SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 5

  1. BEARS @ PANTHERS  4:31

  2. BROWNS @ TITANS  3:47

  3. RAMS @ EAGLES  3:06

  4. FALCONS @ GIANTS  3:0-2

  5. BUCCANEERS @ SAINTS  3:44

  6. TEXANS @ COWBOYS  3:24

  7. BILLS @ LIONS  3:14

  8. RAVENS @ COLTS  3:24

  9. STEELERS @ JAGUARS  2:34

  10. VIKINGS @ PACKERS  3:13

  11. CARDINALS @ BRONCOS   2:24

  12. CHIEFS @ 49ERS  2:44

  13. JETS @ CHARGERS  1:23

  14. BENGALS @ PATRIOTS  3:07

    TRT: 56:02   WITH BARS

 

1:10:15;19 - CHICAGO BEARS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

 

G.B., WHEN CHICAGO RAN FOR 235 YDS.  BIG PUNT BY PATRICK O'DONNELL, AND PHILLY BROWN HIT, AND THAT'LL BE A 15 YD. PENALTY.  BALL IS PICKED UP AND STREAKING DOWN THE SIDELINE IS PHILLY BROWN!  AND IT IS A TOUCHDOWN!  NOW THERE ARE FLAGS ON THE PLAY.  BUT IT WAS A LIVE BALL.  THEY ALWAYS SAY PLAY THE PLAY THROUGH THE WHISTLE.  THE WHISTLE WASN'T BLOWN.  THE BALL WAS STILL ON THE GROUND.  THAT'S A VERY SMART PLAY BY PHILLY BROWN TO PICK THAT UP AND CONTINUE TO GO.  50 YD. GAIN.  CHRIS O'BANIA, A FORMER CLEVELAND BROWN, JUST SIGNED THIS WEEK.  CHECKS INTO THE BACKFIELD...AND THAT IS THE ROOKIE BENJAMIN.  LOOKED LIKE HE HAD IT JARRED LOOSE.  CAUGHT IT.  CAME DOWN.  DID HE FUMBLE IT OR ARE THEY SAYING HE IS DOWN?  WE WAIT.  THIS COULD BE A BIG CALL.  HERE'S YOUR POINT AND IT BELONGS TO THEM.  THE BALL WAS INTER...THE BALL WAS COMPLETE.  AND HAS PLAYED THROUGH THAT INJURY, LEAVING A 3 TD. GAME AND A WIN AT S.F.  FORTE TO THE END ZONE AND THE BEARS ON THE BOARD.  GAIN OF 14 FOR BROWN.  THEY'LL THROW IT ON 1ST DOWN AND THE BALL IS LOOSE!  STRIPPED BY WILLIE YOUNG.  SCRAMBLE FOR THE FOOTBALL AND THE BEARS RECOVERED IT.  IT'S TOUGH TO TELL, AND THEY HAVE.  4 MAN RUSH, AND CUTLER SCRAMBLING.  HE CAN RUN THE BALL.  AND HE WILL FIND THE END ZONE.  A TOUCHDOWN FOR JAY CUTLER.  THAT IS ONE OF THE MORE UNDERRATED PARTS OF CUT...  3RD DOWN.  CUTLER INTO THE HANDS OF JEFFREY.  1ST DOWN AND A TOUCHDOWN FOR ALSHON JEFFREY.  BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED PLAY.  BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED.  1ST & GOAL.  NEWTON TO THE END ZONE AND THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN FOR GREG OLSEN!  JUMP BALL.. AND A PENALTY FLAG THROWN ON KYLE FULLER.  A COUPLE OF #1 DRAFT PICKS.  OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE MONTH.  DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE MONTH, AND THE DEFENDER GETS A PENALTY.  AND CUTLER ACROSS THE MIDDLE... OVERTHROW THE RECEIVER AND IT'S INTERCEPTED!!  AND RUN OUT OF BOUNDS IS D'QUE, AND THE MISTAKE BY CUTLER HAS REARED ITS HEAD.  FORTE'S HAD A VERY QUIET 2ND HALF.  AND THE BALL IS LOOSE!!  CAROLINA APPEARS TO HAVE THE FOOTBALL!!  THEY KNEW!  AND THEY GO TO THEIR MONEY MAN, OLSEN, FOR THE TOUCHDOWN!  31-24, PANTHERS.  CHICAGO WITH THE FOOTBALL.  2ND DOWN.  CUTLER ROLLING.  SACKED!  A 15 YD. LOSS.  THE PANTHERS HAVE 7 PLAYERS 15 YDS. OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.  BALL IS LOOSE.  PANTHERS HAVE RECOVERED, AND IT'S TAWAN SHORT WHO JARRED IT LOOSE.  WELL YOU JUST MENTIONED HIS NAME ON THE PLAY EARLIER BEFORE.  THEY'RE GONNA RUN A STUNT HERE.  THEY'RE GONNA RUN A T.E. TWIST.  THEY HAVE A TOUGH TIME PASSING IT.  MICHAEL, YOU WERE OFF. TACKLE OUT THERE AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LINE WITH MATT SLAWSON.  SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE.

 

 

1:14:53;22 - CLEVELAND BROWNS @ TENNESSEE TITANS

 

HOW ABOUT A 25 PT. COMEBACK?  WHAT A GREAT GAME BETWEEN THE TITANS AND THE BROWNS TODAY.  THAT WAS BRIAN HOYER, JAKE LOCKER. LOCKER TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN HERE IN THE 2ND QUARTER.  CAN'T FIND ANYBODY.  DECIDES HE'S GONNA KEEP IT HIMSELF.  AND WE KNOW HE CAN RUN.  TAKES A HARD HIT THERE.  KERSHEN KIRKSY GOT HIM.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS ONE.  KIRSKY COMING IN HARD WITH THAT FOREARM.  THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT TOO MUCH ON TENN.  DEFINITELY DIDN'T.  LOCKER GETS CHECKED-OUT ON THE SIDELINE.  HE WOULD RETURN.  JUST NEEDED A LITTLE CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENT.  A LITTLE CRACK, CRACK.  HE'D BE GOOD TO GO...FOR NOW.  YOU'RE A GREAT SPOKESMAN FOR CHIROPRACTORS, BY THE WAY.  THE GOOD ONES. LOCKER HIT IN THE HEAD BY BUSTER SCREEN.  SCREEN CALLED FOR THE PENALTY.  LOCKER APPEARED TO HAVE HURT HIS HAND ON THE PLAY AND HE'S GONE TO THE LOCKER ROOM.  JUST REMEMBER IT WAS BUSTER SCREEN THERE.  WE'LL SEE SOME MORE OF HIM AS WE GO ALONG HERE.  A LITTLE FORESHADOWING?  WHO'S THAT THAT JUST GOT BEAT, HEATH?  I THINK IT WAS BUSTER SCREEN.  CHARLIE WHITEHURST IN THE GAME TO KENDELL WRIGHT IN THE CORNER OF THE END ZONE.  THAT MAKES IT 21-3.  WRIGHT HAD A BIG DAY.  NEXT TITANS POSSESSION.  WHITEHURST AGAIN.  WHO'S COVERING HIM DAN?  TO JUSTIN HUNTER.  IS THAT BUSTER SCREEN?  THAT'S BUSTER SCREEN.  OH WOW.  TITANS UP 28-3.  NOT A GOOD COUPLE OF SERIES FOR BUSTER SCREEN, I GUESS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY HERE.  THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT.  BROWNS DRIVE.  BRIAN HOYER TO.. MR. DO EVERYTHING HIMSELF, JIM DREY.  IT WAS DREY DAY.  YEA.  SO 28-10 AT HALFTIME.  HEATH PRETENDED LIKE HE KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT, BY THE WAY DAN.  HE PRETENDS A LOT.  THAT'S O.K.  4TH QUARTER.  HOYER'S PASS BATTED DOWN BY SAMMY HILL.  ON 4TH DOWN, BY THE WAY, TITANS TAKING OVER.  ON THE ENSUING TITANS POSSESSION, BLOCKED PUNT!  TA CARTER IN THERE.  HE'S CELEBRATING THAT TCU WIN WHICH L.T. I THINK IS STILL CELEBRATING, BY THE WAY.  AS HE SHOULD BE.  WHERE IS L.T. TODAY?  SO THAT'S A SAFETY.  BROWNS TRAIL 28-15.  HOYER CONNECTS WITH TRAVIS BENJAMIN FOR THE TD.  WOW.  THE BROWNS COMING BACK.  JUST CREEPING BACK INTO THIS GAME.  IT'S 28-22 AT THIS POINT.  HOYER AGAIN.  FEELING THE PRESSURE.  OH, PICKED OFF BY MICHAEL GRIFFIN.  THAT WAS HIS FIRST INTERCEPTION OF THE YEAR BUT HOW MANY STRAIGHT PASSES?  100 AND A LOT.  YEA, 170-SOMETHING I'M SURE.  BROWNS FIRST TURNOVER OF THE YEAR ACTUALLY.  WHITEHURST THEN HITS DELANEY WALKER WHO'S BEEN THEIR MOST EXPLOSIVE OFF. WEAPON.  BUT THE BROWNS WOULD CHALLENGE.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  HARD TO TELL HERE.  THE PLAY WAS REVERSED SO IT'S 4TH DOWN.  NEXT PLAY.  INTERESTING.  WHITEHURST TRIES TO QB SNEAK.  DOESN’T MAKE IT.  DIDN'T NEED MUCH.  DIDN'T GET MUCH.  MIKE PETTINE, GOOD JOB ON THAT DEFENSE.  THE TITANS CHALLENGE.  THE PLAY STANDS.  THE BROWNS TAKE OVER ON DOWNS.  HOYER TO BENJAMIN AGAIN IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.  GREAT CATCH.  EXTRA POINT IS GOOD, AND THE BROWNS TAKE A 29-28 LEAD.  THE PARTY IS GOING DOWN IN CLEVELAND WITH EVERYBODY WATCHING THIS GAME.  WHITEHURST, NOT QUITE OVER YET, TO WRIGHT, AT THE BROWNS 47 BUT HE STAYS INBOUNDS AND GUESS WHAT, IT'S OVER NOW.  TIME RUNS OUT.  BROWNS WIN IT 29-28.  THEY WERE DOWN 28-3.  OUT OF ALL THE GREAT COMEBACKS TODAY, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE VERY BEST.  THE BROWNS GETTING THEIR 2ND WIN OF THE YEAR.  THEY IMPROVE TO 2-2 ON THE SEASON.

