TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHT GAME 1.  3 GAMES HERE ON THANKSGIVING DAY.  AARON RODGERS AND THE PACKERS LOOKING TO STAY UNBEATEN.  MATTHEW STAFFORD AND THE LIONS LOOKING TO BEAT THE PACKERS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON.  2^ND QUARTER WE ARE STILL SCORELESS.  KEVIN SMITH INJURED HIS LOWER LEG.  GETTING CHECKED OUT ON THE SIDELINE.  WILL BE CARTED OFF WITH A HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN AND DID NOT RETURN.  5:40 LEFT.  HERE’S THAT PICK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT OR ONE OF THE PICKS.  TIPPED IN THE AIR.  INTERCEPTED BY CLAY MATTHEWS.  YEA, AND THESE ARE THE KIND OF PLAYS BECAUSE YOUR DEFENSE IS PLAYING LIGHTS OUT AND IT’S JUST UNFORTUNATE.  THERE’S NO RHYME OR REASON WHY THAT HAPPENED.  RODGERS NOW TO THE END ZONE LOOKING FOR GREG JENNINGS.  BROKE IT UP.  THE LIONS BRANDON MCDONALD FLAGGED FOR DEFENSIVE PASS INTERFERENCE.  JIM SCHWARTZ LIVID WITH THE CALL.  YEA, BUT THE REALITY IS, GREAT PLAY BY JENNINGS WORKING HIS WAY BACK INTO THE WIDE RECEIVER.  THAT’S TOO EASY.  FOR A DEF. BACK, YES.  AARON RODGERS, GREG JENNINGS, 3 YD. TD.  EXTRA POINT MADE IT 7-NOTHING.  INTO THE 3^RD QUARTER, G.B.’S FIRST POSSESSION OF THE 2^ND HALF.  6^TH PLAY ON THE DRIVE.  RODGERS TO JENNINGS.  HE DOES THE REST FOR 19 YDS. DOWN TO THE DETROIT 7-NOTHING.  INTO THE 3^RD QUARTER, G.B.’S FIRST POSSESSION OF THE 2^ND HALF.  6^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  RODGERS TO JENNINGS.  HE DOES THE REST FOR 19 YDS. DOWN TO THE DETROIT 7.  AND A LOT OF WHAT YOU’RE SEEING HERE IS THE STRIKES DOWN THE FIELD BUT THERE’S ALSO YAC BY THE WIDE RECEIVERS.  ALRIGHT.  A LOT OF ACTION ON THIS PLAY.  INCOMPLETE RODGERS TO DRIVER BUT DOMINIC IN-SUH WOULD BE EJECTED FOR UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS ON THE PLAY.  WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AND YOU’LL SEE EXACTLY WHY HE WAS INVITED TO LEAVE THE GAME.  I’M GONNA GET IN A LOT OF TROUBLE AS I ALWAYS DO WHEN I TRY TO EXPLAIN SITUATIONS.  THE FIRST PART IS I CAN SEE WHY DOMINIC WAS AS LIVID AS HE WAS AND, FRANKLY, HE JUST LOST IT.  ALRIGHT.  WE GET A REPLAY OF THAT.  I’LL KIND OF WALK THROUGH IT AGAIN.  BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, YOU GOTTA KEEP YOUR COMPOSURE.  THAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.  WE’LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT HERE MOMENTARILY.  NEXT LIONS DRIVE, STAFFORD PICKED OFF THIS TIME BY ROB FRANCOIS.  AND THAT ONE IS ON MATTHEW STAFFORD.  WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INTERCEPTIONS, THAT’S THE ONE I CAN DEFINITELY ATTRIBUTE TO HIM BUT, STILL, YOU CAN’T GIVE THIS GUY MORE SHOTS AT IT AND JAMES JONES, WHO HAS REALLY NOT BEEN A PART OF THE GAME PLAN IN THE LAST FEW WKS.  BUT HE FINDS HIS WAY IN FOR A 65 YD. TD.  THAT’S WHY I SAY THE G.B. PACKERS, FAR AND AWAY, HAVE THE MOST SUPERIOR SKILL TO ANY TEAM IN THE NFL.  PACKERS LEADING 21-NOTHING AT THAT POINT.  4^TH QUARTER NOW.  IT’S 24-ZIP.  STAFFORD TO CALVIN JOHNSON TO THE PACKERS 16 YD. LINE.  AND THE REASON NOW THEY’RE GETTING YARDAGE IS BECAUSE THE DEFENSE HAS TO CHANGE BECAUSE THEY GOT A BIG LEAD AND IT’S CLOSE TO THE END OF THE GAME.  7^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, KEYLON WILLIAMS, 16 YD. LIONS SCORE.  THE LIONS FINALLY SCORE AND WOULD CONVERT THE 2 PT. CONVERSION.  IT’S 24-8.  I HEARD MARSHALL FAULK JUST GOT A PHONE CALL FROM MARTIN MAHEE TO BE A R.B.  SO IT’S JUST BEEN THAT BAD BUT JAMES JONES YOU SEE HERE, ANOTHER BIG RECEPTION.  HE HAD A HUGE DAY.  WORKING THAT BACK SHOULD FADE BETTER THAN ANY QB IN THE LEAGUE.  3 PLAYS LATER, IT’S RODGERS TO THE ROOKIE RANDALL COBB.  FINDS HIS WAY FOR A 1^ST DOWN.  AND THE KEY HERE IS THAT THEY ARE JUST BEATING DOWN THE CLOCK.  THAT’S ALL THE G.B. PACKERS ARE DOING AND SETTING THEMSELVES UP FOR A F.G. THAT PUTS THEM AHEAD, AND THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF IT PRETTY MUCH.  MASON CROSBIE 32 YDS. OUT.  G.B. ON TOP 27-8.  THEY GO ON TO WIN 27-15.  AARON RODGERS DIDN’T LIKE HIS PERFORMANCE LAST WEEK.  WHILE HE WAS 299 LAST WEEK WITH A PICK, HE GOES 307 YDS. THIS WEEK, 2 TDS. AND BACK TO THE NO INTERCEPTION-TYPE PERFORMANCE THAT WE’VE BECOME USED TO.  AND HE MIGHT JUST SAY, “IT WAS ALRIGHT.”

01:13:43 – MIAMI DOLPHINS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

 DALLAS COWBOYS AND MIAMI DOLPHINS FINISHED PLAYING FOR OUR THANKSGIVING VIEWING PLEASURE.  JASON GARRETT STARTED THIS GAME 17 YRS. AGO TODAY AS A QB FOR THE COWBOYS.  I WAS IN THAT GAME RICH.  YES HE DID.  TONY SPARANO, FORMER OFF. LINE COACH IN DALLAS, NOW BRINGING IN A RED HOT DOLPHINS TEAM 3-3 WITH A MINUTE TO GO IN THE HALF, AND A TERRIBLE SNAP FROM MATT MOORE’S HANDS.  THAT WAS A BREAK THE DALLAS COWBOYS NEEDED TO THAT POINT RIGHT THERE.  THE MIAMI DOLPHINS HAD BEEN PLAYING WONDERFUL DEFENSE.  THAT LED TO A LORAN ROBINSON TD. GRAB IN THE END ZONE.  THE COWBOYS LED 10-6 AT THE HALF AS MIAMI MARCHED THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD, GOT A F.G.  LET’S GO TO THE 3^RD QUARTER.  MATT MOORE IS PLAYING AS WELL AS ANY QB IN THE LEAGUE RIGHT NOW STEVE.  HE REALLY IS.  HE’S GOT 3 WINS IN A ROW AND HE’S GOT THE CONFIDENCE OF HIS TEAMMATES.  PUT IT UP.  LET THEM MAKE A PLAY.  WHAT AP LAY BY BRANDON MARSHALL RIGHT HERE WHEN YOU SEE THAT PLAY ON REPLAY.  THAT IS A BIG TIME GRAB.  THAT’S A BEAR HUG.  THAT’S A BIG TIME GRAB RIGHT THERE.  AND HE WAS ABLE TO BRING IT DOWN FOR A TD.  THE DOLPHINS ARE UP IN THIS GAME 16-10.  4^TH QUARTER WE GO.  1^ST PLAY OF THE 4^TH QUARTER.  ROMO …HIT AS HE THROWS.  HOW DID HE GET THIS ONE TO WITTEN?  THIS WAS FANTASTIC.  NOW TALK ABOUT THROW IT IN THERE AND TAKE A HIT.  THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF COURAGE IN THE POCKET.  DURING THE NEXT PLAY IN THE RED ZONE ROMO TO LORAN ROBINSON AGAIN AFTER ROMO BUYS TIME AND EXTENDS THE PLAY.  WE SEE HIM DO THIS TIME AFTER TIME.  HE LEAVES THE POCKET, EXTENDS THE PLAY, FINDS SOMEBODY THAT WORKS OPEN AND SEPARATES FROM A DEFENDER.  COWBOYS TAKE THE LEAD AGAIN, 17-16.  DOLPHINS GET THE BALL BACK.  3^RD & 10.  DALLAS TRYING TO GET MATT MOORE OFF THE FIELD BUT WHAT A THROW AND CATCH.  DEVON BESS OVER THE MIDDLE TO A SHANE GRAHAM F.G. TO GIVE THE DOLPHINS THE LEAD, 19-17 AGAIN.  DEVON BESS, ONE OF THE BEST SLOT MEN IN THE GAME TODAY RICH.  DOLPHINS GET THE BALL BACK TRYING TO GET SOME 1^ST DOWNS AND GET OUT OF DALLAS WITH A WIN.  BUT 3^RD & 7, MOORE CANNOT COMPLETE IT TO DEVON BESS AND THE COWBOYS HAVE 1 LAST CHANCE TO PULL OUT THE WIN AT HOME AND AVOID THE UPSET.  ROMO AGAIN BUYING TIME TO FIND HIS B.F.F., JASON WITTEN, WHO GETS THE FIRST DOWN AND MORE TO THE DOLPHINS 41 YD. LINE.  A GAIN OF 23 YDS.  64 TICKS TO GO.  6 PLAYS LATER THEY’RE IN THE RED ZONE.  DEMARCO MURRAY GETS IT DONE AROUND THE EDGE, STAYING INBOUNDS AS WELL.  JASON GARRETT TICKS THE TIME DOWN TO 3 TICKS TO GO, AND DAN BAILEY WRAPS IT UP AND THE DALLAS COWBOYS  WIN 1 AT HOME.  JERRY JONES IS FIRED-UP.  THE COWBOYS ARE 7-4.

