SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 17
 


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     JETS @ BILLS     3:14
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     PANTHERS @ SAINTS   4:02
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     BUCCANEERS @ FALCONS     3:24
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     BEARS @ LIONS     3:16
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     EAGLES @ GIANTS   3:15
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     JAGUARS  @ TITANS   2:42
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     TEXANS @ COLTS   4:05
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     BROWNS @ STEELERS   2:22
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     RAVENS @ BENGALS   2:07
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   CARDINALS @ 49ERS  :45
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   RAIDERS @ CHARGERS    :32
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   PACKERS @ VIKINGS   6:47
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   DOLPHINS @ PATRIOTS    1:08
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   RAMS @ SEAHAWKS   1:09
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   CHIEFS @ BRONCOS   :56
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   COWBOYS @ REDSKINS   5:43 

        TRT:   58:14     WITH BARS

 

01:10:15 – NEW YORK JETS @ BUFFALO BILLS

 JETS AND THE BILLS.  WE’RE GONNA SHOW YOU ALL PLAYERS AND COACHES WITH THE JETS IN INCREASING ORDER OF CONTROVERSY.  RYAN, TONY SPARANO AND MARK SANCHEZ.  HOW WOULD THINGS GO FOR THE JETS AGAINST THE BILLS TODAY?  2ND JETS POSSESSION LEADING 3-ZIP.  MARK SANCHEZ OVER THE MIDDLE.  COMPLETES IT TO BRIAN SCOTT WHO GOES THE OTHER WAY FOR A TD. FOR THE BILLS.  AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME SANCHEZ HAD 14 COMPLETED YARDS TO HIS OWN RECEIVERS.  20 TO THE BUFFALO BILLS.  JEREMY CURLY’S UNDERTHROWN.  EASY TD. FOR THE BILLS.  OPPORTUNISTIC.  THEY’RE UP 7-3.  2ND QUARTER, SAME SCORE.  NEXT JETS POSSESSION.  HERE IT IS. . THIS COULD BE THE LAST TIME YOU EVER SEE TIM TEBOW AS A JET.  HE CAME IN FOR 1 PLAY.  HANDED OFF TO JOE MCKNIGHT WHO GOT 2 YDS. DRIVE WOULD END IN A NICK FOLK F.G., AND THERE GOES TIM TEBOW, HIS ONLY PLAY OF THE DAY.  2 BILLS DRIVES LATER, TRAILING 9-7.  HEY, LET’S GET THE BALL TO OUR BEST PLAYER.  C.J. SPILLER CATCHES A SCREEN PASS AND GOES UNTOUCHED 66 YDS. DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD FOR A SCORE.  PUTS THE BILLS UP 14-9.  C.J. SPILLER PUTTING A CAPPER ON WHAT IS A MONSTER SEASON FOR HIM.  THOUGH HE WOULD HAVE THIS BLEMISH TO KICKOFF THE 3RD QUARTER.  1ST & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 27. OPENING BILLS DRIVE, SPILLER UP THE MIDDLE.  KIND OF DANCED A LITTLE BIT LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS PICKLE HE’S IN.  INSTEAD, MIKE DEVITO REACHES AROUND FROM BEHIND.  STRIPS THE BALL FROM SPILLER.  JEREMIAH BELL PICKS IT UP.  RETURNS IT 10 YDS.  JETS TAKE OVER ON THE BILLS 15.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  HERE’S SPILLER LOOKING WHICH WAY TO GO AND DEVITO COMES FROM BEHIND, GETS THAT BIG PAW IN THERE.  KNOCKS OUT THE BALL.  SO THE JETS IN BUSINESS.  ALTHOUGH THEY CAN’T GO ANYWHERE.  SO 4 PLAYS LATER HERE COMES THEIR MOST EFFECTIVE PLAYER ON OFFENSE TODAY, NICK FOLK, WHO ALREADY HAD A KICK BLOCKED BUT LUCKILY, IT WENT OVER THE CROSSBAR FOR THE JETS IN THE 1ST HALF.  NOT SO MUCH THIS TIME AROUND.  MARCEL DARIUS GETS A HAND ON IT.  BILLS COULDN’T DO ANYTHING THOUGH AFTER BLOCKING THE KICK.  2 JETS DRIVES LATER SAME SCORE.   MARK SANCHEZ LOOKING DEEP.  INSTEAD, THE BALL HITS THE GROUND.  SPENCER JOHNSON WITH THE SACK AND THE STRIP.  NIGEL BRANDON PICKS IT UP FOR THE BILLS.  THEY TAKE OVER DEEP IN JETS TERRITORY.  WATCH AGAIN.  BALL COMES OUT OF SANCHEZ’S ARM.  HIS 16TH LOST FUMBLE SINCE 2011.  REX SAYS, “YEP, YEP.  THAT’S KIND OF HOW IT’S BEEN FOR US.  YEP, YEP.”  BILLS THOUGH WOULD HAVE TO PUNT ON THE PLAY.  4TH QUARTER…OR AFTER THAT INTERCEPTION, OR AFTER THE FUMBLE RATHER.  1ST & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 20.  FITZPATRICK LOOKING DEEP FOR STEVIE JOHNSON.  LOOKS UP TO MAKE THE 37 YD.  GRAB TACKING ON A ROUGHING THE PASSER PENALTY.  BILLS TAKE OVER ON THE JETS 28.  STEVIE JOHNSON OVER 1,000 YDS. AGAIN THIS SEASON FOR THE BILLS.  6 PLAYS LATER, EX-JET BRAD SMITH TAKES IT UP THE MIDDLE.  4 YD. TD.  BILLS ARE UP 29-9.  CHAN GAILEY, WHO MAY BE COACHING HIS LAST GAME, AT LEAST IS GONNA GO OUT WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE.  2 JETS POSSESSIONS LATER, 4TH & 1 FROM THEIR OWN 48.  LAST CHANCE.  5-1/2 TO GO.  __ POWELL IS STUFFED BY THE BILLS DEF. LINE.  THAT’S THE GAME AND SEASON IN A NUTSHELL FOR THE JETS.  THOUGH, MARK SANCHEZ’S FINAL PLAY WAS A LONG COMPLETED PASS TO JEFF CUMBERLAND.  SO HE WENT 20-13 ON AN UPTAKE.  BILLS THOUGH WIN THE GAME BY THE FINAL OF 28-9.

 

01:13:38 – CAROLINA PANTHERS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

