SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 1
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1:10:14;19 - GREEN BAY PACKERS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
...AS THEY TAKE ON THE PACKERS TO KICK-OFF THE NFL SEASON! EVERYBODY PUMPED UP.
THE DEFENDING CHAMPS. THE LOMBARDI TROPHY LARGER THAN LIFE. DROP THAT BANNER.
THAT'S A GOOD FEELING THEREIN CENTURY LINK FIELD. HOW ABOUT THE STARS COMING
OUT. STEVE LARGENT, CORTEZ KENNEDY, BIG WALTER JONES. OH, I DON'T WANT TO SEE
WALTER AGAIN. PETE CARROLL'S TEAM LOOKING TO BECOME THE FIRST TEAM TO REPEAT
SINCE THE PATS IN '05. HECK, THEY’RE TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST TEAM TO WIN A
PLAYOFF GAME SINCE '05 AFTER WINNING THE S.B. YOU CAN'T DO THIS. OH, HORRIBLE
PENALTY. YEA, YOU GO DEEP INTO THE STAY BECAUSE YOU'RE PUNTING FROM ABOUT
MIDFIELD. YOU GIVE THE BALL BACK TO RUSSELL WILSON. ENDS UP COSTING THEM 3 PTS.
HERE DAN. YEA, MIKE DANIELS RUNNING INTO THE KICKER. SO THE SEAHAWKS PICKUP A
F.G. WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR DEF. GUY, SHAWN? I DON'T KNOW. GET YOUR HEAD ON
STRAIGHT. GET YOUR HEAD ON. WAIT, NOW IT'S EARL'S TIME, RIGHT? HOW ABOUT EARL
THOMAS RETURNING A REGULAR SEASON PUNT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER? WE SAW
IT DURING PRESEASON. RICHARD SHERMAN BLOCKS A PLAYER INTO HIM AND, HAHA, CLINTON
DICKS RECOVERS THE MUFFED BALL. DEF. GUYS AGAIN, SHAWN. YEA, BUT THESE GUYS, I
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY HE'S BACK THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I THINK HE'S WAY TOO
VALUABLE ON DEFENSE TO BE ON THIS PUNT TEAM. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. THAT'S THAT
STUBBORN, HARDHEADED HARD-HITTING SAFETY RIGHT THERE. DOESN'T WANT TO CALL A
FAIR CATCH AND COST HIS FOOTBALL TEAM. THAT COST HIM 7 PTS. RIGHT HERE. EXACTLY.
HERE'S AARON RODGERS TO JORDY NELSON. NELSON PICKS UP 16 YDS. THERE. THE PACKERS
HAVE 1ST & GOAL ON THE 8TH; AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER, WHO YOU GONNA
GIVE IT TO? HOW ABOUT THE BIG FULLBACK? YEA. GIVE IT TO BIG JOHN KOON. YOU KNOW
I LOVE IT. IN G.B. THEY'RE GOING KOON! IN SEATTLE THEY'RE GOING BOOOO. GOOD 2ND
AND 3RD EFFORT. LOOKED LIKE HE ALMOST SCORED TWICE ON THAT PLAY. ALRIGHT, 1ST &
10 IN THE 2ND QUARTER. RUSSELL WILSON, WE KNOW THAT HE CAN RUN THE READ OPTION
TO PERFECTION AND HE DOES IT HERE FINDING A WIDE OPEN RICARDO ... YEA, I MEAN
HEY, CONGRATS RICARDO. NICE JOB RUSSELL WILSON. DARRELL ..., THE O.C. HE STOLE
THAT FROM AUBURN'S PLAYBOOK. GO BACK TO THE IRON BOWL LAST YEAR AND THAT'S WHEN
AUBURN RAN ON ALABAMA. IT'S THE EXACT SAME PLAY. HOW ON EARTH DID HE GET SO
OPEN? TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. WELL YOU HAVE TO RESPECT HIS LEGS. HE CAN TAKEOFF AND
RUN AND HURT YOU THAT WAY BUT DEFENSE PLAYED UP, MADE A BIG MISTAKE. HE MADE
THEM PAY FOR IT. WILSON ALSO GETTING SOME HELP FROM HIS T.E. A GREAT GAME FROM
ZACK MILLER TONIGHT IN SEVERAL ... I FEEL FOR YOU CLAY. HE WAS IN GOOD COVERAGE.
HEY, JUST STICK TO PASS RUSH. HE DID A GOOD JOB THERE. THERE'S NOTHING CLAY CAN
DO. PERFECT THROW. PERFECT CATCH. END OF STORY. AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO
ABOUT THIS. WHEN MARSHAWN LYNCH GETS GOING, AND HE WAS GOING. OH MY GOODNESS.
BURNETT. GO GET DOWN. JUST TAKE IT ON THE CHIN. JUST LAY DOWN RIGHT THERE. TAKE
IT ON THE CHIN. 21 YDS. THERE. 3 PLAYS LATER RUSSELL TO LYNCH AGAIN AND HE
SQUIRTS INTO THE END ZONE FROM 9 YDS. OUT. THE SEAHAWKS TAKE A 17-10 LEAD AT
HALFTIME. IN THE 3RD QUARTER, RODGERS LOOKING FOR JORDY NELSON BUT GUESS WHO'S
THERE? A GUY WHO WAS TESTED ALL NIGHT LONG. I SEE IT BYRON. HEY, LISTEN. THEY
CAME AT HIM A LOT. HE HAD SOME YDS. PUT UP AGAINST HIM TONIGHT BUT THE YOUNG MAN
PLAYED WELL. HE DID. ALRIGHT, MIKE MCCARTHY TRYING TO GET SOMETHING GOING HERE.
LOOK AT THIS. 4TH & 5 DAN. THIS WAS A BIG PLAY. THEY DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THEY WERE
READY FOR THE SNAP, AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS? IT'S YOUR BACKUP RIGHT TACKLE, AND
THEN YOU NOW IT'S PRESSURE. HERE COMES ... .. CLIFF ABLE OFF THE EDGE. THAT'S
WHAT THEY PAID HIM FOR. MADE THE BIG PLAY. GOT AROUND HIM. MISSED AND SWIPED THE
FIRST TIME. KEPT BEING RELENTLESS. GOT THE SACK. YEA, SHERROD A FORMER #1 PICK
BACK IN 2011. HERE HE IS AGAIN, THIS TIME GETTING BEAT BY MICHAEL BENNETT WHO'S
STRIP SACKED THERE. HE COVERS IT UP. SO HE SAVED HIM A COUPLE OF POINTS. RIGHT.
SHAME ON SHERROD BUT, HEY, AARON, YOU'RE TOO GOOD OF A QB TO TAKE CARE OF THE
BALL LIKE THIS. THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A SAFETY. THAT SAFETY'S ON RODGERS.
WELL HERE'S PERCY HARVIN, AND PERCY HAD HIMSELF A GAME TONIGHT AS WELL. PICKS UP
10 HERE. SO IT'S 1ST & 10 ON THE 16 AND THE SEAHAWKS ARE MOVING ONCE AGAIN. LAST
PLAY OF THE 3RD QUARTER. THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. WILSON JUST
TUCKS IT AND RUNS WHERE NOBODY WAS OPEN AND HE FIELDS THIS RIGHT HERE. GETS DOWN
WHEN HE NEEDS TO. AS A DEF. PLAYER YOU REALLY CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT __. THAT'S
JUST A GREAT QB WITH GREAT AWARENESS MAKING A GREAT PLAY. THEN ON THE VERY NEXT
PLAY, JULIUS PEPPERS, I'M SORRY BUDDY. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. MARSHAWN LYNCH. THEY
CAN TEAR HIS JERSEY BUT THEY CAN'T KEEP HIM OUT OF THE END ZONE. YEA, YOU BETTER
GRAB MORE THAN THAT NIKE UNDERSHIRT. YOU'RE NOT GETTING DOWN THE BEAST MODE LIKE
THAT. 20 CARRIES FOR 110 YDS. AND A COUPLE OF TDS. FOR BEAST MODE. NICE FANTASY
PRODUCTION BY MARSHAWN. WOW, LOOK AT THAT AVERAGE. NICE PRODUCTION ALL THE WAY
AROUND. 5 PLUS A CARRY, 2 TUGS. YOU THINK THEY WOULD'VE MISSED HIM?
