SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 16

  1. TITANS @ JAGUARS  2:48

  2. EAGLES @ REDSKINS  3:29

  3. CHARGERS @ 49ERS  3:16

  4. VIKINGS @ DOLPHINS  4:57

  5. RAVENS @ TEXANS  3:38

  6. LIONS @ BEARS  3:59

  7. BROWNS @ PANTHERS  3:50

  8. FALCONS @ SAINTS  3:59

  9. PACKERS @ BUCCANEERS  2:37

  10. PATRIOTS @ JETS  3:47

  11. CHIEFS @ STEELERS  4:03

  12. GIANTS @ RAMS  1:28

  13. BILLS @ RAIDERS  1:15

  14. COLTS @ COWBOYS  4:11

  15. SEAHAWKS @ CARDINALS 4:29

 

  TRT:   64:19  

 

1:10:12;11 - TENNESSEE TITANS @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

THAT'S RIGHT.  4 WINS COMBINED FOR THESE 2 TEAMS COMING INTO THIS ONE.  BOTH DESPERATE FOR A WIN.  CHARLIE WHITEHURST ACTUALLY PLAYED VERY WELL FOR HIS TEAM.  HE DID.  3RD & GOAL, FIND LEON WASHINGTON, THE WILEY VET OUT OF FLORIDA ST.  WASHINGTON GOT A LOT OF TOUCHES IN THAT FIRST SERIES.  SURE DID.  AND THIS WAS COOL.  LEON GIVING THE BALL TO HIS SON.  SHARING IS CARING.  JAXSON DEVILLE SHARED A PIE TO THE FACE.  WHAT A WASTE.  LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE RED VELVET TOO.  RED VELVET...MMM.  I'M GONNA HAVE ME A RED VELVET DONUT TOMORROW.  BLAKE BORTLES.  BLAKE BORTLES HAD HIS MOMENT... BUT NOT RIGHT HERE.  LACKED A LITTLE AWARENESS THERE.  GLAD THAT BLAKE GOT UP BECAUSE HE TOOK A BEATING ON THAT PLAY.  HE'S USED TO IT.  HE'S BEEN SACKED A LOT THIS YEAR.  YOU SAID IT.  HIS TOLERANCE HAS GROWN.  I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY HE MOVED AROUND AND SCRAMBLED TONIGHT.  THAT WAS LIKE ALA EARLY BIG BEN CAREER TYPE DEALS THERE.  3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 1.  BORTLES.  NICE BACK SHOULDER THROW TO MERCEDES LEWIS.  LONG BEACH FINEST.  IT'S A GREAT THROW BUT HE HAD TO COME DOWN AND THE BALL.  WATCH HIM GO UP, SECURE THE CATCH, AND HE TRIES TO RAKE IT OUT.  HE FIGHTS FOR IT.  COMES DOWN WITH THE TD.  I THOUGHT I SAW A PUSH OFF IN THERE TOO WILLIE.  MOVING ON TO THE 3RD QUARTER.  WILLIE, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND LET YOU TAKE THIS AWAY SINCE THIS IS SOMEBODY ELSE YOU KNOW.  BORTLES DELIVERS A STRIKE TO MY MAN MARQUIS LEE, AND WATCH THIS STOP AND GO, GET SOME MORE YDS., SECURE THE FOOTBALL.  GREAT PLAY.  I THINK I WENT TO S.C.  THAT HE DID.  YES HE DID.  PICKS UP 34 YDS.  A NICE, NICE NIGHT FOR LEE.  4 CATCHES, 65 YDS.  AND HOW ABOUT THIS TRICKERATION.  CECIL SHORTS TO JORDAN TODDMAN FOR 9 YDS. AND THE 1ST DOWN.  THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK FOR 9 YDS.  IT'S STILL 1ST DOWN.  LOOK AT THOSE FEET.  OH MY GOODNESS, A TOBY GERHARDT SIGHTING.  IF YOU NEVER HAD A FEAT LIKE THAT.  DID YOU SEE THAT SPIN MOVE?  SHOW THEM THOSE MUSCLES.  2ND RUSHING TD. OF THE YEAR FOR GERHARDT.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  YOU GET NO RESPONSE FROM ME.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  TITANS HAVE THE BALL.  DOWN 14-10.  CHARLIE WHITEHURST ON 4TH & 2 TO CHRIS ...  OH, HE'S CLOSE BUT CLOSE ONLY COUNTS IN HORSESHOES.  TITANS TURN IT OVER ON DOWNS.  YOU STILL PLAY HORSESHOES?  NO, BUT IT JUST...IT SOUNDS GOOD, YEA.  YOU LEFT OUT SOMETHING OF THE OTHER ...  I'M MORE OF A CORN HOLE GUY ACTUALLY.  62 YDS.  TALK ABOUT A HORSE.  HE GOT OUT THE GATE RIGHT HERE.  GORDON TODDMAN.  SO THE JAGS TAKE A 21-10 LEAD.  TODDMAN, 5 CARRIES FOR 71 YDS.  SO, CLEARLY, HE DID MOST OF HIS DAMAGE ON THIS RUN.  LOOK AT HIM WATCHING HIMSELF.  I'D WATCH MYSELF TOO.  YEA.  BUT THEN HE ABOUT GETS PULLED INTO THE STANDS WHEN HE JUMPS UP IN THERE.  HE ABOUT WENT HEAD-FIRST.  IT'S ONLY 1 ROW.  SO WE JUMP IN THE STANDS THERE.  NO, NOT AT ALL.  FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME.  CENDERICK MARKS GETS TO CHARLIE WHITEHURST.  HE NEEDED HALF OF A SACK TO COLLEGE A $600,000 BONUS.

 

1:13:12;16 - PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS

WELL THE DAY STARTED WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE A MISMATCH.  THE REDSKINS HAD BEEN REELING.  PHILA. CAME IN DESPERATE TO KEEP THE HEAT ON THE COWBOYS IN THE NFC EAST.  2ND HALF KICKOFF, THE REDSKINS TRAILING BY 4 AND ...COUGH IT UP ... ROBERTS.  YOU GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL.  BALL SECURITY HEATH.  BALL SECURITY.  MALCOLM JENKINS GOT HIS HEAD IN THERE AND KNOCKED THE FOOTBALL FREE.  PHILA. RECOVERS AND THEY WERE IN BUSINESS ALREADY UP BY 4.  BUT 4 PLAYS LATER IT'S 4TH DOWN.  BRING OUT THE KICKER, CODY PARKEY.  OH, THAT'S HIS ONLY JOB.  HE HAD ONLY MISSED 2 KICKS ALL YEAR.  THIS MISS WAS FROM 34 YDS.  KIND OF PUT A BOOKMARK IN THAT ONE MENTALLY THERE.  WE CALL THAT A CHIP SHOT.  WE'LL COME BACK TO  IT.  ENSUING REDSKINS DRIVE.  THEY TAKE A SHOT WITH ANDRE ROBERTS BUT INCOMPLETE.  ROUGHING THE PASSER, HOWEVER, ON BRANDON GRAHAM.  WHAT DID WE THINK OF THIS ONE GUYS?  A LOT OF THESE TICKY-TACKY CALLS.  I'M THE OFF. GUY SO I'M ALL FOR EASY 1ST DOWNS.  BUT HOW'S THAT TICKY-TACKY WHEN HE HIT HIM IN THE FACE?  I MEAN I'M JUST SAYING.  DID HE HURT HIM?  NO.  I MEAN HE'S A QB.  DID HE HURT HIM?  THE DRIVE CONTINUED.  DARRELL YOUNG PUNCHED IT IN TO PUT THE REDSKINS UP 17-14.  LATER IN THE 3RD, EAGLES LESEAN MCCOY STUFFED.  BRING OUT THE KICKER AGAIN.  I SAID CODY PARKEY HAD ONLY MISSED 2 ALL YEAR.  RIGHT.  HE MISSED 2 TONIGHT.  2 IN THIS GAME.  DID HE GO TO SYRACUSE SCOTT?  NO, HE DID NOT.  YOU KNOW WHERE HE WENT!  YEA, HE WENT TO AUBURN.  COME ON CODY.  GET IT TOGETHER.  2 PLAYS LATER AND GRIFFIN THEN TAKING A DEEP SHOT.  THIS WAS OPEN ALL GAME.  DESEAN JACKSON, R.G. III.  D. JACK CONNECTION.  55 YDS. THERE.  THEY WOULD PUNCH IT IN.  ANOTHER SHORT TD. RUN.  THE REDSKINS LEAD WAS EXTENDED TO 24-14.  NOW THEY TAKE ANOTHER DEEP SHOT AGAIN, BUT SAFETY HELP COMES OVER.  THIS TIME NATE ALLEN.  NICE PLAY BY NATE ALLEN COMING ACROSS.  HE SHOULD BE FAVORING DESEAN JACKSON SINCE THEY HIT HIM EARLY ON THE BIG PLAY.  SMART PLAY BY NATE ALLEN.  GOOD PLAY.  JUST A 3 PT. GAME HERE.  SO 8 PLAYS LATER, EAGLES DOWN AROUND THE GOAL LINE.  MARK SANCHEZ TRYING TO PLAY THE HERO.  ZACK ERTZ HAD A HUGE GAME TODAY BUT, COULDN'T COME UP WITH THAT ONE.  THAT'S A TIGHT THROW.  YOU’RE TRYING TO SQUEEZE IT IN BETWEEN 3 WASH. REDSKINS.  THAT'S A TOUGH THROW.  EAGLES WOULD TIE IT UP.  PARKEY DID MAKE A F.G.  A 22 YARDER.  WE WERE TIED AT 24.  NO.  EAGLES GET IT BACK AGAIN AND TURN IT BACK OVER... SAY IT AIN'T SO.  LATE IN THE 4TH QUARTER.  BESHARD BRELAND ON THE PICK.  BREAK IT DOWN FOR US FELLAS.  WELL, DOGGONE.  YOU DON’T WANT MARK SANCHEZ OVER 30 THROWS.  HE ENDED UP WITH 50.  YOU KNEW SOMETHING BAD WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN.  IT'S LOW.  IT'S BEHIND.  YOU GIVE BRELAND AN OPPORTUNITY.  OUTSTANDING PLAY BY THE D.B. BUT, MARK, BUDDY..  IT'S A BAD THROW.  YOU PLAYED GREAT UNTIL THAT POINT.  THAT'S ALL YOUR FAULT.  R.G. III BACK IN THE STARTING LINEUP.  A CHANCE TO BE...  PIERRE GARCON WITH A SHORT CATCH AND A LONG RUN AFTERWARDS.  TALKING ABOUT A SIMPLE CATCH.  A WIGGLE ON THE INSIDE.  HIT THE SIDELINE.  GET UP FIELD.  I BET YOU LIKE THAT PLAY ON VINNIE CURRY TOO.  THAT LITTLE CHEAP 10 YDS., DON'T YOU?  ROUGHING THE PASSER CALLED ON THAT.  SO 15 MORE YDS.  THEY'RE IN EASY KY FORBATH F.G. RANGE.  26 YDS., MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.  YEA, YOU BETCHA.  RIGHT DOWN THE LOGO.  WASH. UPSETS PHILA. 27-24.  ROBERT GRIFFIN THE 3RD WITH 220 YDS. PASSING ON THE DAY.  A BIG HUG FOR THE GAME-WINNING KICKER AND THE SCORE LOOKS LIKE THAT BUT THE SUBTEXT HERE IS PHILA.  THEY WERE 9-3 AT ONE POINT IN THE SEASON.  THEY ARE NOW 9-6, AND NOW DALLAS CONTROLS EVERYTHING IN THE NFC EAST.  THE EAGLES NEED THE DALLAS COWBOYS TO LOSE OUT.  THEN PHILA. HAS TO WIN IN WK. 17.

