SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 15

 

1.       JAGUARS @ FALCONS   3:09

2.       COWBOYS @ BUCCANEERS  4:19

3.       PANTHERS @ TEXANS   3:05

4.       DOLPHINS @ BILLS   3:31

5.       TITANS @ COLTS   3:04

6.       BENGALS @ RAMS    3:07

7.       SEAHAWKS @ BEARS   3:16

8.       SAINTS @ VIKINGS   2:50

9.       PACKERS @ CHIEFS   3:02

10.   REDSKINS @ GIANTS   4:03

11.   LIONS @ RAIDERS    2:57

12.   BROWNS @ CARDINALS  :41

13.   JETS @ EAGLES  3:02

14.   PATRIOTS @ BRONCOS   3:47

15.   RAVENS @ CHARGERS 3:40 

          TRT:    59:39      WITH BARS


01:10:15 – JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ ATLANTA FALCONS

 LET’S GET RIGHT TO THE HIGHLIGHTS RIGHT NOW.  AS YOU SAW, SHAWN __, THE NEW OWNER OF THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS IN THE HOUSE.  MIKE SMITH.  IF HIS DOCTOR SAID TAKE IT EASY, WELL HIS TEAM HELPED HIM OUT TONIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS SIMPLE.  JULIO JONES RUNNING ONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE SECONDARY.  THE WHOLE DEFENSE OF THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS CAPPING OFF A GAME-OPENING POSSESSION FOR A TD.  TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PLAY, RICH, BECAUSE WE’VE GOT A PICK PLAY.  TONY GONZALEZ COMES ACROSS AND HE GETS IN THE WAY OF THE GUY WHO’S COVERING JULIO JONES IN THE SLOT.  AWAY HE GOES ACROSS THE FIELD ON A SHALLOW CROSS.  THIS IS AN EASY PLAY.  TOUCHDOWN 30 YDS.  THAT’S HOW YOU START A FOOTBALL GAME.  AND THE FALCONS WOULD ADD ON 3 MORE IN THE 2ND QUARTER.  THEY LED 10-0, AND THIS IS THE LAST THING JACKSONVILLE NEEDED, WAS A SPECIAL TEAMS TURNOVER INSIDE THEIR OWN RED ZONE.  JARED DILLARD, ONE OF THE YOUNG GREEN JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE WICKETS.  FUMBLE.  MEL TUCKER INTERIM HEAD COACH WATCHED SHAWN WEATHERSPOON GIVE THE OFFENSE OF THE ATLANTA FALCONS A RIDICULOUSLY SHORT FIELD.  IT ONLY TOOK 1 PLAY.  MICHAEL TURNER RUNNING IT IN.  9TH TOUCHDOWN THIS SEASON.  FALCONS UP 17-NOTHING; AND THIS ESSENTIALLY WAS A WRAP FROM THERE ON OUT.  2 FALCONS POSSESSIONS LATER, 3RD & 2 FROM THEIR OWN 32.  RODDY WHITE.  HE HAD QUITE A NICE GAME MICHAEL.  YES HE DID.  HE HAD A REAL NICE GAME RICH.  CAUGHT ABOUT 10 PASSES FOR 135 YDS.  HE WAS ALL OVER THE FIELD SHORT CATCHING DEEP BALLS.  DID A WONDERFUL JOB.  THEY WORKED THAT PASSING GAME OUT TOO.  AND THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DRAWN UP.  RODDY WHITE’S GETTING IT DONE.  JULIO JONES IS GETTING IT DONE.  MICHAEL TURNER UP THE GUT MARSHALL.  YES, AND HE WAS EFFECTIVE TODAY.  WHAT I LIKE TODAY RICH, THEY THREW THE BALL 26 TIMES WITH MATT RYAN BUT THEY RAN IT 19 TIMES.  THAT’S THE KIND OF BALANCE THEY’RE GONNA NEED IF THEY WANT TO GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS.  SUCH FEROCIOUS RUSHING.  EVEN FOREARMED HIS OWN TEAMMATE ON THE WAY TO THAT GAIN; AND THEN LATER ON, CAPPED OFF RODDY WHITE IN THE END ZONE.  SORT OF RIGHT IN FRONT OF TONY GONZALEZ.  YEA, I’M NOT SURE.  WE’RE GONNA HAVE TO ASK HIM.  WHO WERE YOU THROWING THAT BALL TO?  EITHER ONE OF THEM COULD’VE HAD IT.  I HEAR YA.  WITH 1 MINUTE TO GO IN THE HALF, HERE’S ONE OF THE MANY SACKED FORCED FUMBLES TONIGHT.  2 OF THEM BY JOHN ABRAHAM.  HE HAD 3-1/2 SACKS, 2 FORCED FUMBLES.  WAYNE GABBERT WAS JUST ON THE WRONG SIDE OF EVERYTHING TONIGHT.  WELL WE SAID THAT EARLIER IN THE PREGAME THAT THIS IS NOT THIS KID’S FAULT.  HE’S TAKING A BEATING BACK THERE IN THE POCKET.  AS THAT ONE WAS A FORCED FUMBLE, HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE.  ABRAHAM GETS THE BALL LOOSE.  THIS ONE IS A CORY PETERS TD.  34-NOTHING ATLANTA.  ABRAHAM TOLD MIKE MAYOCK AND BRIAN NESSER.  HE SAID, “I WILL HAVE 3 SACKS.”  HE HAD MORE THAN THAT TODAY.  3-1/2 SACKS, 2 FORCED FUMBLES.  THAT ATLANTA FALCONS ON A NIGHT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT MAYBE THEY COULD SLIP-UP.  JACKSONVILLE SCORED 41 LAST WEEK.  INSTEAD IT’S ATLANTA WHO SCORES 41, AND THEY WILL GO OFF TO N.O. NEXT WEEK REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE SAINTS DO AGAINST MINN. ON SUNDAY.  STILL WITH A CHANCE AFTER 15 WKS. OF FOOTBALL TO TRY AND REPEAT AS NFC SOUTH CHAMPIONS.

 

