SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 1

  1. PATRIOTS @ BILLS   3:31

  2. BENGALS @ BEARS   3:20

  3. DOLPHINS @ BROWNS   3:40

  4. VIKINGS @ LIONS   3:54

  5. RAIDERS @ COLTS   3:08

  6. FALCONS @ SAINTS   4:04

  7. BUCCANEERS @ JETS   3:08

  8. TITANS @ STEELERS   3:12

  9. SEAHAWKS @ PANTHERS   2:47

  10. CHIEFS @ JAGUARS   3:41

  11. RAVENS @ BRONCOS   6:24

  12. CARDINALS @ RAMS    1;23

  13. PACKERS @ 49ERS   4:27

  14. GIANTS @ COWBOYS  4:48

     TRT=       63:52        with bars

01:10:16 – NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ BUFFALO BILLS

 

PATRIOTS AND THE BILLS.  BILL BELICHICK IN HIS 13TH SEASON AS HEAD COACH OF THE PATRIOTS.  THIS TIME LAST YEAR DOUG MARONE WAS TAKING ON NORTHWESTERN AT SYRACUSE.  HOPEFULLY THIS DAY WOULD GO BETTER FOR DOUG MARONE.  WILL IT?  LET’S SEE.  2ND QUARTER PATRIOTS BALL LEADING 10 NOTHING.  FIRST AND 5 ON THE BILLS 24.  STEVEN RIDLEY FUMBLES.  THE BILLS RECOVER IT.  RETURN IT ALL THE WAY 74 YDS. FOR THE TD. FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. DENARIUS SEARCY.  LOOK AT THAT BILLS DEFENSE, AND INTO THE END ZONE.  BUFFALO CUTTING THE PATRIOTS LEAD TO 10-7.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  THE BALL CLEARLY COMES OUT OF RIDLEY’S HANDS.  STEPHEN RIDLEY NOT TOUCHED.  THIS IS THE BUGABOO FOR HIM.  TROUBLE HOLDING ONTO THE FOOTBALL.  TD. CONFIRMED.  10-7.  HERE’S TOM BRADY.  WHAT KIND OF DAY WAS IT?  HE WAS UNDER PRESSURE MOST OF IT.  BILLS DEFENSE ..HIT BRADY BUT HE WOULD HANG TOUGH BECAUSE HE’S TOM BRADY AFTER ALL.   PATRIOTS BALL LEADING 17-7, 2ND & 5.  THEIR OWN 31.  BRADY HIT ZACH ZUDFELD IN THE HANDS BUT HE CAN’T MAKE THE GRAB.  IT’S PICKED OFF BY JUSTIN ROGERS.  ROGERS THOUGH RULED DOWN BY CONTACT.  BILLS TAKE OVER ON THE PATRIOTS 37.  BRADY SAYS, “THIS NEVER HAPPENED WITH GRONK.”  2 PLAYS LATER 1ST & 10 ON THE PATRIOTS 18.  E.J. MANUEL SLINGS IT TO ROBERT WOODS.  18 YD. TD.  MANUEL AND WOODS COMBINE FOR THEIR FIRST EVER NFL TDS.  BILLS CUT THE PATS LEAD TO 17-14 GOING INTO HALFTIME.  3RD QUARTER BILLS DRIVING TRAILING 17-14.  THEY’RE ON THE PATS 18 YD. LINE.  MANUEL LOOKING FOR STEVIE JOHNSON.  BACK OF THE END ZONE.  TD. STEVIE.  HE SAYS, “NOBODY ON THE PATRIOTS CAN STOP ME.”  MAYBE HE’S RIGHT.  BILLS TAKE THEIR FIRST LEAD 21-17.  SOME MORE WORDS FOR THE PATRIOTS.  YEA, STILL CAN’T STOP ME.  STEVIE KEEPS TALKING.  BILL BELICHICK DECIDES TO GO FOR IT ON 4TH & GOAL EARLY IN THE 3RD. L TOM BRADY CAN’T HANDLE THE SNAP.  BALL IS LOOSE.  RECOVERED BY KIKO ALONZO.  RETURNED IT TO HIS OWN 14.  BILLS AVOID THE TD. BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUNT.  PIN THE PATRIOTS ON THEIR OWN 3.  4TH QUARTER.  PATS DRIVING.  STILL STRAINING 21-17.  BRADY SCRAMBLES OUT OF THE POCKET.  PASS IS DROPPED BY KENBREL TOMPKINS IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  THAT COULD’VE BEEN IT FOR N.E.  NEXT PLAY 3RD & GOAL.  BRADY GETS SACKED BY KYLE WILLIAMS.  HE LOSES 10 YDS.  PATS SETTLE FOR A F.G.  THEY TRAIL 21-20.  ENSUING BILLS POSSESSION, 3RD & 2, THEIR OWN 49.  WIDE OPEN STEVIE JOHNSON DROPS E.J. MANUEL’S PASS.  THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN STOP STEVIE JOHNSON IS STEVIE JOHNSON.  BILLS ARE FORCED TO PUNT.  2 PATS POSSESSIONS LATER THEY’RE DRIVING.  BRADY OVER THE MIDDLE.  CAUGHT BY DANNY AMENDOLA FOR A GAIN OF 6 AND A 1ST DOWN.  BIG CONVERSION BY AMENDOLA WHO WAS HURT AND CAME BACK IN THIS ONE TO HAVE A BIG DAY.  6 PLAYS LATER BRADY LOOKING TO AMENDOLA, GETS HIT PRETTY HARD BUT COMES WITH THE BALL FOR A GAIN OF 10 & THE 1ST DOWN.  STEPHEN GOSKOWSKI GETTING READY ON THE SIDELINES.  GONNA COME DOWN TO THIS.  4 PLAYS LATER PATS SETUP FOR A 35 YD. F.G. ATTEMPT.  9 SECS. LEFT.  DOUG MARONE PACING ON THE SIDELINE.  GOSKOWSKI DRILLS IT DOWN THE MIDDLE.  PATS WIN 23-21.  DOUG MARONE FALLS JUST SHORT.  AH, AT LEAST I DIDN’T LOSE LIKE SYRACUSE DID TO NORTHWESTERN ON SATURDAY.  BRADY SQUEAKS ONE OUT.

 

01:13:56 – CINCINNATI BENGALS @ CHICAGO BEARS

 

BENGALS AND THE BEARS.  MARK TRESSMAN, JAY CUTLER READY TO SHOW OFF THE BEARS NEW OFFENSE.  COACH, WHAT’S A RUSE?  WELL, DON’T WORRY ABOUT THAT.  WE’LL GET TO THAT.  ANDY DALTON LOOKING TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN YEAR 3.  HOW ABOUT A.J. GREEN?  TERRIFIC DAY FOR THE CINCY BENGALS.  CHARLES TILLMAN, A.J. GREEN BATTLE ALL GAME LONG.  FIRST QUARTER BENGALS BALL.  WELL THIS ONE IS WON BY PEANUT TILLMAN.  PICKS IT OFF AND GOES ALL THE WAY FOR THE TD.  BEARS LEAD 7-0 BUT WAIT A MINUTE.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  TILLMAN GETS RULED DOWN BY CONTACT.  THE BEARS WOULD SCORE 7 PLAYS LATER ON A MARTELLUS BENNETT TD. CATCH.  BEARS LEAD NOW 7-ZIP.  2 BENGALS POSSESSIONS LATER, 2ND & 4 FROM THE 46.  DALTON LOOKING FOR A.J. GREEN.  MAKES THE CATCH AFTER COLLIDING WITH TILLMAN AT THE 4 YD. LINE.  3 PLAYS LATER 3RD & GOAL FROM THE 2.  GREEN AND TILLMAN AGAIN.  LOOK AT IT LOWER SCREEN RIGHT.  BEATS TILLMAN THIS TIME EASY CAPPING OFF A 97 YD. DRIVE.  DALTON 4 OUT OF 5 FOR 69 YDS. ON THAT ONE.  GAME TIED AT 7.  2ND QUARTER, 7-7, BENGALS BALL.  1ST & 10 FROM THE BEARS 38.  IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR DRIVE AGAIN.  WELL YOU KNOW WHERE IT’S GOING.  A.J. GREEN, PEANUT TILLMAN.  AND THERE IT IS.  PICKED OFF BY TILLMAN.  HE RETURNED IT TO THE BENGALS 42 YD. LINE.  THE BEARS THOUGH WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE.  THIS IS ONE OF THOSE QUID QUO PRO DOCTOR SITUATIONS BETWEEN PEANUT TILLMAN AND A.J. GREEN.  NEXT BENGALS POSSESSION.  1ST & 10.  THEY GOT THE BALL ON THE BEARS 45 YD. LINE, 8TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  DALTON LOOKING FOR GREEN.  THIS TIME COVERED BY TIM JENNINGS.  WIDE OPEN.  45 YD. TD.  AH, I THINK TILLMAN NEEDS TO GET BACK ON A.J. GREEN.  BENGALS UP 14-10 GOING INTO HALFTIME.  3RD QUARTER BENGALS BALL.  3RD & 13 FROM THE BEARS 35.  DALTON LOOKING FOR GREEN.  NO CATCH BUT IT’S TILLMAN CALLED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE.  BEN JARVIS GREEN-ELLIS WOULD RUN IT IN 2 PLAYS LATER.  BENGALS HAVE THE 21-10 LEAD IN CHICAGO.  ENSUING BEARS POSSESSION 3RD & 7 FROM THEIR OWN 35.  JAY CUTLER SCRAMBLING LOOKING FOR MARTELLUS BENNETT.  HE BREAKS FREE.  30 YDS. LATER DOWN THE FIELD.  LOOK AT THAT JUMP.  HE CAN GET OVER 2 OR 3 PIECES OF PAPER ON THAT JUMP.  5 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & GOAL, MATT FORTE INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  BEARS NOW DOWN JUST 21-17.  4TH QUARTER SAME SCORE, BENGALS BALL, 2ND & 9 FROM THE 27.  DALTON LOOKING FOR MUHAMMAD SINU.  HE’S GOT THE BALL BUT TIM JENNINGS, THIS IS WHAT THE BEARS SECONDARY DOES.  STRIPS THE BALL.  RECOVERS THE FUMBLE.  BEARS TAKE OVER AT THEIR 19.  ENSUING BEARS DRIVE, 3RD & 3.  JAY CUTLER LOOKING FOR BRANDON MARSHALL DOWN THE SIDELINE 38 YDS.  5 PLAYS LATER, 1ST & 10 FROM THE BENGALS 19.  CUTLER LOOKS FOR MARSHALL IN THE END ZONE.  OPEN FOR THE TD.  19 YDS. OUT.  BEARS UP 24-21L.  CUTLER FINISHED WITH 242, A TD. AND A PICK ON THE DAY.  JUST OVER A MIN. REMAINING IN THE 4TH.  BEARS BALL, 3RD & 6.  MICHAEL BUSH RUNS FOR A YARD BUT RAY MALALUGA CALLED FOR UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS.  A LOT OF THOSE PENALTIES CALLED DURING THE DAY THROUGHOUT THE NFL.  COSTLY PENALTY.  1ST DOWN FOR THE BEARS.  THEY RUN OUT THE CLOCK.  THE BEARS WIN IT 24-21.  NO ROUGES THOUGH FOR CHICAGO AND THE VICTORY.