1:14:57 - NEW ORLEANS SAINTS @ ATLANTA FALCONS
SAINTS, FALCONS. AN EARLY NFC SOUTH BATTLE. DREW BREES AND THE SAINTS LOOKING TO
START ANOTHER SEASON WITH A WIN OVER THE FALCONS. MATT RYAN MEANWHILE LOOKING TO
BOUNCE BACK AFTER LAST YEAR'S DISASTROUS 4-12 CAMPAIGN. HERE EARLY ON HE FINDS
JULIO JONES. LOOKS LIKE A BIG GAIN BUT, JAIRUS BYRD, THE FREE AGENT ACQUISITION,
KNOCKS THE BALL LOOSE AND THE SAINTS WOULD RECOVER IN THE END ZONE. ON THE
REPLAY THERE IT IS. YOU SEE HIM STICK HIS HAND IN THERE AND JONES CAN'T HANG
ONTO THE BALL. ... ROBINSON WOULD PUNCH IN A 2 YD. SCORE EARLY TO PUT THE SAINTS
UP 13-0. SAINTS NOW LEADING 13-7. HOW ABOUT BRANDON COOKS. FINDS THE END ZONE
FOR THE ROOKIE OUT OF OREGON STATE. SAINTS LEAD 20-7. JAKE MATTHEWS ON THE
ENSUING FLACONS POSSESSION. LOOKS LIKE HE HURT HIMSELF. HE MAY'VE INJURED
HIMSELF ON AN ANKLE INJURY. WATCH THE REPLAY CLOSELY HERE. AND YOU CAN KIND OF
SEE HIS ANKLE KIND OF GETTING ROLLED OVER BUT MATTHEWS WOULD NOT RETURN. FALCONS
LOOK LIKE THEY'RE IN TROUBLE. 3RD QUARTER. MATT RYAN LOOKING FOR JULIO JONES
AGAIN. THIS TIME ... GETS IT DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE AND RYAN WOULD THEN CONNECT
WITH ... ... 2 PLAYS LATER FOR THE SCORE AND CUT THE SAINTS LEAD TO 3; 20-17.
SAINTS BALL NOW. BREES FOR BRANDON COOKS! NO. PICKED OFF BY ROBERT MCCLAIN, AND
THE FALCONS WOULD TAKE OVER. A BACK AND FORTH GAME ALL AFTERNOON. HERE'S MATT
RYAN AGAIN. HE'S GONNA THROW FOR ANTONE SMITH. ANTONE SMITH BREAKING TACKLES.
ANTONE SMITH GOING DOWN THE SIDELINE. ANTONE SMITH FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. 54 YDS. TO
THE HOUSE. ROB RYAN CANNOT BELIEVE IT. MIKE SMITH LOVES IT. AND THE FALCONS TAKE
THE LEAD 24-20. 4TH QUARTER NOW, SAINTS BALL. 2ND & 5. MARK INGRAM TAKES THE
HANDOFF AND HE RUNS ANGRY. GOING DOWN THE SIDELINE LOOKING FOR SOME STIFF-ARMS.
LOOKING FOR SOME CONTACT AND FIGHTS HIS WAY DOWN INSIDE THE 5. MATT RYAN THROWS
DEEP FOR JULIO JONES. THERE HE IS AGAIN. ANOTHER CATCH. A 23 YD. PICKUP DOWN TO
THE 29 YD. LINE. 6 PLAYS LATER. HOW ABOUT JACQUEZ RODGERS. THIS ONE MIGHT BE THE
PLAY OF THE GAME. SPIN CYCLE. R-I AND THEN DASHING INTO THE END ZONE. TOUCHDOWN.
A BEAUTIFUL RUN AND A BEAUTIFUL SCORE BY JACQUEZ RODGERS. FALCONS BACK ON TOP
31-27. ENSUING SAINTS POSSESSION. DREW BREES WITH 1:55 LEFT TO GO IN THE BALL
GAME. GOING OVER THE TOP TRYING TO LOOK FOR MARQUEZ COLSTON BUT FALLS
INCOMPLETE. BUT, AS YOU SEE, A LITTLE LAUNDRY ON THE FIELD AS WELL. ROBERT
ALFRED TAGGED WITH A PASS INTERFERENCE. HERE'S DREW BREES GIVING IT UP TO MARK
INGRAM YET AGAIN. THIS TIME HE FINDS THE END ZONE. BREAKS THE PLAIN, GETS IN
THERE. INGRAM'S 2ND TD. OF THE DAY. PUTS THE SAINTS UP 34-31. THE FALCONS NEED A
F.G. 38 SECS. LEFT TO GO NOW. UNDER PRESSURE, MATT RYAN FINDS DEVIN HESTER
DOWNFIELD FOR 21 YDS. AND THE FIRST DOWN, AND THE FALCONS ON THE MOVE. MATT
BRYANT FROM THE 33 YD. LINE ON 4TH DOWN WITH 4 SECS. LEFT TO GO IN THE BALL
GAME. CAN HE CONNECT? YOU BETCHA. RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. 34-34 AND THIS GAME
GOES INTO OVERTIME. SO HERE COMES MATT RYAN AND THE BOYS. IN OVERTIME, THE
SAINTS HAVE THE BALL. DREW BREES LOOKING FOR COLSTON. COLSTON MAKES THE CATCH.
GETS HIT BY WILLIAM MOORE AND HE FUMBLES THE BALL. LOOK AT IT AGAIN. PUNCHING IT
RIGHT OUT OF COLSTON'S HANDS AND THE FALCONS WOULD RECOVER. 4 PLAYS LATER HERE'S
MATT BRYANT YET AGAIN. NOT A GAME-TYING BUT A GAME-WINNING. F.G. ON THE WAY. 52
YDS. GET SOME. AND THE FALCONS WIN 37-34 IN O.T.
1:19:29;23 - CINCINNATI BENGALS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS
ALRIGHT, AFC BATTLE. BENGALS/RAVENS. ANDY DALTON THE RED RIFLE, SIGNED A 6 YR.,
96 MILL. DOLLAR EXTENSION IN THE OFF-SEASON. WOULD IT PAY OFF? HERE ON THE
KEEPER IS SHUTDOWN BY CHRIS CANTY. BENGALS WOULD HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A MIKE
NUGENT 22 YARD F.G. AND THE BENGALS LED 6-0. NEXT BENGALS DRIVE DALTON ..OH MAN,
ANDY GRESHAM WAS WIDE OPEN. PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN A TD. BUT HE MISSED HIM. VERY
NEXT PLAY ON 3RD & 8, DALTON DROPS BACK. LOOKS FOR A.J. GREEN BACK OF THE END
ZONE. DOUBLE-COVERED. SO HE PROBABLY THREW IT AWAY. BUT IT'S TOO HIGH. BENGALS
SETTLE FOR ANOTHER NUGENT F.G. AND THEY LED 9-0. HOW ABOUT VONTAZE BURFICT? LED
THE NFL IN TACKLES LAST YEAR, AND HE HAD AN IMPACT IN THIS GAME. HERE BREAKS UP
THE PASS. THE JOE FLACCO PASS INTENDED FOR STEVE SMITH. ALMOST INTERCEPTED. AND
THE RAVENS WERE FORCED TO PUNT. NEXT RAVENS DRIVE BERNARD PIERCE RUNS TO THE
RIGHT SIDE. HIT BY VONTAZE BURFICT, AND HE FUMBLED IT. BURFICT RECOVERED THE
BALL. TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. VONTAZE BURFICT WITH DARE SAY A PERFECT HIT ON BURFICT
HIT ON BERNARD PIERCE FORCING THE FUMBLE AND RECOVERING IT AS WELL. RAVENS LAST
DRIVE OF THE FIRST HALF. THEY'RE TRAILING 15-0. FLACCO HIT AS HE THROWS. OH,
JACOBY JONES. YOU GOTTA CATCH THAT MY MAN BUT HE DROPPED THE DEEP PASS. VONTAZE
BURFICT HIT FLACCO IN, WELL I'LL JUST CALL IT THE MIDSECTION, BUT IT WAS VONTAZE
BURFICT WHO HAD TO LEAVE THE GAME AND DID NOT RETURN WITH CONCUSSION-LIKE
SYMPTOMS. HERE'S FLACCO AGAIN, NEAR THE END OF THE FIRST HALF. HE'S GOTTA THROW
IT AWAY BUT TIME RUNS OUT. THEY WERE IN F.G. POSITION BUT FLACCO HELD THE BALL
FOR TOO LONG AND THE BENGALS LED 15-0. 3RD QUARTER NOW. HOW ABOUT JUSTIN
FORSYTH, THE FORMER CAL BEAR. THE TOSS. HE'S GONNA RUN RIGHT. HE'S GONNA PICK
AND CHOOSE HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE. THAT WOULD BE JUSTIN FORSYTH, NOT BERNARD
PIERCE. THE 13 YD. SCORE AND THE RAVENS TRAIL 15-7. RAVENS TRAILING NOW 15-10.
ON 3RD DOWN FLACCO DROPS BACK TO PASS. LOOKING AROUND, BUYING SOME TIME. HE'S
GONNA FIND STEVE SMITH. HELLO. STEVE SMITH PUSHING AND SHOVING OFF ADAM JONES,
AND HE WILL GET IN FOR THE 80 YD. TD. THE RAVENS RETAKE THE LEAD 16-15 AFTER A
MISSED 2 PT. CONVERSION. BUT TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. SMITH RUNS HIS ROUTE BUT THEN
BREAKS DEEP AFTER HE SEES FLACCO SCRAMBLING. BUT THEN, LIKE I SAID, PUSHES OFF
AND FIGHTS OFF ADAM JONES FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. SMITH, 118 YDS. AND THAT TD. THE
BENGALS NOW. DALTON FIRING DEEP TO HIS FAVORITE TARGET. A.J. GREEN BOBBLES IT
BUT STILL MAKES THE CATCH AND OH MY GOODNESS. JUKE MOVE. JUKE MOVE. MAKING
DARION STEWART MISS. 77 YD. TD. A BEAUTIFUL PITCH AND CATCH FROM DALTON TO A.J.
