NIGHT #1 OF WEEK #1, KICKOFF 2012.  JASON WITTEN ACTUALLY SUITED UP AND NO ONE EXPECTED THAT.  FOR ROMO AND THE COWBOYS AS THEY FACE THE S.B. CHAMPIONS IN THEIR OWN BUILDING.  LET’S GO TO THE 3^RD QUARTER.  IT’S A 7-3 GAME HERE.  7^TH PLAY OF THIS DRIVE.  LOOK AT ROMO CALL THE AUDIBLE HERE AND SEND KEVIN OGLETREE DOWN THE RIGHT SIDELINE.  HE GETS OUT OF THE POCKET.  HE HITS HIM.  40 YD. TD.  COWBOYS, ALL OF A SUDDEN, LEAD 14-3.  8 CATCHES.  A BUCK 14, A COUPLE OF TDS. FOR OGLETREE.  NOW IT’S A 17-10 GAME.  ROMO.  MILES AUSTIN.  THAT MIGHT’VE BEEN THE CATCH OF THE NIGHT.  HE HITS A 34 YD. STRIKE DOWN THE LEFT SIDELINE.  COWBOYS TAKE THE LEAD 24-10.  AUSTIN 4 CATCHES, 73 YDS., CAME ALIVE IN THE 2^ND HALF.  BUT THE GIANTS AREN’T DONE.  THEY’RE DRIVING.  RED ZONE.  4^TH DOWN.  KEEP IT ON THE GROUND.  THAT IS AHMAD BRADSHAW FOR 4 YDS.  HE FINISHED WITH 78.  VERY NEXT PLAY AFTER PICKING UP THE 1ST DOWN AND KEEPING THE DRIVE ALIVE.  ELI TO MARTELUS BENNETT, THE FORMER COWBOY, INTO THE END ZONE.  PASS INTERFERENCE.  WAVE IT OFF.  GIVE HIM THE TD. ELI 22 OF 32 FOR 213 AND A TD.  BUT WILL THE GIANTS GET THE BALL BACK?  THAT IS THE QUESTION, AND THE ANSWER IS NO.  OGLETREE AGAIN GETS THE 1^ST DOWN.  COWBOYS KILL THE CLICK AND JERRY JONES GETS A VICTORY ON THE ROAD.

01:12:00 – ATLANTA FALCONS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

FALCONS AND THE CHIEFS AS WE CONTINUE HERE AT NFL GAME DAY SCOREBOARD DELIVERED BY PAPA JOHNS.  TONY GONZALEZ COMING BACK TO K.C. AS A FALCON.  ROMEO CRENNEL NOW THE HEAD COACH.  NOT THE INTERIM HEAD COACH OF THE K.C. CHIEFS.  MATT RYAN GOT OFF TO A GREAT START TOMMY.  A LOT OF HELP FROM JULIO JONES.  NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.  I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FEATURE PART OF THAT PASSING ATTACK THIS YEAR.  JULIO JONES IS GONNA GET THE MAJORITY OF MATT RYAN’S THROWS.  OBVIOUSLY RODDY WHITE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE BUT JULIO JONES TAKES OVER THAT #1 RECEIVER ROLE.  AND ONE REASON TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT MATT CASSEL, I THINK IS THE ADDITION OF KEVIN BOSS.  A SNEAKY GOOD T.E.  YES HE IS.  YOU SEE THIS THROWING CATCH RIGHT HERE.  GREAT ATHLETICISM AND GREAT BODY CONTROL MAKING THE CATCH BUT ALSO A GREAT THROW BY MATT CASSEL.  CHIEFS TIE THE GAME AT 10.  IT WAS A GREAT 1^ST HALF THERE IN K.C.  ...AND MATT RYAN TO JULIO JONES ONCE AGAIN.  HE WAS OVER 100 YDS. TODAY.  YEA HE WAS.  JUST A LITTLE BUBBLE STRAIN.  I DON’T KNOW HOW HARRY DOUGLAS WASN’T PINCHED FOR CLIPPING OR CHOP-BLOCK OR SOMETHING THERE.  BUT WATCH THIS, BANG.  I MEAN THE BALL’S NOT EVEN IN HIS HANDS YET.  I DON’T, REPLACEMENT OF THE…  FOR THE MOST PART I DIDN’T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF BLOWN CALLS BUT THAT ONE RIGHT THERE PROBABLY REGISTERS AS ONE.  2 TDS. ON THE DAY THERE FOR JULIO JONES.  NOW JAMAL CHARLES.  GUYS, I SAW HIM ALL PRESEASON.  HE IS BACK AND HEALTHY FROM THAT KNEE INJURY LAST YEAR.  HE IS.  HEALTHY ALMOST BECAUSE A YEAR AGO HE WOULD’VE TOOK THAT TO THE HOUSE.  NOT QUITE AS FAST BUT THAT’S STILL A GREAT RUN.  MATT CASSEL, NICE RUN HERE.  A LITTLE PATIENCE.  HE PUTS HIS HEAD DOWN.  FINDS HIS WAY ACROSS THE STRIPE.  YEA.  YOU’RE NOT GONNA WIN THE AFC WEST ASKING MATT CASSEL TO RUN THE FOOTBALL.  I’D RELY ON JAMAL CHARLES AND PAYTON HILLIS TO DO MOST OF THAT.  20-17 AT HALFTIME.  NEITHER TEAM PUNTED IN THE 1^ST HALF.  2^ND HALF ALL ABOUT THE ATLANTA FALCONS.  3^RD QUARTER NOW FALCONS UP BY 3.  RYAN TO HIS FAVORITE RECEIVER TODAY, JULIO JONES.  NICE TIMING.  GOOD PATIENCE.  WELL THAT PLAY’S MADE POSSIBLE BY AN OFF. LINE THAT IS PROVIDING GREAT PASS PROTECTION.  THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES LAST SEASON L. THEY LIKED TO USE THAT DEEP 5, 7 STEP DROP BUT THEY COULDN’T KEEP MATT RYAN’S JERSEY CLEAN.  YOU LIKE TO SEE MATT RYAN RUNNING THE BALL DAN?  IF I’M A DEFENDER I DO.  I GET A CHANCE TO GET A SHOT ON HIM BUT MATT RYAN’S MAKING PLAYS WITH HIS FEET.  NOW HE’S BECOMING THE COMPLETE ALL-AROUND QB.  FALCONS UP 10.  HASSELBECK NOW GONNA BE DROPPED BY JOHN ABRAHAM.  FUMBLES AND RECOVERED BY STEPHEN NICHOLAS.  THE FALCONS TAKE OVER AT THE K.C. 7 YD. LINE.  THAT WAS THE MISSING ELEMENT FROM THAT FALCONS DEFENSE LAST YEAR.  A LACK OF PASS RUSH.  TONY GONZALEZ TD. AT ARROWHEAD STADIUM.  SEEN THAT A LOT OF TIMES BUT NOW HE’S WITH THE FALCONS.  AND I THOUGHT I WAS OLD.  I WAS GONNA SAY, IS HE THE FIRST NFL PLAYER TO RECEIVE A TD. PASS AT THE AGE OF 63?  DOES PASS TORRY HOLT FOR 10 ON THE ALL TIME RECEIVING YDS. LIST.  THAT’S CRAZY.  THAT’S AMAZING.  24-17.  NOW CHIEFS ENSUING POSSESSION.  2^ND DOWN & 9.  MATT CASSEL LOOKING FOR HIS T.E. BACK FROM INJURY.  TONY __.  BALL UP IN THE AIR AND SO MANY TIMES THAT BALL IS PICKED.  WILLIAM MOORE COMES DOWN WITH IT.  ALSO ONE OF THE BEST INTERCEPTIONS YOU CAN GET.  THE BALL LANDING RIGHT IN YOUR POCKET.  TIPPED BALL.  GOT AN INTERCEPTION.  GREAT JOB BY …  GOT TO TAKE A LITTLE SPEED OFF OF THAT FAST BALL.  2^ND HALF BELONGED TO THE ATLANTA FALCONS.  HUGE WIN ON THE ROAD 42-24.