 

01:17:27 – MIAMI DOLPHINS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

 

WHO’S READY FOR SOME BROWNS AND DOLPHINS?  I’LL TAKE THAT AS 2 YESES FROM YOU GUYS OVER HERE.  BRANDON WEEDEN, 4 PICKS IN WK. 1 LAST YEAR AGAINST THE EAGLES.  SEE IF HE CAN BOUNCE BACK HERE.  3RD DOWN & 8 LOOKING FOR TRAVIS BENJAMIN BUT IS PICKED OFF BY NOLAN CAROL.  THAT’S JUST ONE YOU JUST CAN’T THROW.  YOU CAN’T THROW IT!  CAN’T DO IT.  WELL HE DID.  I  MEAN HE’S UNDER DURESS TOO.  BUT YOU JUST CAN’T MAKE THAT THROW.  A COUPLE OF POSSESSIONS LATER, THAT’S NOT ALL ON HIM.  A LITTLE COULDN’T PULL IT DOWN.  DIMITRI PATTERSON.  THAT WAS A HIGH BALL THOUGH SLIGHTLY BEHIND THEM CROSSING THE FIELD.  PLAY IS RULED INCOMPLETE.  THE DOLPHINS HEAD COACH JOE PHILBIN GONNA CHALLENGE THE PLAY.  PATTERSON LOOKING LIKE HE BOBBLED THE BALL BUT THE RULING WOULD BE REVERSED.  WEEDEN NOW 2 PICKS EARLY ON IN THE GAME.  BUT THE BALL NEVER SHIFTED IN HIS HANDS WHEN IT HIT THE GROUND.  YEA IT HIT THE TURF.  THAT BALL NEVER MOVED.  GOOD CALL.  2ND QUARTER WE PICKUP CLEVELAND TRAILING 6-0.  WEEDEN GONNA BE FLUSHED OUT OF THE POCKET HERE.  AND EVENTUALLY MAKING A PLAY FINDING HIS YOUNG T.E. JORDAN CAMERON.  GOOD PASS THROW RIGHT THERE, AND HE’S GOT THE BIG ARM.  NICE CATCH AND CAMERON, I’LL TELL YOU, ANOTHER ONE OF THESE BASKETBALL GUYS.  HE THINKS IT’S A TD.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  BRENT GRIMES TOUCHES JORDAN WHILE HE WAS DOWN.  SO THAT’S CELEBRATION NOT NEEDED.  BUT HE EARNED IT THOUGH.  THAT’S A NICE PLAY RIGHT THERE.  STILL A GOOD CATCH.  NEXT PLAY 1ST DOWN & 10 ON THE DOLPHIN 27 YD. .LINE, AND WEEDEN LIKED THAT SO MUCH HE’S COMING RIGHT BACK TO JORDAN CAMERON.  BEHIND HIM AGAIN.  AND THAT ONE IS PICKED, AND THAT ONE IS INTERCEPTED BY DIMITRI PATTERSON.  RICHARD TRYING TO RODEO TACKLE HIM.  R.B.’S DON’T WORK ON THEIR TACKLING, DO THEY?  NO THEY DON’T.  WELL ON A TEAM LIKE THAT YOU SHOULD.  YOU MIGHT HAVE TO!  SO BRANDON WEEDEN WITH 3 INTERCEPTIONS IN THE 1ST HALF.  NEXT POSSESSION, LOOKING FOR CAMERON AGAIN.  AND THAT TIME HE’S GOT A 7 YD. BROWNS TD.  AND, AGAIN, THINK ABOUT THIS.  YOU THROW 3 INTERCEPTIONS AND YOUR DEFENSE STILL KEEPS YOU IN THE GAME, THEY’RE HOLDING THE DOLPHINS AT BAY.  THE DOLPHINS WEREN’T GREAT SHAKES EITHER EARLY ON IN THIS GAME.  BROWNS UP 7.  … YEA, DEF. COORD. THERE.  7-6, CLEVELAND AT HALFTIME.  LOOK AT THE TIME FOR RYAN TANNEHILL AND THE PERFECTLY PLACED BALL.  BRIAN HARDLINE, TIMING, RHYTHM.  NICE STRIKE.  7.  DOLPHINS TAKE THE LEAD 13-10.  BRIAN HARDLINE HUGE DAY.  9 CATCHES, A BUCK 14.  DID YOU HAVE HIM ON YOUR FANTASY TEAM, JAMIE?  I DID NOT.  ANYBODY?  HE’S EARNING THAT PAYCHECK THOUGH.  JORDAN CAMERON.  I THINK HE COUNTS AS THE FAVORITE RECEIVER TODAY. 10 YD. GAIN.  I DID WANT HIM ON MY FANTASY TEAM.  GOT JUMPED BY SOMEBODY ON THAT.  BUT THAT WAS 3RD & 19.  SO 10 DOESN’T DO YOU A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD.  BROWNS FORCED TO PUNT.  NEXT MIAMI POSSESSION.  THIS IS 3RD DOWN & 2.  TANNEHILL, BRANDON GIBSON MAKING A PLAY FOR 24 YDS.  YOU LOVE THE EFFORT POST-CATCH.  BRANDON GOOD ROUTE, NICE GRAB, BUT THE FINISH IS SOMETHING SPECIAL.  SAME DRIVE 7 PLAYS LATER, 3RD DOWN & 2.  THAT’S THE SAME CONNECTION.  TANNEHILL TO GIBSON, PICKS UP 6 AND LOSE THE STICKS.  AND YOU GOTTA PLAY A LITTLE TIGHTER IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT..  DANIEL THOMAS RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.  A LITTLE LEAP.  1 YD. TD.  THE DOLPHINS NOW DOUBLING UP ON CLEVELAND AT 20-10.  BROWNS TRYING TO COME BACK NEXT POSSESSION FACING 4TH DOWN & 2 AT THEIR OWN 33 YD. LINE.  AND WEEDEN HANGS ON.  GOES DOWN.  CAMERON WAKE 8 YD. SACK.  HE HAD 3 SACKS ON THE AFTERNOON.  1 MAN’S WRECKING CREW.  WOW.  THE DOLPHINS TRAILED AT HALFTIME.  THEY CAME BACK TO WIN 23-10.  THE BROWNS HAVE NOW LOST 9 CONSECUTIVE OPENING DAY GAMES.

 

01:21:15 – MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ DETROIT LIONS

 

