0:00:04 > 0:00:07And it will be time for these two teams to settle it
0:00:07 > 0:00:09between the white lines.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10COMMENTATOR:No way.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12He's going to fire towards the end zone.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Reno have lost have lost the ball the ball up the near side.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16Montana throw.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17The end zone.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Touchdown.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Looking down field, going deep.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22A one man wrecking crew.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Unbelievable!
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Let's go!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28How did he do that?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Looking, head ups.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Oh, and caught, for the win.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Unstoppable!
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Hello and welcome to NFL This Week.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38We're past the half way mark in the regular season
0:00:38 > 0:00:42and what a half we've had so far.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46It started at 100 miles an hour.
0:00:46 > 0:00:54The speed of hurricane Irma, the NFL lashed by the president.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57And sometimes in a storm you have to stay low, stay strong.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59The theme of a painful struggle persists.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Stars of the show hobbling away.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06Old hands that know full well it comes with the territory.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08The rookie loving the bright lights.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09COMMENTATOR: Watson.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10Touchdown!
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Out of action too.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Other themes, more uplifting, teams not given a chance,
0:01:16 > 0:01:17shouting their defiance.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18Love you, guys.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Love where we're going.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27New faces lighting up this season, outsiders on the rise,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30the fancied fading, when Giants fall they come down hard.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Sometimes between the extremes business as usual.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39The hard-headed and the well tested in their groove.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44Now, as they always have been, in contention.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49And around the core of steel swirl the changes and adjustments
0:01:49 > 0:01:53and trades and sackings.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55All that will sweep football into the second half
0:01:55 > 0:01:58of the regular season.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01The rushing yards and the passing yards, and the unflinching courage
0:02:01 > 0:02:04of an entire brotherhood of pro footballers.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05Oh!
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Loving each other.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09How many people want to eat a W tonight?
0:02:09 > 0:02:14And knocking lumps out of each other.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18All together and all trying to tear each other apart.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21So to lead us into the second half of the season it's the battered
0:02:21 > 0:02:23and bruised Washington Redskins.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Plagued by injuries, the three time Super Bowl winners
0:02:25 > 0:02:28head to Seattle to face an unforgiving Seahawks.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32On a four game win streak, Russell Wilson's men put 41 points
0:02:32 > 0:02:42past Houston last week in one of the games of the season.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47COMMENTARY: Blitz.
0:02:47 > 0:02:57Wagner for two.
0:02:57 > 0:03:03When Seattle has you in a disadvantageous position,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05they like coming after you.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07They've got them backed up and they sent everyone at Cousins.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10It became a game of cat and mouse.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11And so, Wagner with the safety.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Of course after that the Redskins will free kick it from the 20.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15They do just that.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16This is Lockett.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Lockett is taken down at 30.
0:03:17 > 0:03:23Pretty good coverage by Washington.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Blair Walsh has had a good year, the former Viking, 12 of 13.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27This is a 44 yarder.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28And it's no good.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32So, a second miss of the year, and that one wasn't even close.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35This will be a 39 yard try for Walsh.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Ryan, the holder.
0:03:39 > 0:03:49And that one is going to go wide, as well.
0:03:51 > 0:03:5213th play.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53It's Kelley.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54And he is in.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Touchdown Washington!
0:03:55 > 0:03:56He does a tremendous job.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58And with a bunch of guys who were just getting
0:03:58 > 0:04:01to know each other, working against the Seattle Seahawks,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03typically the number one scoring defense in the league.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04Wilson.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Looking that way.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10Goes over the middle.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12McAvoy, his second catch of the year.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14They've got to hurry-up and spike it, though,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16no time-outs, eight seconds, got to get to the line.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Five seconds.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Wilson will spike it with three seconds left.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Saved enough time to give Walsh another attempt.
0:04:21 > 0:04:27He has missed from 39, he's missed from 44,
0:04:27 > 0:04:35this would be a 49 yarder, tying the season long if he gets it.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Snap and hold are good, the kick is crooked,
0:04:37 > 0:04:38and it is wide left again.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Three times in a row, all wide left, unbelievable.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45It's been a nightmare first half for Walsh,
0:04:45 > 0:04:55and it stays seven and two Redskins at the break.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00STUDIO: Nick Rose showed Walsh how it was done in the third quarter,
0:05:00 > 0:05:02he went over from 28 yards, and Washington led by eight
0:05:02 > 0:05:04going into the fourth quarter.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05COMMENTARY: 2nd down.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Wilson.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07He is wide open.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Willson, touchdown, Seattle!
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Here comes Wilson 82, the bootleg play.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Wilson able to get his shoulders square on the flat,
0:05:15 > 0:05:17turned it to one-on-one, and Wilson to Willson,
0:05:17 > 0:05:21extra L, touchdown.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26And now in the fourth quarter, down by two, the field goalkicker
0:05:26 > 0:05:29who has missed three times, they will go for two and the tie.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34They are one of two, on 2-point conversions this year.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Get it off.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Wilson throws...
0:05:36 > 0:05:37No!
0:05:37 > 0:05:38It has been intercepted.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41And this could go.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Wilson racing to stop Swearinger, makes a cut, Swearinger
0:05:43 > 0:05:48still going on lateral.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Who is going to get there?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Still on his feet.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Another lateral.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Look at this play.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58And finally taken down the Redskins.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01That would have been a two point conversion for Washington
0:06:01 > 0:06:06if they had gone all the way.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Excitement, but all it is is a failed 2-point
0:06:08 > 0:06:10conversion for Seattle.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13And to get to the 32, four man rush, Cousins in trouble.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15The ball is loose.
0:06:15 > 0:06:25In the end zone, recovered, waiting for a signal, touchdown!
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Does he down is going to be the key, because Freeney not only made
0:06:30 > 0:06:32the tackle, but went for the...
0:06:32 > 0:06:37See him working it right there?
0:06:37 > 0:06:40I think they are going to rule him down by contact.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43But Freeney was trying to work the ball free and got it late.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45The quarterback was deemed down with the ball in his hands
0:06:45 > 0:06:46on the 4-yard line.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49The ruling on the field, it will be Washington's ball, 4th down.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Almost the game altering play.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55From the 30.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59A lot of time.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00Wilson lets it go.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01He has got a wide-open goal.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Touchdown!
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Makes it a four point lead and they are going to go for two.
0:07:09 > 0:07:17And the reason is if Washington goes down and scores it's a tie,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19and if they can block the extra, and they can stay.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Still get a shot, right.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24On the roll.
0:07:24 > 0:07:25Wilson looking, firing, dropped.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27In and out of the hands of Graham.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30But the touchdown, Wilson and Baldwin gives Seattle the lead.
0:07:30 > 0:07:312nd down.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Freeney coming again.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Cousins gets rid of it.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36In Seattle territory.
0:07:36 > 0:07:42What a throw by Cousins under duress.
0:07:42 > 0:07:51Cousins, back again, firing deep for Docston.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52Diving!
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Docston down at the one.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Anderson comes in at fullback.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Kelley going forward.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Kelley, touchdown!
