1989 Week 8 - Kansas City at Pittsburgh

point five seconds and he not only did that once he did it twice in the mini camp this past may and albert lewis probably put it as well as anybody else the quarterback to the kansas city chiefs he said they don't allow us to tackle christian in practice because they want us to be healthy for the game well they didn't have much of a chance to practice with this guy before this past week because they had so many people injured we'll get into that later on 709 yards so far this season he's averaging a little bit better than 101 yards per game over the first seven the steelers have won the coin toss they have elected to receive to start the contest and they've got their great return man back and at a hundred percent we saw the game fall a couple of weeks ago in cleveland where he was out with a dislocated left shoulder he's wearing larger shoulder pads today to compensate so that he can accept some bigger hits but that's rod woodson an outstanding return man both kickoffs and punts and those pads are about the same weight as the other pads even though they're bigger and they will not slow him down at all nick lowery gets the green light and we're underway the short one is out of bounds penalty flags over the air and as you saw those last numbers the kansas city chiefs have had a ton of problems with their special teams coverage second worst in the nfl and illustrated last week when they gave up a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to the dallas cowboys and they also had a punt return called back because of a cowboy penalty that would have been an 89-yard punt return for a touchdown i don't like it when when the special teams of kickoff teams are afraid of a guy running a kickoff back rod woodson because when you do something like they just did here lowry kicks the ball out of bounds the steelers have the option of taking the ball at the 35 yard line which is excellent field position williams in the backfield with hodge stone and lips the wide receivers along with the tight end terry o'shea and when the steelers go to their shotgun formation they go to their extra wide receivers they'll bring in the slot back rodney carter their leading pass receiver so far this season along with the rookie from arizona derek hill bobby brister working with a knee brace on that left side hodge bangs it ahead they have it first and ten at the 35 it's a gain of about four near the 39 yard line no mystery paul as to what the steelers want to do today and as we look at the kansas city chiefs defensive unit the steelers want to run the ball against this defensive front seven griffin will get the start today for mike bell now when they go to their dime package bringing the extra defensive back they'll drop out their linebackers derek thomas the brilliant rookie will go to a down lineman along with dan salamu who enters the game and the extra d back hill and copeland along with cooper joining the regular foursome in the secondary warren williams second year man out of miami across the 40 to the 42 leveled by walker lee ashley gain of three rings up third and short well you hit it on the head we thought we had a chance to talk to both coaches and the offensive quarterbacks yesterday and all they said was we're gonna run the football there's no secret we're going to run they're going to run and we're going to see who can stop who it's funny what steve deberg said yesterday this is going to be an old-fashioned football game forget about the finesse stuff this is just going to be power football i like it third and three the ball of the 42 the extra wide receiver is in there and there goes the slot back in motion rodney carter wrister on his first pass attempt of the day he finds his favorite target carter for a first down to the 47. that is the 28th catch of the year rodney carter two more now than lewis lips danny copeland was there and isn't this our third game watching the pittsburgh steelers and folks if we don't know this team i don't know what team we do know but when they go into a passing situation they throw the ball or brister or blacklist whoever's been in there to number 24 coming across the middle who is carter and there are two defensive backs on him and they still can't stop him helen copeland first and ten they put her to the 40s big hole for warren williams into kansas city territory for a gain of five to the 49-yard line of the chiefs warren williams going behind that line that loves to trap well you got dawson rainstro and of course todd joking and they're going right up the middle and we told you before darron cherry number 20 coming to make an attack we told you before they're just going to go at each other pittsburgh lines up and they tell you that they're going to run the ball kansas city with christian okoye 262 they're going to run the ball [Music] second and five involve the 49-yard line merrell hodge this time he'll get the first down to the outside he's inside the 40 down to the 39-yard line what happens on a play like this hodgkin breaks it to the outside but when you you're thinking inside running the whole time that pittsburgh likes to do and when you break outside the problem was derek thomas number 58 the linebacker did not stay out there you see todd joking he's blocking back on this side but when the play goes back to the outside 58 is you see him right there chasing now hodge he was the man derek thomas did not seal the play off is he a good one a brilliant rookie from alabama the first round draft choice chiefs with five and a half sacks also has forced a couple of fumbles in the play action on first and ten looking deep goes to the outside for lewis left and it's complete for another first down down to the 24 yard line they pulled it off in front of albert lewis they pulled it off in front of albert lewis i was just watching that time dwight stone was covered man to man by derek thomas the linebacker you see him at the top of the screen now here it is albert lewis has turned towards the inside of the field when lip sees that he just breaks it back to the outside there's just no way that albert lewis can get to him completion first down lewis lips running his streak of consecutive receptions now games with at least one catch to 33. that's warren williams on the carry on the first and ten gift good for about two yards down to the 23-yard line already the pittsburgh steelers with more offensive output over the first five minutes of the game than they saw over the first 30 minutes of last week's game against the houston oilers yeah there comes derek thomas this time joel number 58 now he waited on the outside saw the play was run to the inside and then and only then do you make that commitment inside you do not let a guy get to your outside first followed a gain of only a yard bringing up seven and nine to twenty four stone and lips lining up on the same side drive started all the way back at the 35 yard line square out knocked away from stone by albert lewis jc pearson over on that side so pearson getting the start today for the injured kevin ross who's one of the two inactives along with irv eatman for kansas city j.c pearson played that play extremely well he was there if that ball would have been lower he'd have been able to intercept it pearson celebrating that huskies victory yesterday over the ucla bruins by a point that is college ball for don james third down and nine the bottom of the 24 yard line ninth play of the drive coming up the shotgun and his receiver broke off the pattern dwight stone breakdown in communications and brister hit as he released the ball well pearson and copeland 24-25 the kansas city chiefs defensive backs were there you want to know why he broke it off he didn't break it off watch it bobby had no chance to throw the ball danny copeland was right in his face he just had to throw the ball away it'll be a field goal try coming up for gary anderson we're watching two of the best place kickers in nfl history it'll be a 42-yard attempt three of 605 this season beyond the 40. it's on its way plenty of distance and it's got the direction the steelers are on the board first so they stall inside the 25 but they get three from gary anderson with 10 36 left in the first these two coaches have gotten together in some classic afc central division battles and now marty schottenheimer over in the afc west his first year as the head coach of the kansas city chiefs chuck knoll in his 21st season the head coach of the pittsburgh steelers one of only five coaches in the nfl to coach 300 games you asked marty yesterday to compare this team with cleveland he went down a roster and he kept saying better better [Laughter] and he really likes his defensive units gary anderson kicking it away to danny copeland and todd mcnarrow will take his goal live yard line the chiefs will get it for the first time today offensively that offensive line has rich baldinger getting his first start of the year as he's subbing for the injured irv eatman eat man out for about two to three weeks not a serious enough injury to put him on injured reserve where they'd lose him for six weeks they're protecting steve debert okoye the leading rusher in the nfl joined by a herd manly page the wide receivers and pays the tight end when they go to the race offense which is two tight ends and two wide receivers alfredo roberts will enter the game a single set on first and ten from the 20-yard line the chief's running by three [Music] met first by the nose tackle gerald williams one thing marty schonheimer really emphasized yesterday was they had to protect the ball utmost today was ball security because of the way the steelers like to try to rip it away front seven for the pittsburgh steelers willis williamson jones gets the start with the injured jim johnson who's out with a injured ankle he may be able to see some activity later today ankle little nickerson and lloyd the linebackers and when they go to their dime package lorenzo freeman the extra down lineman the extra defensive backs griffin and hall take a look at that secondary the regular force of the defensive backfield for the pittsburgh steelers sends the font page in motion second and close to 10. acquire the 25-yard line for a gain of close to five that's secondary for the pittsburgh steelers woodruff woodson lake and everett a very young group with the exception of dwayne woodruff who's in his ninth season and a great rookie at the strong safety position out of ucla and carnell lake one thing about kansas city chiefs this this week and we talked to marty schottenheimer yesterday talking about his team he said we couldn't even practice on monday they only had 31 healthy players to practice he had to cut each practice session short by 45 minutes they couldn't practice they didn't practice yesterday de berg working with four wide receivers out of the shotgun on third and five to pair with plenty of time throws it away over the middle wanted pete manley he was the closest the late pressure came from keith willis so three snaps at a punch on the first possession today for the kansas city chiefs miami getting on the board first at buffalo tampa bay trying to beat cincinnati as the bengals who tried to snap a two-game losing streak rod woodson talk about trouble with the special teams here's kansas city on their first punt only have 10 players on the field mcnair finally comes on to go down into coverage kelly goodburn 44 yard average coming in has the best net funding average in the afc gets into it sends out a beauty a high spiral woodson will take him to the far side of the 34. the coverage is breaking down and there goes woodson across the 45 with flags down in the play he's hit down from behind at the 48 yard line that was a 41-yard punt by goodburn a nice 12-yard return nice run back they're going to bring it back holding on pittsburgh they'll take it from the point of the infraction so that'll really hurt thee number 43 on the receiving team first down timeout that's ray wallace called for the penalty the reserve running back when we come back pittsburgh's got it back first and ten at their own 25-yard line [Music] indian summer in pittsburgh and it is an absolutely magnificent afternoon joel myers along with paul mcguire the dealers lead by three and they've got it first instead of their own 25 and it's thrown over the middle for lewis lips check that derrick hill's got it 82 not 83 reception good for 17 yards and it took a perfect pass from bobby brister [Music] jc pearson had just tremendous coverage on the play and derek hill makes a tremendous catch let's take a look at the coverage in the pass pattern total concentration by both offensive defensive men look at this coverage that any good also hit ahead of schedule you don't get caught another first down for the steelers they're on merrell hodge breaking the containment the outside gets good yardage the midfield strike again of a little bit better than eight for merrell hodge forced out on that side by the cornerback jc pearson but that's the second time already in the early going ball that we've seen that outside containment break down all right they're blocking on moz at the center but watch the hole is not inside so they break it outside and there's 58 derrick thomas has got to play the outside and stay outside don't worry about as an outside linebacker making so many tackles inside you have inside people that can do that your first job and we show that in the first series is to stay outside and make sure they don't bounce out second in short second a little less than two hodge on his fourth carry of the afternoon near the first down marker he's inside the 48 i believe he's got the furs down near the 47-yard line brought down by dino hackett bill maher's playing the nose tackle really and you see damani dawson number 63 on 63. and he just turns him to the inside moz does not make the play you see him standing up right there damani dawson just made a great block bill maz coming back to where he was an all-american at the university of pittsburgh grew up in this area as well and when the chief's offense is on the field it's got to be a very emotional day for their center mike webster to talk about that just a little bit later first the kansas city 47. swinging out to warren williams he's got it near the 41-yard line gain of seven almost eight on the completion you know we did two games of tan joking and showed how he stands up and shows pass but doesn't make any difference there he is he stand up it's pass play he doesn't he doesn't care he's there he's on neil smith and watch this bang right there at the line of scrimmage blanket ship gets in on it doesn't make any difference whether he shows it or not he still blocks well he got mad at me yesterday we're walking off the field at practice and all of a sudden alignment comes running over to collar paul mcguire and it's touch elk and he said he heard from 30 people that he hasn't heard from since his high school days all because the human wire second and short merrell magic can't get to the outside for a first down of them so i'm inside the 35 all the way to the 32-yard line it's going to be very encouraging for a pittsburgh offense that was almost dormant last sunday against the houston orders when they were shut out 27 to nothing other scores week number eight of the nfl season the touchdown pass by warren moon has the oilers on top of the browns other scores around the nfl al del greco with a field goal for the phoenix cardinals brester said if i get to start this was at midweek i guarantee i'll complete 65 percent of my passes four of six so far today for 43 yards deep throwing on first and ten for lewis left the defensive back slipped down albert lewis it's complete for the 25-yard line a gain of seven on the reception isn't that amazing the confidence of bristol or one of the teams has been sacked more than anybody in the national football league and here he is he said hey i have confidence in this offensive line they can get the job done for me but one of the things we talked to duran cherry yesterday said we will play basically zone defense it looked that time and the time lewis lips caught the other pass that they were in man to man sherry mentioned last week houston played a three-across zone played the run first and it paid off against the pittsburgh steelers in that shutout victory hodge on the second and short carriage inside the 25 down to the 23 short of the first down marker by one yard merrill hodge real workaholic in their backfield this year he's their leading ground gainer in his third year from idaho state uh 10th round draft choice back in 87. they have had problems getting their running game on track and that's why they want to make that commitment as dan salamua heads off the field hobbles off the field for the kansas city jeeps but chuck noll wants to get the ground game going marty schottenheimer he's just talking about his defense yesterday growing up and with good reason one of the best defensive units in the nfl it's warren williams first down the man from miami inside the 20. down to the 17-yard line what an impressive start today on the second possession of the pittsburgh steelers they took the first possession they drove down and got a field goal second possession we're looking at derek thomas number 58 looking he goes inside looks and now he gets back to the outside and helps out on the play he's got to read and not commit himself too much to get stuck inside and i know he's an excellent linebacker he's only a rookie but the things that you have to learn is just don't be too impatient when you're playing play your keys but don't give the outside away in the first half last week the steelers offensive unit only had the ball seven minutes of the first thirty already today better than six minutes compared to two minutes for the kansas city chiefs the pitch goes to williams on first and ten he can't get to the outside does a good job just to get back to the line of scrimmage maybe a yard at the most to the 21-yard line kevin porter came up the strong safety on run support kevin porter made an excellent play on that particular play because he kept the thing from going outside forced it back inside and was able to make the tackle on top of it the best the chiefs have done so far against the wrong talimo is back in the game he's all right and ouija thompson comes in for the first time to join lewis lips on the far side of the field they double up on that side on second and nine falls down to the 16-yard line wide open [Applause] and bobby brister got nailed again [Applause] where they threw the flag you would think it would be on the kansas city chiefs in the secondary checking with john dooley yes a face mask because it looked like they spun around lewis lips the wide receiver who took it in for the touchdown brister has been reading the defenses so well i mean he has really been able to find out the open man number 20 on the defense ponies decline touchdown that's doron cherry the free safety all right albert lewis is the man that's blitzing he's a corner he gets to bobby bristow you're going to see jerome cherry come up now he reaches out grabs the face mask extra point is perfect by gary anderson and this will be tacked on at the kickoff exactly there's a time out of the field two possessions for the pittsburgh steelers and two scores a 41-yard field goal by anderson a touchdown pass to lips brister pays but the steelers lead by 10. 