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NFL Extra Week 2 Segment TRT Gruden / RG III :49 Coughlin / Manning 1:42 Gruden / Pettine 1:53 Unlikely Champs 9:50 1:15:47;00 - GRUDEN/RG III HERE WE GO! HERE WE GO! HERE WE GO! HERE WE GO! ROBERT THAT'S A GREAT BALL. GREAT BALL. SEE THAT SAFETY. YOU KNOW HE CAN MAKE CORNERS OFF. IT MIGHT TAKE HIM JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER, AND YOU CAN HANG ON HIM A LITTLE BIT LONGER. IF YOU THROW IT EARLY YOU JUST GOTTA GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE AIR SO HE CAN GO GET IT. THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS, ONCE YOU FEEL THAT PRESSURE, IT'S EITHER ESCAPE OR.... SEE YA. SEE YA. YOU DIDN'T HAVE HIM. HOW YOU GONNA TACKLE ROBERT GRIFFIN III? QUICK TWITCH ON THAT. THAT IS GREAT MAN. QUICK TWITCH. YOU'RE NOT FAKING ON THE RESET WITH YOUR HAND...HIPS AND EVERYTHING. THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 1:16:41;25 - COUGHLIN/MANNING PUT YOUR THINKING CAPS ON. LET'S GO! LET'S GO TO WORK. LET'S GO TO WORK. ELI, ELI, ELI, ELI, HOW'S THE ARM? SEEMED LIKE YOU HAD A LITTLE BUR IN YOUR BUTT TONIGHT, HUH? YOU HAD A LITTLE BUR IN YOUR SADDLE TONIGHT? AND WE'RE GOING THAT WAY. I'M GONNA HAVE YOU OVERTHROW EVERYTHING, THEN UNDERTHROW, RIGHT? YEA. LET'S GO OFFENSE. LET'S Page 1 of 8 MAKE SOME PLAYS HERE. LET'S GO. GO! GO! GO! GO! COME ON UP THERE DAMN IT!!! LET'S GO!!! HE'S WORKING HARDER THAN YOU ARE!! GET UP IN THERE! GET UP IN THERE! THAT'S A PILLOW FIGHT!! THAT'S A PILLOW FIGHT!! MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE. NOT ONE GUY COULD GET OPEN? CHANGE THE CADENCE UP. DO SOMETHING. COME ON, GO. HEY ATKINS, DON'T RUN INTO ME. HOW DUMB CAN YOU BE? OH YEA, THAT'S A HELL OF A THROW. WOW. WE'RE NOT CALLING DALLAS TO THE T.E. SIDE. THAT SAFETY IS OUTSIDE OF YOUR .. I MEAN JUST A POP. JUST RUN AND LOOK. JUST A RUN AND LOOK INSIDE. THERE'S NO ONE THERE. OH SOMEWHERE YOU GOTTA THROW IT. RADIO - HE'S GONNA THROW IT LEFT FOR NICKS. TOUCHDOWN GIANTS! AND WHAT A THROW BY MANNING. HEY... GAME BALL. 4 YRS. AGO WE DIDN'T GET THE WIN VS. JACKSONVILLE. THE GAME BALL TO COACH COUGHLIN. 1, 2, 3, TEAM! 1:18:37;13 - GRUDEN/PETTINE WHOO, IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH SLEDDING IN HERE TODAY. GET THAT SUCKER UP. AS SOON AS YOU KNOW IT'S COVER ZERO GET IT UP! GET IT UP! I GET IT. SMALL GUYS, THAT'S THE THING. BIG SHOULDER PADS AND WHEN THEY TAKE THEIR HELMET OFF THEY SIT IT UP ON THEIR HEADS SO THEY LOOK TALLER. I KNOW ALL THE TRICKS. SEE YA. SEE YA. YOU DIDN'T HAVE HIM. HOW ARE YOU GONNA TACKLE ROBERT GRIFFIN III. CRAZY. MAKE ANY PLAYS YET TODAY MINGO? SOUNDS LIKE IT NOW. WHO GOT THE SACK? YOU? YOU GOT IT TRIP? HEY, YOUR FIRST SACK AS A REDSKIN. CONGRATULATIONS. Page 2 of 8 HEY YOU GOTTA RUN YOUR FEET ON CONTACT NOW. IT'S TOUGH. ONCE THEY STOP IT'S HARD TO GET THEM GOING AGAIN. HELL, A STRONG SAFETY JUST CAME RUNNING OUT HERE ON JORDAN