1999 Panthers @ Packers

[Applause] leave [Applause] [Music] joe paterno down in the middle of the happy melee that is swirling in the center of the sugar bowl and now up on the shoulder later on today detroit at tampa bay the winner of that one comes out with a leg up with three games left they'll be alone in first place in the nfc central green bay needs to win just to stay one game behind in the weather today not much of a factor 35 degrees a negligible win and we have the sun peeking out through the clouds as john casey kicks this one off mitchell and damon parker are deep to receive and this is mitchell and he gets it up to the 25 yard line a 24 yard return green bay packers offense ranked ninth in the nfl led by quarterback brett favre who has gotten healthier and as he has gotten healthier so have the packers up front mike wall starting for ross verba mackenzie winters rivera and dotson playing very well basil mitchell gets the start for dorsey levins at the running back spot henderson the fullback schroeder and freeman are the wide receivers and tyrone davis punches in at tight end on first down fire pitches it back to mitchell mitchell cuts back and he'll get eight yards on first down as the carolina defense ranked 26th in the nfl up front it's wiley gilbert moribito and jason peter making a return after a neck injury kevin green dean wells and mike barrow are the linebackers and in the secondary doug evans a former packer at one corner eric davis the other minter and alexander are the safeties and another guy that will see the football a lot today damon parker fifth round draft pick out of oklahoma had a great week last week one second far slips and now he'll go down taking a loss kevin green with the sack on the play that's green's ninth sack of the year and it'll be a loss of two third and five say for green bay hey that's what we were talking about in the open brett favre one of the things he's done the last couple weeks is that he's not trying to force the issue earlier in the season he would have tried to throw that ball down the field and everybody was covered and something bad would have happened most likely but he eats it he takes the sack falls down takes a short yard his gain rather falls down and lives for another down that's the kind of give you take what they give you ball that he's been playing third and four davis motions out of the backfield bar dumps it over the middle this is caught by schroeder it'll be a first down and that's exactly why you take a bad play at one moment so you live for another day and that's the other day and brett favre talked about that thumb and one of the things he said was that i got my confidence and i knew my thumb was okay when i was able to convert those third downs last week against chicago in the bad weather in the cold i knew then that i was okay said he has the confidence to make all the throws now first and ten fire checks off and now he hands off and mitchell will lose a yard after the ball comes out wiley ends up on it but they say he was down loss of one on the play you go back to those third down confidence plays by brett favre last week did go late second and ten play action dumps it outside is complete the freeman up to the 45-yard line pushed out of bounds by kevin green give him eight on the play in addition to having that confidence rate with the thumb being healthy he's also got the confidence in one guy out there and that's antonio freeman antonio freeman is getting his game back and i think a lot of that has to do with him being healthy now he was bothered by that groin injury for a long time he is the money maker he is the big impact guy they have on the field the consistency when he needs to make it happen when brett favre needs to make it happen you can bet the ball is going right there to that man third down and two fire with a big toss and now dumps it outside to his full back henderson henderson past midfield looked like he fumbled it and this will be recovered by carolina eric davis comes up with it looked to me like the ground shook that was a wild fumble it looked like henderson was on his way out of bounds if not out of bounds and then fumbles it back toward the middle of the field back in bounds and those are the plays the turnovers we talked about the open that the carolina panthers defense needed and they got it and they have the football not been a dominant team this year in the first drive first quarter first half like they were in the past carolina with good field position first and ten from their own 46. patrick jeffers in motion berlin looks for leslie walls walls makes a great catch down to the 40-yard line a gain of 13 brought down by george hoons look at that carolina offense ranked seventh in the nfl steve berlin has been red hot the last three weeks except for an occasional mistake which has been costly jones campbell garcia redmond and terry up front to mungabiaka batuka and william floyd in the backfield muhammad and jeffers start at receiver and wesley walls who just made that last catch having another all-pro year at tie-day first and ten from the 40 for carolina nobody in the backfield packers blitz and it's out quick and incomplete green bay packer defense ranked just 21st in the nfl up front it's holiday brown dotson and von booker the linebackers jude wadi bernardo harris and george koontz and in the secondary tyrone williams at one corner rookie mike mckenzie at the other darin sharper and leroy butler are the safety and that's that man is the leader of this packers defense leroy butler second down and 10. berlin dumped it to biakubatuka who is open in the middle wadi tracks him down but not until tamunga gets another first down on a 16-yard pickup we talked about berlin having that one mistake a game as we look at an injured packer down looks like tyrone williams that one big mistake a game in the passing area actually that mckenzie the packers brought in this year they brought in three of them with all the problems they had in the secondary last year first and ten from the 25. stretches it outside and he'll get four yards edwards makes the tackle but that's our first flag now of the day as the referee throws that one ron blum and this will be against carolina i thought that devon booker got held there he's a defensive end he's got to make the play 70 offense 10 yards repeat first down chris terry now chris terry's the rookie he's had his ups and downs this year those rookies learned that too if you're gonna hold hold inside with your left arm away from that line jack the akka batuka spreads out to the bottom of the screen as mussin muhammad goes in motion to mohammed and he makes the grab and it is wrestled down near the 30-yard line antoine edwards was there and they may be going after the young guy you see a lot of motion a lot of adjustments by carolina so far and that's coming from gil asking one thing gil haskell has done a great job of is getting match-ups and that's what he tries to go for he wants to see if he can get a linebacker on a wide receiver and get a big linebacker on wesley walls if you look at haskell in there those are the kind of situations that pierce the defense mike mckenzie has a bruised hip i'm told and his return to the game is probable second and 15. berlin with all kinds of time and now dumps it over late to pastor jeffers jeffers down to the seven yard line where darren sharper gets him 23 yards on the play jeffers has come up big in the last couple weeks for the panthers he's a guy that i think you can forget about a lot of times and not necessarily extremely fast and all that but he has the ability to get open and he catches everything and that's the kind of thing that happens first and goal from the six empty backfield berlin good time throws to the end zone high incomplete looking for mohammed good coverage from antoine edwards great coverage by edwards is a good good coverage across the board but i think the key match up there was leroy butler working on wesley walls downing this end of the field watch this leroy actually fakes like he's going to blitz and he picks up that's a great job there berlin has no choice but to go backside in this end of the field the carolina panthers want that guy right there 85 wesley wall you know teams say that and they know that on their computer sheets but somehow as steve burleigh said last night somehow it's amazing we still get to him second and goal berlin to the air again dumps it underneath almost caught him dropped walls almost got it on the bounce went through the hands of anthony johnson [Applause] if you're a panther fan you have to like the aggressiveness of the panther offense right now wahl's working outside still he tried to get the ball to him they ball got tip coming out look like yeah it was through the hands of anthony johnson the underneath receiver right there that's one of those deals i don't know if johnson knew he was the primary or berlin was trying to get back to get it to walls one way or another brings up a third and goal steve berlin four of seven on this and now there's a drive down and they may have run out of time we'll see it's against the panthers fall start 75 offense five yards would be third down i'll start on clarence jones and the packers red zone defense has been outstanding this year as you can see yeah they have and you know what red zone is about attitude it's about do you want to get the job done do you want to screw it down and cover your man and execute your technique when you need it most to keep the offense out of the end zone after the penalty third and goal from the 11. there's a flag on the play but sharper has an escort heading to the end zone he cuts back and now it's a foot race and daryn sharper is going to win this race touchdown packers they got a flag down 101 yards from darren sharper and the way that flag is that's in that's in the end zone and it's against green bay well it was exciting anyway it was in there 54 defense illegal contact half the distance to the goal first down and that was the one big mistake we talked about that berlin makes every game but i have seen that one ray a lot of times not called that's a heck of a play or penalty to lose a 101 yard interception for a return for a touchdown off [Applause] but those are the counts carolina gets a fresh set of downs first and goal from the six which is what they had previously a lot of movement by the packers defense the akka batuka the rookie out of kentucky state makes a play [Applause] that 101 yard return by sharper would have been an all-time record for the green bay packers sharper has had a tough year in the run game he's actually played pretty well against the pass his tackling has hurt him and when you're the free safety and you don't make the tackle there's nobody else there safe to say that derek sharper needed that play second and goal on the ninth play of the drive and now the flags come out and i think clarence jones moved early again paul stark 75 offense five yards repeat second down he did clinging two false starts now carolina still second and goal they go from the 10. empty backfield and now you have people jumping again this one will probably be on billy lyons for violating or penetrating the neutral zone and that forced chris terry to move we'll see neutral zone infraction 98 defense five yards repeat second down back to the five just outside the five yard line second down they just traded off [Applause] penalties floyd alone in the backfield berlin with time now it breaks down he throws it outside and not enough on it incomplete he was looking for metcalf came up with the pressure and it brings up a third down and goal when you play you guys used to beat those guys up all the time absolutely they would push off and hold and do all those sorts of things online rolls to his right he'll try to run it he'll come up short of the end zone keith mckenzie tracks him down you have to ask yourself if you're on the carolina panther side what happened to the run they ran one play there it got stopped and then they never went back to it and clearly they want to try to pass the ball and they don't have the confidence in running the ball in in this end of the field just two runs on that drive eight passes and john casey now will come on to attempt