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00:00:00A little bit superstitious because of the uniforms.

00:00:04Last year they played better on the road than at home.

00:00:06Their road uniforms last year were white.

00:00:08He said, hey, we'll use the white uniforms at home.

00:00:10We'll play better at home.

00:00:11And we're ready to kick off.

00:00:14And it is underway as Stefan Stein picks it up at the 7-yard line

00:00:19to the 20, the 25.

00:00:21Good return out to the 30-yard line.

00:00:26So New England will open up on offense,

00:00:28and this is the quarterback, Steve Grogan,

00:00:31in his 11th year.

00:00:33Holloway, Hannah, Morris, Wooten, and Moore.

00:00:35That is the offensive line from tackle to tackle.

00:00:38Stanley Morgan, a hamstring problem,

00:00:40so that means that Jones will start in place of him.

00:00:43Dawson is the tight end.

00:00:44And, of course, Irving Fryer, the other wide receiver.

00:00:48Grogan at quarterback.

00:00:50Tony Collins and Craig James, the two running backs.

00:00:54So that is the offensive set of the New England Patriots

00:00:57and that's a basic set.

00:00:59We'll stay pretty well with that.

00:01:01Charlie, with an injury on the field,

00:01:03we might have a chance to quickly set the defense here.

00:01:05Rusty Gilbo is the player who is being helped off.

00:01:08Bennett, Cleco, and Gastineau, that is the front three.

00:01:16Gilbo, who is going off, will be replaced by Crable,

00:01:19Mel Clifton, and Jackson, the linebacker.

00:01:23Lynn Hamilton, spring, and Bobby Jackson in the secondary.

00:01:28First down, New England, they go to work at their own 30-yard line.

00:01:34Tony Collins.

00:01:40Met by Joe Cleco, one yard, second and nine.

00:01:44New England choosing to go right up the gut

00:01:47and they went right at Gastineau with a double team.

00:01:50I think they would like to try and immobilize

00:01:52the two big rushmen in there, Joe Cleco on the nose

00:01:55and Gastineau, who we'll see in several positions today,

00:01:58but they went right at them with the first play.

00:02:01Good news for the Jets, Rusty Gilbo back in

00:02:03as the right outside linebacker.

00:02:05Second down and nine.

00:02:07Grogan calls his own play.

00:02:11And here's Collins again.

00:02:14Three yards to the 34.

00:02:16It'll be third down and six.

00:02:18Gastineau making the tackle.

00:02:21Gastineau, not known for his run play,

00:02:24does a good job right there, throwing Steve the house more.

00:02:27That's a lot of weight to throw around

00:02:29and quickly getting outside.

00:02:31Gastineau all too often has been the kind of defensive end

00:02:35who would run around the blocks.

00:02:37He didn't do it there.

00:02:38Pulled across the tackle and got outside in good position.

00:02:42Third down and six.

00:02:43And so Stephan Starring comes in.

00:02:45Three wide receivers for the Patriots.

00:02:47Extra men in the secondary for the Jets.

00:02:49Third and six passing down.

00:02:51Here's the shotgun.

00:02:55Grogan over the middle to Dawson.

00:02:57Flag is down.

00:02:59The first down at the play stands up.

00:03:01Normally, it is offensive holders.

00:03:03Steve Moore trying to control Gastineau.

00:03:06Just grabbed him and pulled him down.

00:03:08And he's there to argue, but there's no question

00:03:10it was a legitimate call.

00:03:12Gastineau never saw the flag.

00:03:14So he was screaming and yelling.

00:03:17Here's that play.

00:03:19Watch right at the end.

00:03:21It's obvious Gastineau has him overpowered.

00:03:23Look, he just pulls him down, jerks him down.

00:03:25The official on this side did not see the pull down.

00:03:28That's a takedown.

00:03:29That's a wrestling move.

00:03:30It is.

00:03:32Offensive holding.

00:03:34Number 67.

00:03:36Third down.

00:03:37Be repeated.

00:03:39We talked about the main men.

00:03:41Well, the Sackers are also main men in this ball game.

00:03:44You've got to put some heat on the quarterback.

00:03:46And we've got two of the most exciting in football,

00:03:49in Tippett and Gastineau.

00:03:51Boy, they give you pains if you're trying

00:03:53to protect the quarterback.

00:03:55Third down and 16.

00:03:56The ball at the 24-yard line.

00:04:00Inside handoff to Craig James.

00:04:03James to the 32.

00:04:05It'll be fourth down, and the Patriots will be kicking.

00:04:08Kyle Clifton makes the tackle for the Jets.

00:04:17Rich Camarillo with a 43.4-yard average

00:04:21will be kicking to Kurt Sohn.

00:04:24Sohn, a little hard luck story last week,

00:04:27a 74-yard punt return for a touchdown callback

00:04:30because Kerry Glenn lined up offside.

00:04:33Those are the kind that break your heart.

00:04:35You don't get that many long ones in your career.

00:04:37And you hate to see one whistled back

00:04:39for that kind of an infraction.

00:04:42Into just a little bit of a headwind.

00:04:45Gets a good kickoff.

00:04:4922-yard line.

00:04:51Looks for a block.

00:04:52Cannot get to the wall.

00:04:54He'll lose about four on the return.

00:04:57Johnny Rembrandt was down a 46-yard kick,

00:05:00and here's Freeman McNeil.

00:05:01Freeman coming on the field.

00:05:03It's obvious that he's going to start.

00:05:05He's going to play.

00:05:06But believe me, if he does not appear to be playing well,

00:05:10I think you'll see Joe Walton lift him out of the game.

00:05:13He's not the kind of guy you want to take chances with.

00:05:16The number two rusher in the NFL,

00:05:18and he's the lifeblood of this offense.

00:05:21The New York Jets have thrown 18-yard line first down.

00:05:25Freeman McNeil and Tony Page are the running backs.

00:05:30It's there.

00:05:32Al Toon.

00:05:34Big first down 45-yard line.

00:05:3827 yards.

00:05:43Toon and Walker lined up on the same side,

00:05:47and Wesley Walker, with speed,

00:05:50just went straight down the field and cleared it out.

00:05:53Toon drifts down and cuts back.

00:05:56Good play-action fake to Page to hold everyone.

00:05:59Toon doing a good job of getting open,

00:06:02and what an athletic receiver he is.

00:06:05First down jet zone, 45-yard line.

00:06:09Here's Freeman McNeil.

00:06:12Two yards to the 47.

00:06:14It'll be second and eight.

00:06:15Steve Nelson with the tackle.

00:06:17Let's look at the offensive set of the New York Jets

00:06:20with young Ken O'Brien, the quarterback.

00:06:22This is that pre-season game.

00:06:24Ken O'Brien, the quarterback.

00:06:25This is that protective line.

00:06:27There is a change as McIlroy replacing Shields,

00:06:30but it's Powell, Alexander, Fields, Sweeney,

00:06:32and then McIlroy.

00:06:34Shuler, the tight end.

00:06:35Toon and Walker, the wide receivers.

00:06:37O'Brien, the quarterback.

00:06:38Page and McNeil, as long as he can go.

00:06:41That's the report that we have.

00:06:42Second down and eight.

00:06:43No score.

00:06:4511-05, time remaining first quarter.

00:06:48Cleavers showing motion.

00:06:51And O'Brien going deep to Walker.

00:06:53He's got it.

00:06:54Four-yard line.

00:06:55Wesley Walker.

00:06:56As Joe Walton has gained confidence in Ken O'Brien,

00:07:16he's allowed him to go further and further downfield.

00:07:20Well, Wesley Walker loves it when he gets single coverage.

00:07:24Raymond Claiborne there,

00:07:25but the pass thrown perfectly to the inside,

00:07:28and it's a great play.

00:07:3048 yards.

00:07:31They mark it at the five-yard line.

00:07:33First down, goal to go.

00:07:38Quick strike offense of the New York Jets.

00:07:42McNeil.

00:07:44Make it a yard.

00:07:45Make it a half a yard.

00:07:47Let's see where they mark it.

00:07:48Larry McGrew met him right in the hole.

00:07:52It'll be second down and goal to go.

00:07:55We'll leave it at the five-yard line.

00:08:02Al Toon and Wesley Walker with the two big receptions in this drive

00:08:07that started back at the 18-yard line.

00:08:1127 yards and 48 yards.

00:08:14Shuler in motion.

00:08:16Flaming pattern.

00:08:17Looping pass.

00:08:18Pulled in one hand.

00:08:19Grabbed.

00:08:20No.

00:08:21Al Toon.

00:08:22He caught it.

00:08:23He caught that ball with one hand hanging in the air with 55 Blackman out

00:08:28there.

00:08:29And Raymond Claiborne, watch this catch.

00:08:31Look, you can't believe that he can go up and loop that ball in.

00:08:35It's obviously not going to be good because it came down with both feet

00:08:38out of bounds, but you talk about athletic ability.

00:08:42You want to save the play even though it doesn't count.

00:08:44It was so good.

00:08:46Third down, goal to go.

00:09:00The Patriots have said this year they have the best defense that they have

00:09:04ever had, and they have shown it.

00:09:06They certainly have.

00:09:07And up there in the front of that line, the front seven, are extremely tough.

00:09:11Charlie, they just move so well to the ball.

00:09:14I'm talking to Joe Fields.

00:09:15He said, you look at the film of this front line and those linebackers.

00:09:20You get outside, they're all out there.

00:09:22They just do a great job of flowing with the play.

00:09:2521-yard field goal attempt.

00:09:29Pat Ryan to hold.

00:09:31Pat Leahy to kick.

00:09:32The snapper is Guy Bingham.

00:09:37It's good from 21 yards away.

00:09:40And the New York Jets open the scoring with eight minutes

00:09:43and 50 seconds left to go.

00:09:45We're in the first quarter.

00:09:50This kind of a ballgame, your main men could be your kickers.

00:09:54They certainly can.

00:09:55It can come down to one kick, even an extra point.

00:09:57Franklin missed his first in a long, long time last week.

00:10:01Those numbers are good for both kickers.

00:10:03Leahy had some problems against Miami a couple of weeks ago,

00:10:06critical in that ballgame.

00:10:08There's Franklin on the sideline.

00:10:09A barefoot kicker.

