SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 19

1. SAINTS @ 49ERS 12:21
2. BRONCOS @ PATRIOTS 7:54
3. TEXANS @ RAVENS 4:43
4. GIANTS @ PACKERS 12:56


TRT: 48:33 WITH BARS
 

01:10:15 – NEW ORLEANS @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

CLASSIC THAT TOOK PLACE IN SAN FRANCISCO. JIM HARBAUGH TRYING TO FIRE-UP HIS QB, ALEX SMITH. HE BETTER. HE BETTER FIRE HIM UP. AND COMING OFF THE BYE WEEK. MEANWHILE, SEAN PAYTON AND THE SAINTS ROLL PAST THE DETROIT LIONS IN THE WILD CARD WEEKEND. DREW BREES, IN 8 POST-SEASON GAMES, HAS ONLY THROWN 2 INTERCEPTIONS. BREES LOOKING FOR JIMMY GRAHAM HERE, AND GRAHAM TAKES A HARD FALL. DANTE WHITNER WAS CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE. DEION GRAHAM HAD BACK SPASMS, SO HE LEFT THE GAME. HE’LL COME BACK. PRETTY GOOD CALL. DANTE WHITNER HIT EVERYTHING HE SAW IN OPPOSING COLORS TODAY. THIS ..RIGHT HERE, 3RD & 6. PIERRE THOMAS. OH! WHITNER RIGHT THERE. THOMAS FALLS ASLEEP. PATRICK WILLIS WITH THE RECOVER. IT WAS ORIGINALLY RULED THAT HE WAS DOWN BY FORWARD PROGRESS BUT THEN OVERRULED AND CALLED A FUMBLE, AND IT WAS A HARD HITTING AFFAIR ALL DAY LONG. HERE COME THE 49ERS. ALEX SMITH SACKED BY ROMAN HARPER. HE MOVES THE FOOTBALL. FRANK GORE RECOVERS. YOU LIKE THAT. YOU LIKE THAT IN A PLAYOFF GAME. ENERGY. ENERGY. SAINTS COMING RIGHT BACK. 3RD & 8, BREES. LOOK OUT. IT’S THE ROOKIE ALDEN SMITH. HIS 15TH SACK OF THE SEASON. 15 FOR A ROOKIE? HE HAS AN IMPRESSIVE SEASON SO FAR. 49ERS NOW ON OFFENSE. ALEX SMITH TO VERNON DAVIS! A PRIMETIME NOMINEE. DAVIS GONE 49 YDS. FIND YOUR MONEY MAN AT ALL TIMES. VERNON DAVIS, EFFECTIVE ALL GAME. AND UP OVER THE GOAL POST BY JIMMY GRAHAM THERE. SAINTS COMING RIGHT BACK. BREES LOOKING FOR ADRIAN ARRINGTON BUT IT’S PICKED OFF BY DESEAN COLTON. REMEMBER, THIS NINERS DEFENSE, #1 IN TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL PLUS 28. THEY HAD 38 TAKEAWAYS THIS YEAR. DONOVAN, WHAT HAPPENED HERE ON THIS PLAY? WELL IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT DREW BREES HERE, WE CIRCLE CARLOS ROGERS COMING OFF THE SLOT, GOING TO A 5 STEP DROP, TRYING TO PLAY IT WITH HIS FEET. YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE T.E. HE HASN’T CROSSED THE FACE OF THE LINEBACKER. HE HAS NOTHING BUT REAL ESTATE OVER THERE TO THE LEFT. HE DIDN’T DO THAT. YOU SEE DREW TRY TO PUMP HERE TO GET THE SAFETY TO BITE. HE SEES ARRINGTON GOING INTO A VOID. BUT TAKE A LOOK UNDERNEATH. NO ONE UNDERNEATH TO GUARD SPROLES. LOOK AT THE REAL ESTATE THERE. TRYING TO BE TOO AGGRESSIVE, LEADING TO AN INTERCEPTION BY …; AND THE 49ERS DEFENSE SHOWING YOU WHY THEY ARE OPPORTUNISTIC. BIG PICK THERE. SO HERE COMES ALEX SMITH ON A 3RD & GOAL TO MICHAEL CRABTREE, LARRY, AND JUST LIKE THAT 49ERS ARE ON TOP 14-NOTHING. WELL THAT WAS AN AMAZING PLAY BY CRABTREE AND ALEX WHEN THEY GOT IN THE RED ZONE. THEY STRUGGLED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH THAT, IN THAT CATEGORY, BUT THEY CONNECT ON THAT ONE. MORE PROBLEMS HOLDING ONTO THE FOOTBALL. THIS IS A BIG PLAYER BOOBOO. FIRST OF ALL, WHEN YOU LOSE CONTROL OF THE KICKOFF, FALL ON THE BALL. DO NOT TRY TO PICK IT UP AND ADVANCE IT. SOMETHING TERRIBLE’S GONNA HAPPEN AND THAT’S JUST WHAT DID HAPPEN. MADENA WILLIAMS WITH THE RECOVERY. 3 SAINT TURNOVERS IN THE 1ST QUARTER. 2ND QUARTER SAINTS SCORE. ALEX SMITH THERE ON A 3RD DOWN, AND THIS IS DONOVAN WHAT THEY COACH AND DO SO WELL. IT’S NOT THERE, THROW IT AWAY. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU WANT TO PROTECT THE BALL DOWN THERE. DON’T, YOU GO WITH THE 3 PTS. BUT STILL KEEP THE PLAY ALIVE A LITTLE BIT. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME GUYS MOVING FREE. GIVE THEM SOME TIME. SETTLE FOR A DAVID AKERS F.G. 17-NOTHING! HERE COME THE SAINTS. BREES TO SPROLES. DANTE WHITNER. DID WHITNER COME UP WITH THE FOOTBALL? IT WAS RULED A FUMBLE ON THE FIELD. SEAN PAYTON CHALLENGED THE CALL, AND YOU CAN BARELY SEE SPROLES DOES HAVE POSSESSION. KNEE AND SHOULDER BOTH DOWN. SO THE RULING WAS REVERSED. GREAT CALL BY THE REF THERE ON THAT PLAY. WHITNER IS BOWLING. HOW ABOUT THIS PASS, LARRY, TO JIMMY GRAHAM? JIMMY GRAHAM IS SUCH A MATCHUP NIGHTMARE FOR ANYBODY UP THAT SEAM. WHEN HE GOES UP AND MAKES THE PLAY, THIS IS AFTER HIS BACK HAS LOCKED UP ON HIM, AND HE STILL FINDS A WAY TO BE PRODUCTIVE. AND BREES FOUND A WAY TO PUT THAT BALL RIGHT ON THE MONEY.. WHERE GRAHAM COULD GET IT. NOT ONLY ON THE MONEY BUT VERSUS AN ALL-PRO LINEBACKER AT THAT. 17-7. GRAHAM COULDN’T GET UP TO DO HIS TRADITIONAL DUNK. BACK BOTHER THERE. HOW ABOUT ADRIAN ARRINGTON HAD 2 CATCHES ALL SEASON LONG, GETS ONE HERE. 14 YDS. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A PERFECT PASS, DONOVAN. DEMARCUS COLSTON. YOU KNOW, YOU’RE PUT IN A POSITION WHERE ONLY THE RECEIVER CAN GET IT. YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT A 6’4 RECEIVER. PUT IT UP TOP. PUT IT IN A POSITION WHERE HE CAN GO UP AND COMPETE FOR IT, AND THIS WILL BE YOUR END RESULT. SAINTS DOWN BY JUST 3, 17-14. SAINTS NOW GET IT BACK AND IT’S BREES LOOKING FOR DEVORY HENDERSON BUT TERRELL BROWN! GUYS, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. IT’S ONLY A FEW CORNERBACKS IN THE GAME TODAY COULD MAKE THAT TYPE OF PLAY. THAT WAS A PHENOMENAL PLAY. GREAT TIMING AND GOING TO GET IT AT ITS HIGHEST POINT. BREES’ 2ND INTERCEPTION OF THE DAY. ONLY THING HE DIDN’T DO IS HOLD IT UP. HE’S SUPPOSED TO HOLD THAT UP. COMING INTO THIS GAME, HE’D ONLY THROWN 2 INTERCEPTIONS IN 8 CAREER POST-SEASON GAMES. 