1987 Week 1 - Philadelphia at Washington

[Music] ifk stadium in washington is sold out again that's 159 games in a row as cbs sports presents the national football league we welcome you to the first game of the 1987 season today featuring the nfc eastern division rivals the philadelphia eagles against the washington redskins good afternoon everybody i'm brent lundqvist along with john madden philadelphia comes in today as one of the youngest teams in the nfl that's exemplified john by the presence of randall cunningham as their starting quarterback well randall cunningham is a quarterback as buddy ryan says he's the boss man of the offense and you wonder today which randall cunningham we're going to see last year when he started a quarterback every time he brought back to pass he ran the ball one out of three times so they straightened that out in the off season in the preseason he only ran one out of nine times but the offense was very conservative it was boring cunningham says i have to make something happen i have to run more i have to go deep where he's going to do that today now that worries the redskins because they remember he did it to them two years ago and beat him a lot of folks around the country who not only think the redskins will get in the playoffs but might supplant the giants as the division champions and yet joe gibbs is voicing some concerns well the biggest concern that he has is his running game because he likes to run the football and he needs george rogers to do that he's had rogers very little in the preseason as a matter of fact he's missed most of the preseason with a turf toe he's going to start today and go as long as he can and i think they need that running game to keep the pressure off their starting right tackle ed simmons a rookie starting for the first time and he has to go against one of the best defensive linemen in football in reggie white i'll tell you that's going to be an interesting matchup and in the meantime the eagles will get the ball first they have won the toss steve cox getting ready to kick off for washington and the deep man evan cooper and junior todd latossi redskins have been a slow starting team out of joe gibbs but they did win the opener here against philadelphia a year ago 41-14 ron latossi [Applause] two men to beat and the first man stops him daryl green but a nice return from junior todd latossi and now randall cunningham as john said he's been called the boss and here's the group he'll face charles mann dave butts daryl grant and marcus cook starts for an injured dexter manly though manly will play some mel kaufman just out of the hospital yesterday rich malone in place of neil alfords and monty coleman and the secondary daryl green barry wilbur todd bowles who replaces curtis jordan and alvin walton with strong safety first and tenth overcast day in washington [Applause] in that defensive line and linebackers the offense for the eagles will have cunningham at quarterback anthony tony and michael headaches in the backfield mike quick and kenny jackson are the wide receivers and the offensive line it's uh it's been a problem for the eagles matt darwin adam schreiber jerry fury ron baker joe conwell and the tight end john spankle first down 10 on cunningham's rumble ball at the 43 and the sun starts to dig through the clouds anthony tony fumble [Music] redskins ball philadelphia had nine fumbles in the last two pre-season games that's a tough place to run against this team is inside that it looked like on that one that anthony tony who's starting his first nfl game as a halfback he just dropped the ball out it looked like it slipped right out of his left arm and went out the backside even before he was hit first turnover of the game gives the redskins the ball at the 42 jay schroeder at quarterback three wide receiver offense ricky sanders gets the start john warren the tight end is tight left george rogers who carried four times in pre-season in the first four games went out with a turf the first game went out with the third toe here's the defensive line for the eagles reggie white ken clark jerome brown and clyde simmons the linebackers seth joyner mike reichenbach and dwayne giles and the secondary which has been a real problem for philadelphia bill frazelle william frazelle albert fowles terry hogue and andre waters buddy ryan's defensive secondary gave up six touchdown passes in the last two pre-season games second and nine that's kelvin bryant now in place of rogers goes in motion through his hands incomplete the offense features jay schroeder at quarterback he is joined by george rogers art monk gary clark don warren and the hvac today is glenn dennison that's been a problem area because of injuries joe jacoby raleigh mckenzie russ grimm at center now r.c thielmann and the rookie ed simmons who will be watching against reggie white today as joe gibbs will as well third and nine and the h-pack denison is now in the lineup [Applause] flag is down schrader being chased [Applause] and that is a live football now we'll have to unravel this because there was a flag at the time of the snap if it stands terry hogg got it well he did that's the eagles ball offense penalty deploy first off yeah that happens in a first regular season game everyone is too tight they're all too tight and so you get the eagles get the ball they fumble with no contact you get jay schrader here he gets a big play watch down field blank denison number 89 is going to get a block same point denison gives him that block that breaks him free right there but then at the end he gets the ball stripped out time out eagles football [Music] turnovers now even in one apiece 1305 to go first quarter eagles have the ball back for the second time and buddy ryan will operate with a double tight end set david little and that's the first fumble of the last 10 games for washington trailers stripped of the ball brandon cunningham with one back in the backfield it's michael addis [Music] let's go back and take a look at that fumble william frizzell made a real nice play watch him right here schrader's looking this way he sneaks in and knocks the ball out strips the ball one of the things the eagles said they wanted to work on is that right there stripping the ball and coming up with turnover they worked on that the entire pre-season those things just don't happen fumble sometimes the other team makes them happen second down 10. anthony coney back in the backfield backs are split behind cunningham fumble mix up on the handoff washington has the ball rich malone had middle linebacker in place of neil olkowicz today cunningham was trying to hand off to michael havox and they just collided back there watching he goes back they just run into each other just held the ball because haddocks never did get it in fact that was anthony tony i think but the the quarterback in the back cunningham and tony just bumped into each other maybe next preseason they'll work on holding onto the ball but yeah yeah the other side that's right well that wasn't caused by the defense that was caused by the offense who did it to you we did it to ourselves first and ten no store washington threatens george rogers miami has scored early on new england blowing up in foxborough this afternoon rogers for the career between washington and new orleans 6 500 yards bothered by that turf toe which sounds like such a simple little thing john but it can be agonizingly painful i guess the the two most painful things that you can play with are a turtle rid of it just in time and throws it away deep in the left end zone i think he had to because reggie white was right on him you see reggie white is going to chase him he has good speed he starts here schrader starts here he comes all the way he didn't have anything open over in here so he had to throw the ball but watch what happens when you get that speed coming from your backside white just goes right through denison you see it right there if he doesn't throw that ball away he's going to take a sack and a loss officials have called the timeout so the clock is stopped with 11 37 remaining in the first quarter we're scoreless thus far timeout was called by the officials because of an injury to jay schroeder and then charged the redskins and schroeder came over was looked at and is back in the lineup 4 109 yards last year terrific season in his first full year as a starter he took a real shot from reggie white one when he hit him and then two when he drove him into the ground he got the shoulder on the hit and then the shoulder on the ground third and nine no score 7 37 to go first quarter gwen dennison both wide right [Music] just behind jerome brown of the eagles mike pitts just acquired from atlanta was the man who knifed through and he was on the same side over there as reggie white that's what we talked about earlier if they get in passing downs that's going to give them trouble all day that side because they have reggie white over there who's one of the best and then they have a rookie ed simmons who's trying to block him and that's not going to work if you have to pass the ball here's the much traveled jess atkinson on the try the field goal now for washington seven of nine in pre-season had a good playoff series last year six of six at the end of the year and he's good on his first effort of 1987. so the redskins are able to get three on the second philadelphia turnover of the first quarter and they're up three nothing with 11 30 to go first quarter don't forget weather permitting will have the men's final of the u.s open tennis championship next yvonne lindell who dispatched jimmy connors yesterday against matt sveelander who had to go some to defeat stefan edberg that's scheduled to come up next on cbs and we'll keep you posted on how the weather is in new york it was raining as you may have seen on the nfl today and they may or may not be able to play but that'll be a dandy if they if they do get it there orlando was playing well well that's not a bad average 51-5 when they score first and jay schroeder still getting help on the sideline the backup of course is doug williams who threw exactly one pass last year for the redskins it was interesting we were talking to jay schroeder yesterday and he was saying in that giant game in a championship game he was knocked out by jim burt and he played the last four minutes and he doesn't even know it or remember it he went in the locker room they had to cut his uniform off and it was an hour and 45 minutes before he came too steve cox with the kick cooper and totally tossing the defender kevin cooper a lot of room out of bounds a flag is down back at the 26-yard line daryl green made the tackle on the special teams and that has to be against the eagles it seems like that's one area where we always see penalties is on the return blocking from behind blocking in the back illegal block number 56 receiving team 10 yards first down there's jay schroeder on the sidelines i'll tell you that shoulder is bothering watch it here reggie white hits him there and then watch when it hits the ground see he puts all his weight everything is driven right on that shoulder of course and he's having a tough time there i mean you can see that he's having a tough time lifting it and doug williams is starting to warm up that was cliff vincent working with him david little again again as a double tight end cunningham will throw on first down by the tight a remarkable comeback in buddy ryan's braces in one year well a year ago he worked as an investment banker in the off season in philadelphia and that upset buddy ryan he didn't like that this year he worked as a football player and it was funny we saw him on the field before the game in a t-shirt and he got a new body the guy made himself a new body that's a good investment [Music] daryl grant number 77 got there dale grant didn't pay any attention to a draw he just starts straight ahead he's just running straight ahead there's toddler dossier's going to come back and run that delay grant's just sitting right there waiting for him i'll tell you when you get grant sitting there waiting for something you got a big guy sitting and waiting there look at those arms they look like legs growing out of his shoulders third and nine eagles greg guaranty comes in as a third wide receiver he's wide left jackson and quick are wide right mike quick [Music] marcus cook who's starting in places next to manly today last year philadelphia was sacked 104 times the quarterbacks if mark is quick they didn't even block him watch him he's right there he just runs straight through and no one touches them look i mean he's there he's reduced he's inside the tackle turns out the guard turns in and hurt comes cooked straight up the middle that's not a mis-block that's a missed design matt darwin was the tackle who went left short punt taken by eric yarber number 80. and he's down at the 38 yard line but the travails of philadelphia continue they've lost two fumbles they've had their quarterback sacked for the first time in 87 and doug williams is the new washington quarterback 9 34 to go first quarter washington up 3-0 on a jess atkinson field goal and following that short punt doug williams has come on in place of jay schroeder who has been taken to the locker room for x-rays williams 12 000 yards for his career most of which was spent in tampa then in the usfl and as a backup quarterback he attempted one pass in 86 that was incomplete against the dallas cowboys three wide receivers said rogers goes inside the 35 near the 32 and simmers leading the way let's check you uh on other scores pittsburgh an early lead over the 49ers and cincinnati has gone on top of indianapolis rams with a field goal lead over houston down in the astrodome same for detroit over minnesota and saint louis leads dallas three-nothing first quarter second down and six redskins they have a three-nothing lead nine minutes to go first quarter [Music] yard line by seth joyner number 59 that's the way the redskins can get in a power formation and you don't know which way it's going to go you take your tight end donnie warren who's their best blocker and you put him in the backfield now they can run the ball either right or left and let him lead it redskins have clint didier on injured reserve terry orr on injured reserve and they signed glenn dennison as a tight end or an hvac rather and then cliff benson so warren is really the only healthy one with experience at that spot for [Applause] near the 28th albert fouls with a defensive job number 29. that's an interesting battle out there when you get fouls out there and gary clark because the ball was thrown and completed short of the first down a day on the rest of the play clark beat fouls by being able to pick up that extra yard i think this guy here is one of the best players and one of the most most you know uh underrated underrated players in the league yeah i think he is gary clark that's my job and he has a shoulder pad hanging out i love it he's going to run the pattern with half first and ten williams looks his way [Music] inside the 20 to the 19. you know the redskins only carried two