SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE

SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 19 - DIVISIONAL WEEKEND

1.       SAINTS@SEAHAWKS 7:00

2.       COLTS@PATS 6:00

3.       49ERS@PANTHERS 6:20

4.       CHARGERS@BRONCOS 6:54

           TRT: 36:58   WITH BARS

1:10:16;24 - NEW ORLEANS SAINTS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

ALRIGHT. HERE WE GO! THE SAINTS IN SEATTLE. DREW BREES WITH HIS SKI CAP ON AND I DON’T EVEN THINK THAT WAS GONNA HELP IN THE RAIN. THAT WAS COMING DOWN. SOME HAIL MIXED IN THERE FOR SURE. HOW ABOUT SOME PREGAME TRASH TALK? HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SO MUCH OF THIS GUYS? WELL YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY IS? NOW THIS IS JIMMY GRAHAM, OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT THERE IN THE MIX. YOU SEE GRAHAM WATSON TRYING TO SETTLE THEM DOWN. BUT WHAT'D JIMMY GRAHAM DO TODAY? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? HE CAN'T THROW THE BALL TO HIMSELF BUT I'M AGAINST THIS ... I'M AGAINST THIS PREGAME NONSENSE. WELL YOU KNOW THAT’S JUST A PART OF IT WITH SEATTLE. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. THEY SELL THE ..TICKETS AND THAT’S WHAT GETS THEM HYPED UP. YOU SEE THIS PUNT RIGHT HERE? TERRIBLE PUNT. 16 YDS. THOMAS MORESTEAD. LISTEN, HE BOBBLED THE SNAP. RIGHT THROUGH HIS HANDS. HE WAS LUCKY TO GET IT OFF. WELL SPECIAL TEAMS HURT THE SAINTS ALL GAME LONG. THAT PUNT, MISSED F.G.'S AND THAT HIT HURT PERCY HARVIN. PERCY HARVIN HAD A ROUGH OUTING. RAFAEL BUSH COMES RIGHT OUT OF HERE, AND HE WOULD KNOCK HARVIN... DID YOU SEE THAT MOUTHPIECE? YES. THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW IT HURTS, AND THAT FACE TELLS YOU IT HURTS TOO. THE SEAHAWKS END UP SETTLING FOR A F.G. THERE. THEN ON THE ENSUING DRIVE FOR THE SAINTS, SHANE GRAHAM LINES UP FOR A 45 YD. F.G. BUT HE KIND OF HOOKS IT. HE KICKED THE LACES. MCCOWN, YOUR BACKUP QB. LISTEN, SHANE GRAHAM...LOOK AT THE LACES. YOU GOTTA TURN THE LACES. I WAS NEVER A F.G. KICKER BUT I KNOW ONE THING. YOU CAN'T KICK THE LACES. ALRIGHT. SO IN THE 2ND QUARTER THE SAINTS HAVE THE BALL. NOW TRAILING 6-0, MARK INGRAM FUMBLES. IT'S RECOVERED BY MICHAEL BENNETT. THAT'S NOT GOOD. WELL THE MOMENTUM JAIME, AS WE HAD TALKED, IT STARTED TO SHIFT. THEY HAD STARTED TO KIND OF CONTROL, DICTATE THAT LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND MARK, YOUNG FELLA, YOU JUST CAN'T DO THIS. I MEAN HE HAD 2 HANDS ON THE BALL RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. STILL COUGHS IT UP. RICHARD SHERMAN IS JACKED. SO THE SEAHAWKS TAKE OVER. MARSHAWN LYNCH TAKES CARE OF THE REST. A 15 YD. TD. JUST LIKE THAT. THE SEAHAWKS UP 13-NOTHING AND IT'S RAINING SKITTLES IN SEATTLE. HE GETS ..AND DOES A GREAT JOB OF GETTING SKINNY. AND I MEAN TAKING IT RIGHT DOWN TO THE NUMBERS. FOR A GUY THAT SIZE, YOU GET OUT THERE AND THERE'S SPACE THERE; AND HE DOES A GREAT JOB OF FINDING HIS WAY IN THERE. BUT DREW BREES, 1ST HALF. WHERE WAS DREW BREES? YEA. JUST 34 YDS. PASSING IN THE 1ST HALF. DREW BREES NOT ABLE TO GET ANYTHING GOING. HE'S PLAYING WITH THAT GLOVE ON. KEEP THAT IN MIND, AND HIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN DREW BREES PLAYING WITH THE GLOVE. YEA. HE WAS LOOKING FOR LANCE MOORE THERE. MARCUS COLSTON HERE. THAT WAS BROKEN UP BY WALTER THURMAN. LOOK AT THE TAIL ON THAT BALL. YEA, WOBBLING. WALTER THURMAN, EARL THOMAS. THESE GUYS WERE EVERYWHERE. THEIR TIMING TODAY IN THE DEF. BACKFIELD WAS SPOT ON. THE BALL'S KNOCKED DOWN THERE. HE WAS TRYING TO FIND MARCUS COLSTON. THE SAINTS TURN IT OVER ON DOWNS. PETE CARROLL JACKED! NOT LIKE HE NEEDS MORE ENTHUSIASM. WELL HE DID AVOID THE SACK THERE BUT DREW BREES ISN'T THE TALLEST GUY IN THE WORLD. THEY JUST COULDN'T GET THE COMPLETE PASS THERE. 34 YDS. PASSING IN THE 1ST HALF FROM DREW BREES AND THIS OFFENSE. A GUY THAT'S PASSED FOR 5,000 YDS. SEEMS LIKE 17 TIMES. THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. RUSSELL WILSON KIND OF EVADES THE RUSH; STEPS UP IN THE POCKET AND GETS IT TO GERMAINE KEARSE FOR A 25 YD. GAIN. 4 PLAYS LATER 2ND & GOAL. WILSON AGAIN WAITING, WAITING. BUYING SOME TIME. TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HURTS. YEA, AND THIS KILL YOU.   