SATELLITE NEWS SERVICE - WEEK 20 / CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND
1. PACKERS @ SEAHAWKS 11:49
2. COLTS @ PATRIOTS 5:06
TRT: 27:20 WITH BARS
1:10:15:06 GREEN BAY PACKERS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
WELL BEEZ QUAKE MOE, I AM SURE. LET'S SHOW YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR THE AGES. RUSSELL WILSON, AARON RODGERS, ONE-TWO ALL TIME IN PASSER RATING IN THE PLAYOFFS. RICHARD SHERMAN NEVER TARGETED BY GREEN BAY IN THE FIRST MATCHUP IN WEEK ONE, THE SEASON KICKOFF GAME. WELL, THEY WENT AFTER HIM IN THE FIRST QUARTER EARLY ON. AND GUESS WHAT? THAT'S THE GUY! AND THINK ABOUT IT HE WAS A FORMER WIDE RECEIVER, AND WHAT HE SHOWED YOU THERE WAS WIDE RECEIVER SKILL. GREAT JOB BREAKING ON THE BALL, BRINGING THE BALL IN; AND THEN PAT-PAT, GET THE FEET DOWN. GREAT JOB BY RICHARD SHERMAN. SHERMAN WOULD GET INJURED LATER IN THE GAME BUT WOULD REMAIN IN THE CONTEST. ENSUING SEAHAWKS DRIVE, YOU'VE GOT RUSSELL WILSON; AND THAT'S ONE OF THE PLAYS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. WENT THROUGH JERMAINE KEARSE'S HANDS. HA HA CLINTON-DIX WITH THE INTERCEPTION. YEAH, TIP PASS RIGHT THERE; AND HA-HA CLINTON-DIX, JOHNNY-ON-THE-SPOT, MAKES THE PLAY. PACKERS GET IT BACK INSIDE THE 5 YD. LINE. JOHN KUHN WITH A 1 YD. TD RULED ON THE FIELD A TD BUT YOU GOT TO REVIEW THIS ONE AS A SCORING PLAY. AND WHEN WE LOOK BACK ON THIS GAME, WE'RE GOING TO ASK OURSELVES- YOU SEE THE ELBOW THERE? THERE ARE A COUPLE OPPORTUNITIES. THEY GET THE BALL AT POINT-BLANK RANGE, ONLY MANAGE 6 POINTS A COUPLE OF FIELD GOALS, YEP IN TWO OPPORTUNITIES DOWN THERE AT PLUS ONE TERRITORY. YUP, AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU THE SECOND ONE IN A SECOND, BUT THIS WAS THIRD DOWN. EDDIE LACY STUFFED AT THE GOAL LINE. LOOKED LIKE THE HOLE WAS THERE, BUT IT CLOSED UP QUICKLY. THREE-NOTHING PACKERS. ENSUING KICKOFF, DOUG BALDWIN COUGHS IT UP! (COUGHING SOUND) GREEN BAY ON TOP OF IT RIGHT AROUND THE 24 YD. LINE, SO TWO RED ZONE TRIPS FOR THE PACKERS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE FIRST QUARTER. SEAHAWKS SECOND TURNOVER OF THE GAME. AND YOU WONDER WHY, YOU KNOW, BALDWIN HOLDING THE BALL CARELESSLY BECAUSE HE WAS ACTUALLY FILLING IN FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. HERE'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. AARON RODGERS, JUST OFF THE FINGERTIPS OF JORDY NELSON. YOU SEE THE PRECIPITATION COMING DOWN THERE? THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN A FACTOR IN THAT. YOU MENTIONED PAUL RICHARDSON WAS THE KICK RETURN MAN WHO WAS INJURED AND NOT IN THE GAME. THAT'S WHY BALDWIN WAS RETURNING IT. NEXT PLAY, THIRD AND GOAL, RODGERS TO RANDALL COBB, GAIN OF 5; BUT, ON FOURTH AND GOAL, THEY DECIDED NOT TO GO FOR IT. THEY KICK ANOTHER FIELD GOAL, SO 6-NOTHING. THE OLD MAN! __________ DRIVE - YEAH, JULIUS PEPPERS. STILL