quarterbacks now if you wonder what happens now you have trainers doug williams and what happens who's the third quarterback the third quarterback is number 68. yeah he was a quarterback in high school backfield in motion our motion call joe gibbs looking on john did you get us nervous before a season opener as joe obviously was i don't know joe stays nervous it's a funny thing how joe was walking around on friday eating everything in sight you know coaches that tend to gain weight will gain weight during the season left guard went before the snap offense five yards still second down because if you tend to gain weight when you get nervous you eat all the time if joe gibbs is one of those guys i think buddy ryan has a little of that in him too did you oh yeah i gained weight yeah yeah i did i mean i would work long hard hours not much sleep you think you'd lose weight you gain weight because you have so many hours your weight you have a lot of meals in that time you know like if you're only awake 12 hours you get three meals if you're like 18 you get one or two more meals in there [Applause] [Music] with a tackle and sanders has a loose shoulder pad those are good receivers so when they can bring in a sanders as a third receiver they're going to use that formation a lot see what he does he just runs a hook now when he hooks he stops now he can slide in or out depending on where the coverage is he came he hooked and then he split out first washington up 5 58 to go first quarter kelvin bryan in the back field gets the handoff and comes right being chased by jerome brown and is knocked down by andre waters with help from dwayne giles the linebacker [Music] watch a defensive line now they've seen that counter tray where they pull both those guards and they know how to play watch 99 as he pursues he doesn't run where kelvin bryant was he comes right down the line where he's going to go buddy ryan thought this guy 99 jerome brown was the best player [Music] that's the thing when the ball goes away the end man in that case was reggie white you like to chase it but if you're the end man you have to look for the reverse watch him now they start the ball this way now here's the hannah now the guy back here outside the screen he has to stay there there he is 92 when the ball goes away look for something coming back for you [Applause] third down five three nothing redskins leads it williams [Applause] that is the first touchdown pass for doug wiggins in a uniform okay you were right he drilled that ball doug williams had a heck of a start he's come the entire first quarter has been played in the eagles end of the field [Applause] [Music] his backside after he kicked the ball [Music] i don't think i know he did no fall number 57 push the block into the kicker no foul help up the flag went down because atkinson was hit after he kicked the ball but now the officials are saying that he was blocked into the kicker so there's no penalty rich malott is the washington player who blocked the eagle defender into atkinson back in a moment stretcher has been brought out now for the place kicker jess atkinson let's go back and see if we can determine what happened we can see it it's right out here here's cedric brown he's going to be blocked here by rich malott now brown is going to hit atkinson right here right after he kicks the ball and they say that milot blocked him into it now watch the outside guy block there he comes now there's a bump right there now he comes in now watching he catches them right there on the left it looks like his left leg after he kicked the ball [Music] they threw the flag saying it was roughing the kicker then they changed it saying that mulatt blocked cedric brown in to jess atkinson well they brought that uh plastic air cast out for his left leg looked like he was in his ankle steve cox is the backup place kicker and has been used as a long distance place kicker both here in washington and previously with cleveland now jess atkinson being helped on the stretcher it was brown who bumped into them a lot and then hit atkinson right after the kick had been made elsewhere cincinnati with a lead in new england has tied up miami now 7-7 first quarter kansas city with an early lead over san diego detroit leads minnesota by six i scored 10 nothing and just atkinson is the injured jay schrader already in the locker room being x-rayed with a shoulder injury and now the redskins who have been injury depleted in pre-season have been uh hit once again they already have oak fluids on engine reserve didier and orr as we said mark may the starting off fancy weimann is on injured reserve and atkinson being helped off the university of maryland [Music] okay guys go get him you got a 10 to nothing lead i will update you on the uh nature of the injury as soon as we get the report from the locker room both atkinsons and that of jay schrader so now steve cox who will have to double up both as the punter and place kicker is getting ready to tee it up and evan cooper and junior todd latossi are deep for the redskins 4 18 to go first quarter and the redskins up 10-0 [Applause] that's a relatively short kick evan cooper at the tip as he gets down for 23 and a flag comes flying out and dexter manley is out on the field slapping high fives well the guy that made the play was dennis and glenn dennison number 89 he just came flying through all the blockers and made that tackle manly may have injured himself as he ran on the field john he's lifting as he comes off a little bit of exuberance may have been costly defense yards first down watch the hit that denison makes here he's gonna he's gonna come through right there and the tackle that he made i'll tell you that's something anthony copeland was the guy who they did they call for the penalty number 56 for the redskins that was some coverage first and 10 philadelphia this is as far north as they have gotten today well they need a break of some foot michael haddocks around the right corner goes for the first down out near the 48 todd bowles number 23 made this up they need something to get this offense going you know they've had they've had the bad field position they've had the turnovers they've had nothing good happen at all and so now maybe this maybe the 15-yard penalty then they get a good run for a first down this could be the thing that gets their offense started first down eagles that is their second of the first quarter which has 335 remaining david little in is an extra tight end is the only running back jay schroeder back on the sidelines now no further report from the bench on his injury well that's one good thing about the stadium now they all have x-ray machines so they took them in an x-ray them we're live from rfk stadium where it's sell out again 159 in a row that's a league record firm twist along with john madden the redskins up by 10 with 305 to go first quarter claude lacrosse is back in the lineup second down 11. stunts by the defensive line and monty coleman comes up to make the tackle well they tried to go outside to comb inside and no one blocked it i mean they're having trouble with their design because they started out remember they didn't block cook how much they're going to run to the left side here coleman will be out here and no one blocks look they don't have a block or a sign to them so you have to make plays like that either the runner shouldn't have bounced it outside or you have to bring a blocker out there you can't do that manly remains on the bench he was thought he would play in passing circumstances he's not in there steve hamilton is for the redskins ron johnson for the eagles third and eleven delay dexter manly hasn't put a helmet on but he's been in the middle of it well he's been a cheerleader [Applause] he's trying to get the fans going because he knows what this place is like when these fans start rocking i've been here in this press box where the whole stadium shook of course they're not ready to shake the stadium in the first game of the season no no wait on the giants of the cowboys come to town that's the one their weight was giants beat three times last year third and sixteenth that's gonna back every one of their minds [Applause] [Music] philadelphia [Applause] the eagles are doing a lot of stupid things offensively and it's not the type of thing that you know they're getting beaten all the time but they don't have a guy blocked they they leave marcus cook go on a pass protection third down they they move in motion and just things that are hurt themselves more than the redskins john kelchick is on the block pulling out his sky eric yarber waits for it at the 15. up to the 21. injury report on john on jay schrader he sprained his right shoulder he will not be back vernon dean gets into it there is schroeder and the word on the place kicker jess atkinson is a dislocated left ankle they are taking him to a local hospital so schroeder with a sprained shoulder will not see action again today 1 33 to go first quarter and this is by far the farthest back the redskins have had the ball doug a williams four for four for 30 yards and a touchdown a lot of thought he might be traded in the officers denison takes a pot [Applause] that was andre waters that made that pop there and i think it could have been andre waters that made the pop on jess atkinson too let's take a look at that again he's going to come from the outside right there at the right side and that was andre waters okay he's a guy that'll pop anything that moved buddy ryan says he said he's as tough as you can get but i always worry about sometimes he keeps going after the whistle and he'll get you some penalty [Applause] ricky sanders the wide receiver [Music] okay the redskins when they get these guys healthy when they can when they can start and give you a george rogers and then bring in a calvin bryant and bring in a kid keith griffin they got a new rookie timmy smith i'll tell you they can give you a lot of different backs jeff bostic back in the offensive line now short yardage right third [Applause] seth joyner makes the tackle they'll move the chain another first down rogers picks it up you know that's an area that i think they've really missed since john riggins retired there was no one that i know that was better at running short yardage than john rigging he would always get it and since he's retired it's gotten tougher and tougher for him player down for the eagles now at the 33-yard line i had a guy that was pretty good at it years ago for oakland pete banzai never started but he just had that natural feel to to get that slide and pick up that first down [Applause] 107 to go in the first quarter here and of course this is the first weekend of the regular season in the nfl let's go to brent mussberger for this update vern and john right now the tampa bay buccaneers have the field steve de berg's second scoring pass of the day this one to gerald carter so ray perkins is off to a good start first team to score two touchdowns today the buccaneers let's go back to verse all right brent and ray perkins uh successor at alabama looked pretty good last night too bill curry at alabama as they knocked off penn state washington leads here 10-0 some things go in groups of two looks like the injured player might be reggie white yes it is took us a while to determine exactly who it was and playing on his back reggie white you know is is we always say one of the best defensive linemen in football well he was in the pro bowl last year and he was the mvp of the pro bowl and that doesn't happen because they usually give that to guys like quarterbacks and running backs and those glamour things and this is some player buddy ryan says he's waiting for him to dominate on every play in every game which he's capable of doing first and ten redskins will get a report on reggie white mike pitts has taken his spot [Applause] [Music] redskins quick flip in the right flat william frazelle getting his first start at quarterback he's ordinarily a free safety and brazil makes the tackle on gary clark from little james madison right yeah it's it's not little james madison they've got 12 000 students there that's right i had a guy tell me once you say why does everyone when they talk about gary clark always put little in front of james madison why don't you just leave it out and say say gary clark from james madison he said it's a big school but since that time i've never said little again about gary clark or james back it could be the final play of the first quarter there's sanders and blitz is coming from the eagles williams reads it sends gary clark down field and william brazile had him stride for stride doug williams john seems to have accepted his position with the redskins with a great degree of grace i mean he's very happy well that's that's the thing and that's that's probably the toughest position in the nfl because you have to get ready and you know you're not going to play and then all of a sudden you're standing there watching the game pulling the quarterback and you're in there and to stay ready and get ready week after week after week like you're going to play is very difficult offensive confusion good protection for williams he finds the kelvin cloud to fly across it that's the thing that drives the coach to eat more wide open fake play and the guy drops the ball well we'll take time out for a snack that's the end of the first quarter [Applause] back for the second quarter of the first game of the 87th season berlin question john madden it's been an all washington show thus far but they have lost two of their key participants jay schroeder out with the sprained shoulder and jess atkinson with a dislocated left ankle the place kicker now steve cox is on the front and greg garrity is back to return it five-year man out of penn state fourth and five line drive kick garrity with a lot of room pretty good open field tackle from dean hamill number 78. that was interesting he's the first guy down there you see very few big guys on coverage team and when you see a 280 pound guy running down and being the first guy down there you know why they call him a tasmanian devil watch him 78 right there first guy they got all those little receivers and backs and here comes some defensive lineman 280 pounds first guy down and making an open field tackle he was all madden last year for stuff like that he does stuff should have been first and 10 philadelphia trying to find the answer to the puzzle there's part of it kenny jackson that's a first down on the first four possessions eagles fumbled twice and had to punt twice that's not going to get you in the wind column well they don't look like they're in sync offensively there looked like that first quarter they were a half a half a step off one of the problems in pre-season is that cunningham through 75 percent of his passes the facts are tight end he finally get a wide receiver down kenny jackson across the middle and david little makes the catch and that'll be a pickup of eight as marty coleman number 51 makes the defensive contract i think when you get in this situation you just want to get something going get something started