SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 03

  1. JAGUARS @ COLTS 3:58

  2. BILLS @ BROWNS 3:08

  3. BENGALS @ REDSKINS 3:18

  4. 49ERS @ VIKINGS 4:11

  5. RAMS @ BEARS 3:08

  6. BUCCANEERS @ COWBOYS 3:51

  7. GIANTS @ PANTHERS 4:40

  8. CHIEFS @ SAINTS 4:53

  9. LIONS @ TITANS 4:41

  10. NY JETS @ DOLPHINS 4:34

  11. EAGLES @ CARDINALS 2:08

  12. TEXANS @ BRONCOS 4:55

  13. FALCONS @ CHARGERS 1:56

  14. STEELERS @ RAIDERS 1:40

  15. PATRIOTS @ RAVENS 4:03 (Lower thirds on this segment list Jaguars @ Colts)

TRT: 67:40 with Bars
 

01:10:15 - JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

 THE JAGUARS AND THE COLTS BLANE GABBERT STARTING AFTER INJURING HIS GLUT LAST WEEK.  THOSE GLUTS ARE TOUGH.  ANDREW LUCK LOOKING FOR A 2ND WIN.  OPENING COLTS DRIVE, TRAILING 3-ZIP.  1ST & 10 FROM THE JAGS 40.  LUCK THROWS A MISSILE DEEP RIGHT TO T.Y. HILTON, WHO EVERYBODY’S TALKING IN FANTASY.  HE CHECKS INTO THE END ZONE FOR A 40 YD. TD.  SEE WHAT I DID THERE?  CHECKS IN, HILTON TOUCHDOWN.  I’M ON FIRE ALREADY.  7-3 COLTS.  2ND QUARTER, SAME SCORE.  ANDREW LUCK THROWING TO MAWELDI MOORE WHO, ONE, IS STILL IN THE LEAGUE AND, TWO, IS IN THE END ZONE FOR A 4 YD. TD.  COLTS UP 14-3.  3RD QUARTER NOW.  SAME SCORE.  JAGUARS 1ST & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 41.  MAURICE JONES-DREW.  LOOKS LIKE AN INNOCENT HANDOFF UP THE MIDDLE BUT NOT WITH M.J.B.  59 YDS. LATER HE IS IN THE END ZONE FOR A TD.  CELEBRATE EARLY MAURICE.  HOLD THE BALL UP THERE.  YAY!  THE 5 YD. LINE.  I’M IN.  HE SETS A FRANCHISE RECORD FOR RUSHING TDS. WITH HIS 63RD, AND M.J.B. GETS EXTRA BONUS POINTS BECAUSE I’M SURE HE PLAYED HIMSELF IN FANTASY.  NICE JOB MAURICE.  2 COLT POSSESSIONS LATER.  SAME SCORE, 1ST & 10.  LUCK LOOKING FOR REGGIE WAYNE.  INSTEAD HE FINDS PAUL __.  __ SAYS, “I’M NOT GONNA GET VERY FAR HERE BECAUSE I’M A LINEBACKER.  HEY, DUANE LANDRY, YOU TAKE IT.  JAGS TAKE OVER ON THE COLTS 45.  IT LED TO A JOSH SCOBIE 47 YD. F.G.  CUT THE LEAD 14-13.  ANDREW LUCK NOT HAPPY.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  COLTS ARE TRAILING 16-14.  1ST & 10 FROM THE JAGUARS 47.  LUCK LOOKING LEFT.  SCRAMBLES TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.  RUNS OUT OF BOUNDS AFTER A 10 YD. GAIN BUT WAIT A MINUTE, HERE COMES A FLAG.  UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS ON JAGUARS RUSSELL ALLEN.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS ONE.  RUSSELL ALLEN SHOVES LUCK.  HE’S OUT OF BOUNDS BY 3 FT. WHICH IS 1 YD.  COLTS NOW TAKE OVER ON THE JAGS 22.  4 PLAYS LATER IT’S ADAM VINATIERRI FOR THE 36 YD. F.G.  IT’S UP AND IT’S…OH!  VINATIERRI MISSES.  THE FIRST MISS OF HIS CAREER.  NOT REALLY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE FIRST MISS.  JAGUARS REMAIN AHEAD 16-14.  AFTER A JAGS PUNT COLTS POSSESSION.  TIME RUNNING OUT.  LUCK THROWS DEEP MIDDLE TO DONNY AVERY.  LONG AND JUST INCOMPLETE.  WATCH THIS AGAIN.  DWIGHT LOWRY COMES IN LATE TO DEFEND HILTON BUT BORDERLINE INTERFERENCE.  I’M GONNA HIT YOU IN THE HELMET AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.  LUCK WANTED A FLAG.  DIDN’T GET IT.  COLTS HAD TO PUNT.  ENSUING JAGS DRIVE TRYING TO ICE THE GAME, 3RD & 9 FROM THEIR OWN 21.  M.J.B. UP THE MIDDLE FOR NO GAIN.  JAGS WOULD HAVE TO PUNT.  COLTS WOULD GET THE BALL BACK AND, ACTUALLY, THE FUN WAS JUST STARTING.  THEY TAKE OVER THEIR OWN 33.  1ST & 10.  LUCK DUMPS IT SHORT LEFT TO DONALD BROWN.  LOOK AT DONALD BROWN.  LOOKS LIKE HE’S AT U. CONN PLAYING AGAINST SYRACUSE.  39 YDS. TO THE JAGUARS 28 YD. LINE.  4 PLAYS LATER ADAM VINATIERRI ON TO REDEEM ITSELF.  HE DOESN’T MISS 2 IN A ROW, DOES HE?  NOT ADAM VINATIERRI.  HERE’S THE KICK.  IT’S UP.  IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE LAST ONE EXCEPT THIS ONE WHISPERS INSIDE THE LEFT UPRIGHT.  COLTS UP 17-16.  THAT’S IT, RIGHT, A MINUTE LEFT?  BLANE GABBERT’S NOT GONNA GET ALL THE WAY DOWN THE FIELD.  THAT’S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.  ANDREW LUCK, WE CAN TALK ALL GREAT THINGS IN LIFE POETRY ABOUT HIM BUT, UH OH, BLANE GABBERT TO CECIL SHORTS.  EVERY OTHER WEEK CECIL SHORTS IS A HERO.  80 YDS. FOR A TOUCHDOWN!  JAGUARS TAKE THE LEAD 22-17!  BUT THE COLTS AREN’T DONE.  THEY GET ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 26 YD. LINE.  4TH DOWN OR FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME.  LUCK THROWS DEEP LOOKING FOR REGGIE WAYNE!  INCOMPLETE.  THE JAGUARS WIN IT 22-17.  LUCK, 313, 2 TDS. AND BLANE GABBERT 1:55, AND A SCORE FOR THE WINNING JAGUARS.

 

01:14:23 – BUFFALO BILLS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

TO THE AFC WE GO HERE ON NFL GAME DAY SCOREBOARD DELIVERED BY PAPA JOHNS.  THERE WE GO.  BUFFALO/CLEVELAND.  C.J. SPILLER, LEADING RUSHER OF THE NFL.  AVERAGE 10 YDS. PER CARRY. PASSING GAME IS LEADING THE WAY FOR BUFFALO TODAY.  RYAN FITZPATRICK, STEVIE JOHNSON, 18 YD. GAIN.  ..HAD A VERY VERY DIFFICULT OPENING GAME OF THE WEEK AND SINCE THAT JETS LOSS HE’S BEEN QUITE GOOD.  THAT’S T.J. GRAHAM WIDE OPEN FOR A 9 YD. SCORE.  YEA, SORRY FOLKS.  THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GAMES THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT.  HIS FIRST NFL TD.  COME ON NOW.  ONLY FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE INTERESTED?  WELL THIS GUY’S EXCITING TO WATCH.  C.J. SPILLER GETTING HIM THE BALL EARLY AND OFTEN.  32 YD. SCORE.  BILLS ON TOP 14-NOTHING.  NEXT DRIVE.  SAME SCORE.  HERE’S SPILLER AGAIN.  GONNA BE TACKLED.  HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED.  THERE YOU GO.  HOW MUCH TIME?  HE’S EVENTUALLY TACKLED BY __ YOUNG AND HE GOES DOWN HARD ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER.  OH.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK HERE.  ONE THING WE KNOW IS HE DID NOT COME BACK.  THAT’S, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WORRY ABOUT WHEN YOU GOT A GUY THAT’S NOT THAT BIG IN STATURE, AND YOU GET HIM THE BALL SO MANY TIMES, IS THE RISK OF INJURY.  THAT FEELS LIKE A SEPARATION OR MAYBE A BROKEN CLAVICLE.  NO DEFINITIVE WORD YET.  WE DO KNOW THE…PAGING DR. WADDLE.  IT LOOKED LIKE A SEPARATION.  TOP R.B. IN THE NFL DID NOT COME BACK AFTER THAT PLAY.  2ND QUARTER, BRANDON WEEDEN.  MUCH BETTER IN WK. 2 AS OPPOSED TO WK. 1.  GOES DOWN THERE.  MARIO WILLIAMS.  FIRST OF THE DAY.  THERE HE IS, PAYING OFF.  THE INVESTMENT IS PAYING OFF.  BILLS WITH 4 SACKS TODAY.  THE PASS RUSH HAS BEEN MUCH BETTER THE LAST 2 WKS.  TRENT RICHARDSON WAS BIG LAST WEEK.  MUCH QUIETER TODAY.  12 CARRIES, 27 YDS. BUT AN IMPRESSIVE SCORE THERE.  THIS KID IS A BOAR.  THAT LETS YOU KNOW HOW STRONG HE IS.  TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT INITIAL RUN AND THEN BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE VISION TO BOUNCE OUTSIDE AND STILL NOT GET TACKLED, LETS YOU KNOW HOW STRONG THAT KID IS.  BUFFALO LED AT HALFTIME 14-7.  IN THE 3RD QUARTER IT’S NOW 17-7.  WEEDEN WITH TIME, FINDS TRAVIS BENJAMIN.  THAT’LL WORK.  22 YD. SCORE.  THAT’LL WORK.  AND WHAT DID HE HAVE THAT’S DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER TIMES?  TIME IN THE POCKET.  PROTECTION.  PROTECTION TO MAKE THOSE PLAYS.  13 PLAYS, 80 YDS. ON THAT TD. DRIVE.  SO YOU’RE SAYING A QB’S AFFECTED BY HAVING BIG GUYS CHASING THEM AND THROWING THEM TO THE GROUND?  THAT IS CORRECT.  I’M SAYING NO C.J. SPILLER.  SO YOU’RE LOOKING TO DESHARD CHOICE.  THERE YOU GO.  NOW THIS GUY’S AN OLD DALLAS COWBOY, HUH?  20 CARRIES, 91 YDS., 22 RIGHT THERE.  FANTASY PEOPLE, PICK HIM UP!  YOU PLAY FANTASY?  I DO.  WOULD YOU PICK HIM UP?  I WOULD.  ALRIGHT.  FITZPATRICK’S STEVIE JOHNSON.  THAT WAS A GOOD CONNECTION TODAY.  ..RETROACTIVELY THOUGH.  SO YOU DON’T GET THE …  FITZPATRICK, 22 OUT OF 35 AND 3 TDS. TODAY.  IMPRESSIVE.  WHAT IS THAT 5 TDS., NO PICKS IN THE LAST 2 GAMES AFTER A 3 INTERCEPTION OPENER WITH THE JETS?  WHEN HE’S NOT THROWING PICKS HE’S PRETTY GOOD.  HE’S A HARVARD GRAD.  COME ON.  I KNOW BUT YOU JUST UP AND DOWN.  IT’S A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE WITH HIM.  YOU NEEDED AN AIR SICKNESS BAG AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.  4 TIMES IN 5 YRS. THEY HAVE STARTED THE SEASON THAT WAY.

