1990 - Week 3 - Buffalo Bills at New York Jets

years ago in 1988 [Music] [Music] your jets were featured in our first game ever the Year 1970 [Music] and 14 years later [Music] [Applause] [Music] all season on ABC [Music] Monday Night Football the Buffalo Bills versus the New York Jets donkey by dodge for performance quality safety and value welcome home America by ultra slim-fast a delicious healthy way to lose weight fast find Bud Light everything else is just a light and by McDonald's you know the one it's McDonald [Music] - Stadium the Meadowlands in New Jersey dance stadium the home to the football jazz as well as the New York Jets in an AFC matchup to meet the Buffalo Bills the bills are defending AFC East and division champions hello again everyone I'm Frank Gifford along with Al Michaels and Dan Dierdorf happy once again you're with us as we take our first look at the all-new New York Jets new head coach Bruce Kasich for the past few years the offensive guru subsidy Bengals dick Steinberg the new P VP and general manager 21 new faces on this roster and they have brand new uniforms it all translates to a 101 record in this young 1990 season that he Cleveland last week for their first victory meanwhile the Buffalo Bills nothing to know Jim Kelly is the quarterback along with Thurman Thomas their offensive machine and the backfield and they have a deep that's anchored by Bruce Smith he of the all-pro defensive end but one thing al'lat is also not new with these bells are the internal problem they erupted again last week in the humiliating loss 32 7 to Miami and they were known as the bickering bills a year ago it could be that maybe these problems we're keeping a good football team from becoming a great football team Frank this is such a perplexing football team they send five players to the Pro Bowl last year they have a quarterback with a twenty million dollar contract they have a running back who led the league in yards through scrimmage last year they have an all-pro wide receiver they have a defense that was considered to be the best in the league two years ago and they have a coach who's a Phi Beta Kappa that's a pretty good combination a good recipe so what's the problem well last year there was a lot of finger-pointing a lot of backstabbing a lot of back fighting and they certainly hoped they don't have the same thing occur in 1990 but after last week's loss to Miami and a great listless and uninspired performance who knows it's a big early season game for the bills if they win tonight last week as an aberration if they lose tonight it could be 1989 radoo Dan as far as the Jets are concerned they talked about it being a breath of fresh air around here and it certainly is do you think this team needed a breath of fresh air oh you better believe it al let's look at the New York Jets this is a team that in the AFC East hardly football strongest division the last three years has finished last next to last and last once again Wow as Bruce consulate Dunham well he's rejuvenated some of their veteran ballplayers people like Kenny O'Brien and freamon McNeil he's got 21 new rookies 21 new players as Frank told you led by rookie number one draft choice player Thomas out of Penn State and he's also done it by making their defense play better than the talent level they possess but he has also done one very important thing Bruce Koz late' has instilled a sense of confidence in the New York Jets you talked to these guys and they say no way are we finishing last and here they go now two teams with records of 1 and 1/2 old original American Football League teams in fact these two teams met in the first-ever game for each franchise at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan in 1916 before a crowd of 9,000 Pat lady who is the oldest player in the league at the age of 39 to kickoff for the Jets and he sends it down on the five-yard line where Donna Smith the former Tampa Bay Buccaneer returns it out to the 29 and so the Buffalo Bills who were third in the league in scoring and tops in the conference last year take over at that spot with Jim Kelly at the helm Kelly two years in the USFL and now in his fifth season with the Buffalo Bills and with him the key back is Thurman Thomas they got rid of Larry Ken Abreu last week Jeannie Mueller's the starting fullback mainly of blockers James Lofton and Andre reeds a wideout heat metzelaars a good blocking tight end and the offensive line Richards a longtime veteran Halla Pro Bowler last year Ballard the right tackle over 300 pounds and the bills begin from the shotgun with Kelly buying time pump faking and then throwing and finding finally Andre Reed who gets loose and picks up aid and he's tackled as a 37 it'll be second - now the Jets defense and they are guided by Pete Carroll who came over with ties with Kozlov from Cincinnati and Carroll from Minnesota stallworth mercero Byrd led the team in sacks last year they'd lock him in at down linemen spot Clifton and Kelly of the linebackers wardens on Neutrik reserve keep an eye on Tony Stargell the cornerback he's a rookie with hasty on the other side Washington and Eric McMillan are the safety second and two from the 37 Thurman Thomas exploitive feet hole it takes to back to the 50-yard line [Applause] mcfillin and washington the safeties converged on the tackle it's a gain of 13 and the game's initial first down belongs to the Buffalo Bills Thurman Thomas last year of course over 1200 yards rushing and he was just a offensive machine for the bills nearly 2,000 yards of total offense he was a big hold out this season he's just now rounding back into shape but we are going to see a lot of Thurman Thomas tonight right now you see him in a slot to the right out of the shotgun on first down from the 50 and Kelley going for Andre Reed and it's the way at the last moment by Michael maze Andre Reed had gotten behind him and Mays appeared to get a finger on it to deflect it well if he did it was a major league effort because Reed was behind him Kelly had her dead solid perfect and al mentioned a finger it might not have been more than @o in the merry last-minute looks look how Mays extends his left hand and the ball come down comes down hits him right on the back of the hand that was a stroke of luck on Michael Mae's part but he played it properly and he was in position and caught a break tackle saving managers second down and 10 from the 50-yard line the effect for a gain of four takes it to the 46 yard line lock them in and lock in on the tackle so at the 46 it'll be third down and six Jamie Mueller really the only fullback on the Buffalo roster Larry Ken Abreu is gone he was released this week after their game last [Music] to get his chance no longer sharing time with a big man Jennifer there five for the 45 they split walked into left for John Smith in the slide read at the top of the screen Delhi sends everybody into the pattern incomplete Smith looks for the flag and doesn't get any and it was Michael maze again providing the coverage Michael Mays here in the opening moments looking for Honolulu in the Provo a couple of T plays how he avoided the pass interference call there I don't know because he had to reach ride over for the deflection but he gets it and forces the bills into a fourth down and out of field goal range a once-in- present Ville Rick - who's been brought back to punt they drafted a rookie John nice but he didn't fare well last week so they activated shootin Wow fair catch is called for by yourself who runs into his old man Jojo self roaming for the fair catch in his old man John Galvin who's got terrific on special teams until this particular moment is out I'm now sort sir Townsel ran into his own fish give me a break I guess zone man ran into town sell the hardest hit of the game so far becomes John Galvin who was focusing on the man he was going to block Tasker he he he just kept his eyes riveted on the man he wanted to get Nikki what yeah one but he walked all over him that's patroller just decides I'll step on your throat while you're down on the ground Jojo Jojo tom selleck way to get this game started funny thing too about that play is the ball bounce backwards who had actually helped the Jets the town's L didn't make the fair campus from the 24-yard line here is Freeman McNeil big day last Sunday against Cleveland helping lead the Jets to the three-point win over the Browns ken O'Brien he and Tony Eason locked up in pre-season in a battle for the number one spot and O'Brien emerges he has with him Freeman McNeal and Brad Baxter in the backfield with tune and rob moore the rookie atmospheric whose mark Boyer the former cult is too tight man look at the line in a moment [Music] from the 30 first thanks to Virginia is part by two to a chorus of at the 36 yard line this is going to be a Keeney's to the Jets success or a lack thereof this season their offensive line the guys up front frizz well hates Sweeney the veteran Cadogan and Miller they're gonna have to do a job in protecting O'Brien and Jeff Chris well they're number 61 he draws the unlucky assignment a blocking number 78 there Bruce Smith that guy's had seven and a half sacks his last three games against the Jets no Brian needs a lot of help he was sacked 62 times the league high last year there's Framing McNeal on sweep picks up the first down to the 48 Raymond McNeil who was not protected on touchdown today the jet took a rest they gamble that nobody would pick them up along with his big salary at the age of 31 they were right they brought him back and he picks up the first down here and it was even more risky because Blair Thomas er number one draft pick was a holdout Johnny Hector had a bad knee injury so it was a gamble to paid off because he was superb last week against Cleveland also that quartet of linebackers outstanding and there is the Buffalo secondary Smith's a hard-hitter she'll show the full walk through in the 40-yard line and finally hogtied by Smith after again in Excel boy Cornelius Bennett just has a free shot into the back field and just slides right off watch Cornelius Bennett the lead block misses him completely and here he is and boy there's just no way to explain that that an all-pro player like Bennett is not supposed to miss a tackle like that on Baxter and glitched on running after that on the part of Baxter who came off the Jets development squad a year ago look at this tough to bring down as he barrels all the way inside the 40 you see that Frank Darryl Talley miss to tackle Bruce Smith missed a tackle I mean it was like a Pro Bowl group of players giving an exhibition on how not to tackle roll by O'Brien on first down and he the cash bounds at the 32 by Chris wrestle Muto dances the sideline and picks up about four one of the problems against Miami week ago in that dismal 32 seven loss was the fact they did not get any hitting they did not get good tackling and we have witnessed that already at a good effort there by Russell to pick up the four yards concentrating both those in bounds gain of 16 of four rather secondes [Music] [Applause] they're gonna have to hustle this one play clock is all the way down to five seconds the Jets had a little bit of confusion as to who was to come into the game Alton was late in getting to the huddle and O'Brien has to stand a timeout nine eleven to go in a scoreless first quarter at Giants Stadium [Music] giant stadium about eight miles from midtown Manhattan is the blimp flies and it's packed tonight for usual Goodyear blimp spirit of Akron looking down a crowd of over 75,000 the Jets after the timeout have a second and six from the 32 yard line toss to Hector and he takes it to the 30 you stop there by Jeff Wright and that sets up a third and four well I don't know if there's someone in the Buffalo defense that's reading the signals coming in did you see the whole Bills defensive line over ship to the side of that toss there's a play that had no chance whatsoever by the way you see Cornelius Bennett and you do number 97 and wondering what's different it's the number used to wear 55 but he went back this year to wearing his old college number when Scot ran a sec who wore 97 left and was picked up by the Colts look at Brian is able to escape the corner quick and go [Applause] bounce in the end zone is no signal for the touchdown but there flagged for interference as pervy Jackson on the corner blitz that time couldn't get to O'Brien Williams was covering on the play with Mathis in the endzone and it was hardly much of a move that time by ken O'Brien all he did was just step up about two feet and Kirby Jackson to sail right over it so extremely early in this ballgame we have seen miss tackled by Buffalo and there is just interfering James William Williams a number one draft pick and it was fifth caution on the part of Memphis to stay in his route because O'Brien spun out of a big pack how he got away from being sacked it's hard to tell they are calling it a touchdown for the moment to take a look at ball bounces that hit the ground they're gonna review that they have for the moment called at a touchdown that did the dishes to the overturned gallop or is the replay official it's going to hit the ground here in a second will they overturn bandar will it is the interference will stand and it'll be a first down for the Jets at the one-yard line but that is not a touchdown the bills will get a consolation prize here in a second they'll take six point I'll support but it's going to be first and goal for the jacks the one thing that is indisputable is the interference call against James William Levy that first of all it's not subject to replay and that is blatant interference here comes the overturn we have a reversal [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and Jamie Williams II rookie out of Fresno State replay box so it'll be first down and goal ago at the one watch O'Brien now there is a safety blitz coming he's not one of the most abs of quarterbacks you're ever going to see there is Jackson and O'Brien got lost in there and any James Williams who was covering Mathis