SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 16

1.       TEXANS @ COLTS   5:33

2.       CARDINALS @ BENGALS   4:16

3.       GIANTS @ JETS   4:14

4.       JAGUARS @ TITANS   2:42

5.       DOLPHINS @ PATRIOTS  2:57

6.       BROWNS @ RAVENS   3:20

7.       RAIDERS @ CHIEFS    3:39

8.       VIKINGS @ REDSKINS   3:37

9.       BUCCANEERS @ PANTHERS   2:04

10.   BRONCOS @ BILLS   3:18

11.   RAMS @ STEELERS   3:12

12.   CHARGERS @ LIONS   2:15

13.   EAGLES @ COWBOYS   2:28

14.   49ERS @ SEAHAWKS   2:38

15.   BEARS @ PACKERS   4:21

 

       TRT:      62:42     WITH BARS

 

01:10:15 – HOUSTON TEXANS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

 

REGGIE WAYNE TOLD US, I WILL BE UP ON THAT SET, AND MIKE SAID IN THE PREGAME, HE IS NOT COMING.  NOTHING’S TO BE EXPECTED ANYMORE.  NOBODY EXPECTED BOTH SCHAUB AND PEYTON MANNING TO BE INACTIVE FOR THIS GAME; AND DAN ORLOVSKY, THE FIRST SNAP, IT WAS A SACK-FUMBLE BY A GUY WHO CAME PRE-BRIAN CUSHING.  YEA, HERE COMES J.J. WATT, AND DAN ORLOVSKY DOES A NICE JOB PUSHING UP IN THE POCKET BUT LOOK AT BRIAN CUSHING.  HE’S GOT A FREE RUN TO THE QB.  HE COMES UNBLOCKED AND HE CAUSES THE SACK!  FUMBLE!  AND THE ….ON THE GROUND, AND WE’VE GOT HOUSTON RECOVERING AND SETTING UP THIS.  AND THEN 2 PLAYS LATER, ARIAN FOSTER UNTOUCHED, MARSHALL, RIGHT INTO THE END ZONE.  MAN, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO BEST.  THIS GUY, YOU GIVE HIM THE EDGE AND HE’S GONNA TAKE IT, TURN UP IN THERE; AND IF THE SAFETY’S NOT THERE, IT’S TOUCHDOWN.  SO JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A WRAP, JUST 54 TICKS INTO THE GAME, 7-0, THE COLTS GOT A GOOD TURNOVER AND SOME GOOD FIELD POSITION.  JOSEPH ADDAI STARTS POUNDING IT IN THERE.  THEY WENT A LITTLE BIT CONSERVATIVE HERE.  REGGIE WAYNE GOT A LITTLE BIT UPSET ABOUT IT, MICHAEL IRVIN.  YEA, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS WHY I DOUBLE IT, WE WILL SEE REGGIE WAYNE, IS BECAUSE THEY WENT CONSERVATIVE HERE, AND THEY’RE THINKING WE NEED TO RUN THE BALL.  BUT, LATER IN THE GAME THEY WENT TO THAT __ OF PEOPLE RIGHT THERE.  DAN AND RICH.  2^ND QUARTER, IT’S STILL JUST A 1 TD. DEFICIT FOR THE COLTS IN THE RED ZONE.  DAN ORLOVSKY WAS GETTING THESE TYPES OF PASSES BATTED OWN ALL NIGHT, STEVE.  YEA, THEY DID A NICE JOB.  J.J. WATT AND CUSHING AND THE GUYS GOT UP WHEN THEY COULDN’T GET THERE BECAUSE HE WAS THROWING THE BALL QUICKLY.  BATTED SEVERAL BALLS DOWN.  SETTLED F.G.  14 TICKS LEFT IN THE HALF.  ORLOVSKY RUNNING THE 2 MIN. OFFENSE VERY WELL.  GOING FOR REGGIE WAYNE.  WHAT HAPPENED HERE?  MAN, THAT WAS JUST AN OVERTHROW.  YOU GOTTA GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO CATCH A PASS.  DAN JUST PUT THE BALL UP.  YOU CAN TELL REGGIE’S UPSET.  HE WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT PLAY.  EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING, ADAM VINATIERI MISSED THE F.G.  SO IT’S STILL JUST 10-6.  ARIAN FOSTER DOING THIS OPENING THE 2^ND HALF.  AND THERE’S THAT EDGE RIGHT THERE.  THEY RUN THE STRETCH PLAY.  REALLY EFFECTIVE BECAUSE THE BOOT IS COMING OFF IT.  THE LINEBACKERS, THEY HAVE TO HOLD PAT, AND THEY CAN’T COMMIT TO THE RUN.  BUT THE TEXANS STALLED IN THE RED ZONE.  T.J. YATES COULDN’T GET THEM IN THE END ZONE.  STILL JUST 1 TD. DEFICIT.  REGGIE WAYNE, THAT’S OFF HIS FINGERTIPS.  INCOMPLETE.  ORLOVSKY, NICE THROW.  WE’RE USED TO REGGIE GETTING IT OUT.  NOW LET’S JUST SAY…THERE’S SOME GOOD COVERAGE THERE TOO.  ADAM VINATIERI DID MAKE IT THOUGH.  13-9 IS THE SCORE.  THAT’S YOUR SCORE IN THE 4^TH QUARTER.  11-1/2 MINS. TO GO.  ORLOVSKY NICE THROW TO AUSTIN COLLIE, 25 YDS.  PEYTON MANNING IS FIRED-UP.  BEAUTIFUL THROW.  2 PLAYS LATER IT’S TIME FOR ORLOVSKY TO GO FIND 87 OFF THE PLAY FAKE.  REGGIE WAYNE, A 17 YD. GAIN.  WAYNE STILL RUNS SOME OF THE BEST ROUTES IN THIS GAME TODAY.  6 PLAYS LATER, 11^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, 3^RD & GOAL FROM THE 11, ORLOVSKY FLIPPING IT UP IN THE AIR.  THAT’S INCOMPLETE.  SO THE COLTS HAVE TO SETTLE FOR ANOTHER F.G.  IT’S 13-12, ENSUING TEXANS POSSESSION.  YATES PLAY FAKE, AND INCOMPLETE.  IS THAT AN UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS?  WELL THEY CALLED HELMET-TO-HELMET HIT RIGHT HERE.  RIGHT THERE.  THAT’S WHAT THEY CALLED PERSONAL FOUL.  HE WAS GOING FOR THE BALL.  DEFENSELESS RECEIVER.  HELMET-TO-HELMET.  5 PLAYS LATER, 3-1/2 MINS. TO GO, T.J. YATES LOOKING FOR KEVIN WALTER.  BALL UP IN THE AIR AND JACOBY JONES ON 3^RD DOWN, PLUCKS THE BALL OUT OF THE AIR!  IT’S..I GUESS IN THIS CASE, BETTER TO BE ANDREW LUCK GOOD.  BUT THE COLTS PLAY SOME DEFENSE AFTER THIS, AS JACOBY JONES COMES UP WITH A HUGE CATCH TO GET A 1^ST DOWN.  PEYTON MANNING FALLS TO HIS KNEES.  3 PLAYS LATER, FOSTER ON 3^RD & 5, IS STOPPED BEFORE THE LINE OF GAIN, MEANING THE TEXANS HAVE TO SETTLE FOR ANOTHER F.G…MEANING IT’S JUST ANOTHER 4 PT. DEFICIT.  MEANING THERE’RE LESS THAN 2 MINS. TO GO.  IT’S ORLOVSKY TIME!  DAN ORLOVSKY FLIPS IT OVER THE MIDDLE TO TAKE A …MOVE THE CHAINS.  LOTS OF TIME!  3 PLAYS LATER, 66 TICKS TO GO!  ORLOVSKY!  HOW DOES REGGIE WAYNE GET OPEN?!  DOUBLE MOVE!  DIG IN AND HE TAKES IT STRAIGHT UP FIELD.  GREAT THROW.  GREAT COVERAGE.  40 SECS. LEFT IN THE RED ZONE.  ORLOVSKY FOR THE END ZONE!  INCOMPLETE!  FLAG ON THE PLAY.  J.J. WATT CALLED FOR ROUGHING THE PASSER.  OH BOY.  WOW.  YEA, HE GOT PUSHED INTO THE LEGS.  WOW.  HE WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT.  WOW.  HE JUST TOOK THAT AS A TOUCHY IFFY CALL.  THAT’S ORLOVSKY AGAIN GETTING ANOTHER PASS BATTED DOWN.  WIDE OPEN, JACOB __...WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN KNOCKED DOWN.  THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM A TD.  CAN’T BELIEVE IT.  NEXT PLAY GOING TO TAMI AGAIN OVER THE MIDDLE.  INCOMPLETE.  GROVER QUINN CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  MANNING KNOWS WHAT THAT MEANS.  IT’S A FRESH SET OF DOWNS.  NEXT PLAY, ORLOVSKY TO REGGIE WAYNE!  THAT’S THE ONE RICH!  THAT’S THE ONE.  THAT’S WHAT REGGIE WANTED, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE, AND THEN COME RIGHT UP ON THE SET.  IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN THE RED ZONE THAT THEY DIDN’T DOUBLE REGGIE, AND THEY FOUND HIM ONE-ON-ONE, AND THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION.  THEY KEPT THE BALL IN PLAY, AND WHAT MAY BE REGGIE WAYNE’S FINAL PERFORMANCE HERE IN LUCAS OIL STADIUM, HE COMES UP WITH THE GAME-WINNING TD. WITH NEAR SECONDS TO GO TO GIVE THE COLTS A 2^ND CONSECUTIVE WIN AND, YES, NO GUARANTEE ON BEING THE FIRST OVERALL PICK IN THIS YEAR’S DRAFT AS OF YET.  BUT, FOR THE MOMENT, NOBODY IN THIS BUILDING’S TALKING OR FEELING ABOUT THAT.

