1988 Week 15 - Tampa Bay at New England

[Music] and welcome to sullivan stadium in foxborough massachusetts for today's game between the tampa bay buccaneers and the new england patriots this game is critical to the patriots playoff folks new england has to win its final two games today against the bucks and next week against denver the cleveland browns also have to lose one or new england has to win both and houston has to lose both so a win today is paramount and that brings us back to the new england quarterback situation and hello again everybody i'm tim brampt doug flutie has led new england to a 6-3 record over the last couple of months and he has never lost a game here at sullivan stadium and yet today tony eason gets the start at quarterback easton is not 100 healthy and he has not taken a snap has not played it down in the national football league in over a year so we bring in hank stram who's won a super bowl as a head coach in the national football league and hank i ask you would you start tony eason today no i wouldn't i really wouldn't timmy i start doug flutie because i i think doug flutie has earned the right to be the starting quarterback of this football team tony easton is not totally well he admitted that he's about 90 percent so that's another reason why i would start doug flutie plus the fact that foodie has completed 51 percent of his passes thrown eight touchdown passes has run for an average of five yards per carry in this kind of a game running is very important he can not only throw the ball but in conjunction with that same thought he gives you a three running back dimension which is very important in this kind of a game all right hank the weather today is frigid look at this 18 degrees and i don't think that's advantageous to anybody when it's a -15 windshield factor and another fact worth noting tampa bay has won only once in its entire history when the temperature was below 50 degrees new england kicking off teddy garcia kicking deep to donny elder who will down it there for the touchback elder leads the nfc and returns with a 23-yard average but he won't get the chance here and they'll bring it out to the 20. tampa bay has been a slow starter all year buccaneers have been outscored 105 to 20 in the first quarter this season meanwhile six of new england's eight wins this year have taken place right here in sullivan stadium as you get a good look at vinnie testaverdi the quarterback for the bucks gary good and william howard are the setbacks in the pro set straight ahead they go and we'll see a lot of this this afternoon howard picks up a good chunky yardage across the 25 to the 26 yard line they'll say that his knee hit before the 25 so it'll be a gain of four tackle was made by tim goad defensively now as you look at the lineups brent williams tim goes milford hodge starting for varus vera still not back from knee surgery andre tippett of course is the longtime veteran there rembert is having a great year in the secondary marion in all slow season and again they go straight up the middle tackle again made by tim goat he has two and this time it was carrie goode they want to go straight at the defense too timmy i think they have great respect for the linebackers of new england as a result they're afraid to go outside too much because they pursue and react so well benny tessa verde gets the start as the quarterback guden howard of the setback lars tate is injured carrier and smith the wide out from ron hall to tight end third down and three this is the motion man first pass of the afternoon for testiverti complete and it's going to be a first down for tampa bay donnie smith makes the catch he's playing in front of bruce hill let's show you that offensive talent now for the tampa bay buccaneers vinnie testaverdi who averages an interception every 14 passes did not throw one last week that's a good sign good starts in place of tate howard the setback carrier and smith the wide outs smith playing for hill and ron hall's the tight end up front ruber the rookie having a great year all pro year this is the strength of that tampa bay offense only one rookie on the offensive line two tight ends now hauling parks on first down for the bucks straight ahead goes howard for a couple what do you think of this game hank i think basically uh you know what the tampa bay buccaneers have to do to win this game number one no missed field goals and no bad punts the kicking game will be very important today number two must force three turnovers and the important thing is to capitalize on them and get points when they do get the turnovers and number three they must rush for at least 115 yards again two tight end system second down and eight carrier in motion this is the pitch back to howard howard pulls his way across the 40 it'll be another tampa bay first down tackle made by fred marion in that time all they did uh tim was used man for man blocking zone blocking on the on the left side they wanted to get a hat on everybody got a seam and howard busted through there for the for the nice yardage on the play defying takeoff is excellent so far he started to get a lot more carries in the chicago game now he has 351 yards first down the ball on the 42 for tampa bay [Music] again they go with the running game up to the 47-yard line looks like howard will get a pretty good workout here this afternoon andre tip it with the tackle and the great thing about it was that that time they had a guy in the gap and he was able to read that gap block and bounce to the right side tampa bay's offense has scored only on one on first possession only once in 14 games and we were there to see that one against minnesota they had been outscored 70 to nothing until that point still been outscored 105 to 20. dude and howard down the i formation win receivers to the bottom of the screen second down and long [Music] dude takes it into new england territory and hank this is a good looking drive for tampa bay it really is and of course rob taylor the right tackle and haul the tight end that got off the ball in good shape sustained their blocks and as a result they got a good push he was able to make some much yardage on the play perkins coached new england wide receivers here as an assistant early in his career struggling through his second season with the buccaneers as head man but he's had 27 players in their first or second year playing on this team third down and a long one the ball of the new england 49 and again they stay with the tight power formation [Music] didn't make it tackle made by fred marion the anticipation of marion was excellent and it looked like they anticipated the count as well as the offensive team did he got there right about the time the ball carrier try to get over the top i said he didn't make it hank of course it depends on the mark it looked like he came up short they gotta have a little bit of a push but i feel like you do is very close hard to tell whether he made it or not well they're gonna take a good long look at it referee today is ben's right they're bringing the chains out well they're not going to go for it ray kriswell number 13 the punter comes on for tampa bay even though they're in new england territory less than a yard for a first down needed there's a look at criswell criswell five punts last week only 32-yard average [Music] only punter in the nfc was without a touch back this year irving pryor is deep for new england pryor's third in the nfc has a healthy 10 yard plus return average pressure up the middle criswell's punch may be his first touchback of the year no they're going to have it inside the five and it's down at the two two-yard line a 46-yard punt no return and it's down by odie harris we'll be back [Music] most controversial player in the stadium is tony easton who starts today for doug flutie easton hasn't played it down since november 1st 1987. and new england starts with very poor field position after all was said and done they marked it just inside the four was on the 20-yard line instead of being under 10. i don't know if those flutie was clapping for reason or just trying to keep his hands warm on first down straight ahead up to the six yard line defensively for tampa bay davis jarvis and golf up front two rookies in a one-year bet eugene marv is the leader of the linebackers seven-year vet play at buffalo so he's used to cold irving randall's healthy again the four starters in the secondary have made almost 300 tackles this year they're aggressive and will fill quickly but tampa bay has given up 18 touchdown passes this year so it's second down and seven now the ball marked at the six [Music] big hole left side as perryman cuts back against the grain he'll be short of the first down it'll bring up third down and short watch the big hole on the right side to our left here as we look at it and then he bounces back to the left side where the cavity was and gets the necessary and a big first close to the first down on the play but a good read by perriman good cut back to the left i suspect everybody will be slamming to that strong right side of the offense last week 46 of the 54 running plays went to the right side so they're slamming that way third down and short two tight ends and this time they don't make it stevens is the ball but davis jarvis and goff kills a hole quickly along with the linebackers kevin murphy really got a good shot in there too number 59 it'll be fourth down hank and new england now will have to punt and i asked and i asked the coaches of the tampa bay buccaneers defensively if they were going to slant do a lot of things he said we're going to do everything we possibly can to stop that running game we're going to stop the running to make him throw jeff beagles has the lowest punt return average in the nfl with only 30 of his 77 punts returned he probably will have this one returned by bobby futrell standing five yards deep in his own end zone good snap a lot of pressure [Music] gets off a low kick it'll hit us at 50 get into england bounce and carry down to the 46-yard line and that's where it'll be down a 43-yard punt again no return with 7 38 remaining in the first quarter it's scoreless seven minutes 38 seconds remain in the first quarter both teams have had to punt in their first possessions were scoreless tim brandt hanks scram at sullivan stadium in a very cold afternoon in new england windshield factors 15 below tampa bay with a football howard and dude are the setbacks pro formation if they run left here here they come [Music] howard cuts inside into new england territory down to the 45-yard line tackle made by fred marion [Music] watch gruber come off the ball on on this particular play and a good lock by the back on tibbetts and of course howard bounces to the outside runs through a tackler and picks up extra yardage on the play but good execution and good takeoff on the part of the offensive line to the tampa bay buccaneers howard's a tough yardage guy 50 yards last week in 16 carries second down and one here and howard has the first howard now six carries 31 yards i talked to howard before the game and he was all smiles and i said you're doing a great job keep up the good work he said i just want to play and contribute to the success of this football team we're going to be a good football team so they're very enthusiastic i think about what they're doing third first down of the afternoon for tampa bay so the offense now working the ball effectively tampa bay nine rushes one pass dude straight ahead on first down he's down to the 38 yard line kerry good 511 200 pounder out of alabama take us to rookie if they continue to run this way tim why they're going to get the linebackers coming up into the holes a little bit more and as a result they will be able to run better off tackle than outside if that happens [Music] linebackers have been cheating up on run plays for new england the last couple of weeks trying to float those gaps plus the fact that it's great with play-action passes but he disturbs the linebackers when they're playing in their neck clothes second down and seven now for the buccaneers again it's a pro set they run a little counter to good good if you get around the corner has to move down to the 32-yard line knocked out of bounds by fred marion this is a counter a counter draw play the fullback goes first and then goat goes over to the meet the quarterback bounces to the outside marion number 31 trying to push him out of bounds doesn't do much of a job at all of trying to tackle him dissatisfied to push him out of bounds looks as if the athletes are very careful early on hank on this cold day to make sure that they're good and loose it didn't look like kerrygood trying to turn that corner with any authority i want to make sure those hamstrings are stretched and everything is nice and loose and warm before they start to stretch out and go and you heard about the remark that uh jean f shaw made about testa verdi about uh not being too smart perkins was upset about that call left shaw uphill apologized that he was kidding i mentioned that contest averted he said any decent man would have done that he didn't talk to me i feel better about the fact that because it's called perfect first down tampa bay howard absolutely nothing [Music] how about talking about the easton fruity thing yesterday to ray perkins we said what happened they'd never do it it's probably a smoke screen but that's exactly what happened here this afternoon he said i'm no fool it's a smoke screen you're right tampa bay four first downs now in this first quarter that's more than new england game up to the bills versus seattle rather all last week second down and ten off the left side goes howard