and that's what the eagles are doing see they have little in there now you see a little coming back in with spagnola so they're changing the formation they're going to give them two tight ends keep giving that defense different looks trying to come up with something that can get you in sync second and two ten nothing ball game redskins lead early second quarter [Applause] down but it's gonna be close reggie white still on the bench and no report from the bench yet on what kind of injury he sustained you know one thing i think those guys are going to get tired because you watch it on television you don't realize how hot it is down there i mean it's humid it's one of these days where it's 90 degrees where you just walk outside you start sweating it rained all day yesterday and the the rain is still in the area yeah that strains you i mean that takes all your fluids out most importantly you have to do is keep putting fluids in so you don't cramp up first time the eagles have been across the 50 they have a third and one michael haddocks former number one draft choice for mississippi state gets the first down new orleans leads cleveland 7-0 in the superdome indianapolis is scored to cut the lead to six and miami back on top of new england in the second quarter the eagles now with the first down they trail by ten and cunningham for the day is three out of four for 29 yards they were most conservative in three seasons now they throw on first down cunningham out of one tackle now fires it complete to haddocks who is driven backwards near the 38-yard line charles mann was the defender who was back in the face of randall cunningham that was interesting they blocked man on the line then he got free and then cunningham got away then man got blocked again you know when you have a guy like cunningham back there what you have to do is keep blocking watching the left of the screen man 71 he gets blocked now he gets inside see now he's free is going to get him now he gets blocked again after he missed him he just joe conwell just peeled him right off that's the toughest thing for a defensive back because while cunningham's running they gotta cover them eagles have called timeout their first nice flying greg thanks so you're really not going to do another tour nah susan and i made plans you're going to miss this place my mind's made up all right then i guess you're gonna want this american accepted man looks like i'm going back to 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from behind and down to the 30 but that should be enough to move the chain again charles man caught up with it the guy that made that block is michael haddish the redskins are coming out of blitz and haddocks just stepped up there and really drill somewhat boom there was a heck of a crack here and then he could cunningham could find a room but watch the block that the fullback makes right there now that is contact and that opened that little seam there that cunningham could get out you see now he gets out now he sees the first down marker and he dives together another philadelphia first down there fifth cunningham will throw on first down looks deep he's got a man open touchdown michael quick [Applause] michael quick beat daryl green and man to coverage and he beats him right now watch green out there green has to hit him he misses the jam right there look quick hasn't beat all the way all he has to do is keep running straight up the field perfect throw okay when green gets up there like that if you don't with guy like quick you're not going to be able to get him he missed the bump and quick is a dangerous dangerous receiver paul mcfadden on for the extra point now for philadelphia mike quick with nine touchdowns a year ago gets his first an ingles first of 87 and mcfadden has authored the extra point cunningham to quick for 30 yards and philadelphia despite a sputtering first quarter start he is right back in the thick of things with just two seconds under 11 minutes to go first half [Applause] just under 11 minutes to go first half eagles go 68 yards in just under three minutes cunningham to mike quick and paul mcfadden is on to kick it deep to either keith griffin or timmy smith [Applause] on side kick ball is loose eagles have it at the 50. well they pulled one out of the hat that's a bunny ryan he says he's gonna go for it you don't want to just sit around and watch things happen you want to make them happen that's a good time to try it you've been down things haven't gone you finally get a score now come back and try it the redskins are going back into a return you surprise them it's not the end of the game the end of the half you get it they hit it you kick it around a while your guy jumps on it you get it back at midfield right after a touchdown that's a rookie bobby morris who came up with it after one of the redskins had a shot and couldn't hang on and the eagles have it trailing by three and seven i like that type of attitude though i think with a young team you have to try something try something early to help your team win philadelphia throwing on first down again and going deep into zone coverage pulls his back frog balls makes the interception that's where todd bowles was supposed to be you see he got back there and he was looking for the deep one and i'm sure what happens they don't look what happened in this one here he didn't get over there's daryl green mike quit gets a touchdown because bowles doesn't get over to help him see him he's he's there he has the interception that time the play before was a touchdown now watch what happened here he's here he goes too flat and quick gets by him so they talked about that on the sideline i watch him here he's in the middle how much he goes too flat there and quick gets behind both of them so i'm sure they were as mad as balls as they were at green sometimes it's not what it initially appears now balls as cunningham tries to go deep and doug williams pumped once he'll go deep black is down we're going to have an illegal contact i don't think the ball was in the air so i don't believe it's going to be past an appearance but that'll be against the eagles i think it's going to be right there against william frazell he was right up on clark and i think he did something right off the bat on the line number 33 defense first time something like holding him yes that's dick jorgensen the official the referee the coach said hold him up brazil thought he meant hold him grab him is that how you want me to hold him up he just grabbed him that's something it seems like he's always has a shirt out reggie white is back in the lineup gets by ed simmons and then makes the contact first down redskins williams fires at gary clark first down washington at the 27-yard line william brazile made the tackle you know gary clark as i said is i think is a heck of a receiver but he never looks like his uniform fits you know like his first year you say well he got a bad unicorn let's say he's in his third year and look look at that arm pad i mean he's got that off the shelf i think the last guy that wore that was one of those old redskins defensive lineman doesn't even stay in his arms someone like [Music] george rogers on the first down play our score is 10-7 elsewhere pittsburgh league san francisco early second quarter tampa bay over atlanta 14-3 buffalo with an early lead over the jets of 7-0 russ grimm is the injured player by the way for the redskins minnesota and detroit died dallas and st louis now 3-3 roger rouzek is the new place kicker for the cowboys russ grimm the injured looks like they're going to take them out they already put jeff bostic in the reason grim is playing center and the reason he's moved from guard to center is the redskins felt that to play the giants they need a bigger center to handle jim burke to be able to run so they move grimm from left guard to center and he's done a pretty good job there hasn't he yes and joe gibbs was saying one thing he got through the whole preseason without an injury every other year he would get an injury so now he gets it in the first regular season game he would be the third injured in the game well let's watch him here he's right in the middle of the screen and i think it's going to be one of those things where someone's going to fall on the back of his leg yeah you can see it right there the tackler and the ball carrier falling on the back of his leg [Applause] graham joins jay schroeder and jess atkinson on the injured list in this game and they came in with a long list that's become almost a litany in the national football league you lead off the telecast of the injury list i think it's an epidemic i really do i think that's the biggest problem facing the nfl right now second down and six the eagles adjust their defense jerry hoge goes to the short side of the field [Music] we're at rfk stadium in washington dc the 159th consecutive sellout of a game tickets here a little tough to come by as the redskins lead philadelphia 10-7 with 9 15 to go first half of play vern lundqvist along with john madden what'd you read where some lady had applied for season tickets and when was she going to get them it would take like 320 years or something at the rate you get them so if like a baby was born today the baby will get it when it's like 300 years old third down williams flag down maybe a holding call drops his second pass in the first half you know that's what you get for not practicing kelvin bryant has been injured the whole spring too you know the whole training camp for most of us in fact the other day wednesday illegal hands jammed to the face number 69 offense he climbed fourth down anyway he hurt himself the other day he hurt his cast he hasn't had a lot of practice that was rc thielmann with the illegal hands jammed to the face and now greg garrett he comes on to await the punt of steve cox [Music] good average a year ago arkansas russ grimm has joined jay schroeder and jess atkinson on the injured list for the redskins washington leads by three with 8 36 to go in the first half that'll be the second game of our doubleheader early on most of you will see tampa bay at chicago or washington versus atlanta the eagles are at home against new orleans and san francisco visits cincinnati it begins with the nfl today at 12 30 eastern time next week first down 10 eagles they've got the ball and trail by three this time they run it on first down michael haddocks [Applause] gains just a couple our score 10-7 now let's go back to our new york studios and brent husberger for this update vern and john we've got an upset brewing in pittsburgh the steelers have shut down joe montana so far and mark malone throws this touchdown pass to gothard and they lead the 49ers 14-3 back to vernon john i don't know john that that surprises you that much does it well we had pittsburgh last week and they looked good and i always said that a running quarterback is as dangerous as they could get especially early in the season here's haddocks in a little swing pass for running quarterback randall cunningham rich malone makes the tackle and that's good for another philadelphia first down the eagles looked so unorganized in that first quarter and here they are almost dominating now i think what it was it's just a young team and i think instead of not being ready you're too ready and you're and you're too excited and that you're too tense then i think they took that first quarter then they calmed down now i think when they calm down a little you get a little tired now they seem to have a flow about him on offense speaking of those who have calmed down buddy ryan has in his second year first and ten eagles [Applause] play fake by cunningham once he's got a release valve junior club latosia the second year of washington state it was a back up to reuben mays and that's another eagle first down for 34. there's one of buddy ryan's favorite players right there russ grimm strained back that's s-t-r-a-i-n-e-d he will not return so schrader on the bench might be back atkinson is out with a dislocated ankle and russ grimm is out and the eagles trail by three with 7 17 to go first down at the washington [Music] 34. to the 31-yard line richard lott filling in at the middle and dexter manly has been reduced to a role of cheerleader today [Applause] before the preseason even began he suffered a partial repair in his uh in his knee detroit leads minnesota and has not played they thought he would play a day though on passing downs he has not second [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] spanked nola the tight end at the 26-yard line and jerry peary almost gets into it with one of the redskins [Applause] you know the interesting thing about that play is this this offensive line of the eagles has been much maligned but they have their pass protection pretty much under control on this play watch cunningham he's going to look for three receivers look he looks outside now now he's going to come off to another one see that then he finally hits the third guy only one sack allowed by the eagle offense plus fog third and two 5 47 to go first half cunningham is 8 out of ten [Applause] pulls up drills it tipped away and complete barry wilbur nice play he has been the subject of a lot of criticism here that's the old college play where cunningham is going to sprint where he sprinted to the left and it was a throwback but wilburn is in man-to-man and they sprint to see that fake now watch him come out here to the left now he's going to throw back to his right that had no effect at all on barry wilburn because he was just playing good man-to-man coverage paul mcfadden will try and tie it up from 43 yards out had an offseason in 86. but it's a good start in 87. mcfadden ties it up at 10 with 5 32 to go first half and you wonder why joe gibbs was worried why is he nervous we know in the opening you just don't know what this year's team is you know you know last year but you don't know you don't know your opponent you know what are the eagles this year i'll tell you one of the reasons buddy ryan has calmed down because now these are his guys when he first came in they were someone else's guy and he got on him i remember when he got on haddocks and the first rookie camp and he said he looks like a overweight overweight reject guard from the usfl now he's a starting pullback and he's a banger in there he's playing like a real fullback today that's what buddy gets out of you look at the turnaround for the eagles in the second quarter 110 yards and washington has been held to 17. i think one of the things as i said they got their pass protection down they're giving cunningham a little time and they're getting some running going you know the best friend of a quarterback is a running game if a quarterback can run if the team can run then he feels very comfortable plus i'll tell you this is a tough day for these big guys john kelsey kicks it off because mcfadden has been very short on his kickoffs and that's what the celtic is as well it's counterpunched out across the 35. near the 38-yard line keith griffin number 35. now i think the redskins have to do what the eagles had to do