SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 3
 

1.       49ERS@BENGALS   3:07

2.       JAGUARS @ PANTHERS   3:18

3.       LIONS @ VIKINGS   3:32

4.       BRONCOS@TITANS   3:12

5.       DOLPHINS@BROWNS   2:48

6.       GIANTS@EAGLES   4:00

7.       TEXANS@SAINTS   3:37

8.       PATRIOTS@BILLS   2:52

9.       JETS@RAIDERS    2:25

10.   FALCONS@BUCANEERS   1:39

11.   RAVENS@RAMS    2:05

12.   PACKERS@BEARS   1:33

13.   CARDINALS@SEAHAWKS   2:43

14.   CHIEFS@CHARGERS   1:53

15.   STEELERS@COLTS   5:25

          TRT:   56:14 with bars

 

01:10:15 – SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS

 49ERS/BENGALS…DO WE HAVE TO?  YES WE DO.  YES WE DO.  ALEX SMITH AGAINST ANDY DALTON.  ANDY DALTON, EVERY BIT AS IMPRESSIVE AS CAM NEWTON FOR THE FIRST 2 WKS., AND STARTS OFF WELL AS A PASSER.  ANDRE CALDWELL, 14 YD. GAIN AND THAT DRIVE WOULD END IN A F.G.  BENGALS LEADING 3-NOTHING.  BENGALS DEFENSE, 1^ST QUARTER, ALEX SMITH UNDER PRESSURE.  NOWHERE TO GO WITH IT.  JONATHAN FENANA..5 YD. SACK.  THE OLD ALEX SMITH WOULD’VE THROWN THAT UP FOR GRABS.  WOULD YOU STOP!  IT’S THE NEW ALEX SMITH.  THEY NEED TO CALL DAVID GARRARD YESTERDAY.  GET ON THE PHONE.  IS THERE A …BUTTON ON WHETHER ALEX SMITH CAN EVENTUALLY DEVELOP INTO A QB WHO CAN WIN?  IT’S OVER.  IT’S OVER.  TAVARES JACKSON.  WHAT’S JIM HARBAUGH SUPPOSED TO DO RIGHT NOW?  ANDY DALTON DIDN’T SEE THAT ONE COMING.  AHMAD BROOKS 8 YD. LOSS.  YOU REALLY CAN’T TELL THOUGH BECAUSE OF THE RED HAIR, CAN YOU, WHETHER OR NOT HE’S WEARING THE HELMET?  THAT’S TRUE.  THAT’S TRUE.  3^RD QUARTER, NINERS DOWN 3-0.  SMITH TO VERNON DAVIS.  39 YDS.  THAT WAS JUST A HORRIBLE THROW, WASN’T IT JAMIE.  YOU KNOW LAST I CHECKED, YOU ..PUT GAMES TOGETHER.  HE’S COMPLETING 70-SOME% OF HIS PASSES FOR 2.7 YDS. FOR COMPLETIONS.  YEA, I KNOW.  THAT’S A 10 YD. COMPLETION FOR 6 JAIME.  YEA, BUT THE WAS AT THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  SO THAT WAS JUST…DIDN’T HAVE ANY HIGHLIGHT SO HE JUST THREW THAT IN THERE.  THAT WAS A GOOD CATCH THOUGH.  IT WAS.  CRABTREE, 1^ST ROUND PICK.  CANADIAN FOOTBALL .  THAT WOULD’VE BEEN A SCORE.  ABSOLUTELY.  YOU CAN WATCH CANADIAN FOOTBALL ON SATURDAYS.  WE’RE HERE ALL THE TIME TOUGH.  THANKS TOM.  4^TH QUARTER, SCORE TIED AT 3.  FRANK GORE UP THE MIDDLE. STRIPPED BY RAY .. I MEAN REALLY AT THIS POINT, CAN’T THE LEAGUE JUST CANCEL THIS GAME?  TOO LATE.  IT STARTED.  AL LUGA STRIPS HIM.  IT’S RECOVERED BY JONATHAN FENANA.  ENSUING NINERS POSSESSION.  10^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  THE ROOKIE OUT OF OKLAHOMA ST., KENDLE HUNTER DASHING IN.  EXTRA POINT.  GIVES THE NINERS A 10-6 LEAD.  CINCY’S NEXT POSSESSION.  DALTON LOOKING FOR ANDRE CALDWELL BUT THAT IS CARLOS ROGERS.  HE WAS LOOKING FOR CARLOS ROGERS.  …WAS CLEARLY BROKE ON THE ROUTE.  DID A GOOD JOB OF BREAKING THROUGH THE FLAT THERE.  ROOKIE QB.  YOU KNOW THEY’RE GOING TO BE ROCKY MOMENTS.  LIKE THAT.  WOW.  JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND HIM.  PICKED OFF BY REGGIE SMITH.  BUT I THINK THE BENGALS IN TOTAL HAVE TO FEEL GOOD WITH WHAT THEY’VE SEEN FROM ANDY DALTON FOR 3 WKS.  I AGREE.  ALSO A TEAM IN TOTAL REBUILD MODE.  PLAY REVIEWED AND THE BALL NEVER TOUCHED THE GROUND.  THAT IS A PICK BY REGGIE SMITH.  AFTER THE NINERS TOOK A SAFETY CUTTING THE LEAD TO 13-8.  BALL GOES TO..WE’RE GONNA PITCH THIS AROUND, AREN’T WE?  YEA.  FUMBLE GAME DIDN’T LAST A LONG TIME THERE.  SO…TO SHOW YOU HOW BAD THIS GAME WAS, THEY ACTUALLY SHOWED THAT HIGHLIGHT.  HOW ABOUT JIM HARBAUGH, 2-1 TO START HIS CAREER AS THE HEAD COACH OF THE S.F. 49ERS.  AND HIS TEAM MAY NOT BE THE MOST TALENTED TEAM IN THE WORLD BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS.  JIM HARBAUGH WILL COACH THEM UP AND COACH THEM UP WELL.  49ERS 2-1, AS TOM POINTED OUT.  5 PT. WIN IN CINCY.

 

01:13:30 – JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

PANTHERS HOSTING THE JAGUARS.  THESE TEAMS CAME INTO THE LEAGUE AT THE SAME TIME.  CAM NEWTON, BACK-TO-BACK 400 YD. GAINS; AND FROM BLAIN GABBERT, HIS FIRST CAREER START.  BACK TO PASS, A BAD START FOR HIM.  SACKED IN THE END ZONE ON A 3^RD & 13.  BROUGHT DOWN BY GREG HARDY, THE ROOKIE, AND THAT IS A SAFETY.  SO BLAIN GABBERT WITH SOME POOR FOOTWORK, AND THEN LATER ON, ON THE ENSUING JAGUARS POSSESSION, BROUGHT DOWN BY CHARLES JOHNSON.  SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT AFTER THAT, AND THAT’S WHEN THE MONSOON HIT!  CHEERLEADERS NOT TAKING IT BUT THE FANS WERE LOVING IT, AND BOY WAS IT TOUGH TO PLAY IN THESE CONDITIONS WITH THE RAIN POURING DOWN 5-3, AND CAROLINA AHEAD IN THIS ONE.  AND GABBERT IS INTERCEPTED.  HARD TO SEE.  EVEN THE CAMERAS, JUST THEIR VISIBILITY WAS SHOT BY THE RAIN.  BLANE GABBERT JUST THROWING ONE UP THERE.  INTERCEPTED BY SHERROD MARTIN.  AS YOU CAN SEE, PLAYERS SLOSHING AROUND ON THE FIELD.  SO GABBERT WITH A TOUGH START TO THE GAME.  CAM NEWTON HAVING DIFFICULTIES AS WELL.  HAVING TROUBLE HANGING ONTO THE BALL TRYING TO GET RID OF IT.  HE’S ABLE TO DUMP ONE OFF TO GREG OLSEN FOR A LOSS OF 4.  THE RAIN JUST AFFECTING BOTH TEAMS.  IT WAS MISERABLE BUT THAT’S WHY YOU GIVE THE BALL ON THE GROUND TO MAURICE JONES-DREW MAKING GUYS MISS!  DRAGGING PLAYERS DOWN FOR A 39 YD. GAIN.  SO, DESPITE THE LOW SCORE AND THE RAIN COMING DOWN, JAGUARS FINDING A WAY TO MOVE THE BALL, AND THEY WERE DOING IT WITH MAURICE JONES-DREW SETTING UP A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 36.  SO WITH 6 SECS. LEFT, COULD THEY MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN?  GABBERT STEPS UP IN THE POCKET; THROWS DOWNFIELD; FINDS A WIDE OPEN MIKE THOMAS FIGHTING HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE!  THAT IS THE PASSING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON FOR THE JAGUARS.  THE FIRST CAREER TOUCHDOWN PASS FOR BLANE GABBERT.  MIKE THOMAS INTO THE END ZONE.  JAGUARS UP, 10-8 WITH 6 MINS. LEFT IN THE 4^TH QUARTER.  CAM NEWTON WITH NO RAIN COMING, COULDN’T EVEN GET THE PASSING GAME GOING; AND HE FINDS STEVE SMITH, HIS FAVORITE TARGET, A GAIN OF 13.  SETS UP A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 24.  BIG KEITH BYRD AND…AND THEY MAKE THE COMPLETION.  NOT ONLY THAT BUT GREG OLSEN GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  THE OFFSEASON ACQUISITION FROM THE BEARS REWARDING HIS NEW TEAM WITH A TD., AND CAROLINA GOES ON TOP AFTER THAT.  SO THEY’RE UP 14-10, AND THEY WILL GO FOR THE 2 PT. CONVERSION.  YES.  INBOUNDS GREG OLSEN.  SO THAT PUTS THEM UP BY 6, 16-10.  ON THE ENSUING JAGUARS DRIVE, 38 SECS. LEFT.  1^ST & 10, GABBERT THROWING IN TRAFFIC.  HE HITS MERCEDES LEWIS BUT WAS THAT A CATCH OR DID THE BALL HIT THE GROUND?  INITIALLY RULED AS A CATCH ON THE FIELD.  THEY WOULD’VE REVIEWED THE PLAY AND IT WOULD STAND AS LEWIS DID HAVE BOTH HANDS UNDER THE BALL, MAINTAINED POSSESSION.  A 2^ND & 1 AFTER THAT CATCH BUT THIS WOULD BE THE LAST PLAY.  COULD THEY TIE THINGS UP?  ANOTHER MIRACLE?  NOT THIS TIME FOR THE JAGUARS.  CAM NEWTON AND THE CAROLINA PANTHERS GET THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON FOR CAM NEWTON.  THAT WOULD BE HIS FIRST CAREER WIN AS THE JAGUARS WERE UNABLE TO GET IT DONE THIS TIME.  THE BALL BATTED DOWN.  HITS THE GROUND.  PANTHERS COME OUT VICTORIOUS.

