Race to Super Bowl 50 - NFL Week 11 American Football

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60 minutes of football, take it to them right from the start.

Let's go get it!

-Lofts it into the end zone...

-Ridiculous!

-Touchdown!

-Somersault for the touchdown!

-Unbelievable!

-Yes! Yes!

-Pass is intercepted at the goal line!

The New England Patriots are the NFL champions.

Hello and welcome to highlights of the NFL week 11.

-Let's do it, baby.

-There are those that stand

undefeated in the race to Super Bowl 50.

In the AFC, the New England Patriots, the defending champions.

And who across the AFC would challenge the unbeaten Patriots?

The Cincinnati Bengals, with just one defeat.

The Denver Broncos, with seven victories,

but without their star turn. Is this the end of an era?

No great threat from the Indianapolis Colts,

the AFC South has yet to stir.

Unlike Carolina in the NFC, the Panthers on the prowl, unbeaten.

-Touchdown!

-Cam Newton - unstoppable.

Eating up the wintry north, the Minnesota Vikings,

ahead of the Green Bay Packers.

Out west, it's airborne, The Arizona Cardinals

and the Seattle Seahawks taking to the skies.

-Touchdown Seahawks!

-The New York Giants do not sleep.

The NFL - bright-eyed, on full alert, in the race to Super Bowl 50.

So entering week 11 the race to Super Bowl 50 looks like this.

In the AFC, the division leaders and favourites for a playoff place

are unbeaten New England, along with Cincinnati, Denver and Indianapolis.

Then looking across the whole conference,

if you take out those division leaders,

the two teams with the best win/loss records become the wildcards,

so Pittsburgh leading the way, together with Buffalo,

there is a large group of teams behind just waiting to pounce.

If we go over to the NFC, undefeated Carolina lead the way,

together with Arizona, Minnesota and the New York Giants.

The NFC wild card berths currently occupied by Green Bay

and Atlanta, both two games clear of the chasing bunch.

So, 32 NFL teams started the season,

but the race to Super Bowl 50 will reduce that number

to just 12 for the playoffs,

and helping to chart that progress is former quarterback

with Dallas, Houston and the New York Giants Jason Bell,

and we have our own two-time Super Bowl winner,

both with the New York Giants, Osi Umenyiora.

So, as we enter the business end of the NFL regular season,

here's what we have on offer.

Into the end zone and it is...caught!

John Brown, touchdown Arizona.

To the end zone - caught!

Huge touchdown for the Green Bay Packers.

Osweiler, wide open, Demaryius Thomas, nobody near him.

Thomas takes it all the way - touchdown Broncos.

Let's start with the two unbeaten sides,

the Patriots and the Panthers. We'll go with the Patriots,

now 10-0 having beaten the Bills, two James White touchdowns,

which means yet again...

they find someone, slot him in, and he delivers, Jason.

Tom Brady is amazing, but all these injuries are starting to scare me.

How many guys can they plug in?

But with him behind the QB, anything can happen.

They can plug in anybody, cos they have a genius head coach,

like I like to say.

Bill Belichick is the guy getting these people open, not Tom Brady.

But they also have Tom Brady -

let me read you a quote from Brady after that game.

He said he was agitated for the whole three hours and 20 minutes,

he wanted to try and create urgency among the team, making sure

that everyone's focused and letting them know that he was focused.

This is Tom Brady, who doesn't necessarily have to do that.

He's won everything there is to win,

yet even now he's still as focused as he probably was when he was 25.

That's why he's the leader of your team.

For a guy to have that many accolades, and the game is

that important to him, guys get behind that, he gets them fired up.

That's what you need in the race to the Super Bowl.

Time for your weekly argument about the Carolina Panthers.

They win again, they're 10-0,

five touchdown passes for Cam Newton to five different players -

when are they going to get the credit that some people think they deserve?

-Cam Newton's playing MVP football.

-MV... What?

-MVP football.

-LAUGHING:

-Come on, that's a ridiculous statement, Jason!

We just got through talking about Tom Brady,

are you going to put Cam Newton in the same league as Tom Brady?

Cam Newton, who has a career-low completion percentage this year,

that's who you're going to say is the MVP of the league?

He's doing what that team needs him to do.

They're a running team, they need big plays down the field,

-and he's exciting.

-Anybody could do that. Mark here could do that.

You see how the fans get behind him, they love him,

he's having highlight plays, the kid is ballin'.

He needs to find a better way to complete passes down the field.

As I say, weekly argument.

If you want to be involved, just use the hashtag #RaceToSB50,

or if you're new to the sport, #NFLRookie.