01:13:31 – DALLAS COWBOYS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

 7 & 12 TONY ROMO WAS IN DECEMBER AS THE STARTER.  HE WILL BE ON THE SET WITH US, DEION SANDERS.  RAHEEM MORRIS ON THE HOT SEAT.  NO SCORE.  BUCCANEERS OPENING DRIVE.  3RD & 5 AND JOSH FREEMAN SCRAMBLES UP THE MIDDLE, 25 YDS.  THEY GOT OFF TO A GOOD START UP TO THE BUCCANEERS 49.  THEY DID, AND THIS IS A POSITIVE PLAY.  THIS IS WHAT THEY NEEDED TO START THIS GAME OFF IN A GOOD FASHION.  AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.  NEXT PLAY 1ST & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 49.  FREEMAN SCRAMBLES AGAIN BUT ANTHONY SPENCER FORCES THE FUMBLE AND BRADY JAMES RECOVERS FOR THE COWBOYS.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS ONE.  THIS IS THE KIND OF PLAY THAT THE DALLAS COWBOYS DEFENSE NEEDED EARLY, BUT NOT THE TYPE OF PLAY T.B. BUCS OFFENSE CAN AFFORD.  THEY’RE 32ND TURNOVER THIS SEASON.  NEXT COWBOYS POSSESSION, 3RD & GOAL.  TONY ROMO BUYING TIME.  THIS IS THE THEME OF THE NIGHT.  ALL THE TIME IN THE POCKET.  YOU CANNOT GIVE A QB LIKE TONY ROMO OR ANY KIND OF QB THAT MUCH TIME IN THE POCKET, AND TONY ROMO DOES A GOOD JOB AT THROWING THE BALL, AND MILES FOUGHT FOR IT.  HE FOUGHT FOR THE BALL.  YEA.  THEY REVIEWED THAT PLAY BUT IT WAS A TOUCHDOWN AND THE COWBOYS TAKE THE 7-NOTHING LEAD.  SAME SCORE, NEXT COWBOYS POSSESSION 3RD & 10.  3RD PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  ROMO FINDS JASON WITTEN 28 YDS. DOWN TO THE BUCS 41 TO KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE.  JASON WITTEN IS NOT THE FASTEST T.E. IN THE GAME BUT HE STAYS OPEN.  NOW 3RD & GOAL AT THE BUCS 8.  ROMO TO DEZ BRYANT, BOBBLES IT BUT COMES DOWN WITH IT.  SO THE COWBOYS TAKE THE 14-NOTHING LEAD.  THEY WERE JUST 3RD DOWN.  TONY ROMO SCRAMBLING WAS THE WAY IT STARTED OUT.  IN THE 2ND QUARTER NOW, SAME SCORE.  BUCS POSSESSION.  JOSH FREEMAN SACKED BY DEMARCUS WARE FOR A 6 YD. LOSS.  HIS 16TH SACK OF THE SEASON.  ONE OF THE RARE SACKS THAT DONALD PENN GAVE UP BUT DEMARCUS WARE, WITH A GREAT SPEED RUSH, BEAT HIM OFF THE BALL.  THEY WERE ALSO RUNNING THE BALL WELL.  FELIX JONES COMES UP HERE.  TAKES THE HANDOFF AND TAKES IT 38 YDS. DOWN TO THE BUCS 25.  MANY SAY HE’S NOT AN EVERY DOWN BACK BUT WHEN HE GETS HIS OPPORTUNITIES, HE MAKES THEM COUNT.  WE SAID THIS WAS THE THEME OF THE NIGHT, AND HERE’S ANOTHER REASON WHY.  4 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 5.  7TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE AND ROMO, PLENTY OF TIME AGAIN, FINDS LARENT ROBINSON FOR THE TD., AND THE COWBOYS, THE 21-NOTHING LEAD.  THE LOOK SAYS IT ALL, DOESN’T IT?  SAME SCORE, NEXT COWBOYS POSSESSION.  ROMO TO WITTEN SLIDING OVER THE MIDDLE.  HOW DOES HE GET OPEN SO MUCH?!  HE’S DECEPTIVE, MARSHALL.  HE’S DECEPTIVE.  3 PLAYS LATER, ROMO GETTING OGLETREE OVER THE MIDDLE FOR 4.  COWBOYS PICK UP THE 1ST DOWN.  HURRY UP TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.  HEADS-UP PLAY BY ROMO HERE.  RIGHT HERE.  22 SECS. LEFT, 1ST & GOAL.  CALLS HIS OWN NUMBER.  QB SNEAK.  REALLY HEADS UP PLAY.  THE BUCCANEERS DEFENSE COULDN’T EVEN GET LINED UP.  HOW ABOUT THE FIRST HALF FOR TONY ROMO.  3 PASSING TDS. AND A RUSH TD. IN THE 1ST HALF.  3RD QUARTER, COWBOYS OPENING POSSESSION.  ROMO IS SACKED BY ANDREA CLAYBORNE AND FUMBLES.  COULD IT POSSIBLY BE HAPPENING AGAIN?  UH, OH.  YOU MEAN THE 2ND HALF LETDOWN OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS?  I WAS JUST HAPPY TO SEE THE T.B. BUCS NOT LAY IT DOWN IN THE 2ND HALF.  SO YOU’RE SAYING THERE’S A CHANCE?  I’M SAYING THERE’S A LIGHT OVER THEM.  JUST A GLIMMER OF HOPE.  ALRIGHT.  JOSH FREEMAN TO DESMOND BRISCOE FOR 17 YDS. AND 9 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 4 AT THE COWBOYS 13.  DESMOND BRISCOE IN FOR THE 13 YD. TD.; AND THE BUCS GO FOR 2 AND THEY GET IT.  SO, ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE’VE GOT OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT OF A GAME HERE.  HERE’S WHAT I THINK.  THERE’S LIGHT.  AND THEN WE GO TO THE 4TH QUARTER.  THE BUCS GOING FOR IT ON 4TH & 9.  WE ARE IN A 4 DOWN GAME AT THIS POINT.  FREEMAN TO CRAIG LUTKIN.  FIGHTS FOR THE 14 YD. GAIN AND THE 1ST DOWN, AND THEN 4 PLAYS LATER, UNDER 6 MINS. LEFT, GOING FOR IT AGAIN ON 4TH & 12, COULD THIS BALL HAD BEEN CAUGHT?  THAT’S A TOUGH PLAY.  YOU KNOW WHAT, HE MADE THE THROW.  I ALWAYS SAY IF A RECEIVER TOUCHED THE FOOTBALL, YOU SHOULD CATCH IT.  SO THE COWBOYS GO ON TO WIN 31-15.  TONY ROMO 23 OF 32, 249 YDS. AND 4 TOTAL TDS.

 

01:18:01 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ HOUSTON TEXANS

 THE TEXANS WITH THEIR FIRST 10 WK. SEASON IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.  CAM NEWTON DOING THINGS FOR THE PANTHERS, AND T.J. YATES STARTING AGAIN FOR HOUSTON.  LED A COMEBACK WIN LAST WEEK AGAINST CINCY.  HE HANDS IF OFF EARLY TO ARIAN FOSTER.  FOSTER’S 2ND CARRY OF THE GAME, AND HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL!  IT’S DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE RECOVERED BY JAMES ANDERSON FOR CAROLINA.  THEY TAKE OVER AT THE 26.  THEN 4TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  A 2ND & 20.  CAM NEWTON DOWN INTO THE END ZONE.  STEVE SMITH MAKES THE GRAB.  HE BEAT JONATHAN JOSEPH.  DOES A LITTLE DEION SANDERS DANCE.  A 26 YD. SCORE HAS THE PANTHERS UP 7-NOTHING ON THE ROAD, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FUMBLE.  2ND QUARTER, 2 POSSESSIONS LATER, A 3RD & 3.  CAM NEWTON AND HE JUST THREADS THE NEEDLE.  OVER CLOVER …TO GREG OLSEN FOR 17 YDS.  PERFECT PASS, NICE CATCH.  AND THE PANTHERS MOVING THE FOOTBALL.  2 PLAYS LATER, 9TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, A 2ND & GOAL.  CAM.  HE THROWS IT SHORT TO JEREMY SHOCKEY.  SLIPS A MAN AND GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  A 9 YD. SCORE.  JEREMY SHOCKEY, HIS 3RD OF THE YEAR.  PANTHERS GO UP 14 TO NOTHING ON THE ROAD IN HOUSTON.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER, FOR THE TEXANS, T.J. YATES LOOKING DOWNFIELD, INTERCEPTED BY JORDAN SEND.  SEND IS GONNA BE KNOCKED DOWN.  HE IS IN HOUSTON TERRITORY AFTER RETURNING IT TO THE 48 AND GARY KUBIAK’S GONNA TALK IT OVER WITH T.J. YATES.  9TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE AND WAIT A SECOND.  WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?  CAROLINA SNAPS IT QUICKLY.  RICHIE __ GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  A TD. FOR CAROLINA!  WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT PLAY?  IT LOOKS LIKE THE FUMBLEROOSKY.  CAM NEWTON FAKES LIKE HE’S GETTING THE SNAP.  RUNS TO HIS RIGHT.  DEFENSE GOES WITH HIM, AND NOBODY IS THERE TO TACKLE BROCKLE.  HE TAKES IT IN FOR THE SCORE.  THEY WERE FAKED OUT OF THEIR HEADS ON THE FUMBLEROOSKY, AND THE PANTHERS ARE UP 21-NOTHING IN HOUSTON.  NOW UP 21-6 IN THE 3RD QUARTER AND THEY GIVE IT TO ARIAN FOSTER BREAKING FREE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.  FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN.  A GAIN OF 22 DOWN TO THE PANTHERS 24.  ONTO THE 4TH, SAME DRIVE.  A 1ST & GOAL AT THE 1; AND THE HANDOFF GOES TO FOSTER.  HE DOES PUNCH IT IN FOR THE TD.  SO THE TEXANS ONLY DOWN NOW BY 1 SCORE.  COULD THEY COME BACK?  FOSTER GOES OVER 100 YDS. IN THE GAME AND WENT OVER 1,000 YDS. ON THE SEASON FOR THE 2ND STRAIGHT YEAR.  BUT CAROLINA COMES RIGHT BACK.  THEY’RE NOT GONNA BLOW THIS ONE.  UNDER 10 MINS. TO GO AND DEANGELO WILLIAMS FINDS A HUGE HOLE.  HE GETS THE SCORE.  PANTHERS UP 28-13.  UNDER 10 MINS. TO GO.  DOES HOUSTON HAVE ANOTHER COMEBACK IN THEM?  THE DUMP OFF TO ARIAN FOSTER.  HE DOES A SPIN MOVE.  HAD SOME NICE BLOCKING DOWN THE FIELD.  HE PICKS UP 22 YDS. ON THE PLAY.  DOWN TO THE 10 YD. LINE.  SO 3 PLAYS LATER SAME DRIVE, 3RD & GOAL.  YATES BACK TO PASS OUT OF THE SHOTGUN.  HE’S GONNA DANCE AROUND, AND HE THROWS IT INTO THE END ZONE.  PICKED OFF BY JAMES ANDERSON.  ANDERSON WITH THE FUMBLE RECOVERY.  HAD THE INTERCEPTION.  PANTHERS GET THE VICTORY, 28-13.