 

01:16:55 –DETROIT LIONS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS

THE VIKINGS HAVE BEATEN THE LIONS 15 STRAIGHT TIMES AT THE METRO DOME.  DETROIT LOOKING FOR ITS FIRST 3-0 START SINCE 1980.  MINN. GETTING OFF TO A NICE START AT HOME.  GIVING THE BALL TO ADRIAN PETERSON, MAKING A MAN MISS.  TRYING TO BREAK A TACKLE AND HE DOES.  BALL LOOKS LIKE IT’S MAYBE GOING TO GET BATTED OUT FROM BEHIND BUT PETERSON DRAGS MEN DOWN FOR A 43 YD. PICKUP.  IT WOULD LEAD TO A S.F.  SO THEY GO UP 3-NOTHING.  NOW UP 6-NOTHING, PETERSON AGAIN BURNING THEM ON A 2^ND & 4 FOR A 6 YD. SCORE.  VIKINGS UP 13-NOTHING AT HOME; AND THEN JUST BEFORE HALFTIME DONOVAN MCNABB SCRAMBLING AROUND.  HE WILL FIND IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE ASHANTI SHENKO FOR AN 8 YD. SCORE.  SO THE VIKINGS GO UP 20-NOTHING AT HALFTIME.  3^RD STRAIGHT WEEK THAT THEY GO INTO HALFTIME WITH THE LEAD; BUT DETROIT WOULD COME BACK.  MATTHEW STAFFORD LOFTS ONE INTO THE END ZONE.  CALVIN JOHNSON JUMPS UP THERE AND GETS THE TD. GRAB.  THAT’S WHY HE IS MEGATRON.  HIS 5^TH TD. CATCH OF THE SEASON.  GETS THE BALL AT ITS PEAK, AND THE LIONS NARROWED THE LEAD TO 20-7, AS MEGATRON MAKES THE GRAB OVER CHRIS COOKE.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR DETROIT, NOW AFTER THEY’VE ADDED A F.G., THE DUMP-OFF PASS TO JAVOD BEST, AND HE WILL TAKE IT OUTSIDE.  HITS THE SIDELINE.  HE’S GOT MEN IN FRONT OF HIM.  TRYING TO AVOID THE BLOCK IN THE BACK AND HE IS ABLE TO TAKE IT DOWN INSIDE THE 10.  A PICKUP OF 60.  ALL THE WAY TO THE 5 YD. LINE.  HE HAD 3 MEN IN FRONT OF HIM, PLENTY OF BLOCKING AND A LOT OF BLOCKING DOWNFIELD; AND, CALVIN JOHNSON MAKES THE BLOCK ON HUSSEIN ABDULA’S ABLE TO SPRING BEST FOR A NICE PICKUP, AND THEN THEY WOULD FINISH UP WITH THE TD. PASS.  CALVIN JOHNSON, AS THEY SWITCH FOR THE 4^TH QUARTER GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION.  THERE HE IS, MEGATRON ONCE AGAIN.  HE HAS 2 TD. CATCHES IN EACH ONE OF HIS GAMES TO START THE SEASON.  JARED ALLEN UPSET ON THE SIDELINES AS MINN’S ABOUT TO BLOW THIS LEAD.  ONLY UP 20-17.  NOW, REMEMBER, THEY HAD A 20-NOTHING LEAD AT HALFTIME.  ADRIAN PETERSON WANTS TO GO FOR IT ON A KEY 4^TH & 1 AT THE 17.  COULD THEY GET IT?  THEY GIVE IT TO GERHARDT UP THE MIDDLE.  STUFFED FOR NO GAIN, SO THEY TURN THE BALL OVER ON DOWNS.  A HUGE DEFENSIVE STOP FOR THE LIONS.  SO WITH 2:35 LEFT, THEY’RE KICKING TO GO UP IN THE GAME, AND THEY DO 23-20.  THEIR FIRST LEAD OF THE GAME.  23 UNANSWERED PTS.  BUT DONOVAN MCNABB WOULD BRING HIS VIKINGS BACK.  HE FINDS HIS MAN OVER THE MIDDLE, KYLE RUDOLPH FOR A PICKUP OF 20 YDS. FOR A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 36; AND THEY WIND UP ATTEMPTING A 49 YD. F.G. WITH A MINUTE AND 15 SECS. LEFT.  THEY MAKE IT TO TIE THE GAME.  SO WITH THE GAME TIED AT 23, THERE WAS STILL TIME FOR THE LIONS.  BUT, THEY END UP DOING NOTHING AND IT GOES TO OVERTIME WHERE STAFFORD, 4 PLAYS INTO THE OVERTIME, WINDS UP THROWING IT DOWNFIELD FOR HIS MAN MEGATRON, MAKING A BEAUTIFUL GRAB WITH A MAN ON HIM.  SETS UP THE 1^ST & 10 AT THE 14; AND WOULD THEY TRY AND GO IN FOR THE TD. AFTER THAT?  THEY WERE CONTENTIOUS SETTING UP FOR A F.G.  AND, THIS ONE IS FOR THE VICTORY TO PUT THE LIONS AT 3-0 ON THE SEASON.  JASON HANSON, COULD HE GET IT DONE?  AND HE DOES.  HOOKS IT JUST INSIDE THE UPRIGHT.  26-23, LIONS GET THE WIN.  JIM SCHWARTZ LOVING IT!  THEIR FIRST WIN IN MINN. IN 15 YRS.

