SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 13

  1. PACKERS @ LIONS   4:13

  2. RAIDERS @ COWBOYS  3:48

  3. STEELERS @ RAVENS  5:16

  4. JAGUARS @ BROWNS  3:46

  5. TITANS @ COLTS  3:00

  6. DOLPHINS @ JETS  2:16

  7. CARDINALS @ EAGLES  3:54

  8. BUCS @ PANTHERS  3:23

  9. PATRIOTS @ TEXANS  3:22

  10. BEARS @ VIKINGS  3:57

  11. FALCONS @ BILLS  1:08

  12. RAMS @ 49ERS  1:41

  13. BRONCOS @ CHIEFS  5:15

  14. BENGALS @ CHARGERS  1:41

  15. GIANTS @ REDSKINS  4:05

            TRT:    63:18    WITH BARS

1:10:13; 12 - GREEN BAY PACKERS @ DETROIT LIONS

LET'S GO TO DETROIT.  IT'S GAME 1 TODAY ON THANKSGIVING.  THERE'S A HANDSHAKE.  1 QB PLAYING.  1 NOT.  AND WHAT'S HE SHOWING HIM?  ALL THESE DIFFERENT... YOU SAW THAT HUH?  YOU SAW THAT HUH?  ALL THESE DIFFERENT ARM ANGLES.  TURNOVERS A REAL STORY HERE TODAY.  FIRST QUARTER REGGIE BUSH.  UP THE MIDDLE.  THIS IS WHAT BOTHERS ME BECAUSE REGGIE BEFORE THIS GAME SAID, "I WILL NOT FUMBLE ANYMORE THIS ENTIRE SEASON" AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.  HE DIDN'T INTEND TO.  YEA BUT YOU DON’T' SAY THAT BECAUSE KNOW IT CAN HAPPEN.  THAT'S LIKE ME SAYING I'M NOT GONNA MISS A TACKLE FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON.  THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.  I DID MISS SOME.  VERY FEW.  VERY FEW BUT SOME.  I'M SORRY.  2ND QUARTER MATTHEW STAFFORD, UNAWARE THAT NICK PERRY WAS THERE.  FOOTBALL COMES OUT.  MORGAN BURNETT.  WHO DO WE HAVE AT #42 FOR THE PACKERS SCORING A TD.?  OH THAT LOOKS FAMILIAR.  SURE DOES.  EERILY FAMILIAR.  HIS HIPS ARE A LITTLE LOOSE ..  NICE JOB BY NICK PERRY THE FORMER 1ST ROUND PICK IN THE USC KNOCKING IT OUT.  AARON RODGERS LIKING IT.  THAT'S THE GOOD ARM.  PACKERS ON TOP 10-3.  NOW STAFFORD IS INTERCEPTED BY TRUMAN WILLIAMS LOOKING FOR CHRIS DURHAM.  THAT'S 3 TURNOVERS NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH THE 2ND QUARTER.  DETROIT BACK WITH IT LOOKING FOR REGGIE BUSH.  HAD A BIG AFTERNOON.  WELL PLACED BALL.  32 YD. GAIN.  MAYBE THAT'S THE SKILL BODY-CONTROL..I’LL SAY IT AGAIN.  HE'S HAVING A PRO BOWL YEAR. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.  HE'S HAVING A PRO BOWL YEAR.  TIE GAME.  THERE'S A, SPEAKING OF A WELL PLACED BALL.  STRIKE TO JEREMY ROSS.  LIONS TIE THE GAME UP AT 10.  MATTHEW STAFFORD OFF AND RUNNING NOW.  GET USED TO SEEING DETROIT SCORE.  HE EVEN CHANGED HIS ANGLES ON HIS FIST PUMP.  OH COME ON.  IT WAS A PROPER FIST PUMP.  REGGIE BUSH UP THE MIDDLE FOR 23.  THAT'S 1ST & GOAL NOW LIONS; AND IF REGGIE GOT YOU DOWN THERE AND HE SAID HE'S' NOT GONNA FUMBLE ANYMORE, DARREN... GIVE IT TO HIM 1 MORE TIME.  HE IS TO BE TRUSTED WITH THE BALL.  THAT’S' EASY.  SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE GRAPHIC.  THE 3 TURNOVERS ARE AN EARLY 10 PTS. AND THE NUMBER'S STILL 10 FOR THE G.B. PACKERS.  THAT OFFENSE ISN'T DOING TOO MUCH.  WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE TOP RECEIVER IN THE NFL YET.  THERE HE IS.   CALVIN JOHNSON, 20 YD. GAIN INSTEAD OF 10 AND INTO THE END ZONE.  THIS MADE NO SENSE OT ME.  HE CAME IN MOTION AND THEY ALLOWED HIM, THE BEST RECEIVER IN THE WORLD, TO ROAM FREE.  I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.  IT MADE NO SENSE.  I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE THINKING BACK THERE.  HOW'D IT GO FOR MATT FLYNN TODAY?  IT DIDN'T GO LIKE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE LAST TIME HE FACED HIM AND THAT WAS WITH SOME NICE NUMBERS.  HE HAD SOME PROTECTION ISSUES. EITHER THAT OR HE COULDN'T EE WHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL BECAUSE HE WAS ON THE TURF A LOT.  DROPPED BY LEWIS DELMIS THERE, AND HERE COMES DEVIN TAYLOR.  NOT ONLY GETS TO HIM BUT KNOCKS THE BALL OUT.  RECOVERED BY C.J. MOSELEY. REMEMBER ALL OF THE COMMENTS EARLIER.  I THINK SITTING THERE.  IT WAS BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT THESE GUYS ARE...HE CALLED THEM SCUMBAGS OR SOMETHING...SOME REALLY NASTY LANGUAGE.  AND I GUESS THAT REALLY HELPED MAKE THEM FEEL PRETTY GOOD GOING INTO THIS GAME.  ANOTHER PICK.  INTERCEPTED BY D'ANDRE LEVY.  FLAG FOR ILLEGAL FORMATION ON THE ...THAT ONE WAS DECLINED.  PACKERS NEXT DRIVE.  WATCH THIS.  SUH WAS ABOUT TO EAT HIM AND THEN HE CATCHES HIMSELF.  THAT'S GOOD.  HE'S LEARNING.  YES.  CONTROL THE EMOTION.  G.B. DEFENSE ON THE SIDELINE.  THIS IS WHY WHEN HE CAME INTO THE LEAGUE PEOPLE WERE COMPARING HIM.  I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DID, TO REGGIE WHITE.  NO.  I MEAN IT WAS A COMPARISON BECAUSE OF HE DID THINGS LIKE THAT.  AND FEROCITY, YES.  BUT THAT’S ABOUT IT.  LET'S GO AHEAD AND ADD SOME INSULT TO INJURY HERE.  A ONE-HANDED TD.  CATCH.  LEFT-HANDED.  NOW MAYBE HE IS LEFT-HANDED.  COULD BE BUT HE ..IT'S STILL ONE HANDED.  THAT'S NICE.  SO NOW IT'S 40-10.  AARON RODGERS SAID, "I BEST MAKE IT BACK A WEEK FROM SUNDAY."  BUT KEEP THIS IN MIND.  GLASS HALF EMPTY.  MATT FLYNN AVERAGING BASICALLY IN HIS LAST 2 APPEARANCES VS. DETROIT, 300 YDS. PASSING.  AND HE'S GOT 6 TDS. OR 5 TDS. AVERAGING 2-1/2 TDS. A GAME.  IT IS THANKSGIVING.  I'M FEELING THANKFUL.  IT'S A KIND WAY OF VIEWING WHAT HAPPENED FOR THE G.B. PACKERS ON OFFENSE.

 

1:14:33;15 - OAKLAND RAIDERS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