 

1:16:51;16 - SAN DIEGO CHARGERS @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

...THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN.  WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE 2 UPSETS.  WE HAD 1 DOOSY OF A GAME IN SANTA CLARA.  JIM HARBAUGH COACHING...ARE THESE HIS FINAL GAMES AS THE HEAD MAN AT THE 49ERS?  NINERS HAVE HAD TROUBLE ON OFFENSE.  THEY HADN'T SCORED 17 IN 5 STRAIGHT GAMES.  THEY WERE AT 21 PTS. EARLY IN THE 2ND QUARTER.  YEA.  ANTOWANE BETHEA.  GOOD YEAR BY BETHEA THIS YEAR.  BEEN A LITTLE SPARK FOR THIS S.F. DEFENSE.  21-0 AT THAT POINT.  IT WAS 28-7.  YEA,... AT THE HALF.  YEA, I'M GOING TO MICHIGAN AFTER THIS GAME.  OH, SORRY.  3RD QUARTER THOUGH, DIFFERENT STORY IN THE 2ND HALF HERE.  COLIN KAEPERNICK.  HEATH, WE WERE WATCHING THE GAME TOGETHER.  YOU SAID, JUST DON'T MAKE ANY BIG MISTAKES HERE.  BE SMART.  BE SMART.  OH, THAT'S NOT SMART.  BALL COMES LOOSE.  BALL GOES INTO THE END ZONE.  BALL COVERED BY THE CHARGERS.  TAKE 1 MORE LOOK AT IT.  IT'S JUST A BALL SECURITY ISSUE AS RICARDO MATTHEWS WOULD END UP GETTING TO HIM.  FREENEY GETS A HALF ON THAT.  YOU GET A HALF A SACK ON THAT ONE.  FREENEY GOT A HALF.  THIS RIGHT HERE IS A MOMENTUM SHIFTER BECAUSE THEY GOT WHITE BACK IN THE GAME AFTER THIS TURNOVER.  BUT STILL YOU THOUGHT, O.K., NINERS STILL BELIEVE IF THEY CAN GET A DRIVE GOING...FORGET A DRIVE.  LIGHTNING STRIKE.  COLIN KAEPERNICK.  FLAG WAS AGAINST THE CHARGERS.  DIDN'T COUNT.  90 YD. TD. RUN.  2ND LONGEST RUN BY A QB IN NFL HISTORY.  HE DIDN'T THROW A TD.  HE RAN ONE.  HE RAN ONE.  DON'T WORRY ABOUT THROWING ANYTHING ANYWHERE.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  NINERS BALL, LEADING 35-28.  COLIN KAEPERNICK AND ...YOU LET THEM STAY IN THE GAME AND YOU RUN OUT OF BOUNDS!  YOU WANT A QB SWEEP ON 3RD & 5.  THAT'S AN INDICTMENT ON YOUR QB.  THEN THE QB RUNS OUT OF BOUNDS!  49ERS FORCED TO PUNT.  A TD. CAN TIE THE GAME.  PHILIP RIVERS ON 4TH & 6.  CONVERTS.  17 YD. GAIN BY EDDIE ROYAL.  4 PLAYS LATER IT'S 4TH DOWN AGAIN.  4TH DOWN.  4TH & 10.  DONTRELL....  FOR EVERYBODY AT HOME WATCHING THIS, 4TH DOWN CONVERSIONS ARE HARD TO COME BY.  YOU GOTTA APPRECIATE IT WHEN IT'S GOING ON.  THEY HAVE 2 WITH UNDER 2 MINS. LEFT TO GO.  THEY HAD, AND NOW THE GAME-TYING TD.  MALCOLM FLOYD FROM 11 YDS. OUT.  35-35.  REMEMBER, THE GAME WAS 21-NOTHING AT ONE POINT.  END OF REGULATION AND PHIL DAWSON HAD TO SWING FROM 60 YDS. OUT.  HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE. IT WAS WIDE AND SHORT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND WE GO INTO OVERTIME.  NINERS WIN THE COIN FLIP.  NINERS TAKE THE FOOTBALL.  NINERS HAVE THE FOOTBALL, RUN AN END-AROUND.  THAT'S A GREAT PLAY RIGHT HERE.  HE'S GOT SOME YDS.  OH, ERIC WEDDLE MAKES UP FOR HIS MISTAKE EARLIER LETTING COLIN KAEPERNICK RUN RIGHT PAST HIM.  THE BALL IN HIS RIGHT HAND RUNNING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FIELD.  YOUNG MISTAKE RIGHT THERE.  BALL SECURITY.  GREAT OFFICIATING IN OVERTIME.  THEY GOT THAT ONE RIGHT LIVE.  THEY CALLED IT A FUMBLE.  LOOKED AT IT THOUGH IN REVIEW AND CONFIRMED IT.  CHARGERS MOVE IT DOWN THE FIELD AND THE CHARGERS CAP OFF THE ..WELL, IT'S THE BIGGEST COMEBACK IN CHARGER HISTORY.  IT ACTUALLY TIES THE BIGGEST COMEBACK.  PHILIP RIVERS, 21 PTS. DOWN.  THEY WERE 0-6 IN '83, THEY CAME FROM 21 PTS. DOWN AS WELL.  LEVY STADIUM.  A SHOOTOUT THERE.  38-35, THE FINAL IN OVERTIME.  THE CHARGERS STAY ALIVE IN THE AFC PLAYOFFS.

 

1:20:18;00 - MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ MIAMI DOLPHINS