01:15:20 – PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

EAGLES AND THE BROWNS.  IF YOU BELIEVE IN OMENS, MICHAEL VICK CAN STAY HEALTHY AND BRANDON WEEDEN, HE CAN’T GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE AMERICAN FLAG BEFORE THE GAME.  OH YEA, BOY.  IF YOU LIKE INTERCEPTIONS, DO I HAVE A GAME FOR YOU.  2^ND QUARTER, BRANDON WEEDEN GAME TIED AT 3.  LOOKING MIDDLE OF THE FIELD TO GREG LITTLE.  NOPE, IT GETS TIPPED BY 11 DIFFERENT GUYS.  KURT COLEMAN COMES DOWN WITH THE PICK.  ONE OF MANY.  I’M SENSING A THEME IN THIS HIGHLIGHT.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  WEEDEN MAKES A GOOD THROW.  LITTLE JUST CAN’T HANG ON.  EAGLES TAKE OVER AT THEIR OWN 7 BUT WOULD HAVE TO PUNT.  2 BROWNS POSSESSIONS LATER, 3^RD & 11 FROM THEIR OWN 35.  IT’S BRANDON WEEDEN AGAIN.  WELL, I NEED TO THROW THE FOOTBALL BECAUSE I’M A ROOKIE.  HE THROWS DEEP TO TRAVIS BENJAMIN AND IT’S INTERCEPTED BY DOMINIQUE ROGERS CROMARDIE.  SO, IF YOU’RE COUNTING, THAT’S 2 INTERCEPTIONS ON THE INTERCEPTION TICKER.  JUST BEFORE HALFTIME, TIED AT 3-3, 30 SECS. LEFT, EAGLES LOOKING TO GETTING SOMETHING GOING.  MICHAEL VICK TO JEREMY MACLAN DEEP FOR 46 YDS. DOWN TO THE 18 YD. LINE.  NEXT PLAY 1^ST & 10 FROM THE BROWNS 18.  VICK LOOKS TO JEREMY MACLAN.  VICK STAYS HEALTHY.  DOESN’T HIT HIS THUMB ON ANYBODY’S HELMET.  THROWS TO MACLAN.  18 YD. TD.  EAGLES UP 10-3 AT THE HALF.  LET’S GO TO THE 3^RD QUARTER NOW AND THE GAME HAS BEEN FILLED WITH OFFENSE SO FAR.  IT IS STILL 10-3 EAGLES.  1^ST & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 39 YD. LINE.  THIS IS BRANDON WEEDEN BACK IN THE MIX, LOOKING FOR TRAVIS BENJAMIN YET AGAIN.  HE’S COVERED BY DOMINIQUE ROGERS CROMARTIE, YET AGAIN, AND IT’S PICKED OFF BY CROMARTIE, YET AGAIN.  HIS 2^ND INTERCEPTION OF THE DAY.  2^ND VERSE SAME AS THE FIRST.  ENSUING EAGLES POSSESSION 1^ST & 10 ON THEIR OWN 34 YD. LINE.  VICK LOOKING TO GET IN THINGS.  NOW SAYS, OH MY GOD, THIS QB POSITION IS SO SCREWED UP, I’M THROWING PICKS!  L.J. FORT GETS IT OFF THE DEFLECTION.  HIS RETURN WOULD HELP LEAD TO A PHIL __ F.G. TO MAKE IT 10-6.  2 EAGLES POSSESSIONS LATER, 3^RD & 10 FROM THE BROWNS 36.  MICHAEL VICK LOOKING TO GET ON TRACK.  AT LEAST HE DOESN’T GET HURT.  THAT’S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.  TIPPED BY DESEAN JACKSON.  PICKED OFF BY JOE HADEN.  HADEN RETURNS IT 50 YDS. TO THE EAGLES 22 YD. LINE.  I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE INTERCEPTIONS.  YOU THOUGHT I WAS KIDDING WITH YOU.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  JACKSON GETS A HAND ON IT BUT HADEN MAKES THAT GREAT ONE-HANDED GRAB THERE.  THERE’S A REASON WHY HE’S ONE OF THE TOP 5 CORNERBACKS IN THE NFL.  WOULD LEAD TO ANOTHER F.G.  MAKE IT 10-9.  4^TH QUARTER NOW, SAME SCORE.  EAGLES 1^ST & 15 FROM THEIR OWN 13.  VICK THROWS TO THE MIDDLE.  WE’RE GONNA COMPLETE A PASS AT SOME POINT, AREN’T WE GUYS?  AND IT’S INTERCEPTED BY D’QUELL JACKSON, AND IT’S A PICK 6 27 YDS. AND A TD.  4^TH INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME FOR MICHAEL VICK BUT, AGAIN, LOOK AT THE POSITIVES EAGLES FANS.  AT LEAST HE’S STAYING HEALTHY TO THROW THESE INTERCEPTIONS.  JUST DOESN’T SEEM D’QUELL JACKSON MAKES A GREAT PLAY.  CUTTING IN FRONT OF THE FOOTBALL.  BROWNS ARE UP 16-10.  IT’S JACKSON’S 2^ND PICK OF THE DAY.  3:13 NOW REMAINING IN THE GAME.  EAGLES 3^RD & 10 FROM THE BROWNS 39.  VICK DECIDES I’M GONNA KEEP IT LEFT.  I’M GONNA TAKE A BIG HIT.  BOOF!  AND HE FUMBLES BUT HE RECOVERS HIS OWN FUMBLE.  MICHAEL VICK, I GOTTA GIVE HIM SO MUCH CREDIT ON THIS PLAY.  HE GETS SANDWICHED LIKE A MALACHI CRUNCH FROM HAPPY DAYS, AND IS STILL ABLE TO RECOVER HIS OWN FUMBLE.  THAT SETUP A 4^TH & 1 WHICH LESEAN MCCOY CONVERTED TO KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE.  I HURT JUST WATCHING IT.  ANDY REID SAYS, “ARE WE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER TURNOVER?  REALLY?”  4 PLAYS LATER IT’S 2^ND & GOAL FROM THE BROWNS 4.  VICK THROWS CORNER RIGHT TO MACLAN AND IT’S MERELY PICKED OFF BY L.J. FORTE AGAIN!  MICHAEL VICK IS LIVING RIGHT TO HAVE THAT ONE NEARLY HAPPENED.  RIGHT THROUGH FORTE’S HANDS.  IT WOULD TURN OUT TO BE THE PLAY OF THE GAME BECAUSE THE NEXT PLAY, 3^RD & GOAL FROM THE BROWNS 4, VICK LOOKING FOR CLAY HARBOR.  SAFE HARBOR.  TD.  PUT THE EAGLES UP 17-16.  VICK WOULD FINISH WITH 317 YDS. AND 317 INTERCEPTIONS.  SO, KIND OF A GLASS HALF-FULL DAY.  LAST CHANCE FOR THE BROWNS NOW.  1:09 REMAINING IN THE GAME.  1^ST & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 30.  BRANDON WEEDEN TRYING TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF.  LOOKING DEEP FOR MUHAMMAD MACAQUE AND WHAT DO YOU THINK?  YEA!  KURT COLEMAN  PICKS IT OFF.  EAGLES WIN 17-16.  WEEDEN, 118 YDS. AND 4 INTERCEPTIONS.  EVERYBODY HAD 2 PICKS IN THIS GAME.

01:20:00 – ST. LOUIS RAMS @ DETROIT LIONS

RAMS AND THE LIONS.  HERE’S NEW HEAD COACH JEFF FISHER SAYING, “SO I HAD VINCE YOUNG AND THAT DIDN’T WORK.  NOW I GOT BRADFORD WHO’S A LITTLE BIT BETTER.”  MATTHEW STAFFORD SAYS, “I’LL SHOW YOU HOW THINGS ARE DONE IN MOTOWN.  WATCH THIS…OH NO, WAIT.  THAT’S NOT A GUY ON MY TEAM.  IT’S __ JENKINS, THE ROOKIE WITH A 34 YD. INTERCEPTION RETURN.  TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN.  JUST A BAD PASS BY MATTHEW STAFFORD.  JUST THROWS IT TO A WIDE OPEN JENORUS JENKINS, IN THE WHITE JERSEY.  RAMS WOULD GO UP 3-NOTHING ON A F.G.  2^ND QUARTER, LIONS TRAILING 3-0.  STAFFORD SAYS, “ALRIGHT, ENOUGH OF THIS FOOLISHNESS.  I’M GOING TO THROW IT TO CALVIN JOHNSON BECAUSE IT WORKED SO WELL IN 2011.  WHAT MADDEN CURSE?  DOWN TO THE 2 YD. LINE.  THEY WOULD PUNCH IT IN.  A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER DETROIT WOULD TAKE THE LEAD 7-3.  2^ND QUARTER LIONS STILL LEADING 7-3.  MATTHEW STAFFORD SAYS, “THIS IS HOW WE DO THINGS IN…”  AGAIN!  ANOTHER INTERCEPTION.  JOE DUNBAR, 42 YD. PICK RETURN LEADS TO A 29 YD. F.G.  7-6 LIONS.  MATTHEW STAFFORD NEXT POSSESSION SAYS,  O.K.  NOW I’LL SHOW YOU HOW THINGS ARE DONE IN DETROIT.  REALLY?  YOU THINK SO?  HERE’S HOW WE DO IT.  I’M GONNA THROW IT THROUGH THE FLAT AND I’M LOOKING FOR…THERE WAS A D.B. NAMED CORTLAND FINNEGAN.  HE SCORED TDS. WITH HIS …  A 31 YD. PICK 6.  THE RAMS WOULD TAKE A 13-7 LEAD.  NICE PLAY.  MATTHEW STAFFORD HAS TO STOP THROWING IT TO THE OTHER TEAM.  SO ON THIS PLAY HE DECIDES, “I’M GONNA THROW IT TO CALVIN JOHNSON AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.”  51 YDS. DOWNFIELD.  JOHNSON GOES UP, MAKES THE CATCH, LOSES HIS HEAD.  ACTUALLY HIS HELMET.  AND HE COMES DOWN AND HE IS O.K.  WATCH THIS REPLAY AGAIN.  GREAT CONCENTRATION BY JOHNSON WHO GETS HIS HELMET KNOCKED OFF BY CRAIG DAHL.  THEY WOULD GET A F.G. AND TRAIL 13-10.  4^TH QUARTER NOW.  GAME IS TIED AT 13.  5^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  2^ND & 9 ON THE LIONS 23.  SAM BRADFORD LOOKING DEEP ALONG THE SIDELINE.  BRANDON GIBSON FOR A 23 YD. TD.  PRETTY PLAY.  THEY WOULD TAKE A LEAD 20-13 BUT AN INJURY ON THE FIELD.  OFF. LINEMAN ROGER SAFFEL GETS PUSHED BACK AND JAMS HIS NECK INTO THE BACK OF THE DEF. PLAYER.  SCARY MOMENT RIGHT THERE.  HE JUST KIND OF GOES DOWN.  RAMS PLAYERS WOULD GATHER TOGETHER FOR PRAYER AS SAFFEL WOULD GET CARTED OFF WITH INJURY.  HE WOULD NOT RETURN TO THE GAME.  NEXT LIONS POSSESSION NOW TRYING TO CUT INTO THIS LEAD.  DOWN 20-13.  BRADFORD CONNECTS WITH BRANDON PETTIGREW.  SETS UP THE 1^ST & GOAL ON THE RAMS 5 YD. LINE.  NEXT PLAY IT’S KEVIN SMITH CHASING AMY INTO THE END ZONE FOR A TD.  GAME IS NOW TIED AT 20.  SO NOW IT’S THE RAMS TURN.  SAM BRADFORD ,WHO HAD A PRETTY NICE GAME, LOOKING TO LEAD THEM BACK.  BRANDON GIBSON AGAIN ON THE SIDE.  PUMP FAKE.  11 YDS.  WOULD LEAD TO A GREG ZIRLINE 46 YD. F.G.  RAMS LEAD 23-20.  BRADFORD, 198 AND A TD. ON THE DAY.  SO TIME RUNNING OUT FOR MATTHEW STAFFORD.  HE LOOKS FOR NATE BURLESON FOR 20 YDS.  STAFFORD SAYS, “YEA, THAT’S NICE BUT LET’S GET UP HERE.  COME ON, WE GOTTA SHOW THEM HOW WE DO THINGS IN MOTOWN.”  4 PLAYS LATER, 30 SECS. LEFT.  STAFFORD LOOKING FOR CALVIN JOHNSON.  18 YDS. DOWN TO THE 5.  CALVIN JOHNSON 6 CATCHES FOR 111 YDS. ON THE DAY.  2 PLAYS LATER, 15 SECS. LEFT.  AGAIN, MALL RATTING HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE IS KEVIN SMITH.  JEFF FISHER SAYS, “OH MAN, WE JUST LOST THIS GAME.”  JIM SCHWARTZ ECSTATIC SAYING, “I KNEW MATTHEW STAFFORD COULD DO IT.”  355, A TD. AND THOSE 3 PICKS.  LIONS WIN IT, 27-23.

