SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 17

 

  1. LIONS @ PACKERS 3:53

  2. COLTS @ JAGUARS 2:17

  3. JETS @ DOLPHINS 3:39

  4. PANTHERS @ SAINTS 2:56

  5. BEARS @ VIKINGS 3:18

  6. BILLS @ PATRIOTS 3:16

  7. TITANS @ TEXANS 3:56

  8. REDSKINS @ EAGLES 3:11

  9. 49ERS @ RAMS 3:23

  10. BUCCANEERS @ FALCONS :57

  11. CHARGERS @ RAIDERS 3:42

  12. CHIEFS @ BRONCOS 2:10

  13. STEELERS @ BROWNS 1:54

  14. RAVENS @ BENGALS 2:16

  15. SEAHAWKS @ CARDINALS :12 (one play)

  16. COWBOYS @ GIANTS 5:39

    TRT: 58:54 WITH BARS

01:10:17 - DETROIT LIONS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS

PACKERS AT 15-1.  THEY HAVE HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE LOCKED UP THROUGHOUT THE PLAYOFFS.  SO AARON RODGERS JUST CLOWNING AROUND ON THE SIDELINES NOT PLAYING.  MATT FLYNN GETTING THE START.  THEN THEIR FIRST DRIVE OF THE GAME.  FLYNN, HE WAS SACKED AND LOST THE FOOTBALL, AND DETROIT IS ABLE TO JUMP ON IT AND RECOVER.  NICE FIELD POSITION FOR DETROIT IN THE FIRST MINUTE OF THE GAME.  SO 4 PLAYS LATER IT’S A 2ND & GOAL.  MATT STAFFORD OUT OF THE SHOTGUN LOOKING END ZONE FOR TITUS YOUNG FOR THE 8 YD. SCORE; AND ON LAMBEAU FIELD IT’S THE LIONS ON TOP AND TITUS YOUNG LOOKING FOR THE LEAP.  FANS WON’T LET HIM DO IT.  7-0 DETROIT.  THEN THE SCORE 10-9, G.B.  STAFFORD END ZONE.  ANOTHER TD.  MATT TO CALVIN JOHNSON.  A 13 YARDER.  JOHNSON WITH 16 RECEIVING TDS. ON THE SEASON SETS A FRANCHISE RECORD.  DETROIT UP 16-10.  8 MINS. TO GO IN THE 2ND QUARTER.  THE DUMP-OFF GOES TO RYAN GRANT.  HE HITS THE SIDELINE AND HE IS GONE!  IT’S A FOOTRACE TO THE END ZONE.  CAN RYAN GRANT GET THERE?  AND HE DOES!  AN 80 YARDER!  THE LONGEST PLAY OF HIS CAREER.  A RECEIVING TD. FOR RYAN GRANT.  G.B. GOES UP 17-16.  BUT, STAFFORD AND THE LIONS, 2 POSSESSIONS LATER, COMING RIGHT BACK.  STAFFORD END ZONE FOR TITUS YOUNG.  LOOKS LIKE HE GOT BOTH FEET DOWN BUT NO IT WAS RULED INCOMPLETE.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS ONE.  LEFT FOOT IS DOWN, THEN THE RIGHT TOE TOUCHES.  THE REFEREE SAID HE DID NOT HAVE IT.  JIM SCHWARTZ ANGRY BECAUSE HE HAD NO CHALLENGES.  SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A F.G. AND GO UP 19-17.  THEN THE ENSUING G.B. DRIVE RIGHT AFTER THAT.  DOWN 19-17.  UNDER 4 MINS. TO GO IN THE HALF.  FLYNN BOMBS ONE LEFT SIDELINE.  JORDY NELSON LEAPING FOR THE CATCH!  GOING UP HIGH.  A 36 YARDER.  IGNORE THE FLAG CAUSE JORDY NELSON GOES IN FOR THE LAMBEAU LEAP 24-19.  G.B. LEADING AT HALFTIME.  ONTO THE 3RD QUARTER.  A 2ND & 7 FOR THE PACKERS.  PLAY ACTION FAKE.  FLYNN, POCKET COLLAPSING.  HE GOES DOWN THE FIELD TO JORDY NELSON.  ONCE AGAIN, NELSON TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE.  A 58 YARD TD. CATCH FOR JORDY NELSON.  PACKERS GO UP 31-26.  LATE 3RD QUARTER, STAFFORD, LIONS COMING RIGHT BACK.  ANOTHER TD. PASS.  THIS ONE TO KEVIN SMITH, A 5 YARDER.  DETROIT WENT FOR 2 AND GOT IT.  SO THEY WENT UP BY A F.G.  34-31.  ONTO THE 4TH QUARTER, PACKERS BALL.  3RD & 8.  FLYNN THROWS OVER THE MIDDLE.  THAT TO DONALD DRIVER, AND DRIVER BREAKS IT FREE TO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  A 35 YARD SCORE.  THIS ONE GOING BACK AND FORTH.  A HIGH-SCORING AFFAIR AT LAMBEAU FIELD.  UNDER 4 MINS. TO GO.  LOOKING TO BRING HIS TEAM BACK.  MATTHEW STAFFORD HITS TONY SCHEFFLER OVER THE MIDDLE FOR A GAIN OF 26.  THEN 3 PLAYS LATER, THEY HAD IT.  2ND & GOAL.  UNDER 3 MINS. TO GO IN THE GAME.  STAFFORD SHOT GUN.  END ZONE AGAIN.  SCHEFFLER WITH THE TD.  A 12 YARDER.  HE WENT RIGHT BACK TO TONY SCHEFFLER.  AND MATTHEW STAFFORD 520 PASSING YARDS, 5 TDS.  HE IS PUMPED UP ON THE SIDELINES, AS DETROIT TAKES THE LEAD 41-38 BUT HANG ON A SECOND.  MATT FLYNN AND THE PACKERS WERE NOT DONE ON A 3RD & 4.  FLYNN, PERFECT PASS TO JAMES JONES.  COMPLETE TO GAIN OF 40.  THEN 2 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & GOAL.  A MIN. 13 LEFT IN THE GAME.  FLYNN, WITH A TD. PASS TO JERMICHAEL FINLEY, AND WITH THAT, HIS 6TH TD. PASS OF THE GAME.  MATT FLYNN BECAME THE FRANCHISE LEADER FOR MOST TD. PASSES IN A GAME FOR THE PACKERS.  MORE THAN BRETT FAVRE.  MORE THAN AARON RODGERS.  PACKERS GET THE WIN.

 

01:14:20 – INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

PEYTON MANNING INACTIVE ONCE AGAIN FOR THE COLTS WHO HAVE A CHANCE TO CLINCH THE TOP PICK IN THE DRAFT IF THEY LOSE THE GAME, AND THE JAGS GOT OFF TO A GOOD START EARLY.  BLANE GABBERT OVER THE MIDDLE, HITS CHASTEN WEST FOR THE TD.  A 23 YD. SCORE.  THE 2ND OF THE SEASON FOR WEST.  JAGS GO UP 7-NOTHING.  THEN FROM THERE IT WAS ALL ABOUT MAURICE JONES-DREW LOOKING FOR THE NFL’S RUSHING TITLE.  HE GOES FOR 13 YDS. IN THE 1ST QUARTER.  THEN SAME DRIVE, 6 PLAYS LATER, TAKES THE PITCH ROUND THE LEFT END.  PICKS UP THE 1ST DOWN.  TAKES IT DOWN TO THE 10 YD. LINE.  THEN ONTO THE 2ND.  2ND & 5.  HE REVERSES FIELD, MAKES HIS ..  JONES-DREW PICKS UP 15.  THAT DRIVE ENDS WITH A F.G.  JAGS GO UP 10-3.  MAURICE JONES-DREW, 16 CARRIES, 84 YDS. IN THE 1ST HALF.  THEN 3RD QUARTER.  UP 10-6, THEN HANDOFF GOES TO JONES-DREW.  HE’S GONNA REVERSE FIELD.  HE’S GONNA BREAKDOWN THE LEFT SIDELINE.  CAN HE OUTRUN THE MAN TO THE END ZONE?  FINALLY PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS.  NOT BEFORE PICKING UP 56; AND WITH THAT RUSH, HE SET THE SINGLE SEASON TEAM RECORD, BREAKING FRED TAYLOR’S PREVIOUS RECORDS.  SO WITH THE TEAM UP 13-6, CAN DAN ORLOVSKY BRING HIS TEAM BACK?  NOT WITH PLAYS LIKE THAT.  HE IS PICKED OFF BY RUSSELL ALLEN.  SETUP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 19.  ANOTHER F.G. FOR JOSH SCOBIE, PUT THE JAGS UP 16-6.  AND THEN, STILL DOWN BY 10.  ORLOVSKY.  HE IS HIT.  HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL.  IT IS DOWN, AND GEORGE SELBY WILL RECOVER FOR THE JAGUARS.  A BIG TIME TURNOVER FOR THE JAGS.  THAT SETS UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 46.  LED TO ANOTHER F.G. AND JACKSONVILLE GOES UP 19-6.  BUT INDY WOULD NOT DIE.  ORLOVSKY FINDS AUSTIN COLLIE WHO STAYS ON HIS FEET.  PICKS UP 13 YDS.  THEN 5 PLAYS LATER A 3RD & 1.  UNDER CENTER, ORLOVSKY, A QUICK TAP TO COLLIE!  HE’S GONNA PUNCH IT IN FOR THE TD.  COLLIE’S FIRST OF THE SEASON AND NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WITH 3 MINS. TO GO, THE COLTS ARE ONLY DOWN BY 6.  BUT ON A 3RD & 4, THE JAGS GIVE IT TO MAURICE JONES-DREW.   HE GETS THE 1ST DOWN TO ICE THE GAME, AND MAURICE JONES-DREW FINISHED WITH 169 YDS. ON THE GROUND.  THAT IS A SEASON HIGH.