ALRIGHT.  THE DOLPHINS TAKING N THE MINN. VIKINGS AND SOME SWIMMING SANTA’S HERE.  AT THE START OF THE GAME IT WAS 80 DEGREES IN MIAMI.  35 DEGREES IN MINN.  WHERE WOULD YOU RATHER BE?  ALRIGHT, TEDDY BRIDGEWATER HAS THROWN FOR 300 YDS. IN THE PAST 2 GAMES.  LOOKING TO CONTINUE THAT TREND TODAY.  RYAN TANNEHILL TRYING TO KEEP THE DOLPHINS' SLIM PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE HERE IN THE 2ND QUARTER.  HIS PASSES INTERCEPTED.  SWALLOWED UP BY HARRISON SMITH.  HE'S THE ONLY PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE, HARRISON SMITH IS, TO HAVE AT LEAST 3 INTERCEPTIONS AND 3 SACKS THIS SEASON.  3 PLAYS LATER, BRIDGEWATER TO GREG JENNINGS.  SHORTHANDED.  JENNINGS HAULS IT IN FROM 21 YDS. OUT AND THE VIKINGS LEAD 14-0.  DOLPHINS LOOKING TO ANSWER BACK THOUGH.  HERE'S RYAN TANNEHILL.  HE'S GONNA THROW TO DEION SIMMS.  FIRES IT IN THERE FROM 14 YDS. OUT, AND THE DOLPHINS NOW TRAIL 14-7.  LET'S FAST-FORWARD TO THE 3RD QUARTER.  DOLPHINS WITH IT TRAILING 17-7.  RYAN TANNEHILL...LOOKING.  LOOKING.  FIRING TO THE CORNER, AND THAT WOULD BE MIKE WALLACE.  WHAT AN EFFORT BY MIKE WALLACE THERE.  IT'S RULED A TD. SO OF COURSE IT'S REVIEWED UPON THE SCORE.  WALLACE ...KEEPING HIS GREAT CONCENTRATION, HIS TIPPY-TOES INBOUNDS.  STRETCHING, REACHING FOR THE PYLON AND IT IS GOOD; AND THE DOLPHINS NOW TRAIL 17-14.  SO ENSUING VIKINGS POSSESSION.  BRIDGEWATER.  HIS PASS TIPPED UP INTO THE AIR AND INTERCEPTED BY DERRICK SHELBY.  YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT TEAMWORK.  WELL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.  TEDDY BRIDGEWATER THROWING TO OZIATA, AND THE BALL'S PUNCHED UP INTO THE AIR BY ... JENKINS AND THEN PICKED OFF BY SHELBY.  HIS 1ST CAREER INTERCEPTION, AND THE DOLPHINS TAKE OVER AT THEIR OWN 36 YD. LINE.  ALRIGHT, 4TH QUARTER.  SAME DRIVE.  3RD & GOAL FROM THE VIKINGS 1.  LAMAR MILLER TAKES THE SHOTGUN HANDOFF AND DASHES UP THE MIDDLE FOR A 1 YD. SCORE.  THE DOLPHINS TAKE THE LEAD 21-17.  NEXT DOLPHINS POSSESSION.  LEADING 21-20.  TANNEHILL FIRING, FINDING BRANDON GIBSON.  THIS IS Y.A.C. YARDAGE HERE.  YARDS AFTER THE CATCH.  A 40 YD. PICKUP FOR BRANDON GIBSON.  3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 5 FROM THE VIKINGS 7.  TANNEHILL LOOKING MIDDLE, FINDING MIDDLE.  IT'S MIKE WALLACE AGAIN.  2ND TD. OF THE BALL GAME.  THIS ONE OF THE 7 YD. VARIETY.  DOLPHINS LEAD 28-20.  TANNEHILL FINISHED THE BALL GAME WITH 396 YDS., 4 TDS.  VIKINGS NOW.  BRIDGEWATER FINDING JARIUS WRIGHT NEAR THE BACK OF THE END ZONE FOR AN 8 YD. GAIN AND A SCORE.  THE DOLPHINS FIND THEIR LEAD CUT TO 2, 28-26.  SO, OF COURSE, THE VIKINGS WOULD THEN GO FOR 2.  ON THE 2 PT. TRY IT'S MATT ...  BASHING HIS WAY IN THERE FOR THE 2 PT. CONVERSION.  SO THE GAME'S ALL TIED UP, 28 A PIECE.  ENSUING KICKOFF.  JARVIS LANDRY.  HE WOULD FUMBLE IT.  HE WOULD FUMBLE IT.  AND THE VIKINGS WOULD RECOVER.  TAKE A LOOK HERE.  A LITTLE STUTTER STEP.  HE SLIPS AND THE BALL COMES OUT.  BUT HE DIDN'T FALL ON TOP OF IT.  INSTEAD, THE VIKINGS FALL ON TOP OF IT AND THEY TAKE OVER AT THE 5 YD. LINE.  VERY NEXT PLAY 1ST & GOAL.  MATT ..  OH LOOK AT THE POWER.  LOOK AT THE STRENGTH.  LOOK AT HIM GET IN THERE FROM 5 YDS. OUT.  THE VIKINGS TAKE THE LEAD 35-28.  ENSUING DOLPHINS POSSESSION.  THIS ON 3RD DOWN.  TANNEHILL THROWING DEEP FOR MIKE WALLACE AGAIN BUT XAVIER RHODES WHO'S THERE WAS CALLED FOR THE PASS INTERFERENCE.  SO THE DOLPHINS WOULD PICK IT UP.  HERE WE GO.  1ST & GOAL.  DAMIAN WILLIAMS GETS IN THERE FROM 3 YDS. OUT AND THE SCORE.  SO THE DOLPHINS TIE THE GAME AT 35 A PIECE.  NEXT VIKINGS POSSESSION, THIS ON 3RD DOWN.  BRIDGEWATER UNDER PRESSURE AND SPUN DOWN AND SACKED DOWN BY CAMERON WAKE FOR A LOSS OF 4 YDS.  WAKE'S 2ND SACK OF THE BALL GAME.  HE'S GOT 11-1/2 ON THE SEASON.  VERY NEXT PLAY, JEFF LOCK'S PUNT.  ON THE PUNT IT'S BLOCKED!  IT'S BLOCKED INTO THE BACK OF THE END ZONE FOR A SAFETY.  FOR A SAFETY FOLKS!  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  THAT WOULD BE THE 6'4 ROOKIE, TERRANCE FEDE LEAPING IN THERE AND BATTING THE BALL OUT.  MAN, THIS GAME WAS CYPRUS HILL INSANE AND ...  THE DOLPHINS WIN 37-35.

 

1:25:20;23 - BALTIMORE RAVENS @ HOUSTON TEXANS

CHECK IN ON THE RAVENS AND THE TEXANS.  GARY KUBIAK MAKING HIS RETURN TO HOUSTON.  THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT HE WOULDN'T MIND PUTTING UP A FEW PTS. TODAY.  ANDRE JOHNSON HOPING TO PUT UP SOME PTS. OF HIS OWN FOR KUBIAK'S OLD TEAM.  CASE KEENAN IN AT QB FINDING ANDRE JOHNSON HERE FOR A PICKUP OF 35.  YEA, THE RAVENS SECONDARY IS THEIR WEAKNESS.  I DIDN'T KNOW CASE KEENAN WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTACK THEM BUT HE DID.  YEA.  THEN HE SWINGS IT OUT TO JONATHAN HERE ON THE SCREEN PASS.  JOHNSON'S 1,000TH RECEPTION.  THE 10TH PLAYER IN HISTORY WITH 1,000 CATCHES.  L.T., NOT TOO SHABBY.  OH YEA.  HE'S BEEN CONSISTENT ALL HIS CAREER.  GREAT JOB, ANDRE JOHNSON.  MOVING ONTO THE 2ND QUARTER.  RAVENS HAVE THE BALL NOW AND DOWN BY A COUPLE OF F.G.'S.  BERNARD PEARCE GOING ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE.  TACKLED BY J.J. WATT.  OF COURSE.  WATT ONCE AGAIN ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THIS GAME.  JOE FLACCO HERE, GETS IT PICKED.  INTERCEPTED BY A.J. ...  JOE FLACCO COULDN’T FIND HOLES TO BE ABLE TO THROW THE FOOTBALL.  WHEN HE DID FIND HOLES, TERRIBLE ACCURACY AND DECISION-MAKING TODAY.  THERE'S FLACCO AGAIN PICKED OFF.  THIS TIME NOT BY .. BUT BY KAREEM JACKSON.  FLACCO WAS 3 OF 17 FOR 27 YDS. AND 2 PICKS IN THE 1ST HALF.  WOW.  YEA, HE WAS NOT GOOD.  ON THE NEXT TEXANS POSSESSION.  YEA, THROW IT LIKE THIS.  AH, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF CASE KEENAN CAN'T THROW IT, JUST LET ARIAN FOSTER THROW IT IN THERE FOR THE TD.  AND GREAT JOB FROM ARIAN OF SELLING THE RUN.  THAT'S HOW THAT PLAY WORKED.  YOU HAVE TO SELL THE RUN.  HIS MAN WAS WIDE OPEN.  C.J. FEDORAWITZ ON THE RECEIVING END OF THE ARIAN FOSTER TD. PASS.  THIS IS JACOBY JONES.  UH OH.  HAS A LITTLE ROOM HERE.  WE'VE SEEN HIM DO IT BEFORE.  FORMER TEXAN.  NICE RETURN THERE.  45 YDS. UP THE SIDELINE.  SO THE RAVENS GONNA START AT THE TEXANS 9.  4 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & GOAL.  FLACCO TO A WIDE OPEN TORREY SMITH FOR THE SCORE.  RAVENS GET ON THE BOARD.  IT'S 16-7 NOW.  RIGHT BACK IN IT.  PLENTY OF TIME LEFT IN THE GAME FOR THE BALT. OFFENSE TO GET GOING.  FLACCO LOOKING FOR TORREY SMITH.  THAT'S NOT GETTING GOING.  KAREEM JACKSON THREW IT RIGHT TO HIM.  JACKSON'S 2ND PICK OF THE GAME.  TORREY SMITH SLIPPED COMING OUT OF HIS BREAK AND JACKSON IS RIGHT THERE FOR AN EASY PICK.  BILLY O'BRIEN, THAT'S HOW WE DO IT.  YEA, AND THERE YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT THERE.  CAN'T TELL IF IT WOULD'VE BEEN AN INTERCEPTION OR NOT BUT CERTAINLY HIM SLIPPING DOESN'T HELP THE CAUSE.  4TH QUARTER, RAVENS HAVE THE BALL.  NOW DOWN 22-7.  KUBIAK TALKING TO FLACCO.  FLACCO IN THE SHOTGUN.  .. THERE TO BREAK IT UP.  FLACCO FINISHES 21 OF 50 FOR 195 YDS., 2 TDS., 3 INTERCEPTIONS.  NOT IN MY HOUSE J.J. WATT SAYS, AND ... MATUMBO IS IN THE HOUSE PREGAME WEARING A J.J. WATT JERSEY.  LOVE THAT.  SEE, IT'S NOT THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE THAT'S BLEEDING.  IT'S JUST INSIDE HIS NOSE.  BLOODY NOSE.  GOTTA GET A NEW FACEMASK THOUGH.  THAT ONE'S NOT WORKING.  FLACCO FEELING THE PRESSURE, AND WHO GETS TO HIM?  YOU KNEW IT.  J.J. WATT, THE FIRST PLAYER IN FRANCHISE HISTORY WITH 10 OR MORE SACKS IN 3 SEASONS.  THE GUY JUST GETTING IT DONE.  YOU KNOW WHO ELSE IS GETTING IT DONE WHEN HE'S HEALTHY?  ARIAN FOSTER, ALEX FLANNIGAN CATCHES UP WITH NOT JUST THE R.B. BUT THE GUY WHO'S THROWN FOR TD. PASSES TOO.