75-yard drive for the pittsburgh steelers they had a penalty on the return by rod woodson instead of taking the ball to the 48th they took it to the 25 it didn't make any difference though as bobby brister completed that 16-yard touchdown pass to lewis lips and the pittsburgh steelers with 10 points already a 10 to nothing lee with 441 left in the first half mcnair waiting for the kickoff from anderson takes it at the three [Applause] put down across the 20. at the 22-yard line where kansas city will get it for the second time today really interesting defense here you take a look you see albert lewis 29 was blitzing now they end up with it with a strong safety or weak safety gerard cherry covering a wide receiver lewis lips it's a little bit strange here comes albert lewis right to left your screen he's the guy that makes the play but you're forcing the safety to cover the fast lewis lips and you see the face mask a tough tough start today for the third best defense overall in the nfl and the second best against the pass first and ten to the chiefs publish smiling their own 22 yard line with good reason deferred dumps it off to saxon he can get back the original line of scrimmage he's put down to the 20-yard line let's go to bob costas now for an update nfl live all right joel in that houston cleveland matchup in cleveland the oilers kept the ball on the opening drive 14 plays almost nine minutes this caps it 13 yards moon to haywood jeffries they lead seven nothing by the way paul on the pregame show ralph wiley wondered if there's anything to do in buffalo perhaps you'd like to take him up there for a tour now i know you're the tourist commissioner are you going to take mr wiley i'll take him up there on a tour and send him back in the box that's paul mcguire i'm joel myers we welcome you back to three rivers standing with pittsburgh divert throwing on second and long hit is he releasing and knocked down he went for stephon page with rod winston has a flag thrown right at his feet as he was providing the coverage did he go for the back of the wide receiver to get to the ball it'll be an automatic first down defensive holding call 116 yards of offense for pittsburgh only three for kansas city number 26 defense first down all right let's just take a look at rod woodson number 26 here he comes in see that was holding before the play because he made a tremendous play on the ball kansas city has the first first down of the day and it comes by way of penalty christian okoye slams it to the 30 yard line in a five on the carry the nfl's leading ground gainer tripped up by gerald williams well we talked so much about mike webster who played here in pittsburgh for so long take a look at his blocking now here's his job his job is to get to williams to get to his inside to take him back he doesn't do the job the man that does the job is williams number 98 and makes the play but it isn't amazing now here's christian okoye runs the ball doesn't look like much but that was five webster runs in and out of the huddly incredible it's a lot of fun it was a real kick to listen to the other players at the change yesterday talk about mike webster in his 16th year nine-time pro bowler akoye stopped at the original line falls forward for a couple to the 32-yard line it'll still bring up though third and three as hardy nickerson and gerald williams made that stop you just saw the touchdown pass by warren moon that gave houston the lead week number eight of the nfl campaign and buffalo now on top of miami cincinnati trying to break that two-game losing streak and bobby bear with an early touchdown pass for the new orleans saints you call okoye's number he's not even in the backfield they pull them out of the game they bring in the one they like to go to out of the backfield todd mcnair flags into the air on third and three it fires the outside it's complete to emil harry for first down past the 35 to the 37 yard line but there are penalty flags down in the play right at the original line of scrimmage i think the defense line yeah they did the defense lined up offside this will drive a coach absolutely crazy you stop him in the first drive pittsburgh stops kansas city two members of the defense lined up offside only two only you only have 11. but you know you stop them in the first drive now they get one first down on a penalty going for a first down they would have had the first down but you line up offside very young group for the pittsburgh steelers just seems to be getting better and better each week didn't run into a snack last week as sequoia goes absolutely nowhere on the first and ten carry that is his fifth carry of the day he's only got 14 yards now greg lloyd and gerald williams combining for that stop joe let's just talk about okoye for just a moment and and when he runs now he's six foot one he weighs 262 pounds runs a 4-5-40 but the thing about okoye is the only place he's really effective is from tackle to tackle once you get him going down the line of scrimmage he loses all of that power and effectiveness because he's going sideways and not straight ahead and pittsburgh is just jamming everything right in the middle those last numbers illustrate how much he means to this team as okoye goes into play action as de berg finds the font pace for a first down really a good fake though by akoye into the middle of the line as it's down to the 45-yard line of pittsburgh a 16-yard gain in the reception and you've got to do more of this because when stefan page came out to the outside joel there was not a soul near him the bird just didn't deliver the ball well enough because staphon page would have been going down the sideline he had to go down to the ground to get the pass gets back up and makes the first down but the one thing that's effective is that fake to okoye and it goes back to what steve dubert told us yesterday the pittsburgh steelers one of the few teams in the league that keep their weak safety fairly close to the line of scrimmage they don't keep them that deep so the play action is very effective against this defense they're on for herman heard his first of the day and an effective one inside the 40. down to the 39-yard line for a game of six close to seven yards shoved down by hardy nickerson carnell lake found out that okoye can also block and they just put them with a shoulder and knocked him out of the hole huge difference on the offensive line for the kansas city chiefs they are one of the largest offensive lines in the afc i guess you could put them atop the list along with the cincinnati bengals they are a monstrous group there's the gun ending the first 15 minutes of play we'll be right back to pittsburgh with the steelers leading by 10. we get ready for the start of the second quarter as we welcome you back to three river stadium in pittsburgh the steelers leading the kansas city chiefs 10 to nothing i'm joel myers alongside paul mcguire bobby brister back in the lineup today and working after missing two games with this brace on his left leg this is why he's back and take a look at this thing goes this way the way the knee is supposed to go and it does not go this way but there's also a pad on this side you wonder why not two braces this holds the knee on the other side and it holds it firmly he's limited side to side but bubby told us yesterday moving straight up field he has no problems whatsoever his coach said though you better throw the ball away i don't want to see you scramble that much tomorrow that was yesterday after practice christian okay on the run the first play of the second quarter on second and four gets very close to that first down marker well i talked about the way christian okoye blocks and he's number 35 in the center of your screen now watch this and lake is going to come up and he just hits him he gets gets a little piece there and that opens it up for hurt on the outside time out of the field we'll be right back for a measurement as the chiefs look for a first down join nbc sports next sunday for another exciting nfl doubleheader it all starts at 12 30 eastern with bob costas and oj simpson nfl live some of you will see the colts head down to miami seahawks take on the chiefs the second half of our doubleheader either the bengals raiders or the steelers and the denver broncos third and short 30 inches double tight end set for the chiefs they're ace offense aquae slips on his own goes down right at the 35-yard line it'll depend upon the spot the cory trips before he gets to the line of scrimmage this is fourth down situation here comes okoye here now i don't know if he trips onto berg or not it no he just his right toe just stubs the ground but since he's not touched even though he hits the ground he can crawl forward this is fourth down situation with a koi in the backfield why not hardy nickerson who calls the defensive stake signals for the pittsburgh theaters has just suffered a sprained left knee and will not be back they're told now that was an interesting spot because you brought up a good point he is not touched and he scrambled on his own inside the 35 but they put the ball outside the 35. i i wonder if they're upstairs looking at this thing because he should have a first down he was not touched when he went down and he could crawl to a first down if they it's a bad mark it was the seventh carry of the afternoon for christian nikoi over his first six he's only got a total of 17 yards last week he had a team record 33 carries for the chiefs in their 38 to 26 win over the dallas cowboys all right his right toe stubs now but watch okoye when he goes down nobody touches him here he's on the ground right nobody touch now he can roll and look where the ball is the ball is on the other side very close to the 34. all right from from there okoye is down but he can crawl past you can see the ball is beyond the line of scrimmage behind beyond the 35-yard marker and that ball should be it should be a first down they'll give you that one of those inconclusive deals right he wasn't touched behind the 35 by a member of the pittsburgh theater's defensive unit replacing hardy nickerson now it'll be jerry olsafsky a rookie from the university of pittsburgh 10th round draft choice we have a reversal it's first down on the 34.5 yard line good call partner hey you're not down until you're down somebody said that once did they was it yoki well you can see it here and this is an actually called by these officials because he can crawl he can do anything he wants to do as long as he's not touched best penetration of the day offensively for the kansas city chiefs and steve divert they started to drive back at their own 22-yard line now it's first and ten just outside of the 34. mccoy the single set play action porter berg on the slant for manly tipped and intercepted by a little flags on the play little knocked down at the 30-yard line as those flags was the ball deflected though before the penalty yeah that ball you know wasn't tipped you could hit a guy but there was holding what are they talking about now the pittsburgh says that they're going to get the ball back if it is tipped you're absolutely right but i thought he was hit well before the ball was thrown disregard the flag there is no foul so the ball was tipped before the penalty was committed right there before the contact on manly interception for david little the dealers get it back up by 10. kansas city chiefs just picked off on that last play and they have thrown more interceptions than any other team in the nfl throwing it away 14 times while the pittsburgh steelers well they've given it away too paul leading the nfl in fumbles with a total of 10. so two teams that come in at three and four and you can understand why is hardy nickerson is wheeled off the field with that sprained left knee and that's a huge blow because he's their defensive quarterback he calls the defensive signal crispr on first and 10 to the 30 goes out to warren williams it's complete to the 36-yard line on the reception phenomenal start today for bobby frister oytter's still making that warren moon pass stand up thurman thomas with a touchdown run but the bill's up by 11 now at home over the dolphins other scores around the nfl via zucchini with a field goal to make it a seven point cold fleet and rodney holmen with a touchdown reception to tie it up for cincinnati second in short the ideal situation for the pittsburgh steelers second and four merrell great block on the outside on derek thomas it's the 43 for first down let's go to bob costas for another update at nfl live joel a nice play a short time ago at the hoosier dome in indianapolis jack trudeau back to throw a perfect spiral right into the arms of andre rising who takes it in his stride 22-yard touchdown his first nfl scoring reception and then watch the maneuver with his teammate clarence verdan a little verdance to celebrate it's 10-3 colts [Music] thank you bob celebration is still alive and it's not a demonstration and a penalty first intent at the 43-yard line for the steelers brister out for lips he takes it in great grab by lewis lips going down to get it that is six straight completions now for bobby brister pulled it off in front of albert lewis well one thing that brister is doing these are timing patterns because albert lewis was there lips just goes down about seven six or seven yards and turns to the outside and before he makes that turn brister already has the ball in the air the gain of close to seven of the completion brings up a third three right at the midfield stripe and i guess you're going to go upstairs to find out if lewis lips got his hands underneath the ball keeping it away from the turf to take another look at it the instant replay official i thought it was a completion but we're on the opposite side of the field they're really ruined a good thing with this instant replay i'm very honest with you there's just no way next year that it's gonna it's gonna be here i can't believe that it will be all right here's a shot that we have up here the ellipse's hands are underneath the ball and this will be a catch by his hands there's an official standing right there he's a guy in front of lips if he can't see it no one else can the officials officiate and get on with it it's a game of humans not machines it's incredible with the frequency that they're heading up to the replay official booth now play stands after further review the play will stand this called suck it down why not it's a good catch fortunately not that long of a delay second and three now close to three and a half [Music] pittsburgh has not slowed down offensively and they don't on this occasion as they get another first down merrill hodge pounding it straight up the middle behind the center in guard inside the 45 near the 44 yard line all right there's the catch again but look at his hands look where lewis lips hands are they are underneath the ball the ball does not hit the ground good coverage by lewis but lips makes the catch right there both hands are underneath the ball pulls it up into him i like it great scoop by lewis lips and great shots provided from our producer george finkel and our director brian sheriff first and ten for the steelers at the chief's 44-yard line counter to warren williams but the few times they have stopped the steeler ground game that was chris martin the outside linebacker in his seventh year from auburn that's the