1995 - AFC Divisional - Buffalo Bills at Pittsburgh Steelers

[Music] now look from high up up Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh on a 21 degree bitter cold day the windchill factor at minus 3 but this capacity crowd out of better than 59 for this AFC divisional playoff guess the Terrible Towels [Music] [Applause] hi everybody I'm Marv Albert [Music] pihl's baronial [Applause] the inspirational leader of their defensive unit Bruce Smith is out with the flu definitely out of today's contest back home in Buffalo so the start of the white defensive end will be of much travel Carl Wilson and the natural tendency is to write off the Buffalo Bills but I'm not going to do it at the beginning of the season nobody liked this football team to win the Eastern Division and then so many entries so many problems with this team Andre Reed out there coach Marv Levy missed games Henry Jones on down the list star after star so this team has been overcoming adversity all season long and for the Pittsburgh Steelers right throughout the latter portion of the season it's been a new offensive philosophy with lots of new wrinkles we talked about it after practice yesterday with head coach Bill Cowher and he said he will not alter his style in the playoffs but I think that changes now with Bruce Smith out of this ball game they get Erik Pegram and bam Morris back they missed the Green Bay ball game a couple of weeks ago and Jim Jeffcoat and Carl Wilson the replacements for Bruce Smith are much more pass rushers than they are stopper so I think you're going to see Pittsburgh trying to go after those guys on the ground and after experiencing the noise at Lambeau Field a couple of weeks back Bill Cowher made it clear that he's invited Steeler fans to crank up the volume he said I'm not going to be a subtle as a bit of a fast I'm going to do what Mike Holmgren did with their fans so he's been saying let's do it here it cuts for if we want for place rockin and rollin and Buffalo Bills headband Marv levy who has done a terrific job this season this is Tim here as head coach of the Bears the Steelers have won the class and receiving the kick [Applause] let's go attend and get self to the place for yard line and 21 [Applause] [Music] there is real old you're sad brilliant season 59 percent efficiency 19 touchdowns only seven interceptions he has been a perfect fit in the context of this Pittsburgh offense and upfront alive it is good job giant Jackson Tom he buries back as the starter Dawson brookey Brendan Skye searching Eric Peter Bava runningbacks deceiver to see this trick panel had a tremendous season Mills for Titan Bruner when they go the three wide rookie from Colorado who has really stirred up sport comes on so the Steelers from there 24 yard line [Applause] gets the call stop by Cornelius Bennett and a look at that Buffalo offensive unit up front without risks v so does Paul Wilson making his second start of the season started against Houston in the season finale boycott the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year a leading believe at 17 and a half cents per day is defended also with an outstanding season [Applause] and lost the art on the play Wow listen making the stuff we were chatting with Carlson yesterday I refer to him as the much travelled by Wilson eight years Emily at LSU he has made nine stops he actually at the to go around with the Miami Dolphins guitar is kind of a positive thing they wanted him back a second time first get into the action right off the bat he makes attack it is a fir down at the 25-yard [Applause] the first time a Yankee quick bath poor cheese our game the Buffalo Bills tried to come after Neal O'Donnell with a safety blitz that was Matt Darby coming up the middle and for Yancey Thigpen this has to take a little bit of pressure off of him he made that drop against the Green Bay Packers that cost his team the game there and to come right back here early in this ball game and make a catch this settles in down for the characters of the regular season they picked up the force down drum fighting some room years with Atlantis site as a free agent he's been a terrific pickup for the Pittsburgh Steelers Phil Hansen one of the underrated offensive lineman of the NFL making the style the other thing that happens with Bruce Smith out of the lineup now you give Pittsburgh a chance to focus their attention on the left side of Buffalo's defense Bryce pop over there and Phil Hansen without Bruce pit those are the two best guys in that front seven it is a second and seven [Applause] it'll say there's play [Music] rustling inside and you can see the comfort level of Neal O'Donnell obviously now they're taking outcry spot price pop is not getting there because of the double team the single box over on Carl Wilson and Ted Washington the protection is tremendous and Neal O'Donnell is [Applause] and a timeout [Applause] three rubbers it will be a first out of the sixteen apparently an official timeout did not have the chains in place [Applause] cheer up jail for 56 yard hills to the right but a skirt omocha [Applause] Pegram was right there phileas bennett who has successfully made the transition to the inside able to get the rest running back pigrome and there was some discussion amongst ourselves perhaps Cornelius Bennett might go to the outside to be more of a pass rusher the Wade Phillips the defensive coordinator told me just before the game that they would not do that he has become too valuable as an inside linebacker plays inside boss of a couple it's a second driver the 18:7 prey sound 4:14 and now after all going to the right they come Bruce Smith's side that has to be the gameplan and the blocking down the tremendous with the it will be a fresh long Donatello Williams getting the call Chloe for Jarnell who's noted as a fast receiver Monty Brown able to stuffing at the line John Elway have slowed by a pre-season knee injury go cow lows telling it yesterday that this is actually as healthy as he has been and he says the same of Pam Morrison take her people who have struggled with injuries as a way Morris and Pegram in the back here and the opening quarter for the touchdown taking it in [Music] the Steelers with a six nothing wait weighs 76 yards and once again the if he had to play a game last week [Applause] together with the extra point and with time 29 remaining in this first quarter it is Pittsburgh with ace [Music] [Applause] when it comes to travel there are two companies who can cover the world like nobody else knows this stadium very well growing up in East Brady which is about 60 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in fact how to round up 30 tickets for friends and relatives before today's game getting set to take the field for the first time as Johnson will kick it off - the combination of dark Holmes and Tim Tim down Jim said he had to cut it off about 300 that the skiller's with a seven what okay a or C championship game katako bringeth quest the he went for 21d beyond fitters Volvo taco [Applause] Paul Joey Ostrovsky the OCC program will Cena at four Thomas coming off 258 yard day last week Steve Sisco able to give it a shot of the quarter earlier pregame show for the poor children in the right side I was born ratio picked up a yard on the play but dirt steed and seals is how to tremendous season up product that you see most of the way the sex [Applause] conviction of category Jackson [Applause] Joey al-safi restarting for chant ground above ground is available making it back from the one of the things that Jim Kelly wanted to do is hit some short quick passes to slow down that pass rush give his offensive line a chance against his great pass rush from the Steelers tell me looking at up or down six we'll have to see where they spot the Lummi Johnson's reception for strong safety [Applause] they're just trying to get the football out Johnson right just going down about four or five yards and turning around and got just enough for the first [Applause] 22 yard line son in the very successful thomas is closed down [Applause] to make the stop in seven Thomas to look at the referee Larry numbers and we'll have our first call of the day could be a facemask [Applause] face mask on the defense five yards five yards to be packed on him repeat first down not too happy about the call burnout Lake was left out in the open field against Thurman Thomas and at that point you're grasping for anything you can get hold up what John Cornell lake has done for this book the pro-bowl safety that had to play to Rod Woodson and Dion figures but what unites us from Circular on his plate luck for most of the season nice hole for Thomas [Applause] he has the foot down it cooked up six on the play Jason Gilda the stock he's interesting talking with Berman Thomas who is getting up slowly after that one and the that would be as big a blow as was Bruce Smith and he's limping this is a major bill of newse Thurman Thomas in the way that he's been playing he has just carried this football team a hundred and fifty eight yards rushing against the Miami Dolphins last week his season-high and I know Marv just doesn't look like he's going to be able to go again well they call for the measurement it is a first down but the concern involves a an injured Thurman Thomas who comes limping over here's another lookout and he took the hit from the car now away and then it look like he fell another tack word that was at his knees the rookie from Portland straight dispensing chemist and able to unleash with a 36-yard line he will stop by the free safety Darren ferry Holmes has done this right throughout but normally provides a nice change of pace for Thomas but against the Pittsburgh Steelers the slow developing plays the counter trades the ones that take a little time to develop don't work as well Thurman Thomas told us last night that he thought the direct hits but this defense would be what so maybe not being in there instead of Thurman Thomas because because she Kelly making the hands of our area Reid who's made a fax of a pulled hamstring after missing ten games did not have a reception last week that his return against Miami [Applause] here just throw it out there into the ballgame a second up chana 436 a stutter step again taking advantage of a good haul and he has a first down I think Thurman Thomas how to be a coach he knew exactly the way to attack and you can see Thurman still limping on the sideline but they're going right behind reuben brown that we managed to get off on the nice little combination blocking so far this pump is [Music] first down the hall was a seven well lamp it Buffalo Bills second pick the suburbs riot three Susan on a merge surprise and certainly by the mother said some difficulties he club with the French Oh a second out of six [Music] so difficult for the boys today I mixed up there taste our bike in this ballgame Jim Kelly is going he has daring homes in the Araki that much time the line of scrimmage he's an excitable kid too spoiled to play because otherwise make some mistakes like that loss of 14 Kelly complain [Applause] [Music] [Applause] good man coverage on the outside the Steelers in with their dime package Randy fuller with the coverage with Ross by Derrick Holmes now put Steve Christie in a very difficult position having to kick a 52-yard field goal instead of what would have been about a 40-yard kick last week Roger [Music] [Applause] further Stadium in Pittsburgh I'm Jim Gray well Thurman Thomas injured his right ankle he is now being examined by the trainer's they're going to reach a pit up and take a look at it he is hopeful to return he tried to