 

01:17:45 – CINCINNATI BENGALS @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS

 BENGALS AND THE REDSKINS.  R.G. III SAYING, “YOU KNOW THEY’RE GONNA INTERRUPT THIS GAME TO SHOW COMMERCIALS OF ME BECAUSE I’M ON TELEVISION A LOT YOU KNOW.”  CAN’T TURN THE TV ON WITHOUT SEEING HIM.  FIRST QUARTER, BENGALS BALL, NO SCORE.  WILDCAT FORMATION.  UH OH, ANDY DALTON IS OUT WIDE.  MUHAMMAD __, WHO?  MUHAMMAD SINEW FINDS A.J. GREEN DOWN THE MIDDLE.  A 73 YD. TD.  7-NOTHING, BENGALS SINEW, THE FIRST BENGALS RECEIVER TO EVER THROW FOR A TD.  NEXT BENGALS POSSESSION.  DALTON LOOKS FOR BEN JARVIS GREEN-ELLIS.  HOWEVER ROB JACKSON PICKS IT OFF IN THE END ZONE.  VERY JOE THEISMAN RAIDERESQUE IN THE SUPER BOWL BACK IN THE 80’S.  7-7.  JACKSON STARTING IN PLACE OF BRIAN ARAKPO.  2ND QUARTER NOW.  REDSKINS DOWN 17-7.  GRIFFIN OUT OF THE SHOTGUN.  LOOKING TO PITCH TO ALBERT ALFRED MORRIS.  HE’S HIT BY CARLOS DUNLAP.  FUMBLES THE BALL.  DUNLAP RECOVERS.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A GREEN-ELLIS 1 YD. TD. RUN.  24-7 BENGALS AND IT’S NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR WASHINGTON.  3RD QUARTER, REDSKINS BALL, TRAILING 24-17 ON THE COMEBACK TRAIL.  GRIFFIN ROLLS LEFT AND FINDS SANTANA MOSS FOR THE SCORE.  WE ARE TIED AT 24.  REDSKINS THROW ON THEIR FIRST 2 POSSESSIONS IN THE 2ND HALF.  17 UNANSWERED.  SO THE BENGALS GET THE BALL BACK 1ST & 10.  BEN JARVIS GREEN-ELLIS, THE ONE THING HE DOESN’T DO IS FUMBLE.  OH MY GOODNESS, BEN JARVIS GREEN-ELLIS HAS FUMBLED.  HIS FIRST FUMBLE IN 590 REGULAR SEASON TOUCHES.  THE REDSKINS THOUGH WOULD HAVE TO PUNT.  4TH QUARTER, GAME TIED AT 24.  2ND & GOAL FROM THE 6.  HERE’S DALTON LOOKING FOR JERMAINE GRESHAM WHO FIGHTS HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE 6 YD. TD.  I WILL GET IN!  BENGALS LEAD 34-24.  BENGALS GET THE BALL BACK AGAIN, 2ND & 8 FROM THEIR OWN 41.  DALTON LOOKING FOR ANDREW HAWKINS.  FANTASY OWNERS, PICKUP ANDREW HAWKINS, 59 YD. TD.  HE’S A GAME-BREAKER.   COULD BE THE NEXT VICTOR CRUZ.  38-24 BENGALS DALTON WOULD THROW FOR 328 & 3 SCORES ON THE DAY.  REDSKINS GET THE BALL BACK NOW.  2ND & 1 FROM THE BENGALS 2.  GRIFFIN PUNCHES IT IN.  3RD TD. OF HIS CAREER.  38-31 BENGALS.  3-1/2 MINS. LEFT TO GO.  REDSKINS DOWN 7.  THEY TRY THE ONSIDE KICK.  NILES PAUL OF THE REDSKINS CAN’T HANG ON.  MAD SCRAMBLE.  REDSKINS RECOVER BUT A FLAG FOR ILLEGAL TOUCHING ON THE KICKING TEAM.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  PAUL WAS REALLY CLOSE TO 10 YDS.  WHEN HE MAKES THE CATCH THE REDSKINS DON’T HAVE ANY TIMEOUTS.  MIKE SHANAHAN CAN’T CHALLENGE.  BENGALS BALL ON THE REDSKINS 44.  THEY WOULD PUNT.  REDSKINS GET THE BALL BACK WITH A BUCK 5 LEFT TO GO.  GRIFFIN SCRAMBLES 10 YDS.  STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS.  TERRANCE NEWMAN ON THE LATE HIT, CALLED FOR THE PERSONAL FOUL.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  HORRENDOUS PLAY BY TERRANCE NEWMAN.  REDSKINS HAVE THE BALL AT MIDFIELD.  3 PLAYS LATER 1ST & 10 FROM THE BENGALS 19.  GRIFFIN BACK TO PASS.  UNDER DURESS , HE AVOIDS CARLOS DUNLAP.  AGAIN, ESCAPED GINO ATKINS FOR A 15 YD. SACK.  CLOCK IS RUNNING.  3 PLAYS LATER THERE WAS A FALSE START AND A DEAD BALL FOUL.  MIKE SHANAHAN IS NOT HAPPY.  REDSKINS GET PUSHED BACK TO THEIR OWN 41.  IT IS NOW 3RD & 45.  I’M THINKING A DRAWL PLAY.  A DRAW PLAY TO GET.  NO, NO.  THEY’RE GONNA THROW THE HAIL MARY.  HERE GOES R.G. III.  THIS COULD B E HIS NEXT COMMERCIAL.  THIS COULD BE COMPLETED.  IT GETS BATTED DOWN BY THE BENGALS.  THEY HOLD ON TO WIN 38-31 BUT THERE’LL BE MORE R.G. III COMMERCIALS COMING TO A TELEVISION SCREEN NEAR YOU.

 

01:21:18 – SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS

 NINERS AND THE VIKINGS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, DESPITE PLAYING ON 17 TEAMS, THE FIRST TIME RANDY MOSS ACTUALLY PLAYED AGAINST THE VIKINGS IN HIS CAREER.  CHRISTIAN PONDER, HE’S NOT GONNA HAVE A BIG DAY, IS HE?  YEA.  WATCH OUT FOR THIS ONE.  FIRST DRIVE OF THE GAME, NO SCORE.  4TH & GOAL.  CHRISTIAN PONDER’S PLAY ACTION PASS TO KYLE RUDOLPH.  PONDER, 6 OUT OF 8 ON THE DRIVE.  RUDOLPH IS JUST GETTING STARTED.  VIKINGS UP 7-0.  HEY, BIG WEEKEND FOR NOTRE DAME.  2ND QUARTER, NINERS 2ND POSSESSION OF THE GAME.  2ND ..OF THE VIKINGS 18.  ALEX SMITH OVERTHROWS RANDY MOSS IN THE END ZONE.  KIND OF HARD TO DO THAT.  THEY SETTLE FOR A DAVID AKERS F.G.  MOSS CAUGHT 3 BALLS FOR 127 YDS. ON THE DAY.  NEXT VIKINGS POSSESSION, THEY LEAD 7-3.  PONDER SCRAMBLES UP THE MIDDLE.  WHO SAYS YOU CAN’T RUN ON THIS 49ERS DEFENSE?  A 23 YD. TD. FOR PONDER, AND THE VIKINGS ARE UP 14-3.  I SMELL AN UPSET.  LOOK AT IT AGAIN.  HE STRETCHES OUT.  VIKINGS AT FLORIDA STATE AND THEY’RE PLAYING MIAMI.  FIRST RUSHING TD. ALLOWED BY THE NINERS DEFENSE THIS SEASON.  JIM HARBAUGH SAYS THAT WAS A … SOFT PLAY IF I EVER SAW ONE.  NEXT NINERS POSSESSION, MINUTE LEFT IN THE HALF.  DAVID AKERS LOOKING FOR A 43 YD. F.G. AND IT IS BLOCKED.  NOTHING GOING RIGHT FOR THE NINERS IN THE 1ST HALF.  SO WE HEAD TO THE 3RD QUARTER.  NINERS NEXT POSSESSION.  ALEX SMITH LOOKING FOR VERNON DAVIS.  THE ONE SAFE GUY TO THROW IT TO.  20 YD. GAIN FOR VERNON DAVIS.  GOES OUT AT THE 1.  DAVIS WOULD CATCH A 1 YD. TD. PASS ON THE NEXT PLAY.  NINERS WOULD TRAIL 17-13.  4TH QUARTER, ENSUING VIKINGS POSSESSION.  3RD & GOAL ON THE NINERS 2.  CHRISTIAN PONDER FOR KYLE RUDOLPH.  I’M JUST GONNA THROW IT UP AND HOPE HE CATCHES IT.  WELL THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.  HIS 2ND TD. GRAB OF THE GAME.  LET’S SEE THIS ONE AGAIN.  HE JUST REACHES OUT WITH ONE HAND.  I’M JUST GONNA GRAB THIS JUST LIKE THAT.  EVERYBODY’S PICKING UP KYLE RUDOLPH IN FANTASY THIS WEEK.  I’LL TELL YOU THAT MUCH.  VIKINGS TAKE A 24-13 LEAD.  2 VIKINGS POSSESSION LATER.  VIKINGS STILL LEAD 24-13.  PONDER UNDER PRESSURE.  DANTE WITTNER DROPS THE EASY INT.  COULD’VE RUN BACK FOR THE SCORE.  VIKINGS WOULD PUNT.  NEXT TIME VIKINGS HAVE THE BALL.  TOBY GERHART UP THE MIDDLE FOR NO GAIN.  49ERS WOULD CHALLENGE THIS CALL THE GERHART FUMBLE.  JIM HARBAUGH CALLED HIS FINAL TIMEOUT AFTER THE PLAY, AND THEN CHALLENGED THE PLAY EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN’T HAVE ANY TIMEOUTS LEFT.  THAT’S NOT HOW THINGS WORKED IN S.F. LAST YEAR.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS.  GERHART FUMBLES.  THE NINERS RECOVER.  CALL REVERSED.  HARBAUGH GETS THAT 3RD & FINAL TIMEOUT BACK.  I’M GONNA KEEP CHALLENGING THINGS UNTIL I GET THIS CALL RIGHT.  ALRIGHT, I GOT IT NOW.  SO THE NINERS GET THE BALL BACK.  ALEX SMITH LOOKING FOR MICHAEL CRABTREE.  INTERCEPTED BY JOSH ROBINSON WHO RETURNS IT 24 YDS.  VIKINGS 3RD ROUND ROOKIE COMES UP WITH A HUGE PLAY.  NEXT VIKINGS POSSESSION, 1ST & 10 ON THE NINERS 44 YD. LINE.  TOBY GERHART UP THE MIDDLE BUT FUMBLES AGAIN.  HOWEVER, HE IS ABLE TO RECOVER HIS OWN FUMBLE.  I DON’T KNOW THAT I WOULD…GIVE IT TO GERHART UP THE MIDDLE AGAIN.  NINERS WOULD CHALLENGE THE FUMBLE RULING TO SEE WHO RECOVERED IT.  WE’LL SEE IT AGAIN.  GERHART FUMBLES, FALLS ON IT, NINERS LOSE THE CHALLENGE AND THEIR FINAL TIMEOUT ONCE AGAIN.  SO NOW IT’S 2 PLAYS LATER AND 45 CHALLENGES LATER.  3RD & 9 ON THE NINERS 43.  GERHART UP THE MIDDLE AND HE FUMBLES AGAIN!  WHAT DID I JUST SAY?!  DON’T GIVE IT TO GERHART UP THE MIDDLE!  CARLOS ROGERS RECOVERS IT.  IT’S HIS 3RD FUMBLE OF THE QUARTER.  IF YOU’RE IN THE FANTASY LEAGUE WILL YOU GET POSITIVE PTS. FOR RUNNING BACK FUMBLES?  GERHART IS NOW A MUST START.  ENSUING NINERS POSSESSION NOW.  A BUCK 41 LEFT.  THEY’RE STILL TRAILING 24-13.  JARED ALLEN SACKS ALEX SMITH . BRIAN ROBINSON RECOVERS THE FUMBLE.  ALLEN’S FIRST SACK OF THE SEASON.  IT SEALS THE VIKINGS WIN, 24-13; AND I THINK JIM HARBAUGH IS ACTUALLY CHALLENGING THE OUTCOME OF THIS GAME.  I THINK HE’LL LOSE.