 

01:21:14 – MIAMI DOLPHINS @ BUFFALO BILLS

 BILLS HAVE LOST 6 IN A ROW, BUT IN THE SNOW COULD THEY TAKE DOWN THE DOLPHINS.  REGGIE BUSH COMING OFF BACK-TO-BACK 100 YD. GAMES.  1ST QUARTER, THEIR 2ND POSSESSION.  5TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, THE TOSS GOES TO BUSH.  BUSH GETS THE BALL STRIPPED FROM BEHIND.  STRIPPED BY AARON WILLIAMS AND RECOVERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE.  BUFFALO SIGNALING THAT THEY HAVE IT, AND THEY DID.  GEORGE WILSON RECOVERS IT.  EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION FOR THE BILLS.  ENSUING POSSESSION.  THEY GIVE IT RIGHT TO C.J. SPIELLER, AND HE TAKES IT TOWARDS THE SIDELINE, AND HE WILL TAKE IT IN FOR THE SCORE.  C.J. SPIELLER’S 3RD RUSHING TD. OF THE SEASON.  BILLS GOING UP 7-NOTHING.  THE FANS LOVING IT.  SO WAS SPIELLER.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR THE DOLPHINS, NEAR MIDFIELD.  MATT MOORE BACK TO PASS.  PLENTY OF TIME.  LOOKING ALL OVER THE FIELD.  HE’LL ROLL TO HIS LEFT.  PULL IT DOWN AND THROW IT AND, SOMEHOW, IN BETWEEN 3 GUYS, CHARLES CLAY COMES UP WITH THE CATCH.  CLAY BROUGHT DOWN AFTER GAINING 30 YDS.  SETTING UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 22.  SAME DRIVE.  NOW ONTO THE 2ND QUARTER.  MATT MOORE LOOKING TO HIS RIGHT SIDE.  WIDE OPEN.  ANTHONY FAISANO, THE T.E. IS THERE FOR HIS 5TH TD. CATCH OF THE SEASON.  THAT TIES THE GAME AT 7.  NEXT POSSESSION FOR MIAMI.  MOORE BACK TO PASS.  THROWS IT DOWN THE LEFT SIDELINE.  … HEARTLINE MAKING THE SLIDING CATCH.  A 31 YD. GRAB.  LOOKS LIKE HE EITHER SLIPPED… WHATEVER IT WAS, HE CAME DOWN WITH THE GRAB SETTING UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 41.  THEN ON A 3RD & 2, REGGIE BUSH WITH THE SPIN MOVE, ESCAPES A MAN.  HE’S GOT BRANDON MARSHALL BLOCKING DOWNFIELD IN FRONT OF HIM.  PICKS UP 28 YDS. ON THE PLAY.  JUST MADE GEORGE WILSON LOOK FOOLISH.  … SLIPPED RIGHT PAST HIM WITH A SPIN.  BUSH WITH AN AWESOME RUN FOR 28 YDS.  SET UP A 1ST & GOAL AT THE 6.  THE DRIVE WOULD END WITH A F.G.  DOLPHINS UP 10-7.  THEN RYAN FITZPATRICK.  HE HAS HIS PASS PICKED OFF BY VONTE DAVIS; AND THAT WOULD END UP LEADING TO A F.G.  RYAN FITZPATRICK WITH ANOTHER ROUGH GAME.  3RD QUARTER, OPENING POSSESSION OF THE 2ND HALF FOR MIAMI; AND THEY GO DOWNFIELD IMMEDIATELY.  THE BOMB TO BRANDON MARSHALL.  HIS LONGEST PLAY OF THE SEASON.  A 65 YD. SCORE.  DOLPHINS JUST NOW RUNNING AWAY WITH THE GAME, UP 20-7; AND MARSHALL FINDS ONE OF HIS FANS IN THE END ZONE.  GOES UP FOR THE HUG.  RYAN FITZPATRICK IN THE 3RD QUARTER.  COULD HE BRING HIS TEAM BACK?  HE’S GOT A 3RD & 12.  HE’S GOT SOME TIME.  FITZPATRICK LOOKS DOWNFIELD.  THE BALL IS DEFLECTED.  TIPPED UP IN THE AIR…AND SOMEHOW IT IS INTERCEPTED BY RASHAD JONES WHO COMES OUT OF NOWHERE TO MAKE THE GRAB.  AND FITZPATRICK NOW WITH A MULTI INTERCEPTION, IN FOR THE 7TH TIME THIS SEASON.  THEN HE’S LOOKING DOWN THE SIDELINES.  HE IS PICKED OFF BY VONTE DAVIS AGAIN!  FITZPATRICK’S 3RD PICK OF THE GAME.  HE FINISHED WITH 316 YDS. AND 2 TDS. BUT 3 INTERCEPTIONS OF THE 2ND PICK OF THE GAME FOR VONTE DAVIS.  ONTO THE 4TH.  UP 23-13.  THE HANDOFF TO REGGIE BUSH.  HE’S GOT A BIG HOLE.  SLIPS AN ANKLE TACKLE.  REGGIE BUSH IS GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY.  JUST SCHOOLING THE ENTIRE FIELD, TAKES IT TO THE HOUSE.  SLIDES INTO THE END ZONE.  GETS A FLAG FOR GOING TO THE GROUND BUT WHY NOT CELEBRATE?  YOUR TEAM IS UP AND REGGIE BUSH WITH A 76 YD. RUSHING TD.  HE FINISHED WITH OVER 200 YDS. IN THE GAME.  HIS BEST CAREER GAME.  REGGIE BUSH… AND THE DOLPHINS GET THE WIN.

 

01:24:52 – TENNESSEE TITANS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

 COLTS STILL WINLESS ON THE SEASON.  LOOKING TO AVOID THEIR WORST START IN FRANCHISE HISTORY, AND ALSO 0-13 IN 1985.  CHRIS JOHNSON HAS BEEN RUNNING WELL FOR TENN. LATELY.  3-3 GAME.  LATE 2ND QUARTER, TENN. TRYING TO GET SOME MORE PTS. RIGHT BEFORE HALFTIME AND MATT HASSELBECK WITH A NICE PASS DOWN THE SIDELINES TO LAVELL HAWKINS FOR 22 YDS., AND IT WOULD SETUP A F.G.  TENN. GOES INTO HALFTIME UP 6-3.  COLTS GET THE BALL.  THEY ARE DRIVING.  ON A 2ND & 6, END ZONE.  REGGIE WAYNE.  DID HE COME DOWN WITH IT?  REGGIE WAYNE?  HE DID!  REGGIE WAYNE WITH THE CATCH IN THE END ZONE!  ONLY HIS 3RD TD. CATCH OF THE SEASON.  PEYTON MANNING ON THE SIDELINES, AND DALLAS CLARK.  THEY BOTH LOVE IT.  SO, THE COLTS ON TOP 10-6.  MIDWAY THROUGH THE 3RD, AND THAT PASSER MATT HASSELBECK GETS PICKED OFF INTENDED FOR CHRIS JOHNSON.  JACOB LACEY RETURNS IT THE OTHER WAY FOR THE TD.  THAT IS THE 1ST INTERCEPTION OF THE SEASON BY A COLTS CORNERBACK.  THEY’RE UP 17-6 WHEN DONALD BROWN GETS LOOSE NEARING THE END OF THE 3RD QUARTER.  BROWN RUSHES FOR 39.  FINALLY PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS AND ADAM VINATIERRI WOULD ADD A F.G.  SO THE COLTS GO UP 20-6 AT HOME AGAINST TENN.  MATT HASSELBECK LOOKING TO LEAD A COMEBACK, AND THEY GET A BIG PLAY OVER THE MIDDLE.  BUT WAIT A SECOND!  JAROD COOK LOOSES THE FOOTBALL.  HE LOST IT AND PAT __ FORCED IT!  CHRIS RUTGER RECOVERS FOR INDY.  A BIG TIME PLAY BY THE COLTS DEFENSE.  TURNS IT OVER AND GIVES THE BALL BACK TO HIM.  BUT TENN. WOULD GET IT BACK.  WITH 8 MINS. TO GO THEY’RE LOOKING TO MAKE A COMEBACK.  CHRIS JOHNSON GETS UP AFTER RECEIVING A PASS.  TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE FOR A TD. BUT WAIT A SECOND.  WAS HE DOWN EARLIER?  WAS HE TOUCHED?  YES.  THE FACEMASK OF ..LOOKS LIKE ANTOWANE BETHEA GOT HIM.  SO HE WAS RULED DOWN AT THE 43.  COUPLE PLAYS LATER, HASSELBECK BACK TO PASS.  LOOKING END ZONE.  HE IS PICKED OFF.  UGLY PASS.  UNDER THREW HIS MAN.  2 GUYS WERE THERE.  HIS 2ND INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME.  PEYTON MANNING LOVING IT ON THE SIDELINES AND SO JAKE LOTKER WOULD COME INTO THE GAME.  2 TENN. POSSESSIONS LATER, A 2ND & 19.  THE INSIDE HANDOFF TO CHRIS JOHNSON.  HE REVERSES FIELD.  MAKES A CUT UP THE MIDDLE.  COULD HE TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE?  JOHNSON DRAGGED DOWN.  HE WAS CAUGHT FROM BEHIND AT THE 7.  PUT TOGETHER A 35 YD. RUN THOUGH.  1ST & GOAL.  JOHNSON 15 CARRIES FOR 55 YDS.  ALSO HAD 54 YDS. RECEIVING.  HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE ON THE PLAY, AND THEN LOCKER COMES RIGHT BACK AND THROWS A TD. PASS TO NATE WASHINGTON.  SO THEY DO CUT THE DEFICIT TO 7.  THEY’RE DOWN 20-13.  BUT, THEY KICK THE BALL AWAY TO INDY AND DONALD BROWN, HE REVERSES FIELD.  STILL ON HIS FEET.  HE’S GOT A BLOCKER IN FRONT OF HIM.  DONALD BROWN DOWN THE SIDELINES AND HE WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE.  DONALD BROWN WITH AN 80 YD. TD.  THE FIRST PLAY OF THE DRIVE AFTER THE TD. PUTS IT OUT OF REACH, AND THE COLTS GET THEIR FIRST WIN.

