Nfl Gameday Week 4
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NFL GAMEDAY WEEK 4 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES #97 CULLEN JENKINS WAS BROUGHT TO PHILADELPHIA IN THE OFFSEASON AS PART OF A DEFENSIVE LINE MAKEOVER. // ON SUNDAY, JENKINS WAS NO PUSHOVER AGAINST THE 49ERS. THERE WAS NO MISSING THE LEAGUE LEADER IN SACKS, JASON BABIN. BABIN RUSHED UNTOUCHED, THANKS TO JENKINS TAKING ON A SAN FRANCISCO TRIPLE TEAM. CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WERE ON DISPLAY ALL OVER THE FIELD, AS MICHAEL VICK RE‐KINDLED HIS WITH DESEAN JACKSON. VICK PASSED FOR A CAREER HIGH 416 YARDS // AND THE EAGLES JUMPED OUT TO A 23‐3 LEAD. PHILADELPHIA’S ACHILLES HEEL IS A PROPENSITY TO SHOOT ITSELF IN THE FOOT. FOR THE 3RD STRAIGHT WEEK, AN EAGLE LEAD VANISHED IN THE 4TH QUARTER. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS TOM BRADY AND WES WELKER WERE UNAFFECTED BY RAIDERS HEAD COACH HUE JACKSON’S MIND GAMES. ALT. TOM BRADY AND WES WELKER WERE UNAFFECTED BY HUE JACKSON’S MIND GAMES THE PATRIOTS SCORED THE NEXT 17 POINTS AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. Page 1 of 6 PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ HOUSTON TEXANS HOUSTON’S DEFENSE SACKED BEN ROETHLISBERGER FIVE TIMES. AND THE TEXANS OFFENSE RUSHED FOR NEARLY 200 YARDS. ARIAN FOSTER’S SCORE GAVE HOUSTON A 17‐10 4TH QUARTER LEAD, AND THE DEFENSE MADE IT STICK – TWICE. THE INTERCEPTION WAS WIPED OUT BY A PENALTY – GIVING A HOBBLED BIG BEN ONE LAST CHANCE. DETROIT LIONS @ DALLAS COWBOYS TONY ROMO DIDN’T WASTE A SECOND GETTING THE BALL TO DEZ BRYANT. HE CAUGHT A PAIR OF FIRST HALF TOUCHDOWNS, AS DALLAS OPENED UP A 27‐3 LEAD. DESPITE LEADING BY 24 POINTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER, THE COWBOYS CONTINUED THROWING. TRAILING 30‐17 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, DETROITS OFFENSE “TRANSFORMED” WHEN IT DIALED‐UP THEIR “ROBOT‐IN‐THE‐SKIES”. DETROIT SCORED 17 UNANSWERED POINTS TO COMPLETE ANOTHER COMEBACK. Page 2 of 6 CAROLINA PANTHERS @ CHICAGO BEARS THE BEARS RECIPE FOR WINNING IN WEEK 4 STARTED WITH DEFENSE… …AND SPECIAL TEAMS. CAM NEWTON MAY HAVE LOOKED PRETTY IN PINK, BUT IT WAS 374 YARDS WORTH OF BEAUTIFUL PASSES THAN PULLED THE PANTHERS WITHIN ONE EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. WITH THE GAME IN THE BALANCE, CHICAGO LEANED ON MATT FORTE, WHO RAN FOR A CAREER HIGH 205 YARDS… …AND SET UP MARION BARBER TO SEAL THE WIN. NEW YORK JETS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS STARTING WITH THE JETS FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE, BALTIMORE ATTACKED MARK SANCHEZ. IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A WILD NIGHT THAT WOULD FEATURE AN NFL RECORD FIVE RETURNS FOR SCORES. (REX ARGUES CALL WITH REF) IN THE END, ONE THING WAS HARD TO ARGUE. / THE DEFENSE REX RYAN HELPED BUILD IN BALTIMORE, THOROUGHLY DISMANTLED HIS CURRENT TEAM. (RADIO – WEBB TD; RAVENS LOCKER) Page 3 of 6 DENVER BRONCOS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS NO SCRIPT. BUFFALO BILLS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS CINCY HOPED TO GIVE UNDEFEATED BUFFALO THE FINGER BUT INSTEAD FELL BEHIND DOUBLE