panic gave up for a moment and that was all it took for masters to get behind him first and goal with Makino taking the charge gets a nice block from Baxter but get into the end zone he is staffed by Carlton Bailey number 54 the linebacker who staves off the touchdown for the woman second and goal the prima McNeil is 31 years old last week came back running like he was 5 years ago part of it of course attributable according to Bruce Tom's with his book the fact he's been working out all year long lifting weights staying here in New York and working out everyday and this time he that was just a good collision they're sensational play by Bailey that's the book on how to play it from the inside linebacker who really earned it starting down because of the holdout obscene Tomlin is here back in the goal and pulling [Applause] Fred Baxter who kept his job when they traded Roger Vic to Philadelphia and he moved in as their number one fullback it's 75 yard drive now the Jets have had an 80-yard Drive in their opening game now they've had a 90 yard drive gotta make a coach happy they like those long drives and that's something the Jets didn't do very much of last year very few sustained ladies extra point is good the Jets meanwhile had not scored a touchdown against the bills since their first meeting in 1988 they had gone three full games and parts of two others without getting into the endzone and take the lead halfway through the first quarter that's against penthouse suite co-op board would let you guys in there the Empire State Building eight miles distant Jets kicking off lay he puts it in the air filled it at the two yard line by Don Smith and a plan B pickup from Tampa Bay brings it out to the 24 yard line 736 remaining in the first quarter and the New York Jets moving down the field 75 yards eight plays and a tick under five minutes well now we'll find out some interesting things about the Buffalo Bills questions always linger after you get whitewashed like they got pasted last week by Miami we have to see now they're facing a little adversity already down 7 nothing here little bear is look in the part of the Jets defense first down they go to the tight end and that's Keith McKellar who played mainly basketball in college and only one year of football and sit up for a first down after the 35 yard line an 11-yard gain and the bills going out of huddle [Applause] Kelly from the gun under pressure did little ray but in the grand this is Matt attacks the play is over it's whistled dead in the grasp and control of Dennis Byrd who led the Jets in sacks last year is seven yeah this is coming back there goes bird boy must be the green jersey Mark Gastineau wherever you are Dennis Byrd Yertle say has seven sacks a year ago in a in an era where it's the outside linebackers that seem to be the really heavy duty pass rushers that so that's a good number for a defensive lineman especially a defensive tackle it's second and 17 finally the open man walked in he has the first down and goes out of bounds at the 47 yard line James walked him a long time Green Bay Thames 50 years with the Raiders and now in his second citizen with about Tony Sargent must have been reading his press guide because he gave him about 15 yards with lobster look it look it James Lofton at the end of this we can show too because of the hurry up we got to see it we'll get to it first in San it's caught by Thomas over the middle he's at the jet 47 for a gain of five and that's the Thurman Thomas his first ever attached here's a read way that Dick Clark should do got a great beat easy to dance to but the Larry start was James Lofton he had he had the presence of mind there to know though that he had the first down and don't give it up he's he started to go back behind the point where he had picked up the first down I was at a 600 14th career reception I'd have to take off my shoes to make sure sergeant playing hurt there at the defensive corner for the Jets 12 min on defense first time good way to do it well that's the hurry-up offense designed to do just that yeah but normally you think it'd be this guy Bruce consulate that would be putting an offense on the field Allah Sam Weiss in the Bengals in a hurry up Steve now it's Buffalo that's doing it first half of the 47 yard line and Mueller fights forward to the 42 remember it was first and five so he is close to a [Applause] another first down but it will be second and inches at the 42 yard line and Mueller picks up the inches in about seven yards more as he moves forward to the 35 yard line as the Bills exploit the soft center of the defense and notice how they're doing this they still have they only have three wide receivers in the game the man all the way to the bottom of this screen is Thurman Thomas playing wide receiver now from the gun it's pitched there's a flag way downfield at the 12 yard line away from the play whilst the fingertips of Reid and we'll get the call from Tom Dooley we have a delay foul 12 minimization first time [Applause] Bill's had success with this against Miami this is working very well against the Jets and I agree with you Dan this is Bruce Koz was a bit of his intention with the Cincinnati Bengals and now his defense is getting caught five-yard penalty puts it at the 29 at his first and five [Applause] Kelly in question about that well often interfered with by Tony Stark oh and he just grabbed Lofton and held him Robson we've had a great speed in his early days and he hasn't lost all that much of it at the age of 34 that [Music] way Tony starts on the roof in Tennessee State it's 81 81 is what he's saying there and Zoey they're saying that he pushed off the starter with his left hand I don't know about that he was at full stride or add that that's a very tough call and I think Marv levy is expressing those sentiments right now to the head linesman well again another look I think core is the better adjective and top there will be contacting this game that's why they have pads on first and 15 again we have flag walleston makes the catch at the 31 and a lot of laundry at the hasta tonight against the bills again this flag was thrown by the umpire so we know that what that means how they go use some hands to the face number 67 off the first down [Applause] Center can haul a Pro Bowl Center detected on the bow puts it back at the 49 yard line through the bills after moving down the field has been pushed back to the point where its first in 25 [Applause] Bill's already penalized 49 yards in a little over 10 minutes first and 25 little football fantasy acceptance is a little flag however Jeff raagam in intercepts and is out of bounds at the 32 but there's a flag back down at the jet 42 yard well that's a screenplay and you've got to cut the defensive end and it didn't happen on that sway left tackle will Wolford tries to cut lock him in and doesn't get into the ground bills are convinced it's against the jet and it is boy it looks like defensive holding rock having a former linebacker show the good hands on that way so great athletic ability [Music] well a busy night so far for referee Tom Dooley and for Jeff wagaman losses in ing this game should be subtitled zebras run wild at this point go mod is flagged for the defensive hold and the Jets have a touchdown on the board but they have made their share of mistakes so far at the 44-yard line it had been first in 25 so that's a huge penalty not only 10 yards for the first cycle 1 yard line a 43 yard pickup pumped out by Eric McMillan Kelly ones the touchdown and worst it's going to be first and goal well that was more than a bump out by Eric McMillan what a shot by Eric with millon on Keith Mackellar but the story of this play where is the jet secondary McKellar wide open is it need to be the strong safety brand Washington and as they were covering him with the linebacker in what are the other fouled up the defense Mackellar was wide open it's where the ball is and the ball was in his left hand and they say he didn't get in first and goal and Davis and he's in for the touchdown just barely but across the goal line and buffalo pulls to within a point you know guys that's about as bad a series as a defensive team can have two penalties for 12 men on the field one defensive hold that negates an interception and then a totally blown coverage on tight end Keith mckellar that allows you to get the ball down to the six-inch line a a series to forget if you play on the New York jet defensive thing watch Davis now stop short of the line of scrimmage in them with a little second effort gets the ball across the plane of the goal line did I leave did I leave anything out covered it they did it all do outside of that it was terrific Scott Norwood the extra point is good and so the bills marched down the field Davis on his first carry of the night goes in for the touchdown and we're tied at 7 McKellar setting it up with his 43 yard reception 356 to go in the quarter for me it's the perfect they had theories for the Jets defenses the bills marched down the field Jets self-destructing defensively and Buffalo able to tie the game keep Carol going over things with hasty and McMillan by the way the Jets put you at that no huddle op this I think we're gonna see a lot more that Jon Niese the rookie who was drafted to be the punter and also the kickoff he's one of three kickers the bills are carrying at the moment and the rookie from Arizona sends it down at the 7 yard line where massive runs it all the way back to the 30 he takes a hard hit there from butch roll take a look at the numbers on the scoring drive as the bills answer the Jets with a 76-yard more in seven plays and the jesh will take over at the 30-yard line and I lost a nanny they huddle along the sideline and then come out after calling the first play on the sideline they better hurry it up and they go right to the line of scrimmage they will not huddle but you're right they better giddyup they're down to five seconds play clock to two to one and they just do get it off this Raymond McNeil stopped at the line of scrimmage where Johnny Hector excuse me Hector that was a lot of running on a lot of tension for what about a yard or less or less second down call it nine a reminder we'll be in Seattle a week from tonight the Bengals are unbeaten coming off their thrashing of the New England Patriots yesterday against the Seahawks who went into overtime before falling to Denver second and nine they lined Jojo Townsell up in the backfield sector emotionally different look at O'Bryant roll it is incomplete is a 455 mark Kelso was there and so is counsel Jojo is not liking the way this game starts first his own man and now mark Kelso and Jojo town self has every reason to be down on the ground what a vicious shot mark Kelso the most unlikely Buffalo Bill out there to put that shat on Townsel that Delta looks like a choirboy we were looking at him down in the field before the start of the game but he just focused in on Townsel zeroed in it's time to write out with the ball totally defenseless is Jojo Townsell concentrating on the ball give him a great deal of credit he knew he was going to get hit and he never takes his eyes off the football boy and Markel so right up in his face so they still work on Townsel Rob more their rookie wide receiver editor accused deemed coming in as well so the Jets a little sin as far as the wide receivers are concerned there is more was the number one pick of the Supplemental Draft with I think Tom sells ready to get up on his feet we look at that and rate you to speed we've slowed it down for you and it happened so rapidly you really just cannot believe the timing first of all I'm part of Kelso on that Jojo Council is even going to get up he does appear to be alright now the doctor has left the field all right Jojo Nicholas has the team position with the Jets and he has gone to the sideline so apparently still Jose okay I admire the way that he did not take his eye off the ball dr. Nicholas who has been around for many many years with these Jets yo name is he a lot of zippers in Joe's legs third down and nine for the Jets now is play resumed from the 31 302 to go first quarter game tied 7-7 under pressure but escaped and his part no he's out of bounds at the 49 Leonard Smith covering who thinks he was in but the official round here to say no sir what he's saying is that he didn't have possession of the football the official was ruling that on his way out of bounds al to with juggling the ball I don't think enter Brian realized he was going to get out of this because if it has if this tune was so wide open standing there all alone he hung it up and how does he have possession of the ball certainly appears that he does they did he had both feet down you're looking at two different things the official is well that looks like a catch to me didn't it I mean he juggled the ball initially but then he regains control of the ball and it looks like his feet are in let's watch the official was ruling then he was out of bounds because he'll give you that up-and-down chopping motion if he said he didn't have possession and he never gave that so the initial call by the official was for being out of bounds when he caught it well that that certainly looked like a catch you can see the umpire communicating with the replay booth and Calliphora but he has the ball and both feet are in bounds I mean you have to see evidence to clearly overrule the call on the field because the call on the field was no catch in my opinion I think we saw that evidence I would say that that's the catch end new rule this year two minute limit for the replay official to render judgment here's another look now certainly looks like he has possession no question about the two feet being inbounds well I don't know they're I think that looked at craig jan off and did i think that's well i you really think it looked like he bobbled the ball a little bit he didn't have it into the chest well it looked like a catch to me me too I never have to be totally conclusive there's Leonard Smith the extremely talented strong safety of the