 

01:28:03 – CINCINNATI BENGALS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

 SAM BRADFORD OUT FOR ST. LOUIS.  SO THAT MEANS KELLEN CLEMENS IS GETTING THE START.  A.J. GREENE, THE ROOKIE RECEIVER FOR THE BENGALS, 891 YDS. AND 7 TDS. ON THE SEASON.  1ST QUARTER NO SCORE AND DALTON WILL GO STRAIGHT TO WORK FOR A.J. GREENE.  AND HE HAULS IT IN!  BUT HE IS TOUCHED AND HE IS DOWN AFTER GAINING 55 YDS., EXTENDING FOR THE BOMB!  A.J. GREENE WITH THE SWEET GRAB, SETS UP A 1ST & GOAL AT THE 2.  CINCY IN BUSINESS.  2ND & GOAL.  DALTON TRIES TO THROW THE FADE PATTERN.  GREENE COMES UP WITH THE ONE-HANDED CATCH WITH HIS LEFT HAND BUT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET BOTH FEET IN.  SO IT DID NOT COUNT.  STILL A NICE CATCH.  CINCY WOULD SETTLE FOR A F.G. GOING UP 3-0 AGAINST ST. LOUIS.  AND THEN THEIR NEXT POSSESSION.  THEY DO THE THROWBACK TO GREENE, AND HE’S ABLE TO BREAK FREE!  HE TAKES IT 30 YDS. ALL THE WAY INTO ST. LOUIS TERRITORY, SETTING UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 41.  GREENE WITH THE BIG GAME FINISHED WITH 6 CATCHES FOR 115 YDS.  ONTO THE 2ND.  CINCY STILL DRIVING BUT A 2ND & 21 AND DALTON IS PICKED OFF.  TRIED TO FORCE A PASS.  JOSH GORDY IS THERE, FINALLY.  HE HAD TO HURDLE, AND HE WAS TRIPPED AFTER RETURNING IT 30 YDS.  SETS UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 48.  DALTON TRIED TO FORCE THAT ONE AND IT WAS PICKED OFF.  3RD & 3 FOR ST. LOUIS.  KELLEN CLEMENS IS SACKED IN THE BACKFIELD BY JONATHAN __.  GOT HIM WITH THE HELMET-TO-HEMET HIT BUT THE REFEREES DID NOT SEE IT.  THEY DID NOT CALL A PENALTY.  SO ST. LOUIS WAS FORCED TO PUNT.  3 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR CINCY, STILL UP 3-0.  NOW TIED 3-3.  AND DALTON WILL GO DOWN THE FIELD, AND THERE’S A PASS INTERFERENCE CALLED ON THE RAMS.  BUT, A.J. GREENE WAS HURT ON THE PLAY.  HE TRIPPED ON HIS FEET.  STUMBLED OVER HIMSELF AND IT LOOKED LIKE HE HURT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.  HE LANDED HARD ON IT.  MAY’VE JAMMED IT.  HE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCKER ROOM BUT HE WOULD RETURN IN THE 2ND HALF.  RAMS WENT INTO HALFTIME LEADING 6-3.  CINCY DID TIE IT UP.  SO TIED-UP AT 6, LATE 3RD QUARTER, THE PUNT RETURN.  BRANDON TATE BREAKS FREE DOWN THE SIDELINE!  HE HAS TO MISS THE PUNTER AND AVOIDS HIM BUT HE DOES GET PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS.  STILL, NOT BEFORE GAINING 56 YDS. ON THE PUNT RETURN, AND IT WOULD LEAD TO THIS.  CINCY LOOKING END ZONE.  DALTON TO A.J. GREENE.  AND GREENE FALLS HARD ON HIS SHOULDER ONCE AGAIN.  THERE WAS A FLAG ON THE PLAY AND 2 PLAYS LATER CINCY HAD A 2ND & GOAL AND THEY GIVE IT TO BERNARD SCOTT, AND HE SQUEEZES INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  ONLY HIS 3RD CAREER TD.  PUNCTUATES IT WITH A SPIKE AND CINCY STARTING TO ROLL UP 13-6.  AND THEN THEY GIVE IT TO CEDRIC BENSON THIS TIME, AND HE BOWLS OVER PEOPLE FOR A GAIN OF 15.  WHY NOT LET HIM FINISH OFF THE DRIVE.  AFTER GETTING THAT TO WORK THEY GIVE IT TO HIM AGAIN.  HE BOUNCES IT OUT LEFT SIDE.  GETS AROUND THE END INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  CINCY GOES UP ON THE ROAD IN ST. LOUIS, AND THEY’RE ABLE TO PULL OFF THE WIN 20-13.

 

01:31:18 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ CHICAGO BEARS

 MARSHAWN LYNCH HAS BEEN HOT FOR SEATTLE.  OVER 100 RUSHING YDS, IN 5 OF HIS LAST 6 GAMES.  CALEB HANIE STARTING AGAIN WITH JAY CUTLER OUT FOR THE BEARS.  1ST QUARTER, THEIR 2ND POSSESSION, HE GOES DOWNFIELD.  HE THROWS IT TO JOHNNY KNOX BUT KNOX LOSES THE FOOTBALL AND EARL THOMAS WOULD RECOVER FOR SEATTLE.  A BIG GAME CHANGER EARLY IN THE GAME.  JOHNNY KNOX WAS HURT ON THE PLAY.  AS HE WAS GOING FOR THE LOOSE BALL, LOOKS LIKE HE GETS HIT IN THE HEAD.  JUST GETS IT JAMMED BACK.  HE WOULD BE CARTED OFF THE FIELD, AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH AN APPARENT BACK INJURY.  HE WAS ABLE TO MOVE ALL HIS EXTREMITIES.  ENSUING SEAHAWKS POSSESSION, STEVEN HASKA LINING UP FOR A 22 YD. F.G. BUT WAIT A SECOND.  CORY GRAHAM GOES OVER THE TOP.  HE ILLEGALLY USED LEVERAGE.  SO AFTER THE PENALTY IT’S A 1ST & GOAL AT THE 2.  THEY GIVE IT TO MARSHAWN LYNCH.  GOES UP THE MIDDLE.  DIVES INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE 2 YD. SCORE.  THEY’RE UP 7-NOTHING ON THE ROAD.  MARSHAWN LYNCH WITH A TD. IN HIS 10TH STRAIGHT GAME.  THAT BREAKS A FRANCHISE RECORD THAT WAS SET BY SHAUN ALEXANDER.  AND THEN TAVARES JACKSON, IN HIS OWN END ZONE, HAS THE BALL STRIPPED FROM BEHIND.  ISRAEL __ JUMPS ON IT FOR THE TD.  JULIUS PEPPERS CAME AROUND THE EDGE.  HE HAD SLIPPED, GOT BACK UP, KNOCKED THE BALL LOOSE.  __ FELL ON IT FOR THE TD.  THAT WAS PEPPERS 10TH SACK OF THE SEASON, THAT TIED UP THE GAME.  CALEB HANIE THOUGH, HE’S HAVING A ROUGH TIME.  3RD & 8.  HANIE ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT.  WITH THE GAME TIED UP AT 7, GOES DOWNFIELD TO DANES __ FOR 18 YDS.  SETUP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 40.  THEN 4 PLAYS LATER, HANIE 2ND & 10, GOING DOWNFIELD.  BALL IS TIPPED UP IN THE AIR AND INTERCEPTED BY EARL THOMAS.  HE TAKES IT OUT OF THE END ZONE.  STILL ON HIS FEET.  HE WAS TRIPPED AND BROUGHT DOWN INSIDE THE 20.  BUT THERE WAS AN ILLEGAL BLOCK ON THE RETURN.  SO, SETUP A SEAHAWKS 1ST & 10 AT THEIR OWN 1.  AND THEN THE NEXT BEARS POSSESSION.  THIS TIME HANIE FINDS __ BELFORD 25 YD. SCORE.  THAT WAS BELL’S 1ST CAREER TD.  THAT’S WHY HE’S SO PUMPED-UP, AND THE BEARS GO UP 14-7.  3RD QUARTER, SAME SCORE.  CHICAGO UP 14-7; AND TAVARES JACKSON’S LOOKING DOWNFIELD FOR BEN __.  HE WAS WIDE OPEN DOWN THE SIDELINES FOR 43 YDS.  IT WOULD LEAD TO ANOTHER MARSHAWN LYNCH TD.  SO THE SEAHAWKS TIE THE GAME AT 14.  COULD THE BEARS GO AHEAD BUT NOT LIKE THAT.  CALEB HANIE’S PASS PICKED OFF BY RED BRYANT WHO RETURNS IT 20 YDS. FOR THE SCORE.  THEY GO UP 21-14.  FAT GUY TD., RED BRYANT DANCING INTO THE END ZONE.  SEATTLE GOING UP ON THE ROAD.  NOW UP 24-14.  JACKSON WITH THE PLAY FAKE AND HE DUMPS IT OFF TO MICHAEL ROBINSON WHO GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE EASY 2 YD. SCORE.  SEAHAWKS ON THE SIDELINES.  PETE CARROLL LOVING IT AS HIS TEAM GOES UP 31-14.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR CHICAGO.  THIS TIME HANIE IS PICKED OFF BY BRANDON BROWNER.  BROWNER’S STILL ON HIS FEET AND NO ONE’S GONNA BE ABLE TO GET HIM.  HE TAKES IT TO THE HOUSE.  LOOKS LIKE THE BEARS GAVE UP ON THE PLAY.  BROWNER RETURNS IT FOR THE SCORE AND IT JUST GOT OUT OF HAND.  SEAHAWKS GET THE WIN ON THE ROAD, 38-14.