GOT IT. I MEAN, ONE OF THE BEST FREE-AGENT ACQUISITIONS YOU LOOKED AT THIS YEAR. OLD MAN STILL HAD A LITTLE SOMETHING LEFT. FREE PLAY FOR AARON ROGERS. HE DROPS BACK, GOT PLENTY OF TIME BECAUSE OF THE OFFSIDE. ZING! THERE YA GO! RANDALL COBB BACK IN THE END ZONE, WIDE OPEN. RODGERS MAKES HIM PAY. IT WAS A FREE PLAY. THE PENALTY WENT AGAINST SEATTLE, OBVIOUSLY, DECLINED. HERE'S AN ISO. YEAH, AND THE KEY PART HERE IS, BASICALLY, IT WAS ALMOST- IT WAS A RUB ROUTE THAT WASN'T A RUB ROUTE. GOOD JOB BY RANDALL COBB RECOGNIZING THAT THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH RICHARD SHERMAN AS WHAT WAS REPORTED. BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST A HECK OF A FOOTBALL PLAY. YOU SEE RIGHT THERE RICHARD SHERMAN SAYING, "GUYS, WE'RE BETTER THAN THIS." LEGION OF BOOM WAS IN TROUBLE IN DIFFERENT POINTS DURING THIS GAME HERE. EARL THOMAS WITH AN INJURY SCARE ON THIS TACKLE, HERE, GOES DOWN. STAYED DOWN. WENT INTO THE LOCKER ROOM. THEY WERE DOING VARIOUS TESTS ON HIM. HE WOULD RETURN BEFORE HALFTIME. NEXT SEAHAWKS POSSESSION, WILSON, LOOKING FOR JERMAINE KEARSE; AND INTERCEPTED! HA HA CLINTON-DIX IS SECOND TO THE FIRST HALF. THAT'S, WHAT, ONE HANDED! YEAH, AND IT WAS A GREAT PLAY BY HIM AS WELL BECAUSE HE CATCHES IT WITH HIS RIGHT. HE TURNS AROUND. HE TURNS AROUND A COUPLE TIMES. AND, ON THAT PARTICULAR PLAY, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE RUSSELL WILSON. HE GETS HIT. LOOK AT THIS - HERE'S THE ONE HANDED INERCEPTION - RIGHT HAND, BRINGS IT IN. EXCELLENT JOB OF BEING IN THE DEEP MIDDLE. AND WATCH RIGHT HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CLAY MATTHEWS. HELMET TO HELMET. 15 YDS. BLINDSIDE BLOCK. IT WAS A 15 YD. PENALTY, AND IT APPEARED TO SHAKE WILSON UP, NOT ONLY ON THAT PLAY BUT MAYBE INTO THE SECOND AND THIRD QUARTER HERE. WHAT? THESE TEAMS, SO UNCHARACTERISTIC! BOTH OF THEM HAD A CASE OF THE DROPSIES AND THE TURNOVERS IN THIS GAME. SOME CONFUSION BETWEEN THE PACKERS RECEIVERS AND AARON RODGERS. INTERCEPTED THERE BY MAXWELL. SECOND POST-SEASON GAME WITH TWO ION TEAMS FOR AARON RODGERS. RIGHT, MCCARTHY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT EITHER. BAD PLAY. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE RIGHT THERE A BALL UNDERTHROWN. MADE THE RIGHT READ, BUT YOU GOTTA PUT THE BALL A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. RUSSELL WILSON JUST KIND OF OFF HIS GAME EARLY ON IN THIS FOOTBALL GAME. DO EITHER OF THESE FANTASTIC QUARTERBACKS WANT TO GET IT IN THE END ZONE AND HOLD ONTO THE FOOTBALL? IT'S JUST CRAZY! LOOK AT THOSE PASSER RATINGS! 