NFC NORTH, THE VIKINGS AND THE LIONS.  SOME OF THE MARQUEE PLAYERS IN THE LEAGUE.  CALVIN JOHNSON, ADRIAN PETERSON READY TO GET IT GOING FOR THE 2013 SEASON.  A.P. GOT IT STARTED WELL.  THIS IS JUST A.P.  YOU CAN’T COACH THAT PEOPLE.  I MEAN HE GET OUT OF BED WITH THIS.  THE SPEED TO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE.  PICKUP WHERE HE LEFT OFF LAST YEAR.  THE VISION TO SETUP THOSE BLOCKS EVEN INSIDE THE TACKLE.  NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT BIG LEFT TACKLE.  .. WOULD JUST CAVE THAT WHOLE SIDE DOWN.  THAT WAS NICE.  THAT COUNTS AS A NICE CATCH RIGHT THERE TOO.  YEA, THAT WAS KIND OF NICE.  A LITTLE SIDEARM.  MATTHEW STAFFORD, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A PICK AND CALVIN COMES OUT OF NOWHERE AND SNATCHES IT OUT OF THE AIR.  NOW ALL SCORING PLAYS ARE REVIEWED.  DOES HE HAVE POSSESSION HERE?  WHAT DO YOU SEE?  I BELIEVE SO.  I THINK HE GOT BOTH FEET ON THE GROUND, EXTENDED THE BALL OVER THE PLANE.  LOOKED LIKE A TD. TO ME.  THEY SAID HE DIDN’T THOUGH.  WELL THE LITTLE BOBBLE.  THE CALVIN JOHNSON RULE IS WHY HE DIDN’T GET THAT TD.  NOW IT’S THE CALVIN JOHNSON RULE 2.0.  THERE IS A CALVIN JOHNSON RULE ..THEN THEY GOTTA ADJUST IT AGAIN.  3 YRS. AGO CALLED INCOMPLETE FOR NOT COMPLETING THE CATCH.  THAT’S INSANE.  YEA, THAT WAS I DON’T KNOW.  BUT THIS ONE HE HAD BOTH FEET DOWN AND THEN HE GOT THE BALL OVER ACROSS THE PLANE TO THE GOAL SO IT SHOULD’VE BEEN A TD.  RIGHT.  2ND QUARTER A LOT OF EYES ON CHRISTIAN PONDER.  THAT ONE IS PICKED OFF BY DEION … AND RETURNED FOR A PICK 6.  THERE IS THOUGH A FLAG ON THE PLAY.  AND WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  NDAMUKONG SUH CALLED FOR A CHOP BLOCK ON THE RETURN.  YOU KNOW WHAT?  TYPICAL DETROIT LIONS.  AND THEY HAD MORE THAN JUST NDAMUKONG SUH TODAY.  THESE TYPE PENALTIES HAVE CRUSHED THIS TEAM THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.  STAFFORD PLENTY OF TIME.  THE BALL’S TIPPED THOUGH AND PICKED OFF BY AARON HENDERSON.  GIVE THE PICKED LINEBACKER SOME LOVE WITH THE INT.  ENSUING VIKINGS POSSESSION.  WE’LL SEE IF THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE. 1ST & GOAL, 4TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  PETERSON UP THE MIDDLE.  THAT WAS NICE.  DAMN.  I LOVE… HE TAKES THAT UP THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BEFORE HE CUT THAT BALL BACK.  BEAUTIFUL.  YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO JUMP CUT 4 YDS.  WHO WANTS TO SEE MORE CHRISTIAN PONDER?  AND THE QUESTION IS WHY?  YOU’RE UP 14-6.  WHY?  JUST THROW THE BALL.  YOU CAN THROW THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS.  I THINK THAT’S WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO DO BUT NDAMUKONG SUH HIT HIS ARM AND MADE IT SHORT AND KIND OF FLOAT UP IN THE AIR.  HERE’S ANOTHER PLAY YOU GOTTA LOOK AT TWICE.  JOEY BELL STRETCHING THE BALL OUT.  DID IT GO OVER THE GOAL LINE BEFORE THE BALL WAS KNOCKED OUT?  I THINK THEY GOT THIS ONE RIGHT.  THEY DID.  SO HE DID CROSS THE PLANE THERE.  THAT TIP OF THE WHITE.  THAT’S ALL HE GOTTA TOUCH.  LIONS NOW TRAILING BY 1 INTO THE 3D QUARTER.  DETROIT ON TOP 20-17.  REGGIE BUSH, WHAT A DAY HE HAD.  LOOK AT THIS BURST.  BEST ACQUISITION OF THE OFFSEASON, IF YOU ASK ME, RIGHT THERE.  MAN.  A TEAM NEEDING SOMEBODY THAT CAN BE THAT WEAPON BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO THROW THE BALL AROUND L.T.  YEA, HE HAS SO MUCH BALANCE.  HE CAN DO BOTH RUNNING IN BETWEEN THE TACKLES.  CATCH IT.  HOW ABOUT ADRIAN PETERSON?  HE SAID, “HEY DON’T LEAVE ME OUT. I CAN CATCH IT TOO.”  THEY HOPE HE DOESN’T GET A FIRM GRIP ON THIS PASSING GAME.  VIKINGS TRAILING BY 3.  PETERSON GOT THE HANDOFF AND FUMBLES THE BALL.  ACTUALLY HE DIDN’T REALLY GET THE HANDOFF.  CHRISTIAN TRIPS OVER HIS OWN FEET.  THAT’S THE OFF. LINEMAN’S FAULT JAMIE.  AND THE R.B. IS NOT LOOKING AT THE BALL.  SO HE, IT’S HARD FOR HIM TO CONTROL THAT HANDOFF.  THAT’S THE QB’S FAULT!  HE PUT IT IN THE WRONG PLACE!  I AGREE.  ABSOLUTELY.  JOSEPH FAURIA.  HE HAD THE ONE-ON-ONE, THE BACK SHOULDER FADE.  LIONS ON TOP NOW BY 12.  OH NO.  WHAT IS THAT?  HEY JOSEPH, WORK ON YOUR SPIKE AND LOSE THE DANCE.  WE APPRECIATE THAT KIND OF …  WE DO ACTUALLY.  PAUL AND I HAVE A BALL WITH THAT…  CHRISTIAN PONDER.  A FITTING OF FINAL HIGHLIGHTS OR LOWLIGHT FOR THOSE VIKINGS.  PICKED OFF BY GLOVER QUINN AND THE LIONS WITH A HUGE WIN, 24-34.  THIS IS A TEAM THAT LOST 8 CONSECUTIVE GAMES TO END LAST YEAR, AND THEY ARE NOW 1-0, AND THE VIKINGS ARE 0-1.

 

01:25:20 – OAKLAND RAIDERS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

 

RAIDERS AND THE COLTS.  COLTS HEAD COACH CHUCK PAGANO BEGINS HIS 2ND YEAR WITH A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH.  CHUCK STRONG EVERYBODY.  TERRELL PRYOR MAKING HIS 2ND CAREER START.  OPENING RAIDERS POSSESSION, 0-0, 10TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE TERRELL PRYOR LOOKING FOR ROD STREETER.  PICKED OFF IN THE END ZONE BY GREG TOLLER.  BRINGS THE BALL OUT TO THE COLTS 22.  COLTS BALL AT THEIR OWN 11 AFTER A LOW BLOCK CALLED ON VONTE DAVIS.  SO TO SUMMARIZE, INTERCEPTION, RETURN, COLTS HAVE IT AT THE 11.  SO HERE GO THE COLTS TRYING TO CAPITALIZE.  2ND & 3 FROM THE RAIDERS 12.  10TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  ANDREW LUCK LOOKING FOR REGGIE WAYNE.  GOT IT JUST LIKE LAST YEAR.  12 YD. TD.  COLTS LEAD 7-0.  LUCK 5 OUT OF 5 FOR 63 YDS. ON THE DRIVE.  2ND QUARTER, INDY BALL, SAME SCORE.  2ND & 6 FROM THE RAIDERS 20.  LUCK GONNA GO T.E.  DWAYNE ALLEN, COLBY FLEANER, DWAYNE ALLEN, COLBY FLEANER.  DWAYNE ALLEN 20 YDS. L THE ATHLETIC GRAB.  GETS INTO THE END ZONE.  COLTS LEAD IT 14-0.  THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE A ROUTE BUT OH HANG ON A SECOND.  3RD QUARTER COLTS 2ND POSSESSION, 4TH & 1 FROM THE RAIDERS 43.  THEY GO FOR IT.  ANDREW LUCK LOOKING TO COMPLETE THE PASS.  INSTEAD HE GETS SACKED BY JASON HUNTER.  GOTTA THROW THAT BALL AWAY.  YOU GOTTA THROW THAT BALL AWAY!  RAIDERS LOVE IT.  THEY’RE GETTING BACK IN THIS THING.  4TH QUARTER DOWN 14-10.  8TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE FOR THE RAIDERS.  TERRELL PRYOR.  THIS IS WHAT HE DOES.  BUYS TIME WITH HIS LEGS.  FASTER THAN YOU THINK.  RUNS LIKE DEION.  FINDS ROD STREETER.  17 YDS. LATER, 1ST & GOAL FROM THE 2.  LOOKS LIKE JUST THE WAY HE RUNS SO EFFORTLESSLY LIKE DEION USED TO.  3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & GOAL.  PRYOR, DENARIUS MOORE FOR THE TD.  RAIDERS HAVE THE 17-14 LEAD ON THE ROAD.  COLTS TRY TO ANSWER.  3RD & 8 FROM THEIR 22.  T.Y. HILTON.  COLTS EXPECT BIG THINGS FROM HIM THIS SEASON.  12 YD. GAIN.  1ST & 10 FROM THE 34.  3 PLAYS LATER 3RD & 2.  LUCK LOOKING FOR REGGIE WAYNE.  GOT IT.  1ST & 10 FROM THE RAIDERS 49.  5 PLAYS LATER LUCK FLUSHED OUT OF THE POCKET, AND THERE HE GOES.  REMEMBER, HE CAN RUN TOO.  19 YDS. FOR THE TD.  COLTS LEAD 21-17.  CHARLES WOODSON.  I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW.  LUCK FINISHED THE DAY 178 YDS. PASSING, 2 TDS. AND 1 RUSHING.  RAIDERS GET THE BALL 3RD & 1.  PRYOR.  JARON MASTRID WHO WAS NOT COVERED BY ANYBODY ON THAT PLAY.  ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE COLTS 30 YD. LINE.  4 PLAYS LATER 4TH & 9.  7TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, PRYOR FIND DENARIUS MOORE FOR A 21 YD. PICKUP.  1ST & GOAL FROM THE COLTS 8.  IS TERRELL PRYOR GONNA DO THIS?  3RD & GOAL FROM THE COLTS 24 AFTER SOME PENALTIES.  PRYOR’S PASS INTERCEPTED BY ANTOWANE BETHEA.  COLTS BALL AT THE 8.  DENNIS ALLEN DEJECTED PRYOR ADMIRABLY WITH 217 YDS., A TD. BUT 2 PICKS.  COLTS WIN IT 21-17.

 

01:28:39 – ATLANTA FALCONS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

 

