SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 7
 

1.       FALCONS@LIONS   3:45

2.       BRONCOS@DOLPHINS   4:37

3.       TEXANS@TITANS   2:48

4.       BEARS@BUCS   3:53

5.       SEAHAWKS@BROWNS   3:04

6.       CHARGERS@JETS   4:17

7.       REDSKINS@PANTHERS   3:51

8.       STEELERS@CARDS   2:09

9.       CHIEFS@RAIDERS   3:13

10.   RAMS@COWBOYS   2:19

11.   PACKERS@VIKES   2:42

12.   COLTS@SAINTS   1:41  

         TRT:  50:03     WITH BARS

 

01:10:15 - ATLANTA FALCONS @ DETROIT LIONS

 

ATLANTA FALCONS, DETROIT LIONS.  MIKE SMITH AND… PREGAME TRASH TALKING.  I THINK JIM HARBAUGH WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.  HE CAME IN.  HE’S ON THE BYE THIS WEEK.  HE JUST WANTED TO SCOUT THE FALCONS.  1^ST QUARTER.  DEBRON LOGAN HIT BY HAKEEM DENT.  FUMBLES THE BALL.  RECOVERED BY JASON SNELL AND WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  DENT JARS THE BALL LOOSE ON THE HIT AND RECOVERED BY ATLANTA.  I’M GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION JAMIE.  ALRIGHT, FALCONS ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE A GOOD DAY HERE?  WHAT DID MICHAEL TURNER DO ALONG THE WAY?  …122 YDS. RUNNING THE FOOTBALL.  BUT, AGAIN, I USE THAT SAME ANALOGY WITH THE JETS.  I’LL GO BACK TO THAT WHEN WE GET THROUGH.  2^ND QUARTER MATTHEW STAFFORD TOUCH PASS.  HE WANTED IT TO TITUS YOUNG.  BRENT GRIMES, HOW DO YOU DROP THAT?  AND HE JUST STOPS ON THE ROUTE.  TITUS YOUNG, MATTHEW STAFFORD NOT ON THE SAME PAGE AND BRENT GRIMES WON’T HAVE AN EASIER ONE THAN THAT.  FIELD GOAL MADE IT 10-6.  A COUPLE OF ATLANTA POSSESSIONS LATER, 1^ST & 10, RYAN.  TONY GONZALEZ 30 YD. GAIN.  GONZALEZ 1 THOUSAND 102 CAREER RECEPTIONS TYING MARVIN HARRISON FOR 2^ND ALL TIME.  THAT’S AMAZING.  THAT IS.  2 PLAYS LATER, SAME COMBO.  RYAN TO GONZALEZ.  I’M WATCHING THIS GAME AND I’M SAYING, “AS MICHAEL TURNER’S RACKING UP THE STATS AND TONY GONZALEZ IS RACKING UP THE CATCHES, I’M STILL SAYING TO MYSELF, “THE FALCONS OFFENSE IS NOT NEARLY AS EFFICIENT AS THEY SHOULD BE.  EVEN WATCHING THIS.  YOU JUST ALWAYS EXPECT MORE FROM THEM.  AGAIN, THE KEY IS HOW YOU ARE BUILT.  AND THOSE ARE THE MAGIC GLOVES.  I’LL GIVE YOU THAT.  HE CAUGHT THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THAT BALL.  I’LL GIVE YOU THAT.  FALCONS UP 17-6 AT HALFTIME.  3^RD QUARTER.  OH MY GOODNESS!  LOOKS EVEN WORSE IN SLOW MOTION.  THIS IS …  IT’S AMAZING HE DIDN’T HAVE TO LEAVE … THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT HIS KNEE TAKING THE BRUNT OF IT.  WATCH HIS ANKLE GOES FLAT.  ….STEPPING ON MATT RYAN’S LEFT ANKLE.  CONVERSATION WITH THE MEDICAL STAFF.  GONNA GO TO THE L.R.  HE’S A B.C. KID.  NOT ONLY IS HE A VERY INTELLIGENT YOUNG MAN BUT HE IS ALSO A GUTSY KID.  AND THE KEY TO THIS PLAY, HE JUST CAME OFF THE BENCH.  IT WAS 3^RD DOWN.  HE JUST WALKED IN AND HIT THE RECEIVER ON A PLAY.  THAT’S A HECK OF A FOOTBALL PLAY.  YOU SEE RIGHT THERE.  THE OFF. LINEMAN APOLOGIZING FOR STEPPING ON HIS FOOT.  THAT WAS HARRY DOUGLAS WITH THE 49 YD. GAIN.  NEXT DETROIT POSSESSION.  STAFFORD TO CALVIN JOHNSON.  ARM TACKLE NOT GONNA WORK.  THERE HE GOES.  YEA, YOU’RE NOT GONNA ARM TACKLE THAT GUY.  WHAT’S THAT 10 TD. CATCHES IN 7 GAMES?  10^TH.  YOU ARE CORRECT.  THAT WAS A DART TOO.  MATT STAFFORD NOT OVERLY ACCURATE TODAY.  4^TH QUARTER.  THIS IS 4^TH DOWN & 5.  DOWN 23-16.  BRANDON PETTIGREW IN A CROWD.  NICE CATCH.  7 YD. GAIN.  4 PLAYS LATER IT’S 4^TH & 10.  STAFFORD LOOKING FOR PETTIGREW BUT COULDN’T COME UP WITH A CATCH.  YOU GOTTA MAKE THAT PLAY.  THAT’S RIGHT.  YOU GOTTA MAKE THAT.  ROLLING LEFT.  THAT’S A HECK OF A PLAY.  THAT IS SUCH A HARD THROW TO MAKE AND HE PUT IT RIGHT ON THE MONEY.  DID HE JUST PUT 1 HAND OUT?  WHY DON’T YOU PUT BOTH OUT?  WE’VE SEEN WAY TOO MUCH OF THIS.  UH OH.  SEE STAFFORD GOT PULLED UP ON BY CURTIS LOFTON LIMPING OFF THE FIELD.  NEXT FALCONS POSSESSION, 3^RD & 4.  __ ROGERS.  LITTLEST MAN ON THE SQUAD.  5’6 ABOUT A BUCH 70.  ROGERS, 570…  PEACEFUL TODAY.  AGAIN, LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.  THE 1 THING I WOULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS MATTHEW STAFFORD 15 OR 32.  THAT’S 47% COMPLETION RATE.  3 OF THE LAST 4 GAMES HE HAS PLAYED HE HAS COMPLETED LESS THAN 57% OF HIS PASSES.

 

01:14:08 – DENVER BRONCOS @ MIAMI DOLPHINS

 

