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00:00:01Patriots will receive Joe Nedney, the rookie to kick it off with a wind at his back.
00:00:06Dave Meggett on the goal line for New England.
00:00:10A sidewinder that comes into the end zone and Meggett, the veteran, will take the touchback at the 20.
00:00:16Drew Bledsoe.
00:00:19When he completes 60% or more, the Patriots win and that's been the goal.
00:00:24Accuracy this year, Bill Parcells stated that at the start of the year.
00:00:27The perennial pro bowler, Bruce Armstrong, William Roberts, Dave Willabaugh, Todd Rucci and Max Lane, the offensive line.
00:00:34In the backfield with Bledsoe, Curtis Martin, the top rusher of a year ago and again leads in rushing.
00:00:40Sam Gash, the blocker.
00:00:41Jefferson with the speed.
00:00:42Glenn apparently has all the tools and Ben Coates, not many better than Coates at tight end.
00:00:51Martin gets a couple to the 22-yard line into the white jersey.
00:00:55Miami Dolphin defense, Gardner with a tackle and Daryl Gardner, the rookie from Baylor on that defensive line.
00:01:02Teams with Trace Armstrong, Tim Bowens, Daniel Stubbs has seven sacks.
00:01:07The linebackers, Collier, he's playing hurt.
00:01:10Zach Thomas, the rookie who was named the NFL defensive rookie for the month of October, Singleton.
00:01:16Buckley and Jackson at the corners and the maligned Oliver and Wooden at safety.
00:01:19That back four really have been much too loose in their coverage.
00:01:24Second and eight.
00:01:25Bledsoe's first pass to Coates and what a catch by the big tight end.
00:01:30Thirteen yards on a one-handed stab.
00:01:36For the Miami defensive secondary, Terrell Buckley up top, number 27 against Ben Coates.
00:01:42They say they want to be aggressive today.
00:01:44He's all over the receiver, but Ben Coates with his size able to make the catch.
00:01:47Terrell Buckley plays this absolutely perfect, except he doesn't knock the ball down.
00:01:51You've got to go try to knock the ball down and not try to intercept it.
00:01:55More like suction cups those hands of Coates.
00:01:58Martin hit in the backfield and dropped for a loss of two.
00:02:02Stubbs penetrating for Miami.
00:02:04One thing, Phil, when you look at Miami's defense now, what do they have to do?
00:02:08You know that New England wants to try to run the ball, but they can't.
00:02:10Well, that's right.
00:02:11So they're going to play tough defense.
00:02:13And Jimmy Johnson, like you said, Paul, we're going to take some chances with the corners today.
00:02:17Be aggressive, try to make some big plays.
00:02:19We might give up a couple big ones, but let's go ahead and play on the edge more.
00:02:23That, and they need a pass rush in obvious passing situations against New England.
00:02:29Cut, cut, cut.
00:02:31Land in motion on second and 12.
00:02:33The draw play.
00:02:35It doesn't fool the Dolphins.
00:02:36Martin dropped for another yard loss by Armstrong and Gardner.
00:02:40Now, with the wind, you would think that you'd want to throw short passes.
00:02:46That's what they did to coach.
00:02:47But now take a look at Zach.
00:02:49This is the guy we're talking about.
00:02:50Zach Thomas, 54.
00:02:51He comes in.
00:02:52Gardner makes the play, number 92.
00:02:54And Zach Thomas is in again.
00:02:55Zach Thomas wants a little revenge today.
00:02:57Last week, the Dallas Cowboys blocked him all over the field.
00:03:00Jimmy Johnson says he'll come back today and play well.
00:03:02The rookie from Texas Tech looks at third down 13 against the Patriots.
00:03:09Blitzel hurries his throw to the flat.
00:03:11Troy Brown trying to get to the first down six and comes up a yard shy.
00:03:17A 12-yard effort from Brown with only his fifth catch of the year.
00:03:22Tim Bowens trailing the play.
00:03:24Saved the first down for Miami.
00:03:26Well, it's a situation like this.
00:03:27Calvin Jackson up top coming in on the blitz.
00:03:30Third and long.
00:03:31Go ahead and blitz and make the offense throw the ball fast.
00:03:35Nobody picks him up.
00:03:36This happened in week one down in Miami.
00:03:39The Miami Dolphins came from the outside.
00:03:42Nobody was picking up the blitzers.
00:03:43Tom Tupo leads the league and punts inside the 20.
00:03:47You saw with his effort.
00:03:53Check that.
00:03:53It's John Kidd who leads.
00:03:54And Tupo closely abides.
00:03:57That's fine.
00:03:58Had a great game against Buffalo.
00:04:00And into the wind.
00:04:01Lands it at the five.
00:04:03And just like a wet shot.
00:04:05Kills it at the six.
00:04:07Otis Smith covers.
00:04:08A great kick by Tupo.
00:04:1149 yards.
00:04:12No return.
00:04:13So Miami's offense takes the field in tough field position at their own seven-yard line.
00:04:21To Tupo, former quarterback at Ohio State.
00:04:27And making a pretty good living as a full-time punter in an emergency or a third-string quarterback here in New England.
00:04:34That's the one thing about him, though, Dick.
00:04:36He's not a bad thrower.
00:04:37Tupo.
00:04:39Marino has lost to the Patriots only once in the last seven years.
00:04:44Abdul Jabbar for a yard, and that's all.
00:04:55Into the teeth of the New England defense.
00:04:57Let's introduce the Miami Dolphins offensively.
00:05:00Richmond Webb and Keith Sims, who have been together for seven years on the left side.
00:05:11Tim Ruddy.
00:05:12Gray and Brown, the offensive line.
00:05:14Marino, the quarterback.
00:05:16The all-rookie runners, Abdul Jabbar and Pritchett.
00:05:19Randall Hill and O.J. McCarthy wideouts.
00:05:21And Troy Drayton playing on a gimpy knee.
00:05:24He did not warm up well, but he starts a tight end.
00:05:27Wearing a brace.
00:05:28Marino's first throw.
00:05:30Steps up.
00:05:30Down the sidelines.
00:05:31And finds Hill.
00:05:33Is he inbounds?
00:05:34No.
00:05:38Covered by Jimmy Hitchcock and Willie Clay.
00:05:41Good catch by Randall Hill.
00:05:43But his momentum took him out of bounds.
00:05:45Well, the ball drifts, and that pulls him out of bounds.
00:05:48There's one foot.
00:05:48He can't get the second foot down that's on the line.
00:05:51Now, Phil, when you look at this here, you're seeing Marino throwing the ball.
00:05:54They would like to run the football, right?
00:05:56Well, talk about running the football, Paul.
00:05:58But I really believe if you want to, then start out throwing the football for the Miami offense
00:06:02and get Marino's defense thinking about pass, and then you run the football.
00:06:08But that second replay looked like Hill might have just gotten his toe down inbounds.
00:06:13Third down, the quick throw incomplete to Jairus McPhail, and the New England defense has held.
00:06:22Well, that time, they just came, and Marino had no time to even set up any kind of a screen.
00:06:28And I think that's where they were trying to run.
00:06:29Oh, John Kidd, averaging 47-plus.
00:06:36He is currently number three in the league.
00:06:40And Dave Meggett, always dangerous, back at the 41 of New England.
00:06:44Wind at the back of Kidd.
00:06:46Meggett, 45.
00:06:55Spin move doesn't work, and the flag goes down.
00:07:00Jimmy Hitchcock makes the block for Meggett.
00:07:0648-yard punt, four on the return.
00:07:08And Larry Izzo, the rookie from Rice, the tackler.
00:07:21I can never understand what takes these guys so long.
00:07:23Here's the guy that threw the flag.
00:07:25Say who you threw it on and what the penalty is.
00:07:26It's very simple, isn't it?
00:07:27Billy Gubrock, number 31, on the return.
00:07:33Ten yards.
00:07:35Oh, Hitchcock, Hitchcock, 31, with the penalty.
00:07:39Number 31, now see that?
00:07:41You see the guy's name, and he really was trying to pull off.
00:07:43That's a bad call, because Hitchcock was trying to pull away from him,
00:07:47and the tackle was already made.
00:07:50Bill Parcells in his fourth year here in New England,
00:07:53and after his early success,
00:07:57had this part of the football country excited about the Patriots' future.
00:08:02Sobered a bit last year, 6-10.
00:08:05But has his team hot now, winning five of the last six.
00:08:08Drew Bledsoe starts from the 37.
00:08:12Perfect throw, complete to Terry Glenn,
00:08:15who has a first down at the Miami 48.
00:08:1814-yard play.
00:08:20Now that was too easy.
00:08:21That was too easy.
00:08:22Well, it was a good job by New England spreading the field,
00:08:25and look when Drew Bledsoe, when he drops back,
00:08:27he knows Terry Glenn.
00:08:29You have a linebacker covering him.
00:08:30Chris Singleton, that is a matchup you like.
00:08:33But again, this Miami defense,
00:08:35they cannot be very confident, their pass defense.
00:08:37So throw the football at them.
00:08:40They'll let them keep thinking they're struggling, because they are.
00:08:42Keith Byers, the former Dolphin,
00:08:44has what appears to be about nine on that throw to the 39-yard line.
00:08:49Byers have caught seven in the win against Buffalo
00:08:51last Sunday night.
00:08:56We're in Foxborough, and we welcome those of you who have seen
00:08:59the Cincinnati Bengals rally to beat Baltimore 24-21.
00:09:05Jimmy Johnson's Dolphins and Bill Parcells' Patriots at it here.
00:09:09Five minutes gone in the opening quarter.
00:09:11No score, but New England has moved to a second-and-one at the Dolphin 39.
00:09:17That's a handoff to Martin, and Curtis Martin to the 36.
00:09:22That'll be a first down.
00:09:23Stubbs and Thomas collaborate on the stop.