4 TURNOVERS FOR THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT THIS POINT. THE SAINTS DEFENSE, GREG WILLIAMS, KEPT DIALING UP BLITZES. ALEX SMITH’S SACK BY MALCOLM JENKINS HERE. 13 YDS. DARREN SPROLES BACK TO RECEIVE THE PUNT…BUT HE CAN’T HOLD ONTO THE FOOTBALL. COLLIN JONES RECOVERS. THE 5TH SAINTS TURNOVER OF THE DAY. SPECIAL TEAMS PLAY SUCH A MAJOR PART IN THIS GAME. BACKING THE SAINTS BACK INTO A BAD TERRITORY ALL DAY. GREAT JOB. MICHAEL CRABTREE’S GOTTA CATCH THAT BALL ON 3RD & 7, LARRY. A GOOD JOB. YEA, HE STRUGGLED TODAY. HE MADE THE 1 EARLY PLAY TOUCHDOWN DOWN IN THE RED ZONE BUT HE HAS SOME DIFFICULTY CATCHING THE FOOTBALL TODAY. WILL YOU GIVE THE CORNER SOME CREDIT?! GREAT JOB BY THE CORNER. THERE YOU GO! NO, HE DIDN’T MAKE THAT PLAY. THERE YOU GO LARRY! BREES ON THE MOVE NOW. 31 YDS. TO COLSTON. HE DOES A NICE JOB SPINNING AND A WINNING; AND 3 PLAYS LATER ON A 3RD & 8, IT’S BREES TRYING TO GET FURTHER IN S.F. TERRITORY. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE YEAR JUSTIN SMITH IS HAVING? 01:16:30 – ALL PRO SEASON BY JUSTIN SMITH. HE’S BEEN PLAYING SO WELL ALL SEASON, BEING SUCH A FORCE IN THE MIDDLE, STOPPING THE RUN AND FORCING THE PLAY … TOOK HIM OUT OF F.G. RANGE. NOW THE GREAT PLAY FROM A DEF. BACK. THIS TIME CARLOS ROGERS, PRO BOWLER. SOMETIMES YOU LOOK UP ON THE STAT, LARRY. YOU SEE CORNERBACKS MAKING INTERCEPTIONS. YOU SAY, “WELL THEY JUST HAD A GOOD YEAR.” CARLOS ROGERS, EVER SINCE HE’S COME TO S.F., HAS BEEN PLAYING LIGHTS OUT FOOTBALL FROM THE CORNERBACK POSITION. COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER, BREES LOOKING FOR ARRINGTON BUT ROGERS DOES IT AGAIN ON A 3RD & 10. GETS HIS HAND IN THERE. YOU GOTTA HAVE THAT. THAT’S A VERY IMPORTANT PLAY BY THE RECEIVER. I’M SAYING THE SAME THING FOR THE CORNER. WE GOTTA HAVE THAT. BREES NOW DUMPS IT OFF TO DARREN SHETLAND PONY! 12 YDS., AND DEION, YOU …AT THAT POSITION. AND I DIDN’T STUTTER. 4TH QUARTER NOW. IT’S BREES LOOKING FOR MARCUS COLSTON. AND THAT BALL’S INCOMPLETE. REGGIE SMITH ON THE COVERAGE. SHOULD’VE BEEN COMPLETE. …WE’VE SEEN MARCUS…IT’S TIME FOR DREW. THAT’S A TOUGH PLAY. SO THEY HAD TO SET UP A 48 YD. DRIVE… ALEX SMITH GETTING LUCKY THERE. KYLE WILLIAMS SHOULD’VE HAD IT. LARRY WOULD’VE CAUGHT IT. PATRICK ROBINSON CAN’T SQUEEZE THE PICK. YOU SEE THE FOOTBALL. HE DIDN’T SEE THE FOOTBALL. HE WAS GOING TO MAKE THE TACKLE. THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND GREAT. WE EXPECT THE BALL. O.K. SAINTS GET IT BACK. BREES DROPPED BY AHMAD BROOKS. THE NINERS DEFENSE APPLIED PRESSURE ALL DAY LONG. THEY KEPT BRINGING PRESSURE UP THE MIDDLE. LOOK AT SMITH JUST RIGHT OVER JERMAD BUSH… TO GRAB BREES! LOOKING LIKE A YOUNG JUMPY GAITHERS. YOU REMEMBER JUMPY USED TO PUT THEM ON THE … STRAIGHT BACK TO THE QB. HE IS …YOU NEED SOME OXYGEN BABY. YOU DESERVE IT! SO THE 49ERS UP 3 HERE IN THE 4TH AND, FINALLY, FRANK GORE FINDS A LITTLE DAYLIGHT. 42 YDS. DOWN TO THE 42. HE’S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB ALL YEAR FOR THAT OFFENSE BEING SO EFFECTIVE ON THE GROUND, TAKING A LOT OF PRESSURE OFF OF ALEX SMITH ALL YEAR. COULDN’T GET A TD. THOUGH. HAD TO SETTLE FOR A DAVID AKERS F.G. A 37 YARDER. SO THE NINERS UP 6. 23-17. BREES TO DEVORY HENDERSON. DARREN SPROLES NOW ON A 3RD & 1. HE PICKS UP THE 1ST DOWN. 2 PLAYS LATER SAINTS KEPT UP THE PACE OFFENSIVELY ALL DAY LONG, AND IT’S BREES TO SPROLES AND AT SOME POINT YOU KNEW THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN. 44 YDS. FOR THE TD. SPROLES IN THE OPEN FIELD IS A NIGHTMARE. I DON’T WANT THOSE PROBLEMS AND DANTE WHITNER DIDN’T EITHER. ..COMING RIGHT AFTER RUNNING THE BALL UP THE MIDDLE TO INCREASE…FOR THE 1ST DOWN. HE’S SO VERSATILE. RUN INSIDE. CATCH THE BALL OUTSIDE, AND CAN BLOCK OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. WHAT DID ALEX SMITH HAVE TO VERNON DAVIS, 37 YDS. SAINTS DOWN 1. CHECK THAT. NINERS DOWN 1, AND MOORE HERE FROM SMITH. HE’S GONNA KEEP IT HIMSELF. A PRIMETIME NOMINEE. YEA, WHEN YOU SEE .. FACE THAT MANY, HE DID SOMETHING IN THE DOGGONE PLACE. HE IS FLAT-OUT BALLING TODAY! I BELIEVE IN ALEX SMITH! A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ALEX SMITH’S GAME MGMT. BUT WHEN THE TIME CAME, MADE GOOD PLAYS. AND HERE YOU SEE THE 28 YD. SCAMPER. THEY TOOK A LOOK AT THIS. THEY THOUGHT, POTENTIALLY, HE MAY’VE STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS BUT IT WASN’T EVEN CLOSE. THEY WENT FOR 2 PTS. HERE. ALEX SMITH CHECKED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PLAY. THOUGHT HE SAW SOMETHING. THAT’S A BAD CHECK. THEY TRICKED THEM WITH THE DISGUISE OF THE DEFENSE. SO THE 49ERS UP 29-24. 