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Washington leads.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06So, the Seahawks up against the odds.
0:08:06 > 0:08:1035 seconds left, and a 3rd & 10.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Wilson has time.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Fires, complete.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Richardson breaks the tackle.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18To the 40.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19And down.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21But they've got to hurry, no time-outs.
0:08:21 > 0:08:27They rush to the line with 22 seconds to go.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29They are going to run a play here.
0:08:29 > 0:08:3016 seconds left.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Wilson, looking, in trouble, throws it.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38And his arm was coming forward, it's incomplete with 11 seconds left.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Did they call an incomplete?
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Or did they call it down?
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Here is the call.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Seahawks have to be ready here.
0:08:43 > 0:08:50The ruling on the field is confirmed.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51The quarterback was down by contact.
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Four seconds.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53And it'll come down to this.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Barring something crazy this will be the final play of the game.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Here we go.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Wilson...
0:08:59 > 0:09:00One man rush, but here comes Kerrigan.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01He gets away.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05He sets, he throws a Hail Mary to the end zone, and it is...
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Incomplete!
0:09:07 > 0:09:10The Redskins win it.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14It was close at the end, but DeAngelo Hall got enough
0:09:14 > 0:09:24of his hands in there to give the Redskins one of them are
0:09:24 > 0:09:25-- their hardest fought wins in years.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26Just total team victory.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27I'll tell you.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29The pass rushes, the coverage, our defense was outstanding,
0:09:29 > 0:09:31the coach did a great job.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Offensively we just spluttered, we couldn't really run a ball.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34We couldn't really protect.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Didn't do a lot of things.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38But when it counted, when they took the lead,
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Kirk had two outstanding passes.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40The guys made plays.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Just very proud of all of those guys.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45It's really important that we find a way back and play good football.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46That was bad.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47A bad day for us.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49And I totally feel responsible for that.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51I don't see anything other than that.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54It's not just on Blair or anything else, you know, it's on all of us.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57It starts with me and going down the line, let's find
0:09:57 > 0:09:59a way to be better.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02The resiliency and the grit of this team is a reflection
0:10:02 > 0:10:03of the whole organisation.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06It's the kind of thing you can build on and do something with,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09not just in one season or one part of the season, but hopefully
0:10:09 > 0:10:10for years to come.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13You need wins like this to solidify that kind of reputation.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16It was a really, really tense game, wasn't it?
0:10:16 > 0:10:21As low scoring ones often seem to be.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Yes, it was, twists and turns, and absolutely, what do
0:10:24 > 0:10:25you all call it, cracker?
0:10:25 > 0:10:29A cracker of a game.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30LAUGHTER.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31Exactly.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33A cracker of a game.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35We're going to take you through the sort of story
0:10:35 > 0:10:36of the game, really.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38You've just pointed out, before we did this, you thought
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Blair Walsh had his hair cut like a Premier League footballer.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Man, those guys have the freshest haircuts.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45I mean, I like it.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Shame he didn't kick like a Premier League footballer,
0:10:48 > 0:10:49that would be the argument here.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51But he had an absolute shocker, didn't he, really?
0:10:51 > 0:10:54If he had landed these field goals in the first half it probably
0:10:54 > 0:10:56would have been a very different game, three missed
0:10:56 > 0:10:58in the first half.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Absolutely.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01And, you know, Seattle is always built on playing defense.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04They don't have their running game going, so they have to make
0:11:04 > 0:11:06all the points they can in the kicking game.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08This is detrimental to their success.
0:11:08 > 0:11:08Detrimental?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10That's what's up.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11You've been in England a long time.
0:11:11 > 0:11:12I'm learning.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14When you see these constantly being missed, and there
0:11:14 > 0:11:17is the Seattle owner and the general manager, as well, it just,
0:11:17 > 0:11:19it deflates a team, doesn't it?
0:11:19 > 0:11:20No question about it.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Like Jason said, this is a team built on defense,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25they are not going to score a lot of point anyway.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27So all of these field goals count.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30He's missing field goals in a tight game like this,
0:11:30 > 0:11:31it cost them in the end.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Is it the kind of thing he will get cut for?
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Yeah, you know what?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37They don't have a lot of time and patience with kickers.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39So, if there's somebody out there in the market,
0:11:39 > 0:11:41believe me, he's in, getting worked out.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44The other thing with Blair Walsh, of course, a couple of years ago
0:11:44 > 0:11:47when he was at the Vikings, he missed a crucial
0:11:47 > 0:11:49kick in a playoff game against the Seahawks.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51How do you remember this?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53LAUGHTER.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Strictly speaking, it's all our jobs to
0:11:54 > 0:11:56remember stuff like that.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Now it's your job to talk me through the Washington defense.
0:11:58 > 0:12:05They have got injuries, haven't they, and yet they control
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Russell Wilson perfectly in this game.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Yeah, you know, you've got to give it to the coaching,
0:12:09 > 0:12:11and the depth they have in their team.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13So, when they picked this roster in the offseason,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15they really picked guys they knew could fit into this scheme.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Because they are plugging guys in, and they are making plays.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Now, what I'm led to believe they did correctly, and I'm only
0:12:21 > 0:12:24doing this because I'm on this side, but you can talk through it,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27is they didn't want Russell Wilson to move anywhere, really come out
0:12:27 > 0:12:29of those two lines.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30Which is his strength.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31Isn't it?
0:12:31 > 0:12:32If he runs around.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Exactly, once he gets outside of the pocket, that's
0:12:34 > 0:12:36where Russell Wilson hurts you.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38And you see the pressure these teams are bringing.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40They are keeping him in the pocket, making him uncomfortable.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42If you watch his footwork he's not comfortable,
0:12:42 > 0:12:45he keeps moving around, and he is making them
0:12:45 > 0:12:46make a lot of mistakes.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47Shall I do it again?
0:12:47 > 0:12:48One more time.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49All right.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51That's cool.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54What, I mean, is the key to that getting to him quickly, then?
0:12:54 > 0:12:57The pace of the D line and the linebackers?
0:12:57 > 0:13:00What has to happen is the defensive ends have to keep him contained.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02They can't let him break outside.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04When the pressure comes they forced him to step up
0:13:04 > 0:13:06and inside the pocket, and that makes him
0:13:06 > 0:13:07make the mistakes.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I suppose the question is why haven't more teams tried to do this?
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Because it's not that easy.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16You have to be very disciplined in your rush lanes.
0:13:16 > 0:13:23And it's because he can create when he gets outside that pocket.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27He sees the field differently than when he does when he is stuck
0:13:27 > 0:13:30in there with pressure on his feet.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Is it more impressive because I mean,
0:13:32 > 0:13:34they've had a lot of injuries, haven't they, this year?