and howard may have lost the yard so that's two straight plays now where the defense converged this time the tackle was made by tim goad and tim goat is really having a terrific year they're talking about pushing him for an all-rookie team but he's played extremely well and a remarkable thing about it is he played in a high school team they only had 16 people on the squad on 11-man football he played every single position on the team except quarterback well toby williams missed camp with a contract dispute ken sims got hurt goes got a chance to play he hadn't moved out since they can't blow model they with dynamite now install the rushing graphic it's third down and call it 10 now three wide receivers for tampa bay passing formation test diverting to do that tries to get out and now throws and it's complete inside the 25 to the 24 yard line to his tight end ron hall it'll be short of the first half and there's goat again number 92 or 72 getting penetration getting a piece here we see it as testa verde looks at the defense steps up into the pocket and there you see goad number 72 popping through there getting a piece of him and making him throw the ball just to get rid of it so he doesn't take a loss good play on the part of testaverde we talked to ray perkins last night he says if it's fourth and about one i'm going for it i don't have a lot of confidence in my kickers now they're going to be going for a 41-yard field goal here carney's had one blocked he's missed a couple this was from 41 yards it's up but it's going to be short short and off to the right he doesn't have a lot of confidence in his kickers we're still scoreless with 327 remaining in the first quarter [Music] new england about to take his second offensive possession they didn't do much the first time it's 3 27 remaining first quarter we're still scoreless barryman in motion ethan gives the ball off to stevens and stevens breaks the tackle and bucks out to the 28-yard line take a look at some of the scores green bay up on top of minnesota that's a big game for the vikings a win there will give the bikes a shot at the bears at home next monday night for their first division title since 1980. buffalo against the raiders we'll keep you updated on all the scores a raider win keeps them in the afc west division second down [Music] again again the stevens breaks the tackle spins outside but he's in a whole lot of trouble he loses a yard tackle was made by bobby futrello in the right corner and mark robinson number 30 was right up there in the line of scrimmage and forced the play actually got a hand on stevens yes it was like an eight-man front i'm surprised he didn't change the play to line of scrimmage it'll be third down in nine new england brings his passing situation in and tampa bay goes to its nickel tampa bay to a 4-2-5 scheme rod jones comes in as a nickel back he takes the right corner most of the time coutral takes the slot [Music] three wide receivers now to the shotgun formation for the patriots easton with a lot of pressure grows deep stanley morgan has it up to the 44-yard line balls loose balls still alive and tampa bay has the turnover donny elder recovered the fumble after stanley morgan hit the pace stanley morgan something that he doesn't do very often he's got great hands good athlete runs good patterns easton delivers the ball right on the money he has to wait a little bit for it as he goes down he fumbles the ball and it wasn't a situation where the ground forced the fumble donnie elder picks it up and takes it back about three or four yards and the tampa bay buccaneers have possession first and ten 501 career receptions now hank they're gonna say he was down and they are reviewing this it's a 20-yard gain before the fumble it did look like a very close play of being rushed to see what they determine on the instant replay mark robinson made the hit to knock the ball loose replay official is dixon holmen it'll be first down at the 47th if they rule the tampa bay retains possession let's take another look at this play hank here we see morgan he's waiting for the ball a little bit catches it behind oh the ball is loose it's loose it fell out of there as it came as he was coming down to the ground absolutely the ball was marked loose now let's see what the call is two minutes and 27 seconds remaining in the first period of play tim brandt hank scram at sullivan stadium in a very cold foxboro massachusetts we did get some snow last night just a dusting predicting possible flurries this afternoon and they rule in favor [Music] i thought he had the ball and dropped it before he hit the turf good dixon holmen the replay official says it's inconclusive ben breith relays that on to the team so it'll be a first down a 20-yard gain on the play and they mark it at the 47-yard line we'll see where they do market now there's going to be some discussion about that we had a good picture of it from this side and it definitely looked like he made the catch and then dropped it on the way down well they're talking again maybe there's some communication problems with the replay booth ray perkins out on the field i don't blame him i'd be squeaking about that call if i were in his shoes ray perkins coach stanley morgan long time ago when he was the receiver coach here in new england but that was 479 catches ago for morgan now they'll explain it to ray perkins 27 players in their first or second year for the tampa bay buccaneers perkins says the nfl has 289 players born in the 1950s new england has 13 of them tampa bay just two ferguson and kevin callan neither one starts raymond berry a good picture raymond had a good visit with him and he was interesting to hear him talk about why he wanted to start tony eason and basically he said that we have we're lucky we have three starting quarterbacks with grogan easton and doug flutie we get another view of this picture just to see again what happened he has to slow down make the catch he makes the catch incomplete now they call it an incomplete pass well that's the easy way out because now new england will have to punt so jeff beagles will come on for the patriots bobby futrell will be deep for tampa bay and all that for known [Music] one punt 43 yards for figals boutrell will stand back on his own 30-yard line so he's showing a lot of respect for fiegels and piggles is kicking with the win and he changes kicking style he used to be a three-step kicker now his two-step kicker gets rid of the ball a lot faster this is a high wobbly punt that'll take to trail all the way back inside the 10. and he'll be down at the 14 great punt by beagles a 66 yarder he has the longest punt in the nfl this year that's a 74 yarder this one for 66 and a three yard return it's minus 15 degrees windchill factor at solomon stadium in foxboro massachusetts we're scoreless tampa bay nothing new england nothing two minutes and 13 seconds remain in the first quarter of play tampa bay has its worst field position of the afternoon starting inside the 15. [Music] two tight ends ron hall and jeff parks carrier in motion mcgee is straight ahead a gain of one maybe two william howard ran right smack into brent williams it was 32 degrees last week with a wind chill factor of zero today the wind chill as we said is 15 below and tampa bay brought over 1200 pounds of warm weather gear i was on the field before the game and i tell you timmy it was cold and it's going to get a lot colder as the game progresses two tight end formation for tampa bay one lone setback is howard on second and eight and he gets back to the line of scrimmage [Music] andre tiffany will get credit for that tackle and that's the way you have to play that play it has the old counter tray where they pull the right guard and the right tackle and watch tip it chase him from the backside number 56. he takes a step to the right howard does and watch tippett coming from the back side number 56 puts the squeeze on him gets him in the vice here's another view right tackle right guard pulling on the plate tip it chasing the tackle comes right down the line of scrimmage and makes the tackle third down and nine for tampa bay close set now the buck's shipped to an eye carrie dude cuts back inside gets a block maybe to the 15-yard line and reynolds makes the tackle along [Music] and the guard that time dan turk really got a great block in the hole on the linebacker beautiful block new england wants a time out with 35 seconds remaining in the first period of play and i would assume hank with tampa bay backed up like this they may have the punt block on or at least set up a good wall for the return on the sidelines and they want to get that all squared away they want to make sure that's right the kicking game you know i don't think people realize timmy talking about the kicking game the teams will win or lose anywhere from five to seven games with a kicking game every year so this is a very important decision ray criswell is in the punt and irving fryer third in the afc will be standing at his own 47th third in return and is kicking into the win this is a low liner and it will be a return on this one but good coverage by the buccaneers the tackle was made by donnie elder who got down there first so it was a 30-yard punch and elder loses a yard but that's a good time out by raymond barry he already is [Music] he wanted to make sure that they would kick into the wind and wouldn't get a chance to reverse and kick with it that was a very good call very alert called by the bench of the new england patriots raymond barry great coverage by elder down here to make that tackle on friar he was under control but the ball got down there so fast it would look like it was on a trolley line and as a result why he made good coverage on the on the kick new england three plays in a pun on their first two possessions we'll see what happens here with excellent field position eason on first down goes to throw does and has the completion to the 44 yard line to robert perriman that's his 14th catch of the year tackle made by kevin murphy and prairie moon is a full back but he really wanted to be really wanted to be a tailback but he's a very fine runner and a good receiver and of course he's doing a good job of blocking also for the new england patriots perryman did not practice thursday because of the sore foot we watched him lip around on friday he has it heavily taped today so that's the end of the first quarter with our score new england nothing and tampa bay nothing the autumnal hues of amber we saw several weeks ago hank has given way to the cruel nakedness of winter it's cold here chilliness is in the air no question about that i'm glad to see that phyllis talk you into wearing a top coat up here thank gosh he did and his raymond berry you know talking to him yesterday about what he was going to do with the quarterback situation he said he's going to you know start eason because he thinks that they have a shot at the playoffs and he thinks that they have to get their passing gear passing offense in gear and he feels tony easton is the guy to get that done the running part of it won't change any and that's a reason why on a projected basis he thought that he would start tony eason stevens on second and five picks up one so to bring up third down and four the tackle was made by reuben davis now in the first quarter tampa bay had the ball 11 minutes and seven seconds new england just three minutes and 53 seconds the important thing now is they have good field position and they have to take advantage of it they have to get points the tampa bay buccaneers had an opportunity with a field goal but missed it earlier in a game john carney with a 41-yard miss for tampa bay six defensive backs now for tampa bay four wide receivers for new england out of the shotgun on third and four for eason easton shows some mobility picks up the first down at the 36-yard line mark robinson makes the tackle that's the first first down of the game for the patriots and we and we talked we talked to raymond about the escapability skill of eason he said don't worry about him he can move and here's a great illustration they pinned the end on the inside he did take off and run he's faster than he is quick and was finally tackled there by mark robinson number 30. they'll bring out the chains eason separated his shoulder last season his arm was in a sling but the sling was too tight and caused nerve damage so he had surgery to correct the nerve damage in his right arm caused a problem with his thumb in october the pats wanted easton to suit up for the bills game and he wasn't quite sure he was ready so they went through a big thing he talked to his family talked to his agent he suited up and this is his first start her first play since last november first down at the 37. and stevens is nailed and may have lost the yard great penetration by tampa bay's defense robert gough got there first and pig really nailed him on that tackle and kevin murphy also got in there good a good angle and helped make the tackle but they're getting off the ball extremely well and talking about eason you know talking to him again yesterday so we're really my timing and execution during the week against the bags was excellent but he said i don't know what it's going to be like once the defense is there and once they're hit me and i have to dodge the bullets i don't know how my timing and execution will be then so far it's been very good second down and long call it 13 for eason seven step drop goes deep balls in the air underneath the hundred throne it was intended for morgan and on the coverage was ricky reynolds and he said a couple of times timmy he said he doesn't have a lot of strength in