bills now they want here you want to know where they want to spot the ball now I think they're going to ask the side judge if at what point he had possession well that's a bad sign sigh judges being lucky former where's our to military ten player himself this has been going on for a while but he said I forgot this has been we have to be approaching the two minutes limit [Music] after further review the play will stand this call did not see enough evidence to overturn it well everyone's entitled to an opinion looks like a catch to me Noel I would agree GoPro comp now she's at the 37 intakes big jet bounced 20 yard roll out of bounds at the 17 yard line and again one of those inartistic punts that looks terrific on the statute 32 yards in the air and then a 20-yard bounce and it's 52 that to me is still the problem of the replay we look at for two and a half minutes in there two minutes two and a half after the play was over and we get nothing out of it conclusive whether or not he bobble it they just couldn't determine first insane Buffalo at the 72-42 to go opening quarter Thomas to the 50 Thomas to the 40 Thomas getting blockiness Thomas takes it down the 22 yard line where Michael Mae's finally runs him down in Elle Edwards his receiver added about 25 yards to that run good hustle by the rookie a lad was out in front of Thurman Thomas I think Thomas is back again a long time hold out legs a little weak in the last couple of games only 23 yards against Miami distance big time running right here from a young running back out of Oklahoma State we gained over 1200 yards a year ago and he's looking to duplicate that year again 60 I picked up longest of his career give him a breather and Don Smith is the tailback and this set takes it to the 20-yard line for a gain of four we talked about the matchup between the defensive line of Buffalo against the offensive line of the Jets well this is another good matchup when the Bills have the ball because this is an undersized defensive line of the New York Jets they only go to 55 to 72 73 and 260 across the front that says smaller defensive line as therein as there isn't a league and can they hold their ground second and seven little option toss back to Thomas inside the 10 and the first down as he gets to the 6 yard line and the bills really mixing it up offensively tonight showing the Jets every look coming up on the shotgun and all kinds of different sets a little toss back here to Thomas and their 1st and goal at the 6 what a pretty tough on a young defense and the defense is using all different terminology and to try and change off the defense they have to think it takes just a peep to do it in the bills are doing what a better team should do that is giving a lot of looks showing a lot of different things in making a young decent react to their reaction minutes ago on the quarter earth can go Jewish for Kenneth Jets led by Jeff Lachman last year's the top draft Croatia was picked there's a linebacker now they turned him into a down lineman as they've gone to a 4-3 the Jets over the last two seasons the opponents have scored a touchdown on consecutive first and goal situations including one tonight that's not a very desirable statistic [Applause] on Townsville mild concussion might return second and goal Rasmussen ballsack to the fort [Music] lager men who played that outside linebacker in the Jets three-four defense inside the home even though he's not all that big lining up the defensive and he's so quick 255 pounds and again in the bills backfield and the bills will let the clock run down the final seconds will expire when the second quarter commences it will be third and goal from the 14 Walkman just bullying his way right that will Wolford good left tackle in getting to Kelly 7-7 after one back we come in [Music] now Michaels Frank Gifford Dan Dierdorf we start the second quarter in East Rutherford New Jersey jetson goes five seven seven and Buffalo with a third and goal at the New York 14 and Kelly wants a timeout because the play clock was down to one tom dooley had signaled the ball ready for play and bills took a long time in the huddle and when Kelly came up to the line of scrimmage he took a look at the play clock and it was ticking down and he has to call a timeout well the other problem is is that Jim Kelly was late leaving the sidelines headed out to the huddle he spent too much time conversing with Marv levy boy and that's that's an error that a veteran quarterback and coach just shouldn't make that's just not being aware of where you are in relationship to what the official trying to tell you says get out here let's run a play particularly down that deep Teddy March to Frodo and Marv levy were talking to sidelines all of a sudden they looked up and they were out of time the guys we're taking a look at two teams in the AFC East tonight this may be the the toughest of the of the divisions to figure this season but many people have dick the bills but again keep they won the division the last two years but they also have dropped three of their four last four games in each of those two years and they were only nine in seven a year ago and not to mention a rejuvenated Miami Dolphins a third down and goal from the 14 yard line dumped off fasted Smith and Smith gets into the seven yard line he is tackled there by James hasty so tele makes a little something out of nothing and puts it in slightly better position for Scott Norwood to kick the field goal that would give Buffalo the lead the Jets of course are arguing that they want the sack keep in mind though it's a two part it's a two part grass its grasp and control Jim Kelly she touched the ground at his tremendous awareness by Jim Kelly getting rid of that football 24 yard field goal effort Frank white puts it down for Norwalk Kev's even sure clothes might have been more than Washington number 97 who got a hand on it Marvin's acting like he got a hand on it Arvin is six-six and he was right in the middle usually when you get a hand on it in the middle like that without the penetration it's just this kicks kick low Ron Stallworth number 96 that blocked that field goal guys if you'll rolled is saying and right there watched dare you saw the hand you can see Washington is way in the back and he celebrates about the block goes around scholar first intent it from the 20-yard line and there's a sack as O'Brien goes down in the arms of Leon seals well 96 flocks the field goal and now 96 gets the sack only this 96 is in a buffalo Jersey hence Leon sealed as a coverage sack - because they're funny of time for O'Brien to go to the receiver who wants to go there but the coverage is complete and he has to pull it down and look somewhere else it's too late 10-yard sack it makes it second and 20 from the 10 seals and right filling the spots last year taken by heart still and Fritz Merle is for Buffalo are we this is Brad Baxter he gets back four of those yards and leaves the Jets with a third long a third and 16 ABC's Monday Night Football is being brought to you by Ford and your Ford dealer have you driven a Ford lately and by diet coke with 100% NutraSweet you'll brick it just for the taste of it third and 16 Jets at their own 14 yard line wideouts the big fan of course they'll actually look for is algún and he run out of bounds well shy of the first down out of the 23 it'll be fourth and seven Darryl Talley will get credit for the tackle and Cornelius Bennett was the man who was chasing we're getting a bit of an answer to the question you posed a while ago dan what kind of team is going to come back out if the Jets took that long drive in for a score and definitely a tougher defensive effort it was a bad drive up visibly short while ago even though they missed a field goal I'm trying to figure out who Kenny O'Brien was trying to fake with that pump right there the closest person down deal was a good 20 yards away go pro cop the left-footed funner at the 33-yard line fresh kale brings it back to the 38 he's tackled air by Trevor Maddox and the bills will take over first and Senator on 38 games I've accepted 12 31 remaining 31 remaining in the first half giant Stadium in East Rutherford New Jersey you know he talked about Bruce Smith last week at that point he was openly questioning marbly these decision to remove Jim Kelly and a lot of the first unit offense with the score 32 7 Miami he was subsequently fined $500 mainly because of the remarks he made after the game and three other bills were fined $100 for insubordination but thoughtful hopeful of putting that behind them in their first and 10 here at the 39 is too big in his Drive on a pass to hon Dre Reid in the old fro wide receiver as a first down at the jet 37 yard line lots of time this time for Jim Kelly no pressure at all if Reid came from across the field in a closing pattern a fast it takes a lot of time but he was able to stand back there with all the ease in the world are picking up positives on defense and he's waited till he cleared Frank we were talking at the top tonight about what happened last year people forgot remember last year Jim Kelly Lane Howard Ballard for the sack that separated Kelly's shoulder Thurman Thomas got on Kelly's case it was that the bills and or something they obviously want to avoid now they hole through the middle and exploiting it down to the 27 yard line is Thurman Thomas meanwhile I'm a subject of bills dissension here's what Jim Kelly had to say upon reflection team use is very important no we don't have any dissension on our team I think everybody wants to win so bad that once they take the field or their focus is right on the target last week our focus definitely wasn't on the target we just got beat this week it's just a matter of us putting it together we have we have everything it takes we have all the tools we get to defense along with the offense line we get a running back we get two receivers core but we have everything but we must put it together once we take the field the second part is much tougher than the first it's easier to assemble that talent that it is to get that talent to play as a team and that is what the Buffalo Bills have not done yet yeah you fight and squabble and you win then you become part of the history like the Oakland A's vanna's glob will fight and lose then you're just another bunch of guys that didn't get it done that last one by Thomas was nine and a half yards and so on second and a 16 who carries and frequently but is making the most of it tonight taking you to the 8 yard line tackled by Eric McMillan but he figures to carry a lot more of the future since they got rid of Larry Koenig room and if anything is happening right now this fairly obvious it is that the Buffalo offensive line is seizing control of this game Mueller and Thurman Thomas are moving through some keeping apertures in the line of scrimmage that's a nice way of saying a whole bunch of guys in green jerseys are ending up on their putts like your side yeah first and go little toss back to Thomas otherwise you probably would have made it into the end zone he was tripped up couldn't maintain his balance and down he goes at the to joel mark got just enough of his angle people from getting into the end zone and Thomas is already over a hundred yards tonight 103 better quarterback to run that option down the line of scrimmage and jelly good athlete and fine every there by Mott to trip up a very athletic Thurman Thomas if he was angry that's your body even touched him look like Thurman Thomas was just second and goal play fake and wide open foot roll in the last three years has caught six passes all of them for touchdowns and they call him the ultimate role player and there he is doing what they expect him to do in this particular situation have number seven well Archer bronto's made the call I always have a happy the offensive coordinator of the bills good good call goof Kelly stuck it in hit as well roll with a little fake block and then just ease into the flat yeah I'm not so sure the roll wasn't wearing some sort of a self Jersey because no one in a green jersey even knew where he was we've seen two major mistakes on the part of the Jets coverage thus far we talked about right in talking about evading radar coverage and getting behind the enemy lines that's what puts roll hit on that play another blown coverage by the Jets and a seven-point lead for Buffalo we're back Giants Stadium East Rutherford New Jersey as the Buffalo Bills have taken the lead for the first time in the game and a kick by John nice fielded by Terrence Masson and the rookie change the price as he brings it back out to the 21 yard line tackle made by Marcus let's find look at rolls touchdown here's which roll right here McKellar is motion is going to take hasty out but take your pick somebody on this side goes too far afield and doesn't bother to pick up which roll and just look how wide open he is in the back of the endzone by freezing the major lapse is on the tight end but it's the first guy you look for in pass coverage down on the two yard line I mean the primary receiver is the tight end especially play side article II when he's got six passes in his career have all been touched up yeah you think of anything this guy would be wearing a bell that says cover me never be first half the 20 yard line Baxter swing into the ass Conlon and Leonard Smith converge on the tackle here are the numbers on the last scoring drive for the Bills 61 yards and five plays and rolled get into the seventh time in his career but you know you can work something out fellas that lets you cover butch role of more immediate concern to the New York defensive scene is how are they going to stay on the line of scrimmage because they're getting blown off second and one from the 29 picks up the first down for the 31 guideline deaf right and Shane Conlan make the tackle extra just coming back to play for me at his knee scoped back in August that sound last week for the Jets in their victory over Cleveland 31:45 remaining in the half Buffalo up by seven [Music] Bill's stopping as he approaches