NOW PERCY HARVIN GOES DOWN AGAIN. IT WASN'T SO MUCH THE HIT BUT HOW HE HIT THE GROUND HERE THAT I THINK KNOCKED HIM OUT OF THE GAME A 2ND TIME. THAT HEAD HITTING THAT GROUND, THAT HARD GROUND. VERY DIFFICULT. YOU SEE THE SIDE OF THE FACE. IT'S THAT TEMPLE SHOT. THAT'S WHERE MOST CONCUSSIONS HAPPEN. HE'S GOTTA GET A FITTED MOUTHPIECE THOUGH. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THOSE THINGS ARE TOO LOOSE. YEA, ONE OF THOSE MOLDED ONES. OUT OF THE GAME FOR GOOD. 3RD QUARTER. BREES LOOKING FOR JOSH HILL. WHO WOULD'VE THUNK THAT THE BACKUP T.E. HAS A CATCH BEFORE JIMMY GRAHAM? SO THE SAINTS NOW IN SEAHAWK TERRITORY. NEXT PLAY BREES TO MARCUS COLSTON. AND THIS, THE LONGEST PLAY OF THE GAME SO FAR FOR THE SAINTS, A 25 YD. GAIN AND THEY’RE MARCHING WIN THE FIELD. IN THE 4TH QUARTER, SAME DRIVE FOR THE SAINTS. IT'S 3RD & GOAL ON THE SEAHAWKS 1. THEY GIVE IT TO .. ROBINSON WHO ACTUALLY GOT THE START IN THE GAME, AND HE SCORES FROM 1 YD. OUT. THE SAINTS NEED TO GO FOR 2. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DECIDE TO DO. PART OF THE REASON HE GETS TO START, ACCORDING TO BILL PARCELLS SAID, "HEY START THIS KID. HE'S A TREMENDOUS PLAYER." BUT YOU SEE HERE IT IS. GOOD JOB. GOOD READ BY INGRAM. SCORES A TD. IT'S NOW A 1 SCORE GAME, 16-8. SEAHAWKS HAVE THE BALL. RUSSELL WILSON LOOKING FOR GOLDEN TATE. SEAHAWKS FORCE THE PUNT ON THE DRIVE. SO THE SAINTS TAKE OVER. STARTING TO FEEL PRETTY GOOD. DREW BREES ...ON THE PLAY ACTION, GETS A LITTLE LUCKY. OH HE GOT LUCKY A COUPLE OF TIMES. .. ON THIS COMPLETION. THEY DROPPED 2 PICKS ON DREW BREES, MINIMUM OF 2 PICKS IN THIS PLAY. BUT GREAT PLAYERS SEEM TO HAVE THINGS GO THEIR WAY. ROBERT MEACHEM HAULS IT IN. EARL THOMAS WAS THERE. JUST KIND OF TIPS IT UP TO MEACHEM WHO WAS WAITING ON THE PLAY. PICKS UP 52 YDS. 3 PLAYS LATER, LOOK AT THAT WEATHER! I MEAN IT'S COMING DOWN IN SHEETS GUYS. SIDEWAYS SHEETS TOO. DREW BREES ...CANNOT GET THIS SCREEN GAME GOING TODAY. THIS ONE WAS TIPPED TYING TO GET TO SPROLES. MARK INGRAM DROPPED ONE IN THE FIRST DRIVE. CADET DROPPED ONE ON THE OTHER DRIVE. I MEAN THE SCREEN GAME WHICH IS NORMALLY HUGE...YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE ISN'T GOING? THE KICKING GAME. YEA. SHANE GRAHAM MISSES FROM 48 YDS. OUT AND HE DID NOT HAVE A GOOD GAME. CERTAINLY NOT IDEAL KICKING CONDITIONS FOR ANYBODY ON THAT FIELD. HERE COMES DANGEROUS RUSSELL WILSON TO DOUG BALDWIN FOR A 24 YD. GAIN BUT THERE'S A CHALLENGE FLAG ON THE PLAY. LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. THIS IS A GREAT CATCH AND I THINK IF HE GETS... BECAUSE IF THE KNEE GOES DOWN, THEREFORE HE'S INBOUNDS. A KNEE EQUALS 2 ... YEA. THE PLAY WOULD BE UPHELD SO THE SAINTS LOSE THAT LAST TIMEOUT. MARSHAWN LYNCH FINDS THE EDGE HERE. USES THAT STIFF-ARM. THAT'S A 31 YD. TOUCHDOWN. THAT'S A WEAPON. THAT CAN'T HAPPEN. YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING. YOU HAVE NO TIMEOUTS. YOU KNOW THEY'RE RUNNING THE ROCK. THEY GET THE EDGE. COULDN'T TELL WHOSE FAULT IT WAS THERE BUT INEXCUSABLE. THERE ARE THE SKITTLES. IT WAS RAINING SKITTLES. YEA, NOT JUST RAINDROPS BUT AS MARSHAWN LYNCH DANCED THROUGH THOSE RAINDROPS HE GOT SOME SKITTLES. ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO. THEY’RE NOT OUT OF IT JUST YET. DREW BREES TO MARCUS COLSTON FOR THE TD. 23-15. THEY TRY THE ONSIDE KICK. GOLDEN TATE MISHANDLES IT AND COLSTON RECOVERS. SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A CHANCE? THERE IS A CHANCE. 3 PLAYS LATER, BREES BUYING TIME. ELUDES THE RUSH. FINDS COLSTON. COULD'VE STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS. WHAT WAS HE THINKING? I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS THINKING. HE COULD’VE STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS AND WENT FOR THE HAIL MARY. SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. THIS IS WHAT FRUSTRATES ME. EVERYONE WAS A BETTER FOOTBALL PLAYER THAN ME BUT MARCUS, YOU GOTTA KNOW THE TIME ON THE CLOCK. FEEL IT. STEP OUT OF BOUNDS. LIVE TO PLAY ANOTHER DOWN. 23-15 THE FINAL. THE SEAHAWKS MOVING ON TO THE CONF. CHAMP. GAME, AND THEY ARE GONNA PLAY EITHER THE CAROLINA PANTHERS OR THEIR NEMESIS, THE S.F. 49ERS. THE SEAHAWKS ALREADY IN THE NFC CHAMP. GAME.

