SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 19 / DIVISIONAL WEEKEND
RAVENS @ PATRIOTS 8:36
PANTHERS @ SEAHAWKS 6:04
COWBOYS @ PACKERS 8:40
COLTS @ BRONCOS 7:10
TRT: 41:15
1:10:15;06 - BALTIMORE RAVENS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
NEW ENGLAND DID PULL THIS ONE OUT BECAUSE BALTIMORE CAME IN AND LOOKED GOOD EARLY. 19 DEGREES WHEN THIS THING STARTED. WARM AND TOASTY FOR THE HOODIE. JIM HARBAUGH, JOHN HARBAUGH, BEG YOUR PARDON, NOT AFFECTED BY THE COLD. AND NOR WAS JOE. JIM WAS PROBABLY THERE TOO. JIM MIGHT'VE BEEN THERE. JOE FLACCO. CAN HE GO IN TO FOXBORO AND DO IT AGAIN? 13 TDS. NO PICKS IN HIS LAST 5 POSTSEASON GAMES AND HE STARTED THIS ONE JUST AS HE HAD PLAYED THE OTHER 5. THE OPENING DRIVE. CAMAR AIKEN, A 19 YD. TD. WHO WAS THAT? CAMAR AIKEN. IT'S A VERITABLE WHO'S HE ON THE OPENING DRIVE. DAVIE DUKES. 19 YD. TD. TO TAKE A 7-NOTHING LEAD. THEY WOULD GET THE BALL BACK. PATRIOTS DIDN'T DO ANYTHING AND JOE FLACCO WENT TO WORK AGAIN. STEVE SMITH SR., A GAIN OF 16, AND THEN 5 PLAYS LATER IT'S STEVE SMITH SR. YET AGAIN, TOP OF YOUR SCREEN, AGAINST DERRELLE REVIS. HERE AGAIN, DERRELLE REVIS, MAN-ON-MAN. GOOD JOB BY STEVE SMITH GETTING THE INSIDE RELEASE ON DERRELLE REVIS. BOBBLES IT, BUT SURE-HANDED. HUGE PLAY BECAUSE STEVE SMITH HAS BEEN STIFFENED BY DERRELLE REVIS. WHY DO YOU GIVE HIM THE INSIDE? LET STEVE SMITH GO TO THE CORNER. BUT THE PROBLEM IS HE'S TOO STRONG. IN OTHER WORDS, STEVE SMITH IS NOT ONE OF THOSE GUYS. THAT WASN'T HIS INTENTION. HE'S PLAYING MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE. BUT STEVE IS SUCH A STRONG PLAYER, THAT'S JUST ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS AS THEY LOOK AT. WELL THE PATRIOTS ARE DOWN 14-0 EARLY. THEN FINALLY BRADY GOT TO WORK. THIS IS A BIG DRIVE. THEY NEEDED THIS BADLY. HIT GRONKOWSKI THERE FOR THE GAIN OF 16. NEXT PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE FROM THE 40, HE'S GONNA LOOK FOR GRONK AGAIN DOWN THE LEFT SEAM AND HE HIT HIM FOR 40 YDS. I THINK HE'S THE MOST UNSTOPPABLE FORCE IN THE NFL. YOU CAN'T DEFEND HIM WITH A CORNERBACK. YOU CAN'T DEFEND HIM WITH A SAFETY. RAN 2 VERTICALS WITH THE T.E. PICKED THE T.E. WITH MORE SKILLS. AND THEN BRADY RAN IT IN. OH, TOM WITH THE LEGS. NIMBLE TOM BRADY. LOOKS A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN HE LOOKED WHEN HE RAN DURING THE COMBINE AND THOSE PICTURES YOU'VE SEEN FROM YEARS BACK. 4 YD. TD., 14-7. YOU KNOW BRADY'S FIRED-UP WHEN HE SPIKES IT THAT ANGRILY; AND THAT WAS AN ANGRY SPIKE. AND HE'S ALSO PROBABLY ANGRY THAT, WELL THIS. CRENELL MCFEE KIND OF STOOD OVER HIM AFTER A SACK, AND WE HAVE PUSHING AND SHOVING AND A FIRED-UP TOM BRADY! THEY WANT TO FIGHT, MAN. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. TOM BRADY, A FEISTY GUY. PATRIOTS ENDED UP PUNTING ON THAT DRIVE. THEY GET IT BACK AGAIN AND HERE BRADY, AGAIN, TO GRONK 23 YDS. BUT BRADY IS TAKING HITS, AND HE TOOK A LOT OF HITS IN THIS GAME IN THE 1ST HALF. IN THE 2ND HALF HE'S SLOW TO GET UP. HIS LINE HELPING HIM AS HE BENDS OVER. YEA, HE'LL BE IN THE TUB TONIGHT SOAKING IT ALL UP. BUT THE BALT. RAVENS, YOU SEE RIGHT THERE.. THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF GETTING PRESSURE ALL DAY LONG. BUT TOM STOOD IN THERE, MADE THE THROWS, LED THE TEAM. LOW THROW HERE BUT DANNY AMENDOLA DUG IT OUT. NOW LOOK AT THIS MOVE. YEA. NICE. AND, AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT BREAKING TACKLES. IT'S ABOUT Y.A.C. YDS. BUT, AGAIN, THE WEATHER, THE ELEMENTS. THAT BALL IS LIKE A SHOT-PUT OUT THERE WHEN IT'S COLD LIKE THAT. TOM HAD THE BALL IN THE VICINITY. RECEIVER MADE THE PLAY. AND WE'RE TIED AT 14. PATRIOTS HOLD, SERVE. GET IT BACK. GIVE IT BACK TO TOM. LOOK AT THE CLOCK HERE. THEY'RE NEAR MIDFIELD, A MIN. TO GO. TRY TO GET A SCORE ON THE BOARD BEFORE THE END OF THE HALF. BUT BRADY GETS PICKED BY DARRELL SMITH AND NO ONE KNEW WHAT HE SAW THERE. HAD SMITH IN TRAIL