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00:00:21Jim Kelly struggling in the game.
00:00:23Parcell's defense has had him diagnosed.
00:00:26Kelly, three of eight, throwing the ball for just 22 yards, and he's been intercepted
00:00:30twice.
00:00:31Looking to put it up on first down.
00:00:33He fires hard, makes a connection, gets it out in the flat to Quinn Early.
00:00:39Early out of Iowa State, veteran receiver.
00:00:43It's very close to a first down.
00:00:44He'll be about a yard short.
00:00:45You know, the weather is settling down just a little bit.
00:00:49That was a very good pattern by Early.
00:00:51He could stop on a dime on the turf.
00:00:53Looks like it's draining a little bit.
00:00:54And a good throw by Kelly.
00:00:56On second and one, the handoff is to Eric Moles.
00:01:02He turns the corner, dives ahead, and appears to have a Bills first down out to their 36-yard
00:01:06line.
00:01:07High law ran him out of bounds.
00:01:09Number 24 for the Patriots.
00:01:11Their number one draft choice last year out of Michigan.
00:01:15Talked to us yesterday about the tough neighborhood he grew up in.
00:01:18In Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, hometown of great players like Mike Dick and Tony Dorsett.
00:01:23That football was his way out.
00:01:27Down to college.
00:01:28Here is a throw by Kelly.
00:01:29The ball is knocked down.
00:01:30Very good coverage by Ty Law, number 24.
00:01:36Number one draft choice last year.
00:01:38Great look at it.
00:01:39Right on the shoulder.
00:01:40Driving toward the upfield shoulder.
00:01:42Using the correct hand, the left hand.
00:01:45Because if you miss the ball, you've got the right hand to still grab your receiver.
00:01:49Here's Jim Kelly with a handoff now to Derek Holmes.
00:01:56Straight ahead.
00:01:57He's to the 42-yard line.
00:02:03Derek Holmes, another of those Bills draft day finds out of Portland State.
00:02:09Low rounder who is very productive as a rookie.
00:02:11Not a good blocker as big as he is, but a very good runner.
00:02:15He's spelling Thurman's talent.
00:02:16They think that will prolong the Thurman's career, basically.
00:02:19Oh, it certainly will.
00:02:20No, Thurman runs so much and so hard.
00:02:23Kelly makes the throw.
00:02:25Has the man wide open in Quinn Early.
00:02:27He has the first down across midfield.
00:02:32Jimmy Hitchcock finally gets him down, but it's a first down for the Bills.
00:02:36Early taking on Ricky Reynolds, number 21.
00:02:39We get the same look, but this time, Early able to drive Ricky upfield, duck underneath the shoulder.
00:02:46Just the opposite of the great play, the great coverage we saw by Ty Law.
00:02:49Kelly pumps, let's speak, down the middle.
00:02:58Makes the connection down to the 28-yard line and a brilliant catch by Quinn Early.
00:03:04A diving reception as Early hits the turf hard, but holds on for a 19-yard gain.
00:03:09The difference, folks, is the fact that the rain has virtually stopped.
00:03:14The ball is drying out a little bit, and Jim Kelly, with his terrific ability to put the ball in the right spot, is threading the needle.
00:03:22That's the whole difference right here.
00:03:26Everything's drying up a little bit.
00:03:27These receivers are able to run their routes, and the quarterback can throw it.
00:03:34Back to Holmes, who runs the ball on first down close to the 25-yard line.
00:03:40For an ex-bill, Todd Collins, an outside linebacker, 59, makes the stop for the Patriots.
00:03:46Allen struggled last week against the Miami Dolphins.
00:03:52They had him well blocked.
00:03:56Todd plays in their pass defense mostly.
00:03:58That's why you see him in the game there, anticipating throwing.
00:04:01Kelly throws deep, screened away from the ball.
00:04:05Here's a penalty marker as Ty Law running with his back to the quarterback,
00:04:09screening the receiver away from the ball.
00:04:11An illegal play and a first down for the Bills.
00:04:14Now, see, this is the same problem, same pass interference we saw.
00:04:20They're discussing this one.
00:04:21Maybe they'll talk about this one.
00:04:23Let's see here.
00:04:24Nope.
00:04:24They called it a push.
00:04:26Same as they had on Jimmy Hitchcock in the first half.
00:04:28This is a stop and go.
00:04:30You see the stop.
00:04:31Ty Law still in great position.
00:04:33He's got to take his arm off.
00:04:34You can't push a guy after he's passed five yards down the field.
00:04:38Illegal contact.
00:04:39That's the illegal contact.
00:04:40Number 24, defense, five yards, first down.
00:04:47Ty saw the pattern.
00:04:49He realized it was a stop and go.
00:04:51But instead of wheeling his shoulders around and trusting his speed to catch up with the receiver,
00:04:56he knocked him off stride.
00:04:57Kelly, as he was telling us yesterday, Beasley, feels the best he has in years.
00:05:01He underwent shoulder surgery in Los Angeles in the offseason.
00:05:06He said during last season, we asked him how bad his shoulder was.
00:05:09He said he couldn't comb his hair, brush his teeth with his right arm.
00:05:12That's pretty bad.
00:05:13He said he learned how to do those things with his left arm.
00:05:15Now he's in good shape.
00:05:20He dumps one off and the Patriots are there to defend it.
00:05:22Derrick Holmes makes the catch.
00:05:24And Chris Slade sticks him right away for no gain.
00:05:27Second down.
00:05:28This is what Jim Kelly is known for.
00:05:30He will bleed the pocket to the very last second.
00:05:34Those linemen know they have to work because Kelly has nerves of steel.
00:05:38You know, most of the average quarterback knows that that pocket's about to collapse
00:05:43and he'll throw it anywhere, not Jim.
00:05:45He asked him about all the times he gets hit and he laughs.
00:05:49Here is Eric Moles.
00:05:52They end the round of him.
00:05:53I guess they're going to keep working until they get it right,
00:05:55although they did have some plus yardage earlier.
00:05:57But the Patriots are now checking Moles a lot quicker when he comes in motion back at the quarterback.
00:06:02Well, this is the fourth time they've run this reverse to Moles.
00:06:05And it's about done.
00:06:07It's about done for the game.
00:06:10Willie McGinnis got him, slowed him up, and then Ricky Reynolds knocks him down.
00:06:14It's done.
00:06:15Yep.
00:06:16It's done.
00:06:17Put that one away.
00:06:22Third down and 12.
00:06:23Here's a blitz.
00:06:24Kelly dumps it off to his tight end, Lonnie Johnson.
00:06:27Still running.
00:06:28He bounces off the tackle and gets ahead, but way short of a first down.
00:06:32He did advance it to the 19 to set up a field goal try by Steve Christie.
00:06:37So the Bills looking to build a 10-point lead for Coach Marv Levy.
00:06:43If Christie can hit this, he's made every kick he's tried this season.
00:06:47Three field goals last week, including a game winner in overtime against the Giants.
00:06:51The Bills hit another today from Western Ontario University.
00:07:01He missed it.
00:07:03So Christie can't get it to go through.
00:07:05And with 8.17 to play in the third quarter, the Patriots go back on offense as the NFL on NBC continues.
00:07:13Kelly with limited passing numbers today, but his team is in the lead over New England 10-3.
00:07:25Now Bledsoe and the Patriots go to work and right back to Curtis Martin.
00:07:29But the gaps have been narrower this half easily for Curtis Martin.
00:07:33Yes, they have.
00:07:34I mean, once you know without question that that's the game plan,
00:07:39then you gamble on the pass defense and you load up on the run defense.