1:17:15;08 - INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

AND WE BEGIN IN FOXBORO. HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER WASN'T TOO BAD. ALMOST 60 DEGREES AT KICK. TOM BRADY LOOKING FOR A 3RD STRAIGHT BERTH IN THE AFC TITLE GAME. ANDREW LUCK. LAST YEAR UP IN FOXBORO THEY LOST 59-24. HE THREW A PAIR OF PICK 6'S. 3RD PLAY OF THE GAME LOOK. LOOKING FOR LAVON BRAZER BUT IT'S... IT'S THE WAY YOU START THE GAME. ANTICIPATING THE ROUTE; JUMPING IT. ALMOST GETTING IT TO THE HOUSE. GREAT PLAY. WE THOUGHT IT WAS ANOTHER PICK 6 BUT UPON FURTHER REVIEW HE STEPPED OUT INSIDE THE 2 YD. LINE. LEGARRETT BLUNT. FIRST OF MANY TDS. FOR HIM. TOOK IN FROM THERE ON THE NEXT PLAY. NEXT PAT'S POSSESSION. 3RD & 3. BRADY TO DANNY AMENDOLA FOR A GAIN OF 16. BRADY, THE FIRST PASSER WITH 6,000 PLAYOFF YDS. 2 PLAYS LATER L.T., IT'S LEGARRETT BLOUNT. WHAT'S HE DO SO WELL? WELL HE GETS DOWN INTO THE HOLE REALLY FAST AND NO ONE WANTS TO HIT HIM. MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER IT'S 14-ZIP. BUT LAST WEEK THE COLT WERE DOWN 4 TDS.. IN THE 2ND HALF AGAINST K.C. WHAT DO THEY CARE? WELL HERE COMES INDY. LUCK TO LEVON BRAZIL. THIS ONE WORKS OUT BETTER. 38 YDS. ON THE PITCH AND CATCH. LUCK, 20 OF 41 FOR 331 AND A PAIR OF SCORES, AND LOOK AT THE TOUCH ON THIS ONE. THE PASS WAS THERE. THE COVERAGE WAS THERE. GREAT CONCENTRATION. GREAT BALL PLACEMENT. GOOD PLAY ALL THE WAY AROUND. ALRIGHT, 14-7 N.E. IN THE 2ND. BRADY LOOKING FOR HIS 100 CATCH MAN, JULIAN EDELMAN. WHAT A YEAR HE HAD L.T. YEA. HE HAD A GREAT YEAR. THIS GUY REALLY MADE HIM FORGET ABOUT WES WELKER. PLAYED GREAT ALL YEAR. 6 GRABS FOR 84 YDS., AND 7 PLAYS LATER LET'S SEE, LEGARRETT BLOUNT. LEGARRETT BLOUNT TWICE. LEGARRETT BLOUNT 3 TIMES...A LADY. HE'S IN AND IT'S 21-7 AT THAT POINT. NOW IT'S 21-10 AND HERE'S THE WHACKY PLAY OF THE GAME. UH OH, TOO HIGH FOR THE ROOKIE PUNTER RYAN ALLEN WHO PICKS IT UP. JUST FALL ON IT KID! KICK IT OUT OF THE END ZONE. DON'T...DON'T DO IT!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING??!! PANIC. ONE THING ABOUT PRESSURE. IT'LL BUST A PIPE. YEA. IT GETS KNOCKED AWAY BY JARIUS PENDLETON AS YOU GET 1 MORE LOOK. RULE IS SAFETY ON THE FIELD, AND TO ADD INJURY TO INSULT, ALLEN DID THE FREE KICK NEXT BUT HE IS THEN DONE FOR THE NIGHT. HE GOT HIT. SO ANDREW LUCK'S CELEBRATING BECAUSE THEY GET THE FREE KICK AND NOW THEIR DRIVE WITH UNDER 2 MINS. TO GO. LUCK LOOKING FOR HIS FULLBACK, STANLEY HAVELI, BUT ...OH GOSH. YOU JUST CAN'T MISS THESE OPPORTUNITIES. DANTE HIGHTOWER WITH THE INT. WHAT HAPPENED L.T.? WELL THE BALL WAS A LITTLE BIT BEHIND HIM BUT IF YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON THE BALL YOU HAVE TO CATCH IT. IT BOUNCED OFF HIS SHOULDER AND HIGHTOWER RIGHT, HE'S IN THE RIGHT SPOT TO PICK IT OFF. PATS ARE UP 9 AT THE BREAK. PICK IT UP IN THE 3RD QUARTER. THEY'RE UP 6 DEEP IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY. BRADY ..LITTLE PLAY FAKE. NICE. AND LOOKING FOR DANNY AMENDOLA FOR A GAIN