 

1:29:14;29 - DETROIT LIONS @ CHICAGO BEARS

ALRIGHT, BIG TIME NFC NORTH BATTLE HERE.  DETROIT LIONS, CHICAGO BEARS.  REMEMBER, JIMMY CLAUSEN IN THE GAME SUBBING IN FOR JAY CUTLER WHO WAS BENCHED EARLIER THIS WEEK.  THE DETROIT LIONS CLINCHED A PLAYOFF BERTH SATURDAY WITH THAT EAGLES LOSS.  HOW ABOUT HERE?  1ST QUARTER.  REGGIE BUSH.  REGGIE BUSH LOOKING REJUVENATED TODAY.  DASHING IN FOR A 13 YD. TD.  SO GOOD WE GOTTA TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  REGGIE BUSH STRETCHING OUT BREAKING THE PYLON.  HIS 2ND RUSHING TD. OF THE SEASON, AND THE LIONS LEAD 7-0.  BUT MATT STAFFORD KEPT THE BEARS IN IT BASICALLY THOUGH WITH A PAIR OF INTERCEPTIONS.  THIS ONE NOT SO GOOD.  RUNNING ACROSS HIS BODY, THROWING ACROSS HIS BODY RATHER.  THROWS INTO A CROWD AND IT'S PULLED DOWN BY BROCK VEREEN.  HIS 1ST CAREER INTERCEPTION.  BY THE WAY YOU SAW CORY AND KYLE FULLER; BROTHERS GETTING INTO IT RIGHT THERE.  THEN VERY NEXT LIONS POSSESSION.  IN THE RED ZONE, ANOTHER INTERCEPTION BY MATT STAFFORD.  THIS TIME RYAN MUNDY GOT HIM.  PASS INTENDED FOR GOLDEN TATE.  THEN, HOW ABOUT THIS?  ON THE PUNT..THE PUNT WAS THEN TOUCHED BY A LIONS PLAYER THERE.  THEN RECOVERED BY THE BEARS.  BOUNCED RIGHT OFF OF HIS FOOT.  THAT WAS JEREMY ROSS BACK THERE, AND THE BEARS SHARICK MCMANUS WITH THE RECOVERY.  NEXT PLAY, A LITTLE FLOATER OVER THE TOP.  JIMMY CLAUSEN TO MATT FORTE.  HE RUNS IT IN FROM 11 YDS. OUT AND THE GAME IS TIED AT 7.  THAT WOULD BE YOUR HALFTIME SCORE.  FAST-FORWARD TO THE 3RD QUARTER NOW.  GAME'S STILL TIED AT 7.  JOIQUE BELL RUNNING LEFT.  A LITTLE 4 YD. PICKUP BUT THE REAL STORY IS ACTUALLY EGO FERGUSON WHO IS INJURED ON THE PLAY.  THAT RIGHT THERE.  DID YOU SEE THAT?  DOMINIC RIOLA LOOKED LIKE HE INTENTIONALLY STEPPED ON FERGUSON'S RIGHT ANKLE.  NO FLAG ON THE PLAY.  FERGUSON LIMPING OFF OF THE FIELD.  ENSUING BEARS POSSESSION.  PAT O'DONNELL, 39 YD. PUNT BUT JULIAN STANFORD WAS CALLED FOR ROUGHING THE KICKER MEANING AN AUTOMATIC 1ST DOWN.  MARK TRESSMAN SAYS NO WAY.  STANFORD, MAN, CAN'T BELIEVE IT EITHER.  ALRIGHT, 3 PLAYS LATER, CLAUSEN THROWING DEEP FOR ALSHON JEFFREY RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF THE DEFENDER.  A 20 YD. TD. STRIKE BETWEEN CLAUSEN AND ALSHON JEFFREY.  CLAUSEN'S 2ND OF THE DAY BEATING DARIUS SLAY ON THE PLAY; AND THE BEARS LEAD 14-10.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  STILL TRAILING 14-10.  HERE ARE THE LIONS.  MATT PRADER GETS HIS F.G. ATTEMPT BLOCKED BY JAY RATLIFF.  THAT WOULD'VE MADE IT 14-13.  AS YOU CAN SEE IT WAS A LOW KICK AND ALLOWED RATLIFF TO JUST GET UP THERE AND BLOCK IT.  NEXT LIONS POSSESSION.  THIS ON 3RD DOWN.  STAFFORD...AIRING IT OUT FOR COREY FULLER.  THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE BUT TIM JENNINGS ALL OVER IT.  CALLED FOR A PASS INTERFERENCE.  A 46 YD. PENALTY MEANING IT'S A 1ST DOWN FOR THE LIONS.  VERY NEXT PLAY, JOIQUE BELL BOUNCING OFF, CUTTING BACK INSIDE, AND THEN LOOK AT THE SPIN MOVE INTO THE END ZONE.  WHAT A PRETTY MOVE BY JOIQUE BELL BEATING CORNELIUS WASHINGTON AND KYLE FULLER AS THE LIONS RECLAIM THE LEAD 17-14.  ALRIGHT CLAUSEN.  2 BEARS POSSESSIONS LATER, CLAUSEN TRYING TO SCRAMBLE FOR A 1ST DOWN.  HIT HARD BY ZIGGY ..  MAN, IS JIMMY CLAUSEN FIRED-UP AND YOU'LL SEE WHY.  LOOK AT THIS.  ON THE SLIDE, ZIGGY ... LEADING WITH HIS HEAD.  SO RIGHTFULLY CALLED A PERSONAL FOUL.  15 YD. PENALTY GIVES THEM THE 1ST DOWN.  THEN ON 4TH DOWN, A DESPERATION HEAVE BY CLAUSEN BUT IT'S INTERCEPTED BY GLOVER QUINN.  THE LIONS WOULD HANG ON TO WIN, 20-14.  MATT STAFFORD, 243 YDS., 2 INTERCEPTIONS.

 

1:33:17;07 - CLEVELAND BROWNS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS

THE CLEVELAND BROWNS TAKING ON THE CAROLINA PANTHERS.  A BATTLE OF S.C.C. QB HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS.  JOHNNY MANZIEL LOOKING TO REBOUND OFF OF HIS HORRENDOUS START LAST WEEK; AND THEN CAM NEWTON RETURNING TO ACTION FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER GETTING INTO A CAR ACCIDENT OVER A WEEK AGO.  AN ACCIDENT THAT RESULTED IN BROKEN BONES IN HIS LOWER BACK.  BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT WATCHING HIM PLAY TODAY.  HOW ABOUT ON THE OPENING DRIVE OF THE GAME.  CAM NEWTON WITH A 15 YD. KEEPER AND A 1ST DOWN.  THEN IN THE 2ND QUARTER, OH HE KEEPS IT AGAIN.  THIS TIME IT RESULTS IN 6.  CAM NEWTON FAKING ON THE ROLLOUT AND THEN SCORING FROM 2 YDS. OUT TO PUT THE PANTHERS UP 10-3.  SO HOW WOULD JOHNNY MANZIEL DO?  THIS WAS ON THE ENSUING BROWNS POSSESSION.  JOHNNY MANZIEL SCRAMBLING.  A DESIGNED ROLLOUT.  IT DID NOT END WELL.  TACKLED BY LUKE KUECHLY AND COLIN JONES. MANZIEL WAS ACTUALLY BANGED-UP ON THE PLAY.  MANZIEL HIT HARD BY KUECHLY.  JONES IN THERE TO FINISH HIM UP.  MANZIEL WOULD GO TO THE L.R. WITH A HAMSTRING INJURY.  SO IN COMES BRIAN HOYER.  3RD QUARTER.  MANZIEL ON THE BENCH.  WILL NOT RETURN.  PANTHERS WITH IT, UP 10-3.  NEWTON, UNDER PRESSURE, SPINNING, SCRAMBLING.  LOOK AT THE AD-LIB.  THEN HE FLOATS IT AND IT'S INTERCEPTED.  BILLY WYNN ON THE INTERCEPTION.  YOU CAN KIND OF SORT OF IGNORE ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.  THAT'S JORDAN .. TAKING THE BALL FROM HIS TEAMMATE AND THEN DASHING INTO THE END ZONE BUT BECAUSE IT WAS A TURNOVER IT'D BE REVIEWED.  SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT HOME AS WELL.  WYNN WOULD MAKE THE DIVING INTERCEPTION AND HE'S RULED THAT HE GAVE HIMSELF UP.  THEREFORE HE IS RULED DOWN.  WYNN'S 2ND CAREER INTERCEPTION.  THE BROWNS BALL WITH IT AT THE 44 YD. LINE.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  BROWNS BALL.  DOWN 10-6.  THIS ON 3RD DOWN.  THEY HAVEN'T SCORED A TD. SINCE THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION.  AND HOW ABOUT THIS?  BRIAN HOYER TO JORDAN CAMERON!  HE TAKES THE SEAM AND HE'S GONE!  81 YDS. TO THE HOUSE.  BROWNS GO UP 13-10.  THAT'S THEIR FIRST TD. IN 141 MINS. OF GAME TIME, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.  ENSUING PANTHERS POSSESSION NOW.  THIS ON 2ND AND GOAL.  NEWTON BUYING TIME.  STEPS UP.  STEPS AROUND.  LOOKING, FIRING, AND THEN FINDING JONATHAN STEWART IN THE END ZONE.  A 9 YD. SCORE.  PANTHERS GO UP 17-13.  STEWART HAD A HECK OF A BALL GAME.  122 YDS. ON THE GROUND PLUS THAT RECEIVING TD. AS WELL.  ENSUING BROWNS DRIVE ON 1ST DOWN.  HOYER LOOKING FOR TRAVIS BENJAMIN.  UNDERTHROWN.  AN UNBELIEVABLE INTERCEPTION BY JOSH WILMAN BUT KEEP YOUR EYE ON TRAVIS BENJAMIN.  LOOK AT HIM HUSTLE.  LOOK AT HIM GO.  AND THEN HE STRIPPED THE BALL BACK FROM JOSH NORMAN.  THIS IS UNREAL HUSTLE BY TRAVIS BENJAMIN HERE.  TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.  THIS DEFINITELY ABSOLUTELY DESERVES KUDOS FROM TRAVIS BENJAMIN BECAUSE HE'S THE INTENDED RECEIVER.  THEN HUSTLES ALL THE WAY BACK TO STRIP THE BALL AND GIVES THE BALL RIGHT BACK TO CLEVELAND.  MAN!  GOOD PLAY BY TRAVIS BENJAMIN THERE.  NEXT PANTHERS DRIVE.  STEWART TAKES A HANDOFF.  THIS IS LATE IN THE GAME, AND LOOK AT HIM GO.  30 YD. PICKUP.  ALMOST GOT A TD. THERE BUT IT WOULD ALLOW THE PANTHERS TO RUN OUT THE CLOCK AND THEY'D GO ON TO WIN, 17-13.  CAM NEWTON, 201 YDS. THROUGH THE AIR WITH A TD. AS WELL.

