SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 9
 

1.        SEAHAWKS@COWBOYS   3:4

2.       FALCONS@COLTS  2:58

3.       JETS@BILLS  2:42

4.       BROWNS@TEXANS  2:26

5.       49ERS@REDSKINS  3:15

6.       BUCS@SAINTS  3:41

7.       DOLPHINS@CHIEFS  2:31

8.       BENGALS@TITANS   2:11

9.       BRONCOS@RAIDERS  1:52

10.   GIANTS@PATS  4:00

11.   PACKERS@CHARGERS  4:16

12.   RAMS@CARDS  1:05

13.   RAVENS@STEELERS  5:26 

         TRT:     52:00    WITH BARS

 

01:10:15 - SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

 

THE LAST TIME THE COWBOYS LOST TO THE SEAHAWKS WAS THE 2006 PLAYOFFS WHEN TONY ROMO DROPPED THE SNAP ON THE FIELD.  WE’RE HOPING FOR A BETTER OUT OUTCOME THIS TIME.  2^ND QUARTER, GAME TIED AT 3.  THE PASS DOWN THE SIDELINES TO MILES AUSTIN BUT HE COMES UP LIMPING AFTER THAT.  LOOKS LIKE HE HURT HIS HAMSTRING ON THE PLAY AND HE WOULD EXIT THE GAME.  HE ALREADY HAD A HAMSTRING INJURY EARLIER IN THE SEASON TRYING TO PLAY THROUGH IT.  BUT HE WAS DONE FOR THE DAY EARLY ON.  2 PLAYS LATER A 2^ND & 2.  THE GIVE GOES TO DEMARCO MURRAY.  MAKES A CUTBACK.  STIFF-ARMS A MAN TRYING TO BREAK IT INTO THE END ZONE.  DIVES FOR THE PYLON.  PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 1.  SETS UP A 1^ST & GOAL.  THEY WOULD HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A F.G.  THEY WOULD GO UP 6-3 AGAINST SEATTLE AT HOME.  ON A 2^ND & 2 ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, MURRAY CUTS IT BACK ACROSS THE FIELD AGAIN, AND HE RUSHES FOR 32 YDS.  SETS UP A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 38.  ANOTHER BIG GAIN FOR DEMARCO MURRAY, THE ROOKIE FROM OKLAHOMA WITH 139 YDS. RUSHING.  ON A 3^RD & 4, TONY ROMO WITH TIME, GOES ACROSS THE MIDDLE TO DES BRYANT.  RUNNING ACROSS THE FIELD.  LOOKS LIKE HE’S GOT A TD BUT HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL, AND SEATTLE IS ABLE TO RECOVER.  ROY LEWIS WITH THE RECOVERY AFTER RICHARD SHERMAN FORCED IT LOOSE.  JASON GARRETT IS GOING TO CHALLENGE.  THE CALL RULED A FUMBLE ON THE FIELD; AND AFTER THE REPLAYS SHOW THAT DES BRYANT LOST THE BALL BEFORE HE WENT TO THE GROUND.  THE CALL ON THE FIELD WOULD STAND.  SO DALLAS WOULD END UP NOT GETTING ANY PTS. OUT OF THAT DRIVE.  STEVE __WOULD HIT A F.G. TYING THE GAME AT 6.  AND THAT’S WHERE THEY STOOD AT HALFTIME.  SO IN THE 3^RD QUARTER TONY ROMO FINDS A WIDE OPEN JASON WITTEN WHO TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE FOR A 33 YD. SCORE.  COWBOYS GO UP 13-6.  TONY ROMO LOVING IT, TRYING TO FIRE UP THE CROWD AT HOME.  THEN SEATTLE, ON THEIR ENSUING POSSESSION, TRYING A F.G.  IT GETS TIPPED AND BLOCKED BY ANTHONY SPENCER.  A 41 YD. ATTEMPT GETS BLOCKED AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.  HE JUMPED OVER THE CENTER AND WAS ABLE TO GET HIS HAND ON IT.  SO THEY HAD THE BALL AT THEIR 31 YD. LINE.  NEXT SEATTLE POSSESSION, A 1^ST & 10.  TAVARES JACKSON ALL KINDS OF TIME.  LOOKING AROUND, THEN GETS HIT AS HE THROWS AND THE BALL IS INTERCEPTED BY JAY RATLIFF.  INTERCEPTED BY JASON HATCHER AFTER THE HIT BY RATLIFF AND HATCHER RETURNS IT 16 YDS.  SETS UP A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 40.  SO EXCELLENT FIELD POSSESSION, POSITION FOR THE COWBOYS; AND THEN, ON A 3^RD & 6, 3^RD PLAY OF THE DRIVE, JASON WITTEN MAKES THE GRAB FOR 23 YDS.  SEATTLE WOULD CHALLENGE THE PLAY BUT IT WOULD STAND.  SETS UP A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 13.  ONTO THE 4^TH.  3 PLAYS LATER A 3^RD & 3 AT THE 6.  ROMO TRYING TO BUY SOME TIME AND HE WOULD THROW IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  LARON ROBINSON IS THERE FOR HIS 2^ND TD. IN 2 WKS.  COWBOYS EXTEND THEIR LEAD TO 20-6.  ROMO WITH A NEARLY MISTAKE-FREE GAME.  19-31 FOR 279 & 2 TDS.  NO PICKS.  TAVARES JACKSON TRYING TO BRING SEATTLE BACK IS ABLE TO FIND SYDNEY RICE FOR A GAIN OF 17.  SETS UP A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 21.  THEN 5 PLAYS LATER THE HANDOFF TO MARSHAWN LYNCH.  HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  SO SEATTLE CUTS THE LEAD TO 10.  IT’S NOW 23-13.  IT’S ALSO MARSHAWN LYNCH’S 1^ST 100 YD. RUSHING GAME SINCE 2008.  BUT TAVARES JACKSON TRYING TO BRING HIS TEAM BACK DOWN BY 10 IS INTERCEPTED TO END THE GAME.  GERALD SENSABAUGH PULLS IT DOWN.  LOOKED LIKE DOUG BALDWIN WAS FIGHTING FOR THE BALL BUT IT WAS RULED AN INTERCEPTION FOR SENSABAUGH; AND THE COWBOYS WOULD HANG ON FOR A VICTORY, 23-13.  THEY PICKED OFF TAVARES JACKSON 3 TIMES.

 

01:14:08 – ATLANTA FALCONS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

 