OF 53. BRADY FOR THE 6TH TIME THIS YEAR HELD UNDER 200 YDS. PASSING BUT THAT GOT HIM GOING INTO INDY TERRITORY. THAT PLAY DOES NOT WORK WITHOUT A VIABLE RUNNING GAME. 6 PLAYS LATER ON 3RD & 8. BRADY INCOMPLETE TO EDELMAN BUT JOSH GORDY, YOU GOTTA TURN AROUND. YOU GOTTA TURN AROUND AND LOOK BACK, AND THEN MAKE A PLAY ON THE BALL. YOU JUST CAN'T FACE GUARD THE RECEIVER. LOOK. RIGHT HERE HE MISSES A JAB. NOW HE'S BACK WHERE HE NEEDS TO BE. LOOKED BACK THE WRONG WAY. HE WAS ANTICIPATING THE FADE STOP, BACK SHOULDER FADE. SO NOW IT'S 3RD & GOAL ON THE 3. NO LEGARRETT BLOUNT. LET'S GIVE IT TO MAD MAX HAIRCUT STEVEN RIDLEY. I GUESS HE'S OUT OF THE DOGHOUSE. HE CAN RUN IT TOO DOWN BY THE GOAL LINE. THIS GUY CAN DO IT. ALSO IN ON THE 2 PT. CONVERSION, PATRIOTS UP 14. BUT LOOK AT THESE CONSECUTIVE PASSES BY LUCK. 1ST ONE OF 46 TO T.Y. HILTON, WHO WAS OVER 100 YDS. ON THE NIGHT. NICE. AND THEN YOUR NEXT PLAY. I MEAN HE'S GOT VELOCITY. HE'S GOT TOUCH, AND HERE HE'S GOT A TOUCHDOWN TO BRAZIL. GREAT PLAY ACTION. FREEZES THE BACKERS. THROWS A SAFETY. BRAZIL, GREAT ROUTE. GREAT THROW AND CATCH. AFTER A 3 PLAY 80 YD. DRIVE, INDY'S DOWN JUST 7 AND WE KNOW IT'S WET, AND WE KNOW THAT HE'S LOOKING A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE GEICO CAVEMAN. BUT I MEAN LOOK AT THIS. HE'S LIKE SLOBBERING ALL OVER HIMSELF. THAT'S PLAYOFF FOOTBALL. I HOPE THAT'S WATER IN HIS MOUTH. 4TH QUARTER, LUCK HERE ON 2ND & 9. HE DECIDES, O.K., NOBODY'S OPEN. I'M GONNA TUCK IT AND RUN WHICH HE DOES SO WELL BUT DID THE TURF MONSTER GET HIM? NO. IT WAS JOE VALANO. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. IN HOCKEY YOU GET 2 MINS. IN THE PENALTY BOX. IN SOCCER IT'S PROBABLY A YELLOW CARD. THERE THERE'S NO CALL. YOU DON'T CALL THAT AN M.M.A. EITHER. NO CALL. SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO. SO LUCK IS A LITTLE BUMMED. HE WAS LOOKING FOR SOME SORT OF CALL. NEXT PATRIOTS DRIVE, LOOK OUT! SOMEBODY'S GETTING TO THE 2ND LEVEL. THIS GOT ... MAN, TO BE SO BIG. NICE PATIENCE. NICE MOVE IN THE HOLE. FINISHES THE RUN IN THE END ZONE. 2ND LONGEST IN PLAYOFF HISTORY. THAT OF 73 YDS. 4 TDS. IS A FRANCHISE RECORD. IN FACT, ONLY RICKY WATTERS OF S.F. IN 1993 HAD MORE TDS. IN A SINGLE PLAYOFF GAME. THAT WAS 5 BACK THEN. SO WHO'S THE HOLDER? IT'S NOT THE ROOKIE PUNTER, RYAN ALLEN. HE'S HURT. TOM BRADY WHO SAID THE LAST TIME HE HELD WAS IN THE ORANGE BOWL FOR MICHIGAN. ALRIGHT. HE SAID AFTERWORD I MIGHT RENEGOTIATE MY CONTRACT. HE SHOULD. NOT FOR THAT. IF HE'S GONNA RENEGOTIATE, IT AIN'T GONNA BE FOR THAT. SO LUCK, LOOKING FOR COBY FLEANER ..DON'T DO IT. AND IT IS PICKED BY JIMMY COLLINS. ROOKIE HAD A HUGE GAME GUYS. THAT WAS QUICK MAN. SEE HOW DEEP HE WAS DOWN THE FIELD? HE DID A GREAT JOB ALL DAY IN COVERAGE. HE ALSO PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON ANDREW LUCK. NICE ALL-AROUND GAME FOR THE YOUNG PLAYER. N.E. WOULD PICKOFF LUCK A 4TH TIME DURING THE 21 PT. WIN. SO THE PATS ARE OFF TO THEIR 3RD STRAIGHT AFC TITLE GAME.