THE FALCONS AND THE SAINTS.  ALL EYES ON SEAN PAYTON BACK ON THE SIDELINES AFTER BEING SUSPENDED LAST SEASON.  THE AERIAL SHOW BETWEEN MATT RYAN AND DREW BREES.  HOW WOULD THIS ONE TURNOUT?  2ND FALCONS POSSESSION, NO SCORE, 1ST & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 40.  MATT RYAN LOOKING FOR HARRY DOUGLAS.  RUNS LEFT ALONG THE SIDELINE.  .. BY ALL THOSE SAINTS PLAYERS FOR A GAIN OF 50 YDS.  SETS UP A 1ST & GOAL FROM THE SAINTS 10 YD. LINE.  2 PLAYS LATER 2ND & GOAL.  RYAN RUNS RIGHT.  HE WAS RETIRED BUT NOW HE’S BACK.  TONY GONZALEZ FOR THE 7 YD. TD.  HIS 28TH CAREER TD. PASS TO GONZALEZ.  DUNKS IT OVER THE CROSSBAR.  MAYBE NOT AS AUTHORITATIVELY AS HE USED TO, BUT THE FALCONS LEAD 7-0.  2ND QUARTER FALCONS BALL.  THEY’RE UP 10-3.  1ST & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 20.  RYAN LOOKING FOR JULIO JONES.  BUT MALCOLM JENKINS FORCES THE FUMBLE RIGHT HERE.  ROMAN HARPER RECOVERS.  RETURNS IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FALCONS 31 YD. LINE.  TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN.  THIS ..YOUR QUINTESSENTIAL GREASED PIG…BALL JUST FLIES OUT OF JULIO JONES’ HANDS JUST BEFORE HIS KNEE HITS THE GROUND.  SAINTS D. END NEW COORD., ROB RYAN FORCING THAT TURNOVER EARLY ON.  3 PLAYS LATER SAINTS 3RD & 4 FROM THEIR OWN 25.  DREW BREES LOOKING FOR MARCUS COLSTON.  GOT IT FOR 25 YDS. AND A TD.  COLSTON’S 533RD RECEPTION AS A SAINT.  THAT IS A FRANCHISE RECORD.  SAINTS TIE THE GAME AT 10 AS THEY CONVERT ON THE JONES TURNOVER.  SAINTS GO INTO THE HALF UP 13-10.  3RD QUARTER STILL 13-10.  FALCONS 2ND & 6 FROM THEIR OWN 45 YD. LINE.  STEPHEN JACKSON, HIS FALCONS DEBUT.  YEP.  HE’S STILL GOT IT.  50 YD. GAIN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SAINTS 5 YD. LINE.  JACKSON FINISHED WITH 77 YDS. RUSHING ON THE DAY.  YEA.  HE’S A LITTLE BIT AFTER THAN MICHAEL TURNER.  NOT BY MUCH BUT STILL A LITTLE FASTER.  3 PLAYS LATER 3RD & GOAL FROM THE SAINTS 4.  MATT RYAN..  THERE’S JULIO JONES.  HE HOLDS ONTO THIS ONE.  FALCONS GO UP 17-13.  RYAN’S 2ND TD. PASS OF THE DAY.  THE 59 YD. DRIVE TAKES LESS THAN 2 MINS.  NEXT SAINTS POSSESSION.  BREES.  THERE’S JIMMY GRAHAM.  GETS THE BALL OVER THE PYLON FOR THE TD.  SAINTS NOW LEAD IT 20-17.  GRAHAM FINISHED WITH 45 YDS. RECEIVING AND THAT SCORE.  4TH QUARTER FALCONS BALL TRAILING 20-17.  3RD & 8 FROM THEIR OWN 33.  MATT RYAN AGAIN.  HARRY DOUGLAS.  WOULD’VE BEEN A 1ST DOWN.  BUT A HOLDING PENALTY NEGATES THE PLAY.  FALCONS HAVE TO END UP PUNTING BACK TO THE SAINTS.  THEY KICK A F.G. TO GO UP 23-17.  NEXT FALCONS POSSESSION, 3 MINS. 12 SECS. LEFT.  1ST & 10 FROM THEIR OWN 20 YD. LINE.  HERE COMES THE DRAMA.  RYAN OVER THE MIDDLE.  JULIO JONES.  THE LEAPING GRAB FOR THE GAIN OF 17.  1ST DOWN.  THE DRIVE CONTINUES.  4 PLAYS LATER 2ND & 10 FROM THE SAINTS 27 YD. LINE.  RYAN, HARRY DOUGLAS.  A GAIN OF 20 YDS. DOWN TO THE 7.  3 PLAYS LATER 3RD & GOAL FROM THE FALCONS 3.  RYAN LOOKING FOR STEVEN JACKSON.  HE’S GOT IT.  THIS IS A TOUCH BUT HE DROPS IT!  INCOMPLETE!  SETS UP 4TH & GOAL WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE.  HERE WE GO.  SEAN PAYTON, ROB RYAN LOOKING ON.  RYAN’S GONNA LOOK FOR TONY GONZALEZ ON THIS ONE.  INTO THE END ZONE…BUT IT’S PICKED OFF BY ROMAN HARPER.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.  IT’S THE ROOKIE KENNY VACARO WHO DEFLECTS THE PASS ALLOWING HARPER TO MAKE THE PLAY FOR THE SAINTS.  GONZALEZ HAD HIS HANDS ON IT. L SAINTS HOLD ON TO WIN IT 23-17.  ROB RYAN’S DEFENSE HOLDS. WHEN’S THE LAST TIME WE SAID THAT?  THE SAINTS WIN THANKS TO THEIR DEFENSE HOLDING. HE’S MORE EXCITED THAN HIS BROTHER AND HIS BROTHER WON ON SUNDAY.  23-17 THE FINAL.

 

01:32:52 – TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ NEW YORK JETS

 

TAMPA BAY AND THE JETS.  GENO SMITH STARTED FOR THE JETS.  MAYBE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS. MARK SANCHEZ SAYS, “LOOK, IF YOU’RE REALLY IN TROUBLE JUST RAISE YOUR HANDS UP AND SAY HELP!  SOMEONE COME AND HELP ME!”  SO WHAT KIND OF 1ST HALF WAS IT FOR GENO?  NOT ONE TO WRITE HOME ABOUT.  WAS THIS PRESEASON IN ABILITY TO GRASP THE OFFENSE COULD’VE HURT HIM?  HURT THE JETS RIGHT HERE.  FUMBLES.  THE BALL COMES OUT.  THAT WOULD RESULT IN A DOUG MARTIN TD.  T.B. WOULD TAKE A 14-5 LEAD.  GENO SMITH AGAIN, OVERTHROWS CLYDE GATES.  T.B. WITH THE INTERCEPTIONS.  THINGS WOULD GET A LITTLE WORSE FOR GENO.  HERE HE IS TRYING TO AVOID THE SACK.  INSTEAD HE LOSES 20.  T.B. LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE TAKING CONTROL OF THIS GAME BUT JUST BEFORE HALFTIME GENO SMITH TAKES THE JETS ON A DRIVE.  LESS THAN 40 SECS. LEFT TO GO.  KELLEN WINSLOW OPEN ON THE GOAL LINE.  GENO SMITH FINDS HIM.  T.B. NOW ONLY UP 14-12.  JETS GO IN ON A BIG UPSWING.  HOW DID DARRELLE REVIS DO IN HIS RETURN TO N.Y.? WELL ANTONIO CROMARTI HAD SOME ADVICE.  (KNOWING REVIS AS WELL AS YOU DO, WILL YOU GIVE GENO ANY TIPS?)  AH YEA.  NOT THROW THE BALL TO HIS SIDE!)  GENO ACTUALLY DID TRY A COUPLE OF TIMES.  HERE HE IS LOOKING FOR SANTONIO HOLMES ON THE SLANT.  HOW MANY TIMES DID REVIS DO THIS FOR THE JETS?  INCOMPLETE.  AGAIN, HERE’S GENO LOOKING DEEP, THINKING END ZONE.  REVIS JUST BEHIND IT.  ALMOST AN INTERCEPTION AGAINST HIS FORMER TEAM.  HOW ABOUT JOSH FREEMAN?  WELL, I THINK JOSH FREEMAN’S GONNA LOOK FOR THE SNAP A LOT EARLIER THE NEXT TIME.  FIRST SCORE OF THE GAME.  A SAFETY FOR THE JETS.  FREEMAN NOT LOOKING.  THE BALL GOES OUT OF THE END ZONE.  SAFETY’S RAMPANT THROUGHOUT THE NFL TODAY.  FREEMAN AGAIN LOOKING IN THE END ZONE.  MIKE WILLIAMS BEATS ROOKIE D. MILLER WHO NEVER TURNED AROUND.  THIS IS HOW T.B. GOT THEIR 7-2 LEAD ON THE JETS.  THEN JUST BEFORE HALFTIME THE BAD JOSH FREEMAN CAME BACK AGAIN.  PICKED OFF BY DWAYNE LANDRY WHO HAD A NICE LONG RETURN.  THIS SETUP THE JETS TD. THAT MADE IT 14-12.  SO AN UNEVEN DAY CONTINUES FOR JOSH FREEMAN.  4TH QUARTER.  THE GAME STILL IN DOUBT AFTER A NICK FOLK F.G. GAVE THE JETS THE LEAD.  THERE’S A PASS TO VINCENT JACKSON WHO TAKES IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE JETS 26 YD. LINE.  TOUCHDOWN-SAVING TACKLE BY DEMARIO DAVIS.  IT LOOKS LIKE THE BUCS ARE GONNA PULL IT OUT.  THEY KICK A F.G. TO GO UP 17-15.  BUT JETS LAST CHANCE.  15 SECS. LEFT TO GO.  GENO SMITH FLUSHED OUT OF THE POCKET.  RUNS OUT OF BOUNDS FOR THE 1ST DOWN AND HANG ON A SECOND.  THAT IS A LATE HIT PENALTY ON THE BUCCANEERS.  LAVANTE DAVIS HITS GENO SMITH AFTER HE’S TAKEN A STEP OUT OF BOUNDS.  THE BUCS COACHES SAY, “DON’T DO THAT AGAIN.  WE COULD LOSE.”  AND THEY DO LOSE.  NEXT PLAY NICK FOLK JUST INSIDE THE UPRIGHTS.  THE JETS WIN 18-17.  GENO SMITH, JUST LIKE WE DREW IT UP.  THE NFL BELONGS TO HIM FOR A DAY.

 

01:36:10 – TENNESSEE TITANS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS

 

