BILLS HOSTING THE RAIDERS.  ONE OF THESE TEAMS WOULD END UP 2-0 AFTER THE GAME.  BRIAN FITZPATRICK POSTED HIS BEST CAREER PASSER RATING LAST WEEK IN A BLOWOUT WIN AT K.C.  2^ND QUARTER.  THE RAIDERS GIVE THE BALL TO DARREN MCFADDEN..HAD A BIG GAME ON MONDAY NIGHT AGAINST THE BRONCOS.  HAVING A BIG GAME HERE.  GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  5 YD. SCORE.  RAIDERS UP 15-NOTHING EARLY.  THEY WENT INTO HALFTIME UP 21-3, LOOKING LIKE A ROAD VICTORY FOR THE RAIDERS; BUT IN THE 2^ND HALF FRED JACKSON GOT LOOSE.  FAKING OUT THE SAFETY HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  A 43 YD. SCORE.  SO THE BILLS ONLY DOWN NOW 21-10.  OAKLAND GETTING THE BALL BACK.  COULD THEY DISTANCE THEIR LEAD?  THE HANDOFF TO DARREN MCFADDEN, AND HE WOULD LOSE THE BALL.  BUFFALO RECOVERS!  VINNY __ WITH THE RECOVERY AS DARREN MCFADDEN LOST IT.  ONE OF HIS FEW MISTAKES IN THE GAME.  WE HAD THE BIG ONE BUT THAT WAS COSTLY.  BUFFALO GETS THE BALL BACK AND THEY TAKE IT DOWN TO THE 7 YD. LINE, A 3^RD & GOAL FOR BRIAN FITZPATRICK; AND GUESS WHO STEVIE JOHNSON, THE CONNECTION IS SUBLIME.  A 7 YD. SCORE.  BILLS ONLY DOWN 21-17.  JOHNSON 8 CATCHES, 96 YDS. IN THE GAME.  ALSO HAD A TD. LAST WEEK AND GUESS WHAT, FRED JACKSON BACK ONCE AGAIN TAKING IT INSIDE THE 20 ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION.  A 29 YD. GAME.  JACKSON WITH A BIG GAME.  117 YDS. ON THE GROUND AND 2 TDS. FOR BUFFALO.  SO THEY GO AHEAD 24-21, AND THEN OAKLAND GETS THE BALL BACK.  DARREN MCFADDEN TIPTOEING INTO THE END ZONE, A 12 YD. TD.  RAIDERS GO UP 28-24.  MCFADDEN 72 YDS. ON THE GROUND, 71 IN THE AIR AND 2 TDS.  BILLS GET THE BALL BACK AND THEY WOULD COUNTERPUNCH HITTING RIGHT BACK, HITTING OAKLAND IN THE FACE.  STEVIE JOHNSON A 17 YD. PICKUP, SETS UP A 1^ST & GOAL AT THE 8.  RYAN FITZPATRICK END ZONE ONCE AGAIN.  SCOTT CHANDLER 2 TDS. A WEEK AGO.  HE HAD ONE RIGHT THERE FROM 6 YDS. AWAY.  BILLS GO BACK ON TOP IN A WILD 4^TH QUARTER.  THEY ARE TRADING BLOWS.  JASON CAMPBELL SAYS, “I’M NOT DONE YET!”  LOOKING DEEP FOR HIS ROOKIE 5^TH ROUND PICK, DANARIUS MOORE WITH THE GRAB IN TRAFFIC IN THE END ZONE.  MAKES A FANTASTIC CATCH!  RAIDERS GO ON TOP ON THE 50 YD. SCORE.  IN BETWEEN LEODUS MCKELMAN AND GEORGE WILSON, AND WARD COMES DOWN WITH IT SOMEHOW PUTTING THE RAIDERS UP 35-31.  SO A MINUTE LEFT.  BRIAN FITZPATRICK LOOKING TO BRING THE BILLS BACK; AND HE SAID THAT WHEN THEY GOT THE BALL BACK HE KNEW THEY WOULD SCORE.  COULD THEY GET IT DONE?  4^TH & 1.  THIS IS THE GAME!  WIDE OPEN SCORING THE TD., DAVID NELSON, THE 2^ND YEAR MAN OUT OF FLORIDA GETS THE START!  BILLS GO UP 38-35 BUT, WITH SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI AS YOUR KICKER, YOU ALWAYS HAVE A CHANCE IF YOU’RE THE RAIDERS.  SO JASON CAMPBELL LOOKING TO TRY AND SET SOMETHING UP; AND THIS WITH 1 SEC. LEFT, LOOKING FOR THE HAIL MARY INTO THE END ZONE, AND IT IS CAUGHT.  THE BALL IS CAUGHT.  WHO CAME DOWN WITH IT?  DID THE RAIDERS STEAL AWAY THE VICTORY?  IT IS INTERCEPTED.  BUFFALO COMES DOWN WITH IT, AND THAT IS HOW THEY SEAL THE WIN.  THE BUFFALO BILLS.  IMAGINE THAT.  2 & 0 TO START THE SEASON, AND THEIR OFFENSE LOOKS SPECTACULAR.

01:13:48 – CHICAGO BEARS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

..EXPECTED TO BE A COUPLE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE IN THE NFC.  BRIAN URLACHER, PLAYING TODAY AFTER THE PASSING OF HIS MOTHER EARLIER THIS WEEK.  BEARS/SAINTS.  CHICAGO 2^ND POSSESSION.  MATT FORTE HAS LOOKED VERY GOOD THIS SEASON.  42 YDS. HERE.  BUT MATT’S STILL NOT AS GOOD AS WHO’S THAT YOU WERE SAYING?  I SAID ON SCREENS AND DRAWS.  YEA, WHO WAS THAT?  I SAID THAT I THOUGHT SHADY MCCOY WAS A BETTER BACK ON SCREENS AND …  OK!  I’M JUST MAKING SURE I HEARD IT RIGHT.  WELL LET’S GET IT ACCURATE.  THAT’S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION!  THE SAINTS GIVING SOME YDS. AND OPPORTUNITIES TO THE BEARS HERE.  INCOMPLETE.  ROUGHING THE PASSER ON ROMAN HARPER.  1^ST DOWN AT THE SAINTS 7 YD. LINE.  A COUPLE OF PLAYERS LATER, CUTLER TO THE ROOKIE, FREE AGENT DAN SANSENBACHER.  8 YD. SCORE.  THE SAINTS REALLY HURT THEMSELVES ON THAT DRIVE.  ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS THEY HAD THE BEARS IN TROUBLE.  PENALTIES GAVE THE BEARS 1^ST DOWNS.  7-3, 3^RD DOWN & 12.  PASS RUSH DOESN’T GET BREES.  THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST PASS OF THE EARLY GAMES.  WOW.  BEAUTIFUL.  THAT IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE GUESS WHAT?  …AND IT’S A WELL DESIGNED, ATTACKING 2 YOUNG SAFETIES DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.  SAINTS LEADING 10-3.  MATT FORTE CARRIED THE LOAD OFFENSIVELY FOR THE BEARS IN THE 1^ST HALF.  1:57 LEFT.  3^RD & 9.  CUTLER TO FORTE.  15 YD. PICKUP.  THIS IS ALL THEY REALLY COULD DO.  EXACTLY.  JAY COMPLETED 19 PASSES, 10 OF THEM TO FORTE BECAUSE HE DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO SET HIS FEET, PUSH IT DOWNFIELD.  AND THAT’S THE WHOLE POINT ABOUT THIS IS WHAT YOUR OFFENSE IS REDUCED TO BECAUSE YOU REFUSE, ABSOLUTELY REFUSE..I WON’T USE THE WORD ARROGANTLY, AS YOU DID.  REFUSE…  WELL, AGAIN, PRESSURE’S THE PROBLEM, AND WE CAN.. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ISSUES INSIDE THAT OFFENSIVE HUDDLE; AND JAMIE, YOU POINTED OUT THE LACK OF WEAPONS.  BUT HE WAS SACKED 6 TIMES AND HIT ANOTHER DOZEN OR MORE TIMES TODAY.  AND FORTE 118 OF THE BEARS 165 TOTAL YDS. IN THE FIRST HALF.  CUTLER SACKED BY TURK MCBRIDE AND RECOVERED BY JONATHAN VILMA.  THIS HAPPENED ALL DAY LONG.  PLEASE, DON’T ANYONE IN THE NFL QUESTION JAY CUTLER’S TOUGHNESS, BECAUSE NO ONE’S BEEN HIT MORE THAN HIM OVER THE LAST 2-PLUS YRS.  DREW BREES TO ROBERT MEECHUM 4 YDS. OUT.  SAINTS LEADING BY 10.  LATE IN THE 3^RD, 8^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, 3^RD & 5.  BREES TO THE YOUNG TALENTED T.E. JIMMY GRAHAM, 15 YDS.  I THINK AT THIS POINT THE BEARS DEFENSE HAS JUST GOTTEN TIRED.  SURE.  BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING NO HELP FROM THEIR OFFENSE.  ABSOLUTELY.  AND THAT’S THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP THAT THEY HAVE.  OFFENSE HAS GOTTA DO SOMETHING TO KEEP THEM RESTED.  BEARS OFFENSE HAD THE BALL FOR 23-12 YDS.  AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, TAKE MIKE B.  WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE, POUND-FOR-POUND, THE BEST FREE AGENT ACQUISITION.  AND DARREN SPROLES.  YES, ABSOLUTELY.  12 YD. TOUCH ON 3^RD & 2.  DREW BREES, 270 YDS., 3 TDS. ON THE DAY.  BEARS COMING BACK.  JAY CUTLER NOT REALLY COMING BACK.  SACKED BY JONATHAN CASILLAS.  12 YD. LOSS.  GET HIM OUT. GET HIM OUT OF THERE.  6 SACKS.  YOU THINK HE’S BEGGING OUT?  IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE SAYING?  AND PEOPLE ARE GONNA YELL AT JAY CUTLER FOR WHAT YOU JUST SAW THERE, AND EVERY OTHER QB IN THE NFL THAT HAD BEEN HIT AS MUCH AS HE HAD BEEN HIT WOULD HAVE A FEW CHOICE WORDS FOR PEOPLE IN BEARS GEAR.  HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE FRUSTRATED.  6 SACKS.  19 OUT OF 45, BEARS COMING BACK TO REALITY A LITTLE BIT DROPPING DOWN TO 1 & 1.  SAINTS ALSO 1 & 1.  I THINK THIS WAS THE TOUGHEST GAME OF THEIR 1^ST 3.  THEY AHD THE FALCONS AT HOME.  THEY DOMINATED THEM.  THEY GET THE G.B. PACKERS AT HOME NEXT WEEK; A TEAM THEY’VE ALWAYS PLAYED WELL AGAINST AT HOME.  I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE TOUGHEST OF THE 3.

