1987 Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns Week 14 Football Game

Budweiser beechwood aged that clean crisp taste this Bud's for you by hewlett packard computer solutions from the people who never stop asking what if and by BMW the ultimate driving machine to arrange a thorough test drive phone your nearest BMW dealer it is a cold blustery day along the shores of Lake Erie and a sellout crowd of 80,000 settling in awaiting now the 35th renewal of a great intrastate rivalry between the Bengals and the brows hello everyone I'm Gary Gerald along with former Cleveland head coach Sam Rutigliano and there's a lot at stake in this ball game today the Browns of course struggling they were a Super Bowl contender a couple of weeks ago in the estimation of many at 7 and 3 but back-to-back losses have them scrambling now in the AFC Central right well this is going to be a 1950 game cold we're öktem Sock'em running game a lot of dirt a lot of mud outside right near Lake Erie but it's a dangerous game for Cleveland because they have everything again and Cincinnati has nothing to lose so look Gary for Cleveland to get the running game Adam mothballs get Viner and Mac back into the flow and make sure they take a lot of pressure off young Bernie Kosar now will the playoff possibilities on the line for the Browns for the Bengals they've been a tough luck team all year job security could be on the line today for head coach Sam white well Cincinnati is not a 4 and 18 they lost three games by a total of four points Sam Weiss he could put a little package on the Paul Browns Christmas tree with a Cleveland win on it he possibly could save his job other than that Gary Sam white really doesn't have much to worry about in this football game so grab your gloves and pull up your long east and I hope you're warm and cozy wherever you are because we're ready for a chilly afternoon in Cleveland but we think it's going to be a great football game Marty Schottenheimer who came within one game of getting the Browns to the Super Bowl last year currently seven and five struggling to stay alive in the see central little sunshine at the moment temperature in the mid 30s winds gusting up to 17 miles per hour this kickoff sponsored by Budweiser the king of beers Cleveland that winning the toss has elected to receive Browns trying to shake out of the doldrums after that stunning upset here last week against Indianapolis at nine to seven and the crushing loss the week previous in San Francisco to the 49ers 38 to 24 well Glenn Young is back returning kickoffs and Jim breech is not a deep kicker to look for a good return here's breaches kick right down the middle it is short it's not going to get the young it's not going to get to anybody it goes out of bounds at the 21 yard line puts the ball on 35 yard line which is the new rule this year except an onside kicks you can't repeat it the second time Bob Frederick is our referee today you see him here now illegal kick on a five-round the ball will be scrimmage to the 35 yard line so Cleveland will go to work with the football heard a lot about earnest Byner and Kevin Mack a couple of big back so a couple of years ago ran for a thousand yards apiece Bernie Kosar who just turned 24 last month at the controls Langhorne slaughter and Newsome are the three leading receivers Barron Rison the offensive line Ricky Bouldin out for the last few weeks with an injury and on the ground straight ahead Kevin Mack powering through yardage but there's a penalty marker down in the very first play of the day Tim from Ryan on the tackle and it's against Cleveland I guess it's holding penalty lot of emotion in this one today as you would well anticipate great series in Ohio offensive holding number 69 first down number one will be replayed Dan fyke the right guy you know what Cleveland's gonna have to do early in a game don't give Cincinnati any breaks early keep momentum going for them second now our first down the ball moves back to the 25 its first in 20 now for the Browns the long setback now suppose our backpedals to throw for the first time in and out of the arms of the intended receiver Brian Brennan been working the near sideline against coverage from Ray Horton who was over there that was a catchable ball hit right between the 8th and 6 Ray Horton was really backed off here's her defensive set for the Bengals from Roy getting all pro consideration from his coach Sam white even though he doesn't get the the media notoriety along with Edwards and scowl upfront linebacking core with King Zander Kelly and Reggie Williams Kelly having a fine year for the Bengals and their defensive backs Louie Breeden was scheduled to be a last-minute replacement for Horton but we saw Horton on that last play second down now for the brown just underway in freeway and often right straight up the middle favoring the left side of the line is Kevin Mack and Mack churning out close to the 30-yard line before the inside linebacker Xander is there with a tackle this is what Cleveland want to stay away from that's why the running game is so important you don't want to put Kosar in situations now where he's got a third down and 15 yours since now he's going to come with the pressure and these are tough throws he's where the sacks and possible interceptions come from herman Fontenot is now checked into the cleveland backfield and the bengals who have intercepted 12 passes this year will have the secondary alert right now Breda News playing on the left corner Kosar with third and long pressure from Edwards buries the throw incomplete at the 42 yard line trying to make the catch his Clarence weathers had a couple of defenders right there including the free safety Robert Jackson gets it updated catch and it would have been very close to a first down interesting week in Cleveland the kicking game under heavy criticism the last couple of weeks in Marty Schottenheimer coming up with big changes announced only yesterday Thursday lead Johnson the former Houston punter who last week was actually on the inactive roster of the Buffalo Bills is now on he's a fair foot left footed punter and here's his first kick in a Cleveland Browns uniform they'll be watching it closely as he gets in hi and a fair catch going to be called for doesn't get any kind of a bounce he goes out of bounds at the 41 yard line Mike Martin was back hoping for a return didn't get it Johnson coming in replacing Jorge Winslow who had just a tough tough week last week eight punts averaging only 32 yards you can see 29 on the initial attempt by Johnson high up there against the swirling winds in Cleveland Stadium shaking his head in disgust as the Bengals with a football for the first time from their own and boomer rooks and Killebrew are the setbacks it's Brooks not across the line of scrimmage - about the 43 yard line Brooks brought down by Bob Golic take a look now at the set for the Bengals Esiason Brooks and Kenna through in the backfield with McGee Brown and Ronnie Hillman who caught five balls last week in the victory in overtime against Kansas City you've got a tough line here max Montoya is back in the lineup starting today he's had back problems with just recently coming off the injured list he was listed third on the depth chart but Sam white told us just before the ballgame that he would go in place with Brian gledos and right guard still manages to get perhaps a yard the big man at close to two hundred and sixty pounds bullying straight ahead that time to about the 45 we've got a confrontation on the sideline right now between the cornerbacks and James Brooks 21 but Mike Johnson number 59 blitzed and he cooked Ken Abreu before he got a stock line back in core including to Johnson's Eddie and Mike Clay Matthews of course Lucius Sanford back as a starter now he's had some injury problems as well and the defensive backs Minnifield in diction you hear a lot about the dog defense of course and these the men who love to play that tight man-to-man coverage Stanford Jennings has now come into the backfield replaced in Brooks Jennings number 36 well no I'm sorry Brooks is still there kid Abreu is out we've been a question about Brooks because he's trying to shake off numerous injuries as well Visayas and with time passes completed on the far sideline to brown and brown pulled down at about the 44 yard line in Cleveland territory by Minnifield Eddie Brown with his 36th reception of the year picking up ten quick yards and moving into Cleveland territory Chris Collinsworth you know is not playing today as manufactured stressed on the sideline take a look at boomer right nice got good protection he's looking in the middle he comes off to brown watch the way Brown comes back to the ball makes a nice catch that's a lot more difficult than it looks then 31 Frank Minnifield makes the final play that was not as well phoned ball as I thought at the beginning excellent catch by Eddie Brown first down in Cleveland territory for Esiason and the Bengal Coleman the tight end who's over to the right side of this particular set boomer right over the middle completes the pass and pulling it in was the tight end Rodney Holman Mike Johnson there with another tackle ball is going to be inside the 35 at the 34 yard line Rodney Holman is one of the most underrated tight ends in the league take a look now as he comes off now he's one-on-one with Mike Johnson 59 now Johnson has very good coverage it's an excellent throw on a part of Boomer Esiason so after the first one was a little off target Wilma right on that time at the 34 yard line worth second down now gets the call he gets the first down and gets close to the 30 yard line before Golic comes in to make the tackle now cincinnati has not had a problem moving the ball from 20 to 20 all year long then now in the scoring territory position to score a touchdown for a field goal here's where they've had all their problems they just haven't been able to get the ball in the end zone I mentioned before that this is the 35th time that these ball clubs have met now in this battle of Ohio in the series is dead even at 17 wins apiece during the strike and replacement team semantics Interbrew trying again and not finding any room to run Mike Johnson spearheading the Cleveland defense and the big running back that time unable to come up with anything that earlier encounter that took place in Cincinnati saw the Browns win at 34 zip questionable right now he's going to get hit initially by 57 nets play Matthews there's the hit right there 59 Mike Johnson now you got everybody but the kitchen sink in there they knock kenan drew back gained less than the odd Cleveland's defensive unit leads the NFL and fewest points allowed this year also number one in yards allowed with a seven and five refuge pacing massage and with pressure completes the pass to books back down to about the 26 yard line before he was thrown back by Felix right Brooks and right now exchanging commentary on the near sideline well is it an aggressive defense and they're going to go after people can obviously do it the right way now he's coming on the bootleg Esiason goes away from the fake he's looking for 21 Brooks all the way but Felix right the free safety has good coverage they were in man coverage and the free safety had the back coming out of the backfield excellent coverage on the pot of right because if Brooks catches a pass he can add a lot of yardage third down little over five needed eight 54 to play first quarter now Stanford Jennings two receivers only one setback - iesson here comes a five man rush time completes the pass - Martin Martin at the 5-yard line is pulled down loses the football it'll still be Cincinnati ball however they got a lot they got a lot of different threats he had excellent protection and he found Mike Martin as a crossing receiver take a look at that 10 minute ticker because the big game is Buffalo at Indianapolis New England the only one of these teams to score this fire the early going everybody else scoreless scoreless here in Cleveland although Cincinnati is threatening right now with a ball just short of the 5 yard line they got a lot of tools Gary with Eddie Brown James Brooks and Ken Abreu from Holmen and Mike cotton is just another addition quarter past in the middle and ran let's emojis fake boomer to the end zone overthrows Brooks Brooks was open at the ball been there it'd have been an easy six was an excellent call and first down because the defense figure you're gonna take three shots at it on the run was a play-action fit pass and boomer just rushed it Brooks went right over the goal line in the middle and he was wide open he just threw the ball too high that should have been a touchdown Brooks has caught two passes for scores this year we mentioned that he's had injury problems basically an ankle has missed virtually three full ball games this season came back and saw some limited duty in the victory against the Chiefs last week ken Abreu gets down posted the two yardline challenging the left side Chris Rock and sweeping him off his feet Hawkins coming in there at 195 pounds against the man who outweighs him by about 65 pounds now we have a third down and two and I think what you're going to see is I don't think they're going to give the ball to Ken Abreu if they did that on first down they'd have three shots at it I think we're going to come right now with a play-action pass with Boomer Esiason running so we'd have the option either run it in put a lot of pressure on the defense and lay the ball wall possibly to a tight end neither Holmen or caddis Martin split wide left the right side is science and I'm the crusher sidearms that incomplete he was trying to go inside with the sidearm pass to Erik canis the tight end couldn't get it Sam plants he had to push up the middle putting pressure on Esiason and they had to touch down on the first down call take a look at boomer right now the problem is precious see the pressure he had problem with the snap but the pressure by Clancy 91 causes him throwing air in fro as a matter of fact he should have thrown that ball away and saved the field goal because he was not open that could have been an intersection on the goal line leading scorer in the AFC Jim breach on now for the field goal attempt now 82 Holmen has to be in there as a wing man but this hurts you ticket this is probably why the last couple of weeks however breach gets this one right on through the veteran Jimmy reach in his ninth year out of cow gets the first score of the ballgame and the Bengals break on top in this one by a score of three to nothing gonna be an interesting afternoon by the lake in Cleveland stick with us holiday greetings from Budweiser the people who bring you Budweiser wish you and yours the very best of everything this holiday season I don't go out there to think about how a customer can afford more computing power integrate workstations but sometimes out of nowhere it happens seems 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Cleveland will go to work now first and 10 this telecast presented by authority of the National Football League it is intended for the private use of our audience any rebroadcast or other use of this telecast without the express written consent of the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League is prohibited this game the property of the National Football League Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland bro those are at quarterback has a lone setback behind the tight end was some motion to the left side across the 35 to about the 37 yard line good surge that time for the left side of the offensive line led by Larry Williams and Paul Ferran this is what they're looking for right now this is what the running game does it gives Bernie now a second down and short or a second down and medium and his place election takes a lot of pressure off three nothing ballgame midway through the first quarter in Cleveland the event you've just joined us the Browns at seven and five against with four and eight Bengals with a football those are again going across the 40 no hesitation and then picking the hole nicely to the 43 yard line but good daylight running on a pot of Kevin Mack the hole was on the tight end side take a look at Mack right now hesitates hesitates now this is a good back he cell accelerates right through the hole and picks up the first down David Fulcher and Tim Crum ray hanging on to make the tackle here so we get a good look at Kevin Mack his top game this year 114 yards rushing against Houston he's had six 100-yard games in his career once again the third consecutive carrying for the third time big yardage cross midfield to the 46 yard line and they're going to do it until they stop it Cincinnati has been good against the run but this is a big strong back what Cleveland is doing is going one on one blocking up front and letting Mac take his choice 29 yards on those four carries putting the ball at the 46 yard line watch Kevin Mack his good lead blocked by 44 Byner and then he cuts back and he's tackled after a 10 yard game and Robert Jackson finally finer goes out of the left side said coach they're going to keep pounding away now the ball pops loose I don't know if he was on the ground the indication it's going to be Cincinnati's football Robert Jackson the man on the sidelines walking off with the football timeout is going to be taken here now with four fifty three to play and the first turnover of the ball game negating a good solid ground drive on the part of the Cleveland Browns we'll see if the Bengals can capitalize in a