SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 20 - DIVISIONAL WEEKEND
PATRIOTS @ BRONCOS 6:36
49ERS @ SEAHAWKS 3:33
TRT: 20:33 WITH BARS
FINAL 2013-2014 Satellite News Service
PATRIOTS @ BRONCOS
AS WE GET STRAIGHT TO IT DENVER, 63 DEGREES I MEAN FLAT OUT BEAUTIFUL AT KICK OFF. CAN TOM BRADY GET TO ANOTHER ONE IT WOULD BE HIS 6TH? COULD PEYTON MANNING GET TO HIS THIRD? WE OPEN UP HERE WITH A THIRD AND TWO ABOUT 3 MINUTES IN AND THIS REALLY WAS ONE OF THE FEW TIMES, HEY CAME CLOSE TO GETTING TO PEYTON WHEN HE BOBBLED THE SHUT GUN SNAP BUT HE HITS ERIC DECKER FOR 7 AND A FIRST DOWN. HE ALMOST GAVE THAT AWAY. AS A CENTER I CAN TELL YOU THOUGH A SITUATION LIKE THAT YOU MIGHT SEND A BALL KIND OF HOT HE'S NOT USED TO THAT AND THAT PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. WELL NOTHING CAME OF IT THEY EVENTUALLY PUNT AND BRONCOS GET THE BALL BACK, NOW THEY'RE IN THE RED ZONE, NOW THEY'RE DOWN AT THE 10, JULIUS THOMAS FIRST AND GOAL. NO FLAG ON THIS ONE DENNIS MCCORDY MUGGED HIM A BIT. A BIT, BUT AGAIN THAT'S HOW THIS GAME WAS. YOU CAN'T CALL, I MEAN OK OK. YOU DO HAVE TO CALL THAT. DO YOU NOT HAVE TO CALL THAT? MATT PRAEDER HITS A F.G. A 27 YARD 3 TO NOTHING THERE. IT'S THIRD AND GOAL ON THIS ONE AN INCOMPLETE ON ERIC DECKER THERE AND THAT'S WHAT LED TO THE F.G., ERICK DECKER INCOMPLETE BACK OF THE END ZONE, MATT PRAEDER 27 YARD F.G. JOSH MCDANIEL’S BACK IN DENVER FOR THE 1ST TIME WHERE HE DID OPEN 6 AND 0 BUT DID NOT LAST MUCH LONGER AFTER THAT. I WONDER IF THEY HAD RAZORS IN DENVER BACK THEN. THIS WAS A BIG PLAY MISSING JULIAN EDELMAN HERE 9 MINUTES INTO THE GAME. AND THERE WERE SEVERAL PLAYS HERE WHERE YOU SEE TOM BRADY UPSET ABOUT IT. YOU CAN'T MISS PLAYS LIKE THAT IN A GAME JUST LIKE THIS. THIS IS KEY AS WELL, AKIB TALIB TAKEN OUT INJURED BY WES WELKER. AND I THINK THAT'S INADVERTENT CONTACT THAT YOU SEE THERE, BUT YET IN STILL RIB INJURY HAPPENS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE GAME REALLY CHANGES. AKIB GOES OUT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE A GREAT PLAY RIGHT HERE BY A GUY WHO IS LOOKING TO GO BACK HOME TO NEW JERSEY. KNOWSHON MORENO 28 YARDS OUT OF THE 11 HER COME THE BRONCOS FOUR PLAYS LATER PEYTON HAD AN HAD THREE OPTIONS ON THIS ONE HE'S GOING TO SETTLE ON JACOB TAMME FOR THE T.D.. THAT'S THE KEY TO THIS GAME FOR PEYTON MANNING HE NOT ONLY HAD THREE OPTIONS HE HAD FIVE AND TAMME IS NOT ONE OF THOSE FIVE. THAT'S THE STORY OF THIS GAME ALL OF THE WEAPONS PEYTON HAD TO WORK WITH. PATRIOTS GET IT BACK NOW THIRD AND 8 THERE INSIDE THE 20 THEY’RE ON THE 18 BUT ROBERT AYERS ON THIRD DOWN THE 11 YARD LOSS ON THE SACK THAT