 

1:37:18;00 - ATLANTA FALCONS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

THE FALCONS BEAT THE SAINTS IN THE SEASON OPENER IN OVERTIME.  BIG GAME FOR MATT RYAN.  JULIO JONES HOPING FOR A BIG GAME AS HE IS GETTING READY BACK FROM INJURY ON THE OPENING KICKOFF.  JALIN SAUNDERS DOING SOME WORK FOR THE SAINTS.  THIS IS A NICE WAY TO START THE GAME IF YOU'RE SAUNDERS AND THE SAINTS, L.T.?  YES IT IS.  ESPECIALLY AT HOME YOU NEED TO START FAST AND HE DOES THIS.  HE DOES SO WITH THIS BIG RETURN.  ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 1 YD. LINE.  INGRAM WOULD SCORE A TD. TO PUT THE SAINTS UP 7-0.  2ND QUARTER NOW.  SAINTS HAVE THE BALL UP 7-6.  BREES IN TROUBLE.  SACKED BY ZACH LAUER.  YOU CAN SEE HE COUGHS IT UP BUT ZACH .. IS THERE TO RECOVER FOR THE SAINTS.  IT WAS THE 3RD SACK OF THE GAME ALREADY FOR THE FALCONS.  YEA, AND THIS FALCONS DEFENSE, THAT'S BEEN THEIR ACHILLES HEEL, NO PUN INTENDED.  NOT BEING ABLE TO GET TO THE QB, AND TODAY THEY WERE ABLE TO GET TO DREW BREES.  YEA.  THEY GOT TO HIM EARLY AND OFTEN.  HERE'S MATT RYAN HERE LOOKING FOR JULIO JONES.  GOT HIM FOR 24 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 3 YD. LINE.  GREAT POISE IN THE POCKET FOR MATT RYAN.  YOU SEE PRESSURE ALL AROUND HIM.  HE STANDS IN THERE AND THROWS A GREAT BALL.  A LITTLE SHOVEL PASS TO ERIC WEAMS FOR THE TD.  THAT CAPS A 15 PLAY, 89 YD. DRIVE.  THE FALCONS OFFENSE LOOKING PRETTY TASTY.  AND MATT RYAN LOVES THOSE KIND OF TDS.  THE EASY ..A LITTLE SHUFFLE PASS L.T.  EVERYBODY LOVES THOSE KIND OF TDS. EXCEPT THE DEFENSE.  3RD QUARTER, JIMMY GRAHAM DROPS THE BALL.  THE SAINTS HAVE TO PUNT AS THAT WAS 3RD & 6.  LOOK AT JIMMY.  YOU DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN FROM HIM.  SO HERE'S MATT RYAN.  YOU KNOW WHO HE'S LOOKING FOR.  JULIO.  THIS GUY HAS BEEN SPECTACULAR WHEN HEALTHY.  IT'S THE LITTLE SUBTLE THINGS HE DOES TOO.  WORKING BACK TO THE QB SO YOU CAN WHEEL OUT OF THAT AND GET ABOUT 7 OR 8 YDS. AFTER THE CATCH.  HASN'T BEEN AS MUCH LATELY BUT EARLY IN THE SEASON IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY GAME DAVANTE FREEMAN HAD A 60 YD. RUN.  YEA, I THINK HE'S GONNA BE A NICE PIECE FOR THEM GOING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE, GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE THE MORE HE PLAYS.  FALCONS UP 20-7 AT THIS POINT.  FAST-FORWARD TO THE 4TH QUARTER.  SAINTS HAVE THE BALL DOWN 20-7.  BREES...THERE HE IS.  TO JIMMY GRAHAM BUT HE FUMBLES THE BALL AT THE GOAL LINE AND KAMAL ISHMAIL COMES UP WITH IT.  IS HE NOT IN?  IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS RIGHT ON IT.  LET'S TAKE ANOTHER PEEK.  I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GET ANY CLOSER THAN THAT.  THEY JUST RIP IT RIGHT OUT OF HIS HANDS.  WOW.  THAT WAS JUST A WOW PLAY.  I MEAN TALK ABOUT THINGS BEING ABLE TO CHANGE ON A DIME, LITERALLY THAT CLOSE, INCHES.  YEA, THAT WAS A GAME-CHANGER RIGHT THERE.  YOU CAN SEE SEAN PAYTON LOOKING ON.  MY GOODNESS.  SO ON THE ENSUING POSSESSION, DREW BREES TO JIMMY GRAHAM AGAIN.  AND THE SAINTS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.  LOOKING FOR ANYTHING TO HAPPEN.  NOW HE'S IN.  SAINTS MAKING IT 20-14.  YOU CAN KEEP THEM DOWN BUT THEY'RE NEVER OUT.  3RD & 8, RYAN TO RODDY WHITE.  3 YDS. SHORT OF THE 1ST DOWN.  SO THEY HAVE TO PUNT.  LOOK AT RYAN.  ALRIGHT.  WE NEED TO GET AS MANY PTS. AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.  HERE COME THE SAINTS.  BREES PICKED OFF BY ROBERT MCCLAIN.  THIS IS THE 3RD INTERCEPTION OF THE SEASON FOR BREES.  LOOKS LIKE TOONE FELL DOWN HERE A LITTLE BIT.  ROBERT MCCLAIN, HE READ THAT ROUTE PERFECTLY.  HE JUST WAS SITTING ON IT.  HAD GREAT BREAK AND THAT'S A GREAT INTERCEPTION FOR HIS TEAM.  YEA, TOONE DID NOT HELP OUT HIS QB RIGHT THERE THOUGH.  STUMBLING OUT OF HIS BREAK.  ALLOWED THE DEFENDER TO GET A BREAK.  THIS IS 2 MINS. LEFT IN THE GAME.  1 SCORE GAME AND THAT WAS IT.  LOOK AT MIKE SMITH.  ALL SMILES.  FALCONS WIN A HUGE ONE.  THIS SETS UP A SEASON-ENDING SHOWDOWN AGAINST CAROLINA.  THE SAINTS OFFICIALLY ELIMINATED FROM THE POST-SEASON.  FOLLOWING THE GAME, DREW BREES LIVE AT THE PODIUM RIGHT NOW.

 

1:41:26;26 - GREEN BAY PACKERS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

ALRIGHT, G.B. PACKERS TAKING ON THE T.B. BUCS.  MIKE MCCARTHY AND THE G.B. PACKERS WOULD CLINCH A PLAYOFF BERTH WITH A WIN TODAY.  AARON RODGERS COMING INTO THE GAME HAD A HEAD COLD.  HAD A ROUGH START TO THIS ONE COMING OFF OF A ROUGH GAME LAST WEEK.  HERE HIT HARD OFF THE PASS, AND THEN SACKED BY MICHAEL JOHNSON.  HE'D ALSO FUMBLE.  LATER IN THE 1ST RODGERS HAVING SOME CALF ISSUES.  GETTING WORKED ON BY TRAINERS BUT HE'S PRETTY TOUGH.  HE'D STAY IN THE GAME.  SO, 2 PACKERS POSSESSIONS LATER.  THIS ON 3RD DOWN.  RODGERS LOOKING FOR HIS FAVORITE TARGET, JORDY NELSON.  A 24 YD. GAIN.  THE PENALTY WOULD BE ON T.B.  IT'S DECLINED.  4 PLAYS LATER, EDDIE LACEY.  LOOK AT EDDIE LACEY.  CUT INSIDE.  THEN A LITTLE POWER.  THEN A LITTLE SPEED, AND LOOK AT EDDIE LACEY GO.  44 YDS. FOR A TD.  LACEY BREAKS 1,000 YDS. FOR THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE SEASON, AND THE PACKERS LEAD 7-0.  2ND QUARTER NOW.  BUCS WITH 0 OFF. YDS. COMING INTO THE DRIVE.  JOSH MCCOWN THROWS INCOMPLETE.  NO ONE CLOSE.  SANTA, HE'S NOT HAPPY.  HE MIGHT GIVE THE T.B. OFFENSE A LUMP OF COAL IN THEIR STOCKING THIS YEAR.  IT WAS 10-3 AT HALFTIME.  3RD QUARTER, RODGERS FINDS RANDALL COBB.  RANDALL COBB DOES THE REST.  15 YD. GAIN THERE.  THAT WOULD SETUP 1ST & GOAL.  3 PLAYS LATER JOHN KUHN.  JOHN KUHN USUALLY GETS IN THERE FROM THAT CLOSE BUT THAT TIME DENIED BY LAVANTE DAVID.  SO NEXT PLAY ON 4TH & GOAL.  THEY'RE GOING FOR IT.  RODGERS CANNOT FIND COBB FOR THE INSIDE SLANT.  GOOD COVERAGE BY LEONARD JOHNSON.  IT'S A TURNOVER ON DOWNS.  4TH QUARTER WE GO.  BUCS WITH IT TRAILING 13-3.  MCCOWN .. JUST LEVELED BY CLAY MATTHEWS FOR A 5 YD. LOSS.  THAT WAS ON 3RD DOWN.  MCCOWN SACKED 7 TIMES ON THE PLAY.  ENSUING PACKERS POSSESSION.  RODGERS TO RANDALL COBB AGAIN.  30 YDS. DOWN TO THE BUCS 20 YD. LINE.  THAT WOULD SETUP 2 PLAYS LATER.  RODGERS FINDING THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DYNAMIC DUO ON THE WIDE RECEIVING CORE.  JORDY NELSON LOOKED LIKE HE MAY HAVE GOTTEN IN THERE BUT RULED DOWN AT THE 1.  I MEAN LOOK AT THE CONCENTRATION, THE HANDS.  GETTING BOTH FEET IN THERE.  DID BREAK THE PYLON BUT ONLY AFTER ONE OF HIS FEET TOUCHED OUT OF BOUNDS.  SO IT WOULD SETUP THIS.  A LITTLE 1 YD. TD.  HE'D REWARD JORDY NELSON WITH THAT TD. THERE, AND THE PACKERS GO ON TO WIN 20-3.