moment no one would deny that the Japanese are aficionados of fire machinery so when they've instead station in life when they can afford really fine machinery guess what they buy a car from Germany called the BMW 325i making BMW last year's number one selling luxury import in Japan this evening ken Edwards had a vision of the future not of time travel or cities in space but of his family Stewart practicing law his wife 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Newsome going back to the inside now let's take a look right now looks like Crum Rye and King number 90 there's the ball is going to bounce out right in the middle of the screen and Bobby Jackson number 37 there it is Bobby Jackson the free safety number 37 is going to come up with the recovery now on the first drive data penalty holding against pike which hurt the drive second drive that moving the ball very well on the ground particularly with Kevin Mack and they fumble in the cincinnati's territory getting the indication here from the public address announcer now that replay review it will stand his rule Dixon Holmen as the replay official today so they took a second look and decided that it would stand leading three nothing have the football once again with Jennings now corner dragged down from behind by Eddie Johnson trying to sweep wide to the right getting out close to midfield checking the ticker now Buffalo gets first blood against Indianapolis in that big battle in the East you've got New England on top with the Jets still no score at Philly between Miami and the Eagles Washington for the first touchdown of the day in the nation's capital against Dallas New Orleans leading Houston no score in Minnesota and Green and the Bengals with a football before miss iesson against the poor man look looks adopted Jennings just into Cleveland Territory at the 47 yard line Nettie Johnson in the middle to make that tackle once again what they're gonna have to do with the sizin they're gonna have to put some pressure and get the pressure up in his face so that he can't see downfield he's a very good athlete they showed a lot of athleticism they're laying the ball off to Jennings and Jenny's is having a great day you know he came out of Furman University he blocks well he's an excellent runner and one of the better receiving backs coming out of the backfield for Cincinnati Sam white has referred to Stanford Jennings as mr. reliable says he's really the unsung hero of this ballclub that's had such a emotional rollercoaster ride this season lost four games by a total of seven points down in less than a yard they're calling a timeout but there can't be any imagination here on who they're going to give the ball to give the ball to the big guy to get the first shot for you the first down foot boom are going off around the sidelines to talk it over with Sam watch so we'll pause for a moment as well 327 ago first quarter in fire one touch and the companion flies half price on Pan Am even to Europe Makeda the cordless power tools system more professionals used to work around the house or even build one Makita is all the power you need next Saturday the NFL place here when their Chiefs Cola Broncos before your team takes the field our team hits the air NFL live third and one coming up for the Bengals sham you would I would imagine there'd be a little more emotion not only on the football field but here in the stadium with what's on the line for the Cleveland Browns in their final home game of the year so as far as the stadium is concerned Cleveland has to do something for that to happen but the penalty on the first drive and the fumble on the second drive has given the momentum at this point to Cincinnati we got a key third down now and they're going to give it to the big guy the first down on a couple of extra yards to boot as he gets close to the 42 yard line just getting a little head of steam go on that time right up the middle always want that big back to get that critical first down yardage for you even if the hole is not there you give it to him and he makes his own hole take a look at kid Abreu right now there's a good lead block that was interesting James Brooks blocking 91 Clancy a defensive end Brooks at 182 pounds Clancy at 260 pound reverse downplay fake reverse groups with a football Browns had it diagnosed fairly well now a late penalty marker comes in Brooks was dumped at the 40-yard line and there was a late flag that came in there after Chris rockins was in on the tackle it's against Cincinnati probably holding here's the initial indication from Bob Frederick and will get his official announcement right now it sees a roof it's a run they fake to reverse because maybe somebody on this side will bite on it but they don't as you see Bob : running at dinner and eventually number 99 Derrel Sims makes the play Anthony Munoz was singled out for the penalty and that's going to move the ball back to the midfield mark mister all-pro man Yosh not that often that he makes a mistake in the spotlight that he gets caught boy he's been a great football player that was in a holding penalty on the reverse he must have pushed someone in the back so first down about 17 yards needed for the first down now as a sigh and back pedal sets up takes a look out here this will not delay an almost intercepted good defensive coverage by Felix Wright as Stanford Jennings came out and look at the reaction here from Esiason he wanted the flag but he didn't get it well we take a look at it right now you'll see boomer is looking for Jennings all the way looking upfield now he spots him he doesn't get the ball out far enough because watch now as Felix Wright reaches inside you know before the ball is caught both the receiver and the defender as long as the defendant doesn't interfere have the right to the football was an excellent play on the part of a Felix right on Stanford Jennings five defensive backs the left-hander rollin left now firing over the middle this one knocked away and almost intercepted by Eddie Johnson Johnson popped it up on the air made the dive but couldn't come up with it that ball should have been caught boomer was rolling out to the left to get some protection he tried to force the ball watch him right now he's going to the to his left so he gets some protection there's nobody open all you can sue see he's a sea of white jersey he throws the ball trying to go to Mike Martin and Eddie Johnson 51 sticks his thumb in it should have made the catch and I'll tell you what boomer would have had to make the tackle still close to 18 yards needed once again the Browns with an ample supply of defensive backs anticipating the pass Jennings the lone setback behind the Syosset becomes the four-man rush against the pressure completes that to Jennings at the 45 slides down at the 41 yard line he'll be well short of the first down play Matthews was there and Jennings lost his footing I'll tell you what the Browns are doing they're not getting any sacks but they're putting pressure on boomer because he kid doesn't have the time to get the ball upfield to his outside receivers and he's laying the ball off a lot to his backs punting situation coming up now Scot full hag who was the putter on the replacement team earned himself a job on the roster a few weeks ago McNeill who can be very exciting standing back at the 9 yard line his full eggs first punt of the day and of a low line drive and a fair catch ball at the 16 yard line so no chance for the cube to run that one back we have a minute and 22 seconds left in this first quarter still a three nothing ballgame the Bengals lead it this branch office automation project was a monster I figured a good workout would help me work things out hewlett-packard do you come up with something that isn't what everyone else would do is to keep asking those questions much longer till again anti-lock brakes internationally padlet suspension uncanny control conventional luxury sedans are built to survive accidents the BMW 528i is built to avoid them let's see if they're okay at Braun we believes simple is better than complicated order is better than confusion quiet is better than loud only through superior design can one achieve superior performance it is this philosophy that has helped make Braun the number one selling foil shaver in the world what's also helped is that no other shaver gives you a closer shave Braun now available in America when the apps in a one-hour special when the tanners lose out he makes some new friends to get back home special Christmas Monday Gary Jarrell along with Sam Rutigliano and Cleveland where the Bengals lead the Browns three to nothing and we'll be updating of course other scores around the league at various times to the afternoon on the 10 minutes IKAR keeping a close eye in particular on that Buffalo Indianapolis game where she saw earlier Buffalo jumped out to the early advantage with a touchdown was a Jim Kelly pass of 12 yards to Ronny Harmon Browns have to get something going right now then they looks like they really don't look like they got a lot of enthusiasm it's important for this drive now knock out a couple of first downs get B'Elanna 50-yard line they got into Cincinnati territory before but the fumble they have the Bengals the ball and they were unable to capitalize let's see what happens now is Kosar is ready for action fires on the fire sidelines incomplete he was trying to go to earnest Byner out of the backfield ball a little bit long off his fingers we're going to be going to New York now to update some of this other activity as we check in at NFL live all right Gary and we check in at the Superdome in New Orleans Eric Martin latches on to the Bobby a bear pass spins away from a potential tackler and goes 54 yards for the touchdown the Saints trying to win their seventh in a row lead 7-zip those are back peddling and completing a pass to Ozzie Newsome and that will keep that streak alive now at 125 consecutive games as Cleveland tries to get some muscle into their offense King and Zander with the tackle from the crowd salutes the wizard and he threw that ball through a pipe he had great coverage by Xander and King take a look at birdie right now he's going to come off on Ozzy late at the bottom of your screen now watch this snap on that ball puts it right in there with 90 and 91 the two line back is covering it very well excellent throw now got a third down in less than two quite a street for that 10-year veteran Ozzie Newsome need a couple of guys from a monster down trying to get the first down is Kevin Mac Tim crumb ride the nose tackle those in there and now we'll take a look at these scores he mentioned buffalo leading Indianapolis Indianapolis leading the Eastern Division of the AFC seven and five coming into Buffalo six and six to a very big ballgame and a big early advantage to the Bills Moreland's as we just heard from Bob Costas leading Houston Minnesota now a touchdown on top of Green Bay counting down the final seconds there you see time has expired here to end the first quarter at venerable old Cleveland Stadium before a sellout crowd of 80,000 he'll turn him around and come back the second quarter action in just a moment AT&T comes through with an advance to the marketing solution when the truckers down he needs service fast but where does he find help in the middle of nowhere that's why Goodyear turned 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the ball well Bernie just has to get in the groove get in rhythm get a couple of key passes just like he did with Ozzie Newsome and then take a look at trying to find a guy deep like slaughter Cleveland the ball club of course that got close last year to the Super Bowl all they got to that championship game but came up a little bit short hoping if they could get back this year and up until a couple of weeks ago they were kind of cruising along but then it's tough duty after the loss of San Francisco and the loss here last week Indianapolis the numbers and you see the yards rushing for the Bengals total 82 total yards 40 yards total for the Browns and 35 of the 43 got the first down and that the court Kosar looking to pass works it out here on the that's a block across the 40 to the 44 yard line with the tackle Kevin Mack just lumbering along out there for a 16-yard pickup what happens is you got your receivers going up feel Bernie lays the ball off to Kevin Mac take a look at right now bernie is looking upfield Mac is going out to his right stop stop now watch has one guy misses one guy misses right there number 90 King misses and as a result this guy breaks tackles and makes yardage up field because he flosses people to miss just underway second quarter including breach at 20 yards Newsome and motion those are swings go to the left side the mattress time and he's hit the line of scrimmage and David Fulcher boy he's one of the biggest defensive backs in the NFL and when he hits you you know it that's why they call him rock but they had a defensive lineman Jim Scout number 70 coming out to cover Mac vulture is 6-3 listed at 228 pounds don't find many defensive backs would even come close to those kind of numbers and he kept that to a one-yard gain he's a linebacker playing strong safety down on count it comes the Blitz they pick it up he completes the pass in the far sideline shaking off down to the 30-yard line that brings the proud to life shucks off a tackler and ends up with a 25 yard pickup that's the big play that they need lewis Breeden number 34 has got to take that five yard pass he can't knock it down as we look at Kosar right now he completes a five yard fist now the defensive back breed number 34 make the tackle so he doesn't wrap his arms Langhorne comes off and watch him he had now 8 10 another 12 to 15 yards as a result of a missed tackle he wasn't getting the football he makes a big play on his first reception here today bozer comes back on the ground and that pops through the hole on the left side of the 25 yard line but a penalty marker is down on the far side of the field looked like a wide receiver must have been offside on the part of Cleveland but no it's against it's against Cincinnati Frederick with the indication that it will work against the Bengals the ball is at the 25-yard line so they may decline the penalty looked like just about a five-yard pickup on that play well they'll take the penalty then make it break and fry down options being discussed here's the announcement from Frederick encroachment on the defense on the right end and perch down will be repeated that would be Jim scow in that particular spot who is encroaching that zone only a minute and a half gone in the second quarter Sam White's far sidelines watching his defensive unit begin now against those iron the Browns who have their first legitimate score finer is way out wide to the left is nuisance tax promotion to the right back to work the center once again gets a couple of very tough yards but that's about all from Ryan Zander there for the tackle take a look at it right now the play is on the right side what Mac is doing so well he's got good vision and good awareness and he's cutting the ball back well Ozzy's going in motion 82 now watch Mac get the ball deep now see there's no hole now he bounces back but there's somebody right there 57 Reggie Williams and 91 Carl Zander model 2 22 yard line second down to for the first down the 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game is brought to you by Mazda bringing performance and value together that's the mazda way bike wars the beer with a difference worth tasting boris is the one and by Magnavox smart products for smart people Magnavox smart very smart 22-yard touchdown fast Kosar to slaughter the Browns have the lead newly-acquired lead Johnson who punts barefooted but kicks off with the shoe now ready to do his number mcgee bussy and Billups in the deep spots for the bengals standing at the 5 and 10 yard line driving this one straight down the field pretty good distance back to the three yard line for busty out of the corner to handle gets up to the 19 yard line and now the crowds starting to come to life in Cleveland after that touchdown and a good kickoff by Johnson 12 35 to play in the first half Anthony Griggs on the special teams was there to make that tackle for the Cleveland Browns ball will actually be nosed ran out to the 20-yard line just the same as the touchback is Cincinnati now will go to work once again the nose on the left with Tech Boomer Esiason handoff to the big man Ken Abreu powering straight ahead penalty markers down waiting to see who the penalty will work against Kent Cincinnati looks like holding there's your call we indicate a problem with this now you're on the 20 yard line you're in your backyard a penalty brings the ball back to the 10 and what it does now is reduce your options in your offense effective holding so the penalty moves the ball back to the 10-yard line what you don't want to do now is have to punt from your end zone five defensive backs on the field now for the Browns Buffalo is extended the lead and New England Macon took life tough for the Jets updating all the scores now Minnesota and Green Bay are even as the Packers have come back to tie seven three ball game here with the Browns leading for the first time Brooks sweeping wide to the left trying to get the block to turn the corner able to get out only to about the 17 or 18 yard line before he's muscle down by Felix right but it was a good choice he picked up about eight or nine yards get half of it rather than try to take a chance on a deep