SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 13

 

  1. COLTS @ PATRIOTS   2:40

  2. BRONCOS @ VIKINGS   3:53

  3. TITANS @ BILLS   4:07

  4. RAIDERS @ DOLPHINS   2:56

  5. JETS @ REDSKINS   2:56

  6. FALCONS @ TEXANS   3:21

  7. CHIEFS @ BEARS   3:53

  8. BENGALS @ STEELERS   3:08

  9. PANTHERS @ BUCCANEERS   3:01

  10. EAGLES @ SEAHAWKS   4:30

  11. RAVENS @ BROWNS   1:50

  12. PACKERS @ GIANTS   3:51

  13. COWBOYS @ CARDINALS   2:24

  14. RAMS @ 49ERS   1:51

  15. LIONS @ SAINTS  5:14

        TRT:   61:41    WITH BARS

 

01:10:15 – INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

 

THIS IS THE 6TH TIME THE COLTS ARE THE LAST REMAINING WINLESS TEAM IN THE NFL, BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE PEYTON MANNING THIS YEAR.  THE FUTURE HALL OF FAMERS EXCHANGE PLEASANTRIES BEFORE THE GAME AND THEN, 1ST QUARTER ON A 3RD & 6, DAN ORLOVSKY, GETTING THE START, HITS JACOB TAMI FOR A GAIN OF 20.  SETS UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 33.  AND THEN, ONTO THE 2ND, 11 PLAYS LATER, IT’S THE SAME DRIVE.  ORLOVSKY’S SACKED BY ROB __.  BIG-TIME PLAY BY THE PATRIOTS DEFENSE AND THE COLTS WOULD HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A F.G. THAT TIED THE GAME AT 3.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR THE PATRIOTS, TOM BRADY THROWS TO CHAD OCHOCINCO.  OCHO MAKING THE GRAB.  JUST HIS 12TH CATCH OF THE SEASON.  KEEPS THE CHAINS MOVING FOR N.E., AND HEARS IT FROM THE CROWD.  5 PLAYS LATER, BRADY BACK TO PASS.  HE’S GOT SOME TIME, AND HE LOOKS END ZONE.  THAT IS ROB GRONKOWSKI, HIS FAVORITE RED ZONE TARGET WITH THE TRADEMARK SPIKE.  AN 11 YD. SCORE.  10-NOTHING N.E.  GRONK’S 12TH TD. OF THE SEASON.  THERE’S OUR NEXT POSSESSION, 18 SECS. LEFT IN THE HALF.  THEY DO THE HANDOFF TO BEN JARVIS GREEN-ELLIS.  HE GETS IN THERE FOR THE 1 YD. SCORE.  SO THE PATRIOTS SCORE TWICE IN LESS THAN 3 MINS. TO MAKE IT 17-3 AT HALFTIME.  THEN 3RD QUARTER.  THE ROUTE WAS ON.  RON GRONKOWSKI AGAIN, HIS 2ND TD. OF THE GAME; AND HE’S GOT 8 TDS. NOW IN HIS LAST 5 GAMES AFTER THAT ONE.  ALSO A GAIN OF 13 TDS. ON THE SEASON WHICH TIES A T.E. RECORD.  AND THEN, THE COLTS MAKE A MISTAKE ON OFFENSE.  THE LONE CARTER FUMBLES AND MATTHEW SLATER WAS THE ONE WHO FORCED IT.  KYLE HARRINGTON RECOVERS.  PEYTON MANNING CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT IS GOING ON.  A DISASTROUS START FOR INDY, DOWN 24-3, AND THEN BRADY THROWS AGAIN TO GRONKOWSKI.  HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE BUT THIS ONE IS CALLED A RUSHING TD BECAUSE IT WAS THROWN BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.  SO, GRONKOWSKI GETS 3 TDS. IN THE GAME.  14 TDS. ON THE SEASON FOR GRON.  MORE THAN ANY OTHER T.E. IN A SINGLE SEASON IN HISTORY.  AND, THE PATRIOTS DEFENSE COMES UP BIG AGAIN IN THE 4TH QUARTER.  JARROD MAYO WITH A DIVING INTERCEPTION OF DAN ORLOVSKI.  SO PEYTON MANNING’S GONNA TRY AND GIVE HIM SOME INSTRUCTION ON THE SIDELINES.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER.  SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED.  ORLOVSKI THROWS THE TD. TO PIERRE GARCON.  GARCON’S 2ND TD. CATCH OF THE GAME; AND THAT CUTS THE LEAD TO 7.  SO THEN ON FOR THE ONSIDE KICK!  OH NO.  BUT THERE IS DEION BRANCH WITH THE RECOVERY, AND THE PATRIOTS ARE ABLE TO HOLD ON.  ALMOST BLEW THE LEAD.  THEY IMPROVE TO 9-3 ON THE SEASON WITH A 31-24 WIN.

 

01:13:04 – DENVER BRONCOS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS

 

DENVER BRONCOS, MINN. VIKINGS.  ADRIAN PETERSON, VAUGHN MILLER, R.B., LINEBACKER NOT PLAYING TODAY.  2ND VIKINGS POSSESSION.  CHRISTIAN PRONGER HAD SOME GOOD THROWS TODAY.  THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY ONE OF THEM.  MARIO HAGEN, PICK 6.  THE BRONCOS UP 7-2.  GOOD TEAM DEFENSE.  NICE JOB BY THE..LOOK AT THIS.  THERE WERE SEVERAL OF THOSE YOU WONDER…  DENVER GAVE UP 489 YDS. TODAY.  WE HAVEN’T SEEN THE DENVER DEFENSE BE THAT GENEROUS IN QUITE SOME TIME.  KYLE RUDOLPH, THE TOP SIDE END IN THE DRAFT THIS YEAR.  THIS UIS UNBELIEVABLE.  LOOK AT THIS CATCH.  WOW.  GOING UP AND GETTING IT.  STRONG HANDS!  WOW.  AND, YES, THAT’S A TD. BECAUSE HE TOOK 2, 3, 4 STEPS.  AND WHAT WAS THAT RULE.. THEY CALLED IT?  HE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THAT HE HAD CONTROL OF THE BALL.  HE FINISHED THE CATCH.  VIKINGS ON TOP 15-7 AT HALFTIME.  3RD QUARTER.  THIS IS 3RD & 9.  TEBOW, DENARIUS THOMAS A LITTLE BIT OPEN.  O.K.  DID YOU SEE THAT ROPE?  I DON’T HEAR EITHER ONE OF YOU GUYS TALKING.  THAT WAS A GREAT THROW AND CATCH, JAMIE.  HOW ABOUT THAT?  I THINK IT WAS A ROPE.  THAT WAS A ROPE!  3RD & 10.  PERCY HARVIN HAD A MONSTER DAY.  52 YD. TD.  22-14, VIKINGS.  AND I LIKE HOW THEY’RE JUST USING PERCY HARVIN ALL OVER THE PLACE.  R.B.  ALL OVER THE PLACE.  IN THE SLOT.  OUTSIDE.  TOUGH TO GAME PLAN FOR HIM.  JUAN COSBY WITH A 63 YD. KICKOFF RETURN.  THEN TEBOW BUYING TIME, SCRAMBLING.  AND LOOK AT THE PLAY.  LOOK AT THE PLAY.  NICE.  THAT’S A NICE PLAY.  DENARIUS THOMAS 41 YD. SCORE.  THAT’S WHERE, TRUTHFULLY, THAT’S WHERE THE PASSING YDS. WILL COME FROM TODAY AND GOING INTO THE FUTURE WITH TIM.  KEEPING PLAYS ALIVE AND GETTING THE BALL INTO THE HANDS OF HIS RECEIVERS AND LETTING THEM WORK WITH HIM.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  PONDER, PERCY HARVIN.  HE’S NOT DONE.  THIS GOES ON THE STAT SHEET AS A 60 YD. OR 50 YD. TD. CATCH AND THROW.  THE TRUTH IS, THAT’S GETTING TO THE FOOTBALL AND ALLOWING YOUR PLAYMAKERS TO MAKE PLAYS.  AND THE KEY PART HERE TOO IS PLAYERS RALLY INTO THEIR QB.  VIKINGS UP 29-21.  OH, THAT’S A GREAT THROW.  DENARIUS THOMAS.  TOM, WHAT WERE YOU SAYING?  THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT THROW.  O.K.  YOU WERE REALLY SLOW ON THESE GUYS.  O.K.  WILLEST MCGAHEE, EXCELLENT..  YOU’RE NOT GONNA SHAKE ME.  TIM TEBOW 24 YD. BRONCO TD.  PLAYERS CONTINUE TO RALLY AROUND THIS YOUNG MAN.  WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE PLAYS.  WILLEST MCGAHEE HAS BEEN A PLEASANT SURPRISE THIS YEAR.  OVER 200 YDS. AGAIN.  HE’S GONNA RUN FOR OVER 1,000.  2 PT. CONVERSION.  NO SURPRISE BUT TIM TEBOW MUSCLING THE BALL IN.  WE ARE ALL TIED AT 29.  LOOKED LIKE HE SCARED THE REF.  JUST WATCH THAT THE NEXT TIME THROUGH.  2:51 LEFT.  DENARIUS THOMAS.  THE MAIN TARGET TODAY AND WIDE OPEN AGAIN.  A LOT OF SPOTS.  A LOT OF HOLES IN THAT VIKING DEFENSE.  THE VIKINGS 28.  3RD & 10 NOW.  LOOK AT THAT.  DENARIUS.  THOMAS GOT BOTH HANDS ON IT BUT COULDN’T COME UP WITH THE BALL.  AGAIN, GREAT LOCATION FOR THE BALL THROWN.  YOU CAN’T ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT.  HOPE.  I DON‘T FAULT THE RECEIVER.  IT WAS IN THE RIGHT SPOT.  IT WAS.  JOHN ELWAY DIDN’T LIKE THAT.  F.G.  TIED THE GAME AT 32.  BRIAN DAWKINS GETTING THE TEAM READY TO ROLL.  1:33 LEFT.  PONDER WANTS HARVIN AGAIN BUT THROWS IT RIGHT TO ANDRE GOODMAN.  WHAT WAS HE THINKING?  THE LAST THING YOU CAN DO IS TURN THE BALL OVER IN YOUR OWN TERRITORY.  HE HAD 3 TDS. BUT ALSO 2 INTERCEPTIONS TO GO ALONG WITH 381 YDS. PASSING.  6 PLAYS LATER THE BRONCOS DIDN’T DO MUCH BUT JUST TAKE TIME OFF THE FIELD, GET THE BALL RIGHT THERE, AND THAT IS GOOD FOR MATT PRADER.  BRONCOS WIN 35-32.