DIGITS. FRED JACKSON MADE IT LOOK EASY AND GAVE THE BILLS A 17 TO 3 HALFTIME LEAD. BUT BENGALS FANS DIDN’T BACK DOWN, THANKS TO DALTON. THE ROOKIE RAN ONE IN TO TIE THE GAME AT 20. WITH 43 SECONDS LEFT 43 YARDS STOOD BETWEEN CINCINNATI AND VICTORY. ATLANTA FALCONS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS IT WAS A GAME OF ANGRY BIRDS WHEN THE SEAHAWKS AND THE FALCONS MET. AND JUST LIKE ANGRY BIRDS… SOMETIMES ITS ALL ABOUT THE PROPER APPLICATION OF FORCE. TWO MICHAEL TURNER TOUCHDOWNS HELPED ATLANTSA TAKE A 21 TO 7 LEAD. TARVARIS JACKSON THREW FOR A CAREER HIGH 319 YARDS AND A RUN FROM MARSHAWN LYNCH PUT SEATTLE WITHIN 1 SCORE OF THE LEAD. WITH 8 SECONDS LEFT, SEATTLE HAD JUST ONE LONG SHOT Page 4 of 6 NEW YORK GIANTS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS RUN THAT BALL FITZ?? HOW ABOUT RUN THAT BALL BEANIE. AND BEANIE BABY RAN FOR A CAREER BEST 138 YARDS AND 3 TOUCHDOWNS. BUT WITH 58 SECONDS, ELI MANNING LED A RALLY THAT LEFT ARIZONA STUNNED. AFTER IT APPEARED VICTOR CRUZ FUMBLED AWAY THE BALL THE OFFICIALS RULED THAT CRUZ HAD GIVEN HIMSELF UP AND THEREFORE WAS DOWN, AND THE PLAY, DEAD. ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY, THE GIANTS COMPLETED THE COMEBACK. WHIPAROUND: Minnesota @ Kansas City; Miami @ San Diego; Tennessee @ Cleveland; Washington @ St. Louis; New Orleans @ Jacksonville; Indianapolis @ Tampa Bay AND NOW, ONE LAST CRACK OF THE WHIP BY ANDY ROONEY. (SCOTT) (MICROPHONE TAPPING) IS THIS THING ON? WHAT’S THIS THING CALLED THE WHIP? WHY DOES THE WHIP REFER TO ITSELF AS THE WHIP IN THE WHIP? IN MY DAY, A WHIP WAS SOMETHING YOU USED TO GET YOUR HORSE AND BUGGY GOING. BUT I DIGRESS. I CAN SEE THE FUNNY PICTURES ARE ROLLING, SO AS PINK MIGHT SAY, “LET’S GET THIS PARTY STARTED.” IN KANSAS CITY, DONOVAN MCNABB THREW TWO TOUCHDOWN PASSES… (RADIO “MCNABB STILL HAS GAME LEN”)…UNFORTUNATELY, THE GAME HE HAS LEFT MAY BE AS A LINEBACKER. TACKLING DOES SEEM TO BE A LOST ART THESE DAYS. THIS WAS EVIDENT IN THE CHIEFS VICTORY OVER THE VIKINGS…AND THE CHARGERS WIN OVER THE DOLPHINS. Page 5 of 6 PHENOMENAL? IT’S ENOUGH TO MAKE THE FOUR HORSEMEN TURN IN THEIR SPURS. EVER NOTICE WHEN A DEFENDER INTERCEPTS A PASS, THE OFFENSIVE PLAYERS HEAD FOR THE HILLS. THIS FELLA RIGHT HERE ‐‐ HE DON’T WANT NONE. AND HOW ABOUT THE “OLE” EFFORT OF THIS MATADOR. LIKE I USED TO TELL RATHER AND WALLACE….KEEP YOUR HEAD ON A SWIVEL AT ALL TIMES. EVERYONE BETTER WATCH OUT FOR THE REDSKINS. THOUGH THEY’RE IN THE BOTTOM THIRD OF THE LEAGUE IN POINTS SCORED, THEY SIT TIED ATOP THE NFC EAST AT 3 AND 1. STATS ARE FUNNY THINGS. IN THE JAGUARS LOSS THE TEN POINTS THEY SCORED ACTUALLY HELPED RAISE THEIR SEASON SCORING AVERAGE TO 9.2. ON MONDAY NIGHT, PIERRE GARCON AVERAGED 73 YARDS ON JUST TWO CATCHES. …GARCON. ISN’T THAT FRENCH FOR ‘WAITER.’ AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT WE CALLED ‘EM IN THE CAFÉ’S OF PARIS BACK IN 1944. I WAS JUST A CUB REPORTER THEN… …OH YEAH, BACK TO THE SCRIPT ‐‐ BUT THE COLTS LEAD DISAPPEARED FASTER THAN A HANK WILLIAMS JR. MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL INTRO. WELL, THAT’S IT FOR THE WHIP ‐‐ AND MY CAREER. IF YOU SEE ME AT A GIANTS GAME, DON’T BOTHER ME. Page 6 of 6 .