COVERAGE. DIDN'T TRY TO PUT IT OVER HIS HEAD. THREW IT RIGHT TO DARRELL SMITH. IT'S THE FIRST TURNOVER OF THE GAME, AND NOW FLACCO HAS THE SHOT RIGHT BEFORE THE HALF AND HE'S GONNA DRAW A PASS INTERFERENCE CALL ON DERRELLE REVIS. I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE PASS INTERFERENCE ASPECT OF IT. I UNDERSTAND ILLEGAL CONTACT. I DON'T SEE PASS INTERFERENCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE BALL WAS THROWN THERE. I DON’T KNOW. THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE PLAYS BUT, AGAIN, SOMETIMES GREAT GUYS DON'T GET THE CALL. FIRST D.P.I. AGAINST REVIS ACCEPTED ALL YEAR, AND FLACCO MADE IT COUNT 3 PLAYS LATER TO OWEN DANIELS. OWEN DANIELS HAS BEEN A REALLY BRIGHT SPOT. A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT DENNIS PITA THIS YEAR. HE REALLY DIDN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN THIS YEAR. GREAT JOB BY OWEN DANIELS. DANTE HIGHTOWER ON THE COVERAGE THERE. BRADY, I MEAN, GAVE IT RIGHT BACK TO FLACCO AND FLACCO WAS ABLE TO CASH IN. TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT MISTAKE. WE'RE 21-14. WE'RE NOW OPENING MINUTE 3RD QUARTER. BRADY TO GRONKOWSKI. BROKEN UP BY C.J. MOSELEY. GRONK WANTS A FLAG. MOSELEY COULD'VE BEEN CALLED. WHAT DO YOU THINK? HE'S RIGHT THERE. IT'S CLOSE. OBVIOUSLY THE OFFICIALS ERRING ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION. HE'S GOT THAT BIONIC ELBOW THERE. MAYBE IT'S HARD TO SEE WITH THE GLOVE BUT I'M GOOD WITH THE NO CALL. PATRIOTS HAD TO PUNT. RAVENS NOW ON 4TH DOWN. THEY TAKE A SHOT ON 4TH & 6 DUKES. THIS IS A GREAT PLAY. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SMITH AND TORY SMITH AND WHAT HE DOES. HE MAKES SURE HE DRAWS THE P.I. FIRST. HE BRINGS THE CONTACT BACK AND THEN CATCHES THE BALLS. NICE PLAY. SO THEY GET A D.P.I. THEY ALSO GET A TAUNTING CALL ON TORY SMITH. SO THEY BACK IT UP TO THE 16 AND THIS IS HOW THEY SCORE WITH JUSTIN FORSETT DOWN THE RIGHT SIDELINE. UNTOUCHED ON A CHECK DOWN YEA. TO MAKE IT 28-14. SO, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A 14 PT. LEAD. BRADY BRINGS THEM BACK. GRONKOWSKI, 28-21. GREAT JOB BY TOM BRADY RECOGNIZING THERE WAS A BLITZ ON RIGHT THERE. HE HELD ROB GRONKOWSKI OUTSIDE AND THEY THREW IT FOR THE TD. THEN THIS, THE PLAY OF THE GAME. JULIAN EDELMAN, THE FORMER KENT ST. QB, TO DANNY AMENDOLA. 51 YD. TD. JOSH MCDANIELS DIALED UP THE TRICKERY AND IT WORKED. A LITTLE TRICKERATION RIGHT THERE. GOOD JOB YOU'RE GONNA SEE AND GOOD THROW DANNY AMENDOLA, AS YOU MENTIONED. HE'S A GUY THAT'S KIND OF BEEN LEFT OUT OF THERE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. THE ODD MAN OUT BECAUSE OF THE EMERGENCE OF JULIAN EDELMAN. FIRST PASS AS A PATRIOT. YET HE CAME TO THE PATRIOTS. JULIAN EDELMAN DID, AS A COLLEGE QB, THEN TURNED INTO A WIDE RECEIVER. 28-ALL. 3-1/2 TO GO. AND HERE'S FLACCO'S 1ST BIG MISTAKE. PICKED OFF BY DEVON MCCORDY. IT'S FLACCO'S FIRST PICK IN 197 POST-SEASON PASS ATTEMPTS. THE FIRST ONE SINCE THE 2011 AFC TITLE GAME. WOW. THE PATRIOTS GO 3 AND OUT AND FLACCO GETS NEW LIFE. HE FUMBLES HERE. SACKED BY JAMIE COLLINS. THE BALL'S GONNA GET RECOVERED INSIDE THE 5 BUT, YOU SAW THE D.P.I. ON REVIS. THEY'RE GONNA GET HOLDING ON REVIS HERE ON STEVE SMITH AND THIS ONE WAS A GOOD CALL. 2ND PENALTY. YOU'RE GONNA SEE RIGHT HERE. IT'S HARD TO COVER THE ...RIGHT THERE. WOW. I MEAN THAT WAS JUST KIND OF AN UNDRESSING OF THE GUY RIGHT THERE. BUT, AGAIN, THE OLD SALTY VETERAN. HE DIDN'T GET AWAY WITH IT. HUGE PLAY. SO, AGAIN, NOT A TURNOVER. RAVENS KEEP THE BALL. NOW WE MOVE TO THE 4TH QUARTER. THIS IS THE SAME DRIVE. THEY'RE GOING THE OTHER WAY AND, AGAIN, IT'S 4TH & 1 AND, AGAIN, THEY GET IT. KYLE JUSZCZYK, GAIN OF 11. HE WAS DOWN. THEY KEEP IT. NOT A FUMBLE. 