2002 Chiefs @ Browns

>> CBS SPORTS WELCOMES YOU TO THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. >> IT IS MY PLEASURE TO HELP KICK OFF THE 83RD SEASON OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. TODAY, THE EXCITEMENT STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN AND THE TRADITION CONTINUES. IN STADIUMS ALL ACROSS AMERICA, SOME OF OUR NATION'S FINEST ATHLETES WILL AGAIN TAKE PART IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST SPORTS. FOOTBALL IS A GAME THAT TESTS STRENGTH AND REWARDS COURAGE, A SPORT THAT EMPHASIZES TEAMWORK AND HONORS INDIVIDUAL EFFORT, AND AN EXPERIENCE THAT IS UNIQUELY AMERICAN. SO TODAY, I SALUTE THE NFL FOR ITS STORIED PAST AND FOR ITS BOUNDLESS FUTURE. I THANK THE PLAYERS FOR REMEMBERING THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN ATHLETES TO THEIR FANS. THEY ARE ROLE MODELS TO ALL■ OU CHILDREN. I WISH EVERY PLAYER GOOD HEALTH AND GREAT SUCCESS. I WISH EACH TEAM THE BEST OF LUCK.H@ ♪ OH, BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN FOR PURPLE MOUNTAIN MAJESTY ABOVE THE FRUITED PLAIN AMERICA, AMERICA GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE AND CROWN THY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA AMERICA, AMERICA AMERICA ♪ ♪ [THE CAPTIONING ON THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED AS AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE OF THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, INC., WHICH IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURATE AND COMPLETE TRANSCRIPTION OF PROGRAM CONTENT. CBS, ITS PARENT AND AFFIATED COMPANIES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS A [THE CAPTIONING ON THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED AS AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE OF THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, INC., WHICH IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURATE AND COMPLETE TRANSCRIPTION OF PROGRAM CONTENT. CBS, ITS PARENT AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS AND DIVISIONS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY TRANSCRIPTION OR FOR ANY ERRORS IN TRANSCRIPTION.] [CLOSED CAPTIONINGPROVIDED BY CBS SPORTS DIVISION] IAN: CLEVELAND 12-36 SINCE RERE-ENTERING THE -- SINCE RE-ENTERING THE NFL IN 1999. THE FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR THEY HAVE BEEN HOME TEAM ON KICKOFF WEEKEND. THE CROWD IS READY. DAWSON ON THE APPROACH AND WE ARE UNDER WAY, THE BROWNS AND THE CHIEFS. DANTE HALL FIVE YARDS DEEP IN THE END ZONE AND HE WILL TAKE A KNEE. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS LED BY TRENT GREEN ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL. DAN, IT'S HARD NOT TO MENTION TRENT GREEN WITHOUT MENTIONING THAT NUMBER. 24 INTERCEPTIONS. DAN: BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF THE FOOTBALL AND THE CHIEFS -- THEY'RE HOPING IT'S AN ABERRATION, NOT A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME. IAN: HE CAME IN AS AN ACCURATE PASSER -- THAT WAS THE PERCEPTION OF TRENT GREEN WHEN HE SIGNED ON WITH THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, A TRADE WITH THE ST. LOUIS RAMS IN 2001 AND THE CHIEFS WILL OPEN UP, TWO TIGHT ENDS SET WITH GONZALEZ AND DUNN. FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 20. ON THE PITCH, NFL LEADING RUSHER PRIEST HOLMES, SHAKE-AND-BAKE MOVE AND NOWHERE TO GO. EARL HOLMES THE FIRST MAN THERE. TAKE A LOOK AT THE KANSAS CITY OFFENSE. IAN: DICK VERMEIL, NOW IN HIS SECOND YEAR WITH THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, 6-10 LAST YEAR, THEY DID WIN 3-4 AT THE END OF THE SEASON AFTER OPENING UP 1-6. GAIN OF TWO FOR HOLMES. THIS IS