biggest adjustment i think that chieftain had to make had to make so far in this game is to keep those two outside linebackers chris martin and derek thomas to stay out there and stay at home don't commit yourself to the inside that time martin stayed at home made the play kansas city defense number three overall in the nfl and the only defensive unit in the nfl to hold the opposition to under 300 yards each of their first seven games this season quite an accomplishment i don't know if there's a better secondary in either conference ball they are tough brister throwing on second and long gets warren williams to the 35-yard line rolls for an extra yard to the 34 and that is right at the first down marker good heads up play by williams he wasn't touched when he took it in all right we've been watching derek thomas now he's in the middle watch he's going to try and play a game to come all the way outside and terry o'shea the tight end watch this look good pick up on the outside no chance for thomas to get there first of all he was late on the move and they keep the tight end in the pittsburgh steelers told us with derek thomas because he is so fast and strong what they're going to do is when they have the opportunity they're going to block it with alignment if he's on the side of the tight end the tight end will stay in and block him [Music] seven in a row completed by bobby brister this time it's merrell hodge running the ball for the first down she takes it inside the 33 down to the 32-yard line a possession game by the pittsburgh steelers mixing the running pass very effectively you know we had a chance yesterday to sit and talk to bobby and i don't know if i've met a quarterback recently that has as much confidence as he has and on a team that's three and four i mean he just really he loves to play football he loves to be tough and he says i'm the kind of guy that can get this offense fired up [Applause] [Music] they're also missing a key component in the backfield today with back spasms that's their number one pick for georgia tim worley he's got another first down to the 21-yard line but long got outside and put that block on derek thomas again the key block well the block is on derek thomas now derrick thomas this time remember i said about staying outside he stays there but the ron cherry coming up does not make the tackle there's thomas here comes the ron cherry he does not make the tackle but actually derek thomas did his job to force the play back to the inside the inside pursuit never got there and that was a tremendous run they put somebody in for hajj and he got mad he didn't want to come out of the game with good reason i like this i like the momentum ray wallace is his replacement warren williams and wallace in the backfield double tied in set wallace on his first period of the day for about a yard inside the 21. bill moss pittsburgh native making that hit buffalo do it to miami and cincinnati with their first lead of the day at home taking on tampa bay and will dallas ever score this week second and long second still close to 10 coming up for the steelers on this the 10th play of the drive that started back at their own 30-yard line after the interception by david brister has it knocked down the line flags down in the play it was thrown in the area of merrell hodge and brister comes up hobbling meisner knocks the ball down oh boy and it's that left knee the one that kept him out the last two weeks the spring left knee that he's wearing the knee brace on holding 65 options get a chance to see this hit now here's brister he's planted on that left leg sally moo comes in and hits him there and you know again we showed you that brace at the break in the quarter that brace holds that knee from going left and right he'll go up and down but it won't go left and right this guy's tough i would say it's tough salomon with the hit will it keep knock wrestler out of the game he's going to stay in for at least the next snap salamu is going down he's just and if you take a look though his shoulders hit him up in the top of his thighs he was not aiming at the knee now second and twenty ball back outside to the thirty one and frister continue he's calling it a timeout i don't think so they've got rick strom in his first year from georgia tech warming up now on the theater sideline [Music] just before we broke away debbie brister hit from the blind side by dan selamu of a good display of sportsmanship by the defensive lineman of the kansas city chiefs in his third year of arizona state and i can tell you bristol said a good hit second at 20. we welcome you back to pittsburgh i'm joel meyers along with paul mcguire steelers by 10 looking for the screen pass it's daryl hodge and it goes absolutely nowhere lags down to the play as d3 knife through to make this stop the loss of a yard back to the 32-yard line bill moss almost broke through he went to his knees but petrie number 45 who was a safety came up and really made a great play actually petri is playing corner j.c pearson started at the corner and petrie ended up taking his place now we've got a penalty coming up against the pittsburgh steelers that was a holding call a couple of plays to go against john jackson and now they're starting to push themselves out of gary anderson field goal position well they had to wait and check with the bench and see if they want the penalty i think he passed interference here come on second down derrick hill called for that penalty number 63 in the middle of your picture bill maz now watch as he makes a move but he's healthy he goes down to the ground terry long was holding on to him and there's a great play by petry he just came up and just did a great job went right through the blocking but they called offensive pass interference on number 82 derrick hill pass defense for the kansas city chiefs leading the afc second best overall to the nfl brister throwing for williams and drop the balls so it'll be a third and long situation when we come back but first let's go to bob costas for another update nfl live all right joel trying to solidify their hold on first place in the afc east the bills are leading the dolphins in buffalo 14-3 big first half for thurman thomas watch this 30-yard beauty highest praise you can receive o.j sitting here in the studio said that is a run my man he's got 90 yards already they're not yet to have time 14 free bills [Music] buffalo bills today trying to raise their record to six and two steelers with a ten to nothing lead but they're facing a third and thirty back their own or the 41 yard line of the kansas city chiefs thomas after brister wrister jumping off to hodge this make it up the field goal position they need diving near the 30-yard line and brister was hit again at the end of the play i see walking away salomon now here's brister he's going down derek thomas coming to the outside and he's being held right on up by john jackson number 65 and brister just goes down on his own and i don't he wasn't hit he just instead of taking the hit and he told us yesterday i'm going to dump some balls usually i'll run around with the ball but not anymore not with my leg in a brace like that gary anderson is in a 41-yarder this is a 47-yard attempt on its way with plenty of distance and it's good another three points for the pittsburgh steelers three possessions and three scores and the theaters lead it by 13. [Applause] [Music] the second most accurate place kicker in nfl history is just hit his tenth of the season to give the pittsburgh steelers another three points a 47-yard field goal from gary anderson and the steelers lead it by 13 over the jeeps kansas city ready to get it back to the third time as anderson booms away a beauty copeland takes it can't do a thing with it though eight yards in the end zone and that may not be all bad with the way kansas city special teams have been performing over the last couple of weeks gary anderson accounting for six of the first 13 points of the day the pittsburgh steelers they've got to get christian okoye involved in the offense a little bit more seven carries only 19 yards so far merrill hodge with a great start for the pittsburgh dealers every averaging six yards of carry that's not bad huh what's that kansas city journey for one other possession started at 22. akoye to the outside look out he's got a first down sees across the 30. everybody went ooh the ground can't cause a fumble i said he wasn't that effective on the outside but when he gets on the outside and he's able to get his shoulders squared up there's is that manly downfield making a block and okoye is coming full blast one thing they were talking about a koi is and everybody talks about how he runs straight up it's true he does drawn cherry said when his shoulders are lowered like about right there where you see him look out two quotes around he said it's scary in time mccoy on the play action to virgil throw looking deep goes to the outside for manly it's complete for another first down pete manley the former detroit lion with a first intent across the 41-yard line he's been quite a fine for the kansas city chiefs houston getting a field goal zendejas to add to their lead at cleveland it's been a wild race this year in the afc uranus afc central division with a three-way tie for the lead to start the day between cincinnati houston and cleveland in the pittsburgh steelers only one game back at three and four a wide open situation in the central akoye on the first and tenth carry across the 45. he's got it to the 47-yard line for a gain of six he got up to a slow start last week when he had 170 yards on those 33 carries a team record got most of it in the second half so maybe he's uh one of those ball that needs a little bit of work before he really starts to run well if you look at this series of downs now two plays they have run okoye outside of the tackle reason the pittsburgh steelers have six guys jammed from tackle to tackle and there's no place to run inside and in order to loosen up this defense they want to get him outside a few times to let people know he can run out there if he has to as long as he can get his shoulder square up to the field second and fourth the ball of the chief's 47. paige is going in motion slant goes to alfredo robert he's got it for a first down and then some inside the 30 the tight end lumber's down to the 28-yard line good read by steve deberg it was an excellent read by de berg roberts was there the tight end but the play action to okoye first of all freezes linebackers and when that happens they're really not paying that much attention attention to roberts to tight end watch here the linebackers are caught inside so the pass is over the linebackers now the only one left is the safety and that's late [Music] it's down to the 28 where it's first and 10. [Music] okoye on the carry with blocking out in front for the 20. inside the 15 flags down in the play as okoye is forced out of bounds i love it when you laugh about koi because he is something to watch down to the 12-yard line well i i just sit here and wonder because we don't know what goes through their minds but barnell lake there's going to be a holy penalty i think or whatever it is up here but cornell lake is coming up to make the play on a guy that's 262 pounds holding 83 offense first down they got stephon page for holding on woodruff is that who he's holding yeah that's called holding you see that block that's holding when you grab the shirt he he holds him to the inside now here comes lake look but paulie didn't grab the jersey that long yeah well long enough to get caught but lake he just feels sorry for him knowing i've got to i've got to do it i mean i can't back off this guy i got to hit him any and he's sticking his nose in there 10 yard mark off makes it first and 20. the ball back at the steelers 38 yard line denver again with the play action plenty of time they set it up they sent it out for herman hurt entering an initial tackle and heard goes down after a gain of only a couple near the 37th close to the 36-yard line greg lloyd with a good open field tackle yeah loose was out there number 72 and they were trying to trying to get the block and he's the right guard pulled out and got into that screen that screen took an awful long time to set up it doesn't do much good when you play fake when okoye is not in the game and it really takes the chiefs out of their game when they're in the situation of first and 20 because they want to keep okoye in the backfield and they'd like to run it as much as possible on first and ten with okoye he's still on the sideline they go with hurt sacks in the backfield second and 18. he's down first sack of the day to keith willis [Applause] the big defensive lineman in his seventh year from northeastern i'll let you tell a story about keith willis yesterday but he's on the right-hand side of your screen now watch willis what willis does he goes right inside of lutz number 72 and beats him clean no place for the bird to go he likes tackling with koi doesn't he willis may have had the best line of the day for us when he was talking about christian decoys if you try to arm tackle nikoi he'll pick your arm up off the ground and hand it back to you chiefs 203 and 30 down conversions this is the third and 30 after the sack by willis and a timeout for the chiefs and a bird i don't know if marty scheinheimer wanted to use one on third and 30. we'll be right back to pittsburgh for the steelers leading by 13. some people see shaving as something you do for three minutes a day at braun we see it as something you do for a lifetime and we think you should make the best of it the bronze shaver with its three shaving positions designed for those who choose to make a virtue out of necessity brawn the world's number one selling foil shaver it's 8 47. and andy cavanagh's father is learning all about his antifreeze the hard way [Music] don't push your luck guarantee it with advanced formula preston welcome back to three river stadium i'm joel myers along with paul mcguire if the steelers need him he is ready to go paul he's in the stand but i don't know if they'd send him out with that pink t-shirt on excuse me he wouldn't be missed by anybody 30 30. the bottom of the 48-yard line for to bergen the chiefs time for de berg goes for stefan page and it's knocked away by delton hall good timing on the play and actually was pete manley good timing on the play at the half bob costas and o.j simpson we'll fill you in on all the other scores around the nfl highlights is will be a profile on joe walton with gail gardner woodburn getting into it hanging up ohio and rod woodson letting it go as it's into the end zone it'll be a touch back a 48-yard punt but only a 28-yard net on it as it goes out to the 20-yard line so the steelers get it back with two minutes and 27 seconds left in the first half and next saturday nbc sports presents exclusive coverage of the 89 breeders cup horse of the year honors on the line is sunday silence and easy go are head to head and that classic the 3 million 7th race so join us live from beautiful gulf stream park in florida for seven championship races with 10 million dollar prizes or 10 million dollars in prize money and on sunday silence chris mccarron will get the ride as opposed to pat valenzuela so share america's day of the races with nbc sports next saturday at 1 30 eastern first and ten for the steelers they've got it at their own 20-yard line and christopher stayed in that game even though he's been hit a couple across the 23 for a gain of three you don't see carter run the ball that often because they love to throw on the ball i'm going to tell you some pittsburgh they are getting their guards out long in range strata just came out on that sweep and that's the key they're getting some people in front of the ball carrier longus had a phenomenal first down [Music] we have wound our way down to the two-minute warning in pittsburgh with the steelers in control so far [Music] the pittsburgh steelers have dominated just about every area of the game so far and they've got a 13 to nothing lead over the kansas city chiefs we bring you back to pittsburgh the two minute warning and pittsburgh with the ball looking at a second down to second and seven from their own 23 yard line i'm joel myers along with paul mcguire steelers with a touchdown pass the lips two gary anderson field goal brister with plenty of time going down the sideline for thompson two receivers in the same area that was definitely a different sort of pattern for the steelers it's incomplete because beetry was over there with derek thomas houston with the field goal by zenday haas up by 10 and in that buffalo game paul miami's dan marino sacked for the first time in the last 20 games so that is 19 straight games mourinho is uh not sacked in and that's an nfl record that is snapped today by the buffalo bills jeff wright now he's the heir apparent to freddie spurless at nose tackle and he really is a good one third and seven for the steelers they're three of five and third down conversions after going three of 23 in that department over the last two weeks jason johnson the motion man brister her lips wide open with a huge cushion for a first down to the 38 near the 39-yard line he really ran to ryan jerry back on that one joel they're trying to blitz a back to get the brister from his backside now danny copeland last time number 25 tried to get the