00:09:26Zach Thomas, again, Jimmy Johnson told us he had a bad game last week,
00:09:31and he really felt bad about it.
00:09:32He said he's going to be better this week.
00:09:33Look at this.
00:09:33He takes on the guard, and he steps up and makes the tackle.
00:09:36That's pretty good defense.
00:09:38But, Phil, let me ask you a question.
00:09:40For two plays, the Patriots come out.
00:09:42They run the wide receiver off, and they bring Byers one time
00:09:46and Glenn the other time underneath with linebacker coverage.
00:09:49Miami's got to get out of it.
00:09:51Well, there's not much they can do, Paul.
00:09:52All the wide receivers are going outside.
00:09:54They're putting a receiver in the slot.
00:09:56So, you're really isolating those linebackers, making Miami spread its defense.
00:10:00And that's the reason it's easy to throw it out in the flats for those easy completions.
00:10:05Dale Hamer, the referee, comes to the sidelines.
00:10:08Some difficulty with the chain.
00:10:15And as they work on their link, we'll go to our on-the-field link.
00:10:20Jim?
00:10:20Well, Dick, the problem with the chains is the bottom part of the chain came undone,
00:10:24so they've got to get a wrench down here to try and fix this
00:10:27because he can't stretch out the 10 yards on the chain link here.
00:10:31Here's an organization that's worth $180 million, and they don't have a chain.
00:10:35Well, Jim's kind of a handyman.
00:10:36He should get in there and help them out.
00:10:39He only works on the serious problems.
00:10:41That's just peanuts for now.
00:10:43You know what he's doing?
00:10:43Jimmy's down there telling them what to do.
00:10:45He won't do it himself, but he'll tell you what to do.
00:10:47He knows how to tell you.
00:10:48Well, the ball at the 36-yard line.
00:10:52Back to the official business, and it's a first down for Parcells Patriots.
00:10:57Parcells Patriots in 236.
00:10:59Ben Coates, the tight end, sent way out to the right in this formation.
00:11:03Glenn inside him.
00:11:04Deep drop by Bledsoe, and he throws underneath to Martin, and Curtis Martin has another first down at the 21.
00:11:1715 more.
00:11:18Well, the Miami Dolphins, we heard so much about it.
00:11:25Last week, they played a soft defense.
00:11:27Again this week, they're starting out with that soft defense.
00:11:30New England runs everybody out, away from the football, and Curtis Martin comes underneath.
00:11:35There's nobody there to cover him.
00:11:36A lot of space.
00:11:38Miami so far has not taken a chance with their pass defense, playing soft still.
00:11:44Martin with 645 yards rushing coming in, and that's his 21st catch.
00:11:48A good all-purpose performance.
00:11:52Bledsoe is 5 for 5.
00:11:53At this time, hands off to Martin.
00:11:55Works a tackle.
00:11:57And finally dropped after a gain of nearly 5.
00:12:00Sean Wooden.
00:12:02The guy that makes his play work, really, is Sam Gash, because he gets out on Chris Singleton and just nicks him enough.
00:12:10Watch this.
00:12:10Here comes Sam Gash.
00:12:11What?
00:12:11He just gets a piece right there.
00:12:13Doesn't block him well, but gets enough so Curtis Martin can get back to the outside.
00:12:20Second down, they called it 6.
00:12:22There's Gash from Penn State.
00:12:24Doesn't get to carry very often.
00:12:25In fact, only six times all year.
00:12:27Glenn, well covered by Singleton.
00:12:30You know, Dick, we're sitting and watching Singleton.
00:12:33He's been in on every single play in this series.
00:12:36I mean, he's got to be saying to himself, wait a minute.
00:12:38Give me some help somewhere.
00:12:40Hey, you're going to go sit down.
00:12:41He's tired.
00:12:42Singleton from the University of Arizona.
00:12:44Number one pick, as Patriot fans will recall, by New England in 1990.
00:12:50Bill Parcells and Singleton didn't hit it off.
00:12:54Parcells released him and now a starter with Miami.
00:12:56Dave Meggett comes in on third down.
00:13:02Again, Meggett open.
00:13:04Meggett driving for a touchdown or not.
00:13:09No signal yet.
00:13:10He's right at the goal line.
00:13:12What an effort by Meggett.
00:13:14It'll be first and goal, New England inside the one.
00:13:22Again, the New England Patriots bringing everybody out down the field.
00:13:27Dave Meggett sneaks underneath.
00:13:28There's nobody to account for.
00:13:30Dave Meggett coming out of the backfield.
00:13:32And what a job he does after he catches it.
00:13:34Oh, he actually fumbled and hit the sidelines.
00:13:40That could have been a touchback Miami.
00:13:42That was close to disaster for Meggett.
00:13:46Byers in motion.
00:13:47First and goal.
00:13:50Touchdown.
00:13:52Ball is left and across the goal line as Martin gives New England the lead.
00:13:57Sam Gash is just leading up and Martin goes up over the top.
00:14:17Now that ball comes out soon.
00:14:19I'm going to tell you that.
00:14:20There's another one that was a fumble.
00:14:21The one before, Dick.
00:14:22The reason that that ball was blown dead right where it was
00:14:25because it hit the pylon and the pylon is out of bounds.
00:14:28John Burke recovered for New England.
00:14:31That was so close.
00:14:32It might be interesting to see if Martin was over.
00:14:34Vinatieri was missed three extra points.
00:14:37Is good on that one.
00:14:38And it's 7-0.
00:14:39Let's take a look at the touchdown again.
00:14:41Did Martin break the plane?
00:14:43It looks like as Martin's getting ready to jump, the ball's coming out.
00:14:47Now here's Martin.
00:14:48He's going to make it.
00:14:49Try to make the jump.
00:14:49Here's the ball.
00:14:50The ball is out.
00:14:51The question is, was the ball across the goal line
00:14:54before that thing came out?
00:14:56Now here is Martin.
00:14:58Is the ball at the line?
00:14:59I'm going to tell you what.
00:15:00That is about as close as I'm going to get.
00:15:02That is a fumble.
00:15:02But New England still recovers the ball in the end zone anyway.
00:15:06Tight end John Burke, number 85.
00:15:09Saves the day for the Patriots.
00:15:11Burke, just a spectator.
00:15:12It was fumbled before he hit the goal line.
00:15:15And then Burke sees the friendly roll for New England.
00:15:18Zach Thomas made the hit before Curtis Martin crossed the goal line.
00:15:26But in the official's opinion, he did cross before it was a fumble.
00:15:29Yeah.
00:15:29If you look at the bottom of the screen, you will see the official put his hands up.
00:15:33So he had already declared, look at the bottom of the screen.
00:15:36Forget where the ball is.
00:15:37Forget all this stuff.
00:15:38You'll see the official come in and he puts his hands up.
00:15:41He has already called the touchdown.
00:15:44You don't see it from that angle, but that was the case.
00:15:46There it is right here at the bottom of the screen.
00:15:48He's already given him the touchdown, so the ball is free.
00:15:51Well, it appears from our angles that he had not broken the plane,
00:15:56but that's all academic as New England covered it anyway.
00:16:00And now Vinatieri to kick it off.
00:16:02Jairus McPhail and Irving Spikes.
00:16:04Deep for Miami.
00:16:05Into the win.
00:16:06You can see it cut down on that kick.
00:16:08The play all the way to the 16.
00:16:12Thomas, the big linebacker.
00:16:14Thomas getting a chance to rumble.
00:16:16It's Miami's ball, but first let's go to New York for an update.
00:16:22Dick, this is how the game ends.
00:16:2421 win.
00:16:25The Eagles beat the Cowboys in Dallas.
00:16:28Dick.
00:16:29All right.
00:16:30Ray Rhodes' Eagles are 7-2.
00:16:34Dallas drops to 5-4.
00:16:36Here at 7-0, no one run.
00:16:37At the 32, Moreno sets.
00:16:40Throws down the middle and complete for Drayton.
00:16:43Troy Drayton.
00:16:44And it didn't look as if he had really completed his pattern.
00:16:47He was just kind of sitting out there and hoping he could get to it.
00:16:50Well, we watched Troy Drayton warm up today.
00:16:52He has a problem with his right knee.
00:16:54He missed last week's game.
00:16:55And he hobbled all around the field trying to warm up.
00:16:59Couldn't run full speed.
00:17:00And here's a good example of it.
00:17:02Perfect throw by Dan Marino, but he's not able to get to it.
00:17:05But Marino and the Dolphins are doing exactly what you just said at the beginning of this game.
00:17:09We're going to go.
00:17:09We're going to pass the ball downfield and open it up so we can run it.
00:17:13Randall Hill at the right, O.J. McDuffie in motion.
00:17:22Completes it.
00:17:24And it's Troy Drayton.
00:17:25And Drayton close to a first down at the 41-yard line.
00:17:28Lawyer Malloy, the rookie from Washington, makes the tackle.
00:17:31Well, his knee might be hurt.
00:17:33So Jimmy Johnson says, we'll get it loose.
00:17:35We're going to make you run a little and get this thing going.
00:17:37We're going to make you forget about that knee.
00:17:39But really a good job by Drayton outrunning Lawyer Malloy across the field and getting some yards.
00:17:44I like what Phil said to Jimmy.
00:17:46But isn't Drayton hurt?
00:17:48Jimmy said, yeah, but he's going to play anyway.
00:17:50That's right.
00:17:51He's going to play anyway.
00:17:52Third and one.
00:18:01Picks up the first down as he crosses the 45.
00:18:04Ty Law and Willie Clay on the hit.
00:18:07You know what's amazing?
00:18:09When you have a fullback that goes slightly in motion and you watch the defense, how much the defense gets attracted to him.
00:18:16And they're looking at the fullback because they know that Pritchett probably isn't going to carry the ball, but the runner's going to be behind him.