a 21-yard field goal [Applause] from the right hand the hole is good the kick is good and the carolina panthers take the early lead here at lambeau three to nothing over the green bay packers as steve berlin couldn't get it into the end zone 10 yard field goal from john casey the key play in this one was the holding actually the the illegal contact against jude wadi that negated 101 yard interception return by darren sharper casey kicks this one to damon parker and parker elects to go up his own sideline slides out of bounds teams tackled by hannibal navy and here is the interception that was nullified in replacing him it's a two-headed monster basil mitchell and damon parker and parker is in the game right now [Applause] first in 10 from the 22 far from the shotgun dumps it over the middle for free and freeman makes the catch in front of minter picks up a first down a gain of 12. yeah you talked about those injuries and of course dorsey levins not playing today and ross berba he went to coach rhodes this morning and said i need about one more week before i feel 100 you know the advantage of that is the packers really feel like coming off the last three weeks that they can get by this game without those guys in there and that's key because they know they're going to need them for the stretch but the flip side of that is that the guys in there have to play and they have to be the ones to make it happen mike wall is the guy that's in there for the third straight game and he's not able to get his block on that play as parker is hit by dean wells for a loss of two can do well and you're high on that scouting priority list yeah you're not gonna sneak up on him a second time second down in 13 a loss of three on that play by parker and he'll take it again on the toss tries to stretch it outside but he can't make it robert mueller that's a great play there by roderick mullen packers seem to have gotten into a little bit of a lull here a little funk i think carolina keeping them off the field for that long drive they got a restart now they got to get the engine going again ray rhodes said hey we played well the last couple weeks but right now it's go time and and my guys got to come into this game with their fists balled up i think the offense is going to ball that fist up right now brett favre has had it balled up he's four for four for 34 yards on the day he faces a third down and 15 from his own 29. [Applause] out of the shotgun again throws it to freeman is close to the first down excuse me that's corey bradford making the grab a gain of 14. he will be just shy of the first carolina defense holds for a second consecutive series aggie are another guy that's been bothered with some injuries he's had what's with the growing pulls a lot of groins going on eric metcalf is back at his own 15-yard line to return the aggie our punt good snap from davis high short kick and metcalf makes a fair catch at the 20-yard line no return on a 36-yard punt and the panthers will get the ball for the second yeah they uh they tilted the cheese a little bit after that drive by the offense now they got to get it going with the defense on the field and got them backed up antoine edwards still in the game for mckenzie at the left corner berlin goes over that way but santana dodson knocks it down santana dodson you know santana is starting to get his groove back now he's been bothered by that spinal injury and it's made him play high he didn't have the explosiveness in there and the drive that you've seen from him in the past but he's starting to get that back he suffered that stinger in week two and it really affected his right arm strength and they said last week they finally saw him use that right arm again and he's becoming the santana of old second and ten berlin hope for his last four goes to the ground with bianca batuca gilbert brown makes the play after a game of two hey the first guy you got to get moved down there on that defensive line is 350 pound give or take a few pounds gilbert brown but when it gets down to eight play drive territory he melts a little bit third and eight railing with time now breaks down the ball pops out he's caught by mckenzie and he's got a touchdown santana dodson hit berlin keith mckenzie the opportunistic one came up with his second touchdown in the last two games up an interception for td longwell turns that six into a seven and the green bay packers do it on defense they take a 7-3 lead over carolina as keith mckenzie finds the end zone returned by keith mckenzie 18 yards into the end zone and the packers go up 7-3 here with a minute and 38 left in the first quarter and you know funny story mckenzie's dad said listen what i want you to do when you're on the field is get around the ball when you get around the ball good things happen dad knows best dad does michael bates takes it from the 18. bates has a hole in the middle of the field there's a flag down now as he gets out to the 38-yard line a 20-yard return tackled by davis but it's probably going to come back and it is we just got through illegal block in the back above the waist 23 of the receiving team 10 yards first down anthony that's uh unofficial you see the best or the heaviest lambo leap in history first and ten empty backfield packers show blitz and bring it berlin dumps it out to muhammad muhammad up to the 21 yard line where williams runs him out that was a good adjustment there by the offensive line and steve berlin gilbert brown is breaking people down inside he's getting all 250 excuse me i'm sorry i cheated him at 100 pounds 350 inside you know i asked him last night about his peanut butter he said uh we kind of let the peanut butter rest for a little bit we're going to come out with something new later on you know he had his own peanut butter line there and the gilbert burger which i have had couldn't finish he's had a couple two second down and four as berlin changes the play and now he dumps it off this is his tight end actually it's patrick jeffers 83 not 85 jeffers short of the first down hey did you see the way leroy butler walked up in there actually they gave him the first down excuse me he gave him yeah he walked up in there to try to confuse berlin and he got him to check out of it and whenever butler is up there they are going to check the blitz coverage and hopefully for them that means max protect he drops back out he becomes another cover guy in the secondary first quarter winding down berlin does not have to snap it [Applause] and the flag went out immediately i see bonnie holiday pointing toward the other side unnecessary roughness number 24 defense helmet to helmet and that'll move the chains for the carolina panthers yeah that is the end of the first quarter the score is green bay seven carolina three and we'll be back with the start of the second quarter right sounded helmet to helmet but it was [Applause] [Music] floyd has all kinds of room up down to the 35 yard line a gain of 25 but let's go back to that head some problems with him in the past by the packers jude wadi's on it biakabatuka couldn't handle the pitch second turnover forced by the green bay defense that's called keeping the other team alive this is the big plays up the field when they get a turnover throws it behind his receiver freeman there is a flag [Applause] down that's holding against carolina holding 56 defense five yards first down but because they don't have the big impact guys around him he has to become that guy now and they got to move him around to get him in position parker reverses field and is trapped for a big loss back to the 38 yard line right now let's go to the fox network center for an nfl update here's jb ray and ron take a look at the skins finally capitalizing on a nice drive here brad johnson hits the reverend irving fryer seven yard touchdown first td of the season for irving fryer 14-3 washington back to ray and ron who wears the nice double-breasted suits thank you very much i like your play on words too jb capitalizing skins very nice somebody needs to capitalize in that nfc east that's a tight one going down to the wire nobody ever wants to that's called the division where we keep everybody playing till the end loss of six on that last play second and 16. far to the air and he dumps it off to parker and parker will get six of those back plus one game of seven eric davis makes attack hey how about that that's something new that's the screen parker after the auspicious debut last week just three carries for minus 12 yards so far today stems out to the slot on the right far over the middle incomplete he was looking for bradford good coverage by davis one good matchup today kevin green going to work on that right side earl dodson now kevin green here's a guy that they don't bring him anywhere on the punt for the second time today metcalf back at his 10 yard line low short kick metcalf lets it bounce and now tries to field it and the ball is muffed and now it's a loose football that is a muff and green bay has it on the three yard line he had the right idea in the first place that was an ugly punt coming down the nose that's where green bay would go first and goal from the five bars [Applause] that one will be on nfl films follies for a long time that's as ugly as it gets that's the old kill mississippi flip and brett knows it that's why he's got the smile on his face and the penalty the ball will be marked at the point of the infraction so it's a 21-yard penalty on the green bay packers now it's second in goal from the 26. [Applause] it looks like mitchell's on it you know this is one of these games where anything and everything will probably happen that hasn't already happened packers retain possession first and ten from the 30 of carolina on the draw to mitchell mitchell gains two let's go back to that volleyball session great oh that's it they'll have to reset [Applause] [Music] yards repeat second down empty backfield dumps it over the middle drops dean wells had the coverage freeman dropped the football you saw the way the panthers there played max zone they said okay we got you backed up we're gonna go ahead and drop everybody we're gonna drop eight and then keep the rest up on the line of scrimmage let's just rush three people you know that confusion in the offense there that last play that goes back to what brett favre was telling us the other day about he's having to do a lot get everybody lined up you know make adjustments and he also has to call protection if he feels it's blitz time he's got to communicate that usually the offensive line does that that's just one more thing for him to think about it third and thirteen to the end zone overthrows incomplete looking for freeman again when you don't have an impact guy on the other side of the field it's too easy to take antonio freeman out of the game i think and that's why the packers have moved him around put him in z put him inside where he can get open but here there's going to be a double come from right here right about now brett favre makes the best story he can make out of the end zone packers elect to punt this one they bring on louis aguiar on a fourth and 13. a 33-yard punt for just a net of 13. we'll boots to commercial we'll be back in a moment berlin hands to bianca and he'll get five yards on first down brought down by antoine edwards and coming here in the green bay area empty backfield berlin throws it outside muhammad picks up the first down tyrone williams runs him out but that's going to be a great game coming up detroit and tampa bay and it's for the marble i mean the winner is going to have the inside leg up on that nfc it's about three guys on defense warren sapp he can control the game he can dominate a game on offense it's mike alstott and sean king's job is not to mess it up he's going to see some different things this this week now you come out it's kind of like that damon parker thing you come out have that great game people scout you they're going to blitz him and they'll show him some things he hasn't seen before we did see santana dotson jump we'll see if it's on him false start 40 offense five yards repeat first down and he was drawn offsides was dotson this is big for green bay too because it with a win today they're going to be just one game behind one of those