FOOTBALL WITH THEIR BACKUP QB?  NO.  ALRIGHT, I’LL GET OFF MY SOAP BOX.  …WIN ONE WITH THEIR STARTER.  AND THE SAINTS SEAN PAYTON GONNA BE BACK THE NEXT 5 YRS.  HE’S LOCKED UP OVER THE WEEKEND.  3RD QUARTER.  SAINTS LEADING 17-13.  THIS GAME DISGUSTS ME.  DREW BREES, PLENTY OF TIME.  WHERE’S LANCE MOORE?  HE’S PROBABLY RUN OUT OF THE BUILDING AFTER ABOUT 10 SECS.  WHAT A GREAT CATCH.  51 YDS. TO THE 31 YD. LINE.  I’VE ALWAYS FELT, YOU COULD ADDRESS THIS BETTER THAN I, THAT LANCE MOORE IS AN UNDERRATED RECEIVER.  GOOD ROUTE RUNNER WITH EXCELLENT HANDS.  THE SMALLEST RECEIVER IN STATURE BUT MAKES SOME OF THE BIGGEST PLAYS AS FAR AS GOING UP AND GETTING THE BALL.  REMINDS YOU A LITTLE BIT OF STEVE SMITH.  HAD THE BIGGEST YDS. TODAY.  4 CATCHES, A BUCK 21.  THERE’S DREW BREES.  JIMMY GRAHAM TOUCHDOWN SAINTS.  SAINTS 24-13.  JIMMY GRAHAM HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A LACKLUSTER YEAR BUT HE’S A KID THAT YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO ALWAYS KNOW WHERE HE IS WHEN YOU’RE FACING THE SAINTS.  CAM NEWTON HAS A TALENTED T.E.  NICE CATCH GREG OLSEN.  BALL POKED OUT BY ROMAN HARPER.  OLSEN RULED DOWN BY CONTACT ON THE FIELD.  THE REVIEWED THIS.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  WHAT DO THEY SAY?  HARPER KNOCKS THE BALL AWAY BEFORE OLSEN’S KNEE HITS THE GROUND, AND VITT CHALLENGES THE RULING ON THE FIELD.  SEE, THEY GET THE BALL AT THAT SPOT, RIGHT?  UPON REVIEW THE OFFICIALS RULE IT WAS A FUMBLE BUT NO CLEAR RECOVERY BEFORE THE WHISTLES BLEW.  SO THE PANTHERS RECEIVE.  I NEVER UNDERSTAND THAT.  WHY NOT HOLD THE WHISTLE, LET THE PLAY CONTINUE, AND THEN GO BACK AND SAY, “O.K., IT WAS NOT A FUMBLE.  IT WAS A FUMBLE.”  BUT NOW YOU TAKE AWAY POINTS THAT COULD’VE GONE ON THE BOARD FOR THE TEAM THAT RECOVERED.  3 PLAYS LATER DEANGELO WILLIAMS TAKES ADVANTAGE.  I DON’T BELIEVE HE WAS TOUCHED.  I HAVE SEEN THAT UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL.  YEP.  WAIT A SECOND.  MY SOAPBOX WAS JUST SLID BACK UNDERNEATH MY FEET.  WHY DIDN’T WE SEE MORE OF THIS THIS YEAR?  DEANGELO WILLIAMS HAD 21 CARRIES.  MIKE __ HAD 10.  THAT’S 31 CARRIES BETWEEN 2 OF YOUR 3 RBS.  ISN’T THAT THE WAY THE OFFENSE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RUN?  CAM NEWTON OFF THE BACK FOOT COMPLETE TO LEWIS MURPHY BUT NEWTON TAKING OFF THE TURF BY TURK MCBRIDE AS MCBRIDE ROLLS OFF HIS LEFT ANKLE.  OH, OH, I WAS SHOCKED THAT CAM NEWTON, HE WILL COME BACK IN THIS GAME.  HE MISSED ONLY 4 PLAYS.  SHOCKED THAT HE CAME BACK.  AND ON THAT 1ST PLAY BACK, 2ND DOWN 10 ON THE N.O. 12.  LOOKING FOR BRANDON LAFELL.  GOT HIM.  YES.  THERE YOU GO.  NOT A TD.  INSIDE THE 1.  MIKE TOLBERT WOULD THEN PUNCH IT IN.  THE PANTHERS LED 34-24.  THESE ARE THE STRIDES THAT CAM NEWTON NEEDS TO MAKE.  THAT OUTRIGHT LEADER OF THAT FOOTBALL TEAM.  EVERYBODY KNOWS HE HAS TALENT BUT…HE NEEDS TO CARRY HIMSELF IN THE RIGHT MANNER AND BE A LEADER FOR THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.  HIM COMING BACK SHOWS A LOT TO HIS TEAMMATES.  YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID TODAY?:  I THINK THEY SAVED RON RIVERA’S JOB.  I THINK…THEY’VE BEEN DOING THAT MOST OF THIS MONTH IT SEEMS.  THERE’S BREES TO MOORE, 17 YDS. ON 4TH DOWN & 10.  ONE PLAY LATER BREES.  MARCUS COLSTON.  ALL KINDS OF TIME THERE FIRES A STRIKE.  9 YD. TD.  YOU KNOW WHAT?  I LIKE THESE BATTLES IN THE NFC SOUTH.  THIS ONE, ONCE AGAIN, MIGHT’VE SET DEFENSE BACK.  I WON’T SAY 100 YEARS.  MAYBE 50.  BUT YOU HAVE A SHOOTOUT WITH CAM NEWTON AND DREW BREES. T HE ONLY THING IS THAT DREW BREES IS SHOOTING AT A SMALLER TARGET THAN CAM NEWTON IS.  DARREN SPROLES, 33 YD. TOUCH.  IT’S NOW 44-38.  THERE WERE SOME RECORDS SET IN THIS GAME.  SAINTS GAVE UP MORE YDS. IN THE 2012 SEASON THAN ANY TEAM IN NFL HISTORY, AND DREW BREES I BELIEVE THE 1ST QB TO EVER HAVE 3 YRS. WITH 5,000 YDS.  DEANGELO WILLIAMS.  HOW ABOUT 210 YDS. RUSHING TODAY, AND A COUPLE OF TDS.  MIKE __.  THIS IS WHY YOU GAVE HIM SOME GUARANTEED CASH.  3 RBS. ON THAT ROSTER MAKING BETTER THAN 45 MILLION GUARANTEED I BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS.  …GETS 4 AND THAT’S, THAT’S YOUR BALL GAME.  A LOT OF PTS.  NOT MUCH DEFENSE, AND A COUPLE OF TEAMS FINISHING THE SEASON AT 7-9.  CAM NEWTON, VERY VERY GOOD IN THE 2ND HALF OF THE SEASON.  THIS IS PROGRESS FOR THEM FROM A RECORD STANDPOINT AS WELL.  RON RIVERA IN HIS ROOKIE YEAR AS A HEAD COACH WAS 6-10 LAST YEAR.

 

01:17:52 – TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ ATLANTA FALCONS

TAMPA BAY AND ATLANTA.  MIKE SMITH CHOOSING TO PLAY MANY OF HIS STARTERS TODAY DESPITE HAVING HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE LOCKED UP.  HOW WOULD IT PLAY OUT?  FIRST QUARTER, BUCS 1ST POSSESSION, NO SCORE.  DOUG MARTIN, HE GOES LEFT FOR 3 YDS.  IT’S A 3 YD. GAIN BUT DANTE ROBINSON IS HURT ON THE PLAY.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  THEY COLLIDE IN THE HELMET-TO-HELMET HIT.  ROBINSON AND MARTIN.  ROBINSON WOULD LEAVE THE GAME WITH A HEAD INJURY.  ENSUING FALCONS POSSESSION, 1ST & 10 FROM THE BUCS 16.  MATT RYAN LOOKING FOR HARRY DOUGLAS; AND THAT’S JUST A LITTLE INCOMPLETE.  WATCH AGAIN.  IT’S A LATE AND AWKWARD HIT FROM LAVANTE DAVID RIGHT HERE.  COULD’VE BEEN MUCH WORSE FOR MATT RYAN, THOUGH ATLANTA WOULD SCORE A 28 YD. F.G.  2ND QUARTER BUCS BALL. GAME TIED AT 3.  3RD & 7 ON THE FALCONS 8.  JOSH FREEMAN MAKES A DEFENDER MISS.  STILL KEEPS THE PLAY ALIVE FROM MIKE WILLIAMS BACK OF THE END ZONE.  TOE TAP FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.  A FRANCHISE RECORD 78TH CAREER TOUCHDOWN FOR FREEMAN PASSING VINNY TESTAVERDE.  TAMPA BAY LEADS 10-3.  ENSUING FALCONS POSSESSION 4TH & 8.  THEY’RE PUNTING.  MATT __ PUNT BLOCKED BY DAKOTA WATSON.  GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.  DRIVE WOULD LEAD TO A 22 YD. F.G. FROM CONNOR BARTH.  T.B. IS ON TOP IN THIS ONE, 10-3.  5 SECS. LEFT IN THE HALF.  FALCONS HAVE THE BALL GOING FOR IT ON 4TH & 3.  MATT RYAN GETS SACKED BY LAVANTE DAVID.  FALCONS GO INTO THE HALF DOWN 13-3.  NOT SHARP.  3RD QUARTER BUCS 2ND POSSESSION.  JOSH FREEMAN LOOKING FOR TAQUAN UNDERWOOD.  INSTEAD, IT’S ASANTE SAMUEL WITH THE PICK.  ATLANTA TAKES OVER ON THE BUCS 21.  IT’S SAMUEL’S 5TH PICK OF THE SEASON.  2 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & 6 ON THE T.B. 17.  MICHAEL TURNER.  HERE HE GOES.  17 YDS. AND INTO THE END ZONE CARRYING DEFENDERS WITH HIM.  HE ONLY HAD 18 YDS. RUSHING ON THE DAY.  17 ON THAT ONE.  BUT THE BIG TD., FALCONS DOWN 16-10.  BUCS GET THE BALL BACK.  IT’S DOUG MARTIN TIME.  MARTIN BREAKS A COUPLE OF TACKLES.  SPINS AWAY AND RUNS 40 YDS. FOR THE TD.  INCREDIBLE RUN STAYING ON BALANCE.  POOR JOB OF TACKLING BY THE FALCONS.  MARTIN HAD 28 CARRIES FOR A BUCK 42 AND A TD.  2 PT. CONVERSION THOUGH FOR THE BUCKS WILL FAIL.  T.B. STILL ON TOP 22-10.  JOSH FREEMAN LOOKING FOR VINCENT JACKSON.  INCOMPLETE.  FALCONS DEF. END JOHN ABRAHAM GOES DOWN ON THE PLAY, AND ONLY THE FALCONS LOSING BUT A COSTLY GAIN.  WATCH AGAIN.  ABRAHAM’S ANKLE CAUGHT UNDER HIM.  HE WOULD LEAVE THE GAME WITH AN ANKLE INJURY.  THANK GOODNESS FOR ATLANTA.  THEY GOT A WEEK OFF BEFORE THEY HAVE TO PLAY AGAIN.  MIKE SMITH THINKING ABOUT THAT DECISION.  “WELL, MAYBE I SHOULDN’T HAVE PLAYED ALL MY GUYS FOR THIS LONG.”  FALCONS HAVE THE BALL 4TH & GOAL, THE BUCS 7.  THEY GO FOR IT.  IT’S RYAN TO HARRY DOUGLAS WHO IS IN THE END ZONE.  32ND TD. PASS THIS SEASON.  BREAKS THE FALCONS RECORD FOR TDS. IN 1 YR.  ATLANTA NOW DOWN 22-17.  FLACONS HAVE THE BALL.  CAN PULL THIS ONE OUT.  4TH & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 33 WITH 2 MINS. TO GO.  THE FALCONS GO FOR IT.  RYAN LOOKING FOR TONY GONZALEZ.  INCOMPLETE.  BROKEN-UP BY MARK BARREN.  HUGE PLAY BY THE ROOKIE OUT OF ALABAMA.  RYAN AND THE FALCONS FALL SHORT, 22-17.