00:18:21And what Abdul-Jabbar did was say, that's fine.
00:18:23You go in there and I'm going to go outside.
00:18:28Abdul-Jabbar with six touchdowns rushing for Miami.
00:18:31And, of course, he had a very impressive debut in the win against New England on opening day.
00:18:35He leads all the rookie runners in the league and touchdowns made coming in today.
00:18:40First down for Marino.
00:18:41And at the 48-yard line where Jimmy Hitchcock makes the tackle.
00:18:51No fumble.
00:18:52Six yards on the play.
00:18:53Jimmy Hitchcock felt that he just stole the ball from Abdul-Jabbar.
00:19:01Hitchcock starting for the injured Ricky Reynolds at the corner.
00:19:04All right, here comes Hitchcock, 31.
00:19:06Now, look, does he steal the ball?
00:19:08No.
00:19:08Jabbar is down.
00:19:12Here it is here.
00:19:13Number 33 is Jabbar.
00:19:14Here comes the ball.
00:19:15The ball is out.
00:19:16I'm going to tell you what, we've seen three questionable fumbles so far in this first quarter.
00:19:23And Jabbar smothered Todd Collins and others make the hit.
00:19:28Well, this is the first time this year either team has really played in cold conditions where the wind is blowing.
00:19:34And that football gets a little hard.
00:19:36It's slick.
00:19:36And it calls for fumbles and drop passes in days like today.
00:19:41Well, and your giant heyday, Phil Sim.
00:19:43It just seemed when you got to November, your team became even tougher.
00:19:46Well, we could run the football, Dick.
00:19:48And they call on me about every other quarter to throw a pass.
00:19:51So it was a little different.
00:19:52Neither one of these teams is strong enough or big enough just to come out and line up and run the football on them.
00:19:57Third and three.
00:19:59Marino shotgun.
00:20:02Four wide receivers.
00:20:08Lamar Thomas at the 20.
00:20:11And the former University of Miami star is to the 15.
00:20:14Willie Clay gets him down after a 32-yard play.
00:20:18Well, this is where Hitchcock is going for the interception, Phil.
00:20:21He's going for the interception up top.
00:20:24We'll see Hitchcock against Lamar Thomas.
00:20:27And it's actually very good coverage by Hitchcocks.
00:20:29But Dan Marino steps up in the pocket and throws a strike out there.
00:20:34Jimmy Hitchcock, we talked about it.
00:20:35He went for it.
00:20:36He took a gamble.
00:20:38Tried to go for the interception.
00:20:39And he lost this time.
00:20:40We're going to get back with Dick.
00:20:41But was that the perfect pass?
00:20:42You see that?
00:20:43That's the perfect pass.
00:20:45And he had to play the win, which is going toward that sideline.
00:20:51To the 11-yard line.
00:20:53Ted Johnson, the middle linebacker, in on the tackle.
00:20:57Of course, the whole theme in the training camp for Jimmy Johnson.
00:21:01We are going to run the football.
00:21:02In the first three games, they certainly did.
00:21:05And they won all three.
00:21:08But they've only won one of the last five.
00:21:10And here's why.
00:21:112.7-yard average.
00:21:13Only three touchdowns.
00:21:15It's like David Copperfield is coaching the running game here.
00:21:19It's just a fair.
00:21:19Well, I think early this season, they caught a few teams by surprise because they were so adamant about running the football.
00:21:30That goes to bar.
00:21:31Hits the sidelines.
00:21:32Ted Johnson in hot pursuit after a four-yard gain.
00:21:35McInnis was there as well.
00:21:37And, of course, when Dave Marino was out for those few games, then all the defenses said,
00:21:41We're going to stop the running game.
00:21:42You're going to have to beat us throwing the football.
00:21:43Exactly.
00:21:44I mentioned something about the perfect pass when Marino just threw the ball over there.
00:21:47And I said, he said to us yesterday, Marino, there's no defense against the perfect pass.
00:21:53And he says, I throw the perfect pass.
00:21:55That's right.
00:21:56He's thrown a lot of them over his career.
00:21:58Ball at the seventh.
00:21:59Third down and three.
00:22:00Jairus McPhail in the backfield with Marino.
00:22:09McPhail on the sweep.
00:22:12Great speed.
00:22:13Close to the first down at the four.
00:22:16Lawyer Malloy made the hit.
00:22:17Boy, you were right.
00:22:20You talk about great speed.
00:22:22He just showed his speed to get back to the outside.
00:22:25When they pull, look at Simpson.
00:22:26He pulls to the outside.
00:22:28They let the linebacker go by.
00:22:30When they do that, they already know McPhail's going to beat the linebacker.
00:22:32So, Simpson gets downfield to knock down a defensive back.
00:22:36Chris Slade has a chance to come up the field and make the play.
00:22:38But Jairus McPhail, the fastest guy in the Dolphins team, able to get outside and pick up some valuable yards.
00:22:46And Jairus McPhail, who took that hit from Malloy, injured on the play.
00:22:52They measure just shy of the first down by inches.
00:22:56So, fourth and inches for Miami.
00:22:59And Jimmy Johnson says, we're going to go for it.
00:23:02I don't think this is time to be looking at field goals.
00:23:05If you can't get two inches with this offensive line with Webb and Sims on that side, you've got to go that way.
00:23:12Are you going that way?
00:23:13Well, yeah, that way.
00:23:15But also, Paul, you're the Miami Dolphins.
00:23:17You know you're going to need a lot of points probably to win this game today.
00:23:19So, you can't be settled for three points and fourth and inches when you're down near the goal line.
00:23:23Their biggest back, Robert Wilson, 255 pounds.
00:23:27Number 49 comes in as a wing.
00:23:32And diving high is Abdul-Jabbar.
00:23:35It'll all depend on the mark.
00:23:37They mark it at the four, and that'll be a first down.
00:23:40They mark it at the three and a half, and that'll be a first down.
00:23:45He gets here, and he's a Patriots.
00:23:50Refereal Dale Hamer has not given an official signal yet, but I guess they're going to bring in the chain yet.
00:23:57I got the laugh, and though, did we talk to Parcells about his fourth down this year?
00:24:00I don't think they made any.
00:24:02I mean, he gets nailed every time.
00:24:04He says, well, I'm protecting my kicker.
00:24:05Not anymore, I'm not.
00:24:07He said he towed the team.
00:24:08No more going for it on fourth down.
00:24:10We're going to kick the field goal and try to get some points.
00:24:12I have the length of the ball, a first down for Miami, first and goal, trailing 7-0 here in the opening quarter.
00:24:18It's a good surge by the Miami offensive line, pushback, giving the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar room to jump up
00:24:24and try to get over the pile and just get a couple inches for the first down.
00:24:29Good job by Todd Collins to meet him in midair.
00:24:32But Abdul-Jabbar just enough.
00:24:34Good job by Mike Jones.
00:24:48No game.
00:24:50Second and goal for Miami.
00:24:52And we welcome those of you who have seen the Chargers with an upset at Indianapolis, 26-19 behind Sean Salisbury
00:25:04as the Colts Harbaugh intercepted four times in the first half.
00:25:09Here at 7-0 New England, but Miami has its second and goal at the four-yard line.
00:25:13The 12th play of a drive that started at the Miami 33.
00:25:17Touchdown, Miami.
00:25:28I'll tell you what, you're seeing a Miami Dolphin team in a year ago, you would have never seen them do this
00:25:32to get down there on the goal line or down the four-yard line.
00:25:35They'd have been throwing the ball all three, at least three in the downs, then kicking a field goal.
00:25:38Here they come out, they get first down, down here, and they run it twice.
00:25:42It's an excellent job.
00:25:45Stanley Pritchett, number 36, comes over, goes to the outside, makes the defense.
00:25:49Think you're going outside with a run for E-Met Bill-Jabbar.
00:25:52Sees daylight inside, cuts it up.
00:25:54Easy touchdown.
00:25:55Rookie from UCLA, seventh touchdown rushing this year.
00:25:58Nedney's try for point.
00:26:01Off John Kidd's spot, and it's 7-all.
00:26:05Dan Marino leads Miami back into a tie.
00:26:097-all, 127 left in the quarter.
00:26:13And he couldn't understand why he couldn't catch any lobster.
00:26:16He had the line and everything out there in that pond, but maybe next time.
00:26:19They're not biting like they used to.
00:26:217-all, as Abdul-Jabbar has evened the count.
00:26:26Nedney to kick to veteran Dave Meggett.
00:26:28Meggett had a couple of big returns in the earlier Miami game.
00:26:32Nedney with the wind at his back, although it's not blowing as strongly 20 miles an hour mid-afternoon.
00:26:38He's now down to about 15, maybe 10.
00:26:40Meggett.
00:26:44Slow down.
00:26:46Well, it's hot to tackle.
00:26:48The little guy from Towson State up to the 34-yard line.
00:26:52We'll take a break.
00:26:531-15 left in the first quarter.
00:27:05This is the NFL on NBC.
00:27:09For those of you who have joined us from the first half of our NBC doubleheader, here's
00:27:15the New England touchdown.
00:27:16Could have been controversial.
00:27:18Curtis Martin is tackled.
00:27:20Loses the ball outside the goal line, although it was called a touchdown.
00:27:23A moot point, however, is that John Burke, 85, fell on it anyway in the end zone.
00:27:297-all from the 34.
00:27:31What?
00:27:33Curtis Martin with the flag down and 5 yards.
00:27:36If Zach Thomas to make the tackle, then it'll come back.
00:27:39I always wonder how.
00:27:46The legal shift.
00:27:48Two men moving on the offense.
00:27:50How?
00:27:50You have a timeout.
00:27:52You're on the sidelines.
00:27:53You're talking to the quarterback.
00:27:55Yeah.
00:27:55You know the play.
00:27:56He's out there.