IT IS FINAL.  31-24 IN DALLAS.  THERE'S TONY ROMO.  THE COWBOYS TAKING ON THE RAIDERS HERE AND THERE WAS TROUBLE EARLY ON.  TERRENCE WILLIAMS.  SCOOP AND SCORE.  UH HUH, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS.  THEY JUST SIGNED THIS KID THIS WEEK.  HEY, WHAT A WAY TO START HIS CAREER.  HEY, HAPPY THANKSGIVING.  EXACTLY.  GREG JENKINS SCORES THE TD. AND JUST LIKE THAT THE RAIDER ARE ON TOP.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT HOW... HE WAS REALLY CLOSE.  THAT KNEE WAS CLOSE.  WHAT DID YOU SAY WILLIE, THE ONE WITH THE BIG HOUSE AND THE NICE CAR?  HOLD ONTO THAT BALL.  LOOK AT THAT, 2ND GAME, EVERY SCORES A TD.  CONGRATULATIONS TO GREG JENKINS.  MATT MCGLOIN.  YOU MEAN MCGLOVEN?  WILLIE'S GONNA HAVE ME SAYING HIS NAME WRONG!  OH MY GOODNESS.  MCGLOIN FUMBLES THE SNAP.  KYLE WILBER RECOVERS AT THE RAIDERS 2 YD. LINE.  THE CENTER/QB EXCHANGE?  SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER SAID THAN DONE.  TH ENSUING RAIDERS POSSESSION.  MCGLOIN DROPS BACK. NICE BALL.  YEA.  THREW SOME NICE BALLS.  REALLY ACCURATE. PUT IT WHERE HIS RECEIVER CAN CATCH IT AND WE'VE SEEN THIS IN THE 1ST HALF A LOT.  ANDRE HOLMES BEATS BRANDON CARR FOR A 20 YD. PICKUP.  PENN STATER WAS FIRED UP DAN.  SOMETIMES THESE PENN STATERS CAN DO IT.  MCGLOIN OVER THE MIDDLE TO HOLMES WHO BEATS KORRIGAN FOR 11 YDS. AND THE 1ST DOWN.  MCGLOIN 11 OF 15 FOR 147 YDS. IN THE 1ST HALF.  4 PLAYS LATER, JENNINGS UP THE MIDDLE FOR THE TD.  THE RAIDERS UP 21-7 WITH ONLY 2 MINS. TO GO IN THE 1ST HALF.  COWBOYS TAKE OVER.  TONY ROMO TO DEZ BRYANT FOR A GAIN OF 5 BUT BRYANT FUMBLES.  THE COWBOYS WOULD RECOVER AT THE 29.  ROMO OVER THE MIDDLE AGAIN TO BRYANT WHO GAINS 25 AND GETS IT DOWN TO THE RAIDERS 4 YD. LINE.  BRYANT ONLY CATCHES IT THE FIRST HALF.  2 PLAYS LATER, THEY GET IT TO DEMARCO MURRAY.  HE TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS.  SO THE COWBOYS ONLY TRAIL 21-14 GOING INTO THE BREAK.  SO CERTAINLY THEY WERE FEELING A LOT BETTER THAN THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THEY BEEN DOWN 14.  YEA, ABSOLUTELY.  3RD QUARTER.  YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT HIM EARLIER.  LANCE DUNBAR UP THE MIDDLE AND THIS IS A NICE CHUNK OF CHANGE HERE.  LOOK AT THE BURST.  DID YOU SEE THAT BURST FROM THE OPPOSITE 45 TO ABOUT THE 30?  45 YD. GAIN.  HE HAD 58 YDS. ON THE DRIVE.  SO 5 PLAYS LATER IT'S 1ST & GOAL AT THE RAIDERS 4.  ROMO TO BRYANT.  THAT'S THE BEST PLAY FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS.  LINE THEM UP.  YOU MATCH THEM UP ONE-ON-ONE WITH ANY QB.  9 TIMES OUT OF 10 HE'S GONNA COME DOWN WITH THE FOOTBALL.  ON THE NEXT COWBOYS POSSESSION, ROMO TO HIS OTHER GO-TO GUY JASON WITTEN.  I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.  STILL GO IT.  TENNESSEE PRODUCT.  .. FOR LIFE.  GO GET HIM WITTEN!  4TH QUARTER SAME COWBOYS DRIVE.  IT'S 1ST & GOAL AT THE RAIDERS 7.   DEMARCO MURRAY.  ALL HE DOES IS SCORE TDS. I GUESS.  HIS 3RD TD. OF THE GAME GIVES THE COWBOYS A 28-21 LEAD.  THEY'RE STARTING TO RUN AWAY WITH IT.  2 RAIDERS POSSESSIONS LATER, MCGLOIN TO HOLD STRAIGHT 35 YD. PICKUP.  HE HAD A BIG DAY TODAY. M ADE SOME BIG PLAYS.  3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 9 AT THE COWBOYS 20.  MCGLOIN TO JACOBY FORD.  NOT THIS TIME.  INSTEAD BRANDON CARR PICKS HIM OFF.  THAT'S CARR'S 3RD INTERCEPTION OF THE SEASON, AND THE COWBOYS ARE FEELING GOOD AFTER THIS ONE, 31-24 IS THE FINAL.  THE COWBOYS IMPROVE TO 7-5.  THE RAIDERS, A VALIANT EFFORT BUT DESPITE THAT BIG LEAD THEY CANNOT HOLD ON TO WIN THIS ONE.

 

1:18:31;25 - PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS

A FUN GAME TO WATCH.  THAT WAS FOR SURE.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER LOOKING TO GET HIS 8TH WIN AGAINST JOE FLACCO.  TO BE HONEST, BIG BEN HAS OWNED FLACCO LATELY.  FLACCO HOPING TO KEEP THE RAVENS RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THE PLAYOFF RACE.  1ST QUARTER FLACCO TO TORRY SMITH.  BIG PLAYS.  REAL BIG.  CAN'T DO IT PITTS.  THIS ONE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE.  IT WAS ORIGINALLY RULES A TD. BUT THE REFS SAID THAT SMITH WAS DOWN AT THE 1 YD. LINE.  SO FLACCO THEN TO SMITH AGAIN.  THIS TIME HE GETS THE TD.  ANGRY SPIKE.  THEY'RE UP 7-0.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT HOW THIS ONE WENT DOWN.  HEATH, WALK US THROUGH IT.  WELL IT’S KIND OF SIMPLE.  IT'S A TYPICAL DICK LEBEAU FIRE ZONE.  YOU SEE BRETT KEISEL KIND OF DROP BACK THERE.  THE DEF. LINEMAN PLAYING A LINEBACKER POSITION, COULDN'T GET HIS HAND ON THE BALL.  TROY POLAMALU MIGHT'VE BEEN A LITTLE OUT OF POSITION ON THAT ONE AS WELL THOUGH.  ALRIGHT, HERE'S SHAWN SUISSEM HERE IN THE 2ND QUARTER.  LOOKS LIKE A TERRIBLE MISCOMMUNICATION WITH MATT MCBRIER AND SUISSEM HERE.  HE'S TACKLED FOR A LOSS AT 12 YDS.  ANY IDEA GUYS WHAT HAPPENED HERE?  LOOKED LIKE HE JUST MISSED TIME TO KICK.  YEA.  BUT I KNOW THIS.  I MEAN SUISSEM HERE AT THE END, GIVE ME A RUGBY KICK OF SOMETHING.  SAVE YOUR TEAM.  GIVE ME A BREAK KICKERS.  THAT LED TO A RAVENS F.G.  THEY GO UP 10-0.  IN THE 3RD QUARTER, LAVIAN BELL.  I'LL TELL YOU THIS KID CAN PLAY.  HASN'T HE TURNED HIS GAME AROUND EVER SINCE BIG BEN KIND OF ELUDED THAT HE WASN'T GIVING 100% OR HE WASN'T DOING ENOUGH?  HE'S MADE A SLIGHT CHANGE IN HIS PERFORMANCE.  HE'S A DIFFERENCE MAKER FOR THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.  I'LL TELL YOU THAT.  3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & GOAL. FROM THE 8, ROETHLISBERGER TO EMANUEL SANDERS FOR THE TD.  THIS IS WHAT ROETHLISBERGER DOES.  THAT'S WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT BEN.  WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS OFF. LINE, THIS BEAT-UP OFF. LINE.  HE CAN SIT IN THE POCKET.  HE CAN CREATE.  HE CAN BUY TIME WITH HIS FEET.  KEEP THE PLAYS ALIVE.  KEEP HIS EYES DOWNFIELD AND THOSE RECEIVERS, THEY KNOW HOW HE PLAYS THE GAME.  SO THEY LEARN HOW TO UNCOVER AND GET OPEN AND FIND THOSE SPOTS.  THE SCRAMBLE RULES VS. BIG BEN ARE ALWAYS IMPORTANT.  AND HERE'S JACOBY JONES.  LOOK AT THAT!  HE'S GONE.  HE'S FAST.  MAYBE NOT.  WELL NOT FAST ENOUGH.  LOOKS LIKE WE HAD 12 MEN ON THE FIELD.  YEA.  TOO MUCH DANCING WITH THE STARS.  THERE WERE SOME SHENANIGANS GOING ON HERE.  I THINK MIKE TOMLIN...LOOK AT HIM PEAK OVER HIS SHOULDER.  OH WOW.  HE'S A GOOD ACTOR, ISN'T HE?  MIKE!  HEY.  SO CORTEZ ALLEN GETS THE TACKLE.  JONES WANTS THE FLAG AND TOMLIN, HE JUST SMILES A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE HE KNOWS.  I DIDN'T DO NOTHING.  YEA, HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE DID.  4TH QUARTER, ROETHLISBERGER TO ANTONIO BROWN FOR PICKUP OF 19 YDS. AND THE STEELER ARE MOVING THE BALL.  SERIOUSLY THINK HE'S A BETTER PASSER ON THE MOVE THAN H IS IN THE POCKET.  THERE'S NO DOUBT.  I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.  LAVIAN BELL TAKES IT IN FOR THE TD.  STEELERS MAKE IT 19-14.  WHAT DO THEY CALL THAT, THE CARLTON DANCE?  I DON'T KNOW BUT HIS NEXT ALMOST TD. HE WASN'T DANCING AFTER THAT ONE.  NO, HE DEFINITELY WASN'T.  SO HERE COMES FLACCO TO SMITH.  SHORT OF THE 1ST DOWN BUT HE DOES PICKUP 10 YDS.  JUSTIN TUCKER HITS A 48 YD. F.G.  SO THE RAVENS GO UP 22-14.  STEELERS BALL NOW.  ROETHLISBERGER DROPPING BACK.  HITS BROWN.  THAT'S A 19 YD. GAIN AND THE STEELERS MOVING 1 MORE TIME.  3 PLAYS LATER ON 1ST & 10, ROETHLISBERGER TO HEATH MILLER FOR A 13 YD. PICKUP AND THE 1ST DOWN.  A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER, ROETHLISBERGER AGAIN.  WAITING, DROPPING IT OFF TO BELL.  BELL GOES 29 YDS. TO THE 20.  GOOD FINISH YOUNGSTER.  SO THE STEELERS ARE FEELING GOOD.  2 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & 10.  ROETHLISBERGER TO HIS T.E.   GIVE IT TO HIM HEATH MILLER.  ALMOST.  THE GO-TO GUY.  LOOKS A TD. BUT THE PLAY WAS GOING TO BE REVIEWED.  MILLER RULED DOWN BY CONTACT BEFORE HE REACHED THE END ZONE.  YOU GOT A TEAM WITH A REALLY GOOD T.E.  YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR HIM IN THE END ZONE.  HERE'S BELL AND HE GETS HAMMERED BIG TIME RIGHT AS HE DIVES INTO THE END ZONE. KIND OF SANDWICHED BY A PAIR OF RAVENS THERE.  BELL WAS KNOCKED OUT.  LOSES HIS HELMET IN THE PROCESS.  SO THEY SAID THE HELMET CAME OFF BEFORE THE BALL CROSSED THE GOAL LINE.  SO THE PLAY WAS DEAD.  ROETHLISBERGER LOOKING FOR WILL JOHNSON.  THIS PASS FALLS INCOMPLETE.  ROETHLISBERGER TO JERICHO COTCHERY AND THE STEELERS GET THE TD. THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.  BUT THEY NEED 2.  THEY NEED 2 TO TIE THE GAME.  AND A 2 PT. CONVERSION.  FOR A SECOND, FROM THAT ANGLE, IT LOOKED GOOD BUT SANDERS UNABLE TO BRING IN THE CATCH.  HE NEVER TURNED AROUND FOR THE FOOTBALL EITHER.  THAT'S A TOUGH CATCH THOUGH.  YEA, THAT IS A TOUGH CATCH.  IT IS BUT EMANUEL CAN HELP BIG BEN OUT ON THAT ONE.  YOU KNOW WHERE THE PLACEMENT OF THAT BALL'S GONNA BE.  PUT YOUR FOOT IN THE GROUND.  COME BACK TO IT.  THAT GUY WAS FACE...  SOMETHING COULD'VE GOT AROUND HIM.  LAST CHANCE SUISSEM TRIES THE ONSIDE KICK HERE BUT THEY JUST COULDN'T COME UP WITH IT AND THE RAVENS WIN A TOUGH ONE, 22-20 THE FINAL.   WHAT A GOOD HARD-FOUGHT BALL GAME.  AS YOU SAID EARLIER WILLIE, YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING LESS FROM THESE 2 TEAMS.  CAME DOWN TO THE WIRE.  A THRILLING FINISH BUT, IN THE END, IT'S THE RAVENS IMPROVING TO 6-6.

