SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 18 / WILD CARD
CARDINALS @ PANTHERS 4:57
RAVENS @ STEELERS 6:50
BENGALS @ COLTS 4:24
LIONS @ COWBOYS 7:57
TRT: 34:54
1:10:15;28 - ARIZONA CARDINALS @ CAROLINA PANTHERS
IN THE NFC, ON AN UGLY DAY IN CHARLOTTE. A LOT OF RAIN WAS COMING DOWN. EVERYONE'S IN THEIR RAIN GEAR. BRUCE ARIANS COULD BE COACH OF THE YEAR. CAM NEWTON HERE LOOKING FOR A PLAYOFF WIN, AND NEWTON GOT OUT TO THE EARLY LEAD WITH JONATHAN STEWART WHO YOU JUST SAW AFTER A GRAHAM GANOW F.G. KEITH, PART OF THE RESURGENCE OF THE CAROLINA PANTHERS OFFENSE HAS TO DO WITH STEWART AND HIS ABILITY TO RUN THE FOOTBALL AND RUN WITH FRESH LEGS. THIS COULD'VE CHANGED THE GAME. ARIZONA HERE WAS GIVEN LIFE WHEN BRENTON BURSON MUFFED THIS PUNT AND JUSTIN BETHEL FELL ON IT; AND BRENTON BURSON HERE WAS THE POSTER CHILD EARLY FOR CAROLINA TRYING TO GIVE THIS GAME AWAY. AND WHAT YOU SAW HERE, AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF IT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. DEION SANDERS HAS A GREAT SAYING, EVERYBODY NOT BUILT FOR THE MOMENT. AND THAT WAS CLEARLY ONE OF THOSE PLAYS WHERE HE SHOULD'VE BEEN FAR AWAY FROM THE BALL. MADE A MISTAKE. BRENTON BURSON OUT OF ... HERE. SECOND PLAY. RATHER 1ST PLAY, 2ND QUARTER. IT IS RYAN LINDLEY TO DARREN FELLS. WE VERY MUCH HAVE A GAME THANKS TO THE TURNOVERS. IT'S A 10-7 GAME. RYAN LINDLEY NOW AS MANY POST-SEASON TDS. AS CAM NEWTON. SPEAKING OF CAM, HE TOO WOULD GIVE THE BALL AWAY. ONE TO JERICHO COTCHERY. GETS ANTONIO CROMARTIE. NOW CAM'S GONNA SAVE THE TD. IT'S A 50 YD. RETURN. HE'S GONNA FORCE HIM OUT AT THE 17 YD. LINE; AND BRUCE ARIANS TEAM, AGAIN, HAS LIFE, AND WE'RE WATCHING THIS GAME JAMIE. WE'RE WATCHING THIS PLAY SAYING WHAT IS JERICHO COTCHERY DOING? YEA, AND THIS IS UNUSUAL FOR A VETERAN WIDE RECEIVER. I COULD SEE A YOUNGER WIDE RECEIVER MAKING THAT PLAY. YOU SEE CAM NEWTON TALKING ABOUT IT RIGHT THERE. CONTINUE TO GO OUT INTO THE ZONE AREA. IT WAS A VERY BIZARRE PLAY BY A VETERAN PLAYER. IT WOULD LEAD TO MARION BRYCE TRYING TO PUNCH IT IN. ACTUALLY, THEY BROUGHT IN LOGAN THOMAS, THE PREVIOUS PLAY AT QB. THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS BRYCE FUMBLE. ROMAN HARPER PICKS IT UP. BUT ARIANS WILL CHALLENGE. ACTUALLY, NO. I'M SORRY. HE DIDN'T CHALLENGE HERE. IT'S A FUMBLE. SO ALL TURNOVERS ARE REVIEWED. AND UPON FURTHER REVIEW THAT'S A TD. THAT BALL CROSSED. TD. ALL DAY. HERE YOU LOOK AT A TEAM THAT THERE, ALL OF A SUDDEN, GO DOWN DOUBLE-DIGITS TO BEING AHEAD. 