48 FOR AARON RODGERS AND 0! ZERO, ZERO! AT THE HALF. LET'S GO TO THE THIRD QUARTER NOW. 16 TO NOTHING, PACKERS HAD THE LEAD. CLAY MATTHEWS PUTTING IT ON RUSSELL WILSON. SOME EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES RIGHT NEAR THE END OF THE PLAY. A PENALTY FLAG WAS CALLED. IT WAS DECLINED. THEY ACCEPTED THE RESULT OF THE PLAY, WHICH WAS THE LONG SACK. SO IT WAS 3RD AND 19 FOR RUSSELL WILSON. PLENTY OF TIME WITH A THREE-MAN RUSH. AND, AGAIN, THAT'S THE THING. YOU KNOW, THEY DID A GOOD JOB ALL DAY LONG, BUT YOU CAN'T GIVE ANYBODY THAT MUCH TIME; AND IT WAS A HUGE PLAY DOWN THE FIELD, NOT TO MENTION CLAY MATTHEWS WAS DROPPING IN THE COVERAGE AND NOT RUSHING THE PASSER WITH A THREE-MAN RUSH. DOUG BALDWIN 29 YD. PICKUP. PENALTY WAS AGAINST GREEN BAY. THEY DECLINED IT. THEY'RE DOWN NOW IN THE RED ZONE. MARSHAWN LYNCH HAD IT IN HIS HANDS FOR JUST A SECOND. GOOD JOB, GOOD THROW RIGHT THERE, BUT GOOD JOB BY THE DEFENDER, BEING ABLE TO - BARRINGTON, TO BE ABLE TO GET THE BALL OUT. 4TH DOWN, FIELD GOAL TEAM COMES ON. PETE CARROLL HAS JUST GOT TO GET SOME POINTS ON THE BOARD. LET SEATTLE'S OFFENSE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES. IT'S A FAKE! ARE YOU SURE? JON RYAN RUNNING WITH IT AND THROWING LAST SECOND! TO WHO? A TACKLE ELIGIBLE! TO WHO? A ROOKIE TACKLE ELIGIBLE, GARY GILLIAM! ROOKIE OUT OF PENN STATE. THEY FORGET ABOUT HIM, AS RYAN LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO RUN FOR THE FIRST DOWN FOR A MOMENT. GOOD ARC ON THE PASS. GILLIAM LOOKS IT IN. HE USED TO BE A TIGHT END AT PENN STATE BEFORE THEY SWITCHED HIM TO OFFENSIVE LINE. GREAT JOB BY HIM. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, PETE CARROLL OBVIOUSLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. IT WAS WORTH HIS weight THERE. WORTH HAVING HIM ON THE TEAM FOR THAT ONE IF NOTHING ELSE. ABSOLUTELY. BIGGEST PLAY OF HIS LIFE. 16-7 STILL, AND GREEN BAY WAS STILL IN CONTROL OF THIS GAME. JAMES STARKS AND THE RUNNING GAME INTO SEATTLE TERRITORY; AND, BANG, AT THE END OF THIS PLAY, RICHARD SHERMAN TAKES A SHOT. AND RICHARD SHERMAN STILL FEELING OF THE-, WHATEVER HE DID HERE. SOMETHING'S GOING ON WITH HIS HAND. YOU'LL SEE, RIGHT HERE, HYPEREXTENDED ELBOW IT LOOKS LIKE AND THE WHOLE GAME, EVEN COMING AFTER THE GAME. BUT HE STAYED IN THE GAME AND GUTTED THROUGH IT. THE LEGION OF BOOM TOOK THEIR LUMPS TODAY. ALL RIGHT, 16-7 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, NOW 3RD & 7 FOR THE PACKERS' OFFENSE AND INCOMPLETE. SO WE GO TO 4TH DOWN, KICK A FIELD GOAL. RICHARD SHERMAN PLAYING WITH ONE WING AT THIS POINT, IT APPEARED LIKE. BUT IT'S 19-7, AND THE SEATTLE OFFENSE REALLY HADN'T DONE MUCH ALL GAME. NOW WE'RE COMING UP ON THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. MARSHAWN LYNCH, BEEZ MOE - PUSH IT, OFFENSIVE LINE! - BEEZ MOE RUSSELL WILSON TRYING TO SHAKE OFF THE INTERCEPTIONS AND ALMOST THREW ANOTHER ONE RIGHT THERE. DOUG BALDWIN LOOKING FOR THE PENALTY FLAG ON 3RD & LONG. THEY DIDN'T GET IT. SEE RICHARD SHERMAN ON THE SIDELINES THERE. ELBOW'S BOTHERING HIM; AND, STILL, OFFENSE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PLAY HERE. SEATTLE PUNTED, GREEN