00:07:43And that's what Buffalo has done.
00:07:46At some point, you're going to see the Patriots go to play action when they think they've got a big opportunity.
00:07:51Stick the ball in Martin's pocket, pull it back out, and swing it down to you.
00:07:57Hedrich needs Bledsoe to get him going, though.
00:07:59Get back in this game, a critically important one.
00:08:02They could be in a deep hole after two weeks.
00:08:03Here's a good throw by Bledsoe.
00:08:05Hit hard as he released the ball.
00:08:07He makes the connection to Curtis Martin.
00:08:09And he's at about at about the 34-yard line.
00:08:14Well, simple little playing.
00:08:16Bob Cratch and company set up, provide as good a pocket as they can.
00:08:20And it's just a three-step block, so you can allow some people to come free
00:08:24because the ball should come out very quickly.
00:08:26Curtis Martin's the only way he can.
00:08:30Dave Niggins in the backfield on third down.
00:08:33Patriots need three.
00:08:38The 12th man kicks in.
00:08:40The Buffalo crowd.
00:08:41Here's the long ball downfield.
00:08:44Trying to get it to Terry Glenn.
00:08:46Big pressure on Bledsoe.
00:08:48Had him throwing off his back feet.
00:08:49Marleau Perry, a linebacker, blitzing on the play.
00:08:53Now, see, this is another one of those plays that I really don't think Drew should just
00:08:58lean back with nothing behind the ball and throw this downfield.
00:09:02In the NFL, when you throw a ball up in the air, somebody gets under it.
00:09:05And Buffalo came very close to peaking that ball off.
00:09:08Emmanuel Martin was very close to the interception.
00:09:11Tom Tupin on the field, a punt for New England.
00:09:20It's a high, wobbly punt.
00:09:22Russell Copeland comes up on.
00:09:23Fair catches it.
00:09:24It's 23-yard line.
00:09:25So the Bills still holding to the 10-3 lead they've had since halftime.
00:09:30We'll go on offense in a moment.
00:09:32He's a wide fellow when he steps.
00:09:43Very interesting guy.
00:09:45When he was a little guy, he was too big to play Pop Warner football because he always
00:09:49was above the weight limit.
00:09:51So he didn't get to play when he was younger.
00:09:52You know, he says that that K-Gun that they run wears the defense down if they start to
00:09:59really take over the fourth quarter.
00:10:00We'll see.
00:10:02He said we wear them out by the fourth quarter as Thurman Thomas gets the ball straight ahead.
00:10:08But there's a penalty marker down in the Bills' backfield, and Kelly does not look happy.
00:10:16Dale Hamer checking with the Patriots.
00:10:19A holding call against the Bills.
00:10:20So that'll set them back with 6 minutes and 59 seconds to play in the third quarter.
00:10:25Holding number 67.
00:10:28Offense.
00:10:29Kent Hull.
00:10:30That's the first thing he's done wrong all season.
00:10:32This is one of the most underrated players in the National Football League, Kent Hull.
00:10:36The veteran center.
00:10:38He has been absolutely tremendous.
00:10:40He has to make all those blocking changes.
00:10:42Call them in short notice with the K-Gun.
00:10:45Yeah, Jim calls the play.
00:10:46Then Kent calls the blocking assignment along the offensive line.
00:10:50And the only way it changes is if Jim Kelly sees the blitz as something else where he will ultimately change the protection.
00:10:59Kelly on first and long.
00:11:00Stands in.
00:11:01Clothes the ball.
00:11:02Makes the connection, but only to the 20 as the Patriots are back in good coverage.
00:11:06Quinn Early makes the catch, but Ricky Reynolds is right on him.
00:11:09See, once again, Jim Kelly, he holds this ball until whoever's about to hit him is about a breath away.
00:11:16And as a result, he gets the completion.
00:11:23I'd be throwing that ball so fast.
00:11:25They're getting 13.
00:11:29Kelly, this time, takes the ball.
00:11:31Throws up the middle.
00:11:34Derek Holmes gets the ball, and he's knocked down immediately.
00:11:37A gain of only three yards on the play.
00:11:39So that time the Patriots took a look at Moles, but apparently knew the ball was going someplace else.
00:11:44Well, they ran it four times, so this time they fake it, hoping that the whole defense would jump towards Moles.
00:11:51And to the Patriots' defense credit, they did not.
00:11:54They all stayed at home.
00:11:57Patriot defense digging in now, looking to get the ball back.
00:12:00It's third down and nine for the Bills.
00:12:02Kelly stands in.
00:12:03Here comes the rush, and Kelly's not close as he tried to go to an out-better to the rookie.
00:12:07Eric Moles, so the Patriots playing strong defense.
00:12:11Everybody in position, and the Bills go off and send out their putter.
00:12:18It was a very good series by the defense of the Patriots.
00:12:22Just a couple of blitzes.
00:12:26Very good recognition, recognizing that the Moles' fake was just that, a fake.
00:12:30After running four reverses to Moles, they still remained at home.
00:12:37There's more with a low snap.
00:12:41It's the punt down field.
00:12:44And it comes out of bounds at about the 42-yard line of the Patriots.
00:12:47And there they'll go on offense first and 10, as the NFL on NBC continues.
00:12:55Defense huddling.
00:12:58Kent Hall is centered.
00:13:00Dresdenham, the offensive line coach of the Bills, called Hall the best center in the NFL
00:13:05for what he means for the overall success of the team.
00:13:08Here is Blencho.
00:13:08Rick hit hard at the 39-yard line and knocked down Bruce Smith with his second sack of the day.
00:13:17Well, they love Bruce here.
00:13:19When you hear the boo, it's not boo, it's Bruce.
00:13:21And Bruce beats his good buddy and golf partner in the offseason, Bruce Armstrong, that time.
00:13:28Thumbs up with a real good sack.
00:13:30How about little Austin Smith?
00:13:32What size gentleman do you think that's going to be two and a half years old?
00:13:36Bruce Smith's son, his name is Austin.
00:13:37He came in our meeting yesterday.
00:13:39He looks like he could sack a quarter.
00:13:41Two and a half.
00:13:43Pop coming hard.
00:13:44Bledsoe gets it away.
00:13:46Stands in, gets Curtis Martin working hard, close to a first down.
00:13:51At second down and 11, Curtis Martin gets ahead for 10 yards for the Patriots.
00:13:56Spielman on another tackle with linebacker Sam Rogers.
00:13:59It is remarkably difficult to tackle this guy.
00:14:03I mean, they've got him dead to right.
00:14:05There's one guy missing.
00:14:06There's another guy missing.
00:14:07And remember, Chris Spielman said that Curtis Martin is the shittiest runner since Barry
00:14:15Sanders, and that is saying a mouthful.
00:14:18He not only makes him miss people, he makes him miss big.
00:14:21And he's...
00:14:23Martin rockets up the middle and breaks it.
00:14:25And Curtis Martin with mild driving steps takes it to the 37-yard line before Kurt Schultz
00:14:31brings him down.
00:14:33First down, Patriots.
00:14:35Oh, this guy is good.
00:14:36And the offensive line is doing a super job.
00:14:39That's a 12-yard game, but look at the width of the hole that he had to run through.
00:14:44The offensive line for New England is doing a good job on that play.
00:14:49Here's a real good look at it.
00:14:51It's Cratch.
00:14:52Or Cratch in some games.
00:14:54Cratch buries his opponent.
00:14:56Big Hawkeyes in Iowa, Bob Cratch.
00:14:59Played on two giant Super Bowl winners for Carlshel.
00:15:01Here's the pass to Terry Glenn, and he makes the play at the 5-yard line.