 

01:16:45 – NEW YORK JETS @ MIAMI DOLPHINS

 JASON TAYLOR PLANNING TO RETIRE AFTER 15 SEASONS.  JETS NEED SOME HELP GETTING INTO THE PLAYOFFS.  THEY NEED TO WIN AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE ELSE TO LOSE.  JEREMY CURLY ON THE WILDCAT.  HE’S GONNA THROW IT, AND HE FINDS A WIDE OPEN MATTHEW MULLIGAN FOR 41 YDS.  JEREMY CURLY LINED UP IN THE SHOTGUN.  FAKED LIKE HE WAS RUNNING TO THE LEFT.  REVERSED FIELD AND THREW IT DOWN THE FIELD TO A WIDE OPEN MULLIGAN FOR THE BIG GAIN.  SETUP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 25.  WITH THE TEAM DOWN 3-0, SANCHEZ PLAY FAKES ON 3RD & GOAL.  ROLLS TO HIS RIGHT.  WIDE OPEN DUSTIN KELLER IS THERE FOR THE 1 YD. SCORE.  EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD FOR THE JETS, TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.  THEY’RE UP 7-3 ON THE ROAD.  THEN 2ND QUARTER, 16 SECS. LEFT IN THE HALF AND MARK SANCHEZ.  HE THROWS AND HE GETS PICKED OFF!  INTERCEPTED BY RANDY STARKS.  SANCHEZ WITH UNDER 10 SECS. TO GO IN THE HALF, LEAVES THE DOLPHINS WITH ENOUGH TIME TO SETUP FOR A F.G.  SO THEY HAD THE BALL AT THE 40, AND THEY’RE ABLE TO GET A 58 YD. F.G.  THEY WERE ONLY DOWN 10-6 GOING INTO HALFTIME AFTER THAT.  THEN 3RD QUARTER, LADAINIAN TOMLINSON PICKS UP 4 YDS. ON THE RUN.  HE PASSES JEROME BETTIS FOR 5TH ALL TIME.  JETS WOULD END UP PUNTING ON THE DRIVE.  ENSUING DOLPHINS POSSESSION.  THEY HAVE A 3RD & 12, DOWN 10-6.  LATE 3RD QUARTER, MATT MOORE FINDS BRANDON MARSHALL WHO WAS WIDE OPEN.  MARSHALL ENDS UP GETTING TACKLED AFTER PICKING UP 19.  SANCHEZ IS STANDING ON THE SIDELINES AS HIS DEFENSE GETTING TAKEN APART BY THE DOLPHINS OVER THE MIDDLE.  MATT MOORE HITS DEVON BESS FOR A GAIN OF 10.  THERE’S PRETTY MUCH NOTHING SANCHEZ CAN DO ABOUT IT.  THEN 3 PLAYS LATER A 3RD & GOAL.  MOORE AVOIDS THE RUSH.  ROLLING TO HIS LEFT, ACROSS HIS BODY, AWAY FROM HIS BODY THROWS TO CHARLES CLAY FOR THE TD.  SO THE DOLPHINS NOW TAKE THE LEAD, 13-10.  THAT WAS A 21 PLAY, 94 YD. DRIVE.  AND ENSUING POSSESSION, MARK SANCHEZ INEXPLICABLY DUMPS THE BALL OFF.  HE IS PICKED OFF FOR THE 2ND TIME IN THE GAME BY RANDY STARKS!  JASON TAYLOR FORCED THAT ONE.  HE BEAT DEBRICKASHAW FERGUSON AROUND THE EDGE.  AND, IT WAS INTERCEPTED BY STARKS.  LED TO ANOTHER DAN CARPENTER F.G.  SO THE DOLPHINS GO UP BY 6, 16-10.  THEN 4 MINS. LEFT.  JETS NEED A TD. TO TIE IT.  AN EXTRA POINT WOULD GIVE THEM THE LEAD, AND SANCHEZ LOOKING FOR JEREMY CURLY.  PASS IS INCOMPLETE BUT THERE IS A FLAG ON THE PLAY ON JEREMIAH BELL, WHO CAME SWOOPING IN THERE.  A ROUGHING THE PASSER CALL.  SANCHEZ HURT ON THE PLAY.  JETS DO GET 15 YDS. AND A 1ST DOWN.  THEN ON A 3RD & 5, SAME DRIVE.  SANCHEZ PICKED OFF FOR THE 3RD TIME IN THE GAME!  THIS TIME BY MARVIN MITCHELL!  STILL ON HIS FEET.  TAKES IT PAST MIDFIELD.  MITCHELL RETURNS IT TO THE 36 YD. LINE, AND THAT LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO SEAL IT FOR THE DOLPHINS.  SANCHEZ’S 3RD INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME.  THAT PASS BEHIND SEAN GREEN.  PICKED OFF BY MITCHELL, LEADS TO ANOTHER DAN CARPENTER F.G.  SO 19-10, DOLPHINS WITH THE LEAD.  BUT THE JETS WOULD DRIVE DOWN THE FIELD.  THEN 2ND & 1.  SANCHEZ DIRECTING TRAFFIC.  HE FINDS PATRICK TURNER FOR THE TD., A 10 YARDER.  SO THE JETS WERE ONLY DOWN BY 2.  THEY’RE GONNA DECIDE TO GO FOR THE ONSIDE KICK, AND THIS IS THE GAME.  JETS GOING FOR IT AND IT GOES DIRECTLY TO BRANDON MARSHALL, WHO TAKES IT OUT OF BOUNDS.  DOLPHINS GET THE WIN, 19-17, KNOCKING THE JETS OUT OF THE PLAYOFF CHASE.

 

01:20:31 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

 PANTHERS AT THE SAINTS.  CAM NEWTON IN CAROLINA.  THEY’VE WON BACK-TO-BACK GAMES.  DREW BREES BROKE DAN MARINO’S RECORD FOR PASSING YDS. LAST WEEK; AND THE SAINTS GET OFF TO AN EARLY START WITH CHRIS IVORY BREAKING UP THE MIDDLE UNTOUCHED INTO THE END ZONE FOR A 35 YD. SCORE.  SAINTS GO UP AT HOME, 7-NOTHING EARLY.  BUT, CAROLINA WOULD COME BACK.  CAM NEWTON WITH A FADE PASS.  STEVE SMITH WITH THE TD.  A 12 YARDER TIES THE GAME AT 7.  THEN, NEXT SAINTS POSSESSION, A 3RD & 5.  BREES BACK TO PASS.  LOOKS BACK PART OF THE END ZONE.  MARCUS COLSTON GOES UP HIGH FOR THE TD. GRAB.  A 15 YARDER GIVING THE SAINTS A 14-7 LEAD.  BUT, CAROLINA TRYING TO COME BACK.  CAM FINDS SOME TIME.  ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT DIRECTING TRAFFIC.  HE HITS STEVE SMITH, AND SMITH GETS BOTH FEET DOWN.  A 20 YARD GAIN, AND ON THAT PLAY STEVE SMITH BECOMES THE FRANCHISE LEADER, ALL TIME IN RECEPTIONS. ..PATS MUSSIN MUHAMMAD WITH 697.  THEN, COUPLE PLAYERS LATER, CAM IN THE SHOTGUN.  HANDS IT OFF TO JONATHAN STEWART WHO SCOOTS UP THE MIDDLE AND GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  ALMOST UNTOUCHED.  A 29 YARDER TIES THE GAME AT 17.  STILL, JUST OVER A MINUTE LEFT IN THE HALF.  COULD NEW ORLEANS ADD SOME MORE PTS.?  WITH DREW BREES BACK THERE, YOU KNOW IT.  GOT PLENTY OF TIME.  PUMP FAKES, THEN BOMBS ONE TO THE END ZONE.  MARCUS COLSTON COMES DOWN WITH IT.  HIS 2ND TD. CATCH OF THE GAME.  A 42 YARDER.  COLSTON, 7 CATCHES, 145, AND THE 2 TDS.  SAINTS GO UP 24-17 AT HALFTIME.  THEN, 3RD QUARTER.  1ST POSSESSION FOR CAROLINA OF THE 2ND HALF AND CAM NEWTON IS SACKED AND BROUGHT DOWN.  LOOKS LIKE HE’S IN PAIN AFTER BEING SACKED FOR THE 16 YD. LOSS.  HE WOULD STAY IN THE GAME THEN.  SAINTS GET THE BALL BACK.  DREW BREES, ON THE PLAY FAKE, LOOKING DOWN THE FIELD TO JIMMY GRAHAM WHO MAKES THE GARB.  A 29 YARDER.  GRAHAM WITH A ONE-HANDED CATCH, FLEXING HIS MUSCLES.  HE DID A LITTLE STIFF-ARM.  LOOKS LIKE HE GOT AWAY WITH A FACEMASK BUT HE HAD THE NICE ONE-HANDED CATCH.  AND THEN, 4 PLAYS LATER, GO RIGHT BACK TO GRAHAM AGAIN IN THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  A 19 YARDER.  AND ON THAT CATCH JIMMY GRAHAM PASSED KELLEN WINSLOW FOR MOST SINGLE SEASON RECEIVING YDS. BY A T.E.  THEN BREES ON THE PLAY FAKE DUMPS IT OFF TO HIS FULLBACK JAKE COLLINS FOR THE TD. ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION.  THEY ARE JUST ROLLING AT THIS POINT.  38-17.  THIS GAME WAS ONCE TIED AT 17.  THE SAINTS JUST RUNNING AWAY WITH IT.  ANSWERING WITH ANOTHER TD.  BREES GOING TOR HIS 5TH TD. PASS OF THE GAME.  THAT TO DARREN SPROLES, A 9 YARDER.  THE 3RD TIME THIS SEASON BREES WITH 5 TD. PASSES IN A GAME.  SAINTS UP 45-17.  THEN THEY HAND IT OFF TO DARREN SPROLES.  HE GETS AN 8 YD. PICKUP AND SETS THE NFL RECORD FOR ALL PURPOSE YARDAGE IN A SEASON.

