SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 4
 

1.       TITANS @ BROWNS   2:34

2.       SAINTS @ JAGUARS   3:52

3.       STEELERS @ TEXANS   3:40

4.       PANTHERS @ BEARS   3:12

5.       LIONS @ COWBOYS   4:03

6.       BILLS @ BENGALS   3:46

7.       VIKINGS @ CHIEFS   3:12

8.       REDSKINS @ RAMS   3:08

9.       49ERS @ EAGLES   3:53

10.   PATRIOTS @ RAIDERS   2:13

11.   BRONCOS @ PACKERS   2:00

12.   FALCONS @ SEAHAWKS   2:01

13.   DOLPHINS @ CHARGERS   2:19

14.   GIANTS @ CARDINALS   2:51

15.   JETS @ RAVENS   3:34

        TRT:   58:27   WITH  BARS

                                                                                                            OCTOBER 3, 2011

                                                                                                            SATELLITE NEWS SVS.

                                                                                                            2011 SEASON/WK. 4

 

01:10:15 – TENNESSEE TITANS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

 TENNESSEE TITANS IN CLEVELAND LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST 3 GAME WIN STREAK SINCE 2008 AND ALSO MOURNING THE LOSS OF FORMER OFF. COORD. MIKE HIMMERDINGER.  FIRST QUARTER, CHRIS JOHNSON.  HEY C.J. SIGNING.  WOW.  98 YDS. OF …I TOLD YOU.  PRESEASON IS 4 GAMES, RIGHT?  O.K.  HEY, THAT WAS MY FANTASY FOOTBALL SUGGESTION.  IN THE MEANTIME, THIS HAS BECOME MATT HASSELBECK’S OFFENSE.  NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.  MATT HASSELBECK WITH 3 TD. PASSES IN THE 1ST HALF.  THAT GIVES HIM 8 FOR THE YEAR.  FIRST ONE TO GREG STEPHENS FROM 12 YDS. OUT.  THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST STORIES OF THE YEAR, SO FAR.  AND YOU CAN KEEP TELLING IT BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE MATT HASSELBECK HIGHLIGHTS FINDING JARROD COOK HERE, AND THE THING ABOUT IT, A LOT OF YAC YARDAGE FROM ALL THE RECEIVERS.  80 YD. SCORE AND THE TITANS LEADING BY 8, 14-6.  KEEP IT THE 2ND QUARTER.  TITANS BALL ONCE AGAIN.  MORE HASSELBECK BECAUSE NATE WASHINGTON.  HE LOCATED HIM.  WANT TO SHOW THAT?  WHAT TO SHOW THAT BACK?  THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I DO WITH MY RIBS.  SO IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE REST OF ME IS..IT’S RIGHT HERE.  WATCH, YOU’RE GONNA SEE IT RIGHT THROUGH…YOU THROW A LITTLE SHOULDER IN THERE.  RIGHT IN THE RIBS THERE.  YEA, YOU THROW A SHOULDER IN THERE.  ABSOLUTELY MAN, AND THAT’S WHAT MAKES.. PUSH.  A RUB AND A PUSH.  IT WORKED LIKE THAT.  NEXT PLAY, DAMIAN WILLIAMS 4 YD. TOUCH.  NOW, REMEMBER, NO KENNY BRITT FOR MATT HASSELBECK.  CAN I MAKE A PREDICTION?  IF YOU ASK COLT MCCOY TO THROW IT 61 TIMES IT WON’T GO WELL FOR YOU.  HOW MANY?  61 TIMES.  BUT IT WASN’T HORRENDOUS FOR …  NO, I MEAN CORRECT.  HE COMPLETED 40 OF THEM.  THAT’S NOT BAD.  41.  41, YOU’RE RIGHT.  HE COMPLETED THAT ONE TOO.  42.  SOMEBODY TACKLE JORDAN BABINEAU.  NO, 41 WAS INCLUDING THAT ONE.  OH, O.K.  LOOK AT THE BIG GUYS CHASING HIM LIKE, “IS SOMEBODY ELSE GONNA TACKLE OR DO I HAVE TO GO GET HIM?”  HEY, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT LINEMEN NOW.  NOBODY GOT HIM.  97 YD. SCORE.  THE TITANS DOMINATING THE BROWNS 31-6 AT THAT POINT.  THAT IS 1, 2, 3 VICTORIES IN A ROW FOR TENN.  AND I’M TELLING YOU MAN, EVERYBODY’S TALKING TEXANS AND RIGHTFULLY SO.  DON’T COUNT THE TITANS OUT.  WITH THE WAY THEY’RE PLAYING, THEIR DEFENSE IS ONE OF THE TOPS IN THE LEAGUE.  I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT.  MATT HASSELBECK, AS WELL AS HE’S PLAYED, YOU KNOW WHAT HE HAS DONE?  HE HAS OVERSHADOWED HOW WELL THEIR DEFENSE HAS PLAYED.

 

01:12:57 – NEW ORLEANS SAINTS @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

 LET’S GO TO JACKSONVILLE.  N.O. SAINTS AT THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS, BLANE GABBERT, LAST IN THE LEAGUE.  WE WATCHED THIS GAME AND I THINK WE ALL HAD THE SAME THOUGHT, DIDN’T WE?  THAT THE SAINTS ..A BIT LACKLUSTER.  YES.  HOW’D YOU LIKE TO BE LACKLUSTER AND RACK UP OVER 500 YDS. OFFENSE?  AND THAT’S SOMETHING YOU GO OUT EARLY, AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WAS GONNA BE A 30 PT. GAME.  YEA.  DARREN SPROLES FOR 19.  SAINTS LEADING 7-0.  2ND QUARTER, SPROLES AGAIN FOR 15.  WELL THIS IS THE TOP DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SAINTS COMING OUT OF THIS GAME.  THEY RUSHED FOR 177 TOTAL YDS. AND, REMEMBER, THAT WAS SUCH A KEY COMPONENT FOR THEM WHEN THEY WON THE S.B. A FEW YRS. BACK.  BECOMING A HUGE COMPONENT, THE YOUNG T.E. JIMMY GRANT.  IT’S 14-NOTHING.  OUTSTANDING.  A LOT OF TALENT AND THAT’S HOW YOU FINISH.  BLANE GABBERT’S GOT A YOUNG T.E. AS WELL.  ZACK MILLER IS HIS NAME.  #86, RIGHT ACROSS THE MIDDLE.  BLANE GABBERT FITS IT IN THERE NICELY.  IT’S 14-7.  ROUGH DAY FOR GABBERT THOUGH.  COMPLETED JUST 40% OF HIS PASSES ON THE DAY.  ZACK MILLER…HE DIDN’T GET TO THE END OF THAT CELEBRATION.  BREES NOW GONNA BE PICKED OFF BY DARRELL SMITH.  NICE TACKLE.  WAY TO FINISH IT OFF THOUGH.  FORCE HIM AGAIN?  ABSOLUTELY.  FORCE THEM OUT OF BOUNDS AND MAKE THEM EARN THEIR PTS.  LED TO A F.G. AND IT WAS 14-10.  3RD QUARTER, STILL 14-10.  TOSS SWEEP.  DARREN SPROLES.  CUTBACK 34 YDS.  POUND-FOR-POUND, THAT WILL BE THE BEST FREE AGENT ACQUISITION.  WHAT PEOPLE KEEP FORGETTING IS DARREN SPROLES WAS REGGIE BUSH BEFORE REGGIE BUSH WAS.  IS A BETTER VERSION OF HIM.  YOU LIKE THE FOLLOW UP?  YEA, I HAD YOU.  56 YDS. RECEIVING FOR SPROLES.  75 RUSHING AND, OF COURSE, SEE IF HE CAN GIVE YOU SOMETHING IN THE RETURN GAME.  MAURICE JONES-DREW ALSO HAS SOMETHING TO OFFER.  41 YDS. UP THE MIDDLE BOUNCING OUT TO THE RIGHT SIDE.  4TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, 3 PLAYS LATER IT’S 3RD DOWN AND SPROLES AT THE SAINTS 41.  GABBERT WITH TIME.  PICKED OFF BY PATRICK ROBINSON.  IF HE HAD A RECEIVER OVER THERE, THERE WERE JUST A FEW OTHER GUYS THAT … HE DOESN’T HAVE A TON TO WORK WITH EITHER.  ABSOLUTELY.  LED TO ANOTHER SAINTS F.G. AND IT WAS 20-10 N.O.  4TH QUARTER, JAGUARS STILL TRAILING BY 10.  FACING 3RD & 6 AT THEIR OWN 24.  GABBERT NOT PICKED OFF THIS TIME BUT SACKED.  WILL SMITH.  GABBERT SACKED 3 TIMES ON THE DAY.  GOOD EFFORT FROM THE SAINTS DEFENSE.  GREG WILLIAMS DIALING UP SOME THINGS THAT CONFUSED THE YOUNG QB.  DREW BREES GIVING A BAD PASS.  TIPPED.  PICKED OFF BY DWAYNE LANDRY.  2 PICKS ON THE DAY FOR DREW.  BUT, AGAIN, THAT PLAY THERE.  YOU GOTTA CATCH THE BALL.  IT TOUCHED YOUR FINGERS.  YOU KNOW, TOM, HOW THAT WORKS.  I KNOW THAT I JUST… THE ELITE QBS JUST GET A PASS, DON’T THEY?  4TH & 11.  GABBERT INCOMPLETE TO FELLOW ROOKIE CECIL SCHWARTZ.  GABBERT WAS JUST 16 OUT OF 42.  40% COMPLETION RATE IF MY MATH IS CORRECT OR AT LEAST CLOSE TO THAT.  LET’S JUST ESTIMATE.  YOU ARE RAIN MAN SO I’LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT.  DREW BREES.  WOW.  IS THAT JIMMY GRAHAM AGAIN?  IT IS.  LOOK WHO WAS CHASING HIM INITIALLY.  A LINEBACKER.  IT’S A GOOD MATCHUP, HUH?  YOU SPLIT A T.E. OUT OR YOU RUN THE WHEEL ROUTE WITH A T.E. AND YOU JUST CANNOT…YOU CAN’T DEFEND THAT IF YOU’RE A DEFENSE.  DREW BREES THROWS FOR 351 YDS., TD., 2 PICKS, BUT HIS TEAM WINS 23-10.  THAT’S ONE YOU LOOK BACK AT AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND GO, “YOU KNOW WHAT?  WE WENT TO JACKSONVILLE.  WE DIDN’T PLAY GREAT.  WE CAME AWAY WITH A 13 PT. WIN.”  AND YOU LOOK AT JACKSONVILLE ALSO.  I JUST THINK THEY GOTTA DO MORE THINGS THAT HE’S COMFORTABLE WITH.  PUT HIM IN MORE SITUATIONS, MORE SPREAD FORMATIONS.  THAT’S WHERE HE’S DONE BEST.  IF YOU’RE GONNA PUT HIM IN THE GAME AND WORK WITH HIM IN HIS STRENGTHS.  GIVE HIM SOME HELP.  AND, QUIETLY, MAURICE JONES-DREW HAS HAD A VERY VERY GOOD START TO THE SEASON.

