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SOME LATE AFTERNOON SUN A
GIANTS STADIUM.
HELLO.
JIM NANTZ HERE WITH PHIL SIMMS.
>>hil: WEL WHAT THEY'LLFIND
HERE AT GIANTS STADIUM, A GIANTS
TEAM THAT IS UPSET BECAUSE THEY
LOST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY LAST
WEEK DOWN IN DALLAS.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE
WON.
SO IF YOU TALKED TO THE PLAYERS,
YOU READ THE PAPERS, JIM, WE DID
THE INTERVIEWS, THEY'RE MAD.
THEY SHOULD COME OUT AND PLAY
REALLY HARD.
>> Jim: ALL RIGHT, PHIL.
TODAY'S GAMEñr IS AVAILABLE IN
HIGH DEFINITION.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
THE GIANTS AT 3-2.
THE BRONCOS 5-1.
GIANTS WIN THE TOSS.
PONDER IS BACK TO RECEIVE THE
KICK.
AND IT'S PONDER ACROSS THE TO
THE 30.
NEAR THE 40.■ç
36-YARD RETURN FOR WILLIE
PONDER
RAN ONE BACK FOR A TOUCHDOWN
LAST YEAR AGAINST PITTSBURGH.
HERE IS ELI MANNING.
QUITE AN UPGRADE, TEN
TOUCHDOWNS.
ONLY THREE INTERCEPTIONS.
ON THE LINE, McKENZIE, THE
FORMER JET COMING OVER IN THE
OFF SEASON AS A FREE AGENT.
AND SHOCKEY, WITH A STELLAR
SEASON TO THIS POINT.
HE WENT OVER 100 YARDS RECEIVING
IN THE FOURTH QUARTER ALONE LAST
WEEK.
GIANTS ARE FIRING AND BURRESS
WAS QUESTIONABLE COMING IN WITH
BACK SPASMS, BUT HE GETS THE
START.
HE GAINS EIGHT AGAINST A DENVER
DEFENSE THAT PPLIES A LOT OF
PRESSURE ON THE QUARTERBACK.
BUT HAS NOT HAD A SACK IN THE
LAST TEN QUARTERS.
THERE'S TREVOR PRYCE.
AGAIN, THEY NEVER GOT AN
OFFICIAL SACK LAST WEEK.ok
AND THE SECONDARY, CHAMP BAILEY
IS BACK IN THERE.
HE STARTED LAST WEEK.
HE HAS BEEN SENT BACK WITH A
HAMSTRING, BUT HE'S IN TO GET
TIKI BARBER, HE'S
GOT IT FOR THE
FIRST.■ç
ALL RIGHT, PHIL,
WHAT ABOUT YOUR
SPOTLIGHT, WHEN THE
GIANTS HAVE
POSSESSION?
>> Phil: WELL T
GIANTS HEARD IT SO
MUCH LAST WEEK.
THEY DIDN'T GET THE
BALL ENOUGH TO TIKI
BARBER.
IF YOU LISTEN TO HIM
AND THE COACHES,
THEY PLAN ON RUNNING
HIM A LOT TODAY.■ç
ELI MANNING HOLDS
THE BALL A LONG
TIME, ESPECIALLY ON
PLAY ACTION PASSES.
THEY THINK THEY CAN
GET TO HIM IN THOSE
SITUATIONS.
>> Jim: IN MIDFIELD,
GIANTS WITH FIRST
DOWN.
IT IS TIKI BARBER.
IT'S RECOVERED BY
DENVER.
DERREK WILLIAMS,
KNOCKED IT LOOSE AND
WILLIAMS WITH THE
RECOVERY.
AS TIKI BARBER HAD
NOT MISHANDLED THE
FOOTBALL ALL SEASON
LONG.
>> Phil: WHEN YOU
GET THE FIRST COOL,■2
BREEZY DAY IN GIANT
STADIUM, THE
FOOTBALL CAN BE
TOUGHER TO HOLD ON
TO.
WHAT A JOB BY TIKI
BARBER KEEPING HIS
BALANCE.
IT LOOKED LIKE
FOXWORTH KNOCKED IT
OUT.
>> Jim: HERE HE IS
FROM BEHIND.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT
GIVES DENVER
POSSESSION AT THE 46
OF NEW YORK.
MIKE ANDERSON FOR A
YARD.
SO TIKI HAD AVERAGED
ALMOST EIGHT FUMBLES
A SEASON.
0-4, AND TOOK TO HIS
SEASON BEFORE HE HAS
HIS FIRST.
AND IT'S RECOVERED
BY THE BRONCOS AND
FOR DENVER.
JUST THEIR THIRD
ROAD GAME OF THE
YEAR.
FOUR WINS AT HOME.
OPENING LOSS AT
MIAMI, BUT A
IMPRESSIVE WIN AT
JACKSONVILLE, COMING
JUST SIX DAYS AFTER
A MONDAY NIGHT
VICTORY.
ON THE ROLLOUT,
PLUMMER THROWS
ACROSS TO ALEXANDER.
AND THAT BALL IS
LOOSE.
WAS THERE A WHISTLE?
CONFLICTING SIGNALS.
GOING TO RULE HIM
DOWN.
CARLOS EDMONTON O
E HIT.
THD DOWNCOMI
.
THIRD DSVEN.
HERES JAKE THE
SNAKE.
HE HAS N W AS
A STTER AT IN
SDIUM.
COMIERE FOUR
TES WE
RDINALS.
HIS LINEPG
THIS DE OFENSE
CRANK OUT A LOT OF
RUSHING YARDS,
LEADING THE AFC IN
RUSHING.
ROD SMITH HAD HIS
BEST GAME OF THE
SEASON A WEEK AGO
WITH A WIN OVER THE
PATRIOTS.
NEED TO GET TO THE
36 FOR THE FIRST.■ç
PLUMMER WITH TIME
AND AGAIN, IT'S
ALEXANDER FOR FIRS
DOWN.
WILL ALLEN ON THE
COVERAGE.
FOR THE GIANTS, THEY
GIVE UP THE THIRD
DOWN PLAY RIGHT
THERE.
THAT WAS THE KILLER
LAST WEEK.
AGAINST THE COWBOYS.
MICHAEL STRAHAN ONi
THE LINE.
HE'S LEANER,
TRIMMER, FASTER THIS
YEAR.
EMMONS, PIERCE AND
BRYSON.
WILL ALLEN, FOR NEW
YORK.
THERE'S COACH TOM
COUGHLIN WITH HIS
SECOND SEASON AS THE
HEAD COACH FOR THE
GIANTS.
AGAIN, THE FAKE.
THE PASS TIPPED AT THE
LINE.
INTENDED FOR NATE
JACKSON.
HOW OUT THE
SPOTLIGHT.
DENVER WITH THE BALL.
>> Phil: DENVER SAYS
NOBODY IS REALLY LINED
UP AND GONE AFTER THE
GIANTS WITH A RUN.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO DO TODAY.
AND THIS GIANT
DEFENSE, IF THERE'S
ONE WEAKNESS, THIS
DENVER FOOTBALL TEAM
HAS, OBVIOUS PASSAGE
SITUATIONS.
THEY'RE NOT GREAT AT
PROTECTING A
QUARTERBACK.
THEY JUST SAY LET US
GET TO THOSE POSITIONS
AND WE'LL GET TO JAKE
UMMER AND MAKE
SOMETHING HAPPEN.
>> Jim: SECOND DOWN
COMING UP.
FOR THE FIRST TIME
THEY BRING IN TAUM
BELL AFTER BACK TO
BACK 100-YARD
PERMANCES.
SET- TO BELL
TY CAME IN ONTT
ONE.
WHAT A HIT BY
S GO TO REG
Greg: ALL RIGHT.
IN PHILADELPIA,
THINGS BLEAFR THE
EA UTIL THIS.
BLOCKED NICLE OF,■ç
PICKED UP Y MATT WEIR
AND HE GOS 65 YADS.
WITH THE EXTRA POIN
THE EAGLES GRAB T
LEAD 20-17, UNDER 2:30
TO PLAY IN THE FOURTH.
>> Jim: WOW.
THANK YOU, GREG, FOR
THE UPDATE.
>> Phil: THIRD DOWN
SITUATION.
COUGHLIN IS PROBABLY
NERVOUS ON THE
SIDELINES.
>> Jim: BACK OVER TO
BELL.
IT' CARLOS EMMONS
WITH THE HIT.