Jason and Osi will be looking to answer a few of your questions,

such as, "Osi, why don't you like Cam Newton?"

As we said, winning your division in the NFL is paramount -

it guarantees a playoff place -

so we start with two divisional leaders, an intriguing matchup

as the Cincinnati Bengals travel to the Arizona Cardinals.

The Cincinnati Bengals lost their unbeaten record in week 10,

going down at home to the Houston Texans.

With the Pittsburgh Steelers hot on their heels in the AFC North,

they must get back to winning ways with a trip to Arizona

to take on the Cardinals,

who sit proudly on top of the NFC West

with seven wins.

Two of them recently against Cincinnati's fellow

division rivals Cleveland and Baltimore.

It's a duel in the desert, as both teams look to assert

their own divisional dominance, and Carson Palmer faces his old team.

So after three straight 1st downs, Arizona now faced with

a 3rd and 20.

Palmer, fires - and that's going to be picked off at the 35-yard line.

The pass intended for Fitzgerald,

and Leon Hall intercepts for Cincinnati.

Carson Palmer, who missed ten games last year with a pair of injuries.

Very clean pocket, deep downfield, and that's

picked off again by Reggie Nelson, the second interception,

and Nelson, with the flag down, takes it back to the 35-yard line.

I don't know what Carson saw there.

There's two deep safeties down there,

his receiver is going to come across the middle,

I'm sure he thought he was going to go to the post, but even if he goes

to the post, there's nothing there,

those are two very non-Carson-Palmer-like throws.

3rd and goal from the 3.

And Dalton will fire, and that will be caught,

for a touchdown, Tyler Eifert.

Again into the end zone, so what a red zone combination

that has been, and Palmer watches his pick.

And the turnover turned into a Cincinnati touchdown.

Very uncharacteristically with those two turnovers,

both interceptions thrown by Palmer.

And now you got Palmer off the play fake,

and he's going to go for it all on the 3rd and 1, and it will be

hauled in for a touchdown by Darren Fells, the tight end.

Palmer, a perfect throw out to the former basketball player,

Darren Fells did not even play college football.

Jones comes in motion.

And the hand-off goes to Hill, and he chugs his way into the end zone

to give them the lead.

So they put the fullback in there, Hewitt,

he goes right in behind him, and Cincinnati is back on top.

They need somebody to step up and be a threat other than

Larry Fitzgerald in this game, they are missing Michael Floyd.

Palmer still hasn't thrown over 100 yards tonight. Eight of 14 from 94.

-Off-play action...

-Look out.

Now he's going to go deep downfield, has a man caught?

Nelson, and he's in for the touchdown!

64 yards to the speedy rookie.

Carson Palmer, that was just a perfectly thrown ball.

2nd and 1, Palmer fires into the end zone, and it is...

caught! John Brown, touchdown Arizona.

Back-to-back touchdown drives, 66 yards, eight plays,

Arizona has the lead.

Beautifully timed throw,

and now you can see Carson Palmer starting to make

some of the throws that made him

one of the top candidates to be the MVP in this league.

Dalton is all for six in this half,

and now he's going to get sacked at the two-yard line by Dwight Freeney.

David Johnson in the backfield now.

And Palmer will float one into the end zone - caught!

David Johnson touchdown!

Threw that one over Burfict.

Beautiful arcing rain ball from Palmer,

who's now thrown four touchdown passes tonight,

and 21 unanswered points

in the quarter for the Arizona Cardinals.

13 minutes left, but they're going to go for it on 4th down and 4.

Down by 14 points. The crowd rises as one.

Almost shunted offside, Dalton hangs in, fires - caught,

and that's a huge, huge 1st down.

Mohamed Sanu makes it 1st down and goal.

..Hue Jackson playbook,

and then Hill is able to barrel his way in for a touchdown.

Whoa, and then you got a little extra stuff

going on in the end zone.

Mathieu and Hill, team-mates at LSU.

No love emanating from the bayou tonight,

as Cincinnati makes it a one-possession game again.

Bengals got a big break on the stumble,

and it's fourth down on a punt.

3rd and 10.

Here comes the blitz.

He loses the ball and it's taken away.

Markus Golden came in, and then it was taken away, Deone Bucannon...

comes up with the recovery.

The Cardinals weren't able to convert the Dalton fumble

into a touchdown, but kicker Chandler Catanzaro hit

a 24-yard field goal to give Arizona a 31-21 lead.

CHEERING

Dalton, to the end zone...

and that'll be caught for a touchdown!

Eifert again, his second catch, touchdown grab, of the night,

and 11 TD receptions for the tight end.

Gutsy drive there by Andy Dalton.