14 PTS. ON TURNOVERS, AND WE STILL HAVE A 1 PT. GAME WITH 5 SOME TO PLAY IN THE 3RD QUARTER WHEN FAZZY WHITAKER GETS LOOSE BEHIND BYRON BELL FOR 39. GREAT JOB. GREAT JOB OF EXECUTION. GUYS GETTING BLOCKS DOWN THE FIELD. NICE PLAY CALL. NICE DESIGN. CAROLINA PANTHERS TAKE CONTROL OF THE GAME. AND IN THE DOUBLE WHAMMY RIGHT HERE, THEY'RE DOUBLING UP. TED GINN'S GONNA GET DRILLED BY MELVIN WHITE. RECOVERED BY KEVIN RIDDICK. PANTHERS WILL HAVE IT INSIDE THE 5 YD. LINE. CANNOT HAVE THOSE KIND OF ERRORS HAPPEN TO YOUR TEAM. NOPE. TED GINN'S A VETERAN PLAYER THERE AS WELL. JERICHO COTCHERY WITH THE MISTAKE IS A VETERAN PLAYER. TED GINN SEES HIM. THAT VETERAN MISTAKE AS WELL, AND HE WOULD COUGH THE BALL UP AND, AGAIN, IT'S A GAME OF FIELD POSITION. A SHORT FIELD HERE AFTER THE TED GINN FUMBLE FOR CAM NEWTON. 3RD & GOAL. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN ARIZONA DIDN'T LIKE THIS PASS INTERFERENCE ON TONY JEFFERSON. BUT SHOW ME WHAT HE DID WITH THE LEFT HAND? YEA, AND THAT'S THE WHOLE KEY IS HE CLIMBED OLSEN AND KEEPS OLSEN FROM BEING ABLE TO JUMP. RIGHT HERE YOU'RE GONNA SEE HIM. OLSEN CAN'T JUMP NOW BECAUSE HE CLIMBS UP HIS BACK. GOOD COVERAGE. YOU'RE RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE CONTACT BEFORE THE BALL ARRIVES. THEN WITH A COUPLE OF T.E.'S THEY WILL GO TO THE FULLBACK. 2 T.E. FORMATION, HEAVY SET. GIVE IT TO ME. OH YEA. HEAVYSET FOR MIKE.. NICE. WHERE'S THE DANCE?! NO BIG MAN DANCE CONTEST. OH MAN. FOR MIKE TOLBERT. ALRIGHT, CAM NEWTON THOUGH STILL ATTEMPTED AT TIMES TO GIVE THIS GAME AWAY. .. CAMPBELL HITS HIM HERE. ALMOST PICKED OFF BY TOMMY KELLY. CARDINALS ARE GONNA CHALLENGE THAT IT WAS A FORWARD PASS, AND IT IS RULED A FORWARD PASS SINCE HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING HIT, ED HOCHULI SAID. AND HE WAS THROWING THE BALL. THERE WAS A R.B. IN THE AREA WHERE WHICH HE WAS TRYING TO THROW THE BALL. THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT WASN'T CALLED FOR GROUNDING. SO THE CARDINALS LOSE THE TIMEOUT. THEN CAM NEWTON, AGAIN, IS HIT. THIS TIME BY SAM ACHO. THIS TIME ..WE KNOW WHAT THIS IS. THAT'S AN OPEN HAND. THAT'S A FUMBLE. RASHAD JOHNSON IS GONNA PICK IT UP AND BRING IT BACK INSIDE THE 10. 12 MINS. TO GO. THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE THIS A ONE-SCORE GAME; AND THEY GOT THIS ONE RIGHT. LOOK AT IT. YEA. AND AGAIN, IT'S 2ND AND 10. FOR ME WHY ARE YOU THROWING THE BALL? THIS GAME S ALL BUT OVER IF YOU CAN JUST CONTINUE TO RUN THE BALL OUT, RUN THE CLOCK OUT. CLOCK STOPS. I MEAN I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE DECISIONS THAT THEY WERE MAKING WITH RUNNING OR PASSING THE FOOTBALL. A CURIOUS DECISION HERE AS WELL. LINDLEY PICKED OFF BY LUKE KUECHLY. TOUGH WAY FOR LARRY FITZGERALD TO GO OUT, IF THIS IS TRULY HIS FINAL GAME AS A CARDINAL. HE SAT DOWN THERE. LINDLEY TELEGRAPHED THE THROW. KUECHLY JUMPED IN FRONT OF IT, TOOK IT AWAY. 2 PICKS ON THE DAY FOR RYAN LINDLEY. ANOTHER ONE TO THE END ZONE LATE IN THE 4TH QUARTER, AND THE FINAL SCORE HERE, 27-16. CAROLINA IS A WINNER AS THE 4 SEED AND THE PANTHERS ARE MOVING ON TO DIVISIONAL WEEKEND.