work it out sprint up and down the sidelines he's having a little trouble cutting but he wants to return Clark hi Jim Pittsburgh Steelers with a 7 out they played on the Buffalo Bills just under five minutes gone by on this horse [Applause] go tackle fire Barney Mars ones for 12 yards that time the Buffalo Bills tried to flip-flop they put price pop on the other side than which he usually plays and so they're just running away from Bryce pop right now that's the season Babar's favowite Hudson back Father's Day disappointing yes Washington on the stop and Greg Boyd and Bill Cowher really going it when they got back a right need to use base going toe-to-toe and I'm sure it has something to do with the scheme of things I was a little surprised to see the Steelers covering I'm playing so much of their dime defensive formation at the six defensive backs out there that maybe one would say Ellis and Vulcan sucker O'Conner [Applause] excellent father Thomas [Applause] double-team on the back side against fries pop and then in just an axle of play look like that is rad Nancy Pigpen the rule on that is however if you don't twist them it's okay but you can see now that almost every single play they're sending it back after price pot for the TT for their Stewart line and the slot to the far right nice Oh [Applause] stiller first down Wade Phillips came with the safety blitz on this one in that forces man coverage with Marlin Koerner going against Kordell Stewart and as the Steelers found out in their own practice they had Kordell Stewart working against their defense is that nobody we could cover him so he decided to put him on the field left to play a little offense [Applause] for Pittsburgh diversified offense that built our promise is and just go pay the stuff that'll be a second down and two just outside the 25 this time Jim Jeffcoat in the game instead of and they're just taking it right to him they came down with the tide in and they're just blowing buffalo awful first met sitting at home watching this one has to be struggling emotionally to little man in the first quarter [Applause] the hansen combine to make the stuff for those who may have just joined us we're smith the food three degree temperature also a stomach virus not able to keep anything down there was the slim hope that he might be able to make it here if I [Applause] the doctors check them out just the both condition to play football so he's had a sitting out tonight as you said for the tennis to the sidelines so the girls with there is parse and he has stopped back behind the lines by Jeff Jeff go that double gym Jeffcoat came up and made the play of course a long time veteran Cowboys all-time leading soccer with 94 and a half sacks holding offense number 63 10-yard penalty repeat first down Dawson with the Holdenville cow are going crazy on the sidelines because this was one of those drives they're just taking the Buffalo Bills of moving them sitting there screams against Ted Washington who is their best run stopper the nose tackle they might have just got him off and the Steelers have loved the ball nine times for 50 yards yogas first quarter were coming up also factoid forty-two [Applause] inside of the 20 pick up will be a second and eight I think price pops getting a little frustrated right now they put him on both sides of the football and that time he came so hard after Neal O'Donnell the running back just ran right past him he's going to come in he's got his eyes on O'Donnell slamming it right inside and then BAM Morris just ran right through him he's not watching for the run which has to be his first priority because that's what the steers are doing just and they're not hurting him at the pass or killing him with the rug [Applause] [Applause] Sam lagers Hanako that's a pickup the weight yarn one of the better receiving a running backs in the history of the IFS 450 over each of the past six years as the first down out of his first quarter and when we come back at the start of the second the Steelers with a first enchant down at the buffalo 11 [Music] Stadium in Pittsburgh Marv Albert Chris Collinsworth and Jim Gray as we head to the second floor well Chris obviously Paul McGuire a little stop along the way before heading to Kansas City where he'll hook up with Dick Enberg Duvall and Bill Simms to bring you the Indianapolis Colts absolutely and whispered Steelers manhandled the Buffalo Bill they're up 7-zip they have a question Kenneth the [Applause] [Music] [Applause] come on stop by Hansen this say Pittsburgh Steeler team that went 11 and 5 in the regular season second best record in the AFC only Kansas City was better they finished the season winning seven of their last eight actually winning seven straight before losing the final game of the regular season at Green Bay that's what job [Music] beside malenko's most unusual for the steelers deposit a lot of people [Applause] touchdown [Laughter] [Applause] you see that one I'm not sure that Ernie Mills got his paid dad if he it's one of the more remarkable catches that I've seen now perhaps they're saying [Applause] officials opinion he would it is a touchdown [Applause] that's a major assumption to assume that he would have gotten that back foot down I really disagree with that call I don't think that Arnie Mills would have ever gotten that back foot down under any circumstances you see the reaction of bark lady that is his point extra point by Johnson so the Steelers take 14 for nothing [Applause] the sidelines and I believe that Ernie Mills would have never gotten that back foot down it wasn't the push of Churchill's that knocked that foot up in the air the foot was already going that way he was contorted in such a manner that is the front of his body was coming to I just think that's very much a bad call on the part of the officials that's not the push out the force that put out it was just the direction of the body and the way that he had to make the catch a severe reaction of Marv Livio continues [Applause] [Music] a disagreement with the live drug Larry Upson and it is a 14 [Applause] whooping short kick Johnson and it was it was covered up by holes we'll be right back [Music] for deficit the MUP kickoff by Derrick Holmes almost a disaster that they could get another disaster for the way this game has started for them but Holmes able to recover and Bobbie April D special teams coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers just a little excited going down the sideline he was telling the story yesterday when he was brought in here in 1993 for Santa special teams disaster [Applause] better fix that puffy and as intense pressure [Applause] - promises will not accelerate [Applause] lost the yard on the play [Applause] regular-season record of ten and six they won their sixth AFC East title years one hand [Applause] against the Steelers a Johnson with the catch short pickup LaVon Kirkland boys Thomas back in the ballgame he was severely criticized after the San Francisco game earlier this year [Applause] not return the fans in Buffalo wanted according to Thurman Thomas and I'm sure in part that's the reason he [Applause] toys players [Applause] [Music] get a piece of it and one of the mazing story these corners for the Steelers have been this season Willie Williams was expected to be a non-factor for the Pittsburgh Steelers they had Deon figures they had woodson those the decision Woodson of course was the guy that was supposed to carry this football team but it has been who have just done a sensational job first part of the day [Applause] inside [Applause] [Music] do you by Ford and your Ford dealer have you driven a Ford lately by Nike who encourages you to participate in the lives of America's youth and by subway now that's a sandwich while the Goodyear blimp floating overhead providing our aerial views today Goodyear blimps have an appearing over major events since 1925 three minutes gone by in the second quarter and it's been all Pittsburgh they're up 14 nothing they will start out from just inside her 40-yard line first two possessions they go nine plays for touchdown ten plays you can see the Steelers [Applause] running well here on the first half Carl Wilson the man who is replacing loose fit but right defense event involved event stop along with Cornelius Bennett Mars 7 carries for 45 yards picked up two it's a second and eight at the 42 yard line and the Steelers just so much pressure a team Dan are the Buffalo Bills such an advantage that first round by since the new format in 1990 the first eighteen and two and their first game after that [Applause] intended Smith there's just no way Neal O'Donnell you can have lunch sitting back there picking up these guys Carl Wilson's doing the best that he can there's nobody even close that they cannot get pressure on Neal O'Donnell and they're back there in man coverage this is a secondary that has been really banged up this season but you can cover for that we do can get pressure on the quarterback now without Bruce Smith here the pressure is not there and this secondary is going to be it is a [Applause] the team most viable [Applause] jealous [Applause] [Music] [Applause] man added again and I like the story that Yancey Thigpen the other receiver had about Kordell Stewart he said the best part about him playing wide receivers when he does go back to playing the quarterback position we don't have to worry about him throwing those balls anymore he has a full understanding what it's like to go over the middle now so good catch Kordell Stewart's definitely here's BAM Mars with talking yesterday with Steve Tasker who summoned Buffalo have labeled as their version of / - Kordell stoven Steve said now more of a become the contact all the way he has been playing this season or with an exclamation point I would have to say just it's just no fun there's the Jasper to get shot up before the game shot [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so handsome right Hansen is hurt a loss of two on the play but Phil Hansen shaken up and what else can go wrong for the Buffalo Bills barf at the end of the season your body is just destroyed it's broken down a lot of different things hurt and it's amazing with that recall all of a sudden you get a little spring back a new step you start to move around but for the buck they've had to contend with and you can see physically I thought you were referring to your season as a broadcaster [Applause] donkey had a shot at the pass intended for Andre Hastings and that was a play that the Buffalo Bills defense they just had to make they couldn't allow pittsburgh to march right back down the field again it looked like Cornelius Bennett was able to get a hand on that football and tip it away and almost into the arms of Matt Darby Cornelius Bennett has not gotten the recognition this year because he doesn't have the sacks as an inside linebacker the perhaps his best year haroldo spill is gone [Music] for what they are chronic storm all check better was school [Applause] and you can another - his name is quarterback running backslash fighters here now clutter sober fake which ends up by storage [Music] making ideas of reality which last punt was in high school the next one of course in a playoff game and Yancey Thigpen almost made a sensational play but when his foot stepped on the line that meant that the ball came out to the toy line up in the confessional formation event Stewart drop back into formation that pass antenna for unwary and the Buffalo Bills are starting out from there a online Jim Kelly is now poor of eight for oily forty yard butit's in second quarter dealers are 14 up and this is