 

01:25:30 – ST. LOUIS RAMS @ CHICAGO BEARS

 LET’S GO TO CHICAGO.  STEVEN JACKSON ACTIVE FOR THE GAME WITH A GROIN INJURY.  MATT FORTE OUT.  MICHAEL BUSH START IN HIS PLACE.  JAY CUTLER.  A LOT OF EYEBALLS ON HIM TODAY TOM.  WHAT’D YOU SEE?  I SAW HIM NOT BE OVERLY ACCURATE EARLY ON BUT I SAW A BETTER GAME PLAN.  WE SAW THE SCREEN PASS A COUPLE OF TIMES.  THE OFF. LINE DID A BETTER JOB.  JAY ONLY SACKED TWICE BUT OVERALL THIS WASN’T ABOUT THEIR OFFENSE TODAY.  IT WAS ABOUT THEIR DEFENSE.  AND CORTLAND FINNEGAN, DARREN, IS GONNA FIND A WAY TO MAKE THE HIGHLIGHTS EVERY SUNDAY.  GOOD OR BAD, HUH?  YOU GOTTA BE THERE.  HE’S GONNA EITHER BE FIGHTING OR HE’S GONNA BE FIGHTING FOR THE FOOTBALL BUT, I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, THIS KID HAS A KNACK FOR BEING AROUND THE BALL AND HE’S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST ONE-ON-ONE COVER CORNERS IN THE LEAGUE.  MAYBE THE MOST SCRAPPIEST IN THE LEAGUE TOO.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK HERE TOM.  THE PLAY WILL BE REVIEWED, THEN AGAIN RULED DOWN BY CONTACT.  JAY CONTACTED FINNEGAN.  FINNEGAN CONTACTED THE GROUND BEFORE THE BALL CAME OUT.  THAT’S HIS 3RD PICK ON THE SEASON.  BALL FOUND IT’S WAY TO BRANDON MARSHALL 5 TIMES TODAY.  71 YDS.  GOOD JOB OF COMING BACK TO IT THERE.  YOU COULD JUST SEE THAT THOSE 2 GUYS ACTUALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF CHEMISTRY.  THEY GOT JAY OUTSIDE THE POCKET A LITTLE BIT TODAY TOO WHICH WAS A GOOD THING.  HITS HIM IN STRIDE INSIDE OF THE 5 YD. LINE.  MARSHALL GOES FOR 12 YDS.  YOU SEE CUTLER INJURES HIS THROWING HAND ON THE PLAY.  GETS LOOKED AT ON THE SIDELINE.  JUST A FLESH WOUND.  IT’S O.K. TOM.  QB CAN LIVE WITH THAT.  MICHAEL BUSH FINDS THE END ZONE.  3 YD. TD.  BEARS EXTEND THE LEAD TO 10-NOTHING.  ROOKIE GREG ZERLINE WOULD HAVE A 56 YD. F.G. AND THE BEARS LED 10-3 AT HALFTIME.  BEARS DEFENSE, AS YOU POINTED OUT TOM, PRETTY GOOD TODAY.  NO DOUBT.  THIS IS 4TH & 1.  TIM JENNINGS HAS BEEN A SPECIAL PLAYER.  4 INTERCEPTIONS, A TON OF PASSES DEFENDED.  THIS IS JUST, THIS IS COVERAGE SACK RIGHT HERE.  SEE THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT TOM.  I KNOW YOU SAID THAT DEF. LINE HAS GOTTEN SACKS.  BUT THIS SECONDARY HAS BEEN PLAYING THEIR BUTTS OFF.  AND THIS IS WHAT THE BEARS HAD IN MIND WHEN THEY DRAFTED JAKE MCCLELLAN IN THE 1ST ROUND.  PEPPERS AND MCCLELLAN JOINING FOR THE SACK.  THEY SACKED HIM 6 TIMES TODAY.  4TH QUARTER BEARS STILL LEADING 10-6.  2ND DOWN 9.  CUTLER CAN DO THIS A LITTLE BIT.  HE CAN GET OUT OF THE POCKET AND SCRAMBLE.  YEA.  WIDE OPEN SPACES, 21 YDS.  HE’S A MUCH BETTER ATHLETE THAN I THINK PEOPLE RECOGNIZE; AND FOR THE FIRST 2 WKS. THEY REALLY DIDN’T USE THAT ATHLETIC ABILITY.  NEW PLAYER CALLER IN MIKE TICE.  GET HIM ON THE EDGE AND LET HIM MAKE PLAYS.  COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER, I THINK DEVIN HESTER WOULD LIKE THAT 1 BACK.  I DON’T KNOW IF HE MISTIMED HIS JUDGE . IT’S A GREAT ROUTE.  IT IS.  BUT I MEAN A GUY OF DEVIN’S ATHLETIC ABILITY…  HE’S 5’11.  IF HE’S 6’1 HE CATCHES THIS BALL.  HE’S 5’11.  I DON’T THINK I COULD’VE SLIPPED.  SLIDE A CARD UNDER HIS FEET RIGHT THERE.  HE’S SUPPOSED TO HAVE A 40 INCH VERTICAL.  3RD & GOAL.  CUTLER TO MARSHALL.  COVERAGE THERE FROM A BRADLEY FLETCHER.  BEARS WOULD BE FORCED TO KICK A F.G.  22 YDS. OUT.  13-6 CHICAGO ON TOP.  TIM JENNINGS AGAIN.  THERE HE IS.  __ WRIGHT TAKES THIS ONE IN FOR 6 BUT THAT PLAY’S MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE TIM JENNINGS IS THERE TO DEFLECT THE PASS, AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.  I HAVE NO IDEA.  I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.  NO IDEA.  AND I USUALLY KNOW ALL THE NEW DANCES.  I DON’T.  I KIND OF MAKE SURE.  I WANT TO KNOW ALL THE NEW STUFF THAT THESE YOUNG FOLKS ARE DOING THESE DAYS.  DON’T YOU GIVE THE GUY A FREE PASS?  I MEAN HE SCORED A TD.  YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO.  O.K.  23-6.  THEY SAY ACT LIKE YOU BEEN THERE BEFORE.  WHAT IF I NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE, BABY?

 

01:28:49 – TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

 THE BUCS AND THE COWBOYS.  GREG SCHIANO ALREADY THINKING, BOY, IF WE HAVE A KNEEL DOWN PLAY AT THE END OF THE GAME I CAN’T WAIT FOR THIS.  TONY ROMO HOPING, “PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME KNEEL DOWN AT THE END OF THE GAME.  I SAW WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK.”  1ST QUARTER ROMO LOOKING FOR MILES AUSTIN.  INSTEAD HE FINDS AKEB TALEB WHO PICKS IT OFF AT THE 29.  ROMO NOT HAPPY.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A LUKE STOCKER TD. CATCH.  BUCS LEAD 7-0.  LATE 1ST QUARTER.  HERE’S JOSH FREEMAN LOOKING SHORT OVER THE MIDDLE.  BOINK!  PICKED OFF BY SHAWN LEE FOR THE INTERCEPTION.  IT’S NOT LIKE THE COWBOYS PICK THE BALL OFF THAT MUCH.  1ST INTERCEPTION, 159 PASS ATTEMPTS.  NEXT COWBOYS POSSESSION, DEMARCO MURRAY RUNNING LEFT.  WATCH OUT FOR MILES AUSTIN.  WATCH OUT.  WATCH OUT.  WATCH OUT.  AUSTIN ALMOST TAKES DEMARCO MURRAY DOWN BUT MURRAY GETS INTO THE END ZONE ANYWAY.  BOY, FANTASY OWNERS WOULD’VE BEEN MAD IF SOMEONE HE DIDN’T GET IN BECAUSE HE RAN INTO MILES AUSTIN.  SCORE TIED 7-7.  2ND QUARTER NOW, COWBOYS POSSESSION 3RD & 12 AT THE BUCS 13.  THIS IS THE 6TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE AND IT TAKES ABOUT 10 MINS. TO OCCUR.  TONY ROMO BUYS TIME.  HE BUYS TIME.  HE BUYS TIME.  LOOKS FOR KEVIN OGLETREE.  OVERTHROWN AND INCOMPLETE.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. THE OFFICIAL THROWS HIS HAT IN THE END ZONE AND OGLETREE SLIPS ON IT.  I KNOW WE’RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE OFFICIATING, WITH THE OFFICIALS BUT COME ON.  THROWING YOUR HAT IN LIKE THAT.  LEADS TO A DAN BAILEY F.G.  COWBOYS LEAD IT 10-7.  DEZ BRYANT FRUSTRATED WITH THE COWBOYS OFFENSE.  ENSUING BUCCANEERS DRIVE.  LEGARRETT BLUNT RUNS LEFT.  HURDLES OVER BARRY CHURCH FOR AN 11 YD. GAIN.  SEE, I ALWAYS THOUGHT CHURCH WAS BIG ON SUNDAY.  APPARENTLY NOT.  HALFTIME SCORE COWBOYS WITH THE 10-7 LEAD.  SAME SCORE IN THE 3RD QUARTER.  COWBOYS OPENING POSSESSION.  ROMO PRESSURED BY GERALD MCCOY.  TRIES A SHUFFLE PASS.  THAT FALLS HORRIBLY INCOMPLETE.  GREG SCHIANO THINKS IT’S A FUMBLE.  HE’S GONNA CHALLENGE THE CALL OF AN INCOMPLETE PASS AND THEN, “I’M GONNA GET YOU GUYS ON THE KNEEL DOWN.”  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  THE BALLS COMES LOOSE IN ROMO’S HAND BEFORE HE STARTS TO PASS.  PUSHES THE BALL FORWARD.  GARY GIBSON RECOVERS FOR THE BUCS.  CALL ON THE FIELD IS REVERSED.  PLAY IS RULED A FUMBLE.  SCHIANO LOVES IT.  BUCS GET THE FOOTBALL BACK.  LATER 3RD QUARTER NOW.  SAME SCORE.  2 COWBOYS POSSESSIONS LATER.  ROMO ROLLS OUT.  FINDS MILES AUSTIN DEEP FOR 49 YDS. DOWN TO THE BUCCANEERS 30.  NEXT PLAY FOLLOWING A HOLDING PENALTY ON DOUG FREE.  1ST & 20 ON THE BUCS 40.  3RD PLAY OF THE DRIVE.   TONY ROMO LOOKS FOR JASON WITTEN WHO IS REALLY WELL COVERED ON THIS ONE.  DROPS THE SURE TD. PASS.  APPARENTLY, HE WAS SO WIDE OPEN HE JUST COULDN’T HANDLE THE PRESSURE.  COWBOYS WOULD FAIL TO SCORE ON THIS DRIVE.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  COWBOYS STILL DRIVING.  IT SEEMS LIKE THEY’VE HAD THE FOOTBALL THE ENTIRE GAME.  2ND & 12 AT THE BUCS 14.  TONY ROMO SACKED BY GERALD MCCOY.  FALLS INTO ADRIAN CLAYBORN FOR A 7 YD. LOSS.  ROMO NEVER SEES MCCOY.  CRUSHED ON THE HELMET-TO-HELMET HIT.  ROMO STAYS DOWN FOR A MOMENT BUT WOULD NOT MISS A PLAY.  CLAYBORN THOUGHT HAD TO BE HELPED OFF THE FIELD.  LEADS TO A F.G.  COWBOYS UP 13-7.  SAME SCORE, 4:59 LEFT TO GO.  THE PUNT FIELDED BY DEZ BRYANT AT MIDFIELD.  IT IS RETURNED 44 YDS. DOWN TO THE 6 YD. LINE.  PEOPLE WHO HAVE COWBOYS DEFENSE IN FANTASY ARE SAYING, “WHAT, 5 MORE YDS. YOU COULDN’T GET ME DEZ?”  THAT LEADS TO A F.G.  COWBOYS LEAD IT 16-7 WITH 2:44 LEFT.  SO THE BUCS GET THE BALL BACK.  JOSH FREEMAN LOOKING FOR VINCENT JACKSON.  HEY VINCENT!  I KNOW IT WORKED WELL LAST WEEK.  HEY!  29 YDS.  LEADS TO A CONNOR BARTH F.G.  BUCCANEERS TRAIL 16-10.  COWBOYS POSSESSION FOLLOWING THE ONSIDE KICK RECOVERY.  YOU KNOW WHAT’S COMING.  YOU KNOW WHAT’S COMING.  TONY ROMO KNEELS DOWN.  THE BUCS RUSH THE LINE BUTT HEY GET CALLED FOR OFF-SIDES.  COWBOYS DECLINE.  THE GAME IS OVER.  COWBOYS WIN IT 16-10.  SOMEHOW SCHIANO AND GARRETT SHAKE HANDS AT MIDFIELD.  THE KNEEL DOWN, THE MOST EXCITING PLAY IN FOOTBALL.