throw back on your own 10-yard line were you going to get a lot more pressure Brooks a Pro Bowler last year we mentioned the ankle problems that had cost him playing time in the last three games about a 23 yard touchdown pass and that overtime win last weekend against Kansas City the guy they want to go to is Rodney Holman number 82 in Cincinnati he's being covered by a linebacker Clay Matthews number 57 Eddie Brown comes why the right side for the Bengals now the pitch off the Dixie sleeps to that side he's in trouble down back at the 15-yard once again Eddie Johnson and how many times have we called that name already this afternoon he's having a terrific first half defensively for Cleveland but it was a good job by ray Ellis the strong safety they tried a picks to the right same play they ran to the left but the strong safety rellis held it up and then your inside linebacker Eddie Johnson 51 made the play 10:50 to go first half starting to roared out for the defensive unit things are warming up in Cleveland on a blustery December afternoon Browns are a lot more enthusiastic right now got a lot more life both offensively and defensively you can see it with that defensive unit in the pursuit and in the hips here's a four-man rush on Esiason the pocket collapses and boomer is down at the 4 yard line Matthew's leading the charge Jenny Johnson was in there also Carl Hairston they all came surging in Esiason had to eat the football let's boom right now he's looking downfield he's trying to get the ball to Holman he's holding the ball bazoo Lee breaks through 72 first and then Clay Matthews 57 and 78 Carl Hairston finishes him off but the big problem is now you have putter is putting from the end line get a good return handle the snapshot full egg who had only 25 yarder on his first attempt here comes the pressure 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line manual King pumping him out of bounds as the eyes picks up his second ball of the afternoon that's what Cozart does so well he's kind of wide open we're receivers all over the field sends them upfield Ozzy's been going back and forth in motion take a look at cosa he sets up feel excellent protection cody does a good job on Eddie Edwards and there's Ozzie wide open to see that's what a good quarterback does take what the defense gives you don't force the ball and Kozar has shown a penchant for being able to pick up the defenses to make those little adjustments if they vary third season now plus just 24 straight ahead knack and again the big hole oh look out touchdown Kim and Mac those 22 yards for his fifth rushing touchdown of the season and boy once he popped by the line of scrimmage there wasn't very much doubt if any you can see those defensive backs didn't want to have any part of him when he put it in second gear see the offenses spread all over the field and if Mac gets one crack and he's in the secondary he's unusual because for a big man he's got tremendous speed and acceleration which he shown which he showed on that touchdown run that far on for the conversion attempt the Browns have struck quickly and this line just slides through the right uh pride it is good so bar two for two as he's come back after being activated here this week and it's now a fourteen two three Waveland lead to plays thirty yards using just 13 seconds here's the capper and it goes right through and caused Billups is just riding his back right now and it's a touchdown fourteen three Cleveland more profound than words diamonds get into the holiday spirit with something new McDonald's holiday chicken McNuggets in festive nine and 20 piece packs tasty chunks of chicken and two new sauces tangy cranberry with a twist of orange and sweet apple spices cinnamon better chimed in before holiday McNuggets are gone I was knocking my head against this networking project and hewlett-packard I'll just don't throw a bunch of hardware and software at the problem suddenly I guess if he asked enough questions hey hey you get some pretty good answers what if we integrate this they are called Olympic hopefuls but hope plays a small role here for it will take a courage or discipline and the sheer will few of us will never know and if their effort is true the late too would be known as Olympian Mack on the sideline bundled up against the cold talking with offensive lineman or line coach Howard mud and that line has really done a number haven't they Sam and if I were Kevin Mack the guy would talk to everyday is the gentleman with the headset that's how it would the offensive line coach because it's his five hogs that opened up the holes Johnson's tick it's long it's deep it's about five yards into the end zone or no chance for a run back and the Browns solutely Johnson for his fine kickoff and look at Johnson coming off here he's pumped up a little bit now too so the emotion that wasn't there in the first 10 minutes of the ballgame is now back in Cleveland look at this New England now 21 to 3 on the Jets as the Patriots try to stay alive Buffalo adding a field goal for a ten-point advantage over Indianapolis Philadelphia with the first touchdown against Miami no other changes here Washington still on top New Orleans leading Houston in Green Bay are tied here in Cleveland along the cold cold shores of Lake Erie it's a 14 to 3 Brown's advantage over Cincinnati the - pressure gets the pass away and we'll see if it's going to be an incomplete or and in the grass I think it's going to be ruled incomplete incomplete his arm was moving forward but had good pressure from Derrel Sims than the 99 and 91 Clancy take a look as he sets to throw it comes Golic 79 but the pressures coming from the outside 91 comes in from behind Sam Clancy and causes the errant throw to 28 Kenna broom reminder to our viewers that we'll be selecting the Budweiser Most Valuable Player for today's game at the conclusion of this contest he had some offensive spark early in the game they got the 20-yard field goal from but they've had a tough time moving the ball since klancy with penetration slows and and he slows him down enough Felix right can come in and seal off the tackle fancy with excellent pursued his Brown tried to turn that corner and Wright was able to muscle him down well that's a big play for defensive end because the Safety's supposed to make those plays we got a flag down and it's against Cincinnati again take a look at the sweep right now James Brooks 21 is looking for the first block he's got it right there but Plan C 91 comes off his block and for a big guy to make that kind of a play now he didn't make the tackle Felix Wright made the tackle but Clancy caused the tackle officials conferring over there where that hit was made he also on that replay could see why this turf is so bad and why it's tough to maintain your footing you could see them turning up it's loose in places they rehab to re-sod of course as they always do early in the season from the baseball field but they've had concerts here and at the other end of the field and there are places where it is kind of tough to get your footing and for tonight turned up number 75 on the offensive pain Paul goes against left guard Bruce rhymers of the Cincinnati Bengals don't know what the problem was but once again a penalty has put them way back now and remember what happened last time when full hag had to punt from deep in his own end zone this is going to be a tough throw because Cleveland's really gonna be coming is that hit right there Felix right 22 makes to play we don't see 75 blue streamers but that was a dumb penalty because of quick Cincinnati back in a hole then boomers got to make a very tough third down throw two out of seven since that time scrambling for a life fires no chance for a completion out of the 25-yard line once again the turf being torn up and waved one of the defenders reacted down there I thought for a moment there have been a penalty marker that was not the case it was Mark Harper who was over there boomer shaking his head in frustration as he retreats to the sidelines and once again Scott leg is going to have to kick that football out of the end zone McNeil was standing in Cincinatti territory anticipating the punt at the 45 it's not been a good day for forehead thus far comes in however the yards this one's high not particularly long at the 46 McNeal thrown back to the 50-yard line he's hit by Robert Jackson who was quickly down under that high punt that time from from full head the thing that helped it wasn't a deep kick butt at hung about 4.5 seconds which gave Cincinnati an opportunity to cover it and the field position is a lot better than it could have been it's at about the 47 yard line of Cincinnati 34 yards in that punts remind you Battle of the outrages Bosworth in the Hawks go head-to-head with McMahon and the Bears that's coming up next week most of you will then see the dogs at Cleveland nipping against Bo Jackson and the Raiders cost a lot of regional action doubleheader Sunday next Sunday beginning Eastern Time 47 in Cincinnati territory those are trying to capitalize while these hop completes another one ball knocked away it's going to be ruled I believe incomplete Langhorne stretching out against coverage from Horton didn't have control on the possession when he came down the ball squirted out so they'll go back to the initial line of scrimmage never had control birdie sort all the way hit Lang would them 88 right between the eight and eight and what he didn't do is when he caught the ball is to bring it in because the impact on the ground it burped out you joined us late breach got the Bengals on top with a 20 yard field goal and they let it Maya score of three to nothing then 22 yard touchdown pass Kosar to slaughter 22 yard touchdown run by the advantage that for big rush against who's our ball batted down nobody able to come up with at that time the pressure was coming and for one of the the first time today Bernie had one batted back in his face Kosar now six for 11 80 yards including that one touchdown take a look at coach right now there's a lot of pressure right in his face and we can't see it it looked like a 73 no it was number 94 from the bengals the 93 couldn't get his number clear but he was up real high in that side on the road we put delivery caused the knockdown so it'll be third down and ten that line is buried right now Thomas drops off shown in the Blitz try to get deep drop three minutes very quickly those are with time completes at the slaughter at the 30-yard line Jackson was there Billups was over there Thomas was over there but he still pulled it in slaughter picks up 18 yards big play because you know Cincinnati would have gotten the ball then he had him double coverage but it was an excellent throw and slaughter came back to the football so they get the first down and we'll take another look now at the coverage here on Webster slaughter take a look at slaughter right now he's being covered by Billups number 24 now watch come back come back come back just the fact that he came off the defensive back 24 and came back was the difference between the reception eight minutes five seconds to go first half Cleveland 14 to 3 against Cincinnati those are haz Newson and motion to the right side the middle this time gets only a couple of yards last time he carried it was 22 yards for a touchdown and Reggie Williams comes up with the tackle Indianapolis has scored now they have a field goal against Buffalo but the bills still on top in that very big game in the Hoosier dome New England breezing against the Jets with three scores already today Miami and Philly are even New Orleans has gotten another touchdown pass from a bear to Martin to lead that one now 14 to nothing Houston desperately in need of a win coming in Houston with a seven and five record tied with Cleveland and Pittsburgh in the AFC Central right now Houston is hurting down Tim tdys those are looking deep no opportunity there's time for Langhorne little bumping contest going on with louie Breeden down there no penalty markers down the big difference it was close contact but Breeden number 34 the cagey veteran was running alongside langhorne and he kept looking back also as long as the defense defensive back looks back at the quarterback just like the receiveth they'll never call it so it'll be third down and seven as we look from the end zone here number 84 that's the guy he likes to go to in this situation it's Webster slaughter we saw him just a few moments ago pick up a big first down play on third down wide to the left weathers for the first time today spins brakes away down to the 10-yard line Eric Thomas finally tripped him up got him by the ankle 17 yards on the pickup and that's the first carry for biner and they had him stopped they would have had to an attempt the long field goal but you know the thing that binded does well take a look at him right now it's a draw play he stopped right here he stopped that scrum rise 69 look at the balance as he gets up now he avoids a game but 53 gets a good block on Bobby Jackson and almost breaks it ball away for touchdown if Phillips 24 doesn't make the tackle or that's a spectacular effort by Ernest Byner to put the ball at the 10 yard line later gets the number again down to about the seven possibly the six off the left side with a slant ground offensive line we've got to be doing a great job well then knocking them off the line of scrimmage and Viner and Mac as we said at the top of the show take that running game out of mothballs because these are two very strong backs that cause people a miss and right now it's given Kozar a lot of control of the game Viner had a tough tough tumble last week inside the 10-yard line cost the ground is flying a chance to win you see he's been wrestling without all inside the five churning down too close to the two yard line they're not only getting the surge but it seems to me coach that those backs are doing an excellent job of keeping the head up where they can pick that hole and read the block and then make the best of it take a look at Mack right now gets a good block fight binder he's going up inside now watch his legs move never stopped almost goes in for touchdown Carl Zander and David Fulcher finally were able to bang him down with the ball at the two yard line now with third and about a one and a half needed they could get a first down without a touchdown this is an interesting call right now they're probably going to go to Mack but they could run a play-action pass Kosar flips it out all by himself meant for an easy touchdown now you call that one Sam it was right there and he was just wide open they don't come much easier Barney busty was out there in that corner but he had no shot at all Kevin maca was just a question of whether or not he'd hang on to the football well it's the fake everybody goes for the fake on Varna 44 and Mac is wide open there's no coverage on him 27 bussy really took a bite on the fake and Mac was wide open was a great call on the patil Indian fonti it took a little audacity but that's what you have to have down there and of course Mac is a good enough athlete and now they're up 21 to 3 and this bigger getting out of pants another conversion by Matt Barr and so after surrendering three points and struggling offensively early of this one the Browns have come back and opened up the big lead now at 21 3 you see the time remaining at 449 in this first half so they've had touchdown passes now from Kosar the slaughter of 22 yards the 22 yard rush by Mack for the score and now Cozart a Mac for two yo exit fake to binder and Mack is right there nobody's there buss see 27 as I said earlier bit on the fake the action was very good everybody felt they were going to give the ball to bind her and as a result Mack was wide open and Bernie Kosar found him for a 21 to 3 lead for Bernie Kosar now that is his 17th touchdown pass and you see the rushing yardage for Kevin Mack that's a pretty good first half number when you've got 6 through 7 yards put up there already good distribution to because Ernest Byner has run very well in the first half cincinnati spotted them I mean Cleveland spotted them three points 21 to 3 Cincinnati's got to get this drive going and get something on the board before they have somewhere Esiason on that sidelines talking with Sam White's getting a plan sorted out we've got ground ready to kick off like Johnson's hammered those last couple this one's gonna go to the bussy bringing it up across the 20 possibly to the 21 or so before he was dragged down Glenn Young was quickly down the field on the 17 yard return young man who used to sell vacuum cleaners door-to-door after he lost his spot on this national football league team a couple of years back has come back and has been a good special teams player this season Cincinnati the last two possessions put themself in a hole by penalties as a result they Cleveland got good field position both times and went in and got 14 points it's right they only needed 30 yards to series back there's last one was 53 yards before they got the score now the science and goes at a play ketchup football over the middle completes the pass to McGee to the 43 yard line Esiason of the bengals of course have got a lot of weapons early in the game he'd already hit five different receivers this is a 22 yard pickup to Tim McGee this is an explosive team Tim McGee's a number one draft choice Eddie Brown is the number one draft choice they got James Brooks they got Ken Abreu they've got Holman they've been operating in the hole for this during the course of this