00:27:56He waits for our commercial.
00:27:58He stands.
00:27:59He tells his whole team.
00:28:00And then they have two guys in motion at the same time.
00:28:03Well, Keith Byers is moving.
00:28:04You can see Curtis Martin, number 28, stepping forward.
00:28:07Well, he had to wait too long, Paul.
00:28:08He's anxious.
00:28:09He wants that football.
00:28:10Staying around too long like that, you make those kind of mistakes.
00:28:13Pay attention during a timeout.
00:28:16First down 15 for Drew Bledsoe.
00:28:18Very impressive on the touchdown drive.
00:28:20He was 5 for 6.
00:28:24Getting chased, but gets it away to Meggett.
00:28:26And Meggett able to struggle forward to the 34-yard line.
00:28:32Shane Burton made the tackle.
00:28:34It was Aaron Jones pressuring Bledsoe.
00:28:37Man, I'm going to tell you,
00:28:37I'd like to know how this defense worked.
00:28:39They had Dwight Hollier, number 50,
00:28:41covering on Ben Coates' man-to-man.
00:28:44But also, number 97, Aaron Jones,
00:28:47the defensive lineman.
00:28:48They had nobody blocking him.
00:28:49And Drew Bledsoe, something he's done very well this year,
00:28:52moving around a lot more than he ever has in the past,
00:28:54getting rid of the football,
00:28:55making some positive plays.
00:28:56Keith Byers, the former Dolphin in motion.
00:29:03And head in the backfield is Meggett,
00:29:05and slicing through is Zach Thomas.
00:29:07And what a rookie find he has been.
00:29:09Fifth round, 154th player selected.
00:29:13Zach Thomas has played terrific football the first half of the year.
00:29:17And that's the end of the opening quarter here in Foxborough.
00:29:20The Dolphins, the Patriots, 7-0.
00:29:23Welcome back to Foxborough.
00:29:28Dick and Brigolo with Paul McGuire,
00:29:30Phil Simms, Jim Gray.
00:29:32Look at the quarterback comparisons,
00:29:34and Bledsoe missing on only one pass.
00:29:38Working against his idol is a kid, Dan Marino.
00:29:42Bledsoe goes long.
00:29:45Sean Jefferson unable to come back in time.
00:29:48And Zach Thomas puts the heat on Bledsoe.
00:29:51Or did Bledsoe take a shot just as he was throwing the ball?
00:29:55Zach Thomas.
00:29:57It's a blitz.
00:29:57Tim Jacobs, the secondary guy,
00:29:59comes from the outside, occupies the blocker.
00:30:02Zach Thomas sees an opening,
00:30:03and this man can run and make a decision
00:30:05and get to a player when he wants to.
00:30:08Sean Jefferson can attest to that
00:30:10after the hit he took down in Miami in game one.
00:30:13Tupa to kick it with O.J. McDuffie back at the 22.
00:30:21He drives it.
00:30:26McCruppie at the 16.
00:30:29Has some room on the sidelines.
00:30:32Run out at the 35.
00:30:3652-yard punt, 19 on the return.
00:30:39Timeout.
00:30:39It's tied at 7.
00:30:40I'd hate to be going out there
00:30:45trying to beat these Dolphins with you at quarterback today.
00:30:4742 years old, huh?
00:30:49Same as your completion percentage.
00:30:51Happy birthday anyway.
00:30:55Oh, that ain't even fair.
00:30:56The ambush.
00:30:57I only completed 42%
00:30:59because I was running that archaic offensive end.
00:31:02Come here, Bill.
00:31:03You know what?
00:31:05Bill Parcells has three daughters.
00:31:07You're the son that he didn't have.
00:31:08Boy, he really cares about you.
00:31:10We were out at practice Friday.
00:31:11It was very cold.
00:31:12And, of course, I wasn't dressed for it.
00:31:14And we're freezing.
00:31:15He looks over at me.
00:31:16And I'm standing here.
00:31:17And he goes, oh, my gosh.
00:31:18He goes, you are soft.
00:31:19He says, you're softer than Carville ice cream.
00:31:24It's tied 7-0 out of Sims' birthday.
00:31:27So at least we know how old he is.
00:31:29And all the media guides were confused.
00:31:31He took so many years off while he was playing.
00:31:33And Bill Tabaugh springing to the outside.
00:31:37Did you ever do that, Paul, in your day?
00:31:38You know, whenever you come back after a scene,
00:31:40just tell the media guy,
00:31:41just don't add that year this year.
00:31:43Just make me a little younger.
00:31:44Just take one off.
00:31:45Take a couple off.
00:31:46Hey, let me tell you something.
00:31:47If you've seen this face of his body,
00:31:48you can't hide your age.
00:31:50That's right.
00:31:50Pretty good names.
00:31:51Nagurski, Feller, Rosyakis, Holmes, Roseanne, and Sims.
00:31:58Celebrate the birthday today along with our partner.
00:32:01Go!
00:32:02Go!
00:32:02Second down and four.
00:32:06But always look young next to Paul Nabar.
00:32:09Keep him in the booth.
00:32:10Keep him in here.
00:32:12Abdul-Jabbar squeezing through a small hole.
00:32:17Fiosaga Pulitelli makes the tackle.
00:32:19And down to Jim Gray.
00:32:20All right, Dick.
00:32:21The news is not good for Jairus McPhail of the Dolphins.
00:32:24He has a potentially fractured left wrist,
00:32:26according to Kevin O'Neal, the trainer for the Dolphins.
00:32:28And he will not return today.
00:32:29He's being x-rayed right now.
00:32:31And one of the legion of rookies on this Jimmy Johnson team, McPhail,
00:32:37lost apparently for the rest of the day.
00:32:39First down, Miami just across the 50.
00:32:42Early in the second quarter.
00:32:45Workforce is Abdul-Jabbar.
00:32:46He gets a couple.
00:32:48Dick, let's go back.
00:32:50Let's go back to the first quarter,
00:32:51the first possession of the Miami Dolphins.
00:32:54Marino throwing the ball down the field.
00:32:56He's opened this thing up.
00:32:57They're running, they're attempting to run the football.
00:32:59Now, they picked up the last first down running the ball.
00:33:02And they seem to be doing a pretty good job at it.
00:33:04But also, they're going into the win now.
00:33:06So, they were trying to take advantage, I think, in the first quarter.
00:33:09Having the win to your back.
00:33:10Try to get some big plays.
00:33:12They brushed as a team for 34 yards on 12 tries.
00:33:16A little better than their average the last five games.
00:33:18Blitz picked up.
00:33:23Good throwback.
00:33:25And a first down to Charles Jordan.
00:33:27Only his fifth catch all year.
00:33:29The former Raider and former Packer.
00:33:31And what a throw by Marino.
00:33:33The perfect pass again.
00:33:34He throws this ball before Jordan makes the move.
00:33:37And Marino knows it.
00:33:38When Jordan is making this move, the ball is now in the air.
00:33:41Watch this.
00:33:41As he turns, here's the ball now.
00:33:43I mean, that's the perfect throw.
00:33:44It is, and you saw Dan Marino smiling after the play was over
00:33:47because the Blitzers are coming free.
00:33:49He has to step back there on his back foot, throw it sidearm,
00:33:52and he throws a perfect pass.
00:33:55Another first down on Dolphins at the 39.
00:34:00And goes the bar outside.
00:34:03And hit at the 36, a flat down in the backfield.
00:34:08Right where Stanley Pritchett had thrown the block
00:34:11and apparently took a piece of the New England defender with it.
00:34:14Let's talk a little more about Marino.
00:34:18One of the things that...
00:34:20Holding.
00:34:21Number 86 to the offense.
00:34:23Ten yards.
00:34:23First down.
00:34:25Brett Carroll holds.
00:34:28Chris Slade, number 53 at the end of the line of scrimmage.
00:34:31You can see him pulling on the jersey.
00:34:33Once you put that hand outside the shoulders of the defender,
00:34:37the referee will almost always call holding.
00:34:39Keith Byers, when we talked about Miami, his former team yesterday,
00:34:44Marino's the most confident player that I have ever seen by far.
00:34:49He said, no defense for a perfect pass,
00:34:52and I can throw a perfect pass is the way Marino operates.
00:34:54Right there for Pritchett to the 40-yard line to get back about the 10 they lost on the penalty.
00:35:06Confidence, cockiness, all qualities you'd want in your quarterback.
00:35:10The greatest quality you could ever give a quarterback is to have the confidence of a Dan Marino.
00:35:16And I've always said, and I mean this as a compliment,
00:35:19he's never thrown an incompletion or an interception that was his fault.
00:35:23Because he just doesn't believe he can do no wrong.
00:35:25So when he does make a mistake, it doesn't wear on him.
00:35:29He comes back out of the field still feeling good,
00:35:31and he can create positive plays because of that.
00:35:36Second down and 11.
00:35:39Marino steps away from trouble.
00:35:41Marino trying to get it loose.
00:35:42No flag down.
00:35:44Fans want grounding.
00:35:45Johnson and McGinnis were all over Marino.
00:35:49But they said he was hit as he was throwing the ball.
00:35:51The other thing about this guy, Dan Marino,
00:35:53that when he, it starts with his father.
00:35:56Now you see the replay now, and here comes Marino.
00:35:58He's going to step up.
00:35:59He feels Slade right there.
00:36:01He steps up, and watch what he does.
00:36:02He pumps.
00:36:03Now he just throws.
00:36:04He knows he's going to get hit.
00:36:05There's nobody out there, but he throws the ball away.
00:36:06That's smart.
00:36:07But this goes all the way back to his father, though, Dick.
00:36:09He used to send a message all the time, what?
00:36:11Confidence.
00:36:11You have to have confidence in yourself.
00:36:13They looked at us with those blue eyes last night and said,
00:36:16yeah, I expect to throw a perfect pass every time.
