IT’S BEEN SO LONG SINCE THE RAMS BEAT THE ARIZONA CARDINALS AT HOME, THAT THE LAST TIME THEY DID IT, MARSHALL FAULK RAN FOR 128 YDS. AND SCORED A 2 PT. CONVERSION IN THIS BUILDING.  100 & WHAT?  128 YDS.  YES.  IT’S ALL PART OF SOME MASTER PLAN WHENEVER YOU DO SOMETHING.  MARSHALL FAULK, KURT WARNER, MICHAEL IRVIN, DEION SANDERS AND RICH EISEN HERE WITH YOU ON THE MCDONALD’S POST-GAME SHOW AFTER WK. 5 KICKED OFF RIGHT HERE IN THE EDWARD JONES DOME WITH THE ARIZONA CARDINALS COMING IN AT 4-0.  KEVIN KOLB SACKED 8 TIMES JUST 5 DAYS AGO AGAINST THE MIAMI DOLPHINS TAKING ON SAM BRADFORD AND THE RAMS WHO GOT THE BALL FIRST AND GOT THINGS ROLLING FIRST.  UP TOP.  DANNY AMENDOLA.  EVEN THOUGH HE WAS INTERFERED WITH BY PATRICK PETERSON, STILL COMES DOWN WITH THE BALL . WHAT A GRAB BY DANNY AMENDOLA.  WE TALKED ABOUT HIM IN THE PREGAME.  WHAT A PLAY.  1 HANDED GRAB BY AMENDOLA.  3 PLAYS LATER INSIDE THE 10, 3^RD & 6.  BRADFORD FEELS THE PRESSURE.  EXTENDS THE PLAY.  LANCE KENDRICKS TOUCHDOWN.  THIS IS THE ELEMENT OF BRADFORD’S GAME THAT PEOPLE SAID HE HAD TO IMPROVE.  THROWING ON THE RUN.  THEY FLUSHED HIM OUT TO THE LEFT.  AS A RIGHT HANDED QB, YOU DON’T WANT THAT, DELIVER THE STRIKE.  TOUCHDOWN TO KENDRICKS.  KEVIN KOLB GOT THE BALL.  MARCHED IT DOWN THE FIELD.  ONLY GOT 3.  2^ND QUARTER NOW.  BRADFORD OFF TO DANNY AMENDOLA.  HE COULDN’T GRAB IT.  A LITTLE HIGH.  THAT MEANS IT IS GREG ZERLINE COMING IN FOR ABOUT 53 YDS.  THAT’S A GIMME.  THAT’S A BUNNY.  THAT’S A LAYUP.  THAT’S A CHIP SHOT.  THAT’S A CHIP SHOT.  THAT’S A …   IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? ALRIGHT, 10-3 IS YOUR SCORE NOW.  MEANWHILE THAT’S THE WAY THINGS ARE MIDWAY THROUGH THE 2^ND QUARTER.  DANNY AMENDOLA ON 3^RD DOWN SEEMS TO GRAB IT.  COMES DOWN WITH THE BALL AND COMES UP CLUTCHING HIS ARM.  AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, IT IS INCOMPLETE; AND THEN ADDING INJURY TO THAT INSULT, AMENDOLA LEAVES THE GAME.  STILL WAITING WORD ON WHAT’S GOING ON AS HE THREW HIS HELMET.  HE DID NOT RETURN BUT WHAT KEPT RETURNING WAS THAT PASS RUSH BY THE ST. LOUIS RAMS.  I DON’T KNOW WHO’S CALLING THAT PROTECTION BUT WHOEVER WAS CALLING THAT PROTECTION, THEY DIDN’T WORK FOR THE ENTIRE NIGHT.  HE NEEDED A RINSE.  HE NEEDED JAW WORK.  HE NEEDED EVERYTHING, KEVIN KOLB, AS LATER ON IN THE 3^RD QUARTER SAM BRADFORD MAKES A MISTAKE.  INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING THE BALL AWAY PERHAPS OR THROWING IT IN A DIFFERENT SPOT, PATRICK PETERSON HAS A CHANCE TO GRAB IT.  SO IT’S STILL 10-3 AS A FANTASTIC INTERCEPTION BROUGHT DOWN BY 21.  LOOK AT THIS.  BALL SKILLS IN THE NFL TODAY BY A DEF. BACK.  A RECEIVER HAS TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THAT BALL LOOSE AND HELP HIS QB.  AND PETERSON GOT EVERYTHING DOWN, BOTH FEET DOWN, AND SO IT’S JUST A 10-3 GAME AS BRADFORD COMES UP HOLDING HIS NON-THROWING SHOULDER RIGHT HERE.  10-3. L WHAT COULD KEVIN KOLB DO?  NOTHING EXCEPT FIND ROBERT QUINN IN HIS GRILL FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT.  THIS IS THE WEEKEND SAT BERNIE DANCE, APPARENTLY?  THIS IS WHAT I’M TOLD.  THEY WERE RUSHING TONIGHT RICH.  3^RD & 15 NOW.  LARRY FITZGERALD IS CAUGHT.  FINALLY FINDS LARRY FITZGERALD.  BIG GAIN.  1^ST DOWN 29 YDS. AS SOMEHOW, SOME WAY KOLB WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE RUSH TO THE RAMS 36.  2 PLAYS LATER KOLB DROPPING BACK.  HERE COMES JAMES LAURENITAS.  7^TH TIME KOLB’S BEEN SACKED IN THE GAME.  CARDINALS WILL PUNT AGAIN.  STILL, THOUGH, JUST A 1 POSSESSION GAME.  KOLB…2-1/2 TO GO IN THE 3^RD QUARTER.  RUNNING FREE.  RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE.  RUNNING FOR SOME DENTAL WORK.  FLIPS IT OUT OF BOUNDS.  CARDS HAVE TO PUNT ON THIS ONE AS WELL, AS CHRIS LONG WAS PART OF THIS RUSH.  THEY WERE JUST EVERYWHERE ON THIS NIGHT.  4^TH QUARTER, 10-3.  BRADFORD 3^RD & 11 GOING UP TOP.  WHO DO WE TALK ABOUT PREGAME MARSHALL?  CHRIS GIVINS!  THERE HE IS.  AND WHAT WAS THAT DEION?  THAT WAS A DOUBLE MOVE, AND THE QB…  THAT’S THE OLDEST TRICK.  AT SOME POINT IN TIME DURING THE RUN… HE GOT A TURN AS A QB AT SOME POINT.  THAT WAS A 51 YD. GRAB AS GREG TOLLER WAS GRABBING HIS HAMMY TOWARDS THE END THERE.  17-3.  HERE COMES RYAN WILLIAMS.  LOOK OUT.  MARION STEWART LOWERS THE BOOM.  THAT’S THE WAY YOU BRANG IT FROM THE SAFETY POSITION.  AND WILLIAMS WOULD GET UP BUT…LOOK UP THE SAFETY R.B.’S.  FIND THE SAFETIES.  3 PLAYS LATER 3^RD & 6 FROM HIS OWN 44.  KOLB NEEDING TO GET SOMETHING DOWN THE FIELD FINDS MICHAEL FLOYD MAKING THE PLAY 17 YDS.  THE RAMS 39.  2 PLAYS LATER, KOLB, AGAIN RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE.  FINDS ANTHONY SHERMAN.  THAT WAS A NICE PLAY BY KOLB WHO WAITED FOR EVERYTHING TO CLEAR.  AND ONCE HE REALIZES THAT EVERYTHING WAS DIFFICULT FOR THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.  EVERY PASS THEY MADE, EVERY PLAY THEY MADE WAS A DIFFICULT PLAY.  3 PLAYS LATER 3^RD & GOAL.  ALMOST PICKED OFF BUT THE THERE’S A FLAG FOR OFF. INTERFERENCE.  JEFF FISHER ACCEPTS THE PENALTY.  INSTEAD OF IT BEING 4^TH & 3, PUSHES IT BACK TO 3^RD & GOAL.  KOLB TO LARRY FITZGERALD, NOW INSIDE THE 8 YD. LINE TO THE 6.  NEXT PLAY, 4^TH & GOAL FROM THE 6.  WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS PLAY RIGHT HERE?  IT WASN’T A SMART PLAY AT ALL.  YOU GOTTA THROW IT TO THE END ZONE.  THROW THE BALL TO THE END ZONE.  THE RECEIVER DOES NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO GET IN THE END ZONE.  IT’S JUST NOT A WELL DESIGNED PLAY.  YOU DON’T CALL THAT PLAY.  THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS GUYS IN THE GAME WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS.  AND THEN AFTER THIS HE LOOKED AT MICHAEL IRVIN RUNNING BACK TO THE BENCH SAID, “I BARELY MISSED THAT ONE!  ALMOST HAD IT!”  HE SAID THEY’RE PLAYING WITH FIRE IS WHAT HE SAID TO YOU.  AND THAT SET-UP THIS, JUST 1 MORE SACK OF KEVIN KOLB.  THERE’S CORTLAND FINNEGAN TAKING HIM DOWN.  8^TH SACK OF THE GAME OF KOLB.  THEY BAGGED HIM ONE MORE TIME FOR A SACK FORCED FUMBLE.  9 SACKS.  13 KNOCKDOWNS BY THE RAMS DEFENSE.  THAT IS SENDING 2 PLAYERS RIGHT NOW TO OUR SET.