SECOND AND EIGHT. KEEPING IT ON THE GROUND, HOLMES IS STACKED UP. TYRONE ROGERS AMONG THOSE THERE. NO GAIN ON THE PLAY. IAN: FULLER AND MCCUTCHEON AT THE CORNERS AND BUSH AND GRIFFITH THE PRO BOWLER FROM MINNESOTA THE SAFETIES. BUTCH DAVIS HAD THIS TEAM THINKING LIKE WINNERS LAST YEAR. HE JUST CHANGED THE ATTITUDE OF THE BROWNS. THIRD AND EIGHT. THREE RECEIVERS SET. GREEN WILL THROW IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. PICKED OFF. INTERCEPTED BY MCCUTCHEONba. MCCUTCHEON FORCED OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE THE 10. DAN: HE WAS TRYING TO THROW IT TO TONY GONZALEZ AND GONZALEZ WAS ON THE GROUND. GONZALEZ WAS THE INTENDED RECEIVER. HE EITHER CAUGHT HIS FOOT -- RIGHT THERE AT THE LOWER RIGHT HE GOT HIS FOOT TANGLED UP AND ENDS UP GOING TO THE GROUND. TRENT GREEN SEES A STANDING GONZALEZ WHEN HE RELEASES THE FOOTBALL. WHEN THE FOOTBALL GETS THERE, GONZALEZ IS FLAT ON THE GROUND. IAN: CONTACT MADE BY BRANT BOYER. DAN: IT WAS INADVERTENT. THAT'S NOT A PENALTY. JUST BAD, BAD LUCK FOR THE CHIEFS. IAN: HOW ABOUT THAT TO START A SEASON FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. JAMEL WHITE IN THE BACKFIELD ON A FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE SIX. FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE FOR CLEVELAND. ON A HANDOFF, WHITE LOOKING FOR A HOLE. AND GREG WESLEY AMONG THOSE THERE TO GREET HIM AFTER A GAIN OF THREE. KELLY HOLCOMB MAKING JUST HIS SECOND CAREER START IN THE NFL. HE WOULD BE CATEGORIZED AS A CAREER BACKUP. DAN: YES, HE WOULD. WHEN YOU SAY THIS IS HIS SECOND START, 29 YEARS OLD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THESE BROWNS ARE EXTREMELY CONFIDENT FROM THE TEAM ON THE FIELD ALL THE WAY TO BUTCH DAVIS, KELLY HOLCOMB IS VERY COMFORTABLE RUNNING THIS OFFENSE WITH TIM COUCH ON THE SIDELINE. IAN: AND HE KNOWS THIS OFFENSE -- HE PROBABLY KNOWS IT BETTER THAN COUCH BACK IN HIS INDIANAPOLIS DAYS UNDER BRUCE IAN: SECOND AND GOAL FROM THE THREE, HOLCOMB IN TROUBLE. PRESSURE WAS COMING. MARVCUS PATTON GOT A PIECE OF IT. IAN: ON A THIRD AND GOAL FROM THE THREE, WHITE NOW SHIFTS OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. HOLCOMB. HE SENDS MORGAN IN MOTION. ON A ROLLOUT. HOLCOMB, THROWING, LOW THROW AND INCOMPLETE. HE WAS FIRING IN THE DIRECTION OF MORGAN BUT WILLIAM BARTEE HAD THE COVERAGE. THE FIELD GOAL UNIT COMES ONTO THE FIELD. DAN: BARTEE HAS MAN COVERAGE ON MORGAN. MORGAN HAS A STEP ON HIM. IF THE THROW IS OUT IN FRONT, THAT'S A CLEVELAND TOUCHDOWN. KELLY HOLCOMB THREW THAT LOW AND AWAY BEHIND QUINCY MORGAN AND HE'S NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE CATCH. IAN: PHIL DAWSON ON FOR A 21-YARD FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT. HE NAILED 15 FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS IN A ROW AT THE END OF LAST SEASON. GARDOCKI THE HOLDER. RYAN KUEHL WILL SNAP IT. THE BROWNS ON THE BOARD. IAN: KANSAS CITY AT A MINUS SEVEN TURNOVER RATIO IN 2001. A COUPLE MINUTES INTO 2002 THEY'RE AT MINUS ONE. DAN: THEY HAVE TO BE HAPPY WITH THE FACT THAT THEY MADE CLEVELAND COME OUT OF IT ONLY WITH A FIELD GOAL. IAN: RETURNABLE KICK, HALL FROM THE ONE, DANTE HALL, MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, VEERING TOWARDS THE OUTSIDE AND THEN TRIPPED UP AS HE CROSSED THE 25 YARD LINE. THIRD MEMBER OF OUR BROADCAST CREW. LET'S CHECK IN WITH BONNIE BERNSTEIN. BONNIE: TONY GONZALEZ MISSED THE ENTIRE CAMP BUT ACCORDING TO EVERYBODY CONCERNED YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT. ACCORDING TO DICK VERMEIL TONY HAS NOT MADE A MISTAKE ONCE, NOT EVEN AN OFF SIDE. WORKING OUT WITH THE MIAMI HEAT KEPT HIM IN SHAPE. TONY HAD THE PLAY BOOK OUT IN CALIFORNIA