And the Bengals close to within three with 3.44 left in the fourth.

3rd down and 1. Palmer milking as much of the play clock as he can.

Under three minutes to play. And a huge stop...

for the Bengals, on a 3rd and 1, they give it to Johnson,

so they'll get the ball back, plenty of time, all their time-outs

plus the two-minute warning that's not even an issue right now.

Three game-winning fourth quarter or overtime drives...

..for Andy Dalton. 1st and 10.

37-yard line, Cardinals,

18 straight games they've won with a fourth-quarter lead.

Make it 28, 28 straight.

Longest current streak in the league -

can they keep that one rolling?

And Bernard gets away, he's inside the 40,

and to the 32-yard line, and already Cincinnati in field goal range

but thinking about a lot more now.

Now you've got the big moment in the game, because you pick this up,

you basically can control the clock the rest of the way out.

3rd and 2.

And down the sideline, and broken up, and incomplete.

Bethel was there, got a hand on it, Green is pleading his case.

AJ Green caught it, I think his foot hit the pylon, though.

Bethel is there...

He winds up with the ball.

-Everything goes flying there.

-Yep.

Bounces off his shoulder pad, and then he's out.

Good call, now a big kick.

And that will...

tie the game, with 63 seconds,

Arizona will get the ball, but they will not have a time-out.

From the 35-yard line.

Palmer fires, and that's caught by Fitzgerald,

and Larry will get out of bounds.

Throwing the ball out of bounds to stop the clock.

And just like that, they're into Cincinnati territory,

Catanzaro loosening up.

34 seconds.

Palmer fires - Fitzgerald! Into field goal range, the 26.

Now he wants to spike the ball, stop the clock.

Clock ticking down to 20.

And a first out of the 26-yard line.

So already within Catanzaro's range

clearly would be a 44-yard attempt.

Be a good idea to try to hit the field goal

on third down in case you have a botched...

-Snap!

-Whoops.

-Oh, boy.

Whoops! That's not what you wanted.

But they're going to call this one on Cincinnati.

They are, and I think they're going to say that

they were simulating the count.

That'll stop the clock with six seconds,

so this would make it about a 40-yard field goal,

if indeed the call is on Cincinnati.

Unsportsmanlike conduct, defence number 94.

Half the distance to the goal.

Wow, it's more than a five-yard penalty.

Half the distance here, as Domata Peko simulating the count,

and that's going to make it a chip shot field goal for the win.

This makes it a 32-yard attempt

for Catanzaro to, in effect, win the game.

And the kick is good.

Wild one.

Started out pretty slow first half,

but the second half was crazy.

That's why the schedule these things for 60 minutes.

And it was a heck of a ballgame against a heck of a team,

extremely well-coached team.

And very, very proud of our guys.

Again, things didn't always go our way,

but we managed to keep fighting,

and making some key plays down the stretch.

I trust our quarterback and our receivers to make plays,

and we made the plays to win the game.

The Arizona Cardinals with a statement victory against

the Cincinnati Bengals, all because of the play of this man right here.

Now, a little back story about Carson Palmer.

He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals with the first pick overall,

played a couple of years there,

made a couple of Pro Bowls, and how did they reward him?

By trading him. So he goes into this game with a chip on his shoulder.

How does he start the game off?

By throwing a ridiculous interception

to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Now, I could not understand what would make him throw

a pass like that, being the experienced quarterback that he is.

And then it finally dawned on me -

-he thought he was still playing for the Cincinnati Bengals!

-LAUGHTER

Made a mistake, and the Cincinnati Bengals capitalised on it.

Now, as a great football player, what did you do to combat that?

What do you do when things start going wrong

and you have to find the intestinal fortitude to come through?

Watch what Carson Palmer does right here.

This is a play action fake right here to Chris Johnson.

What does this do? It draws the linebackers up,

and it allows for the rookie speedy receiver JJ Nelson

to get behind the defence.

Carson Palmer with a beautiful pass down the field to Nelson,

who goes all the way in for a touchdown.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you come back.

Two minutes to go, where most games in NFL are lost and won,

with two minutes in the game.

56 seconds left in the game,

Carson Palmer has to move his team all the way down the football field.

Let's see how he was able to do this.

Number one, he finds Larry Fitzgerald

with a pinpoint pass accurate to the outside,

and he gets all the way in, stretches in,

finds a way to get the ball out of bounds.

What this does is it stops the clock, gives them more time

to get down the field. Here's the second pass he does.

Beautiful pass, over the middle, finds Larry Fitzgerald again,

who gets down and still leaves some time on the clock

for the field goal team to come out there and win the game.