 

01:16:57 – PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ HOUSTON TEXANS

 BEN ROETHLISBERGER PLAYS HIS BEST AGAINST THE TEXANS 2-0 IN HIS CAREER AGAINST HOUSTON BUT THE STEELERS, MINUS-NINE IN TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL THIS SEASON.  THE WORST IN THE NFL.  ARIAN FOSTER RETURNING AFTER MISSING LAST WEEK’S GAME.  BEN TATE GETS THE CALL IN THEIR OPENING DRIVE, AND HE WOULD END UP GETTING HURT ON THE PLAY.  INJURES HIS GROIN.  WOULD NOT RETURN.  19TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  JUST .. UP.  MATT SCHAUB FINDS OWEN DANIELS IN THE END ZONE ON A NICE LITTLE FAKE.  TEXANS UP 7-NOTHING IN THE LONGEST DRIVE IN FRANCHISE HISTORY: 19 PLAYS, 95 YDS IN NEARLY 11 MINS. PICKING UP.  SCHAUB ROLLING.  THROWS TO ANDRE JOHNSON.  NOBODY AROUND HIM.  ANDRE JOHNSON JUST GOES DOWN.  THIS IS IN THE 2ND QUARTER, GRABBING HIS KNEE.  GARY KUBIAK, EVERYBODY ON THE SIDELINES IS CONCERNED.  POSSIBLY THEIR BEST PLAYER GOING DOWN WITHOUT ANY CONTACT.  HE LEFT WITH A HAMSTRING INJURY AND WOULD NOT RETURN.  THAT DRIVE WOULD LEAD TO A F.G.  SO THE TEXANS GO UP 10-NOTHING AT HOME ON THE STEELERS.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER, NEARING HALFTIME, THROWS IT DOWNFIELD FOR MIKE WALLACE.  WALLACE ENTERED THE GAME WITH 6 STRAIGHT 100 YD. RECEIVING GAMES.  LOOKING TO KEEP THAT STRING GOING.  SO A 4TH & 1 RIGHT BEFORE HALFTIME.  THEY GO FOR THE F.G. BUT THE KICK IS BLOCKED, AND SUISSEM’S ATTEMPT PICKED UP BY JONATHAN JOSEPH!  THERE IS NOBODY IN FRONT OF HIM.  THIS COULD BE A GAME-CHANGER BEFORE HALFTIME, AS JOSEPH TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  BUT THERE IS A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  WHAT IS THE CALL ON THIS ONE?  ILLEGAL BLOCK IN THE BACK.  DANIEL MANNING CALLED FOR THE BLOCK IN THE BACK ON SUPOVIDA…AND THAT ERASES WHAT WOULD’VE BEEN 6 PTS.  SO THEY GO INTO HALFTIME UP 10-NOTHING LOOKING TO HANG ONTO THAT LEAD.  BEN R. IN ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE  3RD & 15, BUT HE’S ABLE TO ESCAPE AND FIND HINES WARD.  A PICKUP OF 19 AT THE 49.  8 PLAYS LATER, THE PITCH GOES TO RASHARD MENDENHAHL.  HE’S INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD., AND THE STEELERS ARE BACK IN THE GAME.  7 MINS. TO GO IN THE 3RD AND IT’S 10-7.  GARY KUBIAK TALKING TO HIS OFFENSE.  THEY HAVEN’T DONE MUCH SINCE THE 1ST HALF.  GAME TIED UP AT 10, 12 MINS. TO GO.  ARIAN FOSTER REVERSES DIRECTION; BREAKS A TACKLE.  THERE IS NOBODY IN FRONT OF HIM.  LAST YEAR’S LEADING RUSHER IN THE NFL FINDS THE END ZONE.  A 42 YD. SCORE.  MIKE TOMLIN CANNOT BELIEVE IT.  A BIG GAME FOR ARIAN FOSTER, 155 YDS. AND A HUGE TD. BUT THE STEELERS ARE STILL IN IT.  A 3RD & 7, BALL GOES INCOMPLETE INTENDED FOR EMANUEL SANDERS.  ANDRE JOHNSON, THAT’S THE TYPE OF GRAB HE WOULD’VE MADE.  A 4TH & 7.  BALL IS TIPPED.  HOUSTON’S DEFENSE IS ABLE TO MAKE THE PLAY UNDER BARWIN BLOCKING THAT BALL; BUT, ON THE NEXT STEELERS POSSESSION, TRAILING 17-10, BEN ROETHLISBERGER PICKED OFF BY JONATHAN JOSEPH.  HE HAD THAT BLOCKED F.G. WHERE HE RETURNED IT THE OTHER WAY.  THIS TIME AN INTERCEPTION.  HE RETURNS INTO THE END ZONE.  BUT WAIT!  AGAIN, ANOTHER BIG PLAY BY JONATHAN JOSEPH IS WAVED OFF BECAUSE OF A FLAG.  THEY CALLED J.J. …, THE FIRST ROUND PICK FOR THE ROUGHING THE PASSER.  SO THE STEELERS HAVE A 1ST & 10 AT THE 16.  IT IS STILL ALIVE.  4 PLAYS LATER, 17 SECS. LEFT, ROETHLISBERGER LOOKING DEEP DOWN THE FIELD.  INTERCEPTED BY JASON ALLEN, AND HOUSTON HANGS ON FOR THE WIN.  A BIG VICTORY FOR THE TEXANS, 17-10.

 