the thumb and sometimes he throws a ball and i can't believe that it goes as bad as it did or does that was a great illustration of it he might have had a problem with a thumb releasing the football badly under thrown crowd food as soon as the ball was thrown because it was wobbly and short that looked like a balloon when the air was going out of it i bet we'll hear a lot of booze today well the important thing is you know this kind of a decision you have to give raymond barry an awful lot of credit for having the courage to make this kind of a decision but if they don't win this game they'll be squeaking they had a phone pole on one of the local news stations last night on third down at 12 about which quarterback the public would like to see and it was heavily in favor of flooding this ball thrown over top incomplete intended for friar fryer had his hands on it just couldn't control it [Music] and again there are some boos and he dropped he dropped it in there nicely we're looking at it as the defense looks at it stays in the pocket throws it right over the top between the defenders look at that right on the money fryer should have made the catch he's hit as he makes the catch and starts to tuck it away but it falls loose it falls incomplete good hit by robinson to knock it loose there's a look at jeff beagles the punter and he'll be kicking to bobby futrell who stands and inside his tent this is what he calls a punt punch straight up in the air tries to get it to die inside the tent hits it to nine takes the tampa bay bounce still down it at the 11. so with 12 [Music] the only real scoring opportunity came from tampa bay john carney missed a 41-yard field goal with 327 remaining in the first quarter fourth and two with the situation there look at new england just ten yards rushing easton one for four now five yards and tampa bay has dominated the time of possession the only thing important about the time of possession is that you take advantage of the time of possession by getting some points and right now exit six howard is the lone setback for tampa bay on first down the ball at the 12. two tight end with paul and parks this is howard no secret what they were going to do that time with a power formation and they ran off the left side for no gain garen barris made the tackle first time he's been in the ball game today he was on injury reserves from october 26 until last week and he played 13 plays against seattle and he they have a great deal of respect for him they think he's a terrific football player great job by ron o'neil the trainer to get him ready to play this early [Music] william howard around the right side on second and ten gets a couple but not much again there's great pursuit by the new england defense lawrence mcgrew got there first mcgrew 6'5 233 pounder at a southern cal i think the way they're chasing too timmy once they get a chance to get halfway decent field position they have to run some counters and maybe as they get down the field with good field position they can maybe perhaps run a reverse but they have to do something to disjoint that defense because they're chasing as fast as they possibly can it's a passing situation now for tessa birdie third down and seven they go two wide receivers at the top of the screen and now they put smith in motion underneath the hall incomplete badly depends manly throne pass by testaferti fred marion was the defender they had they had a blitz on and of course the tight end evidently was a hot receiver tessa verde was trying to get the ball to him right as soon as he got it but he threw it into the turf goes incomplete but no question about the fact that it was a blitz and he was a hot receiver on the play criswell out of florida with a 38-yard average today he'll be punting to irving fryer takes the snap at the goal line again it's a low wobbly kick but it gets a tampa bay bounce and it rolls inside the 40 all the way down to the 35 yard line so what appeared to be a very low wobbly bad kick turns into a 49 yarder we're in new england located in the rolling hills between boston and providence rhode island in foxboro massachusetts sullivan stadium and we are scoreless 11 minutes 10 seconds remain in the first half tampa bay and new england tim brandt and hank scram with you and new england has it first down at the 35. tony easton's the quarterback perriman and stevens the setbacks for the pass is stevens on the right side and again he loses yardage eugene marv came through and made the tackle coming up next saturday on cbs sports boomers in the nfl's top-rated quarterback they try to secure the home field advantage throughout the playoffs while the defending super bowl champion redskins are coming off the last second win over philadelphia right now they're tied with dallas at three apiece and they're fighting for their playoff lives it all starts at 12 noon eastern time that'll be followed by college basketball georgetown and de paul how about those hoyas oh i say alonso morning the young freshman 11 blocks in one game hank that ties a record a pizza record set by patrick ewing a lot of great uh athletes playing professional basketball and we talked to dick steinberg about that yesterday the personnel director of new england they said the football talent is becoming more thin because a lot of the six four six five guys are going into basketball because of the great exposure in basketball easton's past the fryer is incomplete he's now one for five you know when i was a senior at maryland i can sign with the washington redskins as a free agent for a tryout they brought in daryl brown who was also a basketball player at maryland i got cut he's stuck doug flutie with the headset on all bundled up on the sidelines eason now one for five five yards he's missed his last three third down and 12 for the patriots [Music] he's got pressure throws the spring duke to the 30. gets a block across the 40 to the 44 yard line but he'll still be short by about a yard of that first down marker chris washington made the tackle but it was nicely set up it was beautifully set up and dupart who was a fine receiver came it comes into the game with about 27 catches watch the defensive end coming from the right side he throws right over the top dewpart makes the catch goes down the sideline farrell is out in front looking to make a block and dupar does a good job of running the ball dupart has a bad shoulder and he talked about the fact that he probably would have an operation after the end of this season jeff beagle's the punt for new england and it's a high spiraling punch that takes cuctrell back to this morning at the short point he lost it in the sun he started to back up the ball was short and it took a tampa bay bounce so it's a 28-yard punt no return and with nine minutes and 28 seconds remaining in the half we're still scoreless following this game stay tuned for the second game of our double header here on cbs as the new orleans saints take on the san francisco 49ers for the title in the nfc west saints are looking to rebound from that loss to minnesota for the 49ers ride the crest of a three-game winning streak do you like that one well i think it had to go with san francisco playing in san francisco but the saints are a good team especially defense a field goal could make the difference in this one first down straight ahead goes tampa bay maybe a yard tim goad made the tackle carrie good i believe got a yard and a half out of it an interesting thing about the running game tim you know i think everybody feels talking to trainers talking to coaches that you have a lot fewer injuries when you run the ball consistently well and as many times as both of these teams are trying to run the ball very few injuries especially to the offensive lineman second down in eight flutie on the 12. ball's loose new england got it johnny remember who's having a pro bowl year made the recovery 6-3 234-pounder six-year veteran out of clemson and that's what happens when you hit the penetration 52 remember there he goes into the gap gets a piece of the block hits good and of course the ball is fumbled and recovered by the new england patriots looked as if hughes took his eye off to see the blitz coming from remember never really had it there's the turnover situation first down and panda ball on the 27th easton trying to go forward on first down looks deep now throws and it's intercepted and that ball was not even close and listen to the crowd the interception made by ricky reynolds and they're pulling easton out of the stadium i don't know where he's trying to throw the ball you know what i think he was trying to do timmy i think he was trying to throw it out of the end zone because nobody can intercept it and didn't have enough stuff on it and i don't think he can because i think the thumb bothers it tony easton now for new england 2 for 7 15 yards and that interception and for ricky reynolds that's his fourth interception of the year the booing now has subsided and with 8 35 remaining in the first half tampa bay has the ball first down at the 20. [Music] tampa bay with a hole straight ahead is carrie goons here we see another shot of the interception easton going to his right now he's trying to throw the ball across the field ready in the area of the left end zone and i think the wind blew it all the way over to the other side where ricky reynolds came up with the interception reynolds is on the o of patriots in the end zone fryer was on the p that's how far away that pass was second down and five at the 25 for tampa bay william howard left side out to the 29 yard line see about a yard shy of the first down you know what i can't understand i can't understand with that good field position tim talking about new england on the last drive they've been running the ball trying to run the ball you would think they tried to throw a play-action pass rather than go back in the pocket in that situation throw it from the pocket [Music] killing this look at this everybody bundle up on the sideline and what what about we talked to the players about their game against the chicago bears and if they dressed it differently and a couple of the players said yeah they were they were spraying right guard on their feet to make sure their feet wouldn't swept down and howard doesn't get it again it's tim goes who's having a marvelous afternoon makes the penetration and the stop watch tim go down number 72 getting the penetration comes back from the back side he goes into the gap between the left guard and the center and makes the play that's also a pretty good fill by the free safety 31 fred marion so fourth down and two and tampa bay has to punt again good look at ray criswell [Music] irving fryer number 80 standing at the 38 yard line another four punch this high pass will be returned by prior inside the 40. tiptoes his way up to the 45-yard line and those punks are just low and wobbly 39-yard punch six-yard return ron hall made the tackle you know the other thing about the kicking game when it's this tall timmy kicking his balls like kicking a rock it gets to be very hard listen to the booze as easy comes back out again we'll set the plate for you he's two for seven 15 yards and an interception and ray perkin or raymond barry rather was telling us yesterday he's going to let ethan work through all the booze he's going to let him work through the roughiness he's going to keep him in there and try to get him ready for the playoffs well the worst thing about it all was that easton didn't sound like he was too enthusiastic about whether he could do a good job or not the ball carry picks up two you're right he said he wasn't 100 that's right and he was concerned about the thumb and the nerve and the thumb he said it's about 90 percent but it's hard to imagine that somebody hasn't played for 14 months would start in this kind of weather get a starting assignment especially with the game meaning is meaning as much as it does here today because indianapolis lost yesterday i think he's also very concerned about what would happen if he enters that thing again because you know his brother beau suffered a knee injury the 49ers last year he went through a difficult injury grievance for that club second down and seven at the 48th periment dives across the 50 into tampa bay territory eugene marv tripped him up they'll mark the ball at the 49. had a good visit with sean farrell uh yesterday too and he talked about his days with the tampa bay buccaneers and had nothing but good things to say he was very complicated he really was talked about how much he enjoyed playing there and he said he especially enjoyed playing for coach john mckay and so everything was very positive patriots won five of their last six games held the ball 41 minutes and five seconds last week against seattle here is third down and fourth of 49. five defensive backs for tampa bay four wide receivers for new england and this ball is complete to the 38-yard line stanley morgan 501st reception [Music] tackle made by donnie elder and they had a bliss coming that time watch the outside linebacker coming here the receivers coming off the ball man for man coverage stanley morgan stop to the inside and is finally tackled there by donnie elder number 40. it'll be first down the ball at the 37-yard line for new england stanley morgan comes to the bottom of the screen power eye formation on first down they go to the right side to stevens falls falls easton gets it back everybody was frozen in motion ethan was the only guy who was free and he came and he made the recovery talking about delayed action it was amazing that nobody reacted to the fumble balls except what they accept in ibiza way to the right