AND WORKED WITH FORMER QUARTERBACK WARREN MOON THREE TIMES A WEEK. HE SAID "WHEN I GOT TO CAMP I WAS IN BETTER SHAPE THAN MOST OF THE GUYS." IAN: WE ASKED HIM HOW WAS HE PHYSICALLY. HE SAID "I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I GET HIT." TRENT GREEN. PUMP FAKE. GREEN SLIPS A BIT, GETS RID OF THE FOOTBALL AND CONNECTS TO TONY RICHARDSON, ACCELERATING TO MIDFIELD, AND GREEN ABLE TO FLIP THAT BALL TO RICHARDSON FOR A BIG GAINER, 23 YARDS. DAN: WHAT A WONDERFUL SAFETY VALVE AND A CUSHION IS TONY RICHARDSON. EVERY QUARTERBACK IN THE LEAGUE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE THIS WHERE YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, GOOD ATHLETICM BY TRENT GREEN. A LOT OF GUYS WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN AND NOT BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER THAT FOOTBALL BUT TONY RICHARDSON. HE'S JUST STEADY. HIS PICTURE IS NEXT TO THE WORD "STEADY" IN THE DICTIONARY. IAN: GREEN WAS STRADDLING THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BUT HE WAS ABLE TO GET RID OF IT. HANDOFF. PRIEST HOLMES GETTING TO THE OUTSIDE, HOLMES FORCED OUT OF BOUNDS IN CLEVELAND TERRITORY INSIDE THE 30 YARD LINE. DAN: THERE IS A PENALTY FLAG OVER THERE, IAN -- I THINK THIS IS GOING TO COME BACK. IAN: A 25-YARD RUN. AND OUR FIRST PENALTY FLAG OF THE AFTERNOON. OUR REFEREE IS RON BLUM. YOU ARE CORRECT. DAN: AND, OF COURSE, YOU TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY -- >> 49, KANSAS CITY, 10 YARDS, REPEAT FIRST DOWN. DAN: YEAH. 49 WOULD BE TONY RICHARDSON, WHOSE PICTURE IS NO LONGER NEXT TO THE WORD "STEADY" IN THE DICTIONARY. IAN: HE HAD IT FOR ABOUT 14 SECONDS. DAN: TONY CAME IN MOTION OUT OF THE BACKFIELD AND HE TURNS UPFIELD AND RIGHT THERE HE'S GOING TO MAKE THE BLOCK, HERE COMES PRIEST HOLMES FROM THE LEFT AND THEY'RE SAYING TONY GOT HIS ARMS ON THE OUTSIDE WITH A TAKE-DOWN AND, OF COURSE, YOU'RE ONLY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE FEET AWAY FROM A LINE JUDGE RIGHT THERE, NO WAY TO GET AWAY WITH THAT. NO PLACE. IAN: NOW A FIRST AND 13, IT'S HOLMES TRYING THE OTHER SIDE, DOUBLING BACK, CANNOT REVERSE FIELD AND HE IS BROUGHT DOWN BY DWAYNE RUDD. DAN: THE BROWNS COME OUT OF THERE WITH THE FOOTBALL BUT RON BLUM IS SAYING HE WAS DOWN BY CONTACT. IAN: A FOUR LOSS OF FOUR ON THE -- A LOSS OF FOUR ON THE PLAY. IAN: THIS CLEVELAND TEAM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BETTER AGAINST THE RUN. DAN: THEY WERE 29TH AGAINST THE RUN. IT'S BEEN A CONCENTRATION THROUGH TRAINING CAMP, FOGE FAZIO, THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, IT'S BEEN HIS POINT OF EMPHASIS ALL YEAR, "WE MUST BE STOUTER AND TOUGHER AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE." IAN: SECOND AND 17, THE CHIEFS MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, GREEN THROWS, SIDELINE TOSS TO EDDIE KENNISON AND KENNISON ABLE TO TURN IT UPFIELD FOR A GAIN OF 19 AND A NEW SET OF DOWNS FOR KANSAS CITY. DAN: EDDIE KENNISON, FASTEST RECEIVER FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, ONE OF THE FASTEST RECEIVERS IN THE LEAGUE AND WITH SPEED LIKE THAT YOU GET A CUSHION AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE THE CUSHION THAT MCCUTCHEON T SPEED BRINGS TO THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS. EDDIE DIDN'T COME TO THE CHIEFS UNTIL FIVE GAMES LEFT IN LAST SEASON. SO TRENT GREEN DID NOT HAVE WEAPONS LIKE JOHNNIE MORTON AND EDDIE KENNISON FOR MOST OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR. HE'S HOPING THAT SPEED MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. IAN: ON A FIRST AND 10, SPOT THE FOOTBALL JUST INSIDE THE 40, GREEN, PLAY FAKE, THROWS IT, OUTSIDE THROW TO TONY GONZALEZ AND GONZALEZ GETS INVOLVED EARLY WITH A 16-YARD PASS-AND -CATCH. DAN: WE SAW TONY FALL DOWN. THERE HE IS RIGHT ON THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN. HE GETS THE RELEASE FROM RUDD BUT NO LINEBACKER IN THIS LEAGUE -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY NONE -- BUT LET'S JUST SAY VERY FEW CAN LOCK UP ACROSS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE FROM TONY GONZALEZ AND EXPECT TO HAVE NO HELP DOWNFIELD IN COVERAGE. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. IAN: THREE CAREER PRO BOWLS FOR GONZALEZ WHO SIGNED JUST NINE DAYS AGO. 73 RECEPTIONS IN 2001. FIRST AND 10. ON A TOSS. HOLMES LOOKING FOR THE ANGLE AND A COLLISION TOWARDS THE FAR SIDE WITH DEVIN BUSH. HE GOT SMACKED AFTER A GAIN OF FIVE. DAN: THE BEST WAY TO KEEP FROM GETTING HIT REALLY HARD, SOMETIMES FOR A RUNNING BACK A POINT OF VIEW IS TO DELIVER THE HIT YOURSELF. THIS IS A BIG TIME COLLISION. OF COURSE, THESE PLAYERS HAVE BEEN WAITING -- THERE COMES BUSH FROM THE RIGHT. THAT WAS A BIG TIME HIT BY BOTH GUYS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? TRAINING CAMP IS OVER. PRESEASON IS OVER. THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME TO ACTUALLY DELIVER A LICK DURING THE REGULAR SEASON. THAT FEELS GOOD. IAN: ON A SECOND AND FIVE. INSIDE HANDOFF. NOT MUCH TO WORK WITH. A GAIN OF ONE FOR TONY RICHARDSON. IT WILL BRING UP THIRD DOWN. GERARD WARREN, SECOND YEAR PRO OUT OF FLORIDA IN ON THE STOP. DAN: I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING TALKING TO DICK VERMEIL ABOUT HIM ADMITTING THAT LAST YEAR IT TOOK A WHILE FOR HIM TO FIGURE OUT THAT "WE ARE NOT THE ST. LOUIS RAMS OFFENSE. WE HAVE TO USE WHAT WE HAVE AND PLAY WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF OUR TEAM." AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. HAMMER AWAY AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. GO DOWNFIELD WHEN YOU HAVE TO. BUT PLAY POWER FOOTBALL. IAN: MICHAEL CLOUD IN THE BACKFIELD ON A THIRD AND FOUR. IN THE RED ZONE. HERE IS GREEN. STEPS UP IN THE POCKET. SLINGS ONE OUT. CATCH IS MADE. GONZALEZ BREAKS OFF A TACKLE, WORKS HIS WAY TO THE END ZONE, TOUCHDOWN, KANSAS CITY. ROBERT GRIFFITH FANNED AND GONZALEZ MADE HIM PAY. 17 YARDS. DAN: TONY GONZALEZ GOES FROM MAYBE HE WILL PLAY A LITTLE TO MAYBE HE WILL PLAY 80% TO LET'S GO AHEAD AND START HIM. THIS IS WHY, FOLKS. THE BEST TIGHT END IN FOOTBALL, A PRECISE ROUTE RUNNER, SURE HANDS AND AS YOU JUST SAW THERE, BIG AND STRONG -- THE BEST TIGHT END THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE HAS SEEN IN QUITE SOME TIME. AND I KNOW SHANNON SHARPE IS STILL PLAYING. BUT TONY GONZALEZ SCARES YOU TO DEATH. IAN: MORTEN ANDERSON ON FOR THE EXTRA POINT AND KANSAS CITY HAS TAKEN THE LEAD. IAN: 7-3 KANSAS CITY IN FRONT. LOOKS LIKE TONY GONZALEZ IS IN SHAPE. DAN: IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING. IT'S HOTTER THAN THEY EXPECTED HERE IN CLEVELAND. THEY EXPECTED A TEMPERATURE IN THE LOW 90'S TODAY WHICH IS ABOUT 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. I'M SURE TONY AS WE MOVE INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THIS GAME WILL BE WISHING THAT THE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WERE IN VOGUE HERE. IAN: ANDERSON ON THE KICKOFF. THIS IS KING. MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. SLIPS THROUGH TO THE 30 YARD LINE AND THAT IS WHERE HE IS BROUGHT DOWN. A GAIN OF 24. IAN: BACK IN CLEVELAND, CHIEFS LEADING THE BROWNS 7-3, 8:15 MARK FIRST QUARTER, BROWNS GET THE FOOTBALL BACK, FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 30 YARD LINE, HOLCOMB FILLING IN FOR THE INJURED TIM COUCH, JAMEL WHITE