not the kind of game that Jim Kelly Prakash the spin for short the otters Greg Lloyd is upset with himself he had Thurman Thomas dead to rights in the backfield and Thurman even with the bad ankle get to boys and presto Thomas four carries seven yard coming by Steve Tasker [Applause] shot it is good for 16 yards peddling Bakker is down holding [Applause] repeat they're down a Johnson - tied in with the hole Buffalo Bills good luck so far in this game the wing-t back is Marv levy Finch that was really wimpy that despite the shot up name to scream to ask for [Applause] nineteen killing [Applause] [Music] to the efforts the Pittsburgh defensive unit [Applause] but believe me this Pittsburgh defense is faster than Jim Kelly and they to chase him down from behind Chad brown who is getting a chance of prepping his stuff for - faster than Jim and Chris Moore for the end zone it's a second cup of the day [Applause] these days [Applause] Hastings for that good second effort on a 44-yard punt 12 yard return back at Three Rivers Stadium eight minutes and 45 seconds to go in this first half and it's been all Pittsburgh as they leave the Buffalo Bills by the score of 14 to nothing Marvis defense there's to be without first met he's in the secondary and talent-wise when you take out a brew Smith and [Applause] off the play fake completing and it is a Pittsburgh first down a 12-yard advance pump and Shoals combine to make the stop second catch for Ernie Mills in his fifth year out of Florida Ernie mills working against Marlin Koerner who would not be in there himself but for the injury to Jeff Burroughs there fobel safety Henry Jones had knee surgery he's out but they've been able to cover up for that secondary with Bruce here today neela guys just having it too easy about the [Applause] bars last year at a very strong looking season started six games for the injured Barry Foster ran for over 800 yards in fact second to foster by only 15 yards have some fumbling problems and then this year as we mentioned earlier and difficulties at the start but has come on as had a big first half Jim Carrey's 49-yard secondary six seven [Applause] cover fight Koerner really nice position that time by Marlon Koerner and and all day and he put Koerner in a real tough spot having to cover ernie mills for this long and mills had his hands on the football but Koerner got his hands up and knocked it away at the last second and it's a very least his Buffalo Bills defense they have to make a play right now you have to at least keep the Steelers to a field goal in this situation and hopefully 12 111 yards [Applause] [Applause] at diving Thomas spent the pass intended for Kordell Stewart for the first time today somebody got a hand on Neal O'Donnell and then when he stepped up by John IMing it was just completely off John Thomas Smith had an excellent chance to make that play wasn't anywhere close - Kordell Stewart it is a 4th down and 6 at the 27th and door Johnson will affect me [Music] [Applause] right yards away look like Jack Nicklaus playing the host that time he started that ball out about four or five yards outside the post and threw it back in [Music] for the 17 nothing advantage now over the hills seven and a half remaining [Applause] Tyndale the first-year player out of western ontario takes it for 22 yards miss Thurman Thomas has been struggling coming up with a sprained ankle earlier you mentioned here in the first quarter all that fan criticism Thurman faced in Buffalo after departing in the second quarter against the 49ers with France but he's come back strong this season we talked with Thurman yesterday about his ups and downs with the Buffalo fans I have given off my my body you know to the Buffalo fans and done a great job for years and hear that criticism was very touching to me it really hit at heart and to see me as a player that didn't have any heart I did want to go out and play and a big game really did hurt but Marv there comes a time when you go back in the game and it helps the team and I'm not sure that time is right now for Thurman Thomas he just doesn't seem to be the same guy that he was last week with that spectacular game against the Miami Holmes is running the football effectively in the first quarter [Applause] Kirkland and Willie Williams breaking up a bird and heat up to 32 and Jim Kelly is struggling in his blog game as well now he's four for ten just 14 yards worth of completions and no complete wide receiver not a good start for gym [Music] yes possession [Applause] was able to come up with a [Applause] to bring strong Jim Kelly this Pittsburgh Steelers defense is just a bear and these Detailers fans [Applause] better than offense around her all first years curtain and Mean Joe green and Jack ham and all the guys defense turns on this crowd more than every day bring to the site first sack of the day here's the [Applause] [Music] [Applause] nor made a sensational play just to catch it but by the time he pulled it back down he couldn't get it away flowers was right there and Bobbie April is having a party I know what he's doing with his feet breathe jump around and having fun that's what a special teams coach is all about you know here [Applause] for they first down inside 17 nothing with six minutes to go [Applause] stop Wars [Applause] Rene has been it so valuable because he can stop the run but he can also play one-on-one coverage against the backs here with a saving tackle perfectly thrown by Neal a dollar mark you can only imagine what Bruce Smith must be thinking as he sits there and watches this football game and watch the dismantling of a very good [Applause] back to the ground the hip stayed on Erin Pegram by Bryce pop very quick again till the runningback well-priced pop is not going to get frustrated he's the guy that grew up on a farm he says his dad a farmer instilled the work ethic in him his backpack if he ever came home too late at night his dad would wake him up at 5:30 in the morning just to encourage him to get home a little earlier just won't do encourage in that time he encouraged the Steelers not to run his side what a season the price pop former Green Bay Packer the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year led the league 17 and a half sacks the most since twice sentence of the Eagles had 19 [Applause] too far down [Applause] poor girls school is found in the back here it'll be coming back a hold against the Steelers well I'd say Kordell Stewart is really something as a wide receiver looked like Dwight Clark working the in line back there scrambling around until he finally found a hoiy he knows as a quarterback what it's like to hold the ball but those big guys chase them around so he was working hard for Neal O'Donnell made the play but all for naught [Music] there are two fouls on the offense ineligible downfield number 72 that penalty is refused holding on 65 in the offense that Tennessee has accepted 10 yards repeat they're down John Jackson out here on the outside with the hole that circled the whole offensive line Jackson with the whole seriously down he musta rolled down field if he did he was just laying there but that was a penalty on the offensive line both sides it has occurred and 18f the 20 [Applause] [Music] in Westham with 70 nothing out of the shotgun O'Donnell this Whoopi's again in the way with rust by the nose tackle Ted Washington barb that five wide reciever formation has been so good for the Pittsburgh Steelers but I don't think today is the day for it because when you go into it it means nobody's in the backfield to help with the pass protection against price pop and then he does get that isolation that he's been looking for the one-on-one and pop that time with the pressure and with the fourth down at 18 here's the field goal unit norm Johnson who connected from 45 yards away attempting from 38 the actual steal upon the rocks dog will put it down [Music] so it is now a 20 nothing lead for the Steelers [Applause] with 422 remaining and the first time one of the jobs is a head coaches you gotta sort of give the body English to those field goals in that time Cara managed to squeeze that one a reminder tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. the other half of the AFC Championship matchup will be decided by the NFL's top-rated quarterback Jim Harbaugh the Indianapolis Colts against Steve photo of the AFC's top team the Kansas City Chiefs it all gets started 3:30 p.m. Eastern as we get you caught up on all of the NFL's latest news and the preview of a big game with brick tumble on Rashad Mike Ditka Joe gets go Montana on the NFL on NBC gives you a chance to watch that Zach attack one more yes Zack Crockett was unbelievable was the new for the Colts Marshall Clark had knee surgery this past week so once again we're going to see Zack Crockett who just ran all over all over the San Diego Chargers in that upset went on the coast [Applause] now it is time for Jim Kelly to get something going with this office the Pittsburgh dealers looking very much like a James in the Super Bowl against any Indian as you to return [Applause] by the Steelers Pittsburgh here in the first half a 17 yard return [Applause] well the last time that these two clubs met it was not a very happy day for Jim Kelly November of 1994 a Monday night game of the steel defense made the difference to port 123 channel Rod Woodson with the interception scoring the one touchdown what's it worth a a hard hit in a sack of Jim Kelly of the one-yard line to create yet another the Steelers with sack Buffalo quarterback seven times that day is Kelly whoops carry the free safety on the stop and works for this first catch of the day is a first town as he picks up 16 and Greg Lloyd is down boy have we seen some star players going out of this parking brake light no question about it he is the heart and soul of this defensive unit and the guy that no one messes with on the Pittsburgh Steelers well except that guy Bill Cowher he messes around with him but they were telling the story one time of one of the rookies Oliver Gibson was taking an incredible ribbing and it was Greg Lloyd who can walk back into the room and said enough enough and just stop nobody else said a word when Greg Lloyd talks that's it if we can pick up exactly how it was that Lloyd got hurt he was flying in at the end of the play and you just have to hope that that wasn't some sort of a neck injury with the way that he ducks his head down and then he ran into his own player myron bell the strong safety that's the reason in the league analyzes people for leading with the head not for the so much the safety of the other players but for the safety of yourself it's just so dangerous another Pro Bowl season for Greg Lloyd major concern of a lot of the Pittsburgh Steelers this is a scary situation 359 remaining and the first half we'll be right back [Music] so in this equation to each sister who was stopped by Jerry Alsace t Brett LOI was able to get up and walk back to the sidelines at his try to get the indication that he's ok he's shaking that right arm probably some sort of a stinger and that's really about the best you could have hoped for in that situation penalty marker was thrown if it holds up it is a 12 yard pickup for the bills illegal hands to the face on the defensive team number 96 penalties refused first down well that is brunch called on the penalty and it is a first down for the bells at midfield and this is the first sign of life since their first drive Thomas again with a short advance stop by with a shot in LaVon Kirkland the linebacker really his body into the mix and Thurman Thomas crowd reacting as Greg and