01:16:30 – SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS

 HERE’S A HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU ON WHAT WENT DOWN HERE AT M&T BANK STADIUM TONIGHT ON NFL NETWORK.  IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED.  LOOK AT THAT.  FLANKED BY THE PARENTS, ALICE AND JOHN’S DAUGHTER ALSO IN THE MIX TONIGHT.  RAY LEWIS COULD NOT GO.  2^ND STRAIGHT MISSED GAME DUE TO A TOE INJURY.  ALEX SMITH WAS UNDER DURESS ALL NIGHT LONG.  THIS WAS, HOWEVER, A CRUCIAL MOMENT IN THE GAME.  TED GINN SEEMINGLY HAS A 75 YD. TD. ON THE PLAY BUT BACK AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, MICHAEL, WHAT HAPPENED HERE?  WELL THE QB LOST TED GINN RIGHT HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE CALL ON A CHALK BLOCK THAT WIPED OUT A 75 YD. TD.  SO WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT ONE IN A MOMENT.  JOE FLACCO IN A GAME THAT’S STILL 3-3.  HE GOES DEEP.  THIS IS A PASS INTERFERENCE CALL CALLED ON TERRELL BROWN.  FLAG ON THE PLAY; AND YOU CAN SEE THAT HE’S GOT…  WELL WE CAN’T SEE FROM THE OTHER ANGLE.  I DID PLAY THE POSITION OF CORNERBACK SO I’M GONNA ALWAYS SIDE WITH THE CORNER BECAUSE WE DIDN’T’ SEE IT FROM ANOTHER ANGLE.  WE HAVE A RIGHT TO THE BALL TOO.  THAT WAS A PASS INTERFERENCE.  RAY RICE RUNNING LATERALLY THERE MARSHALL FAULK.  IT’S JUST A GREAT PLAY BY THE D.B. RIGHT HERE.  BEAT THE T.E.  GOT PENETRATION.  THEY LOST YDS. DOWN IN THE RED ZONE.  AND THEN WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS PLAY CALL HERE?  THAT WAS HORRIBLE.  YEA, A LITTLE CURIOUS.  IT WAS A QB DRAWL WITH JOE FLACCO.  HE’S NOT A QB DRAWL KIND OF GUY.  JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT…THAT’S NOT TEBOW.  JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THE NINERS WERE GONNA COUGH UP THEIR FIRST RUSHING TD. GIVEN UP BY THE DEFENSE ALL YEAR, IT’S ANOTHER F.G. FOR THE RAVENS, AND THE NINERS WERE SETUP MAYBE FOR A GAME-TYING F.G.  SHORTLY BEFORE HALF.  BUT THIS IS A ..BRAYLON EDWARDS.  HE HAS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TRYING TO BREAK THIS PLAY UP TO HELP ALEX SMITH OUT, ESPECIALLY IN F.G. RANGE.  INSTEAD, IT’S A LADARIUS WEBB INTERCEPTION AND THE RAVENS LEAD AT HALF 6-3.  OPENING DRIVE OF THE 2^ND HALF, ALEX SMITH FLIPPING THIS ONE OUT TO MICHAEL CRABTREE.  18 YD. GAIN ON 3^RD & 17, AND THE NINERS ARE MOVING THE CHAINS.  6 PLAYS LATER THOUGH, IT’S TIME FOR T. SIZZLE TO LOWER THE BOOM AS THE DEFENSIVE LINE AND THE LINEBACKERS WERE COMING ALL NIGHT LONG IN ALEX SMITH’S FACE.  CERTAINLY IN THE 2^ND HALF.  DAVID AKERS THOUGH WITH A STONE COLD F.G.  52 YDS. TO TIE IT.  3^RD QUARTER, 5 MINS. TO GO IN THE QUARTER.  JOE FLACCO FLIPS THIS ONE OUT TO LEE EVANS.  GOOD EFFORT RIGHT THERE.  HE COULD’VE GOTTEN TACKLED AND MISSED THE 1^ST DOWN BUT THE 2^ND EFFORT AND JUST EFFORT GOT THAT 1^ST DOWN.  3 PLAYS LATER JOE FLACCO ON 3^RD & 6 MOVING THE CHAINS AGAIN, FINDS DENNIS PITA FOR A 1^ST DOWN.  WHEN JOE FLACCO HAS TIME IN THE POCKET HE IS VERY EFFICIENT.  AND THEN 7 PLAYS LATER, ON THE 8 YD. LINE IT’S FLACCO FROM SHOTGUN FINDING PITA AGAIN, CAPPING OFF A 16 PLAY, 76 YD. DRIVE; AND IT’S THE FIRST PAY DIRT OF THE NIGHT.  YEA, THE ONLY TD. OF THE NIGHT, AND THAT WAS A TIGHT FIT.  AN EXCELLENT THROW AND CATCH BY FLACCO TO PITA.  HE WEARS 88 COACH.  8 MINS. TO GO.  ALEX SMITH NEEDING TO MOVE THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.  INSTEAD HERE COMES T. SIZZLE AGAIN.  TERRELL SUGGS, AN 8 SACK OF THE NIGHT FOR THE BALT. RAVENS, AND THEY WERE NOT DONE.  NEXT DRIVE FOR BALT. ON OFFENSE, 3^RD & 4.  FLACCO FLIPS IT OUT TO RAY RICE RECEIVING FOR THE RAVENS AND …WITH 6 MINS. TO GO, A FRESH SET OF DOWNS FOR THE BALT. RAVENS.  NEXT PLAY, RICKY’S RUNNING UP THE GUT.  RICKY WILLIAMS WITH A 12 YD. BURST.  SET UP BILLY CUNDIFF FOR A 39 YD. F.G. TO PUT THE RAVENS UP 2 SCORES, AND YOU JUST GOT THE SENSE THAT WAS TOO MUCH.  YEA, RICKY WILLIAMS IS A GREAT COMPLIMENT TO RAY RICE.  YOU CAN SEE THE SET FOR THE 49ERS IS STARTING TO KIND OF WILT HERE.  AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS JUST A WIPEOUT OF THAT OFF. LINE BY TERRELL SUGGS AND THE REST OF THE RAVENS DEFENSE, MINUS RAY LEWIS.  THEY COME UP WITH A FRANCHISE RECORD 9 QB SACKS.  9 SACKS.  A CAREER HIGH 9 TIMES THAT ALEX SMITH HAS BEEN SACKED, AND THE FANS HERE IN BALT. SAY THEY HAVE THE BETTER HARBAUGH.  AT LEAST ON THIS NIGHT THEY SURE DID, AS THE RAVENS IMPROVE TO 8-3.  A HALF GAME LEAD NOW ATOP THE AFC NORTH OF THE PITTS. STEELERS WHO ARE IN K.C. ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

01:21:13 – MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ ATLANTA FALCONS

