SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 13

 

  1. TEXANS @ TITANS   3:36

  2. PATRIOTS @ DOLPHINS   2:47

  3. JAGUARS @ BILLS   1:56

  4. PANTHERS @ CHIEFS   3:38

  5. CARDINALS @ JETS   2:54

  6. 49ERS @ RAMS   4:18

  7. VIKINGS @ PACKERS   4:11

  8. SEAHAWKS @ BEARS   4:04

  9. SAINTS @ FALCONS   5:05

  10. COLTS @ LIONS   3:43

  11. BENGALS @ CHARGERS   1:12

  12. STEELERS @ RAVENS   3:50

  13. BUCCANEERS @ BRONCOS   1:46

  14. BROWNS @ RAIDERS   :26

  15. EAGLES @ COWBOYS   4:22 

       TRT:   60:26     WITH BARS

 

01:10:15 – HOUSTON TEXANS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

HOUSTON AND TENN, MATT SCHAUB AND THE TEXANS CAN CLINCH A PLAYOFF SPOT WITH A WIN.  AGAIN, NICE TO BE ABLE TO CLINCH BE HANUKAH.  THAT’S AN EFFECTIVE REGULAR SEASON.  OPENING POSSESSION OF THE GAME.  MATT SCHAUB LOOKING FOR LESTER GENE!  WHO?  YES, LESTER GENE WHO GOES 54 YDS. FOR THE TD.  TEXANS TAKE THE EARLY LEAD 7-0.  NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU HIT REFRESH IT’S NOT GONNA SAY ANDRE JOHNSON.  IT’S STILL GONNA SAY LESTER GENE.  ENSUING TITANS POSSESSION.  1ST & 10 AT THE 50.   CHRIS JOHNSON.  LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE ANOTHER BIG GAME FOR HIM.  HAD A BIG ONE AGAINST THE TEXANS LAST TIME.  26 YDS. INTO TEXANS TERRITORY.  DRIVE WOULD RESULT IN A ROB BARRONAS 37 YD. F.G.  TEXANS LEAD 7-3.  JOHNSON, THOUGH ,THAT’S HIS BIG HIGHLIGHT.  JUST 51 YDS. RUSHING ON THE DAY.  3 TEXANS POSSESSIONS LATER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR 4TH & 1, MATT SCHAUB PITCHES TO ARIAN FOSTER WHO GETS THE 1ST DOWN.  1ST & GOAL ON THE TITANS 5.  VERY NEXT PLAY, OFF PLAY ACTION MATT SCHAUB LOOKING FOR A WIDE OPEN JAMES CASEY.  INTO THE END ZONE TEXANS EXTEND THE LEAD 14-3.  SCHAUB, 207 YDS. AND 2 TDS. ON THE DAY.  VERY EFFECTIVE.  2ND QUARTER, TITANS BALL.  HOUSTON LEADS 14-3.  1ST & 10 ON THE TEXANS 33.  CHRIS JOHNSON RUNS TO THE RIGHT AND HE GOES THROUGH THE LINE FOR A …NO.  HE RUNS TO THE RIGHT AND HE FUMBLES.  J.J. WATT CAUSES THE FUMBLE.  ANTONIO SMITH PICKS IT UP.  SMITH KEEPS IT.  RUNS TOWARD THE END ZONE.  HOWEVER, C.J. TUKA RULED DOWN BY CONTACT.  HE WOULD NEVER REACH THE END ZONE.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  CHRIS JOHNSON CLEARLY NOT DOWN BY CONTACT.  UNBELIEVABLE THAT THAT GOT MISSED.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK .  THE REFEREE SIGNALS CHRIS JOHNSON DOWN AT THE 37 AS HE’S RUNNING RIGHT BY HIM FOR A TD!  TEXANS TAKE OVER BUT COULDN’T CAPITALIZE.  THOUGH THEY DID CAPITALIZE ON THIS.  JAKE LOCKER’S PICK INTERCEPTED BY TIM DOBBINS WHO DOES A FLIP!  HOUSTON TAKES OVER ON THE TITANS 3.  LOCKER IN THE MIDST OF ANOTHER LONG DAY.  2 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & GOAL ON THE TITANS 2.  ARIAN FOSTER TO THE SIDELINE.  TOUCHDOWN.  TEXANS PULLING AWAY 21-3.  FOSTER JUST 38 YDS. AND THE TD.  THE DAY.  NAMASTE.  3RD QUARTER STILL 21-3.  JAKE LOCKER SCRAMBLING LEFT.  GONNA GET 15 YDS.  WELL THAT’S GONNA BE THE GOOD NEWS FOR JAKE LOCKER ON THIS PLAY.  IT’S WHAT HE DOES WELL.  MAKES PLAYS WITH HIS LEGS.  MAKES PEOPLE MISS.  HOWEVER, FUMBLES AT THE END OF THE CARRY.  ANTONIO SMITH CAUSES IT.  TEXANS TAKE OVER ON THE TITANS 36 YD. LINE.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  LOCKER’S ACTUALLY GONNA LAND ON TEXANS CORNERBACK BRANDON HARRIS BEFORE HIS BODY TOUCHES THE GROUND.  BALL COMES OUT.  HOUSTON WOULD EXTEND THEIR LEAD ON A SHANE GRAHAM 50 YD. F.G.  24-3.  2 TITANS POSSESSIONS LATER JAKE LOCKER THROWING DEEP.  LOOK AT KENNY BRITT.  IN THE END ZONE!  TITANS CUT THE LEAD TO 24-10.  LOCKER DID THROW FOR 309 YDS. NOT TOUCHING ON THE DAY THOUGH.  DID GET PICKED-OFF 3 TIMES.  4TH QUARTER TEXANS LEADING 24-10.  4TH & 3 ON THE TEXANS 7.  TITANS ARE GOING FOR IT.  TURF MONSTER.  WATCH OUT.  TURF MONSTER.  TURF MONSTER.  TURF MONSTER.  OH…AND J.J. WATT FALLS ON HIM FOR THE SACK.  THEY TAKE OVER SACK.  WATT HAD A SACK AND A FORCED FUMBLE.  ALSO 2 DEFLECTED PASSES AT THE LINE.  THAT’S WHO J.J. WATT IS.  YOUR DEFENSIVE MVP OF THE SEASON IN THE NFL.  2 TYNES POSSESSIONS LATER, SCORE’S STILL 24-10.  JAKE LOCKER LOOKING FOR KENNY BRITT AGAIN.  INSTEAD IT GETS TIPPED.  PICKED-OFF BY DARRELL SHARPTON.  HOUSTON WINS AND CLINCHES A PLAYOFF SPOT.  FINAL SCORE, 24-10.

 

01:14:01 – NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ MIAMI DOLPHINS

PATRIOTS AND THE DOLPHINS.  WITH A WIN, N.E. CAN WRAP-UP THE DIVISION.  IT’S NICE.  WHENEVER YOU CAN WRAP-UP THE DIVISION BEFORE HANUKAH BEGINS THAT’S A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT.  STARTED TO RAIN JUST MINUTES BEFORE KICKOFF.  OPENING DOLPHINS DRIVE.  UH OH.  BRANDON FIELDS CAN’T GET A HANDLE ON IT.  GETS TACKLED BY MATTHEW SLATER FOR A 10 YD. LOSS.  N.E. TAKES OVER ON THE 12 YD. LINE.  THEY GIVE IT TO STEVEN RIDLEY WHO GOES LEFT.  GETS STOPPED.  BURSTS INTO THE END ZONE.  PUTS THE PATS UP 7-0.  RIDLEY’S 9TH TD. OF THE SEASON.  OPEN THE DOOR.  KICK THE DOOR THROUGH.  WHATEVER THAT IS, IT’S A TD.  2 PATS POSSESSIONS LATER, 1ST & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 25.  TOM BRADY LOOKING FOR AARON HERNANDEZ BUT INSTEAD PICKED-OFF BY RASHAD JONES.  HE RETURNS IT ALL THE WAY FOR A TD.  BUT HANG ON!  HANG ON…THERE’S THAT YELLOW FLAG SIGN.  NEGATES THE TD.  IT’S THE FIRST PICK FOR BRADY IN THE LAST 203 PASSES THOUGH.  THE DOLPHINS WOULD GET A F.G.  THEY TRAIL IT 7-3.  2ND QUARTER NEXT PATS DRIVE.  …. MESCO IN THE PUNT.  MESCO HIT BY JIMMY WILSON.  GETS FLAGGED FOR ROUGHING THE KICKER.  EXTENDS THE DRIVE.  GIVES THE PATRIOTS THE BALL.  10 PLAYS LATER IT’S BRADY TO WES WELKER.  7 YD. TD.  PATS UP 14-3.  THE 44TH STRAIGHT GAME FOR A TD. PASS WITH TOM BRADY.  NOW, OF COURSE, THE LONGEST STREAK IN THE NFL.  ENSUING DOLPHINS DRIVE, RYAN TANNEHILL SACKED BY TREVOR SCOTT.  RECOVERED BY VINCE WILFORK.  THINGS NOT GOING THE DOLPHINS WAY.  WILFORK GIVES THE BALL TO HIS WIFE, BIANCA IN THE FRONT ROW.  WOW, THAT’S GONNA GET YOU OUT OF A LOT OF HOUSE CHORES THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.  GOZKOWSKI WOULD KICK A F.G. TO MAKE IT 17-3.  ENSUING DOLPHINS POSSESSION.  TANNEHILL THROWS LEFT TO BRIAN HARTLINE.  17 YDS. AND A 1ST DOWN.  DOWN TO THE 13.  4 PLAYS LATER TANNEHILL TAKES IT, KEEPS IT AND LEAPS INTO THE END ZONE.  WHO KNEW HE COULD DO IT LIKE THAT?!  17-10 AT HALFTIME.  4TH QUARTER PATRIOTS THREATENING.  STILL 17-10.  BRADY BACK TO PASS.  HE GETS SACKED.  HE LOSES 7 YDS.  PATS WOULD HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A 32 YD. GOZKOWSKI F.G. TO GO UP 20-10.  DOLPHINS SENSING POSSIBLY THIS IS THEIR CHANCE.  TANNEHILL 3RD & 4 FROM THE PATRIOTS 7.  HE’S SACKED BY JARROD MAYO.  DOLPHINS SETTLE FOR A 33 YARDER FROM DAN CARPENTER.  THAT CUTS THE LEAD TO 20-13.  PATRIOTS GET THE BALL BACK.  STEVEN RIDLEY.  11 YDS. FOR A 1ST DOWN DOWN TO THE DOLPHINS 30.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO ANOTHER GOZKOWSKI F.G.  23-13 THE SCORE.  DOLPHINS QUICKLY DROVE DOWN THE FIELD, MADE A 42 YD. F.G.  DAN CARPENTER’S ONSIDE KICK.  THAT WAS THEIR LAST CHANCE WITH 31 SECS. LEFT AND BRANDON LLOYD RECOVERS IT!  HEY, HE’S DONE SOMETHING FOR THE PATRIOTS!  BRANDON LLOYD HELPED SEAL THE GAME.  PATS WITH IT 23-16.  THE 201ST WIN FOR BILL BELICHICK.  PATS IMPROVE TO 9-3.