00:10:10He's glad it's not raining or snowing today.

00:10:13He had 70 straight extra points before he had that miss.

00:10:16And the wind's starting to, it whips up and then it dies down,

00:10:19and so it's kind of a confusing wind.

00:10:21It's actually against those flags.

00:10:23It comes in high and then circles back low.

00:10:29Steyer will down it in the end zone.

00:10:31And let's go to the scoreboard.

00:10:35Washington out in front of Pittsburgh very quickly, 7-0.

00:10:40Cleveland, 3-0 over Cincinnati in the first quarter.

00:10:42Matt Barr, a 29-yard field goal.

00:10:44And New Orleans, 7-0 Minnesota first quarter.

00:10:48And those are the only scores we have in of the early games.

00:10:51Of course, we had a chance to listen to Theismann talk about that injury.

00:10:56Oh, you know, having been hurt,

00:10:58I think one of the most frightening things is just not knowing.

00:11:02Well, that's, uh, oof.

00:11:07Friars putting wide to the outside.

00:11:09First down 20-yard line.

00:11:11Fumble on the snap.

00:11:12Ball is free.

00:11:13Picked up by the Jets and a lateral to Johnny Lynn.

00:11:18Big quake of the turnover for New York.

00:11:21Kirk Springs got it.

00:11:23Lateral to Johnny Lynn.

00:11:25Jets have the ball.

00:11:28Guy Morris is very concerned about playing against Pleco.

00:11:33And I think maybe just hurried too much.

00:11:35Grogan never got the football.

00:11:37Never came up.

00:11:39Grogan couldn't get back to it.

00:11:40It's kicked right there by Steve Moore.

00:11:42And the Jets get it.

00:11:44There's a lateral right here from Springs as he flips it back to Johnny Lynn.

00:11:49Johnny Lynn almost got around that corner for a big play.

00:11:52He picks it up at the 25.

00:11:54The lateral took the ball to the 16-yard line.

00:11:57Where's the first down?

00:12:01Here's McNeil.

00:12:04He doesn't look good.

00:12:05He does not himself.

00:12:07Freeman McNeil is a runner who relies on his quickness and his instinctiveness.

00:12:12And you see him going back with a limp to the huddle.

00:12:14I don't think we're going to see a lot of Freeman McNeil in this game.

00:12:17You can't take a chance with him.

00:12:19And he is not effective if he can't cut.

00:12:21Coaches yesterday said he uses all of his body when he runs.

00:12:24Oh, he does.

00:12:25And he leaves more tacklers on the ground than just about any runner in all of football.

00:12:31Loss of a yard.

00:12:3217-yard line.

00:12:33Second down and 11.

00:12:37Play action.

00:12:39O'Brien with lots of time.

00:12:41Fires.

00:12:43Mickey Shuler.

00:12:45He caught it at the 6-yard line.

00:12:47It'll be close to a first down.

00:12:49McGrew and Klaber make the tackling.

00:12:52He saw the field.

00:12:53He waited and waited and then picked him out.

00:12:55That's something that O'Brien has had trouble doing.

00:12:58When he can't find his preliminary receiver, he's had trouble a lot of times.

00:13:02But in this case, he just took his time.

00:13:04Shuler working across on Larry McGrew right there, number 50.

00:13:07And O'Brien finally saw the opening and zipped him the football.

00:13:11Excellent play.

00:13:12Mickey Shuler having a great year.

00:13:14He's the number two receiving tight end in the national football league behind Todd Christensen of the Los Angeles Raiders.

00:13:21Just that much short of a first down.

00:13:23Now, Merlin, the last six games, 87% of his receptions have been either for a first down or a touchdown.

00:13:30Well, he's become a money receiver.

00:13:32And he's so dependable, Charlie.

00:13:34Great hands.

00:13:35He really has great ability as well.

00:13:37Miami out in front of Buffalo very quickly.

00:13:397-0 in the first quarter.

00:13:42And Houston, 7-0 over San Diego.

00:13:46Reno threw a touchdown pass for Miami.

00:13:48Moriarty scoring for Houston.

00:13:51And here it is, New York 3 and New England nothing.

00:13:56It'll be third down and just inches.

00:14:01O'Brien 3 of 4 for 85 yards.

00:14:04Coming off of his two hottest games, he still has the hot hand.

00:14:09Johnny Hector.

00:14:12He'll get the first down at the 5.

00:14:14He's cut down by Larry McGrew.

00:14:16We expected to see Hector in place of McNeil, and here he is.

00:14:19And let's go look at one of the fine linebackers in the NFL.

00:14:23Steve Nelson, number 57.

00:14:26The defensive leader of this gang in red.

00:14:29Very quickly outside to take on Page.

00:14:32And Page is a load.

00:14:33He just unloaded on Steve.

00:14:35Steve whipped back into the hole.

00:14:37Boy, that's excellent reading instinct from Steve Nelson.

00:14:41First down goal to go at the 5.

00:14:42McNeil back in.

00:14:44Kind of rolls to the 4-yard line.

00:14:46Second down goal to go, and Steve Nelson was there.

00:14:50Again, Steve Nelson, one of the tacklers on that play.

00:14:54He takes the signals from the sideline.

00:14:56Such a critical player.

00:14:57He's also wearing a special mask to protect his eyes.

00:15:00Had an eye injury.

00:15:01Kept him out of a game not too long ago.

00:15:03But look at him just stuff that hole and then get a piece of the tackle.

00:15:07It's a plastic visor.

00:15:09A little plastic visor type of thing.

00:15:10It looks like a motorcycle visor, really.

00:15:12Or what a race car driver, by the way.

00:15:14McNeil, 4 carries, only 3 yards.

00:15:20He's throwing this one away.

00:15:21He ran out of time.

00:15:22Blackman was coming.

00:15:24Shuler would have been the closest receiver.

00:15:26But the realities are he read it.

00:15:28There wasn't anything there.

00:15:29And he threw it away.

00:15:30And I'll tell you one thing.

00:15:31On the sideline, Zeke Murkowski, who is the quarterback coach,

00:15:35Joe Walton, applauded that call.

00:15:38There's Zeke right in the middle.

00:15:39You see him signaling one of the plays in.

00:15:41But they have been trying to help Kenny to learn how to throw it away.

00:15:44When the situation is right, you get rid of the football.

00:15:46He did it.

00:15:47Just a moment ago, the Jets had first down goal to go at the 5-yard line.

00:15:50Had to settle for a field goal.

00:15:52Had first down goal to go at the 5.

00:15:53It's now third down goal to go.

00:15:55And they'll have to settle for another field goal.

00:15:58Shuler incomplete.

00:16:00Perrion had the coverage.

00:16:02We talked about money receivers.

00:16:05You go back to the guy that's caught the big ones for you.

00:16:08Now watch Shuler try and get open here.

00:16:10Fred Merian, who's had a hot hand.

00:16:11You talk about hot hands, Charlie.

00:16:14And Shuler able to avoid him.

00:16:16But that pass just thrown out of his grasp.

00:16:19Merian, three interceptions the last two ballgames.

00:16:22And a big one to save that game against Seattle last week.

00:16:2621-yard field goal attempt by Leahy to match his previous 21-yarder.

00:16:35And it is good.

00:16:39Both drives took six plays.

00:16:41And both ended up with 21-yard field goals.

00:16:44Jets lead at six.

00:16:45Nothing.

00:16:48Thanksgiving, I'll be enjoying a little turkey.

00:16:49Dick, with this weekend off, he'll be joining you in Detroit for the Jet Detroit game.

00:16:52Looking forward to that.

00:16:53Both of these teams excited about today.

00:16:56I think the Jets have to be thinking a little bit about a short week as well.

00:16:59Can't afford to think about it right now, though.

00:17:02No, not yet.

00:17:04Starring Dixon at the 2-yard line.

00:17:06He's out to the 10.

00:17:07Puts sidestep to the 15.

00:17:09Makes a nice move.

00:17:10And returns to the 17-yard line.

00:17:13Now, for an update, let's join Ahmad Rashad.

00:17:15Hi there, Ahmad.

00:17:17Thank you for the update.

00:17:18And we'll be joining you throughout the afternoon.

00:17:20Charlie, that man who went down and forced that play was Larry Flowers.

00:17:25New special team player for the Jets.

00:17:27On his first kickoff, he's all the way down there.

00:17:30Derek Ramsey now changing sides as a tight end.

00:17:33The secondary rotates.

00:17:36The give is to Craig James.

00:17:38Meanwhile, Joe Cleco was chasing Steve Grogan.

00:17:42Boy, he broke through right at Grogan.

00:17:45Marty Lyons with the tackle.

00:17:47There is a mismatch in the middle of that line.

00:17:50Guy Morris just is physically not a match for Cleco.

00:17:53And look at Cleco on the angle.

00:17:54Just steps by him.

00:17:56He literally had a hold of Grogan before Grogan could get that ball to James.

00:18:01He's very lucky to get that ball handed off.

00:18:04Just back to the line of scrimmage, 2nd and 10 at the 17.

00:18:13Grogan to throw.

00:18:16Pass is dropped at the 20-yard line.

00:18:19Derek Ramsey right in his hands.

00:18:22Derek Ramsey right in his hands.

00:18:24But again, Cleco pushing the center back right into the pocket.

00:18:28And this is what they call a stealer formation on the nose.

00:18:31A minute ago, you saw Cleco right over here on this kind of an angle.

00:18:35Now he's on the other side, angled this way.

00:18:37And what he can do from that formation is step to a nose-up position.

00:18:41Or he can come straight through the gap like he did a moment ago.

00:18:44Or he can go all the way around.

00:18:46He has those options.

00:18:47And he makes it very difficult on the offensive centers.

00:18:50In this case, he's just picking up Morris and driving him straight back.

00:18:553rd down and 10, 17-yard line, 6th in the secondary.

00:18:59The dying package for the Jets.

00:19:05Big catch at the 39.

00:19:07Stephan Starring pulls it in and a first down.

00:19:10It was 3rd down and 10 and a gain of 17 yards.

00:19:13Johnny Lynn with the tackle.

00:19:16The New England Patriots also using two wide receivers out there.

00:19:20You see Irving Fryer, who's the number one priority, going outside.

