SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 2
STEELERS @ RAVENS 4:37
JAGUARS @ REDSKINS 3:29
COWBOYS @ TITANS 3:21
CARDINALS @ GIANTS 2:48
PATRIOTS @ VIKINGS 1:54
SAINTS @ BROWNS 3:11
FALCONS @ BENGALS 2:33
LIONS @ PANTHERS :44
DOLPHINS @ BILLS 3:30
SEAHAWKS @ CHARGERS 3:08
TEXANS @ RAIDERS :59
JETS @ PACKERS 2:58
CHIEFS @ BRONCOS 3:27
RAMS @ BUCCANEERS 6:58
BEARS @ 49ERS 4:57
TRT: 61:10
1:10:15;12 - PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS
DOWN IN BALT. BETWEEN THESE 2 DIV. RIVALS. BEFORE THE GAME REMEMBERING 9/11. EMOTIONAL MOMENT FOR EVERYONE. JOHN HARBAUGH, BEN ROETHLISBERGER. 10-5 IN HIS CAREER AGAINST THE RAVENS. 1ST QUARTER ROETHLISBERGER IN TROUBLE. SACKED BY DUMERVILLE. COURTNEY UPSHAW. HEY, I AGREE WITH PRIMETIME. THAT WAS A BAD CALL. THAT WAS A GREAT HIT BY UPSHAW. ..WAS WHAT WAS CALLED. LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. MAN, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO HERE? LISTEN, HIS HEAD IS UP. FOLKS AT HOME, YOU KNOW YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THE CROWN OF THE HELMET. THAT HEAD, BECAUSE OF THE SHOULDER PADS AND THE HELMET, IT CAN'T RAISE ANYMORE THAN THAT. SO THEY GET A FRESH SET OF DOWNS. 9 PLAYS LATER, ROETHLISBERGER TO ANTONIO BROWN. WAY TO HOLD ONTO THE BALL A. BROWN. A LITTLE SHAKEN UP ON THE PLAY. HE WOULD LEAVE BUT HE WOULD COME BACK AND FINISH THE GAME WITH 90 YDS. RECEIVING. I WAS SURPRISED THERE WASN'T A PENALTY THROWN ON THIS ONE. IT WAS ALL SHOULDER. I SAW A COUPLE LATER IN THE GAME TOO THAT WERE ALL SHOULDER AS WELL. ALRIGHT. SO BROWN LEAVES THE GAME. HE'S, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER ON 2ND & 9, ROETHLISBERGER TO JUSTIN BROWN. NOW THAT BROWN, ON THE OTHER HAND...! HE'S GONNA HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING TOMORROW WITH MIKE TOMLIN. YOU CAN'T COME IN AND TURN THE FOOTBALL OVER WHEN THE PITTS. STEELERS ARE DRIVING TO SCORE. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. COVERED BY DEANGELO TYSON. SO HERE COMES JOE FLACCO. THERE GOES THAT MAN AGAIN. GET HIM SENIOR. GET HIM SENIOR. IT'S RAINING FLAGS. THAT ONE WAS A FACEMASK BUT...WELL THEY CAN'T GET HIM DOWN. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. GROWN MAN STRENGTH. ADDS THAT SWAGGER, DOESN'T HE? FACEMASK AFTER THE 14 YD. GAIN. SO 10 PLAYS LATER...ED HOCHULI'S GOT SOME SWAGGER TOO DAN. WELL THAT HE DOES AND SOME GUNS. FLACCO TO...AND A TIGHT SHIRT. TORY SMITH! GREAT ACTING THERE. WE WAS WATCHING THIS PLAY IN THE GREEN ROOM. A LOT OF HAND FIGHTING. THEN WHEN TORY SMITH WENT TO THE GROUND, I MEAN IT'S OBVIOUSLY A PENALTY. PASS INTERFERENCE ON CORTEZ ALLEN. SO 1ST & GOAL HERE. THIS IS A GOOD PLAY RIGHT HERE. FLACCO FINDS A WIDE OPEN OWEN DANIELS FOR THE TD. THE RAVENS JUMP OUT FRONT 7-0. BUSTED COVERAGE ON THE BACKEND. YEA. WATCH DANIELS RIGHT HERE. NOBODY'S PICKING HIM UP. THE LINEBACKER GOT CAUGHT LOOKING IN THE BACKFIELD ON THE PLAY ACTION. OWEN DANIELS RUNS FREE FOR THE TD. YEA, TERRENCE GARVIN ...AT PLAY ACTION. SO HOW DID LE'VEON BELL DO TONIGHT? REMEMBER HE'S COMING OFF THAT 197 YDS. FROM SCRIMMAGE GAME LAST WEEK. HERE HE IS IN THE 2ND QUARTER. TOUGH RUNNING RIGHT HERE. SWEET LITTLE SPIN MOVE TOO. YEA. YOU WANTED HIM TO LOWER THE SHOULDER AND PUNISH SOMEBODY. YEA! I MEAN LISTEN THAT'S ELAM. THAT'S MATT ELAM. THEY NEED HIM. SO HE ALWAYS, YOU KIND OF DEBONE... YOU WANT TO GET 4 THOUGH. HEY, I LIKE THE ODDS. I LIKE THE ODDS. HERE HE IS NEXT PLAY. OH A LITTLE SHOVE ..BRETT FARR FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER. HERE YOU GO .. YEA, C.J. MOSES CAN RUN. FOLKS, IT'S OFFICIAL. THAT BIG LINEBACKER IS FAST. HE WAS JUST FREELANCING, RIGHT? THAT WASN'T A DESIGNED PLAY. AND THAT DRIVE WOULD LEAD TO A F.G. THIS WAS A DESIGNED RUN RIGHT HERE. WATCH THIS. YOU DON'T WIN THAT BATTLE AGAINST A LINEBACKER. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. C.J. MOSES GONNA WIN THAT BATTLE MORE TIMES THAN NONE. THAT DRIVE WOULD END IN A F.G. AND THAT'S THE ONLY 6 PTS. THAT THE STEELERS WOULD GET. HERE ARE THE RAVENS. FLACCO. NOW THAT WAS A GOOD HIT. TROY, I'M SORRY. THAT WAS A GOOD HIT. IT WAS A GREAT HIT. IT WAS A GOOD HIT. ALRIGHT, WELL THE REFS DON'T THINK SO. UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS. YOU SEE THE PLAYERS TURNING TO THE SIDE TO TRY TO DELIVER THE SHOULDER AND HE STILL GET A PENALTY. LISTEN, THERE IS NOTHING TO THE HEAD OF OWEN DANIELS THERE. IT'S A SHOULDER PAD AND THE HEAD IS TURNED TO THE SIDE. TROY, WE FEEL FOR YOU BUDDY. 2 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & GOAL AND, AGAIN, THE PENALTY FLAGS ARE OUT. HEY, FOLKS AT HOME, I'M AN OFF. GUY AND I CAN'T STAND THE FACT THAT A FLAG WAS THROWN. MITCHELL SHOULD BE IRATE HERE. ALRIGHT, TAKE A CLOSER LOOK. TAKE A CLOSE LOOK! SHOULDER. ALL SHOULDER. I'M TELLING YOU. FOLKS, ALWAYS WATCH THE HEAD OF THE OFF. GUY. IF IT DOESN'T RICASHAY BACK IT'S NOT HEAD-TO-HEAD CONTACT. ALRIGHT. SO THAT DRIVE ENDS UP WITH THIS. ANOTHER BREAKDOWN. OWEN DANIELS AGAIN. ANOTHER BREAKDOWN ON THE SECONDARY. A GREAT PLAY ACTION PLAY. SEEMS LIKE TROY GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE PLAY ACTION ON THAT ONE. SO 17-6 AT THIS POINT, RAVENS. HERE WE AER IN THE 4TH QUARTER. BEN ROETHLISBERGER TO HEATH MILLER WHO MAKES THE CATCH BUT C.J. MOSELEY CAUSES THE FUMBLE TO COVER BY MOSELEY. THE RAVENS TAKE OVER ON THE STEELERS 20 AND THAT JUST.. NOT LIKE HEATH MILLER EITHER. NO, IT'S REALLY NOT. I HATE SEEING THE MENTAL ERRORS BY THE VETERAN ESTABLISHED PLAYERS BECAUSE THOSE ERRORS JUST SEEM TO TRICKLE DOWNHILL TO THE YOUNGER PLAYERS. VERY UNLIKE HEATH ON THIS ONE. RAVENS WIN 26-6.