wide as Camille but I am Tony Klein could not hold on as he took a hiss of liván Crooklyn and Jim Kelly is calling plays that are either misdirection bootleg type plays or very short quick passes Jim is not comfortable I don't think he has any confidence [Applause] his defensive front [Applause] facing a and since 46 just to give it away completing two breasts and he has a first down Randy fuller on the stuff it's good for ten yards and this is easily the most impressive drive by the Bell and Chris Oldham number 24 was jumping up and down at the end of the play he got picked off that time by the tide into decline just a simple pick play well-executed we go first down if he is still 46 yard line [Applause] ase additional playoff games Kelly opening in the pocket and approaches for our prey read involve down field with Randy for [Applause] may have been some type of double move and Porter just grabbed hold of Andre reef defense number 29 five-yard penalty a lot of arguing going on as he started on the out boulders just going to grab hold and sometimes that could be the best strategy he had clearly made the move on the out and then he hooked him back with the arm and they argue a little bit but all defensive backs do that they're not very pleasant people regarding up a pendant from personal experience [Applause] it's amazing how that part of you on wide receivers knows that view two minutes 38 seconds remaining in the first half [Applause] after stealing [Applause] like what's the recovery [Applause] the Steelers came with a blitz Jim Kelly makes the perfect call he gets the ball in the hands of his superstar Thurman Thomas and it is just impossible for me to ever watch Thurman Thomas without flashing back to the problems that he had in that Super Bowl against the Dallas Cowboys and the shots of him on the bench dejected and so down hard despite the fact that Thurman Thomas comes back in after the injury [Applause] for him that is actually only the second part of the season and he stopped by the combination of Carl Wilson and that Darvey as we approach two minutes remaining in a first half that has belonged to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Marv it's so much more than just a fumble because in this situation the bills were thriving they started to look good they were going down had a chance to get back in the game and then he just gives it a lot now we are down a tumorous left first time toughen up Dermot of course on course for the Hall of Fame but poor performances in recent Super Bowls will always haunt him Super Bowl 28 in Atlanta stripped of the ball here by Leon Lett and then later on it's early third quarter another fumble by by Thurman and James Washington able to weave his way 46 yards for the tying touchdown and that changed the momentum of that game but Thurman Thomas and his defense would have been the MVP in my opinion of the Super Bowl against the Giants at that field goal by Scott Norwood been good he had such a sensational day that day and who knows how the fortunes of the Buffalo Bills would have changed at that kick been made a stealer second down and eight for the 15-yard line able to reclaim possession of the football with two minutes left leading 20 nothing [Applause] by David White he is Senate bill Hansen involved in recent games in the last two minutes of the half and of the fourth quarter the Pittsburgh Steelers have had enormous success and Neal O'Donnell has just been so hot in those final two minutes of the half or the game eight touchdowns just one interception of 114 quarterback rating which equates to the best in football nobody currently has a 114 quarterback rating and we asked to Bill Cowher the other day about that and he said yes they are considering the fact that perhaps they would go to it during the course of a game of course in this one they don't need Buffalo taking a timeout their first timeout of the half last year Neal O'Donnell battled with that ankle injury in the second half of the season and he has come back so strong this year after missing four games earlier with that fractured throwing hand and I have to say deal in a very fine spot is a guy who will be a free agent into the season he is a New Jersey guy just with the interest until was asked about them today's which I will buy Jeff Cohen and Wilson and Hill said he he said he wants to stay here with the Steelers he also said what do you think I'm nuts with all the ticket requests us would be in possibly but he said it might be too close to the family yeah and I think that the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to sign them the one problem that they have obviously though is that Kordell Stewart is a part of the mix they also have a guy by the name of Jim Miller who performed very well in the preseason this year so if you're rolling the dice by allowing Neil o'donald to go somewhere and you don't want to commit twenty million dollars to a long-term deal or whatever the case may be at least you have a little insurance with Tom Zach and Jim Miller but Mike Tom Zach really struggled this season through nine interceptions and very unsealer like ball when Neil or Donald's out with that broken hand a fourth down and seven situation following another Buffalo timeout it is definitely wrong start back Department Kordell is not in sight so start cutting from his one - this joy falling for the third so 40 to go in this first app 33-yard punt flies start and Buffalo gets it back traveling by the count of 22 nothing the Domino's halftime report is coming up momentarily with Greg Gumbel a bike dip did Joe Gibbs Joe Montana closeup looks at Buffalo head coach Marv levy and the surprise of a week ago sack bucket it out this goal he actually was playing put the red shirt here or first down why actor Bell made the stop so the clock is running let me say this how much I disagree with the play calling on that previous serious they just have given the Bell other cancer come big very conservative to be a sideline and weed does get out to stop the clock with a minute eleven remaining Willie Williams all the coverage there and as a player I always wanted to have some momentum and what they've done now is they've shifted the momentum back to Buffalo despite the fact that they're down four nothing teenagers can walk drives and now [Applause] receptionist a second and five at the 27 and Kenneth throwing deep most small town beautiful catch by Chester a 26-yard nice play he was worked on by done where the puff his one a first and coal and it's Clement thomas checking it out a beautiful executed pride Bob a buffalo bill I don't know who it was that work that was calling those plays I assume it was Ron Erhard but they went so conservative when they had the fall on their 20-yard line there were a couple minutes left the Buffalo Bill spent all their timeouts and now instead of just blowing out the Buffalo Bills if they had picked up just one first down and that offense was on such a roll they go conservative and now all of a sudden we have ourselves a football game so the Phills with four plays go 49 yards in 56 seconds Steve Christie adding extra point and Buffalo certainly has to feel good about developments here with 45 seconds remaining in the first half they are able to get up on that scoreboard Pittsburgh with a 27 lead in Thurman Thomas in the postseason one of the most productive players of all time just tie Jerry Rice and of course the former Pittsburgh Steeler great Franco Harris now with 17 touchdowns apiece Steve Tasker has been just an incredible story this year here's a guy had 10 career career catches coming into this season and they've just given him a chance the injury to Andre reeds giving him the opportunity and then Thurman Thomas comes back to stick it in and former head coach for about three games Elijah Pitts now we've got a chance 22 seven that's a little different story going in at there and as assistant head coach Elijah Fitz former running back plate a year with the LA Rams he had as a professional coaching career with with the Rams let's get Thurman Thomas a little credit as well he is showing the heart that the Buffalo Bills fans thought that he lacked he came back after the sprained ankle and really did not look very good at all running the football for a couple of plays but he's hanging in there despite the fumble ease not like he was in the Super Bowl where he took sort of walked over on the bench [Applause] [Music] 41 seconds remaining Emma Hamm [Music] over happy foot here let's start acrid based in Akron Ohio [Music] of high above Three Rivers Stadium capacity crowd just under 60,000 at Three Rivers they have a survey that quieted down by that Buffalo Bills Drive standards now lead by the score of 20 to 7 Buffalo one timeout remaining Pittsburgh with Hall three [Applause] here is O'Donnell completed I'm bravely sting stuck by pollen turner to pick up 14 and you just have to wonder why this wasn't the type of plan that they used when they had the ball the last time they felt very comfortable that's 20 to nothing lead and I suppose I've had many conversation with Ryanair hard and he will tell you point blank I am not afraid to take the air out of the football all my days with the Giants and Bill Parcells if we got a 10-point leave with the Giants that was it offensively we weren't going to take any more chances we were going to rely on our defense but emotionally now the Buffalo Bills back in it but now you're also seeing Ron Earhart getting back to what this team has been so successful doing that's spreading it out working Kordell Stewart opening up this offense and the Steelers using a timeout what we resume it'll be a first of ten at their 45 yard line [Music] out of 42 seconds left [Applause] [Applause] [Music] some pre safety to make the hit it's a 22-yard [Applause] taken by pittsburgh to stop the clock with 23 seconds he's over half [Applause] the impact of Kordell Stewart he's going to come down run across the field open it up for the guy in behind and watch the coverage in here when Kordell Stewart flashes in front of your face you go with him and that's what opens it up for they pull in behind so Kordell Stewart even when he's not catching the football he's creating an impact on the football field because of the fact that defensively you have to pay so much attention to us [Applause] and ll Donnell 11 of 17 152 yards one touchdown but first with one time Buffalo has warmth left Lavelle Stewart second-round draft pick out of out of Colorado receiving the chance to support other roles because of injuries in the receiver for he has to cut a critical part of the offense and making it very difficult to prepare against the schools that's out of the 14 by Donald hooking up with Hastings [Applause] final time I'll be call by the Stila so Andre Hastings has been a popular guy here of the second quarter he had 48 receptions during the regular season in his third year out of the University of Georgia and this one minute drill really is been looking good they don't call it the two-minute drill here they call it the 1 minute drill we were talking about it was some of the guys yesterday and he said at the beginning of the season when we were 3 and 4 and we were so bad we were behind all the time so we were constantly in that two-minute drill we gained a lot of confidence in it and all of a sudden now it's paying dividends in a playoff game Our Lady knows that this defense has to make a play is on his side and one thing maybe we'll go back to he remember in the bills rushed to the line his friend and hurried up and got the snap off well they could have taken their time at that