>> Phil: YOU KIND OF
TOUCHED ON IT.
TOM COUGHLIN SAID ON
THIRD DOWNS, IT'S
DRIVING ME NUTS THAT
WE CANNOT GET OFF THE n3
FIELD.
GIVE THE TEAM THREE
MORE PLAYS, IT LEADS
TO POINTS.
GOOD JOB FOR THE
SECOND TIME AROUND FOR
THE DEFENSE.
>> Jim: IT'S A 49-YARD
ATTEMPT COMING UP FOR
HE'S 8-13 ON THE
SEASON.
AND THIS KICK HITS THE
CROSSBAR AND IT SKIPS
OVER FOR THREE.
I MEAN, RIGHT ON THE
CAMERA.
HOW ABOUT THIS?
>> Phil: DOWN WIND,
JIM, I WATCHED HIM
DURING WARM-UPS TODAY.
HIS RANGE WAS ABOUT 50
YARDS.
THAT'S WHAT IT DID.
YOU'RE RIGHT, IT HIT
THE CAMERA.
>> Jim: HIT THE BACd8K
OF THE CROSSBAR, IT
INCHED THROUGH FOR
THREE.
LOOK AT HIM WATCHING,
WATCHING.
>> Phil: HqE KNOWS HE
DIDN'T HIT IT REAL
WELL.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S
A 10 TO 15 MILE AN
HOUR WIND ON THE
FIELD.
THAT HELPS TO GET IT
OVER THE CROSSBAR.
PLUMMER, TAKING A SNAP
AND GETTING IT DOWN.
>> Jim: THE FUMBLE BY
TIKI LEADS TO THREE
FOR THE BRONCOS.
THIS DENVER TEAM
CASHING IN ON THE
TURNOVER AND
PERMITTING TURNOVER,
WELL, THAT'S A SPECIAL
STORY, WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH THE BRONCS.
THEY HAVE NOT
PERMITTED A TURNOVER
IN THE LAST FOUR
GAMES.
AND IF THEY GET
THROUGH TODAY WITHOUT
A LOSS FUMBLE OR
INTERCEPTION, IT WILL
BE THE FIRST TIME IN
THE HISTORY OF THE NFL
THAT ANY TEAM PLYED
FIVE STRAIGHT GAMES.
WITHOUT A GIVEAWAY.
>> Phil: THAT TURNOVER
BY THE GIANTS, IT'S AN
EMOTIONAL LIFT THAT
THEY HELD THE BRONCOS
TO THREE POINTS.
SAUERBRUN ON THE
KICKOFF.
HERE HE GOES AGAIN.
PAST THE BLITZ TACKLE
AND ANOTHER NICE ONE
BACK NEAR THE 30, AND
WE BRING IN THE THIRD
MEMBER OF OUR CREW
BERNSTEIN.
>> Bonnie: HEY, JIM.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT
AT THE HALFWAY POINT
OF THE SEASON, TOM
COUGHLIN SAID HE SPENT
TEN MINUTES TALKING TO
HIS GIANTS TEAM ON
MONDAY ABOUT HOW THIS
IS THE SECOND AND MOST
IMPORTANT PHASE OF THE
SEASON.
HE SAID, WE HAVE TO BE
MORE PHYSICAL.
WE HAVE TO EXECUTE
BETTER AND KEEP IN
MIND, JIM, NEW YORK IS
AT HOME FOUR OF THE
FIVE NEXT GAMES.
IN ORDER FOR US TO GET
A SHOT AT THE
CHAMPIONSHIPS, WE HAVE
TO GETñr DEFENSE,
OFFENSE AND SPECIAL
TEAMS CLICKING ON ALL
THREE CYLINDERS.
>> Jim: EXECUTION HE
SAID, PARAMOUNT AT
THIS POINT.
FROM THE 30, AND A
FLAG DOWN.
COMPLETION OUT TO
TOOMER AT THE 40,
BUT THE BRONCOS
SIGNALING IT IS
AGAINST NEW YORK.
TALKING ABOUT THE
THREE PHASES OF TE
GAME, SPECIAL TEAMS,
OFFENSE, DEFENSE,
COUGHLIN LAMENTING
THAT IN THE TWO
LOSSES, --
>> Referee: HOLDING,
NUMBER 61 IN THE
OFFENSE.
TEN-YARD PENALTY.
CORRECTION.
CORRECTION.
IT'S HOLDING, NUMBER
61 ON THE DEFENSE.
FIVE-YARD PENALTY
AND AUTOMATIC FIRST
DOWN.
>> Jim: WELL,
THEY'RE GOING TO
TAKE THE PASS
COMPLETION WHICH
GIVES THEM A PASS
COMPLETION AND AN
EXTRA FIVE YARDS.
>> Phil: 61, WARREN.
HE WILL SEE JIM FINN
OUT IN THE
BACKFIELD.
LET ME TAKE THIS
RUNNING BACK DOWN.
>> Jim: SO THEY DO
INDEED DECLINE THE
PENALTY.
BUT THEN THREE
PHASES OF THE GAME,
COUGHLIN TALKING
ABOUT HOW IN THE TWO
LOSSES, SAN DIEGO
WAS THE DEFENSE THAT
LET THEM DOWN.
LAST WEEK AGAINST
DALLAS IT WAS THE
OFFENSES.
I DON'T WANT TO HEX
US OR JINX US BUT
THE SPECIAL TEAMS
HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT
TO THIS POINT.
>> Phil: DENVER, A
LOT OF MOVEMENT.
MAKING ELI MANNING
CHANGE THE PASS
PROTECTION, TELLING
EVERYBODY TO DO WHAT
THEY'VE GOT TO DO.
>> Jim: BACK OUT TO
TIKI.
HE'S GOT RUNNING
ROOM.
AND DOWN TO THE
SIDELINE GOES TIKI,
INSIDE THE 30.
WHAT A PIECE OF
RUNNING BY TIKI
BARBER, OUT OF
BOUNDS AT THE 25.
>> Phil: WELL, WHEN
YOU CAN BE ON THE
AGGRESSIVE DEFENSE
AND YOU'RE GOING TO
BLITZ WHAT CAN
HAPPEN IF THE
RUNNING BACK GETS
PAST THE FIRST LEVEL
THERE'S NOBODY
BEHIND THAT FIRST
LINE TO MAKE THE
TACKLE.
TIKI BARBER BREAKS
THE FIRST TACKLE.
THE DEFENSIVE
SECONDARY NICK
FERGUSON, GETS
CAUGHT UP INSIDE.
THAT ALLOWS TIKI
BARBER TO GET A LOT
OF EXTRA YARDS.
>> Jim: JIM FINN
THREW A NICE BLOCK,
BUT BARBER, 34 YARDS
TO THE 25 OF DENVER.
TIM CARTER INTO THE
LINEUP.
AND IT'S CARTER ON
THE END, INSIDE THE
20 WITH ALL THIS
SPEED AND HE HAS A
ANOTHER FIRST JUST
INSIDE THE 15.
>> Phil: THAT'S A
GOOD CALL AGAINST
THIS DENVER DEFENSE.
THEY LOVE TO CHASE
THE FOOTBALL.
WHEN YOU'RE FAST AND
AGGRESSIVE, TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF IT.
TIM CARTER GOING TO
COME AROUND WITH IT.
NOBODY ON THE
OUTSIDE LOOKING.
THEY'RALL CHASING
THE BALL.
AND SO THAT ALLOWS
RTER TO PICK UP A
FIRST GOWN.
-- A FIRST DOWN.
>> Jim: GOOD JOB BY
ELI MANNING MAKING A
GOOD FAKE INSIDE.
MAKING THE
LINEBACKERS THINK
HE'S HANDING IT OFF
TO THE RUNNING BACK.
ANOTHER FIRST DOWN.
A LITTLE SLIP, BUT
HE STAYS ON HIS.
GOT AWAY FROM
DARRENT WILLIAMS.
>> Phil: THE GIANTS
ARE BEING PHYSICAL
UP-FRONT.
THEY WANT TO RUN THE
FOOTBALL.
GOOD JOB, AND TIKI
BARBER LOSES HIS
BALANCE.
STILL ABLE TO FALL
FORWARD FOR SEVEN
YARDS.
THIS IS A RUNNING
GAME THAT EVERYBODY
COMPLAINED ABOUT
THAT WE DID NOT SEE
LAST WEEK AGAINST
THE DALLAS COWBOYS.