01:16:30 – CLEVELAND BROWNS @ NEW YORK GIANTS

 FIRST HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY IS ALREADY THE BROWNS AND THE GIANTS.  THIS WAS INTERESTING EARLY.  TRENT RICHARDSON, REMEMBER EARLY THIS WEEK SAID THE BROWNS COULD RUN ON THE GIANTS?  TOM COUGHLIN LOOKING FOR HIS 77^TH WIN AS THE GIANTS HEAD COACH.  WHAT CAN’T YOU DO WITH THE R.B. WITH TOM COUGHLIN.  COUGH IT UP!  AHMAD BRADSHAW PUTTING IT ON THE GROUND.  HE’S DONE IT A LOT.  HE’S A DYNAMIC R.B. BUT HE HAS A TENDENCY TO LET THE FOOTBALL GET AWAY FROM HIM.  HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING.  HE’S GOING FOR THE BEHIND-THE-BACK PASS.  THE OLD STEVE NASH.  YEA.  CHRIS SNEE ACTUALLY KNOCKED IT OUT THERE.  SO THE BROWNS RECOVER.  THEY HAVE A ROOKIE R.B., TRENT RICHARDSON.  AND HE IS A FULL GROWN .. AND THERE HE GOES.. MAN.  TOUCHDOWN BROWNS.  HE’S REALLY FLASHED SOME NICE THINGS SO FAR IN HIS ROOKIE SEASON.  A BEAST.  HE’S NOT THE ONLY.  AHMAD BRADSHAW KNOWS THAT ONE’S ON ME.  TRENT NOT THE ONLY ROOKIE ON THAT CLEVELAND OFFENSE. THEY HAVE BRANDON WEEDEN, NICE THROW.  THEY ALSO HAVE JOSH GORDON, AND THE BROWNS HAVE A 14-0 LEAD.  THAT’S AN OLD ROOKIE TO A YOUNG ROOKIE.  IT’S STILL ROOKIES, AS YOU SAID.  COULD SEE NOTHING AT THIS POINT.  TOM SAID, “BOY, CLEVELAND GONNA ROLL OVER LIKE A…”  I DID NOT.  I WAS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT HOW MANY PTS. WOULD THE GIANTS BEAT THE BROWNS?  …THE GIANTS MANNING TO VICTOR CRUZ.  THAT LEAD CUT IT IN HALF, 14-7.  BRANDON WEEDEN LOOKED GOOD EARLIER.  HOWEVER, INTERCEPTIONS ARE SOMETIMES AN ISSUE FOR A ROOKIE QB.  3^RD DOWN & 1.  DIRECTING TRAFFIC AND THEN THROWING IT TO STEVIE BROWN.  WELL STEVIE BROWN’S NOT WEARING A BROWNS HELMET.  SO THAT’S NOT A GOOD THING.  ROLL TO YOUR RIGHT TRYING TO THROW BACK TO YOUR LEFT GETS YOU IN TROUBLE SOMETIMES.  TOUCHDOWN GIANTS.  AHMAD BRADSHAW BACK IN THE GOOD GRACES WITH THAT 6 POINTER MAYBE?  POTENTIALLY.  JOSH CRIBBS IS GONNA PUT THAT ONE ON THE GROUND.  TELL YOU WHAT.  GIVE THE GIANTS DEFENSE AND THEIR SPECIAL TEAMS A LOT OF CREDIT FOR HELPING PICK THIS TEAM UP AFTER A SHOW START.  ELI MANNING PLAY ACTION AND WIDE OPEN VICTOR CRUZ.  NICE ROUTE COMBINATION BY THE GIANTS.  VICTOR CRUZ ON A CORNER ROUTE SENDING THE RECEIVER UNDERNEATH THEM CONFUSING THAT CLEVELAND BROWN DEFENSE.  ELI MANNING 25 OUT OF 37.  2:59 AND 3 TDS.  HERE’S ANOTHER ONE.  NICE TIME I THE POCKET.  VICTOR CRUZ, ANOTHER SCORE.  THAT’S PRETTY.  IS THIS TEAM .. I HAVEN’T SEEN A TEAM THAT ALWAYS HAS RECEIVERS AS WIDE OPEN…  THERE IT IS.  THERE’S NO HAKEEM NICKS TODAY AND WE DON’T SEE TOM COUGHLIN WITH A BIG SMILE VERY OFTEN.  I ACTUALLY LIKE WHEN HE’S ANGRIER AS WELL.  IT MAKES IT MORE ENTERTAINING.  THIS COULD’VE MADE HIM ANGRY BECAUSE VICTORY CRUZ HAD THAT ONE.  KIND OF JUST HANDED IT OFF TO ASAMA YOUNG.  THAT’S A GREAT PLAY BY SHELDON BROWN.  STICKING WITH THE PLAY, AND ASAMA, GET DOWN ASAMA.  THEY’RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING WITH THAT.  BUT SHELDON BROWN DOING A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING HIS HANDS…I CALL THAT CHEATING.  NO, IT’S CLOSE.  HE GRABBED HIS ARM!  THAT’S CHEATING.  CHEATING.  YEA, YOU’RE A RECEIVER.  WE UNDERSTAND.  I KNOW.  CHEATING.  AND IT MADE ELI MORE UPSET BECAUSE IT GOES DOWN AS AN INTERCEPTION.  YOU CAN’T DO THIS.  YOU CAN’T TAKE IT OFF OF A FACEMASK, HIT JUSTIN TUCK, AND THEN THROW IT TO JORDAN …FOR A SCORE.  YOU KNOW WHAT THAT COULD’VE BEEN?  THAT SHOULD’VE BEEN A TD. PASS TO WEEDEN.  IF HE RUNS THIS IN, THAT GOES OUT TO TD. PASS TO WEEDEN.  YOU CAN RUN.  YOU JUST CAN’T …  PLEASE GIVE ME THE STAT WHO DID THAT BEFORE BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE NFL. THAT I DON’T KNOW.  I KNOW BRETT FAVRE’S FIRST COMPLETION IN HIS CAREER WAS TO HIMSELF.  RIGHT?  THAT ONE WAS COMPLETE TO CHASE BLACKBURN.  INTERCEPTED GIANTS DAVID WILSON BACK ON THE FIELD.  IT’S GOOD THAT THEY UTILIZE THIS KID.  UNTOUCHED.  YEA.  HE WAS IN THE DOGHOUSE FOR AWHILE FUMBLING THE FOOTBALL BUT NOW HE’S GOT, THAT KID HAS A LOT OF SPEED AND CAN ADD SOME VERSATILITY TO THAT OFFENSE.  SO THEY’VE GOT ANY NUMBER OF GUYS TO TURN TO IN THAT BACKFIELD.  YOU GOT AHMAD BRADSHAW.  YOU GOT THAT ROOKIE AND YOU’VE GOT ANDRE BROWN AS WELL.  SO A PLETHORA OF WEAPONS FOR ELI.