 

01:32:49 – NEW YORK GIANTS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

HERE’S HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN ON A NIGHT THAT WAS HONORING, AS ALL THE GAMES WILL THIS WEEKEND, THE MEMORY OF STEVE SABOL, THE NFL FILMS FOUNDER.  HE WILL INDEED BE MISSED.  ELI MANNING COMING OFF THAT CAREER 510 YD. GAME SHAKING HANDS WITH CAM NEWTON.  GIANTS OPENING POSSESSION OF THE GAME.  2ND CHANCE & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 47, AND HERE COMES A MAN FULL OF 2ND CHANCES OR 7TH CHANCES OR 8TH CHANCES.  ANDRE BROWN, WHAT A NIGHT, IN PLACE OF THE INJURED AHMAD BRADSHAW.  PICKS UP 33 YDS. AND 3 PLAYS LATER ON THE CAROLINA 14.  ELI MANNING TO MARTELLUS BENNETT.  FIRST GIANT IN HISTORY WITH A TD. CATCH IN HIS FIRST 3 GAMES.  ON THURS. NIGHT 2 CATCHES.  ELI, FIRST TD. ON THURSDAY NIGHT.  MARTELLUS BENNETT HAD A GREAT NIGHT.  7-NOTHING.  THE GIANTS, NEXT POSSESSION, 2 POSSESSIONS LATER IT’S 10-0.  HERE’S ANDRE BROWN AGAIN UP THE MIDDLE FOR 19 YDS.  HE HAD 77 1ST QUARTER YDS.  MOST BY A GIANT SINCE TIKI DID IT BACK IN 2005, AND THE ROUTE WAS ON.  SAME DRIVE 2ND QUARTER NOW.  2ND CHANCE AND 3.  MANNING TO RAMSEYS BARTON, WORKING ON JOSH __.  THIS IS A RARE CAL POLY ON COASTAL CAROLINA VIOLENCE IN THE NATL. FOOTBALL LEAGUE!  WHAT A NIGHT FOR RAMSEYS BARTON FILLING IN FOR HAKEEM NICKS.  AND THEN BROWN BURSTING HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  17-NOTHING G-MEN.  YEA, THEY DIDN’T WAIT TILL THE 4TH QUARTER FOR ELI TO GET HOT.  WHAT A STATEMENT THE GIANTS MADE EARLY IN THE GAME.  ENSUING PANTHERS POSSESSION.  3RD CHANCE AND 4, AND HERE COMES CAM NEWTON DOWN ON THE TURF.  OSI KNOCKS HIM DOWN.  NO POINTS.  GREAT PASS RUSH ALL NIGHT BY THE G-MEN.  IT’S 2ND CHANCE AND LONG.  ELI MANNING STEPS UP IN THE POCKET.  THERE’S BARTON AGAIN!  HE’S 6’6 AND ELI THROWS THEM NICE AND TALL.  HE’S TRUSTING HIM.  HE HAD A CAREER NIGHT TONIGHT.  AS MANY CATCHES TONIGHT AS HE’S HAD ALL LAST SEASON.  LOOK AT THAT.  THE MOTHERLAND TIPS THE BALL AND IT WOULD’VE BEEN IN BEASON’S HAND.  INSTEAD IT GOES TO BARTON.  THAT’S THE TYPE OF NIGHT IT WAS FOR THE GIANTS HERE IN CAROLINA.  NEXT PANTHERS POSSESSION, NEEDING PTS. BEFORE HALFTIME.  CAM NEWTON TIP DRILL.  THROWS A PICK.  JARON HOSLEY, THE ROOKIE, GETS INTO THE ACT.  THAT BALL WAS A LITTLE BIT THROWN BEHIND RIGHT HERE.  YOU WANT TO GET IT OUT IN FRONT OF BRANDON LAFELL HERE, AND HOSLEY, THE ROOKIE NOW.  GREAT CONCENTRATION ON THE TIPPED PASS.  CAM 5 OF 12, 90 YDS., 1 PICK IN THE 1ST HALF.  ALL GIANTS.  IT’S 20-NOTHING.  3RD QUARTER OPENING KICKOFF.  WHY ARE WE SHOWING …EITHER HE HAS A BIG PLAY OR A BOOBOO AND THIS WAS A DISASTER.  JOE ADAMS PUTS IT ON THE TURF.  ROUGH NIGHT JOE ADAMS.  SO THEY’RE COMING OUT.  MAYBE THEY GOT SOME GREAT PLAYS IN THEIR POCKET TO TRY AND SCORE ON THE GIANTS.  LET’S TAKE THE G-MEN SETTING UP SHOP IN THE RED ZONE.  GET 3 PTS. OUT OF IT.  NEXT PANTHERS POSSESSION, 3RD CHANCE AND 8.  CAM NEWTON OVER THE MIDDLE TO STEVE SMITH.  HOW ABOUT THAT?  TRYING TO GET STEVE SMITH INVOLVED.  THEY SHUT HIM OUT PRETTY GOOD IN THE 1ST HALF.  9 PLAYS LATER CAM GOES OVER THE TOP TO GET CAROLINA ON THE BOARD BUT IT TOOK THEM 2-1/2 QUARTERS TO DO SO.  THAT’S THE QB POWER.  BREAKS THE PLANE.  HIS LAST WEEK FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.  13 PLAY, 80 YD. DRIVE BUT IT TOOK 6 MINS. AND CHANGE AND CAM NEEDED MORE SUPERMAN MOMENTS LIKE THAT BUT HE HURT HIS FINGER ON THAT DIVE INTO THE END ZONE.  26-7.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  IT IS 3RD CHANCE & LONG.  23 YDS. NEEDED.  CAM NEWTON.  WHAT’S HE GONNA DO?  HE’S GOT TIME.  HE BUYS MORE TIME.  HE FLINGS IT OVER THE MIDDLE.  WAIT.  MICHAEL BOLEY PICKS IT OFF.  SO MARTELLUS BENNETT HAS A TD. IN HIS FIRST 3 GAMES THIS SEASON?  MICHAEL BOLEY HAS A PICK IN EACH OF THE FIRST 3 GAMES THIS SEASON.  NEXT GIANTS POSSESSION, 3RD & 4.  MANNING TO MARTELLUS BENNETT MOVING THE CHAINS; AND WE’VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A FEUD!  YEA, BENNETT YELLED SAYING, “I HEARD YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT ME!  HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?!”  PLAYED WELL TONIGHT.  WE SPOKE HIGHLY OF HIM.  CHARLES GODFREY RIPS BENNETT’S LID OFF.  WHY DOES HE LISTEN TO …  3 PLAYS LATER, HERE COMES ANDRE BROWN AGAIN.  ANDRE BROWN.  33-7 GIANTS ROUTE IS ON!  ENSUING PANTHERS POSSESSION.  NEWTON NEEDING TO SCORE HERE.  TO GREG OLSEN, LOOK OUT CAMERA FOLKS.  ANTRELLE ROLLE SEEMS TO CUT HIS LEFT KNEE.  TAKEN IN FOR X-RAYS.  WE’LL LET YOU KNOW ANYTHING WE KNOW BUT YOU CAN SEE KNEE MEETS CAMERA LENS.  I TOLD …WHEN HE WAS COMING OUT RICH.  YOU JUST SAID HE HIT THE CAMERA, HURT HIS KNEE.  HE SHOULD BE O.K.  2 PLAYS LATER NEWTON TRYING TO GET SOMETHING GOING ON.  4TH CHANCE AND GOAL FROM THE…CAM, PICKED AGAIN.  WHOA CAM.  WHOA CAM.  A 5 TURNOVER NIGHT.  ROLLE’S REPLACEMENT, STEVIE BROWN GETS IN ON THE ACT, AND THAT PHOTO SAYS IT ALL.  36-7.  THE GIANTS GETTING IT DONE.