1:23:28;20 - SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS, SHALL WE? THE NINERS AND THE PANTHERS. THERE HE IS. COLIN KAEPERNICK. ALL HE HAS DONE IN THE POST-SEASON IS WIN. ALMOST EVERY TIME HE WAS 3-1. CAM NEWTON PLAYING IN HIS FIRST CAREER PLAYOFF GAME. CAM NEWTON HERE LOOKING FOR BRANDON LAFELL BUT IT'S PICKED OFF BY PATRICK WILLIS. NICE PLAY FOR WILLIS TO GO AND GET THAT. A LOT OF CAM'S THROWS, THE TROUBLE HE HAS IS THROWING TO THE RIGHT. HIS FEET WEREN'T SET. HE DIDN'T GET MUCH ON THAT. YOU SEE RIGHT THERE. IT WAS A BAD THROW. RECEIVER TIPS THE BALL UP. THAT WAS SIMILAR TO A BAD THROW HE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS MATCHUP WHEN HE THREW AN INTERCEPTION ON THE SIDELINES WHEN HE DID NOT HAVE HIS FEET SET AND MADE AN INACCURATE THROW. SO THE 49ERS TURN THAT INTO A FIELD GOAL. ON THE PANTHERS NEXT DRIVE, MIKE TOLBERT GETS NO GAIN. IT WAS TOUGH TO CROSS THAT GOAL LINE. I MEAN THERE WAS SOME 4TH DOWN DEFENSE. SOME GOAL LINE DEFENSE. WHAT YOU EXPECT UT OF 2 EXTREMELY WELL-COACHED DEFENSES? AND WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT OUT OF A GAMBLER? RIVERBOAT RON DECIDES TO GO FOR IT. BEFORE THAT PLAY, AFTER THE 3RD DOWN, CAM CAME TO THE SIDELINES AND SAID, "I CAN GET IN THERE. I CAN GET IT." YOU HAVE TO TRUST YOUR 6'5, 240 LB.... YOU DO BUT YOU DON'T TRUST THAT YOUR CENTER'S GONNA GET STOOD-UP AND YOUR GUARD'S GONNA GET STOOD-UP, AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT ...YOUR NUMBERS SHOW QUICKLY IF YOU’RE AN OFF. LINEMAN. YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THERE; AND THAT WAS A MISTAKE BECAUSE THEY CONVERTED A LOT OF THESE. I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN GETTING A F.G. ESPECIALLY A GAME YOU KNOW IS GONNA BE A LOW-SCORING GAME. WELL THEY DID GET THE BALL RIGHT BACK AND THEY SCORED QUICKLY TO STEVE SMITH FOR THE TD. PANTHERS NOW ON TOP 7-6. NEWTON'S FIRST CAREER SEASON TD. PASS. AND A PERFECT PASS TO BE HIS FIRST ONE. LOOK AT THE PLACEMENT. COULDN'T BE ANY BETTER. NO BECAUSE STEVE SMITH DID NOT GET THAT MUCH SEPARATION PARTLY DUE TO THE BAD KNEE BUT THAT'S A PERFECT PASS. AN INDEFENSIBLE PASS. NOW SEE, NOW HERE'S WHAT'S INTERESTING. HE'S POINTING TO THE KNEE. HE'S SAYING, O.K. EVERYTHING'S FINE. NO BUT I'M SAYING BUT, LATER ON IN THE GAME WHERE DID STEVE GO? YEA, IT WORE DOWN. WHERE DID HE GO? WELL HERE COMES CAM AGAIN. THIS TIME TO HIS LEADING RECEIVER THIS YEAR, GREG OLSEN FOR 35 YDS. AND THE PANTHERS MARCHING DOWN INTO 49ERS TERRITORY. 4 PLAYS LATER MIKE TOLBERT CAN'T GET IN THE END ZONE. HEY, NO EASY SLEDDING. 4TH & GOAL, RIVERBOAT RON NOT GOING FOR IT THIS TIME. BUT YOU ASKED FOR WHAT HAPPENED. THAT NEEDED TO BE A TD. THEY END UP SETTLING FOR A F.G. HERE'S KAEPERNICK TO MICHAEL CRABTREE WHEN THEY GET THE BALL BACK FOR 20 YDS. WHAT A GREAT CATCH BY CRABTREE. YES. SAID HE HAD THE BEST HANDS EVER. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT BUT HE'S UP THERE. HE'S UP THERE THOUGH. PASS INTERFERENCE YOU SEE RIGHT HERE. BRADEN FLORENCE DOESN'T ACTUALLY REACT TO THE BALL. ANQUAN BOLDEN ... HEAR ABOUT IT HUH? YEA. BUT THE THING ABOUT IT ALSO, PLAYS THROUGH IT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO. SO 2 PLAYS LATER KAEPERNICK ROLLING OUT. WAITING AND TRYING TO HIT VERNON DAVIS WHICH HE DOES. HE'S RULED OUT OF BOUNDS INITIALLY BUT TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS THING. BOTH VERNON AND .. COME OVER AND SAY, LOOK... THERE'S JIM RUNNING OUT ON THE FIELD. GETS A FLAG. YOU CAN'T COME OUT JIM. I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE RIGHT OR NOT. YOU'RE JUST NOT ALLOWED TO.. HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING. HE KNOWS THAT PENALTY IS GONNA BE ENFORCED ON THE KICKOFF AND IT'S A TD. YEA, UPON FURTHER REVIEW THEY