01:20:24 – MIAMI DOLPHINS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS

 DOLPHINS AND THE BENGALS AS JEFF FEELEY SAID IN ROADHOUSE, “THE MAN’S NAME IS DALTON.”  RYAN TANNEHILL FINALLY ECLIPSING HIS WIFE’S FAME BY THROWING FOR 431 LAST WEEK.  1 YARD SHY OF CAM NEWTON’S PASSING RECORD.  FIRST QUARTER DOLPHINS TRAILING 3-ZIP.  JAVORSKI LANE!  I LOVE JAVORSKI LANE BECAUSE HE’S BUILT LIKE ME BUT HE FUMBLES ON THE GOAL LINE OR IN THE RED ZONE.  RECOVERED BY TERRENCE NEWMAN.  ENSUING BENGALS POSSESSION.  STILL LEADING 3-0.  4^TH & 2.  DALTON CONNECTS WITH JERMAINE GRESHAM FOR 20 YDS.  BENGALS 1^ST DOWN.  THEY WOULD SETTLE FOR A F.G. 6 PLAYS LATER.  2^ND QUARTER NOW, DOLPHINS STILL DOWN 6-ZIP.  9^TH PLAY OF THEIR DRIVE, DANIEL THOMAS GOES OFF RIGHT TACKLE FOR A 1 YD. TD.  THE DOLPHINS TAKE A 7-6 LEAD.  THOSE ARE FANTASY PTS. FROM REGGIE BUSH I DID NOT GET BECAUSE DANIEL THOMAS GOT IN THE END ZONE.  3^RD QUARTER, BENGALS TRAILING 7-6.  3^RD & 4 ON THEIR OWN 42 YD. LINE.  DALTON LOOKING FOR ANDREW HAWKINS.  MR. EXCITEMENT ANDREW HAWKINS EXCEPT WHEN YOU GET PICKED OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BY RANDY STARKS.  DOLPHINS TAKE OVER AT THE BENGALS 36 YD. LINE.  DON’T THROW MANY INTERCEPTIONS TO DEF. LINEMEN.  SO DOLPHINS HAVE THE BALL 4^TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  THIS IS REGGIE BUSH WHO DANCES, GOES LEFT, AND GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR A 13 YD. TD.  YES!  REGGIE BUSH WITH THE FACIAL!  THAT’S HOW MARV WOULD’VE SAID IT.  ENSUING BENGALS POSSESSION TRAILING 17-6, BEN JARVIS GREEN-ELLIS OFF LEFT TACKLE.  HE GETS STUFFED BY RASHAD JONES AND RANDY STARKS.  HE LOSES 2 YDS.  DOLPHINS SHOWING WHY.  THEY HAVE THE BEST RUN DEFENSE IN THE NFL.  SO THE DOLPHINS GET THE BALL BACK.  TANNEHILL LOOKING FOR BRIAN HARTLINE.  JUST A TAD SHORT OF 253 ON THE DAY BUT, STILL, THIS IS A BIG ONE FOR 30 YDS.  DOLPHINS WOULD TRY A 53 YD. F.G. 4 PLAYS LATER BUT IT WOULD BE NO GOOD.  4^TH QUARTER, BENGALS GET THE BALL BACK.  1^ST & GOAL FROM THE DOLPHINS 2.  ANDY DALTON LOOKING FOR A.J. GREEN AND HE’S GOT HIM!  YES, A.J. GREEN WITH THE TEARDROP!  BENGALS TRAIL 17-13.  NOW THERE’S A BUCK 30 LEFT IN THE GAME.  BENGALS STILL TRAILING 17-13.  NO TIMEOUTS LEFT.  DALTON LOOKING FOR ANDREW HAWKINS, AND IT’S PICKED OFF BY RASHAD JONES AT THE 50!  THE DOLPHINS WIN IT 17-13.  NOT EXACTLY WHAT ANDY DALTON HAD IN MIND.

01:22:45 – PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS

 EAGLES AND THE STEELERS.  JAMES HARRISON MAKING HIS SEASON DEBUT.  WATCH OUT QBS.  I’M BACK.  TROY POLAMALU BACK AS WELL.  HE MISSED THE LAST 2 GAMES WITH A HAIR, I MEAN WITH A CALF INJURY.  RASHARD MENDENHAHL MAKING HIS SEASON DEBUT.  BUT THE EARLY GOING WAS ALL ABOUT MICHAEL VICK.  1^ST QUARTER, NO SCORE.  EAGLES POSSESSION 1^ST & GOAL.  MICHAEL VICK DIVES FOR THE GOAL LINE AND FUMBLES!  LARRY FOOTE RECOVERS IN THE END ZONE FOR THE STEELERS.  THEY GET A TOUCHBACK.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  CLARK KNOCKS THE BALL FREE BEFORE VICK REACHES THE END ZONE.  THE 10^TH TURNOVER OF THE SEASON FOR MICHAEL VICK… SAME SCORE NEXT EAGLES POSSESSION.  MICHAEL VICK CAUGHT FROM BEHIND BY LAWRENCE TIMMONS.  HE FUMBLES.  LARRY FOOTE RECOVERS AGAIN.  THIS THING WORKING OUT WELL FOR LARRY FOOTE BUT TROY POLAMALU, SPEAKING OF FEET, LIMPS OFF THE FIELD.  SEE, LIMPING, FOOT, LIMPING FOOT.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  POLAMALU FOLLOWS JASON AVANTE IN COVERAGE.  APPEARS TO REINJURE HIS RIGHT CALF WITH NO CONTACT.  POLAMALU WOULD NOT RETURN.  IT WAS VICK’S 5^TH LOST FUMBLE OF THE SEASON.  2^ND QUARTER NOW, STILL NO SCORE.  STEELERS HAVE THE BALL AND SOMEHOW MICHAEL VICK FUMBLES IT.  NO, IT DOESN’T HAPPEN THAT WAY.  ROETHLISBERGER.  IT’S RASHARD MENDENHAHL ON A LATERAL SCREEN PASS.  MENDENHAHL TAKES IT IN FOR A TD.  NO FANTASY OWNERS.  THAT IS NOT A TD. PASS FOR BEN ROETHLISBERGER.  IT’S A RUN FOR MENDENHAHL.  THEY’RE UP 7-0.  THEY TAKE A 10-NOTHING LEAD AT HALFTIME.  3^RD QUARTER, SAME SCORE.  EAGLES POSSESSION. MICHAEL VICK LOOKING FOR JEREMY MACLIN.  DON’T FUMBLE IT MICHAEL.  DON’T FUMBLE!  COMPLETES IT, AND MACLIN GETS DE-CLEATED.  BRIAN MUNDY GETS CALLED FOR A PERSONAL FOUL PENALTY.  YOU’LL SEE ON THE REPLAY.  HELMET-TO-HELMET HIT ON MACLIN.  IT GETS CALLED.  BALL GETS MOVED DOWN TO THE 25 YD. LINE.  REMEMBER MUNDY WAS FINED AFTER WK. 3 FOR THE FOUL ON DARIUS HEYWARD BAY..  2 PLAYS LATER, 1^ST & 10 AT THE STEELERS 15.  MICHAEL VICK HITS LESEAN MCCOY.  15 YD. TD.  LOOK AT THAT MOVE.  AND IN TO THE END ZONE.  EAGLES TRAIL 10-7.  WHY THEY DON’T GIVE LESEAN MCCOY THE BALL MORE, I HAVE NO IDEA.  BUT, HEY, THAT’S WHAT THE EAGLES LIKE TO DO ON OFFENSE.  4^TH QUARTER NOW, EAGLES TRAILING 13-7, GOING FOR IT ON 4^TH & 1 AT THEIR OWN 30.  IS BARRY SWITZER COACHING THE EAGLES?!  LESEAN MCCOY GETS STOPPED IN THE BACKFIELD BUT HE FIGHTS FORWARD FOR THE 1^ST DOWN.  EAGLES KEEP THEIR DRIVE ALIVE.  THE INNER-BARRY SWITZER WORKS.  10 PLAYS LATER, AFTER A 2^ND LESEAN MCCOY 4^TH DOWN CONVERSION, MICHAEL VICK LOOKS FOR DESEAN JACKSON.  24 YD. COMPLETION DOWN TO THE 10.  LIKE A RIVERBOAT GAMBLER, THE PHILA. EAGLES MARCHING DOWNFIELD.  THAT’S MY INNER-JOHN FACENDA.  HERE’S THE … MICHAEL VICK LOOKING FOR BRENT CELEK.  TOUCHDOWN EAGLES.  THEY LEAD 14-13.  THAT DRIVE TOOK OVER 8 MINS.  SO THE STEELERS GET THE BALL BACK.  5:19 LEFT IN THE GAME.  THEY GOT 2 TIMEOUTS.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER LOOKING FOR ANTONIO BROWN.  LOOKING TO KEEP THE PLAY ALIVE, WHAT ROETHLISBERGER DOES BEST, 20 YD. PASS UP TO THE STEELERS 38.  2 PLAYS LATER WE ARE UNDER 4 MINS. LEFT TO GO.  2^ND & 7 FROM THEIR OWN 41, ROETHLISBERGER LOOKS FOR RASHARD MENDENHAHL DOWN TO THE EAGLES 44 YD. LINE.  MENDENHAHL LOOKED GREAT RUNNING THE FOOTBALL TODAY.  HOPEFULLY YOU PLAYED HIM IN FANTASY AND DIDN’T LEAVE HIM ON YOUR BENCH LIKE I DID.  3 PLAYS LATER, 2 MINS. LEFT FOLLOWING THE 2 MIN. WARNING, OF COURSE, WHICH IS HOW IT GOES IN THE NFL.  ROETHLISBERGER LOOKS FOR EMANUEL SANDERS.  1^ST DOWN!  DOWN TO THE EAGLES 31.  SEAN SUISSEM WARMING UP ON THE SIDELINES.  THIS COULD COME DOWN TO YOU MR. SUISSEM.  LOOKS GOOD ON THE SIDELINE.  5 PLAYS LATER, WITH 3 SECS. LEFT, BEN ROETHLISBERGER HUGGING MIKE TOMLIN.  IF THIS DOESN’T WORK I’M GONNA BE SO MAD YOU HIRED TODD HALEY.  BUT IT WORKS!  THE 34 YD. F.G. IS GOOD AS TIME EXPIRES.  THE STEELERS WIN IT, 16-14.