 

 

1:23:57;16  - JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS

JAGUARS AND THE BROWNS.  JAGS LOOKING FOR THEIR 3RD WIN IN A ROW.  LOOK HOW RED HOT THOSE UNIFORM ARE.  WHEN YOU WIN 2 IN A ROW IN JACKSONVILLE IT'S A BIG DEAL.  MEANWHILE, BRANDON WEEDEN LOOKING FOR HIS 1ST WIN IN 2013.  0-4 AS A STARTER.  1ST QUARTER, THIS WOULD BE A CONTINUING THEME THROUGHOUT THE DAY.  BRANDON WEEDEN, JOSH GORDAN, 42 YD. GAIN.  3 PLAYS LATER IT'S A WILLEST MCGAHEE FUMBLE.  SORRY, A WILLEST MCGAHEE TD. RUN PUT THE BROWNS UP 7-ZIP.  SO THE ENSUING JAGUARS POSSESSION, CHAD HENNE LOOING FOR CLAY HARBOR.  SAFE HARBOR?  HARBOR DAY?  IT'S REALLY ARBOR DAY.  GAME TIED AT 7.  WE NEED A NICKNAME FOR CLAY HARBOR.  2ND QUARTER NOW, BROWNS ENSUING POSSESSION, 3RD & 10 FROM THE JAGS 21 YD. LINE.  BRANDON WEEDEN, JOSH GORDON, 21 YDS., TOUCHDOWN.  AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME GORDON HAD 9 CATCHES FOR 166 YDS. RECEIVING.  IT WAS STILL MIDWAY THROUGH THE 2ND QUARTER.  3 BROWNS POSSESSIONS LATER, IT'S WEEDEN LOOKING FOR JORDAN CAMERON.  INSTEAD, PICKED OFF BY JONATHAN SYPRIAN.  1ST CAREER PICK FOR THE 20-13 1ST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE FROM FLORIDA INTL.  NEXT JAGS POSSESSION, 3RD & 1 FROM THE BROWNS 8.  M.J.D. THROWS IT TO MERCEDES LEWIS FOR A TD.  HIS FIRST TD. PASS.  LEWIS' 1ST TD.  2013.  GAME IS TIED AT 14.  SO NOW THE BROWNS ENSUING POSSESSION.  IT'S WEEDEN LOOKING FOR GREG LITTLE.  INSTEAD DWAYNE _ PICKS IT OFF.  WEEDEN'S THROWN AT LEAST 2 TDS. IN THE GAME FOR THE 9TH TIME IN HIS CAREER.  WELL AT LEAST THAT'LL BE HIS LAST TURNOVER BEFORE HALFTIME, RIGHT?   THAT'S 2 TURNOVERS IN THE LAST 3 MINS.  HE'S NOT GONNA HAVE ANOTHER ONE, IS HE?  HE'S STRIPPED BY JASON BABIN AND IT'S RECOVERED BY THE JAGUARS.  WEEDEN 3 TURNOVERS IN THE FINAL 3 MINS. OF THE 1ST HALF!  3RD QUARTER NOW.  BROWNS BALL TRAILING 20-14.  2ND & GOAL FROM THE JAGS 4 YD. LINE.  IT'S WEEDEN LOOKING FOR GREG LITTLE.  SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SAID IN 2 YRS.  AND HE FINDS HIM.  4 YD. TD.  BROWNS LEAD 21-20!  WEEDEN BOUNCES BACK NICELY, AND GIVE ME THE SPIKE OVER THE GOAL POST.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  BROWNS BALL LEADING 21-20.  THIS SNAP GOES OVER WEEDEN'S HEAD BUT THAT'S O.K.  FAZI WITTEKER'S GONNA PICK IT UP AND RUN.  HE'S GONNA DO SOMETHING.  NO!  BRANDON WEEDEN KICKS IT OUT OF THE END ZONE AS WHITTAKER WAS JUST ABOUT A FOOT AWAY FROM PICKING UP THE FOOTBALL AND NOT GIVING UP 2 PTS.  ROD __ SAYS, "THAT'S NOT HOW WE PRACTICED THAT THIS WEEK."  BROWNS BALL, ENSUING POSSESSION.  BRANDON WEEDEN SAYS, "ENOUGH OF THIS."  BRANDON WEEDEN, JOSH GORDON, AND THERE HE GOES.  RIGHT HERE HE'S OVER 200 YDS. FOR THE GAME.  FIRST PLAYER WITH BACK-TO-BACK 200 YD. RECEIVING GAMES IN NFL HISTORY!  28-25 BROWNS.  SO NOW THE JAGS HAVE THE BALL.  UNDER 2 MINS. LEFT IT'S 3RD & 9 FROM THE BROWNS 20 YD. LINE.  YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT THROWING A JOE HADEN BECAUSE, LOOK, YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO THIS.  NOT WITH CECIL SHORTS.  I KNOW HE'S GOOD BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO THIS 2 WKS. IN A ROW.  BUT, NO, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS!  AND IT'S CECIL SHORTS FOR THE 20 YD. TD.  THE JAGS UP 32-28.  JOE HADEN BITES ON THE DOUBLE MOVE.  WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO JOE HADEN THE LAST 2 WKS.?   ONE LAST CHANCE FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS DOWN BY 24.  IT'S A HAIL MARY FROM BRANDON WEEDEN.  WATCH HOW MUCH THE BROWNS RECEIVERS FIGHT FOR THE FOOTBALL ON THIS ONE.  I MEAN THEY GO UP.. YOU REALLY HAVE TO GO AND TAKE IT AWAY FROM THEM.  LOOK AT THEM WITH A HUGE EFFORT.  NOT EVEN THERE.  JAGUARS WIN IT 32-28.  FIRST BACK-TO-BACK WINS SINCE 2010!  GO JAGS!