point run offs and clock and not given this feelers a chance to come back down Steelers now have a second of two of the courting card there why with a spectacular play in front of film Oh Johnson it's cooked for nine and a pushdown in these nice catch - bye Ernie these stealer receivers have picked up their game so much Jan Gehl II the receivers coach when Eric green left here there was a tremendous burden placed on the Steeler wide receivers who were average at best in the past the ante big pin Arnie Mills Hastings you talked about they've really stepped it up with 11 seconds left of a half of 24 yard little Chuck when ago strong was let's check out the penalty market the Johnson is hit from 45 from flirting 8 and he did convert here from 34 and the reason that they did not elect to run another plays they didn't have any timeouts remaining big fancy offside number 28 the penalties refused [Music] the ban penalty so dog Johnson makes a plea of three as he hits the 44-yard and the steelers now lead 23-7 with only seven seconds to go on behalf tremendous drive on the part of the pittsburgh steelers to regain that momentum but a couple of mistakes made first on the part of the pittsburgh steelers going so conservative and allowing buffalo to get the ball but then on the part of Jim Kelly hustling his team up to the line of scrimmage when it was down on the one-yard line they had the opportunity to run some clock off just left too much time for Neal O'Donnell and they paid for it with three points and what a job by O'Donnell four for four on the drive all this within 37 seconds the good catch by Mills down at the 16 able to keep the feet in bounds then stepped out to stop the clock it seems strange to say that you can score a touchdown too quickly but often that is the case Rock management such an important part of it and [Music] actually that was a rat against the Buffalo Bills in the no-huddle success when the defense was not what in theory it has turned into this year that have with where Smith on the hill that they would just go too quickly [Applause] by kicking that ball out of bounds and Bill Cowher is crazy without that's what you're going on because now you get the ball in the and you get a chance to take a shot down the field work on Bobbie April open you know be wide enough to punch that's a Bobby April you went down the other side of bench which is a good [Applause] there are 40 yard line with seven seconds remaining of a hand and we saw Philadelphia hit one of those al Mary's at the end of the half last week the Detroit lion on a shocking game that was Kelly still allowed himself in terms of the shoulder how Paul how parking [Applause] guys fire down field [Music] [Applause] the time is if there's a defensive penalty they will have a chance to kick a field goal that's the significance of this if this is against the defense you take it down the and you keep the field goal able to play that deflection of 42 pass play that's the danger any defensibility the app cannot end on a defensive pony there is no time remaining on the clock but if the call it goes against the Pittsburgh Steelers then you get an opportunity to kick the field goal [Music] [Applause] we have no legal formation on the offensive team the tight end was lined up in the backfield the half is over the flipside of that is if it's on the offense you don't Markoff the penalty you go in and did little Gatorade at halftime so a break for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Steelers with a 23-7 lead Bill's at the end of the half for face of curve effort by Hillel Donald 13 of 19 169 yards let's check in out of Greg Gumbel at our New York studio riki circles as he reaches out to the 33 yard line a 24 yard return figures involved on the stop let's check in on the field with Jim Gray all right thank you very much mark well the mood in the Buffalo locker room was really pretty good many of the players were pretty happy with what went on in the second quarter Wade Phillips told me he's going to try and make some adjustments defensively come up with some new scheme he feels that Neal O'Donnell is just having too much time in the back field standing back there waiting to pass he also said that he feels as though the team can come back and Mark leading up besides they had come back from work peppers to the playoffs before mainly against Houston a couple of years ago Marv yes that was January the 3rd 1993 in Buffalo Frank Reich throwing for second half touchdowns as the bills came back from that 35 3 deficit the greatest comeback now he not been five yard penalty still first down and it is a first down at 15 off the the call back at the 28 yard line [Applause] too much time for the O'Donnell enough time [Applause] back Joel Stevie gets him for a loss of AR and Joel steed the nose tackle strongest man on the team his nickname LFL because the tears people limb oh how clever yes yes I was by nickname with the bangles I know that yes [Applause] for Thomas [Applause] shield [Applause] [Music] Cheers [Applause] it hold jumping in there on Kirkland front the conversation ratios and Jim Kelly going back at with one more time ray steals a guided field he didn't get the kind of respect that he deserved after his sensational year this year he said he makes the comment before every game he asked the guy across from him did you go from and if he didn't these guys in for a long day and that time Jim Kelly was in for a long day I think radio [Applause] [Music] on the defensive team I'm so sorry they're down it's on Joel Steve of the Steelers getting back to seals as you mentioned has had a superb season you can see the other taunting also by seals [Applause] consideration because he lives up as a token often plays against the thousand the face of race eels okay intended for either books or tasker and raise sales he's still upset he didn't like the fact that Bill Cowher got in his face when Ray Steel's got up after the sack he kind of did one of those six guns solution away away away away with his fingers like he's shooting Jim Kelly and Jim Kelly didn't like it he jumped up and just slammed into race heels and now here comes Cour back in steals it is like big-time wrestling or something was point hey Chris what the tower's point is if buffalo as you watch your home scores here help I 18 and then go for a two-point conversion go right back into it'll be 23 15 why taking chances well they're right back find UPS the official package delivery company of the NFL and by American Express [Music] alright here's another look at the episode a moment ago involving grey seals and Jim Kelly seals with a shot in caught Jim Kelly's arm and then he stands up and his low boom boom boom thing Jim Kelly didn't like it he came back and gave big guy a push and then it was the right hand back by race heels [Applause] [Music] so a first out of the working pick up night on the play free safety Matt Darby on the stop and then on the sidelines seals and cower in heated discussion Jim Gray telling us that a cow upset with the taunting at this stage of the game were the Steelers in well at 123 7 also said when I take a punch at a guy the fifth hour he gets right in her face then he not afraid those big guys out there they say the worst thing is these a second [Applause] pop the taco [Applause] pop hasn't given up on this one but so much more of the burden on him because of Bruce Smith not being here Jonathan Hayes got hold but there wasn't enough to keep Bryce PAUP out of the play [Applause] top at a sixth year at a Northern Iowa side of the three agents at panco certainly hit the jackpot with that three years seven and a half million dollar cut [Applause] another stealer first down has the Titan Jonathan Hayes first catch of the day for Hayes and it's good for 17 this is what you can do and you get the running game going you go the bootleg off of it you sneak the tight end in behind and Jonathan Hayes has been playing a lot today instead of Mart burner because he's the better blocker they wanted to get him out there against Bryce pop but where we can catch one as well nice little Drive the Steelers have going has hit seven of seven first down [Applause] three minutes gone in the third quarter [Applause] Oh God Bonnie brown considered Kalman for pound the strongest player of the Buffalo Bill look at mykonos arms 500-pound bench presses 52 inch chest 32 inch waist I myself included [Music] a second time at the 27 pedal to set up the screen for three grand [Applause] [Laughter] [Applause] Derby Johanssen combined Eric regrown [Applause] that time Cornelius Bennett he saw it he got out here but he could make the play the leave blockers in front just made the blocks against him he's out there but he's in a four-on-one situation and Pegram is able to sneak through it as a first and goal down at before [Applause] - his hip for a loss by Papa Wade Phillips told me before the game that he was going to move around Bryce pop that he really felt he could afford to just leave him in one spot ordinarily you'll see Bryce pop on the other side but this time he's lining up on the defensive right and coming in and disrupting it they tried to pull out the offensive lineman and get the sweep going around this side but as Kevin green told us with the bills counter tray the thing you have to do is just go in and blow it up it's going to attack the deep or offensive lineman coming at you that's exactly what it did second goal now back up at nine why [Applause] looking Arizona Wayne the time on Twitter and complete money ground with the probably a little bit better receiving tight-end than he is as a blocker working one-on-one down the field against monty brown the brown did a nice job getting a hand on him and not sure that Neal O'Donnell knew exactly what the rookie was doing there Bruner a number one draft pick out of the University of Washington player McBride 15 of 22 209 yards and a touchdown Kordell Stewart in motion - intercepted [Applause] he lost it and it's recovered so Buffalo hang on but the interception way sheet on the return lost the handle momentarily but was able to cover it up as a free agent last year spent the season on the practice squad TCU at one interception during the regular season picks it off right here set up for Kordell Stewart he got his hands on it just could not pull it back in and the Buffalo Billy I think Greg Evans he just dropped it I think he saw the unser CK man Adam but for the Buffalo Bills again a team that refuses to die I mean it has been just like their season [Applause] and now Jim Kelly needs to get ah Quinn's going the way that into the first half Elly starting out [Applause] Senate pass for Thomas it'll be a second and ten at the 21-yard line so the old Donnell who has been so efficient intercepted for the first time over the last 156 passes in postseason play to get the defense going also plan to make things the bills to hear the signals [Applause] [Applause] it's only appropriate that Cornell Lake would make a play like that in a playoff game all season long he's gotten it done he stepped in for Rod Woodson he was a strong saftey really didn't wanna play corner the coaches came to him and asked him if he'd be willing to make the move he said whatever is best for the team he thought he was going to give up his Pro Bowl stance got voted in anyway and here just steps in front of Andre Reed what a sensational year in many ways the MVP of the Pittsburgh Steelers this year has to be Cornel Lake they didn't lose a game eight straight when he took over as a corner and he has just been sensational [Applause] Buffalo territorial as our employee roaring out of