teams either detroit or tampa bay and they with the schedule coming up they still feel and brett favre says i feel good about it they have a chance to win the division that's exactly what he said he said you know i would rather slump in mid-season like we did and going to tear right now and do it the other way around person 15 after the penalty setting up the screen incomplete he was trying to get it to bianca batuca [Applause] screens aren't going to work when you get pressure that fast and that's been the key i think with this offensive line booker here he just pushes terry back in the backfield put a nice hit on burleigh too jeffrey's working on the rookie there well that's nothing on that side he's got nothing to cross the board you know when the carolina panthers go that empty backfield packers defensive people been saying we want to make sure we get hits on steve berlin he may get the ball out and we got to make him feel it second and 15. biakobatsuka tries to get outside and he's forced off by antoine edwards who is playing very well for an injured mike mckenzie here's another area that panthers game that hasn't been there and biakabatuka and before he had the ankle injury he had some good games he started off went crazy against the washington redskins but he's not 100 on that ankle it's back somewhere in the low 90s berlin doesn't have a run game protective a consistent run game it's too much throw i think we saw that in the first quarter down by the goal line the akumatuka was just 44 42 yards last week on 11 carries third down and 12. berlin to muhammad first down fred vincent on the coverage a gain of 13. i see that's when you look at steve berlin's numbers and you say wow he's playing great those are the kind of throws third down and musin muhammad had some drops last week he had three drops he knew coming into this game he had to get his fundamentals but he had to catch the ball he's better than that last week muhammad now with four catches on the day he has set a carolina club record he has 71 on the year and he's over a thousand yards for the season as well back at the 40-yard line vaughn booker first one in hey you're going to play that defensive end position it's about quick look at that he almost looked like he was offside but you know what he did yeah he moved but he moved laterally down the line that's an old trick there some of the good ones lt used to do that quite a bit coming off that edge start moving toward the ball but don't be off size now you got some momentum going as the play comes ron booker with a couple of plays in this series loss of five on that second and 15. play action berlin has to pull it back down and now he throws it out to walls who got wide open and wesley walls get the first down of the packer 37. do what he caught him you know it all starts by formation they're moving walls around like you would take your big stud receiver and move and move them around to keep them from getting doubled and bumped and jammed at the line remember he got jammed earlier there he is he came from here he's going to work underneath now guys have to chase him and not only have to chase him they got to fight through the traffic packers just sitting in the zone and they miss him on the outside they just forget about it berlin had the time to find him first and ten and walls moves again this will be bianca batuka hitting the field but breaks a tackle and gets it up to the 35 before he's wrestled down harrison on that tackle panthers getting beat off the ball you see bianca patooka having to make too many moves right when he gets the handoff and i think that's why he dropped that ball in the pitch earlier he's too busy worrying about who's in his face right now what he's in there so heck of a two-yard run second down in eight jeffers in motion and he doubles back throws it up to a wide open walls he can't get to it sharper was there but walls had a chance and they how do you how do you lose wesley wallace again i think it's a trade-off you know that burling you get pressure on him he's going to make some bad throws so the packers say blade is now third down and eight for the panther and the packers here comes the corner blitz dumps it off to another wide open receiver this is jefferson and he'll go to the end zone touchdown carolina 35 yards i talked earlier about people forgetting about patrick jeffers and i think with all the drama with walls and then you got sin muhammad who can go deep they've been they've been working patrick jeffers across the middle of the one yarder this one for 35 and casey makes the extra point the carolina panthers go up 10-7 on a steve burling to patrick jeffers touchdown pass [Music] panthers take a three-point lead here in the second half her second quarter excuse me a 10-play 80-yard drive ate up five minutes and 25 seconds off the clock and the packers got caught in the blitz there the safety came down and got actually got picked trying to make the play and get to jeffers john casey kicks a liner parker come on parker a little bit of a seam up to the 28 yard line let's go back to the packers go back to the ground and here goes parker mitchell excuse me mitchell up to the 40-yard line again at 12. [Applause] but in spite of the pick on vincent this is the block that does it donald hayes and donald hayes probably got the worst of that block but he did his job he did what he had to do that was an ugly block but it held up sharper long enough this guy needs to be on the field more because the last two games he's caught some deep balls for [Applause] five on touchdowns and ten dumps it outside to mitchell and he'll get up to the 45-yard line eric davis ends up making the tackle that's advantage of having those two guys in the game now mitchell he's the stronger probably the the the tougher inside running back he can pick up blitzes and that's key you have to guy they have to have a guy that can do that that guy right there parker he's the runner he's going to be able to break the long ones but today he's not running anywhere yeah and mitchell is the runner today four carries 22 yards second down in five mitchell takes [Music] [Applause] roderick mullen down there struggling for the football a pair of 28s i think basil mitchell got it back it's simultaneous possession it goes to the office wait a minute there there can't speak too soon in this game officials don't know what to call [Music] [Applause] if they're talking about it carolina might end up with this one [Applause] it sure looked to me like they both had a claim to it and if that's the case it would go to the packers ball belongs to green bay dual possession both players had equal possession of the ball both we [Applause] [Applause] sean gilbert raked that ball out of there [Music] [Applause] so after what you would call drama the packers have the football back and we maybe we'll have a review here but i think if it's dual possession i don't even think it's dual possession that's not even close to dual position that's uh green bay ball it's all based on mitchell and and that would be what carolina's first review if they're gonna review this they haven't haven't ever done one that the ball was recovered by both players simultaneously boy that this is a case where jordan where george seifert's people in the booth his coaches need to say wait a minute coach yeah you're wasting don't review that one we're gonna blow a timeout i don't think that's even close and definitely not visually conclusive as to simultaneous recovery well maybe george got itchy he hasn't challenged one all year hey i gotta i gotta push this buzzer at you george george definitely got a little itchy you know whether the ball is out before his knee hits is not the question it was simultaneous recovery and i think right here mitchell's got two hands on the ball before roderick mullen could get the second hand in mitchell was very fortunate that ball bounced right back into his bread basket [Music] he'll look down the pipe and uh 90 seconds to review this and once again the thing is it's got to be clearly whenever they take off the phone set quick no that might be a record that that might be the record 12 second review the field stands it was dual possession by both players paul belongs the offense george carolina with their second timeout if george seifert was on the fence about replay and challenging he's definitely across the other side by now he won't go there anymore unless it's clearly and that's where your booth has to help you we showed the replay [Applause] that's where they got to say no don't go for it so it cost carolina their second time out they have one left here in the first half and officially that was a 13 second review which may just be a record so to reset it's third down in five now for the green bay packers they are one of five on third downs today [Applause] freeman goes in motion dumps it over the middle to a wide open receiver this is schroeder schroeder with the first down all the way up to the 34. the panthers with a 26 yard play tackled eventually by doug evans schroeder just a good job of clearing out underneath panthers had everybody else corralled up and just slept off in that zone schroeder came open schrader's working right there look at him there he goes see all the attention went to antonio freeman first and 10 from the 30. packers on the move mitchell inside the 25 to the 23-yard line mitchell was joking last week he got a lot of attention after that game along with damon parker and he had some rather interesting calls come into the complex congratulatory calls from a lot of different people you know how cousins start to come out of the woodwork and they want tickets next week too they won a lot of things like a new car right mitchell goes again close to the first down depending on the mark if there's any knock on that play by schroeder you know he got his yards knowing that they're getting close to the half get out of bounds getting close to our two-minute warning and mitchell was just shy of that first down so it'll be a third down in one for the packers when we come back and it is the two minute warning and the carolina panthers over the green bay packers 10-7 here at [Music] lambeau [Music] on sale [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] foreign foreign coming up on the visa halftime report jb terry and chris will have all the scores and highlights from around the league and our fox sports ticker will have up to the second stats all coming up on the visa halftime report big third and one here third and less than one for the green bay packers seventh play of the drive they trail by [Applause] three mitchell is stuck but he gets the first down alexander hit him but it looks like basil mitchell had enough forward progress momentum to get the sticks that's where the toughness we talked about has to come in and basil had it right there big men in space don't work well and he had chuck wiley on skates brynne alexander's got to wrap up he comes up makes a nice hit but doesn't wrap up well you see so much of that right fundamentals guys aren't tackling like they used to you don't see the arms wrapped especially in the safeties and i think fundamentally you just don't see a lot of things a lot of drop passes you know guys jumping off sides it is a first down i think a lot of that has to do with just so much player movement the coaches don't have time to coach fundamentals like they used to you're trying to rush to get a system going every year and you try to keep guys healthy you don't have many live tackling drills so green bay keeps this drive alive they're down at the 19 yard line first in 10 a minute 54 left here in the first half the packers with all three times to the end zone touchdown antonio freeman 19 yards on the play freeman's sixth touchdown catch of the year when you need it the most what do you do you go to the nfl's highest paid wide receiver and that was a good job by far but letting him get open he wasn't there he wasn't there on the first click and there's absolutely no pressure from the carolina panthers ryan longwell adds the extra point in the green bay packers retake the lead in the seesaw battle they're up now 14 to 10 over the carolina panthers there's freeman working in motion there gets a nice chuck