quarter but they need to get a drive down here and now not kick a field goal get a touchdown so they can get back in this game before they have and they'll be 21 10 instead of 21 to 3 Bengals on the negative side do not have the services of the veteran all Cris Collinsworth last week the big map breaks away out chuckle side and still on SP penalty marker down as he crossed midfield on the near sideline Minnifield finally dragging him down in that time the big guy lowered his head and rolled through a couple of people Gary here in right over 37 chris Hawkins rockins got up and wanted to find out what the license number of that truck was I think somebody got ahold of a face mask yeah that's the indication here against the brown so they'll tack on a couple more yards yes the hit right there he bounces right off 59 Mike Johnson take a look right now there's number 531 Frank Minnifield hits analyst I got family that's going to move the ball however to the 39 yard line in Cleveland territory so very quickly the Bengals have used up some real estate here down are on the move clock becoming a factor in this path with 342 to go important for the Bengals to sustain a drive here and to get some points to show for it 82 that tied in mrs. Brooks tripped up that's only a yard or two off the left side rockins there to upend him checking these scores the Jets have added a field goal against New England and Philadelphia now with a field goal to take a three point lead over Miami Washington with a field goal extending to seven now over Dallas no change in New Orleans still on top of Houston and no change with Minnesota and Green Bay because Pittsburgh's at the four o'clock game against San Diego and they lose today in the Browns win Houston loses the Browns back in the box place place but pressure for Esiason shakes it off throws it away out here on the sideline they came with 37 Chris Rock ins and Clay Matthews you don't have to sack the quarterback if you couldn't put pressure on him he's not going to be able to see the field as well and he's not going to get to his receivers and in that case right there he threw the ball too short so third down nine yards needed to keep this drive alive for the Bengals 301 to play in the first half Cincinnati trailing 21 to 3 this is a Baker now in as a down lineman for the Browns this is a big third down throw look for them to go to 82 Rodney Holman that tied in sighs and looking back to the Jenning stay on his feet 25 feet inside the 22 about the 15 where he was knocked out of bounds good effort by Jennings Felix right 22 had the thing tackled and they would have had to line up for a field goal 23 yards on the pickup as we look again watch his size and now he's looking for 36 all the way now watch 36 right now as he goes upfield see he Wright went to his feet he should have stayed on his feet wrapped his arms and looked for help don't ever try to make an open field tackle like that was particularly when you can tackle him and he's got a lineup to kick a field goal he should have waited for some help and stayed on his feet you could say the third catch of the day for Jennings came up with the first down the ball just inside the 15-yard line excellent sideline effort that time by Jennings mendl's are going to take their second time out of the first half boomer walking away from the huddle to go over and confer with Sam white and the reason for that is David off the defensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns uses a lot of different fronts they go to the 46 bad defense they go to a front where they use four defensive linemen and fall linebackers sometimes they're in a conventional free fall as we look at David o for the headset right now sometimes they're in a conventional three four and what Booma didn't want to do right there is to come up on first down and not be sure of the call because it's very important right now they've got four shots to throw it in the end zone to get a touchdown because the field goal is not going to help them they've got to get on the board and make it twenty one to ten that is the second timeout used by the Bengals of course you're allotted three and a half you see the time remaining and of course we'll have the two-minute warning which will also stop the clock here Cincinnati with a victory last week in overtime against Kansas City prior to that they'd suffered back-to-back losses against the Jets that was a game where they were going on down to kick what they thought would be the winning field goal and it ended up being blocked and run back for a touchdown and they have just had such a such a tough season well this is very difficult now Gary they're on a 15 yard line remember the defense only has ten yards behind the goal line you never want to defend the end zone you want to defend the goal line so we really Visayas it only has 15 vertical yards to work in so all his throws down here are very tough he's got to be careful because he's got to wait and when you wake you can get a sack so right now he's got not to take a sack and above all don't throw an interception keep the ball outside don't throw it in the middle of the field you mentioned the interceptions Cleveland all last year had 18 total and they came within a game of the Super Bowl this year the defensive secondary has entered nineteen passes being chased by Hairston that slows him down long enough that he gets only to the line of scrimmage he had to alter his line after he received the pass from Esiason Carl Hairston may be the oldest defensive lineman in the American Football Conference but he's not the slowest he came right off take a look right now it's essentially a lateral he just dropped the ball up throws it behind the line of scrimmage if he dropped it it was a lateral watch Hairston 78 hustle Big Daddies out there now he doesn't make the tackle but he again he causes the tackle he stopped Brooks from being able to get turned up feel and if Brooks gets turned up field is Big Daddy right there he's going to be 35 years old Tuesday six and a half sacks yeah we're gonna stop this one as it unfolds Brooks was the ball carrier but the whistles will negate the play I really don't like that call I think down here right now for the two-minute warning prior to the snap so that down will have to be replayed and we are at two-minute warning time Garrett they've got a second down but they can get a first down inside the five yard line they say time is what you make it at citizen we prefer making it beautiful citizen make red make boom make colors as bright as life the brilliant colors of life trust RCA to bringing to you on precision performance big-screen TV only from RCA the most trusted name in electronics I don't know where to start telling you about Mazda trucks they venerated first in customer satisfaction two years in a row they got the best warranty in the truck business it covers you bumper-to-bumper this 40 new SC 5 comes with everything you're looking at and it's still priced like Toyota and Nissan space trucks so I don't know where you start I guess it does make any difference you wind up here the NFL place here Seattle rookie linebacker Brian Bosworth leads up bruising Seahawk defense mastered in the school of hard knocks e NFL plays here Chicago but the Seahawks playoff chances won't be sweetened if they can't stop the NFL's all-time rushing king the Seahawks battle of bears the action starts with NFL live last year Sam watching the Bengals were ten and six this year they've struggled they're four and eight tough losses they're looking into the teeth of the Patterson motioned Esiason looking back to the nearside completes at the Herman Coleman tight-roping the sidelines gets down to about the 5-yard line before he's knocked now Benefield coming over and Holmen as they had the direction going left he threw back to the right side of the tight end well they had everybody going up field Holmen was not the number one guy he just laid the ball off to him take a look right now he wants to go up field then he just lays the ball off the Holmen key right now get as much yardage as you can but get out of bounds because they only have one timeout left but they can get a first down they got third down in the long three yards they can get a first down Shaw his port go out of bounds at the 7 yard line minute my pet they don't kick the field goal if they don't make this third down play look into for nearside Clay Matthews with the football he watched a loud boring he breaks a tackle in his bunk down Matthews picked it at the goal line he got about 30 yards or so on the return gave it to Hairston and Hairston lumber literally down the near sideline deep into Cincinnati territory and what a big turnaround that could be in the throws late watch boom right now see he threw the ball too late clay comes right inside and makes the play now watch play he's going to run out of gas close to the 50 on the clutch play no OOP he goes right inside the ball was too late now watch Matthews as he runs up field now eventually he's going to run out of gas he sees 78 his favorite partner gets the ball to garrison now now watch Hairston smoke it right now he almost goes all the way if he gets a block by 29 in for Dixon that would have been a touchdown now Cleveland's got the ball on the 21 but it could be a 14-play turnaround Cincinnati had an opportunity to get back in the game and now they may be very well out of the game we talked about Hairston the young 35 to be on Tuesday showing us his open field stuff that's I've to the 20-yard line after the interception was pulled in by Clay Matthews his third interception of the year for Matthews there's Hairston they have to get him oxygen Oh for the turn on the near sidelines renegotiating its contract on the sidelines right now and Boomer Esiason having a tough tough first afternoon Matthew's went 36 yards Hairston tacked on 40 more and the ball is at the 20 with a minute 34 to go and his Sam fatigue Liana pointed out this could be a 14-point swing because the Bengals were right at the goal line threatening and they needed it badly now the defense has 20 yards to protect see Clay Matthews head man-to-man coverage and he would have been fine Bora but when you're going to throw a pass like that diagonally to the sideline you can't be late the Browns go to work from the 20 you'd support after the spectacular interception and is an emulsion those are down the middle nice stretch with the three yard line is lame regi stretched out in traffic at the three lui Breeden on the techo and the browns are knocking at the door again great throw by cosa and that's the same pass that langhorne dropped a few minutes ago take a look at Bernie right now thanks to 34 Mack but watch the throat right in there it's a good diving catch but a tremendous throw had Breeden number 34 beat fall away wall at the three yard line 16 yard pickup herman Fontenot has now come into the game for Cleveland and will be in the slot on the right side as a potential receiver still in the backfield penalty marker down the ball was caught making the catch was Derrick Tinnell at ITIN but there is a penalty marker down and Bernie was little late because Tinnell came open right away and the penalties against Cincinnati with seven catches one touchdown this season waiting to find out if this will be number two Marty Schottenheimer wants to know is it risen number 53 in the defense put them right there like today they had to bid in what area and today lady and it was a breakdown in coverage on the part of Cincinnati now that turnaround is 28 to 3 instead of the possibility of it being 21 to 10 it believed that the number that Bob Frederick called and over the noise it was difficult to tell but I believe he called number 53 Leo Barker who was guilty on the infraction at any rate the touchdown stands Tinnell picks up the store good and Cleveland has a here in this first half after trailing three to nothing they now lead it by a score of 28 to 3 2 plays 20 yards using less than a minute and Kozar has been the architect but of course the defensive secondary set it up on the spectacular interception by Clay Matthews the lateral to Carl Hairston they moved the ball all the way to the 20 and then quickly capitalized in just 2 plays tonight like Cincinnati because he caught one in a replacement game when Cleveland beat them 34 to nothing and he caught another one right here but the thing you have to emphasize here the offense is playing well but the defense has had them in a hole twice the offense got too touched as a result of that and Clay Matthews right there who made a great great interception right on the goal line and then an outstanding lateral to Carl hey Olson did Hairston a defensive end and as a result of that interception the Browns scored a touchdown and they're up 28 to 3 Hairston still talking about you seeming to just see me on the sidelines was like great did I do the job huh nobody's talking about the wonderful catch that Hairston made Hairston made from the lateral by Clay Matthews NFL live of course at halftime Bob Costas Ahmad Rashad Paul McGuire though all update you on all the activities boy these games taking on great significance coming down the stretch there's another I'm Barney but see to bring it out for the Bengals Bengals have got to be dispirited right now as they had a great opportunity challenging almost if they Cleveland go aligned and it turns out surrendering another seven points to trail with 41 seconds to go you know Gary what was impressive about the interception was all the defensive players played a flag will be picked up and it will be first down and 10 all the defensive players on the part of Cleveland who now are in transition they were defending against the past now all of a sudden Klay intercepts the pass they didn't see it but everybody that hustled down and that gave a big game enough in his result of the big game after the 25-yard line now if they call that play at home there would be boos coming in from every place because what they apparently going to do right now is sit on it go in at halftime caucus then try to see what they're going to do with a 28 3 deficit it's gonna be a long road coming like conduct number 88 of the offense and sports from my conduct all against Mike Martin number 88 of the Bengals don't know what that one was about the boy right now everything going wrong as far as Cincinnati is concerned and that's got to be tough for Sam watch now Sam you've been in that position where you've had to take a team in where you're suddenly trailing by a much larger margin than you would have anticipated what what do you do in they halftime what do you what do you tell your troops then we will be as the play ended and it'll be from that spot 15 yards 28 to 3 Cleveland is playing as well as they are offensively and defend if you get the team together at the half and you tell them what a great meal we're going to have on the way back on the plane because right now Cincinnati is in deep deep trouble the penalty moves the ball back inside the 13 four seconds to go you saw Marty Schottenheimer indicate fall back where let's see if Cleveland takes the time out they're trying to strip the ball away the Browns are hungry they want to add more insult to this one Matthews and Hairston make the tackle on the clock stops at 23 seconds you could almost see on his face what's going on inside as it displays what's going on outside no one called for team timeout it is their first one in this half they have two remaining and a half this game was going well for Cincinnati a walk in yes poor field position penalties and mistakes you know they took the ball even though they're down 21 to 3 they marched the length of the field and an opportunity as I said to get going at 21 10 at the half now all of a sudden the game has got completely away from them and what they've done is they've put a lot of fuel on Cleveland's fire Cleveland's really excited right now as we look at the 10-minute ticker Buffalo has added another field goal so the margin again 10 in that big game and Miami is now moved on top of Philadelphia the Dolphins still trying to hang in virtually everybody alive in the AFC and that's what's making it so interesting coming down the stretch there's nobody really good that can be declared now Cleveland next week has to go out and play the Raiders and then the final game that you have to play against Pittsburgh and the East everybody in Pittsburgh and the AFC East everybody's in one pack they're almost all tied every week someone moves ahead I think if Buffalo beats Indianapolis today he'll both be seven and six track Indianapolis coming in with a seven and five record let's take a look and you see the division record on the right because that's if we get into the tiebreaker situation then you have to go to that division record central whippets Pittsburgh has the game today that's why you have rooks being chased down at the 7-yard line they'll stop the clock again Hairston in there on the tackle and now 15 seconds to go and they're gonna have to surrender the football well what can happen right now what if fifteen seconds left to go there pony from their end zone if McNeill calls a fair catch you can get a free kick so Cleveland can get a free kick and go ahead now thirty one two three so everything is falling apart for Cincinnati well and you look at the punch that full leg is made today and a couple of times he's had to kick from the end zone and they have not have not been long two of them were less than 30 yards watch a 78 Carl Hairston here as Brooks