 

01:15:56 – ARIZONA CARDINALS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS

 

AT THE BENGALS.  ANDY DALTON AND THE BENGALS TRYING TO STAY ALIVE IN THE AFC WILD CARD PLAYOFF REST.  BECAUSE THE JETS LOST, IF THE BENGALS WON, THEY WOULD HOLD THAT #6 SEED.  FIRST QUARTER, JOHN SKELTON INTENDED FOR ANDRE ROBERTS, PICKED OFF BY RAY MALALUGA.  YEA, THIS IS NOT THE WAY YOU WANT TO START THE GAME.  I BELIEVE THE BALL WAS KIND OF TIPPED COMING FROM BEHIND.  THAT’S WHY IT CAME OUT A LITTLE FUNNY.  3^RD DOWN & 4.  ANDY DALTON THROWING TO HIS LEFT.  THERE’S JERMAINE GRESHAM BACK TO CINCY.  TOUCHDOWN.  THAT’S A HELL OF A CATCH, AND A GREAT THROW BY A YOUNG QB. SHUFFLING HIS FEET.  JERMAINE GRESHAM JUST KEEPING THE PLAY ALIVE.  NOW SAY MAGIC GLOVES ON THAT.  NO, NO, NO.  2 HANDS.  2 STRONG HANDS.  MAGIC GLOVE RECORDS ONLY COME WHEN IT’S A ONE-HANDED GRAB.  O.K.  JUST CHECKING.  BENGALS UP 10-NOTHING.  2^ND QUARTER, 3^RD DOWN & 10.  SKELTON, NICE JOB AVOIDING THE PRESSURE BUT WOULD BE PICKED OFF BY NATE CLEMENS.  HE THREW IT RIGHT TO HIM.  WHERE YOU THROWING IT JOHN?  YOUNG QB.  DIFFICULT TIME.  HE IS A BIG MAN TOO.  YEA, AND HE CAN SPIN THAT BALL TOO.  HE’S A BIG MAN.  THIS COULD BE NOT ONLY THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY GUYS.  OH, THIS IS SPECTACULAR.  COULD BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SEASON..RIGHT THERE!  SIMPSON!  OH!  AND THE LANDING!  HE STUCK THE LANDING.  THE RUSSIAN JUDGE GIVES A 9.9!  STUCK IT!  BIT OF A BOBBLE AT THE END.  BUT INITIALLY I WAS GOING TO BE MOST IMPRESSED BY THE HEIGHT RIGHT THERE, AND THEN HE STICKS IT.  HE DOESN’T PUT HIS HAND ON THE GROUND, THE LEFT HAND HERE, TO BRACE HIMSELF.  IT’S A PERFECT 10!  YEA, THAT’S TRUE.  WOULD YOU GIVE HIM A HAND FOR THAT?  HE IS A 10.  HE’S A RECEIVER, NOT A GENERAL.  I’M JUST SAYING.  HE WAS A ROMANIAN JUDGE.  ALRIGHT, CINCY UP 17-NOTHING.  4^TH QUARTER, IT’S 23-0.  HERE COME THE CARDINALS.  SKELTON, LITTLE FLIP TO LARRY FITZGERALD.  HE’S GOT SOME JETS.  LARRY WENT 105 RECEIVING YDS.  A TAIL OF 2 HALVES FOR JOHN SKELTON.  3 PICKS, NO TDS. IN THE 1^ST HALF.  A WHOLE LOT BETTER IN THE 2^ND.  CEDRIC BENSON.  HE’S GONNA PUT IT ON THE GROUND RIGHT THERE.  RECOVERED BY KERRY RHODES ON THE 39.  AND …HAD A REALLY NICE YEAR AS WELL.  HE REALLY HAS.  JOHN SKELTON, PLAY ACTION, ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT, THROWING BACK TO A WIDE OPEN JEFF KING, AND IT’S 23-13.  DON’T LET THEM BACK IN.  BENGALS FIGHTING FOR A WILDCARD SPOT.  DON’T LET THEM BACK IN.  9:02 LEFT.  SKELTON WITH TIME AND LARRY FITZGERALD WIDE OPEN.  HOW DOES LARRY FITZGERALD GET THAT?  YEA.  YEA.  IF THERE’S 1 GUY OUT THERE YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR EYES ON.  WELL WE’RE GONNA SHOW YOU RIGHT THERE.  LONE COVERAGE.  ADAM JONES LETS HIM GO BY.  FINDS … HE’S GONNA GET THAT OUTSIDE RELEASE, YOU GOTTA PUSH HIM COMPLETELY OUT OF BOUNDS.  AND LARRY ACTUALLY HAD A FINE SEASON AS WELL.  AND THAT’S WHAT CROCKER’S TELLING HIM.  LOOK, IF YOU’RE GONNA GET YOUR HANDS ON IT AND REROUTE HIM, GET HIM OUT OF BOUNDS.  F.G. MADE IT 23-16.  AND WE DIDN’T JUST SEE THAT, DID WE?  YEA, CEDRIC BENSON FUMBLED AGAIN.  TWICE.  YOU CAN’T DO THAT,. CED.  RECOVERED BY KERRY RHODES, AGAIN.  __ CAMPBELL, NICE JOB OF JARRING THAT BALL LOOSE.  THESE CARDS HAVE BEEN AS BIG A COMEBACK TEAM AS THE DENVER BRONCOS THE LAST 6 WKS.  AND TRULY THINK ABOUT IT.  THEY REALLY PLAYED WELL ADJUSTING THE QB POSITION THAT’S …  NOW THAT WAS 4^TH DOWN & 5.  LARRY DUCETTE WAS WIDE OPEN.  WOW.  WOW.  YOU TRIP OVER YOUR OWN …!  JUST KEEP RUNNING!  JUST KEEP RUNNING!  WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?  JUST KEEP RUNNING!  JUST KEEP RUNNING!  OH MY GOODNESS.  JUST KEEP RUNNING!  I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.  HE GOT THAT OPEN AND JUST WANTED TO THROTTLE DOWN.  JUST KEEP RUNNING.  1:02 LEFT.  BERNARD SCOTT A 9 YD. GAIN.  NO MORE CEDRIC BENSON.  THAT WAS 3^RD & 17.  NOT ENOUGH FOR A 1^ST DOWN.  MARVIN LEWIS WOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE TO PUNT AND SKELTON GETS IT BACK.  7 SECS. LEFT.  BUYING EXTRA TIME AND FLINGING IT TO ANDRE ROBERTS.  YOU GOTTA THROW THAT BALL IN THE END ZONE.  YEA, YOU GOTTA THROW THAT BALL IN THE END ZONE.  OR YOU GOTTA DO THE…THEY’VE GOT AN INTERESTING DECISION TO MAKE IN ARIZONA.  EXACTLY.  JOHN SKELTON NOT GOOD.  AGAIN, IN THE 1^ST HALF OF THIS GAME, 3 INTERCEPTIONS, 0 TDS. IN THE 2^ND HALF.  2 TDS., 0 INTERCEPTIONS.  THERE HAVE BEEN SOME FAIRLY HIGH HIGH’S FOR HIM.  GOTTA CUT OUT THE LOW LOWS.  BENGALS THERE 9-6,.  YOU SEE DOWN THERE IN THE YELLOW AGAINST THE RAVENS NEXT WEEK.  IF THE BENGALS DO BEAT THE RAVENS, CINCY IS IN THE PLAYOFFS.  RIGHT NOW THEY’RE HOLDING.  I WOULD’VE NEVER PREDICTED THAT.

 

01:20:22 – NEW YORK GIANTS @ NEW YORK JETS

 