1:15:22;24 - BALTIMORE RAVENS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS
BALTIMORE AND PITTS. THERE WE GO. HERE WE GO. CAPTAIN KHAKI ON HAND. BIG JIM KNOWS THAT NOBODY FROM THESE TEAMS ARE ACTUALLY STILL ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR MICH. RIGHT? INCLUDING LE'VEON BELL WHO WENT TO MICH. ST. AND WAS INELIGIBLE FOR THIS GAME BECAUSE HE'S INJURED. A HYPER-EXTENDED KNEE. BEN TATE. SIGNUP THE SCRAP HEAP THIS WEEK. IT'S ... WHAT HAPPENED TO IT T? COUGHED IT UP. THANK GOD ANTONIO BROWN IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. YES. NEXT PLAY THAT'S JOSH HARRIS. 9 CAREER CARRIES FOR HIM COMING INTO THE GAME ... THAT'S MY MAN. IT WAS... FOR HIM TO GET OFF, HUH. NOW BIG BEN.. YOU SAW WHAT HE DID LAST GAME AGAINST THE RAVENS EARLIER THIS YEAR. 6 TD. TOSSES. WHAT DID HE DO THIS TIME? HE GOT A ...HELPING OF NATA WHO WAS BACK AFTER SERVING HIS 4 GAME SUSPENSION. HE'S GOTTA GET RID OF THE BALL. SOONA THAN LATER. AND THEN JOE FLACCO. HE THROWS A PRETTY GOOD DEEP BALL. THIS ONE TO JACOBY JONES. IT'S INCOMPLETE. HOWEVER, WE HAVE A FLAG ON THE PLAY. IT'S A HORRIBLE CALL. UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS ON MIKE MITCHELL. THIS IS A HORRIBLE CALL. I'M A RECEIVER. HE HITTED HIM TO THE FACE. COME ON MAN. YEA BUT IF HE HAD ...O.K. IF HE HAD JUMPED LIKE THE DEFENDER HAD JUMPED, IT WOULD'VE BEEN HIT RIGHT IN THE CHEST. ALRIGHT, ONTO THE 2ND QUARTER. THIS IS THE SAME BALT. DRIVE. IT'S YOUR BUDDY JUSTIN FORSETT. WHAT MAKES HIM SO GOOD DESEAN? MAN, HE'S TIGHT THROUGH THEM SPACES. HE KNOW HOW TO GET UP THE FIELD AND HIT THAT HOLE HARD. ALRIGHT. 1ST & GOAL. IT'S BERNARD PIERCE. NICE PATIENCE. DUST HIM OFF. WHERE'S HE BEEN? WELL HE'S BEEN THERE. YOU JUST NEED TO USE HIM ON THE GOAL LINE, APPARENTLY. WELCOME HOME BOOBIE. IT'S 7-3 BALT. STEELERS ENSUING DRIVE. ROETHLISBERGER TO HIS SECURITY BLANKET. WATCH THIS. THE SPIN MOVE. THIS IS ON 3RD & 10. HEATH MILLER. THAT'S WHAT ROETHLISBERGER DOES SO WELL. YEA, BUT THAT SAME THING GETS YOU IN TROUBLE. AND IT DID LATER ON BUT MIKE TOMLIN'S LIKE, YEA, WATCH THIS. JUST GETTING OUT OF THE GRASP OF SOME VERY LARGE MEN. HOW DOES HE DO IT? THEN 3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 1, ROETHLISBERGER GOING FOR IT TO ANTONIO BROWN BUT HE GETS SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS. GOTTA PUT THAT BALL IN THERE. ON THAT PLAY HE HAD IT WIDE OPEN EARLIER. HE HAS TO DELIVER THAT. STEELERS HAD TO SETTLE FOR SHAWN SUISSEM F.G. ALMOST. AND THEY WERE DOWN 1 AT THE BREAK. ONTO THE 3RD QUARTER. PITTS. DOWN 13-9. ROETHLISBERGER LOOKING FOR THE ROOKIE MARTAVUS BRYANT, AND YOU TELL ME DESEAN, IS THIS P.I. OR IS IT INCIDENTAL CONTACT? I'M A WIDE RECEIVER SO YOU KNOW I'M BIASED TO SAY P.I. BUT THAT WAS INCIDENTAL CONTACT. HE TRIPPED OVER HIS FOOT. SO THAT WAS A GOOD CALL BY THE REFEREE NOT MAKING THAT ONE. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THE TRIP. INADVERTENT. NO FLAG ON THE PLAY. MIKE TOMLIN, YOUR THOUGHTS? AND THESE ARE THE BEST-OF-THE-BEST OFFICIALS THAT'S OFFICIATING THESE GAMES. ALRIGHT. SO JOE FLACCO WE'RE HAVING A SENIOR MOMENT. THAT'S STEVE SMITH SENIOR. THE YOUNG FELLA. THAT COME HERE TO PLAY EVERYDAY. MY BOY. PICKING IT OFF THE HEAD OF BRYCE MCCANE WHO'S BEEN REALLY GOOD THE LAST FEW WEEKS. AND THEN FLACCO KEEPING IT ALIVE ON 3RD DOWN. HE PULLS OFF A ROETHLISBERGER. THROWING IT TO TORRY SMITH FOR THE TD. 6. SMITH WITH 11 TD. GRABS. THAT WAS A CAREER HIGH THIS YEAR. BIG BEN JUST WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED. WELL, WATCH JAMES HARRISON JUST AT THE LAST SECOND BY .. GET PUSHED AWAY, AND THAT KEPT THE PLAY ALIVE FOR FLACCO. SO HERE COMES PITTS. ON THEIR ENSUING DRIVE. ROETHLISBERGER TO ANTONIO BROWN. YOU GOTTA GET HIM A CHANCE TO PLAY THE GAME. YOU CAN'T THROW IT OUT OF BOUNDS WHEN HE'S ONE-ON-ONE WITH A SAFETY. BEN ROETHLISBERGER SACKED BY ELVIS DUMERVIL. AND A MONSTER PRO BOWL YEAR FOR THE RAVENS. ROETHLISBERGER SACKED 5 TIMES ON THE DAY. ONTO THE 4TH. BALT. BALL, LEADING 20-9 AND HERE IT IS DESEAN. HIT HIM UP. TEXT HIM. I'M PISSED. O.K. YOU GOT IT. THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT. RIGHT. SO JUSTIN FORSETT FUMBLES IT AND THE STEELERS RECOVER IN BALT. TERRITORY. THAT IS A BAD FEELING MAN, RIGHT THERE. STEELERS ENSUING DRIVE. ROETHLISBERGER GOING UP TOP FOR ANTONIO BROWN! IT'S INITIALLY CALLED A SCORE BUT UPON FURTHER REVIEW, THEY WOULD REALIZE HE WAS DOWN AT THE HALF YD. LINE. THEN AFTER A PENALTY ROETHLISBERGER TO THE ROOKIE BRYANT. THAT'S A TD. GETS THE STEELERS WITHIN 5. NOW GOING FOR 2. GREAT ROUTE. BIG MAN HAS TO PUT IT IN THE RECEIVER. ONCE AGAIN HE'S LATE WITH THE THROW. PICKED OFF BY MATT ELAM. SO THE DEFICIT REMAINS 5. RAVENS ENSUING DRIVE. FLACCO ON 3RD & 1 TO TORRY SMITH, AND IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE, DESEAN, DON'T YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR FEET DOWN ON THIS? YEA. YOU GOTTA TIPTOE THAT ONE, MAN. WE PRACTICE A LOT DURING THE WEEK ON THAT. YOU GOTTA GET THEM DOWN MAN AND JUST DRAG IT. JUST DRAG IT. GOTTA GET THEM DOWN. HE GONNA REGRET THAT ONE. INSTEAD THEY HAD TO SETTLE FOR A JUSTIN TUCKER 52 YD. F.G. AND AN 8 PT. LEAD. ONCE AGAIN, NO LE'VEON BELL. ON 3RD & 4, ROETHLISBERGER TO BEN TATE. IN AND OUT OF HIS MITTS AND PICKED OFF BY T. SIZZLE, BUT WATCH T. SIZZLE. HE'S BEEN DOING THE SUZANNE SOMERS THIGH MASTER OR SOMETHING BECAUSE WATCH WHERE HE CATCHES THIS FOOTBALL. THROUGH THE LEGS. THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE A PLAY. RIGHT BETWEEN THE TWIGS. VETERAN RIGHT THERE. TAKE THAT TO THE TWIGS. YOU CAN'T PUT HIM IN THAT SITUATION. SO THE RAVENS...FLACCO TO CROCKETT GILMORE, THE ROOKIE OUT OF COLORADO ST. HIS 2ND CAREER TD. AND THE RAVENS HAVE A 15 PT. LEAD. GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE RAVENS. MOST TEAMS WOULD'VE JUST RAN THE BALL OUT RIGHT THEN AND JUST TRY TO EAT UP CLOCK, AND THEY CAME OUT THROWING. BEN ROETHLISBERGER THROWS IT TO DREE ARCHER. HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE. PENALTY ON THE PLAY, HOWEVER, WOULD NULLIFY THE TD. OFF. HOLDING. SO YOUR NEXT PLAY, ROETHLISBERGER DUMPED BY COURTNEY UPSHAW AND BIG BEN HAS HIS BELL RUNG. YOU CAN SEE HELMET INTO FROZEN TURF, OR AT LEAST CHILLY TURF OUT THERE. BRUCE GRANTKOWSKI WOULD COME IN FOR 3 PLAYS, AND THEN ROETHLISBERGER COMES BACK IN AND MAYBE IT WASN'T SUCH A GOOD IDEA. PICKED OFF BY DARIAN STEWART IN THE END ZONE. STEELERS WOULD ADD A SAFETY ON A BLOCKED PUNT BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE BALT., FOR THE 6TH TIME UNDER JOHN HARBAUGH, WINS ON OPENING WEEKEND FOR THEM IN THE PLAYOFFS; AND THEY WILL MOVE ON NEXT SATURDAY TO PLAY THE TOP-SEED IN THE AFC, THE N.E. PATRIOTS.