tries to turn to the outside Heston is right on him makes the tackle an open field now yes that is not making a lot of tackles Clay Matthews 57 made that tackle but Hairston is the guy that caused math used to make the play let's see how the Bengals lay this now as they have their kicker full Hague on with 15 seconds to go in the trailing 28 to 3 McNeil should move up he said move up right now because even fair catches it remember that clock stops also they could run a play and kick the field goal here comes the pressure it gets the kick off that's his best effort of the day the way back to the 45-yard his own territory he now that was a good punt under pressure that time by full hag much better than we had seen earlier with four seconds remaining now we've got a problem on the field and some fists or arms being thrown down there in frustration and that's a 47-yard punt but that's frustrations on the pot of Cincinnati right now that wasn't a good punt that was a great punt because there was 47 yards out of his endzone and they never gave McNeal an opportunity to return it remember he did that twice in the second quarter and they didn't punt very well and Cleveland used that good field goal was that good field position to go in for two touchdowns ball spotted at the 46 yard line I believe it's where it's going to be placed Marty Schottenheimer saw his troops early here struggling it appeared but then once they got on track they had just been rolling up the points delete a 28 to 3 and things have been going very very badly for the Bengals four seconds to play in this half see what Kosar who has already thrown three touch passage today how he elects to utilizers four seconds that through libraries to the right side sup has to go down to Annie's that'll go into the book as a sack bus he was coming in on a delayed blitz so we've read of dogs across the 35 after almost the 38 or 39 yard line before he is pulled down Mike Johnson coming up to help out on the tackle you see Clay Matthews in there as well for Cleveland there's Bob goalie you know yesterday it was interesting say I'm out at the practice facility looking around in the locker room they took us down we were talking to some different people Golic who is very much a free spirit and a character as you well know from your years here as coach as his locker decorated in the keeping with the holiday season he's got Paul he's got a nativity scene he's got wreaths up he's got a sound system playing Christmas carols in there it's quite a setup here's Ken Abreu working on the left side this time the thing that Cleveland wants Cincinnati do to do is take that time and bleed that clock er as we take a look at the ticker New England just hammering the New York Jets now 35 to 6 once again keeping your current on scores last week the Jets were down 27 nothing at the half to Miami on Monday night Houston struggling and that's a big game as far as Cleveland and their fans Houston Pittsburgh in season this kid Abreu getting just enough for the first down yardage on a third down carry crackin straight ahead Jeff we're mentioning talking about Golic in his locker our crew had an opportunity to shoot some some tape down there you take a look here you see the nativity set on the reads and there's those are speakers up there alongside the nativity and he's got Christmas music just booming through the locker room the pop Golic comes from Cleveland went to Notre Dame he was picked up on waivers from the New England Patriots second round draft choice but he's a spirited player but he's also a spirited individual he had his combat boots and his camouflage pants on during the practice sessions yesterday in the poll in Cleveland from the 46 yard line Jennings in motion gets it away going deep here's Martin he dives and he gets the score and that's exactly what they needed they just now put a tremendous impact right an injection of an antibiotic right into their offense they needed that big play to get back into game and they got it from Mike Martin from Boomer Esiason 54 yards only the 12th reception this year from Martin his second touchdown and it dives to the end zone to get it and the key to the play was boomer looked to his right and maybe hanford Dixon was looking into the backfield because if he was looking into backfill that gave Martin an opportunity to get the edge take a look at it right now it's an excellent pass thrown right over the corner man's head and it's clearly Martin's got a beat and then he does a good job of extending himself right into the end zone we might have a ballgame right now before the sexes deployed his twenty eight to ten breach puts it right through the middle and just like that opening the third quarter worth an emphatic and a spectacular Drive 54 yards on the touchdown to Martin it's a 28 10 ballgame now in Cleveland this long row of chunker's is that tougher Road for the famous void Bigfoot but what about open to the Ford 4x4 carrying a chevy tough advanced board makes it ford the best-selling pickup in America for the unleavened straight year every day over 30 million AT&T calls go through on the first try thanks to a remarkably intelligent network that forecast traffic anticipates tie ups and determines that quickest way around all in less time than it takes to dial the AT&T network you can call it the mastermind of long distance glad I got proof we're reaching further to bring your world closer AT&T the right choice being an all-around 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spotting the ball he ends up being pulled down about the 21 yard line he had progress well out across the 25 at one point take a look at boomer sighs and now he's going to look to his right watch and look to his right and it's at that moment maybe Dixon Dixon right now might be peaking in a backfield because Bob Martin really beats him he gets hit late but he still gets the ball off it's the one thing that Cleveland had to prevent gives Cincinnati any kind of life and they've given a life early in the third quarter no in the backfield for Kosar and the Browns there's to here dragging defenders now progress takes him out to the 30 before they throw him back to the 25 the overzealousness of the bengal defense being challenged by the partisan crowd here david Fulcher making the tackle david Fulcher is the kind of a strong saftey that plays like a linebacker take a look at Fulcher now 33 it's going to be on defense now watch Mac as he searches to try to find a hole good block by Newsome now watch 33 move his feet movers feet continue to look there's chrome rise 69 giving him some help and he got another good down in distance situation for Cozart second down and less than five good day for Mac was 73 yards 22 of them coming on a touchdown run log count the second down was our hands to Mack again this time not much working as he gets perhaps a yard or so straight ahead on the other flip side of this Cincinnati cannot allow Cleveland and go down kick a field goal or score a touchdown because it will deflate what they're trying to do right now it's a third down less than one they've got to stop Cleveland on this drive and get the ball back because the biggest factor right now for Cincinnati is the clock they can move the ball they've just hurt themselves in the first half Cleveland did a great job but they hurt themselves more so as the Browns come up to the line of scrimmage it is Byner and the two setbacks Brennan in the lineup split wide to the right on the ground straight ahead struggling Mac he's gone I don't know if he got there or not if he did it close I don't did him hit it he didn't get it because they stopped him the spot is beyond the 35 yard line they stopped them inside the 35 yard line that's a big play by Cincinnati's defense maybe the biggest play of this game thus far Hammerstein was in there to help out on the tackle see if they're going to bring the change in or whether or not they can just eyeball it and make a decision it's not even close Gary I don't think they made it and there's no reason for Cleveland to go for it right now the best thing for them to do is punt they've got a good lead defense is playing very well get the ball of Cincinnati but it was a good exchange for Cincinnati he'll Cleveland three downs get the ball back now with less than ten minutes to go Mike Martin drops back to anticipate the punt for the Bengals lead Johnson who first effort today as you can see when only 29 yards the barefoot kicker both punters barefooters in this game today and here's Martin who scored a minute ago on that 50 reception from Boomer Esiason Johnson gets off a beauty crowd loves it look at this pun that's going all the way to the end zone oh he hammered that one 66 yards and here's his reaction on the sidelines getting quite a salute from this crowd here they've seen the Browns suffer in the planning department this season and Lee Johnson's happy right now this is their third punter of the year and he just delivered a big one so the bengals trailing by 18 will have the ball on the 20 in a moment I imagine her brain whose left side is as brilliant as it's right a brain as artistic as it is logical that can calculate and create such a brain exists in the remarkable Apple 2gs brilliant graphics brilliant color brilliant sound to help you use both sides of the most personal computer of all your mind yeah I noted Ford Taurus as a very contemporary design in fact I really like the way it looks but looks 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mr. reliable according to Sam white pulled down by Frank Minnifield that time white said that this had been a a good week of preparation at with all the bumps and bruises who didn't have the guys do any hitting at all this week no pads and of course there's been a lot of criticism a lot of you would expect in a season that's been four and eight in the disappointment that goes along with that record despite all the close calls but this part was well prepared coming into this one today on the left side this time Clay Matthews spearheading the charge also Carl Hairston the combination that teamed up on that big interception we spoke up a moment ago and what Cincinnati is looking for when they give the ball to the big guy Kinder Bruin 1st down they're looking for a 5 yard gain as we look at the ten yard ticket they don't want Esiason involved now and second and 10 down throws because Cleveland is now going to just lay there is back and put pressure on him and his throws are going to be tight from the 30-yard line 28 10 Cleveland leading Cincinnati 7:45 ago there's a good look at the big guy in a rout 58 or 60 pounds the impression has to hurry the game might have had or was the rush on that time Matthews was leading the blitz coming from the left side with Hairston and boomer had to hurry that one that was in the Blitz they attacked Esiason they brought Clay Matthews and they bought Chris Rock ins 37 he's got his back turn because it's a play-action pass the moment he sets up this Creek Chris Rock ins right in his face now now that closed the Aaron throw and that's better than a sack because usually those result in touchdowns instead of just sacks Matthew maniacs are in attendance here with a lot of other fighters some fans of the Browse where the pressure was on the Browns just you know having lost those two ballgames coming defensive backs into the sideline I'm trying to go to the tight end Holmen who was pretty deep downfield just a little bit he had him but he was being double covered when 82 came out of the break he was wide open but Esiason just threw the ball a little too high it tailed on him and he had good enough protection to make that play coming off on the near side they got a good zuly warmer talking with sam white take a look at Carl Hairston he's just below lazuli number 78 lazuli 72 he's going to the inside that's Montoya just knocking him in Plato's knocking him back to the outside Cuba's hit hard McNeil at the 26-yard line pop down on that punt so 715 716 to go here after a 47-yard er in the third quarter it's still Cleveland by 18 Japanese imports have long had a reputation for giving you more car for your money but now that's just make-believe because Ford escorts the world's best selling car offers the same features as Toyota Tercel plus air conditioning power mirrors mass 660 powertrain warranty all for less money than herself which makes Ford Escort the real value now during forged leadership celebration get a $400 cash bonus on escort have already batteries and flashlights vital power you can trust when you need it the most long as I've known Tom I need help he's there see ya there would you look at you with mine the last phrase rounded up your head for the mountains poor and the beer that goes down smooth as a mountain stream sorry one about this in here the best and brightest of the bowls are on NBC as the number one oklahoma sooners take on the only team to have beaten them in three seasons the second ranked Miami Hurricanes a battle of undefeated for the national championship at the Orange Bowl New Year's Day college football's best and brightest are on NBC in the back row in the spotlight there you see Paul Brown the man who founded the Bengals back in 1968 of course a longtime head coach here in Cleveland from 46 to 62 his bandage saw his team win seven ventured south to Cincinnati not sitting here's Kosar going to the airport we went down on this one over the outstretched arms of earnest Byner coming on to the backfield and what they're doing is see they have earnest Byner out as a wide receiver and he's isolated on 37 Bobby Jackson to the strong safety and earnest Byner is going to win that one-on-one matchup he's done it all day long except this time he ran the deep pattern and Bernie just overthrew him minor comes into the game today with 45 reception big numbers AFC ladies Cleveland should not abandon their running game because it was good for them in the fire the way smarter wise under pressure is going to the left side that slaughterhouse reception at the 46 and staying in bounds at the same time but Lewis Phillips the corner didn't play the ball he played the men he had excellent coverage Bertie really had to throw that ball off balance and Billups over 20 for the Cincinnati quarterback should have played the ball and not the man take a look at it right now you see Bernie watch Bernie now he's getting some pressure by foot to 33 now watch Philips number 24 play the ball get your hand in front and knocked the ball down you got to pay to make tackles down there get paid to make plays on the ball surrendering some yardage slaughter 46 that was finer out there in front of him trying to put the Block on Ray Horton Horton trying to battle him off in the collision a helmets finally knocked him down 13-yard pickup you see what helped there was everybody on Cincinnati now thought he was going to go up off tackle it bounced it back to the inside but you saw a guy of max size how he had the bursts to accelerate get to the outside and he ran right by number 90 Emmanuel King the left outside linebacker Cincinnati and when that carry as you saw 91 yards rushing now they after those are completes the pass no it's incomplete we were somewhat shield King is over there with the coverage but the official right on top of it being questioned by Newsome but no reception and putting a little bit more pressure on the middle of the pocket I'm surprised that Cleveland's not running to balm war on first down because they're having a great deal of success case you joined us late Kosar had three first-half touchdown passes but take a look at him right now see he is running out of the pocket he needs to set his feet and stay that he's not getting that much pressure and because he threw the ball sidearm he didn't have control of it and you just can't throw strikes unless you're thrown with good rhythm and you got your feet planted underneath you they have to assume that this delay means that the folks in the replay booth are taking another look now that is just an assumption on our part see Bernie now is moving around the pocket is absolutely no reason for him to move around and I'll tell you something right now that is a catch and the official number 37 I believe is making a mistake that's Burrell Toller number 37 who was taking a look there and they are reviewing this play see Ozzy got both feet both knees down the ball was out of bounds but his body was in bounds well as soon as we get the decision from upstairs by Frederick the referee on the left of this trio here will let us know and let all of us know the amazing thing Gary Ozzie Newsome number 82 has not fumble the ball since 1980 as unbelievable stat for a guy who's caught as many passes as he is as we look at the the replay booth upstairs and they're probably right now arguing over a peanut peanut butter sandwiches corned beef pastrami what are we gonna do guys 37 I think you made a mistake I thought he was in bounds sorry the name Peter batani of the NFL he is here representing the NFL but I think Dickson Holman is actually listed as the replay official see both knees remind review by instant replay playing will not stand as it was called there for the kill G a second down however it is a completed pass completed pass is the keyword there right couldn't find that word reverse will be second down they only gained a yard or two on that one and Ozzy gets credit for a catch that's right that's no the announcement being made to the ninth place on the all-time list of receivers she's on the sideline for this play second