WOULD LOOK AT THIS THING AND, CLEARLY, VERNON DAVIS HAD BOTH FEET INBOUNDS. SO HARBAUGH WAS RIGHT. KAEPERNICK WAS RIGHT. THAT WAS A GREAT GREAT DRAG THERE. YEA, IT WAS. GREAT PRESENCE BY VERNON DAVIS TO KNOW WHERE HE IS ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. BUT ALSO A NICE THROW BY KAEPERNICK. A LOT OF TIMES QBS WILL SAIL THAT BALL OR THROW IT TOO FAR OUT OF BOUNDS AND THE RECEIVER CAN'T GET HIS FEET INBOUNDS. SO THAT’S A 49ER LEAD. IT MAKES IT 13-10. IN THE 3RD QUARTER, KAEPERNICK GOING DEEP TO ANQUAN BOLDEN. THIS GUY IS SO GOOD IN THE POST-SEASON. THAT'S THE PLAY I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT IN WHICH .. THOUGHT MAYBE HE HAD HELP. I THINK HE HAD HIS EYES CAUGHT ON ANOTHER ROUTE THAT HE TRIED TO JUMP. WHEN HE CAME TO THE SIDELINES HE FELT AS THOUGH SOMETHING WAS GOING ON BUT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE COLIN KAEPERNICK OFF THE LEFT SIDE. GREAT ...AGAIN. HE STEALS CAM'S LITTLE THING AND ZIPS THE JACKET... THAT'S NOT RIGHT. YOU KNOW THEY WERE ROOMMATES AT THE COMBINE. YES. NOW YOU THINK CAM UPSTAGED HIM A LITTLE BIT AT THE COMBINE, AND KAP SAID, "HEY, I'M GONNA COME GET YOU?!" YOU KNOW HE WAS GONNA BE THE 1ST PICK IN THE DRAFT. HE LOOKED LIKE HE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A PUFFY CHEST. THAT WAS NAVARRO BOWMAN HAVING SOMETHING FOR CAM RIGHT THERE AS HE SACKS, AND THEN NEWTON PRESSURED AND SACKED BY AHMAD BROOKS; AND THE PANTHERS ARE FORCED TO PUNT ON THE DRIVE. AND THERE AGAIN, THAT'S 2 SACKS IN A ROW ON CONSECUTIVE PLAYS THAT REALLY END ANOTHER GOOD DRIVE. IN THE 4TH QUARTER, THERE HE IS. THERE HE IS. JAIME YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. THIS GUY ALL ...SO MANY TIMES ON THESE LITTLE 3RD & SHORTS. RIGHT. HE FINDS A LITTLE CREASE AND POPS IT FOR ABOUT 40 YDS. AND HE JUST KILLS YOU BECAUSE HE JUST EXTENDS THE DRIVE. HE PUTS YOU IN POSITION. AND KAEPERNICK HERE. NOW COULD'VE GOT DOWN JUST TO CHEW OFF ANOTHER 30 OR 40 SECS. THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THINGS. YOU JUST KIND OF GET DOWN, HIT THAT KNEE, AND RUN OUT OF BOUNDS OR SOMETHING. THEY STILL GET A F.G. OUT OF THE POSSESSION. SO HERE COME THE PANTHERS. NEWTON THOUGH... THIS IS ...SACKED AGAIN. AWFUL! TERRIBLE CALL. THEY CALLED HELMET-TO-HELMET CONTACT HERE. THERE'S NOTHING ... COULD'VE DONE. NOTHING AT ALL. THERE'S NO WAY TO CHANGE HIS TARGET POINT. AND WHY IT'S SO BAD OF A CALL, BECAUSE IT COULD CHANGE THE GAME. SURE. NOW IF THEY GET A TD. RIGHT HERE.. EXACTLY.   THAT' CHANGES THE WHOLE LANDSCAPE OF THE GAME. EXACTLY. OVER A BAD CALL. INSTEAD IT WAS AN INTERCEPTION BY DANTE WITTNER, AND THAT WAS BASICALLY GAME, SET, MATCH. THE 49ERS TAKING OVER AT THEIR OWN 27. AND ALL THEY NEEDED TO DO AT THIS POINT WAS TRY AND RUN OUT THE CLOCK. KENDELL HUNTER GOES UP THE MIDDLE FOR 2 YDS. ON 3RD & 10. THERE'S A PENALTY ON THE JOSH THOMAS HERE. AND YOU GOTTA KNOW SOMETIMES YOU GET TOO CHIPPY. YOU SEE, THESE ARE THE MISTAKES THAT YOU CAN MAKE. THERE’S NO REASON FOR THIS. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR THAT, AND THEN TO FINISH IT OFF. YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND, WE GOTTA GET THE BALL BACK! YEA. THERE'S 4 MINS. LEFT IN THE GAME. WE GOTTA GET THE BALL BACK! 23-10 IS THE FINAL. COLIN KAEPERNICK SOLID. FRANK GORE DOING WHAT HE DOES. AVERAGES ALMOST 100 YDS. PER GAME IN THE POST-SEASON. ANQUAN BOLDIN THE STAR OF THE DAY FOR THE NINERS. IF IT'S NOT CRABTREE, IT'S BOLDIN. IF IT'S NOT BOLDIN, IT'S VERNON DAVIS IN THE POST-SEASON. EXACTLY. THINK WHAT THE BALT. RAVENS ARE THINKING NOW. LOOK AT THIS BRACKET. THIS IS WHAT WE THOUGHT. TO ALL THE S.F. 49ERS FANS WHO ARE AT HOME SITTING ON THE COUCH SAYING, "WHERE WE GOING NEXT?" YOU ARE GOING TO SEATTLE PEOPLE. YOU ASKED FOR IT. YOU GET IT.