but then they forget about it there's nobody in the deep third of the field and that's a great catch hey that's the moneymaker that you know antonio freeman is brett favre security blanket he is really the last link he has that's playing well in this offense you know they haven't had the production out of the tight end that's almost been a dropped issue right now and bradford schroeder they have the speed on the outside but that's one dimensional [Applause] brett favre with his 18th touchdown pass of the season nine of 14 for 106 on the day also has thrown an interception the packers have been very effective in the two-minute offense so is carolina for that matter but this season eight scores in the final two minutes for green bay he says you know we feel like in the beginning the end of the game we're fine because we we're under pressure we know we got to do it then so we got to find a way to play the rest of the game like we did in the last two minutes and that's why they went to that no huddle offense a few weeks back against detroit to try and build that sense of urgency but one thing to their advantage when you have that much speed on the field just between bradford and schroeder alone you should be able to create a lot of things at different levels underneath midfield and then get a guy that leaks open late like freeman did longwell takes it to bates michael bates hit bounces off and he'll lose yardage in the exchange matt snyder finally gets bates down that last drive for green bay eight plays 72 yards five was three for three for 40 yards and a 19-yard touchdown to antonio freeman and bates not happy about that last return that was clearly a shot out at the he's still going off that's a shout out at your protection team or your your blocking team i'm worried somebody's going to get him killed first and 10 for carolina from their own 24. [Music] with a minute 37 left here in the first half look who makes the last tackle here or the cleanup that's mitchell basil mitchell that's double duty you got a couple of running backs running down on kickoffs ray rhodes said hey look don't come to me and tell me about your tired and you need a blow coach and all that i don't want to hear it get your young marian out on the field and let's go nice paraphrasing by you thank you second and three dumped off to floyd floyd is stuck immediately by george koontz loss of two and the clock continues to run and carolina will have to get into a hurry up mode they have one timeout left and the packers actually use a timeout here thank you very much and the two-minute offense as i said very effective for carolina as well you know this is fundamentals right here watch george watch he gets low he drives he wraps up now he drives his legs or drives his knees yeah he got his hips into it and people don't realize you don't tackle with your helmet your shoulder pads your arms you tackle with your legs you explode into the tackle and you drive through [Music] george koontz has been through some ups and downs here in green bay got injured that super bowl year and you know that's kind of thing you talk to that sticks with you boy you never really get that out of your craw to fight with the team for all the you know through some of the down years and then when the big one finally comes along and you're not a part of it that hurts third down and four panthers trying to answer set up the screen to biakubatuke he makes the catch but he'll be tackled by jude wadi short of the first down one thing the packers linebackers have is speed they can get around they fly around that's a spillover from frit shermer's defensive coordinating here he believed in having guys that could run shoot gaps get around the football second thing is they knew how to blow up that screen they've seen the screen a lot don't forget west coast offense screen heavy team that's what gil haskell is trying to do he's bringing some of that offense here they know how to defense that packers use their second timeout they'll have one left here with a minute and 15 to try and get more points on the board another key in that is shutting down the back side we talked about wesley walls having to put maybe a corner back on him truman butler is a hybrid you know he's a cornerback slash safety slash linebacker [Applause] you got no place to go with the football ken walter on for his first punt of the day antoine edwards back in his 31. that's a little good kick edwards takes it at the 21. he can break this first wave he can't five yard return after a 45 yard punt in green bay will have the football at the 26 yard line looking for more points here in the first half i think also green bay needs to get back that foot on your throat mentality it used to be that when they had a team down especially going in at half they could go for the juggler and kill you that was one of the things they did they haven't had they need to get back to that carolina still they need to be thankful that they're in the game here and it's only 14-10 with what's going on fired 9-14 on the day goes from the shotgun [Music] dumps it over the middle it was full back henderson henderson will get a first down tackled by dean wells after a gain of 12. this is where far works his best watch the way they communicate i think he thinks less now he's not worried about every little adjustment ever he's just playing he's back to his sandlot kevin green with pressure on fire spins him around he stays alive here goes brett favre slides in at midfield look at the awareness he's got to get up and make a decision he's got to clock it he's got to get everybody lined up trying to save that timeout for their field goal try if it comes to that no clock here farm's going to go downtown he's looking for bradford it's intercepted no drops michael swift had it and dropped it it wasn't very swift bradford he didn't burn you too many times at seven on seven second and 10 17 seconds left in the first half barb dumps it to henderson again and henderson rolls up to the 37-yard line a gain of 13 there and packers will use their final timeout with eight seconds left here in the first half because he blew some seconds getting that one shotgun play just lined up he gets 10 yards that should be within longwell's range for a field goal he takes that shot outside overthrows schrader incomplete four seconds left that ball sailed on him he had him he had the perfect play to line up and get a field goal schroeder ran the seventh route which is the post corner route and he got in that little dead area behind the corner but he was playing way back they are back again are the safeties for [Music] and carolina going to just go to the end zone incomplete dropped again nobody keeps alexander there is no catching here today bill murray would say there's no catching tom hanks would say there's no catching in football [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] welcome back to green bay wisconsin lambeau field where the green bay packers have a 14 to 10 halftime lead over the carolina panthers ray bentley along with ron pitts and ron this has been a hard one to get your arms around with crazy things going on this game yeah it's been a hard one for these guys to get their arms around the football too exactly a lot of miscues we talked about the fundamentals i think carolina is lucky to only be down by four right here at the half and they started off there early you saw the play there by uh berlin and keith mckenzie getting the love of course and jumping up in the stands then the miss q on the special teams are just taking turns even when they've had something good happen now something bad happens eric davis getting stripped by basil mitchell nice play by mitchell like i say they're lucky it's not a lot worse than it is right you see the sloppiness graphically here four turnovers for carolina two for green bay the penalty yards 40 and 51. now the rookie running backs for green bay trying to fill some big shoes those of dorsey levins and they did a great job last week not so successful here this week well mitchell has been the the biggest guy for him really damon parker's been shut down i mean that's just downright ugly for him but i think that the key is that people know about them now you know they're not surprising anybody and carolina has come into the game saying hey these guys are very accurate they did a good job we got to take it out of these two rookies and that's what they did and brett favre today has been brett farr pretty much he's got the touchdown pass but he does some crazy and wild things he takes too much on his shoulder sometimes well he came out not doing that and here's an example just before half here getting one but at a moment i think he he does try to force some things and it hurts a couple nice ad libs ultimately he finds one guy and that's antonio freeman and that's the interception that they ended up end up getting back didn't hurt him right see the quarterback comparisons through the first half burline with a slight edge in yards but both quarterbacks have been relatively solid and sound it's everyone else who has kind of been bouncing the football around halftime statistics we will take a look at they're coming well right off the bat turnovers are going to be the huge thing you got four over here for carolina like i said they're lucky to have the score where it is for them but both teams seem to be able to move down the field in the first downs to show you that i think this is one of those games where the guy that makes the last mistake is going to be the one hurt for it plenty of mistakes in the first half ray rhodes gets his team ready the packers will kick off in the second half and there is the president of my fan club i'm happy to see him here i'm glad they said your fan club well it's your turn next believe me you'll get it i'm sure i will i will insist bates and lane are back to receive the second half ryan longwell kickoff and i think what you need to do to win this game is clean it up if you clean your act up here then you've got a chance and somehow carolina's got to get a run game going green bay you can see in the later parts of the second half has had not hasn't had no respect at all for the run game they can bring extra people up and put them back for the pass base started at the two and bates is a sprinter but he gets run down he's still going unless he went out now he went outward yeah he did step out of bounds back at the 42-yard line that's a great run and corey bradford is in pain he was banged up he was banged up earlier in the first half i don't know if this is the same deal here that was a 61-yard return from michael bates watch the timing of the blocks here and the baits got close one time before but see look at that wedge that's what you want the wedge hit everybody at the right time and he does a good job on the kicker he just makes him look like a kicker right there he stepped out of bounds trying to see where bradford hurt his hand you know and if bradford can't go that takes another speed guy out of the game i think that makes it harder even more harder for brett favre and i think he has to rely more on antonio freeman to push the ball down the field and as we said earlier the tight end for green bay is just non-existent they lost confidence in that position we'll take a break right now panthers all the problems the green bay packers have had with the secondary in the past year they're still getting stung back there they brought three corners in to try to fix the problem and it hasn't gotten better that guy has gotten better rick jefferson boy a 60-yard kickoff return followed by a 38-yard touchdown pass berlin to jeffers and the panthers go back on top excuse me patrick jefferson striking quick in the second half and casey attempts the extra point and that is good and the carolina panthers shocked green bay early here in the third they're up 17 to 14. the first thing they do they move them and that creates problems in the secondary here he is in motion now who's got the coverage out here he leaks to the back and they forget about it for the second play in the row patrick jeffers has been able to sneak somewhere and get open one time it was underneath now it's to the outside a clear bust in coverage by this packer secondary patrick