00:36:20That's why I'm being paid so well.
00:36:21Well, Lamar Thomas went to the official on the side and started to complain,
00:36:39but he didn't throw the flag.
00:36:40The flag came from way downfield,
00:36:42and they called pass interference on Hitchcock there.
00:36:45Or holding.
00:36:48Either way, it's going to be a first down.
00:36:50Number 31 on the defense.
00:36:52Five yards.
00:36:53First down.
00:36:54So on third and 11, the five-yard hold gives Miami new life.
00:37:00You can see his hands on the defender,
00:37:02and as he breaks out, look at that right hand.
00:37:05He had a hold of the jersey.
00:37:06The official standing behind him.
00:37:08You can see that right hand on the jersey.
00:37:09That's why he got caught.
00:37:11First down on the penalty mark at the 35-yard line.
00:37:14Hitchcock.
00:37:16Again, playing at that corner for the injured Ricky Reynolds.
00:37:19He's in his second year out of North Carolina.
00:37:23He's only got ten guys on the field, I think.
00:37:26That's what Marino's upset about.
00:37:27Jimmy Johnson was trying to get somebody in the game.
00:37:30Two, four, six, eight, ten guys.
00:37:31That's all they have.
00:37:33He is really upset.
00:37:35Because, lookit, we only have ten guys.
00:37:37We need a guy.
00:37:38Give me somebody.
00:37:40Confident, and that could be contagious.
00:37:44Jimmy Johnson's reaction.
00:37:50He knew there were only ten in the field,
00:37:52and O.J. McDuffie didn't make it.
00:37:56First down at the 35.
00:37:59And it grabs it off.
00:38:00Fifteen more for the Dolphins before Chris Slay can drag him down, along with Willie Clay.
00:38:06Now, that was a perfect run.
00:38:09I mean, what O.J., I mean, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did on this play is he finds the hole.
00:38:14Excellent job up front.
00:38:17You can see Willie McGinnis, number 55, getting blocked to the outside.
00:38:20And Jimmy Johnson has told us so many times about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
00:38:24This cow will see the daylight, find the hole.
00:38:27Just everybody stay in their blocks, and he'll pick the right place to run the football.
00:38:31Picked in the third round as Johnson had a sensational draft.
00:38:34Many have documented that.
00:38:38Marino changing plays.
00:38:45World of time, and finally hits his man, O.J. McDuffie, on the sidelines.
00:38:50Ty Law, the defender at the 15.
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00:39:24Ten minutes left in this first half.
00:39:267-7, the score.
00:39:28Second down and four for Marino.
00:39:30So Abdul-Jabbar dancing his way.
00:39:33And picks up a couple where it seemed there wouldn't be much there at all.
00:39:37Lawyer Malloy makes the tackle.
00:39:39Lawyer Malloy.
00:39:40You know, Abdul-Jabbar is one of those backs that's, even though he's a rookie, he's very patient.
00:39:46You know, a lot of backs will just take it, and I'll go here,
00:39:48and if the poll's out there, what difference makes me?
00:39:50He'll wait.
00:39:51He is a very patient runner.
00:39:53You can see he's averaged only under 37 yards a game the last five.
00:39:57Well, he has 50 yards in this first half today, and that's what you're talking about.
00:40:02Paul McGuire has to get back to the run.
00:40:05Miami, that's what helped him to get off to the fast start this year, 3-0.
00:40:09Third down, a long one.
00:40:14And Abdul-Jabbar just threading his way, stepping on his own men,
00:40:17and the Patriots down to the 10-yard line, going to be close.
00:40:22If it touches the line, they've got the first down.
00:40:25Looks like it's just nose of the ball tickling that 10-yard line.
00:40:29And it is first down and goal.
00:40:33Abdul-Jabbar out of UCLA, the 80th player picked,
00:40:37and as you can see, in his first game against the Patriots,
00:40:41it was at Bull-Jabbar.
00:40:43They had to work on the spelling down there in the Miami training room.
00:40:47Was Paul in charge of those spellings, put them on in jerseys?
00:40:50It's going to work out.
00:40:53First and goal, a full 10 for Miami.
00:40:56Abdul-Jabbar.
00:40:58Inside the five.
00:40:58Bubbles, picked up by the Dolphins,
00:41:01and to the one-yard line goes Lamar Thomas.
00:41:04Another fortuitous bounce for Miami.
00:41:08You know who gets a great block is Charles Jordan, number 88.
00:41:12He gets it to the outside.
00:41:14Number 88 on this play is Charles Jordan.
00:41:17Here comes Abdul-Jabbar to the outside.
00:41:20Jordan's on the inside blocking.
00:41:24Boom, the ball is fumbled.
00:41:25Miami picks it up.
00:41:28Now, there he is on the bottom of the screen, number 88, Jordan.
00:41:31Look at this block.
00:41:32He's just running the linebacker all the way back out of the play.
00:41:36That's a good block.
00:41:37They may be rolling the ball down by contact at the three,
00:41:40so there was no fumble ruled,
00:41:42and now timeout taken by Marino and Miami.
00:41:45Miami was 7.54, remaining in the half,
00:41:48and Miami threatening to take the lead.
00:41:53Day drawing to a close.
00:41:55The coldest day of the fall here in New England.
00:41:59Temperature will be close to freezing tonight.
00:42:02Second and goal at the three.
00:42:05Miami tied at seven.
00:42:08Pitch it in motion.
00:42:09It's Abdul-Jabbar getting touchdown.
00:42:12The second for the rookie.
00:42:14And Miami takes the lead for the first time.
00:42:17I don't see anything wrong with the way this offensive line is blocking,
00:42:24and they're not going to the left side to Richmond Webb and Sims' side.
00:42:28They're going back the other way with Graham Brown.
00:42:30That's right.
00:42:30You think they'd go over Richmond Webb, the biggest offensive lineman they have,
00:42:33and they did that in the first meeting.
00:42:35But this time we're seeing all the runs to the right.
00:42:38Again, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar just seeing the hole,
00:42:41and it's a big one that time.
00:42:43Well, he's the man who got them downfield.
00:42:46Running the ball 41 yards.
00:42:47Medley adds the extra point,
00:42:49and Miami moves in front 14 to 7.
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00:43:14Let's take a look at the touchdown.
00:43:15Look at Chris Gray seal off the inside,
00:43:18and James Brown kick out on the outside,
00:43:20and the clear lane that Abdul-Jabbar has to run into.
00:43:24Both touchdowns they've scored today have been the exact same play,
00:43:28and look at that hole, Jabbar scores another easy touchdown.
00:43:33They've gone by Metney, Troy Brown, and Dave Neggett.
00:43:37It's to Neggett's side at the 13th.
00:43:42Stop shy of the 30-yard line.
00:43:457 minutes and 42 seconds remaining before the intermission.
00:43:49He plays on the 12-play, 65-yard Miami scoring drive.
00:43:56Charles Jordan rarely used 13-yard catch.
00:43:59Abdul-Jabbar with a big 15-yard run,
00:44:01and then Abdul-Jabbar 4 for the touchdown.
00:44:04They're keeping the ball away from New England offense
00:44:06with long scoring drives, Miami.
00:44:09Let's go.
00:44:10Goes to work.
00:44:11Wide open.
00:44:12Troy Brown, the ticket, Terry Glenn.
00:44:16It's Glenn to midfield at the 50.
00:44:18First down, a 20-yard play.
00:44:23Terry Glenn does an excellent job of coming across the formation.
00:44:27It's a play-action fake.
00:44:28It draws the defense up a little,
00:44:31creates the big hole behind,
00:44:33and Drew Bledsoe does a good job of finding the open receiver.
00:44:36You know what Bledsoe said,
00:44:37of all his receivers, even though Glenn's a rookie,
00:44:39he makes the least mistakes, runs great patterns, very smart.
00:44:44On first down, he heaves it low.
00:44:48Intercepted.
00:44:50Terrell Buckley has another pick to the 26.
00:44:53It's his sixth of the year.
00:44:57You know, we've talked about Bledsoe making such great decisions
00:45:01in the last few games, the last five or six games.
00:45:03This was really, I mean, a poorly thrown ball.
00:45:07He just throws this thing up for grabs.
00:45:08He just heaves it with no purpose.
00:45:11Well, the thought was good, Paul,
00:45:12but what happened is the protection was not good enough for him to step up
00:45:15and really throw the ball and get the ball down the field fast enough.
00:45:19And Terrell Buckley says if you put pressure on Drew Bledsoe,
00:45:23he relies too much on his arm.
00:45:25Terrell Buckley sees the ball hanging in the air,
00:45:27comes across, and makes the easy interception.
00:45:30But watch the pressure on him.
00:45:32Watch him sit back.
00:45:33Makes the ball hang in the air too low.
00:45:36Buckley with his sixth.
00:45:38He was tied for the league lead in interceptions.
00:45:41And with a 14-7 lead back to Abdul-Jabbar.
00:45:45And he rumbles for about eight on first down.
00:45:47Hitchcock from the corner to make the tackle.
00:45:49Well, the thing that really makes that play look so bad at the end of it,
00:45:53there were three defenders back there on Glenn.
00:45:56Well, it's interesting.
00:45:57Remember, Terrell Buckley says he takes a few chances because of his arm.
00:46:00And he says he didn't know whether that excites him or scares him
00:46:03because it can create big plays.
00:46:05But also, every once in a while,
00:46:07he gives the defense a chance to make a big play.
00:46:08Well, Bledsoe had been intercepted only twice since the opening game.
00:46:16Second and a short two.
00:46:20Protecting the ball has the first down at the 37-yard line.
00:46:24So Terrell Buckley, a man once highly criticized by Jimmy Johnson
00:46:29when he was working for the Fox television network
00:46:32and now leading the league with six picks.
00:46:35The former Florida State star who followed Deion Sanders with the Seminoles.