the 35 yard line led by Bentley in Smith we get the feeling that's what Marv levy likes to see - he just wasn't getting that aggressive hitting last week against Miami we asked you about this if he we're not getting the tough play with the exception of Leonard Smith defensively in the secondary and you've got to like that his warming type defense on the part of the bills and he loves his offense tonight they that gained the Jets by almost a four to one ratio did that say 244 yards for luff alone it did with eight minutes left in the second quarter it did victim second and six is O'Brien goes to the outside and hits Rob Moore the rookie out of Syracuse Kirby Jackson makes the tackle and he is very close to a first down by selecting more in the in the Supplemental Draft the Jets have given up their number one draft choice in 1991 for a long time hold up for the jet it's a turd into the night play with a very sore shoulder third and one and hector swings to the outside and on crack he was first stopped by Ray Bentley and then Tomlin finished him off and they were for other bills there right after that war me defense this is what they've been lacking well Johnny heck they're on a short yardage play never even got his body turned up filled with Bo Schembechler who loved the expression always keep the long axes of your body perpendicular to the goal line Johnny Hector that time was parallel to the goal I never turned a feel that's an odd play go really used to say go really say keeping your long axons of your body perpendicular to the goal line think about I'll buy it bro cops dick prints hail balls to the fair catch and makes it it goes up at a 21 it goes with that stealth bomber that's right baseball game both bones and football one of those the AMC simple but the Seattle Seahawks are running to see them down next week on ABC's Monday Night Football [Music] Buffalo in its own 21-yard line bills on top 14 to 7 threading the Jets on the ground tonight are the bills last week against Miami Buffalo gained only 44 yards in the entire game on 15 carries where you see an adjustment there by the Jets they put five guys now in the line of scrimmage look at that hole again it's been that way all night the Thurman Thomas she's after the 45 yard line he's tackled by James hasty it's a 24 yard game well so much for that concept back to the drawing board again they're going to be a little stouter on the line of scrimmage so they put five people up there but again Davis and Ballard hole richer and Wolford just chew him up and again Eric McMillan is reduced to trying to get Thurman Thomas he comes up short for that splutters the running back Frank asked off Thomas says a hundred 27 yards on the ground Kelley dumps it off from Mueller and Mueller takes it to the 50 yard line for a gain of five Marvin Washington makes the tackle with Kyle Kristen and the clock is down to five 45 remaining in the hand coming up Saturday on ABC regional coverage college football the USC Trojans try to rebound they were destroyed by Washington while going to face the Buckeyes at Ohio State some of you will see Ty Detmer another fabulous day over 500 yards in the air as BYU meets Oregon 3:30 Eastern the Saturday ii was calling for here's Thomas to the 48 will be third and three Marv levy took over in 1986 guided the bills the divisional titles in 88 and 89 lost him in the shuffle in a way is the fact that only the bills and the 49ers diseases that's gonna now to the bills last year only lost its lead when by a drop pass in the final seconds or they would have been playing Denver in the AFC Championship third and three Thomas makes the grab and Thomas complete their thing dozen half possession he would have had the first down and Eric McMillan was covering there's no option involved here Jim Kelly is going to Thurman Thomas all the way Eric McMillan who has been very active tonight he's been around the ball that that was his play he came up quickly and forced that incompletion boy the Jets needed that they needed that effortless BRIC Teutons to kick parents mantises back to receive for the Jets Mathis is gonna call for a fair catch at the 15-yard line just have it there after a 33-yard punt eric Machpelah reports the son of a good friend of yours dan there any mobility you guys cross careers a former teammate of mine a great offensive tackle and a Pro Bowler in his own right and now his son a Pro Bowler for the Jets somebody had to step up and make a big play for the New York Jets and it was very fulfilling all the way it goes to Thurman Thomas and you saw that it was the arms a very quick villain that actually pulled the arms of Thurman Thomas down and forced him to spit up the ball it was close to being a catch and then a fumble but the ruling on the field was that he never did have the possession first down New York at the 15 they trail by 7 Hector's goes nowhere Bentley makes the tackle Bruce consulate guiding the Jets name who was a Bengal player Bengal assistant coach lived in Cincinnati for 19 years interviewed by Phoenix came close to getting that job and wound up here with New York second and nine whom one out of bounds at the 26 and has a good a good brother after he catches the football one of the best in the game he knew exactly where he had to go to get that first down Bruce Smith you haven't heard that much from tonight you see why couple of people working on Bruce Smith and he's been attracting two or more about throughout the entire game how about three well there is well pate and Sweeney all taking his shot at it no he's at 14 and half sacks from the last 10 game against the Jets they tell that to Bruce Oh Hector this does Odom's get it before it goes out of bounds yep and you know cause that play Bruce Smith took two defensive linemen and put them both about two yards into the jet backfield he did he lunch on them Oh Criswell and hate are going to try to double-team Bruce Smith and he blows these two all the way back in there and actually knocks I think frizz well into the ball carrier Hector gets all tangled up with the mess in the carnage of Bruce Smith Regan Smith look at his Chris well all the way back into Hector as a lag tripping up Hector and a nice play by Odom's to keep it from going out of bounds very nice work very nice work first five myths then by Odom first down Buffalo at the 30 and Kelly guillotines for Washington who's all terrified loaded and it enabled Stargell to get back there and break it up Kelly has got a strong arm but he just saw Lofton just a little late tried to whip it it without getting into any kind of a mode with the leg irons strictly a flip but that's very close to the Faris also yeah I was going to say sure looks like look at that I mean that could have easily been called interference well this just secondary their start covering some people second and ten four-man rush they go underneath incomplete at the 19-yard lines ever had possessions by Jo mock to break the player five lesson comes up with a football but it's simply an incompletion [Music] again jelly was a selection lips it over all the time in the world you can't give a Jim Kelly or any good quarterback for that matter that kind of time he'll find somebody got to get both feet down a Keller didn't get that second foot down before he took the hit from hot that forced the ball out they're going to take a look at it because if he did if it ruled a complete bath upstairs a completed fast it would be a fumble and a recovery for the Jets does he have possession we almost have to go back to where he actually caught the ball and check his feet from that point let's see if he didn't maybe have both feet on the ground when he actually catches the ball does it get it tucked away you're looking at it slow motion I don't think so man it has to be conclusive after further review the play will stand this call well you see Bruce closets interpretation of that of that nine that makes it third and can we see to go first half 14-7 Buffalo Kelly looking for Thomas said he can't one John boutté back to cover on the play so it will be fourth down and the bills are looking at about eight where do you eat your seal goal defense when Kelly threw that ball I thought he was throwing at the booty he was open I mean that so that's the case where Thurman Thomas had to try to get back into the play duties set up a little short on this and this could very easily have been a touchdown from 48 his career lon is 49 quite the hole last effort was blocked nor was going for another [Music] this time he has the distance before and the accuracy from 48 go ahead if that was a putt we wouldn't say that was right in the heart of the cup would we around and around and around and in I thought that was going to hit the upright that's one of those if the laces would have been sideways they might have grazed the upright natural tendency is to get it laughs but the right footed kicker this was straight away and of course always playing that hook and didn't get it and both of those field goals that he missed well that's really tight but that's number 100 good again did you imagine God norwood puts Buffalo up by 10 as they cashed in on the fumble recovery meanwhile in our ongoing battle for supremacy highest field goal percentage in the history of the NFL Morten Andersen still leads by a tick over Nick Lowery Gary innocent of Pittsburgh Marie of Detroit Butler of Chicago and who's norwood in the battle as well you know no one does highest field goal for sending well as we do oh I guarantee you Mac how about Butler what a 52-yard er to win it for the Bears masses brings you back to the 24 yard line speed tester is down there to make the tackle we have every kicker in the league sitting in the edge of this chair every Monday night [Applause] all 26 of them that aren't working in this game 2:57 remaining first half that is your bill debts had taken a seven to nothing lead with 17 unanswered points for Buffalo can't determine yet who it is I think I think it's mark pike who's number 94 it is mark Pike the fourth-year defensive lineman special scenes performer out of Georgia Tech taken up [Music] they attend the prank with 257 left on the clock and two timeouts remaining failed a handstand report tonight a lot of teams are winning by defense this year which is not surprising usually two happens and clearly going into season the defense being ahead of the office but there have been some unbelievable hits applied on some quarterbacks we'll take a look at some of those and check out the undefeated teams ago talked to Commissioner Paul tanky do is just short of being in office for a year now Mike is fine as he gets up and walks off under his own power I think he just got the wind knocked out of him like he took a knee from one of his own players he's up he'll be back after get started the 23-yard line they split pick through to the right he Baxter in the block and soon drops it right in his hand - there's a flag down me and I'm a line of scrimmage and now toon looks like he's limping - he is he's coming out of the game altoon came up a little lame at the end of that incompletion ball will be against the Jets free Bowl here's toon if you're wondering about catches per game he has the most per game in the history of the league were those with a minimum of 200 receptions what are you a good company up here he had last year they looked at Altoona the sidelines he only played in six full games this parts of all the rest of them was some kind of an injury and yet he still had an incredible year 63 receptions well the Jets can't afford many more plays like that a holding penalty an incompletion in the loss of altoon up first and 20 years for O'Brien who still being chased and then his pants is incomplete through the hands of Johnny Hector and O'Brien gets knocked to the turf by Leon seals we'll be second and 20 seals fourth year out of Jackson State talking about that rove and buffalo defensive line they got good performances from wife still and fritz Burleson ears past but the bills figuring it was time for still to retire they left scoreless unprotected he went to San Francisco SEALs and right at the new guys but I just have to rely on stuff do the rest second law because the bills are getting all over of Kenny O'Brien 20 the flag Bentley cackles O'Brien at the 15-yard line Tom Dooley our referee and it's against New York again I'll be surprised this first mist isn't involved in this one again tripping number 61 that's frizz well working against drew Smith Jeff frizz well the left tackle he is Khurana a tough assignment here this evening working against one of the most talented defensive linemen in the league watch the right side of your screen Bruce Smith goes to the inside Chris wall goes down you can see him with the right leg Hey Conrad Dobler would have loved that use all you can there dad that's about the last thing you want to do for a complete advance to a guy who's covered by three defenders robbed more at the twenty one fourth and long let's say one thing for the Jets tonight which we should mention before this ant is over we've barely seen Freeman McNeil after the opening quarter and we have not seen Blair Thomas their number one draft choice who was Dean but Bruce Kozlov said he would see a lot of action tonight but as it Larry Thomas the soar over his entire body after last week's game which he was outstanding against Cleveland but Thor is the sore hamstring and there he is sideline the all-american from Penn State two minute warning to go in the half and the Jets will punt and then we'll see the two-minute drill for the bills who lead by ten Joe Pro top tick tick stands back at his own age Chris Gayle the receive for Buffalo at his own 30 he gets it away and out of bounds it goes at the 32-yard line from there will Buffalo commence its next drive with 149 on the clock and a pair of timeouts for the bill on a perfect night for football yet beautiful evening in Gotham and environs when the Jews of this world in Giants Stadium better say we're new Jers where the letters are all in flash at in black right