 

01:37:40 – KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

 ANOTHER TEAM THAT’S NOT IMPRESSIVE.  0-2 KANSAS CITY.  0-2 NEW ORLEANS.  COULD’VE HAD A TIE PAUL.  PERCENTAGES SAY THAT IT’S PRETTY LIKELY THAT SOMEBODY’S GONNA WIN, O.K.  ALRIGHT.  DREW BREES.  THEY’RE GONNA TAKE A TIE.  A CATCH BY PIERRE THOMAS.  DID HE CATCH IT?  LET’S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  DID THE BALL TOUCH THE GROUND?  RULED A TD. ON THE FIELD.  I THOUGHT I SAW HIS HAND UNDERNEATH IT.  CALL REVERSED.  NO TOUCHDOWN.  JIMMY GRAHAM SAID I’LL TAKE THE BALL BACK.  THAT’S STUFF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IN THE PAST.  DREW MISSING OPEN RECEIVERS.  SAINTS UP 10-6 AT HALFTIME.  3RD QUARTER.  MATT CASSEL LOOKING FOR DEXTER MCCLUSTER.  FOUND A HOLE IN THE SLOT.  THERE FOR THE CHIEFS.  GIVES UP THE FOOTBALL BEFORE BEING TOUCHED DOWN.  JONATHAN CASSILLES RECOVERS.  RUNS IN FOR A TD. BUT THE PLAY WAS RULED DOWN.  AND MCCLUSTER BACK WITH THAT SHOULDER INJURY.  LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD.  CHIEFS HAVE 6 PTS.  WE’RE IN THE 3RD QUARTER.  IT’S THE START OF THE 3RD QUARTER AND THE CHIEFS HAVE 6 PTS.  BREES, CHAD COLLINS.  SAINTS LEADING 24-6.  NOW THAT’S WHAT, AN 18 PT. LEAD BY MATHIS ND GREG BUT … 12 PT. LEAD.  WAIT A SECOND.  RIGHT NOW…  JAMAL CHARLES OVER B.C.  200 YDS.  OVER 20 YDS. I SAY.  91 COMING RIGHT THERE.  SEE THIS KID GETS AN OPEN FIELD, YOU’RE NOT GONNA CATCH HIM.  YOU HAVE TOO MUCH SPEED.  AND THAT N.O. SECONDARY DOESN’T HAVE TOO MANY GUYS THAT CAN RUN AND GO CATCH IT.  THAT LEAD’S STARTING TO EVAPORATE.  THIS DEF. LINE, THIS DEF. RUSH DEFENSE FOR THE SAINTS IS A STORY WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL YEAR.  ALLOWING TEAMS TO RUN THE FOOTBALL ON YOU.  WHENEVER YOU HAVE A KID GO FORWARD WITH 220 YDS. LIKE BROWN, I MEAN COME ON.  HEY, CHIEFS COULD USE A PICK.  THEY COULD USE AN INTERCEPTION.  WELL TIMED.  SANFORD …  DREW BREES THREW FOR 240 YDS., 3 TDS. AND 1 INTERCEPTION.  IT WAS NOT A GREAT DAY.  COMPLETED JUST OVER 50% OF HIS PASSES.  THE SAINTS DEFENSE IS A DISASTER GUYS BUT THE OFFENSE TODAY, JUST 288 TOTAL YDS.  F.G. MADE IT 24-16.  BOTH QUARTERS.  NOW 24-19.  BREES TAKEN DOWN BY JUSTIN HOUSTON.  TRIES TO GET RID OF IT.  THAT’S RULED A SAFETY.  IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE’VE SEEN.  DREW GETTING HIT A LOT MORE THIS YEAR THAN WE’VE SEEN IN THE PAST.  FOR 100 MILL. DOLLAR QB, YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO PROTECT HIM.  15 CONSECUTIVE POINTS.  15 STRAIGHT POINTS FOR THE CHIEFS.  MATT CASSEL, HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GONNA…THIS IS A BETTER CHOICE.  OH MY GOODNESS.  THIS IS AN EXCELLENT CATCH BY JONATHAN BALDWIN.  THAT KIND OF ENCAPSULIZES THE SAINTS DEFENSIVE YEAR SO FAR, DOESN’T IT?  MATT CASSEL DROPS BACK AND TURNS AROUND AND LOOKS TO THROW IT 5 YDS. BEHIND HIM.  HE SAW AARON BROOKS DO IT IN THAT BUILDING A COUPLE YEARS AGO.  CASSEL LOOKING FOR DWAYNE BOWE.  GOT HIM.  A GAIN OF 7.  THAT WAS 4TH & 5.  SEE, AND I’M NOT A DEF. COORD. BUT I WANT TO SEE A TEAM BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT.  YOU SIT BACK.  IT’S PITCH AND CATCH.  8 SECS. LEFT IN REGULATION.  RYAN SUCCOP 43 YDS. OUT TO TIE THE GAME AT 24.  NO.  THIS KID HAD 5 F.G.’S TODAY.  SAINTS DEFENSE, ANYTHING THEY CAN GET FROM THIS IS A POSITIVE.  THEY DID NOT ALLOW THE TEAM TO SCORE TDS. ON THEM.  THEY MAY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO KICK F.G.’S.  YOU COULD FEEL THE AIR COMING OUT OF THAT BUILDING I’M SURE AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.  OVERTIME 3RD DOWN & 12.  CASSEL DUMPS IT OFF TO SHAWN __.  YOU SEE THE FOOTBALL COME OUT.  THE QUESTION IS, WAS HE DOWN?  YEA, AND I WOULD WAIT TO LET THE REFEREES KNOW THAT … IF IT BOUNCES UP, GOTTA LET YOU KNOW THAT THE GROUND CREATED THE FUMBLE.  I DON’T KNOW TOO MANY TIMES THE BALL JUST LAYS THERE.  PRETTY GOOD LITNESS TEST FOR THAT.  BUT THE BALL BOUNCES IN THE AIR.  MOST OF THE TIME THAT MEANS IT HIT THE GROUND.  SO HE’S RULED DOWN.  IT DOES BRING UP 4TH DOWN & 1.  IT WAS AN 18 PT. LEAD IN THE 3RD QUARTER, RIGHT?  THAT’S JAMAL CHARLES PICKING UP THE FIRST DOWN, YES?  YOU ARE CORRECT TOM.  233 YDS. RUSHING FOR JAMAL CHARLES.  AND PAUL YOU TALKED ABOUT WHICH TEAM SHOWED THE DESIRE TO WIN.  BOY, IT LOOKED LIKE IF YOU TALK ABOUT A TEAM DOMINATING A TEAM, COMING BACK TO WIN.  WHAT TEAM WAS HUNGRIER.  BOTH TEAMS 0-2 AND THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WINLESS NO MORE.  RYAN SUCCOP FROM 31 YDS. OUT.  K.C. ON THE ROAD COMING FROM BEHIND 27-24.  TO ME, THIS ONE’S STILL ABOUT THE OFFENSE.  I UNDERSTAND THEY GAVE UP THE BIG LEAD ON DEFENSE BUT THE SAINTS OFFENSE, 288 TOTAL YDS. JUST 14 1ST DOWNS.  5 OF 13 ON 3RD DOWNS.  THAT’S NOT N.O. SAINTS FOOTBALL.  YOU KNOW WHAT’S NOT N.O. SAINTS FOOTBALL, AND I’M SPEAKING AGAIN FROM EXPERIENCE, IS ALLOWING TEAMS TO FINISH YOU OFF.  THIS TEAM IN THE PAST SINCE COACH PAYTON, I KNOW HE’S NOT THERE NOW.  BUT SINCE HE STARTED COACHING THERE, ALWAYS FINISHED TEAMS WHEN THEY HAD A LEAD ON THEM.  AND THAT LETS YOU KNOW THAT THIS TEAM HAS SEEMED LIKE THEY GOT THAT WHOA IS ME ATTITUDE WHERE THEY’RE STARTING TO FEEL BAD FOR THEMSELVES, AND NOT COMING OUT AND PLAYING TOUGH HARDNOSED FOOTBALL.

 

01:42:43 – DETROIT LIONS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

WHAT A GAME IN NASHVILLE.  THE LIONS AND THE TITANS.  JIM SCHWARTZ RETURNS TO TENN.  WORKED ON THE DEF. SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL FOR 10 YRS. JAKE LOCKER, … AFTERNOON HE WOULD HAVE.  LET’S GO BACK TO THE MUSIC CITY MIRACLE.  DARREN I THINK YOU WERE IN SEASON 3 IN THE LEAGUE?  YES I WAS.  FRANK WYCHEK DID THIS.  WAS THAT A FORWARD PASS?  THAT WAS A LATERAL PASS.  IT WAS PARALLEL TO THE LINE THAT THEY MEASURED IT FROM.  NOW IT’S …  I THINK YOU WERE DRAWING A CROOKED LINE SIR.   YEA, BUT IT KIND OF WAVERED BUT IT WAS PARALLEL.  WITH THAT IN MIND, CHECKOUT DARIUS BERNARD.  IS THIS A LATERAL?  YES.  YES.  AND TOMMY CAMPBELL HAS ROOM TO RUN?  I WOULD SAY SO.  UNTOUCHED.  BUT I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PUNTER RIGHT THERE BUT HE JUST EITHER GOT HIMSELF HURT OR JUST SHOWED NO DESIRE TO ACTUALLY MAKE A PLAY.  THAT’S LACK OF DESIRE.  TITANS LEAD 10-6.  BUSINESS DECISION.  BEN GRAHAM INJURED HIS LEFT CALF, SO HE WAS HURT.  O.K.  SO WE’RE GONNA…THAT’S WHY I…THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP.  YES.  4TH QUARTER.  THE REAL HIGHLIGHTS COME LATER THIS GAME.  20-19 LIONS, 4TH QUARTER.  MATT STAFFORD LOOKING FOR IT.  NATE BURLESON PLAY ACTION.  LOOK AT THAT SIDEARM.  CHANGE THE THROWING. … AND TO THROW THAT BALL AS QUICKLY AS HE DID, CHANGE THE RELEASE POINT.  THAT WAS NICE.  2 PT. CONVERSION GOOD.  SO THE ENSUING KICKOFF.  DARIUS BERNARD AGAIN.  NOT PASSING THIS TIME.  JUST SPRINTING DOWN THE RIGHT SIDELINE.  HE WENT DOWN THERE FOR 2 TDS. IN THIS GAME.  THERE’S BERNARD.  HAD A GREAT PRESEASON TO WIN THE RETURN JOB, AND NOW IT’S PAYING DIVIDENDS FOR THAT TENN. TITANS TEAM.  I THINK THE DETROIT LIONS LEARNED LAST YEAR YOU HAVE TO BE MORE DISCIPLINED TO GET TO THE TOP OF THE NFL MOUNTAIN.  TODAY THEY LEARNED THAT YOU HAVE TO BE GOOD ON SPECIAL TEAMS AS WELL.  JAY LOCKER WAS GOOD TODAY.   NATE WASHINGTON.  MAN.. WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT?  THAT’S THAT HOLD.  GOOD FORTUNE?  NO, NO, THAT’S CALLED THE PEANUTS THING.  YOU CHALK IT UP.  OH, HE HIT THAT BALL RIGHT OFF THE HEAD OF THE DEFENDER.  HE WENT PAST THE HAD.  HE PICKED IT OFF OFF HIS BACK.  THAT’S MORE THAN PEANUTS.  I ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER NAME FOR THAT ONE.  I’M SURE YOU DO.  THIS IS A REAL… DARREN SHARPER KIND OF…THAT’S THE KIND OF PLAY YOU WOULD’VE MADE, RIGHT?  I DON’T KNOW.  THAT’S A HEAVY PLAYBILL.  THAT’S JUST A BURNER.  GREAT JOB.  … 72 YD. RETURN.  GREAT JOB.  TAKING IT FROM THE RECEIVER BECAUSE IF HE DOESN’T HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE WHERE HE’S COMING FROM, SNEAK UP ON HIM.  T.E.  YOU CAN’T ALLOW… THAT’S HIGHWAY THIEVERY RIGHT THERE.  THAT’S BRANDON PETTIGREW ALLOWING __ __ TO DO THAT.  YOU CAN’T HAVE THAT.  STRIPPED HIM OF THE FOOTBALL.  STAFFORD MADE A BUSINESS DECISION RIGHT THERE.  ANOTHER PULL RIGHT THERE.  THEY SAID HE HAD ANOTHER PULL RIGHT THERE.  THEY SAID HE HAD A PULLED CALF I BELIEVE.  SHAWN HILL COMES IN FOR HIM.  DAMIAN WILLIAMS UNABLE TO CATCH THE ONSIDE KICK.  RECOVERED BY AMARI __.  SPUVAY DIDN’T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT HE HAD THE AUTHORITY AND THE RIGHT TO TAKE THAT IN.  YOU SEE HIM WAIVER A LITTLE BIT.  7 SECS. LEFT IN THE GAME NOW.  SHAWN HILL.  SHAWN HILL IS A DECENT BACKUP IN THE NFL.  YEA, HE STEPPED IN A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND LED THIS TEAM TO A COUPLE VICTORIES.  THAT’S TITUS YOUNG.  THAT’S A TD.  THAT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR, DOESN’T IT?  AND THAT’S THE THING.  THIS PLAY RIGHT HERE.  AS YOU’LL SEE, HE’S GOT THE LINEBACKER .. NOT TO JUMP BEFORE THAT FOOTBALL.  YOU HAVE ONE GUY THAT’S DESIGNATED AS THE JUMPER TO KNOCK THE BALL OUT.  THE OTHER GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BLOCK OUT GUYS.  THE BLOCK OUT KEEPS THE DEFENDER FROM GETTING THE BALL ON A REBOUND.  TITUS YOUNG, UNBELIEVABLE PLAY.  SHAWN HILL…GAME TIED 41, AND JAY LOCKER IN O.T.  DAMIAN WILLIAMS 13 YD. GAIN.  THAT LED TO A 26 YD. BARONAS F.G.  44-41.  TITANS.  JAY LOCKER 378 AND 2 SCORES TODAY.  IF YOU’RE SHAWN HILL, WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?  I’M LOOKING FOR CALVIN JOHNSON.  AND HE WAS ALL DAY.  LOOK AT THAT.  IN THE MIDDLE OF 4 TITAN DEFENDERS.  CALVIN JOHNSON, THE NEW AGE OF THE NFL.  EVERYONE’S SCARED TO TAKE A SHOT AT HIM.  GOOD POINT.  THE .. OUT AT 8.  __ IS SHORT.  GETS 7 YDS.  COMES UP JUST SHORT.  SO GOING FOR IT ON 4TH & 1 BECAUSE 3 WILL TIE IT.  SHAWN HILL WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?  WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?  IT’S THAT FAR.  WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?  I’M GONNA KICK THE F.G.  IT’S NOT IN TENN.  WE’RE READY TO GO HOME.  I’M GONNA KICK A F.G. AND TIE IT.  WE’RE JUST GONNA TRY IT.  I DON’T KNOW WHY HE DID THAT.  THE QB SNEAK AND THE TITANS DEF. LINE COMING UP BIG THERE PUSHING SHAWN HILL BACK AND THAT’S HOW IT ENDS.  NOT EVEN CLOSE.  LOOK, I DON’T PROFESS TO KNOW ALL THE NFL RULES, AND THEY CHANGE A LOT.  I MEAN IF YOU TIE THAT UP WE KEEP PLAYING FOOTBALL, DON’T WE?  YES WE DO.  SO WHY NOT TIE IT UP?  NOT A TIE.  NOT A TIE.  YOU HAVE YOUR BACKUP QB IN.  THE THEORY SOMETIMES ON THE ROAD.  I DON’T KNOW.  IT’S EASY TO 2ND GUESS FORM THIS POSITION.  THAT’S WHY WE’RE HERE, RIGHT?  YEA.  YEA.