01:20:46 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ CHICAGO BEARS

CAROLINA LOOKING TO WIN THEIR 2ND STRAIGHT GAME IN CHICAGO THIS WEEK.  CAM NEWTON ALREADY WITH OVER 1,000 PASSING YDS. ON THE SEASON.  END OF THE 1ST QUARTER AND HE HAS THE BALL TIPPED AND IT IS PICKED OFF BY D.J. MOORE, ON HIS FEET; TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE.  A 19 YD. RETURN ON THE INTERCEPTION PUTS THE BEARS UP 10-3.  NICE HIT BY LANCE BRIGGS.  CAROLINA GETS THE BALL BACK, A 2ND & 7.  CAM SCRAMBLING.  LOBS ONE DEEP DOWN THE FIELD.  A WIDE OPEN STEVE SMITH BUT HE IS BROUGHT DOWN AFTER PICKING UP 53 ON HIS WAY TO A 3RD 100 YD. GAME OF THE SEASON DOWN TO THE 1.  2 PLAYS LATER, CAM WILL TAKE IT HIMSELF.  TRYING TO GET AROUND THE CORNER.  REACHES FOR THE PYLON.  GETS IT IN THERE.  A TD. RUN FOR CAM NEWTON TIES THE GAME AT 10 IN CHICAGO.  ON THE ENSUING BEARS POSSESSION A HANDOFF GOES TO MATT FORTE AFTER A LONG KICK RETURN BY DEVIN HESTER.  HE GETS IN FOR THE 17 YD. SCORE UNTOUCHED, BOUNCING BACK AFTER HAVING JUST 2 YDS. LAST WEEK AGAINST G.B.  PUTS THE BEARS UP 17-10.  HOW ABOUT DEVIN HESTER GETTING IT DONE ONCE AGAIN ON THE PUNT RETURN.  HE’S POINTING AT BLOCKERS.  HE’S GOT NOBODY IN FRONT OF HIM.  HE’S GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE!  A RECORD-SETTING TD. FOR DEVIN HESTER AS HE TUMBLES IN THE END ZONE DOING SOMERSAULTS.  BREAKS HIS TIE WITH ERIC METCALF.  HIS 11TH CAREER PUNT RETURN FOR A TD.  BUT CAROLINA WOULD NOT BE DONE.  THE PASS COMPLETE TO STEVE SMITH.  ONCE AGAIN, HARD HIT BY BRANDON MERRIWEATHER.  ALMOST LEADING WITH HIS HELMET IT LOOKED LIKE.  MERRIWEATHER KNOWN FOR LAYING GUYS OUT.  CAROLINA WOULD RESPOND 3RD & GOAL.  CAM NEWTON TAKES IT HIMSELF FOR HIS 2ND RUSHING TD. OF THE GAME.  SO CAROLINA IN IT ONCE AGAIN MAKING IT CLOSE.  SO 24-20 IN THE 3RD QUARTER.  NEWTON UNDER PRESSURE.  HE ESCAPES ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT.  THROWS END ZONE FOR JEREMY SHOCKEY HIT HARD IN THE END ZONE; AND THAT’S IS A TD. BUT WAIT.  THERE IS A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  JEREMY SHOCKEY USING SOME OFF. PASS INTERFERENCE?  USING HIS HANDS ON THAT ONE.  SO, CAROLINA WOULD HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A F.G. ATTEMPT BUT IT IS BLOCKED.  THE BEARS BLOCK IT!  JULIUS PEPPERS GETS AROUND THE CORNER AND GETS HIS ARM UP.  THE BEARS SAVE 3 PTS. WITH A BIG BLOCKED F.G.  SO ONTO THE 4TH.  BEARS UP BY 1, 24-23.  JAY CUTLER UNDER SOME PRESSURE HANGS INTO THE POCKET.  OVERTHROWS HIS MAN.  IT IS PICKED OFF BY CHARLES GODFREY WHO IS TRYING TO TAKE IT INTO THE RED ZONE.  HE IS BROUGHT DOWN AT THE 29.  NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN.  CAROLINA ENDED UP MISSING A F.G.  SO, THEY GET THE BALL BACK.  ONLY DOWN BY 1 POSSESSION.  CAM NEWTON THROWING ON A 4TH & 10, AND IT IS INCOMPLETE INTENDED FOR LEGADUNANA.  SO THE BEARS GET THE BALL BACK.  ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GET ANOTHER 1ST DOWN.  MATT FORTE BREAKS IT AGAIN.  TAKES IT INSIDE THE 5 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 3.  FORTE WENT FOR OVER 200 YDS. AS THE BEARS HUNG ON FOR A VICTORY.

 

01:24:07 – DETROIT LIONS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

COWBOYS HAVE WON 5 OF THE LAST 6 MEETINGS AGAINST THE LIONS BUT A DIFFERENT DETROIT TEAM.  TONY ROMO GETTING READY FOR THE GAME PACKED UP WITH THE KEVLAR VEST UNDER HIS PADS.  ROMO TRYING TO END DETROIT’S 3-0 START.  SO HE GETS TO WORK EARLY GOING TO DEZ BRYANT ON THEIR OPENING DRIVE.  6TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, DEZ BRYANT WITH A 25 YD. SCORE.  SO THE GAME, THEY GO UP 7-0 AT HOME.  THEN IN THE 2ND QUARTER AGAIN TO DEZ BRYANT ON A 1ST & GOAL.  HE IS UNSTOPPABLE IN THE END ZONE.  TONY ROMO ALREADY WITH 2 TD. PASSES IN THE GAME.  DALLAS OUT TO AN EARLY 14-NOTHING LEAD.  ONTO THE 3RD QUARTER UP 20-3, THEY GO WITH THE FADE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  IT IS JASON WITTEN WITH THE 1 YD. SCORE.  COWBOYS EXTEND THEIR LEAD TO 27-3.  A BEAT DOWN AS DALLAS IS GOING UP,  BUT, TONY ROMO STARTS TO MAKE MISTAKES.  THAT IS BOBBY CARPENTER, THE FORMER 1ST ROUND PICK OF DALLAS MAKING THE INTERCEPTION, AND HE WILL RETURN IT ALL THE WAY FOR THE TD.  CARPENTER AMAZINGLY NEVER HAD 1 INTERCEPTION IN HIS CAREER WITH DALLAS, AND HE COMES BACK AND BURNS HIS FORMER TEAM.  SO THE LEAD IS CUT TO 27-10.  THAT’S O.K. FOR DALLAS.  THEY STILL HAVE THE BALL.  BUT WAIT, ANOTHER INTERCEPTION!  TONY ROMO PICKED OFF BY CHRIS HOUSTON!  HE RETURNS IT THE OTHER WAY FOR THE SCORE AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN, DETROIT IS BACK IN THE GAME, HIGH-STEPPING AND DANCING CHRIS HOUSTON BRINGING HIS TEAM BACK.  LIONS ONLY DOWN BY 10.  27-17.  SO ROMO COULDN’T GET THE JOB THIS TIME ON A 3RD & 3.  OVERTHROWS HIS RECEIVER.  DOWN THE FIELD, LERON ROBINSON.  BUT THERE’S A ROUGHING THE PASSER CALL AND DOMINIC __ HIT HIM LATE.  SO, A 1ST DOWN FOR DALLAS AND THAT WOULD BE A KEY PLAY.  OF COURSE, SUE DID NOT LIKE THE CALL.  KICKED OVER THE TRASHCAN.  BUT, HE GAVE THEM 3 PTS. SO THEY GO UP 30-17.  DETROIT WOULD GET THE BALL BACK.  ALL KINDS OF TIME FOR MATTHEW STAFFORD.  THROWS INTO THE END ZONE.  HOW DID HE CATCH IT?!  CALVIN JOHNSON MEGATRON, GOING BEAST MODE IN TRIPLE COVERAGE.  STAFFORD JUST THREW THE BALL UP TO HIM.  HE WENT UP AND GOT IT WITH 2 MEN HANGING AROUND HIM.  HOW DO YOU STOP THAT ROB RYAN?  HE SAID EARLIER IN THE WEEK THAT THE DALLAS COWBOYS HAD BETTER RECEIVERS ON THEIR TEAM THAN CALVIN.  JOHNSON WAS OUT TO PROVE HIM OTHERWISE; AND JOHNSON GETTING THE JOB DONE ONCE AGAIN.  HIS TEAM WITHIN STRIKING TERRITORY, ONLY DOWN BY 1 POSSESSION, 30-24; AND PETTIGREW ENDS UP GETTING THE DUMP-OFF.  TAKES IT DOWNFIELD BUT THERE IS A BLOCK IN THE BACK ON THE PLAY ON NATE BURLESON.  SO, THEY WOULD END UP WITH A 51 YD. F.G.  SO DOWN 30-27.  HIT!  DALLAS GETS THE BALL.  TONY ROMO AGAIN.  HIS 3RD INTERCEPTION IN THE GAME.  SO AFTER 3 TD. PASSES EARLY ON IN THE GAME FOR TONY ROMO.  HE FINISHES UP WITH 3 INTERCEPTIONS.  DETROIT GETS THE BALL BACK.  A 3RD & GOAL PLAY LOOKING END ZONE BUT THERE IS A PENALTY FLAG ON THE PLAY.  DEFENSIVE HOLDING ON FRANK WALKER.  THAT WAS TARGETED FOR BRANDON PETTIGREW.  SO THAT GIVES THEM A FRESH SET OF DOWNS.  FIRST & GOAL AT THE 2 YD. LINE.  STAFFORD LOOKING TO HIS MAN, CALVIN JOHNSON AGAIN.  GOES UP THERE FOR THE TD. CATCH.  HIS 2ND OF THE GAME.  CALVIN JOHNSON NOW HAS 2 TD. CATCHES IN EACH GAME TO START THE SEASON.  8 TDS. IN 4 GAMES.  BUT DALLAS, COULD THEY COME BACK?  NOT A F.G.  THEY NEED A TD.  TONY ROMO IS BROUGHT DOWN IN THE BACKFIELD BY WILLIE YOUNG WHO REELS HIM IN.  A LOSS OF 10, AND DETROIT COMES BACK SOMEHOW FROM DOWN 27-3 TO WIN THE GAME 34-30; AND THEY REMAIN UNBEATEN.