00:15:06And he goes in for a touchdown.
00:15:08Glenn was on the ground, but the defender did not touch him.
00:15:11And Terry Glenn finally pays it to the end on that big investment they made in him.
00:15:17Over the next six years, between Glenn and Blensoe, the Crafts, who own the Patriots, will
00:15:22shell out $54 million.
00:15:23And this is what they expect.
00:15:25That was a 37-yard touchdown play.
00:15:29Well, they say he's one of the fastest guys on the football field whenever he steps on
00:15:34the football field.
00:15:35He runs by everybody.
00:15:37At the last minute, he's got to take about three hard steps to get underneath that football.
00:15:41As you can see, no one touches him, so he rolls in for the touchdown.
00:15:49Adam Veneteri with the point after try, but there are also penalty markers down.
00:15:53The official blowing whistles is for the snap of the ball.
00:15:56Touchdown coming with 3.53 to play in the third quarter.
00:15:59A 38-yard scoring play.
00:16:02Glenn now has five catches in his first game in the NFL for 57 yards.
00:16:07Never played in the preseason.
00:16:09Played in one scrimmage.
00:16:10First pass he caught was for 70 yards and a touchdown from Blensoe.
00:16:14Well, that's what the Patriots spent $12 million for.
00:16:19And they got it.
00:16:20You know, they got the proof that there's something in the pudding there.
00:16:26Heads up, Kit, too.
00:16:27They said one of the things he has going for him, he's so smart.
00:16:31He picks up everything right away.
00:16:32He's been in all the meetings since he's been hurt, so he knows the offense.
00:16:42Referee Dale Hamer now trying to decide what happened.
00:16:45We saw an extra point go through the uprights.
00:16:48But whistles were blowing at the time of the snap.
00:16:50Three minutes and 53 seconds to play in the third quarter.
00:17:00And Dale Hamer says.
00:17:01Neutral zone infraction.
00:17:03Number 78.
00:17:04There was no play.
00:17:06That five-yard penalty will be enforced on the kickoff.
00:17:10We'll have a retry.
00:17:11So, Bruce Smith, even though the extra point was good, was in the neutral zone to get him in play before the snap made contact.
00:17:19And Ben and Terry will try again.
00:17:21He's right down the middle, and the Patriots have tied the game at 10 on with 3.53 to go in the third quarter.
00:17:35The Patriots kick off to Buffalo, and the NFL unending Terry Glenn.
00:17:39And this is a young man who has overcome tremendous odds.
00:17:44He doesn't know who his father is.
00:17:46His mother was found beaten to death in an abandoned building when he was 13 years old.
00:17:51And here he is in the NFL making plays and has survived a lot.
00:17:56He was a walk-on, Don, at Ohio State.
00:17:59Well, Bob Kraft, the owner of the Patriots, was saying there's something about the kid that you just take to.
00:18:04He had as tough a life as you could have, but there's just a quality about him that shines through.
00:18:09And he's waited so long.
00:18:11He's been so disappointed, he's been unable to play.
00:18:13And he's played big.
00:18:15Five catches, 57 yards, including a 38-yard scoring play.
00:18:18Well, he had a lot to show because the word is that Bill Parcells wanted a defensive play.
00:18:23He wasn't necessarily in favor of drafting Terry Glenn.
00:18:29Gledsoe has the long-range arm, and this is a long-range receiver.
00:18:33Derek Holmes runs for Buffalo, and there's a penalty marker down.
00:18:36Devin Wyman, that rookie tackle, made the stop.
00:18:45Again, the Bills are called for holding, so they are dug into an offensive hole here.
00:18:51Your chances of converting for a first down are almost none when you go first and 20.
00:18:55Not that it doesn't happen, but the odds are against it.
00:19:00Offense, 10 yards, first down.
00:19:03Well, coach is in disagreement.
00:19:12Yes, he is.
00:19:15The coach doesn't agree.
00:19:17Now he's got Forreston Kelly to throw from his own end, deep in his own end.
00:19:21It's first and 20.
00:19:22He does go to the run in his first down play.
00:19:24Derek Holmes turns the corner, and he's suffering on a cut tackle.
00:19:27Willie Clay and Ricky Reynolds came up to make your stop.
00:19:33Patriots led early, 3-0.
00:19:35Bills tied it, then went out in front 10-3.
00:19:37That's how it was at the half.
00:19:39And a four-yard Thurman Thomas touchdown run.
00:19:42And the Patriots on a 38-yard scoring play from Bledsoe to rookie Terry Glenn.
00:19:46It tied the game in the third quarter.
00:19:48Kelly piles it out to his tight end.
00:19:55Lonnie Johnson runs and is knocked out of bounds.
00:19:57Well short of a first down.
00:19:59It brings up third down and about eight.
00:20:02Ty Law was there to defend him.
00:20:04Kelly likes his wide receiver core.
00:20:06They're all young but good pass catchers.
00:20:07And Johnson from Florida State, Tony Klein from Stanford, and free agent Robert Coombs.
00:20:12So one of the things that's hurt this team today is the fact that Andre Reid had to leave the game with the pull muscle.
00:20:19He's the best of the group, along with Clint Earley, the other veteran.
00:20:25Kelly stands in.
00:20:27In big trouble.
00:20:29Kelly somehow finds a way out.
00:20:31And now they're going to really within the grass.
00:20:33Back at the 10-yard line.
00:20:35The Patriots are credited with a sack.
00:20:37And the Bills will have to punt it from their end zone.
00:20:39Well, you can't have it both ways.
00:20:42As the fans are booing and Jim Kelly's upset, and they put in all these rules to protect the quarterback,
00:20:47when you're in the grass, it's over.
00:20:50See, I know nobody grabs him, but I'm just telling you, they do all kinds of things to protect the quarterback.
00:20:55Nobody can touch him.
00:20:56Nobody touches him.
00:20:58Not a good call.
00:21:02They are so quick to protect the quarterback.
00:21:05Rather than have him hit defenseless stumbling around, they call him dead.
00:21:10And you can't have it both ways.
00:21:11Either you get the protection, or you light up play.
00:21:13A good punt by Moore.
00:21:15A high punt that Meggett takes at the 50.
00:21:17Leaving up the middle.
00:21:19He's inside the Bills 40 and down to the 38-yard line.
00:21:26That's Kelly again now.
00:21:27As he scrambles, the ruling was a Patriot sack that he was in the grass, but he was never touched.
00:21:31Well, let's take a good look at it here.
00:21:33No touch.
00:21:34No one's touched him.
00:21:36Still untouched.
00:21:38Still untouched.
00:21:40That's a bad call.
00:21:41But still, I stand by my statement.
00:21:45They've made every rule in the world to protect the quarterback.
00:21:49When Kelly was disoriented, you know, spinning around back there on the ground, getting up,
00:21:55they called him dead to protect him.
00:21:56Now, no coach is mad, but you can't have it both ways.
00:22:00Number one's job of the referee, the lead official, is to protect the quarterback of the National Football League.
00:22:05That's his number one assignment.
00:22:06Alexo throws, and his out-cattern, the big tight end, Ben Coates, is off target.
00:22:16To finish that thing about the quarterbacks, Don, two years ago, seven quarterbacks started and played in every play, every snap for their team.
00:22:26Last year, with some additional rule changes, 13 of them played every play and started throughout the game.
00:22:32That's what the league is trying to do, is protect the quarterbacks, and you can't have it both ways.
00:22:3680,000, really kicking up the decibel level here.
00:22:45Bledsoe, the rush is out.
00:22:47He releases it long, and he was looking at the ever-dangerous rookie, Gary Glenn.
