SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 15
 

 

  1. BENGALS @ EAGLES   3:23

  2. COLTS @ TEXANS   3:21

  3. BRONCOS @ RAVENS   2:45

  4. JAGUARS @ DOLPHINS   2:27

  5. REDSKINS @ BROWNS  3:56

  6. VIKINGS @ RAMS   2:30

  7. BUCCANEERS @ SAINTS   3:00

  8. GIANTS @ FALCONS   3:36

  9. PACKERS @ BEARS   5:04

  10. SEAHAWKS @ BILLS   :51

  11. PANTHERS @ CHARGERS  :37

  12. LIONS @ CARDINALS   :41

  13. CHIEFS @ RAIDERS    :27

  14. STEELERS @ COWBOYS   5:44

  15. 49ERS @ PATRIOTS   6:45

           TRT:    57:44    WITH BARS


01:10:15 – CINCINNATI BENGALS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

 

EAGLES OUT OF CONTENTION.  AS YOU KNOW, MICHAEL VICK OUT OF THE GAME.  NICK FOLES AND COMPANY SHOWING A LOT OF FIGHT EARLY.  HAVING TO FIGHT BACK, IN FACT, FROM AN EARLY DEFICIT.  THAT IS CARLOS DELMONT STRIPPING THE BALL FROM JEREMY MACLIN.  THE BENGALS TAKE POSSESSION AT THE 44.  PUNCH IT IN.  A FEW PLAYS LATER UP 7-NOTHING.  EAGLES … ON THEIR NEXT DRIVE, APPEAR TO BE A LITTLE CONFUSED GETTING SET FOR THE PUNT.  CLAY HARBOR LATE GETTING ON THE FIELD.  THEN THE GUY NEXT TO HIM GETS HIS BUTT KICKED, LITERALLY.  MARVIN MCNUTT PUSHED RIGHT INTO THE PUNT.  DANIEL HARIN RECOVERS AND THE BENGALS TURNED THAT INTO A F.G.  SO 10-NOTHING, CINCY.  BUT THE TIDE TURNS IN THE 2ND QUARTER AND IT TURNS IN A BIG WAY.  NICK FOLES FINDING JEREMY MACLIN HERE WIDE OPEN DOWN THE RIGHT SIDELINE.  HE’S GOT A LOT OF MAKING UP TO DO FOR THAT FIRST QUARTER FUMBLE.  REMEMBER HE PICKS UP 46 YDS. HERE, AND 2 PLAYS LATER FOLES AND RILEY COOPER TAKE IT THE REST OF THE WAY.  THIS IS FOLES 5TH TD. OF THE SEASON.  IT CUTS THE BENGALS LEAD TO 3.  AND THEN THE DEFENSE COMES ALIVE.  TODD BOWLES, THE D.C. SINCE MID OCTOBER, HAD GONE 5 GAMES NOW WITHOUT A FORCED TURNOVER.  THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE IN A BIG WAY.  HERE, BOOM.  BRANDON GRAHAM WITH THE FORCED FUMBLE ON THE SACK.  TRENT COLE RECOVERS IT.  EAGLES TURN IT INTO A F.G.  THEN, 2 BENGALS POSSESSIONS LATER, THEY DO IT AGAIN.  ALTHOUGH THIS TIME IT’S COLIN JENKINS THAT GETS TO DALTON.  DARRELL TAFT, THAT GETS THE BALL.  ONCE AGAIN, IT RESULTS IN A F.G.  EAGLES UP 13-10 AT THE HALF.  2ND HALF, PHILLY TRYING TO DRIVE AND FOLES NOT GOOD WITH THE DEEP BALL ON THURS. NIGHT.  THIS WOULD NOT BE A HALL PASS.  THIS IS A HALL CATCH, AS IN LEION HALL.  FOLES, HIS FIRST INT. IN HIS LAST 169 PASSES.  IT WAS THE LONGEST ACTIVE STREAK.  HE COMPLETED JUST 16 OF 33 TOSSES ON THIS NIGHT.  ENSUING BENGALS POSSESSION.  DALTON, HE COMPLETED LESS THAN 50% OF HIS PASSES, WAS SACKED 6 TIMES BUT HE SCORES HIS 4TH RUSHING TD. WITH THE EMPHATIC SPIKE AFTERWARD.  BENGALS UP 17-13.  NEXT EAGLES POSSESSION.  AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS HE JUST GETS 1 GREAT MOVE ON MICHAEL KENDRICKS, AND THAT GIVES THE BENGALS THE LEAD FOR GOOD ON THIS NIGHT.  SO THE NEXT EAGLES POSSESSION, BRYCE BROWN, YOU’RE NOT GONNA BE A R.B. IN THIS LEAGUE LONG IF YOU KEEP FUMBLING IT.  HE IS TIED FOR MOST LOST FUMBLES AMONG ALL RB’S THIS YEAR WITH 4.  THAT ONE GETS RECOVERED, AND A TD. BY WALLACE GILBERRY.  THE BENGALS FORCING 5 TURNOVERS ON THIS NIGHT.  THE EAGLES HAVE TURNED OVER A LEAGUE HIGH 34 TIMES.  4TH QUARTER WITH THE BENGALS UP.  A PAIR OF TDS.  ON THE SHORT KICK IT’S OH NO.  CEDRIC THORNTON, AND IF YOU’RE WEARING #72, DON’T PUT YOUR MITTS ON THIS.  IT’S ANOTHER TURNOVER.  CINCY SCORED 31 PTS. ON 5 EAGLES TURNOVERS.  HERE DALTON TO A.J. GREEN.  HIS FIRST TD. IN THE LAST 4 GAMES AND HIS LEAGUE-LEADING 11TH ON THE YEAR.  BENGALS OUTSCORE THE EAGLES 24-ZIP IN THE 2ND HALF.  THEY WIN IT 34-13.  THEY NOW HOLD THAT 6TH PLAYOFF BERTH IN THE AFC AT LEAST FOR NOW AS THEY HAVE NOW WON 5 OF THEIR LAST 6 GAMES OVERALL.

 

01:13:48 – INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ HOUSTON TEXANS

 

COLTS AND THE TEXANS.  THE COLTS CAN CLINCH A PLAYOFF BERTH WITH A WIN.  THE TEXANS CLINCH THE AFC SOUTH.  TEXANS DRIVING EARLY IN THIS ONE.  UP 3-NOTHING.  3RD & GOAL FROM THE 3.  MATT SCHAUB LOOKING FOR ANDRE JOHNSON WHO’S BEEN RED HOT THE LAST FEW WKS.  JOHNSON GRABS IT, GOES INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE 3 YD. TD.  DRE DAY.  OVER 11,000 YDS. FOR HIS CAREER.  THE 3RD QUICKEST TO THE MARK BEHIND JERRY RICE AND TORY HOLT.  ENSUING COLTS DRIVE.  1ST & 10.  ANDREW LUCK’S PASS.  PRESSURED.  SACKED BY J.J. WATT FOR A 15 YD. LOSS.  AT LEAST HE DIDN’T BAT A PASS DOWN.  OH, THAT WOULD’VE BEEN BETTER THAN GETTING SACKED.  TAKES THE COLTS OUT OF F.G. RANGE.  THEY HAD TO PUNT . 2ND QUARTER NOW, SAME SCORE.  MAWELDE MOORE UP THE MIDDLE.  HE FUMBLES ON THE GOAL LINE.  TIM DOBBINS ON THE STRIP AND THE RECOVERY.  THIS PLAY WOULD COME OUT TO HAUNT THE INDY COLTS.  DOBBINS JUST FLIES IN AND MAKES THE STRIP.  RECOVERS THE FUMBLE.  NEXT COLTS DRIVE, SAME SCORE, 3RD & GOAL FROM THE 8.  LUCK LOOKING FOR REGGIE WAYNE.  UP IN THE AIR AND HE COMES DOWN WITH A GREAT CATCH.  GETS BOTH FEET DOWN.  HOWEVER, OFFSETTING PENALTIES NEGATES THE TD.  THE COLTS HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A 26 YARDER BY ADAM VINATERRI.  THAT WOULD MAKE IT 10-3.  NEXT COLTS DRIVE, 4TH & 16.  PAT MCAFFEE TO PUNT AND IT’S BLOCKED.  BRIAN BRAMAN BREAKS THROUGH.  BLOCKS IT.  RECOVERS.  INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  TEXANS UP 20-3.  SPECIAL TEAMS, THAT 3RD PHASE OF THE GAME IS SO IMPORTANT.  ENSUING COLTS DRIVE.  LUCK LOOKING DEEP FOR T.Y. HILTON.  HE’S BEEN PHENOMENAL THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND THERE HE IS.  HE MAKES A CATCH IN TOUGH COVERAGE AND WALKS IN FOR THE 61 YARD TD.  NOW