 

 

1:18:53;10 - ST. LOUIS RAMS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

 

ALRIGHT.  LET'S STAY IN THE NFC EAST.  THE GIANTS NOW CHASING THE EAGLES.  THE EAGLES TAKING ON THE RAMS IN PHILA. THIS AFTERNOON.  EAGLES TRYING TO IMPROVE TO 4-1.  JOHNNY HECKER'S PUNT BLOCKED BY JAMES CASEY.  RECOVERED BY CHRIS MARAGOSE.  THAT'S A TD. FELLAS.  YEA ,THE EAGLES FINDING WAYS TO SCORE TDS. WITHOUT THEIR OFFENSE THE LAST 2 WKS., HEATH.  3RD SPECIAL TEAMS TD. 2 WKS.  CRAZY.  AND HERE'S FOLES TO SHADY MCCOY.  LOOK AT THAT BALL SECURITY DAN.  DID YOU TEACH HIM THAT?  NO.  I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.  NOR THE FUMBLE AT THE VERY END THERE.  OH MY GOODNESS.  YEA, HE WAS RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE ON THAT ONE.  YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HARPING ON THAT FOR AWHILE.  THE BALL SECURITY WITH SHADY MCCOY.  HE'S SO MUCH FASTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE.  HE GETS AWAY WITH IT.  BUT IN TRAFFIC.  RILEY COOPER.  CATCH BY RILEY COOPER.  HOW ABOUT THAT BALL SECURITY FOR YOU, D.J.  MY GOODNESS.  YEA, JUST GIVE HIM A CHANCE.  HE'S SO BIG AND STRONG.  HE COMES DOWN WITH IT.  EAGLES ON TOP 20-7 AT THIS POINT.  FAST-FORWARD TO THE 3RD QUARTER.  RAMS TRAILING.  WHAT KIND OF POINTS ARE THESE?  THAT'S NOT IDEAL.  NON-OFF. POINTS FOR THE EAGLES.  I WISH ...SURE SAW THAT ONE COMING LAST 2 WKS.  HOLY COW.  GOODNESS GRACIOUS.  THERE'S 14 FOR THIS GAME SO FAR.  27-7 AT THIS POINT.  ZACK STACY THEN TAKING THE HANDOFF.  HE FUMBLES.  HOW ABOUT THAT?  HE DIDN'T SCORE.  COME ON ..WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?  .. IN THE END ZONE.  TURNED TO 40 YDS.  EAGLES HAVE THE BALL AT THEIR OWN 20.  I'M SURPRISED IT WASN'T A D.B. TRYING TO TAKE IT FROM HIM.  COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER..FOLES TO JEREMY MACLIN.  EAGLES UP 34-7.  FOLES WITH A COUPLE OF TD. PASSES AND A PICK ON THE DAY.  IN THE 4TH QUARTER, FOLES SCRAMBLING HERE.  MAKES THE DECISION TO KEEP IT HIMSELF AND ..THEN HE DROPS IT AND MICHAEL BARKERS RECOVERS IT.  SO THE RAMS GET THE BALL AT THEIR OWN 38.  FEET FIRST SLIDE.  RIGHT DUDE?  YEA, FEET FIRST SLIDE.  YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.  ABSOLUTELY.  WOW, GREAT ADJUSTMENT.  WOW.  THAT WAS KENNY BRITTS HAULING IN A 30 YD. TD.  THE RAMS SHORTEN THE LEAD.  THEY'RE TRAILING 34-21.  BRITT TO QUICK.  THERE IT IS!  HOW ABOUT DARREN SPROLES?  NOWHERE TO GO.  3RD & 6.  ... JR. GETS IN THERE.  RAMS BALL NOW WITH 206 LEFT IN THE GAME.  YOU SEE THIS AND YOU'RE LIKE YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME?  THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK AND WIN THIS GAME.  BRIAN QUICK AGAIN FOR A 40 YD. PICKUP ON 1ST & 10.  HE'S HAVING A NICE YEAR.  HE REALLY IS.  4TH & 13, DAN.  ALRIGHT THIS IS IT FOR ALL THE MARBLES.  INCOMPLETE.  EAGLES DID A NICE JOB ON THIS PLAY TOO.  THEY SOLD-OUT.  SENT THE PRESSURE AFTER HIM.  HAD AN EFFECT.  34-28, THE EAGLES HANG ON AND IMPROVE TO 4-1.

 

 

1:22:06;03 - ATLANTA FALCONS @ NEW YORK GIANTS

 