HOW ABOUT THIS, TIM TEBOW, 2009 BCS CHAMPION GATORS HONORED, AND THERE IS TIM TEBOW WITH DON SHULA.  2^ND QUARTER, BRONCOS TRAILING 6-NOTHING.  TIM TEBOW DOING WHAT TEBOW DOES.  HE DOESN’T HAVE ATHLETICISM.  HE DOESN’T HAVE WHAT?  HE’S NOT..YOU CANNOT..HE’S A GOOD ATHLETE.  GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR THAT.  I’M NOT GIVING HIM…YES I AM BUT HE’S NOT CAM NEWTON OR MIKE VICK!  I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT YARD KNOCKING.  I’M GIVING HIM CREDIT FOR THAT.  BUT HE’S NOT THE SAME ATHLETE THAT…OF COURSE HE’S NOT!  THAT CAM NEWTON AND MIKE IS.  BUT HE IS AN ATHLETE.  WELL EVERYONE THAT’S GOT AN NFL JERSEY ON’S AN ATHLETE.  HE ALSO ONLY HAD 24 YDS. PASSING IN THE 1^ST HALF.  YEA, I KNOW.  2 PLAYS LATER 3^RD & 14.  TEBOW ON THE DRAW.  FUMBLED AND RECOVERED BY MATT WILLIS.  THAT WAS ATHLETIC, WASN’T IT?  HEY, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SEEN..  I’M JUST SAYING.  I’M JUST SAYING!  I’M JUST SAYING!  BACKUP PLAYER!  BACK UP, O.K.!  I’M JUST SAYING, I’LL BUY YOU A TEBOW JERSEY FOR CHRISTMAS, O.K.?  AND IT’LL ALL BE GOOD.  DOLPHINS LED 6-0 AT HALFTIME.  STILL 6-0, 3^RD DOWN & 8.  TEBOW SPOTS ERIC DECKER AND MISSES HIM.  AN ATHLETIC MISS.  WELL WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?  APOLOGIZE.  THAT’S O.K.  I’M JUST SAYING.  KYLE ORTON LOOKING ON.  LOOK, HE HAS THE LAST LAUGH BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY TIM TEBOW’S QB RATING WAS 92.  WHAT WAS IT?  92.  ARE YOU SURE?  I AM POSITIVE.  MATT MOORE, ANTHONY FAISANO.  16 YD. TD.  DOLPHINS LEADING 12-NOTHING.  GAME OVER, RIGHT?  IT’S 6-6.  GAME OVER!  4 MINS. LEFT.  15 PTS.  I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR KYLE ORTON AT THIS TIME.  TIM TEBOW NICE THROW TO …  YEP, THAT’S A 20 YD. DIG ROUTE THAT HE’S GOTTA BE ABLE TO THROW ..  1^ST & 10, THE DOLPHINS 12 YD. LINE.  3 PLAYS LATER IT WAS 3^RD DOWN & 3.  RIGHT.  AND WHAT’S TIM TEBOW DO BEST?  PULL IT DOWN.  LOOK AT THAT.  LOOK AT THAT.  BY YOURSELF SOME TIME AND THAT’S HOW YOU SCORE PTS.  GREAT CATCH.  GREAT BUYING TIME AND GREAT THROW AND CATCH.  THE OTHER 1^ST ROUND PICK FROM THE TIM TEBOW CLASS.  THAT’S DEMARIUS THOMAS 5 YD. SCORE.  AND THAT’S WHAT I WAS SAYING.  FINDING YOURSELF THAT EXTRA TIME ALLOWS GUYS TO GET OPEN.  GUYS CAN COVER ABOUT 2 AND SOME CHANGE AND THAT’S IT.  I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT TIM TEBOW WAS GOING TO GIVE THEM A LIFT THIS WEEK.  ONSIDE KICK.  MARLON MOORE RECOVERS THEN FUMBLES AND RECOVERED BY VIRGIL GREEN.  TIM ..DID HE RECOVER THAT?  DID HE RUN OUT ON THE FIELD..  HE GOT THE KICKER FIRED UP.  HE DID, DIDN’T HE.  HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GETTING THE HEIGHT.  HE TOLD THE GUYS TO GO AND GET THEM AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED?  OH YEA.  BECAUSE THEY’RE PLAYING FOR TIM TEBOW.  THEY’RE RALLYING FOR TIM TEBOW, TOM!  NOW WHAT’S TIM DOING HERE?  WATCH THIS.  HE’S LEADING HIS TEAM.  10^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  OH HO!  LOOK AT THAT THROW!  WHAT YOU GOTTA SAY ABOUT THAT?!  THAT WAS A GOOD THROW AND A BETTER CATCH.  THAT’S JUST A GOOD THROW.  LOOK AT THAT WOBBLE!  I LOVE THAT WOBBLE ON THE BALL.  THAT’S SLOWING IT DOWN SO HE CAN MAKE THE CATCH!  IF THAT WAS A TIGHT SPIRAL HE WOULD’VE MISSED IT!  BUT THAT WOBBLE.. YOU’RE GONNA NEED HIP BOOTS JUST TO GET THROUGH YOUR OWN TRASH HERE IN A SECOND.  AND WHAT HAPPENS?  12^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  TEBOW THROWING BACK TO DANIEL FELLS.  LOOK AT THAT.  BECAUSE OF HIS MOBILITY, DRAWS HIM TO THE LEFT!  BRINGS IT BACK TO THE RIGHT!  THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!  THERE’S A FORMULA FOR SUCCESS WITH TIM TEBOW.  LIKES WHAT HE SEES.  HOPE HIS HEART’S O.K.  2 PT. CONVERSION.  BRONCOS TRAILING BY 2.  NOT ANYMORE.  ALL TIED AT 15.  WHO DID THAT?  TIM TEBOW.  ARE YOU SURE?!  I AM.  O.K.  JUST CHECKING.  IT WAS A GOOD CALL BY THE OFF. COORD.  O.K., NOW.  THE SCORE IS TIED 15-ALL.  SO THE DOLPHINS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN THIS GAME TOO.  IT’S THE DOLPHINS.  THEY KNOW HOW TO WIN, DON’T THEY?  OH WAIT, AREN’T THEY 0-5?  ON DOLPHINS 2^ND POSSESSION, AFTER EACH TEAM FORCED TO PUNT, 1^ST & 10.  NAT MOORE BACK TO PASS BUT HE IS SACKED BY .. TIM TEBOW!  ALSO RECOVERED BY WILLIAMS.  THAT IS AN ATHLETIC PLAY RIGHT THERE.  THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY ATHLETIC PLAY.  D.J. WILLIAMS WITH THE STRIP A ND THE RECOVERY.  1^ST & 10 BRONCOS.  THEY ARE FIRED UP.  URBAN MYER, TIM TEBOW.  NEXT BRONCOS POSSESSION.  IT’S 4^TH DOWN & 8.  52 YDS. BY MATT …  DID YOU SEE THAT BALL STRAIGHTEN OUT!  MATT PRATER F.G. FROM 52 YDS. OUT.  HE MISSED 2 F.G.’S EARLIER.  THE BRONCOS WIN 18-15.  YOU WANT HIS #’S?  LESS THAN 3 MINS. LEFT.  IT WAS 15-0.  ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO.  13-27, 161, 2 TDS., 0 INTERCEPTIONS.  HOW MANY INTERCEPTIONS?  0, AND A QB RATING OF 91.7.  HE WAS SACKED 7 TIMES TODAY.  REALLY?  THAT’S ALL HIS FAULT TOO RIGHT?  I DIDN’T SAY THAT.  I WAS JUST GIVING YOU THE #’S.  I’M JUST SAYING.  DON’T TALK DOWN.  I WASN’T EDITORIALIZING.  YOU SOUND LIKE YOU WERE.  I WAS READING YOU THE NUMBERS.

 

01:18:54 – HOUSTON TEXANS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

 