IN THE BACKFIELD TAKES THE HANDOFF AND RUNS INTO A CROWD UP THE MIDDLE. MIKE MIS LOWSKI FIRST MAN THERE. A GAIN OF ABOUT FIVE. DAN: HERE IS TONY GONZALEZ. YOU'VE GOT TO JAM HIM AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. HE RUNS AN UP PATTERN. YOU CAN'T GIVE HIM A FREE RELEASE ON THIRD AND FOUR. WHAT HAPPENS? THERE IS NOBODY BETWEEN HE AND THE END ZONE EXCEPT ROBERT GRIFFITH AND I'M SURE GRIFFITH IS GOING "THANKS FOR FOR NOTHING" AT 197 POUNDS I GET TO TRY TO KEEP GONZALEZ OUT OF THE END ZONE. IAN: GRIFFITH'S REPUTATION IS ONE OF THE BEST TACKLERS IN THE NFL. DAN: YOU CAN'T LET GONZALEZ OFF THE LINE THAT EASILY. IAN: A QUICK SLANT TO JAMEL WHITE AND HE IS SLUNG DOWN AFTER A GAIN OF SIX, A FIRST DOWN FOR CLEVELAND. IAN: JASON BELSER IS THE STARTER AT FREE SAFETY. JEROME WOODS, NORMAL STARTER OUT FOR THE SEASON WITH A BROKEN LEG. NEW SET OF DOWNS TO WORK WITH FOR CLEVELAND. WHITE REMAINS IN THE GAME. WE ARE STILL YET TO SEE THE ROOKIE WILLIAM GRAY. HOLCOMB IN TROUBLE, SLINGS ONE UNDERNEATH TO JAMEL WHITE AND HE IS BROUGHT DOWN QUICKLY AFTER THE GAIN OF TWO BY MARVCUS PATTON, THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER. WILLIAM GREEN STILL WAITING TO MAKE HIS NFL DEBUT. DAN: HE MISSED A PRACTICE THIS WEEK WITH A BACK SPASM THAT HE GOT JUST RIGHT BEFORE THE START OF PRACTICE. THEY SENT HIM UP TO THE CLEVELAND CLINIC TO HAVE HIM LOOKED AT AND HE CAME BACK AND PRACTICED AT FULL SPEED ON FRIDAY AND WE WERE TOLD THAT HEALTH-WISE, HE'S JUST FINE. IAN: RYAN TUCKER JUST GOT HELPED OFF THE FIELD -- THE STARTING RIGHT TACKLE. CAMPBELL AND SANDERS. WHITE TRYING TO ACCELERATE INTO THE HOLE AND NOWHERE TO RUN. HE PICKS UP A ■YARD. >> PERSONAL FOUL. DEAD BALL. ON NUMBER 25, DEFENSE, 15 YARDS, FIRST DOWN. IAN: THE YOUNGSTER GREG WESLEY PICKS UP THAT PENALTY. HIS THIRD YEAR OUT OF ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF. STARTING STRONG SAFETY. THERE IS RYAN TUCKER, THE FORMER ST. LOUIS RAM SIGNED AS A FREE AGENT DURING THE OFF SEASON. DAN: HE'S THE STARTING RIGHT TACKLE FOR THE RAMS FOR THREE YEARS AND REALLY BEING COUNTED ON TO HELP SOLIDIFY THE LINE OF THE BROWNS. LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE LOOKING AT HIS LEFT KNEE. RYAN IS A BIG, STRONG, TOUGH GUY, AND BUTCH DAVIS COULDN'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT HOW WELL HE FIT IN HERE WITH THE BROWNS. IAN: IN TO KANSAS CITY TERRITORY, LINE OF SCRIMMAGE THE 41, ACROSS THE MIDDLE KEVIN JOHNSON HIS FIRST CATCH FOR A GAIN OF FIVE. A SHORT GAINER. DAN: LET'S GO BACK AND SEE IF WE CAN SEE WHERE TUCKER GOT HURT. NUMBER 72. AND YOU CAN SEE, YEAH, THEY JUST COLLAPSED ON HIS LEFT KNEE. DOING A GOOD JOB OF PASS PROTECTION, REALLY MAKING A STAND RIGHT THERE AND THEY CAME IN AND FELL ON HIS LEFT LEG. NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT HIS RIGHT LEG AS WELL. A LOT OF TIMES THEY WILL SEE HOW MUCH MOVEMENT YOU HAVE IN ONE KNEE AND THEN THEY WILL TEST YOUR OTHER KNEE -- IT'S COMPARISON SHOPPING, ALMOST. IAN: THE ROOKIE, WILLIAM GREEN, IS ON THE FIELD AND HIS FIRST NFL CARRY. STACKED UP, INITIALLY, SECOND EFFORT GOT HIM■■ YARD BUT GREG■■ WESLEY WAS THERE TO HELP FIGHT BACK THAT CHARGE FROM GREEN. HE'S GOT ONE UNDER HIS BELT. GREEN THOUGHT THAT THE DALLAS COWBOYS, THE TEAM THAT WAS MOST INTERESTED IN HIM BUT HE WAS SURPRISED BUT HAPPY WHEN HE GOT THE CALL FROM BUTCH DAVIS. DAN: THAT'S WHY THEY TOOK HIM IN THE FIRST ROUND. IT'S A PRETTY GOOD RESUME. A VERY LIKEABLE YOUNG MAN. WE HAD AN ENJOYABLE VISIT WITH HIM ON FRIDAY AND IT SEEMS THAT WALTER PAYTON IS HIS IDOL. HE WANTS TO BE LIKE HIM ON AND OFF THE FIELD. IAN: FOUR RECEIVER SET ON THIRD DOWN, OVERTHREW IT, TIMING WAS OFF AND A FLAG COMES DOWN. CONTACT