01:16:58 – JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ BUFFALO BILLS

 JAGUARS/BILLS.  RYAN FITZPATRICK.  4 TD. PASSES AWAY FROM PASSING JACK KEMP FOR 3RD MOST IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.  YEA, BUT COULD HE LEGISLATE LIKE KEMP?  WE’LL SEE.  1ST QUARTER BILLS BALL.  FITZPATRICK LOOKING FOR T.J. GRAHAM OVER THE MIDDLE AND GRAHAM GETS DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE.  ALMOST JACK KEMP.  LEADS TO A 1 YD. FITZPATRICK TD. RUN.  BILLS UP 7-0.  2ND QUARTER, BILLS BALL, STILL LEADING 7-0.  FITZPATRICK LOOKING FOR STEVIE JOHNSON.  INSTEAD FINDS PAUL BUSLUZNI.  HE RETURNS IT 5 YDS. TO THE BILLS 32 THAT WOULD LEAD TO A JOSH SCOBEE F.G.  JAGUARS TRAIL BY THE SCORE OF 7-3.  2 JAGUARS POSSESSIONS LATER, STILL TRAILING 7-3.  2ND  & GOAL FROM THE BILLS 1.  CHAD HENNE RUNS INTO THE END ZONE.  TD. CHAD HENNE ON THE PLAY ACTION.  JACKSONVILLE TAKES THE LEAD 10-7 IN A DRIVING RAINSTORM.  ENSUING BILLS DRIVE TRYING TO ANSWER.  FITZPATRICK LOOKING OVER THE MIDDLE.  SCOTT CHANDLER GOT IT FOR THE 11 YD. TD.  BILLS TAKE A 14-10 LEAD.  SO NOW IT’S THE JAGUARS TURN.  1ST & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 20.  CHAD HENNE.  GOTTA REMEMBER THE FOOTBALL CHAD.  STRIPPED AND RECOVERED BY MARIO WILLIAMS AT THE JAGUARS 14.  WOULD LEAD TO A RYAN LINDELL 29 YD. F.G.  BILLS UP 17-10 AT HALFTIME.  3RD QUARTER NOW.  BILLS BALL LEADING 17-10.  FITZPATRICK LOOKING FOR STEVIE JOHNSON ON THE SIDELINE.  JOHNSON’S GOT IT FOR A 13 YD. TD.  SEEM, 13-13.  STEVIE JOHNSON HASN’T BEEN IN THE END ZONE IN AWHILE BUT STILL HE REMEMBERS HOW TO DANCE.  24-10, BILLS LEAD.  4TH QUARTER NOW ,BILLS BALL.  WHERE IS C.J. SPILLER?  WHY IS HE NOT IN THIS HIGHLIGHT?  WELL, YOU’LL SEE JUST RIGHT NOW.  FRED JACKSON HAD A 100 YD. DAY AND HERE’S C.J. SPILLER.  STREAKS DOWN THE SIDELINE.  44 YDS. LATER HE IS IN THE END ZONE.  BILLS LEAD IT 34-10.  THEY GO ON TO WIN IT BY THE FINAL OF 34-18.  CECIL SHORTS HAD A TD. BEFORE LEAVING THE GAME WITH AN INJURY.

 

01:19:05 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

 PANTHERS AND THE CHIEFS.  ROMEO CRENNEL LEADING THE CHIEFS A DAY AFTER WITNESSING JAVON BELCHER COMMIT SUICIDE AFTER SHOOTING HIS GIRLFRIEND.  HEAVY HEART FOR EVERYONE IN K.C. PLAYING WITH A TRAGEDY SO FIRMLY ENTRENCHED IN EVERYBODY’S MIND.  1ST QUARTER.  THOUGH THEY PLAYED THE GAME AFTER THE PANTHERS LOT THEIR 13 CONSECUTIVE COIN TOSS.  BRADY QUINN, PLAY ACTION TO JOHN BALDWIN.  34 YDS. DOWN TO THE PANTHERS 2 YD. LINE.  PAYTON HILLIS WOULD PUNCH IT IN.  CHIEFS TAKE A

7-0 LEAD ON THE CHIEFS 1ST OPENING POSSESSION TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON.  ENSUING PANTHERS POSSESSION, CAM NEWTON CONNECTS WITH GREG OLSEN.  47 YDS. LATER OLSEN IS INTO THE END ZONE.  IT’S HIS 2ND TD. OF THE SEASON AND LONGEST RECEPTION OF THE SEASON.  THAT TIES THE GAME AT 7.  2ND QUARTER CAROLINA TRAILING 10-7, 3RD & 3 ON THE CHIEFS 23 YD. LINE.  CAM NEWTON LOOKING FOR STEVE SMITH DEEP ALONG THE SIDELINE.  HELLO OLD FRIEND.  SMITH PULLS IT IN FOR THE 23 YD. TD.  GETS IN.  I’LL DANCE.  WE’RE GOOD.  I’M BACK IN THE END ZONE.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  HE GETS JAMMED AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BY THE ROOKIE MICO THORPE.  THINKS HE’S RIGHT ON HIS HIP.  INSTEAD, SMITH JUST EXPLODES RIGHT BY HIM.  MAKES THE CATCH.  SMITH SHOWING WHY HE’S A 5-TIME PRO BOWLER.  PANTHERS LEAD 14-10.  SMITH WOULD HAVE 120 YDS. AND A TD. ON THE DAY.  2 CHIEFS POSSESSIONS LATER BRADY QUINN THROWING HIGH OVER THE MIDDLE FOR DWAYNE BOWE WHO GOES UP IN TRAFFIC AND PULLS IT DOWN.  WATCH THIS CATCH AGAIN.  DWAYNE BOWE.  TREMENDOUS CONCENTRATION.  HE DID A VERY DOWN SEASON . HE DID HAVE 4 CATCHES FOR 64 YDS. IN THIS ONE.  10 PLAYS LATER, 2 SECS. LEFT IN THE HALF.  4TH & GOAL ON THE PANTHERS 1.  THE CHIEFS GO FOR IT.  BRADY QUINN, SOME OF THAT NOTRE DAME MAGIC.  TONY ___ IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  TOUCHDOWN!  CHIEFS TAKE A 17-14 LEAD GOING INTO THE HALF.  HEY, NOTRE DAME’S PLAYING FOR THE NATL. TITLE.  BRADY QUINN THROWS A TD.  IT’S LIKE IT’S 5 YRS. AGO.  ACTUALLY LONGER BECAUSE 88 WITH TONY RICE BUT YOU GET WHAT I’M SAYING.  3RD QUARTER, PANTHERS TRAILING 17-14.  NEWTON STANDS TALL IN THE POCKET.  PERFECT PASS TO BRANDON LAFELL BUT HE CAN’T PULL IT DOWN.  GREAT PLAY.  JUST GETTING IT KNOCKED OUT.  PANTHERS WOULD HAVE TO PUNT.  SO NOW THE CHIEFS TRYING TO GET DOWNFIELD AGAIN.  QUINN FINDS __ AGAIN FOR 25 YDS.  CHIEFS ARE DERIVING.  NICE TO FIND __ REDISCOVERING THAT BIG PISTON IN THE OFFENSE WHO’S BEEN MISSING FOR AWHILE.  10 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & 1 ON THE PANTHERS 3 YD. LINE.  QUINN LOOKING FOR JOHN BALDWIN.  IN THE END ZONE ON THE SLANT FOR THE TD.  CHIEFS 24-14 LEAD.  BRADY QUINN THREW FOR 201 AND 2 TDS. IN THIS ONE.  SO THE PANTHERS TRYING TO ANSWER.  CAM NEWTON HAS THE BALL.  SCRAMBLES UP THE MIDDLE TOWARDS THE SIDE.  BREAKS A COUPLE OF TACKLES.  THIS IS WHAT CAM NEWTON DOES BEST.  28 YDS. AND A 1ST DOWN.  CAM HAD 78 YDS. RUSHING FOR THE DAY.  DUST OFF.  1ST DOWN.  4TH QUARTER NOW 6 PLAYS LATER.  2ND & GOAL ON THE CHIEFS 8.  CAM, HE’S GONNA TAKE IT HIMSELF?  NOPE?  GONNA LOOK FOR LEWIS MURPHY.  FIRES IT OVER THE MIDDLE.  EXTENDS INTO THE END ZONE.  NEWTON, 154 YDS. AND 3 SCORES ON THE DAY.  336 LEFT IN THE GAME NOW.  CHIEFS LEADING 27-21.  BRADY QUINN LOOKING FOR A 1ST DOWN.  SCRAMBLES FOR IT.  CHIEFS GET A NEW SET OF DOWNS.  CAN RUN DOWN THE CLOCK TO LESS THAN A MINUTE.  PANTHERS GET THE BALL BACK.  3 SECS. LEFT.  LAST CHANCE FOR THEM.  IT’S HAIL MARY TIME.  HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS FOR THE PANTHERS.  STEVE SMITH CATCHES IT!  BAD NEWS FOR THE PANTHERS.  HE FALLS DOWN AND GETS TACKLED AT THE 8 YD. LINE.  CRENNEL AND THE CHIEFS HANG ON TO WIN AN EMOTIONAL STRUGGLE, 27-21.