 

01:34:42 – NEW ORLEANS SAINTS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS

 THE SAINTS VISITING ANOTHER DOME, AND ADRIAN PETERSON IS BACK FOR MINN. AFTER MISSING THE LAST 3 GAMES.  DREW BREES LEADING HIS SAINTS.  1ST QUARTER THEY WERE DOWN 3-0 AS BREES HOOKS UP WITH LANCE MOORE IN THE END ZONE FOR A TD.  BREES NOW WITH A TD. PASS IN 41 STRAIGHT GAMES.  A 2ND IN NFL HISTORY.  SO THEY’RE UP 7-3 ON THE ROAD.  ONTO THE 2ND QUARTER.  STILL UP 7-3, AND THEN DREW BREES IS CAUGHT OFF-GUARD BY A SNAP, AND THE VIKINGS PICK IT UP.  EVERSON GRIFFIN PICKS IT UP.  BREES, NOT EVEN READY FOR THE SNAP.  IT JUST GOES STRAIGHT PAST HIM.  HE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT HE IS ABLE TO MAKE A TD-SAVING TACKLE; AND THE VIKINGS WOULD END UP WITH A F.G.  SO THAT SAVED THEM 4 PTS.  BUT, THE SAINTS WOULD GO BACK TO WORK.  BREES, WITH A DUMP-OFF TO DARREN SPROLES.  HE GOES UP THE SIDELINES.  SLIPS A MAN.  STILL ON HIS FEET, TAKES IT INSIDE THE 30 YD. LINE TO THE 24, PLUS LATE HIT THERE.  OUT OF BOUNDS.  A PERSONAL FOUL CALLED.  SO THAT ADDS ON 15 YDS.  AND THEN DREW BREES TO JIMMY GRAHAM WOULD END THE DRIVE WITH A TD.  SAINTS GO UP 14-6.  FOR JIMMY GRAHAM, HIS 9TH TD. OF THE SEASON.  FORMER BASKETBALL PLAYER AT MIAMI DOES THE SLAM DUNK.  HE PUTS THE SAINTS UP 14-6.  BUT ADRIAN PETERSON, AFTER THE SAINTS FAILED ON AN ONSIDE KICK ATTEMPT, HE WOULD BREAK FREE INTO THE OPEN FIELD.  FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN AFTER A GAIN OF 39.  HE HAD 10 CARRIES FOR 60 YDS.  AND THEN SAME DRIVE.  2 PLAYS LATER.  CHRISTIAN PONDER WITH THE SHOVEL PASS, AND IT GOES TO TONY GERHARDT.  DOES HE GET IN?  HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL.  YES!  A TD. IS RULED ON THE FIELD.  SAINTS ONLY UP BY 1 NOW, 14-13.  THEIR ENSUING POSSESSION, A 3RD & 4 FOR BREES INSIDE THE 20. HE’S GOT TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF HIM.  FINDS A MAN DOWNFIELD.  IT IS DARREN SPROLES IN TRAFFIC.  A 13 YD. SCORE.  SAINTS GO UP 21-13.  THAT WAS THE SCORE AT HALFTIME.  3RD QUARTER.  SAINTS FIRST POSSESSION OF THE 2ND HALF.  DREW BREES.  HE WAS BACK AROUND MIDFIELD AND THROWS IT DOWNFIELD TO JIMMY GRAHAM TAKES IT DOWN TO THE 26.  GRAHAM 7 CATCHES, 70 YDS. ON THE BALL GAME.  THEN 3 PLAYS LATER, BREES WITH THE PLAY FAKE, LOOKING END ZONE HE FINDS JOHN GILMORE AND GILMORE.  IT WAS HIS 6TH CAREER TD.  PUTS THE SAINTS UP 28-13; AND N.O. WAS JUST ROLLING AT THAT POINT IN THE 2ND HALF.  JUST MOORE PUNISHING A N.O. OFFENSE.  BREES ALL KINDS OF TIME ON 3RD & 4.  GOES ACROSS THE MIDDLE TO LANCE MOORE.  MOORE GOING FREE INTO THE END ZONE FOR HIS 2ND TD. OF THE GAME.  THIS ONE A 47 YARDER.  BREES 32 OR 40, 412 YDS., AND 5 TDS. IN THE GAME.  HE ALSO SET AN NFL RECORD WITH HIS 11TH 300 YD. PASSING GAME OF THE SEASON.

 

01:37:39 – GREEN BAY PACKERS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

 

PACKERS 13-0, LOOKING TO CONTINUE THEIR PERFECT SEASON FACING ROMEO CRENNEL, THE INTERIM HEAD COACH AFTER TODD HALEY WAS FIRED.  KYLE ORTON GETS THE START.  HE WAS 1-4 AS A BRONCOS STARTER EARLIER THIS SEASON.  3RD QUARTER, DOWN 6-0.  PACKERS WITH THE BALL.  3RD & 3.  AARON RODGERS GOES DOWN THE SIDELINE, AND REVERSING FIELD, JERMICHAEL FINLEY LOOKED ONE WAY; THEN LOOKED BACK THE OTHER.  MAKES THE GRAB.  A 1ST DOWN AT THE 7.  G.B. LOOKING FOR THEIR 1ST PTS. OF THE GAME.  A 3RD & GOAL.  6TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  RODGERS LOFTS ONE END ZONE.  DONALD DRIVER.  A 2 YD. SCORE AND THERE IT IS.  AFTER BEING SHUTOUT AT HALFTIME, RODGERS GETS A FRANCHISE RECORD 40TH TD. PASS OF THE SEASON.  PASSING BRETT FAVRE.  G.B. DOWN 9-7.  4TH QUARTER.  THEY’RE GOING FOR IT.  A BIG 4TH & 8; AND RODGERS THROWS INTENDED FOR FINLEY.  HE CANNOT COME DOWN WITH THE GRAB.  SO THE CHIEFS, WITH EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION, TAKE OVER AT THE 39, COME UP WITH A BIG STOP.  THEN ON A 2ND & INCHES, THEY GO WITH THE PLAY FAKE.  ORTON FINDS A WIDE OPEN LEONARD POPE.  POPE ALMOST TAKES IT IN FOR THE TD. BUT HE IS KNOCKED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 3.  A PICKUP OF 33 ON THE PLAY.  POPE CHANGES HANDS.  IT COULD’VE BEEN RULED A FUMBLE AND A TOUCHBACK, BUT NO.  MIKE MCCARTHY, IS HE GONNA THROW THE CHALLENGE FLAG?  DECIDES NOT TO, AND K.C. WOULD ADD A F.G., TAKING A 12-7 LEAD.  NEXT K.C. POSSESSION.  ANOTHER PLAY FAKE.  ROLLING OUT.  ORTON HITS ANTHONY BECHT FOR A GAIN OF 16 DOWN TO THE 5.  HE AND BECHT ARE FIRED-UP.  ORTON’S FIRST START FOR THE CHIEFS, AND CAN THEY PULL OUT THE UPSET?  THEY GET A BIG TIME TD.  UNDER 5 MINS. TO GO AND JACKIE BATTLE PUNCHES IT IN!  CHIEFS UP 19-7.  THEY’RE UP BY 2 SCORES.  IT WAS THEIR 5TH TRIP TO THE RED ZONE AND, FINALLY, THEY GET A TD.  AARON RODGERS TRYING TO GO TO WORK.  TIME IS TICKING.  3-1/2 MINS. TO GO.  HE COMPLETES IS TO JORDIE NELSON, A GAIN OF 22.  COUPLE PLAYS LATER, RODGERS BACK TO PASS ON A 1ST & 15.  AND HE FINDS OVER THE MIDDLE JERMICHAEL FINLEY.  HE PICKS UP 31 YDS. ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 15.  2-1/2 MINS. TO GO.  PACKERS DOWN BY 12.  A 3RD & 3.  RODGERS DANCING AROUND.  HE FAKES IT.  PUMPS AGAIN.  GOES INTO THE END ZONE.  HE TAKES IT HIMSELF.  GETS THE TD THAT G.B. NEEDED.  SO NOW THEY’RE 19-14 WITH ONLY 2 MINS. LEFT.  THEY HAVE ALL 3 TIMEOUTS, AND THEY DECIDE WE’LL GO FOR THE ONSIDE KICK.  BUT THE BALL GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.  THEY WERE UNABLE TO COME UP WITH IT.  A POOR ATTEMPT BY MASON CROSBY.  SO K.C. GETS THE BALL AT THE 44; AND WITH A BUCK 40 LEFT IN THE GAME, THEY GIVE IT TO JACKIE BATTLE.  HE GETS A 1ST DOWN, AND THAT WOULD SEAL IT FOR K.C.  THEY COME UP WITH THE WIN.  THEY END G.B.’S PERFECT SEASON.  13-1 ARE THE PACKERS.  ROMEO CRENNEL GETS THE GATORADE SHOWER IN HIS FIRST GAME AS HEAD COACH OF THE CHIEFS.