AFC SOUTH MATCHUP – TENN. & HOUSTON.  ARIAN FOSTER BACK AND HEALTHY.  HE’S BEEN DOING WELL SINCE COMING BACK FROM HIS HAMSTRING INJURY.  CHRIS JOHNSON HAS BEEN SLOW TO START THIS SEASON.  2^ND QUARTER, TENN. WITH THE BALL, TRAILING 3-NOTHING.  MATT HASSELBECK LOOKS DEEP.  OVERTHROWS HIS MAN.  DANIEL MANNING IS THERE.  INTENDED FOR LAVELL HAWKINS BUT MANNING COMES DOWN WITH IT.  THAT WOULD SETUP A 1^ST & 10 AT THEIR 47.  HE HURT HIS LEG ON THE PLAY.  WOULD NOT RETURN.  MATT SCHAUB GETTING RIGHT BACK IN THE ACTION, AND HE WINDS UP THROWING A TD. PASS TO JOE DRESSON FOR 8 YDS.  TEXANS GO UP 10-NOTHING.  ARIAN FOSTER JUST HAD A MONSTER GAME FOR HOUSTON.  TENN. WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP THEM.  HE PICKS UP 16 YDS. RUNNING TO THE LEFT, AND THEN MATT SCHAUB WITH THE DUMP-OFF PASS TO FOSTER.  HE’S ABLE TO MAKE A MOVE AND BREAK SOME TACKLES.  HE PICKS UP 26 YDS. ON THAT PLAY; AND JUST A BIG TIME CATCH HERE AS THE PLAY ACTION PICK WENT TO FOSTER.  THEN THEY LOST TRACK OF HIM.  HE GOES DOWN THE SIDELINE, MAKES A CUT, SLIPS PAST THE DEFENSE.  HE WILL RUN IT ALL THE WAY DOWN FOR A TD.  A 78 YD. TD. CATCH FOR ARIAN FOSTER.  THEY WOULD LEAD 20-NOTHING ON THE ROAD.  GOING INTO HALFTIME HE HAD 5 CATCHES, 119 YDS. AND 1 TD. IN THE 1^ST HALF.  NOT TO MENTION 71 RUSHING YDS.  AND THEN HE KEPT IT GOING IN THE 3^RD QUARTER RUNNING FOR 17 YDS. ON THAT PLAY.  AND THEN 2 PLAYS LATER, THIS TIME WITH BEN TATE INTO THE BALL GAME.  YOU KNOW THEY COULD SPREAD THE BALL AROUND.  TAKE BUS UP THE MIDDLE.  MAKES A CUT TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDELINE.  SLIPS A TACKLE.  INSIDE THE 15 YD. LINE.  A GAIN OF 24.  DOWN TO THE 14 YD. LINE.  3 PLAYS LATER, THIS TIME IT IS ARIAN FOSTER PLUNGING IN FOR A 27-7 LEAD FOR HOUSTON.  GIVE A NICE LITTLE BOW TO THE AUDIENCE.  YOU’RE PUTTING ON A SHOW, FOSTER.  THEN, IN THE 4^TH QUARTER, THEY GIVE IT TO FOSTER AGAIN FROM 3^RD & GOAL, AND HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  ARIAN FOSTER BECAME JUST THE 7^TH PLAYER IN HISTORY WITH 100 YDS. RECEIVER, 100 YDS. RUSHING AND 3 TDS. IN THE SAME GAME.  SO THEY TAKE THE KICKOFF AND IT GOES TO MARK MARIANI.  BLASTED BY KICKER NEIL RACKERS OF ALL PEOPLE.  EVERYTHING GOING WELL FOR THE TEXANS IN THIS ONE.  EVEN THE KICKER NEIL RACKERS GETTING THE HIT AND HE WAS LOVING IT ON THE SIDELINES.  HOUSTON ROLLING TO VICTORY.  TENN. TRYING TO COME BACK.  AT LEAST MAKE IT RESPECTABLE.  BUT THEN THE BALL IS PICKED INTENDED FOR DONNIE AVERY.  PICKED OFF BY BRIAN MCCAIN.  HE’S GOING TO STAY ON HIS FEET.  CUT BACK TO THE LEFT SIDE.  NO ONE IN FRONT OF HIM INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  41-7.  HOUSTON ROLLS IN TENN.  THEY GET THE WIN.  THEY’RE NOW 4-3.

 

01:21:48 – CHICAGO BEARS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

 

LET’S GO TO WIMBLEY STADIUM IN LONDON.  BIG GAME FOR THE 3-3 BEARS.  JAY CUTLER.  THAT’S AS CLOSE TO A SMILE AS WE’LL SEE.  THAT’S HIS GAME FACE.  THAT’S HIS SMILE.  JAY LOOKS LIKE HE’S LOST A LITTLE WEIGHT.  HE HAS.  HE’S ABOUT 20 LBS. LIGHTER THIS YEAR.  MATT FORTE.  YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN HE MADE THIS RUN?  I WAS ..THAT TOO.  I WAS THINKING THAT IS VERY VERY MARCUS ALLEN OR O.J. SIMPSON-LIKE.  I’M JUST SAYING!  THAT RUN.  JUST THINKING ABOUT F.C. HERE IN L.A.  THIS IS THE OTHER GREAT COMPLIMENT.  MARION BARBER 29 YDS.  COULD BE SOME FRUIT FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS.  MARION HAD A BIG DAY TODAY.  THE BUCS 28.  3 PLAYS LATER, 3^RD & 7.  ROY WILLIAMS TURNING HIMSELF AROUND AND FINDING THE GOAL LINE.  WHO WAS THAT?  HE DID DROP ONE EARLIER.  HE DROPPED A COUPLE OF THEM.  ROY DID A VERY NICE JOB AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE SLIPPING THE DEFENDER, GETTING OPEN.  BEARS UP 14-5 AT HALFTIME.  3^RD QUARTER, MARION BARBER.  TD. BEARS, 21-5.  3 TDS.  HE CAN’T CELEBRATE BECAUSE HE DISLOCATED A FINGER.  DON’T WANT TO BE SLAPPING A HIGH 5 WITH A DISLOCATED PINKY.  ALRIGHT, BUCS MAKING A LITTLE COMEBACK.  NOT YET THOUGH.  BRIAN URLACHER.  YOU KNOW HOW HARD..AND, BY THE WAY, HIS KNEE WAS DOWN.  SO THEY’RE GONNA KEEP THE BALL.  HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS FOR A GUY WHO’S 6-4 AND 255 LBS. TO DO THAT?  …OFF THE BACK FOOT.  COREY LYNCH WITH THE PICK.  THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MOMENTS WHERE JAY MADE SOME..WENT BACK TO BAD JAY.  HE’S BEEN VERY GOOD THE LAST 2 WKS.  COACH NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT.  MIKE MARTZ TOSSING THE PENCIL.  FREEMAN, KELLEN WINSLOW.  2 YD. TD.  21-11.  THE 2 PT. ATTEMPT FAILED.  KELLEN WINSLOW VS. CHRIS CONTE, A ROOKIE SAFETY.  THAT’S WHAT WE CALL…KELLEN WINSLOW AGAINST ANY SAFETY.  YEA.  JOSH FREEMAN STEPPING UP, FIRING.  DESMOND BRISCO TD.  NOW WE’RE SHOWING GOOD JOSH FREEMAN.  THERE’S A WHOLE LOT OF BAD JOSH FREEMAN TODAY.  YEA.  INCLUDING 4 INTERCEPTIONS.  21-18, 2^ND DOWN 10.  ROY WILLIAMS AGAIN.  NICE CATCH.  SEE, YOU ONLY GET 1 CATCH THOUGH.  WE’RE TRYING.  WE’RE TRYING.  TELL HIM HE ONLY GETS 1 CATCH.  YEA, 1 CATCH FOR THAT AND, MORE TIMES THAN NOT, THAT BALL’S GONNA END UP IN THE HANDS OF THE OTHER TEAM.  HE HAS EYES SOMEWHERE ELSE.  YEA.  I DON’T THINK …  SAME …  BACKFIELD AND LOOK HOW QUICKLY RONDE BARBER GOT IN.  YEA, THE FULLBACKS… ACTUALLY IT WAS FORTE’S SUPPOSED TO GET IN THERE, TRY TO STOP HIM ON THE BLITZ.  WHAT’S THE ONE WEAKNESS OF MATT FORTE?  WE GOT __ TALEB.  FLAG FOR UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT.  3 PLAYS LATER MATT FORTE.  STOPPED WELL SHORT AT THE END ZONE AFTER A GAIN OF 5.  SETTLED FOR A F.G.  IT’S 24-18.  RAHEEM MORRIS TALKING WITH __ TALEB.  LAST CHANCE, FREEMAN.  PRESTON PARKER PICKED OFF BY D.J. MOORE.  HE’S THROWING THAT INTO TRIPLE COVERAGE.  JOSH FREEMAN LAST YEAR MADE ALL OF THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND WAS ONE OF THE, I THINK, ONE OF THE GREAT SURPRISES OF TH SEASON.  SO FAR THIS YEAR HE JUST HAS NOT LOOKED LIKE THE SAME GUY.  LAST WEEK AGAINST THE SAINTS, PLAYED LIKE HE DID IN 2010.  BUT ASIDE FORM THAT, JOSH FREEMAN’S HAD A ROUGH YEAR, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GONNA SAY.  HE DOESN’T HAVE A TON AROUND HIM.  AND THE THING ABOUT THAT.  WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS OFFSEASON.  THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TEAMS WHO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE BOYS IN CHICAGO NEEDED TO GO AFTER A WIDE RECEIVER OR 2.  WHEN EVERYBODY WAS FALLING IN LOVE OR …WHEN TEAMS CATCH UP TO YOU.  WHEN THEY SEE WHAT YOU DO, THAT’S WHY MIKE WILLIAMS IS STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT TO FIND HIMSELF.  I THINK MIKE WILLIAMS IS A QUALITY WIDE RECEIVER.  BUT THE POINT TO BE MADE HERE IS THAT THE BUCS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, A LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND.  THEY COULD’VE GONE OUT AND GOTTEN A JAMES JONES.  THEY COULD’VE GONE OUT AND BOLSTERED THEIR ARSENAL.  THAT EVERY OTHER TEAM SEEMS TO BE TRYING TO BOLSTER FOR THEIR GOOD, TALENTED YOUNG QB.  SO I’M NOT ABSOLVING JOSH FREEMAN OF…BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TAPE, GUYS AREN’T GETTING OPEN A LOT TOO.  I MEAN THAT’S THE END ALL, BE ALL TO THAT.