I'm gonna ask you about go you figure Conrad Dober wouldn't you discuss his plight you ever hear from him yeah he writes me a letter in crayon every now first down for Thurman Thomas who continues to have a sensational light he's after the 47 it's already the second best deem of his career on the ground we are not even at halftime 145 yards for Thomas Kelly the Don Smith he's short of the first down by two at the jet 45 Thurman Thomas would like to become the second only to Roger Craig to go over thousand yards rushing and a thousand yards receiving when they do it tonight on second and two here's Thomas who breaks the tackle behind the line of scrimmage and turns a two-yard loss into about a yard game it's gonna be third and one it's a 44 big play coming up here and they're going to conserve their timeouts but now with a third and one knowing they had to think that the first and they figure it's time to spend one they have one left and keep in mind they wasted one by staying on the sidelines too long in the first quarter Jim Kelly was late getting out onto the field had to use the timeout when the game clock could run down too far so that may end up hurting the Buffalo Bills as they try to add some points here at the end of the first half they're huddling with Teddy marchibroda the offensive coordinator which allows me to say that he used to coach for underneath Georgia Allen with the Los Angeles Rams later the Washington Redskins at George Allen won his first game at Long Beach State that's wicked beating Pacific 28 to 17 gratulations coach you bet they'd marchibroda the offensive coordinator of the Bills former coach of the Colts speaking of coaches Frankie Nelson stars when the nation's top quarterback prospect comes to Minnesota stink in the season premiere of coats tomorrow night after a Roseann right here on ABC I'm ready the third and one from the 44 and Thomas on a second effort may have picked up that one it'll be a big measurement here at the 43 yard line and Tom Dooley is gonna stop the clock to bring in the change with 43 seconds Thomas got a bad mark there right goes to pleased with the spot the thermos going you did me wrong yeah good running back you watch him sometimes they know exactly where they are Thomas didn't even look over to the marker I'm sure he felt that he had it he knew how far he had to go he didn't even take a peek over there here it looks like there are about three millimeters short I think the big ugly is gonna line up and go for this yeah they tell you one of the tricks is always fourth down and three millimeters at the 43-yard line you know as soon as the chain-gang leaves the field the clock will start again there goes beginning to tick away Buffalo at least for the moment lines up as if they going to go for it they may just be trying to get the Jets to be offside but no it's going to be Kelley on his feet he's got it easily and he picks up the first down of the 41 and here's a very late flag oh now what is this walked out of 26 this is one of the few times the umpire throws a flag and it's probably not holding or this flag came in way after the play was over personal foul against the Jets and Arizona State grew stylist change to make huge when it puts Buffalo in field goal range well it may have been Eric somebody took a ticket somebody in there it was a quarterback handling the football they look after him a little better than they might have running back I think Gary Macmillan took a kick at Howard Ballard I think Macmillan got called for that personal foul and what a costly penalty puts Buffalo at the 27 remember there Dan one time on 26 seconds a little jump off to Thomas and in Sanko that the 28 that's the loss of one James pace teammates to stop and Buffalo will spend its last timeout and they may have been a face mask call it was missed here you bet well you could see James pasty there number 40 realized that he had his hand on the facemask and very gracefully tried to get it away with an open palm and he did get away with it he was smart enough that he had it on there and he got it off before he jerked the head because a lot of times it's that jerking of the head that's what signals an official that someone's got a hold of a basement meanwhile the bills was 17 seconds do not have a timeout so what they have to do is make sure they get out of bounds on a completed pass you can't afford to run the ball at this point and stay in bounds or get into the endzone and Kelly's been getting all the time he needs to do just about whatever he wants to do second and Sandy's been read after the left and now Edwards as well and often goes to the right they give it to Thomas why this is a risky play to the 23 yard line [Music] and the clock continues to run now we get a stoppage of the clock because the officials will not let the clock run out as long as the jet flares are on top well the bills are saying forget the field goal we're going sit down Kelly's gonna throw it they just do stop there like that here ho ho ho boy and they needed a little help done there's no doubt the officials are going to stop the clock if the jet players remain on top of a player in what they you know if they deem it to be longer than usual but that they need some help that that was not I don't think what will go down as a real intelligent call by the bills they're lucky to get away with that berry 42 yard field goal attempt now for Norwood right the hole we'll be the final play of the hand [Music] and this one is good so they do passion for three get a break with a clock they dominate the first half jets had taken an early 7-nothing advantage 2009 good points for Buffalo Bills by 13 at the half stick around for hand time will talk to fall back we will have some activities after this message from the NFL work for ABC station we have Toyota halftime report talk to you by your Toyota dealer and their quality line of cars and trucks Toyota I love what you do for me you know Frank Gifford after I am Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands in New Jersey the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills right now it's time for our weekly halftime feature where we put the spotlight on the NFL weekend and if you've been on top of things you know that they're only five teams that remain undefeated in the NFL and the defense the kind that has rattled quarterbacks around the league has played the dominant role [Music] the NFL quarterback highly paid highly pursue yesterday quarterbacks from all over the NFL since today picking themselves up off the turf [Music] nobody was sacked more than joy Eggman who was sacked eight times the number on the back of his jersey there are five undefeated teams left in the NFL [Music] and if there's one lesson to be learned it's the defense with football game platters Andre Rison found out why the 49ers had yet to lose a game in Chicago Herschel Walker found nowhere to run - its anadi mark.wilson now nowhere to hide [Music] the sealers buddy Brister found out the hard way while the Raiders are undefeated my perfect team five terminating defense proving that for now sometimes a good season is the best [Music] well they'll leave the New York just 22:7 and joining us in our boat as he did a little less than a year ago Commissioner Paul Tagliabue of course he had just taken over the job at that time balla if you could maybe check on some of the things that have happened in the short term that you have been in office first of all of something that people talk about the changing of the rules to shorten up the games we have gone from 311 as an average a year ago to three minutes to share there's been an average loss of six plays are you happy with results we're very happy with it you know the NFL became the number one spectator sport when our games were under three hours we had players like Joe Namath oj simpson and others and so we try to get it back down to about three hours and we think we're doing that without losing many plays the big thing is the close games the big plays and the big players it was a little fine-tuning at the very beginning of the season just before the start of the season as affecting the kickoff well you were you happy with that or might you change some others no I don't think we'll change you know the main thing as I say is how many passes are there in a game that produces a long game generally how many runs do you have in a game it produces a shorter game we saw that yesterday with the Miami game here against the Giants it was three to two hours and 46 minutes we think that our change is affected it by about five or six minutes maximum well I know this isn't the most exciting subject for the fans but I know it's one of your top priorities how close is the league right now to a collective bargaining agreement with the players something you haven't had for three years well I don't think we've made any progress in the year that I've been Commissioner I think we've done a lot of things we have extended our television coverage we've booth made some progress on expansion we've had a great pre-season overseas in Berlin London and Tokyo but on collective-bargaining I think we're a dead center it's like a game being played for 60 minutes in a scoreless tie frankly I think you'd like to get it done but the question I have is the league has prospered basically without a collective bargaining agreement outside of the fear of let's say congressional intervention is there enough incentive for the majority of owners to want to get a collective bargaining deal done well that's a good question you know some of the owners think we should have an agreement and some of the players think so other people have different views on both the owner and player side and we've been trying to get a consensus and see if something can be done because at bottom I think we're better for partners rather than adversaries Paul we've got about 45 seconds left I know one of your big goals as expansion and realignment do you think there's a mood among the owners so that they'd like to see both happen I think there is we've had two good meetings of our expansion committee we've talked about all the cities you know the fresh markets in America there are a number of those out there plus the older cities that have had teams and lost them in the recent decade and I think there's a lot of support for expansion at the right time we're targeting 1993 and hopefully we can stay on target would you see realignment at the same time I think we could I think there's strong interest around the league and some more regional rivalries Dallas Houston Tampa Miami and things like that so if we can work out some of the details I think we'll be there alright commissioner we'd like to continue this interview but unfortunately you and the competition committee of short enough to half time so we can but again congratulations on your first so we're trying to get more action and less talk I understand Thor we will be back in the Meadowlands writer to this with the pills and the Jets and time report has been brought to you by your Toyota dealers and their quality line of cars and trucks Toyota I love what you do for me we'll be back for the second half after this message and a word from our ABC stations [Music] with the pillows on the Jets Time Report has been brought to you by your Toyota dealers and their quality line of cars and trucks Toyota I love what you do for me we'll be back with the second half after this message and a word from our ABC stations [Music] Monday Night Football but Buffalo Bills versus the New York Jets brought to you by Nissan built for the human race and by Budweiser the king of beers remember no way to save way [Music] Diane Stadium East Rutherford New Jersey Game three of the 1990 season the bills in the Jets seats coming in with a mark of one and one and Buffalo on top by 13 history strike the second man 22 7 Bruce Smith on the buffalos defense stiffening after the Jets throw for a touchdown in the first quarter yes receive the second half kickoff Terrence mantis runs into a group bat at the 24-yard line and let's take a look at the numbers through the first 30 minutes of play and a huge egg for buffalo an even bigger edge then is reflected on the scoreboard relatively clean game turnover wise only the won by the Jets but a 300 yard half in the NFL is just big big numbers you know Dan you wondered how the bills would react up to the decimator 75-yard Drive for a touchdown of the early going now I'm sure the brisk topic is wondering how his Jets team is going to react until were thoroughly swamps during the later part of the first quarter and the second quarter peat careless defensive coordinators got to somehow come up with a way to stiffen his line they were getting blown away by the Buffalo offensive line we wondered where Blair Thomas was he's in the game number one draft choice the pack is made here by Chris Burkett the former bill takes it out to the 33 yard line he used to play with Buffalo and was picked up by the Jets last year his sixth year in the league out of Jackson State picks up eight and it will be second and Hugh at at the 33 without a happy departure booming Buffalo in the part of Chris Burkett when he joined the Jets last September that's 21 receptions on the year that's his second of the year [Applause] Thomas and a look at the rookie out of penn state as he picks up a first down taking it to the 40 yard line Talley and Smith converge on the tackle after a seven yard pickup both the key rookies for the Jets involved in that play Rob for rookie wide receiver from Syracuse coming around as if he was going to take the reverse Thomas laid the fake and kept it let's watch Bruce Smith he's going to knife to the inside here from his defensive position he evades the block of the left tackle then Baxter comes in and Bruce causal said I've got to run away from this guy but by going that far outside they really didn't get much [Applause] with the cash taking you to the 30-yard line Leonard Smith fakes to tackle mark Boyer the tied him with the Jets was pointing at the linebackers