1990 - WK 13 - LA @ DEN [FULL GAME]

presents the national football league today it's the los angeles raiders versus the denver broncos december chill has hit the mile high city of denver colorado a six degree chill factor 35 degrees on the thermometer and winds gusting to 40. it's cold here today but if you want to think super bowl you better start getting hot in december the raiders are going to have to come through today schrader's going to have to come through today no flawed performances the rest of the year or the raiders will suffer and there's a lot of doubt schrader was injured against kansas city as the chiefs beat the raiders last week to take an edge in first place in the afc west let's take a look at today where kansas city has improved its position eight and four now the standings as they have defeated new england that's a final 37 to seven and here's a look at the standings kansas city up by a half game but does have the edge on the raiders even should the raiders beat denver today in that they've won both meetings kansas city over los angeles denver will get the ball first three and eight for the super bowl champions of dan reeves and the motivation today home crowd try to please them but more so they just don't like that team in black and silver van reeves admitting he never liked it he hates them and kept no secret in that we go out come blake eagle from michigan state breaks away from a tackle or two and hustles out to the 27-yard line and here come the broncos and john elway elway in off-season for him and he has a patchwork line in front of him today daryl hamilton and dave weidel a whole new left side with perry defecting and jarriga injured carts at center a good one why dellen lay near there's two wydell brothers starting five front elway with porter and next raider and bobby humphrey michelin young the wide receivers and clarence gave the tight end those men go out when they go four wide winder into the backfield vance johnson to mark jackson the usual starters but both are injured and did not practice much all week but can play today order flank way out to the left side in this set elway guns over the middle wide open it's clarence k to the 49-yard line the tight end has a first down they took advantage dick of ricky ellison fighting on a running play and robinson number 57 is going to play outside the tight end position there's the fake you see ellison number 50 move way over wide open they had planned this uh elway spoke of it even dan reeves spoke of this is the one key he had for this game the problem is they can't do that play after play only one or two of those again beautifully executed 12 chance of the year for kay who's had some problems hanging on to all the balls thrown at him first down at the 49 bobby humphrey third in the nfl and he has about four on that carry against a tough team against the rush the black and silver raiders and here they are howie long bob golic scott davis drake towns a tough front four the backers robinson ellison and benson veterans all mcdaniel and washington at the corners former bronco mike hardin and eddie anderson at safety when they go to their nickel the two linebackers go out and two extra defensive back rookie from north carolina toron dorne and gary lewis come in there's veteran bob golick on the nose of keith hart underrated but one of the fine centers in the league for denver second down humphrey again finds room outside good move and he's to the 34 a first down eddie anderson with a tackle lionel washington was there to make the stop number 48 and he had to tackle but humphrey showed why he's one of the leading rushers in the nfl when he breaks outside you see the trap by weidel now watching breaks outside and he makes washington miss washington one of the better support men in the league 12 yards on that carrie humphrey who started brilliantly this year the alabama all-america and then in the last six games since his strained ankle you see his production in about half you know that that is indicative of the entire team isn't it good this his performance elways everyone else's big hole on that draw up the middle and humphrey is to the 23-yard line and it appears another first down they came into this game with a beautiful plan they're executing everything perfectly elway takes and just hands off to a draw and going moves way to the outside and kart simply turns him to that side ellison stepped the wrong way a huge hole the raiders are going to have to adjust to what denver's doing a lot of these plays aren't the time you're going to continue to use throughout the game this is having that extra time off after the thanksgiving day of material in humphrey again in another good hole closes in a hurry at the 20-yard line after a pickup of three veteran jerry robinson 57 with a tackle humphrey with 31 yards already on this drive dave weidel playing his first game pulled any trap ricky ellison beautifully they're the top rushes starting today butts of san diego thomas a buffalo and humphrey of denver all afc runners and now humphrey just a handful of yards away from the 900 yard mark the raiders aren't used to seeing a trapping style of offense kansas city last week used no traps and at this point the trapping is bothering this team another carry for humphrey cuts back inside and the flag goes down thrown by the umpire that usually means against the offense and here's a little fracas as these two teams it doesn't matter how long you've been in the uniforms that something brings the blood pressure up when the raiders and the broncos meet even howie long who says you know i hate the 49ers but i must admit that everyone is right when they say that these two teams just basically don't like each other they openly talk about the rivalry over so many years uh especially here in denver because denver has a home field advantage but the raiders tend to come up here and play great football last year when the raiders were down they came up here and played very well holding against denver is the call reeves by the way is nine and nine against the raiders in his career here in denver and he's five and three at home well both clubs seem to do well if they're having a badge 76 offense 10 yards penalty if they're having a bad season he'll still play well because of the rivalry and lanier with a hold and then that provoked some post whistle activity there's a little action once they grab those face masks now that's supposed to be an automatic penalty once anyone grabs it during the flight or after a second along for denver another draw out of humphreys the raiders didn't even see that play they were so busy uh pass rushing that humphrey just slipped right through him mark jackson number 80 and vance johnson 82 the regulars at wide receiver saw k go out along with bobby humphrey as the four wide receivers for dan reeves on third and nine now this shouldn't be a great matchup this should not be a great matchup for denver because the raiders do have excellent corners uh denver has two very young linemen on the left side the raiders have a great pass rush making the mistake dave eidel he's one year older than brother doug both played high school ball and hartford both played with the boston college eagles this is where the heat's really on dick these young linemen hamilton and wydell on the left side they've got thousand and davis to deal with scott davis two excellent pass rushers who are very physical so this is the mismatch when denver has to throw dave wydell and daryl hamilton having to pass protect hamilton for gerald perry who quit the team after a court proceeding this week when he was found not guilty the regular left out of the backfield as jerry robinson was in a shoving match and vance johnson pleased with the official no flag robinson ends in the middle in that nickel and he's he's going to cover the running back and he did an excellent job he's going to use every bit of moxie he's developed all these years would you have called a penalty on this play well this isn't uh winder this is on the other side of the field falling off now out comes winder and really it was a pick play no question about it and it almost worked robinson was smart enough just to grab hold as he went by david treadwell's longest field goal this year 46 yards this 45 into a trippy win it is good denver strikes first 3-0 9 44 remaining first quarter the raiders get it next so the broncos take the opening kickoff get a three-point field goal from treadwell four games after this one we were in a long december in 1990 and as a coach that saw a team develop into a super bowl winner this is the time you have to come through right now dick you've got to play well and develop momentum for those playoffs and ultimately the super bowl you can't be sputtering or having flawed performances and that's been the problem with the raiders thus far in the last last four or five games well they've lost three of the last four after sprinting out to a six to one lead winning six of their first seven but well kicked off he's not been getting good depth when he tops this one right into the napoleon mccallum's mips and he covers it at the 27 yard line mccallum handled that beautifully dick he just fell on that ball he didn't panic looking at the scores some finals in now in the early games and cincinnati sweeps the steelers there two games philadelphia rallying from 24 nothing but buffalo does win the day at home miami crushed by the redskins they're in overtime at soldier field the lions and bears rams have beaten cleveland tampa bay a winner against atlanta at home well maybe cincinnati is for real they're not playing consistently but they had two big wins over pittsburgh jay schroeder's first throw is complete and lyman henderson comes up to make the tackle after a short game now the late games other than this one houston at seattle the kingdome no score the jets with a field goal early at jack murphy stadium in san diego indianapolis phoenix dallas no score chase raider 04 november he did not throw a touchdown pass in the four games of november and the raiders lost three of the four those two key fumbles last week really cost the raiders the game second down same play willie galt tackled immediately is that a no they'd ruled it dead no fumble at the 36-yard line just try on the first down the raiders felt coming into this game they could get those hitch passes to the outside in front of soft corner backs in this particular case you see henderson back there the ball is thrown real high and gold had a hard time either holding on to it or getting yards after the catch that was a quick whistle indeed normally you'd want to spin out and get extra yards after the catch the raiders think they can do that but of course that's not going to be enough to win the ball game they're just going to keep those corners guessing to the outside and gold on a couple of catches has the raiders within a yard of a first down on third down here's a look at the starting offensive line wilkerson wisniewski most bar montoya from the bengals and right in front of schrader marcus allen will share duties with bo jackson steve smith's the blocking bat golden fernandez the white outs ethan the fortunate titan they've activated mike dial have the raiders before the game time to go to three wide smith out and notre dame heisman winner tim brown comes in and congratulations to ty destler young university celebrated in the rocky mountains of utah and in provo he deserved that he really did a great job he's done i think that miami game at byu sealed it for him there's a heisman winner of tailback marcus allen will he get it on third and one and you bet it's going to be close for the first down as he slashed off the left side michael brooks and company putting the stopper on him it is a first down defensively what used to be the orange crush has been the burnt orange this year allowing 25 points per game powers creagan and holmes with lucas mecklenburg moving inside today michael brooks and simon fletcher mark munford isn't injured that's why that move robinson henderson robbins really is a safety playing at the corner smith and atwater perhaps to strengthen the defense at safety well let's see what mechanic can do inside he's been frustrated on the outside he thinks he can get into more plays now get into more tackles be more of a factor in the game and he's gonna they're gonna need him inside because the raiders run so well in there it is stunned defensively and smith on the audible doesn't get any yardage uh mecklenburg was there he thrives at that position no play delay of game there's carol mecklenburg played at minnesota his first two years at little augustana as a walk-on at minnesota he said i always was cut from every high school team hockey basketball football and once appreciating what it's like to be a starter and a good player and now in the nfl a great player he's not going to let go very easily he has his fist clenched around that's starting and maybe another pro ball of this team because he's such a major factor against the room marcus allen high knees and across the 35 to the 37. it's tough on the broncos still trying to get a formula to win ball games and defensively moving fletcher over to mecklenburg's side on the right mecklenburg inside starting tim lou because he's a linebacker now that's tough uh this stage of the year and mecklenburg not practicing at all as an inside linebacker we see simon fletcher they're leading sacker with ten on the sidelines if they're tending to his forearm or elbow ronnie halliburton number 93 rookie from lsu has replaced him second down about 10. deep down the middle and wide open as willie called a first down at the 41 of denver well schroeder handled that one well he had an unblocked eye coming right down his throat and uh holmes was right there unblocked and schreider just concentrated and threw a beautiful ball down the field this is what al davis and art shell all of the raiders are looking for because there's been some doubt especially off last week beautiful throw down the middle and gold having a