THE GIANTS HAVE WON 4 IN A ROW AGAINST THE JETS; AND REX RYAN SAID IF THEY LOST IT WOULD BE ON HIM.  PLEXACO BURRESS, THE LONE CAPTAIN FOR THE JETS.  EX-GIANTS PLAYER.  2^ND QUARTER, GIANTS CALL TRAILING 7-3.  ELI MANNING BACK TO PASS.  HE’LL FIND VICTOR CRUZ WHO DODGES 2 MEN, AND CRUZ IS OFF TO THE RACES.  HE’S GOT 1 MAN TO BEAT!  HE BEATS HIM WITH THE HURDLE.  CRUZ ON HIS FEET, WITH 2 MINS. LEFT TO GO IN THE HALF, HE’LL TAKE IT ALL THE WAY FOR A 99 YD. TD.  HE DOES THE SALSA DANCE.  VICTOR CRUZ EYES HIM FOR THE LONGEST RECEIVING PLAY IN NFL HISTORY.  IT WAS A RECORD-SETTING DAY FOR VICTOR CRUZ.  ALSO SET A FRANCHISE RECORD IN RECEIVING YDS., BEATING OUT AMANI TOOMER.  AND THEN, THE GIANTS, AFTER THAT TD., THEY GET ANOTHER ONE.  AHMAN BRADSHAW RUNS OVER RODNEY POOLE FOR THE TD.  AND THAT ONE PUT THE GIANTS UP 17-7.  POOL HEADED TO THE L.R. AFTER TAKING THAT BRUTAL HIT.  ONTO THE 4^TH.  JETS BALL, TRAILING 20-7.  MARK SANCHEZ FAKES ONE WAY.  GOES BACK THE OTHER; AND THAT’S A TD. PASS TO PLAXICO BURRESS WHO KNEELS DOWN TO PRAY.  DOES A LITTLE BOW.  HE’S GOT THE TD. BUT WAIT A SECOND.  BURRESS WAS FLAGGED FOR THE PUSH-OFF ON PRINCE AUKAMURA., AND THAT TD. WAS NULLIFIED.  SO PLEX WITH THE PUSH-OFF.  THAT WAS TAKEN OFF THE BOARD.  A 2^ND & 17 NOW FOR THE JETS.  SANCHEZ PUMP FAKES.  HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL HE WAS HIT BY JASON PIERRE-PAUL.  IT WAS RECOVERED BY JUSTIN TUCK; BUT THE JETS DECIDED TO CHALLENGE THE FUMBLE, AND SANCHEZ’S ARM IS RULED TO BE GOING FORWARD WHEN HE FUMBLED.  SO THAT’S RULED AN INCOMPLETE PASS BECAUSE OF THE TUCK RULE.  SO THE JETS MAINTAIN POSSESSION.  THEN, 5 PLAYS LATER, THEY HAVE A 3^RD 7 GOAL.  SANCHEZ LOSES THE FOOTBALL.  HE FUMBLED THE SNAP IN THE END ZONE.  THE GIANTS RECOVERED.  THE JETS CANNOT BELIEVE IT.  HANDS ON THEIR HEADS.  SANCHEZ NEVER EVEN HAD IT.  IT LOOKED LIKE THE BALL MAY HAVE GONE OFF NICK MANGOLD’S OWN LEG.  SO THE ENSUING POSSESSION FOR THE GIANTS, THEY’RE UP 20-7, UNDER 9 MINS. TO GO.  ELI MANNING’S BALL IS DEFLECTED.  WHAT A ONE-HANDED INTERCEPTION BY DAVID HARRIS!  WHAT A GRAB.  TAKES IT DOWN TO THE 10 YD. LINE.  1^ST & 10 FOR THE JETS ON THE 11 ACTUALLY; AND THEN THEIR ENSUING POSSESSION, THEY HAVE A 1^ST & 20.  SANCHEZ, HE’S PRESSURED.  HE’S GONNA DROP DOWN.  HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL AGAIN!  BUT, DEBRICKASHAW FERGUSON IS ABLE TO JUMP ON IT.  SO IT’S A 17 YD. LOSS.  BUT WAIT A SECOND.  REX RYAN WOULD CHALLENGE THIS ONE TOO.  SAYING THAT MARK SANCHEZ’S ARM WAS GOING FORWARD, AND THAT IT WAS NOT A FUMBLE.  AND THEY WIN THE CHALLENGE.  SO SANCHEZ WOULD TRY AND TAKE THIS ONE HIMSELF.  HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  JETS ONLY DOWN BY 1 SCORE NOW, TRAILING 20-14.  3^RD & 3 NOW FOR THE GIANTS.  THEY’RE GONNA HAND IT OFF INSIDE TO D.J. WARE.  WARE RUSHES FOR 17 YDS. BUT HANG ON A SECOND.  WE’VE GOT A PENALTY FLAG ON THE PLAY BECAUSE AARON MAY HAVE HIT WARE NO THE SIDELINE WHEN HE WAS ALREADY OUT OF BOUNDS.  HE WAS FLAGGED FOR UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS.  SURE WAS.  PUSHED HIM INTO TOM COUGHLIN.  COUGHLIN’S KNEE WAS HURT.  IT BUCKLED ON THE PLAY.  3 PLAYS LATER, A 3^RD & 6 FOR THE GIANTS.  ONCE AGAIN SAME PLAY.  THEY GIVE THE INSIDE HANDOFF BUT THIS TIME THE JETS SNIFFED IT OUT AND WARE WAS STOPPED FOR NO GAIN.  TOM COUGHLIN WOULD DECIDE TO PUNT.  MARK SANCHEZ GETTING WARM ON THE SIDELINE.  THIS IS A BIG TIME DRIVE FOR THE JETS.  THEY NEED TO GO TO THE END ZONE TO GO IN FOR THE LEAD; AND SANCHEZ THROWS TO ONE OF HIS OFF. LINEMEN AS HE WAS BEING BROUGHT DOWN IN THE END ZONE.  HE WAS SACKED BY CHRIS CANTY, BEING BROUGHT DOWN BY HIM.  AND CALLED FOR A SAFETY, GIANTS LEAD IT 22-14 NOW.  BUT, STILL, THE JETS WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.  THEY JUST NEED A TD. AND A 2 PT. CONVERSION BUT THE JETS DEFENSE GIVES UP THE RUSHING TD. TO AHMAD BRADSHAW.  HE HAD 2 IN THE GAME.  GIANTS WIN IT 29-14.

 

01:24:44 – JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

 

THE TITANS NEED A WIN TO KEEP THEIR FADING PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE.  MATT HASSELBECK ONLY 1 TD., 5 PICKS HIS LAST 5 GAMES.  MAURICE JONES-DREW ENTERS THE GAME AS THE LEADING RUSHER IN THE NFL, AND ON THEIR FIRST POSSESSION HE RUNS FOR A 3 YD. GAIN.  BUT HE WAS INJURED ON THE PLAY.  LOOKS LIKE HE GOT HIS ANKLE CAUGHT UP IN THAT ONE BUT HE WOULD RETURN ON THE TEAM’S NEXT DRIVE.  MAURICE JONES-DREW, A TOUGH GUY.  TITANS UP 3-0 IN THE GAME WHEN MATT HASSELBECK WAS BACK TO PASS GOING OVER THE MIDDLE FOR JARED COOKE, AND IT’S JUST A RACE TO THE END ZONE.  COOK OUTRUNS EVERYONE.  GETS IN THERE.  10-NOTHING.  TENN. ON THE 55 YD. TD. PASS FOR MATT HASSELBECK TO JARED COOK.  BUT THE JAGS WOULD RESPOND.  THEY GIVE IT TO MOJO WHO GETS IN FOR A 10 YD. SCORE.  JONES-DREW WITH HIS 8^TH RUSHING TD. OF THE SEASON.  TITANS ONLY UP 10-7 NOW.  2^ND QUARTER.  TENN. LOOKING DOWNFIELD.  MATT HASSELBECK TO NATE WASHINGTON.  A 26 YD. GAIN.  HASSELBECK THINKS HE HAS A TD. BUT NO.  THE ELBOW WAS DOWN AT THE 1.  SO NATE WASHINGTON’S BIG CATCH WOULD LEAD TO A TD. RUN BY JAMIE HARPER.  TITANS GO UP 17-7, AND THEN, 2 POSSESSIONS LATER, MATT HASSELBECK’S PASS FOR NATE WASHINGTON PICKED OFF.  LED TO A F.G.  SO TENN. UP 17-10.  THEY WOULD ADD A F.G. AND THEY WERE UP BY 10 IN THE 4^TH QUARTER WHEN HASSELBECK LOOKED DOWNFIELD FOR DAMIAN WILLIAMS; AND HE MADE THE GRAB WITH 2 PEOPLE AROUND HIM!  WILLIAMS OVER HIS HEAD, MAKES THE CATCH.  GREAT CONCENTRATION.  IT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G.  TITANS UP BY 13, 23-10;.  AND THEN MATT HASSELBECK WAS LOOKING FOR NATE WASHINGTON AGAIN BUT HE LED HIS RECEIVER TOO MUCH, AND TRENT MORGAN PICKS IT UP; AND SINCE HE WASN’T TOUCHED, HE GETS UP.  AND MORGAN RETURNS IT TO THE 18 YD. LINE.  A BIG PLAY FOR THE JAGS DEFENSE.  8-1/2 TO GO.  THIS IS A 4^TH & 1.  THEY NEED TO CONVERT, AND THE PASS IS PICKED OFF IN THE END ZONE.  BLANE GABBERT INTENDED FOR JARROD DILLARD, AND IT WAS INTERCEPTED AFTER THE TIPPED PLAY, BY MICHAEL GRIFFIN.  SO THE TITANS GET THE BALL BACK.  THEY HAVE A 2^ND & 7 BUT WAIT A SECOND.  HARPER STOPPED AND LOSES THE FOOTBALL.  DWAYNE LANDRY RECOVERS FOR JACKSONVILLE.  THEY ARE STILL IN THIS GAME 5-1/2 TO GO, AND THEY NEED 2 SCORES.  THEY GOT A 4^TH & 10.  THEY HAVE TO CONVERT HERE.  GABBERT ESCAPES THE RUSH AND HE MOVES TO HIS RIGHT, AND HE FINDS JARED DILLARD FOR A 21 YD. GAIN.  IT WOULD LEAD TO A 1 YD. SCORE BY GREG JONES.  SO THE TITANS LEAD ONLY 6 NOW, 23-17.  THEY GOT 3-1/2 MINS. TO GO, AND THERE’S THE FIRST DOWN PASS.  MATT HASSELBECK TO JARED COOK.  DOWN OT THE 49.  A 29 YD. GAIN.  A BIG TIME COMPLETION.  COOK, 169 YDS. IN TENN’S WIN.

 

01:27:33 – MIAMI DOLPHINS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

 