01:26:33 – BALTIMORE RAVENS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

RAVENS AND THE CHIEFS.  HOPE YOU DON’T LIKE A LOT OF POINTS, OR YOU REALLY LIKE DEFENSE.  1^ST QUARTER, RAVENS BALL.  RAY RICE GOES LEFT 37 YDS.  WOULD LEAD TO A JUSTIN TUCKER 28 YD. F.G.  RAVENS UP 3-ZIP.  THAT MIGHT’VE BEEN THE BEST OFF. PLAY OF THE GAME.  MEANWHILE JAMAAL CHARLES GETTING IT DONE FOR THE CHIEFS.  MONSTER 1^ST HALF.  HERE HE GOES UP THE MIDDLE.  WHAT ACL INJURY?  YEA, I’M KIND OF FINE.  YEA, I DON’T CARE ABOUT PAYTON HILLIS.  YEA, HE’S NOT PLAYING ANYWAY.  25 YD. GAIN.  2^ND QUARTER FOR JAMAL CHARLES.  MORE OF THE SAME.  HERE HE GOES AGAIN.  ON THE DELAY, 17 YDS.  HE FINISHED THE 1^ST HALF WITH 125 YDS.  GAME WILL BE TIED AT HALFTIME THOUGH, 3-3.  OH, A BARNBURNER FOR THE 2^ND HALF.  3^RD QUARTER, GAME’S STILL TIED AT 3.  1^ST & GOAL FOR THE CHIEFS AT THE 1.  MATT CASSEL AND HE NEVER GOT THE BALL.  IT’S FUMBLED AND ED REED SCOOPS IT UP.  RUNS IT 13 YDS. THE OTHER WAY.  RAVENS WOULD TAKE IT TO GET A F.G. AND TAKE A 6-3 LEAD.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  MATT CASSEL IS YELLING AFTER THE PLAY, “HEY I WAS DOWN!”  HE NEVER REALLY HAD THE BALL.  HE CAN’T SAY HE WAS DOWN!  MATT CASSEL, THERE ARE CAMERAS EVERYWHERE THAT SHOW ALL DIFFERENT ANGLES OF PLAYS IN THE NFL.  NEXT CHIEF POSSESSION THOUGH DOWN 6-3.  CASSEL LOOKING FOR DWAYNE BOWE.  INSTEAD IT’S UP IN THE AIR AND CARRIE WILLIAMS WITH THE INTERCEPTION. LOOK AT ED REED TRYING TO FIGHT HIM FOR THE BALL.  HEY, I GET THE INTERCEPTIONS AROUND HERE.  RAVENS GET ANOTHER F.G. TO GO UP 9-3.  THE END OF THE 4^TH QUARTER, CHIEFS BALL, TRAILING 9-3, 2^ND & 10.  MATT CASSEL SAYS, “I’M JUST GONNA GIVE IT TO JAMAAL CHARLES BECAUSE THAT’S WORKED O.K. SO FAR.  CHARLES TAKES IT 16 YDS.  BUT CASSEL WOULD BE HURT ON THE PLAY.  BRADY QUINN DECIDES, “I BETTER START WARMING UP HERE.  IT COULD BE MY TIME.  COULD BE GO-TIME FOR BRADY QUINN.”  WATCH ANOTHER LOOK ON THIS.  CASSEL GETS HIT REALLY HARD BY LANODI GNATA.  HE WOULD NOT RETURN TO THE GAME.  I WOULDN’T RETURN TO THE GAME EITHER.  3 PLAYS LATER NOW WITH QUINN, THE QB.  3^RD & 7 FROM THE 49.  QUINN SAYS, “I’M GONNA DO WHAT I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD DO.  THROW IT TO DWAYNE BOWE, AND DWAYNE BOWE BREAKS TACKLES.”  1^ST & 10 DOWN AT THE 31 YD. LINE.  5 PLAYS LATER, NOW 3^RD & 11 FROM THE RAVENS 15.  QUINN HITS BOWE FOR THE APPARENT 15 YD. TD. AND FANTASY PTS. FOR ME!  BUT WAIT, HERE’S A PENALTY ON THE PLAY.  IT’S BRADY QUINN’S 1^ST TD. PASS SINCE NOTRE DAME.  DEXTER MCCLUSTER GETS CALLED FOR ILLEGAL CONTACT ON JIMMY SMITH.  THAT’LL DO IT FOR YOU.  CHIEFS WOULD HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A RYAN SUCCUPP F.G.  THEY TRAIL 9-6 . SO RAVENS GET THE BALL BACK, 3^RD & 15 FROM THEIR OWN 15.  JOE FLACCO.  LOOK AT HIM DIVE FOR THE 1^ST DOWN!  1^ST & 10 FROM THE 31 YD. LINE.  LOOK AT JOE FLACCO.  HE IS NIMBLE.  3 PLAYS LATER, 3^RD & 1.  RAY RICE STUFFED.  BUT THAT 2^ND EFFORT GETS CLOSE ENOUGH FOR THE 1^ST DOWN.  PLAY WILL GET REVIEWED BY THE BOOTH.  I DON’T THINK HE MADE IT BUT WHAT I SAY DOESN’T MATTER BECAUSE HE GETS IT.  JOHN HARBAUGH GETS PUT IN A CELEBRATORY WRESTLING HEADLOCK.  RAVENS HOLD ON TO WIN IT BY THE FINAL OF 9-6.

01:29:48 – GREEN BAY PACKERS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

GREEN BAY PACKERS, INDIANAPOLIS COLTS.  TURNING INTO A HECK OF A BALL GAME.  CHUCK PAGANO TAKING A LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO BATTLE LEUKEMIA, AND OFF. COORD. BRUCE ARIANS, THE OFF. COORD., AND THE INTERIM HEAD COACH.  2^ND QUARTER.  PACKERS OFFENSE 2^ND DOWN 7.  AARON RODGERS TO CEDRIC BENSON FOR 3 YDS.  NOW BENSON WOULD GET UP LIMPING.  ROLLS HIS FOOT.  HE WOULD NOT COME BACK.  AND DID NOT RETURN TO THE GAME.  HE’S NOT AN EXPLOSIVE R.B. BUT A VERY DEPENDABLE R.B.; AND WITH A TEAM THAT ALREADY STRUGGLES TO RUN IT, THIS IS A LOSS FOR THEM.  BIG LOSS.  ANDREW LUCK BIG GAME.  LOOKING FOR REGGIE WAYNE.  WOW!  LOOK AT THAT CATCH!  MAGIC GLOVE?  ARE YOU KIDDING ME?  NOT MAGIC GLOVE BECAUSE AS YOU SEE THE HIGHLIGHT, HE TIPS IT BACK TO HIMSELF.  IT DOESN’T JUST STICK.  HOW ABOUT REGGIE WAYNE WITH A PERSONAL BEST 212 YDS. RECEIVING?  THEY SAID THIS GUY’S GETTING OLD.  HE’S NOT CRAFTY.  HE’S STILL GOOD.  VINATIERRI F.G.  CUT IT TO 14-3.  3^RD QUARTER.  IT’S 21-13.  ANDREW LUCK 3 YD. SCORE.  DIDN’T FUMBLE.  HELD ONTO THE BALL.  COLTS GO FOR THE 2 PT. CONVERSION AND FAIL.  THEY TRAILED 21-19 AFTER 3 QUARTERS.  GIVING A LITTLE LOVE TO CHUCK PAGANO.  4^TH QUARTER IT’S STILL 21-19.  3^RD DOWN AND 9.  LUCK LOOKING FOR HIS FORMER TEAMMATE AT STANFORD, COBY FLEEMER.  INCOMPLETE.  ADAM VINATIERRI HIT A 28 YD. F.G. AND IT WAS 22-21, INDY.  ALEX GREEN IN FOR THE INJURED CEDRIC BENSON.  UP THE MIDDLE 41 YDS.  NICE.  A LITTLE BURST THERE.  YEA, IT WAS.  GREAT VISION.  NICE WORK AND MUCH MORE OF A BURST AND CEDRIC’S GONNA GIVE YOU.  NEXT PLAY 1^ST & GOAL.  RIGHT BACK TO THE PASSING GAME.  AARON RODGERS PLAY ACTION.  JAMES JONES.  8 YD. G.B. SCORE.  PACKERS RETAKE THE LEAD 27-22.  WHAT SET THAT UP WAS THAT BIG RUN TO ALEX GREEN.  THAT PLAY ACTION PASS RIGHT THERE.  SET THE LINEBACKERS UP.  ALLOWED JAMES JONES TO GET BEHIND THE SECONDARY.  ANDREW LUCK TO REGGIE WAYNE.  GOOD JOB OF STAYING ALIVE.  THIS IS SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE DRIVE.  YOU KNOW ONE THING, AND I’M SO IMPRESSED WITH ANDREW LUCK, IS HE DOES NOT TURN A FOOTBALL OVER IN THE RED ZONE.  NOPE.  LOOK AT REGGIE WAYNE.  THAT’S WHAT A LOT OF YOUNG QBS DO.  YEP.  HE DOES NOT DO THAT.  HE TAKES CARE OF THAT FOOTBALL.  JUST A GREAT EFFORT TOO FROM REGGIE WAYNE.  BOY, HE CAN STRAIGHT OUT .. THIS GAME.  THIS IS A PACKERS TEAM THAT HAD A 21-3 LEAD TO START THIS GAME.  2 PT. CONVERSATION MADE IT 30-27.  AARON RODGERS NOT DONE.  WIDE OPEN RANDALL COBB FOR 26.  MASON CROSBIE GETTING READY KNOWING HIS TIME WILL COME.  3 PLAYS LATER, 8 SECS. LEFT.  THE PLAY CLOCK RUNS DOWN.  AARON RODGERS FORCED TO CALL THE PACKERS FINAL TIME OUT.  WELL YOU WOULD THINK THEY’RE IN F.G. RANGE ALREADY THOUGH.  51 YDS. NOW.  THE F.G. ATTEMPT FOR MASON CROSBIE.  SHOULD BE WELL WITHIN HIS RANGE, ESPECIALLY INDOORS BUT YOU CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HIM A LITTLE MORE BREATHING ROOM.  VERY MAKEABLE THOUGH.  HAS THE LEG FROM 51 YDS. OUT BUT LOOK AT THAT SNAP.  NOT EVEN CLOSE.  REMINDS ME OF MY…LIKE I SAID, MY GOLF SWING.  BUT I’LL TELL YOU, MASON CROSBIE HAS BEEN DEPENDABLE IN THE PAST BUT NOT TODAY.  NOT JUST TO WIN THIS GAME GUYS AND, OF COURSE, HOW MUCH IT MEANT EMOTIONALLY FOR THIS TEAM WITH THEIR HEAD COACH AILING.  BUT IN THE MANNER THEY CAME FROM BEHIND DOWN 21-3 TO SHOW THE CHARACTER THAT THEY SHOWED BEING LED BY A ROOKIE QB.  SO IMPRESSED.