2:08 LEFT IN THE GAME. WHAT WOULD THE SAINTS HAVE LEFT? BREES TO SPROLES 10 YDS. SPROLES’ 14TH CATCH OF THE DAY. ..AND 1:48 LEFT. IT’S BREES OVER THE MIDDLE. JIMMY GRAHAM! HOW DOES HE COME DOWN WITH IT? YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT’S JUST PUTTING IT UP ON THE TOP SHELF, LETTING YOUR BASKETBALL PLAYER GO UP TOP AND COMPETE FOR IT. AND A WONDERFUL OB AFTER THE CATCH. THAT’S ONE THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES. THIS GUY’S BEEN DOING IT ALL YEAR LONG. 1-ON-1. THAT’S A MATCHUP THAT THE S.F. 49ERS LIKE. YOU HAVE YOUR ALL PRO LINEBACKER AND PATRICK WILLIS HAS PLAYED WITH A TIGHT HAMSTRING FOR A COUPLE WKS. BUT HE’S BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THAT PLAY THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER. WILLIS, WHITNER, ROGERS ALL THERE. GRAHAM 5 CATCHES, 103 YDS., A COUPLE OF TDS.; AND NOW THIS IS HOW YOU RUN A 2 PT. CONVERSION. ON THE PLAY ACTION, BREES DUMPS IT OFF TO A WIDE OPEN SPROLES. SPROLES, BY THE WAY, HAD 15 CATCHES IN THIS GAME. THAT’S AN NFL POST-SEASON RECORD. AND DREW BREES 462 YDS. PASSING. HE HAD 466 A WEEK AGO. ALEX SMITH LOOKING FOR BRETT SWAIN. IF SWAIN WOULD’VE KEPT RUNNING HE HAD 6! YEA, BOTH THE GUYS LOOK LIKE THEY LOST WHERE THE FOOTBALL WAS GOING AND THEY BOTH SLOWED DOWN. AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR S.F. HE WASN’T ABLE TO MAKE THAT PLAY. SMITH FOR DAVIS. 47 YDS. DOWN TO THE 20! HE’S BEEN DOING IT ALL GAME. 31 SECS. LEFT NOW, AND IT’S SMITH. HE’S GONNA CHECK IT DOWN TO FRANK GORE. GORE CAN’T GET OUT OF BOUNDS, SO THE 49ERS SPIKE IT WITH 20 SECS. LEFT. DAVID AKERS GETTING READY ON THE SIDELINES. GORE AT 89 YDS. ON THE GROUND. 14 SECS. LEFT. SMITH ON A ROPE TO VERNON DAVIS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! AND THE NINERS BACK ON TOP! GREAT JOB BY ALEX SMITH RECOGNIZING TAMPA 2 IN THE RED ZONE. BEING ABLE TO GET YOUR T.E. INVOLVED. PUT IT ON HIS BODY TO PROTECT THE BALL IN THE END ZONE. VERNON DAVIS, GREAT JOB BIG FELLA. THAT’S THE WAY TO WIN THE GAME FOR THE TEAM. AN AMAZING PLAY BY ALEX SMITH AND VERNON DAVIS. DAVIS 7 CATCHES, 188 YDS. A COUPLE OF TDS. AND HOW ABOUT ALEX SMITH? 289 PASSING YDS. AND 3 TDS. JIM HARBAUGH’S CLUB MOVING ON! AND THEY BEAT THE SAINTS 36-32. SMITH WITH HIS FIRST CAREER PLAYOFF VICTORY, AND FRANK GORE 89 YDS. ON THE GROUND. BUT IT’S DAVIS WHO ENDS UP BEING THE STAR. THE NINERS KNOCK OFF THE RED HOT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS.

01:22:44 – DENVER BRONCOS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

I’M FRAN CHARLES. LET’S GET TO THE HIGHLIGHTS. JOSH MCDANIELS BACK WITH THE PATRIOTS. WELCOME BACK. AND OF COURSE, HE DRAFTED TIM TEBOW IN THE 1ST ROUND. ALSO DEMARIUS THOMAS. TOM BRADY AND THE PATRIOTS. REMEMBER, THEY LOST THEIR LAST 2 HOME PLAYOFF GAMES. THEY CAME OUT ON FIRE TO ROB GRONKOWSKI. PRIME, YOU JUST SAID JIMMY GRAHAM, BEST T.E. OF THE GAME. THIS GUY’S NOT BAD EITHER. HE HAD SOME GREAT STATS AND HE COULD FLAT-OUT PLAY. VERY NEXT PLAY HERE’S AARON HERNANDEZ, LARRY, IN THE RUNNING GAME. AND BOTH THESE T.E.’S ARE DYNAMIC WITH THE BALL IN THEIR HANDS. THEY’RE DIVERSATILE AND THEY’RE TOUGH COVER FOR A LINEBACKER OR SAFETIES, 43 YDS. DOWN TO THE 7 YD. LINE. ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY IT’S BRADY TO WES WELKER; AND JUST LIKE THAT PATRIOTS GO 80 YDS. IN 5 PLAYS, A BUCK 51. THEY’RE ON TOP 7-NOTHING. THE MOST PRODUCTIVE SLOT RECEIVER IN THE GAME TODAY, WES WELKER. GIVE HIM HIS OWN SHOE. YES! GIVE HIM A SHOE! TIM TEBOW COMING OFF THAT GREAT PERFORMANCE AT HOME AGAINST THE STEELERS, COMPLETING 10 PASSES FOR 316 YDS. BIG SCRAMBLE THERE ON A 3RD & 5. GOT THE BRONCOS A 1ST DOWN. BUT 3 PLAYS LATER ROB NICHOVICH WAS ALL OVER. GETS TO TEBOW. FUMBLES. BRANDON SPIKES RECOVERS AND THE PATRIOTS ARE BACK IN BUSINESS. GREAT PLAY THERE, DONOVAN, BY NICKOVICH. EXCELLENT PLAY. ..IMPRESSION TO THE QB AS TEBOW’S FINDING OUT FOR HIMSELF, IT’S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRST GAME. PATRIOTS STILL UP 7-0. BRANDON TO GRONKOWSKI. 17 YDS. THESE T.E.’S, THEY’RE TRYING TO TAKE OVER SOME OF YOUR TERRITORY! THEM GUYS ARE UNBELIEVABLE WEAPONS. I MEAN THEY WORK THE SEAMS BETTER THAN ANYBODY IN THE GAME RIGHT NOW; AND YOU SEE THE PINPOINT ACCURACY BY TOM BRADY IS JUST..YOU CAN’T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THAT GUY. HOW ABOUT GRONKOWSKI?! HOLDS ON. IT WAS RULED A TD. ON THE FIELD. SO THEY REVIEW ALL SCORING PLAYS AND THEY SAID, “YES, HE HAD CONTROL WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND.” YOU KNOW HE ACTUALLY JUST BEAT A CORNER ON THAT PLAY, RIGHT? 14-NOTHING. WILLEST MCGAHEE BOUNCES IT TO THE OUTSIDE BEFORE KYLE ARRINGTON PUSHES HIM OUT OF BOUNDS AT 17 YDS. AND A BRONCOS 1ST DOWN. WOULD THIS BE WHAT THE BRONCOS OFFENSE NEEDED, DEION, TO GET GOING ON A 3RD & 5? TEBOW LOOKING FOR DEMARIUS THOMAS. IT WAS A GREAT CONNECTION A WEEK AGO BUT NOT SO MUCH TONIGHT. NO, IT WASN’T THE CONSISTENCY THAT THEY HAD A WEEK AGO. I FEEL LIKE THE CORNERBACKS FOR N.E. PLAYED A LOT MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THE PITTS. STEELERS. WHAT’D YOU SEE HERE, PRIME, ON THIS INTERCEPTION BY QUINTON CARTER? YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES BRADY ISN’T THAT TYPE GUY. I MEAN HE’S GONNA THROW PICKS. HE’S HUMAN. HE JUST WANTS ALL US TO REALIZE, BEFORE HE PUT UP THESE CRAZY #’S THAT HE’S GONNA PUT UP, THAT HE’S HUMAN. BUT I LIKE HOW HE’S UPSET WITH HIMSELF NOT FAULTING HIS RECEIVER WHATSOEVER. 