central a victory by Houston today would give them the divisional championship both the Steelers and otters very much in the hunt for a playoff spot in the AFC it is a chilly late December afternoon at Three Rivers temperature just above freezing but the windchill in the twenties hello everyone and welcome to Pittsburgh Tom Hammond and Chris Collinsworth you know Chris at one time this season the orders were one in four seemingly a team in disarray but since then they have reeled off eight straight victories and stand on the brink of a divisional championship now but of course today they must deal emotionally with the death of Jeff home earlier this week and both these teams just observed a moment of silence for Jeff Vaughn but as Warren Moon told us that this was a very tough week for this Houston Oilers team on Wednesday the team was very somber on Thursday a little bit better and by Friday he felt like this football team was fine to play the Pittsburgh Steelers the Steelers once again without Barry Foster the leading rusher how much does this change things for the offense of the Steelers well I think it does is ray Childress told us Leroy Thompson is a very good football player but there's just something special about Barry Foster Bill Cowher though added he's been out of the lineup for four and a half weeks so it can't have that big an effect three weeks ago Houston beat the Steelers 23 to 3 but this has been a tough place for them to win over the years it sure has the pittsburgh steelers have beaten the Houston Oilers three straight here in Three Rivers Stadium and overall 18 of 24 [Applause] so the Houston orders will get first crack at things here at Three Rivers Stadium on a chilly late December even though some snow flurries are in the point [Applause] as many knee operations as he had Gary Brown bouncing off tacklers and Rod Woodson came in a hurry from his quarterback spot and then Parnell Lake finished him off Pittsburgh's defense is tops in the NFL and they open in their dime steed in Evans at tackle with green and brown moving from linebacker to defensive end Lloyd the leading tackler has 30 more than the next man and against the run-and-shoot six defensive backs Johnston and figures cover the whiteouts Woodson and Lake the slot receivers Gary and Jones are the safety whose first pass on target and complete for a first down Gibbons knocked out of bounds after making the reception by Lake and Perry Martis Givens with an early first catch to silence this crowd Bill Cowher was in the newspaper this week trying to get the fans up he said it really gives this run-and-shoot offense problems when the crowd gets in the game and as the order is Pro puddle there you saw the decal 76 on their helmets [Applause] under pressure moon unloaded it in the flat to brown and brown tripped up by Rod Woodson for a gain of five or six yards and wanted impact Gary Brown has had on this Houston Oilers offense five starts three 100-yard games had 194 yards against the Browns in just his second start that's the most yards by a northers back in 13 years since Earl Campbell had 203 yards against the Vikings in 1980 averaging 5.2 yards a carry that's tops in the NFL Gary Brown again on the carry stop by Kevin Green that time and Tom I think you're looking at the key to the football game and it's Gary Brown the Pittsburgh Steelers have deployed their dime defense they're going to take the timeout here for a measurement and what they would like to do is play five men at the line of scrimmage and hopefully be able to stop Gary Brown from running the football with just five men if you're forced to bring six men up into the box Warren Moon is going to have a big day throwing the ball just inches short of the first down as you can see Gary Brown is somewhat of a superhero freaking earlier this week he dressed in a spider-man costume for a feature in Sports Illustrated we've got the feeling he was just a little impaired about that after his teammates got finished second and inches for the owner excuse me third and inches and moon peeps and picks up the first down Joel steeped a chling Warren Moon who actually is the third leading rusher on the order's team that's his 43rd carry of the season and one moon just having new life in the National Football League after he was benched said it gave him a second life a second motivation to prove people in our organization wrong Jack Pardee claims it was his decision the warren moon just simply was not buying down there wasn't totally lose fault and a lot of breakdowns and the development of the offensive line returning to form has been one of the big turnarounds for the Oilers move shoots it downfield way over the head intended receiver Curtis Duncan miscommunication that appear at that time and move went down in the face of the rush from chat round miscommunication and a little bit of a threat from Chad Brown Chad brown went low and tackled Warren Moon around the waist and Warren may have flinched just a little bit as he threw this football number 94 Chad Brown coming in and we saw he just simply was unable to follow through and the ball sailed high Brown is the rookie second round draft choice from Colorado who had a big sack against Miami Monday night when he got de Burgh in the first quarter on a third down boon given time and prints the needle for a first down inside the Steeler 40 Givens makes the catch with Gary Jones taking him down immediately but moon put that ball into the perfect position and I really look at this as being the key matchup in this game cornell lake number 37 is a strong safety he's being asked to cover Ernest givins in the slot one-on-one that is a matchup that generally you don't like to have as a defensive coordinator the Dom Capers told us that he was very comfortable with the man to man coverage abilities of car three wide receivers set left this time Duncan the only man on the right Steelers show blitz here they come screen pass to ground he's got a convoy ground inside the 20 cuts back gets a block and Gary Brown [Applause] touchdown just got into the end zone 38 yards on the screen beautifully set up Kevin Gilbride the offensive coordinator for the Houston Oilers said he had a feel for when the Pittsburgh Steelers were going to blitz I think he guessed in that situation and was dead right the Steelers came with the Blitz they called a perfect play a screen pass to Gary Brown and it goes the distance Kevin Gilbride made the call and it worked to perfection 38 yards and a score from this quick strike Houston offense sometimes the players get it done and sometimes the coaches get it done give credit for that touchdown to Kevin Gilbride al Del Greco to attempt the extra points and he puts it through the uprights impressive opening drive by the Houston Oilers to move up seven nothing on the Steelers so you think driving an Oldsmobile 88 is like sitting in your living room well we've got a photo of your living 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commercial how'd I do great great you were great the innovative TVs from Magnavox smart very smart welcome back to Three Rivers Stadium where the Houston Oilers drive 80 yards with the opening kickoff to take a seven nothing lead on the Steelers he plays 80 yards just under four minutes the screen pass to Gary Brown heywhat Jefferies gave him the last final block to get him into the endzone and Tom being behind is nothing new for the Pittsburgh Steelers they have been behind by at least 14 points in five of the last seven games so for whatever reason the Steelers have really been getting off to some slow stars well significant by the absence there is number 26 Rod Woodson who is not deep to return the kickoff for the Steelers Andre Hastings number 88 is back there for the first time joined by Dwight stone Del Greco ready to kick off for the Oilers Hastings from the eighth and the scene one of his own man got in his way too slow as momentum but it's still a pretty good return all the way up to the 29 yard line by the rookie from Georgia now here's the Pittsburgh offensive line up this is the top rushing attack in the AFC left tackle John Jackson having a fine year and the offensive line includes two Pro Bowl performers from a year ago Dawson and hassle Rick O'Donnell the fourth rate at AFC quarterback 12 passing touchdowns only five interceptions Green is his favorite target and once again leroy thompson replaces Barry Foster Ernie Mills the third wide receiver on passing down [Music] Thompson fumbles the ball footballs loose and out of bounds a terrific break for the Steelers as Thompson never had control of the ball from O'Donnell's Thompson tries to get the handoff look like a pretty good handoff from Neal O'Donnell and Thompson just let it squirt right through his hands and if Chris Dishman have been able to pick it up Steelers may have been behind 14 nothing and felt very comfortable the way they've been here in the past few games so because the ball went out of bounds the Steelers do retain possession it'll go for a loss of one on the play second and 11 Thompson she cares the ball this time and takes it across the 30 to the 32 tackled there by any Robinson Leroy Thompson let it be known that it bothers him all the attention that Barry Foster's injury has gotten he said it's almost like people think I can't do the job I want to prove that I can do the job Houston defense is forced 35 turnovers at second in the NFL Childress been to the Pro Bowl four times Jones has 11 sacks there you see the secondary Chris Dishman the leading cover man they're playing Bishop is the Nickelback and Bo Orlando starting today in place of free safety Marcus Robertson may be the MVP of the donna's pass is picked off intercepted by full Orlando Orlando for the touchdown [Applause] Orlando was replacing Marcus Robertson and it's picked off his second pass of the season ironically this was the man buddy Ryan thought wasn't fast enough he expected to get Terry Hogg into the game quickly because he didn't think Orlando was fast enough to cover [Applause] first career touchdown a 35 yard interception return for Bowl Orlando and here you see the impact of Buddy Ryan coming with the Blitz Neal O'Donnell rushing the throw on the crossing route and Bo Orlando playing center field takes it in for six emptying the point al Del Greco once again on to attempt the extra point and it's good officially a 38-yard touchdown on the interception returned by Orlando and we played less than five and a half minutes it's 14 nothing like the one plush clean bar KidsMatter closer shave we needed misspoke [Music] delivers a safer shape and the three leading disposable so overall shaving the three leading disposable let's change into the shade so you're buying a new car well before you spend all that money why not make a free call 1-800 LSS wins when you do we'll send you a free video showing how well the Oldsmobile 88 LSS luxury sedan stacks up against cars costing 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your game plan here not yet I mean you still obviously have three and a half quarters left to play I think that they have to get back to the running game and just try and at least defense off the field Hastings returning the del Greco kick to the 20-yard line and spun down there by Michael barrel on the touchdown by poll Orlando watch Jeff Graham the receiver as he comes across the field number 81 he never even gets his head around he never saw the football it was really very well thrown by Neal O'Donnell Graham just simply didn't get his head around quick enough Rama in front of Orlando if he puts his hands up he either makes the catch or prevents Orlando at least from intercepting instead he went for a touchdown it's 14 nothing Houston Leroy Thompson first down carry Nets him about four yards to the 25 where he stopped by Glenn Montgomery Glenn Montgomery made the stop he's having his best year of his career he never started a game before this season but I had a chance to watch him on film yesterday and Glenn makgulli is really fit in very nicely up there with Bray Childress and William fuller and Shawn Jones on that view then last off his 38 tackle of the season that's a career-high O'Donnell at the 15-yard line by Shawn Jones number 12 on the season for Jones and the 87 of his career were you talking about a streak by Shawn Jones 12 SEC's now on the season this year he had eight and a half sacks from the eighth game on last year he has been almost unstoppable number 96 working against Duvall love and that's a mismatch Shawn Jones just too quick for Duvall of it looked like one of those old-time movies we see that John Jones is one of the old-timers of the his tenth season that premature retirement in trouble again and he'll grounded saving the possible safety as he was being chased and in danger of being sacked in the end zone gets rid of it but the Steelers must punt remember not intentionally grounding if you're outside the tight end box and being chased you're allowed to simply throw the football away nice job there by Neal O'Donnell but the pressure by Buddy Ryan's defense has been the story so far in this one jury is deep to await the Royals pots he's standing just in front of his own goal line and special teams especially the punt coverage have been a problem of late for the Steelers nice sailing booth that time by Royals fielded at the 34 yard line Jewellery looking to get outside his tackled at the 46 by Tim Jordan two pretty good coverage that time by the Steelers 51-yard punt 11 on the return Towers team though is in trouble [Applause] I'm holding [Music] bad things man I mean bad things I just I'm just possibly talking about it you know what Bruce would do if he found me messing with this shoe bad days man no matter what their children do it's Christmas in play these parents idiots keep acting like kids eat my short piece with Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau the grumpier they are the funnier they get over your head and swallow grumpy old men rated pg-13 it starts Christmas Day at a theater near you so you think driving an Oldsmobile 88 is like sitting in your living room well we've got a photo of your living room here love the couch now take a look at the 88 LSS cooler seats much better sound system plus it handles better than your living room not to mention many cars so if you're gonna sit down at least do it someplace good it's your money [Music] still 808 left in the first quarter houston with a ball again leading 14 nothing chemists take a look now at the natural gas quarterback efficiency ratings Neal O'Donnell of the Steelers at 83.4 among AFC quarterbacks Joe Montana the leader with Elway close 5-1 mill number eight for that 77 point not what you expect for more and move but after the slow start he's only one pass so far today ground tumbles forward for a yard or two Joel steed making the tackle steed in his second year from Colorado replaced Gerald Williams at nose tackle enabling Williams to move to defensive in this season and his play has really been outstanding throughout the season the coach is very happy with his performance at Dom Capers the defensive coordinator said Steen is just so tough to knock off the ball by the Steelers you're number one [Applause] move now pacing a second and eight [Applause] to midfield [Applause] three yards on the play and again Joel steed credit for the tackle the Steelers have not allowed a hundred yard rusher this season and only three teams have over a hundred yards against them the Houston Oilers had 125 in their first meeting and that was the most against this Steelers defense [Applause] down the middle wide open in the past complete Webster slaughters first catch of the day takes him all the way to the thirty where he's tripped up by Darren Mary slaughter who leads the AFC and receptions that was number 77 it covered 20 yards slaughter playing with sore ribs and looks just a little shaken up there last week in their game he had to come out in the second quarter and this is probably the toughest catch to make masoor trips going up extending your arms but as Kevin Gilbride told us he said slaughter is just such a tough guy I know Hill goes boilers on the move again inside the Stila 30 already leading 14 nothing in the first quarter six minutes left quick drop by moon shoots it complete on the outside duncan has it then has bumped out of bounds by Dion figures in so far mood and that talented core of receivers all four of whom have been to the Pro Bowl at one time when another are spreading this top-rated Steeler defense well Tom what I think happened is when the Steelers got burned on that blitz with the screen pass for a touchdown it really has made them just a little good tentative you get the feeling that maybe Dom Capers unwilling to send the Blitz the way that he has in the past against the Houston works that has war wound licking his chops so far marching changing the play [Applause] djay Johnson had a shot at it after came off the hands of Webster slaughters DJ Johnson would have had a chance to do some more damage to the ribs of Webster slaughter when you're playing with bad ribs these are not the kind of balls that you want to have come to you right there you saw Webster try to break it up but I'm sure it's in the back of his mind when he sticks his hands up over his head that may be further damage done slaughter has gone out of the game now [Applause] two for two third down Green coming against moon but he suits it for the end zone incomplete double coverage there on Ernest givins in the end zone and it will bring up fourth down at a field goal attempt for the Oilers well you can tell the Warren Moon wants to test strong safety Cornell Lake in that man coverage against Ernest givins that time Carnell lake did a super job was all over gibbons in the end zone del Greco has hit 23 of 27 field goals this season having an outstanding year his 102 point second in the AFC leads 14 from the Houston record has two already twice this season has hit 52 yarders this one from 41 yards [Applause] 41 giving the Pittsburgh fans to cheer in this opening quarter they're down 14 nothing [Applause] recently Oldsmobile pitted its 88 LSS against acura legend l and lexus ES 300h Lee no in fact if you call this toll-free number 1-800 LS s test will send you a free video showing how well the LSS stacks up against cars costing thousands more you'll probably be grateful after all it's your money [Music] Rahm flex controller the first electric shaver with a pivoting head it automatically adjusts to every contour of your face flex control from wrong the last word in chambers images can change just like that with the Revel in asian every dios lens from Canon image Yost rebel and rebel s from Canon advanced it's simple my 12 left in the first 14 nothing orders you're looking at buddy Ryan whose tenure this season is first as the defensive coordinator the orders has been tempestuous to say the least and have they been better this year will certainly have a different style of Defense under buddy Ryan yeah they do the yardage is just about the same that they've given up but the takeaways are so much better buddy Ryan creates opportunities for his offense and sometimes creates offense as we saw with beau Orlando running one back for a touchdown so an attacking style defense that often gives up the big play but as you saw more often than not we'll make a big play for the Oilers he talked last night about how big a factor intimidation is in the National Football League and I think to