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Both offensively and defensively.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36A lot of injuries.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38But they keep plugging away.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41They don't have a premier pass rush outside of Kerrigan on that team.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44And they were still able to give Russell Wilson inside the bucket
0:13:44 > 0:13:46and contain him and harass him and harassing the entire game.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48We spoke about injuries just there.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50As I say, they've had them offensively, as well.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53He's got to throw to new receivers, compared to the last season,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Kurt Cousins, doesn't have Jackson any more, hasn't
0:13:55 > 0:13:56got Garcon any more.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57And he's making plays.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59This was the knock on him, right.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Could he make the big throws in a game where
0:14:01 > 0:14:03he had to win the game?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05And that's what he's proving right now.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08This guy's making himself a tonne of money right now, by the way.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10You could play anybody in there and he could run
0:14:10 > 0:14:12the offensive well enough for you to play and win.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16No question that you can see what this guy is doing right now.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18He is doing what the elite quarterbacks in the NFL do.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21He is making the other receivers, who aren't household names,
0:14:21 > 0:14:22good football players.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24And you see this mistake right here, that just happened?
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Yes.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26We need to highlight that.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Yes.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Because it's...
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Shall I go back?
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Yeah, yeah, go back and check this out.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Because this is a rookie mistake.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34This guy's a rookie corner...
0:14:34 > 0:14:37You mean what this guy is doing or me trying to work the screen?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39No, no, we are talking about the corner.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41But he didn't take him down.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43So he would have scored if the safety wasn't
0:14:43 > 0:14:44alert to hit him again.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45And that was a rookie mistake.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48In college you don't have to do that.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Having done with all of those big plays, they go over like this.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Smash mouth football.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58Like this.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Right down.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Get in the gold line.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06He gives his boy the ball, because he says, you got us down
0:15:06 > 0:15:07here, and I appreciate you.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09That's good, that's good teamwork.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11You talk about Cousins are earning a tonne of money.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13You can see what it means to him.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15It was a proper performance by him.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Particularly in a week where he must have been thinking,
0:15:17 > 0:15:20I've just lost my chance to go to the San Francisco 49ers.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22LAUGHTER.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24I know the 49ers are awful this season,
0:15:24 > 0:15:28but all the talk this season was about what's he going to go to
0:15:28 > 0:15:30the 49ers at the end of this season?
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Now he has teams like the Jacksonville Jaguars,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36who have the defense, plug him in, I mean,
0:15:36 > 0:15:37they are Super Bowl contenders, legitimately.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40There will be teams lining up outside the door
0:15:40 > 0:15:41for this quarterback.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42He's an outstanding player.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44The talk of him going to San Francisco was because of Shanahan,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47and he knows the system, and he knows him pretty well,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50and it would have been a perfect, seamless fit for the 49ers,
0:15:50 > 0:15:53but the competition for this man is going to be ridiculous.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55We'll have highlights of Seattle's trip to Arizona and preview
0:15:55 > 0:15:56the remaining week 10 games.
0:15:56 > 0:16:04You can also catch the show on the iPlayer.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07A reminder The NFL Show is on at 11.30pm this
0:16:07 > 0:16:08Saturday on BBC One.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Right let's take a look at some of the other week 9 games.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13We are going to start with the Indianapolis Colts
0:16:13 > 0:16:14against the Houston Texans.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15The first game without Sean Watson.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Tom Savage stepping back in.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18Hilton tormented the Texans.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20He ran eight yards in two parts.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21He gets up.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22Damn, fellas!
0:16:22 > 0:16:29CHUCKLES As you were explaining earlier, Jason, he wasn't contacted.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31He goes into the end zone.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32Savage found Hopkins in the fourth quarter,
0:16:32 > 0:16:39and it wasn't enough, and the Colts beat the Texans.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Savage wasn't Savage.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Exactly, have you been working on that one?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Yes, it felt good.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Now, the two AFC wild card picks, the Ravens and the Titans.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49You've got to bring up old stuff, man.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Oh, man.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57Good play on the ball.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Titans actually did all right, so one out of two isn't bad.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00Did Meatloaf sing that?
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Anyway, we did not talk about any of the action there.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Mariota did well.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Good couple of throws.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06Mariota did well.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07The Titans won.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Mariota did well, he did not do as well as Carson Wentz.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13His Eagles are absolutely flying.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Four first half touchdowns against this Broncos defense.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Burton being found from 27.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Get in there.
0:17:21 > 0:17:22On his debut.
0:17:22 > 0:17:2546 yard touchdown.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27It did not work out for our guy Brock, man.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28No.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30He just doesn't have it.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32He hit Brock bottom.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33CHUCKLES
0:17:33 > 0:17:38You was working on that!
0:17:38 > 0:17:40It might have taken a little while.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41That was horrible.
0:17:41 > 0:17:48The Rams went to New Jersey to make it a horrible day for the Giants.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Robert Wood turned a 3rd and 33 into a second-quarter touchdown.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52That looked bad.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53That looked like the guys weren't playing hard.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55That's unacceptable.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Jared Goff was superb for LA.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Four touchdowns including that 67 yarder to Sammy Watkins.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03We're not going to talk Giants, we're going to talk Rams.
0:18:03 > 0:18:11There's a really interesting stat about the Rams.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13They've got a fantastic road record of 4-0,
0:18:13 > 0:18:14they've travelled over 12,000 miles so far.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17You can see it on the screen at the moment.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19By the end of the season they'll have travelled nearly 32
0:18:19 > 0:18:21and a half thousand miles, Pittsburgh Steelers
0:18:21 > 0:18:24will have the least in the NFL, just shy of 7000.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25That 32,000 miles.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26That's remarkable, isn't it?
0:18:26 > 0:18:27That is a tremendous amount of travelling.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29For this team to have kept it together.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32This young team, to have kept it together so far, I mean,
0:18:32 > 0:18:34I'm really impressed with the Head Coach.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36It's because they are young, like you said.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Also, they must be used to travelling.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41A lot of them will have moved to LA, they don't have a training center
0:18:41 > 0:18:46as such at the moment.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49They are training at the University but their new camp is being built.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52So I suppose a lot of them are used to being moved around.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55And that's what I think that the advantage comes from.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57They are used to being on the road.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00They are used to, kind of, just being together and figuring it
0:19:00 > 0:19:01out as they move on.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03They don't have to be in one set area.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05It has to be because they are young.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07We were just talking about this the other day, like,
0:19:07 > 0:19:11you get off a plane after a six-hour flight, your legs feel so heavy.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12That's the truth.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13Oh my god.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15So how they keep going out there and winning after travelling
0:19:15 > 0:19:17all of these miles, it's remarkable.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21And you two turn left on the plane, as well, the rest of us turn right.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22CHUCKLES
0:19:22 > 0:19:24You mentioned their Head Coach, this is what happened
0:19:24 > 0:19:26in the locker room after the win against the Giants,
0:19:26 > 0:19:27here is Head Coach Mcveigh.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29How did we get to this point?
0:19:29 > 0:19:33By taking it one game at a time, by taking it one day at a time,
0:19:33 > 0:19:36we know we've got a great Houston Texans team coming back,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38going back to the Colosseum, let's find a way to get it
0:19:38 > 0:19:40done at home next week.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Against a very good team.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42All right?