 

01:20:37 – DENVER BRONCOS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

FIRST HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY.  NFL GAME DAY SCOREBOARD.  AFC, BRONCOS AND KYLE ORTON AGAINST MATT HASSELBECK AND THE TENN. TITANS.  THIS IS HOW YOU START THE FANS OFF.  IT WAS A GOOD GAME.  TITANS ARE PLAYING WELL, EVEN THOUGH YOUR GUY CHRIS JOHNSON IS NOT.  KYLE ORTON TD. EARLY.  IS THAT TIM TEBOW, #12?  OH, 15.  I’M SORRY.  GAME TIED AT 7.  HOW ABOUT THIS?  THAT’S CHRIS JOHNSON RIGHT THERE.  THAT IS CHRIS JOHNSON THE PASS RUSHER.  ..PLAY WIDE AND PLAY WIDE OUT.  I DON’T KNOW BUT THERE’S NO SUDDENNESS IN HIS MOVEMENT.  98 YDS. IN 3 GAMES ON THE GROUND FOR CHRIS JOHNSON ON 46 CARRIES.  HOW ABOUT THAT?  THAT’S NOT BAD 98 YDS. IN A GAME.  IN 3 GAMES.  OH 3 GAMES TOTAL.  HASSELBECK, BALL CAUGHT BY NATE WASHINGTON.  HASSELBECK, I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, HAS REALLY DONE A NICE JOB.  AND THIS PLAY..WHAT WAS THAT?  KENNY BRITT LOSES HIS KNEE AND THEN BASICALLY TAKES THE..FOOTBALL AND THROWS IT AT A BRONCO DEFENDER.  NOW I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU FEEL A LIGAMENT POP IN YOUR LEG YOU PROBABLY LOSE CONTROL OF COMMONSENSE.  BUT WATCH THIS.  I LOST MY KNEE LIGAMENT.  I’M NOT GONNA NEED THIS ANYMORE.  THAT’S BAD.  THAT’S NOT NICE.  KENNY BRITT WHEELED OFF THE FIELD AND THE SPECIAL TEAMS ON.  HOW ABOUT THAT?  ..PUNTER TAKES A SHOT TOO.  LOOK AT THAT.  MY GOODNESS.  WOW.  THERE’S AN ART TO FALLING ATHLETICALLY.  YOU KNOW THAT?  THAT GUY HASN’T HEARD IT YET.  DENVER TRAILING BY 3.  TD. PASS KYLE ORTON, AND THE BRONCOS BACK ON TOP.  WILLEST MCGAHEE, NICE.  GIVE THE BRONCOS A LITTLE BIT OF CREDIT.  THEY’VE GOT HALF A HEALTHY TEAM AND THEY CAME OUT TO PLAY TODAY.  VAUGHN MILLER DROPS BACK.  CAUSES THE…LOOK AT VAUGHN MILLER.  NICE JOB.  YEA IT IS.  2^ND OVERALL PICK.  AGAIN, THIS IS A BRONCOS TEAM THAT HAS JUST BEEN DESTROYED BY INJURIES.  WHO HASN’T BEEN?  AT WEEK 3 PLENTY OF TEAMS HAVE.  WK. 3.  I MEAN THERE ARE SOME TEAMS THAT ARE HEALTHIER THAN OTHERS.  THERE ARE NOT MANY TEAMS THAT ARE HEALTHY IN THIS LEAGUE.  GIANTS DEFENSE COMING UP WITH A GOAL LINE STAND THERE.  MOVING INTO THE 4^TH QUARTER NOW.  DENVER UP 14-10.  MATT HASSELBECK, HUGE GAIN.  OVER 300 ONCE AGAIN.  OH, NICE CATCH.  MATTHEW’S GOT HIS GAME BACK.  LOOKING GOOD.  MATTY ICEBERG MAKING IT HAPPEN.  YOU’RE CALLING HIM THAT BECAUSE HE’S A LITTLE OLDER.  JUST A LITTLE OLDER.  I THINK LAST WEEK IN THE WIN OVER THE RAVENS, AND IT WOULD CONTINUE HERE THIS AFTERNOON.  ROLLING OUT.  YOU KNOW WHAT HE’S DOING?  HE’S MANAGING GAMES WHILE…WHEN KENNY BRITT GOES OUT YOU GOTTA CHANGE YOUR MENTALITY A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU CAN’T THROW THE BALL UP AND JUST HOPE FOR SOMEONE TO GO GET IT.  LATE IN THE GAME TITANS UP BY 3, UNDER 2 MINS. LEFT, AND THE TITANS DEFENSE COMING UP WITH A TURNOVER.  WITHERSPOON.  HOW ABOUT THAT?  THAT’S A GAME THE TITANS FELT THEY HAD, COMING IN, FELT THEY HAD TO WIN.  A BEATEN UP DENVER TEAM THAT’S IN REBUILDING MODE.  WITH THAT SAID, A VEY GOOD WIN AND A VERY GOOD START TO THE SEASON.  DID I HEAR THEM CHANTING TEBOW ON THE ROAD?  I DON’T KNOW.  I DIDN’T HEAR THAT.  YOU MAY HAVE.  I THINK THAT CAME FROM YOUR OFFICE.  OH, O.K.  O.K.  BRONCOS 1-2.  TITANS 2-1.

 

01:23:57 – MIAMI DOLPHINS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

BROWNS AT HOME AGAINST THE DOLPHINS, COMING OFF A WIN LAST WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS.  COULD THEY KEEP IT GOING?  FIRST QUARTER COLT MCCOY ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT TRYING TO ESCAPE SOME PRESSURE ON HIS FEET, AND HE WILL THROW IT.  GETS PICKED OFF BY JIMMY WILSON.  TAKES IT TO THE 43.  A MISTAKE BY COLT MCCOY.  COULD THE DOLPHINS MAKE HIM PAY?  CHAD HENNE TUCKS THE BALL IN TRAFFIC, AND HE FINDS WIDE OPEN ANTHONY FAISANO FOR A GAIN OF 26.  DOWN TO THE BROWNS 13 YD. LINE.  SO 2 PLAYS LATER IT’S A 2^ND & 7; AND THE DUMP-OFF.  A NICE PLAY DESIGNED TO DANIEL THOMAS.  ALL KINDS OF BLOCKING IN FRONT OF HIM.  THAT IS GOOD FOR THE SCORE, AND THE DOLPHINS GO UP ON THE ROAD 7-NOTHING.  CHAD HENNE A BIG FIRST HALF FOR MIAMI, 15-19, 191, AND THAT TD.  2^ND QUARTER, COLT MCCOY DUMPS ONE OFF TO BENJAMIN WATSON UNDER PRESSURE.  WATSON FIGHTS FOR THE 1^ST DOWN.  A GAIN OF 13.  THAT WAS ON 3^RD & 13.  SO HE JUST BARELY GOT IT TO THE 48.  3 PLAYS LATER COLT MCCOY THROWING TO HIS RIGHT.  ALL KINDS OF TIME.  LOBS ONE INTO THE END ZONE.  THE JUMP AND GRAB IS GOOD!  JOSHUA CRIBBS MAKES THE CATCH GOING UP FOR THE 33 YD. TOUCHDOWN OVER SHAWN SMITH.  THAT TIED IT UP, BUT, IT WOULD GO INTO HALFTIME DOWN 10-7.  THEY WOULD TIE THINGS UP AND CHAD HENNE GETTING READY TO ROLL AGAIN.  LOFTS ONE TO BRIAN HARTLINE WHO MAKES THE GRAB DOWN TO THE 7.  A PICKUP OF 38.  THEY WOULD SETTLE FOR A F.G. GOING UP 13-10.  SO CLEVELAND DOWN AT HOME BY A F.G.  AND NOW, AFTER THE DOLPHINS ADDED ANOTHER ONE, THEY WERE DOWN NEEDING A TD. TO TIE IT.  AND THEY WOULD GET MOVING.  GREG LITTLE OUT OF BOUNDS AFTER A GAIN OF 10.  CLOCK IS TICKING, 1:15 LEFT.  A 4^TH & 4 AND __ __ MAKES THE GRAB.  COLT MCCOY HITS HIM FOR THE 1^ST DOWN TO THE 27.  UNDER A MINUTE TO GO.  1^ST & 10, DOWN BY 6, COLT MCCOY END ZONE!  __ MASAKWA COMES DOWN WITH THE CATCH!  AND THAT PUT THE BROWNS AHEAD IN THE GAME!  A TD. GRAB ON MASAKWA JUST OVER THE HEAD OF JIMMY WILSON WHO HAD THE INTERCEPTION EARLIER IN THE GAME!  SO WITH 42 SECS. LEFT, MIAMI STILL HAD A CHANCE.  __ __ RETURNS IT TO THE 38 YD. LINE, AND THEN THE BROWNS WITH A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  THAT IS A HORSE COLLAR 15 YD. PENALTY.  SO, THE BROWNS 47 YD. LINE IS WHERE THE DOLPHINS WOULD START; AND THEN, ON A 4^TH DOWN PLAY, INTERCEPTED.  CHAD HENNE COULD NOT GET THE JOB DONE.  THE BROWNS COME FROM BEHIND FOR THE WIN, 17-16.