20-10.  INDY STAYING IN IT.  3RD QUARTER.  SAME SCORE.  TEXANS BALL 1ST & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 13.  ARIAN FOSTER WHO HAD BEEN HELD INTO CHECK UP UNTIL THIS POINT.  BUSTED OUT RIGHT SIDE FOR A 31 YD. GAIN AND A 1ST DOWN.  THAT LED TO A 27 YD. F.G. BY SHANE GRAHAM.  PUT THE TEXANS UP 23-10.  SO COLTS GET THE BALL BACK.  THEY NEED TO ANSWER.  VICK BALLER, WHO WOULD HAVE 100 YD. DAY, BOUNCES LEFT FOR A 23 YD. GAIN.  ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE TEXANS 8.  NEXT PLAY IS 1ST & GOAL FROM THE 8.  LUCK LOOKING TO ONE OF HIS ROOKIE T.E.’S.  LOOKS RIGHT.  COMES BACK TO THE MIDDLE.  A DART TO DWAYNE ALLEN FOR THE 8 YD. TD.  SUDDENLY, IT’S 23-17.  THE COLTS ARE GETTING OUTPLAYED TOP TO BOTTOM.  4TH QUARTER.  TEXANS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOLD ONTO THIS ONE.  SAME SCORE, 2 TEXANS DRIVES LATER.  ARIAN FOSTER UNTOUCHED THROUGH THE LINE AND HE GOES IN FOR THE TD. BUT HANG ON.  FLAG ON THE PLAY.  NOMAS DAY.  HOLDING ON WADE SMITH.  TEXANS WOULD SETTLE FOR A 46 YD. F.G.  NOMAS DAY.  26-17.  4TH QUARTER.  STILL 26-17.  ANDY LUCK HIT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ON THE RAW BY ANTONIO SMITH.  GETS CALLED FOR INTENTIONAL GROUNDING.  WADE PHILIPS PRETTY HAPPY.  LUCK CAN’T BELIEVE IT.  COLTS HAD TO PUNT WITH 5 MINS. TO GO.  ENSUING TEXANS DRIVE LOOKING TO RUN OUT THE CLOCK.  ARIAN FOSTER UP THE MIDDLE.  GOES RIGHT.  GAINS 25 YDS.  STAYS INBOUNDS TO KEEP THE CLOCK MOVING ALL THE WAY TO THE COLTS 21.  LED TO A 33 YD. SHANE GRAHAM F.G.  MADE IT 29-17.  THEY WIN IT 29-17.  FOSTER, 165 YDS. ON THE DAY.

 

01:17:18 – DENVER BRONCOS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS

 

BRONCOS/RAVENS, THE CALDWELL BOWL.  JIM CALDWELL NOW CALLING PLAYS FOR THE RAVENS OF COURSE.  PEYTON MANNING’S FORMER HEAD COACH IN INDY.  JOE FLACCO CAN CLINCH THE AFC NORTH WITH A WIN THIS WEEK.  PEYTON MANNING, OF COURSE, LOOKING FOR HIS 9TH STRAIGHT WIN.  ALSO PERSONALLY LOOKING FOR A 9TH STRAIGHT WIN AGAINST THE RAVENS.  BRONCOS 2ND POSSESSION.  1ST & 10, THE RAVENS 31.  MANNING LOOKING FOR DEMARIUS THOMAS.  HE’S GOT HIM.  IT’S GONNA BE…OOOHH!  JUST OVERTHROWN.  THEY WOULD SETTLE FOR A F.G.  BRONCOS WOULD LEAD IT 3-ZIP.  ENSUING RAVENS POSSESSION.  JOE FLACCO UNDER HEAVY PRESSURE.  INCOMPLETE LOOKING FOR TANDEN DOSS.  RAVENS HAD 5 STRAIGHT 3 AND OUTS TO START THE GAME.  LATE IN THE 1ST QUARTER, STILL 3-ZIP.  LOOK AT NOSHAWN MORENO. ..AND HE HURDLES ED REED!  OH, ED REED IS GETTING POSTURIZED.  THIS IS WHAT’S GOING ON WITH ED REED.  LOOK AT IT AGAIN.  LIKE A HURDLER!  1ST & 10 ON THE BRONCOS 42.  WATCHING THOSE BRENT CELEK INSPIRATIONAL TAPES DOING WELL FOR NOSHAWN MORENO.  2ND QUARTER, SAME BRONCOS DRIVE 9 PLAYS LATER.  MANNING THROWS TO ERIC DECKER WHO SPINS.  HITS THE PYLON FOR THE TD. BUT, WHOA, HANG ON A SECOND.  PLAY WAS REVIEWED.  RULES THAT DECKER WAS OUT OF BOUNDS.  BRONCOS WOULD SCORE ANYWAY AND A JACOB HESTER 1 YD. RUN.  SO THE RAVENS GET THE BALL BACK.  SAME SCORE.  JOE FLACCO LOOKING DEEP TO JACOBY JONES.  COMES DOWN WITH THE BALL FOR 43 YDS.  THE LONGEST OFF. PLAY FOR THE RAVENS.  THEY’RE DRIVING.  5 PLAYS LATER, 30 SECS. LEFT IN THE HALF.  1ST & GOAL.  NOT SO MUCH.  CHRIS HARRIS STEPS IN FRONT OF IT AND HE’S AT THE 50.  JOE FLACCO’S CHASING …AND FLACCO GETS IT.  OH, IF WE WERE IN CANADA AND IT WAS 110 YDS., HE MIGHT’VE CAUGHT HIM BUT STILL, HE GETS IN THE END ZONE.  17-0.  A FRANCHISE RECORD FOR THE BRONCOS AND HARRIS.  JOE FLACCO NOT HAPPY.  3RD QUARTER NOW.  SAME SCORE.  FLACCO LOOKING DEEP FOR TORY SMITH.  TORY GOES UP, CATCHES IT OVER CHAMP BAILEY.  COMES DOWN OUT OF BOUNDS.  SMITH WOULD LEAVE THE GAME AFTER THE PLAY.  DRIVE WOULD END ON THE JUSTIN TUCKER F.G.  LOOK AT IT AGAIN.  HE HITS HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND.  SLOW TO GET UP.  WOULD NOT COME BACK.  1 CATCH, 14 YDS. ON THE DAY FOR TORY SMITH.  BRONCOS HAVE THE BALL.  1ST & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 49.   MANNING LOOKING FOR ERIC DECKER.  CONNECTS AND DECKER IS INTO THE END ZONE.  BRONCOS LEAD 24-3.  ED REED SAYS, “YOU KNOW GUYS, THIS IS NOT HOW I THOUGHT THE GAME WAS GONNA HOW I THOUGHT THE GAME WAS GONNA GO TODAY.”  FOLLOWING A RAVENS 3 AND OUT, BRONCOS BALL AGAIN.  PEYTON LOOKING.  COMPLETES TO JOEL DRESSON FOR A GAIN OF 28.  1ST & GOAL ON THE RAVENS 26.  2 PLAYS LATER NOSHAWN MORENO INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  THE BRONCOS WIN THEIR 9TH STRAIGHT.  THE RAVENS FALL TO 9-5.  HAVE NOT YET CLINCHED A PLAYOFF SPOT.  118 YDS. FOR MARINO IN THE 34-17 WIN.

 

 

 

 

01:20:14 – JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ MIAMI DOLPHINS

 

JAGUARS AND DOLPHINS!  THE HENNE BOWL!  CHAD HENNE SPENT HIS FIRST 4 SEASONS WITH THE DOLPHINS.  MEANWHILE FROM MIAMI, AFTER STARTING MEDIOCRE, THEY’VE LOST 5 OF THEIR LAST 6.  2ND QUARTER, DOLPHINS BALL.  GAME IS TIED AT 3 A PIECE.  RYAN TANNEHILL GETS SACKED BY JASON BABIN.  BALL IS KNOCKED LOOSE.  TYSON __ RECOVERS FOR THE JAGUARS AT THE DOLPHINS 20.  JAGUARS BALL.  THIS IS THE KIND OF DAY IT WAS IN SOUTH FLORIDA.  NEXT PLAY, 1ST & 10 FROM THE DOLPHINS 20.  CHAD HENNE, JUSTIN BLACKMON DOWN THE SIDELINE FOR THE 20 YD. TD.  BUT HANG ON A SECOND.  PENALTY ON THE PLAY.  THERE IS NO TD.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  GUY WIMPER IS CALLED FOR THE ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION.  DID NOT CHECK IN AS AN ELIGIBLE RECEIVER.  NORMALLY THAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU DO.  “HEY, OFFICIAL, I’M ELIGIBLE.”  DIDN’T HAPPEN.  JAGS WOULD NOT SCORE ON THE DRIVE.  THEY WOULD GET STOPPED ON 4TH & 1.  ENDING THIS DRIVE NOT WITH A BANG BUT WITH A WHIMPER.  OH, IT WAS RIGHT THERE FOR ME.  ENSUING DOLPHINS DRIVE.  GAME STILL TIED AT 3.  REGGIE BUSH TAKES THE HANDOFF, GETS 11 YDS.  BALL NOW DOWN AT THE JAGUARS 6.  2 PLAYERS LATER, 2ND & GOAL AT THE 4.  TANNEHILL LOOKING FOR THE IMMORTAL JAVORSKI LANE IN THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN!  DOLPHINS LEAD 10-3 AT THE HALF.  3RD QUARTER, DOLPHINS STILL LEADING 10-3.  FIRST & 10 AT THEIR OWN 28.  REGGIE BUSH TAKES HIS HANDOFF AROUND THE RIGHT SIDE.  WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE A LOT MORE OF THIS THIS SEASON.  AT LEAST WE’RE SEEING IT HERE.  53 YDS. LATER REGGIE BUSH.  THIS WOULD LEAD TO A 30 YD. DAN CARPENTER F.G.  THE DOLPHINS WOULD TAKE A 13-3 LEAD.  STILL 13-3 DOLPHINS.  THEY HAVE THE BALL 2ND & 7 ON THEIR OWN 43 YD. LINE.  RYAN TANNEHILL OUT OF THE POCKET AND SCRAMBLES.  SAYS, “REGGIE MAKES IT LOOK SO EASY.”  LOOK AT TANNEHILL EVADING TACKLERS.  HE GETS 30 YDS. ON THE PLAY!  31 YD. F.G. BY DAN CARPENTER WOULD MAKE IT 16-3.  4TH QUARTER NOW MAGUARS STILL TRAILING 16-3.  4TH  &1.  MONTEL OWENS IS THE GO-TO GUY IN THE BACKFIELD.  THIS IS THE SEASON IT’S BEEN FOR JACKSONVILLE.  HE GETS STOPPED.  DOLPHINS TAKE OVER ON DOWNS.  JASON TRUBNICK ON THE STOP, FROM OHIO UNIV. NORTHERN UNIV.  DOLPHINS BALL.  STILL 16-3.  TANNEHILL PLAY ACTION.  ANTHONY FASANO, THE 2 YD. TD.  THE DOLPHINS LEAD 24-3, AND THAT IS YOUR FINAL.  TANNEHILL, 220 & 2 TDS. IN THE VICTORY.