 

01:23:35 – CHICAGO BEARS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS

 VIKINGS HAVE 3-12.  COACH LESLIE FRASER’S JOB IN JEOPARDY.  3RD BEARS POSSESSION WITH THE TEAM DOWN 3-0.  CORNEAL BELL.  HE TAKES THE BALL AND HE LOSES IT.  HE FUMBLES.  JARMARCUS SANFORD RECOVERS IT FOR THE VIKINGS.  BIG PLAY FOR MINN.’S DEFENSE.  THEY TAKE OVER AT THE 18 AND THEN, ON A 2ND & GOAL, RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.  BUSTING UP THERE, PERCY HARVIN FOR HIS 2ND RUSHING TD OF THE SEASON.  VIKINGS GO UP 10-NOTHING AT HOME.  THEN ENSUING BEARS DRIVE, LUKE MCCOWN UNDER PRESSURE.  HE’S GONNA ROLL OUT OF IT TO HIS LEFT.  HE’S GONNA PULL IT DOWN AND RUN.  INSTEAD OF SLIDING HE MAKES A NICE CUT TO THE SIDELINE.  PICKS UP 28 AND THE FIRST DOWN TO THE 39.  BEARS SIDELINE WAS ALL FIRED-UP.  SAME DRIVE.  5 PLAYS LATER.  IT’S A 2ND & 5.  MCCOWN PUMP FAKES TO THE RIGHT.  FINDS A WIDE OPEN ROY WILLIAMS IN THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  A 22 YARDER.  JUST THE 2ND OF THE SEASON FOR WILLIAMS.  MAKES IT 10-7.  THEN ENSUING MINN. DRIVE.  A 2ND & 15.  CHRISTIAN PONDER.  HIS PASS DEFLECTED.  CHARLES TILLMAN IS THERE.  PEANUT’S GONNA TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE!  A PICK 6 FOR THE BEAR DEFENSE PUTS THEM UP 15-10.  CHRISTIAN PONDER’S PASS TO TOBY GERHARDT TIPPED, AND BEARS DEFENSE MADE HIM PAY.  AND THEN PONDER ROLLING OUT ON THE FAKE.  HIT HARD BY ISRAEL __ .  PONDER DOWN ON THE GROUND.  HE WAS CARTED OFF WITH A HIP INJURY.  HE DID NOT RETURN, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT AFTER THAT.  IT WAS JOE WEBB TIME.  JARED ALLEN, HE WAS GOING FOR THE NFL SINGLE SEASON SACK RECORD.  NEEDED A BIG GAIN TO GET THERE.  3RD QUARTER.  AND ALLEN GETS IN THERE FOR THE SACK.  TIES THE VIKINGS FRANCHISE RECORD FOR MOST SACKS IN A SEASON.  CHRIS DOLMAN ON THE SIDELINES APPLAUDING, HAVING SOME WORDS WITH JARED ALLEN.  CERTAINLY PROUD OF HIM.  AND THEN, 2 BEARS DRIVES LATER, IT’S JARED ALLEN GETTING IN THERE AGAIN.  SACKING MCCOWN.  HE HAD 3.5 SACKS, 3-1/2 SACKS ON THE DAY, AND THAT SET THE VIKINGS SINGLE SEASON SACK RECORD; AND THEY WERE JUST CELEBRATING ON THE SIDELINES AFTER THAT.  HIS 22ND SACK OF THE SEASON.  SETS THE FRANCHISE RECORD.  THEN, ONTO THE 4TH.  BEARS UP 17-13 WHEN MCCOWN IS PICKED OFF AFTER ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT.  CEDRIC GRIFFIN GOT HIM BUT HE WAS DOWN.  SO, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE VIKINGS TO CASH IN AND TAKE THE LEAD BUT JOE WEBB, HIS PASS IS BATTED DOWN IN THE END ZONE.  LOOKS LIKE BRIAN URLACHER WAS HURT ON THE PLAY.  HE WAS DOWN.  LOOKED LIKE __ WRIGHT, HIS TEAMMATE, CAME IN AND HIT HIM WITH THE ELBOW.  URLACHER LIMPED OFF.  HE DID NOT RETURN AFTER THAT.  SO A LAST CHANCE FOR MINN.  17-13, DOWN BY 4.  JOE WEBB WITH THE FOOTBALL.  ON A 4TH & 1, WEBB THROWS TO HIS LEFT, AND HE COMPLETES IT TO GREG CAMARIO FOR A 9 YARDER AND A 1ST DOWN.  2 PLAYS LATER IT’S A 2ND & 10.  THEY NEED THE TD. TO TAKE THE LEAD.  WEBB, UNDER 40 SECS. TO GO, LOOKING DOWNFIELD.  PICKED OFF.  INTERCEPTED BY D.J. MOORE WHO GOES DOWN, AND THE BEARS WOULD JUST LINEUP IN THE VICTORY FORMATION AND HANG ON FOR THE WIN TO FINISH AT 8-8.  VIKINGS FINISH 3-13.

 