 

 

01:17:05 – TENNESSEE TITANS @ BUFFALO BILLS

 

IF THEY COULD FIND A WAY TO WIN AT BUFFALO, WINNING AGAINST BUFFALO BEEN A LITTLE BIT EASIER.  HERE HE IS BOYS.  I MIGHT EVEN GO FOR THAT LEMON LAW.  YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT FITZPATRICK OR JOHNSON?  I’M TALKING ABOUT C.J.  BUT C.J.’S SHOWN SOME POSITIVE SIGNS TODAY.  HAD A NICE DAY, EXCEPT FOR THAT PLAY.  FUMBLE OUT OF THE END ZONE YOU MEAN?  YEA.  OH, IT’S AWFUL.  I MEAN THIS POOR KID.  JUMPS ON THE BALL THE BACK OF THE END ZONE AND REGAINS POSSESSION TO FORCE ___ OUT OF BOUNDS.  SEE, I THOUGHT HE HAD HIS HAND..GOT THE BALL.  IT’S A TD.  YEA.  YEA.  BUFFALO LEADING 7-3.  NON-TRADITIONAL SCORE BY C.J. _.  TENN. DRIVES 2ND & 10.  CHRIS JOHNSON.  I GUESS HE CAME TO PLAY AGAIN TODAY.  HE DID.  190 YDS. LAST WEEK ON THE GROUND.  TODAY 153.  SEEN SIGNS OF C.J. 2K IN THE PAST.  HE HAD ALMOST 90 YDS. IN THE 1ST QUARTER, 2 TDS.  R.B. HIGHLIGHTS HERE.  SO FAR, BUFFALO.  C.J. SPIELLER AGAIN HANGING ONTO THE BALL THE WHOLE WAY.  THAT’S A GOOD IDEA.  41 YD. TD. BUT, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  DON’T CALL IT BACK. CORY MCINTYRE HOLDS CORTLAND FINNEGAN.  THAT’S NOT A HOLD.  THAT’S’ MORE OF A TACKLE.  YEA.  STILL A TD CALLED BACK.  4 PLAYS LATER IT’S 4TH & 3.  FITZPATRICK TRYING TO SCRAMBLE.  FUMBLE FORCED.  RECOVERED BY TITANS LINEBACKER CULLEN MCCARTHY.  AND I DON’T KNOW WHY YOUR QB, AND I UNDERSTAND IT’S 4TH & 3 BUT HE STARTING CUTTING TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD WHERE ALL THE TRAFFIC IS.  WELL, BUT THERE’S NO…I MEAN THAT WAS JUST A HECK OF A PLAY.  I MEAN HAT FULLY ON THE BALL.  THAT’S TRUE BUT IT’S STILL…I’M TRYING TO DEFEND THE GUY YOU SOLD, O.K.?  YEA, I KNOW.  ENSUING TITANS DRIVE.  CHRIS JOHNSON IN AGAIN.  HIS FIRST MULTIPLE TD. GAME SINCE WK. 5 OF LAST YEAR.  HOW ABOUT 187 TOTAL RUSHING YDS. FROM THE TITANS TODAY?  17-7 LEAD.  NEXT BUFFALO DRIVE.  DRAWL PLAY TO C.J. SPIELLER.  HE HAD A BIG DAY AS WELL.  THIS IS 25 YDS.  AND THIS IS WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE.  C.J. SPIELLER 14 CARRIES, 83 YDS. AND A TD.  YOU SAW ONE CALLED BACK.  AGAIN, IT’S ABOUT THE EXPLOSIVENESS OF C.J. SPIELLER; AND THAT’S WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE OUT OF THIS YOUNG MAN.  FITZPATRICK HAS A WEAPON AT T.E., SCOTT SHIELD, BUT SCOTT CHANDLER NO LONGER HAS THE FOOTBALL AS OF RIGHT …THERE.  YEA, IF THIS WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE CINCY BENGALS EARLY ON.  YOU CANNOT HAVE THE TURNOVERS AND THE MISCUES AND THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AND TRY TO WIN A FOOTBALL GAME.  THEY LIVED ON THE TAKEAWAY EARLY IN THE SEASON.  THEY ARE DYING BY WAY OF THE TURNOVER AT THIS POINT.  LED TO A ROB BARONNAS F.G. TO MAKE IT 20-10.  INTO THE 4TH QUARTER, 3RD DOWN & 10.  HASSELBECK TO DAMIAN WILLIAMS.  GAIN OF 18, LED TO A 44 YD. ROB BARONNAS F.G.  IT’S NOW 23-10.  AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.  MATT HASSELBECK CAN MAKE SOME BIG PLAYS BUT DOESN’T MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES, AND WITH C.J. __ RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, TOUGH OFFENSE TO DEFEND.  STEVE A. JOHNSON WIDE OPEN OVER THE MIDDLE FOR A GAIN OF 22.  STEVE A. JOHNSON, 5 CATCHES, 52 YDS. AND A TD.  4TH & GOAL, FITZPATRICK.  JOHNSON 2 YD. SCORE.  GIVE THE BALL TO THE OFFICIAL.  THERE YOU GO.  NO PROBLEM.  NO PROBLEM.  HE DIDN’T WANT TO SHOW ANY…  43 SECS. LEFT.  FITZPATRICK SAID NAMEN ROOSEVELT GAIN OF 25.  REMINDS YOU OF YOUR DOG WHEN HIS EARS ARE DOWN, WHEN YOUR DOG DID SOMETHING WRONG.  THAT’S HOW HE KIND OF WENT TO THE SIDELINE.  4 PLAYS LATER IT’S 4TH & 10.  JUST 17 SECS. LEFT.  FITZPATRICK TO DAVID NELSON.  INCOMPLETE.  THIS IS 5 CONSECUTIVE LOSSES FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS.  5!  THEY LOSE AT HOME.  THEY’D BEEN GOOD SO FAR THIS YEAR.  BIG WIN FOR THE TITANS THOUGH.  MAYBE FINDING THEMSELVES A LITTLE TOO LATE.  MATT HASSELBECK WITH A GREAT START TO THE SEASON.  HOW DO YOU FIND YOURSELF TOO LATE?  THEY’RE 2 GAMES BEHIND THE HOUSTON TEXANS.  THAT’S O.K.  IN THEIR DIVISION.  THAT’S O.K.  THEY MAY FIND THEMSELVES AS A WILDCARD IF THE BENGALS LOSE.  THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING.  I THINK THEY ARE IN GREAT SHAPE.  I SAID MAY.  THEY ARE.. BECAUSE YOU GOT C.J. 2K WHO’S FINDING WHO HE IS NOW.  MATT HASSELBECK.  THERE WAS NO REASON FOR HIM TO HAVE THE TREMENDOUS DAY HE DID WHEN HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO, LED HIS TEAM TO A VICTORY.  HE CAN DO IT ALL.  I LIKE WHAT I SEE AND WHERE THEY ARE POSITIONED.

 

01:21:20 – OAKLAND RAIDERS @ MIAMI DOLPHINS

 

DOLPHINS HAVE WON OF THE LAST 6 MEETINGS BETWEEN THESE TEAMS.  CARSON PALMER AND THE RAIDERS HAVE WON 3 STRAIGHT.  REGGIE BUSH NEEDS JUST 14 YDS. TO MATCH HIS CAREER HIGH FOR RUSHING YDS. IN A SEASON, AND HE GETS IT EARLY ON IN THE GAME.  BUSH USING SOME POWER.  A 15 YD. GAIN.  SETS A NEW CAREER HIGH AND TONY SPARANO LOVES IT.  REALLY PUMPED UP ABOUT THAT BIG RUN.  SET UP A F.G. FOR THE DOLPHINS.  THEY GO UP 3-NOTHING.  THEN, ON THE TOSS, BUSH WILL CUT IT BACKFIELD.  HE HITS THE SIDELINE.  BUSH TRYING TO MAKE A CUT, AND HE STAYS INBOUNDS.  PUTS ON THE JETS.  GETS 29 YDS. ON THE PLAY.  THAT SETUP ANOTHER F.G. GOING UP 6-0 MIAMI AT HOME.  ONTO THE 2ND, MATT MOORE.  2ND & 8.  HE’S DANCING AROUND.  HE’S GOT SOME TIME.  HE’S GONNA THROW IT.  HE HITS ANTHONY FAISANO WHO IS WIDE OPEN.  FAISANO PICKS UP 26 TO THE 35.  THEN SAME DRIVE 3RD & 8.  MOORE, HE’S GOT TIME.  DUMPS IT OVER THE MIDDLE DEVON BESS TAKES IT IN FOR THE SCORE.  DOLPHINS WITH THEIR FIRST TD. OF THE GAME.  THE FANS AT HOME LOVING IT.  MIAMI UP 13-NOTHING.  2 RAIDERS POSSESSIONS LATER, A 2ND & 20 FOR CARSON PALMER.  HE IS BROUGHT DOWN.  SACKED BY VAUNTE DAVIS WHO CAME ON THE CORNER BLITZ.  RAIDERS ONLY WITH 107 YDS. IN THE 1ST HALF.  HELD SCORELESS IN THE 1ST HALF FOR ONLY THE 2ND TIME THIS SEASON.  DOLPHINS DEFENSE GETTING IT DONE.  3RD QUARTER, RAIDERS KICKING IT OF.  CLYDE GATES WILL RETURN IT FROM DEEP IN HIS END ZONE.  THERE’S NO ONE AROUND HIM.  HE MAKES A MOVE TOWARD THE SIDELINE AND, NO, THE KICKER CANNOT GET HIM.  CLYDE GATES TAKES IT TO THE 25.  A RETURN OF 77 YDS.  AND THEN A 1ST & GOAL FOR REGGIE BUSH.  HE GETS THE TD.  HE JUST WENT OVER 100 YDS. ON THE GAME OR HAD HIS 2ND 100 YD. GAME OF THE SEASON.  DOLPHINS UP