the backfield getting back to Carnell lake a standout game here today with the interception also a fumble recovery there's Carnell in a seventh NFL season out of UCLA he was a pass rushing linebacker with the bronze making all-american as a senior at that position but exceptionally quick at 210 pounds converted to strong safety and a fly the fish just mentioned for the left corner spot for this season Holmes said Washington marv they've been picking on Parnell Lake all season from the time that that move was made just on paper any time that you hear a strong safety is going to a cornerback position the quarterbacks and the wide receivers they licked their chops he's given a couple of opportunities this season to they've been beaten on a player too during the course of the season but for the most part Ben rockslide [Applause] with his defense as a third out of six the 21 yard line O'Donnell looking left and then the white and going incomplete intended for Corey Holliday in recent addition to the active roster because of the injury suffered by Charles Johnson Holliday did not catch a ball during the regular season a first-year man from the Gulf Carolina but this Bills defense has done it again well really they've done it again in the first half I was fairly critical of their play but here in the second half without GU Smith Wade Phillips squad they've done a job after the interception three and out and a 49-yard a chapt here for norm Johnson was hit on three of three dorm Johnson does it again from 45 [Music] sharable sideline discussion Bill Cowher and Neil O'Donnell following the field goal by dawn Johnson to give these killers a 26-7 lead [Applause] Tracy green involved on the stop and we'll be right back it is where the lofty atmosphere of most luxury cars is left behind is the tranquility welcome back to Pittsburgh and this a fired up Pittsburgh Steeler team right throughout the week as they looked ahead to today's game against the Buffalo Bills we talked about that with Kevin Green and asked how would he compare this past weeks preparation with the regular season this Monday this past Monday in the weight room it was crazy and it was it was extremely intense in the weight room everybody screaming Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills and and then hat has been building up the whole weekend and it's just it's a fever pitch and I'm I'm right there - knee deep in it and having fun with it and it just doesn't get any better than this first I'd have to say Kevin Green is going at a fever pitch at all hours of the day hands to the face on the defense number 96 penalties refused first down well the the penalty was called on Brunson Buckner but it as the decline of the reception by Andre Reed for a foursome 10 at the 41-yard a Philips to go and mysteriously the barrels 26-7 the winner goes on to be [Laughter] [Applause] AFC title game it was covered [Applause] interesting statements coming out of Buffalo earlier this wiggle got the idea that the Steelers made even more of some innocent type statements with wondering about the sweatshirt Parnell Lake strong safety the lebesgue left corner Kelly is able to throw and complete to the tight at Lonnie Johnson short of a first down LaVon footprint which she stopped Kirkland with the tackle and his running-mate back is Chad brown the other inside linebacker was a guy who had such a sensational beginning too [Applause] you can see he's not quite there but is the playoffs [Applause] the pressure once again from the Pittsburgh Steelers they brought Greg Boyd on the Blitz and he slipped off and combined on the sack with Joel steed thought maybe Marv levy might go for it here in this situation if there's a fake punt or anything in your repertoire time for second sack of the game for the Steelers no to punt formation and a fourth down and two [Applause] right feasting the cats lost his balance on that 37-yard punt but without his partner on the other side Bruce Smith who is still back in Buffalo with a flu and a stomach virus what a year for Brice Pop's seventeen and a half sacks to lead the national football and price will be the first to tell you that the big those kind of numbers whose papers on the other side between the two yours not by Washington encourage 620 remaining in this third quarter and Pittsburgh with a 26-7 Lee Devon grain who says he'll cut his hair again when they win a Super Bowl that was something that was said long ago back when he was with the Rams and there's been growing ever since it did a nice thing though for the fans standing in line had to wait in the cold for playoff tickets bought a hundred hamburgers for the guys and this would have passed away intended for ANSI click pen who was covered by Marlin Turner yesterday we were talking with Bill Cowher about the drop pass against Green Bay by a thick pen we asked Bill Hannity how do they handle it with Yancey he said well as we take a look at it he said he went over to him and said you know I I wouldn't take any trips through Detroit litem of the moment across the drop cost the liens a home playoff game and cost him a lot more than actors they had to go into Philadelphia have to think that would have been a different story if they were playing in Pontiac just to get the play off to throw it away boys pop for fighting that pressure and once again the Buffalo Bills defense doing their job I mean it really has been a marvelous effort in the first half they struggled they probably were emotionally trying to figure out how to get this whole thing done Wade Phillips though at halftime has come back and remember what Jim told us coming out they wanted to try and get a little more pressure on him and so far it has disrupted things with this Pittsburgh Steelers offense Robb Stark punting from his goal line [Applause] [Music] skirt is back Hills could have excellent field position right here 29 yard punt only a four yard return it by someone lost their shoe 527 remaining ever bust the way of not Washington the Duquesne Incline novel approach D in fence separating at that point first down at the 42 as the Buffalo Bills take over with five and a half remaining in the third quarter the screen set up beautifully Kelly took a hard hit in completing the full and Thomas Kelly's shaken up well Johnson and Greg boy just destroyed Jim Kelly as he got that ball off one of the problems so you try and run that naked bootleg the naked he is sometimes a guy like Greg Lloyd turn the corner and Jim sort of flipped his head around and Ruben Brown really didn't even get a hand on him [Applause] earlier in the first half was hurt and was down for a while remember all the way back to the preseason the shot that he put on Brett Favre and he was so upset he got fined by the league and that was really the precedent that was set throughout the National Football League Jean Washington finding a lot of players after that they are going to try and protect these quarterbacks and Alex Van Pelt apparently the next in he has moved past the rookie Todd Collins as the number two quarterback Alex Van Pelt who is out of the University of Pittsburgh in his second NFL season originally drafted by the Steelers and going on to sign with Kansas City as seen only brief action this season 10 of 18 overall with a couple of touchdowns Alex Van Pelt quick thing as you know Chris is the pill [Music] doughboy that was given to her by Jim Kelly Brown just unable to get the block Greg Lloyd coming in it was not helmet the helmet contact he got the helmet but it was into the shoulder so that is not a final situation but Boyd's Oakley throwing his body around [Applause] in that time [Applause] hope to return as taken over and penalty markers are down looked to be John Pina the left tackle [Applause] we'll start prior to the stamps 70 offense five-yard penalty still second down Mina's fourth year out of Arizona last year setback by a knee problem which affected us quickness he picked up his play had some ups and downs this season there is the clock down [Applause] at the center position he's not a great time second an 11 to be a mixed up on [Applause] inside his photo 30 play but it did work and it goes for 40 yards I love this guy I absolutely love this guy he's been chasing kicks getting knocked around for 10 years in the National Football League and now is the wing-t back they come with a reverse it bobbles the football still makes the play but Steve Tasker gets shot up before the ballgame his knee was hurting him he had to do the cortisone the novocaine just to play in this football game and he has been sensation of this afternoon beautiful walk by Ostrosky Thomas the short of the goal line Steve Tasker coming in with that whole tent on the back of his left leg he told us yesterday at the start of the season he pulled a hamstring and he'd have a doctor look at it now that his role has become vital he says to doctors and three trainers keep checking allowed [Applause] they're three touchdowns away from having to lead they've got a shot at their first one here we'll Dipsy do from warbly [Applause] they go to a Barberton more Thomas all in the Thomas now the loyalty and here's Van Til throwing touchdown potato Tony crying from Alex man took over for Kim kilee and the Buffalo Bills are very much back into it what a brilliant call that time by Marv levy and his staff I guarantee the defense of the Pittsburgh Steelers did not even consider the possibility that Van Pelt was going to throw the football coming in cold off the bench just a sensational call completely pulled the Steelers and they going for the extra point here who is speculating earlier might be an opportunity for a few conversion but they go for the one Christy through with 327 left in the third quarter it is now a 12 point that's pericles and that was the right call to go for one when it was twenty three to seven that was a different story because it would have put him within eight but now you're two touchdowns away in Pittsburgh Steeler fans should not rest easy against this football team the beautiful play fake and everybody reacting to it assuming it was a run when Tony Kline able to go completely free into the end zone for Charlie climb of rookie out of stanford his first career touchdown [Music] climb the son of Tony senior played at the NFL for nine years from the Raiders and the 49ers as a defensive lineman Marv levy was telling the story this past week and talking about the 341 yards rushing that his team got last week against the Miami Dolphins the last time that happened in a playoff game was 55 years ago 55 years ago the Chicago Bears did it and Marv was listening to the game on the radio yeah yeah it's not the smart play he said he enjoyed your calls oh hi Sarah 3:27 remaining in this third quarter check off [Applause] [Music] [Applause] across the 30 yard line hit down by car well Gartner Jim Kelly making his way back to the Buffalo locker room with that shot Greg Lloyd replaced by Alex Van Pelt the bills were able to score within seconds the reverse which did not look pretty the bobble off [Music] and off on the end around to Tasker he went 40 yards and then Van Pelt finished off the drive with the touchdown pass a two water [Applause] beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in a playoff right here [Applause] picked off Cornelius Bennett we won't have taken it the distance and you've got to believe that if the Buffalo Bills are going to make another one of those comebacks like they did against Houston a few years back into playoffs they have to make plays like this the ball comes off and Cornelius Bennett just unable to react quickly enough but he would