Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots - 2.Half ( 1996 Week 09 )

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00:00:00Off at the shelf for five straight games, it's now five and a half, the Patriot offense has been explosive.

00:00:08My goodness, that's a mysterious orb.

00:00:11You're close to Halloween.

00:00:13What are you going as this year?

00:00:17You're going as a semi-colon again?

00:00:19Yes, I am.

00:00:20I always like that.

00:00:21No, I'm going as a parentheses.

00:00:24Why do we need the semi-colon?

00:00:26You know, you got the colon, you got the comma.

00:00:28Well, never mind.

00:00:31Here's the kick, Eric Moles.

00:00:36Hit from behind and driven down.

00:00:40Otis Smith, number 45.

00:00:43Throw some dreadful first-half possessions for the Bills.

00:00:48You'll see, if you look at the right-hand column, a lot of punts, five of them.

00:00:53And they didn't possess the ball.

00:00:54You know, they really got Thurman Thomas going in that first quarter.

00:00:58Had about 50 yards rushing in the first quarter, and then they didn't give him the ball much.

00:01:03So, again, if they're going to get back in this ball game, I believe Thurman Thomas is going to have to get involved again.

00:01:08One rushing yard for Buffalo in the second quarter.

00:01:1116 passing.

00:01:13Here's Kelly.

00:01:15Rush coming.

00:01:16Pass complete left side.

00:01:17And Tony Klein, number 86, but not much there.

00:01:22Monte Brown, number 93, was there more than anything else.

00:01:26I can tell you who else has held up.

00:01:28Not only Monte Brown, but number 31, Jimmy Hitchcock.

00:01:31Jimmy Hitchcock gets his second start in his career.

00:01:36Tony in his second year at North Carolina, and a guy you'd think they'd try to work on, but they have not been able to.

00:01:44Second down, 11.

00:01:46Second down, 12.

00:01:47Make it.

00:01:48Drawing for Thomas.

00:01:49Going left.

00:01:51And another collision of some consequence.

00:01:53Jimmy Hitchcock is in it.

00:01:55Yep.

00:01:55I mean, you know, you're fighting off the block of a wide receiver, Jimmy Hitchcock is.

00:02:00So is Willie Clay.

00:02:01You get rid of him, and then you tackle Thurman Thomas in the open field.

00:02:04That's a very good play there by Jimmy Hitchcock.

00:02:08All of this brought about because Ricky Reynolds is missing his third straight game with an injury at right corner.

00:02:15Now, Hitchcock stays on the sideline.

00:02:18The nickel defense is in.

00:02:20It's third and seven.

00:02:21Andre Reid is the only wide receiver that's caught a pass from Jim Kelly tonight.

00:02:26And that's only one.

00:02:30Blitz.

00:02:33Kelly's down.

00:02:33First sack of the night, but the 22nd sack of Jim Kelly this year.

00:02:47It's Willie McGinnis who's had a good year and good night.

00:02:51A little inside stunt right there in the middle of your screen.

00:02:54He just kind of ran right through.

00:02:56Can't heal.

00:02:57You saw Steve Tasker yelling at the official, thus the reason.

00:03:05He thought Ty Law got away with something illegal.

00:03:10I knew it was coming sooner or later.

00:03:12It had to.

00:03:13And here's another infraction.

00:03:15Nice shoehorn, Vern.

00:03:16I just got out the shovel and hammered that one in there.

00:03:21Oh, there's a mixed metaphor.

00:03:26Shovel, hammer, and shoehorn all in the same sentence.

00:03:28And I thought they were metaphors, not metaphors.

00:03:30Well, I grew up in Texas.

00:03:33We're a little more colloquial in our speech.

00:03:35I don't like that.

00:03:39Dick Hamtack.

00:03:44Illegal block.

00:03:46Unreturned.

00:03:47Number 52.

00:03:48Ten-yard penalty.

00:03:50First down.

00:03:51Ted Johnson is the guilty party this time around.

00:03:55But things are going well for New England.

00:03:58Not so well for the guys in white.

00:03:59Terrific opening half for Drew Bledsoe.

00:04:04He threw for 223 yards.

00:04:06Last week, on the road in the win at Indianapolis,

00:04:09he threw for only 141.

00:04:13Draw play.

00:04:16Curtis Martin.

00:04:17Oh, what a pop.

00:04:17Pop, pop, pop.

00:04:19And I think Phil Hansen recovered it.

00:04:22And Jeff Burris made the hit.

00:04:23Number 22.

00:04:25Oh, and just a momentum changer this team needed.

00:04:27And Jeff Burris, the corner,

00:04:31beaten badly by Keyshawn Johnson a while back.

00:04:35This time, he steps right in,

00:04:37gets his helmet right on the ball,

00:04:38and pops loose.

00:04:40And that's a good tackle,

00:04:41as well as causing the fumble.

00:04:44Boy, in perfect position,

00:04:45and boy, the momentum changer they need.

00:04:48And now Jim Kelly's offense has got to get it going.

00:04:51And with the first turnover of the night,

00:04:53Buffalo has its deepest penetration of the night.

00:04:56Curtis Martin with the fumble.

00:04:57Only the second time this evening,

00:05:02Buffalo has been across midfield.

00:05:03They did reach the 47 in the first half.

00:05:06Here's the toss to Thomas.

00:05:07He sleeps right.

00:05:10And gets inside the 35 to the 33-yard line.

00:05:15But a thus far anemic Buffalo offense

00:05:17needs some inspiration and effort here.

00:05:20Yeah, and Thurman Thomas is a good place to start.

00:05:23A very, very patient runner.

00:05:26One of those guys that, you know,

00:05:28when you hit, never seems to go backwards.

00:05:30Sometimes goes sideways.

00:05:31A lot of times goes forward.

00:05:33But when your team needs a lift,

00:05:35you get the ball to number 34.

00:05:3668 yards on 10 carries,

00:05:38but more than half came on one play.

00:05:41Second down.

00:05:42Here's Thomas again.

00:05:45Comes right.

00:05:46Corbin Lucina is in the line.

00:05:47Number 68.

00:05:48Ted Johnson makes the tackle.

00:05:50Number 52.

00:05:53Ted Johnson, number 52.

00:05:55Lower right of your screen, right down here.

00:05:58Joe Parcell says,

00:05:59hey, you know, he's my best tackler,

00:06:00one of my best defensive players,

00:06:01but because everybody throws the ball so much,

00:06:04he only plays about 20 games each,

00:06:0620 plays a game.

00:06:09Buffalo inept on third down conversions tonight.

00:06:12They are one of seven.

00:06:14They look at a third and three here.

00:06:20Thomas, that will be close.

00:06:26Looks like he's going to get a favorable spot, but.

00:06:29Thurman, you talk about making guys miss in a small area.

00:06:32Ted Johnson had a shot at Thurman Thomas,

00:06:35and Thurman just made him miss right at the last instant.

00:06:40Boy, I tell you, you know,

00:06:41it's easy to run out in that open field,

00:06:43but when you're running in traffic,

00:06:46like Thurman Thomas is here,

00:06:48you don't have much time or much room to make guys miss.

00:06:52Boy, you talk about vision.

00:06:53He sees it,

00:06:54and he just kind of moved his body just a little bit

00:06:57to avoid the hit by Johnson.

00:07:00And I believe he's going to pick this thing up.

00:07:07Yes.

00:07:08And that's more than a smidgen.

00:07:09No, it was because of the slither.

00:07:13Tom Breschner,

00:07:13the offensive coordinator for the Bills,

00:07:15and saying to us this week,

00:07:17they've really abandoned the K-gun.

00:07:19That was so good to them for the past seven years,

00:07:21trying to keep their defense off the field,

00:07:23but it didn't really work out in the first half.

00:07:26In part because they are a slower team

00:07:28than they were in previous years.

00:07:30Age has something to do with that.

00:07:33Here's Kelly.

00:07:35Locks it out incomplete.

00:07:36He had Tony Klein wide open.

00:07:39They had two tight ends in the pattern.

00:07:42Bonnie Johnson and Tony Klein.

00:07:45And Tony Klein was going to run a little delay route,

00:07:47came open a little bit late,

00:07:48but Jim Kelly had him.

00:07:52And this is an opportunity

00:07:53that they can't let slip away,

00:07:56talking about the Bills.

00:07:57And Marv Levy knows it.

00:07:59Kelly has not thrown a touchdown pass

00:08:03in the last three and a half games.

00:08:05Only two for the year.

00:08:08The Bills have only three in the year for the year.

00:08:13Thurman Thomas

00:08:14nears the 25-yard line.

00:08:19Mark Wheeler with the tackle.

00:08:21Number 97.

00:08:22Number 97 gets his body in front of you

00:08:25a couple times tonight,

00:08:26and he's done that to Thurman Thomas at least twice.

00:08:29And Thurman Thomas has run right into the nine

00:08:31and the seven and gone nowhere.

00:08:37And that brings up another third down play

00:08:39from the 25.

00:08:42Again, you know,

00:08:43Tasker's got to be a player here,

00:08:45and Andre Reid,

00:08:46who only has one catch on the night,

00:08:48needs to come forward now, too.

00:08:50Quinn Early's been blank.

00:08:51He's wide left.

00:08:52Draw play.

00:08:52Thurman Thomas.

00:08:53I do not think...

00:08:57Yeah, it's going to be close

00:08:58for the first down.

00:09:00You do not think...

00:09:00I do not think it's going to be close.

00:09:02Therefore, you are.

00:09:03I have...

00:09:03Yes.

00:09:04Ergo...

00:09:05Ergo Zoom.

00:09:08Levy, who left the field

00:09:17in a state of agitation

00:09:18at the end of the half.

00:09:20Now, let me complete the two sentences.

00:09:22I do not think he made it.

00:09:24Yes.

00:09:25Then I thought,

00:09:25it's going to be close.

00:09:26Yes.

00:09:32Marv Levy's got that master's degree

00:09:34in history from Harvard.

00:09:35I'm not sure he'd approve

00:09:38of the way I was...

00:09:40Yeah, you're right.

00:09:43He wouldn't.

00:09:45He had some great stories

00:09:46about his year here in Boston

00:09:48as a student at Harvard.

00:09:50Well, he spent the year 50 and 51,

00:09:53actually entered law school,

00:09:54he said, at Harvard.

00:09:56Spent three weeks there,

00:09:57knew that wasn't his destiny.

00:09:59Said he wanted a coach,

00:10:00so he enrolled in graduate school.

00:10:01His vivid memory

00:10:04was of a football game

00:10:06between Harvard and Dartmouth.

00:10:09He was sitting in the stands.

00:10:10The band came out at the half.

00:10:12They started to spell out

00:10:13something he didn't recognize.

00:10:14He was looking for Crimson.

00:10:17It turned out it was Veritas.

00:10:20That's a good band.

00:10:22Well, truth be told,

00:10:23he needs a fourth and one conversion here.

00:10:25Three tight ends.

00:10:26Thomas is not in the backfield.

00:10:37Derek Holmes is.

00:10:42And Derek Holmes has a first down.

00:10:45And now they have to punch it in.

00:10:49Good short yardage play

00:10:51on fourth down when you need it.

00:10:53And you think a fourth down short yardage play,

00:10:55as you ordinarily think of Bill Parcells' teams,

00:10:57but the Bills return the favor.

00:10:59Tindale, the lead blocker.

00:11:01I mean, offensive linemen

00:11:02get all their guys buried and sat upon.

00:11:06And then Derek Holmes goes over the top.

00:11:099.35.

00:11:10You go third quarter

00:11:11in a 13-0 game.

00:11:13Kelly.

00:11:14Can't find anybody open.

00:11:16Pete finds Thomas at the 15-yard line.

00:11:19Or Lonnie Johnson, rather.

00:11:2184 instead of 34.

00:11:23Well, you know what?

00:11:25The Patriots have some real dangerous

00:11:28inside the 20 receivers.

00:11:29We've talked about those guys already.

00:11:31Ben Coates and Terry Glenn

00:11:32and Curtis Martin,

00:11:33who's caught a touchdown tonight.

00:11:35Whereas the Bills are struggling

00:11:37to find that person.

00:11:38You see that dead last

00:11:39inside the 20

00:11:41when you're looking for touchdowns.

00:11:44Somebody's got to stand up

00:11:45and make some plays down here.

00:11:47Reid wide left,

00:11:48Caster wide right.

00:11:49Ross to Derrick Holmes.

00:11:53Jeff missed a tackle in the backfield.

00:11:57Ted Johnson

00:11:58and Chris Slade

00:12:01finally gets there

00:12:02and there is a player down

00:12:03for the Patriots

00:12:03at the 17-yard line.

00:12:05It's Willie McGinnis.

00:12:06There's a guy

00:12:07who's had a good ball game.

00:12:09Particularly putting pressure

00:12:10on Jim Kelly.

00:12:12Number 52

00:12:13right here.

00:12:15He reads to play well

00:12:16and then

00:12:18doesn't finish the playoff.

00:12:21Just kind of overran

00:12:22Derrick Holmes.

00:12:24While they tend to the injured

00:12:26Willie McGinnis,

00:12:27time has been called.

00:12:2813-0.

00:12:29Third and eight.

00:12:32Buffalo trailing by 13.

00:12:35Berman Thomas

00:12:36in the backfield

00:12:37behind Jim Kelly.

00:12:38Three wide receivers.

00:12:39Kelly

00:12:40tipped in the end zone.

00:12:44Chris Slade, I think.

00:12:47Todd Collins

00:12:47might have got it.

00:12:48Yeah, the other linebacker,

00:12:49number 59,

00:12:50timed his jump

00:12:51very well.

00:12:52I think he got a hand on it.

00:12:53Collins at 6'2".

00:12:55His cover in the middle.

00:12:59For one of the few times tonight,

00:13:01Jim Kelly

00:13:02had very good pass protection.

00:13:04And, yeah,

00:13:05that's a good play

00:13:07by Todd Collins.

00:13:09Nobody in front of him,

00:13:10so he's allowed

00:13:11to drop back

00:13:13deep in the coverage.

00:13:14He's, you know,

00:13:1415 yards downfield

00:13:15because nobody

00:13:16threatened him up in front.

00:13:19Steve Christie,

00:13:20who has won

00:13:20three games this year

00:13:22with field goals,

00:13:24most recently last week

00:13:25against the Jets,

00:13:26tries to get Buffalo

00:13:27on the scoreboard

00:13:28and does.

00:13:31Christie is now

00:13:3217 of 19

00:13:33for the season.

00:13:35He had six field goals

00:13:36in that three-point victory

00:13:37in New York last week.

00:13:40And his effort

00:13:40cuts the margin

00:13:41to 10

00:13:42with 8.20 to go

00:13:43third quarter.