side now watch easton he's watching what's happening got a good view of us sees the ball bounce out and he's the only one he really has a chance to make the recovery mark robinson made to hit and caused the fumble but because it's such a right-handed team everybody was slanting that way easy was the only guy on the backside where the ball ended up second down and six at the 33. [Music] stevenson turns the corner and makes some valuable yards inside the 30 before eugene maher can make the tackle robert golf chased him all the way across the field and couldn't catch him see there's a great illustration of hitting straight ahead straight ahead straight ahead straight ahead you finally get the linebackers up a little bit and they finally went outside the first time they've tried to run outside all afternoon let's talk about new england let's see what the flag is hank face on number 30. that's mark robinson who's guilty of the face man and it'll be enough for a first down so that's the first penalty of the game sullivan stadium foxborough massachusetts tim brandt and hank stram with you [Music] had the first shot at it kearney missed a 41-yard field goal with 327 remaining in the first quarter on a fourth and two situation and now new england is threatening to score with 325 remaining in the half first down at the 23. perryman touched inside and dies inside the 20. there's a good picture of ray perkins you know an interesting thing about ray coach here with new england and while he was coaching here he coached the prison team the norfolk state prison got a letter in at the office one day requesting some help at the prison so he thought well i live in the area i'll go out there and mess around and see what it's like and he coached that team had a lot of fun the only thing he said was that the players slipped asking them when they're going to play an away game they want to get out of there he said he had 11 lifers on defense he does need guys on defense carrying right side down close to the 15-yard line irving randall makes the tackle and the other funny thing he said i said what did you learn about that experience coaching that prison team he said very quickly i learned that i never want to be in prison he's a quality man ray perkins as is raymond berry seven plays 39 yards it's consumed four minutes this drive for new england francis stays in the ball game along with steve johnson as they load up with two tight ends it'll be third down and three the ball is at 16. on formation for new england [Music] stevens hit immediately and i don't think he even got back to the line of scrimmage pig golf made the tackle and randall filled a number 54 did he get in there quickly golf and stevens played together in the senior bowl last year for the south goff says i've got a lot of respect for stevens hit him a couple times in practice and he's like a brick he's tough stevens in the minus category in rushing today one minute 56 seconds remain in the half and with a two minute warning we'll take a timeout we'll be back [Music] we're scoreless in foxborough massachusetts tampa bay and new england jason starrowski comes on with 156 remaining in the half jeff beagles will be the holder this will be a 36-yard field goal he was two for two last week this will be his longest attempt of the year and it's not even close it barely got off the ground terrible kick awful kick and i come to him before the game and he was excited about playing in this weather can you imagine that he's from tulsa oklahoma and uh was ecstatic about the weather and felt good about the way he kicked i said what nationality are you and he says half check and half hungarian coming up at halftime brent irv and dick with all the scores and highlights and leslie visser has the story of the new orleans saints is soon to have lost their rhythm that's all coming up at halftime for the nfl today brent irvin dick keep you up to date on all the playoff scenarios as well and that's not easy [Music] so kearney for tampa bay missed the 41 yarder in the first period jason starrowski a 36-yarder in the second period we're still scoreless [Music] first down that's the 20. this is carrie drew tries to get the corner he gets a couple of yards and he's knocked out of bounds by fred marion you know they say we'll be banging straight ahead we've been hit straight ahead trying to do other things and now we got to try to get outside a little bit to loosen up the defense and there was the first time they've run that kind of a pitch play for the i formation and they get a little yardage on the play remember the snow clearing incident at that time for the field goal i think that was a release program where the guy came from your prison norfolk state mark henderson was his name he had a full-time scholarship at the president second down at six for tampa bay big hole for william howard and he has a first down for the buccaneers roland james and fred marion made the tackle but it's enough for the first carrie good comes out of the ball game along with don smith first down at the 33 clock continues to roll with 120 remaining in the half and tampa bay goes to a passing formation [Music] that's diverting the throw on first down has pressure throws to his tight end hall and hall breaks the tackle he's up to the 48-yard line and knocked out a bounce there block will stop with one minute and three seconds remaining in the half after that 16 yard gain great illustration of the kind of arm strength arm strength of testo verdi gets a little pressure here he finds throws it falling away but look at hall make the catch he has to go back for it and i i really think this young tight end is is very underrated i think he's going to wind up being one of the outstanding tight ends in the national football league he's off to a great start excellent blocker and a terrific pass receiver along with him that's his 36th catch of the year hank and you're right of the second year player at the tight end he's second only to cars robert awol [Music] first down again tampa bay runs the ball they do it in the new england territory this time lawrence mcgrew makes the tackle on william howard and that time they got a good block on 56 andre tippen and tampa bay wants a timeout now with the clock stop at 53 seconds remaining in the half we'll be back ray perkins has just given the play that he wants to vinnie testa verdi tessa verdi comes back in now it'll be second down and four for the bucks vinnie now three for four and 30 yards in the passing situation in a passing formation three step drop testifier looks to run now drills it across the middle incomplete intended for don smith well he almost hit the big one knocked loose by ronnie lepen [Music] here we see it the way the defense sees it looking at the quarterback steps up into the pocket tries to throw it inside and it's knocked down incomplete good coverage on the play so it'll bring up third down and four tampons now two for seven on third down conversions out of the shotgun formation with three wide receivers this time tessa verdi has time tries to throw up the smith incomplete rod mcswain was there along with about three other defenders looked like they were in a zone and just converged on the football yeah they did and i think i think the other thing is smith ran it too much into the middle area i think he had to stay closer to the hash mark or to the numbers i should say to make sure he stayed away from the free safety or the safety man but being a very inexperienced young receiver that can very easily happen especially this kind of day when the ball's floating around like it is up there now with the clock stopped in 43 seconds remaining in the half ray criswell comes back on now to punt for tampa bay on fourth and four irving fryer will be the return man if in fact they set up to return it they may just let it hit but nobody deep the ball hits on the five takes a new england bounce and comes back and it's down to the nine so with 33 seconds left hand new england now will be backed up and they didn't have anybody back there at all and i'm sure they wanted to make sure that they didn't make any kind of a mistake before the half fumble the ball and provide tampo the tampa bay buccaneers with an opportunity to get an easy three or possibly a seven that was the fifth punt for criswell this afternoon that one a 36-yarder and again easton is booed as he comes onto the field [Music] timeouts remaining tampa bay has two new england two the wind is in his face and it's a pretty stiff wind at that and they'll just have the kneeling play and try to run time after listen to the fans they won't like that that'll end the half and that's really the only intelligent thing to do with the weather like it is in the game the way it is don't forget coming up at halftime the nfl today with brent irvin dick they'll have all the scores and highlights for you they'll also update you in the playoff situation as the first half here in new england comes to an end see the snow in the background we got a dusting last night minus 15 windshield factor and that's it the end of the first half with a score tampa bay nothing new england nothing [Music] well the cold weather impacting games around the country at soldier field in chicago the detroit lions are sticking in there against jim harbaugh and the bears tied at three no question what the weather is doing as far as the ball handling is concerned here is neil anderson he's out of the university of florida he coughs it up the kickers are having trouble today and so too are some of the centers on the hikes back especially out of the shotgun formation and mike ditka trying to stay warm on the chicago sideline on a bitter nasty day in december meanwhile it is the green bay packers upsetting minnesota and dick buckets what's gone wrong with the vikings today well we were talking on a pregame show about this great defense the vikings have so what do you do as an offense well you got a guy like keith mallard who can really move around so what do you do you run at him try to negate his ability to to go up and down the line of scrimmage and they've been doing that short passes but still i don't know if they're going to be able to hold up in the second half against the vikings they're too tough to play this way let's let's illustrate some of those points we have some highlights here now now this was a pass play that worked against the bikes wide well here i think you got to give some credit to the frozen ground if it is indeed frozen because uh the defensive uh back slipped there now here's another case from what we're saying they run right at him and uh geez there was a nice hole there milard i'm speaking up right and they uh they tried again here all right well they tried again but you know they really did a good job of stuffing the line and here comes uh browner to put the finishing stop on him so it's tough going in there you know the weather and everything else so all right we'll see what happens in the second half let me run through some afc scores for you houston over cincinnati rose 0 over 100 yards and two touchdowns buffalo and the raiders uh quite a few points for the nasty weather up in buffalo there in the first half so far giants in kansas city and the wind of the meadowlands it is seven to three and now there if we take a look at this one and the washington redskins have lost a key player yeah you know uh daryl green will have a fractured hand of course he'll miss him sorely but the cowboys defense is playing very well today and steve flores will be able to take advantage of some weaknesses in that redskins secondary with dale greenough yeah let's take a look at the highlights because the weather and issue in rfk tom landry trying to stay warm and uh here was a turnover here's one of the defensive players i'm talking about the cowboys forced a turnover here on a reverse play picked the ball up in pretty good field position with michael downes then the big touchdown play from velour now you know watch how ervin works his way back he did this very well as a collegiate receiver gets himself opened all the time always trying to get free take a deep bow he's not a bashful one either all right tampa bay and new england in new england they're chanting we want flutie we want fluty tony easton was a starter i want flutie we'll continue after these messages from your local stations we're all set for the second half at foxborough massachusetts sullivan stadium tampa bay kicking off to new england we're scoreless as we begin the next 15 minutes of this game and the ball's kicked out of bounds and the kicking game today has been atrocious it really is and when you have a shortcoming in a kicking game it's really exposed in an element game like this has turned out to be the weather is definitely a factor the cold and the wind and the whole thing but if you have a problem with the kicking game it really shows up and magnified to a great degree in this kind of a game two missed field goals the only scoring opportunities today i want to show you a statistic that will jump out at you look at this 135 yards is what new england averages and today just 24. tony easton does start the second half for new england prior comes to the bottom of the screen stanley morgan to the top as you look at easton on first down at the 35 yard line stevens impairment are in the backfield and new england jumps [Music] ben dreif is the referee today and i would suspect that this cold weather is causing start number 81 offense five yards first down the laps in concentration it was russ francis who jumped off a lot of times that could be caused by caused by the cold weather well you're so concerned about being cold