00:22:52Then he went the other way to another first-year player, Dietrich Gels, who they picked up on waivers.
00:22:59Well, you're looking at a rookie run the route here, and it's hard to figure out exactly what.
00:23:06That route, that's either a very bad pass, or a bad route by Dietrich Gels.
00:23:16At any rate, it was not good coordination for the Patriots also.
00:23:21Bledsoe and the Patriots, trying to call signals.
00:23:24They need 10 on third down.
00:23:26Here's the route.
00:23:26Bledsoe throws it, slapped back at him.
00:23:28Bledsoe throws it long way, but he'll have the wind at his back, but they're not sending him out right now.
00:23:42They're sending the punter, Tom Chupa, out to Pooch's punt, trying to land it inside the 10 if he can.
00:23:48Russell Copeland goes back to the 10-yard line for the build.
00:23:50Look at 77, that's Jeff Cote.
00:23:55Gets the hand up, but just allow it.
00:23:57He didn't have to reach it real, he didn't have to stretch his hand up very high.
00:24:02Tupa hits the ball high.
00:24:04The wind catches it, it'll take it into the end zone.
00:24:08So the ball will come out to the 20-yard line with a minute and 44 seconds to play in the third quarter.
00:24:13Ellie and his K-gun will go back to work.
00:24:20Next Saturday, Notre Dame football returns to NBC as the Irish play their long-time rival Purdue at 2.30 Eastern time.
00:24:28Ron Paulus and the Fighting Irish welcome the Board of Makers of Purdue onto campus.
00:24:32That's next Saturday at 2.30 Eastern as the Fighting Irish host Purdue on NBC, presented by Chevy Trucks.
00:24:40The New England Patriots blew a major opportunity.
00:24:43You can't get the ball 40 yards from the goal line and come away with nothing.
00:24:48Now Kelly rolls out again, stands in, locks the ball downfield, and was it caught by Tony Clyde?
00:24:58They're going to rule as he did not catch it and skipped off his hands.
00:25:03The ex-bill, Monty Brown, defending.
00:25:05So the Buffalo offense stalling here in the third quarter.
00:25:14The Patriots rallying to tie this game 10-all.
00:25:23Kelly stands up, changes the play as the Patriots catch people in the defensive line.
00:25:28He takes a look, checks it out, downfield, he makes the connection.
00:25:34All is caught out to the 34-yard line by Russell Corpett.
00:25:38He has the first down for Buffalo.
00:25:40The coverage was a double zone.
00:25:44And a double zone traditionally leaves a little hole in the middle of the football field.
00:25:49Jim Kelly holds on and holds on, but he gets really clocked at the end.
00:25:53As a matter of fact, there was a hand to the head there.
00:25:55That's very dangerous.
00:25:57But this coverage, you see out the corner, brought him in a little bit and then let him along.
00:26:01There's a hole right in the middle of cover two.
00:26:04Buffalo County.
00:26:07Eric Holmes, a bigger bet than 200-pound.
00:26:11Thurman Thomas is called out again to run the ball for Buffalo.
00:26:14And he gets it close to the 39-yard line.
00:26:17First down carry, it brings up second down and five.
00:26:19All is the lone setback.
00:26:25Bill's working with an interesting formation.
00:26:27Two wide receivers, two tight ends, and one runner.
00:26:34Derek Holmes again.
00:26:36Right at the Patriots.
00:26:38He is to the 42-yard line.
00:26:41About two yards short of a first down.
00:26:43Third down comes up.
00:26:44You know, this K-Gun offense where they do not go into a huddle.
00:26:50They're huddling here, but the last couple of plays they did not.
00:26:53And it really gives the Buffalo Bills offense an advantage.
00:26:57The coach from the sideline is talking by the airways into a microphone of the quarterback.
00:27:04But the defense doesn't have the opportunity to meet and discuss what they're going to do.
00:27:09We'll be back after these messages from your local station.
00:27:11This is the NFL on NBC.
00:27:14Football through three quarters of play.
00:27:15Don Crickie with Beasley Reese.
00:27:1780,000.
00:27:18The Bills selling out again.
00:27:21As after winning against the Giants in the Meadowlands last Sunday night,
00:27:24they come back to play a team that's beaten them three straight.
00:27:27It's a 10-10 game.
00:27:28Kelly has thrown the ball 21 times.
00:27:30Completed 11, 101 yards.
00:27:32No touchdowns.
00:27:33Two interceptions.
00:27:34Hand-off to Derek Holmes, and he cracks the Patriot defense.
00:27:39First down Buffalo to the 47-yard line.
00:27:42A third and on, he got four.
00:27:43Let's go.
00:27:44Alexo's not been intercepted.
00:27:49He's completed 12 of 26 for 119 yards, and the one touchdown that tied the game with Terry Glenn.
00:27:58Pittsburgh rallying back after that loss last week at Jacksonville.
00:28:01and Chris Slade comes up and gets him for no gain played a very good outside linebacker from the
00:28:17University of Virginia rated by some the college defensive player of the year he got an award for
00:28:21that at a big March of Dimes dinner in Detroit the German Thomas pretty much in check yeah 22 yards
00:28:29after 15 pops of Thurman is not a normal work day well done by Kelly and the Bills as Kelly swings it out to his piloting Melani Johnson Patriots continue to pressure Kelly this time he stands in and delivers the goods and there's a gain on the play of nine yards it'll be third and one
00:28:46eight yard game third and one
00:28:48a slim down coach Parcells he's dropped about 30 over the summer there's less of him
00:28:58and Terry Ray runs the ball to the 43 or excuse me Derek Holmes runs into Terry Ray at the 43 yard line
00:29:15and we'll see if the Bills get a first down it looks like they do
00:29:21there's Terry Ray the safety from Oklahoma who's a big hitter
00:29:24but the Bills thought he could be targeted perhaps on deep balls
00:29:29only deep play the Bills have had was the pass interference call on Hitchcock early in the game
00:29:37Derek Holmes now working in the second half for Thurman Thomas we've got to know where the Thomas is shaken up
00:29:44but against this tough Patriot defense Beasley they're probably just going with more firepower and a bigger bag
00:29:49Terry Ray is really doing a good job here today that time he was lined up about 15 yards downfield came jogging forward
00:29:59and was standing in the in the hole to tackle the runner
00:30:02there's a lot of plays like that
00:30:04yeah he looks lets it go on Russell Copeland's on the run he can't get to the ball
00:30:08Ty Law is with him stride for stride
00:30:10and Russell Copeland looking for a flag but the official said Ty Law was right with him on a clean cover
00:30:17I tell you these defensive backs are making me nervous on both sides of the ball
00:30:21at the end of this play you see Terry Ray never looks back I mean Ty Law never looks back still doesn't look back
00:30:29even though right now Copeland is telling him the ball is coming
00:30:33and that brings up third down and seven for Kelly in the Bills as Kelly goes into the shotgun with three wide receivers
00:30:43Kelly now he's going to call a timeout he saw Willie Clay the free safety big play Clay
00:30:50line enough to come on a safety blitz and there was nobody on that side to block
00:30:54so he does the right thing and calls timeout
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00:31:24Elvis of course the Patriot logo on their helmet has been defined as the flying Elvis
00:31:29that we know is not the real Elvis
00:31:32how do you know
00:31:34it's a bad looking rough
00:31:37you got glue on sideburn
00:31:40it's not the real thing
00:31:42Kelly takes a look
00:31:4610-yard gain on third down he gets a first down boy as you said Ricky Reynolds position is perfect but a marker down Beasley
00:32:01sometimes you have to say great throw and catch Jim Kelly put it right on the money early shielded his body away that's great throw great catch
00:32:08there's Jerry Ostrowski we just got through talking about Jerry and then he goes and grabs somebody
00:32:23it's a wide man to tell by looking at the space between that six and that zero
00:32:30330
00:32:31but he was a great part of the fabric of western New York as the Polish American community
00:32:35so when he came here he went to a fan den all these older men coming up to him talking Polish to him
00:32:41he said he just threw a couple of Nesterovias that was the best he could do