 

01:26:50 – NEW YORK GIANTS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

GIANTS/EAGLES.  ELI MANNING AND HIS SQUAD TRYING TO END A 6 GAME LOSING STREAK TO THE EAGLES.  MICHAEL VICK STARTING AFTER SUFFERING A CONCUSSION LAST WEEK IN ATLANTA.  CAN YOU WEAR A KEVLAN BODY CAST?  IS THAT POSSIBLE.  GIANTS FRONT 7 COMING AFTER HIM TODAY.  GOTTA CATCH THE BALL.  STEVE SMITH.  BOUNCED OFF OF STEVE SMITH.  PICKED OFF BY AARON ROSS, RETURNED TO 27.  THAT’S VICK’S 2^ND INT. OF THE SEASON.  GIANTS NEXT POSSESSION.  6^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, 2^ND & 5.  PLAY ACTION FOR ELI MANNING.  BRANDON JACOBS WITH A LITTLE WHEEL… SOMETHING MISSING IN THE BLOODLINES HERE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT.  I’LL SAY I THOUGHT THAT THE…THEIR ATTEMPT TO RUN THE FOOTBALL WAS MORE SO THERE THAN I’VE SEEN THE FIRST 3 WKS., THE FIRST OTHER 2 WKS. OF THE SEASON.  WELL, BUT AGAIN, IT’S THE EAGLES.  OF COURSE YOU WANT TO TRY TO RUN THE BALL BECAUSE THE EAGLES CAN’T STOP THE RUN.  IS VICTOR CRUISE ON YOUR FANTASY TEAM?  HE IS NOT BUT I’M SURE LOOKING TO PICK HIM UP.  WOULD’VE BEEN NICE BECAUSE THAT’S 74 YDS. ON THE SCORE.  NHMADI OSEMWA … THE GIANTS UP 14-NOTHING.  WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT CELEBRATION?  HE WAS EXCITED TO DO IT THOUGH.  HE’S NO TONY SCHEFFLER.  WELL HE GOT TO DO IT A COUPLE OF TIMES.  HE IS NO TONY SCHEFFLER.  HE LET US DOWN TODAY.  THAT’S MANNING TO TRAVIS BECKHAM.  SHORT OF A 1^ST DOWN ON 4^TH & 3.  ELI NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.  EAGLES TAKE OVER.  LESEAN MCCOY.  SHADY’S.. WHAT A GREAT..  YOU’RE RIGHT.  YOU MADE A COMMENT ABOUT WE HAVEN’T TEASED YOU ABOUT THE MATT FORTE, SHADY MCCOY..  ALL I SAID WAS, I’M GONNA HAVE TO GIVE YOU CREDIT.  I SAID SHADY MCCOY, BEST IN THE LEAGUE AT SCREENS AND DRAWS.  THAT’S ALL I SAID.  DIDN’T SAY HE WAS THE BEST BACK IN THE LEAGUE.  DIDN’T SAY ANY OF THAT STUFF.  LOOK AT THAT TOUCH.  THAT’S PRETTY.  VICK TO JEREMY MACLIN 23 YDS.  FIRST DOWN AT THE GIANTS 26.  VICK WAS HIT AFTER THAT THROW BY CHRIS CANTY, AND HE INJURED HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE PLAY.  THAT’S LEADING WITH A HELMET RIGHT THERE.  3^RD & GOAL.  STUFFED.  WHY NOT GET MIKE ON THE EDGE?  DIDN’T QUITE UNDERSTAND THAT.  HE’S HEADING TO THE L.R. NOW TO GET X-RAYS ON THAT INJURED RIGHT HAND.  LET YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT WAS HERE MOMENTARILY.  I THINK IF YOU GET DOWN THERE, YOU GOTTA SPREAD THINGS OUT AND LET MICHAEL VICK KEY IN AFTER.  CAN YOU IMAGINE HE AND SHADY RUNNING THE OPTION DOWN THERE?  I DON’T KNOW WHY, AGAIN, 4^TH & 1.  WHY ARE YOU PACKING IT IN?  SPREAD IT OUT AND LET MIKE VICK GO RUN PASS OPTION.  JAMIE, YOU SHOULD’VE PICKED UP VICTOR CRUZ.  I’M TELLING YOU.  YEA, IS THAT RIGHT?  OH.  28 YDS.  YEA IT WAS.  ZONE.  SO MUCH FOR THE DREAM TEAM, HUH?  PLAY WAS REVIEWED TD. STANDS.  GIANTS, AFTER A 2 PT. CONVERSION, LEADING 22-16.  EAGLES ENSUING POSSESSION.  MICHAEL VICK OUT, BROKEN RIGHT HAND.  MIKE KAFKA LOOKING FOR DESEAN JACKSON.  AARON ROSS WITH HIS 2^ND PICK OF THE DAY.  HOW ABOUT THAT?  AARON ROSS ON THE HOT SEAT.  DID A GOOD JOB BUT KAFKA JUST MADE A POOR DECISION.  LAWRENCE TYNE’S GONNA KICK A 39 YD. F.G.  HOWEVER, JASON BABIN JUMPS OFF SIDES.  IT’S ALL GOING WRONG.  YEA.  ALL GOING WRONG FOR THE EAGLES IN THIS ONE.  1^ST DOWN AT THE 17.  3 PLAYS LATER.  ELI MANNING, AHMAD BRADSHAW.  SCREEN PASS.  AGAIN.  THESE PLAYS WORKING WELL AGAINST AN EAGLES FRONT 7.  THAT TAKES A LOT OF CHANCES AND ISN’T A VERY DISCIPLINED GROUP.  MICHAEL VICK WITH THAT FRACTURED RIGHT HAND HAD TO WATCH THE END OF THAT ONE FROM THE SIDELINE, AND THE GIANTS GREW TO 2-1.  EAGLES FALL TO 1-2.  THERE IS…LOOK AT THE RUSHING #’S.  YOU GET AHMAD BRADSHAW RUNNING FOR 86 YDS.  EVERYTHING OPENS UP FOR ELI MANNING AND THE PASSING GAME, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GIANTS TEAM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INJURIES THEY’VE HAD ON THE OUTSIDE.  YOU’VE GOT TO LEAD WITH THE RUN.  AND SHADY MCCOY HAD A HUGE DAY AS WELL.  A COUPLE THINGS THAT I LOOKED AT IN THIS GAME TOO.  MICHAEL VICK NEEDS TO RUN THE BALL.  THERE WERE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TODAY WHERE HE COULD’VE TAKEN OFF; AND THE KEY IS YOU CAN GET DOWN!  THERE WAS ONE TIME WHERE HE WAS ON THE EDGE AND..IF HE WANTED TO HE COULD’VE RUN AND THEN GOTTEN OUT OF BOUNDS WITHOUT EVER TAKING A HIT.

 

