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AND AS LIEF ALLUDED TO, SOME BIG
CONCERNS FOR JEFF RYAN BELD BOLD
AND COMPANY, NOT VERY DEEP AT
THE RECEIVER SPOT.
SPENCER McLENNAN IS IN FOR LONG.
THE BACKFIELD IS EMPTY.
RUBLEY IS THROWING AND IT FALLS
SHORT OF LARRY THOMPSON
THOMPSON.
INCOMPLETE.
>> EASY, UPSET WITH HIMSELF.
T.J. RUBLEY.
THAT'S A BALL HE COULD HAVE
COMPLETED.
DEEP ZONE COVERAGE, SOFT
COVERAGE ON THOMPSON.
WITH THOMPSON WIDE OPEN BUT
RUBLEY JUST WASN'T ABLE TO GET
IT IN THERE.
LOTS OF PROTECTION UP FRONT.
>> ROD: FOR THE MOST PART THAT
BOMBER LINE HAS BEEN DOING A
PRETTY GOOD JOB GIVING RUBLEY
TIME TO THROW.
>> LIEF: I AGREE WITH YOU.
>> ROD: AND A PASSING SITUATION
HERE.
HE CLEARS THE POCKET.
AND HE THROWS TO THE LEFT AND
THOMPSON HAS IT.
HE COMES BACK FOR IT, TURNS
AROUND AND GETS THE FIRST DOWN.
IS THAT THE KIND OF HELP YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT?
>> LIEF: THAT IS THE KIND OF
HELP.
THOMPSON INITIALLY LOOKED LIKE
HE HAD THE FIRST DOWN, LOST TO
PICK UP SOME MORE YARDS AND THEN
AT THE LAST SECOND YOU COULD
TELL HE WAS SAYING TO HIMSELF
"I'VE GOT THE DIVE FOR A COUPLE
MORE YARDS."
HERE EASY, GOT IT, NOW HE LOSES
AND IT AND NOW HE GETS IT BACK.
THAT'S A HEADS-UP PLAY BY
THOMPSON AND THAT'S A BIG CATCH.
THEY NEED TO GET SOME MOMENTUM
BACK IN THE FEW FIRST DOWNS.
>> ROD: THEY HAND OFF THIS TIME
TO ERIC BLOUNT.
IN AT RUNNING BACK...GOT SOME
ROOM AND ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR
WINNIPEG.
BOMBERS ARE MOVING THIS FOOTBALL
AT MID-FIELD.
>> LIEF: THIS IS A GREAT RUN BY
ERIC BLOUNT.
WHEN YOU RUN THE COUNTER,
SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LONG TIME
TO DEVELOP AND THAT ALLOWED DOUG
PETERSEN TO GET UPFIELD QUICKLY.
THERE YOU SEE IT AND BLOUNT JUST
BREAKS THE TACKLE IN THE
MID-FIELD.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT A
FIVE-YARD-LOSS THAT HE TURNS
INTO A BIG NINE-PLUS-YARD GAIN
AND THAT'S SHEER ATHLETIC
ABILITY BY BLOUNT AS PETERSEN
HAD HIM DEAD IN HIS SIGHTS.
>> ROD: THE SHORT YARDAGE, AND
RUBLEY AGAIN, AND ANOTHER
WINNIPEG FIRST DOWN.
THE STICKS WILL MOVE.
>> LIEF: AND THAT WAS A BETTER
QUARTERBACK SNEAK.
>> ROD: EASY, GETTING BETTER.
LIEF: HE IS.
EASY, IMPROVING.
AND EASY, HAD SOME BUSINESS
TODAY AT QUARTERBACK SNEAKS.
THAT'S ABOUT HIS THIRD.
THE OTHER TWO IN 3rd-AND-SHORT
YARDAGE SITUATIONS.
>> LIEF: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
THEY'VE GONE TO THE HURRY-UP
TODAY AND SOMETIMES THAT'S A
GOOD WAY TO TRY AND CHANGE THE
FLOW OF THE GAME.
>> ROD: 1st-AND-10 WINNIPEG.
THEY'RE INTO ALS' TERRITORY
AGAIN AND AND OFF TO BLOUNT
AGAIN.
RIGHT SIDE.
AND EASY, GOT ABOUT THREE OR
FOUR YARDS.
AS WE MENTIONED, THE INJURY TO
TED LONG, WE HAVE AN UPDATE NOW.
LET'S HEAD DOWN TO THE SIDELINE
AND JOIN GREG MUSSELMAN.
GREG?
>> GREG: JUST TALKED TO TED LONG
A COUPLE MOMENTS AGO.
HE GOT HIT IN THE VERY DELICATE