00:13:48School's out.

00:13:48Uh-huh.

00:13:49A little table wine

00:13:50they're participating in.

00:13:53Indeed.

00:13:56Steve Christie,

00:13:57who just had

00:13:57the 33-yard field goal,

00:13:58will kick off now

00:13:59for the Buffalo Bills.

00:14:02Dave Megan,

00:14:03Troy Brown

00:14:03of the deep men

00:14:04for the New England Patriots.

00:14:09Troy Brown

00:14:10at the five.

00:14:16Troy Brown

00:14:17at the 26-yard line.

00:14:18You know,

00:14:20we saw the

00:14:21Buffalo Bills

00:14:21in game one

00:14:22where they looked ugly,

00:14:23they pulled out

00:14:24a win at the end,

00:14:25and even though

00:14:25the Patriots

00:14:26have dominated

00:14:28statistically tonight,

00:14:29they only lead

00:14:30by 10 points.

00:14:32I mean,

00:14:32they've missed

00:14:33some opportunities

00:14:33inside the 20 tonight.

00:14:35But Drew Bledsoe

00:14:36has had a superb evening.

00:14:41One sack thus far.

00:14:43He's been helped

00:14:43in no small measure

00:14:44by the guys up front.

00:14:46Roberts and Armstrong

00:14:47roll the ball,

00:14:48Rucci and Lane.

00:14:49And he'll throw

00:14:50on first down.

00:14:52Lobs it out.

00:14:54Terry Glenn,

00:14:55number 88,

00:14:57out to the 36-yard line.

00:14:58Glenn,

00:14:59an active participant

00:15:00tonight,

00:15:01leading pass receiver.

00:15:03You know,

00:15:04a lot of rookies

00:15:04take a long time

00:15:06to, you know,

00:15:06get in the flow

00:15:07of the NFL

00:15:08and particularly

00:15:09wide receivers.

00:15:10This year,

00:15:10you know,

00:15:10there's a big,

00:15:10good crop of wide receivers.

00:15:12Eric Boulds,

00:15:13number one draft pick

00:15:14for the Bills.

00:15:15But Terry Glenn,

00:15:16over all the receivers

00:15:17that were drafted,

00:15:18seems have gotten

00:15:19into the rhythm

00:15:20of the NFL

00:15:20quicker than anybody else.

00:15:23Now,

00:15:23Keyshawn Johnson

00:15:23is beginning

00:15:24to come on too,

00:15:25but Terry Glenn

00:15:27coming into today's

00:15:27ballgame,

00:15:28led all rookie receivers.

00:15:31Might have gotten

00:15:32enough for the first down.

00:15:33And of course,

00:15:34another product

00:15:35of Ohio State

00:15:36with Joey Galloway,

00:15:37the outstanding,

00:15:38how did they not

00:15:39win the national championship?

00:15:40Yeah.

00:15:40He had a pretty good

00:15:42running back,

00:15:43I recall as well.

00:15:44George,

00:15:44I think,

00:15:45was the name,

00:15:45right?

00:15:45Yeah.

00:15:47First down.

00:15:51Bill Parcells.

00:15:55He's going to find out

00:15:56a lot about his team

00:15:57and his offense

00:15:58continues to possess

00:15:59the ball like they have

00:16:00tonight and his defense

00:16:02continues to put pressure

00:16:03on Jim Kelly.

00:16:06Keep Byers back

00:16:07on the field

00:16:08for Parcells

00:16:09now on first down

00:16:10and 10.

00:16:10We have 8.06

00:16:13to go third quarter.

00:16:15Bledsoe,

00:16:1519 of 25.

00:16:21Play fake.

00:16:22Pressure.

00:16:23Throws it away.

00:16:26That's a good play.

00:16:28I mean,

00:16:28you avoid the sack.

00:16:30I mean,

00:16:30you don't lose

00:16:31about 12 yards,

00:16:32which you would have.

00:16:32And once he gets

00:16:33out of the pocket

00:16:34or outside the tackle,

00:16:35which I believe

00:16:36he did there,

00:16:36it's been said

00:16:41about him

00:16:41by some people

00:16:42that we know

00:16:43that he runs

00:16:43like a giraffe

00:16:44on stilts.

00:16:46Who said that?

00:16:47One of our

00:16:47production crew,

00:16:48Joe Vincius,

00:16:49and we heard him

00:16:51say that yesterday.

00:16:52But that was a good play

00:16:53by Drew Bledsoe.

00:16:55Attention must be paid.

00:16:58Credit shall be given.

00:17:00Curtis Martin,

00:17:01number 28.

00:17:03Do you concur

00:17:04with that opinion?

00:17:05Yeah, well,

00:17:06it's not real graceful.

00:17:08It is not real graceful.

00:17:10The old octopus

00:17:11falling out of the tree

00:17:12look, you know.

00:17:14But he can throw the ball.

00:17:16Yeah, he's winging it

00:17:17tonight, too.

00:17:1719 of 26

00:17:18for 233.

00:17:20Dave Meggett

00:17:21back in.

00:17:21So is Hassan Graham.

00:17:22It's third and eight.

00:17:31Bill Stunt.

00:17:32They are not blitzing.

00:17:33Bledsoe

00:17:34by some time.

00:17:36Can't hang on.

00:17:38That's right.

00:17:39Right in his hands.

00:17:40Dave Meggett

00:17:41does not have a reception

00:17:42tonight.

00:17:43He's only one yard rushing.

00:17:46And this thing

00:17:46probably would have

00:17:47picked up the first down.

00:17:49And Drew Bledsoe,

00:17:50whether he looks like

00:17:51a giraffe on stilts

00:17:51or night,

00:17:52avoided the sack there

00:17:53of Bruce Smith.

00:17:54He's not delicate at times.

00:18:05He's not afraid

00:18:05to tell players

00:18:06exactly what he thinks.

00:18:09Tom Tupa

00:18:10is on

00:18:10to punt the ball.

00:18:12Came here as a free agent

00:18:13who said Parcells

00:18:14was one of the two

00:18:15reasons he came.

00:18:16Flag is down.

00:18:17Wow.

00:18:18What a punt.

00:18:21Last week,

00:18:22Tupa,

00:18:22in the win

00:18:23in Indianapolis,

00:18:24had six punts

00:18:25for a 46-yard average.

00:18:27This one might come back

00:18:28after the flag

00:18:29we just mentioned.

00:18:29Looks like it will.

00:18:45Well,

00:18:46whenever Jim Kelly

00:18:47gets back on the field,

00:18:48this is the team,

00:18:49Jim Kelly,

00:18:49and again,

00:18:50they can look ugly

00:18:51on offense

00:18:52as they had.

00:18:52Farmation

00:18:53on the offense,

00:18:54only six men

00:18:55on the line of scrimmage.

00:18:56Number 95

00:18:57was not on the line

00:18:58of scrimmage.

00:18:58Quindley is declined.

00:19:00First down.

00:19:02They can look ugly,

00:19:03but remember,

00:19:04they still have

00:19:05some explosive players

00:19:06when you're thinking

00:19:06about Andre Reid,

00:19:08Thurman Thomas,

00:19:09and Quinn Early.

00:19:12The world's best

00:19:13competing

00:19:14with Saracen Boyle.

00:19:15As accurately as he has

00:19:16in the past,

00:19:17only six of 16

00:19:18on the evening.

00:19:19First down and 10

00:19:20now at the 20.

00:19:22Thurman Thomas

00:19:23in trouble

00:19:23behind the line

00:19:24and gets back

00:19:25to the 18-yard line.

00:19:26Willie McGinnis

00:19:29is back in the lineup

00:19:31with an eye patch.

00:19:32Poked in the eye

00:19:34earlier in the game.

00:19:37Puts the patch on,

00:19:38and then he made

00:19:39the play right there,

00:19:40Vern.

00:19:41That was McGinnis

00:19:42who was in the backfield.

00:19:44Poked in the eye

00:19:44when injured

00:19:45a couple of series ago.

00:19:47Now back.

00:19:48Here's Kelly.

00:19:49Up and deep.

00:19:50Got a man.

00:19:50Quinn Early makes

00:19:54his first grab

00:19:55of the night.

00:19:57And only the second catch

00:19:58by a wide receiver

00:19:59tonight by the Bills.

00:20:0114-yard reception.

00:20:03If they're going to get

00:20:04back in the ballgame,

00:20:05they're going to have

00:20:05to get Quinn Early

00:20:06and Andre Reid

00:20:07a few more chances.

00:20:09Quinn Early's

00:20:10one touchdown catch

00:20:11this season

00:20:11was the difference

00:20:12in game one

00:20:13between these two.

00:20:14That one went

00:20:15for 63 yards.

00:20:16First and 10

00:20:17following the 14-yard game,

00:20:19a 10-point game.

00:20:22Thomas,

00:20:24quick opener

00:20:24at left,

00:20:25tackle out across

00:20:26the 40 to the 41.

00:20:27Otis Smith,

00:20:28number 45,

00:20:29defensively.

00:20:31Thurman Thomas,

00:20:32if he sees a hole,

00:20:34he'll seize it

00:20:34very quickly.

00:20:35He could also be

00:20:36a very,

00:20:37very patient runner.

00:20:38But that one,

00:20:39that hole came open

00:20:40quickly and he hit it.

00:20:4191 yards

00:20:42on 16 carries

00:20:44now for Thomas.

00:20:47Kelly right side

00:20:48on the way

00:20:48to Andre Reid.

00:20:50And Andre Reid

00:20:51makes the grab.

00:20:53Oh,

00:20:53what a catch

00:20:54with pressure.

00:20:55Ty Law

00:20:56and Lawyer Malloy.

00:20:57Boy,

00:20:58we saw this

00:20:58in week one.

00:20:59I mean,

00:20:59the Bills can really

00:21:01stink up the joint,

00:21:02but they have

00:21:03some great players

00:21:04still.

00:21:05And Andre Reid

00:21:06is one of those guys

00:21:07in the clutch catches

00:21:08that the Bills

00:21:09have needed this year.

00:21:10Have needed.

00:21:11Andre Reid

00:21:12has been the guy

00:21:13that's done it.

00:21:1531-yard game.

00:21:16First and 10

00:21:17at the 25.

00:21:18Here's Thomas again.

00:21:20Cuts inside

00:21:21and moves it

00:21:23all the way

00:21:23to the 14-yard line.

00:21:27Andre Reid

00:21:28on one play,

00:21:29Thurman Thomas

00:21:30on the next.

00:21:31And the old Bills

00:21:33come alive.

00:21:36Dormant

00:21:37throughout most

00:21:38of the night.

00:21:39And all of a sudden

00:21:40they have moved

00:21:40from their own 20

00:21:42to the 9-yard line

00:21:43of the New England

00:21:44Patriots.

00:21:45Thomas takes himself

00:21:45out of the lineup.

00:21:47Derek Holmes

00:21:47occupies his spot.

00:21:50First and goal.

00:21:51Kelly,

00:21:52a lot of time.

00:21:53Throws it away.

00:21:56Here's what they,

00:21:57again,

00:21:57I think,

00:21:58need some real

00:21:59significant players

00:22:00inside the 20.

00:22:01And Lonnie Johnson,

00:22:02their tight end,

00:22:03has not been

00:22:04a dominant,

00:22:05you know,

00:22:05red zone kind of guy.

00:22:06Number 84.

00:22:08And when you're

00:22:08struggling down here,

00:22:09I think you want

00:22:09a big target

00:22:10like your tight end.

00:22:11he's 6'3", 240,

00:22:13to work the middle

00:22:13and give your

00:22:14quarterback a chance.

00:22:17Second and goal

00:22:17from the 9.

00:22:21Draw play,

00:22:22Derek Holmes.

00:22:23Dances right,

00:22:24makes a man miss,

00:22:26gets to the 5.

00:22:31Mark Wheeler

00:22:32down at the bottom.

00:22:33Thomas.

00:22:34So he takes himself out,

00:22:35but it'd be a good time

00:22:36for him to put himself

00:22:37back in.

00:22:37I mean,

00:22:38when they've had

00:22:38some offense,

00:22:39it's been generated

00:22:39by Thomas,

00:22:40who for the first time

00:22:41this season

00:22:42has gone over

00:22:43100 yards

00:22:44as a rusher.

00:22:48That's 50

00:22:49in his career.

00:22:51It's third

00:22:52and goal from the 5

00:22:53and he is on the fence

00:22:54on third down.

00:22:57Kelly

00:22:57buys time

00:22:58into the flat

00:22:59for Derek Holmes.

00:23:00Touchdown.

00:23:04There's still life

00:23:05in these bills.

00:23:07And a sense of unease

00:23:08in these fans.

00:23:10You can't let

00:23:12this bill team

00:23:13hang around.

00:23:14And Jim Kelly's

00:23:15first touchdown pass

00:23:17in three games

00:23:18and three quarters.

00:23:29Wow.

00:23:30He just lost

00:23:31a finger there.

00:23:33Didn't lose a finger,

00:23:34but injured a finger.

00:23:35Steve Christie

00:23:38with the extra point

00:23:39and 80-yard drive.

00:23:41Eight plays,

00:23:42three minutes

00:23:43and 13 seconds.

00:23:44In this second half,

00:23:45the Jim Kelly

00:23:46has gotten better

00:23:47pass protection

00:23:48and when you do it,

00:23:49you give him that

00:23:50protection,

00:23:51you have a chance

00:23:51for plays like that.

00:23:52Touchdown.

00:24:00Look at his ring finger

00:24:01on his left hand.

00:24:02Now Thurman Thomas

00:24:03comes out,

00:24:04takes one look at it

00:24:05and says,

00:24:05oh my gosh.

00:24:07And you can see

00:24:08that is a dislocated

00:24:10left ring finger

00:24:11and that was dislocated

00:24:12earlier than the catch.

00:24:14Steve Christie

00:24:18will kick off.

00:24:20Short.

00:24:22Troy Brown

00:24:22at the 15.

00:24:26Out to the 20-yard line.

00:24:27The last 10 points

00:24:28have been scored

00:24:29by the Buffalo Bills.

00:24:30A flag is down

00:24:31at the 33-yard line.

00:24:33You know,

00:24:34you get those

00:24:34dislocated fingers.

00:24:35You just go see

00:24:36the doctor,

00:24:37the trainer.

00:24:37They just kind of

00:24:38yank it back in joint.

00:24:39Put some tape on it.

00:24:41Tape an aspirin on it.

00:24:44Send you back out

00:24:44in the field.

00:24:45Tell you what,

00:24:45he's just made

00:24:46the All-Hayden team.

00:24:48Well, I tell you,

00:24:49I've had that happen

00:24:50a few times.

00:24:51Never gone back

00:24:51in the game, though.