more so than you are what you have to do during the course of the football game and that that boils down to concentration stevens has carried the ball nine times four minus one yard now in the first seven games he averaged 12 carries per game the last seven he's averaged 25 and they've gone five and two over that span first down and 15 for eason throws this one complete to his tight end francis and francis is out to the 38-yard line [Music] tackle made by eugene marv francis has really been a great tight end in the national football league here we see him coming off the ball on an inside release the tight end tries to jam him he's right in the middle area makes the catch make sure he's that he holds on to the ball and picks up good yardage on the play that's his ninth catch of the year he's a 13 year veteran 35 year old out of oregon second down and seven at the 38 for eason and again he's going to throw and again he's complete this one will be a yard shy of the first down to perryman out of the backfield and i'm sure the strategy is they haven't been able to make good yardage on first and ten running the football so they're going to use a kind of a possession kind of a passing game and get four or five or six yards with a passing game and get it done that way and move the change with the short passing game that'll also silence some of the people that have been booing it was three for eight for 26 yards now he's hit two passes in a row third down and one the ball to 44 for new england first down patriots [Applause] so the offense picks up some rhythm and that's the heroine who has that sore foot hank has the first down and that's the word timmy when you you said rhythm that tony easton kept talking about yesterday that i just don't know what my rhythm is going to be like once i get into the game he said it's totally different in practice than it is when somebody's chasing you and you you're getting a rush and you've got to throw over the top of people maybe he's starting to get some of that rhythm back it'll be first down the ball up to 46 for new england that's perryman in motion and again eason wants to throw swings it out to john stevens and stevens picks up the tough four yards knocked out of bounds by mark robinson robinson missed two games with a thigh bros this year he had the key interception last week to kill the bill's final threat against tampa bay he's a 511 200 pound five-year veteran out of penn state and that defense of the tampa bay buccaneers is really greatly improved they've added some outstanding young players reuben davis kurt jarvis big golf kevin murphy randall and boss all young linebackers and defensive linemen they're doing a terrific job second down and six for eason backside pressure he has to complete the francis francis out to the 47-yard line in tampa bay territory that's exactly what they're getting trying to get done they say let's abandon the run and let's move the chains with a short passing game so far it's been very successful and eason now you talked about that rhythm hank he really seems to have found it he's starting to get in the groove well i think it's good it's a good psychology too to have him throw some short passes with the idea with the idea that he will complete the passes which will give him confidence and help the rhythm [Music] [Music] third down and two six defensive backs for tampa bay shotgun formation for the patriots with four wideouts this ball is complete to the 35-yard line irving fryer made the catch easy and now easton is five for five in the second half [Music] rod jones made the tackle eason prides himself and not turning the ball over he's a good reader but he's looking at the receivers all the way he doesn't look one way and get back to the other side looks at prior all the way gets the ball to him right between the eight and the zero and it's another good reception on the play prior pryor's the leading receiver with 32 catches for new england gain of 12. it'll be first down at the 34. perryman gets a tough three yards off the left side this time mark robinson made the tackle there [Music] it is some kind of cold here but they've got the heater working underneath that tampa bay bench and that'll help a little bit it's going to be hard to push those players off that bench once they get comfortable if they stay there too long they're going to have to shove them into the game second down and eight the ball on the 32 again eason wants to throw does up top that ball almost intercepted by harry hamilton he was intended for irving pryor hamilton has four interceptions that's a career high for him and it looked like that ball hung a little bit too tim it didn't look like it got far enough and there again every time he throws a ball like that down the field why you wonder whether or not it's because of the thumb or beca or because it's the uh the wind look at the hit he gets after the play make a sandwich out of it gets double dip there by murphy and winston moss 57-59 on third down at eight three wide receivers for new england rod jones and donnie elder come in as defensive backs for tampa bay a lot of pressure on easton and he scrambles out inside the 30 and slides down to the 24 yard line now a lot of those people that were booing stand in class it changes in a hurry doesn't it [Applause] 10 minutes and 10 seconds remain in the third period raymond barry made a point again he said you know people forget that eason was our starting quarterback rogan has been our starting quarterback and while they were hurt we started doug flutie but we still feel that all three of them can be number one quarterbacks but we think that eason and brogan are ahead from an offensive standpoint knowing our system and knowing all the details were more flexible with those two quarterback than flutie that's the reason gain of 10 puts the ball up to 22 first down for new england play action for easton who throws this ball to a wide open stevens at the 15-yard line stevens with a second effort down to the 13. eugene marvin irvin randall made the tackle there steve has done a great job of kind of sifting through the line finding the open area eason caught him hit him with the pass and of course he made good yardage on the play after the catch stevens 6-1 220 pounder although he's been losing weight over the last couple of weeks and his weight now is down to 214. carried the ball 31 times last week second down in one perimeter has the first down for new england irving randall trips him up [Music] talking about stevens it's amazing that as well as his run rushed over a thousand yards going into this game that the longest run from scrimmage all year long by the new england patriots 22 yards do you think it's a little bit surprising that he's lost 15 pounds here late in the season when most guys when it gets cold start putting the weight on that is surprising it really is because you're right because they usually get pumped up a little bit once the weather starts to change but they say it's nothing serious that is healthy first down the ball at the 11. pros set for new england tampa bay jumps flags fly this passes to perryman inside the 10. we'll wait and see what the flag's all about but it looks as if tampa bay jumped he faced 59 5 yards first down 50 now is kevin murphy sounds like ben brent's tone starting to freeze up on a two i know the feeling up here yeah exactly right [Music] so they'll march it down inside the 10. to the six yard line and ray perkins is obviously concerned second penalty for tampa bay deepest penetration of the afternoon for either team russ francis tells a great story on perkins when he was an assistant coach here he was signed he's drafted number one talking about francis while he came into town expecting a lot of hoopla about the signing and a lot of a lot of press media people when he walked in the door he was introduced to ray perkins ray says follow me took him downstairs got him dressed took him on the blocking machine got some clothes on him and he was blocked out there teaching blocking techniques and snow was on the ground was i surprised ben dreith calls for the officials up in the booth to reset the clock to 7 56 so they do that now it moves down inside the 7 40 mark third period first and goal is to five for new england [Music] [Music] touchdown so after some 37 minutes in this football game we finally have some points on the board in critical situations they're gonna run right over bruce armstrong and wooten they got a good hole there and popped it right in there for the touchdown for the extra point the hole is good the kick is up but it's good [Applause] [Music] watch the takeoff to francis to the tight end at the point of attack especially by the right tackle armstrong goes right in there for the touchdown this was the worst rushing team in the league in 1986 barrel perim and stevens have helped greatly changing that now the pats ranked sixth in the league this stadium is rocking now and i think people just needed that score to get up out of their seats and that guy right there is sick or he will be better call the maybe department for him kenny garcia kicks off for new england donnie elder takes it for tampa bay and he is nailed at the 19-yard line a 14-yard return mostly to tupu made the [Music] tackle next saturday the washington redskins against the cincinnati bengals cincinnati's struggling right now boomer siason the nfl's top-rated quarterback leads the bengals as they try to secure that home field advantage and of course the redskins are just fighting for their lives 7 26 remain in the third period here in new england seven nothing at tampa bay now just trying to jam it straight ahead aaron varus made the tackle [Music] after that cincinnati washington game next week to paul and georgetown college basketball in the hoyas although the opponents haven't been very strong as is john thompson's way in georgetown the hoyas have looked all fully strong year in and year out they always are strong aren't they they're a terrific program season premiere college basketball on cbs depaul and georgetown second down to nine the ball with the 20 now for tampa bay william howard gets back to the 20 and that's it again garen barros who's making an impact in this game now really tagged him it looked like the defense they were playing well before but they're really all fired up now now they got seven points they're going to do everything they possibly can they get good field position so they can get some more scores new england scoring drive 65 yards 12 plays it took seven minutes and 24 seconds eason was six for seven in passing on that drive third down and nine from the 20 for testaverde shotgun formation three wide receivers six defensive backs for new england and testaverde wants a timeout so with six minutes and one second remaining in the third period it's seven nothing patriots seven nothing new england with six minutes remaining in the third period it's third down and nine for tampa bay three wide receivers for the bucks and six defensive backs for new england chester birdie under throws jeff smith and the ears will have to punt you know funny thing before the game i went down the field and here was testamerti on the field and just a t-shirt and i asked him you know why he was out there dressed like that he said i just want to get myself psyched up and ready for this cold weather it doesn't look like it works well not yet anyway ray criswell's the punter low snap [Music] and this punt's gonna hit the wind and almost stop fryer makes a nice cut gets the block he's inside the 20. and knocked out of bounds at the 17-yard line [Music] a 23-yard punt by criswell and a 26-yard return by irving fryer here we see fire keeping his eye on the ball makes the catch breaks into a gap how he got through all those people hard to believe a great block down the field and there he finally pushed out of bounds but he makes 26 yards on the return [Music] tampa bay has been outscored in the third quarter this year 78-41 first down and 10 from the 18-yard line this is barryman big hole down to the 12-yard line robert perrin has finally stopped by harry hamilton and for hamilton that's his 100th tackle of the year first buck defensive back since mark cotney back in 1980 to go over the 100 tackles in a season he did have 113 tackles for the jets hamilton did back in 1986. excuse me here's a take off from the line of scrimmage good hole good seam good running and look at the way he follows through with a run knocks hamilton straight back on his back side on the run second down and three from the 11. again it's perryman and he may have lost a yard that time kurt jarvis had great penetration from his nose tackle position he got through that gap and right in that area quickly that's the way you're going to stop that kind of a play it's kind of a replay where he hits and reads the open cavity jarvis popped through there got the penetration and made the tackle this is how new england scored the first time around they had the same type of field position and they capitalized eason got the hot hand it's third down and four new england five for 10 on third down conversions today [Applause] [Music] look at all the run on the left side all the room on the left side to the left receiver eason looks intercepted this is harry hamilton back to the five yard line they'll mark it at the six and look at eason [Music] here you see it from a defensive viewpoint again it's tipped and intercepted by hamilton big play for the tampa bay buccaneers they have possession under six that's hamilton's fifth interception of the year four minutes 14 seconds remain third period [Music] [Applause] tampa bay is minus 19 in the giveaway