COLTS STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN.  JULIO JONES BACK FOR ATLANTA.  HIS FIRST GAME SINCE WEEK 5.  HE’S HAD A HAMSTRING INJURY, AND THE LAST TIME THE FALCONS WON WAS ACTUALLY IN PEYTON MANNING’S ROOKIE YEAR, LAST TIME THEY BEAT THE COLTS.  13-1 ALL-TIME FOR THE COLTS AGAINST THE FALCONS.  AND THEN FIRST POSSESSION, __ CARTER ENDS UP FUMBLING FOR INDY.  A TURNOVER EARLY IN THE BALL GAME.  STILL ON HIS FEET AS HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL.  IT WAS HIT OUT BY CURTIS LOFTON AND RECOVERED BY RAY EDWARDS.  SO A 1^ST & 10 FOR THE FALCONS AT THE 26; AND THEN 5^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE MICHAEL TURNER GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  ATLANTA MAKES CARTER AND THE COLTS PAY FOR THE TURNOVER GOING UP 7-NOTHING EARLY.  ENSUING POSSESSION, CURTIS PAINTER BACK TO PASS, LOOKS DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE.  INTERCEPTED AND THAT IS IT.  FIRST 2 DRIVES FOR THE COLTS.  2 TURNOVERS.  KELVIN HAYDEN COMES UP WITH THE PICK.  PEYTON MANNING TRYING TO HELP OUT CURTIS PAINTER ON THE SIDELINES.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR THE FALCONS ON THE END AROUND.  IT GOES TO JULIO JONES.  TAKES IT FOR THE 1^ST DOWN.  A GAIN OF 14.  HE HAD 33 RUSHING YDS. ON THE DAY.  SO A BIG GAIN FOR HIM BOTH RECEIVING AND RUSHING BECAUSE 2 PLAYS, 2 POSSESSIONS LATER, STILL UP 7-NOTHING.  RYAN BOMBS ONE DEEP DOWN THE FIELD IN DOUBLE COVERAGE!  JONES MAKES A DIVING GRAB IN THE END ZONE!  THAT IS EXACTLY WHY THEY TRADED UP TO GET HIM FOR BIG PLAYS LIKE THAT WITH A COUPLE GUYS AROUND HIM, DIVING, EXTENDING, AND HANGING ONTO THE FOOTBALL FOR THE TD.  IT WAS INITIALLY RULED INCOMPLETE BUT JONES DECIDED TO TELL HIS COACH TO CHALLENGE THE CALL.  THEY DID.  THE CALL WAS REVERSED.  SO HE GETS CREDIT FOR THE TD.  14-NOTHING ATLANTA.  THEN CURTIS PAINTER.  THE BALL GETS DEFLECTED OFF OF LAWRENCE __’S HEAD.  BACK TO PAINTER.  AN INTENTIONAL ILLEGAL FORWARD PASS TO DONALD BROWN.  CAN’T DO THAT.  PENALTY DECLINED.  THE COLTS WOULD END UP PUNTING.  ONTO THE 2^ND QUARTER WITH THE FALCONS STILL UP 14-0.  3^RD PLAY OF THEIR DRIVE, A 3^RD & 3.  A SLANT PASS GOES TO JULIO JONES.  MAKES A MAN MISS.  HE’S OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD.  CAN HE OUTRUN EVERYBODY?!  AND HE WILL BURN THEM INTO THE END ZONE.  THE 2^ND TD. OF THE DAY FOR JULIO JONES.  21-NOTHING, ATLANTA.  JULIO JONES WITH A HUGE GAME, 3 CATCHES.  131 YDS., AND THOSE 2 SCORES.  BUT, ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION A MISTAKE BY MATT RYAN.  JARROD POWERS IS THERE ON THE SHORT PASS.  HE INTERCEPTS IT.  RETURNS IT FOR A SCORE.  SO, A 2 TD. LEAD FOR ATLANTA NOW.  ONTO THE 3^RD.  UP 21-7.  RYAN BACK TO PASS.  PLENTY OF PROTECTION.  GOES OVER THE MIDDLE TO TONY GONZALEZ WHO LEAPS FOR THE CATCH.  A 20 YD. GAIN FOR TONY.  SETS UP A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 40.  THEN LATER ON IN THE DRIVE, MATT RYAN, THE PLAY FAKE ON THE 3^RD & GOAL.  ROLLS AND FINDS TONY GONZALEZ FOR HIS 5^TH TD. CATCH OF THE SEASON, AND ATLANTA ROLLS TO VICTORY OVER INDY.  COLTS STILL WINLESS ON THE SEASON.

 

01:17:15 – NEW YORK JETS @ BUFFALO BILLS

 

BILLS AT HOME IN BUFFALO.  LAST WEEK THEY HAD A HOME GAME BUT IT WAS IN TORONTO AGAINST THE REDSKINS WEARING THEIR HOME WHITEOUTS.  MARK SANCHEZ EARLY ON IN THE 1^ST QUARTER LOOKING IN THE END ZONE; AND HIS DRIVE ENDS WITH AN INTERCEPTION.  JARUS BYRD IS THERE.  BYRD HAD 9 PICKS ALL LAST SEASON.  JUST HIS 2^ND PICK OF THE SEASON FOR HIM.  A BIG ONE.  IT WAS A 92 YD. DRIVE.  ENDED WITH A TURNOVER.  ONTO THE 2^ND QUARTER.  STILL SCORELESS.  THE DUMP-OFF GOES TO DUSTIN KELLER WHO AIRS THOSE UP AND HE IS FLIPPED OVER.  HE WILL LAND HARD ON HIS BACK.  HE WILL BE OUT FOR THE REST OF THE 1^ST HALF BUT KELLER WOULD BE ALRIGHT.  HE WOULD CONTINUE TO PLAY IN THE 3^RD QUARTER.  THEN LATER ON IN THE 2^ND QUARTER THE GIVE GOES TO SHAWN GREEN WHO BREAKS IT DOWN THE LEFT SIDELINE; BUT YOU COULD SEE A FLAG WAS THROWN.  A PICKUP OF 41 BUT THERE WAS A HOLDING CALL ON T.E. MATTHEW MULLIGAN.  REX RYAN UPSET ON THE SIDELINE AND BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER JUST CHEWING OUT MULLIGAN BECAUSE THE JETS WERE FORCED TO PUNT.  RYAN FITZPATRICK JUST HAD A ROUGH DAY.  CALVIN PACE PICKED HIM OFF IN THE 2^ND QUARTER.  NICK FOLK WOULD MISS A F.G. AFTER THAT.  SO THE JETS WERE LEADING 3-NOTHING AND THEN DAVID HARRIS GETS HIM AFTER THAT.  BOTH PASSES WERE INTENDED FOR DAVID NELSON, THE ONES THAT GOT INTERCEPTED BY THE JETS DEFENSE.  IT WOULD BE 4-12 IN THE 1^ST HALF, AND BUFFALO WAS SHUTOUT IN THE FIRST HALF FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL SEASON; AND THEN, WHEN IT WASN’T FITZPATRICK MAKING MISTAKES, IT’S FRED JACKSON FUMBLING THE FOOTBALL.  HIS FIRST FUMBLE OF THE SEASON.  THE JETS GET THE BALL RIGHT AFTER THAT.  2^ND & 11.  GOES TO PLEXICO BURRESS.  TRYING TO FIGHT HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  RULED DOWN AT THE 1 BUT ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY THE HANDOFF AND THE POWER FORMATION GOES TO L.T.  LADAINIAN TOMLINSON DIVES INTO THE END ZONE FOR HIS FIRST RUSHING TD. OF THE SEASON.  JETS GO UP 13-NOTHING ON THE ROAD.  UP 13-3 WITH THE BALL AT MIDFIELD TOWARDS THE END OF THE 3^RD.  SANCHEZ WILL SKY ONE DOWN THE RIGHT SIDELINE AND THERE IS A FLAG BECAUSE SANTONIO HOLMES WAS PULLED DOWN BY LEOTUS MCKELVIN ON THE PLAY.  SO THAT WILL SETUP SOME NICE FIELD POSITION FOR THE JETS AFTER THE PASS INTERFERENCE.  AND, HEY, I GOT YOUR BACK.  MARK SANCHEZ CONNECTS WITH SANTONIO HOLMES IN A LOT OF COVERAGE.  SANTONIO GOING UP FOR THAT ONE.  A 17 PT. 3^RD QUARTER EXPLOSION FOR THE JETS.  THEY GO UP 20-3 AT BUFFALO, IN THIS BIG CONTEST IN THE DIVISION.  4^TH QUARTER CHAN GAILEY GOING FOR IT WITH 4^TH & INCHES ON THE 16, AND THEY GET STUFFED.  AND THE JETS TAKE OVER POSSESSION AND GO ON FOR A VICTORY.