01:17:33 – TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS

FIRST GAME AT THE METRODOME SINCE THE ROOF COLLAPSED.  JOSH FREEMAN AND T.B. COMING OFF A HOME OPENING WEEKEND LOSS.  DONOVAN MCNABB, A BRUTAL DEBUT.  JUST 39 YDS. IN A LOSS TO THE CHARGERS.  BUT, ON THE OPENING DRIVE HE WOULD GET IT DONE HITTING PERCY HARVIN FOR A NICE PICKUP OF 11.  MCNABB 5 OF 5 FOR 38 YDS. ON THE OPENING DRIVE.  THAT TOOK IT DOWN TO THE 7.  3 PLAYS LATER, A 12 PLAY DRIVE KEPT UP.  ADRIAN PETERSON TAKES IT IN FOR THE SCORE.  VIKINGS GO UP 7-NOTHING.  THE 53^RD CAREER RUSHING TD. BY ADRIAN PETERSON.  BECOMES THE VIKINGS ALL-TIME LEADER.  NO SURPRISE THAT HE HAS DONE IT QUICKLY.  ONTO THE 2^ND QUARTER.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR THE VIKINGS.  PETERSON BUMPING INTO PEOPLE!  YOU CAN’T BRING HIM DOWN AS HE TAKES IT WITH SOME NICE MOVES.  DOWN FOR 19 YDS. BUT IT LOOKED A LOT BETTER THAN THAT WHEN HE JUST RAN INTO ..  ADRIAN PETERSON GOING HEADS-UP WITH THE LINEBACKER MAKING A NICE JUKE; AND WHEN IT WASN’T ADRIAN PETERSON GETTING IT DONE FOR THE MINN. VIKINGS ON THE GROUND, IT WAS TONY GERHARDT.  3 PLAYS LATER, MCNABB WITH A PASS TO GERHARDT OUT OF THE BACKFIELD, GETTING SOME NICE BLOCKS; AND HE WOULD TAKE IT 42 YDS. OFF THE PASS FROM MCNABB.  SO TONY GERHARDT RUNNING IT, CATCHING IT.  DOING EVERYTHING DOWN TO THE 4 YD. LINE.  2 PLAYS LATER THE 8^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE THERE, JUST MILKING THE CLOCK.  DOWN BY HALFTIME.  ADRIAN PETERSON TAKES IT ONCE AGAIN INTO THE END ZONE.  A 9 YD. SCORE.  17 TO NOTHING, THE VIKINGS LEAD AT THE HALF.  PETERSON A MONSTER GAME.  25 CARRIES, 12-0 YDS. AND 2 TDS.  ONTO THE 3^RD.  EVEN THOUGH IT WAS 17-NOTHING, NOT TIME TO COUNT OUT THE BUCCANEERS YET.  GARRETT BLOUNT GETS LOOSE WITH THE STIFF-ARM.  DIVES INTO THE END ZONE.  A 27 YD. SCORE FROM THE R.B. FROM OREGON.  71 YDS. IN THE GAME FOR LEGGY.  HE WAS GETTING GOING IN THE 2^ND HALF AS __ HURDLES A MAN, AND HE TAKES IT IN TO VIKINGS TERRITORY.  RUNS JUST OVER CEDRIC GRIFFIN, JUMPING OVER THE MAN.  BLOUNT SHOWING OFF THE ATHLETICISM WE SAW FROM HIM IN HIS ROOKIE SEASON.  HE HAD A NICE 2^ND HALF FOR THE BUCCANEERS.  JOSH FREEMAN THOUGH, A NICE CHANCE FOR THE BUCCANEERS TO GET WITHIN 1 SCORE BUT HE IS PICKED OFF IN THE END ZONE BY HUSSEIN ABDUL, WHO RETURNS IT TO THE 30 YD. LINE.  A HUGE PLAY FOR THE MINN. VIKINGS.  THIS TIME THEY PRESERVE THEIR 2 SCORE LEAD.  SO THEY REMAIN UP BY 10, 17-7.  THAT SEEMED LIKE IT COULD KEEP T.B. FROM COMING BACK, BUT, BUCCANEERS DID ADD A F.G. AND NOW, ON A PLAY ACTION, FREEMAN LOOKS END ZONE, AND THERE HE IS, __ __ WITH A TD. GRAB AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HAVE A BALL GAME IN MINN.  A 1 SCORE CONTEST, 20-17.  COULD T.B. GET THE COMEBACK ONCE AGAIN LIKE JOSH FREEMAN HAS DONE SO MANY TIMES BEFORE?  AND HE MAKES THE COMPLETION TO HIS T.E. KELLEN WINSLOW.  A 14 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 29.  GIVE LEGARET BLOUNT, HIS 2^ND TD. OF THE GAME.  THIS PUTS T.B. ON TOP FOR GOOD.  HE WOULD ADD THE EXTRA PT.  GO UP BY 4 PTS., 24-20.  HOW ABOUT JOSH FREEMAN LEADING HIS 8^TH CAREER 4^TH QUARTER COMEBACK WIN AS THE BUCS TAKE IT 24-20.