A COUPLE OF HOT TEAMS.  DOLPHINS HAVE WON 5 OF THEIR LAST 7.  REGGIE BUSH NEEDS 27 YDS. FOR HIS FIRST CAREER 1,000 RUSH YD. SEASON.  TOM BRADY HAS 13 IN THE 6 IN HIS CAREER AGAINST THE DOLPHINS.  HIS MOST LOSSES AGAINST ANY TEAM, AND HE WAS JUST STRUGGLING EARLY ON AS THE DOLPHINS DEFENSE WAS ALL OVER HIM, PRESSURING HIM CONSTANTLY IN THE 1^ST HALF.  CARLOS DANSBY, JEREMIAH BELL, JASON TAYLOR, AND CANER WAKE, ALL GETTING HIM.  DOLPHINS UP 3-0 AFTER THE 1^ST QUARTER, AND THEY EXTENDED THEIR LEAD.  WHAT A GRAB BY BRANDON MARSHALL WITH 2 PEOPLE AROUND HIM.  NAT MOORE HITS HIM FOR THE TD.  MIAMI UP 10-0.  MARSHALL 7 CATCHES, 1 BUCK 56, AND THAT TD.  ON THEIR NEXT DRIVE, REGGIE BUSH DANCING AROUND.  HE’S GONNA HERD HOLE A MAN.  REGGIE BUSH GETS IN THE AIR FOR A 6 YD. GAIN.  HE JUST JUMPS STRAIGHT OVER.  KYLE ARRINGTON, WHO WAS GOING LOW ON HIM, CLEARED HIM.  BUSH FINISHED THE GAME WITH 113 YDS.  THEN 3^RD & GOAL AT THE 1.  MOORE, HE’S GONNA DROP BACK TO PASS.  HE FINDS CHARLES CLAY FOR THE 1 YD. SCORE.  THE 2^ND TD. OF THE SEASON FOR CLAY.  MIAMI SURPRISING ON THE ROAD.  UP 17-0 AT HALFTIME.  BUT DON’T COUNT THE PATRIOTS OUT.  THEIR OFFENSE WAS JUST GETTING GOING.  BRADY, HE’S GONNA ROLL TO HIS LEFT UNDER PRESSURE.  BACK OF THE END ZONE.  DEION BRANCH IS THERE FOR THE SCORE.  THEY’VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME LEFT TO GET BACK INTO THE BALL GAME.  PATRIOTS ONLY DOWN 17-10, AND THEN DRIVING AGAIN.  3-1/2 MINS. TO GO IN THE 3^RD.  BRADY WILL FIND AARON HERNANDEZ FOR A PICKUP OF 10.  HE GETS THE 1^ST DOWN.  UPSET WITH HIMSELF.  IF HE COULD’VE BROKEN THAT TACKLE, PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD A TD.  AND THEN INSTEAD, TOM BRADY GOES WITH A QUICK SNAP ON 1^ST & GOAL AT THE 1.  HE SNEAKS IT IN FOR A 1 YD. SCORE.  BRADY’S 2^ND RUSHING TD. IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.  THE PATRIOTS TIE THE GAME AT 17.  WE HEAD TO THE 4^TH, SAME SCORE.  BRADY AND THE PATRIOTS, 2^ND &15.  AND HE WILL PERFECTLY PLACE A BALL FOR WES WELKER.  YOU CAN’T THROW IT ANY BETTER THAN THAT.  A 42 YD. GAIN.  IT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G.  STEPHEN GROWKOWSKI PUTS THE PATRIOTS UP 20-17.  THEN THE PATRIOTS GET THE BALL BACK AND THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE IT, AGAIN TO WES WELKER.  A GAIN OF 22.  WELKER, 12 CATCHES, 138.  HE HAS GONE FOR 2 MONSTER GAMES AGAINST THE DOLPHINS THIS SEASON.  AND 5 PLAYS LATER A 2^ND & GOAL.  BRADY AGAIN SNEAKS IT UP THE MIDDLE FOR ANOTHER 1 YD. RUSHING TD.  PATRIOTS NOW WITH A COMFORTABLE LEAD, UP 27-17 WITH 2 MINS. TO GO.  COULD THE DOLPHINS GET BACK IN THE GAME?  MATT MOORE TRYING TO BRING HIS TEAM BACK.  THROWS END ZONE.  DIVING GRAB BY DEVON BESS.  A 15 YD. TD. CUTS THE LEAD TO 3.  THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO RIGHT AFTER THAT.  TRY AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.  DOLPHINS, A MIN. 35 TO GO.  THEIR DEFENSE GIVES UP THE 1^ST DOWN ON THE 3^RD & 5 TO WES WELKER AGAIN.  THAT ICES THE GAME.  N.E. CLINCHES A 1^ST ROUND BYE.

 

01:30:41 – CLEVELAND BROWNS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS

 

RAY LEWIS AND THE RAVENS DEFENSE GAVE UP A SEASON-HIGH 34 PTS. LAST WEEK AGAINST THE CHARGERS.  PAYTON HILLIS COMING OFF A SEASON-HIGH 99 YDS. LAST WK.  A 3^RD & 1 FOR SENECA WALLACE ON THEIR OPENING DRIVE FOR THE BROWNS.  HE GETS PICKED OFF.  HIS PASS INTENDED FOR MUHAMMAD MASAQUA.  INTERCEPTED BY LADARIUS WEB.  SETS UP A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 36.  NEXT PLAY JOE FLACCO PLAY FAKE, ROLLING RIGHT.  HE’S GOT PLENTY OF TIME.  HE’S GONNA BOMB ONE DOWN THE FIELD.  FLACCO LOOKING FOR TORY SMITH BUT HE’S GOT PEOPLE ALL OVER HIM.  THERE’S A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  A CLEAR PASS INTERFERENCE ON THE DEFENSE.  SETS UP A 1^ST & GOAL AT THE 4.  3 PLAYS LATER A 3^RD & GOAL AT THE 5.  FLACCO END ZONE.  ED DIXON IS THERE FOR THE TD. CATCH.  RAVENS GO UP 7-0 AT HOME.  ONTO THE 2^ND QUARTER NOW.  RAVENS UP 10-0.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR THEM.  SHOTGUN.  FLACCO RIGHT SIDE.  RAY RICE IS THERE.  HE’S GONNA OUTRACE EVERYONE TO THE END ZONE.  EASY TD. FOR THE RAVENS.  A 42 YD. SCORE.  THEY GO UP 17-0 AT HOME.  APPEAR TO HAVE THIS ONE IN THE BAG.  DO THE ALOHA RAY RICE.  2 BROWNS POSSESSIONS LATER.  A 3^RD & 10.  SENECA WALLACE HITS CHRIS __ FOR A GAIN OF 12.  SETS UP A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 17.  AND THEN 3 PLAYS LATER, 11 SECS. LEFT IN THE HALF.  WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING?!  THEY GOT NO TIMEOUTS AND THEY RUN THE BALL!  THEY GIVE IT TO PAYTON HILLIS, AND TIME WOULD EXPIRE.  PAT SHURMER CANNOT BELIEVE IT.  WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING?!  THEY HANDED THE BALL OFF WITH NO TIMEOUTS BEFORE HALFTIME?!  THEY COULD’VE ADDED 3 PTS. BUT, NO.  THEY GOT NOTHING.  ONTO THE 3^RD QUARTER.  SAM COOK PUNTING TO JOSH CRIBBS.  THE BROWNS, THE ONLY TEAM IN THE NFL WITHOUT A RETURN TD. THIS SEASON.  THAT’S ABOUT TO CHANGE.  CRIBBS STIFF-ARMS THE PUNTER, AND THEN IT’S JUST A RACE TO THE END ZONE.  JOSH CRIBBS IS GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE.  AN 84 YD. PUNT RETURN FOR THE TD.  BROWNS ONLY DOWN NOW 20-7.  THEY ARE BACK IN THE BALL GAME.  ONTO THE 4^TH.  BALT. NEXT POSSESSION.  3^RD & 7 FOR JOE FLACCO.  HE’S GONNA BUY SOME TIME, THEN THROW IT BACK ACROSS HIS BODY TO THE END ZONE, BUT IT IS PICKED OFF BY SHELDON BROWN IN THE END ZONE.  SO THE BROWNS GET THE TOUCHBACK.  A BIG GAME-CHANGING PLAY FOR CLEVELAND.  SO, THEY GET THE BALL BACK AND THEY GIVE IT TO PEYTON HILLIS.  HURDLES A MAN, THEN PUSHES ONE OF HIS OWN TEAMMATES OUT OF THE WAY.  PICKS UP A 1^ST DOWN AFTER RUNNING FOR 15 YDS. DOWN TO THE 14.  5 PLAYS LATER, SENECA WALLACE, 3^RD & GOAL.  HE’S SCRAMBLING TO HIS RIGHT.  BUYING SOME TIME, END ZONE.  THAT IS GOOD FOR A TD.  EVAN MOORE IS THERE.  A 6 YD. SCORE CAPPING OFF A 12 PLAY, 74 YD. DRIVE.  BROWNS ONLY DOWN BY 6; AND NOW WITH THE 4^TH & 5, WITH 4 MINS. TO GO, THEY’RE GOING FOR IT.  THIS IS THE GAME FOR CLEVELAND.  THEY THROW IT TO PAYTON HILLS IN THE FLAT.  PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS.  DID NOT MAKE THE 1^ST DOWN.  RAVENS TAKE OVER ON DOWNS.  BUT, CLEVELAND, IF THEY CAN GET A STOP, THEY WOULD END UP GETTING THE BALL BACK.  SO THIS IS A 4^TH & 2 WITH 2 MINS. TO GO, AND JOE FLACCO DRAWS THE BROWNS OFFSIDES.  THAT FIRST DOWN ALLOWED THE RAVENS TO JUST KNEEL DOWN THE CLOCK, AND THEY WOULD HANG ON FOR THE VICTORY, 20-14.

01:34:05 – OAKLAND RAIDERS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

 