 

1:27:55;20 - TENNESSEE TITANS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

TO THE AFC SOUTH.  THE TITANS AND THE COLTS.  CHUCK PAGANO 8-0 FOLLOWING A LOSS.  THAT WAS A HUGE LOSS LAST WEEK AGAINST ARIZONA.  THE TITANS HAVE LOST 5 STRAIGHT AT INDY.  HOW WOULD ANDREW LUCK DO TODAY?  WELL ONE THING WE KNOW.  HE'S REALLY MISSING REGGIE WAYNE, AS EXPECTED.   OFF. LINE HE'S MISSING.  HE'S MISSING A LOT THERE.  WIMBLY, DERRICK MORGAN FUMBLES FOR THE 2ND TIME.  THIS TIME JERELL CASEY ON THE SACK.  CASEY'S HAVING A MONSTER YEAR.  HE MIGHT BE UP TO 8 OR 9 SACKS ON THE YEAR.  SO WE HAVE THAT.  WE KNOW ANDREW LUCK IS STRUGGLING IN THE POCKET.  3RD QUARTER, TITANS BALL TRAILING 12-7.  GOING FOR IT ON 4TH & GOAL.  RYAN FITZPATRICK LITTLE JUMP PSS.  NICE.  C.J. 2K.  HE'S ON MY FANTASY TEAM.  TITANS ON TOP.  14-12.  COLTS BACK WITH THE FOOTBALL.  3RD DOWN & 15.  YOU GET A PLAY CALL ON 3RD & 15.  WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.  ANDREW LUCK GOES DOWN FOR THE 5TH TIME HE IS SACKED AND THE COLTS FORCED TO PUNT.  DIFFERENT QB WHEN YOU CAN'T BE PROTECTED.  STILL 14-12. ANOTHER 3RD DOWN SITUATION.  3RD & 6 AND THE COLTS GETTING IN ON THE SACK GAME THERE.  ROBERT MATHIS DROPS HIM AND FUMBLE RECOVERED BY JARRELL FREEMAN.  THAT'S LIKE HIS 45TH, JUST BUILDING ON HIS CAREER RECORD.  STRIP SACKS.  YES.  AMAZING.  ONE OF THE BEST.  COLTS TAKE OVER ON THE TITANS 32.  COULDN’T MOVE THE BALL BUT ADAM VINATIERRI CAN DO THIS RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.  49 YD. F.G. AND THE COLTS LEAD 15-14.  THAT'S VINATIERRI'S 5TH F.G. OF THE DAY.  NOW IT'S 3RD DOWN & 4.  FITZPATRICK PICKED OFF BY CASIUS VAUGHN.  COLTS DEFENSE COMING THROUGH AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THE COLTS OFFENSE CAN DO AS RYAN FITZPATRICK REGROUPS ON THE SIDELINE.  2ND DOWN & 4, LUCK TO A WIDE OPEN DARIUS HAYWARD... IT'S EASY.  OH DON'T START DOING HAYWARD BAY.  DON'T START DOING THIS.  ALMOST LIKE HE...THAT WAS A DOCK ON HIM COMING OUT.  COULDN'T CATCH.  FAST AS LIGHTNING.  CAN'T CATCH A COLD.  4TH QUARTER, COLTS BALL LEADING 15-14. NOW IT'S 3RD DOWN & 2.  LUCK, ANDREW LUCK KEEP IT HIMSELF.  DO IT YOURSELF MAN.   DO IT YOURSELF KID.  YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT.  24 YDS.  STAYS INBOUNDS AS WELL.  5 PLAYS LATER HE HANDS IT OFF TO DONALD BROWN.  TD. INDY.  1ST TD. OF THE DAY FOR THOSE INDY COLTS.  WAS NOT EASY BUT THE COLTS PULL AWAY LATE TO WIN, AND RYAN FITZPATRICK CAN ONLY WATCH.  IT'S 22-14 INDY.  YOU LOOK AT THE AFC SOUTH.  NOW THE COLTS WITH A 3 GAME LEAD OVER THE TENN. TITANS.  CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COLTS.  IT'S JUST HARD WATCHING THEM PLAY OFFENSE.  I FEEL BAD FOR ANDREW LUCK BECAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THAT FRONT LINE WEAPON TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH, HE'S REALLY STRUGGLING.  TURNING THE BALL OVER SOME.  HE'S BEEN UNDER DURESS.  THE OFF. LINE NOT DOING A GREAT JOB. SO LET'S GIVE THE DEFENSE SOME CREDIT FOR A GREAT JOB TODAY.

 

1:31:02;29 - MIAMI DOLPHINS @ NEW YORK JETS

MIAMI AND THE JETS.  IF THIS WERE A POP-UP VIDEO, IT WOULD BE COUNTING DOWN TO MATT SIMMS' NFL DEBUT IN 1 MIN.  1 MIN. 4, 1 MIN. 3, 1 MIN. 2.  GENO SMITH, SINCE WK. 6, ONE TD. PASS TO 10 PICKS.  1ST OFF. PLAY OF THE GAME.  SMITH IS SACKED.  2 PLAYS LATER 3RD & 12.  DAVID NELSON'S WIDE OPEN FOR A 1ST DOWN.  INSTEAD, GENO SMITH THROWS IT TO ONE OF THE ASST. COACHES.  2ND QUARTER JETS DOWN 3-ZIP.  SMITH LOOKING FOR GREG SALIS.  INSTEAD FINDS DENEL ELLERBY.  HE PICKS IT OFF GETS A DECENT RUNBACK.  THE DOLPHINS WOULD LEAD 6-0 AT HALFTIME.  GENO SMITH THREW FOR JUST 29 YDS. AND THAT PICK IN THE 1ST HALF.  THIS MEAN MATT SIMMS WOULD COME OUT AND LEAD THE JETS IN THE 2ND HALF.  SIMMS WARMING UP.  GENO SMITH WARMING HIS HANDS.  NEW QB THOUGH SAME RESULTS.  ... POWELL FUMBLES THE HANDOFF FROM SIMMS.  DOLPHINS TAKE OVER.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  POWELL DOESN’T EVEN LOOK LIKE HE'S EXPECTING TO GET THE FOOTBALL.  LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A FAKE.  BUT THIS HAPPENS WI A NEW QB.  JETS 2ND TURNOVER OF THE GAME.  2 PLAYS LATER BRIAN TANNEHILL CONNECTS WITH BRIAN HARTLINE WHO HAD A HUGE GAME.  31 YD. TD. AND HE STARTS YELLING AT THE JETS FAN.  DOLPHINS TAKE A 13-0 LEAD CAPITALIZING NO THE TURNOVER.  NEXT DOLPHINS DRIVE, 2ND & 8 FROM THE JET 28.  RYAN TANNEHILL LOOKS FOR MIKE WALLACE.  D. MILNER, THAT'S NOT A GOOD TACKLE.  TANNEHILL'S 2ND TD. PASS OF THE GAME.  DOLPHINS UP 20-3.  A ROUGH NFL EDUCATION FOR D. MILNER.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  THIS PLAY SHOULD BE OUT OF BOUNDS. INSTEAD, D. MILNER HAD A HALFHEARTED TACKLE ATTEMPT.  MIKE WALLACE 7 CATCHES, 82 YDS. AND A TD.  REX RYAN SAYS, "O.K. LOOK.  THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.  YOU HAVE TO TACKLE GUYS."  ALRIGHT, GREAT.  PERFECT.  GREAT.  READY BREAK.  4TH QUARTER JETS BALL TRAILING 23-3.  MATT SIMMS LOOKING TO GET ANYTHING GOING.  LOOKING FOR STEVEN HILL.  INSTEAD IT'S PICKED OFF BY BRENT GRIMES.  THE DOLPHINS WIN IT BY THE FINAL OF 23-3.  THEY IMPROVE TO 6-6.  THE JETS HAVE NOW LOST 3 GAMES IN A ROW.  MATT SIMMS THE 2ND HALF, 79 YDS .AND AN INTERCEPTION IN DEFEAT.

 

1:33:29;16 - ARIZONA CARDINALS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