01:27:01 – BUFFALO BILLS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

 TOM BRADY AND THE PATRIOTS LOOKING TO CLINCH THE TOP SEED IN THE AFC.  THEY JUST NEED A WIN.  BILLS, KNOCKED OFF THE PATRIOTS BACK IN WK. 3 WITH 4 INTERCEPTIONS; AND TRYING TO GET IT DONE EARLY ON, THEY MOVE THE BALL.  BRIAN FITZPATRICK TO STEVIE JOHNSON.  HE WAS LAID OUT BY PATRICK CHUNG, WHO WAS PLAYING HIS FIRST GAME AFTER MISSING THE LAST 7 WKS. WITH A FOOT INJURY.  THEN 4 PLAYS LATER, AFTER A LONG PASS INTERFERENCE, SET THE UP.  DESHARD CHOICE TAKES IT UP THE MIDDLE FOR A 4 YD. SCORE.  BILLS GO UP 7-0.  CHOICE HAS BOUNCED AROUND THIS SEASON.  NOW HE’S WITH BUFFALO GETTING TDS.  UP 7-NOTHING, THE BILLS GO BACK AT IT.  RYAN FITZPATRICK TO STEVIE JOHNSON FOR THE 18 YD. SCORE.  JOHNSON WAS ABLE TO BEAT HIS MAN.  MAKES A NICE DIVING GRAB IN THE END ZONE.  ALSO, WAS FLAGGED ON THE PLAY.  UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT, LIFTING UP HIS T-SHIRT.  IT SAID, “HAPPY NEW YEAR” ON IT.  AND THEN, THE NEXT BILLS POSSESSION THEY GET INTO THE END ZONE AGAIN.  THE PATRIOTS LOOKING TO LOCKUP THE TOP SEED IN THE AFC.  NOT LIKE THAT.  FALLING BEHIND 21-NOTHING.  ARE WE GOING TO SEE A REPEAT OF WK. 3 WHERE THE BILLS BEAT THE PATRIOTS?  NOT SO FAST.  DOWN 21-0, THE TOSS GOES TO STEVEN RIDLEY FOR 21 YDS.  RIDLEY TURNS THE CORNER ON THE RUN, AND HE’S ABLE TO FINISH IT STRONG.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A BEN JARVIS GREEN-ELLIS 1 YD. SCORE.  BILLS, THEIR LEAD DOWN TO 14.  THEN, NEXT POSSESSION FOR THE PATRIOTS.  TOM BRADY TO AARON HERNANDEZ ON THE SIDELINE.  HERNANDEZ HIGH-STEPPING INTO THE END ZONE.  A 39 YD. SCORE.  ALL OF A SUDDEN, PATRIOTS BACK IN THE BALL GAME.  ONLY DOWN BY 7 AT HALFTIME.  THEN 3RD QUARTER.  PATRIOTS OPENING POSSESSION OF THE HALF.  TOM BRADY TO ROD GRONKOWSKI.  GRONK GETS THE 1ST DOWN.  A GAIN OF 17 DOWN TO THE 29.  THEY WOULD SETTLE FOR A F.G., AND OFF. COORD., BILL O’BRIEN LET HIS OFFENSE HEAR IT.  SO DOWN 21-17, PATRIOTS FAKE IT AND GO TO BEN JARVIS GREEN-ELLIS ON THE DUMP OFF.  GREEN-ELLIS HAS PLENTY OF SPACE IN FRONT OF HIM.  TAKES IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 21 YD. LINE.  SETUP A STEVEN GOSKOWSKY F.G.  YET ANOTHER ONE FOR THE PATS.  SO THEY WERE DOWN BY 1.  ALL OF THIS UNANSWERED FOR N.E.  AND THEN BRADY TO GRONKOWSKI ON A 3RD & 2 ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION.  THAT GETS THEM INTO THE END ZONE.  A 17 YD. SCORE.  THEY ALSO CONVERTED ON THE 2 POINTER TO TAKE A 28-21 LEAD.  GRONK 108 YDS. AND 2 TDS. IN THE GAME.  AND THEN BAD LUCK FOR THE BILLS.  BALL BOUNCES OFF OF C.J. SPIELLER.  INTERCEPTED BY DEVON MCCORDY.  MCCORDY STILL ON HIS FEET, TAKES IT ACROSS MIDFIELD TO THE 47.  RYAN FITZPATRICK PICKED OFF 3 TIMES IN THE GAME.  THEN NEXT PLAY, FOR NEW ENGLAND.  BRADY AVOIDS THE RUSH.  HE HITS AARON HERNANDEZ.  HERNANDEZ LOOKING NIFTY ON THE FIELD.  MAKES ANOTHER SWEET MOVE.  GETS SOME BLOCKING DOWNFIELD.  ALMOST GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  HERNANDEZ TAKES IT DOWN TO THE 3.  HE HAD 7 CATCHES, A BUCK 38; AND THEN THE VERY NEXT PLAY ON 1ST & GOAL, THEY GIVE IT TO BEN JARVIS GREEN-ELLIS.  HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE AND THE PATRIOTS GO ON FOR VICTORY, 49-21.  ALL UNANSWERED POINTS IN THE COMEBACK.

 

01:30:25 – TENNESSEE TITANS @ HOUSTON TEXANS

 TENN. NEEDS A WIN TO KEEP THEIR PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE.  THEY ALSO NEED SOME HELP.  ARIAN FOSTER SITTING THIS ONE OUT FOR HOUSTON.  THEY ALREADY LOCKED UP A PLAYOFF SPOT; AND HIS REPLACEMENT WAS BEN TATE WHO GOT INTO THE END ZONE EARLY ON.  A 4 YD. SCORE FOR TATE.  HIS 4TH RUSHING TD. OF THE SEASON.  TEXANS GO UP 7-0 BUT T.J. YATES WOULD COME OUT OF THE GAME.  CALLED A COACH’S DECISION.  SO JAKE DELHOMME CAME IN.  YATES 404 FOR 47 YDS. BEFORE LEAVING THE GAME.  SO THE TEXANS WERE PUNTING LATE 1ST QUARTER.  THIS ONE GOES TO MARK MARIANI.  MARIANI RUNS TOWARDS HIS RIGHT, AND HE IS GOING TO BE CHASED DOWN BY A HELMETLESS MAN!  A GUY WITHOUT A HELMET ON TACKLED HIM!  IT IS BRIAN BRAMAN WHO MADE THE PLAY!  NO HELMET ON!  NO PROBLEM.  WITH OLD SCHOOL ON HIM.  TOOK HIM OUT OF BOUNDS!  A BIG TIME PLAY BY BRAMAN.  THEN 2ND QUARTER, STILL 7-0 HOUSTON.  THE TOSS GOES TO CHRIS JOHNSON WHO BREAKS DOWN THE SIDELINES; PICKS UP A 1ST DOWN, 27 YDS. ON THE PLAY.  ROB BARONNAS CAPPED THE DRIVE WITH A F.G. AND C.J. WENT OVER 1,000 YDS. ON THE SEASON.  HIS 4TH STRAIGHT YEAR DOING THAT.  JAKE DELHOMME IN THE BALL GAME.  2 HOUSTON POSSESSIONS LATER WITH HIS TEAM UP 7-3, HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL.  RECOVERED BY DAVE PAUL.  DELHOMME, OF COURSE, NOT HAPPY WITH HIMSELF AFTER THAT, AND THEN TENN. WOULD MAKE HIM PAY ON A 3RD & GOAL.  MATT HASSELBECK.  THAT IS THE FIRST CATCH FOR DONNIE AVERY AS A TENN. TITAN.  HIS FIRST CATCH SINCE 2009.  ALSO HIS FIRST TD.  SO, TENN. GOES UP 10-7, AND THEN JAKE DELHOMME HITS JAMES CASEY.  CASEY KICKS THE BALL TO HIMSELF.  COMES DOWN WITH IT.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A NEAL RAKKERS 52 YD. F.G. TO TIE THE GAME AT 10.  TITANS ADDED A F.G. BEFORE HALFTIME.  THEY WERE UP 13-10 3RD QUARTER; AND THEN THE GIVE GOES TO BEN TATE, INITIALLY STOPPED BUT HE BREAKS FREE!  TATE GOING UP THE MIDDLE.  COULD HE TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE?!  FINALLY DRAGGED DOWN FROM BEHIND AFTER PICKING UP 56 YDS. ON THE PLAY.  TATE, 16 CARRIES, 97 YDS. IN THE GAME.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A F.G. TO TIE THE BALL GAME.  4TH QUARTER.  GAME TIED UP AT 16.  6 MINS. TO GO.  BIG DRIVE FOR TENN. AND MATT HASSELBECK HITS CHRIS JOHNSON FOR A GAIN OF 9.  GOOD FOR A 1ST DOWN ON THE MEASUREMENT, AND THE TITANS KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE.  MIKE MUNCHAK IS LOVING IT; THEN 3 PLAYS LATER, UNDER CENTER, HASSELBECK THE PLAY FAKE.  BACK TO PASS FROM HIS BACK FOOT.  LOFTS ONE.  END ZONE.  NATE WASHINGTON COMES DOWN WITH IT.  TENN. WITH 4-1/2 TO GO, LOOKING TO PROTECT THE LEAD.  THEY’RE UP BY 7, 23-16, AS WASHINGTON GOT BEHIND THE DEFENSE.  ELEVATED TO MAKE THE TD. CATCH AND PUT TENN. AHEAD.  THEN, 2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR TENN.  2 MINS. LEFT IN THE GAME.  THEY’RE UP BY 7.  A 2ND & 9.  THEY’RE JUST LOOKING TO ICE THE CLOCK.  TO RUN OUT THE CLOCK AND THEN, UNFORTUNATELY, … HALL FUMBLES AND LOSES THE FOOTBALL.  SO GREAT FIELD POSITION FOR THE TEXANS.  BALL ON THE GROUND.  IT WAS OUT.  HOUSTON RECOVERS.  THEY GOT A CHANCE TO TIE THIS ONE.  DELHOMME ON 3RD & GOAL.  THIS IS FOR THE GAME.  HE GETS THE TD. TO BRYANT JOHNSON IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE; AND THE TEXANS NOW ONLY DOWN BY 1 BUT WAIT A SECOND.  THEY ELECT TO GO FOR 2 AND HOLD ON.  JOE DRESSON CALLED FOR A FALSE START.  SO SURELY THEY’RE BACKED-UP.  THEY’RE GONNA KICK THIS EXTRA POINT RIGHT IN.  GO TO OVERTIME.  NO, THEY’RE GONNA GO FOR IT AGAIN.  BUT THE SNAP SAILS OVER JAKE DELHOMME’S HEAD.  THE TITANS GET THE FOOTBALL, AND THEY WOULD HANG ON FOR THE VICTORY.  SNAP JUST WENT CLEAR OVER JAKE DELHOMME’S HEAD.  HE NEVER HAD A CHANCE.  TENN. HANGS ON 23-22.