banner year his best in the nfl that's his 36th catch run just coming through unblocked almost immediately he beat steve wisniewski which is a rare occurrence from the 41. marcus caught in the backfield and dropped at the 44. a loss of three warren powers number 91 from maryland and ronnie halliburton got a piece of the action i'm not sure that's the place to run against this denver defense that off tackle off the left or right tackle play allows denver to pursue marcus is best right down the middle playing off the nose guard and sprinting right up between people but that angle to the outside the denver team has eaten up every time they've tried it but they put a very heavy bandage on that right elbow clutches we'll see if he returns already weak on the defensive side it started with key injuries tyrone braxton in the early season their top quarterback out for the year alfonso carricker their top defensive lineman they felt in russia he's out for the year they've lost steve sewell for much of the year with a training accident a weightlifting accident dislocated his shoulder now fletcher does come back in well i really need him because he's their only real pass rusher well they could have caught denver with too many men on the field but schroeder didn't call for the snap second and thirteen well protected beautifully protected wide open and another first down it's willie gold again four catches for gold on this opening drive for the raiders two deep in patterns which gulp can get open on but has had trouble catching in the past you see a lot of clearance for schrader to step into his throw and gulp breaking pushing people back at water in this case then breaking into the middle is a beautiful job see his speed really helps him look at him bend out cross over and the ball is thrown right on the numbers now that's how they practice it all the way back to training and you got to respect his world-class speed he finished second to teammate ron brown for the nfl's fastest man earlier this summer that's trouble they can't run their dick i mean they've done that four times now with zero results michael brooks made the tackle of marcus they just can't run that off tackle play the denver pursuit is just too darn good they've got to go right at him or throw the ball four minutes remaining in the first quarter denver took the opening kickoff and settled for a 45-yard david treadwell field goal and now bo jackson and the raiders boys yet to get in on this opening drive marcus playing a tailback had the ball at the 27 of denver second and 11. i think it's 12. too much time what a catch by ethan horton as he meat hooks it at the 17. well we've been critical of schrader uh everyone has and putting people in the raider organization the team the press he's playing beautifully at this point a lot of poise i i look for him to run on this play because he had absolute clearance and look at that big hole to run through but he does throw it over the top of a defender and of course it takes a uh an excellent catch by horton to make the stop but uh very very well done off the line of scrimmage he's getting a lot of people holding him up everybody there but finally they let go of him and schroeder had the poise to hold the ball until he was open and third and one allen has the first down inside the 15. that time allen broke back in behind the pursuing linebackers both brooks and mecklenburg started to the outside and allen getting a feel for it now broke back in behind him well the denver defense has uh been a delight to opposing quarterbacks if you take all the quarterbacks who have played against denver this year their combined rating is 90.3 which would rank third in the afc and today schroeder is five for five on the opening drive that includes uh ball control kind of passing so denver's had a real problem getting the ball back from people first down trailing three nothing first the possession marcus allen gets a kind bounce and look at this he gets away from three men and finally the second wave of three dropped allen at the 19-yard line brooks and dennis smith corral him it'll be a loss of about five or six every instinct that marcus hall has every bit of wisdom came through there typically a ball carrier first wouldn't pick up this ball he had he took his eye off it but now watch the wheels turn it's the mental process of getting as much as he can back from it a lot of people would would uh get rattled but he just keeps his poise that's happened to him twice today that that inherent instinctive knowledge that he has really pays off in those situations [Applause] and second and long again all day for schrader and he finds horton inside the five down at the two as atwater saved the touchdown well i can i can see now why the broncos were concerned going into this game with their pass rush there isn't any pass rush and now schroeder is almost like practice for him horton going up the field and mecklenburg really cuts him off well but but all the time that schroeder has to throw an accurate ball wade phillips uh the coordinator and speaking with him about next year they have to draft in his opinion a pass rushing defensive lineman there just don't have that facility on the team and it's really shown up in this game officials with the discussion the clock stopped with 43 seconds left in the quarters the raiders consuming a good chunk of time 13th play of the drive over nine minutes of possession time and they're checking with the replay officials to see if the spot is accurate at the two yard line it certainly seems to be about where horton went down the officials on the field went replay down i see they're saying that watch horton does his knee go down when contact is made at the seven yard line or does he get to the two and the officials ruled that there was no defensive contact no touch by mecklenburg horton is having a great series of games and if he can gain momentum himself it can really make a difference throwing inside last week four catches for almost 100 yards this game he's going beautifully catching the ball in traffic and his spin and run his technique of running is beautiful denver hasn't uh stopped the opponents very often down inside that 10-yard line only four times out of 39. perhaps they're taking a second look to review officials let's uh while we have a moment then bring you up to date on the other late scores still no action on the scoreboard in seattle the jets with their field goal lead at san diego 10 nothing indianapolis leads phoenix and don't count the culture those calls are coming back uh that went over the bengals last week of playing in cincinnati and coming up with a win in cincinnati thought that was a lock-on victory for them only to get knocked off indianapolis there's going to be somebody dick that'll be in those playoffs that we we'd written off weeks ago somebody's going to be there now they're saying there was contact back out around the 7-yard line ladies and gentlemen this may be a part of the great history of instant replay we had a reversal of the officials on the field and then they re instant review officials actually overruled themselves and now we have it at the seven yards are they having an argument in the booth two guys with their own they're punching right now they're going at it right now now they're trying to it looks like a little confusion on the raider sideline looked like they were trying to call a timeout yeah they did as it should be 41 seconds left in the quarter [Applause] welcome back to mile high stadium 76 000 tickets sold and most of the fans are here a quick report soldier field chicago in overtime wins 50-yard touchdown pass harbaugh to neil anderson after eddie murray of detroit missed the 35-yard field goal for a lion win in overtime first and goal six yard line three nothing denver they changed the play or at least a pass pattern offside and flag slide jay was running the option play much as we saw detroit do earlier he was coming down that line to run the option warren powers the man who jumped offside that encroachment most of the raider greater defensive lineman know how to spell encroachment howie long and bob at home his wife knows now she says hot hut he's up off the couch and the encroachment now is in their their youngsters vocabulary for spelling they can come in and win the spelling bee with that one even bob golick hitting with the denver writers during the week said just call me bob encroachment goalie and you better know how to spell it right in the newspaper reports well how can the raiders win as of last week three fumbles nine penalties and uh all of it a lot of it was related to uh steve de berg and his snap count now always very good at it but how elon says he knows the elway count he's comfortable with it he won't have any trouble but of all quarterbacks john elway has been the guy that's been driving defensive lineman crazy with his irregular cadence they want to send the clock back if you're looking for continuity and momentum i'd imagine the raiders are going nuts they can't they can't even get the ball snapped the instant replay officials may have gotten the call right but wow what a delay 41 seconds left in the first period first and goal now from the three-yard line for the raiders as they attempt to take the lead final second of the first period steve smith for a touchdown the big pullback from penn state has his second of the year well that looks easy enough in the goal line defense they they can move the ball a great job of pulling by wisniewski around to make a critical block and smith just followed him in the hole well that was easy enough another try for point as smith puts the capper on a 13-play drive that ate up nine minutes and a tick jeff jager adds the extra point 37 seconds remain in the first quarter here in denver the raiders battling to get back into a first place tie lead at 7-3 very impressive drive and they give smith four yards on his touchdown run 73 yards and 13 plays nine minutes used by the raiders jager with a good high kick into the end zone it's kevin clark for the 16 and that's all he gets patterson in on the tackle we hope you'll join us next sunday as you see kansas city has beaten new england keep the pressure on the raiders first place in the efc west and there are the standings to the moment seattle trying to go six and six if they can beat houston and there's our lineup begins at 12 30 eastern time buffalo with a big win at home in philadelphia although they flirted with disaster after a big early lead seattle green bay cleveland houston new england pittsburgh the late game denver and kansas city that was a terrific contest last year and was a great match uh earlier this year on the monday night as kansas city looking at this seems to have kansas city's number for those country come from behind wins they get on them for the flat and incomplete of that ball in the wind sailed away from tight end clarence cave but elway a year ago remember that game when he pulled his team back against kansas city in the last quarter he had a terrible day and as did the broncos but kansas city didn't score enough and elway brought him back with that shovel pass and beat him so i'm sure next week the chiefs know it's that ominous feeling with elway in the fourth quarter he hasn't been a second half quarterback this year denver team has not been 73 24 seconds dancing through a good hole and after the 25 an eight-yard pickup number 50 ricky ellison overran the play it was basically his play and he overran it to the outside and the humphrey just broke back behind him ellison has a tendency to overrun things he's so anxious now you'll see him work too far to the outside and the ball break right back up in behind him now that is going to be a problem all day if that continues to happen number 50 well outside way outside the ball and he allows doug weidel to trap him beyond the hole and that's the end of the first quarter 7-3 los angeles was it enough to get the yard and a half they needed for a first down as we open the second period bob golic read it well eddie anderson number 33 was up into that play and what a great hitter he is talk to marty schottneimer he says this is the best safety in football he's got some darn good ones like daron sherry himself but he's physically he bench presses i don't know how important that is over 500 pounds he's explosive and quick and uh that's that's sort of the the the new mold of the nfl football player that big safety who's sitting back there watching the ball and can come up between people and make the big hits all of ronnie lotter or full sure and it denies the first down by that much from the wildcats of fort valley state eddie anderson now you see eddie come flying into that play he didn't have to make that stop but he's always there he reads that play beautifully right on the in the middle of it ready to finish people off but that seems to be the uh where linebackers the 80s were key the lawrence taylors or keena turners people like that the safeties now 225 230 pound men that can make the big stop mike moran third in the league with his average of 43.3 tim brown at the other end for the raiders beautiful kick bearcats brown at his 21-yard line and with it a timeout just a few seconds into the second quarter the raiders have the ball and the lead welcome back a penalty five yards ineligible man downfield so iran who had a 55-yard punt we'll kick it again to tim brown pressure and he just got it away another good one brown back to the 27th 40 and written out at the 41. ronnie halliburton the linebacker from lsu the rookie makes the hit 52 yards on the punt 14 the return of tim brown about a 20-yard difference because of that penalty frowned fair caught before this time he was not about to fair catch it because i'm sure he was upset previously chase raider takes the field and we shoot it to new york and bob costas dick here's the way it ended in overtime at soldier field jim harbaugh 50 yards for the game-winner to neil anderson earlier in overtime eddie murray missed a 35-yard field goal into the win so it's 