they have to get it back they have to take over they have to get some momentum they have to start giving some protection they have to start getting some running game going those types of things doug williams is on in place of the injured jay schrader trailer attacked by reggie white in the first quarter on the bench with a sprained shoulder but we are told he might come back [Applause] first down and ten williams so far six out of ten for 48 yards stunts by the defensive line williams is him as he lets it go and the hit is made by reggie white [Applause] that's an interesting thing that's a match-up we talked about that's ed simmons 76 blocking reggie white and he really doesn't have any help it's man-to-man he gives him a pretty good battle but if reggie white is going and ed simmons is going reggie white wins that battle every time i think they have to do something they have to get another guy to help simmons out there because he can't do it man-to-man against this guy i don't know that anyone can i don't either simmons a first-year player a rookie out of eastern washington second down that's where mark may by the way was the starter that's incomplete behind the intended receiver as the pressure was applied once again reggie white but it wasn't on ed simmons that time he comes over the center and it ends up being on kielman r.c team at 69. see him there he's over the middle he's fighting tillman he's fighting bostick gets by him and gets in there just as he throws the ball amazing how many coaches now say he's the best they've ever seen i mean we've heard it from bill parcells from joe gibbs talking about reggie white i know and we've heard it from buddy ryan but he said you know i said how about all those other guys you coach he said well this guy is going to be he said he has more tools than any of them third and ten washington in a 10-10 ball game williams comes left being chased by jerome brown incomplete terry hogue diving for it for philadelphia one thing of course the past wasn't quit but doug williams rolled away from him and even though they rolled away from they still team they had kelvin bryant help ed simmons on that play steve cox on the pot greg garrity waits for the 16-yard line third punt for cox in the balkan 506 to go almost a complete reversal of form here in the second quarter great kick sky high and a fair catch call by garrity at the 11. 49 yards for the terrific hang time that was up around five seconds [Applause] you know one day we talk about reggie white and that's what the redskins will talk about nowadays on the sideline but he doesn't just line up on one thing so you have to do you have to have different plans for different things you know in that last play as i said i think that's a pretty good idea you roll away from them and even though you roll away from them you double them as they did first down and 10 philadelphia just under five minutes to go first half we're tied at 10. martin lacrosse and addicts are the running backs haven't seen that much of anthony playback quick opener up the middle junior total of tossy and mel kaufman saves an even larger game quick trap play remember a year ago we did this first game toddler toss he was a rookie and he started this game i think if buddy ryan had to pick a favorite offensive player he probably wouldn't do it but if he did it would be carl lacrosse he just loves that guy and the reason he says he doesn't play more is he doesn't want to wear him down because he's a big play guy and he needs them for big play he has second down and one ken did caught him drives for the first down and should have it at the 25 [Applause] doug williams talking upstairs trying to solve the puzzles presented by the eagle defense as john spagnuolo comes back on first and ten cunningham has shown a probability for throwing on first down he is eight of 11 in the game for an even 100 yards see what he has [Applause] and when dave butts jumps he just can't get back the earth shakes yeah when you get a guy going and he gets that stuff going forward he can't get it going backwards look he knows it look at him stand there number 65 defense decline second down see a guy like that you know you can't jump back i mean you get it's like a truck rolling downhill and you say slow up you can't do that look at that 27-3 and the jetson buffalo are tied at seven miami leads new england that's enough seven for making second down and one 10-10 ball game here 3 28 to go before halftime [Applause] right side big hole and michael haddocks is looking very good today john he is he's banging that ball in there i mean for an overweight reject guard he looks like a fullback once dave butz he does a good job in his guy but haddocks runs right by him he didn't see him and the first guy there is the safety alvin walton but haddocks looks a lot quicker you know i mean he he looks slower and more of a blocking type but today he looks more of a slasher of the eagles public relations director told us the best game he's ever played was his first as a rookie five years ago he's playing well this afternoon counting him deep into zone coverage kenny jackson's trip no flag incidental contact with the five barry wilburn and todd bowles we're back there the five bowlers is back there now remember he was back there the last time he got the interception but the first time he wasn't back there and mike quick got the touchdown so that's not a bad move something happens and you have to go back check it again as it's still there and you go back let's try it again it may be there again now they find that it's not todd bowles is getting deep so they're going to have to do something in front of us that brings up a second down washington has become inept offensively and the eagles have exploded and they have scored 10 unanswered points to tie it up two and a half to go before halftime that was a messed up play dean hamill who just replaced dave butts on the previous play tasmanian devil makes the tackle you know it could have very well been an audible because the guy who was complaining the guy who was saying was his fault was randall what happens is he turns the wrong way and then he just has to pitch it out and watch hamill there he doesn't even get blocked watch cunningham there see him hit his head he knew that whatever it was he fouled up either the audible two-minute warning and dexter manly has made his first appearance in the ball game on a third down play third and twelve but first we're going to take one minute after two minute warning dexter manly went in on the third down play wave to the crowd got them fired up and came out so he's back on the sideline third down and 12 eagles from their own 48-yard line out of the spread alvin walton starts to creep up into your picture now at the right side see what philadelphia washington has in mind they send six and cunningham that's where he is so dangerous and he overthrows mike quick who had to jump a little early steve hamilton number 64 had the pressure on randall cunningham you know that's still their problem with the eagles is that first and second down you know they had that there was third and twelve they've been averaging on third down 11 yards to go so that means that in first and second they're picking up minus one and that puts a lot of pressure on a young team john telchick on the punt and eric yarber number 80 waits for 15. [Applause] fake good william brazile the free safety and on the bench they noticed it was a fake and started waving there's a flag out there burn maybe it was an illegal formation a 37-yard gain might be wiped out unsportsmanlike conduct number 33 came on the field off the bench it's a hideout play 15 yards but he says that hideout play let's watch it it's going to be right here on the side that's where he's going to come in we don't see how he got there but you see there's no one covering him out there so the thing is is he can't come off the sideline he really has to come from the huddle and then go out there he can't come from the sideline and go out there [Music] i've seen that a lot of college games but i haven't seen in the nfl in a long long time he's on the sideline there johnny right here he's not here so here's where he's going to come but look he's not there yet there's no guy now you're going to see him see he's come right behind the official right in front of the fish and now he's out there now there's a guy and here's kelsick again running for it knocked out of bounds gang tackled at the 36 red line hey buddy ryan thrown out of the place he got an onside kick then he had a punt pass and this one you have to believe wasn't organized although he could have kicked that ball i think he was supposed to kick that one then he runs now he still wants to pass i don't think he wanted that play i don't either he wanted the on-side kick i think and he wanted that first one but not that one 136 to go on a half i can't imagine following up a fake punt with a fake punt timeout has been called by the redskins 96 seconds to go first half they only had 10 men on the field 136 to go don't hide from me come on i don't know where it is i don't know where they are oh i don't know how to get i don't know where to go i never knew you was shy no i don't know where the thing is we've got 136 to go in the half and here's williams going deep kelvin bryant first and goal at the three didn't drop that one big play they're looking for from calvin bryant [Applause] doug williams watched him all the way he knew who his receiver was how he wants to go to the hurry up and know how to line up on [Music] the newest of the redskins had to hurry on the field look at the last play watch doug williams come back he's looking to his right then he looks the safety off and he finds going right up the numbers as calvin bryant governor bryant as a running back is more valuable as a receiver than he is running the ball jay schroeder joins the huddle washington now out of timeouts with 68 seconds to go go back after that sequence really might have turned things around for the for the redskins they got some spark now in the last two minutes after the eagles had a 37-yard gain on the fake punt with brazil sneaking on the field well if that play works then this guy is a genius because he has a big play but it doesn't work then that second one i don't believe he tried to do now that turns the momentum around now doc williams finds a big play to calvin bryant and instead of the eagles going in for a score the redskins are buddy ryan said in the philadelphia newspapers and television stations earlier this week we have some surprises in store true well and and two of them worked i mean the thing was illegal you can't you can't hide a guy but the onside gift work first and goal from the four 10-10 ball game 108 to go before halftime [Applause] williams goes to his short receiver the tight end don warren and seth joyner makes the pack what the redskins don't have any timeouts but they have plenty of time i mean all they have to do is do the throw in the end zone or an incomplete pass second down goal from the two williams oh boy flag is down and so is william brazell who almost had the interception [Applause] [Music] [Applause] holding philadelphia number 33 defense half the distance to the goal line first up that's brazil's second holding penalty he's playing his first game as a corner he was a safety moved out the corner of course roy nail young is holding out hasn't signed yet then we can see it behold that looked pretty good there it must have been before well it had to be before the ball was in the air or it'd be past interference anyway it had to be right on the line of sperm brazil can't hide snuck on the field for the fake punt two holding calls [Applause] first and goal [Applause] george rogers i think what happened i think he reached the ball across the goal and broke the plane and then brought it back watch him now the play the ball has to break the plane of the goal line it hasn't yet now right there it does and then he brings it back inside once it breaks the plane it's a touchdown pretty nifty play by rogers steve cox will try the extra point in play so jess atkinson if you joined us late atkinson's out with a dislocated ankle it happened on the last extra point i think george rogers heard his hand on that play bringing that ball back jay schroeder is on to hold and there is rogers on the sideline holding his ribs [Applause] back to back fake punts by the eagles prove costly the first wiped out by a penalty the second unsuccessful washington gets it goes in that was a good effort of breaking the plane there because now it's a touchdown what happens after that doesn't make any difference but in that effort to get that ball over there it could have hurt the shoulder the arm the ribs or something on that side as you can see it's still a pain from it [Applause] not controversial with that call being a championship game no that wouldn't be controversy the only confidence would be was before the flame throw did with his knee down okay but other than that that would be that's always the constant 17-10 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] some fats in your diet [Music] evan cooper and junior tom latossi [Applause] script kick that's an awesome sight david alexander the rookie gets his first kickoff return in the nfl reggie branch made the tackle and rogers is hopeful he doesn't join the growing injury list of the redskins i bet his toe doesn't hurt anymore do you ever notice that if you have an injury or something and you get another one than the other one you had before it doesn't hurt ah insignificant so he might be his ribs 15 yards on seven carries so far 35 seconds remaining in the half 1710 washington like quick promotion shovel pass junior toronto tossing for the 40-yard line [Applause] into the locker room [Music] that's a shot of an old warrior going down a tunnel speaking of oh warriors yeah there's a story in the paper that the redskins want a new stadium the owner jack ken cook and he wants an indoor i heard an indoor stage the redskins cannot play indoors i mean how can you see butts how can this guy play indoors oh there's these guys agree with me no don't no fake grass domes and fake grasses really i agree with this they don't go with redskins they don't go i mean this is football grass guys dirt we didn't have as much rain as we needed though we were going to get a little mud but i mean how can hawks play inside hawks don't play inside cats [Applause] it's incomplete charles mann was right in randall cunningham's face you know there's never been a team that has an indoor stadium that's ever been in the super bowl never having they've only never won they've never been there i think that's why they've never been there just mediocre talent have something to do with it no i think it's one of the reasons i think i think they didn't make the game they didn't you know like the vikings had been to the super bowl right so they had talent then they filled a roof over their joint and they don't go back they don't go there anymore third and five michael haddocks that's good for the first down near the 47th