 

01:34:28 – WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

PHILLY LOOKING TO CLOSE THE SEASON STRONG.  THEY HAVE WON 3 IN A ROW.  THEIR OPENING POSSESSION AGAINST THE REDSKINS.  THEY FAKE THE END AROUND.  VICK, ALL KINDS OF TIME.  HE HITS BRENT CELEK FOR THE GAIN OF 30; AND CELEK DRAGGING GUYS DOWN TO THE 17.  HE WAS FIRED-UP AFTER THAT.  THAT LED TO A F.G.  PHILLY GOES UP 3-0 AT HOME.  2ND QUARTER, SAME SCORE.  REX GROSSMAN BACK TO PASS.  LOOKED LIKE HE WAS HIT AS HE THREW.  HIS BALL BOUNCES OFF THE HELMET OF DOMINIQUE RODGERS-CROMARDIE, AND NATE ALLEN DIVES IN THERE, AND HE IS ON HIS FEET!  THIS STILL COUNTS.  HE CAN TAKE IT AS FAR AS HE CAN GO.  ALLEN AVOIDS SOME PRESSURE, AVOIDS SOME TACKLERS.  HE IS FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN AFTER RETURNING IT 31 YDS.  THEN, NEXT REDSKINS POSSESSION, THEIR F.G. ATTEMPT WAS BLOCKED!  DERRICK LANDRY BLOCKED IT.  DOMINIQUE RODGERS-CROMARDIE RECOVERS.  EAGLES GET A 1ST & 10 AT THE 35 AFTER BLOCKING THE GRAHAM CANO F.G. ATTEMPT.  THEN, 2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR THE EAGLES.  THE PASS GOES TO CHAD HALL, THE 2ND YEAR MAN FROM AIR FORCE.  TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  PHILLY GOES INTO HALFTIME LEADING 10-0.  3RD QUARTER, REDSKINS LOOKING TO COME BACK.  REX GROSSMAN HITS DANTE STALLWORTH FOR THE 8 YD. GAIN AND A 1ST DOWN.  THEN 5 PLAYS LATER IT’S A 2ND & 6.  SAME DRIVE.  GROSSMAN BACK TO PASS, AND HE THROWS A SCREEN PASS TO ROY HALU!  HALU’S GOT BLOCKERS IN FRONT OF HIM.  A CLEAR PATH TO THE END ZONE AFTER ALL THE BLOCKERS CLEARED THE WAY.  GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR A 47 YARDER.  PERFECT CALL BY THE REDSKINS OFFENSE.  THEY’RE ONLY DOWN 10-7.  THEN MIKE VICK ON A 3RD & 13, LOOKS DOWN THE FIELD AND IT’S A NICE CATCH BY JASON AVANTE, WHO PICKS UP THE 1ST DOWN.  THAT WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER F.G.  EAGLES GO UP 13-7.  THEN 4TH QUARTER UP 13-10 NOW.  VICK, ALL KINDS OF TIME, THROWS ACROSS HIS BODY.  A LASER BEAM TO DESEAN JACKSON ON THE RUN.  JACKSON SLOWING DOWN AS HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE, CRUISING FOR THE 62 YD. SCORE.  EAGLES UP 2010, AND ANDY REID GIVES DESEAN SOME LOVE ON THE SIDELINES.  THEN ENSUING POSSESSION FOR THE REDSKINS.  A 3RD & 20 AND REX GROSSMAN IS BROUGHT DOWN BY TRENT COLE FOR A LOSS OF 9.  COLE’S 11TH SACK OF THE SEASON.  ENSUING POSSESSION FOR THE EAGLES.  VICK WITH SOME TOUCH ON THE BALL BUT HE IS PICKED OFF BY O.J. OTAGWAY.  OTAGWAY WILL LATERAL, AND THE REDSKINS TAKE THIS ONE PAST THE 30.  FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN AFTER VICK’S 14TH INTERCEPTION OF THE SEASON.  A CAREER HIGH FOR HIM.  THEN VICK COMES RIGHT BACK AFTER THAT.  HE HITS JEREMY MACLIN.  MACLIN BOBBLED THE BALL.  MAKES A NICE CATCH.  A 29 YD. RECEPTION.  IT WAS TIPPED, AND CONCENTRATED ON … AND MADE THE CATCH.  THEN 3 PLAYS LATER, PHILA. UP 20-10 ON A 1ST & GOAL.  THEY’RE GONNA ROLL TO THE LEFT; THROW BACK ACROSS THE BODY.  BRENT CELEK TAKES IT IN FOR THE TD. AND THE EAGLES WOULD GO ON FOR THE VICTORY, 24-10.  THEY CLOSE THE SEASON WITH 4 STRAIGHT WINS.

 

01:37 48 – SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

 49ERS NEED A WIN TO CLINCH THE 2ND SEED IN THE NFC PLAYOFFS.  SAM BRADFORD MISSING THE GAME FOR ST. LOUIS.  THE 6TH GAME THIS SEASON THAT HE WILL BE MISSING.  RAMS 1ST DRIVE.  KELLEN CLEMENS TAKES OFF ON A 3RD & 7!  HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  KELLEN CLEMENS TAKES IT HIMSELF!  WHAT A PLAY!  AN 18 YD. TD. PUTS THE RAMS UP 7-NOTHING AT HOME.  BUT S.F. WOULD RESPOND.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER ALEX SMITH SLIPS!  GETS BACK UP;  HE’S GOT SOME BLOCKERS IN FRONT OF HIM.  HE’S GONNA DIVE INTO THE END ZONE AND HE ANSWERS KELLEN CLEMENS WITH A RUSHING TD. OF HIS OWN TYING THE GAME AT 7.  ONTO THE 2ND, SCORE STILL TIED.  THE RAMS GO WITH A TRICK PLAY.  STEVEN JACKSON OR __ NORWOOD THROWING BACK ACROSS HIS BODY.  HE IS PICKED-OFF BY TERRELL BROWN ON THE TRICK PLAY.  SETS UP.  1ST & 10 AT THE 34 FOR THE NINERS.  THEN 2 PLAYS LATER, THE PASS GOES OUT TO MICHAEL CRABTREE WHO BEATS HIS MAN.  HE TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE, HIGH-STEPPING.  A 28 YD. TD.  49ERS CAPITALIZE ON THE TURNOVER GOING UP 14-7.  THEY WERE UP 20-7 AT HALFTIME.  AND THEN LATE 3RD QUARTER.  SMITH OVER THE MIDDLE TO VERNON DAVIS.  A 34 YD. PLAY SETS UP A 1ST & 10 AT THE 17.  THEN 4 PLAY LATER, SETTING UP FOR A F.G., THE SNAP GOES TO DAVID AKERS WHO THROWS IT OUTSIDE TO CRABTREE.  CRABTREE’S 2ND TD. OF THE GAME.  YEA.  TOO EASY ON THAT ONE.  LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENED AGAIN.  THE DIRECT SNAP WENT TO DAVID AKERS AND HE THREW IT TO CRABTREE WHO WAS JUST UNGUARDED.  THEY EXTEND THEIR LEAD TO 27-10.  THEN ST. LOUIS ADDED A F.G.  ONLY DOWN BY 14.  THEN FROM HIS END ZONE, KELLEN CLEMENS IS INTERCEPTED AGAIN BY TERRELL BROWN.  THIS IS BROWN’S 2ND PICK OF TH GAME THAT WILL LEAD TO AN ANTHONY DIXON 1 YD. SCORE.  49ERS GO UP 33 TO 13.  THEN THEY, OF COURSE, ADDED THE EXTRA POINT.  SO THEY WERE UP 34-13 WITH UNDER 5 MINS. TO GO; AND THEN KELLEN CLEMENS FOUND BRANDON LLOYD FOR THE TD.  A NICE GRAB BY LLOYD.  A 36 YARDER.  SO THEY WERE DOWN 34-20.  AFTER THAT, GOING FOR THE ONSIDE KICK, AND THEY GET IT!  THE RAMS GET IT!  BRIAN KIEL RECOVERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE AT THE 36.  EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION.  JIM HARBAUGH SWEATING ON THE SIDELINES.  AND THEN ST. LOUIS, 5TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  CLEMENS GOING END ZONE AND THERE’S A PASS INTERFERENCE CALLS.  THAT’S GONNA TAKE THE BALL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 1.  AND THAT WOULD LEAD TO A CADILLAC WILLIAMS 1 YD. SCORE.  SO LET’S DO THIS AGAIN.  THE RAMS ONLY DOWN BY 1 POSSESSION NOW; AND KELLEN CLEMENS ON 2ND & 10, HE IS SACKED BY NAVARO BOWMAN FOR A 7 YD. LOSS.  HE INJURED HIS ANKLE ON THE PLAY, AND IN WOULD COME TOM BRANSTETTER AS CLEMENS HAD TO HOP OFF THE FIELD.  SO 2 PLAYS LATER, THIS IS A 4TH & 17 TO KEEP THE GAME ALIVE.  ST. LOUIS, BRANSTETTER BACK TO PASS.  PLENTY OF TIME.  DOWNFIELD.  HIS PASS IS BROKEN UP!  SO THE NINERS HANG ON.  THEY TAKE OVER THE FOOTBALL, AND THEY KNEEL DOWN FOR THE WIN, 34-27, AND CLINCH A 1ST ROUND BYE IN THE PLAYOFFS.