1:22:22;11 - CINCINNATI BENGALS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
THE COLTS ARE MOVING ONTO THE DIVISIONAL ROUND. 26-10 THE FINAL SCORE THERE. LET'S SEE HOW WE GOT THERE. IT STARTED WITH THE MOMENT OF SILENCE. A SAD DAY FOR THOSE OF US IN OUR BUSINESS AT ESPN AND AROUND THE LEAGUE. STEWART SCOTT PASSING AWAY. ARTHUR JONES, AS YOU SEE THERE, EMOTIONAL ON THE SIDELINES AS THEY HONOR HIM. MARVIN LEWIS AND THE BENGALS MAKING THEIR 4TH STRAIGHT POSTSEASON APPEARANCE. LEWIS 0-5 HEADING INTO TODAY'S GAME. COLTS, THE ONLY TEAM IN THE NFL WITHOUT AN OPENING DRIVE ON THEIR 1ST OR...WITHOUT A TD. ON THEIR OPENING DRIVE OF THE SEASON. THEY CHANGED THAT RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE. SETTING IT UP HERE WITH A BOOM HARIN RUN, 27 YDS. THERE, AND THEN A BOOM HARIN TD. AND, AGAIN, LOOK AT THE OFF. LINE. WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN THE PASSING GAME. THEY DID A GREAT JOB IN THE RUNNING GAME AND, AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BOOM HERIN AND NOT SOMEBODY ELSE NAMED RICHARDSON. YEA. YOU KNOW, DAN HERIN HAD AVERAGED 6 TOUCHES PER GAME ALL YEAR LONG. HE HAD 5 TOUCHES ON THAT VERY FIRST DRIVE. GOT A LITTLE TESTY THERE. BENGALS SIDELINE GETTING TESTY THERE. PACMAN JONES, ADAM JONES. EXCUSE ME. GINO ATKINS. THEY WERE HAVING SOME WORDS. ALRIGHT, ANDY DALTON. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HIS PLAY. GOES TO REX BURKHEAD HERE FOR A BIG GAIN OF 26 YDS. HE HAD 53 FROM SCRIMMAGE BY THE END OF THE 2ND DRIVE. 1ST & GOAL ON THE 5 THERE. 2 PLAYS LATER JEREMY HILL PAYS IT OFF WITH A TD. AND WE'RE ALL TIED UP AT 7 APIECE. AND THAT'S WHAT HAD TO HAPPEN. THERE HAD TO BE A LOT OF PRESSURE PLACED ON THE OFF. LINE; AND THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE COLTS WERE EXPECTING. THEY WERE MISSING A.J. GREEN, AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED. OBVIOUSLY, A HUGE PART OF THEIR OFFENSE. OUT WITH A CONCUSSION. ANDY DALTON, AS WE SEE HERE, GOING TO GREG LITTLE. IT'S INCOMPLETE. THEY WERE FORCED TO PUNT HERE IN THE 2ND QUARTER ON 3RD & 5. NEXT BENGALS POSSESSION 3RD & 4. THIS TIME IT'S MUHAMMAD SANU. THAT ONE DOESN'T WORK EITHER. AND, AGAIN, IT'S JUST ABOUT BALL PLACEMENT. I MEAN THAT'S THE BALL YOU DROP INSIDE, AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE THE LOCATION HAS CONTINUED TO ESCAPED ANDY DALTON. BUT T.Y. HILTON, YOU CAN SEE THIS GUY DIDN'T HAVE A CATCH IN THE 1ST QUARTER, BUT IN THE 2ND QUARTER, IT WAS ON ... KEEPS THIS ONE BOTH FEET IN. 17 YD. PICKUP HERE ON A 3RD & 11. NEXT PLAY, 1ST & 10 AND THIS ONE GOES FOR ALMOST DOUBLE THE DISTANCE AS THE LAST ONE. 30 YD. PICKUP HERE. THIS ONE, THIS DRIVE ENDS IN A 38 YD. VINATIERRI F.G. HE'S GONNA GET A WORKOUT TODAY. AS I MENTIONED, 10-7 THE SCORE THERE. NEXT TIME THE COLTS ARE OUT IT'S T.Y. HILTON. HE DROPS THE BALL. WOULD’VE BEEN A 1ST DOWN. MAYBE A TD. YEA, AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE WERE SEVERAL DROPS ON THE DAY BUT ALSO GIVE CINCY A LOT OF CREDIT IN THE RED ZONE, HOLDING THE COLTS TO F.G.'S INSTEAD OF TDS. O.K. NEXT COLTS POSSESSION HERE. LUCK TO HARIN FOR A GAIN OF 17 YDS. BUT IT'S FUMBLED. DINARD RIPS IT OUT. RECOVERED BY REGGIE NELSON. THIS IS THE FIRST TURNOVER OF THE GAME AND IT COULD'VE BEEN A PRETTY BIG SWING OF MOMENTUM. YEA, AND THAT'S THE THING. CINCY BENGALS DEFENSE HAS HELD THIS TEAM IN THERE BUT YOU HAVE TO GET TDS. YOU CAN'T GET F.G.'S ESPECIALLY AGAINST ANDREW LUCK BECAUSE WHAT'S HE GONNA DO? HE'S GONNA DROPBACK, MAKE PLAYS WITH HIS LEGS; AND THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PASS. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE FACT THAT HE WAS UNDER DURESS AND HE MAKES THE PLAY. WATCH THIS. HE'S UNDER DURESS. HE GETS TURNED RIGHT HERE AND HE STILL HAS THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO BE ABLE TO DROP IT IN THERE, PERFECT LOCATION. EXCELLENT JOB. NOW I GOTTA CALL A FLAG HERE. YOU CAN'T DO THE DANCE TWICE. NOT TWICE? NOT TWICE. ONCE IS O.K. BUT.. ONCE IS GOOD. NOT TWICE. NOT TWICE. A LITTLE TRICKERY HERE. DOESN’T WORK. AND HERE, YEA, AGAIN, LOCATION. ANDY DALTON NEEDED TO PUT THAT BALL TO THE LEFT. THE RECEIVER HAD THE DEFENDER BEAT BUT HE JUST CAN'T SEEN TO FIND THE PROPER LOCATION. COLTS BALL. COBY FLEANER UP THE SIDELINE. 18 YD. TD. BUT, WAIT FOR IT. FLAG ON THE PLAY. YEA. FLAG HERE. YOU'RE GONNA SEE BLOCK IN THE BACK RIGHT HERE. PUSHES ADAM JONES DOWN ON THE GROUND THERE. CALLS THE TD. BACK. THEY END UP HAVING TO SETTLE FOR A F.G. 23-10 THE SCORE. BENGALS BALL. DALTON SACKED FOR A LOSS OF 5. BENGALS GO 3 AND OUT TO END THE 3RD QUARTER; AND THAT WAS THE THEME EARLY IN THE 2ND HALF. BENGALS 3 AND OUT, 3 AND OUT, 3 AND OUT. PICKED UP 3 1ST DOWNS BY MY COUNT IN THE ENTIRE 2ND HALF. SO THE FINAL SCORE HERE IS 26-10. STACEY DALES ON THE FIELD AFTERWARD.
1:26:56;18 - DETROIT LIONS @ DALLAS COWBOYS
BAD PLAY. GOOD CALL. FAR FROM IT. THE DETROIT LIONS, THE DALLAS COWBOYS. ROMO WITH HIS SON BEFORE THE GAME. NDAMUKONG SUH PLAYING IN THIS GAME. SUH. FIRST QUARTER.. MARSHALL, YOU SAID LOOK OUT FOR THE #2 RECEIVERS AND LOOK WHO PRESENTED HIMSELF RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO, GOLDEN TATE. THAT IS WHAT WAS GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN IN THIS GAME IN ORDER TO MOVE THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD BECAUSE, LISTEN, IF I'M A DEF. COORD. IN THIS GAME, DEZ BRYANT AND CALVIN JOHNSON ARE NOT BEATING ME BY THEMSELVES. I NEED SOME OTHER GUYS TO STEP UP; AND I FELT LIKE GOLDEN TATE, JUST AFTER WHAT HE SHOWED US LAST YEAR IN THE S.B. RUN WITH SEATTLE, HE HAD IT IN HIM. HE REVERSED HIS UNIFORM NUMBER. #15 BUT A 51 YD. TD. CATCH AND RUN. MEANWHILE, DEMARCO MURRAY RUNNING THE BALL AND IT SEEMED LIKE HE HURT HIS HAND EARLY ON IN THE GAME. HE CAME OUT AFTER THIS 3 YD. GAIN. COWBOYS HAD ONLY 7 CARRIES FOR 30 YDS. IN THE 1ST HALF, UNBALANCED; AND THEN WHEN THEY FINALLY DID GET DETROIT TO PUNT, THIS WAS CALLED RUNNING INTO THE KICKER. THE 5 YD. PENALTY DID INDEED GIVE JIM CALDWELL A FRESH SET OF DOWNS. IT WAS ...DAKOTA WATSON WHO WAS THE ONE WHO GOES UNDERNEATH SAM MARTIN. AS BAD A START AS THE DALLAS COWBOYS COULD POSSIBLY HAVE, THEY HAD THIS DAY. AND WITH THE FRESH SET OF DOWNS, WITH THE NEW LIFE DEEP IN HIS OWN END, MATT STAFFORD PICKING IT UP. HECK OF A RUN RIGHT HERE. ..DOWN ON 13. I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU DROP YOUR SHOULDER, SHED THE D.B., AND THEN GET THE NECESSARY YARDS TO EXTEND THE DRIVE. 4 PLAYS LATER RIGHT AROUND MIDFIELD, A LOT OF DIPSY-DO AND THEN JOIQUE BELL ON THE INTERESTING SCREEN PASS RIGHT THERE AND IT WORKED FOR 18 YDS.; AND 4 PLAYS LATER THE LIONS ARE ON THE COWBOYS 18 AND IT'S TIME FOR REGGIE BUSH. OH MAN, THIS IS. THIS IS WHY YOU GOT IT. AND GOLDEN TATE WITH THE.. THIS IS WHY YOU GOT HIM. YEA, HE STILL HAD.. 2 GREAT BLOCKS BY THE RECEIVERS ON THAT PLAY TO GET REGGIE BUSH INTO THE END ZONE. 14 PLAYS. 