1:15:03;27 - JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS
ALRIGHT, LET'S TALK WASHINGTON TAKING ON THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS IN WASH. THERE'S R.G. III WARMING UP WITH JAY GRUDEN. WASHINGTON CURRENTLY ON A 9 GAME LOSING STREAK SINCE 2013. BUT TERRIBLE NEWS FOR R.G. III. THIS IS THE 2ND POSSESSION FOR THE REDSKINS AND IF YOU'RE SQUEAMISH TURN AWAY. ROBERT GRIFFIN FAKES THE HANDOFF, ROLLS RIGHT, THROWS IT BUT LANDS AWKWARDLY ON HIS LEFT LEG. OBVIOUSLY IN A LOT OF PAIN. AND, AGAIN, THIS IS THE REPLAY BUT IF YOU'RE SQUEAMISH TURN AWAY. HE LANDED AWKWARDLY THERE. HIS LEFT ANKLE WAS HURT ON THE PLAY. SO IN COMES CURT COUSINS. OBVIOUSLY, R.G. III WOULD NOT RETURN IN THE BALL GAME. CURT COUSINS NOW IN THOUGH IN THE 1ST QUARTER, AND CURT COUSINS PLAYED PRETTY WELL CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE SITUATION. HERE HE'S GONNA FIND A WIDE OPEN DARRELL YOUNG FOR A 20 YD. TD. IT'S 7-NOTHING WASH. WITH THE EARLY LEAD AND, AGAIN, GRIFFIN LEAVING THERE IN THAT AIR CAST. SO YOU KNOW THIS WAS A PRETTY SERIOUS INJURY. AND, AGAIN, HE WOULD NOT RETURN. BUT THE INJURY'S REALLY PILING UP FOR WASH. STILL IN THE 1ST QUARTER. HOW ABOUT DESEAN JACKSON. CURT COUSINS LOOKING DEEP. THROWS DEEP DOWN MIDDLE AND THE PASS WOULD BE BROKEN UP AND INCOMPLETE. BUT OBVIOUSLY AS YOU CAN TELL THERE DESEAN JACKSON IN A LOT OF PAIN. HE'D STAY DOWN. TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. JACKSON APPEARS TO HAVE COME DOWN HARD ON HIS SHOULDER AND GOT LANDED ON AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. HE ALSO WOULD LEAVE THE GAME AND ALSO NOT RETURN. ALRIGHT, NEXT WASH. POSSESSION. STILL 7-0. COUSINS PASS COMPLETE TO NILES PAUL FOR 23 YDS. DID HE GET IN? DID HE ROLL IN? ORIGINALLY RULED A TD. BUT THEN OVERTURNED. SO, 2 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & GOAL FROM THE 1 YD. LINE. HERE COME ALFRED MORRIS. THE KEEP AND IT'S GOOD. WASH. GOES UP 14-0. VERY NEXT WASH. POSSESSION. 3RD & 2 FROM THEIR OWN 16 YD. LINE. COUSINS FINDS ANDRE ROBERTS. A 31 YD. GAIN. SAME DRIVE, 7 PLAYS LATER. GUESS WHAT. IT'S NOT DEJA VU. IT'S ALFRED MORRIS AGAIN. FIGHTING HIS WAY IN FOR A 1 YD. SCORE. A 10 PLAY, 92 YD. DRIVE AS THE REDSKINS WOULD LEAD 21-0 AT THAT POINT IN THE BALL GAME. HOW ABOUT RYAN KERRIGAN? THAT WASH. DEFENSE. THEY CAME TO PLAY TODAY. HERE CHAD HENNE SACKED BY RYAN KERRIGAN ON THE ROLLOUT. AND THAT WAS IN THE 2ND QUARTER. HOW ABOUT IN THE 3RD QUARTER? KERRIGAN ...GETS TO CHAD HENNE AGAIN. BRINGS HIM DOWN. GUESS WHAT? VERY NEXT PLAY, GUESS WHOSE NAME I'M GONNA CALL? IF YOU GUESS RIGHT, KERRIGAN, YOU WOULD BE CORRECT. THERE HE IS AGAIN. ANOTHER SACK. 3 SACKS FOR RYAN KERRIGAN. 9 SACKS TOTAL FOR THE WASH. DEFENSE ON THE DAY. ALRIGHT 4TH QUARTER NOW. WASH., 2ND & GOAL FROM THE 2 YD. LINE. THEY DON'T RUN IT. THEY THROW IT AND WHY NOT? KURT COUSINS A BEAUTIFUL PASS TO NILES PAUL WHO LEAPS UP, GRABS IT FOR THE 2 YD. TD. COUSINS 250 YDS. WITH 2 TDS. AND WASH. WINS, 41-10.
1:18:41;09 - DALLAS COWBOYS @ TENNESSEE TITANS
THE COWBOYS AND TITANS, AND TONY ROMO AND CREW DID THE SMART THING COMING OUT. NOW EARLY ON DEZ BRYANT, A COUPLE CATCHES AND THEN HURT HIS SHOULDER, AND IT LOOKED LIKE DEZ WAS GONNA BE OUT OF THE GAME FOR AWHILE. SO BE CONCERNED FOR THE COWBOYS. WELL, LUCKY FOR THE COWBOYS AND DEZ THAT HE DID COME BACK INTO THE GAME, AND WHEN HE GOT BACK HE WAS STILL DEZ BRYANT. BAD NEWS FOR THE TENN. TITANS. MEANWHILE, DEMARCO MURRAY WAS READY TO GO. YOU SEE DEZ WHEN HE CAME BACK. HE SAID HEY.. STRAP THESE PADS ON. LET'S ROLL. OH GOODNESS. AND WE DO HAVE TO SAY THAT THE COWBOYS SO FAR, THE COWBOYS DEFENSE HAS NOT BEEN THE ISSUE, 2 GAMES. TONY ROMO MISSES DEZ WHO'S WIDE OPEN. ROMO NEVER TURNED BACK. NO, NO, NO. HE NEVER LOOKED. LOOK AT THIS. IT'S LIKE HE NEVER EVEN LOOKED. HE NEVER LOOKED MY WAY. DON'T START DEZ. YOU'VE COME SO FAR. DON'T START INTO THAT NOW. YEA, COACH ..'S LIKE PLEASE DON'T DO THIS NOW. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID WELL? THEY RAN THE BALL DOWN THE TITANS THROAT. AND WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT PHYSICALITY, COACH? JUST THAT. I MEAN EVERY COACH WHO GETS A HEAD COACHING JOB, WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU HEAR THEM SAY? WE'RE GONNA BE PHYSICAL. WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO RUN THE BALL AND STOP THE RUN. WHETHER THEY REALLY ARE OR NOT OR WHETHER THEY'RE A PASS-WIN TEAM. IT'S ALMOST A MANDATORY SCRIPT. IT'S EVERYONE'S GOAL. YOU SEE THAT THEY WERE UPSET THERE ON THE DEMARCO MURRAY FUMBLE BUT FOR THE REST OF THE DAY THEY DOMINATED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. NOW, THE QUESTION IS, IF THEY CAN KEEP THIS FORMULA, THEY ..GAMES DON'T GET OUT OF WHACK AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE 50, 60 QB THROW GAME, CAN DEMARCO MURRAY...IS HE A 600-CARRY BACK? CAN HE GO 300 CARRIES? WELL IT'S THE HEALTH ISSUE. THIS KID IS AS DYNAMIC AS THEY COME WHEN HE'S HEALTHY BUT HE'S HAD THOSE LITTLE SNACK BITE INJURIES AS WELL. DELANEY WALKER YOU ARE A MAN BEAST. UNBELIEVABLE. IT'S GREAT HEWN YOU SEE A BIG MAN MOVE LIKE THAT BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, TITANS TRYING TO MAKE THIS A GAME, JAKE LOCKER AND CREW GETTING BACK IN THE MIX. YOU'RE THINKING OH BOY, HERE COME THE COWBOYS. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN TONY ROMO... THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TONY. RIGHT. MARCUS POLLARD WAS LIKE, "I WANTED THAT ONE." A LITTLE BIT HIGH. TONY'S GOING, PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME HAVE TO TACKLE SOMEONE. EXACTLY. BIG MOMENT THERE BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE CHANGED THE COMPLEXION OF THIS GAME. AND THEN AFTER THAT ROMO STARTED LOOKING FOR HIS FAVORITE GUY. ONCE HE GOT IT GOING, HE STARTED LOOKING FOR ONE MAN AND ONE MAN ONLY FOR THE REST OF THE GAME, AND THAT WAS DEZ BRYANT. AND THERE YOU GET A DEF. PASS INTERFERENCE CALL AND THEN RIGHT BACK TO HIM. HE GETS THAT LITTLE DEZ, MICHAEL IRVIN/PUSH OFF AND EASY PICKIN. DEZ, THE TD. THEN THE 4TH QUARTER, ROLANDO MCCLAIN. IT'S A GREAT INTERCEPTION. A LITTLE BATTED BALL AND THIS BIG BACK, FRESH OFF OF RETIREMENT. GREAT, CAN BE A GREAT PICKUP BY THE COWBOYS. YOUNG MAN STRUGGLES IN BALT. DECIDES HE WANTS TO RETIRE. RECOGNIZES THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THAT. DECIDE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T RETIRE. MAYBE I'M READY TO COME OUT. BALT. WANTED NO PART OF IT. DALLAS OBVIOUSLY, SEAN LEE DOWN. TAKE A SHOT. MAYBE YOU'VE GIVEN THIS YOUNG MAN A CAREER.