TO THE AFC WEST.  ROMEO CRENNEL AND HIS CHIEFS AGAINST HUGH JACKSON.  CARSON PALMER AND THE RAIDERS.  2^ND QUARTER, GAME TIED AT 3.  FAKE AND THAT’S SHANE LECKLER TO BRANDON MYERS.  WE SAW THAT SAME PLAY EARLIER THIS YEAR, DID WE NOT?  WE DID.  YOU CAN JUST LET SEA BASS GO BECAUSE NOBODY’S GONNA CHASE HIM.  THERE’S A FLAG ON THAT PLAY.  DELAY OF GAME.  WELL, IT’S A LACK OF DISCIPLINE.  IT’S BEEN A PROBLEM ALL SEASON LONG.  15 PENALTIES FOR THE RAIDERS TODAY.  WHAT DO YOU MEAN ALL SEASON LONG?  WHAT IS THAT?  POOR DECISION, TOM ORCHERY.  MATT GIORDANO WITH THE INTERCEPTION.  THROWS 62 YDS. DOWN TO THE CHIEF 41. DEXTER MCCLUSTER.  THEY’RE SAYING A TD.  AS GOOD AS KYLE ORTON WAS LAST WEEK RATHER, A COUPLE OF BAD PLAYS.  A COUPLE OF PICKS THAT REALLY TURNED THINGS AROUND.  BRIAN SUCCUPP’S F.G. ATTEMPT BLOCKED BY WHO ELSE?  RICHARD SEYMOUR.  WOW.  THE BIG FELLA.  SLOPPY 1^ST HALF.  18 COMBINED PENALTIES AND WE’RE ALL TIED AT 3 AT HALFTIME.  3^RD QUARTER.  2^ND DOWN, 18.  CARSON PALMER TO DENARIUS MOORE.  GOT IT.  61 YD. RAIDER TD.  LOOK AT THAT PLAY.  YOU GOT 0 COVERAGE AND NO SAFETY. YOU GOTTA PROTECT THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.  GOOD THROW BY CARSON.  NEXT CHIEFS POSSESSION.  KYLE ORTON ROLLING OUT TO HIS RIGHT.  LOOK AT THAT TIME.  TO TERRENCE COPPER.  43 YD. CHIEF GAIN.  THIS WAS REALLY A SLOPPY GAME.  YOU’VE SEEN VERY FEW HIGHLIGHTS.  I THINK THAT’S IT.  WHAT ABOUT ORTON.  20 YD. F.G. MADE IT 10-6.  ORTON DUMPING OFF TO DEXTER MCCLUSTER.  A LITTLE PATIENCE AND THEN THE BURST 49 YDS. DOWN TO THE 3.  I’D CALL THAT A HIGHLIGHT.  THAT IS A REAL…THAT’S A LEGITIMATE HIGHLIGHT.  SO KYLE ORTON NOW HAS 1^ST DOWN & GOAL FROM THE 3 IN THE SHOTGUN FORMATION.  LOOKING FOR DWAYNE BOWE.  A LITTLE BACK SHOULDER.  HE GOT IT.  THAT IS NICE RIGHT THERE.  AGAIN, KYLE ORTON MADE A COUPLE OF MISTAKES THAT REALLY HURT THE CHIEFS TODAY.  THREW THE 2 PICKS TO GO ALONG WITH THAT 1 TD.  GAME TIED AT 13.  K.C. WITH THE BALL BACK.  18 SECS. REMAINING.  ORTON ONCE AGAIN TO DWAYNE BOW.  NICE THROW AND CATCH.  25 YDS.  K.C. USES ITS 2^ND TIMEOUT.  DWAYNE BOW, 6 CATCHES, 80 YDS. ON THE DAY.  NEXT PLAY ALMOST PICKED OFF BY TERRENCE COPPER WITH THE CATCH.  DOES GET OUT OF BOUNDS TO STOP THE CLOCK.  YOU’RE IN F.G. RANGE.  5 SECS. LEFT.  BRIAN SUCCUPP FOR 50 YDS.  BLOCKED AGAIN, AND AGAIN NOT SEYMOUR.  HIS 2^ND BLOCK OF THE DAY.  THAT BALL WAS, STARTED OFF LOW BUT…  SEYMOUR BLOCKED HIS 2^ND F.G. TODAY.  HUGH JACKSON RELIEVED.  HEADING TO O.T.  OAKLAND WITH THE BALL.  FIRST DOWN & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 24.  CARSON PALMER PLAY ACTION.  DARIOUS HEYWARD BAY.  NICE THROW.  PERFECTLY THROWN.  THAT’S A BREAD BASKET.  TYPICAL GAME.  KIND OF A MICROCOSM OF THE ENTIRE AFC WEST.  YEA.  DOES SOMEONE REALLY WANT TO WIN?  JANIKOWSKI DOES.  FROM 36 YDS. OUT AND THAT’S IT.  THEY TRULY PLAYED HARD.  IT’S JUST A MATTER OF QB POSITION ALWAYS MAKES IT INTERESTING IN THAT GAME.  THIS WAS THE PENALTY BOWL.  26 PENALTIES.  RAIDERS WITH 15 OF THEM.  THE K.C. CHIEFS WITH 11.  UNBELIEVABLE.  RAIDERS NEED THE CHIEFS TO KNOCK OFF THE BRONCOS NEXT WEEK TO KEEP THEIR PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE.

 

 

 

01:37:55 – MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS

 

ADRIAN PETERSON NEEDS 68 RUSHING YDS. FOR HIS 5^TH CONSECUTIVE THOUSAND YD. SEASON.  VIKINGS WITH THE BALL LEADING 3-0 LATE 1^ST QUARTER.  CHRISTIAN PONDER WILL PULL IT DOWN AND RUN IT HIMSELF.  HE GETS HIT HARD.  HE GOT DRILLED BY REED __, AND THERE’S A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS.  AS PONDER WAS SLIDING DOWN HE CAME IN WITH THE HARD HIT.  HE GOT CALLED FOR HET PENALTY.  PONDER HEADS BACK TO THE HUDDLE WITH A BLOODY NOSE FROM THAT HIT.  ONTO THE 2^ND QUARTER.  VIKINGS STILL DRIVING.  THEY GIVE IT TO ADRIAN PETERSON.  HE BUSTS UP THE MIDDLE FOR A TD. RUN.  VIKINGS GO UP 10-NOTHING ON THE ROAD OVER THE SKINS; AND THEY WENT INTO HALFTIME TIED UP AT 10.  ONTO THE 3RD.  VIKINGS WITH THE BALL, AND THEY GIVE IT TO ADRIAN PETERSON, AND HE IS UNTAMED.  HE GOT HIT HARD IN THE KNEE.  HE IS REALLY HURT, DOWN ON THE GROUND.  PETERSON JUST GOT DRILLED IN THE LEFT KNEE.  IT JUST GOT HIT TERRIBLY BY __ __.  IT BUCKLED.  HE HAD TO BE TAKEN OFF THE FIELD ON A CART.  TAKEN OUT TO THE L.R.  HE DID NOT RETURN.  THAT LOOKED TERRIBLE.  2^ND & 7.  SAME DRIVE.  CHRISTIAN PONDER IS SACKED.  A 1 YD. LOSS ON THE PLAY.  ADAM __ AND LONDON FLETCHER BROUGHT HIM DOWN, AND PONDER WAS SHAKEN-UP ON THE PLAY.  HE GOT DRILLED IN THE HEAD BY LONDON FLETCHER; AND PONDER LEFT THE GAME WITH A CONCUSSION.  HE DID NOT RETURN.  SO JOE WEBB STARTED TO WARM-UP.  HE WOULD GO IN AT QB.  THEIR NEXT POSSESSION DOWN 13-10.  JOE WEBB GIVES THE HANDOFF TO TOBY GERHARDT.  GERHARDT HITS THE SIDELINE.  SWITCHES HANDS WITH THE BALL.  HE’S GOT IT!  HE’S GOING OPEN FIELD.  CAN HE TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE?  GERHARDT HAD THE BALL POKED OUT FROM BEHIND AND IT DID GO OUT OF BOUNDS.  THE VIKINGS WOULD’VE RETAINED POSSESSION AT THE 8 YD. LINE. THEN 2 PLAYS LATER.  WEBB ON THE OPTION PLAY.  HE’S GONNA TAKE IT HIMSELF.  MAKES A NIFTY MOVE.  GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE 9 YD. SCORE, AND THE VIKINGS HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD ON THE ROAD.  THEY GO UP IN THE GAME 17-13, BUT REX GROSSMAN WOULD COME BACK ON A 2^ND & 3.  THROWS END ZONE.  JABBAR GAFFNEY WITH THE PRETTY ONE-HANDED GRAB.  WITH THE REDSKINS BACK ON TOP, GROSSMAN GOT SOMEONE UP IN THE AIR WITH THE PUMP FAKE, AND THEN THE SWEET ONE-HANDED CATCH BY GAFFNEY FOR THE TD.  PUTS THE REDSKINS IN FRONT.  ENSUING VIKINGS POSSESSION, A 2^ND & 8, AND WEBB WILL LOFT ONE IN THE END ZONE.  KYLE RUDOLPH FROM NOTRE DAME COMES DOWN WITH THE GRAB.  A SWEET OVER-THE-SHOULDER CATCH FOR RUDOLPH.  A 17 YD. TD. PASS FOR JOE WEBB.  THEY WOULD MISS THE EXTRA POINT.  VIKINGS UP 23-20.  VIKINGS WOULD TIE IT WITH A F.G. AND MINN. WOULD COME BACK RIGHT AFTER THAT.  DOWNFIELD JOE WEBB HITS PERCY HARVIN 36 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 36.  THEN 3 PLAYS LATER A 2^ND & 5.  THEY FAKE THE INSIDE HANDOFF.  AND THEN THROW IT OVER TO PERCY HARVIN FOR THE 8 YD. SCORE.  ALL PERCY HARVIN ON THAT DRIVE.  HE HAD 65 YDS. RECEIVING ON THE GAME.  39 YDS. RUSHING.  VIKINGS GO UP 30-23.  UNDER 8 MINS. TO GO.  THE REDSKINS LOOKING TO COME BACK BUT REX GROSSMAN IS PICKED OFF.  INTERCEPTED HIS PASS INTENDED FOR SANTANA MOSS, AND THE VIKINGS GET A BIG-TIME TURNOVER AND TURNED THAT ONE INTO 3 PTS.  THEY ADDED A F.G.  SO THEY GO UP BY 10, 33-23.  LAST PLAY OF THE GAME FOR THE REDSKINS.  REX GROSSMAN ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT, THROWS ONE TO THE END ZONE.  A HAIL MARY ATTEMPT.  THEY NEED THE TD. TO TIE IT.  IT IS BATTED DOWN IN THE END ZONE, AND THE VIKINGS HANG ON FOR THE VICTORY.  THEY GET A ROAD WIN.  JUST THEIR 3^RD VICTORY OF THE SEASON.