01:25:29 – QUINTON CARTER HAD A BIG SACK IN THE REGULAR SEASON GAME BETWEEN THE PATRIOTS AND THE BRONCOS. TEBOW TO THOMAS 12 YDS. AND A 1ST DOWN AT THE PATS 5. 2ND QUARTER SAME BRONCOS DRIVE, 1ST & GOAL. IT’S WILLEST MCGAHEE. MCGAHEE WITH A GREAT SEASON. SEVEN 100 YD. RUSHING PERFORMANCES. GETS A TD. THERE. … BEATLES CALLED FOR UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS. SO THE BRONCOS TRYING TO STAY IN IT. 14-7. TAKE A PICTURE OF THE SCOREBOARD RIGHT NOW. BUT THE PATRIOTS KEEP THEIR FOOT ON THE GRASS. BRADY TO DEION BRANCH. REMEMBER BRANCH DIDN’T PLAY IN THE WK. 15 MATCHUP WITH A GROIN INJURY. THEN IT’S AHREN HERNANDEZ. I DON’T BLAME THAT CORNER ONE BIT. PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN. HERNANDEZ 3 RUSHES, 58 YDS. IN THE 1ST HALF. 3RD & 3. DONOVAN, BACK TO THE T.E. GRONKOWSKI. I MEAN AT SOME POINT YOU GOTTA REALIZE THAT THIS MAN IS PROBABLY HIS #1 READ IN JUST ABOUT EVERY PASS PLAY. SO CAN YOU PLEASE DOUBLE HIM? 33RD POST-SEASON TD. PASSES DAN MARINO FOR 3RD OF ALL TIME. PATRIOTS UP 21-7. TEBOW SACKED BY VINCE WILFORK. THEY GOT TO HIM 5 TIMES. WHAT WERE THE PATRIOTS ABLE TO DO DEFENSIVELY? YOU SEE GERARD WARD GET TO HIM TOO HERE, PRIME, THAT THE STEELERS COULDN’T DO LAST WEEK. THEY JUST APPLIED A LOT OF PRESSURE. THE STEELERS WANTED TO PUT 8 MEN IN THE BOX AND PLAY OUTSIDE MAN WHICH GAVE THE RECEIVERS ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE CORNERS. THE PATRIOTS, THEY JUST STAYED TRUE TO WHO THEY ARE. LOOK AT THIS. UP TOP 61 YARDS TO BRANCH. THERE WERE THOSE WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT A LITTLE OFF. PASS INTERFERENCE BUT BOTH GOOD MEN IN BRANCH THERE USING THEIR HANDS. NO CALL. I LIKE THE NO CALL. THAT’S BRADY’S 4TH TD. PASS, LARRY, OF THE HALF! THAT’S JUST A LITTLE VETERAN NUDGE RIGHT THERE. YOU SEE A GUY THAT’S MOTIVATED. ..IN SEATTLE. WHEN HE CAME BACK HE REALLY REVITALIZED HIS CAREER AGAIN IN N.E. 28-7, TEBOW LOOKING FOR THOMAS. INCOMPLETE ON A 3RD & 5. BRONCOS PUNTED WITH A MIN. 16. SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT? YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. PATRIOTS STILL HAVE A TIMEOUT HERE. 47 SECS. LEFT. BRADY TO HERNANDEZ 20 YARDS. IT’S A 1ST DOWN DOWN TO THE 30. 10 SECS. LEFT. DONOVAN YOU SAID YOU HAVE TO DOUBLE THIS GUY! AT SOME POINT, REALIZE THAT #87 IS IN YOUR FACE, AND GUARD HIM PLEASE. I MEAN HE’S ALREADY BROKEN THE T.E. RECORD. WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED TO SEE? 19 YD. TD. TOM BRADY’S 5TH TD. PASS IN THE 1ST HALF. THAT’S A NEW NFL PLAYOFF 1ST HALF RECORD. GRONKOWSKI 3 TDS. IN THE GAME, TIES A RECORD FOR RECEIVING TDS. IN THE PLAYOFFS. 3RD QUARTER HERE. THIS IS AFTER A BRONCOS 3 AND OUT. YOU KNEW THE PATRIOTS WEREN’T GONNA STOP TOO. BRADY TO WES WELKER. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE PATRIOTS HAVE SOME THINGS TO WORK ON. THEY’D GOTTEN OFF TO SLOW STARTS THE FINAL 2 REGULAR SEASON GAMES OF THE SEASON. PLUS, DEION, THEY HAD LOST THEIR LAST 2 HOME PLAYOFF GAMES. THIS WASN’T SO MUCH ABOUT DENVER AND TIM TEBOW. THIS IS ABOUT THIS TEAM TRYING TO GET TO THE S.B. AND THAT’S THEIR ONLY GOAL. THE PATRIOTS DON’T PLAY TO WIN GAMES. THEY PLAY TO WIN IT ALL. HE’S MAKING IT RAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THAT’S WHAT HE’S SAYING. “YOU CAN’T GUARD ME! I AM MAKING IT RAIN ON YA ALL RIGHT NOW.” HERNANDEZ WITH ANOTHER TD. BRADY WITH 6; AND THEN TEBOW IS DROPPED BY WILFORK AND NICKOVICH. NICKOVICH WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. HE DID A NICE JOB MAKING SURE THAT TIM TEBOW COULDN’T BOUNCE AN ESCAPE FROM THE POCKET. TEBOW WAS SHAKEN UP ON THE PLAY A LITTLE BIT. BRONCOS ENDED UP PUNTING. 4TH QUARTER NOW. PATRIOTS UP 42-10. IT’S BRADY TO YOU KNOW WHO. GRONKOWSKI. PLEASE GUARD THIS MAN. 87 IS KILLING YOU! NOT OCHO CINCO. 3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & GOAL. IT’S NICE LARRY WHEN YOU HAVE DANNY WOODHEAD BACK THERE TOO. THEY JUST HAVE SO MANY WEAPONS. THEY MIGHT AS WELL GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY. HE’S A CHANGE OF PACE GUY. DOES A REAL GOOD JOB OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. HE’S AN EXCELLENT PASS PROTECTOR AS WELL. LED TO A STEVEN GOSTOWSKI F.G. 45-10. IS ANYBODY STILL WATCHING THIS GAME RIGHT NOW? 4TH & GOAL RIGHT HERE. TEBOW GETS AWAY, AND STILL ON THE MOVE. LIKE TECMO BOWL. NEVER QUITS. NEVER QUITS. YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD’VE KNOCKED IT DOWN… KNOCKED DOWN BY KYLE LOVE. AND SO THE PATRIOTS ARE ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION. 3:10 LEFT IN THE GAME AND TOM BRADY’S ON TO PUNT HERE. WHAT CAN HE DO? WHAT CAN’T HE DO? THIS IS HORRIFIC. 3RD & 10. LOOK AT THAT! THAT’S ABOUT 35 ORANGE…35, 40. HE THREW THAT PICK EARLY JUST TO ALLOW YOU TO KNOW HE’S HUMAN. THAT’S A CHEAP SHOT. THAT’S A CHEAP SHOT. HE’S GONNA GET FINED. FRUSTRATION. HE’S GONNA GET ..OVER HERE THOUGH. OH YEA. DAN CONNOLLY, MATT LIGHT ALL GETTING INTO IT THERE. ROBERT AHRES COMES FLYING IN BUT BRADY AND COMPANY. THEY’RE MOVING ON. BRADY THROWS 6 TD. PASSES. THAT TIES AN NFL POST-SEASON HIGH. ROBERT GRONKOWSKI. HE HAD 3 RECEIVING TDS. THAT ALSO TIES AN NFL POST-SEASON RECORD.