 

 

 

 

 

01:20:06 – CLEVELAND BROWNS @ HOUSTON TEXANS

 

TEXANS RUSHING ATTACK HAS BEEN DOMINANT THIS SEASON.  ARIAN FOSTER LOOKING FOR HIS 6^TH STRAIGHT GAME WITH 100 YDS. FROM SCRIMMAGE.  BOTH HE AND BEN TATE HAVE GONE FOR OVER 500 RUSHING YDS. THIS SEASON; AND, EARLY ON IN THE GAME IT WAS BEN TATE GETTING IN ON THE ACTION BREAKING A TACKLE, GETTING INTO THE END ZONE.  A 27 YD. SCORE FOR BEN TATE.  A NICE START BY THE HOUSTON TEXANS, UP 7-NOTHING EARLY ON CAPPING A 9 PLAY 82 YD. DRIVE.  THEN THE HANDOFF GOES TO CHRIS __ FOR THE BROWNS AND HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL.  STRIPPED AND J.J. WATT, THE 1^ST ROUND PICK RECOVERS FOR HOUSTON __, GETTING HIS FIRST CAREER START.  HE’S IN THERE FOR THE INJURED PAYTON HILLIS AND __ __ LOST THE BALL, AND HOUSTON WOULD MAKE HIM PAY.  MATT SCHAUB SCRAMBLES UP THE MIDDLE ON THE 3^RD & GOAL FOR THE 2 YD. SCORE.  HOUSTON UP BIG.  1^ST 8 MINS. OF THE GAME ALREADY WITH 2 TDS.  THE 2^ND RUSHING TD. OF THE SEASON FOR SCHAUB.  THEY’RE UP 14-NOTHING.  LATER ON IN THE GAME, UP 14-3, THIS TIME IT’S ARIAN FOSTER GETTING INTO THE END ZONE.  NICE STIFF-ARM TOWARDS THE END OF THE RUN.  BOWING TO THE CROWD WITH THE RUSHING TD.  A 19 YARDER FOR FOSTER.  HE IS 24 IN HIS CAREER WITH HOUSTON.  THE MOST IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.  THEY’RE UP 21-3 EARLY ON.  2^ND & 19 FOR COLT MCCOY RIGHT BEFORE HALFTIME, AND HE GETS PICKED OFF.  QUINTON DEMPS HAS IT.  CAN HE TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE?  WILL COLT MCCOY KNOCKS HIM OUT OF BOUNDS.  BUT THERE ARE 2 SECS. LEFT ON THE CLOCK.  SO ENOUGH TIME FOR HOUSTON TO SETUP FOR A F.G. AND THEY MAKE IT.  SO THEY GO INTO HALFTIME UP 24-3.  ONTO THE 3^RD QUARTER.  SAME SCORE.  …GOES TO ARIAN FOSTER.  MAKES A CUT BACK ACROSS TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDELINES.  STILL ON HIS FEET.  FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN JUST SHY OF MIDFIELD WITH A 27 YD. PICKUP WOULD LEAD TO ANOTHER F.G. BY NEAL RACKERS.  SO THEY GO UP 27-3.  LATER IN THE 3^RD QUARTER THE HANDOFF TO BEN TATE SLIPS THE TACKLE.  ANOTHER ONE.  YOU CAN’T ANKLE TACKLE HIM.  AND HE IS STILL ON HIS FEET.  FIGHTS FOR 14 YDS.  HE WOULD FINISH THE DAY WITH 115 YDS. AND A TD. ON 12 CARRIES.  BOTH PLAYERS WENT OVER 100 YDS. ON THE GROUND FOR HOUSTON.  ARIAN FOSTER AND BEN TATE GETTING IT DONE.  FOSTER GOING UP THE MIDDLE.  A GAIN OF 10.  124 YDS. FOR FOSTER.  IT WAS THE 4^TH 100 YD. RUSHING GAME FOR EACH OF THE PLAYERS AS HOUSTON ROLLS TO VICTORY.

 

01:22:38 – SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS

 

MIKE SHANAHAN SHUTOUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS COACHING CAREER LAST WEEK AGAINST THE BILLS.  NINERS LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST 6^TH GAME WINNING STREAK SINCE 1997.  THEY HAVE A 31 EARLY ON IN THE 1^ST QUARTER.  BUT THEY ARE CALLED FOR THE DELAY OF GAME PUSHING THEM BACK 5 YDS.  JIM HARBAUGH IS UPSET ON THE SIDELINES SAYING THAT HE CALLED A TIMEOUT TO AVOID THE DELAY OF GAME.  BUT, NO, THEY END UP WITH A 3^RD & 6.  ALEX SMITH GOING TO ESCAPE THE POCKET.  LOOKING AROUND BUT, NO.  HE’S GONNA TRY AND THROW IT BUT, NO.  INSTEAD HE ENDS UP GETTING SACKED BY RYAN KERRIGAN AND ROCKY MCINTOSH.  SO A NICE DEF. STAND FOR THE SKINS.  LATER IN THE 1^ST QUARTER, 2 POSSESSIONS LATER.  IT IS JOHN BECK INTERCEPTED BY DESHAWN GOLDSTIN WHO MAKES A GREAT PLAY.  BECK STRUGGLING EARLY ON.  IT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G. BY DAVID AKERS.  NINERS GO UP 3-NOTHING ON THE ROAD.  2^ND QUARTER, NEXT POSSESSION FOR THE SKINS.  THE DUMP-OFF TO JABBAR GAFFNEY.  PICKS UP THE 1^ST DOWN BUT THERE ARE SOME FLAGS.  49ERS WERE OFF-SIDES ON THE PLAY.  ALSO, A FLAG ON THE OFFENSE.  TRENT WILLIAMS PUSHING JUSTIN SMITH FROM THE BACK.  HE IS CALLED FOR A PERSONAL FOUL.  MIKE SHANAHAN NOT HAPPY ON THE SIDELINES WITH WILLIAMS.  THE REDSKINS WOULD HAVE TO PUNT.  SO 2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR THE NINERS.  2^ND & 2 AND GOAL WILL SLIP OUT.  AND HE WILL PICKUP SOME BIG YARDAGE ON THE PLAY HITTING THE OUTSIDE.  GETS 27 DOWN TO THE REDSKINS 20.  WOULD LEAD TO ANOTHER AKERS F.G.  SO THE NINERS GO UP 6-NOTHING.  THEN, JUST BEFORE HALFTIME TRYING TO SET SOMETHING UP, JOHN BECK THE DUMP-OFF TO ROY HALU WHO LOSES THE FOOTBALL.  A BIG MISTAKE AS IT WAS RECOVERED BY DANTE WHITNER.  GREAT FIELD POSITION FOR THE 49ERS AT THE 30.  HALU WITH THE FUMBLE.  AND THEN, JUST OVER A MINUTE LEFT IN THE 2^ND, BURNING THEM FOR THE TD. AFTER THE FUMBLE IS BRUCE MILLER WITH HIS FIRST CAREER NFL TD.  THE ROOKIE FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA ON THE WHEEL ROUTE OUT OF THE BACKFIELD, AND THEY CAPITALIZE ON THE TURNOVER.  AND THEN THE SKINS TRYING TO GET ON THE BOARD RIGHT BEFORE HALFTIME.  GRAHAM __ BOOTS HOME A FRANCHISE RECORD 59 YD. F.G. MAKING IT 13-3 AT THE HALF.  SO THE SKINS ONLY DOWN BY 10.  ONTO THE 4^TH QUARTER.  NOT MUCH GOING.  16-3.  S.F. THE PASS TO BRAYLON EDWARDS WHO GETS HIT BY SEVERAL GUYS BUT STAYS ON HIS FEET AND RECOVERS TO PICK UP EVEN MORE YDS. AFTER THE CATCH.  A 24 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 12.  2 PLAYS LATER, IT IS A HANDOFF UP THE MIDDLE THAT FRANK GORE, WHO TAKES IT FOR 6 YDS.; AND ON THAT RUN HE BECAME THE 1^ST PLAYER IN 49ERS HISTORY WITH 5 STRAIGHT 100 YD. RUSHING GAMES; AND IN THE PREVIOUS ..HE WENT OVER 125 IN ALL OF THAT.  WOULD LEAD TO A F.G.  SO THE NINERS CAUGHT 19-3; AND THEN, JUST BEFORE THE GAME ENDS, THE REDSKINS ARE ABLE TO GET ON THE BOARD WITH THEIR FIRST TD. OF THE GAME.  A PASS FROM JOHN BECK TO JABBAR GAFFNEY.  IT WOULD ALSO CONVERT ON THE 2 POINTER.  BUT, THE ONSIDE KICK ATTEMPT IS FAILED AS VERNON DAVIS DIVES FOR IT AND ..THE NINERS ARE ABLE TO HOLD ON FOR THE VICTORY.  JIM HARBAUGH AND S.F. GET THEIR 6^TH STRAIGHT WIN.