00:46:41I really like what he said yesterday because he was very confident about it.
00:46:43I mean, he did get the pick, but he said yesterday,
00:46:45you know, I should get a couple.
00:46:47He said one.
00:46:48He said I should get two.
00:46:50Six minutes left in the half.
00:46:52Marina.
00:46:53They can underneath this pitch at the fullback,
00:46:55and he has about ten.
00:46:57Ted Johnson makes the tackle right at the sticks, the 47-yard line.
00:47:02There's a guy, here's a guy, Dick, that I really like is Pritchett.
00:47:04I mean, he doesn't carry the ball very much,
00:47:07but he blocks extremely well, and he's got tremendous hands.
00:47:12Does that sound familiar?
00:47:13A fullback and a Jimmy Johnson offense.
00:47:15Yes.
00:47:16That blocks really well and makes a lot of catches.
00:47:17Let me think, who would that be?
00:47:19But Stanley Pritchett, that's why they drafted him,
00:47:21because he doesn't really care about carrying it.
00:47:24Block for the runner and catch a pass every now and then.
00:47:27He's the moose of the Miami team.
00:47:32Irving Spikes' first carry of the game rudely met by Todd Collins.
00:47:39Todd Collins and Ted Johnson.
00:47:44Ted Johnson, number 52, and Todd Collins, number 59,
00:47:47come up into the gap,
00:47:49and the Patriot coaches say that Ted Johnson, number 52,
00:47:54is their best defensive player week in and week out.
00:47:57Second year out of Colorado.
00:47:58Todd Collins played at Carson Newman.
00:48:01Jimmy Johnson now brings in Bernie Parmele,
00:48:05a veteran from Ball State.
00:48:07Abdul-Jabbar apparently being rested.
00:48:10Third and three.
00:48:14The receiver tripped up,
00:48:16and it appeared he was going to break into the clear.
00:48:18Lamar Thomas, incidental contact is the call.
00:48:22And I'm going to tell you something.
00:48:23This is a great non-call,
00:48:25because there's just no way that Lamar Thomas,
00:48:28watch this when you see what happens.
00:48:30Here comes Lamar Thomas.
00:48:31Watch his feet.
00:48:32They just get tangled up.
00:48:33I mean, he's pushing off with his arm,
00:48:35and that was not intentional.
00:48:38So it's a good non-call.
00:48:40Back to punt is John Kidd,
00:48:43with Dave Meggett inside the 15 for the Patriots.
00:48:48So Buckley's interception, not possibly.
00:48:52A wobbler.
00:48:54Meggett says stay away from it,
00:48:55and then fields it.
00:48:58So Meggett using a little gamesmanship,
00:49:00trying to give the Miami Dolphins a look
00:49:02that he wasn't going to try to run it back.
00:49:04Time out.
00:49:08Come back to Foxborough,
00:49:09where the Dolphins lead by a touchdown.
00:49:11A reminder that next Saturday at 2 Eastern,
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00:49:26First down Patriots at their 22.
00:49:31Trailing 14-7.
00:49:32Five, two, four, ten, five, five, five, six.
00:49:38Meggett.
00:49:40Martin turning the corner and staying in bounds.
00:49:43How did he stay in bounds?
00:49:46The flag is down,
00:49:47but it could be against Miami
00:49:49that leaned forward on the snap,
00:49:5130 yards in.
00:49:52I'll tell you why you know it's against New England
00:49:55because Blensoe has not moved
00:49:57from the 13-yard line. He just stayed
00:49:59right there. I'm not going anywhere.
00:50:02I think we have some holding.
00:50:03I mean, it's amazing. Blensoe
00:50:05still has not moved from the...
00:50:07Look at this. He's looking like...
00:50:08Are you kidding me?
00:50:0941 on offense.
00:50:1210 yards. Repeat first down.
00:50:14Keith Meyer is guilty
00:50:16of doing too much to help out
00:50:18Martin.
00:50:18Well, maybe that run
00:50:22caught the Miami defense by surprise
00:50:24because Keith Byers, number
00:50:2641, the top of your screen.
00:50:29They said... Miami said the defense
00:50:30they run away from Keith Byers
00:50:32when he goes in motion. This time they ran behind
00:50:34him. He makes a good
00:50:36block, but he gets his hands outside the
00:50:38defender's shoulder pads.
00:50:40That was a very clever effort by Martin.
00:50:42Quick toss. Complete to Glenn.
00:50:45And the former
00:50:46Buckeyes to the 21. Did that Ohio
00:50:48State team have any good receivers?
00:50:50Terry Glenn, when he was a sophomore,
00:50:52barely played. He was
00:50:53the backup to Chris Sanders who plays
00:50:56at Houston and Joey Galloway starring
00:50:58with Seattle and then he had Eddie George.
00:51:00Well, in fact, Ohio State went through the years
00:51:02and produced some solid rookies
00:51:04into the NFL catching the ball.
00:51:06Galloway with 67.
00:51:08You look at the bottom. Glenn, halfway
00:51:10through the season, he projects to
00:51:12having a 74 catch a year.
00:51:14Up, boom!
00:51:18Nothing there for Curtis Martin.
00:51:20Slammed down a yard loss
00:51:22at the 20. That brings up
00:51:24third down. Meggett comes in from the sidelines.
00:51:26Let's go back to that first play when they
00:51:27ran the ball
00:51:30to Curtis Martin. And you've got
00:51:32Keith Byers holding because Jimmy Johnson
00:51:34told us yesterday, they're not going to run to his side.
00:51:36They want to run there twice last week.
00:51:38And both times, one was a minus one
00:51:40and the other one was no game. So they won't run
00:51:41to Keith Byers' side. Well, guess what?
00:51:44Yeah, he did.
00:51:46But he lost 10.
00:51:47He lost 10!
00:51:50Third down and 12.
00:51:54And that's going to be a full start.
00:51:56It was Daryl Gardner
00:51:57who jumped into the backfield
00:52:00but looked as if one of the Patriots
00:52:02lurched on that offensive line.
00:52:04Officials will powwow.
00:52:11But if Daryl Gardner
00:52:12moved first, it should be a penalty
00:52:13on the Miami defense.
00:52:16Are they going to...
00:52:17Jefferson doesn't like what he's hearing.
00:52:20Yes, he's...
00:52:22No.
00:52:29I don't know.
00:52:29Maybe they're discussing that proposition.
00:52:31They've got a heavy proposition
00:52:32here in the state of Massachusetts
00:52:34on Tuesday.
00:52:36Back to the snaps.
00:52:38We have a neutral zone infraction
00:52:39on the defense.
00:52:42Neutral zone infraction.
00:52:43Five yards.
00:52:44Third down.
00:52:46It is Daryl Gardner.
00:52:48That's No. 92, Daryl Gardner.
00:52:50Down here at the bottom of the screen.
00:52:51You can see he's going to jump first.
00:52:54And now, that makes the receiver.
00:52:57Terry Glenn, No. 88,
00:52:58on the outside move.
00:52:59So that should be
00:53:00a five-yard penalty against the defense.
00:53:02Good call.
00:53:0388.
00:53:04Bledsoe was so affected
00:53:06with the snap count,
00:53:07he was drawing his own teammates
00:53:08offside as they warmed up
00:53:09before the game.
00:53:11So third and second.
00:53:15Down the middle of the coach.
00:53:17First down.
00:53:18Trumbles.
00:53:19And it is...
00:53:21Recovered by Miami's
00:53:23Loris Oliver.
00:53:23Dolphins have the ball
00:53:30inside the Patriot 35.
00:53:32First time today
00:53:33they threw to Colts, right?
00:53:34Well, first time.
00:53:35But Ben Colts
00:53:36watching coming down the field
00:53:37against No. 34,
00:53:38Tim Jacobs.
00:53:39Just pushing him around
00:53:40because he's so much bigger
00:53:41than Jacobs.
00:53:42But Jacobs makes up for it.
00:53:44Comes in and strips the ball
00:53:46out of Colts' hands.
00:53:48Well, that's the one thing
00:53:48that Jimmy Johnson
00:53:49also told us.
00:53:50He said,
00:53:50we're not getting the ball...
00:53:51We're not taking turnover.
00:53:52It's not taking the ball away
00:53:53like we did at the beginning
00:53:54of the season.
00:53:55This is what we have
00:53:55to get back to.
00:53:56And that's what these guys
00:53:57are taught.
00:53:58The guy who catches the ball,
00:53:59strip it.
00:54:00Well, leading 14-7.
00:54:02Marino from the 33.
00:54:07Underneath.
00:54:08Abdul-Jabbar.
00:54:10Marino's makes complete.
00:54:16Abdul-Jabbar.
00:54:17Miami, one of the best
00:54:19in the league
00:54:20in the turnover ratio.
00:54:21A plus nine
00:54:22starting today.
00:54:24Surprising Bengals,
00:54:25the leader there.
00:54:26And New England,
00:54:26plus four.
00:54:28Green Bay is plus 15.
00:54:29Best in the NFL.
00:54:32But again,
00:54:32Jimmy was telling us,
00:54:33we have not,
00:54:33you know,
00:54:33the last few games
00:54:34have not been taking
00:54:35the ball away.
00:54:35And now we're coming down
00:54:36to the two-minute warning
00:54:37and Miami only has
00:54:38one timeout left.
00:54:4014-7 Dolphins.
00:54:41Timeout.
00:54:42Of their 53-man roster,
00:54:5010 are rookies,
00:54:51Miami,
00:54:51but they've lost one
00:54:52probably for the rest
00:54:53of the year.
00:54:53Jairus McPhail,
00:54:54the word up
00:54:55is that he fractured
00:54:56his left arm.
00:54:58Fractured left arm,
00:54:59Jairus McPhail,
00:55:00and that'll probably cost him
00:55:01the rest of the season.