1:29:57;26 - SAN DIEGO CHARGERS @ DENVER BRONCOS

PHILIP RIVERS ALL BOLO-TIED FOR THE OCCASION. PEYTON MANNING COMING ON IN. HE'S BEEN 1 AND DONE IN THE LAST 3 GAMES. HE'S LOST IN THE PLAYOFFS. BEEN 1 AND DONE 8 TIMES. WES WELKER IS BACK. WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. KEEP THAT FLAG UP. ...DON'T LET IT TOUCH THE GROUND. IT WAS AFFECTING THE COLOR GUARD. FIRST SET OF DOWNS FOR PEYTON MANNING. 3RD & 9..PICKS UP THE 1ST DOWN AND JULIUS THOMAS. HE MADE SOME CRUCIAL PLAYS IN THIS GAME TODAY. I MEAN FLAT-OUT CRUCIAL. 5 PLAYS LATER ON THE PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD, PEYTON MANNING LOOK OUT. PUMP FAKING AND ...CHERICE WRIGHT HAD A CHANCE TO PICK HIM OFF. THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF PLAYS YOU MUST MAKE IN BIG-TIME GAMES SUCH AS THIS. YOU GOT TO MAKE THOSE PLAYS BECAUSE PEYTON MANNING'S NOT GONNA GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT. THAT WOULD’VE BEEN A HUGE PLAY. AND 6 PLAYS LATER, GUESS WHAT. MANNING FINDS ANOTHER THOMAS. THIS ONE IS DEMARIUS FROM THE 88 CLUB FOR A TD., CAPPING OFF THE LONGEST DRIVE OF THE SEASON. 14 PLAYS, 86 YDS., 7 MINS., 1 SEC. LONGEST DRIVE FOR DENVER THIS YEAR. WHAT A GRAB. LOOK AT THIS CATCH BY #88 RIGHT HERE. HOLDS ONTO IT. HITS HIS LEG. KEEPS THE BALL IN THE END ZONE. THAT'S DEFINITELY A TOUCHDOWN BY THAT 88. CALL THAT STRONG MITTS. THAT'S STRONG. STRONG MITTS. HERE WE GO. IT'S STILL 7-0. NEXT BRONCOS POSSESSION RIGHT AROUND MIDFIELD. 3RD & 2. JULIUS THOMAS HIT AND THE BALL IS RIPPED LOOSE BY JALEEL ADDAI. IT'S RULED A CATCH AND FUMBLE ON THE FIELD OF PLAY BUT THIS LOOKED AWFULLY LIKE AN INCOMPLETE PASS THAT HE NEVER HAD IT MARSHALL. OH YEA, WE'RE JUST GONNA NOT TALK ABOUT THE REFS BECAUSE THE GAMES HAVE BEEN SO GOOD. THE REFS, THEY KIND OF INTERFERED. SO GOOD GAME. GOOD CALL. LET'S PLAY BALL. ENSUING CHARGERS POSSESSION RIVERS SACKED BY MALIK JACKSON. OFFENSE FOR S.D. LOOKED LIKE IT HAD 1 BOLO TIED AROUND ITS BACK IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS GAME. NEGATIVE 11 YDS. PASSING GOING INTO HALFTIME. WHEN WE ASKED ABOUT THE CONCERNS FOR PEYTON MANNING, I SAID I WAS CONCERNED FOR JACK DELRIO AND HIS DEFENSE. THEY SHOWED UP. WES WELKER WITH A TD. THAT SIGHT FOR SORE DENVER EYES. I LOVE SEEING THAT RIGHT THERE MAN. WHAT A GOOD DUDE THAT IS RIGHT THERE. 9 PLAY DRIVE. JOHN FOX SIGNALING TD. GO FOR 1. GO FOR 1. 14-0 RIGHT BEFORE THE HALF. DOMINQUE ROGER-CROMARTIE IN COVERAGE. EDDIE ROYAL CAN'T GRAB IT. AGAIN, ERIC DECKER ON THE NEXT PLAY. HE IS THE ONE WHO IS TRYING TO CONVERT ALL OF THESE PUNTS THAT S.D.'S SENDING HIS WAY, AND THE POINTS RIGHT HERE, AND HE ALMOST DOES IT. GETTING THROUGH ALL SORTS OF TRAFFIC! BEATS THE PUNTER AND THEN TURF MONSTER! OH E.D.! OH! DON'T TRIP YOURSELF. BUT WOULDN’T YOU LOVE TO SEE IS A PUNT RETURNER GET THE BALL AND ATTACK IT STRAIGHT UP THE MIDDLE? HE'S PHYSICAL LIKE THAT TOO. AND RIGHT BEFORE THE HALF, THE FIRST RED ZONE PICK, HOWEVER. SO ERIC DECKER FALLS DOWN. GETS UP AND THEN THE BALL HITS HIM IN THE CHEST. THAT WAS A GREAT PLAY BY BUTLER RIGHT THERE. THE HANDS UP. WATCH THIS. CATCH...MAKE THE CATCH AND CHECK THEIR FEET. THE THING IS LINEBACKERS DON'T DO THAT. THAT'S A GREAT HEADS-UP PLAY RIGHT THERE. SO A BIG MOMENT FOR MIKE MCCOY. HE GOES INTO THE HALF JUST DOWN 2 SCORES AS OPPOSED TO 4... DENVER'S GETTING THE BALL BACK. 4TH QUARTER, IT'S 17-0. THE S.D. DEFENSE HOLDING PEYTON MANNING OUT OF THE END ZONE FOR THE 2ND HALF, AND THEN KEENAN ALLEN GETS INTO THE END ZONE. HE HAD 2 TDS. IN THE WK. 15 THURS. NIGHTER, AND HE SCORES RIGHT THERE. SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT. SOMEBODY WANT KEENAN TO HAVE A LOOK RIGHT ABOUT THEN. WHAT HAS QUINTEN JAMMER DONE ON KEENAN ALLEN? THIS IS TRENDON HOLIDAY ON THE ENSUING KICKOFF AND HE ...IS...GONE! AND PART OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE OMAR BOLDEN BLOCKS RICHARD MARSHALL IN THE BACK OUT OF BOUNDS. TAKE IT OFF THE BOARD. YOU RARELY SEE KICKOFF RETURNS RETURNED DOWN THE SIDELINE FOR A TD. SO THE BRONCOS HAVE TO START THEIR DRIVE BACK ON THEIR 19. THEY SHOULD'VE JUST LET HIM GO. YEA. RICHARD MARSHALL...BIGGEST DECISION ANYWAY. 