THE FALCONS AND THE GIANTS.  THIS WAS ANOTHER GOOD ONE.  OSI UMENYIORA MAKING HIS RETURN TO METLIFE STADIUM TO FACE HIS FORMER TEAM.  THE GIANTS 1ST ROUND PICK, ODELE BECKHAM JR. DID HAVE AN IMPACT TODAY.  IT'S GOOD TO SEE HIM OUT THERE.  YEA, MANNING FINDING THE ROOK FOR THE 1ST DOWN THERE.  HIS 1ST CAREER NFL CATCH.  THE LAST ROOKIE TO GET ON THE FIELD THIS YEAR.  ROOKIE 1ST ROUND PICK THAT IS. MANNING TO RUBEN RANDALL HERE FOR THE TD. AND THE GIANTS ON TOP 7-0.  YOU ADD THE ODELE BECKHAM TO RANDALL.  WHAT YOU HAVE VICTOR CRUZ.  NOW YOU GOT A NICE SET OF WEAPONS, NOT TO MENTION LARRY DENELL AT T.E.  YEA, DENELL POPS ON THE SCENE A FEW WKS. BACK.  BIG T.E.  RED ZONE TARGET.  YOU HAVE A STEVEN JACKSON SIGHTING.  HIS 2ND TD. OF THE YEAR . TIES IT UP AT 7 A PIECE.  SPECIAL TEAMS IS IMPORTANT.  PRESTON PARKER TAKEN OUT OF THE END ZONE.  ERIC WILLIAMS FORCES THE FUMBLE AND COVERS, RECOVERS THE BALL.  THE FALCONS TAKE OVER AT THE GIANTS 21.  THAT LED TO A MATT BRYANT 20 YD. F.G.  SO THE FALCONS GO UP 10-7.  HOW ABOUT OSI YOU ASK?  TALKING TO SOME OF HIS OLD FRIENDS.  HOWARD CROSS, CHRIS SNEE IN THE PREGAME.  THEN SAYING HELLO TO ELI RIGHT HERE.  ELI FELT HIM COMING.  HE SAYS, I'M JUST GONNA GET DOWN BEFORE I TAKE THIS HIT.  THE GIANTS WOULD ADD A JOSH BROWN F.G.  THEY TRAILED 13-10 AT THE HALF.  IN THE 3RD QUARTER, RYAN.  EVERY WEEK.  HE SCORES FROM EVERY ...4 YDS. OUT.  CRAZY.  ALL HE DOES IS SCORE TDS.  THIS ONE GOOD FOR 76 YDS.  PUTS THE FALCONS UP 20-10 BUT IT WAS FAR FROM OVER.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT HOW THIS ONE WENT DOWN GUYS.  YEA, YOU'VE GOT ANGLES #1 TACKLING #2 AND EFFORT #3.  YEA.  0-3.  THAT'S WHERE TOM COUGHLIN, THE EFFORT THERE.  YOU SAW D.R.C. KIND OF JUST... I GOT THIS.  OH, HE DOESN'T HAVE THIS.  YOU SAW THE END RESULT.  RASHAD JENNINGS LEAVES THE GAME WITH A KNEE SPRAIN BUT IN COMES THE ROOKIE ANDRE WILLIAMS.  HE GETS THE TD.  SO THE GIANTS BACK IN THE BALL GAME.  IT'S 20-17 AT THIS POINT.  IN THE 4TH, 3RD & 8.  MANNING TO VICTOR CRUZ FOR THE ALL IMPORTANT 1ST DOWN.  THAT'S WHAT THIS OFFENSE DOES.  GET THE BALL OUT QUICK AND LET YOUR GUYS RUN AFTER THE CATCH.  VICTOR CRUZ MAKING PEOPLE MISS.  3 PLAYS LATER ON 3RD & 3, MANNING TO ODELL BECKHAM JR. FOR HIS FIRST CAREER TD.  GIANTS TAKE THE LEAD 24-20.  YEA, WHAT WAS THAT EXACTLY?  HOW'S YOUR HAMSTRING?  IT'S GREAT.  IF YOU CAN DO THAT YOUR HAMSTRING'S FLAWLESS.  I PROMISE YOU.  I'M SURPRISED HE DIDN'T THROW HIS BACK OUT.  2 FALCONS POSSESSIONS LATER, RYAN TO DEVIN HESTER.  HE'S STOPPED JUST SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN.  THAT WAS 3RD & 11.  SO IT'S 4TH & 1 HERE FROM THEIR 29.  MIKE SMITH DECIDES TO GO FOR IT.  RYAN SACKED BY JONATHAN HANKETTS.  I'VE BEEN DOING THIS SHOW ALL DAY.  WAS STEVEN JACKSON STILL HEALTHY AND IN THE BALL GAME AT THAT POINT IN TIME?  YOU'RE SAYING THEY SHOULD'VE GONE TO ...  STEFEN JACKSON?  I HAVE NO PROBLEM THROWING THAT THING TO JULIO, YOU KNOW.

 

 

1:25:21;00 - TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

 

THAT'S A GOOD ONE TO END ON.  FROM ONE OVERTIME GAME TO ANOTHER.  AN 18 GAME HOME WINNING STREAK ON THE LINE FOR SEAN PAYTON.  IT WAS A ROUGH DAY FOR THIS GUY.  JIMMY GRAHAM MAKES THE CATCH BUT THEN GETS HIT HARD BY LAVONTE DAVID.  GRAHAM GOING TO THE SIDELINE WITH A SHOULDER INJURY.  DONE FOR THE DAY.  HERE'S THE OTHER SHOT THAT HE TOOK RIGHT THERE.  IT'S A BIG LOSS FOR DREW BREES WHO HASN'T REALLY BEEN IN RHYTHM LATELY HEATH.  I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN QUANTIFY THAT LOSS.  HE'S OUT FOR AWHILE.  2ND QUARTER, DREW BREES NEEDING TO GET SOME HELP FROM SOMEBODY ELSE.  THIS ISN'T WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR.  PICKED OFF BY JONATHAN BANKS.  I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THE TIE WENT TO THE OFF. PLAYERS, BUT...   I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TIE GOES TO THE RUNNER.  IT'S A BASEBALL TERM.  THE BALL WENT TO THE BUCS BOYS.  ALRIGHT, THANK YOU D.J. FOR SETTLING THAT.  4 PLAYS LATER, 27 SECS. TO GO.  AND THIS ISN'T BASEBALL DAN.  GLENNON TO MURPHY FOR THE TD. AND THE BUCS ON TOP.  THE BUCS TRAIL RATHER 13-10 BUT THEY'RE MAKING IT A BALL GAME.  YEA.  REMEMBER MIKE EVANS IS OUT TODAY.  SO GLENNON DOESN'T HAVE HIS 1ST ROUND WIDE RECEIVER TARGET TO PLAY WITH TODAY.  BREES UNDER PRESSURE HERE.  OH, HE CAN'T DO THAT.  THIS IS THE ONE.  BREES KNOWS.  DANNY LINSANA.  33 YDS.  GIVE HIM 6.  BUCCANEERS NOW ON TOP 24-13.  BAD DECISION BY #9 THERE.  MANAGE THAT DOWN AND DISTANCE.  TAKE THE SACK.  LIVE TO PLAY ANOTHER DOWN.  FAST-FORWARD TO THE 4TH QUARTER.  BUCS HAVE THE BALL.  THEY'RE UP 24-20.  2ND & GOAL.  GLENNON TO ROBERT HERON FOR THE TD.  31-20.  FIRST CAREER TD. FOR MR. HERON.  YEA, ROOKIE OUT OF WYOMING.  A LOT OF SPEED.  A LOT OF TIME FOR MIKE GLENNON STANDING IN THAT POCKET TOO.  SPEAKING OF ROOKIES.  HERE'S BREES TO BRANDON COOKS.  THEY PICKUP THE 1ST DOWN ON 3RD & 10.  THAT WAS GOOD FOR 16.  6 PLAYS LATER, PIERRE THOMAS STILL GETTING IT DONE, HUH?  I'M TELLING YOU.  IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.  IT'S A GREAT PLAY.  IT'S Y-CRACK-TOSS.  IT'S ... GOOD BLOCKS.  BUT YOU SAW IT, PIERRE BROKE 2 OR 3 TACKLES.  18, 19 YD. TD. RUN.  THIS GUY NEEDS TO TOUCH THE BALL MORE.  GOOD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN 23 HAS THAT BALL IN HIS HANDS.  THEY FAILED ON THE 2 PT. CONVERSION BUT NO WORRIES BECAUSE JR. GILLETTE THERE FOR THE SACK, AND THE SAINTS TRAILING NOW, 31-28.  LOOKED LIKE LOGAN MANKINS, THEIR LEFT GUARD, MISSED A SIMPLE TWIST.  YOU GOT 2 ON 1, 1 ON 9.  YOU GOT YOURSELF A SAFETY.  NEED 2 PTS.  ENSUING SAINTS POSSESSION.  BREES TO THOMAS AGAIN FOR THE 8 YD. GAIN.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A SHANE GRAHAM GAME-TYING F.G. AND WE'RE GOING TO OVERTIME!  SAINTS HAVE THE BALL.  BREES ..LOOKING FOR COOKS.  BUT ILLEGAL CONTACT IS CALLED SO THE SAINTS GET THE 1ST DOWN.  5 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 9. ..FROM THE BUCS 42.  BREES TO BEN WATSON.  I SEE YA BEN.  BENJAMIN CAME UP BIG TODAY.  JIMMY GRAHAM GOES DOWN.  BEN STEPS UP.  ENDED UP WITH 5 OR 6 CATCHES.  AND THIS WAS THE DAGGER.  TYREE ROBINSON.  THAT'S A MAN'S RUN RIGHT THERE HEATH.  HE'S A GOOD FINISH.  GREAT BLOCKING AGAIN.  SPRINGS HIM TO ABOUT 10 YDS. AND HE DOES THE REST BY HIMSELF.  3RD & 7, 31.  A MUCH NEEDED WIN AS D.J. SAID EARLIER.  I'LL LET YOU SAY IT.  WELL IT COULD'VE BEEN A SEASON SAVER.  YOU’RE LOOKING AT 1-4.  2-3 SOUNDS A LOT BETTER.  YES IT DOES.  2-0 AT HOME.