00:55:03So Johnson,
00:55:05who has McPhail,
00:55:07Abdul-Jabbar,
00:55:09and Pritchett,
00:55:10three young running backs,
00:55:11now we'll count on
00:55:13Abdul-Jabbar.
00:55:15You know,
00:55:15it's amazing though,
00:55:16I mean,
00:55:16here's a guy that,
00:55:17and they're pretty good
00:55:17four and four.
00:55:18Just don't think of things
00:55:19from starting,
00:55:20sometimes during the year
00:55:21starting seven rookies.
00:55:23Second and four,
00:55:24two minutes left in the half.
00:55:29Abdul-Jabbar
00:55:30to the 25,
00:55:32and just inside it
00:55:33where it'll be third
00:55:34and about a yard and a half.
00:55:36Song of Pulatelli
00:55:37leading the defensive charge.
00:55:41Then Coates fumbled,
00:55:42giving Miami a chance
00:55:43to build on the 14-7 lead.
00:55:46Meanwhile,
00:55:47Joel Jabbar's rushing numbers
00:55:48here in the first half.
00:55:50Very impressive
00:55:51in light of how difficult
00:55:52it's been to run
00:55:53for Miami
00:55:54in the last five games.
00:55:55Well, I think it goes back
00:55:56to what Jimmy Johnson
00:55:57told us last night.
00:55:58They match up very well
00:55:59against this New England team,
00:56:01so they feel like
00:56:01they can physically
00:56:02come out here
00:56:03and do some things
00:56:04they probably couldn't
00:56:05even think about doing
00:56:06last week against
00:56:07the Dallas Cowboys.
00:56:08Third and two.
00:56:14And a goal to Bauer.
00:56:15No hole.
00:56:16He loses a couple.
00:56:19Mark Wheeler,
00:56:20the defensive tackle
00:56:22from Texas A&M.
00:56:23Well, here's where
00:56:24New England should take
00:56:25a timeout,
00:56:25and I think they're going to.
00:56:27Oh, he was judging.
00:56:29Well, the Patriots
00:56:29take the timeout.
00:56:31Jimmy Johnson,
00:56:32will he go for the field goal?
00:56:37We get word that
00:56:38Dan Marino
00:56:38complained he can't hear
00:56:39the radio call
00:56:40from the sideline.
00:56:41Meanwhile,
00:56:42Jimmy Johnson
00:56:43brings out
00:56:44his field goal unit.
00:56:45Doesn't mean he wouldn't
00:56:46try a fake.
00:56:46He has that all
00:56:48in the playbook.
00:56:48Nedney,
00:56:49this would be
00:56:49a 45-yard attempt
00:56:51into the wind.
00:56:53His longest this year
00:56:54is 39.
00:56:58Rookie gets it
00:56:59on the way.
00:57:00It is no good.
00:57:02Wide to the left.
00:57:06So the Patriots
00:57:07escape an interception,
00:57:09and now Ben Coates
00:57:10fumbled.
00:57:11Miami unable
00:57:12to take advantage.
00:57:15Well, you know,
00:57:15this ball looks
00:57:16his strengths are fine.
00:57:17He just pushes
00:57:18the ball.
00:57:19You know what
00:57:20he was playing on?
00:57:20He put it out
00:57:21to the left,
00:57:21hoping that the wind
00:57:22would bring it back
00:57:23because the wind
00:57:23is blowing
00:57:24from his left to right,
00:57:25and it stayed out there.
00:57:26It didn't come back in.
00:57:27When they were kicking
00:57:27during warm-ups
00:57:28before the game,
00:57:29the wind was blowing
00:57:3020 to 30 miles an hour.
00:57:32And Paul,
00:57:32this shot would have
00:57:33gone down the middle
00:57:34before the game,
00:57:35but the wind has died down
00:57:36and did not affect
00:57:37the football that time.
00:57:39New England takes over
00:57:40with a minute,
00:57:41three seconds left
00:57:42in the half
00:57:43in good field position
00:57:44at their own 35.
00:57:45Wentz on,
00:57:46dunce it off to Megit.
00:57:47Megit gets 11.
00:57:49First down at the 46.
00:57:50Zach Thomas makes
00:57:51the tackle.
00:57:52Hurry up,
00:57:53New England offense.
00:57:56This is where Megit
00:57:57is such a valuable asset
00:57:58as our partner,
00:58:00Phil Simms,
00:58:00two of them knows.
00:58:09Brown and Glenn
00:58:11very similar in size.
00:58:13Brown with his
00:58:14sixth catch of the year,
00:58:1613 yards,
00:58:17time out
00:58:18as he goes out of bounds.
00:58:19As we remind you
00:58:20to stay tuned
00:58:21for our Domino's Pizza
00:58:22halftime report.
00:58:23Greg Gimble,
00:58:24Mike Dicken,
00:58:24Joe Gibbs,
00:58:25Chris Collinsworth,
00:58:26Ahmad Rashad.
00:58:27Oh,
00:58:29the official
00:58:29is the defender
00:58:30as Megit
00:58:31couldn't get
00:58:31around the umpire.
00:58:33Megit fighting
00:58:34his way
00:58:34through the umpire
00:58:36in such a
00:58:37dangerous position
00:58:39for any official
00:58:40is that umpire
00:58:41spot where you're
00:58:41in the thick
00:58:42of the action.
00:58:45Bill Parcells
00:58:46is yelling
00:58:46to one of the
00:58:47officials on the
00:58:48sideline
00:58:48telling the other
00:58:49one to get out
00:58:49of the way,
00:58:49but Dave Megit,
00:58:51nobody around him,
00:58:52no defender.
00:58:53All of them were
00:58:53at least 10 to 15
00:58:54yards deep
00:58:55down the field.
00:58:56Drew Butzel
00:58:56doing a good job
00:58:57of seeing the
00:58:58underneath receiver
00:58:59wide open.
00:59:0034 seconds left
00:59:01in the half.
00:59:05Glenn
00:59:05gets a block
00:59:07and the rookie
00:59:09strangles to the
00:59:10sidelines
00:59:11right at the 30
00:59:14they mark it.
00:59:15It would appear
00:59:15to be a first down,
00:59:16a 10-yard play,
00:59:17stopped the clock
00:59:18with 28 seconds
00:59:19showing.
00:59:19What a great block
00:59:20he got from Dave
00:59:21Megit.
00:59:21Dave Megit gets
00:59:22to the outside
00:59:23and just hammers.
00:59:24Yes, he did,
00:59:25but even though
00:59:25he went out of bounds
00:59:26and the clock
00:59:26has stopped,
00:59:27they are not
00:59:27huddling up.
00:59:29Keep the defense
00:59:29in turmoil,
00:59:30don't give them
00:59:31a chance to regroup.
00:59:32And that's what
00:59:32Drew Bledsoe has done
00:59:33twice in this drive.
00:59:34Megit unable
00:59:35to pull that one in,
00:59:36probably wouldn't
00:59:37have gotten much
00:59:38anyway.
00:59:3824 seconds left.
00:59:41Again, no use
00:59:42huddling up.
00:59:42If you're the offense,
00:59:43Drew Bledsoe,
00:59:44this way the defense
00:59:45usually doesn't make
00:59:46any changes.
00:59:47They play the same
00:59:47defense you saw
00:59:49in the previous play.
00:59:51Down the middle.
00:59:53Open is Glenn.
00:59:54First on at the 15.
00:59:56Timeout,
00:59:57New England.
00:59:59Bill Parcells' team
01:00:00trying to rally
01:00:01for a tie
01:00:02before the half ends.
01:00:06When you look
01:00:07at this thing,
01:00:08Dick,
01:00:08look where Bledsoe
01:00:09puts this ball.
01:00:10It's out in front
01:00:11of the receiver.
01:00:12The only person
01:00:12that can catch it
01:00:13is the receiver.
01:00:14Defender really
01:00:15has no chance.
01:00:16That's a perfect throw.
01:00:17But a pretty good catch.
01:00:18Well covered by Tim Jacobs
01:00:20as Glenn out
01:00:21muscling him for it.
01:00:22His fifth catch
01:00:23of the half
01:00:23for Glenn
01:00:25who now has
01:00:2542 on the year.
01:00:27First down
01:00:28at the 15.
01:00:2919 seconds
01:00:31left.
01:00:35One time.
01:00:37Caught and out of bounds
01:00:39goes Glenn
01:00:39as he's horse collared
01:00:41at about the 7.
01:00:43Lewis Oliver,
01:00:44the defender.
01:00:458 yards on the play.
01:00:4814 seconds
01:00:49remain.
01:00:51That whole play
01:00:51took 5 seconds.
01:00:54Bill Parcells
01:00:55sends in 3 men
01:00:56and then calls them back.
01:00:59And I believe
01:01:00that's going to be a
01:01:00now they were reaching
01:01:02for the yellow flag
01:01:03and now they're going
01:01:03to call time.
01:01:08Time out!
01:01:09Miami.
01:01:10Miami calls time.
01:01:11The final charge time out.
01:01:15When they saw
01:01:16the three substitutes
01:01:17come on
01:01:18Miami said
01:01:19being stuck
01:01:20with that save
01:01:21versatile field.
01:01:22That's right.
01:01:23That was a wise call.
01:01:24Well I think
01:01:24it confused everybody.
01:01:25Drew Bledsoe
01:01:26was calling the plays
01:01:27at the line of scrimmage.
01:01:28He wasn't listening
01:01:29to the sideline
01:01:30and Parcells
01:01:30I think was trying
01:01:31to get in a different play.
01:01:33Boy if you
01:01:33still want more football
01:01:35Mr. Ditkin.
01:01:36Man there ain't enough
01:01:37O's in the word
01:01:37for that man.
01:01:38He's got it all.
01:01:39He's got all the moves
01:01:41doesn't he?