 

01:21:26 – CHICAGO BEARS @ DETROIT LIONS

 BEARS AND THE LIONS.  CHICAGO TRYING TO SQUEAK IN THE PLAYOFFS AFTER STARTING 7-1.  MEANWHILE, CALVIN JOHNSON TRYING TO BECOME THE NEW C.J.2.K.  JUST 108 YDS. AWAY FROM 2,000 ON THE SEASON.  LIONS BALL.  NO SCORE.  2ND PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  1ST & 10 THEIR OWN 37.  STAFFORD TO CALVIN JOHNSON.  90 YDS. AWAY FROM 2,000 NOW.  THIS DRIVE WOULD END IN A 44 YD. F.G.  LIONS TAKE A 3-NOTHING LEAD.  ENSUING BEARS POSSESSION.  LOOKS JUST LIKE IT DID AT VANDERBILT.  JAY CUTLER.  BUBBLE SCREEN TO EARL BENNETT.  60 YDS. AND A TD.  BEARS LEAD 7-3.  BENNETT 5 CATCHES FOR 109 YDS., AND THAT TD. ON THE DAY.  2ND QUARTER, LIONS TRAILING 10-3.  2ND & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 33.  MATTHEW STAFFORD IN THE POCKET.  HE’S SACKED.  AND JULIUS PEPPERS FALLS ON IT.  RECOVERS DOWN AT THE LIONS 10 YD. LINE.  1ST & GOAL FOR CHICAGO.  WATCH IT AGAIN RIGHT HERE.  ISRAELI DONAJA JUST KNOCKS THE BALL OUT OF STAFFORD’S HAND FOR THE SACK AND THE FUMBLE.  4 PLAYS LATER, MATT FORTE GETS A TD.  WHO SAYS HE DOESN’T GET RED ZONE CARRIES?  WELL WITH MICHAEL BUSH OUT HE DOES.  BEARS LEAD 17-3.  LIONS HAVE THE BALL BACK.  STAFFORD LOOKING FOR TONY SCHEFFLER.  PICKED OFF BY TIM JENNINGS, WHO’S DONE THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS SEASON.  RETURNS IT 31 YDS. ALL THE WAY TO THE LIONS 23.  THE DRIVE WOULD END IN AN OLINDO MARE F.G.  JENNINGS WITH HIS 9TH PICK OF THE SEASON.  3RD & 10 ON THE BEARS 25.  17 SECS. LEFT IN THE HALF.  MATT STAFFORD, CHRIS DURHAM FOR THE 27 YD. TOUCHDOWN.  LIONS GO INTO THE BREAK DOWN 20-10.  MOVING ONTO THE 3RD QUARTER.  1ST & 10, THEIR OWN 47.  4TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  STAFFORD LOOKING FOR CALVIN JOHNSON.  LOOKS LIKE THE SAME PLAY AS THE FIRST ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHT.  18 YDS.  JOHNSON HAS 41 YDS. IN THE GAME.  67 AWAY FROM 2,000.  2 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & 9 ON THE BEARS 34.  STAFFORD, CALVIN JOHNSON AGAIN.  JOHNSON IS NOW 43 YDS. AWAY FROM 2,000.  3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & GOAL ON THE BEARS 10.  STAFFORD.  WILL HELLER GETS THE 10 YD. TD.  LIONS ONLY TRAIL 20-17.  LET’S SEE THE DANCE BY WILL HELLER HERE.  HANG ON A SECOND.  LET’S, O.K.  GONNA SLAP HANDS AND I’M GOING TO…I DON’T QUITE KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.  A SNOW BLOWER POSSIBLY?  NOT SURE.  4TH QUARTER.  LIONS TRAIL 26-17.  3RD & 10 THEIR OWN 32.  STAFFORD SCRAMBLES, RUNS UP THE MIDDLE FOR A GAIN OF 4.  HIT HARD AT THE END OF THE PLAY.  STAFFORD GOES DOWN.  HE GETS CRUNCHED BY A COUPLE OF BEARS.  UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS.  WATCH AGAIN.  LANCE BRIGGS CALLED FOR HITTING STAFFORD LATE.  THE LIONS WOULD’VE PUNTED.  GIVEN NEW LIFE BY THE BEARS PENALTY.  3 PLAYS LATER 1ST & GOAL FROM THE 9.  BRIAN ROBISKIE.  IS EVERYBODY NOT NAMED CALVIN JOHNSON SCORING TDS. TODAY?  LIONS TRAIL 26-24.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER, BEARS BALL.  SAME SCORE.  3RD & 3.  JAY CUTLER SCRAMBLES.  LOOK AT THAT NIMBLE JAY CUTLER GO!  19 YDS.  CUTLER GETS THE 1ST DOWN.  BEARS HOLD ON TO WIN 26-24.  STILL NEED HELP TO GET IN.  THE LIONS FINISH THE SEASON ON AN 8-GAME LOSING STREAK.

 

01:24:52 – PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ NEW YORK GIANTS

 ALBRIGHT.  THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT GAME.  THE EAGLES AND THE GIANTS ELI MANNING NEED A WIN AND ALSO LOSSES BY THE BEARS, THE VIKINGS AND THE COWBOYS.  OUT SINCE MID-NOVEMBER.  MICHAEL VICK NOW STARTING FOR THE INJURED NICK FOLES.  ANDY REID, HIS 14TH SEASON.  POTENTIALLY HIS LAST GAME.  OPENING KICKOFF.  JUSTIN TRIAN TOUCHES IT.  BRANDON HUGHES RECOVERS.  PHILA. BALL …  WHY NOT?  GOT NOTHING ELSE TO LOSE, RIGHT?  YOU GOT NOTHING TO LOSE.  WHY NOT?  JUST YOUR JOB.  AND THEY GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT RIGHT BACK.  YEA.  MICHAEL VICK PICKED OFF BY STEVIE BROWN.  TAKES IT BACK TO THE PHILA. 26.  I THINK THERE’S GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY, MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS HERE, A LOT OF CHANGE IN PHILA.  THE HEAD COACHING SITUATION, THE QB SITUATION.  A LOT WILL BE DIFFERENT IN PHILLY NEXT YEAR FOR SURE.  ELI MANNING ONLY 13 COMPLETIONS TODAY.  GOT A LOT OUT OF THOSE 13.  THERE IS HIS 1ST TD. PASS FINDING RUBIN RANDALL.  THE GIANTS UP 7-0.  NEXT GIANTS POSSESSION, STILL 7-ZIP.  MICHAEL VICK ON THE BENCH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE DEFENSE.  HE’S WATCHING ELI MANNING DO THIS.  WORKING ON NMANDI OSAMWA.  THAT’S RUBIN RANDALL.  THAT’S ANOTHER GIANTS TD.  WE’VE SAID THIS A LOT, HAVEN’T WE DARREN, ABOUT NMANDI OSEMWA.  OBVIOUSLY HE’S GOING TO BE TIED TO THAT EXPENSIVE CONTRACT HE SIGNED BUT JUST HAS NOT DELIVERED.  YEA, THIS YEAR HE HAS NOT HAD AN ELITE YEAR LIKE HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEFORE COMING TO PHILA.  HE HAS DEFINITELY STRUGGLED ALL YEAR.  JUSTIN TUCK, THE SACK ON MICHAEL VICK.  THAT DRIVE WOULD END IN A PUNT.  GIANTS WITH THE FOOTBALL BACK FACING 3RD DOWN & 4.  MANNING OUT OF THE BACKFIELD WANTS AHMAD BRADSHAW.  GOT HIM.  41 YD. GAIN DOWN TO THE EAGLE 28.  WELL THAT EAGLE DEFENSE HAS STRUGGLED ALL YEAR LONG.  THEY MADE THE CHANGE, OBVIOUSLY, FROM JUAN CASTILLO TO TODD BOWLES.  AND ONE THING REMAINED CONSTANT.  THEY WEREN’T GOOD THIS YEAR.  NICE JOB IN THE POCKET BY ELI MANNING.  A LITTLE EXTRA TIME.  WOULD CATCH AHMAD BRADSHAW.  PARDON ME, DAVID WILSON.  TD. GIANTS.  NICE GRAB.  WHERE WAS ALL OF THIS OFFENSE THE LAST COUPLE SUNDAYS?  EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING.  WHERE HAVE THEY COME?  GIANTS LEADING 21-0.  4TH DOWN & 1 FROM THE 7.  VICK.  JEREMY MACLIN.  A LITTLE VINTAGE MICHAEL VICK.  A LITTLE LATE BUT PEOPLE SAY HE’S PUTTING ON HIS AUDITION NOW FOR OTHER TEAMS.  WE’LL SEE.  THAT WAS 11 PLAYS, 80 YDS.  THIS IS ANOTHER GIANT TD.  AHMAD BRADSHAW GETS IN.  THE GIANTS LEADING 28-7.  THEY SCORE TDS. ON THEIR FIRST 4 POSSESSIONS.  3RD DOWN & 9 FOR THE TIP.  MICHAEL VICK TO DEMARIUS JOHNSON.   CAN’T THROW IT MUCH BETTER.  I HAVE THE PERFECT DESTINATION FOR MICHAEL VICK NEXT YEAR.  I’LL SAVE THAT FOR LATER BUT I HAVE THE PERFECT DESTINATION.  YOU’LL BRING IT UP WHEN THE…  YEA.  LOOK AT THAT HIT.  VICK TO JEREMY MACLIN.  HIT BY WILL HILL AND THE GIANTS TAKE OVER ON DOWNS.  THAT WAS 4TH & 5.  IF I’M A GIANT DEFENSIVE PLAYER, I’M NOT STRUTTING AT ANY TIME AFTER THE WAY THEY’VE PLAYED THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.  LOOK HOW OPEN VICTOR CRUZ IS.  EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT ANDY REID.  I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM WAS THE DECISION-MAKING AND WHO HE HIRED TO RUN THIS OFFENSE AND DEFENSE . THEY HAVE JUST BEEN HORSE ALL YEAR LONG.  GIANTS WIN 42-7.  HOWEVER, THE GIANTS NEEDED TO WIN AND ALSO HAVE THE VIKINGS…PARDON ME.  THE BEARS LOSE TO GET IN.  THE BEARS HAVE KNOCKED OFF THE LIONS.  SO, CHICAGO REMAINS ALIVE AND THE N.Y. GIANTS’ BIG WIN TODAY BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED.