21 REASONS! 99 YDS. FIRST 99 YD. YD. DRIVE WITH ... THE 2001 WILD CARD CONTEST. DID YOU SEE THAT HIT BY GOLDEN TATE? I DID. WE EVEN SPOT-SHOTTED IT IRV. NOW WE'RE GONNA SHOW SOME PASS PROTECTION FROM DALLAS COWBOYS. O.K. SAME MONSTER CAME AT HIM AGAIN. ...BALL OUT. DARRELL TAP TAPS ROMO. COL BEASLEY GETS ON IT. DETROIT KNEW THERE WAS SOME TIME A COUPLE GAMES IN THEIR STRETCH THAT THE DALLAS COWBOYS DID NOT HANDLE THE BLITZ WELL, AND THEY WENT BACK TO THAT, AND THEY CRIPPLED THE COWBOYS. THEY GOT TO HIM WITHOUT BLITZING IT. BOTH WAYS. BOTH WAYS. HERE COMES WHITEHEAD RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. BOTH WAYS. TO HERE WHITEHEAD ..ROMO GOES DOWN. SACKED 3 TIMES IN THE 1ST HALF. COWBOYS NEXT DRIVE, 3RD & 12 FROM THEIR OWN 24. A BUCK 50 LEFT IN THE HALF, AND THIS WAS A BIG PLAY. ROMO OVER THE MIDDLE. HUGE PLAY. TO TERRENCE WILLIAMS AND HE IS GONE! OUT THE GATE! THIS WAS A GOOD ROUTE. THE OTHER #2 WIDE RECEIVER. GREAT ROUTE. CORNERBACK FAILED AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE SECONDARY THOUGHT THIS GUY WAS GONNA GET IT. THEY THOUGHT THIS GUY WAS GONNA GET HIM AND NO ONE GOT HIM. TOUCHDOWN. GREAT ROUTE RUN BY WILLIAMS. CAUCEOUS VAUGHN AND JAMES PETTIBOWE. AND HE NEEDED THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE. HE TRIPS. NOW THAT GUY THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA GET HIM. THIS GUY...AND EVERYBODY GAVE UP ON THE PLAY. YEA BUT HE NEEDED IT PERSONALLY FOR HIS CONFIDENCE TO STAY IN THIS GAME AND TO STAY A PART OF SOMETHING. HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP AND GET THE BALL THAT HE DIDN'T GET BEFORE ... GRABBED THE BALL IT WENT THROUGH HIS HANDS. NOW STAFFORD'S LUCKY TO GET THIS ONE BACK. HIT BRUCE CARTER RIGHT IN THE HANDS AND CARTER COULDN’T COME IN WITH IT. MATT PRADER KICKED A F.G. SO THE LIONS GO UP 10,. 17-7. AND THEN FIRST PLAY OF THE 2ND HALF THE LIONS GET THE BALL TO START IT AND THEN THE COWBOYS GET THE BALL RIGHT AFTER IT. TIP DRILL. JEREMY MINCEY POPS IT IN THE AIR. KYLE WILBUR BRINGS IT DOWN. JASON GARRETT IS LOVING. TONY ROMO GETS OUT THERE AND 3 PLAYS LATER...THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END. ROMO IS SACKED BY ZIGGY .. OLD MOMENTUM HAS SWUNG BUT, BOY, THE DETROIT LIONS DEF. LINE CAPTURED IT BACK. AND DAN BAILEY, YOU SEE THAT. THEY PUT THE ZIGGY ON HIM. PUT THE STAT OF BEST F.G. KICKER AND ACCURACY IN HISTORY AND THEN WIDE RIGHT. WOW MAN. NEUNAN. A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES LEFT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD BY THE DALLAS COWBOYS. FOR THE COWBOYS, AND THE LIONS ADDED 3 MORE ON WHEN THEY GOT THE BALL BACK. SO IT'S 20-7. 3RD & 10, DEZ BRYANT WITH JUST 6 MINS. TO GO IN THE 3RD QUARTER MAKING A PLAY WITH SOME RUN-AFTER CATCH. 43 YDS. SETS THE COWBOYS UP 1ST & GOAL FROM THE 10. BUT 4 PLAYS LATER JASON GARRETT'S NERVOUSLY CHEWING GUM BECAUSE THEY GO FOR IT ON 4TH & GOAL. LINEBACKER COVERING DEZ BRYANT. AND HERE COMES DEMARCO MURRAY. EXACTLY. A LOT OF PEOPLE..I'M SORRY RICH. A LOT OF PEOPLE ...IF YOU WERE A DEF. COORD. WHY WAS A LINEBACKER COVERING DEZ BRYANT ON THAT CROSS ROUTE. OF ALL PEOPLE. WELL IT EVENTUALLY LED TO DEMARCO MURRAY, ON A BIG 4TH DOWN ATTEMPT, CASHING IT IN MAKING IT A 6 PT. GAME. 14 MINS. TO GO IN REGULATION. ROMO IN THE RED ZONE AND ROMO .. THROW IT! THROW IT! AND ROMO FURTHER AWAY FROM THE RED ZONE. THROW IT!! HERE COMES NDAMUKONG SUH RIPPING HIM DOWN WITH 1 ARM. DROPKICK