ARIZONA AND PHILADELPHIA.  CARSON PALMER, WHO I MAY HAVE TO PICKUP AND START IN MY FANTASY PLAYOFFS NEXT WEEK.  CHIP KELLY EAGLES 6-5.  NEED A WIN TO KEEP UP WITH THE COWBOYS IN THE NFC EAST.  HOW ABOUT NICK FOLES?  16 TDS., NO PICKS COMING INTO THE GAME.  128 PASSER RATING.  THE SINGLE SEASON RECORD IS AARON RODGERS IN 2011.  1ST QUARTER NO SCORE. EAGLES BALL, NICK FOLES ...ZACK ERTZ 6 YD. TD.   ERTZ'S 2ND OF THE YEAR.  EAGLES TAKE A 7-0 LEAD.  FOLES AND ERTZ ARE PUMPED.  ASK NICK FOLES.  THEY'LL THROW TO ANYBODY. HE DOESN'T CARE.  2ND QUARTER, GAME TIED AT 7.  NICK FOLES LOOKING FOR RILEY COOPER.  LOOK AT THE ONE-HANDED GRAB BY COOPER!  HE PICKS UP 24 YDS.!  LOOK AT THAT.  THAT IS WHAT WE CALL FULL EXTENSION.  I COULD GET UP THAT HIGH IF I STOOD ON LIKE 3 STEPLADDERS.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A 32 YD. F.G.  EAGLES UP 10-7 2ND QUARTER.  FOLES AGAIN.  BRENT CELEK  YOU KNOW MY T.E.'S HAVE BEEN IGNORED SO FAR THIS SEASON WITH ALL MY TD. PASSES.  I'M GOING THERE.  EAGLES LEAD 17-7.  HOW ABOUT CARSON PALMER?  CARELESS WITH THE FOOTBALL EARLY IN THIS ONE.  PALMER SACKED BY TRENT COLE.  FUMBLES.  RECOVERED BY BENNIE LOGAN.  EAGLES TAKE OVER.  BRUCE ARIANS, THAT'S NOT HOW I DREW THAT ONE UP CARSON.  NEXT CARDS DRIVE.  PALMER LOOKING FOR MICHAEL FLOYD.  INSTEAD, IT'S PICKED OFF BY NATE ALLEN.  HE RETURNS IT 43 YDS. TO THE EAGLES 48 YD. LINE.  ALLEN'S 1ST PICK OF THE YEAR.  EAGLES TAKE OVER.  CARSON PALMER JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.  IT'S NOT BEEN WORKING LIKE THIS THE LAST FEW WKS.  2ND QUARTER 7:59 LEFT IN THE 1ST HALF.  CARDS BALL TRAILING 7- ZIP.  3RD & 20.  PALMER HITS LARRY FITZGERALD, AND THERE GOES LARRY FITZGERALD.  43 YDS. LATER HE'S IN THE END ZONE.  FITZ AND CARSON, O.K. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST FEW WKS.  HALFTIME SCORE, 17- EAGLES.  3RD QUARTER EAGLES BALL STILL 17-7.  IT'S NICK FOLES.  I'M JUST THROWING TO MY T.E. TODAY.  THAT'S ALL I'M DOING.  ZACK ERTZ IN THE END ZONE!  HIS 2ND OF THE GAME.  NOW 19 TDS. AND NO PICKS TO START THE SEASON.  EAGLES UP 24-7.  BUT THIS WOULD NOT BE A ROLLOVER.  CARDS DRIVE, NOW DOWN 24-7. PALMER, MICHAEL FLOYD OVER THE MIDDLE.  GETS HIS FEET DOWN FOR THE TD.  NOW 24-14.  4TH QUARTER NOW 6 MINS. AND 2 SECS. LEFT.  CARDS. BALL STILL TRAILING 24-14.  1ST & 10, THE EAGLES 43.  PALMER IS JUST ABLE TO GET THE THROW AWAY AND MICHAEL FLOYD RUNS UNDER IT.  STOPS.  GOES BACK AND GETS IT.  34 YDS. .TO THE CARDS 9 YD. LINE.  TO THE EAGLES 9 YD. LINE.  3 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & GOAL THE EAGLES 3.  CARSON PALMER, JIM DREY FOR A 3 YD. TD.  PALMER, DREY ARE PUMPED.  CHIP KELLY, THIS WAS A 24-7 GAME, WASN'T IT?  ENSUING EAGLES DRIVE 4 MINS. TO GO.  NICK FOLES P0ERSSURED.  THROWS OFF HIS BACK FOOT.  IT'S PICKED OFF BY PATRICK PETERSON.  THIS COULD BE A CARDINALS ...BUT HANG ON.  THERE IT IS.  FLAG ON THE PLAY.  WATCH THIS.  JERON MATTHEWS GETS CALLED FOR DEF. HOLDING.  YEP, HAD A HOLD OF HIM 10 YDS. DOWN THE FIELD.  THAT GETS WIPED OFF.  3 PLAYS LATER, 2:29 LEFT TO GO.  NICK FOLES TRIES TO SCRAMBLE.  TACKLED BY DARRELL WASHINGTON THOUGH SHORT OF THE 1ST DOWN.  EAGLE ARE FORCED TO PUNT.  SO THE CARDS HAVE THE BALL BACK.  BUCK 55 LEFT TO GO.  BRUCE ARIANS GOING FOR IT ON 4TH & 5 AT THEIR OWN 15.  CARSON PALMER LOOKING FOR HIS NEW BEST FRIEND MICHAEL FLOYD, AND YOU COULD SEE THE SCORE UP THERE BEFORE THE PASS WAS THROWN, AN INCOMPLETE PASS.  EAGLES RUN OUT THE CLOCK AND WIN IT 24-21.  FOLES 3 TDS. AND NO INTS.

 

1:37:32;02 - TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

TAMPA BAY AND CAROLINA.  CAM NEWTON, YES, SUPERMAN FLYING HIGH OFF THAT BIG AUBURN VICTORY.   MAYBE HE'LL RETURN A MISSED F.G. FOR A GAME WINNING TD.  MAYBE NOT.  RIVERBOAT RUN.  SOME AGGRESSIVE PLAY DURING THEIR 7 GAME WIN STREAK.  1ST QUARTER, PANTHERS 2ND POSSESSION.  CAM NEWTON TAKES IT 57 YDS. ALL THE WAY TO THE BUCS 15 YD. LINE.  HIS 2ND CAREER RUSH OF 50 OR MORE YDS.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  CAM NEWTON SMILING AS HE RUNS BY DESEAN COLSON!  HEY, YOU'RE NOT CATCHING ME.  2 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & 11.  IT'S NEWTON.  BRANDON LAFELL IS WIDE OPEN IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  TOE-TAP TD.  PANTHERS LEAD 7-3, AND THAT BALL GOES TO A FAN.  OH NO, I'M GIVING IT TO YOU.  THANK YOU.  WELL THANK YOU.  2ND QUARTER NOW.  BUCS BALL TRAILING 7-6.  MIKE GLENNON DROPS BACK LOOKING FOR VINCENT JACKSON.  GOOD FOR 60 YDS.  WOULD MAKE IT 1ST & GOAL AT THE 4.  3 PLAYS LATER 3RD & GOAL AT THE 4.  GLENNON SCRAMBLING TO BUY TIME AND THEN HOLD ONTO IT.  HOLD ONTO THE BALL.  ...SLIPS OUT.  RECOVERED BY DUANE EDWARDS AT THE 19.  WATCH AGAIN.  IT JUST COMES OUT SOMETIMES.  THOSE BALLS ARE SLIPPERY.  1ST DOWN PANTHERS.  ENSUING PANTHERS POSSESSION.  NEWTON CONNECTS WITH STEVE SMITH FOR 16 YDS.  HIS RECEPTION STREAK NOW ALIVE AT 103.  THAT DRIVE WOULD END IN A F.G.  PANTHERS UP BY 4.  NEXT PANTHERS POSSESSION SAME SCORE.  NEWTON SPRINTS TO HIS RIGHT.  THROWS IT BACK TO GREG OLSEN.  NO THIS PLAY GOT SYRACUSE INTO A BOWL GAME YESTERDAY.  OLSEN TAKES THE SCREEN FOR A 30 YD. CATCH AND RUN.  GREAT BLOCKING BY RYAN KALIL. 3 PLAYS LATER, 4TH & GOAL AT THE 1. RIVERBOAT 1, DIAL IT UP.  IT'S THE PISTOL.  NEWTON OVER THE TOP.  THE BALL POPS LOOSE BUT IT WAS ACROSS THE GOAL LINE FOR A TD. WATCH IT AGAIN.  DERRELLE REVIS POKES IT OUT BUT CLEARLY THE BALL WAS OVER THE GOAL LINE.  PANTHERS UP 17-6 AT THE HALF.  NEWTON'S 20TH GAME WITH A PASSING TD. AND A RUSHING TD. AND RIVERBOAT RON IS FEELING IT.  WATCH OUT FOR THOSE ACE'S OVER 8'S HANDS.  I HEAR THEY'RE BAD.  3RD QUARTER, BUCS STILL TRAILING 17-6.  GLENNON BUYS TIME.  LOOKING FOR JACKSON.  INSTEAD PICKED OFF BY MIKE MITCHELL WHO COULD'VE CALLED FOR A FAIR CATCH.  FLAG THROWN ON THE PLAY.  THE PASS WAS RULED UNCATCHABLE. ON THE UNDERTHROW, SIMILAR TO THE CALL IN N.E.  SO PANTHERS BALL AT THE 22 YD. LINE.   SO 1ST & 10 AT THE BUCS 36.  4TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, NEWTON, TED GINN JR. INTO NFL RELEVANCE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER!  36 YD. TD. PASS.  TED GINN, WHO HAS DONE THIS TO DERRELLE REVIS BEFORE WHEN HE WAS A JET.  REVIS TURNED AROUND ON THE STOP AND GO ROUTE.  HE SIMPLY IS NOT THE DARRELLE REVIS OF YEARS PAST.  PANTHERS LEAD 24-6.  NEXT PANTHERS POSSESSION, NEWTON TRIES TO HIT SMITH.  THIS PLAY THOUGH BROKEN UP BY REVIS.  REVIS THOUGH STAYED DOWN WITH A SHOULDER INJURY AFTER THE PLAY.  WATCH IT AGAIN.  REVIS HURTS HIMSELF GOING TO THE GROUND TRYING TO COME UP WITH A PICK.  HE WOULD NOT RETURN AFTER THE PLAY.  PANTHERS WIN IT BY THE FINAL OF 27-6.

 

1:41:05;23 - NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ HOUSTON TEXANS