01:33:21 – ATLANTA FALCONS @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS

 THE FALCONS AND THE REDSKINS.  R.G. III AGAINST MATT RYAN.  SO FAR THE MOST PRODUCTIVE QB IN THE NFL.  WE’LL SEE HOW OCTOBER GOES FOR HIM.  NOW THIS ISN’T GONNA GO SO WELL FOR HIM RIGHT NOW.  THAT’S RYAN KERRIGAN, FORMER 1^ST ROUND PICK.  PICK 6.  AND WE’VE SEEN HIM DO THIS.   THIS IS AN ATHLETIC PLAY BY A DEF. LINEMAN ON THE FIELD TO GET UP AND ALSO CATCH THE FOOTBALL.  THAT’S THE LAMBEAU LEAN RIGHT THERE.  NOT SO MUCH A LEAP. I MEAN HE GOT HIGHER GOING UP TO INTERCEPT THIS BALL.  SHOWS GREAT ATHLETIC ABILITY AND THEN WATCH HOW HE CELEBRATES.  HE COULDN’T EVEN GET UP IN THE STANDS.  IT WAS LIKE A LITTLE LEDGE TOO.  HE DIDN’T REALLY NEED TO.  JUST LEAN.  HE GOT JUMPED ENOUGH.  TROUBLES CONTINUE.  MATT RYAN FUMBLES THE SNAP.  RECOVERED BY PERRY RILEY AND THE REDSKINS TAKE OVER AT THE 32.  THIS WAS A SPOT WHERE YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE ATLANTA FALCONS MAY TAKE A BREATHER ON THE ROAD AGAINST R.G. III AND, I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT ROUGH EARLY ON.  ALFRED MORRIS, ANOTHER OUTSTANDING GAME.  THAT ROOKIE R.B. IS QUITE A SURPRISE.  MY FRONTRUNNER FOR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR RIGHT NOW.  18 CARRIES, A BUCK 15.  AND BILLY CUNDIFF WOULD MISS A 31 YD. F.G.  NOW HERE COMES MATT RYAN.  TONY GONZALEZ.  OLD MAN TONY.  WAS HE IN?  STILL DOING IT.  NO, IT WAS NOT IN.  O.K.  1^ST & GOAL.  WE’LL TAKE THAT.  PLAY ACTION.  WATCH GONZALEZ WORK HERE.  BEING HELD.  FINDS A WAY TO GET OPEN AND CATCH THE BALL.  HE PLAYED BASKETBALL IN COLLEGE.  THAT’S WELL DOCUMENTED, AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HE’S DOING.  ..UP, NO PUSH OFF THERE.  HE’S DOING A GREAT JOB TO GET OPEN.  NOW HE SAYS HE’S GONNA RETIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.  WHY?  HE CAN STILL PLAY.  3^RD & GOAL.  R.G. III KEEPING IT HIMSELF, AND IT’S O.K. UNTIL RIGHT THERE.  YEA.  I MEAN AT THAT POINT, AS A ROOKIE QB, I UNDERSTAND HE’S TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING TO HELP HIS TEAM.  BUT AT THAT POINT HE HAS TO LOOK AT THE SITUATION AND GET HIMSELF OUT OF BOUNDS.  MAKE A BUSINESS DECISION AND SAVE HIS BODY.  LIVE FOR ANOTHER DOWN.  SHAWN WEATHERSPOON, BIG HIT, MILD CONCUSSION, AND R.G. III DID NOT COME BACK.  4^TH QUARTER ATLANTA BALL.  STILL 10-7.  2^ND DOWN & 13.  EMPTY BACKFIELD.  RYAN.  18 YD. TOUCH.  GOOD ADJUSTMENT BY JULIO JONES.  NOW IT’S ON.  I MEAN JULIO, I’LL TELL YA.  THIS KID IS GONNA BE THE TOP RECEIVER FOR AWHILE IN THIS LEAGUE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COMBINATION OF HIM AND MATT RYAN.  THE CHEMISTRY THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW.  GREAT JOB.  THAT’S A PERFECTLY THROWN FOOTBALL.  GOOD PLACEMENT, WASN’T IT?  BACK SHOULDER, AWAY FROM BOTH DEFENDERS.  AND MATT’S ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD.  THAT’S RIGHT.  JUST A GREAT THROW.  SO CURT COUSINS COMES IN.  ALL THOSE PEOPLE SAID, “WHY WOULD YOU DRAFT A QB AFTER TAKING R.G. III?”  TO FIND A WIDE OPEN SANTANA MOSS.  WELL THAT’S A LITTLE BIT OF BREAKDOWN IN COVERAGE ON THE BACKEND.  THE BACK SIDE SAFETY NEEDS TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH TO NOT…ARE WE GONNA SHOW THE 2 INTERCEPTIONS AS WELL?  THAT’S COMING.  WE’RE LOOKING AT THE BACKSIDE SAFETY RIGHT NOW.  NOT ENOUGH DEPTH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE SANTANA MOSS AS THE SLOT RECEIVER.  THAT IS A DEEP THREAT.  YOU HAVE TO BACKUP SO IN CASE HE DOES COME IN YOUR AREA, YOU HAVE ENOUGH DEPTH TO BREAKDOWN ON THAT THROW.  A … KURT COUSINS COMING UP, AND THIS IS MORE MATT RYAN AND MORE EFFORT FROM TONY GONZALEZ FOR 13.  IT’S JUST CRAZY TO THINK THAT TONY, WITH AS MUCH FOOTBALL LEFT IN HIM AT THE AGE OF WHATEVER, STILL TALKING ABOUT STEPPING ASIDE.  13 CATCHES, 123 YDS. AND MICHAEL TURNER, 13 YD. TD.  FALCONS LEAD BY 7.  TALK ABOUT A BUSINESS DECISION.  A LOT OF GUYS DIDN’T WANT TO GET IN FRONT OF MICHAEL TURNER BACK THERE.  TOM REFERENCED A COUPLE OF INTERCEPTIONS.  HERE’S ONE.  YEA, I WASN’T TRYING TO BRING YOU DOWN AT ALL.  IT IS.  IT’S A TOUGH SITUATION FOR KURT COUSINS TO STEP IN.  NOW FINDS HIMSELF DOWN 7 PTS. AT HOME RALLYING HIS TEAM.  TOUGH SPOT.  DANTE ROBINSON WITH THAT PICK AND THERE’S ONE ALSO FOR THOMAS __ RIGHT THERE.  HOW ABOUT NOW THE ATLANTA FALCONS HAVE 9 INTERCEPTIONS ON THE SEASON AND BRETT GRIMES IS ON INJURED RESERVE WITH AN ACHILLES.  RIGHT.  ONE THING HAS TO BE MENTIONED IS THAT WE ALL KNOW KURT COUSINS IS A ROOKIE AND MOST TEAMS, FOR THEIR BACKUP QBS, HAVE VETERANS AT THAT POSITION.  YOU DON’T EXPECT …REX GROSSMAN IS PROBABLY HANDING WATER TO KURT COUSINS.  COME ON NOW.  SO HAVING A ROOKIE BACKUP WHEN THE FIRST QB GOES DOWN, YOU’RE GONNA HAVE AND YOU’RE GONNA EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN.  MATT RYAN THROWS IT 52 TIMES.  PICKS UP 345 YDS. AND THE FALCONS STILL UNBEATEN.