>> Jim: 51 YARDS
RUSHING ON THIS
DRIVE.
SEE IF MR. BARBER
GETS THE HANDLE
AGAIN.
A FLAG IS DOWN.
AND AS BARBER INCHES
TOWARD THE FIRST
DOWN YARDAGE.
>> Referee: HOLDING,
NUMBER 67 ON THE
OFFENSE.
A TEN-YARD PENALTY.
IT WILL STILL BE
SECOND DOWN.
>> Jim: THAT'S THE
RIGHT TACKLE
McKENZIE.
>> Phil: WELL, WHEN
YOU'VE GOT A FAST,
AGGRESSIVE DEFENSIVE
LINE ON THE OUTSIDE
EDGE, GOES DOWN.
YES, ABSOLUTELY.
GOING AGAINST
COURTNEY BROWN,
GRABS HIM AND TURNS
HIM.
EASY CALL FOR JEFF
TRIPLET.
>> Jim: SO NOW IT'S
SECOND AND 14 AT THE
18.
THE GIANTS LAST WEEK
IN THE RED ZONE AT
DALLAS TURNED IT
OVER THREE TIMES.
THE LEAGUE AVERAGE
FOR A SEASON IN
TERMS OF TURNOVERS
COMMITTED INSIDE THE
RED ZONE IS USUALLY
FOUR.
GAVE AWAY THREE LAST
WEEK.
AND DOWN FOR THE
TOUCHDOWN!
USING ALL THIS SIZE
TO HIS
USING ALL THIS SIZE
TO HIS ADVANTAGE,
THERE IS A FLAG.
>> Phil: WHAT DID
TOM COUGHLIN SAID --
>> Referee: ILLEGAL
CONTACT, NUMBER 25.
THAT PENALTY IS
DECLINED.
TOUCHDOWN.
>> Jim: FERGUSON
WITH THE ILLEGAL
CONTACT.
>> Phil: HE SAID
PLAXICO BURRESS
LOVES IT WHEN HE
GOES UP AGAINST A
DEFENSIVE BACK
THAT'S A LITTLE
SMALLER.
HE KNOWS HOW TO USE
HIS BODY AND GO UP
AND MAKE THE CATCH,
AND CHAMP BAILEY IS
MATCHED UP SO FAR
EVERY PLAY AGAINST
BURRESS.
>> Jim: THAT'S THE
FIFTH TOUCHDOWN OF
THE SEASON FOR
BURRESS.
REMEMBER, THEY ONLY
HAD TWO TOUCHDOWNS
ALL YEAR, AND
ALREADY FIVE IN THE
SIXTH GAME THIS
YEAR.
>> Phil: WELL, TOM
COUGHLIN SAID WE
NEED SOME PLAY
MAKERS, AND THAT'S
WHAT BURRESS IS
DOING.
IT'S ALWAYS
OVERSTATED, OH, THIS
RECEIVER IS TALLER
THAN THE DEFENSIVE
BACK, BUT PLAXICO
BURRESS IS ABOUT
6'6", AND HE REALLY
LIKES THESE KIND OF
SITUATIONS.
THAT WAS A GOOD SHOT
THERE TOO.
CHAMP BAILEY SAID HE
EXTENDS THE ARM
AGAINST YOU, MAKES
IT TOUGH TO DEFEND
THE PASS.
>> Jim: ELI
MANNING'S REACTION,
HE TOLD US WHEN
PLAXICO COMES BACK
TO THE HUDDLE AND
SAYS HE SEES
SOMETHING ON THE
FIELD, I LISTEN.
THIS TIME HE LOOKED
UP WITH THE
TOUCHDOWN.
SO PLAXICOBURRESS
AS HIS COACH
DESCRIBED HIM, SINCE
7:00 A.M., ON FRIDAY
WHEN HE WOKE UP WITH
BACK SPASMS, BUT
BURRESS RECOVERS,
AND HE HAD BEEN
QUESTIONABLE COMING
IN.
LOOK AT HIM NOW.
>> Phil: AT 7:00
A.M. FRIDAY MORNING
, THE TRAINERS GO UP
TO TALK TO TOM
COUGHLIN AND HE SAID
THIS CANNOT BE GOOD
NEWS.
NO, YOUR STAR
RECEIVER HAS BACK
SPASMS, BUT TOM
COUGHLIN THOUGHT
EVERYTHING WOULD BE
FINE.
>> Jim: AND THAT'S
WILLIAMS, STEPPING
OUTSIDE, DOWN AT THE
31.
PHIL, YOU WERE OUT
HERE ON FRIDAY
VISITING WITH ELI
FOR A PIECE THAT YOU
PUT TOGETHER FOR THE
"NFL TODAY".
HERE'S WHAT
MR. MANING HA TO
SAY ABOUT BURRESS.
>> HE'S A PHYSICAL MISMATCHER,
SO MANY PLAYERS WHERE IF WE FEEL
WE HAVE ONE-ON-ONE WITH HIM, WE
HAVE TO GIVE HIM RUNNING FADES
AND THROW IT UP, GIVE HIM A
SHOT.
HE'LL GET IT DONE FOR YOU.
I LIKE THAT AS A QUARTERBACK.
>> Jim: THAT'S WHAT WE
SAW.
DENVER TAKES THE
SECOND SERIES FROM THE
31.
ANDERSON IN THE
BACKFIELD AND WITH THE
CARRY.
PLOWING AHEAD TO THE
40.
A RUN OF NINE BEHIND
COOPER CARLISLE.
WELL, THIS DENVER
BACKFIELD, WITH
ANDERSON AND BELL, IT
HAS BEEN QUITE A U■O
THIS SEASON.
ANDERSON HAD A 100
YARD GAME A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO.
SEE TATUM BELL COME
BACK WITH A 100-YARD
PERFORMANCE AGAINST
WASHINGTON AND NEW
ENGLAND.
SECOND DOWN AND ONE.
AND HE BOUNCES AWAY
FROM FIRST CONTACT.
>> Phil: JIM, GOING
BACK TO JAKE PLUMMER,
YO TALKING OF
AYFOUGAMES
HERE IN GIANTS
STADIUM.
HE'S A SOPHOMORE, HE
WAS A MEMBER OF THE
ARIZONA CARDINALS.
HE SCRIBçóED IT, WE GET
TO WIN THE COIN TOSS,
I GO OUT THERE, SACK,
SACK, PUNT.
THEY SCORE, WE'RE DOWN
7-0.
>> Jim: THANK YOU,
GREG.
THAT WAS A TOUGH LOSS
FOR THE CHARGERS.
LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD
THAT IN THEIR HANDS.
ANDERSON DOWN TO THE
44.
NEXT WEEK, IS AN DEE
WILL BE HOSTING --
NEXT WEEK SAN DIEGO
WILL BE HOSTING.
>> Phil: YOU LOOK AT
THIS GAME, THIS DENNER
HAVE-BRON COS OF
FENCE, THEY'RE LINING
UP AND THEY'RE PLAYING
SMASH MOUTH FOOTBALL
AGAINST THE DEFENCE.
>> Jim: TATUM BELL, HE
GETS THE RUSH.
TWO OR THREE.t(
WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME
YOU.
ONLY TO HAVE THE
GIANTS DRIVE BACK DOWN
THE FIELD.
MANNING WITH THE
TOUCH.
THAT WAS A PASS
INTENDED FOR
ALEXANDER.
>> Phil: THEY HAVE THE
SPEED OF LINE BACKERS.
TEST TEST.
>> Jim: PLUMMER HE HAD
THE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN
RIGHT IN HIS FACE.
BRONCOS ARE DRIVING
FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
THREE MIN ITS TO GO IN
THE FIRST QUARTER.
ANDERSON RETURNS TO
THE BACK FIELD.
A CATCH MADE AND
ALMOST PICKED BY
DELOACH.
>> Phil: NOT ONLY WAS
IT NOT PICKED, BUT IT
WAS RUN BACK FOR THE
TOUCHDOWN.
OH, THE FOOTBALL IS
KUR --ED.
THE BALL MOVES LEFT.
HE'S TRYING TO MAKE A
BREAK FOR THE
FOOTBALL.
>> Jim: THAT ALMOST
ENDED THE REMARKABLE
STREAK THAT IS ALMOST
277 MINUTES.
>> Phil: YOU TALK
ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE A
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN,
HEY, THEY CUT.