 

 

1:29:16;13 - HOUSTON TEXANS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

 

WE GOT A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED INSTATE RIVALRY.  HOUSTON TEXAS.  DALLAS COWBOYS.  J.J. WATT AND THE TEXANS DEFENSE COMING INTO THIS ONE TIED FOR 1ST IN THE NFL IN TAKEAWAYS WITH 9.  DEMARCO MURRAY MEANWHILE LEADING THE NFL IN RUSHING BUT HAS A HISTORY OF FUMBLING THE BALL AS WELL, AND WE'D SEE BOTH ON DISPLAY TODAY.  WE FAST-FORWARD TO THE 3RD QUARTER BECAUSE, WELL, THE 1ST QUARTER WAS UGLY.  JUST 3-0.  DALLAS WAS THE SCORE.  BUT THEN YOU SEE IT THERE.  HOW ABOUT FOSTER TAKING IT TO THE END ZONE FOR THE TD. AND TEXANS LED 7-3.  THEN THIS MIGHT BE THE PLAY OF THE GAME.  DO YOU SEE THAT?  HOW ABOUT THIS?  TERRANCE WILLIAMS, A 43 YD. TD.  BUT TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  ROMO WAS LIKE A JET-EYE OUT THERE.  HE JUST SENSES WATT AND THEN SPINS AWAY.  GETS LOOSE AND THEN FINDS WILLIAM FOR THAT TD. AND THE COWBOYS GO UP 10-7.  WE FAST-FORWARD TO THE 4TH QUARTER.  ROMO.  HE HAD HIMSELF A NICE DAY.  HE'S DROPPING BACK.  HE'S LOOKING TO PASS.  HE FINDS DEZ BRYANT BUT..OR, EXCUSE ME.  LOOKING FOR DEZ BRYANT BUT IS INTERCEPTED BY KENDRICK LEWIS.  IT'S ACTUALLY ROMO'S 1ST 2ND HALF INTERCEPTION ALL SEASON.  THAT WAS LEWIS' 2ND FORCED TURNOVER OF THE GAME.  THEN HERE COMES DEMARCO MURRAY.  THE GUY'S BEEN THROUGH IT.  HE'S BEEN REALLY GOOD; AND DEMARCO MURRAY TAKES THE HANDOFF FOR 17 YDS.  HE'S THE 2ND R.B. SINCE 1960 TO START THE SEASON WITH 5 STRAIGHT GAMES OF 100 RUSHING YDS. OR MORE.  THEN ANDRE JOHNSON WITH THE TEXANS TRAILING 17-10.  IT'S A PICKUP OF ABOUT 20 YDS. DOWN TO THE 25 YD. LINE.  VERY NEXT PLAY.  BRIAN FITZPATRICK FROM THE SHOTGUN.  HE'S GONNA FIND HIS OTHER EXPLOSIVE WIDE RECEIVER.  THIS TIME HE'S GONNA FIND D'ANDRE HOPKINS, WHO TAKES IT RIGHT DOWN TO THE 6 YD. LINE.  IT'S A GAIN OF 19 FOR HOPKINS.  2 PLAYS LATER.  FOSTER, ANOTHER HANDOFF.  AND IT'S ANOTHER TD.  HIS 2ND OF THE AFTERNOON AND THE TEXANS TIE IT UP AT 17 A PIECE WITH 41 SECS. REMAINING.  SO, ENSUING COWBOYS POSSESSION.  ROMO DUMPS IT DOWN TO MURRAY WHO THEN FORCES HIS WAY OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 41 YD. LINE.  THEY STILL HAVE ALL 3 TIMEOUTS.  2 PLAYS LATER ROMO FINDS MURRAY AGAIN, AND HE TAKES IT TO THE TEXANS 45.  THAT WAS A 14 YD. PICKUP.  NOW JUST 3 SECS. LEFT.  HERE'S DAN BAILEY.  HE'S LOOKING FOR THE GAME-WINNER FROM 53 YDS. OUT.  THAT WOULD BE NO GOOD.  SO THIS ONE WOULD GO TO OVERTIME.  DAN BAILEY HAD MADE 30 CONSECUTIVE F.G.'S UP UNTIL THAT POINT.  ALRIGHT, SO AFTER A FAILED TEXANS POSSESSION, COWBOYS JUST NEED A F.G. TO WIN.  SO ROMO THEN DROPS BACK TO PASS.  HE FINDS HIS FAVORITE TARGET AFTER GETTING CLEANED OUT IN THE POCKET.  THERE'S DEZ BRYANT.  WHAT AN AMAZING CATCH OVER JONATHAN JOSEPH.  A 37 YD. GAIN FOR DEZ BRYANT.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CONCENTRATION.  YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT HANDS.  I MEAN PERFECTLY DEFENSED BY JONATHAN JOSEPH BUT DEZ BRYANT, OH MY GOODNESS.  GOES THROUGH JONATHAN JOSEPH TO BRING DOWN THAT BALL; AND THAT WOULD PUT THE COWBOYS IN F.G. RANGE.  GUESS WHAT?  DAN BAILEY DOESN'T MISS FROM 49 YDS. AND THE COWBOYS WIN 20-17.

 

 

1:32:49;03 - BUFFALO BILLS @ DETROIT LIONS

 

BUFFALO BILLS TAKING ON THE DETROIT LIONS.  JIM SCHWARTZ, THE DEF. COORD. FOR THE BILLS.  IT'S SCHWARTZ'S FIRST TIME PLAYING AGAINST HIS OLD TEAM SINCE BEING FIRED LAST SEASON.  MEANWHILE, KYLE ORTON ..REMEMBER, REPLACED E.J. MANUEL AS THE BILLS STARTING QB.  AND ORTON, WELL, HE HAD A ROUGH GO OF IT.  AT LEAST EARLY ON.  ORTON STRUGGLED AGAINST THE LIONS STOUT DEFENSE IN THE 1ST HALF.  HE'S SACKED THERE FOR A LOSS OF 9 YDS. BY ASHLEY PALMER.  2ND QUARTER NOW, TRAILING 7-0.  ORTON'S PASS INTENDED FOR SAMMY WATKINS.  IS THAT INTERCEPTED BY RAHSHEN MATHIS?  AND THEY CALL THAT A PICK 6.  LIONS LED 14-0.  ORTON FINISHED THE GAME 30 OF 43 FOR 308 YDS., A TD. AND A PICK.  CALVIN JOHNSON.  REMEMBER HE CAME INTO THIS GAME A LITTLE BANGED UP.  LAST WEEK HAD 2 CATCHES FOR 12 YDS.  HERE HIS LONE PASS AND CATCH OF THE GAME FOR 7.  BUT, AS YOU COULD SEE, HE GOT ROLLED UP ON BY LEOTUS MCCLAIN.  HE'D LEAVE THE GAME AND WOULD NOT RETURN.  TOUGH NEWS FOR CALVIN JOHNSON AND DETROIT LIONS FANS.  ALRIGHT, LET'S GO BACK.  1ST QUARTER NOW.  THIS IS THE LIONS BALL.  STAFFORD FOUND GOLDEN TATE FOR A 9 YD. SCORE AND THE LIONS LED 7-0.  THAT WAS TATE'S VERY FIRST TD. AS A LION.  FAST-FORWARD TO THE 4TH QUARTER.  THE BILLS TRAILING 14-6.  ORTON, OH HELLO.  A GREAT PITCH AND CATCH TO MARQUES GOODWIN FOR A 42 YD. COMPLETION.  GOODWIN'S 1ST CATCH OF THE SEASON.  2 PLAYS LATER, HOW ABOUT THAT?  CHRIS GRAD, THE 3RD STRING T.E. FOR A 2 YD. TD. AND GUESS WHAT?  THE BILLS WOULD ALSO COMPLETE THE 2 PT. CONVERSION ON A FRED JACKSON RUN.  SO THE GAME'S TIED AT 14.  NEXT LIONS POSSESSION, STAFFORD SACKED BY JERRY HUGHS AND SCHWARTZ FIRED-UP IN HIS DEFENSE.  SO NEXT BILLS POSSESSION, 3RD AND 11.  JUST 1:13 LEFT TO GO IN THE GAME.  ORTON'S PASS INTENDED FOR FRED JACKSON.  NEARLY INTERCEPTED BY JASON JONES.  SO THE LIONS WITH A BIG STOP ON 3RD DOWN THERE.  SO ENSUING LIONS POSSESSION.  JUST A MINUTE AND 2 REMAINING.  STAFFORD FINDS GOLDEN TATE, AND LOOK AT GOLDEN TATE PUT ON THE AFTERBURNERS.  A 55 YD. CATCH AND RUN.  TATE WITH 134 YDS. AND A TD.  SO, 26 SECS. REMAINING.  ALEX HENRY, 50 YD. F.G. ATTEMPT IS NO GOOD.  THAT MAY HAVE WON IT FOR THEM BUT IT WAS THE 3RD MISSED F.G. OF THE GAME.  THE LIONS HAVE NOW MISSED 8 F.G.'S ON THE YEAR.  THE MOST IN THE NFL.  ENSUING BILLS POSSESSION.  ORTON FINDS WATKINS, SAMMY WATKINS.  A PICKUP OF 20 YDS.  1ST DOWN BILLS.  2 PLAYS LATER, FROM THE 40 YD. LINE, 9 SECS. TO GO.  YES, FROM THE 40.  THAT MEANS THIS IS A 58 YD. TRY.  DAN CARPENTER BURIES IT.  ORTON FIRED UP.  SCHWARTZ FIRED-UP AS WELL.  JIM SCHWARTZ WOULD END UP BEING CARRIED OFF OF THE FIELD BY HIS DEF. PLAYERS AND THE BILLS WIN, 17-14.