01:30:45 – HOUSTON TEXANS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS

AND JOE FLACCO JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN T.J. YATES TODAY. JOHN HARBAUGH, HEAD COACH OF THE RAVENS, AND JOE FLACCO THE, OBVIOUSLY, THE STARTING QB. GARY KUBIAK, AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE FOR AFC COACH OF THE YEAR AND T.J. YATES, ROOKIE QB LEADING THE WAY FOR THE TEXANS. HUGE PLAY EARLY. I MEAN JACOBY JONES JUST..ALL DAY LONG. HUGE MENTAL MISTAKE. BUT THE THING ABOUT, WE TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME. IT’S NOT A GIVEN. THE PLAYOFFS, YOU KIND OF TIGHTEN UP IN THE PLAYOFFS! I GUESS. YOU DO. IT’S AN INEXCUSABLE MISTAKE. T.J. YATES ADMITTED ON THE BROADCAST, TO THE BROADCAST BOOTH THAT HE WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS LAST WEEK. LED TO A JOE FLACCO TD. RAVENS UP 7-3. YATES LOOKING FOR ANDRE JOHNSON. PICKED OFF BY LADARIUS WEBB. AGAIN, T.J. YATES YOUNG QB. AS YOU MENTIONED PAUL, HAS DONE SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS THIS YEAR GETTING HIS TEAM TO THIS POINT IN THE SEASON. BUT I DON’T KNOW. WEBB MAY HAVE RUN A BETTER ROUTE THAN ANDRE JOHNSON. I DO THINK SO. BUT THAT’S CALLED STARING DOWN A RECEIVER. AND JOE FLACCO DIDN’T HAVE HIS BEST DAY BUT THIS IS A PERFECT THROW. GOOD PLACEMENT. GOOD VELOCITY. TOUCHDOWN RAVENS TO ANQUAN BOLDEN FROM 10 YDS. OUT. AND ANQUAN BOLDEN, REMEMBER BEEN OUT DUE TO INJURY OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND BEING ABLE TO COME IN AND GET THAT 1ST ROUND BYE I THINK WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR HIM. HE HAD A NICE DAY. RAVENS UP 17-3. THE 2ND QUARTER NOW. 3RD DOWN & 9. YATES, WHAT A CATCH. THIS IS A CATCH OFF ,… GLOVE. THE BALL COMES OUT EARLY. ABSOLUTELY. ARIAN FOSTER, 12 YDS. AND A 1ST DOWN. ARIAN FOSTER HAD A HUGE 1ST HALF TODAY RUSHING FOR 95 YDS. BUT THIS GUY IS TRULY AN ELECTRIFYING, AND HE IS A FRANCHISE BACK. HE’S NOT A ONE-HIT WONDER. 3 PLAYS LATER, 12TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE. HE ENDS THIS DRIVE. LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GONNA GO RIGHT. CUTS UP INSIDE. TAKES HIS FOOT IN THE GROUNDS AND FINDS A SEAM. LOOK, THE STORY OF THIS GAME ULTIMATELY WILL BE THE RAVENS. I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU, I REALLY LIKE THIS HOUSTON TEXANS TEAM GOING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. YEP. 3RD QUARTER, 17-13. 4TH PLAY OF THIS DRIVE. THIS IS LEE EVANS, 20 YD. GAIN. THAT’S JUST DIRTY GOOD RIGHT THERE. AND THIS GUY’S A GUY THAT THEY REALLY THOUGHT WAS GONNA DO MORE FOR THEM THIS YEAR. THIS IS A GREAT PLAY; AND IF HE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE PLAYS FOR THIS RAVENS TEAM I THINK THEY’LL HAVE A SHOT. BUT STILL THERE’S JUST NOT A WHOLE LOT WE’VE SEEN OUT OF LEE EVANS IN A RAVENS UNIFORM. 4 PLAYS LATER, 8TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE. 4TH & GOAL, RAY RICE. WOW. DIDN’T MAKE IT. BEAUTIFUL. BIG STOP BY THE TEXANS DEFENSE; AND REALLY THE TEXANS DEFENSE AND WADE PHILIPS, WHAT HE’S DONE, TO ME, THAT’S BEEN THE ENTIRE DIFFERENCE ON THIS TEXANS FOOTBALL TEAM. AND, AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD, A LOSS OF WADE PHILIPS TO A HEAD COACHING JOB REALLY WOULD BE SOMETHING THE TEXANS DON’T WANT TO SEE. ABSOLUTELY. TEXANS DEFENSE PLAYING VERY WELL. UNFORTUNATELY, THE RAVENS DEFENSE DOING THE SAME. THAT’S T.J. YATES PICKED OFF BY LADARIUS WEBB AGAIN. PAUL, YOU’RE THE QB ON SET HERE. I MEAN YOU CAN SEE IT. HE’S JUST STARING DOWN HIS RECEIVERS. 01:33:32 – HE KIND OF FLOATED THAT ONE IN THERE. YEA, AND THE THING WAS, IT WAS INTO A DEN OF RAVENS PLAYERS. INTO A NEST. ACTUALLY, IT SHOULD’VE BEEN A NEST. MY BAD. YEA, SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND FLACCO BEGAN TO HAVE SOME ISSUES AS WELL LOOKING FOR ED DIXON ON 3RD & 5. INCOMPLETE. BILLY CUNDIFF F.G. MADE IT 20-13. YATES LOOKING FOR ANDRE JOHNSON AND THIS IS ED REED COMING IN TO KNOCK THE BALL LOOSE LATE; BUT JOHNSON IS RULED DOWN. ED REED MADE A BUNCH OF BIG PLAYS IN THIS GAME TODAY; AND YOU SEE RIGHT THERE, DOES A GOOD JOB BUT HIS KNEE IS DOWN RIGHT THERE. BALL COMES OUT. GOOD NO CALL. NEXT PLAY, 2 MINS. LEFT IN THE GAME. AND T.J. YATES, YOU KIND OF BEGIN TO FEEL LIKE THIS ONE MIGHT GO WRONG RIGHT HERE WHEN HE PUMPS AND THROWS LATE. JUST FLOATS IT OUT THERE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT TO ED REED. JUST NOT KNOWING WHERE THE SAFETY IS, AND ED REED DOES A GREAT JOB GOING UP AND CATCHING THE FOOTBALL. AGAIN, IF I’M LOOKING FOR SAFETIES AND CORNERBACKS FOR MY ROSTER, I’M THINKING GUYS WHO CAN MAKE PLAYS LIKE RECEIVERS WITH THEIR HANDS; AND ED REED HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT FOR YEARS IN THIS LEAGUE. SO THE RAVENS TAKE OVER ON THEIR OWN 29, AND THIS IS 3RD DOWN & 1 FROM THEIR OWN 13. DANTE LEACH IS SHORT. SO THE TEXANS GONNA GET THE BALL BACK WITH INSIDE A MINUTE LEFT AS BALT. PUNTS WITH 53 SECS. REMAINING. 4TH PLAY OF THIS DRIVE, NOW 4TH & 2. TOM, YOU MADE MENTION WHAT..WHY NOT JUST GO FOR THE 1ST DOWN. YEA, GET YOUR 1ST DOWN. NO TIMEOUTS LEFT THOUGH. I’M SURE YOU CAN STILL SPIKE IT OR YOU CAN GET OUT OF BOUNDS. JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT EARLY TO THROW THE HAIL MARY WITH 20 SECS. LEFT. BUT, ULTIMATELY, THIS MAY BE THE BIGGEST STORY COMING OUT OF THAT FINAL PLAY WAS ED REED HAVING TO COME OFF WITH A BAD ANKLE. HE’LL BE BACK. LANDED ON THE HIP EARLY. YEA, LOOKS LIKE HE LANDED ON HIS HEEL. ED REED CARRIED OFF THE FIELD. LEFT ANKLE INJURY. TOUGH DAY FOR T.J. YATES BUT, LOOK, YOU’RE A ROOKIE QB GOING ON THE ROAD TO BALT. AND FACING AN ACCOMPLISHED RAVENS DEFENSE. THAT’S A TOUGH TOUGH TASK.