brister but we're talking about timing plays and that time lips went down with two people on him albert lewis and duron cherry number 20 and 29 and look what lips all he does is turn it up and that ball when he was turning you could see that the ball was already in the air are the chiefs possibly gambling too much defensively i i think they are and they're trying to play too much man-to-man especially on a guy like lewis lips that's the last thing we expected after what happened in the houston shutout over pittsburgh last week where we were told by the chief secondary that houston went almost exclusively with a three-across zone stop the run first and then stop the run first and then look at the pass marty schottenheim with a six-game winning streak against the steelers but that was as the coach of the cleveland browns but it's also something that happens to the kansas city chiefs all week long they practice to face blackledge todd blacklist and it wasn't until friday morning that brister was announced to start first and ten inside toss goes to hodge breaks a tackle he's gonna get out of bounds yes he does they're the first down marker close to the 48-yard line good heads-up play by meryl hodge who's having a dynamite first down good heads-up play by hodgson now this is that shovel pass now take a look at the secondary of kansas city now watch them dropping off now everyone's covered downfield except the little shovel pass that they threw to hodge copeland comes up number 25 misses the tackle and hodge gets nine yards on the play what a safe pass that is we'll be selecting the budweiser most valuable player for today's game at the conclusion of the contest so far it's been all pittsburgh they lead by 13. second and one at their own 48 yard line johnson again the motion in with flags up the air a dead ball you would have to think against the pittsburgh steelers bill moss picked up the ball and stiff-armed bobby brister i mean not hard he just put his hand on him isn't that interesting time ran off the clock and it was a difficult penalty well there was no penalty is it they called a false start and then they ran yeah then they ran the clock back you're absolutely right bill moss that was funny ball start called on john jackson so he decided for his second penalty of the first half merrell hodge 11 carries so far a total of 70 yards hodge had a total of 228 over the first seven games coming in today [Applause] all the way back inside the 25. all right i told you before that derek thomas they wanted to put a lineman on derrick thomas this time thomas was down on on the line of scrimmage and john jackson could not get to him and slow him down to the right of the screen derrick thomas you see jackson trying to block him he's already by him neal smith is already back there but thomas makes the sack and it may all come back because of a penalty flag offside number 58. that's right no wonder he got a great start that's right he was so fast past the lineman that meryl hodge didn't even have time to react well we asked marty schottenheimer yesterday to describe derek thomas all he said he's fast fast fast fastest linebacker he said he has ever seen and when you get to jump on him you get a little bit faster he's cheating now so now it's second and short swipes off the stack another shuttle pitch gets the first half outside territory and now there's an altercation behind the play breaking out between derrick thomas and bobby brister penalty flags down [Music] now derrick thomas flew in to get brister and held on him and took brister about 25 yards downfield and brister did not back off him either he went right back at him he is one fiery competitor [Applause] what do we say about the two wins first you said about they lost two games to cleveland into a cincinnati right off the bat and he said when they won the next two the stats weren't any good he said but i'm going to tell you right now there's no such thing as an ugly win here comes thomas now on brister that the flip is there once he goes by and then brister and thomas get into it [Applause] you're right paul brister shot right back at derek thomas like he was a lineman or a linebacker himself tough kid christopher's in his fourth year out of northeast louisiana a third round draft choice back in 1986 he goes at 6-3 2-10 what do you say he completes 65 percent of his passes they win better than that right now [Applause] a lot better at 13 for 17. inside give to hodge bottled up in the backfield he's put down a loss of a yard yard and a half salamoa torpedoing that play maz also in there well when you see that shovel pass and you see derek thomas coming across he's going right at the quarterback now the question is was hodge his man if that's his man it's a bad play steelers only have one timeout left there's 55 seconds remaining in the first half second a little bit better than 11. brister going down the sideline over his throwing derrick hill lewis lips rather albert lewis providing the coverage and he was with the wide receiver every step of the way stops the clock with 48 seconds left in the first 30 minutes of play half time at cleveland with houston off to a good start also the end of the first half in buffalo bob costas oj simpson with all the scores and highlights nfl live at halftime and tampa bay coming back got a safety as boomer's eyes and dropped the ball of the end zone covered on it but it was a safety and that's why tampa bay's got that two-point lead at three rivers stadium pittsburgh looking for more leading by 13. and last time derek thomas broke free again and he saw bristol throw the ball he pulled up on him third and twelve brister out of the shotgun with good protection this time going for stone is complete for a first down and then some but he's out of pounds at the 12 yard line [Applause] [Music] pocket held up for bobby brister all right we got sewn he's on petrie going down petrie's on stone going down and and just turns up to the inside you've got to play outside because they want to stop the clock and there's you see where stone steps out of bounds should have gotten out of bounds anyway e3 working is the cornerback now in there for kevin ross who's out today injured and one of the two inactives for the kansas city chiefs and then last time they put two people on derrick thomas he's playing a down lineman rushing first and 10 to the 12. carter the motion man brister going for carter's throwing the ball away stops the clock with 36 seconds left in the first half now they got greg wolfeley playing the left tackle and he does a great job you see woofley right on thomas there's no chance good block brister sensing that pressure coming from the opposite side from dan salamua he had to unload it bobby now is 14 of 20 for 152 yards and one touchdown toss that was a 16 yarder to lewis lips second and 10 at the 12 yard line as meryl hodge was confused in the backfield [Applause] they snapped the ball hit burster in the hands with it i think hodges isn't in the game he just reached down picked up the ball started running with it bristol he's looking around because they want to change the play and run to to the right of the screen their left and the ball is brister hodge picks it up dermate dawson the center i thought i heard my snap count yeah an incredible start for bobby brister in the pittsburgh steelers offensive unit they've got 226 yards of total offense only 91 for the chiefs with 36 seconds left in the first half at halftime we'll go to new york bob costas and o.j simpson with all the scores and highlights what the pittsburgh steelers defense has done in this ball game offense is incredible they're playing a great game but they've taken christian okoye out of this ball game and the chiefs in order to win better get him back into the ball game still second and ten for brister and the steelers the chief's 12 yard line they already lead by 13. christopher he was tied up on the far side with albert lewis calls incomplete bringing up a third down albert lewis lewis on lips excellent coverage here it is lips coming inside albert lewis you know is that an illegal check more than five yards past the line of scrimmage they got away with one albert no harm no foul 16 first down so far for the pittsburgh steelers totally seven for kansas city this is the third and ten of the twelve christopher time is added to carter he falls down looks like there may have been a little help from copeland it falls incomplete it'll be another gary anderson field goal try coming up copeland had his hands on his back but he just falls down because christian throws the ball to the outside carter's trying to get inside copeland 25 excuse me yeah right there 25 and i just see he had his hands on his back but when he made the turn carter just fell down copeland didn't push him down christopher's just throwing the ball in the corner of the end zone anderson is already two of two this is from 29 yards out it's on its way and it's perfect gary anderson now 11 of 14 on the season three of three on the afternoon [Music] and the pittsburgh steelers get three more to lead the chiefs 16 to nothing 24 seconds left in the first half ken kansas city's only down 16 points and with a guy like christian okoye in in the ball game you can't take him out of the game you've got to keep him in the ball game now they started to do that with running him outside a little bit which loosens up the defense but then a penalty comes forces you in the passing situation the berg is not the most mobile quarterback in the national football league and and the problem is that the defensive line they know he's passing when that man is not in the ball game so what they're doing is teeing off and going at the bird and he's got to move out of his rhythm can't get the ball on target can't get it there is that the biggest collar you've ever seen the one that's worn by christian okoye i mean that is i guess you could call that the quasimodo collar the largest i guess on a 262 pound back to boot but he's got offensive tackle shoulder pads on it too along with it you know come on he keeps everybody loose on the offense he's a quiet guy but after a good run he comes back to the offensive button he goes good black line one anderson with the line drive kick copeland will take us the goal line tripped up across the 20 falling to the 23-yard line kansas city has not enjoyed the best field position of the first half they've had it twice at their own 20 once their own 22 and this drive at the 23 with only 20 seconds left in the half and when you're struggling and you have a good play like a koye head going from left to right get the ball down around the 12 yard line have a holding penalty that brings it all the way back you lose all of the yardage plus 10 more for a struggling football team it's very difficult to overcome it chiefs still with two timeouts remaining they've got three wide receivers to one side weathers harry and paige to the near side of the field the berg has plenty of time and finds mcnair mcnair to get out of bounds and does so across the 45 up to the 47-yard line another completion like that they get lowry on the field to try to get three it's another man with a strong leg lowry and they'd like to get three of that back just to give him some confidence and the feelings that they can't score against pittsburgh and lowry may have the longest leg in the league and they may be able to get one from 50 55 with lowry and believe me that was not a breakdown in in the pittsburgh defense either i mean they're just they're giving up the short ball not giving up the long ball there's lowry loosening up hadn't had anything to do all day penalty flags down on the snap mcnair again wide open gets out of bounds with another first down inside the 35 the 33. well they're trying to cover mcnair short with brian hinkle number 53 who was a linebacker and again they're going to give you the short stuff we've got a penalty against pittsburgh so the play will stand and you are actually now in lowry's field goal range you're giving that's giving up just a little bit too much there are only six seconds left on it on the clock they're going to go for the field goal it'll be 15 three defense terry's decline first down penalty is on keith willis the left defensive tackle who lined up offside so it will be a field goal try coming up for nick lowry i hate i hate to prevent defense joel i really do the only thing well i'll get into prevent defense most of the time prevents a touchdown but enables you to get a field goal it'll be a 50-yard try for lowry with six seconds left of the half as long as so far this year 47 yards that could go 60 yards and it's good nick lowry with the 50-yard field goal and that has just had an nfl record that breaks a record that he was tied with coming in appeal goals of better than 50 yards with a former chief break john cena and that's why i hate the prevent defense you stop them for 29 minutes and then you let them score it's halftime in pittsburgh with the steelers leading by 13. bob costa's back at our nfl live studios in new york along with o.j simpson we welcome those of you watching the kansas city pittsburgh game and the steelers despite that atrocious start this year are three and four right now just a game off the lead in the central somebody's got to lose head-to-head between the browns and the oilers cincinnati might lose they're down by two against tampa bay the steelers win this they're in the divisional race but good chuck knowles really turned this team around he's going up against the kansas city team that came into the game with the fifth rated offense now that's the highest kansas city has been in 10 years offensively but in the first half pittsburgh has been able to hold them to just 141 yards total offense they've held the league-leading rush of christian okoye to just 36 yards so they're doing the job defensively and that's how you win games and championships let's take a look now at the big game in the afc central houston and cleveland head-to-head at cleveland and houston leads this one 10 to nothing the joker and batman perhaps tickets left by jerry glanville he likes to leave them for famous celebrities real fictitious living or dead nothing fictitious about this haywood jeffries with a 13-yard td reception from warren moon caps the game's first drive seven nothing lead not a good day for bernie kozar his troubles continue steve brown intercepts him the second the oilers picked off during the first half tony zendejas had a 24-yard field goal after the jeffries touchdown and bud carson and the browns trail the oilers and jerry glanville early in the third 10 to nothing the rams playing at chicago halftime at soldier field game tied at three mike tomzak just four for 16 and yanked from the game by mike ditka jim harbaugh quarterbacking the bears right now buffalo all over miami with a 21-3 lead early in the third quarter they're trying to solidify their hold on first place in the afc east frank wright has thrown a 63-yard touchdown pass to don bieby and it was a huge first half for thurman thomas of the bills who had over 90 yards rushing including this 30 yard beauty down the right sideline then he cuts back into the end zone for a second quarter touchdown buffalo at five and two leading the four and three dolphins 21-3 something else the bills accomplished during the first half they sack dan moreno first time in over a year here's jeff wright recording the sack at the one as he beat the rookie center jeff yulin hake the last time that it happened to mourinho september 25th of 88 at the hoosier dome the colts dwayne bickett did the honors on that occasion it had been 19 games since mourinho was last sacked buffalo leading it 21-3 speaking of the colts they're up at the hoosier dome over new england not yet halftime mayor 10-3 jack trudeau has a 22-yard touchdown pass to andre ryzen at last check eric dickerson nine carries for 49 yards tampa bay playing at cincinnati i'm taking a look over at the monitor right now the bengals have the ball with 21 seconds to play in the half and right now tampa bay leads at 16 to 14 vinnie testaverdi through a touchdown pass to mark carrier to give them the lead the bengals might be on their way it's still early of course and it's just a two-point game but they might be on their way to their third consecutive home defeat remember they won every game they played at riverfront last year on their way to the super bowl phoenix playing at dallas this might be one of the cowboys better chances to win a game this year on a pair of al del greco field goals though phoenix leads at halftime six to three in the game you're watching pittsburgh with the lead on kansas city 16-3 bubby brister back and he threw a 16-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter to lewis lips a don makowski touchdown pass pulled green bay even just before halftime they're now at the half at county stadium and in milwaukee the lions and the packers tied at 10. new orleans looking for their third straight win leading over atlanta the score there is 10 to nothing let me tell you something about the lion game that i forgot just before we move to that last score in the first half alone barry sanders of the lions against green bay has 130 yards rushing that's in the first half with the lions and packers tied up at ten a piece and when we come back we take a look at the sorry state of affairs surrounding the new york jets who are one and six and prospects don't get any brighter today as the san francisco 49ers come to the meadowlands gail gardner has the story after this from your local stations it's halftime at three rivers stadium in pittsburgh with the steelers on top of the kansas city chiefs 16-13 in a matchup of two three and four teams so welcome back once again everyone i'm joel myers alongside paul mcguire and the pittsburgh steelers defense ball effectively taking nikoi out of the chiefs ground game well i knew that that's what they had to do defensively and you know we talked to keith willis yesterday and he said this is the guy we have to stop we're going to be keying on him and they did that and he only has 36 yards in the first half that's taking him out of a ball game but let us not forget he carried the ball only nine times in the first half is that correct nine times 33 times he carried the ball last week and most of the yardage that he got he got in the second half don't forget about him outstanding balance in the first 30 minutes of play for the pittsburgh steelers offensively good combination of run and pass and bobby brister incredibly sharp ball after being off for two weeks he said if i complete 65 percent of my passes we're gonna win and he's done that so far in this ball game he is just a tough competitor they've hit him about six different times not sax i'm talking about late hits but he's it that knee brace that he has on it's working for him you've just joined us he got a little bit of a brawl earlier with derrick thomas he did not back down from the chief's linebacker looking at the numbers through the first two quarters of play the kansas city chiefs they have got to feel fortunate that they're only down by 13 points as they trail 16 to 3. 