and the eagles call timeout now daryl grant lifts down toward the locker room thanks i'll tell you one thing i think i think the eagles have come in this first half and given the redskins a lot more battle than they thought they were going to get there's a bubba well those hawkeyes ought to be down they're getting some of this stuff in them sinkers stuff that you you get in there you see those presents there those big they're sinkers i mean you eat one of those and crap it sinks right down in there where it belongs what santa claus mustache doesn't work brent and dick reveal coming up with scores and highlights at halftime as week number one and the 1987 season gets underway they're gonna have a lot of interesting scores and highlights you know with tampa bay who would have thought hey steve dubert has thrown for four touchdown passes he's the guy that's capable of it then he always gets beat out he was there montana come to the beach about to send him to denver elway comes to pieces said could be the final play of the half cutting hands right side for quick dances on the sideline makes a nice catch in their three seconds left buddy ryan approves of that timing play well but you know what do you do here it would be a 57-yard field goal well that's what they're going to do i got the answer already i see the kicker run out they might try fake well the way buddy ryan's been going today in his kicking game that's a possibility i don't know that a barefoot guy can kick a football 57 yards i got one for you franklin tony franklin i don't know that this guy can [Applause] there's the answer [Music] that's the end of the first half with our score philadelphia 10 washington 17. brent and dick vermeel coming up in just a second u.s open if it dries up i'm here with dick vermeel we want to check the scoreboard the theme on week one unfortunately it is one of injuries and kickers have been affected reggie rover the miami punter a bad snap he tries to scramble out the right leg and foot is crushed he has gone to a hospital for x-rays those of you who are watching the washington redskins and the philadelphia eagles especially fans know that the skins may have lost jess atkinson for the season we still do not know he too has gone for x-rays now the injury to the quarterback jay schroeder what about reggie white and his abilities well he's the most devastating defensive football player in the nfl right now you can't block him one-on-one you can see him here coming on the quarterback jay schroeder will not be his only victim how good is doug williams as a backup quarterback i think he's an excellent backup for he's a starter really what he just needs is playing time and he's gonna get it dick does randall cunningham have the patience to stay in the pocket like he does here much better now than he was last year i saw him all four preseason games he can do this more often what do you think overall as george rogers powers in can the eagles come back in the second half or the skins have too much talent i saw them play real good defense a couple times i saw him play terrible defense a couple times it depends which personality they play with the second hand all right a seven point difference right now at the half elsewhere and upset the steelers all over joe montana in the first half 17-3 steelers over the 49ers the saints as dick vermeel predicted hanging tough against the favored browns right now at the half indianapolis likewise hanging tough against the favored bengals they were down by 13 points in that game the rams over houston 13-3 and it was a tremendous defensive effort here by kevin green stays with it and goes in to complete the 40-yard interception return for the touchdown and the rams lead the oilers 13-3 tampa bay four touchdown passes by steve deberg 27-3 over the falcons what a luxury de burgh is for a coach dick well he's been there a number of years he's been successful too not always at tampa bay of course san francisco prior to that but he gets four touchdown passes against a good defensive coach like marion campbell tampa bay's got something going he's got a book to write great quarterbacks everybody's directing john elway 2073 with vinnie testaverdi watching for the sideline jetson buffalo jets lead at 14-7 ken o'brien must be early in the season he's on fire again two touchdown passes already one of them 55 yards to walker dan marino the best quarterback in professional football right now and perhaps as fine a quarterback as we've ever seen folks this is a driving rainstorm and he leads the patriots with three touchdown passes right now 21-14 mourinho over the who's punting backup quarterback dan struck for don schuler right now kansas city san diego 10-0 chiefs with a lead on the chargers in that game detroit and minnesota turnovers have plagued quarterback wade wilson he has thrown three interceptions galloway with two of them for the lion's deck dwayne galloway picks this one off and takes it in for a touchdown here he goes defensive backstream turn it into a big td he's a little guy five foot eight lions doing a great job in that game dallas and st louis and the cowboys break in a new field goal specialist ruzak he has kicked two and they lead the cardinals 6-3 they are at the half and we'll continue with the nfl today on cbs after these messages from your local stations half time at rfk stadium with the redskins a late first half touchdown to break a 10-10 tie they have gone up by seven in what has been thus far better entertaining game john and doug williams one of the big stories for the redskins having to come on for jay schroeder well i think that's why that backup quarterback is so important because you always have has to be ready but you never know when you're going to need him uh how has he done in your estimation well i think that they've both done well you know they've gotten things under control i think the first quarter i think the eagles really weren't sure they were kind of off things and then i think they came back we see what doug williams is throwing that shorter pass maybe a shorter pass than jay schroeder would you see in the passing by distance from one to ten he's seven out of nine then from 11 to 20 he's over three and then over 20 he's only he's only thrown three more passes so when he's doing it he's in that shorter area and then we look at randall cunningham and we see his stats are about the same seeing that short area he's eight out of nine so they're working that short game then he's had some success that one for one of course was the big one to mike quick he tried to go there two more times one was intercepted well it was a first half of contrast and the decisive factor right now has been the the back to back fake punts that buddy ryan called well when you do that i don't know that he called the second one burn i think the first one he called it was the wrong rule you can't do that there was ten guys in the field one guy sneaks in that's illegal unsportsmanlike conduct the guy has to be in the huddle and come from the huddle but i think the onside kick was a good move the play was probably a pretty good move it works well it did not and as a result philadelphia trails but only by seven cbs sports coverage of the nfl will continue after this message and a word from your local station 53 000 plus gathered on a muggy overcast day their redskins are on top of the eagles 17 to 10. a year ago jay schrader threw every pass save one in regular season playoffs but that is not going to be the case in 87. this was the action in the first quarter of play schroeder after he lets the ball go tackled by reggie white and he went to the bench with a sprained right shoulder and we are told that he might be back or could be back if it's necessary doug williams it's expected we'll be back in for the first offensive series and williams seeing his first action really in a couple of years 8-15 in the first half for 84 yards redskins will get the ball to open the core third quarter and they have a seven point lead at 17 to 10. there's john celtic been more of a factor in this game and the game analysis than he might have envisioned this morning and now getting set to kick off it was mcfadden who uh kicked the onside kick in the second quarter here's helgens fairly short boot griffin bobbles it picks it up at the 10 and then pays the price for 17. it'll be interesting to watch ed simmons the rookie right tackle playing now and see what if any adjustments the redskins have made to give him a little more help maybe and blocking reggie white over there or maybe maybe he has reggie white under under control you talk about nervous a rookie starting his first game at home has to be about as nervous as you get out of eastern washington he wears number 76 and he is starting in place of mark may the sixth round rap choice williams with a three wide receiver set into the flat incomplete pretty good diagnosis of the play by elbert fowles as the pass was intended for ricky sanders was right there watch reggie white how strong he is he lines up over the center and is like and watch what he does to boston he just brings him right back in the backfield watch how strong and quick c gets him up boston he just puts him on skates he's right there in front of william that's why the redskins needed another center a bigger center because that happens too much this time white is lined up at left hand and simmons will be his offensive counterpart keith griffin 185 comes left so we might not see george rogers again in this half rogers after the touchdown went to the bench with injured ribs and kelvin bryant comes in on the passing down that's one thing we talked about earlier that the redskins have depth there they have george roger if they're all healthy then they have calvin bryant then they could bring in a a keith griffin they have a rookie timmy smith who did a great job in the pre-season third and four the official work from the vance george rogers with a bruised shoulder will not be back in the game and daryl grant is out with a capped muscle he will not be back with a full cap muscle williams that pass is tipped away intended for art monk on the right side and williams is getting in a fight with andre waters you don't see that that offer where the quarterback and the safety start fighting each other look at doug williams he's still going after waters feisty after inactivity watch it right here we'll see what happened there's water see him he went for his leg he hit him after he threw the ball i watched williams when he gets up she gives him the little finger in the face water said i'm not taking that from you quarterbacks usually don't get physical like crap jerseys and stuff not at all here's cox's punt bearcats called by guaranty it takes a red skin roll and scoots out of bounds at the 22 and a half yard line [Applause] 43 yards on the punt indianapolis has gone on top of cincinnati and detroit has extended its lead over minnesota to nine now i scored 17 10 13 48 to go third quarter redskins have been decimated by injuries in this game schroeder out roger's out grant now comes out of play we were told he would not be back in the game but he was there well they forgot to tell him yeah the coach is all talk but grant can't play no one told grant first you know it's interesting i wonder if something happened to anthony tony because he was a big runner in the preseason and maybe one of the big surprises to the eagles the starting running back and he hasn't played it's been mostly headaches and totally tosses the players had a fumble in the first quarter there's tommy number 25 out of texas a m do you think maybe just being disciplined i think spanish that was totally tossy who was taking tony's place and charles mann puts the stop to it i never knew what that meant i remember hammer school at deportment i never did real good in deportment and i didn't know what it meant i used to always get c's in it yeah deportment is how you act i think and that would always lead to a conference with my mother and father but you know you never knew what it meant i mean how do you what do you do to support that before it's good john it was the pigtails in the inkwell they'll get you for it every time third and five from the 28th out of the shotgun pressure coming from charles mann and steve hamilton and man got there first that is the second sack the eagles have allowed today it looks like man is just coming here from the uh excuse me from this setting but he just runs right through here right now he gets he gets off they watch him he just goes right up outside conwell he just beats him with speed i mean there's nothing special there he just ran right by him john celtic back to punt on fourth down eric yarber waits for the 40 of the redskins that is an excellent gift and yarber makes the catch hits his old teammate bounces out of one tackle into another and is down at the 42-yard line hang time of 4.8 terry hogue downfield to make the tackle on the 43-yard punt 1203 to go third quarter first and 10 washington 1203 to go third quarter they lead 17-10 doug williams playing the place of the injured chase raider fakes the draw play and looks deep in man coverage sanders down there over brazil and sanders has the ball and is down is where he's trying to look over and it just went right through his hands that's not he'll get blamed for that that's pretty good coverage and he didn't have a safety didn't have any help at all and the ball went right through his hand and then did ricky sanders that is a gain of 57 yards and a first and goal redskins at the one that shows two things you have a guy that can throw it a long way in doug millions the guy can run fast without george rogers redskins in the goal line offense touchdown reggie branch out of east carolina [Applause] that's as much power as you get reggie brands 235 his lead blocker is bonnie warren look at the movement warren gets on his man gets that thing in the backfield then reggie france can just get right in behind him and find a soft spot behind rc field steve cox in place of the injured jess atkinson on to try the extra point [Music] [Applause] [Music] 24-10 i'll tell you when you can get a big guy in here so here's where they put warren and he weighs 250 pounds branch is 235 so that's about 485 and they just start going in this direction start moving things back and then whack you come in here but that's pretty good so you get 485 pounds running full speed i want you to warn this see he gets [Applause] reggie branch in his third year now once a free agent doug williams had the big play oh he's got to be thrilled with the way things are going after that year of inactivity now players want to play and the toughest thing is sitting there in the bench and everyone's happy when you win and you want to be happy because you won but what you do 58 yards and two plays it was williams to sanders for 57. that was a great throw and a great catch and the coverage really wasn't bad i mean frazelle was right there and just had his hands out too wide but that'll make your coach relax start writing down some stuff for the next time they get in the ball forget about