01:35:38 – NEW YORK GIANTS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS

GREEN BAY PACKERS N.Y. GIANTS. THAT’S JOE PHILBIN, THE OFF. COORD. PRAYING FOR YOU MAN. WE ARE ALL PRAYING FOR HIM. AARON RODGERS COMING OFF OF HIS FIRST GAME SINCE CHRISTMAS NIGHT, PLAYING THE DAY BEFORE MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, BY THE WAY. ELI MANNING AND THE GIANTS COMING IN OFF OF THE WILDCARD WIN AT HOME VIRTUALLY SHUTTING OUT THE ATLANTA FALCONS FOR TOM COUGHLIN. ELI MANNING GETS THE BALL AND MARCHES IT RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD. THAT’S VICTOR CRUZ 11 YDS. ON A 3RD & 10. AND JUST TIMING RIGHT THERE BY ELI MANNING AND VICTOR CRUZ. RIGHT OUT OF THAT BREAK. THIS IS THE 12TH PLAY OF THE OPENING DRIVE. MANNING HURRIED ON 3RD & 5. JAKE BALLARD DOESN’T EVEN GET IT CLOSE TO HIM. LAWRENCE TYNES WHO WON THE PLAYOFF GAME THE GIANTS LAST PLAYED IN LAMBEAU FIELD. THE 2007 NFC CHAMP. GAME. HE KICKS THE F.G. TO PUT THEM UP 3-0; AND THEN THE GIANTS ON THE ENSUING KICKOFF. BOOBOO BY RANDALL COBB, THE ROOKIE IN HIS FIRST CAREER PLAYOFF GAME. HIS FIRST RETURN..ARE FAR DIFFERENT THAN HIS FIRST RETURN OF HIS CAREER, RIGHT? YEA. BACK IN WEEK 1. A CHALLENGE BY MIKE MCCARTHY. BALL OUT. BUT, ELBOW DOWN. YES. PACKERS GET TO KEEP THE BALL, AVERT DISASTER THERE. AARON RODGERS ROLLING OUT. JERMICHAEL FINLEY 1ST DOWN TO THE PACKERS..TO THE GIANTS 31 YD. LINE. 3 PLAYS LATER, 7TH PLAY OF THIS DRIVE. AARON RODGERS LOOKING FOR GREG JENNINGS WHO MISSED THE LAST 3 GAMES OF THE SEASON WITH A KNEE INJURY. TALKED ABOUT ON GAME DAY MORNING, RICH. VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE IF THESE 2 CAN’T CONNECT, AND THEY HAD A FEW MISCUES TODAY. THIS WAS WIDE OPEN. THAT WAS A SCRAMBLE PLAY. YOU GOTTA GIVE BOTH OF THEM CREDIT FOR JENNINGS FINDING A HOLE. RODGERS JUST MISSED. BUT MASON CROSBIE DID TIE THE GAME AT 3. 4 & CHANGE TO GO IN THE 1ST QUARTER. ELI MANNING TO HAKEM NICKS…BECOMING A PLAYMAKER OF THE 1ST ORDER. 1ST DOWN AT THE 34 YD. LINE OF THE GIANTS. NEXT PLAY, ELI MANNING FINDS HIS MEMBER OF THE 88 CLUB AGAIN! THERE HE GOES!! AND JUST LIKE AGAINST THE LATTER, YOU GOTTA PUT HIM DOWN WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE AND NICKS GOES THE FULL DISTANCE AS CHARLIE PEPPER JUST PUTS A SHOULDER ON HIM. HE’S BIG TODAY. HAKEM NICKS CAME UP WITH PLAY AFTER PLAY, AND THIS PLAY ..THE PLAY STARTED WHEN HE CATCHES THE BALL. IT DOESN’T END WHEN HE CATCHES THE BALL; AND THIS IS A BIG FELLA. BIG MAN WITH THE BALL. 66 YDS. SCORED FOR 88. FIRST TD. OF THE GAME GOES TO THE GIANTS. IT’S 10-3. HOW WOULD THE PACKERS RESPOND? AARON RODGERS PICKING HIM UP. PUTTING HIM DOWN ON 3RD & 5. PICKING UP THE 1ST DOWN. A SCRAMBLE OF 6. WE SAW A LOT OF THAT IN THE GAME. A LOT OF THAT TONIGHT. 2 PLAYS LATER RODGERS LOOKING FOR GREG JENNINGS. HE IS HIT BY DEION GRANT. BALL OUT! BALL OUT! PICKED UP BY THE GIANTS KENNY PHILIPS! RULED A FUMBLE INITIALLY. THEN RULED DOWN BY CONTACT. SO IT’S NOT MIKE MCCARTHY WHO’S GOTTA CHALLENGE. IT’S TOM COUGHLIN WHO’S GOTTA CHALLENGE. AND EVEN THOUGH IT’S RULED…IT’S A BAD CALL. BILL LEVY GOES UNDER THE BOOTH AND SAYS THE PLAY ..STOOD AS CALLED! WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT BILL? THEY MUST’VE WENT IN A PHONE BOOTH BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T GO IN THE REGULAR BOOTH. ALRIGHT, PACKERS BALL. SO THAT IS A BIG BREAK FOR G.B., AND 4 PLAYS AFTER GETTING THE BALL BACK, RODGERS FINDS JOHN KUHN FOR THE GAME-TYING SCORE. TD. YEA, PRO BOWL FULLBACK. THIS GUY CAN LEAD-BLOCK, AND BOY, WHEN IT’S PLAY ACTION PASS, HE CAN FIND HIS WAY OPEN. NOW WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF GOING ONSIDES RIGHT AFTER THAT? PRETTY RISKY NOW. THAT’S A GUTSY CALL BY MIKE. SHOULD WE READ ANYTHING INTO THAT? NO, NOT AT ALL. YOU GOT AN OFFENSE THAT YOU KNOW ARE GONNA SCORE. THEY RESPONDED TO EVERYTHING THE GIANTS HAVE DONE. THERE’S NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. I DON’T SEE NOTHING WRONG. DOESN’T WORK. ELI WITH THE SHORT FIELD. MOVES IT JUST A COUPLE OF 1ST DOWNS DOWN THE FIELD AND BRINGS OUT LAWRENCE TYNES FOR THE F.G. IT’S BLOCKED BY BRENT JONES. SO THE SPECIAL TEAMS BAILS OUT THE SPECIAL TEAMS. INSIDE THE DOUBLE DUMPER HE GETS A HAND ON THE BALL. THAT’S A BIG BLOCK BY THE F.G. RUSH TEAM. THAT IS NO GOOD ON THE ONSIDE KICK. NOW HERE’S SOME MORE MISCUES FOR G.B. AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY MATT FLYNN PLAYED A HECK OF A GAME WK. 17, AND WE SAW VIRTUALLY EVERY OTHER TEAM ON DIVISION WEEKEND THAT WAS COMING OFF A BYE NOT GO THROUGH THESE ISSUES. BUT G.B. HAD SEVERAL DROPPED PASSES ON THE DAY, 4 IN THE 1ST HALF. TIED AT 10, HERE COMES ELI MANNING BACK TO JAKE BALLARD, 1ST DOWN GIANTS. 