01:37:37 – CHICAGO BEARS @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

 THE JAGUARS AND THE BEARS.  BLANE GABBERT 5 TDS., ONLY 1 INTERCEPTION HEADING INTO THIS GAME.  THAT NUMBER’S GONNA GO NORTH.  2^ND QUARTER, GAME TIED AT 3.  GABBERT LOOKING TO HIS 2^ND YEAR WIDE RECEIVER, CECIL SHAUNCE.  ONE-HANDED CATCH, 34 YD. GAIN.  NICE GRAB.  NICE THROW BY BLANE GABBERT ALSO.  SHOOK TIM JENNINGS AS WELL.  TIM JENNINGS HAVE A PRO BOWL CALIBER SEASON.  DEFENSE WOULD DOMINATE FROM THERE.  SACKED BY CORY WOODEN.  RECOVERED BY JULIUS PEPPERS.  THIS BEARS START.  THIS 4-1 START.  I DON’T MEAN TO GIVE AWAY WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THIS GAME BUT 4-1 START HAS BEEN SPEARHEADED BY THIS BEARS DEFENSE.  3-3 AT HALFTIME.  6-3 LATE IN THE 3^RD QUARTER.  PICKED OFF BY CHARLES TILLMAN.  THROWN RIGHT TO HIM.  HE TAKES IT BACK 36 YDS. AND IT’S 13-3.  NOT ONLY STARING YOUR RECEIVER DOWN BUT A BAD THROW TOO RIGHT TO THE DEFENDER.  SAW THAT ON MONDAY NIGHT.  CHARLES TILLMAN TAKING ONE BACK FOR 6.  JAY CUTLER NOW AND IT’S 20-3.  YOU KNOW WHO HE’S LIKE TO FIND.  THAT’S BRANDON MARSHALL 24 YDS. OUT.  GOT A COUPLE OF STEPS ON DERRICK COX.  THAT’S A TD.  THAT WORKS, DOESN’T IT?  YEA.  NO MARSHALL FAULK CATCHES TODAY I BELIEVE FOR 120 SOME YDS.  12 CATCHES, BUCK 44 AND THE BEARS SCORE 38 STRAIGHT PTS.  UNBELIEVABLE.  CHICAGO IMPROVES TO 4-1.  ARE THEY AS GOOD AS THAT RECORD WOULD SAY?  AH, IN THE NFC NORTH RIGHT NOW, YES THEY ARE.  THEY’VE GOT SOME ISSUES ON OFFENSE THAT THEY’VE GOTTA CLEANUP BUT THAT DEFENSE RIGHT NOW IS PLAYING.  RISE ON JAY CUTLER.  HOW HE GOES I THINK THIS TEAM GOES.

01:39:23 – DENVER BRONCOS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

 BRADY/MANNING, 13 IN N.E.  THIS IS THE VARSITY.  YEA.  IT’S THE ONLY TEAM HE HAS A LOSING RECORD AGAINST, TOM BRADY.  2-5 AGAINST THE BRONCOS.  PEYTON MANNING, WE KNOW HE’S 6-9 AGAINST THOSE BILL BELICHICK PATRIOTS.  ..AGAINST MANNING.  13^TH TIME THEY’VE FACED EACH OTHER.  GOT HIM!  DAMARIUS THOMAS HAS IT AND THEN HE DOESN’T.  POPPED OUT NICELY BY STERLING MOORE.  PUT IT AWAY!  THAT WAS A NICE BLOCK.  HOPE HE DON’T GET FINED FOR IT.  DON’T WE SEE THIS OFTEN FROM THIS KID?  HE’S A GREAT TALENT BUT HE NEEDS TO PROTECT THE BALL A LITTLE MORE WHEN HE TAKES POSSESSION.  GREAT PLAY THERE BY STERLING MOORE, HUH?  PEYTON CAN’T BELIEVE IT.  ALRIGHT.  SCORELESS.  PATRIOTS ON THE MOVE.  BRADY TO WES WELKER AT 13.  RAN FOR A BUCK 4.  I GUESS THEY WERE TRYING TO REPLACE HIM EARLIER.  PAY THAT MAN!  I DON’T THINK SO.  THIS GUY, HE’S HARD TO COVER ONE-ON-ONE.  IMPOSSIBLE TO COVER.  CAPS AN 84 YD. DRIVE.  ENSUING BRONCOS POSSESSION.  MANNING TO THOMAS WHO HANGS ONTO IT AND THEN SOME!  WHAT A CATCH!  ONE-HAND DOWN THE SIDELINE.  NICE JOB.  MAKE UP THAT FUMBLE.  COACH, IT WAS A DOUBLE MOVE.  STUTTER, GO.  AND I LOVE IT.  HE’S A FREAKISH ATHLETE.  YEA, HE IS.  HE IS.  2^ND QUARTER.  MANNING UNDER PRESSURE ON 3^RD & 6 IN A 7-ZIP GAME.  OH WE’VE GOT A LITTLE…LAUNDRY.  A LITTLE INTERFERENCE ON DEVON MCCORDY ON ERIC DECKER THERE.  WHAT HAD HAPPENED?  YOU GET YOUR BUTT BEAT.  YOU PANIC AT THE LAST MINUTE.  YOU DON’T LOOK BACK FOR THE BALL.  SO NOW MANNING TO JOEL DRESSON.  ONE OF 3 TD. TOSSES ON THE DAY.  WE’RE TIED AT 7.  WE GOT A GOOD ONE GOING FOLKS!  IT’S THE MILE HIGH SALUTE.  THEY’RE RUSHING AT MANNING LIKE HE’S GONNA RUN.  13-7 IN THE 2^ND.  BRANDON BOLDEN, THE ROOKIE OUT OF OL’ MISS.  HAD OVER 100 YDS. LAST WEEK.  JUST CARRYING WOULD-BE TACKLERS TO THE 31.  THIS IS WHAT PATRIOTS ARE DOING BETTER AND BETTER AS THE SEASON PROGRESSES.  RUN THE FOOTBALL!  NOT ON THAT ONE BUT, OVERALL, THEY CAN RUN THE FOOTBALL.  WELL THAT WAS LAST YEAR’S ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, VON MILLER, WHO LED TO JUST A F.G. AFTER THE 4 YD. LOSS ON BOLDEN THERE.  SO 17-7 AT THAT POINT.  AND THIS TIME DANNY WOODHEAD.  WOODHEAD.  THAT’S WES WELKER’S BROTHER.  GOOD JOB TAKING CARE OF THE FOOTBALL.  19 YDS. ON THAT PICKUP INSIDE THE BRONCO 40.  THEN BRADEN JUST KIND OF STICKS IT OVER.  YOU SAW HIM DO THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR.  HE KINDS OF STICKS IT OVER.  THAT’S VERY INTELLIGENT.  BREAK THE PLANE OF THE GOAL LINE.  24-7 AND IT’S A LAUGHER AT THIS POINT.  MANNING, OOH!  ROCKED BY BOB MINKOVICH.  WE GOT A FUMBLE!  BIG FELLA, VINCE WILFORK FALLS ON IT!  HE ALMOST BUST THE BALL.  YEA, IT’S FLAT.  WE NEED A PUMP OVER HERE.  WHERE DO YOU THINK HE’S GOING WITH THAT THING?  THE BALL FEELS LIKE A NERF RIGHT NOW.  FIRST OF ALL, WHEN YOU GET PEYTON MANNING TO START TAPPING HIS FEET BACK THERE IN THE POCKET, THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT.  LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A COVERAGE SACK TOO AND NOBODY’S COMING OPEN FOR HIM.  SO THE PATRIOTS DID IT ON THE GROUND A LOT IN THIS GAME.  STEPHEN RIDLEY IN FROM 8 YDS. OUT.  HE RAN FOR 151 ON 28 CARRIES, AND THAT TOUCH, AND IT’S 31….I THOUGHT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPETITIVE?  IT WAS.  SO NOW MANNING LOOKING DEEP DOWN THE SIDELINE FOR DEMARIUS THOMAS AGAIN.  9 CATCHES FOR 188.  WOW.  MANNING, ERICK DECKER.  GOOD ADJUSTMENT ON THAT.  REAL GOOD.  BACK SHOULDER THROW WAS A LITTLE BIT LOW BUT ERIC DECKER CAME BACK AND MADE THAT CATCH.  NICE TOUCHDOWN.  STUDY UP.  YOU MIGHT GET A SHOT.  IT WAS ONLY 31-14 AT THAT POINT.  4^TH QUARTER.  JOHN FOX SAYS, “WE STILL HAVE 11 MINS. TO GO.  WE’RE STILL IN THIS THING.”  WILLEST MCGAHEE.  OH MCGAHEE!  4^TH DOWN.  OH.  4^TH DOWN.  YOU CAN’T DO THAT ON 4^TH DOWN.  NOT ON…MAYBE 3^RD DOWN BUT NOT 4^TH DOWN.  IT’S NOT A GOOD IDEA ON 1^ST, 2^ND, 3^RD OR..DEFINITELY NOT 4^TH.  NOT ON 4^TH.  DEFINITELY NOT.  SO PATRIOTS TAKE IT OVER.  NOW THEY’RE JUST GONNA RUN IT OUT, OR MAYBE NOT.  BRADY DROP.  POPPED OUT AND … GET ON IT!  BIG MAN.  BIG MAN GOT ON THE BALL.  IT’S OVER.  IS IT TEBOW?  THAT’S A GOOD CALL THOUGH.  SO PEYTON’S STILL ALIVE.  WILLEST MCGAHEE HANGS ONTO IT ON 2^ND & 6.  GETS IT INSIDE THE 5!    THAT’S THE WAY …STILL IN BUSINESS.  FOR NOW.  MANNING HITTING ONE OF HIS FAVORITE TARGETS.  GUY CALLED THE GREATEST RECEIVER EVER, BRANDON STOKLEY.  HE DOES THIS SO WELL.  LITTLE PLAY ACTION PASS.  MAKE THE LINEBACKERS BITE AND SHOOT IT IN THERE FOR 6.  MANNING THERE FOR 345 AND 3 SQUARES.  SO TOM’S KIND OF SWEATING IT OUT NOW A LITTLE BIT.  RIDLEY AGAIN…DON’T PUT IT…OH HE DID.  MIKE ADAMS RECOVERS AND THE BRONCOS ARE IN BUSINESS.  5 & CHANGE TO GO.  MANNING TO THOMAS FOR THE 9 YD. GAIN.  A 3^RD & 10.  GREAT TACKLE THERE BY DEVON MCCORDY.  GIVE HIM A SPOT.  SO 4^TH & 1, MANNING.  YOU GOTTA GO ….WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!  HE’S GOING FOR ALL OF IT!  HE’S GOT IT!  CORNER’S GETTING BEAT.  DON’T EVEN LOOK BACK FOR THE BALL.  2 PLAYS LATER MCGAHEE.  OH WE’RE TRYING TO TRICK HIM!  JUST HANG ONTO THE…NO HE DIDN’T.  NO, HE DIDN’T.  DON’T TELL ME HE FUMBLED THAT BALL.  HE DROPPED ONE ON 4^TH DOWN AND FUMBLED ONE ON 2^ND DOWN, AND THAT WOULD DO IT.  THE PATRIOTS 3-2.  THE BRONCOS FALL TO 2-3.