00:19:24A little bit of room inside right there for Stephan Starring.

00:19:28And they're doing the same kinds of things that the Jets have been doing.

00:19:31A little similarity in these two offenses early on.

00:19:35Officially, it is marked as the 39-yard line.

00:19:38Quick screen outside to Cedric Jones.

00:19:41To the 46.

00:19:43A gain of 7.

00:19:45And it'll be 2nd down and about 3.

00:19:47Lance Mell with the tackle.

00:19:49Leading tackler for the New York Jets.

00:19:51And here's a look at Steve Grogan.

00:19:53His first start in this string.

00:19:55His first start in 18 games against the New York Jets.

00:19:58Of course, in that game, Freeman McNeil did not play.

00:20:01Right.

00:20:02He had a rib problem.

00:20:03He had a rib problem.

00:20:04And it was taken out of the game just before the game started.

00:20:07Johnny Hector played pretty well.

00:20:09Picked up 83 yards in that game.

00:20:11And again, we're keeping an eye on McNeil to see how much he'll get to go in this one.

00:20:162nd down and 3.

00:20:21And here's Craig James.

00:20:22First down.

00:20:23And out of bounds at the 47-yard line.

00:20:26New York Territory.

00:20:27Kirk Springs chasing him.

00:20:30The leader of this Jets defense is No. 56, Lance Mell.

00:20:34And like Steve Nelson on the other side,

00:20:36one of the smartest linebackers in all of football.

00:20:40Watch him here.

00:20:41Just playing off the blocker.

00:20:43Gets off Ron Wooten, No. 61.

00:20:45Doesn't make the tackle.

00:20:46And you'll see him slow a little bit today.

00:20:48There are the generals.

00:20:49Both the leading tacklers on their team.

00:20:5193 and 113 pounders.

00:20:53You'll see him slow a little bit today.

00:20:54There are the generals.

00:20:55Both the leading tacklers on their team.

00:20:5793 and 113 tackles respectively.

00:20:59What is that?

00:21:005 years for Mell?

00:21:01That he's led this team, Charlie?

00:21:04First down, 47-yard line.

00:21:06Little play-action fake.

00:21:08Lots of time.

00:21:09As a man hits him and it's Irving Pryor.

00:21:1331-yard line.

00:21:16Bobby Jackson is the man who brought him down.

00:21:20A gain of 16 yards.

00:21:22First down.

00:21:23I think you'll see Grogan trying to work on those cornerbacks

00:21:27if he can get some time.

00:21:29The Jets have had a lot of injuries in their secondary.

00:21:32In fact, they have not been able to play two full games

00:21:35with the same defensive backfield.

00:21:37Today, Johnny Lynn playing one of those cornerback positions.

00:21:40He's now played all four of those positions behind the line.

00:21:45First down.

00:21:47First down.

00:21:50Here's the draw.

00:21:51Change.

00:21:5519-yard line.

00:21:58Excuse me.

00:21:5924-yard line.

00:22:00So it'll be a gain of 6 or 7.

00:22:02Let's see where they spot it.

00:22:03They'll spot it just inside the 25.

00:22:05And let's check the scoreboard.

00:22:06Tampa Bay leading Detroit by a score of 3-0 with a 33-yard field goal.

00:22:12Second and four from the 25.

00:22:14That's the only score that we have for you right now on the update.

00:22:18Officials spotted at the 25-yard line.

00:22:20They're going to mark it.

00:22:21So it's going to be second down and four.

00:22:31Here's James again.

00:22:33To the 22-yard line.

00:22:34So he has three yards.

00:22:36His third down and one as Barry Bennett makes the tackle.

00:22:40The Jets have had two opportunities.

00:22:41They got the 5-yard line and then the defense of the Patriots was there.

00:22:44Stopped them.

00:22:45Held them to two field goals.

00:22:46Has to give a lift to the New England offense.

00:22:49Absolutely, Charlie.

00:22:50When you can find yourself in that difficult field position early defensively

00:22:55and deny a team touchdowns, force them out with field goals,

00:22:58you've got to feel pretty good because one play, one big play,

00:23:02and an extra point will put New England ahead.

00:23:07Third down and one.

00:23:10Robert Weathers and Mosey Tatupu.

00:23:13Weathers in motion.

00:23:14Here's Tatupu.

00:23:18May not have made it.

00:23:21Kyle Clifton leads the defense.

00:23:25And Grogan was dumped hard on that play.

00:23:28Remember, he's got knee problems, has had a number of knee operations,

00:23:33and he is gingerly leaving the field.

00:23:36But that's something we'll have to watch.

00:23:40Eason is on to hold.

00:23:42He is there to hold for a field goal attempt.

00:23:45They lost a couple of yards back to the 24.

00:23:47Let's see what happened.

00:23:49Perhaps we can see it.

00:23:50It looked like that's Rudolph, 76, rolling over the back of Grogan's legs.

00:23:56Looked like he was knocked into the back of Grogan's legs.

00:23:59And, ooh, shades of that awful injury to Joe Theismann from last Monday night.

00:24:04Grogan instantly grabbing that right or left knee.

00:24:07Tony Franklin from 41 yards away.

00:24:12No good.

00:24:13Misses to the right.

00:24:16Kicking into the wind, and it dripped it out of there.

00:24:19It remains New York 6 and New England nothing.

00:24:26When you've had your knees injured, and suddenly you feel that knee going,

00:24:31the fear is instantaneous.

00:24:33Watch Grogan grab that left knee instantly.

00:24:36But we have good news for you.

00:24:37He's up, and he's been walking down on the sideline,

00:24:40so that fear may not have been well-founded.

00:24:43Quick screen right side to Al Toon.

00:24:46And Toon is out of bounds at the 28-yard line.

00:24:50Gain of 4, so it'll be 2nd down and 6.

00:24:52Steve Nelson and Raymond Claiborne were there.

00:24:56Steve Grogan on the sideline.

00:24:57Eason is loosening up.

00:24:59Where is the first quarter gone?

00:25:00Only 30 seconds remaining in the first period.

00:25:02It has flown by, Charlie, and a lot of good football in this first quarter.

00:25:06Eason, as we mentioned, has not played since Grogan took over for him.

00:25:10Six ballgames ago, that was a shoulder injury,

00:25:12an injury on top of an old separation that put him on the bench.

00:25:16But he might have a little rust.

00:25:17He's been sitting for a while.

00:25:192nd down and 6.

00:25:21Inside handoff.

00:25:23Johnny Hector around the corner.

00:25:27Push down.

00:25:28And a flag is down.

00:25:33A bad decision by Steve Nelson.

00:25:35Hector clearly out of bounds.

00:25:37And Nelson took him down.

00:25:39The official did not hesitate and pulled the flag.

00:25:42Oh, that hurts.

00:25:44That'll put the Jets in an even better field position.

00:25:47It's right at the end of this play.

00:25:49Good pursuit to the outside, but Hector makes a great move.

00:25:54Notice how far out of bounds he is.

00:25:57And he's stopping.

00:25:58Nelson is there and takes him down.

00:26:00No question about it, a personal foul.

00:26:02And the penalty takes the ball to the New England 42-yard line.

00:26:06First down.

00:26:07Jets lead at 6-0 on a pair of field goals from 21 yards out.

00:26:11Both from 21.

00:26:13Franklin missing from 41 yards as we're closing down the first period.

00:26:24O'Brien wanted to go deep, man.

00:26:27He gets sacked.

00:26:28First sack of the ball game for the Patriots.

00:26:31Julius Adams, the old pro, number 85, crawling in underneath the pile.

00:26:36And I don't think Kenny sees him here.

00:26:38Kenny's got his attention downfield.

00:26:40There's Julius on the ground.

00:26:41Watch him.

00:26:42He just kind of crawls over there and gets a lock on Kenny's leg and pulls him down.

00:26:50Here is Grogan.

00:26:51And you notice they are testing the stability of that left knee.

00:26:55And again, he has played so well that they have to be concerned.

00:26:58I don't know that they would take a chance with him.

00:27:01They have some confidence in Eason.

00:27:03That is the end of the first quarter.

00:27:05The score, the New York Jets 6, the New England Patriots 7.

00:27:11Steve Grogan being worked on and on the opposite side of the field, Lance Mell being worked on.

00:27:16Mell had a strained arch and they've re-taped his foot.

00:27:19It looked like he was limping a little bit.

00:27:21Felt all right coming into the game, but he's having some problems.

00:27:24On the other side, they have taped Grogan's knee.

00:27:27They're doing a severe tape job on it.

00:27:29I think because he wants to get back in the game.

00:27:33That will be interesting to see when the Patriots get the ball back, who goes in as quarterback.

00:27:38Second down and 13 as you saw from the graphing, the Patriots have been a slow starting ball club.

00:27:43Pressure.

00:27:45Fumble.

00:27:46New England has the ball.

00:27:49Larry McGrew recovers the fumble.

00:27:53Charlie, one of the problems that Ken O'Brien has had is his...

00:27:57There's a momentary hesitation in O'Brien limping as he heads for the sideline.

00:28:01So both quarterbacks have taken shots early.

00:28:04Bob Reese to train her out quickly.

00:28:06But watch him as he does not find an open receiver.

00:28:10There's a moment here where he kind of panics, doesn't know where to go.

00:28:13Gets away from Tippett right there.

00:28:16But Julius comes in from behind.

00:28:18Julius Adams, the old pro, his second sack of the day.

00:28:21Strips the ball away.

00:28:22And Larry McGrew is there to pounce on it.

00:28:24And it's Tony Eason at quarterback.

00:28:26Tony Eason.

00:28:2951.1% completion average for a touchdown.

00:28:32But 11 interceptions and he adds up to Tony Collins.

00:28:37From the 38 to the 39.

00:28:39They'll give him a yard.

00:28:40It'll be second down and 9.

00:28:42And Mark Gastineau was there to hammer him.

00:28:46Charlie, one of the things that Grogan told me

00:28:49is that I think I matured in watching from the bench

00:28:53during the time that I was sitting.

00:28:55I wonder if Tony Eason has made some of that same growth

00:28:58as he has gone to the bench now for five and a half games

00:29:02and watched Grogan run this team.

00:29:04Second down and 9.