3 PLAYS LATER, MANNING TO HAKEM NICKS. IT IS PICKED BY MORGAN BURNETT! ELI MANNING – ONLY PLAYOFF GAME HE HAS EVER WON IN WHICH HE HAS THROWN AN INTERCEPTION WAS SUPER BOWL 42. A LOT OF PENETRATION UP THE MIDDLE THAT CAUSED THAT INTERCEPTION. 01:40:24 – ELI HAS TO JUST THROW THAT BALL AWAY. LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY. TOOK A BIG HIT. DESMOND BISHOP WAS THE ONE WHO DELIVERED THE BIG HIT. SO THE PACKERS TAKE OVER IN A TIE GAME TRYING TO TAKE THEIR FIRST LEAD OF THE DAY. BUT IT IS A FUMBLE BY JOHN KUHN..IS BUMMING. VERY RARE. HE NEVER PUTS THE BALL ON THE TURF, AND HE DOES JUST THERE TO GIVE IT RIGHT BACK TO THE TRADE IN TURNOVERS. ELI MANNING FOR HAKEM NICKS. 1ST DOWN AND MORE. ATTACK THAT FOOTBALL. RICH, HE CAME OUT OF HIS BREAK AND THEN CAME BACK TOWARDS THAT FOOTBALL. TOOK THE FOOTBALL FROM THE DEF. BACK. RIGHT AFTER THE 2 MIN. WARNING, 3RD & GOAL. MANNING HARASSED IN THE POCKET. GOES FOR BALLARD. IT’S INCOMPLETE. LAWRENCE TYNES COMES OUT TO GIVE THE GIANTS THE LEAD AGAIN, 13-10. COULD AARON RODGERS GET POINTS BEFORE THE END OF THE HALF? RODGERS SACKED BY MICHAEL BOLEY ON 3RD & 5. GIANTS CALL THEIR FINAL TIMEOUT WITH 48 SECS. TO GO. SO THE GIANTS GET THE BALL BACK. IT’S 3RD & 1. 13 TICKS TO GO. ONE MIGHT HAND ONE OFF AND SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN. AHMAD BRADSHAW, GET OUT OF BOUNDS! GET OUT OF BOUNDS! AHMAD BRADSHAW DOES THAT SO LAWRENCE TYNES CAN COME ON AND ATTEMPT A VERY LONG F.G. WITH 6 TICKS TO GO. BUT MAYBE THEY’LL GET HIM CLOSE. INSTEAD THEY GO FOR THE HAIL MARY! POP IT UP!! GOING FOR A DOUBLE A. TOUCHDOWN!! HAKEM NICKS BRINGS IT DOWN! HAIL MARY SUCCESSFUL RIGHT BEFORE HALFTIME! YOU GOT CHARLIE PEPPER AND CHARLES WOODSON BOTH BACK THERE, AND HAKEM NICKS GOES UP OVER THE TOP OF EVERYBODY TO MAKE THE PLAY WITH NO TIME. I GUESS TYREE DOES IT ON THE TOP OF HIS HELMET. NICKS DOES IT ON THE FRONT OF HIS HELMET. CORRALS THE BALL, BRINGS IT IN. YET MORE SHADES OF 2007 FOR THE GIANTS. YOU HAVE DEF. BACKS THAT DID NOT EVEN GET IN THE END ZONE. THEY SHOULD’VE BEEN PRESSURING THOSE RECEIVERS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. NICKS WITH 152 1ST HALF RECEIVING YDS. 2ND HALF DOWN 10. BALL GOES TO G.B. 1ST. AARON RODGERS PICKS UP THE 1ST DOWN ON 3RD DOWN WITH HIS LEGS WITH A 13 YD. GAIN. MOVE THE CHAINS. 3 PLAYS LATER ANOTHER 3RD DOWN. RODGERS AVOIDS THE RUSH. HITS DONALD DRIVER WITH A CATCH. AND DONALD DRIVER CAME UP WITH A NICE FEW PLAYS. IF IT WASN’T FOR AARON RODGERS LEGS, THIS GAME WOULD’VE BEEN OVER A LONG TIME AGO. 1ST DOWN. HE’S A HECK OF A SCRAMBLER. NEXT PLAY, OSI UMENYIORA STRIPS THE BALL. IT’S LOOSE. DEION GRANT RECOVERS. GIANTS GET A TURNOVER. RIGHT BEFORE A TD. ON THIS PLAY TOO. GREG JENNINGS WAS. THAT DEF. FRONT. NOW THEY HAD 48 SACKS THIS SEASON. ONLY A COUPLE TEAMS BETTER THAN THAT. THEY CAN PRESSURE YOU WITH 4 MEN. AND HERE’S HOW WIDE OPEN JENNINGS WAS. IF OSI DIDN’T KNOCK IT DOWN IT WOULD’VE BEEN A 1 SCORE GAME AGAIN. INSTEAD, IT’S STILL A 2 SCORE BLEED FOR THE GIANTS WHO GET THE BALL BACK ON 3RD & 2. SURE LOOKS LIKE D.J. WARE PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN. THAT’S A HORRIBLE SPOT. THE REFS HAD A ROUGH GAME IN THIS ONE. YEA THEY DID. THEY WERE COLD. THEY WERE COLD. THAT’S PUTTING IT GENTLY TO BE VERY HONEST. THEY WERE COLD. THAT’S PUTTING IT VERY GENTLY. GIANTS, COUGHLIN DOESN’T CHALLENGE IT. SO THE PACKERS GET THE BALL BACK. JAMES STARKS RUNNING FREE DOWN THE SIDELINE. THIS IS THE JAMES STARKS THAT WE SAW IN LAST YEAR’S PLAYOFFS WITH A 29 YD. GAIN BRINGING IT TO THE CUSP OF THE RED ZONE. 3 PLAYS LATER 3RD & 5. RODGERS LOOKING FOR GREG JENNINGS. OFF HIS HANDS. GREAT PLAY. YOU GOTTA MAKE THAT PLAY IN THIS SITUATION RIGHT HERE. GREG JENNINGS, HAD HE BEEN PLAYING WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT, THAT WOULD’VE BEEN A PLAY THAT WE WATCHED HIM MAKE TIME IN AND TIME AGAIN. SO IT’S A F.G. FOR MASON CROSBIE. IT’S JUST A 1 TD. DEFICIT FOR G.B. GETTING THE BALL BACK TOP OF THE 4TH QUARTER. 