BUT THEY DON'T DO
ANYTHING ILL LEGAL.
THE KEY IS STRAHAN
SAYS RUN WITH THEM.
PUSH THEM OUT OF THE
WAY AND MAKE A TACKAL.
>> Jim: THIRD DOWN AND
A SHORT TWO.
BELL LINES UP THE
RECEIVER AT THE TOP.
RIGHT THROUGH HIS
HANDS.
GREECEN JARRED IT
LOSE.■ç
>> Phil: HE IS ALL
OVER THE RUNNING BACK.
A GOOD THROW BY JAKEB.■
PLUMMER, AND THE
GIANTS DO A GOOD JOB.
THIRD DOWN SITUATION,
THEY'RE NOT GOOD PSS "N■
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■ç>> Jim: TWO NICE
RETURNS, THIS ONE,
HOWEVER, BY SAUERBRUN
WILL RESULT IN A
TOUCHBACK.
GIANTS OFFENSE WILL
COME BACK AFTER
DRIVING IT IN THE LAST
TIME THEY HAVE IT.
>> Jim: WELL, THE
GIANTS WITH THE
FOOTBALL FOR THE THIRD
TIME.
THEY FUMBLED THE
FIRST POSSESSION.
THIS TIME TIKI
BARBER GAINS A YARD.
TOMORROW, AN ALL-NEW
LATE SHOW.
NICOLAS CAGE AND
JERRY LEWIS ARE THE
GUESTS.
THEN LATER, REGGIE
MILLER AND BETTE
MIDLER.
THAT'S ALL THIS WEEK
ON AMERICA'S MOST
WATCHED NEORK.
THERE YOU SEE TIKI
BARBER, FIVE RUSHES
FOR 40 YARDS.
HE RIPPED OFF A
44-YARDER ON THAT
TOUCHDOWN DRIVE.
SECOND AND NINE FROM
THE 21.
TO SHOCKEY.
AND BROUGHT DOWN AT
THE 37 BY NICK
FERGUSON, A GAIN OF
17.
>> Phil: I SAW THIS
SO MUCH LAST WEEK
AGAINST THE DALLAS
COWBOYS.
THE GIANTS, THEY'RE
AN EXCELLENT PLAY
ACTION TEAM.
FAKE UP INSIDE,
JEREMY SHOCKEY
COMINGok ACROSS THE
FIELD, AGAINST THE
SAFETY.
I HAVE NOT SEEN A
SAFETY YET THIS
SEASON THAT CAN
COVER JEREMY SHOCKEY
WHEN HE GOES ACROSS
THE FIELD.
>> Jim: THERE YOU
SEE IT, MANNING HAS
HIT ON FIRST FOUR,
53 YARDS AND A
TOUCHDOWN TO
BURRESS.
FIRST DOWN, BACK TO
THE GROUND.
AND THEY WRAP UP
KI.
THAT WAS NO GAIN.
>> Phil: LOOK AT
THIS GIANT OFFENSE,
JIM, YOU HAVE JEREMY
SHOCKEY, BIG AND
FAST.
YOU'VE GOT BURRESS,
BIG AND FAST.
YOU HAVE A PLAY
MAKER IN THE
BACKFIELD IN TIKI
BARBER.
TOUGH TO DEFEND
THEM.
>> Jim: THE END OF
THE FIRST UARTER,
WITH THE okSCORE, 7-.
>> Jim: WELL, THE
GIANTS CAME IN
LEADING THE LEAGUE,
AND THEY'RE LEADING
7-6 RIGHT NOW.
SHOCKEY OUT WIDE TO
THE RIGHT.
SECOND DOWN AND TEN.
AND IT'S BACK TO
SHOCKEY AND HE'LL BE
BROUGHT DOWN RIGHT
THERE AT THE 40.
FOXWORTH AND GOLD.
HOW ABOUT SHOCKEY WHEN
YOU TALK OF RECEIVING
YARDS PER GAME, BY
TIGHT ENDS IN THE
HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE,
WINSLOW IS THE
ALL-TIME LEADER, AND
HE'S AHEAD OF TONY
GONZALEZ.
>> Phil: I THINK THE
NUMBERS CAN GO UP.
WHEN YOU PLAY FOR
COUGHLIN, HE LIKES
VERTICAL PASSING.
WHEN I SAID SOMETHING
TO SHOCKEYzV TO HIM, HE
H MISSED A
PRACTICE AND HE'S
PLAYING WELL.
>> Jim: AND ELI LAST
WEEK DID NOT COMPLETE
A PASS ON THIRD DOWN
AGAINST THE COWBOYS.
HE WAS 0-7.
HE WAS SACKED THREE
TIMES AND NOW HE'LL
IT THE FIELDAND
BRING OUT JEFF
FEAGLES.
>> Phil: ELI MANNING,
HE WAS SMART, HE THREW
IT AWAY AND PLAYED
FIELD POSITION.
>> Jim: FEAGLES WITH
11 PUNTS INSIDE THE 20
AND ONLY ONE x> Jim: WE ARE BACK AT
GIANTS STADIUM, AND
TODAY METLIFE IS
PROVIDING AERIAL
COVERAGE OF ALL THE
ACTION.
HELLO.
LOOK FOR THE SKIES AND
THE METLIFE BLIMPS ALL
YEAR ON THE CBS AND
NFL.
PLAY ACTION.
PLUMMER ON THE RUN,
OH, HE BRINGS IT
DOWN WHAT A CATCH.
YOU THINK OF THE
BRONCOS LAST WEEK,
THEIR OFFENSE WAS
UNSTOPPABLE IN THE
SECOND QUARTER.
WILL THEY PUT UP
ANYTHING IN THE
SECOND QUARTER A
WEEK AGO?
>> Phil: THAT TIME,
JAKE PLUMMER GETS
ENOUGH TIME.
ALSO A NICE FAKE
INSIDE.
A GOOD THROW BY■ç JAE
PLUMMER DOWN THE
FIELD.
HE'LL OUTWORK YOU ON
THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
>> Jim: PLUMMER.
GETS IT AWAY AND
PILE DRIVEN BACK.
LET'S GO ACROSS THE
RIVER TO GREG.
>> Greg: ALL RIGHT,
JIM AND PHIL.
THE BEARS AND --
THE BEARS ARE
SCORELESS NO LONGER.
FIRST QUARTER.
THE BEARS ARE
LEADING BALTIMORE
7-0, GUYS.
>> Jim: THANK YOU,
GREG.
BOY FOR THE SECOND
STRAIGHT okWEEK, JEB
PUTZIER GOT A HIT.
THIS TIME, IT WAS
PIERCE WHO RATTLED
HIM.
>> Phil: ANTONIO
PIERCE.
>> Jim: HOW DID HE
HOLD ON TO THAT?
>> PhiHoç: WELL, HE'
GETTING USED TO IT.
I GUESS THAT'S HOW
HE HELD ON TO IT.
>> Jim: I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU EVER GET USED
TO THAT OR THIS FOR
THAT MATTER.
THE SAMUEL HIT FROM
LAST WEEK.
OUT HE GOES, MIKE
LEACH COMES INTO THE
GAME AS AN EXTRA
TIGHT END.
LOOK AT MIKE
ANDERSON TO THE 33.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT
THE SECOND QUARTER
AGAINST THE BRONCOS
LAST WEEK.
THEY PILED UP IN THE
ONE QUARTER 247
YARDS, THREE PLAYS
IN EXCESS OF 50, AND
THREE TOUCHDOWNS.■ç
THAT'S THE MOST
YARDAGE BY A BRONCO
TEAM IN ANY ONE
QUARTER IN THE
HISTORY OF THE
FRANCHISE.
>> Phil: IT IS ALL
ABOUT RUNNING THE
FOOTBALL.
THEY HAD A COUPLE
BIG RUNS, BUT WHEN
YOU RUN IT THE WAY
THEY DO, JAKE
PLUMMER ON THE PLAY
ACTION PASSES, FIRST
THOUGHT ALWAYS IS TO
THROW IT DEEP DOWN
THE FIELD.
THEY HAD TWO BIG
ONES LAST WEEK.
>> Jim: LOOK WHO'S
BACK IN.
PUTZIER IS BACK IN
IN MOTION.
A BLOCK ON ANDERSON
ON THE LEFT SIDE.
AND DOWN AT THE 30.
AGAIN, ANTONIO
PIERCE IN ON THE
TACKLE.