01:21:06 – KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ DETROIT LIONS

CHIEFS AT THE LIONS.  MATT CASSEL AND K.C. BLOWN OUT LAST WEEK AGAINST BUFFALO.  MATTHEW STAFFORD GOT A ROAD WIN AGAINST T.B.  FIRST QUARTER TEMPERS FLARING EARLY ON IN THE GAME.  BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE TITUS YOUNG AND BRANDON FLOWERS GETTING INTO A SHOVING MATCH.  FLOWERS’ JERSEY NEARLY RIPPED OFF.  THE HELMETS COMING FLYING OFF.  THESE GUYS ARE GOING AT IT.  FLOWERS, MAYBE TITUS YOUNG WAS JEALOUS OF THE NEW CONTRACT HE JUST SIGNED.  ANYWAY STAFFORD GETS BACK TO WORK, AND HE THROWS A TD. PASS TO MEGATRON.  CALVIN JOHNSON PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF LAST WEEK.  HE HAD 2 TDS. IN WK. 1.  ALREADY WITH 1 THIS ONE.  AND JAMAL CHARLES WOULD JUST RESPOND.  BREAKS IT TO THE LEFT.  HE GETS A NICE GAIN OF 24.  GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.  A 1^ST & 10 AT THE LIONS 24 YD. LINE WITH HIS TEAM DOWN 7-NOTHING.  AND THEN CHARLES GOES THIS TIME TO THE RIGHT FOR A 3 YD. GAIN.  BUT YOU CAN SEE HE SLIPS, RUNS INTO THE LIONS MASCOT.  HE IS ROLLING AROUND ON THE GROUND, CLEARLY HURT.  GRABBING HAT HIS LEFT LEG.  SCARY MOMENT AS HE SLIPPED ON THE MARKER ON THE FIELD.  GOES DOWN INSTANTLY.  AND YOU KNOW HE’S HAVING SOME PROBLEMS.  HAD TO BE CARTED OFF THE FIELD.  THEY LISTED HIS RETURN AS QUESTIONABLE.  HE DID NOT COME BACK.  2 CARRIES IN THE GAME FOR JAMAL CHARLES FOR 27 YDS.  SO THAT JUST MEANT THINGS GOT EVEN EASIER FOR THE LIONS.  TONY SCHEFFLER WITH THE TD. FROM MATTHEW STAFFORD.  A 36 YD. TD. CATCH.  14-3.  DETROIT GOES UP AND THE ROUTE WAS ON FROM THERE AS THE CHIEFS JUST COULD NOT CONNECT OFFENSIVELY THE ENTIRE GAME.  JUST A ROUGH DAY FOR MATT CASSEL.  BALL IS PICKED.  INTERCEPTED BY CHRIS HOUSTON, AND HE RETURNS IT 26 YDS.  NOTHING GOING RIGHT FOR K.C.  THIS TIME MATT CASSEL, HIS PASS DOWN THE FIELD INTENDED FOR JEREMY IRVIN.  IT IS PICKED OFF BY AMARI SPIVEY.  SO THAT TURNOVER WOULD LEAD TO A LIONS F.G. THEY GO UP 20-3.  IT WAS JUST ALL DETROIT IN THIS ONE.  MOWING THROUGH K.C.  MATTHEW STAFFORD AND HE FINDS NATE BURLESON.  TURNS ON HIS MAN!  GOES UP THE FIELD.  STILL ON HIS FEET.  TAKES IT PAST MIDFIELD.  ALMOST DOWN TO THE 40.  A GAIN OF 27.  SETS UP A 1^ST & 10 THAT THE 42.  NATE BURLESON HAD A BIG GAME.  7 CATCHES, 93 YDS.  MATTHEW STAFFORD, THIS TIME FINDS JAVAD BEST, HIS R.B. PLAYING IN THE SLOT.  TAKES IT ALL THE WAY DOWN INSIDE THE 10, AND BEST A 35 YD. PICKUP MAKES IT 1^ST & GOAL AT THE 6.  SO SAME POSSESSION 4 PLAYS LATER, AND THIS TIME IT’S A 4^TH & GOAL.  THEY DECIDE TO GO FOR IT AFTER CALVIN JOHNSON DROPPED THE PASS BEFORE.  THIS TIME HE CATCHES IT.  HIS 2^ND STRAIGHT 2 TD. GAME.  HE’S GOT 4 TDS. TO OPEN UP THE SEASON.  LIONS UP 27-3.  MATT CASSEL TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN AGAIN.  BROUGHT DOWN BY KYLE VANDENBOSCH, AND HE LOSES THE BALL.  DETROIT IS THERE ONCE AGAIN.  IT WAS JUST A BLOWOUT FOR THE LIONS UP 27-3.  THEY RECOVERED AND JUST MAJOR PROBLEMS FOR K.C.  ONTO THE 4^TH.  MATTHEW STAFFORD ONCE AGAIN.  THE DUMP-OFF TO JAVAD BEST.  HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  A 9 YD. SCORE.  LIONS GO UP 34-3, AND THEY WOULD GO ON FOR A MONSTER VICTORY, 48-3.

01:24:33 – CLEVELAND BROWNS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

BROWNS AT THE COLTS.  COLT MCCOY 2-7 AS A STARTER IN HIS CAREER.  THE BROWNS HAVEN’T WON VS. THE COLTS SINCE 1994, BUT WITH KERRY COLLINS IN AT QB INSTEAD OF PEYTON MANNING, MAYBE THIS WOULD BE THEIR DAY.  COLLINS LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK FROM A BAD WEEK 1.  COMPLETE A PASS TO REGGIE WAYNE FOR A GAIN OF 19 TO MIDFIELD.  SO A NICE START FOR INDY’S OFFENSE.  THEN ON A PLAY ACTION, COLLINS AVOIDING SOME TROUBLE, AND HE FINDS WAYNE ONCE AGAIN FOR A GAIN OF 20 TO THE BROWNS 18.  THEY WOULD SETTLE ON A F.G. AND GO UP 6-NOTHING.  RIGHT AFTER THAT, ON THE KICKOFF, JOSH CRIBBS.  YOU KNOW HE IS EAGER TO TAKE THE BALL OUT OF THE END ZONE, AND IT WOULD PAY OFF AS HE RACES DOWN THE SIDELINE, AND HE RETURNS IT 52 YDS. TO THE 45.  A NICE RETURN FOR CRIBBS.  5 PLAYS LATER A 1^ST & 10.  THE DUMP-OFF PASS TO PAYTON HILLIS.  HE RAMBLES FOR 19 YDS. TO THE COLTS 25 YD. LINE.  SAME DRIVE, 6 PLAYS LATER.  COLT MCCOY FEELS THE PRESSURE.  SO HE STARTS ROLLING OUT TO HIS LEFT.  LOOKING ACROSS HIS BODY, AND HE WILL END UP HITTING EDMOND MOORE FOR THE 16 YD. TD.  BROWNS GO UP 7-6.  MOORE CAUGHT A TD. THE WEEK 1 AS WELL.  SO A NICE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE 2.  NEXT BROWNS POSSESSION.  THIS TIME IT IS JOSH CRIBBS PUSHING A MAN INTO THE GROUND WITH A STIFF ARM.  HE RACES OUT 25 YDS. TO THE 36.  SO JOSH CRIBBS GETTING IT DONE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.  AND COLT MCCOY ESCAPES THE PRESSURE.  THROWS TOWARDS THE END ZONE FOR A HEAVILY-COVERED __ __.  A GAIN OF 28 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 1.  WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO PUNCH IT IN?  2^ND & GOAL, PAYTON HILLIS WALKS RIGHT INTO THE END ZONE, AND THAT PUTS THE BROWNS UP 14-9.  THEY WOULD GO INTO HALFTIME SAME SCORE, 14-9.  HILLIS TRYING TO MAKE INDY PAY IN THE 2ND HALF BUT HE IS STRIPPED.  THE BALL COMES LOOSE.  A NICE BREAK FOR INDY AS HE GOT STUCK THERE BY PHILIP WHEELER.  ANTOWAN BETHEA GETS THE FUMBLE RECOVERY, AND INDY WOULD CLOSE WITH THE F.G.  SO 14-12.  THEY COULD COME BACK BUT KERRY COLLINS IS PICKED OFF BY __ __ WHO RETURNS IT ON HIS FEET ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 21 YD. LINE.  FINALLY STUCK AND BROUGHT DOWN, BUT THAT WAS A GAME-CHANGER BECAUSE CLEVELAND WOULD HIT A F.G. GOING UP 17-12.  THEY DID NOT LOOK BACK AFTER THAT AS PAYTON HILLIS WAS RAMBLING ONCE AGAIN GETTING A NICE BLOCK UP FIELD.  GOES INTO THE END ZONE.  A 24 YD. SCORE.  HIS 2^ND OF THE GAME AND THE BROWNS WOULD GO ON FOR A VICTORY.  SO THEY ARE NOW 1-1 ON THE SEASON.

01:27:20 – GREEN BAY PACKERS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

PACKERS AT THE PANTHERS.  CAM NEWTON AND AARON RODGERS.  RODGERS ON FIRE LAST WEEK IN THE OPENER.  3 TDS. IN THE 1^ST QUARTER.  NEWTON WITH 422 YDS. IN HIS DEBUT, PICKED UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF WITH A LOB FOR A TD. PASS TO BRANDON LAFELL.  10^TH PLAY OF THEIR OPENING DRIVE, AND THEY GO UP 7-NOTHING ON THE DEFENDING S.B. CHAMPIONS.  PERFECTLY THROWN BALL BY NEWTON.  LAFELL GETS BOTH FEET IN.  HE WENT 6 OF 7 FOR 90 YDS. ON THE DRIVE, AND THEN COMES RIGHT BACK AFTER THAT THROWING IT TO GREG OLSEN, HIS T.E.  GOOD FOR 34 YDS.  DOWN TO THE 3.  THEY’RE UP 10-NOTHING AT THAT POINT, AND THEY WOULD GET A F.G. AND SET G.B. BACK WITH THEIR LARGEST DEFICIT SINCE 2009.  SO DOWN 13-NOTHING, AARON RODGERS GOING TO WORK.  GETS HIS T.E. JERMICHAEL FINLEY A 39 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 38.  IT WOULD LEAD TO A TD. RUN BY JOHN KUME, CAPPING AN 11 PLAY 80 YD. DRIVE.  HOW WOULD CAM NEWTON RESPOND?  WELL, HE WOULD END UP GETTING PICKED OFF BY CHARLES WOODSON FROM ONE HEISMAN TO ANOTHER.  WOODSON WITH THE INTERCEPTION.  PACKERS DOWN AT THE HALF, 13-7.  BUT THEY WOULD GET IT BACK IN THE 2^ND HALF.  AARON RODGERS, ALL KINDS OF TIME ON THE BOOTLEG.  FINDS A WIDE OPEN GREG JENNINGS FOR A 49 YD. SCORE.  2^ND TD. OF THE SEASON FOR JENNINGS.  PACKERS GO UP 14-13.  THEIR FIRST LEAD OF THE GAME.  AND THEN CAROLINA STARTED TO GET SLOPPY.  SOMEWHAT GOOD PROTECTION FOR CAM NEWTON BUT THROWING OFF HIS BACK FOOT INTERCEPTED AGAIN BY CHARLES WOODSON.  THE 6^TH TIME THAT WOODSON HAD 2 PICKS IN A GAME.  PACKERS WOULD GET A F.G. GOING UP 17-13.  THEN NEWTON FINDS HIS MAN OVER IN THE MIDDLE.  STEVE SMITH.  SMITH CARRIED THE BALL OUT WITH 1 HAND.  HAS IT KNOCKED LOOSE AND GUESS WHO PICKS IT UP?  THE MAN ALREADY WITH 2 PICKS, CHARLES WOODSON; AND HE ENDS UP GETTING THE RECOVERY THERE.  STEVE SMITH WITH A SLOPPY PLAY.  PACKERS WITH ANOTHER F.G. GOING UP 20-13, AND JUST THIS TIME CAM NEWTON OVERTHROWS …  INTERCEPTED BY MORGAN BURNETT.  SO THE PACKERS GET ANOTHER F.G. GOING UP 23-13.  BUT, ON A BIG 31 FROM THEIR OWN 35, CAROLINA’S DEFENSE COMES UP BIG, FORCES THE PUNT.  SO CAM NEWTON WITH A CHANCE TO TRY AND TIE THE GAME WITH UNDER 7 MINS. TO GO.  THROWS ONE DOWN THE LEFT SIDELINE.  ..UP THERE ONCE AGAIN IS BRANDON LAVELL, ALREADY WITH A NICE TD. GRAB EARLIER IN THE GAME.  PULLS THAT ONE IN.  SO ON A CRUCIAL 4^TH & 4, COULD THEY CONVERT?  CAM NEWTON WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF HIM, BROUGHT DOWN FROM BEHIND, AND HE FALLS JUST SHORT OF THE 1^ST DOWN MARKER.  SO THE PACKERS GET THE BALL, AND RIGHT AFTER THAT ON THE PLAY ACTION, AARON RODGERS ON THE SLANT PATTERN.  THIS ONE TO JORDY NELSON, QUIET ALL GAME UNTIL THEN.  HIS FIRST CATCH AND HE TAKES IT ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE.  AN 84 YD. SCORE, AND THE PACKERS WIN IT 30-23.