 FALCONS HOSTING THE VIKINGS.  TOBY GERHARDT GETTING THE START AT R.B. WITH ADRIAN PETERSON MISSING HIS 4^TH CAREER GAME.  FALCONS HAVE WON 4 OF THEIR LAST 5.  2^ND & 18.  EARLY IN THE GAME THE PASS OVER THE MIDDLE TO __ DOUGLAS.  HE SLIPS A MAN AND THEN ANOTHER ANKLE TACKLE GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE 27 YD. SCORE.  FIGHTING HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE FOR HIS 1^ST TD OF THE SEASON.  __ DOUGLAS PUTS ATLANTA UP 7-NOTHING.  2^ND QUARTER, SAME SCORE.  IT’S A 1^ST & GOAL.  RYAN, ALL KINDS OF TIME BACK OF THE END ZONE.  RODDY WHITE HAS BOTH FEET IN.  GETS THE TD. RECEPTION.  A 6 YARDER.  WHITE GETTING BOTH FEET DOWN.  AND THE FALCONS ARE UP 14-0 EARLY ON.  VIKINGS LONG SNAPPER COLLON LEFTLER GOT HURT.  GUESS WHO THEIR BACKUP IS?  DEF. END, JARED ALLEN.  HE SIGNIFIES THAT HE IS READY TO DO IT AND, YES, HE GETS IT BACK TO CHRIS CLEWY, THE PUNTER, FROM THEIR 29.  HE BOOMS ONE TO ERIC WEAVES.  WEAVES SLIPS A MAN.  GOES UP THE MIDDLE.  HE IS BREAKING SOME TACKLES.  STILL ON HIS FEET.  THE SPIN MOVE.  WEANS FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN BY JARED ALLEN WHO MAKES THE TACKLE.  BUT THAT RETURN WOULD SETUP A F.G. BY MATT BRYANT.  17-NOTHING, HALFTIME LEAD FOR THE FALCONS.  THE VIKINGS TRYING TO COME BACK.  PUNT FAKE FROM PONDER, LOOKING TOWARDS THE END ZONE.  PERCY HARVIN IS THERE WITH 2 PEOPLE AROUND HIM.  A GRAB OF 20 YDS. SETS IT UP 1^ST & GOAL AT THE 1.  SO, THEY GIVE THE BALL TO TOBY GERHARDT AND HE GETS IN THERE FOR HIS 2^ND CAREER TD.  ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT’S A GAME TOWARDS THE END OF THE 3^RD QUARTER.  17-7 VIKINGS WITH THE LEAD.  SAME SCORE, UP 4^TH & 8.  THE VIKINGS ARE GOING TO PUNT EARLY ON IN THE 4^TH QUARTER; AND THE FALCONS ARE DECIDING, “NO, WE’RE JUST NOT GONNA TOUCH IT.”  BUT, IT ENDS UP HITTING ONE OF THEIR PLAYERS ON THE RETURN.  DOMINIQUE FRANKS ENDS UP TOUCHING THE BALL.  ENDS UP TOUCHING THE BALL.  HE GETS PUSHED INTO IT AND THE VIKINGS RECOVER.  THEY’RE NOT ABLE TO ADVANCE THE BALL.  BUT THEY TAKE OVER POSSESSION AT THE 36.  SO GOOD FIELD POSITION, AND THEY’RE FORCED INTO A 4^TH DOWN.  THEY’RE GOING FOR IT.  PONDER, BOMBS ONE.  END ZONE.  PERCY HARVIN WITH THE CATCH.  A TD. GRAB ON 4^TH & 14 FOR PERCY HARVIN.  HE’S GOT A TD. IN CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.  GETS IT DONE ON 4^TH DOWN.  AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY’RE ONLY DOWN BUY 3 LOOKING TO STOP ATLANTA.  2 DRIVES LATER FOR THE FALCONS, A 3^RD & 4.  SIDELINE.  RODDY WHITE IS THERE…AND SLIPS A MAN.  BREAKS ANOTHER TACKLE.  ON HIS FEET AND HE TAKES IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 3 THEN.  3^RD & GOAL, RYAN.  HE FINDS MICHAEL PALMER FOR THE TD, COMPLETING THE 9 PLAY DRIVE.  ATLANTA GOES UP BY 10 AGAIN, 24-14.  BUT ON THE ENSUING KICKOFF, IT’S PERCY HARVIN WHO STARTS BREAKING TO HIS RIGHT.  THEN TURNS IT UP-FIELD.  AT THIS POINT IT’S A FOOTRACE.  CAN PERCY HARVIN GET TO THE END ZONE?  FALCONS HAVE THE ANGLE, PUSHES HIM DOWN AT THE 3 YD. LINE.  A RETURN OF 104 YDS. FOR PERCY HARVIN, AND THE VIKINGS ARE IN SCORING TERRITORY.  THEN THEY GIVE IT ON 3^RD & GOAL TO HARVIN.  HE’S STILL ON HIS FEET TRYING TO FIGHT HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  HARVIN KIND OF GOT STOOD UP.  BUT HE WAS STILL ON HIS FEET AND REACHES THE BALL TOWARDS THE GOAL LINE BUT THEY DID NOT CHALLENGE THE RULING SO HE WAS RULED DOWN.  THEY GO FOR IT ON 4^TH DOWN AND BROUGHT DOWN, TONY GERHARDT FOR A LOSS OF 2.  SHAWN WEATHERSPOON ON THE STOP AND ATLANTA HOLDS ON FOR THE  WIN.

01:24:52 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

PANTHERS AND THE COLTS.  THESE TEAMS WOULD BE 1-2 IN THE DRAFT IF IT WENT ON NOW.  MARVIN HARRISON GETTING INDUCTED INTO THE COLTS RING OF HONOR WITH PEYTON MANNING, HIS LONG-TIME QB BY HIS SIDE.  CAM NEWTON, MOST PASSING YDS. BY A ROOKIE THROUGH HIS FIRST 10 GAMES.  1^ST QUARTER, CAROLINA 3-NOTHING.  THE SLANT ROUTE TO STEVE SMITH FROM CAM, AND SMITH BREAKS IT UP THE MIDDLE FOR 30 YDS.  THAT’S A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 32; AND ON THAT RECEPTION, SMITH GOES OVER 1,000 YDS. FOR THE SEASON RECEIVING.  5 PLAYS LATER, SAME DRIVE.  CAM WILL TAKE IT HIMSELF UP THE MIDDLE AND THERE IS NOBODY THERE.  HIS 10^TH RUSHING TD. OF THE SEASON.  10-NOTHING CAROLINA ON THE ROAD.  CAM, 9 CARRIES, 53 YDS. AND A SCORE ON THE GAME.  THEN CURTIS PAINTER ENSUING POSSESSION, LOOKING DOWNFIELD AND REGGIE WAYNE IS BUMPED.  THE FLAG COMES OUT AND, YES, CAPTAIN MARLIN CALLED FOR THE PASS INTERFERENCE.  SO IT GIVES THEM 42 YDS. AND THEN ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY THE HANDOFF TO DONALD BROWN.  HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  HIS 3^RD RUSHING TD. OF THE SEASON.  SO THE COLTS CUT THE LEAD TO 10-7, AND ADAM VINATIERI ADDED A F.G. 10-10 AT THE HALF.  BUT D’ANGELO WILLIAMS.  HE’LL MAKE A CUT OUT TO THE OUTSIDE, GET INTO THE END ZONE, AND THAT WILL PUT CAROLINA UP 17-10.  JUST THE 2^ND RUSHING TD. OF THE SEASON FOR WILLIAMS.  ONTO THE 4^TH QUARTER, PANTHERS UP 17-13.  CAM OUT OF THE SHOTGUN LOOKING SIDELINE.  HITS STEVE SMITH.  SMITH TAKES IT UP THE FIELD FOR A GAIN OF 20.  AND THEN, A COUPLE PLAYS LATER, 7^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  CAROLINA, CAM UNDER CENTER, 2^ND & 7 WITH THE PLAY FAKE.  ALL KINDS OF TIME.  HE LOOKS DOWNFIELD OVER THE MIDDLE AND ONCE AGAIN HE FINDS STEVE SMITH FOR A GAIN OF 18.  SMITH CATCHES 68 YDS. AND THEN D’ANGELO WILLIAMS CAPPED THAT DRIVE WITH A TD. RUN.  BUT, COULD INDY COME BACK?  YES.  CURTIS PAINTER HITS REGGIE WAYNE.  HE MAKES 2 MEN MISS.  HE’S GOT 1 MAN IN FRONT OF HIM.  SLIPS THAT MAN.  WAYNE WILL TAKE IT ALL THE WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  HIS 1^ST TD. SINCE WK. 1 OF THE SEASON FOR PAINTER.  HIS FIRST TD. PASS IN 5 GAMES BU THEY MISSED ON THE 2 PT. ATTEMPT SO THEY WERE DOWN 24-19.  CAROLINA ADDED A F.G. AND THEN, WITH 4-1/2 MINS. TO GO, CHRIS GAMBLE PICKS OFF A PASS FROM CURTIS PAINTER; AND THEN THE COLTS GET THE BALL BACK LOOKING FOR A TD. TO TIE UP THE GAME.  CURTIS PAINTER HITS AUSTIN COLLIE.  HE TAKES IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 3.  SO, THEY NEED A TD. AND A 2 PT. CONVERSION TO TIE THE GAME.  PAINTER LOOKING END ZONE BUT, NO, IT IS INCOMPLETE INTENDED FOR JACOB TAMMY.  THEY HAVE VERY FEW CHANCES LEFT HERE.  LOOKED LIKE THERE COULD’VE BEEN A PASS INTERFERENCE BUT THEY DID NOT GET THE CALL AND PAINTER LOOKS END ZONE.  BALL IS PICKED OFF.  SHARROD MARTIN IS THERE FOR THE INTERCEPTION ON THE 2^ND & GOAL.  THE PLAY WAS REVIEWED, BUT, SHARROD MARTIN DID GET BOTH FEET DOWN.  THE INTERCEPTION STANDS AND THE PANTHERS HOLD ON FOR VICTORY, 27-19, SNAPPING A 12 GAME LOSING STREAK ON THE ROAD.  THE COLTS DROP TO 0-11.