covering him Shane kala that police say he was held against the bills megabyte have been Carlton Bailey number 54 let's see if it wasn't against Bailey one of those two guys on the inside I think it might have been Bailey reading his lips he said no new taxes number 54 and we're in New Jersey [Applause] yeah Alison Bailey really put the grab on mark Boyer wide open really didn't figure in the play at all though or in motion from the 31-yard line we're Samus little spin inside the 20 down on the 15 number-one draft choices just look like number one draft choice you can see abilities that other people don't have Chris Burkett and nate odomes are involved in little shoving match nice little spin move Frank Oh was it ever cover up the football one of the first things that will happen to a rookie I'll try it out the linebackers and safety man the second men in it on the tackle going for that football mr. covers it up nicely very impressive drive for the Jets to begin the third quarter they trail by 13 intended for Blair Thomas it will be second and ten because have time Claire just a little casual in that move right but again that Frank I don't know that that's a difficult catch difficult catch but he could have been looking just a little earlier watch out lowered behind in this fast is from Kenny O'Brien also it didn't have a lot on it those are the most difficult to catch I think those ones that are coming in there on the defending arc second it's an on a sweet here's Thomas painter in the corner is busting up the play was Leon seals good job there by Cornelius Bennett of stringing it out he had contained and he kept fighting to get to the outside took on three different people forced it back to the inside to where his teammates were coming in there in their lanes of pursuit line back long suit to decouple a Bills defense along with Bruce Smith Finnick same comment Talley maybe the best of them Larry outside of the right there isn't an official Plus to play [Music] a fumble and Lucille going still go ahead alive picked up by the Jets did sweetie sorry sweetie back at the 38 yard line Bruce Smith was a man who created the fumble sweet it is Bruce a boy tell you what he just makes he talk about great players make great plays Bruce Smith just wraps it out of there I think he reaches it with his left hand I mean the first thing he does he just goes by Chris well then Baxter and look at that I mean there just aren't many people playing the game capable of making plays like that and that's just not physical ability Frank that is great mental awareness Baxter poor move on the part of Baxter he was in no position to even attempt to put the Block on men and what they did is they took the Jets out of field goal range hi will came buffalo beep that was a 23-yard loss on that fumble and that took two jets out of a position to cash in for even three and Frank I think your point was well made Baxter's job was to stay in there and help frizz well he failed to do it any allowed Bruce Smith to make the big play turning in a big play knocking the Jets out of field goal range bill take over here at their own five-yard line in 39 left for the third Thurman Thomas having a new a flag goes down back at the to Thomas out-of-bounds at the 8th report on the altoon who went lifting limping off in the first they have bruised back might return Mike Bruce Smith boy he has really after fighting off two and three players at a time he has really taken charge of the line of scrimmage defensively for Buffalo and now the ball back in the hands of the Buffalo offense there's big bruise a real fight fan aleck swallow and I see him all the time on the fight circusy fight circuit he went to high school with Pernell Whitaker down there in the Norfolk area sweet thing we see in Big Paul was against the bills for holding after distance to the goal line puts it at the two and a half it makes the first and twelve Thomas trips up at the 5-yard line Clifton and Marc in on the tackle it'll be second and ten or how important it would be for the Jets if they could force to the buffalo bill into a punting situation from down here if they could keep Buffalo from getting a couple of first downs and grinding this out towards midfield a big lift to his team if they could pull up three down and out big lift for our team yeah we we're not in the business of rooting up there second and fan here's Thomas after the Santa yard-line Thomas has now gained a hundred fifty three yards in the first 35 minutes and 20 seconds of the game and that's a new career-high is best previous 148 against Miami last year [Music] [Applause] Fest this year would be Sammy Smith on opening day for Miami for 159 yards [Applause] third for from the [Applause] Thomas past the 20 and finally knock down at midfield John boutté is amazing stop sir that is they're coming through Oh Jay Simpsons record was night just thinking the same thing as I am sure the juices as he sits in his hotel across the river in New York tonight this is the old counter gap that's all it is from behind look at the right side there goes Davis and Ballard up through the hole and what a hole it is I mean again it is this jet defensive line that when it really counts can't stand in there and play physical football with this huge Buffalo offensive line they are dominating 193 yards for Thomas they fake it to Davis and then Kelly throws and he hit and read interns get banged down by Brian Washington as he picks up a first down we were admiring the jet Jojo Townsell a while ago for hanging on to a football concentrating when he knew he was going to get level now watch Andre Reed he does exactly the same thing coming across never takes his eyes out of the football he knows he's going to get popped he knows it's Washington he takes the shot and holds on I can't think of one thing that I don't love about Andre Reed what a tremendous receiver have to wonder if this isn't one of the top three or four receivers in the game of football first and ten dave is kidding you'll agree there it doesn't matter as far as the Jets defense is concerned whether it's 34 or 23 covering as hasty makes the tackle it's exactly the same play it's exactly the same play the Thurman Thomas just ran again watch Davison Ballard pull up through the hole here comes the house Clifton way out of position I mean we've got jets running and falling over the top of one another right now this is becoming a bit of an embarrassment for the Jets in their defense big mystery tonight might be whether or not Thomas can surpass OJ's record we looked at up 273 yards is the bills single game rushing mark set by Simpson at Detroit in 1976 here's the same play the other way Thomas already has 193 and picks up about four more as he is out of bounds at the 13 yard line child Kristin makes the tackle make it six more closing in on 200 198 for him good hustle linebacker hustles to the outside again watch this move by Thomas here splitting to Jed defenders he almost popped that loose for the touchdown risky one risking the body but he picks up an extra three or four out of the great runner second and five through the nine yard line promise to pick by the bills in the second round them some little question about him when he began his college career at Oklahoma State but the question in the draft was how healthy was he that's true and I don't think they ever realized what a prize did get in terms of receptions 60 receptions a year ago last year to recall in the championship game of the playoff game against Cleveland Thurman Thomas tied the record by Kellen Winslow four receptions in a playoff game at 13 what a game he played along with Jim Kelly only to lose in the final second Warren yard you were getting he is stopped just inside the 10 it's going to be for that one five and a half minutes to go bills lead by 13 interesting call here for levy you go up by more than two touchdowns with a chip shot field goal or do you try to to just wrap it up I think you have to do what they're doing which is kick it puts you up 23 to 7 as al says it puts you up by 3 scores it takes two touchdowns in a field goal to catch you with the amount of time left in the game I that's a wise move for Buffalo well the 8 yard field goal Reich will hold [Music] and Norwood boots it through so on a drive kept alive by 83rd down run deep in their own territory by Thomas is culminated with a Norwood field goal and a 16 point Buffalo lead [Music] sitting in wait are standing in wait on the jet sidelines is Tony East in the other quarterback remember Eason and O'Brien fought it out in pre-season for the number one job O'Brien wanted and it's been a Brian all the way the kick comes out of the 16 yard line off the foot of Johnny's parents Mathis brings it back out to the 31 yard line man the Jets will set up shop at the 31 with 442 to go Jim rich earthy left guard of the Buffalo Bills with a device that holds his helmet on the back of his shoulder pads Jim must be a forgetful lad never knowing when he might leave us helmet someplace how Bob's goes that's just across that to max then they were defeated today by the cops well Buffalo's trying to cross out the Jets airs altoon as you can see he's in street clothes he's got a bruised back and they're wrapping him right now though needless to say a big weapon for the Jets removed from their arsenal and remember Jojo Townsell was shaken up earlier the 31 yard line this is Baxter out to the 36 yard line well the Jets are in a honeymoon stage right now with their fan but this marriage is moving along when you run plays like that down by 16 well here we are we've got almost 20 minutes of football left in this game and in town cell and altoon pretty much removed here from a team is forced to play catch-up football down 23 to 7 so it's somewhat of a grim picture for the guys in green right now and rob moore your top rookie out of circulating hurt tonight a wide receiver there he is [Music] caught out of bound by Burkett good to stay in he was covered by Kirby Jackson third down we talked to Bruce Kozlov today only asked him what do you do in a situation if O'Brien is not having a good night how quickly hook do you have he said he said look I've seen guys be real cold and then get hot in a hurry and I don't want to do anything to destroy his confidence interesting comment too on his decision there was a lot of talk here in the Eastern Area picture the New York area about who is going to start for the Jets this man chin O'Brien or Tony Eason Tony she met a good free soda to Brandon Hobbs that said I just had a hunch and just before the start of the first regular-season game he went with O'Brien we saw that replay of Chris Burkett as he went out of bound it so he was close he has possession of the ball at least it looked like from the replay that's Craig and Kenny serve up here let's look at the feet I mean there's a catch boy that's tight on that right leg as to whether the right foot hit in bounds before the right knee hit out of bounds that is really really close again keep in mind it was ruled on the field as no catch we've got to see something that conclusively overturns out let's concentrate right here on the right foot and see is it right be down back in the field here when he makes a catch oh and my fee and the left comes down if they go back and rule that the right foot was down when he makes the catch this obviously gets the left foot down before he gets out about that maybe that may be the point of concentration in looking at this replay again let's look at the right foot and when does he have possession the right foot is still down still down it does he have it's not in this you know I agree and I couldn't even cause the - it's really slow things down how many if we looked at tonight well yeah but if you you know if you're going to have the system in force so what are you gonna do just arbitrarily not look meanwhile what would have been third and six display is blown dead before its inception false start 66 probably most controversial thing has come into football in years and of course it just barely passed this year in only passed the owners meeting when they were assured that they would not look at it for more than two minutes the reason we have it this year you can see Dave Cadogan the right guard come up out of his stance well in advance for the snap of the ball and right now Bruce Kozlov must feel like he's driving her far down the freeway and the lug nuts are beginning to come off as fire Bryan throws the ground ball over the middle might have just lost a wheel Bennett that time the O'Brien pay the price and the Jets will be forced to kick again well we said at the outset the very important game for Buffalo B is an impressive performance tonight makes last week seem like an aberration whereas a loss tonight everybody would have been wondering an extremely talented she goes to home next week of a central Procop Bearcats fall for fresh kale at the 28-yard Buffalo hanges there and we have 344 of gorgeous shot Manhattan corporation well in the history of Monday Night Football which began in 1970 21 seasons bo Jackson had the best ever night 221 in that game of Seattle a couple of years back Thomas right now has had the second best night an Earl Campbell third it's only the second time in the history of this series that a runner has gone up at over 200 and we have 18 minutes and 44 seconds to play Miami defense looking on they held him to 23 yards last week he is not in the backfield at the moment because Kenneth Davis is there he takes it to the 34 yard line if you're wondering about the NFL record as Thomas comes back into the game Walter Payton all the way back in 1975 rushed for 275 yards here against the Vikings there's a little insult to injury with this lead Buffalo going with a no huddle offense and out of the shotgun on second down before and after the 41 yard line the catch is made by the tight end metzelaars for a first down I think it's left that with Mark levy is the head coach Dan that it is let's just work on this we were very successful last week against Miami