 

01:47:33 – NEW YORK JETS @ MIAMI DOLPHINS

 PROMISED MORE OVERTIME HIGHLIGHTS . WE HAVE THEM FROM THE AFC EAST.  THE JETS DERRELLE REVIS COMING BACK FROM A CONCUSSION.  AT THE DOLPHINS TONY SPARANO FORMER HEAD COACH LAST YEAR, MIAMI.  NOW THE OFF. COORD. FOR THE JETS.  DOESN’T LIKE THIS.  MARK SANCHEZ INTERCEPTED BY RICHARD MARSHALL.  TAKEN DOWN TO THE 45.  SANCHEZ ISN’T GONNA WIN MANY STUFFED ANIMALS AT THE CARNIVAL, IS HE?  IF I GOT 3 THROWS…  NOT GONNA MAKE IT.  DOWN TO MILK JUGS.  YEA.  HEY, TIM TEBOW’S IN THE GAME TOM.  THERE HE IS.  IS IT GONNA BE A FAKE PUNT.  NO.  WHAT’S HE GONNA DO.  SORRY.  IT WAS 4TH & 3 AND HE PICKED IT UP, TOM.  YEA.  THERE YOU GO.  HE ACTS LIKE, “LET’S GO!  LET’S GO TEAM!”  TOM LIKES … ON THE SIDELINES.  HE’S A HYPE GUY.  IS THAT A NEW POSITION, HYPE GUY?  I THINK IT’S CALLED UP MAN IN THE FRONT TEAM.  O.K.  I THOUGHT HE WAS THE HYPE GUY.  REGGIE BUSH UP THE MIDDLE FOR 4 BUT BUSH …IS INJURED.  THAT KNEE WOBBLED A LITTLE BIT, DIDN’T IT?  AND THEN HE TOOK A HELMET ON IT.  THAT’S MY GUY.  I HOPE HE’S O.K.  BUSH INJURED HIS KNEE ON THE PLAY.  RETURNED BRIEFLY BEFORE LEAVING THE GAME AGAIN EARLY IN THE 4TH QUARTER.  3RD QUARTER DOLPHINS BALL TRAILING 10-3.  RYAN TANNEHILL… LOOKING FOR FASANO AND THAT’S PICKED OFF BY LARON LANDRY.  TAKEN BACK 18 YDS. FOR A SCORE.  WELL IF THE JETS OFFENSE ISN’T GONNA GET IN THE END ZONE, MIGHT AS WELL RELY ON THEIR DEFENSE, RIGHT?  WELL THAT’S A GREAT BAIT BY LARON LANDRY.  GREAT CATCH AND SCORE.  GAME TIED AT 10.  MARK SANCHEZ LOOKING FOR TIM TEBOW.  SEE, SEE.  COME ON MARK.  COME ON.  I MEAN LIKE REALLY?  HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.  DO YOU THINK HE DID THAT ON PURPOSE TOO?  THE BALL AT THE HEAD.  NO.  ARE YOU SURE?  DANIEL THOMAS, NICE MOVE THERE.  THAT IS.  3RD DOWN & 9.  DARRELLE REVIS THOUGH INJURED ON THIS PLAY.  WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  INJURED HIS KNEE AND DID NOT COME BACK.  OH, THAT’S NOT GOOD.  WHENEVER A GUY IS… YEA, AND WHEN IT’S NO CONTACT INJURY, THAT’S THE WORSE ONE BECAUSE THAT MEANS SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT.  I HATE TO SPECULATE.  REVIS DIDN’T COME BACK AFTER THAT KNEE INJURY.  RYAN TANNEHILL, ANTHONY FASANO.  WOW.  CHALLENGE THAT IT WAS INCOMPLETE.  FASANO IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST ATHLETIC T.E.’S IN THE LEAGUE ALSO THAT DOESN’T GET TOO MUCH NOTORIETY.  BUT THIS GUY CAN MAKE PLAYS, AND I WANT TO SEE TANNEHILL GO TO HIM MORE OFTEN.  AND THAT WAS RULED A CATCH AFTER THE REVIEW.  REX RYAN UPSET.  GREAT AWARENESS TOO TO KNOW WHERE YOUR FEET ARE.  THAT LED TO A JAVORSKI LANE 1 YD. TD.  4TH QUARTER, JETS BALL TRAILING 17-13.  THIS IS A 3RD DOWN & 1 SITUATION ON THE DOLPHINS 7.  SANCHEZ AGAINST THE BLITZ.  FINDS JEREMY …  HE FINDS THE END ZONE.  THAT’S BETTER.  THAT’S BETTER.  SANCHEZ HAS  GOT TO BE MORE ACCURATE.  COMPLETES LESS THAN 50% OF THE PASSES AGAIN TODAY.  LOOK AT TONY SPARANO.  YOU CAN PICK THAT PASS RIGHT OVER THE MIDDLE SLANT.  YOU KNOW WHAT, SOMETIMES THEY’RE NOT COMPLETED.  3RD & 10.  TANNEHILL WANT DEVON BESS.  PENALTY CALLED.  THIS IS DEF. PASS INTERFERENCE.  WAS THAT PASS INTERFERENCE?  YES, I WOULD SAY THAT IT WAS.  SEE, LOOK, I’M NOT BIASED TOWARDS DEFENSE.  THAT WAS.  LED TO A DAN CARPENTER 41 YD. F.G.  ALL TIED AT 20 IN OVERTIME.  I’M A FAIR GUY.  THIS IS 4TH DOWN & 5.  THAT’S DAN CARPENTER AND THAT IS A MISSED F.G. TO THE LEFT.  WOW.  YOU KNOW YOU LOOK BACK  AT THE END OF YOUR SEASON AND THESE ARE THE GAMES THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE IN THE WIN TOTAL BECAUSE THEY COME BACK, AND YOU HAVE 1 LOSS HERE BY 3 PTS., A MISSED F.G.  NEXT THING YOU KNOW, A 6-10 TEAM COULD’VE BEEN A 9-7 TEAM.  THAT’S A HUGE PLAY.  PERFECTLY PLACED BALL TO SANTONIO HOLMES.  YOU KNOW MARK SANCHEZ HAD A ROUGH AFTERNOON BUT FOUND A WAY TO MAKE SOME THROWS IN CRUNCH TIME.  THAT’S ONE OF THEM.  NICK FOLK’S KICK IS BLOCKED.  BUT, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SEEN THIS?  JOE PHILBIN CALLED A TIMEOUT TO ICE THE KICKER.  WHAT’S YOUR THEORY ON THAT TOM?  YOU BELIEVE IN IT?  THE ICING OF THE KICKER.  I WOULDN’T ICE THE KICKER.  I TALKED TO A COUPLE KICKERS  IN MY CAREER, AND THEY ALL SAID THEY LIKED WHEN A COACH CALLED TIMEOUT BECAUSE IT GOT THEM MORE TIME OT RELAX AND PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR A KICK.  SO THIS ICING THE KICKER MIGHT WORK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.  NICK FOLK DOES LOOK RELAXED RIGHT HERE.  JUST ..EASY UP AND IN.  THERE’S YOUR GOAL AGAIN.  COULD’VE BEEN PUSHED TO THE RIGHT LIKE A LOT OF …WOULD’VE BLOCKED IT, YEA.  SO THE JETS WIN A WILD ONE 23-20.  N.Y. IMPROVING TO 2-1 AND OVERCOMING MARK SANCHEZ, 2ND WEEK IN A ROW UNDER 50% BUT, HEY, THE QB WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN.