00:24:54You know,

00:24:55there's this other guy

00:24:56working for another

00:24:56network that picks.

00:24:57I like the All-Hayden team.

00:24:59Huh?

00:25:01Well, here's another guy

00:25:02that may make it.

00:25:02Oh, McGinnis is on it.

00:25:03I mean, come on.

00:25:05He's got the eye patch,

00:25:06the ice on the eye

00:25:07and the nose thing

00:25:08working tonight.

00:25:13And he is still,

00:25:14even with a bad eye,

00:25:16he came in

00:25:16and made a nice play.

00:25:18But I'd say right now,

00:25:19Drew Bledsoe.

00:25:20First roll foul.

00:25:22First pass

00:25:23on a kicking team.

00:25:2515 yards.

00:25:26First down.

00:25:27Big, big penalty.

00:25:29Bruce DeHaven,

00:25:30special teams coach

00:25:31for Buffalo.

00:25:34Looks on.

00:25:35Jim Kelly got his

00:25:38offensive team going

00:25:40when he ran that

00:25:40no-huddle.

00:25:41It was the no-huddle

00:25:42offense on that last drive.

00:25:43But right now,

00:25:44the momentum has changed

00:25:46in this second half.

00:25:47And Drew Bledsoe,

00:25:48they played so well

00:25:48in the first half,

00:25:49they've really not played

00:25:50particularly well

00:25:50in the second half.

00:25:51They get a break break

00:25:53on the penalty

00:25:53and they start this drive

00:25:54at the 41.

00:25:55Here's Bledsoe

00:25:56across the middle.

00:25:57Caught by Keith Byers

00:25:59who has had a really

00:26:00active night tonight.

00:26:02That is his sixth catch.

00:26:05Yeah, you spend all week

00:26:06preparing for Ben Coates

00:26:07and then they change it up.

00:26:09There's a lot of special teams

00:26:14people upset on the sideline,

00:26:15but he's been all week

00:26:17working on Ben Coates

00:26:18and Keith Byers

00:26:20comes back

00:26:20and he's just killing you.

00:26:26Curtis Martin

00:26:26caught behind the line.

00:26:28Chris Spielman,

00:26:28number 54,

00:26:30made another tackle.

00:26:32You know he has

00:26:33since momentum changing

00:26:34and guys getting lifts,

00:26:35you can feel Chris Spielman

00:26:37jumping up and clapping

00:26:39his hands

00:26:39and you get guys

00:26:42like Spielman

00:26:42and Ted Washington

00:26:43going in that run game

00:26:44and then you get

00:26:45Bruce Smith

00:26:46and Bryce Popp

00:26:47who have been quiet

00:26:48as pass rushers today

00:26:49going

00:26:49and then maybe

00:26:50the whole game changes.

00:26:52Now Megan comes in

00:26:53on third and four.

00:26:59Eight man front.

00:27:01Bledsoe coming.

00:27:02Bledsoe.

00:27:03Almost picked off

00:27:04by Kurt Schultz.

00:27:05Oh boy, was that close.

00:27:07You know,

00:27:07Kurt Schultz was going

00:27:08for the hit.

00:27:08I think if he had

00:27:09stayed up looking

00:27:10for the pass,

00:27:11he may have picked it up

00:27:12but Bryce Popp

00:27:13just when we were

00:27:13talking about

00:27:14number 95

00:27:14in the middle

00:27:15of your screen.

00:27:17That is a clean shot

00:27:18and that's a scary

00:27:20sight for a quarterback.

00:27:24Oh man.

00:27:27Tom Tupa

00:27:28on to punt.

00:27:30Jeff Burris

00:27:31back to return it.

00:27:32He waits at the 10.

00:27:33goes to the right side.

00:27:42It's going to be down

00:27:46at the one foot line.

00:27:49Larry Wiggum again.

00:27:52Number 25.

00:27:54Is this guy a great

00:27:54special teams player?

00:27:56Larry Wiggum.

00:27:58Downs it there,

00:27:59made a tackle

00:28:00on the tournament effort

00:28:01in the first half,

00:28:02blocked the punt

00:28:02earlier this year.

00:28:04Bill Parcells,

00:28:06we talked to him yesterday

00:28:07with the thing

00:28:07he was most happy about

00:28:09was the way

00:28:10his special teams

00:28:11was playing.

00:28:12They lost there

00:28:12for a moment.

00:28:18Boy.

00:28:19Oh,

00:28:19and the coach went down.

00:28:20At 71

00:28:22with your team

00:28:23on the short end

00:28:24of a three-point game,

00:28:25you don't need that.

00:28:33That's

00:28:33pastor in motion.

00:28:35Thurman Thomas

00:28:36scorched out near the four,

00:28:38maybe the five-yard line.

00:28:43Here's tonight's

00:28:44GMC leaderboard

00:28:45and of course

00:28:45two coaches

00:28:46out of the league

00:28:48last week,

00:28:49among them Jim Mora.

00:28:51Longest tenure

00:28:51with the current team,

00:28:52Marv Levy with the Bills,

00:28:54now second behind

00:28:55Tom Kelly

00:28:55of the Minnesota Flills.

00:28:59That of course

00:28:59the all-four.

00:29:01He throws it away.

00:29:04That should be a safety.

00:29:05And there is no

00:29:06such indication.

00:29:08Now we get it.

00:29:09That should be a safety.

00:29:10Intentional grounding

00:29:11in the end zone.

00:29:12And that's the right call.

00:29:13Boy,

00:29:14Dick Hantak

00:29:14was a little deliberate

00:29:16with that call.

00:29:17And I think

00:29:18Dick Hantak knows it.

00:29:21Safety.

00:29:24Intentional grounding.

00:29:28Loss of down.

00:29:31It's a safety

00:29:32in the end zone.

00:29:32Thank you very much.

00:29:33Yeah.

00:29:34Any offensive penalty

00:29:35in the end zone

00:29:36is a safety.

00:29:38Intentional grounding.

00:29:39Foul is in the end zone.

00:29:41It is a safety.

00:29:42Recall that Jim Kelly

00:29:48in the loss to Miami

00:29:50two weeks ago

00:29:51had a first and goal

00:29:53of the two

00:29:54with his team

00:29:55about to tie it up

00:29:56and intentionally

00:29:57grounded that ball.

00:29:59This time he was

00:30:00left with a little choice.

00:30:01Yeah, absolutely.

00:30:02He's going to be

00:30:03a safety anyway.

00:30:03This is all Jim can do.

00:30:05This is not a bad play

00:30:06because it's going to end up

00:30:07two points

00:30:07for the Patriots

00:30:08in either case.

00:30:13Mike Jones

00:30:14with his second sack.

00:30:16It's been since 1986

00:30:18that they last had a safety

00:30:21and it was against

00:30:23the Buffalo Bills.

00:30:26Mike Jones

00:30:27with the pressure.

00:30:27Willie McGinnis

00:30:28has taken the eyepatch off.

00:30:31He wanted to see

00:30:32what was going on.

00:30:33That's Romeo Crennell

00:30:34on the left,

00:30:35another of the long-time

00:30:36associates of Bill Parcells.

00:30:38Tell you what,

00:30:39he shows great loyalty

00:30:40to his staff.

00:30:43Yeah, you know,

00:30:43you always get a job.

00:30:45You've worked for

00:30:46Bill Parcells

00:30:47at some point.

00:30:48It's like

00:30:48socialized medicine,

00:30:50you know.

00:30:51You're always going

00:30:51to get a job.

00:30:53Mike Pope,

00:30:53Romeo Crennell.

00:30:55It's kind of like

00:30:55Bulgaria

00:30:55before the fall

00:30:56of communism.

00:31:00There was no sack

00:31:02credited

00:31:02because of the penalty call.

00:31:04Right, so

00:31:04remember that's

00:31:05it's a safety

00:31:05and Chris Moore

00:31:06will punt it away.

00:31:08free kick

00:31:09David's naked.

00:31:17That's not particularly good.

00:31:24Megan moves it out

00:31:25to the 45-yard line.

00:31:28Marlo Perry

00:31:29number 58

00:31:32to make the tackle

00:31:33on Dave Meggett.

00:31:38And a player down

00:31:39at the 37-yard line.

00:31:41It's Vernon Lewis

00:31:42number 43,

00:31:43another

00:31:43of the standout

00:31:44special teams players.

00:31:47And the Patriots

00:31:47have a bunch of them.

00:31:48We talked about

00:31:49Larry Wagle

00:31:49almost had a heck

00:31:50of a night

00:31:50as a special teamer

00:31:52but Vernon Lewis

00:31:53number 43

00:31:54is one of those guys.

00:31:55Terry Ray

00:31:55who just ran over

00:31:56Marv Levy.

00:31:57Good special teamer.

00:31:59You know,

00:32:00all their special teams,

00:32:01they've covered

00:32:02special teams well

00:32:03this year.

00:32:03They've blocked punts.

00:32:04Larry blocked the punt

00:32:05against the Ravens

00:32:07this year.

00:32:09Good coverage.

00:32:10And Bill Parcell

00:32:12started talking

00:32:13about his team

00:32:14yesterday

00:32:14by discussing

00:32:15how well

00:32:16his special teams

00:32:17have played.

00:32:18First and ten.

00:32:20Blood zone

00:32:20and the Patriots

00:32:21leading by five.

00:32:26Blitz.

00:32:27Blood zone.

00:32:29Intended for fires.

00:32:30Kurt Schultz

00:32:31defending.

00:32:32Contact.

00:32:33No flag.

00:32:36Well,

00:32:37let's go back

00:32:37and revisit

00:32:38that battle

00:32:38between Bruce Armstrong

00:32:39and Bruce Smith.

00:32:41Yeah,

00:32:41and sometimes

00:32:42you get some help

00:32:43from your guard

00:32:43but,

00:32:44I mean,

00:32:44if you're going

00:32:45to win a football game

00:32:46against the Buffalo Bills

00:32:47you better have a plan

00:32:48and it better work

00:32:49against Bruce Smith

00:32:50and so far

00:32:51Bruce Armstrong

00:32:52has done a very good job

00:32:54against Bruce Smith.

00:32:55Bruce Armstrong

00:32:56talking about this game

00:32:57said it's a big,

00:32:58big game

00:32:58and we haven't played

00:32:59in that many

00:33:00and therein lies

00:33:01the sense of uneasiness.

00:33:03I don't know

00:33:03how well we'll do.

00:33:05Thus far,

00:33:06they lead.

00:33:07And there

00:33:08is a pass

00:33:08to Sean Jefferson.

00:33:10Second big catch

00:33:11he's made tonight.

00:33:15You know,

00:33:16one was on the boundary

00:33:17and then one

00:33:18is over the middle.

00:33:21Again,

00:33:22if you're one

00:33:22of those wide receivers

00:33:24that's afraid

00:33:24to go over the middle

00:33:25you're not going to play

00:33:26very long in this league

00:33:27and this is a speed guy,

00:33:28Sean Jefferson

00:33:29who's not afraid

00:33:29to go over the middle.

00:33:31He knows he wants

00:33:32to duck though,

00:33:32doesn't he?

00:33:32student of the art

00:33:37came up.

00:33:40One minute to go

00:33:41quarter number three.

00:33:44Screen pass,

00:33:45let's go.

00:33:45Well,

00:33:46no screen.

00:33:48Intended for Martin

00:33:48out on the right flap.

00:33:50Let's go.

00:33:51It was under

00:33:51some intense pressure

00:33:52from Mr. Smith.

00:33:55That time,

00:33:56Bruce Smith got there.

00:33:57Well,

00:34:00again,

00:34:01the battle,

00:34:01Bruce Smith

00:34:02and Bruce Armstrong

00:34:03goes on,

00:34:04Washington up the middle

00:34:05and that time

00:34:06Bruce Smith came inside

00:34:07and you remember

00:34:08what Bruce Armstrong

00:34:09said to us yesterday,

00:34:10you cannot

00:34:10make a mistake.

00:34:12If you're coming up

00:34:13field outside

00:34:14and changing it up

00:34:15comes inside

00:34:16and gets the pressure

00:34:17on Gledsoe.

00:34:18Megan is in the backfield.

00:34:19Draw play.

00:34:22Oh,

00:34:23what a pop

00:34:24he took

00:34:24from Chris Spielman.

00:34:25My goodness.

00:34:27He's starting

00:34:28to get warmed up,

00:34:28Chris Spielman,

00:34:29this second half.

00:34:32Talk about guys

00:34:33who love playing

00:34:34the game.

00:34:34Chris Spielman

00:34:35is certainly

00:34:36one of those.

00:34:37The game is

00:34:38very, very

00:34:39important to him.

00:34:40Ten points

00:34:41for the Bills

00:34:42in the third quarter.

00:34:43They've climbed

00:34:44back in this one

00:34:45but New England

00:34:46has the ball

00:34:47and they're moving.

00:34:48Quarter four

00:34:49coming up.

00:34:51Third quarter,

00:34:52his tackle

00:34:52of Dave Meggett.

00:34:53Listen to it.

00:34:57Boy.

00:35:00Ouch.

00:35:01I'd say

00:35:02he personifies

00:35:03the look

00:35:03of a football player.

00:35:05Yesterday

00:35:06they were telling us

00:35:06that the,

00:35:07I guess he wanted

00:35:08to pack light.

00:35:09They have a dress code

00:35:10on the team

00:35:10so he wore his suit

00:35:11on the plane

00:35:12but he wore

00:35:13his football shoes.

00:35:15Caused a few

00:35:16divots

00:35:17in the floor

00:35:18of the airplane

00:35:18but other than that,

00:35:20there you go.

00:35:20That was what he was

00:35:21wearing on the plane

00:35:22trip yesterday.

00:35:24It's a look

00:35:24best to find

00:35:25is cute.

00:35:27You tell him that.

00:35:28No way.

00:35:30We begin

00:35:30the fourth quarter.

00:35:31We're going

00:35:31to Pat Hayden.

00:35:33Tires in motion.

00:35:34Third and two.

00:35:35There is

00:35:36Curtis Martin

00:35:37driven back.

00:35:38It'll be fourth down.

00:35:39And Phil Hansen

00:35:40again on short

00:35:41yardage defense

00:35:42but you know

00:35:43no new thing

00:35:44here for the Bills.

00:35:45They've been going

00:35:46for it on fourth down

00:35:47a lot but Phil Hansen

00:35:48has played well

00:35:49particularly in

00:35:50short yardage plays

00:35:52tonight.

00:35:53Boy, he's gotten

00:35:54some quick penetration.

00:35:57He just kind of

00:35:57fights off Max

00:35:58Lane's block

00:35:59the right tackle

00:36:00and then just

00:36:01stuffs the runner.

00:36:04Fourth and one.

00:36:05And this

00:36:05is a very

00:36:06very big play

00:36:08for the Bills defense.