01:28:15 – TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

 MATT HASSELBECK STARTING DESPITE HIS ELBOW INJURY.  JOSH FREEMAN COMING OFF A CAREER HIGH IN PASSING YDS. LAST WEEK AGAINST G.B. BUT HE DOES HAVE 15 PICKS ON THE SEASON; AND THEN HE THROWS THE DUMP OFF TO LAGARETTE BLOUNT ON THEIR OPENING POSSESSION.  BLOUNT WITH THE HURDLE.  BLOUNT STILL ON HIS FEET, TAKES IT NEARLY TO MIDFIELD.  PICKS UP 35 ON THE PLAY.  JUST JUMPS CLEAR OVER JORDAN BABINEAU, AND THAT WOULD END UP WITH THE F.G. FOR T.B.  SO THEY GO UP 3-NOTHING ON THE ROAD.  THE ENSUING KICKOFF AFTER THE F.G. GOES TO MARK MARIANI.  BUT MARIANI HANDS OFF TO TOMMY CAMPBELL WHO REVERSES FIELD; AND THERE IS NOBODY IN FRONT OF THEM!  WHAT A GREAT PLAY BY THE TITANS ON SPECIAL TEAMS.  CAMPBELL WILL TAKE IT INTO THE END ZONE.  A BIG TIME TD.  7-3 TENN.  MATT HASSELBECK LOVES IT.  MARIANI WITH THE HANDOFF TO CAMPBELL WHO GOES UNTOUCHED FOR THE SCORE.  HE’S GONNA NEED SOME OXYGEN AFTER THAT ONE.  NOW, CLOSE TO HALFTIME UP 10-3.  TENN. ON A 3^RD & 11.  THE DUMP OFF TO DAVON RINGER ON A SCREEN BUT HE’S STRIPPED FROM BEHIND.  THE BALL IS POKED OUT AND IT GOES TO TANARD JACKSON.  THE SAFETY FOR T.B. RECOVERS.  RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.  A HUGE TURNOVER BEFORE HALFTIME.  COULD T.B. MAKE THEM PAY?  AND, YES, ON THE SLANT IN.  MIKE WILLIAMS WITH THE TD.  JUST HIS 3^RD TD. OF THE SEASON BUT HE TIES UP THE GAME AT HALFTIME.  BIG TURNOVER FOR TENN. COST THEM.  ONTO THE 3^RD, AND THEN HASSELBECK WHEN IT WASN’T A FUMBLE.  THIS TIME A PICK 6.  AKIB TALIB SNUFFS OUT THE ROUTE UNDERNEATH.  TAKES IT IN FOR THE SCORE.  17-10 ON THE 4TH TURNOVER OF THE GAME FOR THE TITANS.  BUT TENN. WOULD COME BACK.  CHRIS JOHNSON MAKES A MOVE AND BLASTS THROUGH PAST MIDFIELD.  A 25 YD. PICKUP WOULD LEAD TO A ROB BARONAS F.G. 52 YARDER.  SO, THE TITANS ONLY DOWN BY 4.  THEN THEY GIVE IT TO CHRIS JOHNSON WITH UNDER 6 MINS. TO GO.  JOHNSON TAKES THE HANDOFF DOWNFIELD.  A 34 YD. GAIN.  A BIG GAME FOR CHRIS JOHNSON, 190 YDS. ON THE GROUND IN THE GAME.  7 PLAYS LATER, 10^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  THIS IS A 4^TH & GOAL.  THEY NEED THE TD. TO TAKE THE LEAD.  ALL KINDS OF TIME FOR HASSELBECK.  DIRECTING PEOPLE IN THE END ZONE, AND HE HITS DAMIAN WILLIAMS FOR THE 2 YD. SCORE.  HE HAD ALL KINDS OF TIME ON THE PLAY AND THE TITANS ARE ABLE TO TAKE THE LEAD AT HOME, 20-17.  T.B. HAS A CHANCE TO COME BACK BUT NO!  JOSH FREEMAN’S PASS IS PICKED OFF BY COLIN MCCARTHY, AND ROB BARONAS ADDS A F.G.  SO THEY GO UP BY 6.  T.B. STILL HAS A CHANCE TO WIN THIS GAME IF THEY CAN GET THE TD. AN THE EXTRA POINT.  THEY AN WIN IT BY 1.  AND FREEMAN HITS MIKE WILLIAMS, AND WITH 46 SECS. TO PLAY THEY HAVE A 4^TH & 1 AND THEY WILL TRY AND PUSH FORWARD ON THE SNEAK.  BUT SOMEHOW JOSH FREEMAN LOSES THE FOOTBALL!  HE WAS RECOVERED BUT STOPPED SHORT OF THE 1^ST DOWN.  RAHEEM MORRIS CANNOT BELIEVE IT.  THEY MISSED THE EXCHANGE ON A 4^TH & 1 GOING FOR THE SNEAK!  ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS GET 1 YD. TO KEEP THE GAME GOING.  FREEMAN WAS STOPPED SHORT, AND, THE TITANS ARE ABLE TO HOLD ON FOR THE VICTORY.  MATT HASSELBECK WITH THE TD. AND CHRIS JOHNSON WITH A BUCK 90 IN THE GAME.

01:31:43 – HOUSTON TEXANS @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

 AND AWAY WE GO WITH THE HIGHLIGHTS ON GAME DAY SCOREBOARD.  AFC SOUTH.  MATT LEINART’S GETTING THE START.  ROCKING THE STASH AS WELL.  YES, HE WAS.  I DON’T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THAT.  ANDRE JOHNSON BACK FOR THE 1^ST TIME SINCE WK. 4.  IN THE 1^ST QUARTER, ARIAN FOSTER, HE HANGS ONTO THE BALL, RIGHT?  NORMALLY HE DOES, YEA.  OH, NOT THIS TIME.  NOT THERE.  BALL’S OUT.  RECOVERED BY ASHTON __.  38 YD. JAGUAR TD.  BY WHO?  ASHTON __.  THIS IS BASICALLY THE BEST PLACE FOR THE JAGS TO SCORE.  WHETHER IT’S ON THE RETURN GAME OR ON DEFENSE WITH A TURNOVER.  THAT OFFENSE HAS STRUGGLED THIS YEAR.  AND THAT’S WHAT JACKSONVILLE, YOU HAVE TO DO.  YOU HAVE TO RALLY YOUR OFFENSE IS PLAYING POORLY. YOU RALLY TO THEM.  JACKSONVILLE’S DEFENSE HAS PLAYED REALLY WELL ALL SEASON LONG.  ARIAN FOSTER NOW…HANGING ON THIS TIME AND GOING FOR 43.  THIS IS THE ARIAN FOSTER WE’VE SEEN FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, ISN’T IT?  LED TO A 1 YD. FOSTER TD.  GAME ALL TIED AT 7.  INTO THE 2^ND QUARTER.  JACKSONVILLE FOOTBALL NOW STILL TIED AT 7.  BLANE GABBERT ON 3^RD & 5.  3^RD & 5!  JUST DUMPING IT OFF TO MAURICE JONES-DREW.  ABSOLUTELY.  USE THE BEST PLAYER ON YOUR TEAM.  WHY NOT?  THERE’S NO PICTURES IN THE STAT SHEET.  67 YDS. RECEIVING.  99 YDS. RUSHING.  BLANE GABBERT TO A WIDE OPEN MERCEDES LEWIS.  WE CALL THAT A … HE WASN’T EVEN ATTACKING HIM.  IT WAS JUST LAID IN THERE NICELY.  AND YOU JUST HONESTLY..  HELP YOUR YOUNG QB, WHO’S STRUGGLING, OUT!  LED TO A F.G.  KIND WORDS BY JACK DELRIO.  MATT LEINART, BEST PLAY OF HIS DAY.  BEAUTIFUL.  JOE DRESSON, 20 YD. TD.  WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  LEINART WITH JEREMY __ IN HIS FACE.  NICE TOUCH.  GREAT TOUCH.  DROPPED IT RIGHT WHERE IT HAD TO BE UNDER PRESSURE, AND YOU’RE NOW STARTING TO THINK, “O.K., MAYBE THIS SEGUE WAY TO MATT LEINART’S GONNA BE O.K., AND THEN YOU SEE THAT.  YOU FOLLOW THE BALL BUT YOU SHOULD’VE FOLLOWED THE QB.  MATT LEINART’S LEFT SHOULDER POUNDED INTO THE TURF.  WE TAKE A LOOK HERE.  DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND BY JEREMY MINCY.  NOW MATT LEINART JUST SAYING THAT HE THINKS HE IS OUT FOR THE YEAR.  AND THAT WASN’T A CHEAP…WHEN YOU SAY DRIVEN IN THE GROUND.  THAT WAS A TOTALLY CLEAN PLAY.  ABSOLUTELY.  IT’S UNFORTUNATE TOO.  T.J. YATES.  ROOKIE OUT OF N.C.  COME ON IN.  T.J. YATES.  JUST KIDDING.  YOU GOT A BRAND NEW QB.  YOU KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR ANDRE JOHNSON.  AS WELL YOU SHOULD.  MARKS IT RIGHT THERE.  14 YDS.  HE’S AN IVY LEAGUER.  CAME IN AND PLAYED FAIRLY WELL, AND THEN KIND OF LEVELED OFF.  TEXANS PASS RUSH ALL OVER YOUNG.  BLANE GABBERT…  ONE OF HIS 4 SACKS ON THE DAY.  HOW MANY?  4.  WOW.  TEXANS WITH 7 AS A TEAM TODAY.  7 TAKEDOWNS.  THEY WERE ALL OVER BLANE GABBERT ALL AFTERNOON.  J.J. WATT HAD 2 SACKS.  BROOKS REED ALSO A ROOKIE.  5^TH CONSECUTIVE GAME WITH A SACK.  THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WIN GAMES WITH DEFENSE AND .. THE BEST RUNNING THE BALL.  AND WADE’S BEEN THE BEST FREE AGENT SIGNING OF THE YEAR.  SO BLANE GABBERT TO THE BENCH IN FAVOR OF LUKE MCKOWN.  MERCEDES LEWIS HANGS ONTO THAT ONE.  25 YD. GAIN.  JAGUARS RUSH TO THE LINE.  DECIDE NOT TO CALL A TIMEOUT.  4^TH & 2.  1:16 LEFT.  MCKOWN LOOKING FOR MIKE THOMAS.  NO.  GREAT PLAY.  THAT’S IT.  MATT SCHAUB.  SHOULD’VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR THE HOUSTON TEXANS BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO YOUR 3^RD STRING QB, UNDERSTANDABLE THAT YOU WOULD STRUGGLE.  MATT LEINART SAYING THAT HE BELIEVES HE IS OUT FOR THE SEASON.  WOW.  SHOULDER INJURY, 20-13, HOUSTON.