1:22:09;00 - ARIZONA CARDINALS @ NEW YORK GIANTS
ALRIGHT, HOW ABOUT THE ARIZONA CARDS TAKING ON THE N.Y. FOOTBALL GIANTS. CARSON PALMER, A VERY LATE SCRATCH DUE TO A SHOULDER INJURY. SO IN COMES DREW STANTON. STANTON HASN'T THROWN A PASS IN THE NFL SINCE 2010. BUT HERE HE IS TOSSING ONE TO LARRY FITZGERALD. HE LOOKED LIKE HE CROSSED THE PLANE BUT HE WAS ACTUALLY JUST SHY. STOPPED AT THE 1 YD. LINE. VERY NEXT PLAY, 3RD & GOAL. THAT'S JONATHAN DWYER PUNCHING IT IN FROM 1 YD. OUT AND THE CARDS TAKE AN EARLY 7-0 LEAD. DREW STANTON WASN'T GREAT BUT EFFECTIVE. 14 FOR 29. 167 YDS. BUT HOW ABOUT THE DEFENSE. ENSUING GIANTS POSSESSION. THAT WAS ELI MANNING LOOKING FOR VICTOR CRUZ. INSTEAD INTERCEPTED BY SAM __. CARDS TAKE OVER AT THEIR OWN 30. 2ND QUARTER, MANNING LOOKING FOR RUBEN RANDLE. OH PRETTY CATCH HERE IN THE BACK CORNER OF THE END ZONE. RUBEN RANDLE. WATCH IT AGAIN. BOBBLING THE BALL ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT DOES ENOUGH TO HAUL IT IN. THAT'S A TD. GIANTS ON THE BOARD NOW TRAILING 10-7. PATRICK PETERSON ON THE OTHER SIDE. REMEMBER, HE SIGNED A BIG OFFSEASON CONTRACT. SO HOW DID HE DO? WELL 3RD QUARTER, GIANTS BALL. AGAIN THEY'RE TRAILING 10-7. PATRICK PETERSON CALLED HERE FOR HOLDING RUBEN RANDLE. PETERSON OBVIOUSLY NOT TOO HAPPY WITH THE REFS. ARGUING VEHEMENTLY WITH THE REFS THAT THAT WAS NOT A GOOD CALL. 4 PLAYS LATER, MANNING LOOKING FOR CRUZ, AND ANOTHER PASS INTERFERENCE CALLED ON PATRICK PETERSON. PETERSON CANNOT BELIEVE THE CALL. EXTREMELY UPSET. 2 PLAYS LATER GIANTS 2ND & GOAL. MANNING TO DANIEL FELLS. YES! THAT'S A TD. GIANTS TAKE THEIR FIRST LEAD OF THE GAME, 14-10. LISTEN THE CARDS SPECIAL TEAMS TODAY, ABSOLUTELY MADE A HUGE IMPACT IN TODAY'S BALL GAME. 4TH QUARTER GIANTS PUNTING. HOW ABOUT THIS, TED GINN. HE'S STILL ALIVE FOLKS. HE GOT HIT BY ZACH BOWMAN, BUT THEN RECOVERS AND THEN BURNS. MY GOODNESS, 77 YDS. TO THE HOUSE, AND THE CARDS GO UP 19-14. ENSUING GIANTS POSSESSION. THIS ON THE KICKOFF. SO WE SAW TED GINN MAKE A SPECTACULAR SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYS. HOW ABOUT QUINTON DEMPS SPINNING, LOOKING. BUT HE COUGHS IT UP. CARDS RECOVER THE BALL AND THEY GET IT AT THE GIANTS 21. SO IT'S A VERY SHORT FIELD FOR THEM. BUT NEXT GIANTS POSSESSION, 2ND & 10. MANNING THROWS TO RASHAD JENNINGS. SO THEN JUKES HIMSELF OUT OF THE BALL. HE FUMBLES IT. RASHAD JOHNSON RECOVERS AND THE CARDS AGAIN WITH ANOTHER SHORT FIELD AND THE FINAL SCORE 25-14 AS THE CARDS GO ON TO WIN. ELI MANNING 277 YDS., 2 TDS. AND 2 INTERCEPTIONS.
1:25:06;19 - NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS
PATRIOTS TAKING ON THE MINN. VIKINGS PLAYING FROM THE UNIV. OF MINN. THERE'S MATT OZIODA FILLING IN FOR THE DEACTIVATED ADRIAN PETERSON. THE KID OUT OF UTAH HAD HIMSELF A PRETTY NICE DAY. 1ST QUARTER, VIKINGS 1ST POSSESSION. CASSEL DUMPING IT OFF TO OZIODA. LOOK AT HIM GO UNTOUCHED INTO THE END ZONE TO PUT THEM UP 7-0. MATT CASSEL, THE FORMER PATRIOT, GETTING REACQUAINTED PREGAME WITH TOM BRADY AND ROBERT KRAFT; AND FORTUNATELY, ALSO GOT REACQUAINTED WITH THE PATRIOTS DEFENSE AS WELL, BECAUSE OUTSIDE OF THAT TD. THROW, CASSEL STRUGGLED. HERE GOING DEEP DOWNFIELD LOOKING FOR JARIUS WRIGHT BUT INTERCEPTED BY DEVON MCCORDY WHO RETURNS IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE VIKINGS 1 YD. LINE. STEVEN RIDLEY WOULD PUNCH IT IN 2 PLAYS LATER TO MAKE IT 7 A PIECE. 2 VIKINGS POSSESSIONS LATER. THE VIKINGS WERE DOWN 10-7. HERE THEY ARE 2ND QUARTER ON 2ND DOWN. CASSEL LOOKING FOR GREG JENNINGS BUT IT'S INTERCEPTED BY DARRELL REVIS. REVIS' VERY FIRST INTERCEPTION AS A PATRIOT. CASSEL FINISHED WITH NOT 1, NOT 2, NOT 3 BUT 4 INTERCEPTIONS. JULIAN EDELMAN FOR THE PATRIOTS, HAD HIMSELF A NICE DAY. TOM BRADY, JULIAN EDELMAN HAVING A CONNECTION HERE. BRADY SHORT TOSS TO EDELMAN FOR 44 YDS. DOWN TO THE VIKING 21 YD. LINE. 4 PLAYS LATER TOM BRADY FINDS HIM AGAIN. BACK OF THE END ZONE IN THE CORNER . THAT'S A TD. PATS GO UP 17-7. EDELMAN 81 YDS. AND THAT SCORE. HOW ABOUT CHANDLER JONES? BROTHER OF UFC CHAMPION JOHN JONES. AT THE BLOCK, HASH TAG SCOOP AND SCORE. BLOCKED THE BLAIR WALSH F.G. ATTEMPT AND TAKES IT DOWN FOR THE TD. THE PATRIOTS CRUISE TO A 30-7 VICTORY.