 

01:25:50 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

 

SOMEBODY GET ME A SEATBELT SO I DON’T FALL OUT.  IS THAT GUY GONNA PLAY ANYMORE?  SITTING OUT FOR THE 2^ND TIME THIS SEASON.  THAT GUY, PAYTON HILLIS, AND THAT’S CHARLIE WHITEHURST MAKING HIS FIRST START OF THE SEASON.  AND IT WAS NOT SO GOOD FOR CHARLIE WHITEHURST.  IT’S NOT HIS FAULT.  I MEAN CAN SOMEBODY BLOCK 1 OF THE 6 GUYS THAT ARE IN THE BACKFIELD PLEASE?  THIS IS A GREAT DEF. GAME IF YOU ASK ME.  OH TOP.  THIS IS CHRIS __ WITH THE SACK AND HE, BALL SLIPS OUT OF HIS HAND.  SOMEBODY PUT A …PUT A TENT OVER THIS CIRCUS.  IT’S THE BRILL CREAM FROM HIS BEARS THAT KIND OF GOT IN HIS HANDS.  THIS IS 3^RD & 7.  MAYBE HE HELD ONTO IT A LITTLE TOO LONG.  SACKED BY T.J. WARD.  ONCE YOU GET TO 1,010, YOU GOTTA LET IT GO, DON’T YA?  PETE CARROLL SAYS, “TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT PLAY.”  AND WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  WE SEE THE BALL CLEARLY COMES OUT BEFORE.  AND I LOOKED AT IT FOR 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT TIMES AND I’VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT CHARLIE HELD IT FOR TOO LONG.  HE WAS 6 OUT OF 14 FOR 47 YDS. IN THE 1^ST HALF.  OPENING BROWNS POSSESSION.  2^ND HALF.  COLT MCCOY DRIFTING TO HIS RIGHT.  INTENDED FOR EVAN MOORE BUT PICKED OFF BY DAVID HAWTHORNE.  I DON’T LIKE MUCH OF THIS SEATTLE TEAM BUT THEIR DEFENSE IS PRETTY DARN GOOD.  JUST SAYING.  PRETTY SOLID DEFENSE.  YOU LOOK AT ME AND LAUGH.  THIS IS COMING BACK.  WELL OF COURSE IT DID BECAUSE THE SEAHAWKS ONLY SCORED 3 ON THE DAY.  BRIAN RENARD PUNTED TO LEON WASHINGTON.  AN APPARENT 81 YD. TD.  PENALTY CALLED.  CANARD COX CALLED FOR A QUESTIONABLE BLOCK IN THE BACK ON JAMES DOCKERY.  OH, YOU’RE KIDDING ME!  HE DIDN’T EVEN TOUCH HIM!  QUESTIONABLE HE SAYS.  SETS UP 1^ST & 10 ON THE SEAHAWKS 45 YD. LINE.  VERY NEXT PLAY WHITEHURST TO SYDNEY RICE BUT PICKED OFF BY SHELDON BROWN.  NOW THAT WAS A MUGGING.  THAT WAS A FLAT MUGGING.  IT WAS AN UNDERTHROWN PASS.  YEA BUT STILL SHELDON BROWN MUGGED THE GUY.  INTERCEPTION LED TO A 3 & OUT.  NEXT SEAHAWK POSSESSION.  WHITEHURST TO SYDNEY RICE, AND THIS GETS TO HIM.  HE’S WIDE OPEN.  38 YDS. SETTING UP 1ST & 10 ON THE BROWNS 9.  STOP…IT LED TO POINTS.  SEAHAWKS/BROWNS TIED AT 3.  NOT ENOUGH.  3^RD & 3.  COLT MCCOY, ALEX SMITH FOR 13.  DIDN’T THE CARDINALS, AND I MEAN ST. LOUIS CARDINALS, SCORE LIKE 16 OR 18 IN LAST NIGHT’S BASEBALL GAME?  SOMETHING LIKE THAT.  4^TH QUARTER 4 PLAYS LATER.  1^ST & 10.  MCCOY, ONTARIO __.  1^ST DOWN.  16 YD. GAIN LED TO ANOTHER F.G.  BROWNS LEADING 6-3.  MOMMY MAKE IT STOP.  2 GAMES IN A ROW.  PHIL DAWSON FROM 24 YDS. OUT.  BLOCKED BY ..RYAN, THE 2^ND OF THE GAME.  DID YOU EVER BLOCK 2 KICKS IN A GAME JAMIE?  NO.  SETTING UP THE SEAHAWKS 1^ST & 10 ON THEIR OWN 20, ON THAT POSSESSION.  WHITEHURST TO MIKE WILLIAMS.  HE WAS KIND OF COVERED.  I WOULD SAY SO.  BROWNS WIN 6-3 AND CHARLIE WHITEHURST WILL END THE GAME 12 FOR 30, 97 YDS.  CLEVELAND BROWNS 3-3.  SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 2-4.

 

01:29:02 – SAN DIEGO CHARGERS @ NEW YORK JETS

 