 

01:28:17 – BUFFALO BILLS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS

THE BUFFALO BILLS LOOKING TO START OFF 4-0.  RYAN FITZPATRICK TIED FOR 2ND IN THE NFL WITH 9 TD. PASSES ON THE SEASON.  ANDY DALTON, THE CINCY ROOKIE.  IN THE 2ND QUARTER WITH THE GAME TIED UP AT 3.  DALTON ENDS UP BEING BROUGHT DOWN BY CHRIS KELSEY FOR A 9 YD. LOSS, AND THE BALL’S LOOSE.  BRIAN SCOTT PICKED IT UP.  HE WILL TAKE IT INTO THE END ZONE.  OH, BIG PLAY EARLY ON FOR THE BUFFALO DEFENSE.  A GAME-CHANGER.  MARVIN LEWIS LOOKING ON WONDERING WHAT JUST HAPPENED.  DALTON BROUGHT THE BALL DOWN; AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IS ALMOST GOING FORWARD.  SO, THAT TD. DID NOT COUNT.  THEY WERE PROTECTED BY THE TUCK RULE.  BUT, AFTER THAT ONE CINCY GOT THE BALL BACK.  THE SAME DRIVE, ANDY DALTON ENDED UP BEING SACKED AND BROUGHT DOWN BY MARCELLUS DARIUS ON THEIR NEXT DRIVE AND THEN, ON A 2ND & 10, HIS PASS WAS OFF THE SHOES OF ANDRE CALDWELL.  BRIAN SCOTT, HIS KIND OF TD. WON’T COUNT AS THE BALL STAYS AFLOAT.  SCOTT IS ABLE TO PICK IT UP OFF THE SHOE OF CALDWELL AND RETURNING IT FOR THE TD.  SO FIRST SCOTT’S SACK THAT HE PICKED UP DID NOT COUNT BUT THE INTERCEPTION DOES.  BUFFALO GOES UP 10-3 AND THEN, AGAIN, ANOTHER MISTAKE FOR ANDY DALTON.  INTERCEPTED THIS TIME BY GEORGE WILSON.  BOTH TIMES ON THE INTERCEPTIONS.  THEY WERE INTENDED FOR ANDRE CALDWELL.  SO BUFFALO UP 17-3 GOING INTO HALFTIME.  IN THE 3RD QUARTER ANDY DALTON FINDS __ GREEN ..FOR THE GRAB.  A PICKUP OF 43..WITH 118 YDS.  THAT MAGNIFICENT CATCH, AND CINCY WOULD END UP WITH THE F.G.  SO THEY WERE DOWN 17-6.  BUT AFTER THEY GOT THE BALL BACK HE WOULD GET IT INTO THE END ZONE THIS TIME.  TRUMAN GRESHAM GOING UP FOR THE 17 YD. IMPRESSIVE TD. CATCH.  BENGALS ONLY DOWN NOW 17-13 AT HOME.  THAT VAUNTED BUFFALO OFFENSE AVERAGING MORE PTS. THAN ANYONE PER GAME IN THE LEAGUE.  SLOWING DOWN IN THE 2ND HALF.  SO RYAN FITZPATRICK, IN THE 4TH QUARTER ON A 3RD & 1, COMPLETES IT TO STEVIE JOHNSON FOR A 5 YD. GAIN BUT WAIT A SECOND.  THE PLAY WOULD BE REVIEWED TO SEE IF IT WAS A CATCH.  DID HE HAVE POSSESSION OF THE FOOTBALL?  HE DID NOT MAINTAIN CONTROL AS HE HITS THE GROUND.  THE BILLS FORCED TO PUNT.  CHAN GAILEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE CALL.  STEVIE JOHNSON DID NOT LIKE IT.  SO CINCY GETS THE BALL, 2ND & 4 AT THEIR OWN 26.  SCRAMBLING TO HIS RIGHT, THROWS DOWNFIELD AND IT IS CAUGHT BY TRUMAN GRESHAM.  GREAT HANDS ALL OVER THE PLACE BY TRUMAN GRESHAM.  SETS UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 49.  8 PLAYS LATER THE HANDOFF.  ANDY DALTON ENDS UP TAKING IT HIMSELF FOR A 3 YD. TD.  THAT TIES UP THE GAME AT 20.  RYAN FITZPATRICK LOOKING TO WARM THINGS UP BUT AFTER A 3 AND OUT, CINCY GETS THE BALL BACK IN TIME.  ANDY DALTON CAN KIND OF STRETCH FOR THE FIRST DOWN ON THE 3RD & 3.  HE HAD JUST RUN IT IN HIMSELF FOR A TD. TRYING TO REACH FOR THE 1ST DOWN MARKER.  THE PLAY WOULD BE REVIEWED FOR 2 MINS.  DID HE GET THE BALL FAR ENOUGH?  YES HE DID GET CREDIT FOR THE 1ST DOWN.  SO WITH 36 SECS. REMAINING, 2 PLAYS LATER.  THIS TIME THEY GIVE IT, THE HANDOFF STRAIGHT TO RYAN LEONARD; AND HE IS ABLE TO GO FOR ANOTHER 1ST DOWN.  KEEP THOSE CHAINS MOVING DOWN TO THE 25.  NEXT PLAY, 4 SECS. LEFT IN THE GAME.  MIKE NUGENT LINING UP FOR THE 43 YD. F.G. AND THERE IT IS.  CINCY AT HOME GETS THE WIN, AND BUFFALO, IT’S FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON.  ANDY DALTON COMING UP BIG ON THE GROUND WITH THE RUSHING TD. AND THAT HUGE 1ST DOWN.  BENGALS GET THE WIN.

 

01:32:12 – MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

A COUPLE OF WINLESS TEAMS GOING AT IT.  JARED ALLEN TRADED TO VIKINGS FROM K.C.  HE HAS THE 2ND MOST SACKS IN THE NFL SINCE BEING TRADED THERE PRIOR TO THE 2008 SEASON.  HOW ABOUT ADRIAN PETERSON LOOKING FOR ANOTHER BIG GAIN.  HE GETS OFF TO A NICE START.  A GAIN OF 14 ON THE OPENING POSSESSION FOR THE VIKINGS.  HE FINISHED WITH 80 YDS. IN THE GAME.  DONOVAN MCNABB LOOKING DOWN THE LEFT SIDELINE FOR DEVON ___, AND HE MAKES THE TD. CATCH.  A 34 YD. GRAB FOR __.  THAT IS HIS FIRST TD. SINCE 2009 WHEN HE WAS WITH THE CHICAGO BEARS.  DONOVAN MCNABB IS LOVING IT AS MINN. GETS OFF TO A NICE START IN K.C.  A 2ND & 14 IN THE 2ND QUARTER.  ALL KINDS OF TIME FOR MCNABB.  HE WILL GO UNDERNEATH TO KYLE RUDOLPH, HIS ROOKIE T.E.  HAS A FIELD IN FRONT OF HIM.  TAKES IT ACROSS MIDFIELD FOR A GAIN OF 41.  SETS UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 44.  MCNABB SETTING UP THE SCREEN PASS, BUT HIS PASS INTENDED FOR TOBY GERHARDT.  INTERCEPTED BY BRANDON CARR.  JUST WENT OVER THE HAND OF GERHARDT.  THE CHIEFS WITH THE BIG TURNOVER KEEPING THINGS GOING, AS THEY ARE DOWN 7-3 TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THE GAME.  MCNABB.  THAT WAS HIS FIRST INTERCEPTION IN HIS LAST 90 ATTEMPTS WHICH WAS THE LONGEST STREAM IN THE NFL.  MATT CASSEL ON A 3RD & GOAL PLAY WILL JUST THROW THE BALL DOWN AS NOTHING EVER DEVELOPED.  TODD HALEY IS WONDERING WHAT IS GOING ON BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG 3RD & 10.  GETTING INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH HIS QB., AS THAT JUST NEVER MATERIALIZED.  THEY ENDED UP WITH THE F.G. DOWN 7-6.  THIS TIME AROUND JARED ALLEN GETS MATT CASSEL IN THE BACKFIELD FOR A 6 YD. LOSS.  HE HAD 2 SACKS IN THE GAME.  JUST RACKING THEM UP SINCE GOING TO MINN.  THEY WOULD END UP WITH ANOTHER F.G. GOING UP 9-7.  ONTO THE 4TH.  K.C. UP 15-10.  THIS IS THE BIG PLAY OF THE GAME TO DWAYNE BOWE DOWN THE SIDELINES.  BUMPS AROUND A MAN.  STILL ON HIS FEET!  BREAKS 2 TACKLES!  GETS INTO THE END ZONE WITH THE TD.  A 52 YD. SCORE FOR DWAYNE BOWE.  HIS 2ND TD. OF THE SEASON, AND 2 VIKINGS MISSED HIM, AND THEY WOULD PAY.  THAT SET THE GAME APART.  MADE IT A 2 SCORE CONTEST IN FAVOR OF K.C.  BUT, IT WAS NOT OVER FOR MINN.  UNDER 10 MINS. TO GO, DONOVAN MCNABB TRYING TO BRING HIS TEAM BACK.  HE AVOIDS THE RUSH.  THROWS OVER THE MIDDLE TO BERNARD BARIAN, A GAIN OF 20 ON THE PLAY, SETS UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 17.  6 PLAYS LATER, 13TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  MCNABB ROLLING TO HIS LEFT, AND HE WILL FIND MICHAEL JENKINS FOR THE TD. CATCH.  SO THE VIKINGS MAKE A GAME OF IT WITH UNDER 6 MINS. TO GO.  THEY’RE ONLY DOWN 22-17.  AND AFTER A PUNT THEY GET THE BALL BACK.  THEY GO WITH THE REVERSE TO PERCY HARVIN, AND HE PICKS UP 23 ON THE PLAY BEFORE BEING TACKLED IN TERRITORY WITH THE CLOCK RUNNING.  MCNABB ON A 4TH & 10 TO KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE.  LOOKING FOR ASHANTE SHENKO.  INCOMPLETE.  THE VIKINGS COME UP SHORT WITH THEIR COMEBACK EFFORTS, AND K.C. GETS IN THE WIN COLUMN FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL SEASON.