01:23:43 – MIAMI DOLPHINS @ HOUSTON TEXANS

MIAMI AND HOUSTON.  ARIAN FOSTER, KNEE ISSUES GOING INTO THE DAY.  DON’T WORRY.  HE WAS JUST FINE.  RYAN TANNEHILL, PUT THAT MOUTHPIECE IN.  IT’S GONNA BE A LONG DAY.  2^ND QUARTER, DOLPHINS UP 3-0.  MIAMI BALL AT THEIR OWN 47.  TANNEHILL LOOKING FOR __ __.  INSTEAD FINDING JONATHAN JOSEPH A…I GOT IT!  I GOT IT!  NICE RUN BACK TO THE END ZONE.  HOUSTON WOULD TIE THE GAME IN A 35 YARDER BY SHANE GRAHAM.  NEXT DOLPHINS POSSESSION.  O.K.  LET’S MAKE SURE.  I LEARNED MY LESSON HERE.  LOOKING FOR __ __ AGAIN.  TIPPED AND INTERCEPTED BY BRIAN CUSHING.  BOY, GUYS WEREN’T THIS TALL IN THE BIG 12 COACH.  I DON’T UNDERSTAND!  7 PLAYS LATER, TEXANS BALL.  1^ST & 10 ON THE DOLPHINS 14.  ARIAN FOSTER IN THE END ZONE.  HOUSTON UP 10-3.  O.K.  RYAN TANNEHILL SAYS I LEARNED MY LESSON.  I GOTTA THROW THE BALL A LITTLE BIT HIGHER NOW.  LOOKING FOR BRIAN __.  TIPPED AGAIN!  THESE GUYS ARE REALLY TALL IN THE NFL!  KAREEN JACKSON WITH THE PICK.  IT’S 3^RD INTERCEPTION FOR RYAN TANNEHILL.  3 PLAYS LATER, 2^ND & GOAL ON THE DOLPHINS 2.  ARIAN FOSTER.  I’M STRONGER THAN YOU.  I’M IN THE END ZONE.  HOUSTON UP 17-3 AND MIAMI IS GETTING BLITZED.  WELL, THEY’VE LEARNED THEIR LESSON FINALLY AFTER WATCHING ARIAN FOSTER BULL HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  MIAMI SAYS, “LET’S PUT THE BALL ON THE GROUND.  MAKE SURE WE’RE NOT GONNA FUMBLE…”  OH BOY.  DANIEL THOMAS, THE BALL ON THE GROUND.  DANIEL MANNING RECOVERS.  TEXANS BALL ON THE DOLPHINS 32.  3 PLAYS LATER, TEXANS BALL FIRST & 10 ON THE DOLPHINS 14.  JOE PHILBIN SAYS IT WASN’T LIKE THIS ON HARD KNOCKS.  WE JUST PLAYED AGAINST EACH OTHER.  ANDRE JOHNSON WITH A TD. CATCH.  24-3 TEXANS GOING TO THE 2^ND HALF.  3^RD QUARTER.  FINALLY, GET A LITTLE BIT OF OFFENSE FROM THE MIAMI DOLPHINS.  THEY PUT RYAN TANNEHILL BACK THERE TO RETURN A KICK?  NO!  IT’S MARCUS THIGPEN WHO TAKES THE PUNT, AND HE GOES 72 YDS. AND PUT ME ON HBO MORE!  I’M PRETTY GOOD!  RYAN TANNEHILL, HE HAS THE CELEBRATION THING DOWN PAT.  I  MEAN NOT THROWING THE FOOTBALL YET BUT HE’S GOT THE CELEBRATION THING DOWN.   ALRIGHT.  IT’S 24-10 AND WE HAVE A GAME RIGHT NOW.  YEA, NOT SO MUCH.  4^TH QUARTER WITH HOUSTON UP 24-10, TEXANS BALL 3^RD & 4.  IT’S MATT SCHAUB LOOKING FOR ANDRE JOHNSON AGAIN.  HE’S GOT IT DOWN INSIDE THE 5.  THEY WOULD GO ON TO SCORE AGAIN.  JOHNSON 8 CATCHES FOR 119 AND THE TD.  FINAL SCORE 30-10.  RYAN TANNEHILL THINKS, THESE GUYS ARE REALLY TALL IN THE NFL.