BY THE WAY, NEXT
SATURDAY, CBS SPORTS
SPECTACULAR.
YOU WILL SEE THE
ROPING AND RIDING
AND WRESTLING AT THE
PRO RODEO CHALLENGE
NEXT SATURDAY AT
1:30 EASTERN TIME.
SECOND DOWN AND
SEVENTH.
THEY'LL HIT YOU UP
WITH ANDERSON AND
NOW THEY COME BACK
WITH TATUM BELL.
THIS ONE-TWO PUNCH.
THE PHYSICALITY OF
ANDERSON AND THE
ALL-OUT BLANG
SPEED OF BELL.
SEE IF THEY GO TO
HIM ON SECOND AND
SEVEN.
THEY DO.
IT'S BELL, WITH
NOTHING TO WORK WITH
AT ALL.
STACKED UP FOR NO
GAIN.
>> Phil: IT WAS
INTERESTING.
JIM, YOU BROUGHT IT
UP.
A LOT OF TEAMS,
YOU'RE USING THIS
TWO BACK ATTACK.
BUT TATUM BELL, THE
BIG PLAYS IN THE
LAST COUPLE O
WEEKS, COACH
SHANAHAN, HE'S BLUNT
WHEN HE TALKS TO
YOU.
YOU'RE NOT BREAKING
ENOUGH TACKLES,
YOU'RE NOT
AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH.
WE NEED BIG PLAYS.
OKAY.
I CAN UNDERSTAND
THAT.
>> Jim: THE COACH
ID YOU HAVE TO RUN
STRONGER.
YOU'VE GOT TO QUIT
GOING DOWN SO
EASILY.
>> Phil: GOOD POINT.
>> Jim: I WASN'T
TRYING, COACH.
HE'S IN HERE ON 37.
FROM THE 30.
AND THEY STOP THE
ACTION, FLAGS
THROWN.
WHISTLE SOUNDING.
>> Referee: FALSE
START, 78, OFFENSE
THAT'S A FIVE-YARD
PENALTY, STILL THIRD
DOWN.
>> Phil: WELL, TATUM
BELL THE LAST TWO
GAMES, HE'S BEEN THE
DIFFERENCE FOR THIS
DENVER BRONCOS
OFFENSE.
THE BIG RUNS.
THREE TOUCHDOWNS.
THAT MAKES IT EASY
FOR A PLAY CALLER.
OF COURSE, IT MAKE
IT A LOT EASIER FOR
A QUARTERBACK.
>> Jim: THIRD AND 12
FROM THE 35.
ANOTHER FLAG THROWN
AS THEY SACK PLUMMER
AT THE 39.
>> Phil: EASY TO SEE
HOW UNCOMFORTABLE
THE DENVER BRONCOS
ARE IN THE PASSING
SITUATIONS.
Jim: JEFF TRIPLET
WITH THE CALL HERE.
>> Referee:
OFFSIDES, DEFENSE,
NUMBER 72.
THAT'S A FIVE-YARD
NALTY AND STILL
THIRD DOWN.
>> Jim: A BIG BREAK
FOR THE BRONCOS.
GOING IN THIS
DIRECTION, WIND
DIRECTIONS, TWO FROM
OUTSIDE THE 30.
AND THEY'RE AT THE
30, IT WILL BE A 47,
48-YARD TRY.
IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO
ADVANCE ON THIRD
DOWN.
>> Phil: A TOUGH
FIELD GOAL FROM
HERE.
BUT REMEMBER, TIM
LEWIS, THE GIANTS
DEFENSIVE
COORDINATOR, HE
COMES FROM
PITTSBURGH.
HE LIKES TO MOVE
AROUND.
THEY'RE AN
IMPRESSIVE DEFENSE
ON THIRD DOWN.
>> Jim: ACROSS THE
LINE.
AND WILL ALLEN WOULD
NOT BE DENIED.
SO WHAT A PLAY BY
ALLEN.
>> Phil: THAT'S WHAT
CHANGED IN THIS NFL
SO MUCH, JIM.
IN YEARS PAST,
DEFENSIVE BACKS
WOULD NOT COME UP
AND JUST MAKE THESE
VIOLENT HITS ALMOST
AND STOP RUNNERS
RIGHT IN THEIR
TRACKS.
GET A FEW EXTRA
YARDS.
>> Jim: NOT BROUGHT
OUT JASON ELAM ON
FOURTH DOWN AND TWO.
AND PLUMMER NOW
SIGNALS FOR A
TIMEOUT.
>> Jim: THEY'RE
GOING FOR IT.
FOURTH DOWN AND TWO
FROM THE GIANTS 26.
A PRETTY STIFF
BREEZE, THEY BYPASS
ELAM.
RUNNING WITH
ANDERSON.
HE HAS IT.
ELAM.
RUNNING WITH
ANDERSON.
HE HAS IT.
RIGHT BEHIND KYLE
JOHNSON AND
COUGHLIN'S FURIOUS.
>> Phil: HE'S
FURIOUS BECAUSE THE
GIANTS HAVE THEM
OUTNUMBERED OUT
FRONT.
THEY HAVE SEVEN GUYS
UP AND THERE'S NO
ENOUGH OFFENSIVE
PLAYERS TO BLOCK
THEM ALL.
BUT JAKE PLUMMER
SENDS IT TO THE LEFT
SIDE.
THAT WAS HIS BEST
CHANCE.
AND TOM COUGHLIN, HE
LIVES AND DIES WITH
EVERY SINGLE PLAY ON
THE FIELD.
>> Jim: WHEN HE TALK
OF DRIVINGE NUTS
ON THIRD DOWN, THIRD
DOWN IS EVEN WORSE
AS MIKE ANDERSON --
AND WRAPPED UP THAT
TIME BY ANTONIO
PIERCE, WHO IS IN ON
A LOT OF PLAYS.
WE REMIND YOU COMING
UP THE SPRINT
HALFTIME REPORT WITH
GREG AND DAN AND
SHANNON AND BOOMER.
ALL THE SCORES AND
HIGHLIGHTS.
HERE IN WEEK SEVEN,
COMING UP ON THE
SPRINT HALFTIME
RERT.
>> Phil: VERY SELDOM
DO YOU READ IN THE
DENVER PAPERS OR
AROUND THE LEAGUE
TALK OF THE BRONCOS
AND GO, WELL,
THEY'RE NOT PATIENT
ENOUGH WITH THE RUN.
YOU KNOW, ALL THE
NUMBERS.
ONE THING MIGHT
SHANAHAN IS GOING TO
DO, THEY'RE GOING TO
RUN THE FOOTBALL AND
THEY'RE GOING TO TRY
TO STAY WITH IT.
>> Jim: RUN IT.
ANDERSON IS SIDE
STEPPING THE FIRST
PRESSURE HE GETS TO
THE TEN.
IT WILL BE THIRD
DOWN AND TWO.
NOW, PLUMMER, HE
WASN'T AWARE OF THIS
LAST NIGHT WHEN WE
MENTIONED IT TO HIM.
THE LAST TEN PASSES
HE'S THROWN IN THE
RED ZONE, JAKE HAS
COMPLETED, THE LAST
TEN ATTEMPTS, AND
SIX OF THEM HAVE
GONE FOR TOUCHDOWNS.
>> Phil: I WOULD BET
AT LEAST FOUR OR■ç
FIVE OF THOSE SIX
TOUCHDOWN THROWS ARE
THE LITTLE ROLLOUTS,
AND HE'S THROWING
THEM TO SOMEBODY WHO
IS WIDOPEN.
I SAW IT.
>> Jim: TO KYLE
JOHNSON.
HERE HE IS AGAIN.
A LITTLE ROLLOUT.
AND NOT A TOUCHDOWN,
BUT A FIRST DOWN TO
PUTZIER.
SO FIRST AND GOLD TO
GO.
>> Phil: A PLAY
EVERYBODY IS TRYING
TO RUN RIGHT NOW.
THE FORMATION PLAY
ACTION FAKE TO THE
RIGHT.
YOU TRY TO CATCH THE
DEFENSE RUNNING INTO
EACH OTHER.
THE GIANTS ARE ALERT
FOR IT.
GOOD JOB OF RUNNING
BY PUTZIER.
>> Jim: ROD SMITH TO
THE RIGHT, ALEXANDER
TO THE LEFT.
IT IS ANDERSON THE
TAILBACK BEHIND KYLE
JOHNSON.