 

01:26:02 – TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

 

A REMATCH.  NFC SOUTH BATTLE THAT THE BUCCANEERS WON IN WK. 6.  THEY’VE ACTUALLY WON THE LAST 2 MEETINGS BETWEEN THE TEAMS, AND LAGARETTE BLUNT IS RETURNING AFTER MISSING 2 WKS. WITH A KNEE INJURY.  EARLY ON A COLLISION IN THE GAME ON THE FIRST POSSESSION FOR T.B.  MIKE WILLIAMS COLLIDES WITH TRACY PORTER WHO GOES DOWN, AND PORTER APPEARS TO INJURE HIS NECK.  GREG WILLIAMS, THE DEF. COORD. CONCERNED, TRYING TO RALLY HIS TEAM.  TRACY PORTER WOULD LEAVE BUT HE WOULD GIVE A THUMB’S UP AS HE WAS CARTED OFF.  TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AS A PRECAUTION.  2^ND BUCS POSSESSION.  1^ST & 10 AND THE GIVE GOES TO LAGARETTE BLUNT WHO GETS HIGH!  GETS UP IN THE AIR OVER MALCOLM JENKINS.  AND YOU KNOW HE’S HEALTHY IF HE’S JUMPING OVER PEOPLE.  LAGARETTE BLUNT LOVES TO HURDLE.  AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET OVER FOR A GAME HE FINISHED WITH 72 YDS.  TRYING TO PICKUP A 4^TH & 1 AT THE 29, AND THIS TIME HE WAS STUFFED BY JONATHAN CASSILLES WITH SEVERAL OTHER SAINTS.  HUGE PLAY FOR N.O. DEFENSE.  ROMAN HARPER IN ON THAT ONE AND GREG WILLIAMS IS LOVING IT.  ENSUING SAINTS DRIVE.  A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 34.  DARREN SPROLES BURSTS UP THE MIDDLE.  CLEARS MIDFIELD!  STILL ON HIS FEET!  NEEDS 3 GUYS TO DRAG HIM DOWN.  A GAIN OF 35 YDS. AND DARREN SPROLES WAS LOVING IT.  4 PLAYS LATER A 1^ST & GOAL.  THE FADE ROUTE TO LANCE MORRIS DIVING FOR THE TD. GRAB; AND NOW WITH THAT TD. PASS, DREW BREES TIES BRETT FAVRE’S 2^ND ALL TIME WITH A TD. PASS IN 36 STRAIGHT GAMES.  THEN THEY GIVE IT, AFTER THAT, TO PIERRE THOMAS WHO GOES DOWN THE LEFT SIDE FOR 33 YDS.  SO WHEN IT’S NOT DARREN SPROLES, IT’S PIERRE THOMAS GETTING IT DONE DOWN TO THE 30.  THEN 3 PLAYS LATER A 1^ST & 15.  THE DUMP-OFF TO SPROLES GETS SOME NICE BLOCKING ON THE SCREEN PASS, AND HE TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE FOR A 21 YD. SCORE.  HE FINISHED WITH 123 TOTAL YDS.; AND THAT TD. SAINTS UP 14-NOTHING AT HOME AGAINST JOSH FREEMAN AND THE BUCS.  AND THEN 2^ND & 15 AND THEY HAVE TO CALL A TIMEOUT.  LOOKS LIKE SOME PLAYERS WERE IN THE WRONG POSITION ON THAT ONE.  DEZ BRISCOE GETTING YELLED AT BY JOSH FREEMAN FOR BEING IN THE WRONG SPOT.  AND, ON THE SIDELINES THEY WERE TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT.  THEY WOULD TRAIL 17-3 AT THE HALF.  3^RD QUARTER, SAME SCORE.  SAINTS TRYING TO DRIVE AND THE PASS IS PICKED OFF BY RONDE BARBER MAKING A PLAY.  HIS 42^ND CAREER INTERCEPTION.  SO 4 PLAYS LATER IT’S A 2^ND & 10 AT THE 22.  LET’S GIVE IT TO LAGARRETT BLUNT TRYING TO POWER HIS WAY FORWARD BUT HE ONLY GETS 1 YD. AND HE WAS CALLED FOR AN UNSPORTSMANLIKE PENALTY FOR PUSHING WILL SMITH IN THE FACE STRAIGHT ACROSS THE FACEMASK; AND WITH ALL THOSE REFEREES AROUND, YOU KNOW HE’S GOING TO GET FLAGGED.  RAHEEM MORRIS DID NOT LIKE IT.  TAMPA BAY HAD TO SETTLE FOR A F.G. TO MAKE IT 17-6.  ON THE ENSUING DRIVE, N.O. TRYING TO EXTEND THEIR LEAD, AND PIERRE THOMAS IS ABLE TO SQUIRT THROUGH THE MIDDLE FOR THE TD. PUTTING THE SAINTS UP 24-6.  THEY WERE ABLE TO OUTRUSH THEM BY OVER 100 YDS. IN THE GAMES JUST GETTING IT DONE ON THE GROUND.  AND THEN JOSH FREEMAN TRYING TO THROW THE BALL UP THERE TO MIKE WILLIAMS BUT LEE TORRANCE GETS CALLED FOR INTERFERENCE.  HE DID NOT LOOK BACK FOR THE BALL.  SO, T.B. WOULD END UP WITH A 1 YD. TD. PASS TO KELLEN WINSLOW TO CUT THE LEAD TO 24-16.  THIS IS A BIG PLAY DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THE SAINTS WOULD BE ABLE TO HANG ON FOR VICTORY; AND DREW BREES ON A 3^RD & 4 SCRAMBLES FOR THE 1^ST DOWN.  IT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G.  MAKE IT A 2 SCORE GAME; AND THAT’S HOW IT ENDED WITH THE SAINTS WINNING 27-16.

 

01:29:50 – MIAMI DOLPHINS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

 

TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THAT GAME PLAYED OUT.  K.C. CHIEFS AND MATT CASSEL LOOKING FOR THEIR 5^TH CONSECUTIVE WIN.  TONY SPARANO JUST LOOKING FOR THE 1^ST WIN OF THE SEASON.  1^ST QUARTER, 3^RD PLAY OF THIS DRIVE.  MATT MOORE LOTS OF TIME THERE.  THE SHOT TO BRANDON MARSHALL.  20 YD. GAIN.  EVENTUALLY A RECEIVER’S GOING TO GET OPEN WHEN YOUR QB HAS THAT MUCH TIME TO THROW THE FULLBACK.  THERE’S A R.B. NAMED REGGIE BUSH IN THIS BACKFIELD JAMIE.  THERE HE IS.  HE’S ACTUALLY ON THE BACKFIELD.  LINED UP AT RECEIVER?  18 YD. GAIN.  SETTING A 1^ST & GOAL AT THE K.C. 3.  AND THE KEY PART, USE REGGIE BUSH ALL OVER THE FIELD JUST LIKE YOU SAW SEAN PAYTON DO MANY YRS. AGO.  PLAY ACTION.  WHERE’S THE T.E.?  ANTHONY FAISANO BACK OF THE END ZONE.  DOLPHINS LEADING 7-3.  IT’S AMAZING HOW OPEN T.E.’S GET DOWN AT THE GOAL LINE.  ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.  NEXT MIAMI POSSESSION.  MATT MOORE BACK TO THE AIR AGAIN WITH TIME.  THIS IS CHARLES CLAY FOR A 21 YD. GAIN.  YEA, TIMING.  IT’S THE TIME THAT MATT MOORE HAS IN THE POCKET TO DELIVER THE FOOTBALL.  THAT WAS MOORE TO CLAY FOR 21.  YOU SEE IT AGAIN.  HERE’S MOORE TO CLAY FOR 22.  IT’S VERY SIMPLE.  THE GUY IN THE RED JERSEY, MATT CASSEL, HAD NO TIME TO THROW IT.  THE GUY IN THE WHITE JERSEY, MATT MOORE, HAD ALL DAY TO THROW IT.  ALL DAY TO THE POINT THERE WERE ZERO SACKS TODAY.  YOU SEE RIGHT HERE AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.  PETE LONG DOING A GREAT JOB ON TOM __.  ZERO SACKS ON THE DAY.  YOU SEE FAISANO GOING IN FOR A TD.  WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF TIME YOU’RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.  IT’S A PROBLEM THAT THE CHIEFS HAVE HAD ALL YEAR.  JUST 9 SACKS ON THE SEASON IN 7 GAMES COMING INTO THIS ONE.  SACKS AN ISSUE FOR THE K.C. OFF. LINE.  TYRONE COLVERT IN EASILY FOR THE 12 YD. LOSS.  YEA, THEY FLUSTERED MATT CASSEL VERY EARLY IN THIS GAME.  NO TIME TO SET HIS FEET AND THROW THE FOOTBALL.  3^RD DOWN & 5.  JAMIE, IF YOU’RE MATT MOORE, WHO YOU LOOKING TO?  I’M LOOKING TO BRANDON MARSHALL OR REGGIE BUSH.  WELL BRANDON’S MY FIRST OPTION AS A CORNERBACK.  HE MIGHT’VE BEEN.  AND THEN THE 2^ND OPTION WOULD BE THE R.B. ..WHERE THERE’S A MISMATCH.  GOOD TOUCH.  27 YDS.  AND ON THE ENSUING PLAY, JAMIE, DID YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT BRANDON MARSHALL?  I DID HAPPEN TO MENTION HIS NAME.  AND THERE HE IS.  WOW.  NICE BALL.  GOOD LOCATION.  BRANDON BEING ABLE TO ADJUST HIS BODY BACK AND MAKE THE CATCH.  AND FOR THE DOLPHINS, THEIR TOP PLAYERS PERFORMING.  REGGIE BUSH WITH 92 YDS. RUSHING AND MARSHALL WITH OVER 100 YDS. RECEIVING.  AND THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE.  REGGIE BUSH 28 YDS.  DOLPHINS GO ON TO WIN 31-3.  BUSH, 142 TOTAL YDS. AND 1 TD.  AND WHAT YOU SAW WAS JUST KIND OF HOW YOU USE REGGIE.  WE USED 3 DIFFERENT WAYS THEY GOT THE BALL IN REGGIE BUSH’S HANDS.  THAT’S THE KIND OF CREATIVITY YOU WANT TO USE REGGIE BUSH WITH.

 

01:32:30 – CINCINNATI BENGALS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

 

AFC WEST IS WIDE OPEN PEOPLE.  THE BENGALS AND ANDY DALTON.  AT SOME POINT THIS CINDERELLA’S GONNA TURN INTO A PUMPKIN, RIGHT?  YOU’D THINK SO.  MAYBE IT’S IN TENN. WITH THE TENN. TITANS COMING OFF THAT LOSS HOWEVER, TO THE TEXANS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO; AND NOW …GET THE BALL.  GET YOUR FEET DOWN!  FLINGING THAT IN THE END ZONE.  FINDING DAMIAN WILLIAMS TO GIVE THE TITANS A 10-7 LEAD IN THIS GAME AGAINST THE BENGALS.  I LOVE THE THROW UP TALL IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  GREAT ANTICIPATION BY THE QB.  SO, HERE WE GO LATER IN THE HALF.  15 TICKS LEFT IN THE HALF, I MIGHT ADD, WHEN MATTHEW FINDS A WIDE OPEN __ HAWKINS.  17-7, TITANS ON TOP.  I MEAN THE BENGALS HAVEN’T WON 5-0 SINCE 1988.  15 TICKS LEFT.  WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?  SO, WHAT A TOUGH TD. TO GIVE UP AT THE END OF THE HALF.  BUT ANDY DALTON FLINGS ONE TO JEROME SIMPSON MID-3^RD QUARTER TO MAKE IT A 3 PT. GAME.  TIGHT COVERAGE NOW.  ANDY DALTON HAS CONFIDENCE IN HIS ARM, FITTING IT INTO TIGHT PLACES.  AND THEN THE BEST ROOKIE QB WIDE RECEIVER COMBINATION EVER, ACCORDING TO STEVE MARIUCCI, GETS IN THE ACT RIGHT THERE.  A.J. GREEN, A 23 YD. GAIN.  THAT’S A STRONG WORD.  THAT’S WHAT HE SAID.  EVER, EVER.  AND THE 3^RD & 18 3 PLAYS LATER, NO BIG DEAL.  CONVERT THAT WITH DALTON AND GREEN AGAIN.  WOW.  HAS 2 TITAN DEFENDERS; MCCORDY AND MICHAEL GRIFFIN BANG INTO EACH OTHER.  GREEN IS BETTER THAN I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE COACH.  3 PLAYS LATER, ANDY DALTON FINDS ANDRE CALDWELL.  3 TD. PASSES FOR DALTON IS A CAREER HIGH.  217 YDS.  MIKE MUNCHEK NOW WATCHES THE BENGALS TAKE THE LEAD.  IT WAS 17-7.  IT’S NOW 21-7, AND LOOK OUT MATTHEW HASSELBECK, AS HE FLIPS IT TO JARROD COOKE WITH 4 MINS. TO GO, BALL’S RIPPED LOOSE.  MIKE ZIMMER’S DEFENSE GETS A TURNOVER.  NATE CLEMENS FORCES COOKE TO FUMBLE.  LED TO A NUGENT F.G.  SO IT’S A 1 TD. DEFICIT AND HASSELBECK WITH 3^RD & FOREVER AND NO TIMEOUTS TO GO, NEEDS SANFORD BAND TO COME OUT ON THE FIELD; AND IT DOES NOT.  HOW ABOUT THE BENGALS, PEOPLE?  BENGALS ARE 6-2.  5-1 IN THE DIVISION.  5 GAME WINNING STREAK.  THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1988.  NOBODY SAW THIS COMING.

 

01:34:48 – DENVER BRONCOS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

 

CARSON PALMER’S GONNA MAKE THAT START ON THURSDAY.  TIM TEBOW THE FOLLOWING THURS. ON THURS. NIGHT FOOTBALL.  WILL HE EVEN BE STILL STARTING BASED ON WHAT WE SAW LAST WEEK?  BECAUSE HE CAN DO THAT.  THIS ONE TO ERIC DECKER ON THE 3^RD POSSESSION OF THE GAME.  THAT LOOKS GOOD.  7-3.  IT’S 10-3 OAKLAND, WHEN CARSON PALMER MAKES A GORGEOUS THROW TO MARCEL REESE.  HE GOT 4 VERTICAL.  2 JET ALL GO SPECIAL DOWN THE MIDDLE AGAINST 2 DEEP.  MAN UNDER.  I LOVE WHEN YOU TALK FOOTBALL COACH.  17-7.  SO IT’S NOW TIME FOR THE RAIDERS TO TEE-OFF ON TIM TEBOW IN THE BLACK HOLE, RIGHT?  I MEAN THEY’RE UP 10.  JUST PIN YOUR EARS BACK.  GO GET TIM TEBOW.  CERTAINLY THE WAY THE LIONS DID LAST WEEK; AND TEBOW CAN MAKE THROWS LIKE THAT.  ..THROWING MOTION.  THEY’RE DOING SOMETHING THAT HE’S COMFORTABLE DOING.  ROLL HIM OUT OF THE POCKET.  LED …BACK SIDE.  GREAT THROW BY TEBOW.  TO EDDIE ROYAL MAKES IT A 3 PT. GAME.  AND THEN JACOBY FORD MAKES A NICE GRAB KEEPING HIS FEET IN.  SO IT’S A 10 PT. GAME AGAIN; AND SO THE RAIDERS WILL START PLAYING SOME QUALITY DEFENSE.  WITH A PLAY LIKE THIS ON OFFENSE, THIS GAME’S OVER.  CARSON NEEDED THAT BYE WEEK.  HE LOOKS MUCH BETTER.  MUCH BETTER.  THIS GAME’S DONE, I WOULD IMAGINE, RIGHT?  WE WOULD THINK.  WELL AFTER A F.G., HERE COMES MCGAHEE WITH A BROKEN HAND RUNNING LIKE THE WIND!  HE STILL HAS THAT SPEED!  60 YDS. AND GONE!  TIES THE GAME WITH 24!  AND THAT RAIDERS SECONDARY’S REAL SLOW.  163 YDS. AND 2 TDS. FOR MCGAHEE!  STAY OUT OF THERE.  I’M NOT KIDDING.  STAY OUT OF THERE!  SHANKED IN THERE!  THEN 2 POSSESSIONS LATER, SHANE LECKLER IS PUNTING.  AND HERE COMES EDDIE ROYAL.  IS THAT WHAT IT IS?  HE CAN BOOT IT.  1 OR 2 REASONS.  WELL IT IS NOT A … UNLESS OF COURSE YOU’RE THE RAIDERS SPECIAL TEAMS.  AND TIM TEBOW AND THE DENVER BRONCOS COMING OFF THAT HORRID HOME PERFORMANCE AGAINST THE LIONS, GO TO OAKLAND AND HIT THE RAIDERS IN THE MOUTH!