23-17 chicago they're 10-2 they've clinched a wild card and if minnesota beats green bay tonight the bears are the champions of the nfc central and steve smith first down is out to the 43-44 yard line take so many of these back types now that you see are uh like jones of kansas city are do a journeyman job of blocking but they carry the ball at critical times and sometimes they're more valuable than the star running back as as with the raiders smith's always there they really don't have a backup for him but they do have a backup growling and a great player like bo jackson so the smiths of the nfl often are the more valuable guys marcus behind smith's that's blocks when most backs would have gotten nothing made the tackle nowhere to go off tackle it it's just uh well i think those are the kind of calls the coaches need to start thinking about something more important to do because there's just too much denver pursuit and there's mecklenburg cutting the play off just too many people over there to try to get three or four yards they've already proven they can throw the ball against this team get it over with go down the field with it and finish them off 7-3 the raiders lead early in the second quarter ball at the 47th jim brown the third wide receiver in slotted to the right but it's marcus ooh he almost fumbled the hand off and picks up the first down at the 48 of denver he was uh carrying that ball riding on his hip before he had full control it was a sprint draw as they call it where schroeder starts hard to his right and marcus allen just sits there and waits for him see him waiting then breaking it back if marcus was running right toward us that would have been the hole but steve atwater was plugging it from a safety position broncos unable to stop the raiders yet on their two possessions and jay schrader under center don most bar is six four six passing in this first half changing the play there's no reason to move we you know we could hear schrader snap count it certainly didn't sound like one that would pull people no five free yards for the los angeles raiders here the finals early game the winners cincinnati buffalo washington chicago getting a gift perhaps in kansas city big rams and tampa bay victorious late games they're your score san diego now 14-3 over the jets really is playing in seattle against uh sort of a revitalized seattle team houston has to win or they're going to be just about out of it as far as their division is concerned marcus allen to the 38-yard line warren powers and steve atwater are they going to stay with marcus as much as they can i believe in this game uh because he really handles the cold weather well and he's he's been basically the leader now there's beau on the sideline bo jackson has not done this year what he did last year even though the team wasn't nearly as successful you can see 6.8 last year when he came in it was a storm he just took over but they're still with marcus this year he's the guy that knows just where to go without football and there goes allen right into the teeth of the denver defense looking for a yard and a first down last week bo jackson missed two pass protections that really got schrader hit and they don't talk much about it naturally he's such a great star and very visible with everybody but he completely missed an assignment and schroeder took five sacks two of them because uh bo wasn't there so some of these things are rather subtle to the to the public but the coaches the players well the contribution when the raiders win though it's obvious when you saw that last graphic and when they lose jackson doesn't get the ball as often and he is certainly not as productive and it's tough to be on that sideline it's really cold today uh and to stand there and freeze them suddenly jump and go right in the game is really tight first down allen making it by inches how deep he is eight yards from the center fighting for every inch to the 35 earl mecklenburg in a battle of pro stars makes the tackle this is the game mecklenburg likes it's been a full year since he's played this position you see him move laterally and then right up into the hole and when he hits people he stops the question about it the raiders deck are so conservative i i don't think it's wind that's a problem so conservative they kill denver with a pass and they're running that ball second down seven to three raiders had four catches on the opening day this is steve smith and he gets two or three off tackle what you do in this case if they can't get the momentum away from denver or take the momentum when they slug it out like this all it does is give denver more and more confidence in this game what they need to do is get a big play get another score on that board and then see what denver does because denver's the kind of team playing on a motion today not playing sharply uh and of course here's dan reece having to put together a whole murad of different uh problems this year and it says 10th year he's had only two losing seasons and 25 years of pro football as a player assistant at dallas and here in denver the other was a losing season in the strike year of 82 and they went two and seven flags are down two people were moving before the ball was snapped and gold can't juggle that one in marcus allen was suggesting his position and uh brown was in motion at the same time there's your call motion penalty that'll be declined by denver as the passing complete illegal motion number 32 had not set while the man went in motion suddenly refused fourth down it's all on marcus marcus has to be set but the raiders dick played it so darn conservatively in this drive it came down to one third down play instead of going after denver so now they're punting the ball and the longer they go without a score the better denver's chances are but that is almost contradictory to the raider image isn't it the go down field go for the big play and and uh all of a sudden this year they have been more conservative there's been less of that so-called vertical game well this is the game they could use it because denver hasn't shown any pass rush to disrupt the quarterback and schrader and schroeder needs a good day there's gossip aiming for the corner and he hits it a beautiful kick at the 2 3 4 yard line they mark it so denver when we return will start deep in their own ends al davis his top lieutenant you just see his hand now lucasall well al davis knows he's close he knows his organization is so close and he just needs a performances from some of these key guys because the piecers are there they're not perfectly in place yet but they're there but a loss here or another loss or two they'd have to wait another year to get the job done i think he believes he can get it done this year provided some guys start this thing gets into sync because last week dick as you saw the raiders outplay out the game kansas city and they lose the game on a number of uh flukey kind of mistakes on their part houston has kicked the field goal in the second quarter to take a three-nothing lead no other changes in the late game well new orleans has a field goal and has a three-nothing lead to dallas dan reeves tough tough season for him three out of four years he takes his team to the super bowl that looked pretty good on any resume and suddenly you'd think he just don't know how to coach this game this year because he's three and eight look the impact the broncos have on this metropolitan area is unbelievable i was trying to buy some tennis shoes yesterday i said where's the business he says no business everybody's down everybody's depressed the broncos aren't doing well this year so dan has to worry about selling tennis shoes as well as coach's team bobby humphrey gets out to the six or seven yard line and it's not only that even the real estate market apparently is being impacted by the broncos failure to win and of course this historically has been television's best market for pro football in terms of ratings look at this home sale this yesterday's the denver post warm weather dismal broncos season cited for the climb in november because people are on their cars looking for houses instead of watching the games that was the front page of the business section you know when i was shopping yesterday just visiting with some people about the holiday season and the music that was playing and they said how can we have a holiday season we're so depressed because the golfers are losing so everything's dependent on this team in this community sammy winder rather hesitant effort around the right side eddie anderson makes the hit at the nine yard line well you're tested during your career as a coach and this is dan's big test as far as how his team is doing this year and then dealing with all the forces that have worked on his efforts it's uh it's been a number of uh very specific factors that have made a difference well as you can well attest this is where you really learn about yourself your team your organization when you're losing not necessarily when you're in it 35 railway the shotgun and the throw complete to michael young and the sixth year wide receiver from ucla has a first down he was very ill this week had the flu in fact yesterday could barely walk but in there because vance johnson and mark jackson are both hurt runs a slanting pattern elway discussed with us his need to throw the three-step pattern which is our slants and quick patterns or the five-step patterns which are hooking patterns really to the number of steps he takes before he throws or the play pass but they don't want to drop back deep and throw because the pass rush is just too much for their offensive line what is firsthand there's another mistake for left tackle daryl hamilton who is playing for gerald perry dan reeves and he spent about an hour with us yesterday and and you have to admire the toughness of this man he knows the sport loves it aggressive and yet through all of that he said i asked him i said who who's been your counsel is that your old buddy did who do you talk to in your tough times he said my wife pam reeves we've been married 26 years and he said you know i love her more today than i ever have and i thought with all of the bombs exploding around him from the press even his own players that dan was able to look almost with a tear in his eye and say this is the this is the person that really counts she can bring objectivity to all the emotional things that are going around the broncos on and off the field underneath and incomplete the kerry porter order from washington state played a couple of years with the raiders limited roll you know that dick there's there's sort of a scenario to a losing season and there's there you are you start with a hangover you not only lose the super bowl you've lost your third by even a worse mass occurring than the other two and their regular preseason carl mecklenburg was telling me you know first of all we played three extra games because we're in the playoffs in january then we come back and we start in tokyo then injuries close losses off-field distractions six criminal cases involving denver players elway and reeves not communicating a lot of fires oh melvin bratton that one hit him right in the middle well you can hear the crowd they haven't heard this kind of a dif difficulty before from a crowd you know there's sort of an indifferent booing it's not that heavy booing but it's sort of a sigh of oh here we go again but but that scenario is so typical of the losing season the injuries that mount up losing guys for the entire year some for a given week not knowing if they can play or not then a series of close losses which they lose by one point or losing the last seconds and then all these controversial things coming up elway's friendly gets away from howie long gets a block 18 yards well this is what he's done historically to pull his team out on a key down now no way he runs as fast and as quick as he used to be he's taken a lot of punishment over the years but that decisiveness as to what to do and he had a big blitz coming that time and he almost lost uh lost it with terry mcdaniel blissing from a corner spot but those spontaneous plays he's been famous for he just hasn't made as often this year and has shown up on the score he's the second leading rusher here's her number one man bobby humphrey for about five to the 42-yard line tom bempson in the hip humphrey who was well there's michael young and a pack of raiders oh no that's uh shannon sharp from savannah state the rookie and down is lionel washington of los angeles it could have been just a helmet-to-helmet kind of concussion that uh may put him out for a few plays still seven three under five left in the half now you'll see the pulling guard wydell uh porter leading through and humphrey bouncing it outside it looks very good but then watch the collision that occurs with washington and humphrey right there you'll see that and that is basically a concussion that can sort of rattle you washington left the field under his own power just dazed on that hit here's humphrey cutting back inside a la marcus allen his idol in fact said i look forward to playing the raiders because i get to see the man that i tried to pattern my style after and there he is not a bad man to follow in many ways not only as a player but as a citizen on and off the field marcus is the ultimate in a football player a professional true professional and i think uh i honestly i think bobby humphrey needs a lot of touring on and off the field he really does uh he has the same style as marcus and hopefully in his case the same kind of abilities but but uh the consistency you need the concentration you need isn't involved in your passing game what a catch michael young a diving grab he was an outstanding baseball outfielder in college in fact uh had thoughts of a major league career that was a diving play in the alley there's that quick pass that elway was talking about three steps and throw the slant and he hummed it first down at the 45 young second catch and they wanted to work on gary lewis and uh you'll see