 

01:52:17 – PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ ARIZONA CARDINALS

BUFFALO UNBEATEN NFC TEAMS.  ARIZONA PLAYING HOST TO MICHAEL VICK AND HIS PHILA. EAGLES.  KEVIN KOLB THE STARTING QB AGAIN.  REMEMBER ME?  UH HUH.  …AND DEMAURICE JOHNSON GONNA BE STRIPPED BY ANTHONY SHERMAN.  OH, MIKE LEACH RECOVERS THE FUMBLE SETTING UP 1ST & 10 AT THE PHILA.  WAIT A MINUTE.  MIKE LEACH!  WHERE’S HE FROM?  WILLIAM AND MARY.  DON’T GET A CHANCE TO SAY THAT TOO OFTEN.  NICE CATCH.  MICHAEL FLOYD THE FIRST ROUND PICK.  HE CAUGHT IT THE 2ND TIME.  HE DID.  YEA.  8 YD. TD.  FIRST CAREER TD.  BY THE WAY, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW EARLY DARREN, I HAD THE CARDINALS IN THIS GAME.  YEA , I’M NOT SURPRISED.  I PREDICTED THE CARDINALS WOULD WIN THIS GAME.  JUST SAYING.  AND THE CARDINALS WON SO I’M NOT SURPRISED YOU PICKED THEM.  4TH PLAY OF THIS DRIVE.  MICHAEL VICK GONNA FINE HIS WAY OUT OF TROUBLE FOR 1 YD.  BALL COMES OUT.  PLAY WAS RULED THAT VICK WAS DOWN.  THE CARDINALS CHALLENGE.  LET’S TAKE A LOOK HERE.  SAM __ FORCING THE BALL OUT BEFORE…  THAT’S LIVE.  AND HE HIT THE GROUND.  THAT’S A FUMBLE.  WHAT HAPPENS, CARDINALS RUN AS MUCH AS HE DOES, GOTTA PRACTICE BALL SECURITY.  GOTTA FIND LARRY FITZGERALD, RIGHT?  ESPECIALLY WHEN HE’S THAT OPEN.  THE SUREST HANDS IN THE NFL.  LARRY MR. FITZGERALD.  HEY, 17-0 GUYS.  THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK WHETHER THIS EAGLES DEFENSE IS GOING TO KNOW WHAT TO DO AGAINST KEVIN KOLB.  WELL MAYBE KEVIN KOLB KNEW WHAT TO DO AGAINST THIS EAGLES DEFENSE A LITTLE BIT.  WHAT THE TALK WAS ABOUT, IS THIS ARIZONA TEAM FOR REAL?  ARE THEY GONNA BE HAPPY FOR THE FACT THAT KNOCKED OFF THE PATRIOTS AND COME OUT HERE AND LAY AN EGG.  THIS LETS YOU KNOW THAT THIS TEAM IS FOCUSING.  WHEN THEY START THE GAME EARLY ON THE WAY THEY DID, LET’S YOU KNOW THIS TEAM IS FOCUSED.  GOT ABSOLUTELY HAMMERED BY KERRY RHODES.  GOTTA BE AWARE OF THAT IN THE POCKET.  AND TOM YOU TALK ABOUT THE DEFENSE OF THE ARIZONA CARDS.  I LOVE THIS CALL BY RAY HORTON, THE DEF. COORD. FOR THE CARDINALS.  BLITZING THESE GUYS IN THE RED ZONE.  FORCING THE ISSUE.  JAMES SANDERS TAKES IT ALL THE WAY 93 YDS. FOR A TD.  KEVIN KOLB.  HE WAS O.K.  BUT THE DEFENSE WAS FANTASTIC.  AS USUAL.  THEY HADN’T WON IN SPITE OF THEIR QB PLAY RECENTLY BUT LOOK AT KOLB’S NUMBERS.  HE WAS GOOD TODAY.  FOR 222 AND 2 TDS.

 

01:54:34 – HOUSTON TEXANS @ DENVER BRONCOS

 A LOT OF FUN THIS AFTERNOON.  THE LATE GAME CRAZY AS WELL.  GARY KUBIAK, WELCOME BACK TO DENVER.  HE WA THE UNDERSTUDY FOR JOHN ELWAY FOR ALL THOSE…  YOU’RE ON CAMERA MAN.  LET’S CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT.  MATT SCHAUB DROPPING BACK AND ..HELLO ELVIS.  ELVIS DUMERVIL.  YEA, WE’RE GONNA CALL IT A SACK.  YEA, IT’S A SACK AND THE SAFETY HAS 2 PTS.  GOTTA GET RID OF THAT.  JACK DELRIO IMPRESSED.  1ST QUARTER, PEYTON.  SUCH A TERRIBLE FIRST QUARTER MONDAY NIGHT AGAINST.  …NO FLAG?  NO FLAG?  WHAT HAD HAPPENED SEE ….  JOE DREESON GOT HUNG UP WITH DANIEL MANNING.  THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED THERE.  AND THEN MATT SCHAUB WITH HIS TEAM DOWN 5-ZIP TO ANDRE JOHNSON.  ANDRE JOHNSON.  FRIST QUARTER.  ANDRE JOHNSON LIGHTING IT UP RIGHT THERE.  PUTTING THE HOUSTON TEXANS ON THE BOARD.  HE AND MATT SCHAUB.  THAT WAS A GOOD PLAY ACTION.  THAT WAS A GOOD PLAY.  60 YDS. AND A 7-5 LEAD.  THEN IT’S ARIAN FOSTER.  THIS IS WHAT THEY DO BEST.  THEY’RE GONNA ESTABLISH THE GROUND GAME AND TAKE CONTROL OF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE TO SET UP ALL THEIR PLAY ACTION STUFF.  2ND QUARTER, SCHAUB.  THIS TIME GONNA FIND FOSTER OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.  TO THE PYLON.  3 YDS. ON THE SCAMPER.  TAPS A 14 PLAY 97 YD. DRIVE.  THEY’RE UP 14-5.  NEXT HOUSTON POSSESSION.  THIS TIME SCHAUB DOWNFIELD FOR KEVIN WALTERS.  SPEAKING OF AN OFFENSE THAT’S GOT SOME WEAPONS MOOCH.  YEA, KEVIN WALTER, HE’S A GREAT #2 RECEIVER HERE AND MATT SCHAUB, NOW HE CAN THROW THE DEEP BALL.  WHEN ALL 3 OF THESE GUYS, PLUS WALTER, ARE HEALTHY, LOOK OUT.  IT’S A HECK OF AN OFF. TALENTED TEAM.  JACK DELRIO NOT AS HAPPY WITH HIS DEFENSE AFTER THAT HIGHLIGHT.  HOPING TO APPLY SOME PRESSURE HERE.  THE BALL’S PICKED!  WESLEY __, THE ONE-HANDED INT.  GET DOWN!  SAVE YOURSELF!  MAY’VE BEEN RULED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE BRONCOS 40.  OLD TO A MICHAEL CRATER 53 YD. F.G.  WHAT IS THAT?  THAT’S THE GAME DAY HIGHLIGHTS DANCE.  YOU GUYS DON’T RECOGNIZE IT?  SO THE BRONCOS WERE DOWN 10 AT THAT POINT.  STILL 21-11.  SCHAUB LOOKING FOR JOHNSON AFTER HE GETS CLOBBERED!  CLOBBERED.  ALMOST WAS A GREAT PLAY.  THIS IS ABOUT $100,000 FINE.  THIS IS AN UGLY HIT.  WELL THERE WAS A ROUGHING THE PASSER PENALTY ON JOE MAYS.  THAT’S A LOT OF MONEY RIGHT THERE.  HOW COME HELMETS ARE COMING OFF PRIME?  BECAUSE GUYS ARE BIGGER AND STRONGER AND FASTER.  LED TO A SHANE GRAHAM F.G. ON A 13 PT. LEAD.  NOW IT’S OWEN DANIELS.  HE’S MUSCLING IN.  IF HE CAN STAY HEALTHY HE’S A WEAPON AS WELL, AND THE TEXANS HAVE A 20 PT. LEAD.  WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS PEYTON MANNING TEAM?  4TH QUARTER, HOUSTON CONTINUING ITS DRIVE.  UP 20.  BEN TATE.  LET’S GO GET IT AND, OH, LET’S FUMBLE IT!  JUSTIN BANNON RECOVERS AT MIDFIELD.  SO DENVER’S IN BUSINESS.  MANNING.  PEYTON HIGHLIGHT HERE.  TO BRANDON STOKLEY.  38 YDS. AND .. BEAUTIFUL.  THAT’S THE PEYTON WE ALL KNOW.  THEY’RE WITHIN 13.  DENVER GETS IT BACK.  UNDER 7-1/2 TO GO.  MANNING…TO STOKLEY.  GREAT WAY TO UNCOVER IT BY STOKLEY.  AND ANOTHER FIRST DOWN.  5 PLAYS LATER MANNING LOOKING FOR JACOB TANNEN, AND IT’S NEARLY PICKED OFF BY BRYCE MCCANE.  THAT’S ALL FOR THE BRONCOS.  MANNING PRESSURED.  J.J. WATT.  WHAT A STUD HE IS.  HE IS, A YOUNGSTER OUT OF WISCONSIN.  NOW THIS GUY’S A BEAST.  SAPP TALKED ABOUT HIM THIS MORNING BUT THIS GUY IS A ONE-MAN WRECKING CREW.  2-1/2 SACKS ON THE DAY FOR HIM, AND MANNING LOOKING FOR DEMARIUS THOMAS.  HOWEVER, MCCANE’S FLAGGED FOR ILLEGAL CONTACT ON BRANDON STOKLEY.  SO A 1ST DOWN FOR THE BRONCOS.  TAKE THAT.  TAKE THAT.  YOU’D RATHER TAKE THE 15 THAN GIVE UP THE 6 ANY DAY.  NEXT PLAY MANNING LOOKING FOR DENARIUS THOMAS AGAIN IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  IS THIS A TOUCHDOWN!  OH BOY.  LET’S LOOK AT IT.  EVENTUALLY RULED A SCORE ON THE FIELD.  IT WOULD BE REVIEWED BUT LET’S LOOK AT THE 2ND FOOT.  THERE’S 1…2.  NOPE.  OVERTURNED.  ALL SCORING PLAYS ARE REVIEWED.  OVERTURNED.  GREAT THROW.  WELL MANNING.  DOES HE HAVE MORE GREAT THROWS IN HIM?  THIS TIME LOOKING FOR ERIC DECKER.  IT IS INCOMPLETE BUT THERE’S ANOTHER FLAG ON THE FIELD.  YOU GOTTA STOP THIS.  THIS TIME KAREEM JACKSON.  THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS.  ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS THROW THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.  YOU’RE GONNA GET A P.I.  IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’VE SEEN EVERY PLAY ON THIS DRIVE, PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE.  IT’S THE 16TH PLAY.  MANNING TO DECKER TO DRESSON!  JUST LIKE YOU DRAW IT UP.  BRONCOS DOWN 6.  ENSUING TEXANS POSSESSION.  3RD & 5.  ALRIGHT PEYTON, YOU’RE STILL IN THIS THING.  THEY’RE THROWING IT!  OH, ANDRE JOHNSON.  JUST LIKE LAST WEEK WHEN MATT RYAN MADE A 3RD & 5.  THEY KEEP THE STICKS MOVING.