BAY TRYING TO RUN SOME CLOCK; BUT ON 3RD DOWN, SEATTLE'S DEFENSE COMES UP, KNOCKS THE BALL DOWN, STOPS THE CLOCK. SEATTLE FOOTBALL BACK. THEY NEED TWO TOUCHDOWNS HERE. AND ANOTHER INTERCEPTION, AND YOU FIGURED IT WAS IT. GAME OVER! GOODBYE! GOODNIGHT! HA HA CLINTON-DIX DIDN'T EVEN TRY AND RETURN IT THERE ON THAT ONE. GAME OVER! WE'RE JUST GONNA KNEEL DOWN ON THIS THING? EXCUSE ME, BURNETT, WITH THE INTERCEPTION. WE'RE JUST GOING TO KNEEL DOWN AND NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THE GAME WAS NOT OVER. AND THAT WAS JERMAINE KEARSE WHO HAD THE BALL GO THROUGH HIS HANDS TWICE FOR INTERCEPTIONS BY GREEN BAY. WE WOULD HEAR FROM JERMAINE KEARSE AGAIN. WE WOULD HEAR FROM DOUG BALDWIN AGAIN BECAUSE THE PACKER DEFENSE DID ITS JOB- THE SEATTLE DEFENSE DID ITS JOB. THE SEATTLE DEFENSE DID ITS JOB AND GOT THE BALL BACK. GOT THE BALL BACK FOR SEATTLE. NOW THEY'RE IN THE GREEN BAY TERRITORY. LITTLE WHEELIE. MARSHAWN LYNCH! LITTLE WHEEL ROUTE RIGHT ON THE BACKFIELD. LOOKS, CALLED A TOUCHDOWN. CALLED A TOUCHDOWN. BUT AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, RIGHT THERE, STEPPED OUT THERE, STEPPED OUT THERE. THAT'S CLEAR VIDEO EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS- IT'S THE GOLD BOTTOMS ON THE SHOES. THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE COULD SEE IT. THERE YOU GO. GOTTA WEAR THE WHITE ONES MAYBE, AND IT BLENDS IN WITH THE SIDELINE. EITHER WAY, A COUPLE PLAYS LATER, SEATTLE IS INTO THE END ZONE. RUSSELL WILSON WITH THE SCRAMBLE; BUT, HEY, NO TIME TO CELEBRATE. ALL THAT MAKES IT IS A ONE-POSSESSION GAME. YOU HAVE TO CONVERT THE ONSIDE KICK TO THEORETICALLY HAVE A CHANCE. THEY POP IT UP HIGH. HANDS ON THE FOOTBALL FOR GREEN BAY, BUT IT COMES LOOSE! WOW! TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A YOUNG MAN WHO JUST, AH. BRANDON BOSTICK. MR. BOSTICK. ON THE HANDS TEAM. WATCH RIGHT HERE. RIGHT THERE, JUST OH, HITS HIM IN THE HELMET. GREAT JOB. OH, MY GOODNESS. GAME WASN'T NECESSARILY OVER IF THEY RECOVER THAT. THEY WOULD HAVE A TWO-MINUTE WARNING AND ONE TIMEOUT REMAINING, SEATTLE WOULD'VE. NOW, THEY'RE IN GREAT SHAPE WITH THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING AND ONE TIMEOUT LEFT. AND NOW RUSSELL WILSON -= THERE YOU GO -DECIDES TO START TOTING THE BALL, AND THE GAME CHANGED. 15 YD SCRAMBLE RIGHT THERE. THEY WOULD GO TO THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING. THEN- WILSON TO WILLSON, LUKE WILLSON. AND THIS FIRST DOWN I THINK IS IMPORTANT. FIGHTING FOR THE FIRST DOWN AT THE END! GETTING THAT FIRST DOWN, I THINK, WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HELP THEM MOVE THE CHAINS AS WELL, CHANGE THE PLAY CALLS. WE'RE DOWN TO 93 SECONDS LEFT TO GO FROM THE 24 YD. LINE. HE'S IN THE SECONDARY! IT IS BEEZ MOE. HE'S IN THE END ZONE. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. SHAKE HIS HAND. JUST, THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SHAKE HIS HAND. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TWO TOUCHDOWNS WITH UNDER THREE MINUTES REMAINING TO PUT THE SEAHAWKS UP A POINT. UP ONE. THE CARD SAYS GO FOR TWO. THEY DO JUST THAT. CHECK OUT THIS PLAY. AH, THE PLAY'S OVER. IT'S DEAD! ALL THOSE PACKS SAY, OH HE JUST THROW ONE UP - WELL, MIGHT AS WELL! OH, MY GOODNESS. WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN IS AN INCOMPLETE PASS. AND SO YOU THROW IT UP, AND THEY COME DOWN WITH IT! WILSON TO WILLSON! TWO-POINT CONVERSION MAKES IT A THREE-POINT GAME. SCOTT, IT'S NOT OVER YET. YOU KNOW WHY? WHY? BECAUSE AARON RODGERS IS IN. THAT'S RIGHT. AND WE SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? IF YOU WANT DRAMA- IF YOU WERE GREEN BAY AND YOU SAID YOU NEED A FIELD GOAL TO TIE OR A TOUCHDOWN TO WIN THE GAME AND YOU GOT AARON RODGERS, 90 SECONDS, AND THREE TIMEOUTS; YOU'D TAKE THAT BARGAIN AS A PACKER FAN. AND I DO BELIEVE I TOLD YOU HE WAS GOING TO TAKE THEM DOWN THE FIELD AND LEAVE THE FIELD. AND SO RODGERS GOING TO WORK LIKE A SURGEON. IT'S JORDY NELSON. BOOM! IT'S RANDALL COBB. DART! TWO PLAYS, AND THEY ARE IN THE SEATTLE TERRITORY. WE'RE UNDER A MINUTE LEFT TO GO. 43 SECONDS REMAINING. RODGERS, BUYING TIME. MOBILE, GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING LEFT. THE CALF STILL BOTHERS HIM. HE DOESN'T HAVE THE WHEELS, BUT HE HAS ENOUGH TO GET A 1ST DOWN, GET OUT OF BOUNDS, STOP THE CLOCK. THEY GET INTO FIELD GOAL RANGE. THEY'D RUN THE CLOCK DOWN TO UNDER 30 SECONDS REMAINING ON 3RD & 10. RODGERS, DOES HE TAKE THE SHOT AT THE END ZONE? TAKES A SHOT TO JORDY NELSON. JUST A LITTLE MORE FIELD POSITION. PICKED UP A HANDFUL OF YARDS. YEAH, JUST TO PUT THEM INTO REAL FIELD GOAL RANGE _____. YOU SEE RIGHT TO RICHARD SHERMAN IS STILL STRUGGLING WITH THAT WRIST INJURY. WHAT A TESTAMENT TO HIS INTESTINAL FORTITUDE. 19 SECONDS LEFT. MASON CROSBY, GOOD FROM 48 YDS. OUT. WE GOT A TIE GAME. IT IS ON TO OT! 22-22, A GAME THAT WAS 16-NOTHING, A GAME THAT WAS 19-7 IS NOW 22 APIECE GOING TO OVERTIME. AARON RODGERS, A LITTLE GRIN ON HIS FACE. ALL RIGHT, JUST GIVE ME THE BALL BACK BOYS I'LL DO MY THING." BUT SEATTLE WON THE COIN TOSS. SEATTLE TOOK THE FOOTBALL. SEATTLE TOOK IT INTO GREEN BAY TERRITORY! DOUG BALDWIN BIG THROW FROM THAT GUY. STRUGGLED ALL GAME LONG, RUSSELL WILSON FOUND A WAY. YOU SEE RICHARD SHERMAN STILL STRUGGLING THERE WITH THE INJURY. RUSSELL WILSON, ONCE AGAIN, DROPS BACK. NOT AGAIN! JERMAINE KEARSE, A VERY SIMILAR PLAY TO THE TOUCHDOWN THAT HE SCORED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER LAST YEAR IN THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST THE 49ERS TO PUT THE SEAHAWKS BACK UP. THIS ONE ENDS THE GAME. THIS ONE WINS THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE FOR THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS! WOW!