 

01:41:40 – TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

 

THE BUCCANEERS HAVE LOST 8 IN A ROW SINCE THEIR 4-2 START.  CAM NEWTON AND THE PANTHERS COMING OFF A WIN AGAINST HOUSTON.  OPENING DRIVE FOR THE PANTHERS.  8^TH PLAY OF THAT POSSESSION, AND THEY GET THE COMPLETION.  CAM NEWTON TO BANDON LAPEL FOR 7 YDS., AND ON THAT PASS, CAM NEWTON SET THE ROOKIE RECORD FOR PASSING YDS. RECORD, PASSING PEYTON MANNING’S RECORD.  THEN THE NEXT PLAY AFTER A FACEMASK, DEANGELO WILLIAMS TAKES IT IN FOR AN 8 YD. SCORE.  PANTHERS UP 17-NOTHING AT HOME.  AND THEN, AFTER THAT, A BAD EXCHANGE FROM JOSH FREEMAN TO LAGARETTE BLOUNT WHO FUMBLED, AND JAMES ANDERSON RECOVERS FOR CAROLINA.  WE DIDN’T SEE LAGARETTE BLOUNT FOR AWHILE AFTER THAT MISTAKE.  THE DRIVE WOULD END WITH A F.G.  SO THE PANTHERS GO UP 10-NOTHING.  THEN NEXT BUCS POSSESSION, JOSH FREEMAN SNEAKS FOR A 2 YD. GAIN AND A 1^ST DOWN; AND THEN ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY FREEMAN LOOKING END ZONE FOR __ __.  HE COMES DOWN WITH THE GRAB BUT NO.  THEY RULED IT AN INCOMPLETION.  THE PLAY WOULD BE REVIEWED.  HE DID GET BOTH FEET DOWN.  SO WE COUNT IT AS A TD.  10-7 BALL GAME.  2^ND QUARTER ENSUING DRIVE FOR CAROLINA.  CAM FROM HIS END ZONE, THROWS IT OVER TO BRANDON LAFEL.  HE MAKES THE GRAB!  HE IS FREE!  GETS SOME BLOCKS DOWNFIELD FROM STEVE SMITH WHO CLEARS THE PATH AND BRANDON LAFEL WILL TAKE IT 91 YDS. FOR THE TD.  THE LONGEST TD. PASS IN PANTHERS HISTORY.  THEY’RE UP 17-7.  3^RD QUARTER, PANTHERS UP 20-10.  THE PASS INTENDED FOR KELLEN WINSLOW PICKED OFF BY JONATHAN NELSON WHO GETS BROUGHT DOWN SETTING UP A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 35.  THEN 3^RD PLAY OF THE DRIVE FOR CAROLINA.  CAM WITH THE PITCH TO DEANGELO.  HE’S GOT SOME BLOCKING DOWNFIELD.  INTO THE END ZONE FOR HIS 2^ND TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME!  7 CARRIES, 66 YDS. FOR DEANGELO WILLIAMS; AND THEN NEWTON.  HE’LL TAKE IT HIMSELF ON A 2^ND & 4.  LOOK AT CAMY GO.  CAM GOES FOR 49 YDS. ON THE TD.  65 RUSHING YDS. IN THE GAME.  ALSO HAD 3 TD. PASSES.  EASY WIN FOR THE PANTHERS.

 

01:43:51 – DENVER BRONCOS @ BUFFALO BILLS

 

THE BILLS HAVE LOST 7 IN A ROW SINCE THEIR 5-2 START.  DENVER, MEANWHILE, HAS WON 3 IN A ROW AT BUFFALO; AND TIM TEBOW WITH 7-2 AS THE STARTING QB.  1^ST BRONCOS DRIVE.  GAME IS SCORELESS.  THEY GIVE IT UP THE MIDDLE TO WILLEST MCGAHEE.  MAKES A NICE PUNT.  PICKS UP THE 1^ST DOWN.  TAKES IT ACROSS MIDFIELD TO THE 49.  A PICKUP OF 24 PUTS HIM OVER 1,000 YDS. FOR THE SEASON.  THEN TIM TEBOW ON A 3^RD & GOAL.  TAKES THE SNAP HIMSELF.  GOES IN FOR THE TD.  KEEPS IT FOR ONE-YARDER.  BRONCOS UP 7-NOTHING CAPPING AN 11 PLAY DRIVE.  2^ND QUARTER SAME SCORE.  7-0.  DENVER WITH THE LEAD.  THE PASS TO STEVIE JOHNSON WHO BREAKS FREE IN THE OPEN FIELD!  JOHNSON WILL TAKE AND GETS SOME NICE BLOCKING DOWNFIELD.  ALL THE WAY DOWN FOR 55 YDS. TO THE 12.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G.  SO DENVER WAS UP 7-3.  BUT THEN ON THE ENSUING BRONCOS DRIVE THEY WOULD PUNT TO LEOTIS MCKELVIN WHO’S GOT A FREE SIDELINE.  GETS A BLOCK DOWNFIELD.  DID HE STEP OUT OF BOUNDS?  NO!  MCKELVIN TAKES IT ALL THE WAY.  AN 80 YD. PUNT RETURN FOR A TD. FOR LEOTIS MCKELVIN.  ALL SCORING PLAYS, OF COURSE, ARE REVIEWED.  DID HE STEP OUT OF BOUNDS?  NO HE DID NOT.  THE RULING ON THE FIELD WOULD STAND, 10-7.  BUT DENVER HAS SOME MAGIC OF THEIR OWN ON SPECIAL TEAMS.  THERE WAS A FLAG DOWN ON THE PLAY.  EDDIE ROYAL ON HIS FEET ON THIS KICK RETURN.  ROYAL GETS SOME BLOCKING.  HE CUTS BACKFIELD.  ROYAL IS GOING TO TAKE THIS ONE TO THE HOUSE.  A 96 YD. TD. RETURN FOR EDDIE ROYAL.  THERE WITH A FLAG EARLY ON.  AS THE PLAY WAS DEVELOPING.  DANTE ROSARIO CALLED FOR THE ILLEGAL BLOCK IN THE BACK AND THE BRONCOS WOULD BE FORCED TO PUNT.  AND IF HE DID NOT DO THAT BLOCK IN THE BACK, MAYBE ROYAL WOULD’VE BEEN TACKLED.  ENSUING BILLS DRIVE, 5^TH PLAY, 24 SECS. LEFT IN THE HALF.  THEY HAND IT OFF TO C.J. SPIELLER WHO BUSTS UP THE MIDDLE FOR THE TD.  BILLS UP 17-7 AT THE HALF.  SPIELLER .. 11 YDS. AND THE TD. IN THE GAME.  A 4^TH & 1 PLAY FOR TIM TEBOW AND THE BRONCOS AND TEBOW SNEAKS IT.  HE PICKS UP THE 1^ST DOWN.  2 PLAYS LATER A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 17, TEBOW WITH THE FAKE.  AND THEN GOES END ZONE.  HE PICKS UP A TD. PASS TO DANIEL FELLS.  FELLS’ FIRST CATCH SINCE WK. 12.  THAT ONE’S A TD.  CUTS THE LEAD TO 17-14.  THEN 2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR DENVER.  DOWN BY 9.  23-14.  TEBOW’S GOT ALL KINDS OF TIME.  HE’S GONNA POINT, DIRECT A MAN DOWNFIELD.  HE BOMBS ONE.  HE OVERTHROWS HIS MAN, INTENDED FOR DENARIUS THOMAS.  AND THAT ONE WAS PICKED OFF BY JUSTIN ROGERS.  TEBOW HAD ALL KINDS OF TIME ON THE PLAY.  HE WAS PICKED OFF.  BILLS TAKE OVER AT THE 27.  THAT WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER F.G.  SO THEY’RE UP 26-14 WHEN TEBOW WAS PICKED OFF ONCE AGAIN!  JARIS BYRD COMING OUT OF NOWHERE TO PICK IT OFF.  THE SAFETY STILL ON HIS FEET.  HE’S GONNA TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE!  JARIS BYRD WITH THE 37 YD. INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR A TD.  BILLS PUTTING IT OUT OF HAND, UP 33-14.  COULD THEY DO IT ANOTHER TIME?  DO I HEAR 4^TH TIME’S A CHARM?  YES.  THE BILLS WITH THEIR 4^TH INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME.  THAT ONE WENT FOR A TD. AS WELL.  INTERCEPTED BY SPENCER JOHNSON.  A BIG GUY WITH THE TD.  TIM TEBOW 4 PICKS IN THE GAME.  BILLS GET THE WIN.

 

01:47:18 – ST. LOUIS RAMS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS

 

STEELERS COMING OFF A MONDAY NIGHT LOSS AT S.F.  BIG BEN WILL NOT START.  CHARLIE BATCH GETS THE NOD.  FIRST QUARTER.  GAME IS SCORELESS.  BATCH WITH THE PLAY FAKE.  HE’S UNDER PRESSURE.  HE ESCAPES SCRAMBLING TO HIS LEFT.  TOSSES ONE TO RASHARD MENDENHAHL.  MENDENHAHL CUTS BACK ACROSS THE FIELD, TAKES IT ACROSS MIDFIELD ALL THE WAY INSIDE THE 40 FOR 35 YDS.  SETS UP A 1^ST & 10 AT THE 37.  BIG PLAY FOR RASHARD MENDENHAHL BUT HANG ON A SECOND.  DOUG LAGURSKI, THE CENTER, HURTING HIS SHOULDER TRYING TO MAKE A BLOCK DOWNFIELD.  AND HE WOULD NOT RETURN.  REPLACED BY TREY __.  SHAWN SUISEM HALF THE DRIVE WITH THE F.G.  STEELERS GO UP 3-0.  2^ND QUARTER RAMS TRAILING 3-0.  THEY’RE RUNNING WITH THE PLAY FAKE.  DONNIE JONES, THE PUNTER, WILL TAKE IT DOWN HIMSELF BUT HE IS TACKLED JUST SHY OF 1^ST DOWN MARKER.  ANTONIO BROWN MADE THE PLAY.  A TURNOVER ON DOWNS.  HE WENT FOR THE FAKE PASS BUT, INSTEAD, JONES DECIDED TO RUN IT ONCE HE SAW THERE WASN’T A PASS THERE, AND ANTONIO BROWN, THE PUNT RETURNER, CAME BACK FROM 40 YDS. DEEP TO MAKE THE TACKLE.  1^ST & 10 AT THE 35.  AND THEY GIVE IT TO MENDENHAHL.  MENDENHAHL STUTTER STEPS.  CUTS BACK FOR THE 1^ST DOWN AND GOES ACROSS THE FIELD.  RASHARD MENDENHAHL STILL ON HIS FEET INSIDE THE 10.  RUNS FOR 52 YDS. ON THE PLAY.  BIG TIME RUN BY MENDENHAHL.  THEN THE NEXT PLAY, 4^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  THE GIVE IS TO JOHN CLAY.  JOHN CLAY GETS IN THE END ZONE.  THE ROOKIE, UNDRAFTED OUT OF WISCONSIN.  HIS FIRST CAREER GAME, AND HE GETS HIS FIRST CAREER TD., 10-0 AT HALFTIME.  STEELERS, WITH THE LEAD.  RAMS DOWN 13-0 LATE 3^RD QUARTER, AND ON THE 3^RD & 14 THEY GIVE IT TO STEVEN JACKSON WHO SLIPS AN ANKLE TACKLE AND HE PICKS UP THE 1^ST DOWN.  A 15 YD. PICKUP FOR JACKSON WHO RAN FOR 103 YDS. IN THE GAME.  NOW, ONTO THE 4^TH.  SAME DRIVE.  THIS IS A 3^RD & 4.  THEY GIVE IT TO JACKSON WHO GETS BROUGHT DOWN IN THE BACKFIELD BY TROY POLAMALU COMING IN THERE LIKE A MISSILE.  TOOK HIM DOWN IN THE BACKFIELD FOR A 4 YD. LOSS.  POLAMALU JUMPED RIGHT AT THE SNAP.  CAME RIGHT THROUGH A HOLE.  BROUGHT JACKSON DOWN AND JOSH BROWN MISSED THE F.G.  SO, THE SHUTOUT WAS STILL INTACT FOR PITTS.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR THE STEELERS, GOING DEEP.  CHARLIE BATCH INTENDED FOR MIKE WALLACE.  HE IS THERE.  HE MAKES THE GRAB, 53 YD. PASS PLAY, AND THAT IS GOOD FOR A TD.  BUT THE PLAY WOULD GO UNDER REVIEW.  AND WHAT DID THEY DECIDE?  LOOKS LIKE WALLACE HAD IT BUT HE WAS TOUCHED AND HE WAS DOWN AT THE 1 YD. LINE BEFORE THE BALL CROSSED THE PLAIN OF THE END ZONE.  SO RULED DOWN BY CONTACT, AND INSTEAD THEY JUST GAVE IT RIGHT BACK TO RASHARD MENDENHAHL FOR A 1 YD. SCORE.  MENDENHAHL, 1 BUC 16 IN THE GAME.  ALSO HAD 35 YDS. RECEIVING AND THAT TD.  ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, THIS TIME THEY WOULD GIVE IT TO ISAAC REDMOND.  HE GETS THE TD.  A 2 YD. SCORE.  STEELERS ROLL TO VICTORY AGAINST THE RAMS, 27-0 PULLING OFF THE SHUTOUT.