 

01:22:50 – ARIZONA CARDINALS @ NEW YORK JETS

 THE CARDINALS AND THE JETS.  YOU’RE ABOUT 90 SECS. AWAY FROM SEEING GREG MCELROY IN HIS DEBUT FOR THE JETS.  WHY?  WELL, HERE’S WHY.  1ST QUARTER NO SCORE.  JETS OPENING DRIVE.  MARK SANCHEZ GETS PRESSURED.  LOOKING FOR JEREMY CURLY.  INSTEAD, IT’S PICKED OFF BY KERRY RHODES, THE EX-JET.  MAKES THE INTERCEPTION AT THE 28 YD. LINE.  THOUGH THEY COULDN’T MAKE ANYTHING COME OF HIT.  NEXT JETS POSSESSION, NICK FOLK LOOKING FOR A F.G. FROM 46 YDS.  HITS THE UPRIGHT.  NO GOOD!  JETS NEXT POSSESSION, SANCHEZ LOOKING FOR JEFF CUMBERLAND.  INSTEAD, FINDS KERRY RHODES.  IF KERRY RHODES WAS PLAYING WIDE RECEIVER FOR THE JETS, SANCHEZ WOULD BE HAVING A GREAT DAY.  2ND QUARTER, NO SCORE.  SANCHEZ LOOKING FOR CHAZ SHILLINGS.  INSTEAD, THIS IS A PHENOMENAL ATHLETIC PLAY BY PATRICK PETERSON THOUGH.  ALRIGHT, THAT’S NOT REALLY ON SANCHEZ AS MUCH AS THAT’S A GREAT PLAY BY PETERSON.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  WHAT A GREAT PLAY OVER SHILLIN’S BACK.  SANCHEZ’S 3RD INTERCEPTION OF THE DAY IN THE FIRST 20 MINS. DIDN’T THINK THAT WAS ACTUALLY POSSIBLE.  NEXT JETS POSSESSION, NICK FOLK HITS THE UPRIGHT AGAIN!!  THIS IS NOT HOW YOU PLAY FOOTBALL.  HERE’S THE BEST PLAY OF THE 1ST HALF.  CARDS PUNTING.  RASHAD JOHNSON TAKES THE DIRECT SNAP 40 YDS.  IT WOULD RESULT IN A JAY FEELEY 48 YD. F.G.  CARDS LEAD 3-0 AT THE HALF.  3RD QUARTER, NOW JETS BALL TRAILING 3-0.  SANCHEZ LOOKING FOR JEREMY CURLY.  HITS WILLIAM GAYE BETWEEN THE NUMBERS.  LUCKILY FOR SANCHEZ THE BALL POPPED OUT.  GET READY.  FRED MCELROY COMING.  FREED MCELROY COMING.  JETS BALL 2 POSSESSIONS LATER.  SANCHEZ LOOKING FOR CURLY.  SWATTED BY RONALD TALLY.  HE WALKS OFF THE FIELD UPSET.  JETS FANS NOT HAPPY BUT, GET READY.  HERE COMES GREG MCELROY.  SANCHEZ TALKS TO MCELROY BEFORE GOING IN.  MCELROY GETS A STANDING OVATION FROM JETS FANS.  IS THIS 2002 AND PENNINGTON TAKING OVER FOR TESTAVERDE?!  JETS 1ST POSSESSION MCELROY, STEVEN HILL, 8 YDS. AND A 1ST DOWN.  MCELROY’S 1ST NFL COMPLETION.  FANS ARE ON THEIR FEET!  5 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & GOAL FROM THE CARDINALS 1.  LOOKS LIKE IT’S GONNA BE UP THE MIDDLE.  INSTEAD IT’S PLAY ACTION.  MCELROY.  GOTTA MAKE SURE I GOT A GUY WIDE OPEN.  JUST THROW IT.  JEFF CUMBERLAND, TOUCHDOWN!  JETS TAKE THE LEAD 7-0.  MARK SANCHEZ TAKING NOTES.  MORE TDS.  LESS INTERCEPTIONS.  GOT IT.  4TH QUARTER NOW, JETS LEADING 7-6 AFTER MCELROY GETS THE BALL AND HIS FIRST TD.  CONGRATULATIONS GREG!  MCELROY LOOKING FOR JEREMY CURLY ON A BIG 3RD & 8.  JETS WANT TO KILL SOME CLOCK.  CURLY, THE BOBBLE COMES DOWN.  MAKES THE CATCH!  YOU THINK MAYBE IT CAME OUT.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  CURLY, THE ONE-HANDED GRAB, BRINGS THE BALL TO HIS BODY.  KEEPS THE DRIVE ALIVE.  4 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & 3.  SHAWN GREEN UP THE MIDDLE.  PICKS UP THE 1ST DOWN AND THEN FALLS DOWN.  UH OH.  FANTASY OWNERS WHO PLAYED SHAWN GREEN NOT HAPPY.  BUT, THAT KILLS THE CLOCK FOR THE JETS.  THE CARDS HAVE NO TIMEOUTS.  JETS WIN IT 7-6.  MCELROY’S 1ST CAREER WIN.  QB CONTROVERSY.

 

01:25:57 – SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

 NFC WEST BATTLING ST. LOUIS.  THE RAMS AND THE NINERS, AND JIM HARBAUGH POUNDING ON COLLIN KAEPERNICK.  HE’S STARTING QB NOW FOR THE …  HE USED TO DO THAT TO ALEX SMITH.  THAT SHOULD BE ALEX SMITH’S OWN TRADITION.  I’D BE UPSET.  ALEX OVER THERE THINKING, “HE’S CHEATING ON ME.”  THAT’S NOT RIGHT.  HERE COMES THE BLITZ TO NORRIS JENKINS FORCING THE …FORCING COLLIN KAEPERNICK TO FIRE IT AWAY.  NOW HE WAS IN THE END ZONE.  THAT’S INTENTIONAL GROUNDING.  SO WHAT DO WE HAVE?  SAFETY.  THERE YOU GO.  2 PTS.  BUT IT DID NOT GET…TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE IS THE REASON WHY.  SEE, 2 PTS. TOM.  7-2.  INTO THE 4TH QUARTER…WOULD THAT MAKE IT A 5 PT. LEAD FOR THE 49ERS AT THIS POINT?  THIS IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY HERE.  TOUGH CATCH BUT YOU GOTTA MAKE IT.  DELANEY WALKER CAN’T MAKE THE CATCH.  FLAG ON THE PLAY.  JEFF FISHER.  ROBERT QUINN FLAGGED FOR ROUGHING THE PASSER.  ARE YOU KIDDING ME?  1ST DOWN NINERS.  NO, THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED.  HE SAID SOMETHING REALLY MEAN TO HIM SO THEY THREW THE FLAG ON HIM.  HOW OPEN IS MICHAEL CRABTREE GETTING 30 YDS. THERE?  CRABTREE WITH A NICE DAY.  101 YDS. RECEIVING.  DAVID AKERS WOULD ADD A 23 YD. F.G.  IT’S 10-2.  KAEPERNICK NOW…PITCHES OVER THE HEAD OF TED GINN, JR.  JENAURIS JENKINS PICKS IT UP.  WOW, THIS KID JENAURIS PICKED … FOR LAST WEEK!  HAS A WAY OF…HE IS A BIG MAGNET.  HE IS A BIG MAGNET.  THAT’S 3 TDS. FOR HIM NOW, RIGHT?  YES.  RULED A TOUCHDOWN.  PLAY REVIEWED.  GAINS POSSESSION OF THE BALL AFTER TED GINN JR. IS CLEAR OF CONTACT.  THE TD. STANDS.  RAMS CUT THE LEAD TO 10 TO 8.  GOTTA GO FOR A 2 PT. CONVERSION HERE.  YEA.  SO THAT GAME’S GETTING TIED IF THEY GET IT.  RIGHT, PAUL?  IT WOULD BE A TIE BALL GAME.  IF IN FACT THEY CONVERT THIS, THIS COULD BE 10-ALL.  AND THAT’S SAM BRADFORD TO LANCE KENDRICKS, AND THAT’S …THAT’S A TIE GAME RIGHT NOW.  SAM BRADFORD HISTORICALLY HAS PLAYED VERY WELL AGAINST THE 49ERS IN HIS CAREER.  KAEPERNICK HAD HIS MOMENTS SCRAMBLING RIGHT HERE.  HE CAN DO THIS.  IT’S NOT ONLY A 1ST DOWN BUT A FEW EXTRA.  YEA.  THIS IS THE 1 ELEMENT …AND ALEX SMITH’S A BETTER ATHLETE THAN PEOPLE THINK ..BUT ALEX IS NOT...NO.  A THREAT LIKE THIS.  DAVID AKERS ADDED A 33 YD. F.G.  MADE IT 13-10.  RUNS LIKE ICHABOD CRANE.  A LOT OF…LONG LEVERS THERE.  LONG-LEGGED.  LONG-LEGGED.  THERE HE GOES AGAIN.  NICE AFTERNOON FOR KAEPERNICK RUNNING THE FOOTBALL.  9 CARRIES FOR 84 YDS.  HERE COMES SAM BRADFORD.  SAM BRADFORD COMING BACK.  AS I SAY, HE’S ALWAYS PLAYED WELL AGAINST THE 49ERS.  HE’S A PRETTY GOOD ATHLETE AS WELL.  GOOD DECISION TO SLIDE.  SEE TOO MANY QBS THESE DAYS GOING HEAD-FIRST OR EXPOSING THEMSELVES.  THAT WAS A 14 YD. GAIN.  NOW … LET’S DO IT AGAIN.  11 YDS.  FLAG ON THE PLAY.  ABSOLUTELY.  AND WHY HE HAS SO MUCH FIELD TO WORK WITH TO DO THOSE SCRAMBLES IS BECAUSE THE S.F. 49ERS ARE RUNNING A 2-MAN COVERAGE AGAINST THEM AND …THE GUY SLIDES BUT KIND OF GOT CAUGHT . HE’S GOTTA KNOW BETTER THAN THAT . YEA, BUT THEY’RE RUNNING A LOT OF 2-MAN COVERAGE AND WHICHEVER ONE HAS THEIR BACK RUNNING AWAY FROM SAM BRADFORD.  SO HE HAS A LOT OF ROOM TO TAKE OFF AND GET THOSE YDS. SCRAMBLING.  GREG ZUERLINE.  4 PLAYS LATER, 13-13.  WE’RE HEADED TO OVERTIME.  BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, RIGHT?  THESE 2 TEAMS PLAYED TO A TIE IN S.F.?  YES THEY DID.  RAMS PUNTER JOHNNY HECKER SHANKED A 14 YD. PUNT.  DAVID AKERS LINES UP FOR A GAME-WINNING 51 YD. F.G.  SEEN THIS BEFORE TOO, HAVEN’T WE?  WE WOULD ASSUME THAT HE WOULD’VE MADE THIS.  HE’S HAD A COUPLE… YEA, HE HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY WELL MAKING THOSE KICKS IN THE PAST.  RAMS AT THEIR OWN 41 YD. LINE.  THIS ONE’S ABOUT TO BE TIED AS WELL.  30 SECS. LEFT IN OVERTIME.  AND THAT JUST SNUCK IN.  GREG ZUERLINE FROM 54 YDS. OUT.  HOW CRAZY WOULD THIS GAME HAVE BEEN IF IT WOULD’VE ENDED IN A TIE?  SO THESE 2 TEAMS MEET AND, LOOK, THE RAMS …THEY HAVEN’T HAD A GREAT SEASON.  THEY’RE NOW 5-6-1.  BUT THEY’VE BEEN IN A LOT OF GAMES.  THEY HAVE DEFINITELY LOOKED BETTER.  AND, TRUTHFULLY, THEY PLAYED WELL IN THEIR DIVISION.  THEY’RE 4-0-1 IN THEIR DIVISION.