 

01:28:17 – JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

JAGUARS AND THE TITANS IN THE BATTLE FOR NFL DRAFT POSITION.  JAGUARS HAVE WON 3 OF THE LAST 4 GAMES AGAINST THE TITANS.  JAKE LOCKER, CHAD HENNE GETTING THE STARTS ON SUNDAY.  FIRST QUARTER NO SCORE.  TITANS BALL, 1ST & 10 THEIR OWN 47.  LOCKER HITS LAVELL HAWKINS STREAKING DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE.  42 YDS. DOWN TO THE JAGS 11.  3 PLAYS LATER, WARNING, WARNING.  THIS IS A CHRIS JOHNSON RED ZONE CARRY.  A CHRIS JOHNSON RED ZONE CARRY.  DON’T GET TOO MANY OF THOSE.  AND C.J.2.K. IS IN THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  TITANS LEAD 7-0.  ENSUING JAGUARS DRIVE, TRAILING 7-ZIP.  3RD & 4, THE TITANS 5.  HENNE LOOKING FOR JORDAN SHIPLEY WHO’S IN THE END ZONE.  THAT TIES THE GAME AT 7.  2ND QUARTER NOW.  JAGUARS BALL.  IT IS STILL 7 A PIECE.  3RD & 10 ON THE TITANS 30 YD. LINE.  CHAD HENNE LOOKING FOR JUSTIN BLACKMON WHO HAS REALLY COME ON THE LAST FEW WKS.  35 TARGETS IN HIS LAST 3 GAMES.  GETS IT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND THERE HE GOES.  30 YD. T. FOR BLACKMON.  JAGUARS LEAD IT 14-7.  HE’S GONNA BE A BIG COMER FOR NEXT SEASON.  3 JAG POSSESSIONS LATER.  STILL UP 14-7.  HENNE LOOKING FOR MERCEDES LEWIS.  PICKED OFF BY ZACH BROWN WHO GOES 79 YDS. AND CHAD HENNE …I’M JUST FALLING OUT OF THE PICTURE.  TOUCHDOWN!  GAME IS TIED AT 14 A PIECE.  NEXT TIME JAGUARS GET THE BALL THEY’RE PUNTING AFTER A 3 AND OUT.  BRIAN ANGER PUNTS TO DARIUS __, AND THERE HE GOES ON THE RIGHT SIDELINE.  SAME THING DOWN THE SIDELINE.  WHERE’S CHAD HENNE?  OH NO, HE’S NOT ON THE PUNT TEAM.  THAT’S RIGHT.  TITANS LEAD AT THE HALF, 21-14.  I LIKE THE LAYUP.  IF YOU CAN’T DUNK IT, JUST LAY IT UP.  VERY GOOD.  GOOD FUNDAMENTALS ON THE REACTION.  3RD QUARTER NOW.  JAGUARS PUNTING.  THEY ARE TRAILING 21-14, AS YOU SEE.  IT’S ANGER AGAIN.  DARIUS READ AGAIN.  AND THIS TIME REVERSES FIELD DOWN THE LEFT SIDELINE, AND THERE HE GOES.  GREAT BLOCK RIGHT THERE, AND HE IS GONE FOR THE TD., 81 YDS.  CHAD HENNE AGAIN.  I FORGET HE’S NOT ON THE PUNT TEAM.  WATCH AGAIN.  GREAT REVERSAL OF FIELD.  THEN HE GETS THAT HUGE BLOCK WHERE HE COULD BE TAKEN OUT RIGHT THERE.  IT’S HIS 2ND TD. OF THE DAY.  AND LOOK AT THE TITANS UP 28-14.  JAGUARS TRYING ONE LAST GASP HERE.  EDDIE LOOKING FOR TONY CLEMENS.  BALL GETS TIPPED OFF.  PICKED OFF BY ZACH BROWN, AND THERE HE GOES.  30 YDS. FOR A TD.  IT’S HIS 2ND PICK 6 OF THE DAY.  TITANS LEAD 35-14.  HOPE YOU PLAYED THEM IN FANTASY IF YOU WERE PLAYING A CHAMPIONSHIP WK. 17.  38-20 IS YOUR FINAL.

 

01:31:09 – HOUSTON TEXANS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

HOUSTON AND INDY.  TEXANS WIN, THEY OWN THE #1 SEED.  THEY LOSE, IT COULD BE THE 2, THE 3 OR THE 1 SEED.  CHUCK PAGANO MISSED THE LAST 12  GAMES WHILE UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR LEUKEMIA.  BACK ON THE SIDELINE.  DESERVED ROUND OF APPLAUSE FROM THE CROWD FROM GARY KUBIAK, AND WHAT AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT FOR CHUCK PAGANO TO BE BACK ON THE SIDELINE.  WHEN THE GAME GOT GOING, 3RD DOWN & 3.  ZERO INTERCEPTIONS FROM ANDREW LUCK TODAY AND A 3RD DOWN CONVERSION THERE TO DWIGHT ALLEN.  HE GETS 20 YDS. INSIDE THE BOX.  ANDREW LUCK WAS VERY EFFICIENT TODAY.  3RD DOWN.  YOU MENTIONED 9 OF 15 FOR A 60% CONVERSION RATE.  DWAYNE ALLEN.  ONE OF HIS ROOKIE T.E.’S.  HIS OTHER.  HIS FORMER TEAMMATE AT STANFORD.  THAT’S COLBY FLEETER.  TD. INDY.  HE DOES A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THE BALL TO HIS T.E.’S.  THAT’S WHAT ALLOWS FOR HIM TO HAVE GAMES LIKE THIS WHEN HE DOESN’T THROW AN INTERCEPTION.  TROUBLE IN THE POCKET HERE.  WHO ELSE?  JJ WATT.  BALDWIN IS IN.  LUCK FUMBLES.  WHITNEY __, THIS YEAR’S 1ST ROUND PICK RECOVERS FOR HOUSTON.  TURNOVER WOULD BE REVIEWED BY THE REPLAY BOOTH AND YOU TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  LUCK’S ARM WOULD BE COMING FORWARD AS HE LOSES CONTROL.  THE RULING ON THE FIELD OVERTURNED.  THAT’S CALLED AN INCOMPLETE PASS, AND THAT’S CALLED A BAD HAIRDO BY CONNOR BARTON.  I WAS HOPING YOU MIGHT TAG IT WITH THAT THERE.  A COUPLE OF TEXANS POSSESSIONS LATER.  PLAY ACTION.  ROLLING OUT.  SCHAUB.  JAMES CASEY, AND PICKED OFF BY VONTE DAVIS.  THAT PLAY IS SETUP PERFECTLY.  JAMES CASEY HAS SPACE.  MATT SCHAUB JUST GOTTA PUT A LITTLE MORE AIR UNDER IT.  THIS TEXANS OFFENSE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW, AND THEY HAVE TO FEEL A LITTLE DOWN ABOUT THEMSELVES HAVING BEEN IN THE POSTSEASON.  COLTS TAKE ADVANTAGE.  VICK BOWARD HAD 27 CARRIES TODAY, AND THAT TD.  INDY ON TOP 14-6.  THEY WERE 12-1 AND NOW THEY’RE 12-4.  A TEAM THAT’S NOT PLAYED WELL OR ..GOING INTO THE PLAYOFFS.  ARIAN FOSTER.  16 CARRIES, 96 YARDS, INTO THE END ZONE THERE.  TEXANS TRAILING ONLY 14-13.  THEY HAVE ALL THE PIECES.  AND I RIGHT THERE, ARIAN FOSTER SHOWING RESPECT FOR CHUCK.  I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S WRONG WITH BEN TATE.  THEY NEED TO GET HIM BACK GOING LIKE THEY HAD LAST YEAR.  THEY HAD THAT 1-2 PUNCH.  HIM ONLY GETTING 2 CARRIES DOESN’T SEEM ENOUGH FOR ME.  FOSTER 16 CARRIES, 96 YDS.  39 COMING RIGHT THERE LED TO A F.G. TO MAKE IT 16-14.  LIKE YOU SAID, YOU’VE GOT ALL THAT YOU NEED.  YOU GOT THE R.B.  YOU’VE GOT AN EFFICIENT QB.  YOU GOT THE WIDE RECEIVER, SOME T.E.’S.  THIS IS DAISY KAREEM, THE FORMER SELECTION OF THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS OUT OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.  UNTOUCHED.  101 YDS.  THAT IS, A CREASE IN YOUR PANTS IS A STRAIGHT LINE.  THAT’S WHY WE SAID HE CREASED THE KICK UNIT.  COLTS LEADING 21-16.  TALKED ABOUT THE ROOKIE T.E.’S.  DWAYNE ALLEN AND COBY …  THERE’S ANOTHER ROOKIE NAMED T.Y. HILTON; AND T.Y. ON THIS PLAY STANDS FOR TOUCHDOWN.  ANOTHER BIG AFTERNOON.  HOW ABOUT THAT?  YOUR TOP OFFENSIVE PERFORMERS, AND WHAT A GREAT THROW THIS IS.  I MEAN THIS IS UST A BEAUTIFUL THROW.  YOUR QB ROOKIE.  YOUR LEADING RUSHER, VICK BOWER, ROOKIE.  YOUR LEADING RECEIVER, T.Y. HILTON, 2ND YEAR PLAYER OR ROOKIE?  HE’S A ROOKIE.  THERE YOU GO.  IN THIS GAME?  YES, IN THIS GAME.  UNBELIEVABLE.  UNBELIEVABLE THAT THEY’VE GOTTEN WHAT THEY’VE GOTTEN OUT OF THEIR YOUNG PLAYERS.  MATT SCHAUB, 2 INTERCEPTIONS ON THE AFTERNOON.  THE 2ND THERE BY VONTE DAVIS.  YOU SEE HERE WITH THE NUMBERS.  YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT, TOM, 17 TARGETS TO ANDRE JOHNSON.  I KNOW HE’S YOUR GO-TO GUY.  BUT YOU HAVE TO BRING SOME OF THESE OTHER GUYS ALONG.  KEN WALTER.  YOU GOTTA GET OWEN DANIELS GOING.  THOSE GUYS NOT GETTING MOST 5 TARGETS IS NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP THIS OFFENSE BALANCED.  3RD DOWN & 2.  LUCK TO REGGIE WAYNE, KEEPS THE STICKS MOVING; AND WITH CHUCK PAGANO BACK ON THE SIDELINE AND ARIAN FOSTER WATCHING FROM THE SIDELINE, A LOT OF REASONS FOR HUGS ON THAT INDY SIDELINE.  THE COLTS GO FROM 2-14 TO 11-5 AND THE #5 SEED.  THE HOUSTON TEXANS.  A WIN WOULD’VE GOT THEM THE #1 SEED.  NOW WITH THE LOSS, THEY COULD BE THE 1ST SEED.  THEY COULD BE THE 2ND OR THE 3RD.  WE’LL SEE WHAT THE PATRIOTS AND THE BRONCOS DO THIS AFTERNOON.