GREEN. THE BENGALS LED 23-16 AFTER A SUCCESSFUL 2 PT. CONVERSION. GREEN, 131 YDS.
AND A TD. ENSUING RAVENS DRIVE. AGAIN, 23-16. RAVENS NEED A TD. FLACCO FINDS
TORY SMITH DOWN THE MIDDLE. A 25 YD. GAIN AND THE RAVENS ARE ROLLING. 8 PLAYS
LATER, 3RD DOWN. FLACCO WITH 1 TIMEOUT LEFT. LOTS OF TIME BUT NOT ENOUGH TIME.
SACKED BY WALLACE GILBERRY. A LOSS OF 5 YDS. AND THE CLOCK KEEPS TICKING. THEY
CALLED A TIMEOUT. NEXT PLAY 4TH & 9. GUESS WHAT? SAME PLAY, SAME RESULT. FLACCO
DROPPED BACK AND SACKED BY GILBERRY AND REGGIE NELSON AS THE BENGALS WIN 23-16.
1:23:36;11 - BUFFALO BILLS @ CHICAGO BEARS
ALRIGHT THE BILLS TAKING ON THE BEARS. E.J. MANUEL, 2ND SEASON WITH THE BUFFALO
BILLS. BILLS 2ND POSSESSION OF THE BALL GAME. 2ND & GOAL. E.J. MANUEL. MAN, THAT
WAS NICE. FAKES OUT JARED ALLEN. TAKES IT IN FOR THE TD. WATCH IT AGAIN. E.J.
MANUEL WITH A LITTLE READ OPTION. AND THEN HE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO WALK INTO THE
END ZONE EASY FOR THE SCORE AND TIES THE GAME AT 7. BEARS HAD SOME TURNOVERS IN
THIS GAME, TO SAY THE LEAST. 2ND QUARTER, JAY CUTLER FINDS BRANDON MARSHALL, HIS
FAVORITE TARGET. BUT ... MCKELVIN STRIPS THE BALL. IT'S RECOVERED BY PRESTON
BROWN WHO TAKES IT TO THE BEARS 46 YD. LINE. IT'S STILL 7-7. 2ND QUARTER BUT THE
BEARS VERY NEXT POSSESSION, CUTLER LOOKING FOR MARTELLUS BENNETT. BUT,
INTERCEPTED BY CORY GRAHAM WHO TAKES IT BACK TO THE ...WHO TAKES IT BACK 43 YDS.
AND WE HEAR FROM CORY GRAHAM AGAIN. 2ND QUARTER NOW. BILLS WITH IT. FIRST & GOAL
FROM THE 7 YD. LINE. AGAIN, THIS FOLLOWING THE CORY GRAHAM INTERCEPTION. E.J.
MANUEL LOOKING FOR C.J. SPILLER. SHORT PASS AND AN EASY TD. 7 YDS., AND THE
BILLS LED 17-10 AT HALFTIME. 3RD QUARTER NOW. STILL 17-10 BILLS BUT THE BEARS
WITH IT. JAY CUTLER. GUESS WHAT? HE FINDS HIS BROMANCE, BRANDON MARSHALL, FOR
THE 11 YD. SCORE. BEARS TIE THE GAME AT 17. IGNORE THE FLAG. INCONSEQUENTIAL.
4TH QUARTER NOW. SAME SCORE. BEARS WITH IT. CUTLER FAKES. FIRES OVER THE MIDDLE.
THAT'S NOT A GOOD CALL. KYLE WILLIAMS WITH THE PICK-OFF. 2 INTERCEPTIONS FOR JAY
CUTLER. ENSUING BILLS POSSESSION. HOW ABOUT E.J. MANUEL? A HIGH THROW BUT A
LEAPING ROBERT WOODS CLIMBING THE LADDER AND PULLING IT DOWN FOR 25 YDS. TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK. ROBERT WOODS GETTING AS HIGH AS HE POSSIBLY CAN TO PULL IT DOWN.
THAT WOULD LEAD TO THIS. DAN CARPENTER'S 33 YD. F.G. IS GOOD AND THE BILLS GO UP
20-17. 2:54 LEFT TO GO IN THE GAME. CUTLER FINDS BRANDON MARSHALL, A 15 YD.
GAIN. MARSHALL WOULD FINISH THE GAME WITH 8 CATCHES, 71 YDS. AND A SCORE. 35
SECS. TO GO. ROBBIE GOULD, 37 YD. F.G. IS GOOD. TIES THE GAME AT 20 MEANING WE
WOULD GO TO OVERTIME. IN THE O.T. THE BEARS WHIP IT. JAY CUTLER NEARLY
INTERCEPTED! SHOULD HAVE BEEN INTERCEPTED BY LEOTUS MCKELVIN BUT THE BEARS WERE
FORCED TO PUNT. ENSUING BILLS POSSESSION, 2ND & 5. THIS IS A GREAT RUN BY FRED
JACKSON PUSHING OFF CHRIS CANTY. LOOKED LIKE HE GOT IN THERE FOR THE TD. BUT
HE'S DOWN AT THE 1 YD. LINE. 2 PLAYS LATER. YEP, THAT'S THE GAME-WINNER. THAT
WOULD BE DAN CARPENTER FIRING IT OFF IN 27 YDS. AS THE BILLS WIN, 23-20.
1:27:03;04 - WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ HOUSTON TEXANS
ALRIGHT WASHINGTON TAKING ON THE HOUSTON TEXANS IN HOUSTON. R.G. III THERE AND
THE REDSKINS LOOKING TO OPEN STRONG AFTER DROPPING THEIR FINAL 8 GAMES OF 2013.
HERE GRIFFIN ROLLING OUT. GETS HIT BY D.J. SWARRENGER. GETS TO HIM FOR THE SACK.
THIS WOULD BE A COMMON THEME. THE REDSKINS WOULD HAVE TO PUNT HERE. 2ND QUARTER
NOW. REDSKINS HAVE IT. 3RD & 8. AGAIN, ROBERT GRIFFIN III UNDER PRESSURE. SACKED
THIS TIME BY BROOKS REID FOR A LOSS OF 12. HEY, GUESS WHAT? REDSKINS PUNTED
AGAIN. 3 REDSKINS POSSESSIONS LATER, GRIFFIN UNDER PRESSURE. HIT HARD BY J.J.
WATT. IS THIS BECOMING A COMMON THEME? YES IT IS. TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. J.J. WATT
WRAPS HIM UP AND BRINGS HIM DOWN. THE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR MAN, J.J. WATT,
FIRED-UP THERE. GRIFFIN WAS EVENTUALLY CALLED THERE FOR INTENTIONAL GROUNDING.
ALRIGHT, HOUSTON TEXANS. THEIR DEFENSE WAS IN FULL DISPLAY BUT THEIR OFFENSE A
LITTLE BIT HERE AS WELL. FIRING IT DOWN THE MIDDLE. THAT WOULD BE DEANDRE
HOPKINS COMING BACK AND SCORING FROM 76 YDS. OUT TO PUT THE TEXANS UP 7-6. THE
FLAG THERE YOU SEE WAS FOR DEF. HOLDING. OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS DECLINED. THEN, HOW
ABOUT THIS. A BLOCKED PUNT. THIS IS CALLED THE OLD SCOOP AND SCORE. ALFRED BLUE,
WHO'S A BACKUP R.B. ACTUALLY GOT IN THERE AND THEN HAD THE WHEREWITHAL TO TRACK
IT DOWN, PICK IT UP AND JUMP INTO THE END ZONE FOR ANOTHER TEXANS TOUCHDOWN. AS
THE TEXANS LED 14-6 AT HALFTIME. MEANWHILE, JADEVEON CLOWNEY, THE #1 OVERALL
PICK, INJURED HIMSELF DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE GAME. SHOW YOU THE HIGHLIGHT
THERE. HE INJURED HIS KNEE. COMES DOWN AWKWARDLY ON IT. WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE
RIGHT BEFORE THE 1ST HALF CAME TO A CLOSE AND HE WOULD NOT RETURN. OBVIOUSLY
VERY FRUSTRATED WAS CLOWNEY. J.J. WATT MEANWHILE. WE SHOWED YOU A 1ST HALF SACK
FROM HIM. HOW ABOUT HERE IN THE 2ND HALF? GETTING IN THERE. A LITTLE BIT OF A
MISCUE OFFENSIVELY TO ALFRED MORRIS BUT J.J. WATT, JOHNNY ON THE SPOT, PICKS UP
THE LOOSE BALL AND IT'S TEXANS WITH ANOTHER OFF. POSSESSION. J.J. WATT AGAIN.