 

01:35:30 – WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

 WE ARE WAITING FOR THE ST. LOUIS RAMS TO SHOW UP AND BUILD ON THAT MOMENTUM FROM LAST YEAR.  SAM BRADFORD, ST. LOUIS PLAYING HOST TO REX GROSSMAN.  YOU SURE YOU WANT THE WASH. REDSKINS?  YOU SURE YOU’RE WAITING ON THAT?  I’M WAITING FOR IT, YEA.  AREN’T YOU?  REX GROSSMAN PLAYING WELL IN THE MEANTIME.  JABBAR GAFFNEY 20 YD. PICKUP.  EASY.  EASY.  ..LAST YEAR WAS THEY PLAYED REALLY SOLID DEFENSE.  NOT THE CASE SO FAR THIS YEAR.  THAT’S A GOOD LOOKING PASS FOR A TD. JAMIE.  HUH?  NOT BUYING THE REX GROSSMAN?  HE HAS A 48 PASSER RATING.  I’M JUST SAYING.  EASY.  3RD & 22.  WHAT’S THAT?  DID YOU SEE THAT?  YEA.  RYAN KERRIGAN, ROOKIE 1ST ROUND PICK.  FORCES A BRADFORD FUMBLE RECOVERED BY BARRY COFIELD.  REDSKINS WITH THE FOOTBALL NOW.  2ND & 3, RYAN __.  WATCH THIS POP.  HE HAD PUNISHED THEM GUYS TODAY.  THAT’S A BIG BACK COMING UP.  THAT IS.  WASH. UP 14-NOTHING AT HALFTIME.  3RD QUARTER, WASH. LEADING 14-NOTHING.  FIRST REDSKINS DRIVE IN THE HALF. TORAIN ONCE AGAIN.  39 YDS.   AGAIN, WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT RAMS DEFENSE?  HOW ABOUT THE OFFENSE?  WELL IT’S A SYMBIOTIC THING.  IF ONE’S NOT WORKING THE OTHER ONE’S GONNA WORK.  TORAIN A BUCK 35 ON 19 CARRIES.  4TH QUARTER, 3RD & 11.  GROSSMAN’S PASS TIPPED.  PICKED OFF JUSTIN KING TAKES IT BACK 51 YDS.  THAT ONE ON REX?  I’M SOLD  DID I SAY A 48 PASSER RATING?  WELL I WAS JUST ASKING.  I’M JUST ASKING A QUESTION, WHAT A 48 YD PASSER RATING MEANS TO YOU.  YOU DIDN’T PUT THE LAST INTERCEPTION ON DONOVAN BECAUSE IT WAS A BALL SOMEONE SHOULD’VE CAUGHT.  I’M JUST SAYING.  DOESN’T REX GET THE SAME TREATMENT?  LANCE KENDRICKS, T.E. OUT OF WISCONSIN.  A LITTLE BEHIND HIM BUT A BALL HE WOULD LIKE TO CATCH.  THAT’S A TOUGH .. TODAY.  SAM BRADFORD COULD’VE USED THAT ONE, TRAILING 17-3.  SAME SCORE, 3RD & GOAL.  BRADFORD, STEPHEN JACKSON.  15 YD. SCORE.  17-10.  JUST THE 2ND TD. OF THE SEASON FOR STEPHEN JACKSON BATTLING THAT INJURED QUAD.  NEXT WASH. DRIVE 1ST & 10.  WHAT WERE YOU SAYING THERE JAMIE ABOUT REX GROSSMAN?  I’M JUST.. REX IS WHAT REX IS.  INTERCEPTED BY JAMES …  NOW TAKES IT BACK 15 YDS.  QB RATING OF 100 AND SOMETHING OR BELOW 50.  THERE’S NO ..THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND FOR REX.  4:42 LEFT IN THE GAME.  BRADFORD, DROPPED BY BRIAN __, A LOSS OF 5.  THIS, TO ME, IS ONE OF THE SURPRISES OF THE YEAR AS WELL.  THE FACT THAT THE RAMS ARE 0-4.  THOUGHT THEY’D BE A BETTER TEAM THIS YEAR.  THEIR SCHEDULE HAS DEFINITELY BEEN TOUGH THOUGH BUT THEY HAVE NOT PLAYED WELL.  I’M SURPRISED THE OFFENSE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ALL YEAR LONG BUT, AGAIN, NOT GIVING THAT TALENTED FELLA WEAPONS WHEN YOU COULD’VE GOT SOME GUYS.  BUT YOU DID WANT TO SPEND MONEY TO … GUYS WHO WERE OUT THERE; AND I REALLY FEEL BAD BECAUSE THE KID HAS GOT TALENT.  BUT YOU DON’T WANT TO BREAK THE KID’S WILL; AND I SAW SOME THINGS IN THERE THAT I DIDN’T LIKE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HIM FLINCHING AND DROPPING BEHIND TORAIN. YOU SEE 19 CARRIES, 135 YDS.  MIKE SHANAHAN JUST WENT WITH THE HOT HAND.

 

01:38:47 – SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

FROM START TO FINISH HERE WE BEGIN IN PHILA.  ALEX SMITH AND HIS NINERS.  MICHAEL VICK AND HIS EAGLES.  ALEX SMITH AND THE 49ERS.  I THINK THE PLANS ARE TO RELOCATE TO YOUNGSTOWN; AND THEY’RE JUST GONNA STAY THERE FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON.  I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY DUMB FOR THEM TO GO TO YOUNGSTOWN I HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAYING.  EVEN WITH THE PINK GLOVE, MICHAEL VICK IS MICHAEL VICK MAKING FOLKS MISS.  TOUCHDOWN.  IT WAS THE KEVLAR IN THE RIGHT GLOVE.  YOU THINK SO?  HE HIT SOMEBODY WITH IT?  IT WAS THE KEVLAR.  PLAYED ..16 YD. SCORE.  EVEN TODAY, AS ELUSIVE AS HE WAS..AND EXPLOSIVE..HE TAKES SO MANY HITS; AND I THINK YOU MADE A GREAT POINT YESTERDAY JAMIE.  THIS OFF. LINE NEEDS TO PROTECT HIM BETTER AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WE’RE NOT GONNA ALLOW YOU TO POUND HIM.  AND THERE’S SOME BAD NEWS THAT’S COMING OUT OF THIS GAME WHEN WE GET THROUGH.  THERE’S ANOTHER SITUATION GETS HIS FINGERS CAUGHT.  HITS HIS HAND ON JUSTIN SMITH.  HE’LL GET IT CHECKED OUT AND STAY IN THE GAME.  F.G. MADE IT 10-3 PHILA.  NEXT EAGLES POSSESSION, LESEAN MCCOY.  HE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLAYERS.  DIDN’T HAVE A BIG DAY.  DIDN’T HAVE NEARLY AS BIG A DAY AS MATT FORTE, BUT THAT’S ANOTHER STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY.  9 CARRIES, 18 YDS.  NOT A MAJOR FACTOR IN TODAY’S GAME, TOM.  DOWN AT THE 1 YD. LINE.  HE’S THE BEST SCREEN AND DRAW R.B. IN THE LEAGUE.  WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS THIS!!  YEA.  THAT’S RONNIE BROWN GOING UP THE MIDDLE GOING NOWHERE.  THIS WAS A MICROCOSM, IF YOU ASK ME, OF WHAT WE SAW OF THE EAGLES TODAY.  IT WAS A COMEDY OF ABSOLUTE ERRORS.  HE WAS THROWING THE BALL?!  YES!  HE WAS THROWING THE BALL..!  TO WHO?!  WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!  BUT, NO, THE FULLBACK WAS ACTUALLY OVER THERE.  HE WAS OPEN.  WAS HE OPEN?!  BUT VICK IS THE QB.  STAY THE FUMBLE.  NINERS TAKE OVER.  WHAT WAS HE THINKING?!  WELL, ALEX SMITH STRIPPED BY JASON BABIN, RECOVERED BY COLLIN JENKINS.  THERE’S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING STRIPPED …O.K.  EVEN THOUGH THE FACT THEY’RE TRYING TO THROW IT IN THE GOAL?  IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE SAYING?!  AH, YES.  ARE YOU SURE THAT WASN’T A CALLED PLAY?  SEE, THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK.  THAT’S STRONG.  THE EAGLES, FOR SOME REASON LAST WEEK, PACKED IT IN AT THE GOAL LINE INSTEAD OF SPREADING THINGS OUT AND GIVING YOURSELF A TON OF OPTIONS.  23 AT HALFTIME.  IT’S 23-3, 3RD QUARTER.  ALEX SMITH, JOSH MORGAN; A 30 YD. NINERS SCORE.  DID I TELL YOU ABOUT THE 49ERS JAMIE?  27 MILL. DOLLAR…OR 25 MILL. DOLLARS BEING PAID IN THAT SECONDARY WITH THE CORNERS THAT THEY HAVE…AND THIS CAN’T HAPPEN.  AGAIN THE MISSED TACKLES TWICE!  WHO SAID MISSED TACKLES?  WE SAW THAT AGAINST THE GIANTS LAST WEEK, DID WE NOT?  MICHAEL CRABTREE, 38 YD. GAIN.  4 PLAYS LATER, SMITH TO HIS RIGHT, AND VERNON DAVIS ANOTHER…TD.  CAN WE GIVE ALEX SMITH SOME LOVE FOR TODAY’S PERFORMANCE.  2ND HALF THREW FOR OVER 200 YDS. AND 2 TDS.  EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE FROM ALEX SMITH.  THAT’S IT?  THAT’S ALL THE LOVE HE GETS?!  VICK…HE THROWS A PRETTY DEEP BALL.  YEA, HE DOES.  DESEAN JACKSON RUNNING RIGHT UNDERNEATH IT.  61 YD. GAIN.  HOW DID THEY ONLY SCORE 23 PTS. TODAY?  ESPECIALLY WHEN VICK HAD…500 YDS. OF OFFENSE.  IF VICK HAD 416 YDS. PASSING, CAREER HIGH.  THE 49ERS, A TEAM THAT WAS NOT AVERAGING BETTER THAN WHAT?  200 AND SOME YDS. PER GAME, HAD OVER 440 THEMSELVES.  HERE COMES FRANK GORE.  A LITTLE PATIENCE, STRETCH ACROSS THE GOAL LINE.  THE PLAY WOULD BE REVIEWED AND WHAT DID THEY SEE?  THEY SAW A REALLY BAD EAGLES DEFENSE.  OH, YOU MEAN THE PLAY ITSELF?  YEA.  THE BALL HITS THE GROUND.  JIM HARBAUGH’S NINERS SCORE 21 UNANSWERED PTS., AND THE BALL CROSSED THE GOAL LINE BEFORE THAT ELBOW HIT.  IT’S 24-23 SAN FRAN.  THIS ONE HURTS.  VICK TO JEREMY MACKLIN STRIPPED.  YOU’RE IN F.G. RANGE.  COMEDY OF ERRORS.  BUT LOOK WHO’S ON THE GROUND.  I WANT YOU TO WATCH THE VERY END OF THIS PLAY.  THE WORST NEWS OF IT ALL IS YOU SEE RIGHT THERE IS PETERS, THE LEFT TACKLE, GOES DOWN.  AND HE GRABBED HIS HAMMY.  THEIR BEST OFF. LINEMAN GRABBED A HAMSTRING; AND SO, THE NEWS FOR THE EAGLES CAN’T GET MUCH WORSE THAN WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.