 

01:35:25 – CLEVELAND BROWNS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS

BROWNS AND THE STEELERS.  PAT SHURMUR MAY NOT STILL BE THE HEAD COACH BY THE TIME YOU’RE WATCHING THIS HIGHLIGHT.  MEANWHILE THADDEUS LEWIS STARTING FOR THE BROWNS.  ONCE AGAIN, THEY FAIL TO GO FOR A WHOLE SEASON WITH THE SAME STARTING QB FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEY REENTERED THE LEAGUE IN 1999.  1ST QUARTER, NO SCORE.  THADDEUS LEWIS PICKED OFF BY TROY POLAMALU.  NFL’S BEST DEFENSE RIGHT THERE SHOWING THAT AN INEXPERIENCED QB IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A BIG DAY.  2ND QUARTER, 53 SECS. LEFT IN THE HALF.  SCORE TIED AT 3.  1ST & GOAL.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER TO LEONARD POPE!  THE POPE IS IN THE END ZONE FOR A TD.  STEELERS TAKE A 10-3 LEAD AT HALFTIME.  3RD QUARTER, BROWNS TRAILING 10-3, 4TH & 5 ON THEIR OWN 25 YD. LINE.  BROWNS LOOKING TO PUNT…NO!  IT’S A FAKE!  RAY VENTRONE RUNS IT UP THE MIDDLE FOR 35 YDS.  1ST DOWN BROWNS.  OH, THE FAKE PUNT CATCHES PITTS. ENTIRELY BY SURPRISE.  3 PLAYS LATER IT’S 2ND & GOAL ON THE STEELERS 7.  LEWIS LOOKING FOR GREG LITTLE.  SCRAMBLES OUT OF THE POCKET AND IT IS A TD.  FIRST CAREER TD. PASS FOR LEWIS.  GAME IS TIED AT 10-A-PIECE.  GREG LITTLE DANCING.  HOLD ONTO THE FOOTBALL GREG.  OH, YOU ALREADY DID.  O.K.  ENSUING STEELERS DRIVE.  GAME STILL TIED AT 10.  3RD & GOAL.  THE BROWNS 9.  ROETHLISBERGER SCRAMBLES.  JUST BEFORE THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.  HITS ANTONIO BROWN FOR  THE SCORE.  STEELERS TAKE A 17-10, REMEMBER NO MIKE WALLACE.  PLACED ON I.R. BEFORE THE GAME.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  BROWNS TRAILING 17-10.  2ND & 10 ON THEIR 35 YD. LINE.  THADDEUS LEWIS CONNECTS WITH TRAVIS BENJAMIN.  HE’S GONNA PICKUP 17 YDS. BUT …HE FUMBLES.  QUARTEZ ALLEN STRIPS IT.  TAKES IT 25 YDS. DOWN TO THE BROWNS 27 YD. LINE.  THE STEELERS TAKE OVER.  6 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 10 ON THE BROWNS 12.  ROETHLISBERGER, LIKE IT’S 2004.  PLAXICO BURRESS WITH THE TD.  HIS FIRST TD. OF THE SEASON.  STEELERS WIN IT BY THE FINAL SCORE OF 24-10.  BUT LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENSUING BROWNS POSSESSION.  WE SHOW YOU THIS WITH A BUCK 22 LEFT ON THE 4TH & 9.  JOSH JOHNSON IN A QB SACK BY LAWRENCE TIMMONS.  PAT SHURMUR LIVID AT THE PLAY AND WHAT HAPPENED.  STEELERS WIN IT BY THE SCORE OF 24-10.

 

01:37:56 – BALTIMORE RAVENS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS

RAVENS AND THE BENGALS.  SUNDAY, A DAY OF REST FOR THE RAVENS STARS.  JOE FLACCO STARTED BUT JUST PLAYED THE FIRST 2 SERIES.  4 OUT OF 8 FOR 34 YDS.  RAY LEWIS ACTIVATED OFF I.R. BUT DID NOT PLAY.  RAY RICE ONLY PLAYING IN THE FIRST DRIVE OF THE GAME.  1ST QUARTER, RAVENS OPENING DRIVE.  2ND & 10.  FLACCO, VONTE LEACH FOR A GAIN OF 2.  LEACH IS DOWN ON THE PLAY.  HE WOULD LEAVE THE GAME AND NOT RETURN.  RAVENS BALL.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER, NO SCORE.  1ST & 10 ON THEIR OWN 41 YD. LINE.  TYROD TAYLOR SCRAMBLES LEFT, AND HERE HE GOES.  28 YDS. DOWN THE SIDELINE.  CUTS BACK INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.  1ST DOWN AT THE BENGALS 31 YD. LINE.  4 PLAYS LATER IT’S 1ST & GOAL FROM THE 2.  ANTHONY ALLEN.  HE GOES IN FOR THE 2 YD. TOUCHDOWN.  RAVENS TAKE THE EARLY 7-0 LEAD WITHOUT THEIR STARTERS ON TOP.  THEY GO TO THE 2ND QUARTER.  2ND QUARTER, BENGALS BALL TRAILING 7-ZIP.  3RD & 5 ON THE RAVENS 37.  ANDY DALTON HOOKING UP WITH NEWCOMER A.J. GREEN ON HIS FIRST NFL GAME.  NO.  A.J. GREEN, OF COURSE, WHO’S BEEN GREAT FOR THE LAST 2 YRS.  1ST DOWN AT THE RAVENS 20.  2 PLAYS LATER 2ND & 1 ON THE RAVENS 11.  ANDY DALTON LOOKING FOR MARVIN JONES.  JONES CUTS INTO THE END ZONE.  11 YDS. ON THE SCORE.  BENGALS TIE IT UP 7-7.  THE ROOKIE OUT OF CAL’S 1ST TD. OF THE SEASON.  I JUST KEEP THINKING OF MARVIN JONES OUT OF FLORIDA STATE.  4TH QUARTER.  RAVENS BALL TRAILING 13-7.  2ND & GOAL.  THE BENGALS 1.  TAYLOR SCRAMBLES LEFT.  TAKES IT IN.  A 1 YD. TD. THOUGH HE RAN ABOUT 55 ON IT.  RAVENS GO UP 13-14.  BENGALS BALL NOW, TRAILING 14-13.  1ST & 10 AT THEIR OWN 35.  BRUCE GRATKOWSKI IN AT QB, AND HE HITS BRANDON TATE FOR 44 YDS. DOWN TO THE 20 YD. LINE.  DRIVE WOULD LEAD TO A JOSH BROWN F.G.  BENGALS WOULD TAKE THE 16-14 LEAD.  RAVENS GET THE BALL BACK.  TAYLOR’S PASS FOR ED DIXON PICKED OFF BY CARLOS DUNLAP.  RETURN FOR A 14 YD. TD.  BENGALS GO ON TO WIN IT BY THE FINAL OF 23-17.