PATRIOTS AND THE TEXANS.  ONCE UPON A TIME THIS WAS AN AFC CHAMP. GAME PREVIEW.  GARY KUBIAK BACK ON THE SIDELINES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WK. 9.  TOM BRADY COMING OFF THAT MIRACULOUS VICTORY A WEEK AGO.  1ST HALF THOUGH NOT A GREAT ONE.  BRADY PICKED OFF BY JONATHAN JOSEPH, WHO WAS THE #1 TRENDING TOPIC ON TWITTER FOR OUT A HALF HOUR AFTER THIS PLAY.  HE RETURNS IT 31 YDS.  BRADY MISSES AN OPEN KEMBRELL TOMPKINS.  JULIAN EDELMAN, HIS FAVORITE RECEIVER JUST CAN'T GET IT. 2ND QUARTER SACKED BY WITNEY MARCELLUS.  BRADY VOICES HIS DISPLEASURE ON THE SIDELINE.  YOU GUYS HAVE TO MAKE SURE I STAND UP RIGHT!  I CAN'T COMPLETE PASSES ON MY BACK!  TEXANS LEADING 10-0.  BRADY THIS TIME HAS A LOT OF TIME AND OF COURSE ROB GRONKOWSKI.  WHAT A GREAT CATCH BY GRONK.  AND GETS THAT GRONK SPIKE.  WATCH AGAIN.  GRONK PICKS IT UP.  WHAT AGILITY HE HAS.  PATRIOTS TRAILING 10-7.  2ND QUARTER NOW.  TEXANS BALL.  3RD & 1 FROM THE PATRIOTS 20.  WHO WOULD HAVE THE BIG GAME?  WOULD IT BE BEN TATE OR DENNIS JOHNSON?  BEN TATE DIPSY DOODLES HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.  HIS 2ND TD. OF THE DAY.  THE TEXANS EXTEND THEIR LEAD TO 17-7.  3RD QUARTER PATS BALL. THEY'RE DOWN 17-14.  BRADY LOOKING FOR JULIAN EDELMAN WHO HAD ANOTHER BIG DAY.  WHO NEEDS AMANDOLA WHEN YOU HAVE EDELMAN?  25 YDS. 1ST & 10 FROM THE TEXANS 19.  3 PLAYS LATER IT'S SHANE VEREEN INTO THE END ZONE.  HIS FIRST TD. OF THE YEAR.   PATRIOTS LEAD 21-17.  BUT THE TEXANS NOT GOING QUIETLY.  ENSUING POSSESSION.  CASE KEENUM SAYS JUST BLOCK FOR ME.  I GOT THIS.  HIS FIRST CAREER RUSHING TD.  TEXANS RETAKE THE LEAD 24-21.  4TH QUARTER, PATS HAVE THE FOOTBALL.  3RD & 8 FROM THE TEXANS 15.  BRADY, THIS TIME ELUDES THE PASS RUSH.  HITS EDELMAN FOR AN 8 YD. GAIN.  1ST & GOAL FROM THE TEXANS 7.  NEXT PLAY IS THE 9TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.  STEVEN RIDLEY A HEALTHY SCRATCH DURING TODAY'S GAME.  SO THAT MEANS LEGARRETT BLUNT GETS THE CALL.  HE GOES IN FROM 7 YDS. OUT.  PATS RETAKE THE LEAD 28-24.  ENSUING TEXANS POSSESSION.  IT'S KEENUM LOOKING FOR DEANDRE HOPKINS.  HE BEATS KYLE ARRINGTON.  GETS IT.  SPINS AROUND.  GETS TACKLED INSIDE THE 15.  CASE KEENUM.  COOL HEADS.  COOL HEADS CASE KEENUM.  2 PLAYS LATER IT'S BEN TATE.  ANOTHER TD.  HIS 3RD OF THE DAY.  SOMEONE'S GONNA GIVE HIM A LOT OF MONEY THIS OFF-SEASON.  TEXANS LEAD 31-28.  2 PAT POSSESSIONS LATER IT'S BRADY FOR GRONKOWSKI OVER THE MIDDLE FOR 17 YDS.  HE WOULD INJURE HIS ANKLE ON THE PLAY; GRONKOWSKI WOULD BUT HE WOULD RETURN.  WOULD LEAD TO A GOSKOWSKI F.G.  PATS WITH 34-31 LEAD.  NOW 4TH & 13 FROM THE TEXANS 33.  JUST OVER 2 MINS. LEFT TO GO.  CASE KEENUM LOOKING FOR AN OPEN RECEIVER.  CAN'T FIND ONE.  THROW GOES INCOMPLETE.  TEXANS LOSE THEIR 10TH IN A ROW.  KEENUM WENT FOR 272 AND 1 INTERCEPTION.  TATE 102 YDS. AND 3 TDS. IN DEFAT.

 

1:44:39;00 - CHICAGO BEARS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS

BEARS/VIKINGS IN THE NFC NORTH.  JAY CUTLER STILL ON THE SIDELINE.  JOSH MCCOWN.  WHAT'S UP WITH THE OLD MAN BEARD?  CORDELL PATTERSON TAKES THE TOSS SWEEP AND HE IS GOING.  33 YD. TD. VIKINGS.  BOY, THERE'S SOME FANTASY OWNERS RIGHT NOW REAL UPSET THAT HE GOT THAT TD. INSTEAD OF A.P.  GIVE HIM A LITTLE.  GIVE HIM A LADAINIAN.  GIVE ME A LITTLE SOMETHING SOMETHING.  CHRISTIAN PONDER FINALLY LOOKS LIKE HIS STARTING SPOT IS SAFE, RIGHT?  NO.  NO.  HE'S HURT EVERY WEEK.  HIT OFTEN.  YES.  EARLY AND OFTEN.  GOES DOWN THERE, LOOKING FOR GREG JENNINGS.  NICE CATCH.  HELMET-TO-HELMET FROM SHANE MCCLELLAN.  NOT GOOD.  THIS OFF. LINE OF MINN. HAS STRUGGLED ALL YEAR NOT ONLY TO PROTECT HIM BUT TO ALLOW A.P. TO GET GOING TOO.  UNDERWENT CONCUSSION PROTOCOL.  DID NOT RETURN TO THE GAME WITH A HEAD INJURY.  ALSHON JEFFREY.  WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS YOUNG RECEIVER?  MAN THIS GUY PUT ON A SHOW. LOOK AT THIS CATCH RIGHT HERE.  I WAS SAYING EARLY IN THE YEAR HE REMIND ME OF STERLING SHARPE A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS HIS HANDS AND HIS ABILITY TO CATCH THE BALL.  BUT HE REALLY PUT ON A SHOW, AND I'M TELLING YOU HE HAD THE CATCH OF THE YEAR IF YOU ASK ME.  80 YD. TD. THERE.  IT WOULD BE RIGHT HERE.  BEARS UP 13-7.  THIS IS THE ONE, HUH?  RIGHT HERE.  DID HE HANG ON?  YEA AND HE GOT HIS FEET IN TOO!  JAMIE, YOU'VE SEEN BETTER CATCHES THAN THAT.  GIVE A REPLAY RIGHT NOW!  GIVE ME A REPLAY!  THAT'S AN AWESOME CATCH BUT NOT THE CATCH OF THE YEAR.  I NEED A REPLAY!  I MEAN IT'S A GREAT CATCH.   I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT A GREAT CATCH BUT CATCH OF THE YEAR?  HANDS...HOW MANY TIMES WE SEEN CALVIN JOHNSON FUMBLE THAT JOKER OUT OF BOUNDS?!  MANY TIMES.  EXACTLY.  HE .. TO THE BALL, HANDS ON HIS HIPS.  20-10, ADRIAN PETERSON HAD A DAY.  10TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE SPIN MOVE.  THE POWER.   ANOTHER SPIN.  THAT WAS NICE.  BECOMES THE 28TH PLAYER IN NFL HISTORY TO GAIN OVER 10,000 YDS.  JEROME SIMPSON FOR 20 ON 4TH DOWN 11.  4 PLAYS LATER, 1ST DOWN & 10.  MATT CASSEL LOOKING FOR JARIUS WRIGHT.  I'VE SAID IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, MATT CASSEL GIVES THIS TEAM A BETTER CHANCE TO WIN BUT HE'S JUST NOT IN THEIR FUTURE PLANS.  THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T WANT TO PLAY HIM.  WELL, OBVIOUSLY, JOSH FREEMAN AIN'T IN THEIR FUTURE PLANS EITHER BECAUSE BY THIS TIME TIME TO SHOW UP.  SEE WHAT HE'S GOT TO OFFER.  LARRY WALSH WOULD KICK A F.G.  4 PLAYS LATER NEXT BEARS POSSESSION.  BOBBY GOLD FROM 66 YDS. OUT.  KORDELL PATERSON.  WHO SAW THE IRON BOWL LAST NIGHT?  I DID SEE THE IRON BOWL.  AND SO DID THE COVERAGE TEAM OF THE BEARS, RIGHT?  AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID.  REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT?  VIKINGS 2ND CONSECUTIVE O.T. GAME.  BLAIR WALSH 39 YDS. OUT.  BUT RHETT ELLISON CALLED FOR A FACEMASK.  NEGATES THE F.G.  2 PLAYS LATER A.P. SAYS WE CAN DO IT AGAIN.  BUT WALSH MISSES FROM 57 YDS. OUT.  BEARS BACK WITH IT.  THEY CAN WIN ITS WIT THEIR SPECIAL TEAMS. ROBBIE GOLD ON TO KICK A 47 YD. F.G. BUT PUSHED IT.  YOU DON'T SEE THAT TOO OFTEN.  NO YOU DON'T.  YOU USUALLY ...HE USUALLY IS.  2ND DOWN 6 NOW.  1:55 LEFT IN OVERTIME.  HERE COMES A.P.  LOOK AT THAT.  SOMEHOW FINDS HIS WAY OUT OF THAT PILE.  PICKS UP 11 YDS.  HE HAD 211 YDS. ON THE DAY.  BLAIR WALSH NOT GONNA MISS FROM 34 YDS. OUT.  I JUST HOPE THEY CAN BUILD A TEAM AROUND A.P. AND JUST DON'T WASTE HIS GOOD YEARS BECAUSE THIS IS A SPECIAL BACK AND HE SHOULD BE ON A TEAM VYING FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR AFTER YEAR.