1:27:10;28 - NEW ORLEANS SAINTS @ CLEVELAND BROWNS
IN MY MIND THE UPSET OF THE DAY, THE SAINTS TAKING ON THE BROWNS. WOULD JOHNNY MANZIEL ACTUALLY PLAY? WE GOT KIND OF MIXED VIBES ON THAT DURING THE WEEK. BRIAN HOYER THE STARTER, OF COURSE, AND DREW BREES TRYING TO MAKE SOME THINGS HAPPEN FOR THE SAINTS. PICKED OFF HERE BY TESHAN GIBSON, AND THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE OLD PICK 6 D.J. YEA, PICK 6, AND THAT WAS PAUL KRUEGER WITH THE PRESSURE. HE'S PLAYED OUTSTANDING THE FIRST COUPLE WKS. IN THE SEASON, GIVING THEM A REAL POWERFUL EDGE PRESENCE COMING OFF THE EDGE THERE FOR MIKE PETTINE'S DEFENSE. BROWNS GO UP 16-3 AFTER THE MISSED EXTRA POINT. HERE'S BREES AGAIN GOING UP TO JIMMY GRAHAM, AND THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT YOU CAN DO THERE EVEN WITH JOE HADEN WITH ONE OF THE BEST CORNERS IN THE GAME. NOT AT ALL DAN. HE'S A MATCHUP PROBLEM FOR ANYBODY THAT TRIES TO COVER THIS GUY. LOOKEY, LOOKEY HERE. JOHNNY MANZIEL IN THE GAME. YES, MAKING HIS FIRST REGULAR SEASON APPEARANCE. HANDS OFF TO ISIAH CROWELL FOR A 2 YD. GAIN, AND THEN TO CROWELL AGAIN. THIS TIME FOR A 2 YD. LOSS. HOW ABOUT THE HANDOFF THOUGH, HUH? HOW ABOUT THAT HANDOFF? HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB HANDING THE BALL OFF. HOW ABOUT THE NEXT PLAY? UH, WAITING, WAITING. THIS IS VINTAGE JOHNNY RIGHT? YES IT IS. GETTING FLUSHED OUT OF THE POCKET. I DON'T LIKE TO SEE HIM STAY IN THE POCKET THOUGH DAN. THE PRESSURE WASN'T QUITE ON JOHNNY MANZIEL, YET, THAT’S WHAT HE DOES. THAT'S WHO HE IS. THAT IS WHO HE IS. INCOMPLETE TO RAY AGNEW. STILL IN THE 3RD QUARTER. TERRENCE WEST, THAT TALENTED ROOKIE R.B. OUT OF TOWSON SCORES THE 9 YD. TD. AND THE BROWNS ON TOP 23-17. YOU LIKE THAT? I LIKE THAT LITTLE DANCE FROM THE GUY FROM TOWSON. HE IS, HE'S A GOOD R.B. 4TH QUARTER, SAINTS HAVE THE BALL NOW. ANOTHER GOOD R.B. MARK INGRAM LOOKING TO MAKE HIS MARK THIS YEAR WITH THE 1 YD. TD. SAINTS BACK ON TOP 24-23. NEXT SAINTS POSSESSION, BREES. UH OH, CARLOS DANSBY GETS TO HIM AND THE SAINTS ARE FORCED TO PUNT. THAT'S MIKE PETTINE YOU KNOW VERY WELL FROM YOUR TIME WITH THE JETS. HE CAN DIAL IT UP L.T. SO ON THE ENSUING BROWNS POSSESSION, THIS IS WHEN THEY HAVE TO MAKE THEIR MOVE ON 4TH & 7. GARY BARNAGE PICKS UP 10. HERE COME THE BROWNIES. NEXT PLAY, THIS TIME HOYER WAITING AND FINDING PROBABLY HIS BEST RECEIVER THIS YEAR OR AT LEAST THE ONLY RECEIVER YOU'VE EVER HEARD OF BEFORE, MILES AUSTIN, FOR A GAIN OF 13. THE CATCH WOULD BE REVIEWED. TAKE 1 MORE LOOK. AUSTIN MAKES THE CATCH BUT HE STAYED INBOUNDS. NOT ABLE TO GET OUT OF BOUNDS THERE. SO THEY LOST A LITTLE TIME. 2 PLAYS LATER, 13 SECS. LEFT. THEY'RE DESPERATE. HOYER TO A WIDE OPEN ANDREW HAWKINS FOR A GAIN OF 28. WELL YOU'RE SITTING THERE WATCHING THE GAME AND, O.K., HE JUST NEEDS TO GET ABOUT 5 OR 7 MORE YDS. TO SETUP THE F.G. AH, LET'S GO OVER THE TOP. BROWNS CALL A TIMEOUT. IN COMES BILLY CUNDIFF FOR THE 29 YD. ATTEMPT AND IT'S GOOD. LET THE CELEBRATION BEGIN IN CLEVELAND. ROB'S NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT. BRIAN HOYER, JOHNNY MANZIEL EVEN HUGGED IT OUT AFTER THIS ONE. BIG WIN FOR BRIAN HOYER. HE'S A CLEVELAND NATIVE. HAVE TO BE HAPPY FOR THEM. 26-2.
1:30:32;14 - ATLANTA FALCONS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS
THE ATLANTA FALCONS TAKING ON THE CINCY BENGALS. MATT RYAN ON THE FALCONS LOOKED GOOD IN WK. 1 IN THEIR OVERTIME WIN VERSUS THE SAINTS. VONTEZ BURFICT, MEANWHILE, LEADING CINCY'S DEFENSE. HE SUFFERED A CONCUSSION IN WK. 1 AND HAD TO LEAVE THE GAME TWICE AFTER SUFFERING MORE CONCUSSION-LIKE SYMPTOMS. A.J. GREEN. A LOT WAS EXPECTED OUT OF HIM. HE WAS THE 4TH PICK IN THE 2011 DRAFT BUT HE WAS FORCED OUT EARLY IN THIS GAME. WATCH IT. A.J. GREEN TRIES TO BLOCK ROBERT ALFER, BUT THEN RE-AGGRAVATES HIS TOE INJURY. HE'D HAVE TO LEAVE THE GAME AND WOULD NOT RETURN. JULIO JONES ALSO A MEMBER OF THAT 2011 DRAFT CLASS. HE WAS THE 6TH OVERALL PICK. ATLANTA MOVING A LOT OF PICKS TO MOVE UP THE DRAFT TO GET HIM. SO HOW DID HE DO? WELL HOW ABOUT HERE IN THE 2ND QUARTER? MATT RYAN GOING DEEP FOR JONES. WAS IT GOOD? NO. BROKEN UP. IN THE END ZONE BUT JONES STARTED OFF SLOW. 31 YDS. IN THE 1ST HALF. ANDY DALTON HERE. DUMPS IT OFF TO GIOVANNI BERNARD, AND BERNARD DOES THE REST. 46 YD. PICKUP FOR GIOVANNI BERNARD. DOWN TO THE FALCONS 30 YD. LINE. BENGALS ON THE MOVE. 5 PLAYS LATER, GIO BERNARD WOULD FINISH THE DRIVE. PICKING AND CHOOSING HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD. A.J. GREEN FROM THE SIDELINE ABSOLUTELY LOVES IT. BENGALS UP 10-3 AT HALFTIME. 3RD QUARTER NOW. THE BENGALS WITH IT YET AGAIN. HERE ON 3RD DOWN, ANDY DALTON, THE RED RIFLE, DROPPING BACK TO PASS. SQUEEZES ONE TO MOHAMMAD SINEW. ROBERT ALFER MISSES THE BREAKUP, AND SINEW IS GONE! 76 YDS. FOR THE TDS. AND THE BENGALS ARE UP NOW 17-3. MATT RYAN WAS THE HIGHEST SCORING FANTASY QB IN THE GAME IN WK. 1. HOW DID HE DO IN WK. 2? WELL GUESS WHAT? HE HAD A ROUGH DAY TODAY. RYAN HERE DROPPING BACK TO PASS. HE ACTUALLY TRIPPED OVER STEVEN JACKSON'S FEET AND GOES DOWN. CARLOS DUNLAP GETS THE GIFT SACK. THEN 3RD QUARTER, MATT RYAN DROPS BACK. VONTEZ BURFICT TIPS THE BALL. THAT'S LEON HALL MAKING THE DIVING INTERCEPTION. THAT WOULD LEAD TO A JEREMY HILL TD. AS THE BENGALS PUSH THEIR LEAD TO 24-3. NEXT FALCONS POSSESSION. RYAN DROPS BACK AGAIN. LOOKING FOR HARRY DOUGLAS IN THE END ZONE BUT PICKED OFF. RYAN'S 2ND INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME AS THE BENGALS GO ON TO WIN 24-10.
1:33:19;10 - DETROIT LIONS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS
LIONS AND PANTHERS. RIGHT NOW SEE HOW THINGS WENT DOWN WITH THIS ONE IN CAROLINA. YOU CAN SEE HERE MATT STAFFORD LOOKING DEEP FOR MEGATRON. LOOKED LIKE IT SHOULD’VE BEEN A CATCH BUT MEGATRON GETS THE BALL NOT STRIPPED. JUST KIND OF BOUNCED OFF THE GROUND THERE. SO IT WAS NOT A CATCH FOR HIM. THEN YOU CAN SEE CAM NEWTON. WHAT A LASER THIS WAS BY CAM NEWTON TO JASON AVANTE FOR THE 14 YD. TD. THE PANTHERS WIN IT 24-7. ...BY THE WAY. THAT'S HOW HARD HE THREW. HE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO CATCH THAT BALL. AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THE PANTHERS WIN THIS GAME WITHOUT GREG HARDY.