 

1:44:18;13 - NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ NEW YORK JETS

WE GO TO THE AFC EAST N.E. PATRIOTS / NEW YORK JETS.  REX RYAN.  COULD THIS BE HIS FINAL HOME GAME AS A JETS HEAD COACH?  SPECULATION OBVIOUSLY RUNNING RAMPANT ON HIS FUTURE.  BILL BELICHICK MEANWHILE, WELL THE PATRIOTS WOULD CLINCH A 1ST ROUND BUY WITH A WIN.  2ND QUARTER WE GO.  PATRIOTS BALL.  NO SCORE.  1ST AN GOAL, TOM BRADY TO HIS FAVORITE TARGET, ROB GRONKOWSKI FOR THE TD.  TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPLAY.  JUST AS BEAUTIFUL PITCH AND CATCH HERE FROM TOM BRADY.  BACK SHOULDER THROW TO ROB GRONKOWSKI AND THE SURE HANDS OF THE T.E. BRING IT IN.  PATRIOTS UP 7-0.  NICK MANGOLD WOULD ACTUALLY LEAVE THE GAME WITH A RIGHT ANKLE INJURY.  WAS PRETTY SCARY.  HE WAS CARTED OFF.  THEY FEAR HE BROKE A BONE.  WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE PROGNOSIS IS YET.  ALRIGHT, SO GENO SMITH HERE, A WIDE OPEN JEFF CUMBERLAND.  20 YDS. AND THE TD.  SO A PAIR OF T.E. SCORES MAKES IT 7-7.  3RD QUARTER NOW.  JETS WITH IT.  THEY'RE UP 13-10.  PLAY ACTION.  SMITH HIT AS HE THROWS, AND IT'S INTERCEPTED BY JAMIE COLLINS.  THE PATRIOTS WOULD THEN TAKE OVER AT THE 38 YD. LINE.  AGAIN, 3RD QUARTER, 13-10.  AND HERE COME THE PATRIOTS.  BRADY TO BRANDON LAFELL, A 10 YD. PICKUP AND THE 1ST DOWN.  THAT WAS CRITICAL.  THAT WAS ON 3RD DOWN.  COULD'VE LIMITED THEM TO A F.G.  KEPT THE CHAINS MOVING.  NOW IN THE 4TH QUARTER.  THIS IS THE NEXT PLAY.  THEY JUST SWITCHED FIELDS.  SO ON 1ST DOWN BRADY PULLS IT DOWN, SLIDES.  DANGEROUS SLIDE WITH DEFENDERS GOING AT HIS LOWER LEGS THERE.  BUT, HE'D GET A 1ST DOWN.  1ST & GOAL SETUP AT THE JETS 2 YD. LINE.  AND THEN JONAS GRAY POWERING IN FROM 2 YDS. OUT.  IT'S RULED A TD.  SO IT WOULD BE UNDER REVIEW.  DID HE GET IN OR WAS HE DOWN?  WELL WE'LL LET YOU BE THE JUDGE.  GRAY'S KNEE DOES APPEAR TO BE DOWN BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE ALMOST TO TELL REALLY WHERE THE BALL WAS AT.  SO ..THE PLAY WOULD STAND.  REX RYAN, WELL, NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.  THE PATRIOTS WERE UP 17-13 AT THAT POINT.  ENSUING JETS POSSESSION.  GENO SMITH HOLDING ONTO IT FOREVER, AND IS THEN SACKED DOWN BY THE PATRIOTS DEFENSE FOR A LOSS OF 8.  THE JETS WOULD SETTLE FOR A NICK FOLK F.G.  THEY CUT THE LEAD, 17-16.  ENSUING PATRIOTS POSSESSION.  BRADY THROWS.  THE BALL'S TIPPED AND THEN INTERCEPTED BY MARCUS WILLIAMS.  THE PASS INTENDED FOR BRANDON LAFELL, AND THIS IS WHY.  BRADY WAS DEFINITELY UNDER PRESSURE, SAW SOME HEAT COMING UP THE MIDDLE, AND THREW A LITTLE BIT BEHIND BRANDON LAFELL WHO KIND OF TIPPED IT AND THEN WENT RIGHT INTO THE ARMS OF THE WAITING JETS DEFENDER.  ENSUING JETS POSSESSION.  HERE'S SMITH AGAIN.  THAT'S A HUGE SACK.  I MEAN THAT TAKES THE JETS AND TURNS IT FROM A VERY MAKEABLE F.G. TO A DICEY F.G. AND HERE IT IS.  THIS WOULD BE A 52 YARD ATTEMPT FROM NICK FOLK, AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT HAD NO CHANCE.  WHY WAS THAT?  WELL, HEY LISTEN.  THAT BALL MAY HAVE BEEN TIPPED AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BY VINCE WILFORK.  SO THE JETS ARE STILL DOWN 17-16.  IF HE MAKES IT, IT GIVES THEM THE LEAD.  THIS ON 3RD DOWN WITH UNDER 2 MINS. TO GO; AND THEN HOW ABOUT BRANDON BOLDIN FINDING THE EDGE AND STAYING INBOUNDS AS WELL.  THAT GIVES THE PATRIOTS A 1ST DOWN AND THE JETS CAN'T STOP THE CLOCK CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TIMEOUTS.  SO THE PATRIOTS WOULD HOLD ONTO IT, 17-16, AND CLINCH A 1ST ROUND BYE.

 

1:48:11;01 - KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS

OH, BIG AFC SHOWDOWN HERE.  K.C. CHIEFS TAKING ON THE PITTS. STEELERS.  BEN ROETHLISBERGER AND THE STEEL CITY CAN CLINCH A PLAYOFF BERTH WITH A WIN.  THE CHIEFS ON THEIR FIRST POSSESSION TRAILING 3-0.  ALEX SMITH SACKED BY CAMERON HEYWARD FOR A LOSS OF 7 YDS. AND THAT WAS THE 2ND SACK ON THE DRIVE FOR THE STEELERS.  THE CHIEFS WOULD SETTLE FOR A F.G. TO TIE THE GAME AT 3.  2ND QUARTER NOW.  K.C. LINING UP FOR A F.G.  OH, HOW ABOUT THIS?  A LITTLE SLIGHT OF HAND.  TRAVIS KELSEY COMING ACROSS THE FORMATION, TAKES THE PITCH FROM DUSTIN COLQUITT FOR A GAIN OF 6 AND A 1ST DOWN.  2 PLAYS LATER, 2ND & GOAL FROM THE 4.  DWAYNE BOWE, THE INTENDED RECEIVER, AND I PUT AN EMPHASIS ON RECEIVER BECAUSE THE CHIEFS RECEIVERS STILL HAVE NOT CAUGHT A TD. PASS ALL YEAR.  THE CHIEFS WOULD TACK ON ANOTHER F.G.  IT'S 6-3.  THEN, STILL IN THE 2ND QUARTER, ROETHLISBERGER LOOKING FOR MARTAVIS BRYANT.  PASS IS INCOMPLETE BUT A DEF. HOLDING CALL IS MADE THERE, AND YOU COULD SEE RON PARKER HOLDING BRYANT RIGHT BEFORE THE PASS IS THROWN.  ANDY REID, WOW, YOU KNOW WHAT, HE WOULD NOT BE PLEASED.  VERY NEXT PLAY LAVIAN BELL.  HE'S REALLY EMERGED AS ONE OF THE ELITE BACKS IN ALL OF THE NFL AND HE PUNCHES IT IN FROM A YARD OUT AND THE STEELERS LEAD 10-6.  THE NEXT CHIEFS DRIVE.  THIS ON 4TH & INCHES.  JAMAL CHARLES ..MAY HAVE GOTTEN THERE BUT THEY RULED THAT HE WAS STOPPED BY LAWRENCE TIMMONS JUST SHY OF THE 1ST DOWN MARKER.  SO IT'S 10-6 AT HALF.  3RD QUARTER NOW.  ALEX SMITH UNDER PRESSURE AND THEN DROPPED BY JAMES HARRISON FOR A LOSS OF 6, AND THE CHIEFS WOULD BE FORCED TO PUNT THERE ON 3RD DOWN.  SO THE NEXT STEELERS DRIVE, ROETHLISBERGER...JUSTIN HOUSTON SWARMING HIM FOR A LOSS OF 6.  HOUSTON PLAYING TRIBUTE TO HIS TEAMMATE ERIC BERRY.  HIS 18TH SACK OF THE YEAR.  ENSUING CHIEFS DRIVE.  SMITH DUMPING IT OFF TO CHARLES, AND THE BALL IS KNOCKED LOOSE.  IT'S CALLED A FUMBLE ON THE FIELD.  ON THE REVIEW YOU MAKE THE CALL.  LOOKS LIKE HIS KNEE MAY HAVE BEEN DOWN BUT THERE WAS A BIT OF AN OBSTRUCTED VIEW THEN.  SO IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO OVERTURN THE CALL.  SO THE STEELERS WOULD TAKE OVER, AND WHAT WOULD THEY DO WITH IT.  WELL, THEY WOULD DO THIS.  ANTONIO BROWN, THE TD. RECEPTION.  YOU SEE ROETHLISBERGER.  HE'S DOWN.  HE'S KIND OF SORT OF WORKING HIS KNEE THERE AND THIS IS WHY.  HE GOT HIS KNEE BANGED UP A BIT.  HE WOULD GO INTO THE L.R. WITH THAT KNEE INJURY BUT HE WOULD RETURN.  THE STEELERS LED 17-6 AT THAT POINT.  4TH QUARTER NOW.  SAME SCORE.  THIS ON 3RD DOWN.  3RD & FOREVER.  JUST A LITTLE 2 YD. CATCH FOR TRAVIS KELSEY BUT THEN HOW ABOUT THIS.  YOU SEE WILLIAM GAY THERE?  THEY CALLED HIM FOR TAUNTING.  THEY CALLED HIM FOR TAUNTING BECAUSE HE WAS CROSSING HIS ARMS.  HE WASN'T LOOKING AT KELSEY BUT THEY CALLED IT ANYWAYS.  OBVIOUSLY, WASN'T TOO HAPPY WITH THAT CALL.  ALRIGHT, THE STEELERS NOW.  ROETHLISBERGER CONNECTING WITH ANTONIO BROWN FOR A GAIN OF 14 TO KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE.  TIME RUNNING OUT FOR THE K.C. CHIEFS.  3 PLAYS LATER..THAT ONE WAS NO GOOD.  TOMBA HALI ACTUALLY JUMPED OFF SIDES BUT ACTUALLY ON THE DEEP PASS TO BROWN IT WAS A PASS INTERFERENCE CALL AS WELL.  THE STEELERS WOULD TACK ON A F.G. TO MAKE IT 20-9.  THEN ALEX SMITH CONNECTING HERE WITH JAMAL CHARLES FOR A GAIN OF11 BUT HE'S SHORT OF THE 1ST DOWN.  KYRO SANTOS WOULD ADD ANOTHER F.G. TO MAKE IT 20-12.  IT'S A ONE POSSESSION GAME SO HERE COMES ON THE ONSIDE.  ONSIDE NO GOOD.  IT'S WILL JOHNSON WHO RECOVERS IT FOR THE STEELERS AS THEY GO ON TO WIN 20-12.  JAMAL CHARLES JUST 29 YDS. RUSHING.