some degree intimidating me in Adana the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers he has not been comfortable in the pocket O'Donnell was laughing yesterday about buddy Ryan standing at midfield and warm-ups trying to intimidate the Upstate himself the scene cuts back to the 28 yard line that missed field goal by Del Greco really they have woken up this Pittsburgh Steelers team sometimes when you get in a bar game like this and you feel like there's an avalanche falling on your head in the first quarter just anything to break the momentum they begin to turn it around now they're down 14 instead of 17 the crowds back in the game a chance to go on down the field and try and cut this lead to seven Thompson lost his shoe as you can see and you also see Bernie Koch are the referee telling him to reset the play clock so they're giving him time to relase the shoe meet meanwhile rate children made the tackle was a little slow getting up but we'll stay in the game some shoot company is loving this one Thompson now ready to go begins to tick down eight box shows four and a half left so far disastrous first murder Philistines just to the 30 and a cross tackle there by Al Smith and we'll have a chance to check in with Jim Lampley at NFL live Jim Tom's the bills scored on their opening drive in Miami botched the extra point here's Miami's answer Scott Mitchell with a 15 yarder to Mark Ingram Mitchell four of five in his first drive in five weeks Miami kicked the point and takes the lead 7-6 in the first back to Tom and Chris all right Jim so welcome back Scott Mitchell for the Miami Dolphins here 14-nothing Houston Donald backpedaling fire couldn't get up but he does have enough for a first down to the 35 O'Donnell passing for the initial Steelers first down of the game and that's what you have to do again [Applause] hips couple of screens maybe a draw you have to get buddy wine out of the mindset then he can scare you with his blitzes so far Pittsburgh has been unable to make buddy Ryan back off okay Lamar later has been slowed with a clue about a flu passing through the other team most of it seemed to be worse last week against Cleveland than it is sweet but lately has been slow but then an excellent defensive play made by big ray Childress who got in the middle of the interference to tackle Thompson for a short game ray Childress has been a Pro Bowler four of the last five years at a career-high 13 sacks last year I asked him last night do you think you're having as good a season this year new he's very honest about it he said no not really but for whatever reason sometimes that happens he has five sacks on the year but he has always been very tough against the run is what the old and tackles every year in the national football nation has nearly 800 of them and has started every game he's played on hunted 35 today nice cutback move you'll be about yards short of the first down as he is definitely the workhorse for the Cedars who have not abandoned their gameplan staying with their running attack which ranks first in the AFC the Roy Thompson had a career-high 142 total 81 yards rushing 61 yards receiving and he was very open about the fact that he's a little sick and tired of hearing about very possible [Applause] quite a source of controversy [Applause] Pass we're gonna catch may yes [Applause] donal continues to drive for the Steelers just what they needed here in the closing minutes of the first quarter a good job there by offensive coordinator Ron Earhart he knew that this offensive line was having problems with the blitzing oilers deep in so he moved O'Donnell out of the pocket that time and got the easy completion the Cooper only his seventh catch of the sea [Music] Thompson looking for a block and get it not two yards on the play stop shorter midfield by Shawn Jones got help from Al Smith Wilber Marshalls did a nice job of containing the play that time buddy Ryan told us last night that his defense has been very physical all year but the infomercial returned they became even more so he really likes Wilber Marshall who he had with the Chicago Bears Marshall had his knee scoped in August early in August has played counting this one eight games this season [Applause] posing 30 seconds of the first quarter McDonald looked to the sideline decided better of it went to the short man Eric green and it was broken up by the linebacker Eddie Robinson and what you're going to see today is Eric green double-teamed Jeff Graham double-team and Dwight stone is going to be matched up one-on-one against Chris Dishman who is the Oilers best cover man that time Dwight stone was completely blanketed by Dishman O'Donnell had to come off him and come back to green the tight end for a wide receiver look this time green the tight end lined up in the slot to the top of the screen its Mills stone Graham and green at the White House and O'Donnell calls timeout with two seconds on the play clock so the Steelers forced to burn a timeout with 30 seconds left in the first quarter and while we have a pause let's go back to New York Jim Lampley has some more info for us Jim here's the note Tom in Cleveland Vinny Testaverde throws the 10 yard touchdown pass to a wide receiver named Keenan McArdle from UNLV only his third catch of the season his first NFL TD 7-nothing Browns in the game between the parcel tax and the Belichick Browns back to Pittsburgh alright Jim and Vinny Testaverde welcome to back by Enid and I guess the Browns still mathematically alive for a playoff spot anyway index Sunday the Browns will be at the Rams trying to stay alive if they can win against the winger today there's the lineup you'll see NBC Sports with more NFL action starting with the 12:30 p.m. kickoff or NFL live most of you will see the Steelers take on the Seahawks some will see the Raiders and the Packers or regional action next week starting at 12:30 Eastern with NFL I [Applause] from the gun O'Donnell deep down the middle almost caught by Graham just off his fingertips model McDowell was the man that dislodged the football when it appeared that gram was gonna make a fingertip catch he is slow getting up there are some open spots in the middle of the field against buddy Ryan but if you want to go there wide receivers beware because you get quick opportunities and then you get hit one of the things that Ron Earhart talked about the last matchup with the Houston Oilers he said we had guys wide open but seven dropped passes killed us in that first game and Jeff Graham really paid the price for going after that one yeah Bubba McDowell popped him pretty good as you see not only knocked the ball loose but injured Graham and wide receiver is a spot in which the Steelers are not at all deep Yancey Thigpen one of them is out today inactive [Music] exactly a warm take their football seriously around there it's fourth down and mark Royals on to punt for the Steelers Willie brewery will feel the pumps as you saw Royals first uncovered 51 this was way up in the and out of bounds they'll have to set the angle on this one they're lining it up now and they will spot it at about the 23 yard line Royals being asked to kick the ball out of bounds quite often this season and hasn't always gotten the job done that one only 29 yards but it puts the Otters back at their 23 [Music] and the Steelers have really had some problems with their special teams you see their special team coach John guy's standing there behind the build' cow or three punt returns for touchdowns of course the two and one game by Eric Metcalf they their last and punt return average also had one kickoff return for a touch [Applause] just 17 seconds left in the first quarter moved Gibbons complete first down Gibbons tripped up across the 40 by Gary Jones and Tom there it is again that matchup between Gibbons and Carnell Lake we're going to be seeing it all afternoon that's the one Warren Moon likes and thankfully for Steeler fans the first quarter has finally come to an end boilers moving the ball at will and leading the Steelers 14 nothing I know what you feeling though we're far apart I hear you [Music] you know the way to make this fun rejoice you do I can cover you yo [Music] the real you comin through yo Choo [Music] [Applause] computerized election honey this is not exactly okay in rent-a-car this hurts and there's not exactly make sure you choose the right one are you sure this is the way to the hotel exactly did you hear that Christmas afternoon the president have all been open except for three from NBC first the NBA's most dominant player Hakeem Olajuwon leads the rocket to gets Charles Barkley in the sides then a possible Super Bowl preview as the Oilers battle the 49ers and Shaquille O'Neal goes primetime as the magic beat the world champion Bulls all Christmas Day on NBC boilers looking for their ninth win in a row one of the reasons they've improved at number 63 Mike Munchak 60 fans friends of his here from [Applause] quick drop mood hits Jefferies catch made driven back by DJ Jonesy the time you talked about that offensive line and Kevin Gilbride the offensive coordinators with one check returned and just seemed to solidify everything on offense it gave us two great players playing beside each other Munchak and center bruce matthews who has been a bo Boll started the last five years and they really had some problems at the beginning of the year with that offensive line John Flannery had a knee injury Brad Hopkins the rookie was a holdout Don Maggs the free agency Warren Moon was really getting killed in those [Applause] Brown across midfield and into Steeler territory very close to the first down tackled by Carnell lake and we'll see the spot of the football whether it's enough for the first down there is an oiler shaken up I really feel like it's slaughter looks like Webster again and now he's got a problem holding his knee I can't tell you how much respect I have for Webster slaughter as a football player he's one few guys when I was still I really studied the way that he ran past patterns maybe is good a cutter on the football field with the outs and the comeback routes as I've ever seen the game gets his body solo having his career best season we'll take a break while they tend to him today 19,000 people will start their day at sunrise thousands of fathers will hold their child of this time and millions of people will keep track of their time with a citizen watch in Paris it's a citizen elders in the South Pacific a citizen for master but from the power to New York more people depend on our watch made by citizen than any other time base citizen Rogers house for quality can be a difficult decision at first [Music] at overtime it gets cloudy soon isn't a cure some things are worth the price [Music] they're in the holidays all the great things about living out here is looking for the perfect tree sometimes when we find one we just leave it season's greetings from our families to yours weathers have a 14-nothing lead but this would be a significant loss for the Houston offense that's Webster slaughter who apparently entered his knee on the last play watch on the left side of your picture number 89 Webster slaughter is going to be walking against Rod Woodson and then the pile just runs into his left knee his own man really was the one to make contact Gary Brown is Parnell Mayton Lake made the tackle on so many wide-receivers get hurt blocking on place I honestly believe that you'll see more receivers injured when the pile comes at them they're standing there doing the chicken fighting kind of blocking the wide receivers do and all of a sudden you're running back gets tackled right into the back of your legs I got injured a couple of times during the course of my career that very way yeah al Davis is right not having his wide receivers blocking down the field see some other scores is Warren Moon tries to stay loose slaughter with one cats today has 77 on the season bidding to become only the seventh man in NFL history with a hundred receptions in one season and you have to wonder a kind of how many emotional hits this Houston team can take already Jeff home with his tragic death earlier this week a lot of counseling advising the Houston players to put it behind them but now they see their most productive receiver go out of the game and knees always scare you there were so many questions coming into this game how could the Houston Oilers possibly get themselves ready emotionally after the death with Jeff bomb and apparently they have a very good job of that and this is sad sight for me to see I enjoy watching Webster slaughter play the game of football [Applause] [Music] see the 76 on the back of the helmet paying tribute to Jeff ohm and replacing Wetzler slaughter will be number 87 Pat Coleman five 7:176 third year from Mississippi a ninth round draft choice has only seven receptions all season first down boilers the 47 of the Steelers moon goes deep down the sideline too far for the intended receiver Curtis Duncan the unfit years covering him down the sideline did a nice job of picking up the Blitz by Rod Woodson allowing one-on-one coverage down the field Dion figures is beat on the play the rookie ducking in behind him and unable to make the one-handed catch just a little bit too far for Curtis Duncan [Applause] second and ten they lead 14-nothing 1345 left first half from Three Rivers a win by the orders would be nine a sweep of the division letting played a Gary Brown tackled by Donald Evans he got about five yards Donald Evans said that it's do or die if we don't beat Houston we don't deserve to go to the playoffs I assume meaning even as the wild-card he felt his team was ready to play today said the Oilers aren't ready for whatever reason they'll be in a handful of trouble because I can tell by looking in the eyes of my teammates that revenge factor is going to be Houston has converted two of three third downs thus far item caught the Steelers offside penalty markers down lose pass incomplete [Applause] intended for Gibbons how many veteran quarterbacks do we see do that and defenses no it's coming when its third down in less than five I promise you the defense is up there talking about it saying don't jump offsides watch out for the hardcamp but guys like John Elway and Warren Moon they get it done time after time and here's a pop fly on the defense number 95 five-yard penalty will result in the first own Boyd was the man offside 36 remember the quarterback cannot move his head during the course of the hard count or a moon did a nice job keeping that head still whatever he did was good enough to get Greg Boyd to John so first Adler's 36 of the Steelers time to add to that 14-point lead [Applause] moving across the middle on targeted Gibbons again covered by Gary Jones but it'll be first down just sort of a 20 yard line 14 yard gain moon to Gibbons who already is having a big day Ernest givins already broke drew Hills team record of 480 catches earlier this year led the AFC with a career-high catches last season to two-time Pro Bowler miss just two games in his career due to injury which is really amazing for a guy that only weighs 172 pounds in the National Football League sparked the Barlett for 22 but dropped Jeffrey's on the receiving in event moon past and driven back by DJ Johnson well DJ Johnson's going to give Haywood Jeffries plenty of room in this ballgame he gave up a 65 yard bomb to Jeffries in the first game and really there's always a lot of pressure on DJ Johnson because on the other side you have block Woodson and nobody wants to throw at the great Rod Woodson so we're always trying to create situations where they can go one-on-one against DJ Johnson there's Rod Woodson they haven't tested him yet today couple times he's been coming on the Blitz second and five it's pass intended for Coleman who replaced slaughter it's incomplete Coleman covered like carnelli it'll bring up a third down and Tom I think that Dom Capers the defensive coordinator has to come back to the blitz this Pittsburgh Steelers team has been so effective this season by bringing their corners by bringing Rod Woodson and Parnell Lake off the corner it just so happened that Kevin Gilbride had the perfect call this green pass against him early in the ballgame but Dom Capers at least so far has really been unwilling to come back to it but that's what they do best let's say if Gilbride can outfox them again [Applause] looked at three different receivers before he got it Geoffrey's way and it's incomplete Geoffrey's covered well by DJ Johnson and it'll be another del Greco field goal attempt leet you can see Warren moons head going all the way across the field and everybody was covered Greg Lloyd had his man Rod Woodson had his man and then DJ Johnson and Haywood Jeffries covered nice job in the secondary Dom Capers admits the strength of our defensive football team is our skill people in the secondary 35 yard attempt by Del Greco who missed earlier from 41 this one is good so del Greco with a field goal increasing the lead for party in the Oilers 217 nothing [Music] do you wish you could be this comfortable all your decisions [Music] some things are worth the price [Music] just try black and deckers power driver with pork control you'll notice one major 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wonder if this isn't euston year finally they've had so many bad breaks the heartbreaking loss in Buffalo last season this is a very good football team in the added dimension of Buddy Ryan's defense along with Kevin Gilbride offense this is a very powerful team now on both sides of the ball here's the kickoff and again Rod Woodson is not there he's playing so much of the dye of defense he's not returning kicks Hastings has taken his place Whitestone driven back short of the 20 yard line nice tackle life John Henry mills total domination thus far by the Houston Oilers their lead 17 nothing their yardage lead 166 to 24 and Pittsburgh only three yards passing so far we're getting close to the time to abandon the game maybe abandon ship very close to a lot of things here but the wide receivers now have to pick it up they've got to begin to win some of these individual one-on-one battles quick drop O'Donnell his pass short hops Graham never Tom there's another factor we need to talk about and that is the arm problems that Neil O'Donnell has had lately there are some question marks around the league because of a shoulder injury because of his elbow entry can Neil O'Donnell throw the ball down the field that one was tipped but we really haven't seen O'Donnell take many shots down the field the one ball to Jeff Graham but somehow he has to loosen this Houston Oilers defense up a little William fuller tipped that last one so it's second and ten [Music] Stone that passed too low for him to handle discipline covering stone is he had a crossing route McDonald and the Steelers looking for a lot of crossing grass today to run away from the defense but only three of nine passing for O'Donnell and Ron Earhart's philosophy or idea coming into this game is that you put Dwight stone who runs a four to five forty and for those of you don't know much about forty times that's about as fast as it gets get him running across the field away from his man-to-man defender and hopefully hit him in-stride to let him turn up the field but so far they've been unable to do it McDonald from a gun this time as he sends Brandon motion from the pocket since it downfield was the catch made let's see Dwight stone no incomplete and another putt upcoming