 

 

1:36:13;29 - BALTIMORE RAVENS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

 

THE BALT. RAVENS TAKING ON THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS.  ANDREW LUCK LOOKING TO GET HIS BALL CLUB ABOVE 500.  JOE FLACCO, MEANWHILE, AND THE RAVENS LOOKING FOR THEIR 4TH WIN IN A ROW.  BUT THE RAVENS HAD TROUBLE HANGING ONTO THE ROCK IN THE FIRST QUARTER.  HERE THE RAVENS FIRES TO STEVE SMITH AND, REMEMBER, HE'S A WEEK REMOVED FROM SPILLING BLOOD AND GUTS VS. CAROLINA.  BUT HERE, FUMBLES THE ROCK.  JUST 34 YDS. THIS WEEK AND NO TDS. FOR STEVE SMITH SENIOR.  THAT WOULD LEAD TO A 48 YD. ADAM VINATIERRI F.G., AND THE COLTS LED EARLY 3-0.  THEN TORY SMITH ON A PAT MCAFFEE PUNT.  TRIED TO LET IT GO BUT THE BALL TOOK A FUNNY BOUNCE, AND IT HIT HIM RIGHT IN THE LEG.  IT'S RECOVERED BY THE COLTS, AND THE RAVENS TURN THE BALL OVER AGAIN.  RAVENS 3RD QUARTER, 3RD DOWN.  DOWN 6-3.  JOE FLACCO.  OH NO, THAT'S INTERCEPTED BY VONTE DAVIS.  HE WAS LOOKING FOR TORY SMITH.  THAT WAS THE 3RD TURNOVER OF THE GAME FOR THE BALT. RAVENS.  HOW ABOUT 7 PLAYS LATER, HERE COMES INDIANAPOLIS.  ANDREW LUCK.  HE'S PRETTY GOOD, THIS ANDREW LUCK KID.  I THINK HE'S GONNA STICK IN THE NFL.  LOOKING, LOOKING, LOOKING.  THEN FIRES AND FINDS DWAYNE ALLEN IN THE END ZONE FOR THE TD.  IT'S DWAYNE ALLEN'S 4TH TD. OF THE SEASON, AND THE COLTS ARE UP 13-3.  2 COLTS POSSESSIONS LATER, 3RD & GOAL.  LUCK SCRAMBLING.  SCRAMBLING.  FIND..OR TRIES TO FIND AHMAD BRADSHAW.  BUT THE BALL BATTED IN THE AIR AND INTERCEPTED BY C.J. MOSELEY.  THAT WAS LUCK'S 2ND INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME AND THE RAVENS TAKE OVER.  FAST-FORWARD TO THE 4TH QUARTER NOW.  RAVENS PUNTING ON 4TH & 3.  GRIFF WAYLON FOR THE COLTS BACK THERE.  GRIFF WAYLON FOR THE COLTS.  LOST THE BALL.  JEREMY MILES...GOT HIT BY JEREMY MILES, RATHER.  THEN IT'S THE RAVENS WHO FLY IN TO RECOVER THE BALL.  THE RAVENS WOULD TAKE OVER.  JUSTIN TUCKER WOULD HIT A 27 YD. F.G. AND THE RAVENS DOWN JUST 7.  13-6.  NEXT COLTS POSSESSION, LUCK FINDS DWAYNE ALLEN AGAIN.  A BEAUTIFUL PITCH AND CATCH.  A 28 YD. GAIN FOR DWAYNE ALLEN DOWN TO THE RAVENS 36 YD. LINE.  THE COLTS ON THE MOVE.  4 PLAYS LATER, LUCK DROPS BACK TO PASS.  HE'S LOOKING AROUND BUT TUCKS AND RUNS.  WILL HE GET IN?  YES HE DOES.  13 YDS. FOR THE TD.  LUCK'S 2ND RUSH TD. OF THE SEASON, AND THE COLTS ARE NOW UP 14, 20-6.  THEN, NEXT RAVENS POSSESSION.  LOOK FOR SOMETHING, ANYTHING.  HOW ABOUT JUSTIN FORSETT OUT OF CAL.  TAKES THE HANDOFF UP THE MIDDLE.  END ZONE.  TOUCHDOWN.  RAVENS DOWN 7.  20-13.  COLTS BALL.  1:56 LEFT ON THE CLOCK.  IF THEY SCORE IT'S PRETTY MUCH OVER BUT THAT WOULD BE AHMAD BRADSHAW GETTING THE BALL RIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND TERRANCE BROOKS RECOVERS FOR THE RAVENS.  IT'S THE 2ND WILSON TURNOVER OF THE GAME FOR THE COLTS.  THEN, HOW ABOUT THIS?  THAT WAS ON 4TH DOWN WITH JUST 1:15 LEFT TO GO IN THE GAME.  ON 4TH DOWN, NO LESS, FLACCO FINDS OWEN DANIELS.  HERE ANOTHER 4TH DOWN.  FLACCO LOOKING DEEP NEARSIDE.  BALL TIPPED AND TIPPED AWAY.  THAT'D BE THE BALL GAME.  THE COLTS WIN, 20-13, AND THEY IMPROVE TO 3-2.

 

 

1:39:48;05 - PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

 

