD BLOCKING.  LOOK AT THE DOWNFIELD BLOCKING.  AND YOU CAN SEE ED HOCHULI RULE IT A TD.  IT’S IN THE LAST 2 MINS. OF THE HALF.  SANCHEZ IS COMING UP HOLDING HIS NON-THROWING ELBOW.  THE BOOTH BUZZES DOWN AND IT’S AN EMPTY HAND.  THIS IS – PAUL.  IT DOES LOOK LIKE HIS ARM’S COMING FORWARD BUT THERE’S AN EMPTY HAND.  THAT’S A FUMBLE AND, THEREFORE, 6 MORE PTS. FOR THE STEELERS.  24-NOTHING.  WOW.  THAT’S THE WAY THE AFC CHAMP. GAME STARTED.  HOWEVER, THE JETS GOT THE BALL BACK; GOT 3 PTS. ON THE BOARD BEFORE THE END OF THE 1^ST HALF, AND GOT THE BALL TO START THE 2^ND HALF, AND CAME OUT LIKE REX RYAN PEELED SOME PAINT OFF THE DOORS IN THE L.R.  THERE’S SHAWN GREEN WITH A 23 YD. GAIN IN THE FIRST PLAY OF THE 2^ND HALF.  HE GOT DINGED UP.  HE WOULD RETURN.  3 PLAYS LATER, 3^RD & SHORT, SANTONIO HOLMES.  HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE GAME.  A 16 YD. PASS PLAY; AND THEN THE NEXT PLAY, MARK SANCHEZ WITH THE FRESH SET OF DOWNS PROVIDED BY SANTONIO, HE MAKES A PLAY AS DOES HOLMES DOWN THE FIELD.  45 YD. TD., JETS MAKE IT A 24-10 GAME.  WATCH THE CORNER MIKE.  HE FALLS DOWN.  HE PUTS HIS HAND UP AND THIS IS AN IMPROVISE BETWEEN A VETERAN RECEIVER AND A YOUNG QB.  WELL DONE!

 

ENSUING STEELERS POSSESSION.  CAN THE JETS GET HIM 3 & OUT?  THEY CAN EVEN THOUGH CHRIS WILSON ALMOST PICKED OFF ROETHLISBERGER.  THE BALL GOES RIGHT OFF THE ROOKIE’S GRILL.  THAT IS CRUCIAL BECAUSE WHY ARE WE SHOWING THE PUNT?  IT’S USUALLY A RETURN OR A BOOBOO.  AND, AS YOU COULD SEE, IT IS NEITHER EXCEPT THAT BOOBOO RIGHT THERE.  JAVON WESTERMAN IS CALLED FOR ROUGHING JEREMY __, THE PUNTER; AND THAT’S ESSENTIALLY A TURNOVER.  IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW JAMAL BEFORE THE GAME YOU KNOW HIM NOW.  AND IT’S NOT RUNNING.  IT’S ROUGHING.  IT’S 15 YDS.  THAT’S A BIG ONE.  SO THAT PUTS THE BALL BACK IN THE STEELERS HANDS RIGHT AT MIDFIELD.  NOW THEY’RE ON THE PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER EXTENDING THE PLAY BUT HE GOES TO HIS LEFT WHICH USUALLY IS THE WAY YOU WANT HIM TO GO, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED THERE.  HE THROWS IT.  A PICK BY RODNEY POOLE.  SO THE JETS DON’T GET BURNED.  THEY JUST LOSE SOME FIELD POSITION AND LOSE SOME TIME OFF THE CLOCK WITH THAT ROUGHING THE KICKER.  WHAT DO THE JETS DO WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY?  BRAYLON EDWARDS PLANTS 1 FOOT OUT OF BOUNDS ON 3^RD DOWN.  SO THE JETS CAN’T MOVE THE BALL.  THEY’RE STILL DOWN 24-10.  LESS THAN 90 TICKS TO GO IN THE 3^RD QUARTER WHEN TREVOR PRYCE BAGS HIM SOME BEN ROETHLISBERGER.  STEELERS NOW FORCED TO PUNT.

 

ENSUING JETS POSSESSION.  NEEDING SOME PTS.  CAN THEY GET IT RIGHT BEFORE THE END OF THE 3^RD QUARTER?  THEY DO GET A 1^ST DOWN AT LEAST.  BRAYLON EDWARDS 18 YD. GAIN TO THE 37 YD. LINE.  2 PLAYS LATER, WE ARE IN THE 4^TH QUARTER; AND WE SEE MARK SANCHEZ LOOKING FOR HIS BINKY.  THAT WOULD BE HIS T.E., DUSTIN KELLER.  NICE PLAY ON THE SIDELINES.  NICE THROW UP AND OVER THE TOP OF THE LINEBACKER, TO THE SIDELINE.  WELL DONE BY MARK SANCHEZ.