 

01:42:48 – NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

HERE WE GO.  RICHARD SEYMOUR.  SEYMOUR AND HIS OAKLAND RAIDERS.  FIRST TIME AGAINST THE ..HE WAS A PENALTY MACHINE IN THE FIRST 15 MINS. OF THE GAME.  N.E. PATRIOTS, HIS OLD TEAM.  1ST QUARTER.  SEYMOUR DIDN’T HEAR THE WHISTLE.  THROWS BRADY TO THE GROUND.  HE’S GOTTA HAVE BETTER FOOTBALL AWARENESS THAN THAT, DOESN’T HE?  WELL, NO.  YOU’RE PLAYING.  IT’S LOUD.  IF YOU DON’T HEAR THE WHISTLE, DEPENDING WHERE THE WHISTLE’S BLOWN.  YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT.  IF YOU DON’T HEAR THE WHISTLE, YOU DON’T HEAR THE WHISTLE.  ALRIGHT, 4 PLAYS LATER …  HE’S NOT THAT DUMB THAT HE WOULD JUST DO THAT AND GET A PENALTY.  WELL, I THINK HE’S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT EXTRA JAZZED-UP BECAUSE HE’S PLAYING AGAINST THE PATRIOTS FOR THE 1ST TIME.  YEA, BUT HE’S NOT THAT DUMB THAT IF HE KNEW THAT…  ANOTHER PENALTY ON RICHARD SEYMOUR.  30 YDS. WORTH OF PENALTIES.  FORMER PATRIOT.  HE WAS FRUSTRATED.  WES WELKER.  DID HE GET IN?  YES.  A LITTLE FRUSTRATED!  YOU ASKED ME.  A LITTLE FRUSTRATED WITH YOU!  BRADY TYING JOE MONTANA..OF ALL TIME, 273RD TD. PASS.  PATRIOTS LEAD 7-3.  THIS IS DARREN MCFADDEN.  YOU KNOW WHAT THOUGH?  WE DIDN’T SEE A TON OF THIS.  WE REALLY DIDN’T.  THE N.E. PATRIOTS DID A DECENT JOB DEFENSIVELY WHICH IS A HECK OF A LOT BETTER THAN WE SAW THE FIRST 2 WKS. FROM THEM.  JASON CAMPBELL, KEVIN BOSS, 23 YDS. LED TO A 1 YD. MICHAEL BUSH TD., AND THE RAIDERS LEADING 10-7.  NEXT PATRIOTS POSSESSION.  BRADY TO WHO ELSE?  LOOK AT THAT TIME.  WOW.  THE BACK SHOULDER TO WES WELKER.  THE KEYS FOR VICTORY FOR THE RAIDERS IN THIS GAME:  GETTING TO TOM BRADY AND RUNNING THE FOOTBALL FOR BETTER THAN 150, 170 YDS.  AND I DON’T BELIEVE THEY DID EITHER.  THE FIRST RULED IN COMPLETE HERE.  THAT OVER RULE, 21 YD. GAIN TO THE 1.  WES WELKER, ANOTHER MONSTER DAY:  9 CATCHES, 158 YDS. AND A TD.  AND THAT ONE LED TO A GREEN-ELLIS TD., AND THIS IS THE ROOKIE, STEVEN WRIGLEY, 33 YDS. IN FOR ANOTHER TOUCH.  HIS FIRST CAREER TD.  10 CARRIES, 97 YDS.  HUGE DAY.  REMEMBER, DANNY WOODHEAD, HE GOES OUT IN THIS GAME; AND SO THEY HAVE SO MANY RBS.  REMEMBER THE DRAFT.  THEY DRAFTED A LOT OF BACKS IN THIS DRAFT.  GREAT DEPTH.  TOM BRADY.  O.K.  HOW ABOUT THIS STAT?  I BELIEVE THEY ARE NOW 26-2 FOLLOWING A LOSS SINCE 2003.

 

01:45:08 – DENVER BRONCOS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS

WAY TO WIN.  HOW ABOUT THAT?  O.K.  WORKS FOR ME.  AARON RODGERS, ALL SMILES BEFORE THE GAME.  ARE WE GONNA GET ALL THE TDS. IN?  SURE.  I MEAN ARE YOU…WE’RE GONNA TRY.  WE ONLY GOT 20 MINS.  4TH & 1.  BRONCOS HIGHLIGHT.  BRIAN DAWKINS WITH THE STOP.  OH, THEY WANTED TO GIVE THE BRONCOS 1 HIGHLIGHT.  O.K., I GOT IT.  NOW WE GO.  THE AARON RODGERS SHOW.  THE TIME, THE WINDUP.  JORDY NELSON 50 YD. SCORE.  AND YOU KNOW…I WAS FACING AARON RODGERS.  HE BEAT ME BY MYSELF.  YEA, THAT’S NO GOOD.  3RD & 4.  RIGHT TO CHARLES WOODSON, 20 YD. PICK 6.  TEBOW.  TEBOW.  THEY WERE CHANTING TEBOW ON THE ROAD FOR 2 SUCCESSIVE WKS.  14-3 AT THAT POINT.  HIGHLIGHTS KEEP COMING FOR THE PACKERS.  1ST & 10.  HE CAN DO THIS.  ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S THAT OPEN.  COULD AARON HAVE HIS OWN RED ZONE SHOW?  ACTUALLY LIKE THE RED ZONE THING WHERE THEY SHOW ALL THE SCORING?  HE MIGHT HAVE THAT POWER.  HOW MANY TDS.?  6 I BELIEVE IT WAS.  17 YDS. TO GREG JENNINGS AND IT’S 28-17.  THAT’S JUST A BEAUTIFUL MACHINE HE’S IN CHARGE OF.  THIS WAS THE GAME THAT I PREDICTED COULD GET UGLY.  YOU WERE RIGHT.  YEA.  AARON RODGERS AGAIN.  YOU KNOW WHAT?  IN A GAME LIKE THIS THOUGH WHERE IT’S…I JUST GET A LITTLE NERVOUS IF I’M MIKE MCCARTHY WATCHING MY QB RUN THE BALL.  MIKE MCCARTHY CHALLENGES THAT AND SAYS, “MY QB GOT INTO THE END ZONE.”  AND AS WE WILL SEE, HE IS RIGHT.  HE DID.  KIND OF ROLLS OFF JASON HUNTER’S BACK.  35-17 THERE.  NEXT PACKERS POSSESSION, BACK TO THE AIR.  RODGERS, JAMES JONES.  YOU SAID IT WELL THERE.  RUNS THAT MACHINE BEAUTIFUL.  HE DOES.  YEA.  49-23, AND AARON RODGERS 4 TDS.  THAT’S ALL.  THAT’S IT?  WELL THEY WERE LIKE 2 RUSHING TDS.  THEY COUNTED FOR 6.  YOU’RE RIGHT.