ALRIGHT, THE PITTS. STEELERS TAKING ON THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER, 32 YRS. OLD, 11TH YEAR IN THE LEAGUE.  BLAKE BORTLES, 22 YRS. OLD, 1ST YEAR IN THE LEAGUE.  ALRIGHT, 2ND QUARTER NOW.  STEELERS.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER PLENTY OF TIME.  CLEAN POCKET BUT SCRAMBLES.  DOES WHAT HE DOES.  SCRAMBLES AND FINDS AN OPEN RECEIVER.  THAT'S ANTONIO BROWN.  A 23 YD. PICKUP, AND THE STEELERS END THE DRIVE WITH A F.G.  IT'S TIED 3 APIECE.  BORTLES ON THE ENSUING JAGUARS POSSESSION.  HOW ABOUT THIS?  SCRAMBLING AND THEN FINDS AN OPEN RECEIVER.  THAT'D BE ALLEN HEARNS, A 20 YD. PICKUP.  BUT, HOLD THE PHONE.  WOULD NOT COUNT DUE TO A HOLDING PENALTY.  SO 2 PLAYS LATER, BORTLES LOOKING DEEP NEARSIDE, AND IT'S INTERCEPTED BY CORTEZ ALLEN.  THE PASS INTENDED FOR ALLEN ROBINSON.  THE STEELERS NOW.  ROETHLISBERGER FINDS ONE OF HIS OLD RELIABLE TARGETS.  HEATH MILLER.  A 27 YD. GAIN AND IT'S 1ST & 10 AT THE JAGUARS 43 YD. LINE.  SAME DRIVE, 3RD & GOAL FROM THE 1.  ROETHLISBERGER ROLLS OUT THEN FINDS MICHAEL PALMER FOR THE 1 YD. TOUCHDOWN.  A 10 PLAY 70 YD. DRIVE, AND THE STEELERS LEAD 10-3.  THE STEELERS ARE CURRENTLY THE 2ND MOST PENALIZED TEAM IN THE NFL AND, HERE AGAIN, A LOT OF PENALTIES.  JUST BEFORE THE HALF THE JAGUARS HAD NO TIMEOUTS.  BORTLES WENT TO SPIKE THE BALL BUT TROY POLAMALU LEAPT OVER THE TOP AND THEN CALLED FOR THE OFFSIDES.  IT LED TO A JAGUARS F.G.  THEN, IN THE 3RD QUARTER, THIS IS A NICE PICKUP BY LANCE MOORE.  A 26 YD. GAIN BUT HE SPIKED THE BALL AND WAS CALLED FOR A DELAY OF GAME PENALTY.  MIKE TOMLIN AND HE HAD A NOT SO HAPPY CHAT ABOUT IT.  NEXT STEELERS POSSESSION.  ROETHLISBERGER HITS ANTONIO BROWN FOR A 30 YD. GAIN.  IT'S THE 21ST STRAIGHT GAME WITH 5 OR MORE RECEPTIONS FOR BROWN.  THAT'S AN NFL RECORD.  4TH QUARTER, SAME DRIVE.  ROETHLISBERGER SCRAMBLES BUT THEN IT'S ABERY JONES WHO FORCES THE FUMBLE AND IT'S RECOVERED BY ANDRE BRANCH OF THE JAGUARS.  ROETHLISBERGER, 26 OF 36 FOR 273 YDS., 1 TD. AND 1 INTERCEPTION.  ENSUING JAGUARS POSSESSION.  KEEP AN EYE ON THE STEELERS BRYCE MCCANE.  THAT WOULD BE A PICK 6 FOR MCCAIN.  BORTLES LOOKING FOR ALLEN HEARNS, AND THEN THAT WAS MCCAINE WHO READ THE EYES AND GOT INTO THE END ZONE.  AN OLD SCHOOL STEELERS-TYPE SCORE, 17-9.  THEY WIN AND IMPROVE TO 3-2.

 

 

1:42:30;29 - MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS

 

DOWN AT LAMBEAU FIELD, SHALL WE?  TEDDY BRIDGEWATER NOT PLAYING IN THIS ONE BECAUSE OF AN ANKLE INJURY.  COULD'VE USED HIM.  GET THEM CHRISTIAN PONDER.  CHRISTIAN PONDER MAKING HIS FIRST START SINCE LAST SEASON.  AARON RODGERS COMING OFF... COME ON WILLIE.  DON'T RUIN THE HIGHLIGHT.  BIG GAME LAST WEEK AND PICKING UP RIGHT WHERE HE LEFT OFF TO RANDALL COBB.  THAT'S COBB'S 6TH TD. CATCH OF THE YEAR.  LEADS THE NFL.  CAPTAIN .. I'M SORRY YOU DREW HIM TO COVER THIS WEEK.  TOUGH NIGHT.  WE SAID THEY WOULD ATTACK THE SECONDARY.  AND THEY DID IT HERE.  A DEEP ONE TO JORDY NELSON.  66 YDS. LATER IT'S 14-0.  SAYING IS TOO MUCH.  WHAT HAPPENED HERE?  WELL HE GOT BEAT ON THE DOUBLE MOVE AND HE WASN'T, HIS EYES...RIGHT HERE YOU SEE JORDY NELSON.  HE DOES LIKE A CORNER POST-ROUTE.  I DON'T KNOW WHAT SMITH IS LOOKING AT BUT THEY'RE LIKE IN A COVER 2 SET.  HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE HASH BACKING UP.  I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S JUMPING RIGHT HERE.  BAD TECHNIQUE.  HIS EYES ARE TAKING HIM THE WRONG WAY.  JORDY NELSON MAKES A GOOD MOVE RIGHT HERE AND IT'S OVER.  YOU GIVE AARON RODGERS A WINDOW LIKE THIS.  YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO RECOVER.  THAT'S AN EDDIE LACY TD. THAT WON'T SHOW UP ON THE STAT SHEET BECAUSE THE 2 RUNS BEFORE THEM SETUP THAT PLAY ACTION PASS.  LOOK AT MCCARTHY AND RODGERS HAVING A MOMENT.  ISN'T THAT CUTE.  CHRISTIAN PONDER JUST COULDN'T GET ANYTHING GOING ON THE OFF. SIDE OF THE BALL.  A LITTLE PRESSURE IN HIS FACE RIGHT THERE, RIGHT UP THE GUT DAN.  PICKED OFF BY JULIUS PEPPERS AND WE KNOW HE'S AN ATHLETE.  OOH, LOOK AT THE BIG GUY RUN.  WE TALKED ABOUT HOW FAST HE WAS COMING INTO THE LEAGUE.  HE STILL POSSESSES SOME OF THAT SPEED.  THAT WAS QUITE A BIT OF IT RIGHT THERE.  BIG WHEEL.  21-NOTHIG.  HERE IT IS. HERE'S HOW IT WENT DOWN.  UH, OH.  YOU THINK PEPPERS..HE'S THE RUSH GUY.  WELL, NO.  WE'RE GONNA CUT A BAILOUT IN COVERAGE.  YOU SEE THIS BIG GUY.  PRESSURE IN THE FACE AGAIN.  THE BALL LOOKS LIKE IT'S TIPPED.  TRUTH IS DAN, STILL THE WRONG READ BY CHRISTIAN PONDER.  THERE'S A LITTLE FLOOD TECHNIQUE.  YOU'RE GETTING 3 GUYS ON DIFFERENT LEVELS.  THAT'S THE ONLY THING HE DID DO WELL.  HEY PEPP, HE WAS TIRED FROM THE TD.  RIGHT.  YEA, HE ADMITTED IT AFTER THE GAME TO RICHARD MCCRUE.  YOUR LEGS WERE A LITTLE SOFT AFTER THAT.  OH MY GOODNESS.  YEA.  BACK-TO-BACK THROWS FOR CHRISTIAN PONDER.  THAT'S PONDER AGAIN ON A BAD THROW.  HE THREW THE BALL BEHIND THE RECEIVER.  PERFECT CATCH FOR THE LINEBACKER.  TEDDY'S LIKE, "WHY'D YOU DO THAT CHRISTIAN?"  THAT'S .. ..  HERE COMES AARON RODGERS TO DAVONTE ADAMS.  THE 11 YD. TD.  28-NOTHING AT THIS POINT.  THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GIVE AARON RODGERS A SHORT FIELD.  YOU GET A QUICK TD.  I THINK THAT WAS THE 3RD PLAY AFTER THEY GOT THAT TURNOVER, RIGHT?  MATT OSIATA TACKLED BY MORGAN BURNETT.  HE FUMBLES THE BALL.  CASEY HAYWARD RECOVERS, AND THE PACKERS TAKE IT OVER AT THEIR OWN 34.  THE VIKINGS JUST COULDN'T GET A SINGLE THING GOING.  IN LAMBEAU, IT'S NOT LIKE AARON NEEDS EXTRA POSSESSIONS.  IT WAS LIKE THE VIKINGS SAID, "HERE, YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU OUT 2 OR 3 DRIVES BACK-TO-BACK?"  WELL THIS GUY WAS MY MVP.  EDDIE LACEY.  THEY NEEDED HIM TO STEP IT UP AND STEP IT UP HE DID TONIGHT.  BOUNCES IT TO THE OUTSIDE FOR AN 11 YD. SCORE.  PACKERS UP 35-ZIP.  HEATH AND I SAID THEY WOULD GET THIS RUNNING GAME BACK ON TRACK BEFORE THE SHOW.  YOU DID.  THEY DID TONIGHT.  THAT YOU DID.  EDDIE LACEY HAD IT GOING.  13 CARRIES.  PUTS THAT HEAD DOWN.  HAD 105 YDS. ON THE NIGHT.  42-10 IS THE FINAL.  EDDIE LACEY MY MVP BUT AARON RODGERS THE ONE WHO CUT UP WITH TRACY WOLFSON.