 

01:30:25 – MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS

VIKINGS AND THE PACKERS.  ADRIAN PETERSON LEADING THE NFL IN RUSHING.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AARON RODGERS.  TURNS 29.  GREG JENNINGS BACK AFTER MISSING 7 GAMES.  A LOT OF PREGAME STUFF TO TAKE CARE OF HERE.  1ST QUARTER NO SCORE.  PACKERS OPENING DRIVE.  RODGERS HITS JAMES JONES OVER A.J. JEFFERSON.  32 YD. TD.  OFFSIDES ON THE VIKINGS IS DECLINED.  PACKERS LEAD 7-0.  PRETTY GOOD WAY TO CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  TERRIFIC GRAB OVER JEFFERSON.  GETTING JAMES JONES BACK AND THE LAMBEAU LEAP, OF COURSE.  HIS 9TH RECEIVING TD. THIS SEASON.  A CAREER HIGH.  STILL 7-NOTHING.  NEXT PACKERS DRIVE.  RODGERS LOOKING FOR JORDY NELSON.  10 YDS. & THE 1ST DOWN BUT NELSON COMES UP LIMPING.  HEADS TO THE L.R. WITH A HAMSTRING INJURY.  HE WOULD NOT RETURN.  MASON CROSBY WOULD KICK A F.G.  PACKERS UP 10-ZIP.  2ND QUARTER NOW.  ENSUING VIKINGS POSSESSION.  2ND & GOAL ON THE 7.  CHRISTIAN PONDER LOOKING FOR KYLE RUDOLPH.  REMEMBER, NO PERCY HARVIN IN THIS ONE.  TD. RUDOLPH!  VIKINGS TRAIL 10-7.  RUDOLPH, HEY, LAMBEAU LEAP EVERYBODY!  YEA!!  I JUMP TO MY GUYS.  I JUMPED THE GUY IN THE PURPLE JERSEY.  THAT’S THE SMART THING TO DO.  SAME SCORE.  2 VIKINGS POSSESSIONS LATER, ADRIAN PETERSON GOES AROUND THE RIGHT EDGE AND NO ONE’S GONNA GET HIM.  ADRIAN PETERSON 82 YDS. FOR THE TD.  VIKINGS LEAD 14-10.  NO ONE COULD CATCH HIM.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  ADRIAN PETERSON BUSTS THROUGH ARM TACKLES OF BURNETT, JENNINGS, ALL THE WAY TO THE END ZONE.  THE LONGEST RUN OF ADRIAN PETERSON’S CAREER.  LOOK, HE’S LOOKING UP.  NO ONE’S GONNA CATCH ME.  YEA, I’M GOOD.  I’M GETTING IN THE END ZONE HERE.  VIKINGS LED 14-10 AT HALFTIME.  3RD QUARTER NOW.  VIKINGS 1ST DRIVE OF THE HALF.  ADRIAN PETERSON AGAIN.  I’M GONNA TRY THE OTHER SIDE THIS TIME.  HE BREAKS FREE DOWN THE LEFT SIDELINE.  HE GOES FOR 48 YDS. DOWN TO THE PACKERS 12.  2 PLAYS LATER 2ND & 6 ON THE PACKERS 8.  CHRISTIAN PONDER.  THEY’RE GONNA GET A TD. ON THIS ONE.  THEY’RE GONNA GO UP 21-10.  IT’S GONNA BE A TOUGH ONE.  LOOKING FOR MICHAEL JENKINS INSTEAD.  MORGAN BURNETT STEPS UP, PICKS IT OFF.  A TOUCHBACK.  PACKERS WILL GO ON TO KICK A 47 YD. F.G.  MASON CROSBIE TRAILING 14-13.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  DIDN’T THINK HE COULD…JUST GET A LITTLE HIGHER.  JUST GET A LITTLE MORE AIR UNDER IT.  POSSIBLY COULD’VE BEEN A TD. BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR PONDER.  SAME SCORE.  NEXT PACKERS POSSESSION.  AARON RODGERS PITCHES IT TO RANDALL COBB.  HERE COMES SOME TRICKERATION.  RODGERS THROWS DEEP.  IT’S GONNA BE INTERCEPTED BY HARRISON SMITH.  RODGERS 8 INTERCEPTION THIS SEASON.  YOU KNOW, WATCH IT AGAIN.  I DON’T THINK YOU’RE GONNA SEE THIS PLAY AGAIN FROM THE G.B. PACKERS ALL SEASON LONG.  AT LEAST YOU WERE TRYING TO THROW TO GREG JENNINGS GETTING IT DOWNFIELD TO HIM.  SAME SCORE, NEXT PACKERS POSSESSION.  INSTEAD THEY KEEP THE BALL ON THE GROUND.  A RUNNING TD. FROM THE PACKERS.  OH MY GOD!  CLIP AND SAVE THIS ONE.  A RUSHING TD. FROM THE PACKERS.  THEY LEAD 20-14.  THEIR FIRST RUSHING TD. IN THEIR LAST 7 GAMES.  VIKINGS NOW ON THE DOWNSIDE OF THE SCORE.  PONDER LOOKING FOR KYLE RUDOLPH.  INSTEAD, PICKED OFF BY MORGAN BURNETT.  IT’S HIS 2ND PICK OF THE DAY.  PONDER, NOT A GOOD DAY AGAINST THE G.B. PACKERS.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  PACKERS FACING A 3RD & 8 FROM THEIR OWN 28.  5TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  RODGERS FINDS GREG JENNINGS THIS TIME, AND HE’S OPEN.  1ST DOWN UP TO THE PACKERS 36.  KEEPS THE DRIVE ALIVE.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  HOLDS ON.  BOBBLES.  GREG JENNINGS.  THAT IS A CATCH MY FRIENDS.  THANKS TO THAT CATCH THEY KEEP THE DRIVE GOING.  9 PLAYS LATER 3RD & 12 ON THE VIKINGS 43.  AARON RODGERS BUYS TIME LOOKING FOR RANDALL COBB.  COBB’S GOT IT FOR 33 YDS.  ANOTHER 1ST DOWN.  THAT LED TO A 31 YD. MASON CROSBIE F.G.  PACKERS LEAD 23-14.  AN 11 MINUTE DRIVE FOR G.B.  THE LONGEST DURATION DRIVE IN THE NFL THIS SEASON.  SO ENSUING VIKINGS POSSESSION.  THEY LINEUP FOR THE 42 YD. F.G. ATTEMPT.  BLAIR WALSH’S ATTEMPT IS NO GOOD.  WIDE RIGHT.  REALLY THE LAST CHANCE.  MINN. FALLS 23-14.