 

01:47:17 – ATLANTA FALCONS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

 ATLANTA.  SEATTLE, PETE CARROLL, LOOKING FOR THE 2ND WIN OF THE SEASON FOR THE SEAHAWKS.  2ND QUARTER.  TAVARIS JACKSON KIND OF SHOWED UP TODAY FELLAS.  HE DID?  HE SURE DID.  I MEAN HE’S…HE SHOWED UP LATER.  HE DID.  HE PLAYED BETTER LAST WEEK.  LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.  THE SEAHAWKS ARE TOUGH IN THEIR BUILDING AND THE ATLANTA FALCONS NOT NEARLY AS GOOD AWAY FROM HOME DESPITE THAT GREAT RUN.  RUN DEFENSE NOT SO STRONG THERE.  21 YDS. OUT MICHAEL TURNER, 14-NOTHING.  NEXT SEATTLE POSSESSION..THERE’S TAVARIS JACKSON.  SYDNEY RICE ABOUT 3 STEPS BEHIND THE FALCONS D AND IT’S 14-7.  JUST HANG WITH US.  IT’S GONNA BE A CLOSE GAME.  NEXT ATLANTA POSSESSION, 3RD & 13.  MATT RYAN TO JULIO JONES.  JULIO HAD A HUGE DAY TODAY.  YES HE DID.  11 CATCHES, 127 YDS.  TRUST ME, IT’S GONNA BE A CLOSE GAME DESPITE WHAT YOU’VE SEEN RIGHT NOW.  THE GUY WAS 29 YDS.  THIS IS 1 YD. AND THAT’S…  GET OFF OF ME!  BUT HE GOT IN.  YES HE DID.  1 YD. TD.  FALCONS LEADING 21-7 AT HALFTIME.  HE’S SO BIG.  HE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE HE’S FAST BUT HE ACTUALLY RUNS PRETTY FAST.  24-7, TAVARIS JACKSON TO A WIDE OPEN MIKE WILLIAMS, 27-14.  JUST TRUST ME, THIS GAME GETS CLOSER.  I JUST CUT MICHAEL TOO.  2 SEAHAWKS POSSESSIONS LATER, 1ST & 10 MARSHAWN LYNCH.  OH, NICE CUT.  I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT.  YOU’RE GONNA GET YOURSELF HURT DOING THAT.  MARION BARBER JUST CAME BACK FROM THE BEARS.  MARION BARBER DID A BACK FLIP.  HE MISSED THE FIRST 3 GAMES OF THE SEASON WITH A CALF INJURY AND WAS DOING BACK FLIPS.  THAT’S WHY HE DIDN’T NAIL THE LANDING.  LOOK AT THE TIME FOR TAVARIS JACKSON.  BUSTED COVERAGE THERE.  FOR SOME REASON DANTE ROBINSON COMES OFF OF HIS MAN.  TOLD YOU IT WAS GONNA BE A CLOSE GAME!  61 YDS., NOT CLOSE.  THAT’S A CLOSE GAME THOUGH, 30-28.  GIVE THE SEAHAWKS CREDIT FOR BATTLING BACK.  MUST WIN FOR THE ATLANTA FALCONS.  THEY HAD TO WIN THIS GAME.  THEY COULDN’T GO DOWN 1-3 WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE DIVISION.  T.B. AHEAD OF THEM.

 

01:49:26 – MIAMI DOLPHINS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

 ELUSIVE VICTORY AT S.D.  TONY SPARANO ON THE HOT SEAT.  7 STRAIGHT LOSSES DATING BACK TO LAST YEAR.  CHAD HENNE IN AT QB.  DOLPHINS 2ND POSSESSION.  UH OH…SOMEONE MISSED THE CALL.  CHAD HENNE KEPT THE BALL.  HE’S INJURED ON THE PLAY.  HURTS HIS SHOULDER.  LOOKS LIKE HE HURTS HIS LEFT SHOULDER; NON-THROWING SHOULDER.  GRABBING IT, GRIPPING IT IN PAIN.  COME DOWN SIDEWAYS LIKE THAT.  I’VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN A THOUSAND TIMES.  TAKEN TO THE L.R. AND DID NOT RETURN TO THE GAME.  NEXT PLAY 2ND DOWN & 9.  SO BRING IN MAT MOORE.  MATT MOORE STARTED OFF ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD.  CHARLES CLAY OFF THE PLAY ACTION.  IN STRIDE 30 YD. GAIN.  I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THE CHARGERS.  I JUST…I DON’T EITHER.  BUT THEY ARE WINNING THOUGH.  THEY ARE.  BECAUSE THEY NORMALLY LOSE THESE GAMES EARLY IN THE YEAR.  YOU WANT TO PEEK IN LATE NOV., EARLY DEC.  BUT ..DOLPHINS UP 7-NOTHING.  PHILIP RIVERS LOOKING DEEP FOR VINCENT JACKSON.  WHY?  HE ALMOST MISSED HIM!  YOU KNOW WHAT, AND THAT IS SUCH A DIFFICULT CATCH TO MAKE.  AS YOU’RE RUNNING AND LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER…  HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?  I’M JUST TELLING YOU.  CHARGERS TIE IT UP 7-7.  THAT IS A GREAT CATCH.  PHILIP RIVERS JUST NOT THE GUY THAT …SEE IF THIS IS A BETTER THROW.  THAT’S…ANOTHER GREAT CATCH.  GREAT CATCH.  GET THE FEET IN.. AND THAT’S A DIFFICULT.  THAT’S A BIG MAN TAPPING THE TOES.  OH YEA.  22 YD. GAIN TO THE 23.  NICK NOVAK 27 YD. F.G.  THE CHARGERS…GOTTA EAT.  EVERYONE BE QUIET.  BIG DOG GOTTA EAT.  THAT’S WHAT HE WAS SAYING.  3RD QUARTER & 2ND & 18.  RYAN MATTHEWS ON THE SCREEN.  42 YDS. TO THE 5.  I LIKE THIS KID.  HE’S DUE.  I MEAN YOU TRADE UP.  THEY TRADE-UP, AND I WANT TO BELIEVE 12, 18 SLOTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE DRAFT TO GET HIM.  GOTTA DELIVER.  ABSOLUTELY.  OH, LOOK AT THE CHUNKY MAN WITH THE DANCE.  CHUNKY MAN.  CHUNKY SOUP DANCE.  COME ON.  GIVE IT TO ME.  GIVE IT TO ME.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  DID MIKE TOLBERT GET IN?  YES.  HE GOT ACROSS THE PLANE PRETTY EASILY.  BALL COMES OUT.  YEA.  NOW GIVE ME THE DANCE.  OH, HE DIDN’T HAVE THE …  CHAD HENNE WATCHING FROM THE SIDELINE AS MATT MOORE GOES 17 OUT OF 26, AND THE CHARGERS IMPROVE TO 3-1.  DOLPHINS ON THE ..  THAT GAME WAS 23-16 WITH JUST A FEW MINS. TO GO.  SO THE DOLPHINS WERE IN STRIKING DISTANCE.  THE CHARGERS JUST MAKE IT TOO HARD ON THEMSELVES.