00:29:05Now there is another question.

00:29:07And that is Grogan calling his own plays.

00:29:09Eason, they'll be called from the sideline.

00:29:10They'll call him from the sideline for Eason.

00:29:15And here comes everybody.

00:29:19Led by Joe Klecko.

00:29:22Gastineau right behind him.

00:29:24A loss of 11.

00:29:25Jailbreak.

00:29:26Everybody wide open.

00:29:28All over.

00:29:29Tony Eason.

00:29:31Klecko in that famous Joe Green slant position.

00:29:35And he just leaves Guy Morris, number 75, behind.

00:29:39And in his wake, Mark Gastineau went through the hole.

00:29:42The two of them right there to pounce on top of Eason.

00:29:44And, oh, you can't have much of a passing offense

00:29:47when you don't have time to throw the ball.

00:29:49Loss of 11.

00:29:50Third down and 20.

00:29:51Grogan is up on the sideline.

00:29:57Eason has pressure.

00:30:00Hits for the sideline and gets out of bounds

00:30:03at about the 39-yard line.

00:30:06So it'll be fourth down and 9.

00:30:09And he'll pick up 11 yards.

00:30:12And Rich Camarillo will come in to cut.

00:30:15Grogan testing that tape job on his knee.

00:30:20That has to be a fearsome thing to come back to play

00:30:23as well as he has played in these last six games.

00:30:27And yet, here he is again with that knee injury.

00:30:31And O'Brien is loosening up.

00:30:33He was limping a moment ago.

00:30:34Now he appears to be all right.

00:30:36But, oh, what a frightening thing to have that leg

00:30:38stripped out from underneath you

00:30:40as Grogan had Ben Rudolph fall on that leg.

00:30:44And Rich Camarillo kicking.

00:30:46There's pressure, but he gets it away.

00:30:49Kurt Zone takes it at the 24.

00:30:52It's a nice little stutter step move.

00:30:54Returns 5 yards to the 29-yard line.

00:30:58Ed Williams was there.

00:31:00A 36-yard kick and a 5-yard return.

00:31:03Jets lead it 6-0.

00:31:05We'll be back in a moment.

00:31:08He plays with great confidence against the Jets.

00:31:10He has a 10-4 record.

00:31:12He plays very well against them.

00:31:14I just saw him shake his head down there, Charlie.

00:31:16I think he's finally admitted that that knee has really hurt.

00:31:19He's in his 11th year in the National Football League.

00:31:21He's 32 years old.

00:31:23And here's Johnny Hector.

00:31:26And Hector, from the 29 to the 31, he has two.

00:31:29And when you talk about main,

00:31:31you've got to talk about your runners.

00:31:33Well, coming into the game,

00:31:35this was the matchup we have talked about.

00:31:37But we mentioned the injury to McNeil.

00:31:39And, of course, that's not the matchup we have now.

00:31:41Johnny Hector is in there.

00:31:43And you see how that average drops

00:31:45all the way down to 3-9.

00:31:46But Hector is a good football player.

00:31:48And with the responsibility they've given him today,

00:31:50I think we'll see him perform pretty well.

00:31:53Second down and 9.

00:31:59I think Hector heard what you said.

00:32:02Well, you know, it's interesting, Charlie.

00:32:04Joe Walton really does a great job

00:32:07of getting his players mentally prepared.

00:32:09And I think he spent some time this week

00:32:11talking to Johnny Hector, saying,

00:32:13Listen, Freeman is hurt.

00:32:14We're expecting great things out of you.

00:32:17It also helps to have a hole like this.

00:32:20Dan Alexander, 60 on the right,

00:32:22and 65 Joe Fields on the left.

00:32:24And they did a fantastic job

00:32:26of opening it up for 13 yards.

00:32:29First down at the 44.

00:32:32James and Marion with the last tackle.

00:32:34And here comes Johnny Hector.

00:32:37Five yards to the 49.

00:32:39They may mark it to the 50.

00:32:41Lester Williams is the man who brought him down.

00:32:44Six carries, 38 yards for Johnny Hector, the scoreboard.

00:32:48Cleveland now leading Cincinnati

00:32:50by a score of 10-0 in the second quarter.

00:32:53And Houston, 14-0 over San Diego.

00:32:57Marion, 17, Minnesota, 7.

00:33:00Oliver Luck, the quarterback for the Houston Oilers.

00:33:03Larry Moriarty scoring in a touchdown pass to Drew Hill.

00:33:11Hector again, touch to the outside.

00:33:1445-yard line, first down.

00:33:16Larry McGrew is the man who stopped him.

00:33:26And McNeil is coming in. I'm surprised at this move.

00:33:31Well, some running backs have a tendency

00:33:33to allow themselves to limp

00:33:35when they're coming into the hole.

00:33:37Not when they get the ball in their hands, Charlie.

00:33:40I think that's the test,

00:33:41not what he does coming onto the field.

00:33:43But let's watch him.

00:33:44He may be in as a pass receiver or a decoy here.

00:33:46On the other hand, Hector, four straight carries.

00:33:48Oh, it may be just for a breather.

00:33:50And here's Freeman.

00:33:51Has the big hole on the right side.

00:33:5439-yard line. He has six.

00:33:57For an update, NFL 85.

00:34:00Thank you, Matt.

00:34:01I'm wondering if San Diego is having problems

00:34:03coming back after the loss last week at Denver.

00:34:06Such a disappointing loss.

00:34:08Has to haunt you all week long.

00:34:11Second and four, fumble.

00:34:15Patriots say they have it, and they do.

00:34:18Johnny Hector fumbled, we believe.

00:34:20Yes, it's Lester Williams.

00:34:23And you see Walton, and that is so angry.

00:34:28The Jets have led the NFL in fewest turnovers.

00:34:32Only 20 turnovers.

00:34:33And, you know, of course, that's the mark

00:34:35of a fine offensive team.

00:34:37Walton has coached them and really done a job

00:34:39of giving them offensive plays

00:34:41that they can control the football with.

00:34:43Bobby Hammond, the running back coach,

00:34:45there to talk to Hector as he comes off.

00:34:47But just a lack of concentration, Charlie.

00:34:49For New England, two fumble recoveries.

00:34:52For Hector, his first fumble of the season.

00:34:54Patriots from their own 39.

00:34:56The pitch to Craig James.

00:34:58And James from SMU out of bounds at the 46-yard line.

00:35:02So he has seven yards on the play.

00:35:04It'll be second down and three as Johnny Lynn

00:35:06had the coverage for the New York Jets.

00:35:09Let's take a peek at that last play

00:35:11to get a feeling for what happened.

00:35:13A little drop play.

00:35:15And that's a little drop play.

00:35:17And there's the fumble.

00:35:18That is the play where the fumble was made

00:35:20by Johnny Hector.

00:35:22And that's a blind handoff

00:35:24from the quarterback on that play, O'Brien.

00:35:27We couldn't tell from that angle

00:35:29if the handoff was pure,

00:35:31but the ball really never got tucked away.

00:35:36Second down and three.

00:35:38Patriots ball at their own 46-yard line.

00:35:40Jets lead it 6-0 on a fair field goal.

00:35:43And here's Tony Collins.

00:35:4543-yard line of New York first down.

00:35:48Mark Gastineau finally with the tackle.

00:35:51And a gain of 11 yards.

00:35:58Les Steckle, who is the quarterback coach

00:36:01and coaches the receivers as well

00:36:03is the man who will be calling the plays now

00:36:05that Grogan has come off the field.

00:36:07Eason will take them via the signal as he did

00:36:10when he was the starting quarterback.

00:36:12And of course, right now,

00:36:13they're concentrating on the run game.

00:36:15They'd like to get the run going.

00:36:19Tony Eason replacing the injured Steve Grogan.

00:36:25And Tony Collins to the 42-yard line.

00:36:27So he has a yard, second and nine.

00:36:29Kyle Clifton with the stop.

00:36:31We mentioned Mark Gastineau's problems

00:36:33against the running game,

00:36:34and we saw him making a good play earlier in the game.

00:36:37But one of the things he does is

00:36:39he tends to concentrate so hard on the rush

00:36:41that he's always getting upfield.

00:36:43And that takes him out of position

00:36:45for the running game.

00:36:46And that last play, quickly upfield,

00:36:48blew himself right out of the play.

00:36:51Second down and nine, 42-yard line.

00:37:00Eason throws, tips, and took the lead.

00:37:04Cedric Jones, the intended receiver,

00:37:06the defensive play, tipped by Lance Smell.

00:37:09Well, our general, we talked about him earlier,

00:37:12a smart linebacker, knows where the quarterback is going.

00:37:16Lance Smell back there, and in spite of that,

00:37:19sprained arch, just got his pinky on it, I think.

00:37:23Just got enough to tip it away.

00:37:27Here's the report on Steve Grogan.

00:37:29Sprained left knee. Grogan will not return.

00:37:33And O'Brien is getting some tape on his own.

00:37:35That's an ankle they're working on.

00:37:37Remember, we saw him whipping off the field a while back.

00:37:45Third down and nine, Tony Collins.

00:37:50Five yards.

00:37:53Harry Hamilton with the tackle.

00:37:55It'll be fourth down and four.

00:37:59For a moment, it looked like they might be

00:38:01sending the field goal team out,

00:38:03but that would be a mighty shot,

00:38:05even though they do have the wind at their back

00:38:07going from right to left.

00:38:09It would be about a 55-yarder.

00:38:11Well, that's a long ways to go.

00:38:13What is it, 50 yards his best?

00:38:15Yeah, 50 yards his best on the year.

00:38:19So Kurt Schoen drops back,

00:38:21and Rich Camarillo will be kicking.

00:38:24The Jets got a part of one of Camarillo's punts earlier,

00:38:27and it looks like they may be coming after this one.

00:38:35This time, good protection goes for the left-hand corner.

00:38:38That's where he should go as a right-footed kicker.

00:38:41Coming across, you don't slice it up.

00:38:44And they're going to mark it at the five-yard line.

00:38:46Good kick.

00:38:49And a flag drop to the 27-yard line.

00:38:52There's a flag at the 27-yard line.

00:38:54That means someone released early at all.

00:38:57Break for the New York Jets.