HERE’S THE HEAD COACH.  LET’S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS.  REX RYAN/NORV TURNER.  LOTS OF BACK AND FORTH DURING THE WEEK.  OH, COME ON.  FRIENDLY BEFORE THE GAME.  … GETTING HIS 1^ST START OF THE SEASON, AND CHARGERS LOGO AND JETS LOGO ON THE BACK OF L.T.’S LEGS.  I GUESS HE’S…  I GOT 3 OF THEM.  THE CHARGERS DEFENSE.  THIS IS NOT BEACH BALL, JAMIE.  YEA, THIS WAS THAT FUMBLE INTERCEPTION/ WHATEVER IT WAS.  DONALD BUTLER, A 37 YD. FUMBLE RETURN FOR THE TOUCH.  WHAT’S REX THINKING RIGHT THERE?  HERE IT COMES AGAIN.  JUSTIN KELLER CAN’T HANG ON.  THE STRIP AND THE RUN BY DONALD…  YOU JUST HANG AROUND LONG ENOUGH.  THE CHARGERS WILL FIND A WAY TO BEAT THEMSELVES.  THAT’S COMING LATER TOM.  O.K.  2 JETS POSSESSIONS LATER.  SANCHEZ PLAY ACTION.  SANTONIO HOLMES.  LOOK AT THIS CATCH.  WOW!  THAT’S BEAUTIFUL BUT IT ISN’T GONNA STAND.  THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL THROW.  HOLDING ON NICK MANGOLD.  THEY’RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM BACK BUT…A LOT OF CREDIT FOR PLAYING ON A BAD WHEEL.  THAT WOULD COST THEM BECAUSE THE PUMP FAKE WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY THE INT.  ERIC WETTLE.  AND WATCH HIM GET UP AND HE’LL TRY TO RUN; AND THIS IS ACTUALLY PRETTY FUNNY BECAUSE D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON MAY HAVE HAD THE ANGLE BUT HE RUNS HIM DOWN.  THAT’S A SAFETY.  THAT’S AN OFFENSIVE TACKLE CATCHING A SAFETY.  I JUST SAID LINEMEN ARE PEOPLE TOO.  AND I WAS POINTING IT OUT WHAT A GREAT ATHLETE THAT D’BRICKASHAW IS.  STUNNED.  NICE TO HAVE ANTONIO GATES IN THE LINEUP.  THERE HE IS.  AND THEY HOOKED UP SEVERAL TIMES.  AND JAMIE, YOU MENTIONED IT.  PHILIP RIVERS HAS HIS FULL COMPLIMENT OF WEAPONS RIGHT NOW.  HE’S GOT JACKSON BACK.  MALCOLM FLOYD’S IN IT, IN THE LINEUP.  ANTONIO GATES.  THE 2^ND HALF THEME, AND THIS IS IN THE 1^ST HALF.  BUT MARK SANCHEZ TO PLAXICO BURRESS, 3 YD. SCORE.  IT’S ABOUT TIME!  I JUST GOTTA CUT YOU OFF!  I MEAN HE’S DONE NOTHING FOR MY FANTASY TEAM ALL YEAR LONG!  ONCE AGAIN, THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT.  USING HIM CORRECTLY IN THE RED ZONE TO MAKE PLAYS.  JAMIE’S EXCITED.  THIS IS A GREAT CATCH BY A 6’5 WIDE RECEIVER.  AND MALCOLM FLOYD, UNBELIEVABLE.  THAT’S NOT … BECAUSE WITHOUT THE MAGIC GLOVE THAT BALL DOESN’T STAY NEAR HIM.  I WAS GONNA ASK YOU NOT TO TELL ME THAT’S NOT A MAGIC GLOVE.  NO, NO, I PUT IT ON THE TELESTRATOR.  CHARGERS LED 21-10 AT HALFTIME.  2^ND HALF, SANCHEZ/ BURRESS AGAIN.  THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.  YOU HAVE TO USE PLAX’S SIZE IN THE RED ZONE AND, OBVIOUSLY, THEY DID IT WELL TODAY.  AND, TRUTHFULLY, THEY’VE HAD PROBLEMS CONNECTING ON THAT BACK SHOULDER FADE.  SANCHEZ, FOR WHATEVER REASON, HAS TROUBLE.  VINCENT JACKSON WITH SOME TROUBLE HAULING IN THAT PASS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE BUT NOT IN FRONT.  WELL IT’S PASS INTERFERENCE CLEARLY ON THE CORNER THERE.  REVIS, RIGHT?  WASN’T THAT PASS INTERFERENCE?  WE COULD SPEND 7 OR 8 MINS. TALKING ABOUT IT.  I MEAN, CLEARLY, HE’S PUSHING SOME RECEIVER DOWN RIGHT THERE.  IT’S CLEARLY PASS INTERFERENCE BY REVIS.  NO?  NO, I DON’T THINK SO.  JAMIE..  64 YDS. DOWN TO THE S.D. 19.  YEA, THAT BALL’S GOTTA BE CAUGHT.  REVIS WITH HIS 4^TH INTERCEPTION.  5 PLAYS LATER, SANCHEZ.  WHERE’S HE GOING?  YEA.  PLAXICO BURRESS.  3^RD TIME OF THE AFTERNOON.  ARE YOU A JETS FAN OR ARE YOU A PLAXICO BURRESS… I GOT PLAXICO ON MY FANTASY FOOTBALL TEAM FAN.  JETS UP 24-21.  NEXT CHARGERS POSSESSION, RIVERS TO VINCENT JACKSON.  THIS ONE TAKES OFF BY KYLE WILSON.  I MEAN FOR THE YEAR NOW?  9 PICKS.  2 TODAY.  9 PICKS PHILIP RIVERS TO JUST 7 TDS.  AND REX DOING HIS BEST JIM SCHWARTZ.  SANCHEZ NOW ON 3^RD & 3 TO SANTONIO HOLMES.  PASS INTERFERENCE ON QUINTON JAMMER.  OH REALLY?  A MISTAKE MADE BY THE CHARGERS IN CRUNCH TIME?  ARE YOU KIDDING ME?  NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CONTACT THERE.  IS THERE ANY?  YEA, THAT’S A TOUCHY CALL.  AND THE REASON ALL OF THIS STUFF WORKS.  JETS 162 YDS. RUSHING ON THE DAY.  RAN ABOUT 31 TIMES.  THEY WERE VERY EFFECTIVE WHICH OPENS UP THE PASS.  PLAY ACTION PASS.  JETS HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FUTURE.  4^TH & 3.  DON’T YOU HAVE TO THROW IT INBOUNDS?  LET SOMEBODY TRY TO MAKE A PLAY.  HE THREW IT TO THE 3^RD ROW.  AND I’M A HUGE PHILIP RIVERS FAN.  SOMETHING IS JUST NOT RIGHT WITH HIS GAME RIGHT NOW.  THE INTERCEPTIONS HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE ALL SEASON; AND TODAY, ONCE AGAIN, 1 TD. TO GO ALONG WITH 2 PICKS.  THE JETS SHUTOUT THE CHARGERS IN THE 2^ND HALF TO WIN 27-21.

 

01:33:30 – WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

 