REED. OH...NICELY DONE. NICELY DONE. NICELY DONE. LET'S GO! WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING?! HEY! THAT PLAY'S OVER! NOW LET'S GO! LET'S PLAY BALL NOW! LET'S GO! HUDDLE UP. HUDDLE UP. HUDDLE UP. BACK IT UP. BACK IT UP. BACK IT UP. BACK IT UP. STAY UP. STAY UP. STAY UP. HEADS UP. HEADS UP. HEADS UP. HEADS UP. HEADS UP. NICE. MOVE IT! KEEP THE TEMPO! LET'S GO! LET'S GO! NICE JOB JOHN. GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! OK, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET THIS RIGHT BUT IF WE PRACTICE LIKE THIS, TRUST ME, IT WILL MAKE US A HELL OF A LOT BETTER. YOU GUYS FINISH IT OFF STRONG. TEMPO'S GREAT. THERE ARE SOME THINGS TO CLEAN UP. THERE'S NO DOUBT. THERE ALWAYS IS. BUT YOUR TEMPO, YOUR ENTHUSIASM IS OUTSTANDING. AS LONG AS YOU KEEP PLAYING TOGETHER, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT. YOU GOTTA BE A BLIND MAN NOT TO SEE THAT WE GOT A TON OF TALENT ON THE TEAM, RIGHT? 1:20:40;19 - UNLIKELY CHAMPS SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY, FEB. 2ND, 2014, SUPER BOWL 48. A GAME THAT JERMAINE KEARSE SAW WAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE HIS ABILITY AND SKILL. Page 3 of 8 A GAME THAT MICHAEL BENNETT, UNDERRATED, OVERACHIEVER. AM I SUPPOSED TO BE IN THAT GAME? IN THAT GAME, THAT DAY, MICHAEL ROBINSON WAS JUST SO THANKFUL FOR THE MOMENT THAT I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND FINISH THIS THING OFF THE RIGHT WAY. WHEN PRIDE COMES, THEN COMES DISGRACE, BUT WITH HUMILITY COMES WISDOM. AND MY MOM USED TO ALWAYS TELL ME THAT PROVERB. SHE USED TO ALWAYS SAY, "MIKE, YOU HAVE TO BE HUMBLE IF YOU WANT SUCCESS IN THIS WORLD. YOU HAVE TO BE A MAN OF SERVICE FIRST." EVERY PIECE OF ADVERSITY IN MY LIFE ALWAYS LEADS BACK TO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I LIVE BY. MICHAEL ROBINSON’S MORALS WOULD SERVE HIM WELL. AFTER BECOMING A HIGH SCHOOL SENSATION AT QUARTERBACK, HE ENDURED THREE SEASONS AS A UTILITY PLAYER AT PENN STATE. IN HIS ONLY FULL SEASON AS THE STARTER, ROBINSON LED THE NITTANY LIONS TO AN 11-AND-1 RECORD AND A VICTORY IN THE ORANGE BOWL. MAYBE I WAS, ALL ALONG, A R.B. WHO COULD THROW THE BALL. BUT MY GOAL WASN'T TO BE AN NFL QB. MY GOAL WAS TO BE IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. ROBINSON WOULD ACHIEVE HIS GOAL. IN 2006, HE WAS DRAFTED IN THE FOURTH ROUND BY THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS. IT WAS AN ADJUSTMENT GOING FROM THE POSITION OF QB TO BEING A ROLE PLAYER: BACKUP R.B., FULLBACK, SPECIAL TEAMER. YOU’RE A ROLE GUY. BUT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 2010 PRESEASON, THE 49ERS “ROLE GUY” WAS RELEASED. AS I WAS ON MY WAY BACK TO THE HOUSE WHEN A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE CALLED ME, WHOSE NAME WAS JEFF ALBRIGHT. I PLAYED WITH HIM AT S.F. BUT NOW HE WAS AN ASST. SPECIAL TEAMS COACH WITH SEATTLE. SEATTLE WANTED ME. IT JUST FELT