01:44:44 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

 PANTHERS AND SEAHAWKS.  …ON GAME DAY MORNING.  DIDN’T YOU SAY 250 THROUGH THE AIR, 100 ON THE GROUND?  WHOA CAM.  HE’S REALLY GONNA HAVE HIS BEST DAY TODAY.  3^RD QUARTER, A ROUSING 6-3 GAME.  A LOT OF F.G.’S TODAY.  ..INTENDED FOR ANTHONY __ BUT CAPTAIN …!  ..GRADUATE RIGHT THERE BABY!  PANTHERS HAVE A 10-6 LEAD!  AND KIND OF AN UGLY ONE.  GOOD JOB CAP.  YOU NEED TO HOLD IT UP THOUGH.  LATER DEANGELO WILLIAMS.  HE TAKES THE PITCH AND THEN HE …NO HE DIDN’T.  YEA.  BRANDON BROWNER.  THE STRIP AND THE RECOVERY.  ONE MAN CANNOT TAKE YOUR BALL.  THAT’S A PRETTY GOOD PLAY THOUGH.  THAT’S A GREAT PLAY.  GET OUT OF THERE.  THAT’S A GREAT PLAY.  SO THE ENSUING DRIVE.  RUSSELL WILSON, HIS ONLY TD. TOSS OF THE DAY.  UH OH IT’S…LOOK WHO IT IS.  IT’S GOLDEN TATE WHO’S SIMULTANEOUSLY CROSSING THE GOAL LINE WHILE HOLDING ONTO THE BALL.  ALRIGHT.  WHAT’S THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS?  ALRIGHT.  LET IT GO.  LET IT GO.  O.K.  13-10 AT THAT POINT.  4^TH QUARTER, PANTHERS DOWN 6 IN THE END ZONE.  CAM.  GET IT IN THERE CAM!  GET IT IN THERE CAM!  HE’S GOING TO ..THAT IS A GREAT JOB BY THE SEAHAWKS.  THAT IS A GREAT PURSUIT.  THAT’S THE WAY TO GET TO THE BALL GUYS.  3 PLAYS LATER, 4^TH & GOAL ON THE SEAHAWKS 1.  WHAT DO YOU DO?  DO YOU LET JUST CAM TAKE IT?  14 RUSHING TDS. A YEAR AGO.  YEA.  LET’S MOVE HIM.  MOVE HIM.  YOU LOOK FOR …  AND … CAM!  NO CAM!  WELL AFTER THE SEAHAWKS ARE FORCED TO PUNT, AND THEN CONCEDE A SAFETY…IT’S NOW A 4 PT. DEFICIT FOR CAM AND THE CREW DEEP IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY AND THAT’S GONNA DO IT.  SACKED BY THE ROOKIE BRUCE IRVIN.  CAUSED A FUMBLE.  PETE CARROLL’S FIRED-UP!  JUST HIS 6^TH CAREER ROAD WIN … THAT’S HOW MOOCHEY USED TO DO IT BACK IN THE DAY.

 01:46:50 – BUFFALO BILLS @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

 THEY’RE ON TONIGHT.  ALEX SMITH THE FORMER #1 OVERALL PICK.  TAKING ON THE BILLS, AND SMITH COMPLETED ONLY 18 PASSES.  I’M STARTING TO BELIEVE.  HERE YOU GO TO VERNON DAVIS 53 YDS.  AS FAST AS ANY WIDE RECEIVER.  SET UP A DAVID AKERS F.G. AND A 3-ZIP LEAD BUT THE NINERS ARE JUST GETTING GOING IN THIS ONE.  2^ND QUARTER.  SMITH LOOKING FOR KYLE WILLIAMS.  A LITTLE PLAY ACTION.  DON’T MOVE BABY.  43 YDS.  HE’S CUTTING UP THE FADE.  BACK SHOULDER FADE.  THAT’S A GREAT THROW.  THAT’S GREAT CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THOSE.  JUST KNOWING WHERE TO PUT IT AND KNOWING WHERE TO SIT IT DOWN.  AND A 10-3 LEAD AT THAT POINT.  THEN RYAN FITZPATRICK TO SCOTT CHANDLER BUT HE IS STRIPPED BY PATRICK WILLIS.  DEVON __ RECOVERS THE BALL.  49ERS FORCE A TURNOVER.  THIS IS A GREAT DEFENSE RIGHT HERE.  VETERANS AND THEY’RE ALL BACK FROM LAST YEAR’S TEAM.  NEXT PLAY, SMITH TO CRABTREE.  CRAB!  SMITH 18-14 FOR 303 AND 3 SCORES.  CRABTREE HAD 113 YDS. RECEIVING IN THAT TOUCH.  NOW BY THE WAY, S.F. ALSO RAN FOR ALMOST 300 YDS. ON THE GROUND.  THEY’RE THE FIRST TEAM IN NFL HISTORY WITH MORE THAN 300 THROUGH THE AIR, 300 ON THE GROUND, 621 TOTAL.  THAT’S A FRANCHISE RECORD AND 45-3.

01:48:19 – TENNESSEE TITANS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS

 ALRIGHT, TITANS AND VIKINGS.  THE COMMISSIONER, ROGER GOODELL ON HAND FOR THIS ONE.  YOU KNOW HE DOESN’T HAVE TO SIT THERE.  HE CAN PLAY IF HE WANTED TO.  WE HAD A SUITE AVAILABLE.  CHRISTIAN PONDER TO PERCY HARVIN FOR 45 YDS.  WHEN HE DOESN’T HAVE A MIGRAINE, THIS GUY IS FANTASTIC.  HE WAS CAPPED BY A HARVIN 4 YD. TD. RUN.  HIS FIRST SCORE OF THE YEAR.  MATT HASSELBECK STARTING FOR THE INJURED JAKE LOCKER.  JAKE, COME BACK SOON PLEASE.  IS THAT RHINESTONE COWBOY?  YEA IT IS.  I THOUGHT HE WAS HURT.  THAT’S RIGHT.  SOMEWHERE JAY GLAZER’S JUMPING UP AND DOWN SAYING, “THAT’S MY BUDDY.  THAT’S MY BUDDY.”  4^TH QUARTER, VIKINGS UP 23-7.  PONDER, WHO WAS PICKED OFF FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.  RUDOLPH.  4^TH PROCEEDING TD. THIS YEAR. VIKINGS ARE FOR REAL FOLKS.  THEY’RE 4-1.  WOW!  WHAT A SHOCKER!  4-1.