01:30:27 – BALTIMORE RAVENS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

REMEMBER THE RAVENS TEAM THAT MADE THE STEELERS LOOK BAD LAST WEEK?  WELL THEY MADE ME LOOK BAD BECAUSE I SAID THEY WERE GONNA TAKE A STEP BACK THIS YEAR AND THE STEELERS WERE THE SIGNIFICANT CLASS OF THE AFC NORTH.  2^ND QUARTER, 2^ND DOWN 10.  RICKY WILLIAMS PUTS THE BALL ON THE GROUND.  RECOVERED BY CARL __.  ROB BARONAS WOULD KICK A 26 YD. F.G.  TENN. LEADING 3-NOTHING.  I KNOW YOU GOTTA PLAY THESE GAMES EVERY SUNDAY BUT THIS IS A GAME THE RAVENS CAN’T LOSE.  THAT’S RIGHT.  BUT THEY LOOKED FLAT THE WHOLE GAME.  THEY DID.  THEY WEREN’T SHARP.  I MEAN YOU WOULD EXPECT A JOHN HARBAUGH-COACHED TEAM FILLED WITH VETERANS TO COME OUT AND NOT HAVE A LETDOWN.  BUT..  ON THIS DRIVE, AT LEAST, THEY WERE GOOD.  THAT WAS FLACCO TO __.  NOW FLACCO TO RAY RICE.  WOW.  WELL DESIGNED SCREEN.  YOU GOTTA GET IN THE END ZONE THERE.  31 YD. TD.  SO THE RAVENS LEADING AS WE EXPECTED THEM TO BE, 7-3.  RAY RICE JUST 43 YDS. RUSHING TODAY AFTER A BIG DAY AGAINST THE STEELERS LAST WEEK.  HASSELECK HAD A BIG DAY.  NICE CATCH THERE BY THE YOUNG T.E., JARED COOK.  23 YDS. DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE.  1^ST & 10 AT THE RAVEN 42.  WHAT A CATCH.  SHOW ME SOME KENNY BRITT TOO, WILL YOU PAUL BECAUSE KENNY BRITT CAN PLAY.  HE’LL BE IN HERE.  YES HE WILL.  ANOTHER BIG DAY FOR HIM.  THERE YOU GO TOM.  THANKS.  YOU ASKED AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE.  GENEROUS GUY.  HASSELBECK TO BRITT, 4 YD. TOUCH.  BRITT, 6 CATCHES FOR 80 YDS. AND THAT TD. IN THE 1^ST HALF.  ENSUING KICKOFF.  DAVID REED.  JOHN HARBAUGH THE OLD SPECIAL TEAMS COACH, HAS TO APPRECIATE THIS.  OH, TOUCHED 1 TIME THERE AND TAKES IT BACK 77 YDS. TO THE TENN. 30.  NOW MAKE SOMETHING OF IT.  THEY DIDN’T REALLY.  BILLY CUNDIFF 41 YD. F.G.  TIED AT 10 AT HALFTIME.  LOST OPPORTUNITY.  3^RD QUARTER, 3^RD & 8.  HERE COME THE RAVENS.  __ FOR MATT HASSELBECK, AN EXCELLENT TOUCH TO NATE WASHINGTON.  YEA.  HOW ABOUT THE #’S FOR HASSELBECK TODAY?  30 OF 42 FOR 358, A TD. AND A PICK.  ZERO SACKS FROM THE RAVENS TODAY.  ZERO TAKEAWAYS FROM THE RAVENS DEFENSE TODAY.  CHRIS JOHNSON ON THE SIDELINE, AND JAVON RINGER, 10 YD. SCORE.  THERE’S A LOT OF JAVON RINGER MAKING PLAYS.  C.J.  24 CARRIES, 53 CARRIES.  242 YDS. PER CARRY.  4^TH QUARTER PLAY ACTION.  52 MILL. PER YARD I THINK!  JOE FLACCO PICKED OFF BY JASON MCCORDY WHO TAKES IT BACK 30 YDS. TO THE BALT. 26.  JAMIE, DON’T YOU HAVE SOME CHOICE WORDS FOR …  THAT WAS FLACCO’S 2^ND PICK OF THE DAY JAMIE.  YEA, NOT GOOD.  NEXT BALT. POSSESSION, FLACCO TO LEE EVANS.  THAT’S A GOOD BALL 32 YDS.  BILLY CUNDIFF ANOTHER F.G.  TITANS LEADING BY 10 AT 23-13.  NEXT TENN. POSSESSION, 3^RD & 9.  HASSELBECK TO WHO ELSE?  KENNY BRITT GOES UP AND GETS IT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.  28 YD. PICKUP.  THIS JUST CAN’T…I MEAN THIS IS THE SAME TEAM THAT SACKED BIG BEN 4 TIMES AND TOOK IT AWAY 7 TIMES LAST WEEK AGAINST THE STEELERS.  4^TH & 1, HASSELBECK TO THE FULLBACK QUINN JOHNSON FOR 13.  YOU HIT HIM.  I’M NOT GONNA HIT HIM.  YEA, THAT’S A BIG BOY.  TITANS HAVE A F.G. OF 26-13.  THAT’S RIGHT.  I THINK THAT’S THE FIRST WIN FOR COACH MUNCHEK.  IT SURE IS.  AND A QUALITY, QUALITY… THAT’S A GREAT WIN FOR HIM.  AND KENNY BRITT 9 CATCHES, 135 YDS.  MATT HASSELBECK WITH A BIG DAY AS WELL GOING FOR 358.  IF I TOLD YOU THAT C.J. WAS ONLY GONNA RUN FOR 53 YDS. IN THIS GAME, WOULD YOU HAVE TOLD ME THE TITANS WERE GONNA WIN BY 2 TDS.?  YEA, I SAID IF YOU GOT THAT IN THE 1^ST QUARTER.  THIS IS A HORRIBLE LOSS FOR THE RAVENS.  YEA.