 

01:22:51 – WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

 

REDSKINS AT THE BROWNS.  THE MAIN STORY HERE, R.G. III LIMITED ALL WEEK IN PRACTICE WITH THE KNEE.  RULED OUT TODAY.  SO LET’S START THE 4TH ROUND PICK OUT OF MICH. ST.  KURT COUSINS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, AND HE WAS VERY GOOD.  3RD DOWN & 10.  INTENDED FOR PIERRE GARCON.  THIS IS NOT GOOD.  PICKED OFF BY T.J. WARD.  WELL THAT WAS ONE OF HIS FIRST THROWS OF THE GAME INTO QUADRUPLE COVERAGE.  SO…SOME ANXIOUS MOMENTS FOR REDSKINS FANS.  BUT TRUST ME PEOPLE, IT WILL GET SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER.  IT GETS BETTER FOR THE BROWNS RIGHT HERE.  THEY’RE LOOKING IN THE BACKFIELD.  THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ROOKIES.  BRANDON WEEDEN HANDOFF TO TRENT RICHARDSON.  WATCH THE PILE JUST CONTINUE TO MOVE.  I BET YOU THAT’S MORE…TRENT RICHARDSON.  YOU KNOW THIS KID WAS LIKE A 700 LB. SQUAT PRESS GUY.  REMINDS ME OF MYSELF, DARREN.  WHAT, YOU DID 150, 150, 150?  7 SETS.  LOOK AT THIS THROW.  KURT COUSINS.  THAT’S ALSO COMING INTO COVERAGE BUT THAT’S MAKING A NICE THROW INTO COVERAGE TO LEONARD HANKERSON.  FINDS HIS WAY TO THE END ZONE.  IT’S TIES AT 7.  LOOK AT THE PRESSURE ON THIS YUONG MAN.  STEPPING IN FOR R.G. III.  REDSKINS AT 7-6, ON THE ROAD, TRYING TO KEEP THEIR PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE.  I’M ACTUALLY SURPRISED THAT HE SLIPPED TO THE 4TH ROUND.  WHEN I WATCHED HIM IN COLLEGE, I THOUGHT HE WAS AT LEAST A 1ST, 2ND ROUND TALENT.  INTO THE 2ND QUARTER, GOOD DECISION-MAKER.  PRETTY GOOD THROWER.  ALSO A DECENT RUNNER.  THE 2ND LEADING RUSHER FOR THE REDSKINS TODAY.  PICKING UP 17 RIGHT HERE.  YOU SAW THIS AT MICH. ST.  HIM HAVING THE ATHLETIC ABILITY TO GET TO THE PERIMETER, MAKE PLAYS WITH HIS FEET.  I’M GOING FULL DISCLOSURE RIGHT NOW.  WHEN THEY DRAFTED HIM IN THE 4TH ROUND AFTER DRAFTING R.G. III, I WAS KILLING MIKE SHANAHAN.  WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!  REDSKINS UP 10-7.  JOSH CRIBBS.  ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO GIVE HIM THE BALL.  PICKS UP 16.  OUTSTANDING PLAY.  THIS IS A BROWNS TEAM THAT HAS REALLY SHOWN IMPROVEMENT.  THEY’VE WON 3 IN A ROW.  AND THEY JUST…THEY’RE MAKING STRIDES.  THEY’RE YOUNG.  THEY’RE YOUNG.  DRIVE ENDED WITH A TRENT RICHARDSON 1 YD. TD.  THE BRONWS RECLAIM THE LEAD 14-10.  STILL 14-10, 3RD QUARTER.  BRANDON WEEDEN LOOKING FOR GREG LITTLE BUT PICKED OFF BY ROB JACKSON.  THIS IS THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE WITH BRANDON WEEDEN.  STRONG ARM.  OF COURSE HE’S MATURE.  HE THROWS THE BALL INTO COVERAGE TOO MUCH LIKE THE DEFENDERS ARE INVISIBLE AND HE CAN’T SEE THEM.  YOU HAVE TO HAVE BETTER VISION AT THE QB POSITION.  ALFRED MORRIS HAD 27 CARRIES FOR 87 YDS., AND HE STRETCHED THAT ONE JUST ENOUGH TO PICKUP A TD.  THE REDSKINS RETAKE THE LEAD 17-14.  THEY WERE DEFINITELY TRYING TO GIVE KURT COUSINS SOME HELP WITH THE RUNNING GAME WITH MORRIS GETTING 27 CARRIES.  KURT COUSINS, 2 TDS. AND THEY BOTH WENT TO LEONARD HANKERSON.  THERE’S THE 2ND RIGHT THERE.  GREAT PLAY DESIGN.  SOMETHING WE DID NOT SEE IN THE CHICAGO BEAR G.B. GAME.  KNOWING THEY HAD TO HAVE CERTAIN PLAYS THAT ARE GUARANTEED TO GET YOU POINTS WHEN YOU’RE IN THAT 5 YD. LINE IN.  AND COUSINS SHOWS GOOD PATIENCE LETTING THE PLAY DEVELOP AS WELL.  AND HERE’S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE INTERCEPTIONS.  MAYBE HE WAS INVISIBLE TO HIM THERE AS WELL.  YEA.  AND YOU SHAKE YOUR HEAD BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE DEFENDER’S RIGHT THERE, AND HE KEEPS THROWING TH BALL AT THE COVERAGE.  YOU HAVE TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.  I KNOW HE’S A ROOKIE BUT STILL.  KURT COUSINS ACTUALLY WAS THE BETTER QB TODAY, DESPITE THE LACK OF EXPERIENCE.  31-14 ON 3RD & 7.  NOW HOW…THAT’S TRAVIS BENJAMIN.  69 YD. BROWNS SCORE.  DON’T YOU THINK THE CLEVELAND BROWNS ARE NOW SAYING, “WHY WE DIDN’T DRAFT KURT COUSINS?”  I MEAN COME ON.  THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GREAT SCOUTING DEPTS. AND NOT SO GREAT.  31-21.  PUTTING IT ON THE GROUND IS SANTANA MOSS.  PIERRE GARCON, THOUGH, WOULD END UP WITH THE BALL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE SETTING UP A 1ST & GOAL.  WHEN IT’S GOING YOUR WAY, IT’S GOING YOUR WAY.  NEXT PLAY, 1ST & GOAL.  GIVE IT TO YOUR ROOKIE R.B.  ALFRED MORRIS TAKES IT IN FROM 8 YDS. OUT.  THE REDSKINS UP NOW BY 17.  HOW ABOUT, AGAIN, ON THE ROAD WITH YOUR BACKUP QB AND YOUR TEAM FINDS A WAY TO GRIND OUT 25 1ST DOWNS; 7 OF 15 ON 3RD DOWNS; AND GAIN 432 TOTAL YDS.  AND KURT COUSINS DIDN’T JUST MANAGE THE GAME.  329 YDS. PASSING, A COUPLE OF TDS.  A HUGE REASON WHY THE REDSKINS GO ON THE ROAD TO WIN.  CLEVELAND BROWNS HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYING BAD FOOTBALL EITHER.  THEY PLAYED ..GAME, YEA.