LEADS TO THE F.G. IT'S 10 TO 3 BIG POINT THERE AS WELL. BRONCOS GET IT BACK. BRONCOS THEN GO TO WORK. DEMARIUS THOMAS WITH AKIB TALIB OUT OF THERE HAVING A FIELD DAY AND THAT'S GOOD FOR 26 DOWN TO THE 37. PEYTON KEPT THE FOOT ON THE GAS FOR MOST OF THE GAME BUT ESPECIALLY HERE HE IS LATE IN THE SECOND SWINGS INTO THE OUTSIDE FOR MARINO BUT HE'S STOPPED SHORT. NOW THE QUESTION IS DO YOU GO FOR IT OR NOT. THAT'S WHY I LIKE HAVING A DEFENSIVE COACH WITH PEYTON MANNING BECAUSE PEYTON WOULD HAVE WANTED TO GO FOR THAT, BUT THAT'S OK. GET THE POINTS ON THE BOARD AND MAKE IT A 2 SCORE DEAL, WHICH IS WHAT THEY DO, MAKE IT 13-3. AKIB TALIB THEY ORIGINALLY CALLED IT A RIB INJURY NOW IT'S A KNEE INJURY EITHER WAY HE' ON THE SIDELINE AND WITHOUT HIM THERE PEYTON PRETTY MUCH DID WHATEVER HE WANTED TO DO. 18 YARDS THERE TO ERIC DECKER. GAME OVER, I MEAN I DON'T MEAN IT; THIS IS THE GAME WITH HIM ON THE SIDELINE. WITH HIM ON THE SIDELINE IT CHANGED THE GAME PLAN AND YOU SAW THIS RIGHT DEMARIUS ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST STARTING CARVING UP THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS. AND THAT’S GOOD FOR 15 AND A FIRST DOWN THEY ARE DRIVING AGAIN AND IN THE RED ZONE AGAIN. FIVE PLAYS LATER IT'S JULIUS THOMAS THIS IS A BIG THIRD DOWN CONVERSION 3RD AND 3 AND THEY GET 5 WITH AKIB TALIB STILL WATCHING. WHICH REALLY WAS THE STORY OF THE SECOND HALF. THEY'LL KEEP IT ON THE GROUND HERE 3RD AND THREE FROM THE 8 IT'S MONTY HALL HE'S GOING TO FIVE AND AGAIN A A THIRD DOWN CONVERSION GET THEM DOWN TO THE FIVE, INSIDE THE FIVE DOWN TO THE THREE AND THEN DAMARIUS THOMAS. AND WATCH HIM GRAB THIS BALL. HE JUST SNAGS THIS BALL RIGHT OUT OF THE AIR, YOU SEE PAYTON LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS RIGHT THERE, BUT THE KEY PART THE OFFENSIVE LINE DID A TREMENDOUS JOB ALL GAME LONG. TOM BRADY OBVIOUSLY WONDERING WHAT IN THE HECK IS HE GOING TO DO TO GET BACK IN THIS. REMEMBER THEY EWE DOWN 24-7 INTO THE HALF WHEN THEY FACED EACH OTHER IN THE REGULAR SEASON CAN HE RALLY BACK FROM THIS ONE? NOT WHEN SHANE VEREEN CANT HANG ON ON A 3RD AND 2. BELICHICK IS GOING TO GO FOR IT NOW ON 4TH DOWN AND HERE IT COMES. HERE COMES THE PRESSURE. POT ROAST, IT'S A POT ROAST IT LOOKS LIKE A POT ROAST. JACK DEL RIO BROUGHT THE POT ROAST WITH HIM FROM JACKSONVILLE AND WE GO TO THE FOURTH QTR. HUGE ON FOURTH DOWN, PEYTON NOW ON 3RD AND GOAL FROM THE ONE THAT TRULY COULD HAVE PUT IT AWAY COULD HAVE MADE IT 27-3. JULIUS THOMAS DROPS IT AND PRAEDER GETS THE 19 YARD F.G. IT'S 23-3 WE KIND OF STILL HAVE A GAME BRADY IS STILL HANGING AROUND AND HERE IS A FOURTH DOWN AND HE CONVERTS.