and this is something you have to practice from the 42 here's Thomas who picks up some receiving yardage taking into the 46 for a gain of four lot makes the tackle bills again without a huddle to 45 to go in the third it just Tunes in you have to think buffalos grayling they lead by 16 Kelly throws it away and it will be third down six again the bill stay with the no-huddle offense design as we talked about many times to keep the defense from changing personnel so you know exactly who they have out there Kelly states to tomahawk his tight end metzelaars open at the 50 but obstacles he centerfield and incomplete intended for Andre Reed who was covered very well on the play by James Hayson Kelly oh look at the tape - that is oh why didn't I pull that down nothing but empty field in front of him and got man-for-man coverage and they're not even looking at him hard to imagine that Jim Kelly could have run for at least 15 yards [Music] breck tooth to kick his back for the Jets fair catch signal gets avidin 2:23 with 2 minutes and 24 seconds remaining well one thing about the Jets even if they go down in this one and they be one and two they have about as soft a schedule as you could possibly imagine that's one of the benefits of finishing last in a given season the following year they make it easy for you in terms of facing opponents [Music] and the Jets this season we'll do something that hasn't been done to the schedule in the history of the league and we'll get to it in a second at the 23-yard line is O'Brien goes the official sure it did yesterday nice to the Jets I got hit umpire Rex Stewart Christopher Kent was coming across the middle he got shuffled around and all of a sudden O'Brien had to try to throw the short BAM Stewart plays in the ham style defense here is Burkett he almost gets knocked off stride number 87 right on the I think is that subject to review [Laughter] [Music] and here's Baxter going nowhere and our first the Cascade of goons Kenny wolf our producer racist yes Kenny wolf our producer raises a good point is that the UH part looks like Christian Okoye a and stripes that's perfect well like Chris did go after Kenny I don't want any part of it you've already got him Alan trouble with him oh he's my guy in a big day yesterday Green Bay bouncing or Kansas City bouncing back against Green Bay and nine 24 yard line Brian converts says he hits Christopher tent for a first down out of the 41 yard line he gets a feeling by the way Burkett is being treated by the Buffalo secondary that time Leonard Smith that it's it's painfully obvious that he did not leave on the best of terms watch him break to the outside the first guy there was nate odomes and then in comes Leonard Smith who attempts to decapitate Burkett under a minute remaining in the third down ruffalo up by 16 man mark we're the tight end that's a buffalo 45 all that time good pass detection for Kenny O'Brien the Blitz on by the Buffalo Bills and they picked it up gave O'Brien time to find the receiver Mike hate goes limping off good protection and the man who really provided a good shot was Blair Thomas he stepped up and the rookie put the black on the linebacker that Gable Brian the time to deliver hate out no one can throw the ball like a Brian when he has the time he's a Watson in [Music] to the 40-yard line picks a floor and that will do it to the third quarter and we'll go to the forest with buffalo leading New York by 16 return after this word from our ABC stations [Music] started to mention earlier about the Jets and they're soft schedule they are the first team in the league since 73 not scheduled to play any teams that want ennum war games the previous year that's how slow off the schedule is and they've already answered tonight completed the toughest part of this schedule Cincinnati Cleveland and Buffalo we start the fourth quarter Buffalo ahead 23 7 and on second and 6 O'Brien throws it nowhere well O'Brien through it exactly where he wanted to throw it Chris Burkett who did not read the coverage in Turner Field as Kenny Bryant expected Kenny O'Brien expected him to do and this is domination over 400 for the bills they were over 300 at halftime and have slowed their pace some but still on their way to a huge offensive day or night third and six and making the cash at the 24-yard line to picked up the first down and keep the drive going his Jojo Townsell shaken up earlier back in the game and a first half in New York and just another great effort by Kenny O'Brien flushed out of the pocket he's not the niftiest scramblers he is little or no threat but he slides around very well back to he knows how long to stay in there he slides out and he has to throw it back where it's very difficult for a right-handed pastor but he gets there he pays the price board has been at collect semen sack knocks into the turf first and ten at the 23 yard line look at this looks for the Jets everybody in motion and then they stop to play fake throws in his battle am nearly six off by Kirby Jackson Rob war was the intended receiver like a canadian football league in formation I assume that was put by design I'm not sure that I would wager on it people going everywhere look again at the protection up front for an ileus Bennett being handled by Brent Miller second at 10 23 yard line opening minute fourth-quarter [Music] for the 20 [Applause] against the Jets [Music] this might be tight end rolling holding 84 often second down that's Chris Dressel the tight end he was at the point of attack Mako's yeah let's watch the right side of our screen they're stressful working against Cornelius Bennett oh you know what that hit so that's a bad call that's where Cornelius Bennett just falls to the ground and from the sidelines I guess that looked to the official that the Dressel drag game down that was if that was an excellent block by dressing second and 20 Brian with a high throw and it's incomplete Morecambe hold on Kirby Jackson covering the reopening go back to the huddle hey can you just bring that down just a little bit I've got to live with these ribs the rest of my life yes you're having a tough time living with the bills last year the two meetings between these two teams Buffalo outscored them seventy one two three so the cap so the last two games for us tonight Lane d4 - can Buffalo for six consecutive victory well you can look at this way was the seven points tonight they more than doubled last year [Music] that way goes nowhere that didn't fool anybody half empty [Music] Leon seals is there the way this crowd is hung around though although it's a bit of a scramble for the excellence ASCO that play but the vast majority of this crowd has remained here at the Meadowlands in New Jersey fourth and 20 in the Jets the 13 minutes ago pretty much compelled to go for it automatic to that [Music] they were going to run a quarterback sneak open up the exes yep they're getting to an area where Marley need to think about taking out some of his starters Frank you've been doing Monday Night Football for 20 years now when we come back up why don't you explain that call all right Frank left [Music] but the Seattle Seahawks are running to shoot him down next week on agencies Monday Night Football [Music] next week guys we're gonna take a look at the Cincinnati Bengals and they've done nothing to dispel the notion they are the best team in the AFC right now off to a great start of course Seattle I'll feel lousy starter they have got to start doing something up there because the Raiders are one hot football team Thurman Thomas begins this Drive after the 31 yard line so Boomer Esiason and company coming off their rout of New England yesterday taking their perfect mark five unbeaten teams in the NFL a lot of folks thought it would be San Francisco and Cincinnati in the Super Bowl live for one live I think predicted that I'm good warning America that warning they both unbeaten at the moment I forgot what you remember all rights reserved though we can pick two new teams every week if you have to go someone if you have to go someplace to win a ballgame I'm not sure that the Kingdome in Seattle is the place that I would fix that's right of course the other way channels found to beat somebody they almost beat Denver yesterday Josh Smith makes the catch and a first down out of the 40-yard line under 12 minutes to play fourth-quarter Buffalo on top twenty three to seven bills home next week play Denver and the Jets traveled to Foxborough to meet the Patriots [Music] first and ten bills up at the 41 Thurman Thomas adding to his spectacular diet as he takes to that to the 50-yard line for a gain of close to nine Thurman already up and over the 200 yard mark again behind the lead block of Jamie Mueller another missed tackle that won by Mercer oh and this total domination up front by the Buffalo Bill offense it's a very satisfying feeling to control the line of scrimmage as Abele as they're doing tonight Thurman is I think signaling to the sidelines you're watching my swan song looks like he wants to come out of the game after this second and one and he gets the one and maybe one more taking it to the 48 yard line for a first down I wonder if he's aware of those numbers I'm sure he must be feeling he's somewhere up around 200 whether or not they're getting the full message to him I don't know but they're going to give him a break and that might well be it for Thurman Thomas on the night Boyd indicating that he wanted to come out he's got a problem with his helmet he handed his helmet to one of the equipment men and they're working on it rather feverishly down on the sidelines the helmets of the equipment that could pile this a mechanical problem from the 47 it's about the only way to stop Thomas last night you saw Ted marchibroda who has to be a pretty happy man the offensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills to work on that that helmet but new shock absorbers in their air is Ted very successful head coach when the Colts were in Baltimore in the late 70s and it's a funny thing about the bills everybody talks about the conservative offense and they were number one in the conference in scoring last year generous to George Allen was lyft George Allen with the Rams later in Washington and everybody used to say that about George Allen - he played great defense played with the turnovers but to go back and look at some of those doors on the team they had pretty good success with conservative office good look at the lion splits from the left that was Kelly taking the staff at about Peck Cape May on the map incr taystee intercepted by hasty back in about the eighth Jim Kelly under some real pressure I think Scott mercero comes around on a line stunt watch Mercer oh he's lined up right over the center now he's going to loop around to the outside and he comes around unblocked Kelly kind of off-balance not able to stride into the ball throw is one that goes a little too high and a little too short James hasty just doesn't have a tough time making a play on that ball al Edwards was the receiver that was unable to come back in react is there any life left left in the green jersey if they've got any they better show it here 908 to go first intended to send buffalo ahead 23 to 7 it's counsel tassel is able to get out of bounds up to the 18 yard line first down big night for Bruce Smith when he wasn't in O'Brien's face or making the key stop and running play he was taking on two or three jets offensive lineman and tying up the entire offensive line from Brian over shooting Terrence mantas second well watch this nice spin move here by Bruce Smith he's 275 pounds watch this but watch what he gets for it I think that's Mike hate back in the ball game at left guard helping out his left tackle good work I mean that's just two of them couldn't handle that time well that's just us from you can't believe that a man that big can have a first up field the way Bruce Smith just did it right there especially this stage of the ballgame that is nothing more than raw athletic ability form a net size to move that quick and Buffalo right a hand 14 people on the 319 a flag is down the statute the one-yard line that'll come back Buffalo hat they might have had 14 people on the field at the snap if they get flagged for 12 that's a break the only call 12 because 12 is all it takes for a penalty if they tacked on an extra five yards for every man on the field that had been a 20 yard penalty ball spotted in the 15 [Music] third and 14 23 forth crying [Music] Buffalo would be Chris Hales underneath there two bills it had a shot at it it's Cornelius Bennett bill Frank to top it up and once again Kenny O'Brien chased out of the pocket for a minute I thought that puts the real person without we beat the inflatable doll the infamous inflatable doll from 1980 is back there's been a Tapia's screen this time a Brian has got to vacate the pocket he knows somebody's coming and he sure is getting even tries to put the ball away but Bennett strips it away minor misses and Chris Hill comes up with it well fellow hasn't the 13 yard line [Music] is Davis he's you're right they like my heart was in my throat after sitting here we see this object coming out of the upper deck that's why I mentioned the inflatable Valley that's what it was shades of EDA that Wildman it there it is that damn the same down I mean that literally just sailed right over our heads I mean I almost reached down tried it scared me too I reached out to try to touch someone best thing would have been out on the field Bruce Smith would have knocked it down back down everything else tonight Jamie Mueller and he is written down by Kyle Clifton it's clearly a much better behaved crowd and we saw here two years ago and because they've left yes but both of them left in 88 the rest of that barbecue we had fliers in the stands and a lot of other things that precipitated the certain the beverages being sold at 19 [Music] 645 remaining [Music] Kelly it's his tie name McKellar for a touchdown Heath McKellar the tight ends for the Bills of wrecked havoc against the just defense