Cincinnati Bengals lost this football game.

Carson Palmer played excellent for the Arizona Cardinals,

found a way to win the game at the end.

Well, thank you very much, Osi.

Let's get more from the Cardinals now.

A member of their defence is joining us - Rashad Johnson.

Rashad, thanks for talking to us.

First of all, was Carson Palmer different in the build-up

in the week to the game with the Bengals?

No, Carson wasn't too different.

He's always focused, he's always businesslike.

I think he's just been, you know, extremely focused this year,

just trying to reach the goal that all of us have

in attaining the Super Bowl.

You know, bouncing back from his injury last year.

That was a bigger game for him, though, wasn't it?

Definitely. I mean, playing for that organisation,

being there and the way things happened

where he transitioned out to Oakland -

I think it was definitely a big game for him.

And being able to prove to those guys that he's still got it,

still got the goods to get the job done.

Rashad, you lost your defensive coordinator, Todd Bowles,

to the Jets. But you guys haven't missed a beat.

What do you attribute that to?

I attribute it to the coaching staff now,

but also just the veteran players that we've got on this defence.

Myself, Tyrann, Jerraud Powers, Patrick Peterson, Calais Campbell -

I mean, we've got a lot of veteran guys that have been around here for the past few years.

They knew what it took to have a good defence and what it takes to get the job done.

And I mean, we just continued to go with that same momentum

and same attitude week in and week out.

But it's been also a combination of Coach Bettcher as well.

You know, just taking what he brought to the table,

and also adding what we already had.

And, you know, it's been working out great for us.

Do you feel as a group of players that

you're on the verge of something special?

You can feel it in the building, that we've got something special.

We've got all the tools to get the job done.

But that doesn't mean that the job will get done.

We've still got to go out each and every week, continue to

respect the process, work hard on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays

like we've been doing, and then on Sundays, just get the job done.

So we definitely feel the specialness in this group,

but we also understand it's not just going to happen because we're special.

We've still got to continue to put in the work throughout the week to get the wins on Sunday.

Rashad, thank you very much for talking to us.

We really do appreciate it.

-Yes, sir, thank you for having me.

-Thank you.

Well, we're now going to continue our series

of famous faces who are NFL fans.

The former world heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield

explains why he is a fan of the Atlanta Falcons.

I'm a Falcon fan.

I've been there when they weren't good.

You know, I started when I was a kid, four years old.

I didn't have no money.

I couldn't afford to go to the stadium, so I had to work.

So I became a vendor at the stadium where I could see the Falcons,

and I got there and then I saw some great games.

You know, like William Andrews running that ball,

Bartkowski throwing the ball like this.

I was a Falcons fan. Did they win?

No, they didn't win, but the fact is I was a Falcons fan,

so, ultimately, we're looking for them to rise up,

become the world champion.

I'm a fan. But at the end, everybody wants you to be a champion.

And I know that they will be the real deal, too.

And Atlanta, who are desperately trying to keep pace with

the runaway Carolina Panthers in the NFC South

feature in our second game.

On Sunday they entertained the leaders of the AFC South.

The Indianapolis Colts enter week 11 with five losses

and only four wins, but they still head the AFC South.

Whoo-hoo! Good time, baby!

With quarterback Matt Hasselbeck replacing the injured Andrew Luck,

out with a lacerated kidney,

they travelled to Atlanta to take on a team coming off a bye week

and looking to snap a two-game losing streak.

For very different reasons,

this was a game neither could afford to lose.

Hasselbeck intercepted at the 45-yard line

by Paul Worrilow, the middle linebacker.

Well, that's what you worry about,

is the communication between Matt Hasselbeck

and the receivers, just because he doesn't get the same

amount of reps that Andrew Luck has had with them.

That time, just a complete miscommunication

with Coby Fleener.

Hasselbeck had gone 124 straight passes without an interception.

That was the fourth longest active streak in the NFL.

Ryan pulls it down, now throwing,

tipped over the middle!

Let's see if that's an interception or not.

Picked of the turf by Dwight Lowery.

Because it's a turnover, this automatically gets reviewed,

but you can see he has it in his hands,

but when it hits the ground, the ball moves, so this will be

turned over, or turned back to the Falcons, I believe.

After reviewing the play,

the ruling on the field of the touchback stands as called.

First down Indianapolis.

So Dwight Lowery gets credit for the interception.

In possession, the Colts stalled on an eight play drive

and were forced to pump the ball back to the Falcons.

Ryan.

Throwing wide open for the touchdown

is Patrick DiMarco.

Ryan throwing,

end zone touchdown.