00:32:46he's glad to meet him all
00:32:48Kelly now tucks the ball off I mean that's really dangerous that could be considered as a fumble
00:32:53yeah that was a strange
00:32:56and Bill Parcells is saying hey
00:32:59we're watching the end of this play
00:33:02Jones comes in
00:33:07and that's behind him he threw that backwards yeah that's almost a
00:33:11could be judged as a fumble
00:33:14but the penalty call the holding penalty on Ostrowski turns critical in this drive negated the first down throw to Quinn early
00:33:22and the Bills are stopped and now the Patriots will get it back and there is David Meggett
00:33:27in this tie game in the fourth quarter 11 45 to play in it standing back at his 10 yard line
00:33:34Moore hits a booming punt
00:33:36Meggett lets it hop and it goes down and he is going to be down look at this
00:33:42that is special teams play at its very best
00:33:45as Marlon Kerner a former Ohio State Buckeye was down to cover an excellent punt by Moore
00:33:51though the Bills special teams stand tall
00:33:55well David David had time to handle that ball
00:34:01we check now the scores of some other games
00:34:03Kansas City up on the Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium
00:34:07Pittsburgh rallying back after a loss last week
00:34:12Indianapolis continues to lead the Jets by 7
00:34:15Deshaun Johnson scored his first touchdown for the Jets
00:34:18Houston winning at Jacksonville
00:34:20well you watch Houston has a team loaded with good young players
00:34:26Buffalo fans are as loud as it gets
00:34:32somehow Curtis Martin weaves his way out to the 7 yard line
00:34:36a gain of 3 tough yards before Phil Hansen brought him down
00:34:40Martin's movements are so subtle I just I don't see how they're missing the guy
00:34:44it's like he disappears for a second and reappears
00:34:48he had 15 carries in the first quarter Curtis Martin
00:34:52now has 25 for the game
00:34:5425 for 87 yards
00:34:56this would be another 100 yard day for him
00:34:58the turnover possibility
00:35:02vastly increases back into your own end with this kind of pressure
00:35:06this kind of crowd noise
00:35:08they go back to Curtis Martin
00:35:10and the Bills are reading him and knocking him down
00:35:12Bruce Smith sheds his block
00:35:14makes the first hit and Maddox finishes him off
00:35:18and the game clock continues to wind down
00:35:20a lot of time left
00:35:2210.40 to play
00:35:24well
00:35:26Bruce is just sliding down the line
00:35:28you see him coming from the back
00:35:30and Curtis Martin tries to cut everything back
00:35:40as loud as you'll ever hear it
00:35:42louder than the dome
00:35:44Bledsoe throws
00:35:46he comes in just short
00:35:48there's a penalty marker down
00:35:50way back up field
00:35:52I don't know if it's picked up
00:35:54it's not in front of the Bills bench
00:35:56the yellow flag right by Marv Levy's feet
00:36:00but it'll
00:36:10unsportsmanlike conduct against the Bills
00:36:12so the play with staff
00:36:14but the unsportsmanlike conduct
00:36:16result in a first down
00:36:20well we'll have to get an explanation of this one
00:36:26unsportsmanlike conduct
00:36:28in the Buffalo Bank
00:36:3015 yards
00:36:32Wow
00:36:33you won't see that again
00:36:34the whole season
00:36:36somebody said something really bad
00:36:40he's gonna get another one
00:36:42now I don't know
00:36:44if that was on the code tomorrow leaving
00:36:46but he's certainly
00:36:48a possible candidate
00:36:50he's really been heated after some of these calls
00:36:52well you have to say something so bad
00:36:54I can figure out what you can say to a man
00:36:56that could be a man
00:36:57that could be a man
00:36:58it's gotta be unbelievable
00:37:00it's gotta be like a sailor talking
00:37:06nothing against our men or the maybe
00:37:08just unsportsmanlike conduct
00:37:10against the bench
00:37:11I don't know what they did
00:37:12or what they said
00:37:14but they had to say it together
00:37:16as a group
00:37:18guys talking right back
00:37:20everything Marv's got
00:37:21he's got
00:37:22number 61
00:37:23offense
00:37:24that's the side judge
00:37:25Tommy Moore
00:37:28maybe they were crowding the sideline
00:37:30they weren't giving room
00:37:31on the sideline for the receiver
00:37:32that could have been what it was
00:37:33maybe so
00:37:38third down and 15
00:37:40let's go
00:37:42let's go
00:37:43to Curtis Martin
00:37:45cut down at the 20
00:37:48Bruce Smith on another tackle
00:37:50also on a stop 55 Maddox and 59 Rogers
00:37:59that's Bruce number 78 right side of your screen
00:38:01he blocked initially
00:38:02but the thing about Bruce is he
00:38:04neutralizes the man in front of him
00:38:07and just hangs right there in that gap
00:38:09until the play comes to him
00:38:18let's go with a deep drop
00:38:19here comes the rock
00:38:20Hoff got him
00:38:21and the ball is almost kicked off
00:38:26he was looking at
00:38:27Dietrich gels
00:38:28and Thomas Smith
00:38:29one of the corners 28
00:38:30had his hands on the ball
00:38:31a tremendous rust
00:38:32though by Bryce
00:38:33Hoff
00:38:34Hoff
00:38:35with a great push
00:38:36look from the other side
00:38:37I mean
00:38:38oh my goodness
00:38:39look at Bruce
00:38:40airborne
00:38:42Smith was a tremendous
00:38:43high school basketball player in Virginia
00:38:45Bruce Smith
00:38:47maybe the top player in the state of senior year
00:38:49he can get up in the air
00:38:50he can get up
00:38:51and a bill is shaken up
00:38:57only briefly Ted Washington
00:38:58the 325 pound nose tackle
00:39:03he was a doubtful starter earlier in the week
00:39:04with an ankle sprain
00:39:06but rallied back
00:39:07and has been in there virtually every down
00:39:09I can fill some room
00:39:15ooh boy
00:39:16look at the size of that man
00:39:22major collision between teammates on his last pass rush
00:39:26well
00:39:27Bruce Smith
00:39:28Bryce Park
00:39:30a meeting at the quarterback
00:39:31now
00:39:34third and 13
00:39:36let's go
00:39:38there's no way they can hear his call
00:39:40his teammates
00:39:41another big rush
00:39:42let's go
00:39:43running for back
00:39:44running for back
00:39:45and he fires the ball
00:39:46towards Bob Pratt
00:39:47he's now able to a receiver
00:39:51now the bill defense stands tall
00:39:53and they'll force the Patriots to punt from deep in their own end
00:39:57into the win in this high game
00:39:58well the 12th man defense here is what they call themselves really help out
00:40:04blitz coming from everywhere
00:40:06that's uh
00:40:07Ken Earthen
00:40:08number 27
00:40:09it was coming off the corner
00:40:11and Drew wisely
00:40:12just get rid of that ball
00:40:14Tom Tupa
00:40:16back at his five
00:40:17stands in
00:40:18gets a long punt into the win
00:40:20beautifully done by Tupa
00:40:22Colton all the way back to his 28
00:40:23but he's got room to return it
00:40:26and Colton protecting the ball
00:40:27is out to the 39 yard line
00:40:31there with 916 to play in this tie game
00:40:34the bills will happen as the NFL on NBC continues
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00:40:47now
00:40:56big man doing the Macarena
00:40:57as the rain now comes down hard
00:41:00Kansas City extending its lead to 14 nothing
00:41:02over the Oakland Raiders
00:41:04the Steelers continue to lead Baltimore 31 17
00:41:06Washington up on the Bears after trailing early
00:41:10the coach continue to lead the Jets
00:41:12and here in
00:41:13Western New York Road to Park
00:41:15the Bills and the Patriots are tied at 10-10
00:41:18Kelly on first down
00:41:19locked it down
00:41:20field right into the hands
00:41:21of a waiting receiver
00:41:22Willie Clay
00:41:23the free safety for the Patriots
00:41:27so Kelly really served one up
00:41:29and Willie Clay jumps on it
00:41:31Kelly's third interception of this game
00:41:33I really believe that both of Kelly's interceptions are a result of the weather when the ball is wet you get the high ball it comes out of your hand at the wrong trajectory and play is right there in position to make the interception
00:41:48he's in an underneath zone
00:41:51he's got the flat
00:41:52he's got the flat
00:41:53starts out comes back in to get underneath the football
00:41:55that's a good play
00:42:00and the knock down is made at the 33 yard line
00:42:02and they're for the Patriots go first and 10
00:42:08to the run