01:34:00 – JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ NEW YORK JETS

JAGUARS AT THE JETS.  REX RYAN LOOKING TO GO 2-0 AFTER THAT COMEBACK WIN OVER THE COWBOYS LAST SUNDAY NIGHT.  FIRST QUARTER, MARK SANCHEZ PLAY ACTION TO DUSTIN KELLER.  WHAT A WEAPON HE’S BECOME.  HARD TO FIND SOMEBODY, WHETHER IT’S A T.E. OR A CORNERBACK THAT FITS DEFENDING HIM PERFECTLY.  SPEAKING OF HAVING WEAPONS, MARK SANCHEZ HAS A FEW ALSO, INCLUDING SANTONIO HOLMES.  NICE TIME THERE TOO.  GOOD TIME BY THE OFF. LINE.  SANTONIO, PEOPLE QUESTION WHETHER HE’S GONNA PLAY OR NOT.  YOU SEE FLASHES LIKE THIS WHERE MARK SANCHEZ CAN STICK THAT..  NO, HE CAN PLAY!  YEA.  A LONG AFTERNOON FOR LUKE MCCOWN.  LOOKED LIKE HE HAD TIME.  NOWHERE TO GO.  MUHAMMAD WILKERSON, 1^ST ROUND PICK.  COMING UP WITH THE SACK.  THE PLAY WAS REVIEWED IN THE BOOTH.  IS IT A SAFETY?  NO.  NO.  PART OF THE BALL WAS OUTSIDE OF THE GOAL LINE.  OR YES IT IS.  YES IT IS.  JETS LEADING 9-NOTHING.  NOW NICK MANGOLD HAS BEEN A STAPLE AT CENTER SINCE HE WAS A FIRST ROUND PICK OUT OF OHIO STATE.  GETS TANGLED UP WITH DARRELL SMITH.  HURTS HIS KNEE ON THE WAY DOWN.    POOR NICKY.  AND NICK MANGOLD HOBBLES OFF THE FIELD.  WOULD NOT RETURN.  RETURNING TO THE TOUGH AFTERNOON OF LUKE MCCOWN.  2^ND QUARTER 1^ST & 19.  INTERCEPTION.  A REAL THEME TO HIS DAY.  THIS ONE PICKED OFF BY ANTONIO CROMARTIE.  THAT’S WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN YOU THROW INTO TRIPLE COVERAGE.  DID WE ALL NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS SEASON FOR THE JAGS IS GOING TO BE A BIG OF A CHALLENGE?  WHEN THEY DECIDED TO WAVE GOODBYE TO DAVID GARRARD AND SAY HELLO TO LUKE MCCOWN OR BLANE __.  THAT’S, I MEAN THERE’S TRIPLE COVERAGE AGAIN.  WOW.  PICKED OFF BY ERIC SMITH.  LUKE MCCOWN WITH 4 INTERCEPTIONS ON THE AFTERNOON.  INTO THE 3^RD QUARTER.  1^ST & 10 MARK SANCHEZ LOOKING ONCE AGAIN TO DUSTIN KELLER.  HE’S JUST SUCH A DIFFICULT MATCHUP FOR A DEFENSE.  HE’S BIG ENOUGH TO RUN OVER A SAFETY AND FAST ENOUGH TO RUN WITH A …  HAVE YOU EXHAUSTED ALL THE COMPLIMENTS FOR HIM BECAUSE THERE HE IS AGAIN.  GOOD HANDS AS WELL.  11 YDS.  AND THERE AGAIN.  WHEN YOU SEE THE FLASHES OF SANCHEZ, THE KEY IS THEN THAT YOU WANT… THAT’S ANTONIO CROMARTIE.  2^ND PICK OF THE DAY FOR HIM.  WANT ME TO MAKE IT STOP?  TD WOULD BE REVIEWED.  WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT CROMARTIE RUNNING TOWARD THE GOAL LINE.  THE BALL WAS OUTSIDE OF THE PYLON AND RULED NO TD.  THE BALL WILL BE PLACED ON THE HALF YARD LINE.  WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT …  YOU KNOW WHAT THAT LED TO?  THE JETS WOULD EVENTUALLY SCORE, LEADING 29-3.  LUKE MCCOWN PICKED OFF BY JOSH MALGA.  LUKE SHOULD’VE BEEN OUT OF THE GAME BY NOW.  ..10^TH OVERALL PICK.  HERE HE COMES.  4^TH QUARTER.  WAYNE GABBERT AFTER GETTING THE SNAPS FROM BRAD __, 2^ND DOWN 6.  THEY’RE MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE WITH..  YOUNG QB.  WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?  YOU’RE GONNA DUMP IT DOWN…  THERE YOU GO.  FIRST NFL COMPLETION.  NEXT JAGUARS POSSESSION, 1^ST & 10 ON THEIR OWN 39, WAYNE GABBERT.  YOU KNEW THIS WAS COMING.  SACKS BY BART SCOTT.  WELL, AGAIN, THIS WAS A DOMINANT DEF. EFFORT THE JETS NEEDED AFTER GIVING UP 390 AND 24 TO THE COWBOYS THE WEEK BEFORE.  ALL JETS START TO FINISH.  N.Y. NOW 2-0 AND JACKSONVILLE FALLS TO 1-1.

01:37:28 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS

STEELERS HOSTING THE SEAHAWKS, LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK FROM LAST WEEK’S BLOWOUT LOSS AGAINST THE RAVENS.  A REMATCH OF S.B. 40 AND BILL LEVY IS THE REFEREE FOR THIS ONE.  HE ADMITTED TO MAKING MISTAKES IN THAT S.B.  YOU REMEMBER BEN ROETHLISBERGER DIVES TOWARDS THE END ZONE, SCORES A TD., AND THE PLAY WOULD BE REVIEWED AND THE CALL WOULD STAND.  LEVY ADMITTED THE MISTAKES AND HE TRIED TO ATONE FOR THOSE MISTAKES IN THIS GAME…AND REALLY WOULD IT MATTER FOR THE STEELERS?  ONCE AGAIN, A BIG BLOWOUT.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER SCRAMBLING, GOES TOWARDS THE END ZONE.  DIVES.  HE ENDS UP MARKED DOWN JUST SHORT.  THE PLAY WAS NOT CHALLENGED SO ROETHLISBERGER DOWN JUST SHY OF THE END ZONE.  JUST A LITTLE SHORT AND THE STEELERS WOULD NOT MATTER FOR THEM.  4^TH & GOAL IT WOULD BECAUSE COMING UP HERE THEY WOULD GO FOR IT, AND RASHARD MENDENHAHL GETS STUFFED.  EARL THOMAS MAKES THE TACKLE IN THE BACKFIELD, AND PETE CARROLL WAS PUMPED-UP AFTER THAT.  SO SEATTLE STANDS FIRM.  PITTS. THOUGH WOULD GET THE BALL BACK ON END AROUND.  EMANUEL SANDERS THIS TIME THROWS IT TO HINES WARD.  A GAIN OF 15, AND THE STEELERS WOULD JUST MARCH FROM THERE.  IT WOULD LEAD TO A 1 YD. SCORE FOR RASHARD MENDENHAHL.  SO THE STEELERS GO UP 7-NOTHING.  STEELERS BALL IN THE 2^ND QUARTER.  BEN R. FINDS A WIDE OPEN HEATH MILLER.  TAKES IT DOWN TO THE 4 YD. LINE.  GETS A HIT OUT OF BOUNDS AND ROETHLISBERGER DOWN ON THE GROUND.  THERE IS A FLAG ON THE PLAYS HE TOOK A HIT SIMILAR TO THE ONE TOM BRADY TOOK THAT KNOCKED HIM OUT FOR THE SEASON.  ROETHLISBERGER DOWN ON THE GROUND.  IT LOOKS LIKE HE’S IN A LOT OF PAIN, HAVING TROUBLE WALKING.  HE ONLY MISSED 2 PLAYS IN THE GAME AND RETURNED.  THEY WOULD KICK A F.G.  GO UP 17-NOTHING.  THEN IN THE 3^RD QUARTER ROETHLISBERGER LOOKING FRESH RIGHT AFTER HALFTIME.  HE HITS HINES WARD.  A GAIN OF 15 YDS.  2 PLAYS LATER IT’S A 2^ND AND GOAL AT THE 2.  NICE PASS TO MIKE WALLACE WHO HAD 126 YDS. RECEIVING, AND THE STEELERS SHUTOUT THE SEAHAWKS.

01:39:40 – ARIZONA CARDINALS @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS

..OVERLOOKED LAST WEEK WITH HOW WELL CAM NEWTON PLAYED IN THE GAME.  KEVIN KOLB WAS ALSO STRONG AND HIS TEAM WON.  FOR THE 1-0 CARDINALS, AGAINST THE 1-0 WASHINGTON REDSKINS.  THE CARDINALS TRADED TIM HIGHTOWER.  KEEP THROWING THE FOOTBALL!  NOT TO THAT GUY THOUGH.  INTERCEPTED BY RICHARD MARSHALL.  TAKES IT BACK 33 YDS.  GROSSMAN DISGUSTED WITH THAT PLAY.  THAT’S HIS 2^ND INT. OF THE DAY.  LOOK AT THAT.  GETTING A LITTLE HELP .. NICE OF HIM TO HELP.  KEVIN KOLB TO JEFF KING.  2 HOOKED UP FOR A SCORE LAST WEEK.  JUST IN.  CARDINALS LEAD 7-0.  2^ND QUARTER NOW.  ARIZONA LEADING 7-3.  THIS IS THE 2^ND PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  TIM HIGHTOWER, YOU JUST SAW HIM MOMENTS AGO.  HERE YOU SEE HIM RUNNING FOR A 20 YD. GAIN.  RAN FOR 96 YDS. ON THE DAY.  HOW ABOUT THIS, THE WASH. REDSKINS RAN IT FOR 172 YDS. TODAY.  AND GROSSMAN.. THAT’S WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.  YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY.  FRED DAVIS, 1 YD. TOUCH.  NOW EVER OFFSIDES PENALTY ON THE CARDINALS.  THAT’S DECLINED.  SOME THE SCORE STAYS.  REDSKINS LEAD 10-7.  YOU’RE ACTUALLY PUTTING A TD. PASS ON THE BOARD.  LARRY FITZGERALD.  HOW DOES HE GET THAT OPEN?  D. HOLLIS MUST’VE SQUATTED ON THE ROUTE, BECAUSE THAT’S D’ANGELO HALL.  HE MUST’VE SQUATTED ON THE ROUTE.  KEVIN KOLB WITH OUT THE HELMET.  KEVIN KOLB QUIETLY HAS HAD A COUPLE OF NICE GAMES IN A CARDINALS UNIFORM.  3^RD & 10, REX GROSSMAN WANTS JABBAR GAFFNEY.  NICE CATCH BY GAFFNEY.  20 YD. GAIN.  THE REDSKINS KEEP THAT DRIVE GOING.  10 PLAYS LATER WASH. GOING FOR IT ON 4^TH & 3.  GROSSMAN WITH TIME, AND WITH SANTANA MOSS OPEN.  18 YD. SCORE.  NOT EVEN GOING FOR THE 1^ST DOWN.  GOING FOR THE WHOLE THING.  REDSKINS ARE UP 21-19.  THE 2 PT. CONVERSION FAILED.  NEXT CARDINAL POSSESSION.  LOOKING FOR EARLY DUCETT, INCOMPLETE.  CARDINALS FORCED TO PUNT.  ENSUING WASH. POSSESSION.  1^ST PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  GROSSMAN TO HIS T.E. FRED DAVIS.  FIRST DOWN PLUS 5.  15 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 49.  A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER ON 2^ND & 6.  GROSSMAN TO MOSS.  LIKING WHAT HE SEES UNDERNEATH.  DOWN TO THE ARIZONA 33.  1:50 LEFT, GRAHAM __ LINING UP FOR A 34 YD. F.G.  UP…AND GOOD.  REDSKINS LEADING BY 1, 22-21.  ARIZONA BACK WITH THE FOOTBALL INSIDE OF 2 MINS. LEFT.  KOLB TO CHANTEY STUCKEY.  BALL COMES OUT.  NOW THIS PLAY WOULD BE REVIEWED, AND WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  OH NO, IT CAME OUT.  BALL’S OUT.  FUMBLE RECOVERED BY REED DODDY.  THE PLAY IS RULED A FUMBLE.  REDSKINS TAKE POSSESSION.  THEY ALSO TAKE THE VICTORY.  HOW ABOUT REX?  2-0.  COMPLETING PASSES TO 9 DIFFERENT RECEIVERS.  HAD THE 2 INTERCEPTIONS BUT…KEY HERE, THAT RUNNING GAME.  THEY HAVE TO RUN THE BALL.  I THINK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY.  YOU LOOK AT THE CARDINALS SECONDARY.  AGAIN, I THINK THAT’S WHY WE BOTH PICKED THE REDSKINS TO WIN THIS FOOTBALL GAME JUST BECAUSE SECONDARY ISSUES FOR THE ARIZONA CARDINALS.  YOU COUPLE THAT WITH A MOTIVATED TIM HIGHTOWER.  WITH THAT SAID, GOTTA BELIEVE THAT THE CARDINALS, BEST TEAM IN THE NFC WEST.  FEELING THAT.  MORE SO THAN THE RAMS.  CERTAINLY MORE THAN THE SEAHAWKS.  I THINK JUST BECAUSE KOLB…THEY HAVE THE… I THINK KEVIN KOLB COULD BE WORTH 3 WINS FOR THEM THIS YEAR,.  OH I THINK MORE THAN THAT.  PLAYED WELL SO FAR.

01:43:17 – SAN DIEGO CHARGERS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

LET’S GO RIGHT TO N.E.  OH, THIS IS A GOOD ONE.  MARQUEE MATCHUP.  I LIKE HIM.  PHILIP RIVERS HAS NEVER BEATEN TOM BRADY.  NEVER?  THE ONLY..  NEVER EVER.  THE ONLY TIME HE’S EVER BEATEN THE PATRIOTS WAS WHEN BRADY’S KNEE WAS BLOWN OUT AND CASSEL WAS STARTED.  WE PICK THINGS UP.  10-7 IN THE 2^ND QUARTER, AND MIKE TOLBERT ON 4^TH DOWN GOING FOR IT.  HE GOTTA RUN A LITTLE MORE PHYSICAL, A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THAT.  COME ON MIKE.  YEA, JEROME MAYO MAKES THE STOP.  WHAT A PLAY.  SO INSTEAD OF GOING FOR THE GAME-TYING F.G., THEY GET TURNED AWAY AND TOM BRADY GOES RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD, 11 PLAYS.  99 YDS.  WHY DOES IT ALWAYS SEEM LIKE TOM BRADY HAS ALL DAY TO THROW THE BALL?  WELL WHENEVER YOU GIVE HIM THAT EXTRA OPPORTUNITY, HE’S GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, TO IT WITH 20 SECS. TO GO, VINCE WILFORK IS … THE FOOTBALL!!  HERE HE GOES!!  PUT IT AWAY!!  I DON’T SEE A GUY HOLDING HIM BACK.  ..AND OF COURSE WITH 9 TICKS TO GO, BRADY TURNED…THERE HE GO. HE LOCKED AWAY 4 PTS. OF PRESSURE.  4 PTS. OF PRESSURE.  LOCK IT AWAY VINCE!  NORV CAN’T BELIEVE IT.  NO HE DIDN’T.  BECAUSE BRADY TURNED THAT PICK INTO 3 MORE PTS.  20-7 AT THE HALF.  NEXT CHARGERS DRIVE, IN THE RED ZONE AGAIN.  3^RD QUARTER.  THIS WAS THE FIRST ATTEMPTED PASS AT ANTONIO GATES THE WHOLE GAME!  SERGIO BROWN PICKS IT OFF.  CHARGERS GOT INTO N.E.’S TERRITORY EVERY POSSESSION THROUGH 3 QUARTERS AT ONLY 7 PTS. TO SHOW FOR IT.  BECAUSE YOU TOOK AWAY GATES.  FINALLY ON 3^RD & GOAL HERE, FLIPS IT OUT TO VINCENT JACKSON.  WHAT A MONSTER GAME.  PHILIP RIVERS BOUGHT SOME TIME AND THERE WAS A LITTLE SCRAMBLE IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  NEXT CHARGERS POSSESSION, TOLBERT DECIDES TO RUN BACKWARDS AND JERROD MAYO COMES FROM BEHIND AND STRIPS THE BALL AWAY.  IF TOLBERT HAD JUST KEPT GOING STRAIGHT HE WOULD’VE MAYBE HELD ONTO THE BALL AND, AGAIN, YOU GIVE BREADY THAT OPPORTUNITY.  HE MARCHED RIGHT DOWN, 4 PLAYS LATER.  TD ROB GRONKOWSKI.  TACK ON A 2 PT. CONVERSION.  IT’S A 14 PT. GAME.  INSTEAD THE CHARGERS HAND OVER THE BALL WITH AN  OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE LEAD.  NOW THEY’RE DOWN BY 2 SCORES.  LESS THAN 6 MINS. TO GO.  RIVERS, NICE THROW.  NICE GRAB.  ..THE DEFENDER.  PERFECT TOUCH AND ACCURACY FOR THE TOUCHDOWN!  LET’S TIGHTEN THIS GAME UP.  28-21.  BUT WITH THE CHARGERS NEEDING TO GET 1 MORE STOP THEY COULDN’T AND LAW FIRM HAMMERED THE NAIL IN THE CHARGERS COFFIN.  BEN JARVIS GREEN-ELLIS 16 YD. RUN.  35-21 IS YOUR FINAL SCORE.