And once again, Patrick DiMarco -

who has now scored his first two touchdowns of this NFL season.

A little push to Bradshaw to the end zone for the touchdown.

Hasselbeck continues to take shots standing in the pocket.

Able to get the play action. Look.

Play action pass, pushing it up the field.

Trying to get the defence confused with that play action,

getting the three receivers to the right.

Great play call.

Ryan to throw on 2nd down at the goal line.

Looking for the end zone. Hankerson, touchdown.

Matt Ryan is six out of seven on the drive.

Matt Ryan having himself a good day

throwing the football. 18 out of 26.

That's his third touchdown pass

of the afternoon.

Hasselbeck to throw again.

This one is good for the touchdown to Ahmad Bradshaw.

Here he is in the back field. He's just going to wind to the flat.

Matt takes his eyes up the field, looks inside.

And Ahmad Bradshaw with his second touchdown catch of the day.

On 1st down, Tevin Coleman running.

Lost the football!

Pile up at the 21-yard line. Who's got it?

The Colts say they do, and so do the officials.

Tevin Coleman got it popped out by Erik Walden,

who has had a heck of a game today.

That's how the third quarter comes to an end.

Stacking that line of scrimmage with defenders.

Only one safety in the middle of the field.

Looks like they're going man across the board.

Hasselbeck throwing.

Intercepted! At about the two-yard line.

Picked off and back to about the 15 by Ricardo Allen.

Ryan.

Intercepted! Picked off at the five.

Touchdown to D'Qwell Jackson.

On 2nd & 10.

Hasselbeck. Little short pop to Gore. Gore with some running room.

Gore! 40. 45. Midfield.

Justin Durant finally dragged him down.

Hasselbeck. Quick slant, 1st down.

Donte Moncrief inside the 35 to the 31.

For Vinatieri and the lead.

The Colts grab their first lead of the day

with 52 seconds to play in the fourth quarter.

2nd & 6.

Falcons out of time outs.

Matt Ryan.

Going to throw it downfield. It is caught!

My goodness. Julio Jones.

No, incomplete. But what an effort by number 11!

Julio Jones actually has the ball and he controls it,

but he doesn't finish it.

He gets to the ground and it's knocked loose

once he gets to the ground.

Give credit to the Colts' defenders there.

They just continue battling.

Ryan...with only a two-man rush.

Looking and throwing it deep.

It's going to come down short of the end zone.

Intercepted by Coby Fleener.

And with that, the Indianapolis Colts

come on to the road and win themselves a big one.

I hadn't played in a long time.

It's a lot of pressure just knowing that these guys are expecting

you to play like Andrew Luck plays when he's out there.

Those are big shoes to fill, he's a great player.

So I'm just working my hardest, trying the best I can.

I'm just glad we're coming out with wins.

Do you think it's harder or easier

when you're an experienced quarterback like Hasselbeck

to go into someone else's offence?

I think it's easier.

He has the experience, he's seen a lot of offences

throughout his career, and he knows how to prepare.

That's what a vet does.

So he's just being polite to Andrew Luck?

Yeah. Yeah.

It's Andrew Luck's team

and he knows he's just here to carry it until he gets back.

The Falcons have gone from 5-0 to now 6-4.

Is this the first big test

of Dan Quinn's head coaching career?

-This is his first season as a head coach.

-I think so.

I think so, but more importantly...

You know, I love the Atlanta Falcons,

but I can't say I'm disappointed that they're losing.

I'm a little happy about that, Mark.

-Eh? How does that work?

-I'll tell you.

When I was playing with the New York Giants,

the Atlanta Falcons were one of the best teams in the league.

I leave New York and I go to the Atlanta Falcons,

and they become one of the worst teams in the league.

LAUGHTER

Then I leave Atlanta and all of a sudden they're undefeated.

I'm like, "Man, is this me? Is it something I did?"

To see them losing a couple of games here,

I feel a little bit better about myself.

But I want them to get back on the winning track, though,

cos I do like the Atlanta Falcons.

-I learn more about Osi's logic by the week...

-Can't take him anywhere.

Thank goodness you're serious.

Time now to catch up with other teams who are featuring

in the race to Super Bowl 50,

starting with two clubs going head-to-head

for the lead of the NFC North.

The Green Bay Packers visited Minnesota

having lost three in a row,

surrendering the lead of the NFC North to their rivals,

who themselves were in a seven-game win streak.

It looked like that streak would continue

when the home side got first touchdown through Kyle Rudolph.

However, just before half-time, Aaron Rodgers found his range.

Touchdown, Randall Cobb!