 

01:50:35 – SAN DIEGO CHARGERS @ DETROIT LIONS

 

LIONS, CHARGERS.  CLINCH A PLAYOFF BERTH WITH A VICTORY AT HOME.  YOU SAID THAT YESTERDAY.  CHARGERS ELIMINATED FROM THE PLAYOFFS WITH A LOSS.  ARE YOU SERIOUS?  HERE WE GO.  DOMINIC .. AND ANTOWANE BARNES.  REALLY?  COMING OUT OF THE TUNNEL.  ARE YOU SERIOUS?  WELL BECAUSE NORMALLY YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTORT YOURSELF WITH A CERTAIN DEGREE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND CLASS.  CALVIN JOHNSON DOUBLE-COVERED.  NOW THAT WAS ILLEGAL IN 7 STATES THE WAY HE WAS GETTING GRABBED.  BRANDON PETTIGREW, ALSO A NICE TARGET.  7 YD. TD.  DETROIT UP 7-NOTHING.  BEAUTIFUL THROW.  THAT’S A TOUGH TEAM TO SLOW DOWN.  WHEN THEY GET THEIR MOJO GOING EARLY, THE LIONS IN THEIR BUILDING; TOUGH TO SLOW THEM DOWN.  2^ND QUARTER 10-NOTHING.  MAKE IT 17-NOTHING.  STAFFORD TO KEVIN SMITH.  KEVIN SMITH, A NICE PICKUP.  WENT IN THAT SITUATION.  JAVAD BESS DOWN.  PRETTY MUCH I GUESS FOR THE YEAR.  NICE PICKUP.  THIS IS A CHARGERS TEAM THAT HAD BEEN PLAYING QUITE WELL THE LAST MONTH.  CALVIN JOHNSON 14 YD. TD.  HALFTIME SCORE, NORV TURNER DOESN’T LIKE THIS.  24-NOTHING.  3^RD QUARTER, SAME SCORE.  3^RD DOWN & 7.  PHILLIP RIVERS INTENDED FOR MIKE TOLBERT AS HE’S FLUSHED OUT OF THE POCKET.  YOU SEE RIVERS GET UPSET AFTER THE PLAY.  DOMINIC EN SUH SAYS SOMETHING TO RIVERS AS THEY CONTINUE JAWING.  I’M TELLING YOU, THAT KID IS AN AMAZING…I LOVE THAT GUY.  SUH?  NO, I LIKE A COMPETITOR.  I’M WITH YOU.  I DON’T CARE, YOU KNOW…HE’S A COMPETITOR.  HE COMPETES.  11 YDS.   YEA, HE CAN PLAY FOR ME ANYTIME.  TO MALCOLM FLOYD.  CHARGERS TRAILING 24-7.  RYAN’S NEXT POSSESSION, 9^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  KEVIN SMITH ALREADY WITH A TD. CATCH, NOW WITH A TD. FROM 6 YDS. OUT.  LIONS UP 31-10 AFTER 3.  THEY WIN 38-10.  THE LIONS IN THE PLAYOFFS FIRST TIME SINCE 1999.  IT’S A WILDLY TALENTED TEAM THAT, FOR A STRETCH THIS SEASON, PLAYED VERY UNDISCIPLINED.  IT COST THEM A FEW GAMES BUT, ULTIMATELY, THAT’S A TEAM THAT I DON’T THINK MANY TEAMS IN THE NFC WANT TO FACE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT 35 ON YOUR …  AT ANY GIVE MOMENT.  LIONS WILL BE EITHER THE 5^TH OR 6^TH SEED IN THE NFC.

 

01:52:58 – PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ DALLAS COWBOYS

 

SO, WHILE THIS GAME WAS PLAYING OUT, IT WENT REALLY LATE WITH ALL OF THOSE REPLAYS, AND ALL THE PENALTIES, AND ALL THE THROWING AND INCOMPLETIONS.  THE EAGLES STILL THOUGHT THEY HAD A CHANCE TO WIN THE NFC EAST BECAUSE THIS GAME WAS STILL GOING ON.  BUT, AS MICHAEL VICK WAS ESCAPING TO RILEY COOPER AND A FACEMASK CALLED ON ANTHONY SPENCER, THE JETS LOST THE GAME.  THE GIANTS WON THE GAME.  THE EAGLES WERE ELIMINATED FROM THE NFC EAST, MEANING THE COWBOYS WOULD PLAY THE GIANTS IN METLIFE STADIUM NEXT WEEK FOR THE NFC EAST REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THIS GAME AS COOPER COMES OUT OF THE GAME.  2 PLAYS LATER, VICK TO BRENT CELEK IN THE END ZONE.  JASON GARRETT IS WATCHING THIS GO DOWN AND PUTS TONY ROMO IN THE GAME.  AGAIN, HE WAS STILL IN DOUBT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.  TOMO IS INJURED ON THE PLAY.  YEA.  WHEN YOU HIT YOUR HAND ON SOMEBODY’S HELMET OR FACEMASK, RIGHT HERE.  OH… AND THE TOP OF HIS HAND, AND THAT THING PUFFED UP REAL BIG.  IT LOOKED LIKE HIS FOOT, QUITE FRANKLY.  AN X-RAY ON THE HAND.  IT CAME OUT NEGATIVE.  HE TRIED TO MAKE A GO OF IT BUT LOOK AT THAT.  PUT SOME ICE ON THAT.  THAT’S A HARD THING TO DIRECT THAT BALL.  YOU GOTTA SQUEEZE IT AND CERTAINLY IT’S DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW FOR TONY.  AND BY THIS POINT THE GIANTS HAD WON AND THIS WAS A MEANINGLESS GAME ESSENTIALLY.  THE COWBOYS DEFENSE TRYING TO STOP MICHAEL VICK.  IT’S HARD WHEN HE HAS ALL DAY LIKE THAT TO THROW.  HITS JEREMY MACLIN FOR 22 YDS. LATE IN THE 2^ND HALF.  NOBODY CAN COVER THAT.  DESEAN JACKSON 33 YDS.  NEXT PLAY JASON AVANTE.  I LIKE HOW THE EAGLES ARE PLAYING.  27 YDS.  3 PLAYS LATER VICK/MACLIN.  TD.  EAGLES RACKED UP 284 1^ST HALF…YDS. ON OFFENSE.  STEVE MCGEE.  YEA, IT WAS A ROUGH DAY FOR THE RYAN FAMILY.  LET’S PUT IT THAT WAY.  STEVEN MCGEE PLAYING INSTEAD OF TONY ROMO, AND AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, CERTAINLY WITH FELIX JONES NOT PLAYING TOO.  IT WAS STEVEN MCGEE AND SAMMY MORRIS, THE QB AND R.B. TANDEM FOR THE COWBOYS FOR MUCH OF THIS GAME.  SCOUT TEAM TOGETHER.  MCGEE PUT IT UP 38 TIMES.  THEY DID COMPLETE 24 BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT IS TONY ROMO’S HAND GONNA LOOK LIKE TOMORROW, THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, AS THERE IS AN ALL OR NOTHING GAME IN METLIFE STADIUM NEXT WEEK.