have strolled into the end zone second down and ten at the 33 Marv Albert Chris Collinsworth Jim Frey [Applause] he brought for the spring certifiable doll Pegram with the Spanish language Minh zone [Applause] he's barely getting back to the lion Hansen and and top combining to make the stop and as they sought it out let's check in with Jim Gray was more on Jim Kelly Jim all right thanks Marv well Jim Kelly tried to throw a few passes and he was having a great deal of trouble he kept holding and grimacing his right collarbone it appeared just underneath his neck that's what seemingly where he took the shot so they taken him back into the locker room for some x-rays and right now his return is very questionable he seemed to be in quite a bit of pain mark all right Jim don't forget Jim has had that bad shoulder in the past anyway don't know if possibly it was related to that but he has been sitting out of a lot of drills that Jim Kelly's personal choice to back him up is this guy right here Alex Van Pelt they plied Cod Collins he got his opportunity against Houston the meaningless last game of the year and it was Van Pelt who played much better in that game and really has earned that backup job check it out McCall against the Steelers so it sets it back to a second at the 23-yard line three minutes left Camaros and a does not water [Applause] reversed stop by Carl Wilson Nevada was playing for the full written Bruce Fenton and Bruce Smith could not have played it any better than Carl Wilson right there sees it coming holds his ground wade through the blockers and makes the play that was a plane that had a chance but for Carl Wilson sir Carl we'll see you earn your pay [Music] look like it was set up pretty well as a member the season finale and 17 at and tilted for it's the second time that he's looking for holiday covered by skip and Darby and these Steelers are forced to punt wow what a shot put on by Matt Darby holiday goes up for this one and Darby's got a bead lamb not something bright out of his it knocked his earpiece out this doctors earpiece right out of his head you take somebody doctor earpiece out because there's four different things that clip it into the helmet that's a shot start with [Applause] your part by sparks [Applause] is going the other way for the Steelers here on the third quarter Neal O'Donnell after the impressive first half only two of 10 in the third and the Buffalo Bills are very much back in this game with a minute 48 left and the FIR Darby just saw this one coming all the way a little helmet the helmet [Applause] to the Steelers office they've allowed the bills to get back in this thing because they can't move the football William Bell is covered up by Chad brown picked up five yards Greg Boyd saw this reverse coming all the way he tackled Tasker before he got to ball voyages jumped right up there and he tackled Tasker he sees him coming motion the worse is coming and Van Pelt made a great place seeing what happened and just turned it up now fires will have complained and said it for read by the free safety perry alex van the University of Pittsburgh fast taught columns who write throughout the season was considered as the the number two quarterback Jim Kelly [Music] - fallbacks can get the stats where the costume [Applause] [Laughter] [Applause] going so long [Applause] it was well-covered so he threw it away andre reed is playing but he's not andre he's just you can tell that andres just he's doing the best he can but that hamstring injury is still a major problem for him and really you don't expect that even if they should win this game he's not really going to get any better it was such a horrible tear of the hamstring and just cornell lake is has no fear of very missing the 10 with the cold hamstring of turning of the and the wild card playoff against the Dolphins last week but did not have any kill start an illegal stamp on the center [Applause] still fourth down illegal snap for the set of the deep snapper later he has a bad snap earlier which cost the mill saw more will punt from inside his 30 punting for the fifth time Hastings [Applause] Hastings lets it go inside the tent yard punt by more mark pike gave it a hustle down upfield to come up with the football 47 seconds to go in this third quarter well overhead it is the Goodyear blimp the spirit of Baccarin based in Akron Ohio sending us those those pictures Steelers start out from their 8 yard line Neil O'Donnell and the third quarter just chew for 10 confusion in the Buffalo second there [Applause] way out to the 13 yard line the winner today goes on to the AFC Championship game either in Kansas City in Pittsburgh or in Buffalo that would be this Buffalo Bill Club would have to compute another extraordinary comeback and would mean the Colts beating the Chiefs tomorrow for catching about it the the Cinderella this year's in the AFC with the Indianapolis Colts [Applause] [Music] to the outside the first down he was met by white and Joel so that's it for the third we'll return after these messages from your local station [Music] [Applause] early gypsy of a fact go Liana Cersei and our gray Hastings able to come up with us so things getting a bit fluffy [Applause] when Leon Cersei filled out the pitch hit him right in the back seriously just took too deep of a drop and it hit him right in the back and that could have been a disaster for the Pittsburgh Steelers to leave the Bills the ball on the 5-yard line and now things are getting a little bit nasty because the Bills know they have a chance [Applause] in the second half that was only a 31 a previous point 25 and he's area from a crowd in general this crowd is getting a little bit Restless a game that seems so comfortable just a few moments ago now is being played strictly on the pittsburgh into the field and if Alex Van Pelt can create any sort of offense right here [Applause] [Music] a touchdown this is down quick [Applause] thirty-six carelessly 26:14 [Applause] Patricia put books in the distant water pick up 83 on the play Lake was right there Willie Brooks had to get a stretch of games this year in which he scored 10 of the bills 15 touchdowns and here comes the [Applause] this good of your position again [Applause] [Music] [Applause] safety to stop the bore on Jim Kelly let's check in with Jim Gray Jim all right thanks Marv I just spoke to Jim Kelly he says it is his right collarbone he got some they were able to loosen it up [Applause] to return [Applause] fires it in there and has a first down warty Johnson on a six yard catch stop by law and it is a first down for the bills at the 24 yard line and Jim Kelly started to come back in the game and Marv maybe that completion got Van Pelt [Music] 40 seconds Tobi's powder [Applause] for Reverend Thomas now Jim Kelly is back on the field and this is what the Buffalo Bills were having success with early in the ball game running right at this Pittsburgh defense now Jim Kelly back this is becoming a bizarre [Applause] the device job Jim Kelly Thomas gets it covered at by Greg Lloyd but Steelers at what point would Thomas was evidently in the second quarter bye Steve mr. 26-yard the sucker the 22:7 is 2037 extended to play step 7 come back enough Kelly finds Thomas fiddle touchdown you've got to be kidding me you have absolutely got to be kidding me or the Buffalo Bills with Bruce Smith with Jim Kelly in the locker room Alex Van Pelt playing quarterback 20 to nothing lead for the Pittsburgh Steelers possibly the best team in AFC and here they come again this has been one phenomenal year for the Buffalo Bills and Marv levy Squad Steve Christie with the extra point attempt [Applause] he puts it through so what Britta go the Steelers Tamaki to apply Americans love their cars isn't trucks 36 million people depend on every day genuine Chevrolet 5 Miller Lite with the great taste of an ice-cold Miller Lite life is good and by true value the official hardware store of the NFL [Music] go back to the touchdown LaVon Kirkland is going to overcommit to the tight end and Thurman Thomas working right underneath them [Applause] for the easy touchdown [Applause] [Music] Rogers no bottle of white crew and was able to make the tackle bills Jim Kelly just said comfortable throwing the ball around the goal line the and Thomas and that was where he was so desperately missed and want to come back in this game for Thurman Thomas after the ankle injury comes back in Jim Kelly comes back halfway expect to see Bruce Smith get off the plane in a minute how about the Steelers first two possessions of the game to touchdown the next planned sure [Applause] [Music] picked up only two and let's give Wade Phillips a lot of credit Jim Gray told us the adjustment at halftime was the bring pressure on Neal O'Donnell not let him sit back there the pressure now starting to affect O'Donnell having to dump the football out of there and this dealer offense has been in Reverse since Wade Phillips made that adjustment you can see the Happy Feet at times absolutely the part of so that text radio come again a Madonna kicks it out nicely committee took bills [Music] [Applause] gets the crowd going the play they simply had to have Kordell Stewart goes in motion underneath this route again for all's the coverage and makes it easy for Ernie Mills that's a play that's there but as a wide receiver it takes a lot of guts to keep running it across the middle [Applause] is prevail as the 65 [Applause] pick up the Mars one of the things that we talked about would Ron Earhart go back to what got him here in all those years with Parcells and all the years of being conservative and running the football we haven't seen nearly the kind of trickery that we've seen out of the Pittsburgh Steelers this year in the past they have gone much more conservative in this way [Music] a FC with 407 point well story [Applause] intended time he got the time it'll be a third down and eight at the 41 nine minutes 11 seconds to go of us fourth quarter Pittsburgh Steelers at one stretch had a 20 nothing lead it appeared this was headed to the area of blowout Bill's able to come back and is now 26:21 in the pills or one play away from having the football back in their hands and a chance to go take the lead happened in Pittsburgh last year in the AFC Championship game very similar they had a 13 to 3 lead in that ballgame and then they let that lead up afterward the Steelers calling for time we'll be right back PC is brought to you by Domino's Pizza call now and have Domino's delivered the ultimate deep dish pizza cuz one it's gotta be deep it's got a beat Domino don't forget the controversial touchdown in the first half Ernie Mills this was ruled as a push out by the officials I totally disagree with the call I don't think that Mills would have ever gotten that foot down ruled a touchdown and that was part of what gave the Steelers that big 20 to nothing lead in the first half and his only second quarter a 10 yard touchdown pass Wow [Applause] 42-yard what a sensational effort by auntie Pigpen in the clutch situation could have take a shot hold on last two weeks ago he passes John Stallworth the all-time single-season receiving record and you won't come up with a bigger clutch play than that Wow [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the field we saw back in kickoff return it was in punt formation in a surprise shift he punted the ball on the first half he's been a receiver he's been the quarterback [Applause] / / / here today and don't get any tighter situation than this and including Avenger [Applause] [Applause] by Carl Wilson Odell Stewart 23 year old rookie out of the last nine