STEELERS AND THE TITANS.  PITTS. HAS WON 10 CONSECUTIVE HOME OPENERS.  JAKE LOCKER IN HIS 2ND YEAR AS A STARTER WITH A REVAMPED OFF. LINE.  LET’S LOOK BACK TO WK. 16 OF 2008.  REMEMBER KEITH BULLUCK WAVING THE TERRIBLE TOWEL AFTER A 31-14 TITANS VICTORY?  WELL TENN. HAS NOT BEATEN THE STEELERS IN PITTS. SINCE THAT GAME.  OPENING KICKOFF.  THIS WAS THE BEST STEELERS OFF. PLAY OF THE DAY.  OOPS.  DARIUS RENALT FIELDS THE KICKOFF AT THE GOAL LINE.  TAKES A KNEE.  LOOKS LIKE A TOUCHBACK.  NOT A TOUCHBACK.  BALL WAS NOT IN THE END ZONE WHEN HE TOUCHED IT.  HE ACTUALLY FIELDED IT OUTSIDE THE END ZONE.  WE HAVE A SAFETY.  STEELERS TAKE A 2-0 LEAD.  MIKE MUNCHAK SAYS I’VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.  STEELERS GET THE BALL 2ND & 6.  THE TITANS 21.  ISAAC REDMOND GETS STOPPED AFTER A LOSS OF 2 YDS. BUT STARTING CENTER MARQUIS POUNCEY GOES DOWN WITH A RIGHT LEG INJURY.  HE WOULD LEAVE THE GAME.  CALVIN BEECHUM, 3RD YEAR OUT OF S.M.U. WOULD REPLACE HIM AT CENTER.  A HUGE LOSS FOR THE PITTS. STEELERS.  LOOK AT HIS RIGHT KNEE, ROLLED INTO BY GUARD, DAVID DECASTRO.  POUNCEY WOULD NOT RETURN.  4 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 1 AT THE TITANS 6.  ISAAC REDMOND FUMBLES AT THE 1.  THE TITANS RECOVER.  TITANS TAKE OVER ON THEIR OWN 20.  ROETHLISBERGER CAN’T BELIEVE IT.  ENSUING STEELERS DRIVE.  3RD & 15.  ROETHLISBERGER SACKED BY ZAKE BROWN.  A 2ND SACK OF THE DRIVE.  ROETHLISBERGER SACKED 3 TIMES IN THE 1ST HALF.  2ND QUARTER, ENSUING TITANS DRIVE.  2ND & 3 AT THEIR OWN 27.  CHRIS JOHNSON DRILLED BY JARVIS JONES.  YOU CAN HEAR THAT THROUGH YOUR COMPUTER.  LOSS OF 2 ON THE PLAY.  JONES IS PUMPED.  ENSUING STEELERS DRIVE.  ROETHLISBERGER LOOKING FOR EMANUEL SANDERS. PICKED OFF BY ALTRON VERNER AT THE STEELERS 49.  THAT FOOTBALL WAS TAKEN DIRECTLY TO …  TITANS TAKE OVER.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER NOT PLEASED.  7 PLAYS LATER 4TH & 1.  JACKIE BATTLE WITH A 2ND EFFORT PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.  TITANS GET THE 1ST DOWN ON THE PLAY.  MIKE MUNCHAK SAYS, “THINGS ARE GOING OUR WAY.”  6 PLAYS LATER IT’S JACKIE BATTLE WHO GOES IN FROM 3 YDS. OUT.  TITANS LEAD IT 7-2.  11 TIMES THEY RAN THE BALL IN THAT 12 PLAY SCORING DRIVE.  3RD QUARTER STEELERS BALL.  STILL DOWN 7-2.  ROETHLISBERGER SACKED AGAIN BY ZACH BROWN.  PITTS. HAS TO PUNT.  ROETHLISBERGER VISIBLY FRUSTRATED WITH HOW THINGS ARE GOING.  ENSUING TITANS POSSESSION.  THIS IS WHAT TROY POLAMALU HAS DONE SO MANY TIMES IN HIS CAREER.  FLYING IN, ANTICIPATING THE SNAP AND SACKING JAKE LOCKER FOR A 3 YD. LOSS.  GETS THAT HEAD START.  TIMES IT PERFECTLY.  MUST BE THE SHAMPOO.  4TH QUARTER, 9:57 REMAINING.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER FOR THE TITANS.  1ST & 10 THEIR OWN 36.  CHRIS JOHNSON RUNS RIGHT.  GAINS 11 YDS.  WOULD LEAD TO A 44 YD. ROB BARONNAS F.G.  JOHNSON HAD 70 YDS. ON THE DAY.  STEELERS BALL.  LAST CHANCE DOWN 13-2.  ROETHLISBERGER SACKED BY JARELLE CASEY, THE 5TH SACK OF THE GAME.  ROETHLISBERGER THREW FOR 191 YDS.  THIS WAS A BAD BAD DAY AS TITANS WIN IT BY THE FINAL OF 16-9.

 

01:39:32 – SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

 

ELSEWHERE THE NFC SOUTH, THE CAROLINA PANTHERS OPENING THE SEASON PLAYING HOST TO RUSSELL WILSON.  THERE’S CAM NEWTON, AND THERE IS THAT OTHER QB ENTERING HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON.  RUSSELL WILSON, TOUGH BEGINNING FOR HIM AS THE SEAHAWKS WOULD MANAGE ONLY 136 YDS. 3 PTS. THAT 1ST HALF.  4-7 EAST COAST GAMES AT 1:00.  THAT TOUGH TRAVEL SCHEDULE FOR THE SEAHAWKS.  AND THAT’S SOMETHING YOU TALKED ABOUT ALL PRESEASON.  YEA, HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS.  I DID IT FOR 4 YRS.  IT’S A LONG TRIP.  WILSON SACKED BY CHARLES JOHNSON.  FUMBLES, AND JOHNSON ALSO RECOVERS FOR THE PANTHERS.  STILL IN THAT 2ND QUARTER, RUSSELL WILSON TRYING TO GET IT FIGURED OUT WITH OFF. COORD. DARRELL ..  CAM NEWTON.  HE CAN DO THIS AWFULLY WELL GUYS.  11 YDS. AND A FIRST DOWN.  HE FEELS IT SO WELL.  THEN I LOVE, DESPITE THAT HE’S 250 LBS., BOY KNOWS HOW TO SLIDE AND GET DOWN.  WELL HE’S 240-SOMETHING NOW BECAUSE HE SLIMMED DOWN.  HE SLIMMED DOWN, CAM NEWTON.  CAME BACK TO HIS 2ND RECEIVER AND IT’S THE VETERAN STEVE SMITH.  THAT’S ALL WELL THAT YOU GOT BOYS.  THAT’S A WRAP.  GREG OLSEN’S LIKE, “CAN I HAVE THE BALL?”  THAT’S A WRAP.  PANTHERS ON TOP 7-3. THE DEFENSE STILL PLAYING WELL.  2ND & 7.  WILSON GOING TO GO DOWN AGAIN.  THIS TIME BY CHARLES GODFREY.  13 YD. LOSS.  ABSOLUTELY.  I THINK RON RIVERA… YOU FANTASY GUYS, THIS WAS MY SLEEPER DEFENSE RIGHT HERE.  THEY KNOW HOW TO GET AFTER IT.  BUT WATCH THIS LITTLE RUCKUS RIGHT HERE.  YOU’RE GONNA SEE FRANK ALEXANDER AND RENO GIACOMENI.  JUST CAN’T DO THAT.  AND THE FUNNY THING IS, YOU HIT THE REF IN THE PROCESS MAN.  MAKE 1 MISTAKE, 2.  3RD QUARTER, WE’LL SEE IF THE SEAHAWKS OFFENSE CAN GET IT GOING.  3RD DOWN & 8.  LOOK AT THE PRESSURE THE WHOLE TIME.  CAROLINA DID AS…OOH, LOOK AT THAT PLAY.  DOUG BALDWIN COMING BACK TO THE BALL.  1ST DOWN, GAIN OF 13.  RON RIVERA GOT HIS GUYS TO BUY INTO SEAL THE POCKET.  IT’S LIKE BILL BELICHICK WHEN HE USED TO PLAY MICHAEL VICK.  DON’T WORRY ABOUT GETTING SACKS.  CONTAIN THE QB.  FORCE HIM TO STAY IN THE POCKET.  SEAHAWKS NEED WIDE RECEIVERS TO STEP UP MINUS PERCY HARVIN.  HOW ABOUT GERMAINE KEARSE?  WHAT A PRESEASON THIS YOUNGSTER HAD.  YOU KNOW WHAT, PICKS WHAT UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF.  WILSON 25 OUT OF 33.  3:20 ON SPITE OF THAT DIFFICULT START AND THE LACK OF PROTECTION.  SEAHAWKS ON TOP 12-7.  NEXT DRIVE, DEANGELO WILLIAMS, TONY MCDANIEL.  GOING TO EVENTUALLY POUNCE ON THAT FOOTBALL. FUMBLE DOWN THE STRETCH.  JUST CAN’T DO IT.  ABSOLUTELY ..  JAMIE YOU KNOW HOW IT JUST ZAPS THE MOMENTUM.  YEA.  I MENA WHERE YOU ARE THE LAST 5 MINS. LEFT IN THE GAME.  THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE KILLS YOU.  PETE CARROLL, DEF. GUY AT HEART, ON THE SIDELINES, EXCITED.  LIKES THAT ONE, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE HUGE PLAYS IN THE GAME.  IT WASN’T PRETTY FOR THOSE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS BUT THEY DO GO ON THE ROAD AND WIN 12-7.  YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS FOR DEANGELO.  16 FOR 76.  BEDSIDES THAT FUMBLE, THOSE ARE SOME GOOD RUSHING NUMBERS AGAINST THAT SEATTLE DEFENSE.

 

01:42:27 – KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

 