229 yards 141 and a lot of that 141 coming over the last 30 seconds 20 seconds for the kansas city chiefs on those two long pass completions to mcnair yeah the great prevent defense you know it really upsets me joel when i see a team now here's pittsburgh they were in total control of this football game up 16 to nothing and for 29 and a half minutes controlled the kansas city chiefs and then they allow them by going into a prevent defense they allow the kansas city chiefs to get a three get three points back on the bar on the board but the worst part about it is that the kansas city chiefs get the ball back here in the second half if they can move this ball down and score get the momentum back on their side look out and they may have gained a little bit of momentum from their place kicker right before the halftime gun when they got that 50-yard field goal from nick lowry so they got a bit of a boost on their way into the halftime locker room they're down by less than two touchdowns copeland man mcnair waiting for the kickoff from anderson copeland wisely stays four yards into the end zone the chiefs will get it for their fifth offensive series of the afternoon and their third starting at their own 20-yard line first half for okoye the point that paul brought up first half for okoye against dallas in the kansas city win only 59 yards most of his runs came in the second half and he didn't break off a lot of big runs against the cowboys more of the 10 to 15 yard varieties last sunday well he's back in the game and and you're gonna get to see christian okay [Applause] he's in the backfield with james saxon paige goes in motion first and 10 to the 20. mccoy they try to get him to the outside turns the corner for five maybe six yards so he's bumped out of bounds at the 26. just remember now he is a 4-5-40 man now here's the blocking jonathan hayes is getting a block step on pages saxon gets a block step on page get out of the way stefan because you're not blocking anybody only 42 yards on the ground for the kansas city chiefs in the first half 36 of those belonging to christian mccoy on nine carries but that coming from a team that averages better than 130 yards a game on the ground [Music] same tandem in the backfield second and fourth at 26. okoye gets the call again david little putting down the running back near the 28-yard line this is the way kansas city started out the game but the difference was we got somebody injured damiel harry but the difference was that they were running the ball more towards the middle of the field and pittsburgh stacked it up and stopped him we'll be right back to pittsburgh for the third and two situation for kansas [Music] city another sellout crowd at three rivers stadium in pittsburgh they're tending to email harry on the sideline third and two situation i'm a bit surprised paul they work out of the shotgun they don't use okoye on third and two he got him the first eight diverge with ample time finds carlos carson it's complete for a first down first catch of the day for the 10th year vet out of lsu carnell lake providing the coverage carlos carson is in the slot and carnell lake is with him he takes some pictures to the inside breaks him outside manly is the man that drives off and now we'll look at the line and why deberg had the time well we lost it there there he is there's webster he's getting the block on williams just super blocking up front when you get that kind of time to throw the ball you can find the man that's open first and ten for the chiefs and a very critical early first down as they converted on that third and two they've got to throw a 35-yard line trailing by 13 to berg with a pumping buying time mccoy there over the middle oh wait put down in a hurry by david little after a four-yard gain of the reception that is not an easy task little play action pass and i can promise you that okoye was not the primary target cleveland with a touchdown finally gets on the board at home cincinnati regaining the lead before halftime at riverfront paul wolsey atlanta next sundays will be in atlanta for the buffalo bills contest right now atlanta trailing by 10 at new orleans hills are hot okoye second and six carry breaking tackles for a gain of five to the 44-yard line finally david little wrapped his arms around to koye he is so tough for one individual to bring down though mike webster has been such it was such an impact player here but look at webster now he is on willis and look at the blocking you see how he's got his left arm hooked in there once he gets that arm in there and his body gets you turned there's just no way you can get rid of him and look at the way he carried out the block all the way three four yards long down past the line of scrimmage well he runs in and out of the huddle he runs everywhere he's running when he's in his car he's a leader by example as the berg is throwing on third and short he completes it for another first down pete manley gets it this time down the 48 yard line they were up against rod woodson on that side getting help from thomas everett short drop that time by the berg i don't know if this is a busted player or not but manly is here he goes down just that short step all he wants to do is get the first down woodson's there everett's there but there's just no chance because the ball is on target and this again when you have time to throw winterberg has the time to go back take his drop take a set and deliver the ball he's fine when he has to run around back there it's all over first and ten for de berg on the play action going deep looking for stephon page against woodruff did he get it yes it's complete to the 10-yard line i'm going to tell you something i don't think the berg in his entire life is throwing a better pass than this what's the pod pace i'm serious watch where he puts this ball what if has no chance to get it the only man has a chance is paige and he makes that catch and keeps his legs in bounds look where the ball is one rip has got perfect coverage but the ball is so far to the outside that water has no chance to get it paige does concentration by stefan page as well well maybe not the greatest best well maybe yeah like 37 yards on the reception first and goal just inside the tanakoya up the middle with flags on the play reaches the six yard line [Music] flags as soon as they snap the ball did the defense line up offside no procedure against the offense dumb penalty illegal motion 86 offense first down in the first half kansas city had the ball inside the 30-yard line in fact inside the 25 of pittsburgh but got hit by a couple of key penalties well this one is only a five-yard deal but is limping off the field that isn't the way he runs penalty was called the wide receiver emile harry his third year from stanford steve the bird just reaching a milestone 2000 career completion in the eye for one of the few times today the bird of the deep drop flares it under the screen it's herman heard breaking the first tackle breaking another inside the ten out of bounds of the nine near the eight yard line perseverance paid off just keeping your feet moving getting up field herman heard greg lloyd number 95 the linebacker out there has this thing diagnosed perfectly he breaks through the wall and here he is in a position to make the tackle does not wrap his arms around it david little number 50 misses the tackle and heard picks up seven that's seven straight completions now steve duver second and goal at the eight yard line and sincerely looking for their first touchdown of the day play action to berg with plenty of time into the end zone touchdown manly kansas city finally gets into the end zone what a tremendous fake we have an injured player down on the field and that's gerald williams number 98 for the pittsburgh steelers or nose tackle but the berg made a great fake joel and he had actually two choices out there he could have thrown the ball to alfredo roberts number 87 but he saw manly in the end zone there's steve de berg that was an excellent call great fake and he's happy he likes it just a little bit i still can't understand though why the detroit lions gave up on pete manley a good receiver and outstanding punt returner here's the fake right now just the berg when he goes out there look there's no one there now he throws to manly for the touchdown but the bird i have it thrown away no chance interception intercepted but he also had roberts shorter here comes manly coming all the way across the field from the other side look at this is he open no for what's in on that one no and no chance usually when they come across the middle like that especially with so little room to work with you see some help from one of the other defensive backs one of the safeties but they didn't come there that time for rod woodson a touchdown for pete manley we'll be right back with the extra point trial with the chiefs getting their first td of the day [Music] welcome back to three rivers stadium good news the injured steeler gerald williams up and over the sideline on his own i'm joel myers along with paul mcguire nick lowry on the extra point drive hoping to bring the chiefs back within six and he does exactly that so now it's 16 to 10 pittsburgh leading kansas city with 11 minutes and one second left in the third quarter and nick lowry with that extra point adds to his longest active streak in the nfl of 188 straight i saw him in the lobby before the game lowry had one of those headsets on listen i asked him what he was listening to i think he was listening to golf on radio he says there's a lot of dead time in there join us next sunday at 12 30 eastern we'll be with bob costas and o.j simpson for nfl live and then we'll send it out to the ballpark for the one o'clock kickoffs indianapolis miami seattle and kansas city or cleveland tampa bay in the first half of our doubleheader and the second half cincinnati and the raiders or some of you will see the steelers at mile high stadium in denver such an important game for these two teams because both coming at three and four at the midway point of the season and especially pittsburgh because they're in such a tight division to begin with the afc central they come into the only a game out of first place at three and four they could finish the first eight at four and four with the way they started the first two paul by being outscored ninety two to ten i think they feel pretty good about themselves they really do it and you know has taken an awful lot of heat here but again the first time that we did this this team we asked chuck noll about you know people wanted his head and he said hey it's it's still a game of blocking and tackling woodson alone deepak the high one is a very short one what's it will take it to the 20. didn't fair catch that one trying to get the outside running out of racing room he's across the 30 to the 35 almost looked like a short putt it's a good field position for the steelers you know you mentioned something fair catching the kickoff you're allowed to fair catch a kick off and he could have done that cincinnati leading by five jesus and has thrown another touchdown pass in that game green bay with their first lead of the day over detroit [Music] [Applause] brister in the offense on the field for the first time in the second half a standing field position at their own 35 yard line white stone goes in motion looks like they're a little bit of movement on the line no flags though hodge across the 37 gets a gain of two hodglin leading ground gainer for the pittsburgh theaters the first half to play with better than 70 yards and i can guarantee you the pittsburgh steelers are not changing their game plan i mean it worked effectively in the first half they didn't get the touchdowns they got enough field goals in there but they're moving the ball and they know they can and the most important thing they're controlling the clock second and eight better than ten minutes left in the third podge and williams stay in the backfield behind bobby brister quick after lips has the cushions there's the catch at the 43-yard line worked on the cornerback albert lewis there is a cushion out there joel but the problem is chris martin number 57 the linebacker see him coming out now the angle that he takes i'd like to see that one more time because the angle he takes there's no way he can get to the ball if he takes a shorter angle straight out he may be in line to intercept the ball watch 57 martin now see how deep he's coming if he goes shorter now he's in front of lips because the ball isn't that high he has a chance of picking it off so you want him to move straight to the sideline directly across third and three that was right to merrell hodge a great fake by brister they're very close to the first down marker did brister ever carry out the fake well the snap from the center dawson went right to the running back hodge yeah but hodges open he runs into his own man to center dawson watch us here watch 63. here's mural hard dawson tackled him now he gets a block for making the block on mars and and he gets a tackle here's bobby carrying a fake out now he carries it out like the balls over his head but hodge could still be running down the middle of the field but he ran into his own man dawson see if the gadget worked well for the pittsburgh steelers and they are just short of the first down marker by about an inch or two this is one of the rare things in in pro football where enough where center he's got a putt where they're boo in this where a center not only makes gets a credit for a block but also for a tackle on the same play and it wasn't an interception or a fumble this could be the kind of situation though ball with them punny on fourth and an inch outside of their own 45 where kansas city may be able to gain the momentum take it away from the pittsburgh steelers but here's one thing i see i agree that you should go for it but here's the other thing you've got one of the better punters kansas city has momentum put them all the way back as far as you can hanging up a high one but a short one manly calling for the fair catch and hazard near the 20-yard line so kansas city when we come back we'll start with it for the fourth time today at their own 20-yard line trailing by only six [Music] the kansas city chiefs getting ready to take it over for the second time of the second half their first drive a very productive one is they've outgained the pittsburgh steelers over the early portion of the second half by 82 yards their last td drive covered 80 yards they had to do five more though because of a five yard penalty play action again for divert and a wide open heard drops the ball play action so effective today now let's look back at that fake five brister in the run by high all right the fake is there number number 63 is dawson watch this he gets his block outside salomon goes outside but he goes back and he tackles hodge and the only guy that was close was to ron cherry some 10 yards down field this play might come back to haunt everybody on pittsburgh's side and on fourth and an inch if bobby brister is healthy i've got a feeling that may change the mind of chuck knowled about possibly going forward on fourth in an inch because he'd probably go with his quarterback sneak second and ten the ball is filled with a 20-yard line they shift the tide in jonathan hayes put the other tight end in motion their ace offense mccoy going nowhere everett on the run support in a big big way well you better take your hat off to everett and he is one of the toughest safeties in the game that he comes up and puts his head in to okoye watch how they string it out the defense of pittsburgh all the