00:42:09makes Sam Gash
00:42:11a 235 pound pullback from Penn State
00:42:13moves the pile some
00:42:15gets 3
00:42:16it'll be 2nd and 7
00:42:17Houston continues to lead at Jacksonville by 11 points
00:42:21Houston's gonna be a good football team
00:42:23solid everywhere
00:42:24especially on defense
00:42:25Atlanta leading at home against the Vikings
00:42:27Atlanta was 8-7-1 at home in the Dome last year
00:42:31the truck continues to lead Tampa Bay and Carolina holding to a 2 point lead at New Orleans
00:42:44Bledsoe looking deep
00:42:45he gets some time
00:42:46fired but he comes in low
00:42:48it'll be 3rd down and 7 from the Bills 30 yard line
00:42:51he was looking at Terry Glenn
00:42:52incomplete pass stopping the clock with 8-28 to play in the game
00:42:58Bills and Patriots will meet again at Foxboro
00:43:01on October 27th
00:43:15tremendous
00:43:16sellout crowd of 80,000 kicks in again on 3rd down
00:43:19Bledsoe
00:43:22...Needing 7
00:43:26Banzin delivers the ball
00:43:30it is incomplete at the 19 yard line
00:43:31that hit by Kendr adesso almost early
00:43:35on Terry Glenn
00:43:36who's really been in his first game become a major target for Bledsoe
00:43:38where Drew Bledsoe thought this was interference at the end of this play
00:43:42...then
00:43:43look at Glenn reaching out to see that once again
00:43:45see that once again this is the you know the wind ball and the rain plays a factor in that miss as
00:43:54i think it played a factor in jim kelly's interception before let's go thought that was
00:44:00interference the 38-yard attempt 48-yard attempt
00:44:07and a carry drills the ball and he knocks it up the upright again twice in one day he's hit the upright
00:44:15but for a couple of inches the patriots would have the lead
00:44:30fedex uses over let's look at adam vinatieri the rookie kicker out of south dakota state and
00:44:39he fanged second field goal attempt off of the ball now the bills with time becoming a factor in
00:44:46regulation still a lot left but they're looking to run some clocked out and run the ball as
00:44:52the big guy derrick holmes continues to run in the second half for thurman thomas who played the first
00:44:57half ourselves with his defense under his coordinators roe and belichick have been playing the run for the
00:45:05most part the bigger back has been working them a little bit harder in the second half willie mcginnis
00:45:10comes up to make the stop ourselves himself was a very good college linebacker wichita state all
00:45:15conference linebackers spent some time with the lions well he's going to be upset about what you see right
00:45:20there they have not taken advantage of turnovers three interceptions fumble a couple of missed field goals
00:45:27was the result big down now third down as you see two and go to the right here's derrick holmes head down
00:45:35he crashes ahead and gets to the midfield line he needed to he got four and the bill to drive on
00:45:41with 7 15 to play in a tie game with the clock running
00:45:48there's another real good look at it you see the lineman pulling out that's solid running
00:45:53very solid runner and he knows he's got the first down and the bigger back has produced better yardage
00:45:58in the second half yeah he's carried 11 times for 39 yards so he's starting to crank it up
00:46:03right back to home patriots hunting the ball they'll be looking to knock it free
00:46:09a gain of maybe two yards on the plate as the bills working with some wind at the back
00:46:15here in the fourth quarter also have a long-range kicker who has missed a short one today
00:46:21and steve christie the wind is gusting the flag not out now but it's it can get up real intense
00:46:28and later in the day it continues to blow harder the wind sweeping down from canada
00:46:34patriots with a loss in danger falling two games behind three teams in the division here's a free
00:46:39ball in the air and almost a fourth interception of kelly he tried to finesse the ball over the
00:46:44middle and the patriots slapped it back good job
00:46:46and the city now extending to a 17 nothing lead over the raiders
00:46:57616 left to play in this game you talked about houston beasley boy they are loaded with good young
00:47:03players yes they're going to explode on the league can city might be the most balanced team in the
00:47:10good everywhere good everywhere downfield here's a penalty knocker down at the line of scrimmage
00:47:18would be a holding call against the bills
00:47:20and that's what it is so the bills find themselves in deep trouble
00:47:31on a third and eight play they're called for holding
00:47:39you said early on like overtime in the first quarter this way these guys are going to knock each
00:47:44other around and play close looking more like that offense 10 yards third down
00:47:52that's on carbon lucina playing in place of the injured reuben brown
00:47:59calling for the holding there now basically got a real tough play call here
00:48:05third and you need 18. there's not a lot of plays in the playbook for third and 18. usually
00:48:12somebody defensively has to make a mistake patriots have been getting a lot of pressure from their
00:48:16front four and they have seven back in pass coverage
00:48:21kelly never knows when the blitz is coming the bills didn't get the playoff in time so it's going
00:48:27to be third down and 23. you can see the urgency in jim's face as he was trying to yell
00:48:34to snap it now to uh ken hole play a game offense five yards so third down
00:48:44ball moved back to the 36 yard line
00:48:48keeps up they might punt on third down
00:48:55kelly will be throwing a deep ball he's got eric moles at the top of your screen he's the fastest
00:49:00receiver the rookie well he throws over the middle he gets his man wide open and on the run
00:49:06is quinn early he could go to distance quinn early's gonna break it and go in for the go-ahead touchdown
00:49:11and the same result
00:49:37this time it's against whitney reynolds number 21
00:49:41lined up one-on-one just a quick three-step drop you gotta run towards the upfield shoulder to
00:49:48give yourself a chance to bring down the man and early is too fast you can't give him that running start
00:49:59christy drills the extra point still a lot of time left for the patriots to get back but the bills on a
00:50:05big big play on third and 23 take the lead as the nfl on nbc continues
00:50:12seven catches for 129 yards the left for 63 yards and the go-ahead touchdown well they brought him in
00:50:20here to do just that and he's earning his money
00:50:23and we'd like to welcome those of you who've been watching the colts and the jets game this is don
00:50:43crikey along with beasley reese our scorer here in orchard park new york the bills 17 the patriots 10
00:50:49as the bills have just scored on a 63-yard touchdown play well it's a three-step drop
00:50:55and he's done early seven catch of the day he's got 129 receiving yards that came on a third and 23
00:51:07play the crowd noise has been enormous here is the swing pass in the flat and curtis martin who ran so
00:51:15well in the first half but has been pretty much shut down in the second half receives the ball on the
00:51:20throw by drew bledsoe and is knocked down by the nfl defensive player of the year from the season ago bryce paup
00:51:29it's been a battle and a lot of turnovers kelly's been picked up three times for buffalo
00:51:34this is a man with a lot of confidence and a short memory puts mistakes behind him and he just kicked
00:51:39the big play to quinn early let's go go back to the run to curtis martin and he's hit by just about
00:51:48everybody in a blue uniform well this next play will put a lot of pressure on drew bledsoe the buffalo
00:51:58bills are sending in their dime defense the big guys are trying off the field in anticipation of
00:52:07the pass from drew bledsoe we'll see what he decides to do dave megis in the backfield
00:52:12they get a receiving specialist this is third down and the patriots need seven
00:52:20a pro and a catch and a first down to the all-pro
00:52:24has been coaches across the 35-yard line to the 36th and the patriots drive stays alive
00:52:35the reason we welcome the indianapolis jets game audience is because it's bad weather in the
00:52:40meadowlands of new jersey that's being temporarily suspended they'll go back to play when the weather