later tauren dorne two younger players these are the guys that the broncos wanted to work on going for this game lionel washington is okay he's up right on the line of scrimmage as the quarterback on the far side of the field and the tight end goals for the 26. this is the play they opened the game with that was wide open and they waited and timed it beautifully what he did was pull a guard and then they'll pull the left guard and ricky ellison will go flying then they'll release the tide inside of robinson to tie it in and you'll see a big hole developed inside there goes ricky ellison and now there's the throw just inside it was beautifully executed and one of the few plays they felt they had specifically for this raider defense in other words ellison is reading the guard and figures running plays when he pulls and then they just shoot right in behind ricky is so aggressive humphrey reversing this field to make a few yards out of a tough spot as we go back to our nbc 10 minute ticker and houston leading three nothing before half time jets get a touchdown back at san diego indianapolis by seven and new orleans a field goal lead watch out for indianapolis it sounds crazy because they were so bad almost pathetic early in the year but they seem to have it together they'd go six and six with a win today and who knows about the wild cause with that extra deal this year or in the wild card picture instead of two and we're down already to the two-minute time-out denver trying to regain the lead yes to complete some unfinished business the wild card picture of course an extra wildcard team for each of the afc and nfc conferences so that the one of the conference or division winners will play a wild card team and the other two wild controllers you know you can see some momentum being built up by some of the most unlikely teams johnson for their touchdown well that's vinnie gellaway he saw the blitz put vance johnson straight up the field against an excellent cornerback but he but johnson got just one step on lionel washington and then elway threaded the needle right up over the top beautiful catch beautiful throw now that's why denver's been so successful in past years those kinds of plays only his third touchdown of the year for vance johnson the acrobatic catch that fine leaf uh for a former mcaa long jump champion that's part of his great talent but you know dick the raiders have left the broncos back in the game and now the raiders have 155 to try to come back it's 10-7 dan reeves denver team quite a drive for the broncos 96 yards in 12th place a key play was always scrambled for 18 yards on third and long deep in his own end and finally johnson with a touchdown as treadwell line drives one toward ron brown picked off by jamie holland who cut in front of brown and holland is to the 27-yard line 149 left for the raiders to come back they have relinquished the lead timeout 10-70. elway saw the blitz coming he saw single coverage down the field so he runs a beautiful pass play with johnson over the top for the touchdown look at the touch of the throw itself right up over the top of everybody where johnson can reach out in this case washington can't make a play on the ball but the raiders left the broncos back in the game here's bo his first carry of the game and dragged down from behind by mecklenburg at the 35-yard line a pickup of about eight well that's what beau does best beau runs the sweep both guards coming outside you see wisniewski number 76 kicking out the safety man smith and and uh bull breaking back inside of it so that's the kind of play you'll see with bow in the ball game but bill the clock is swimming 120 they're running when they've got bow back in the game this is where mark maybe they know something we don't jackson about one player away from a long one has a first down at the 46 and the raiders goal time was 108 left in the half and marcus now is the cheerleader on the sidelines it's 10-7 the underdog broncos at home a day with a chill factor under 10 a team that's three and eight and yet you don't see many empty seats here at mile eye stadium he's faithful for pro football watch as in the final minute our first half raider goes to work and there's another wide open receiver mervin fernandez and the first down inside the denver 40-yard line well there is a formula for the raiders to win today because schrader is getting all the time he needs fernandez is running a comeback pattern sprinting down the field then cutting it off wide open down the field robin's a safety man trying to cover him a safety trying to cover him playing corner today that's the formula to win no question about it with a minute left in the half the raiders need a score right now fernando's first catch of today is 39th with 22 seconds back on the 25-second clock for 22 seconds back up there thank you little clock playing the sideline is being reviewed gene barth the referee apparently fernandez close to the sidelines we'll give you the results of that but first to bob costas in new york dick just before halftime at the kingdome here's chris warren on the sweep one yard touchdown run seattle takes a 7-3 lead to the locker room against houston the oilers need the win to keep up with the bengals atop the afc central oilers enter at six and five bengals are seven and five after beating pittsburgh earlier dick all right bob and here is a look at what the instant replay officials were discerning and it appears fernand is well inside the line no problem there but all the time schrader has first down trailing ten to seven times finally it breaks down in the first sack of the day goes to tim lucas his first perhaps as a pro he's been a special teams guy in his four years here out of california as a free agent warren powers got a piece of it as well jay schroeder had the ball five full seconds before he threw it that time the clock is running they don't call time here and on second down it looked like bo jackson left i'm not sure he had somebody to block or not but now they'll get time they can make a play they have enough time to get three points out of this block now they're certainly casual about it however strain knocked away and almost intercepted by ron holmes the veteran from washington that's the lack of pass rush they tried to screen without a pass rush ron holmes was still on the line of scrimmage you'll see him right in front of us being blocked completely blocked and then he just reaches out and and taps the ball because he hasn't gone anywhere yet the whole idea the screen is to get three or four men in on the quarterback and throw over them the only man that penetrated was mecklenburg so third in 17 26 seconds for schroeder to try to at least get into field position for a three-pointer look for willie gall number 83 at the bottom of the screen to run down 20 yards and break back to the inside straighter rolling to that triple left formation and hits horton the tight end at the 39-yard line that won't be good enough for a first down fox running and schrader apparently will not try to stop it other than to bring well now he does with 14 seconds left and 10-7 denver well those fans across the way enjoying what's left of the sun on this december first sunday the 90s about quarter after three denver time and with that win that really gusts at times in the 30s it is a real test of fandom dick can you feel your feet i don't know if i haven't they're frozen this is a fourth and seven for schrader again look at the time incomplete and with eight seconds left the broncos have held them take over on downs well the raiders will have 30 minutes to stay in the race it's that simple they got 30 minutes in art shell and visiting with him before the game he said it last week now this week a five game season is what it is it's a five game season now it's a four games and a half season ron holmes as you can see number 90 broke up the play the big defensive end was able to tip schrader's pass intended for gold one of the problems with the broncos is a lack of pass rush but holmes around the line of scrimmage has made two plays well at the 37 dan reeves has eight seconds will elway uh along with loose hoping the baby receiver can get out of bounds in a long field goal fire will they play at sea they'll play it safe fans don't like the flag goes down so hold on there's a flag on the play the linesman across the way toss the flag both teams are heading for the warmth of the locker room in this case it's really uh gonna have a tough time getting him back there's no foul in the play no spot on the play that's right and we will have more halftime after we pause for these words from your local station 30 year old john elway a former yankee minor league outfielder tuning up along the sidelines and it was always legs and arm that led to the touchdown drive that gives the broncos the lead 10-7 here at the intermission he made a spontaneous run he hasn't done much of that this year and he broke out against the blitz and you'll see him come to the outside a hole opens up right in front of him and those old instincts are still there he doesn't run like he used to but he knows where to go once he's got the ball look at him go for that first down right up over the top on third and 15 deep in his own end and this perfect touch pass ricky ellison blitzing on the right of the screen john senses the blitz knows he has man-to-man throws it right up over the top now that's a picture play dick it really sense throughout the course of that first half bill walsh that you were frustrated and anxious about the raiders with all that time schroeder had to pass and yet they didn't go to the past but 11 times well i've never seen more time for for a quarterback to throw the ball the broncos were rushing three people most of the time on first down now watch the amount of time schrader has and then finally when he does throw notice there's no one around him he's all by himself and he still has a little trouble completing that pass but the raiders are going to have to throw if they want the division this year throw in this next 30 minutes well the good news for the fans in terms of the weather the chill factor is up to eight degrees the bad news is the temperatures dropped to 33. [Music] halftime statistics very even in first downs broncos out rushing the raiders who seem bent on running the ball themselves total yards 29 plus to the broncos no turnovers in this cold weather and that's somewhat of a surprise raiders have possession time betrayal 10-7 and los angeles will get the ball to start the second half one of the most interesting stats is the raiders on first down are averaging 2.4 a carrier in other words running the ball almost automatically on every first down and the broncos have had a lot more uh imagination and creativity in what they've done and that's kept them in this ball game their raiders have to throw it's that simple and i i would assume they figured that out at halftime and talked about it and tele broncos can put pressure on schrader he should sit back there and throw the ball and get it over with otherwise uh the broncos are inspired enough if you want to call it and 10 and up on winning this game they can get away with it well the winds strong enough they're gonna have to hold it for treadwell the pressure on denver is a different sort that is leading at the half this year they've led nine times at the half and lost six of those games three and six one ahead at halftime this would be the tenth game in which denver has enjoyed the advantage going into the second half as treadwell it's a sidewinder right over jamie holland's head and the raiders will start from the 20-yard line kansas city has already won impressively barry word with over 100 yards rushing steve deberg over 300 yards passing today at new england so the raiders need to win in order to move into a tie and next week while the raiders are in detroit for a monday night date for with the lions it'll be denver and kansas city the four o'clock game there's our lineup next sunday it all starts at 12 30 eastern time the chiefs may have the momentum now to go right through the year they may have it but on the other hand denver with elbow going into kansas city have had a lot of success a lot of luck so the the chiefs have another big big obstacle obstacle excuse me it's cold like gnarly talk to get over uh in order to get the division here comes jay schroeder first seven games won six of those and look at his percentage touchdowns interception last four games winning only one of the four forty three point eight percent no touchdown he's got bow in the backfield there so expect to carry that football now they come out throwing the quick hits to gold exactly the way they started the football game with golf catching two of those little quick hitch passes from the wyman henderson well wyman henderson on the outside and randy robbins on the other side you don't have great coverage people it's that simple and schroeder in speaking with him mike white visiting with him they know they can throw the ball outside against the broncos this week because they're just mismatched too many injuries affecting he went them braxton who was the best cover man and that's the defensive cornerback here goes beau for a first down he certainly gets your heartbeat going if you're a denver bronco fan because it looks every carry as if he's about ready to break one a long way tackle is made from the side on boat even if he does make a yard he gets here so quick that he's almost by people by the time they make contact you can see marcus allen harnessed by the denver defense less than two yards of carry jackson more productive as he came in late in the first half so it's beau that gets to start during the second half first down at the 31. jackson go ahead and say it bill i i'm afraid i'm going to drive the viewers away from their sets if i just keep harping on the fact that raiders have to throw the football they've got everything hanging in the balance here they've got to win this game a lot of teams are creeping up like indianapolis even seattle