1:34:13;13 - MIAMI DOLPHINS @ BUFFALO BILLS
MIAMI DOLPHINS OFF THEIR BIG WIN AGAINST THE PATRIOTS IN WK. 1 TAKING ON THE BUFFALO BILLS. AND BILLS HALL OF FAMER IS NOW CANCER-FREE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JIM KELLY. HE WAS ON HAND TO PAY TRIBUTE TO FORMER BILLS OWNER RALPH WILSON, JR., WHO WAS INDUCTED INTO THE WALL OF FAME IN HIS FIRST HOME GAME SINCE HIS PASSING. THE PLAYERS, OF COURSE, WEARING HIS INITIALS ON THEIR JERSEYS AS WELL. HOW ABOUT SAMMY WATKINS, THE ROOKIE. HAD HIMSELF A NICE DAY TODAY. THERE E.J. MANUEL CONNECTS WITH SAMMY WATKINS. VERY NEXT PLAY E.J. MANUEL LOOKING DEEP FOR SAMMY WATKINS BUT BRETT GRIMES THERE TO BREAKUP THE PASS, AND THAT ONE WAS INCOMPLETE. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY NICE TD. PLAY. BUT WATKINS WAS NURSING A RIB INJURY AND A BIT SHAKEN UP THERE. A FEW PLAYS LATER WATKINS WIDE OPEN, BUT E.J. MANUEL COULD NOT FIND HIM, AND WATKINS FINISHED WITH 5 RECEPTIONS AND 89 YDS. IN THE FIRST HALF ALONE. HOW ABOUT NOSHAWN MARINO. HE HAD HIMSELF A NICE DAY LAST WEEK BUT HERE VERY SLOW TO GET UP AND OBVIOUSLY IN A LOT OF PAIN BECAUSE WATCH AGAIN. HIS ARM GETS BENT BACKWARDS BEHIND HIM VERY AWKWARDLY. A 4 YD. GAIN ON THE PLAY. HE'D GO TO THE L.R. WOULD NOT RETURN. RYAN TANNEHILL ASKED TO SHOULDER THE LOAD. INSTEAD, WELL, HE GOT POUNDED ALL GAME TODAY. MARIO WILLIAMS GETS TO RYAN TANNEHILL THERE FOR THE 4 YD. SACK. THE OTHER WILLIAMS, KYLE WILLIAMS, THEN SACKS TANNEHILL FOR A 10 YD. LOSS. THEN HOW ABOUT TANNEHILL AGAIN UNDER PRESSURE. THIS TIME JERRY HUGHES UP THE MIDDLE FOR AN 11 YD. SACK. TANNEHILL SACKED 3 TIMES IN THE 1ST HALF. SACKED 58 TIMES LAST SEASON WHICH WAS THE MOST IN THE NFL. THE HALFTIME SCORE DOLPHINS TRAILED 9-0. 3RD QUARTER NOW. HOW ABOUT THIS, C.J. SPILLER...THEY CALL THIS SPEED MY FRIENDS. 102 YDS. TO THE HOUSE. THE BILLS LEAD 16-3. SPILLER, HIS 2ND CAREER KICKOFF RETURN TD. THIS ONE A CAREER LONG AND WHY NOT? AGAIN, 102 YDS. ALRIGHT, ENSUING DOLPHINS POSSESSION. GOING FOR IT ON 4TH & 3. HERE'S RYAN TANNEHILL. HE'S LOOKING. HE FINDS JARVIS LANDRY FOR AN 8 YD. PICKUP AND THE 1ST DOWN TO KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE. THE BILLS DOWN... DOWN TO THE BILLS 33 YD. LINE. THEN MIKE WALLACE. IS THIS THE CATCH OF THE DAY? THIS MIGHT BE THE CATCH OF THE DAY. LOOK AT IT AGAIN. MIKE WALLACE REACHING BEHIND HIM ONE-HANDED. PULLS IT IN UNDER PRESSURE. 7 YD. TD. AND THE DOLPHINS TRAIL 16-10. THEN THE BILLS. C.J. SPILLER. HE'S LIKE DRAKE. HE GOES 0-100 REAL QUICK. SHOWING THE ... IT'S A 47 YD. PICKUP AND DOWN TO THE DOLPHINS 16 YD. LINE. SPILLER, 12 RUSHES, 69 YDS. PLUS THAT 102 KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TD. THEN MANUEL FINDS WATKINS. WATKINS REACHING. THE BALL COMES LOOSE BUT BEFORE THEN, IT CROSSED THE PYLON. THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR A TD. WATKINS FINISHED THE DAY 8 CATCHES, 117 YDS. PLUS THAT TD. THERE. THE DOLPHINS NOW TRAILING 26-10 IN THE 4TH QUARTER. IT'S 4TH DOWN AND 1. WILL THEY PICK IT UP? TANNEHILL ON THE KEEPER. NO THEY WILL NOT. DENAURICE SEARCY IN THERE FOR THE 4 YD. LOSS, AND THE DOLPHINS TURN IT OVER ON DOWNS. THE BILLS GO ON TO WIN 29-10.
1:37:52;16 - SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS
CHAMPS BACK TO WORK AFTER 10 DAYS OFF. MAN IT'S HOT. DOES THAT SAY ABOUT 115? 115 ON THE FIELD! WHAT?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? SEAHAWKS SIDELINE. YOU MIGHT WANT TO BUILD A DOME OVER THERE. HOW ABOUT THIS PLAY TO PERCY HARVIN JUST GETTING SPEED IN THE OPEN FIELD L.T. YEA, YOU GET HIM OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD LIKE YOU JUST MENTIONED, AND ONCE HE GETS IN THE OPEN FIELD, IF YOU SEE THE BACK OF 11 IT'S TOO LATE. NOW LET'S REMEMBER, EVERY SCORING PLAY, EVERY TURNOVER REVIEWED, AND THEY LOOKED AT THAT AND HE DIDN'T STEP OUT? HE STEPPED OUT. O.K. MAYBE WE BETTER REVIEW IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. I DON'T KNOW. THEY DIDN'T CALL IT. WE MOVE ON TO THE 2ND QUARTER. PHILIP RIVERS TO ANTONIO GATES! HE IS SOMETHING YOU JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW HE CAN JUST KILL A MAN ALL DAY. CHARGERS REGAIN THE LEAD 10-7. BUT LATER ON IN THE 2ND QUARTER AFTER A NICK NOVAK F.G., WE GOT A FUMBLE! SOMETHING YOU RARELY SEE HAPPEN WITH THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS SPECIAL TEAMS. THEY'RE USUALLY THE UPPER ECHELON SPECIAL TEAMS AMONGST THE LEAGUE. SO AFTER THE HARVIN FUMBLE, RIVERS TO GATES. OH MAN ANTONIO! DUST HIM OFF L.T.! HE STILL HAS THAT FIRST STEP. IT'S SO QUICK, AND ONCE HE GETS HIS BODY ON YOU HE USES HIS BODY VERY WELL TO MAKE CATCHES. AND LOOK AT RIVERS ELUDING MICHAEL BENNETT AND THEN KEEPING THE PLAY ALIVE AND HITTING GATES FOR THE SCORE. OH YOU THINK PHILIP RIVERS IS PUMPED UP AFTER THE SHORT WEEKEND AND EVERYTHING. BUT HERE COMES SEATTLE THOUGH. RUSSELL WILSON TO A WIDE OPEN ROBERT TURBIN, AND THE SEAHAWKS GO INTO HALFTIME TRAILING BY JUST 6. 3RD QUARTER, CHARGERS UP BY 6 WITH THE BALL. 3RD & 7. RIVERS, NOT THE MOST FLEET OF FOOT YOU WOULD SAY. BUT HE GETS OUT OF THAT WHEN HE SHOULD. LOOK AT HIM RUN. HE DOESN'T LIKE THAT. I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S DUMB PENALTIES BUT THIS ONE MIGHT ...GRAB ANOTHER LOOK. WELL... YEA, HE'S A GOOD 4 YDS. OUT OF BOUNDS. YOU JUST GOTTA BE SMARTER THAN THAT. 2 PLAYS LATER RIVERS TO OLD MAN GATES! THERE HE GOES AGAIN. 1 HAND! HE'S NOW GOT 90 CAREER TDS. MOST OF THEM ALL ACTIVE T.E.'S. LOOK AT THAT ONE. WHAT A GREAT PLAY. .. TOSS TO A LINEBACKER. OH NO, I'M GONNA MAKE IT. HE'S PRETTY FOCUSED RIGHT NOW DURING THE SEASON. SO THE SEAHAWKS TRY TO COME BACK 3RD & 5. WILSON TO MARSHAWN LYNCH. HE TROTS IN AND THE SEAHAWKS ARE BACK DOWN 0-6. NO ONE WAS TRYING TO RUN OVER THERE AND HIT THAT. ONTO THE 4TH, CHARGERS TRYING TO RUN THE BALL WITH RYAN MATTHEWS. HE COUGHS IT UP. BALL'S RECOVERED BY EDDIE ROYAL. HOWEVER THE BAD NEWS IS MATTHEWS CARTED OFF. OH, THAT'S GONNA BE A BLOW IF THEY CAN'T GET HIM BACK SOON. SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR RUSSELL WILSON? DOWN 6, UNDER 2 MINS. TO GO. 4TH DOWN FOR THEM AND WE'VE GOT AN INCOMPLETE PASS LOOKING FOR JERMAINE KEARSE; AND THE CHARGERS UPEND THE WORLD CHAMPS. YOU CAN CELEBRATE PHILIP RIVERS.