jeffers is emerging as the go-to guy in this carolina offense had 100 plus yards last week he's at the 100 mark here today with four grabs two touchdowns but if you're going to throw it's got to start with protection nice job inside there anthony redmond holding out santana dotson and jones working on the outside those are the kind of big plays the panthers need to win this game and the longer they hang around i think it only spells trouble for the green bay pack patrick jeffers picked up in the off season from dallas spent a couple years at denver was actually a big soccer player on a travel team growing up through high school didn't start playing football until he was a junior in high school you know they move him around because he has had so much trouble getting off bump and run he's a good receiver he can get open and he catches everything so that was smart to start moving him around getting him in a position where he doesn't have to fight off bump and run casey kicks this one to demod parker who has trouble handling it picks it up at the six and parker gets up to the 19 yard line anthony johnson makes the special teams play a 13-yard return and that kickoff return by bates bradford gets hurt watch his right knee right there that looks like a hyper extension well that's one of those that's you know you hope it's only a hyper extension it could be a lot worse yeah it's weird usually a knee will bend the other way when you have it you know that's a good sign he's up walking because he went it went to the outside a little bit he might he might have got away with just an extension [Music] those things can turn into breaks real easy bradford not in the game the packers go first in 10 from their own 19. barb throws it outside he's got mitchell hazel mitchell who was a running back by trade lined up in the slot and looked pretty good as a receiver yeah and that's the advantage of having someone that can play both things and that's what you need in this game when dorsey's not in here think about what you miss you miss a guy that can catch the ball you miss a guy that's a great runner that's got the speed to break away but tough enough to run inside and you miss a guy that can block for blitz protection donald driver checks in as the third wide receiver in this set first and ten green bay they run the draw on the basil mitchell mitchum shows some nice running picks up six yards on first down doug evans and mike barrow eventually make the tackle with bradford out of the game i think now the packers have to rely more on their backs it looked like mitchell wasn't quite sure where to go brett kind of had to stretch for that ball a little bit you saw the throw to him earlier they got to be able to throw it to him and that's part of using and doing what the defense is giving up throw to your backs throw the check down those are easier throws and a lot of times they pull bad matchups davis in motion on second down and four he'll reset packers will go to the ground again mitchell picks up a first down you see the way the packers do that why off motion and if you're a packer fan you gotta be wondering why do they always do that couple reasons number one a lot of teams set their blitzes right off of the beginning formation so wherever the tight end is that's where they set it by moving the tight end they mess up that part of it secondly they set their run strength to one side so now you're moving them over to the other side you're running at what is basically their weak run strength with your run strength with your tight end gets the defense out of position a little bit just by alignment on first and ten fire tries for the slant incomplete evans had great coverage on freeman i think that's doug evans an old packer knowing what he was going to get he knew with the split antonio freeman wide outside he look at him jump inside and he's there that's great coverage i've seen brett throw that ball inside and low to try to fit it in there but the protection look at the look at the the uh the pass rush chuck wiley it's amazing he got the ball through i think it was tipped a little bit the update on corey bradford is he banged his knee so they say and they don't know if he'll return this is complete to schrader outside he's forced out of bounds by davis just shy of the first down schroeder a wisconsin native went to sheboygan south high school schroeder took the wrath of mike holmgren for many you survived that there was a time and uh i'm sure schroeder didn't know if his name was bill or something else he got cussed out so much i thought his name was something else third and one barb on the play action shakes kevin green and midfield did you see what he did to kevin green and brett feyer picks up the first down i think green left some laundry out there like a jock maybe perhaps that's what a three-time look at what he did to kevin green he's laughing about that that makes the game fun you know kevin brett farm place yeah yeah i mean that that right there is brett favre that is the fun and the energy and enthusiasm he brings to the game perfectly played by green but he puts the scoop move on him he faked him out of a relative's jock and then green tried to trip and tried for the kung fu and couldn't get it first and ten after the fire scramble parker goes in motion they set up the screen to henderson back the other way and william henderson has room in the middle of the field lumbers up to the 20-yard line a gain of 19. now sherman lewis not only goes off of that famous 15-play script that the packers have done but he says i got 25 plays that i like and i'm gonna make sure i get in and i think this right here is one of them the screen and it's also a part of going back to the old 49er west coast something that they said he was doing and and all that he said this is some of the old school stuff that maybe we got away from that's just a two to two blocking screen two blocker screen and frank quinn on screen frank winters threw an excellent block to spring henderson here goes mitchell he'll get two on first i think the packers proved something themselves last week not only that they could get two rookies in the game as we look at far's numbers three yards shy of 30 000. makes you want to give them a little quick hitch yeah get that record and that the record the milestone milestone and not only getting back to my point it not only gave them the confidence in two rookie running backs but it showed them that hey we can run the ball we can run the ball without dorsey 11. a lot of people around here didn't believe that was possible but today they're not getting it done the same way four wide receivers in for brett favre on second down and seven [Applause] throws it outside complete to freeman first down green bay and see there you go there's another part of being back into the old style the offense and the old style the west coast offense is to create match-ups what in the world is barrow doing covering antonio freeman right here it's actually dante jones yeah he's got no reason to be on him man-to-man offensive coordinator starts to drool when he looks down off the press box and sees that that's why you spread people out you do you use motion in an effort to get that and farv eclipses the 30 000 yard mark in his career he picks up a couple more on the ground to give the packers a first and goal red fire becomes the third fastest in the history of the nfl to eclipse the 30 000 yardage mark and you see all the legendary records of brett favre and there he is thirty thousand and he's not done just his ninth year the best part about brett favre is nobody plays the game and enjoys the game more than he does and he could be a free safety and would still be a three-time mvp and a pro bowler and all that dumpster driver touchdown green bay donald driver guy's been inactive for the first eight games scene action in and out but now with bradford out of the game he becomes the guy but you gotta chalk that drive up to brett favre and i think it goes back to the move he put on kevin green to keep the drive alive and get the first down second touchdown pass of the day for brett favre 232 in his career tying steve young for 15th all time long well he converts the extra point the packers go up 21-17 and you know that was an impact big play mvp player reacting to having to come down and score after the other team scores [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] donald driver in the touchdown seat his first career touchdown coming from brett favre far hot on that drive five of six for 62 yards and the touchdown pass and the big conversion actually two third and one conversions by farb on the ground as well short kick handed by bates and bates takes it up to the 46 in more good field position for the carolina panthers and they have the ball trailing by four we'll be back in a moment tonight the ibf middleweight championship is on fox sports net the champ bernard hopkins pound for pound one of the best in the world battles the number one ranked contender antoine eckles tonight on fox sports net check your local listings got a little bit look at those arms them are guns folks bit of a boxing match here going back and forth the packers up 21 to 17. carolina again with good feed possession flag is out as floyd catches it from three yards over the middle bernardo harris makes the tackle but there is a flag packers special teams are killing them they're giving carolina good field position for a second straight drive second straight series offside defense 71 five yards repeat first down santana dotson with an early start i think if carolina is going to be up to the task today beating the package it's going to show on this drive here it's one thing to go down one time with the great field position right from halftime now green bay just answered so now the test is can they answer back first in five kitchen goes in motion the akka batuka takes it off to the left side he's bottled up immediately bonnie holiday was in there you can chalk that one up to bonnie holiday bonnie holiday held the point yakapatuca shucking up again [Applause] [Music] there's holiday up top clarence jones is trying to get outside he never allows leverage he holds contain forcing everything back inside now his guys can run to the football that's what coordinators want defensive corner they want a cup to surround the the offender the running back that's what you have to do and the wolves for not only tim bianco batuka but carolina's run game continue yakima with just four yards on seven carries shaken up on that last play another first rounder in the nfl that has never really been able to stay healthy second down in ten fred lane in the game for bianca batuka this is out to jeffers again and jeffers gets another first down for the carolina panthers right now we'll head to los angeles the fox network center for an nfl update here's jb all right fellas take a look at troy aikman here he finds david leflore who hooked up in slow down after reading the coverage at the back of the end zone it's a touchdown cowboys they're averaging 27 points at home against division opponents they're at 20 right now back to you guys thank you jb you see the nfce standings dallas looking good at home with a win today in arizona and washington playing each other that one's going to be a mad scramble first and ten fake reverse this is biakabatuka who comes back fumbles he's down and they say he's down dude he came up with it but they're going to mark bianca took it down at the 40. jamonga is limping again tomorrow's got to get out of the game he's not healthy and then you have to know and a coach has to know when you're hurting a team trying to be a tough man now he gets bent over i don't know if he was down it'd be interesting to see it i don't know now here's the one the packers choose to you see how you see how fast carolina's getting this play off or trying to and they do second and eight and berlin throws the slant inside to muhammad close to a first down it is a first down sharper came up with a big hit but still carolina keeps moving it musin muhammad has been their deep threat been out a little bit banged up but steve berlin has to go to the air with this thing he can't get the run going he's got to go between muhammad and then