THIS TIME COMING AROUND THE CORNER DOING WHAT HE DOES. GETS TO R.G. III. YET,
AGAIN, R.G. III WAS VERY SLOW TO GET UP. J.J. WATT OBVIOUSLY FIRED-UP. WE'RE
GONNA SEE MORE J.J. WATT. THIS TIME TRACKING DOWN THE BALL CARRIER. THAT WOULD
BE ALFRED MORRIS. TRACKING HIM DOWN AND BRINGING HIM DOWN. SAYS NO, NO. DON'T
WORRY ABOUT THAT. I GOT IT. 17-6, TEXANS WIN.
1:29:54;06 - TENNESSEE TITANS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
ALRIGHT. IN THE AFC, TENN. TAKING ON K.C. ANDY REID LOOKING TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL
START TO THE SEASON. SIMILAR TO LAST SEASON. WOULD HE GET THERE? WELL ALEX SMITH
STRUGGLED EARLY. REMEMBER HE DIDN'T HAVE DWAYNE BOWE, WHO'S GONE WITH THE 1 GAME
SUSPENSION. HERE THROWING IT DOWN THE FIELD IN THE 2ND QUARTER WAS INTERCEPTED
BY JASON MCCORDY. BUT, DO YOU BELIEVE IN DEJA VU? BECAUSE HERE IN THE 3RD
QUARTER, GUESS WHAT? ANOTHER DEEP PASS AND GUESS WHAT? ANOTHER PICKED OFF...A
PICKOFF BY JASON MCCORDY. 2ND INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME. SMITH FINISHED WITH 202
YDS., 1 TD. AND 2 PICKS. JAMAL CHARLES HAD AN ABSOLUTELY HUGE YEAR LAST YEAR BUT
THAT WAS LAST YEAR. THIS IS THIS YEAR, AND IN THIS GAME IN PARTICULAR, JAMAL
CHARLES ABSOLUTELY BOTTLED UP. 7 CARRIES, 19 YDS., 4 RECEPTIONS, 15 YDS. NOT TOO
GOOD. A BIG INJURY TO THE CHIEFS DEFENSE. DERRICK JOHNSON HERE WAS INJURED ON
THE PLAY, AND TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. YOU'RE GONNA SEE DERRICK JOHNSON KIND OF COME
TOWARDS THE OFFICIAL, AND THEN HE JUST CRUMPLES. THE PROBLEM WAS THE ACHILLES.
HE MAY POSSIBLY BE GONE FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON WITH A TORN ACHILLES INJURY.
THAT'S A BIG LOSS. JAKE LOCKER FOR TENN. HE STARTED OFF SLOW AS WELL BUT WAS
ABLE TO GET INTO A RHYTHM LATER ON IN THE GAME. HERE HE FINDS DELANEY WALKER
FIRING INTO THE BACK OF THE END ZONE FOR A 5 YD. TD. TITANS LED 7-3 AT THAT
POINT. HERE IN THE 3RD QUARTER, JAKE LOCKER FINDS KENDELL WRIGHT. A 6 YD. TD.
TITANS LED 14-3. LOCKER FINISHED WITH 266 YDS. AND 2 TDS., AND THE TITANS WIN,
26-10.
1:31:48;25 - NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ MIAMI DOLPHINS
ALRIGHT. THE PATRIOTS' GRONK BACK IN ACTION AFTER MISSING THE ENTIRE PRESEASON,
TAKING ON THE DOLPHINS. RYAN ALLEN HAS HIS PUNT BLOCKED HERE BY CHRIS MCCAIN.
JASON TRUSNICK RECOVERS. MCCAIN FEELING PRETTY GOOD AS AN UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT
OUT OF CAL. IT WAS EITHER A REALLY GOOD DAY FOR SPECIAL TEAMS OR A REALLY BAD
DAY FOR SPECIAL TEAMS DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKE BLOCKED KICKS. THE
UNSUNG HERO'S PLAYING ON SPECIAL TEAMS. A COUPLE OF PATRIOTS POSSESSIONS LATER,
TOM BRADY IS UNDER PRESSURE HERE BUT WAITS AND JUST KIND OF DOES WHAT HE DOES.
WAITS FOR SOMEBODY TO GET OPEN. THAT'S GRONK IN THE END ZONE. POCKET PRESENCE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE WITH TOM BRADY. SO THE PATRIOTS GO UP 17-7. HOW DID
DARRELLE REVIS DO IN HIS DEBUT FOR THE PATRIOTS AFTER SPENDING LAST YEAR IN
TAMPA AND HIS FIRST 6 SEASONS WITH THE JETS? REVIS! DOUBLE MOVE. WOW. BURNT
THERE BY MIKE WALLACE BUT HE CAN'T KEEP HIS FEET INBOUNDS. LOOKING FOR WALLACE
AGAIN BUT REVIS WAS THERE FOR THE DEFLECTION. ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE 3RD
QUARTER. TOM BRADY LOOK OUT FOR A MAN NAMED CAMERON WAKE. HE CAN COME OFF THE
EDGE. YEA MICHAEL __. DID I GET THAT ONE RIGHT? THAT WAS PRETTY CLOSE. IT WAS IN
THE BALLPARK. YEA, HE'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BLOCK CAMERON WAKE ON THAT SIDE.
IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. NO WAY. I PLAYED AGAINST THIS GUY TWICE A YEAR WHEN I WAS
WITH THE JETS AND WE HAD THE DOUBLE ..USED 2 PEOPLE TO BLOCK HIM. ALRIGHT,
HERE'S TANNEHILL LOOKING FOR WALLACE AGAIN. GREAT CATCH IN THE END ZONE BY MIKE
WALLACE. IT'S HARD TO FAULT REVIS HERE. REVIS IS ALL OVER HIM IN PERFECT
POSITION. SOMEHOW WALLACE CAME DOWN WITH IT. GREAT THROW BY TANNEHILL. YEP. KIND
OF BACK SHOULDER A LITTLE BIT. HE GETS HIS HAND ON THE BALL AND EVERYTHING.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT MORE YOU CAN DO UNLESS YOU GET BOTH HANDS ON IT, PICK IT
RIGHT OUT OF THE AIR WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE AT THAT ANGLE. ALRIGHT, 4TH QUARTER
NOW. RYAN TANNEHILL AGAIN GONNA GO LOOKING FOR WALLACE. THIS TIME REVIS IS THERE
AND HE MANAGES TO BREAK IT UP. SO REVIS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. YEA, I THINK HE'S
ON HIS WAY BACK TO BEING 100%. BRADY, YOU DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN. JULIAN
EDELMAN WAS OPEN AND BRADY OVERTHROWS HIM. YEA, BRADY MISSED A COUPLE OF THESE
THROWS. KIND OF IN THE INTERMEDIATE AREA TODAY. THOSE ARE THROWS HE'S NORMALLY
DEADLY ACCURATE. YEA. THAT WAS 3RD & 9. SO THAT HURTS A LITTLE BIT. THIS TIME
TANNEHILL TO BRIAN HARTLINE FOR THE 15 YD. GAIN. MR. CONSISTENCY RIGHT THERE.
THAT HE IS. HARTLINE UST GETS IT DONE. DOESN'T PUT UP FLASHY NUMBERS BUT HE
CONSISTENTLY PRODUCES ONE MORE TIME TO MIKE WALLACE. THAT'S SPEED PEOPLE. THAT
IT IS. NEW R.B. NOSHAWN MARENO MAKING HIS PRESENCE FELT AS WELL. BREAKS A COUPLE
OF TACKLES THERE. POUNDS HIS WAY IN. L.T.'S EXCITED! I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT RUN.
GREAT JOB NOSHAWN. NOSHAWN MARINO BAFFLING BILL BELICHICK. BRADY HERE FEELING
THE PRESSURE. LOOK AT THAT MOVE COMING OFF THE LEFT SIDE BY CAMERON WAKE. MAN,
WE TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN. RIGHT TACKLES IN THIS LEAGUE, L.T. IF YOU GOT A PREMIERE
RUSHER UP THERE, GIVE HIM SOME HELP. THIS IS ..THAT'S WHAT TOM IS THINKING.
UNEXPECTED. 33-20, THE FINAL, AND IT WAS HOT DOWN THERE. THEY SAID IT FELT LIKE
ALMOST 100 DEGREES DURING GAME TIME.