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1:22:14:13 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
WOW! ALL RIGHT, THEY GOT- EVERYBODY- (INAUDIBLE) MARSH, I GOT A HIGHLIGHT, I, GOT A HOODIE, AND I GOT A HOME IN NEW ENGLAND, RAIN IN NEW ENGLAND. TOM BRADY IS FIRED UP TRYING TO GO TO SUPER BOWL THREE-, SIXTH TIME. SIX! ANDREW LUCK TRYING TO GO FOR A FIRST. IT'S A BATTLE OF 12S IN NEW ENGLAND. AND JOSH CRIBBS THREW THE FIRST MISTAKE OF THE DAY. AFTER BOTH TEAMS EXCHANGED THAT DEFENSE TO GET THEIR OFFENSES OFF THE FIELD, JOSH CRIBBS JUST PUT ONE ON THE FACE MASK. HOW THE BALL HIT YOU IN YOUR HEAD, MAN! INTERESTING, BOTH OF THOSE GAMES STARTED TODAY WITH SOME TURNOVERS. I THINK HE WAS CUSSED AFTER THAT. SO NEW ENGLAND, AS WE ALL KNOW, JAMMED JONAS GRAY DOWN THE COLTS THROAT BACK IN WEEK 11. TODAY, IT WAS LEGARETTE BLUNT'S TIME. GOOD. AND HE DID THIS AGAINST THE COLTS IN THE DIVISIONAL ROUND LAST YEAR. AND LEGARRETTE, BLOUNT WAS JUST RUNNING DOWNHILL AND JUST GOING NONSTOP. AND THEN, EVENTUALLY, HE BURST INTO THE END ZONE HERE. JUST FALLING IN THE END ZONE JUST LIKE HE FELL RIGHT INTO A SUPER BOWL RIGHT HERE AFTER WALKING OFF THE- OFF OF THE _____. YEAH, HOW ABOUT THAT? SO CRIBBS MISTAKE LEADS TO 7, AND THERE HE IS WITH THE MINUTE MEN. HE WAS FALLING INTO THE SUPER BOWL. GAME OVER RIGHT THERE! YEAH, GAME OVER. I FELT THAT TOO; BUT ANDREW LUCK COMES UP, STEPS UP IN THE POCKET AND WAS MOVING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD. BUT THEN, BOOM, HERRON GOES BUST RIGHT THERE, OFF HIS HANDS. AND THEN, ON THE WHEEL ROUTE- YEAH, GO TO THEM AGAIN. OFF THE HAND. YUP. AND THEN ADAM VINATIERI, THE SURE-FOOTED ADAM VINATIERI THAT THE PATRIOTS KNEW SO WELL WOULD COME OUT FROM 51 YDS. AWAY- THIS IS THE FIRST MISS I'VE EVER SEEN HIM HAVE. AND ADAM VINATIERI -. THE WIND TOOK THAT, YEAH. HE MISSED IT! THE WIND. SO BRADY GOT A SHORTER FIELD- THE WI. AND WITH THAT TOOK SHANE VEREEN ON HIS OWN WHEEL ROUTE ON A LINEBACKER. HE MAKES THE GRAB DESPITE THE INTERFERENCE THAT WASN'T CALLED, ACTUALLY. THAT WAS PRESSURE GETTING TO THE YOUNG MAN FOR INDY. 30 YD. GAIN WITH JERRELL FREEMAN COVERING THE NOW 3RD & 9. JULIAN EDELMAN MOVING THE CHAINS. AND THEN, TWO PLAYS LATER, WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU FIND JAMES DEVELIN! THAT'S A BIG BOY. JUST FIGHT! SO YOU GOT THE FULLBACK GOING IN THE END ZONE FOR A TOUCHDOWN. HE DID DECLARE HIMSELF AS ELIGIBLE THOUGH. WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT DISCUSSION IN A MOMENT ABOUT HE DID IT AGAIN WHO'S ELIGIBLE AND WHO WASN'T. SECOND QUARTER, 14-NOTHING, BRADY PICKED D'QWELL JACKSON WITH A BIG INTERCEPTION OVER THE MIDDLE AS HE WAS GOING FOR ROB GRONKOWSKI, SO. GOOD PLAY BY D'QUELL. A PLUS SIDE OF THE FIELD TURNOVER FOR BRADY. WHAT WOULD LUCK DO WITH IT? WELL, HE'D BEGIN TO MOVE THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD. 3RD & 8 PUTS IT UP FOR T.Y. HILTON WHO TOE TAPS FOR THE GRAB. WHAT A GREAT GRAB THAT WAS, AND I THOUGHT JUST AN EXCELLENT THROW BY ANDREW LUCK. 36 YDS., BELICHICK REACHED INTO HIS SOCK BUT DID NOT THROW THE FLAG BECAUSE THAT WAS AFTER THE REPLAY SHOWING A GOOD CATCH. RESOCKED IT. THAT WAS (INAUDIBLE). (INAUDIBLE) RESOCK