takeaway ratio but over the last five games they're plus one so they've really turned this thing around and now with their second interception of the afternoon they give the offense a chance here and william howard breaks it big out across the 25 to the 27 yard line and he's finally taken down by roland james it was a bad mesh between howard and the quarterback of the play it looks like the defense thought it was going to be a busted play there was a blissom going on on the play the linebacker vacated the area rampard and he goes right through there and picks up a big gain and here we see it does it happen look it gets a piece runs right into the quarterback destaverti ramper was putzing on the play a big cavity where he left open as he blitzed and howard goes through there and up the field for a first down gain of 20. it'll be first down and 10. the ball on the 27 yard line for tampa bay straight ahead to carrie good gary good gets back to the line of scrimmage you know one thing the tampa bay buccaneers they've had the ball 14 times on first and ten situations they've averaged 2.9 for kerry and voney throw one pass that was for 15 16 yards and all the other times they've run the ball they've got to run or throw the ball and throw play-action passes on first and ten as they get up the field you may have seen andre tippett his temper raised a little bit push a couple of the tampa bay ears away push william howard it'll be second down and nine the ball on the 28th for the buccaneers pro set for tessa verde chester verdi rolls right now throws wide open his carrier in new england territory goes out of bounds at the 44-yard line but carrier was wide open i talked to carrier about the weather in chicago he had a bad day dropped i don't know maybe four or five balls and he said i just wasn't prepared for the bad weather but i'll be ready for the weather today here's testaverde rolling out goes back into the pocket looks looks decides to roll there's a lot of room and he finally spots carrier down the field gives him a good lead a beautiful lead but he makes the catch and runs out of bounds so a game by 20 for howard a gain of 28 for carrier and it's first down at the 44 yard line this is carrie dude inside the 25 to the 24 yard line carrie gurus had it rough this afternoon and he's playing in the place of lars tate who was out with a hamstring injury and talking to tate before the game he said i don't think i can play i can maybe can play if i have to get a bad hamstring and so uh i'm sure we won't see him they don't want to take a chance to hurt him anymore than he is right now of the tampa bay running backs tate good and howard are all rookies it'll be second down and 10 from the 44-yard line under two minutes to play now in the third period that's a major surprise 10-3 dallas over washington two tight ends for tampa bay tesla verdi to throw three-step drop across the middle and has it complete frank pillow has his 14th sketch of the year a gain of 12. and that's the kind of a pass tessa verde likes to throw the quick slant likes to throw it he's got the size and throws the ball high high high release that ball is perfect for testo verdi and they got to come right back here again timmy and throwing it a pass on first and ten maybe a play action on first and ten tessa verde was 12 for 29 and 156 yards last week no interceptions made good decisions [Music] first down at the 32 two tight ends and now a whistle and a flag boy andre tippett was coming hard and testo verdi put his hands up and said hey wait a minute whistle blew and he still gave him a little shot even at that tippa did tippett howard have words again often five yards that's ross taylor third penalty for tampa bay as rob taylor gets called and rob taylor you know was playing left tackle for the tampa bay buccaneers and had to use a left-handed stance nationally over there they moved into right tackle now we use the right to right-handed stance he's made the adjustment and is playing extremely well i think the tampa bay buccaneers for the first time everybody has two outstanding young offensive tackles in taylor and drew let's keep an eye on andre tip and william howard they've gone nose to those twice already in this this drive first down at 15 at the 37 for chester birdie throws to howard and howard to the 37-yard line [Music] ed reynolds makes the tackle but again andre tippett came with a lot of pressure he's the sack leader we get a shot here number 50 turk runs right over the top of turk gets penetration gets good pressure on testo verdi but in spite of that just diverted because of his size was able to see well downfield and get rid of the football tippet 6-3 241 pounder out of iowa he has seven sacks on the year as the third period comes to an end it's seven nothing patriots we have 15 minutes remaining in the ball game we pause now for a word from your local stations [Music] and he's playing he's all bundled up like he's going to sit it out that's vinnie testaverdi this will be the seventh play of the drive coming up for tampa it started on the buccaneer seven howard got him out of the hole and then a pass to carrier for a 20-yard gain and it'll be second down and 14 here from the 36. it should be a little easier to throw the ball he's got the wind so that should help him he's been throwing into the wind now the wind is at his back carrier and pillow come to the bottom of the screen three wide receivers now howard is the lone setback for tampa bay one is across the middle pillow has it inside the 25 they'll mark it at the 23 yard line there again another slant pattern it'll be about two yards short of the first down ronnie lepet tripped him up but it's a gain of 12. [Music] third down and two coming up donny smith comes out of the ball game now for tampa got two yards bay yards to slam it in there and get the first down two tight ends as parks comes back in to join hall [Music] third down and two this is william howard he's not going to make it and again there's some pushing and shoving going on but that'll bring up fourth down and short and the way the kicking game has been going i would suspect he'll try to go for it i would think so i would think he'd go for it but it doesn't look like he is he's going to have him try the field goal john carney missed a 41-yarder earlier in the ball game with 327 remaining in the first period tampa bay now trails by a touchdown here and here again the old rule of thumb a yard or more you're going to take the field goal less than that you gotta go for it evidently that's what ray feels about this situation this is also a 41-yard attempt and somebody jumped if it's against new england it'll be a first down tampa bay looked like mabrew number 50 unless he was drawn offside that's a big play for the buccaneers if it's against new england well look at this new england says it's going against tampa and tampa says it's going against new england bottom line is they'll move the years back delay of game against the buccaneers [Music] how the clock expired before they jump so delay a game against tampa they move it back [Music] and that'll just make it that much more difficult for carney [Music] the only advantage now is at least he's got the wind in his back yeah but now it's a 46-yard attempt well he got the distance and it's good but there's another flag [Music] so we'll wait and see what that is all about it's going to be against tampa bay for that's murder two penalties in a row now it'll be tough for this field position like it is kicking team number 56 tripping number 56 is jackie walker you don't see that call very often do you no but it's a 10 yard penalty we'll take a look at it here to our left side oh i don't know about that now i don't think there's any question about it put his left foot out and try to trip him oh i don't know it looked to me like he was just kind of pushed and put drag behind him no i don't think so i think he definitely tried of course his foot was out there and looked like he definitely tried to try to shift him as he went by the inside doesn't matter now it's a moot point criswell has to punt this is a wobbly punt that will be taken by fryer at the 10 and the fair catches made there so they take the three points off the board and the 29-yard punt puts the ball on the 10. tampa bay drove from their own seven yard line to the new england 24. then the bucks had two penalties 15 yards they had to take a field goal off the board because of one of those penalties they punted and with 13 minutes remaining in the ball game new england now has it first down at the 10. this is perryman to the 14 yard line 12 minutes and 52 seconds remaining in the ball game and it's seven nothing packs good look at russ francis the old san francisco 49er i guarantee san francisco would love to have him back right now at this time of the season well especially with this game coming up doubleheader day game two for you has new orleans against the 49ers and that's for the af or nfc west championship down and seven straight ahead close to a first down for new england and stevens has his longest run of the afternoon and it looked like he might have been able to make it more yardage had he not been so concerned about keeping the ball covered and not fumbling the ball stevens came into this game with well over a thousand yards and yet he never had a long run scrimmage this year and the other thing i don't think he's been challenged as far as the passing game is concerned timmy i think he's going to be an excellent pass for saver along with the great running he's done his longest run of the year 22 yards it off the right side this time gets back to the line of scrimmage i talked to phil krueger at halftime and he worked for the tampa bay buccaneers and works in the front office with personnel and he said this is the best cold weather game we've ever played in the history of the franchise brings up fourth down and one new england will have to punt there's bobby putrell he backs up to the 46-yard line jeff beagles will be funny for new england he has a 38-yard average he also has the nfl's longest punt of the year 74 yards and had a 66-yarder in the first half of this game this goes straight up and the wind will knock it straight backwards now it gets a roll to the 42-yard line that ball went straight up and the wind just knocked it it sure did and this is a great advantage for the tampa bay buccaneers they got to win in the fourth quarter 23-yard punt new england scored on his first possession of the second half easton was six for seven on that drive each team missed a field goal tampa bay from 41 yards out new england from 36 yards out stevens five yards rushing that's pretty much the story of this game hank stram at seven nothing patriots and it's a great compliment to both defenses but especially the tampa bay buccaneers they're doing a terrific job defensively now they have good field position they've got the the wind they've got to throw the ball as i mentioned more on first and ten situations on this drive this is the touchdown by perryman slams right in there for the touchdown a good cavity to the right side and that's where they like to run 10 minutes and 46 seconds remaining the ball game seven nothing new england first down at the 43 now for tampa bay flags fly everywhere looks like garen barris came across early for new england [Music] well he was drawn off by paul gruber the rookie it's three costly penalties they've been in good field position on all three occasions and they have three costly penalties that take them out of that good range well for gruber that's really an unusual situation you know in the first six nfl games he ever played he was beaten for a sack just once in flag for just one five yard illegal procedure penalty that's it that's unusual for a rookie he is mistake free first down 15 at the 48 yard line for tessa verde with pressure [Music] williams with his seventh sack of the year and here we see brent williams getting the penetration watch him on the left side there number 96 coming right up the middle turk the right guard was trying to block him but he escaped the block and got the penetration he got the sack a loss of seven williams six three 278 pounder out of toledo he had a fumble recovery and a sack last week he's really starting to play well it's a loss of seven it'll be second and 22. three wide receivers for the buccaneers again there's pressure tessa verdi throws this one and that was a dangerous pass incomplete intended for ron hall and i thought for a moment that one was going to be intercepted tiffany got good penetration again he's a tremendous player as everybody knows but uh he's very strong along with him look at this 16-3 green bay over minnesota how about houston 24-3 over cincinnati and that doesn't bode well for the new england patriots now that playoff scenario for new england is this the patriots have to win their final two games this one today against the buccaneers and next week against denver and houston has to lose two that doesn't look like it's going to happen or new england has to win both their games and cleveland has to lose once third down and 22 the ball on the 45 shotgun formation for the bucks testaverde bros this one incomplete almost intercepted it was intended for frank pillow and it hit clayburn it looked like and he didn't even see the ball it hit him right in the shoulder pad what did he tell you yesterday yeah well yesterday you know what happened this funny thing because yesterday he said you know i should have about five more interceptions i just just haven't caught the ball there was another illustration of it but that time i don't think he even saw the ball the ball hit him in the