1:35:11;13 - OAKLAND RAIDERS @ NEW YORK JETS
RAIDERS TAKING ON THE JETS IN AN AFC BATTLE, AND DERRICK CARR BECOMING THE VERY
FIRST ROOKIE TO START FOR THE RAIDERS IN WK. 1 AT THE QB POSITION. MEANWHILE
GENO SMITH TRYING TO BUILD OFF OF LAST YEAR'S 8-8 CAMPAIGN. HERE WE GO. FIRST
QUARTER, GENO SMITH SLINGING IT, BUT IT'S THE OLD MAN. CHARLES WOODSON DIVING IN
THERE AND GETTING THE INTERCEPTION. TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. WOODSON, A GREAT DIVING
CATCH TO MEET THE BALL BEFORE IT GETS TO ERIC DECKER. WHAT HIS 17TH STRAIGHT
SEASON WITH AN INTERCEPTION. GOOD FOR HIM. ALRIGHT. FIRST QUARTER STILL, THAT'S
ROD STREETER. DERRICK CARR HITS ROD STREETER. USED A JAMES JONES BLOCK WHO WE'LL
HEAR FROM LATER ON, FOR THE TD. THE RAIDERS LEAD 7-3. 2ND QUARTER WE GO. THE
ENSUING JETS DRIVE. ON 2ND & GOAL FROM THE 3 YD. LINE. MICHAEL VICK IS IN THERE
IN THE SLOT, BUT GENO SMITH KEEPS IT. CALLS HIS OWN NUMBER. HE KEEPS IT BUT HE
CAN'T KEEP THE BALL. A FUMBLE THERE AND THE RAIDERS WOULD JUMP ON TOP OF IT.
THAT WOULD BE T.J. KERRY WITH THE RECOVERY; AND THE RAIDERS NOW HAVE POSSESSION.
THE JETS WERE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR BUT OAKLAND TURNS THEM AWAY AGAIN. HOW ABOUT
THE WILDCAT. HERE'S MICHAEL VICK LOOKING FOR ERIC DECKER WIDE OPEN IN THE BACK
OF THE END ZONE BUT CANNOT FIND DECKER AND HE MISSED HIM THERE. STILL 7-3.
JUSTIN TUCK HAD A CHANCE AT THIS ONE BUT MISSED THE PLAY AND THAT'S CHRIS
JOHNSON, THE FREE AGENT ACQUISITION FIGHTING HIS WAY IN FOR THE TD. THE JETS LED
10-7 AT HALFTIME. 3RD QUARTER NOW, SAME SCORE. GENO SMITH UNDER PRESSURE. SACKED
AGAIN. THE BALL'S STRIPPED OUT AGAIN BUT THIS TIME HE'S ABLE TO FALL ON TOP OF
IT. HE RECOVERS FOR A 12 YD. LOSS. WOULD LEAD TO A NICK FOLK F.G. AND THE JETS
LED 13-7. 4TH QUARTER NOW, SAME SCORE. GENO UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE YET AGAIN!
THIS TIME IT'S A 19 YD. LOSS. TYVONE BRANCH GOT TO HIM, AND THIS TAKES HIM OUT
OF F.G. RANGE. GENO SMITH SHAKE BUT FINISHED 23 OF 28 FOR 221 YDS. AND A TD. HOW
ABOUT CHRIS IVORY? CHRIS IVORY! LOOK AT HIM DASH DOWN THE SIDELINES 71 YDS. TO
THE HOUSE. A BIG TIME SCORE FOR CHRIS IVORY. THE 2 PT. CONVERSION NO GOOD. JETS
LED 19-7. IVORY 102 YDS. AND THAT TD. MAURICE JONES-DREW, THE FREE AGENT R.B.
ACQUISITION FOR OAKLAND. 12 YDS. AND THE FIRST DOWN FOR OAKLAND THERE. 3 PLAYS
LATER, JUST 1:27 LEFT TO GO IN THE GAME. NO TIME OUTS. DERRICK CARR TOWING IT
DOWN THE SIDELINE! DID HE CATCH IT? YES HE DID. JAMES JONES. I TOLD YOU WE'RE
GONNA HEAR FROM JAMES JONES AGAIN. WATCH THE REPLAY. UNBELIEVABLE. JAMES JONES
ONE-HANDS IT! AND THEN LOOK AT THE NIFTY FOOTWORK. GETS BOTH FEET INBOUNDS FOR
THE TD. RAIDERS WOULD TRAIL 19-14. JUST A MIN. 21 LEFT TO GO IN THE GAME. SO
ONSIDE KICK ON THE WAY. CAN THEY GET THERE? NO, THEY CAN'T. GREG SOLACE RECOVERS
FOR THE JETS AND THE JETS GO ON TO WIN 19-14. DERRICK CARR SUPER SOLID, 20 OF
32, 151 YDS. AND 2 TDS.
1:38:43;11 - JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
JACKSONVILLE AND PHILA. THIS LOOKED LIKE THE BIGGEST UPSET OF THE DAY, AND THEN
I THINK BOTH TEAMS WOKE UP AND REALIZED WHO THEY WERE. NICK FOLES COMING OFF A
FANTASTIC SEASON BUT HAD TURNOVER PROBLEMS INITIALLY. SACKED BY CHRIS CLEMONS
AND FUMBLES THE BALL HERE, D.J. YEA, THEY WERE ABLE TO RATTLE HIM EARLY IN THAT
1ST HALF. THEY WERE JAMMING HIM AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THE WIDE RECEIVERS, NO
RHYTHM. NICK FOLES STRUGGLED EARLY ON. CHAD HENNE LOOKING LIKE NICK FOLES DID
LAST YEAR. GETTING SOME HELP FROM THIS GUY. ALLEN HEARNS. IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD
OF HIM YET, YOU WILL. YEA, LET'S, CAN WE CALL HIM THE HIT MAN WK. 1? I LIKE IT.
WE'LL SEE IF IT STICKS. AND HE'S WEARING MICHAEL IRVIN NUMBER FROM THE U. THERE
YOU GO. WELL HERE'S FOLES AGAIN. SEEMS LIKE HE HAS ALL DAY. DOESN’T FEEL THAT
PRESSURE COMING FROM THE BACK SIDE. HE FUMBLES AGAIN AND ZIGGY HOOD RECOVERS.
ANDRE BRANCH THE MAN GETTING THE SACK THERE. YEA, A LOT OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH
WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH THOSE RECEIVERS. I KNOW THEY WANT TO LIMIT THE CONTACT
DOWN THE FIELD BUT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE THEY WERE GETTING AFTER HIM. I'M
GONNA ASK YOU THIS L.T. BECAUSE D.J. HAD NO ANSWER FOR ME. ALLEN HEARNS NOT
DRAFTED OUT OF THE UNIV. OF MIAMI. THIS GUY HAD A HUGE DAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW
THAT HAPPENS. HE'S IN THE NFL. HE IS, AND HE'S MAKING IT HAPPEN. PICKED OFF
THERE IN THE 2ND QUARTER. ALLEN BALL TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS IN THE END ZONE.
NICK FOLES WITH 3 TURNOVERS EARLY. MARK SANCHEZ WARMING UP. AND THEN IN THE 3RD
QUARTER, I HAD THE FEELING WE WERE GONNA HAVE A DARREN SPROLES SIGHTING. L.T.,
THIS IS WHAT THE LITTLE GUY DOES. YOU KNOW IT WELL. YES, AND IF YOU GIVE THIS
GUY THAT MUCH ROOM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, HE STILL HAS THE SPEED TO TAKE IT
THE DISTANCE VERY QUICK; AND ONCE HE HIT THAT HOLE, PEOPLE, YOU SEE RIGHT THERE
HE'S GONE. WELL THAT MAKES IT 17-7 AND THE COMEBACK IS ON. FOLES THEN FINDS HIS
T.E. FOR THE TD. 25 YDS. ZACK ERTZ. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FANTASY TEAM. THIS IS A
BREAKOUT YEAR FOR ZACK ERTZ. BOTH OF YOU GUYS HAVE HIM. WELL I PLAYED D.J. TODAY
SO I'M NOT LIKING... IT'S NOT CLOSE, BY THE WAY! HERE'S FOLES AGAIN. IS HE OPEN?
I'M SURPRISED HE WAS EVEN IN THE PICTURE. HOW DOES JEREMY MACLIN GET THAT OPEN?
HE’S FAST. HE RAN PAST EVERYONE ELSE. 68 YDS. FOR THE TD. LATER, HENNE SACKED BY
TRENT COLE. HE FUMBLED IT. FLETCHER COX RECOVERS AND HE SCOOPS AND SCORES.
34-17. THIS MUCH MORE LIKE THE OUTCOME I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECTED THAN
EARLY IN THE GAME WHEN THEY FLIPPED TO THIS GAME AND SAW IT 17-NOTHING. IT'S
AMAZING HOW THE NFL WORKS D.J. THINGS JUST KIND OF FLIP AROUND AND ALL EVENS OUT
IN THE END.
1:41:24;22 - CLEVELAND BROWNS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS
STAY IN THE AFC NORTH. IT'S THE BROWNS. BRIAN HOYER MAKING THE START. BEN
ROETHLISBERGER ALWAYS MAKING THE START. 17 & 1 A STARTER AGAINST THE BROWNS.