down 39 right here he's outside Frank they got three guys to one side Langhorne the searching that corner clock running Kevin Mack with a football David Fulcher with attack good strategy on the part of Cleveland right now they've been running Mac up inside the first half now that bouncing to the outside take a look right now 81 to know is on 73 but the good block there is by Larry Williams number 70 74 paul Ferren makes the block that frees him and folks at 33 comes up and stops him not before he doesn't get another first down on Cincinnati's third yot 30-yard line Mack flirting with the 100-yard mark now 14 carries with five minutes to play in the third quarter guarantee he'll get it on this play go to the middle they get a bunch more as britain full one Brian Brennan to about the 19 yard line in the grass with Carl Zander and Ray Horton and Bernie Kosar took a shot from the nose tackle Tim Crum right that's why he delivered the ball a little late and it was Sidon you can see goes on right now he's limping just a little bit he's a little ginger right now take a look at it right now as we watch Kosair in the pocket look at 69 coming around 57 is Reggie Whitten and as the shot right there remember I gave him a pop all right 57 Reggie Williams was on a stunt and that freed from Roy as you see 69 taking a shot that's why quarterbacks get all the money because they deliver the ball and they take those open shots Thank You territory Browns leaders from 2810 to the left touchdown it'll go into the books as an 18-yard er Art Modell in the booth next door boy they're feeling a whole lot better in Cleveland today let me tell you and Kosar he's having a day that's his fourth touchdown passion the second to slaughter this one goes 18 yards I guarantee you slaughter went into the huddle as we look at it right now and told Bernie he could beat the corner that's fine too going up inside the ball is up to the outside slaughter beats Billups on the line of scrimmage if the corner and bumper run doesn't beat the receiver on the line of scrimmage the game is over and slaughter clearly was open and it was a good touch pass on the pole on the falls off continues his streak of perfections and boy his first duty of the 87 season the first week he's been activated you see a happy slaughter and Kosar on the sidelines on the Browns once again with a big lead the Black and Decker work mate about all it can help you do is clean up but at least it gets out of your way the Black and Decker workmate don't wait for something good to happen and make it happen with the clean masculine scent of English leather cologne nowadays when it comes to telecommunications there's a great deal of confusion with so many different products and services available it's a real problem knowing what's just right for your company well we have a way to end that confusion and solve those problems we can help custom tailor an entire telecommunications system to your company's exact needs no GTE Mustang GT for people who want more out of life and a little peace and quiet from Florida a star set at Aldi Bob Hope Christmas show with the all-america college football team Heisman Trophy winner Jim Brown the Bob Hope Christmas show now for the first time in his young career Bernie Kosar has had a four touchdown day he has thrown four for 14 of 21 for 170 yards two of the four caught by Webster's water and the momentum that Cincinnati was trying to generate has taken a serious detour now tried series they came back on the touchdown but they gave one up so that hurt but Kosar throwing the ball on good down in distance situations he's not having to make the deep falls because the running game bussy from the four yard he cracks out to the 25 and is pulled down there once again a penalty however has been detected and this one works as we so frequently see on the return team it appears mark Harper with the tackle on the special teams for Cleveland got a holding penalty against Cincinnati is going to back the ball back further they're going to be operating again from the shadow of their goal post they've had tough luck with the penalties today they've come at inopportune times and it seems like it just so many times it's pushed them back toward their own goal line instead of toward midfield well what's happened is since then he's operating on the field 75 to 85 yards long every time they have a drive Cleveland because of the field position they're operating on a field about 40 to 50 yards long so as a result Cleveland's got more points Cincinnati's penalties have killed them today mistakes the little sunshine that we had earlier in the day as you can see now long gone it is gray it is dank and cold here along the shores of Lake Erie as Frederick will give us the call Miss Mississippi Jamison was outside and that penalty will be refused saving team receiving team number 93 illegal use of the hands and walk above the lake right he's just got a teleprompter out there took readings very well is he number 93 on the receiving team and 478 that was offside was Hairston on the kickoff for the brow looking at a 90 93 yard drive right now Gary got to come up with a big throw on first down Baker has come in now as a fourth down lineman bad to the bone down there in the dog pound at least gotten them to she's throwing the dog Pistons in the on the field that Zubrin enthusiasm to a very big win here and try to break out of a tie in the AFC Central remember now Houston losing today and Pittsburgh the 13 that was in this tie playing the later game we still got a conference going on and an official timeout come on guys let's get it together getting cold thirty five to ten is our score you can see how the folks are bundled up against the elements now of course these people these are the regulars here at Cleveland that's Californians that come in this is cold us but this isn't really cold for Cleveland as a coach this is the Midwest played in grass and dirt and grime right outside Lake Erie this is where football was born and be made not to be played in synthetically inside under control 70 degree temperature with people with lounging chairs well look at this New England now 42 to 6 over the Jets in Miami has opened up an 18 point cushion on Philly Buffalo Indianapolis still no change there the Bills defense doing a number on the Colts Washington breezing against Dallas and know how the Cowboys have struggled Houston has closed the gap a bit on New Orleans in the 3rd quarter to review by inter a play play which banned as called and it will be first down and pan ok as called first down in ten ball at the 8 yard line since I'm adding their own territory Esiason with one touchdown fast today it was a for yarn beauty in the third quarter to open the second half / and with time but a Bartlett may have been tipped I'm not sure took a peculiar trajectory they heard his throwers trying to get the ball to Larry Kinnard row but he was getting pressured and he felt the fact that he was in his endzone so in that situation you got to get rid of the ball a lot quicker down to three and a half minutes to go third quarter much Carl Harrison 78 you got two men blocking him he got the center Dave Remington he got 75 sidearms it out and completes the ball to the no it is not the way it was intended for Jennings boomer did a good job of just trying to elude the grasp and get the pass off but as it turned out that one of those dangerous passes yes Cincinnati's out of sync right now that backed up and hold take a look right now remember the in the grass rule now he's going to step up in the pocket step up in the pocket right there he pulls it down now he's almost in the grass but remember why Bob going 70 on it's in the grass under control and that's the rule Bob Golic 79 was not under control so it wasn't a savage what for eight in that category warmer steps up and fires it out here completes the pass at the 30-yard line and pulling it in as Eddie Brown I'll tell you what Gary that was a big play by boomer but a bigger play by his receiver at 81 Eddie Brown who was stepped up in the pocket and threw for first down because had they had to punt from the end zone they would have been in deep trouble 22 yards on the pickup we haven't heard much of Eddie Brown thus far this ballgame today came in with 35 receptions and that was his first of the afternoon he's a better receiver when Cris Collinsworth is on the other side remember Collinsworth is sidelined with a good protection this time for boomer who watched the Gaudi on the sidelines and making that catches Miggy boy when you give us iesson time whoa look out while they were in a double zone over there with Minnifield up tight and Felix right in behind him and he threw the ball over Benefield and further right and Felix right the safety has got to make that play but it was a great throw but it's the safeties play on a double zone like that 45 yards on that pickup from McGee who played his high school ball here in Cleveland that gives all those rooters we were talking about that he has in the stands something to get excited about here though three receptions for big numbers 77 yards interesting right now boomers going to have the big numbers but it doesn't show up on the scoreboard they have ten points to show fourth thus far and they trailed by 25 it's 35 10 that dart into an opening in the middle of the line and gets a couple of yards before Clay Matthews is there to make the tackle forget about the running game they got to throw the ball on four downs we're going to New York now to check other activity on this very significant day with Bob Costas Dan Marino's having a good day in Philadelphia home for three touchdowns one to mark to pursue to this man Mark Clayton and the Dolphins lead the Eagles late in the third quarter 28 10 if that holds up and if Buffalo maintains their lead over the Colts there will be a three-way tie atop the AFC East everybody trying to stay in it interesting the Bengals trying to generate momentum nice pop there after Stanford Jennings made the reception over on the corner Chris rockins with a good hip number 37 that was an outstanding hit because Jennings would have turned that up and definitely would have got a first down now Cincinnati's got to go for it on third down again the clock will be moving they will not kick a field goal they don't make it on third down they're going to go at it for two shots so look possibly for a play-action pass here for a surprise then go for it on fourth down third down about a yard yard and a half needed the ball just short of the 16 yard close to first down yardage they stand him up though short of the 15 well the key is I don't think he made it but by the same token the clock is running right now they needed to get in there before the fourth quarter started because if they can get a touchdown it's 35 to 17 still got 15 minutes left to play but they've got to pick up this fourth down first down right now they got to make the audit it's gonna be less than the yard for Cincinnati and you can see we're inside the final minute now of the third quarter and the spot actually puts the ball at the 16 so he gained nothing so here comes a big call now they stop from here this game hurts me could be over they've got to score on this Drive for the defense to do the staffing the Bengals puts Jennings in motion fastened with time completes it over the middle Erik Cadiz cat is struggling at the one-yard line he was very close to the goal line on a good play right over the middle to Erik Gatos gutsy call on the part of Sam Weiss and Boomer Esiason the quarterback take a look at Cadiz now he's a tight end and he's going to go in the middle that's 36 in motion caddis he's on the top of your screen number 84 now boomers waiting waiting waiting then he lays the ball to the inside now he's being hit right there by Felix right almost gets into the end zone and it's a end of the quarter first and goal on the two yard line for Cincinnati so at the end of the third quarter it is Cleveland 35 the Cincinnati Bengals 10 we invite you to stick with us we'll be right back after these messages from your local station tonight in a surprising one our family ties what secrets will Alex's girlfriend uncover when she investigates this typical American family I'd always consider myself not being typical you succeeded introducing the holidays tumbler from Arby's authentic 22 karat gold rims elegant Holly design and yours for a special price for Arby's it's so nice you may want to give it as a gift or you may not holidays tumblers just $0.99 with the purchase of any medium soft drink at Arby's we on the selection committee feel that this new Cintas uniform rental program favorably impact employee performance safe and 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first play of the fourth quarter well at one touchdown pass to slaughter took a lot of thoughts out of Cincinnati 1780 back in the ball game got to play good defense on this initial Drive nine plays 92 yards the conversion by breach good it's now 35 17 Cleveland still in command the night belongs to liquor all Eric smart Oh Eric smile Eric wave to Daddy phooey since they got that little RCA camcorder I get no peace it's always he blames it everywhere dad oh well I guess some day I'll look back at this and laugh finally a VHS camcorder so small so easy to use it doesn't miss a thing trust RCA to bring it to you the small wonder VHS from RCA I have a very long Christmas shopping list a whole football team that my career depends on but my shopping is easy because they let me know exactly what they want ISOTONER gloves for men i buys the toners for the big guys and the superfast little guys and everyone in between because isotoners fit them all so this Christmas take care of the hands that take care of you advise the toner gloves next Sunday the NFL place here when the Seahawks battle the Bears before your team takes the field our team hits the air NFL live last week when Cleveland scored only seven points in the 97 loss to Indianapolis it was their lowest point production since 1985 today they have put 35 points on the board and 10 abreu go in the yard here for Cincinnati's most recent score their second touchdown along with a breach field goal and now breach to kickoff Glenn young standing back about the 10 yard line it's a very short kick they feel that right there no opportunity for a run back just short of the 30-yard line Tim Manoa number 42 fielded the ball was a short kick but then he dropped it and they got the ball on a 32 yard line Leo Barker was down there where the coverage will take a look at the touchdown run of Ken Abreu watch kid Abreu right now he's got to get a good block by a tight end good block by 36 Jennings on rockins then kindred just used sheer power to get into the end zone good look also in how he was protecting the ball with both arms as he got into the end zone caps it off with a little spike so from the 29 Cleveland now with a football leading 35 17 just underway in the fourth quarter big series for Cincinnati's defense the pitch outside that's maybe a yard before he's bumped out of ass you had the whole defensive unit led by Joe Kelly coming over there's we'll take a look at the 10-minute ticker once again now keep you posted on all these significant games look at New England and what they're doing to the New York Jets today oh my AFC East could very well go into a three-way tie at the end of the day if buffalo holds on to that lead buffalo beating indianapolis jets winning big Miami winning Worland still over Houston another significant game and remember Pittsburgh plays the four o'clock game at San Diego and they're tied with Cleveland all kinds of interesting implications just two weeks in the regulars finer and finer struggling ahead for a yard and that's about all Ray Horton with the coverage over there libido gets a lot of isolated one-on-ones very few backs could play as a plankton as earnest Byner does because he always draws the strong safety and he can outmaneuver that guy and he has excellent hands Ernest Byner has the hands of a receiver last year he missed virtually most of the season an ankle injury in the surgery and of course the year before rush for a thousand yards third down big play for the Browns and for the Bengals five man completes at the binary cross midfield and again he got isolated on David fuller the strong saftey birdie had the time to get the ball to him anytime you wrote a crossing pattern and he got a one on one if your quarterback has the time get him up with a big play Jackson finally pulled him down but not before he gained 23 yards gu is third down and five and now Cleveland not only has the ball but they're an excellent field position the Cincinnati defense has had opportunities but they haven't been able to come up with the sequence to stop the ground and get the football back from the 42 in Bengal territory by our emotion and off the knack on the left side of the 37 yard line possibly Tim from Roy again in their 13 minutes to go now you know run the ball on first down run the ball on third down keep the clock going they're an excellent field position right now the biggest problem since then that he has right now as they can't stop the grounds running or passing game and obviously the clock is the killer for Cincinnati see the numbers for Mack 17 carries now 103 yards one rushing touchdown he caught a touchdown pass as well of a couple of yards from Kosar those are has thrown for four scores in this one today Esiason has one touchdown pass vengo second school finer again split left slaughters