20-NOTHING, AND THEN ON THE END AROUND THEY GIVE IT TO CLYDE GATES WHO GETS 4 YDS. ON THE PLAY BUT THERE IS A PERSONAL FOUL CALL ON RICHARD SEYMOUR.  WHAT HAPPENED TO SEYMOUR ON THIS ONE?  KNOWN AS A HOTHEAD AT TIMES.  HE ENDED UP PUNCHING RICHIE INCOGNITO IN THE FACEMASK.  THERE IT IS.  FOR THAT SEYMOUR GETS TOSSED TO LEAVE THE FIELD.  DOLPHINS UP 20-NOTHING AND NOTHING GOING RIGHT FOR THE RAIDERS.  2 PLAYS LATER MATT MOORE.  HE’S GONNA TAKE IT HIMSELF ON THE DELAY.  BRINGS IT UP THE MIDDLE FOR THE SCORE.  MOORE WITH AN 8 YD. TD. RUN.  HE HAD A TD. PASS AND A TD. RUN IN THE GAME, AND THE DOLPHINS GO UP 27-NOTHING.  AND THEN CARSON PALMER UNABLE TO GET ANYTHING GOING, ON THE TIPPED BALL THE DOLPHINS.  KEVIN BURNETT WITH THE INTERCEPTION!  PASS INTENDED FOR LEWIS MURPHY BUT BURNETT IS THERE, AND HE’S GONNA RETURN IT.  HE’S GONNA TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE.  AN EXCLAMATION POINT ON TOP OF THE BIG WIN FOR THE DOLPHINS AT HOME.  RAIDERS WOULD GET ON THE SCOREBOARD BUT THE DOLPHINS GET THE WIN OVER OAKLAND.

 

01:25:25 – NEW YORK JETS @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS

 

THE REDSKINS LEAD THIS ALL-TIME SERIES 8 & 1.  MARK SANCHEZ THOUGH COMING OFF A SEASON BEST 4 TD. PERFORMANCE LAST WEEK.  REDSKINS OPENING DRIVE.  REX GROSSMAN.  HE’S GONNA LOOK DOWNFIELD.  FINDS A WIDE OPEN FRED DAVIS.  HIS T.E. TAKES IT INSIDE THE 20.  DAVIS PICKS UP 42 YDS. ON THE PLAY.  SETS UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 14.  SKINS IN BUSINESS.  THEY GO WITH THE TOSS TO ROY HALU.  HALU, AND THE ROOKIE GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  HIS 2ND TD. OF THE SEASON.  REDSKINS SCORE FIRST AND GO UP 7-NOTHING AT HOME WHERE THEY HAVE LOST 3 IN A ROW.  BUT THE JETS WOULD BOUNCE BACK ON THE ENSUING DRIVE.  A 2ND & 11.  THE DUMP OFF TO LADAINIAN TOMLINSON.  HE GETS THE FIRST DOWN BUT HE WAS TAKEN DOWN AWKWARDLY BY O.J. ATOGWE.  ATOGWE NOT PENALIZED ON THE PLAY EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMED TO BE A CLEAR HORSE COLLAR.  TOMLINSON LEFT THE GAME BUT WOULD LATER RETURN.  10 PLAYS LATER.  3RD & 3 ON THE SLANT ROUTE.  PLAXICO BURRESS IS THERE.  SETS UP A 1ST & GOAL AT THE 1 AND SHAWN GREEN WOULD TAKE IT IN FOR THE TD. TYING THE GAME AT 7.  A 17 PLAY DRIVE FOR THE JETS.  2ND QUARTER, REDSKINS WITH A TOSS TO ROY HALU!  HE IS UNABLE TO BREAK THE TACKLE BUT HE STILL PICKS UP 22 ON THE PLAY.  DRIVE WOULD END WITH A F.G.  REDSKINS UP 10-7.  THEN 2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR THE JETS.  THE DUMP-OFF TO SANTONIO HOLMES.  HE PICKS UP 12 YDS. AND A 1ST DOWN.  SANTONIO HOLMES MAKING A 1 HANDED GRAB, AND HE MAKES IT WITH A CATCH IN STRIDE.  SETS UP A F.G. TO TIE THE GAME AT 10.  REDSKINS GO INTO HALFTIME.  UP 13-10.  NOW WITH THE GAME TIED AT 13, THIS TIME IT’S ROY HALU LOSING THE FOOTBALL.  THE CALL ON THE FIELD IS THAT HALU WAS DOWN BUT REX RYAN WOULD CHALLENGE THE CALL; AND THE BALL, IT WAS COMING OUT BEFORE HALU TOUCHED THE GROUND.  SO REX RYAN WINS HIS 2ND CHALLENGE OF THE GAME BUT THE JETS COULD NOT CAPITALIZE BECAUSE NICK POLK MISSED A F.G.  SO THE JETS DOWN 16-13, TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.  MARK SANCHEZ PUMP FAKE, THROWS OVER THE MIDDLE.  MAKES THE CONVERSION ON A 3RD DOWN.  THE BIG TIME PLAY BY MARK SANCHEZ AND SHAWN GREEN COMING OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.  DRIVE ALIVE.  2 PLAYS LATER 2ND & 5, SANCHEZ, PUMP FAKE.  LOOKING END ZONE.  WIDE OPEN.  SANTONIO HOLMES A 30 YD. SCORE DOING THE JET, THE AIRPLANE IN THE END ZONE.  JETS GO UP 20-16.  BUT COULD REX GROSSMAN BRING BACK THE SKINS?  HE GETS STRIPPED AS HE WAS BACK TO PASS.  AARON __ FORCES THE FUMBLE.  CALVIN PACE RECOVERS AND THEN 2ND & GOAL, SHAWN GREEN OUT OF THE WILDCAT FORMATION, TAKES IT IN.  JETS GO UP 27-16.  GREEN HAD 3 TDS. AND SCORED ANOTHER ONE.  SO WITH THE TEAM UP

34-19, REDSKINS TRYING TO COME BACK, AND REX GROSSMAN WITH THE HEAVE.  PASS IS INTERCEPTED BY KYLE WILSON, AND THE REDSKINS FALL TO THE JETS.

 

01:27:27 – ATLANTA FALCONS @ HOUSTON TEXANS

 

TEXANS ON A FRANCHISE RECORD 5 GAME WINNING STREAK.  THEY’RE TRYING TO GET THE WIN WITHOUT MATT SCHAUB, IN A CAST AND DRIVING AROUND ON A SCOOTER.  SO, INSTEAD, IT’S T.J. YATES, THE ROOKIE FROM N.C., BECOMING THE 1ST QB FROM N.C. TO MAKE A START.  UP 3-0, ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT, BOMBS 1 DOWN THE FIELD.  ANDRE JOHNSON MAKES THE CATCH!  A 50 YD. PASS PLAY FOR DREY DAY IN THE 2ND QUARTER.  HIS LONGEST RECEPTION OF THE SEASON.  THEN 3 PLAYS LATER, YATES OVER THE MIDDLE.  JOE DRESSON GETS THE SCORE.  THE BOOTH WOULD REVIEW IT.  THE PLAY WOULD STAND.  THE 1ST TD. PASS FOR T.J. YATES.  TEXANS UP 10-NOTHING.  THEY WOULD GO INTO HALFTIME LEADING 10-3.  THEN, 3RD QUARTER, DOWN.  MATT RYAN FINDS JULIO JONES FOR 26 YDS.  THAT SETUP A 1ST & GOAL AT THE 4.  RYAN BACK TO PASS.  ALL KINDS OF TIME.  THROWS WIDE OPEN RODDY WHITE.  HOW DID HE GET SO WIDE OPEN ON THE PLAY?  WHITE WITH 4 CATCHES, 51 YDS. IN THE GAME AND THAT TD.  HIS 5TH TD. OF THE SEASON.  THAT TIED THE GAME AT 10.  ENSUING TEXANS POSSESSION.  YATES LOOKING FOR ANDRE JOHNSON BUT LOOKS LIKE HE RE-INJURED HIS HAMSTRING.  THE ONE THAT CAUSED HIM TO MISS SEVERAL WEEKS THIS SEASON.  LOOKS LIKE HE GOT HURT ON THAT ONE AND, ACTUALLY, IT WAS HIS LEFT HAMSTRING THIS TIME.  HE MISSED 6 GAMES EARLIER IN THE SEASON WITH A RIGHT HAMSTRING INJURY.  HE DID NOT RETURN.  ONTO THE 4TH.  TEXANS WITH THE BALL.  GAME TIED.  4TH QUARTER, AND A PICKOFF.  INTERCEPTION BY MIKE PETERSON TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE.  IS THIS WHERE T.J. YATES COMES UNDONE, FOR HOUSTON?  NO.  HE GETS SPARRED.  THERE’S A HOLDING CALL ON DANTE ROBINSON.  HE WAS ALL OVER KEVIN WALTER.  SO A BIG BREAK AS THE TD. WAS NULLIFIED.  IT WOULD’VE BEEN THE 2ND ATLANTA DEFENSIVE TD. OF THE GAME.  IT WAS.  THAT WAS OVERTURNED.  THEN A BALLSY CALL BY HOUSTON ON THE 4TH & 1.  GARY KUBIAK GOES FOR IT AND ARIAN FOSTER PICKS UP THE 1ST DOWN; AND THEN 2 PLAYS LATER, FOSTER TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE 1 YD. SCORE.  TEXANS AT HOME WITHOUT MATT SCHAUB, WITHOUT MATT LEINART; GETTING IT DONE WITH T.J. YATES IN THE GAME, AND THEY’RE UP 17-10.  ATLANTA TRYING TO COME BACK.  THEY HAVE A 4TH & 1.  THE PASS INTENDED, OUTSIDE FOR RODDY WHITE BUT NO.  THERE IS A PENALTY ON THE PLAY.  A DELAY OF GAME.  SO THAT BRINGS ATLANTA BACK 5 YDS.  THIS TIME A 4TH & 6, 2-1/2 TO GO; AND IT LOOKS LIKE MATT RYAN GOT HIT AS HE THREW.  EITHER WAY IT FALLS INCOMPLETE.  TEXANS TAKE OVER POSSESSION BUT ATLANTA WOULD GET THE BALL BACK.  DRIVING TO TRY AND TIE THE GAME.  MATT RYAN.  HE FINDS JULIO JONES, A GAIN OF 20.  MATT RYAN TRYING TO HURRY TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.  TIME IS RUNNING OUT.  THEY NEED A TD. TO TRY AND TIE THE GAME.  3RD & 15 WITH 1 SECOND LEFT.  THIS IS THE GAME.  THEY HAVE TO LOOK FOR THE END ZONE SO RYAN THROWS IT DEEP INTENDED FOR JULIO JONES.  ALMOST MAKES THE CATCH BUT NO.  IT FALLS INCOMPLETE.  RYAN CANNOT BELIEVE IT.  JONES WENT UP FOR IT BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO COME DOWN WITH THE CATCH IN TRIPLE COVERAGE.  TEXANS GET A BIG TIME WIN UNDER DEF. COORD. WADE PHILIPS.