shoulder pads and he didn't look like he saw it ray criswell to punt for tampa bay and irving fryer number 80 is standing on his own 22 and he's already had a big return today [Music] this punt with the wind is low it'll be taken by fryer in full scheme fryer ran out of bounds but there is a flag and it's going to be flipping i believe against new england [Music] we'll wait and see he's a dangerous punt returner because you know he's got a long stride he's very deceptive once he gets a step on he's gone well i tell you you don't want a guy with that kind of speed though taking a punt on the dead run illegal block on the receiving team 10-yard penalty and it's a timeout so with nine minutes and 45 seconds remaining the ball game new england still leads by seven [Music] the weather is starting to change here now in new england as the wind has picked up you can see it's gone from 15 below zero windshield to 23 below zero wind chill 9 45 remaining in the ball game at seven nothing patriots on first down this is to the 27-yard run right now let's go to new york brent busberger has this report on green bay minnesota brent timmy could be the big upset of the day the minnesota vikings perhaps looking ahead to chicago and green bay sneaking up on them as patrick scott is into the end zone but they missed the extra point now 16-3 back to tip all right brent it'll be second down and five here from the 28 yard line for new england as they go to the i pro set now split easton pitches back to ferryman and he's tripped up almost immediately great play by mark robinson out of his strong safety position and again there's some pushing and shoving no flags surprising john stevens 40 number 44 involved in that fracas he got a good block that time on a linebacker too [Music] sammy martin comes into the ball game for the first time this afternoon for new england he's a wide receiver look at this on first down first half new england 1.6 in the second half and 5.3 in the second half great improvement on third and five perimeter cuts back big hole first down new england you know that's the thing about staying with something they say with the plan they threw the ball there's a penalty on the play however but they threw the ball a little bit to open up the defense so now they're running again but you got to remember that there's four quarters in the game and even though they might slow you down a little bit in one or two it might mean that you're going to open some big holes if you stay with it that's a 10 yard penalty and it's third down it was holding against paul fairchild now fairchild is in the ball game replacing ron wooten who went out with a sprained left knee putin of course is the only offensive lineman starter from the pat super bowl year of 1985 and fairchild replaces him and he's nabbed for holding that's the third penalty for new england it'll be third down and 15. [Music] and in spite of what's happened here this afternoon the tampa bay buccaneers is just one place from being back in the game six defensive backs for the years now as eason from the shotgun formation on third and 15th throws underneath the two parts and duparts not going to get the first down he's not even going to get back to the original line of scrutiny the way he was heading lucky to be able to get up tackle was made by donnie elder and ricky reynolds and now can new england will have to punt you're right tampa bay is going to get good field positions they're very much in this ball game well they've had good field position timmy they're only prominent they haven't been able to take advantage of and they hurt themselves everything's been self-inflicted for the penalties called bobby futrello tampa bay he'll be standing on the 45-yard line jeff beagle's back to punt and he's funny into a heavy win [Music] again but the wind will knock it down and hit the tampa bay player falls loose buccaneers say they got it if they did it's a break and they wind up with about five or six more extra yards on what happened on the play it's a 30-yard punt tampa bay gets it back and because the wind knocked it down it came down and hit some of the blockers and of course it hit a tampa bay guy who was on the ground [Music] six minutes and 48 seconds remain in the ball game from foxboro it's still seven nothing patriots [Music] now we see donny elder number 40 he'll get hit the ball will hit him he's on the ground he doesn't know where the ball is and ricochets off of him and ricky reynolds fortunately for the tampa bay buccaneers makes the recovery and they still have there he is ricky reynolds number 29 29 on the bottom of the pot comes up for the ball the key was the wind just knocked it straight down and they had no clue where it was first down and ten from the 49-yard line for tampa bay excellent field position with six minutes and 48 seconds remaining in the ball game howard breaks out of the pile to the 44-yard line of new england stop made by fred marion they've got plenty of time to be patient and they've got to get points on the scoreboard they've got to get seven this new england defense the only one in the league without a defensive coordinator has held opponents to 10 points or less in five games this year and all five were wins for new england [Music] second down and four howard pulls his way inside the 40 to the 36-yard line tonight on cbs the question is how did a former beauty queen and model get to be the toughest judge in florida well find out tonight on 60 minutes and on the sixth season premiere of kate and ally dick butkus plays himself as only dick butkus can as a sportscaster for cbs sports i'd love to see that tonight on cbs william howard tyrion tacklers inside the 30 to the 26 yard line oh is he impressive roland james and fred marion make the tackle hank what are you going to play yourself in one of those series whenever they give me a shot i'm waiting in the wings howard now let everybody know soon enough so they can get the tomatoes and stuff get ready to throw it i was going to say william howard now has 22 carries and he's close to 100 yards and this time he gets nothing maybe back to the line of scrimmage but he'll be close to a first down big collision there at the point of attack that's where they mark it he's awfully close to that marker ed reynolds and garen barris made the tackle he's bundled up but that's raymond berry she didn't identify him right away now 23 below wind chill factor here [Music] william howard shaken up and he's coming off the field and he's been the instrumental part of this drive first down at the 25 testaferti throws intercepted roland james makes the interception inside the 10-yard line that ties the nfc interception record of 32 set by fran tarkinson that was tough there were three people in that area i'm surprised that they threw the ball and trying to get it into that spot and he was hurt on the play it looks like he's a little concerned about his knee [Music] here we see it again from a defensive standpoint marion dropping into the middle area the ball is thrown look at the reaction and test and tested verti is hit from the back side you don't see that but he's here we see it right here there he is he gets hit and watch now watch what happens look he goes back there's some pain there there has hit some number 60. for the interception of the year for roland james first down new england the ball at the eighth 11 yard line eugene marv and irvin randall made the tackle we'll try to get you an update on the injury to both william howard and vinnie testaverty as soon as possible you know that kind of a play when you have the opportunity that really is tough from a whole team standpoint because the kids have been playing hard playing good football but that kind of a throw really surprising because he had no chance to make the completion [Music] second and six from the 12. [Music] to the 13-yard line [Music] kansas city creeping up on the giants oh dallas and washington if washington loses that game they're out of it and if they win their hopes of getting into the playoffs are still slim they need a lot of help third down and five from the 13. shotgun formation for reason six defensive backs for tampa bay easton throws and almost has it intercepted ricky reynolds had a hand on it he had an interception last week and i thought he had that one he looked like he had a good shot at that one timmy but it bounced out of there and again the tampa bay buccaneers are gonna come out of here with good field position nonetheless reynolds gets credit for the breakup he has 20 this year and that's a record passes defense for the bucks it was sent back in 1980 by curtis jordan and that ties the record for passes broken up as jeff beagles will punt it away [Music] he's standing about two yards into his end zone and steps out a lot of pressure boutrow fair catches it at the 41-yard line [Music] 28-yard punt [Music] then he testified comes back into the ball game for tampa bay two minutes and 47 seconds remain in seven nothing new england patriots have three timeouts left tampa bay has two [Music] excellent field position for the buccaneers they need to have a drive one thing you know they haven't done all afternoon is move the pocket any at all talking about the pamphlet that buccaneers from a passing standpoint that's the birdie thrills this one over the middle the carrier and it's complete inside the 20 to the 17 yard line again a reminder that in the fourth quarter tampa bay has outscored its opponents 104-54 8-26 on that flood [Music] they got plenty of time but they had opportunities and about to get the ball in here this has been the big quarter for the buccaneers it's first down at the 15 as we approach the two-minute mark again just a very throw has to be careful carrier touchdown tampa bay [Music] wide open looks like he ran right over the bleachers right on the tunnel carrier wide open on the play tested right after that intersection came right back and gets two big shots pesto verde looked like he was putting on a jacket before the ball even got to carrier boy what a great drive so john carney is on for the extra point he has been erratic [Music] [Applause] it's up and it's good so with two minutes and nine seconds remaining in the ball game we're tied at seven well we got a contest we've got a contest and that's the nice thing about this young team they've hung in there all afternoon with some of the bad things that happened to them now they're right back in business coming right at us here now we'll get a look at it last touchdown a three-step drop pester verdi goes back into the pocket delivers it right over the top carrier i can't imagine ripper is going back into the area he certainly wasn't trying to cover him on the play somebody must have blew the cover something had to happen to having that open in the end zone for the touchdown this game is all important for new england that drive 41 yards two plays 38 seconds that's the verdi to carry her for 26 yards now the big thing now is they have to do a good job of covering this kick and keeping him down at the other end of the field [Music] john carney will be kicking off for tampa bay the return men for new england sammy martin and elgin davis martin has run one back for a touchdown that was a 95 yarder he's third in the afc with an average of 24 yards per return he's got four four speed he can fly barney's kick with the win behind it back to the four this is elgin davis [Applause] and davis is spun down at the 22 a return of 20 hit by donny smith [Music] we're at sullivan stadium in foxboro massachusetts tim brandt and hank strand with you and if you're just joining us we're tied at seven with two minutes remaining in the ball game we had a scoreless first half two missed field goals one each by each team robert perryman then scored from six yards out for new england in the third period he was six for seven on that drive and then tampa bay just scored then he tests the birdie to carrier and eason started in place of doug flutie today and he gets booed again as he comes out onto the field bold move by that man raymond barry who's trying to gear up to the playoffs but flutie has led this team to a 6-3 record over the last couple of months [Music] shotgun formation on first down [Music] thrown underneath and it's completed the 28-yard line to robert perryman [Music] chris washington made the tackle will be second down and four from the 29 shotgun formation again [Music] easton now in trouble and he's going to be sacked that'll get the booze going robert golf with the tackle 6-3 270-pound rookie out of auburn they call him pig and tampa bay wants a timeout they have one remaining yes about why he was called pig and he said my older brother called me that i don't know why he did but it's stuck and everybody calls me pig now he said when they call me robert i don't even know who he's talking to he says it's no problem being called pig except when he's introduced to girls they give him a funny look where's the necklace that says pig man timeouts remaining tampa bay has won new england three one minute 33 seconds remain in regulation we're tied at seven 23 below zero windchill factor and new england has to win this game and next week's game to have a shot at the playoffs and they need some help cleveland has to lose one or houston lose two and houston's winning [Music] today [Music] it's third down and 12 from the 21-yard line again shotgun formation for the pass here comes the pressure on he's in it throws the duke hard steps out of bounds way short of the first down he'll be about eight yards short and they'll have to [Music] punt so jeff beagles comes on for new england he'll punt the ball into the wind and