0:19:42 > 0:19:45That's a great team win, man, we'll keep stacking these blocks,
0:19:45 > 0:19:476-2 right now, congratulations to you, guys, continue to take steps.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48Can we get a breakdown.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49CHEERING
0:19:49 > 0:19:53I've never met him, so I'm going on what I saw
0:19:53 > 0:19:55in the all or nothing documentary, I'm going on his interviews
0:19:55 > 0:19:58this season, what we see in the locker room.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59He is relentlessly positive, isn't he?
0:19:59 > 0:20:00So that must have an effect.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Doesn't look for excuses, keeps them up all the time,
0:20:03 > 0:20:06so that must have an effect when it comes to the travelling,
0:20:06 > 0:20:07as well as how they are playing.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Yes, I think so, man.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11When you have a coach who's positive like that,
0:20:11 > 0:20:13keeps on encouraging you, I think you want to
0:20:13 > 0:20:14play harder for him.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17You kind of don't want to make any excuses, man,
0:20:17 > 0:20:18but listening to him, he sounds exactly
0:20:18 > 0:20:20like John Gruden did.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Young John Gruden.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22He sounds exactly...
0:20:22 > 0:20:23It's uncanny.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26I'm trying to figure out why he sounds like him, man, it's crazy.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28John Gruden was a young, successful coach.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29Maybe he watched the film.
0:20:29 > 0:20:38That's what I would have did.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Just to talk about the Eagles, as well, we'll be talking a lot
0:20:41 > 0:20:44about the Eagles a lot between now and the end of the season.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Every great quarterback needs a go to receiver,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49and Carson Wentz has that at the moment with Alshon Jeffery.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Absolutely.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51And you want a guy you can trust.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Meaning you want to be able to throw the ball out there and him to go
0:20:55 > 0:20:58compete for it and to come down with it.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00And you see on this play, this is a great pass design.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02You throw it up to a big target.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03This is a big receiver.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07So he has a wide range to catch the ball, which is very effective
0:21:07 > 0:21:08down in the red zone.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10And when you're talking about a guy like Alshon Jeffery,
0:21:10 > 0:21:13who with the Chicago Bears was an absolutely outstanding
0:21:13 > 0:21:15receiver, fell off a little bit, came to the Philadelphia Eagles
0:21:15 > 0:21:17on a one-year contract, and he's playing outstanding, man,
0:21:17 > 0:21:20they are going to keep him there for a very long time.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21He has all the skills.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Good range, like Jason said, has good hands,
0:21:23 > 0:21:25he's a great football player.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Does the one-year contract have something to do with it,
0:21:27 > 0:21:29in the sense that he is playing for his future?
0:21:29 > 0:21:30You could say that.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31Oh, it does!
0:21:31 > 0:21:32CHUCKLES
0:21:32 > 0:21:35All right, but I mean he balled before, so it's not
0:21:35 > 0:21:39like all of a sudden he has shown up and now he is a baller,
0:21:39 > 0:21:40he balled in Chicago.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43I've never been in a situation to get that kind of money, you have,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45you know you are balling right now.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Definitely.
0:21:46 > 0:21:47Stop that.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48He didn't ball in Chicago.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49He all right.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50CHUCKLES
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Our second game comes from the five-time Super Bowl
0:21:52 > 0:21:53winning Dallas Cowboys.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Entering the week at 4-3 in the NFC East, the Cowboys need
0:21:56 > 0:21:59to keep on winning if they've any chance of staying in touch
0:21:59 > 0:22:00with the high-flying Philadelphia Eagles.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Visting AT&T stadium were Kansas City, who started
0:22:02 > 0:22:04the season in spectacular fashion at 5-0.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07With 1 win in their past three games the Chiefs also needed a win
0:22:07 > 0:22:09to maintain their advantage in the AFC West.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12For a time the Chiefs rose above the rest.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17A streak led by the fast arm of Alex Smith and the fast legs
0:22:17 > 0:22:19of Kareem Hunt and Tyreek Hill.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Touchdown!
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Kansas City!
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Then two defeats.
0:22:22 > 0:22:28Man the pumps, you Chiefs, there's a mean hombre coming your way.
0:22:28 > 0:22:33Ezekiel Elliott, while he can, until his ban, at full tilt.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35This is no comfort zone for Chiefs.
0:22:35 > 0:22:43You're in Cowboy country.
0:22:43 > 0:22:502nd & 15.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54What a turnaround move by Williams.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Terrence Williams with the big gain.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03Already with three catches for 43, setting up the Cowboys 1st & goal,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06over the top they go and it's caught by Beasley.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Touchdown Dallas.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10Here is the safety.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12They are going to get a play action.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Watch the safety in the middle.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17He runs and doubles.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Dak looks left and has the patience and poise to get it
0:23:20 > 0:23:21to Beasley over the middle.
0:23:21 > 0:23:28Nelson doesn't realise he doesn't have help there.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Harisson Butker's 38 yard field goal cut the Cowboys' lead to four
0:23:31 > 0:23:38halfway through the second quarter.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Cowboys hurrying the line.
0:23:39 > 0:23:40Now Dak throws it.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41Wide open.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46It is caught by Williams.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47Right on the sideline.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50And just as you said, after the catch, so dangerous.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53He takes it all the way down to the ten.
0:23:53 > 0:24:02Dak backpedals to the 18.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Got tripped off, still takes off, and he has got an open
0:24:05 > 0:24:06lane to the end zone.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07Outstanding job.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Watch Dak.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14He gets just barely nicked right there and keeps his feet.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Once he gets going, he's got juice, and I'll tell you, that little fake,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20holds it inside, and he makes it that easy for a ten
0:24:20 > 0:24:21yard touchdown run.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Now Alex is going to have to throw it 65 yards, almost.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26And he's going to put his interception streak
0:24:26 > 0:24:27into jeopardy here.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28CHUCKLES
0:24:28 > 0:24:30See if this ball stays inbounds or goes out.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32You've got six Cowboys, no, seven Cowboys,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34from the 10-yard line, back, between the ten
0:24:34 > 0:24:39and the end zone.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Alex needs to watch.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42There it is to Hill.
0:24:42 > 0:24:48The whole brigade around him.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49Look at Hill go!
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Impossible.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Touchdown, Kansas City.
0:24:52 > 0:24:53How did they do that?
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Oh, my gosh!
0:24:57 > 0:25:00I've never seen that in my entire time in football.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02And I promise you, Jason Garrett hasn't either.
0:25:02 > 0:25:10That is a shocker.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13It's the designed block so you're going to see the tight ends,
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Kelsey, get up and block.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Robbins, he actually has two blocks.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18And everyone is trying to play soft.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19You're Dallas, you're always protecting, right.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Someone has to make the play.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23I've never seen that in my entire life.
0:25:23 > 0:25:29Incredible.
0:25:29 > 0:25:323rd & goal, Kelsey at the top, wide to the right.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Hill in a slot on that side.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Harris is dangerous in the red zone.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Smith rules out and finds Kelsey for the touchdown.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44The racing sprint!
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Potato sack race!
0:25:48 > 0:25:57That is fantastic!