 

01:26:58 – MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

 

VIKINGS/RAMS ALL DAY WITH 1,600 YDS. RUSHING CHASING ERIC DICKERSON’S ALL TIME SINGLE SEASON RECORD.  2,105.  THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS.  1ST QUARTER VIKINGS OPENING DRIVE.  ADRIAN PETERSON GOES LEFT FOR A LOSS OF 2.  UH OH, NEXT PLAY 2ND & 12 ON THE RAMS 18.  I’LL SHOW YOU.  ADRIAN PETERSON RUSHES RIGHT.  LOSS OF 2.  PETERSON GETTING STOPPED EARLY IN THE GAME.  BUT, THIS IS WHY GAMES ARE 4 QUARTERS.  5 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & GOAL.  THE RAMS 5.  CHRISTIAN PONDER NEARLY SACKS AS WELL.  IF ADRIAN PETERSON CAN’T DO IT, I’M GONNA DO IT MYSELF.  INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE 5 YD. TD. RUN..  VIKINGS TAKE AN EARLY 7-0 LEAD.  2ND QUARTER RAMS BALL.  THEY STILL TRAIL 7-ZIP.  1ST & GOAL ON THE VIKINGS 4.  SAM BRADFORD LOOKING FOR BRIAN QUICK.  GREAT LEAPING GRAB FOR THE TD.  RAMS TIE THE GAME AT 7 A PIECE.  SO NOW THE VIKINGS TRY TO ANSWER.  1ST & 10 THEIR OWN 18 YD. LINE.  ADRIAN PETERSON GETS STOPPED FOR MINUS…NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.  82 YDS. INTO THE END ZONE FOR ADRIAN PETERSON.  VIKINGS UP 14-7.  HE IS LIKE A PIECE OF IRON.  YES, I JUST WENT ROCKY 4 ON YOU.  LATE 2ND QUARTER.  RAMS BALL TRAILING 17-7.  SAM BRADFORD LOOKING FOR LANCE KENDRICKS.  INSTEAD, EVERSON GRIFFIN PICKS IT UP.  29 YDS. LATER HE’S INTO THE END ZONE.  VIKINGS ADD TO THEIR LEAD 24-7.  17 PTS. IN LESS THAN 4 MINS.  DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS AND LACK OF SCORING WE FAST-FORWARD TO THE 4TH QUARTER.  RAMS BALL TRAILING 33-7.  BRADFORD FINDS DANNY AMENDOLA.  TOUCHDOWN RAMS.  AFTER THE TD., WATCH THAT …AMENDOLA SPIKES AND IT GOES OFF AN OLDER GUY’S HEAD!  IT BOUNCES OFF, HITS A STADIUM EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.  KNOCKS HIS GLASSES OFF.  HE GETS LOOKED AT BUT IS GIVEN THE GAME BALL.  RAMS NEXT DRIVE, GOING FOR 2 AFTER A LANCE KENDRICKS 6 YD. TD.  OH, AMENDOLA.  HE GOT THE 2 PT. CONVERSION.  OH, WAIT, JUST HANDED THE BALL.  THAT GUY WAS SCARED WHEN HE HANDED HIM THE FOOTBALL!  VIKINGS HAVE THE BALL BACK AGAIN.  1ST & 10 THEIR OWN 20.  ADRIAN PETERSON RUSHES RIGHT.  THERE HE GOES.  52 YDS. FOR PETERSON.  IT WOULD LEAD TO A BLAIR WALSH 51 YD. F.G.  VIKINGS ADD TO THEIR LEAD.  GO ON TO WIN IT BY THE FINAL OF 36-22.  HERE COMES ALL DAY DICKERSON.

 

01:29:37 – TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

 

BUCCANEERS AND THE SAINTS.  THE GAME BEGINNING WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE TRAGEDY AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM FRIDAY ACROSS THE LEAGUE.  PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED.  1ST QUARTER NO SCORE.  SAINTS BALL.  1ST & 10, THE BUCS 31.  DREW BREES LOOKING FOR PIERRE THOMAS.  HE GAINS 20 DOWN TO THE BUCS 11.  2 PLAYS LATER THIS IS JIMMY GRAHAM TIME.  IT’S JIMMY GRAHAM TERRITORY; AND DREW BREES FINDS JIMMY GRAHAM EXCEPT NO.  IT WOULD BE JIMMY GRAHAM IF IT WASN’T DAVID THOMAS FOR THE 9 YD. TD.  ALTHOUGH, YOU GOTTA GET A BETTER CELEBRATION THAN THAT.  LOOK AT CHASE DANIEL!  HE’S ON THE FIELD.  I’M EXCITED!  THAT’S HOW YOU CELEBRATE.  LATE 1ST.  STILL DOWN 7-ZIP.  THE BUCS, JOSH FREEMAN, LOOKING FOR DALLAS CLARK.  JABBARY GRIER PICKS IT OFF.  A COMMON THEME FOR JOSH FREEMAN ON THE DAY.  A F.G. BY THE SAINTS WOULD MAKE IT 10-ZIP.  2ND QUARTER, T.B. BALL, SAME SCORE.  JOSH FREEMAN LOOKING FOR VINCENT JACKSON.  2ND VERSE SAME AS THE FIRST.  RAFAEL BUSH PICKS IT UP AND HE RETURNS IT 89 YDS.  WELL, TOTAL 89 YDS. IF YOU COUNT WHERE HE STARTED, WHERE HE STOPPED, WHERE HE WENT DOWN AND WHERE HE FINALLY GOT TACKLED.  ACTUALLY 40 YDS. FORWARD FOR RAFAEL BUSH.  FREEMAN HAD 2 PICKS IN THE 1ST HALF.  SO SAINTS HAVE THE BALL 3RD & 11.  THEIR OWN 45.  DREW BREES LOOKING FOR MARCUS COLSTON.  SHORT RIGHT.  SAINTS BALL ON THE BUCS 34.  4 PLAYS LATER IT’S 2ND & GOAL.  DREW BREES, DARREN SPROLES.  TD.  SAINTS LEAD 17-NOTHING.  NOW DURING THAT DRIVE, VISIBLE FRUSTRATION BY ADAM HAYWARD AND DEF. FRONT 7 COACH BRIAN COX.  IF T.B. WOULD’VE SHOWED THIS KIND OF FIGHT IT MIGHT’VE BEEN A BETTER GAME BUT I WOULDN’T TAKE ON BRIAN COX.  HE WAS A BAD DUDE WHEN HE PLAYED.  2 SAINTS POSSESSIONS LATER, DREW BREES INCOMPLETE PASS TO JIMMY GRAHAM.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  MARK BARREN, ROOKIE OUT OF ALABAMA, THE BIG HIT.  LEGAL HIT ON GRAHAM WITH A SHOULDER PAD.  HE’S HAVING A PRETTY NICE SEASON SO FAR.  NEXT PLAY THOUGH, YOU DO NOT DO THAT TO JIMMY GRAHAM AND NOT PAY FOR IT.  BREES, GRAHAM, DOWN THE MIDDLE.  GREAT CATCH.  SAINTS BALL ON THE 7 YD. LINE.  SO IT’S A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER.  2ND & GOAL, THE BUCS 7.  DREW BREES, LANCE MOORE, ALWAYS GOOD AT HOME.  7 YD. TD.  24-NOTHING.  3RD QUARTER, BUCCANEERS BALL, SAME SCORE, AND A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS KEEP HAPPENING TO JOSH FREEMAN.  NO, THESE ARE NOT REPLAYS.  YOU KEEP SEEING FREEMAN’S PASS LOOKING FOR DALLAS CLARK.  GETS PICKS UP BY __ ABDUHLKADUSE.  LOOK AT THIS.  FREEMAN FINISHED WITH 279 YDS. PASSING AND 4 INTERCEPTIONS.  A LOT OF CELEBRATING BY THE SAINTS ON THE DAY.  ENSUING SAINTS POSSESSION, 2ND & 13.  THE BUCS 34.  DREW BREES LOOKING FOR JOE MORGAN.  THE BIG RED MACHINE IS IN THE END ZONE.  SAINTS TAKE THE LEAD 31-NOTHING.  4TH QUARTER, BUCS LOOKING FOR ANYTHING POSITIVE RIGHT NOW.  1ST & 10 ON THE SAINTS 42.  JOSH FREEMAN LOOKING DEEP AND HE FINDS JABBARY GRIER WHO LOOKS LIKE THE INTENDED RECEIVER ON THIS PLAY.  TD.!  OH, NO, IT’S JUST AN INTERCEPTION.  FREEMAN NOT HAPPY.  41-NOTHING.  THE SAINTS ROLL OVER THE BUCS.