 

3 PLAYS LATER, 3^RD & SHORT.  SANCHEZ GOES FOR HIS T.E. AGAIN.  THIS ONE OVER THE MIDDLE.  KELLER MOVED THE CHAINS.  3 PLAYS LATER.  HE’S A TOUGH MATCHUP.  9^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  SHAWN GREEN ON 3^RD & 3, IS STOPPED JUST SHY.  THAT WAS A HIT RIGHT THERE MAN.  A COLLISION BETWEEN 2 GUYS WITH THE WILL TO WIN.  WELL, IT’S SORT OF HELMET TO HELMET THERE BUT IT WASN’T CALLED.  4^TH & 1.  WHAT DO THEY DO?  THEY GIVE IT TO SHAWN GREEN OVER THE RIGHT SIDE AND HE PICKS IT UP.  POWER BACK.  NOW THIS GUY REMINDS ME OF THE OTHER GUY, MENDENHAHL.  2 PLAYS LATER, 12^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  2^ND & 18 AFTER A FUMBLE SNAP.  SHAWN GREEN TAKES MOST OF IT RIGHT BACK AS HE TRUCKS RYAN CLARK FOR A 16 YD. GAIN.  1^ST DOWN AT THE 8 YD. LINE.  NEXT PLAY, IT’S A 3^RD & 2.  NOW IT’S A 1^ST DOWN.  MARK SANCHEZ TO JERICHO COTCHERY TAKEN DOWN AT THE PLAY CALL.  3 PLAYS LATER, 16^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, 3^RD & 1, SANCHEZ ALMOST PICKED BY LAMAR WOODLEY.  BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THERE’S LESS THAN 8 MINS. TO GO NOW IN THE 4^TH QUARTER AND THE JETS STILL HAVEN’T SCORED A POINT.  THEY’RE STILL DOWN BY 2 TDS., AND 4^TH & 1 L.T. IS STOPPED!  STOPPED. THE JETS TAKE 8 MINS. OFF THE CLOCK AND SCORE ZERO PTS.  TURNOVER ON DOWNS.  LET’S HIT THE WAY BACK.  WHY DO WE SHOW THIS TO YOU?  BECAUSE THE LAST TIME THE STEELERS W3RE IN THIS END ZONE AGAINST THE JETS, IT WAS IN WEEK 15 AND JASON TAYLOR CAME UP WITH THE SAFETY.  WE SHOWED YOU __ POUNCEY IS OUT OF THIS GAME.  THEIR PRO BOWL YOUNG CENTER.  HERE’S A MISSED SNAP.  MISHANDLED SNAP RIGHT THERE.  THAT’S WHAT YOU WORRY ABOUT WITH A NEW CENTER IN THE GAME.  IT’S A SAFETY.  BY BEN ROETHLISBERGER, THAT IS 2 MORE PTS. FOR THE N.Y. JETS.  BALL NEVER CAME UP.  IT’S CLEARLY THE CENTER’S FAULT.  THEY’LL GET ANOTHER SHOT AT IT.  SO, THE JETS DOWN 24-12.  WHAT DO THEY DO AT 7:30 TO GO?  SANCHEZ AVOIDS WOODLEY’S RUSH, AND HE FINDS BRAYLON EDWARDS WHO DOES GET BOTH FEET DOWN WITH 7-1/2 MINS. TO GO.  IT’S 3^RD & 1.  LESS THAN 6 MINS. TO GO.  SANCHEZ TRIPS HANDING THE BALL OFF TO L.T. WHO TRIPS OVER HIS QB.  IT’S NOW 4^TH & SHORT AGAIN.  JETS GO INTO THE AIR ON 1^ST DOWN.  BRAYLON EDWARDS.  NICE CALL.  NICE LOCATION.  THREW IT ON THE BODY MIKE, NOT OUT IN FRONT .  PERFECT LOCATION WITH THE FOOTBALL.  THEY STILL NEED 2 SCORES, EVEN WITH THE SAFETY.  4 MINS. TO GO.  HERE’S DUSTIN KELLER 1^ST DOWN.  BUT THE CLOCK IS MOVING.  LESS THAN 4 MINS. TO GO NOW FOR THE JETS NEEDING 2 TDS. TO GET THE LEAD.  2^ND & GOAL.  3 MINS. TO GO.  HERE’S JERICHO COTCHERY IN THE END ZONE.  IT’S A PICK PLAY.  24-19 AS THE JETS GO FOR 1 AND KICK THE BALL OFF NEEDING TO GET THE BALL BACK.  THEY HAD ALL 3 TIMEOUTS LEFT.  2^ND DOWN ROETHLISBERGER ROLLS TO HIS RIGHT, EXTENDS THE PLAY.  FINDS HEATH MILLER TO MOVE THE CHAINS.  THE JETS HAVE A 2 MIN. WARNING AND 2 TIMEOUTS LEFT.  SO THEY COUNT OUT A … AGAIN.  YET, 1 MORE 1^ST DOWN.  ROETHLISBERGER ON 3^RD & 6.  HERE’S ESSENTIALLY THE GAME.  HE EXTENDS THE PLAY TO HIS RIGHT AND, ON THE RUN, FINDS THE RECEIVER.  THE STEELERS DRAFTED TO MAKE UP FOR THE TRADE OF SANTONIO HOLMES.  IT’S ANTONIO BROWN HOW PROVIDES THE GAME WINNING 1^ST DOWN, AND REX IS DEJECTED.  SANCHEZ TRYING TO RALLY THE TROOPS AS BEN ROETHLISBERGER; HIS SEASON THAT STARTED IN SUCH DISASTROUS STRAITS, WINDS UP WITH A 3^RD SUPER BOWL TRIP OF HIS CAREER.  24-19 IS THE FINAL SCORE.  THE STEELERS SCORED THE FIRST 24 PTS. IN THIS GAME.  THE JETS SCORED THE FINAL 19 PTS. OF THIS GAME, AND NOT ENOUGH, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A FURIOUS COMEBACK FOR THE 6^TH SEEDED JETS WHO HAD SO MANY LATE GAME VICTORIES.  THEY JUST COULD NOT PULL OUT ANOTHER ON THE ROAD IN THE AFC TOWER GAME.  SO IT’S NOW 42 YRS. AND COUNTING FOR THE JETS SINCE THEY’VE BEEN BACK TO THE S.B., AND THE STEELERS GO BACK TO THE S.B. 2 YRS. AFTER THEY WON IT TO TRY TO GET A 7^TH.

 

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