games has rushed for 86 yards 235 yards in receptions he's rolled 416 he scored three touchdowns [Applause] back in the day [Applause] [Music] [Applause] short yardage those heels down wide receivers [Applause] Hastings [Applause] third down receiver made a lot of people forget about the loss of very green I don't know Kenny Urban missed his Baldo he was right there he took a swipe at the ball and then somehow just went right through his head better protection has a first down thirteen six poor [Applause] 26:21 [Applause] go to school the scalars [Applause] / the position that would been occupied by various myth Johnston so with 616 lat it's the Steelers UPIKE the crowd very much back into it there was a quiet during the Buffalo Bills [Applause] 26:21 but Morris for the touchdown extends to the 33 a 76-yard seven seconds [Music] mr. cutter by the Steelers go back quickly to the [Applause] block on the plane Springs adjust enshrouds ik with the kick-out block then a huge hole in there for BAM Morris twenty-seven it's up to the party Brooklyn will be a second down and son Sinclair and therm attorney every sustained [Music] of the Steelers [Applause] ten past [Music] [Applause] [Applause] was not shy about the steerer secondary Kelly Allsup Steve [Applause] first interception of the season dragonoid brought the heat against Jim Kelly and then Willie Williams timed it out perfectly in the secondary Marv levy still hot he thinks this was interference and I agree I thought I think Willie Williams got there early well fairly a flag goes on the field to have fallen the pocket of one of the officials so if waved off Willie Williams either time now when absolutely perfectly or he got there just a tad early but the officials gave him the benefit of the doubt and Jerry osofsky big play but it was great created the pressure the skills [Applause] to make the stop five minutes 15 seconds left in this fourth quarter is Jerry Asaf ski in a seventh season the University of Pittsburgh you know Marv he's really done a terrific job when Chad brown got hurt it really worth this Pittsburgh Steelers defense old saw skis not nearly as fast he's much more of a plotter but he's been a guy who was [Applause] not nearly as flashy as his Chad brown but he has been very consistent on this detail he's taken down short of a first down Phil Hansen 20th they tackle [Applause] [Music] Jim Kelly in the bills first downs at this point the game two minutes off the clock and we're quickly approaching the four-minute mark almost a must-play right now [Applause] the interception so the pills [Applause] to interpret Jonathan Haidt new O'Donnell is upset he believes Jonathan Hayes was interfered with we'll be back in a moment Donald's interception created on the interference by his Titan Jonathan Hayes but it came from the official not one of the Buffalo Bills the official knocked off Hayes and that's what set up the interception we'll start out for there 17 obviously fifty-five [Applause] Jim Kelly intercepted for the third this afternoon you would assume [Music] could finally do it frank lloyd again came with the pressure out the corner jim kelly was trying to get the ball originally to the outside bone he saw woody flip back around and tried to get it inside never saw Levon Kirkland [Applause] the Pittsburgh Steelers that is going to win this football game with his first interception of the season [Music] [Applause] on the stand looking inside the 15 it took a game like this for the Pittsburgh Steelers to exorcise those demons of the game against the San Diego Chargers in the championship game a year ago they were tested the Buffalo Bills way back there was the plot of another fold milk our just one-in-three in playoff game despite the marvelous record into four years is the head coach here maybe it took a game like this with his feelings to get over the yes last year they came [Applause] [Music] [Applause] sets up a first and more's who is caring for that just straight ahead power football forget all the Cornell's four to five wide receivers the /all is tough when it gets down to crunch time the Steelers can still do this mark this is a very solid defense good quarterback a versatile food they have a chance before you Donnell Williams who scored earlier from a yard away stop by Bonnie brown and Curt Joel we approached the two-minute warning wait for my call for a timeout [Applause] timeout is taken two minutes three seconds to go fourth quarter it'll be a second and goal at the two for Pittsburgh [Applause] winter here time will face the water Indianapolis and Kansas City right here on NBC are you 30 Eastern Time [Music] so underwear the NFL on NBC what a great year Steve Bono has had feeling in for Joe Montana but he thought that he could have taken this team to the best record in the AFC and of course Kansas City heavily favored Kevin Green says that you guys may this our place we went here the next week they either to Kansas City I guess they fixed the second [Music] education [Applause] for the second [Applause] tellers family so the Steelers 20 wow this is such a marvelous matchup between one of the great young coaches in the game and what the greatest Marv levy the veteran coach young against old but Bill Cowher continues to get it done we didn't put the gas [Applause] early celebration has begun here at Three Rivers [Applause] [Music] come on down 40 21 stay for Jim Kelly although there was a glimmer of hope with the bills getting back into it but Kelly 14 of 29 135 yards in the big number three interception and this really has not been the style of play that they're much better team when they can run the football spot the passing game [Applause] they had to change their approach and this really has not been their style and the 40 points by the Steelers ties the most points that Pittsburgh has ever scored in a playoff game back in 1976 they defeated the fault of our hosts 42 14 minutes 58 remaining in this fourth quarter [Applause] [Music] [Applause] and tackle [Applause] of 16 [Applause] back up Center for the Bill's seeking some compassion for glory [Applause] coming up on our postgame show a preview of tomorrow's AFC divisional matchup between the Indianapolis Colts of the Kansas City Chiefs we'll also of course have postgame interviews from the Buffalo Bills and the Pittsburgh Steelers conversation between Kevin Green and John Cena in a game too just simply cannot say enough about the job that Jim Harbaugh is this year the expectations they while Ericsson in there I expected him to be the Jim Harbaugh started the years of really but for the year that they carried is hooked [Music] and crisp remember Jim Harbaugh Heath the Chiefs in Kansas City q years [Music] [Applause] Chicago bears hostage Chiefs Vantage AFC playoff picture Alex patsavas back in [Applause] it was fourth quarter [Applause] the midfield to the tight end Tony Cline it's good for 16 Myron the coverage watch stopped but at 46 remaining in this fourth quarter so the final stats on Kelly 14 of 29 135 yards one touchdown got three times [Applause] he's more than willing to carry on a conversation I don't think that Green Bay drop bothered him too much at all passive tenant poor yodel Jourdain the second year man out of southern Illinois there is and he thought about it Margot's interesting this week talking with Bill Cowher and as he reminisced about in there back in the 70s I did you can sense that once again or baseball down this is a football test these people they love the game of football and they take so much pride in the Steelers build-a-guy for this area grew up with great admiration for Jack O'Lantern so that was his hero of growing up he's a big tall skinny guy had no teeth they looked like a vampire with no teeth staring at you I never forget Jack Lambert the first time he ever grinding on me a little bit he said call her don't you run back over the middle again I was so excited about that passage edit for Andre Reed [Music] 31 remaining in this fourth quarter the pittsburgh steelers are on their way back to the AFC championship game last year in the playoffs they beat Cleveland lost [Applause] the AFC Championship joggers 17 [Applause] so the Steelers take over on downs with a bit of 26 remaining before a quarter while the Pittsburgh Steelers could end up playing the Indianapolis Colts or the Kansas City Chiefs [Applause] see the records against both clubs postseason shusuke member Pittsburgh in Kansas City that was the block putt game which was very much in hand did the ended up costing John guide a special teams coach of the Steelers his job but wouldn't that be a marvelous rematch those two teams getting back together in some of the history of that game the Steelers just looking to or what clock as we come up on one minute remaining and Bill Cowher and his Steelers a headed back to the AFC Championship game what a job by Bill Cowher putting together breasts of three years as as head coach and his clubs have had the best record of the ASC on two occasions celebrating here Marv this is good to see a lot of what's happening in football right now a Green Bay the players jumping in the stands celebrating involving the fans again with all that has happened over the past couple years with stripes and baseball and basketball and football it's good to see the relationship building once again with the fans [Applause] play 15 seconds to go [Applause] [Music] we saw Bill Cowher on the side he said two more no question this team's goal this year is just one and sweating it all time has run out Pittsburgh Steelers have defeated the pump fells 4221 and the Steelers will go back to the AFC Championship ll Donnell 19 of 35 262 yards BAM Boris a hundred and six yards on the ground let's go to Jim Gray on the field Jeff all right thank you very much mark well it seemed very easy coach Cowher in the first half you talked out to a 20 nothing lead how much were you able to take advantage of Bruce Smith not being here well you know it's hard to say August you have the big minors for them but our guys battled back and you know Buffalo even though we were up you do they were coming back in our office with a great Drive together right there in the fourth quarter and from there we kind of fed off this crop that's a it's 103 it seemed Marv Levy and Wade Phillips were able to make some adjustments in the second half and put a lot more pressure on Neela O'Donnell well they did but they never done this road before they got a lot of good players and uh so hard place to come in and play and our fans have been good to go here I just can't be more proud of a bunch of guys who got kind of resolved and how important to exercise that loss last year against San Diego and come back and win a playoff game our guys will keep it in perspective like I said we're gonna be down this row before I'm sure where we go but we're looking for the plane thanks Bill congratulation let's go back upstairs tomorrow all right Jim so Bill Cowher at his Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Buffalo Bills and 4221 the postgame report with Bret are about it with so long

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Reddit Comments

[u/the_one_true_wilson]

Dammit...still gotta listen to Collinsworth

[u/Letsgomountaineers5]

I’m so confused by the title

[u/DomitianF]

Damn I miss the random lines of static running down the TV. Tha is for sharing!

[u/wizard_of_bos]

Man, that 90's defense should have a ring.

[u/TJay3377]

lol, love this! I love how the crowd would go nuts when we completed a 10 yard pass back then. Glad that's not a big deal anymore

[u/Ultrameyda]

Seeing ol' 82 really made my day.