 

 

 

 

01:30:55 – KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ CHICAGO BEARS

 

IT’S NOT PRETTY.  TYLER PALCO.  THERE AREN’T MANY CHIEFS HIGHLIGHTS EITHER.  THEY HAD 1 TD. IN NOVEMBER.  CALEB HANIE MAKING HIS 2ND START THIS SEASON.  2ND BEARS POSSESSION.  THIS HURTS.  MATT FORTE, YES IT DOES.  OH!  DERRICK JOHNSON.  HE’S A HECK OF A FOOTBALL PLAYER.  HE IS A HECK OF A…NO DOUBT.  SIDELINE-TO-SIDELINE.  BUT THAT’S THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO SEE AS A BEARS COACH.  I’M NOT GONNA PLAY DOCTOR HERE BUT WE’VE SEEN KNEE INJURIES BEFORE THAT LOOKED… YES.  RIGHT KNEE INJURY AND FORTE DID NOT RETURN.  K.C. 3RD & 21.  SACKED BY HENRY __.  TYLER PALCO SACKED TWICE ON THAT DRIVE ALONE.  BEARS DEFENSE DID EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY COULD IN THIS GAME.   HERE COMES KYLE ORTON IN AT QB.  2ND & 10.  AND HANG ON BECAUSE THERE GOES KYLE ORTON.  IT WOULDN’T LAST LONG.  RIGHT THERE.  PASS INCOMPLETE TO JONATHAN BALDWIN BUT ORTON WAS INJURED DURING HIS FIRST …THE FINGER IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.  DISLOCATED RIGHT FINGER.  WOW.  MAJOR RIGHT COMES IN.  PRESSURES THE PLAY.  SO KYLE ORTON’S TENURE IN K.C. LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE A 1 PLAY TENURE.  AND DID NOT COME BACK TO THE GAME.  NEXT BEARS POSSESSION 4TH & 1.  HANIE TO MARION BARBER, WIDE OPEN.  MARION BARBER WAS NOT ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.  GOOD CALL TOM.  YEA, THANK YOU.  SETTLED FOR A ROBBIE GOLD F.G.  2 TEAMS TODAY TOO.  I NEEDED THAT.  DID SOMEBODY SAY CALEB HANIE STRUGGLED TODAY?  YEA, HE DID.  EARL BENNETT WIDE OPEN.  YEA, I’M 100% GUILTY OF THINKING THAT CALEB HANIE WAS GOING TO PLAY BETTER THIS WEEK.  BUT YOU WEREN’T BY YOURSELF SO DON’T BE ALARMED.  THERE’S A LOT OF FANS..  FINAL PLAY OF THE HALF.  EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU SEE A HAIL MARY WORK.  WELL THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES.  YOU KNOW WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING?  BRIAN URLACHER HAS THAT BALL.  CHRIS CONTE SLAPS IT OUT OF HIS HANDS AND INTO THE ARMS OF ONE OF THE CHIEFS.  THAT CHIEF WOULD BE DEXTER MCCLUSTER.  THAT’S THE EXTENT OF THE CHIEFS OFFENSE TODAY.  WATCH THIS.  URLACHER’S GOT THE BALL AND CHRIS CONTE SLAPS IT AWAY FROM HIM.  MCCLUSTER ENDS UP WITH IT.  AGAIN, I DON’T FAULT THE BEARS DEFENSE FOR THE EFFORT THEY PUT UP TODAY.  NO.  THEY PUT UP 10 PTS.  CHIEFS HAVE GONE 31 CONSECUTIVE POSSESSIONS WITHOUT A TOUCH.  THIS IS DEXTER MCCLUSTER 32 YDS.  THAT’S FINE.  OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 48.  THAT’S NICE AND ALL BUT THE DEFENSE, AGAIN, OF THE CHIEFS 10 PTS., YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO DO MORE.  F.G. MADE IT 10-3.  HANIE TO JOHNNY KNOX.  PICKED OFF BY BRANDON CARR.  1ST BLOTCH THAT LOOKS LIKE A BAD BALL BUT IT’S NOT TREMENDOUSLY WELL THROWN.  BUT YOU HAVE…JOHNNY KNOX HAS TO SET HIS FEET RIGHT.  THE DEF. BACK PLAYED RECEIVER BETTER THAN JOHNNY.  I’VE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT JOHNNY KNOX.  3RD & GOAL, HANIE SACKED BY JUSTIN HOUSTON.  BOBBY GOLD MAKES A 41 YD. F.G. HE REMAINS 10-3.  3RD QUARTER, HANIE TO ROY WILLIAMS.  TRYING TO TELL YOU, ROY WILLIAMS.  I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT.  ROY..  I MEAN THAT’S A GOOD THROW BY HANIE.  NICE DRIVE BY THE BEARS.  DOES A GOOD JOB ..AND YOU GOTTA HELP THE YOUNG GUY OUT!  THAT’S WHAT THIS LEAGUE IS.  ABSOLUTELY.  THAT TIES THE BALL GAME RIGHT THERE.  ABSOLUTELY.  THAT’S A 2 MIN. DRIVE THAT PUTS YOUR TEAM BACK IN THE GAME.  THAT MAY NOT ONLY TIE, IT MIGHT WIN IT.  PICKED OFF BY JOHN MCGRAW.  3RD & 13, HANIE SACKED BY __ __.  4 YD. LOSS.  7 SACKS I BELIEVE IT WAS.  7 SACKS.  THE BEARS 0-11.  3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS.  NEXT PLAY 4TH DOWN.  CALEB HANIE LOOKING FOR EARL BENNETT.  4TH & 17.  HARD TO CONVERT THOSE.  YEA.  THEY HAD A SHOT AT IT THOUGH.  THIS PLAY HERE LOOKED PRETTY GOOD, AND I GUESS IT’S WITHIN 2 MINS. SO I’M SURE THEY REVIEWED IT.  THEY DID.  PICKED A RIGHT HAND… AND, AGAIN, IT GOES WITH THE CALL.  YOU KNOW HOW THE CALL WORKS?  IT WAS INCONCLUSIVE.  SO IF THEY HAD CALLED IT A RECEPTION, THEY PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE OVERTURNED THE BALL.  YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S NOT INCONCLUSIVE?  TELL ME.  THAT IS A CRUSHING LOSS FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS.