01:35:22 – ARIZONA CARDINALS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

 CARDINALS BEAT THE RAMS IN WEEK 9 ON A PUNT RETURN IN O.T. BY PATRICK PETERSON.  STEVEN JACKSON AVERAGING OVER 100 YDS. RUSHING IN HIS LAST 4.  NO SCORE 1^ST QUARTER, AND THE PUNT GOES TO NICK MILLER.  MILLER JUST HITS THE SIDELINES!  HE’S GOT SOME BLOCKERS IN FRONT OF HIM.  3 GUYS AROUND HIM.  4!  ANOTHER BLOCK!  MILLER’S GONNA TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE!  AN 88 YD. PUNT RETURN FOR A TD. BY NICK MILLER!  RAMS GO UP AT HOME 7-0 ON THE CARDINALS.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR ARIZONA.  THIS IS BEANIE WELLS BREAKING ONE DOWN THE LEFT SIDELINE TRYING TO GET THE STIFF-ARM.  HE BREAKS A TACKLE BUT HE’S GOING TO GET CAUGHT FROM BEHIND BUT NOT BEFORE RUSHING FOR 71 YDS.  THE LONGEST CAREER RUN FOR BEANIE WELLS.  AND THAT WOULD SET UP A F.G.  SO THE CARDINALS WERE DOWN 7-3.  ONTO THE 2^ND.  ST. LOUIS WITH THE BALL.  8^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  BRADFORD LOOKING TO THE END ZONE.  BACK SHOULDER AND THERE IS BRANDON LLOYD ALONG THE SIDELINES.  A GAIN OF 26.  SETS UP A 1^ST & GOAL AT THE 3.  AND THE NEXT PLAY AFTER A FALSE START.  BRADFORD.  HE’S GOING TO BE SACKED BY SAM __ FOR A LOSS OF 9, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A F.G. BUT THEY GO INTO HALFTIME LEADING 10-3.  RAMS LEADING 10-6 AFTER A F.G. BY ARIZONA.  THEY SETUP THE SCREEN PASS TO LANCE KENDRICKS.  BUT HE IS HIT AND HE COUGHS THE BALL UP!  SAM OCHO IS THERE!  HE HAD THE SACK.  NOW HE’S GOT THE FUMBLE RECOVERY.  BUT DID HE HAVE POSSESSION OF THE FOOTBALL IN-BOUNDS?!  MAYBE HE DID NOT.  HIS BODY WAS OUT OF BOUNDS BECAUSE IT WAS KNOCKED OUT OF HIS HANDS.  RAMS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHALLENGE THE PLAY AND THEY DID NOT.  SO ARIZONA GETS THE FOOTBALL.  1^ST & GOAL, THEY GIVE IT TO BEANIE WELLS.  HE FIGHTS HIS WAY TO THE END ZONE.  A 7 YD. RUSHING TD.  SO HE DOES GET HIS TD. IN THE GAME.  CARDS GO UP 13-10.  ENSUING RAMS POSSESSION.  THEY ARE PUNTING.  OH NO.  NOT AGAIN.  PATRICK PETERSON WITH THE BURST UP THE MIDDLE.  HE’S GOT NOBODY IN FRONT OF HIM.  HE’S GONNA TAKE THIS ONE TO THE HOUSE.  PETERSON DOES IT AGAIN AGAINST THE RAMS!  AN 80 YD. PUNT RETURN FOR THE TD. WITH A DEION DANCE AND, YES, HIS 4^TH PUNT RETURN FOR A TD. THIS SEASON WHICH TIES AN NFL RECORD.  HE WAS JUST GONE.  NOBODY INSIDE.  PETERSON JUST OUTRUNS THE FIELD, AND HE GETS THE PUNT RETURN FOR THE SCORE FOR THE 2^ND TIME AGAINST ST. LOUIS, BURNING THEM ONCE AGAIN.  CARDS UP 20-13 AFTER A ST. LOUIS F.G. AND THEN WELLS IS STOPPED FOR A LOSS BY BRADY __ WHO FORCES THE FUMBLE, AND THE RAMS RECOVER IT.  SO THEY HAVE THE BALL AT THE 43 AFTER WELLS, GETTING DOWN LOW, TWISTS HIS KNEE ON THE PLAY AND LOSES THE FOOTBALL BUT HE WOULD RETURN IN THE GAME.  SO ST. LOUIS GETS A BIG BREAK.  UNDER 8 MINS. TO GO, THEY NEED A TD. TO TIE IT.  BRADFORD LOOKS END ZONE FOR BRANDON LLOYD, WIDE OPEN.  PERFECT PASS.  NICE CATCH.  A 16 YD. TD. TIES THE GAME AT 20.  WE’VE GOT A GAME IN ST. LOUIS.  BUT ARIZONA WOULD GET THE BALL BACK.  4^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  IT’S A 3^RD & 6, AND BEANIE WELLS REVERSES FIELD.  SLIPS A MAN.  HE’S TAKING THIS ONE ALL THE WAY.  OH NO!  CAUGHT FROM BEHIND INSIDE THE 10.  SETS UP A 1^ST & GOAL AT THE 9.  THE CARDS WOULD SETTLE FOR A F.G. BUT ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM THE LEAD 23-20.  AND THEN THEY GET THE BALL BACK.  THEY HAVE A 3^RD & 4.  RAMS DEFENSE NEEDS A STOP AND THEY CAN’T DO IT.  ARIZONA GETS IT.  THIS TIME LEROD STEVENS HOWLING ON THE DELAY.  A 5 YD. CARRY GETS A 1^ST DOWN AND THE CARDS ARE ABLE TO ICE THE GAME.  2 PLAYS LATER A 1^ST & 15, AND BEANIE WELLS RUNS FOR 14.  SETS THE CARDS SINGLE GAME RUSHING RECORD.  228 YDS. ON THE GAME AND THE CARDS WIN.

01:39:36 – BUFFALO BILLS @ NEW YORK JETS

 JETS HAVE WON 6 OF THE LAST 7 MEETINGS BETWEEN THESE TEAMS INCLUDING WEEK 9.  BILLS HAVE ONLY SCORED 26 PTS. IN THEIR LAST 3 GAMES.  2^ND QUARTER GAME TIED AT 7.  MARK SANCHEZ IN HIS END ZONE LOOKING FOR SANTONIO HOLMES BUT, NO, IT’S PICKED OFF BY DRAYTON FLORENCE WHO TAKES IT INSIDE THE 20.  ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE AROUND.  SETS A GREAT FIELD POSITION FOR THE BILLS AND THEY MAKE THE JETS PAY.  ON THE SLANT ROUTE STEVIE JOHNSON IS ABLE TO GET THE SNAP, AND GETS THE INSIDE ROUTE ON DERRELLE REVIS FOR THE TD.  AND THEN HE PRETENDS LIKE HE’S SHOOTING HIMSELF IN THE LEG LIKE PLEXICO BURRESS IN THE CLUB.  THEN HE DOES THE JETS AIRPLANE, AND THEN HE FALLS TO THE GROUND.  AND BECAUSE HE WENT TO THE GROUND, HE GETS PENALIZED 15 YDS. FOR THE UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT.  SO, AT 14-7, THE BILLS KICKING OFF BUT SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPENED ON THAT ONE.  DAVE RAYNOR WIFTS ON THE KICKOFF.  DON’T KNOW IF HE WAS GOING FOR THE SQUIB KICK OR WHAT BUT HE JUST TOTALLY BOMBED THAT ONE.  CHAN GAILEY CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED.  IT SETS UP EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION FOR THE JETS.  3 PLAYS LATER THEY HAVE THE BALL AT THE 14.  SANCHEZ FINDS PLEXICO BURRESS FOR THE 14 YD. SCORE BEFORE HALFTIME.  TIES UP THE GAME AT 14.  THE 17^TH TD. OF THE SEASON FOR BURRESS; AND YOU KNOW KICKER DAVE RAYNOR IS FEELING BADLY ABOUT THAT ONE.  ONTO THE 3^RD.  TIED UP AT 14, MARK SANCHEZ HITS DUSTIN KELLER WHO FIGHTS HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  KELLER WITH AN 18 YD. SCORE.  HIS FIRST TD. SINCE WK. 2 OF THE SEASON PUTS THE JETS UP 21-14.  ENSUING BILLS DRIVE.  THEY HAVE A 4^TH & 3 AND BRIAN MORMON IS GOING TO PUNT.  ANTONIO CROMARDIE MUFFS IT!  HE’S NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE CATCH AND LIOTUS MCKELVIN RECOVERS.  CROMARDIE HAD SIGNALED FOR THE FAIR CATCH BUT HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL.  MCKELVIN IS THERE, AND THE BILLS TAKE OVER AT THE 36.  NEXT PLAY FOR BUFFALO.  UNDER CENTER, FITZPATRICK BACK TO PASS.  LOOKING DOWN THE SIDELINE.  BALL IS PICKED AND THERE IS BRAD SMITH WHO TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  CROMARTY TIPPED THE BALL UP IN THE AIR AND SMITH WAS STILL FOCUSING ON THE BALL, MAKES THE CATCH AND THAT WILL TIE THE GAME AT 21.  A COUPLE OF BAD PLAYS FOR ANTONIO CROMARDIE COSTING THE JETS.  THEY WERE DOWN 24-21.  AFTER A F.G. TIED BUFFALO AND THEN, ON A 3^RD & 11, HOW DOES PLEXICO BURRESS GO UP?  HE MAKES THE ONE-HANDED GRAB TO THE BILLS 18!  A HUGE CONVERSION FOR THE JETS ON THAT CATCH BY BURRESS.  THEN 2 PLAYS LATER SANCHEZ SCRAMBLING TO HIS RIGHT ON 2^ND & 8.  LOOKS END ZONE, AND THERE IS SANTONIO HOLMES!  GETS BOTH FEET IN.  A 16 YD. SCORE PUTS THE JETS UP 28-24, AND THAT IS MARK SANCHEZ’ S 4^TH TD. PASS OF THE GAME.  THAT IS A CAREER HIGH.  BUT THE JETS, THEY STILL NEED TO GET BACK ON DEFENSE.  … WITH A CHANCE, AND ON 2^ND & 13, STEVIE JOHNSON DROPS THE BALL!  WIDE OPEN, OVER THE MIDDLE.  JOHNSON SOMEHOW DROPS IT!  BUT, BUFFALO STILL HAS A CHANCE TO SCORE.  THEY HAVE A 2^ND & 7.  CLOCK IS TICKING.  13 SECS.  12 SECS.  FITZPATRICK LOOKS END ZONE BUT THROWS BEHIND HIS MAN!  STEVIE JOHNSON JUST MISSED IT.  SO 2 PLAYS LATER THIS IS THE GAME.  A 4^TH & 7 FOR THE BILLS.  CAN THEY WIN IT?!  END ZONE!  INCOMPLETE!  AND THE JETS HANG ON FOR VICTORY AT HOME.