00:52:44clears this has been a tremendous game knockout hitting
00:52:51the patriots coming in with three straight wins over the bill bledsoe's hit hard
00:52:57and bruce smith who has two sacks and numerous pressures
00:53:01pops through bledsoe just as he releases the ball once again he's working against his off-season
00:53:07golf buddy bruce armstrong and today i've got to give the edge to bruce smith he's gone around bruce
00:53:13armstrong several times in key situations does it again there
00:53:20temperature in the 60s we've had wind and rain all day and group smith has been magnificent for the bills
00:53:26bledsoe 14 for 33 for 138 yards a throw and a catch by ben coach and he's out to cross the 40 to the 43 the one
00:53:37touchdown throw by bledsoe was to the rookie terry glenn the patriots top draft choice a 38-yard play
00:53:43glenn has caught five passes today new england has beaten buffalo the last three meetings and a lot of
00:53:50people told us that the reason that they think new england has been successful one of the reasons is
00:53:54that bruce armstrong has been able to nullify the game working play of bruce smith well today bruce smith
00:54:01has been making some plays you see how it turns out smith won the game last sunday against the giants
00:54:06with a sack and a forced fumble in overtime that set up the winning field goal
00:54:10bledsoe third and two takes a look on the run here comes the rush bledsoe fires and it's incomplete at
00:54:21the 45 but bledsoe quick to leave the pocket the bills pass rush rushing them out well i believe that
00:54:27we're with three minutes and 13 seconds left fourth down new england has got it in city it looks like
00:54:34they're going to go for it this is clearly a fourth down situation and the biggest play of the game
00:54:41earlier in this game the patriots on a very makeable field goal try late in the second quarter
00:54:46elected to have the holder tom tupa who's a quarterback also throw the ball it was incomplete
00:54:52and they got no points and twice the patriots place kicker venecheri has hit the upright for field
00:54:58goals that were no good field goal prize bledsoe stands in lets it go downfield it comes in on the
00:55:04one here's a penalty marker it'll be a patriot first down as ken urban was defending
00:55:10terry glenn so the patriot drive stays alive at the bills 42
00:55:20well let's see what happens at the end of this play
00:55:23it's a half-hearted play fake run face first down really can't see what happened there but
00:55:31the play does call for first down as a result of the penalty
00:55:34urbans made some big plays he recovered a fumbled kickoff by dave negat in the first half
00:55:43for the pass interference gives him the first down
00:55:47let's go deep drop here comes the rough he fires over the middle it would have been picked but
00:55:52the man going for the ball
00:55:55kurt schultz the bills free safety ran into one of his own guys he'd been running back
00:55:59maybe still boy this is not a good throw maddox is in good position schultz is breaking in good position
00:56:07that these guys it was such a bad decision throwing the ball that the two defenders ran into each other
00:56:12trying to catch the ball this can happen this can happen the weather projections in the meadowlands
00:56:18of new jersey are that the game should resume in about 15 minutes
00:56:22the colts and the jacks right now the patriots have the ball trailing by seven 302 left to play
00:56:29bills lead at 17 to 10. let's go fires and again he is off target again he's looking at the rookie
00:56:36number one draft choice he's playing his first game for new england terry glenn
00:56:43ill parcells we asked him why the patriots have been so successful against the bills the last three
00:56:47times three straight wins and really it comes down to we've played well in offense and defense we've just
00:56:52had good games but bledso probably said it better he said some of our better people neutralized some
00:56:58of their better people like armstrong against smith that's right he said they couldn't cover coach
00:57:04drew bledto's got to put a ball on target here the last few throws have been very questionable
00:57:11the bills wanted to get bledsoe throwing off his back foot and he's done some of that now they go to
00:57:15a draw to dave neggett and on third and ten looking to catch buffalo in an all-out pass rush
00:57:21meggett gets ahead for some yards but far left than he needed and now fourth down arises with
00:57:26244 left to play and the clock ticking down well fourth and six is a very interesting down third and
00:57:34six fourth and six there are a lot of plays you can call so the defense is under real pressure here
00:57:41you don't know what they're going to do you got to throw it there comes a blitz
00:57:49and down it goes drill bledso the great bruce smith with his third sack of the day
00:57:58you can't count how many other good things he's done though
00:58:02play one of the greatest games i've seen a defensive lineman play
00:58:05well here's the matchup again at the critical part of the game armstrong smith
00:58:14and bruce armstrong literally backs up until bruce is able to jump on his back
00:58:21there's another look at it
00:58:24that was too easy
00:58:25that was too easy and a critical down bruce armstrong has got to come up and challenge the
00:58:32guy stop him and give the quarterback time great play by bruce smith about as critical a down as
00:58:38they get as the ball turns over but still 220 remains to be played patriots with their timeouts
00:58:44and also get one of the two-minute morning but they have to get a defensive stop as the bills go back to
00:58:49the run and the young power runner derrick holmes takes it out new england and gets the ball with
00:58:5445 and that'll take us down to the two-minute warning
00:59:00the patrons are going to use the timeout before that then get another the two-minute warning
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00:59:42non-cricky with beasley reese at orchard park new york 80 000 lending their support to the
00:59:47bills in their home opener bruce smith who keyed the win over the giants in overtime with a set
00:59:52that forced the crumble that led to the winning field goal has been even better today
00:59:57derrick holmes runs the ball and second along and the patriots shut it down
01:00:02well that should take us down to the two-minute drill
01:00:08now as the two-minute warning is given there's a break in the action with the bills by seven
01:00:17overcast guys there's been heavy wind and rain for most of the day here in western new york
01:00:22rain is stopped wind is lessened game was played for the most part in very difficult playing conditions
01:00:28and jim kelly had a difficult day three interceptions it's 14 27 so far but when it was on the line on a
01:00:35third and 23 play he hit quinn early on a slam for a 63 yard touchdown play now derrick holmes runs the
01:00:43ball and crosses midfield and gets down close to the patriots 47 about a yard short of a first down
01:00:49down
01:00:54raiders are on the board but not with much as kansas city looks to go 2-0 and drop the raiders 0-1-2
01:01:02bill cowher is a great ray of rallying his pittsburgh steelers after a poor performance last week they
01:01:07rally back today washington after the bears beat the cowboys in their opener washington leading
01:01:12the colts playing good football this season looking to go 2-0 that's the game that has been suspended
01:01:19many of you are watching that and will be getting back to you you back to that game very shortly as
01:01:24the weather's clearing in the meadowlands houston look out for houston i'm telling you on defense
01:01:31you don't get any better than houston they're getting solid plays from chris chandler quarterback
01:01:39detroit continues to lead tampa bay as the lions playing their home opener new orleans hoping to a
01:01:45one point lead on carolina and here in orchard park new york with 153 left to play in the game
01:01:53the bills now set up to putt on fourth down a big rush by the patriots chris moore hits a high
01:01:58punt and the ball comes into the end zone for a touchback and will come out to the 20-yard line