1:41:10;11 - HOUSTON TEXANS AT OAKLAND RAIDERS
FULLBACK IS JAY CROSS ON 2ND & GOAL. FITZPATRICK TO THE AIR. WIDE OPEN! TOUCHDOWN! AND IT'S JJ WATT! UNBELIEVABLE WATT! 3 STEP DROP. CARR FIRES OVER THE MIDDLE. PICKED OFF! INTERCEPTED BY KAREEM JACKSON AND HE'S GOT SOME ROOM TO RUN! JACKSON DOWN THE SIDELINE. ONE MAN TO BEAT AND MCFADDEN IS ABLE TO STOP HIM AND SAVE THE TD! BUT KAREEM JACKSON FOR THE 65 YD. RETURN.
1:42:21;09 - NEW YORK JETS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS
AGAINST THE N.Y. JETS TODAY, AND IT WAS A FAST START FOR SEXY REXY AND HIS CREW. AARON RODGERS HAD THAT 10 DAYS OFF TO STEW OVER THAT LOSS UP IN SEATTLE. FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME, THEY’RE READY TO GO EXCEPT FOR THAT CENTER/QB EXCHANGE. QB/CENTER EXCHANGE, BRIAN, YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT WITH YOUR H.S. TEAM AND THIS IS NOT HOW YOU WANT TO OPEN A GAME. AND THAT ANGERS YOU AS A COACH RIGHT THERE BECAUSE THAT'S JUST ...THAT'S RECREATIONAL FOOTBALL. GET THE SNAP. IT'S A ROOKIE CENTER COREY LINDSEY IN THERE BUT .. YOU’RE RIGHT. THEN GENO! A LITTLE PLAY ACTION FAKE. YOU GOTTA TAKE IT YOURSELF GENO! GET IN THERE GENO. GENO STUMBLED INTO SOMETHING RIGHT. THIS GUY'S AN IMPROVED QB THOUGH FELLAS OVER HIS ROOKIE YEAR. GENO SMITH'S GONNA HAVE A GOOD YEAR. AND GUESS WHAT? THERE'S MORE. 3RD & 3. WATCH THE PASS TO ERIC DECKER AND THE BIG FREE AGENT PICKUP. NICE GENO. NICE. THAT WAS A GOOD ACQUISITION NOW IN THE OFFSEASON. GENO GETS ANOTHER WEAPON TO THROW TO. WELL HE COMPLETED 82% OF HIS PASSES LAST WEEK AND HE HAD IT GOING HERE EARLY. JETS NEXT POSSESSION. GENO GOT IT TIPPED AND IT IS PICKED OFF. TREVANE WILLIAMS THERE TO TAKE IT AWAY. SO THE PACKERS TAKING OVER AT THEIR OWN 3. THEY COULD'VE BEEN DOWN BIG TIME HERE IN THE 2ND QUARTER. 9 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & GOAL. RODGERS TO RANDALL COBB. HE'S INTO THE END ZONE. SO THE PACKERS DOWN EARLY. THEY WERE DOWN JUST 5 AT THE BREAK. 3RD QUARTER, PACKERS WITH THE BALL. 3RD & GOAL FROM THE 1. WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU RUN A LITTLE SPRINT RIGHT OPTION OVER THERE. THROW IT TO #1 IN THE FLAT, RANDALL COBB. THERE'S ANOTHER SCORE. HE FINISHED WITH 39 RECEIVING YDS. AND A PAIR OF SCORES. PACKERS GET THE 2 PT. CONVERSION AND THEN WE GOT A LITTLE...WE HAD A LITTLE SCUFFLE AND MOHAMMAD WILKERSON WAS EJECTED FOR THROWING A PUNCH AND THEN HE... PUNCHES. HE THREW PUNCHES. PUNCHES ACCORDING TO THE REF OVER HERE. LATER ON RODGERS ..HIT JORDY NELSON. HOW'D HE GET THAT OPEN? IT WAS A DOUBLE MOVE. DAGGER. IT WAS A DOUBLE MOVE RAN TO PERFECTION. 8 CATCHES, 2:09, AND THAT SCORE AND A NICE LITTLE LAMBEAU LEAP AS WELL. THAT SHOULD BE A FINE. LOOK AT THOSE GUYS. ONTO THE 4TH. 4TH & 4 FROM THE PACKERS 36. GENO WITH HIS TEAM DOWN 7. JUST OVER 5 TO GO TO JEREMY CURLY! NICE. WHAT A THROW. 4TH & 4. WHAT A BIG PLAY TO CURLY. HOWEVER LOOK! MARTY MORNHINWEG HAD COME OUT ON THE FIELD AND CALLED TIMEOUT. SO REX IS LIKE "WHAT?! THE PLAY DOESN’T COUNT?!" RIGHT COACH. IT DOESN'T COUNT. SO WE GOT 4TH & 4 AGAIN. DAVIS NELSON FOR THE 1ST DOWN. SO IT'S NOT A TD. BUT AT LEAST THE CHAINS ARE MOVING. 4 PLAYS LATER IT'S 4TH & 4 AGAIN. SMITH TO CURLY...AND WE’VE GOT IT...KNOCKED AWAY BY SAM SHIELDS. WHAT A GAME. SO THE PACKERS GET THAT 1ST WIN OF THE YEAR.
1:45:29;08 - KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ DENVER BRONCOS
CHECK IN ON THE BRONCOS AND THE UNDERMANNED CHIEFS. SO PEYTON MANNING THOUGHT THAT TEAM WOULD HAVE MAYBE A CAKEWALK. BIG SUNDAY NIGHT WIN AGAINST THE COLTS. JAMAL CHARLES THOUGH, BAD NEWS FOR HIM. TACKLED BY MALEK JACKSON BUT COMES UP LIMPING. CARRIED THE BALL JUST 2 TIMES FOR 4 YDS. ON THE DAY. HE WAS DONE FOR THE AFTERNOON. PEYTON MANNING WAS JUST GETTING STARTED...FINDING JULIUS THOMAS. THAT'S HIS 4TH TD. IN 2 GAMES. ANYBODY GOT HIM ON THE FANTASY TEAM? BOY, THIS GUY IS A SENSATIONAL T.E. NOW. HE'S GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE TONY GONZALEZ KIND OF GUYS. AND THEN MANNING HITTING THE OTHER T.E., JACOB TANNING FOR THE 4 YD. SCORE, AND THE BRONCOS UP 14-10. THAT WAS NICE PICK ROUTE. NICE LITTLE PICK. YEA. ANDRE CALDWELL. THAT'S A PICK. YEA. NOT A PICK IF IT DOESN'T GET CALLED. THEY WERE TRYING TO CRACKDOWN ON THAT THIS YEAR BUT APPARENTLY THEY MISSED THAT ONE AND ERIC BERRY OUT WITH AN ANKLE INJURY. SO NO DERRICK JOHNSON. NO MIKE DEVITO. NOW NO ERIC BERRY ON THAT SIDE OF THE BALL. AND MANNING DOES HAVE DEMARIUS THOMAS. 12 YD. SCORE AND THE BRONCOS UP 21-10. PERFECT THROW. GREAT LOCATION. LET HIM GO UP AND GET IT. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF RON PARKER. ERIC BERRY'S REPLACEMENT ON THAT PLAY BY THE WAY. 3RD QUARTER, BRONCOS BALL. MANNING ...TO DEMARIUS THOMAS. O.K. SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA MOVE THE CHAINS, AND MANNING IS REALLY TICKED OFF AT HIS T.E. JULIUS THOMAS. YOU DON'T SEE PEYTON THAT JACKED OFF. SEE I DON'T LIKE THAT BECAUSE IF HE THREW A BAD BALL, CAN HIS RECEIVER DO HIM LIKE THAT? WELL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. MANNING PERHAPS A LITTLE MIFFED AT THE ROUTE THAT THOMAS, AS IN JULIUS THOMAS WAS SUPPOSED TO RUN. INSTEAD NO BLOCKING HELP FOR DEMARIUS THOMAS. ONTO THE 4TH QUARTER. CHIEFS BALL. 3RD & 2. ALEX SMITH. OH, WAS THAT CAUGHT?! IT WAS ANTHONY FASANO, THE CIRCUS CATCH FOR A GAIN OF 22. GREAT CATCH. COME ON. STAY WITH IT. STAY WITH IT. STAY WITH IT! THE UNDERMANNED CHIEFS. LET'S REMEMBER, THEY STARTED LAST YEAR 9-0. THEY MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS. THEY HAVE STRUGGLED EVERY SINCE THEN. LOTS OF INJURIES BUT IT'S NILE DAVIS. 22 CARRIES, 79 YDS. AND 2 SCORES, AND THE CHIEFS ARE DOWN 21-17. NEXT CHIEFS DRIVE. NOW DOWN BY 7. SMITH ...PICKED OFF BY AKEB TALEB ON 3RD & 5!! 21 REASONS TO BRING IT BACK THOUGH BABY. HOLD ON NOW. HOLD ON. SO WHAT HAPPENED THOUGH, MARTY MORNHINWEG DIDN'T CALL TIMEOUT. WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE HAD OFFSIDES. SO THE CHIEFS RETAINED POSSESSION. SO WHEN HE THREW THE BALL TO THE STANDS AND THEY FINE HIM. SO HE DON'T GET FINED BECAUSE THEY ..IT GETS CALLED BACK. RIGHT, IT NEVER HAPPENED. SO 5 PLAYS LATER THOUGH, DEMARCUS WARE, THE STRIP. IT'S RECOVERED BY NATE IRVING. NOW REMEMBER, ALL TURNOVERS ARE REVIEWED. IS THAT A FUMBLE? IS THAT A FORWARD PASS? IT IS INDEED AN INCOMPLETE PASS. THAT'S NOT A GOOD CALL. NEXT PLAY THOUGH, SMITH LOOKING FOR DWAYNE BOWE. REMEMBER HE'S BACK IN THE LINEUP AFTER BEING SUSPENDED 1 WK. HE GETS LIT UP AFTER A 21 YD. GAIN. 4 PLAYS LATER, 4TH & GOAL ON THE BRONCOS 2. SMITH ...AND IT IS KNOCKED AWAY BY TERRENCE KNIGHTON! A GAME EFFORT BY THE UNDERMANNED ANDY REID CHIEFS. HOWEVER, THEY END UP LOSING AND FALLING TO 0-2.