HE'S DONE SOME THINGS AGAINST THEM. ANTONIO BROWN ALWAYS SEEMS TO DO THINGS
AGAINST JOE HADEN. I CAN'T FIGURE THIS OUT BECAUSE HADEN IS ONE OF THE BEST
CORNERS IN THE GAME. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A QB LIKE BEN ROETHLISBERGER WHO CAN BUY
TIME AND GET IT TO YOU...WOW. THIS WAS A PRETTY CATCH L.T. YEA, AND SOMETIMES
CORNERS STRUGGLE WITH LITTLE QUICK GUYS. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS WITH THE JETS,
DARRELLE REVIS ALWAYS, HE STRUGGLED WITH STEVIE JOHNSON. A QUICK GUY OFF THE
LINE OF SCRIMMAGE THAT CAN GET OPEN. AND HE ..IT DOESN'T MATTER REALLY WHEN HE'S
GETTING THE BALL. HE JUST MAKES GUYS MISS. THAT WAS SOMETHING I'VE NEVER SEEN
BEFORE. YEA, THAT'S A FRONT KICK. THAT'S ANDERSON SILVA BRUCE LEE-TYPE STUFF.
BUT THAT'S CRAZY. POOR SPENCER LANING TAKES THE FOOT TO THE HEAD. I DON'T THINK
HE THOUGHT SPENCER WAS GONNA BE UP THAT HIGH. GONNA HURDLE HIM. THOUGHT HE WAS
GOING LOW. SO ROETHLISBERGER FINDS BROWN AGAIN. THEN IN THE 2ND QUARTER THE
STEELERS LOOKING TO INCREASE THEIR LEAD. GIVE IT TO LAVEAN BELL. HE'S SHIFTY.
YEA, HE IS SHIFTY BUT A BIG PHYSICAL MAN THAT CAN DO EVERYTHING. I LOVE THE WAY
HE PICKED HIS WAY THROUGH THE HOLE WITH PATIENCE. YEP, YOU DID THAT A COUPLE OF
TIMES BACK IN YOUR DAY. 38 YD. TD. STEELERS GOING UP 28-3. DON'T COUNT OUT THE
BROWNS THOUGH. THEY'RE SHOWING SOME FIGHT. ISAIAH CROWELL. NOT EVEN LISTED ON
THE DEPTH CHART AMONG THE TOP 3 RBS GOING INTO THIS GAME. YES, SMALL COLLEGE
GUY. TRANSFER FROM GEORGIA. LOOKED PRETTY GOOD RUNNING A ROUTE TODAY L.T. HE
DOES AND, D.J., THIS IS HOW YOU EARN MORE REPS ON THE FIELD. PUT IT IN THE END
ZONE YOUNG MAN. NOT ONCE BUT TWICE FOR THE BROWNS. SO MIKE TOMLIN LOOKING ON.
BEN ROETHLISBERGER HERE PLAYING HOT POTATO WITH THE FOOTBALL AND HE GETS SACKED
THERE BY PAUL KRUEGER AND CO. THE STEELERS ARE FORCED TO PUNT. SO WE MOVE ON TO
THE 4TH QUARTER, AND THIS WAS SETTING UP FOR A PRETTY GOOD FINISH.
ROETHLISBERGER SACKED AGAIN HERE BY JABAL SHIRED. THE BROWNS EDGE RUSH LOOKED
GOOD TODAY. IT LOOKED REALLY GOOD. THEY HAVE SOME TALENT THERE. THEY GO 3 & OUT.
THE BROWNS FINISH UP THE GAME WITH 4 SACKS. SO HERE'S HOYER TO TRAVIS BENJAMIN
COMING BACK FROM AN INJURY. HE GETS THE TD. AND WE'RE TIED AT 27. LOOK AT MIKE
PETTINE FIRED-UP. THIS TURNS OUT TO BE QUITE A BALL GAME. SO NOW THE STEELERS
TRYING TO GET A BIG STOP ON DEFENSE AND WILLIAM GAYE KNOCKS THE BALL DOWN THERE.
SO MIKE PETTINE'S THINKING, O.K., THERE'S A FLAG ON THE FIELD. WHAT ARE WE GONNA
DO? THERE'S JUST UNDER 5 MINS. TO GO. BIG BEN COMES IN THE GAME, AND THERE'S A
GUY THAT I THINK IS ONE OF THE MORE UNDERRATED RECEIVERS IN THE NFL, AND THAT’S
MARCUS WHEATON WHO PICKS UP 20 YDS. RIGHT THERE. YEA, BEAT JUSTIN GILBERT. IT
WAS A ROUGH DAY AT THE OFFICE FOR THEIR FIRST ROUND PICK. HE GOT PICKED ON EARLY
AND OFTEN IN THIS ONE. THAT LOOK FROM KYLE SHANAHAN TELL IT ALL. THE GAME
WINNING F.G. FROM SEAN SUISSEM. THE STEELERS TAKE IT 30-27. YOU GOTTA GIVE IT TO
THE BROWNS THOUGH. THEY TURNED THIS INTO A BALL GAME WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS
GONNA BE A BLOWOUT. A 3 PT. AFFAIR. THEY HAD A CHANCE IN THE END. SEAN SUISSEM
KICKS THE GAME-WINNING F.G.
1:44:43;04 - MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS
ALRIGHT, MINN. TAKING ON ST. LOUIS. RAMS' QB SAM BRADFORD OUT WITH THE SEASON
WITH A TORN ACL. 2ND YEAR IN A ROW HE'S TORN THAT SAME ACL. ADRIAN PETERSON
MEANWHILE HAS HAD 10 OR MORE RUSH TDS. IN EACH OF HIS LAST 7 NFL SEASONS. ONLY
OUR VERY OWN LADAINIAN TOMLINSON. THAT'S A LONGER STREAK AT 9. BUT A.P.
STRUGGLED EARLY. THERE YOU SEE HIM TACKLED FOR A 5 YD. LOSS BY T.J. MCDONALD,
AND THERE'S T.J. MCDONALD YET AGAIN AFTER A 1 YD. GAIN AND, AGAIN, PETERSON
REALLY STRUGGLED IN THAT FIRST HALF. 11 CARRIED FOR 39 YDS. BUT HE'D FINISHED
THE GAME AT 75 YDS. SHAUN HILL, MEANWHILE, 13-13 AS A STARTER IN HIS CAREER BUT
HE'S ONLY HAD 16 PASSES SINCE 2011. SO HERE HE IS IN THE 2ND QUARTER UNDER
PRESSURE. SACKED AND STRIPED BUT HE'D RECOVER FOR A 6 YD. LOSS. TAKE ANOTHER
LOOK. TOM JOHNSON GETTING TO HIM. SHAUN HILL, LATER IN THE 2ND QUARTER, PASSED
IT DEEP RIGHT. LOOKING FOR JARED COOK BUT INTERCEPTED BY JOSH ROBINSON. ENSUING
VIKINGS DRIVE. A BEAUTIFUL THROW BY MATT CASSEL FINDING GREG JENNINGS WHO HAULS
IN THE 8 YD. TD. CASSEL AND JENNINGS WOULD CELEBRATE THE TD. WITH THE OLD
FASHIONED CHEST BUMP. TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. A GOOD CATCH. A GOOD THROW AS WELL.
VIKINGS LEAD 13-0. 3RD QUARTER NOW. SHAUN HILL NO LONGER IN THE GAME DUE TO A
THIGH INJURY. SOME GUY NAMED AUSTIN DAVIS COMES IN, AND HERE HE IS ON THAT FIRST
2ND HALF DRIVE. HE'S ALSO UNDER PRESSURE AND WAS SACKED DOWN BY HARRISON SMITH,
A LOSS OF 9 YDS. GREG ZERLEIN WILL KICK A F.G. AND THE RAMS STILL TRAIL 13-3.
THEN WE SAW ADRIAN PETERSON BREAKOUT FOR A LITTLE RUN THERE. CHRIS LONG THOUGH
WAS INJURED ON THE PLAY AND HE WOULD NOT RETURN. TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. LONG, HIS
ANKLE GETS STEPPED ON DURING THE PLAY AND, AGAIN, HE WOULD NOT RETURN. NEXT
VIKINGS POSSESSION, WITH THE VIKINGS LEADING 13-3. FOR CORDARYL PATTERSON, A LOT
OF OFF-SEASON BUZZ SURROUNDING ... THIS IS WHY. LOOK AT THE BURNERS. LOOK AT THE
JETS. LOOK AT CORDARYL PATTERSON GO! ON THE CUTBACK! A VERY NICE CUTBACK.
FIGHTING FOR THE END ZONE HE GETS IN THERE. 67 YDS. FOR THE TD. PATTERSON, I
MEAN JUST ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE MOVES. FIGHTING HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE. 67
YDS. FOR THE SCORE AND PATTERSON WOULD FINISH WITH 102 YDS. RUSHING. MORE THAN
ADRIAN PETERSON. 4TH QUARTER NOW. CASSEL FINDS RHETT ELLISON WHO TAKES IT TO THE
RAMS 6 FOR A 22 YD. GAIN; AND 2 PLAYS LATER ON 2ND & GOAL FROM THE RAMS 7 YD.