 

01:36:48 – NEW YORK GIANTS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

 

WELCOMING IN THE NEW YORK GIANTS TRYING TO HAND THE PATRIOTS A 2^ND CONSECUTIVE REGULAR SEASON LOSS FOR ONLY THE 3^RD TIME IN 9 YRS.  BUT, AS WE KNOW, THE GIANTS HAVE HANDED THE PATRIOTS RARE LOSSES BEFORE.  1^ST TIME THEY’VE SEEN EACH OTHER SINCE S.B. 42.  THIS GAME WAS SCORELESS.  3^RD QUARTER THIS LOOKED LIKE THE L.S.U./ALABAMA GAME WITH DEFENSE ALL OVER THE PLACE RIGHT THERE, AS DEION GRANT PICKS OFF TOM BRADY FOR THE 2ND TIME OF THE DAY AND A SCORELESS 3^RD QUARTER.  I LIKE THAT AS A QB.  HE’S UPSET WITH HIMSELF.  ELI PLAY-FAKING AND THEN JAKE BALLARD OVER THE MIDDLE TRYING TO TURN THAT PICK INTO THE 1^ST POINTS OF THE GAME.  STEVEN GASTOWSKI MISSED A F.G. AT THE END OF THE 1^ST HALF TO KEEP THIS SCORELESS.  THAT DID LEAD TO A LAWRENCE TYNES F.G. FOR THE 1^ST POINTS OF THE GAME.  THEN BRADY HIT AS HE THROWS.  ON THE NEXT POSSESSION, JACQUAIN WILLIAMS RECOVERS FOR THE GIANTS AT THE PATRIOTS 10.  3^RD BRADY TURNOVER OF THE DAY LED TO BRANDON JACOBS RUNNING DOWNHILL.  NOBODY WANTS TO GET IN FRONT OF THAT, COACH.  275 LBS. OF MAN COMING DOWN.  10-NOTHING, GIANTS.  NEXT GIANTS POSSESSION, UP 10-3.  JULIAN EDELMAN LEADS TO THE NEXT GIANTS POSSESSION AS EDELMAN HAD A VERY ROUGH WEEK.  THIS ONE CAPPED IT OFF HAVING THE BALL RIPPED AWAY FROM HIM LEADING TO ELI MANNING TO MARIO MANNINGHAM, BUT KYLE ARRINGTON STEPS IN FRONT OF IT.  ELI ON THE FIELD WHEN YOU THROW THE PICK NOW.  GIVE THESE GUYS A CHANCE FROM THE 20.  LET’S SEE IF TOM BRADY CAN TAKE IT THE DISTANCE.  DUELING TURNOVERS.  WHAT WILL THE PATRIOTS DO WITH THIS?  BRADY TO WES WELKER OVER THE MIDDLE.  AND SOME YAC, WHICH WAS RARE FOR HIM ON THE DAY.  PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD.  DOWN TO THE GIANTS 47.  THIS NOW BLED INTO THE 4^TH QUARTER.  7^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  TOM BRADY IN THE RED ZONE.  ON 1^ST & GOAL FLIPS IT OUT TO ARIAN HERNANDEZ DIVES IT IN THE END ZONE.  DIGGING HIM UP.  IS THAT WHAT HE’S DOING?  YEA.  I’M THROWING THEM UP AND I’M MAKING IT RAIN.  I APPRECIATE THE INTERPRETATION RIGHT THERE.  I’M HERE FOR YOU.  YEA.  AND BRADY’S JUST SAYING A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED YEA!  10-ALL’S THE SCORE.  7 MINS. TO GO.  BRADY LOOKS FOR OCHOCINCO FOR THROWS.  THEY GOTTA FIND A WAY TO GET CHAD INTERTWINED WITH THIS OFFENSE.  THEY MUST FIND A WAY.  THEY ARE CLEARLY NOT FINDING IT JUST THEY.  BUT THAT DID GET A F.G. TO GIVE THE PATRIOTS THE LEAD LATE.  MID 4^TH QUARTER.  ELI UP TOP.  IT’S PASS INTERFERENCE ON ARRINGTON.  THAT’S A GOOD CALL.  THERE’S A LITTLE CONTACT JUST BEFORE THE BALL GETS THERE.  35 YD. PENALTY.  6 PLAYS LATER IT’S MANNINGHAM LOOKING VERY BURRESS-LIKE ON THE ROUTE IN THE END ZONE LATE IN THE GAME TO GIVE THE GIANTS THE LEAD OVER THE N.E. PATRIOTS.  17-13.  THEY’RE TALKING JUNK.  WELL I THINK THEY’RE SAYING… I KNOW WHAT THEY’RE SAYING.  WELL THAT WAS A 15 YD. PENALTY.  WE’RE A KID-FRIENDLY SHOW HERE.  GAVE THE PATRIOTS BETTER FIELD POSITION BECAUSE OF THAT.  2 MINS. TO GO.  THEY’RE ON THE PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD, AND HERE IS GRONKOWSKI NOW IN THE RED ZONE DOWN TO THE GIANTS 15.  2 PLAYS LATER, 2^ND & 9 FROM THE 14.  BRADY GOES BACK TO GRONKOWSKI.  THROUGH HIS HANDS.  THAT’S ON BRADY.  HE HAS TO GET THAT BALL DOWN.  HE’S WIDE OPEN.  HE’S GOTTA HIT IT.  2 PLAYS LATER IT’S 4^TH & GOAL.  NEED 4^TH & 8 INSIDE THE 10.  MINUTE 40 TO GO.  LAST CHANCE SALOON FOR THE PATRIOTS.  CAN GET A 1^ST DOWN.  THEY GET THE TOUCHDOWN INSTEAD.  MAKE A CLUTCH PLAY WHEN IT MATTERS.  THEY LEFT TOO MUCH TIME ON THE CLOCK.  TOM BRADY.  GRONKOWSKI GIVES THEM THE LEAD BUT TOO MUCH TIME FOR ELI MANNING.  I BELIEVE IN ELI!  FLIPS IT DOWN THE MIDDLE TO BALLARD, PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD.  ELI SAID, “I SHOULD BE AN ELITE QB WITH TOM BRADY.  I SHOULD BE MENTIONED IN THAT COMPANY.”  AND ELI STARTS MAKING THROWS TO PROVE IT.  THAT’S PASS INTERFERENCE AT THE 1 YD. LINE.  BELICHICK CAN’T BELIEVE IT.  NEEDING A STOP TO TRY AND FORCE A F.G.  ELI..BALLARD.  TOUCHDOWN WITH 15 TICKS TO GO, AND THE N.Y. GIANTS GO INTO N.E. AND THEY DO HAND THE PATRIOTS A 2^ND CONSECUTIVE LOSS!