are creeping up if the raiders would lose this game they'd only be ahead by one game for the wild card spot so they they have to win this and they've got something going for it they've got mismatches on the corner and they don't they're not getting a pass rush that should bother traders over the time again and underneath to fernandez and a first down at the 40 well it'll be close right at the 42-yard line it'll be determined by the spot michael brooks made the tackle first down los angeles now don't come out with a run on first down just throw the ball and maybe on second down give it to bo my stacking like i like this no i like to hear this indeed along with the weakness at the corners on the cover today with the entries to mark munford and simon fletcher dan reeves is playing two outside linebackers tim lucas and ronnie halliburton that are inexperienced oh there it is and too far for willie gold steve atwater had come over to help out wyman henderson don moespar the center let's watch him at work against craig and two pro bowl types mozbar gets some help from montoya and he gets some help with winooski that that inside combination for the raiders is among the very best and of course is centered by don mosbar at six six he's really i'm sure he's the tallest center in football maybe the tallest of the game is seen but he gets that rear end way too low he's got to stay down low because that height isn't a real advantage across the 45 a gain of about five and a flag and that could be a face mask ron holmes was one of the tacklers along with brooks and henderson often it's holding on a tight end if one of the deep judges come running up yeah that's right jane barth the man in the white hat the referee that'll negate a five yard gain by bo jackson if indeed denver takes the penalty well marcus is back so you'd have to assume the raiders are going to throw at this point here comes their ring nickelback 88 hop in 10 yards play the second half right hand ethan horton now herc is having a great year he's become a uh a good solid blocker he still has some skills as a runner as a pass receiver uh after the catch and mike diaz he's a strength in dial spec and he had a fine year last year did dial he was the number three receiver he had 27 catches played so well he continues to start although that was dial's job at the start of the year tim brown is in as the third wide receiver they give it to marcus fine tackle by ron holmes was able to fight off a blocker and get marcus just as he was slipping away holmes who was a hold out earlier in the year and that was part of the continuing problems for denver back in september unhappy good trap block by max montoya too many people up there good example of uh someone like steve atwater number 27 he plays linebacker and a nickelodeon dennis smith right in his hands as tim brown the receiver overshot by schrader well that's the first break of the game for the raiders because the ball was clearly thrown too high and it's a tough throw a post pattern in that situation is tough because you'll notice him having getting all the protection he needs but then throwing it over the top of raider of uh bronco defenders that was so tough to put in there over the top of robbins the number 48 who is underneath the receiver well they got that about the 32 on an interception let's see where they get it on a punt as jeff gossett averaging 38.9 on the year kevin clark for the broncos of the 20. beautiful very high spark gets a nice little block but a flag goes down with it at the 25-yard line and the raiders now are saying that they've stolen the ball from clark [Music] and it's against the raiders anyway so they'll have to re-kick it man downfield prematurely clark it's just contagious isn't it some teams are able to get through a whole year never lose a key player or only a few and others that just one after another compound 84 illegally downfield for the kicking team coming refused first down that's a surprise they're going to take that pot a good one by the raiders time out third period little cold here in denver proper but out the rockies ski people love it they'll be making snow tonight should have some demand but it does get a little chilly really different from the san francisco uh the rancho santa fe well that's it you just had a birthday as you get older you the cold bothers you more broncos 47-yard pawn seven yard on the return and always starts at the 25 humphrey for about three bob golic and others on the tackle let's check the scoreboard hertz on the 10-minute ticker seattle 7-3 early in the second half san diego marion butts is over the thousand-yard mark scored two touchdowns for the chargers today indianapolis will be cut to four by the cardinals and it's new orleans steve walsh the former cowboy quarterback now against troy aikman and dallas and it's 10-7 run and shoot houston destroying uh buffalo last week and they they've got three points against seattle under pressure yard line in a fine play by terry mcdaniel no elway throwing a dangerous sideline pass i bet he wishes he had he heard that one people had that one back oh that was just at the last instant he looked over there and tried to drill it and in the past i think john elway would have run with a ball but he's just not moving this year like he did now you see the sliding position but mcdaniel sees that coming all the way and you just don't want to ever throw a ball when the defender is parallel to the receiver because then the defender can step right up inside of it first let's see what the raiders do they need seven points dick they three points aren't going to do it they've got to get the ball into the end zone it's the biggest driver of the year so far for their raiders right now trailing 10 to 7 9 42 left in the third period bow in motion and wide open his goal the other way and the first down at the 10. that was a good call wyman henderson made the tackle galt and henderson is is a is a mismatch henderson's had a good year because he's a good technician but he's got one of the fastest people willie burst and just turns henderson around now good throw now that's what they needed on first down sixth catch for willy today 39 on the season they can get a first down without a touchdown just outside the 10. barry mcdaniels first interception of the year positioning the later or does he yes now they signal bo jackson oh did he steamroll that defender he bounced through people you did you see the determination he had to get in that end zone it just wasn't any way to stop him a beautiful job of taking the ball and naturally smith right in front of front of him a key block but watch bo just break cringle those tackles what athletic ability that's what i used to do when i was much younger dick just died from about the 20 i heard never had the ball no that was a drive that's the raiders bo jackson's first touchdown since his first game after his kansas city royal season ended so the royal raider running right over michael brooks number 56 has given los angeles the lead 13 to 10. this is uh what al davis put together he got gulp from the bears he signed bo in a sort of a very special way i guess you put it away from everybody and they just paid off the two of them point after 14-10 for the first turnover of the game in denver again so many of elway's interceptions in the second half and bo jackson the former decathlete champion from mississippi vaults for six vincent edward bo jackson has given the raiders the lead terry mcdaniel set the table with his first interception of the season to 10 and jager kicks it off and fairly short the helton montgomery the rookie from houston feeling his way to the 23. really broncos have had trouble in the second half this year and so is john elway one interception this season in the first half and 10 of his 11 in the second half including that last throw that mcdaniel picked off there's just been a serious loss of confidence on the part of the broncos after being such big winners for so many years any number of reasons but the office deal problems with players the controversy in a sense of the disruption with dan reason and john elway probably not real serious but it's a factor but they've lost confidence as a team bobby humphrey he loses a yard that off tackle play dick i swear that automatic first and ten hit what are they after you get three or four yards it's still not going to do it for you points first half but dramatically positive interceptions 1 and 13 that includes kubiak's interceptions when he replaced the railway against minnesota plus five turnover in the first half for denver minus 14 and dan reeves really focuses on that statistic that turnover differential feels for victory or debut for short yachted to the 27th tom benson tripped him up along with mike hardy elway checking the clock 7 49 and running third period you know mike harden uh having played here in denver now with the raiders he's noted a loss of confidence in the team that he once played for just a different sort of mindset that is different than he's ever seen still living in town here and third down lots of times now throws underneath and it's going to be close as mark jackson makes the catch right at the yard sticks jackson's first catch today he was banged up a knee against detroit in that thanksgiving day game and vance johnson who has a touchdown catch both a cap and a foot problem and that was just enough for the boyish product of chicago illinois and purdue university mark jackson you know daryl daryl hamilton the left tackle number 69 has done a pretty good job on great towns and the raiders because townsend really hasn't impacted elway in any way and townsend is the best pass rusher for the raiders and one of the best in football so the young guy daryl hamilton who i believe has a real future it will take a couple of years but seeing a very very good offensive line doing a great beating the play job and the throw to kerry porter who has his first yards of this season as a denver bronco his first catch here's a good look at number 69 daryl hamilton with 93 who's super strong and super quick he just gets the job done uh and last week he had uh derrick thomas he's had the best people michael colbert he's had yeah for it was i'm sorry we did that thanksgiving game and he's done reasonably well five yards on that first down throw by elway the porter there's the fake awake pounds and rips him down the first sack of the game for the raiders and for townsend his 11th and a half on the year one of the leaders in the nfl daryl hamilton had to block aggressively that time for the first time because they were faking a run you see him blocked down to the inside and a guard why dale come out to try to get townsend so it wasn't hamilton it was rydell pulling and expecting to pass protect once he got there that's the same play that denver had two good gains with earlier this time the raiders are ready those special plays you can only go to oh maybe one or two times a game after that the defense usually hasn't figured out third and long in shotgun down the middle oh what a catch sliding under three raiders ricky natiel the raiders already trapped it how did the ball get in there scott davis was all over elway that time and elway still got it off good move washington in behind it looks like he got it what a throw it's the only spot where it could have been complete lionel washington again with great coverage get a good look from that but it was a nice job of sort of sliding under the ball to get get it and try to get your body or your hands underneath it here it is again first catch of the day he's been playing with a limp for the last year with bad bad knee injuries suffered last season taken from the speed away from the former florida star from midfield it's bobby humphrey getting three yards ricky ellison up on top with plenty of help from the defensive line underneath for all intents and purposes the denver offensive line shouldn't be able to do much with these raiders the raiders are healthy they're strong they're determined in denver playing with hamilton and dave weidel as an example other people banged up shouldn't be able to get away with it saw dan reeves he had quite a session with his team on monday the first time this year he made all the team look at the entire thanksgiving day game he just felt that after looking fulfillment against his former teammates you know in that detroit game during that loss dan felt that the team was playing pretty well and trying hard when he saw the tapes he was shocked how poorly they played so he put his whole team through it this is a nice shot of throwing the ball inside porter lined up was a wide receiver using a defensive back uh safety man to cover him and then just running a little delay pattern well it's the kill wide to the near side and to the far side it's shannon sharp the rookie from savannah state he's a target sterling the great receiver for green bay diving off that left side of the 30 and let's go to our 10-minute perch ticker these are the finals cincinnati winning second victory over the steelers buffalo holds out against philly washington over miami in overtime the bears kansas city pounds new england rams over cleveland it was tampa bay beating atlanta late games 10-3 seattle east houston san diego by a touchdown over the jets at home in the third indianapolis 5-4 against phoenix in arizona and new orleans now opens a six-point advantage against the cowboys in dallas and there's the former cowboy 24 years in football eight of those years dan reeves was at the super bowl as a player and coach second and five wide open porter good move he's got a first down at the 20. after the fake porter faked inside then came out in the flat and it looks as though benson the linebacker 54 fails to cover him you see him get lost and no one outside with porter so the play pass fool both ricky ellison and vincent and no one covered florida ricky ellison put a big hit on porter who comes out three catches on this drive first down up to 20. less than two minutes left third quarter los angeles raiders