00:36:11Gass

00:36:12Martin behind.

00:36:15Fires in motion.

00:36:16It's a toss left

00:36:19and he does not

00:36:21get there.

00:36:22Sam Rogers.

00:36:23Sam Rogers

00:36:24with some help

00:36:24from Bruce Smith

00:36:25and boy

00:36:27the defense

00:36:27has played well

00:36:28the second half

00:36:28haven't they

00:36:29burned?

00:36:31I mean a much

00:36:32different

00:36:32defensive team

00:36:34this second half.

00:36:35On the field

00:36:36almost the entire

00:36:37first half.

00:36:38They try to

00:36:39scoot outside

00:36:40but Sam Rogers

00:36:41is going to have

00:36:42none of it.

00:36:44Good play.

00:36:44To watch

00:36:46Bruce Smith

00:36:46against Bruce Armstrong

00:36:47one of those battles

00:36:48the game within the

00:36:49games we were

00:36:49watching tonight

00:36:50he just kind of

00:36:51throws him aside

00:36:52Sam Rogers

00:36:53slips underneath

00:36:54the block

00:36:55of Keith Byers

00:36:56and makes his

00:36:57seventh tackle

00:36:58of the evening

00:36:59so Smith

00:36:59and Sam Rogers

00:37:00on a critical

00:37:01fourth and one

00:37:02come up big.

00:37:03And you may have

00:37:04seen Bill Carcells

00:37:05in an agitated state

00:37:07going to commercial

00:37:08he was yelling

00:37:09at Bruce Armstrong

00:37:10Kelly finds

00:37:12his receiver

00:37:14Quinn Early

00:37:15out on the right

00:37:15side.

00:37:16Quinn Early

00:37:16all those years

00:37:17New Orleans

00:37:18San Diego

00:37:19signed as a free

00:37:20agent because

00:37:21he said his family

00:37:22liked the lifestyle

00:37:23in Buffalo

00:37:24among other things.

00:37:25You know all those

00:37:26years in New Orleans

00:37:27you mentioned

00:37:27overshadowed by a lot

00:37:28of great receivers

00:37:29in the NFC

00:37:30but this guy is a

00:37:31good player.

00:37:32Second down

00:37:33and one

00:37:33five-point game

00:37:3413-45

00:37:35Thomas

00:37:37cuts it left

00:37:38and moves over

00:37:40center

00:37:40behind the block

00:37:41of Ken Hull

00:37:43and he's got a

00:37:44first down at the

00:37:4441.

00:37:45You know who else

00:37:45was in there

00:37:46throwing his body

00:37:46around blocking?

00:37:47His old Steve

00:37:48Tasker.

00:37:50Tasker

00:37:50number 89

00:37:51all 5'9

00:37:53183 pounds

00:37:54goes right in there

00:37:55trying to block

00:37:55linebackers.

00:37:57He did a pretty

00:37:58good job.

00:37:58Yeah.

00:37:59You love to see

00:38:00that throw.

00:38:00First and 10

00:38:01and Kelly will throw.

00:38:03makes it.

00:38:04Oh!

00:38:06Yeah.

00:38:07Ty Law was

00:38:07expecting to make

00:38:08a tackle

00:38:09instead he was

00:38:09defending the ball

00:38:11from his chest.

00:38:12Went right through

00:38:13the hands of both

00:38:14Thurman Thomas

00:38:15and Mr. Law.

00:38:20And Thurman Thomas

00:38:21has not been

00:38:22involved in the

00:38:23passing game

00:38:23tonight

00:38:24at all.

00:38:25Zero catches

00:38:26and you know

00:38:27when they were

00:38:27really good

00:38:28the Bills were

00:38:28really good

00:38:29he used to catch

00:38:2950 to 60 passes

00:38:31a year.

00:38:32Second and 10

00:38:32reverse

00:38:33nope they

00:38:34take the reverse

00:38:35and throw it out

00:38:36to Tony Klein

00:38:37or rather Lonnie

00:38:38Johnson

00:38:39and they get

00:38:40across the 50

00:38:41after the fake

00:38:42to Tasker

00:38:43and the little lob

00:38:44to the tight end

00:38:45who comes up

00:38:46favoring his shoulder

00:38:47or his left elbow.

00:38:51Johnson hurt.

00:38:54Third and one

00:38:55and again Kelly

00:38:56calling his own

00:38:57plays.

00:39:06There's a penalty

00:39:06against the Patriots.

00:39:08That's going to be

00:39:09an automatic

00:39:09first down

00:39:10and it will

00:39:11nullify a fine

00:39:12defensive effort

00:39:13by the rookie

00:39:13lawyer Molloy.

00:39:17Second half

00:39:18burn.

00:39:19I mean I think

00:39:19one of the adjustments

00:39:20the Bills made

00:39:21at halftime

00:39:21was hey

00:39:21we're going back

00:39:22to the K-Gun.

00:39:23We struggled

00:39:24in the first half

00:39:25and they have been

00:39:25offside defense

00:39:26number 97

00:39:27five yard penalty.

00:39:30Yeah that's on

00:39:31Mark Wheeler

00:39:32number 97

00:39:33but boy they have

00:39:33looked much more

00:39:34comfortable.

00:39:35I mean the Bills

00:39:36offense just can't

00:39:37seem to make up

00:39:38its mind

00:39:39whether it's going

00:39:39to be a kind

00:39:40of slow down

00:39:41kind of offense

00:39:41or the okay gun

00:39:43but you see

00:39:44what's happened

00:39:44here in the second

00:39:45half.

00:39:46A much more

00:39:47productive

00:39:47half offensively

00:39:49and defensively.

00:39:50Kelly with time

00:39:51comes left.

00:39:53Incomplete.

00:39:55Intended for

00:39:55Quinn Early.

00:39:58Talking about

00:39:59Quinn Early's

00:39:59lack of recognition

00:40:00despite his years

00:40:01of excellence

00:40:01in the league

00:40:02and he said

00:40:04you know

00:40:04I'd rather be

00:40:05successful than

00:40:06famous.

00:40:06It's much more

00:40:07important to me

00:40:07to have the

00:40:09respect of my

00:40:09peers than

00:40:10public acclaim.

00:40:12We don't hear

00:40:12that enough

00:40:13in sports these

00:40:13days do we?

00:40:14No we don't.

00:40:16Second down

00:40:17blitz coming.

00:40:18Kelly hits

00:40:19he lets it go

00:40:20incomplete.

00:40:21Good defensive

00:40:21job.

00:40:22Willie Clay.

00:40:23Yeah and Willie

00:40:23Clay knows when

00:40:24there's a blitz

00:40:25the adjustment

00:40:26the offensive

00:40:27receiver's going

00:40:28to make

00:40:28is the slant

00:40:29route.

00:40:30I mean he's

00:40:30been doing it

00:40:31forever in the

00:40:31NFL.

00:40:33And as soon

00:40:33as he saw

00:40:34he knows

00:40:34it's a defensive

00:40:35blitz.

00:40:36He knows

00:40:36the side

00:40:36adjustment

00:40:37is the slant

00:40:38and he drives

00:40:39on the play.

00:40:41Third and ten.

00:40:44Buffalo three

00:40:45of eleven

00:40:46on third down

00:40:46plays in the

00:40:47ballgame.

00:40:49None bigger

00:40:50than this one.

00:40:56He got it.

00:40:57He got it.

00:40:58Quinn Early

00:40:59grabbed it.

00:40:59Wow.

00:41:01And Tasker's

00:41:01hurt again.

00:41:02Steve Tasker

00:41:05limps to the

00:41:05bench.

00:41:08Eric Moulds

00:41:09takes his

00:41:09place.

00:41:20It's the last

00:41:20pass again

00:41:21but Quinn Early

00:41:22comes up

00:41:24and I'll tell you

00:41:24that is a well

00:41:25thrown ball

00:41:26away from the

00:41:27defender by Jim

00:41:27Kelly.

00:41:28a good adjustment

00:41:28by Quinn Early

00:41:29and behind those

00:41:31two Steve Tasker

00:41:32injured

00:41:33well it looked like

00:41:35his foot again.

00:41:39Oh my.

00:41:41Smidgen.

00:41:41I took that

00:41:42smidgen and a half.

00:41:44Yeah it is.

00:41:44Yeah.

00:41:46Yeah.

00:41:47Well another one of

00:41:48the fourth down

00:41:48plays.

00:41:49You know the

00:41:50Patriots have

00:41:50tried two

00:41:51fourth down

00:41:52plays and have

00:41:53been unsuccessful

00:41:53at the shin.

00:41:54That is

00:41:54that is

00:41:55foot.

00:41:55and now this

00:41:58becomes

00:41:59in the fourth

00:42:01quarter

00:42:01with only 12

00:42:02minutes enough

00:42:03the biggest

00:42:03play in the

00:42:03ballgame.

00:42:04Thurman Thomas

00:42:18his first

00:42:23hundred yard

00:42:24game of the

00:42:25season

00:42:25and he's had

00:42:27some long runs

00:42:28tonight but when

00:42:28you needed a short

00:42:29run the fourth and

00:42:30one

00:42:30you find a way

00:42:32to get it done

00:42:32Tim Tyndale

00:42:36leading the way

00:42:37number 33

00:42:37you see Glenn

00:42:38Parker there.

00:42:40You know if he

00:42:41didn't get

00:42:41didn't get high

00:42:42enough there he

00:42:43gets stopped.

00:42:44Good lead.

00:42:45First and ten

00:42:46Kelly back.

00:42:47Across the middle

00:42:48wide open.

00:42:50It's Andre Reid.

00:42:52Flag is down.

00:42:54This one might

00:42:54come back.

00:42:57Back in that

00:42:57holding area.

00:43:02A 22 yard

00:43:07gain inside the

00:43:0815.

00:43:09It's coming

00:43:10back.

00:43:15I think.

00:43:16You see Quinn

00:43:17early is pointing

00:43:18the other way.

00:43:20A little

00:43:21hands to the

00:43:21face.

00:43:22Whoa.

00:43:22Defense number

00:43:2372.

00:43:24Kinley is

00:43:24declined.

00:43:25First down.

00:43:26Devin Wyman

00:43:29the rookie

00:43:30number 72.

00:43:31I saw

00:43:31Marv Levy's

00:43:32reaction and

00:43:34thought it was

00:43:34going to be a

00:43:34holding call.

00:43:36But this one

00:43:37goes against the

00:43:37Patriots and

00:43:39the 22 yard

00:43:40gain stands.

00:43:42Steve

00:43:42Tasker is

00:43:43back in the

00:43:44field.

00:43:47Just outside

00:43:48the tent.

00:43:49Thomas a

00:43:57yard.

00:43:58Chris Slade

00:43:59number 53.

00:44:04Let's go back

00:44:05a couple of

00:44:05plays and see

00:44:06what happened

00:44:06to Steve

00:44:07Tasker.

00:44:08Oh yeah.

00:44:09He had

00:44:09gotten spiked

00:44:11on that

00:44:13left shin.

00:44:14Well he's on

00:44:14the whole Hayden

00:44:15team.

00:44:15Oh boy.

00:44:16Another one.

00:44:16Yeah.

00:44:17McGinnis

00:44:18foams

00:44:19Tasker.

00:44:20It's a nice

00:44:20start.

00:44:22I get it

00:44:22with the

00:44:22injuries.

00:44:24Got to have

00:44:25something to

00:44:25hang our

00:44:25hat on.

00:44:27Second and

00:44:27nine.

00:44:29What do you

00:44:29want the

00:44:30all-world

00:44:30scholar team?

00:44:32No.

00:44:32No I don't

00:44:32want that.

00:44:33Time out.

00:44:39And the

00:44:40time called

00:44:40by Jim

00:44:41Kelly and

00:44:41the Bills

00:44:42comes with

00:44:4210.23

00:44:43remaining

00:44:44in regulation.

00:44:45AFC

00:44:46Eastern

00:44:46Division.

00:44:47Buffalo

00:44:48trail by

00:44:4813 at

00:44:49the half.

00:44:49They climbed

00:44:50right back

00:44:50in it.

00:44:51The key to

00:44:52getting back

00:44:52in was an

00:44:5380-yard

00:44:53drive.

00:44:54Now they

00:44:55look at a

00:44:55second down

00:44:55and nine

00:44:56from just

00:44:57inside the

00:44:5810.

00:44:59They can

00:44:59get a

00:44:59first down

00:45:00without the

00:45:01touchdown.

00:45:04Thurman Thomas

00:45:04goes right.

00:45:05Kelly back.

00:45:06Across the

00:45:07middle.

00:45:08Incomplete in

00:45:08the end zone.

00:45:09And there's

00:45:10the play.

00:45:13Thurman Thomas

00:45:14who's not

00:45:14caught a ball

00:45:15tonight in

00:45:16the critical

00:45:17situations they

00:45:18give him a

00:45:19chance.

00:45:21And he

00:45:21was well

00:45:22covered but

00:45:22one of the

00:45:23reasons he was

00:45:23well covered

00:45:24was pass

00:45:24interference.

00:45:25That's why

00:45:25he didn't

00:45:25catch it.

00:45:28Again,

00:45:28much better

00:45:29protection this

00:45:30second half.

00:45:31Much better

00:45:31protection.

00:45:32That's

00:45:32Willie Clay

00:45:33defense.

00:45:34Defense.

00:45:35Bow was in

00:45:36the end zone.

00:45:37Byroon, the

00:45:37ball was placed

00:45:38on the one-yard

00:45:39line.

00:45:40First down.

00:45:41If they score a

00:45:42touchdown, they'll

00:45:44go for a two-point

00:45:45play.

00:45:47And here's

00:45:47Thurman Thomas.

00:45:48Again, has not

00:45:49caught a pass

00:45:50tonight.

00:45:51A guy that used

00:45:52to catch 50 or 60

00:45:53regularly.

00:45:53Good call.

00:45:54Easy call against

00:45:55Willie Clay.

00:45:56First and goal

00:45:57from the one-yard

00:45:58line.

00:46:00Kendale and a

00:46:01wing to the

00:46:01right side.

00:46:04Motion.

00:46:05Thomas.

00:46:07No TD.

00:46:10I don't think

00:46:11it was even

00:46:11close.

00:46:11We have seen

00:46:12very good

00:46:13short-yarded

00:46:14defense by both

00:46:15teams tonight,

00:46:16Vern.

00:46:17He may have

00:46:17lost a half

00:46:18yard.

00:46:18Yeah.

00:46:21Again, in the

00:46:23short-yardage

00:46:23defense, it's

00:46:24getting some

00:46:24penetration.

00:46:26Oh, boy.

00:46:27And Ted

00:46:27Johnson, number

00:46:2852, just

00:46:29buried him.