CHIEFS/JAGUARS.  DO NOT ADJUST ANYTHING ON YOUR COMPUTER THERE.  YES, THAT IS ANDY REID IN VERY BRIGHT RED.  ALEX SMITH ALSO GETTING A FRESH START IN K.C.  AT LEAST HE KIND OF KEPT THE SAME COLORS.  1ST QUARTER NO SCORE.  CHIEFS OPENING POSSESSION, DUSTON COLQUITT HAS THE PUNT BLOCKED BY J.T. THOMAS.  GOES THROUGH THE BACK OF THE END ZONE FOR A SAFETY.  SAFETIES WERE RAMPANT THROUGHOUT THE NFL ON SUNDAY.  WATCH ANOTHER LOOK.  THOMAS GETS THROUGH, MAKES THE BLOCK.  IT’S THEIR FIRST SAFETY SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2008 AGAINST THE VIKINGS.  IT’S BEFORE BRETT FAVRE WAS EVEN THERE.  JAGUARS LEAD 2-0.  SAME SCORE, NEXT POSSESSION.  1ST & GOAL OF THE JAGUARS.  ALEX SMITH LOOKING.  DONNIE AVERY FOR THE 5 YD. TD.  CHIEFS LEAD IT 7-2.  SAME SCORE.  2 JAGUARS POSSESSIONS LATER, 2ND & 8 ON THEIR OWN 33.  BLANE GABBERT LOOKING FOR CECIL SHORTS.  INSTEAD HE FINDS BRANDON FLOWERS.  SOMEBODY TOLD ME YOU HAD TO PICKOFF.  CHIEFS, A FRANCHISE-LOW 7 INTERCEPTIONS IN 2012, PICKING UP THE PACE A LITTLE BIT IN 2013.  NEXT PLAY 1ST & 10 ON THE JAGUARS 21.  JAMAL CHARLES COMES IN AND HERE HE GOES.  HE RUNS LEFT FOR 18 YDS.  1ST & GOAL AT THE 3 FOR K.C.  THINKS HE’S COMING OUT.  GONNA USE HIM IN THE RED ZONE.  EMPTY BACKFIELD.  1ST & GOAL.  JR. HEMMINGWAY, THE 3 YD. TD.  CHIEFS LEAD 14-2.  THAT GOOD MICHIGAN KARMA CONTINUES ON.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  HEMMINGWAY GETS UP.  GETS DOWN AND GETS BOTH FEET INBOUNDS.  SMITH AND HEMMINGWAY CELEBRATE.  THAT WAS SOME KIND OF CATCH BY THE ROOKIE.  2ND QUARTER, CHIEFS STILL LEADING 14-2 WITH THE BALL 2ND & 2 ON THE JAGUARS 49 YD. LINE.  HERE’S SMITH LOOKING FOR HIS ALL PURPOSE WEAPON DEXTER MCCLUSTER.  HE GETS IT FOR 21 YDS.  3 PLAYS LATER 3RD & 5 ON THE JAGUARS 23.  SMITH MOBILE.  DON’T FORGET HE CAN RUN A LITTLE BIT.  HE’S NOT COLIN KAPAERNICK BUT HE CAN STILL TUCK IT UNDER.  SCRAMBLES FOR 9 YDS. AND A 1ST DOWN.  3 PLAYS LATER 2ND & 1 ON THE JAGUARS 5.  HERE’S JAMAL CHARLES, RED ZONE CARRY.  2 YD. TD.  CHIEFS LEAD IT 21-2.  3RD QUARTER, SAME SCORE, 3RD & 1 ON THE JAGUARS 46.  JAMAL CHARLES UPENDED.  SHORTER THE 1ST DOWN BY GINO HAYES.  WATCH IT RIGHT HERE.  CHARLES INJURED ON THE PLAY.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  INJURES HIS QUAD.  LANDS AWKWARDLY ON HIS HEAD.  GOOD NEWS FOR JAMAL CHARLES.  AFTER LEADING THE FIELD HE WOULD RETURN TO THE GAME.  SAME SCORE.  3 JAGUARS POSSESSIONS LATER, 2ND & 5 ON THEIR OWN 5 OR RATHER ON THEIR OWN 20, GABBERT SACKED BY JUSTIN HOUSTON, AN 8 YD. LOSS.  HOUSTON’S 3RD SACK OF THE DAY.  HE CELEBRATES.  YEA, WHEN I BEAT THAT 2ND OVERALL PICK.  THAT SEEMS PRETTY GOOD.  4TH QUARTER SAME SCORE.  JAGUARS BALL, 3 & 10 THEIR OWN 12, GABBERT HAS HIS PASS INTERCEPTED BY TOMBA ALI WHO TAKES IT IN FOR THE TD.  DOESN’T GET ANY EASIER THAN THAT.  SAME SCORE, 3 JAGUARS POSSESSIONS LATER, BUCK 31 LEFT IN THE GAME.  GABBERT SCRAMBLES FOR A GAIN OF 4 BUT HE’S INJURED ON THE PLAY.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  GABBERT HITS THE GROUND HARD.  INJURES HIS THROWING HAND.  THE END OF A MISERABLE DAY FOR GABBERT AND THE JAGUARS OFFENSE.  AT ONE POINT THEY HAD RUN 43 PLAYS FOR 58 YDS.  CHIEFS WIN IT 28-2.  ANDY REID GETS HIS FIRST WIN AS A CHIEF.

 

01:46:20 – BALTIMORE RAVENS @ DENVER BRONCOS

 

A 34 MINUTE LIGHTNING DELAY WHICH WAS THE SAME AS THE S.B.  ROGER GOODELL DOESN’T CONTROL THE WEATHER?  SOME PEOPLE I THINK BELIEVE THAT HE DOES.  OH, O.K.  GOTCHA.  FINALLY JOHN HARBAUGH AND THE RAVENS WOULD GET THIS GOING.  HE’S FEELING PRETTY GOOD AFTER THAT 4 YR. EXTENSION, ISN’T HE BOYS?  HE SHOULD BE.  T. SUGGS PICKING UP FOR RAY LEWIS’ AS THE LEADER.  THERE’S PEYTON MANNING AND THE BRONCOS LOOKING TO AVENGE LAST YEAR’S LOSS.  JOE FLACCO HAS THAT NEW CONTRACT.  LOOKING DEEP HERE FOR TORREY SMITH.  HE STARTED OFF STRONG.  HE DID START OFF STRONG.  AND I’LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.  WELL WE’LL FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.  3RD & 10 HERE.  FLACCO LOOKING FOR TOREY SMITH.  HE’S STRONG RIGHT HERE.  GOOD MOVE.  REACHED OUT FOR THE 1ST DOWN.  PUT THAT FOOT IN.  HEY, A LOT OF MOMENTUM OUT HERE.  SHAWN YOU LIKE THAT FINISH, DON’T YOU, BY THE WIDE RECEIVER?  OH I LOVE IT.  I LOVE IT.  THAT LOW TO THE SHOULDER PASS.  TOUCHDOWN.  GIVE 44 SOME LOVE.  THIS GUY WAS MAULING PEOPLE EARLY IN THE GAME AND THEY WERE LETTING HM.  AND THE RAVENS WERE FEELING GREAT, RIGHT?  BUT IN THE 2ND QUARTER JACOBY JONES CALLS FOR THE FAIR CATCH AND WE HAVE TROUBLE.  BRENDON … RUNS RIGHT INTO HIM!  HE HAS TO KNOW WHERE HE IS ON THE FIELD.  YEA.  AND YOUR HEAD COACH IS A SPECIAL TEAMS COACH?  I KNOW JOHN HARBAUGH IS PULLING HIS HAIR OUT RIGHT NOW.  AND JACOBY JONES LEFT WITH A SPRAINED KNEE…WHICH IS DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR THE RAVENS.  YEA, THAT’S GONNA HURT THEM A LOT.  SO ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION JOE FLACCO’S PASS FOR BRANDON STOKLEY, INTERCEPTED BY CHRIS AIRES.  TELL ME ABOUT IT WILLIE.  TELL ME ABOUT IT.  HE GOT UP UNDER THE COVERAGE.  HE MADE A GREAT PLAY.  AND ALL THAT B. WRIGHT.    SO WHAT IS THIS, BE EXTRA RIGHT?!  HOW ABOUT JULIUS THOMAS.  THE T.E. WHO PLAYED BASKETBALL IN COLLEGE.  LET PORTLAND STATE DO A COUPLE NCAA TOURNAMENTS.  HIS FIRST CAREER TD.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  DARRELL SMITH, RAY LEWIS’ REPLACEMENT.  LOOK..TURN AROUND HERE GUYS.  WELL IN THE RED ZONE YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THESE ROUTES, THE JERK ROUTES, AND DARREL SMITH ON THE PUNT, LOOKED IN THE BACKFIELD AND PEYTON MANNING GOT HIM.  HOW OFTEN HAVE WE SEEN THAT?  THAT NEVER HAPPENS.  THE RULE IS IT DID.  WHEN … ON THE 10 YD. YOU NEVER BACKUP.  WES KNOWS BETTER THAN THAT.  THEN PEYTON FINDS THE GUY THAT I DON’T THINK ANYBODY’S EVER HEARD OF UNTIL TONIGHT.  THIS IS JUST A BAD PLAY ALL THE WAY AROUND.  YOU GOTTA GO FINISH A PLAY AND DON’T JAW.  THAT JUST MAKES THINGS WORSE.  44 YDS. FOR THE T.E. JULIUS THOMAS.  LOOK AT THAT.  HE STARTED OUT WITH THAT BIG HIT WILLIE, THE DROP EARLY ON IN THE GAME.  THEN AFTER THAT IT WAS LIGHTS OUT FOR THIS YOUNGSTER.  IT’S JUST … TAKING A BAD ANGLE, AND YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO FINISH PLAYS AND GIVE THOMAS SOME CREDIT.  HE’S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIS OPPORTUNITIES.  ABSOLUTELY.  THEN ON THE ENSUING RAVENS POSSESSION FLACCO… OH NO.  WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?  DOUBLE BAD..  I’M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MISSED LAYUP!  YOU DON’T GIVE A GUY RIGHT HERE, IHODIGBO, RIGHT HERE MISSES THE TACKLE; AND THIS IS WHERE THE INEXPERIENCE, THE NEW GUY’S TAKING PLACE WHEN YOU HAD POLLARD AND YOU HAD ED REED.  THIS WOULD’VE NEVER HAPPENED.  WELL .. KNOWS YOU NEVER LET THAT GUY INSIDE.  HERE YOU HAVE FLACCO TO DALLAS CLARK.  CLARK JUST DROPS THE BALL.  HITS HIM IN BOTH HANDS.  YOU WAS YELLING IN THE GREEN ROOM, “THROW IT TO DALLAS CLARK.  THROW IT TO DALLAS CLARK.”  PRE-SNAP, WHERE’S CLARK?  AND THEY FOUND HIM BUT TURNED THEIR EYE OFF THE BALL.  3RD QUARTER, MANNING TO HIS NEW RECEIVER WES WELKER.  AND IS THIS A CATCH OR NOT?  NO.  THIS WAS NOT A CATCH BUT WHAT KIND OF BALL IS THIS?  HE GOT BACK TO THE LINE AND HE STARTED A PLAY.  I CAN’T BELIEVE UPSTAIRS DIDN’T CALL THAT.  YOU KNOW WHAT?  KUDOS TO PEYTON MANNING FOR MAKING UP FOR A BAD THROW AND DOING THE HURRY-UP...TO GET THEM TO PLAY THE STICK.  HERE’S MANNING NOW.  THIS TIME TO DEMARIUS THOMAS.  SWEET MOVE.  I SAID IT EARLIER.  THAT IS 235 LBS. MOVING LIKE WES WELKER OUT THERE.  AND DOUBLE-UP ON YOUR ANKLE TAPE AT IT.  34 YD. GAIN FOR DEMARIUS.  THEN IT’S MANNING TO ANDRE …  28 YD. TD.  BRONCOS UP 21-17.  PEYTON MANNING DOESN’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SPREADING THAT BALL AROUND, DOES HE?  HE SURE DOESN’T.  NO, HE HAS A LOT OF RECEIVERS.  HIS BROTHER DOES TOO.  FLACCO THIS TIME SACKED BY THE GUY YOU LIKE TO CALL S.P.  THERE YOU GO.  I SEE YOU BOY.  WAS HE BOWLING.  HE HAD THE … HE HAD SOME THINGS GOING ON OVER THERE.  MORE SPECIAL TEAMS PROBLEMS.  LISTEN.  THIS IS, I’M TELLING YOU, I SAID EARLIER HE WAS PULLING HIS HAIR OUT.  HERE, THIS IS WHERE JOHN HARBAUGH’S THINKING ABOUT CUTTING SOMEBODY BECAUSE A HEAD COACH THAT’S A SPECIAL TEAMS GUY – 2 CRUCIAL SPECIAL TEAMS MISTAKES.  AND THEN PEYTON MAKES HIM PAY.  FINDS WES WELKER AGAIN.  BRONCOS UP 28-17 AT THIS POINT.  THAT’S WHERE WES WELKER IS BEST..  ONE-ON-ONE.  SAME THING THEY DID IN N.E., RIGHT?  ABSOLUTELY.  CAN’T SQUEEZE HIM.  CAN’T TRAP HIM.  AND THEN FLACCO’S THROW TO CLARK BROKEN UP BY RAHEEM MOORE.  THE RAVENS 2ND STRAIGHT 3 AND OUT.  BRONCOS ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION.  MANNING HERE TO A WIDE OPEN WES WELKER FOR ANOTHER TD.  WHY NOT JUST LEAVE HIM WIDE OPEN?  HE HASN’T CAUGHT ENOUGH PASSES?  IT’S RIDICULOUS.  MISCOMMUNICATION.  SIMPLE GOAL LINE PLAYS.  SPRINT RIGHT EVERY PLAY.  EVERY OFF. PLAYBOOK HAS THAT.  THAT WAS MANNING’S 5TH TD. OF THE GAME.  THIS HIS 6TH TD. OF THE GAME.  A 26 YARDER TO DEMARIUS THOMAS.  WHAT ABOUT ME PEYTON?  WHAT ABOUT ME?  HERE YOU GO.  HE’S FEEDING EVERYBODY.  OH JOE FLACCO.  BUT GUESS WHAT JOE FLACCO?  YOUR MISTAKE WASN’T AS BAD AS THAT!  SHAWN, DID YOU EVER DO THIS NOT IN H.S.?  NOT EVER.  HE’S GONNA BE HEARING THAT FOREVER IN THAT L.R.  I CAN TELL YOU THAT MUCH.  THAT’S THE THING.  HE HAD THE DANCE AND THE … READY.  HE WAS THINKING ABOUT THE DANCE FIRST BEFORE HE LET THE BALL GO.  OH HE WAS SO CLOSE.  DANNY… THIS IS WHERE BAD BECOMES WORSE THOUGH.  YOU GOT WOODROW, YOUR BEST LINEBACKER, AND THEN YOU GOT STOKLEY GOING IN THERE TO RECOVER THE DROPPED FUMBLE OR WHAT WOULD BE THE TOUCHBACK, AND ROLLS UP ON YOUR BEST LINEBACKER’S ANKLE.  HOPEFULLY THAT’S NOT A SERIOUS INJURY.  I BELIEVE … HE DID COME BACK IN THE GAME.  HE’S SMILING OVER THERE ON THE SIDELINE.  I THINK HE’LL BE O.K. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.  LOOK AT JACK DELRIO GETTING HIM.  GET HIM JACK!  HERE’S WHAT I HATE WILLIE.  HOW’S A YOUNG PLAYER GONNA DISRESPECT A COACH LIKE JACK DELRIO WHO’S BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS AS LONG AS HE HAS?  I LEARNED MY LESSONS MANY A TIMES.  WHEN YOU’RE WRONG, YOU JUST GOTTA TAKE IT.  TAKE IT LIKE A MAN, AND THEN D.T. TAKE OFF!  DO YOU THINK PEYTON GOT A LITTLE HUG TONIGHT FROM HIS WIDE RECEIVERS?  LOOK AT THAT LITTLE BUBBLE SCREEN AND DEMARIUS THOMAS JUST TAKES IT TO THE HOUSE FOR A 78 YD. SCORE.  3 WORDS.  BIG AND FAST.  AND IS THE WORD TODAY.  JOHN ELWAY…AS THE BRONCOS ROLLED THE RAVENS 49-27.  PEYTON MANNING 462 YDS. AND 7 TDS.