MADE. TAJE ALLEN WITH ANDRA DAVIS THE INTENDED RECEIVER. ANOTHER PENALTY AGAINST THE CHIEFS. DAN: THIS ONE PRETTY OBVIOUS. >> NUMBER 26, KANSAS CITY, FIRST DOWN AT THE SPOT OF THE FOUL. IAN: THE DRIVE REMAINS ALIVE. DAN: WATCH IN THE SLOT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN. ALLEN'S GOING TO HOOK HIM AROUND THE WAIST RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN'T SPIN A RECEIVER ALL THE WAY AROUND LIKE ALLEN DID RIGHT THERE. ANDRA DAVIS GOT A STEP ON HIM. ALLEN CAME IN IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY. THAT'S UNMISSABLE. IAN: MOVED THE FOOTBALL TO THE 23. FIRST AND 10. WHITE REMAINS IN THE BACKFIELD. IAN: AVOIDS ONE TACKLE FROM DUANE CLEMONS WHO GOT HIS HANDS ON HIM, ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, STILL A LOSS OF TWO ON THE PLAY. RYAN SIMS INVOLVED IN THE STOP FROM NORTH CAROLINA. DAN: FEAST AND FAMINE IF YOU LOOK AT LAST YEAR WITH KANSAS CITY AND CLEVELAND WHEN IT COMES TO RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, CHIEFS HAVE THE NFL'S LEADING RUSHER, THE BROWNS WERE THE WORST RUSHING TEAM IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE LAST YEAR, THAT'S WHY THEY DRAFTED WILLIAM GREEN, THAT'S WHY THEY SIGNED A GUY LIKE RYAN TUCKER LIKE WE SEE ON THE WAY TO THE LOCKER ROOM, WHY THEY MOVED VERBA TO TACKLE. THEY MUST RUN THE FOOTBALL BETTER IF THEY WANT TO WIN IN THIS LEAGUE. IAN: ROOM TO RUN, WHITE HEADING TOWARD THE SIDELINE AND A GOOD GAINER FOR JAMEL WHITE OF NINE, BELSERND BARTEE COMBINED TO MAKE THE STOP. DAN: I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH BARTEE COMBINED, IT WAS BARTEE AT THE END THAT JAMEL WHITE GIVES A KISS TO AT THE END OF THIS PLAY. THIS IS HOW YOU FINISH IT. HELLO. IAN: THEY CALL THAT THE FULL BODY SHAMPOO. DAN: YES, IT WAS. A BONUS HIT. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. THAT'S THE WAY YOU FINISH IT OFF. JAMEL WHITE. IAN: HE HAS SCULPTED HIS BODY DURING THE OFF SEASON AND HAS COME IN STRONGER. FIVE FOOT NINE, 208. THREE TIGHT END LOOK. PLAY FAKE. HOLCOMB, THROWING OVER THE MIDDLE AND BROKEN UP. SANDERS IN A MATCH-UP WITH MASLOWSKI. DAN: PERFECT TIMING BY MIKE MASLOWSKI WITH THE HIT. THAT'S THE WAY YOU DO IT ACROSS THE MIDDLE. YOU'RE THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER, YOU SIT IN THERE, YOU SAY, "NO, THIS IS MY TERRITORY," CONTACT AT THE IMMEDIATE MOMENT THAT T BALL CAME IN, TEXTBOOK ON HOW TO DO IT. IAN: AND IT BRINGS UP FOURTH DOWN. DAWSON, AFTER CONNECTING ON HIS FIRST ATTEMPT -- THIS WILL BE A 33-YARDER, GARDOCKI WILL HOLD IT. AND DAWSON SPLITS THE UPRIGHTS. IAN: GORGEOUS DAY HERE IN CLEVELAND, KANSAS CITY PLAYING ITS FIRST EVER GAME IN CLEVELAND BROWN STADIUM AND THEY LEAD IT 7-6 WITH 3:16 TO GO IN THE FIRST QUARTER. DAN: THIS VERSION OF CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM. IAN: THIS VERSION. A LITTLE ADDENDUM. AND YOUR FIRST EVER TRIP TO THIS VERSION OF CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM. DAN: IT CERTAINLY IS, ALTHOUGH I HAVE BEEN TO THE OLD ONE MANY TIMES. IAN: DAWSON ON THE KICKOFF. DANTE HALL WAITING. SAILS. FOUR YARDS DEEP. AND UNRETURNABLE. CHIEFS WILL HAVE IT AT THE 20. IAN: MONDAY THIS FALL ON @L S, THE NETWORK THAT BROUGHT YOU "C.S.I." TAKES TO YOU A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, "C.S.I.: MIAMI" MONDAYS THIS FALL ON CBS. DAN: BIG HIT. BOOK ON. IAN: YEAH? THE PREDICTION IS IN? DAN: NO DOUBT. CAN'T FAIL. CAN'T MISS. THE EMMY NOMINATIONS ARE ROLLING IN. IAN: I'M GOING TO BACK YOU ON THAT, DAVID CARUSO BACK TO NETWORK TELEVISION WITH KIM DELANEY. DAN: THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME TO WATCH IT. IAN: HANDOFF. PRIEST HOLMES. IAN: HOLMES HAS ROOM THEN