bobby futrell is deep for tampa bay now the wind is blowing and it's blowing in fiegel's face the last couple of punts have been knocked down and they've been short for that reason they won't try to block it i'm sure they don't want to take a chance to hit the kicker they won't expect to get a good return high spiraling front boy he booms this one and crucial will let it hit i'm not sure if we all wanted any parts of it a 43-yard line no return coming up next saturday on cbs boom version the nfl's top-rated quarterback leads the cincinnati bangles as they try to secure the home field advantage throughout the playoffs bengals are losing today and the redskins are 17-17 with dallas trying to keep their playoff folks alive that all starts on the nfl today at 12 noon eastern right here on cbs next week that'll be followed by the ncaa college basketball premiere on cbs depaul and georgetown first down for chester verdi throws this one to carrier and carrier breaks the tackle in midfield and he is into new england territory the tackle made by fred marion you see the clock pesto verde throws that inside cannon like nemes used to throw it beautifully right on the money of 21 and they lost a lot of time before calling that timeout you know what should have what he should have done timmy he should have gone to the referee before the play and said listen if it's a long completed pass down the field i'm going to call timeout so be with me and he would have saved an awful lot of time on the play but he didn't do that and as a result it's a result a lot of time clicked off the clock 59 seconds remaining the ball game tampa bay does not have a timeout why didn't they just step up and throw it out of bounds because they will need that timeout a field goal wins this ball game right and it takes 18 seconds 18 seconds to get the kicking team on the field 90 yards caught the touchdown pass in the last possession for tampa bay first down the ball of the 49. [Music] [Laughter] williams got there first his second sack of the day he now has eight for the year andre tip at number 56 was also in the act he got good pressure on him that time throws it up the pillow he has it complete it's a first down at the 38 yard line tampa bay hurries up to the line of scrimmage 35 seconds remain on the clock [Music] and there is the flag and it's going to be against tampa bay oh that flag was his where [Music] [Applause] boy is that costly so now instead of being on the 36-yard line with a first down and 35 seconds now tampa bay goes all the way back to the 39 their own 39 it'll be second and 21. three wide receivers shotgun formation for the bucks [Music] again there's pressure on testo verdi throws this one in the direction of smith incomplete it seems as if he gets in trouble when he throws down the middle hank yeah you know i think the trouble of weathery predetermines i think a little bit at this stage of his career and he wants to make sure he gets the ball there doesn't look off the receiver at all as the defensive back of the safety and as a result he attracts an awful lot of attention when the ball is thrown down the middle boy he is a talent though oh he's a great talent there's no question about that and a quality guy third down and 21 the ball on the 39 with 30 seconds remaining testivertee in the direction of jeff smith [Music] 25 seconds remain on the clock but now tampa bay will have to punt it andre tipping brent williams has the pressure on testaverde now they have to go after the kick timmy in this situation new england should go after the kicker 25 seconds left hope they can block it and get a big play ray crisweld is either punting with the wind at his back and he's kicking to irving's fire and it's a low line or if fryer will have a return looks for a block back to the 37-yard line and the clock stops with 14 seconds remaining ron hall made the tackle 32-yard punt 8-yard return good coverage by the tampa bay buccaneers that tampa bay is out of timeouts new england has all three and you see the clock on the right as well and again the important [Music] it's against winston moss of tampa bay 15 15-yard penalty so that moves the ball into tampa territory and that is a mighty big penalty 14 seconds remain that's the eighth penalty of the afternoon for tampa swarovski said before the game if they get it down to the 30th this seemed to feel i could make the field goal he was making it before the contest shotgun formation easton with time double pumps now looks for help and throws it incomplete no flags it was intended for stanley morgan fox stops at nine seconds well let's update you on that situation new england's field goal kicker jason his longest field goal is 35 yards however new england is unusual in that they keep two kickers active teddy garcia is the other and he's the long field goal kicker and they say from 45 yards and out he's strong it is swarovski who's warming up though and garcia [Music] yard line and i felt good about it so it'll take at least one good completion to get him down inside his range again his longest is 35 yards nine seconds remaining in the ball game and it's 7-7 and here here again easton has to tell the official right now he's going to try to throw the ball downfield to get to the 30-yard line area and make sure that we'll call time-out you understand we're going to call time-out costly penalty by winston moss personal foul on the return moved it down into tampa territory though with nine seconds remaining it'll be second down and ten the ball at the [Music] 49. shotgun formation three wide receivers for the patriots again easton has time goes down the right side has a receiver incomplete and harry hamilton came out of the free safety position to knock that pass away and for an instant it looked like the receiver was open down that right sideline [Music] now we might see the old big bin play the big pin play with three wide receivers on one side with the hope maybe that they can get the ball downfield and and get a big play on that kind of a formation boy cedric jones cedric jones just came open for a second that was a great play by hamilton but once the ball is in the air the safety man can travel about 20 yards and he ran a long way to help on that play and again it was because the ball just floated right yep here's the big van play coming up right here third down and 10 from the 49 and there's a whistle flags down here's ben dreif with the [Music] call still a second remaining on the on the clock [Music] one second remaining in the ball game tied at seven and it looks like it's going into overtime as soon as we get squared away and find out what this call is all about flag was dropped all the way back at the new england thirty-two [Music] four seconds back on the clock so they get that all squared away put three more back it's four seconds remaining in the ball game now tampa bay has the ball at the 46-yard line their own 46. [Music] this will be the last play of the ball game with four seconds left [Music] tampa bay goes to its pre-vet defense looks like they're back in a tunnel they're back there so far defensive secondary all the way back to the 30-yard line shotgun formation for new england [Music] eason has pressure now throws underneath cedric jones laterals to stanley morgan time has expired and we're going into overtime [Music] chris washington made the tackle for tampa bay easton gets the completion it was thrown underneath the lateral play and time expired pretty good plan for that for that situation where they're going to lateral the ball and try to move it down the field that way pretty good so now let's update you on the overtime situation tampa bay four six and one and the extra period new england has never won an overtime game the only team in the nfl without an overtime victory it's incredible i think they have ten over time to not win one and again we tell you how important this game is to the patriots the patriots need to win this game and next week's game against denver to get into the playoffs they also need help here's the flip of the coin he's defending a goal so you can you can receive okay you're gonna defend that goal you're [Music] tampa bay won the toss and elected to defend the goal rather than take the ball this is sudden death yeah but they go they want the win they figure they're going to kick the ball down there they'll they will they won't be able to move it and going into the wind they feel they get good good field position and they'll have the advantage that's what the thinking is gutsy called by perkins i think it's a good call the rules of overtime we've already had the coin toss tampa bay one and elected to defend each team has three timeouts it's a 15 minute period however it ends as soon as somebody scores bay will be kicking off john carney on to do those chores and deep for new england sami martin and elgin davis and again martin is third in the afc he's had a 95-yard touchdown return this year and just to update you on some of the other games around the league chicago has beaten detroit with a 32-yard field goal with four seconds left in the game and the bears clinch the divisions so they win that title [Music] barney's kick with the win behind it is taken by sami martin and he's a flyer and martin after the 34-yard line knocked out of bounds at the 35 a return of 34 yards they'll mark it at the 34. tackle was made by victor jones and that's a field goal by butler with four seconds left that gives chicago the title look at this green bay still 18-6 over minnesota houston over cincinnati 41-6 so it looks like that scenario is out for the patriots now they've got to hope cleveland loses number one they've got to win this game here first down at the 35-yard line for new england this is easy [Music] breaks the tackle and is knocked out of bounds on the 44 yard line [Music] you put that one right on the money didn't have any trouble with the thumb on that shot gain of 20 knocked out of bounds by robinson and the decision to defend rather than accept the kickoff could come back and haunt him here we see the shot of eason stepping to his left throwing the ball right in front of the defensive back futrell irving fire running down the sideline gets knocked out of bounds tampa bay has lost six games by seven points or less this year first down at the 44 new england eastern to throw again does across the middle to russ francis at the 40. gain of five it'll bring up second down and five that's the great thing about francis he's big and he's strong and once he makes a catch it's hard to jar the ball loose he's not going to fumble and he's been around a long time a terrific tight end don't forget coming up next new orleans against san francisco out in the bay area that game for the nfc west title second down and sixth of all at the 40. we're in overtime and the temperature 24 below zero wind chill factor eason throws across the middle bounces this one in the direction of stanley morgan incomplete so it'll bring up third down at six and fire was one on one on two trail on the on the left side and futrell is playing very deep look for something in that area if he gets the same defense [Music] starovsky trying to get loose again his longest field goal of the year is 35 yards they're also warming up the punter jeff beagles [Music] six defensive backs for tampa bay now three wide outs for new england out of the shotgun formation they need six there's pressure on easton he goes deep to fryer and fryer has the catch at the 15 yard line what a catch he came back behind ricky reynolds to make the stop and friar's hurt boy what a catch by friar [Music] making a move on ricky reynolds goes to the outside the ball is thrown behind him he comes back and makes the catch but in the process it's hard to tell what happened but they had to carry him off the field there you see him carried over to the sideline you can't tell whether it's an ankle whether it was a knee or what happened on the play easton is four for five in overtime period [Music] first down at the 14-yard line for new england stevens off the right side down to the 12-yard line eugene marvin irvin randall make the tackle there [Music] ordinarily in a situation like this where they are right now why a lot of times you just line up and kick the field and get it over with but with the wind the way it is they're kicking into the wind they want to make sure they get it as close as they possibly can or even score the touchdown [Music] [Applause] second down and eight of the 12. power eye formation stevens bangs his way inside the 10 to the nine yard line carrying tacklers kirk jarvis had the first hand on him he got help from the linebackers so it'll bring up third down and call it five and that's going to be as far as raymond barry wants to go he's bringing on swarovski's field goal kicker swarovski's kicking into the wind it's a 27-yard attempt eagles is his holder it's long enough and it's good are still alive for new england [Music] ray perkins raymond berry and there's starovsky who kicked the game-winner from 27 yards out [Music] after he makes the kick here he goes he's good they're number one you still have to question the call that tampa bay won the toss and elected to defend rather than take the ball in a sudden death overtime period that's the first time i've seen raymond barry express much animation anything to keep warm when it's this cold that's right that's right sullivan stadium in foxboro massachusetts with a final score new england 10 tampa bay 7. cbs sports coverage of the national football league we'll continue after these words from your local station your official florida lottery station

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