5 PLAYS LATER, OWEN DANIELS CANNOT HANG ON. THIS WAS A 16 PLAY DRIVE AND IT COULD'VE BEEN A TD. YEA, HERE'S A PLAY RIGHT HERE. IN THAT SITUATION RIGHT THERE GOOD JOB BY THE DEFENSE AND OWEN, WHO HAD A HUGE GAME TODAY, JUST COULDN'T MAKE THE PLAY. SO JUSTIN TUCKER F.G. 25 YARDER GIVES THE RAVENS THE LEAD, 31-28. PATRIOTS NOW. BRADY, PLENTY OF TIME. YOU SEE THE CLOCK HERE NOT EVEN 7 TO GO. HERE IT HITS AMENDOLA. 1ST DOWN ON 2ND EFFORT. NICE. WOW. THEN BRANDON LAFEL, 23 YD. TD. DROP IT IN THE BUCKET RIGHT THERE. YOU TALK ABOUT A GUY...I MEAN THAT'S WHY ...AND, BY THE WAY, I BELIEVE THIS IS #9. HE'LL BE ATTENDING HIS 9TH CHAMP. GAME. YEA, HE'S PRETTY GOOD. AND HE ALSO PASSES JOE MONTANA. MOST POST SEASON TDS. NOW IF THE RAVENS GET IT, FLACCO TRIPPED HERE. HE KIND OF FLICKED IT TO FORSETT. BILL BELICHICK MIGHT'VE WANTED A FUMBLE. EITHER WAY. ALRIGHT, SO THEY GO FOR IT 4TH & 3, AND HERE'S THE ONE WHERE FLACCO ONCE AGAIN COMES THROUGH. HITS DANIELS ON 4TH & 3. 17 TO THE 41. THE RAVENS 3 FOR 3 ON 4TH DOWN. YOU SEE THE CLOCK HERE. IT TAKES YOU UP TO THE 2 MIN. WARNING. NOW AT 1:46 ON A 2ND & 5, HERE'S WHERE THE GAME ENDED. FLACCO TAKES A SHOT. PICKED OFF BY DERON HARVIN. AND THE THING ABOUT IT, THERE WAS NO NEED FOR HIM TO GET IMPATIENT BECAUSE THEY'D BEEN DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB AND THEY HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO MOVE THE BALL UP AND DOWN THE FIELD. REALLY BAD DECISION BY JOE FLACCO; AND AT THE END OF THE GAME HERE THE LITTLE HAIL MARY. GREAT JOB BY N.E. BATTING IT. YEA, BUT IT BATTED IT OUT OF THE END ZONE. SO THAT WAS A SMART PLAY ON THEIR PART. WHAT A GAME. FLACCO GOT 1 MORE SHOT AT IT AFTER THE PATRIOTS WERE FORCED TO PUNT WITH 14 SECS. TO GO. CONGRATULATIONS TO BILL BELICHICK, TOM BRADY AND THE N.E. PATRIOTS. THE ONE OVER THE 6 IN THE AFC, 35-31, AS THE AFC CHAMP. GAME WILL BE NEXT SUNDAY IN FOXBORO. BRADY, 33 OF 50. 367 AND 3 TDS. HE ALSO RAN FOR A TD.
1:18:56;18 - CAROLINA PANTHERS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
SO HERE WE GO! RUSSELL WILSON AND THE CREW. HIS NAME IS RUSSELL. CAM. FIRST QUARTER WE ARE SCORELESS FOR 2 OFFENSIVELY-CHALLENGED TEAMS AT TIMES. WHOA CAM, WHO'S LOOKING FOR FILLY BROWN BUT IT'S RICHARD SHERMAN. GET THIS. HIS FIRST CAREER PLAYOFF INT. BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE KNOW NOT TO PLAY AROUND WITH RICHARD SHERMAN . BUT YOU KNOW THAT WASN’T A BAD PLAY BECAUSE THAT WAS MORE LIKE A PUNT. LONG 3RD DOWN. SO FANS DON'T GET REALLY UPSET WITH THAT. IT WAS LIKE A PUNT. ALRIGHT, PANTHERS NEXT DRIVE. WE'RE STILL SCORELESS AT THIS ONE. I SEE YOU RICHARD. I SEE YOU TALKING. I GET IT. ON 2ND DOWN MICHAEL BENNETT DOES NOT BITE, AND HE RIPS IT AWAY FROM JONATHAN STEWART. YOU CANNOT GIVE THIS TEAM A SHORT FIELD. HE DIDN'T GET BLOCKED. YEA, AND CAM SEEMED TO BE A LITTLE INDECISIVE HERE. IT LOOKED LIKE HE WANTED TO PULL IT BUT AT THE LAST MINUTE KEPT IT IN ...TO STORE HIS BELLY. WOULD THE DEFENSE HOLD? IN A WORD, NOT SO MUCH. RUSSELL WILSON JUST KIND OF LOBS IT UP FOR DOUG BALDWIN. AND YOU SEE AN ALL OUT BLITZ HERE. HE JUST GAVE HIS RECEIVER AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PLAY. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IT'S ALL OUT. GREAT VISION. HE'S GONNA THROW IT UP, GIVE HIS RECEIVER AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PLAY AND HE DOES. BALDWIN WITH THE GOOD MOVE ON THE ROOKIE TREY BOSTON FOR THE 6. FT. MYER. ONTO THE 2ND QUARTER, STILL 7-ZIP. CAM. NICE PLAY FAKE. ALMOST PICKED AGAIN BY RICHARD SHERMAN. YOU GOTTA KNOW THE COVERAGE COVER-4. THEY GOT 4 ACROSS. SHERMAN IS GONNA BE EXTRA AGGRESSIVE. YOU KNOW HE GOT SOME SHELTER. AS YOU CAN SEE, LOOKING AT THE GUY INSIDE. AN ALL PRO RIGHT THERE WITH #29. SO YOUR NEXT PLAY, 3RD & 4. THAT'S BIG BECAUSE NEWTON MOVING THE CHAINS TO FILLY BROWN, PLAYING WITH A BAD SHOULDER AND ALL. GOTTA GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO HIM AND HE RUNS SOME GREAT ROUTES TOO L.T. YES HE DOES. AND THEN, OH, IT'S THE ROOKIE CALVIN BENJAMIN. 