3 PLAYS LATER IT LOOKS LIKE S.D. GETS THE BRONCOS OFF THE FIELD EXCEPT THE FACT THAT FLAGS COME IN. THERE WAS A HOLD FURTHER BACK BUT THIS IS CALLED PASS INTERFERENCE. DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS? I LIKE THIS CALL BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE BUMPS THAT YOU SEE SOMETIMES AND IT THROWS OFF TIMING. THE BALL IS THROWN. IF PEYTON WOULDN'T HAVE THROWN THAT BALL, IT'D JUST HAVE BEEN ILLEGAL CONTACT. PHILIP IS SAYING I BEG TO DIFFER. 3 PLAYS LATER 3RD & SHORT. JULIUS THOMAS GAIN OF 17. GREAT TIMING BY JULIUS THOMAS. JUST HELD, HELD AND AWAITED THAT SPOT. CAME OPEN AND HIT IT. 4 PLAYS LATE OMAHA LEADS TO MARINO IN THE END ZONE. WHAT IS OMAHA? YOU KNOW WHAT OMAHA IS? WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT. LET'S JUST SAY NOSHAWN HAD A GREAT GAME TODAY. HE KEPT IT IN A POSITIVE DISTANCE. STAYED IN FRONT OF THE COUNT WITH THE DOWN AND DISTANCE. NEXT CHARGERS POSSESSION, RIVERS ON 4TH & 5. GOTTA GO FOR IT. DOWN 17. I GUESS WHEN IN DOUBT, AS THE RAVENS SHOWED YOU LAST YEAR, GO ATOP DEEP ON THIS DEFENSE. WHY ARE YOU UPSET WITH QUINTEN JAMMER? I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY IS JAMMER ON KEENAN ALLEN? KEENAN ALLEN'S A BAD BOY. HERE HE IS RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE AGAIN. HE HAD 2 TDS. AGAIN AND THE CHARGERS WIN IN WK. 15 THERE; AND HE'S NOW GOT 2 TDS. HERE. I SAY MY NAME IS... ARE YOU ALLOWED TO DO THAT DOWN 10? ALLEN. THAT’S WHAT HE SAID. THE ENSUING ONSIDE KICK. IT HITS ERIC DECKER. BOY, DECKER WAS ON THE SPOT TODAY. RIGHT THE HEIGHT ON THAT KICK. UNBELIEVABLE. NICK NOVAK HITS IT ALL HIGH. MIKE MCCOY WATCHES HIS FORMER CHARGER ERIC DECKER NOT ABLE TO CORRAL IT. SO HERE COMES PHILIP RIVERS DOWN 10 WITH LESS THAN 5 MINS. TO GO, 2ND & 5. THROWING IT TO WHO ELSE? THERE'S THAT MAN KEENAN ALLEN AGAIN. HEY ...NUMBER 2 ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE SAFETIES. GREAT MATCHUP. 3RD & 5 GOING FOR ANTONIO GATES WHO BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HAS NEVER CONNECTED WTH IN THE PLAYOFFS FOR TD. PASS. CAN'T DO IT THERE SO THEY HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A NICK NOVAK F.G. AND THEY PUNT BUT THEY KICK THE BALL DEEP BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT 2 TIMEOUTS AND THE 2 MIN. WARNING, AND GET PEYTON MANNING IN 3RD & LONG AND MANNING CONVERTS! RIGHT THERE JULIUS THOMAS COMES UP WITH THE BIG PLAY TO SNEAK OUT OF TH BACKFIELD ON AN OUT AND UP AND DRAGS THAT FEET. HUGE 1ST DOWN. THAT'S THOSE THROWS WE DON'T TALK ABOUT. THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. 21 YDS. 3 PLAYS LATER ANOTHER 3RD & 6 AND MANNING CONVERTS THAT TOO TO JULIUS THOMAS. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. IT'S NOT, I DON'T CARE THAT YOU DROPPED THE BALL. I DON’T CARE IF YOU FUMBLED IT EARLY ON. DO YOU MAKE PLAYS WHEN THE GAME IS ON THE LINE? J.T. DID THAT TONIGHT. AND PHILIP RIVERS, A RENAISSANCE SEASON WINDS UP WITH A DIVISIONAL WEEKEND LOSS IN DENVER WHERE THE AFC CHAMP. GAME WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK AGAINST TOM BRADY AND THE N.E. PATRIOTS. IT WILL BE BRADY/MANNING, 15. THE 3RD TIME, HOWEVER, THESE 2 MEET WHERE THE WINNER GOES TO THE S.B. AND THE LOSER GOES HOME.

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