 

01:40:51 – WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ NEW YORK GIANTS

MIKE SHANAHAN.  COULD HE BE ON THE HOT SEAT WITH THE REDSKINS, 1-8 IN THEIR LAST 9?  ELI MANNING AND THE GIANTS LOOKING TO GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS AND WIN THE NFC EAST.  1ST QUARTER, GIANTS DOWN 3-0.  ELI BACK TO PASS OVER THE MIDDLE.  WIDE OPEN.  HAKIM NICKS DROPS IT!  HAKIM NICKS CANNOT COME UP WITH THE CATCH!  A SURE TD. AND IT HITS HIM IN THE FACEMASK!  GOES OFF HIS HANDS!  SOMEHOW GOES INCOMPLETE.  NICKS HAS A TD.  ELI MANNING ENDED UP 0-6 TO START THE GAME.  THE WORST START OF HIS CAREER.  THEY WERE FORCED TO PUNT.  AND THEN 2 REDSKINS POSSESSIONS LATER, REX GROSSMAN THROWS ONE ON A 4TH & 1 AT THE 41 TO JABBAR GAFFNEY.  SO THEY CONVERT.  2ND QUARTER, SAME DRIVE.  A 3RD & 8 FOR GROSSMAN.  BACK TO PASS.  LOOKS END ZONE.  WIDE OPEN.  SANTANA MOSS IS THERE FOR THE 20 YD. TD. CATCH.  SANTANA WITH TDS. NOW IN BACK-TO-BACK WEEKS.  REDSKINS UP 10-0 ON THE ROAD.  ENSUING GIANTS POSSESSION.  ELI WITH THE PUMP FAKE, THEN GOES THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND THROWS IT BUT IT BOUNCES AROUND OFF THE HANDS OF D.J. WARE; AND O.J. ATAGWE PICKS IT UP.  HE IS STILL ON HIS FEET.  TAKES IT DOWN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD.  ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GIANTS 41; AND TOM COUGHLIN WOULD CHALLENGE ON THE PLAY.  THE BALL BOUNCED AROUND BUT AN OUTSTANDING DIVING GRAB BY O.J. ATAGWE.  SCOOPED IT WITH HIS HANDS.  ELI MANNING CANNOT BELIEVE THE PLAY THAT HAPPENED.  ENSUING POSSESSION FROM THE REDSKINS.  THEY GIVE IT TO DARRELL YOUNG AND HE GETS THE SCORE FROM 6 YDS. AWAY.  THEY WERE SURPRISED THEY GAVE IT TO THE GUY WITH THE BALL.  THE UP-BACK.  JASON PIERRE-PAUL IS RIGHT THERE FOR THE TACKLE BUT HE GAVE UP BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THE R.B. WAS GONNA WIND UP GETTING IT.  INSTEAD, IT’S A TD. FOR YOUNG.  HIS FIRST CAREER RUSHING TD.  THEY’RE UP 17-NOTHING ON THE ROAD.  BUT THE GIANTS, COULD THEY GET IN, GET ON THE SCOREBOARD BEFORE HALFTIME?  WITH JUST 27 SECS. LEFT BEFORE THE HALF THEY GET COMPLETION TO AHMAD BRADSHAW AND THE BALL STAYS ALIVE AS HE KICKS IT, KEEPS IT AROUND AND COMES UP WITH THE 18 YD. GRAB.  THEY’RE ABLE TO GET A F.G. BEFORE HALFTIME FROM LAWRENCE TYNES.  SO THEY WENT INTO HALFTIME DOWN 17-3.  COULD THE GIANTS COME BACK?  AGAIN, THEY NEED THIS GAME IN ORDER TO STAY IN COMPETITION IN THE DIVISION RACE; AND ELI MANNING IS PICKED OFF AGAIN!  DEANGELO HALL WITH THE ONE-HANDED GRAB, STILL ON HIS FEET.  SLIPS A MAN.  FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN BY THE GANG OF TACKLERS BUT A ONE-HANDED INTERCEPTION BY DEANGELO HALL.  A FANTASTIC PLAY WOULD LEAD TO A GRAHAM GANO F.G.  SO THE REDSKINS GO UP 20-3.  THEY ADD ANOTHER F.G.  THEY’RE UP 23-3 BY THE TIME THE GIANTS HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE AT THE END ZONE.  THIS TIME PICKED OFF BY JOSH WILSON.  ELI MANNING’S 3RD INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME.  LOOKED LIKE HE WAS THROWING IT TO THE GUY IN THE WHITE JERSEY, AND LOOKS LIKE ELI’S UNHAPPY WITH MARIO MANNINGHAM.  HE MAY HAVE RUN THE WRONG ROUTES ON THAT ONE.  SO, THE GIANTS STILL UNDER 10 MINS. TO GO, LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST TD. OF THE GAME INTENDED FOR HAKEM NICKS.  HE DROPS HIS 2ND SURE TD. OF THE GAME.  SO NEXT TIME 3RD & GOAL.  JUST UNDER 10 MINS. TO GO.  THE PASS GOES TO D.J. WARE.  LOOKS LIKE HE BROKE THE GOAL LINE.  INITIALLY RULES A TD. ON THE FIELD.  BUT, THE BOOTH WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLAY AS THEY DO WITH ALL TDS.  HE DID NOT HAVE POSSESSION.  D.J. WARE CANNOT BELIEVE THE RULING ON THE FIELD.  HE WAS RULED DOWN AT THE 2.  SO THE PLAY WAS REVERSED.  THEN, 4TH & GOAL.  ELI MANNING, PLENTY OF TIME.  HE WILL FIND HAKEM NICKS AND THAT IS GOOD FOR THE TD.  BUT WAIT A SECOND.  THERE’S A FLAG DOWN ON THE PLAY.  DAVID DEIHL CALLED FOR HOLDING ON THE PLAY ON BRIAN ORAKPO.  SO THAT NULLIFIED THE TD.  TOM COUGHLIN CANNOT BELIEVE IT.  GIANTS CANNOT CATCH A BREAK.  SO 4TH & GOAL, THEY’RE GONNA TRY IT AGAIN.  ELI BROUGHT DOWN AS HE WAS ROLLING AWAY, AND HE WAS SACKED BY RYAN KERRIGAN.  REDSKINS PULL OFF THE UPSET IN N.Y. OVER THE GIANTS, 23-10.

 

 

01:45:01 – DETROIT LIONS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

 LATE HIGHLIGHT GUYS, AND DOMINIC EN SUH BACK AFTER A 2 GAME SUSPENSION.  CARSON PALMER, 1 GAME BEHIND THE BRONCOS IN THE NFC WEST.  1ST QUARTER, BARBER ON THE PLAY ACTION.  SACKED BY CLIFF AVRIL BUT AVRIL PICKS UP A PERSONAL FOUL FOR HORSE COLLAR TACKLING.  MOVES THE BALL TO THE 47.  THIS IS THE …OH, STOP!  IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.  I’M JUST TELLING YOU.  THIS IS THE UNDISCIPLINED BOWL.  BROUGHT TO YOU BY SOMEBODY.  12 YD. RAIDERS TD.  OAKLAND LEADING 7-0.  NEXT LIONS POSSESSION.  IF YOU’RE MATTHEW STAFFORD, WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?  PROBABLY  …  HOW DID YOU GET THAT OPEN?  LOOK AT THIS.  WELL THROWN.  WELL DONE.  WELL DONE.  STAFFORD 16 CONSECUTIVE GAME WITH A TD. PASS.  ALL TIED AT 7.  INTO THE 2ND QUARTER.  2ND DOWN, 12.  CARSON PALMER, DARIUS HEYWARD BAY.  MAKE A RUN FOR 35.  OUT TO THE 39 YD. LINE.  SAME DRIVE, 4 PLAYS LATER, CASEY’S 2ND DOWN & 7.  IT’S THE SAME CONNECTION.  PALMER TO HEYWARD BAY.  BREAKING TACKLES.  AND THIS TIME HE’S OFF AND RUNNING, 43 YDS. FOR THE SCORE.  HE’S GOT BREAKAWAY SPEED.  HIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN HANGING ONTO THE FOOTBALL.  THAT RIGHT THERE, NICE HANDS CATCH IN TRAFFIC.  IT REARED ITS HEAD TODAY.  AGAIN, UNDISCIPLINED BEHAVIOR BY THE LIONS.  DON’T TRY TO PUSH HIM DOWN.  TACKLE HIM.  HOW ABOUT SOME FUNDAMENTALS DETROIT?  OH..  I’M JUST TELLING YOU.  MR. BEAR I SAW A LOT OF THAT WITH THE BEARS TODAY.  WELL I’M NOT PLAYING FOR THE BEARS RIGHT NOW.  I’M JUST SAYING.  IF YOU’RE GONNA KNIT-PICK ON THE DETROIT LIONS…  YEA, I’M GONNA KNIT-PICK ON A TEAM THAT’S INFINITELY TALENTED THAT HAS NO DISCIPLINE.  YOU’RE RIGHT.  I’M GOING TO.  17-14 AT HALFTIME.  THAT WAS STAFFORD 39 YDS. TO NATE BURLESON.  INTO THE 3RD QUARTER.  CARSON PALMER.  HEYWARD BAY FOR 29 YDS.  THAT’S HOW TO HOLD ONTO THE BALL.  GIVE ME SOME OF THAT DISCIPLINE.  YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WAS?  THAT’S THE BALL PLAY.  THAT’S UNDISCIPLINED RAIDER PLAY.  OF COURSE!  THESE ARE THE 2 MOST PENALIZED TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE!  THEN SAY THAT!  27-14.  I CALLED IT THE UNDISCIPLINED BOWL.  MATTHEW STAFFORD TO THE ROOKIE TITUS YOUNG, 27-21.  WHO THROWS OFF HIS BACK FOOT BETTER THAN MATTHEW STAFFORD?  NOBODY.  MATTHEW STAFFORD, CALVIN JOHNSON HAVE A MONSTER, AND I MEAN MONSTER DAY TODAY.  EXTRA POINT WILL MAKE IT 28-27.  SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI PULLS THAT ONE.  I THINK IT WAS BLOCKED.  I THINK SUH GOT THE BLOCK THERE.  I WANT TO SEE WHAT THE REPLAY SHOWS.  DOMINIC EN SUH BACK AFTER THE 2 GAME SUSPENSION WITH A 1 PT. VICTORY.  THE LIONS IMPROVE .. IT’S A BIG WIN.  TO 9-5.  THIS IS A HUGE WIN FOR THE FRANCHISE.  BECAUSE CHICAGO. .. THAT PUTS THEM IN FRONT.  N.Y. AND SEATTLE ARE 2 GAMES BACK.  THAT’S RIGHT.  THEY HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT GAME AT G.B. TO END THE SEASON.  THEY’VE GOT THE S.D. CHARGERS AT HOME NEXT WEEK.  WE TALKED ABOUT IT ALL ALONG.  GET TO 10 WINS AND YOU SHOULD BE GOOD FOR AN NFC WILDCARD SPOT.  ABSOLUTELY.