Adrian Peterson, who on the whole was very well-contained

by the Green Bay defence,

did sneak through for a touchdown.

But any hopes of a Minnesota comeback were dashed

by James Jones' 27-yard score.

Both teams now have 7-3 records.

Green Bay back on top of the north division

on the head-to-head tie-breaker.

Elsewhere in the NFC, the Philadelphia Eagles,

without injured quarterback Sam Bradford,

again failed to take the lead in the eastern division.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' quarterback Jameis Winston

matched Carolina's Cam Newton by throwing five touchdown passes

to five different receivers, and equalled a rookie record.

Touchdown, Russell Shepard.

Tampa Bay completely dominated Philadelphia

and, with a 5-5 record, hoisted themselves into the race

for an NFC wild card berth.

Touchdown.

The Dallas Cowboys welcomed quarterback Tony Romo

back from injury as they travelled to...sunny Miami?

With Romo, they won their first two games.

Without him, they had lost their next seven.

He added to his glowing reputation by finding Terrance Williams

with a 31-yard pass for a 14-0 half-time lead.

He's got it!

Miami fought back bravely to level the scores.

But any hopes they had of victory disappeared

with this score at the top of the fourth quarter.

Romo lofting it. Bryant! Touchdown.

They may have only won three games this season,

but the Dallas Cowboys now sit just two victories

behind the New York Giants for a share of the division lead.

And on the Pacific Coast,

the Seattle Seahawks retained

a glimmer of hope in the wild card hunt.

Tyler Lockett and Thomas Rawls both scored two touchdowns

as they breezed past divisional rivals San Francisco.

Touchdown Seattle!

So Green Bay back in form

and yet rather than tactics or great performances,

social media was dominated by James Jones wearing a hoodie.

Apparently this is the first time this has ever been seen

in an NFL game.

He says he's got Cali Swag, but I don't know.

I mean... He looks like we used to practise.

I mean, we would practise with the long sleeves

and things of that nature, but never in a game.

He said he wore it in practice and it felt comfortable,

It was a bit cold so that's why he wore it.

If you were defending against him,

you'd try and pull that back, wouldn't you?

You cannot respect a man

who goes out there on the football field...

You know, he looked ridiculous, man.

He looked like you in the Kansas City getup

-that you had on, man.

-Moving on from that.

At least he was warm, that's the most important thing.

Are Cowboys a completely different proposition

-with Tony Romo back?

-Yes. Yes.

He definitely makes that team tick,

and they seem more confident with him in there.

Without him in there, it was like the guys...

they just didn't believe in the guy

at the position, at the QB position.

They're playing better, they need him.

They still, ridiculous as it sounds,

have a chance in that division.

They don't really have a chance, but, you know...

That's again because you have an agenda,

and that's because the Giants are in that division.

On to our third match, where the AFC Western Division leaders,

the Denver Broncos, were looking at a trip

to one of THE most iconic of NFL stadia -

Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears.

He may have become the NFL's most prolific passer last time out,

but quarterback Peyton Manning was forced to remain in Denver on Sunday

with foot, ribs and shoulder injuries.

Celebrating his 25th birthday,

Brock Osweiler stepped up to lead the Denver Broncos

to take on the Chicago Bears,

a team now coached by John Fox,

who spent the last four seasons in Denver,

leading them to Super Bowl 48.

Chicago were looking to add to their two-game win streak,

Denver attempting to break a two-game losing skid.

We have so many things at stake here.

Denver as an organisation trying to figure out

whether or not Osweiler is the future

and if they're going to invest big money in him.

Osweiler individually trying to prove to everybody around the league

that he can be a starting quarterback at this level.

Yeah, everything is an audition at this point.

Line of scrimmage is the 49.

Stepping up. Osweiler. Wide open, Demaryius Thomas - nobody near him.

Thomas remains upright down the sideline,

looking for the angle.

Thomas takes it all the way. Touchdown, Broncos.

But how wide open can a guy get here? Good pass protection.

Now the run after the catch.

Here's the missed tackle there, now the speed of Thomas

tight-roping the chalk down and getting in for the touchdown.

Happy birthday, Brock Osweiler,

because that was a gift from his wide receiver doing the work.

The Bears kicked two field goals in the second quarter from Robbie Gould,

while the Broncos struck back with a 24-yard field goal

from Brandon McManus to give them a 10-6 lead going into half-time.

Here's Cutler with the throw.

Over the middle. It's intercepted!

Danny Trevathan!

Brought down.

Just the sixth interception of the season for Cutler,

who has limited the mistakes.

That's a big one there on a 15-yard return.

Trevathan way deep in the secondary, cuts underneath Wilson,

comes up with this pick.