1,000 YD. RECEIVER. LOOK AT HIM STARING HIM DOWN. FLORIDA ST.! HE STEPPED UP BIG THIS YEAR. I JUST WANT TO UP AT 7. JUST THEIR 2ND TD. IN THEIR LAST 33 DRIVES AGAINST THAT SEATTLE DEFENSE. BUT HERE COMES SEATTLE. RUSSELL WILSON TO JERMAIN KEARSE. MAYBE A LITTLE PUSH OFF. THAT WAS A GREAT THROW, MAN. THAT'S A GREAT THROW, GREAT PLACEMENT. HE PUT IT RIGHT WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE. 63 YDS. ON THE PITCH 'N CATCH FOR KEARSE. A CAREER HIGH 129 YDS. RECEIVING. IS THAT A PUSH-OFF ON BENET ....WICKERY? NO COMMENT FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY OVER HERE. SO PETE CARROLL'S TEAM'S UP 14-7. PANTHERS ENSUING DRIVE. NEWTON. BENJAMIN, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMIN’S EXCEPT HE CAN'T QUITE GET THAT 2ND FOOT DOWN. A GREAT EFFORT BY THE ROOKIE BUT THE RIGHT CALL. YOU'RE LUCKY. HE SAID YOU'RE LUCKY. THAT'S WHAT HE SAID BUT YOU KNOW THAT WAS A GREAT DEF. PLAY AS WELL AS OFF. PLAY. LATER ON IN THE DRIVE NEWTON. THE ONE THING YOU CAN'T DO IS TURN IT OVER DOWN HERE AT THE GOAL LINE. EARL THOMAS. BUT THEN THINGS GET REALLY CRAZY. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A FLAG. THERE'S OFFSETTING PENALTIES. BUT WATCH THOMAS. EVERY TURNOVER'S REVIEWED. DOES THE BALL HIT THE CARPET? OF COURSE IT DID. SO IT IS REVIEWED. IT'S AN INCOMPLETE PASS. NOW GRAHAM GENOT TRYING TO GET CAROLINA BACK ON THE BOARD AND WITHIN 4. WATCH CAM CHANCELLOR. LEBRON. AND HE MISSES IT SOMEHOW! WHAT?! HE GOT SCARED. YOU KNOW YOU DIDN'T REALLY EXPECT TO JUMP THROUGH THERE; AND WHEN IT BECOMES A REALITY YOU KIND OF GET SCARED. SO AFTER A FALSE START WILL CAM CHANC.... WHAT?! IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, TRY TRY AGAIN. NOW THE KICK GOES AWRY. SOMEHOW CHANCELLOR DIDN'T TOUCH IT. HE DIDN'T GET BALL BUT HE GOT KICKER. SO IT'S A PENALTY ON CHANCELLOR. WATCH THIS AGAIN. HE DOES NOT TOUCH ANYBODY ON HIS WAY THROUGH UNTIL HE HITS GANNOT. GOOD CALL. SO GANNOT..CHANCELLOR'S PROBABLY JUST TOO TIRED. HE'S LIKE I'M GONNA SIT THIS ONE OUT. HE'S TOO TIRED. SO CAROLINA, A TEAM THAT WON 7 GAMES DURING THE REGULAR SEASON, IS DOWN JUST 4 AT THE BREAK. ONTO THE 3RD QUARTER. WILSON DIDN'T DO MUCH SCRAMBLING ON THIS DAY BUT HERE FOR A GAIN OF 14. SEE THE BEST THING ABOUT RUSSELL WILSON. HE LOOKS TO THROW FIRST. HE RUNS WHEN HE MUST AND HE MOVES THE CHAINS. I LOVE HIS INTELLIGENCE. 4 CARRIES FOR 25 YDS. AND THEN MARSHAWN LYNCH. TALK ABOUT A RUN! 2 TACKLES. RUNNING BUSINESS DECISION RIGHT THERE. GET OUT MY WAY! I DON'T BLAME HIM. HE ACTUALLY STEPPED OUT AT THE 34. IT LED TO A HOUSHKA F.G. AND A SEAHAWKS 7 PT. LEAD. BUT THAT GOT THE DEFENSE PUMPED UP. ONTO THE 4TH. SAME SCORE. THIS IS WILSON TO WILSON. RUSSELL TO LUKE WHO'S REALLY COME ON OVER THE LAST 6 WKS. YES, AND A BIG 3RD DOWN CONVERSION. HE'S LOOKING FOR A HIS T.E. AND THERE HE FINDS IT. AND THEN ONCE AGAIN IT'S WILSON TO WILSON. 4 GRABS FOR 68 YDS. THIS IS WHEN HE BUSTS INTO THE END ZONE. ANOTHER 3RD DOWN CONVERSION. TAKES IT ALL THE WAY TO THE END ZONE FOR A BIG TOUCHDOWN. PETE CARROLL, YOUR THOUGHTS? MAN'S IN HIS 60'S. HE'S ALL PUMPED UP. PETE CARROLL HAS SOME GOOD HAIR. PANTHERS ENSUING DRIVE. IT'S THE OH NO. THIS IS CAM ON CAM CRIME. GREAT ANTICIPATION. THIS IS ONE OF THE, I MEAN 2ND TEAM ALL-PRO. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DON’T MAKE 1ST TEAM BUT THIS GUY COMES TO PLAY WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT. SMART. HE'S INTELLIGENT, PHYSICAL, AGGRESSIVE, AND HAVE BALL SKILLS. CAM CHANCELLOR, HIS FIRST CAREER TD. AT AN OPPORTUNE TIME, AND NEWTON JUST PLAYS WITH IT. GO GET IT. GO GET IT. GO GET IT. YES. HE SHOULD’VE HIGH-STEPPED IT LIKE RIGHT THERE. OR LOOK BEHIND HIM LIKE YOU ... ALL THE WAY. LOOK AT THE ATLANTA BENCH. HE WENT ALL THE WAY. YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE LET ME GO. GIVE CREDIT TO THE PANTHERS. THEY WERE GAME. HOWEVER, THEY COME UP A LITTLE BIT SHORT LOSING BY 2 TDS. AND NOW THE ROAD TO THE S.B., ONCE AGAIN FOR THE 2ND STRAIGHT YEAR, GOES THROUGH SEATTLE.