lead 14 to 10. humphrey running well he's looking for that elusive 100 yard day he had plenty earlier in the year than the ankle injury and he's got 79 yards this afternoon he thinks he's a failure unless he gets 100 yards he's grown to anticipate that he has have uh the entire team that time doug rydell was going to trap again to the left side humphreys had at least four good five yard gains over there this time humphrey broke it back behind the pursuit second and four on humphrey's six-yard pickup this is the 12th play of the drive consuming every 90 minutes humphrey good hole gee that's working to the 11 it'll be shy by a yard of a first down they're running that left side dave rydell just a young guy of course the brother of doug doug's pulling and dave is double teaming so the two of them are working beautifully together with doug coming right up inside through the hole beautiful job this is some real action look at this that's the rivalry it's a first down hard earned two yards for humphrey at 201 pounds denver team a lot of credit for coming out to win this ball game just determined to play it they could have gone on the tank like a lot of teams do as the year passes when they're out of contention but these guys because of uh an owner like pat bolin and the coaching staff just come out and play their game hey this crowd they may care too much as you've indicated even the economy revolving around whether the denver broncos win or lose but look at the testimony to the love of this sport in this town on a very cold sunday you're gonna have to search to find a few hundred that did not use their tickets today in this crowd of 76 000. these are fans of course a lot of them will make their way to miami we'll see university of colorado against notre dame orange bowl on january 1st 1991 here on nbc that colorado game can you believe how frustrated the colorado coaches and players were now they have another chance to be number use the final one kick away end of three with denver threatening to regain the lead and we'll be back after these messages from your local station welcome back to the fourth quarter dan reeves talking to his team in john elway and then an invader a raider drake thousand reasons get those out of here a ball at the 10 yard line as we start this fourth quarter first and ten first and goal as elway delivers it wide and away from trouble jerry porter was out there jerry robinson came right into that coverage quarter porter trying to break into the flat again as he had done uh just a few plays ago but this time jerry robinson was right on top so they did make an adjustment and handle the play who was the number one pick of the eagles way back in 79 migrating back to los angeles where he played his pleasure played against our shell in the super bowl in 1980 the writers beat the eagles he was on the losing side oh surprised to go to the running play on second and long and humphrey didn't fool the raiders well they've hit it every play they've made yardage every time they've tried that that play in which mydell pulls and the and humphrey follows him in there but this time their raiders were ready for it it's tougher at this point on the field too dick because everything's so condensed with that goal line right behind the defenders so you'll see the guard pull and humphrey break right in behind it but nowhere to go that time it's the first time they've stopped it and did they need to 16th play of this drive fourth quarter raiders 14 broncos 10 third and goal out of the backfield a fine catch by winder but he can't get in the past was a difficult one for him to catch had even able to catch that in his running rhythm it might have been a touchdown but he had to stop all his momentum just to grab the ball it was a delayed screen and finally they throw it outside the winder and he's there but jerry roberts is the only guy left he dives and makes the stop did a beautiful job of recovering because he's the only guy there i'd assume he had coverage but karts was out there the center to make a block and they just missed getting it done when you're three and eight you go for the field goal in 14-13 do you fake it let's see here's treadwell 21-yard attempt they take the easy three there was 13 minutes 24 seconds left some of the fans didn't like the call but reeves is within one dan reeves denver broncos have 14-13 treadwell's kick into the wedge and the return out to the 30-yard line and while we have a quick break here let's go to nfl new york and bob costas all right dick indianapolis lengthens its lead at phoenix jeff george little slant pattern to jesse hester's six yard touchdown george's second td pass of the day and the colts trying to win their fourth in a row and even their record at six and six very much in the wild card chase leading the cardinals 17-6 in the third all right bob jeff george this year troy aikman the number one pick of the draft of the year for those who are young guys leading by a point plenty of times 13 minutes plus in the fourth and proud time to help the defense bo jackson what a move and finally written out of bounds by wyman henderson and look at ronnie halliburton he can't believe he didn't bring down bojacks he didn't even slow him down bo just jumped around him and what acceleration see beau with a ball look at this he just makes a man avoid halverson had him and then that speed to the outside you just can't overestimate enough the speed that beau has when he starts spinning somewhere we couldn't show you the rest of that because what halliburton was said saying turn the set blast a loss of three but bow turns it into a gain of six here's willy galt and another little quick hitch on the outside gains a first down halliburton made the tackle and what a day for gold seven catches 84 yards he needed to break out and schroeder needed to break out so everything's sort of hangs in the balance now but you must say that that uh schroeder is playing with a lot of confidence and self-assuredness in spite of all the oaths in spite of all the uh adverse publicity and all the undercurrent on the on the team itself the guys come out and play the good football game and again it takes three men to bring him down but they do drop him for a loss dennis smith was the third man on the scene after slowed up by warren powers and ronnie halliburton montoya and wright pulled on that counter oprah you see them both pulling there's nowhere to go and that's the first time they've run that play all day they had no reason i don't think to to think that it would work there's some other things that are working they have to keep going too namely the forward pass fernando is to the right bald left smith and bo jackson behind traitor look at the time again right down the middle oh fernandez dropped the first down at the 42. that was they're a beautiful troll good pass protection beautiful drill fernandez may have wanted to go start running before he caught it and that's uh he's a real pro he does that very many times it is going to cost the raiders you're not paying a guy to do that well he's a former canadian football league star and he's used to the cold weather look as if he tried to embrace that rather than getting his hands on it to drop a ball marcus allen replaces bo jackson outstanding receiver is allen and a good pass protector and crater goes down mecklenburg gets the sack it looked like mecklenburg came back underneath to get the stop he came back underneath there it is he got inside of graves and dick remember last year talking about graves all year he can't handle a guy that starts up the field comes back underneath and he hasn't corrected that problem vance johnson injuries and all is back to return the punt with clark injured earlier today well with 10 57 left the broncos are going to get the ball gossip wobbly boot johnson fair catch oh he had some money room 32 yard line 10 44 remain and oops there goes another scuffle the fourth today flags are down more flags fly again the odds are too high it's too important for the raiders to have anything go wrong now they're going for the division title and hopefully the championship even things like this where people are running around getting in fights and shoving each other and grabbing face masks this this just isn't disciplined enough to get it done it may come out okay right here but it may not and that's what can kill him gene barth uh hearing all evidence oh you saw our chill there a moment ago he was hot hall of famer of a year ago you know he was a little uh his eyes kind of riveted on us when we asked him about steve burlin yesterday and how could you keep uh steve berlin who was your number one quarterback all last year when you took over as head coach here hasn't suited for one game all year he held out early and vince evans he said is my number two quarterback and steve berlin is my number three quarterback yes yes against the receiving team illegal for 10 yards so they mark it back to the 21. there it is right from behind oh on a fair catch what's he blocking for anyway and then the scuffle that ensued and now we have a timeout with 10 of 44 or do we let's hold but it isn't room for any personal any personal differences or fights or individual things right now the raiders have to be a precision football team at this point this other stuff they get lucky with them is that should have been a 15 that was pretty close to a good old-fashioned clip wasn't it it sure was but the raiders were halfway fortunate there because how would they know this would happen dude that's kind of stuff there's there just isn't room for it when you're going for the championship now the time out back in denver in a look at the xerox 10-minute ticker warren moon has just done a td pass to venice gibbons two yards to tie it at 10. san diego still leading 24-10 toliver to anthony miller a touchdown there jennings has just scored with 17-13 indianapolis and the 1413 goddess of new orleans domination pass to thompson elway on first down goes to the tight end again for just a couple of yards clarence k on a slam to the sidelines well covered by the raiders mike harden this guy harden is really tough the raiders are tough but i just i don't want to harp on it too much but that fight situation just a minute ago you don't want to let the officials decide for you whether you're right or not you just want to play the game a reminder at the end of today's broadcast mcdonald's will be announcing and finally out of bounds jerry robinson after a gain of two he could have lost 20 on him no way in the words of how he long as we chatted with him yesterday and it was with uh as much empathy as a defensive lineman can have for quarterback how he said you know he just he's hurt and i can just see it on the film he's just not the same guy he calls him john like there's an eternal feeling and a respect that he can tell he's hurting and uh and he is he's not having his kind of year and uh short to mark jackson and denver will have to punt well now is the time for bo jackson to take the game over and just for the raiders to consume time and ram it down denver's throat this is the time to do it the one interception they don't want to lose fuel position once they get this punt if they if they give it up again denver should get it inside their tent the raiders have to think of it that way just ram it right at them elway leave the one interception by mcdaniel led to the bow jackson touchdown which is the difference in the game 14-13 the left quarter of haran sends up a soft spiral and a fair catch tim brown at the 38-yard line of the raiders another fight dick down below us what are they doing there's so much on the imbalance and these guys are ready to fight people that was lionel washington you know an excellent player but why have confrontations get off the field let your offense come out and win the game for you i'm out with 9 19 to go in the fourth quarter raiders 14 denver 13. tight for the raiders just a one-point lead nine minutes 19 seconds to spend to stay with kansas city in the afc west seven of the 14 afc teams starting today tied for first place cincinnati's moved ahead of pittsburgh maybe houston in the center buffalo you know that's like muhammad ali or something so fast and so sharp and hit so quick that you're stunned the guy's trying to tackle you he's really beating the defenders to the punch that's the greatness that this guy has as an athlete 62-yard touchdown barreling through the defense beau jackson who now has 99 yards and just eight carries today and a couple of schools he gets the point to give the raiders the eight point lead and it's blocked very big play so rather than leading by two touchdowns or more than a touchdown denver stays within seven as wyman henderson it appeared blocked the extra point on a bad snap handle of the ball it looks over the snaps a little far inside but it just wasn't handled it's that simple it wasn't handled so that gives denver hope a touchdown extra point with ty nine minutes to go so beau jackson stunning this crowd with a 62-yard touchdown run breaking four or five tackles on the way to give the raiders a seven point lead they could have had an eight point advantage but on the handling of the snap on the extra point the loss of time and henderson blocks for denver blake is looking for michigan state lets it go through for the touch back and let's go back to the touchdown something to appreciate jackson like a bowling ball he does a beautiful job there's some excellent blocking here but you'll see him break and then break a number of tackles and then use his speed it's just a beautiful job all the way fine blocking by right coming off as a right tackle and doing an excellent job and then then breaking he hits so hard he actually stuns the tackle six men had their hands on him now mind you three of them was barely a pad a touch but those last two that took the blow as marcus allen the first man there to hug bo jackson that's one of the reasons why marcus that's a great value including support trailing by seven and humphrey to the twenty four denver's