 

01:34:58 – CINCINNATI BENGALS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS

 

STEELERS WON IN WK. 10 AGAINST CINCY, 24-17.  ANDY DALTON GETTING THE CALL FOR CINCY.  ROOKIE QB HAS 16 TD. PASSES THIS SEASON.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER TRYING TO GET HIS TEAM OFF TO A NICE START.  2ND & 9 OVER THE MIDDLE, AND THAT IS ANTONIO BROWN WHO’S GOING TO MAKE A MOVE TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDELINE.  BROWN STILL ON HIS FEET, FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN AFTER A GAIN OF 45 AT THE 15.  ANTONIO BROWN’S LONGEST RECEPTION OF THE SEASON.  SAME DRIVE ONTO THE 2ND QUARTER.  THE GIVE TO RASHARD MENDENHAHL.  STOPPED INITIALLY.  HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE SCORE.  STEELERS UP 7-NOTHING AT HOME AGAINST CINCY.  NEXT DRIVE FOR THE STEELERS.  A PLAY FAKE, ROETHLISBERGER.  HE’S GONNA LOOK DOWNFIELD INTENDED FOR MIKE WALLACE.  BUT HE GETS HELD UP AND THERE IS THE FLAG.  IT’S GONNA BE PASS INTERFERENCE CALLED ON CHRIS CROCKER, WHO GRABBED MIKE WALLACE’S ARM.  STEELERS GET A 1ST & 10 AT THE 20.  SO THEN 3 PLAYS LATER THEY HAVE A 2ND & GOAL.  THEY GIVE THE PITCH TO MENDENHAHL, AND HE’S GONNA FIND HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  A 5 YD. SCORE FOR RASHARD.  STEELERS UP 14-NOTHING.  HIS 2ND 2 TD. GAME OF THE SEASON.  ENSUING KICKOFF.  BRANDON TATE TRYING TO BRING IT OUT FOR CINCY BUT HE GETS THE BALL STRIPPED AND HE LOSES IT.  STEELERS JUMP ON IT.  GET EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION.  PITTS. ALREADY UP 14-NOTHING.  THEN THEY MAKE THE PLAY ON SPECIAL TEAMS, AS TATE WAS HIT IN THE ARM BY STEPHENSON SYLVESTER AND EMANUEL SANDERS RECOVERS.  SO 3 PLAYS LATER ROETHLISBERGER.  HE’S GONNA ROLL TO HIS RIGHT.  LOOKS END ZONE FOR MIKE WALLACE.  TD. FROM 12 YDS. OUT, AND HE DOES THE __ BULLET.  21-NOTHING, STEELERS WITH THE LEAD.  NICE REBOUND GAME FOR WALLACE AFTER HIS WORST GAME OF THE SEASON LAST WEEK.  HE ONLY HAD 2 CATCHES FOR 17 YDS.  2 TDS. IN THIS ONE.  BENGALS TRYING TO BOUNCE BACK AND DALTON FINDS JERMAINE GRESHAM FOR A GAIN OF 20.  SETS UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 50.  THEN LATER ON IN THE DRIVE, DALTON ALL KINDS OF TIME, ROLLING LEFT.  BACK OF THE END ZONE.  A.J. GREEN IS THERE.  THE ROOKIE-TO-ROOKIE CONNECTION.  DOING IT ONCE AGAIN FOR THE 7TH TIME THIS SEASON.  BUT, CINCY WOULD END UP PUNTING CLOSE TO HALFTIME.  ANTONIO BROWN.  HE’S GONNA MAKE A MOVE.  GETS PAST THE PUNTER.  HE’S TAKING IT DOWN THE SIDELINES TO THE HOUSE!  THE FIRST CAREER PUNT RETURN FOR A TD. FOR ANTONIO BROWN; AND THE STEELERS GO INTO HALFTIME LEADING 28-7.  28 PTS. SCORED IN THAT 2ND QUARTER.  THE MOST THEY’VE EVER SCORED IN A QUARTER.  AND THEN IN THE 3RD QUARTER, ISAAC REDMOND GETTING IT DONE.  HE RUNS FOR 27 YDS. UP THE MIDDLE TO THE 29.  AND THEN, 4 PLAYS LATER, SAME DRIVE.  ROETHLISBERGER THROWS QUICKLY TO MIKE WALLACE.  HE’S GONNA MAKE ANOTHER MAN MISS.  THEN, WITH IT DEEP AT THE END ZONE, GETS IN THERE FOR THE SCORE.  WALLACE WITH 2 TDS. IN THE GAME.  3 CATCHES, 38 YDS. AND ALL FOR WALLACE.  AND THEN CINCY, JUST NOTHING GOING RIGHT FOR THEM.  ANDY DALTON BROUGHT DOWN BY JAMES HARRISON.  HIS 3RD SACK OF THE GAME.  AND SO WITH DALTON GETTING BEAT-UP, CINCY WOULD JUST PUT IN BRUCE GRATKOWSKI TO FINISH OUT THE GAME.

 

01:38:10 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

 

DIVISIONAL BATTLE BETWEEN THE BUCS AND THE PANTHERS.  JOSH JOHNSON IS GETTING THE START FOR JOSH FREEMAN, WHO WAS A NO-GO BECAUSE OF HIS SHOULDER.  CAM NEWTON AND THE PANTHERS GETTING OFF TO A NICE START ON THE ROAD.  THE HANDOFF.  JONATHAN STEWART!  HE BOUNCES OFF A MAN, TAKES IT INSIDE THE 5!  A GAIN OF 31 FOR STEWY.  SETS UP A 1ST & GOAL AT THE 3.  THEN 2 PLAYS LATER CAM.  HE’S GONNA GO OVER THE TOP.  GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  CAM NEWTON’S 11TH RUSHING TD. OF THE SEASON.  THEIR GOAL LINE BACK.  THEIR QB PUTS THE PANTHERS UP 7-NOTHING.  A LITTLE SUPERMAN FINISH.  AND THEN, THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, THEY HAVE A 4TH & 2.  BOOTLEG FOR CAM.  HE GETS THE FIRST DOWN.  A GAIN OF 6.  SETS UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 29; AND THEN THE VERY NEXT PLAY, CAM THROWS BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE TO __ __ WHO THROWS IT RIGHT BACK TO CAM.  THEY’VE GOT THE SCREEN SETUP.  CAM JOGGING BECAUSE HE WANTS HIS BLOCKERS TO SET IT UP FOR HIM; AND HE TAKES IT INSIDE THE 5.  A GAIN OF 27.  CREATIVE PLAY CALL BY THE PANTHERS.  THEN 3 PLAYS LATER THEY GIVE IT TO JONATHAN STEWART WHO GETS THE 1 YD. SCORE.  PUTS THE PANTHERS UP 14-NOTHING.  ONTO THE 2ND.  PANTHERS UP 14-6.  THEY’RE DRIVING.  A 3RD & 8, CAM.  HE’S GOT SOME TIME BACK THERE.  HE’S GONNA PULL IT DOWN AND RUN IT HIMSELF.  AND HE GETS THE 1ST DOWN AND MORE.  MAKES A MOVE ALL THE WAY DOWN.  GAIN OF 22 TO THE 21 YD. LINE, AND THEN 3 PLAYS LATE, FAKES THE HANDOFF.  THROWS END ZONE.  ____ ___’S 1ST TD. OF THE SEASON.  PANTHERS UP 21-6.  GETTING IT DONE ON THE ROAD.  T.B., ON THEIR ENSUING POSSESSION, JOSH JOHNSON BACK TO PASS.  HE’S GONNA SCRAMBLE AROUND.  HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL.  ENDS UP GOING DOWN.  HE IS SACKED FOR A LOSS OF 9.  HE WAS INJURED ON THE PLAY.  SO RUDY CARPENTER ENDED UP COMING IN.  BUT JOHNSON WOULD BE BACK 2 PLAYS LATER.  ONTO THE 3RD QUARTER.  BUCCANEERS DOWN 24-12, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE SNAP CAUGHT JOHNSON OFF-GUARD, AND HE THROWS IT UP ANYHOW.  INTERCEPTED BY CAROLINA.  JOHNSON WITH THE BAD DECISION.  THAT SET-UP GOOD FIELD POSITION FOR THE PANTHERS WHO HAD IT AT THE 39.  THEN THEY RUN THE OPTION PLAY.  CAM WILL KEEP IT HIMSELF.  HE’S GONNA TAKE IT INSIDE THE 5.  A GAIN OF 20 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 3.  THEN THE VERY NEXT PLAY, CAM WILL FAKE THE HANDOFF.  TAKES IT INSIDE HIMSELF.  THE 12TH RUSHING TD. OF THE SEASON FOR CAM NEWTON WHICH TIES HIM FOR THE MOST ALL TIME AMONGST QBS.  THE PANTHERS UP 21-12.  JUST CHEWING UP THE CLOCK ON THE DRIVE.  IN THE 4TH QUARTER.  THIS TIME HE’S GONNA PASS IT.  HE THROWS OVER THE MIDDLE.  STEVE SMITH IS THERE INSIDE THE 10, A GAIN OF 23.  AND THEN A COUPLE PLAYS LATER, PANTHERS LOOKING TO ADD ON TO THEIR LEAD.  CAM, HE’S GONNA TAKE IT HIMSELF AGAIN.  GETS IN THERE FOR THE 1 YD. SCORE.  GETS HIS 13TH RUSHING TD. OF THE SEASON WHICH IS AN NFL RECORD FOR A QB, AND THE PANTHERS GET THE BIG ROAD WIN, 38-19.

01:41:20 – PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

 