 

 

01:55:35 – SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

 

THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY FLEX.  THEY MEAN THEY TOOK IT.  LET’S GO TO SEATTLE.  THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS THAT HAD BEEN PLAYING SO WELL THE LAST 6 WKS., PLAYING THE 49ERS.  GAME YOU KNOW THEY WANTED TO WIN.  IT WOULD REALLY HURT THE 49ERS WHO WERE BATTLING WITH N.O. FOR THE BYE WEEK IN THE PLAYOFFS.  TAVARES JACKSON TO __ __.  AND THEN 5 PLAYS LATER DOUG __, THE ROOKIE FROM STANFORD.  WHAT A YEAR HE’S HAVING.  YEA, THAT’S NICE PLAYING COACH.  7-0, DOUG __ PUTS IT IN THE END ZONE.  IT’S 7-3 2^ND QUARTER.  TAVARES JACKSON 3^RD & GOAL FROM THE 1 AFTER MARSHAWN LYNCH WAS KEPT OUT.  NOW REMEMBER, AGAIN, WHAT’S GOING ON?!  WHAT IS THAT?  THE 49ERS HAVE NOT ALLOWED A RUSHING TD. ALL SEASON LONG.  CARLOS ROGERS KNOCKS HIM OUT.  IT JUST LOOKED LIKE.. ….MAY GO TO HAWAII THIS YEAR.  MORE 16 HEAD-SCRATCHING PLAYS ON THE GOAL LINE.  HE DESERVES IT.  STEVEN __ KICKED A F.G.  SEAHAWKS ARE UP

10-3 3^RD QUARTER.  ALEX SMITH ON 4^TH & 2 TO GO FOR IT.  IT’S IN NO MAN’S LAND.  1^ST DOWN VERNON DAVIS.  3 PLAYS…  8^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  IT’S TIME FOR THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH TO MAKE HIS PRESENCE KNOWN.  POW.  83 YDS. RUSHING AND..  GOOD JOB LINE.  4^TH QUARTER, NINERS ARE UP BY A SCORE OF 13-10 AS DAVID AKERS HAS BEEN KICKING HIS LEG OFF BASICALLY.  HE HAS GIVEN THEM ALREADY 2 F.G.’S IN THE GAME.  MAKE IT 3.  44 YDS. AWAY.  41^ST F.G. OF THE SEASON.  THAT PASSES NEIL RACKERS FOR NFL HISTORY.  MOST SWINGS OF THE LEG SUCCESSFULLY.  16-10 WAS THE SCORE.  NEXT 49ERS POSSESSION.  4^TH & 9 FROM THEIR OWN 38.  OH, THAT’S A BLOCKED PUNT.  IT’S RECOVERED BY THE 49ERS DEEP IN THE END.  SO IT’S TIME FOR THE MAN WHO’S BEEN ALLOWING EVERYBODY TO TASTE THE WRATH OF THE RAINBOW OF FRUIT FLAVORS.  10 STRAIGHT GAMES WITH A RUSHING TD. AGAINST THE TEAM THAT HAS YET TO ALLOW ONE.  THE MOVEABLE FORCE MOVES…SKITTLES.  HE’S … MAN.  SEND THAT MAN TO HAWAII.  1^ST RUSHING TD. ALLOWED BY THE 49ERS THIS YEAR, AND HE ALSO IS THE FIRST 100 YD. RUSHER WHICH MEANS WARREN SAPP GOT HIS OWN PREDICTION CORRECT!  WE’RE ACTUALLY GONNA …PREDICTION RIGHT.  AS FOR THE GAME, IT’S 17-16, SEAHAWKS UP.  THIS IS A BIG BIG SERIES FOR THE 49ERS.  AGAIN, THEY DON’T WANT TO GO AND START THE PLAYOFFS AT HOME THE FIRST WEEK.  THEY WANT A BYE WEEK.  THEY NEED A WIN, AND THAT LED TO ANOTHER AKERS F.G. THERE.  TAVARIS JACKSON ON 3^RD & 3.  A BIG TIME PUNT BY LARRY GRANT, WHO’S BEEN PLAYING HIS HEAD OFF IN PLACE OF PATRICK WILLIS, AND THE 49ERS DO GO INTO … LOOK AT THEM EATING THOSE SKITTLES.  AND COME UP WITH A WIN.

 

01:58:21 – CHICAGO BEARS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS

 

LET’S GO TO LAMBEAU FIELD.  JOSH MCGOWN PROBABLY WISHED THAT HE WERE AT HOME HERE AS THE BEARS PLAYING IN LAMBEAU.  MCGOWN, 8 PASS ATTEMPTS IN THE LAST 4 YRS.  4 YRS.?!  ONLY 2 COMPLETIONS.  WHAT A PICK!  AARON RODGERS DUMPS IT OFF TO RYAN GRANT, 32 YDS.  NICE DESIGN.  YOU GOT LINEMEN OUT IN FRONT OF THIS GUY.  GREAT PLAY TO GET THIS THING STARTED.  THAT’S WHAT THEY NEEDED LAST WEEK.  ON THE LINE FOR THE PACKERS.  HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IN THE PLAYOFFS IN THE NFC.  RODGERS TO JERMICHAEL FINLEY.  YOU GOTTA PUT A LINEBACKER ON JERMICHAEL FINLEY ONE-ON-ONE OUT WIDE.  RODGERS 8 FOR 8 ON THAT DRIVE FOR 77 YDS.  JOSH MCGOWN SCRAMBLING TO HIS RIGHT, DUMPS IT OFF TO __ __.  REMEMBER, NO MATT FORTE.  NO MARION BARBER.  .. BANG IT HARD.  19 YDS.  THERE’S A FEW GUYS LEFT FOR THE BEARS THAT ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.  10^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE AND WHAT A PICK BY CLAY MATTHEWS.  THIS IS A BIG TIME PLAYER MAKING A BIG TIME PLAY.  RECOGNIZING THE ROUTE AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.  HIS DAD WAS IN THE STANDS WATCHING HIM.  THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE PLAY RIGHT HERE.  LOOK AT THIS.  THERE’S A LOT OF DAD…MAKING THOSE PLAYS.  1:45 LEFT IN THE 1^ST HALF AND IT’S RODGERS TO JAMES JONES.  THE PACKERS COMING OFF THEIR FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON LAST WEEK AGAINST K.C. AND THE RECEIVERS DROPPED SOME BALLS.  JONES 32 YDS. THERE.  50 SECS. LEFT NOW AND IT’S RODGERS TO JORDY NELSON.  YOU CALLED IT PRIME.  … OFFSIDES.  THIS GUY IS FASTER THAN ANYBODY THINKS AND HE’S STRONGER.  BOY, HAS HE BEEN A GREAT PLAYER.  JORDY NELSON.  18 SECS. LEFT.  RODGERS, JONES, TD.  I LOVE THE WAY THEY SET THAT PLAY UP.  THEY’LL SEND A GUY IN MOTION.  AS SOON AS HE RECOGNIZES IT’S ONE-ON-ONE, BACK SIDE, BAM!  RODGERS SHOOTS THAT BALL JUST LIKE HE DID TO …  14-3.  2^ND HALF.  MCGOWN TO EARL BENNETT.  HOW ABOUT BENNETT?  LOOK AT THAT OPEN FIELD.  MOVES IN THE OPEN FIELD!  ONE THING YOU CAN’T DO AGAINST THIS DEFENSE IS SCORE.  49 YDS. DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE.  CHARLIE PEPPER BRINGS HIM DOWN, AND THEN THERE’S A FUMBLE HERE; AND HOW ABOUT THE BIG EDWIN WILLIAMS?  BIG MAN DREAM!  BIG MAN DREAM!  SPIKE IT BIG MAN!  HE NEEDS TO WORK ON THAT.  BIG MAN DREAM!  BEARS NEED TO WIN OUT AND THE FALCONS NEED TO LOSE TO THE BEARS TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS.  TIME FOR RODGERS UP TOP TO NELSON!  NO!  HOW DO YOU GET PAST A 2 DEEP SAFETY LIKE THAT?  USUALLY WHEN YOUR QB RUNS THAT WAY A MILLION TIMES, I’VE LED A COMEBACK.  THIS GUY HERE .. YOU’RE THE QB.  …RUNS TO 7.  BAM!  BACK TO THE POST, AND YOU KNOW A SAFETY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RUN WITH JORDY NELSON AND AARON RODGERS.  ROLL OVER THE QB ACROSS HIS BODY.  A PERFECT THROW BY THE MVP.  NEXT PACKERS DRIVE, FOR YOUR 3^RD & 5, WATCH THE NIMBLE RODGERS..  BETWEEN THE 2 LINEBACKERS!  RIGHT THERE!  RODGERS BE NIMBLE.  RODGERS BE QUICK.  LOOK AT HIS KNEE.  HE LIMPED OFF.  LOOK AT THE SHEEPISH GRIN RIGHT THERE FROM RODGERS.  10^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE HERE.  RODGERS TO JAMES JONES ON A 3^RD & 8.  HE’S HAVING FUN.  COACHES GO WHATEVER YOU WANT.  WHEN HE’S UNDER DURESS HE USUALLY MAKES THE COMPLETION.  RODGERS AGAIN.  JONES TD.  HIS 4^TH ON THE GAME.  I FEEL SORRY FOR THAT CORNER.  I REALLY DO.  28-10.  YOU THINK THAT AARON RODGERS IS HEARING THE WHISPERS ABOUT HOW DREW BREES HAS BEEN PLAYING?  MCGOWN PICKED OFF HERE BY __ AND __ COMING BACK 21 YDS.  HE’S GOING TO GO TO THE PRO BOWL AS WELL.  HE IS FLAT OUT HAVING A GREAT YEAR IN THAT SECONDARY.  AARON RODGERS…TO JORDY NELSON WHO WAS ASSAULTED ON THE PLAY!  I SAW THE WAY AARON RODGERS WAS LOOKING AT THE K.C. CHIEFS.  LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAD TO PAY FOR IT, STARTING TODAY.  SOMEBODY BETTER GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND PUT THAT CORNER OUT.  HE IS ON FIRE.  NELSON TOUCHDOWN, HIS 5^TH TD. OF THE GAME.  PASSES FOR 283 YDS.  A PASSER RATING OF 142.7.  IT’S THE ONLY TIME OF THIS SEASON, TIES A CAREER HIGH THAT RODGERS HAS THROWN FOR 5 TD. PASSES.  SO THE PACKERS, THEY CLINCH HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE THROUGHOUT THE PLAYOFFS WITH THEIR 14-1 RECORD.  THEY BOUNCE BACK QUICKLY.

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