01:26:10 – BUFFALO BILLS @ N.Y. JETS

PATRIOTS START OUT 1-0.  WE’LL SEE WHICH OF THE BILLS AND JETS WOULD JOIN THEM AT 1-0 IN THE AFC EAST. MARK SANCHEZ, TIM TEBOW FIRED UP READY TO PLAY.  AND EARLY ON THERE’S TIM TEBOW SPLIT OUT TO THE RIGHT.  IT’S WHERE HE SHOULD BE.  YEA, LOOKS GOOD THERE AT T.E.  BIG GUY, H-BACK.  SANCHEZ LOOKING.  I’M NOT SURPRISED SANCHEZ DID NOT THROW THE BALL A TEBOW!  AND TEBOW, HE’S OPEN.  LOOK.  HE’S OPEN!  COME ON SANCHEZ, GIVE HIM THE FOOTBALL!  A LITTLE STICK.  DON’T BE A HATER SANCHEZ.  DON’T BE A HATER.  SANCHEZ PRESSURED BY MARK ANDERSON, INTENDED FOR JEFF CUMBERLAND, AND THAT’S JUST A PASS HE CAN’T THROW, RIGHT?  YOU JUST GOTTA EAT THAT ONE.  HE’S BEEN WATCHING TOO MANY BRETT FAVRE TAPES.  NOT ONLY IS HE BEING RUSHED, HE’S FALLING DOWN WHEN HE THROWS IT.  THESE ARE THE TYPES OF MISTAKES THAT WILL GET YOU PLACED ON THE BENCH AND BRINGS TIM TEBOW IN.  ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE GAME.  DON’T MAKE THOSE MISTAKES.  GOOD SEGUEWAY TOM BECAUSE THERE IS TIM TEBOW IN.  MARK SANCHEZ TAKING A REST.  TEBOW PLAY FAKE.  DIRECT SNAP.  4 YDS . WELL THAT’S WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN BECAUSE IF I’M A DEF. COORD., I’M PUTTING 11 GUYS IN THE BOX.  I’M FORCING HIM TO BEAT ME WITH HIS ARM EVEN IN THE RED ZONE.  NEXT PLAY SANCHEZ BACK IN.  WANTS HIS 2^ND YEAR RECEIVER JEREMY CURLY.  HE’S GOT HIM.  12 YD. SCORE.  AND I’M HAPPY THAT THEY SUCCEEDED ON THAT PLAY.  BECAUSE THAT’S THE TYPE OF OFFENSE THEY NEED TO RUN.  EVERYONE’S SAYING THEY’RE BUILT FOR TEBOW TO BE THE QB.  I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THAT.  …AND THROW IT TO THE RECEIVER.  YEA, YOU NEED THAT.  YOU NEED THAT.  THAT’S THE NFL.  THIS ISN’T POP WARNER.  NOW HOW ABOUT HIS ROOKIE RECEIVER STEVEN HILL?  HE’S A LITTLE BIT OPEN.  BOY, HE’S GOING TO HAVE A SIZE ADVANTAGE OVER MOST NFL CORNERBACKS.  HE’S ABOUT 6’4, 6’5 AND HE CAN RUN.  JUST THROW IT UP THERE AND LET HIM GO MAKE A PLAY.  AND THAT WAS OVER FELLOW ROOKIE STEPHON GILMORE, AND ENSUING BILLS POSSESSION JEREMY CURLY ALREADY WITH A RECEIVING TD.  KNOWN FOR HIS SPECIAL TEAMS ABILITY AND HERE HE GOES.  WAY TO CREASE..  REX RYAN PUT HIM ON THE HOT SEAT.  SAID, “LOOK, WE NEED MORE OUT OF CURLY.”  HE DIDN’T HAVE A GOOD OFF-SEASON.  GET OUT THERE AND, AND PLAY WELL AND HE DID JUST THAT.  68 YD. PUNT RETURN FOR THE TOUCH.  JETS ON TOP 21-0.  FIRST PUNT RETURN FOR A SCORE FOR THE JETS SINCE 2002.  FREDDY JACKSON RIGHT FOR 7 YDS. BUT HIT HARD BY LARON LANDRY AND IS SLOW TO GET UP.  AND HE’S HAD SOME INJURY ISSUES PREVIOUSLY.  THAT LOOKS PRETTY BAD BUT HOPEFULLY HE’LL BE FINE.  BUT, YEA, HE’S HAD SOME ISSUES WITH INJURIES LAST YEAR AND THEY DEFINITELY NEED THIS GUY.  THIS GUY’S A CATALYST FOR THEIR OFFENSE.  AND C.J. SPILLER CAN STEP IN AND DO SOME WONDERFUL THINGS.  BUT THAT’S MORE OF A 2-BACK SITUATION IN BUFFALO.  SEE C.J. SPILLER RIGHT HERE.  JACKSON DID NOT COME BACK, BY THE WAY, BUT THERE GOES C.J. SPILLER.  56 YD. TOUCHDOWN.  AND THEY NEEDED THIS OUT OF HIM.  HE’S AN EXPLOSIVE FOOTBALL PLAYER.  HE’S PROBABLY BEST SUITED TO GIVE YOU 12, 15 CARRIES A GAME AND STILL GIVE FRED JACKSON 20 TO 22.  27-7, RYAN FITZPATRICK.  WHAT KIND OF PROBLEM DID HE HAVE LAST YEAR?  INTERCEPTION ISSUE.  WHERE IS HE THROWING THAT?  ANTONIO CROMARTY, PICK 6 FROM 40 YDS. OUT.  IT’S 34-7.  AS MUCH AS THE STORY WAS, MARK SANCHEZ AND THE JETS RALLYING AFTER A SLOW START, IT WAS THE BILLS IMPLODING AGAIN.  ROOKIE STEPHEN HILL 1 TD. IN THE 1^ST HALF.  GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT 1 IN THE 2^ND HALF AS WELL.  THAT PLAY WAS REVIEWED.  JETS ON TOP 41-7.  THIS IS THE SAME TEAM WHO WORRIED ABOUT THEIR OFFENSE, FOR GOOD REASON, IN THE PRESEASON.  WELL I WAS ONE THAT ALSO BELIEVED THAT THIS BILLS TEAM WAS GOING TO TAKE A STEP FORWARD AND BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN THAT DIVISION.  OH, WATCH OUT REX.  UH OH.  IT’S ON.  SEE, IF HE WAS 50 LBS.  HEAVIER, HE WOULD’VE STOOD UP TO THAT GUY.  HE WOULD’VE BOUNCED OFF OF HIM.  BUT NOW YOU’RE LIGHT REX.  GET OUT OF THE WAY.  AGILE, NIMBLE.  ACCIDENTAL BY SCOTT CHANDLER.  A LITTLE FLIPPER THERE MAYBE.  REX IS ALL SMILES BECAUSE HE’S GOT, YOU KNOW WHAT, 11 PT. LEAD.  WHEN YOU’RE WAY UP.  JIM POTTER’S ONSIDE KICK RECOVERED BY…YOU GUYS.  TIM TEBOW!  YES.  THANK YOU.  WELL THAT’S WHAT HE SHOULD BE DOING!  HE SHOULD BE A SPECIAL TEAMER.  HE’S GONNA BE THE FIRST GUY TO KICK TO ON ONSIDE.  THAT SHOULD BE A R.B., RECEIVER, GUYS THAT HAVE GREAT HANDS.  NOT SAYING TIM TEBOW DOESN’T BUT COME ON.  THEY’RE JUST TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO PUT THE GUY.  JETS EASILY, EASILY WITH A MINIMAL CONTRIBUTION FROM TIM TEBOW, WIN BY 20.

01:30:40 – JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS

BACK AFTER ANYONE IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND COULDN’T COME BACK FASTER FROM A TORN ACL AND MCL HE HAS.  M.J.D.  WELL HE’S JUST BACK AFTER A HOLDOUT.  2^ND QUARTER, JAGUARS BALL LEADING 3-0.  WAYNE GABBERT LOOKING FOR LARON ROBINSON WHO HAS BEEN INVINCIBLE THIS PRESEASON.  BUT GETS HIM RIGHT  HERE.  26 YD. GAIN.  THAT’LL LEAD TO A MERCEDES LEWIS 1 YD. TD.  JAGS LEAD 9-0.  EXTRA POINT WOULD BE BLOCKED AND, AS ALWAYS, BLOCKED EXTRA POINTS ALWAYS COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU.  2 VIKINGS POSSESSIONS LATER, ADRIAN PETERSON RUNS UP THE MIDDLE.  A 5 YD. TD.  VIKINGS TRAIL AT HALFTIME 9-7.  WHO WOULD’VE RECOMMENDED NOT TO PLAY HIM IN FANTASY?  I CAN’T BELIEVE ANYBODY WOULD’VE SAID THAT.  3^RD QUARTER, VIKINGS BALL.  SAME SCORE.  1^ST & 10.  HERE GOES PETERSON AGAIN.  19 YD. GAIN.  DOWN TO THE 25 YD. LINE.  AGAIN, WHO WOULD SAY DON’T PLAY ADRIAN PETERSON IN FANTASY?  5 PLAYS LATER 2^ND & GOAL FROM THE JAGUARS 2.  IT’S A 2 YD. TD. FOR PETERSON.  HE’S A MUST START.  I DON’T KNOW ANYONE WHO WOULD’VE SAID, “DON’T PLAY HIM IN FANTASY.”  VIKINGS LEAD IT.  FIND THE SCORE 14-9.  4^TH QUARTER NOW.  JAGS BALL TRAILING 20-15.  1^ST & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 24.  GABBERT FINDS CECIL SHORTS FOR 21 YDS.  REMEMBER THAT NAME.  CECIL SHORTS.  4 PLAYS LATER 4^TH & 3.  GABBERT LOOKING FOR JUSTIN BLACKMON.  BIG CATCH BY THE ROOKIE.  A 10 YD. GAIN.  1^ST & 10 FROM THE 39.  GABBERT LOOKING AGAIN, GOING DEEP UP TOP.  CECIL SHORTS FOR THE 39 YD. TD.  23-20, THE JAGUARS LEAD.  SUDDENLY BLANE GABBERT’S GOOD.  WHO KNEW?  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  CECIL SHORTS BEATING CHRIS COOKE THE WAY HE DOES.  I MEAN THIS IS JUST A HUGE GO FOR THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS.  WHO WOULD’VE THOUGHT THEY COULD’VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION TO WIN A GAME SO EARLY IN THE SEASON?  BUT, YET, HERE THEY ARE.  CECIL SHORTS.  HE’LL BE ON EVERYBODY’S FANTASY LIST ON MONDAY.  BUT ENSUING VIKINGS POSSESSION, 1^ST & 10 IN THEIR OWN 31.  14 SECS. LEFT.  CHRISTIAN PONDER.   __.  1^ST DOWN DOWN TO THE 43 YD. LINE.  A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER BLARE WALSH FROM 55 YDS.  THIS IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN.  THE JAGUARS ARE GONNA…OH NO WAIT A MINUTE.  SHADES OF RYAN LONGWELL, AND IT’S GOOD!  23-23.  WE GO TO OVERTIME.  VIKINGS BALL AND YOU KNOW WHO THEY’RE GONNA GIVE IT TO.  ADRIAN PETERSON.  AGAIN, WHY WOULD YOU SIT HIM IN FANTASY?  WHO WOULD HAVE EVER SAID THINGS LIKE THIS?  21 YDS. ON THE RUN.  ADRIAN PETERSON LOOKS PRETTY GOOD TO ME.  5 PLAYS LATER BLARE WALSH IS OUT AGAIN BUT THIS ONE’S JUST FROM 38 YDS. TO THE GIMME.  I THINK HE ACTUALLY KICKS IT WITH HIS LEFT FOOT.  26-23, VIKINGS LEAD.  SO NEW NFL RULES.  O.T., JAGS GET THE BALL BACK.  THEY’RE FACED WITH A 4^TH & 3.  GABBERT LOOKING FOR LERON ROBINSON.  THE VIKINGS WIN!  IT’S A THRILLER.  26-23.