00:46:30Oh.

00:46:32Good tackler,

00:46:34Ted Johnson.

00:46:38Second down

00:46:38and goal.

00:46:42Thomas tries

00:46:44to pull

00:46:44golf again

00:46:45for the

00:46:46trampoline.

00:46:47Nothing doing.

00:46:48It'll be

00:46:48third down.

00:46:51Well, remember

00:46:52in game

00:46:53one in this

00:46:55series, New

00:46:55England in

00:46:56similar situation,

00:46:58could not

00:46:58punch the

00:46:59ball in

00:47:00and lost

00:47:0017-10.

00:47:02The Bills

00:47:03to go ahead

00:47:04in this

00:47:05ballgame.

00:47:06Give Thurman

00:47:06Thomas a try

00:47:07and they have

00:47:08two more

00:47:08downs.

00:47:10And Vern,

00:47:10I don't think

00:47:11giving him

00:47:11two more

00:47:12tries over

00:47:12the top

00:47:13of the

00:47:13bad play.

00:47:13As long

00:47:14as you get

00:47:14a good

00:47:14lead block,

00:47:16Thurman

00:47:16Thomas can

00:47:17get up

00:47:17it over.

00:47:19Third down.

00:47:24Thomas again.

00:47:27No indication

00:47:28yet that he's

00:47:29in.

00:47:30Hey, Jimmy

00:47:30Hitchcock,

00:47:31the defensive

00:47:31back for New

00:47:32England, got a

00:47:33little confused.

00:47:34He put his hands

00:47:34up like a

00:47:35touchdown and

00:47:36then kind of

00:47:37waved it off.

00:47:37Fourth down.

00:47:38Did some

00:47:42very

00:47:43significant

00:47:44fourth down

00:47:44plays.

00:47:52And this

00:47:52is a play

00:47:53that Mark

00:47:53Levy is

00:47:54going to

00:47:54call.

00:47:56Okay,

00:47:57again,

00:47:57he just

00:47:57got stuck.

00:47:58The lead

00:47:59blocker got

00:47:59stuck and

00:48:00Thurman

00:48:00Thomas had

00:48:01nowhere to

00:48:01go.

00:48:03Levy has

00:48:04made his

00:48:04decision.

00:48:05Kelly has

00:48:05received the

00:48:06information.

00:48:07Thurman

00:48:07Thomas

00:48:08three thrusts

00:48:09at the

00:48:10goal line.

00:48:11You know,

00:48:11even a

00:48:12quarterback

00:48:12sneak there

00:48:13is very,

00:48:14there's only

00:48:14about six

00:48:15inches to

00:48:16go for a

00:48:16touchdown.

00:48:24Thomas

00:48:24again.

00:48:26Touchdown!

00:48:32Go for

00:48:33two,

00:48:33Mark Levy

00:48:34said.

00:48:34Oh,

00:48:34yeah.

00:48:35Try to

00:48:35make it a

00:48:36three-point

00:48:36ballgame.

00:48:37They have

00:48:37gone for

00:48:38two fewer

00:48:39times than

00:48:40any team

00:48:41in the

00:48:41National

00:48:41Football

00:48:41League

00:48:42since the

00:48:43two-point

00:48:43rule was

00:48:44instituted

00:48:45in 1994.

00:48:48This is the

00:48:49one that

00:48:49gets you

00:48:49the three-point

00:48:50lead potentially.

00:48:52And again,

00:48:52Jim Kelly

00:48:53with an

00:48:54overactive,

00:48:55competitive

00:48:55thyroid.

00:48:57I mean,

00:48:57he hangs

00:48:57around and

00:48:58he hangs

00:48:59around and

00:48:59he hangs

00:48:59around.

00:49:01And just

00:49:01like we

00:49:01saw in

00:49:02week one

00:49:02against the

00:49:02Giants,

00:49:04he has

00:49:04his team

00:49:05ahead late

00:49:06in the

00:49:06ballgame.

00:49:08Derrick

00:49:08Holmes is

00:49:08the running

00:49:09back.

00:49:10Andre

00:49:11Reid

00:49:11wide

00:49:12right.

00:49:21Holmes

00:49:22touchdowns,

00:49:23that's

00:49:23the point.

00:49:25Two extra

00:49:26points.

00:49:27Yes,

00:49:27as a matter

00:49:27of fact.

00:49:28That too.

00:49:29Let's go

00:49:32back to the

00:49:33touchdown

00:49:33first.

00:49:34Please.

00:49:35And you

00:49:35see it was

00:49:36less than

00:49:37a foot.

00:49:39You know,

00:49:40I tell you,

00:49:40that is a

00:49:41determined

00:49:41run because

00:49:41he got

00:49:42hit at

00:49:42the very

00:49:43top of

00:49:44that run.

00:49:45But when

00:49:45Thurman

00:49:45Thomas gets

00:49:46hit,

00:49:47rarely does

00:49:48he go

00:49:48backwards.

00:49:48And then

00:49:49the two-point

00:49:49play by

00:49:50Holmes.

00:49:52I knew

00:49:53that's what

00:49:53it was.

00:49:54Yeah.

00:49:55Goes for

00:49:56two, gets

00:49:56it after

00:49:56the touchdown.

00:49:58A 72-yard

00:49:59drive in

00:49:5914 plays

00:50:00took almost

00:50:01five and a

00:50:02half minutes.

00:50:02Here's the

00:50:03kickoff from

00:50:04Steve Christie.

00:50:05Troy Brown

00:50:06has it

00:50:07out to the

00:50:0820.

00:50:10And he

00:50:11moves it

00:50:11out to

00:50:11the 25.

00:50:12Well,

00:50:12a 72-yard

00:50:13drive.

00:50:13Runs

00:50:14seven passes

00:50:15in the

00:50:15drive.

00:50:16And the

00:50:17touchdown

00:50:17coming from

00:50:18about six

00:50:19inches out

00:50:19on fourth

00:50:20down.

00:50:23New England

00:50:24Gorman

00:50:24offensively

00:50:25in this

00:50:25half.

00:50:26Let's

00:50:26go.

00:50:27Tries to

00:50:28get them

00:50:28started

00:50:28and he

00:50:29gets

00:50:29fires out

00:50:30of the

00:50:30backfield

00:50:31and Kurt

00:50:31Schultz

00:50:32saved a

00:50:33bigger game.

00:50:34Seventh

00:50:35catch of

00:50:36the evening

00:50:36for

00:50:37buyers.

00:50:38And again,

00:50:39this is,

00:50:39you know,

00:50:40this is where

00:50:40you find out

00:50:41a lot about

00:50:41your team.

00:50:42Bill Parcells

00:50:42was saying,

00:50:43I don't know

00:50:43what kind of

00:50:43team this is.

00:50:44A team that,

00:50:45you know,

00:50:45they looked like

00:50:46they were on

00:50:47fire in the

00:50:47first half.

00:50:48They were

00:50:48going to run

00:50:49away with the

00:50:49game.

00:50:49Now find

00:50:50themselves down

00:50:50by three.

00:50:52Found out

00:50:52a lot about

00:50:52your team and

00:50:53your quarterback

00:50:53in situations

00:50:54like this.

00:50:55Second down

00:50:55and four,

00:50:568-10 to go

00:50:57regulation play.

00:50:59Pop comes on

00:51:00the blitz.

00:51:01Ben Coates,

00:51:02who has not been

00:51:03much of a factor

00:51:03tonight,

00:51:04makes the grab

00:51:05enough for the

00:51:06first down.

00:51:06Well,

00:51:06what a good block

00:51:07by Sam Gash

00:51:08on Bryce Popp.

00:51:10And then we talked

00:51:11about how Sam

00:51:12Gash contributes

00:51:14to this team.

00:51:15You know,

00:51:16doesn't carry the

00:51:16ball a lot,

00:51:17but when there's

00:51:18a successful play,

00:51:19it's usually the

00:51:20result of some

00:51:21block by Sam

00:51:22Gash.

00:51:24Gain of five on

00:51:25that play after

00:51:26the Gash block

00:51:27and a first down

00:51:28and 10.

00:51:29Byers is back

00:51:30in,

00:51:30so also is

00:51:31Curtis Martin.

00:51:33On first and

00:51:3410,

00:51:34Jefferson in

00:51:35motion.

00:51:37Right,

00:51:38so?

00:51:38Knocked down

00:51:40by Ted Washington

00:51:41and Ted Washington

00:51:41just stood at

00:51:42the line of

00:51:42scrimmage.

00:51:43I think he is

00:51:44so tired from

00:51:45being on the

00:51:45field for so

00:51:46long.

00:51:47He just stood

00:51:48there,

00:51:48stood there,

00:51:49got both his

00:51:50arms up and

00:51:51knocked it down.

00:51:51He's the nose

00:51:52tackle,

00:51:52number 92,

00:51:54against Dave

00:51:54Wallenbaugh.

00:51:57Yep,

00:51:58you know,

00:51:58Drew Bledsoe

00:51:59had 31 passes

00:52:01tipped a year

00:52:01ago and they

00:52:02spent a lot of

00:52:03time with Drew

00:52:03Bledsoe in the

00:52:04offseason trying

00:52:05to throw an

00:52:05over defender.

00:52:07Second down

00:52:08Bledsoe.

00:52:13That's a

00:52:14moderate gain

00:52:14to the 42-yard

00:52:15line for Sam

00:52:16Gash,

00:52:17number 33,

00:52:18and a big

00:52:19third down

00:52:19play.

00:52:19Got to give

00:52:20him a bone

00:52:20every once in

00:52:21a while with

00:52:21all the

00:52:21blocking Sam

00:52:22Gash does,

00:52:23but this

00:52:26Patriot team

00:52:27in the first

00:52:27half was really

00:52:28on the roll

00:52:28offensively,

00:52:29weren't they?

00:52:29I mean,

00:52:30they were

00:52:30spreading the

00:52:30ball around

00:52:31and coming

00:52:32up with big

00:52:32plays and had

00:52:33their first

00:52:3340-yard

00:52:34completion,

00:52:35but this

00:52:35second half

00:52:36has been an

00:52:36entirely different

00:52:37half today.

00:52:40Under seven

00:52:40minutes to go,

00:52:41it's 35.

00:52:42five.

00:52:44Oh,

00:52:44for the

00:52:44dollar!

00:52:46Oh,

00:52:46tough!

00:52:49Bledsoe.

00:52:51Bledsoe.

00:52:52Bledsoe.

00:52:53Struggles for the

00:52:54first down

00:52:54at the 50.

00:52:55And he may have

00:52:56gotten that,

00:52:57just his knee

00:52:58touchdown just

00:52:59short of the 50.

00:52:59Oh,

00:53:00again,

00:53:01Sam Gash comes

00:53:02through,

00:53:02and I want to

00:53:02tell you,

00:53:03Martin,

00:53:03number 21,

00:53:04Manny Martin,

00:53:05for the Bills,

00:53:06read the play

00:53:06and thought he

00:53:08had a bead on

00:53:09Sam Gash and

00:53:10thought he was

00:53:11just going to

00:53:11smack him

00:53:12shore the first

00:53:12down.

00:53:13They give

00:53:13Bledsoe some

00:53:14credit for

00:53:14hanging in

00:53:15there and

00:53:16finding somebody

00:53:16at the last

00:53:17moment.

00:53:17I mean,

00:53:17this is good

00:53:18quarterbacking

00:53:19there.

00:53:20Under duress,

00:53:20but,

00:53:21you know,

00:53:22and Martin

00:53:22read it,

00:53:23and Gash just

00:53:24runs right

00:53:24underneath the

00:53:24tackle.

00:53:25Play action

00:53:27for Bledsoe

00:53:27again.

00:53:28Dances right,

00:53:29caught and dropped,

00:53:30second sack

00:53:31tonight,

00:53:31Sam Rogers.

00:53:33Sam Rogers.

00:53:35Flag is down,

00:53:36away from the

00:53:37play at the

00:53:3842-yard line.

00:53:43That's a

00:53:44defensive

00:53:44holding play.

00:53:46Now,

00:53:46Rogers,

00:53:46number 59,

00:53:47will come in

00:53:48from the right

00:53:48side of the

00:53:49screen.

00:53:50Really,

00:53:50he gets

00:53:51through,

00:53:51that's a

00:53:51determined

00:53:52fast rush.

00:53:52Defense,

00:53:53number 28,

00:53:54five-yard

00:53:54foul,

00:53:55first down.

00:53:57There's the

00:53:58hold right

00:53:58there on

00:53:59Thomas Smith.

00:54:01Jefferson

00:54:02trying to

00:54:02shake loose,

00:54:03and that's

00:54:03an automatic

00:54:04first down.

00:54:04Instead of

00:54:05the sack,

00:54:06you get a

00:54:06first down.

00:54:09Marvlede,

00:54:10a little

00:54:10calmer now

00:54:11than he was

00:54:11earlier.

00:54:12First down

00:54:13and 10

00:54:13at the 45

00:54:14with six

00:54:16minutes to

00:54:16go.

00:54:20Bledsoe

00:54:21across the

00:54:21middle,

00:54:22got his

00:54:23tight end

00:54:23at the 31.

00:54:26You know,

00:54:26there are

00:54:26big guys

00:54:27in the

00:54:27National

00:54:28Football League

00:54:29and there

00:54:29are fast

00:54:30guys in

00:54:30the National

00:54:30Football League

00:54:31and then

00:54:31there are

00:54:32big fast

00:54:32guys.

00:54:33And that's

00:54:33what Ben

00:54:33Coates

00:54:34is.

00:54:34He's a

00:54:34big fast

00:54:35guy.

00:54:36A mismatch

00:54:37in the

00:54:38making.

00:54:38and Drew

00:54:41Bledsoe

00:54:41just kind

00:54:42of

00:54:42watch

00:54:43gets

00:54:43right

00:54:43past

00:54:44number

00:54:4454

00:54:44in the

00:54:44middle

00:54:45of

00:54:45screen

00:54:45Spielman.

00:54:47I mean,

00:54:47there are

00:54:47some tight

00:54:48throwing areas

00:54:49and I think

00:54:49that's one of the

00:54:50biggest adjustments

00:54:50college quarterbacks

00:54:51find is how

00:54:52tight those

00:54:53throws have to

00:54:55be.

00:54:55game of 14

00:54:57first down to 31.

00:54:58Bledsoe

00:54:59and bring this

00:55:00one back.

00:55:00Flagged out.

00:55:01Illegal

00:55:02motion call

00:55:04against somebody

00:55:04in that

00:55:05offensive line.

00:55:05Rarely can you

00:55:07put a back

00:55:08on a great

00:55:09pass rusher

00:55:10like Bryce

00:55:11Popp.