01:01:42Mikey.
01:01:43Mikey.
01:01:45Second down
01:01:47and two
01:01:4814 seconds
01:01:49at the 7 yard line.
01:01:53And the whistle blows
01:01:55it dead
01:01:55against whom.
01:01:56Tim Bowen's charge
01:01:58was he drawn?
01:01:59Well he had actually
01:02:00two Miami players
01:02:02the two tackles
01:02:03inside
01:02:04both went off.
01:02:05It's a good job
01:02:17by Drew Bledsoe
01:02:18look at the interior
01:02:19linemen of the
01:02:20Miami defense
01:02:21Bowens and Gardner
01:02:23both jump outside
01:02:24but Drew Bledsoe
01:02:25going on a long count
01:02:26trying to get a free play
01:02:27down inside
01:02:28the 10 yard line.
01:02:29First and goal
01:02:30outside the 3
01:02:3114 seconds
01:02:32still remain
01:02:33Gash and
01:02:36Miggott
01:02:36behind the
01:02:37end zone
01:02:38into the end zone
01:02:40for Coates
01:02:41incomplete
01:02:42and a fly down
01:02:43in the end zone
01:02:44Coates could not get
01:02:45around Louis Oliver
01:02:46which way did the
01:02:49officials see him?
01:02:50But all you have to do
01:02:52is look at Louis Oliver's
01:02:53left arm
01:02:54and he's got it
01:02:54pushing Coates
01:02:55with his left arm
01:02:56and he reaches it
01:02:57and knocks the ball
01:02:58down with his right
01:02:58in the end zone
01:03:00by Louis
01:03:01the ball is placed
01:03:03at the 1 yard line.
01:03:04When you don't
01:03:04complain that much
01:03:05you know that you
01:03:06committed pass interference.
01:03:07Not only that
01:03:08he never turns around
01:03:09and looks at the ball
01:03:09he impedes
01:03:10the receiver
01:03:11where the receiver
01:03:12has no chance
01:03:13to come back
01:03:13and get the football
01:03:14definitely
01:03:15pass interference.
01:03:16They mark it
01:03:17on the 1
01:03:18first and goal
01:03:1910 seconds
01:03:20Rame
01:03:20runner pass
01:03:23Letso
01:03:26had to throw it away
01:03:29and the flag
01:03:29is down in the end zone
01:03:306 seconds left
01:03:32Keith Byers
01:03:34was the man
01:03:34Letso was looking to
01:03:36You know why?
01:03:4212 men on the field
01:03:43for Miami
01:03:44After distance
01:03:45still first down
01:03:46They had
01:03:47was looking
01:03:48and they tried
01:03:49to sneak one guy off
01:03:50Aaron Jones
01:03:51tries to sneak off
01:03:52afterwards
01:03:531, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
01:03:58Couldn't get them all in there
01:04:00but
01:04:00an extra defensive back
01:04:02or no
01:04:0397
01:04:04an extra defensive lineman
01:04:06out there
01:04:06But after the play
01:04:07Aaron Jones tries to sneak
01:04:08off the field
01:04:09but they'd already
01:04:10caught him
01:04:10Now they put the
01:04:124 seconds back
01:04:13on the clock
01:04:1410 seconds
01:04:15No, now they're
01:04:22taking 3 seconds back
01:04:25It was down to 6
01:04:26They put it to 10
01:04:27now
01:04:28reduced it to 7
01:04:29You'll have to figure that one out yourself
01:04:32Well they still have one timeout left
01:04:35so it does
01:04:35give New England a chance
01:04:37to run the football
01:04:38if they want to
01:04:38and call a timeout
01:04:39and this is your order
01:04:40Curtis Martin
01:04:42Did he get in?
01:04:43Yes
01:04:43Touchdown
01:04:44Well Parcells Patriots
01:04:49battled back to tie
01:04:50before halftime
01:04:51And this whole drive
01:04:53was set up
01:04:53Paul and Dick
01:04:54by the fact that they
01:04:55called timeout
01:04:56down at the other end
01:04:57with a minute
01:04:58and 8 seconds left
01:05:00they decided to call timeout
01:05:01after third down
01:05:02to give themselves
01:05:03an opportunity to score
01:05:04before halftime
01:05:05I like your call
01:05:06on this last call
01:05:07because if you take a look
01:05:08at the clock
01:05:08with Martin in the end zone
01:05:09there's still 4 seconds
01:05:10on the clock
01:05:11they had the opportunity
01:05:12to run a play
01:05:13and to call a timeout
01:05:14still wouldn't run
01:05:15the clock on that
01:05:15before you call
01:05:16You're at home
01:05:17they won't let the clock
01:05:17run out on you
01:05:18Jimitari's brought
01:05:19to the extra point here
01:05:21missing 3 this season
01:05:22but he's good
01:05:23twice today
01:05:24and with 4 seconds
01:05:26left in the half
01:05:27it's tied at 14
01:05:29they got the ball
01:05:31with 1-0-3 left
01:05:32after the missed
01:05:33field goal by Nedney
01:05:34and here's the end result
01:05:36barely in
01:05:37Martin right at the goal line
01:05:39Curtis Martin
01:05:40just giving a little
01:05:41extra effort
01:05:41being tough inside
01:05:43because Miami's
01:05:44defensive line
01:05:45gets some penetration
01:05:46and actually hits him
01:05:47a yard or two
01:05:48away from the end zone
01:05:49John Burke
01:05:51with a solid block
01:05:52to help Martin in
01:05:53and Bill Parcells
01:05:55he knows where
01:05:58his money man is
01:06:00Drew Blitzo
01:06:01well you know
01:06:01we looked at the
01:06:02Miami defense
01:06:03and that entire drive
01:06:05so the safeties
01:06:05were like 20 yards off
01:06:06they played a true
01:06:07pre-vent defense
01:06:08now they're going to say
01:06:09well that's not our
01:06:10pre-vent
01:06:10yes it is
01:06:11I always say about
01:06:13the pre-vent
01:06:13the reason I don't like it
01:06:14it prevents the team
01:06:16from getting a field goal
01:06:17and it enables them
01:06:17to get a touchdown
01:06:18and in this case
01:06:19all Drew Blitzo did
01:06:21was just throw
01:06:22underneath the two safeties
01:06:23and just march right
01:06:24down the field
01:06:24he had a minute
01:06:25and 19 seconds
01:06:26Paul you're right
01:06:27the one thing I do not
01:06:28like about the pre-vent
01:06:29defense
01:06:29it always allows
01:06:30the offense
01:06:31to get started
01:06:32get the drive going
01:06:33you get in some rhythm
01:06:34and once an offense
01:06:35gets in rhythm
01:06:36they usually throw
01:06:37some good plays
01:06:38together
01:06:38and like you say
01:06:39it gives them a chance
01:06:40to score touchdowns
01:06:41that was an impressive
01:06:42drive in a minute
01:06:43and four seconds
01:06:4365 yards
01:06:45helped out
01:06:46on a couple occasions
01:06:47by Miami penalties
01:06:49Vinatieri
01:06:50just splits
01:06:52one down
01:06:53and
01:06:53final seconds
01:06:56stick away
01:06:56and that'll be it
01:06:57for the half
01:06:58so Drew Blitzo
01:07:02and Dan Marino
01:07:03hooked up
01:07:04in a
01:07:04tight dole
01:07:0614-0
01:07:07we'll send you
01:07:07to our NFL
01:07:08and NBC
01:07:09studio
01:07:09in New York
01:07:10after a message
01:07:10from the NFL
01:07:11and a word
01:07:12from your
01:07:13local station
01:07:14New England
01:07:16one thing about this game
01:07:18when you look at the
01:07:18two turnovers
01:07:19they should mean something
01:07:20but the two turnovers
01:07:21that Miami got
01:07:21didn't score a point
01:07:22off of it
01:07:23and that's what's bad
01:07:24and Abdul-Jabbar
01:07:25compared with
01:07:26Curtis Martin
01:07:27who led the AFC
01:07:28in rushing last year
01:07:29nine for nine yards
01:07:30for Martin
01:07:31two touchdowns
01:07:32Abdul-Jabbar
01:07:33chipping in
01:07:33with 71 yards
01:07:34rushing
01:07:35well Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
01:07:37Miami wants to run
01:07:37the football
01:07:38to help their
01:07:38defense out
01:07:39New England
01:07:40really in all honesty
01:07:41I don't think
01:07:42they care that much
01:07:43they know they're
01:07:43going to live and die
01:07:44with the pass
01:07:45and every once in a while
01:07:46if they have a good
01:07:46running game
01:07:47so be it
01:07:48that'll be a little
01:07:48icing on the cake
01:07:49but they're going to
01:07:50live and die
01:07:51this season
01:07:51with throwing the
01:07:52football
01:07:52and winning
01:07:53some tough games
01:07:53at the end
01:07:54we talked to both
01:07:55coaches yesterday
01:07:56and they both
01:07:56said the same thing
01:07:57we are so evenly
01:07:58matched
01:07:59this is going to
01:07:59come down to
01:08:00final possession
01:08:00they both thought
01:08:01this would be
01:08:02a game one
01:08:03in the final minute
01:08:04and a minute
01:08:05and four seconds
01:08:0665 yards
01:08:07helped out
01:08:09on a couple
01:08:10occasions
01:08:10by Miami penalties
01:08:11Vinatieri
01:08:13just splits
01:08:15one down
01:08:16and
01:08:16final seconds
01:08:19stick away
01:08:19and that'll be it
01:08:20for the half
01:08:21so Drew Bledsoe
01:08:25and Dan Marino
01:08:26hooked up
01:08:26in a
01:08:27tight dole
01:08:2814-all
01:08:29we'll send you
01:08:30to our NFL
01:08:31and NBC
01:08:31studio in New York
01:08:32after a message
01:08:33from the NFL
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