IT. FIVE PLAYS LATER, IT'S LUCK TO COBY FLEENER OVER THE MIDDLE; AND HE REACHES INTO THE END ZONE, AND THE BALL COMES LOOSE. TOO BAD. HE WAS RULED DOWN BY CONTACT. HE JUST DOESN'T LOOK LIKE GRONK WHEN HE HAS THE FOOTBALL. AT THE HALF-YARD LINE, ZURLON TIPTON GETS IN THE END ZONE. SO WE'VE GOT A DEVELIN. WE'VE GOT A TIPTON, AND NOW WE'VE GOT EDELMAN. WE'VE GOT THAT DOWN THE FIELD ON 3RD & 2 MOVING THE CHAINS. LISTEN, THESE GUYS, TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MAN RIGHT HERE. I'M GONNA SAY, OUTSIDE OF TOM BRADY, THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER ON THIS TEAM WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PLAYS THAT HAS BEEN MADE OUT IN THE RETURN GAME OR IN THE SEASON GAME. THAT'S EDELMAN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES. AND THEN BLOUNT WAS RUNNING DOWNHILL NONSTOP. YEAH, NOBODY WANTED TO HIT HIM. YEAH, I GET THAT. I GET THAT. NO ONE WANTED TO HIT HIM, RIGHT? UN-UN! 3RD & 1 PLAY ACTION, NOW IT'S TIME WHAT A GREAT PLAY FOR NATE SOLDER, TACKLE ELIGIBLE! IT'S JUST- THIS IS THE BRILLIANT STUFF THIS MAN DOES. HE THINKS OF THIS STUFF, AND HE IMPLANT- HE PUTS IT IN THERE PERFECT TIME. EVERYBODY RUN THAT PLAY. NOBODY RUN IT PAST THE TEN. NORMALLY IT'S ON THE ONE. THEY KNEW SOLDER COULD GET IN FROM THERE. NOBODY CAN STOP THIS MAN THOUGH. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. SO NOW, 14 UNANSWERED, AND LUCK GOES THREE AND OUT. ABOUT TO GET UGLY. IT'S UGLY ALL RIGHT! AND HERE COME BLOUNT DOWNHILL AGAIN. BLOUNT RAN LIKE I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM RUN. HE RAN LIKE A FREE AGENT TODAY. YEAH, HE RAN LIKE HE RAN LAST YEAR AGAINST THE COLTS. (INAUDIBLE) YEAH, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, ______. 3RD & 1, ROB GRONKOWSKI IN THE END ZONE; AND HERE COMES THE GRONK SPIKE. YEAH, THEY WERE COMING BACK TO THAT. SO WE'VE SEEN BLOUNT SCORE. WE'VE SEEN DEVELIN SCORE. WE'VE SEEN SOLDER SCORE. AND NOW THE MORE CONVENTIONAL PLAY, BRADY TO GRONKOWSKI AND THE BOAT RACE IS ON- (INAUDIBLE) LIKE THAT MT DEFENSE ______. AMIDST THE FALLIONG RAIN. AND HERE IS DARRELLE REVIS WITH THE PICK. REVIS ____! LOOK AT THAT! THAT DARRELE REVIS IS GOOD, MAN! REVIS IS GETTING IN THAT ____. D. REVIS GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL, Y'ALL. THAT'S ALL RIGHT! GET, WITH BRADY, GOOD THINGS HAPPEN. YEAH, WITH THE PATRIOTS. THE PATRIOTS GOING IS TOUGH FOR THE JETS FANS TO HANDLE. THAT'S THE WOUND. THE SALT WOULD BE REVIS WITH A TICKET-PUNCHING INTERCEPTION. I GREW UP IN STATEN ISLAND, SIR. I KNOW THE JETS PSYCHE, TRUST ME! OH, OKAY, OKAY. REVIS IS GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL! (INAUDIBLE) IN THE END ZONE FOR A 13 YD. SCORE. AND TOM BRADY AND THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS ARE BACK IN THE SUPER BOWL AGAIN, BACK IN THE PLACE, BY THE WAY, WHERE THE TYREE CATCH WENT DOWN. SO PERHAPS HE AND THE HOODY AND EVERYBODY ELSE CAN EXERCISE THOSE GHOSTS AGAINST THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT IN SUPER BOWL XLIX AFTER A 45-POINT DAY IN THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. IT WASN'T EVEN CLOSE.
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