IT. LOSS OF 5. NEXT PLAY, 3RD & 15, ROMO .. MOMMA, THERE GOES THAT MAN. IN THE POCKET! ..RUNNING AROUND IN THE POCKET. HERE COMES SUH AGAIN. KEEP YOUR FEET TO YOURSELF. DAN BAILEY COMES IN FOR A 51 YD. F.G. AND HE BOOTS IT THROUGH. THEY HAD TO SETTLE FOR IT BUT THEY GOT IT. IT'S A 3 PT. GAME. 10 MINS. TO GO. MATT STAFFORD, CALVIN JOHNSON ON A BIG 3RD & 8 CONVERSION. MOVE THE CHAINS 19 YDS. YOU KNOW HE'S THE MAN. 3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 1 FROM THE COWBOYS 46. THIS THE PLAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. STAFFORD TO PETTIGREW. LOOKS LIKE HE'S FACE-GUARDED BY THE DALLAS COWBOYS. FLAG ON THE PLAY. GAME-CHANGER. ANTHONY HITCHENS. LOOKS LIKE HE FACE-GUARDED HIM. DEZ BRYANT COMES OUT WITHOUT HIS HELMET TO ARGUE. NO FLAG ON THAT. AND THEN THE FLAG THAT WAS THROWN ON THIS WAS PICKED UP!! YOU CAN NEVER TOUCH THE GUY. WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?! NOT ONLY TOUCH HIM, HE GRABBED HIM. ROBBING THE COWBOYS WITH THAT PLAY. WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?! THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION YOU COULD ASK. THEY HAVE TO PUNT AND SAM MARTIN SHANKAPOTOMOUS. 10 YDS.! WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?! 41. THE COWBOYS GET IT ON THEIR OWN 41. ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD, YOU SHANK A PLAY. AND THEY GO FOR IT ON 4TH & 6 4 PLAYS LATER AND PICK IT UP. ROMO TO HIS B.F.F. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. THAT WAS A GREAT ROUTE. GREAT TIME FOR JASON WITTEN TO MAKE THE PLAY. HE SHOWS UP. GREAT ROUTE. WATCH HIM DROP HIM OFF. DROP HIM OFF TIME. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW. DROPPED HIM OFF AT THE BUS STOP. JAMES PETITBOWE, THE ONE WHO'S DROPPED TO THE BUS STOP. 5 PLAYS LATER, ROMO, 3RD & 7, LANCE DUNBAR. WHY'S HE ON THE GROUND? THERE'S NOW A FLAG ON THE GROUND. IT'S BECAUSE D'ANDRE LEVY ... THIS USED TO NEVER GET CALLED BECAUSE IT'S IN BETWEEN THE TACKLE BOX. HE COULD SAY HE ASSUMED YOU HAD THE BALL. YOU WERE GETTING TACKLED. THAT'S WHAT N.E. DID TO YOU, RIGHT? EXACTLY. THAT'S WHAT THEY DID TO YOU IN THE S.B. AND 4 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & GOAL.. AND YOU WERE ALLOWED TO DO THAT INSIDE THE TACKLE BOX. ROMO BUYS TIME AND FINDS TERRENCE WILLIAMS! FIRST COWBOY 2 OR MORE TD. RECEPTIONS IN A PLAYOFF GAME SINCE MICHAEL IRVIN DID IT IN G.B. GREAT PATIENCE IN THE POCKET. A LITTLE PASS RUSH. THE LINE IS TIRED. GREAT PLAY. WAIT, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT RICH. GO BACK AND SAY THAT AGAIN. I'LL SAY IT WHEN I'M DONE WITH THE HIGHLIGHT. THE LIONS GOT THE BALL BACK. DOWN.. YOU HAVE TO GET BACK TO THAT RICH! 24-20. 2 MINS. AND CHANGE TO GO IN THE GAME. STAFFORD HIT BY ANTHONY SPENCER. BALL'S LOOSE. DEMARCUS LAWRENCE PICKS IT UP AND BALL'S LOOSE AGAIN! OH MAN YOU HAD IT! AND ROBBIE REEF RECOVERS IT! WELCOME TO THE NEW LEON LETT. EXCHANGE OF FOOTBALLS LEFT AND RIGHT, UP AND DOWN WITH 2 MINS. TO GO, AND THE LIONS GET THE BALL BACK. WHAT DO THEY DO WITH YOUNG LAWRENCE RIGHT THERE? 9 PLAYS LATER, A MINUTE TO GO. HAVE TO GO FOR IT ON 4TH & 3 AND LAWRENCE, THE ONE WHO FUMBLED IT AFTER SEEMINGLY SEALING THE DEAL, DOES SEE THE DEAL WITH A SACK, STRIP AND FUMBLE RECOVERY. HE HAD THE OWNER OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND THE GOVERNOR OF N.J. DOING THE NAH-NAH. .. .ARE DOING THE NAH-NAH.
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