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HERE IS A FOURTH DOWN AND HE CONVERTS, HERE IS SHANE VEREEN FOR 7, THAT'S A FOURTH DOWN AND NOW WE'RE UNDER TEN MINUTES TO GO. DENVER HAS GOT ONE TIME OUT AND NEW ENGLAND'S GOT THREE. A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER EDELMAN, T.D. 23-10 AND WE LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND WE SAY, "THIS THING IS VERY MUCH A GAME." BUT THE BRONCOS KEPT THE FOOT ON THE GAS, HERE IS PEYTON DOWN THE LEFT SIDELINE OVERTHROWING DAMIRIUS THOMAS. ON THAT DRIVE THEY COME OUT AGGRESSIVE, THEY COME OUT THROWING THE F.B. AS OPPOSED TO RUN THE BALL AND KILL THE CLOCK AND THEY MOVE THE BALL IN THE POSITION AND THEY GET THE F.G. 54 YARD F.G. MAKES IT 26-10, BRADY COMES OUT FIRING EDELMAN FOR 11 YARDS AND A FIRST DOWN THAT WAS ON THIRD DOWN. FIVE PLAYS LATER NOW THEY'RE IN BRONCO TERRITORY ON THE 30 A LITTLE MOVEMENT OF THE LINE NO FLAG BRADY, AUSTIN COLLIE NOW HE WILL MOVE THE CHAINS. MAKE A GOOD MOVE AND GET DOWN TO THE 12 THAT’S GOOD FOR 18 BRADY IS NOT DEAD. TWO PLAYS LATER, BRADY YOU KNOW HE MAY RUN, HE MAY RUN. HE'S LIKE COLIN KAEPERNICK, HE RAN BUT HE DID RUN AND THEN HE SPUN IT THEY GO FOR TWO BECAUSE THIS HUGE, THIS IS THE GAME IF THEY DON'T GET IT. I LIKE THE PLAY CALL I DON'T LIKE THE PERSONNEL. IF YOU'RE GOING TO RUN THAT I THINK YOU SPREAD THEM ALL THE WAY OUT AND YOU CAN TELL TOM WASN'T CRAZY ABOUT THE PLAY CALL EITHER, BUT THAT'S THE PLAY THAT WAS CALLED AND I BELIEVED HE CALLED IT. ONSIDE KICK ERICK DECKER RECOVERS IT THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A COME BACK THIS TIME. GAME OVER.
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49ers @ SEAHAWKS
WE'RE GOING TO PICK THINGS UP IN THE FOURTH QTR. BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF ACTION, THIS WAS A SACK FORCED FUMBLE WHEN IT WAS 20 -17 MICHAEL BENNETT HAS AN INCREDIBLE POST SEASON BUT CLIFF AVRIL THE OFF SEASON ACQUISITION FREE AGENT FROM DETROIT WAS THE ONE WHO KNOCKED IT LOOSE. SEAHAWKS SET UP; FIRST AND GOAL THREE PLAYS LATER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AND OVER THE MIDDLE KEARSE STOPPED ON THE GOAL LINE TO NAVARRO BOWMAN WHO TAKES THE BALL AWAY AND A PIG PILE ENSUES. NOW, REPLAY YOU CAN SEE NOT ONLY DOES THE BALL COME OUT BOWMAN HAS POSSESSION OF IT BUT THE ENSUING COLLISION KNOCKS HIS KNEE IN SUCH A WAY THAT IS UNNATURAL TO SAY THE LEAST. HE IS CARTED OFF BUT HE'S GOT THE BALL AND HE'S DOWN BY CONTACT PLAY SHOULD BE OVER BUT INSTEAD IT WAS RULED SEATTLE BALL BECAUSE OF THE PIG PILE ON TOP OF IT AND YOU CANNOT REVIEW A LOOSE BALL RECOVERED IN THE FIELD OF PLAY BUT IT WAS ALL A MUTE POINT BECAUSE SEATTLE GETTING THE BALL BACK ON FOURTH AND SHORT DIDN'T KICK THE F.G. THEY WENT FOR IT AND FUMBLED IT. RICH, OUR GAME IS GREAT