REX GROSSMAN, TAKE A SEAT ON THE BENCH.  JOHN BECK, COME ON IN.  MAKE YOUR 5^TH CAREER START.  THE FIRST OF THE SEASON.  CAM NEWTON 4^TH IN THE NFL.  1847 PASSING YARDS.  1^ST QUARTER, 3^RD & 9.  CAM NEWTON, DOESN’T SEE ANYTHING HE LIKES DOWNFIELD AND WHO CAN DO THIS?  THAT’S CRAZY.  AND I’M TELLING YOU NOW, THEY’RE SETTING IT UP FOR THE NEXT …I UNDERSTAND.  I SAW SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUT OF TIM TEBOW TODAY.  YES, YOU DID.  SEVERAL TIMES.  YOU CAN’T USE TIM TEBOW IN THE SAME SENTENCE WITH CAM NEWTON.  I’M SORRY.  CAM NEWTON WAS 18 OUT OF 23 TODAY.  HE’S FLIRTING WITH 80%.  YEA.  O.K.  3^RD & GOAL.  I’M JUST SAYING.  KEEPS IT AGAIN.  THIS TIME STOPPED BY DEANGELO HALL.  TELL ME HOW DUMB THAT WAS.  I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, IF I’M RON RIVERA I’D PULL CAM OVER AND SAY, “LOOK, WE CANT HAVE THAT BECAUSE GUESS WHAT, JIMMY CLAUSEN’S IN LINE NEXT.”  NO.  JIMMY CLAUSEN WAS IN CIVVIES TODAY.  OH WAS HE?  WELL WHOEVER IT IS ISN’T CAM.  ANOTHER F.G. TO MAKE IT 3-NOTHING.  2^ND QUARTER…6.  JOHN BECK, JABBAR GAFFNEY.  BALL COMES OUT, RECOVERED BY JAMES ANDERSON.  YOU KNOW WHAT JOHN BECK WAS?  HE WAS THE ANTI-REX TODAY.  HE WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.  COMPLETED A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF HIS PASSES.  1 TD., 1 INTERCEPTION, AN 81 QB RATING.  HE GOT A “C” TODAY.  SOMETIMES A C’S NOT BAD.  9-6 IN THE 1^ST HALF AND BECK SACKED BY JAMES ANDERSON.  LOSS OF 7.  AND THAT WAS 4^TH & 2.  SO CAROLINA TAKES OVER.  LOOK AT THE SCORE RIGHT NOW.  YEP.  WE WERE JUST STARTING THE 2^ND PASS.  LOOK AT THE PASS.  ZIP.  37 YDS…TO BRANDON __.  THAT’S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.  THAT’S A PRETTY DARN GOOD WASHINGTON REDSKINS DEFENSE TOO.  HERE’S THAT SPREAD OFFENSE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT JAMIE.  RIDE THEIR R.B.  KEEP IT YOURSELF.  EASY TD.  DON’T DO IT.  DON’T EVEN SAY TIM TEBOW’S NAME IN THE SAME SENTENCE WITH CAM NEWTON.  THAT’S..AS OF TODAY THAT’S ILLEGAL FROM THIS SIDE OF THE DESK.  WOW.  MAKING RULES.  TIM HIGHTOWER 4 YDS.  INJURES HIS KNEE ON THE PLAY.  WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  MAKES AN AWKWARD CATCH.  A LOT OF PRESSURE.  YOU NEVER WANT TO SEE THAT BECAUSE WHEN THAT HAPPENS…YOU SAW A LOT OF KIND OF GRUESOME THINGS TODAY.  AND CARTED TO THE FIELD WAS TIM HIGHTOWER.  DID NOT RETURN.  17 CARRIES, 88 YDS.  PLAY ACTION.  BECK TO LOGAN POLSON.  GAIN OF 24.  LIKE YOU SAID, BECK WASN’T HORRIFIC TODAY.  IT WAS A C, C-PLUS OUTING FOR HIM.  WHEN YOU’VE GOT A GOOD RUNNING GAME, A SOLID DEFENSE; SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET BY WITH A C-PLUS.  KEEPS IT HIMSELF.  DIVES IN FOR THE SCORE.  7 PLAYS, 82 YDS.  REDSKINS TRAILING ONLY BY 3.  16-13.  NEXT CAROLINA DRIVE.  LOOK AT THIS BALL.  AND THAT’S NOT THE BEST BALL.  CAN TIM TEBOW DO THAT?  I JUST BROKE MY OWN RULE, DIDN’T I?  YOU DID.  JUST LIKE THAT.  NO SELF-CONTROL AT ALL.  I THINK THAT’S THE THROW.  THIS IS THE THROW.  AND THAT’S A GREAT CATCH TOO.  DID TIM TEBOW MAKE THAT THROW?  YOU DID IT AGAIN.  WE’RE GONNA SEE THE HIGHLIGHTS LATER TODAY, AREN’T WE JAMIE?  SOME REALLY SPECTACULAR THINGS FROM SOUTH BEACH.  AND THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT A HIGHLIGHT.  THEY DON’T SHOW THE LOWLIGHTS.  STEVE SMITH 7 CATCHES.  143 YDS.  3 PLAYS LATER.  NEWTON TO MCVELL.  2 YD. SCORE.  PANTHERS GO ON TO WIN 33-20.  THE CAROLINA PANTHERS PUT 407 TOTAL YDS. AND 33 PTS.  AS I SAID, ON A VERY SOLID WASHINGTON DEFENSE.  THAT TEAM, THAT PANTHER TEAM MAY NOT WIN MORE THAN THEY LOSE THIS YEAR.  THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE EVERYONE THEY FACE, SWEAT, AND SWEAT PROFUSELY.  YEA, AND THEY’RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.  THE THING WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY, TOO, AND GOOD FOR THE CAROLINA PANTHERS.  THE DEFENSE SHOWED UP.  YES, YOU LOSE JOHN BEASON.  CERTAINLY THAT HURTS THAT HE’S NOT THERE.  YOU LOSE DAVIS AS WELL.  KEY PLAYERS TO YOUR DEFENSE BUT SOMEBODY HAD TO STEP UP.  THIS TEAM WAS AVERAGING 22 PTS. A GAME, WHICH IS RESPECTABLE.  15^TH IN THE LEAGUE.  THE KEY POINT IS THE DEFENSE JUST HAD TO GET A STOP OR 2 BECAUSE THE PANTHERS HAVE GONE UP IN GAME SAND THE DEFENSE WAS GIVING IT AWAY.

01:37:28 – PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS

 

THE STANDINGS ON THE TITANS RIGHT THERE AS MIKE TOMLIN TAKING ON THE TEAM THAT HE BEAT IN THE FINAL SECS. OF THE S.B. JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.  WE’VE GOT KEVIN KOLB.  TIPPED.  PICKED BY RYAN CLARK.  THIS IS ON THE OPENING POSSESSION OF THE GAME FOR ARIZONA.  IT’S NOT A GOOD WAY TO START.  THAT LED TO THIS.  ROETHLISBERGER 4 PLAYS AFTER THE PICK FINDING A WIDE OPEN ..  YEA, OUT AND OUT…WIDE OPEN REAL EASY TD. AND, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE PUT A FORK IN THE PITTS. STEELERS.  I DON’T KNOW WHY.  I DIDN’T.  FROM THE 5 YD. LINE, WHY NOT GO UP TOP TO MIKE __?  CAN THIS GUY FLY!  IT’S NOT JUST A 95 YD. SCORE.  IT’S THE LONGEST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE IN STEELERS HISTORY.  EVEN WITH STALLWORTH AND SWANN?  95 YD. PASS PLAY FROM ROETHLISBERGER TO WALLACE.  IT’S, OF COURSE, NOT THE LONGEST SCORING PLAY AS CARDINAL FANS KNOW.  IF MIKE WALLACE IS IN FRONT OF YOU, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING CORNERBACK, SAFETIES?  I’M THINKING THAT GUY’S REALLY FAST.  STEELERS ON TOP 17-7 AT THE HALF.  3^RD QUARTER, WHAT DO THE CARDS DO?  BEANIE WELLS SUFFERED A KNEE INJURY IN THIS GAME, MAYBE 2^ND QUARTER; AND HE DID NOT RETURN.  _ STEVENS HOWLING GETTING IT DONE OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.  PICKS UP A NICE BLOCK BY THE TEAMMATES HERE.  HERE’S ANOTHER ONE HERE.  ESCORT HIM IN.  73 YD. SCORE AND HE ALSO PENNED THE HARRY POTTER SERIES.  VERY MULTITALENTED.  17-14’S THE GAME.  WE’VE GOT A GAME HERE.  IT’S A 3 PT. GAME AND BEN ..NICE GRAB BY ANTONIO BROWN.  IT’S THE CARDS 22.  THE 2^ND LOOK.  BOTH FEET IN.  102 YDS. RECEIVING FOR BROWN.  THAT’S A CAREER HIGH.  3 PLAYS LATER, 2^ND & GOAL.  ROETHLISBERGER FIND ANOTHER ONE OF HIS YOUNG RECEIVERS, EMANUEL SANDERS BACK OF THE END ZONE, WIDE OPEN.  PENN’S HEALTHY NOW.  HE’S MOVING AROUND IN THE POCKET A LOT BETTER THAN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.  ENSUING CARDS POSSESSION AS ROETHLISBERGER HAD 340 YDS. PASSING AND 3 SCORES.  KOLB SACKED BY LAMAR WOODLEY AS THE STEELERS SCORED 9 PTS. IN THE SPAN OF 12 SECS.  THEY SHOULD’VE THROWN IN A SAFETY.  THERE WAS A SAFETY.  32-20 AS THE CARDS FALL TO 1-5.  PENALTY IN THE END ZONE.  TALK ABOUT.. 5-2.