for the Steelers an incident again covering stone not a great effort there by Dwight stone either he was on the backside of a play and he was jogging down the field all of a sudden just happened to look back and then try to make an effort to get open Neal O'Donnell needs him right now he's looking desperately now Dwight Stone sees them and tries to get back open generally in the National Football League you can't be that lazy and get away with it I snap pulled down by Royals who almost had it blocked Brewery calls for a fair catch and takes it at the 47 yard line of the Oilers total domination at Three Rivers so far Royals punt 32 but they're down finally there's a TV that proves technology can make our lives easier a Magnavox TV 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some things are worth the price [Music] the jetsons driving to fly high and land in the playoffs as a science in a cup they lift a lower the boom on Buffalo but the bills are in the thick of the races well I need this one to continue their search for the postseason division rivals collide next Sunday on NBC welcome back to Three Rivers where the orders lead 17 nothing a disconsolate Webster slaughter being wheeled to the locker room with his left leg encased in an inflatable cast you'll be taken to the locker room for x-rays the preliminary diagnosis of his injury a torn medial collateral ligament by Gary Brown Brown to the sideline runs over his old blocker and keeps his footing to the 25-yard line birds are out in Pittsburgh what an impact Garrity Brown has had on the shoe stand Oilers offense averages over five yards per carry that's best in the National Football League at 79 yards against the Steelers in the first matchup he's killing his wide receivers first Jeffries then didn't catch the number the second man but he pounded them as well that one was 23 of his 41 yards [Applause] pass on the sideline get it then out of bounds is Curtis Duncan it's as easy as that folks on the verge of becoming a rout let's check in with Jim Lampley and another look at the new receiving star the Cleveland Browns Keenan McArdle his second touchdown of the day this one from Testaverde from 10 yards out 14 to 3 Cleveland in the second quarter you just know they're gonna tell us on ESPN tonight Keenan McArdle you can't stop them you can only hope to contain him Tom where has he been all season boilers were the first down to the ball at the 12 yard line of the Steelers who got away from the rush dives forward to the nine yard line Greg Lloyd was bearing down on him and now the scuffle breaks out there were several of those in the first meeting between the teams in the Astrodome and if things continue on their pace we might see more there's Woodson he was in the middle of a couple earlier and then that one as well Jerry Brown has done a great job running and blocking this year but he has missed several audibles on the year that has really created some havoc in the backfield for Warren Moon and it looked like he missed yet another Kevin Gilbride told us that in the first game he may have missed seven or eight different audibles in that game and really fouled up our offense you know though I think they'll forgive him right Flitz comes again moon gets protection votes for the end zone incomplete well I'm really enjoying watching this offensive line from Houston's work again the Steelers their game with the Blitz and they just simply picked it up Warren Moon had all day to make this throw and just threw it a little bit wide maybe Warren Moon back on that back foot just a little bit too soon feeling like he had to get rid of it [Applause] as you see averaging 8 yards of play third and seven Steelers desperately need a stop call a brown Stumbo's to the five and just inside it's short of the first down Woodson tripped him up he saw Gary Brown walk up towards Warren Moon to try and hear the audible I think moon audibled again on that play as a matter of fact Kevin Gilbride was telling us that last week Brown crossed herself a touchdown because he was so afraid that boom was audibly what he wasn't he walked up to listen in on it at the same time they put a guy in motion indicated that one of his touchdowns [Applause] Greco for his third field goal attempt for the first half he's made one of two so far 22 yard attempt flag down the kick is through [Music] a relatively penalty-free first-half offside against the steelers they'll decline it and take the three points I don't think that gives them a first down well they'd have to take the points off the board let's see gladly take them off if it gave you a first down and four new shots at it it was three yards to go they'd have to go half the distance on the penalty but if it puts you down to a post and a half and yard I suppose may opt to go for it and try to go ahead and bury the Pittsburgh Steelers always a tough decision to try and take three points off the board trying to give Houston some idea how close it is to the first down would that be a major mistake by Pittsburgh it'll be short you saw birdie kook are saying it would be less than a foot short so party will offline penalty is declined feel those good so the field goal by Del Greco is good he's 2 of 3 on the day and the score now moves to 20 City quality can be a difficult decision at first and over time and gets cloudy soon isn't a cure some things are worth the price [Music] before you thought to dream cannon had a vision before you have a problem that cannon has a solution we have a way of looking ahead to give your office unlimited possibilities right now when the rest say you can't cannons as you can cannon [Music] today 19,000 people will start their day at sunrise thousands of fathers will hold their child of this time and millions of people will keep track of their time with a citizen watch in Paris it's a citizen elegance in the South Pacific a citizen polyester but from the power to New York more people depend on a watch made by citizen and other timepiece citizens New Year's Day is championship Saturday on NBC is 10th ranked Miami six on Arizona in the IBM os/2 Fiesta Bowl ten number for Notre Dame battles number seven Texas A&M in the mobile Cotton Bowl followed by a primetime showdown for the national championship as number one Nebraska patients Heisman winner Charlie Ward a number two Florida State in the Federal Express Horace bowl in dears day very foster on the left of your screen can only watch as his teammates trail the Houston owners 20 to nothing where there have been some stinging commentaries in the local media about Barry foster saying that basically he sold out his team by opting for surgery now rather than trying to let that ankle heal and one even calls for very posture to be traded so there is plenty of controversy in Pittsburgh about his ankle I don't know how you get down on the guy really don't know Hastings takes the kickoff on the bounce and returns it to the 20-yard line it's time for Pittsburgh's offense to step up if they can to get something done here and it's been tough for them more possessions and interception a punt a punt and a pie eater and that nine play drive really wasn't all that dramatic they picked up the first downs that seen by a yard every single time so needs desperately a big play Bill Cowher talking about how you have to be patient against the buddy Ryan defense because big plays will come will so far they have not McDonald's pass caught by green shed one time further [Applause] Eric green the leading cedar receiver with his 45th reception of the season it covers 14 yards and they finally got man coverage on Eric green against Al Smith they had been doubling him the entire game he just simply runs into Smith breaks away makes a nice catch now the dilemma trying to tackle a guy that weighs 280 pounds very difficult once he gets into the secondary blitz from the orders Thompson on the running play stacked up with the line of scrimmage time you have the storyline of the game the Pittsburgh Steelers simply unable to handle the pressure from the Oilers Miami up one on the bills and that other huge AFC game today Keith Jackson with a touchdown reception from Scott Mitchell looks like they're going at it pretty good down there [Music] overshoot screen incomplete Donal went down will remar salal over in that time they're pulling the Steelers offense but I think it's more impressive what the Oilers defense is doing if you just joined us buddy Ryan told us last night that if he did not get a head coaching job in the national football they keep doubted whether or not he would be back as the defensive coordinator clearly his goal is to become a head coach again like he was with the Philadelphia Eagles I don't know how they keep him out of a education world wide reciever formation on third down for the Steelers O'Donnell bought some time to this role that has Graham [Applause] the McDowell was beaten by Jeff brand 42 yards in the biggest Steeler play of the game [Applause] Graham working out of the slide [Applause] against Bubba McDowell that's a mismatch a strong safety on a fast wide receiver Neal O'Donnell able to bide some time while rolling out of the pocket and that may be the answer for Ron Earhart when you roll your quarterback out of the pocket you get a little more time for the wide receivers to work against that man-to-man coverage down the field that time Graham able to take advantage his longest reception of the season O'Donnell in the flat Thompson with a linebacker and taken down nice open field tackle by the veteran Wilbur MRSA Cris Collinsworth old high school team high school with Wilbur Marshall he was on when I was a senior in high school he was in the ninth grade was out for JV basketball first day of practice he went up and ducked two basketballs in one flight and the coach said son you're now on to varsity congratulations liber martial astronaut high school Titusville Florida [Applause] O'Donnell again must roll and throws it away Hadj was in the corner in the end zone Donald nothing else to do then get rid of it on Earhart maybe staying with this pocket passing game just a little bit too long we've saved a success coming the rollout I know that hasn't been a big part of the Steelers office in the past but all the pressure from Buddy Ryan seems to be coming from between the tackles if you can pin that rush to the inside get your quarterback to the outside just give those wide receivers a little more time to work to tight ends now Adrian Cooper lined up in a wing to the right from the slot goes in motion they fake from O'Donnell who and almost to an interception the Houston defender Wilbur Marshall who couldn't hold on or was it [Music] and that was a horrible grow by Neal O'Donnell terrible decision [Applause] to cross the grain especially late [Applause] to be the eighth play of the state or drive but they need desperately some points the ball at the Euler 16 its fourth and three [Applause] taken by the Steelers in the play apparently taking too long to be signaled onto the field the play clock ticking down and the auditors spend their second timeout of the first half and while we wait for play to resume let's go to NFL live had Jim lamp going at it pretty good indeed Chris Miami Buffalo is totally hot here's the latest Bill's touchdown Kenneth Davis from 12 yards out his second TD of the day gets the bills to within one at 1716 Davis has five rushing TDs this year one more than teammate Thurman Thomas back to Tom and Chris great game in Miami a one-point affair is that seesaws back and forth and Kenneth Davis no question one of the best backup running backs of the NFL and so important than football games as they continue to battle it out in the Eastern Division the Buffalo Bills at least offensively have not been themselves lately maybe this game and the warmth of Miami can snap them out of Scott Mitchell with two touchdown passes as he returns to the dolphin lineup 15 yards to Mark Ingram and 16 to keep Jackson fourth and three for the Steelers from the 16 of the owners [Applause] O'Donnell's in trouble but he has his man Graham at the gran takes a vicious hit but a hold on Bubba McDowell popped but it'll be first down Steve his Fair Play for Jeff Graham remember earlier in the game Bubba McDowell hit him and he dropped it this time on fourth down in three biggest play of the ball game so far for the Steelers Graham's takes a shot and holds on great play there by Jeff Graham ball just inside the 10 yard line where it will be first and goal Graham with his second catch keeping the Steelers in business first and goal just inside the ten two tight ends here's Thompson with a head of steam twisting and turning to the five [Applause] this this one twisted Thompson down it'll be second and goal from the 5-yard line Earhart going with his two big tight ends Adrien Cooper and Eric green on the right side and they're just pushing this Houston Oilers defense backwards giving Thompson some room to maneuver and finally we're seeing some emotion not only out of the crowd and out of this Pittsburgh Steelers offense [Applause] nine carries already for Thompson this is second and goal ball just short of the fun Thompson again Hajj gives him a flock but penetration from the defense will stop me with the nine for a loss Bubba McDowell came shooting through to make the tackle for the loss and that's what you lose without Barry Foster Ron Earhart talked about the innate ability of Barry Foster to both run inside and outside well the Steelers have still had success running inside but when they try to go outside it simply has not been there Leroy Thompson a good player but not Barry Foster so now we'll be third and goal and you see the ball all the way back to the nine yard line a four yard loss on that play stone in motion O'Donnell from the end zone and then just sort of it green hasn't knocked loose Cris Dishman again on the coverage for the Oilers and is fourth down and the field goal unit comes out and that was a big miss by Eric Green because he weighs 280 pounds Chris Dishman a hundred and eighty no way was Chris Dishman going to be able to keep him out of the end zone the very Green can make that catch Dishman with a big defensive play for the orders and so the field goal attempt from Gary Andersen 26 yarder is good Anderson is hit now 23 of 25 on the season finally the Steelers are on the board although only three points doesn't look so great at this time well next Saturday Christmas Day and once the presents are opened we have a treat for you three presents of our own on NBC Sports beginning with an MVA action the hottest team the Houston Rockets taking on the defending Western champion Phoenix Suns team Elijah Juan Charles Barkley in action starting at 2 o'clock Eastern Time that's your game right yeah I'm looking for fun and then the Oilers will swing into action against Steve Young and the 49ers moon against young that's a dream matchup maybe a preview of the Super Bowl the way those two teams are playing at the moment then we wind things up on Christmas Day in primetime Shaquille O'Neal is he ready for primetime I think he's ready for whatever he wants with the Scottie Pippen and the Bulls who come off a big victory over the Knicks couple days ago the Shaq could buy primetime right now that's all coming your way Christmas day here on NBC so there's somebody already ready for the NBA on NBC NB a doubleheader sandwiched around 49ers and the Oilers be nice to sit in the fire and watching from the nine John Henry mills returns the kickoff and powers to the 31 yard line tackled there by a host of Steelers led by Randy comfort the rookie from Duke Gary Anderson kicking the field goal to get Pittsburgh at last untracked now let's watch what the Houston Oilers do there's a player down big illness beyond figures the number one draft pick out of Colorado and they really cannot afford to lose a cornerback when you're playing against the run-and-shoot a tough day for injuries already Webster slaughter already out of the game with a knee injury they feel like that Deon figures is really going to become a good player I talked to Dick LeBeau the defensive backfield coach yesterday he said the guy just had a marvelous such ball skills he can make the interceptions he's dangerous when he gets his hands on the ball they think that he's going to be a player very much like Rod Woodson as he continues to develop figures from Colorado as you said the first round draft choice 23rd player picked he actually thought he would be taken in the top five or so and one of the teams he least expected to take him the Pittsburgh Steelers are already had such a strong secondary but the 1992 Jim Thorpe Award winner the all-american and Big Eight Defensive Player of the Year wound up in gold and black Steelers have really tapped the University of Colorado Dion figures Chad brown now they're starting inside linebacker Joel speed all coming out of Colorado Willie Williams is the man that replaces Deon figures Williams of rookie from Western Carolina 2:37 left first Gary Brown picking his way forward bouncing off tacklers not for five yards before Gary Jones finally got him to the turf with Williams and Woodson there as well and the Steelers really need a stop here defensively not only can they not afford to allow Houston put more points on the board but they need to give their offense one more shot while they're hot offensively that was a nice Drive they put together the last time to get the ball back in their hands approaching the two-minute warning Gary Brown has carried nine times for 52 yards and we will reach the two-minute warning without another play being Ryan pause for the two-minute warning with the Oilers up 20 to 3 working to be the best they can be teammates sponsored by the US Army Miami fans have had more than offense to cheer this year on defense number 51 Brian Cox number 91 Jeff Ross and number 90 Marco Goldman have become three of the best young defenders in the game they're at real awesome Zach masters who make Miami the best they can be [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Wow with three hours of breathtaking picture and sound on a single tape an instant playback at the touch of a button nothing portrays the moments that cover our lives like a sony handycam camcorder it's your life isn't it worthless Sony back in Pittsburgh where it's 20 the three Oilers if you really ask Santa for those hats that's pretty cool how you like the dirt on the front of it look at that one guy saying I worked all week in the steel mill and now I've gotta watch this stay with us at halftime we'll have the Domino's Pizza NFL live halftime report Jim Lampley Mike Ditka what's going on around the league including that big matchup between the bills and the dolphins in Miami one point the last time we looked at [Applause] Warren Moon to pick on Willie Williams the figures replacement there's a pass complete to Duncan for first down he runs out of bounds about one play go right after Willie Williams Warren Moon the veteran quarterback has a day Chemlawn to figure out where the weak spot is we should sit over there on the sideline and to get stiff after warming Williams back blew it again with great protection now we must scramble we still had them all apparently on target intended for Gary Brown maybe a little wide but incomplete looked like it was catchy and Greg Boyd is still down on the turf I believe that's yeah Greg Boyd and I tell you what if there is one guy they cannot lose on this defense you're looking at them right