01:33:45 – INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ CHICAGO BEARS

NFL GAME DAY SCOREBOARD DELIVERED BY PAPA JOHNS CONTINUES.  TOM WADDLE, DARREN SHARPER, PAUL BURMEISTER; AND ONE OF THE BIG QUESTION MARKS COMING INTO WEEK 1 OF THE NFL SEASON, HOW WOULD ANDREW LUCK LOOK AGAINST THE CHICAGO BEAR DEFENSE?  WE SPENT SO MUCH TIME SPECULATING ABOUT HOW GOOD HE MIGHT BE.  THERE IS #12 GETTING READY TO PLAY AGAINST JAY CUTLER, OR PLAY AGAINST JAY CUTLER’S DEFENSE IS A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC AND CORRECT.  ALRIGHT, TOM, IS HE STILL A POTENTIAL HALL OF FAMER?  WHAT IS THAT TOM?  AH, THAT’S A PICK 6.  JAY CUTLER JUST STARING DOWN MATT FORTE.  A LITTLE MISCOMMUNICATION.  BEARS GOT OFF TO A REALLY ROUGH START OFFENSIVELY; AND YOU SEE JAY JUST LETTING IT GO AND MATT THROWING A WHEEL ROUTE.  JEREL FREEMAN WALKING INTO THE END ZONE.  HE’S NOT HAPPY.  TOUGH START FOR HIM.  IT WAS BUT HE RALLIED MY FRIEND.  AND MATT FORTE LOOKED STRONG ALSO.  HERE HE GOES FOR 32 YDS.  MATT FORTE’S STILL GOTTA BE ONE OF THE FOCAL POINTS FOR SURE TO RUSH FOR 80 YDS. TODAY.  THEY UPGRADED THEIR WIDE RECEIVER POSITION BUT THIS IS A TEAM THAT STILL NEEDS BALANCE.  AND CUTLER CAN ALSO FIND MATT FORTE OUT OF THE BACKFIELD, AND HE CAN CATCH WITH NOT 2 BUT ALSO 1 …  NICE GRAB.  NICE GRAB BY FORTE.  NO, COME ON.  THAT’S JUST THE STICKIES!  COME ON.  THAT BALL HITS HIS GLOVE AND IT’S GOT NOWHERE TO GO.  WATCH THIS.  IS THERE ANY SHAKE IN IT?  HE BATTED IT TO HIMSELF.  THAT’S TRUE.  O.K.  I TAKE IT BACK.  NOT A MAGIC GLOVE.  SO NOW YOU’RE LOOKING TO BRANDON MARSHALL.  ALL HE IS WAS JUST KIND OF POST UP THE CORNER THERE AND TURN AROUND.  WELL HE’S 6’4.  COULD’VE BEEN A BASKETBALL PLAYER.  POST HIM UP.  THROW IT TO HIM.  GREAT THROW BY CUTLER.  TOUGH DAY FOR ANDREW LUCK.  INTENDED FOR DONNY AVERY AND A LITTLE BIT UNDERTHROWN.  NICE PLAY BY TIM JENNINGS.  YOU SAY POTENTIAL H.O.F.  COME ON TOM?  YEA, I BELIEVE THAT ANDREW LUCK’S GOT THE POTENTIAL TO BE A FUTURE H.O.F. QB.  I REALLY DO.  THAT BALL IS UNDERTHROWN A TOUCH.  THEY GET AN UNFORTUNATE BREAK, OR RATHER IT GOES AGAINST THEM.  __ LOOKS LIKE HE WAS OFF-SIDES BUT ULTIMATELY IT’S AN INTERCEPTION.  COLTS GROUND GAME.  FORMER 1^ST ROUND PICK, DONALD BROWN RUNNING HARD; AND THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE BRIAN URLACHER IS NOT ANYTHING CLOSE, IN MY OPINION, NOT ANYTHING CLOSE TO 100% IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD WAS A PROBLEM FOR THAT BEARS DEFENSE.  JAY CUTLER STARTED SLOWLY BUT HE FINISHED STRONG.  THIS IS EARL BENNETT.  EARL BENNETT.  ANOTHER GUY THAT’S…PLAYED WITH JAY.  HE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A RAPPORT WITH THEM.  SO HE’S A GUY HE’S GONNA LOOK FOR BESIDES BRANDON MARSHALL.  BUT GREAT THROW BY CUTLER OVER THE MIDDLE.  THIS WAS NOT A TOUCHDOWN.  THEY ACTUALLY RULED HIM DOWN AND ULTIMATELY THEY GET THE TD.  BUT EARL DOESN’T GET CREDIT.  THANK YOU REPLAY.  THAT’S RIGHT.  GET THE TD. FROM MICHAEL BUSH.  IT’S 24-14.  INTO THE 3^RD QUARTER, 2^ND & 4 ON THE COLTS 6 YD. LINE.  GIVE IT BACK TO FORTE.  A LITTLE PATIENCE AND FINDS HIS WAY IN.  HE HAD ABOUT 3 DIFFERENT POSTS THAT HE COULD’VE WENT TO ON THAT RUN.  HE WAS JUST PICKING ONE. YEA, THIS IS COLT DEFENSE.  I’M STILL NOT SOLD ON THE SCHEME THAT THEY’RE GONNA RUN THIS YEAR.  AND MORE INTERCEPTIONS FROM ANDREW LUCK.  THIS TIME HE DID A NICE JOB OF LOOKING OFF, AND HE ENDED UP THROWING IT TO CHRIS CONTE.  ROOKIE QBS ARE BORN TO MAKE MISTAKES AND HAVE ROUGH OUTINGS.  AND THE SCORE DICTATED THAT THROW BECAUSE HE WAS TRYING TO FORCE THE FOOTBALL IN TO MAKE A PLAY.  NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.  NICE PLAY BY THE DEFENDER.  A LITTLE PULL.  TIM JENNINGS AGAIN.  MAKE A PLAY.  THIS BEARS DEFENSE.  THIS IS HOW THEY GET THE JOB DONE BECAUSE THEY’LL GIVE UP A TON OF YDS.  AND YOU SEE ANDREW LUCK NOT REAL HAPPY WITH HIMSELF BUT, ULTIMATELY, THEY WILL FORCE A TON OF MISTAKES.  AND THIS IS THE FOCUS OF THAT COVER 2 STYLE OF DEFENSE.  YOU GET UP ON TEAMS.  YOU ALLOW THAT FRONT 4 TO PRESSURE THE QB.  YOU SIT BACK IN THE ZONE AND HOPEFULLY THE QB MAKES OVERTHROWS, TIPPED BALLS, BAD DECISIONS; AND HE COULD BE, MAKE PLAYS THAT WAY.  THIS WAS INITIALLY RULED AN INCOMPLETE PASS.  THE BEARS WOULD CHALLENGE THE RULING.  TALK ABOUT POSTING UP.  THIS GUY…  YES, AND JULIUS PEPPERS WITH THE PICK.  BEARS RECOVER THAT FUMBLE.  4^TH QUARTER, BEARS ON THE 4.  ANDREW LUCK.  DONNY AVERY.  THAT’S LUCK’S 1^ST CAREER TD. TOSS.  AND THIS IS WHAT WE’RE GONNA SEE, GOOD AND BAD.  YEA.  IT’S A COMPLETE TRANSITION.  LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.  AFTER A ROUGH START, JAY CUTLER.  LOOK AT THAT.  HE’S THROWING DARTS.  THAT’S A ROOKIE.  2^ND ROUND PICK.  WHO IS MAKING A CONTRIBUTION EARLY ON IN HIS ROOKIE SEASON.  BUT JAY WAS THROWING SOME DARTS IN THIS GAME.  THAT IS A TOSS.  JAY CUTLER COME BACK STRONG.  THE BEARS OFFENSE REBOUNDED FROM A SLOW START.  WE SAW THAT START.  IF I TOLD YOU THAT JAY CUTLER ULTIMATELY WOULD END WITH A QB RATING OF 99 IN THIS GAME, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TOLD ME?  I SAID YOU’RE WRONG.  BUT YOU KNOW I’M RIGHT.  HERE’S ANDREW LUCK AFTER HIS VERY FIRST NFL START AND LOST.