 

01:39:40 – KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

 

SO CARSON PALMER CHATTING IT UP WITH THE STARTER, KYLE BOLLER FOR HUGH JACKSON WHO PULLED OFF AN EXPENSIVE TRADE FOR CARSON PALMER ON TUESDAY OVER JASON CAMPBELL, OUT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE; AND THAT IS A PICK 6 THROWN BY KYLE BOLLER, I GUESS PROVING WHY THEY WENT OUT AND SPENT WHAT THEY DID TO GET CARSON PALMER RIGHT THERE.  THIS AGAINST A K.C. CHIEFS TEAM WHO, LET’S NOT FORGET, LOST THE FIRST 3 GAMES OF THE SEASON.  TODD HALEY GOT PUT ON THE HOT SEAT.  A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA LOSE HIS JOB AT SOME POINT, EVEN DURING THE SEASON.  BUT THIS TIPTOE KENDRICK LEWIS…BROKE DOWN THE SIDELINE.  WAS NOT CALLED BACK.  THIS WAS A PICK 6 CHIEFS UP 7-NOTHING, TURNING BOLLER’S FIRST PASS ATTEMPT AS THE STARTER THE OTHER WAY.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER.  THIS IS A PICK BY BRANDON FLOWERS.  YOU GOTTA FIGHT FOR THAT MAN.  YEA, BREAK THAT UP.  YOU GOTTA FIGHT FOR THAT.  JUST OVER A MINUTE LEFT IN THE HALF WITH THE CHIEFS UP 14-NOTHING NOW.  BOLLER IS LOOKING FOR DARIUS HEYWARD.  HEY, HE’S HAD A FEW WKS.  YES, A SPEED GUY.  HE’S COMING ALONG.  DARIUS’ DOING VERY WELL.  SO WHY NOT LOOK FOR HIM?  BUT HE FOUND BRANDON CARR INSTEAD.  FOR THE BALL.  FIGHT FOR THE BALL.  BADLY THROWN BALL BUT THEY GOTTA FIGHT FOR IT.  SO THE CHIEFS ARE UP 14-NOTHING IN THE HALF.  1^ST POSSESSION OF THE 2^ND HALF, AND THEY MARCH IT RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD, 8 PLAYS.  HAVIAR ARENAS WILDCATTING ON 3^RD & 1, WHY DON’T YOU?  IN THE END ZONE 21-NOTHING.  SO WE GO TO THE BULLPEN IN OAKLAND; AND COMING OUT IS THE MAN, AGAIN, 1 WK. AGO, 5 DAYS AGO, WAS ON HIS COUCH.  CARSON PALMER WEARING THE #3.  HIS FIRST PLAY.  FIRST PLAY HE THROWS IT TO DARIUS HEYWARD BAY AND TOM MALLEY GOES ……..  OH NO.  OH NO.  HE’S O.K.  SHAKE IT OFF!  BUT WHERE HAVE YOU SEE THIS BEFORE.  OH MY GOODNESS.  CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, RIGHT?  THEY CALL IT THE CARSON PALMER RULE.  SO, AT ANY RATE, IT’S AN EXTRA 15 YDS.  NO, NO!  AND CARSON’S PICK 6.  HIT HIM CARSON!  BRANDON FLOWERS 58 YDS. IN THE 4^TH QUARTER.  28-0, K.C.  WE’RE NOT DONE, UNFORTUNATELY.  OH, YOU’RE DEFINITELY NOT DONE.  NEXT RAIDERS POSSESSION.  THEY’RE IN THE RED ZONE TRYING TO GET ON THE BOARD, AND THAT’S A TIP DRILL PICK.  JOHN MCGRAW TAKES THAT ONE.  THAT’S NOT GOOD BECAUSE WE’RE ABOUT TO SEE A 5^TH INTERCEPTION.  NO.  TELL ME YOU’RE LYING.  AVERT YOUR EYES.  ___ DANIELS PICKS OFF CARSON.  AND THE CHIEFS WOULD GO AWAY 28-NOTHING.  THEY’RE 3-3.  CARSON HAD THIS TO SAY AFTER THE GAME.  PALMER - I MEAN I WAS EXCITED TO BE PLAYING AGAIN BUT JUST WAS SUCH A LIMITED PLAYBOOK WHEN I’M IN THE GAME AND LITTLE TO NO EXPERIENCE WITH THE RECEIVERS.  IT DEFINITELY IS AN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION TO BE IN.  BUT IT’S A GOOD SITUATION JUST TO KIND OF GET YOUR FEET WET.  IT’S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I PLAYED FOOTBALL.  TO GET THE FEW REPS THAT I GOT UNDER MY BELT IN LIVE ACTION WHEN THE BULLETS WERE FLYING WILL DEFINITELY BENEFIT ME WHEN WE HAVE DENVER COMING IN IN 2 WKS.

 

01:43:06 – ST. LOUIS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

 

FALCONS WIN.  THEY’RE ABOUT 500.  FIRST TIME ALL YEA.  LOOK AT THAT.  JOSH HAMILTON AND LANCE BURKMAN COMING FROM ACROSS THE STREET.  THEY’RE PLAYING GAME 4 OF THE WORLD SERIES.  THANKS FOR COMING.  YOU HAD 522 IN THE ’92 WORLD SERIES PRIME!  LET’S GIVE YOU CREDIT.  I DID.  DEMAURICE JONES IS OUT.  DEMARCO MURRAY’S IN, AND HE’S GONNA ALTERNATE WITH DESHARD CHOICE.  BUT DEMARCO MURRAY, MAN, THIS GUY’S OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.  HE’S GONNA HAVE 150 SCRIMMAGE YDS. IN THIS GAME FOR THE BOYS.  OH THAT’S A GOOD…  THERE HE GOES.  TONY DORSETT?!  NO!  WHAT AM I EATING TOMORROW __?  YOU’RE EATING CROW!  91 YD. SCAMPER, IF YOU WILL.  2^ND LONGEST RUN IN COWBOYS HISTORY.  YOU KNOW WHAT THE LONGEST ONE IS.  OF COURSE, ON MONDAY NIGHTS YEARS AGO.  A.J. FEELEY STARTING FOR THE INJURED SAM BRADFORD.  HERE’S CADILLAC WILLIAMS HIT BY ABRAM.  ELAM, LIVE BALL.  RAMS CHALLENGE BUT ELAM REESTABLISHED HIMSELF BEFORE HE PICKED UP THE LOOSE BALL.  GREAT PLAY BY ELAM.  THE COWBOYS GET THE BALL BACK AND WHAT DO THEY DO WITH IT?  ROMO TO DEZ BRYANT ON 2^ND & FOREVER.  THAT IS A CHAIN MOVER.  YEA, AND THIS GUY’S…HE’S A GOOD TACKLE AS WELL.  HE IS.  NOW THIS GUY STAYS HEALTHY AND IN SHAPE, HE’S GONNA BE DYNAMIC.  WENT TO ROMO A 1 YD. PASS TO HIS B.F.  14-NOTHING COWBOYS ON TOP.  ENSUING RAMS POSSESSION.  STEVEN JACKSON PUTS THE RAMS ON THE BOARD.  SO IT’S A 1 TD. GAME HERE MID-2^ND QUARTER.  2^ND RUSHING TD. OF THE YEAR FOR STEVEN JACKSON, AND THE RAMS.  REMEMBER THE FIRST ONE WAS IN THE WK. 1 AGAINST THE EAGLES.  FIGHTING.  3^RD QUARTER, IT’S DEMARCO MAURE.  187 RUSHING YDS. THROUGH 3 QUARTERS.  CHASING THE COWBOYS SINGLE GAME ROOKIE RUSHING RECORD.  FORGET THAT.  HE BLEW PAST THAT.  HE SHATTERED THE COWBOYS..EVEN EMMITT SMITH’S?  YES, EVEN TONY DORSETT.  THEY’RE ALL LOOKING UP AT DEMARCO MURRAY.  253 YDS.  I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT HERE THOUGH.  I DON’T KNOW WHAT WAS THAT.  HE GOT A FLAT TIRE.  THAT WASN’T A FLAT TIRE.  ON JUST 25 CARRIES.  RUN THAT AGAIN.  COWBOYS SEND THE RAMS TO A HARD 0-6.  THEY WIN 34-7.