 

01:32:47 - NEW YORK GIANTS @ ATLANTA FALCONS

 

BATTLE OF DIVISION LEADERS IN ATLANTA.  THE GIANTS AND THE FALCONS, AND N.Y. CITY ABOUT 60 MILES AWAY IS ALL FROM NEWTOWN CT.  THE GIANTS WEARING DECALS ON THEIR HELMETS.  S.H.E.S. STANDING FOR SANDY BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.  GIANTS FOOTBALL AND ELI MANNING.  THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD SNAPSHOT OF HIS DAY.  PICKED OFF BY ASANTE SAMUEL.  TAKES IT BACK TO THE 16.  OPENING DRIVE OF THE GAME.  YEA, THIS IS PROBABLY, ASANTE HAS DONE THAT THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, JUMPING ROUTES.  GREAT WHEN HE JUMPS AND MAKES THE PROPER DECISIONS.  YOU SEE HE HAS EYES ON THE QB.  HAS ONE OF THE BEST TRANSITIONS FROM STOP TO START OUT OF ANY CORNERBACK IN THE NFL.  HE’S A TRUE ZONE CORNER.  TRUE ZONE.  YES HE IS.  THAT WAS ELI’S FIRST PASS OF THE GAME.  FALCONS NOW WITH THE BALL.  MATT RYAN HITTING DOUGLAS FOR 37.  MATT’S CERTAINLY GOT A LOT TO WORK WITH.  I THINK HE MAY HAVE LOST HIS ACL RIGHT THERE, THE CAMERA GUY STANDING THERE.  HOPEFULLY HE’S O.K.  BUT THE GUYS THAT MATT RYAN HAS TO WORK WITH.  WATCH THIS CATCH AS WELL.  UNBELIEVABLE.  TONY GONZALEZ TODAY HAD 49 YDS. RECEIVING.  HE GETS TO 880 ON THE YEAR.  AS YOU’LL SEE, JULIO JONES GOES OVER 1,000 TODAY.  RODDY WHITE’S ALREADY OVER 1,000.  HE COULD HAVE 3 RECEIVERS IN THAT HUDDLE OVER 1,000 YDS. THIS YEAR.  NEXT GIANTS POSSESSION.  1ST & 10, MANNING GOING DEEP THIS TIME FOR HAKEEM NICKS.  JUST MISSED IT.  I WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED THAT HAKEEM DIDN’T LAY OUT FOR THAT.  LOOKS LIKE HE COULD’VE, THAT HE HAD A BETTER CHANCE AT THAT.  YEA, BUT HE THOUGHT HE DID.  I MEAN, LOOK, I DON’T KNOW.  IT’S UP TO EVERY MAN TO MAKE THE DECISION TO TAKE THEIR TIME BUT IF HAKEEM LAYS OUT AND MAKES AN EFFORT FOR IT, I THINK MAYBE HE’S GOT A CHANCE.  GIANTS WENT 3 AND OUT ON THAT POSSESSION.  NOW MANNING BACK IN.  PICKED OFF BY THOMAS __.  YOU CAN TELL THEY WERE GIVEN HELP OVER THE TOP AND GUYS WERE TAKING CHANCES UNDERNEATH.  WHENEVER YOU HAVE HELP BEHIND YOU, UNDERNEATH YOU HAVE AS CHANCE TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE.  YOU PROTECT IT.  IT’S 17-NOTHING.  GIANTS NOW WITH IT.  DAVID WILSON STEPPED ON 4TH & 1.  TOM COUGHLIN NOT HAPPY.  NOT HAPPY AT ALL.  NEXT GIANTS POSSESSION.  4TH & 1.  AGAIN, MANNING PRESSURED AND LOOKING FOR VICTOR CRUZ.  INCOMPLETE.  ONCE AGAIN, THE SECONDARY OF THE ATLANTA FALCONS MAKING PLAYS; ANTICIPATING ROUTES; BEING AGGRESSIVE TO THE FOOTBALL.  17-NOTHING AT HALFTIME.  ATLANTA LEADING.  OPENING POSSESSION OF THE 3RD QUARTER.  RYAN.  THIS IS PERFECT…TO JULIO JONES.  TEXTBOOK.  SEE, YOU CAN’T LEAVE JULIO JONES ONE-ON-ONE BECAUSE NOT MANY CORNERBACKS IN THE NFL CAN RUN WITH THEM; AND HE’S SO BIG.  THEY CAN DO THAT.  JUST THROW IT UP.  JULIO WITH 74 YDS. RECEIVING.  THAT PUTS HIM OVER 1,000 AS I MENTIONED THIS.  THERE’S SO MUCH TO WORK WITH FOR MATT RYAN.  WHILE YOU SOLVE THAT, THE GIANTS FAIL TWICE ON 4TH & 1.  THIS IS 4TH & 2 AND ANOTHER FAILURE.  BATTED DOWN BY JONATHAN BABINEAU.  THEY’RE 4 OF 10 ON 3RD DOWN.  0 FOR 3 ON 4TH DOWN.  INTO THE 4TH QUARTER.  NOW IT’S 27-0.  2ND & 3. RYAN, JULIO JONES.  FADE PASS.  TD. AGAIN FOR THE FALCONS.  HE’S SO TOUGH TO STOP.  THIS IS WHY THAT RUNNING GAME OF THE FALCONS…IF THEY CAN GET THAT GOING, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO MAN ON THE OUTSIDE AND ONE-ON-ONE TO BRING THAT EXTRA SAFETY OUT OF THE BOX TO SLOW DOWN THAT RUN AND YOU’LL GET JULIO ONE-ON-ONE, AND HE’LL BE MAKING THESE PLAYS FOR YOU IN THE BIG GAMES LIKE PLAYOFFS WHICH ARE COMING UP NOW.  THE BEST NUMBER FOR ME ON THAT BOARD IS MATT RYAN’S ATTEMPTS WHICH WAS 28.  GRANTED, THE FALCONS HAD THE LEAD EARLY IN THIS GAME.  THEY KIND OF PLAYED BALL CONTROL.  FALCONS WON TIME OF POSSESSION 29-21.  I JUST BELIEVE THAT THE FALCONS, THEY JUST ASK MATT TO THROW IT A LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR ME.  IF YOU CAN KEEP HIM FROM 28 TO 32 OR 3.  MEANWHILE, THE GIANTS AT 8-6.  THE REDSKINS ALSO 8-6.  SO WASHINGTON OWNS THE TIEBREAKER.

 

01:36:34 – GREEN BAY PACKERS @ CHICAGO BEARS

 