01:45:54 – DALLAS COWBOYS @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

LET’S GO TO S.F., SHALL WE?  LET’S DO IT.  ALEX SMITH GETTING FIRED UP.  YOU CAN PUT MERRIWEATHER ON HIM, YOU COULDN’T WAKE HIM UP.  STOP!  THAT’S A CLASSIC LINE.  TONY ROMO’S GONE 7-NOTHING IN THIS GAME.  THAT’S INCOMPLETE FOR AUSTIN.  BACK IN THE POCKET.  CARLOS ROGERS WAS THE LATEST TO JUST…HITS ON TONY ROMO.  YEA, TONY ROMO RIBS.  SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD RESTAURANT.  I’LL TELL YOU WHAT.  THAT FLAP JACKET WASN’T WORKING VERY WELL.  DIDN’T WORK HERE AS ROMO FRACTURED HIS RIB ON THE PLAY, AND THE NINERS GETTING THE BALL BACK 3^RD & 6 FROM THE COWBOYS 12.  THERE’S KYLE WILLIAMS.  NICE GRAB.  A PERFECT THROW UP OVER THE TOP OF THE CORNER WHERE ONLY HE COULD CATCH IT.  14-NOTHING 49ERS ON TOP.  TONY ROMO NEXT POSSESSION.  CLEARLY, WASN’T HIMSELF.  OFF OF CARLOS ROBERTS.  3^RD & 5.  NEXT PLAY.  ISN’T THE POINT OF THE GAME TO FIND THE BALL?  HOW CAN THE FOOTBALL HIT YOU IN THE HEAD?  ROMO WAS 0-7 AFTER THAT HIT THAT CARLOS ROGERS ..  HEY, HE’S GOT A CRACKED RIB RICH.  UNTIL…ROMO ON 3^RD & 4 FROM THE 37.  I MEAN WHAT A DAY FOR ROMO.  HE FINDS MILES AUSTIN FOR 53 YDS. FOR THE TD.  THEN HE WOULD HEAD TO THE L.R., AND WHEN HE COMES OUT OF THE L.R. AT HALFTIME, THE NINERS HAVE THE BALL.  ROMO WAS NOT TO BE FOUND.  THEY PUNTED THE BALL.  AS THEY PUNTED THE BALL AWAY, ROMO CAME OUT.  THOUGHT MAYBE HE WAS GONNA COME BACK IN.  HE DIDN’T.  KITNA COMES IN THE GAME AND ON THE 5^TH PLAY OF THE ENSUING POSSESSION AFTER KITNA HAD THROWN A PICK, AND ALEX SMITH HAD THROWN A PICK; KITNA COMES AND FINDS MILES AUSTIN.  NICE THROW.  GREAT THROW.  THIS IS WHEN YOU HAVE A VETERAN BACKUP QB, YOU CAN COME IN WITH NOT A LOT OF PRACTICE REPS.  TIE THE GAME AT 14.  NEXT COWBOYS POSSESSION.  DURING THIS POSSESSION, THE PRESS BOX HAD REPORTED THAT ROMO HAD CRACKED RIBS AND WASN’T RETURNING.  SO WHEN KITNA THROWS THIS BALL TO CARLOS…KEVIN OGLETREE AND CARLOS ROGERS PICKS IT OFF..BOY, YOU HAVE TO THINK THAT THE COWBOYS ARE IN THE SOUP.  KITNA’S THROWN 2 PICKS.  A TIE GAME.  THEN YOU SEE DELANEY WALKER ON A MISMATCH.  TAKE IT IN THE END ZONE.  GREAT PLAY CALL.  GREAT PLAY CALL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PERSONNEL.  YOU ..ON THE DEF. END.  BUT GUESS WHO COMES BACK IN THE GAME?  TONY SAYS, “FORGET ABOUT THE RIB.  I’M PLAYING!”  TONY ROMO.  TAKE OFF THE HAT.  PUT ON THE HELMET.  COME ON IN THE GAME.  LEAD A 9 PLAY DRIVE FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS.  SHOWS TOUGHNESS NOW.  THAT’S CAPPED OFF BY THE 3^RD TD. GRAB OF THE DAY BY MILES AUSTIN.  WOW.  SAFETY TOOK A BAD ANGLE AND MILES WENT OUT ON TOP.  I DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS A GREAT THROW OR BAD PLAY BY THE SAFETY.  OH, IT WORKED.  24-21, COWBOYS ARE DOWN.  GREAT BALANCE.  GET IT IN.  AUSTIN 143 YDS. AND THAT 3^RD TD. OF THE DAY.  2 MINS. LEFT IN THE GAME.  COWBOYS DOWN 3.  ROMO AGAIN BACK IN THE GAME STILL.  THE CRACKED RIB AND ALL.  FINDS AUSTIN AGAIN 7 YDS.  SETTING UP DAN BAILEY WHO ALREADY MISSED A 21 YARDER FROM 48 YDS.  HE GOT IT!  WE GO TO OVERTIME.  A LOT OF PRESSURE IN THAT KICK.  NINERS WIN THE TOSS, GO 3 & OUT.  TONY ROMO TALKING TO JESSE HOLLEY.  JESSE WHO?  JESSE HOLLEY.  THAT’S THE GUY THAT WON MIKE’S 4^TH & LONG.  PUT MIKE BACK ON TV!  JESSE HOLLEY..HOW DID HE GET THAT OPEN PRIME?  BLOWN COVERAGE.  IN OVERTIME!  BLOWN COVERAGE.  77 YARDS!  77 YARDS.  AGAIN, THIS GUY WON MICHAEL IRVIN’S REALITY SHOW TO GET A SPOT ON THE COWBOYS, AND THIS IS WHAT HE’S TURNED IT INTO.  A BIG OVERTIME PLAY TO SETUP DAN BAILEY FOR THE WIN, AND HE GOT IT.  THAT’S HOW THE COWBOYS GOT ON THE BOARD.  WOW!  IN 2011.  BIG ROAD WIN FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS.  BIG COME FROM BEHIND AND TONY ROMO.  HEY, LET’S GIVE THIS GUY THE DUE HERE.

01:49:45 – CINCINNATI BENGALS @ DENVER BRONCOS

CINCINNATI WITH A SHOCKING WEEK 1 WIN.  ANDY DALTON WAS HURT FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK.  HE IS READY TO ROLL IN DENVER.  KYLE ORTON HEARING THE, I GUESS HORTON HEARS A TEBOW, RIGHT?  IN DENVER, IT’S 10-3 DENVER.  ERIC DECKER IS EMERGING AS A THREAT AT WIDE RECEIVER FOR DENVER.  25 YD. TD.  17-3 IS YOUR SCORE.  IT’S 17-15 IN THE 4^TH QUARTER.  KYLE ORTON TO WHO?  ERIC DECKER.  OH BOY.  WALK IT IN.  DID THEY ..EACH OTHER? DID THEY ..JUST HIT EACH OTHER?  SEEMED LIKE IT.  YEP.  THAT’S THE GUY FOR THAT.  KYLE ORTON DOES A HECK OF A JOB.  NEXT CINCY POSSESSION THOUGH, ANDY DALTON MARCHED THEM RIGHT DOWN.  DALTON, A.J. GREENE.  GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE.  BOOTH REVIEW.  THE GAME CHARGER RIGHT THERE.  A.J. GREEN.  PLACED IT AS CALLED.  TOUCHDOWN STANDS.  24-22 IS YOUR SCORE.  NEXT BENGALS POSSESSION, AFTER A DENVER 3 AND OUT.  DALTON MARCHING DOWN THE FIELD.  A.J. GREENE, 22 YD. GAIN.  NICE PLAY.  4^TH & 19 FROM THE 43 YD. LINE.  LAST CHANCE SALOON THOUGH FOR THE CINCY BENGALS, DOWN BY 2.  30 TICKS TO GO.  DALTON TO GREENE, INCOMPLETE.  NICE EFFORT BY THE BENGALS ON THE ROAD, BUT THE BRONCOS GET THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR.

 

01:51:23 – HOUSTON TEXANS @ MIAMI DOLPHINS

LATE ACTION, HOUSTON AND MIAMI.  ARIAN FOSTER MISSING THE FIRST GAME WITH A HAMSTRING INJURY.  HE’S BACK IN ACTION.  FIRST QUARTER, NO SCORE.  ON HIS FIRST CARRY OF THE YEAR ARIAN FOSTER 14 YDS.   HE ONLY HAD 10 CARRIES FOR 33 YDS. IN THE FIRST HALF.  HE LEFT.  HE LEFT IN THE 2^ND QUARTER.  HERE’S 2^ND QUARTER.  CHAD HENNE ..OH…OH…INTERCEPTED BY JONATHAN JOSEPH.  OH MY.  OH.  HIS ARM GET HIT.  IT DID.  IT’S JUST IT’S SO.. THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO BAD TEAMS.  MARIO WILLIAMS HITS THE ARM AND FORCES THAT INT.  THIS IS MATT SCHAUB ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT, BACK ACROSS THE BODY TO OWEN DANIELS.  NICE THROW FROM MATT SCHAUB.  HOUSTON ON TOP, 13-3.  NEXT MIAMI DRIVE.  HENNE ARM NOT HIT.  BALL COMPLETE.  NICE CATCH BY BRANDON MARSHALL.  VERY NICE.  TO THIS POINT THE HOUSTON TEXANS ARE PLAYING GOOD DEFENSE FOR THE 2^ND CONSECUTIVE WEEK; AND YOU KNOW WHO’S THE CATALYST IS THAT SILVER FOX.  YEP.  WADE PHILIPS..  3 DRIVES LATER MATT SHAW PLAY ACTION.  PLENTY OF TIME.  WOW!  WITH ANDRE JOHNSON FOR 43.  NICE.  WHO WAS IT THAT SAID THAT WE’VE GOT THE BEST PAIR OF CORNERBACKS IN THE LEAGUE?  I BELIEVE THAT WAS YES.  3^RD QUARTER NOW, HENNE TO BRANDON MARSHALL.  POWERS HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  MIAMI TRAILING NOW ONLY 16-10 AS ARIAN FOSTER WATCHES FROM THE SIDELINE.  HOUSTON WOULD GO ON TO WIN 23-13, AND THE TEXANS ARE NOW 2-0 GUYS.