eating cox kevin cooper from michigan we'll drop the one knee it'll be a punch back comes out to the 20. [Applause] reggie branch one of the specialists on special teams having scored the touchdown was down there and calvin bryant and steve cox reggie branch is one of the best specialists he's he's not only one of the best cover guys on this team but he's one of the best cover guys in the league i mean he's one of those guys who launches himself down there all maddening potential well yeah he has a good shot at it he really does i've always said that special teams breed fanaticism lychee 1743. [Applause] michael headaches exactly made by rich milan that pass that play that drive by the redskins really puts a lot of pressure on this on a young eagle team because it's a lot easier when the score is closed when you're down one when you're down two that hill just becomes steeper on you second and six for cunningham haddocks now with 45 yards randall cunningham 11 of 17. [Music] quick pitch for haddocks gets a terrific block from tom lukassi and pushes it out near the 30-yard line that'll be short of the first down richard malott and todd bowles make the you know i still wonder what it is with uh anthony tony everyone was so high on him he'd been a fullback he was going to start his first game in regular season as a halfback then the best guy you know during the preseason and now the game starts and and he doesn't play haddocks is playing fullback and throttle the tossy and it doesn't look like there's an injury we certainly have no report from the bench of that thing is third and one philadelphia they trail by 14 9 49 to go third quarter quarterback state cunningham has to bounce to the outside and balls tries to wrestle him back looks like he got enough for the first down and that's the kind of thing that leads to extracurricular activity there's another quarterback fight it's history we just broke history two quarterbacks started a fight it's the first time it's ever been done now it's going to be cunningham and williams for the middleweight championship okay that was good elasticity though on cunningham he started inside on the quarterback snake and bounced all the way outside the left end elasticity well it's good it's a good bounce watch him he goes into all that beef in there in the middle look at that he said whoa there's too much uh fats in there let me go outside and see what i can find out here ah there's a smaller guy i'll just run over him that's not bad i mean that makes sense pretty good example of elasticity here's a pretty good example of a timeout being called and the timeout is called with 9 17 to go third quarter and randall cunningham's team trails now by 14 points [Music] we've got williams against cunningham as a potential battle here and philadelphia has a first down and 10 now trailing by 24 9 17 to go third quarter berlin christian john madden at rfk where the sun has come out they pitch it back to cunningham grit got a late start and has to turn around adjusting the ball and doesn't make a catch again balance he'll argue his case i'll tell you he made a heck of an adjustment getting that ball whether his foot was in or out that is quite a play let's watch him here he was starting then he turned all around watching he gets a hand on there and i guess that they say that second foot was out of bounds when he had control because the right foot was definitely in look again the right foot is okay left foot's okay there i think he had both of them in looks like his heel dropped and they're looking at it in the replay they better look at that in the replay they better take a look their only excuse can be or only reason could be that he didn't have control because he got it right then he got a left there's one and there's the heel [Music] and then there's a rule that one knee equals two feet i've read about that so we got a lot of rules in this thing i don't know the replay official today is jack reader and the communicator is mike mincho after review by replay the play was called correctly incomplete pass second down i would say that is inconclusive evidence well the left foot was in when he had it then the right foot you see the knee was out the only thing they had to say was was that the ball was juggled and they couldn't see from that angle they should ask the guy i mean they should ask mike did you have control if he says yeah give it to him what the heck they're down by two i like your rules i'll do it second and ten now you would next how about ten years ago spanx the middle first down philadelphia at the 45. rich malone makes the tackle for the redskins elsewhere in the nfl pittsburgh pounding the 49ers 20-3 in the third quarter new orleans over cleveland 21-14 tampa bay has increased its lead over atlanta and the jets lead buffalo our score is 24-10 washington yeah i think i think the steelers may be better than a lot of people think and the 49ers might not be as good as a lot of people [Applause] for 4 yards to the monty coleman made the tackle number 57 51. new england now on top of miami 28-21 and minnesota has gone on top of detroit 5-5 they trailed 19-10 at one spot we were tied 10-10 in the first half and then just before halftime george rogers scored for the redskins to give him a seven-point halftime lead but he went to the bench with an injured shoulder and has not been back redskins scored again in the third quarter cunningham third sack of the day blitzing alvin walton number 40 and dean hamill was also a part of it well walton got him that time remember the last time he hit him just at the end of the throw and that time he got there watch him number 40. here's walt here he's going to sneak up sneak up sneak up you see then he goes bow he goes no one blocks him and then here comes the linebacker monty coleman in behind him and no one blocked him so they had two guys free adam schreider number 76 joined matt darwin and going to the left [Applause] remember last year in the season opener dexter manly had his way with tom gillespie in this game [Applause] two guys block one and no one blocks two and and then you get flustered then you have delay a game and these things they you just have to work through them [Music] [Applause] eagles had offensive woes in the preseason defensively their pretty sound football team they've had ups and downs of offensive woes too and their defensive lows in the preseason have been the same thing they're suffering here today good defense and then boom a big play against them latosi and bobby morrisser in the lineup out of the shotgun third down at 16. blitz is coming from the redskins and cunningham runs out of it then an off-balance throw is that good yes what a nice catch on the sideline great guarantee and he was really hit too by steve hamilton number 64 comes through there and just as he was going to throw that ball he gets hit here we see the catch first i think he he gets his man going up garrity and then he works back towards the quarterback right in front but watch the hit that hamilton gives cunningham just as he unloads it cunningham did see the reception though that was a helmet high hit but it's a first down philadelphia trailing 24-10 6 38 to go third quarter they try to fade route left side it's caught kenny jackson [Applause] that's strictly a timing pattern well it looks like uh jackson low very woven to sleep looks like he was going to wilbur and didn't think he was going to get the ball let's watch and see if jackson even looks because wilburn doesn't jackson look different i think wilbur turned the wrong way i've always believed that you don't turn in that way and turn in towards the receiver that's a gain of 32 eagles first down at the 11. minute mark of the third quarter 24-10 washington cunningham flag is down jackson is going to claim he was interfered with and i think that's what happened i think it was on barry wilburn sometimes you get frustrated after you're beaten on a play then you take it out in the next play hey whatever happened watch wilbur in here 45 yeah he just got faked so he just grabs him he was in the process of getting beaten again that's what he did that's only a five yard penalty if jackson gets behind him that's six points i know some guys in the professional rodeo cowboys association be proud of that take down well it is i know some guys in the wrestling federation would be proud of that that's the difference in living in california and texas you could get that you could get a takedown like that get up on the top rope and give them an elbow slam first and goal for the six 24-10 washington leads it tom lacrosse marcus cook number 74 who's starting in place of dexter manly today he's been playing pretty good quick i mean he got a couple of pass rushes here he gets penetration what he's going to do he's coming from the right side there he gets blocked right into the play see he was penetrating boom the guy blocked down on it but he blocked him right into the runner got some fans or family here [Applause] he's a second year man out of boise state his second and goal from the eight the eagles need a touchdown here addicts right butler tossing left and kenny jackson in motion by wilbur and he comes back they'll work on ruben again and jackson can't make him grab a little high [Applause] wilbur's gonna talk to him now he had he had two plays where he had it talking but just jackson's going to start in motion then he'll stop see he gets wolverines going with it now you know it's man now he stops and goes back wilburn stops and goes back the ball will burn jackson all there about the same time although he should have caught that ball yes that would have been a touchdown jackson drops that i don't think it was any great play by wilbur no cunningham said what do i have to do third and goal garrett he goes left ron johnson mike quicker to the right four-man rush quarterback draw cunningham stopped at the one i'll bet you that they consider right now going for it on fourth down down two touchdowns that was an organized play watch they run it back out of backfield there's no backs there it's an organized drug quarterback fraud and he's going well right there he has a play he has a score until he runs into todd bowles they will go for it on fourth and goal for the two i would think and i would suspect some kind of trick play some kind of quarterback option type of thing not a regular run todd latossi left michael addicts right double tight and set play fake cunningham in for the touchdown and big adam schreiber out there to lead the way [Applause] that's the thing that you have when you have a quarterback like randall cunningham you always have that extra that extra advantage down there you see what happens is they're going to fake in here cunningham fakes and then he bootlegs out here of course the defense all comes down watch him see when he fakes to the back see the defense all plays trap then he pulls his guard out in front of him and he has a receiver in the end zone or he can run it in that's the quarterback option type thing that a cunningham could give you high snap mcfadden's kick though is up out of hillchick's goal and good so buddy ryan's punch puts together a fine third quarter drive 419 to go in the third period and the eagles trail by seven [Music] college football continues on cbs next week in the meantime we've got the first weekend of the nfl 419 to go 24-17 philadelphia scoring drive 13 plays six minutes and 53 seconds and cunningham on the quarterback keeper around the left side and now the eagles are back within seven john telchick will kick off it's a little humid here that's a case where you don't mind if you miss your mouth keith griffin flag comes flying and the season is officially here we're going to have another one of those illegal blocks in the meantime [Applause] yep there it is [Applause] ill legal block number 40 receiving team 10 yards from the fall first down alvin walton now let's go back and look at that uh touchdown you know not only the quarterback but the back on a fake has to really sell out the solid thing but watch the effect total of costing he just dives his body watch the effect it has on malot and bowls the savior hope they really go for it then cunningham can go but watch toddler tossy as he fakes watch him dive here he sells out that really holds the middle linebacker into safety now you get a one-on-one and you're taking the end zone that's the combination of those two darwin had a good block in the play as well 24-17 williams hit as he lets it go and the pass is complete at the 26. there's going to be a penalty that's what buddy ryan was talking about the problem with andre waters the late hits [Applause] he said that last night he said i you know i like you aggressive unnecessary roughness number twenty defense leading 15 yards first down but he said he still gets those late hits and you come up with a point that you can't live with that i mean there's somewhere where you do it you do it but you can't make a career doing that i mean he's a he's a tough guy he goes before the whistle goes too but there's a point where you got him backed up you know they had him backed up the eagles did and now you give him 15-yard field position from the 41 first and ten we've got three forty nine to go in the third quarter galvan bryant knocked down after a gain of a couple clyde simmons and jerome brown number 99 the number one draft choice made the tackle 20-10 now pittsburgh's lead has been cut cleveland has come back to tie up new orleans and cincinnati leads indianapolis by a couple the jets over buffalo by 10 and minnesota rolling over detroit now 31-19 third quarter second down seven 24-17 redskins lead carrie hogan [Applause] clark has the speed but he's also one of the quickest guys you see those little moves i mean he's boom he's here boom he's there and you never know where he is and there's you know there's his equipment it just shoulder pads pop off elbow pads call off that guy has the uniform and the demeanor no [Music] kelvin black scoots down the sidelines out of bounds inside the 35. it's funny how a play like that penalty the eagles score a touchdown and then there's a penalty on the kickoff return they have it backed up then they get that penalty now the momentum is just shifting back again to the redskins this has been like like the redskins take it then the eagles take it back over then the redskins of bowman bow and it's been done by freak things by fake kicks and so on and by talos that's another first down 217 to go third quarter george rogers on the bench with an injury so is jay schrader both injured in the first half and sanders popped underneath as he went up in the air and albert fouls and sanders are talking to each other now are you one thing jeff bostic is now getting reggie white under control i mean you know that you can't set you can't play a passive and now he knows you have to snap that ball and sit right there and take him short which bostick is starting to do let's remember the last time we looked in he was getting pushed in the backfield now he's getting that left hand up there right now but he doesn't let him do