 

01:41:16 – TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ ATLANTA FALCONS

 TOUGH GETTING TOGETHER THIS AFTERNOON IN A LATE GAME.  RAHEEM MORRIS AND HIS BUCCANEERS ON THE DECLINE.  YEA, FREEFALL.  YEA.  MATT RYAN AND HIS FALCONS ON THE WAY TO THE PLAYOFFS AND JULIO JONES FALLS TO THE GROUND.  GETS UP.  IS THAT A TD.?  YEA, THEY JUST SNATCHED THE BALL OUT.  LOOK AT THE HANDS.  I MEAN HE’S JUST SWALLOWING THE BALL UP.  LOOK AT THAT.  NOT TOUCHED.  PLAY STANDS AS CALLED.  FALCONS WINNING 21-NOTHING.  2ND QUARTER, ATLANTA BALLS.. 35-0.  THIS IS THE KEY.  TO ME, THIS TEAM IS GOING TO MAKE NOISE IN THE POST SEASON.  YOU CAN’T ASK MATT RYAN TO THROW IT 40 TIMES A GAME.  IT STARTS WITH MICHAEL TURNER WHO, COMING INTO THIS GAME, WHEN YOU GIVE HIM 21 CARRIES PER GAME, THEY ARE 27-2.  LOOK AT THAT.  27-2 WHEN MICHAEL TURNER GETS 20 CARRIES PER GAME.

 

01:42:20 – SAN DIEGO CHARGERS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

 OF COURSE THE RAIDERS NEEDED A WIN AGAINST S.D. IN ORDER TO HAVE A CHANCE AT THE DIVISION.  THEY NEEDED THE BRONCOS TO LOSE AND HAVE THEM WIN THIS GAME AT HOME AGAINST THEIR FORMER HEAD COACH NORV TURNER.  CARSON PALMER UP TOP, SCORING FIRST.  TOUCHDOWN, DARIUS HEYWARD-BAY CAPPING A 12 PLAY, 95 YD. DRIVE.  THAT’S THE WAY THE RAIDERS OPEN THE GAME.  7-0, PHILIP RIVERS TO ANTONIO GATES RUNNING FREE.  THAT’S THE ANSWER.  NOW IF SOMEBODY SCORES A TD., YOU GET THE BALL BACK AND YOU PUT IT DOWN IN THE END ZONE.  10 PLAYS, 81 YDS. TIES THE GAME AT 7.  38 YARD TD. STRIKE THERE.  2ND QUARTER, RIVERS TO ANTONIO GATES AGAIN.  WHEN THESE GUYS ARE ON THE SAME ACCORD OR ONE ACCORD, IT’S HARD TO STOP THEM.  YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT A CORNER, THAT’S PHYSICAL, TO STOP GATES.  37 YARD GAIN AT THE RAIDERS, 44 PLAYS LATER.  MALCOLM FLOYD CAN’T CORAL IT.  STANFORD ROUTE CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  AND, ROD, THERE’S OUR GUY.  WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT THERE BECAUSE IT LED TO A MIKE TOLBERT VOLCHER 1 YD. SCORE.  TD. AFTER A SEABASS F.G.  OH, IT’S RICHARD GOODMAN FROM 5 YDS. DEEP.  THIS IS GOOD.  I AM SO TIRED.  CHARGERS UP 21-10!  6 MINS. TO GO IN THE HALF OF THE GAME AND OAKLAND NEEDS TO WIN TO HAVE A CHANCE AT THE AFC WEST, AND THEY KNEW, BASED ON ALL THE OTHER RESULTS EARLIER IN THE DAY, THAT THE PATH TO THE WILD CARD WAS SHUT DOWN.  IT WAS EITHER DIVISION OR GO HOME FOR THEM.  THEY NEEDED TO WIN THIS GAME RIGHT BEFORE THE HALF.  THEY NEED A CLOCK.  THE BALL BEFORE THE CLOCK EXPIRES AND THEY CANNOT DO IT.  LOOK AT THE RAIDER.  NO F.G.  CAN’T GET OUT OF BOUNDS AND YOU’RE THE F.G. TEAM OFF.  THAT’S NOT GOOD CLOCK MANAGEMENT.  OPENING KICKOFF.  WE ONLY SHOW YOU THIS FOR 1 OR 2 REASONS.  CARTWRIGHT, 7!  ROD CARTWRIGHT OUT OF BOUNDS.  HOLDING.  THE REASON WHY WE SHOW THIS TO YOU?  159TH PENALTY OF THE YEAR.  OH, NEW RECORD.  IT IS.  ’98 CHIEFS, MOST PENALIZED TEAM NFL HISTORY, REGULAR SEASON.  2 PLAYS LATER FOR THE RAIDERS THOUGH.  DOESN’T MATTER WHEN YOU CAN THROW THE DEEP BALL TO GET OUT OF THE HOLE.  RIGHT.  LADARIUS MOORE!  THIS IS WHAT HE CAN DO.  PASSING GAME OF THE RAIDERS!  SAME MATCHUP.  THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE LAST TIME THESE 2 TEAMS MET.  WHY NOT DO IT AGAIN?  THEY COULDN’T CATCH HIM WITH A TD. THOUGH.  THEY HAD TO SETTLE FOR ANOTHER SEABASS F.G.  THAT SAID, IT’S STILL AN 8 PT. GAME.  WHAT A THROW FROM PHILIP RIVERS TO VINCENT JACKSON WHO PIROUETTED IN THE AIR TO GET THE BALL.  31-16.  THAT’S THE FIRST CATCH OF THE GAME FOR VINCENT JACKSON.  OAKLAND’S IN A HOLE.  THEY’RE DOWN 31-19.  11 MINS. TO GO AGAIN.  THEY NEED TO WIN THIS GAME TO TRY AND HAVE A CHANCE AT THE DIVISION, AND HEYWARD BAY WITH A 39 YARD 1ST DOWN GRAB FOR THE CHARGERS.  26.  2 PLAYS LATER FROM THE CHARGERS 22.  PALMER FOR KEVIN BOSS.  HE’S THE BOSS.  HE’S THE …  YOU LIKE THAT ONE?  YOU GOTTA SAY THAT AGAIN.  RAGING BULL.  31-26 IS THE SCORE BUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.  MIKE TOLBERT, THE SPARKPLUG RUNNING FREE!  LOOSE HIPS!  40 YDS. KNOCKING PEOPLE OVER!  OUT TO MIDFIELD.  2 PLAYS LATER, RIVERS…THROWING BACK SHOULDER LEFT.  THIS IS NICE.  THIS IS NICE.  AND MALCOLM FLOYD…  COMING OFF THEIR OWN GOAL LINE.  HUGE DRIVE FOR THE CHARGERS!  ICED IT.  BACK BREAKER OF A TD. BY THE CHARGERS HAS THE RAIDERS, DOWN BY 12 WITH 4 & CHANGE TO GO.  WINDS UP WITH A PICK.  FELL OUT OF THE ROUTE.  THAT WAS NOT CARSON PALMER’S FAULT.  THAT IS THE WAY THE RAIDERS 2011 SEASON ENDS.  8-8, JUST LIKE THE CHARGERS.

 