01:30:59– HOUSTON TEXANS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

QUITE POSSIBLY, JAMIE, THE BEST HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY, ALRIGHT.  AFC/NFC, YEP.  STEVE GLEASON, FORMER 7 YR. OLD .. , RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH ALS, SERVING AS HONORARY CAPTAIN TODAY.  ARIAN FOSTER NOT PLAYING.  2^ND QUARTER, SCHAUB, ANDRE JOHNSON, 48 YD. HOUSTON GAME.  HOUSTON CAME OUT OF THE GATES HOT IN THIS ONE.  FORCED THE SAINTS TO PLAY CATCH-UP.  A LOT OF POSITION THERE, REALLY..MAD ABOUT HAVING TO PLAY.  TEXANS UP 13-7.  BREES THROWS RIGHT.  PICKED OFF.  JONATHAN JOSEPH.  AS I SAID EARLIER, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT DEF. EFFORT THE FIRST 30 MINS. THEY WERE HITTING DREW BREES.  THEY WERE SHOWING HIM THINGS.  BUT ALSO THINK ABOUT HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO THE BALL.  REMEMBER IN TIMES PAST THERE WAS NOBODY, NO DEFENDER ANYWHERE NEAR THE BALL.  NICE JOB OF JUST MAKING SOMETHING HAPPEN, BUYING TIME.  BREES TO ROBERT MEECHUM.  2 YD. SCORE.  SAINTS WERE A DIFFERENT TEAM OFFENSIVELY IN THE 2^ND HALF.  DREW BREES THROWING RIGHT BUT PICKED OFF AGAIN.  THIS TIME BY DANIEL MANNING.  TAKES IT DOWN TO THE SAINTS 42.  NOT USED TO SEEING DREW BREES MAKE THESE TYPES OF MISTAKES.  UNHAPPY WITH HIS T.E.  HE THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA CATCH ACROSS HIS FACE THERE.  HE DIDN’T KNOW JIMMY GRAHAM WAS GONNA SCORE OFF THAT ROUTE.  JUST KEPT RUNNING.  AND THAT’S WHAT YOU GET WITH A YOUNG T.E. WHO’S LEARNING THE GAME OF FOOTBALL.  BECAUSE HE’S STILL LEARNING.  4^TH QUARTER, 3^RD & 6.  SCHAUB, JAMES CASEY, GOOD PLACEMENT, GREAT CATCH.  26 YD. SCORE.  BEST GAME OF THE YEAR FOR MATT SCHAUB.  WHAT A GREAT CATCH BY JAMES CASEY.  LOCATION, THE WAY HE SPRAYED THE BALL AROUND TO HIS WEAPONS.  I THOUGHT DEFINITELY THAT WAS THE SCHAUB I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE IN WKS. 1 & 2, ACTUALLY.  A COUPLE OF SAINTS POSSESSIONS LATER.  THIS TIME BREES AND JIMMY GRAHAM PICKING THE SAME THING.  27 YD. SCORE.  ONCE AGAIN, T.E. MAKING A BIG PLAY.  THIS TIME SQUARED-UP WITH A SAFETY.  JAMES CASEY THE LINEBACKER TO PLAY EARLIER.  3^RD & 10, RIGHT TO JABARI GREER.   SAINTS TAKE OVER ON THE HOUSTON …47.  6 PLAYS LATER 3^RD & 6.  BREES TO LANCE MOORE.  TD.  THE BACK SHOULDER SEAM ROUTE.  YEA.. THE BACK SHOULDER SEAM ROUTE!  JUST WANT TO SAY..!  2 PT. CONVERSION GOOD.  THE SAINTS UP 32-26.  SCHAUB PRESSURED.  WOW.  HOW ABOUT THAT.  AND IT WAS A HORRIBLE THROW.  HORRIBLE DECISION.  YOU’RE ON THE MOVE AND YOU GET LUCKY.  AND THOSE ARE THE KIND THAT WORK OUT… AS THEY SAY, SOME DAYS YOU’RE THE BUG.  OTHER DAYS YOU’RE THE WINDSHIELD.  KICKED BY CASILLAS.  KICK’S GRABBED BY KEVIN WALTER WHO THEN RUNS FOR THE TD.  LOOK WHAT I FOUND.  WOW.  IS HE ON YOUR FANTASY TEAM?  BECAUSE THAT’S A GIFT RIGHT THERE.  NO, BECAUSE WALTER STAYS HURT ALL THE TIME.  OH, O.K.  SAINTS WITH THE BALL, 3^RD & 10.  BREES TO JIMMY GRAHAM.  THAT’S ANOTHER BACK SHOULDER SEAM ROUTE.  HE WORKS THAT SO WELL.  GOT A FLAG DOWN AND DANIEL MANNING FLAGGED FOR A HELMET-TO-HELMET HIT.  YEA.  BREES 31 OUT OF 34.  370, 3 TDS.  A COUPLE OF PICKS.  NEXT PLAY MARK INGRAM, THE ROOKIE, 1^ST ROUND SELECTION ACROSS THE STRIPE.  A 13 YD. SCORE.  THEIR RBS GAVE THEM SOMETHING TODAY.  DARREN SPROLES HAD A NICE 30 YD. TD. RUN HIMSELF.  2 PT. CONVERSION MADE IT 40-33.  4^TH DOWN & 21.  SCHAUB WANTS WHO ELSE?  ANDRE JOHNSON.  INCOMPLETE AND THE SAINTS TAKE OVER ON DOWNS.  5 SAINTS DEFENDERS WENT AFTER THAT ONE.  MATT SCHAUB DISTRAUGHT.  COME-FROM-BEHIND VICTORY COMPLETE FOR DREW BREES AND THE SAINTS.  40-33.

 

01:34:45 – NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ BUFFALO BILLS

THE ONLY MATCHUP THIS WEEK BETWEEN 2-0 TEAMS.  BILLS LOOKING TO BEAT THE PATRIOTS FOR THE 1^ST TIME IN 15 GAMES.  THEY’VE LOST 15 STRAIGHT AGAINST N.E.  TOM BRADY GETTING OFF TO A HOT START WITH A DUMP-OFF TO WES WELKER WHO BRINGS IT IN FOR THE SCORE.  BRADY WITH AN NFL RECORDED 940 YDS. IN HIS FIRST 2 GAMES.  OFF TO A NICE START, LOOKING LIKE HE’S GOING TO PUT UP SOME MONSTER #’S.  AGAIN, HIS TEAM UP 14-NOTHING.  HE LEADS THE BALL NICELY AND ROB GRONKOWSKI.  GRON’S 2^ND TD. CATCH OF THE GAME.  PATRIOTS ON TOP 21-NOTHING.  THE BILLS STUNNED EARLY BUT THEY WOULD COME BACK.  BRIAN FITZPATRICK AND STEVIE JOHNSON.  JOHNSON WITH HIS 3^RD TD. CATCH OF THE SEASON.  SO THEY WERE ONLY DOWN 21-10 AT HALFTIME.  ONTO THE 3^RD.  TOM BRADY COULDN’T KEEP THE PASSING GAME ROLLING.  THIS TIME THROWS INTO TRAFFIC.  PICKED OFF BY OTIS MCCALVIN WHO RETURNS IT TO THE 39.  HIS 2^ND INT. OF THE GAME.  COULD THE BILLS MAKE THEM PAY A 3^RD & GOAL?  GUESS WHO IT IS?  SCOTT CHANDLER WIDE OPEN FOR THE TD.  BILLS ONLY DOWN BY 4, 21-17.  ONTO THE 4^TH.  PLENTY OF FIREWORKS IN THIS QUARTER.  TOM BRADY LOOKING DOWNFIELD FOR ROB GRONKOWSKI AGAIN.  BUT THE BILLS KNEW WHERE HE WAS GOING.  THEY HAD 2 MEN ON HIM, AND GEORGE WILSON IS THERE FOR THE INTERCEPTION.  HIS FIRST 3 INTERCEPTION GAMES SINCE 2006.  TOM BRADY HAVING A ROUGH GO OF IT AFTER THAT HOT START.  THEN RYAN FITZPATRICK GETTING IT GOING.  HIS TEAM DOWN BY 7.  LOFTS ONE TO DONALD JONES DOWN THE SIDELINE.  A 48 YD. GAIN.  AND THEN AFTER AN ILLEGAL CONTACT PENALTY WAS DECLINED, FRED JACKSON PUNCHES IT IN FOR A 1 YD. SCORE.  GUESS WHAT?  BUFFALO BACK IN THE GAME, TIED UP AT 24.  TOM BRADY.  BALL IS TIPPED, AND THERE IT IS.  DRAYTON FLORENCE, MAN ON THE SPOT TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE, AND THE BILLS GO UP IMPROBABLY, AFTER BEING DOWN 21-NOTHING.  BALL UP!  THE HELMET GOES RIGHT TO DRAYTON FLORENCE; AND BUFFALO IS UP 31-24.  IT’S BRADY’S 5^TH CAREER 4 INT. GAME.  SO NOW THE PATRIOTS GOING FOR IT ON A 4^TH & GOAL AFTER DRIVING DOWN INTO BUFFALO TERRITORY.  TOM BRADY TO MR. HANDY, WES WELKER.  WHENEVER YOU NEED HIM HE IS THERE.  WELKER WITH A CAREER HIGH 16 CATCHES AND 217 YDS. IN THE GAME.  BUT BUFFALO WAS NOT DONE.  WITH 2 MINS. LEFT TO GO, TO FRED JACKSON!  HE ALMOST TAKES IT TO THE HOUSE!  BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HIS KNEE WAS DOWN BEFORE HE GOT TO THE GOAL LINE; AND THIS MAY ACTUALLY HURT THE PATRIOTS BECAUSE NOW BUFFALO HAS A CHANCE TO NEEL DOWN, AND THEY TAKE TIME OFF THE CLOCK WITH 3 SECS. LEFT TO WIN THE GAME!  RYAN LINDELL NAILS IT!  THE BILLS SNAP A 15 GAME LOSING STREAK WITH THE WIN OVER PATRIOTS!