 

01:40:56 – GREEN BAY PACKERS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

 

THE LATE GAME CERTAINLY MORE THAN THE EARLY GAMES TODAY; AND ONE OF THE LATE GAMES IS AARON RODGERS COMING OFF THE BYE TAKING ON PHILIP RIVERS…OF 2 IN A ROW WITH THE CHARGERS NEEDING A WIN TO AVOID GOING TO 500 AFTER A 4-1 START; AND THINGS DID NOT START WELL FOR S.D. ALTHOUGH THEY DID SCORE FIRST.  AARON RODGERS WENT RIGHT BACK DOWN TO TIE THE GAME.  THEN RIVERS THROWING A PICK TO CHARLIE __ WHO WEAVED HIS WAY THROUGH EVERYBODY AND INTO THE END ZONE.  ALL THESE GUYS IN THE SECONDARY OF THE G.B. PACKERS, KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE FOOTBALL WHEN THEY PICK IT OFF.  THEN THE CHARGERS GET THE BALL BACK ON 3^RD & 4.  HERE’S ANOTHER PICK 6!  TALK ABOUT THAT.  HE JUST ANTICIPATED THIS.  BAITED HIM INTO THIS THROW.  TRUMANE WILLIAMS PUTS THE PACKERS UP 2 SCORES.  2-1 DEFENSE, AND NOW PHILIP GETS THE BALL BACK AGAIN.  LET US TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED.  COVER 2.  THEY DISGUISED IT, COACH.  YOU KNOW WHAT DISGUISE IS.  CHARLES WOODSON HAS HALF.  TRUMANE WILLIAMS HAS HALF RESPONSIBILITY.  LINEBACKERS COVERING THE SEAMS.  PHILIP RIVERS READS A COVER 3.  TRUMANE WILLIAMS IS EYEING THE INSIDE GUY.  THAT’S HIS RESPONSIBILITY.  NO DEEP RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER!  HE READS IT PLAIN AS DAY.  MAKES THE PLAY.  GREAT…THIS COVERAGE DISGUISE, GREAT PLAY.  TRUMANE WILLIAMS.  21-7, PACKERS ON TOP.  PHILIP RIVERS THOUGH BEGAN TO GET SOME THINGS IN GEAR TO MAKE IT 21-17 RIGHT BEFORE THE HALF.  HOWEVER, A BACK SHOULDER THROW.  SAY THAT AGAIN COACH.  THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS HE DOES BEST.  THAT BACK SHOULDER THROW WITH AARON RODGERS IS UNSTOPPABLE.  HOW DID IT SOUND COACH?  JORDY NELSON, THE RECIPIENT OF THE …  AND AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, THE PLAY STOOD AS CALLED, 28-17, HALF.  IT’S 31-17 AS AARON RODGERS GOT THE BALL FIRST.  KICKED A F.G.  PHILIP RIVERS COMING BACK TO ANTONIO GATES.  YOU CAN’T GUARD HIM FROM THE LINEBACKERS.  NO WAY.  HE LOOKS LIKE HE’S GETTING HEALTHY TOO.  DO WHAT K.C. DID LAST WEEK.  THEY VICED HIM.  THEY HAD 2 GUYS ON HIM AT ALL TIMES.  31-24.  1 TD. GAME WHEN RODGERS PUMP FAKES TO JAMES JONES.  1^ST & ONLY CATCH OF THE DAY FOR JONES.  NEEDS A BIG TD. TO MAKE IT A 2 TD. LEAD FOR AARON RODGERS.  THE PACKERS, AND THEN PLAY FAKING.  RODGERS ON THE RUN TO JORDY NELSON.  HE EXTENDS THE PLAY.  NOW BIG THINGS HAPPEN.  RECEIVERS ARE IN A PATTERN OF SCRABBLE DRILL.  HE GOES DEEP.  HE DID THIS THE LAST COUPLE GAMES IN A ROW!  64 YDS.  HE FOUND GREG JENNINGS WHO’S CELEBRATING THAT JORDY NELSON CATCH.  THE NEXT PLAY FOR A TD.  IT’S 45-24 WHEN VINCENT JACKSON SCORES HIS 2^ND OF THE GAME TO MAKE IT A 2 TD. LEAD.  AND WHAT DO YOU DO STEVE?  YOU CALL FOR AN ONSIDE KICK.  WHY NOT?  THERE’S 7-1/2 MINS. LEFT.  SO…IT GOES OFF OF JORDY NELSON.  LOOKS LIKE HE WAS BATTING IT DOWN LIKE A PUNT.  IT SURPRISED HIM ACTUALLY.  WENT BETWEEN THE LEGS OF THE GUY THAT WAS IN FRONT OF HIM.  AND THE CHARGERS RECOVER.  SO NORV GETS THE BALL BACK.  6-1/2 TO GO.  PHILIP RIVERS TO VINCENT JACKSON.  BLOWN COVERAGE.  TD.!  3^RD OF THE GAME FOR JACKSON!  MAKES IT A 1 TD. GAME!  WOW.  HERE THEY COME BACK NOW.  WE KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN AERIAL CIRCUS.  HERE WE GO.  HERE WE GO WITH 2:45 TO GO.  3^RD & 2.  THE PACKERS.  THE CHARGERS CAN GET THE PACKERS OFF THE FIELD AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY DO AS RODGERS GETS BLOWN-UP BY ANTOWANE BARNES.  BUT, DEFENSIVE HOLDING CALL DOWN THE FIELD.  GET OFF THE FIELD!!  OH, THAT’S MUGGY.  WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT?  AUTOMATIC PACKERS 1^ST DOWN; AND WITH THAT EXTRA SETS OF DOWNS THEY GET STOPPED.  BUT ENOUGH TIME TAKEN OFF THE CLOCK RIGHT THERE TO LEAVE IT WITH JUST A MINUTE TO GO.  PHILIP RIVERS ROLLING OUT.  ANTONIO GATES OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD!  GET OUT OF BOUNDS.  AT THE 50.  44 TICKS TO GO.  3^RD & 10 FROM THAT 50.  RIVERS LOOKING FOR GATES AGAIN.  INCOMPLETE.  FLAG ON THE PLAY.  JONES WITH A PLAYER ON HIM.  YOU PUT YOUR BEST PLAYER ON HIM.  I LIKE THE MATCHUP.  I LIKE THE MATCHUP.  ..SET OF DOWNS FOR THE CHARGERS.  FRESH SETS OF DOWNS FOR THE CHARGERS.  33 SECS. LEFT.  RIVERS LOOKING FOR JACKSON AGAIN BUT HE FINDS PEPPER AGAIN, AND THAT WILL WRAP THINGS UP.  THE G.B. PACKERS ARE 8-0, AND THE CHARGERS WHO WENT INTO THEIR BYE AT 4-1 ARE NOW 4-4 GOING INTO WK. 10.  AARON RODGERS COMES BACK FROM SOUTHERN CALIF. WITH A WIN, AND STILL PERFECT.

 

01:45:20 – ST. LOUIS RAMS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS

 

AND GET THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON THEMSELVES.  MEANWHILE, NO KEVIN KOLB.  HE’S HURT.  IT’S TIME FOR JOHN SKELTON TO TRY AND DO SOMETHING.  AND THIS GAME IS 13-6, RAMS ON TOP IN ARIZONA WHEN LARRY FITZGERALD GRABS THE SKELTON PASS.  I MEAN THE CARDS COULDN’T DO ANYTHING WORTH A LICK ON OFFENSE.  SKELTON HAD 2 SAFETIES.  2 SAFETIES RAN DEFENSE GOT ON SKELTON.  HOW CAN YOU GET 2 SAFETIES?  WELL THE RAMS HAD A CHANCE TO WIN THIS GAME AT THE END OF REGULATION BUT THE CARDS BLOCKED THE KICK.  __ __ BLOCKED KICK TO SAVE THE BACON OF THE DAY BY KEN WHISENHUNT.  BUT THE SPECIAL TEAMS WAS NOT DONE FORCING OVERTIME.  AND IN OVERTIME RAMS ARE PUNTING, AND THEY’RE PUNTING INTO PATRICK __!  I KNOW WHAT I KNOW!  HE CAUGHT IT ON THE 2.  HE DIDN’T CATCH IT ON THE 1, DID HE?  ALREADY …LOOK AT THIS.  HE ALWAYS BREAK TACKLES; 3, 4, 5 TACKLES, AND NOW..  YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.  HOLD IT UP.  HOLD IT UP.  THERE YOU GO.  PATRICK PETERSON’S 3^RD RETURN FOR A SCORE THIS YEAR WINS IT.