GOOD TO KNOW THAT A TEAM LIKE SEATTLE WANTED MY SERVICES. Page 4 of 8 IN 2010, FULLBACK MICHAEL ROBINSON FOUND A NEW HOME IN SEATTLE. A YEAR EARLIER, ROOKIE DEFENSIVE END MICHAEL BENNETT…HOPED FOR THE SAME. MICHAEL BENNETT IS A GUY THAT IS PLAYING WITH A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER. HE DIDN’T GET DRAFTED AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN, NOW HE’S GOTTA TRY AND FIGHT AND CLAW AND SCRAPE TO MAKE A FOOTBALL TEAM; AND THEN HE’S SHOWING UP EVERY WEEK IN BALL GAMES SOMEHOW, SOME WAY. I THOUGHT I HAD A DREAM STORY. PLAY IN THE PRESEASON. BE ONE OF THE GUYS. AND IT DIDN’T END THAT WAY. I END UP GETTING CUT AND THE SAME SITUATION I’VE BEEN GOING THROUGH MY WHOLE LIFE; WHETHER IT WAS H.S., COLLEGE OR NFL. I’M ONE OF THE BESET GUYS BUT I’M STILL GETTING OVERLOOKED. SEATTLE’S LOSS BECAME TAMPA BAY’S GAIN. OVER THE NEXT THREE SEASONS, BENNETT ECLIPSED THE PLAY OF HIS HIGHLY DRAFTED, HIGHER PAID TEAMMATES. IN 2012, HE LED THE BUCS IN SACKS AND AT SEASON’S END, SOUGHT A NEW CONTRACT. I WANTED TO STAY BUT WE HAD A BRAND NEW COACH, GREG SCHIANO... (MICHAEL! GET THEM TOGETHER...) AND, UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T FIT IN HIS SCHEME AND I WAS JUST UPSET LIKE... MAN, ALL THAT WORK YOU PUT IN AND THEY FIND A WAY TO REPLACE YOU. MAN, STRAIGHTEN OUT YOUR SLOPPY JERSEY. IN 2013, BENNETT RETURNED TO HIS FIRST NFL HOME – SEATTLE. A YEAR EARLIER, UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT WIDE RECEIVER JERMAINE KEARSE COMPLETED A MUCH SHORTER PILGRIMAGE TO THE SAME CITY. GROWING UP HERE I REMEMBER MY FIRST ACTUALLY SEAHAWKS GAME WAS ACTUALLY AT THE UNIV. OF WASH. VS. THE DENVER BRONCOS WHICH IS SUPER FUNNY IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT! IT WAS AT THE TIME WHERE I BELIEVE THE KINGDOME JUST HAD DEMOLISHED AND THEY MOVED THEIR GAMES TO THE HUSKY STADIUM. KEARSE PLAYED COLLEGIATELY ON THAT SAME FIELD…BEFORE SIGNING WITH SEATTLE IN 2012. Page 5 of 8 THE VERY FIRST PLAY IN MY CAREER, I GOT A CATCH. THEN THE NEXT ONE I DROPPED. INCONSISTENCY HAD HAUNTED KEARSE DATING BACK TO COLLEGE, BUT HIS KNACK FOR MAKING BIG PLAYS IN KEY SITUATIONS WAS UNDENIABLE. A FACT FORMER USC HEAD COACH PETE CARROLL HAD WITNESSED FIRSTHAND. I ALWAYS FELT THAT I REALLY EXCEL WHEN IT'S UNDER PRESSURE OR WHEN IT'S A CLUTCH MOMENT. KEARSE CAUGHT TWO PASSES DURING A GAME WINNING DRIVE IN A 2009 UPSET OF #3 USC. HE REGISTERED THREE RECEPTIONS IN THE GAME. TEAMED UP WITH PETE CARROLL IN 2012…KEARSE HAD THREE CATCHES ALL SEASON. I FELT LIKE I HAD NO DOUBT IN MY SKILL, AND I HAD NO DOUBT IN THE WAY I COULD PLAY. I JUST GO OUT THERE AND JUST TRY TO MAKE THE BEST OF MY OPPORTUNITIES AND CONTROL OF THE THINGS I CAN CONTROL. THAT DENVER PRESEASON GAME I WOKE-UP THAT MORNING KNOWING SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT. LIKE A PAIN I NEVER FELT BEFORE. SO AFTER 2 TRIPS TO THE HOSPITAL, I STILL WASN'T EATING .