SPRAWLED OUT AS HE GOT ACROSS THE 30 YARD LINE, A GAIN OF 11. "THE NFL TODAY" UPDATE. WE HEAD TO NEW YORK AND JIM NANTZ. JIM: ALL RIGHT, IAN, 15 PLAYS, 96 YARDS FOR THE COLTS, MANNING TO CADRE ISMAI'L AND TONY DUNGY SEES HIS FIRST TOUCHDOWN AS HEAD COACH AT INDIANAPOLIS. BACK TO YOU. GOOD LUCK TO YOU GUYS IN THE SEASON, IAN, DAN, LANCE, MIKE AND THE CREW. IAN: INDIANAPOLIS ONE OF THOSE TEAMS THAT EASILY COULD PULL A TURNAROUND FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. DAN: AND ESPECIALLY IN THE DIVISION THEY'RE IN IN THE AFC SOUTH. IAN: ON FIRST DOWN. HOLMES. LOOK AT THE MOVES. PRIEST HOLMES CUTTING ON A DIME AND WILL SHIELDS PROVIDES THAT BLOCK UP FRONT. A GAIN OF EIGHT. DAN: PRIEST HOLMES. EVERYBODY WHO FOLLOWED THE RAVENS AND SAW HIM PLAY IN BALTIMORE KNEW THAT HE WAS TALENTED -- OF COURSE, WHEN JAMAL -- JAMAAL LEWIS CAME IN TO BALTIMORE HE BECAME EXPENDABLE AND WHAT A GODSEND FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS. LED THE LEAGUE IN RUSHING LAST YEAR. HE HAD 1268 YARDS IN 1998 WITH THE RAVENS BUT LAST YEAR COMBINED YARDAGE OVER 2,100, THIS GUY IS JUST A DELIGHT. IAN: ON A SECOND AND TWO, BOOTLEG, GREEN ABLE TO GET RID OF IT BUT JUST OVER THE OUTSTRETCHED ARMS OF TONY RICHARDSON, INCOMPLETE, DWAYNE RUDD PROVIDED THE PRESSURE ON GREEN. DAN: WHEN YOU RUN THE PLAY IN PRACTICE, IAN, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF PRESSURE IN YOUR FACE. IT'S EASIER ON THE PRACTICE FIELD. YOU'RE HOPING THAT IN THAT CASE RUDD GOES DOWN THE FIELD, DOWN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND DOESN'T END UP IN YOUR FACE. DWAYNE RUDD REALLY KILLED THAT PLAY. IAN: TRENT GREEN TODAY HAS THE TOUCHDOWN, HAD THE INTERCEPTION AND WAS NOT HIS FAULT AFTER GONZALEZ GOT TRIPPED UP ON THE FIRST DRIVE OF THE GAME. THIRD AND TWO, HALL IS IN AS THE THIRD RECEIVER. HE COMES IN MOTION. GREEN, SHORT DROP AND A QUICK THROW TO PRIEST HOLMES TRYING TO CREATE AFTER THE CATCH AND HE IS SWUNG DOWN BY COREY FULLER. BUT HE HAD ENOUGH FOR THE FIRST DOWN. A GAIN OF THREE. DAN: AND THIS IS WHERE PRIEST HOLMES CATCHES MOST OF HIS PASSES. HE WOULD LIKE TO GO UPFIELD MORE BUT HE CATCHES THEM LIKE THIS WHERE HE'S GOING PARALLEL TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. IT'S A LOT HARDER FOR THE RUNNING BACK TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN FROM THAT POSITION BUT A TREMENDOUS STIFF-ARM IS YOUR BEST FRIEND, AND IT DOESN'T GET A LOT BETTER THAN THE STIFF ARM HE GIVES COREY FULLER RIGHT THERE -- OOH. IAN: PRIEST HOLMES TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WANTS TO SHOW THE SMALLER BACKS THAT THEY CAN SUCCEED IN THIS LEAGUE LIKE HE HAS. PRO BOWL LAST YEAR. NEW SET OF DOWNS TO WORK WITH, GREEN, PUMP FAKE, HAS THE SAFETY VALVE IN THE FLAT, MICHAEL CLOUD. HE PICKS UP FOUR YARDS ON THE PASS PLAY. BONNIE BERNSTEIN. BONNIE: YOU MENTIONED PRIEST HOLMES LED THE LEAGUE IN RUSHING LAST YEAR, ALSO LED THE LEAGUE IN YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE BUT NOT AT ALL BOTHERED HE SAID THAT HE DOESN'T GET THE PUBLICITY OF MARSHALL FAULK. HE SAID IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO GO HOME TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AND MAKE EVERYBODY THERE PROUD. HE SAID "I'M 5-9, I'M BREAKING BARRIERS SHOWING THAT LITTLE GUYS CAN PUT UP THE NUMBERS." IAN: HE'S A VERY GIVING PERSON. WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT STORY IN A BIT, ABOUT PRO BOWL WEEKEND. PRIEST HOLMES, AGAIN, GETS THE CALL AND COURTNEY BROWN THE FIRST MAP TO GREET HIM. HE PICKS UP A YARD. DAN: THERE ARE PHYSICAL SIMILARITIES BETWEEN PRIEST HOLMES AND MARSHALL FAULK. MARSHALL FAULK ISN'T 6-3 EITHER. BOTH OF THOSE GUYS WELL UNDER SIX FEET TALL BUT