0:25:57 > 0:26:00I want to talk about the rout and the play,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02but I think that might even be better.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03Watch this.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Just runs up and runs the comeback, we call it.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Which means you come back to the sideline.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Cowboys trying to answer right back after two unanswered touchdowns
0:26:10 > 0:26:11by the Chiefs.
0:26:11 > 0:26:1612th play of the drive, it's a second goal.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18-- 12th play of the drive, it's a 2nd & goal.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Goal line personnel.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20It's Elliott.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22In for the touchdown.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Watch the line right here.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Just move Kansas City, get about eight of them
0:26:27 > 0:26:28down on the ground.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31It's a big boy game and both of these offences are starting to
0:26:31 > 0:26:33bring it now in the second half.
0:26:33 > 0:26:341st & goal.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35From the seventh.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Going out to Beasley.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38Beasley for the pile on!
0:26:38 > 0:26:44Touchdown, Cowboys!
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Dak hits him in stride and is he in?
0:26:46 > 0:26:47That looks in to me.
0:26:47 > 0:26:52And it's his second touchdown of the game.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53It is 3rd down.
0:26:53 > 0:26:54Same defensive coverage.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Smith!
0:26:57 > 0:27:03Slammed to the ground by Taco Charlton.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Taco Charlton, the first raw pick they've been wanting.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06It's his first career sack.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Some moves.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10I'm telling you, he's been working hard.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12He just hasn't shown quite that burst yet.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15I'm telling you, right there we're starting to see signs.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Beating Schwartz 4th and eight.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Kansas City feels like we got the ball game, Jim!
0:27:21 > 0:27:22They're going to need something here.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Dallas is going to play aggressive or soft, we will see.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Dallas looked a little unorganised as Kansas City approached the line.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Smith.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33He is intercepted for the first time all season!
0:27:33 > 0:27:37It is Heath with the theft.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42It is a big win for the Cowboys.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43Dak knows it.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44Beasley with the touchdown.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Just keep going to work and keep showing up.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47And right now Cowboys five and three.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Kansas City six and three.
0:27:49 > 0:27:57It was a great performance.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59I mean from offense, from the defense, special teams,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01from the whole team, especially that play
0:28:01 > 0:28:02they had at half-time.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Just to come back for the second half and
0:28:04 > 0:28:06continue doing the good things we were doing in the first.
0:28:06 > 0:28:07That was important.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10We were not able to sustain early and keep our defence
0:28:10 > 0:28:12off the field whatsoever in the first half.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15And my hat goes off to Dallas and the job that they did.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Now we've got to go back and figure some things out here.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21And do a better job.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25And I wonder whether it is his defence that he is going to
0:28:25 > 0:28:26have to figure out.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27Because there are some interesting stats when you
0:28:27 > 0:28:30look at the Kansas City Chiefs.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32And that is if you just go back a couple
0:28:32 > 0:28:33of years ago...
0:28:33 > 0:28:35Nice graphic.
0:28:35 > 0:28:36It's a nice graphic!
0:28:36 > 0:28:37Defence, seventh ranked in the NFL.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39And their offence was way down at 27.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42You can see in the last couple of seasons, the way
0:28:42 > 0:28:43that has changed.
0:28:43 > 0:28:44The offence third-ranked now.
0:28:44 > 0:28:45But the defence, way down at 30.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48And they're doing a terrible job of stopping the run.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50And there's all kinds of components to that.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53But one that I look at is always the defensive backs, and that
0:28:53 > 0:28:55is Eric Berry not being in there.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57He was such a good defender that they
0:28:57 > 0:28:59could disguise and use certain ways.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02And you know, his injury is starting to come up.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04You could never underscore the importance of a guy
0:29:04 > 0:29:06like Eric Berry in a football team.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08I mean, this was the heart and soul of that defence.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10And besides that, even though Justin Houston, the
0:29:10 > 0:29:13outstanding defensive man for the team, is still getting pressure.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Tamba Hali who was another outstanding football player, just
0:29:15 > 0:29:16not coming off the injury.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18There are a lot of guys who just aren't
0:29:18 > 0:29:19creating the pressure.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22So even one player on the defence can cost a
0:29:22 > 0:29:23whole system, really?
0:29:23 > 0:29:24No question about that.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27Because of the way they use Eric Berry, they use him in
0:29:27 > 0:29:28coverage and in run support.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30And you see them struggling in both areas
0:29:30 > 0:29:31right now.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32Let's talk about the Cowboys.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34And Elliott's ban and appeal continues to go round and
0:29:34 > 0:29:35round and round.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37And he is appealing again.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38If he is eventually banned, Prescott...
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Or suspended for six games, Prescott is going to have
0:29:41 > 0:29:44to look at other weapons to help Dallas go forward in this season.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47So look at Beasley and look at Bryant.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Yeah.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51One thing about Cole Beasley, everybody needs that slot receiver
0:29:51 > 0:29:53that can run what we call option routs.
0:29:53 > 0:29:59In and out routs, under five yards.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00And it's a specialty position.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02And he's good at that.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04And you're going to have to use him more
0:30:04 > 0:30:07because you're going to have to get those short yard throws that
0:30:07 > 0:30:08supplement a run.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09You like that celebration!
0:30:09 > 0:30:10I love that celebration!
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Love the celebration, man.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Yeah, and you see him here, another option rout outside.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16These are things you can do that supplement your run game.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Quick passes.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21And obviously when you talk about Dez Bryant, who was one of the
0:30:21 > 0:30:23best receivers in football for the last couple of years,
0:30:23 > 0:30:25doesn't quite have the numbers this year as he has
0:30:25 > 0:30:26in years prior.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29But he is a big physical receiver, goes across the
0:30:29 > 0:30:30middle of the field.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32He's also an emotional leader of the football team.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35And also in regards to the running back, Elliott, he is going
0:30:35 > 0:30:36to hurt them, no question.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38This guy is a special player.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40But that offensive line for the Dallas Cowboys is
0:30:40 > 0:30:42finally starting to play the way they used to.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45And they're going to put a running back back there and
0:30:45 > 0:30:46they're going to be OK running the football.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49They've still got to play the Eagles twice, the Cowboys.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51They've also got the Falcons, they've got the Redskins, they've
0:30:51 > 0:30:52got the Raiders.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53They've got the Seahawks.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Is a play-off spot, given how dominant the Eagles are, the
0:30:56 > 0:31:01best that the Cowboys can hope for?
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Yes because they can lose to the Eagles twice.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05The Eagles can stop...
0:31:05 > 0:31:07They're going to force Dak Prescott to beat them.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Because they're going to stop the run.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Yeah, there's a lot of teams in their that they can lose
0:31:11 > 0:31:12to.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15That's a really difficult schedule for the Dallas Cowboys.
0:31:15 > 0:31:16They are young football team, playing well.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18But that is a tricky schedule.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19A difficult schedule, isn't it?
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Let's take a look at some of the other week nine games.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24We're going to start with the Bengals at
0:31:24 > 0:31:25the Jacksonville Jaguars.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26As Jason comments!
0:31:26 > 0:31:27You know, it's...!