there Greg Lloyd two sacks in that game on Monday night Pro Bowler each of the last two years is the leading tackler on the Steelers defense by 30 tackles just chasing Gary Brown and man-to-man coverage and we didn't see anything want to just pull the muscle he is just plain nasties at take quando master he's so good and so dangerous they don't even let him do little practice bouts with anyone else that was a catchable ball with that run right through his hands I'm really at a loss for what happened to Gary Brown I mean to Greg Lloyd excuse me he is unquestionably the leader the heart and soul of this defense they asked him to make a change this year and the nickel go away from being the pass rushing in because teams were simply going away from him so they put him right in the middle of the field a middle linebacker type position and he gave up some of his numbers gave up some of his sacks for the sake of this football team clearly their best player along with Rod Woodson meanwhile Dion figures having his left ankle taped on the sidelines perhaps he could return Olivia Williams the rookie has taken his place and already has seen moon go right after him once let's update you on the Buffalo Miami game once more it's now Buffalo 19:17 on a Steve Christie 32 yard field goal as the Bills recaptured the lead on the Dolphins and so much force problems scoring points in the National Football League 127 left in the first half at Joe Robbie Stadium almost looks like it baby is back or I was hold on the back of his thigh it looked like wow now stepping very gingerly the white leg [Music] sort of kicked his right ankle with his left leg but you wouldn't think that would be a problem well with 147 left in the half that was a charge timeout on the injury to the Steelers their final timeout LaVon Kirkland has replaced Greg Lloyd pass behind the intended receiver Gary Wellman who was wide open Wellman found a little seam there and had the distance I really like to watch worn nude work Levon Kirkland just came in the game for Greg Lloyd cold off the bench again and he grew right Adam just threw behind the receiver but Levon Kirkland is certainly not the athlete to play this nickel middle linebacker that Greg Lloyd is big third down play coming up for the Steeler defense here although they are out of timeouts if they could get the ball back maybe a chance for something before halftime one two left Steelers show the Blitz here they come and it's incomplete Flitz works it forces moved into a premature throw and what might have been another screen and the owners will have to punt and maybe that'll give Don capers a little confidence to try and come with that blitz a little more often it's ironic that the next time they came back with Rod Woodson on the Blitz they had this screen called once again this time unable to execute it this is the first Houston punt of the game the dangerous Rod Woodson is deep as Montgomery is ready to boot it Lloyd strained his hamstring we're told good kick by Montgomery Woodson will let it bounce and it takes a sideways bounce and then rolls to the seven yard line great coverage by the orders 51 yard Montgomery punt downed inside the 10 and the bad thing about a hamstring injury is sometimes it can take so long to heal and oftentimes just never goes away throughout the course of your career I doubt if they're going to take any chances with Greg Lloyd in this ballgame they're down 20 to 3 at the very least they're going to go in and halftime and find out exactly what's wrong but if you're going to have any shot to make the playoffs and picks for Greg Lloyd has to be healthy four wide receivers on for the Steelers and O'Donnell in the shotgun very close to being sacked and then is at the one-yard line [Music] McGlynn makgulli we talked about him earlier in the show really a very good frontline Neil O'Donnell said you know everybody talks about the blitzes from Buddy Ryan the linebackers coming but just watch the guys up front Childress was the one that flushed him out of the pocket and then Montgomery there too finishing him off spot the ball at the two one minute left in the first half donal in the shotgun standing in his own end zone it's protection this time plenty of time down the sideline he had two men right together and I think it was intended for Hodge and the ball was knocked away with a man just in front of him Ernie Mills I think Hodge was good on half the ball he had a little room to operate as well Tom I've got to tell you I'm not seeing much out of these Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers they really are not giving a great effort as Neal O'Donnell was standing back in the pocket it really looks like they're sort of running 3/4 speed in the route and Neal O'Donnell's fighting for his life trying to find somebody but these Houston Oilers defensive backs just have had him blanketed all day that's really a weak spot on the Steelers team a gamebreaking wide receiver they're down play let's comes O'Donnell past the hives on the screen has a couple of blockers duffer he might have gone all the way for the touchdown Steve Jackson just tripped up Merrill Hans now they've got to get in the hurry-up mode 23 22 seconds left [Applause] and the steelers wasted all their timeouts earlier in the half remember when they were got confused at the line of scrimmage and now really have very little opportunity to try and move it on down the field boy that hodge play i think it might have gone there Oh Hodge coming across the grain makes the block then slips out on the screen and they've really got this set up called hassel rig out front do ball love with a block Dwight stone is in position to pick off the last defender of Meral Hodge could have made that last tackler miss deep Jackson just tripped him up O'Donnell steps up and delivers down the sidelines for Graham he's got it but he stayed in they don't have any timeouts to get it stopped the Oilers are walking down the field 51 yards but Graham didn't go out of bounds oh my I don't think so I think they're going to call at the end of the half the Oilers were making an effort they were jogging at least now it's purely at the discretion of the officials did the Oilers make a full hearted effort to get back penalty marker down the offense did not get sick therefore we're going to have a ten-second runoff which ends ahead offense was not set that's the end of the half gram didn't fight to get out of bounds and anytime you have an offensive penalty with less than 10 seconds to go in the half they'll run the clock run out the half and that's exactly what happened in this situation it doesn't matter that there was one second on the clock we have a 10-second run off with an offensive penalty and let's go to Jim Lampley in New York now for the Domino's Pizza halftime report this is the Domino's Pizza NFL live halftime report brought to you by Domino's Pizza where you always get great pizza plus something for nothing and we welcome those of you who have been watching the Oilers and their surprising first half performance against Pittsburgh let's turn our attention to the sensational game being played in Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami where the Bills have a 26 17 lead over the Dolphins as halftime approaches the Dolphins as you know beset by injuries most notably starting linebacker John Alfred are inactive again today with an injured hamstring Bill scored first to make it six nothing botched the p80 Mitchell answers for Miami with the 15-yard touchdown pass to Ingram dolphins led 76 in the first 7-6 Miami still as Dolphins defensive in marco Coleman has called for roughing Jim Kelly on a 25-yard Kelly completion DeAndre Reed Miami linebacker Brian Cox gets into a heated exchange with Kelly the penalty on Coleman helps set up the Steve Christie field goals that gave Buffalo a 97 lead 2nd quarter 10 9 Miami following a JB brown wood yeah it really does anytime you get a break like that right before they have have a chance to build a little bit of momentum going into halftime when you're so far behind and then to make a boneheaded play like that really hurt let's take a look at our Coors Light halftime stats now and see just how total the oiler domination has been remember that last pass play of 51 yards somewhat skewed the numbers only one turnover of course that was the big one the deal O'Donnell interception in which Bowa Orlando went in for the touchdown time of possession pretty close to even there huh pretty close yeah it's all lost for the Steelers now as they approach the second half down by 17 well this certainly is not a team that you like to be in a position that has to count as behind the football has not been there straight Neil O'Donnell has had the problems with his arm maybe the wide receivers got a little chewing out at halftime might come out a little more life here in the second half certainly the Oilers look every bit as advertised looking for their ninth win in a row they have been superb on both sides of the football through the first half of play and remember a victory today by the Oilers would give them a sweep of their divisional opponents and give them the outright championship in the AFC Central [Music] del greco to kick off to get the second frame underway [Applause] that will sail into the end zone where Hastings will down it and O'Donnell and company will take over at the 20 yard line trying to get something going perhaps O'Donnell who really was not able the numbers are not good for Neil O'Donnell just 9 of 22 but a lot of that not his fault pressure in his face all day long and really not many places to throw the football down the field right to the air and on target two green wrestled down by Al Smith after a gain of eight or nine yards [Applause] if buddy Ryan is going to continue to cover Eric green with man coverage I don't know why they would run another play Eric green just too big and too quick to be covered by Al Smith in the middle of the field they had been double teaming Eric Green early in this one double teamed him the entire first game that they played and I would expect though go back to them running play Leroy Thompson gets the first down that is written back with Smith again at the point of attack it'll be though a Steeler first down now Smith always very impressive against the run the middle linebacker for the Oilers has led the statement tackles and six of the 13 games he came in tied with Marcus Robertson safety out after knee surgery but how Smith has anchored his defense for many years now and Houston when the Oilers have the ball they've pretty much gone up and down the field the Steelers and two key figures Dion figures and Greg Lloyd have been injured in the first half will not return here's a play-action pass from O'Donnell off target intended for Stone and stone drew a crowd that time atop this is really what I'm talking about with Dwight stone he's running right beside wool vermin Wilbur Marshall is a great athlete but Dwight stone runs for point two five and you see me just kind of gearing across the field they're not really sprinting I think Neal O'Donnell threw that ball in the right place and you've got a guy as fast as Dwight stone you have to anticipate that he's going to run around the linebacker there are they intimidated looks like Flitz comes and stops Thompson in his tracks lost on the play there's how Smith again former Utah State Aggies had a big play a couple of years ago against the Steelers as well return two fumbles seventy yards for a touchdown that against the Steelers that helped them clinch the division back in 1991 always a big play guy on that defensive side of the ball allows you to do so many different things in the secondary you can count on Al Smith to clog up the middle on the run in the leading tackler for the last six years for the owners and do they miss Barry Foster there's your answer [Applause] [Music] and around a stove Searcy stop short at first down Blayne bishop who is the Nickelback for the Oilers stopping stone on the end around a play they run often no surprise really he is the fourth leading rusher that's his 11th carry and stone began his career as a running back is why he wears the number 20 he was trying to slow down there to set up a block they have been better served just trying to run and reach the corner for the first down Bishop caught him from behind so Royals to punt on the Steelers first possession of the second will be brewery the deep man for the Oilers sailing punt by Royals the drury will fair catch at the 24 yard line so it's like the Rockettes following a JV Brownwood yeah it really does any time you get a break like that right before they have have a chance to build a little bit of momentum going into halftime when you're so far behind and then to make a boneheaded play like that really hurt let's take a look at our Coors Light halftime stats now and see just how total the oiler domination has been remember that last pass play of 51 yards somewhat skewed the numbers only one turnover of course that was the big one the deal O'Donnell interception in which Bowa Orlando went in for the touchdown time of possession pretty close to even there huh pretty close yeah 15 minutes apiece it's all lost for the Steelers now as they approach the second half down by 17 well this certainly is not a team that you like to be in a position to have to come from behind the football has not been their strength Neal O'Donnell has had the problem with his arm maybe the wide receivers got a little chewing out at halftime I come out a little more life here in the second half certainly the Oilers look every bit as advertised looking for their ninth win in a row they have been superb on both sides of the football through the first half of play and remember a victory today by the Oilers would give them a sweep of their divisional opponents and give them the outright championship in the AFC Central [Music] del greco to kick-off to get the second frame underway to receive more Pittsburgh [Applause] that will sail into the end zone where Hastings will down it and O'Donnell and company will take over at the 20 yard line trying to get something going perhaps O'Donnell who really was not able the numbers are not good for Neil O'Donnell just 9 of 22 but a lot of that knot is bought pressure in his face all day long and really not many places to throw the football down the field right to the air and on target two green wrestled down by Al Smith after a gain of eight or nine yards [Applause] if buddy Ryan is going to continue to cover Eric green with man coverage I don't know why they would run another play Eric green just too big and too quick to be covered by Al Smith in the middle of field they had been double teaming Eric green early in this one double teamed him the entire first game that they played and I would expect they'll go back to them running play Leroy Thompson gets the first down then is written back with Smith again at the point of attack it'll be though a Steeler first down how Smith always very impressive against the run the middle linebacker for the Oilers has led this team in tackles in six of the thirteen he came in tied with Marcus Robertson he pray safety who was now out after knee surgery but how Smith has anchored his defense for many years now in Houston when the Oilers have the ball they've pretty much gone up and down the field the Steelers and two key figures Dion figures and Greg Lloyd have been injured in the first half will not return here's a play-action pass from O'Donnell off target intended for Stone and stone through a crowd that time atop this is really what I'm talking about with Dwight stone he's running right beside wool vermin wool Vermeil is a great athlete but Dwight stone runs for point two five and you see me just kind of gearing across the field they're not really sprinting I think Neil O'Donnell threw that ball in the right place and you've got a guy as fast as white stone you have to anticipate that he's going to run around the linebacker there are they intimidated looks like jobs and stops Thompson in his tracks lost on the play there's how Smith again former area Utah State Aggies had a big play a couple of years ago against the Steelers as well return to fumble 70 yards for a touchdown that against the Steelers that helped them clinch the division back in 1991 always a big play guy on that defensive side of the ball allows you to do so many different things in the secondary we didn't count on Al Smith to clog up the middle on the run in the leading tackler for the last six years for the Oilers and do they miss Barry Foster there's your answer [Applause] [Music] in the round a stove seriously first down Blayne bishop who is the Nickelback for the Oilers stopping stone on the end around a play they run often no surprise really he is the fourth leading rusher that's his 11th carry and stone began his career as a running back why he wears the number 20 he was trying to slow down there to set up a block they have been better served just trying to run and reach the corner for the first down at Bishop caught him from behind so Royals to punt on the Steelers first possession of the second will be brewery the deep man for the Oilers sailing punt by Royals that drury will fair catch at the 24-yard line so it's like the Rockettes 1 2 3 kick for the Steelers he'll be back when you choose a family car you put all your eggs in one basket so when it came to safety engineering from standard dual airbags to side impact protection Mitsubishi did the same thing introducing the all-new 1994 Mitsubishi Galant with some of the most comprehensive safety engineering of any car in its class lease and you Galland ask now for just five hundred dollars down and $1.99 a month Geronimo thunders across the big screen like a wild horses Jason Patric Robert Duvall Gene Hackman and Wes Studi as Geronimo rated pg-13 and Peters now when regular drills old is back 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two of this first possession of the second half figures in the secondary as Gary brown on the ground games three arts tackle then by Gary Jones and Joel steed and the question is what's happened to the Pittsburgh defense when not only has the offense had their share of problems but defensively in the last few games they simply have not been as sharp either the first nine four games allowing a few more points more than three points in the last row [Applause] Livan Kirkland is taking Greg place a spot right in the middle of the defense [Applause] Brown regulate a fumble but it came right back to him he'll be a couple yards short of the first down look he fumbled or not if it did it bounced right back in his arms and the Steelers now going with a three-man front and two linebackers probably feeling like they with Greg Lloyd out of the lineup they had to put both their linebackers Chad Brown and LaVon Kirkland in the game to try and stop Gary Brown at this point in the ballgame Gary Brown and his first down runs was really [Applause] Cedar's he gained 79 the most by any running man this season and faced with a play clock running down Warren Moon will take a Houston timeout comes with 10 50 left in the third quarter and Gil brides offense facing a third and one tefik dill bridesmaid a lot of good calls today is really done a nice job of guessing with the defense from the Pittsburgh Steelers and what is this offense been so much better than what they were in the first five ballgames look coming up on New Year's Day bull day here on NBC