1:49:05;01 - ST. LOUIS RAMS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
AND FOR THE GUARDS AS WELL. LOGAN MANKINS HAS BEEN BANGED UP BUT HE'S IN THERE. PENALTY MARKER IS DOWN. RAINEY ON THE HANDOFF CUTTING UP FIELD. WILL HAVE THE 1ST DOWN AND STILL ON HIS FEET AS HE GETS IT TO RAM TERRITORY BUT A PENALTY MARKER DOWN AS BOBBY RAINEY, TACKLED BY T.J. MCDONALD AFTER PICKING UP 24, AND THEY MAY BRING THIS ONE BACK. OFFSIDE DEFENSE. # 95. LINED UP IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE. THAT PENALTY IS DECLINED. 1ST DOWN. SO JEFF TRIPLETT, LOVEY SMITH WHO HAS TO LIKE WHAT HE'S SEEN SO FAR. BUT HE WANTS TO SEE THE TEAM FINISH THE GOAL, THE DRIVE WITH A TD. 3RD DOWN & GOAL, AND HERE IS MCCOWN AND MCCOWN IS GOING TO RUN FOR IT AND SCORE!! THAT'S A 12 YEAR VETERAN FOR YOU. HE DIDN'T SEE THE RECEIVERS AND HE SAW AN OPENING AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT. AND A 5 YD. TD. SCAMPER FOR JOSH MCCOWN, AND THE BUCS DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE 4TH QUARTER TO SCORE TODAY. DICK, ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN JOSH MCCOWN WAS MY QB IN OAKLAND THAT WOULD DRIVE ME CRAZY WAS THAT YOU HAVE GREAT COVERAGE, AND THEN HE WOULD BREAK CONTAIN AND GO FOR A RUN LIKE THAT. YOU JUST SAW JOSH MCCOWN BEING SMART, FINDING A WAY. IF THERE'S NOT A...DON'T THROW THE BALL AWAY. YOU FIND A WAY, GET INTO THE END ZONE. AND PATRICK MURRAY, THE ROOKIE FROM FORDHAM IN N.Y. CITY, MAKES THE EXTRA POINT. SO JOSH MCCOWN, WE WERE TOLD, HAS A LOT MORE ATHLETIC SKILLS THAN YOU WOULD THINK. RUNS FOR THE TD TO GIVE THE BUCS THE LEAD. WELL THE BUCS DEFENSE HAS BEEN ON THE FIELD MORE THAN 5 MINS. AND CHIP BARNES, #61, IS AN EXTRA LINEMAN BUT THE DRIVE...AND ZACK STACY IS IN THERE FOR THE TD. SO IF THE BUCS WERE ABLE TO SCORE BECAUSE OF RAM DEF. PENALTIES, IT'S BEEN ALL RAM OFFENSE ON THIS DRIVE. VERY IMPRESSIVE IN THE 2 YD. TD. RUN BY STACY, AND AN EXTRA POINT AWAY FROM TYING THE GAME. WELL SOMETIMES IT'S EASY IF THE DEFENSE DOESN'T GET LINED UP. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ON DEFENSE, YOU'RE GIVING THE OFFENSE AN EASY CHANCE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL RIGHT IN. T.B. NOT LINED UP, AND WHAT DOES IT DO? IT COSTS YOU A TD. SO ZEURLEIN IS ON TO TIE THE GAME WITH 3:07 TO GO IN THE 1ST. JOHNNY HECKER IS THE HOLDER AND THE KICK IS GOOD, AND THAT TIES THE GAME AT 7. SO BOTH TEAMS WHO STRUGGLED SCORING LAST WEEK SCORE ON THEIR FIRST POSSESSION TODAY. 7-7. LOOKING TO GIVE THE RAMS THE LEAD. AND THIS KICK IS GOOD. AND SO WITH 39 SECS. REMAINING IN THE 1ST HALF, THE RAMS WHO WERE TRAILING 7-0 HAVE TAKEN NOW A 10-7 LEAD. WE'LL BE BACK TO TAMPA WHERE IT HAS STARTED TO DRIZZLE A LITTLE BIT ONCE AGAIN. SO IT'S 2ND & 6. BALL ON THE 11 YD. LINE. BUCS TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RAMS TURNOVER. RAINEY CHARGES UP THE MIDDLE AND GETS DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE. T.J. MCDONALD SAVES THE TD. THERE BUT IT'LL BE 1ST & GOAL FOR THE BUCS WITH 9-1/S TO PLAY IN THE 3RD. LOGAN MANKINS, A GUARD PULLED ON THIS LAST PLAY. WATCH LOGAN MANKINS RIGHT HERE. LOGAN MANKINS A PULL. AND HERE'S THE HANDOFF ON THE BOOTLEG! TOUCHDOWN FOR JOSH MCCOWN!! AND A FLAG IS DOWN. PENALTY FLAG DOWN RIGHT AT THE GOAL LINE. SO THE HURRY-UP BY THE .. OFFSIDE DEFENSE, #94 LINED... IT'S GONNA BE DECLINED BY THE BUCS. JEFF _- CALLING THE PLAYS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, AND WE'LL TELL YOU THAT STORY AS WE MOVE ALONG. BUT THE 1 YD. PLAY ON THE BOOTLEG BY JOSH MCCOWN, 2ND TD. OF THE GAME FOR THE BUCS QB, AND IT GIVES THEM THE LEAD. IF YOU'RE ST. LOUIS IT'S THE 1 GUY THAT YOU HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR NOW, IS THE QB. YOU SEE THE RECEIVERS, THE T.E. BUT JOSH MCCOWN'S ABILITY TO RUN THE FOOTBALL GETS THE T.B. BUCS THE SCORE. PATRICK MURRAY, WHO HAS YET TO TRY A F.G. ROOKIE. BUT HE HAS CONVERTED ALL OF THE EXTRA POINTS REQUIRED, AND THE BUCS HAVE TAKEN A 14-10 LEAD, CAPPING A 7TH PLAY, 60 YD. DRIVE; AND IT'S MCCOWN WITH HIS 2ND TD. OF THE GAME. SHAWN HILL COULDN'T GO. DOWN TO THEIR 3RD QB, AUSTIN DAVIS, WHO'S BEEN MAGNIFICENT. SO HERE IT IS. 38 YD. ATTEMPT BY ZEURLEIN. AND GREG ZEURLEIN'S KICK IS GOOD, AND THE RAMS HAVE REGAINED THE LEAD, 19-17 WITH 38 SECS. REMAINING. AND LOOK AT THE EMOTION ON THE FACE OF AUSTIN DAVIS COMING IN WITH 22 OF 29 COMPLETIONS, 235 YDS.; AND AS YOU POINTED OUT, 8 DIFFERENT RECEIVERS HAVE CAUGHT PASSES FROM DAVIS TODAY. I THINK WE ALWAYS CHEER FOR THE UNDERDOG RIGHT? RIGHT DICK? THIS IS AN UNDERDOG STORY. A FORMER WALK-ON AT SOUTHERN MISS. A GUY WHO'S BROKEN NUMEROUS OF BRETT FAVRE'S RECORDS DOWN AT SOUTHERN MISS, AND HE TALKED ABOUT IT. HE TALKED ABOUT JUST WHEN I GET MY OPPORTUNITY I WANT TO BE BEST. HE SAID HE LEARNED THAT FROM HIS DAD; AND HE'S OUT HERE SHOWING US TODAY WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU GET YOUR OPPORTUNITY. YOU PLAY AT YOUR BEST. BUT, AGAIN, WITH 20 SECS. TO GO YOU GET ENOUGH YARDAGE WITH A PASS DOWN THE MIDDLE IN FRONT OF YOU, AND THE HURRY-UP AND THE CLOCK. THEY CAN GET ANOTHER PLAY OR 2 OFF. AND HERE'S MCCOWN STEPPING UP AND HE DRILLS IT. AND THE PASS...IS CAUGHT BY MIKE EVANS. AND T.J. MCDONALD ON THE HIT THAT EVANS IS SHAKING OFF; AND IF THIS IS AN INJURY TIMEOUT AND YOU CAN SEE THAT GETTING HIM OFF THEY DON'T WANT TO CALL A TIMEOUT. OTHERWISE, WE HAVE A 10 SEC. RUNOFF. THE OFFENSE IS OUT OF TIMEOUTS. WE HAVE AN INJURED PLAYER ON THE PLAY AND THEY ARE OUT OF TIMEOUTS. IT REQUIRES A 10 SEC. RUNOFF. THE GAME IS OVER. AND THAT'S IT. THE 10 SEC. RUNOFF. WHAT A WAY FOR LOVIE SMITH TO HAVE THIS GAME END WHEN THE BUCCANEERS, IF THEY HAD A FEW MORE SECS., MIGHT'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET IN F.G. RANGE. INSTEAD, THE ST. LOUIS RAMS END THEIR 12 GAME LOSING ROAD OPENER STREAK BEATING THE T.B. BUCS 19-17. WE'LL BE BACK HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