all night long they haven't covered the Med role for the easy touchdown nestled ours earlier but Keller a couple of times he set up one bills touchdown but taking a long pass to the one-yard line and here he is wide open back in the end zone I think I might be it for mr. Kelly I think that'll do it what a difference a week makes because last week it was my aunt and one week later it is Buffalo 30 7:34 [Music] hovering above giant Stadium and you can see off to the left traffic beginning to build as the crowd exits one of the rare with him excuse me when both the Giants and Jets were flying here with the quite dissimilar results for the home folks Giants very impressive yesterday 22 3 by the way what's the latest ranked on Lawrence Taylor who is injured on the final play of the game I slipped down to the coach's room where Bill Parcells the jazz coach was looking at tape at the Washington Dallas game Dallas course coming up to them and that they feel a little better about it yesterday still still an iffy situation for Dallas but I got the feel for Bill Parcells it wasn't quite as serious as they thought it was so we could see this week and then the guys have next week off Mathis brings the kick back out to the 39 yard line jets will have it there with 625 remaining [Music] Dierdorf estranged their brother let's litter there's the sign whatever he's got a job nice here yeah looking live at doubleday meanwhile we were talking about Lawrence Santa here was the play yesterday game was over at that point final play of the game Giants were hit by 17 we went looking off talking to self ourselves about Laura stay tuned I talked to some of the assistant coaches one who said we don't know how long we'll be gone because he's not like anyone else well I know that Parcells took a lot of criticism for having Lauren Taylor in the ball game at that stage but I mean sometimes you just play your people to the end of the ball game and I mean take a look at who's you know who's in here for Buffalo I mean there's Bruce Smith Cornelius Bennett is still in this ball game Shane Conlan is still in this ball game I mean you are just sometimes in a situation where you keep you people out there and let them play a coach a coach doesn't worry about players getting hurt that is not the way they think second and ten as cash is made up at the 45-yard line first briquette to the 4632 heard of that whose the same to Bruce Smith Shan Thailand they are not under some kind of incentive contractors call for the numbers of sack robo leading the league in sacks and tackles well how about this it's the way you get good numbers at the team like this Bruce Smith was in Marv levy space last night I mean last week mad at Marv levy for taking him out Marv libel libel to leave him in for every play the rest of the season well Bruce you want it Bruce you got it Burkett makes the cash Stan that's the first time for New York 47 remember last week Kelly was out of the game he took out the first unit offense the score was 32 7 this was quite upset emotional about it demonstrative on the sidelines ruined the $500 Bruce you may just play every town for the rest of the year he reportedly said what are we trying to do lose the game Marv levy reportedly said no we're trying to win the game and I'm the coach [Applause] [Music] Leonard Smith rock well I think they're going to say that he tried to speery more than being a late half [Applause] it's a case of you still you have to make the tackle because he hasn't been touched right not to that extent Leonard will hurl that body around or see did he try to make it with the head [Music] might just be frustration Dan you know Leonard well he hasn't been in on many tackles whether by circumstances of what tonight he is one of the big hitters he's one of the big hitters of this game number one draft choice for the Cardinals back when they were still in st. Louis [Music] again he's all over the place you know they played two Jets every week they put drew Smith in the Hall of Fame while he was still playing this guy terrorizes a Jeff Kenny or grant in Lenox Hill [Music] 4:53 to go second channel Brian Rock mark Boyer the tight end it'll be third and ten boy you're a big tight end 242 pounds and that's what the deaths were looking for when they let Vicki Schuler go biggering the Boyar was a much better blocker than Schuler and they picked up well sent from Cincinnati on waivers another big time and so they had the big three tight end thousand likes to go with the treat idea in office 13:10 they pick up [Music] only about four but a nice effort by Boyer to try to get something out of it on the short pattern meanwhile there's the the key man tonight Thurman Thomas among other things he is now the leading rusher in the league after three weeks those are his numbers for tonight there it is Bobbie Humphrey second the play third and Anderson bucks [Music] question six and incomplete as blared Samus could not make the catch on the ball if it's disturbed and so Buffalo will take over with 404 remaining they Bruce gods with an agenda displacing reality they made tremendous changes in this team 21 new faces on a 47 man roster they have gone with youth is talking about tide in Mickey Schuler playing and playing good well the Philadelphia Eagles he is gone because you did fit the system so they made a lot of changes it changed the office to Derek Lee they've changed in every way and of course coming off a big high beating Cleveland last week I think he probably anticipated more tonight but by Frank in the pills are good football team capable of being a great football team and they played that way tonight well here's Frank Reich who always seems to come in with his 4:30 to 7:00 Jamie Mueller 600 we saw Frank Reich last year we saw Reich pull a major upset last year the Los Angeles Rams he won three games and substituting for the injured Jim Kelly and you're right this makes two weeks in a row where Frank Reich comes in when it's 32 seven I think he finds us a much more ideal situation so does leaving Kelly on the sidelines good numbers talk to it earlier II said all we have to do to get rid of all the conversation to all this talk about bickering is go out and play a big game they've done that second and six Kenneth Davis picks up a hard yard to make it third and five there's a clock ticks down to three minutes left in the fourth quarter 32 7 Buffalo Marv levy he of the Phi Beta Kappa key full college graduate Laurin short work at harvard more importantly when it comes to having head on hand problems with his players he of the complete backing of Ralph Wilson the owner of the bill very much so and Bill Polian totally in support of Marv levy Ralph Wilson who has owned since day one and attendance here tonight on third down and five Davis takes it out to the 33 what did it cost Ralph Wilson to buy the Buffalo Bills in the AFL started in 1960 $25,000 what did he lose for the first few years Bruce Joe Gennaro well I don't know if you lost that much because that franchise right now is worth probably in excess of a hundred million dollars leave the old risk capital two-minute warning a giant stadium and Buffalo Bills win number two in week number three the mercy killing about Ralph Wilson before and there he is one of the original owners AFL coming into existence in 1960 Lamar Hunt going at that time the Dallas team now the Kansas City Chiefs monitors are gathering here in New York this week discussed among other things [Music] the return of the developmental squad or something like the developments why does he had a year ago and got rid of fair catch ball for the 22 yard line think they're using the terminology a practice why oh here's a little tussle that brings out some flags there's Leonard Smith with a pill shaved in the side of his head looks like foots roll and it's good friend Joe Mott might have been at it we're talking about the the owners of the original e fo franchises but an it was would be another he's known the Houston team since its inception pull those guys the foolish foot there were some fools were in the show Rob 25 grand into a hundred million rushing me and Danny Thomas yeah Miami Dolphins NFL leaders Thomas through week three Vinny Testaverde leading the Bucs to that win last night over Detroit has the top quarterback rating drew hill of the Oilers as 420 balls and tres Armstrong of the Bears with five saxes the Bears are off to a three and oh sorry [Music] 1:54 remaining [Music] [Applause] [Music] Baxter and he gets dragged down after a picked up of a couple marked pike in on the stop reminder coming up on ABC's college football regional action this week Todd Marinovich the USC trying to rebound against the Buckeyes of Ohio State at Columbus some of you will see Ty Detmer another tremendous day against San Diego State on Saturday facing Oregon this week then we'll be at the Kingdome where the unbeaten bengals take on the Seattle Seahawks on Monday Night Football a week from tonight at 9:00 Eastern Time meanwhile we have a Buffalo Bill that's injured over at the 40-yard line I believe that's white grain one of their defensive backs and boy what a what a tragedy to have someone hurt at any time but here especially under two minutes 11 ball game they're obviously looking at the leg [Music] like to remind you that this telecast is presented by authority of the National Football League and is it intended for the private use of our audience any rebroadcast or other use of this telecast without the express written consent of the New York Jets and the National Football League is prohibiting just prohibited restricted well its did they leave strictly out of this meanwhile Dwight drain still down on the field so what a tough break on a meaningless play at the end of the game I think they're gonna bring out some kind of a splint apparatus the Nicholas of the Jets walked out onto the field of course the Bills have their own medical staff there too but they're being very careful and very tender with the leg of white grain Bruce smithing Jim coming through the very key figures Cornelius Bennett nate odomes as well I'm sure all those guys unaware of the fact that on the other side of the field one of their teammates is is in trouble so you're back behind the bench in here a long way from what's happening on the far sideline so Dwight drain is the injured buffalo bill a minute and 38 seconds remaining in in this one is Buffalo gets set to they get mark home next week against the Denver Broncos the way they've rebounded from the Miami loss has been rather extraordinary but they talk about doing when we met with them today with Marv levy Jim Kelly Stacy what develops over the year as we look down the line we see them again against Houston later on in November they will all tell you and they believe it the middle ear out of a lot of people right that they have great talent on this thing it just needs something to bring it together a lot of times adversity early on in the season can pull a team together well it will end on a sour note here for the bills because what you're watching take place the injury to tip light drain by clearly more than a minor injury the defensive back nickel and the time for them to begin the [Music] what happened here on that particular play watch this right here this is white drain now let's watch him as his right leg I think it's caught or is that his left leg he gets caught underneath there very difficult to see exactly what happens that you can see at that point right there drain trying to crawl out in pain and he goes off the field on the garden we wish him well [Music] a shot of our production truck of the stealth-bomber one of the other where there was an ample captain the pilot Jojo [Applause] second and six for the Jets now from the - with starship shadow Buffalo on 32:7 picks up a couple our producer Ken wolf director [Music] or acting all director associate director ban Barbie assistant to the producer Adamic per quarter for those of you without audio where they are [Applause] Savo to he heard our nonpareils director of information into our guys upstairs Malibu Kelly George Hill ordinary work as always we thank you for yo people in the local news room around the country they just took up the first down at the 47 yard line with 38 seconds remaining in the game [Music] actors and the game will end on a so the Jets go limping off to New England after their victory over Cleveland last week they cannot sustain it thoroughly beaten tonight by the Buffalo Bills to take their - and one more home to rich Stadium in Buffalo next Sunday very impressive performance by the bills interesting the score get her to last week sure they lost to Miami by the same four we can say that Marv levy has reestablished control of the sometimes turbulent Buffalo Bill swath he he flexed his muscles he he got a bit of a skirmish with some of his players and Marv levy comes out on top and in command I am the coach yep he departs with a big smile as the Bills running 32:7 Al Michaels Frank different day in pewter we'll talk to you next Monday night from Seattle the Bengals and the sea Saturday its regional coverage on ABC's college football todd marinovitch leads USA's they take on the Ohio State Buckeyes for iseman candidate Ty Detmer and BYU wheat the Oregon Ducks now except on the west coast stay tuned for your late local news and ABC News Nightline followed by into the night starring Rick teens over most of these ABC stations ABC's Monday Night Football has been brought to you by Pontiac and your local Pontiac dealer we build excitement by iTT Corporation building people's dreams Heineken and Pam's taillight they're the tops and buy Alamo there four million miles of roads in America and with Alamo all the miles are free [Music] this has been a presentation of 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Channel: Jean-Paul Müller

Views: 3,163

Rating: 5 out of 5

Keywords: Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, 1990

Id: BGVDoVCjw5M

Length: 152min 1sec (9121 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 18 2019