 

 

1:45:49;14 - ARIZONA CARDINALS @ DENVER BRONCOS

 

ONE OF 2 UNBEATEN TEAMS GOING INTO SUNDAY, AND PEYTON MANNING ON THE VERGE OF YET ANOTHER MILESTONE.  499 CAREER PASSING TDS.  THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER GUY IN THE 500 TD. CLUB.  MOOCHIE!  BRETT FAVRE, AND THERE'S A NICE FIRST TD. TO JULIUS THOMAS.  THAT PUTS HIM AT 500.  DEMARIUS THOMAS CAUGHT #400.  IT IS JULIUS THOMAS WITH #500.  NEXT BRONCOS POSSESSION ,SPEAKING OF DEMARIUS THOMAS.  HERE HE GOES.  L.T., HE IS NASTY ON THAT PLAY.  YES HE IS MAN.  HE RUNS WITH LIKE A R.B. WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS.  BIG GUY.  PHYSICAL GUY BUT HE CAN RUN. AND NOW 7 AWAY TO PASS BRETT FAVRE.  NEXT DENVER POSSESSION.  TRYING A LITTLE TRICKERY BUT WHO'S THAT?!  CALAIS .., GO GET IT BIG FELLA!  BIG MAN WITH FOOTBALL.  PEYTON MANNING DID MAKE THE TD-SAVING TACKLE.  HOWEVER, ARIZONA WOULD SCORE ON THE NEXT PLAY.  LOOK AT THIS LITTLE READ BY THE BIG MAN.  ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED DEF. LINEMEN IN THE GAME.  LOOK AT PEYTON MANNING MAKE THAT TACKLE.  NICE JOB.  BIG JOHN FOX JUST SAID, "HEY, EASY, EASY."  GET OUT OF THE WAY.  LET HIM GO.  WE'RE GOOD WITH YOU MISSING THE TACKLE.  LATER ON MANNING TO DEMARIUS THOMAS.  SEPARATION AND GONE FROM ANTONIO CROMARTIE.  WE'RE COVERING 86 YDS. FELLAS.  WE KNOW HE'S BIG AND HAS GREAT HANDS BUT LOOK AT THE SPEED THAT THIS BIG MAN HAS.  NOW JUST 6 AWAY FROM THE RECORD.  IT'S 21-13 AT THAT POINT.  3RD QUARTER, ARIZONA BALL.  DREW STANTON STILL STARTING FOR THE INJURED CARSON PALMER, AND THEN LOOKING FOR JOHN BROWN.  AND THAT IS REALLY SECONDARY ON THIS PLAY BECAUSE STANTON IS DOWN ON THE PLAY.  HIT HARD BY VON MILLER.  OH, HIS HEAD HITS THE TURF, DOESN'T IT?  HE'S GONNA GET CHECKED FOR CONCUSSION.  YEA, IT IS BAD NEWS WHEN THEY'RE TAKING THE HELMET AWAY.  SO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO LOGAN THOMAS THE 4TH ROUND PICK OUT OF VIRGINIA TECH, AND WHAT DOES HE DO?  ANDRE ELLINGTON OUT OF THE BACKFIELD!  HOW'D HE COMPLETE THAT L.T.?!  I DON'T KNOW.  HOW DID ANDRE ELLINGTON CATCH THAT?!  WELL WHEN HE CAUGHT IT.  THAT WAS LIKE THREADING THE NEEDLE, THAT ONE.  THAT WAS THOMAS' LONE COMPLETION IN 8 ATTEMPTS TO COVER 81 YDS., AND THE CARDS ARE STILL IN THIS THING.  DOWN JUST A TD.  BUT ION THE 4TH NO PATRICK PETERSON.  THEY'RE LOOKING AT HIS ANKLE.  SO DENVER WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE.  MANNING TO JULIUS THOMAS.  THAT'S A NIGHTMARE OF A MATCHUP FOR ANYBODY.  HE'S TOO BIG FOR THE CORNERS.  HE'S TOO QUICK FOR THE LINEBACKERS.  THAT JULIUS THOMAS FROM PORTLAND STATE'S SOMETHING ELSE.

 

 

1:48:27;21 - KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

 

..OUT BY THE BAY.  JIM HARBAUGH, HE'S GONNA LIKE THIS TWEET FROM THE C.E.O. JED YORK.  "JIM'S MY COACH.  WE'RE TRYING TO WIN A S.B. NOT A PERSONALITY OR POPULARITY CONTEST.  ANYMORE QUESTIONS?!"  YES.  IS THAT THE GUY YOU PICKED #1 OVERALL IN 2005 AND NOW HE'S BACK TO PLAY YOUR OLD TEAM?  YES.  THE ANSWER IS YES.  THAT'S ALEX SMITH.  TRAVIS KELSEY SCORES AND THE CHIEFS MARCHING DOWN THE FIELD.  THEY GOT A 7-ZIP LEAD ON THE NINERS.  WHAT IS THAT DANCE?  NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT'S TIME TO FIRE JIM HARBAUGH CAUSE NONE OF HIS PLAYERS LIKE HIM.  ONTO THE 2ND QUARTER.  COLIN KAEPERNICK LOOKING ACROSS THE MIDDLE.  ANQUAN BOLDEN 27 YDS.  HE CAN STILL RUN A LITTLE BIT.  HE CAN AND HE'S A MATCHUP FOR THE SMALLER CORNERS OR NICKEL GUYS BECAUSE HE'S SUCH A BIG, PHYSICAL, STRONG WIDE RECEIVER.  THEN KAEPERNICK TO A WIDE OPEN STEVIE JOHNSON..  WE SAW JOHNSON MAKE THE FINGERTIP CATCH LAST WEEK.  THIS WENT A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND THE NINERS HAVE A 13-10 LEAD.  YEA, STEVE IS STARTING TO COME ON AS A WIDE RECEIVER FOR THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM.  JAMAAL CHARLES.  IF THIS GUY STARTS BREAKING OUT ON THE GROUND GAME AND STAYING HEALTHY, LOOK OUT.  L.T. LOVE THE MOVES!  I LOVE JAMAAL CHARLES.  HE'S VERY ELUSIVE IN THE OPEN FIELD, AND HE KNOWS HOW TO FINISH RUNS.  26 YD. GAIN, HIS LONGEST OF THE DAY.  HE CARRIED 15 TIMES FOR 80 YDS.  3 PLAYS LATER, D'ANTHONY  THOMAS PLAYING IN HIS FIRST NFL GAME.  HE IS A DIFFERENT SORT OF WEAPON.  YOU KNOW I HAD HIM ON GAME-CHANGERS, AND HE HIT ME WITH .. ONE TIME JUST LIKE THAT.  WATCH HIM DROP HIS SHOULDER PAD.  DID HE HIT YOU?  THIS GUY, HE PACKS A PUNCH.  YEA, I WAS HOLDING A BAG AND HE RAN ME OVER.  MOOCH, YOU'RE LIKE 80.  THAT'S NOT FAIR.  WHY IS HE GONNA HIT YOU?  A TOUGH GUY.  CHIEFS UP 17-13.  4TH QUARTER, IT'S NOW 17-16.  CRAIG DAHL TAKING IT UP THE MIDDLE AS THE NINERS WERE LINING UP FOR THE PUNT.  A LITTLE TRICKERY, JIM.  THAT'LL MAKE YOU POPULAR OUT THERE.  2 PLAYS LATER, KAEPERNICK TO BRANDON LLOYD, WHO'S PLAYING FOR THE NINERS FOR LIKE THE 8TH TIME IN HIS CAREER.  WHAT A CATCH HE MADE.  LOOK AT THAT GUY.  LOOKS LIKE A HIGH JUMPER.  THAT'S A 29 YD. GAIN.  LED TO A PHIL DAWSON F.G. AND A NINERS 2 PT. LEAD.  CHIEFS ENSUING DRIVE.  3RD & 1.  ALEX SMITH.  BATTED DOWN BY AHMAD BROOKS AND K.C. IS FORCED TO PUNT.  NOW THIS IS THE CRAZIEST PLAY.  YEP.  NINERS LINING UP FOR 50 PLUS YD. F.G.  WHAT'S THE FLAG?!  TOO MANY MEN ON THE FIELD.  AND THAT'S AFTER...HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN, COACH?!  THAT'S AFTER THE REF'S TALKING TO ANDY REID.  THE CLOCK WAS STOPPED.  THE WHOLE THING.  12 GUYS ON THE FIELD.  COME ON!  SO THE CHIEFS HAD TO BURN ALL THEIR TIMEOUTS.  SO NOW THEY'RE DOWN 5 AFTER A DAWSON F.G.  NOW REMEMBER 20 YRS. AGO, JOE AGAINST HIS OLD TEAM LEADING A COMEBACK.  BUT THAT WAS AT ARROWHEAD.  SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ALEX SMITH AGAINST HIS OLD TEAM?  OH, I CAN SEE THE STORYBOOK ENDING, AND HERE IT IS EXCEPT PARRIS COX SAYS, "I HATED THAT ENDING.  IT SUCKED BACK THEN."  I LIKE THIS ONE WAY WAY BETTER.