AND SEATTLE WASHINGTON.  LET’S CHECK ON THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GAME.  THE KICKOFF, QUICK 13 AND DECEMBER OF 2011, THE NFL.  MARSHAWN LYNCH COMING OUT WAVING THE FLAG TO ALL THE FANS, THE 12TH MAN; AND THEY WERE IN FULL THROW CERTAINLY WITH THE WAY MARSHALL FAULK, THAT THIS MAN RAN THE FOOTBALL TONIGHT.  YES HE WAS.  HE NOT ONLY CARRIED THE FLAG BUT HE CARRIED HIS TEAM ON HIS BACK.  WITH RUNS LIKE THIS, HE SET THE TEMPO FOR WHAT KIND OF GAME IT WAS GOING TO BE, RICH.  15 YD. SCORE RIGHT OUT OF THE PACK.  JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT HE WAS OUT HE PULLED HIMSELF RIGHT INTO THE END ZONE.  TD.  7-NOTHING.  LYNCH GRABBING SOME SKITTLES.  WHAT A SNACK, SOME SKITTLES, RIGHT?  THAT’S SOME GOOD STUFF I THINK.  QUICK ENERGY.  YEA, I DID THAT IN H.S.  I GAINED ABOUT 12 LBS.  I DID THAT EARLIER TODAY.  I GUESS DIFFERENT BODY TYPES.  YOU DO THAT EVERYDAY.  AS FOR MARSHAWN LYNCH, HE WAS ON FIRE.  THIS IS HIM AFTER THAT 12 YD. SCORE.  A 40 YD. SCAMPER, STEVE, TO PUT THEM UP BY 2 SCORED.  RICH, IT’S LIKE THIS GUY LOVES PLAYING ON PRIMETIME TV.  WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE PLAYOFF GAME AGAINST THE SAINTS AND THIS GAME, MAN, HE’S EXCITED.  VINCE YOUNG WHEELING HIMSELF OUT OF THE POCKET FINDING A WIDE OPEN RILEY COOPER ON THE ENSUING EAGLES POSSESSION, AND WE’VE GOT OURSELVES A FOOTBALL GAME AS HE’S DOWN AT THE 2 BECAUSE, NEXT, MCCOY CALLS HIMSELF ON DECK.  LESEAN ON 2ND & GOAL.  RIGHT IN THE END ZONE.  HIS 12TH RUSHING TD. OF THE YEAR TO MAKE IT A 1 SCORE GAME.  ENSUING SEAHAWKS POSSESSION.  3RD & 5 FROM THEIR OWN 26.  TAVARES JACKSON THROWING TO MIKE WILLIAMS.  INCOMPLETE AS NMANDI ASEMWA GOES DOWN AND GOES DOWN HARD ON THE PLAY.  HE LEFT WITH HEAD AND NECK INJURIES.  DID NOT RETURN.  MIKE WILLIAMS IS A BIG GUY.  240 LBS. OR SO.  CAME DOWN ON NMANDI’S HEAD AND SHOULDERS.  HOPE HE’S O.K.  BUT NO FLAG THERE.  WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS MICHAEL IRVIN.  WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT..RIGHT HERE.  YOU REMEMBER WE SAW THIS EARLIER.  DESEAN GOING UP THE FIELD, NOT RUNNING FULL SPEED, AND I GUESS THAT WAS THOSE GUYS TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THAT PLAY.  RILEY COOPER HAD THIS ONE GO THROUGH HIS HANDS AS THE EAGLES, WITH THEIR FIRST POSSESSION OF THE HALF, MOVED IT DOWN THE FIELD, AND THIS WAS JUST AN UNFORTUNATE MIS-CATCH AS THE BALL WENT RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF BRANDON BROWN AND RETURNED IT 55 YDS.  THAT’S A PRETTY DARN GOOD THROW.  SIGNATURE OF THE SEASON FOR THE EAGLES; #2, IN PASSES DROPPED IN THE LEAGUE THIS YEAR.  AND THE SEAHAWKS TURNED IT INTO POINTS.  GOLDEN TATE.  NICE PITCH AND CATCH RIGHT THERE IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  TOUCHDOWN.  THAT GOLDEN TATE IS A HARD RUNNING GUY.  GOES UP AND GET THE FOOTBALL.  I’M SURPRISED THEY DON’T USE HIM MORE HERE IN SEATTLE.  RIGHT BEHIND JOSILIO HANSON, WHO CAME INTO THIS GAME FOR THE INJURED ASEMWA.  TATE’S 3RD TD. OF THE YEAR.  24-7.  EAGLES NEEDING SOME PTS. IN A HURRY.  LESEAN MCCOY REVERSING FIELD.  VINCE IS THE ONE WHO’S GONNA THROW A KEY BLOCK HERE.  YEA, HE’S NOT AFRAID.  BAM!  NICE BLOCK HERE.  IF THERE’S 1 BRIGHT SPOT FOR THE EAGLES, IT’S LESEAN MCCOY.  HE PLAYED HARD AND PLAYED WELL ALL NIGHT.  1ST 3RD DOWN CONVERSION OF THE NIGHT FOR THE EAGLES ON A LONG DRIVE.  MARCHED IT INTO THE 4TH QUARTER.  1ST PLAY OF IT, 4TH & 1.  A LONG TIME ANDY REID EAGLES … BUT LESEAN MCCOY GETS THE 1ST DOWN RIGHT THERE.  THEN 3 PLAYS LATER WE CALL THIS A SHOVEL PASS.  GIVES IT TO THE MCCOY.  TD.  GREAT PLAY CALL BY VINCE YOUNG.  HE CHANGED THE PLAY IN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE TO PUT HIM IN A BETTER SITUATION.  MCCOY’S 15TH TOTAL TD. OF THE YEAR MAKES IT A 10 PT. GAME.  AND THEN MCCOY FLIPS, HE FLIPS IT OUT TO ..VINCE YOUNG FLIPS IT OUT TO MCCOY WITH 7-1/2 TO GO.  24 YD. GAIN.  5 PLAYS LATER THOUGH YOUNG TRIES TO FLIP ANOTHER ONE OUT TO MCCOY AND IT IS A DISASTER.  THAT’S A VERY POOR READ BY VINCE YOUNG.  ONCE THAT LINEBACKER WENT OUT TO THE FLAT HE HAS TO THROW THE CURL ROUTE TO RILEY COOPER IN BEHIND THAT.  THAT LINEBACKER THAT’S RUNNING WITH THE FOOTBALL.  THAT WAS VINCE YOUNG’S READ.  HE MADE A BAD READ.  THAT LINEBACKER TOOK IT TO THE HOUSE.  THAT WOULD BE DAVID HAWTHORNE, 77 YDS. TAKING THIS GIFT PICK 6 THE OTHER WAY.  HOW MANY SWING ROUTES DO YOU SEE FOR A PICK 6, DEION?  NOT MANY.  NONE.  YEA.  SO THERE YOU HAVE IT.  AS A 31-14 FINAL SCORE…AND THE PHILA. EAGLES HAVE A LONG TRIP BACK ACROSS THE COUNTRY.  THEY ARE 4 & 8; AND THE TEAM THAT WAS ONCE BILLED “THE DREAM TEAM” CANNOT FINISH 2011 WITH A WINNING RECORD.  HERE’S ALEX FLANNIGAN AFTER THE GAME.

 

01:45:58 – BALTIMORE RAVENS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

 

THE BROWNS AND THE RAVENS.  JOHN HARBAUGH AND THE RAVENS COMING OFF A BIG WIN THURSDAY NIGHT, AND THE HARBAUGH BOWL LAST WEEK.  THEY’VE BEEN A TEAM PRONE TO A LETDOWN.  WOULD THEY DO IT TODAY?  AND THEY’RE GOOD WHEN RAY RICE IS INVOLVED?  WELL, TIM CAMERON HAS TO KEEP FEEDING THE BEAST AS THEY SAY; AND THAT’S KEEP GIVING THE FOOTBALL.  30 YDS.  14 YDS. AND A 6 YD. TD. RUN TO ERASE THE 0 ON THE SCOREBOARD AND MAKE IT 7-NOTHING.  HE HAD 107 RUSHING YDS. IN THE 1ST HALF ALONE.  WOW.  THAT TAKES PRESSURE OFF OF JOE FLACCO.  YEP.  WHO NEEDED IT TODAY.  3RD QUARTER.  3RD DOWN AND 10 FROM THE BROWNS..FROM THE 50 YD. LINE.  JOE FLACCO SACKED BY __ SHEER, FUMBLE AND RECOVERED BY JAMIE MITCHELL.  CLEVELAND BROWNS DEFENSE I THINK HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MORE UNHERALDED STORIES THIS YEAR, HOW WELL THEY PLAYED.  THEIR OFFENSE HAS BEEN THE PROBLEM.  HOW ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE #1 PASS DEFENSE, STATISTICALLY, IN THE LEAGUE?  COLT MCCOY, PLENTY OF TIME.  LOOKING LEFT AND FINDING PAYTON HILLIS WIDE OPEN.  52 YDS.  PAYTON WHO?  PAYTON HILLIS.  2ND WK. IN A ROW HE’S PLAYED WELL.  DID NOT GET A TD.  F.G. MADE IT 10-3 BALTIMORE.  ..CLEVELAND BROWNS HAVE?  RAY RICE, 67 YDS.  THIS IS A BALT. TEAM THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO KNOCK OUT.  YEP.  OF THE TOURNAMENT IF IN FACT THEY STAY BALANCED; AND THEY’VE GOTTA STAY BALANCED EVEN WHEN THE RUNNING GAME’S NOT WORKING.  IT WAS WORKING TODAY.  I THINK RAY RICE WINDED HERE.  … CARRIES.  209 YDS. ON THE DAY.  HUGE DAY.  HE’S GETTING A BREATHER AND RICKY WILLIAMS GETTING 6 FROM 1 YD. OUT.  RAVENS LED 17-3 AFTER 3 QUARTERS AND GO ON TO WIN 24-10.  LET ME ADD TO THAT.  RICKY WILLIAMS HAD 76 YDS.  THEY HAD 290 YDS. RUSHING ON THE DAY.  THE BALT. RAVENS OFF. LINE GETTING IT DONE.  FLACCO KIND OF…

 

 

 

 

01:47:56 – GREEN BAY PACKERS @ NEW YORK GIANTS

 