 

1:52:25;08 - NEW YORK GIANTS @ ST. LOUIS RAMS

RAMS AND GIANTS WENT A FULL 12 ROUNDS.  ODELL BECKHAM JR.  I MEAN IS THERE LIKE A MORE EXCITING PLAYER WE GOT IN THE GAME RIGHT NOW?  EVEN DURING WARMUPS HE'S GREAT.  HOW ABOUT ELI?  YOU KNOW THEIR RECORD, RIGHT?  YEA.  THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING BETTER THOUGH.  OK.  HOW DO YOU SNAG THAT ONE?  YEA MAN, HE'S A BEAST.  ONE HAND ON THAT ONE.  I SEE YOU WORKING KIDDO.  LOOK AT THAT.  I'LL TAKE THAT.  LED TO A GIANTS F.G. AND A 3 ZIP LEAD.  NEXT GIANTS POSSESSION.  MANNING TO ODELL BECKHAM, JR.  LOOK HOW WIDE OPEN HE IS.  AND TAUNTING AFTERWARDS.  THAT MEAN HE ...  YEP.  HOW CAN THEY CALL TAUNTING?  HE MUST'VE SAID SOMETHING TO HIM.  YOU CAN'T SPIN THE BALL AND DANCE OR SOMETHING.  HE'S GOT 9 TDS. HIS LAST 7 GAMES, SO...TOM MIGHT LOOK PAST SOME OF THAT.  ALRIGHT...WE GOT A BIG HIT THERE.  OGLETREE ..HERE WE GO.  FELLA, YOU DON'T WANT NONE OF THAT ..RIGHT IN THE FOX LENS.  LET THE BIG FELLA GO, MAN.  LOOK OUT.  THOSE CAMERAS ARE EXPENSIVE.  WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE.  WAIT A MINUTE.  WATCH THE KICKING NET.  WATCH THE KICKING NET.  THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.  THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY GETTING FINED.  WE HAD PARKER, MOORE AND HAYS ALL EJECTED.  THE GOOD NEWS IS, ODELL BECKHAM STAYED IN THE GAME!  OH HE STAYED IN!  8 CATCHES, A BUCK 48, 2 SCORES.  HEY, FORGET BECKHAM.  DID YOU SEE THE REFEREE THERE?  HE MISSED THE FIRST 4 GAMES THIS YEAR.  PRETTY GOOD.

 

1:54:06;17 - BUFFALO BILLS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS

ALRIGHT, WHAT ABOUT BUFFALO AND OAKLAND.  BILLS HAD TO WIN TO STAY IN THE PLAYOFF PICTURE.  KYLE ORTON TO SCOTT CHANDLER.  THE BILLS ARE DOWN JUST 2 EARLY ON IN THE 4TH QUARTER.  WITH THAT DEFENSE YOU'D THINK THEY CAN GET IT DONE.  YEA.  3RD & 22 FOR THE ROOKIE DERRICK CARR.  WHAT UP HOES?!  IT'S ANDRE HOES.  51 YDS. ON THAT ON 3RD & 22 AGAINST THAT DEFENSE!  WOW.  AND THEN CARR WITH THE SHORT PASS AND THE TD. FOR THE RAIDERS.  THAT'S THE BILLS DEFENSE THAT SHUTDOWN AARON RODGERS LAST WEEK.  HOW ABOUT THAT.  AND PEYTON MANNING BEFORE THAT.  COULDN'T STOP DERRICK CARR.  BUT THE BILLS TRYING TO STAY IN IT.  ORTON, ROBERT WOODS.  GO GET IT YOUNG FELLA!  YO!  AND THE BILLS ARE BACK DOWN JUST 2.  THAT'S A NICE PASS.  SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?  ONSIDE KICK IT.  BUT WHO'S GONNA GET IT?  C. WOOD WHO GOT A 60TH CAREER INTERCEPTION EARLIER IN THIS GAME, PRESERVES THEIR 3RD WIN OF THE YEAR AND KNOCKS BUFFALO OUT OF THE POSTSEASON PARTY.  HALL OF FAMER.  ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER DO IT.

 

1:55:33;28 - INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ DALLAS COWBOYS

THE COWBOYS DESTROY THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS.  THE DALLAS COWBOYS, THEY ARE DIVISION CHAMPS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2009.  HOW ABOUT THEM COWBOYS?  HOW ABOUT JERRY JONES?  YOU GOTTA DO A LITTLE MORE.  IF YOU'RE GONNA SELL IT, LET'S SELL IT.  GIVE IT TO US L.T.  HOW ABOUT THEM COWBOYS!!  LET'S SEE HOW IT WENT DOWN.  DEMARCO MURRAY PLAYING 6 DAYS AFTER HAND SURGERY.  LET'S SEE HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT HIM.  HE'S TRYING TO GET PAID IN THE SAME HAND.  YEP.  THAT'S WHY HE'S BACK.  AFTER THE EAGLES LOST ON SATURDAY IN WASHINGTON, WIN AND IN FOR THE COWBOYS.  DIVISION CHAMPS, AND TONY ROMO TO LANCE DUNBAR, GETS TACKLED BY JERRELL FREEMAN WHO THEN TALKS A LITTLE YOU KNOW WHAT AND GETS FLAGGED BECAUSE OF IT.  THAT'S HUGE BECAUSE THAT WAS 3RD AND 11.  HE MUST'VE USED PROFANITY.  SO YOUR NEXT PLAY, HERE COMES MURRAY.  A TACKLE FOR 11.  HE RAN HARD, MAN, SHOWING A LOT OF TOUGHNESS.  I KNOW HIS HAND HAS TO BE HURTING.  LOOK AT THAT.  STIFF-ARM.  HIS HAND DIDN'T HURT FOR 3 HRS.  THAT'S WHAT THEY USED TO DO TO ME.  IT AIN'T GONNA HURT FOR 3 HRS.  4 PLAYS LATER IT'S TIME TO DUST OFF TERRENCE WILLIAMS.  ANYBODY REMEMBER HIM?  THE 2ND YEAR MAN OUT OF BAYLOR.  ..AND IT'S 7-ZIP.  ALRIGHT, SO COLTS ENSUING DRIVE, THEY'RE GONNA PUNT.  4TH & 11.  PAT MACAFEE.  OH BOY!  OH NO!  WE GOT A WIDE OPEN DEWEY MCDONALD.  OF COURSE MCDONALD'S IS ALWAYS OPEN.  THAT'S WHY I CAN'T COACH.  BECAUSE I'M CUTTING YOU RIGHT THERE.  YOU DROP THAT BALL, JUST COME TAKE YOUR UNIFORM OFF AND GO HOME.  DOES HE EVEN GET TO FLY HOME ON YOUR PLANE?  NO.  THAT WASN'T EVEN CLOSE.  THAT COULD'VE BEEN A HUGE MOMENTUM SWING.  YEA.  SO SHORT FIELD FOR THE COWBOYS AND TONY ROMO WHO FINDS DEZ BRYANT, AND IF MICHAEL IRVIN WERE HERE HE WOULD SAY, THAT IS MY SON!  HIS NFL BEST 14TH TD. GRAB.  LOOK AT MY SON.  LOOK AT MY SON.  I DON'T KNOW WHO'S BETTER HE OR CALVIN IN THE RED ZONE.  THAT'S ..  ALRIGHT, SO 14-ZIP.  ROMO TO DEZ AGAIN.  ONE OF HIS 5 GRABS ON THE DAY FOR 73 YDS.  THAT'S A GAIN OF 24 PLUS A PENALTY ON THE DEFENSE FOR HOLDING.  MAN, HE CAN JUST DO IT ALL.  GREAT FEET.  GREAT CONCENTRATION.  GUY'S PRETTY GOOD.  LATER ON ROMO TO COLE BEASLEY.  STARTING TO DO SOME GOOD THINGS.  OF COURSE HE WAS TERRIBLE ON THANKSGIVING DAY AGAINST THE EAGLES.  BUT HERE, PICKING IT UP, PUTTING IT DOWN AND GETTING ON IN FROM 24 YDS. OUT.  AND THEN LATER ON 1ST & GOAL.  IT'S DEMARCO MURRAY.  I DON'T CARE ABOUT MY HAND.  THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH MY HAND.  AND EMMITT SMITH, THE COWBOYS ... EMMITT DON'T WANT HIM TO BREAK NO RECORD.  SINGLE-SEASON RUSHING EVER HOLDER.  HE'S WONDERING IF IT'S GONNA HOLD 1 MORE WEEK. ANDREW LUCK, NO T.Y. HILTON IN THIS ONE.  SO LUCK LOOKING FOR DWAYNE ALLEN.  TERRIBLE DAY OF LUCK WHO WAS 15 OF 22 FOR A BUCK 09.  15 OF 22.  YEA.  THEY DROPPED AT LEAST 4 OF THOSE.  INCOMPLETE PASSES.  YEA, COLTS FORCED TO PUN AGAIN BECAUSE LUCK LATER ON ...INTENDED FOR DWAYNE ALLEN AND NO.  NO.  IT'S JUST NOT WORKING.  MAN, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?  I GET IT.  I GET IT.  ALRIGHT NOW THEY'RE DRIVING.  THEY'RE IN THE RED ZONE AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.  ALRIGHT..BRING IT ON.  BRING IT ON.  J.J. WILCOX WITH THE INT.  IT'S 28-ZIP AT THE BREAK AND CORY REDDING IS LIKE WHAT TIME'S THAT FLIGHT LEAVE?  ANYBODY?  ANYBODY CURIOUS?  ONTO THE 3RD.  LUCK LOOKING FOR REGGIE WAYNE.  OOPS.  THAT IS TIPPED.  JARELL PICKED BY ANTHONY ....  LUCK HAD 2 MORE INT'S ON THE DAY, AND LATER ON ROMO STILL IN THE GAME WITH UNDER 5 TO GO IN THE 3RD.  ROMO... AND IT'S ROMO, THE TD. TO JASON WITTEN.  A TEAM HIGH 7 GRABS FOR 90 YDS., AND THAT SCORE.  AND JERRY ...HIS TEAM IS CELEBRATING IT'S FIRST DIVISION TITLE SINCE 2009.  AND ALSO ANOTHER RECORD FOR MR. ROMO AS WELL.  EVERYBODY SHOULD BE SMILES IN THERE INCLUDING CHRIS CHRISTY.  OH, AND THE GATORADE BATH FOR JASON GARRETT AS WELL.  THAT'S GONNA BE COLD.