 

01:34:46 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ CHICAGO BEARS

 SEAHAWKS AND THE BEARS.  PETE CARROLL’S SEAHAWKS, 6-16 ON THE ROAD ALL TIME BUT 2-1 IN CHICAGO.  SEE, EVERYBODY SAYS THEY LOVE GOING TO CHICAGO.  I’VE NEVER BEEN.  I WANT TO GO.  JAY CUTLER AND THE BEARS TRYING TO HOLD ONTO THEIR LEAD IN THE NFC NORTH.  BEARS 1ST POSSESSION.  CUTLER OFF PLAY ACTION.  LOOKING FOR FORMER TEAMMATE, WELL ACTUALLY STILL TEAMMATE.  FORMER VANDERBILT TEAMMATE, EARL BENNETT FOLLOWS BRANDON MARSHALL’S BLOCK INTO THE END ZONE.  DOES THE FLIP FOR THE 12 YD. TD.  BEARS LEAD 7-0.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  UP IN THE AIR AND DOWN TO THE CANVAS IS WHAT THEY WOULD SAY IN THE W.W.E.  AMAZING EFFORT TO GET THE BALL IN THE END ZONE.  7-0.  SEAHAWKS TRAILING NOW.  3RD & 7, THEIR OWN 47.  2ND QUARTER, RUSSELL WILSON THROWING DEEP TO GOLDEN TATE.  COMES DOWN WITH IT.  MAKES MAJOR WRIGHT MISS.  TACKLED BY BRIAN URLACHER.  LOOK AT URLACHER MAKING A TACKLE DOWN AT THE 5.  49 YD. GAIN.  SEAHAWKS WILL GET A 4 YD. TD. RUN FROM MARSHAWN LYNCH TO TIE THE GAME AT 7.  NEXT POSSESSION, RUSSELL WILSON BUYING TIME.  LOOKING FOR BRAYLON EDWARDS.  BRAYLON EDWARDS CAUGHT A TD. PASS!  TOUCHDOWN UNDER REVIEW.  THINGS CAN’T COME EASY FOR BRAYLON EDWARDS.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  BALL HITS THE GROUND BEFORE EDWARDS GETS POSSESSION.  IT’S RULED INCOMPLETE.  POOR BRAYLON.  CAN’T CATCH A BREAK.  STEVEN __ WOULD KICK A 31 YD. F.G. THOUGH.  THEY WOULD LEAD 10-7 AT HALFTIME.  3RD QUARTER, BEARS TRAILING BY 3.  CUTLER LOOKING LEFT TO MATT FORTE.  FORTE GETS IT, DIVES IN FOR THE APPARENT TD.  BUT HANG ON A SECOND.  HE’S RULED DOWN AT THE 1.  LOVIE SMITH THINKS FORTE SCORED.  THROWS THE CHALLENGE FLAG.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  HE SLIDES INTO THE END ZONE BEFORE HE’S DOWN.  PLAY IS REVERSED.  A 12 YD. MATT FORTE TD.  BEARS LEAD 14-10.  4TH QUARTER SEAHAWKS TRAILING BY 4.  2 TIMEOUTS LEFT.  3RD & 14.  WILSON THROWING SHORT TO DOUG BALDWIN WHO GAINS 11.  4TH & 3 UPCOMING.  LOVIE SMITH GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS.  NEXT PLAY, BUCK 11 LEFT TO PLAY.  ONE’S ARE WILD.  WILSON, ZACH MILLER FOR THE 1ST DOWN.  CLOCK CONTINUES TO RUN.  NEXT PLAY 43 SECS. LEFT TO GO.  1ST & 10 ON THE BEARS 41.  WILSON THROWING DEEP TO SYDNEY RICE, AND RICE GAINS 27 YDS.  PETE CARROLL USES HIS TIMEOUT.  THEY HAVE 1 LEFT.  NEXT PLAY 32 SECS., NO TIMEOUTS LEFT TO GO.  1ST & 10 ON THE BEARS 14.  WILSON TO GOLDEN TATE.  CUTS BACK ACROSS THE MIDDLE.  GOLDEN TATE IS INTO THE END ZONE; AND THESE ARE REAL REFEREES. . NOT THE REPLACEMENTS.  LOOK AT GOLDEN TATE HAVING A BIG GAME.  SEAHAWKS LEAD 17-14.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  GOLDEN TATE PHENOMENAL INDIVIDUAL EFFORT.  MAKES MAJOR WRIGHT, KELVIN HAYDEN, SHANE MCCLELLAN, I THINK MIKE SINGLETARY MISSED A TACKLE ON THIS AS WELL.  PETE CARROLL AND HIS RECEIVER 20 SECS. AWAY FROM THEIR 2ND ROAD WIN OF THE SEASON.  CARROLL SAYS, “WE NEED THE REFS ON THAT ONE.”  SO BEARS TRAILING.  THEIR LAST CHANCE.  JAY CUTLER HAIL MARY TO MIDFIELD AND, SOMEHOW, BRANDON MARSHALL COMES DOWN WITH IT.  RUNS OUT OF BOUNDS FOR A GAIN OF 56 YDS.!  THEY’RE IN F.G. RANGE WITH 9 SECS. LEFT TO GO.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  HOW IS MARSHALL ALLOWED TO GO UP AND CATCH THAT PASS?  WHAT HE DOES BEST THOUGH.  VERY PHYSICAL RECEIVER.  BLOCKS THE BALL WITH HIS BODY.  MARSHALL, 10   CATCHES FOR A BUCK 65.  ROBBIE GOULD TRYING TO SEND THE GAME INTO O.T. RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.  SO TO OVERTIME WE GO.  LOOK AT ROBBIE GOULD.  SEAHAWKS WIN THE TOSS.  THEY RECEIVE.  3RD & 10 ON THE BEARS 25.  11TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  WILSON THROWING LEFT AGAIN LOOKING FOR DOUG BALDWIN.  FLIPS IT TO HIM.  OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 13 YD. LINE . NEXT PLAY IT’S 1ST & 10.  REMEMBER, 1ST TD. WINS THE GAME.  F.G., THE GAME KEEPS GOING.  WILSON LOOKS SHORT LEFT TO SYDNEY RICE.  SYDNEY RICE HAS IT IN THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  13 YDS.  RICE WAS SHAKEN UP ON THE PLAY.  IT WAS REVIEWED.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  RICE MAINTAINS POSSESSION ACROSS THE GOAL LINE BEFORE GETTING HIT.  HIS HELMET FLIES OFF.  HE WOULD LEAVE UNDER HIS OWN POWER.  AFTER REVIEW, TD. SEATTLE.  LOOK AT PETE CARROLL.  HEY!  WE WIN IT!  23-17!

 

01:39:01 – NEW ORLEANS SAINTS @ ATLANTA FALCONS

BREES - THIS IS OUR DIVISION!  WE KNOW IT AND THEY KNOW IT!  SO LET’S GO GET OUR RESPECT AGAIN TONIGHT!

 