way down the line and here comes ever watch his head down underneath hits him right in the shins and down he goes tremendous play by that young man right there he beat the block of the motion man to tie it in and that was alfredo roberts just took him aside and then made the tackle four of six and third down conversions the third and ten of the 20 yard line the very by the shovel pitch it goes to the chair he gets the block to the outside he's got the first down across the 35 high stepping his way in front of the steelers bench to the 40. took a long time to develop but it certainly worked pittsburgh ran this play twice in the first half the little shovel pass it's a safest pass because if they drop the ball it's an incomplete pass but look at the blocking mcnair and once he gets to the outside he gets a screen block down by one of the wide receivers i think gets the number but mcnair stays in bounds gets the ball out to the 40-yard line first down and here come the chiefs again they've got it out to the 40-yard line with eight minutes 17 seconds left in the third they're only down by six and cleveland in the third quarter just went ahead of houston 14-10 haze the side end goes in motion saxon going airborne to get over a would-be tackler across the 45-46 nice run by james saxon second-year man out of san jose state a sixth round draft choice last year and one of the most pleasant developments for the kansas city chiefs last season paul you just mentioned that the cleveland browns got a score houston leading by three in the third at cleveland they came back cincinnati now starting to pull away from tampa bay and everything the same as green band new orleans second and four play action akin to berg at staphon page goes to the opposite side it's complete pete manley for a first down down to the 44 yard line the opposite side though i saw a wide open stefan page stefan page was wide open for just a moment but he's but the berg saw woodruff come in so he comes back to this side of manly the interesting thing about this pass pattern there are only two receivers out woodson just can't stay with manly manly takes him deep then comes back to the ball now here's where you saw stephon page look at here here's where he was wide open but the bird reads the safety coming over who's behind staphon right there you don't see him so he goes right back to manly who's coming back to him superbowl first at the pittsburgh 45 yard line kansas city looking like a different team completely offensively in the second half more play action for steve deberg looking deep going for stephon page and it's away by woodruff and everett i thought he was going to make another one of those circus catches well marty schottenheimer told me about everett he said this is one of the toughest kids you'll ever see in the secondary and that's number 27. the birds looking for staphon page down woodruff is on them but watch this that's 27 everett he's not going for an interception he wants a piece of stephon page all that play action passes all the passes that the bird is completing are off of play action to either saxon or koi second and 10 the pittsburgh 45 gaming harry in motion okoye on the carrick gets the block to the outside gets the first down there he goes down the sideline inside the 30. bumped out to 26 with another kansas city first down joel i told you when he runs wide like that he doesn't have the power i'm not talking about the speed payers where here's where okoye shows your speed they cave everything to the inside now watch okoye once he gets his shoulders square now look at the speed that's woodruff trying to catch him but that's the speed kansas city's got it inside the 30-yard line first and ten of the 26. they've already got one touchdown in the second half but an eight yard pass to pete manley for the midway point of the third quarter and the chiefs with all the momentum headed in their direction now to burn looking to throw it's for page and a sure-handed tackle on the corner by rod woodson short completion to the 23. stevenburg is a different quarterback the second half that he was the first half reason the time he has to throw the ball the reason for that obviously the offensive line line blocking but it's play action they're king okoye so much that even when he goes towards him it freezes linebackers and they can't get back in coverage the berg with the identical numbers that he finished with last week he is now 17 of 22 in the passing department okoye trying to get the outside inside the 20 diving ahead short of the first down marker though just short of the 17 he needed to go to the 16. jonathan hayes got a tremendous block on brian hinkle number 53 and turned him back to the inside which enabled okoye to get to the outside the size of this guy okoye over 70 yards on the ground now the first half as we look at jonathan hayes who got the good block for the outside the tight end for the kansas city chiefs sequoia nine carries 36 yards in the first half already though in the second half five carries for 37. big third down third a little less than two go to okoye and he pulls his way near the first down marker inside the 16 close to the 15 that will depend upon the spot with flags in the air if koye was running to his left and ran right up into into one of his offensive linemen there's a holding penalty not a version after one play action throw but okoye ran up into the back of his offensive alignment look at this jonathan hayes is trying to get in the fight craig lloyd for the pittsburgh theaters number 85 offense third down maybe that's why it blocks the well the last play no all right jonathan hayes number 85 and on lloyd right there there is the holding look at the left hand he's got him by the shirt and here comes the koi right up into hayes back and and jonathan hayes there's no question of holding he almost ripped his shirt off 10 yard penalty on the chiefs tied in brings up a third down a little bit better than 11. almost 12 yards clock moving exactly six minutes left in the third quarter steelers with six defensive backs in the game and four wide receivers in there now the kansas city chiefs a few times this afternoon and all of a sudden de berg didn't like what he saw when he came up to the line and has to use one precious second half timeouts we'll be right back to pittsburgh temperatures in the mid 60s and it is a magnificent indian summer afternoon in pittsburgh don't forget next saturday it's the breeders cup on nbc starting at 1 30 eastern big third down coming up had to use one of their three time outs third close to 12. a little bit better than 11. deferring out of the shotgun with flags down sidesteps the tacklers the 25 slides down way short of the first down marker at the 22 david johnson the extra defensive back in there making the hit flag was down to the original line though and it will go against pittsburgh so it'll be another try [Applause] is he getting laryngitis paul 97 was called aaron jones he's got a little his boy's got a little hitch in his get along so this this is a situation where the pittsburgh steelers defensive lineman just love it because they can all just get down in their starting blocks and just tee off and aim for de berg because deferred ran because he had to run excellent coverage in the secondary but he can't run that fast and that far here they come in third and seven the ball outside the 22 all they can do is get back to it first one back here is keith willis for the pittsburgh steelers what a costly mistake for kansas city when they had so much headed in their direction well they're almost almost as short of field goals with lowry their field goal kicker now they end up in a punting position watch this ball here comes the snap and it's just to the right of the bird now webster centered the ball to his right to de berg's right but the question is was the berg looking downfield and not you know just planning on the ball being there he is looking around look at the ball goes by he's not looking at the football all he had to do is take a half step to his right and he's there the other replay even showed it better whoops pittsburgh made contact still even with lowry they're not close to field goal right now 5 stars 57 on the center [Applause] chris the linebacker who works on the special teams called for the penalty doesn't hurt anything good bird in the punt the third year man from emporio state rod woodson waiting back at his 12-yard line [Music] and he really turns one over heads it towards the sideline will it get out of bounds no it's in the end zone for a touchdown almost a great punt by kelly goodburn cleveland with the lead over the houston orders and that showdown at afc central showdown at cleveland stadium cincinnati now pounding tampa bay they look like they're ready to snap that two-game losing streak green bay with a touchdown to go up by 10. mike webster for so many years for pittsburgh theaters in his first season with the kansas city chiefs a little mustard on that snap though back to steve the bird well he also doesn't even take his helmet off on the sideline that's tough that's when you're really tough see the bird has this helmet off [Music] [Applause] heads up play by the defense but i'm going to tell you right now stone had touchdown there was absolutely nobody over here and he had a wall of about six shirts to run behind and never got the football [Music] you're talking about a 14 point swing in a ball game i mean this wall was set up it was all wide open for me he had six blockers in front of him bill moss being from pittsburgh huh you think he's happy chiefs are trying to take the lead for the first time today nick lowry is in for the extra points ride it's a stunned sell-out crowd at three rivers stadium lowry sends it towards cincinnati and the chiefs lead it by a point there's a time on the field three minutes and 51 seconds left all right here comes the player back on it on this side someone just misses the handoff but if you can look up the field there's nothing but people there now stone hits it back moz picks it up wrister's there but that's touchdown that wall was set up it was a perfect call and stone himself is the man that knocks the ball back towards the end zone what a turnaround that is ma's second fumble recovery for a touchdown against the pittsburgh steelers young man from right around this area mars mazda no you don't know how to spike it moss you're supposed to spike it down by your feet he threw it out of the end zone he'll learn how to spike they figure to come back and hit them dwight stone out there on the special teams now if anybody should be able to handle the ball well it's the former running back because he made the transition after his first couple of seasons to wide receiver this year but joel again the wall was set what a time to call a reverse and here with stone all he had to do was hold on to the ball and get to the outside and when they see this thing on their films he's going to cry so the chiefs are ready to kick it away with nick lowery rod woodson the deep back for pittsburgh they want to keep it away from woodson it's heading out of pounds inside the 35 flags into the air that's where we'll take it at the 35. that's your options we talked to marty schotneimer yesterday he said couldn't believe how tough it was in accepting what happened to his special teams last week he said as long as i've been in kansas city since obviously early in the summer late in the spring he said that was the worst week i've had since i moved to kansas city because of the way the special teams performed last week in that win over dallas but see i don't like this play because what it does it puts your defense in a tough position they're at the 35-yard line of course well all they're saying to the kansas city special things was we don't have any confidence in you at all no doubt first and ten of the 35 for pittsburgh warren williams on the carry getting the yard maybe two and that is all bill moss first one in there take care of the play a pro bowl starter in each of the last two seasons at the university of pittsburgh well here's a situation now where pittsburgh steelers and bobby brister don't get greedy i know bubby wants to make something happen but you can't do it by yourself they're facing the second and nine of the 36. looking to buy time back the other way to stone did he hang on no he dropped the balls tough sequence for dwight stone and bobby brister hit at the end of the play again well i think the moving around heard him uh we talked to him yesterday he said you know if i could just stand in there i'm fine i have a brace on there but it's it really is tender and they really locked that left leg up on him but that time he did a tremendous job to make something happen watch the movement of bristol now remember he's got a brace three weeks ago he was knocked out of the game leg injury but watch this and see how he comes down now he's hit and he's on that left leg and that's the thing that hurt him that was neal smith number nine he was in on him he took a pretty good shot from salomon the first down you bet he did third and nine the ball still up to 36. brister out of the shotgun thomas is there he's down again a sacred derrick thomas back of the 22 thomas is down he ran right by greg wolfely he wasn't even slowed down left to your screen you're going to see him come into the picture woofley is 73 and thomas he gets a piece of them thomas is already in bristol's pocket pittsburgh what do marty say about him fastest player he has ever seen at that position pete manley waiting for the punt from harry newsom has this game ever turned around newsome sending out a spiral fairly good one producer for turnable time though weaving his way across the 40. lake at the 40-yard line 49-yard punt where harry newsom got a nifty return by pete manley to give the kansas city chiefs their best field position to start a drive so far this afternoon quite a turnaround in the second half for kansas city take into consideration there's still two minutes and 25 seconds left in the third quarter they've almost reached their output of the entire first 30 minutes of play minus 21 yards and that's that fumble it goes back to the goal line and ends up in a touchdown mccoy sacks in the backfield behind steve the bird kansas city operating with a lead they're on top 17 to 16. okoye near the original line and that is all strung out very well by the defensive part of the pittsburgh steelers next sunday join us for another nfl doubleheader on nbc it all starts with bob costas at o.j simpson at 12 30 eastern some of you will see indianapolis miami kansas cleveland and tampa bay in the first half of the doubleheader and in the second game those dealers will be at mile high stadium to take on the broncos while others will see the raiders at home against the cincinnati bengals so check your local listings for the games in your area that last play was a classic example of okoye not being able to get his shoulders square up the field it's really not effective going sideways lost a yard gets another delay gets to the outside after starting up the middle angled it up to the 45-yard line a gain of six for okoye greg lloyd able to stop for pittsburgh but there is a big difference when he's coming straight at you here comes the ground level of okoye now see his shoulders are square up the field from here he can even make a move little is getting blocked by baldinger on number 77 nikoi comes back and picks up some yardies he picked up about seven yards because he lost almost two on the first on first down last week 33 carries 170 yards [Applause] 36. the ball just outside of the kansas city 44. so they waste this outstanding field position we'll see de berg almost intercepted by lake as he went for clarence weathers and the receiver just wasn't open he went for weathers manly was there you know this is a short hitch up pattern but i don't believe that both receivers should be in the same place place because lincoln is the man that can cover both of them to the outside you will see weathers there and right to his right is manly good burn in the punted for kansas city gets into another good one woodson will take it back at the nine-yard line mcnair missed the tackle could have had a behind the tent they take care of him across the 15. as woodson goes down to the arms of danny copeland near the 19-yard line a 46-yard punt by kelly goodburn this telecast is presented by authority of the national football league as intended for the private use of our audience any rebroadcast or other use of this telecast without the express written consent of the pittsburgh tailors of the nfl is prohibited this game is property of the national football league also the kansas city chiefs of the pittsburgh steelers all rights reserved we've got a penalty flag on that last play legal man down fielder gonna make him kick it again wouldn't you with the way things have gone for the kansas city special teams with what's in downfield yes i make him kick it again what's one of the best punt returners in the nfl and now he's going to take a break i think woodson asked for that too as derek hill is going to come in the rookie from arizona and let's not forget woodson separated his or actually dislocated his left shoulder a couple of weeks ago a game at cleveland a big win for the pittsburgh steelers 17-7 victory [Applause] so hill will try it this time as burn