01:43:19 – CLEVELAND BROWNS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS

 CINCY HAS WON 5 OF THE LAST 6 MEETINGS AGAINST THE BROWNS.  PAYTON HILLIS ACTIVE TODAY AFTER BEING OUT SINCE WK. 6 WITH A HAMSTRING INJURY.  COLT MCCOY ON A 3^RD & 10 OPENING QUARTER AND HE HITS JORDAN NORWOOD FOR A 24 YD. TD. TO PUT THE BROWNS UP 7-0.  THE FIRST CAREER TD. FOR JORDAN NORWOOD.  BENGALS ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION.  THE GIVE TO CEDRIC BENSON.  HE’S GOT SOME BLOCKERS OUT IN FRONT OF HIM.  MAKES A NICE MOVE.  TAKES IT INSIDE THE 10 TO THE 9.  A GAIN OF 33 ON THE PLAY FOR BENSON.  AND THEN 4^TH & GOAL.  THEY’RE GONNA GO FOR IT.  THEY GIVE IT TO BENSON.  DID HE GET IN?!  THE BROWNS ARE SAYING NO HE DID NOT, AND SO ARE THE REFEREES.  CEDRIC BENSON STOPPED ON A 4^TH & GOAL.  CINCY WENT FOR THE TD. AND THEY DID NOT GET IT.  BIG STAND FOR CLEVELAND’S DEFENSE.  NEXT POSSESSION FOR THEM.  THEY WOULD GET IT BACK.  CEDRIC BENSON TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE FOR A 16 YD. SCORE AND THEY MAKE UP FOR NOT GETTING IT BEFORE BENSON.  …HAD 7.  HE HAD 106 RUSHING YDS. IN THE GAME.  ENSUING BROWNS POSSESSION, THEY GIVE IT TO PAYTON HILLIS.  HE GOES UP THE MIDDLE FOR 10.  THAT WAS A 2^ND & 9 SO HE PICKS UP THE 1^ST DOWN.  IT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G.  BROWNS GO UP 10-7.  THEN 3 POSSESSIONS LATER ANDY DALTON IN TROUBLE, AND HE IS SACKED!  HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL AND THE BROWNS RECOVER.  SCOTT PAXSON IS ABLE TO FALL ON THE FOOTBALL.  A HUGE PLAY FOR CLEVELAND’S DEFENSE BECAUSE THEY TAKE OVER AT THE 14 RIGHT BEFORE HALFTIME.  2^ND & GOAL.  THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE CINCY PAY AND THEY DO JUST THAT.  COLT MCCOY’S 2^ND TD. PASS OF THE GAME.  THAT TO GREG LITTLE.  BROWNS UP 17-7 AT THE HALF.  3^RD QUARTER UP 20-10.  ANDY DALTON LOOKING DOWN THE SIDELINE.  UNDER THROWS HIS MAN BUT IT WAS A NICE CATCH BY A.J. GREENE.  A 35 YARDER.  HE WAS PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 22.  THEN, THE NEXT PLAY, DALTON BACK TO PASS.  LOFTS ONE END ZONE.  GRESHAM MAKES THE GRAB!  JERMAINE GRESHAM WITH THE NICE CATCH IN THE END ZONE, AND NOW CINCY IS ONLY DOWN BY 3.  GRESHAM 68 YDS. IN THE GAME.  4^TH QUARTER BROWNS WITH THE FOOTBALL TO OPEN UP THE 4^TH QUARTER.  MCCOY ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT, AND HE IS HIT AS HE THROWS.  REGGIE NELSON IS THERE FOR THE INTERCEPTION AT THE 46; AND THE BENGALS WOULD TURN THAT INTO A F.G. SO THEY TIE UP THE GAME.  3 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR CINCY, STILL A TIE GAME.  THIS IS AFTER PHIL DAWSON MISSED A F.G.  AND ON A 3^RD & 7 TO A.J. GREENE!  CAN HE GET INTO THE END ZONE?!  PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS BUT HE PICKED UP 51 YDS. ON A KEY 3^RD & 7 CONVERSION.  A.J. GREENE TAKES IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 2 MAKING A LEAPING GRAB IN TRAFFIC.  AND THAT WOULD SET UP A F.G. BY MIKE NUGENT.  SO CINCY GOES UP 23-20.  LAST CHANCE FOR THE BROWNS.  4^TH DOWN PASS TO JOSH CRIBBS.  AND IT IS BROKEN UP BY KELLY JENNINGS.  CINCY COMES FROM BEHIND AFTER TRAILING IN THE GAME TO WIN IT AT HOME, 23-20; AND ANDY DALTON HAD 270 PASSING YDS.

01:46:36 – WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

 REDSKINS..SEAHAWKS…PREGAME SCUFFLE BETWEEN TRENT WILLIAMS AND LEROY WASHINGTON.  TRENT, DON’T PICK THE LITTLE SMALLEST GUY.  COME ON TRENT!  SILVERBACK PICKING UP ON A LITTLE …   A FIRST POSSESSION FOR THE REDSKINS.  14^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  REX GROSSMAN, FRED DAVIS.  GOOD REX!  THAT WAS A GOOD CALL.  GOOD REX.  ALSO IN THE BUILDING SETTING UP 1^ST & GOAL ON THE SEATTLE 1 YD. LINE. 2 PLAYS LATER.  WE LIKE THAT COMBINATION.  GROSSMAN TO DAVIS.  WHEN YOU GOT THAT KIND OF TIME TO THROW THE FOOTBALL GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN.  REX GROSSMAN, A BIG DAY TODAY.  HE WAS 8 FOR 9 FOR 79 YDS. AND THE TD. ON THAT OPENING DRIVE.  2^ND QUARTER.  1^ST POSSESSION FOR THE REDSKINS.  IN THE 2^ND QUARTER, GROSSMAN, JABBAR GAFFNEY.  INTERCEPTED BY BRANDON BROWNER.  PICKED UP 16 YDS.  YOU KNOW WHAT THOUGH, YOU GUYS ALWAYS TEASE REX ABOUT HE CAN BE A REALLY GOOD OR REALLY BAD.  WELL REX WAS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE TODAY.  HE HAD 2 TDS., 2 INTS. ON THE DAY BUT HE DID THROW THE 300 YDS.  1 PLAY AFTER THE TURNOVER.  TAVARES JACKSON, MARSHAWN LYNCH.  20 YDS.  SEAHAWKS SCORE.  MARSHAWN LYNCH HAD A HUGE DAY RUNNING THE FOOTBALL.  24 FOR 111  YDS.  AVERAGED 4.6 YDS. A CARRY.  HE’S FOUND A HOME THERE.  YES, ABSOLUTELY.  NEXT REDSKINS POSSESSION 4^TH & GOAL.  GRAHAM GETS HIS F.G. BLOCKED BY RED BRYANT.  BIG RED.  BIG RED IN THE HOUSE.  BIG RED.  HE GETS A BIG PUSH RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE AND GETS THE BIG HAND ON THE BALL.  AND RED’S GOT A NICE KNACK FOR DOING THIS.  WOW.  HE’S 8-1/2 FT. TALL AND HE’S GOT A 12-1/2 FT. REACH.  THAT’LL DO IT.  SEAHAWKS TAKE OVER.  3^RD QUARTER, 1^ST POSSESSION FOR THE REDSKINS.  GROSSMAN LOOKING FOR SANTANA MOSS AND INTERCEPTED BY RICHARD SHERMAN.  THAT’S BAD REX THROWING INTO TRIPLE COVERAGE.  THAT’S THE BAD REX.  YEA, I COUNTED 3 SEAHAWKS THERE.  BUT THE KEY HERE THOUGH.. 1 SEAHAWK, 2 SEAHAWK, 3 SEAHAWKS.  HE HAD TIME TO THROW THE FOOTBALL.  THAT’S WHY HE WAS ACTUALLY SUCCESSFUL ON THE DAY.  TAVARES JACKSON INCOMPLETE TO SYDNEY RICE, AND RICE GETS UP SLOW ON THE PLAY.  HELPED OFF THE FIELD BY THE TRAINERS.  LEFT THE GAME HEADED TO THE SEATTLE L.R.  SEAHAWKS LED 10-7 AT THE END OF THE 3^RD QUARTER.  ..FROM THERE.  BIG MONEY FREE AGENT.  THEY JUST HAVEN’T GOTTEN A LOT OUT OF HIM THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF INJURIES.  AND PART OF IT ALSO HAS TO DO WITH I THINK THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT QB.  TAVARES JACKSON KNOWS WHAT KIND OF TAVARES JACKSON NUMBERS.  14 FOR 30.  BUCK 34.  2 TDS., 1 INT.  JUST NOT..THE QB POSITION’S GOTTA CHANGE IN SEATTLE.  I’M NOT SAYING THIS YEAR.  IT MIGHT BE NEXT YEAR IN THE DRAFT.