 

01:45:32 – GREEN BAY PACKERS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS

 

AARON RODGERS.  HE’S GREAT.  6-0 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1965.  ’65?  WHAT’D YOU SAY STEVE?  BACK TO YOUR COLLEGE DAYS DID YOU SAY?  BACK TO LOMBARDI.  OH, O.K.  CHRISTIAN PONDER, 1^ST CAREER START.  FIRST THROW OF HIS CAREER UP TOP TO MICHAEL JENKINS!  YOU’LL FIND THIS KID CHRISTIAN PONDER CAN THROW FROM THE RUN, A LITTLE BIT LIKE THIS OTHER GUY NAMED AARON RODGERS.  HE’S AMAZING ON THE MOVE.  WHERE’S PONDER FROM?  HE’S FROM  ..THE SOUTH.  THAT’S WHAT I THOUGHT.  THAT WAS A NICE GOLF CLAP OUT OF DONOVAN MCNABB.  MICHAEL JENKINS DOWN, HOWEVER, AT THE ½ YD. LINE.  THE FIRST THROW OF HIS STARTING CAREER.  THROW IT IN THERE FOR HIM.  YOU’VE GET EVERYTHING STRAIGHT.  SO I CAN LOOK AT YOU RESEARCH AFTER THE SHOW.  AND THERE’S PONDER JUST GETTING IT IN THERE.  VERY MOBILE.  VERY MOBILE.  HE FINDS ASANTE SHENKO.  FIRST CAREER TD. FOR PONDER, STARTING OR NOT.  VIKINGS LEADING THIS GAME AT HALFTIME.  17-13.  3^RD QUARTER, THAT’S YOUR SCORE.  AARON RODGERS.  IS THERE ANYBODY BETTER THROWING ON THE RUN, STEVE?  NO, THERE ISN’T.  AND THEN IS THERE ANYBODY MORE WIDE OPEN THAN GREG JENNINGS?  .. BUSTED COVERAGE.  I THOUGHT THIS ..I THOUGHT THAT I HAD THIS.  I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS A COVER-2.  SAFETY CAME UP AND AWAY WE GO.  THE REST IS HISTORY.  BUT THIS GUY CAN THROW FROM THE RUN.  AND, HERE WE GO.  YOU CAN SEE, A NATE ALLEN… AND THEN YOU SEE A DOG.  THOUGHT HE COULD HELP BUT NOBODY WAS THERE.  HAPPENS TOO OFTEN.  PACKERS NEXT DRIVE, HERE’S JERMICHAEL FINLEY FOR THE SCORE…AS RODGERS JUST SPREADS IT ALL RIGHT THERE.  SHOOT IT!  THROWING ON THE RUN.  THERE’S NOBODY BETTER THAN THAT.  HE COULD’VE RAN IT IF HE WANTED.  HE …  OUT OF THE POCKET IS HIGHER THAN INSIDE THE POCKET.  SO GET HIM OUT OF THE POCKET.  SO NOW IT’S 30-17.  ARE DOWN 17-13.  30-17 AND THAT’S A PICK.  THERE IS CHARLES WOODSON TAKING THAT ONE.  WE TALK A LOT ABOUT DERRELLE REVIS BUT THIS GUY IS OPEN OF THE BEST TO EVER DO IT.  AND HE CAN GO PLAY SAFETY AND START RIGHT NOW FOR THE NEXT 10 YRS.  LED TO A MASON CROSBIE F.G.  58 YDS. ALSO TO A PONDER/MCNABB CON…  33-20 WITH 8 MINS. TO GO.  THERE’S A TD. TO MICHAEL JENKINS THAT ACTUALLY COUNTED.  24 YD. SCORE.  33-27.  PACKERS DRIVING.  RODGERS TO GREG JENNINGS.  INCOMPLETE.  SO THE VIKINGS GET THE BALL BACK WITH A CHANCE TO TAKE THE LEAD.  CHRISTIAN PONDER 3^RD & 10.  2:40 TO GO.  PONDER THROWING IT UP.  INCOMPLETE.  WHAT DO YOU DO, STEVE?  LET’S GO FOR IT.  THERE’S NO TOMORROW.  WELL, THEY DIDN’T.  THEY PUNTED.  LESLIE FRASIER PUNTED THE BALL TO AARON RODGERS AND WE SAW THE COWBOYS TRY 3 STRAIGHT RUNS.  DIDN’T WORK.  AND THE COACH WAS LIT-UP ALL WEEK.  THEY DO 3 STRAIGHT RUNS AND STARKS GETS ALL THE 1^ST DOWNS THEY NEED.  6 STRAIGHT RUNS, AND THEY WORK AND THEN YOU’RE GOOD.  NOW FRASIER WILL BE THE ONE LIT-UP.

 

01:48:21 – INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

 

SEAN PAYTON, OF COURSE, HAD SURGERY ON HIS KNEE, UP IN THE BOX ENJOYING HIMSELF A LITTLE BIT, AND PEYTON MANNING AND DREW BREES SAYING HELLO.  CURTIS PAINTER AND DREW BREES BOTH WENT TO PURDUE, AND THAT’S PRETTY MUCH WHERE THE SIMILARITIES END.  PAINTER NOT REALLY EXPECTING THE SNAP.  THAT WASN’T HIS FAULT RIGHT THERE.  YOU GET A LITTLE CROWD NOISE AND YOU SNAP.  THEY WANT TO SNAP IT EARLY.  RICE RIGHT THERE.  HE TAPS SATURDAY.  THAT’S TO TELL HIM TO SNAP THE BALL, AND PAINTER WAS NOT READY.  HE’S READY.  IT WAS LIKE A CLINIC.  BREES TO MARCUS COLSTON.  WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO THERE?  COLSTON’S SO BIG.  YOU GET TO CALL THE RECEIVERS ON MIKE.  LET THEM FIGHT IT OUT WITH THOSE D.B.’S AND MOST OF THE TIME THE CALL RECEIVER WINS.  DREW BREES 34 STRAIGHT GAINS FOR A TD. PASS.  …PIERRE THOMAS.  57 YDS.!  MAN, AND VERY FEW TEAMS IN THIS LEAGUE RUN FOR SCREENS BETTER THAN THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS.  2^ND & GOAL NOW.  IT’S BREES BACK TO COLSTON WHO TAKES THE SHOT.  BUT HE’S IN.  COLTON’S 2^ND TOUCH OF THE GAME.  SAINTS ON TOP 14-NOTHING.  JEROME CARTER WAS DOING O.K. BUT HERE THE BALL POKED OUT.  TIM JOHNSON, TOM JOHNSON POKES IT OUT AND CAM JORDAN RECOVERS…. AND HERE COME THE SAINTS ONCE AGAIN.  IT IS BREES TO DARREN SPROLES.  THEY GET DOWN TO THE GOAL LINE.  YOU CAN’T GIVE DREW BREES A SHORT FIELD BECAUSE HE’S GONNA PUT IT IN THE END ZONE.  IT WAS 21-NOTHING.  THAT’S A HOTDOG.  IT’S 34-7.  THAT’S WHEN YOU KNOW YOU’RE WINNING.  SEAN PAYTON ENJOYING HIMSELF.  PEYTON MANNING, NOT SO MUCH.  SAINTS GO ON TO WIN IT, 62-7.

 

 

 

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