that push on second down six from the 30. [Applause] the right flat gary clark and william brazile do battle again williams with a grim looks over to his left 125 to go third quarter i think he's looking third down he's looking to get a bunch of big guys in there so he can run some short yardage give me the hogs i'm sure we'll see that reggie branch they call this heavy jumbo heavy jumbo heavy jumbo that'll probably put don warren in the backfield which it does with reggie brandt here's a redskins version of heavy jumbo sounds like a cajun fish first down reggie white with the tackle reggie branch with the carry that's the thing those guys that that have this type of building can get in there quickly and then gain yards falling forward you know i mean when they're being tackled they still gain yards you see he's hit and then as he's going down he kicks up a yard and a half final 30 seconds third quarter redskins marching for the first and ten at the 23. williams will floyd nope he won't either it's stolen by reggie white that's [Applause] you six about momentum turning around [Applause] the redskins are going in for a scoring eagle score i don't know what buddy ryan was talking about when he says he has to dominate maybe he's talking about this you come back look he's coming away from him you see what happened as he was looking to the left williams was white just came in and took the ball away from him it was his front side but when williams turned to throw to the left it became his backside in his dreams as a child i'm sure reggie white envisioned running 70 yards with a stolen football of a national football league he's just done it it's a nightmare for joe gibbs to tie it up inexplicably on reggie white's 70-yard scamper we are tied at 24 8 seconds to go third quarter 70 yards reggie white with an assist from clyde simmons in time for the oxygen he's 285 pounds and he runs a 4-6-40 his time in the 70 is about 7 seconds i'll tell you that's that's when you go to get that option you can't you try and get it out of the grass and you go to the option like fatty's kick heath griffin chased by evan cooper first down inside the 40 at the 39 a 54-yard kickoff return he's been doing a lot of running because he was the guy that chased pretty white then he had to get something and go back the other way he's supposed to just run like 200 yards this has been fun that's the end of the third quarter with a score tied 24 all we now pause for a word from your locals it's been the kind of game that makes fans hope there's no strike this one's had a little bit of everything and we're tied 24 all as we enter the final 15 burn one quest along with john madden from rfk stadium and a 54-yard kickoff return by keith griffin has put the redskins right back in good shape but they were here 30 seconds ago i don't know that reggie white's recovered from the touchdown yet mike pitts is in there for him as a matter of fact yeah i would i would think you got to take some quick oxygen i would i would double the pressure on that get that guy back in there i mean you know it is humid it does take a lot out of you but you got to get it replenished first down washington at the 39. george rogers has been on the bench since the first half when he scored a touchdown williams goes deep and open touchdown doc williams threw that at a strike he threw that like you throw a 10-yard pass much much he's in the slot he has a linebacker there on him he has to outrun the linebacker the corner can't get over to help that's a mismatch gary hoped the safety didn't get over the corner couldn't help and of course eventually he's going to run by a linebacker seth joyner steve cox for the extra point nailed it well we've had a 70-yard touchdown run with a stolen football by reggie white a 54-yard kickoff return and a 39-yard pass to art pump those have been the last three plays got your weight doug williams still he has good pass protection and he's zipped that thing i mean that didn't stay in the air very long look the closest guy to it is 59 seth joyner and a linebacker going 50 yards will not stay up with our club and doug williams playing for the first time in a uniform in a game with meaning [Applause] williams now 14 of 23 for 208 yards and two tds he came on in the first quarter after jay schroeder went out with a bruised shoulder evan cooper and junior todd latossi back to return another kickoff and steve cox will plant his right foot into it 31-24 [Applause] then a nice start to the 87th season and next week we have a cbs doubleheader for you tampa bay will be at chicago the redskins go to atlanta new orleans is at philadelphia and san francisco at cincinnati and then most of the country will see the cowboys take on the new york giants and the giants home opener others will see minnesota at the rams detroit against the raiders or st louis and san diego that's next week tampa bay steve de berg has thrown five touchdown passes to tampa bay and the jets lead buffalo by three dallas over st louis by 10 now first and ten philadelphia from the 20. quick good coverage defensively daryl green i'm surprised i think if i were going to work on someone and try and get deep i think i'd leave i think i'd leave daryl green alone i think i'd keep trying over there on barry wilburn and that's all the corners and being able to cover he's also one of the fastest guys in the lake darryl crane i think you go to that battle too much you're gonna end up losing this is one of those little curiosities that just creeps up in the game both quarterbacks williams and cunningham both of them are now 14-23 and ten rush coming the blitz and spagnola across the middle first down eagles look at him work for the extra yardage out to the 39-yard line looks like before didn't he well that's that new body that's right you know he's he's not a banker in the off-season now he lifts weights and he looks like those bodybuilders now he got a set of arms hanging out of there body by yale yeah right he got some strong legs going on him see that i mean guys bounce off him now tell you how far back from the doghouse he's come buddy ryan said yesterday he might have a pro bowl here he's going live today five passes for 54 yards that's a pretty good start first and ten eagles cunningham back across the middle into traffic spank nola again out to the 46. there's joe conwell the the right tackle the eagles of all the problems they have and in the area they sure can't afford another one in the offensive line they've got david alexander who has taken his place a fifth round rookie out of tulsa and now both teams have a a rookie playing right tackle david alexander second down three [Applause] tom latossi comes left they give it on the quick opener up the middle and haddocks works for the first down across the 50 into the arms of rich malone number 57. [Applause] these eagles are scrappers though i mean they've been they've been in and out of this game all day when they were down by two i thought it would be a tough thing for them but they came right back and they got the two and tied it up and then they gave another one up now they have to go get another one and tie it up word from the bench by the way is that anthony tony who started the game is not injured he fumbled a couple of times he's been on the bench since the second series tom lacausie has gone the distance in his place cunningham back on a thread the mike quick first down at the 37. that's an interesting play mike quick starts out as the outside guy then they take toddler tossing out see he puts him in motion see now he ends up outside of him so that makes that open middle you see that runs the linebacker out and then that gives quick the inside plus it gives randall cunningham a lane to throw it in 12-12 to go in the game cunningham 17 of 26 for 229 yards [Applause] [Music] [Applause] he has gone the distance in his voice cunningham back on a thread the mike quick first down at the 37. that's an interesting play mike quick starts out as the outside guy and they take total to tossy out see he puts him in motion see now he ends up outside of him so that makes that open middle you see that runs the linebacker out and then that gives quick the inside plus it gives randall cunningham a lane to throw it in 12 12 to go in the game cunningham 17 of 26 for 229 yards [Applause] [Music] play fake watch from jerry fury the pass overthrown for equipped on the far sideline new orleans on top again cincinnati regains the lead jets have increased the margin over buffalo kansas city struggling with san diego greg garrity comes in how about steve deberg with five touchdown passes he's one of those guys that's capable i mean there are some quarterbacks that could play all their life and never throw five touchdown passes one of those steve brogan is that way framer minnesota those guys are capable of having that type of day and every once in a while they do it second and ten blitz coming they drive a big round for kenny jackson incomplete heck of an effort barry wilbur doing a little victorious dance over kenny jackson i think what wilbur is saying look if we're going to get on me when they beat me and they catch one i want some credit when they don't he's looking the same way as as the scientist when they beat him he does look in towards the quarterback and not fortunate i'm sure that's the way they're taught dexter manly makes an appearance yeah dexter hasn't played a game yet all three seasons it looks like his helmets played a lot of pre-season games but dexter hasn't been in it okay there's another guy he's fired up you talk about it friendly he has like adrenaline like 528 going through him right now if he was a television evangelist he'd raise a lot of funds we've got timeout call thus far the redskins have lost jay schroeder and george rogers with injuries both in the first half but doug williams has come on to throw a couple of touchdowns the big play from a philadelphia perspective reggie white's 70-yard fumble rumble for a touchdown there's reggie stealing it from doug williams and then out running ultimately keith griffin for a 70-yard touchdown his first td as a pro and he still hasn't recovered when they went in on defense he wasn't there and doug williams threw a touchdown against him dexter manly goes on works the crowd then comes to the sidelines that's three times today he's been in thinking he was going to play and trying out his goal that's why he didn't need the helmet third and ten blitz and the redskins williams reads it goes deep for ron johnson wilbur and johnson in a battle and wilbur wins the battle wilburn is going to get the most out of this one he's running around the end so he said that one was mine you can't celebrate in the end zone but he ran there watch him again he turns that same way so i guess that's the way to do it he got the interception right there the bean bag the official says that's where they're going to spot it wilburn comes up he has the ball he'll keep it that is the fourth eagle turnover two bass interceptions two fumbles the two fumbles occurred in the first two series [Applause] washington gets it back 10 54 to go in the game griffin across the five and into the arms of mike reichenbach the middle linebacker number 55 and jerome brown is down now the number one draft choice of the eagles that's a formidable group when they play that 46 defense and they have brown clark and reggie white all lined up there together while they check on jerome brown time has been called with philadelphia trailing the redskins by seven jerome brown is still on the field let's see if we can determine what happened today it's a good block by jeff bostic here's bostick and brown they tie up and start this way bostick stays with him and drives them back this way hey bostick has gained some strength too because jerome brown's a strong guy but watch this i watch him 99 is brown he's going going going going bostick puts him right on his back now from the end zone this perspective on the injury well bostick is 53. watch him see just finish him off right there front front front and front and then boom he goes down i'll tell you i mean that that registered nobody did he landed on someone's foot i'll tell you that registered a bunch of points brown out of miami will walk off unaided [Applause] buddy ryan as john said thinks he was the best player available in the draft moves into the starting lineup in his first year well he and reggie white in that front four for the next decade or so could wreak some havoc oh that's the thing and then and then when they start getting a couple linebackers maybe they get roy nail young back they get their secondary together they're gonna be a good [Applause] jeff bostig is doing a good job you know we saw him put jerome brown down that that play you know he got the best of reggie white of course he was beaten out by russ brim and grimm gets injured boston comes back and i'll tell you he's playing strong in there today i mean i think that maybe he he didn't have things under control right away but as this game kind of he's starting to take control of that level third down and six redskins we've got 10 28 to go and washington leads philadelphia by seven 31-24 three wide receiver set with griffin running back williams goes deep as a man open caught gary clark first down at the 46. doug williams is making some long throws and i'll tell you what if you would tell me you can start a team and you can have any receiver you want in the league i take this guy right here i take gary clark i know you say well there's this guy in that guy but this guy makes big plays this guy is always there never gets hurt he's just he's just one of those guys even when he does get hurt he's always out there always a threat that's a gain of 46 in addition to the fine testimony from john first down at the 46. so just when the eagles thought they were going to get the ball back on the third and six the redskins come up with a 46 46-yard gain and cincinnati has trouble with the colts but knocks them off by two our first final of the 87th season that ends a win streak for ron meyer in the indianapolis colts so that's right yeah he had a couple there at the end of the season you know that's just that i know buddy ryan you know is upset because he prides himself and he told he told cunningham you're the boss of the offense i'm the boss of the defense and big plays have really gotten them all pre-season and so far in the opening [Music] week john i want to go back to that point hasn't been that been traditionally one of the weaknesses of the 46 defense well or not not necessarily 46 defense as much as the whole theory of gambling i'm going to go after you if you get rid of it you'll get a big play but if you don't i'm going to sack you now of course the better the player then the less gamble it is with the bears it was that same defense when they won the super bowl eight and a half to go 31-24 redskins have a third and one and a seven point lead reggie branches this is heavy jumbo gets the first down to 35. now we looked at halftime at the fasting by distance remember we said doug williams was different than schroeder