 

01:51:53 – NEW YORK GIANTS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS

THE PERFECT G.B. PACKERS, 4-0.  LET’S GO TO ARIZONA.  OSI UMENYIORA BACK.  LARRY FITZGERALD UP FOR THE ARIZONA CARDINALS; AND HE WAS UP AND ADAM.  DOWN 10-6 IN THE 3RD QUARTER.  THAT’S WHERE WE PICK THINGS UP.  LARRY AND THE DOUBLE-TEAM COMING DOWN WITH IT.  YEA, IT REMINDS ME OF CALVIN JOHNSON.  YOU GO UP AND GET IT.  WITH THAT 47 YD. CATCH HE PASSES ROY GREEN, MOST PASSING AND RECEIVING YDS. IN CARDINALS FRANCHISE HISTORY.  ROY PLAYED BOTH WAYS TOO, BY THE WAY.  CONGRATULATIONS TO LARRY FITZGERALD.  13-10 AT THE…LED TO A BEANIE WELLS TD.  DEFENSIVE PLAY RIGHT HERE.  DAVID CARTER WITH THE SACK FORCED FUMBLE.  DARNELL DOCKET HOPS ON IT.  2ND TD. OF THE GAME AND MAKE IT A 20-10 LEAD.  ELI MANNING LOOKING FOR VICTOR…  I BELIEVE YOU ELI.  CRUZ TO THE 24 YD. LINE.  HE HAD 98 YDS. RECEIVING, DICK CRUZ.  6 PLAYS LATER 3RD & GOAL.  13 PLAY…CAPPED OFF BY …EXCEPT HE’S NOT THE TIPTOE BURGLAR BABY.  HE’S RUNNING WITH PURPOSE.  HE’S RUNNING WITH PURPOSE.  PURPOSE.  3 PT. GAME.  HE WAS RUNNING WITH PURPOSE TOO.  BEANIE’S GOT PURPOSE.  BEANIE, A 39 YD. GAIN AROUND THE EDGE.  BAM!  HAYMAKERS FOR THE GIANTS.  28-13.  ALLOW BEANIE WELLS TO SET UP BEANIE WELLS.  4TH TD. RUN OF THE GAME FOR BEANIE WELLS.  CARDINALS UP BY 10 WITH 5 MINS. TO GO BUT THIS IS …THE GIANTS ARE USED TO SOME MAGIC.  ELI MANNING TAKE NICKS BACK.  SHOULDER THROW, MAKING A PLAY DOWN TO THE 2.  THAT’S GREAT CHEMISTRY WITH THE QB/RECEIVER.  GREAT BACK SHOULDER SPACE.  NEXT PLAY.  WHO DO YOU LOOK FOR?  YOU GOTTA THROW IT!  TOUCHDOWN!  GOT BOTH FEET DOWN.  1ST CAREER TD. FOR THE T.E.  3 PT. GAME.  SAME SCORE.  3:10 TO GO.  ELI MANNING LOOKING FOR DAVID TYREE!  HE’S NOT THERE!  HE FINDS VICTOR CRUZ!  I BELIEVE IN ELI.  GIVE YOURSELF UP.  VICTOR CRUZ JUST DROPS THE BALL.  ELI CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT HE’S JUST SEEN.  GIANTS OUT OF TIMEOUTS.  THIS IS THE END OF THE GAME.  THOUGHT HE WAS IN COLLEGE.  REFS RULED THAT HE GAVE HIMSELF UP RIGHT THERE.  HE’S DOWN.  HE DID.  HE GAVE HIMSELF UP.  HE DID.  YOU CAN DO THAT.  SO THIS WAS NOT CHALLENGEABLE BY THE ARIZONA CARDINALS.  YOU CAN THROW AS MANY CHALLENGE FLAGS AS YOU WANT. T HE RAMS RECEIVERS USED TO DO IT YEARS AGO.  KEN WHISENHUNT HAD TO PICK UP THE CHALLENGE FLAG.. THE GIANTS.  YOU CAN SEE HE DIDN’T CATCH A BREAK BUT THAT’S THE RULES; AND LOOK AT THIS.  UNBELIEVABLE.  I BELIEVE IN ELI!  IN THE END ZONE!  IT’S THE SAME END ZONE, SAME CORNER.  ELI MANNING TO AKIM NICKS!  GIANTS ON TOP WITH A MINUTE 20 TO GO!  CAN’T TAKE A SACK RIGHT THERE COACH.  NO.. TAKE A SACK AND A TIMEOUT.  AND WHO’S THE ONE..LOOK WHO’S THE ONE TO DO IT.  OSI.  HE’S GOT FRESH LEGS.  HE’S VERY SUBDUED.  2 PLAYS LATER KOLB GONE FROM LARRY FITZGERALD AND THE BALL IS BATTED AWAY BY COREY WEBSTER.  WHAT A BIG COME FROM BEHIND WIN FOR TOM COUGHLIN’S 3-1 GIANTS.

 

01:54:53 – NEW YORK JETS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS

 DEFENSIVE BATTLE.  SAY THAT AGAIN.  BETWEEN THE JETS AND THE RAVENS.  BUT THEY WERE GETTING IN SCORING TDS.  RAY LEWIS IN HIS 16TH SEASON.  AND REX RYAN’S BEEN 10 YRS. IN BALT. AS A DEF. COACH.  …GIVE TO MARK SANCHEZ AND JAMIL __ SCOOPS IT UP FOR A TD.  AND THE RAVENS RIGHT AWAY ON TOP 7-NOTHING.  TIME AND TIME AGAIN, ED REED SHOWS UP AND MAKES THE PLAY FOR THE BALT. RAVENS.  THE BEST DEF. BACK IN THE GAME TODAY.  AND SANCHEZ IS HIS BEFORE HIS ARM COMES FORWARD THERE.  SO, THE PLAY WAS CALLED A TD. AND IT’S GOOD.  IT’S ONLY ON THE ENSUING KICKOFF IT’S JOE MCKNIGHT.  WE ONLY SHOW YOU THIS FOR 1 OR 2 REASONS.  A BIG PLAYER BOOBOO.  DOESN’T IT SEEM LIKE WE JUST WANT TO JUST PUSH HIM DOWN THE FIELD LIKE RUN MAN!!  RUN!  IT’S A BIG PLAY ALRIGHT.  107 YDS.  THE LONGEST PLAY IN THE HISTORY OF THE JETS!  7-ALL.  BUT THE JETS HAD ISSUES WITH THE CENTER/QB EXCHANGE ALL NIGHT LONG.  NICK MANGOLD HAS THAT HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN.  SO HE TRIED TO GIVE IT A GO.  IT DIDN’T WORK OUT.  SO .. BAXTER, REMEMBER, IS AN UNDRAFTED ROOKIE HERE.  AND THERE..AN ISSUE RIGHT THERE AND A FUMBLE.  THAT BALL WAS IN, WASN’T IT COACH?  YEA, THE QB WASN’T READY TO RECEIVE IT.  HE WAS ASKING FOR IT AND MAYBE HE WAS LATE.  NOW..THERE YOU GO AGAIN.  ..COMES UP WITH THE FUMBLE RECOVERY FOR THE RAVENS.  THAT’S ON SANCHEZ.  ALRIGHT.  THE BALL’S SNAPPED.  SEE THE GUYS TALKING TO HIM RIGHT NOW BUT IT WAS SNAPPED BEFORE SANCHEZ WAS READY.  SO THEY’RE WORKING ON IT.  THAT’S RIGHT.  MATT SLAUSON REPLACING BAXTER FOR THE NEXT SERIES, AND SANCHEZ HIT.  LOSES THE FOOTBALL.  DOUBLE J.  AND JARED JOHNSON GOES 26 YDS. FOR THE TD.  GREAT HIT BY __ __.  SO MANY IMPACT PLAYERS ON THAT DEFENSE.  THEY ALWAYS COME UP WITH THE BIG PLAY WHEN THEY NEED IT.  THE BALL BASICALLY CAME OUT BEFORE SANCHEZ’S ARM CAME FORWARD.  THE RAVENS WERE ON TOP 27-7.  ALRIGHT.  SO YOU THINK THEY WOULD TURN IT OVER TO THE RUNNING GAME.  BUT FLACCO..LOOKING FOR RAY RICE.  IT’S PICKED OFF BY DAVID HARRIS.  EXACTLY WHAT THE JETS NEEDED.  YEA, ANOTHER MISCELLANEOUS TD. RETURN HERE BY THE DEFENSE; AND THIS THING’S GOING BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH WITH UNUSUAL SCORING PLAYS.  27-17 AT THE BREAK.  3RD QUARTER NOW AND IT’S FLACCO.  TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM.. HE SAW AARON MAVIN THERE BUT MAVIN STILL GOT TO HIM.  JETS JUST RESIGNED MAVIN.  MARCUS DIXON WITH THE RECOVERY THERE.  HE GOT HIM ON THE SACK THERE.  AND SO ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY SANCHEZ LOOKING FOR SANTONIO HOLMES.  DAVARIOUS WEBB GOING THE OTHER WAY.  LIKE YOU WENT THROUGH ONE OF THOSE “SEE JANE RUN” BOOKS.  IT WAS SO SIMPLE.  YOU SAW THIS LAST MONTH COMING.  SANCHEZ AND ROMO GOT A LOT OF COVER.  JETS FALL…AND REX RYAN HUGGING A COUPLE GUYS HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH.  TERRELL SUGGS AND RAY LEWIS.  GLAD TO SEE HIM AND RAY REUNITED.  THAT HADN’T HAPPENED IN A COUPLE YEARS GUYS.  SO THE RAVENS IMPROVE TO 3-1 WITH THE 34-17 VICTORY; AND JOE FLACCO THROWING FOR 163 YDS.  BUT, GUYS, THE STORY ON THIS ONE, THERE WERE 5 RETURNS FOR TDS.:  2 OFF INTERCEPTIONS; 2 OFF FUMBLES, AND THERE WAS ALSO THAT KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TD. BY JOE MCKNIGHT.

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