 

1:48:42;04 - ATLANTA FALCONS @ BUFFALO BILLS

WE'RE STILL EARLY IN THE 4TH AND A 1ST DOWN AT THE 36.  AND HERE IS SPILLER.  SPILLER WITH A 1ST DOWN.  LOOK AT THOSE MOVES!  SPILLER HAS WOODS IN FRONT OF HIM AND HE GOES IN FOR THE TD.!  IT'S THE SET BACK AND THEY GIVE IT TO JACKSON, AND JACKSON GETS OVER FOR THE TD.  SO HARRY DOUGLAS INVOLVED WITH AN OFF.  RYAN'S PASS AND IT'S CAUGHT BY HARRY DOUGLAS!  HARRY DOUGLAS GETS TO THE 22.  MADE THE CATCH.  ATLANTA....AND THE KICK IS GOOD!  AND THE FALCONS HAVE WON IN OVERTIME.  FALCONS WIN IN OVERTIME, 34-31 ENDING A 5 GAME LOSING STREAK.

 

1:50:02;18 - ST. LOUIS RAMS @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

ALRIGHT, LETS HEAD OUT WEST.  S.F. AND THE RAMS, AND THEY WERE GETTING A LITTLE CHIPPY EVEN BEFORE THIS GAME.  I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE.  THEY'RE SAYING HELLO.  O.K.  AND WE SAY HELLO FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR TO MICHAEL CRABTREE.  A GUY WHO TORE HIS ACHILLES BACK IN MAY, AND NOW HE'S BACK THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER.  PRETTY GOOD.  ALRIGHT, 1ST QUARTER.  LET'S SEE HOW HE WOULD IMPACT THE NINERS OFFENSE.  FROM MIDFIELD COLIN KAPAERNICK LOOKING FOR CRABTREE AND IT'S INCOMPLETE BUT WE GOT P.I.  OFF. P.I.  YOU CAN'T JUST RUN THROUGH HIM CRAB.  NEXT DERIVE KAPAERNICK TO MICHAEL CRABTREE.  THAT'S A GAIN OF 8. WHAT'S HE GONNA DO TO THIS OFFENSE?  STRETCH THE FIELD.  O.K. ALRIGHT.  WELL LET'S SEE, IN THE 3RD QUARTER NINERS UP 10.  KAEPERNICK TO CRABTREE.  OH, I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.  O.K.  GAIN OF 60.   HE HAD 2 CATCHES FOR 68 YDS.  GET DOWN.  GET DOWN.  THERE YOU GO.  GET DOWN.  4TH QUARTER, RAMS NOT DOING ANYTHING AFTER PUTTING UP A COMBINED 80 PTS. IN THEIR LAST 2 WINS.  THEY'RE DOWN 16-6.  KELLEN CLEMENS LOOKING A LOT LIKE KELLEN CLEMENS LOOKING FOR STEADMAN BAILEY AND THAT'S NOT GONNA GET IT DONE.  CLEMENS 19-37 FOR 218 AND THE SCORE.  NEXT PLAY LINING UP FOR THE PUNT OR THE FAKE PUNT WHICH GOES THE WRONG WAY!   DIDN'T EXACTLY WORK.  YOU GOTTA PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS, RIGHT?  SO NEXT PLAY COLIN KAPAERNICK, WHO'S LOOKING MORE LIKE COLIN KAPAERNICK THESE DAYS, TO VERNON DAVIS.  THAT WAS NICE OVER JANARUS JENKINS.  OVER MY HEAD.  YOU KNOW EVERY TD. PASS THIS YEAR FOR THE NINERS HAS GONE TO EITHER VERNON DAVIS OR ANQUAN BOLDIN.  EVERY TD. PASS.

 

1:51:53;02 - DENVER BRONCOS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

DENVER AGAINST THE CHIEFS, AND NOSHAWN MARINO, SOMEBODY TURNING ON THE WATERWORKS BEFORE THIS GAME.  EMOTIONAL FOR HIM.  ANDY REID, COULD HIS TEAM BOUNCE BACK AFTER BACK-TO-BACK LOSSES?  WELL OPENING DRIVE THEY MARCH IT DOWN THE FIELD!  ALEX SMITH TO ANTHONY FASANO BUT ... HE WAS OPEN IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  A LITTLE LATE WITH THE THROW AND ALEX WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ONE BACK.  JUST HIS 6TH INT. THROWN THIS YEAR.  WHAT ABOUT PEYTON MANNING LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER HIS 150 YD. PERFORMANCE IN THAT LOSS UP IN N.E. WHERE THEY BLEW A 24-NOTHING LEAD.  MANNING LOOKING FOR DEMARIUS THOMAS BUT IT'S PICKED OFF BY QUINTEN DEMPS.  GOOD CONCENTRATION. DEMARIUS IS A BIG DUDE.  NOW HE USUALLY GOES UP AND HIGHPOINTS THAT BALL BUT THE BALL GOT TIPPED.  AND HE INJURED HIS SHOULDER ON THE PLAY.  HE WOULD COME BACK AND, BOY, WOULD HE.  2ND QUARTER MANNING...ERIC DECKER.  KIND OF THE FORGOTTEN MAN A LITTLE BIT WITH EVERYBODY.  THAT'S A GREAT THROW.  GREAT INSIDE RELEASE.  41 YDS. ON THE PITCH AND CATCH.  WE'RE TIED AT 7.  ENSUING KICKOFF.  IT'S MILES DAVIS.  THIS IS A BIG PLAYER BOOBOO.  SEE YOU NEVER SEE THIS.  YOU NEVER SEE A RETURN MAN ALMOST STOP HIS FEET, START BACK UP AND SCORE.  AND HE OUTRAN EVERYBODY. 108 YDS.  LONGEST PLAY IN CHIEFS HISTORY, AND THEY GOT A 14-7 LEAD.  AIN'T NO CHEESE HEAD CHEERLEADER.  YEA.  BEEN THERE FOR AT EAST THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY.  BRONCOS NEXT DRIVE.  MANNING FOR ERIC DECKER BUT PICKED OFF BY MARCUS COOPER.  JUST THE 2ND MULTI INTERCEPTION GAME THIS YEAR.  PEYTON MANNING.  DON'T BE PICKING ON THIS GUY NOW BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, SOONER OR LATER HE’S' GONNA MAKE A PLAY.  PEYTON SAID O.K.  SO HERE COME THE CHIEFS.  ALEX SMITH, ANTHONY FASANO WITH THE ONE-HAND JUGGLE D HE'S GOOD.  WE GOT A 14 PT. CHIEFS LEAD.   BUT LATER ON IN THE 2ND HERE COMES MANNING TO ERICK DECKER.  DIDN'T WE SEE THIS EARLIER?  YEA.  SAME ROUTES.  42 YDS. ON THAT GAIN.  NOW 3 PLAYS LATER 3RD & GOAL.  MANNING TO NOSHAWN MARINO, AND HE HAS BECOME THE COMPLETE BACK.  NICE FINISH.  BRONCOS DOWN 7 AT THE BREAK.  3RD QUARTER BRONCOS BALL.  SAME SCORE.  MANNING TO...WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA THROW IT TO?  DON'T KNOW.  THAT 87 GUY?  YEA.  ERIC DECKER FOR A 37 YD. SCORE.  ARE WE GONNA STOP THIS PRIME?  NO, WE'RE NOT.  WHY?  IT'S A GOOD THING.  YOU DON'T STOP A GOOD THING.  WE'RE TIED AT 21.  GO DEEP.  YOU GOTTA SAVE YOU’RE... HE'S SCARED.  NEXT DRIVE THIS IS DEMARIUS THOMAS.  OH NO.  77 YDS.  IS HE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET IT?  IF YOU DID THE MATH WHEN ... NO.  BUT HE GETS IT IN THE END ZONE.  2 PLAYS LATER MANNING.  ANYBODY WANT TO GUESS WHO HE'S LOOKING FOR?  87.  YEA.  ERIC DECKER. COME ON.  GREAT ROUTE COMBINATION.   THEY BUNCHED HIM AGAIN.  RAN A WHOLE DIFFERENT ROUTE OFF THE BUNCH.  MANNING'S 40TH TD. THIS SEASON.  BRONCOS NEXT DRIVE.  IT'S MONTE BALL, THE ROOKIE OUT OF WISCONSIN ST.  GET OFF OF ME!!  THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR FOR MONTE BALL.  NICE RUN.  I LOVE THE WAY HE FINISHES THE RUN.  LOOK LIKE HE AT WISCONSIN.  3RD & GOAL.  MANNING.  WHO DO YU THINK HE’S LOOKING FOR HERE?  I DON’T KNOW.  PLEASE DON'T TELL ME DECKER.  YEA.  THAT'S ERIC DECKER.  THE FIRST BRONCOS WITH A 4 TD. GAME.  WHEN YOU PICK PEYTON MANNING OFF EARLY, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS LATE.  MANNING'S 8TH CAREER 5 TD. GAME AS WELL.  BUT THE CHIEFS STILL ALIVE.  JAMAL CHARLES, 15 YDS. ON THIS.  PLUS A LITTLE PENALTY AS WELL ON CHRIS HARRIS.  I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SAY DECKER MADE THE TACKLE!  11 PLAYS LATER IT'S CHARLES PLUNGING IN FROM 1 YD. OUT. WE GOT A 1 SCORE GAME FOLKS.  HERE WE GO.  SO HERE COMES DENVER.  WHAT ARE YOU DOING?  WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?  IT'S JACOB TAMY AND THAT'S INCOMPLETE ON 3RD & 7.   SO DENVER'S FORCED TO PUNT.  SO HERE COMES K.C. ON 3RD & 14 FROM ITS OWN 4.  ALEX SMITH LOOKING FOR...A.J. JENKINS!  REMEMBER HE CAME OVER IN THAT MIDSEASON TRADE FROM S.F.  NICE CATCH.  WE'RE OUT OF THE END ZONE NOW.  KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE.  LET'S GO WIN THIS THING.  THAT'S A GAIN OF 26.  2 PLAYS LATER SMITH TO DEXTER MCCLUSTER.  DEXTER WAS KILLING THEM!  THAT'S A GREAT THROW AND CATCH.  JACK DELRIO, YOUR INTERIM COACH WONDERING, "WHAT ARE WE DOING?"  NOW SMITH TO DWAYNE BOWE RIGHT BEFORE THE 2 MIN. WARNING WITH A GAIN OF 23.  STOP THE CLOCK.  4 PLAYS LATER THOUGH WITH MANNING LOOKING ON.  IT'S 4TH & 4.  SMITH, WHO DO YOU LOOK FOR?  JUST GOTTA MOVE THE CHAINS AND IT'S KNOCKED AWAY BY MIKE ADAMS.  JUST MOVE THE CHAINS MAN.  WOW!  SO DENVER IN THE BOUNCE BACK GAME GETS A 5 TD. PERFORMANCE FROM PEYTON MANNING AS THEY TOAST THIS VAUNTED CHIEFS DEFENSE. 35-28 IS YOUR FINAL.