because he had those one to ten yards but look in this second half he's opening it up now look 21 to 30. he's one for two 31-40 he's one for two over 40 yards he's two for two so he started adding that up with that shorter step now he's airing that thing out and i'll tell you those are pretty good stats when you throw the ball that far first and ten doug williams for the redskins 31-24 they leave [Applause] which is huge hey there's one of the best players in the league and joe jacoma you know the guy amazing story he wasn't even drafted from louisville i don't know how you can miss a 300 pound guy in the draft but they miss joe jacoby and then he goes from spartan to be a pro bowl player that he's going to miss rush grim though playing right next to him i know that then russ grimm just just led him everywhere granted a meeting room to lunch second down and four [Applause] three wide for steeper set for the redskins [Applause] [Music] before the game by the nfl today jimmy the greek was saying that everyone says that the redskins have one of the best coaching staffs or the best coaching staff in the league and i agree that they do and i think one of the signs of that is when backup players come in and perform the way they are in the second half first and 10 washington for 7 23 to go redskins up by seven keith griffin runs into camp clark we do have an updated injury report from the bench on jerome brown a bruised elbow but he might be back and the word on anthony tony has now been changed we are told that he has bruised ribs and that is one reason he's not playing number 63 up it's still first time [Music] call on raleigh mckenzie third year man out of tennessee number 63. i think he's one of the reasons that that grim was moved to center they wanted to get mckenzie in there so by doing that they could get grim a bigger stronger guy in the center and also get raleigh mckenzie into the thing there is jerome brown on the sidelines standing right behind buddy ryan yeah tony's not there griffin on first and 20 clyde simmons number 96 makes the fact 6 40 to go on the clock running washington goes to atlanta next week atlanta getting trounced by tampa bay today former eagle coach marion campbell down there now and of course former atlanta coach is now here dan henderson is now an assistant on the redskins staff so i'm sure that that'll help in their preparation next week especially evans a rookie from arizona who probably is going to earn a starting spot in a couple of weeks makes the tackle buddy ryan likes this man yeah let's watch joe jacoby and just watch him right here on pass protection how he moves and what good feed he has watch him here you just take your guy you just bump and watch as the right foot moves the left foot he's always under control for a big guy i mean he's like six foot seven but he has great feet if you're thinking in terms of a potential field goal in the back of your mind register of once again the fact that jess atkinson is out with a dislocated ankle and steve cox would be the man on third down william just want the field goal and brazil just misses the interception buddy ryan was calling william brazell he was calling him lefty and everyone thought they were talking about the basketball coach lefty dress hell and he said no the country and western singer lefty friselle didn't know that in philly yeah so that's his nickname lefty see that's a trap buddy ryan was saying during the week he said i'm putting for zell out there as a safety plan corner they think they're going to work on them but i set the trap for them and now i got it faded i just hope they take it docs has been primarily employed as a long distance kicker this is for 40. and it's perfect nice to have a back-up place kicker on a 45-man roster it doesn't happen to many teams 5 20 to go as a swede you understand that i've got to pull for the guy from stockholm villander and here's steve cox getting ready to kick it that is the shortest field goal that cox has ever attempted in the pros that's there's an unusual stat that you know and those are the things you don't work on too because the short one that's a timing finesse thing and you can work on kickoffs and long field goals along with punish but it's tough to work on those short ones cox kicks it deep evan cooper will take the touch back and the eagles who tied it up on a 70-yard fumble return from reggie white have now seen the redskins score 10 unanswered points [Music] hey that's the impressive thing that you know we talked about this the the coaching staff and the job that they've done because a lot of those things were done were really done by the backup people i mean you think of a you know doug williams coming in and his performance you think of sanders and the passes that he's caught and you think of the of the kicking by steve cox they're all back up people that is because the redskins have been hurt by injuries here's cunningham right side to michael haddocks and a wrestling match ensues [Applause] [Music] five minutes to go in the ball game addicts is now caught three and rushed 14 times for 68 yards i think he's a much improved player you know he was a number one draft choice and now he's in his fifth year but when you draft a guy number one he has to be more than just a blocker i think that's what they have all the guys playing the block and catch a pass well that's good fifth six seventh round when you're number one you have to do more than that and today he seems to be starting that direction eagles need a big play again that's not what they had in mind i think they've been doing a better job you know last year of course they set the record nfl all-time record with 104 sacks now here of course this is the fourth one today but i think overall the pass protection has been pretty good today for cunningham that time it looked like he didn't have anything open and the whole deal just collapsed on him the one coaching change buddy ryan made this year is bill walsh denied a new offensive line coach replacing ken hyman it's third and eleven that's as john said is the fourth sack today third and eleven five-man rush across the middle incomplete it'll be fourth down great garrett he still doesn't know where the ball went he never did see it cunningham was getting right third down he had to get rid of the ball garrity had his back to him he was looking around didn't know what happened the redskins have now taken over this game and all they have to do is run out the clock on fourth down john celtic is back to fun and eric yarber waits near the 40. nice kick yarber at the 31. tackle made by byron evans a 50-yard punt and six on the return oh here's an example of that bent strength that the redskins have displayed today john well when you can lose your starting quarterback and then have another guy come in and throw two tough touchdown passes when he scores tied when you need him that's something of course reggie branch in the short yardage and then as you say having a backup field goal kicker most teams it's some guard or something right to try it and the ball shanks off his foot and you know people fall all over the place when you can do those types of things and i think it's real credit for this keith griffin one of the backups who is playing in place of the injured george rogers with the carry schroeder's out rogers is out grimm is out atkinson is out daryl grant was injured all of those with injury sustained in this game and they had a lot of players hurt coming in of course one of the big ones on defense was neil oaker with service linebacker so they had to move rich malott into the middle and then of course may last week gets hurt so they have to have to start the rookie at simmons he's done a pretty good job glenn and denison is in now as the eighth back he starts in motion goes to griffin and we're at the three-minute mark in this ball game yeah it was funny ed simmons were talking about him starting his first game but when he started his first pre-season game he was walking down the tunnel to go out and joe bugle who's the offensive line coach and assistant head coach said to him he was going to give him motivation he said now look now you've been in a lot of big games and someone's going no no no i haven't been in a big game he played at eastern washington excuse me chokes me up [Applause] yesterday they lost in the batterino third down handoff [Music] [Applause] kelvin bryant gets the first down if it stands andre waters made the tackle holding offense hey that's that old counter tray remember for years that john riggins would run and he'd run it in there number 69 offense still third down running in there behind joe jacoby and russ brim that was rc thielmann i was talking to tealman's wife the other day and she said that he's really in the best shape he's ever been he's only 260 pounds she said but he really looks good in his uniform then these days of 300 pounders he kind of doesn't look like them but she said i look at him and he really he wears his uniform nicely it fits good as opposed to gary clark yeah i don't know that it looks that good i mean you know justine you know i mean it looks a little ragged to me not our perspective she was talking about how the body works you know what i said you don't want the husband to look good and she said oh yeah yeah i do them's the important things diehmann's looking good right now because his team has a 10-point lead at the two-minute warning man dean hamill marcus cook daryl grant a little defensive get together on the sideline that's torgy torkinson he's been in the league a long time he's still following the plays they're running they're gonna trap [Music] and timeout has been called we're talking about the counter tray where they run where they pull the offsides and the back comes in behind them they usually run that to the right that was one of the few times they ran it to the left that i've ever seen over the years look at kelvin bryant he's good he wants to fight getting a little testy he's not he's not big enough he has a lot of bones in that uniform time is called with 149 to go in the game and it'll be fourth down and 12. bring you up to date on other scores yeah eagles by the way are out of timeouts now high score 34-24 with 149 to go and tampa bay just wallops atlanta 48-10 atlanta is at home against the redskins next week minnesota defeats detroit 34-19 pittsburgh in the fourth quarter still leads san francisco now by 13 points new orleans hangs on in the lead over cleveland by seven in the fourth quarter and houston has gone on top of the rams 17-16 in the fourth quarter jets feeding buffalo by ten kansas city leading san diego by seven [Music] [Applause] that's going to be against the eagles anyway but it won't be enough for a first down for the redskins cox may be mvp today good point defense number 45 decline first down 20 yard line so steve cox in addition to a field goal and a couple of extra points just got a 65-yard punch oh i mean he's he's pumped up i mean he could he could probably arm wrestle with dave butts or someone and win the way he's so strong look guys are loving them patting them on the back high five ten give me it that doesn't happen to those punters very often not much there's not a lot of love between kickers and all the teammates normally but today there's a lot of love out there for him i love you just saying love you love you hollywood steve huh yeah look at him look at him not even sure how to do it he doesn't know how all those guys do it all the time first down and fifth shovel pass junior throttle of tossing big hole and a gain of nine out near the 29-yard line eagles are out of timeouts i think the redskins at the end are going to be one of the top teams the nfl and the eagles are going to surprise some people before it's over eagles are at home against new orleans next week then they go out to san francisco here's dick jorgensen fault start number 63 offense still stand out that's ron baker the veteran in that line new england knocks off miami by seven excuse me john i was just saying funny ryan said last night he thought the best team in football last year of course was a giant snape prudent we thought the second best team were the redskins he said the only reason they weren't in the super bowl is they weren't in the other league i kind of agree with that last year that those were the two best teams more confusion on the field operator reset the game clock on one minute 15 seconds 1 15. say please [Music] no chance thank you no that's good though if you don't if you don't say please it's okay if you say thank you but you have to do one of the two you have to say please then you don't have to say thank you or you have to say don't say please then you have to say thank you that's good deportment yeah right [Music] cunningham in trouble avoids the sack and picks up enough yardage for the first down out across the 30. and one group that's going to be tired in this game of the are the defensive lineman because they've both both been chasing quarterbacks all day and i bet you some of these guys have lost up to 20 pounds that's the new rule that's in effect this year the redskins fans being unfamiliar with it start booing when cunningham looks to the sideline and intentionally grounds it this telecast is presented by the authority of the national football league and is intended for the private use of our audience any rebroadcasts or other use of this telecast without the express written consent of the washington redskins and the national football league is prohibited 52 seconds to go cunningham deep right side for kenny jackson incomplete brian davis the second round off choice knocked it away [Applause] coming up next saturday on cbs georgia against clemson both 2-0 on the young season that will be live at 2 30 eastern time here on cbs enjoyed the telecast last night to alabama and penn state brent husberger and pat hayden and eric barcian john doctor there's a familiar [Music] that's another first down and the clock will continue to run with 37 seconds to go coming up next the nfl today post game show with scores and highlights will bring you up to date on all the activity on this first weekend of the 87 nfl season and again they stopped the fly [Applause] i think the league better do a good job of publicizing that new rule maybe we can help them i don't know why i mean i don't i don't know i i know the rule second down and you can stop the clock but i don't know why they're doing it i mean why what are you prolonging this thing for it's over following the dogs and put on the fire the hunt's over get ready for new orleans i will not ask you to sing [Music] 21 seconds to go [Applause] gunny ham comes left safety valve passed and junior truck lacrosse and unless he gets out of bounds that might be the final play of the game five seconds to go and in order to kill the clock cunningham throws it into the ground but it's done with no time left so for the second year in a row the redskins have defeated the philadelphia eagles this time by 10. good ball game and we'll continue after this message

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