ANDERSON, NO GAIN.
RIGHT INTO MICHAEL
STRAHAN AND WILLIAM
JOSEPH.
>> Phil: YOU SEE
MICHAEL STRAHAN, HE
GAVE US A
DESCRIPTION OF THE
DENVER BRONCOS
OFFENSE, WELL THEY
ONLY DO RUN RIGHT,
RUN LEFT.
JAKE KEEPS IT ON THE
BOOT.
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S THEIR WHOLE
OFFENSE.
AND I JUST -- I KIND
OF THOUGHT, H
THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT.
>> Jim: HE SAYS YOU
MAKE THEM
SCIPLINED PLAYING
AGAINST THAT
OFFENSE.
>> Phil: THAT'S
RIGHT.
YOU CAN'T CHASE THAT
FOOTBALL OR BREAK
YOUR ASSIGNMENT,
BECAUSTHEYUN I
ANTH RUN
REVERS TO EEP YOU
HONEST.
AND THE QUARTERBACK
KEEPS YOU HONEST.
>> Jim: THEY HAVE
TUM BELL IN NOW.
IT'S BELL WITH THE
HANDLE.
FOR ONLY A YARD.
SO THIRD AND GOAL
COMING UP, BUT
THERE'S A FLAG.ñr
MIGHT HAVE BEEN A
FACE MASK IN THERE.
DID WE SEE THAT?
>> Phil: YOU MUST
HAVE HAD YOUR
GLASSES ON IF YOU
SAW IT.
>> Jim: I HAVE TO
WEAR THEM ALMOST ALL
THE TIME NOW.
>> Referee: PERSONAL
FOUL, NUMBER 58 ON
THE DEFENSE.
GRABBING THE HELMET
OPENING.
HALF THE DISTANCE TO
THE GOAL, AUTOMATIC
FIRST DOWN.
>> Jim: WHAT'S THAT,
SAYS TOM?
HELMET OPENING, THE
EAR HOLE?
>> Phil: IT COULD BE
THE EAR HOLE, THE
FACE MASK.
NUMBER 58, PIERCE.
GRABS THE FACE MASK.
THE HELMET OPENING.
>> Jim: THAT'S THE
HELMET OPENING ALL
RIGHT.
THEY BROUGHT IN
CARSWELL, ONE TIME
MANY HIS CAREER, HE
MADE THE PRO BOWL.
HE SPENT THE BULK OF
HIS CAREER AT TIGHT
END, BUT HE'S AN
ELIGIBLEVER AT
THIS SITUATION.
FIRST DOWN OFF THE
PENALTY.
HERE IS MIKE
ANDERSON.
HE CROSSES THE LINE,
TOUCHDOWN, DENVER.
RIGHT BEHIND
HAMILTON.
>> Phil: BOY, THAT■ç
WAS A TOUGH
TOUCHDOWN DRIVE BY
THE DENVER BRONCOS.
AN REALLY
EXEMPLIFIED
EVERYTHING THEY
WANT.
THERE'S A LATE FLAG
ON THE FIELD, I'M
SURE t(UNSPORTSMAN
LIKE CONDUCT BY ONE
OF THE PLAYERS.
>> Jim: YOU TALK OF
THE DRIVE.
THEY HAD SIX FIRST
DOWNS THAT THEY
PICKED UP ON THAT
ALONE.
>> Referee:
UNSPORTSMAN LIKE
CONDUCT, NUMBER 92
ON THE DEFENSE.
A 15-YARD PENALTY
WILL BE ASSESSED ON
THE SUCCEEDING
KICKOFF.
>> Phil: YOU CAN
HEAR THE WIND IN
MIKE TRIPLET'S
MICROPHONE AS HE
TALKS, BUT JAKE
PLUMMER SAID NOBODY
IS REALLY LINED UP
AND HIT THE GIANTS
THE BRONCOS HAVE
DONE IT SO FAR TODAY
AND IT'S WORKED.
THE EXTRA POINT, AND
13-7, DENVER.
MIKE ANDERSON TAKES
>> Phil: WE WERE
TAKING OF THE
PROLIFIC PLAY LAST
WEEK.
THEY HAD DRIVES OF
97, 91 YARDS AND
HERE THEY GO 87
YARDS, ANDERSON THE
LAST TWO.
IT STARTED WITH A
PASS PLAY TO ROD
SMITH.
AGAIN, THEY GOT THE
15-YARD MARKOFF.
AND THIS BALL GOES
OUT OF BOUNDS.
THE GIANTS GET IT
RIGHT BACK, IF YOU
WILL.
A BREAK, THAT IS.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO
BRING THE FOOTBALL
OUT.
OUT TO THE 40-YARD
LINE.
>> Phil: THEY NEED
TIME TO FIGURE IT
OUT.
>> Referee: 30 YARDS
Eñ9
KICK, FIRST AND TEN,
GIANTS.
>> Jim: ACTUALLY,
TTER THAN THAT.
>> Jim: TO ADD SOME
CLARITY, THE GIANTS
WILL HAVE THE
FOOTBALL AT THE 25,
SINCE THE KICKOFF
HAPPENED AT THE 45,
NOT THE 30.
>> Phil: BECAUSE OF
THE PERSONAL FOUL.
>> Jim: MANNING HIT
WHEN HE THROWS IT,
LOOK OUT.
ALMOST ABLE TO COME
BACK FOR IT ISúç
WILLIAMS.
JOHN LYNCH ON THE
BLITZ.
>> Phil: WE SAW THIS
LAST WEEK AGAINST
THE NEW ENAND
PATRIOTS, JOHN LYNCH
WILL BLITZ FROM FAR
BACK.
NOT EVEN IN YOUR
PICTURE SO FAR.
THEN HE COMES IN AND
GETS A HIT A THE
LAST SECOND.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
THE BRONCOS THINK
THEY CAN GET TO THE
CORNERBACK.
YOU SAW HOW LONG IT
TOOK FOR ELI MANNING
TO GET THE PASS OFF
THAT TIME.
>> Jim: AGAIN, NOT
ABLE TO GET A SACK.
TIKI, ABOUT FOUR
YARDS.
THIRD DOWN ON THE WAY.
YOU CAN VISIT
CBSSPORTSLINE TONIGHT
FOR A QUICK WRAP-UP OF
THE ACTION.
JASON HOROWITZ WILL BE
THERE AND PAT KUR WIN
EXPECTED TO APPEAR.
WITH ALL THE ■ç
RUNDOWN
TEST TEST.
>> Jim: AND PICKED OFF
BY LYNCH.■ç
>> Phil: PLAXICO
BURRESS LIKES TO PUT
HIS HANDS ON DEFENSIVE
BACKS.
NOPE, AGAINST DENVER.
A BIG BREAK, BUT
AGAIN, GOOD PRESSURE
BY THE BRONCOS,
GEING THE
QUARTERBACK.
>> Jim: WARREN --
>> Referee: PASS
INTERFERENCE, NUMBER
52 OF THE DEFENSE.
THAT PENALTY IS
DECLINED, RESULT OF
THE PLAY IS FIRST
DOWN.
>> Phil: GERARD
WARREN, NUMBER 61, HE
MAKES THE HIT.
OH, MAN, THAT WAS
EVIDENT.
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A
PENALTY.
HE PUSHED UP AGAINST
CHAMP BAILEY.
BUT THEY CALLED THE
PENALTY ON IAN GOLD.
THAT WAS REALLY A GOOD
ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT
BURRESS DOES.
CHAMP BAILEY SAYS.
>> Jim: CREATING SOME
CONFUSION OUT HERE.
LYNCH RAN OVER TO THE
OFFICIALS FOR AN
EXPLANATION.
EVERYBODY SETTLES BACK
IN.
LYNCH GETTING BACK
INTO HIS POSITION.■ç
NOW THE OFFICIALS ARE
WITNESSING THE
CHALLENGE FLAG OUT.
>> Phil: WELL, MIKE
SHANAHAN IS SAYING THE
FOOTBALL WAS TIPPED.
IF IT WAS TIPPED, --
>> Jim: THAT WAS WHAT
LYNCH WAS DOING.
HE TOLD SHANAHAN,
LET'S CHALLENGE IT.
>> Referee: DENVER I
CHALLENGING THAT THE
PASS WAS TIPPED.