01:38:26 – NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

TOM BRADY AND COMPANY , GAME 1 ON THE ROAD.  TAKING ON JAKE LOCKER.  ONE OF 5 QBS TODAY MAKING HIS VERY FIRST CAREER START.  NO, JAKE LOCKER CAME OUT AND DID QUITE WELL BUT HE COULD’VE THROWN IT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL AND STILL GETS ON THE WRONG END OF THIS ONE FOR TOM BRADY.  GOOD TOSS TO NATE WASHINGTON THERE.  NOW GONNA BUY SOME TIME ROLLING OUT TO HIS RIGHT.  LOOK FOR DAMIAN WILLIAMS.  BROKEN UP BY DEVON MCCORDY.  MIKE MUNCHAK IS LIVID ABOUT THE NO CALL.  WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE?  I SEE GREAT PLAY BY THE DEFENDER BUT I COULD BE BIAS.  I’M WITH YOU.  NORMALLY I SIDE WITH THE WIDE RECEIVER BUT IT DIDN’T LOOK LIKE THAT WAS …NOT BAD AT ALL.  GOOD DEFENSE.  NOT A PASS INTERFERENCE.  I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THIS PATRIOT OFFENSE WOULD LOOK WITH BRANDON LLOYD.  ALMOST A BIG PLAY THERE.  OH MY.  HE USUALLY IS JUST INCREDIBLE CATCHING EVEN THE DIFFICULT ONES. THAT ONE’S GOTTA BE COMPLETED.  AND WE’VE BECOME SO USED TO THIS.  TOM BRADY OVER THE MIDDLE.  AARON HERNANDEZ, TOUCHDOWN PATRIOTS.  HAD TO BE HIS 5^TH OPTION. 1 PUMP, 2 PUMP.  TOO MUCH TIME ON THE DEFENSE.  5 PLAYS ,67 YDS.  7-3, N.E.  2^ND QUARTER.  NEXT TENN. DERIVE.  JAKE LOCKER LOOKING FOR WASHINGTON ONCE AGAIN BUT THIS TIME IT’S GONNA BE BATTED INTO THE AIR BY KYLE ARRINGTON AND PICKED OFF BY __ WILSON.  THAT’S THE OLD TIP DRILL, RIGHT?  DIDN’T YOU GUYS USED TO PRACTICE THAT DARREN?  YES, WE DID PRACTICE THAT BUT THAT’S JAKE LOCKER HAVING THE CONFIDENCE IN HIS RECEIVERS.  JUST DID NOT COME DOWN WITH THE BALL.  GREAT PLAY BY THE DEFENDER THOUGH.  TAKEOVER ON THEIR OWN 20.  TOM BRADY GOES DOWN.  CAMERON WIMBLEY WITH THE SACK.  CAMERON WIMBLEY’S GONNA GET HIS FAIR SHARE OF SACKS.  I’M NOT SO SURE...WHAT ABOUT THE BROKEN NOSE THOUGH.  THAT’S.. G.Q. IS NOT GONNA LIKE THAT.  THAT’S GONNA LEAVE A MARK RIGHT THERE.  GISELLE, GISELLE IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TOM, YOU HAVE SOMEONE HERE THAT’S MORE THAN WILLING.  MY NOSE IS NOT BROKEN.  YOU KNOW, STOP YOURSELF.  NEXT TENN. DRIVE.  IT WORKS THE OTHER WAY TOO.  JAKE LOCKER’S SACKED, AND HE’S IN THE 2 ROOKIE 1^ST ROUND PICKS.  CHANDLER JONES WITH THE SACK AND DANTE HIGHTOWER, THE TD.  HOW ABOUT THE PATRIOTS DEFENSE.  THAT’S A GOOD LOOK FOR TOM AS WELL.  THEY HELD THE TITANS TO 284 YDS. AND CREATED A COUPLE TURNOVERS INCLUDING THAT ONE.  HOW ABOUT AARON HERNANDEZ TAKING THE DIRECT SNAP FOR 5 YDS.  WE’VE SEEN THAT.  HE’S AN ATHLETIC T.E.  CAN DO IT ALL.  TO WELKER!  BACK OF THE END ZONE.  GRONKOWSKI.  WAS HE IN?  YES HE WAS.  THOSE ARE SOME ENORMOUS FEET BUT HE WAS ABLE TO GET BOTH FEET IN.  1, AND THEN A BIG SIZE…GETS IT IN.   AND THEN GRONK WITH THE BIG MONSTER, THE BIG …  I GUESS WE MIGHT SEE THAT A FEW MORE TIMES THIS YEAR.  3^RD QUARTER NOW.  TITANS BALL.  STILL 14-3.  WE’LL MAKE IT 21-3.  JAKE LOCKER, PLENTY OF TIME BUT GOES DOWN TO HIS RIGHT.  NICE JOB OF FINDING NATE WASHINGTON.  29 YD. SCORE. THAT WAS AND …ON JAKE LOCKER BEING A LITTLE BIT INACCURATE.  BUT ON THOSE THROWS, THAT THROW RIGHT THERE, HE PUT IT IN THE RIGHT SPOT.  WITH PRESSURE.  3 OUT OF  ON THAT DRIVE FOR 80 YDS.  TOM BRADY HAD THE HELP OF A GOOD STRONG RUNNING GAME WITHOUT BEN-JARVIS GREEN ELIS.  THAT’S STEPHEN RIDLEY.  STEPHEN RIDLEY’S 21 CARRIES FOR 125 YDS. INCLUDING THAT TD.  THAT’S SOMETHING THAT’S BEEN MISSING FROM THEIR ATTACK.  THEY DON’T REALLY NEED TO RUN THE FOOTBALL THOUGHT WITH SOME AND THOSE RECEIVERS.  BUT NICE LUXURY.  YOU KNOW WHAT’S BEEN MISSING IN N.E. THAT IS A GOOD SOLID DEFENSE?  TODAY IT LOOKED GOOD.  BIT HIT THERE.  PATRICK __ RECOVERS A FUMBLE.  WELL, IT’S A GOOD THROW AND IT’S A GOOD EFFORT TO CATCH THE FOOTBALL, AND THIS IS A VIOLENT SPORT.  IT IS.  SADLY, I WAS ON THE RECEIVING END OF A LOT OF THOSE TYPE HITS.  DARREN WAS ON THE GIVING END.  AND JAKE LOCKER.  LISTEN, AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, JUST GET OUT OF THE WAY.  NO, HE’S A COMPETITOR.   YOU’RE GONNA PLAY.  HE’S A FOOTBALL PLAYER.  THAT’S WHY HE’S A BIG QB AND MAYBE NOW HE SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT BECAUSE AFTER THE FACT BUT HE’S A COMPETITOR AND DOESN’T WANT TO LET THAT GUY SCORE.  AND DOWN 18 AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.  I’M TRYING TO SEE THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES.  ALL IN ALL A PRETTY GOOD DAY FOR JAKE LOCKER BUT HOW ABOUT CHRIS JOHNSON?  11 CARRIES FOR 4 YDS.  WELL, AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT PATRIOTS DEFENSE, OBVIOUSLY CAME OUT AND WAS LOOKING TO SLOW DOWN CHRIS JOHNSON FIRST AND FORCE JAKE LOCKER TO BEAT THEM THROUGH THE AIR.  BUT EVEN SO YOU WOULD THINK CHRIS JOHNSON WOULD HAVE BETTER NUMBERS THAN THAT.