LINE. IT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER T.E. BUT NOT RHETT ELLISON. HOW ABOUT KYLE RUDOLPH
CATCHING THE TD. VIKINGS EXTEND THE LEAD 27-3. CASSEL WOULD FINISH 17 FOR 25
WITH 170 YDS. AND 2 TDS. ENSUING RAMS POSSESSION NOT A GOOD THROW. AUSTIN DAVIS
PICKED OFF BY HARRISON AGAIN. HARRISON SMITH RATHER WHO TAKES IT 81 YDS. THE
OTHER WAY FOR THE TD., AND THE VIKINGS WOULD TO ON TO WIN 34-6. MIKE ZIMMER GETS
THE ICE BATH AND HIS FIRST CAREER NFL WIN.
1:48:26;14 - SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ DALLAS COWBOYS
NINERS-COWBOYS MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 3 SEASONS AND JIM HARBAUGH, OUR IAN
RAPPAPORT SAID, "LISTEN, PLAYERS DON'T LIKE HIM ANYMORE. MGMT. DOESN'T LIKE
HIM." WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? THE COWBOYS DIDN'T LIKE HIM MUCH TODAY. RIGHT. BUT
TONY ROMO, HOWEVER, WAS IN A GIVING MOOD AS WERE HIS TEAMMATES. DEMARCO MURRAY,
ALAN T. GOTTA HANG ONTO THE ROCK! NOT TO START OFF THE GAME. YOU CANNOT DO THIS
AND GIVE THEM THE MOMENTUM STARTING OUT THE GAME. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WANT MONEY
AT THE END OF THE SEASON. THAT'S CHRIS CULLIVER SCORING FOR 35 OUT AND MURRAY’S
LIKE "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" ALRIGHT, NINERS UP 7-3. COLIN KAEPERNICK A LITTLE
PLAY FAKE. ANQUAN BOLDEN. SEE THE MAIN THING I LIKE ABOUT THIS IS COLIN
KAEPERNICK BEING PATIENT IN THE POCKET. MAYBE LAST YEAR HE WOULD'VE GOT OUT OF
THERE WHEN HE FELT THE PRESSURE. HE STEPPED UP, STOOD AND DELIVERED BABY! THAT
WAS 37 AND THEN NEXT PLAY KAEPERNICK. LOOK AT VERNON DAVIS AFTER KAEPERNICK
KEEPS IT ALIVE! NINERS UP 14-3 MOOCH. YEA, AND KAP. HE JUST ESCAPES OUT OF THE
POCKET, FRONT DOOR,. AND HE GETS AWAY FROM THAT TACKLE. MOST QBS WOULD'VE WENT
DOWN; AND HE FINDS AN OPEN VERNON DAVIS FOR AN EASY 6. HOW DO YOU GET THAT?! YOU
ONLY GET 1 CATCH IN THE NFL. SO THE COWBOYS NOW TRYING TO BOUNCE BACK AND
INSTEAD ROMO, WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE ONLY IN THE 1ST QUARTER. WE EXPECT
THIS A LITTLE LATER IN THE GAME BUT THAT'S GONNA GET PICKED BY ERIC REED. THE
2ND YEAR MAN IS GONNA RETURN IT DEEP INTO COWBOYS TERRITORY AND, JUST LIKE
THAT.. SEE THE COWBOYS GOTTA START PRACTICING THE PURSUIT DRILL ON OFFENSE. I
THOUGHT YOU'D SAY, "HOLD IT UP!" HE GETS I KNOCKED DOWN INSIDE THE 5 AND DEZ
BRYANT HURTIN! LOOK AT THIS HIT. YOU CAN SEE WHY AS HE TAKES A SHOT BUT HE WOULD
RETURN IN THIS ONE. BUT THAT'S WHEN YOU GO TO ROMO AND SAY, "MAN, DON'T THROW
THAT BALL ANYMORE." NEXT PLAY KAEPERNICK, VERNON DAVIS, AND GET THIS. THE NINERS
HAVE RUN 4 OFF. PLAYS AT THIS POINT. THEY'RE UP 21-3, MOOCH. LOOK AT THAT, 21-3
AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEN DALLAS HAS GOTTA COME OUT OF THE GAME PLAN. FORGET
ABOUT RUNNING THE BALL WITH DEMARCO MURRAY. LET'S START WINGING IT EVERY DOWN.
WELL HERE WE GO. WE'RE GONNA WING IT DOWN 21-3. WE GOTTA GET RID OF THAT BALL.
ON THE ESCAPABILITY. HE GETS RID OF IT RIGHT INTO THE ARMS OF PATRICK WILLIS,
PRIME. WAY TOO LATE. WAY TOO TARDY, AND THOSE ARE THE RESULTS. HOW LONG ARE WE
GONNA DEAL WITH THIS?! COWBOYS NEXT DRIVE. A LITTLE PLAY FAKE. ROMO, AND IT'S
PARRISH COX WHO GOES UP AND GETS IT AS HE WAS THROWING INTO A DOUBLE-TEAM. HE
FROM MY HIGH SCHOOL MAN. WHO IS? PARRISH COX. SO YOU PLAYED WITH EVERYBODY AND
EVERYBODY WENT TO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL IS WHAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS.
THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT, CHRIS. OH YEA. WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S THINKING RIGHT
NOW? THEY WERE BUMMING OUT THERE. AND SO HERE COME THE NINERS AGAIN AS THEY END
UP SCORING ANOTHER TD ON THE GROUND. IT'S THE ROOKIE CARLOS HYDE, FRANK GORE. 21
REASONS. THE ELDER STATESMAN AND THE NINERS.
1:51:25;28 - CAROLINA PANTHERS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
AND THE BUCS. NO CAM NEWTON WITH THAT BAD RIB. THERE'S DERRICK ANDERSON GETTING
A LITTLE LOVE. YEA, YOU CAN GET THE START FIRST TIME SINCE 2010. NO CAM. HE'S IN
THE HUDDLE. YEA, LOOK, JUST A LITTLE PEP TALK. THERE'S 12 MEN IN THE HUDDLE. IT
MIGHT BE 12 MEN. IF YOU'RE GONNA COME IN THE HUDDLE, YOU NEED TO PLAY. HEY, NICE
TOUCH BY DEANGELO WILLIAMS DYING HIS DREADLOCKS PINK IN HONOR OF HIS MOTHER WHO
PASSED AWAY IN MAY BECAUSE OF BREAST CANCER. PICK THIS ONE UP. 10-NOTHING
PANTHERS IN THE 4TH. ANDERSON TO THE ROOKIE KELVIN BENJAMIN. LOOK AT THE FIRST
ROUND PICK. HE GOT MUGGED. HE DIDN'T GET MUGGED. THAT'S A BIG OL' GUY MAN.
THAT'S JUST A GOOD CATCH. WORKING ON MIKE JENKINS FOR A 1ST CAREER TD. BIG TIME
PLAY. MIKE SAID, "MAN, GIVE ME MY ARM BACK." STILL IN THE 4TH. JUST OVER 2 MINS.
TO GO, JOCK POUND TO BOBBY RAINEY FOR THE 6 YD. SCORE. BUCS WITHIN 3. I LIKE
THEIR NEW UNIFORMS TOO. SO NOW 3RD & 9 FOR THE PANTHERS. UNDER 2 MINS. TO GO. I
KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT AND YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS DERRICK ANDERSON
BECAUSE YOU MIGHT'VE GOTTEN LUCKY ON THAT DESEAN GOLDSON. PROBABLY WAS RIGHT IN
HIS MITTS!! YOU CANNOT DROP AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SEPARATES THE ONE FROM GOOD AND
GREAT. HE'S GONNA BE SEEING THAT ONE IN HIS SLEEP. SO HERE COME THE BUCS. 1ST &
15, MCCOWN HITS RAINEY BUT LOOK AT THE DEF. PLAYER OF THE YEAR, LUKE KUECHLY
STRIPPING IT AND THE PANTHERS RECOVER! JOHNNY ON THE SPOT. AND THEY END UP
WINNING.
1:53:01;17 - INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ DENVER BRONCOS
WELL WE START IN THE FIRST HALF AS WE TAKE YOU OUT TO DENVER WHERE THE DEFENDING
AFC CHAMPS HAVE SOME GUY WHO THREW 55 TDS. A YEAR AGO JUST SIGNING IN HERE. I
WOULD GIVE THAT GUY A BLANK CHECK. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD MAKE HIM SIGN. NOT A
JERSEY. YEA, HE'S BEEN SIGNING ... GOOD TO SEE REGGIE WAYNE BACK. HE BLEW OUT
HIS KNEE LAST YEAR IN WK. 7 IN THAT WIN OVER THE DENVER BRONCOS. COLTS 2ND
POSSESSION. LUCK TO DWAYNE ALLEN. A LITTLE TIP DRILL THERE AND IT'S RAHEEM
MOORE. THAT'S RADIO RAHEEM! YOU GOTTA FIGHT THE POWERS, HE PICKS THAT OFF. I
HAVEN'T HEARD THAT IN AWHILE. ALIB TALEB, ONE OF THE PREMIER CORNERS IN THE
LEAGUE, JOINED THE NEW 21 REASON CLUB. TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. DWAYNE ALLEN.