gonna have to come up with a big place somewhere to get a good part of this yardage i don't think they can drive 80 yards against a raider defense so it's going to take a 30 or 40 yard play of some kind most likely obviously the uh the broncos have not lost five in a row they've come into this game four straight defeats have not lost five in a row since 1972 is it 1967 23 years ago always trying to get that illusion not that way it was scott davis flushing him ahead and howie long making the tackle davis was the guy dick scott davis came right up inside and john elway wanted to throw to his left but davis just took and pushed his own lineman right back into it you see him there unleashed on elway with elway nowhere to go when they come inside like that on you you can't you can't avoid them has this guy improved and of course this one's a great number 75 but scott davis melroy is becoming more and more a major lake football player by the way major league almost intercepted mcdaniel again with excellent position i'm michael young and the more you see terry mcdaniel he's going to get some pro bowl votes the games we have seen mcdaniel he's played as tough a corner as anyone in the league and you know coming out people are worried about his all-out speed and he worried about his quickness knowing he was a great hitter no three and out again for denver that's two straight possessions and moran to punt to tim brown i'm sure the denver defense is thinking oh here comes bo again seven point game good spiral and brown taking no chances bear catches the ball just about the same spot to last ran fine at the 37 a 47-yard kick no return i would guess james garner rooting for his favorite team the raiders back in los angeles tonight dick this is the combination a lot of fans wonder why you don't have every play marcus allen and bow in the same backfield and it's beau cut down at the 39 tim lucas made the tackle steve had water with the assist at this point at this point schrader's key job if not throwing is to look at the clock and take every second he can now there's marcus allen at the bottom of the screen bouncing one man out then going for another one the schrader's job now is to watch that clock and take every second he can off of it he's down to 19. he shouldn't let it get down to four or five before he snaps the ball but he's not gonna do it on the right wing we'll go the other way and close to an intersection the flag goes down but oh my willy galt was the intended receiver henderson appeared to be going for the ball with gold but galt with better position than the flags fly looked like they both collided just going for a ball i didn't see any incense out there at all any intent to to play anything but the ball they still saw it differently down at the denver 48th you don't see anything there's there's two people going for a football look and the contact was right as the ball arrived no first down and a chance to chew up more time for the raiders who lead it by seven twenty to thirteen whoa with two touchdowns today don't go out of bounds paul all but about three orange shirts to finally get jackson off the field to play well he can sense it right now he's got marcus sitting there to block for marcus comes out on the safety man smith and bo bounces it all the way but at this point bull shouldn't there he switches it hands that's good but going out of bounds you almost have to start thinking about that now but the clock does run here and won't stop on the out of bounds until after the five minute mark so schrader still has 16 seconds on the play clock so he can stand up there and look at the defense for a good time second down and nine for gold that players worked all day in front of wyman henderson plays it very loose on that corner respecting the superior speed of willy galt who now has eight catches 91 yards well earlier i was saying uh go to the pass now i'm saying i'd say go to the run take every second off that clock and don't take a chance with that ball bouncing off somebody's passing and giving up an interception third down and three short three at the 41. marcus has come out here as a flanker with close wide receivers at the top of the screen now he's going to have a safety man out here covering it beau gets the carry first down and more easily to the 35-yard line let's quickly check the other scores the late scores in the nfl today as los angeles in control the ball and a seven point lead houston seattle tied san diego by 14 at home they go for their sixth win indianapolis and phoenix that game still in doubt and dallas buy just one against the saints that dallas team sure improved in one year they're going to really be a factor they have a number of draft graphics on that dallas team and a lot there are those that would say trade a number of those and to get great players in the early or first round so it'll be interesting to see what dallas does as a message first down to golf between six and nine yards ten nine on that play henderson out there on an island he has to play fairly loose because gold would just fly right by him if he played too tightly and gold just goes out stops there's the pass another big gain and for goal probably a career game in terms of number of catches nine yardages have more we'll check elliot cal check the animals and see if gulf ever had more receptions in a game this is good for schroeder unless it's still still time to to make a mistake but schreider has certainly shown us something today meanwhile that clock eats away 445 left allen up the middle flags go down that will stop the clock allen appeared to have the first down yardage and carl mecklenburg now comes off holding his right arm penalty against the raiders and that is not good news oh the devastation on defense for dan reeves ball club mecklenburg at the right of the screen coming back to the inside and pursuing and it could be a nerve problem in the shoulder it appears more of that than anything they call it a stinger and it should get better pretty quickly it looks as if already he's holding it as if getting feeling back in his hands 4 41 the clock does stop inside the five-minute mark again marcus is a wide receiver second and ten oh holmes we're going to be careful hernandez makes the catch no flag is down now that throw was a troubled throw dick uh schroeder threw that ball late and two people went for it unfortunately a raider got it but at this point in the game there's no need to do that there's really no need to do that because you just you don't afford a chance for the other team to get a break or make a big play on you denver has used one of its timeouts with 427 to go it'll be third and three when we come back back to mile high country denver colorado now you'll see steve wisniewski working on homes and he's becoming a real pro holmes has beaten him badly and he simply uses the old arm around the uh foot trick and gets him down and the umpire couldn't see it because it was sort of walled off from both him and the referee so steven is becoming a true nfl quote third down as denver is used to time out they need to stop the raiders here and hope they can't kick the field goal it's greater to throw fernandez trying the one-handed catch and randy robbins breaks it up so easy to second guess from up here dick i guess i'm starting to be a real analyst why throw that pass in this situation po jackson just made five yards to previous third and three and he's hammering at the defense the defense is banged up and that pass could have got him in trouble but also stop the clock jeff jaeger will try a long field goal that will all but put it out of sight for denver but it's a tough one 46 yards he has the wind at his back but it's a swirling win he missed his extra point on the last touchdown but this one is boom through there and the raiders lead by 10. now that was a critical kick that was one that can bulge you into the playoffs jaeger from 46 and the raider lead is now 23-13 elsewhere other nfl action for an update let's go to new york and bob well costas it seems like only moments ago that phoenix trailed indy 17 the lead 20 to 17. [Music] your young son keith will just love that call it was a wacky funster i'm gonna write that one down what a play jeff jagger tease it up quarterback schrader says honey we'll be home looks like we'll still be tied for first just at the critical time schroeder comes through just at the critical time goal gets a chance and beau makes the big play it all fit together well for the raiders jagger hits this one out aside they'll take the touchdress by the way willie gall does indeed have a career-high nine catches today for 99 yards his best yard is 133 when he was with the bears against denver by the way derrick thomas who led the nfl and sacks with 15 ever since that record seven sack day is now tied he didn't play today by the way in new england bruce smith with the couple for buffalo is now tied with thomas and thomas if he's healthy we'll go against these denver broncos at home and you'll see that game is the late game on nbc and there's your early lineup all starts with bob and the gang in new york at 12 30 eastern young at the 40. it'll really be interesting to see if uh well i know dan can do it dan reeves get his team back and get it back and ready for an arch rival kansas city next week and traveling in there to play denver's really tested all the way and speaking with dan he he's really concerned how they finished his season how they feel about themselves in the off season because it's almost natural if this kind of thing happens to a team after all our success things go against them but in a sense it can bond them together and they'll be that much better next year and that's after the 49 short of the first down with just under four minutes left elway will carry his team after the line of scrimmage lead 10 in a hurry or they'll lose five in a row and you have to go back to 67 when bob scarputo and steve timsey and floyd little were playing for the broncos soft sides on the raiders well that's a break that old trick that townsend just pulled is uh you know that one's for the books townsend was behind the wasn't even on the other side of the line of scrimmage and the ball was snapped i think that's 93 on the side five yards penalty well greg was trying to take as much time off the clock force all the way to wait but you see he didn't get back quickly enough into the neutral zone now oh some 20 years ago that was really uh an effective way to to style and stop right but once the ball is set and they've got a reasonable time and pounds and stretched it a little too far first down in front of elvis coast patterson the ball was thrown with elway slightly off balance he had to drill it hard and still he almost got a catch out of it almost got a completion is really hit by white hill oh towns and working on doug wydell the second year guard rydell came out beautifully just timed it caught townsend coming off another block that's just part of the game no he's getting the fight over that that's just footsteps and that way quickly i'm saying get the formation well they're still in the game he's got to hit a strike here in the next couple of plays but they're still in it elway with 39 yards rushing today 20 on that play this side and young heading for the sidelines doesn't get out of bounds tackle made by gary lewis number 21 the rookie from alcorn state the raiders are trying to substitute defenses now and they may or may not get their people in and out quickly enough always calling the play at the line that gave the raiders a chance to do it on first down inside the 20. that'll stop the clock the raiders went to a three-man rush three linemen just to zone off and slow denver down so they couldn't get in the end zone so quickly they're concerned now about the clock so so go lake is back in and in townsend the the key pass rusher he's worn out maybe it's the altitude because where we are this is a little higher than uh the los angeles basin so the air is thin but he is worn out he's searching for some o2 drago was the star of the watts wildcats and top waterfall around the coliseum and cops in california went to tcu for his collegiate days and was delighted to be drafted by his home team the raiders although his favorite was dwayne thomas he said well i like those high kicking strides of dwayne thomas he said when i played that's what i tried the emulator you emulated amos alonso stag that's what you try to copy here from woodrow wilson after 16 with 240 results heading to the sidelines picks up some more yardage and stops the clock used only seven seconds on that play it's short of a first down by a couple elevate the greatness of an elwood there's townsend on the sideline i guess getting a break and getting his uh himself recovering i guess from all that exertion but ill want poise and what a true veteran to handle all that that real violence down there and to be thinking clearly getting all the yards he could then just stepping out of bounds that way still has two timeouts they're at the eight yard line and it got buy-in mcdaniel was inside the pass and still couldn't make a plan eight yards on the throw by elway to michael young who gets his first touchdown of the season here's a man very ill he was looking for iv help yesterday said he was so weak couldn't sleep stomach flew and he's uh had a big game the tick is good by treadwell and so it's a three-point game 229 to go there's young uh not at all feeling well physically although mentally emotionally his play today certainly encouraging young with five six catches in 72 yards his sixth gets him his first touchdown the uh broncos are not caving in in this game you see good coverage but excellent excellent concentration but the broncos are not caving in this week this is what they're added to their coaches it really is now do you uh do two timeouts in the two minute timeout do you risk kicking this one to the raiders you go for the onsider this is where i back down and become an animal well i'm asking you what's on the wind factor i think they'll kick