1:25:14;24 - DALLAS COWBOYS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS
...AT THE HANDS OF THE PACKERS. OBVIOUSLY AARON RODGERS, A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT CALF COMING INTO THIS GAME AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHT AND HOW THINGS WENT DOWN. WE KNEW HE WOULD BE ACTIVE. THE QUESTION WAS HOW WOULD HE PLAY? AS FOR THE WEATHER, WHICH WAS ALSO A CONVERSATION THIS WEEK. 24 DEGREES. SO NOT THAT COLD. I MEAN COLD BUT NOT ICE BOWL COLD. ROMO WENT 3 & OUT ON HIS FIRST DRIVE. PACKERS DID NOT. RAN THE BALL A LOT ON THAT FIRST DRIVE WITH A LOT OF SUCCESS. WENT TO THE AIR HERE FOR THE TD. AND HERE YOU SEE RIGHT THERE. AGAIN, THE MOBILITY OF AARON RODGERS. NOT NECESSARILY MOBILE BUT MOBILE ENOUGH TO MAKE THE PLAY AND THROW THE DART. COWBOYS PUT TOGETHER A NICE LITTLE DRIVE ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION. AIDED, OF COURSE, BY A COUPLE OF PENALTIES. HERE YOU SEE WILLIAMS AS A PENALTY. ILLEGAL CONTACT. ACTUALLY HE GETS HOOKED ON THAT PARTICULAR PLAY AND THAT, ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALLOWS THE DALLAS COWBOYS TO BE THERE POINT-BLANK RANGE. DEMARCO MURRAY COMES, FAKES OUT THERE, AND TONY ROMO DOES A GOOD JOB HITTING THE R.B. IN THE FLAT. THE FULLBACK TYLER CLUTZ WITH HIS 1ST TD. OF HIS CAREER. IT'S THE FIRST RECEIVING TD. BY A COWBOYS R.B. ALL YEAR LONG. THAT'S ODD. THAT IS ODD, RIGHT? THAT'S SURPRISING CONSIDERING THE TYPE OF GAME THAT DEMARCO MURRAY PLAYS. YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD'VE HAD ONE BUT THEY DIDN'T. SO WE'RE ALL TIED UP AND IT LOOKED LIKE YOU SAW THAT CLAY MATTHEWS MIGHT'VE GOTTEN AWAY WITH SOMETHING. 2ND QUARTER, EDDIE LACE ON THE SIDELINE AFTER THAT OUTSTANDING 1ST DRIVE. KIND OF AN INTERESTING DECISION. YEA, AND THEN AARON RODGERS YOU SEE RIGHT HERE. HE DROPS BACK, THROWS THE BALL. A LITTLE PRESSURE THERE BUT HE'S JUST NOT THE SAME GUY YOU SEE TIME AND TIME AGAIN. THEN HERE ON ANOTHER, A PLAY SITUATION. THINGS JUST WEREN'T WORKING RIGHT PROPERLY. ON AARON'S SNAP, HE FUMBLES THE BALL. COUGHS THE BALL UP RIGHT HERE. DALLAS COWBOYS RECOVER THE FOOTBALL. AARON RODGERS LOOKING AROUND. CENTER SNAPS THE BALL. AARON RODGERS HAS THE BALL BUT THE PLAY ...MINCEY YOU’LL SEE RIGHT THERE DOES A GOOD JOB COMING IN, AND MINCEY SACKS HIM AND ALSO RECOVERS THE FUMBLE. MINCEY, WHO WAS QUESTIONABLE COMING INTO THIS GAME, COMING OFF A CONCUSSION. THAT'S RODGERS FIRST TURNOVER AT LAMBEAU FIELD SINCE WK. 2. ALRIGHT. SO THE COWBOYS WITH THE BALL BACK HERE. 2ND & 7 ON THE PACKERS 38. TERRENCE WILLIAMS SHAKES OFF TRUMAN WILLIAMS. RUNS FOR A 38 YD. TD. AND HERE AGAIN, TRUMAINE WILLIAMS STRUGGLING TODAY. THIS GUY, THIS IS HIS 3RD TD. OF THE PLAYOFFS. HE HAS BEEN CLEARLY A BRIGHT SURPRISE FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DEZ BRYANT. O.K. SO THE PACKERS GET THE BALL NOW. WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO? 3RD & 8. AARON RODGERS HITS JORDY NELSON, AND WE'VE SEEN THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING IT. JORDY NELSON, LATE IN THE SEASON, HAD SOME ISSUES THERE. AARON RODGERS COULD NOT PUT THE BALL IN ANY BETTER PLACE OTHER THAN TO GLUE IT TO HIS HELMET BECAUSE HE HIT HIM RIGHT IN THE HEAD WITH IT. ENSUING COWBOYS DRIVE HERE, 2ND & 7. PACKERS 33. AND HERE'S A KEY PLAY HERE. JASON WITTEN CATCHES THE BALL. THE REFEREE GIVES HIM THE SPOT. THEY COME BACK AND ACTUALLY REVIEW THE SPOT. DON'T GIVE IT TO HIM, AND THEY ENDED UP BEING 3RD AND 1. DALLAS GOES FOR IT HERE. AND THEN TONY ROMO BOBBLES THE BALL. HAS TO THROW THE BALL AWAY. ALL OF A SUDDEN, BLOWN OPPORTUNITY THERE. THAT'S AN INTERESTING PLAY CALL THERE, 3RD & 1. WHY NOT RUN? AND ON A 4TH AND 1 THEY DECIDE TO KICK. IT IS NO GOOD. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE 2ND TIME. THERE WAS A PENALTY BEFORE. HE MISSED THE EARLIER KICK TOO. SO HE MISSED 2 REALLY RIGHT IN A ROW. O.K. PACKERS BALL NOW. TRYING TO GET SOMETHING DONE. RANDALL COBB, 31 YD. PICKUP. NICE. GETS BOTH FEET IN. RANDALL COBB, TO ME, WAS THE GUY WHO WON THIS FOOTBALL GAME IN THE AERIAL ASSAULT. I MEAN THE KEY PLAYS THAT HE MADE. THAT SHOT RIGHT THERE. WAS A GREAT SHOT OF AARON RODGERS RUNNING. SKIPPING. JUST CANNOT PUT ANY PRESSURE ON THAT LEFT CALF. AND HERE'S ANOTHER PLAY HERE. JULIUS PEPPERS CAUSES A FUMBLE. DEMARCO MURRAY HASN'T FUMBLED SINCE LIKE WK. 8. THAT ...YOU SEE RIGHT THERE WIDE OPEN. IT'S GONNA BE A TD. JULIUS PEPPER COMES IN, SWATS. CLUBS THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS. THAT WAS THE KEY. ONE OF THE KEY PLAYS IN THIS FOOTBALL GAME. PEPPERS 2ND FORCED FUMBLE OF THE GAME. ENSUING PACKERS DRIVE. 