 

01:48:04 – CLEVELAND BROWNS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS

 ARIZONA WAS DOWN BY 10 PTS. TO CLEVELAND LATE BUT FORCED OVERTIME, AND YOU DON’T WANT TO PUNT TO THIS GUY.  AND IT’S..PATRICK.. HE’S LOOKING FOR THE SIDELINE.  HE TURNS THE CORNER!  OH, WHAT A RETURN.  32 YDS. TO CLEVELAND 34.  RIGHT ON THE RANGE OF JAY FEELEY.  IT NOT ALREADY IN IT, AND CERTAINLY IN THE RANGE OF JAY FEELEY WHEN JOHN SKELTON FINDS LARRY FITZGERALD WIDE OPEN.  HOW DOES HE GET THAT OPEN?  OH, WHAT A TOUGH LOSS FOR THE BROWNS AS JAY FEELEY GETS THE CARDINALS BACK TO 500.  LET’S GO TO BUFFALO.  YEA, PLEASE.

 

01:48:54 – NEW YORK JETS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

 WELL THAT GIANTS LOSS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, OPENED THE DOOR FOR THE EAGLES TO MAYBE SOMEHOW PULL THIS DIVISION OUT OF A HAT.  DON’T SAY THAT.  I KID YOU NOT.  THE JETS COMING IN WITH A 3 GAME WIN STREAK, AND THEY COULDN’T HOLD ONTO THE FOOTBALL IN THE 1ST QUARTER.  SANTONIO HOLMES PUTS THE BALL ON THE TURF AND JACQUA PARKER PICKS IT UP; TAKES IT TO THE HOUSE.  REX RYAN HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO CHALLENGE THIS BIG PLAY IN THE 1ST QUARTER OF THE GAME, AFTER THE DEFENSE HAD STOPPED VICK ON THE 1ST SET OF DOWNS FOR THE EAGLES.  AND IT’S OUT.  BALL’S OUT.  YEA, IT SURE IS.  SO THAT’S A TD.  NEXT JETS DRIVE.  SANCHEZ GOT THE BALL ON THE PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD AFTER A MUFFED PUNT AND RIGHT THROUGH HOLMES’ HANDS INTO THE HANDS OF ASANTE SAMUEL.  MY MAN!  JOHNNY ON THE SPOT.  YOU DON’T CARE IF I CALL YOU THE BEST ALL-CORNER OF THE GAME.  WE COOL NOW ASANTE!  THAT SOUNDED INSINCERE.  I GOTTA BE HONEST.  IT IS.  IT IS MY MAN.  I LIKE ASANTE.  SO THE EAGLES, WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT PICK.  THEY TURN IT INTO PTS. WITH VICK TAKING THE HIT AND DELIVERING IT TO BRENT CELEK, 14-0.  THAT’S A GREAT PLAY BY MICHAEL VICK.  SHOWS GREAT COURAGE IN THE POCKET.  WATCH HIM SHOOT IT IN THERE.  BAM!  TAKE THE HIT MICHAEL!  SO EVEN IF CELEK DIDN’T CATCH IT, IT WOULD’VE BEEN A 1ST DOWN FOR THE EAGLES.  SO THE EAGLES ARE NOW UP 14-0.  2ND QUARTER, THAT’S YOUR SCORE WHEN VICK DID WHAT HE DOES.  THE SPEED.  QUINTESSENTIAL …  GET IT INSIDE THE PYLON.  WELL DONE.  HE’S THE FASTEST GUY ON THE FIELD.  WELL AFTER THE GAME REX RYAN SAID IT LOOKED LIKE HIS DEFENSE WAS SCARED TO GO AFTER HIM.  THAT’S SAYING A LOT.  THAT’S SAYING A LOT FROM THE HEAD COACH.  YOU KNOW REX DON’T STUTTER OR STUMBLE.  HE SAID HE WAS SCARED TO GO AFTER HIM, AND AFTER A SANCHEZ FUMBLE, GAVE THE EAGLES THE BALL INSIDE THE RED ZONE.  LESEAN MCCOY.  HE COULD BE A MVP CANDIDATE.  28-0 EAGLES.  2 JETS DRIVES LATER, SANCHEZ..BEFORE THE HALF FINDS SANTONIO HOLMES.  NICE THROW.  AND THE EAGLES, THE EAGLES…  HE GOT A 15 YD. PENALTY.  HE’S DOWN 28-10.  YOU KNOW YOU CAN’T DO THAT.  YOU CAN’T DO THAT!  HE’S DOWN 28-10 AND HE HAD 2 MISCUES IN THE 1ST QUARTER.  GREAT SPEED OFF..  28-13, EAGLES FLIP THIS ONE TO BRENT CELEK WHO’S RUNNING FOREVER.  73 YDS. DOWN TO THE 1.  ..THAT KIND OF SPEED! DID I JUST SEE HIM RUN AWAY FROM 2 SAFETIES AND CORNERS?!  YEA, YOU DID!  CELEK?!  CELEK?!  THEY GIVE TO LESEAN MCCOY.  HE PASSED STEVE VAN BUREN FOR MOST TDS. IN A SINGLE SEASON OF TEAM HISTORY WITH 19.  AND HE WAS KNOCKED DOWN.  THIS IS ONE DANGEROUS FOOTBALL TEAM.  JASON BABIN MIGHT GO AHEAD AND GET STRAHAN, BY THE WAY, SACKS.  HE’S GOT 18 ON THE SEASON WITH 3 MORE TODAY.  HE WAS ALL OVER SANCHEZ.  I MEAN THE EAGLES JUST LAID IT.  IT’S ONE OF THESE GUYS THEY PAID MONEY FOR IN THE OFFSEASON.  LAID IT ON THE JETS, AND AS LESEAN MCCOY RUNS THIS IN FOR THE 20TH TD., LET ME TELL YOU THIS.  LET ME TELL YOU THIS.  IF THE EAGLES WIN OUT, THE OUT DALLAS AND HOME FOR WASH.; AND THE JETS BEAT THE GIANTS; AND THE GIANTS BEAT DALLAS IN WK. 17, GUESS WHO WINS THE DIVISION AT 8-8?  THE EAGLES?!  THAT’S CORRECT.  ANDY?!  THAT’S A HECK OF A…

 