 

01:37:44 – NEW YORK JETS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

NEW YORK JETS PLAYING AT THE OAKLAND RAIDERS.  DARREN MCFADDEN WENT FOR A TOTAL OF 222 YDS. IN HIS LAST 2 GAMES, AND MARK SANCHEZ LOOKING TO KEEP THE JETS UNDEFEATED.  DUMPING OFF THERE TO LADAINIAN TOMLINSON.  RUNS THROUGH THE INFIELD.  74 YD. GAIN.  …STILL GOT A LITTLE BIT OF WHEELS ON HIM.  ..HAVE THAT EXTRA GEAR ANY LONGER.  AND THAT LED TO A MARK SANCHEZ ROLLOUT 1 YD. TD.  GAME TIED AT 7.  NEXT POSSESSION.  SANCHEZ SEES DERRICK MASON.  DID NOT SEE __ BRANCH.  THIS IS A VERY VERY SNEAKY GOOD RAIDERS TEAM.  IT REALLY IS.  I MEAN THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY DID LAST WEEK IN BUFFALO.  THIS IS THE 12^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  NICE POCKETS FOR LADAINIAN…MARK SANCHEZ FINDS LADAINIAN TOMLINSON.  THAT’S A GOOD PLAY.  THAT’S A VETERAN R.B. MATCHED UP WITH A LINEBACKER.  AND SANCHEZ SHOWED YOU SOME SIGNS TODAY ABOUT THIS GUY WAS THE STAR OF THE SHOW TODAY.  IF HE CAN JUST STAY HEALTHY.  LOOK AT THAT.  AND JUST BREAKAWAY SPEED.  HE’S RUNNING AWAY FROM CROMARTIE THERE.  YES HE IS.  70 YD. TOUCH.  RAIDERS NOW TRAIL 17-14.  CHECKOUT THE BLOCKS FROM DERRICK HAGAN, CHAD SHILLINGS.  70 YD. SCORE.  THE LONGEST TD. RUN OF HIS CAREER.  THESE GUYS ARE BUYING INTO WHAT KEITH JACKSON IS SELLING.  ABSOLUTELY.  3^RD QUARTER NOW.  ALL TIED AT 17.  MCFADDEN WANTS TO THROW BACK.  VISLEY JUST TUCKS IT AWAY.  23 YD. GAIN.  ARKANSAS DAYS.  ABSOLUTELY.  THE WILD HOG.  THE WILD HOG, THANK YOU.  SOUNDS LIKE A BAR OR SOMETHING.  NEXT PLAY, JASON CAMPBELL TO MICHAEL BUSH, TO DANARIUS MOORE, CUTTING, SPRINTING.  27 YD. TD.  THESE PLAYS DON’T USUALLY WORK AGAINST THE REX RYAN DEFENSE.  BUT IF YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF SPEED THOUGH, THINK ABOUT IT.  EVERYBODY WHO WAS A SKILL PLAYER FOR THE OAKLAND RAIDERS, BY AND LARGE, IS RUNNING THE SUB-42.  SO..  SUB-42, COME ON.  O.K.  SUB-43.  BUT THE POINT IS, THIS IS THE BEST TRACK TEAM IN AMERICA.  STOP. B UT, AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT STU.  ANTONIO CROMARTIE…BALL’S RECOVERED BY TYWONE JONES.  CAN’T MAKE THAT MISTAKE, CAN YOU, ON THE ROAD?  HOW ABOUT THE RAIDERS?  HOW ABOUT THAT?  BIG WIN.  THEY GOT CLOSE.  THEY COULD BE

3-0. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY’RE GETTING FROM JASON CAMPBELL WHO’S NOT THROWING FOR A LOT OF YDS. BUT HE’S NOT MAKING A TON OF MISTAKES.

 

01:40:17 – ATLANTA FALCONS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

NFC SOUTH BATTLE.  FALCONS AND THE BUCCANEERS.  JOSH FREEMAN HAS NEVER BEATEN THE FALCONS.  HE’S 0-4.  FIRST QUARTER, NO SCORE.  JOSH FREEMAN TO HIS LEFT.  PASS INTERCEPTED BY THOMAS __ IN THE END ZONE.  FREEMAN’S 1^ST INTERCEPTION IN 111 PASS ATTEMPTS.  BUCCANEERS PENETRATING.  2 FALCONS POSSESSIONS LATER.  RYAN FALLING AWAY FROM PRESSURE AS HE THROWS INCOMPLETE.  2 PLAYS LATER 1ST & 10. JULIO JONES ON THE REVERSE.  DROP FOR A LOSS OF 9 BY RONDE BARBER; AND THE FALCONS FORCED TO PUNT.  NEXT ATLANTA POSSESSION.  UNDER PRESSURE AGAIN.  RYAN HIT AS HE THROWS.  JASON SNELLING CATCHES IT FOR A 3 YD. LOSS.  RYAN STARTS 3 FOR 8 & 16 YDS.  2^ND QUARTER.  FREEMAN TO HIS ROOKIE T.E., LUKE __.  24 YD. GAIN.  6 PLAYS LATER THIS IS THE 12^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  1^ST & GOAL AT THE ATLANTA 1.  FREEMAN KEEPS IT HIMSELF.  T.B. TD., AND FREEMAN DOES HIS OWN VERSION OF THE DIRTY BIRD.  FREEMAN A PERFECT 8 FOR 8, 77 YDS. ON THE DRIVE.  10-3 BUCS.  RYAN UNDER MORE PRESSURE.  PICKED BY ROOKIE ADRIAN CLAYBORN.  FUMBLES AND RECOVERED BY MICHAEL BENNETT.  HOLDING ON THE PLAY BY ATLANTA.  OBVIOUSLY DECLINES.  RYAN GETS HIT FOR THE 21^ST TIME THIS SEASON.  CAN’T HOLD ONTO THE BALL.  LED TO A F.G. AND T.B. LED 13-3.  3^RD QUARTER IT’S 16-3.  MORE ISSUES.  BAD SNAP.  SACKED AGAIN.  THIS TIME BY MASON FOSTER.  3^RD SACK OF THE GAME FOR THE BUCS.  FALCONS PUNT AGAIN.  T.B. WINS 16-13.

 

01:42:04 – BALTIMORE RAVENS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

ST. LOUIS, THE RAVENS.  BIG LOSS LAST WEEK AT TENN.  STEVEN JACKSON MISSED WK. 2 WITH THE GIANTS WITH A QUADRICEP.  HE’S BACK.  JOE FLACCO LOOKING TO AVOID BACK-TO-BACK LOSSES FOR THE 1^ST TIME SINCE ’09.  CAN’T THROW IT MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.  COREY SMITH.  THAT’S RIGHT.  THIS IS THE GUY WHO’S GOT THE SPEED THAT THEY’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.  HIS FIRST 3 RECEPTIONS.  AND THAT’S THE JOE FLACCO WE SAW IN WK. 1 AGAINST THE STEELERS.  ALRIGHT, HERE’S FLACCO ONCE AGAIN OFF THE PLAY ACTION.  HERE IS TORY SMITH ONCE AGAIN INTO THE END ZONE AGAIN.  LOOK AT THE CLOSING SPEED ON THE TAIL END OF THAT.  AND LOOK AT THE HANDS.  BUT YOU’RE RIGHT.  THAT’S WHAT THIS TEAM HAS MISSED.   YEP.  IT’S MISSED THAT GUY THEY CAN TAKE THE TOP OFF THE DEFENSE.  THEY JUST LULL THE SAFETY TO SLEEP AND THEN …KICKED IT IN.  I MEAN THAT WAS HIDEOUS.  ALRIGHT, THAT’S 2 TDS. FOR TORY SMITH.  MORE FROM HIM LATER.  SAME SCORE.  RICKY WILLIAMS RUNNING TO THE RIGHT.  28 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE ST,. LOUIS 18.  NICE PICKUP IN THE OFFSEASON.  NICE COMBO.  BE ABLE TO GET HIM.  ABSOLUTELY.  WHO’S FLACCO LOOKING FOR NOW?  TORY SMITH.  TD.  FIRST 3 RECEPTIONS I BELIEVE IN HIS CAREER, HAPPENED TO BE TDS.  THAT HAS TO BE AN NFL RECORDED, DOESN’T IT?  I WOULD THINK.  MIKE VRABLE HAD MORE CONSECUTIVE..THERE YOU GO.  SOMEBODY TOLD ME 10.  THAT’S A GREAT… YEA, BUT HE’S NOT A RECEIVER.  HE’S A LINEBACKER.  THERE’S A REAL ..  MIKE VRABLE’S A LINEBACKER.  HAD MORE CAREER TDS. THAN I DID.  LONG AFTERNOON FOR SAM BRADFORD.  TERRELL SUGGS, 11 YD. LOSS.  RAMS WILL BE FORCED TO PUNT.  INTO THE 2^ND QUARTER.  SAME SCORE.  SAM BRADFORD TO __ ALEXANDER BUT PICKED OFF BY LADARIUS WEBB.  WE’RE STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO THE BALT. RAVENS ARE.  ARE THEY THE TEAM THAT THUMPED THE STEELERS IN WEEK 1?  ARE THEY THE TEAM THAT PRETTY MUCH LAID AN EGG LAST WEEK IN TENN.?  ARE THEY THE TEAM THAT WENT TO ST. LOUIS AND PUT IT ON THE RAMS?  WHO ARE THEY?  ST. LOUIS OFFENSE RUNNING MUCH BETTER WITH PAT SHURMUR RUNNING THE SHOW LAST YEAR.  LOOK AT JOE…JOSH MCDANIELS DOING IT THIS YEAR.  47-7.