 

01:40:13 – ARIZONA CARDINALS @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

WE WILL BE HERE AFTER THAT GAME.  IT’S ALL OVER.  SO JIM HARBAUGH AND THE NINERS.  THEY CAN CLINCH A 1ST ROUND BYE WITH A WIN SINCE THE PACKERS LOST.  TAKING ON THE HAPLESS ARIZONA CARDINALS BUT, BOY, THEY WERE STRUGGLING.  DOWN 6-ZIP HERE IN THE 2ND.  COLLIN KAPAERNICK TO MICHAEL CRABTREE.  MICHAEL CRABTREE’S HAVING A NICE YEAR.  HE’S FINISHING.  THIS IS WHAT THEY EXPECTED OUT OF HIM, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THROWS THE BALL UP IN THE STANDS.  THAT’LL BE A FINE BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, HE’S A PLAYMAKER AND HE’S THE GO-TO GUY RIGHT NOW.  HE BECAME 1,000 YD. RECEIVER THIS SEASON.  HERE NICE LITTLE PASS.  THAT’S CRABTREE AGAIN.  KAPAERNICK 16 FOR 28 FOR 276 AND A PAIR OF SCORES.  CRABTREE, 172 YDS. RECEIVING.  4TH QUARTER, FRANK GORE.  INCONVENIENT TRUTH.  51ST RUSHING TD.  MOST IN NINERS HISTORY.  27-13.

 

 

 

01:41:08 – OAKLAND RAIDERS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

AFTER 3 STRAIGHT TIMES MISSING THE PLAYOFFS…  WHAT IS THAT?  HAIL?  LOOK AT THAT.  IS HE FROM FLORIDA STATE?  HE IS.  THAT’S APPROPRIATE.  THE HAIL IS APPROPRIATE.  2ND QUARTER, TERRELL PRIOR MAKING HIS FIRST NFL START TO DARIUS HEYWARD BAY.  YEA!  9 YDS.  A LITTLE BAY WATCH IN S.D.  THAT MAKES SENSE TOO.  THAT’S THE GOOD ONE MAN.  3RD QUARTER, 17-7.  PHILIP RIVERS TO DENARIO ALEXANDER.  HE’S BEEN GREAT THE 2ND HALF OF THE YEAR.  YEA, HE SURE HAS.  AND I LOVE RIVERS.  STILL TALKING SMACK AFTER ALL THESE GAMES.  LOOK AT HIM.  LOOK AT HIM.  I LOVE PHILIP.

 

01:41:50 – GREEN BAY PACKERS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS

 UP IN MINNESOTA.  ALL OF YOU.  AARON RODGERS AND THE PACKERS.  THEY WIN, THEY GET A 1ST ROUND BYE.  ADRIAN PETERSON NEEDS 208 TO BREAK ERIC DICKERSON’S SINGLE SEASON RUSHING RECORD.  IS THAT ALL?  REMEMBER, HE GOT 210 A MONTH AGO AGAINST G.B.  THERE HE GOES!  1ST  QUARTER, THERE HE GOES.  WILL SOMEBODY TELL THE PACKERS THAT THIS MAN IS GETTING ..  22 YDS. .ON THAT ONE TO THE PACKER 12.  2 PLAYS LATER, I MEAN IS THERE A STRONGER GUY, POUND FOR POUND, IN THIS LEAGUE THAN HIM?  NO.  YOU JUST KEEP GIVING HIM THE BALL.  GET IT IN THERE.  HE SHAKES HANDS HARD.  7 YD. SCORE.  PETERSON 61 YDS. AT THAT POINT.  147 TO GO IF YOU’RE SCORING AT HOME.  OH BY THE WAY, THE VIKINGS WIN AND THEY’RE INTO THE POSTSEASON.  LET’S KEEP THAT PART OF THE EQUATION ALIVE.  2ND QUARTER.  AARON RODGERS LOOKING LOOKING DOWN 13-ZIP TO GREG JENNINGS.  NICE.  HE’S DANGEROUS WHEN HE LEAVES THE POCKET NOW.  HE’S DANGEROUS INSIDE THE POCKET AS WELL.  OH YEA.  GREG JENNINGS WELCOME BACK.  LOOKING GOOD.  PACKERS DOWN 6.  JUST OVER 3 MINS. TO GO IN THE HALF.  CHRISTIAN PONDER, FAIR CATCH.  TO JARIUS WRIGHT!  DID HE GET IT?  DID HE GET IT?  THE PACKERS ARE SAYING NO.  BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?  NO CHALLENGE BECAUSE THE PACKERS ARE OUT OF TIMEOUTS.  SO THEY COULDN’T CHALLENGE.  SO IT GOES AS A COMPLETED PASS . 4 PLAYS LATER PETERSON FOR 18 YDS. INSIDE THE G.B. 10.  NEXT PLAY IT’S 1ST & GOAL, AND PONDER…LOOKING FOR WRIGHT.  YEA, THAT’S EASY NOW.  THIS GUY CAN MOVE RIGHT AND LEFT.  HE’S VERY GOOD ON THE MOVE.  CHRISTIAN PONDER.  VIKINGS UP 20-10 AT THE BREAK.  3RD QUARTER, PACKERS OPENING DRIVE.  RODGERS TO JENNINGS.  LOOK AT THE CUTS HE MAKES.  BOY, TALK ABOUT RUN AFTER THE CATCH.  FIRST OF ALL, RODGERS READS A BLITZ LIKE NO OTHER IN THE NFL.  GAIN OF 45.  HE’S INSIDE THE MINN. 10.  THEN RODGERS, 2 PLAYS LATER TO JENNINGS.  BOY, HE IS WIDE OPEN.  LOOK OUT IN THE POST-SEASON FOLKS.  THIS DOES NOT COVER THE BEST RECEIVER ON G.B.’S TEAM.  PACKERS NOW DOWN 3.  NEXT MINN. POSSESSION.  PETERSON BOUNCING IT OUTSIDE AGAIN.  ANOTHER 20 YD. RUN FOR HIM.  HE BECOMES THE 7TH PLAYER IN NFL HISTORY TO RUSH FOR 2,000 YDS. IN A SINGLE SEASON.  UNREAL.  COMING OFF A KNEE INJURY.  VIKINGS WOULD HAVE TO PUNT.  THEN RODGERS, HE LOSES THE BALL.  MONEY ON THE GROUND!  IT’S RECOVERED BY JARED ALLEN.  RODGERS FRUSTRATED.  ENSUING VIKINGS POSSESSION.  PETERSON, WATCH HIM HERE.  GETS DRAGGED DOWN EVENTUALLY BY …ACTUALLY PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS HERE.  THAT’S UNBELIEVABLE.  HE’S HARD TO KNOCK OFF HIS FEET.  SO STRONG.  AND SO PONDER, UNBELIEVABLE.  NICE.  KEEPS IT ALIVE AND WE’VE GOT A TD. FOR ADRIAN PETERSON.  HIS FIRST RECEIVING TD. THIS YEAR.  HIS 4TH OF HIS CAREER AND THE VIKINGS GET A 10 PT. LEAD.  NEXT PACERS POSSESSION.  3RD & 14.  RODGERS TO JORDY NELSON!  WOW.  HE’S GOT MORE SPEED THAN YOU THINK NOW.  GET IT TO THE PYLON!  ALMOST DOES.  IT’S 73 YDS. ON THAT ONE, AND THE PACKERS ARE BACK IN BUSINESS.  NEXT PLAY RODGERS LOOKING FOR JAMES JONES WHO LEADS THE NFL IN TD. CATCHES BUT WATCH THIS CLOSELY.  REACHES OUT.  BALL’S ON THE TURF AND THE REFEREES CALL IT A TURNOVER AND A TOUCHBACK.  NO MIKE MCCARTHY, YOU GOTTA REMEMBER, ALL PLAYS ARE REVIEWED.  DON’T DO THAT!  JORDY NELSON KNOWS HIS COACH CANNOT CHALLENGE THAT BECAUSE EVERY PLAY IS REVIEWED.  SMART KID.  REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO JIM SCHWARTZ ON THANKSGIVING DAY?  AARON RODGERS STEAMING MAD.  NOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND SCHWARTZ WAS, THE REPLAY OFFICIAL ALREADY STARTED LOOKING AT IT.  SO THEY WERE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THE REVIEW, UNLIKE WHEN SCHWARTZ CHALLENGED THE PLAY FOR THE LIONS ON THANKSGIVING DAY.  SO WHAT DO THEY DO?  THEY GIVE HIM A TD. AND MCCARTHY GETS PENALIZED 15 YDS. FOR UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT, AND IT’S A TD.  SO THERE YOU GO.  4TH QUARTER.  WE’RE TIED AT 27.  PLAY ACTION.  PONDER TO JARIUS WRIGHT.  WHAT A BIG PLAY IN THIS GAME.  HE IS WRONG.  HE DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHT.  65 YDS. FOR THAT ONE.  THEY’RE IN THE RED ZONE.  PEEKABOO.  WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?  WE SEE YOU.  4 PLAYS LATER 3RD & GOAL.  PONDER TO TOBY GERHARDT.  TOBY…  GREAT PLAY CALL.  WELL, PACKERS WERE WAITING FOR IT.  HOWEVER.  WAIT A MINUTE.  EXTRA CURRICULARS OVER HERE.  TREMON WILLIAMS.  OH MAN, THAT WAS A GOOD SHOT THERE.  SMART!  THAT’S A GOOD SHOT.  ILLEGAL USE OF THE HANDS.  THAT’S A GOOD SHOT.  SO…YOU’RE NOT GONNA HURT EACH OTHER.  YOU HAVE ON EQUIPMENT.  SO THE DRIVE STAYS ALIVE.  2 PLAYS LATER IT’S PONDER.  HE’S GOT SOME ATHLETICISM.  KEEPING IT ALIVE AND SOMEHOW MICHAEL JENKINS COMES DOWN WITH THIS ONE!  THAT’S CHRISTIAN PONDER KEEPING IT ALIVE BUT HE CAN GO TO HIS LEFT JUST AS EASY AS GOING TO THE RIGHT.  THAT’S A HUGE TD. AFTER THE PENALTY.  SO HE GIVES IT TO A FRIENDLY FAN AND HERE WE GO.  THE VIKINGS.  ONCE AGAIN, IF THEY WIN, THEY’RE IN THE POST SEASON.  RODGERS ON 4TH & 1 TO JARED BOYKIN.  KIND OF TAKEN DOWN AWKWARDLY BUT HE’S MOVING THE CHAINS.  6 PLAYS LATER, RODGERS LOOKING FOR JORDY NELSON BUT A.J. JEFFERSON.  WE GOT …  THAT’S A GOOD CALL.  NO IT’S NOT.  LOOK AT THIS.  SO NOW 1ST & GOAL FOR G.B. AT THE VIKINGS 2.  RODGERS TO NELSON.  SO EXPLOSIVE WITH… RECEIVING CORE.  BLOCK FROM THE OUTSIDE CORNERBACKS.  BLOCK FROM THE OUTSIDE.  WE’RE TIED AT 34.  2 MIN. WARNING, 3RD & 11.  PONDER TO MICHAEL JENKINS.  OH BOY, HOW DO YOU GET THAT OPEN PONDER?  FLATTEN UP.  INSIDE GUY TOOK HIM ON THE POST, COVER 2.  THEN THE VIKINGS PETERSON FOR 4 YDS. BUT HE’S MOVING THE CHAINS.  ADRIAN NOW 35 YDS. SHY OF ERIC DICKERSON’S RECORD.  SO IF HE BREAKS ONE FROM HERE HE’S GOT THE RECORD.  HE’S GOT A LEAD.  HE’S GOT AS PLAYOFF BERTH.  A LOT ON THE LINE HERE.  2 PLAYS LATER WITH BLAIR WALSH THE PRO BOWLER, THE ROOKIE OUT OF GEORGIA WARMING UP FOR THE GAME-WINNING F.G. PERHAPS.  PETERSON SAYS, “I DON’T NEED YOU KID!  GET BACK AND SIT YOUR…”  GO GET THAT RECORD!  I’M RUNNING FOR THE RECORD.  GETS IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 12 YD. LINE!  PETERSON WOULD FINISH JUST 9 YDS. SHY OF BREAKING DICKERSON’S SINGLE SEASON RUSHING RECORD BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?  YOU CAN HAVE THE RECORD.  I WANT TO TASTE THE POST-SEASON PARTY.  WALSH, ROOKIE FROM 29 YDS. OUT.  IT WASN’T PRETTY BUT IT WORKS.  SO WITH THAT, THE VIKINGS ARE IN.  THE BEARS, THE GIANTS ARE OUT.