2ND & 11 HERE. EDDIE LACEY GETTING SOME NICE BLOCKS. AND, AGAIN, THE DEFENSE BEING A LITTLE DEMORALIZED BY THE TURNOVER. AND THEN WE HAVE RODGERS TO ADAMS HERE. A GAIN OF 5. THERE'S A FLAG ON THE PLAY AND A LITTLE SKIRMISH THAT BREAKS OUT. NOW WHAT'S KEY HERE IS THAT THIS SHOWS YOU AN IMPORTANT THING. LANG GETS CALLED FOR A PERSONAL FOUL. YOU'RE GONNA SEE HIM COME IN AND TRY TO PEEL THE DEFENDER OFF THE PILE. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT MOVES THEM OUT OF RANGE. NOW THEY GO..THEY DON'T CONVERT THE 3RD DOWN. SO THEY HAVE TO KICK. INSTEAD, PACKERS DOWN 14-13. COWBOYS WITH THE BALL. WITTEN PICKING UP 15 YDS. AND A 1ST DOWN. ROMO SHAKEN UP ON THE PLAY. IT TURNS OUT TO BE JUST A BOO-BOO. YEA A BOO-BOO. THAT SCRATCH ON HIS KNEE. YEA. THE GROUND IS HARD. HE GOT UP A LITTLE GIMPY THERE. BUT THE KEY PART HERE IS THAT THEY JUST KEEP EXECUTING, AND DEMARCO MURRAY SHOWING YOU, HEY LOOK, OVERCOMING THAT TURNOVER. GOOD JOB TAKING THE BALL DOWN CLOSE TO THE GOAL LINE. THAT IS THE NEXT PLAY THERE. ROMO LOOKING A LITTLE SHAKY ON THE HANDOFF; AND THE NEXT PLAY AFTER THIS THEY JUST KEEP RIGHT ON ROLLING. JUST GIVE IT RIGHT TO THE GUY. WHY NOT? WHO'S SCORING THE TDS. GOOD JOB BY THE OFF. LINE. BOTH OFF. LINES, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, HAD TREMENDOUS DAYS. THERE WAS TIMES WHEN THEY STRUGGLED. THEY GAVE UP SACKS TO ROMO. BUT, BY AND LARGE, BOTH OFF. LINES I THINK .. THEMSELVES QUITE NICELY. THIS IS AN INTERESTING DRIVE HERE FOR THE PACKERS. RANDALL COBB PICKING UP 26 YDS. SO NOW THEY'RE IN COWBOYS TERRITORY, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A 3RD & 15 HERE. AND IT IS THE ROOKIE DAVANTE ADAMS. REALLY, DAVANTE ADAMS HAD A BIG DAY AS WELL; AND YOU SEE RIGHT HERE, RUN IT IN FOR A TD. ON 3RD DOWN, KEY SITUATIONS. THE DISCOUNT DOUBLE-CHECK GUY. WHAT CAN YOU SAY? YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING ON THAT DRIVE. AARON RODGERS HAD SO MUCH TIME, HE WOULD NOT LEAVE THE POCKET. WELL PART OF IT ALSO HAD TO DO WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS LINE WAS GASSED BECAUSE OF THE TEMPO. G.B. USING AN UP-TEMPO OFFENSE AND IT REALLY GASSED THE DALLAS COWBOYS DEFENSE WHO WAS NOT THAT DEEP. 4TH QUARTER HERE, COWBOYS BALL. 2ND & 18 ON THEIR OWN 40. ROMO SACKED BY NICK PERRY AND MIKE DANIELS. THAT'S A LOSS OF 5. THEY HAVE TO PUNT 2 PLAYS LATER. SO THE PACKERS HAVE THE BALL 2ND & 8 ON THE 35. HERE RODGERS TO ADAMS. ONCE AGAIN, KEY PLAY. BIG PLAY BY ADAMS. ADAMS AND COBB HAD TREMENDOUS DAYS. AARON RODGERS SHOWING GREAT POISE JUST MOVING AROUND THE POCKET. JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. GETS THE BALL OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. GETS IT TO COBB AGAIN AND AGAIN. THE DALLAS COWBOYS DEFENSE, AT THIS POINT, THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY GASSED BECAUSE THE G.B. PACKERS HAVE JUST GONE ON THE FIELD AND SCORED EARLY. AND THEN AS RODGERS TO RODGERS. OH, THIS IS THE BEST THROW OF THE YEAR. IT'S THE BEST THROW OF THE YEAR. AND I THOUGHT YESTERDAY TOM BRADY HAD A GREAT TD. THROW. BUT WATCH THIS DART RIGHT HERE. UN-BE-LIEVABLE. THEY GO FOR 2. THEY DO NOT GET IT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A 26-21 GAME HERE. COWBOYS BALL, 3RD & 11. COLE BEASLEY PICKS UP 9. GETS IT CLOSE. NOT ENOUGH. O.K. SO WE'RE GONNA GO FOR IT ON 4TH DOWN, AND HERE'S THE 4TH AND 2 THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER. ROMO TO DEZ BRYANT. OH, WHAT A GREAT CATCH. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE COWBOYS, IT'S NOT A CATCH. IT WASN'T A COMPLETE CATCH BECAUSE THE RULE IS CLEAR, AND NO CONTROVERSY HERE. HE CATCHES THE BALL BUT AS SOON AS HE HITS THE GROUND AND THAT BALL MOVES, BECAUSE THE RECEIVER HAS TO FINISH THE RECEPTION THROUGH THE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, AND THAT DOUBLE CLUTCH RIGHT THERE. IT IS CLEAR, IN CONTROVERSIAL, THAT WAS NOT A CATCH. GREAT CALL BY THE BOOTH. IT'S THE FIRST CHALLENGE MIKE MCCARTHY'S WON ALL SEASON. PACKERS NOW 3RD & 3. ADAMS PICKED UP 26. AND WHAT'S KEY HERE, THIS IS THE 4 MIN. OFFENSE. AT THE END OF THE GAME, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO? YOU'RE TRYING TO RUN THE CLOCK OUT. THE G.B. PACKERS HAD 2 KEY 3RD DOWNS LIKE THIS ONE RIGHT HERE; AND AARON RODGERS DROPS BACK, FINDS. THE BALL IS TIPPED AND WHO IS IT AGAIN? RANDALL COBB MAKES THE CATCH. GAME OVER. ALRIGHT. SO NOW THEY CAN RUN OUT THE CLOCK AND THE PACKERS GO ON TO WIN; AND THERE IS THAT LOOK OF RELIEF ON THE FACE OF AARON RODGERS BECAUSE, AGAIN, HE DID NOT LOOK LIKE AARON RODGERS TODAY BUT, BOY, HIS NUMBERS AT THE END OF THE DAY LOOKED VERY AARON RODGERS-LIKE. 24 OF 35. 317 YDS. FOR AN AVERAGE OF 9.1; AND IT'S A 125 PASSER RATING ON A CALF.