 

01:44:19 – GREEN BAY PACKERS @ CHICAGO BEARS

ALRIGHT, THE OTHER GAME IN THE NFC NORTH.  I ALREADY SHOWED YOU OTHER VIKINGS AND LIONS.  NOW WE HAVE THE BEARS AND THE PACKERS.  1^ST QUARTER.  AARON RODGERS, JERMICHAEL FINLEY.  THEY HAD THIS PROBLEM ALL DAY, THE BEARS DEFENSE.  JERMICHAEL FINLEY IS AN ENORMOUS, FAST PASS CATCHER, AND HE IS A HUGE MISMATCH FOR SAFETIES.  DON’T LIKE TO PAT MYSELF ON THE BACK BUT YESTERDAY’S FANTASY FOOTBALL…WHO DO YOU START AT T.E.; JERMICHAEL FINLEY OR JIMMY GRAHAM WHO HAD A GREAT GAME AS WELL?  FINLEY WAS ON FIRE TODAY.  YOU GUYS CAN KEEP TALKING ABOUT HIM FOR 1 MORE PLAY.  CAN WE?  YOU SAW HIM AGAINST … STELTS.  NOW HE’S JUST WORKING THE SOFT SPOT IN BETWEEN LINEBACKERS.  HE’S A MISMATCH.  YOU DON’T HAVE ANYBODY THAT CAN ACTUALLY COVER.  YOU GOT T.O. IN THERE?  YOU WANTED TO BRING T.O. IN?  JAY CUTLER HAS DEVIN HESTER.  THAT’S A 37 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE G.B. 43.  RELISH IT BECAUSE THERE WEREN’T VERY MANY BIG PLAYS.  GUYS DROPPING PASSES.  BAD PROTECTION.  JAY WASN’T ACCURATE.  THIS IS GOOD THOUGH.  24 YDS. TO JOHNNY KNOX.  THERE WAS VERY FEW OFFENSIVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BEARS.  AND, AGAIN, JOHNNY KNOX HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A LOT OF PLAYS IN THIS GAME.  DROPPED THE BALL SEVERAL TIMES.  DIDN’T COME UP WITH PLAYS.  THERE WERE SOME ISSUES AT WIDE RECEIVER AND ONE OF THESE DAYS THE BEARS..WELL MAYBE THEY WON’T.  JAMES __ AND THE BEARS WOULD TRAIL 17-10 AT HALFTIME, AND THE PACKERS WENT ON TO WIN 27-17.

 

01:45:57 – ARIZONA CARDINALS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

LET’S SEE AN AFTERNOON GAME.  NFC WEST, THE ARIZONA CARDINALS…AND THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS.  FIRST SEATTLE POSSESSION, TAVARIS JACKSON… MEET __ CAMPBELL.  OH, AND THEN MEET THE TURF.  YEA.  …PENALTY, YEA.  YOU JUST CAN’T SLAM QBS.  YOU SHOULDN’T BE ABLE TO.  KEVIN KOLB’S PASS RIGHT HERE GONNA BE INTENDED FOR ANDRE ROBERTS BUT INTERCEPTED BY EARL THOMAS.  THOMAS RETURNING THE BALL UP-FIELD.  TODD HEAP GONNA BE SPOT SHADOWED HERE.  GETS CRUSHED BY … OHH WOW!  I FELT THAT FROM HERE.  TODD HEAP DOWN.  TEMPERS FLARE A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN THE CARDS AND SEAHAWKS.  PETE CARROLL UNHAPPY.  SEAHAWKS WOULD BE ASSESSED A 15 YD. PERSONAL FOUL.. WELL MAYBE THE HELMET DID THAT.  I’M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT ONE.  WOW.  YOU PROTECT YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES ON THAT SITUATION.  I DON’T KNOW.  SEAHAWKS 2^ND POSSESSION.  JACKSON TO SYDNEY RICE.  FITS IT IN THERE.  FIRST TIME WE’VE SEEN THAT COMBO THIS YEAR, ISN’T IT?  MAYBE BECAUSE SYDNEY’S BEEN HURT.  STEPHEN __ WOULD KICK A 30 YD. F.G.  SEATTLE LED 3-NOTHING.  2^ND QUARTER, NOW TIED AT 3.  JACKSON SACKED BY __CAMPBELL AGAIN FOR A 6 YD. LOSS.  WE SAW SOMETHING FROM TAVARIS JACKSON TODAY THAT WE DIDN’T SEE IN THE FIRST 2 GAMES.  WHAT WAS THAT?  WE SAW SOME POSITIVE PLAYS.  YEA.  THIS DRIVE FOR THE CARDS.  KEVIN KOLB BUYING SOME TIME.  EVENTUALLY FINDING LARRY FITZGERALD.  JUST THROW IT UP AND LET HIM MAKE A CATCH.  WOW.  THAT’S UNBELIEVABLE  JUST THROW IT UP THERE.  THAT’S WHAT YOU GOTTA DO THOUGH.  SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA THROW IT UP AND LET YOUR PLAYMAKERS MAKE A PLAY.  WE SAW STAFFORD DOING IT TO CALVIN JOHNSON.  THAT’S RIGHT.  CALVIN JOHNSON’S GOT WHAT, 2 OR 3 INCHES ON LARRY TOO.  AFTER THE CARDS WENT 3 AND OUT, TAVARIS JACKSON SACKED AGAIN.  THIS TIME NOT COLIAS CAMPBELL.  IT’S DARNELL DOCKETT.  5 YD. LOSS.  SEAHAWKS F.G. BY STEVEN __ FROM 52 YDS. OUT.  10-6 AT HALFTIME.  3^RD QUARTER, TAVARIS JACKSON WITH TIME.  WITHOUT AN OPEN RECEIVER, WITH A LANE TO THE END ZONE; AND AS I TOLD YOU, SAW SOMETHING FROM TAVARIS TODAY THAT WE HAVEN’T SEEN IN THE FIRST 2 GAMES.  SOME POSITIVE PLAYS.  BUYING SOME TIME, BEING AN ATHLETE, FINDING A LANE, KEEPING IT ALIVE.  PUTTING THE HEAD DOWN.  GETTING 6.  GIVE HIM SOME CREDIT JAMIE.  JUST GIVE HIM SOME CREDIT.  GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF CREDIT.  THAT’S ALL I’M ASKING.  I THINK IT’S NICE OF YOU TOM.  MY PLEASURE.  HE EARNED IT.  HE DID.  THAT’S A GREAT PLAY.  12-10 SEATTLE AT THAT POINT AND 13-10.

 

01:48:47 – KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

LET’S MOVE ON TO AN AFTERNOON GAME IN THE AFC WEST.  JAMIE GETS SUCH A KICK OUT OF PRESSING YOUR BUTTONS, TOM.  TODD HALEY AND THE CHIEFS.  JUST DON’T SHOW IT.  SHOW THE VIKINGS/LIONS HIGHLIGHTS AGAIN.  PHILIP RIVERS, RYAN MATTHEWS, 18 YD. GAIN TO THE 8 YD. LINE.  WHAT DID WE SAY ABOUT THIS GAME?  CHARGERS SHOULD WIN THIS BY 40.  BUT IF THERE’S A TEAM IN THE LEAGUE THAT CAN BLOW THIS, IT WOULD BE THE CHARGERS.  RYAN MATTHEWS TD., 2 YDS. OUT, 7-NOTHING.  MATT CASSEL SACKED BY ANTOWAN BARNES.  THAT WAS MORE THAN A SACK.  YEA.  CHIEFS HAD 36 TOTAL YDS.  I THINK THAT’S LEGAL IN A COUPLE OF STATES.  THEY DID NOT HAVE A 1^ST DOWN.  UNBELIEVABLE.  IN THE FIRST HALF.  3^RD QUARTER.  HERE’S A 1^ST DOWN.  CASSEL TO DWAYNE __, 23 YD. GAIN.  SO, AGAIN, NO 1^ST DOWNS IN THE 1^ST HALF.  THAT’S WHAT YOU SAID.  I DIDN’T SAY THAT.  AND JUST WATCH HOW THIS ALL TRANSPIRES.  CASSEL TO DWAYNE _, 4 YD. SCORE.  NOW DID HE GET BOTH FEET INBOUNDS?  1…HE DRAGS IT.  NICE.  THAT’S EXCELLENT.  CHARGERS LEAD 10-7.  ENSUING S.D. POSSESSION.  5^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  PHILIP RIVERS STEPPING UP.  STEPPING UP TO VINCENT JACKSON.  CATCH AND RUN FOR 20.  PHILIP RIVERS REALLY STRUGGLING TODAY.  A COUPLE OF INT’S ON THE DAY.  THAT’S 6.  HE’S GOT 6 INTERCEPTIONS ON THE SEASON.  RYAN MATTHEWS ALL READY WITH 1 TD.  MAKE IT 2.  MICHAEL FABIANO’S FANTASY SLEEPER.  THAT’S THE GUY.  CHARGERS UP 17-10 AT THAT POINT AND GO ON TO WIN 20-17 TO WIN THE 2-1.  UGLY WIN BUT STILL A WIN.  YOU’RE AT HOME.. IT’S THE CHIEFS, FOR CRYIN’ OUT LOUD, AND THAT’S WHAT YOU COME UP WITH?  JUST SAYIN’.  REMEMBER THAT STUFF YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH SPARANO..ANYTHING HAPPENING IN TENN.?  CONSIDERING THEY WENT TO THE POST-SEASON LAST YEAR, I THINK MAYBE THERE’S A LITTLE BIT MORE PATIENCE IN K.C. BUT NOT A LOT.  NOT A LOT.