AN EPIC CONTEST THAT REALLY FAR OUT STRIPPED THE EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE THE PACKERS WERE ON-FIRE, 11-0.  RIGHT.  AND THE GIANTS HAD LOST 3 IN A ROW.  THEY LOOKED AWFUL AGAINST N.O.  YOU SAW HOW DREW BREES CARVED UP THE GIANTS.  HOW WILL THE GIANTS STAY POINT-FOR-POINT WITH THE G.B. PACKERS THE WAY THEY’VE BEEN PLAYING?  WELL LIKE THIS.  OPENING DRIVE OF THE GAME, 90 TICKS AND TRAVIS BECKAM OF ALL PEOPLE.  BECKAM.  BECKAM.  THAT’S HOW YOU START A FOOTBALL GAME.  BECKAM BANKS IT IN THE END ZONE 57 YDS. AND THE GIANTS ARE UP 7-0.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER AARON RODGERS TO JERMICHAEL FINLEY.  THIS IS WHAT HE DOES.  HE LEAVES THE POCKET AND HE IS DANGEROUS.  HIS PASSER RATING’S HIGHER WHEN HE LEAVES THE POCKET THAN WHEN HE’S IN THE POCKET.  TIES THE GAME AT 7.  LET’S GO TO THE 2ND QUARTER.  GIANTS UP 10-7.  FIRST PLAY OF THE 2ND QUARTER.  ELI DON’T THROW THERE.  THERE’S THE BEAST.  THERE’S THE BLOODLINE.  THERE’S CLAY MATTHEWS WITH A PICK 6.  BIG TIME PLAYERS MAKE BIG TIME PLAYS IN BIG TIME GAMES.  PACKERS UP 14-10.  THAT’S YOUR SCORE WITH AARON RODGERS HAVING THE BALL DEEP IN HIS OWN END WITH 7-1/2 TO GO.  FLINGS IT AND THIS IS A PICK THAT WE REALLY HAVEN’T SEEN.  HAVE YOU SEEN AARON RODGERS THROW AN INTERCEPTION IN HIS OWN END?  NO.  DEEP IN HIS OWN END THIS YEAR?  NO.  HE HAD TO PROVE TO US THAT HE’S HUMAN, RICH.  …ALL YEAR.  CHASE BLACKBURN WITH THE PICK.  SET UP A BRANDON JACOBS TOUCHDOWN TO PUT THE GIANTS UP 3 BUT A WIDE OPEN DONALD DRIVER WITH 70 TICKS LEFT IN THE HALF.  RODGERS 35TH TD. OF THE SEASON GAVE THE PACKERS A 4 PT. HALFTIME LEAD.  IT COULD’VE BEEN 7 IF NOT FOR A RARE MASON CROSBIE MISS.  HERE WE GO 3RD QUARTER.  AARON RODGERS FLIPPING THIS ONE OUT TO DONALD DRIVER ON 3RD DOWN.  RULED A CATCH.  TOM COUGHLIN CHALLENGED IT.  IT WAS HIS 2ND INCORRECT CHALLENGE OF THE GAME.  HE’S OUT OF CHALLENGES AND DOWN A TIMEOUT.  THEN..IT’S A TD. TO GREG JENNINGS.  28-17.  RULED A CATCH EVEN THOUGH IT SEEM TO BE THE BALL’S MOVING.  THAT’S A TD.  HE SPUN PRINCE AKUMURA ALL THE WAY AROUND AND THEY GAVE HIM THE TD.  28-17.  GIANTS DOWN 11.  WHAT WILL ELI DO?  THROWS IT DEEP TO HAKEM NICKS.  JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT …WAS WEARING A YELLOW HELMET, IT’S A 1ST DOWN FOR BIG BLUE AND ELI..  HAKEM NICKS WITH A BIG TD.  CHARLES WOODSON EVEN GAVE HIM SOME DAP.  THAT’S REALLY GOOD.  FANTASTIC SPORTSMANSHIP.  28-24.  GIANTS WITH A F.G. WILL MAKE IT A 2 PT. GAME.  3-1/2 MINS. TO GO.  AARON RODGERS ALL KINDS OF TIME ON 2ND & GOAL.  ZINGS IT TO DONALD DRIVE.  OLD MAN #80 WITH THE GREAT TD.  LIKE THAT.  WHAT IS THAT RIGHT NOW?  36 OR 37 TD. PASSES AND 5 INTERCEPTIONS ON THE SEASON?  YEA.  UNBELIEVABLE.  HIS 5TH TD. PASS OF THE DAY PUTS THE PACKERS UP 8.  SO ELI WITH 2-1/2 TO GO NEEDS A TD. AND A 2 PT. CONVERSION TO TIE THE GAME.  VICTOR CRUZ OVER THE MIDDLE.  1ST DOWN GIANTS TO THE G.B. 17.  5 PLAYS LATER, 62 TICKS LEFT, 3RD & GOAL.  ELI TO ..HAKEM NICKS.  ALL THEY NEED IS A 2 PT. CONVERSION.  THEY GOTTA GO FOR IT AND WHAT DO THEY DO?  HAND IT TO D.J. WARE.  WOW.  WHAT A CALL!  TIE GAME, 35.  BUT THERE’S 58 SECS. LEFT.  ONE OF THE WORST DEFENSE IN THE LEAGUE THEY’RE PLAYING AGAINST.  DID THEY LEAVE TOO MUCH TIME ON THE CLOCK?  58 SECS. LEFT AND AARON RODGERS GRABS HIS HELMET WITH A TIMEOUT.  WHAT DOES HE DO?  HE MOVES THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.  FLIPS IT UP TO JORDY NELSON 27 YDS.  THAT’S A TOUGH COVER.  DOWN TO THE GIANTS 29.  2 PLAYS LATER 21 TICKS TO GO, TRYING TO GET CROSBIE A LITTLE CLOSER AND GREG JENNINGS DOES JUST THAT.  18 YDS. TO THE GIANTS 12.  TAKE IT DOWN TO 3 SECS.  COOL AS A CUCUMBER, CALLS TIMEOUT.  BRINGS MASON CROSBIE ON.  AND THE PACKERS ARE A PERFECT DOZEN AND 0.

 

01:51:55 – DALLAS COWBOYS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS

 

MEANWHILE, WHILE THAT GAME WAS PLAYING OUT THE COWBOYS WERE IN THE DESERT WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT, O.K. THEY’LL JUST WIN THAT GAME AND BE 2 ON THE GIANTS HEADING INTO THE FIRST OF THEIR 2 MEETINGS IN THE LAST 4 GAMES OF THE SEASON IN THE NFC EAST, AND TONY ROMO, WITH A TIE GAME LATE IN THE 1ST HALF, FINDS DEZ BRYANT TO GIVE THE COWBOYS A 10-3 HALFTIME LEAD, AND THAT’S THE WAY THE NARRATIVE WAS PLAYING OUT.  IN THE 4TH QUARTER THEY’RE STILL UP BY 1 SCORE.  1ST PLAY OF THE 4TH QUARTER, KEVIN KOLB BACK AFTER A 4 GAME ABSENCE WITH A TURF TOE INJURY, FINDS ANDRE ROBERTS WITH 100-PLUS RECEIVING ON THE DAY FOR 40 YDS. 4 PLAY SLATER, SUDDENLY THEY’RE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR HERE WITH 13 & CHANGE LEFT IN THE 4TH QUARTER.  BEANNIE WELLS WITH A TD. TO TIE THE GAME AT 13.  NOW THERE’S 3:16 LEFT AND THE CARDS HAVE THE BALL DEEP IN THEIR OWN END WITH A CHANCE TO MAYBE DRIVE DOWN THE FIELD AND WIN IT.  KEVIN KOLB TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY AND EARLY DUCCETT DROPS.  IT.  OH BOY.  NORMALLY WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOU KNOW THE COWBOYS ARE GONNA GET THE BALL AND THEY’RE GONNA GO DOWN AND SCORE.  IT’S USUALLY HOW THE GAME PROCEEDS.  AND SO WOULD THE COWBOYS DO THAT WHEN THEY’RE ON THE PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD WITH HALF A MINUTE TO GO.  ROMO TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY ON 3RD & LONG, AND HE DOES THAT.  GUNS IT IN TO DEZ BRYANT, IN F.G. RANGE.  7 TICKS TO GO.  THEY HAVE 2 TIMEOUTS LEFT.  INSTEAD OF TAKING ONE OF THE TIMEOUTS AND TRYING TO GET CLOSER, THEY SPIKE THE BALL RIGHT THERE.  IT MAKES VERY LITTLE SENSE.  WHY WOULDN’T YOU CALL TIMEOUT AND TRY AND GET CLOSER?  BUT, INSTEAD, THEY DID HAVE 2 TIMEOUTS LEFT; AND WOULD YOU BELIEVE, BEFORE DAN BAILEY KICKS THE F.G., SEEMINGLY TO WIN IT, THEY USE 1 OF THE TIMEOUTS?  __ CAMILLAS, ON THE SPECIAL TEAMS STAFF, TOLD JASON GARRETT TO CALL TIMEOUT.  SO, HE DID.  SO INSTEAD OF DAN BAILEY ESSENTIALLY KNOCKING THE GAME-WINNER THROUGH THE UPRIGHTS, HE’S GOTTA TRY IT AGAIN; AND YOU KNOW, FROM 49 YDS. OUT… HE MADE IT ONCE.  JUST GO MAKE IT AGAIN.  HE ICED HIS OWN KICKER.  ESSENTIALLY.  WHO DOES THAT?  THE DALLAS COWBOYS DID TODAY.  ALRIGHT.  LET’S GO INTO O.T.  AND IN O.T., CARDS GET THE BALL FIRST.  KEVIN KOLB MAKES A PLAY TO LAROD STEVENS-HOWLING.  NICE BLOCK OUTSIDE.  LOOK AT THAT BIG FELLA GOING DOWN TO GET A BLOCK.  AND HOLY __ BATMAN!  LAROD STEVENS-HOWLING GETS IT IN THE END ZONE TO WRAP IT UP!  LET’S GO TO THE HOUSE.  A WALK-OFF WIN.   WALK OFF SCREAM FOR THE ARIZONA CARDINALS SHOCKING THE DALLAS COWBOYS.