01:52:04 – NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ DENVER BRONCOS

THE MAIN EVENT?  SO WHAT WAS THAT?  THAT’D BE BRADY AGAINST HIM!  JERMICHAEL FINLEY DOESN’T WANT IT.  THERE’S THE ZONE.  HE BREAKS A TACKLE.  HE DOES THIS!  WOULD SOMEBODY TACKLE HIM?!  TEBOW.  WHOA.  RUNS RIGHT AROUND ROB __VICH TO DRAW 1ST BLOOD IN THIS GAME.  MARCHED RIGHT DOWN.  HE HAD HIM DEAD TO RIGHT ON THE 14 YD. LINE, AND HE’S A 240 LB. STRONG ATHLETE.  HE BREAKS TACKLES.  HE’S A R.B. WITH A GOOD ARM.  BOTCHED SAP ON THE EXTRA POINT THOUGH.  JUST 6-0.  HOW WOULD TOM BRADY RESPOND?  VERY WELL I BET.  FELICE…  OCHO CINCO.  IT WAS HIS FIRST PAY DIRT OF THE SEASON IN THE BRADY-TEBOW SHOWDOWN!  7-6 N.E.  HERE COMES WILLEST MCGAHEE DOWNHILL, RIGHT BACK AT HIM.  SOMEBODY TELL THE PATRIOTS DEFENSE IT’S NOT PRACTICE.  THIS IS REAL.  MCGAHEE HAS TROUBLE STAYING HEALTHY IN RECENT DAYS.  THE BEST RUNNING TEAM IN THE NFL.  7-6, HERE’S LANCE BALL COMING IN THOUGH!  LOOK AT LANCE GO!  TELL THE PATRIOTS DEFENSE THAT THIS IS LIVE.  LANCE BALL RULED A TD. ON THE FIELD.  REVIEWED.  CONFIRMED BY THE HIGH SALUTE.  BRONCOS UP 13-7.  16-7 WITH MCGAHEE GIMPING AROUND IN THE 2ND QUARTER.  IT’S TOM BRADY RIGHT ON THE DOORSTEP.  LOOKS IN TO AARON HERNANDEZ WHO HAD QUITE THE DAY.  TD.  16-14, PATRIOTS BACK ON TOP.  BRONCOS LANCE BALL, DON’T DO THAT!  NOT AGAINST THESE GUYS.  AND THERE’S MINGAVICH JUMPING ON IT.  ROB GASTOWSKI PUTS UP THE BRONCOS DOWN BY 1.  N.E. 17, BRONCOS 16 BEFORE THE HALF.  ANOTHER BALL ON THE GROUND.  YOU GIVE THEM THE OPTION, YOU GET FAST IN THE QB’S FACE.  PENETRATION DOES EVERYTHING.  MARK ANDERSON, ONE OF THE MANY DEFENDERS ON THIS PATRIOTS TEAM GETTING A 2ND CHANCE AT THE NFL WITH A BIG PLAY RIGHT THERE, KNOCKING IT OUT OF TIM TEBOW’S ARMS; AND THAT LED TO TOM BRADY NOW MATCHING TIM TEBOW IN RUSHING TDS.  YOU DON’T THINK HE’S FIRED UP?  OH, HE GRONKS IT.  11 SECS. LEFT IN THE HALF.  WE ONLY SHOW YOU THIS FOR 1 OR 2 REASONS.  MUFFED PUNT.  GRONKOWSKI COULD’VE JUST LET IT GO.  INSTEAD HE TRIES TO GET IT.  LED TO A GIFT F.G., AND THE PATRIOTS ARE UP BY 11 GOING INTO THE HALF AND UP BY 11 STILL GOING INTO THE END ZONE.  DANNY WOODHEAD.  4TH QUARTER, DANNY WOODHEAD.  WHERE’S JOE THEISMANN WHEN YOU NEED HIM?  HE’S HERE!  34-16, BRADY…THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN TO TOM BRADY.  WILL SOMEBODY BLOCK THAT GUY?!  SOMEBODY GO GET HIM.  OH!  YOU MISS THAT BLOCK AGAIN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO WEAR A WIRE.  ELVIS IS IN THE BUILDING.  TAKES BRADY DOWN.  PATRIOTS WOULD PUNT BUT THEY ARE STILL UP 34-16 WHEN TIM TEBOW …5 TIMES A GAME WITH 8-1/2 MINS. TO GO.  IS IT POSSIBLE THAT TEBOW TIME COULD ARRIVE WITH N.E.?  IT’S POSSIBLE RICH.  NOT WITH TOM BRADY.  KNOCK YOU INTO THE BLITZ.  BRADY DON’T SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT GUYS.  WELL TEBOW TIME NEVER ARRIVED.  BECAUSE BRADY DON’T SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT.  AND BRADY TO GREEN-ELLIS TD.  41-23, AND THAT IS FAR TOO MUCH OF A DEFICIT FOR TIM TEBOW TO DO HIS THING AS HE GETS SACKED.  TEBOW…NO..TEBOW..NO.  NO.  A RARE 28 YD. SACK ENDS THE GAME ESSENTIALLY.

 

01:56:00 – BALTIMORE RAVENS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

 THIS CHARGERS FOOTBALL TEAM THAT WE’VE BEEN SEEING THE LAST FEW WEEKS..FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON THERE THEY WERE NON-EXISTENT.  PHILIP RIVERS THE LAST 3 GAME HASN’T THROWN A PICK.  RAY LEWIS BACK AFTER MISSING 4 GAMES WITH A TOE INJURY.  BUT AFTER A BILLY CUNDIFF MISS HERE, IT IS MIKE TOLBERT ON A 3RD & GOAL FOR THE TD.  RARELY DO YOU SEE A TD. RIGHT AT THE MIDDLE.  UH OH.  RAY LEWIS WAS BLOCKED PRETTY WELL.  HE TAKE ON THAT THING WITH THE RIGHT SHOULDER.  JUST HAD TO BE SOMEBODY ELSE FEEL IT.  TOLBERT A LITTLE LOOSE WITH THEM HIPS TOO BY THE WAY.  RAVENS TRY TO COME BACK HERE AND AS JOE FLACCO SCRAMBLES TO HIS RIGHT, HE’S GONNA HOLD ONTO A 3RD & 10 AND PICKED UP 12 YDS. TO KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE.  RAVENS PLAYING FOR TOP SEED IN THE AFC.  … OF THE AFC NORTH.  2ND QUARTER HERE.  IT’S A FLACCO ON THE SAME DRIVE.  GREAT GRAB BY ED DIXON.  MAN, DID HE GO UP AND GET THAT FOOTBALL RIGHT THERE.  THAT’S WHAT YOU CALL PROTECTING YOUR QB.  HE DIDN’T THROW YOU OPEN.  YOU WERE NOT WIDE OPEN BUT YOU MADE THE PLAY.  ENSUING CHARGERS POSSESSION HERE.  IT’S RIVERS TO VINCENT JACKSON WHO JUST MISSES IT.  A COUPLE BALLS LIKE THIS GOT AWAY FROM PHILIP RIVERS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE LOOK FROM VINCENT JACKSON LIKE, “MAN, I’VE BEEN RIDICULED ALL SEASON.  YOU GOTTA HIT ME WHEN I GET OPEN LIKE THAT!”  THIS TIME THE 2 CONNECT.  DOUBLE MOVE.  JACKSON 58 YDS. BEFORE HE’S PUSHED OUT AT THE RAVENS 20 YD. LINE.  AND YOU MENTIONED IT PRIME.  AND WATCH WHAT HAPPENS TO RAY LEWIS HERE.  TAKEN TO THE ROUND HERE BY A FORMER RAVEN, JARRETT GAITHER.  THAT WAS A LITTLE BROTHERLY LOVE.  THAT’S WHAT YA ALL DO TO A LEGEND.  2ND & GOAL WITH RYAN MATTHEWS RUNNING RIGHT FOR THE TD.  CHARGERS ON TOP 17-7.  CHARGERS HAVE A LOT TO PLAY FOR.  AFC WEST STILL WIDE OPEN.  3RD QUARTER ON A 3RD & 8. MALCOLM FLOYD BACK IN THE MIX FOR THE 2ND STRAIGHT WEEK, 16 YDS.  THEY DO THIS EVERY YEAR.  THEY START LOOKING LIKE A TEAM THAT CANNOT BE BEATEN AROUND THIS TIME.  RIVERS PICKING ON  JIMMY SMITH TO FLOYD FOR THE TD.  PICKED ON.  HARASSED.  MURDERED ALL NIGHT BY .. CORNER.  HE HAD A TOUGH NIGHT.  CHARGERS SCORED ON THEIR FIRST 4 POSSESSIONS.  RAVENS NOW ON THEIR ENSUING POSSESSION ON A 3RD & 14, AND FLACCO IS PRESSURED AND GONNA BE DROPPED BY ANTOWANE BARNES.  GOTTA DO SOMETHING.  GET RID OF THE BALL.  THE BARNES SUBWAY..THAT’S A LOOSE HIP TEAM OVER HERE.  HE’S CALLED FOR THE FACEMASK AND THE UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT PENALTY.  IT RESULTS IN A 1ST DOWN FOR THE RAVENS.  LATER IN THE DRIVE, FLACCO TO LEE EVANS.  PICKED OFF BY TAKEO SPIKES.  THAT’S RIGHT THERE NEAR THE RED ZONE TOO.  YOU NEVER LIKE TO SEE THAT.  YOU’RE GOING DOWN TO GET SOME PTS.  BUT LOOK AT THE BIG FELLA RAMBLE AND RUMBLE AFTER THAT.  GREAT RETURN.  THE RAVENS HAD ONLY GIVEN UP 6 RUSHING TDS. ALL SEASON LONG.  THEY GAVE UP 3 TONIGHT, AND THAT’S WHY RAY LEWIS WAS ON FIRE.  RIVERS TO FLOYD.  JIMMY SMITH BEATEN AGAIN.  JIMMY SMITH WAS ON FIRE.  DOWN TO THE 3 YD. LINE.  YOUNG FELLAS GONNA HAVE DAYS LIKE THAT.  NOW THAT’S RIGHT HERE.  SEE RIGHT NOW THEY JUST GO OVER THE TOP LIKE THAT?  THAT’S THE EFFORT I HAVEN’T SEEN OUT OF HIM OR THAT TEAM IN AWHILE.  NOW THAT WAS THE PLAY.  I DIDN’T SEE THAT PLAY IN A LONG TIME.  HOW ABOUT THIS CHARGERS, FIRST TEAM TO EVER SCORE ON THEIR FIRST 5 OF POSSESSIONS VS. THE RAVENS, IN THE RAVENS HISTORY.  FLACCO LOOKING FOR RAY RICE, INTERCEPTED BY SHAWN PHILIPS.  IT WAS THAT KIND OF DAY.

 

 

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