00:38:59A perfect kick out of bounds

00:39:02just outside of the four-yard line.

00:39:05And Camarillo is going to have to try and do it again.

00:39:08And it's not the range, it's the angle.

00:39:10Fence, kicking team in an eligible downfield.

00:39:13It'll be a five-yard penalty and a repeat of the fourth down.

00:39:18Sometimes it's the little things in a game that kill you.

00:39:21And that's the kind of frustration that,

00:39:23well, if you're Dante Skarnec, you're the special teams coach,

00:39:26you drill and drill and drill, try and get that play,

00:39:29and Camarillo does it perfectly,

00:39:31and someone breaks off and goes downfield too early.

00:39:36Church zone in case he misses.

00:39:39And he'll go for the same corner.

00:39:45As protection goes for it again.

00:39:49No, doesn't get it.

00:39:53Well, it's about a 15-yard difference.

00:39:55Yes, and a major difference from your offensive mindset.

00:39:59Not at your own 5, now at your own 20.

00:40:01We'll be back.

00:40:0241, time remaining in the first half.

00:40:05Jets lead at 6-0.

00:40:07Big story here.

00:40:09Steve Grogan's sprained left knee will not be back.

00:40:12Such a painful thing.

00:40:14And the whole team, I think you'll feel an emotional drop

00:40:17for this whole team.

00:40:18They've got to pick it back up, Charlie.

00:40:20They're only six points down.

00:40:22Here's Johnny Hector.

00:40:24For the New York Jets, from the 20 to the 26-yard line,

00:40:28let's join NFL 85.

00:40:30Just relax, just relax.

00:40:32All right, here we go.

00:40:34Wesley Walker may have given away the first down.

00:40:39He caught it, then he started a circle back,

00:40:41but if they mark it at the 30-yard line,

00:40:43it will be a first down.

00:40:45Because it was a touchback, and so it started right at the 20.

00:40:47They don't measure in this case.

00:40:49They say touching the chalk, first down.

00:40:51You may feel like you're playing in the game at that level,

00:40:54right down on the field where the action is.

00:40:57Walker trying to get back inside, as you mentioned,

00:40:59and Roland James, who's done such a good job

00:41:02of stripping the ball away in the past few weeks,

00:41:05right there to pounce on top of it.

00:41:09Pat Leahy with two 21-yard field goals,

00:41:12the only scoring incomplete.

00:41:15Walker on the other side.

00:41:17Raymond Claiborne had the cover.

00:41:19Both of these teams have done a good job defensively

00:41:22of taking the ball away from their opponent.

00:41:24We've already seen it in this ballgame.

00:41:27Takeaway numbers on this season, 36 for the Patriots

00:41:30and 33 for the Jets.

00:41:32You notice the rank in the NFL.

00:41:34That's something that Raymond Berry and Rod Rust,

00:41:37right in the middle of your picture,

00:41:39have worked very hard on this year,

00:41:41stripping the ball away, forcing the fumbles,

00:41:43taking the ball away on interceptions.

00:41:45New England with two fumble recoveries in the ballgame,

00:41:48and the Jets have won.

00:41:50And here's Hector on the draw.

00:41:52Just a yard, 31-yard line.

00:41:55So it's third down and nine as Steve Nelson and Ken Sims stop him.

00:41:58Now with Grogan out at quarterback for the Patriots,

00:42:01replaced by Tony Eason, the defense has to pick up.

00:42:05You talked about a letdown by the Patriots.

00:42:08They defensively cannot afford the letdown.

00:42:10Well, I think there's a momentary emotional letdown, Charlie,

00:42:14but a good defense, and this is a fine defense,

00:42:17says, hey, he's out, we've got to do an even better job.

00:42:20And they start to pick up the slack.

00:42:22And this is a defense, both these teams have defenses

00:42:24that can win the game on their own.

00:42:26Third down and nine, play action.

00:42:29O'Brien, a good move, has pressure, he's dropped.

00:42:33Garen Barrett's got him.

00:42:35That is the third sack for the Patriots.

00:42:37We talked about the sackers, number 56, Andre Tippett,

00:42:41coming hard from the outside in a down position.

00:42:44Watch him go right by Marvin Powell.

00:42:46He gets in there and knocks the arm of O'Brien.

00:42:50O'Brien then can't find the open receiver,

00:42:52and he is dead meat as Garen Barrett, number 60,

00:42:55comes from the offside.

00:42:57Barrett had two sacks last week, as did Tippett.

00:43:00The ball back to the 26-yard line.

00:43:02It is fourth down, and that means that Dave Jennings

00:43:05will be kicking to Irving Fryer,

00:43:07and Fryer can score from there.

00:43:09You have to watch him.

00:43:13Good kick.

00:43:16Fryer at the 27.

00:43:20And slipped as he made his cut.

00:43:22He has seven yards on the return to the 35-yard line.

00:43:26A 47-yard kick by Dave Jennings.

00:43:29The Jets out in front, six to nothing.

00:43:33On that punt return, watch the move he puts on Rocky Cleaver.

00:43:37Number 80, put him on the ground.

00:43:40He didn't get his second move because that turf is wet,

00:43:43and he slipped down, but what a great move on Cleaver.

00:43:46First down at the 35-yard line, and here's Craig James.

00:43:51James, a couple of good moves.

00:43:5341-yard line, gain of six.

00:43:55He'll be second down and four, and Johnny Lynn makes the tackle.

00:43:59Speed is such an essential commodity,

00:44:02and especially when it's housed in a body the size of Gastineau's.

00:44:06Gastineau can run about a 4.65.

00:44:09He spots the receiver, the runner, and runs him down from behind.

00:44:13It looks like he's kind of coasting on that play,

00:44:16but he's getting over there rather quickly.

00:44:18And that body is 6'5", 265 pounds.

00:44:24Second down and four.

00:44:28And here's James to the right side,

00:44:31and out of bounds at about the 43-yard line,

00:44:35so it'll be third down and a couple.

00:44:38Lance Mell was chasing him along with Kirk Springs.

00:44:41While you're hammering in there, of course,

00:44:43you'd like to be setting up the deep shot downfield,

00:44:46which you can do with a play-action pass.

00:44:48And if you want to go deep, here's the man you go to, Irving Fryer.

00:44:52He missed a lot of last season with the injuries,

00:44:54but he has come on so strong in this season, Charlie.

00:44:58There are the burners.

00:44:59Fryer, four touchdowns in the last two games,

00:45:01and, of course, Al Toon for the Jets.

00:45:03Last two games, 16 receptions and 289 yards,

00:45:07and those were his first two starts in the NFL.

00:45:10Third down, a mark and a yard.

00:45:12It's a little more than that.

00:45:17First down, Cedric Jones down the sideline.

00:45:21Fisher says, no, he stepped out at the 45.

00:45:23Bobby Jackson was there for the defense.

00:45:26A gain of 11 yards on the play.

00:45:30To the New York 45-yard line, first down.

00:45:33Easton doing a good job of delivering that ball on target

00:45:38in his third year, and, of course,

00:45:40drafted in that same quarterback class along with O'Brien.

00:45:45Class of 83, and now they're paired up,

00:45:48Ken O'Brien and Tony Easton in this ballgame.

00:45:50Of course, Dan Marino, Blackledge, Elway, Kelly,

00:45:54all rounding out.

00:45:55Boy, what a great class of quarterback.

00:45:5945-yard line in New York,

00:46:01and we've got some jumping and some flag.

00:46:03Relatively free of penalties so far.

00:46:05Only three on the New England Patriots.

00:46:07Really a good game, and on the line of scrimmage,

00:46:10some real anticipation.

00:46:12John Hanna, I think, seeing the movement of the defense

00:46:14came out early, but he may have been pulled off

00:46:17by one of the defensive players,

00:46:19and if they are off sides at the time,

00:46:21it will go against the defense.

00:46:23I think it's going to go on Hanna, though.

00:46:25False start.

00:46:26Number 88 on the offense.

00:46:29That's Derrick Ramsey, the tight end.

00:46:32The linemen have moved with John Hanna,

00:46:34but they blame the tight end.

00:46:35He says, hey, why me?

00:46:37Well, to me it was John Hanna.

00:46:39Now, there's very little love lost between these two teams.

00:46:42For one reason, they are in the East.

00:46:44They play each other twice a year, home and away.

00:46:48They know each other, and very close.

00:46:51You know, what is it, a 45-minute plane ride?

00:46:53What is it they say, Charlie?

00:46:55Familiarity breeds contempt.

00:46:56Yes.

00:46:57There is some contempt between these two teams.

00:47:00First and 15.

00:47:04And a loss of a yard.

00:47:06James cut down by Harry Hamilton.

00:47:09Dirty Harry, they call him.

00:47:11He's missed five games, Charlie,

00:47:13and boy, he came back with a vengeance.

00:47:19The Jets holding Tampa Bay to only 22 yards,

00:47:21rushing last week.

00:47:23That's a little bit deceptive,

00:47:24because once that the Jets got way out in front,

00:47:27Tampa Bay was out 14-0.

00:47:28Once they got way out in front,

00:47:29then, of course, Tampa Bay wasn't running.

00:47:31They were throwing the rest of the day.

00:47:32They did a great job of containing them.

00:47:34Yes, they did.

00:47:35Second down and 16, the ball at the 49.

00:47:41And Eason to throw.

00:47:46Incomplete, almost intercepted by Johnny Lim.

00:47:51Eason is taking a beating in there.

00:47:53You see the blood dripping down over his nose.

00:47:55That's from the helmet coming down, right?

00:47:56I think from the helmet being driven down

00:47:58over the top of his nose.

00:48:00I'll tell you, after you've had it smacked enough times,

00:48:03there's scar tissue that builds up on the forehead

00:48:05and just on the bridge of the nose,

00:48:07and all you have to do is get a bump there,

00:48:09and it will start that bleeding.

00:48:10I think I bled every day of football practice

00:48:13for about two years in college because of helmets.

00:48:18Third down and 16.

00:48:24Patriots converting only two of six third-down opportunities.

00:48:32Eason from the shotgun.

00:48:33Lowell Smith reaches out, pulls it back in.

00:48:3743-yard line saved the turnover but loses six.

00:48:41It'll be fourth and 22.

00:48:43Bad snap from Guy Morris.