 

01:54:27 – ST. LOUIS RAMS @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

 

..FANS SEND ME THE EMAILS BECAUSE HE WAS GREAT AGAIN TODAY.  I’M SURE YOU FEEL THAT.  IN THE NFC WEST THE NINERS AND REX…  FRANK GORE LOOKING TO PASS JOE PERRY TO BECOME THE 49ERS ALL TIME LEADING RUSHER.  NOT JOE PERRY THE GUITARIST FOR AEROSMITH HERE.  A.J. FEELEY TO BRITT MILLER.  PATRICK WILLIS, THE STAR LINEBACKER FOR THE NINERS, INJURED ON THE PLAY.  UNABLE TO MAKE THE TACKLE.  GRABBING HIS HAMSTRING.  DID NOT COME BACK TO THE GAME.  UH OH.  ONE OF THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE RIGHT THERE.  AND THE HEART AND SOUL OF THAT DEFENSE THAT HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING ALL SEASON LONG.  AND THEY’RE GONNA NEED HIM FOR THE PLAYOFFS.  2ND QUARTER, NINERS UP 3-0.  FACING 3RD DOWN & 9 ARE THE RAMS, AND A.J. FEELEY SACKED BY RAY MCDONALD.  THAT’S KIND OF SYMBOLIC OF THE ENTIRE SEASON FOR THE RAMS, ISN’T IT?  YEA.  IT’S JUST ..  QB JUST LOSES IT.  SEE RAY MCDONALD STRIPPING THE BALL.  RECOVERED BY ALDEN SMITH THE ROOKIE.  DID HE STRIP IT OR DID IT JUST SLIP OUT OF HIS HANDS?  IT STRIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS.  GIVE HIM THE STRIP.  LED TO A F.G.  IT’S 6-0.  THIS IS ALEX SMITH, THE HALF THROW TO THE RIGHT.  GOING BACK TO VERNON DAVIS.  TOUCHDOWN!  OH!!  WENT FROM THE SUN TO THE SHADE.  YOU SEE THAT CHANGE?  NOT MAKING EXCUSES BUT I GUESS IT IS AN EXCUSE.  FRANK GORE NOW 20 YDS. RUNNING INTO THAT, FROM THE SUN TO THE SHADE.  YEA BUT, YEA.  AS A RUNNER..  HE DIDN’T DROP IT.  YEA.  28 YD. F.G. MADE IT

9-NOTHING.  A.J. FEELEY TO AUSTIN BETTIS BUT PICKED OFF BY DESEAN GOLDSON.  HE GETS HIT ON THAT THROW BUT..  49ERS DEFENSE CONTINUES TO JUST HAVE A MONSTER MONSTER YEAR.  IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID AGAINST THE BALT. RAVENS ON CHRISTMAS…EXCUSE ME, ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT AS WELL.  THEY PLAYED SOLID.  THEIR OFFENSE JUST COULDN’T GENERATE ANYTHING.  ALEX SMITH RIGHT IN STRIDE TO MICHAEL CRABTREE.  ALEX SMITH HUGE DAY TODAY.  HOW ABOUT THIS?!  17 FOR 23.  274 YDS., 2 TDS.

 

01:56:27 – DETROIT LIONS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

 

FIRST GAME WITHOUT __ SUH, AND DREW BREES AND THE SAINTS COMING OFF THAT DOMINATING MONDAY NIGHT PERFORMANCE WHEN THEY RACKED-UP 577 TOTAL YDS.  THAT’S NICK __.  THEY’RE TRYING TO FILL IN __ SUH’S SHOES.  AND BARELY GETTING INTO THE BACKFIELD GETS MARK INGRAM.  THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.  THERE’S THE ROOKIE.  RIGHT THERE.  I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO SEE THEM START, MY MOST … MUST PLAY INSPIRED GUY.  YOU INSPIRED HIM MIKE.  3-NOTHING SAINTS ON TOP AND ..LOOK AT HIM GO.  HE’S ONLY GOT 6 TACKLES IN 6 GAMES, AND HE SHOWS UP TODAY.  HE JUMPED OUT TO KURT WARNER.  HE’S PLAYING..  FINALLY HAD THE LEAD IN THE GAME AFTER AGGRAVATING THAT FOOTAGE …  MARK INGRAM HERE.  HE’S REALLY PLAYING INSPIRED TOO.  THIS GUY’S   ..ROTATION OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.  OH!  WHAT IS THAT?!  I DON’T KNOW BUT I SAY IT’S …  AND IF AARON RODGERS WEREN’T HAVING THE KIND OF SEASON HE’S HAVING, THIS GUY WOULD HAVE MVP WRITTEN ALL OVER HIM.  DREW BREES TO ROBERT MEECHUM.   1,000 YDS.  HE HAD 3 DEFENDERS JUMP ON THE CROSSING ROUTE AND LEAVE THE POST WIDE OPEN.  I KNOW IT WAS A GREAT PLAY ACTION.  BUT THE T.E. IS CAUSING SO MUCH.  THERE’S SO MUCH ATTENTION, THE SAFETY LEFT THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD WIDE OPEN.  YEA, NO PRESSURE UP THE MIDDLE.  NO SUH, NO FAIRLEY, AND BREES STEPS INTO HIS PASS THERE.  AND NOW HERE’S JIMMY GRAHAM.  THERE’S YOUR GUY.  10 YDS. THERE.  1:05 LEFT IN THE 1ST HALF AND IT’S BREES.  IT’S ARGUABLY THE TOP OFFSEASON ACQUISITION.  AND THERE’S THE REASON THE CHARGERS ARE HAVING THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE.  22 YDS.  22 SECS. LEFT.  BREES, THE PUMP FAKE TO MOORE.  HE LOOKS OFF THE SAFETY AND GIVES HIMSELF A LOT OF ROOM AGAINST 2 DEEP ZONE, OVER THE TOP OF THAT LINEBACKER.  NICE THROW RIGHT THERE.  TIGHT SPIRAL.  24-7.  PATRICK ROBINSON BLOCK TO JASON HANSON.  PUNT.  3RD QUARTER NOW.  AND IT’S MAURICE MORRIS IN FOR THE INJURED KEVIN SMITH.  TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF A 4 YD. GAIN.  THERE’S A PENALTY ON TITUS YOUNG CALLED FOR UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT.  YO.  RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE OFFICIAL.  COME ON TITUS.  YOUR BEST PLAYER JUST GOT SUSPENDED FOR 2 GAMES, AND YOU DO SOMETHING STUPID LIKE THAT!  DOMINIC __ GETTING IN YOUNG’S GRILL.  THAT’S LIVE POSSESSION.  STAFFORD LOOKING FOR MEGATRON WHO’S GOT EVERYONE BEAT.  THROWS A LITTLE SHORT.  THROW IT UP THERE MATTHEW!  MALCOLM JACOBS KNOCKS IT AWAY BUT JABBARY GREER CALLED FOR ILLEGAL CONTACT.  THE LIONS ARE IN BUSINESS.  1ST DOWN. A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER ON A 2ND & 7, IT IS STAFFORD LOOKING FOR TONY SCHEFFLER.  36 YDS.  STAFFORD LOOKED GOOD TODAY THROWING THE BALL TOO COACH.  YEA, HE LOOKS CONFIDENT AND, OF COURSE, THAT FINGER MUST NOT BE BOTHERING HIM AS MUCH.  STAFFORD NOW ON A 1ST & GOAL TO MORRIS.  MORRIS DOES A NICE JOB LAYING IT IN.  SO LIONS DOWN JUST 24-17.  THEY GO 9 PLAYS, 92 YDS. AND 5:54.  ALRIGHT, 24-17 HERE.  STAFFORD THROWING DEEP TO NATE BURLESON.  OH, COME ON.  NATE, NATE, NATE.  I KNOW YOU DIDN’T … THIS SEASON BUT YOU GOTTA HOLD YOUR BALANCE.  THE BIG PLAY.  NICE THROW.  47 YDS., 3RD & 12.  STAFFORD LOOKING TO CALVIN JOHNSON BUT IT’S BROKEN UP BY BRANDON HUMBER.  YOU GOTTA GET THE KNEES UP, THE DEF. LINEMEN.  THEY GOTTA GET THEIR HANDS DOWN SO WE CAN THROW THE SCREEN.  COME ON OFF. LINEMEN!  HANSON MISSED A 55 YARDER AND GAVE THE SAINTS GREAT FIELD POSITION.  JIMMY GRAHAM, 16 YDS. TO THE 36.  2ND & 7 NOW.  IT IS BREES..TO GRAHAM FOR ANOTHER 13 YD. GAIN.  HE’S SUCH A BIG TARGET.  HE’S A BIG TARGET.  HE’S A LEADING T.E. IN THE NFL IN RECEPTIONS.  BEST T.E.  AND HE IS MR. STEADY.  LINES HIM UP WELL.  AND NOW IT’S BREES.  DUMPS IT OFF TO SPROLES.  WATCH HIM HIT IT MOOCH.  WATCH HIM HIT IT.  ROLLING ROLLING ROLLING…  SAINTS ON TOP 31-17.  LIONS TRYING TO STAY IN IT.  STAFFORD INCOMPLETE TO BRANDON PETTIGREW.  O.K.  YOU CAN  NOT HAVE THESE PENALTIES.  OH, DON’T  HIT THE OFFICIAL!  THE TEAM HAS THE PERSONALITY OF THEIR COACH.  WHOA, COME ON MAN!  YOU CAN’T PUSH THE REF.  PETTIGREW CALLED FOR UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS.  THE LIONS IMPLODING HERE.  STAFFORD NOW IS GONNA BE SACKED FOR A 15 YD. LOSS BUT THERE’S A PENALTY ON THE PLAY FOR A LATE IT.  PLAYING A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH AND TOO LONG AFTER THE WHISTLE GUYS.  CAMERON JORDAN CALLED FOR ROUGHING THE PASSER.  SO IT’S A 1ST DOWN FOR THE LIONS.  3RD & 2 NOW.  STAFFORD LOOKING FOR MEGATRON.  MALCOLM JENKINS KNOCKS THE BALL LOOSE.  IT IS INCOMPLETE.  SO 4TH & 2 HERE WITH 3:08 LEFT.  STAFFORD ROLLING OUT AND TRACY PORTER IS THERE.  THIS IS WHAT THE SAINTS DID A COUPLE YRS. AGO WHEN THEY WENT TO THE S.B.  THEY HAD  ..TURNOVERS, AND THEY HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO GET AS MANY TURNOVERS THIS YEAR.  THEY’RE STARTING TO PICK IT UP THOUGH.  SAINTS IMPROVE TO 9-3.

 

 

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