to the right side now Brennan emotion picking the hole yards to about the 35 muscles back to the 36 yard line on the fingers trying to get the football and now we got Kelly going at it with somebody here Kelly and I earnest Byner to fight what's going to happen right now there's going to be unsportsmanlike conduct on the offense on the defense and they're gonna have their down take a look at it here now take a look at Bernie as he's going to hand the ball off on a off tackle play now Mac is looking for the hole looking for the hole Viner is obviously blocking on 58 right at the bottom of screen craft number 44 lay off her face mask loudly already followed the offense now that's a new one face matter he grabs you don't have four guys that are fighting yeah well what happened there is they got the last guy and usually the last guy that gives the blow is the guy that gets caught and the team is penalized as a result as we look at Joe Kelly inside linebacker number one draft choice from the University of Washington for Cincinnati oh he's been a good one too hey take a look right now see that's really not a facemask that's a takedown well they were tussle in there for a while and we just stood back and watched it ball moved back to the 40 yard line after down number two is over therefore it is third down okay third down by Frederick says 1204 to go Cleveland leaning 35 17 bangles obviously need the football they've been very successful running crossing patterns today because what they're doing to get isolated on Cincinnati safeties and linebackers with people that can beat that one-on-one matchup for wide receivers Cleveland third down Cincinnati's showing blitz five man rush they pick it up and burn slaughter chants almost picked off back there by Fulcher went all the way back to the 8 yard line and there was really no opportunity for slaughter to get close to the football didn't question whether or not david Fulcher could hang on to it and folks he should have made that play he's had three interceptions it's got three sacks and the ball was right there form and he might have gotten a decent return because right now with Cincinnati with the Cleveland punting Cincinnati may find themselves in the hole Martin back on the deep spot now for the Bengals lead Johnson who equalled a career record with a 66 yarder earlier out of his end zone and what a big punt that one was he's on now standing back 35 yard line it's this one off is the last one fair catch being called at the 13 my mark 11:34 to play here in Cleveland Cincinnati goes to work trailing 35 to 17 after we take this break stay with us it's a Radio Shack Merry Christmas incredibly easy to use the Tandy 1000 HX includes seven ready to run programs and it was on sale for 849 it even comes with the color monitor and runs PC compatible software the Tandy 1000 HX and color monitor on sale only 849 only at RadioShack what makes the Formula One world champion such a great race car computer program fuel injection dual overhead cams four valves per cylinder what makes this such a great Street car exactly the same technology decision practice performance from Acura you today's game is brought to you by Bud Light proud sponsor of the 1988 US Olympic team everything else is just a light by Kmart the savings place we're proud to say you've made us America's favorite store and buy RadioShack the technology store now you saw Santa on the sidelines this particular Santa has been here the last five years for a Browns game the Browns have had a victory every time the beer throw the sideline to Boomer Esiason will try to get his club back in it firing boat were throwing the intended receiver at the 35 yard line was Tim McGee boomers ball sailed it was going to McGee that good tight coverage by hand for Dixon and usually when you ball sails like that you got too much pressure on your back foot boomer does that a lot Miami by 18 still New England with a big day Buffalo holding Indianapolis to just three points through the first three quarters another activity today Minnesota and their playoff hopes getting a jolt here as Green Bay has gone on top now the Vikings 16 to 10 Vikings are figuring to be that at the second wild-card in the NFC the lone setback Walmart completes the Bosch catus the tight end of the 21 I'm gonna be dragged down because Rockets was over there and Mike Johnson one of the things that really impresses me about the defensive secondary at Cleveland they remind me of Pittsburgh in 78 and 79 they're great tacklers know people catch balls and guys are right there the tackle em and they really don't get that extra yardage and it's kind of a hidden compliment of the defensive secondary they're really great sure tough tacklers we have given up through the first 12 games of this season an average of 15 point 4 points a game when they've surrendered 17 to the bengals thus far in this one with 10:40 to the left turning into some real loose turf over there and pull down by Johnson couldn't be tight Gary they're gonna probably have to measure he might have made it but again there was a good flow he's got it there was a good flow of people going to the ball and one of the great things you look for defense is a very simple term people staying on their feet and going to the ball you always see three four or five orange helmets around the ball take a look at 36 Jennings right now he's got to get the first down now he's following Kenna Berwick it's a good block now he bounces out to the outside now watch the first contact by Golic right there now what's the ricochets it's like a machine gun there's one right there and here comes a bunch of other orange helmets right on the ball spectacular defensive coverage by Frank Minnifield most defenders back there in the secondary kind of licking their chops I would imagine cuz they know they're going to get a workout as well as the down linemen are saying we'll just lay our ears back and go after that quarterback now well this is the time of the game take a look at Martin right now on Minnifield he's going to the outside and watch leading he leans into him but the balls not up you see the ball is there too late had had Esiason delivered the ball when Martin 88 came out of his break it wouldn't have given Minnifield the opportunity to recover and that's the difference between a reception timing by the quarterback and receiver the ball should have been up in the air quicker it looked like that one look like that one say just a little bit once again as this time going down the left side deep bow spectacular catch at the 36 yard line by Tim McGee and for Dixon back there with the coverage Magee stretching out on the sideline abour that was a super individual effort well you couldn't have covered it better than hand for Dixon take a look at boomer right now he's looking to the right and he's going to go back to Magee now let's watch 29 and 85 85 now watch both feet one right foot see the fact that he fell to the ground made it an inbounds pass had he taken a step with his left foot they would have been out of bounds great throw by boomer outstanding catch by Tim McGee cuz Hanford Dixon covered it as well as you can that was for 40 yards McGee has made a pair of big gainers here in this second half penalty markers everywhere can Abreu breakin a couple of tackles to the 2936 Stanford Jennings was offside see the illegal motion indication here from Frederick clearly cranked made the tackle that time 190 pounds against Kenna bruised 260 and the same thing now it's less than ten minutes to go they're gonna have a first and 15 as opposed to a second down and two illegal motion number 36 on the offense put down will be ball move back now to the 41 yard line Jennings in the backfield they came into this game with a lot of penalties you know there's a lot of things that hurt Cincinnati in this games but penalties loom and mistakes really hurt drives like right now rather than have a second and two that got a throw on first and 15 but you know this thing's not over yet there's plenty of time left has been over 300 yards esteem and he gets a first down as he gets inside the 25 and down actually in about the 21 yard line Eddie Johnson banging him out of bounds well Cleveland came with the Blitz but the good thing about it was a Sian was laying the ball off to kinder blue in the flat right away so the Blitz didn't bother him he was able to get the ball to kinder borough take a look at right right now look at the screen speeds here life here comes Mike Johnson 59 but he's got a chance to lay it off to Kindle and he's going to get turned up feel good block by 85 McGeehan Eddie Johnson 51 makes the play 18 yards in the pickup for the first down 907 to play in the ball game you see the score 35 17 head coach Sam white the fireside line Martin doing the little number with a feat to pull that one in in the vicinity of the 14 yard line in a field again with the coverage and now boomer utilizing the clock well as we're still just over nine minutes to go tough coverage because buttons going across in motion and Minnifield has to chase him so as a result when Walton breaks to the outside Frank Minnifield 31 is behind him so well designed motion play then get him out into the flat and it's tough for the corner as he has to chase him across the entire formation science and this year had a hundred and twenty-five yard game put up some big numbers this particular play to the ten yard line with back being rolled back he was not on the ground coming out of there with a football for the brows that was Eddie Johnson who had his hands on it Remington slowly getting up who was trying to lead the surge there in the offensive line what's the first hit on Ken Abreu and then all the other orange helmets joined Kiner Burr was going to the left and the bother screen I watched right now it is the hit right there ooh by 59 but Eddie Johnson 51 he's not a big guy but he's a big hitter that ball looked like it popped loose there well then after the whistle No like no ii look at the ten yard line eat everything they can muster right now protection little pump fake going to the end zone no opportunity penalty marker doubt this one I believe is going to be called on Hanford Dixon Dixon on 88 Mike Martin in the end zone the ball goes to the one-yard line he beat him to the flag and rather have have him beat for touchdown he held them and so that they could just get the penalty and a chance I'm holding number 29 will be pushed down so this one will move the ball down ever closer to the goal line the clock stopped at 8:12 to go 35 17 Cleveland as we look at Messiahship Gary if they get this play in there were only two scores the way from put this thing in overtime all of the six yard line and a first down after the winning the game my cat us but he gets only a couple of yards okay the clock running I gotta check my rhythmic I need three scores but that's another dangerous rope that's the exact same throw to count us that he threw to Holmen that Matthews intercepted see kid throw that past late because you hang the ball right on the sideline and it gives the linebacker or the guy covered an opportunity to recover and make the play on the wall Canterbury the lone setback the news is over on the side is a tight end he caught four touchdowns in his they're looking for no good the noose set up over on the right side and went in motion to the left he caught a touchdown pass earlier this year the fourth in his career and that one wasn't that close well you got windows moving in motion take a look at when you're 78 right now and he's getting some pressure right there see the pressure is by Matthews number 57 which causes the errant throw but you don't take a tackle and put him in motion and a play like that if you keep him still it's a lot different take a look at Matthews who's having a great game had the great interception and lateral to his buddy Carl Hairston third down and goal ball just inside the three cincinnati threatening and they need it badly 35:17 they trail Ken Abreu straight ahead gets close to the goal line he did not score but he was close to the plane it's gonna be fourth and goal problem with this drive gary has taken too much time it was eight minutes just a few seconds ago now has taken a lot of time they got to get a bunch of scores and they can't afford to have wasted all this time because now the fourth down they've got to go for it now they're down to 703 at the seven minute mark noise being generated right the bleacher section of the dog bound and clean Gabriel did he get in yes he did the second effort on the lien as he spun inside ended up doing it he was hit initially it looked like a little bit short but he got in there and there's this fight to capital well the initial contact was there they needed some other people to come to try to stop him from searching into the end zone as we take a look at it to look at the second surge right now here's the first pop right here boom he's held up right there now someone has to come in from the other side and they can't make the play see it's the second surge that caused the touchdown a great effort by Ken Abreu 12 plays 87 yards but the clock a factor at 6:45 to go has breach is on for the conversion attempt a lot of points have been scored already today 58 thus far and now you can make it 59 and it is of 35 to 24 Cleveland advantage with 645 left to go well the Bengals still have a flicker of hope in life it's up to their defense now as they go to work in a moment Ron delight here ask for Bud Light light beer with the first name in case you know you ready for another round as everything else you think I'll get that bike at Kmart how should I know that broken windows gonna kill me and they forget about that stuff go back to your bed I feel sleepy over here the night before Christmas from Kmart the saving place Mitsubishi knows you on a truck to be tough but we also know you want more for your money Mitsubishi Mighty Max trucks give you more up to 2 point 6 liters of power a five-speed stick more standard features for less than Toyota Nissan or Mazda even the lowest priced macro can the new Mitsubishi Mighty Max trucks Mitsubishi suddenly the obvious choice next Saturday the NFL plays here when their Chiefs battle-ax Broncos before your team takes the field our team hits the air NFL live you see the numbers on the scoring drive can improve capping it off with the final yard and look at this configuration on the kick here now as the Bengals with 645 to go down 11 watch the football they faked the onside locked it down in the middle the shoulder catch down at the 25-yard line the reason they did that Gary is to fake the onside kick so Cleveland would not have in return it was too early to kick the onside kick and now Cleveland is operating from inside the 25-yard line and of course since then he's got to make them both three downs and pun so it'll be up to their defense as we check the ticker once again Buffalo pouring it on against Indianapolis interesting implications of this one now with a 22 3 lead Indianapolis had the one game lead and the AFC East coming into Buffalo threatening to tie it up this is a final Green Bay jolting the Vikings playoff hopes Borland still by 14 over Houston 5:24 ballgame in Cleveland with the Browns leading leave them with the football and on the crushing day gets nothing this time what Cleveland needs now is first downs they don't need to score they just needs first downs they need to make sure that they eat up Cincinnati's three timeouts with six 22 and the clock is running very important for Cincinnati the next time they get the ball to go to the no huddle offense they don't want to use their timeouts right now they want to go the no huddle offense hope to get another drive together then get this thing at 35 21 skip McClendon the rookie out of Arizona State made that last a code you see Esiason or White's plotting strategy if the beggars can get the ball back were at the six-minute mark exactly now pressure lot of them coming out please our he loses the football now was he in the grass the Bengals are headed for the endzone but they're going to bring it back Carl Zander had the football who could hear the whistle even up here in the booth would you believe that play it would have been 35 to 31 on a big play must have been in to grasp where they dodged the bullet right there with 5:45 to the go 35 21 Wow they had six maybe even seven men come on that to him complete crash there was a forward motion starting and then when the ball with him it's even worse it wasn't even the sack take a look at it right now his arm is moving forward that's an incomplete pass see his arm is moving forward he actually catches the net it's very very close so him back that his arm was moving forward made it an incomplete pass Charles ander was the man who got he also ended up with a football but to no avail well it's third down they got a fresh line protection looking deep slaughter Kosar delivers again when the pressure was on and that's the biggest play of this corner 43 yards Webster was on Phillips Lewis Phillips the right corner Cincinnati all day long now take a look at Bernie right now he gets it up fast and it's a great throw good catch but an outstanding throw they were coming with the Blitz there was no safeties inside to try to help them and that really hurts Cincinnati right now watch Brooke goes off see he sees it right away and what he does is get rid of the ball throw it in the middle and gives Florida opportunity to run did you see he was clapping his hands as soon as he released