it begins with the IBM os/2 fiesta bowl the explosive offense of Miami against the desert swarm defense of Arizona then the mobile Cotton Bowl Lou Holtz fourth ranked diaries he wants to know why they're not considered for the national championship they only lost once to Florida State they'll take on the seventh rated Aggies at Texas A&M and then for the national championship the Federal Express Orange Bowl matching Nebraska and Florida State that's our Bowl lineup New Year's Day starting at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on NBC one last attempt to [Applause] and they cannot do it on the ball is loose great cover [Applause] fumble there are black shirts all over [Applause] [Music] get round up in Pittsburgh now [Applause] takes a shot the first one from Woodson and then LaVon Kirkland stripped him of the football and this Pittsburgh Steelers offense finally gets a much-needed break now they've got to convert it into points Thompson dodges one man taken down at the line of scrimmage no gain Al Smith with another big defensive play for Houston and Tom what we're seeing is that the Houston Oilers defense is simply too quick for this Pittsburgh offense they're trying to run a lot of the counter ot's pulling offensive lineman and the linebackers and the defensive lineman from the Houston Oilers are able to get in behind the pulling linemen and make the place now Smith made that one as he has often today he's the quarterback on that defense from the 37 it's second and 10 play action this time [Applause] fix the throw back across the field looks down the sideline and throw Hajin stone were down had pretty good coverage let's go to Jim Lampley now in FL live for another update and more fireworks in Miami Tom early second half Scott Mitchell is going to throw the ball to keep Jackson Jackson hooks up against Nate poems and the NFL leader in interceptions nate odomes with 8 here picks up the fumble goes 25 yards buffalo leads 33 to 20 over the Dolphins back to Tom and Chris alright Jim thanks what a game that is and Buffalo taking command with its defense they always play so well third and ten here for the Steelers blitz comes picked up [Applause] and taken down by Lamar Layton with great speed four five speed that's running back speed and he just simply came around the pile he's been with the flu this week some doubt as to whether or not he would be effective in this ballgame gets up and just simply runs Neal O'Donnell down from behind nice play by Lamar Latham now mark Royals is on to punt would you go for it here would be fourth and nine I don't think so Tom I think you can give your punt team a chance pedal back in there this is good decision Royals punt hits at the 5 and bounces to the one where it's down by the it was a good decision now the defense will have to hold Brian hateful to veteran [Applause] I think what they're going to rule is that the man that down the football his foot was on the in line at least there was one official that started to weigh for a touchback if LaVon Kirkland's foot was on the line when he downed the ball it would be a touchback we're gonna leave it there very close watch number 99 LaVon Knossos foot touch the line when he downs the ball close [Applause] jovem next like Jim come to battle the big Jim you've got one yeah hey this calls for a celebration how about a cold o'doole thanks only 70 calories and not alcohol because out here you never know what's 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moon just overthrew it so now Montgomery will have to punt from the back of his own endzone Rod Woodson will await the punt at the Steeler 46 yard line 10:46 [Applause] Montgomery gets it out and way to Woodsen at his own 48 with some slips and falls and is covered there after an eight-yard return of mcduck breeze montgomery's 47 yarder and the steelers will take over in houston territory when they told him he didn't have the size to play he reached inside and found the power [Music] he was from a small school in a small town but he had the heart to make it big each had a dream and when you start with the dream is up to you since your face can't adjust to your razor your razor should adjust to your face which is exactly why we designed the shift racer the Schick tracer is the only razor with blades that Bend and flex the unique shape of your face so the traits are getting close for a clean and comfortable shave and since you can't change your face maybe you should change your razor 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to that one is it didn't look like a completion take another look I don't think that Cooper ever had possession that's a bad call Cooper never had possession of the ball he was constantly fumbling around with it and the officials have just blown a big call in this ball game that was a drop by Cooper power can't buy a break today it's ruled a fumble Oilers ball at the Steeler 40 what a huge turnaround of events there [Applause] get away the Houston Oilers have really done a job lately in turning the football over eight in the first five eight in the next four and nineteen now in the last four games if you want to know how teams win championships take a look at that number in red and the Oilers are second to the Buffalo Bills in forced turnovers Pittsburgh is third and there is the turnover master himself buddy Ryan that's how he gets it done ludecke Brown nice cutback he got away from two men that has tripped up at the 30 now be close to the first down Chad Brown finally got him to the turf and Gary Brown is a guy you wonder how in the world did this guy last until the 8th round of the draft while his senior year at Penn State he had a broken foot after three games they really didn't get a chance to show off his skills he's a little bowling ball though very low to the ground 511 229 pounds and very difficult to knock off his feet he was coming along the featured back was the captain of a Nittany Lions Leroy Thompson now running back for the Steelers scrambles and slides to the 25-yard line LaVon Kirkland forced him to scramble moon turns it into a yard gaining play gain of five I'm sure that Jack Pardee and his Hartness throat as Warren Moon to golf wasn't it last year or a couple years ago at Warren Moon on a scramble like this got a dislocated shoulder or some pretty serious injury at the end of the season when you have a team the time on their way to winning their ninth straight you certainly do not want to see Warren Moon take too many chances second down the ball is just shorter the Steeler 25 already orders in command by 17 late put the pressure on the completion and order first down Willie Williams knocked him out of bounds but there's Wellman with his 16th catch of the season Wellman caught a hundred and five passes in his career the University of Southern California foreign makes it they come with the double corner blitz Parnell Lake is there more moon escapes and gets it off to Wellman take first air made Pittsburgh pay for the pressure all day [Applause] just under six minutes left in the third quarter Houston threatening to add to its lead Keeler's show the Blitz and one of the offensive linemen of the order splits to might have been David Williams he was number 73 on the on the gray 5 Yahoo where's David Williams we'll be forever known for the baby gate incident he stayed at home while the team traveled to New England dude nope his wife knew childbirth and ironically Jack Pardee made the statement that he thought that whole baby gate incident really helped pull this offensive line together and then after that they started playing much better [Applause] that began their string of eight in a row as they came off a bye week and struggled but one [Applause] the screen set up but these students are ready for it so moon must throw it away I was chasing Warren Moon as you let the ball go there's a penalty marker on the play and the flag came in the secondary I was watching the second day I really didn't see anybody it looks like illegal downfield wouldn't be against Pittsburgh but they're ruling it against Houston it did but he pointed down towards Pittsburgh and Rod Woodson is going to give them a very simple explanation that that would be against the offense Laurie had about first down in 15 what's in saying no no to whatever the signal is coming from Bill Cowher no it's against them he said you just see that sometimes I wonder why they bother down the believer downfield number 73 on the often penalty is declined second down as you always see the captain on the defense just always looking to write to Coach anyway just go over and ask Bill Cowher do you want it or not read Hopkins the rookie downfield to sir rusta so in our offense without leading receiver Webster slaughter of a torn medial collateral that occurred in the first half on what need to take the ball as Ernest givins Jim Lampley has been busy today let's put him to work again for another update Jim and I've been busy because those boisterous bills just won't quit after Mike Lotus recovers a Keith Byars fumble Jim Kelly capitalizes down the middle of Don Beatty back in September the Bears scored 47 against the Bucks now buffalo has 47 against Miami and Miami only 20 in the third back to Tom and Chris John I think they're just too many points scored at the national poly now it's getting disgusting what's wrong with football too many points move scrambles effectively for the end zone and incomplete threw it away Haywood Jeffries closest to it and you know Warren Moon had that mention we talked about it earlier hurt his pride a little bit no question but he did admit that it probably motivated him he looks to me like he's back to his old self based on his performance here today yeah I agree and sometimes you know we were talking to him last night I said you know Warren you're 36 37 years old you're at the end of your career and I obviously still want to win a championship but it probably did just just fired him up a little bit and reconvince them that he really did want to play the game of football his pride was definitely wounded sitting there on the bench to preserve this field goal attempt for del Greco and from 33 yards out Del Greco boots it through so the owners take advantage of an apparent blown call by the officials to push their lead back to 20 the engineers of Mitsubishi have some remarkable ways to measure quality to check and recheck for even the slightest flaw because the truest measure of a luxury 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looks familiar that was the score of the first meeting between these two teams in the Astrodome three weeks ago that was the final and the way the or there's a play that may not be enough today short kickoff by Del Greco taken by Hastings [Applause] Vin's is white with 24 yard line where the Steelers will take over special teams tackle they're made by Terry ho and the recent additions to this oiler lineup hope the 10-year veteran from Georgia just signed on the 15th of December Marcus Robertson injured and out for the season and Terry hoaxes on if I are over there on the sidelines I'd give white stone a good chewing out tell him you've got one-on-one coverage we've got to come to you we've got to use your speed you've got to start running your patterns full-out and you've got to try to get us back in this game this one has a one on one stone breaks it off that time as they go on the other side the gram for and that time stone really drove off the football Graham made the catch on the other side but it's the first time that I've really seen Dwight stone crank it into gear when you've got that kind of speed if you'll just run full-speed off the ball you'll make Chris Dishman back off and at the very least give your quarterback an opportunity to throw some balls underneath but I think Neil or Donnell has lost a little faith in it and just to note Jeff Graham did go out of bounds that time [Applause] O'Donnell bullet complete to the Graham with his second consecutive catch that's five in the game for Jeff grannies over a hundred yards receiving he led the Steelers in receiving last year working one-on-one against Steve Jackson they did a good job of keep coming towards the football but too often you're seeing the Steelers receivers when they're coming out of their break begin to chop it down a little bit against main coverage as soon as you make your break you've got a sprint you've got to get away from people Ram was the intended receiver again that time and a little bit as was O'Donnell as he released the football bishop in Orlando had double coverage on Graham and the other thing is that Eric green is still getting single coverage from Al Smith it's time to go back to your big tight end when things look their bleakest if you've got a guy that weighs 280 pounds and can catch the football the way Eric Green does every time they've attempted to pass to him this afternoon he's had success on that little option route against Al Smith Green is lined up as the tight end on the left as stone comes in motion from that side Donald rolls to his right and Paul's then is covered with a sack on the play coming with a blitz the orders were all over O'Donnell he slipped and then Marshall pounced on and I put the blame on this one on Neal O'Donnell it they picked up the Blitz he had room in the pocket but he just got a little bit out of control I think he saw it coming thought he was going to get hit but they really had it pretty well picked up up front Neal O'Donnell may be panicked when he saw it coming third sack of the day for the Houston defense and now O'Donnell faces a third and 18 Reese acts for Ryan's D [Applause] donal he's been wide open making the kitchen smells [Music] traitors inside the [Applause] penalty's you're ever going to see in the National Football League Earnie Mills with his great speed is out in front of Chris Dishman and Eric green comes up and just nails him from behind and it's going to come back what boneheads play have the Steelers not made today well I'd say give credit to the Houston Oilers for the way that they've played but the Steelers have really helped their cause this afternoon so desperate for big plays against this Oilers defense you finally get one number 86 we will test a penalty from the spot of the ball and you do that [Applause] Mills makes the catch on the sidelines does a nice job of getting away from Dishman good pattern good route he's open gets away and now Dishman completely out of the play and Eric Green is going to push him right in the back no question assess from the spot of the foul put the ball at the 36 [Music] time to go back to NFL live Jim well Tom I'm not really giving you a live play-by-play of Miami Buffalo it only seems that way after for Miami turnovers led to 28 Buffalo points the Dolphins finally answered the burg to Terri Kirby goes in from 30 yards out that makes it 4727 Kirby leads all running backs in the league in catches and yards back to Tom and Chris all right Jim the scoreboard is gonna blow a fuse down there if they keep on at that pace you wonder if we have yet another quarterback controversy now this time in Miami [Applause] we'll reach the end zone Russians and a flag comes down Dishman after he'd scored the touchdown as he taunted him all the way into the end zone and somebody needs to settle down Eric green Eric green felt like he got a late hit on to play from Chris Dishman and they're going to go at it again dish has got a lot of nerve and 188 pounds going up against that tree there it greens not happy he news that he hurt his team on the play before and Cris Dishman somebody better get him out of there before he gets killed this one of course has a reputation as being the trash-talking king of the oiler defense and his green was waltzing toward the end zone he was pointing and taunting Dishman and then when the play was over Green gave him a shove now I don't know who the penalty is going to be against perhaps offsetting but now it should not affect the touchdown because the flag did not come out until they started pushing in the endzone so it's not going to affect the touchdown it'll be interesting to see whether or not the call goes against Dishman for a late hit or against Erick green for retaliation I did think it was a late hit even though that he had tired him we have unsportsmanlike conduct on number 28 on the deep end will assisted on the kickoff 15 I think that's a good call though he did get taunted Green was a danger of negating the advantage there is he [Applause] took another couple of shots to Dishman he should have taken what the turned out to be a penalty and put the Steelers right back in business after that 36 yard touchdown Anderson puts it through maybe the Steelers aren't dead yet they still trailed by two 13 points let's watch that whole sequence again Garrett cream when he gets out in the open field just so hard to bring down and a defensive back like Bo Orlando's never going to be able to get it done overpowers him now watch him begin to talk chris vichon Dishman didn't like it he's going to come over take a cheap shot and now here we go don't turn your back now man Oh Donald to hit as he delivered the football [Applause] looks like it's it Neela giving it the know Moscow like he doesn't want to go back dinner he can't play anymore Mike Tom Zack of course is the backup for the Cedars he was involved in a pushing and shoving match in the first game between the two and there's O'Donnell powers trying to find out if he can go looks like his hip perhaps and he really didn't get hit on to play and you just if you read Bill Cowher slips he just said Mike calling for Mike Tom Zack it looks like Tom Zack will be in the next time that the Steelers get the ball Anderson picking off range after the penalty [Applause] there's Tomczak loosening up beyond the next time the Staters get the football but for must stop the order and it is going to get interesting when Mike Tomczak comes in the game the last time these two teams met he threw an interception and then cut clocked at Michael barrows [Applause] these two teams claim there's no between them because of it but you know we'll set three of receivers to [Applause] [Music] makes it difficult Wellman makes the catch first down at the 35 yard line tackled by Gary Jones O'Donnell has a strained muscle in his hip his return still in doubt from the order when the Steelers get the ball back second first down catch by Gary Wellman Wellman has looked good in replacement of Webster slaughter today that's what you need when you get injuries late in the season somebody to come off the bench and pick you up that's what Gary wall makes a nice run cuts back ground all the way to the 45-yard line only Rod Woodson could chase him down and then a late flag about the only thing this could be is a facemask which it is hamed is unbelievable the difference five-yard facemask penalty on the defense number 26 go add five yards to the end of the run the difference in this Oilers offense with Gary Brown in there because you have so many defensive backs in the game you have a big fullback type when it gets his hands on the ball breaks tackles gets in the secondary and really intimidates people you see Rod Woodson there with the facemask five yards of the facemask penalty first down orders at the Steeler for me 30 seconds left in the third finished him off well Carnell lake has already posted career highs this season in sacks that will be his fifth and in interceptions for Cornell Lake is playing some games now