jeffers and a guy you haven't heard from in a while actually since the big hit is wesley wall all at the 31 first and ten for caroline red lane booker oh boy that was that him up there's a flag down on the play that was one of those dave robinson hits dave robinson ray nichky hits there i think booker went off sides he tried to move and hey if you're gonna go outside you might as well clock somebody go 100 mess up 100 96 defense five yards repeat first down yeah that's uh the old school packers would have been proud of him on that one though he uh he came down to the way wow yeah nicole ray would have liked that one back in back in the day like i said they tackled up by the head you know you talk to the old guys they say i would we could be better than a young guy today and the young guys say well which rules are we going to play by if we play by your rules you will be better than this first and five after the penalty berlin with a catch did he get it that's a touchdown it's down for carolina he rolled in what second touchdown of the year more drama in the packers secondary carolina answers gerlain does a nice job of keeping his composure here not they don't hit him coming off the line mistake number one number two what are the safeties doing somebody has coverage back there you saw antoine edwards coming over late but sharper's there another bust another miscommunication somewhere [Applause] makes it 24-21 the panthers over the packers as carolina answers steve berlin's third touchdown pass of the this one to brian pinchin and the panthers go back up by three scoring drive a five play 54 yarder carolina again capitalizing on good field position after the kickoff mitchell and parker are back to receive the kc kick should be demand parker from the five parker lit up at the 20 forward to the 22 a 17 yard return and brett favre and the packers will take their shot when we get back [Music] any carolina panthers with a 24-21 lead over green bay 417 left here in the third quarter it's been back and forth all day long and now it's the packers turn they start first in 10 from their own 22. 5 16 of 25 for 193 a couple of touchdowns and one interception on the day goes outside he's got his tight end davis for a first down let's go back to that touchdown here's why it's important to bump the tight ends coming up the field watch wesley waltz he's going to scream up the field and force the safety to have to lean there safety never even looks backside because remember wesley walls is the key threat that's who i would tell my safety to lean to also but watch the release both of them free release up the field you can't do that to your safety that's called stringing them out the drive you can't let one guy free release let alone two guys free release exactly not played well by the front seven good awareness by burline and offensive staff by the carolina panthers flag down looks like movement on the packers earl dodson ball start 72 offense five yards repeat first down and here is what brett favre has done today first touchdown pass to antonio freeman a 19-yarder and he hooks up with donald driver driver's first career touchdown and then farv is beating him with the feet too he shakes kevin green picked up a critical third and one on that play he's in the shotgun now on a first and 15 after the penalty looking downfield outside overshoots freeman he's missed that seven route today a lot and even though he says the thumb is okay i don't know if it's 100 enough to be able to have that touch that's a special throw to be able to drop that ball in there and did you see how close he got on that shotgun usually quarterbacks will get back maybe about six yards something like that but he got up there close wanting to make sure he could get the snap and in case there's a blitz doesn't want frankie to get too nervous snapping that ball and you mentioned the seventh round which is one of the toughest throws for a quarterback as a fake post busting out to the corner and that's a tough throw second and 15. barb dumps it on the screen to basil mitchell mitchell picks up a block keeps it alive up to the 37 where he'll be six yards shy of a first down i think sherman lewis the offensive coordinator is getting a comfort zone with not only the dump passes the flare passes but with the screen the screen was good to him in the first half he hit it again and now they're going back to it this is a huge third and seven he said the third and seven that's definitely a pass i said when is running okay third and five we think we can make it running but whenever the defense knows you gotta pass that's tough territory five out of the gun again guns it into davis for a first down that was a shot 10 yards on the play and far any doubt about his thumb was answered right there now you see the little love he gave him there that's because davis dropped the ball last weekend it was almost exact same kind of play but he knew third and seven you got to bring the heater because they're playing zone defense and there it is that's a great catch and that little tap there is saying to davis listen you had problems you had your drops i need you now now that's one davis switches silence first and ten part takes the snap play action throws the comeback and it's complete to schroeder into panther territory all the way down to the 36 36-yard line a gain of 18 on the play well i wish i had a speed gun on brett's throws right now and look at him out there laughing you feeling it this is what it's all about you know here you got a full house stadium you're coming down you've had a rough year but you got a chance for the playoffs and this guy's laughing and throwing bullets because he's into the game he's a part of the game he loves the game and it's all fun and that's what this is what coaches mean when you gotta have fun out there if you're down by three he's laughing lamont hall in it tight end now switches over [Applause] and parker takes the hand off squirts up into the middle picks up three yards plays over gentlemen where he's thrown back by antonio edwards and mike minter we were talking about that tight end production being down and that hurts this often because the west coast the tight end is the guy you know if it wasn't mark shimura you know then you go back to san francisco and brent jones brent jones i mean it's always been that type of player keith jackson for a while here oh that's a different case my it's all good so it's second and seven probably the final play here in the third quarter favre dumps it outside to damon parker and drops it incomplete 12 seconds left in the third mont parker can't be dropping that ball like that especially he's going to wear that number i kind of like that that's right that was your number and your glory days here at lambeau well actually it was my dad's number oh was that right i was the other guy i was 28 i was mitchell okay yeah so between those two numbers i like to see these guys a lot of heritage there's not a heritage except when drop ball time yeah it has to do with it [Applause] third down and seven [Applause] five wants to dump it he's got a lot of room to run brett favre picks up a block slides in at the 22 for a first down he got a huge block by lamont hall that is the end of the third quarter the score the carolina panthers 24. the green bay packers 21 will be back for the start of the fourth quarter after a word from your local fox station [Music] oh you put a nice divot in the well first pack [Applause] bob dumps it underneath the henderson henderson's third grab of the day up to the 15 a gain of seven brought down by dean well i was sitting in brett favre's locker talking to him the other day and they were talking about all the problems that have started out this year and everything and he said you know a lot of it has been the fact that we don't have the guys we had you know got brooks retires and then yeah chamura's not healthy and all that kind of stuff he said but a lot of it's on me ron a lot of it has been on me i haven't been very good not too many guys are going to fess up like that in a situation like this where they can easily take the easy way out basil mitchell picks up the first down down to the 10-yard line right now for an nfl update let's go to the fox network center here's jb ray and run take a look giants looking to go in for the score carrie collins passes tipped picked out of the year by marcellus wiley hey fellas tell me if he didn't want to go all the way to the end zone looks like he got a little tired headed to the outside there out of bounds nonetheless it led to a two-yard run buffalo now on top by one back to ray and ron you know what jb that buffalo bill got on his back around the 40 somewhere right now and in december that buffalo weighs a lot more than it did in september [Music] [Applause] first and ten and this is mitchell trying to pick his way and he does up inside the 10 to the seven there's a flag down on the play holding green bay here's your nfc east standings and action going on today washington up good over arizona dallas pounding philadelphia and the giants in a tight one with buffalo and things are going to change but that's going to be a scramble that division that was a good healthy game for washington because they bounced back or they came and got bounced by detroit and you knew that was going to be a tough one for them to win but arizona had been on the creep it looks like they're creeping in is over for at least this week penalty was holding on raleigh mckenzie one of the three mckenzies with the packers first and 20 from the 21. farf tries to set up the screen and now he'd be sacked he almost got out of that he got away from gilbert but kevin green got him kevin green finally got a little payback he didn't go for the popcorn fake either said you got my jock once i only wear one again you can't get the next one the second sack of the day for green 10 on the year because sean gilbert has the initial pressure it's all right green will take it and so with that sack kevin green becomes just the third player in nfl history to have 10 seasons with 10 or more sacks that's an unbelievable accomplishment 158 in his career brings up a second and 37 far from the gun under the guard dumps it underneath the driver from donald driver up to the 27. gain of 12 on the play roderick mullen makes the tackle another young guy having to play on this team there's rookies all over the defense and with the injuries here's another one coming into the offense third down in 25 and they have to get all the way down to the one yard line for a first down they are currently in longwell's field goal range if they were to kick it now it'd be a 43 yarder carolina going through the max truck but they only got three defensive linemen for the rush unless they bring a line back [Applause] it is just a three-man rush and fire dumps it underneath to schrader and schroeder extends it to the 22 a gain of five wells makes the tackle the green bay will have to attempt the field goal that's a good defensive call john marshall panthers defensive coordinator playing the odds gonna make brett favre have to try to fit that ball in there and then they did what they didn't do last week tackle after the catch eliminate the yak yards after catch long well this one from 40 yards been very accurate this season high snap handled by hasselbeck kick is up and it is good and we have the first tie in this ball game since it started at 0-0 green bay 24 carolina 24. [Music] 11 minutes and five seconds left in the contest all tied up at 20 for all a 14-play scoring drive from green bay and it could have been a touchdown drive except for the kevin green 17-yard sack bates from his 14. he busted one for 60 earlier takes this one out to the 33 and that's where the carolina panthers will have the football we'll be back with more in the fourth quarter from lambo in a moment [Music] tonight on fox an all-new x-files so bizarre and so shocking after 144 cases this is the one that should never have been opened the x-files an all-new episode tonight at 7 6 central on fox fox rocks first in 10. well we got a lot of love in this place i like that floyd in motion nobody in the backfield packers play coverage is dumped off to jeffers jeffers up past midfield hit by leroy butler