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Joe Mixon put the Bengals on the board with that
0:31:29 > 0:31:30second-quarter touchdown against the Jaguars.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33Then there was this ridiculous fight between AJ Green
0:31:33 > 0:31:34and Jalen Ramsey.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Both players were ejected and we will talk a little
0:31:36 > 0:31:40bit more on Saturday's show.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43This punt return, 63 yards from Jaydon Mickens
0:31:43 > 0:31:45was the play of the game.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Special teams.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Special teams with special players, you know.
0:31:49 > 0:31:50And that is what you need.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53I mean, you can win two phases, you're going to win the
0:31:53 > 0:31:54game.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56And they won the special teams battle.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58The Jaguars go to five and three.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01We will talk more about this game on Saturday's show as well
0:32:01 > 0:32:02which is on BBC One.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04An NFC South matchup between the Bucks and the
0:32:04 > 0:32:06inform Saints.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Special teams again there.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11And this game got nasty as well.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Jameis Winston poking Marshown Lattimore.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17And then Mike Evans doing that.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19No time for this in the NFL.
0:32:19 > 0:32:20No time for this.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22He was not ejected, Mike Evans, although he has
0:32:22 > 0:32:25subsequently received a one-game ban.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29Sean Peyton absolutely furious with Evans' behaviour.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33And Ted Ginn caught Drew Brees 36 yarder.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35It's still run.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Saints looking good and they go to six and two.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40The new 49er, Jimmy Garoppolo was on the
0:32:40 > 0:32:43bench here.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45We didn't see him, it was just as well.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Better not put him in that game!
0:32:47 > 0:32:50He would have been beaten up, I think.
0:32:50 > 0:32:51He might be down for the season!
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Adrian Peterson was a workhorse for Arizona.
0:32:53 > 0:32:5437 carries.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56159 yards.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Drew Stanton throwing that to Jermaine Gresham which
0:32:59 > 0:33:01sealed it for them.
0:33:01 > 0:33:0549ers have NFL's worst record, they're oh and nine.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Jay Cutler was back.
0:33:07 > 0:33:08Osi's boy!
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Osi's boy!
0:33:10 > 0:33:14I think you might live to regret this!
0:33:14 > 0:33:17He found Damian Williams for a ten yard score.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Actually put the Dolphins up early in the second
0:33:19 > 0:33:21quarter against Oakland.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23But Marshawn Lynch was back.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26A couple of touchdowns for him.
0:33:26 > 0:33:31Oakland won 27-24.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Remember when they used to throw Skittles on the floor for
0:33:34 > 0:33:35Marshawn Lynch?
0:33:35 > 0:33:36Remember that?
0:33:36 > 0:33:37You remember that?
0:33:37 > 0:33:38No!
0:33:38 > 0:33:40They used to throw Skittles on the ground when he
0:33:40 > 0:33:41scored because he loved Skittles.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Right.
0:33:43 > 0:33:44Really cool.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Now it's all handshakes in the celebration, yeah.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Anyhow, we're the next and Detroit beat Green Bay.
0:33:48 > 0:33:49Brent Huntley struggled again.
0:33:49 > 0:33:5130 points to 70.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Matt Stafford working well with Marvin Jones.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57And Detroit go to four and four and they take on Cleveland
0:33:57 > 0:34:04next.
0:34:04 > 0:34:05Celebrations getting out of hand!
0:34:05 > 0:34:06Jaguars are looking really good.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Is it their division to lose?
0:34:08 > 0:34:09You would say so right now.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Obviously with the injury to Deshaun Watson,
0:34:11 > 0:34:12the Indianapolis Colts are
0:34:12 > 0:34:14entirely too inconsistent.
0:34:14 > 0:34:15So you would say it is definitely their
0:34:15 > 0:34:16division to lose.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18They have the best defence.
0:34:18 > 0:34:19Quarterback is still inconsistent.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22But they've got the running game to cover that up.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25I mean, he is inconsistent, but he actually did well in this
0:34:25 > 0:34:26game did Blake Bortles.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Cincinnati said they were going to go at him.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30But he did enough.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32And I think his confidence is up.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35You know, he doesn't have to win in games like he used to,
0:34:35 > 0:34:41throwing the ball.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43So I think he is seeing the field a little
0:34:43 > 0:34:44differently.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47He has calmed down, he understands what he needs to do to
0:34:47 > 0:34:48win.
0:34:48 > 0:34:49And he is just being more effective.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53And I think that has come with the change in the offence and
0:34:53 > 0:34:54him just becoming more comfortable.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Yes, they know right now Blake Bortles isn't
0:34:56 > 0:34:57going to be the Tom Brady.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59He is not going to do that.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02So they've got to run the football, play great defence, have him make
0:35:02 > 0:35:03safe throws.
0:35:03 > 0:35:04Nothing dangerous.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06And he is doing that well.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08He is more of a game manager this year than what
0:35:08 > 0:35:10they asked him to do previously.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12They had no Leonard Fournette in this game, he was benched for
0:35:12 > 0:35:13violating team orders.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Which is a big call, isn't it, when you're in
0:35:16 > 0:35:17the hunt this season?
0:35:17 > 0:35:19That man Tom Coughlin doesn't play around!
0:35:19 > 0:35:23Tom Coughlin talked so bad to me one time it scared the life out of me!
0:35:23 > 0:35:23So I know.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Tom Coughlin probably said, we're not dealing with this.
0:35:26 > 0:35:27And he checked him, he didn't play.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Is it easier to do that when you are, what is his job, executive vice
0:35:31 > 0:35:33president of football rather than the head coach?
0:35:33 > 0:35:34No question about that, man.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Because we saw Tom Coughlin, we saw some people do some
0:35:37 > 0:35:38crazy things!
0:35:38 > 0:35:40We saw Odell Beckham last year act crazy.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41Me myself, I acted crazy!
0:35:41 > 0:35:42And you know...
0:35:42 > 0:35:43No!
0:35:43 > 0:35:44Did you?!
0:35:44 > 0:35:45Imagine that!
0:35:45 > 0:35:46Imagine that!
0:35:46 > 0:35:47Who would've thought!
0:35:47 > 0:35:50So I mean, now he's out there but he is starting to
0:35:50 > 0:35:51establish a culture, starting to establish
0:35:51 > 0:35:53a way of doing things.
0:35:53 > 0:35:54Doug Marrone is his good friend.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56And he is going to do the right thing.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00Is it going too far to suggest Jacksonville might be a little bit
0:36:00 > 0:36:03like Denver of a couple of years ago where Peyton Manning to all intents
0:36:03 > 0:36:06and purposes and his back-ups were sort of managed through a season?
0:36:06 > 0:36:08And yet their defence won game after game after game.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10And eventually won them the Super Bowl.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13That's what you kept telling me that season.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Mark, Jacksonville has a good defence.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17But to compare them to the Denver Broncos
0:36:17 > 0:36:20defence of two years ago, absolutely no way.
0:36:20 > 0:36:25They don't have those kind of players.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Be very careful, because this is comparable.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29They are getting after the quarterback.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31We just didn't think it was going to be like this because
0:36:31 > 0:36:33there was no Bond Miller.