PACKERS AND THE BEARS PREPARE FOR 5 MINS. OF GREATNESS.  G.B. CAN CLINCH THE NFC NORTH WITH THE WIN.  THE BEARS, 1-4 IN THEIR LAST 5 GAMES.  APPARENTLY THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE.  2ND QUARTER NO SCORE.  BEARS POSSESSION.  2ND & 8 ON THE PACK 15.  JAY CUTLER HITS BRANDON MARSHALL OVER THE MIDDLE.  CASEY HAYWARD MEET THE TURF.  BRANDON MARSHALL MEET THE END ZONE.  FIRES A BALL INTO THE STANDS.  THAT IS A TOSS!  7-NOTHING BEARS.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  HEYWARD PLEASE MEET THE GROUND.  AND THERE’S THE LUCKY FAN WHO, HEY, I GOT A BALL!  IT’S A REAL BALL!  ENSUING PACKERS POSSESSION.  3RD & 4, THE BEARS 29.  AARON RODGERS HITS JAMES JONES OVER CALVIN HAYDEN.  A 29 YD. TD.  SCORE TIED AT 7 A PIECE FOR JONES.  HIS 10TH TD. OF THE SEASON.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  AIDEN GETS CAUGHT LEANING.  JONES BLOWS BY HIM.  RODGERS LOVES IT.  HAYDEN GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A TALKING TO ON THE SIDELINE.  O.K. JAMES JONES HASN’T BEEN GOOD IN LIKE 5 WKS.  YOU GOTTA COVER THAT GUY.  O.K., GREAT.  SAME SCORE, 2 BEAR POSSESSIONS LATER.  JAY CUTLER LOOKING FOR DEVIN HESTER.  PICKED-OFF BY CASEY HAYWARD.  RETURNS IT DOWN TO THE BEARS 24.  A LITTLE MEASURE OF REVENGE FOR MR. HAYWARD.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  CUTLER LOCKS IN ON HESTER THE ENTIRE WAY.  DOUBLE CLUTCHES.  THROWS IT RIGHT TO HAYWARD.  CUTLER FURIOUS ON THE BENCH.  ENSUING PACKERS POSSESSION.  34 SECS. LEFT IN THE HALF.  2ND & GOAL.  RODGERS…JAMES JONES.  TD. AGAIN.  HIS 2ND TD. OF THE GAME.  PACKERS LEAD 14-7 AT THE HALF.  JAY CUTLER STILL UNHAPPY.  3RD QUARTER NOW.  SAME SCORE.  PACKERS POSSESSION, 1ST & GOAL AT THE BEARS 6.  AARON RODGERS.  THIS IS NOT A REPLAY.  IT’S AARON RODGERS TO JAMES JONES.  TD.  JONES 3RD TD. CATCH OF THE DAY.  IT’S 21-7.  SO NOW THE BEARS GET THE BALL BACK.  THINGS GETTING AWAY FROM 3RD & 11.  CUTLER SACKED BY MIKE NEAL FOR A 5 YD. LOSS.  CUTLER COMES OFF THE FIELD JOGGING AND WINCING.  APPEARS TO BE GETTING SOME ATTENTION ON HIS SHOULDER ON THE SIDELINE BUT, HE WOULD NOT LEAVE THE GAME..  SO PACKERS BALL.  5TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  RYAN GRANT.  THIS LOOKS LIKE 2007; AND THEN HE FUMBLES LIKE IT’S 2007.  NICK ROACH RECOVERS FOR THE BEARS AT THE 37.  GRANT CAN’T BELIEVE IT.  ENSUING BEARS POSSESSION, 1ST & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 42.  JAY CUTLER LOOKING FOR __ JEFFREY.  INCOMPLETE DEEP.  HOWEVER MORGAN BURNETT GETS CALLED FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PASS INTERFERENCE ON THAT PLAY.  SETS UP A 1ST & GOAL AT THE PACKERS 5.  4 PLAYS LATER, THEY GO FOR IT ON 4TH & GOAL.  JAY CUTLER, ALSHON JEFFREY.  TD.  BUT, JEFFREY CALLED FOR OFF. PASS INTERFERENCE.  WATCH THE REPLAY.  HE PUSHES OFF OF SAM SHIELDS.  THAT GETS HIM OPEN.  THAT DRAWS THE FLAG.  INSTEAD IT WAS A 34 YD. F.G. BY OLINDO MARE.  BEARS TRAIL 21-10.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  AARON RODGERS …LOOKING TO TAKE IT HIMSELF.  SCRAMBLES FOR 5 YDS. SHORT OF THE 1ST DOWN.  SLOW TO GET UP.  RODGERS WOULD TRY TO WALK IT OFF ON THE SIDELINE THOUGH AND HE WOULD STAY IN THE GAME.  G.B. HOLDING THEIR COLLECTIVE BREATH WATCH AARON RODGERS.  NEXT PLAY PACKERS LINEUP FOR A 42 YD. F.G. ATTEMPT.  MASON CROSBY, DINK.  HITS THE LEFT UPRIGHT.  HIS 2ND MISSED F.G. OF THE GAME AND 8TH STRAIGHT GAME WITH A MISSED F.G.  SO THE BEARS GET THE BALL BACK.  2ND & 17.  CUTLER IS PRESSURED.  SACKED BY CLAY MATTHEWS.  7 YD. LOSS.  MATTHEWS BACK AFTER MISSING 4 GAMES WITH A HAMSTRING.  BEARS FORCED TO PUNT.  2 PLAYS LATER BEARS LINING UP TO PUNT ON 4TH DOWN.  PUNT FIELDED BY RANDALL COBB WHO THROWS IT BACK ACROSS THE FIELD FOR JEREMY ROSS WHO CAN’T MAKE THE CATCH.  ANTHONY WALTERS COMES IN AND RECOVERS FOR THE BEARS.  HOLDING ON THE PACKERS GETS DECLINED.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  OH, I THINK THIS IS THE LAST TIME THE PACKERS WILL TRY THIS PLAY.  BEARS GET BACK IN IT.  MIKE MCCARTHY SAYS, “YEA, LET’S PULL THAT ONE OUT OF THE PLAYBOOK.”  BEARS GET A F.G. TO TRAIL 21-13.  SO NOW A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN 3 MINS. LEFT TO GO.  3RD & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 44.  CUTLER, AUSTIN JEFFREY DOWN THE SIDELINE FOR A 36 YD. GAIN BUT JUST LIKE ON THE TD.  JEFFREY CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  WATCH AGAIN.  THE PUSH OFF OF SAM SHIELDS.  GUYS DON’T GET CALLED FOR THIS AND JEFFRIES HAD IT HAPPEN TO HIM TWICE ION THE SAME GAME.  2 PLAYS LATER, BEARS GOING FOR IT ON 4TH & 9.  CUTLER LOOKING FOR JEFFREY.  INCOMPLETE.  BEARS TURN IT OVER ON DOWNS.  THIS TIME IT’S SAM SHIELDS WHO MAKES CONTACT AND GETS AWAY WITH IT RIGHT HERE.  WATCH HERE.  SHIELDS HAD A LITTLE BIT OF THE GRAB RIGHT THERE.  NOT CALLED.  JAY CUTER STILL FURIOUS BUT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.  PACKERS HOLD ON TO WIN 21-13.  THEY CLINCH THEIR 2ND STRAIGHT.  NFC NORTH TITLE.  RODGERS 291 & 3 TDS. IN THE WIN.

 

01:41:48 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ BUFFALO BILLS

 

WE HAVE A LATE HIGHLIGHT.  THE FIRST ONE OF THE AFTERNOON.  SEATTLE SEAHAWKS OFFENSE IS PRETTY GOOD GUYS.  THE BILLS PLAYING HOST TO THE SEAHAWKS IN TORONTO.  RUSSELL WILSON TRYING TO GET SEATTLE IN THE WILDCARD SPOT OR MAYBE EVEN TO WIN THE NFC WEST.  WE SHALL SEE.  KEEP IT HIMSELF HERE.  TD. SEAHAWKS.  THAT’S HIS FIRST CAREER RUSHING TD.  IS IT?  … KEEPS THIS ONE HIMSELF.  25 YDS. FOR ANOTHER SCORE.  HE’S REALLY HAD A FANTASTIC YEAR.  HE’S THE FORGOTTEN ROOKIE QB.  ALL THE TALK’S BEEN ABOUT LUCK AND R.G. III BUT RUSSELL WILSON HAS JUST BEEN PHENOMENAL.  TD. TOSS TO ZACH MILLER.  24-7 SEATTLE.  AND HERE IS TD. RUN #3 OF THE AFTERNOON.  JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, RUSSELL WILSON IS ACTUALLY FROM THE CRIB.  HE IS FROM RICHMOND VIRGINIA.

 

01:42:49 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

 

THAT AIN’T BAD.  CAM.  ALL THE WAY ON THE WEST COAST.  HE DIDN’T EVEN NEED A PLANE TO GET OUT THERE.  JUST FLEW HIMSELF.  BUT HERE…I DON’T KNOW.  IT WAS KIND OF A TIP DRILL BUT IT WORKS.  IT’S JUST HOW YOU DRAW IT UP.  IT’S DEANGELO WILLIAMS.  45 YDS. IN THE SCOREBOOK.  NEWTON FINISHED THE DAY 19 OF 33 FOR 231 AND A COUPLE SCORES.  IT’S 21-ZIP AT THIS POINT.  THE GOOD NEWS IS, IT WAS BLACKED-OUT LOCALLY SO THE FANS DIDN’T HAVE TO SIT THROUGH IT.  IT’S BEEN BLACKED OUT ALL YEAR.  3RD QUARTER, NEWTON TO STEVE SMITH 31-7.  HOW CAN YOU GO TO PITTSBURGH AND PLAY LIKE THAT AND COME HOME AND PLAY LIKE THIS?

 

01:43:35 – DETROIT LIONS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS

 

THAT’S THE WAY IT GOES.  RON RIVERA A HAPPY MAN.  HE USED TO BE THE D.C. THERE IN S.D.  IF YOU FOLLOWING ME.  ARIZONA LOOKING TO SNAP A 9 GAME SLIDE TAKING ON THE LIONS AND CALVIN JOHNSON.  7TH CONSECUTIVE 100 YD. GAIN TYING CHARLES HINNEGAN AND OUR OWN MICHAEL IRVIN FOR AN NFL RECORD.  HE HAD 10 FOR 121.  MATTHEW STAFFORD…OH NO.  PICKED BY GREG POLAR.  SOMEBODY’S GOTTA GET A HOLD ON THAT GUY.  SOMEBODY BETTER HOLD IT UP.  102 YDS.  SOMEBODY BETTER HOLD IT UP.  ARIZONA GETS ITS FIRST WIN SINCE SEPTEMBER.  HEY SCORED 38 AFTER HAVING SCORED 42 IN THEIR PREVIOUS 4 GAMES COMBINED.  WHEN THEY WIN THEY DO IT IN STYLE.

01:44:26 – KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

 

10, YOUR FINAL.  ANYWAY, IT’S A HUGE WIN FOR THEM.  SAME GOES FOR THE CHIEFS AND THE RAIDERS.  BRADY QUINN.  OH MY GOODNESS.  __ BRANCH.  HE SHOULD’VE WENT AND SWUNG ON BRADY QUINN IN THE HUDDLE AFTER THROWING THAT BALL.  YEA.  15 YD. PENALTY ON THAT BY THE WAY.  FOR WHAT, HITTING HIM TOO HARD?  HERE IT’S MIKE __ SPINNING OFF OF DERRICK JOHNSON.  THAT’S A 43 YD. GAIN.  THE RAIDERS, A 15-NOTHING BLANKY.