is back at his own 25 yard line good pressure on the putter he gets it away though and it's a wobbler off the side of his foot headed out of bounds outside the 30-yard line [Applause] the official will put it out at the 35. third straight time in the second half but the steelers will start at their own 35. cleveland now with their biggest lead of the day up by 11. away from his tied up indianapolis atlanta is hanging tough against new orleans [Applause] only 24 seconds left to go in his third quarter last two times the steelers have had it they failed to pick up a first down their third series of the second half crystal with a pumpkin going deep he's got lips against lewis and it's taken into the 15. touchdown pittsburgh [Applause] a beauty from bristow to lips covering 64 yards absolutely right on target but albert lewis makes a rookie mistake they tell you one thing if you can't make the interception knock the ball down albert lewis is going for the interception goes right through his arms let's catch this touchdown anderson gives the steelers a six point lead the tables have turned once again in pittsburgh with only 10 seconds left in the third quarter how quickly we have seen the momentum shift to this game and look at here you see lips to the inside albert lewis has got perfect coverage on him again where history makes mistake he's trying for the interception what he should do is just knock the ball away if you can't make that interception you knock the ball down what a great catch by lips who shows you total concentration because you had to believe those arms were in his way were in his eyes bobby why not why not why not yeah there's albert lewis the defensive back who is trying to keep up with lewis lips that is the longest completion for the pittsburgh steelers and bobby brister this year the second touchdown reception of the season for lewis lips his seventh catch of the day that is the third time this year now lewis lips has gone over 100 yards receiving well i'm not going to talk after the fact but bobby brister said yesterday we're going to try to do is get the double on one side get the tight end to kind of clear out the middle and then if we get lips 101 on either side we're going deep mcnair in copeland waiting for the kickoff from anderson hard to believe that was blown away by the wind and blown off the t because almost no win whatsoever today at three rivers stadium anderson with a line drive effort it'll be taken by yard deep by copeland and copeland knocked down across the 20th at the 24 by tyrone stowe reserve linebacker the steelers on their special teams [Applause] that's the end of the third quarter of play at three river stadium in pittsburgh and if the fourth quarter is anything like the third don't move we'll be right back to pittsburgh [Applause] lewis lips with a 64-yard touchdown reception working one-on-one against the cornerback of the kansas city chiefs albert lewis and albert lewis just thought he had interception all the way and unless you're absolutely positive you knock it down okoye and heard in the backfield on first and tenth of the 24th play action for deferred wide open it's page past the 40. with room to move page inside the 35 tripped up fumbling inside the 30. mad scramble around the 25-yard line i think the chiefs got it yes they did stefan page getting help from herman heard on a 50-yard reception you talked about finding the open man stefan page cleared out and what's that play action again it's all play action here take a look again christian okoye look at everybody's jammed inside little number 50 never gets deep enough and here comes staphon page down the sideline now there was a fumble down there and he gets it back but the ball did come out before he hit the ground and it was a fumble but instead of trying to fall on the ball greg lloyd tried to pick it up heard knocked it right back into the arms of stephon page first intent for the chiefs outside the 26 flash of the year it'll be an offensive penalty coming up dead ball foul you know we're seeing some mental errors and i really mean this the one by albert lewis should have knocked the ball down okay and this one by lloyd on the fumble the ball is down on the ground you fall on the ball get the ball back they're not paying you to run with it they're paying they're paying you to pick up the ball now here's the coverage and louis albert lewis is on lewis lips and it is excellent coverage take a look at him he's running stride for stride with him when he goes to the inside here's where he makes the mistake [Applause] longest pass against the kansas city chiefs this year belongs to lewis lips for the pittsburgh steelers now first and 15. the fallout sets the 31 okoye gets it weaving his way to the backfield gets a cut back block trying to step on his way away from woodruff woodruff stays there inside the 30. around the 27 hanging on until he could get some help i told you how tough ever it was it is well watch this woodruff is going to hang onto a koi koi slips and he's going to move to the outside like the way he moved the ball back over to the right hand side but watch here here's woodruff but watch everett hit him bang i mean that is a lick folks everett with the stick a lot of credit to dwayne woodruff for hanging on kansas city has just used their second timeout in the second half very early in the fourth quarter 13 minutes 47 seconds left in the fourth and we'll be right back after these messages from your local station all right remember i showed you where albert lewis made the mistake by trying to intercept now watch what happens with greg lloyd number 95 here comes stephon page down the field he's hit the ball is fumbled now fall on the ball there it is right there but herman heard comes in and knocks the ball away right back to stephon page [Applause] second and long coming up for the chiefs the berg in the flat wide open james saxon inside the 20. moving close to the first down marker they push him out of bounds just inside the 17-yard line greg lloyd the outside linebacker making the hit play action has worked about 99 of the time today for steve deberg cleveland that critical matchup in the afc central division still hanging on to that 11-point lead at home cincinnati now pounding tampa bay after it was a close game in the first half third short coming up he'll be third less than a yard don't forget though the latter portion of inside the 15 to the 14. i want to say it was it was short yardage but it was a great call because every look at the purge just fell down trying to back up into the huddle but it was a great reason it's a great call because everybody on the steelers 11 guys are looking at okoye and there's the burger looking at his arm checking his place my old teammate chuck knoll my old coach first downs all even now that's the first half dominated by the pittsburgh dealers offensively first and ten just inside the 15-yard line for kansas city paige the motion man another play-action fake deburr to a wide open staphon page page getting a block inside the five all the way down to the two and that was the tight end alfredo roberts helped me not downfield well i'll tell you what not only did he catch the ball and run well with it he put a move on carnell lake that is picturesque watch this everybody's after koi hey here comes the font page that shows you the fake now here's the here's the throw back to the outside watch the move on carnell lake think little dip back to the inside lake goes down little comes over makes the tackle they got the ball at the two-yard line but that fake that we showed you before the pass completion just gives you an idea how pittsburgh keys on christian okoye [Music] stephon page who just took that pass in the injured chief better than 100 yards on the receiving end of five passes from steve deberg today [Music] things have really opened up in the second half at three rivers stadium in pittsburgh both teams came out today saying that they were making that commitment to the ground game they wanted to run the ball it was going to be an old-fashioned game well they've got gotten away from that game plan a little bit in the second half you know what's really scary joel in the first half of this ball game the pittsburgh steelers controlled this game for 29 minutes and about 30 for 29 and a half minutes they went into prevent defense and let the kansas city chiefs get downfield to get a field goal steelers still leave by six but that lead in jeopardy to say the least it's first and goal for the chiefs as paige making it on his own over the chiefs bench he's got his first 100 yard game of the season and there's still 12 and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter what a date has been perceived the birds though deburr coming off a sensational effort last week when he was 17 of 22. he's so far today 20 of 26 for 274 yards with a touchdown and also one interception that was on a deflection mccoy behind saxon three-sided formation okoye stop just short the goal line david little stops them you know what the berg was saying though we asked him about akoye i just love him in in the backfield he takes all the heat off of me they only pay attention to me here it comes and watch number 50 fill this hole david little here he comes here comes the koi and here comes little that's a stalemate i just love the line by mike webster earlier in the week when he said there's fear on both sides of the ball when christian carries it even the guys on offense want to get out of the way second and goal inside the one three side in formation nikoi over the top this defensive line watch this you talk about penetration first of all by the defensive line and then get back up inside was that david little again i think it won number 50. he stuffed him again that's two in a row you're two up on the courier david little one of the real emotional leaders in his ninth year from florida third goal inches away from the goal line the first as i can hear my own signals sorry joel i can't hear you yeah and the referee is telling him hey let's get on with it [Applause] very interesting call by tom dooley the referee very subjective call boy is it a is that a tough call to make and i need to tell you we have yet to see that this season schottenheimer cannot be happy about this [Applause] he's down inside the 24 yard line and i'm going to tell you now that they're going to take a koi out of the ball game look at marty he's going to take a courier out of the ball game and go to their pass formation i don't blame the chiefs head coach one bit no not for being mad i mean de berg just turned around and told him said wait a minute i can't hear anything plus there's got to be consistency in the they're call to be putting 15 seconds back on the scoreboard clock with 10 32 left in the fourth quarter that is the first time we've seen that call against the offense now i wonder what he's going to do now if the bird can't hear that just entices the fans to do it even more trips to one side weathers harry and paige the same side for de berg mcnair the only one in the backfield paige going in motion on third and goal outside the five pocket holes up for de berg into the corner for weathers intercepted by woodson there's a flag down though on the opposite side of the field [Applause] and dalton hall number 35 is complaining and it's he's hall's coming out he thinks he's happy that's going to be called against kansas city you'll find out hal will tell you yep it's against kansas city [Applause] personal foul that's 15 yards [Applause] well we've seen some change of events but here comes the burst 76 after the play [Applause] he was trying to throw the ball to clarence weather said he rod woodson just stepped in and stole the ball away and then there's a 15-yard penalty on top but the berg is not happy because of the crowd noise number one and it is the first time that we saw that penalty huge stand defensively by the pittsburgh steelers they get the help though of that five-yard penalty down at the goal line beside himself he was called for the personal foul and marty is trying trying to calm these players down you know don't get lose sight of what they're trying to do because they're only down by six points and there's 10 minutes to go in the ball game [Applause] here it comes [Applause] that was a good call in the end zone woodson was definitely out of bounds for a touchback well what they were saying is what they were looking at is the fact that woodson came across the goal line he stepped on the line so he's back in the playing field they tackled him back in which should have been a safety but it's already stepped out of bounds right there now he's out of bounds there but he actually comes across the line hodge on the carry stacked up after a gain of close to three that was the 10th penalty against the kansas city chiefs 80 yards in assessments marty schottenheimer viewing that play this is after the interception almost a look of what next pittsburgh steelers have had the ball four times in the second half and each one of their drives has started their own 35 yard line superb field position second and eight the ball just outside the 37. crystal taking plenty of time to get under his center and now going deep for derek hill he's got it inside the 35 down to the 32. and that was an interesting play because it almost looked like he stepped out of bounds before he made the reception well first of all wrister looks to his right for lewis lips then he comes back j.c pearson is on hill watch what what hill does it's a it's a stop and a go and it right here and then he goes beyond pearson well look where the ball is right on the line he was out of bounds before he caught the ball he came back in right there he was out of bounds up about six eight yards further they should review it and they're going to do it and it's an excellent car joel you cannot go out of bounds and come back in and catch the football we may have another opportunity to look at it again but i believe about 10 yards before he caught the ball his left foot was out of bounds all right here it is here [Applause] it's before this that it happens it's back up field you're right about 10 yards back up field and they may even say inconclusive i haven't heard that yet today but we usually do all right here it is here here's hill now watch his left leg right after he does the stop and go not there next step right there he's out of bounds if they show that one he is out of bounds the instant replay official today is bill parkinson he has been busy very busy that little cubicle after further reviews the plate will stand installed first down out of bounds at about the 41. well obviously they're not looking at that replay there they looked at the other one and he was out of bounds [Applause] first and ten at the 32 lips is cleveland still in control in the fourth at home as chicago has now pulled away from the la rams about to suffer their third straight setback and cincinnati ready to snap that two-game losing streak i would think it's been snapped look at here [Music] 29-yard line eight and a half minutes left to the fourth picking up the first down near the 21-yard line we're at three rivers stadium in pittsburgh i'm joel myers along with paul mcguire we have seen a little bit of everything in the second half of play after the first 30 minutes were owned by the pittsburgh steelers and williams gets up he's hobbling a little bit after that last carry pittsburgh with a six-point lead with eight ten left in the fourth kansas city don't forget has only one timeout left pittsburgh still with a full complement of three parity banged up at the tailback position they're missing their starter tim worley he's the one of the two inactives today they've got the first down by half the length of the football now they miss williams it means rodney carter is the next one to come in and i'll bet you that steve de berg with their offense 95 percent 95 of their plays are up or pass plays are off of play action rodney carter the replacement their leading receiver coming in today he no longer owns that distinction though because lewis lips already has seven grabs on the afternoon carter's a third year man out of purdue we had a lot of fun with the boilermaker right before the start of the game talking with the chiefs radio announcer lenny dawson he's never aged i don't understand that first and ten outside of the twenty one hodge in motion play action christopher do you believe he's trying to get outside get out of bounds bubby don't forget those two got into an altercation in the first half well i want to tell you what here's the situation the only thing about it is that derek thomas hit him before he goes out of bounds but it was obvious that brister is running out of bounds there was no reason for derrick thomas to hit him the way he hits him watch brister now i think he misses the handoff to carter because there's no play design with his light now see he's going out of bounds this this is wrong there should be a flag on this play because bristol was slowing up to go out of bounds and i'll tell you the reason they didn't call it is because he wasn't out of bounds yet back at the 22-yard line after they hit by derrick thomas and the steelers now use their first time out of the second half with seven minutes and 42 seconds left another look at that blade just before we broke away as brister tried to get out of bounds well