First mistake of the ball game for either team.

First takeaway since week 6, a victory at Cleveland,

for this Denver D.

So it's Ferentz now shifting out of the fullback slot.

On 4th & 1.

The running play coming up short. Ronnie Hillman on the stumble.

If he doesn't stumble, I believe he's going to score easily.

Maybe it's Osweiler who trips him here.

Yeah, he pushes his right foot into his left foot

as he goes by on the hand-off.

He's 6'8, Osweiler.

He's got some big dogs under that 6'8, too.

That may have just cost them, and it did. Big time.

Following the 4th down failure, Chicago drove down the field

and Gould hit a 47-yard field goal to cut Denver's lead to just one point.

2nd & 4. Take the hand-off. Toss it to a wide-open Daniels.

Oh, and Daniels has a 1st down for Denver.

Brock Osweiler said I've got a ton of time to sit back

and watch not just Peyton Manning but other quarterbacks.

I feel like I understand why they make certain decisions,

avoid turnovers, make good decisions.

That was a good one.

3rd & 8. Osweiler. Offence ball to the end zone! Touchdown, Broncos.

Cody Latimer.

First NFL touchdown catch for Latimer.

He had no choice but to catch that one.

That would have gone right through his chest!

Still a one possession game. 17-9, Denver.

So Fox is rolling the dice on a 4th & goal inside the 5.

Cutler backpedals. Steps up. Cutler...

Upstairs! Knocked away, it's incomplete.

The Bears come up empty on 4th down.

This is a 3rd & 1 for Denver.

Anderson up the gut.

Anderson...tries to keep the legs moving.

-He didn't get enough.

-Anderson comes up short.

It sets up Chicago with a 1st & 10 inside the Denver 35.

Cutler, it was slapped away and picked off.

Miller gets a piece and Malik Jackson is there.

The Bears turn it over with 2.23 remaining.

Von Miller finally shows up with a strip-sack - a huge play for Denver.

The number one defence delivers.

-Going down, Osweiler.

-I don't know about taking that sack.

That's about an eight-yard sack.

Every yard is so critical at this point of the ball game.

Jay Cutler has thrown two picks in the second half.

Remember - down by eight,

they need the touch and the two-pointer afterwards.

1st down, Cutler. Steps up. Cutler gets rid of it.

Downfield, Cutler connects with Zach Miller.

Into Denver territory and a 20-yard pass play.

An offensive lineman at fullback.

Trailing by eight. Hand-off...

Langford! Touchdown, Bears.

Jeremy Langford ploughs in.

They are two points away from tying this one up late in the fourth.

Here's the two-point try for Chicago. 17-15, Broncos.

Langford in the back field.

Going against the best defence this year, statistically, in the NFL.

Langford...DENIED!

The Broncos with the stop.

T J Ward from the safety spot, totally unblocked,

dove at the legs of Langford,

and Langford never had a shot.

With 24 seconds left, Denver holding on to a 17-15 lead.

Well, you know,

the list of things that I've learned behind Peyton is endless.

You know, I've learned not only how to be

a professional off the field, but on the field, in the locker room.

You know, I've learned so much about situational football -

1st down, 2nd down, 3rd down, what your thoughts are on the road,

what your thoughts are on your first drive,

your last drive, four minute.

I have not wasted a single day sitting behind Peyton.

I fully recognise that he might be the greatest quarterback

to ever play, if not one of the greatest.

I know, Jason, you wanted to say something

about Osweiler to Latimer for that touchdown.

Yeah. People don't understand rhythm in the passing game.

When you've got guys that were on the practice squad together,

they're the look squad for the defence,

they're getting used to each other every day.

So when he gets pulled up off the practice squad to play,

that's the one guy he has rhythm with.

Nobody might not know him, but that's the one guy he knows.

You could see it in his eyes, couldn't you?

You could see - he looked at him the whole play.

He's like, "I know what this guy does coming out of his breaks,

"I know he sees what I see."

Most quarterbacks, when they talk after a game

are very, very impressive.

He was no different, actually.

That was one of the more impressive things

that I saw that day.

I mean, that is a good-looking guy.

I mean, he is well put together, he speaks well,

he's very eloquent with his words.

If I'm a general manager,

I want my quarterback to look just like that.

-And he's learning from Peyton.

-Yeah, yeah. That's incredible.

Anybody that's been around Peyton or Eli Manning

have seen a well-put-together individual

that knows how to manage that position on and off the field.

Right, our second round up features teams from the AFC

and starts with Denver's divisional rivals.

Things went from bad to worse

for Philip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers

as they went behind early to the Kansas City Chiefs.

