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>> ARE YOU READY FOR SOME
PRIMETIME?
THE NEW-LOOK SKINS ARE READY
FOR REGGIE AND THE PANTHERS.
WILL KEYSHAWN HELP THE BUCS
TAKE THE NEXT STEP, STARTING
WITH THE PATS?
INDY HEADS TO K.C.
THE BEARS ARE COUNTING ON CADE.
WHILE THE VIKINGS HOPE DAUNTE
WILL PEAK.
CAN FAVRE LEAD THE PACK PAST
THE JETS?
THE UP-AND-COMING EAGLES FLY
TOWARDS TROY.
CAN FIEDLER PROVIDE MARINO-LIKE
MUSIC IN MIAMI?
WHO'S GOING TO SUPER BOWL XXXV?
>> THAT'S WHY THEY PLAY THE
GAME.
>> HELLO, EVERYBODY, AND
LCOME TO THE FIRST
"PRIMETIME" OF THE NEW
MILLENNIUM.
I'M CHRIS BERMAN ALONG WITH TOM
JACKSON.
HE PLAYED 14 YEARS FOR THE
BRONCOS.
WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER 14 YEARS.
>> GOOD TO BE HERE, CHRIS.
>> I HEARD A RUMOR, IT'S A
ONE-HOUR PRIMETIME.
>> THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE.
ODD, THE CHAMPION RAMS
DON'T BEGIN UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT.
IN MANY WAYS, IT'S AS IF THE
WASHINGTON REDSKINS, BY ALL
THEIR ACQUISITIONS, TOMMY,
GOING INTO THE SEASON, KIND
HAVE BEEN ANOINTED AS A SUPER
BOWL FAVORITE.
BECAUSE THE GAME THEY PLAYED
GAINST THE PANTHERS AT FEDEX
FIELD.
A REMINDER, OWNER DANIEL SNYDER
POSITIVELY, ABSOLUTELY EXPECTS
THE SUPER BOWL TO BE THERE
OVERNIGHT.
WILL THE SKINS LOOK SUPER
BOWLISH WITH DEION AND BRUCE
SMITH, BRAD JOHNSON STARTING,
WITH JEFF GEORGE ON THE BENCH?
FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 37.
IT'S PLAY ACTION.
JOHNSON HAD SUCH A BIG YEAR
LAST YEAR, TO STEPHEN DAVIS.
ALREADY, THERE'S 10 YEARS THAT
HE'S PAID BACK TO THE SKINS.
ALBERT CONNELL, 17-YARD PASS.
THEN, NEXT PLAY, STEPHEN DAVIS.
TWO YARDS.
12-PLAY, 79-YARD DRIVE
TO START THE SEASON FOR THE
REDSKINS.
CAROLINA DOES IT IN A DIFFERENT
WAY.
KICKOFF RETURN MAN IS MICHAEL
BATES.
HE MAKES THE MOVE.
I DON'T THINK MARK MOSELEY,
CURT KNIGHT, OR ANY REDSKIN
HIM.H IS GOING TO
GAME FIED 7-7.
>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK
AT LAVAR ARRINGTON, FIRST-ROUND
DRAFT CHOICE OF THE SKINS IN
COVERAGE.
REMEMBER, HE DIDN'T COVER A LOT
OF KICKS AT PENN STATE.
YOU HAVE TO MOVE AROUND THE
BLOCKS, GET OUT OF YOUR LANE,
GET BACK INTO THE LANE AND
TACKLE.
LIVERED A GREAT HIT, BUT
MISSED THE BALL CARRIER,
MICHAEL BATES, AS HE WENT BY.
>> BRUCE SMITH AGAINST THE
BACK-FROM-RETIREMENT REGGIE
WHITE.
COMBINED 363 1/2 SACKS.
HOW DID THEY DO, TOM?
>> WELL, REGGIE WHITE WITH THE
GREAT BULL RUSH THERE GETS
AROUND THE CORNER.
ESN'T GET THE SACK, BUT PUTS
GREAT PRESSURE ON THE
QUARTERBACK, BRAD JOHNSON.
THEN LOOK AT BRUCE SMITH.
HE IS THE ECOLONEL ONE.
HE GETS TWO SACKS -- HE IS THE
ETERNAL ONE.
HE GETS TWO SACKS ON THE DAY.
BRUCE SMITH, THERE'S NEVER BEEN
ANYTHING LIKE HIM.
>> REMEMBER, HE FINISHED WITH
PLAYOFF LOSS THE
TO TENNESSEE LAST YEAR.
THE PANTHERS LEAD 10-7.
RICHIE CUNNINGHAM, NOT HAPPY
DAYS.
REMEMBER THE KICKER CASEY GOT
HURT TOWARD THE END OF
PRESEASON.
THE PANTHERS COME UP EMPTY.
STILL 10-7, CAROLINA, IN THE
THIRD QUARTER.
HERE IS Y UPSET --
BRUCE SMITH.
HE FORCES A FUMBLE.
BRUCE SHAKEN UP, BUT WOULD
RETURN.
MY GOODNESS, TOMMY, THE TWO
SACKS, AND THAT FORCED FUMBLE.