00:48:45And I mentioned earlier the concern

00:48:47that Morris has with Klecko.

00:48:50Klecko is just hammering him on the line,

00:48:52and in trying to get that ball snapped and go after Klecko,

00:48:55he just snapped it low.

00:48:57Eason makes a great save to get that ball.

00:49:00Here's the pressure on Klecko.

00:49:01Look how fast Klecko is driving into that gap,

00:49:04and Morris, in his eagerness to get over there

00:49:07to get a piece of Klecko,

00:49:08just didn't get his first job done,

00:49:10which is to snap the ball.

00:49:13And Rich Camarillo will be kicking to Kertzow.

00:49:28And it'll go out of bounds at the 20-yard line.

00:49:32Two minutes and 54 seconds.

00:49:34That is the time remaining in the first half.

00:49:37Jets lead it 6-0.

00:49:41That's the threat.

00:49:42The New York Jets' Freeman Neal, the running back,

00:49:44and Steve Grogan, the quarterback for New England.

00:49:46The big difference, Charlie, is the Jets expected

00:49:48they might have to go without McNeil.

00:49:50New England did not expect to lose Grogan,

00:49:52and, of course, that changes everything

00:49:54because they're now calling the plays for Tony Eason

00:49:56as well as having to adjust their offense.

00:49:58And Grogan has led the New England Patriots

00:50:00to six straight wins.

00:50:02He came in in the Buffalo game,

00:50:03replacing Eason with a shoulder separation.

00:50:05Now he's turned it around.

00:50:07O'Brien pucks, but he'll go down.

00:50:09Credit the sack to the secondary.

00:50:12That is the fourth sack by the New England Patriots,

00:50:16and let's join Ahmad Rashad.

00:50:20Ahmad, I thought you were going to have to take

00:50:21a couple of hits on the head before you relax in there.

00:50:24That's the way we did it on the field, huh?

00:50:26I started high, and Merlin just gave me

00:50:28a forearm shiver here in the booth.

00:50:30A loss of two, second down and 12.

00:50:33And Johnny Hector to the right side.

00:50:40Here's a look at the scoreboard.

00:50:41Chicago in the second quarter leading Atlanta 6-0.

00:50:44The surprise there, it is that close.

00:50:46Here's another surprise.

00:50:47Upset Sunday just continues rolling along.

00:50:50Houston out in front of San Diego.

00:50:52Detroit 7, Tampa Bay 3.

00:50:55New Orleans 20 and Minnesota 7.

00:51:02And here it is, the New York Jets 6.

00:51:04New England nothing.

00:51:05We've got the two-minute warning.

00:51:06We'll be back in a moment.

00:51:10Steve Grogan out of the ball game here

00:51:13with a sprained left knee.

00:51:14And when he went down, it reminded you

00:51:18of Joe Theismann and the injury.

00:51:20Steve Grogan was luckier than Theismann.

00:51:22And we have a special taped interview,

00:51:24Bill McAtee at bedside with Joe Theismann

00:51:27talking about the injury and his possibility of coming back.

00:51:29That's at halftime, so be sure to stay with us.

00:51:32Third down and eight.

00:51:34The Jets have thrown 22 on the first half.

00:51:37The Jets have thrown 22 and the pass is complete

00:51:40for a first down to Mickey Shuler.

00:51:43Shuler once again, like you said,

00:51:45the money receiver, the reception for the first down.

00:51:50So much of that is confidence between a quarterback

00:51:53and a receiver that he trusts.

00:51:55The Jets wanting to go without a huddle.

00:51:57They're hurrying back to the line.

00:51:58They had two plays called.

00:52:00New England better get themselves ready defensively.

00:52:07O'Brien with pressure. He'll be sacked for the fifth time.

00:52:11And Andre Tippett got him here.

00:52:13That's a sack and a half for Tippett,

00:52:15a half a sack for Ken Sims,

00:52:17one for Beres and two for Julius Adams.

00:52:20We talked about the difficulty that O'Brien has had

00:52:23avoiding pressure.

00:52:24It's still a sticking point for him.

00:52:27Among the sack leaders of the NFL,

00:52:2913 and a half for Marshall of the Giants

00:52:32and 13 now for Tippett.

00:52:34There he is putting the finishing touches,

00:52:36but again, Charlie, great coverage downfield.

00:52:39Jets lead at 6-0. We've got a timeout.

00:52:44Only one quarterback in the league

00:52:46had been sacked more than O'Brien.

00:52:48That's Lomax at St. Louis, 46 times now they've been sacked.

00:52:51Only 30 sacks allowed by the Patriots,

00:52:55and that's a low number for them.

00:52:57They led the league last year, allowing 66.

00:53:00And O'Brien has been sacked now six times

00:53:04in this ballgame, and Ken Sims got it.

00:53:09Kenny Sims down, and Grogan heading into the locker room

00:53:13a little early.

00:53:14I don't know that they'll x-ray the knee.

00:53:16I think they just have to kind of test and feel,

00:53:19and that's an experience thing for a doctor.

00:53:22But Grogan, as you saw him running down the sideline,

00:53:25finally admitting that that knee was hurt pretty bad.

00:53:27We've got a timeout.

00:53:28Let's go back in time now to the injury.

00:53:31I do believe that Grogan never even had the feeling

00:53:34that there was anyone around.

00:53:36He was looking at the plate at the outside,

00:53:38and you saw the quick look by Rudolph.

00:53:40I think someone had just knocked him down,

00:53:42and he ended up rolling into the back of Grogan's leg,

00:53:45hitting that leg down, and stretching probably

00:53:48the ligaments in that knee.

00:53:49Let me make a quick correction.

00:53:50He picked up a yard in the scramble,

00:53:52so there was no sack.

00:53:53That's just for statistics.

00:53:54Now, Raymond Berry faces a situation

00:53:57where he is now calling the play from the sideline

00:54:00as he was at the beginning of the season,

00:54:02and then Steve Grogan, when he came in,

00:54:04he called his own plays.

00:54:05Now, when Raymond Berry was playing with Johnny Unitas,

00:54:07Unitas called his own plays.

00:54:08He'd always ask Raymond Berry,

00:54:10and Raymond Berry always had a play for him.

00:54:12Well, he'd look over at Raymond,

00:54:13and he'd say, Raymond, what do you want?

00:54:14Raymond always had a play,

00:54:15but when you remember the time when Unitas went down,

00:54:19Quazza went down,

00:54:20and they had to bring in Tom Maddy as a quarterback.

00:54:23He went in, he looked at Raymond,

00:54:24and he said, Raymond, what do you want?

00:54:25Raymond said, give me that play on the other side

00:54:28where Jimmy Orr has the block,

00:54:29and he called a sweep away from himself.

00:54:32He didn't want any part of it.

00:54:3428 crack, he called.

00:54:35He said, give us 28 crack where Jimmy Orr has the block.

00:54:39Third down is 16,

00:54:41and the handoff to Johnny Hector.

00:54:43He'll have a couple of yards to the 27,

00:54:46so it'll be fourth down and 14,

00:54:48and that means that Dave Jennings will be kicking.

00:54:52New England stopping the clock again now

00:54:54with 1.11 left to go in the first half.

00:54:59Possibility here of either trying for the long return,

00:55:02and with Irving Fryer back,

00:55:03he's already gotten two touchdowns

00:55:05off the return on the season,

00:55:07an 85-yarder and a 76-yarder.

00:55:10They also have the option of going after this ball.

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00:55:30Dave Jennings' first kick was good for 47 yards,

00:55:34and Irving Fryer put a great move on on the return,

00:55:37then he slipped,

00:55:39and he has a touchdown return as a punter.

00:55:45He has two?

00:55:46He has two on the year, Charlie,

00:55:47an 85-yarder and a 76-yarder.

00:55:49Yes, you're right.

00:55:50Of course, he's an exciting player.

00:55:52Mike Haynes used to do that job

00:55:54for these New England Patriots.

00:55:56He had two in a season,

00:55:57which is the Patriot record.

00:56:00Irving wears a little pair of golden gloves

00:56:02on a chain around his neck.

00:56:04He said, not because I was a golden glove fighter,

00:56:06he said they were too tough,

00:56:07but it reminds me to be a fighter in the ballgame.

00:56:09Well, he is a fighter.

00:56:10He'll fight for the football,

00:56:11he'll fight for the yards on the return.

00:56:14He has eight touchdowns this year,

00:56:15one rushing, five receiving,

00:56:17and the two returning.

00:56:30And goes out of bounds, stopping the clock.

00:56:33Not that good a kick.

00:56:35One minute and four seconds.

00:56:37That is the time remaining in the first half.

00:56:4128 yards is all that Dave Jennings got on that part.

00:56:45Jennings talked to me about the wins

00:56:46in this stadium.

00:56:47He said the wins reverse from what you see

00:56:49on the flags high above the stadium.

00:56:51And, of course, he is kicking

00:56:52right into that strong wind.

00:56:55The ball affected by that,

00:56:56but he didn't get it to turn over, Charlie.

00:56:58It was not a good kick.

00:57:00Patriots have the ball

00:57:02at their own 45-yard line first down.

00:57:12Tony Eason,

00:57:15far side, comeback pattern is complete.

00:57:19Stephen Stein pulled it in.

00:57:22Bobby Jackson was there,

00:57:23should be the first down it is

00:57:25at the 44-yard line of New York,

00:57:28a gain of 11, first and 10.

00:57:30He should have gotten out of bounds.

00:57:31He had a chance to do it.

00:57:32The clock is running.

00:57:39Craig James, and he stops the clock

00:57:41at the 35-yard line,

00:57:43a gain of nine.

00:57:44It'll be second down and one.

00:57:47One of the obvious differences

00:57:49between these two teams

00:57:50is their style of defensive play.

00:57:52Bud Carson, defensive coordinator

00:57:54of this Jets team,

00:57:55has created a very aggressive,

00:57:58a pressure-oriented defense,

00:57:59and they're always blitzing and stunning,

00:58:02changing their alignments,

00:58:03going from a three-man line

00:58:05to a four-man line.

00:58:06He's even gone to a five-

00:58:07and six-defensive lineman.

00:58:09He's thrown as many as five

00:58:10linebackers at one time.