1:34:05;16 - INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ DENVER BRONCOS
SO LET'S CHECK ON THE WAY IT ALL WENT DOWN TODAY. ANDREW LUCK IN A BALMY, COMPARATIVELY, TO THE REST OF THE WEEKEND THAT WE SAW FOR THE WEATHER. CERTAINLY IN N.E. AND G.B. 40 DEGREES. DENVER GETS THE BALL. 3RD & 5 AFTER THE COLTS WENT 3 AND OUT, AND THEY COULDN'T GET A 1ST DOWN ON THEIR FIRST SET OF DOWNS. BUT ARTHUR JONES GOES LOW ON PEYTON MANNING. ROUGHING THE PASSER. RICH, JUST WATCH ALL THE CONTESTED RECEPTIONS OR TACKLES IMMEDIATELY MADE WHEN THE BALL IS CAUGHT. BUT WE DIDN'T SEE THAT CERTAINLY IN THE FIRST SERIES OF ..AFTER AT LEAST THE ROUGHING THE PASSER PENALTY. PEYTON MANNING WAS OVERTHROWING THIS THROW FOR MUCH OF THE DAY AFTER CONNECTING WITH JULIUS THOMAS RIGHT THERE. SLIPPED OUT AT THE 2, AND THEN MANNING FOUND THE OTHER THOMAS, DEMARIUS, ON THE FADE. HOW YOU GET HIM ON A SAFETY ONE-ON-ONE? ANYWAYS, HE HAD A BAD GAME. 7-0. SO, YEA, WELL I MEAN IT WAS ALL LOOKING GOOD FOR DENVER BUT EVERYTHING WE JUST SAW PRETTY MUCH RIGHT THERE WENT SOUTH THEREAFTER. ANDREW LUCK ON 2ND & 9 FINDS T.Y. HILTON WHO HAS EATEN AKEB TALEB'S LUNCH. AKEB DIDN’T COME TO PLAY TODAY. LOOKED LIKE HE DIDN'T STUDY. HE DIDN'T PREPARE FOR T.Y. HILTON AT ALL. 20 YD. GAIN. 4 PLAYS LATER, THERE'S T.Y. AGAIN OVER THERE. ONCE AGAIN. SAFETY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. YOU'RE GIVING HIM 10 YD. CUSHION. TALEB WAS A STEAK ... TRENT RICHARDSON, A HEALTHY SCRATCH. HE JUST SAT THERE DRINKING COFFEE WHILE DAN BOOM HERIN TAKE IT IN RIGHT HERE ON A 6 YD. RUN. BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. TOUCHDOWN TO TIE THE GAME. KID SHOWED UP BIG. HE HAS SHOWN UP BIG FOR THE INDY COLTS. COLTS ENSUING DRIVE. IT'S 3RD & LONG FROM MIDFIELD, AND HERE COMES JONATHAN NEWSOME FORCING THE FUMBLE. JARELL FREEMAN RECOVERS. RYAN CLADY IS THE ONE WHO COULD NOT BLOCK NEWSOME. AND THAT'S THE END OF THAT. AND CHUCK PAGANO'S LOVING BECAUSE LUCK'S GOT A SHORT FIELD AFTER HAVING JUST SCORED A TD. TO TIE THE GAME; AND HE MOVES IT INSIDE THE RED ZONE. LOOKS FOR T.Y. HILTON. THAT'S A BAD MAN. BUT THERE IS A FLAG ON AKEB TALEB ON THE PLAY CALL FOR HOLDING. YOU KNOW WE SAW THE IMPORTANCE OF AARON RODGERS NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE TODAY BUT ANDREW LUCK EXTENDING PLAYS. MAN, HE MAKES HIS OFF. LINE LOOK SO GOOD AT TIMES. THAT'S A TOUGH COVER WHEN YOU GOT A QUICK RECEIVER AND HE'S FIGHTING TO GET DOWN HERE TO THE SPOT. THAT'S A TOUGH COVER. WELL IT'S FIRST AND GOAL 2 PLAYS LATER. ANDREW LUCK SHOTGUN, FINDS DWAYNE ALLEN. SHOOTS IT IN THERE FOR A 14-7 LEAD, AND THE SUCCESSOR TO PEYTON IS FEEDING HIS PREDECESSOR IN PEYTON'S NEW HOUSE. AND THIS IS WHAT I MEANT ABOUT OVERTHROWING THE SIMILAR ROUTES DOWN THE SIDELINE THE WHOLE DAY. WHAT WAS THIS ALL ABOUT? JUST...THE RUST OF SOMETIMES HAVING A BYE WEEK. THOSE USED TO BE DIMES. THAT WAS LIKE LAYUPS FOR PEYTON THROWING AT HIS GUYS AND TODAY IT WASN'T THERE. IT IS THE SAME PLAY, BACK-TO-BACK BECAUSE THEY HAD THE COVERAGE THAT THEY WANTED. EMANUEL SANDERS GOT OFF THE JAM. WIDE OPEN, AND YOU CAN SEE THE FRUSTRATION IN. YOU CAN SEE THE DOWN AND DISTANCE ON MOST OF THESE. THEY'RE ALL 3RD & LONG. OH YEA. THE WHOLE PLAN, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID. THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO PLAY INSIDE/OUT AND MAKE PEYTON THROW TOWARDS THE HASH. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. 7 STRAIGHT INCOMPLETIONS. 