but not until he gained 20. you know what jeffers has become to this offense is the ed mccaffrey he's the guy that is not supposedly the number one wide receiver but he's a big strong target and he catches everything six grabs for 132 yards and a couple of touchdowns today for patrick jeffers i think he got the confidence too he got the confidence from that last game he had a little out route beat dexter mcleod from the rams turned into a big run and he's been going ever since that went 71 yards on that play the panthers have yet to have been stopped here in the second half and berlin looks for mohamed overthrown in complete tight coverage from williams let's take a look at patrick jeffers in his production today is his touchdowns and part of it is because they've been moving him around a little bit working underneath there and then the other part is having a guy like wesley walls on the field wesley walls is going to get the best cover guy or a double cover somebody else has to get open that's what you pray for when you're offensive coordinator and that's what's been happening and you talked about gil haskell and his his penchant for matchups and he's matching up nicely with jesse second and ten panthers has done it through the air today just nine yards rushing in the game and they don't even have a back in the backfield underneath the muhammad muhammad stopped five yards shy of the first down you know it's funny you saw the empty backfield there two philosophies on that they go empty you can sit back and drop and cover it or you can take a chance and rush a guy and try to get a hit on the quarterback before he gets rid of the ball berlin said yesterday i like empty but sometimes we get a little carried away and i think he means that when he starts taking hits that's what we get carried away well if you only have five to block they can send six and you're gonna get hit you have to get rid of it in a hundred i'm surprised green bay hasn't brought six more on empty they haven't done it lately third down and six berlin underneath the walls walls with the grab walls inside the 20 to the 18 where sharper gets him down along with art moore 26 yards on the play you want to know why walls leads the league right now basically in the pro bowl voting for all tight ends the guy finds a way to get open here he is over here he's just working up the seam the coverage is there and that's a great throw by berlin right that ball has to be perfect and that's a corner that's antoine that's a corner right that's the thing you can't you have to put a quarter or corner tight personnel on western walls into the end zone for jeffers overthrown again coverage from edwards [Applause] i'm still surprised that leroy butler hasn't been blitzner and the main reason for that is because the panthers are spreading the packers out and because they've got one weapon on the field the wesley walls and now the fact that jeffers is starting to burn them emmett thomas doesn't feel comfortable about putting leroy butler in that line of scrimmage hey we need you back to cover second and ten mohammed jeffers to the top wall split out to the bottom lane looks for a lane doesn't find any good defensive play from billy lyons he didn't find the lane he found the lion billy lion's been playing well he's been using speed quickness right up top here working on redmond gets off the block if there's any knock on fred lane he doesn't see as well as he should he looked to have something to the outside there i don't know if he doesn't see her doesn't care brings up a third down and 11. that's a good thing he got that ball outside because antoine edwards had a nice break on the inside and you know that's where berlin threw the interception last week right down here on a similar out throw like this you got a little gun shy berlin's sixth career 300 yard game three touchdowns in the mix already and it didn't convert on that third down so john casey comes in to attempt a 37 yarder he was good earlier from 20. right down the middle he's solid the carolina panthers take the lead again they are up 27 to 24 over green bay [Music] seven lead changes in one tie so far in the contest the panthers have taken over the lead by three 27-24 with 7 48 left in the game here at lambeau field don casey has it all teed up parker and mitchell back at the five yard line set to return [Music] a scoring drive for carolina come on parker from the eight breaks one tackle and now he's got a hole parker up to the 48-yard line a 40-yard return john casey had to make the tackle yeah he missed the tackle and he's down he missed the tackle and he was slow to get up [Applause] you don't want to see your kicker limping now that's not a good sign i think this is just a great effort by parker and see parker's got that stop start acceleration you see that right there that is hard to do you don't find guys like that very often they can go from a stop to full speed remember bates has got speed but he doesn't have that defensive awareness like that to break down and make a tackle which is tough anyway conversion mitchell mitchell stuck but gets it up five yards up to the 46 of carolina coming up next it's time once again to step up to the big wheel see who are today's contestants oh it's the nfc central a matchup that features two eight and four teams and the winner would gain control of that division last week both teams used defense and route to victory this week something has to give it's a battle for the top spot in the division coming up next except in the green bay area right here on fox second and four parker gets hit by barry minter just shy of the first down big hit from minter mike minter came here as a hitter and he's had some problems learning the system getting used to marshall's new system but when he comes down the pipe and lines up right mike mentor will stone you smart guy too he's basically the quarterback back there in that defense he lines everybody up that's as close as it can get right there one link shy you know what this is depending on how ray rhodes wants to approach it and sherman lewis offensive coordinator but second in one this is perfect waist down territory third and one excuse me i think it's almost four down territory too and it's this kind of game this kind of field position me and what i say mean by that is play action put getting farb out of the pocket some kind of roll out and throw is not out of the question here especially the way he's been he's in a groove right now on the run then again they might just want to get the first fire with four carries on 28 yards on the day and three of his carries have resulted in first downs and make it four out of five [Applause] that's what they do they just move the chains george c for trying for a better view to see where the spot is but it is a packer first down george uh he's shocked to measure george shut down that rumor about being so involved in the new football movie on any given sunday yeah we read an article that had george all involved in that and he said no it was kind of overblown like way overblown he said however if they want to pay me i'll take the check looks like you get it by much by the nose of the ball first down packers that's what you call one link he needed one link i think he got three [Applause] so the drive stays alive with 5 55 and counting left here to play in regulation packers trailing by three [Applause] five play action to mitchell throws it outside by schrader what a grab as he beats doug evans 22 yards on the hookup three things i saw on that play number one the play action sold that was a great stake by brett park watch the fake here you're a linebacker i'm biting on that okay number one the throw he comes from the middle of the field throws a deep comeback folks this is about a 18-yard comeback you can only do this with speed he drives evans gets him to turn his hips we keep talking about what gil haskell knows about the packers well the packers know a little about doug evans as well first down at the 20. looking to the corner incomplete trying to hit antonio freeman brandon alexander with tight coverage and fire was a little slow getting up he took a shot on that one you can see the game starting funny how the game slowly comes back to one guy's hand and that's brett favre that's the hand you want that's the hand you want it in people can say what they want to and and be critical but if you got a trigger guy that can make it happen you need him you let him run the show when it gets to that point second and ten far from the shotgun throws it outside complete the driver for a first down goes over 300 yards for the 25th time in his career and they're going to work on evans evan's going to play off whenever you play off you're going to get the deep outs twice in a row look at the cushion [Applause] and see this is what you know from working against a guy in practice maybe in seven on seven blitz drill when they played together he knew that doug liked to play off in this kind of situation and they're taking advantage of it see evan's getting a little closer now [Applause] admirably for ninja bradford has three catches for 31 yards as mitchell takes it inside to five i'll tell you right it's not great football though i mean it's cold here you got the place full it's a tight game brett favre is out there smiling joking with guys grabbing linebackers around the back it's days like this when i know i have one more play in me a lot of guys think they have another one i know on a day like this eighth play of the drive second and goal from the five yard line schroeder and freeman to the bottom [Applause] all right changing up like black 23 [Applause] texas freeman couldn't hang on to it evans was all over him he said he checked that that texas play that's from the old school the old west coast stuff that sherman lewis is bringing back that's interference 33 defense in the end zone first on the one-yard line first and goal at the one now for green bay [Applause] he makes a check at the line of scrimmage [Applause] davis is well covered over there on the outside by brent alexander look at that fit do you know that there's only one person that could catch that ball has a chance of catching it and that's freeman i think he got the one hopper yeah it was a one hopper and i don't know if green bay was set after making that audible i'm not sure they were set on that play yeah i think i think he might be right matt snyder comes in at fullback henderson behind him william henderson touchdown green bay [Applause] the green bay packers answer with an eight-play drive go back on top here pending the extra point i think that's the difference between the screen bay team now and five weeks ago they can answer back they can go down the field at will like they used to second touchdown of the season for william henderson and longwell makes it 31 green bay 27 carolina [Applause] and this one's going down to the wire four minutes left as william henderson puts the packers back on top [Music] eight lead changes in the ball game the latest putting the green bay packers up 31-27 four minutes left to play and you can hear the crowd back into it and that's what carolina has been able to keep out of it the entire game well you see both quarterbacks have been outstanding today both going over 300 yards berlin will get his shot now as long well kicks this one to fred lane lane up to the 36 yard line special teams tackle made by lamont hall after a 21-yard return one more reminder for you all stay tuned to fox as our double headers coming up the detroit lions at the tampa bay buccaneers both teams eight and four tied for the lead in the nfc central and everyone tuned in except for those of you in the green bay area can expect to see that battle coming up we have a great game here that's going to be a great game too if this game this game holds true to how it's been especially the second half carolina's going to go down the field score and it'll be set up for yet another brett favre comeback again good field position for carolina starting at their own 37. but this is big time now for the panthers they've done it all game long and now when they really need it can they get it done berlin underneath the muhammad muhammad hit by antoine edwards a gain of three i think