 

1:59:54;05 - SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS

NOT FEELING GOOD.  THAT'S ALRIGHT.  WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.  I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.  I FEEL LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW.  WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE PAL.  BUT HE'S ABOUT THAT ACTION BOSS.  YEA.  ALRIGHT.  SO CARDS, AS WE SAID, WIN THE WEST AND THE #1 SEED.  THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE STATE FOR THE SUPER BOWL IF THEY WON ON SUNDAY NIGHT.  RYAN LINDLEY, 1-3 AS A STARTER.  NO CAREER TDS. AND 181 PASS ATTEMPTS.  THAT'S AN NFL RECORD.  AND IT STARTED OUT ROUGH.  MICHAEL FLOYD, YOU GOTTA GET IT.  YOU GOTTA .. BY YOUR QB.  YEA.  THAT'S A... HE GOTTA PUT IT OUT THERE.  YOU PUT THAT OUT THERE, YOU GOT 6.  LINDLEY FINISHED 18 OF 43 ON THE NIGHT.  18 OF 43.  THAT WAS MAYBE HIS BEST THROW.  THERE WAS A LOT OF MISSES.  NEXT DRIVE THERE IN THE RED ZONE, LINDLEY ALMOST PICKED OFF BY JEREMY LANE.  ARIZONA WOULD SETTLE FOR A F.G. AND A 3-0 LEAD.  RIGHT.  HE'S LOOKING FOR THE ROOKIE JOHN BROWN.  ALMOST INT'D.  NOW SEATTLE, IT TOOK THEM A WHOLE QUARTER TO GET GOING, QUARTER AND A HALF, BUT THEN THEY TOOK OFF.  WILSON TO WILSON.  THAT'S RUSSELL TO LUKE.  YOU KNOW RUSSELL PLAYS REALLY WELL IN THE POCKET, OUTSIDE THE POCKET.  HE'S JUST A PLAY WAITING TO HAPPEN.  LUKE WILSON IS A GUY THAT HAD A HUGE HUGE DAY, HUGE EVENING.  3 CATCHES FOR A BUCK 39 AND 2 SCORES.  THAT ONE WAS A PITCH AND CATCH OF 80 YDS.  NOW ENSUING DRIVE, THAT'S THE ROOKIE, LOGAN THOMAS OUT OF VIRGINIA TECH.  THEY HAD A PACKAGE BUILT FOR HIM.  I'M NOT SO SURE THIS WAS PART OF THE PACKAGE.  DRAW IT FROM THE END ZONE?  NO, THAT PACKAGE FOR A KID LIKE THAT AGAINST SEATTLE'S DEFENSE BACKED UP.  YOU KNOW HE'S SCARED.  YEA.  SO THOMAS COMES OUT.  LINDLEY... I'M NOT READY FOR THIS MAN.  NO, THEY WENT 3 AND OUT.  BUT HERE COMES RUSSELL WILSON ESCAPING THE PRESSURE.  THAT IS A GAIN OF 22.  NOBODY DOES IT BETTER.  AND YOU CANNOT MISS A PLAY THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE.  I MEAN THEY HAD THE RIGHT DEFENSE CALL, THE RIGHT PRESSURE.  THEY JUST MISSED IT.  4 PLAYS LATER IT'S BEAST MODE PUNISHING RUNNING INSIDE THE 5 FOR HIS 15TH TD. OF THE YEAR.  HE'S ABOUT THAT ACTION BOSS.  HE IS.  HAPPY SKITTLES ON THAT ONE.  SEAHAWKS UP 14-3 AGAINST THAT DEFENSE WITH A 3RD STRING QB.  IT'S OVER.  NIGHT-NIGHT.  CHECK ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING.  NOW SEE THESE ARE THE TYPE OF PLAYS YOU GOTTA MAKE.  BIG TIME PLAYERS MAKE BIG TIME PLAYS IN BIG TIME GAMES.  AND THIS RIGHT HERE IS A GAME-CHANGER.  RIGHT NOW, NOW YOU SCORE.  THE SCORE IS 10-14.  YOU GOTTA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY.  YEA, PATRICK PETERSON MISSING IT IN HIS MITTS.  LATER ON N THE 3RD, 4TH & 1.  BRUCE ARIANS.  GIVE HIM CREDIT.  HE'S GOING FOR IT.  HE HAD TO WITH 4 MINS. TO GO IN THE 3RD.  IT'S DEVON TAYLOR PUSHING THE PILE.  NEXT PLAY LINDLEY LOOKING AGAIN FOR MICHAEL FLOYD.  FINALLY THEY CONNECT.  THAT'S A GAIN OF 33 OVER RICHARD SHERMAN.  GREAT THROW.  GREAT CATCH.  GREAT DEFENSE BY RICHARD SHERMAN.  THE RECEIVER JUST MADE THE PLAY.  3 PLAYS LATER, LINDLEY...DROPPING IT AND ..THAT'S WHEN THE MOMENT IS TOO BIG.  A REGULAR SNAP AND YOU'RE DROPPING A REGULAR SNAP.  HAD TO SETTLE FOR A F.G.  DOWN JUST 8.  IT'S JUST 1 SCORE.  ONTO THE 4TH.  2ND & 20 FOR THE SEAHAWKS.  WATCH LARRY FOOT LOSE A FOOTRACE TO WILSON.  YEA.  THEY FOUND THAT MATCHUP ALL NIGHT AND HE WAS VICTIMIZED ALL NIGHT.  THAT'S A GAIN OF 39, AND THEN WILSON ..FOUND HIM AGAIN.  BEATING FOOT AGAIN.  EVERY TIME THEY GOT INTO IT WILSON CHECKED OFF RIGHT TO HIM.  LET'S GO GET HIM.  LUKE WILSON HAD 2 TD. CATCHES COMING INTO THE GAME.  HE LEFT WITH 4.  I SEE YA.  21-6 AT THAT POINT, BUT HOW ABOUT THE RUN OF THE YEAR, PRIME?  THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST RUNS I'VE SEEN BECAUSE AGAINST THE DIVISION, THE EXPLOSIVENESS, THE QUICKNESS, ACCELERATION, THE DURABILITY.  JUST, AND THEN THE CLOWNING THAT AT THE END . 79 YDS. AND YOU COMPARE IT TO THE ONE HE HAD IN 2010 WILDCARD GAME AGAINST THE SAINTS WHICH PUT BEAST MODE ON THE MAP.  GET OFF OF IT.  PATRICK, YOU'RE TRYING TO STRIP THE BALL.  YOU CAN'T GET THAT BALL.  HE'S PROTECTING IT.  NOW WATCH HIM GET THE KNEES UP, GET THE LEGS UP.  AND PETE CARROLL GOT INTO HIS 60'S AND HE'S STILL CELEBRATING.  LOOKING YOUNG.  UNBELIEVABLE.  THE SEAHAWKS PUTTING UP NEARLY 600 YDS. OF TOTAL OFFENSE.  A FRANCHISE RECORD.  596.  RUSSELL WILSON WITH A REGULAR SEASON CAREER HIGH OF 339 YDS. PASSING.

 

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