01:53:02 – PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ ATLANTA FALCONS

FALCONS AND THE EAGLES.  MICHAEL VICK MAKING HIS RETURN AS A STAR.  LOOKED LIKE MAYWEATHER THERE.  HEY, HEY.  A LOT OF FANS ARE WEARING VICK JERSEYS AND THOSE OLD #7 JERSEYS.  BUT THIS WAS NOT A PLAY THAT THE EAGLE FANS WANTED TO SEE.  VICK GET HIT BY _ JERRY.  WATCH THIS HUSTLE PLAY.  OH MY WORD.  RAY EDWARDS RUNNING THE OTHER WAY BUT YOU NAMED IT PRIME.  DESEAN JACKSON …WHAT A GREAT PLAY BY DESEAN JACKSON.  ALRIGHT, 3^RD & 3 NOW FOR THE FALCONS AND GONZALEZ.  TONY G.!  HEY, THAT’S MONEY RIGHT THERE.  THAT’S WHY HE IS A SUREFIRE HALL OF FAMER RIGHT THERE.  LOOK AT THAT.  FOCUS, CONCENTRATION.  EVERYTHING TOUCHING THE GROUND.  TOUCHDOWN.  EVERY PLAY IS REVIEWED.  HE SECURED IT WITH ONE HAND, SO IT WAS RULED A TOUCHDOWN.  14-10.  3^RD QUARTER NOW AND VICK PICKED OFF BY CALVIN HADEN.  THIS BALL..THERE’S A LOT OF TURNOVERS BACK AND FORTH IN THIS GAME.  YEA, THERE IS.  MICHAEL FUMBLED TWICE AND THREW THIS PICK RIGHT HERE, BUT THERE WAS PRESSURE ON THE QB’S ALL NIGHT..  ALRIGHT, BALL HIT THE GROUND.  ANDY REID DECIDED NOT TO CHALLENGE.  AND SO THE FALCONS, WE’RE IN BUSINESS.  MATT RYAN BACK TO GONZALEZ.  FOR THIS TEAM TO GO DEEP INTO THE PLAYOFFS, THEY MUST INVOLVE MICHAEL TURNER RUNNING SUCCESSFULLY AND TONY GONZALEZ WORKING THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.  FALCONS ON TOP 21-10.  HOW ABOUT THE SPEED THOUGH THAT THIS EAGLES OFFENSE POSSESS.  YEA, JEREMY MACHLIN RIGHT THERE.  I MEAN CATCHES JUST A SIMPLE HITCH.  IT TAKES JUST A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM AND THEY CAN GET TO THE END ZONE.  21-17, FALCONS COMING RIGHT BACK.  RYAN LOOKING FOR JULIO JONES.  ASANTE SAMUEL ALWAYS AROUND THE FOOTBALL!  THIS WAS A GREAT INTERCEPTION.  THIS GUY’S STILL ONE OF THE PREMIERE CORNERS IN THE GAME TODAY.  SAMUEL HEADED TO THE L.R. WITH A DISLOCATED FINGER.  THEY REVIEWED THE PLAY BUT IT WAS UPHELD.  AND SO HERE COME THE EAGLES.. AND IT’S LESEAN MCCOY WHO’S TOUGH TO GET YOUR HANDS AROUND, SNEAKS IN.  24-21.  THIS KID HERE CAN RUN MAN.  I MEAN HE DOESN’T MIND.  HE RUNS BETWEEN THE TACKLES.  HE RUNS AROUND THE END.  HE RUNS TOWARDS THE… THAT’S THE OFF. LINE COACH HOWARD MUDD!  HE’S GOT A CANE!  HE’S GETTING HIS HIP REPLACED!  GOT OFF THE GROUND.  THE BYE-WEEK.  ALRIGHT, OH!!  THAT’S…BACK IN 2010, THAT’S DANTE ROBINSON JACKING-UP DESEAN JACKSON.  HE WAS FINED $25,000 FOR THAT.  DEAL CAME DOWN TO…FINED $50,000.  IT CAME DOWN TO $25,000. AND HERE IS ROBINSON AGAIN.  THIS TIME ON JEREMY MACKLIN.  SIMILAR PLAYS.  MACKLIN HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF STEPS.  BUT IF YOU LEAD WITH YOUR HEAD AND YOU HIT A RECEIVER IN THE HEAD, HE’S GONNA GET A CALL.  HE’S GONNA GET A LETTER THIS WEEK.  HE’S GONNA GET A LETTER THIS WEEK.  I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S 50 OR NOT BUT THAT’S UNFORTUNATE.  ALRIGHT, VICK NOW DUMPS IT OVER THE MIDDLE TO MACKLIN FOR 9 YDS. AND A 1^ST DOWN.  GOOD JOB GETTING VERTICAL BY MACKLIN.  THIS WAS A GAME-CHANGER RIGHT HERE.  THAT’S IT RIGHT THERE.  THAT’S MICHAEL, HIT HIS OWN GUY NOW.  TODD HERREMANS.  HE BANGS INTO HIM AND HERREMANS WAS DOING ACTUALLY A NICE JOB ON JOHN ABRAHAM RIGHT THERE.  VINCE YOUNG INACTIVE WITH THAT HAMSTRING INJURY.  SO IT’S MIKE KAFKA COMING IN, THE 2^ND YR. QB FROM NORTHWESTERN, GETTING HIS FIRST NFL ACTION.  AND MCCOY FUMBLES.  THAT’S A HORRIBLE CALL.  THAT’S A HORRIBLE CALL RIGHT THERE.  JOHN ABRAHAMS CALLED FOR ROUGHING THE PASSER.  YOU ARE KIDDING ME.  HORRIBLE CALL.  POTENTIALLY TAKING HIS ISSUE OF PROTECTING THE QBS A LITTLE TOO FAR.  TOO FAR.  LESEAN MCCOY SCORES THERE.  SO THE EAGLES ARE ON TOP 31-21 BUT, REMEMBER, NO MORE MICHAEL VICK.  4^TH QUARTER NOW.  THE FALCONS.  THEY GET THE BALL BACK ON A 3^RD & 2.  IT’S MATT RYAN MOVING TO HIS LEFT.  RYAN HAD TO DEAL WITH PRESSURE ALL NIGHT LONG.  JULIO JONES IS A BIG MAN.  WHAT A GREAT DRAFT CHOICE HE IS.  GOOD ADDITION TO THIS TEAM.  AND MATTE ICE NOW DOWN BY 10 PTS. IN THE 4^TH QUARTER.  HE’S GOTTA RALLY THE TROOPS.  A LITTLE SHOT-PUT.  A LITTLE HOLDING RIGHT THERE ON..HE STILL GOT LOOSE FROM THE HOLDING FROM THE DEFENSE BUT THEY TAKE THE TD.  31-28, FALCONS DOWN.  KAFKA NOW TO MACKLIN ON A 3^RD & 8, BUT THEY ARE SHY OF THE 1^ST DOWN.  EAGLES FORCED TO PUNT.  8:20 LEFT, AND THEN THE FALCONS TURNED IT OVER TO … YOU KNOW WHAT..KEEP POUNDING IT AND KEEP POUNDING IT.  SOONER OR LATER.. THE FIRST PLAY STEVEN JACKSON  UP THE MIDDLE.  SAME THING RIGHT THERE.  MICHEL TURNER UP THE MIDDLE.  61 YDS.  TURNER ON A BUCK 14 ON THE NIGHT.  NOW IT’S RYAN AND GONZALEZ.  7 YDS. DOWN TO THE 13.  FIRST AND GOAL.  AND THEY GO BACK TO THE BOWLING BALL.  TURNER.  FROM 3 YDS. AWAY.  YOU GOT HIM SAMUEL.  HEY!  WHAT DO WE CALL THAT DEION?  THAT’S A BUSINESS DECISION.  35-31.  FALCONS ON TOP.  BACK-TO-BACK 80 YD. DRIVES.  CAN KAFKA RESCUE THE EAGLES?  LOOKING DEEP DOWN FIELD, AND IT’S A BIG GAIN.  THE EAGLES ARE IN ATLANTA.  GOOD CATCH BY MACKLIN THERE.  THAT’S A GOOD ONE BY MACKLIN.  AND NOW IT’S MCCOY ON A 3^RD & ONE.  BARELY GETS THE 1^ST DOWN.  EAGLES NOW WITH 2 TIMEOUTS.  3^RD & 3 NOW.  KAFKA …NICE.  DUMPS IT OFF TO MACKLIN BUT CHRIS OWENS IS RIGHT THERE.  SO THE EAGLES USE THEIR 2^ND TIMEOUT.  A BUCK 45 LEFT.  4^TH DOWN NOW.  4^TH & 4.  ANDY REID GOING FOR IT.  AND IT’S!  KAFKA INCOMPLETE TO MACKLIN OVER THE MIDDLE.  WENT RIGHT IN..THE CHEST.  CAN’T MAKE A BETTER THROW THAN THAT.  YOU GOTTA MAKE THAT PLAY.  SO THE FALCONS GET A MUCH NEEDED WIN AT HOME, 35-31.

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