BUT THE FALCONS WERE THE ONES WHO CAME OUT LIKE THEY OWNED THE DIVISION AND THIS BUILDING.  MICHAEL TURNER JAMMED THE BALL DOWN THEIR THROATS ESSENTIALLY, AND THEN THE SAINTS TURNED THE BALL OVER TRYING TO RESPOND TO THEIR FIRST DRIVE OF THE NIGHT.  THOMAS __ PICKS OFF DREW BREES IN THE END ZONE; AND MY ENGLISH TEACHER WOULD CALL THAT A HARBINGER.  2ND & 11 OF A 7-NOTHING GAME IN THE 2ND QUARTER.  TONY GONZALEZ.  WHAT A GRAB IN THE END ZONE.  WHAT A PLAY!  AND HE’S DONE THIS MILLIONS OF TIMES.  YOU JUST PUT THE BALL UP IN THE AIR AND HE USES HIS BASKETBALL ABILITY ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND COMES UP WITH 6 PTS.  OVER FORMER FALCON CURTIS LOFTON.  IT’S 14-0, ATLANTA.  HOW WOULD THE SAINTS RESPOND?  PLAY ACTION.  DREW BREES TO CHRIS IVORY TRIPPED.  SEAN WITHERSPOON WHO CAME BACK JUST 4 DAYS AGO WITH THE PICK RIGHT THERE LED TO A MATT BRYANT F.G.  DREW BREES 2 INTERCEPTIONS.  17-0 ATLANTA.  HOW WOULD NEW ORLEANS RESPOND TO THAT?!  WELL, BY WINGING IT DOWN THE FIELD.  LANCE MOORE GOT THINGS GOING, STEVE.  YEA, THAT’S AGAINST TAMPA 2 NOW OVER THE LINEBACKER.  WHAT A GREAT CONCENTRATION BY LANCE MOORE IN BETWEEN THE SAFETIES.  32 YD. GAIN AND THEN 9 PLAYS LATER MARK INGRAM CREASES THE END ZONE AND IT’S A 17-7 GAME.  75 YD. DRIVE RIGHT THERE.  SAINTS GET THE BALL BACK AND WITH 2 MINS. TO  GO, NORMALLY, THAT’S WHEN DREW BREES MAKES SOME HAY.  48 TICKS LEFT IN THE HALF.  THAT’S A PENALTY ON JIMMY GRAHAM FOR OFF. PASS INTERFERENCE OVER THE MIDDLE.  TAKE THE DARREN SPROLES TD. OFF THE BOARD, AND WITH NO TIME OUTS LEFT, MARSHALL, JUST A FLAT-OUT MISMANAGEMENT OF THE CLOCK HERE.  OH MAN ,THIS IS AWFUL.  I MEAN THE SAINTS AND DREW BREES, THEY’RE GOOD AT MANAGING THE CLOCK.  I WAS SURPRISED THAT HE THREW THE FOOTBALL.  IT SEEMS LIKE HE WAS AS WELL.  SO NO POINTS.  COULD’VE BEEN JUST A 7 PT. GAME.  IT COULD’VE BEEN A 3 PT. GAME AND THE SAINTS GET THE BALL TO START THE 2ND HALF.  STILL DOWN 10.  3RD QUARTER, THEY MARCH RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD.  5 MINS. AND CHANGE.  BREES, LANCE MOORE IN THE END ZONE CAN’T GRAB IT.  THOSE ARE NORMALLY THE PASSES THAT LANCE MOORE GRABS.  HAD TO SETTLE FOR A F.G.  GARRETT HARTLEY MAKES IT A 1 POSSESSION GAME AGAINST 17-10 AFTER ANOTHER SETTLED FOR A F.G. MADE IT 17-13.  3RD INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME OF BREES.  THIS TIME IT’S WILLIAM MOORE TAKING THE BALL TO THE PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD.  ATLANTA WAS STRUGGLING ON OFFENSE.  SO THEY HAD TO SETTLE FOR A F.G. THERE.  STILL JUST A 1 TD. GAME IN THE 4TH QUARTER WHEN THE SAINTS DEFENSE WAS GIVEN THE BALL BACK TO DREW BREES.  HE IS NOW MARCHING DOWN THE FIELD EXCEPT JONATHAN … JOHN ABRAHAM PUTS HIM DOWN ON THE TURF.  SAINTS DECIDE TO PUNT RATHER THAN TRY A 50-PLUS YD. F.G.  MATT RYAN NEXT POSSESSION.  3RD & 8, LOOKING FOR JULIO JONES AND HE PICKS UP THE 1ST DOWN.  AND THAT WAS THE FIRST 3RD DOWN CONVERSION THAT THEY HAD IN AN ENTIRE GAME.  BOY, THEY HAD A STRUGGLE.  THE SAINTS DEFENSE WERE STINGY ALL NIGHT.  3 PLAYS LATER IT’S 3RD & 14 AND RYAN DUMPS IT OFF TO JASON SNELLING HOPING FOR A RAY RICE-TYPE 4TH & 29 CONVERSION.  IT DOESN’T WORK.  MIKE SMITH THEN TRIES TO CALL A TIMEOUT GOING FOR A 55 YARDER AND MATT BRYAN FROM THE DOUBLE NICKEL, 55 YDS. AWAY!  A LOT OF PEOPLE QUESTIONED THAT CALL.  55 YARDS.  THAT’S A GUTSY CALL.  THAT’S A GUTSY CALL BECAUSE IF HE MISSES IT … ABSOLUTELY.  GETS GREAT FIELD POSITION AND DOWN JUST 7.  INSTEAD IT’S A 10 PT. GAME.  DREW BREES 3:36 TO GO, AVOIDS THE RUSH AND THROWS IT DIRECTLY TO JONATHAN BABINEAU RIGHT ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.  FALCONS GET THE BALL BACK.  TIME TO HAVE MICHAEL TURNER TAKE THE AIR OUT OF THE BALL.  IF HE DOESN’T PUT THE BALL ON THE TURF!  BALL IS LOOSE!  RAFAEL BUSH PICKS IT UP!  APPEARS TO BE NO WHISTLE CALLED.  DO WE HAVE ANOTHER THANKSGIVING JUSTIN FORSETT MOMENT?  MIKE SMITH, WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T THROW YOUR CHALLENGE FLAG!!  IT’S RULED A TD. ON THE FIELD AND A 3 PT. GAME OR A 4 PT. GAME.  BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS A FUMBLE BUT BUSH IS CONTACTED ON THE TURF.  SO THE SAINTS DO GET THE BALL BUT THEY GET IT RIGHT THEN AND RIGHT THERE.  MEANING IT’S STILL A 10 PT. GAME AND THE SAINTS HAVE NEW LIFE.  DREW BREES STILL WITHOUT A TD. PASS.  NOW HE’S GOT HIS FIRST 5 INTERCEPTION GAME OF HIS CAREER.  THAT’S A WONDERFUL DEF. PLAY RIGHT THERE.  GETTING A CHANCE TO BAT THE BALL.  WHAT ATHLETICISM BY THE BIG FELLA.  BUT THERE’S ONLY OFFSIDES ON JONATHAN ABRAHAM!  IT’S NOT HIS FIRST 5 INTERCEPTION GAME OF HIS CAREER.  GUESS WHAT?  NOW IT IS!  FIRST PLAY AFTER THE 2 MIN .WARNING IT’S WILLIAM MOORE TAKING IT AWAY, AND THAT IS THE WAY DREW BREES THROWS THE FIRST 5 INTERCEPTION GAME OF HIS CAREER, AND THE FIRST TIME HE DOES NOT RECORD A TD. PASS IN A GAME SINCE WEEK 4 OF THE 2009 SEASON.  HIS REMARKABLE NFL RECORD OF CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH AT LEAST 1 TD. PASS ENDS AT 54.

 

01:44:15 – INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ DETROIT LIONS

 COLTS AND THE LIONS FROM DETROIT.  ANDREW LUCK, FIRST OVERALL PICK THIS YEAR AGAINST THE FORMER 1ST OVERALL PICK, MATTHEW STAFFORD.  INTO THE 2ND QUARTER.  LIONS BALL LEADING 10-7.  LOOKING FOR CALVIN JOHNSON WHICH HE DID A NUMBER OF TIMES TODAY; AND FINDING IT… MAGIC GLOVE?  NO.  THAT’S JUST THE BIG FELLA BEING THE BEST RECEIVER IN THE LEAGUE.  MAGIC JEANS.  BALL DIDN’T STICK TO THAT.  HEREDITARY.  LED TO A __ __ TD.  THE LIONS LED 17-7.  ANDREW LUCK, UP AND DOWN KIND OF DAY.  LOOKING FOR HIS FORMER TEAMMATE AT STANFORD.  COBY FLINGER.  THAT’S HIS FIRST NFL TD.  THERE YOU GO.  KEEP THAT FOOTBALL.  WHAT IS THAT?  I DON’T KNOW.  SOMEONE JUST SAID…YOU DON’T RIDE A HORSE LIKE THAT.  YOU RIDE THE HORSE LIKE THAT, YOU’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.  HE WAS WORKING CONSTRUCTION SOMEWHERE.  LAYS IT UP THERE PERFECTLY TO DONNIE AVERY.  LED TO AN 11 YD. VICK BOWER TD.  ANOTHER ROOKIE.  COLTS TRAILING 23-21.  3RD DOWN & 12.  STAFFORD, WHY NOT GO TO CALVIN JOHNSON?  LOOK AT THAT FROZEN ROPE.  HE TARGETED CALVIN JOHNSON 20 TIMES TODAY.  CONNECTED 13 TIME FOR 171 AND A TD. BUT THREW IT HIS WAY 20 TIMES.  NOW IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO SLOW DOWN, STOP A RECEIVER THAT’S A BIG, THAT FAST, AND THEN HAS A QB THAT KNOWS HOW TO GIVE HIM THE FOOTBALL.  LIONS UP…30-21.  CALVIN JOHNSON 13 CATCHES, 171 YDS.  ANDREW LUCK TO T.Y. BUT THAT’S INTERCEPTED BY DON KERRY.  TAKES IT 38 YDS. TO THE 35.  THAT’S LUCK’S 3RD PICK OF THE GAME.  YEA, WAS AN UP AND DOWN DAY FOR ANDREW LUCK.  HE’S THROWN QUITE A FEW INTERCEPTIONS SO FAR.  WHOA!  WATCH OUT ON THE SIDELINE.  THAT’S BRUCE ARIANS, WOW, GOING DOWN HARD.  GETS RIGHT BACK UP.  YEA, HE’S FINE.  HE’S A FOOTBALL COACH.  NEXT COLTS POSSESSION, I TOLD YOU LUCK HAD 3 PICKS.  NEARLY PICKED OFF THERE FOR A 4TH TIME BY DRAYDON FLORENCE.  STILL A ROOKIE.  AND CHASING, DOWN 12.  TOUGH SPOT TO BE.  SEE, BUT, AFTER ALL THE MISTAKES HE STILL DELIVERS.  JUST COMES THROUGH.  FINDS LAVON BRAZIL.  CUTS THE LEAD TO 33-28.  COUPLE OF TIMEOUTS LEFT.  GREAT RESILIENCY.  LOVE TO SEE THAT IN YOUR QB.  3RD DOWN & 5.  MIKEL DESHURE DID NOT GET THOSE 5 YDS.  GETS 1 AND THE LIONS WOULD PUNT.  I DIDN’T LIKE THAT PLAY CALL.  3RD & 5.  GIVE IT TO CALVIN JOHNSON.  YEA, GIVE IT TO CALVIN JOHNSON.  UNLESS YOU WANTED TO KEEP THE CLOCK ROLLING BUT…LOOK AT THAT PASS.  REGGIE WAYNE FROM 27 YDS. OUT.  1ST DOWN AT THE 40.  THAT’S MEDICINE BALL STILL.  5 PLAYS LATER, 18 SECS. LEFT.  LOOKING FOR REGGIE WAYNE BUT…IT’S WELL THROWN.  IT’S JUST AN EXCELLENT PLAY BY THE DEFENDER.  GREAT PLAY BY THE CORNERBACK.  14 SECS. LEFT.  2 PLAYS LATER.  3RD DOWN & 10.  WANTS DONNY AVERY THIS TIME BUT DOESN’T LEAVE IT ON THE FIELD, AND WE’RE DOWN TO 1 FINAL PLAY.  BUT SEE YOU LIKE THAT.  THROWING THE BALL TO THE END ZONE, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW WITH THE N.O. SAINTS ON THURS. NIGHT.  DD YOU SEE THEM BUYING EXTRA TIME THIS YEAR?  THAT, THERE’S YOUR GAME-WINNER.  HE DIDN’T GET AWAY WITH IT THAT TIME BECAUSE IT WAS 4TH DOWN.  IT WAS THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME.  AND THE SCRAMBLE HELPED THEM OUT.  ABSOLUTELY.  THAT WAS DONNIE AVERY SCORING THE GAME-WINNING TD. WITH NO TIME LEFT, AND THE COLTS WENT ON TO PLAY 35-33.  HOW ABOUT THAT, THE INDY COLTS 8-4.  8-4.  LAST YEAR 2-14?  YES.  WOW.  AND THE LIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT RECORD, SITTING THERE AT 4-8.  THEY PLAY AT G.B. NEXT WEEK.