 

01:48:47 – MIAMI DOLPHINS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

WHAT ABOUT THE PATRIOTS?  PLENTY TO PLAY FOR FOR TOMMY AND THE BOYS.  HERE COME THAT MAN.  THEY BEAT THE DOLPHINS.  THEY’RE THE 2 SEED WITH HOUSTON’S LOSS.  BRADY TO WES WELKER.  48TH STRAIGHT GAME WITH A TD. PASS BREAKING A TIE FOR 2ND PLACE WITH JOHNNY UNITAS.  DREW BREES NEXT IN LINE.  WE’LL SEE YA IN 2013 FOR THAT RECORD.  2ND QUARTER.  STILL 7-ZIP.  13TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  4TH & GOAL.  IF YOU’RE BILL BELICHICK WHAT DO YOU DO?  YOU GIVE IT TO STEPHEN RIDLEY.  THEY RUN THE BALL VERY WELL NOW.  UNDERRATED PART OF THEIR GAME.  THEY NEED A BALANCED OFFENSE.  ..BECAUSE THE QB IS SO DARN GOOD.  3RD QUARTER DOLPHINS DOWN 21-ZIP.  RYAN TANNEHILL….DROPPED BY TREVOR SCOTT.  NOW TANNEHILL TRIES TO GET UP HERE AND THE ROOKIE, HE’S ABOUT HAD ENOUGH.  HE WOULD ACTUALLY REMAIN IN THE GAME.  4TH QUARTER STILL 21-NOTHING.  BRADY TO NO…THE GRONK!  IS HE BACK?!  HE’S BACK!  BROKEN FOREARM AND ALL, AND THE PATRIOTS HITCH A SHUTOUT 28-ZIP IN THIS ONE.  WOW.

 

01:50:06 – ST. LOUIS RAMS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

 THEY ALSO HAVE THE NFC WEST TITLE.  THE SEAHAWKS, THEY MADE A HARD HARD PUSH.  WOULD THEY HAVE THEIR 3RD STRAIGHT GAME OVER 40 PTS.?  TAKING ON THE ST. LOUIS RAMS.  HE’S STEADILY IMPROVING, ST. LOUIS RAMS, BY THE WAY.  SEAHAWKS DOWN 10-6.  RUSSELL WILSON TO GOLDEN TATE.  YEA, WHAT A GREAT YEAR RUSSELL WILSON HAS HAD, AND THIS RAMS TEAM THAT YOU MENTIONED.  BOY, THEY’RE FIGHTING THEIR UNDEFEATED IN THE DIVISION.  THAT’S A GAIN OF 31 . 2 PLAYS LATER, IT’S WILSON.  DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE SHOE.  WE’LL GET THAT BACK IN JUST A MINUTE.  TO MICHAEL ROBINSON.  26 PASSING TD. FOR WILSON.  THAT TIES PEYTON MANNING’S ROOKIE RECORD.  SEAHAWKS TAKE A 13-10 LEAD.  4TH QUARTER, TIED AT 13.  IT’S WILSON.  LAST NAME WILSON.  LOOK AT HIM KEEP THIS PLAY ALIVE IN FINDING GOLDEN TATE.  BIG PLAY.  SOMEBODY GOTTA TACKLE HIM.  TATE’S BEEN…TOO MAN.  FOR 44 YDS.  AND THEN WILSON, SOMETHING HE’S DONE REALLY WELL THE LAST FEW WKS.  RUN IT AND TAKE IT HIMSELF.  WHEN IN DOUBT, RUN.  DO WHAT YOU DO!  BE THE 5 SEED.  THEY’LL TAKE ON THE WINNER OF THE NFC EAST.

 

01:51:25 – KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ DENVER BRONCOS

 SO THE HOUSTON LOSS MEANS THAT IF DENVER BEATS ROMEO CRENNEL AND THE K.C. CHIEFS, GUESS WHO’S THE 1 SEED IN THE AFC?  THAT GUY.  THAT GUY?  PEYTON MANNING.  LOOKING FOR ERIC DECKER.  HE LOOKS LEFT.  HE COMES BACK TO THE RIGHT.  ERIC DECKER, HERE HE IS.  WHAT A POTENT PASSING ATTACK.  MANNING THREW FOR 304 ON THIS DAY.  3 TDS. AS WELL.  THIS ONE TO DECKER AGAIN.  BRONCOS UP 21-3.  GREAT GRAB.  TOUCHDOWN BRONCOS!  SO WE CALL THAT A DOUBLE-DECKER I GUESS.  2 TDS., 1 HIGHLIGHT.  DENVER, LOOK OUT.  3RD QUARTER.  BRONCOS JUST PILING IT ON.  MANNING TO DEMARIUS THOMAS.  A BONAFIDE #1 RECEIVER.  WHAT’S UP WITH ALL THESE GUYS JUST CATCHING WITH ONE HAND?  WELL YOU DO THAT OVER THE TOP OF THE D.B.  PERFECTLY THROWN TO THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  73RD CAREER, 3 TD. GAME FOR MANNING.  MOST IN NFL HISTORY.