 

1:57:21;14 - CINCINNATI BENGALS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

GOOD ONE IN S.D.  AFC NORTH LEADERS.  CINCY BENGALS AND ANDY DALTON TAKING ON PHILIP RIVERS AND THE S.D. CHARGERS.  1ST QUARTER CHARGERS DOWN A TD. WITH THE BALL.  RIVERS.. REMEMBER THE NAME LADARIUS GREEN, RIGHT L.T.?  YES.  T.E. THERE HE GOES IN FROM 30 YDS. OUT.  6'6 AND HE CAN MATCH ON THE GOAL POST AS WELL. HE MIGHT BE YOUR NEXT JIMMY GRAHAM.  JUST PUTTING IT IN YOUR BRAIN HERE.  WHAT ABOUT ANTONIO GATES.  THAT'S A FEW YEARS AWAY.  I'M JUST SAYING SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE.  MIKE ZIMMER NONE TOO PROUD THERE.  HE DON'T PLAY THAT.  3RD QUARTER, HE WAS MUCH HAPPIER HERE.  RIVERS PCKED OFF BY DRAKER PATRICK.  DROP DREY, ABOUT TIME MAN.  3 TURNOVERS FORCED BY THE BENGALS ON THIS DAY.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK, THERE'S YOUR ANTONIO GATES SIGHTING.  HE'S STRONG.  THAT'S HARD TO DO.  AND GATES I JUST COST MY QB AN INT.  A.J. GREEN COMING OFF A 2 CATCH 7 YD. PERFORMANCE AGAINST CLEVELAND.  OH BOY, HE WAS EATING IT HERE.  THAT HURT.  ... WITH A SHOT ON GREEN.  HE'S A LEAN DUDE TOO.  THAT'S A TOUGH ONE BUT HE WOULD STAY IN THE GAME.  NOW BACK IN THE 3RD, ANDY DALTON FOR A.J. GREEN.  ARE YOU NOT GONNA COVER THE TEAM'S BEST RECEIVERS?  I WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO ASK YOU THAT.  BLOWN COVERAGE.  WHEN PEOPLE GET IN THAT BUNCH THEY STACK.  YOU LOSE ACCOUNT...YOU CANNOT LOSE ON ACCOUNT OF A.J. GREEN.  YOU FORGET YOUR RESPONSIBILITY WHEN THEY STACK LIKE THAT.  SOLID DAY FOR GREEN.  BENGALS GET A HUGE WIN, 17-10 IS YOUR FINAL.

 

1:59:09;07 - NEW YORK GIANTS @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS

AND HEY LOOK, R.G. III AND JOEY T.  I LOVE ME SOME THEISMAN.  4TH & 1, THIS IS ALL ABOUT R.G. III.  HE WAS TAKING SOME SHOTS.  WATCH JOHN ... THEY GAVE HIM THE 1ST DOWN ON THAT.  THAT WAS NOT A 1ST DOWN.  WELL IT WAS CALLED A 1ST DOWN.  I'M JUST TELLING YOU IT EVENTUALLY LED TO AN ALFRED MORRIS TD. RUN.  RIGHT HERE R.G. III.  JUST STAY OUT OF THE WAY RIGHT HERE NOW.  WATCH ANTRELL ROLLE.  WATCH THE REPLAY.  ROLLE MAKES NO ATTEMPT WHATSOEVER TO TACKLE ALDRICK ROBINSON WHO HAD THE BALL.  THAT'S INTERESTING.  R.G. III WAS BLOCKING FOR HIM.  ALRIGHT, LATER ON IN THE 2ND GRIFFIN.  GET DOWN MAN.  THAT'S A GAIN OF 15.  IT'S NOT IN HIM.  WELL HE GOT DOWN.  IT WAS THE OLD INADVERTENT GET DOWN.  EVENTUALLY...EVENTUALLY.  3 PLAYS LATER...GRIFFIN TO LOGAN PAULSON.  NO JORDAN REED.  HE WAS OUT WITH A CONCUSSION SO THEY GOT THIS GUY.  HE SCORED AND IT'S 14-NOTHING.  HEARTED THE GAME 12-12, R.G., A BUCK 11 AND A SCORE.  AND HE WAS HOT THROWING THAT BALL EARLIER.  WHAT ABOUT ELI MANNING PLAYING BETTER OVER THE LAST 5 WKS.  HE DOES HAVE 17 INT'S ON THE SEASON BUT JUST 2 IN THE LAST 5 WKS.  THAT'S A LOT OF INTERCEPTIONS MAN.  YEA, I KNOW.  AND THIS LINE AIN’T BLOCKING NOBODY AND ELI'S JUST THROWING IT.  WELL HERE HE GETS IT TO AKEEM NICKS AND TIE GOES TO THE RUNNER, AS AL MICHAELS SAID DURING THE BROADCAST.  SO THAT'S A GAIN OF 15.  THEN MANNING TO BRANDON MYERS WHO'S WIDE OPEN.  COVER 2. MIDDLE LINEBACKER DID NOT CARRY THE SEAM.  EASY TD. ALRIGHT, WE'RE TIED AT 14.  3RD QUARTER.  MANNING LOOKING OVER THE MIDDLE FOR RUBIN RANDALL.  HOWEVER, IT IS BRANDON MERRIWEATHER.  NOT ILLEGALLY HITTING ANYBODY ON THIS PLAY BUT RATHER INTERCEPTING AND GETTING INTO THE END ZONE.  WHAT A GREAT PLAY BY BRANDON MERRIWEATHER.  NOT TO BE JUST DOUSED WITH THAT MESS CHRIS JUST PUT ON.  3RD & 8 INCOMPLETE.  WATCH PIERRE GARCON.  BOOM!  THAT IS A DELAY OF GAME PENALTY.  IT DID LEAD TO A KY ..  F.G. AND A 17-14 REDSKINS LEAD.  ALRIGHT.  SO NOW ONTO THE 4TH.  MANNING TO VICTOR CRUZ.  JUST HIS 2ND TD. IN THE LAST 11 GAMES.  ALMOST.  ALMOST.  ALMOST.  HOWEVER, DEANGELO HALL WOULD BE CALLED FOR UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT.   SO WE’RE MOPING IN FROM THE 6 INCH LINE TO THE 3 INCH LINE. THIS IS A PHYSICAL RUN.  YOU KEEP FIGHTING.  YOU TRY TO GET THAT BALL ACROSS THE LINE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.  AS FAR AS JUSTIN TUCK.  2-1/2 SACKS ON THE YEAR COMING IN.  HE WAS A BEAST.  YEA TONIGHT HE WAS.  TONIGHT HE WAS.  WE AIN'T SEEN HIM SINCE THE SUBWAY COMMERCIAL UNTIL TONIGHT.  WHICH COMMERCIAL?!  WELL HE HAD A CAREER HIGH 4 SACKS ON THE NIGHT.  HE DOUBLED HIS TOTAL.  JUST ABOUT.  REDSKINS AND THE 39 GRIFFIN TO GARCON, AND HE'S A LITTLE SHY.  ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE THINGS KIND OF GET FUNKY RIGHT?  YEA, RIGHT THERE.  RIGHT THERE.  THEY THINK THEY GOT A 1ST DOWN.  YOU CAN SEE THEM WAVING THE CHAIN GANG ALONG BUT, NO, IT'S ACTUALLY 3RD DOWN.  SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.  IT'S 3RD DOWN. SO NOW GRIFFIN LOOKING FOR FRED DAVIS.  NICE PLAY BY ONE OF THE BEST SAFETIES IN THE GAME.  SO NOW IT'S 4TH DOWN, IF YOU'RE KEEPING TRACK.  THAT'S WHY I TELL YOUNG GUYS, CATCH THAT BALL IN YOUR CHEST.  DON'T READ THOSE BOOKS THAT SAY CATCH IT IN YOUR HAND.  SO MIKE SHANAHAN THOUGHT IT WAS 2ND DOWN.  IT'S NOW 4TH DOWN AND THERE'S GARCON.  HE'S GOT IT.  NOW HE DON'T GOT IT.  GIVE ME THE BALL.  WILL HILL WITH THE STRIP AND THAT’S GONNA DO IT.  AS I SAID, THE REDSKINS OFFICIALLY LIMITED FROM PLAYOFF CONTENTION DESPITE A GAME EFFORT BY R.G. III. 

 

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