BUT WE'RE NOT SAYING IT'S PERFECT AND SOMETIMES THE BALL DOESN'T TEND TO BOUNCE THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO AND THAT HAPPENED ON THOSE TWO PLAYS. THE COMPETITION COMMITTEE WILL NO DOUBT LOOK AT IT I'M SURE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER ON. 7 MINUTES TO GO WITH THE BALL BACK KAEPERNICK THROWS A PICK. YOU GOT TO READ THAT; YOU'RE IN THE DEEP COVER THREE STRONG SAFETIES BUZZING OUT TO THE FLAT YOU GOT TO KNOW WHAT'S COMING. DEION CALLED THAT PLAY OUT HE KNEW WAS COMING HE SAW THE COVERAGE’S OUT AND HE KNEW WHAT THY WERE DOING WHAT KAEPERNICK WAS FAILING TO DO, HE WAS LIKE HE'S ABOUT TO THROW A PICK AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT PLAY AND HE THREW A PICK. ENSUING DRIVE 3RD AND 8 GOLDEN TATE PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN AND THEN LOSES IT, THEN PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN AND APPEARS TO LOSE IT. IT WAS TWO LOST FIRST DOWNS AND THREE GAINED FIRST DOWNS ON ONE CATCH. YOU GOT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF AWARENESS. HE'S JUST THAT KIND OF GUY HE WANTS TO MAKE A PLAY. IT LED TO A F.G. ATTEMPT THOUGH; SO COLIN KAEPERNICK IS JUST ONE T.D. DEFICIT. 6 PTS. WHEN ON FOURTH AND TWO RIGHT BEFORE THE TWO MINUTE WARNING HE COMPLETES IT TO FRANK GORE GOING TO HIS LEFT OUT OF THE POCKET. HE MADE SOME THROWS LIKE THIS TODAY I FELT LIKE ONE OF THEM WAS GOING TO GET PICKED OFF AND I MEAN HE MADE SOME REALLY GOOD THROWS TODAY WHILE HE WAS OUT OF THE POCKET. KURT WARNER ALMOST FELL OFF THE COACH DURING THAT PLAY. A 78 YARD DRIVE IS WHAT HARBAUGH NEEDED OUT OF HIS OFFENSE TO GO TO THE S.B. AGAINST THE LEGION OF DOOM AND THE 12TH MAN. SAME THROW, SAME THROW SAME DEFENSE SAME PLAY HE COMPLETED IT. BUT HE THREW IT OVER THE DEFENSE AND GOT IT TO MICHAEL CRABTREE ON 3RD AND 2 TO MOVE IT FIRST DOWN NINERS DRIVE IT 18 YARD LINE AND NOW THEY'RE IN THE RED ZONE BUT RICHARD SHERMAN WITH THE TIP DRILL TO MALCOLM SMITH HIS TEAMMATE AND IRONICALLY ENOUGH IT'S THE STANFORD GUY THAT WINS THE GAME AGAINST THE FORMER STANFORD HEAD COACH IN SEATTLE TO DENY SAN FRANCISCO THE S.B. AND SEND SEATTLE TO THE BIG GAME IN THE BIG APPLE AND THE NEW JERSEY AREA AND THAT MIGHT COST HIM SOMETHING RIGHT THERE. MAN THAT WAS JUST A GREAT PLAY. IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PLAY, CRABTREE YOUR BEST RECEIVER THE BALL IS BEING THROWN TO HIM AND RICHARD SHERMAN MAKES A PLAY WITH HIS BODY OUT OF POSITION, MAKES THE PERFECT PLAY AND IT HELPS HIS TEAM GO TO THE S.B. AND IT IS PETE CARROLL IN THE S.B. WITH RUSSELL WILSON IN HIS SECOND SEASON WITH THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS IN IN THE SECOND SEASON GOING TO THE S.B. TO TAKE ON PEYTON MANNING.
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