 

01:48:09 – CINCINNATI BENGALS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

 BENGALS LOOKING TO WIN THEIR 4TH STRAIGHT OUT IN S.D.  ANDY DALTON’S BEEN PLAYING SOME GOOD BALL OVER THE LAST FEW WKS.  OPENING DRIVE, DALTON TO ..HE WAS KIND OF UNDERUTILIZED.  JERMAINE GRESHAM, 19 YDS. AND THE SCORE.  ALSO NEW IN THIS GAME, YOU GOT GRESHAM AND A.J. GREEN LEFT.  WING IT!  THAT WAS A 16 PLAY DERIVE.  NEXT BENGALS DRIVE UP 7-3.  DALTON LOOKING FOR A.J. GREEN.  BUT IT’S DEMARIO WILLIAMS WITH HIS 2ND PICK 6 THIS YEAR.  REMEMBER HE HAD ONE ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL THIS YEAR.  SURE DID.  OBVIOUSLY LEFT AN IMPRESSION.  4TH QUARTER, BENGALS DOWN 3, 2ND & GOAL FROM THE 6.  DALTON.  1ST HALF OF THE YEAR HE REALLY STRUGGLED.  BUT HERE HE KEEPS IT HIMSELF.  GETS IN THERE.  GOOD JOB.  GOOD SCRAMBLE.  THIS KID, 14 TDS. WITH NO PICKS IN 3 PREVIOUS GAMES.  HE’S A HOT QB.  YEA, HE WAS PICKED OFF TWICE ON THIS DAY BUT HE THREW FOR 1, RAN FOR 1 AS WELL.  NOW TRYING TO KEEP THE LEAD.  PHILIP RIVERS ON 4TH & 10.  INT BY REGGIE NELSON, AND THE BENGALS HANG ON FOR THE 20-13 WIN.  THEY’RE 7-5 FOLKS.  THEY’RE STILL IN THIS THING.  WELL MIKE ZIMMER!

 

01:49:29 – PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS

 CONTINUING A BIG ONE BETWEEN THE STEELERS AND THE RAVENS.  RAVENS WIN AND THEY’RE INTO THE POST-SEASON.  ONCE AGAIN, NO BIG BEN FOR THE 3RD STRAIGHT GAME WITH THOSE SHOULDER AND RIB ISSUES BUT, HEY, TROY POLAMALU BACK FOR THE 1ST TIME SINCE WEEK 5 WITH THAT BUM CALF.  2ND QUARTER, DEF. STRUGGLE.  RAVENS UP BY A F.G.  JOE FLACCO DOES A LITTLE SPIN DANCE.  O.K.  THAT’S GOOD.  KEEPING IT ALIVE.  THAT, HOWEVER… JUST THROW THE BALL AWAY JOE AND LIVE FOR ANOTHER PLAY.  YEA.  RYAN CLARK WITH THE INT.  ENSUING STEELERS POSSESSION.  OH NO.  ANTONIO…DON’T THROW IT!  DON’T..!  THEN YOU GOT RECEIVERS AND RBS. MAKING DECISIONS IF MY GUY’S OPEN OR NOT; AND THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE HE’S GONNA MAKE A MISTAKE.  THAT TELLS YOU A LOT WHEN THE STEELERS…YOU GO INTO TRYING TO TRICK SOMEBODY TO WIN A FOOTBALL GAME.  WELL HERE THE RAVENS LET THEIR QB THROW IT, AND IT’S ANQUAN BOLDEN WHO CATCHES IT 28 YDS. FOR THE TOUCH, AND THE RAVENS ARE UP 10 WHICH, AGAINST THE STEELERS THESE DAYS, IS LIKE 100.  BUT BATCH, OH HE’S GOT A WIDE OPEN MIKE WALL…  ALRIGHT.  SHAKE IT OFF.  THAT’S A BUSTED COVERAGE.  HE KNOW ED REED IS BACK THERE LURKING SOMEWHERE.  SUISSEM 41 YD. F.G.  STEELERS DOWN 7 AT THE BREAK.  3RD QUARTER.  YOU KNOW WHAT, GET BACK TO THE RUN GAME.  JONATHAN DWYER’S NO LONGER WITH RASHARD MENDENHAHL WHO WASN’T EVEN DRESSED.  WATCH CHARLIE BATCH BLOCK DOWN THE FIELD.  HE BLOCKED.  THAT WAS THE KEY BLOCK THAT GOT HIM IN.  WE ARE TIED AT 13.  NEXT STEELERS POSSESSION.  3RD & 11.  BATCH TO EMANUEL SANDERS.  HOWEVER, HEY, HEY…IT’S LIKE A PUNT.  IT’S LIKE A PUNT!  NOT WHEN YOU’RE RUNNING TO THE OTHER TEAM’S 30!  IT SLIPPED OUT OF MY HAND COACH!  YOU SCARED HIM . TURNOVERS HAVE PLAGUED THE STEELERS IN THEIR LAST 2 GAMES.  REMEMBER, THEY HAD 8 LAST WEEK IN THAT LOSS IN CLEVELAND. WELL, RAY RICE, SOMETIMES A FORGOTTEN MAN AT BALTIMORE.  LOOK AT HIM GO.  44 YDS. FOR THAT TOUCH, AND BALT. WITH A 7 PT. LEAD.  ONTO THE 4TH, SAME SCORE.  EMANUEL SANDERS, THAT WAS MY FAULT.  IT’S O.K.  CHARLIE BATCH LOOKING FOR BIG BEN’S FAVORITE TARGET.  HEATH MILLER BUT IT’S…ED REED.  YOU KNOW WHAT HE’S GONNA DO.  THAT’S WHAT WE TEACH!  BUT IT…ALRIGHT, BRING IT UP . BRING IT UP BABY.  THERE YOU GO.  BRING IT OUT.  BRING IT OUT.  BRING IT OUT.  PUT THAT BALL AWAY.  PUT THAT THING AWAY.  HOLD IT!  HOLD IT LIKE IT’S A POPSICLE.  NEXT RAVENS POSSESSION, 3RD & 5.  FLACCO, THE STEELERS DEFENSE CAME UP BIG AT TIMES.  THE STRIP BY JAMES HARRISON.  ZIGGY HOOD…ON THE GROUND.  HE HAS TO GET RID OF THAT BALL.  THAT’S THE #1 DEFENSE IN THE LEAGUE.  SO NOW BATCH LOOKING FOR MILLER BUT ED REED’S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.  THIS TIME HITS THE PYLON.  IT’S RULED A TD.  REMEMBER, EVERY SCORE IS REVIEWED.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  WOW, THAT IS INDEED A TD.  WELL DONE.  YOU CAN SEE THAT HE’S NOT OUT OF BOUNDS.  BIG BEN’S LOVING THIS ONE.  WE’RE TIED AT 20.  JUST UNDER 5 TO GO.  BATCH LOOKING FOR MIKE WALLACE.  THAT ONE HE GETS TO HIM.  A LITTLE WOBBLY BUT IT GOT THERE.  15 YDS. AND THE 1ST DOWN.  BUT LOOK AT THIS, BATCH GETS NAILED BY HALODI NADA.  HE DOESN’T HIT HIM IN THE HEAD . HE HIT HIM IN THE CHEST.  REMEMBER, HE’S THE OLDEST NON-KICKER IN THE LEAGUE AT 37.  FROM EASTERN MICH.  BATCH TO WALLACE.  YOU KNOW BATCH WAS THE 3RD QB TAKEN IN THAT ’98 DRAFT BEHIND MANNING AND LEAF; AND HERE HE GETS CLOCKED BY PAUL KREUGER.  SO HE TAKES ONE FOR THE TEAM.  TACK ON ANOTHER 15.  SO THE RAVENS ARE …  CHUCK SUISSEM NOW TO WIN IT.  NICE.  FROM 42 YDS. OUT, THE WIN.  WOW.  THE STEELERS!

 

01:53:30 – TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ DENVER BRONCOS

 A LOT OF ATLANTA FALCON FANS PUTTING ON THEIR PEYTON MANNING JERSEYS.  THAT’S BECAUSE THEY’VE TAKEN ON JOSH FREEMAN AND THE BUCS.  IF MANNING WINS, THEY WIN THE AFC WEST AND, BY THE WAY, THE FALCONS WHO CLINCHED THE NFC SOUTH.  FIRST POSSESSION, MANNING TO ERIC DECKER.  12 YDS. ON THAT GAIN.  5 PLAYS LATER.  PEYTON MANNING.  WHO YOU LOOKING FOR?  DEMARIUS THOMAS?  DECKER?  NO.  TRY MITCH UNRIND!  UNRIND!  DID YOU PICK HIM ON YOUR FANTASY LEAGUE?  UNRIND?!  HE’S A NOSE GUARD.  DO YOU THINK HE KEPT THE BALL?  I JUST CAUGHT A TD. FROM PEYTON MANNING.  THAT’S GREAT.  HE KEPT THAT BALL.  ALIGHT, BUCS DOWN 7-3.  FREEMAN TO DALLAS CLARK.  DOES PAYTON MANNING KNOW THAT GUY?  PEYTON MANNING’S OLD GUY, ISN’T IT?  BUCS WITH A 10-7 LEAD.  2ND QUARTER.  MANNING…FINDING NOSHAWN MARINO OUT OF THE BACKFIELD WITH THAT COMPLETION.  MANNING PASSES DAN MARINO 2ND ALL TIME.  NEARLY 5,000 …ARE YOU KIDDING ME?  THIS IS LIKE A VIDEOGAME FOR HIM.  BRONCOS, HOWEVER, DOWN 3 AT THE BREAK.  3RD QUARTER, 2ND POSSESSION FOR THE BRONCOS.  MANNING TO DEMARIUS THOMAS.  EACH WEEK WE JUST SEE THE GUY’S A BIGGER STUD.  DID YOU SEE HOW..THAT WAS A GREAT THROW.  HE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW IT WAS COMING.  PERFECT THROW.  HE THREW IT BEFORE HE EVEN LOOKED.  IT WAS PERFECT.  RIGHT IN THE BREAD BASKET.  28 TD. TOSSES.  TOPPING THE BOSS.  NOT SURE IF THAT’S A CLAUSE IN YOUR CONTRACT, PEYTON, OR NOT.  BUT…THEN MANNING AGAIN.  DEMARIUS THOMAS.  DOUBLE COVERAGE.  8 CATCHES, 99 YDS. AND 2 SCORES.  MANNING THREW FOR 242 AND 3 TDS. YET AGAIN.  NOW TAMPA TRYING TO STICK AROUND IN THIS ONE.  DOWN 11.  FREEMAN LOOKING FOR VINCENT JACKSON BUT VON MILLER.  HE DOESN’T JUST CRUSH QBS.  YES, HE’S BEEN GREAT SACKING QBS.  THEY DO DROP HIM IN COVERAGE BECAUSE HE’S AN ATHLETE.  IT JUST SHOWED RIGHT THERE.