0:36:33 > 0:36:34They are getting after the quarterback,
0:36:34 > 0:36:35they're causing turnovers.
0:36:35 > 0:36:36They are running the ball.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39In the play-offs, what do you need to do when bad
0:36:39 > 0:36:40weather is happening?
0:36:40 > 0:36:41Run the ball, play great defence.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Are they not doing both of those?
0:36:43 > 0:36:45You know what, Mark, sometimes when I hear
0:36:45 > 0:36:48politicians talk, I ask myself do they really believe this, or are
0:36:48 > 0:36:49they just...?
0:36:49 > 0:36:52I'm looking at you, do you really believe this, or are you
0:36:52 > 0:36:53just talking!
0:36:53 > 0:36:54What do you mean!
0:36:54 > 0:36:55I believe in good defence.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56Oh, my God.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59You're going to compare this Jacksonville to the Denver Broncos
0:36:59 > 0:37:00that won the Super Bowl!
0:37:00 > 0:37:01That defence?
0:37:01 > 0:37:03You can't shoot down my man's total comment.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04It made sense to me.
0:37:04 > 0:37:05Mark, it's cool.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Very, very quickly, and we are going to do more
0:37:08 > 0:37:11Saints-Bucks on Saturday night as I say, but the Saints have got their
0:37:11 > 0:37:14defence working, we said before, their special team's delivered as
0:37:14 > 0:37:16well.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19And the Bucks are faltering, but you've still got to beat them?
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Saints have turned it around, defence is playing well.
0:37:21 > 0:37:22My buddy Aaron Glenn, coaching the deep
0:37:22 > 0:37:23backfield.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Of course he's your buddy!
0:37:25 > 0:37:26He taught me how to play corner.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27Playing outstanding football, man.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Winning every single phase, offence, defence, special
0:37:29 > 0:37:30teams.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33Your phone must have the biggest memory possible for all the
0:37:33 > 0:37:34friends you claim you have!
0:37:34 > 0:37:35It's right here, ready!
0:37:35 > 0:37:37So many contacts in it!
0:37:37 > 0:37:38Now for our final game.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41The tale of the two quarterbacks, both of whom have
0:37:41 > 0:37:43been the bridesmaid, but so far, never the bride.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46In the last two Super Bowls, Matt Ryan and Cam Newton
0:37:46 > 0:37:49have seen the Lombardi trophy slip painfully from ther grasp.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52As Super Bowl hangovers go, it's last season's losers
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Atlanta who are struggling the most entering the game
0:37:54 > 0:37:58at 4-3.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02Facing NFC South divisional rivals Carolina,
0:38:02 > 0:38:04this match-up is what we call a 6-pointer!
0:38:04 > 0:38:08Was that Harrison?
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Trying to call Matt Ryan, but he gave me the number!
0:38:10 > 0:38:13We join this one with Atlanta already 3-nil up.
0:38:13 > 0:38:20We join this one with Atlanta already 3-nil up.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24COMMENTARY: Stewart gets it on first down.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Still going near the 40, ball is out.
0:38:28 > 0:38:33That ball ripped away, Stewart going for extra yardage.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Keanu Neal comes in.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38A second year safety.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41They stand him up and just rip it right out of his
0:38:41 > 0:38:44hands.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Ryan, slings it past.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Touchdown, Sanu.
0:38:49 > 0:38:56And a touchdown for Mohamed Sanu, his third of the year.
0:38:56 > 0:39:011st & goal from the fourth.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03McCaffrey, a walk in.
0:39:03 > 0:39:04Touchdown.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06How about that pitch by Cam Newton?
0:39:06 > 0:39:10That's not easy to do.
0:39:10 > 0:39:1222, McCaffrey, as he takes off.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15And Cam Newton, I mean, with a flick of the
0:39:15 > 0:39:16wrist, he puts it on the money.
0:39:16 > 0:39:22Left-handed, that's not that easy.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Over the middle, intercepted by Adams.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29The receiver fell down, Adams did not.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31He is inside the 40.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35And Gabriel there to force him out.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39And it is the Carolina Panthers, get their fourth pick of the year.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Nothing Matt Ryan can really do about this.
0:39:41 > 0:39:42He's trying to get to Hooper.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45He thinks Hooper's going to cross the face of Mike Adams.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47And I don't know, as Hooper looks back for
0:39:47 > 0:39:50the ball, I don't know if he just doesn't really realise that Adams
0:39:50 > 0:39:53was driving.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55But as the quarterback, you're expecting the receiver to
0:39:55 > 0:39:59always cross in front of the defender.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Adams gets a great jump on the ball.
0:40:01 > 0:40:11He undercuts it and now Carolina has an opportunity to tie
0:40:11 > 0:40:13this before the half, if not more.
0:40:13 > 0:40:14Newton hangs in.
0:40:14 > 0:40:15Flushed out to his right.
0:40:15 > 0:40:16Can he get there?
0:40:16 > 0:40:17Ball is out.
0:40:17 > 0:40:18Recovered.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21Touchdown.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Before that ball was out, the call was
0:40:23 > 0:40:26touchdown.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Merson got on top of it, but let's take another look at the
0:40:28 > 0:40:30very end.
0:40:30 > 0:40:35The ball, yes, it's out.
0:40:35 > 0:40:42And it's across before it comes out.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44STUDIO: Graham Gano nailed this field ball to
0:40:44 > 0:40:50give the Panthers a 7-point lead early in the third.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53And after the Falcons were stopped on the following possession, he went
0:40:53 > 0:41:00over again from 45 yards to extend the lead to ten.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02COMMENTARY: So their biggest 3rd and eight of
0:41:02 > 0:41:03the game.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07And Julio Jones is on the sideline.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Just got it away.
0:41:09 > 0:41:14Sanu breaks one tackle, can't break another.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Taylor Gabriel, rather, and that's going to bring up fourth down
0:41:17 > 0:41:19as he took it just inside the 40.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22And the Falcons are forced to go for it.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Julio Jones at the top of the screen.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Soft coverage.
0:41:29 > 0:41:34Ryan out all alone, juggled, incomplete!
0:41:34 > 0:41:37Jones wide-open!
0:41:37 > 0:41:41And dropped it.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43I mean, they just will never be easier.
0:41:43 > 0:41:52Opportunity missed for Ryan Jones and Atlanta.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53Pass...
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Broken up.
0:41:56 > 0:41:57Pontius was the target.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Good defence by Robert Alford.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Looked like he had Pontius there for a second.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07And he just drives on that ball and made a
0:42:07 > 0:42:09good play, extending out, left arm, knocks it down.
0:42:09 > 0:42:14That's great coverage.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16First down, here is Gabriel.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17Makes a spin move.
0:42:17 > 0:42:24Uses that speed.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Out of bounds, nearly 20.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29If Atlanta can score quick, they don't have to bother
0:42:29 > 0:42:30with an onside kick drop.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34Gabriel in the middle, two safeties deep.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Coleman out on the edge, he gets a block.