00:55:11But Sam

00:55:12Gash has had

00:55:12that responsibility.

00:55:14Prior to the

00:55:14snap,

00:55:14number 78.

00:55:16Five yard

00:55:16penalty.

00:55:17Still first

00:55:17down.

00:55:18That's on

00:55:19Bruce Armstrong.

00:55:20But Sam

00:55:21Gash has been

00:55:21assigned Bryce

00:55:22Popp and has

00:55:23done a very

00:55:23good job thus

00:55:24far in this

00:55:25game.

00:55:26And you're

00:55:26looking at the

00:55:27slate scoreboard

00:55:28as we get set

00:55:28for the first

00:55:30down in 15

00:55:31play.

00:55:33With 5-10

00:55:34remaining.

00:55:35You're thinking

00:55:36timeouts.

00:55:37Buffalo has

00:55:38used one.

00:55:39New England

00:55:39has all three

00:55:40remaining.

00:55:41First and 15.

00:55:43How costly

00:55:43will that penalty

00:55:44be?

00:55:44We'll see here.

00:55:47Stunts.

00:55:48Right.

00:55:49Got him.

00:55:52Gabe Northern.

00:55:54What?

00:55:54No one even

00:55:55picked him up?

00:55:56I mean,

00:55:56he absolutely

00:55:57came cleanly,

00:55:58didn't he?

00:56:00I mean,

00:56:01there has to be

00:56:01a mix-up

00:56:02on that left

00:56:03side because

00:56:03absolutely

00:56:05no one even

00:56:05thought about

00:56:06blocking Gabe

00:56:06Norman.

00:56:09So subsequent

00:56:10penalty and

00:56:11sack have

00:56:12moved him well

00:56:12out of field

00:56:13goal range.

00:56:13Yeah,

00:56:14he's going to

00:56:14come in from

00:56:14the left side.

00:56:15It was really

00:56:15a delay.

00:56:16He was just

00:56:17as shocked as

00:56:17anybody else

00:56:18that nobody

00:56:18blocked him.

00:56:21Second down

00:56:21one and twenty-one

00:56:22clock shows

00:56:23for forty

00:56:23remaining.

00:56:28Here comes

00:56:29Pupp.

00:56:30Bledsoe

00:56:31settles

00:56:31to the short

00:56:32receiver.

00:56:33Curtis Martin

00:56:34to the

00:56:34thirty-seven

00:56:34yard line.

00:56:37Adam Vinatieri

00:56:38was telling us

00:56:39last night

00:56:39the longest

00:56:40field goal

00:56:41of his career

00:56:41came in

00:56:42high school.

00:56:43Fifty-eight

00:56:44yards.

00:56:45Longest in

00:56:46college was

00:56:47fifty-one

00:56:47which he

00:56:48kicked three

00:56:48times.

00:56:50And the

00:56:50longest in

00:56:51his professional

00:56:51career is

00:56:52fifty yards.

00:56:53And again,

00:56:53there's Gash

00:56:54again on

00:56:55Bryce Pupp.

00:56:56I mean,

00:56:56that is

00:56:57terrific

00:56:57blocking by

00:56:59Gash.

00:57:00You know,

00:57:00the Patriots

00:57:00really,

00:57:01ever since

00:57:01the fumble

00:57:02by Curtis

00:57:02Martin,

00:57:03have just

00:57:03given up

00:57:04on the

00:57:04run.

00:57:05Third and

00:57:05sixty.

00:57:10Bledsoe

00:57:11deep.

00:57:13Tough

00:57:13throw.

00:57:14Even

00:57:15more difficult

00:57:15catch.

00:57:16Terry

00:57:17Glenn.

00:57:18And he

00:57:18was hit

00:57:18by Kurt

00:57:19Schultz.

00:57:20Oh,

00:57:21dear.

00:57:28You've

00:57:29got Sam

00:57:30Gash

00:57:30blocking

00:57:31Bryce

00:57:31Pupp

00:57:32on one

00:57:32side.

00:57:33And you've

00:57:34got Bruce

00:57:34Armstrong

00:57:35going against

00:57:36Bruce Smith

00:57:37on the

00:57:37other.

00:57:38I mean,

00:57:38there have

00:57:38been some

00:57:38real good

00:57:39matchups

00:57:39against two

00:57:40dominant

00:57:40pass rushers.

00:57:42And you're

00:57:43going to

00:57:43watch right

00:57:44here.

00:57:44This is

00:57:44Armstrong

00:57:45against

00:57:45Smith.

00:57:46He's

00:57:48doing a

00:57:49job

00:57:49there.

00:57:50Remember

00:57:50Smith

00:57:50and here

00:57:51is

00:57:51Pop

00:57:52number

00:57:5395

00:57:53on

00:57:54gas.

00:57:54I mean,

00:57:54that is

00:57:55good pass

00:57:55protection.

00:57:56A dominant

00:57:57pass rusher

00:57:58usually overpowers

00:57:59a back.

00:58:04Terry

00:58:04Glenn,

00:58:04the intended

00:58:05receiver,

00:58:06and you see

00:58:06Kurt Schultz

00:58:07coming.

00:58:08Jeff

00:58:09Burris was

00:58:09also defending

00:58:10and Glenn

00:58:11is now

00:58:11on his

00:58:12feet and

00:58:13will walk

00:58:13off without

00:58:14assistance.

00:58:15Well,

00:58:15351

00:58:16remaining

00:58:16in the

00:58:17ballgame,

00:58:17this would

00:58:17be about

00:58:18a

00:58:18fourth down,

00:58:19right?

00:58:19It would be

00:58:19about a

00:58:2051-yard

00:58:21field goal

00:58:22attempt.

00:58:25Or a

00:58:2554-yard

00:58:26field goal

00:58:27attempt.

00:58:27Excuse me.

00:58:29And his

00:58:29career-long

00:58:30in the

00:58:31pros is 50

00:58:32as we

00:58:32mentioned.

00:58:32And remember,

00:58:33any time you

00:58:33get those

00:58:34long field

00:58:34goal attempts,

00:58:36that blocked

00:58:36field goal

00:58:37always comes

00:58:38into play.

00:58:39And we

00:58:39mentioned it a

00:58:40couple times,

00:58:41the Bills

00:58:42are particularly

00:58:43good at blocking

00:58:43field goals.

00:58:44When he was a

00:58:45senior in Rapid

00:58:45City, South

00:58:46Dakota, he

00:58:47kicked one of

00:58:4758.

00:58:49Three times in

00:58:50his career as a

00:58:51jackrabbit at

00:58:51South Dakota

00:58:52State, he

00:58:53kicked one of

00:58:5451.

00:58:55This one will

00:58:56be 54 yards

00:58:57to tie it up.

00:59:01Out of Tom

00:59:02Tupa's hold.

00:59:05Maybe,

00:59:06maybe,

00:59:06no.

00:59:16Everett

00:59:17comes up

00:59:17just short.

00:59:19The Buffalo

00:59:20Bills cling to

00:59:22a three-point lead

00:59:23and they've got

00:59:24the ball.

00:59:31One more foot

00:59:32and he might

00:59:33have had the

00:59:33tying field goal.

00:59:35As it is,

00:59:35Buffalo gets the

00:59:36ball back at

00:59:3644 with

00:59:393.46 and

00:59:40regulation left.

00:59:43Sweep left.

00:59:44Thurman Thomas

00:59:45dropped.

00:59:47Tackle made

00:59:48by Monte

00:59:49Brown,

00:59:49number 93.

00:59:51And remember,

00:59:52the Patriots

00:59:52have three

00:59:53timeouts plus

00:59:54the two-minute

00:59:54warning.

00:59:55So their

00:59:56defense has

00:59:57to come up

00:59:57with a play

00:59:58and give

00:59:59perhaps

00:59:59Drew Bledsoe

00:59:59one more

01:00:00chance.

01:00:01And again,

01:00:02this is where

01:00:02you really want

01:00:03to be able

01:00:03to run the

01:00:04ball,

01:00:04protect the

01:00:04lead in the

01:00:05fourth quarter.

01:00:05Monte

01:00:06Brown,

01:00:07a former

01:00:08Bill,

01:00:09read the

01:00:09play beautifully

01:00:10and timed

01:00:12his angle

01:00:12and got the

01:00:13right angle

01:00:13too.

01:00:14Loss of two.

01:00:15Thomas now

01:00:16with 119 yards

01:00:18for the evening

01:00:19at second and

01:00:2012.

01:00:22They hand it

01:00:23to the fullback

01:00:24and the quick

01:00:25opener.

01:00:27Tim Tyndale

01:00:28gets across the

01:00:2945 out near

01:00:30the 47-yard line

01:00:32and Parcells

01:00:37uses one

01:00:38of the three

01:00:38timeouts.

01:00:39They have two

01:00:40left.

01:00:40Well,

01:00:40Buffalo,

01:00:41every game

01:00:42this year

01:00:42they've won

01:00:43and they've

01:00:43won five

01:00:44has been

01:00:44decided by

01:00:45seven points

01:00:46or less.

01:00:47Look at

01:00:47last season

01:00:51they were

01:00:517-0

01:00:52in games

01:00:54decided by

01:00:54seven or less.

01:00:57And here's

01:00:58the record

01:00:58in 1996.

01:00:597-6.

01:00:59Shortly.

01:01:01Ah,

01:01:017-6.

01:01:06Little guys

01:01:09and dolls

01:01:09for you,

01:01:10Vern?

01:01:10Yes.

01:01:11Little Damon

01:01:11Runyon stuff

01:01:12there.

01:01:12I like that.

01:01:13Okay,

01:01:13yes.

01:01:15And Marv

01:01:15Levy,

01:01:16who's had a

01:01:17tough night

01:01:18physically and

01:01:18emotionally,

01:01:20knocked over

01:01:20by Ray

01:01:21on a special

01:01:22teams play

01:01:23and his team

01:01:25falling behind

01:01:2613-0

01:01:26then coming

01:01:27back and

01:01:28leading now

01:01:2918-15.

01:01:30It looks like

01:01:31he knows

01:01:31what goes

01:01:32with capers,

01:01:33doesn't he?

01:01:34That graduate

01:01:35degree,

01:01:36watch this,

01:01:37this is early

01:01:38in the third

01:01:38quarter.

01:01:41Marv could have

01:01:41used some of

01:01:42that track speed

01:01:42he had at

01:01:43Coe College

01:01:43when he ran

01:01:44a 9-8

01:01:45100-yard

01:01:46dash

01:01:46back in the

01:01:4840s.

01:01:52Third and

01:01:53eight.

01:01:55In the

01:01:55play,

01:01:56oh boy!

01:01:58That was

01:01:58McGinnis

01:01:58again.

01:01:59What a

01:02:00night

01:02:00Willie

01:02:01McGinnis

01:02:02has had.

01:02:03He's played

01:02:03with virtually

01:02:04one eye,

01:02:06and now he's

01:02:06got a nice

01:02:07shield on.

01:02:08He has rushed

01:02:08the passer,

01:02:09and this is

01:02:10something Willie

01:02:10McGinnis

01:02:11throughout his

01:02:11entire three-year

01:02:12career,

01:02:13Vern,

01:02:13has done a

01:02:15great job of

01:02:15timing his

01:02:16jumps.

01:02:17I think that's

01:02:17the 16th time

01:02:18in his career

01:02:19that he has

01:02:20tipped the ball

01:02:21at the line

01:02:21of scrimmage.

01:02:21somebody

01:02:23mentioned

01:02:24Ed

01:02:24Tutal-Jones.

01:02:25Uh-huh.

01:02:25Same kind

01:02:26of deal.

01:02:27McGinnis

01:02:27has really

01:02:28fought himself

01:02:29plate through

01:02:31pain tonight.

01:02:32David

01:02:33Meggett is back

01:02:34to return.

01:02:34Chris Moore's

01:02:35putt.

01:02:35This one is

01:02:36very high.

01:02:38Meggett,

01:02:38no fair catch.

01:02:42He's got it

01:02:42at the 15-yard

01:02:43line.

01:02:46Gabe Northern

01:02:47down to make

01:02:48the tackle.

01:02:48Chris Spielman

01:02:49ambles back

01:02:51on the field.

01:02:52Yeah,

01:02:52Chris Spielman,

01:02:53he of the

01:02:54very large

01:02:55thigh pads,

01:02:57those certainly

01:02:59covers his

01:03:01thighs,

01:03:02don't they?

01:03:03Yeah,

01:03:03it's very

01:03:03descriptive of

01:03:04you.

01:03:05Those are

01:03:06exceptionally

01:03:06large thigh

01:03:07pads.

01:03:08Either that

01:03:08or they

01:03:08except in

01:03:09large thighs.

01:03:10Or it could

01:03:11be both.

01:03:13They need a

01:03:14touchdown to

01:03:15win this

01:03:15ballgame.

01:03:16You see

01:03:16they rank

01:03:1728th on

01:03:1880-yard

01:03:18drives for

01:03:19touchdowns.

01:03:21They might

01:03:22settle for a

01:03:22field goal

01:03:23to tie.

01:03:24Bledsoe

01:03:25has to get

01:03:26a little

01:03:26hand does

01:03:27as the

01:03:28pressure came

01:03:29from Jim

01:03:29Jeffcoat,

01:03:30who was that

01:03:31far away

01:03:32from the

01:03:32100th stack

01:03:33of his

01:03:34career.

01:03:34A smidgen.

01:03:35He was that

01:03:36close.

01:03:36It was

01:03:36indeed.

01:03:37A guy

01:03:38who's been

01:03:39rushing the

01:03:39passer for

01:03:4114 years

01:03:42pretty doggone

01:03:42well.

01:03:44And Bledsoe,

01:03:45you know,

01:03:45again,

01:03:46gets the

01:03:46ball in

01:03:46the area

01:03:47of Dave

01:03:47Meggett,

01:03:47so that's

01:03:48not intentional

01:03:48grounding.

01:03:50It is

01:03:51second down

01:03:51and ten

01:03:52with 2.43

01:03:52to go.

01:03:53Two timeouts

01:03:54remaining.

01:03:57Bledsoe,

01:03:58right flat,

01:03:59caught by

01:04:00Troy Brown,

01:04:01up and out of

01:04:02bounds at the

01:04:0225-yard line,

01:04:03short of the

01:04:04first down.

01:04:05It will be

01:04:05third and

01:04:06about one.

01:04:09It did

01:04:10stop the

01:04:10clock with

01:04:112.37

01:04:11remaining,

01:04:12saving New

01:04:13England the

01:04:13timeout.

01:04:14Yeah,

01:04:15and in

01:04:15comes Sam

01:04:16Gash,

01:04:17who is a

01:04:19terrific lead

01:04:20blocker.