 

01:45:04 – PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

 

DOWN IN ARLINGTON TEXAS THIS GAME A BARNBURNER.  BIG BEN, HIS TEAM’S LOST 3 OF 4.  DEZ BRYANT SUITING UP EVEN WITH THAT BROKEN DIGIT ON HIS HAND.  HE’S GOT A LITTLE SPLINT ON THAT BROKEN FINGER BUT HE’S GONNA SUCK IT UP AND PLAY.  1ST QUARTER, 3-ZIP COWBOYS.  LOOKING TO ADD MORE.  DEMARCO MURRAY 2ND EFFORT BUT SHOULD’VE STOPPED AT THE FIRST EFFORT.  HE COUGHS IT UP.  BIG PLAY THERE AS THE STEELERS RECOVER.  2ND QUARTER, STILL 3-NOTHING.  TONY ROMO, WHO’S BEEN GREAT OVER THE LAST MONTH, FINDING HIS B.F.F. JASON WITTEN.  IT’S …COACH..  BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT PLAY ACTION FAKE REALLY HELPS WHEN THE RUNNING GAME IS WORKING FOR YOU.  ONLY, UNDER A MINUTE TO GO IN THE 1ST HALF.  ROETHLISBERGER A LITTLE PUMP FAKE.  KEEPING IT.  LOOK AT HIM!  THE WHIRLING DERVISH!!  HE’S BUYING SOME TIME.  TO HEATH MILLER, HIS FAVORITE TARGET THIS YEAR, AND HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  WOW, THAT’S GOOD PROTECTION BY THAT OFF. LINE BECAUSE THAT PLAY TOOK 57 SECS.  SO THE STEELERS TIE IT AT 10.  LOOK AT THE TIME, AND THE MOBILITY OUT OF THE BIG MAN!  THROW IT!  DIDN’T THEY SAY JUST GET RID OF IT NOW.  DON’T GET HURT?  THAT’S WHAT BEN DOES.  BOY, HE CAN EXTEND THE PLAY IN OR OUT OF THE POCKET.  10-10 AT THE BREAK.  3RD QUARTER NOW TIED AT 17.  ROMO TO DWAYNE HARRIS.  A LITTLE CUT.  LOOK AT THAT RUN.  YOU GOTTA BREAK SOME TACKLES AND HE SURE DID.  WELL DESIGNED PLAY.  GAIN OF 18.  NOW 3RD & 5.  ROMO TO COE BEASLEY!  NICE LITTLE RECEIVER FOR THEM.  DOWN INSIDE THE STEELERS 40.  WE’RE MOVING THE CHAINS FOR A 1ST DOWN!  2 PLAYS LATER, ROMO TO DEZ BRYANT.  BOY, THAT’S A NICE LOCATION.  HE THREW IT ON THE BACK SHOULDER AND DEZ…YOU KNOW, WE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW IF HE’D PLAY BUT I LIKE TO SEE THIS, BOY, BECAUSE HE HAD A NICE GAME.  VERY VERY MUCH CONTRIBUTED TO THIS GAME.  6TH STRAIGHT GAME WITH A TD. CATCH FOR HIM.  ENSUING STEELERS DRIVE.  ROETHLISBERGER AIRING IT OUT FOR MIKE WALLACE.  60 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE GOAL LINE AND ROB RYAN, YOUR THOUGHTS?  EXACTLY.  HE GOT BEHIND THE SAFETIES.  THAT CAN’T HAPPEN, BRIAN.  JONATHAN DWYER TOOK IT IN FROM THERE AND GUESS WHAT?  WE’RE TIED.  ROETHLISBERGER NOW TO WALLACE.  THE SPRING.  THE SPRINT.  GETTING SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS A LITTLE BIT…WHOA.  EASY OVER THERE.  SO THE STEELERS DRIVE IT.  4TH QUARTER, ROETHLISBERGER LOOKING FOR ANTONIO BROWN ON 3RD & 2.  WE GOT A TOUCH AND A STEELER 7 PT. LEAD.  GREAT RECEIVING CORE.  I MEAN THESE GUYS CAN CATCH THE SHORT PASSES, THE LONG PASSES.  THEY’RE EXPLOSIVE.  NEXT COWBOYS POSSESSION, THEY HAVE TO PUNT.  BUT WE GOT A RET…OH NO!!!  DROPS THE BALL!  JOHN PHILLIPS RECOVERS.  A HUGE TURNOVER BY THE STEELERS.  HUGE PLAY WITH JUST A FLICK OF THE WRIST.  HE CAN HOLD IT WITH 1 HAND.  IT WOULD’VE NEVER HAPPENED WITH 1 HAND.  JERRY JONES LOVING THIS.  AND LOVING THIS AS WELL.  HERE’S DWAYNE HARRIS AGAIN, KEEPING HIS FOOTING.  GETTING NEAR THE GOAL LINE.  GREAT PLAY CALLING.  GET YOUR PUNT RETURNING THE BALL IN SPACE.  3 PLAYS LATER DEMARCO MURRAY.  SUCH A DIFFERENCE MAKER WHEN HE’S IN THE BACKFIELD, AND WE’RE TIED AT 24.  YEA, THEY LOVE HAVING THIS GUY BACK IN.  HE MISSED SOME GAMES NOW BECAUSE OF INJURY BUT, BOY, WHEN HE’S PLAYING THEIR PLAY-ACTION GAME EVERYTHING WORKS BETTER.  BROWN’S TURNOVER THE BIG DIFFERENCE ON THAT DRIVE.  UNDER 2 MINS. TO GO.  BIG BEN TRYING TO LEAD.  ANOTHER HEROIC DRIVE.  BACK TO BROWN FOR 11 YDS. AND THERE’S A FLAG ON THE FIELD.  DEMARCUS WARE, SHOT TO THE HEAD.  SO WE’RE GONNA TACK ON 15.  2 PLAYS LATER 2ND & 18.  ROETHLISBERGER THIS ANTHONY SPENCER!  DROP IT IN.  SO PITTS. FORCED TO PUNT.  AND YOU’RE DOING IT TO A PLAYMAKER.  HARRIS SAW IT ALL GAME LONG OUT OF THE RECEIVER POSITION.  HERE’S THE PUNT RETURNER.  39 YDS. ON THIS GALLOP.  JERRY JONES FROM THE OWNERS SUITE.  LOVING IT.  LOOK AT JERRY.  HE’S FIRED-UP.  36 TICKS LEFT.  ON 3RD & 4 ROMO TO JASON WITTEN.  SO THE COWBOYS FACE THE 4TH DOWN.  COACH, WHAT DO YOU DO?  WHAT DO YOU DO?  FOR 62 YDS. OUT DO YOU DO IT?  A LONG ONE.  IT’S A LONG ONE NOW.  CAN HE DO IT INDOORS.,  THE ROOF’S OPEN.  YOU KNOW WHAT, JASON GARRETT.  HOLD ON.  LET’S THINK ABOUT THIS THING FOR A SECOND.  YEA, HE DECIDED TO PUNT INSTEAD.  WE’RE GOING TO OVERTIME.  EXTRA SESSION.  ROETHLISBERGER ON 2ND & 4 LOOKING FOR MIKE WALLACE BUT IT’S BRANDON CARR, FREE AGENT PRIZE PICKUP.  HE PICKS IT OFF AND RETURNS IT!  IS THIS A PICK 6 TO FINISH IT?!  ALMOST.  BRANDON CARR FROM GRAND VALLEY ST. MICHIGAN.  WHAT A BIG PLAY.  SO DAN BAILEY, FOR THE 2ND STRAIGHT WEEK, AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN IT ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME AS ROETHLISBERGER BAITED INTO THAT PASS.  GREAT PLAY BY CARR.  YOU CANNOT THROW THE BALL BEHIND SOMEONE AND…  THROW IT TO THE SIDELINE.  SO HERE WE GO.  FORGET ABOUT RUNNING IT.  JUST KICK IT.  BAILEY, WON IN CINCY LAST WEEK FOR HIS 2ND GAME WINNING OVERTIME KICK THIS YEAR.  HE HAD ONE AGAINST CLEVELAND.  HE’S GOT ONE AGAINST PITTS., AND THE COWBOYS…HOW ‘BOUT THEM COWBOYS?!  LOOK WHO’S 8-6 AND STILL IN THE THICK OF THE NFC PLAYOFF CHASE.  THAT WOULD BE YOUR DALLAS COWBOYS.