00:58:11Rod Rust on the other side,

00:58:12much more conservative

00:58:13in his defensive philosophy,

00:58:15but equally effective.

00:58:1735 seconds.

00:58:19Pass is complete,

00:58:21and it's Jerry Gramsie,

00:58:23first down, stopping the clock

00:58:24out of bounds at the 27-yard line.

00:58:27Harry Hamilton was chasing him.

00:58:29Semi-prevent defense,

00:58:31prevent-type defense.

00:58:33Do you like that kind of defense?

00:58:34Oh, Charlie, you know,

00:58:35I hate those prevent defenses.

00:58:37I always felt that when you play

00:58:39too conservatively on defense,

00:58:41that you sometimes prevented

00:58:42yourself from winning.

00:58:44I think when you have

00:58:45a good defensive line

00:58:47and you can put pressure

00:58:48on a quarterback,

00:58:49that you should keep those

00:58:50big horses coming in there.

00:58:52And right now, the Jets have

00:58:53four defensive linemen in there.

00:58:55They want to get some squeeze

00:58:56on Easton.

00:59:02Steps forward.

00:59:04Pass is complete.

00:59:05James hits for the sideline,

00:59:06down and out of it.

00:59:07Good heavy move by Craig James.

00:59:10Angle for the sideline.

00:59:11Had a little opening.

00:59:12Got four or five more yards.

00:59:14Didn't stop the clock

00:59:15out of bounds.

00:59:16A gain of 13.

00:59:1722 seconds left.

00:59:18Strap on your helmet.

00:59:20Down at field level,

00:59:21the play will be coming

00:59:22right at you.

00:59:23Something to look for.

00:59:25The block by Stephan Starring,

00:59:27number 81.

00:59:28He just kind of gets

00:59:29in front of his man.

00:59:30You'll see it at the right side

00:59:31of your picture.

00:59:32Well, you saw it very quickly

00:59:33as Craig James gets good yards

00:59:36He wrapped up.

00:59:37Looked like he hurt his hip

00:59:38a little bit on that play.

00:59:40First down at the New York

00:59:4114-yard line.

00:59:48Easton rolling out.

00:59:50It's their fryer.

00:59:52Six-yard line.

00:59:53They'll have to take a timeout.

00:59:57We talked about the burners.

00:59:59Charlie, excuse me.

01:00:00Charlie, we talked about

01:00:01the burners earlier.

01:00:02Irving Fryer, number 80.

01:00:04Boy, he just flies across

01:00:06all the way across the field.

01:00:08This is a hard pass to defense

01:00:11because that man is coming

01:00:12against the grain.

01:00:13Lance Mel, a little late

01:00:15in reacting.

01:00:16And boy, that's a collision

01:00:17right there.

01:00:19Tough, tough play by

01:00:20Johnny Lynn, number 29,

01:00:22from the right corner position.

01:00:28Interesting that you wondered

01:00:30when Tony Easton,

01:00:32who you're looking at,

01:00:33came in for Steve Grogan.

01:00:34Hasn't been taking them

01:00:35in what they call reps,

01:00:36repetition.

01:00:37Hasn't been throwing that much.

01:00:38It's all been Steve Grogan.

01:00:39And all of a sudden,

01:00:40it's been Grogan calling

01:00:41his own plays.

01:00:42Now, all of that has changed

01:00:43with Grogan down.

01:00:44And yet, this young man,

01:00:45maybe the rest has done him good.

01:00:47He got off to a bad start

01:00:48this year.

01:00:49He was ranked 26th

01:00:50at the NFL as a quarterback,

01:00:52O'Brien number one in the NFL

01:00:53coming into the game.

01:00:54And yet, now, he's beginning

01:00:55to settle down.

01:00:56Has a little cotton stuck

01:00:57to the nose to stop the bleeding.

01:00:58Well, it's not any complaint

01:01:01about his toughness.

01:01:02It's second down,

01:01:03a little over two yards

01:01:04to go here.

01:01:05Great situation for an offense

01:01:07because you have

01:01:08all the options.

01:01:09You can run.

01:01:10You can pass.

01:01:11You force the defense

01:01:12to be a little conservative here.

01:01:13You've still got two downs

01:01:14if you want to run it

01:01:15and try and pick up

01:01:16the first down

01:01:17or if you want to go

01:01:18for the touchdown.

01:01:19This is the kind of situation

01:01:20you can expect the Jets defense

01:01:23to be extremely aggressive

01:01:25and be blitzing.

01:01:26They know there's not

01:01:27a lot of room to get

01:01:28a receiver open on there.

01:01:29They're going to be coming

01:01:30all out at Easton

01:01:31thinking about pass

01:01:32but probably calling a blitz

01:01:34that will allow them

01:01:35to play the run well, too.

01:01:37The Jets with two 21-yard field

01:01:43goals now, 13 seconds,

01:01:46time remaining

01:01:47and no more timeouts

01:01:48for New England.

01:01:49First half.

01:01:50Charlie, you mentioned

01:01:51Easton's problems.

01:01:52His biggest problem

01:01:53was in interceptions.

01:01:54He only had four touchdowns

01:01:56and 11 interceptions

01:01:58when he was starting

01:01:59as a quarterback

01:02:00or the noise is going

01:02:01to be a problem here, too.

01:02:19Barry Bennett got the sack.

01:02:25They'll try and stop

01:02:26the clock here.

01:02:27I think they'll just

01:02:28throw the ball out of bounds.

01:02:29It's not the sack

01:02:30stops the clock

01:02:31then it started again.

01:02:32Now they'll throw it away

01:02:33almost intercepted.

01:02:36They'll go for the field goal.

01:02:38The clock was stopped

01:02:39because of the sack.

01:02:40That's a rulebook call.

01:02:41I don't think Easton knew that,

01:02:43though.

01:02:44He rallied him quickly

01:02:45to the line and flipped that pass.

01:02:46We should see the field goal

01:02:48unit on the field.

01:02:49In fact, they're out there

01:02:50very quickly already.

01:02:51And Tony Franklin 0 for 1

01:02:53in this ballgame

01:02:54from 41 yards out

01:02:55and missing to the right.

01:02:58And you certainly

01:02:59don't want to go in empty.

01:03:01You've got to get it in there.

01:03:02You notice what Franklin does.

01:03:03He kind of digs a hole

01:03:04in the artificial turf.

01:03:06Marking his spot.

01:03:07That's kind of a ritual for him.

01:03:1028 yards.

01:03:15Bad snap.

01:03:16Flags are down.

01:03:18They stopped the play.

01:03:21Encroachment on the defense.

01:03:23Number 73.

01:03:24I'm Joe Clacko.

01:03:25I didn't see any snowballs.

01:03:26Did you, Tony?

01:03:27No.

01:03:28No.

01:03:29I saw a big snowball.

01:03:31That's a big snowball.

01:03:32I want to tell you,

01:03:33he's bigger than a snowball.

01:03:34A meaner, too.

01:03:35He's a snowman,

01:03:36as a matter of fact.

01:03:37The Jets have had a lot of them.

01:03:39There he is, marking it again.

01:03:40You see him drilling

01:03:41that hole into the ground.

01:03:42Kickers are a strange breed.

01:03:44They all have their little

01:03:45little holes in them.

01:03:46They all have their little

01:03:47little holes in them.

01:03:48They're a strange breed.

01:03:49They all have their little

01:03:50idiosyncrasies.

01:03:51That's one of Franklin's.

01:03:57So now it's a 23-yard attempt.

01:04:03Resetting the clock.

01:04:05Just a couple of weeks ago,

01:04:07with Eason holding and Franklin

01:04:09in that same position,

01:04:10they tried a fake field goal.

01:04:11They ran around to the left side.

01:04:13It was an option play.

01:04:14Eason flipped it out to Franklin,

01:04:16who said he had the option

01:04:17to pass or run,

01:04:18but was supposed to get

01:04:19the first down.

01:04:20Didn't work, Charlie.

01:04:22And in the Buffalo game,

01:04:23when Eason went down

01:04:24with his shoulder separation,

01:04:25he came back later

01:04:26in the ballgame to hold.

01:04:34It's good.

01:04:36Tony Franklin from 23 yards away,

01:04:40and New England cuts

01:04:42the New York Jet lead in half,

01:04:446 to 3,

01:04:45with two seconds to go

01:04:47in the first half.

01:04:51The reason that these two teams

01:04:53are on top of the AFC East

01:04:55is basically because of the fine

01:04:57play of their defenses.

01:04:58So it really shouldn't surprise us

01:05:00to see this low-scoring

01:05:02first half, in particular

01:05:04because of the injuries

01:05:05to Freeman McNeil and, of course,

01:05:07the injury during the game itself

01:05:09to Steve Grogan.

01:05:12And you also talked about,

01:05:14you talked about the fact

01:05:15that it could come down.

01:05:17Your main man could end up

01:05:18being the two kickers.

01:05:19Certainly could,

01:05:20and in a low-scoring game,

01:05:21has a chance of being

01:05:22even more important.

01:05:24Charlie, something else

01:05:25to think about.

01:05:26The nature of this

01:05:27New England team under Grogan

01:05:29has been to score

01:05:30a great many points

01:05:31in the fourth quarter.

01:05:32They have not been off

01:05:33to fast starts.

01:05:34Now, I wonder what happens

01:05:36now that Eason goes back

01:05:37into the game.

01:05:38Do they lose that late

01:05:39surging ability?

01:05:40That's something we're going

01:05:41to have to keep an eye on.

01:05:42Now, what about

01:05:43the New England Patriot offense?

01:05:45Very opportunistic.

01:05:46The last 10 times,

01:05:47inside their opponent's

01:05:4820-yard line,

01:05:50seven touchdowns

01:05:51and three field goals.

01:05:53So they get close.

01:05:54They put some points

01:05:55on the board.

01:05:56They've done a good job

01:05:57of taking advantage

01:05:58of those opportunities.

01:05:59And, of course,

01:06:00I think we're very fortunate

01:06:01to get this one

01:06:02just a moment ago.

01:06:03Do you think the Jets

01:06:04are expecting an on-sides kick?

01:06:06Look at that.

01:06:07I don't think they'll get one.

01:06:08I don't either.