01:04:21I mean,

01:04:21still,

01:04:21with 2.37,

01:04:22you have plenty

01:04:23of time.

01:04:23You don't need

01:04:24to throw the

01:04:24ball every

01:04:25down.

01:04:25I mean,

01:04:26they really

01:04:26have abandoned

01:04:27the run this

01:04:28whole fourth

01:04:29quarter,

01:04:29but still

01:04:30plenty of time

01:04:30in the

01:04:31ballgame

01:04:31with those

01:04:31timeouts

01:04:32to be able

01:04:32to run

01:04:32the ball.

01:04:34Third and

01:04:34one.

01:04:38Right side.

01:04:40That should

01:04:40be enough

01:04:41for the

01:04:41first down.

01:04:43Now,

01:04:43let's see

01:04:43if they

01:04:44want to

01:04:44use the

01:04:44timeout

01:04:45before the

01:04:45two-minute

01:04:45warning.

01:04:46They should

01:04:47be able to

01:04:47get a couple

01:04:48of plays

01:04:48off,

01:04:49really,

01:04:49or at least

01:04:50one play

01:04:50before the

01:04:50two-minute

01:04:51warning.

01:04:53First and

01:04:5310,

01:04:53Bledsoe up

01:04:54under Dave

01:04:55Wolleball.

01:04:55Left side.

01:05:01Caught by

01:05:02Megan.

01:05:04Megan's

01:05:05on the

01:05:05bonds

01:05:05at the

01:05:0647.

01:05:08His

01:05:08first

01:05:09catch

01:05:09tonight.

01:05:12Huge.

01:05:13Guess

01:05:13when you

01:05:14think you

01:05:14have Dave

01:05:14Megan

01:05:15bottled up.

01:05:16And he

01:05:16has been

01:05:17this entire

01:05:17evening,

01:05:18both as

01:05:18a special

01:05:18teams player

01:05:19and as

01:05:20a third

01:05:20down

01:05:21specialist.

01:05:22Good

01:05:23catch

01:05:23on the

01:05:23adjustment.

01:05:25Change

01:05:27his

01:05:27hands.

01:05:28Make

01:05:28some

01:05:29people

01:05:29miss.

01:05:30And then

01:05:30Marlon

01:05:31Carter

01:05:31will get

01:05:31the

01:05:31piece

01:05:32and

01:05:32knock

01:05:32them

01:05:32out.

01:05:33Across

01:05:33the

01:05:33middle.

01:05:34Caught

01:05:34by

01:05:35Troy

01:05:35Brown.

01:05:37At

01:05:37the

01:05:3720-19

01:05:38two-minute

01:05:39warning.

01:05:44Troy

01:05:45Brown

01:05:45has

01:05:45one

01:05:46catch

01:05:46this

01:05:47season.

01:05:48Now

01:05:48he's

01:05:49got

01:05:49two.

01:05:53Unbelievable.

01:05:53Explosiveness

01:05:55and

01:05:55has

01:05:56started

01:05:56again

01:05:56with

01:05:57protection.

01:05:58Troy

01:05:58Brown

01:05:59knows

01:06:00he

01:06:00has

01:06:00timeouts

01:06:01so he

01:06:01didn't

01:06:02have

01:06:02to

01:06:02worry

01:06:02about

01:06:02the

01:06:02boundary

01:06:03too

01:06:03much.

01:06:03But

01:06:03that's

01:06:03a good

01:06:04offense.

01:06:05Thus far

01:06:06this season

01:06:06inside the

01:06:0720.

01:06:07Yeah,

01:06:08you know,

01:06:08they have

01:06:08multiple

01:06:09weapons

01:06:09all over

01:06:10the field,

01:06:10but particularly

01:06:11down here

01:06:11in the red

01:06:12zone.

01:06:12And I

01:06:12think that

01:06:13is very,

01:06:13very

01:06:14significant.

01:06:14Martin,

01:06:15Colts,

01:06:15and Glenn

01:06:16have all

01:06:17come up

01:06:18big.

01:06:18The

01:06:18last

01:06:18five

01:06:19games

01:06:19in

01:06:19particular

01:06:20of the

01:06:2124 times

01:06:22inside the

01:06:2320,

01:06:23they've

01:06:23scored

01:06:2313

01:06:24touchdowns.

01:06:28Brown's

01:06:29game was

01:06:29for 27

01:06:30yards.

01:06:31It gives

01:06:32New England

01:06:32a first

01:06:33down

01:06:33just

01:06:34inside

01:06:35the

01:06:3520.

01:06:38Megan

01:06:38is the

01:06:38running

01:06:39back.

01:06:40Short

01:06:41set up,

01:06:41pass left,

01:06:42Troy

01:06:42Brown out

01:06:43of bounds

01:06:43at the

01:06:4417-yard

01:06:45line.

01:06:47Matt

01:06:47Stephens

01:06:47with the

01:06:48tackle.

01:06:48Again,

01:06:49if you're

01:06:49Drew Bledsoe,

01:06:49you've got

01:06:50to be

01:06:50thinking about

01:06:51the touchdown,

01:06:51the win,

01:06:52not just

01:06:53going for

01:06:53the tie.

01:06:54You've got

01:06:54to be

01:06:54aggressive

01:06:55and stay

01:06:55aggressive.

01:06:57And that's

01:06:57what this

01:06:57drive has

01:06:58been,

01:06:58unlike most

01:06:59of the

01:06:59second half.

01:07:00But for

01:07:01the third

01:07:01time,

01:07:01he finds

01:07:02Troy

01:07:02Brown,

01:07:04matched

01:07:04up against

01:07:05a free

01:07:06safety.

01:07:10And again,

01:07:11I still

01:07:11think you've

01:07:12got to give

01:07:12Ben Colts a

01:07:13chance down

01:07:14here.

01:07:14Huge night

01:07:15for Bledsoe.

01:07:17But they

01:07:18trail by

01:07:18three.

01:07:20Let's

01:07:20coming.

01:07:21They run

01:07:21it to the

01:07:23nine-yard line

01:07:23and that

01:07:24will be

01:07:24close for

01:07:24a first

01:07:25and ten.

01:07:25Curtis

01:07:26Martin

01:07:27leads all

01:07:28AFC

01:07:28scores,

01:07:29really,

01:07:30other than

01:07:30kickers.

01:07:31And he's

01:07:31scored nine

01:07:32touchdowns now

01:07:32in the year.

01:07:34And this

01:07:34is a guy

01:07:34that's a

01:07:35very good

01:07:36runner.

01:07:36I mean,

01:07:37a lot of

01:07:37guys run

01:07:37in between

01:07:38the 20s,

01:07:38but a

01:07:39strong inside

01:07:40runner when

01:07:40you get down

01:07:40to scoring

01:07:41territory.

01:07:41officials have

01:07:45called for

01:07:45the chain,

01:07:45I believe,

01:07:47to see if

01:07:48Martin got

01:07:49the first

01:07:49down.

01:07:50That stops

01:07:51the clock

01:07:51at 1.49.

01:07:53And a

01:07:54three-point

01:07:54deficit.

01:07:55Well,

01:07:56memories of

01:07:56game one,

01:07:57week two.

01:07:58It wound up

01:07:59as a 17-10

01:08:00battle then

01:08:01between these

01:08:01two.

01:08:03And the

01:08:03Patriots got

01:08:04a first down

01:08:05at the two

01:08:05with 17

01:08:06seconds left.

01:08:07Came up

01:08:07short on a

01:08:08draw play.

01:08:09They are

01:08:09short here.

01:08:10It'll be

01:08:10third down.

01:08:12Well,

01:08:12Vern,

01:08:13really,

01:08:13the clock

01:08:13is no longer

01:08:14a factor

01:08:15for the

01:08:16Patriots.

01:08:16It is for

01:08:17the Bills.

01:08:17You see

01:08:171.49 remaining.

01:08:19I mean,

01:08:19they get plenty

01:08:20of time to run

01:08:21their entire

01:08:22offense because

01:08:22they still have

01:08:24two timeouts

01:08:24remaining.

01:08:25They can run,

01:08:26they can throw,

01:08:27they can play

01:08:27action.

01:08:28Time will not

01:08:29be a factor.

01:08:30It is

01:08:31definitely

01:08:32for the

01:08:32Buffalo Bills.

01:08:34Parcells makes

01:08:35substitutions and

01:08:35goes with his

01:08:36short yardage

01:08:37lineup now.

01:08:39Terry Glenn is

01:08:39out.

01:08:40Extra tight end

01:08:41is in.

01:08:41The ball

01:08:44just outside

01:08:45the nine.

01:08:46It's third and

01:08:46one.

01:08:53John Burt is the

01:08:54extra tight end.

01:08:56Gash is the

01:08:56blocking better.

01:08:58They give it to

01:08:59Curtis Martin.

01:08:59He goes left.

01:09:00He's got a

01:09:01touchdown.

01:09:04And guess who

01:09:05threw the key

01:09:06block?

01:09:06It was Sam Gash

01:09:08again,

01:09:09Byrne.

01:09:12Wow.

01:09:18They got away

01:09:19from the ground

01:09:19game through much

01:09:21of the second half.

01:09:23They got a couple

01:09:24of huge passes

01:09:26to set themselves

01:09:27up in the red

01:09:28zone.

01:09:30Sam Gash with the

01:09:31block and Curtis

01:09:32Martin with another

01:09:33touchdown.

01:09:34And William

01:09:35Roberts too on a

01:09:37great pull and a

01:09:37kickout block.

01:09:39Two key blocks that

01:09:41Curtis Martin is able

01:09:42to follow to get in

01:09:43the end zone.

01:09:44Man, was that a good

01:09:45drive.

01:09:45Vinatieri with the

01:09:47extra point.

01:09:49Dufo with the

01:09:50hole.

01:09:51Oh, boy.

01:09:53He missed it.

01:09:54That's the third

01:09:55extra point he's

01:09:56missed this year.

01:09:58And, boy, and now a

01:09:59three-point ball game.

01:10:02A field goal can tie

01:10:03with maybe one of the

01:10:04clutch kickers this

01:10:05year.

01:10:06Steve Christie.

01:10:07What's number seven?

01:10:08Did Roberts kick his

01:10:09guy out right here?

01:10:10And then the lead

01:10:11block by Gash.

01:10:13I mean, that is

01:10:14phenomenal blocking at

01:10:16critical moments.

01:10:18Here's the Gash block

01:10:19on the free safety

01:10:21Schultz.

01:10:24And William

01:10:24Roberts, number 76,

01:10:27kind of blows his man

01:10:28up right there too.

01:10:30On Matt Stephens, the

01:10:31strong safety.

01:10:33Boy, it was clutch

01:10:34throws, clutch runs,

01:10:35and clutch blocks on

01:10:37that drive, Vern.

01:10:39But, boy, 125.

01:10:41That missed extra point

01:10:42is very, very large,

01:10:44and Bill Parcells

01:10:45knows it.

01:10:48Curtis Martin with the

01:10:49touchdown from 10 yards

01:10:51out.

01:10:51That gives him 54 yards

01:10:52on 21 carries.

01:10:54Coming up after the game

01:10:55on the Steel Postgame

01:10:56show here in Foxborough,

01:10:58Ernie Johnson will be

01:10:59joined by players from

01:11:00both teams.

01:11:01Back in Atlanta, Vince

01:11:02Cellini, Mark May, and

01:11:03Randall Cunningham with

01:11:04highlights and analysis

01:11:05of today's action.

01:11:06And Norman Chad will be

01:11:08along with Chad's

01:11:09chatter.

01:11:09The Steel Postgame

01:11:11report.

01:11:15A New England win

01:11:16tonight will force a

01:11:18tie for first place

01:11:19in the AFC East.

01:11:23But Vinatieri's

01:11:25missed extra point

01:11:26has made overtime

01:11:29a very real possibility.

01:11:32Eric Moles at the

01:11:33goal line.

01:11:35Comes up and grabs it

01:11:37at the 12.

01:11:42To the 35-yard line.

01:11:44Good field position.

01:11:45Remember, Steve Christie,

01:11:47their kicker, has a

01:11:48career-long of 59 yards.

01:11:51And all he needs, all they

01:11:56need to do is get the ball

01:11:57to about the 42-yard line

01:11:59to give Steve Christie a

01:12:00chance.

01:12:02Go back to the Bledsoe,

01:12:03the drive.

01:12:05And I'll tell you, again,

01:12:06using a lot of different

01:12:07people.

01:12:09Four passes and then the run

01:12:11by Martin.

01:12:20Flag is down and it's a

01:12:21dead ball foul.

01:12:23Yeah.

01:12:23The interception won't count.

01:12:25No, it will not count.

01:12:27Whistle blew before the snap.

01:12:29Picked off by Scooter

01:12:34Magruder, but it won't

01:12:36count.

01:12:37Prior to the snap,

01:12:39number 74, false start.

01:12:42There is no play.

01:12:44Five-yard penalty.

01:12:47One of the few times you're

01:12:49happy one of you guys

01:12:50moved early.

01:12:51And you're pleased because

01:12:53you got to say Scooter

01:12:54Magruder.

01:12:55Scooter Magruder.

01:12:55That's my favorite name now

01:12:57in the NFL.

01:12:59Marv Levy showing a certain

01:13:02degree of equanimity.

01:13:04It'll be first and 15.

01:13:07This guy is one clutch

01:13:08kicker.

01:13:10A career-long 59 yards.

01:13:13It had to get to about the

01:13:1542-yard line.

01:13:16And he would be kicking

01:13:20with a little bit of a win

01:13:22behind him.

01:13:23First and 15.

01:13:26Buffalo has two timeouts

01:13:27left.

01:13:29Three-man front.

01:13:31They rush only three.

01:13:32The pass caught by Lonnie

01:13:34Johnson out to the 39-yard

01:13:36line.

01:13:39Two timeouts remaining for

01:13:41Buffalo.

01:13:42They've had success in this

01:13:44second half.

01:13:44It's because Jim Kelly

01:13:46running that cake gun again.

01:13:49Out of the shotgun.

01:13:51Under a minute.

01:13:54Kelly steps up and he'll

01:13:55scramble.

01:13:57They went for the ball.

01:13:59Kelly is down and called

01:14:00timeout at the 48.

01:14:01Last week he had his

01:14:02second longest run of his

01:14:04career.

01:14:0522 yards.

01:14:06And Jim Kelly went to a

01:14:08smaller knee brace last

01:14:10week.

01:14:11And he said it felt like it

01:14:12gave him more mobility.

01:14:14More freedom.

01:14:15He moved around in the

01:14:15pocket better.

01:14:18And then he can, well, he

01:14:19looked a little bit like

01:14:20you McElhaney on that one,

01:14:21didn't he?

01:14:22No.

01:14:23No, no.