AFTER A ONE-YARD BRAD JOHNSON
GIVES THE SKINS THE LEAD,
MICHAEL BATES, WHO'S BEEN A PRO
TEAMER.CIAL
HE'S GOING ALL THE WAY AGAIN.
OR IS HE?
HE DOESN'T QUITE GET IN, BUT
IT'S AN 88-YARD RETURN.
BUT THE DREAD ED FLAG ON THE --
THE DREADED FLAG ON THE PLAY.
THEY'RE GOING AGAINST NUMBER 44
CHRI HETHERINGTON.
WHY?
> WITH THE GREAT BLOCK THERE
ON EDDIE MASON.
THAT BLOCK, MASON STARTED TO
TURN HIS BODY.
HETHERINGTON GOT HIM RIDE HIM
RIGHT IN THE CHEST.
WHAT A BAD CALL BY THE
OFFICIALS.
>> STEVE BEUERLEIN HAS TO GO
FIELD.GTH OF THE
FINDS DONALD HAYES.
THIS IS LATER, TWO MINUTES LEFT
IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
20-YARD DRIVE KEEPS THE DRIVE
ALIVE.
BEUERLEIN TO WALLS.
AND WESLEY SLIMS THE TACKLE
FROM SAM SHADE.
IT'S A SUNNY DAY FOR WALLS AND
THE PANTHERS.
IT'S NOW 20U17.
ONSIDE KICK -- IT'S NOW 20-17.
ONSIDE KICK.
ONE OF THE OLD RELIBLES FOR
WASHINGTON, IRVING FRYAR, FALLS
ON IT.
LOOK AT GEORGE SEIFERT.
HE'S DOING THE BOSSANOVA ON THE
SIDELINES.
>> WE'VE ADDED FOUR OR FIVE
GUYS THAT ARE REAL, REAL PROS,
AND THEY WANT ONE THING -- THEY
NT TO WIN AND THEY'LL DO
YTHING WE WANT THEM TO DO TO
WIN, AND THEY KNOW, JUST LIKE
HAPPENED TODAY,
TO GET A CHANCE TO BE THE GUY.
AND THROUGH 16 WEEKS, WE GOT A
LOT OF GUYS WHO HAVE A CHANCE
TO BE THE GUY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE GUY
EVERY WEEK.
>> WASHINGTON RAN FOR 162
YAS.
ONE THING WASHINGTON'S GOING TO
HAVE TO SEE THIS YEAR'S
EVERYONE'S GUNNING FOR THEM AS
IF THEY ARE CHAMPS OF SOME
SORT.
THEY STRUGGLED.
I WOULDN'T GIVE THEM AN A, BUT
THEY WON.
ETHE MENTAL ATTITUDE WILL
ALL THE GREAT
OLD PROS THEY' QUIRED.
EVERYTHING IS KEYED OFFENSIVELY
BY STEPHEN DAVIS.
HIS 133 YARDS RUSHING, AND THAT
ONE RUSHING TOUCHDOWN IS THE
THING THAT THEY HAD TO GET
GOING.
THEN THAT GETS THE PASSING GAME
GOING, RELIEVES PRESSURE FROM
JOHNSON.
IF YOU ARE THE
REDSKINS IS THAT THE RUSH
DEFENSE, WHICH WAS A PROBLEM
THE ENTIRETY OF LAST YEAR,
STILL REMAINS A PROBLEM THIS
YEAR.
TIMMY BIAKABUTUKA HAD AN
OUTSTANDING DAY.
I THINK THE PANTHERS RUSHED THE
BALL FOR OVER 120 YARDS.
THEY ONLY HAD 20 CARRIES.
EEN IN THE GAME
TE, GOTTEN THAT TOUCHDOWN OFF
THE RETURN GAME, THEY WOULD
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE TO
RUN THE FOOTBALL.
>> THAT CALL, CALL IT GOOD OR
NOT, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT
BACK IN THE GAME, CAROLINA,
WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE
COMPLEXION.
BUT WASHINGTON GETS THE WIN.
THE FIRST OF WHAT THEY EXPECT
TO BE MANY.
RETURN, SUPER BOWL TWO
YEARS AGO JAMAL ANDERSON, NOW
BACK AFTER AN INJURY.
SPEAKING OF SUPER BOWL, HE WAS
THE SUPER BOWL HERO IN THIS
BUILDING.
■■@■@■■!■!■!■!■!÷
ATHLETES GREET ONE ANOTHER WITHOUT WORDS.
THEY STAND ON THE LINE...
EVERY INCH OF THEIR BODIES
PROJECTING COOL DETERMINATION.
WITHOUT MAKING A SOUND,
THEY SCREAM...
"I AM INVINCIBLE."
>> ON ESPN.COM, YOU CAN VOTE
FOR THE GAME BALL.
HERE ARE YOUR CHOICES.
>> SAN FRANCISCO AT ATLANTA,
THE 49ERS DO NOT HAVE STEVE
YOUNG.
THIS JUST IN.
BECAUSE WE HAVE HIM.
ON INGITH US
"NFL COUNTDOWN."