 

01:46:33– BALTIMORE RAVENS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS

 

LET’S TAKE YOU TO HINES FIELD.  I KNEW I SHOULD’VE PICKED BALT.  THE STEELERS AND THE RAVENS.  JAMES HARRISON IN AFTER MISSING 4 GAMES.  LAMAR WOODLEY, JAMES FARRIOR OUT.  RAY RICE, 1^ST PLAY THROUGH SCRIMMAGE!  THAT’S A GREAT BLOCK.  RICE!  1^ST PLAY.  THAT’S HOW YOU WIN A FOOTBALL GAME.  76 YDS.  GIVE THE BALL TO RAY RICE.  JUST LIKE HE DID A COUPLE YEARS AGO IN THE POSTSEASON GAME AGAINST THE PATRIOTS.  BUT COREY SMITH OFF … SO THEY BRING IT BACK.  THAT’S A HOLDING CALL.  OH.. I TOLD YOU THAT.  YEA, RECEIVERS NEVER HOLD MIKE.  YEA.  LED TO A BILLY CUNDIFF F.G.  HINES WARD BACK SITTING OUT LAST WEEK WITH AN ANKLE INJURY.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER HITS WARD OVER THE MIDDLE BUT WATCH THE HIT.  FROM RAY LEWIS RIGHT THERE.  OH, HE’S LEAVING.  HE’S O.K.  PRAYING FOR YOU MAN.  HE’S O.K.  A STINGER.  THEY REVIEWED IT.  THEY ORIGINALLY CALLED IT A CATCH BUT THEN THEY TOOK ANOTHER LOOK.  JOHN HARBAUGH CHALLENGED AND THEY RULED IT AN INCOMPLETE PASS ON SUISSEM, AND A F.G. TIED IT FOR 3.  6-ALL NOW AND IT’S JOE FLACCO TO ED DIXON.  OH YEA.  HOW’S THAT A PENALTY?  CALLING CALL FOR UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS DUE TO HELMET-TO-HELMET CONTACT.  RAY LEWIS..RAY’S TEAM WAS THIS DIRTY?  YEA.  THERE WAS SOME HITTING.  THERE WAS SOME HITTING GOING ON IN THIS GAME.  YOU SAY THAT LIKE THEY WERE… 3^RD QUARTER NOW.  TEAM SIZZLE.. AND ROETHLISBERGER’S PICKED OFF BY TERRELL SUGGS.  AND THE RAVENS CAPITALIZE.  RAVENS COMING RIGHT BACK HERE, AND IT’S FLACCO LOOKING DEEP FOR ANQUAN BOLDEN AND 145 YDS. HERE.  IKE TAYLOR OFF…  YOU KNOW WHY THERE’S NOT FEET ACTION?  BECAUSE THE RECEIVER DIDN’T EVEN COMPLAIN.  LOOK AT THAT.  WATCH OUT FOR THE PLAY.  TOMLIN...  MIKE TOMLIN… RAY RICE.  RAVENS ON TOP 16-6 GUYS.  SO THE STEELERS ARE LOOKING, HAVING A 4-GAME WINNING STREAK SNAPPED BUT HERE COMES ROETHLISBERGER TO ANTONIO __ WHO SOMEHOW COMES UP WITH THIS.  IT’S A 21 YD. RECEPTION.  I LOVE THE OLD RECEIVERS.  I LOVE THE WAY HE PLAYS THE GAME.  HE’S A DOG.  A DOG!  JOHN HARBAUGH DIDN’T CHALLENGE.  2 PLAYS LATER IT’S ROETHLISBERGER TO HEATH MILLER.  MILLER’S GOT A 1^ST DOWN.  BREAKING SOME TACKLES IN THE OPEN FIELD.  YOU’VE SEEN HIS PASS CATCHING T.E.’S NOW.  THERE’S MISMATCHES ALL OVER THE FIELD.  ALRIGHT, 4^TH QUARTER NOW.  SAME DRIVE.  BIG BEN ON A 3^RD & 5.  GONNA KEEP IT HIMSELF.  WE’VE SEEN THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE.  THEY CALL IT A TD. BUT EVERY TD. IS REVIEWABLE.  SO IT’S RULED THAT ROETHLISBERGER WAS DOWN AT THE 1 YD. LINE.  RASHARD MENDENHAHL TOOK IT IN FROM THERE, 16-13.  RAVENS UP 5-3.  FLACCO NOW HIT BY JAMES HARRISON.  HARRISON HAD 3 SACKS IN THIS BALL GAME.  WILLIAM GAY WITH THE RECOVERY, AND THE STEELERS ARE IN BUSINESS.  WHAT A GAME HARRISON HAD AFTER LOSING TIME WITH THAT BROKEN ORBITAL BONE.  I THINK IT HELPED HIM.  IT GAVE HIM A LOT OF REST.  ROETHLISBERGER NOW. ..ON A 3^RD & 5.  BUYS SOME TIME.  THIS IS WHAT BIG BEN DOES.  LOOKING FOR … TOUCHDOWN!  NOBODY DOES IT BETTER.  AS LONG AS BIG BEN IS IN THE GAME, HAS A RECEIVER, THE PLAY IS NEVER OVER.  STEELERS ON TOP 20-16.  FLACCO NOW.  PRESSURE, AND HE JUST CHUCKS THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS.  SEE RAY RICE.  MOVE OUT OF THE WAY.  GET OUT OF THE WAY!  NOW THAT’S A BUSINESS DECISION.  HARRISON GOES, WOW, BUSINESS DECISION.  STEELERS NOW.  3:38 LEFT.  IT’S ROETHLISBERGER TO JERICHO COCHERY, 14 YDS. AND A 1^ST DOWN.  3^RD & 5 NOW.  2:37 LEFT, AND A ROETHLISBERGER TO MEWELDE MOORE.  IT’S INCOMPLETE SO THE STEELERS ARE FORCED TO PUNT.  UP 4.  2:17 LEFT.  SO CAN JOE FLACCO, WHO HAS BEEN OFTEN CRITICIZED FOR NOT BEING A QB WHO CAN LEAD THE BALT. RAVENS TO THE S.B.  MORE IMPORTANTLY, PASS THE PITTS. STEELERS IN THE AFC NORTH.  HE HITS ANQUAN BOLDEN 22 YDS.  IT’S BOLDEN AGAIN FOR 10 YDS. ON A 4^TH & 1.  BIG PLAYS.  COME TO MAKE…BIG PLAYERS MAKE BIG PLAYS.  2^ND & 8 NOW.  FLACCO LOOKING FOR TORY SMITH.  THEIR NEW DEEP THREAT.  AND SMITH WIDE OPEN BUT HE CAN’T SQUEEZE IT!  THAT’S THE 2^ND ONE OF THE DAY.  AND THIS IS A KNOCK ON TORY SMITH.  HE’S A SPEEDSTER BUT HE DROPS SOME BALLS THAT DEFINITELY SHOULD BE CAUGHT.  3^RD & 8 NOW.  IT’S FLACCO.  HE SAYS, “ALRIGHT, I’M GOING TO THE SURE-HANDED BOLDEN HERE.”  GOOD DECISION.  11 YDS. AND A 1^ST DOWN.  HE’LL DO IT.  AND THE RAVENS STILL WITH A TIMEOUT LEFT.  FLACCO TO SMITH!  JUST WENT IN FOR A TD.  THAT WAS A PUSH OFF.  STEELERS ARE CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE BUT THE PENALTY IS DECLINED.  ED REED, JOE FLACCO AND THE BALT. RAVENS GO INTO HINES FIELD AND THEY SWEEP THE PITTS. STEELERS.  THEY WIN IT 23-20.

 

 

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