01:42:30 – WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

SO MANY HIGHLIGHTS INSIDE THE SUPERDOME FOR THE REDSKINS AND THE SAINTS.  JONATHAN VILMA, SUSPENSION OVERTURNED BUT HE WAS NOT ACTIVE FOR THE GAME.  INTERIM HEAD COACH, ERIN KROMER, FILLING IN FOR JOE VENS, FILLING IN FOR SEAN PAYTON, AND WILL SMITH STARTING THANKS TO THAT SUCCESSFUL APPEAL ON THE 2 GAME SUSPENSION AND, OH YEA, 2^ND OVERALL PICK R.G. III MAKING HIS FIRST START.  2^ND POSSESSION.  THAT’S A STRIKE TO PIERRE GARCON AND THERE HE GOES.  AND HE’S STILL GOING.  WE CALL THAT …CATCH AND A RUN.  YEA.  CATCH AND A RUN.  YEA.  BAD DEFENSE IS WHAT WE CALL IT.  YEA.  Y.A.K.…AFTER THE CATCH.  IS THAT WHAT WE CALL THAT?  Y.A.K.  A WHOLE LOT OF Y.A.K. RIGHT THERE.  BAD DEFENSE BY …. RAN INTO EACH OTHER.  YEA, THEY DID.  THAT’S BAD COMMUNICATION.  THEY DIDN’T EVEN KNOW THAT WAS GONNA BE A CROSSING ROUTE COMING.  ONE GUY NEEDS TO TAKE THE SHORT ROUTE.  CORNERBACKS BACK THEM UP.  NO COMMUNICATION.  YOU SEE THE END RESULT.  I THOUGHT A LOT OF THAT WAS GONNA GO AWAY WITH STEVE SPAGNUOLA INVOLVED.  IT MIGHT BE TOO MUCH COMMUNICATION.  TOO MANY ADJUSTMENTS AND THEY GET CONFUSED ON CERTAIN..  A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH R.G. III TODAY FOR THE N.O. SAINTS, COMING BACK TO HIS RIGHT AND THAT’S A PRETTY PASS TO FRED DAVIS.  ROLL TO YOUR LEFT.  PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE GROUND AND THROWING COMPLETELY ACROSS THE FIELD.  HE CAN DO THAT.  SAME DRIVE.  6 PLAYS LATER.  ON TIME.  ALBERT ROBINSON.  POISE.  POISE, PATIENCE AND KNOWING WHERE YOUR RECEIVERS ARE GONNA BE.  20-7 AND DREW BREES TO MARCUS COLSTON.  HE PUTS THE BALL ON THE GROUND.  THE BALL GOES THROUGH THE END ZONE FOR A TOUCHBACK.  NOT A TYPICAL SAINTS PERFORMANCE TODAY.  NO, NOT AT ALL.  THEY WEREN’T TAKING CARE OF THE FOOTBALL.  YOU SAW A LOT OF PENALTIES WITH PROCEDURAL CALLS.  YOU SEE FUMBLES.  JUST NOT THE SAINTS TEAM THAT WE’VE SEEN IN THE PAST.  MARCHEZ WILSON WITH THE BLOCK.  SCOOPED UP BY COURTNEY ROBY, THE WIDE RECEIVER.  TOUCHDOWN SAINTS.  WE THOUGHT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT MOJO IN THE DOME WAS GONNA COME BACK, AND THESE GUYS WOULD COME BACK THE 2^ND HALF AND FIND A WAY TO WIN THIS GAME.  SPECIAL TEAMS CAN GIVE YOU SUCH A LIFT AND REALLY SWAY THE MOMENTUM OF THE GAME.  AND AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME YOU HAVE TO FEEL THAT WITH DREW BREES AND THAT SAINTS OFFENSE.  MAYBE THEY WERE GOING TO GET SOMETHING STARTED AND IT REALLY NEVER HAPPENED.  LOOKING TO GET SOMETHING STARTED LATE.  4^TH QUARTER, 33-17.  4^TH & 10.  DREW BREES TO LANCE MOORE.  TOUCHDOWN.  NICE.  THAT’S PRETTY.  NICE.  YOU’RE GONNA BE SHOCKED WHEN YOU SEE THE OVERALL STATISTICAL TOTALS OF DREW BEES IN THIS GAME.  2 PT. CONVERSION MADE IT 23-25.  AND R.G. III ON 3^RD & 16.  LOOK AT THAT.  WOW.  JUST KEEPING THE PLAY ALIVE.  PICKING UP 12.  THE REDSKINS THOUGH WILL BE FORCED TO PUNT.  SAINTS BALL.  SAME SCORE.  4^TH DOWN & 10.  BREES WANTS LANCE MOORE BUT GONNA BE PICKED OFF BY __ GOMES.  YOU DON’T SEE THIS TOO OFTEN.  ONE OF THE MOST ACCURATE QBS IN THE NFL BUT YOU HAVE TO THROW THE BALL OVER 50 TIMES.  BUT THEY’RE COMFORTABLE.  YOU KNOW THAT AS WELL AS ANYBODY BEING DOWN THERE. BUT THAT’S NOT A FORMULA FOR SUCCESS THOUGH.  ALFRED MORRIS TD. MADE IT 40-25.  BREES BACK TO WORK TO DARREN SPROLES.  TD. SAINTS.  THEY NOW TRAIL 40-32.  IT JUST DIDN’T LOOK LIKE THEN SAINTS OF OLD TO ME AT ANY POINT TODAY.  R.G. III NOT THE ONLY TALENTED ROOKIE IN THAT BACKFIELD.  THAT’S ALFRED MORRIS RUNNING FOR 2.  REDSKINS WOULD PUNT WITH 30 SECS. ON THE CLOCK.  SO SAINTS BALL.  AND DREW BREES FIRING AND THAT’S COMPLETE INSIDE THE 40 YD. LINE.  TRYING TO GET UP ON THE BALL.  NOT ENOUGH TIME LEFT.  ONE LAST CHANCE.  GOTTA GET THE 4 TD. AND THEN THE 2 PT. CONVERSION.  THAT’S TOUGH WHENEVER YOU’RE HOPING AND WISHING UPON A STAR ,AND THAT STAR HAS NOT ANSWERED.  THIS IS A HUGE WIN FOR THE REDSKINS, TO GO ON THE ROAD IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE I THOUGHT THAT THE SAINTS WERE GONNA RALLY BECAUSE OF ALL THE COMMOTION IN THE OFFSEASON.  BUT FOR R.G. III TO STEP INTO THAT ENVIRONMENT AND PUT UP THE #’S HE DID.  OUTSTANDING.  BUT AS I MENTIONED, LOOK AT WHAT DREW BREES DID.  24 OF 52.  THREW FOR 339.  3 TDS.  2 INTERCEPTIONS.  IT SEEMED ODD TO ME THAT DREW BREES HAD A COMPLETION PERCENTAGE LESS THAN 50%.

01:46:32 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

WE GOT THE PANTHERS AND THE BUCCANEERS.  OVER 4,000 YDS.  LITTLE ROOKIE OUT OF RUTGERS.  1^ST QUARTER IT’S JOSH FREEMAN.  SPEAKING OF ROOKIES.  TO DOUG MARTIN WHO TAKES IT AWAY FROM LUKE KUECHLY!  THAT’S JUST A GREAT PLAY.  WHO WANTS IT MORE?  THAT’S JUST A GREAT PLAY.  DOUG MARTIN FROM BOISE STATE AND LUKE KUECHLY FROM BOSTON COLLEGE.  GOOD PLAYERS.  TIE GOES TO MARTIN ON THAT PLAY.  5 PLAYS LATER IT’S FREEMAN TO MIKE WILLIAMS.  ALRIGHT.  ALRIGHT.  FREEMAN’S 16 OF 24.  BUCK 38, AND THAT SCORE, 3^RD QUARTER.  OPENING PANTHERS POSSESSION.  CAM TO STEVE SMITH BUT WATCH THE HIT BY THE ROOKIE OUT OF ALABAMA, MARK BARRON.  IT LOOKS LIKE FREE RUNNING HERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN O.K.  YEP.  BAM!!  WHOA, HEY.  HEY.  CHRIS STARTED THE PLAY AT 5’9.  ENDED IT AT 5’6.  NOW THAT’S TEXTBOOK.  I’M O.K.  YEA, YOU CAN’T HURT STEVE SMITH.  NEXT PLAY NEWTON TO BRANDON LAFEL.  WIDE OPEN.  THERE’S A BUSTED COVERAGE OVER THERE.  PANTHERS GET ON THE BOARD.  IT’S 13-7.  CAM SEES THE WHOLE FIELD THOUGH COACH.  THEN AFTER A 3 & OUT NEWTON.  LAST YEAR 0-10 WHEN HE TURNED IT OVER IN A GAME.  THIS ONE PICKED OFF BY RONDE BARBER.  HE’S A NEW SAFETY!  ISN’T HE 60?  44 CAREER INT. IN HIS 200^TH CAREER GAME.  THERE’S A DUDE THAT LOOK JUST LIKE HIM RETIRED AWHILE BACK, DIDN’T HE?  NEXT PANTHERS POSSESSION, DOWN 6.  NEWTON PICKED OFF BY AHMAD BLACK.  FIGHTING WITH STEVE SMITH.  NEWTON FINISHED WITH 303 YDS. THROUGH THE AIR, A TD. AND 2 INT’S.  4^TH QUARTER PANTHERS DOWN 9.  DO YOUR THING CAM.  YEP, THERE’S A QB DRAW BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?  THEY’RE EXPECTING IT.  THEY’RE EXPECTING THAT.  GREG SCHIANO.  CONGRATULATIONS.  1^ST GAME IN THE NFL AS A HEAD COACH GETTING THE CONGRATULATORY HUG FROM RON RIVERA WHO WAS IN THAT SEAT A YEAR AGO.  16-10 IS YOUR FINAL.

01:48:42 – SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS

01:54:02 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS

AND HOW ABOUT THE CARDINALS AND THE SEAHAWKS?  KEVIN KOLB DIDN’T THE START BUT GOT THE FINISH BECAUSE OF AN INJURED JOHN SKELTON.  HITS ANDRE ROBERTS.  THAT’S WHY YOU GOTTA STAY READY IN THIS GAME.  YEP.  YOU’RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER QB CONTROVERSY.  A LITTLE CONTROVERSY THERE.  CARDS TAKE A 20-16 LEAD.  NOW RUSSELL WILSON, THE 3^RD ROUND PICK OUT OF WISCONSIN.  CAN YOU WING IT TO BRAY LON EDWARDS?!  IT’S BROKEN UP.  NO DREAM FINISH FOR RUSSELL …