0:42:37 > 0:42:38Coleman, touchdown, Atlanta!
0:42:38 > 0:42:42They're back in it.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46Here is the 3rd and nine.
0:42:46 > 0:42:47Newton.
0:42:47 > 0:42:48Throws.
0:42:48 > 0:42:49Pass.
0:42:49 > 0:42:50Broken up.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52No flags on the place.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Samuel the target.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Defending was Robert Alford who we saw limp away last time he
0:42:57 > 0:42:58was out there.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00And it's four down.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03Two minutes left.
0:43:03 > 0:43:062nd and 13.
0:43:06 > 0:43:11Pass is too short for Julio Jones.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14Julio Jones at the top of the screen.
0:43:14 > 0:43:23Hard to believe they're going to run underneath him.
0:43:23 > 0:43:24On third down.
0:43:24 > 0:43:25Ryan.
0:43:25 > 0:43:26Chased by Davis.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30Pass, incomplete, fourth down.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33Just the pressure and Matt Ryan trying to keep the play
0:43:33 > 0:43:35alive, get outside the pocket.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37Awfully good coverage by the Carolina defence.
0:43:37 > 0:43:47And here it is.
0:43:49 > 0:43:524th down and 13.
0:43:52 > 0:43:53Ryan.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55Passes...
0:43:55 > 0:43:59Incomplete for Gabriel.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03And the Panthers takeover.
0:44:03 > 0:44:04And the final, 20-17, the Carolina Panthers beat
0:44:04 > 0:44:07the Atlanta Falcons.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09My gut feeling is we missed some opportunities.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12On all sides of the ball.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14I thought we did some really good things.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17I thought we showed what we could potentially become.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19And I thought some guys gave some great individual
0:44:19 > 0:44:21efforts.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23One thing that stuck with me was when the Panthers are
0:44:23 > 0:44:24emotionless.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27That's when we...
0:44:27 > 0:44:30Good things don't happen.
0:44:30 > 0:44:33So, whether you've got to fake it, whether
0:44:33 > 0:44:37you've got to do whatever you've got to do, if we can get the Bank of
0:44:37 > 0:44:39America Stadium with a pulse that's when we are at our best.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42That's all I was trying to do.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Doesn't matter when you get your points or how you
0:44:44 > 0:44:46get your points, you've got to get them.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49We haven't been very good situationally, or as good as we've
0:44:49 > 0:44:52needed to be situationally.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54They dress differently, those two quarterbacks, don't they?
0:44:54 > 0:44:56They do.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58I thought Cam was looking good there,
0:44:58 > 0:44:59actually.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01More on Cam Newton and the Panthers on Saturday, as well.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03If you'd have got hold of Matt Ryan, as
0:45:03 > 0:45:05we were going in.
0:45:05 > 0:45:05Tried.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08You tried, would you have said to him, what on
0:45:08 > 0:45:10earth are you doing with your offense this season?
0:45:10 > 0:45:17Yes, I would have needed some insight.
0:45:17 > 0:45:21I'm sympathetic because I know it takes about a year for them to kind
0:45:21 > 0:45:22of grasp the offense.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24But you can't blame the drops and the missed throws
0:45:24 > 0:45:26on no grasp with the offense.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28I mean, they had opportunities and they didn't make them.
0:45:28 > 0:45:29Individual errors?
0:45:29 > 0:45:32Individual errors and collectively, as a team, that Super
0:45:32 > 0:45:33Bowl hangover is real.
0:45:33 > 0:45:34I'm telling you, man.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36Things like this happen to teams.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39Once you go into a Super Bowl, you don't win it, the next
0:45:39 > 0:45:41season you just, kind of, fall apart.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43I didn't think this would happen to the Atlanta Falcons.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45I thought their leadership was a lot stronger.
0:45:45 > 0:45:49But they are not firing on all cylinders at all.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51Julio Jones, as this ball flies through the air
0:45:51 > 0:45:53towards him, cannot be thinking we missed our
0:45:53 > 0:45:54opportunity last season.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56But Julio gets a pass because he is making so many
0:45:56 > 0:45:59great place for them.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02-- great plays for them.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04I'm just not even going to say anything about this one.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06He can have this one.
0:46:06 > 0:46:07It's a mistake.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09OK, yes, he's made a tonne of plays, but this is what
0:46:09 > 0:46:11your playmakers have to do.
0:46:11 > 0:46:12When things aren't going right, you've
0:46:12 > 0:46:15got to come down with a big play, kind of get that offense rolling,
0:46:15 > 0:46:18get you back on track.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21I mean, if you look at the stats, they were last year's leading
0:46:21 > 0:46:24offense, they scored an average 33.8 points per game.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26They are 17th in points scored this season.
0:46:26 > 0:46:2721.3 points per game.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29They are ninth in passing yards.
0:46:29 > 0:46:30They are 15th in rushing yards.
0:46:30 > 0:46:31Coaching is important.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34You just cannot understate the importance of
0:46:34 > 0:46:36a guy like Shanahan, who was an outstanding
0:46:36 > 0:46:39offensive coordinator, was in tune with what that offense
0:46:39 > 0:46:40was going to do.
0:46:40 > 0:46:41It was his offense.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45You replace him with Sarkisian, you have this guy trying to run
0:46:45 > 0:46:47the exact same offense there, the one Shanahan was
0:46:47 > 0:46:48running, it's just not working.
0:46:48 > 0:46:49And that's the key right there.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51He's trying to run an offense that isn't
0:46:51 > 0:46:55his, a quarterback is trying to hear it from a guy who is not the same
0:46:55 > 0:46:56guy, it's all a mess.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59OK, let's take a look at the standings before we
0:46:59 > 0:47:01leave you today.
0:47:36 > 0:47:39We will have highlights of Seattle's trip to Arizona.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41We'll also preview the remaining week ten games.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43You can also catch the show on the iPlayer.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45We've done a whole show without doing a Cleveland joke,
0:47:45 > 0:47:49so let's rectify that.
0:47:49 > 0:47:56CHUCKLES
0:47:56 > 0:47:58Entering the second half of the season, coaches have
0:47:58 > 0:48:07been doing their best to downplay playoff optimism.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09Now, with many at this stage stating their winning
0:48:09 > 0:48:11records count for nothing, Cleveland's Hue Jackson is just
0:48:11 > 0:48:13grateful that his 0-8 record has been trumped
0:48:13 > 0:48:15by San Francisco's 0-9 record.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17You can always rely on bye week to raise optimism in Cleveland.
0:48:17 > 0:48:18Oh, man.
0:48:18 > 0:48:23Good night.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26There is the long-term goal to go to Minneapolis for Super Bowl LII,
0:48:26 > 0:48:31but think too far ahead, think of tomorrow,
0:48:31 > 0:48:34and today can up-end you.
0:48:34 > 0:48:38Problems to be solved right now, grand plans to lay, gaps to be
0:48:38 > 0:48:40filled, a lasting rhythm to find, striking the balance.
0:48:40 > 0:48:41Mind games, power games, football games.
0:48:41 > 0:48:48Only in the NFL.