1:56:13;16 - CHICAGO BEARS @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. LEVY STADIUM.. THEY'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE TURF BUT IT LOOKED BEAUTIFUL AS THE FLAG WAS UNFURLED. JAY CUTLER AND THE BEARS COMING OFF THAT TOUGH HOME LOSS TO THE BUFFALO BILLS, AND KAEPERNICK. FIRST DRIVE FOR THEM...THE BIRTHDAY BOY, MICHAEL CRABTREE TURNING 27. GREAT PICK THAT'S NOT REALLY A PICK. WONDERFUL JOB. JUST TIMING OF THAT PLAY. SO WAS IT A PICK OR WAS IT NOT A PICK? YEA, IT WAS A PICK BUT THEY DIDN'T CALL IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T BUMP INTO EACH OTHER. JUST TO SAY CATCH. KAEPERNICK TO DERRICK CARRIER FOR 22 YDS. 1ST & GOAL AT THE 8. 2 PLAYS LATER, FRANK GORE STILL RUNNING THEM OVER MARSHALL. THIS GUY MAN. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE HOW HE KEEPS GRINDING AND GRINDING YARDS OUT. IT WAS 17-ZIP. THEN CUTLER LOOKING FOR ONE OF HIS BANGED UP RECEIVERS, ALSHON JEFFRIE. PARRISH COX NEARLY PICKS IT OFF BUT THERE'S A FLAG ON THE PLAY. THIS MIGHT'VE BEEN THE KEY PLAY OF THE GAME. AS YOU CAN SEE, CUTLER'S DOWN. WHY? BECAUSE QUINTEN DIAL HIT HIM. OH THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE. OH, THAT HELMET. MAN, THIS WAS .. A LOT OF FLAGS WERE THROWN TONIGHT IN THIS GAME. 17 ACCEPTED IN THE 1ST HALF, AND THEN LOOK AT BRANDON MARSHALL. BIG BOY'S BALLIN' IN BIG GAMES AT BIG TIMES, AND THAT'S A BIG TIME PLAY. THAT MADE IT JUST A 10 PT. HALFTIME DEFICIT. SO INSTEAD OF 17-ZIP, NINERS FEELING GREAT. NOW THEY'RE ONLY UP 10. NOW CHARLES TILLMAN. HE MISSED HALF OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF A TORN RIGHT TRICEPS; AND HERE ...MICHAEL CRABTREE BANGS IT UP AGAIN. NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR PEANUT. LATER ON IN THE 3RD, BEARS DOWN 20-7. CUTLER TO BRANDON MARSHALL. IN COMPLETE BUT GUESS WHAT, WE GOT A FLAG ON THE PLAY ON ... LEMONIER. SEE THAT'S CRAZY. I KNOW JIM HARBAUGH IS GONNA ADDRESS THESE PENALTIES MAN. THEY KEPT DRIVES ALIVE FOR CHICAGO.. THEN ON 3RD & 7, LOOKING FOR JEFFREY. WE GOT A FLAG ON THE PLAY. DANTE JOHNSON. IT'S DOUBLE MOVE NIGHT. YEP, AND THEY WERE KILLING THEM WITH DOUBLE MOVES EVERY TIME, AND THEY CAN'T RUN. NO, THEY CAN'T. BECAUSE THEY WERE HURT. ONTO THE 4TH QUARTER. ONCE AGAIN, S.F. HAD A DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD HEADING INTO THE 4TH. UP 13 BUT CUTLER TO BRANDON MARSHALL. THAT'S NOTHING BUT A BASKETBALL PLAY RIGHT THERE. YOU GO DOWN...GO DOWN THERE TO BLOCK. TURN AROUND. I GOT YOU. SO HE DID IT ON THE BLOCK AND ... IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. MAN, THAT'S A BIG BOY RIGHT THERE. HOW ABOUT THE 1ST ROUND PICK OUT OF VIRGINIA TECH, KYLE FULLER?! THAT WAS A GREAT PLAY PASS. THAT WAS A PLAY RIGHT THERE. DID HE KNOW HE CAUGHT THAT BALL OR DID HE SAY, "OH GOD, THANK YOU." HE WAS AWARE IT WAS IN THE AIR AS HE WAS FALLING. HE MADE SURE HE DID NOT TOUCH THE GROUND. BY THE WAY, KAEPERNICK FLAGGED FOR UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT AFTER THE PLAY FOR INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE. LOOK AT THIS RIGHT HERE. NOW PUT BIG BODIES ON. WELL THAT'S TO MARTELLUS BENNETT, AND THE BEARS HAVE THEIR FIRST LEAD OF THE NIGHT, 21-20. SO KAEPERNICK, CAN HE LEAD THE CHARGE? DON'T DO IT KAP! IT'S THE ROOKIE AGAIN! OH HE DID IT. 2ND TIME IN AS MANY POSSESSIONS. I HATE TO SEE PEANUT GO OUT BUT... 3 PICKS FOR KAEPERNICK PLUS A FUMBLE LOST. HE GOT IN THAT THING. TAKE ONE MORE LOOK AS KAEPERNICK MOVES TO HIS LEFT. SO TO IT IS CARRIER. GREAT JOB. GREAT JOB BY THAT YOUNG MAN RIGHT THERE, MAN. GREAT JOB. GIVE IT BACK TO MY MVP. 4 PLAYS LATER, CUTLER TO BRANDON MARSHALL FOR THE HAT TRICK ON THIS EVENING. CUTLER THREW FOR LESS THAN 200 YDS. BUT HAD 4 TD. PASSES AND NO INT'S. WHAT MY MVP DID?! YOURS? YES, MINE! WHAT DID HE HAVE AGAIN?! 4 TDS., NO INT. ALRIGHT, SO NOW KAEPERNICK TRYING TO FIGHT BACK BUT HE GETS DROPPED. WILLIE YOUNG WITH THE SACK. THAT'S A BAD...HE KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S FISHING. HE GOT IT. HE GOT IT. 2 PLAYS LATER 4TH & 6. KAEPERNICK WITHOUT HIS PRO BOWL T.E. VERNON DAVIS WHO HURT AN ANKLE, GETS IT TO MICHAEL CRABTREE. THAT MOVES THE CHAINS FOR 9 YDS. THEN AFTER THE 2 MIN. WARNING, KAEPERNICK, ONCE AGAIN, NO DAVIS. HITS CARRIER FOR 14. NOW HE'S IN THE RED ZONE. TOUCHDOWN. 2 PT. CONVERSION. WE GOT OVERTIME. BUT 4 PLAYS LATER IT'S 4TH & 9. KAEPERNICK LOOKING FOR CRABTREE AND...OH LITTLE ANQUAN BOLDEN IN THE ... S.F. LOSES ITS FIRST EVER REGULAR SEASON GAME AT LEVY STADIUM, AND THEY WERE THAT CLOSE TO GETTING A CHANCE TO TIE IT UP. ...WAS TIGHT. IT WASN'T WIDE. I KNOW KURT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE VISION ... IT WAS TIGHT. SO THE 49ERS HAD WON 37 STRAIGHT GAMES WHEN LEADING INTO THE 4TH QUARTER BY 13 OR MORE PTS. THE LAST TIME THEY LOST WAS DEC. OF '02.
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