01:46:10 – KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ DENVER BRONCOS

HUGE GAME IN THE AFC WEST.  BRONCOS, IF THEY WIN AGAINST THE CHIEFS, OF COURSE LED BY TIM TEBOW OF THE BRONCOS. IF THEY WIN.. I NEVER HEARD THE NAME TIM TEBOW BEFORE.  KYLE ORTON, FORMER BRONCOS, LEADING THE CHIEFS.  DWAYNE BOWE, 18 YDS. UP TO THE 39.  BIG MAN, GREAT CATCH.  AND GREAT MOVE ACTUALLY PRIOR TO THIS ON CHAMP BAILEY.  GOOD ROUTE.  YOU CAN’T RECOVER JUST TO GET TO THAT POSITION.  8 PLAYS LATER, 12TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  DEXTER MCCLUSTER RUNNING LEFT WITH 16 YDS. DOWN TO THE 21.  HE’S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF SPEED.  HE HAS A LITTLE BURST.  CAN’T FIND HIM BETWEEN THE TACKLES EITHER.  SO HOW ABOUT GIVING IT TO HIM AGAIN?  WHY NOT?  O.K.  OH, LOOK AT THAT BOUNCE OUTSIDE, AND YOU’RE NOT GONNA CATCH HIM.  NOT WITH THAT KIND OF SPEED.  FIRST MAN... THROUGH THE PYLON WINS.  21 YARDS.  K.C. ON TOP 7-NOTHING.  TIM TEBOW, 3RD DOWN & 5 AT THE CHIEFS 15.  KEEPS IT HIMSELF.  HOWEVER, BALL COMES OUT.  RECOVERED BY JUSTIN HOUSTON.  OH TIMMY, TIMMY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING BUDDY?!  WELL, YOU FIND OUT IN THE NFL, THE CORNERBACKS ARE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER THAN YOU ARE.  3RD QUARTER, THIS IS JAVIER __ PUMPING THE FOOTBALL.  RECOVERED BY MATT WILLIS.  THAT’S THE EXTENT OF THE BRONCOS OFFENSE TODAY, WASN’T IT?  THE FUMBLED PUNTS IN THE RED ZONE?  YEA, 3RD DOWN & 5.  TEBOW WANTED TO PASS.  NOW HE WANTS TO RUN.  NOW HE WANTS TO PASS AGAIN.  INCOMPLETE.  SEE __ __, AS WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK, WOULD GRAB TEBOW’S FACEMASK.  HIS HELMET.  ANYTHING ELSE?  I MEAN JUST TEAR THE WHOLE THING OFF.  THAT’S HEATING.  GOOD OLD-FASHIONED CHEATING RIGHT THERE.  STILL 7-3.  19 SECS. LEFT.  4TH & 2.  FINAL CHANCE FOR TIM TEBOW.  LEAVING THE POCKET.  NO CHANCE.  NO MAGIC TODAY.  WHY DO YOU SAY THAT WITH SUCH GLEE.  I DON’T SAY IT WITH ANYTHING.  YOU ARE!  YOU ARE!  DON’T LIE TO THE PEOPLE!  WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T LIE TO THE PEOPLE.  NO GLEE AT ALL.  I JUST REMAIN CONSISTENT.  JUST DON’T LIE TO THE PEOPLE.  6 OF 22 FOR 60 YDS. AND AN INTERCEPTION.  JUST CANNOT WIN AT A HIGH LEVEL CONSISTENTLY IN THE NFL IF YOU’RE A QB WHO CAN’T PLAY FROM THE POCKET.

 01:48:29 – PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

 TEXANS, #3 SEED.  THE STEELERS WIND UP THE #5 SEED.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER RETURNING TO THE STARTING LINEUP AFTER MISSING A 27-NOTHING WIN AGAINST THE RAMS.  RASHARD MENDENHAHL.  5 YDS.  SHAKEN UP ON THE PLAY.  WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  THE RIGHT KNEE WILL BUCKLE.  THAT’S NOT GOOD.  RIGHT THERE.  YOU JUST KIND OF HOPE THAT’S A HYPER EXTENSION AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IT COULD BE.  2ND QUARTER, STILL NO SCORE.  3RD DOWN & 2.  SENECA WALLACE CAN DO THIS VERY WELL.  KEEPS IT HIMSELF.  PICKS UP 27 YDS. ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE STEELER 4.  I THINK SENECA WALLACE IS ANOTHER IN THAT GROUP OF SOLID BACKUPS.  YES.  OH YEA.  DEFINITELY.  DON’T WANT HIM STARTING 16 GAMES IN THE REGULAR SEASON BUT IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO HIM, NOT A BAD OPTION.  FIELD GOAL MADE IT 3-NOTHING.  ROETHLISBERGER NOW TO ANTONIO BROWN.  LOOK AT THAT ADJUSTMENT.  WOW.  WHAT A GREAT JOB BY THE RECEIVER FINDING THE FOOTBALL.  GREAT BODY CONTROL.  BEN LOOKING A LITTLE BIT MORE AGILE.  YEA, BUT STILL…STILL HOBBLING AND RUSTY.  HALFTIME, CLEVELAND ON TOP, 6-3.  3RD QUARTER.  ALL TIED AT 6.  WALLACE INTENDED FOR EVAN MOORE.  PICKED OFF BY TROY POLAMALU.  YEA ,CAN’T DO THAT.  I MEAN THERE’S YOUR BACKUP QB.  BUT…  NEXT STEELERS POSSESSION, THIS IS THE 6TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  ISAAC REDMOND PUTTING HIS HEAD DOWN AND FINDING PAY DIRT FROM 7 YDS. OUT.  AN INTERESTING PITTS. TEAM.  IT REALLY IS.  WITH THE NUMBER OF INJURIES THAT THEY’RE SUFFERING THROUGH.  FINAL CHANCE FOR THE BROWNS.  13-9, STEELERS.  SENECA WALLACE HEAVING IT TO THE END ZONE.  3 MORE BROWNS THERE BUT THE BALL FINDS THE GROUND AND THAT’S IT.  ALMOST AS IF THE BROWNS RECEIVERS WERE THE DEFENDERS.  PITTS. STEELERS, THE #5 SEED IN THE AFC.  THE RAVENS WINNING TODAY SO BALT. CLAIMS THE AFC NORTH AND THE #2 SEED.  CAN YOU IMAGINE A SCENARIO COMING INTO THIS GAME WHERE YOU WOULD’VE EXPECTED BEN ROETHLISBERGER TO THROW IT 40 TIMES AGAINST THE BROWNS?  NO.  NO.

 

01:50:30 – BALTIMORE RAVENS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS

 YOU TRUST THESE GUYS, JOE FLACCO?  SAME STORY.  NO!  QB.  BENGALS GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS WITH A WIN OR BRONCOS OR RAIDERS LOSS.  WHOA!  RAY RICE 70 YDS., 1ST QUARTER, OPENING POSSESSION, AND BALT. OUT TO THE EXTRA POINT.  ON TOP 7-0.  RAY RICE, FOCAL POINT OF THAT OFFENSE.  NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.  HUGE …BIG DAY.  2ND QUARTER, CINCY TRAILING 10-3.  4TH & 1 TO KEVIN HUBER ON THE PUNTS.  BALL LOOKS TO BE DOWN BY CLARK __, BUT IT’S NOT.  MANNY __ TOUCHES THE BALL WHILE IN THE END ZONE, AND THE PUNT IS RULED A TOUCHBACK.  FOLLOW THAT?  NO, I DIDN’T.  YOU CAN’T BE STANDING IN THE END ZONE AND TOUCH THE BALL.  RAVENS DRIVE.  YOU DO NOT WANT A MAD PUNTER ON THE SIDELINES.  THOSE GUYS ARE DANGEROUS.  HOW ABOUT RICKY WILLIAMS?  ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR RICKY WILLIAMS.  OVER 10,000 YDS!  WOW.  THAT’S THE QUIETEST 10,000 YDS. IN NFL HISTORY.  IT IS.  4 PLAYS LATER, JOE FLACCO, ED DIXON.  OH!  AND HE HUNG ON.  WOW.  AND THAT’S GONNA COST YOU AS WELL.  15 YDS. TACKED ON.  REGGIE NELSON.  LET ME TELL YOU, THAT WAS ONE WHALE OF A CATCH.  JOE FLACCO NOW.  SAME DRIVE TO THE OTHER T.E. DENNIS __.  THAT’S A HECK OF A CATCH RIGHT HERE.  THAT’S A GOOD THROW AS WELL.  YES.  11 PLAYS, 80 YD. DRIVE.  RAVENS LEADING 17-3 AT HALFTIME.  JOE FLACCO JUST SO INCONSISTENT.  SOMETIMES LOOKS LIKE A FRANCHISE-CALIBER QB AND OTHER TIMES JUST DOESN’T.  3RD QUARTER, 3RD & 7.  ANDY DALTON, JEROME SIMPSON, 10 YD. GAIN.  IF THE BENGALS LOSE THIS GAME, ULTIMATELY, I DON’T WANT TO GIVE IT AWAY BUT I THINK YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT.  AH, BUT THIS TEAM, THE ARROW DEFINITELY POINTING UP.  NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.  THE PIECES, WE KNOW ABOUT GRESHAM.  WE KNOW ABOUT GREEN BUT, AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE’S SOME OTHER PLAYERS ON THIS TEAM.  YOUNG GUYS LIKE THAT WHO CAN REALLY MAKE PLAYS FOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM.  CINCY, I AGREE WITH YOU, IS HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.  YEA.  BENGALS TRAILING 8.  FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME MOMENTS AGO.  IT’S 24-16.  ANDY DALTON WITH THE HAIL MARY.  NOT GONNA WORK OUT AND THE RAVENS ..RAVENS CLAIM THE AFC NORTH.  THE #2, AND THE 2 SEED.  AND I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE AT HOME BECAUSE THEY HAVE STRUGGLED A BIT ON THE ROAD THIS YEAR.  THAT EVENS THEIR RECORD, 4-4 ON THE ROAD.

 

01:52:54 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS

 ALL OF THAT.  THE ARIZONA CARDS AND THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, ANOTHER OVERTIME WIN.  THAT’S ALL THE CARDS KNOW HOW TO DO.  BOY, I WAS ON FIRE PICKING TODAY.