anything that works against the panthers right now it's the fact that they haven't established a run game [Applause] they become predictable from here on and that's in the passing game but green bay hasn't been able to stop some of the things they're doing passing the football jeffers walls you see both teams with three timeouts remaining berlin pumps and now dumps fred lane hangs on to it and gets lit up by edwards again a gain of two on the play i don't believe lane held onto that ball berlin's trying to get the pump fake to maybe get a slant and go up top he had nothing lane takes a shot here antoine edwards was nice to him coming up may kind of gave him a little shoulder push six tackles today for antoine edwards who was playing because early in the ball game mike mckenzie went down biggest third down to the game for carolina third and five berlin dumps over the middle of jeffers and jeffers with extra effort gets the first down what an effort jude waddy got him but jefferson showed you some strength as well because he's got the size he's 6'3 220 pounds but it was good awareness of where the first down marker was he knew that he had to fight to get around one guy after he caught it but then he knew he had to just fight forward and pick up the marker that brings us to the two-minute warning with the score of the packers 31 the pan espn carolina trailing by four they have the ball at their own 48-yard line [Applause] [Music] the crowd tries to get into it to help the packer defense empty backfield berlin out quick to his tight end walls walls into packer territory a nine-yard gain leroy butler makes the play it'll be second in short and this is what the panthers have been able to do they've been able to bleed down the field three-man rush no pressure on berlin berlin throws it outside muhammad reaches that catch and gets out of bounds great awareness great awareness by mussin muhammad it looks like a flag is down there is a flag down it came in at the end of the play that is a huge catch face mask green bay now here's the key is it a five or fifteener face mask 24 defense five yards first down edwards got away with something there 15 would have been devastating watch the catch here this is why catching is all focused the museum muhammad knows he could catch the ball he dropped last week and then he gets up there's a face mask i think at some point emma thomas packer difference of corner is gonna have to take a chance and get some pressure on berlin because he hasn't done it all game just bringing three now berlin with the pump fake going down the sidelines looking for hayes incomplete good coverage from fred vincent oh they tried to put some jelly on the rookies back and that's the guy that could do it donald hayes see benson's got perfect position that's called hip pocket position the ball has got to come and be a perfect throw it wasn't a perfect throw it hit benson in the helmet he turns around locates the ball excellent job that's what they bring in corners for that's when you go draft the guy that's what you expect him to do in the big game in december when you need a play we'd like to welcome those of you who have just joined us green bay with a four point lead a minute 30 left berlin incomplete underneath leroy butler makes a defensive play that's a drop there he's got to hold on to that fred lane he had it eight lead changes in this one brett favre having a heck of a day 302 yards passing berlin matching him as well with 338 and three touchdowns brings up a third down in 10. from the 35. ball caught by patrick jeffers i'd like to welcome those of you joining us from watching the st louis new orleans game the rams win again 30-14 we've got one coming down to the wire here at lambeau the packers up 31-27 but carolina hasn't been stopped here in the second half and they are now facing a critical fourth and one and brett favre has been the difference he's done it all by himself which is one area one way that he gets in trouble sometimes but here he's been on the mark his thumb is healthy and he's just been making the throw spreading the ball around antonio freeman there working back across the field to the rookie coming in donald driver and the big thing about it is that brett favre has been having fun he's back to the old bret far for sure right now if there's any there's been any doubt about it there's no doubt right now and this perhaps the biggest play of the game is each team with three timeouts left but it is fourth down and one carolina has only eight yards rushing on the day or they could use one more right here as biakabatuka is back in the backfield play action you better think about ruining it berlin has magnum open and he hits it excuse me walls wesley walls with a critical catch inside the 10. wow 18 yards he picks up on fourth and one what a gutsy call talking about the ice man there at one point he's running you didn't see anything you figure he's got to take off but it's the same guy that's been killing the packers all day and that's wesley walsh five catches 88 yards for walls and as steve berlin told us yesterday in the meeting it's amazing when we get down here i know we're throwing the walls walls knows we're throwing them the other team knows we're throwing everybody in the stadium knows but somehow he gets open that's what a pro bowl player does and that's why he came into this game leading all tight ends in the nfl touchdown catches him carolina uses their first timeout they have two timeouts left that is giving me one timeout left of carolina if that is not a money play i don't know what is all kinds of time he can run and now he throws it into the end zone tucker guess who well he had to be awful close to that line of scrimmage too how about that one we talk about brett favre steve burline has done it on the other side of the field he's had his own fun today he's been accurate he's been everything we talked about at the open we said he had to continue to throw and continue to push the ball down the field even though he's always had that one bad play he had it early in the game and he kept throwing i think they're talking about trying to replay this look at this going on tyrone williams is awesome i think the packers are trying to talk time out right they want to try to review this play i'm not so sure if berlin was across the line i thought he was close to the line all right there's the line right there at the nine eight and a half nine yard line you have to call it about the eight and a half he's over yeah he's over he's over remember the ball and the man have to be over that line for him to be called over he could just step over and have the ball back behind the line of scrimmage and still be okay it looked as though he was over from there if there was ever a time to use a challenge and for instance replay to come in it would be right now for the group if it is reversed it will be an illegal forward pass so the panthers will still have the football but they'll be backed up and you know they'll still have plenty of time 58 seconds to score after reviewing the play the ball was snapped from just inside the nine yard line the pass is thrown from the eight yard line so the replay saves the system works the packers for now and i think it was key what tyrone williams did tyrone williams walked on the other side of the ball before the timeout was even called and they were trying to push tyrone williams back across and by the time he did that they had gotten the referee's attention and called timeout there's a conference with the officials they're in the packers huddle right now i'm sure they're getting some help from green bay as far as where to spot the football because if carolina had kicked that ball that's it it's like a whole new day now for carolina illegal now they go backwards past thrown from beyond the line of scrimmage five yard penalty second down so not only do they get busted and not get the touchdown they get busted and get sent back five yards making it second and goal from the 13 now when you get sent back five here you might as well get sent back 55. carolina with one timeout remaining green bay's defense in the red zone this year has been outstanding they need it now you know you got to put somebody on wesley walls that's either going to be one of your top corners or leroy butler who is their safety but a very good covering safety or you think about double teaming him now patrick jeffers who will be at the top of your screen has been killing him too and he's working on a rookie he's up here into the end zone incomplete off the hands of walls then through jeffers hands and sharper even had a chance at it and that's exactly where he went with the ball with the pump fake and they went at the rookie trying to pull the backer and the safety out of that window right there that's what the pump fake is for i don't know if he's throwing at walls or jefferson both there on different levels yeah he's trying to throw that ball to walls that ball went through wall's hand makes it third down and goal from the 13. anthony johnson in motion berlin with time unloads outside complete to walls walls tackled at the five yard line fred vincent over there a gain of eight and it'll be he's going to burn one in goal no he's not he's got one left he looked he i think he has to take a timeout well he's got to do something here they're burning time off the clock and i think he's going to eliminate the possibility of green bay having a chance i don't know why you do this it's a fourth down play it's do or die anyway so take all the time off the clock and take your one shot because they can't get a first down it's the score on this play or take it home and berlin uses the final panther timeout he'll talk about it and it'll come down to this play fourth and goal from just outside the five-yard line you know when the packers sat down dorsey levins and they sat down verva today and they didn't envision that they would have to struggle this much without those guys to get the win this is your coaching nightmare here well he's gonna need to play well on this down the game comes down to this fourth and goal from the five he carried a first guess on what they're going to do they had success in the rollout getting him out of the pocket give him more than one option he's in that huddle a long long time what about for the packers do you bring the heat they haven't brought it all game you would be gambling if you did it three wide receivers in the set floyd goes in motion berlin quarterback draw a touchdown wow carolina wins it wow and the game is over they spread them out they went empty and berlin ran it it's the last thing you'd ever expect that is a huge huge blow to the green bay packers [Applause] in spite of the replay and and the change in the call the panthers fight back and get a huge win in green bay wisconsin nobody in the backfield he's got no protection to throw he's got to throw it quick and they all sifted back and you were talking about the blitz a blitz would have smacked him right in the face and artmar comes up and makes the hit but he hits berlin low and he goes over the top and his winning touchdown and silence has fallen over the crowd here at lambeau field as the carolina panthers now we have a penalty now excessive celebration after the fact of the touchdown in nfl rules you have to attempt the extra point unless it's an overtime situation which is not so they have to kick the extra point to finish this ball game even without in a regular season game right and boy if you're green baby what a way to go down right this is like being asked to carry the guy who beat you trophy home for him that's amazing somewhat controversial at times leads to the kickers i look at two guys on this carolina offense today that were just outstanding not only steve burline coming back from the big interception he threw in the first half but wesley walsh wesley walls continues to make plays even though people are all around him and they're not even going to attempt to kick they're just going to kneel the football and they do and the game is now officially over in the final score carolina panthers 33 the green bay packers 31 and we'll take a break we'll be back with more in a moment

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