 

01:50:50 – PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

AND THIS GAME ENDED UP BEING A LOT CLOSER THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.  PEYTON MANNING NOW WATCHING THE GAME FROM THE COACH’S BOX.  KERRY COLLINS AND THIS COLTS OFFENSE.  HE’S HAD 2 TDS. ALL YEAR COMING INTO THIS GAME; AND I’LL ….BEN ROETHLISBERGER RIGHT FROM THE START.  RIGHT FROM THE START.  THIS IS ONE OF THE FASTEST RECEIVERS IN THE GAME.  NOT ONLY DOES HE HAVE SPEED BUT HE CAN RUN A ROUTE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.  FRANK WALLACE 81 YDS.  STEELERS ARE ON TOP 81.  LOOK AT THE NOD.  YOU GOT IT?  I GOT IT.  YOU GOT IT?  I GOT IT.  DON’T WORRY.  THAT’S A WONDERFUL DRILL. …COME TO THE BALL AND LET THAT GUY RUN … JUST BEAUTIFUL PLAY.  THEN BIG BEN STARTED TO STRUGGLE GUYS.  2^ND QUARTER NOW.  HE’S HIT BY ROBERT MATHIS.  YOU KNOW THIS IS ..TO A FAULT.  HE WILL TRY TO KEEP IT ALIVE BACK THERE IN THE POCKET WITH GUYS AT HIS FEET AND GUYS CHASING HIM.  HE’S STRONG.  USUALLY GETS OUT OF THERE BUT HE FUMBLED THAT ONE.  LED TO AN ADAM VINATERRI F.G.  THEN HERE, BOOM!  SEE, THIS IS THE WHOLE THING.  THIS IS THE… SMACKS HIM AND JAMAL ANDERSON GOING THE OTHER WAY!  LOOK AT HIM GO!  THESE ARE ALL THE COLTS THAT YOU SEE WHEN PEYTON MANNING’S QB’D A CLOSE GAME.  THEN THOSE GUYS ARE RELENTLESS RUSHING THE PASSER.  GAME TIED-UP AT 10.  AND THE STEELERS AREN’T DONE GIVING THE BALL AWAY.  HERE’S ROETHLISBERGER LOOKING FOR EMANUEL SANDERS BUT HE FLINGS IT HIGH AND JOE __ PICKS IT OFF.  AND THEN ANTONIO BROWN IS CALLED FOR A LOW BLOCK TO COMPLICATE MATTERS.  … ANOTHER F.G. INSTEAD OF A TD.  13-10.  INDY ON TOP.  3RD QUARTER, SAME SCORE.  IT IS ROETHLISBERGER; AND WATCH HIM GET DRILLED BY TERRENCE JOHNSON WHO WAS WORRIED ABOUT FREENEY AND JOHNSON LIGHTS HIM UP!  SEE HOW TOUGH HE IS.  HE GETS RIGHT BACK UP AND SAYS, “LET’S DO THIS.”  HE LIKES THAT.  THAT’S WHY I LOVE BIG BEN.  THEY DIDN’T BOTHER ME.  I’M STILL PLAYING.  ALRIGHT.  THAT LED TO A SUISSEM F.G.   KERRY COLLINS LEFT THE GAME WITH THE RESULTS OF A CONCUSSION AFTER THAT HIT BY JAMES FARRIOR.  HERE COMES CURTIS __.  13-ALL, 3^RD & 4.  OH, HE HAS TO MAKE THAT THROW.  I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU SAY.  THAT’S THE REASON THEY…  HE HASN’T MADE A SNAP THIS..  HE HAS TO MAKE THAT THROW, DEION.  YOU DON’T GET COMFORTABLE OVER THERE ON THAT BENCH.  YOU GONNA BOTHER HIM ON A SUNDAY NIGHT.  YOU GOTTA WARM-UP.  YOU’RE A BACKUP FOR A REASON.  GO BACK UP.  THROW THE BALL AROUND.  BUT HE CAME BACK AND DROVE THE TEAM.  ALRIGHT, HERE COME THE STEELERS AGAIN NOW, 3^RD & 13.  ROETHLISBERGER HAD A TOUGH TIME FIGURING OUT THIS COLTS DEFENSE. .. GETS TO HIM.  NOW TAKES HIM OUT OF F.G. RANGE.  ALRIGHT, LET’S TAKE YOU BACK TO WEEK 16 OF THE 2009 SEASON.  COLTS WERE 14-0.  EVERYONE THOUGHT THEY SHOULD BE GOING FOR 16-0 UNTIL THEY PULLED PEYTON MANNING AND CURTIS ___GOT IN THE GAME ON THE FIRST PLAY.  IT WAS CALVIN PACE WITH THE SACK AND THE STRIP.  MARCUS DOUGLAS SCOOPS IT UP FOR A TD.  JETS WENT ON TO WIN 29-15.  THERE WENT THE PERFECT SEASON.  WELL HERE’S PAINTER HERE.  SACK BY JAMES HARRISON.  AND TROY POLAMALU WALTZES IN.  WHAT WAS PAINTER THINKING?  WHY ME MAN?  I AIN’T DONE NOTHING TO NOBODY.  20-13, STEELERS ON TOP.  PAINTER TRYING TO REDEEM HIMSELF.  THAT’S A NICE BALL.  YEA, GET ON THE SIDELINES.  THAT’S WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE, FIGHT.  2^ND & 10 NOW.  PAINTER TO GARCON.  START BELIEVING IN THE PAINTER.  A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER, THE DRIVE.  AND THE PAINTER HIT BY POLAMALU, AND REGGIE WAYNE.. THE BALL COMES UP SHORT.  SO ON A 3^RD & 2 NOW IT IS JOSEPH ADDAI.  TROY POLAMALU MISSES THE HANDOFF.  HE’S TRYING TO BE DISRUPTIVE BUT WE’VE GOT A TD. WITH JOSEPH ADDAI.  THAT’S PAINTER THAT MADE THAT DRIVE.  HERE YOU GO COACH.  HE TRIED TO KNOCK THAT OUT OF PAINTER’S HAND.  ALMOST GOT IT.  THIS WAS REVIEWED BUT RULED A TD.  HERE WE ARE, THE STEELERS WITH TROY POLAMALU IN A GAME THEY DIDN’T EXPECT TO BE IN.  TIED UP AT 20 HERE BUT BIG BEN WITH A BUC 30 LEFT.  MOORE, 2^ND & 10.  NICE MOVE BY MOORE.  PICKS UP 22 YDS.  HE’D BE THROWING THE __ FOR A BIG GAIN.  STEELERS HAVE ALL 3 TIMEOUTS LEFT, 1:23.  IT’S ROETHLISBERGER.  KEEPS THE PLAY ALIVE.  ONLY A MILLION TIMES HAVE WE SEEN THIS, ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE GAME FOR A GAME-WINNING DRIVE.  THIS IS WHAT HE DOES.  AT THIS POINT JOHN SUISSEM HAD MADE A COUPLE BUT HE’D ALSO MISSED A F.G.; AND NOW ISAAC REDMONDS JUST TAKES IT UP THE MIDDLE ON A 3^RD & 1.  55 SECS. LEFT.  THE STEELERS USE THEIR 2^ND TIMEOUT.  LET IT GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 12 SECS. LEFT AND HERE COMES SUISSEM…FROM 38 AWAY.  YOU GOT IT.  AND HE DRAWS IT IN THERE FOR THE VICTORY.  STEELERS.  AND THEY GO UP 23-20, AND THEY HOLD ON FOR THE VICTORY.  SO PITTS. IMPROVES TO 2-1.  MEANWHILE THE COLTS THOUGHT THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GRAB A VICTORY.  KERRY COLLINS LEFT THE GAME IN THE 4^TH QUARTER WITH A CONCUSSION.  IN CAME CURTIS PAINTER.                                     

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