01:49:15 – CHICAGO BEARS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

 JAY CUTLER WATCHING CALEB HANIE PLAY FOR THE BEARS FOR THE FIRST OF WHO KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES IN A ROW WHILE CUTLER’S BROKEN THUMB, SURGICALLY REPAIRED, HEALS, AND HANEY LOOK OUT.  YEA.  SPRINT RIGHT.  THROWBACK SCREEN TO THE LEFT.  HE THROWS IT BLIND AND AARON CURRY TIPS IT UP ON THE AIR AND CAMERON WIMBLEY DARN NEAR ALMOST DOES THE REST.  75 YD. RETURN.  GREAT HUSTLE BY THE BIG FELLA.  AND IT’S…LANCE LEWIS, THE BIG FELLA IN QUESTION, HORSE-TACKLED HIM DOWN AND THEN 2 PLAYS LATER, MICHAEL BUSH ..LANCE BRIGGS STOPS IT SHORT.  THAT IS A LOW.. AND SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICKS HIS 4^TH F.G. OF THE 1^ST HALF.  SEABASS 12, BEARS 7.  IT’S GONNA BE BATES!  THAT’S 15, BEARS 7.  LATE 3^RD QUARTER, SEABASS 18.  BEARS 7.  6 F.G.’S.  THAT IS A NEW RAIDERS FRANCHISE RECORD, 18-7, 4^TH QUARTER WE GO.  CARSON PALMER.  IT’S 18-13.  ON 3^RD & 5 TO LEWIS MURPHY, WHY DON’T YOU, 47 YDS.  1^ST & GOAL, DOWN TO THE BEARS 3.  NEXT PLAY.. RAIDERS LOOKING FOR THE FIRST PAY DIRT OF THE DAY AND MICHAEL BUSH FINALLY FINDS IT.  25-13, OAKLAND IS LEADING.  3:10 LEFT IN THE GAME.  WHAT CAN CALEB HANIE DO?  WHAT MAGIC DOES CALEB HAVE?  LOOK WHAT HE PULLS OUT OF HIS HANIE?  THROW IT TO THE FAST GUY!  TO JOHNNY KNOX!  JOHNNY KNOX CAN RUN.  DOWN TO THE 9 YD. LINE.  WHERE DID THAT ONE COME FROM?!  2 PLAYS LATER, OH THAT’S KELLEN DAVIS.  BIG GUY.  YEA, HE’S A BIG TARGET DOWN THERE.  SHOOT IT UP TALL.  CALEB HANIE FINDS HIM 25 TO 20.  1 TIMEOUT LEFT.  2:11 LEFT IN THE GAME.  ROBBIE GOULD.  HE’S GONNA GO ON TIME.  ABSOLUTELY.  WITH THE BIG DOINK!  IT’S UP IN THE AIR.  IT’S LOOSE!  IT’S A GREAT KICK.  RAIDERS RECOVER EVEN THOUGH THE BALL WAS LOOSE.  HAD A CHANCE.  HAD A CHANCE.  BUT THE RAIDERS HAVE A 2 MIN. WARNING.  HAVE BUT 1 TIMEOUT, 1:56 TO GO.  TIMEOUTS ARE ALL EXHAUSTED, AND THE 1^ST DOWN..AND WHAT A PLAY.  WHAT A PLAY BY THE BEARS TO GET MARCEL REESE DOWN SHORT OF THE 1^ST DOWN.  RAIDERS PUNT THE BALL.  LESS THAN A MINUTE TO GO.  CALEB HANIE NEEDS MORE MAGIC.  IT’S ROY WILLIAMS, 22 YDS. UP OVER THE MIDDLE.  CLOCK TICKING.  3 MAN RUSH.  HE’S GONNA HAVE TIME.  CALEB HANIE SPIKING THE BALL.  27 SECS. REMAINING.  23 TICKS LEFT.  3 MAN RUSH.  HE’S GONNA HAVE TIME.  CALEB HANIE SPIKING THE BALL.  27 SECS. REMAINING.  23 TICKS LEFT.  3 MAN RUSH.  YOU GOTTA HAVE TIME.  CALEB HANIE FINDING MATT FORTE BUT IT’S OVER THE MIDDLE.  BACK UP…CAN’T GET OUT OF BOUNDS.  THE NEXT PLAY HANIE NEEDING TO SPIKE THE BALL.  HANIE NEEDING TO SPIKE THE BALL.  THE LAST THING HE NEEDS TO DO..LAST THING HE NEEDS TO DO IS A DAN MARINO.  HE SORT OF HITCHED IT, AND INSTEAD OF THE SPIKED BALL THAT’S CALLED INTENTIONAL GROUNDING.  WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?  TO END THE GAME.  HE WAS THINKING TOO MUCH.  WHAT A WAY FOR THIS GAME TO FINALLY END, AND THE OAKLAND RAIDERS WITH A BIG WIN.  THEY ARE 7-4 JUST LIKE THE BEARS.

01:52:16 – NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES.

 CHECK THINGS OUT, STARTING WITH TOM BRADY IN PHILA., TRYING TO PUT THE NAIL IN THE EAGLES COFFIN THAT THE GIANTS COULD NOT NAIL IN LAST SUNDAY.  VINCE YOUNG GETTING THE START AGAIN, AND LOOK AT WHAT VINCE DOES.  HE GOES AND FINDS VINCE PAPALI.  IT’S VINCE YOUNG TO VINCE PAPALI!  THAT’S RILEY COOPER.  HE WAS GOOD LAST WEEK AND HERE HE GOES AGAIN!  THE SCOUT TEAM WILL COME RIGHT THERE BABY.  2 PLAYS LATER… GO WITH WHAT YOU KNOW VINCE!  LESEAN MCCOY POPS IT IN.  LOOK AT THAT, AND TAKE THE LEAD!  POOR MAN’S MARSHALL FAULK.  HE’S GONNA BE A RICH MAN SOON THOUGH.  EAGLES ON TOP 7-0.  2^ND QUARTER IT’S..THEY WERE UP 10-0 WHEN TOM BRADY, NOW DOWN 10-7, SLINGS IT OVER THE MIDDLE.  DROPPED BY TAQUAN UNDERWOOD.  ..AND HE WAS IN THERE BECAUSE CHAD COULDN’T GO TODAY.  THAT WAS YOUR BALL CHAD.  NEXT PLAY BRADY ON 3^RD & 13 JUST BUYS TIME.  MOVES IN THE POCKET.  DEION BRANCH TO GO THERE.  I LIKE THAT.  HE SLIDES IN THE POCKET.  HE AVOIDS THE RUSH, AND HE DIRECTS TRAFFIC DOWNFIELD, AND DEION BRANCH GOTTA GET HIS.  HE GOTTA GET HIS.  BEN JARVIS GREEN-ELLIS, THE LAW FILM, POPPED IT IN THE END ZONE.  IT IS 14 UNANSWERED POINTS BY THE PATRIOTS THERE.  THEY GET THE BALL BACK.  THEY’RE ON THE PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD AGAIN.  BRADY TO A WIDE OPEN WES WELKER.  HOW DOES HE GET THIS OPEN?  BECAUSE HE RUNS GREAT ROUTES.  DOWN 10-0, BRADY DOESN’T PANIC BECAUSE HE HAS A PLETHORA OF RECEIVERS TO GO TO.  PLETHORA.  THAT’S NATE ALLEN WHO’S NEVER GOOD WITH A SPOT...  THEY’RE IN ..STUTTER AND SEE YA.  WE CALL THAT THE STREET BUS.  WE CALL THAT THE STREET BUS BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE HE PULLED THE CORD AND GOT OFF.  24-13 WAS YOUR SCORE AT HALFTIME.  AND THEN BRADY GETS THE BALL TO START THE 2^ND HALF.  EAGLES NEEDING TO GET BRADY OFF.  LOOK AT HIM GO!  INSTEAD HE’S SLIDING.  HE’S PICKING UP CHUNKS OF TURF …  DO WHAT YOU NEVER DO!  WITH HIS KNEE BRACE, AN 8 YD. GAIN, TAKING OUT THE DIVOT.  4 PLAYS LATER IT’S BRADY TO WES WELKER LEADING FOR THE PYLON.  THAT’S A TD.  YEA.  YOU COVER HIM ONE-ON-ONE IN AN OPTION ROUTE.  FORGET ABOUT IT.  EAGLES NEEDING TO GET THE PATRIOTS OFF THE FIELD.  INSTEAD, N.E. PUTS 6 ON THE BOARD; AND THEN THE NEXT EAGLES POSSESSION, 2^ND & 8 FROM THE 9, VINCE YOUNG.  HE’S GOT ALL DAY.  WHO STOPS HIM STEVE?  THAT’S JULIAN EDELMAN.  HE DOES IT ALL.  THE MOST VERSATILE PLAYER IN THE NFL.  MAKE A TACKLE JULIAN!  REMEMBER TROY SMITH DID THIS YEAR’S AGO?  IT’S REMARKABLE.  IT’S REMARKABLE HOW EVERYBODY DOES EVERYTHING NOW.  THE PATRIOTS..I’M SORRY, TROY BROWN.  2 PLAYS LATER ANDY REID DECIDES TO GO FOR IT DOWN 31-13.  HOW DID YOU AGREE WITH ME THERE MOOCH?  AND THERE IS BRENT CELEK.  TOO HIGH.  YOU WEREN’T LISTENING TO ME.  DOES HE COVER THINGS..?  IT’S LATE IN THE SEASON.  5^TH PLAY OF THE EAGLES NEXT DRIVE.  DOWN 31-13.  STILL..DESEAN JACKSON.  HE HAD A ROUGH DAY AS THIS ONE HIT HIM RIGHT BETWEEN THE 1 & THE 0.  TARGETED 10 TIMES.  HE DROPPED A FEW IN-ROUTES.  WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?  THAT MEANS..THERE’S CONTACT IN THERE.  I SEE.  2 PLAYS LATER VINCE YOUNG FOR JASON AVANT, AND HE CAN’T HOLD ON BUT VINCE IS ON THE GROUND; AND WHO’S THE ONE WHO KNOCKS HIM DOWN?  IS THAT JULIAN EDELMAN?  THIS IS NUTS.  THIS IS THE KIND OF GUY THAT DOESN’T SHOW UP WELL AT THE COMBINE BUT WHEN YOU PUT ON THE TAPE, HE PLAYS THE GAME.  MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME LEFT IN THE GAME WITH 8 MINS. TO GO AND CHANGE FOR THE BRADY TO GRONKOWSKI CONNECTION; AND THEN THE MONSTER GRONK STRIKE.  OLD FASHIONED BEAT DOWN.