01:14:24But again, the smaller knee

01:14:25brace, you can see that.

01:14:26He used to have that very,

01:14:28very large knee brace.

01:14:30And I was talking to him

01:14:30right before the game.

01:14:31He says, hey, I just feel

01:14:32like I can move around in the

01:14:33pocket and take off and

01:14:35scramble if need be.

01:14:37And that was a 12-yard, we'll

01:14:39call that a scamper, will we?

01:14:40That's a scamper.

01:14:41Qualified.

01:14:44Definite scamper.

01:14:45Again, Vern, you know, 10 more

01:14:47yards in there in Steve Christie

01:14:49field goal range.

01:14:52What Jim Kelly cannot do is take a

01:14:54sack.

01:14:54One timeout left, 51 seconds

01:14:58remaining in regulation.

01:15:01And with the one timeout

01:15:02remaining, still a draw play is a

01:15:04possibility.

01:15:05And he missed the extra point.

01:15:07Third miss of the season.

01:15:09There is a flag down.

01:15:37There is a flag down.

01:15:40At the 41.

01:15:47Flag may have come post-possession.

01:15:51It may have come after the

01:15:52intercept.

01:15:54One-eyed Willie McGinnis tonight

01:15:56has played sensationally.

01:16:02Man.

01:16:07McGinnis has put, yeah, he's got

01:16:09the Halloween costume on already,

01:16:12but he has rushed the passer, he

01:16:14has sacked the passer, he's tipped

01:16:16balls, and he makes the most

01:16:18important interception of his

01:16:19career.

01:16:20And he's a perfect look for

01:16:21Halloween.

01:16:22Yeah, he's got it ready.

01:16:25You know, coming into, well,

01:16:27actually last week's game, New

01:16:28England had not put much pressure

01:16:29on the quarterback.

01:16:30The last two weeks, McGinnis and

01:16:32Slade have.

01:16:33Well, we're waiting for Dick

01:16:37Handtack and the officiating

01:16:38crew to conclude their convention

01:16:41at the five-yard line.

01:16:43I promise you the Rose Parade

01:16:44will be shorter.

01:16:50At last.

01:16:50We had an unsportsmanlike foul against

01:16:56the keen area of Buffalo.

01:17:00We will penalize 15 yards from the

01:17:03succeeding spot, which is the

01:17:06bay line.

01:17:07It will be Buffalo's ball, first and

01:17:09ten.

01:17:11I don't think that's the case.

01:17:16I'd say confusion range right now.

01:17:18That does not sound right at all.

01:17:20Boy, there is some absolute

01:17:26confusion.

01:17:26Let's go back to the interception

01:17:27right here.

01:17:28This is McGinnis.

01:17:30Again, reads the screen perfectly.

01:17:33Then makes a one-handed stab,

01:17:35breaks the tackle, and gets in the

01:17:39end zone.

01:17:39Now, the officials are still

01:17:41talking, Vernon.

01:17:42I don't understand that call at all.

01:17:45Well, we have reconvened the

01:17:48convention of the officiating

01:17:49crew, and then we'll have another

01:17:51stab at an explanation, I think.

01:18:00Something was said about a team

01:18:01area in the Buffalo area.

01:18:03But, you know, the team violation in the

01:18:07Buffalo area?

01:18:08Yeah.

01:18:11I still don't know why that prevented the

01:18:12touchdown, though.

01:18:17And I'm not sure these guys exactly know

01:18:19either.

01:18:19Some thought that Teddy Bruschi may have

01:18:22hit Kelly late, and it may have been

01:18:24post-possession.

01:18:25We have a collection.

01:18:28Yes, we do.

01:18:31Dick's concerned.

01:18:32An unsportsmanlike foul, a non-player

01:18:34foul, is penalized from the succeeding

01:18:37spot.

01:18:38Since we had a touchdown, the point is

01:18:41good, point is good, and penalized on the

01:18:44kickoff.

01:18:45Yeah, that's the right call.

01:18:48Still don't know what the call was.

01:18:50Unsportsmanlike conduct against two.

01:18:52I believe it was on a bench here.

01:18:53You were right about that.

01:18:54But that, if it's enforced on the

01:18:56succeeding play, spot on the foul,

01:18:59which is the kickoff.

01:19:01There was a lot of indecision by that

01:19:05officiating crew.

01:19:07But they got the right call.

01:19:08That's the important thing.

01:19:10Don't give him a wine list, by the way.

01:19:13It would take him a while to order that

01:19:15baby.

01:19:18Well, is that, you know, the choice

01:19:20between Pinot Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc

01:19:22is sometimes difficult.

01:19:31We are now told

01:19:32that the penalty was for the New

01:19:37England players coming off the bench

01:19:39in celebration.

01:19:41And onto the field.

01:19:42Onto the field.

01:19:42Yeah.

01:19:44False start.

01:19:4661 on the offense.

01:19:47Five-yard penalty.

01:19:48Three tries.

01:19:57What a game Willie McGinnis had

01:19:59to put his team, what, in first place

01:20:03since, what, end of 94?

01:20:05End of 94.

01:20:06Yeah.

01:20:13And he read the play perfectly.

01:20:15Could have been played better by McGinnis.

01:20:17Then a Terry missed his last one.

01:20:19This one is good.

01:20:27Well, Bill Parcell said,

01:20:28I didn't know much about my football team.

01:20:31I think he's learned a lot about his team tonight.

01:20:33Well, what a terrific come-from-behind drive they made

01:20:41to get the go-ahead score.

01:20:43And Wade Phillips, defensive coordinator of the Bills,

01:20:48the look is chagrined.

01:20:49And then there's a guy, another guy, that's played awfully well.

01:20:56Van Gass.

01:20:57Can you imagine putting a back on Bryce Popp all evening

01:21:01and not having Popp get your quarterback?

01:21:03Well, they did, and he did.

01:21:05And Popp didn't get there.

01:21:08Charlie Weiss, the running back's coach,

01:21:10just out of frame to the right.

01:21:12Buffalo, New England, and the Colts at 5-3.

01:21:16Miami next up for New England.

01:21:20Four and four.

01:21:24Well, you wonder for Buffalo

01:21:25if they might just not go back to that no-huddle offense.

01:21:29You know, I think Jim Kelly

01:21:30is clearly more comfortable in that offense.

01:21:34And yes, they have the risk of the defense

01:21:36being on the field too long,

01:21:37but when they had the methodical style in the first half,

01:21:40the defense was on the field forever.

01:21:41Kelly, for the night, 13 of 30 for 144.

01:21:51He did end the touchdown drought,

01:21:53but he had the big interception.

01:21:55Returned for the TD by Willie McGinnis.

01:21:58Sacked once.

01:22:02And there...

01:22:04He did everything well.

01:22:05Oh.

01:22:06You know, and you mentioned

01:22:07he had been an outside linebacker

01:22:09his entire college and professional career

01:22:11until this year when Bill Parcells

01:22:12switched to a 4-3 defense.

01:22:15He became a defensive end

01:22:16and an undersized one,

01:22:18a little bit like Mike Malmula,

01:22:20but a very good one indeed.

01:22:23After the penalty that's assessed on the kickoff,

01:22:26here's Benatari,

01:22:27and Eric Moles comes up

01:22:29and grabs it at the 27-yard line.

01:22:30Goes right

01:22:34and out of bounds

01:22:37across the 50s

01:22:38near the 42-yard line.

01:22:43Patriot's 48-yard line.

01:22:46You look at his TD,

01:22:48the interception ratio,

01:22:49Jim Kelly's.

01:22:50Eight of his 10 prior years,

01:22:51he had more touchdowns than interceptions,

01:22:53but this year has not been that case at all.

01:22:56Three touchdowns,

01:22:5612 interceptions,

01:22:57and two of those 12 interceptions

01:22:59have ended at the end of the ballgame.

01:23:01We're against Miami

01:23:03with a touchdown at the end of the ballgame

01:23:05for an interception for a touchdown,

01:23:07and then tonight to McGinnis.

01:23:1126 yards on the return.

01:23:13We've got 33 seconds remaining.

01:23:16Kelly out of the shotgun,

01:23:17loads it up on the left side.

01:23:19Derrick Holmes in the backfield.

01:23:25Kelly way up in the air.

01:23:27Good lay-out of you.

01:23:29Get caught!

01:23:30Touchdown!

01:23:31Andre Reid!

01:23:32Oh, man.

01:23:34Unbelievable.

01:23:35Well, well, well!

01:23:38Yeah, me too!

01:23:42Oh, my!

01:23:43This game's had a little bit of everything.

01:23:44Maybe we want to revise

01:23:46those current standings

01:23:47in the National Football League.

01:23:49Uh-huh.

01:23:49AFC East.

01:23:51I think Tasker gets his hand on it.

01:23:54Number 89,

01:23:55right there in the middle.

01:23:56Tips it over to, uh,

01:23:59to Andre Reid.

01:24:02And, wow,

01:24:02that makes it a four-point ballgame.

01:24:08Andre Reid.

01:24:09Oh, man.

01:24:13And, again,

01:24:13they are,

01:24:14it's a four-point ballgame.

01:24:16Why wouldn't they, uh,

01:24:17they're gonna, yeah,

01:24:18they're gonna go, no,

01:24:18they're gonna kick the extra.

01:24:19Yep.

01:24:19Make it a three-point game.

01:24:20Yep, that makes sense.

01:24:21That makes sense.

01:24:21Steve Christie with the extra point.

01:24:26And it's a three-point game.

01:24:28Well, now you think about the onside kick.

01:24:30Correct?

01:24:32Onside kicks in the National Football League

01:24:34are recovered by the kicking team

01:24:36about 10% of the time.

01:24:37But what a, uh,

01:24:40what a terrific finish to this ballgame.

01:24:43The old, uh,

01:24:45Hail Mary or Big Ben.

01:24:49Willie McGinnis, uh,

01:24:52going to be called upon one more time.

01:24:54Yeah.

01:24:55And you get the hand steam.

01:24:56I mean, you get,

01:24:57if you're Mike Swetman

01:24:59and the special teams coach

01:25:01for New England,

01:25:03Bill Parcells,

01:25:04you start talking about,

01:25:05you get all those guys

01:25:05with the good hands

01:25:06up there in the front.

01:25:07You see Coates come out

01:25:08and Keith Byers

01:25:09and guys who are used to

01:25:12and accustomed to

01:25:13handling the ball.

01:25:1728-25.

01:25:19There's Troy Brown,

01:25:19number 80.

01:25:20Yeah, he's a wide receiver.

01:25:21He's up in the front line.

01:25:23And you have a defensive back,

01:25:25Ty Laws,

01:25:25used to touch the ball.

01:25:26He's up there.

01:25:28There he fires.

01:25:30There's a tight end.

01:25:31Coates is up there.

01:25:35Willie Clay,

01:25:36always good around the ball.

01:25:45But there will be,

01:25:46you know,

01:25:47in Christy,

01:25:48what you want

01:25:49is the one hop.

01:25:50You need the one hop

01:25:52where you get the big bounce

01:25:53and that you hope

01:25:54that one of your guys

01:25:54can jump up and catch it.

01:25:56That'll be a timeout

01:25:59by New England.

01:26:0330-second timeout is called.

01:26:06And they just wanted

01:26:06to see the alignment

01:26:07of Buffalo.

01:26:09Good use of a timeout

01:26:10there by Parcells.

01:26:11and

01:26:12high hopes.

01:26:17The floor is open

01:26:18for your comments.

01:26:19I'm finished.

01:26:20Go ahead.

01:26:2428-25

01:26:25New England

01:26:26over Buffalo.

01:26:2724 seconds to go.

01:26:29Well, this is our final game

01:26:33of 1996

01:26:34and what a way to go out,

01:26:35huh?

01:26:36Absolutely.

01:26:4028-25.

01:26:41There comes the shift.

01:26:56And Christy lets it go.

01:26:58He fires right there.

01:26:59Didn't get the hop.

01:27:01Did not get the big hop.

01:27:02Oh, the Patriots.

01:27:10Keith fires.

01:27:11Second game

01:27:11with the New England Patriots.

01:27:14And Keith Christy,

01:27:15when it hits the ground,

01:27:16it goes up.

01:27:17But Keith fire just kind of

01:27:18stepped into it

01:27:19like a good shortstop.

01:27:21And the Patriots

01:27:22will win this ballgame.

01:27:24And Vern,

01:27:25it's been nice working

01:27:25with you again this year

01:27:26and the whole crew.

01:27:27Thank you, Pat.

01:27:27You bet.

01:27:28Really, really fun.

01:27:28We're going to hand it off

01:27:30to our colleagues at ESPN.

01:27:32Mike Patrick,

01:27:32that sound you hear

01:27:33in the background

01:27:33as Joe Theismann

01:27:34clearing his throat.

01:27:36I'll be seeing them

01:27:37along the way

01:27:37and looking forward to it.

01:27:38They do a great job,

01:27:39but we have had a nice season.

01:27:41It's been fun.

01:27:42Thanks to all of our crew.

01:27:43We've done a great job

01:27:44this season.

01:27:45First time in 12 games

01:27:47that the Buffalo Bills

01:27:49have lost a game decided

01:27:51by seven points or less.

01:27:54They're going to come up short

01:27:55by three.

01:27:57Time has been called.

01:27:59And for New England,

01:28:00they went back-to-back

01:28:01division games.

01:28:03And Parcell said,

01:28:04that's what we need

01:28:05for our confidence.

01:28:06It was a fragile team, Vern,

01:28:08as you mentioned earlier.

01:28:10But now it's got

01:28:11some growing confidence

01:28:12and for good reason.

01:28:13Quarterback brought their team

01:28:14from behind.

01:28:15Defense played well

01:28:16when they had to.

01:28:17Bill Parcells,

01:28:23they said he thought

01:28:23they let a few games

01:28:25slip out of their grasp

01:28:26this year,

01:28:26including the game

01:28:27against Washington here.

01:28:29And this one had that feeling

01:28:30that perhaps it was

01:28:31slipping away,

01:28:32but they responded.

01:28:33final play of the game

01:28:38as Bill Parcells

01:28:40and the New England Patriots

01:28:42win for the fifth time

01:28:43in the last six weeks

01:28:44and they're at home again

01:28:45next week against Miami.

01:28:47They will be here,

01:28:50holders of a share

01:28:51of first place

01:28:52in the AFC East.

01:28:53We'll be back

01:29:02with the final word

01:29:03from Foxborough Stadium.

01:29:05The final score,

01:29:0628-25 Patriots.

01:29:08feeh.

01:29:17The final score,

01:29:18a year of 10 with

01:29:18the Heinle,

01:29:19the masih

01:29:20and the half

01:29:20of the game

01:29:20David Pig

Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots - 2.Half ( 1996 Week 09 )

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