1ST PLAY OF IT, JORDY NELSON MOVE THE CHAINS. ON 2ND & 6, 17 YDS., 1ST DOWN. 3 PLAYS LATER 3RD & 5 FROM THE GIANTS 39. RODGERS HAS A WIDE OPEN JERMICHAEL FINELY. THAT WAS ON RODGERS RIGHT THERE. JERMICHAEL FINLEY CAME WIDE OPEN, COACH, IN THE HOLE. WOW, THIS IS A HUGE SEQUENCE BECAUSE IT’S A WIDE OPEN FINLEY. CAN’T MOVE THE CHAINS. NOT A 1ST DOWN. GO FOR IT ON 4TH & 5, AND MICHAEL BOLEY, DISCOUNT DOUBLE-CHECKS AARON RODGERS AGAIN. THAT IS A TURNOVER ON DOWNS. GIANTS GET THE BALL BACK. ELI, AGAIN, INSTEAD OF IT BEING A 1ST DOWN G.B., IT’S NOW 1ST DOWN ELI. A COUPLE PLAYS LATER, MARIO MANNINGHAM 1ST DOWN GRAB FOR THE GIANTS. 1ST DOWN OF THE 2ND HALF FOR THE GIANTS. 3 PLAYS LATER 3RD & 5. MANNING TO VICTOR CRUZ. MIDDLE OF THE FIELD 11 YDS. HUGE 1ST DOWN. KEEP THE CLOCK MOVING. MISCUE BY D.B.’S ON THAT PLAY. 3 PLAYS LATER 3RD & 5. MANNING IS SACKED BY THE MAN WHO BLOCKED THE F.G. EARLIER. BRAD JONES TAKES HIM DOWN. LAWRENCE TYNES WOULD COME OUT. F.G. IS GOOD SO IT IS A 2 SCORE LEAD FOR THE GIANTS. AGAIN, 7 MINS. TO GO. PACKERS SEASON ON THE LINE. THEY NEED TO MOVE THE BALL AROUND THE FIELD AND GET SOME PTS. RYAN GRANT GETS THE 1ST DOWN BUT BALL’S OUT! BALL’S LOOSE! CHASE BLACKBURN PICKS UP THE BALL! RUNNING THE OTHER DIRECTION, HE GOES DOWN. WE NEED TO SEE IF THIS IS A FUMBLE OR NOT. THE REFS LET IT GO AND THE REFS GOT THIS CALL CORRECT. BALL IS OUT BEFORE ANYTHING TOUCHES DOWN. THAT’S WHY YOU’RE TAUGHT TO GET TO THE BALL, DEFENDERS. GET TO THE BALL. GOOD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN THE MULTITUDE GETS TO THE BALL. AND KENNIE PHILIPS IS THE ONE WHO KNOCKS IT LOOSE. GIANTS TAKE OVER AT THE PACKERS 4. 1ST PLAY MANNING TO MANNINGHAM. NOW IT’S A 17 PT. GIANTS LEAD! 6:48 TO GO. 01:45:44 – 30-13. AARON RODGERS AND THE G.B. SEASON IS IN JEOPARDY. 15 WINS ON THE LINE RIGHT NOW, AND THE DEFENDING TITLE CHANCE ON THE LINE. 3RD & 10, RODGERS ALL 3 TIMEOUTS. BUY SOME TIME! INTENDED FOR DONALD DRIVER. INCOMPLETE. SO NOW IT’S 4TH & LONG. IF SOMEHOW, SOME WAY THIS WAS NOT CALLED ROUGHING THE PASSER. THAT DON’T MAKE ANY SENSE. I MEAN THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IT WASN’T LATE. IT WASN’T ILLEGAL. IT WAS CLEAN. HE DIDN’T HIT HIM WITH ANYTHING BUT THE LEGAL PARTS OF HIS BODY. GINGERLY. THE STRIKE ZONE ON RODGERS PART BUT INSTEAD IT’S A FRESH SET OF DOWNS AND RODGERS PICKS UP YET MORE 1ST DOWNS WITH HIS LEGS. BUT 1ST DOWN RIGHT ON THE RED ZONE. 4 PLAYS LATER. 2 PLAYS AFTER THAT, 4:52 IN THE GAME. RODGERS TO DONALD DRIVER. TOUCHDOWN. IT’S A 10 PT. GAME AGAIN. AND ANOTHER BIG PLAY BY DRIVER. GOTTA GO ONSIDES. ONE OF THOSE RECEIVERS OVER A LINEBACKER. THROW IT OVER THE SHOULDER FOR A TOUCHDOWN. SO THEY GO ONSIDES. BALL’S LOOSE BUT VICTOR CRUZ DROPS ON IT. THAT’S WHY YOU HAVE YOUR BEST HANDS GUYS ON THIS TEAM IN THIS SITUATION. WENT THROUGH THE … OF SPENCER PASSINGER OF THE GIANTS RIGHT TO VICTOR CRUZ. GIANTS TAKE OVER. AARON RODGERS DOESN’T GET A BREAK RIGHT THERE. GIANTS NEXT POSSESSION, AHMAD BRADSHAW ON 1ST & 10. THEY’RE GONNA START MAKING SURE G.B. BURNS ALL OF ITS REMAINING TIMEOUTS. PACKERS USE THEIR FIRST. 2ND & 11. HERE’S BRADSHAW AGAIN. PACKERS USE THEIR 2ND TIMEOUT NOW. NOW THEY JUST HAVE TO STOP THEM ON 3RD DOWN; GET THE BALL BACK AND HOPE FOR THE BEST. 4-1/2 TO GO. ELI MANNING GONNA THROW FOR IT, AND PICKS IT OFF TO VICTOR CRUZ! 3RD & 11. THAT’S THE PLAY OF THE GAME IN THE 4 MIN. DRILL. KEEP THE STICKS MOVING. PACKERS SAVED THEIR LAST TIMEOUT. THEY ALSO HAVE THE 2 MIN. WARNING HOPING FOR SMOOTHING GOOD TO HAPPEN HERE. INSTEAD, AHMAD BRADSHAW COMES THROUGH THE WASH AND PICKS UP 24 BIG.. HEART AND SOUL OF THIS GIANTS FOOTBALL TEAM. WHEN HE IS ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD THEY HAVE A BETTER RUNNING GAME AND THEY PLAY WITH A DIFFERENT INTENSITY. AHMAD BRADSHAW. 2 PLAYS LATER BRANDON JACOBS RUNNING DOWNHILL. WHAT ABOUT HIM MIKE? HE’S A BIG MAN. RUNS AND RUNS HARD BUT AHMAD BRADSHAW’S HEART AND SOUL. SO THE N.Y. GIANTS GO INTO LAMBEAU FIELD AND TURN THE 15-1 G.B. PACKERS INTO THE VERY FIRST 15 WIN, ONE AND DONE TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF THE NFL; AND IT’S TOM COUGHLIN AND THE GIANTS WHO MOVE ON TO S.F. NEXT WEEK FOR THE RIGHT TO PLAY IN INDY 3 WKS. FROM NOW, AND THE PACKERS DO NOT HOST S.F. NEXT WEEK IN LAMBEAU FIELD. AND, INSTEAD, HEAD INTO THE OFF-SEASON FAR SOONER THAN ANYBODY EXPECTED.


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