>> Jim: REMEMBER A
WEEK AGO, PHIL, IT WAS
LYNCH WHO RAN OVER
AFTER A DAVID GIBBONS
CATCH AND SAID TO MIKE
SHANAHAN, HE DIDN'T
CATCH IT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND
CHALLENGE IT, AND THEY
WON THE CHALNGE.
THE ARM WAS DEFINITELY
HIT.
>> Jim: WELL, JEFF TRIPLET IS
LOOKI TO FIND IF THEFOOTBALL
WAS TIPPED.
WATCH ELI MANNING AS HE THROWS
IT.
IT IS CLOSE.
THE HIT -- IT HIT HIS ARM.
BUT THEY MUST HIT THE FOOTBALL.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ON THAT
REPLAY THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE
OFFICIALS OR JEFF TRIPLET CHANGE
HIS MIND.
MANNING'S ARM TOO.TO ELI
GERARD WARREN ONCE AGAIN GETTING
TO THE QUARTERBACK.
>> Referee: AFTER
REVIEWING THE PLAY,
THE PASS INTERFERENCE
OCCURRED AFTER THE
BALL BEING TIPPED.
THEREFORE, IT MAKES NO
DIFFERENCE.
THE PASS INTERFERENCE
OCCURRED FIRST.
SO THEREFORE, THE
RULING ON THE FIELD
STANDS, ON THE PASS
INTERFERENCE CALL, NOT
AN INTERCEPTION.ok
DENVER IS CHARGED A
TIMEOUT.
>> Jim: THAT LEAVES
BRONCOS WITH ONE
TIMEOUT.
THE DENVER EFENSE HAS
GONE 111 PASS ATTEMPTS
WITHOUT A PICK.
THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD
ONE THERE.
>> Phil: WELL, I
DIDN'T NEED TO THINK
ABOUT BURRESS TIPS IT,
BUT IT WAS QUITE
EVIDENT ALL THE ACTION
TOOK PLACE BEFORE HE
REACHED OUT TO TOUCH
IT.
CHAMP BAILEY, HE DID
TALK ABOUT JUST AS THE
BALL IS COMING, THAT
PLAXICO BURRESS WILL
PUSH OFF.
>> Jim: INSIDE OF FIVE
MINUTES TO GO IN THE
HALF.
TIKI BARBER TO THE
RIGHT SIDE, THREE OR
TWO.
LET'S GO BACK TO GREG
IN NEW YORK.
>> Greg: ALL RIGHT.
IF YOU HEARD AN
EARLIER REPORT THATi]
PLAYING TODAY, IT WAS
DEADRONG
MOSSN THE RECEIVING
END OF A TUCHDOWN
PASS FROM KERREY
COLIN, 22 YARD, AND
THE RAIDERS LEAD THE
BILLS 10-7.
9:30 TO PLAY IN THE
HALF.
>> Phil: MOSS WAS
TRYING TO SHOW A LOT
OF LEADERSHIP,
DOWNTRODDEN AND
PLAYING THROUGH A
DOUBTFUL LISTING AND
HE PYS AN GETS THE
TOUCHDOWN.
THANK YOU, GREG.
SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT
HERE FOR THE GIANTS.
DOWN TE SIDELINE, AND
BURRESS AND HE IS
BROUGHT DOWN BY LYNCH.
BY THE SHOE STRINGS AT
THE 15.■ç
>> Phil: WELL, THE
GIANTDID A GOOD JO
OF GETTNG READYON
PICKING UP THE BLITZ
THAT TIME AND ALLOWING
ELI MANNING EXTRA
TIME.
LOOK AT THE R
' MD.
THEY KNOW THERE'S BEEN
QUITE A BIT OF SHOVING
GOING ON AND THEY HAVE
BEEN AT THE WRONG END
>> JimBRRS USTO FAR.
DROPPED TO HIS KNEES
AS HE GETS THE EARLY
INDICATION THAT IT
MIGHT BE ON HIM, I
ESS.
>> Referee: THERE ARE
TWO FOULS ON THE PLAY.
PASS INTERFERENCE,
NUER 47O THE
DENS
THERE'S ALSO PASS
INTERFERENCE, NUMBER
17 O HE OFFENSE.
BY RULE, REPEAT SECOND
DOWN.
>> Phil: HERE'S WHAT
HAPPENS ON THE PLAY.
WE HAVE A BLITZ TO THE
OUTSIDE.
THAT'S CAP ALEY
COMING FROM ONE SIDE.
DARRENT WILLIAMS CAME
FROM THE HER SIDE
AND PLAXI BURRESS
MADEDOUBLE MOVE.
THERE, HE SEES THE
BALL IN THE AIR.
HE CAN'T HELP IT.
HE STICKS HIS ARM OUT.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT
MUCH, HE STILL
EXTENDED THAT ARM.
AND JOHN LYNCH BECAUSE
IT WAS THE BLITZ,HE
GOP THERE AND HE
HAD TO HIT PLAXICO
BURRESS BECAUSE HE WAS
EXPECTING A QUICK
THROW,OT■çONE DO
THE FIELD.
>> Jim: SECOND DOWN
AND EIGHT.
OVER THE HEADO
SHOCKEY, AD A FLAG
BA IN THE AREA OF
OFFENSIVE HOLDING.
BOY, THOSE TWO REPLAYS
REALLY CONFIRMEDT
THAT THERGH
CALLMATCNG
INTERFERENCE
PENALTIES.
>> Phil: GIANTS WERE
READY FOR THE BLITZ.
THEYALD BOUT IT A
T.
>> Referee: THERE IS
NO FOUL ON THE PLAY,
THIRD DOWN.
>> Jim: WELL, NEXT
SATURDAY, A BIG
RIVALRY.
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA,
THEY'LL MEET AGAIN.
BEGINS WITH THE
COLLEGEOOTBAL
TOY.
ALL THE PAGENTRYOF
FLORA AND GEGI
COMIOUR WAY NEXT
SARDHERE ON CBS.
SO THIRD DOWNND
EI THE GIANTS
WHO WERE ONLY 1-11 A
WEEK AGO IN THIS
SITUATION.
TIM CARTER COMES IN.
D TN PLAXICO
BURRESS GOTHE FIRST
TH TIME
AND ANOTHE FLAG FLOWN
IN ON THE AC END OF
IT.
CHAM BILEY CLAPS HIS
HANDS.
>> Phil: HOLDING ON
THE DEFENSE.
CHAMP BAILEY HEWAS
SURE IT WAS AGAINST
PLAXICO THAT TIME.
>> Referee: HOLDING,w3
NUMBER 24.
THAT PENALTY IS
ACCEPTED, IT WILL BE
FIVE YARDS TO THE
PREVIOUS SPOT AND AN
AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN
SINCE THE PASS WAS
RULED INCOMPLETE.
>> Phil: THE PASS WAS
RULED INCOMPLETE?
I DIDN'T SEE THAT.■ç
TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.
CHAMP BAILEY HAD HIS
ARMS ONBURRESS ABOUT
EIGHT YARDS DEEP.
WATCH THE BALL.
IT GOES TO THE G■çROUND
AND CONTINUES TO HOLD
ON TO IT.
AND EVEN THOUGH THE
BALL HITS THE GROUND,
HE HAS POSSESSION.
I THINK -- I DON'T
KNOW IF IT'S WORTH
CHALLENGING IF YOU'RE
TOM COUGHLIN, JUST FOR
A FEW EXTRA YARDS.
>> Jim: BURRESS WANTS
THAT CHALLENGE.
THERE'S THE RED FLAG.
YOU'RECHALLENGING
BASICALLY FOR NINE
YARDS.
GOT THE FIRST DOWN.
WITH THE FIVE-YARD
STEPOFF, AUTOMATIC.
NOW YOU'RE GOING TO
WITH THE FULL
COMPLEMENT OF TIMEOUTS
HERE, GO AHEAD AND
GAIN AN ADDITIONAL
NINE.
>> Phil: BURRESS HAD
CONTROL OF THE BALL, I
THOUGHT, THE WHOLE
TIME A THEN JUST THE
ONE REPLAY WE LOOKED
AT AND SAW.
BOY, I TELL YOU, YOU
CAN SEE HOW BIG HE
PLAYS.
>> Referee: THE GIANTS
ARE CHALLENGING THAT
IT WAS A CATCH.
>> Jim: AGAIN, THE
GIANTS WANT TO SAY
THAT BURRESS MADE THE
CATCH.
AND THEN LOOK AT THIS.