with Warren Moon he looked like he was going to drop back in coverage came with the delayed blitz made the offensive lineman miss and came up with the sack on Warren Moon [Applause] and that play will bring the third quarter to a close that's the end of the third quarter in Pittsburgh the Oilers leading will be back these messages from your local station now John Wayne Bobbitt first television industry when they say it's possible you may be crippled sexually for the rest of your life does it make you feel No NBC Wednesday [Music] you're [Music] Hey [Music] like you [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] bah scoffs pick a gift days 9 sensational bonus gifts yours to take home just for shopping at boss Cobbs and making a $20 or more purchase plus 20 to 50% savings on all costume jewelry 50% off men's arrow and bad news and dress shirts 50% off men's and ladies trilobal jog sets save 62% on 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there but it was effective Warren Moon threw the ball before he wanted to and thus the incompletion incompletion and you get the ball back in the hands of your office Warren Moon looked a little on that play like he did at the beginning of the season like the pressure was bothering him Montgomery on two puns and Rod Woodson will wait at the 10 [Applause] will the pressure on Montgomery he kicked it away it'll bounce at the five and beat down in about the six yard line great punt by Montgomery he killed it in its tracks and the Oilers down it and now Mike Tomczak comes in the ball game Donna now insisting on going back in after Bill Cowher had called for Mike Tomczak to warm up O'Donnell apparently has talked him into allowing him to go back in the game so breeze Kip at all O'Donnell returns and he directs his offense from his own six trailing by 13 [Applause] problem with a clock perhaps is Playa stopped we'll o'clock operators please 2014 43 whole time on change of possession so they reset it to 1443 you expect that to happen in Houston but not in Pittsburgh no slap it to be there I don't get into that too late now nearly O'Donnell pops once [Applause] Jeff Graham ran a hitch and go pattern to stop and go we've got it going on at the line of scrimmage now to Steve Jackson was beaten on the play and he reached out and grabbed Graham it's going to be a holding call against the Houston Oilers [Applause] there was really more holding Steve Jackson reached out and grabbed Jeff Graham's jerseys on the defense number 24 five-yard penalty first dollars penalties are exactly the same so it doesn't matter watch number 24 Jackson's got to grab the shoulder right there and that's the penalty really no need to bow Orlando is in perfect position five-yard Markoff against the defensive buddy Ryan but an automatic first down [Applause] the out pattern intended for Graham complete no respect whatsoever for Jeff Graham D Steve Jackson completely squatted on the pattern I don't know if he was looking in the backfield and guessing but Steve Jackson has no respect whatsoever for Jeff Graham going deep look at this high that is all over the pattern Neal O'Donnell luckily threw that one out of bounds [Applause] [Music] let's come hold on oh has to get rid of it and Cooper caught it now then it came loose incomplete [Applause] I never really thought of Al Smith as being much of a butcher but he has been a pain for neal o'donnell all afternoon he started lining up on the outside looped around right over the center and got right in the face of Neal O'Donnell forcing him to get rid of it quickly luckily that one wasn't intercepted now Smith's going to loop all the way around and then lit right up the middle nice job there by Merrill I believe what I was trying to pick him up so it's third and ten intended for ha would have been sort of the first down now explain that one to him third down and ten and you throw a flat pattern that's going to net you maybe three very strange call we'll O'Donnell maybe not wanting to sit back in that pocket quite as long as he did in the beginning of the game because of all the pressure that he's seen jury awaiting the punt by Royals to come up to take it at the 46 [Applause] all the way to the 43 where he's tackled by LaVon curtly after a 36-yard punt we'll take a break think of all this as a large block of ice think of this as a chip off the old block [Music] age ice cold [Music] maybe you didn't know that the Mazda 626 comes with the best basic warranty in its class but the people at Flat Rock Michigan stand behind the car they built and that's why we can too [Music] Braun flex control the first electric shaver with a pivoting head flex control automatically adjusts to every contour of your face under the chin under the lid that tricky spot under your nose you'll get the closest Braun shave yet flex control from Braun the last word in shavers folks around Flat Rock Michigan have their own way of conserving energy they build the Mazda 6 to 6 and they build it so it gets the best mileage of any midsize sedan in America so what are they doing you're down [Music] the NFL on NBC is brought to you by Mazda Mazda it just feels right by Braun flex control the first electric shaver with a visiting head that adjusts to every contour of your face by Citibank visa now with your photo and signature on the front fork greater security not just visa Citibank visa and by Coors Light age ice-cold for that your taste of the Rockies reach for the Silver Bullet the right beer now we're both Santa has two touchdowns it 13 points 23:10 with the orders in good field position the first down the thief [Applause] is inside the 15 where he's taught by Willie Williams [Applause] down on the play Chris excuse me personal foul against the Steelers for roughing the passer Kevin green flu tack half the distance to the goal line on at the end of this play but what a performance today by Gary Wellman there they just never run out of wide receivers in Houston and they all look about the same all about 595 pound roughing the passer number 66 on the defense he's half the distance to the goal first out there's Donald Evans on the rushing the passer call I think part of that is frustration on the part of Donald Evans he finally got a chance to take a shot at Warren Moon and it was no question the pastor but what a job this Oilers front five have done in protecting Warren Moon today 29 yard completion plus their penalty and of all of the seven of the Steelers used to looking to put away for good timeout taken by mood so Houston will take its second timeout as the play clock was down to two and you could see it coming Tom they had at least seven coming on that blitz Warren Moon saw it and didn't like the formation or didn't like the play call and wisely took a timeout to stay away from the bad play Mike Tom Zack was warming up it looked like he might come into the game but he did not O'Donnell directed the last series and underneath that hood is Mike Tom Zack who was right in the middle of things in the Astrodome three weeks ago in these two teams met Tom Zack threw an interception and then shot blocked at the knees of Michael Barrow a linebacker and then paid the price for it Barrow didn't appreciate it ripped his helmet off and get $5,000 worth of Tom Zach's face on his fist just like about 2,500 of punch maybe he continues to pound away Michael Barrow was upset that nobody ever saw the chopped block when it was shown on national television looks like somebody four times a Gallardo way his nose and Tom's excellent even in the game yet mix up food turned right everyone else went left still Warren Lux it to the one-yard line it's getting to be a pretty effective plate Gary Brown misses inaudible and Warren Moon now he's getting so used to him not hearing the audibles he knows what to do he just takes it and runs right off the hole everything there's a nice hole there like a feta Gary Brown like dad the ball in that situation for Warren Moon knew where that hole was and he turned it up not bad for a run older guy [Applause] second and goal from the one around this time in the right space and so is the Pittsburgh defense led by Kevin Henry and Reggie bar very good show of heart there by the Pittsburgh Steelers would have been very easy to roll over in this situation the offense really hasn't given his defense very much to work with at all and his orders offense has been so methodical very Brown now with the most yards rushing against the Steelers defense all year breaking his own record he said earlier so it's third and goal the ball now back at the three [Applause] that time the play Bach was to one and moon couldn't get the snail so he calls timeout with 12 21 left in the game and the orders threatening again people around Flat Rock Michigan have a lot of reasons to be proud one of which is building the Mazda 626 because even with dual airbags and a v6 engine it still 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C quest barring a total collapse Warren Moon will lead the orders to the Nightwind in a row and a sweep of divisional opponents and the divisional title in the AFC central interesting question for Warren but yesterday about his records or Whoopi records if he had played in the NFL throughout his career he played his first six years in the Canadian Football League in Edmonton and had he played in the National Football League throughout his career he would have thrown for fifty four thousand yards which is most by any quarterback in the NFL and you say yeah bothers me a little bit that record with very much a team player with his quarterback which way poets [Applause] Reggie bars was bearing down on Warren Moon so he had to throw it away and another field goal attempt you know if you really closely analyze the game the Pittsburgh defense is only giving up one touchdown today and try it because of the interception return by the Houston Oilers and Bo Orlando that was a good decision there by Warren Moon your team is up by 13 you want to go up by more than two touchdowns you don't take a risk on throwing an interception the field goal does the same job [Applause] on the money al del greco boots another field goal and it's now 26:10 the Oilers over the Steelers [Music] you're looking at the most powerful import pickup ever built the new 4 litre v6 Mazda truck what all the beautiful people are driving this year [Music] Panasonic presents a unique and highly evolved smooth operator the new smooth operator tube with flood control is the only racer to unite the comfort of 20 pendent floating heads with the closeness of a warm thread shave [Applause] don't try this with any plugged-in razor the new smooth operator wet/dry races from panasonic smoother than you ever thought you would be behind every new monster truck just an unsurpassed 50,000 mile 3-year basic warranty and behind that [Music] New Year's Day on NBC the number one Nebraska Cornhuskers battle Heisman winner Charlie Ward on the number two Florida State Seminoles Tom Osborne faces Bobby Bobby to coaching Great Siege in pursuit of their first national title it's a fine time showdown for the national championship the Federal Express Orange Bowl New Year's Day on NBC while is on their way their ninth in a row it could be a cost even though Webster slaughter injured you saw him on the sidelines he'll lose who's got big pile up as stone twice fumbled the ball this falls into the category Ford Whitestone of have you ever had one of those days Jack party say we know who's got it Jack party who was fired by the experts the media pundits when they were one in four Steelers got it back and Tom almost to a man they give him credit for handling the Jeff on situation the way that this team was able to bounce back after that tragedy his even-handed manner even though in Oilers that's lying there with the ball they've given it to the Pittsburgh Steelers [Music] there's Terry ho who picked up the ball and Whitestone could not now the fights on and Mike somebody says his foul number 27 right there lying closest to you ended up with the football now you tell me how that happened about Davenport was trying to hatch it there for a while go get the ball but it belongs to Pittsburgh it's the Christmas season rivers was during our last commercial break as high above the stadium will you marry me sherry the only problem is if it's a Steeler fan he'll probably fumble the ring Cheri may not be in too good a mood after this should've asked her in the first quarter well the first port wasn't any better either that's true [Music] second and ten from the twelve buddy Ryan relentless shows the Blitz it gets to O'Donnell down at the one duval love with just as soon Sean Jones go ahead and check out of his hotel room and go back to Houston he is just overpowered him on this afternoon fourth sack of the day for buddy Ryan's Euler defense and O'Donnell has felt it on numerous occasions not only the sacks but some other times as well big SWAT at the right arm for Shawn Jones goes right around Duvall love I tell you Tom I'm impressed with what I'm seeing here today on the road the Houston Oilers have just dominated the Pittsburgh Steelers from his end zone O'Donnell down the sideline Port Graham and too far [Applause] whose rained down on the Steelers of course are not eliminated from the playoffs by this loss they will still have a chance for the wild card as the Oilers claim the divisional title and part of the cleverness of Buddy Ryan is making it look like receivers are open he his cat Steve Jackson clamp down on Jeff Graham really play him tough underneath and then Bo Orlando the safety has been cheating that way so that if Jackson gets beat on a plane Orlando is still there a very clever scheme by Buddy Ryan Royals punting from his endzone sailing to drury at the 40 finally nudged out of bounds by Victor Jones 54 yard Royals punt let's put it over to New York now where Jim Lampley and NFL live is waiting for an update take a gym alright Tom let's go back to Miami on a penalty provided fourth down reprieve de Burgh second touchdown pass of the day falling down he hits Ingram in the back of the end zone still plenty of time remaining dolphins down 47 to 34 back to Tom and Chris all right if your Don Shula the sportsman of the year do you go back to the bird I'll tell you Steve de perks one of those guys he has been around he backed up the very best in this game John Elway Joe Montana played for a lot of different teams he has no quit in his heart explainable tennis against the first [Music] it has come with their blitz and it's effective Woodson wraps up Gary brown it's in for a loss of about three yards but I still go back to the screen pass in the first quarter that went for the touchdown to Gary Brown and it seemed to get done capers out of his defensive game plan for about a quarter seemed to maybe make him back off just a little bit from some of those blitzes from Carnell lake and from Rod Woodson but now here in late in the fourth quarter there's no option you have to try and go get Warren Moon [Music] Noblet this time hood with a short completion to Wellman who has tripped up by Rod Woodson a slight gain on the play and Tom David Williams number 73 of baby gate fame is making a name for himself with me here today he has been on Kevin green the great pass rushing n used to be with the Rams leading in sacks almost every year with the Rams and David Williams has owned them today he's gotten a little help on the inside that's Doug Dawson helping him but mostly it has been David Williams doing the job against Kevin great the fact that he's a former Gator didn't include you at all I suppose I didn't froze quickly did Wellman make that catch it was a pretty one though they will not kill [Music] miss Gibbons anyway that almost had it on the tips of his fingers and so Montgomery is on two putts and now is when you really need a big play from Rod Woodson offensively you can't get it done Woodson last year as a punt returner was so dangerous returning kicks but this year just simply has not had the same opportunity part of the problem is the fly guys on the outside the Steelers have had a lot of trouble getting them blocked [Music] nice pun by Montgomery did a good job with the fly guys that time let's sit at the five needs one block can't get it [Music] 47-yard Montgomery Punk's Woodson brings it back with a minimal return and the Steelers take over drugs are spiritual thing to me something you can know it's just like you know my best friend I guess should not say out on the ranch is where I'm at and that's where I want to trust work for me I need a truck that's real flock I introducing the all-new monster truck with a four liter v6 and sold match the new monster truck saddle up and let's go dance in Austin it just feels right preferred stock alone from Stetson what the man prefer use a workmate on your next job [Music] and you'll never want to work without it get the work man only from Black & Decker welcome back to Three Rivers where the Steelers have a new quarterback the feisty Mike Tom Zack replacing the banged up Neal O'Donnell as the Steelers signal caller the punching bag Mike Tom Zack both those players said that it's behind them that they no longer want to talk about it they don't want to deal with it there's Neal O'Donnell on the sideline but anytime you get punched in the faces with these guys is Mike Tom zag did you know that it has to be on your mind to some degree the crowd has thinned out considerably from the sellout contingent that was here to open the game as the orator scored 14 quick points to take control of this contest and are currently up 26 to 10 on their way to the AFC Central title and a trip to the playoffs where they hope this year to a race that wonderful comeback for the Buffalo Bills at the others expense last season [Music] Tomczak already nowhere to go and I guarantee you plenty Ryan has sent the message you get a chance to rough up Mike Tomczak after what he did to one of our guys go ahead and take your shot thought he would do that nothing illegal but take your shots when you get up Tomczak completes that pass to Mills force a few years back buddy Ryan had been accused of having a bounty on different players heads and we'd always denied that but he is a guy that will use every motivational tool available to him they have one on you if you keep banging on in life love to see me hurt not badly just shaken up past behind Mills and incomplete tough spot to try and come in this bar game down by 16 points and Buddy Ryan playing his games in the secondary you know he'll come with the blitzes try and get Tomczak rattle I like that signal you see it yeah you guys calm go just do it the kentucky horse breeder thoroughbred man told us he had semi thoroughbred country fake snap short lamb Hodge got the snap but ray Childress has seen that before nothing do it no trick playtime is Ron Earhart tries to pull a few tricks out of the bag the direct snap Tamara Hodge instead of to the quarterback and ray Childress just happened to run in the heart as completion as tomczak finds Graham down field that brings a cheer from the few folks that are left 28-yard game [Music] [Applause] [Music] Tomczak on the season has thrown two touchdown passes but four interceptions pumps once [Applause] those addition we're going at it this one pleads his case Mills look like he had stopped on the play and then saw Tom's act still had the ball and tried to reaccelerating ran into Chris Dishman [Music] conference continues and the call will be against Dishman for interference [Applause] three pedals going up the field kind of hits it into the jocks ride and then when the ball was in the air Cris Dishman clearly had pushed off a little bit but it was almost as much Arnie Mills running into him as it was Dishman pushing off this man obviously not pleased with a call and letting his feelings be known that's the official he is gesturing to you [Applause] [Music] Tom's axe in the shotgun sets up the screen his blockers to the 11th Childress got over there to track him down at that spot ray Childress does such a nice job of chasing this play from behind the veteran knew it was a screen and did everything he could to get out in front of it Tomczak throws an interception picked off by bull orlando his second of the day Orlando flagged and out on the play Orlando picked one up and took it for a touchdown in the first quarter he was the man that they were saying that was not fast enough to take over for Marcus Robertson all he does is pick off two passes and take one of them for a score Orlando started 16 games two years ago that's Tom Zach again he's bidding for another beating you're talking about a guy with a death wish Tom Zach at the very end of the play has the facemask of Mike Teeter throws him dead Mike Teeter only weighs 260 pounds so you're coming after him and then tries to get out in front to throw a block stare around Orlando has doubled his interception production for the season in this one game yes Gary Brown now carries for a few yards and he gets up we'll go to Jim Lampley for another update and Tom here's some draft intrigue Cincinnati wins a must lose game against the Rams so how does New England respond well the Patriots take the lead in a must lose game against Cleveland New England now leading 20 to 17 on the russell touchdown from four yards out in the fourth back to Tom and Chris go figure Jim's tough on my boys from Cincinnati my slurs [Music] last time we saw the store says that it was beating your arms this would works for a touchdown early in the game first quarter this time it works all the way to the Steeler 40 and Gary Brad just couldn't wait any longer he had his two big offensive linemen out in front of him it looked like duck Dawson and David Williams and Jerry Brown was just too impatient he had all that green grass love green grass green turf in front of him and split the two offensive linemen and ended up getting tackled on the play by the way from riverfront the Cincinnati Bengals have won their second game of the season both of the expense of Los Angeles teams beat the Raiders earlier today they down the Rams 15 to 3 Harry Brown again and LaVon Turku don't forget now Christmas Day what a great lineup for you our gifts to you on the Christmas holiday Houston Phoenix NBA action two hot teams the defense of the Rockets the offense of the sun's two o'clock Eastern Time then a wonderful matchup of two hot football teams the Oilers against the 49ers and then wrap it all up in prime time as the Shaq takes on the world champion Bulls that's our Christmas lineup here on NBC well Gary Brown now has to be well over a hundred yards and he becomes the first running back to go over a hundred yards against this Pittsburgh Steelers defense this year the official numbers 97 yards so you're just a little short it's a little quick that's not bad though 97 yards give him to him one more time here and that made me look so bad there you go Mollie Salomon comes up with the official numbers 18 carries the 97 yards all so 80 yards receiving on the day another big day for Gary Brown whistles blow as the Steelers showed blitz maybe an oiler alignement flinched a bit that will be against Houston well I'm looking forward to that the Oilers the 49ers it really should be a good one from what we've seen of this Oilers defense they may now be better than that 49ers defense they've had some problems lost people up front of course Pierce Holt Kevin Fagan some guys that Charles Haley a couple years ago so what was once a great 49ers defensive front not quite as strong no man can they both score [Applause] the Steelers so Brown denied his hundred yards fumbles and it's recovered by Pittsburgh [Applause] and every time you want to say that it's over the Steelers make some sort of play to get back in at Gary Brown it was a good exchange I think that may have been Joel steed number 93 that made the initial hit and stripped the ball Levon Kirkland recovered the bumble we talked about the Oilers Christmas Day matchup at San Francisco they closed the game at the Astrodome against the Jets Pittsburgh will have to regroup now and go on the road to face Seattle next week before closing out against the Browns here at Three Rivers they of course lost in Cleveland earlier on the two Metcalfe touchdown confraternities Zack gets Eric frein to methey if the Houston Oilers get home-field advantage in the playoffs and get to play their playoff games in the dome they are going to be very dangerous indeed that is one of the most difficult places that I know of to play and try and come away with the road win the last few years the Raiders have continually made the playoffs but they've had to play on the road and this running shoot has not been as successful outdoors as what they are inside in that dome outdoors in the winter way in fact the kind of way that we were expecting today is is not supposed to be so good [Applause] flags down we didn't get the snow that he's forecast for today the cold weather does not bother the running shoe or a moose and a cold wet football is the worst offside against the orders Tom I think the Pittsburgh Steelers this year either in the craft or through free agency they have to look to get a big play wide receiver they have to get a guy that is going to threaten the defense down the field these guys are all decent receivers but they don't have anybody Michael Irvin a Jerry Rice type guy that is going to scare you defensively and Buddy Ryan has been able to take advantage of that today Zack's pass no good can you have to thank to that they expect Nando Donna's free bailing elbow the tendinitis and available to get better than the rest in fact Neel said he needs a month off but of course can't get that you don't have that luxury here during the season then after signing into that big contract matching the Tampa Bay offer sheet they have to hope O'Donnell will get better and be their quarterback to the present as well as the future end as you say they need a burner have that luxury here during the season then after signing into that big contract matching the Tampa Bay offer sheet they have the hope O'Donnell will get better and be their quarterback to the present as well as the future and if you say they need a burner a deep thread and wide receiver certainly the defense is there [Music] that sucks under the Russian goes down fifth back of the day for the Houston defense that time rate Childress will get credit for it he's approaching 70 career fact cattle farmer out of Texas has an eighteen hundred acre cattle ranch and he wasn't too happy at the beginning of the season he felt that there had been some promises made to him about his contract that weren't fulfilled was a happy guy but it was interesting to hear him talk about Buddy Ryan he said he's really misunderstood it and our meetings he's very quiet if he don't say anything at all in the very low tone of voice image of the grill charges the one blocking all the time and they just barks when he is away from his players to the media that pacings that made that catch the rookie from Georgia only its second the reception of the season also like what he had to say about Jeff on ray Childress was perhaps at least one of his best friends on the football team and his wife would invite Jeff all over for dinner and that he was such a nice and polite young man he would always didn't thank you notes to his wife and made her all the way to the four yard line crammed with a kit he got away from Kerry Brown and then Hogan Orlando had to track him down but it was a 37-yard game Tom Zack will stop the clock at 2:24 Jeff Graham's numbers on the day are going to look pretty good he's made a couple of big plays and it can't really right before the half to get out of bounds and help the Steelers perhaps get another three points on the board but the story of this one has been all houston oilers is the AFC has been looking for a dominant team a team that has a chance to go in and break that streak in the Super Bowl and be competitive with teams like the 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys perhaps now this Euston Oilers team is it Graham by the way seven catches a hundred 92 yards on the day so you're right his numbers do look good although a bit deceiving well stay with the pass of the game the head of the shoulders NFL live postgame report will be coming up Jim Lampley Mike Ditka's they'll have all the highlights all the scores bring you up to date on the down the stretch in the NFL rate two weeks to go bottling today and tomorrow night action rushing touchdown of the season for Merrill that have poor receiving forth so the seven-year veteran from Idaho State who was the number one rush through three of four years up until last year the arrival and the emergence of Barry foster makes this one is well if you can convert here you're down nine to timeout and the two-minute warning remaining an onside kick I suppose it's possible stranger things have happened although you wouldn't expect it the way the auditors have dominated the game but it is 26 17 at the 220 mark I'm sure plenty Ryan not too happy about giving up that late touchdown his defense is played so well here this afternoon and now if the patiska CLE it's not going to look like a great day this defense probably won't move but a bunch in the ratings but they have clearly been the difference in this one gotten pressure when they needed it gotten the turnovers when they had to have it and that is bloody Ryan Stiles well just a reminder that tonight starts with an NBC special about troubled kids whose wives are chains would top reach out and open their hearts and homes to them good cop/bad kids followed by an all-new Seaquest then the adventure continues with Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd in the box office hit Back to the Future Part three all coming up tonight here on NBC Gary Anderson the veteran placekicker of the Pittsburgh Steelers not much chance to show his wares today but a field goal rate right about 92 percent of the NFL record is 95 both threatening that already holds 20 Pittsburgh on the onside kick attempt forty-eight Anderton one pickup into the air where Willie Williams was able to grab what a great job as you look at John guy the special teams coach what a great job by Gary Andersen the double hopper on the second hop is witnessing jumps if you kick it right pull up in the air a couple of guys flipping around but the Steelers have the football and have a chance to be interesting a quick score here and this could get awfully interesting Tom Zack still at quarterback three wide receivers to the right one well rocks on ponds agony sacks he got rid of it at the last minute but he was down he'll be ruled back by William fuller and that is number six for the Houston diamond and number ten on the year for William fuller he already has more than he had all of last season a Pro Bowler in 91 we haven't called his name a lot today but here in a big moment of the game he comes up with the sack loss of 12 this completes the green just about back to the original line of the game introducing the first credit card with your photo and signature on first four notches visa that he might be tha companion has more power and create images not just NASA image the level and level s from Canada so advanced it's simple when you need one inspection hello sue come to Western Union we send more money to more people in more places than anyone else question reader the fastest way to send money Peters facing a third down trailing 2617 with 156 left it'll be third and 12 final score in from that game in Cleveland the New England Patriots did indeed and defeats the Cleveland Browns 20 to 17 [Music] a chance to watch the Patriots last week they're a team that they play good defense real ourselves got him on the right track now the only question is can they get their ownership in shape so that during the free agent market they can drive begin to sign some players they also have a couple of big players that they have to get signed on their own team as well and if that ownership picture doesn't wear itself up pretty soon they may end up losing more of their own players than they're able to sign to a FB doormat registering wins today Cincinnati over Rams and the ground losing to the patreon another three birth downplay Tomczak roles this protection roles with him let the go over the head of sone is intended receiver was at Davenport it was so and incomplete that I go for it on fourth down one more shot I think that they're using the right strategy though and that is you've got to look for the first down here with the two timeouts remaining if you can get it down there even if you get stops you can always kick a field goal try the onside kick and then go for the alley-oop at the end of the game that they have to make the play here on fourth and 12 that comes once been hit green he's got the first down nice job by Tomczak Froese the defenders he's quite as a bit tight in Lathan then wrote him out about and you just wonder why they don't just keep feeding Erik grain the football [Music] but stop did 143 the ball at the 34 where leaders have a first down I'm doc has behind him he was streaking downfield mixup apparently on the defense and Tomczak missed it and Jeff Graham saying throw it up throw it up don't throw it in here behind me it's the double seam route and tomczak tried to zip it in this little hole where is the feet it just taken it and laid it up over the top you see chest oh please just throw it out here let me go get a touchdown time for a minute to thank our booty mate potterson for getting Mike McKinley George Jordan DJ Wilson on back second and ten now for contact well the end zone intended for Davenport in through hitman don't get many chances like that with Joe Davenport's the former quarterback and he caught it like one their system will you were a full report about it sometimes I caught it like that too died nice move the fake inside by O'Donnell hits him right on the hand and that would have been interesting with a minute 32 left Holland down by just two points in this one that was a touchdown Davenport had it right through his head third down Tomczak that will go out of the end zone no camp on that so now we come to another fourth down if you felt like Gary Anderson could kick a 51-yard er that might be the strategy here then you come back with the side onside kick and then try and throw a few more into the endzone so far this year though Gary Anderson's longest kick has been from 46 he does have a 55 yarder in his career but maybe a feeling like they just doesn't have the range at this point to try the 51 yarder so Anderson remains on the sideline they're going to go for it on fourth down for some 10 hawk shows a minute play for and the cedar take the timeout they may need that later should they store it sent done they'll have one remaining trailing 26 17 and 124 lab that's a big timeout to have to burn in that situation they just took too long to get to play yet and back to the NFL next Sunday of course we'll start things off 12:30 Eastern with NFL live most of you will see the Steelers take on the Seattle Seahawks at the Kingdome some of you will see the Raiders against the Packers or regional action and of course your Oilers fans will have seen your team play on Christmas Day against the 49ers this is our lineup for next Sunday a week from today starting at 12:30 Eastern Time you come right down deciding I think those cowards said yesterday are really interesting in the AFC you have 8 teams alive for the home field you have 8 teams that could be eliminated from playoff that Pathan portentous top for a clerk like Davenport that one get away in the end zone our tasting visit the projector see the gotta get up you've got to get up you've got to get up and snap the football here was Hastings and they'd the catch for the first down one timeout remaining back through it sorted incomplete begin credit to Mike tomczak for showing some gut tears the end of the game he's hung in there pretty well against the pressure he's taken all comers from the Houston Oilers they get a few shots to the faces that his own face match holds a couple of times but Mike Tom's ex trying to rally the troops the best that he can all is that the 16 yard line is second and 10 but inside a minute now 56 ticks left Tomczak hitting 9 of 16 since replacing the o'donnell like halftime of the crab been complete Davenport on the jump ball situation incomplete you know Mike Tomczak started eight games for the Browns last year through seven touchdown seven interceptions the quarterback rating of 80 Neal O'Donnell's quarterback rating all of last year was 83 it is again this year coming into this game anyway so he's a proven commodity he does like what they saw he was the only AFC Central quarterback to beat the Steelers last year they lost to the ground their only divisional law firm the offseason they picked him up partially kissed by the defender who made a pass at it that was Lathan and green couldn't quite hold on to it it brings us up another four pounds this guy kicked a field goal here Tom you're in a situation you have to have two scores anyway Anderson's ready but they're not going for two Anderson stays again on the sidelines this is the third fourth down attempt to this Drive of the Cedars which began with the recovery of an onside kick well I'm Zack back to the rabbit foot what for 20 yards beyond the Enzo probably not relevant in the grand scheme of things but if you kick a field goal there you're down by less than a touchdown you have to recover the onside kick anyway and then if you do you take a couple of shots throw it 50 yards down the endzone hope for get a ball bouncing around that one of your guys comes up with well at any rate if you're gonna go for it on fourth down you got to throw it where somebody can catch it those question but let's just give credit to Jack Pardee and the job he is what a tough week for the Houston Oilers team and they responded so many people have questioned the mental toughness of physical toughness of the Houston Oilers in the past a matter of fact buddy Ryan made that statement when I took over this team that a lot of coaches called me media types called me and said that this was an underachieving team a team that wasn't very tough well they took what was perhaps the toughest of all weeks to deal with with the death of Jeff home and responded like true champions and now the rest of the season dedicated by the Oilers to their late teammate and they respond with their ninth consecutive victory and the championships their second outright championship ever and the AFC Central Division so many people had written that guy off Jack Pardee was supposed to have been fired maybe buddy Ryan was been the coach but these players who truly loved him they think that he is the guy he doesn't even give the pregame speech he's not an emotional type he's not the hype type of guy he lets other people do it the jack party knows how to put together a football team so