01:49:19 – SAN DIEGO CHARGERS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

 WE ALSO HAD A RECORD PERHAPS BEING SET AND LOOK WHO’S HERE.  SEAN PAYTON, JOE VITT GIVEN PERMISSION BY THE NFL TO WATCH DREW BREES AS HE TRIED TO SET THE CONSECUTIVE TD. GAME STREAK IN WHICH HE WAS TIED WITH JOHNNY UNITAS AT 47 GAMES COMING IN.  OF COURSE JOHNNY U., THE STREAK THAT WENT FROM 1956 THROUGH 1960.  LOOK AT HIM HOOKING UP WITH LENNY MOORE!  FIRST OF ALL, YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND HOW PROLIFIC AND PROFOUND THAT STREAK WAS.  BACK THEN YOU COULD HIT A RECEIVER ANYWHERE WITHIN HIS ROUTE.  AND JOHNNY U. HAD ON HIGH-TOPS.  RIGHT.  AND THERE WERE SOME GAMES THAT JOHNNY U. THREW 10 PASSES IN THE WHOLE GAME.  HERE IS THE RECORD.  BREES TO DEVORY HENDERSON.  40 YDS. AND THE TOUCH.  48 CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A SCORE.  THAT IS A NEW RECORD.  EVERYBODY’S CELEBRATING IN THE DOME, INCLUDING THE COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL, WHO TWEETED “CONGRATULATIONS TO DREW BREES AND HIS TEAMMATES ON BREAKING UNITAS’ RECORD.  AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT BY A GREAT QB AND LEADER.  WE ARE PROUD OF YOU DREW.”  IN FACT, JOHNNY’S SON JOE ON HAND, AND NOTICING THAT DEVORY HENDERSON WORE #19 JUST LIKE HIS DAD.  VERY VERY COOL MOMENT.  IT IS COOL.  2^ND QUARTER, BREES.  I MEAN THIS IS PERFECT DREW BREES.  LOOK AT THE TOUCH ON THIS ONE TO MARCUS COLSTON.  NICE.  WIDE OPEN.  HIT HIM IN STRIDE.  GOT HIM FOR 40 YDS. TO THE CHARGER 24.  HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT A MAN CAN BE THAT OPEN?  THEN ON 3^RD & 5, ONE TOUCH.  HOW ABOUT THIS ONE?  NOW THIS IS THE BEST.  THAT RIGHT THERE, THAT’S BEING ACCURATE.  THAT WAS A GREAT HOLD OFF. …RECEIVER HOLD OFF THAT CORNER.  OH YEA, THAT’S …  TIES JOE HORN FOR MOST TD. CATCHES IN SAINTS HISTORY IN 50.  YEA, NO CELLPHONE AVAILABLE ON THE CELEBRATION.  OLD MARCUS COLSTON LOOK LIKE OLD MARCUS COLSTON.  HEY, PHILIP RIVERS WHO TOOK OVER FOR DREW BREES IN S.D., HITS ROBERT MEACHAM, A FORMER SAINT, WHO CAUGHT 23 TD. PASSES FROM DREW BREES DOWN IN THE BAYOU.  THAT’S ONE THING ABOUT THE SAINTS DEFENSE.  THEY GONNA MAKE SURE YOU STAY IN IT.  HE HAD 2 TD. CATCHES ON THE DAY.  CHARGERS UP 17-14.  MAKE SURE IT’S A GOOD GAME.  3^RD QUARTER OPENING SAINTS DRIVE, 3RD & 5.  BREES LOOKING FOR HENDERSON.  NOW THIS PLAY RIGHT HERE.  QUINTON JAMMER PICKS IT OFF.  WHAT A GREAT PLAY.  THESE ARE THE KIND OF PLAYS YOU MAKE WHEN YOU’RE GETTING TO THE FOOTBALL.  WHEN YOU GET TO THE FOOTBALL, YOUNG PLAYERS, GOOD THINGS HAPPEN.  3 PLAYS LATER, RYAN MATTHEWS.  ALL WE HEARD ABOUT WAS JACKIE BATTLE TAKING A SNAP.  WHEW!  THAT LOOKS LIKE GARY ANDERSON BACK IN THE 80’S.  IT WASN’T QUITE.  GARY DID A 4-3 BUT HE GOT IN THE END ZONE LIKE GARY ANDERSON.  WORK WITH ME PLAYMAKER.  O.K.  I GOT YOU.  ALRIGHT.  DREW BREES OUT TO PIERRE THOMAS.  THE SAINTS DO A GREAT JOB AT SCREENING TEAMS.   I MEAN THE CHARGERS WERE BRINGING PRESSURE, GETTING AFTER BREES, AND THEY STARTED CALLING THOSE SCREENS AND THOSE BIG GUYS, AFTER CHASING THE QB, TURNING AND RUNNING OUT THE SCREEN IS TOUGH.  AND THEN BREES TO MARCUS COLSTON.  ANOTHER TD.  SEAN PAYTON’S JUST IN THE BUILDING AND LOOK AT WHAT MARCUS COLSTON IS DOING.  HE’S A WHOLE NEW MAN WITH SEAN PAYTON JUST IN THE BUILDING.  4^TH QUARTER, GOT A 3 PT. CHARGERS LEAD.  BREES TO DEVORY HENDERSON.  DID DEVORY HENDERSON CUT THIS HIGHLIGHT?  HE’S ALL OVER THE PLACE.  4 PTS. ON THAT.  THE CORNERBACKS FOR THE S.D. CHARGERS CUT THIS HIGHLIGHT.  AND BREES TO MARCUS COLSTON.  THAT IS GREAT PLAY FOLKS.  3 IF YOU’RE KEEPING TRACK.  THAT WAS A GREAT PLAY.  COME ON NOW.  2^ND STRAIGHT GAME WITH 9 CATCHES FOR COLSTON.  A BUCK 31 AND THOSE 3 SCORES.  SO THE SAINTS ARE UP 4.  RIVERS LOOK OUT.  IT’S JUNIOR GOLETT DROPPING HIM.  JUST AMAZING WHAT A LEAD DOES.  IT’S A WHOLE DIFFERENT DEFENSE NOW.  3^RD & 18.  RIVERS TO MALCOLM FLOYD.  TIPPED AND …GOOD THINGS HAPPEN.  ROMAN HARPER.  THAT’S YOUR GUY, SALT ‘N PEPPER HAIR.  RO HARP.  CAN’T SEE UNDER THE HELMET BUT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.  TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.  I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHY YOU SAY PEPPER.  THAT’S JUST SALT IN THERE.  HE LOOK LIKE MORGAN FREEMAN.  SO NOW CHARGES HAVE TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE END ZONE.  BREES…BOY, THAT WAS LUCKY RIGHT THERE.  THAT WAS LUCKY.  IT WAS DEFLECTED.  OH, TD. COULD’VE GOTTEN…  SO HELD TO A GARRETT HARTLEY F.G.  SO THE CHARGERS GOT A SHOT, DOWN 7.  RIVERS ELUDES THE RUSH TO MALCOLM FLOYD.  MOVING THE CHAINS TO THE CHARGER 39.  GREAT OPEN FIELD TACKLE.  4 PLAYS LATER, 2^ND & 17.  WHAT A SURPRISE.  RIGHT AROUND MIDFIELD.  RIVERS TO ANTONIO GATES FOR 28 YDS.  HOWEVER, HOWEVER, THE REAL WEBSTER BACK MARSHALL.  YEA, REAL REF, WRONG REF.  I’LL TELL YOU THAT.  REAL REF.  WRONG REF.  NO.  THE CORNERBACK, THE DEF. BACK PUT HIS ARM OUT AND HE PUT HIS ARM OVER TO KNOCK HIM OFF IT.  RIGHT.  THAT’S WHAT’S THE CONTACT.  SO RIVERS …DIDN’T WE JUST SEE THIS PATTERN?  TO MALCOLM FLOYD THOUGH.  UH, WE GOT ANOTHER FLAG.  HOLDING ON THE CHARGERS.  THEY DON’T MAKE IT UP BO.  YOU’RE GOING THE WRONG WAY.  IT’S LIKE BASKETBALL.  YEA, NICK HARDWICK NOT VERY HAPPY.  2^ND & 37.  ANYBODY HAVE A PLAY FOR 2^ND & 37?  YEA, JUST THROW IT UP A LITTLE.  SOMEBODY’S GONNA DO SOMETHING STUPID.  I PROMISE YOU.  LOOKING FOR ROBERT MEACHAM AND IT GETS KNOCKED DOWN BUT WE HAVE, UH OH.  ILLEGAL HANDS TO THE FACE.  MAKEUP CALL.  IS THE FLAG.  NOW YOU CAN’T QUESTION THAT MAN’S HARASSING.  THERE’S A HAND IN THE FACE RIGHT THERE.  MARQUES WILSON GETS FLAGGED.  SO.. DADDY’S IN THE HOUSE.  YEA.  3 PLAYS LATER, NOW IT’S JUST 2^ND & 2.  RIVERS, MALCOLM FLOYD.  O.K.   IT’S GETTING INTERESTING.  2 TIMEOUTS LEFT FOR S.D. AT THIS POINT.  NOW WE’LL PICK IT UP 4 PLAYS LATER, 3^RD & 10 RIVERS.  LOOK AT THIS PLAY BY WILSON.  LISTEN, A LEAD DOES A LOT FOR A TEAM.  LISTEN, THEY HAVE TO PLAY WILSON AT THAT BACKSIDE END ON PASSING DOWNS.  I UNDERSTAND BRUCE SMITH IS THE GUY BUT, MAN, THAT KID CAN RUSH.  SO THE SAINTS GET WIN #1, 31-24 ON A RECORD-SETTING NIGHT BY DREW BREES.  BY THE WAY, 4 TDS. IN A GAME FOR THE 17^TH TIME IN HIS OUTSTANDING CAREER.

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