01:06:09But a low squib type.

01:06:10Now, the clock starts

01:06:11when the ball is touched

01:06:12in the field of play.

01:06:14Then it is thrown out of bounds

01:06:15and there will be

01:06:16one second left.

01:06:17So, Kurt's so knowing

01:06:18that rule that

01:06:19as soon as he touched it,

01:06:20he just fumbled it

01:06:21out of bounds,

01:06:22kicked it,

01:06:23and just muffed it out of bounds.

01:06:24What are you going to do

01:06:25with one second, Charlie?

01:06:26I don't know.

01:06:27The offense is probably saying,

01:06:28why did you do that?

01:06:29You've got to put your offense

01:06:30out there for one play.

01:06:31If you can get the ball

01:06:32on your 40-yard line,

01:06:33maybe you can do something

01:06:34with that one second.

01:06:40Joe Walton,

01:06:41the New York Jets.

01:06:42Now, remember,

01:06:43the Jets and the Patriots

01:06:44tied for the lead

01:06:45in the East.

01:06:46Coming in the ballgame

01:06:47with eight and three records.

01:06:48Miami just a game back

01:06:50with seven-four records.

01:06:52O'Brien has been sacked

01:06:54five times in the ballgame.

01:06:57And he does run out the clock.

01:06:59Touchdown by Julius Adams

01:07:02and that is the end

01:07:04of the first half.

01:07:06Low scoring.

01:07:07Now, I'm not surprised

01:07:08that it's low scoring.

01:07:09No, I'm not either.

01:07:10And I don't think either coach

01:07:11is going to have to try

01:07:13and change his philosophy

01:07:14going into the second half.

01:07:15The only team

01:07:16that really has to bend

01:07:17is New England

01:07:18because of the injury to Brogan.

01:07:20And NFL 85 halftime activities

01:07:22will continue in a moment

01:07:23and we'll be right back

01:07:25after these messages

01:07:26from your local station.

01:07:30And, of course,

01:07:31the score on the board,

01:07:32very even.

01:07:33The one place that the stats

01:07:35are not even

01:07:36is in the area of sacks

01:07:37and we showed you

01:07:38that big five big sacks

01:07:41by New England.

01:07:42The Jets have had two.

01:07:44So they've been getting some heat

01:07:46on the quarterbacks

01:07:47for the New England Patriots

01:07:48as well.

01:07:49And, of course, the Jets

01:07:50have an opportunity to start.

01:07:51Charlie, you talk about statistics

01:07:53and one of the things

01:07:54we always talk about

01:07:55is time of possession.

01:07:56I don't think I've ever seen

01:07:58a team control the ball

01:07:59as well as the Jets did

01:08:01in the fourth quarter

01:08:02against Tampa Bay.

01:08:0314 minutes and 37 seconds

01:08:05of that fourth quarter.

01:08:06They control the football.

01:08:07Here's a look

01:08:08at the standings.

01:08:09Now, we've got

01:08:10a momentary timeout

01:08:11because the referee,

01:08:12Bob Frederick,

01:08:13has come over

01:08:14and is talking

01:08:15to the coaching staff

01:08:16of the New England Patriots.

01:08:17New England, the New York Jets,

01:08:188-3 record

01:08:19coming into the ballgame.

01:08:20Miami, their record,

01:08:217-4 than Indianapolis

01:08:22and Buffalo.

01:08:23One of the things

01:08:24that you have to remember

01:08:25is that in the central division

01:08:26it looks as if

01:08:27only the champion

01:08:28will go to the playoffs.

01:08:29And in the West,

01:08:30they're knocking each other off.

01:08:31They're beginning to fall.

01:08:32So only one may go.

01:08:34So you're not only thinking

01:08:35championship

01:08:36and home field advantage,

01:08:38you're thinking wild card

01:08:40and wild card

01:08:41home field advantage.

01:08:42Three teams can make

01:08:43the playoff out of these.

01:08:44It could be all three teams

01:08:45out of this division.

01:08:47And O'Brien comes out throwing.

01:08:50And it is complete to Al Toon.

01:08:53First down, 44-yard line,

01:08:5514 yards on the play.

01:08:57One of the reasons

01:08:58that the Jets went after Al Toon

01:09:00is because he is

01:09:01such a physical receiver.

01:09:03He is not only big,

01:09:04but he's strong

01:09:05and he doesn't mind mixing it up.

01:09:07After he catches this ball,

01:09:08watch what he does.

01:09:09He'll use a forearm right here

01:09:11to rip on Nelson.

01:09:12Now, that's not

01:09:13a typical receiver's move.

01:09:15That's a linebacker's move,

01:09:16isn't it?

01:09:17Toon, three receptions, 45 yards.

01:09:19Here's Johnny Hector.

01:09:2249-yard line, gain of five,

01:09:24second and five,

01:09:25Roland James with the tackle.

01:09:28You see big number 68

01:09:30in the background,

01:09:31Reggie McElroy.

01:09:32McElroy's been out of the lineup

01:09:33with a pulled groin.

01:09:34He's been in the lineup

01:09:35all day today.

01:09:37Someone who's not back in

01:09:38on the field, Freeman McNeil.

01:09:40We saw him briefly

01:09:41in the first quarter,

01:09:42and that was the end of it.

01:09:43Johnny Hector and Dennis Blygen

01:09:45are the two running backs,

01:09:46and that's Hector in motion.

01:09:50O'Brien's pass is complete

01:09:52to Blygen.

01:09:53First down, 44-yard line.

01:09:56New England territory,

01:09:58Steve Nelson and Fred Marion

01:10:00make the tackle,

01:10:01a gain of seven yards

01:10:02on the play.

01:10:05Taking some time to talk

01:10:06to the Jets' coaches.

01:10:07One of the things

01:10:08they appreciate most

01:10:09about Ken O'Brien

01:10:11is his approach to the game,

01:10:12his work ethic.

01:10:14They say he is not comfortable

01:10:15until he is totally conversant

01:10:18with all the game plan,

01:10:19knows not only what they're

01:10:20going to do,

01:10:21but why they're going to do it.

01:10:22A smart quarterback,

01:10:23football smart.

01:10:26First down.

01:10:31And hit Wesley Walker.

01:10:33Wesley turned, made a late cut.

01:10:36The ball was there.

01:10:37He wasn't ready.

01:10:38Let's go to Bob Costa.

01:10:39Go back and see what happened here.

01:10:41I don't think that Wesley

01:10:42was a timing pattern,

01:10:43and he wasn't expecting

01:10:44it that quick.

01:10:45Is that what happened?

01:10:46Walker also has the one

01:10:47very bad eye, Charlie,

01:10:48and it could be that he just

01:10:49didn't pick up that ball

01:10:50in that bad light.

01:10:52Johnny Hector,

01:10:54the line of scrimmage,

01:10:55the 44.

01:10:56He'll have three to the 41,

01:10:57so it'll be third down and seven.

01:10:59And Ken Sims makes the tackle.

01:11:01You want to see some respect.

01:11:02There are three players

01:11:04blocking on this play

01:11:05on number 56, Andre Tippett,

01:11:0787, Sohn, 82, Shuler,

01:11:09the tight end,

01:11:10and 60, Alexander from the inside.

01:11:12And he went down for a second.

01:11:13Looked like somebody

01:11:14whacked him on the leg a bit,

01:11:15but he stays in the ballgame.

01:11:18The score, the New York Jets,

01:11:19six, New England, three.

01:11:22Miami, by the way,

01:11:23we mentioned that they were

01:11:24just one step behind the leaders.

01:11:26We'll go back to pass,

01:11:27and then I'll update this.

01:11:29Here is Walker again.

01:11:30Now watch this play.

01:11:31Could have been a very big play.

01:11:32Perfectly thrown by O'Brien.

01:11:35Wesley Walker simply

01:11:36didn't pick up the ball.

01:11:37Boy, hit him right on the eight.

01:11:39Third down and seven.

01:11:43On the reverse,

01:11:45Al Toon!

01:11:47And he's out of bounds.

01:11:48Boy, he has that high step.

01:11:50He's got 4'4 speed,

01:11:536'4, 200 pounds.

01:11:57And he's outstanding.

01:11:58He wasn't caught.

01:11:59He's now set a collegiate

01:12:00triple jumper.

01:12:02Johnny Rembrandt chased him.

01:12:03He jumped out of bounds

01:12:04just short of the first down.

01:12:10And let's see what Joe Walton

01:12:12decides to do.

01:12:13I believe he's going to go for it.

01:12:15At the 36-yard line.

01:12:20The score, Miami 14, Buffalo 7.

01:12:23That's the halftime score.

01:12:24Miami 14, Buffalo 7.

01:12:35The defense for the New England

01:12:37Patriots makes the play

01:12:39at the line of scrimmage.

01:12:41Hector is stopped for no gain,

01:12:43and New England will take over

01:12:44on down.

01:12:45Of course, that's the time

01:12:46when you miss your main man,

01:12:48Freeman McNeil.

01:12:49We mentioned held out

01:12:50because of an ankle injury.

01:12:51Watch the red shirts fly.

01:12:53They just close off everything

01:12:55and shut it down.

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01:13:03We don't want to be the biggest.

01:13:05This is Charlie Jones,

01:13:06Merlin Olson, 12-21.

01:13:08That is the time remaining

01:13:09third quarter.

01:13:10The Jets just gambled.

01:13:12The Patriots held.

01:13:13They take over on downs.

01:13:14New England's ball, first down,

01:13:15their own 36-yard line,

01:13:17trailing 6-3 in the ballgame.

01:13:20And Tony Eason is the quarterback.

01:13:22Quick change.

01:13:23He'll lose a yard to the 35.

01:13:26Joe Klecko.

01:13:29The battle of the defenses continues.

01:13:32It certainly does.

01:13:33The two generals of the defenses

01:13:35that we mentioned to you,

01:13:36they also happen to be

01:13:37the leading tacklers.

01:13:38Well, how did they do

01:13:39in the first half?

01:13:40Nelson with six tackles,

01:13:41right on par with his average,

01:13:43maybe even above.

01:13:44Mel, only two tackles,

01:13:45and we mentioned the injury

01:13:46to his arch,

01:13:47but you can't do that

01:13:48in the first half.

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