 

01:59:40 – ATLANTA FALCONS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

 LATE GAME FINALS.  AT LEAST ONE IN AND IT’S BEEN HOT HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RECENTLY.  OVER 115 IN S.D.  MATT RYAN, THE HOTTEST QB.  IN THE NFL.  RYAN MATTHEWS PLAYING IN HIS FIRST GAME SINCE BREAKING THE COLLARBONE IN THE PRESEASON.  2ND QUARTER, TRAILING 6-0.  RYAN MATTHEWS FUMBLING.  THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU’RE OUT OF CONTACT FOR AWHILE NOT GETTING GAME SPEED, CONTACT, GETTING BACK AND GETTING HIT.  A LOT OF TIMES YOU SEE GUYS FUMBLE WHEN THEY GET BACK INTO ACTION.  I LIKE THE LOOK OF THIS ATLANTA FALCONS DEFENSE WITH MIKE GOLAN IN CHARGE.  THEY’VE JUST GOT A LITTLE EXTRA HITCH IN THEIR STEP.  I LOVE THE LOOK OF MATT RYAN SO FAR.  HE HAS BEEN CONFIDENT.  PUTTING IT RIGHT ON TONY GONZALEZ.  IS THIS THE YEAR?  IS THIS THE YEAR THAT MATT RYAN… WE SHALL SEE.  TAKES THAT NEXT STEP INTO THE ELITE CLASS OF QBS?  OFF TO A TERRIFIC START IN MOVING THAT WAY.  3RD DOWN AND 5.  PHILIP RIVERS THROWS TO HIS RIGHT.  WANTS ANTONIO GATES BUT THROWS IT RIGHT TO THOMAS __.  YOU’RE GONNA THROW THAT BALL, YOU HAVE TO THROW IT TOWARDS THE SIDELINE WHERE ONLY ANTONIO GATES CAN CATCH IT.  IT WAS RULED AN INCOMPLETE PASS.  I DON’T KNOW.  OH NO, THEY’RE GONNA GIVE IT TO HIM.  MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIAS.  PICK.  GIVE HIM THE HEADS UP.  FALCONS BALL 1ST & 10.  MATT RYAN, JULIO JONES.  NOW YOU HAVE A SCORE.  …GONNA COME DOWN WITH THE BALL.  THIS GUY’S BEEN PLAYING BETTER AND BETTER EACH AND EVERY WEEK, AND THAT’S ALLOWING MATT RYAN TO HAVE AS MUCH SUCCESS.  HE HAD AN EXTRA WEAPON ON THE OUTSIDE OF JULIO JONES.  HE WAS 30 OUT OF 43 TDS.  DID THROW HIS FIRST INTERCEPTION OF THE SEASON.  OTHER SIDE.  PHILIP RIVERS PICKED OFF BY … AGAIN.  THOMAS __.  WELL THE FIRST 2 WKS. OF THE SEASON THE S.D. CHARGERS TOOK CARE OF THE FOOTBALL.  THEY WERE NOT A SELF-DESTRUCTIVE TEAM LIKE THEY WERE THE LAST 2 YRS.  TODAY, T HEY WENT BACK INTO SELF-DESTRUCTION MODE.  THOMAS __ AND WILLIAM MOORE RIGHT NOW ARE THE BEST SAFETY TANDEM IN THE NFL.  YES.  OH, THAT’S HIGH PRAISE.  THEY ARE.  THEY ARE.  MATT RYAN 75%.  CAME INTO THIS GAME AT 70%  DOING NOTHING TO HURT HIS STANDING AS THE TOP RATED QB IN THE LEAGUE.  MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR ATLANTA FANS, THE FALCONS REMAIN PERFECT.

 

02:01:46 – PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS (Lower thirds on this segment list Jaguars @ Colts)

 THE STEELERS, THIS WAS A PRETTY GOOD ONE OUT IN OAKLAND.  CARSON PALMER TRYING TO GET THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR.  DOWN 7-ZIP.  DARREN MCFADDEN.  IT’S A GOOD WAY TO DO IT.  THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPLOSIVE BACKS IN THE GAME.  IF HE STAYS HEALTHY, HE’LL BE THE KEY TO THE RAIDERS SUCCESS.  TOUCHDOWN RAIDERS.  64 YD. SCAMPER THERE.  WE’RE TIED AT 7.  3RD QUARTER, PITTS. UP BY 3.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER LOOKING FOR MIKE WALLACE.  KEEPING THE PLAY ALIVE.  NICE.  SOMETHING BIG BEN DOES SO WELL.  HE DOES.  HE EXTENDS THE PLAY, AND THE DEFENDER PULLS UP.  FELL DOWN.  GOT HURT, AND THE RECEIVER MIKE WALLACE IS WIDE OPEN I THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  4TH QUARTER.  RAIDERS STILL DOWN 10.  1ST DOWN ON THE STEELERS 16.  PALMER LOOKING FOR DARIUS HEYWARD BAY, AND THIS GOT A LITTLE SCARY.  OH JEEZ.  HIT BY 2 STEELER DEFENDERS.  HE WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS.  MEDICAL PERSONNEL RUSHED ONTO THE FIELD.  HE WAS CARTED OFF.  HE WAS SEEN GIVING THE THUMBS UP.  PRAYING FOR YOU MAN.  HE DID LEAVE.  WE’LL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU ON NFL GAME DAY FINAL.  4 PLAYS LATER 2ND & GOAL.  PALMER T DARIUS MOORE.  6 YDS.  HE JUST GETS IN THERE.  DOWN BY 10.  CARSON PALMER KEEPS FIGHTING TO KEEP THE PLAY ALIVE.  WELL DONE.  JANIKOWSKI 32 YD. F.G. WOULD TIE IT AT 31.  THEN THE RAIDERS WITH 30 TICKS LEFT.  IT’S DERRICK HAGEN FOR 17 YDS.  JANIKOWSKI FOR THE WIN!  GOT IT!  THE RAIDERS WIN IT!  DENNIS ALLEN, CONGRATULATIONS.  FIRST WIN AS A HEAD COACH!

 

02:03:36 – NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME REMATCH, AND THE RAVENS RECEIVER TORREY SMITH PLAYING JUST HOURS AFTER HIS YOUNGER BROTHER KEVIN JONES DIED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT.  SMITH TWEETED ABOUT HIS 19 YR. OLD BROTHER.  TRY TO BE THANKFUL FOR THE ONES YOU LOVE.  NOW JOHN HARBAUGH SAID IT’S UP TO YOU WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO PLAY.  TORREY SMITH PLAYED AND, MICHAEL, DID HE PLAY WELL.  YEA, HE PLAYED WELL.  HE SHOWED UP MAN.  HE SHOWED UP FOR HIS BROTHER.  GOING ON THE FIELD AND HE SHOWED UP FOR HIS BROTHER IN HEAVEN; AND EVERY TIME HE MADE A PLAY YOU COULD JUST SEE HE WAS OVERTAKEN WITH EMOTION.  BUT HE’S ONE OF THE REASONS, A BIG REASON THEY WON.  THAT FLAG WAS PICKED UP, BY THE WAY, AND PATRIOTS LED 13-7 AT THAT POINT.  3RD QUARTER.  OPENING RAVENS DRIVE.  TORREY SMITH AGAIN.  MOST OF THE TIME THIS GUY ONLY RAN DEEP ROUTES.  NOW HE’S BEEN ABLE TO RUN MULTIPLE ROUTES.  WHEN YOU SEE A FAST GUY THAT’S WILLING TO GO INSIDE, YOU GOT YOURSELF A RECEIVER.  THAT 32 YD. CATCH LED TO THIS RAY RICE UP THE MIDDLE FOR 7 YDS. AND THE RAVENS HAVE A 1 PT. LEAD.  THIS ONE AS BACK AND FORTH ALL NIGHT.  OH, BRADY.  DEION BRANCH GETS LIT UP BY ED REED.  FLAGGED ON THE PLAY.  A PHYSICAL GAME.  THAT WAS A CLEAN HIT.  THAT’S OLD FOOTBALL.  THAT’S FOOTBALL RIGHT THERE.  THAT’S A CLEAN HIT.  THAT WAS FOOTBALL.  I’LL TELL YOU WHAT NOW, I GOTTA GIVE THE PATRIOTS SOME CREDIT NOW.  THE PATRIOTS WERE PHYSICAL.  THEY PLAYED MORE PHYSICAL THAN I’VE SEEN THEM PLAY IN A LONG TIME.  LED TO A N.E. F.G. AND A 9 PT. LEAD.  4TH QUARTER, FLACCO AGAIN TO TORREY SMITH.  16 YD. ON THAT FOR THE PATRIOT 42.  4 PLAYS LATER, FLACCO SACKED BY CHANDLER JONES, WHO’S PLAYING HIS BROTHER IN THIS GAME AND HIS OTHER BROTHER JOHN JOHN…U.S.C. CHAMP. ON SATURDAY NIGHT.  HOWEVER THERE WAS, SPEAKING OF HOLDING… HOLDING ON BRANDON SPIKES.  IS THIS CALL O.K.?  NO, THIS IS A …I DON’T LIKE THIS CALL.  NOW WATCH, WATCH, WATCH.  WHO’S HOLDING WHO?  WHO’S HOLDING WHO?  HE HAD HIS HAND OUTSIDE THE SHOULDER PADS.  SETS UP 1ST & GOAL AT THE 5.  FLACCO TO YOU KNOW IT.  YOU KNOW IT.  WE’VE SEEN IT.  TORREY SMITH.  YOU’VE SEEN THE BALL INSIDE.  YOU’VE SEEN THE BALL OUTSIDE.  YOU’VE SEEN HIM GET BEAT.  NOW THIS IS THE BEST PART OF IT TO ME.  THAT HE’S A FIGHTER.  HE’S DOWN IN THE END ZONE AND HE FIGHTS BACK, AND HE GOES AND GET THAT FOOTBALL.  6 CATCHES FOR A BUCK 27 AND 2 SCORES.  NOW RAY’S LIKE, “GUYS, WE GOTTA STOP THEM.  WE’RE DOWN 2.  IT’S 3RD & 8.  LET’S GET IT!”  AND THEY DO!  INTERCEPTED BY LADARIUS WEBB.  HOWEVER, WE GOT ANOTHER PENALTY.  I LOVE WEBB AS A CORNERBACK.  BUT SOMETHING’S WRONG WHEN YOU HAVE 2 RECEIVERS WITHIN THE SAME AREA.  ILLEGAL CONTACT ON WEBB AGAINST WES WELKER.  LET HIM GO.  YOU GOTTA LET HIM GO, BABY.   WELKER DID HAVE 8 CATCHES TO TIE HIS SEASON TOTAL COMING INTO THIS GAME.  THEY HAD ALSO A PENALTY ON JOHN HARBAUGH FOR COMING ONTO THE FIELD.  IT’S UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT.  HEY, THE LEAGUE PUT OUT LETTERS SAYING ALL HEAD COACHES, PLAYERS, EVERYBODY CALM IT DOWN.  LET’S ACT ACCORDINGLY.  3RD & 16 FOR THE PATRIOTS.  BRADY TO ROB GRONKOWSKI.  INCOMPLETE.  BRADY FINISHED WITH 335 THROUGH THE AIR AND A SCORE.  SO THE RAVENS GET IT BACK.  THEY GOTTA GO ALMOST 80 YDS. JUST TO GET THE TD.  BUT THEY DON’T NEED ONE.  THEY NEED A F.G. AND LOOK WHO’S COMING UP BIG TIME!  IT’S JACOBY JONES.  JACOBY JONES.  THAT GREAT ACQUISITION FROM THE HOUSTON TEXANS.  4 PLAYS LATER, FLACCO OVERTHROWING ANQUAN BOLDEN.  OH MY GOSH.  THIS IS ONE OF THOSE…WHAT AM I THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW?  THANK YOU FATHER FOR NOT LETTING THAT GET INTERCEPTED.  FLACCO THIS TIME FOR JACOBY JONES WHO CAN’T COME DOWN WITH IT BUT DEVIN MCCARTY!  THAT’S …  WELL, ALRIGHT.  SO NOW IT COMES DOWN TO A KICK  JUST LIKE LAST YEAR’S AFC CHAMP.  REMEMBER BILLY CUNDIFF DOWN THE ROAD IN D.C.  SO NOW IT’S THE ROOKIE JUSTIN TUCKER FROM TEXAS!  IS THAT ...?!  LOOK AT VINCE WILFORK IN THE END ZONE.  HE CAN’T TELL WHETHER IT’S GOOD OR BAD.  WOW.  AND LOOK AT BILL BELICHICK.  THE PATRIOTS ARE THINKING WE WIN THIS GAME.  YOU DON’T KNOW.  IT WENT IN THERE.  IT WENT IN THERE.  IT LOOKED LIKE IT.  HE DIDN’T GET IT.  IT WENT IN THERE.  IT WENT IN THERE.  IT GOT IN THERE.  WHOA, DON’T PUT YOUR HANDS ON ME.  THAT’S A LETTER!

 (02:07:45 – END)