On the sidelines, Rivers and Antonio Gates then had words

before the quarterback gifted Justin Houston

with this 17-yard interception score early in the second half.

And he's in for the pick six.

Then Spencer Ware added insult to injury

with two short touchdown runs

as the Kansas City routed the hapless San Diego.

With four straight wins,

they now move into second place in the AFC West behind Denver,

and put themselves squarely into wild card contention.

DeAndre Hopkins set the home team on their way with

a stunning 61-yard touchdown.

Oh, he's got Hopkins, who has burned Revis.

Alfred Blue caught a 21-yard touchdown pass

from receiver Cecil Shorts,

following a superbly worked play,

quarterback T J Yates throwing a lateral pass.

Then Hopkins scored again as the Houston Texans

battled to win over the New York Jets.

Now with a 5-5 record, Houston are tied with Indianapolis

atop the AFC South, separated only by the head-to-head tie-breaker.

These two teams meet again in week 15.

A momentous week in the NFL thanks to Kansas City Chiefs,

who now have the heaviest man to have ever scored a touchdown.

-I don't know why I'm laughing.

-You love this. You love this.

I do love this.

Dontari Poe, who, at 346 pounds, is 11 pounds heavier than

the legendary Fridge was when he went over.

That guy is framing that football.

You see how he's got his dance ready? He knew he was scoring.

Like, if I'm on goal line and I see that guy coming towards me,

I'm getting out of the way. I'm conceding a touchdown.

-They can score the touchdown.

-Wait, from what I recall,

-they took you out on goal line.

-You're right. They did.

Joking aside, is that unstoppable, when you are that size, one yard out?

Absolutely no way you can stop a man

who is 340-something pounds from getting in the end zone.

-He's just got to lean forward.

-That's all he's got to do.

-He's got to lean forward.

-Just lean forward and fall.

And he's in. Right, if you want more NFL,

then why not join Nat Coombs and Mike Carlson

as they begin their regular Sunday night coverage?

That's on 5Live Sports Xtra from 7.30.

This week, it'll feature the Cardinals at the 49ers.

Now here's some sights and sounds from this week

that you may have missed.

Light work.

HE CHEERS

CHEERING

Now, last week I told you, cos we were on the road,

you could wear your sweats home.

Know what it is this week? See you Wednesday.

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All right, we had a record-setter today.

Greg Olsen.

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Speech! Speech!

Hold on, hold on. Here you go. You're a man of your word.

One, two, three...

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Well, let's just end by taking a look at some of the tweets

and pictures that you're sending us, starting with an NFL rookie one here.

This comes from Siobhan...

-There are two different definitions. You go first with one.

-OK.

Yeah, it could be two things.

The first one is a safety can be an offensive player

getting tackled in their own end zone.

The sign is like this, it's two points to the defence,

then you have to punt the ball off.

Little bit like an own goal in our football.

The other definition of a safety?

Actual position on the field, a safety,

like my man Jason Bell played.

OK.

I just want to do Ian Wright here.

Question is, is it too early for Christmas jumpers?

The former Arsenal striker has even taken

a picture of himself in his Denver Christmas jumper.

The answer is yes, it is far too early, as we're still in November.

We do have some special Christmas jumpers that we might show you

a little later on in the season.

Right, as we round out week 11,

let's see the changes in the play-off picture.

In the AFC, New England and Cincinnati

remain as the top two seeds, whilst Denver and Indianapolis

are the other division leaders.

Houston are now tied with Indianapolis in the AFC South.

At 6-4, Pittsburgh will be happy that during their bye week

no-one's overtaken them for the first wild card spot.

The major change, Kansas City replacing Buffalos,

the second AFC wild card.

In the NFC, Carolina and Arizona are the top two seeds

and looking forward to a week off as things stand.

Waiting for the outcome of wild card weekend are now Green Bay

and the New York Giants, our division leaders.

They'd host the two wildcards,

occupied at present by Minnesota and Atlanta.

Right, that's it for week 11. Out of breath.

Join us next week as we begin the six-game scramble

in the race to Super Bowl 50.

We'll see you then. Bye-bye.

Hit them folk.

It's about honour. It's about respect.

We win this game, you're honoured. Your kids are honoured.

Your families are honoured.

Win on three. One, two, three.

WIN!

Touchdown, Patriots.

New England strike first in Super Bowl 49.

Touchdown, Patriots!

It's been all year long. Number 12.

The New England Patriots are on to a celebration -

a fourth Lombardi Trophy is headed to 1 Patriot Place.

-CHANTING:

-Brady! Brady! Brady!