first he missed the hand off the carter who ran the wrong way but when you see brister now watch he'll square up to the sidelines he's just trying to slow down and thomas just shoves him out of bounds there should have been a call there and that's duly there and i think dooley blew the call down here and he should have been able to stop the crowd to slow him down to give a warning an incredibly courageous effort by the young man you're looking at right now bobby brister the fourth year quarterback of the pittsburgh steelers missed only two weeks with a severely sprained left knee second a little bit better than 10 with a bottle of 22. carter can't get out of the backfield knifing through to make the play it was leonard griffin griffin was on carter almost as soon as he touched the ball lost back to the 24 loss of a couple of yards it'll bring up third and long third and close to a dozen late stages of that divisional matchup between cleveland and houston two teams tied for the lead cincinnati will maintain at least a share of that lead still raised their record to five and three snapping that two-game losing streak and new orleans gets a touchdown to regain the lead over atlanta out of the shotgun two wide receivers to each side for bobby brister christopher hill had to throw it away with a lot of pressure coming pearson was coming out of the defensive secondary on the blitz dad pearson and copeland the two backs we saw that earlier some three hours ago in the first quarter when they set the two defensive backs at him and brister did the smart thing he threw it away all they want is a field goal gary anderson three for three on the afternoon with field goals from 41 47 and 29 yards out this is going to be a 41-yard attempt out of the hold of the punter harry newsome it's on its way plenty of distance does it have the direction no it's wide left that would have given the steelers a nine point lead instead it stays at six derrick thomas was right in his face a big miss by anderson his first of the day was 6 47 left in the fourth anderson just missed a 41 yarder before we broke away and it could have been the game ball because kansas city has only got one timeout left they still have about what 6 47 to play and they're only trailing by six that could have made it a nine-point difference okoye looks for the play action to bird seeing the big defensive lineman willis it's a sack for the steelers all the way back the 15-yard line was a few times today they did not bite on the play-action bake and there's a time that the bird should have given the ball to okoye i know the other play was called but willis didn't read anything and he just took off and went right for de berg willis is putting together a solid season after missing all of last year with a neck injury in his his seventh season out of northeastern sacked is a loss of nine yards second and 19 the ball back at the 15. a little bit on the line by willis flags into the air could be a free down for de berg it's complete to herman heard across the 20 near the 21. yeah but i think it's i don't know if it's balding or not you talk about ripping somebody's face mask off the holding penalty they have there's going to be offside first and then a holding penalty lay the down over outside defense offensive holding 76. penalties off stead at second down they got john alt on the other side i saw a holding penalty also on this side so they'll replay second down and 19. they'll bottle the 15-yard line one thing about play-action passes though joel for the offensive line that means that they must hold their blocks just a little bit longer than normal that time baldwin just didn't block willis at all and he got to play before and got in on de berg [Applause] de berg on second and 19. going deep looking for stefan page again coming back on it what a reception takes it in near the 45 and he's down there this ball slipped out of the berg's hand i don't think he was hit and it looked like a punt coming down and stefan page followed it all away went right across the field and jumped up and gets the ball but this ball is coming back i think you'll see the tail of the ball coming back in like a punt here comes the berg and he's going to step up no he's not hit the ball just goes straight up here but what's the front page he's going right for the ball whatever has no chance what a great catch 40 yards on the reception first and 10 now for the chiefs at the steelers 45-yard line akoye on the carry getting the block didn't turn it inside breaks a tackle outside inside the 40. knocked out of bounds near the 38-yard line you see david little david little came over to get another piece of him it's good when you meet him head up you got a chance is it ever good when you meet him no not really but it's nicer when you meet him head up when you get when he has a little angle and he just hits you with that shoulder david little goes flying out of bounds he stops him just at the end of this play number 50 david little koye watches he'll stiff arm here that's lake now watch his bang there goes little he steps out of bounds a little bit on the line flags into the air okoye on the carry on second and three near the first down marker close to the 35 yard line it was david fulcher about three weeks ago they told us trying to tackle christian nikoi is like trying to run into a cement wall offsides defense number 53 first down first down on the penalty yardage they needed three they get five due to the penalty to brian hinkle ankle's been the start of the last three weeks better find out if koi has hit 100 yards yet [Music] first and ten for kansas city four minutes 56 seconds left and the virgo over 300 yards pass you to koye on the pitch gets the block to the outside is down to the 25-yard line he gets nine on the carry he's now got 100 yards on the afternoon on 22. makes the tackle but everett again a young man is going to be awfully sore come tomorrow morning because everett went right to right to his ankles again and everybody you talk about sticking your head in there koye's going out with about a yard to go here he comes to the outside assembly number 92 is going to make the play make the tackle but watch 27 watch where he is right down in his legs and thighs he'll stick his face in there won't he second in the yard inside the 25 roberts the side end in motion saxon on the carry he's got the first down squirts up to the 21-yard line under four minutes left in the fourth quarter the steelers leading by six and you know you're talking about kansas city chiefs only having one timeout joel it changes the complexion of this drive because they've got to think touchdown more so than field goal they had the three timeouts then you could think about field goal and then stopping the clock three times but they can only stop it once and once with the two minutes [Applause] zach is the single set on first and ten the berg on the slant goes to [Applause] [Music] [Applause] dwayne woodruff providing the coverage that's a final now cleveland raising their record to five and three as houston falls to four and four and the bears in the driver's seat up by 10. cincinnati having a pretty decent second half i'd say well i'll tell you what before we we saw it at 49 the last 21 points that cincinnati scored were on pass plays where's okoye now see 91 yards no he's right at the century mark on 22 carry second and 10. the ball to 21. mccoy's got it [Applause] he's bottled up inside the 20 at the 19-yard line [Applause] a gain of two a little bit better than two gerald williams the nose tackle the first one in there on christian okoye [Applause] ties the chief's record with his fifth 100 yard day dying the record held by the late joe delaney back in 1981 critical third down for kansas city with the clock moving two minutes and 50 seconds left de berg out of the shotgun mcnair the only one in the backfield trips to the right side pocket holes up the berg with plenty of time over the middle under throws looking for emil harry and they don't have any options they need to go for it on fourth down well again it's it and it's only because of two timeouts that they had taken earlier and remember another play when they were down there in field goal range when the ball was centered by de berg see they're not looking the reason you're going for four on fourth down here very simple if they don't get the first down or the touchdown they still have pittsburgh deep in their territory now all they need is a touchdown to win it fourth and eighth the ball at the 19-yard line the berg with pressure coming over the middle page has him but he's way short of the first down those dealers hold now the clock is running and the spock should not be running because it's a change of possession they're going to have to put right now i mean it's still running it was at 32 seconds i believe and they just stopped it at 17. they've got to go back and change that clock it's a 217 but at 32 at 232 no doubt they let it run they're checking it out now they're looking hometown clock guy what a great game you don't think they brought him in here he goes watch this go go dooley get one right operator please reset to 2 24. now it's supposed to be 232. now what he'll look at the clock right now marty he sees the clock moving see it wait a minute stop the clock [Applause] still wasn't there looking you could tell and i'm gonna tell you something it was down to 17 that's not seven seconds first and ten for the steelers the ball of their own 14-yard line hodge carter in the backfield williams starting field action they injured a little bit earlier hodge up to the 15 and that is it again of a yard in kansas city stop the clock they'll also get stoppage of play with a two-minute warranty i don't understand why pittsburgh ran the ball because the clock stopped they started again as soon as they got out of the huddle and he started the clock and all brister and and the pittsburgh steelers had to do was run it down to the two-minute warning they went early with the play and it may pay off in the long run for the kansas city jeeps i may be wrong but i don't believe and the change of possession that that clock should start until you snap the ball so they started the clock again at 24 before brister even snapped the ball and it doesn't start until the snap exactly it goes on to snap so they lost another seven seconds and then you couple that with the eight seconds they lost when it should have been stopped at 232 that's 15 seconds these guys better go back and read their manuals bobby brister hobbles his way back onto the field some kind of performance today by both quarterbacks oh you're not kidding you know it's really good to see brister in there and he's taking some shots and he stayed with it thank god for the knee brace second and nine the ball of the 15-yard line of pittsburgh brister is going to throw moving the pocket he's hit he'll be down back inside the 10. at about the seven yard line neil smith the first one in there look at this thing at 209 joel if they had another timeout they could use it now this clock will start once they get everything set and go down to the two minutes but they could have taken another timeout make him run third down into the two minutes and still would have had one more time out in order to finish the game chiefs are out of timeouts the steelers still have two remaining we have reached the two minute warning at three river stadium in pittsburgh be right back to see what the steelers do on third and seventeen welcome back to pittsburgh i'm joel myers along with paul mcguire we are ready for a while final two minutes there's a snap with the pittsburgh steelers taking his nap earlier with the clock at 227 with the clock moving they did not have to take the snap they still had a lot of time on the play clock yeah but actually the clock should have never started right in the first place on the change of possession that's why pittsburgh didn't sit on the ball [Music] the officials blew it there hagley abu is going to get some letters in his first week isn't he now if you're the pittsburgh steelers you don't want to stop the clock you're looking to third and 17 but if you can get a completion for a first down you essentially can put the game away but you have a very very good punter and harry news do some i'll tell you don't be surprised if they throw the ball they run it they can get another 40 to 45 seconds at least off the clock out of the shotgun shovel pass baby hodge is back there with carter flanking bobby brister the inside give to carter up the middle he goes across the tent now the chiefs have to get up in a hurry so they can reset the ball fourth down harry newsome on the field defended away after that short game by rodney carter the chiefs will get one more crack at it they've got a pretty good return man downfield waiting for it right now and pete manley kansas should get exceptional field position for their final drive [Music] there's still 12 seconds left on the play clock under 10 now i let it go down take a penalty whatever's to me will take the snap with two seconds left on the play clock and he wobbles out a short one manly taking it and bubbling it inside the midfield spot he wasn't touched here he goes inside the 40. down inside the 35 all the way to the 32-yard line where the chiefs get it back with 61 seconds left we are seeing some mental errors because manly did not single single fare catch he just went down with the ball and no one went over to touch him heads up play by manly now he wants out of the game and that's one of the guys you won in the game favoring that left side like he took a shot to the left arm here come here comes out watch manly burros is there number 34 now they go right by him but look at pittsburgh they should have been on manly and this is the first time today that kansas city has started a drive in pittsburgh's dealer territory the berg out of the shotgun with two wide receivers to each side berg finds his receiver it's complete harry they say is down right at the first down marker now again they started the clock on a change of possession before it was snapped rod woodson just made a great play right there joel he was out out of the way but he reached over and touched him while he was on the ground it's a first down first and 10 of the 22 to berg out of the shotgun again looking over the middle mcnair wide open to the 15. can't get away from the extra defensive back johnson who puts him down at the 13-yard line they've got to hustle up only 23 seconds left the berg throws into the ground stops the clock with 18 seconds remaining 18 seconds left and a third in two situations they don't care about the two yard they're going to be looking into the end zone with 18 seconds left if they had some timeouts you could run about four or five plays but i'll tell you another reason one of the other reasons why i think maybe that they didn't kick the field goal down there too besides no timeouts and what was happening is remember now if they kick the field goal or kickoff team they've been just kicking the ball to give it to pittsburgh on a 35 they wouldn't kick it to woodson goes back to that lack of confidence in the special teams third down for de berg in the 13. the berg had his receiver fall down and that was clarence weathers so it boils down to a fourth down with 13 seconds remaining and the chiefs trailing by six the problem is you can't run you can't run for the two yards because you have no timeouts i mean this is it [Applause] marty schottenheimer with a six-game winning streak against chuck noll of the pittsburgh theaters but i wouldn't be surprised to see him throw a little short dinky out to get the two yards a safe play because pittsburgh will be back into the end zone get to two yards you're gonna waste three or four seconds two wide receivers the east side de looking into the end zone going up and it's overthrown looking for stephon page woodruff defending and that'll do with eight seconds left [Applause] no flags on the play and the steelers begin to celebrate if the bird would have thrown this ball to stefan page i'll tell you when right now he's got him for a touchdown but he had to wait on it watch this and it gave woodruff time to get in there and make the play if he throws it to the inside instead of the outside you still like your chances with stefan page no question behind him though [Music] marty shot nightmare on the play everybody's looking for a flag young man you played a great ball game you'd have to think they'd approach things a bit differently too if they would have had that extra 15 to 20 seconds no question about it so the pittsburgh steelers is bobby brister throws it into the stands at three river stadium even their record at four and four on the season while the kansas city chiefs fall to three and five you can see schottheimer waving across the field to chuck knoll that have gone at it a good number of times smile chuck christopher's happy what up what up shaking the hand of the young man he got into it with earlier in the first half derek thomas the rookie from alabama he's got to fight with him and he got knocked out of bounds by him but that's all in the context of the ball game joel we know what he's like because we've met with bobby brister he's a class act all the way pittsburgh wins by six in a tight one in three rivers

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Published: Mon Sep 13 2021