BUT WHEN JEFF GARCIA HIT FRED
BEASLEY, THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF
THE NEW MILLENNIUM FOR ANYBODY.
7-0 NINERS.
FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE
ATLANTA, JAMAL ANDERSON.
OW WOULD HE DO COMING BACK
FROM THE KNEE?
PLAY.RDS ON THAT
11 YARDS ON THIS PLAY.
HE HAD 24 CARRIES, 77 YARDS.
LATER ON THAT DRIVE, ANOTHER
ANDERSON, I DON'T KNOW, HE GETS
BETTER EVERY YEAR, MORTEN
ANDERSEN, FIVE FIRST HALF FIELD
ATLANTA.
CHRIS CHANDLER WITH THE FALCONS
UP 12-7, AND CHANCES ARE
TERANCE MATHIS IS OPEN FOR A
TOUCHDOWN.
FIRST FIVE POSSESSION, ALL
SCORES FOR ATLANTA.
FIELD UCH FOR THE MORTEN
GOALS.
E OF THE B PICKUPS
OFFSEASON WAS SHAWN JEFFERSON,
FORMER PATRIOT, MOVING ON UP
WITH SEVEN CATCHES FOR 148.
THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL CASS AND
CATCH.
>> THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL
PLAY-ACTION FAKE.
ZACK BRONSON IS IN COVERAGE FOR
LANCE SCHULTERS, BUT LOOK AT
THE FAKE.
IF YOU GET YOUR HEAD IN THE
BACKFIELD, WHICH THE SAFETY DID
LATE.YOU'RE A STEP
AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THROW AND
CATCH BY MR. CHANDLER.
DOWN THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
>> AND YOU TALK ABOUT A GUY
APTLY NAMED TO PLAY IN DIXIE,
ASHLEY.
IT'S ASHLEY AMBROSE PLAYING IN
GEORGIA.
ASHLEY RUNNING ALL THE WAY TO
TARA.
IT'S A TOUCHDOWN.
>> LIONS AT THE SAINTS.
AND THE SAINTS ONE OF SEVEN
TEAMS WITH NEW HEAD COACHES.
JIM HAS LET, ONE-TIME BERMUDA
TRIANGLE LINEBACKER WITH THE
BUFFALO BILLS, STEPPING IN FOR
KE DITKA AND STEPPING IN
STONEY CASE PASS
IS SAMMY KNIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT.
36-YARD TOUCHDOWN.
THE SAINTS MARCH TO A 7-0 LEAD.
HASLETT FIRED UP.
SAINTS FIRED UP.
RICKY WILLIAMS AT TIMES LOOKED
VERY GOOD, TOM, RUNNING LEFT
THIS IS GOING UT
TO BE CALLED BACK BECAUSE OF
HOLDING.
THE SAINTS WERE GUILTY OF 12
FLAGS.
WILLIAMS ALONE HAD 52 YARDS
RUSHING CALLED BACK BECAUSE OF
PENALTIES.
YOU'RE NOT THAT GOOD THAT YOU
CAN GIVE THAT MUCH BACK.
-0 SECOND QUARTER, AND THE
SAYS, OWDYS --
"COME ON, D."
LEROY BUTLER THINKS HE HAS A
SAFETY.
THEY CALL HIM JUST OUT.
>> JUDGING BY THE CALL OF THE
OFFICIAL, STONEY CASE REALIZED
WHERE HE WAS.
HE ACTUALLY HELD THE FOOTBALL
OUTSIDE THE END ZONE.
THE JUDGMENTAS IN HIS FAVOR
BY THE REFEREE.
IT'S NOT A SAFETY./
>> WITH THE SCORE 7-6, DESMOND
HOWARD IN THE SUPER BOWL, IN
THIS BUILDING OF THE 1996 SUPER
BOWL WAS IMMENSE FOR RETURNS
FOR GREEN BAY.
THIS IS 95 YARDS FOR A
TOUCHDOWN.
AND IT 14-7 THE LIONS CONVERT
A TWO-POINT CONVERSION.
RON RICE WITH THE BIG BLOCK ON
THE PLAY.
ITH A MINUTE LEFT IN THE
HERE'S THAT R,
VAUNTED SAINTS TWO-MINUTE
DRILL.
THEY'RE DOWN 14-10.
TIME-OUT AFTER A DUMP TO RICKY.
RICKY WILLIAMS WAS IN MOTION,
YOUR BIG RUNNING BACK IS
ALREADY OUT OF THE PLAY.
THEY'RE GOING TO ROLL THE
QUARTERBACK TO THE SHORT SIDE,
TOM?
FOR WHAT?
>> A MOST UNUSUAL CALL, AND
RICKY WILLIAMS NOT A GREAT
RUNNER., A GREAT
>> AND THEN STEPHEN BOYD MAKES
THE PLAY.
SAINTS' TWO-MINUTE DRILL IS NOT
EXACTLY DAN MARINO, JOE MONTANA
OR STEVE YOUNG, IS IT?
>> WHEN WE RETURN -- PLENTY
MORE TO COME.
THE JAGS AND THE BROWNS.