 

01:55:26 – CLEVELAND BROWNS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

 QUIETLY 11-1.  MEANWHILE THE RED HOT BROWNS OUT IN OAKLAND TAKING ON CARSON PALMER AND THE CREW.  REMEMBER THEY FORCED 8 STEELERS TURNOVERS LAST WEEK.  HERE SHELDON BROWN SAYS, “I’LL TAKE THAT.”  SO THE BROWNS LOOKING FOR A BIG DRIVE TO CAP OFF THIS GAME.  THEY MARCH DOWN THE FIELD.  IT’S TRENT RICHARDSON ALL MUDDY AND EVERYTHING.  THE BROWNS HAVE WON CONSECUTIVE GAMES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WKS. 2 & 3 IN 2011.  YEA, THE STEELERS.  THEN YOU GO ON THE ROAD AND BEAT THE RAIDERS.  PAT SHURMER’S TEAM IS STILL FIGHTING.

 

01:56:03 – PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ DALLAS COWBOYS

 THE COWBOYS AND THE EAGLES DOWN IN ARLINGTON.  OH SIZZLE SIZZLE.  SIZZLE SIZZLE…FOR THOSE 2 COACHES.  2ND QUARTER, WANING MOMENTS OF THE 1ST HALF.  COWBOYS DOWN 11.  TONY ROMO TO …OH THE 88 CLUB.  YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST SAY WHAT YOU WANT.  LAST COUPLE GAMES THIS KID HAS REALLY BEEN MAKING SOME PLAYS AND PLAYING SOME REALLY WONDERFUL FOOTBALL.  7 PLAYS LATER, JUST OVER A BUCK REMAINING, ROMO TO ..HIS B.F.F. WHO IS WIDE O-P-E-N.  HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?  LEADING RECEIVER’S WIDE OPEN.  LED TO A DEMARCO MURRAY … CHRIS, YOU SAID, IT’S HIS B.F.F.  IT IS.  IT IS.  3RD QUARTER, COWBOYS DOWN A TOUCH.  3RD & 1.   DEMARCO MURRAY PLAYING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WK. 6, THAT BAD HOOF.  TRYING TO FIND HIS WAY AND HE DOES.  YOU SAID IT, THEY ARE A DIFFERENT TEAM WHEN 29 IS HEALTHY AND, HONESTLY, HE LOOKS LIKE HE’S GIMPING A LITTLE BIT THERE.  LET THIS POOR KID GET HEALTHY.  … WHEN YOU PLAY AGAINST THE PHILA. EAGLES.  3 PLAYS LATER 3RD & 2.  ROMO TO…DEZ BRYANT.  LOOK AT THIS.  WIDE OPEN.  CAN ANYBODY TOUCH HIM?  MICHAEL, WHAT’D YOU SAY ABOUT THIS PLAY?  T HE KID IS JUST A PHENOMENAL ATHLETE MAN.  I DIDN’T THINK ANYBODY WANTED TO TACKLE HIM, BARRY.  ROMO, BY THE WAY, PASSES TROY AIKMAN, COWBOYS ALL-TIME TOUCHDOWN RECORD.  I SAID IT WAS FITTING THAT HE PASSED IT TO 88 TO BREAK THAT RECORD.  OF COURSE IT IS.  ALRIGHT, HOW ABOUT BRYCE BROWN.  THE 7TH ROUND PICK OUT OF TEMPLE.  17 YDS.  HE THINKS HE’S STILL RUNNING.  HAD ANOTHER HUGE HUGE NIGHT, AND HE ALSO HAD A HUGE HUGE MISTAKE WHICH YOU’LL SEE MOMENTARILY.  4 PLAYS LATER, NICK FOLES, WHO PLAYED O.K., TO RILEY COOPER.  WE CALL THIS THE MINI COOPER OVER THE CAR.  …AND CATCH.  RILEY COOPER HAS MADE QUITE A FEW OF THESE PLAYS.  THIS IS WHAT HE DID AT THE UNIV. OF FLORIDA.  YOU GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY, HE ANSWERS THE CALL.  HEY, CARR GOT PAID A LOT OF MONEY TO STOP THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE THOUGH, DEION.  YES, YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.  SPEAKING OF A LOT OF MONEY TO STOP PLAYS.  WELL 4TH & 1, JASON GARRETT CALLED THIS AND MURRAY GETS…HE GETS CLOSE TO THE 1ST DOWN BUT THEY MEASURE IT.  HE DIDN’T GET IT.  JASON GARRETT MAKES HIS FIRST PASS SINCE LIKE THE ’03 SEASON.  HE CHALLENGES IT, AND THEY LOOK AT IT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?  JASON GARRETT WAS RIGHT.  UPON FURTHER REVIEW, WE GOT A 1ST DOWN FOLKS.  HE HAD THAT 100 YD. JUMBOTRON TO LOOK AT.  HE HAD A GOOD PICTURE OF IT.  ALRIGHT.  SO SAME DRIVE ROMO, AND THIS IS A DART TO MILES AUSTIN.  WHEN HE’S HEALTHY, THIS IS A DIFFERENT OFFENSE.  YEA, HERE AGAIN, NOBODY’S TACKLING IN THEIR SECONDARY.  CAN SOMEBODY COVER IN THE SECONDARY?  THESE 2 CORNERS, COLLECTIVELY, ARE PLAYING SOME OF THE WORST ..IT’S NOT HIM.  WE CAN PUT THE CIRCLE AROUND THE LINEBACKER ALL WE WANT.  WATCH THE CORNERBACK AIN’T COVERING NO BODY.  AIN’T TACKLING NO BODY!  ALRIGHT.  SO WE’RE ALL TIED-UP HERE.  IT’S GETTING INTERESTING.  NEXT COWBOYS DRIVE, DEZ BRYANT HAD TO DEAL WITH CRAMPING AND I.V.  ALL SORTS OF STUFF.  ROMO TO DEZ BRYANT.  3RD STRAIGHT 100 YD. EFFORT.  SAY THAT AGAIN, CHRIS.  3RD STRAIGHT 100 YD. EFFORT FOR THE 88 CLUB.  AND I SAY THIS, MAN, WHEN YOU START MAKING PLAYS ON THE FIELD, YOU CAN HELP PEOPLE MOVE SOME OF THE BAD YOUNG STUFF OFF THE FIELD.  AND THIS TIME.  OH, JASON WITTEN GETS INSIDE THE 5.  CURT COLEMAN BANGED UP ON THAT PLAY, BY THE WAY.  SAFETY’S OUT OF PLACE AGAIN THOUGH.  I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’RE DOING IN THE BACK, AND I’M NOT A D.B. BUT I CAN SEE WHAT’S WRONG AND IT’S REAL WRONG.  MONSTER STUFF .  MONSTER.  GET OUT OF MY WAY!!  THIS RIGHT HERE IS CALLED TOTAL DISRESPECT.  I DON’T EVEN RESPECT YOU.  I FELT LIKE I WAS IN THAT JERSEY RIGHT THERE.  I’M SCARED. I’M GONNA THROW IT OUT THERE AND YOU MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.  MICHAEL IRVIN DOING THIS TO YOU.  BY THE WAY, I PREMATURELY GAVE HIM A … HE GOT 6 CATCHES FOR 98 YDS. AND 2 SCORES.  ENSUING EAGLES DRIVE.  BRYCE BROWN, 169 ON THE GROUND AND THEN 1 FOOTBALL ON THE GROUND . UH OH, YOU CAN’T DO THIS.  AS A R.B. IN THIS BUSINESS, I DON’T ARE HOW BIG, HOW FAST, HOW ATHLETIC YOU ARE.  YOU COUGH THAT BALL UP, YOU’RE GONNA FIND YOUR REAR END ON THE BENCH.  YEP.  50 YD. RETURN BY MAURICE CLAIBORNE.  THE 1ST ROUND PICK FOR THE COWBOYS.  SIMPLE PLAY GUYS.  SIMPLE PLAY.  GREAT PLAY.  COWBOYS DEFENSE MAKE PLAYS WHEN THEY NEED TO MAKE PLAYS.  THAT’S IT BROTHER.  HE MAY BE OUT OF THE LEAGUE, YOU KEEP THAT UP.  AND BROWN IN HIS 1ST 2 STARTS RAN FOR ALMOST 350 YDS.  THAT AIN’T BAD.  HE WAS GETTING AN EARFUL THOUGH FROM ANDY REID.  THE EAGLES DID GET A LATE PUNT RETURN FOR A TD. BY JOHNSON.  GOT A 2 PT. CONVERSION.  THEY GOT CLOSE.  THEY GOT CLOSE…BUT THEY DIDN’T QUITE GET THE WIN.

 

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