HE'S A GUY THEY REALLY LIKE, AND THERE YOU GO. TALEB GETTING HIS MITTS ON IT AND
MOORE SWIPES IT. SO THE NEW FREE AGENT PAYING DIVIDENDS EARLY. ENSUING DENVER
POSSESSION. MANNING...GO FOR IT BIG FELLA ON 3RD & 10! MARSHALL! OH YEA, PICK
HIM UP. PUT HIM DOWN. PICK HIM UP. THAT'S THE FIRST 1ST DOWN I'VE EVER SEEN HIM
RUN FOR MORE THAN 2 YDS. YEA, HOWEVER, WE HAD OFFSETTING PENALTIES ON THE PLAY.
SO WE HAD TO REDO THE DOWN. 2ND QUARTER THE SAME DRIVE, 3RD AND GOAL. MANNING TO
HIS FINE YOUNG T.E. JULIUS THOMAS. I KNOW THEY ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT HOW CHRIS
PAUL DROPS DIMES. I'M TELLING YOU, IN THAT FIRST HALF PEYTON MANNING WAS
DROPPING DIMES. AND, HERB, THAT'S THE REPLACEMENT FOR WELKER RIGHT THERE. RIGHT
THERE, JULIUS THOMAS. NEXT POSSESSION...LOOK AT THE POCKET HE HAD THERE, RIGHT
THERE TO THOMAS. LOOK AT THAT. HE JUST RUNNING ALL THE WAY TO THE END ZONE
SAYING JIMMY GRAHAM GONNA HELP ME MAKE MY MONEY. MAKE MY MONEY. 17-ZIP AT THAT
POINT. THEN MANNING, THE CLEAN POCKET. YOU GOTTA APPLY SOME PRESSURE. REMEMBER
THE COLTS ARE PLAYING WITHOUT ROBERT MATHIS. THAT'S HOW HE WAS THROWING IN THE
FIRST HALF. THAT'S HOW HE WAS THROWING. HOW ABOUT THE CATCH THERE BY EMANUEL
SANDERS. HOW ABOUT THAT'S AN ELEMENT THAT THEY WERE MISSING. A REAL DEEP THREAT.
IF HE STAYS HEALTHY HE'S GONNA CATCH 100 BALLS. HEY, BY THE WAY, THERE'S JULIUS
THOMAS. 3 OF THE BALLS THAT HE CAUGHT ON THIS NIGHT ENDED UP IN THE END ZONE.
IT'S 24-ZIP. BUT HERE COMES ANDREW LUCK. OH THE PRETTY TOUCH RIGHT THERE TO
REGGIE WAYNE. HE'S A BAD MAN, I'M TELLING YOU. ANDREW LUCK'S GONNA CHANGE THAT.
THIS GUY WILL BE THE PREMIER QB IN A COUPLE YEARS. NEXT PLAY LUCK SCRAMBLING.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT MARSHALL. LOOK AT JUST THE FIGHT MAN. EVERY GAME LIKE
THIS, LUCK MAKES 2 OR 3 OF THOSE "WOW" KIND OF PLAYS. WELL ORIGINALLY THEY RULED
HIM OUT AT THE 3. BUT THEN THEY LOOK AT IT AND, SURE ENOUGH, WOW. JUST WHEN YOU
THINK HE'S A POCKET PASSER, HE CAN RUN. HE RAN A 4.5, 4.6 AT THE COMBINE.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 3RD QUARTER, 3RD & GOAL ON THE 3. LUCK TO HAKEEM NICKS.
IT'S THE FORMER GIANT. HE DOES NOT GET IN. SO YOU GOT 4TH & GOAL. COLTS DO THIS
HURRY UP THING, AND THEY'RE LIKE "O.K., WELL HAD HIM SPREAD OUT FOR A SECOND.
LET'S GO FOR IT. LET'S DO IT, AND I'LL JUST TAKE IT MYSELF. AND THAT’LL WORK
GREAT UNLESS IT DOESN'T WORK GREAT AND HE GETS DRAGGED BACK. WATCH THIS! HE
HANDS IT OFF TO AHMAN BRADSHAW WHO RUNS IT IN! HOWEVER, PLAY'S BLOWN DEAD. SO
LUCK DIDN'T GET IN. BRADSHAW DIDN'T GET IN. BUT IT WAS AN EXCITING PLAY. BUT
THEY GOT NOTHING. BUT THEY GOT NOTHING FOR THAT. NOTHING. THAT'S WHY HAKEEM
NICKS GOTTA GET THAT BALL IN THE END ZONE WHEN YOU'RE THAT CLOSE. IT HAS TO BE
EVERYTHING. GREAT PUSH BY THAT BRONCOS FRONT 7 AS WELL TO STOP THE MOMENTUM OF
ANDREW LUCK. ONTO THE 4TH WHERE THE BRONCOS HAVE A 14 PT. LEAD. FIRST & GOAL.
MONTE BALL, THE BACKFIELD IS YOURS MARSHALL. AND RIGHT HERE, THIS IS JUST GOOD
AWARENESS. BOUNCE OFF OF 1 GUY. BOUNCE OFF ANOTHER GUY, AND THEN YOU FIND THE
END ZONE. THEY ALWAYS TELL YOU, RUN TO DAYLIGHT. HE HAD HIS EYES CLOSED. THERE
WERE NO... THAT WASN'T NO GOOD RUNNING. HE HAD HIS EYES CLOSED. SO THE COLTS,
THEY WERE DOWN 21 WITH UNDER 10 TO GO. LUCK TO BRADSHAW WHO PICKS UP 22. THEN 3
PLAYS LATER ON 3RD & 2, LUCK LOOKING FOR ..DWAYNE ALLEN...AND HE'S JUST GONNA
KEEP GOING. THEY MISSED HIM LAST YEAR. THIS IS WHAT I MEAN ...WHEN DEFENSE IS
NOT FINISHING THE GAME. RIGHT THERE THEY WAS PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL. STUFF THAT
BALL IN HIS CHEST! THE ONSIDE KICK AND ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS CATCH IT OR MAYBE
NOT! YEA, LET ME PUT YOU ON THAT FRONT LINE. HE WON'T BE ON THERE NEXT WEEK.
THAT'S A TOUGH BALL TO CATCH RIGHT THERE. JULIUS THOMAS. HE CAUGHT EVERYTHING ON
THAT NIGHT EXCEPT THAT. 4 PLAYS LATER, LUCK...T.Y. HILTON FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
QUIET NIGHT FOR HIM. JUST 5 CATCHES FOR 41 YDS. 3 PLAYS LATER LUCK TO HIS OLD
COLLEGE TEAMMATE COBY FLEANER, #10. THERE'S RADIO RAHEEM AGAIN! YEA. THEY PICKED
UP THE FLAG, BY THE WAY. SO NO FLAG. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT COLTS DEFENSE, GIVE
THEM CREDIT. THEY ADJUSTED. THEY DID SOMETHING RIGHT IN THE 2ND HALF AND THEY
BUM-RUSHED MANNING FOR A SACK BY ERIC WALDEN. THEY CAME AT MANNING THE 2ND HALF.
WHAT A TURN THAT WAS MAN THAT 2ND HALF. THEY WERE ALL OVER IT. SO HERE COME THE
COLTS, 3RD & GOAL ON THE 9. LUCK LOOKING FOR NICKS...AND THAT IS A 9 YD.
TOUCHDOWN; AND GUESS WHO'S ONLY DOWN 7? WOW. THAT'S GOOD CONCENTRATION BY HA
HAKEEM. DID YOU SAY HA HAKEEM?! 3RD & 10 FOR MANNING, LOOKING FOR ANDRE
CALDWELL, AND THAT IS JUST ... OH MAN HE HAS TO TAKE THAT ANGLE HIGH. MARSHALL
FAULK, WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING A POST-CORNER, TAKE THEM LITTLE...WHERE DID THEY GO?
HIGH! SO NOW 4TH & 6 FOR LUCK AND THE COLTS LOOKING FOR REGGIE WAYNE. THE FIRST
ROUND PICK BRADLEY ROBI RIGHT THERE TO SNIFF IT OUT. I LOVE THAT KID. I LOVE
THAT KID. LUCK NONE TOO PLEASED, AND REGGIE WAYNE AND THE COLTS HAVE THEIR HEAD
DOWN AT THIS MOMENT BUT THEY DID NOT QUIT AFTER BEING DOWN 24-0; AND PEYTON
MANNING NOT SUPER PLEASED WITH THE WAY THAT HIS TEAM PLAYED CERTAINLY OVER THE
FINAL 30 MINS.
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