 

01:53:14 – DALLAS COWBOYS @ NEW YORK GIANTS

 SO LET’S TAKE YOU TO METLIFE STADIUM AND ELI MANNING AND CO.  BIG DAY.  I BELIEVE IN ELI.  LOOK AT HOW SWOLLEN TONY ROMO’S HAND IS!  THIS IS DURING PREGAME WARM-UPS.  1ST QUARTER, 3RD & 4.  IT’S ROMO TO DEZ BRYANT.  WELL YOU GOTTA MAKE THAT PLAY.  YOU KNOW TONY ROMO.  THAT, RIGHT AWAY, MAYBE THE HAND’S ALREADY AFFECTING HIM.  COWBOYS WERE FORCED TO PUNT.  A COUPLE OF POSSESSIONS LATER, HOW ABOUT ELI MANNING; AND, MICHAEL, THE YEAR THIS YOUNG MAN IS HAVING!  VICTOR CRUZ!  I TOLD YOU ABOUT IT ON GAME DAY MORNING.  FOR THE GIANTS IT’S ABOUT THE BIG PLAYS, AND HE SHOWED UP AND HE MADE JUST THAT -- THE BIG PLAYS.  AS A DEFENDER, YOU CANNOT ALLOW A 3RD & 1 TO GO OVER 60 YDS.  CRUZ HAD A 99 YARDER LAST WEEK.  WHAT IS HE DOING?  WHAT IS THIS ANGLE?  IT’S A BAD ANGLE BY THE QB.  HE MOTORED.  INSTEAD OF… A BAD ANGLE BY THE SAFETY AS WELL.  ROB RYAN ON FIRE.  7-0.  GIANTS ON TOP.  WILL __ MUFFS THE PUNT.  ALAN BALL HAS A CHANCE TO RECOVER.  HE CAN’T COME UP WITH IT.  GREG JONES COMES UP WITH IT.  SO THE GIANTS CATCH A HUGE BREAK.  MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COWBOYS.  2ND & 6 NOW.  MANNING TO CRUZ.  THE BALL IS THERE.  CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  SO THE GIANTS GET A 1ST DOWN AND THE DRIVE STAYS ALIVE.  2ND QUARTER, SAME GIANTS POSSESSION.  5 PLAYS LATER AND IT’S AHMAD BRADSHAW.  WATCH THE JUKE RIGHT THERE.  HE BREAKS A TACKLE AND IT’S PAY DIRT!  GIANTS ON TOP 14-NOTHING.  … THEY CAME ON GREAT BLITZ, GREAT CALL.  THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT FRUSTRATED ROB RYAN.  HE HAD THE PERFECT CALL FOR THE PLAY.  3RD & 5 HERE.  COWBOYS DOWN 14-NOTHING.  TONY ROMO DOING HIS BEST BRETT FAVRE IMPERSONATION.  ROMO STILL ON THE MOVE.  GETTING AWAY FROM THE PRESSURE AND HE FINDS DEZ BRYANT!  THIS IS WHAT HE DOES AS WELL AS ANYBODY IN THE LEAGUE.  KEEP THE PLAY ALIVE.  FIND AN OPEN RECEIVER, EVENTUALLY, AND MAKE A PLAY.  1 TOO MANY STEPS.  HE’S PAST THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.  OH, WHY DIDN’T HE JUST RUN?  SO THERE’S A PENALTY ON THE PLAY.  A LOSS OF DOWN.  COWBOYS FORCED TO PUNT AND HERE COME THE GIANTS.  MANNING TO HENRY __.  UP AND OVER TERRENCE NEWMAN FOR 12 YDS.  I DON’T KNOW TERRENCE.  THAT’S WIDE OPEN.  WHEN YOU SEE A GUY RUNNING THAT WIDE OPEN, THAT’S SCHEME.  THAT’S NOT GIVEN TALENT.  … ON THE DRIVE.  IT’S MANNING TO BRADSHAW.  GIANTS ON TOP 21-NOTHING.  CHAMP BAILEY MISSED A 52 YARDER AT THE END OF THE 1ST HALF.  JERRY JONES IN DISBELIEF.  3RD QUARTER NOW.  COWBOYS ON THEIR OPENING POSSESSION.  HOW ABOUT THE JOB LARON ROBINSON HAS DONE WITH THIS COWBOYS TEAM?  YEA, THEY FOUND A NICE YOUNG WIDE RECEIVER IN LARON ROBINSON.  MADE SOME PLAYS TODAY.  SCORED A COUPLE TDS.  YOU CAN’T DO LABRON WHEN YOU’RE DOWN BY 21.  COWBOYS …24 YDS. ON 9 PLAYS.  YOU CAN’T DO IT.  THEY GET IT BACK.  ROMO LOOKING FOR WITTEN.  PICKED OFF BY ANTREL ROLLE!  ROMO DIDN’T SEE ROLLE COMING ACROSS THE MIDDLE THERE.  KEEP IN MIND ANTREL ROLLE WAS A FORMER CORNERBACK.  CAN PLAY THE BALL VERY WELL ..FROM THE U.!  KEY RUN HERE FOR THE GIANTS BRANDON JACOBS.  THEY’RE GOING FOR IT ON A 4TH & 1.  TOM COUGHLIN DECIDES KICKING F.G.’S WAS DICEY AT METLIFE.  THERE WAS A LOT OF RAIN EARLIER PLUS THE WINDS.  COWBOYS COME UP WITH A HUGE STOP.  COULD THEY CAPITALIZE?  ROMO LOOKING FOR WITTEN, BUT HOW ABOUT THE PLAY ON MICHAEL BOWLEY RIGHT HERE?  THEN COREY WEBSTER COMES UP TO KEEP THEM SHORT OF A 1ST DOWN.  JASON GARRETT DECIDES TO GO FOR IT EARLY IN THE 4TH INSTEAD OF GET THE POINTS!  YEA, WITH NO HUDDLE.  JUST GO AHEAD AND RUN THE BALL.  QB SNEAK.  COMES UP SHORT ON 1ST DOWN.  WE DON’T QUESTION HIM GOING FOR IT.  WE QUESTION THE CALL.  THE PLAY CALL IN WHICH HE WENT FOR IT WITH.  WHY?  WHY NOT GET THE POINTS THERE?  AND I MEAN AT LEAST…I MEAN THEN YOU STILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME.  THAT WAS A GOOD CALL.  WHAT HAPPENED IS NOBODY’S TALKING ABOUT TONY ROMO DIDN’T GET THAT BALL CLEAN AND HE AHD TO RAISE UP; AND THAT’S WHY HE DIDN’T GET IN THE HOLE FOR THAT 1ST DOWN.  DEZ BRYANT PLAYING HARD ALL GAME LONG.  17 YDS. THERE DOWN ON THE GIANTS 9 YD. LINE.  A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER.  NOW IT’S 2ND & GOAL.  IT’S ROMO TO ROBINSON.  ROBINSON’S 2ND TOUCH OF THE GAME.  112 FOR THE SEASON.  THIS IS A GUY WHO ONLY HAD 4 IN 4-1/2 YRS.  BEFORE THE MIDWAY POINT TO THIS SEASON.  YEA, HE’S GONNA CAUSE THE COWBOYS TO MAKE SOME REAL DECISIONS.  ELI MANNING.  WITH SHADES OF MANNING TO TYREE IN THE SUPER BOWL A FEW YEARS AGO.  THE BACKDOOR ESCAPE FOR THE BIG COMPLETION.  44 YDS. TO CRUZ.  AGAIN, IT’S MANNING LOOKING FOR CRUZ.  A 20 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE 8 YD. LINE.  CRUZ LEADS THE LEAGUE IN RECEIVING YDS., BY THE WAY.  UNBELIEVABLE.  2ND & GOAL.  SPIN MOVE WORKED ONCE.  DIDN’T WORK TWICE.  DEMARCUS WARE WRAPS HIM UP.  ARE PEOPLE QUESTIONING DEMARCUS WARE?  DOES HE SHOW UP FOR THE BIG GAMES?  HE SHOWED UP TODAY.  LED TO A LAWRENCE TYNES F.G.  COWBOYS, NOW IT’S A 2 POSSESSION GAME.  LOOKING FOR FELIX JONES, AND THIS TIME JASON GARRETT’S GONNA PUNT INSTEAD OF GO FOR IT WITH 5 MINS. LEFT AND ALL 3 TIMEOUTS; AND ELI MANNING MAKES A PLAY.  MANNING TO HAKEM NICKS.  36 YDS. DOWN TO THE COWBOYS 4.  NICKS WITH SOME HUGE DROPS THE LAST COUPLE OF WKS.  COMES UP BIG THERE, AND HE COMES UP BIG HERE.  HAKEM NICKS WITH THE 4 YD. TD. GRAB.  THAT’S ELI MANNING’S 15TH, 4TH QUARTER TD. PASS THIS YEAR.  THAT IS A NEW NFL RECORD.  SUCH A GROUP OF RECEIVERS MANNING HAS.  HE CAN HIT YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD WITH THE YOUNG CRUZ, AND HE CAN HIT YOU DEEP IN ANY KIND OF WAY WITH HAKEM NICKS.  SO THE N.Y. GIANTS WIN THE NFC EAST 31-14.  COMING UP NEXT WEEK THEY WILL TAKE ON THE ATLANTA FALCONS.

 

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