 

01:50:58 – SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

 

…OVER THE LAST 7 GAMES OR SO.  JUST BOAT RACING EVERYBODY.  THEY’RE AVERAGING OVER 42 PTS. PER GAME IN THEIR LAST 6.  TAKING ON THE NINERS ON SUNDAY NIGHT.  COLLIN KAPERNICK EARLY TO …WHO’S THAT?  WELCOME BACK TO FOXBORO RANDY MOSS.  DID MOSS GET A BALL?  I WON.  WE HAD THIS… THIS MORNING.  I TOLD MIKE… WHAT?  OBVIOUSLY YOU DIDN’T SEE THE MARSHAWN LYNCH TAPE.  TOM BRADY.  TIME TO THROW.  LOOKING FOR WES WELKER BUT THERE’S THE MAN …  HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH IT WHEN HE GETS IT.  LOOK AT THE WALL THEY HAVE SETUP.  IT’S ALMOST LIKE THE S.F. 49ERS, THEY’VE DONE THIS BEFORE.  THEY’VE BEEN IN THIS SITUATION.  CARLOS ROGERS, ALSO HE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE PLACE.  WELL DID YOU SEE WHO MADE THE TACKLE?  THAT’S #12.  I DON’T KNOW ABOUT NO TACKLE.  YOU CAN’T GIVE HIM A TACKLE FOR THAT.  HEY, HIS WIFE’S A SUPER MODEL.  YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL.  2 PLAYS LATER, KAPERNICK.  DELANEY WALKER GETS HIT BY STEPHEN GREGORY AND HE FUMBLES IT!  KALEB TALEB RECOVERS.  MISTAKES HERE MADE EARLY ON.  NEXT NINERS POSSESSION, DAVID AKERS FOR 39 YDS. OUT.  THEY’RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE KICKER.  I’M SERIOUS.  WELL YOU KNOW THE PATRIOTS WOULD FUMBLE THE BALL BACK TO THE 49ERS.  SO 2ND QUARTER IT’S NOW 4TH & INCHES.  COLLIN KAPERNICK.  HE DROPS IT.  THE 49ERS FANS ARE SAYING, “SEE, IF ALEX SMITH WOULD’VE BEEN IN THERE…HE WOULDN’T HAVE DONE THAT.”  BUT THIS IS THE PROBLEM BECAUSE UP UNTIL HE GOT DRAFTED LAST YEAR HE HADN’T TAKEN A SNAP FROM CENTER.  THERE AIN’T NOBODY IN COLLEGE TAKING A SNAP FROM UP UNDER CENTER.  NOW 7-3, KAPERNICK … CRABTREE.  KALEB TALEB A LITTLE P.I. ON THIS ONE.  YEA, AND THIS HAS BEEN THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE 49ERS FOOTBALL TEAM RIGHT HERE.  THE MATURATION OF MICHAEL CRABTREE AND THAT COMBINATION OF COLLIN KAPERNICK AND MICHAEL CRABTREE.  3 PLAYS LATER, KAPERNICK TO DELANEY WALKER!  THAT’S A TOUCH.  GREAT EXECUTION OF THE PLAY.  YOU’RE PUTTING THE DEF. BACK IN A BIND RIGHT THERE.  NOW IF HE STAYS ON THE T.E. VERNON DAVIS, HE CAN’T GUARD BOTH OF THEM.  ENSUING PATS POSSESSION.  THEY GOTTA PUNT.  TED GINN, DID HE TOUCH IT OR NOT?  THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION.  NOW THIS ONLY TOOK ABOUT 17 MINS. TO FIGURE OUT.  IT WAS EVENTUALLY CHALLENGED.  THERE WAS ALSO A HOLDING CALL ON IT ALL.  BILL, HE DIDN’T QUITE FIGURE IT OUT.  IN FACT, I THINK THAT THE FANS AND THE ANNOUNCERS, AL MICHAELS/CRIS COLLINSWORTH, WERE MORE CONFUSED AFTER THE EXPLANATION BY ED HOCKULI AND HIS CREW.  WE DIDN’T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAD HAPPENED.  I’M STILL CONFUSED MYSELF HOURS LATER.  I KNOW TED GINN AND AKERS GONNA GO UP TO THE PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE TOMORROW.  WELL HERE’S KAPERNICK TO RANDY MOSS.  WE HAVE OFF. PASS INTERFERENCE.  SO THE NINERS HAD TO SETTLE FOR A F.G. ON A 17-3 LEAD AT THE BREAK.  3RD QUARTER, KAPERNICK TO RANDY MOSS.  DON’T DO IT.  PICKED OFF BY DEVIN MCCORDY.  YEA, HE THREW THAT BALL.  YOU CAN’T THROW THAT BALL LATE.  I KNOW YOU’RE TRYING TO GET IT TO RANDY MOSS.  THERE’S A FINITE AMOUNT OF FIELD RIGHT THERE.  BUT THIS WAS A CRAZY EVENING FOR THE N.E. OFFENSE.  STEVEN RIDLEY.  FUMBLE RECOVERED BY DESEAN GOLSIN…AND THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO.  IS TOM BRADY GONNA GET HIM THIS TIME?  AHHHH…  HE MADE A BUSINESS DECISION.  DESEAN GOLSIN AND DANTE WITTEN ARE THE 2 HARDEST HITTING SAFETIES IN THE LEAGUE.  SO LOOK AT THIS.  THE NINERS FUMBLE THE BALL. THEY DON’T LOSE IT TO THE OTHER TEAM.  FRANK GORE SCORES ON IT.  IT’S 24-3.  THAT WAS A …PLAY RIGHT THERE.  BUT WHAT MARSHALL’S TALKING ABOUT, THOSE SAFETIES BE HITTING.  THOSE SAFETIES … SO THE PATRIOTS TRYING TO COME BACK.  THIS TIME BRADY TO AARON HERNANDEZ AND IT’S ANOTHER FUMBLE.   THIS TIME ELDON SMITH.  WE’RE GONNA CALL IT ACTUALLY AN INTERCEPTION ON THAT ONE.  THOSE SAFETIES HITTING IN THE FIELD.  YOU SAW THAT HERNANDEZ.  I MEAN IT’S A TOUGH GUY …  NEXT PLAY FOR THE NINERS.  KAPERNICK TO MICHAEL CRABTREE SPLITTING THE DEFENDERS, AND THEY’RE UP 31-3 WITH 10 AND CHANGE TO GO IN THE 2ND HALF.  IS IT OVER?  OF COURSE NOT.  HERE COME THAT MAN.  NOW 31-10.  4TH & GOAL, BRADY KEEPS IT HIMSELF.  SO IT’S 31-17.  NEXT PATRIOTS DRIVE 4TH & 2.  BRADY ..THAT’S A NICE PLAY.  TO WES WELKER.  ALMOST OVERTHREW HIM BUT HE GETS 15 YDS. AND A 1ST DOWN INTO NINER TERRITORY.  2 PLAYS LATER, BRADY FOR BRANDON LLOYD.  IT’S INCOMPLETE BUT TERRELL BROWN IS FLAGGED FOR INTERFERENCE.  IT’S NOT A GREAT CALL.  THEIR FEET GOT TANGLED UP RIGHT THERE.  THAT’S A BAD CALL.  SO NOW BRADY TO HERNANDEZ FOR 5 YDS. AND THE SCORE AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT’S 31-24!  THAT MAKE IT RAIN.  JIM HARBAUGH’S WONDERING WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING…WASN’T IT 31-3 LIKE 2 MINS. AGO?!  JUST A MOMENT AGO.  KAPERNICK ,PRESSURE.  HERE’S WHERE YOU START TRYING TO ENGAGE IN WHAT YOU HAVE.  SACKED BY ROB MINKOVICH.  SO THE NINERS HAD TO PUNT AT THE END OF THIS DRIVE.  SO HERE COMES BRADY.  OVER 9 TO GO TO BRANDON LLOYD FOR 53 YDS. INSIDE THE NINER 30.  THAT’S JUST A PERFECT PASS AT A PERFECT TIME FROM A GUY THAT JUST PLAYED THE POSITION PERFECTLY.  3 PLAYS LATER, BRADY…I’LL JUST KEEP IT.  OH, HE SLIDES SHORT OF THE GOAL LINE.  WHAT YOU NEVER DO!  NOT ON 1ST & GOAL RIGHT THERE THOUGH.  SO DON’T GIVE IT TO STEVEN RIDLEY.  GIVE IT TO DANNY WOODHEAD!  AND WE ARE TIED AT 31!  JOE THEISMAN IS SOMEWHERE SMILING RIGHT NOW.  IF THE PATRIOTS COME BACK AND WIN IT, IT’LL BE THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN FRANCHISE HISTORY BUT THE ENSUING KICKOFF.  LAMICHAEL JAMES, THE ROOKIE OUT OF OREGON.  THAT’S A BIG RETURN RIGHT THERE.  62 YDS. BIG.  DOWN TO THE PATRIOT 38.  NEXT PLAY.  GREAT JOB.  YOU GIVE HIM LOVE BUT THIS RIGHT HERE IS A GREAT PLAY.  NICE, NICE.  IT’S CRABTREE AGAIN.  THEY DIDN’T EVEN TALK ABOUT HOW BIG OF A PLAY THAT THIS PLAY WAS.  THAT WAS THE FACT THAT HE IDENTIFIED COVER 0 AND GOT THE BALL OUT QUICKLY ENOUGH FOR CRABTREE TO MAKE A MOVE.  YEA, YOU PUT IT RIGHT.  ABSOLUTELY MARSHALL.  THAT’S A HUGE PLAY.  BRADY THERE SACKED BY RICKY GENE FRANCOIS.  7 FOR THE INJURED JUSTIN SMITH.  RICKY WHO?  GENE FRANCOIS.  RICKY GENE FRANCOIS?  YEA.  LAMICHAEL JAMES STOPPED ON 3RD & 4.  WHERE HE FROM?  FROM L.S.U.  I MEAN WHERE HE FROM FROM?  OH, WELL THAT PART I DON’T KNOW.  THE BAYOU.  ON 4TH DOWN, INCOMPLETE TO DANNY WOODHEAD.  SO THE NINERS WOULD TAKE OVER, TACK ON A F.G.  THEY END UP WINNING IT 41-34.  1ST PATRIOTS HOME LOSS IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER SINCE 2002; AND WITH THAT WIN THE NINERS ARE NOW POST SEASON-BOUND.

 

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