 

 

1:51:23;19 - NEW YORK JETS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

 

DOWN IN S.D.  I THINK IT'S THAT TEAM IN THE AFC WEST YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT L.T.  YOU'RE GONNA BE IN TOUCH WITH MR. PHILIP THIS WEEK.  LOOK AT THIS TO ANTONIO GATES.  I LOVE IT.  EVERY PASS THAT GUY THROWS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE PICKED OFF IN THE BACKYARD, RIGHT?  YEA.  IT GETS THERE THOUGH, SOMEHOW.  ALRIGHT.  THIS IS BAD NEWS.  DONALD BROWN.  I MEAN THEY'VE ALREADY LOST DANNY WOODHEAD.  THERE'S NO RYAN MATTHEWS.  SO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO BRANDON OLIVER WHO LOOKS, IS THAT DARREN SPROLES?!  IT'S HIS UNIFORM. SERIOUSLY.  IT LOOKS JUST LIKE DARREN SPROLES.  THAT WAS A 15 YD. SCAMPER.  THE CHARGERS UP 21-ZIP.  GENO SMITH.  HE LED THE NFL IN ...TURNOVERS COMING IN WITH 7. AND GENO, WELL HE JUST DIDN'T DISAPPOINT.  HE'S THROWING IT OUT.  HE WAS 4 OF 12.  4 OF 12 IN THE FIRST HALF.  HERE HE'S GOING DEEP.  IT'S PICKED OFF BY BRANDON FLOWERS.  HIT HIM RIGHT IN STRIDE.  THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.  AND GENO, REMEMBER, REX LAST WEEK SAID, "HEY, IF HE'S HEALTHY, HE'S MY QB."  WELL APPARENTLY AT HALFTIME THEY SAID, O.K., HE'S HEALTHY BUT HE'S NOT MY QB.  WELCOME TO THE MIKE VICK ERA.  YOU GET HURT FEELINGS AFTER 4 OF 12.  ALRIGHT.  SO THAT'S NO GOOD.  HE GETS PRESSURED AND DUMPED RIGHT THERE.  AND THEN ..OH NO, MICHAEL VICK JUST, JUST...JUST GET OFF ME!!  YOU KNOW YOU EXPECT MICHAEL VICK TO COME IN AND GIVE A SPARK TO THIS TEAM.  WELL IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

 

 

1:52:55;20 - CINCINNATI BENGALS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

 

...LADAINIAN TOMLINSON IN FOR DEION SANDERS AS WELL..AND TOM BRADY.  YEA, WE MISS YOU TODD.  WE KNOW YOU DON'T MISS US.  O.K.  SO BRADY ON THE FIRST DRIVE LOOKING PRETTY DARN GOOD IN A 2 T.E. SET TO TIM WRIGHT.  I THINK TIM WRIGHT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED.  IT GOT THEM RIGHT.  WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MAN RIGHT HERE, BELICHICK, WILL FIND SOME ANSWERS, AND HE FOUND THE RIGHT ANSWER.  GOING FOR IT ON 4TH & 1.  LOOK AT BRADY JUST PLUNGING AHEAD FOR 4 YDS. AND TALKING A LITTLE SMACK DOWN THERE.  THE MINDSET OF N.E.  BRADY RAN 2 STRAIGHT QB SNEAKS TRYING TO GET IT IN, SACRIFICING HIMSELF BEFORE REALLY REIGNING IN.  AND THEN NEXT PATS POSSESSION, BRADY TO GRONK WHO LOOKED AS GOOD AS HE HAS IN QUITE AWHILE.  YEA, I LIKE GRONK.  GRONK LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GETTING SOME OF THE CONFIDENCE...  WHAT'D HE HAVE, 100 YDS. ON THE DAY?  COMING BACK TO WHO HE IS NOW.  AND CONGRATS TO TOM BRADY.  6TH PLAYER.  YEA, RAISE THE ROOF MAN.  NOTHING LIKE LITTLE MAN WRIGHT TO MAKE EVERYBODY START PLAYING RIGHT.  AND THEN BRADY TO MR. WRIGHT.  HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE AND THEN LOOK AT THIS.  MOST IMPORTANTLY THE PATRIOTS WERE HAVING FUN.  LOOK AT HIM AND EDELMAN.  YOU TAKE IT.  NO YOU TAKE IT.  AND LISTEN TO THE CROWD.  THEY LOVE IT.  HEY, I'M GONNA TELL YOU.  THAT'S THE MOST FUN I'VE SEEN TOM BRADY HAVE ... YES, EXACTLY.  IN A GAME IN A LONG TIME.  LISTEN MAN, I DO RADIO UP IN N.E.  THEY WERE CALLING FOR TOM'S HEAD.  THEY WANTED HIM OUT OF THERE.  WELL, HEY, THE DEFENSE HELPING OUT HERE.  LOOK AT DARRELLE REVIS WITH THE STRIP AND THEN THE PATRIOTS.  ACTUALLY THE BALL'S NOT GONNA BE PLACED THERE.  IT'S GONNA BE PLACED BACK IN THE 25 BECAUSE UNDER 2 MINS. TO GO THE GUY THAT FUMBLED IT HAS TO RECOVER IT.  ANYWAY, IT GOT TO A F.G. AND A 20-3 HALFTIME ...  GREAT PLAY BY REVIS THERE GETTING THE OFF ARM IN UNDER THE BALL AND STRIPPING IT FROM A.J. GREEN.  JUST A FABULOUS PLAY.  I'M TELLING YOU, AS A TEAM COLLECTIVELY, THEY PLAYED WELL TONIGHT.  THEY ANSWERED ALL THE CRITICS ASKING WHAT'S WRONG WITH N.E.  ARE THEY DONE?  ONTO THE 3RD QUARTER ,PATS UP 10 AND SHANE VEREEN.  L.T., HE'S PRETTY CRAFTY.  WELL HE'S A DO IT ALL GUY.  I MEAN YOU CAN USE THIS GUY TO DO ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED HIM TO DO ON OFFENSE.  CATCH IT.  RUN IT OUTSIDE, INSIDE.  ALL AROUND GUY.  DID YOU SAY CATCH IT?  GRONK VISION.  MAN, ME LIKE GRONK!  ME LIKE FOOTBALL.  THAT GIVES GRONK CONFIDENCE, AND YOU SEE HOW HE SCORED THAT TD.  IT WAS CLOSE BY THE KNEE.  I'M TELLING YOU, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE COMING BACK OFF THAT KNEE INJURY.  EVERYTHING, YOU'RE GAINING CONFIDENCE.  HE'S GETTING MORE CONFIDENT.  AND HOW ABOUT THE ENSUING KICKOFF TO FORMER PATRIOT BRANDON TATE FUMBLES.  ... WITH THE FLIP.  DIDN'T QUITE STICK THE LANDING BUT WE'LL TAKE THE POINTS ANYWAY.  IT AIN'T COLD ENOUGH TO HAVE A COUGH GUYS.  L.T. FLIPS.  THE PATRIOT.  THEY LED 34-10 AT THAT POINT.  COME ON TOMMY.  YEA!  THEY STILL LOVE US!  LOOK AT TOM HAVING FUN.  TOM'S HAVING FUN PLAYING FOOTBALL AGAIN.  AND HERE'S THE THING.  CINCY ALLOWED 33 PTS. TOTAL IN THE FIRST 3 GAMES COMBINED.

 

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