the ball Sam he knew that he had something going on that one big play big big play he was clapping before slaughter cauti waters had a day too from the 31-yard line actually we'll call up to 30 here's max go back on the ground puts up five of the 25-yard line for 40 to go in the ball game well the excitement continues here and elsewhere around the league as we check in with Bob Costas in New York well the Vikings were looking to wrap up a wild-card spot it didn't happen at County Stadium in Milwaukee the game is tied just over a minute left on a third and goal play Kenneth Davis takes the handoff and goes in from 7 yards out they missed the kick but the pack didn't care and they upset the bike in 1610 all right big day for the Green Bay Packers tough day for the bikes Webster slaughter has caught five balls in command here close to the 20-yard line with Mack just pounding away in there and we're down inside the four-minute mark now at 350 to go what a difference a play makes the previous play it could have been a fumble Cincinnati could have scored but you know coulda woulda shoulda don't win games you know ifs and buts were candy nuts Christmas Christmas Christmas is around the corner but it may be tough for the Cincinnati Bengals this holiday season Cincinnati's gonna have to come up right now if they make the first down you're gonna have to start using their timeouts let's check out the schedule coming up this is the final home game today for the Browns who used first down Cleveland has two remaining game they're both going to be on the road they've got the Raiders in Los Angeles next week and then they've got Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh of course has a later game a big one today Raiders playing later also against candy city and Pittsburgh going against San Diego so two big games coming up for the Browns with votes away from home there's playoff implications it just all sorts of them though they need to win this game and then sit comfortably at four o'clock and watch the other tooth because they're going to be in first place one way or the other from the 20-yard line 24 state rival Cincinnati this is mad you'd call it early today coach she said we were going back to 50 style of football the running game would be stressed here today and Mac with over a hundred yards picks up about three or four more before Fulcher could knock him down and we're down to the last three minutes of this ball game Cincinnati needs to use their timeouts the ball carries on Cleveland will make sure they hold the ball with both hands make sure they stay in bounds but Cincinnati needs to use those timeouts they got three timeouts and a two-minute warning they're letting a lot of valuable time go by the wayside but the big play to Webster slaughter was was the big one in this quarter the Cincinnati had some breath they had a chance seeing how that run desires pit up four touchdown passes just bulldoze in his way to the 11 yard line before they can drag him down and that of course keeps that clock running down to 217 from Roy with the tackle Tim Manoa leading the way that time as the blocking back for Kevin Mack now to 12 to go a timeout has been taken by Cincinnati well they took a long time in making that decision but right now Cleveland will run the ball they have an opportunity to get another first down and just keep the clock going so that they can bleed it and then eventually just to kick a field goal and they'll be up for 38 to 24 when you look through a Minolta Maxim any picture you can imagine is possible Minolta the leader in SLR technology with more autofocus lenses more autofocus zooms to help you capture more of the action we and Minolta Maxim bring creativity the ultimate system only from love my if you thought you had to give up comfort to get a close shave norelco says think again their revolutionary shaving system shave skin clothes in a way that's incredibly comfortable as the hair enters the chamber the patented lift and cut system lifts each hair and holds it a split second before a blade cuts it so it's possible to shave skin close without the blades even touching the skin norelco wrote attract wear close and comfortable come face to face one of travels greatest challenges is how to keep wrinkles out of clothes packed and luggage you've checked so Samsonite's hardside luggage has special features 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yardage once again mr. Mack that one just about solidly Isis things as far as Cleveland is concern Jackson made the tackle but had no opportunity to pull him down we've reached the two-minute warning Cleveland with the football more significantly an 11-point lead AT&T call white joints championships are won on draft day when future stars become the foundations of franchises which NFL team has the most first rounders on a trustor the Chicago Bears the Pittsburgh Steelers or the Los Angeles Raiders which would you choose I used to go crazy all were making a lot of long-distance calls who knew AT&T would come through with these new calling plans introducing pro-america 2 & 3 calling plans now we save money on every long-distance call we make we get detailed billing and we don't need special lines what's this paper cars money from equipment and networking from computers to communications AT&T is the right choice from Walter Payton to Jim Harbaugh 12 current bears were drafted by Chicago in the first round if you said the Bears you made the right choice well they've just about sealed their doom Gary with another first down less than two minutes to play and Cincinnati's got two timeouts and if frankly right now it looks like you know they're just gonna keep bleeding that clock well it's time for the most valuable player award sponsored by Budweiser and today we're going to salute three of the Browns yes MVPs Webster slaughter is won five passes 119 yards two touchdowns Kevin Mack is going to be our second co-recipient 24 carries a hundred twenty-eight yards three pass receptions for 19 yards and Bernie Kosar we can't ignore him what a day he's had with a career-high four touchdown passes 17 out of 26 Budweiser will make a contribution to the United Way on behalf of all the MVPs selected in today's game 77339 board attendance here at Cleveland Stadium today and they're going to be going home happy after two weeks the loss in San Francisco in the law they have bounced back impressively today they threaten again against the Bengals who else not much working this time try in the middle bengals taking the time out stopping the clock at 156 Hammerstein was in there on the tackle so got all in question now the final score mitsubishi knows you want a truck to be tough but we also know you want more for your money Mitsubishi Mighty Macs trucks give you more up to two point six litres of power a five-speed stick more standard features for less than Toyota Nissan or Mazda even the lowest priced macro can the new Mitsubishi Mighty Max trucks Mitsubishi suddenly the obvious choice the NFL place here Seattle rookie linebacker Brian Bosworth leads up bruising Seahawk defense mastered in the school of hard knocks e NFL place here Chicago but the Seahawks playoff chances won't be sweetened if they can't stop the NFL's all-time rushing king the Seahawks battle of bears the action starts with NFL live with less than two minutes to go Cleveland leading 3524 we checked the Browns report card reflected in our Co MVPs those are career-high four TDs back yards two TDs water as hot rod standard history 400 to the left pull down at the 7-yard line Robert Jackson wid the tackle and again the timeout is taken that will stop the clock that's a lot more difficult than it looked for a guy like Robert Jackson Bobby Jackson to make that play on Mac and open field he's a big strong back that bounces off people you know the thing that I like about Mac as we take a look at Cincinnati's report cot is he gets a lot of yardage against retakes tackler zone look at the average field position at the start of the drive they started their own at the 23 in the opponents tired of the 40-yard line well you remember that report that we had they had a possession on their own 30 they scored a touchdown they had a possession on their own 47 they scored a touchdown that a possession on their own 20 after the interception by Matthews has scored another touchdown in that period they scored four out of four times than the half ended they just you know threw one up for grabs well Anna fee NBC Sports presents a Saturday football special coming up this next week the Denver Broncos forced their figuring in the playoff hunt with John Elway and they cannot overlook the Kansas City Chiefs it'll be an AFC West battle next Saturday beginning with NFL live at 3:30 Eastern here on NBC Sports and later today the Raiders play Kansas City and the Browns would be going out to LA to play the Raiders and they've really had a lot of difficult luck and I started that streak to beat the Raiders and of course you know last year they broke the streak they finally won in Pittsburgh which is going to be their final game let's go second man brew gets to maybe the 4-yard line in the vicinity of the five and you see now the clock counting down the Bengals have run out of timeouts you have no further opportunity to stop the clock and this one well it's right now it's either to kick a field goal which I think would be good because mint bar needs to get into the groove he skipped decorous points but he hasn't kicked any field goals but and one and I think Marty should do that to get Matt far in the groove you know he hasn't kicked a field goal in a year right he came off too physically unable to perform list earlier this week and well welcome back signs are out here in Cleveland from that veteran who if he gets a field goal here would be his 100th in a Cleveland Browns uniform and of course they're letting the clock run down now to the one minute mark right now our has come on as has his holder Mike pagal you can take a penalty get a five-yard penalty which was very slot because now there's only less than a minute to go kick the field goal and Cincinnati is going to go home this year having lost the Browns twice with a record of foreign and you have to wonder what's going to happen as far as that coaching situation is concerned how much of the responsibility will be heaped on Sam why his shoulders touch spot to be in the owner code take it from me the sombrero is his no one else's here's bar the feel devil attempt that's good so the kicking game is back in Cleveland and the Browns rolling along lead at 38 to 24 with 52 seconds to go and you see his 100th field goal in a Browns uniform well you know the Browns cut Winslow that punter and Johnson came in today and did a good job the Browns moved Jagger on the move list and brought Matt Barr the veteran back because they want him in a stretch run four field goals and he kicked a field goal in five extra points today so the field goal kicker and the punter can be very important as they go the two weeks away playing the Raiders in LA and Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh they're gonna have to win those two not only the winded division but maybe get that home court advantage now where we be returning to the basketball court when a couple of teams that are rich in basketball history meet on January 2nd Dean Smith's travels his North Carolina Tar Heels to Pauley Pavilion they'll be taking on who Richardson the defending pac-10 champion UCLA Bruins that's coming up January 2nd when you bring you all the action at four o'clock Eastern on NBC we have a quick moment to thank our folks up here in the booth today John vet school and Pete Hoffman who have handled the spotting chores we thank you gentlemen Dave Montgomery our stats man in this battle of Ohio and as we mentioned coming in today this is the 35th time these teams had met and the series was dead even at 17 wins apiece now the Browns have tacked up number 18 it's all but official across the way and the booth where Paul Brune it was seated and his son Micah believe on the left their right balls going back inside it may be him coming out now the future of the Bengals as such a great season last year but such disappointments for this year being brought up by Eric catice at the 40-yard line pulled out not much that boomer and company can do at this point as they try to generate anything they can in this remaining 48 seconds after Griggs made the tackle on catice the executive producer of NBC Sports Michael Weissman a coordinating producer of NBC's football is technican Center coordinating producer of NFL live is John J Filippelli today's game here in Cleveland produced by Les Dennis directed by Ned Tate NFL live produced by Tom Roy and NFL live directed by Bucky Gunz see the time remaining as Esiason sets up to throw on the far side and completes his pass at the 45 yard line being muscled out of bounds is Eric catice we're going to keep the clock running however he did not get out of hours on his own son believable that catice would not know enough to get out of bounds and stop the clock like he was struggling trying to but Dixon preventive from doing that penalty marker down bass was incomplete looking a dive was Tim McGee and also in the vicinity was caddis and two things stopped the clock in completed passes and penalties and I think that penalty is on Cleland he paid feet holding number 31 the five-yard penalty first Frank Minnifield picking up that call got a final on one of those other games very significant game Buffalo has defeated Indianapolis 27 to three and Bruce Smith with a fumble recovery in the end zone for the final score for the bills so a big big victory today for the bills were now tied for the division lead with the Colts and the Colts get only three points and I think Miami's in there because they're beating Philadelphia it may be a three-way tie two weeks to go Beatrice to the next couple weeks here's the push against the steps up scrambles to the left side arms that out Jennings can't hang on down to the last 12 seconds let's check all of those scores now that we have an opportunity to do that final as we mentioned Buffalo over Indianapolis New England still way up 22 points over the Jets Miami and the fourth leading by 18 still so it looks like the Dolphins are cruising to a victory Washington comfortable lead over Dallas New Orleans still making a tough on Houston and the final earlier Green Bay over Minnesota Vikings playoff hopes getting a jolt here in Cleveland the Browns keeping their playoff hopes alive and maybe taking it off the respirator after a couple of times the way to Lorraine's victory with 12 being chased fires down here and it's victory Felix Knight going to run out the clock and he just says why take the hit this ball game is over he comes to the near sidelines with his fourth interception of the year 38 the 24 is the final in this one the Browns go 8 and 5 the Bengals now go 4 and 9 and for Cleveland two big ones ahead next week in Los Angeles against the Raiders and then at Pittsburgh well they have an opportunity Cleveland does to control their own destiny as we take a look at Sam Weiss and mati Schottenheimer you know one coach is drinking to one and the other ones stomping the grapes it's a great feeling to be on the side of Marty Schottenheimer but it's tough on Sam why she's now 4 and 9 and his job basically is in jeopardy was counting on getting the big win here today as we look at the Art Modell he's got to be a lot happier than he was in the last two weeks so why she could have won this game would have been big finish up strong and maybe saved his job let's hope that he does because I think it's a good football team they got off to a bad start this year didn't score a lot lost a lot of one-run games and let's hope that Paul Brown gives them another opportunity next year well the final on this one is 38 to 24 and it's a big big day for Kevin Mack for Bernie Kosar and for Webster slaughter they were three of the principals and a Browns defense that muscled up an offensive line that opened up the holes and they come up with a very significant victory after struggling as we mentioned a couple of times over the the last two weeks they had not been in concert Motty shuttin high Merced well today they were in concerts and they produce 35 points and they go on to this or 38 points with that late field goal of course that I overlooked there by Matt Barr and a very significant win well the second quarter the Browns exploded you know we talked about it a great deal but the field position that the defense gave the offense was unbelievable you know they they gave him the ball in a 30 days would they gave him ball in the 47 they scored again then since then he had a chance to get right back in the game Esiason throw that heron pass play does his act by intercepting it he laterals to here and basically the game really was lost in the second quarter that was Cincinnati that was the key one and now you see the updated standings right here if these scores hold now couple of them are not yet final but it looks like they have established either a win or a loss Cleveland here in the AFC Central Houston now at seven and six were about to be and of course with two weeks to go there are still a lot of wrinkles that could shake out and finally determine who is going to go to the playoffs so in the final score Cincinnati losing this one against Cleveland 38 24 we'll be back after these messages from your local station

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