away and they've got three ways just three times they can stop the clock and they may get it back because all we need now is three points if they had to get seven points out of it they could very well go with the onside kick well the raiders think they're going to go with the onside kick because they have their good hands people up including even chess gossip the punter who is one of the men up in the front line if they can kick deep with no blocking they can get the raiders oh no there's an on-side kick vince evans is in that group in the just about the 45 there it is they did kick away good sense because treadwell has not been able to kick the ball very long by getting everyone up close he can line drive it through the end zone and that worked that was good strategy good thinking 2 24 to go let's quickly run down the finals in case you missed them cincinnati back in first buffalo and first over miami lions had a chance to win and miss the field goal kansas city big rams after their win over the 49ers win again and the buccaneers are rare victory here of late still tied in seattle san diego apparently will win their six has taken over the colts who started so well today and a final dallas beats new orleans 17-13 with the cowboys now they are six and seven someone like san diego playing as well as they are could very well become a wild card well the crowd trying to help the defense here in denver a defense that is ranked very near the bottom of the league though jackson gets six yards seven yards how did he do it he had people up the field and he had to go all the way around a guy i don't i didn't see the number that was in his way as he was coming out there we're going to let the time take away to the two minute timeout i think powers was coming up the field warren powers number 91 though it's number 90 holmes he has to go all the way around that block he's got people right there and he still gets five yards and there's the two minute timeout denver has but two timeouts to spend always long that he didn't want to answer the phone or the door for three days after last week's loss to kansas city he and the raiders have found it tougher than they perhaps had planned this denver team three and eight forcing the action to the end but two minutes to go and a victory for los angeles will give them an 8-4 year and tied with kansas city in the west but first second and four at the 26th one more first down and it'll be over and his bow to the 28-yard line where it'll be 32 and no timeout called you look at reeves he can't believe no one has called timeout nearly eight seconds ticked away before the broncos took that second timeout and with a break let's pause for this anyone who has ever known dan reeve knows what a fighter what a competitor he has been since his days at south carolina as a running quarterback he's looking for a defensive coach wondering what the hell happened because he assumed there'd be a timeout and apparently no one was told on the field here's the play third and two denver stopped him they got a chance to get the ball at the field goal first down and it's over marcus allen replaces jackson at the slope and they don't make it ethan horton was tackled just shy of the 30 although they're giving a very good spot the spot is a terrific spot and if it's on the 30 it's a first down and reeves tells it all it looked like the well we'll have to see it sure didn't look like he'd advanced it that far well if it touches the 30-yard line it should be a first down his start play started at the 20th that knows the ball's on the 30th the first down nope fourth down the yard lines live a little wiggle in the chalk there at the right spot let's see where he catches it and where the ball is when he's uh forward progress drives right out in the flat now he has the ball but well they placed that very well yes because his body was past the line but then paul never did get past the line well done by the officials well so far the punting team has not come on on fourth and inches so they last time out for dan reeves it's fourth in inches when we return this is intriguing fourth in inches and hardshell has his offense on the field if they go for it well it's only inches but if they miss comes both now they should be in a goal line defense like they're on their own one foot line they should be in that defense because if they make the first down it's over anyway so they just feel like it's uh well it is it's like they're on one foot line at this point or is this just schrader trying to draw them offside with a long count yeah they're in their goal line defense this is an absolute risk and gamble if they try it yeah he's just trying to draw him outside pretty well done by gamblers really was they were they knew that it was most likely that they had to play for it beautiful job so archelle wasn't going to say that would have been a major league risk had he gone for it well he probably never even gave it a thought other than exercising this which they most likely practice two or three times a week dan reeves team fighting uh like the master himself a punt return would be the difference if you could get a 10 15 yard punt return or more and get some field position no timeouts left for denver but 137 on the clock it's enough to make this crowd shiver now interesting whether they go after the punt or do the best job they can to get a good return vance johnson will be the return man jeff gossett is the putter two stepper rarely blocked he was blocked this year by kansas city who got another one today at new england to set an nfl record short kick johnson to the 40-yard line once there now johnson handled that well too he knew he had to take a shot at a return because every yard at this point counts if you're thinking of a long field goal every yard now counts folks joining us here late in the east here the late game still tied in seattle san diego apparently tucks away number six in the win column phoenix by three against indy and dallas has beaten new orleans for their sixth win for cowboys here it's 23-20 in this extra point giving denver a chance to tie with a field goal no timeouts left a minute and a half remaining for elway he's going big time for johnson out of bounds great catch but he was out of bounds nice throw right in front of the denver benson first they all saw it with their heart it appeared that he was clearly out of bounds another look oh oh looks like he got it dick wow it looks like he got it he looked as if he was three yards and he had to replay that it was not a bounce play yeah he got it dick oh my now if if there's another angle that's different but both those feet are in there's the ball he's got control there's both people oh my god i can't believe it what is right below us naked eye i would have agreed with the official he appeared to be way out of bounds and uh that is pretty convincing evidence we'll see whether it's enough to overturn the call there's another look he's got the ball there he's got it and there's both feet both feet drank and he had it that's a beautiful play a beautiful throw and that's down where around the 40-yard line vance johnson and he says oh that was a real slow catch well he's an artist and if that wasn't artistic you won't see a better catch tough play a defender in front of you and still have the capacity the ability to drag those two toes in the the field of play it'd be a shame if he didn't get it but i'm never surprised anymore of course i would have called him out of bounds if i were the officials that's right 26 yards if you've got two minutes and they're taking a look no questions chance johnson's effort is rewarded first down at the 33. was that a beautiful now the limits of treadwell basically they'd like him to kick 45 yards or closer which means the 28-yard line they're now on the 33 they need at least another five or more there's the catch to jackson for the 26 yard line the raiders are going with a three-man rush at least they did the last two plays and that that's giving elway some time elway trying to run the ball oh we saw trouble coming at the 25-yard line terry mcdaniel we welcome those of you who have seen phoenix come back to beat indianapolis 20-17 a remarkable effort by the three and eight denver broncos here in mile high stadium nick cambridge and bill walsh we welcome you the raiders were ahead by 10 this is elway going for a first down the broncos have no time-outs left and the clock is ticking to get away and out of there and get the ball the clock stopped denver now they'll stop it to measure for the first down they'll do that they have to count on the officials to handle it they're just stopping the clock to replace the ball see bob dolek taking a breather underneath the pile there 79 and they may have to have a timeout for a measure that could be oh in the meantime with no timeouts left they can't just casually walk away from the ball as the referee can wind it at any time but i believe he's called time for a measurement just to recap those of you have not been with us first half it was elway a touchdown pass to vance johnson to give denver a 10-7 lead at the intermission then terry mcdaniel intercepted elway in the third period led to bo jackson's 11-yard touchdown run treadwell kicked a field goal to make it 14-13 in the fourth and bo jackson rumbled first down and now the clock will start as soon as they get the changing off the field to give the lead 2013 but the extra point was missed field goal by jager seemed to give the raiders an unbeatable lead at 23-13 but delaware took his team down the field in a hurry they had to take a time out the raiders took a timeout dick to cool treadwell but with 33 seconds left and a first down elway can play and throw a couple more passes and here is the touchdown throw to michael young oh this was on this drive the throw to vance johnson that was called out of play initially by the official on the spot but look at the toes a great effort by vance johnson the game the broncos the big play and the timeout out of bounds and position them for a possible tying field goal but now with this timeout bill 33 seconds they don't have to go for the field goal now they have a chance to throw a couple more passes maybe even a touchdown to win it well he can certainly get a pass off that breaks to the outside and if the receiver doesn't get out of bounds he's got time to get up and stop the clock by throwing the ball into the ground the broncos trying to deny the raiders their place atop the west tied with kansas city three and eight teams playing uh incredibly inspired no timeouts left for the broncos elway goes for no throws it away man someone from uh vale colorado caught that on their way to the slopes what you have to watch out for now dick is a holding penalty now the the umpire is just watching intently as is the referee in any kind of a holding penalty can knock the broncos out of a field goal so they've got to get the ball off quickly he can't hold it like he did the last play there's always that chance they can pull a holding penalty on him and take the game away from him our gel team has lost three of the last four that one win that big win at miami on monday night we thought this one was tucked away most everyone in the stadium did there's that stream now he's got to stay he stays in bounds he's in trouble 21 seconds always got to get up there and throw one into the ground in order to get the field goal unit on player down and a raider players down bob golick and because of golic's injury that will help denver that's a double negative for the raiders a great player like golic hurt and then it also takes some of the pressure off denver stopping the clock and let's hope that isn't serious delightful guys in the game wonderful man and been a great campaigner but if he could have gotten up he would have he wouldn't lay there unless he was hurt exactly right he's bright and colorful watch upper left here here he comes behind the play 79 like he just gets his ankle turned there difficult to see but uh i'm sure he'd prefer to be an ankle rolling to uh he's up and he's walking okay 41-yard field goal will be the attempt by treadwell now elway was really upset at the umpire he didn't have a chance to talk the the referee because some some time was off that clock when that whistle blew with an injured man there so that looks like the the broncos lost about five to six seconds which means one more play but now they have to kick it treadwell very accurate he doesn't have the strength of leg of some of the other kickers in the nfl but tough especially around 40 and this one has plenty of pressure attached to it 41 yards if he's successful it's going to be overtime if not the raiders back in first place snap and the raiders win bad snap callers to it that's the second bad snap of the game incredibly for denver three and eight the super bowl team from the afc a year ago dan reeves team here at home toughest to beat in the entire decade of the 80s at home this is the sixth game they played at home five of them have been decided on the final play of the game although this technically won't be the final play the raiders will run off one play and it'll be over but that's how close denver has been throughout the season and another tough one to swallow as they lose their fifth in a row well that snap went right into the body of the holder take a look and that that gave time for someone like robinson to come up and block it but really the snap added about a second to the time it took to kick the ball and scott davis celebrates jerry robinson was the man who'd lead time got the right hand on it to deflect it and art shell's team a very tough well-earned win here in denver today when schrader snaps off that'll finish it stay tuned here on nbc for our big sunday night lineup the final score art shells los angeles raiders 23 dan reeves broncos 20 and we'll return to denver colorado right after these messages [Music]

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Length: 138min 8sec (8288 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 13 2020