3RD & LONG FOR LUCK DEEP IN HIS OWN ZONE, AND HE LOOKS FOR DANTE MONCRIEF BUT IT'S PICKED OFF RIGHT OVER THE MIDDLE BY BRADLEY ROBBI. SO THE BRONCOS ON THE DEFACTO PUNT TAKE OVER WITH A MIN. 28 TO GO IN THE HALF, AND .. NOT A BAD PICK. JUST LIKE A PUNT. AND THE ENSUING DRIVE, MANNING FOR DEMARIUS THOMAS. THIS THING HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS. HE WAS JUST THROWING IT UP TRYING TO LET HIS RECEIVER MAKE A PLAY. YEA, WELL THAT'S WHAT CONNOR BARTH F.G. SO THE BRONCOS DO GET PTS. BEFORE THE HALF AND THEN GOT THE BALL TO START THE 2ND HALF BUT WENT 3 AND OUT. SO LUCK GETS THE BALL. FIRST DRIVE OF THE 2ND HALF FOR HIM ON 3RD & 6. MOVE THE CHAINS. SHOOTS IT IN TO DANTE MONCRIEF. 3 PLAYS LATER, 3RD & 16. 3RD & 16. INSTEAD OF FORCING A PUNT, THE BRONCOS WATCH LUCK FIND COLBY FLEANER IN BETWEEN 3 DEFENDERS. THAT WAS A GREAT ROUTE. I MEAN A STUTTER GOAL ON THE LINEBACKER THAT CARRIED THE SEAM ROUTE. 2 PLAYS LATER LUCK TO HAKEEM NICKS IN THE END ZONE. TOUCHDOWN. 21-10. THAT'S MY OLD 88 CLUB NUMBER RIGHT THERE COMING UP BIG FOR INDY. I KNEW HE WOULD MAKE A PLAY, SOONER OR LATER, UNCOVERED! AND HE DID. TOUCHDOWN. COLTS ARE UP BY 2 SCORES IN DENVER. MID-3RD QUARTER. 3RD & 6. MAKES A BOUNCE PASS TO WELKER. BRONCOS, ANOTHER 3 AND OUT. TWO 3 AND OUTS TO START THE HALF. JOSH CRIBBS HIT AS HE IS COLLECTING THE PUNT WITH NO FAIR CATCH. IT WAS RULED A FUMBLE BUT AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, IT APPEARS THAT HE HAS THE BALL AS HE'S GOING DOWN, AND THEN THE GROUND IS WHAT CONTACTS THE BALL TO COME LOOSE, AND THAT IS RULED COLTS BALL AFTER FURTHER REVIEW. SO PEYTON DOESN’T HAVE A SHORT FIELD. LUCK DOES GET THE BALL BACK, AND ON 3RD & 13 ROLLS OUT, BUYS TIME, THROWS DOWN THE FIELD. THIS GETS PICKED. SO IT IS EVENTUALLY A TURNOVER FOR THE COLTS. RAHEEM MOORE WITH THE INTERCEPTION. JUST LIKE A PUNTER, ONCE AGAIN. WHAT DOES MANNING DO WITH IT? 3RD & 9? FINDS DEMARIUS THOMAS BUT, AGAIN, NO YARDS AFTER CATCH. YOU GOTTA RUN YOUR ROUTE AT THE RIGHT DEPTH IN A SITUATION WHERE IT'S 3RD & 9. RIGHT. AND THEN ORLANDO FRANKLIN STARTS ARGUING AND GETTING INTO THE MIX, AND THE ROOKIE IS TRYING TO TO GET THE OFF. LINEMAN TWICE HIS SIZE AWAY, AND THE CLOCK COMES WINDING DOWN. THEY DO RESET THE PLAY CLOCK TO ALLOW C.J. ANDERSON TO GET THE BALL. LISTEN. SO THE ROOKIE NOT ONLY PREVENTS THE 15 YD. PENALTY FROM HAPPENING BUT PICKS UP THE 1ST DOWN. I MEAN THIS IS ONE TOUGH GRITTY RUN. WE TALK ABOUT BREAKING TACKLES. HE BROKE 3 TACKLES RIGHT THERE AND GOT A MUCH NEEDED 1ST DOWN. I SAW THE DEF. BACKS AND RECEIVERS ...ON THE LEFT HERE. BUT THE COLTS DO HOLD THE BRONCOS TO JUST A F.G. SO IT IS AN 8 PT. GAME ENTERING THE 4TH QUARTER. BRONCOS WITH THE BALL 3RD & 7 ON THEIR SIDE OF THE FIELD. INCOMPLETE. VONTE DAVIS ON THE COVERAGE. TIGHT COVERAGE RIGHT THERE. 21 REASONS. TIGHT COVERAGE AGAIN. THE BRONCOS RECEIVERS STRUGGLED TO GET OPEN. AND THAT LED TO ANDREW LUCK AND THE COLTS MARCHING DOWN THE FIELD 13 PLAYS TAKING 8 MINS. OFF THE CLOCK, LEADING TO AN ADAM VINATIERRI F.G. TO GIVE CHUCK PAGANO A 24-13 LEAD. AND JUST WHEN THINGS WERE LOOKING BLEAK, MANNING ALMOST PICKED BY VONTE DAVIS. CAN'T HOLD ON. VONTE PLAYED TODAY BOY. 21 REASONS. YOU THINK HE THOUGHT HE WAS THROWING TO THE COLTS? I THOUGHT HE DID. WHEN I SAW IT. C.J. ANDERSON NOT A ROOKIE, BY THE WAY. MY BAD ON THAT. SO 4TH DOWN, LAST CHANCE, AND IT IS C.J. ANDERSON TRYING TO GET THE LINE OF GAIN. HE'S RULED DOWN JUST SHY. JOHN FOX SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, NO CHOICE BUT TO CHALLENGE THE SPOT. BUT THE REPLAY CONFIRMED THAT THE KNEE WAS DOWN BEFORE THE BALL COULD REACH PAST THE 1ST DOWN, AND THAT IS THE WAY PEYTON MANNING AND THE BRONCOS TASTE A BITTER DIVISION DEFEAT FOR THE 2ND OF 3 YRS. OF THE MANNING TENURE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
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