01:02:06and that's where bledsoe and the patriot offense has the long field to go in a sense first and 80
01:02:11with 141 left to play they've got to get in the end zone well this is all the uh two-minute drill that
01:02:17every team trains for from the first day of training camp you could expect the defense of buffalo to be
01:02:24soft until the offense of new england if they can do so gets to about the 50-yard line they'll play
01:02:32zones and be very careful at first so it should be easy completions early on here comes the rucks and
01:02:40blitzer is swept under again ruth smith and phil hansen the defensive ends converge on him hansen got the first
01:02:47shot number 90. well smith and hansen are just padding the stats now fourth team sack
01:03:05oh blitzer really up against it now as the patriots
01:03:11digging in on offense looking to throw the deep ball here's blitzer and out pattern well done as
01:03:15he gets the ball out the flat to hassan grand he's out to the 27-yard line that will bring up
01:03:21third down in about four that's the kind of patterns you'll see out routes and um fake
01:03:28goal routes that end up in comeback routes where the receivers can catch it and step out of bounds or
01:03:33if everything's covered downfield look for shots to the back so that back can run out of bounds and stop the
01:03:39fall even the buffalo coach mildly said we can sense from reading the out of town clicks that
01:03:44blitzer was really uh under tremendous media scrutiny it's been difficult out for a young quarterback
01:03:51even kelly from a distance tried to give you some encouragement this week but bill parcells
01:03:56told us as he told blitzer part of being a great player is to withstand the pressures that come from
01:04:00being a front line quarterback jerry glenn right at the end of this you see him look quickly to his right
01:04:07because he knew he was about to get hit setting up his move before the catch that's a rookie mistake
01:04:13this is fourth down and the patriots need six the game's on the line here for new england a dump
01:04:19off to megan he sprints ahead he has the first down out to the 32-yard line
01:04:26the clock ticking down to 110 to play let's so calmly aligning his team without a huddle four wide
01:04:33receivers in the game he's gonna have to release quickly because the rush is coming he dumps it off
01:04:38over the middle and the ball is caught by megan running in the open field the veteran who was with
01:04:43the giants in a super bowl year dances out of bounds with a first down and stops the clock very good use
01:04:49of the clock by the new england patriots offense here they're able to step out of bounds on three of the
01:04:54plays one play was incomplete when uh it was dropped but this is very good use of the clock
01:05:00clock stops right there and when they do go for the end zone if they have to go from out here look
01:05:07for a double cut out and go stop and go four man runs by the bill flexo stands in hits it underneath man
01:05:13and running hard and getting open is will moore and he's out of bounds with another first down as the
01:05:20patriots have advanced into the buffalo's end of the field down to the bills 43 with 49 seconds left
01:05:26down i think the buffalo coaches will give them one more free shot one more zone type of defense and
01:05:33then they'll start to maybe take a shot at a blitz and go to man for man watch terry glenn at the bottom
01:05:38of your screen that's who they're going to be looking at soon here's glenzo looking at him he's covered
01:05:42he goes over the middle to megan and dave megan is down to the 37-yard line
01:05:48milo perry got him and the patriots take a timeout one key here bruce smith took the last playoff
01:05:54to get a blow because these plays are going so rapidly
01:05:58and that's critical because when that man's on the field bad things happen to offense
01:06:03so booth bruce smith who is a magnificently conditioned athlete they say you can get
01:06:16tired watching him work out he's ready to go back out they say he can break the stand machine
01:06:23he just wears him out and he's worn out the patriots blockers
01:06:34when we resume it will be second down and the patriots will need three yards for the first down but
01:06:39more importantly for the new england patriots is a touchdown that's needed as they're down to the bills
01:06:4417 to 10. ourselves team with two missed field goals that hit uprights today and also failing to go
01:06:53for a field goal and trying a fourth down pass play that was incomplete here is a throw and a catch and
01:06:59with the ball is terry glennett and he is down to the 18-yard line with 30 seconds left to play
01:07:05that's a good play by drew blitz so he bought himself some time by stepping way up into the pocket
01:07:12almost too far let's go stands in lost the ball to the end zone he faked like he was going to down
01:07:18the ball there's a penalty marker down it's going to be first and goal what a great call by the patriots
01:07:25offensive coaches
01:07:26they fake the stock the clock pass to the ground buffalo's defense relaxes
01:07:37they come up and throw it at the end zone so the defensive back just standing there in the way
01:07:42and a potential penalty pass interference number 46 defense at the first down
01:07:49that's a sucker play that's a sucker play and it works that's right after bledsoe
01:08:00now see you cannot you cannot look i'm an old defensive back i'm always for the defensive back
01:08:06but you cannot cut the guy's path off there was the fake bledsoe throws it up you cannot stand in the
01:08:15pass okay there you have the receiver's opportunity good call good call there you have it and it's
01:08:22first and goal for the papers with 16 seconds left they need a touchdown field goal doesn't help
01:08:27bledsoe pumps looks and finally throws it away with eight seconds to go man is this a game
01:08:37it has come to this good play by bledsoe there yeah wise play but now you're starting to run out of
01:08:43time for even though you have three downs left well the trigger is fast do you know he's going to
01:08:48look at ben coates well i was about to say there'll be three linebackers on ben coates and a couple of
01:08:53buffalo bill's fans that's where eight seconds to play dave maggots in the backfield now would they
01:09:03ever dare run a draw would be the last play if they did let's go look he throws it too high and incomplete
01:09:10and there are four seconds left and possibly time for just one more play that's another very good
01:09:17decision by bledsoe obviously well coached in this situation that thrown away ball is the only
01:09:23thing that could stop the clock soon enough to give them another play you know i like these games that
01:09:30could come down to that final kick oh man about it well it's third down they have another down but
01:09:37you can't run two plays in four seconds thank you houdini
01:09:46a draw play the mega and he stops and the bills win the game
01:09:49the patriots gamble and dave mega could find his way into the end zone he could not bill hansen
01:09:58makes the game winning tackle and the bills hold on to beat the patriots 17 to 10 and end the three
01:10:06game win streak of bill parcells and his patriots and a great sport and parcells disappointed as he is
01:10:13comes out to shake the hand of mark levy this is what this leagues are about games like this great
01:10:18football well you know you understand the call it's not a bad call sometimes you'll catch them napping
01:10:28just a good job by the buffalo defense look at all the guys hold their gaps bruce smith
01:10:33holding his gap falling to the inside bill hansen holding his gap falling to the inside closing down the
01:10:40hole the hole the safety coming up taking on the lead blocker to close down that angle
01:10:47good job
01:10:50so for bill person ourselves and his patriots one last chance four seconds left
01:10:59he won a lot of big ones and he's also known the disappointment of endings like this
01:11:02and the patriots down close in the closing seconds can't take it in and the bills win the game 17 to 10.
01:11:17now for beasley race this is don crikey saying so long from orchard park we'll be joining greg
01:11:22gumbel for the nfl on nbc postgame report right after this
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