the Houston Oilers Warren Moon will save that football as they win the divisional championship and complete a sweep of their divisional opponent second win this season over the Steelers it comes by a 2617 count and the Oilers are AFC Central Jam the ball on the left is being seated by electricity on the right by natural gas for the cost of eg this much water with electricity we'd like to show you how much more you can get we've gas the wife's better for the water on the left when natural gas is he all that hot water on the right the natural gas America's best energy value 26:17 Cris Collinsworth the Houston Oilers living up to the billing today nine in a row and to me they look like the cream of the crop of the AFC at the moment and what's so amazing about it tom is the team started off one in four had so many problems at the beginning of the season buddy Ryan and Kevin Gilbride the two coordinators and each other's throats for much of what was the beginning of the season and somehow this team warren moon Jack Pardee emotionally kept it together and now they are the champions that have been that costly victory though because Webster slaughter leaving the field on crutches having torn a medial collateral ligament today their leading receiver who with the catch in the game had 77 on the season and one of their primary threats injured in this game and that he is not available for the rest of the season that will be a terrific loss now stay tuned for the head and shoulders NFL live postgame report coming up after these messages for Cris Collinsworth this is Tom Hammond saying so long a presentation of NBC sport told of Super Bowls what [Music] all across the Pacific they're playing our song applied the airline it's uniting the world I'm fly the friendly skies tonight see one city's experiment when cops open their homes and their heart to gang member an NBC special good cop/bad kids tonight tomorrow service here is happy holidays if you watched Eyewitness News is past week we had you covered for Wayne County where a plane crash kills two homes Dale area man from Hazel Township as a suspected chemical leak ties up the vomit industrial park for most areas to medical experts call for the excavation of the body of murder victim Robert Curley from Scranton and Wiltshire as Mercy hospitals form a regional healthcare network with other institutions and on the sportsbeat is Wilkes University football coach Joe demel fee wins National Coach of the Year honor if you missed I witness news you must be news [Music] don't you have anything no offense mr. Johnny but you are a little on the small side I need more Mary give me those genuine yellow fake these on those bones and come back and they'll abandon you losing this is Jim Miller along with Montag ski instructor Bob Rosen inviting you to join us every Thursday night but she dips right here on WPRI witness this is the head and Childers NFL live postgame report brought to you by head and filters and head and children two and one we welcome those of you who have watched the ninth straight win for the Houston Oilers the one that wraps up the AFC Central Division for the Oilers as they knock off the Pittsburgh Steelers in three rivers meanwhile let's get a look at what's happening elsewhere in the National Football League starting with the highest-scoring game of the year being played at Joe Robbie Stadium Bill's still leading dolphins no love lost between the two teams as Kelly and Brian Cox show in the first half 10 9 Miami second quarter after JV Brown interception got Nicol his deep Jackson from 16 yards out Miami scored on his first three possessions led 17:9 Buffalo comes back 12 yards running here for Kenneth Davis his second touchdown of the game narrows the Miami margin of the 1716 then a buffalo field goal then a crucial turnover just before the half as Mickey Washington picks off Mitchell and goes 27 yards for the TD that made it 26:17 Buffalo at the half 3rd quarter Phil 26:17 Miami's first play of the second half Mitchell hits Keith Jackson you'll see the ball stripped by Gerald Alex picks up by nate odomes he goes 25 yards for the TV and it's 33 to 20 Buffalo but they weren't finished yet following another Miami turnover moments later canthus Davis's third touchdown of the day this time from one yard out 40 to 20 Buffalo they ultimately extend it 247 20 and now with scant minutes remaining it is 47 234 critical stretch Mike they were up 20 to 19 were Miami 4 straight turnovers fourth straight Buffalo touchdown well I'll say that Mitchell didn't look very sharp in the game but when you get a game and you got 47 points scored by one team 34 by the other I would say that's an indictment against both defenses are not playing grow on on a defense beside the ball we thought earlier in the day we talked how much they'd miss Troy's instance evidently they missed him a lot more than I thought they'd miss and Lewis Oliver I think those two guys in the secondary the plane I think they're playing coverages protect people I think you can't do that man it's a buffalo best in the league it takes away give away when you're not story you got to create scoring opportunities well that's what that's what got in first place sort of year that's real planes where they will get a lot of turnovers and they were they were making something out of what they're offering now they've gone back to that you know Buffalo's kind of a funny team but you know if they get hot at the right time maybe Super Bowl number four for all right let's go to Milwaukee where an upset turns the NFC central into a fun house for different teams can now still win the division after Minnesota beat Green Bay 21 to 17 it was a Jim McMahon start today 121 pass attempts without throwing a touchdown coming in from McMahon but he got three TVs today here's the first one the Qadri Ismail from 6 yards out in sales first NFL TD McMahon first in fact over three seven three Vikings in the second sack comes back Brett Favre fine sterling Sharpe from 37 yards out hence TV of the season made it 10 7 fact throw to the fourth quarter Viking fleeting 14 can off a McMahon to Cris Carter touchdown pass so he looked for Chris Carter again this time from 25 yards out 21% Viking fourth and gold 21 17 Viking bars pass with a minute to have less is intended for sharp knocked away by Dempsey Glen preserves the Viking victory 21 17 and now if you take a look at the NFC Central Sandy you can see that Detroit has a half game lead over Green Bay and Detroit finds itself behind San Francisco already this afternoon Chicago in Minnesota boats at 7 and 7 either could still win the division it has been the year of the giveaway for the Green Bay Packers the division might be one with an 8 and 8 record and enter go down there who played the best within the divisions I would say 9 and 7 he probably went but it doesn't look like anybody's that strong I mean Chicago might come on if they can win their last two games they're probably set as good as anybody it's always been that way in a central division it's pretty close rates this year it's almost impossible they're all equal almost except in 85 when you ran the table with the Bears team that was of course the best in the last decade the NFL right much certainly I done do it culture I think it did Houston Oilers as you know beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 26 to 17 those oiler doubters keep getting the comeuppance as Houston wins for the ninth straight side oil is remembering Jeff arm today wearing his uniform number 76 on their helmets Houston's opening drive Warren Moon capped it off green fast to Gary Brown he's been sensational for six weeks he does it again here 38 yards for the touchdown that gives Houston the early 7 to nothing initiative then seconds later the Steelers first possession as we see what kind of a day it's going to be for the Pittsburgh offense Neal O'Donnell's pass intended for Jeff Graham picks off by Bo Orlando the new free safety for Houston replacing the injured Marcus Robertson he goes 38 yards for the TD that makes it 14 to nothing Houston they led 22 3 at the half here's the only bad news / Houston in the first half wide reciever Webster slaughter AFC leader in catches is housed with a partial tear on the medial collateral ligament of his left knee helped off the field after blocking for Gary Brown third for 223 to 3 Houston Pittsburgh tries to get back in it Eric Green starts talking to Chris Dishman on the way into the end zone this one comes up and says I got your significant statement right here Green says hey if you want to be starting something you've got to be starting something but that was all Pittsburgh to Buster as the Oilers held on to win at 2617 now the Oilers become the ninth team since the merger to sweep their division of the preceding eight seven have gone to the Super Bowl does this mean Houston goes to the Super Bowl I'll tell you what if they end up with home-field advantage I think they got a great chance now I said they couldn't play outside cold weather in the wintertime they proved me wrong today but the reason the Houston is playing so good Jim and you talk about their offense all you want to they're playing great defense they're getting turnovers they're playing very aggressive confident defense they're playing buddy Ryan type football and whether you want to give the credit to Warren Moon or Jack party or whoever they all deserve the credit but they're playing great defense and as a result they're letting their offense do a lot of things they couldn't do before tape was brown they're running the football better never ever run it and they had a pretty good running when they had white out there so III think you're a team you got to watch especially at home field advantage and it's nice to Jack Pardee that it's happening this way we'll be back with more stores and highlights right after these metal [Music] people will be focused on me hey I want to look every bit of special forecast can't happily add them now not with this you see Head & Shoulders gets to ten times more of the placements like syrup and it did just a few years ago five seconds that keeps my hair looking at best me in top form head and shoulders stands dandruff problems into great-looking hair was I surprised when my dentist told me I had a tartar problem I said doctor I brushed with fluoride toothpaste with baking soda and peroxide he's that product like that have no tartar fry the ingredients so you teeth aren't as clean as they could be you started controlled 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bear you'll see sterling Palmer get the sack the lease ball is picked up by the ancient monkey Coleman who goes 31 yards for the TD that wraps it up 3217 Washington's fourth win of the year for the skins that ladder out of playoff contention at 6th and 8th a bear back seven times through four interceptions fumble the ball away twice the Rams leaves to Cincinnati Cincinnati wince wrong store I picked a product on lost the Cleveland card for the moment aha here it is out of order New England beat Cleveland 22:17 on a fourth-quarter comeback Drew Bledsoe and company coming from behind the wind Parcells and Bellatrix buddies with the Giants beat for the first time as head coaches Vinny Testaverde in the first quarter in the scoreless game caps a 10-play 94 yard drive with his 10-yard touchdown pass to keenan McArdle first the 15 yard touchdown from the cartilage we had never had one in the NFL 14 to 3 Cleveland in the second quarter Pats begin to come back lets off the play action it's Kevin Turner for a 6 yard TD Browns need 14 to 10 then it's Bledsoe handing off the Leonard ruffle the 1410 Cleveland leaves bebopvox to the Browns defense for a four yard TD Parcells uses his approval to the third victory of the year for New England 20 to 17 we'll be back with more stores and highlights including what's happening in the late games right after this dreaming big dreams troit said all men are great in their tree I'll hit the shower you cannot make a more exciting flavor combination Kranti nuts with beauty wheels great new feature favorites tropical fruit nut mix the newest official favorite [Music] this is the head and shoulders NFL live postgame report brought to you by head and shoulders and head and children two and one and we welcome those of you who have watched the Buffalo Bill polish off the Miami Dolphins 47-34 in the years highest-scoring game with the indulgence for those of you who have been with us for a few minutes we're gonna go back to the top of the order and start over with all the floors of the early games today in the NFL starting in Miami where as you know the bills 147 to 34 no love lost between these two teams Jim Kelly and Brian Cox had a heated exchange midway through the first half there were penalties galore and scoring the Lord 10 9 Miami in the second quarter after JD browner deceptive got visual hits Keith Jackson from 16 yards out - board on his first three possessions led 79 but in the second quarter Buffalo comes right back Kenneth Davis his second TD of the day from 12 yards out 1716 Miami then a buffalo field goal 1917 then this critical turn of events just before half-time Mickey Johnson or Mickey Washington I should say picking off Mitchell from 27 yards and going in for the TD that gave Buffalo the 26:17 halftime lead third quarter Miami's first play Mitchell throws to keep Jackson stripped by Darryl Talley Odom's takes it in from 25 yards out 33 to 20 Buffalo following yet another Miami turnover Kenneth Davis would score his third touchdown of the day this time from a yard out 40 to 20 Buffalo eventually made it 47 to 20 and then held off did the bird led Miami comeback Buffalo in charge of the AFC East now with the pennant full record and the win over Miami fourth straight Miami turnovers fourth straight Buffalo touchdowns in the middle of the game well Buffalo's gone back to doing things they did earlier year they got some turnovers what's their defense and they capitalize whether offense the offense looks like it's playing better they're running the ball much better and also they're pushing the ball down the field and and I tell you what Buffalo's defense doesn't look very good right now to give up that many points the Miami looks terrible the loss of Troy Jensen and Luis Oliver has really wrecked their secondaries they're playing coverages to protect people and you can't do that in the NFL and win yeah we've been talking for years about the improving Miami defense but all at once they lose aquadolls vincent's and the free safety Luis Oliver may be the three best defensive players probably are I mean it except for any one of those linemen what would it be corn or something like that but I tell you they just can't play that kind of defense and be effective because they're trying to cover up with people all right turn our attention now to what happens in Milwaukee where the Vikings upset Green Bay and turned the NFC Central into a funhouse where four different teams can still win the division final score 21 17 Jim McMahon starting today 121 past attempts without throwing a touchdown pass body got three of them today three nothing packed in the second quarter man hits a three his nail from 6 yards out it sails first NFL TD McMahon first 10th October 3 7 3 bites 7 7 threes like still in the 2nd the pack comes back Brett Favre finding Sterling Sharpe from 37 yards out struck ten Stevie of the Year seven 7 factors make it 1410 Vikings in third after a McMahon to Chris Carter touchdown pass he goes to Carter again from 25 yards out 21 depends Viking Lake the game 21 17 Vikings farm throwing into the end zone it's intended for shorts batted away by Ben thede glimpse preserves the Vikings victory 21 to 17 and now as we take a look at NFC Central standing you will see the four teams that still had a chance to win that division Detroit a half game ahead of Green Bay but trailing San Francisco in the afternoon matchup and Chicago in Minnesota at 77 both still in it bikes you know the IROC Arnie's this whole thing is the eighth they can win this thing and 9 and 7 may win it and we said that earlier one of those teams gonna sneak in if they get a hot run in the playoffs I think they could make some ways but I don't I don't see any of these things being strong enough today to hurt anybody whether they're San Francisco or Dallas in New York Josh this is a which division right now all right now let's turn back to a relatively strong division the AFC e and OJ Simpson is standing vibed down at Joe Robbie Stadium to talk to Nate Odo's of the Buffalo Bills still there right now and pick up that conversation juice while I'm with a guy that had a big day today a fumble recovery for a touchdown and a key interception late in the game got to be happy with the way the bills play defense today yeah very much we even coming here and play well in Miami the other girl put balking very good officer football team and we did that it's a great victory for that's why this year you guys have had played good defense but unfortunately you then get this reciprocated on offense the day every time you got to turn over the offensive advantage of it you had a touchdown today let's talk about that if you look at the monitor yeah tell us what's going on well I'm just playing a nice sauce going and uh actually Daryl made the plate he slipped the ball my first thing was to pick it up which that's all I had people around me what I did and I was able to get on the sidelines and get a great block for my thing hearing and all the rest of it is a clockwork well all year everyone's been talking about the bills bickering that this was not going to be the bills year yet here it is late in the season and you got the best record in the AFC well we have a guy we have a lot of guys with a lot of personality on our ballclub and that's that enables come to places like Miami and play will so we're not big we just being ourselves and are trying to play good football and I'll beat the ballclub let's take a look at that fourth quarter interception of yours tell us what's going on well once again Darrell making a play on Daryl cause the guy shorts to get out of position and I made the play enough I want to try to get a little feeling just before our for Austin all right what super game super game two more wins you got home-field event it's good luck they might think is it let's go back to gym in New York all right thanks very much juice didn't matter who was playing quarterback for Miami today bills were pretty tough on Mitchell and then ultimately pretty tough on the bird fish all right for those of you who watched the Oilers and the sealer so long those watch the building's office we'll be back with more scores and highlights [Music] [Music] and ready to meet that 50 paces film that on a whole new feeling of clean a clean and fresh smell introducing the new chewing formula and peppermint coke it added bacterial action feel chills meetings of warning dress Factory on contact and compared to that hundred balloons more people prefer its new cooling formula for eating their mouth feeding a whole new feeling of clean new peppermint comfort this has been the head and shoulders NFL live postgame report brought to you by head and shoulders and head inch over two and one the executive producer of NBC fourth is Tommy Roy and as a live is produced by Ricky diamond and directed by Kelly Atkinson technical director Richard Sam severe videotape producer Kevin 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