01:54:37 – PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ DENVER BRONCOS

A MEANINGFUL SNAP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 610 DAYS.  WOLFING IT UP IS A PLAYOFF REMATCH FROM A YEAR AGO AND HERE COMES PEYTON MANNING.  EARLY ON, HOW WOULD HE DO WHEN HE GETS HIT?  WHOA.  JASON __ SACKING HIM.  THAT’S SOMETHING YOU DON’T SEE FROM PEYTON MANNING, NOT ACCOUNTING FOR THE OUTSIDE BLITZ.  USUALLY HE SLIDES THE PROTECTION.   HE’S WELL PREPARED FOR THAT.  2^ND QUARTER MANNING LOOKING FOR DENARIUS THOMAS, THE GUY WHO BURNED THE STEELERS IN THAT PLAYOFF GAME MICHAEL.  YEA.  IT’S A BIG BODY.  I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THIS THE WHOLE GAME DAY MORNING.  O.K. PEYTON, MAYBE YOU DON’T HAVE THE SAME ARM BUT HOW YOU HAVE BIG BODY RECEIVERS.  GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY.  OH, WHO NEEDS RECEIVERS WHEN YOU GOT LEGS LIKE THIS!  MARSHALL DID YOU SEE THIS BACK IN THE DAY!  7 YDS. AND THE FIRST DOWN.  6 PLAYS LATER NOSHAWN MARINO.  GOOD TO SEE HIS LEGS HEALTHY AFTER TEARING HIS ACL IN WK. 10 LAST YEARLY.  HE’S GOING TO BOUNCE AND GET IN.  BRONCOS UP 7-3 AT THAT POINT.  ENSUING PITTS. DRIVE.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER.  PRIME, IS THERE A QB THAT DOES IT BETTER IN TERMS OF KEEPING PLAYS ALIVE, FOR A GUY THIS SIZE?  THE THING THAT BEN DOES IS THE THING THAT MOST QBS ARE WARNED NOT TO.  BEN NEVER THROWS THE BALL ON TIME.  IT’S SO HARD AS A DEF. BACK TO COVER THESE RECEIVERS BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW TO UNCOVER AND GO TO THE OPEN SPOT FOR BIG BEN.  27 YDS.  SANTONIO BROWN.  3 PLAYS LATER.  BEN LOOKING FOR EMMANUEL SANDERS.  NOT BAD FOR A 3^RD RECEIVER.  YEA MAN THEY HAVE A GROUP OF RECEIVERS..  THESE GUYS LOVE PLAYING TOGETHER.  BROWN, SANDERS AND MY MAN WHO JUST GOT IN CANTON, MIKE WALLACE.  PAY THAT MAN!  FOR A BUNCH OF GUYS, AND THESE GUYS CAN PLAY THE GAME OF FOOTBALL.  DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE T.E. HEATH MILLER.  HE’S ON THE RECEIVING END OF THIS 4 YD. SCORE.  PITTS. UP 10-3.  3^RD QUARTER AFTER A 16 PLAY.  NEARLY 9 MIN. STEELER DRIVE TO OPEN THE HALF RESULTED IN A F.G.   BRONCOS NOW DOWN 13-7.  MANNING WILL JUST SWING IT OUT TO DENARIUS THOMAS.  NOW THIS WAS A BACKBREAKER RIGHT HERE.  I MEAN YOU JUST, YOU JUST DROVE DOWN THE FIELD; KEPT PAYTON ON THE SIDELINE FOR 6 OR 7 MINS.,  AND HE COMES OUT AND STRIKES YOU IMMEDIATELY.  I MEAN THAT RIGHT THERE WAS THE TURNING POINT IN THIS GAME.  AND LET’S REMEMBER HOW THEIR PLAYOFF GAME ENDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.  WHO’S THAT THROWING THE BALL?  TEE BOW…!  AND THAT WAS IT.  IT WAS IT IN OVERTIME, FIRST PLAY.  I SEE THE CELEBRATIONS.  THEY’RE SIMILAR.  I DON’T KNOW WHO’S FASTER, TEBOW OR MANNING.  I CAN’T TELL AFTER THAT SCRAMBLE EARLIER.  SO BEN ROETHLISBERGER TRYING TO KEEP HIS TEAM IN IT.  SANDERS DROPS IT AND PAYS FOR IT.  THERE SHOULD’VE BEEN A FLAG.  THE RECEIVER HIT THE DEF. BACK.  DEF. BACK TURNED HIS HEAD TO THE SIDE.  LISTEN, I’VE ASKED ABOUT THAT QUESTION TO MICHAEL.  WE WERE IN THE MEETING ABOUT THAT, THE VERY SAME THING THAT I WAS ASKING ABOUT.  WELL, RAHEEM MOORE GOT NAILED FOR THE FLAG ON THAT ONE.  AND THIS TIME BEN HITS HIS TRUSTEE T.E. HEATH MILLER FOR 23 YDS. AND 1^ST DOWN.  5 PLAYS LATER, LET’S GET JONATHAN __.  HOWEVER, DID HE GET IN?  DID HE GET IN?  THAT KNEE WENT DOWN.  THAT KNEE WENT DOWN DEFINITELY.  WELL THE PLAY WAS CHALLENGED AND, IN FACT, HE WAS RULED DOWN.  SO NOW ONTO THE 4^TH QUARTER.  SAME STEELERS POSSESSION.  WE FLIP ENDS NOW.  BEN TO MIKE WALLACE.  THAT WAS A GREAT THROW RIGHT THERE.  THAT’S WHAT MAKES THESE GUYS SO TOUGH MAN.  THEY HAVE THE SPEED TO STRUT TOO LONG BUT THEY HAVE THE HEART TO CATCH SLANT ROUTES ALSO.  THAT’S WHAT MAKES THEM TOUGH.  THEY WENT FOR 2.  DID NOT GET IT.  NEXT BRONCOS DRIVE.  AND IT’S MANNING TO MATTHEW WILLIS FOR 14 YDS.  HERE GOES THE MACHINE.  HERE GOES THE MACHINE.  2 PLAYS LATER, IT’S MANNING TO ERIC DECKER.  THAT’S MY GUY RIGHT THERE.  ERIC DICKER.  I LOVE THIS GUY.  WHAT A HARD-WORKING GUY RIGHT THERE MAN.  LOVE THAT HE GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH PEYTON.  HE’S SCARED OF THAT BIG BOY.  THAT’S A BIG BOY.  YOU ONLY HAVE 10 YDS. BEHIND YOU.  YOU CAN’T GET BEAT DEEP DOWN THERE.  THEY DON’T HAVE PRIMETIME ACROSS THEIR CHEST.  NO SUPERMAN.  AND LOOK AT PEYTON TELLING THESE GUYS TO HURRY UP.  LET’S GET IT GOING.  LET’S MOVE THIS OFFENSE.  WHO’S HE GONNA LOOK FOR?  JACOB TANNER.  THIS IS A GREAT AUDIBLE.  SORT OF A PICK ROUTE.  THEY DON’T CALL IT THE PICK ROUTE BUT THAT’S REALLY WHAT IT WAS.  THAT AIN’T NO PICK ROUTE.  THAT WAS A PICK ROUTE.  NO PICK ROUTES IN FOOTBALL.  MAGAHEE WITH THE 2 PT. CONVERSION.  SO THE BRONCOS UP 3 AT THAT POINT.  NOW BEN LOOKING, LOOKING, LOOKING, FINDING …TROUBLE.  TRACY PORTER IS A GREAT ACQUISITION COMING FROM THE SAINTS.  I’M TELLING YOU.  JOHNNY ON THE SPOT.  THE BIG QUESTION IS THEY LEFT A GUY WIDE OPEN. THAT WOULD BE MIKE WALLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.  YEA, BUT WHEN YOU PUT PRESSURE ON THE QB, GUYS CAN RUN WIDE OPEN.  HE DON’T HAVE TIME TO LOOK DOWN THE FIELD.  NO SHAWN MARINO TRYING TO MOVE THE CHAINS SO IMPRESSIVE.  HE LOST HIS SHOE!  I’D HAVE PUT THAT SHOE ON RIGHT ON THE FIELD AND GOT BACK IN THE HUDDLE.  TREAT HIM LIKE MY 6 YR. OLD.  GIVE HIM VELCRO SHOES.  STAY ON THAT WAY.  THEN MANNING.  JACOB TANNER.  THAT RIGHT THERE.  THAT WAS AN AUDIBLE AS WELL ;AND THE THROW.  THE THROW WAS PINPOINT PERFECT.  DICK LEBEAU TRICKS A LOT OF QBS.  PEYTON MANNING.  HE WAS PLAYING MIND GAMES ON DICK LEBEAU.  WELL THIS TIME.  LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS.  YOU WATCH ERICK… WATCH THE YOUNG RECEIVERS.  WATCH HOW HE STILL GOES FOR THIS BALL EVEN THOUGH IT’S SHORT WHICH GIVES A CLEAR DEFINITION OF PASS INTERFERENCE.  MOST GUYS DON’T EVEN GIVE THE EFFORT AND THEY KIND OF GIVE UP THAT PASS INTERFERENCE.  GREAT JOB …  THE EYE ON KEENAN LEWIS.  THEN A LITTLE TIP BALL KNOCKED AWAY.  SO MATT __, F.G. WOULD PUT THE BRONCOS UP 6.  LAST CHANCED FOR THE STEELERS ON THEIR OWN 39.  BEN…GETTING READY FOR IT.  BEN LOVES RIGHT HERE.  HE LOVE IT.  THIS TIME HE GETS DEEP INTO THAT.  TRACY PORTER, 43 YDS.!  MY MAN!  THIS IS THE SAME GUY WHO BEAT PEYTON MANNING OFF OF THE S.B. TO CLINCH IT FOR THE SAINTS.  NOW HE’S PICKING OFF BIG BEN.  AND THAT’S WHAT PEYTON WAS SAYING.  NEVER LAY IT OUTSIDE.  YOU CAN’T THROW THAT PASS.  NOT IN THIS LEAGUE.  IT’S TOO FAR.  TO MUCH ACROSS THE FIELD.  GUYS LIKE THIS GUY WHO WAS SITTING NEXT TO ME.  HE WILL CUT THAT OFF AND TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE!  SO THE BRONCOS, IT WAS A FUN ONE ON SUNDAY NIGHT.  PEYTON MANNING, HE ALSO JOINS THE 400 TD. CLUB ALONG WITH DAN MARINO AND BRETT FAVRE.  MORE IMPORTANTLY, STAY HEALTHY.  GOT A “W”.  PUT UP SOME BIG NUMBERS AND WON IT BY 12.