 

01:52:30 – DALLAS COWBOYS @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS

 THE WINNER OF THE COWBOYS AND REDSKINS WOULD CLAIM THE NFC EAST.  SOMETHING THE REDSKINS HAVEN’T DONE SINCE ’99.  SOMETHING THE COWBOYS HAVEN’T DONE SINCE ’09.  FIRST DALLAS POSSESSION.  ROMO TO KEVIN OGLETREE.  OH NO.  OH NO.  RICHARD CRAWFORD …OFTEN DID OGLETREE.  WHAT HAPPENED MIKE?  YOU SEE THEY WERE DOING A LOT OF THIS ZONE BLITZ.  OGLETREE DID NOT LOOK UP FOR THAT HOT.  DON’T WORRY, THE D.B. DID.  KYLE __ MADE HIS FIRST 17 KICKS AS A REDSKIN IN THIS ONE.  __VILLE.  SO WE ARE STILL SCORELESS AT THIS POINT.  2ND QUARTER, STILL NIL, NIL.  ROMO TO DWAYNE HARRIS WHO’S BECOME A VERY GOOD ACTUALLY # 2 RECEIVER I THINK FOR THIS SPOT.  MILES AUSTIN HAS KIND OF FADED LATE IN THE SEASON.  BUT THIS GUY HAS REALLY PICKED IT UP AND STARTING TO PLAY WELL.  8 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & GOAL.  AND THE REDSKINS ONLY RUSHED 3 GUYS AND HE’S GOT LIKE 15 SECONDS BACK THERE MARSHALL.   YEA, THAT’S A LOT OF TIME TO GIVE TONY ROMO; AND YOU GIVE ROMO TIM E AND, OH YEA, HE’S GONNA FIND HIS B.F.F.  JASON WITTEN, AND LOOK AT THE MOVES EVENTUALLY THAT WITTEN PUTS ON THE DEFENDERS BECAUSE HE HAD ALL DAY.  PERRY REILLY IS WONDERING…IT’S ALMOST LIKE A BASKETBALL MOVE.   BASKETBALL ON THE FOOTBALL COURT.  THAT’S WHAT THEY DO.  THEY PLAY A LOT OF BASKETBALL TOGETHER.  I GUESS THEY GOT THAT FROM THE COURT.  ALRIGHT, SO IT’S 7-ZIP AT THAT POINT BUT HERE COME THE REDSKINS.  ALFRED MORRIS, 13 YDS. AND THE 1ST DOWN.  GUYS, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT R.G. III AND LUCK, AND EVEN LAST NAME WILSON.  BUT THIS GUY COULD BE THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.  THE BUTLER.  BUT HERE IT’S R.G. III.  HE ONLY RAN FOR 4 YDS. LAST WEEK.  BUSTS OFF A 9 YD. GAIN THERE TO THE 23 AND THEN, MORRIS!  THIS WAS THE DAMAGING PART OF THE NIGHT FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS.  ALFRED MORRIS WAS JUST, HE WAS JUST TOO MUCH.  HE’S BEEN HITTING IT OUT OF THE PARK ALL SEASON.  WE’RE TIED AT 7.  3RD QUARTER, REDSKINS ON THE MOVE IN A 7-7 GAME.  QUICK PITCH TO MORRIS.  WHAT’S HE DO SO WELL, MARSHALL?  ALFRED, THE BUTLER, HE HAS PATIENCE.  AND AS YOU WATCH, HE’LL ALLOW HIS LINEMEN ON THE FRONT SIDE, TO RIDE GUYS OUT.  THE BACKSIDE, THEY CUT GUYS DOWN.  THEN HE’LL CREASE YOU.  AND THERE’S ANTHONY SPENCER KNOCKED DOWN FOR A DEPLETED DALLAS DEFENSE.  HERE’S IT GRIFFIN TO PIERRE GARCON.  AND ONCE HE CREASED YOU, YOU HAVE TO START LEAVING UP TO THAT LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AS A LINEBACKER, AND HE GET BEHIND THE LINEBACKERS WITH PLAY ACTION.  AND THEN WHAT ABOUT GRIFFIN ON THE KEEPER?  HIS 7TH RUSHING TD. OF THE YEAR PUTS THE REDSKINS UP 14-7.  DEMARCUS WARE HAD NO IDEA.  THEY RAN THIS, THEY RAN THE LITTLE READ OPTION AT HIM ALL NIGHT.  THEY NEUTRALIZED HIS RUSH.  HAD HIM IN LIMBO.  HE COULD NOT ..WHATEVER, IT WAS ALL ABOUT HIM, MIKE . WHATEVER HE DID, IT WAS GOING TO BE WRONG.  DANIEL SNYDER LOVING IT FROM THE OWNER’S BOX.  OUR BILLIONAIRE’S BETTER THAN YOUR BILLIONAIRE AT THIS POINT.  4TH QUARTER, 14-7, WASHINGTON.  ROMO TO DEZ BRYANT, INCOMPLETE.  REALLY NOT MUCH OF A FACTOR IN THIS GAME.  THEY HAD THE BATTLE OF BAD BACKS.  SETUP A DAN BAILEY F.G. SO THE COWBOYS DOWN 4.  BUT HERE COMES GRIFFIN FOR 17 GIMPY YDS.  EVEN ON 1 LEG, GETS 17 YDS.  WE SAID ALL WEEK, IF R.G. III HAD A LITTLE MOBILITY, THIS WOULD BE A TOUGH GAME FOR DALLAS.  4 PLAYS LATER, MORRIS TAKING THE PITCH, CUTTING IT BACK.  32 YDS.  SO DIFFICULT FOR DALLAS.  EVERY TIME THEY TRY TO GET SOMETHING GOING, THEY HAND THE BALL OFF, AND THERE’S NOTHING MORE DEMORALIZING THAN A GUY RUNNING UP THE FOOTBALL FIELD FOR 20 YDS.  DALLAS, STILL IN IT THEY BELIEVE.  DOWN 11.  ROMO, HOWEVER, SACKED BY YOUR FORMER TEAMMATE LONDON FLETCHER.  LISTEN, LONDON HAS CHALLENGED THESE GUYS ON THIS DEFENSE.  THEY HAVEN’T PLAYED GREAT BUT DOWN THE STRETCH, THIS WINNING STREAK, THEY’VE PLAYED PRETTY DARN GOOD.  WELL YOU SAW BRYANT LEAVE WITH A BAD BACK.  THEN WATCH THIS.  DWAYNE HARRIS GETS TURNED INTO LINDA BLAIR.  GET HIM DOWN!  SAV ROCCA.  SAV ROCCA WITH THE HEAD-TURNING PLAY.  HE DIDN’T HURT ANYBODY.  HARRIS IS O.K. BUT, BOY, HE WAS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.  DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO GET HIM ON THE GROUND AT THAT PLAY.  ROMO TO OGLETREE FOR A 10 YD. SCORE.  SO YOU’RE DOWN 6.  WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?  YOU GOTTA GO FOR 2.  THEN YOU MAKE IT A 3 PT. GAME IN THE WANING MOMENTS.  ROMO TO THE MAN, DWAYNE HARRIS.  SO IT’S 21-18 WITH UNDER 6 TO GO.  SO NOW IT’S UP TO THAT DALLAS D TO STOP THEM.  GRIFFIN, PRESSURE ON 3RD & 8.  SPENCER TRIES TO GET THAT BALL OUT RIGHT HERE.  GREAT JOB BY R.G. III NOT ALLOWING THAT BALL TO GET AWAY.  SO THE REDSKINS HAVE TO PUNT.    HERE COMES ROMO.  A FLAIR FOR THE DRAMATICS THIS YEAR BUT WHAT’S HE DOING?  PICKED OFF BY ROB JACKSON, THE GUY THAT’S REPLACING THE INJURED BRIAN ORAKPO.  WELL YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND THAT SITUATION.  YOU CANNOT MAKE THAT MISTAKE NO MATTER WHAT.  ENSUING REDSKINS DERIVE.  GRIFFIN TO GARCON BUT THERE’S A FLAG DOWN.  WHY?  NOT ON MAURICE CLAYBORNE BUT WATCH JASON HATCHER, #97, HIT GRIFFIN IN THE HEAD.  HANDS UP.  JUST A FEW INCHES TOO MUCH.  THEY SAID IT’S A GAME OF INCHES.  THOSE INCHES RIGHT THERE JUST COST THE COWBOYS THE REST OF THE SEASON.  SO DANIEL SNYDER LOVING IT, AND HE WOULD REALLY LOVE THIS.  3RD & GOAL.  HERE COMES MORRIS.  33 CARRIES.  CAREER HIGH 200 YDS.  3 SCORES AS WELL.  DALLAS SAID HE HAD FUMBLED BUT THIS WAS WELL AFTER HE PUT IT OVER THE END ZONE LINE.  HE FUMBLED ALRIGHT.  SO THAT’S GONNA DO IT.  TONY ROMO HAS TO SIT AND WONDER, YET AGAIN, AS HE FALLS TO 1-6 IN ELIMINATION GAMES.  CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS.  THEY HAVE WON 7 IN A ROW.  THEY’RE GOING TO HOST THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS NEXT SUNDAY IN A PLAYOFF GAME IN OUR NATION’S CAPITAL FOR THE FIRST TIME IT’LL BE IN 14 YRS.

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