 

01:52:54 – ARIZONA CARDINALS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

 

ALRIGHT BRUCE ARIANS MAKING HIS ARIZONA COACHING DEBUT ON THE ROAD IN ST. LOUIS.  HE’S GOT A REAL QB IN CARSON PALMER UNDER CENTER OUT THERE.  HOW ABOUT IN THE FIRST QUARTER SAM BRADFORD HITTING HIS NEW T.E. JARED.  I TOLD HIM ABOUT THIS KID.  THIS KID IS A PLAYMAKER MAN.  .. MACKEY.  DON’T CALL HIM …  THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE BEST PLAYS I’VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.  THAT IS A TOUCHBACK FOR THE CARDINALS.  3RD QUARTER RAMS UP 3.  BRADFORD.  THE TIP!  THE PICK BY DAN WILLIAMS AND THE BIG MAN WITH BALL IN THE END ZONE.  THAT’S A PRETTY …MOVE RIGHT THAT FOR DAN.  CARDS TAKE A 17-13 LEAD.  NEXT CARDS POSSESSION, CARSON PALMER, LARRY FITZGERALD.  8 CATCHES.  80 YDS.  2 INTO THE END ZONE.  THE CARDS ARE UP DOUBLE DIGITS IN THIS ONE.  4TH QUARTER THEY’RE ONLY UP THOUGH 3.  PALMER, PRESSURE BY ROBERT QUINN.  4 SACKS FOR THE RAMS ON THE DAY.  WE GOT A FUMBLE!  ..MONEY ON THE GROUND.  RECOVERED BY CHRIS LONG AND THE RAMS KICK A F.G. TO TIE IT AT 24.  UNDER 2 TO GO.  BRADFORD TO JARED COOK.  HE HANGS ON THIS TIME.  UP THE SIDELINE INSIDE THE CARDINAL 40.  SO NOW WHO DO YOU TURN IT OVER?  THERE HE IS FROM 48 YDS. OUT.  THEIR GAME WINNER!  THE RAMS!  THEIR FIRST OPENING SEASON “W” SINCE 2006.

 

01:54:28 – GREEN BAY PACKERS @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

 

THE G.B. PACKERS AND THE S.F. 49ERS.  COLIN KAPAERNICK RAN FOR A BUCK 81 IN THAT PLAYOFF WIN A YEAR AGO FOR JIM HARBAUGH’S CROWD.  WHAT ABOUT CLAY MATTHEWS, JR.  HE SAYS HE’S GONNA HIT THE QB.  YEA, HE CERTAINLY DID.  HE’S SUPPOSED TO.  ON THAT READ OPTION.  WELL HERE YOU GO.  TIED AT 7 IN THE 2ND, HERE COMES KAPAERNICK.  I’M GONNA GO THIS WAY.  I’M GONNA GO THAT WAY, AND … GET OUT OF BOUNDS.  DON’T HIT HIM!  DON’T HIT HIM!  HEY, THE FULL-FLEDGE TACKLE.  FORGET ABOUT THE HIT!  HERE COMES THE FLAG!  THE FIGHT HERE.  HERE COMES THE FLAG AND HERE WE GO.  NOW THIS GETS INTERESTING.  BOTH TEAMS ARE PENALIZED ON THIS PLAY.  NOW IT SHOULD’VE EVENTUALLY BEEN 4TH DOWN.  THE OBVIOUS PENALTY HERE… WELL HE WAS LATE.  VERY VERY LATE.  HIS FEET WERE ON THE FIELD.  THAT’S WHAT HE WAS THINKING.  BUT THE NINERS ALSO WHISTLED FOR AN INFRACTION AS WELL.  JOE STALEY GETTING INTO IT WITH MATTHEWS.  NOW THIS SHOULD’VE PRODUCED 4TH DOWN.  INSTEAD THE REFEREES, YOU CAN SEE IT’S 3RD & 6.  SO THEY WERE IN ERROR.  HERE WE GO.  ANQUAN BOLDIN FOR HIS 1ST TD. AS A NINER.  HE CAN KEEP GOING FOR AWHILE.  THAT WAS A BIG ACQUISITION FOR ANQUAN BOLDIN TO COME THERE BECAUSE HE REPLACED MICHAEL CRABTREE.  BUT ALSO A HUGE SCREW-UP THERE BY THE OFFICIATING CREW.  MEANTIME JERMICHAEL FINLEY.  I’M GETTING MY WAY IN THERE.  ALL EFFORT.  TIED AT 14 AT THE BREAK.  THIS IS THE GUY THEY ALWAYS EXPECTED TO KIND OF MAKE THAT MOVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF T.E.  HE HASN’T QUITE DONE THAT IN HIS CAREER.  THROW HIM THE BALL.  3RD QUARTER, COLIN KAPAERNICK’S GONNA THROW THE BALL.  THIS ONE TO ANQUAN BOLDIN.  JOE FLACCO SITTING HOME GOING, “WE’LL USE THIS GUY.”  SAYING…  LOOK AT THAT CATCH.  TRADED HIM FOR THE 6TH ROUND PICK.  EVERY BIG PLAY FOR THE RAVENS IN THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR AND NOW DOING IT IN GAME 1 WITH THE NINERS.  NOW KAPAERNICK TO VERNON DAVIS.  HE SAID, “WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE THIS YEAR” MOOCH.  YEA, THAT’S THE 2ND TD.  THEY ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.  COLIN KAPAERNICK.  HE HAD HIS BEST PASSING DAY OF HIS CAREER.  BUT HERE COMES AARON RODGERS TO JORDY NELSON.  HE HAS TO STEP IT UP.  NHAMDI OSEMWA HAS TO STEP IT UP THIS SEASON.  WELL HERE’S CLAY MATTHEWS.  NOW THIS IS A LEGAL TACKLE RIGHT THERE L.T.  OH YEA, AND HE HIT THE QB THAT TIME.  HE’S TALKING TO HIM.  AND GETTING IN HIS FACE.  NOW 4TH QUARTER, KAPAERNICK WITH A 3 PT. LEAD LOOKING FOR KYLE WILLIAMS AND HE’S …OH, THE BALL’S UNDERTHROWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.  A LITTLE BIT?  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  52 ALL OVER 7.  THERE’S THAT GUY MOMMA.  SO THE PACKERS ENSUING POSSESSION DOWN 3.  RODGERS… HE IS SO POISED.  AND LOOK AT THE CATCH BY JORDY NELSON!  OH HE SO GOOD MAN.  DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER.  RIGHT ALONG THE SIDELINES IS 87 WITH THE 37 YD. GAIN.  4 PLAYS LATER IT’S THE ROOKIE’S 2ND ROUND PICK OUT OF ALABAMA, EDDIE LACEY.  THEY MADE FUN OF HIS WEIGHT IN THE OFFSEASON BUT CARRYING HIS WEIGHT ON THAT ONE PRIME.  I LIKE THAT.  I LIKE THIS OFFENSE IS SO EXPLOSIVE.  REMIND YOU, THEY’RE IN S.F. PLAYING LIKE THIS.  PACKERS WITH A 4 PT. LEAD BUT LOOK WHO IT IS AGAIN.  BOLDIN!  HOW TOUGH IS HE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD L.T.?  HE’S THE BEST POSSESSION RECEIVER THAT WE SEE IN OUR GAME.  HE’S NOT AFRAID TO GO OVER THE MIDDLE AND MAKE THE BIG CATCH AND TAKE A BIG HIT.  GAIN OF 43 YDS.  THEN IT’S KENDELL HUNTER.  PLENTY OF ROOM OUT THE RIGHT SIDE.  FORCED OUT INSIDE THE 10 AFTER A GAIN OF 23.  2 PLAYS LATER WHO DO YOU GIVE IT TO?  THE NINERS ALL-TIME TD. LEADER ON THE GROUND.  21 REASONS.  AND IT’S 21-38.  NINERS ON TOP BUT RODGERS OUT OF THE POCKET LOOKING FOR JORDY NELSON BUT THERE’S YOUR GUY NHAMDI.  PACKERS FORCED TO PUNT.  ENSUING NINERS DRIVE.  3RD & 5.  GORE.  CLAY MATTHEWS.  HE’S PLAYING DIVE.  HE’S PLAYING QB.  THIS GUY IS QUICK AS A CAT.  ACTUALLY, VERY LUCKY THAT THE NINERS DIDN’T FUMBLE ON THAT QB/R.B. EXCHANGE.  SO AFTER HARBAUGH TRIED TO DRAW AN OFF SIDES, 4TH & 2, KAPAERNICK KEEPING IT ALIVE AND WHO’S HE FIND?!  GUESS WHO?  MAYBE THAT MAN AGAIN.  13 CATCHES, 208 YDS. AND A TOUCHDOWN IN THAT NEW UNI.  MIKE MCCARTHY CAN’T BELIEVE IT.  A MUCH BETTER EFFORT BY HIS DEFENSE THIS TIME AROUND.