01:55:50 – DENVER BRONCOS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

 AND THE BRONCOS AND THE S.D. CHARGERS CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL MINUTE.  BRONCOS AND CHARGERS.  WE HAVE NOT SEEN TIM TEBOW SINCE THE TEBOW TIME ARRIVED AGAINST THE JETS ON THURS. NIGHT FOOTBALL 2 WKS. AGO.  IT’S BEEN 7 WKS. SINCE THE CHARGERS HAVE WON A FOOTBALL GAME.  THEY WERE 4-1.  THEY ARE NOW 4-6, AND PHILIP RIVERS FINDING ANTONIO GATES TO PUT THE CHARGERS ON TOP 10-NOTHING.  MID-2^ND QUARTER, WHILE THE BRONCOS WERE DOING THEIR NORMAL THING WITH JUST RUNNING THE BALL…LAYING LOW, PLAYING SOME SOLID DEFENSE AND GETTING TIM TEBOW TO WING IT OVER THE MIDDLE WHEN HE NEEDS TO ON 2^ND & 7; AND THEN GETTING SOME QUALITY BOUNCES, EVEN THOUGH THEY FUMBLED THE BALL.  DANIEL __ FUMBLES THE BALL BUT THE BRONCOS GET IT RIGHT BACK RIGHT BEFORE THE HALF.  BOUNCE GOES THEIR WAY AND TIM TEBOW FLINGS IT RIGHT IN THE END ZONE.  I LOVE THE PLAY.  HE FAKES THE BUBBLE SCREEN OFF TO THE LEFT AND HE SHOOTS IT UP THE SEAM FOR THE TD.  HE THREW THE BALL EFFECTIVE TODAY.  RIGHT TO ERIC DECKER.  10-7.  JOHN ELWAY.  HE LIKES IT.  THAT’S MY FRANCHISE QB.  LET’S GO TO THE 4^TH QUARTER.  IT’S 13-10.  1^ST MINUTE OF THE 4^TH QUARTER.  3^RD & 1.  RYAN MATTHEWS 1^ST DOWN AND MORE!  39 YDS. BUT THIS LED TO A MISSED F.G. BY NICK NOVAK, AND JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE BRONCOS WERE ON THE LOSING SIDE OF THINGS, HERE COMES TEBOW DOWN JUST 3 WITH 9 MINS. TO GO, DOING WHAT TEBOW DOES!  PICKING UP THE 1ST DOWN.  BRONCOS…WITH 6 MINS. TO GO.  THEY MISSED A F.G., HOWEVER.  ACTUALLY, PUSHED OUT OF F.G. RANGE.  AND MORE DEFENSE BY THE DENVER BRONCOS RIGHT THERE.  THIS KID IS…VAUGHAN MILLER SACKING PHILIP RIVERS.  DEF. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.  5 MINS. TO GO, IT’S 3^RD & 11.  TIM TEBOW, WHAT TIME IS IT?  IT’S TEBOW TIME!  TEBOW…WHO-E-O.  TEBOW…TO ERIC DECKER!  39 YDS. ON 3^RD & 11.  WHAT’S MORE UPSETTING?  I CAN’T BELIEVE HE GAVE UP HIS ..1^ST DOWN.  NORV CHALLENGED.  BALL IN DECKER’S GUT?  RULED A COMPLETION ON THE FIELD AND UPHELD ON REPLAY.  TEBOW, 2^ND & 9!  YOU CAN’T THREAD THE NEEDLE ANY BETTER THAN THAT DOWN THE SIDELINE.  TO DANTE ROSARIO LEADING TO 3 PLAYS LATER 3^RD & 8.  TEBOW…  BUT HE’S STOPPED SHORT OF THE 1^ST DOWN.  HE DOESN’T GET THE TD.  HE HAS TO SETTLE FOR A F.G. AND THIS GAME DOES, IN FACT, GO INTO O.T.  IN WHICH PHILIP RIVERS HANDS IT OFF TO RYAN MATTHEWS WITH 5 MINS. TO GO.  THAT’S A GREAT OPEN FIELD TACKLE.  THEY’RE IN F.G. RANGE ALREADY.  BY BRIAN DAWKINS, TACKLE.  TIM TEBOW WATCHING NICK NOVAK COMING OUT WITH LESS THAN 3 MINS. TO GO.  INSTEAD OF TEBOW TIME COULD IT BE NOVAK TIME FOR 53 YDS. OUT?!  IT’S MARKED!  WHAT MIGHT THAT HAVE BEEN?  BUT, THERE WAS A TIMEOUT CALLED.  YEA.  JOHN FOX DID THE OLD MIKE SHANAHAN.  SO THAT MEANS IT’S NICK NOVAK WITH A 2^ND LIFE FOR 52.  THIS ONE IS ….IT’S TEBOW TIME!  YOU KNEW THAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN.  THE WRITING’S ON THE WALL OR IT COULD BE TEBOW TIED WITH 2 MINS. TO GO; AND HERE’S WILLEST MCGAHEE UP THE MIDDLE.  HE IS RUNNING THE LIGHTS OUT OF THE FOOTBALL..INTO THE RED ZONE, AND THE BRONCOS SET IT UP ON THE FOOT OF MATT PRADER, AS JOHN ELWAY’S ON THE FIELD FIRST-PUMPING BRIAN SANDERS.  THAT’S MCDANIEL’S GUY.  NOW IT’S MY GUY!  AND IT’S PRADER FOR THE WIN.  HE GOT IT!  THE BRONCOS ARE 6-5.  THEY WERE 1-4.

01:59:45 – PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

 EVENTUALLY, THIS WILL BE A WALK-AWAY GAME FOR THE PITTS. STEELERS BUT…A PREGAME DRAMA HERE WITH …ROETHLISBERGER.  REMEMBER, HE’S GOT THAT FRACTURED THUMB.  IT’S FRACTURED ON THE TIP OF THE THUMB.  THAT’S WHY HE’S PLAYING.  DIDN’T HAVE TO HAVE SURGERY, UNLIKE CUTLER.  IN THE FACE.  TYLER…HITS STEVE MINARI AND TROY POLAMALU MADE THE TACKLE AND GOT UP A LITTLE WOOZY, AND THAT WAS IT FOR …BIT DUDE.  PRAYING FOR YOU MAN.  THAT WAS IT FOR POLAMALU.  RYAN SUCCUPP WITH A 41 YD. F.G.   CHIEFS ON TOP 3-NOTHING.  MAWELDE MOORE NOW IS GONNA BE HIT BY __ ALI.  GIVES UP THE FOOTBALL.  YOU’VE GOT ROMEO CRENNEL’S DEFENSE, FLYING TO THE BALL, AND GOOD THINGS HAPPEN NOW WHEN YOU PURSUE LIKE THAT.  TERRELL SUGGS..  HERE IS __ A COUPLE OF POSSESSIONS LATER.  PICKED OFF BY IKE TAYLOR WHO’S HAVING A TREMENDOUS SEASON.  RETURNS IT 29 YDS. DOWN TO THE CHIEFS 7 YD. LINE.  PRO BOWL-TYPE SEASON BY THIS CORNERBACK.  TAYLOR’S NOT MENTIONED IN THE SAME SENTENCE AS DERRELLE REVIS BUT HE’S HAVING A GREAT SEASON.  LED TO A SHAUN SUISSEM F.G.  THE GAME TIED-UP AT 3, AND THEN __ AGAIN.  MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE.  3 PICKS AND THREW A COUPLE EARLY HERE.  YEA, THOSE ARE 3 PLAYS THAT HE’D LIKE TO HAVE BACK.  THEY LOOK OUT OF WHACK.  THEY’VE GOT TO CONSIDER MAYBE USING SOMEONE ELSE.  DON’T THROW THAT BALL.  WELL, REMEMBER, THEY GOT KYLE ORTON OFF WAIVERS.  HOW ABOUT THIS CHIEFS DEFENSE?  ALI WITH THE SACK RIGHT THERE.  INCREDIBLE TODAY, MAN.  THEY PLAYED LIKE LIGHTS OUT FOOTBALL.  FOR JOHN __, CALLED FOR DEF. HOLDING.  THE STEELERS ARE STILL IN BUSINESS.  AND ROETHLISBERGER.  WE KNOW WE CAN BUY SOME TIME.  LOOK AT THE MOBILITY MAN.  IT’S A WESLEY SAUNDERS IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  ..1 GREAT PLAY DESERVES ANOTHER.  A GREAT SCRAMBLE BY ROETHLISBERGER BUT A GREATER CATCH AT THE BACK OF THE END ZONE GETTING BOTH FEET DOWN.  STEELERS UP 13-6 AT THE BREAK.  4^TH QUARTER NOW ON A 3^RD & 6.  IT’S PACO TO JONATHAN BALL WITH THEIR 1^ST ROUND PICK OUT OF PITT 20 YDS. AND A 1^ST DOWN.  AND NOW, ON A 3^RD & 2, IT’S JACKIE BATTLE, WHO RUNS IT IN.  OH MAN, THAT WAS SO WIDE OPEN.  THEY HAD THIS PLAY DESIGNED, SETUP PERFECTLY, AND HE RUNS INTO HIS OWN MAN.  SO THEY ENDED UP GETTING THE F.G. THERE.  SO HERE WE GO.  STEELERS COMING RIGHT BACK, AND IT’S ROETHLISBERGER TO MIKE WALLACE.  WALLACE HAS MISSED THE LAST COUPLE OF GAMES AFTER HIS MOTHER HAD PASSED AWAY.  STEELERS FORCED TO PUNT.  GOTTA GIVE ROMEO CRENNEL CREDIT THE WAY THIS DEFENSE IS PLAYING.  3:01 LEFT HERE ON A 3^RD & 4.  POP BALL TO BALDWIN.  DOES GET OUT OF BOUNDS.  CHIEFS STILL HAVE 3 TIMEOUTS.  DON’T USE ONE THERE.  1:55 LEFT.  NICE TACKLE.  NICE TACKLE!  WILLIAM GAYE WITH A NICE JOB.  SO IT’S 4^TH DOWN.  HALEY’S GONNA GO FOR IT ON 4^TH & 7.  AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN, TYLER PACO COMES TO LIFE.  IT’S A 1^ST DOWN!  HERE WE GO!  TALK ABOUT MAKING PLAYS WHEN YOU NEED TO MAKE PLAYS DOWN THE STRETCH.  3 PLAYS LATER HERE ON A 3^RD & 4.  PACO TO STEVE BREASTON FOR A 1^ST DOWN.  CHIEFS USE THEIR 2^ND TIMEOUT.  BRANDON ALBERT IS DOWN ON THE FIELD.  HE DID RETURN THOUGH ON THE NEXT PLAY.  38 SECS. LEFT.  1^ST & 15…WHEN FALCO IS PICKED OFF FOR THE 3^RD TIME TONIGHT.  __ LEWIS GETS IT.

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