THAT'S GOT -- HE GOT
AHOLD OF IT HERE.
GOT THE HAND
UERNEATH.
EVEN THOUGH IT
SQUEEZED AGAINST THE
GROUND THAT IS OKAY.
>> Phil: THAT IS
LEGA
>> Jim: PLAXICO, GLAD
HIS COACH CHALLENGED
HERE.
HE WANTS THE CATCH,
THE 14 YARDS, AND
PHIL, WHAT DO YOU
THINK?
>> Phil: I'D SAY THAT
RIGHT HAND KEEPS
CONTROL OF THE
FOOTBALL.
I KNOW IT'S TOUGH, BUT
THAT'S THE RULE.
>> Referee: AFTER
REVIEWING THE PLAY,
THE RECEIVER DID NOT
MAINTAIN POSSESSION AS
THE BALL ROLLED OUT ON
TO THE GROWN.
THEREFORE, IT IS AN
INCOMPLETE PASS.
HOWEVER, THE FIVE-YARD
HOLDING PENALTY ON THE
DEFENSE DOES STAND.
IT WILL BE FIRST AND
TEN, GIANTS.
>> Jim: WAS THAT WORTH
THE CHALLENGE?
ALREADY HAD THE
FIRST DOWN.
>> il: THINK IT
WAS A RISKY CHALLENGE.
I DON'T THINK COUGHLIN
WOULD HAVE -- I DON'T
THINK I'D HAVE
CHALLENGED IT, IF I
WERE THE COACH.
BUT PLAXICO BURRESS,
HE KEEPS IT AROUND THE
FOOTBALL EVEN AS HE
GOES TO THE GROUND.
IT WAS RULED
INCOMPLETE ON THE
FIELD, SO NOT ENOUGH
FOR JEFF TRIPLET TO
REVERSE IT.
>> Jim: FIRST DOWN
NEAR MIDFIELD.
HERE IS TIKI.
TRYING TO SCOOT
OUTSIDE, BUT FOXWORTH
GOT HIM OFF FOR NO
GAIN.
AGAIN, WE HAVE THE
SPRINT HALFTIME
REPORT, COMING UP
SHORTLY.
GREG AND DAN AND
SHANNON AND BOOMER,
THEY'LL HAVE ALL THE
UPDATES.
A LOT OF GAMES HERE IN
THE LATE WINDOW.
TENNESSEE AND ARIZONA,
BUFFALO AND OAKLAND.
THE COWBOYS AND MARION
BARBER PLAYING OUT IN
SEATTLE TODAY.
THAT'S COMING UP IN
THE SPRINT HALFTIME
REPORT.
INSIDE OF THREE
MINUTE, SECOND DOWN
AND TEN.
AND LYNCH, WANTING TO
RUN IN THERE, BUT■
FIRST SOME MOVEMENT.
KIND OF LOST ALL THE
PACE OF THE GAME WITH
PENALTIES, ON THIS D
DRIVE ALONE.
>> Referee: FALSE
START, NUMBER 67 OF
THE OFFEN.
FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
STILL SECOND DOWN.
>> Jim: GOT TO BE HARD
FOR ELI TO GET A FLOW
GOING.
>> Phil: IT IS.
A DEFENSE, AL WILSON,
JUST LOOK AT HIM AS
HE'S MOVING AROUND.
HE GOING TO SEE THE
PENALTY.
THERE YOU GO.
HE KNOWS THE MOVEMENT.
DENVER MOVES AROUND A
LOT.
>> Jim: SECOND DOWN
AND 15.
HERE IS BURRESS.
SLIDES OUT TO THE
34-YARD LINE.
I TELL YOU PLAXICO
BURRESS, I DON'T KNOW
IF IT'S THE GIANTS
UNIFORM OR NUMBER 17
AS OPPOSEDTO 80, BUT
HE LIKES SO HUGE IN
THIS GIANTS UNIFORM.
>> Phil: WELL, HE
LOOK -- HE LOOKS LIKE
GIANT.
AND HE DOES.
THAT WAS A HIGH THROW.
THE SIZE THAT HE HAS,
HE'S LONG.
HE MAKES THE CATCH
LOOK SO EASY OVER THE
MIDDLE.
>> Jim: HE PICKS UP
23.
>> Jim: AS THE TRAFFIC
FLOWS ACROSS THE GW,
THE METLIFEIS
PROVIDING THE AERIAL
COVERAGE.
TEAMING UP WITH CBS
SPORTS.
IN TWO MINUTES TO GO,
WITH A FIRST DOWN AT
THE 34 OF DENVER.
>> Phil: THIS GIANT
OFFENSE, IT IS PRETTY
SIMPLE.
THEY DON'T TRY TO
TRICK YOU.
THEY TRY TO TAKE THEIR
GOOD PLAYER, SEND THEM
DOWN THE FIELD.
THEY TRY T PROTECT
THEIR QUARTERBACK.
BY KEEPING ONE PERSON
IN.
A RUNNING BACK, A
TIGHT END, AND THE
GIVE LI MANNING THE
EXTRA TIME.
HE THROWS THE FOOTBALL
DOWN THE FIELD VERY
WELL.
>> Jim: THE GIANTS IN
A MIDST OF A 3:45
CHALLENGE ON THE
CLOCK.
AND NOW A TIMEOUT
COMING OUT OF THE
TWO-MINUTE WAokRNING AND
YOU SAY YOU HAVE NO
CONCERN?
>> Phil: NO BIG DEAL.
THE GIANTS ARE
MANAGING THE FOOTBALL
TEAM.
YOU HAVE ONE TIMEOUT
LEFT, YOU'RE ON THE
DENVER 34.
TIME IS NOT AN ISSUE.
>> Jim: MANNING, LOOKS
LONG AND OVER THE HEAD
OF SHOCKEY AND DARRENT
WILLIAMS.
D MANNING IS KNOCKED
AND MANNING IS KNOCKED
DOWN, SECOND AND TEN.
>> Phil: WELL, WHEN
YOU THROW THE FOOTBALL
DOWN THE FIELD LIKE
THE NEW YORK GIANTS
DO, YOUR QUARTERBACKS
ARE GOING TO GET
KNOCKED DOWN EVERY
ONCE IN A WHILE TO GET
IT DOWN THERE, IT
TAKES TIME.
SO ELI MANNING DOES A
GOOD JOB OF STANDING
IN THE POCKET.■ç
97 GETS IN THERE, HE
WENT LOW TO HIT HIM
TOO.
>> Jim: HE DID.
YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH
ON THE SHOT THE SIDE.
HE'S FINE, HE'S BACK
UNDER CENTER.
SECOND DOWN FROM THE
34.
QUICKLY OVER TO BARBER
AND RIGHT IN TRAFFIC
HE IS DECKED BY TREVOR
PRYCE.
>> Phil: TREVOR PRYCE,
NUMBER 93.
PROBABLY THE BE PASS
RUSH THEIR THE BRONCOS
HAVE.
WE TALKED TO HIM LAST
NIGHT.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY,
HE'S BEGGING FOR A
SACK.
JUST BEGGING.
HE LEADS THE LEAGUE IN
QUARTERBACK PRESSURES,
BUT HE CAN'T GET THE
OFFICIAL FIRST SACK.
>> Jim: HE SAID HE WAS
BORN IN BROOKLYN, WENT
TO MICHIGAN FOR A
COUPLE OF YEARS.
ONE YEAR TO CLEMSON,
FOUR TIMES IN THE PRO
BOWL AND A GIANTS FAN
AS A KID.
LAWRENCE TAYLOR AND
PHIL SIMMS, HE LOVED
THEM.
THIRD DOWN AND TEN.
ELI WITH GREAT
PRESSURE, JUST
THROWING THIS ONE
AWAY.
AS THE POCKET
COLLAPSED.
WARREN.
>> Phil: WELL, WHEN
YOU PLAY A BLITZING
TEAM, WE TALKED OF
THIS SKILL SO MANY
TIMES, THEY WILL BEAT
DEFENDERS ONE-ON-ONE.
BUT THAT TIME, NOBODY
OPENED DOWN THE FIELD.
>> Jim: BRING OUT
FEELY FOR A FIELD GOLD
TRY OUTSIDE OF 50
YARDS.
HE IS ONE OF ONLY FIVE
KICKERS IN THE LEAGE,
NOT TO MSS THIS
SEASON.
10-10 FIELD GOALS
INCLUDING A 50 YARDER.