 

01:59:04 – NEW YORK GIANTS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

 

TONY ROMO AND THAT 100 MILLION DOLLAR ARM.  HE’S PUMPED-UP AND ELI MANNING 4-0 IN THIS PLACE.  AND HEY BROTHER.  I GOT ONE QUESTION FOR YOU BROTHER.  WHATCHA GONNA DO GIANTS WHEN THE COWBOYS RUN WILD ON YOU?!!  THE HULK.  WELL YOU KNOW HIS DAUGHTER’S ENGAGED TO ONE OF THE COWBOYS.. SO THERE YOU GO.  WHO DOESN’T KNOW THAT?  TURNOVER’S THE NAME OF THE GAME EARLY.  ELI…HOW DO YOU NOT SEE DEMARCUS WARE?  THE MAN WITH THE OTHER COLOR UNIFORM ON.  WHAT TALENTED GIFTS DEMARCUS WARE HAS TO BE ABLE TO CATCH THAT BALL NOW.  HE SAW THAT AND PULLED OFF AND MADE THE PLAY.  BUT LED TO JUST A COWBOYS F.G.  HERE WE GOT A LITTLE TIP DRILL.  BRIAN MUNDY RUNNING BUT LOOK AT THE HUSTLE FROM DEMARCO MURRAY TO PREVENT THE TD.  LOOK AT THIS.  GOOD JOB BY DEMARCO.  LOOK AT THAT.  AND SO THE GIANTS..AND THAT’S .. WHERE THAT YOUNG GUY JUST.. YEA.  THEY HAD TO JUST SETTLE FOR A F.G.  ONE MORE LOOK AT THIS.  I’M STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT IN THE RED ZONE WHY ARE YOU GOING TO HIM?  YOU HAVE DEZ.  YOU HAVE MILES.  YOU HAVE WITTEN.  WHY IS HE YOUR OPTION IN THE RED ZONE?  YEA, HE WAS LOOKING FOR TERRENCE WILLIAMS ON THAT PLAY.  YEA, ON THE SLANT MARSHALL.  HE BACKED OUT AND THEN GOES ACROSS HIS FACE.  2ND QUARTER THE COWBOYS D. WAS DOMINATING UNTIL THIS.  VICTOR CRUZ, THE NEW 43 MILLION DOLLAR MAN FOR THE GIANTS 70 YDS.  FIRST OF ALL, HE’S UNDERPAID.  LET’S GET THAT STRAIGHT. I DON’T KNOW WHY HE TOOK … BUT HOW DOES HE GET OPEN LIKE THAT?  BECAUSE THEY BLEW A COVERAGE.  RIGHT NOW YOU COULD SEE THERE’S CONFUSION.  SO HE SQUATS.  YOU DON’T WANT TO SQUAT ON VICTOR CRUZ.  THE ONLY REASON THEY SQUATTED, BECAUSE HE’S A SLOT RECEIVER.  HE SITS DOWN IN HIS ROUTES A LOT AND HE WAS GUESSING.  DIDN’T WE JUST SEE THIS ON THE OTHER HASH LAST YEAR AGAINST WASH.?  YES YOU DID.  SAME ROUTE.  YEP.  NOW ROMO LOOKING FOR THAT MAN AGAIN.  BECAUSE VICTOR CRUZ HAS THAT CHOICE TO TAKE IT LIKE THAT.  TERRENCE WILLIAMS.  BUT HE HAS THE CHOICE TO STAY BACK TOO.  GUYS, HERE’S THE KEY PART.  ROMO GETS SANDWICHED.  SO JERRY JONES, WONDERING ABOUT HIS 100 MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT, AND MRS. ROMO WONDERING …ABOUT HER 100 MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT.  THEY’RE WONDERING THE SAME THING!  WE HAD THE HALFTIME COWBOYS UP 13-10.  3RD QUARTER ROMO.  HE’S BACK OUT THERE.  HE IS TOUGH.  SAY ANYTHING ABOUT TONY ROMO.  HE PLAYS ALL THE TIME, EVEN THOUGH HE GETS SMACKED AROUND.  HERE ROMO TO DEZ BRYANT.  THAT’S INCOMPLETE.  THEY GO 3 AND OUT.  AND THAT’S WHERE I THINK THAT INJURY WOULD’VE GOT TO HIM RIGHT THERE.  HE DIDN’T HAVE THE STRENGTH TO GET THE BALL OUT.  REMEMBER LAST YEAR DAVID WILSON FUMBLED ON HIS FIRST PRO CARRY AGAINST THE COWBOYS?  HE DID IT AGAIN TONIGHT, AND THEN HERE’S ANOTHER ONE.  THIS ONE PICKED UP BY BRIAN CHURCH 27 YDS. INTO THE END ZONE.  HIS 2ND FUMBLE OF THE GAME.  HE WOULDN’T TOUCH IT THE REST OF THE NIGHT.  THE COWBOYS ..I’D GIVE HIM A CALL MAN.  THE COWBOYS ARE WORKING ON THAT.  WHAT YOU GONNA SAY?  YOU GOTTA LIFT HIM UP RIGHT NOW.  JUST TALK TO HIM ABOUT BALL SECURITY AND GET HIM TO BELIEVE THAT HE CAN PLAY THIS GAME.  WELL THE GIANTS ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WHEN THEY TRIED TO RETURN A PUNT AS WELL.  THIS ONE IS RECOVERED BY THE COWBOYS JASON GARRETT’S BALL.  YOU CAN SEE IT’S TOUCHED BY THE GIANTS TREMAINE MCBRIDE.  COUGHLIN CANNOT BELIEVE THIS.  OF COURSE, EVERY TURNOVER IS REVIEWED SO IT’S COWBOYS BALL.  5TH GIANTS TURNOVER OF THE NIGHT.  THEN ROMO TO HIS SECURITY BLANKET.  BUT WE MUST GIVE SOME LOVE.  WE’VE SEEN THAT A MILLION TIMES BUT WHAT WE HAVEN’T SEEN WAS THE TIME THAT THAT OFF. LINE, LED BY FREDRICKSON, DRAFT PICK GAVE TONY ROMO.  YEA, THAT’S WITTEN’S 2ND TD. OF THE NIGHT BY THE WAY.  BUT THEN MANNING, VICTOR CRUZ!  LOOK AT HIM BALLING.  CRUZ WENT OFF.  HE’S DANCED 3 TIMES TONIGHT, AND HE USUALLY PLAYS WELL ..WHEN THE IS ON THE BOARD.  4TH QUARTER AND THE GIANTS DOWN 30-17.  MANNING TO RUEBEN RANDALL.  THEY EXPECT BIG THINGS OUT OF HIM THIS YEAR AS THE 3RD WIDE OUT.  DREW BALLED OUT TODAY.  22 YDS. ON THAT ONE.  3 PLAYS LATER.  IF HE GETS GOING, THE GIANTS CAN BE TOUGH.  MANNING TO CRUZ AGAIN.  2ND TIME IN HIS CAREER HE’S GOT A 3 TD. GAME.  IT’S JUST A 1 POSSESSION BALLGAME.  2 POSSESSIONS LATER ROMO TO DEZ BRYANT.  NOT GONNA GET THE 1ST DOWN AND DEZ BANGED UP ON THE PLAY.  I DON’T THINK THEY USED DEZ RIGHT TONIGHT.  DOUBLE-TEAM AND KEPT A MAN OVER THE TOP ON DEZ.  THE GIANTS DID.  SO NOW DOWN 6, 3RD & 5.  MANNING TO RANDALL.  THAT IS 26 YDS. APPROACHING MIDFIELD.  SO THE GIANTS DOWN JUST 6 AT THE 2 MIN. WARNING.  WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN?  MANNING LOOKING FOR DARRELLE SCOTT.  DAVID WILSON’S REPLACEMENT.  PICKED OFF BY BRANDON CARTER FOR 39 YDS.  THAT’S WHY IT’S HARD TO PLAY WITH THESE YOUNG GUYS IN THESE CRUCIAL MOMENTS OF THE GAME.  IT’S TOUGH MAN.  36-31 YOUR FINAL.

 

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