A LOT OF POWER AND AGAIN, AS YOU SEE OVER OVER IN RUNNING BACKS, YOU LOOK AT BARRY SANDERS, IT'S THAT THING THUMPING INSIDE YOUR CHEST -- THAT MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST THING OF ALL YOU'VE GOT GOING FOR YOU. THESE GUYS GOT BIG HEARTS. >> AND IT IS A THIRD AND FOUR. HENRY IN AS PART OF THE NICKEL PACKAGE FOR CLEVELAND. A LITTLE RAZZLE-DAZZLE. HALL TAKES IT. DANTE HALL STRETCHES FOR THE FIRST DOWN. DAN: NOT YOUR CONVENTIONAL THIRD AND SHORT YARDAGE PLAY. WOW. IAN: DICK VERMEIL SAYS, "DANTE HALL IS OUR AZ HAKIM" AND THIS IS HIS PERSONAL PROJECT. DAN: THIS IS IMAGINATIVE PLAY CALLING BY AL SAUNDERS, OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR TO RUN THE REVERSE ON THIRD AND THREE. IAN: KANSAS CITY IN FRONT OF CLEVELAND AS WE START THE SECOND QUARTER. LOG ONTO NFL ELEPHANT COM. IAN: LOG ONTO NFL.COM. OR AMERICA ONLINE ENTER KEYWORD NFL.COM. ON A FIRST AND 10, PRIEST HOLMES SETS UP AS A RECEIVER AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN. TOSS UNDERNEATH TO HOLMES AND THEY WEREN'T FOOLED. THE BROWNS REACTED QUICKLY. DWAYNE RUDD FOR A LOSS OF TWO. DAN: EDDIE KENNISON WENT IN MOTION THAT TIME ACROSS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND BROUGHT THE CLEVELAND DEFENSE TO THAT SIDE OF THE FIELD AND THEN THEY THROW IT IN BEHIND HIM. YOU'RE RIGHT. THE BROWNS WERE ALL OVER THAT. THAT PLAY WAS DOOMED FROM THE START. IAN: JUST TO FINISH OFF ON PRIEST HOLMES, HE AND WILL SHIELDS SPLIT THE TAB FOR THE PRO BOWL, BRINGING 12, 13, HE DIDN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, TEAMMATES TO HAWAII AND PICKED UP THE TRAVEL COSTS AND THE HOTEL BILL AS WELL. NOT A BAD DEAL AS WELL. DAN: A LOT OF EXCITEMENT THERE FOR PRIEST. IT WAS WILL A SEVENTH PRO BOWL. IAN: A VETERAN. DAN: A VETERAN. IAN: DANTE HALL CREATING AFTER THE CATCH AND HALL CROSSES THE 45 TO THE 44. A GAIN OF FOUR YARDS. DAN: A NIFTY AFTER THE CATCH BUT HOW ABOUT THE CATCH ITSELF BY DANTE HALL. LOOK AT THIS LITTLE FLARE. A ONE-HANDED SNAG. THAT'S TOUGHER THAN IT LOOKS LIKE BUT SMART. GOT DOWN AND THE TACKLER WENT RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF HIM. IAN: AND THE FIRST CAREER NFL RECEPTION FOR DANTE HALL, NOW IN HIS THIRD YEAR OUT OF TEXAS A&M, 5-8, 187 POUNDS. DAN: A YEAR AGO IN THIS SITUATION, GONZALEZ, THE ONLY REAL TARGET FOR GREEN. IAN: THIRD AND LONG. GREEN STEPS UP IN THE POCKET. PRESSURE IS COMING. UNLOADS. A LOW THROW. DANTE HALL WENT DOWN TO GET IT. IS IT A CLEAN CATCH? YES. TO THE 35. DAN: WE MIGHT TAKE A PEEK AT THIS. WHAT DO YOU THINK? DANTE HALL WORKING INSIDE. IN THE SLOT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? IAN: RHETORICAL QUESTION? DAN: I'M ASKING YOU. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONLY PERSON THAT REALLY MATTERS WHAT HE THINKS RIGHT NOW IS BUTCH DAVIS. IAN: JUST ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN. AND DAVIS WANTS TO KNOW IF THAT BALL WAS TRAPPED. >> CLEVELAND IS CHALLENGING THE FACT THAT IT WAS A COMPLETED PASS. DAN: OUR FIRST REVOW OF 2002. -- REVIEW OF 2002. THIS OUGHT TO GIVE US A GOOD LOOK. WOW. WOW, WOW, WOW. WELL, FOLKS, LET'S START OUR REFRESHER COURSE ON THE REVIEW SYSTEM FOR THIS YEAR. WE ALWAYS START -- HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK. DOES THE BALL SNEAK -- RIGHT THERE IT LOOKED LIKE THE BALL WAS BETWEEN HIS ARMS ON THE FIELD. IAN: I THOUGHT IT TOUCHED GREEN BEFORE IT TOUCHED HIM. DAN: IN EVERY REVIEW, FOLKS, WE MUST START WITH THIS. ON THE FIELD, IT WAS RULED A CATCH, SO WE MUST SEE INDISPUTABLE VISUAL EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS NOT. I THINK THE BALL HIT THE FIELD. I DON'T THINK IT'S A CATCH. THAT ONE -- THE END OF TYOU WOULD SURMISE THAT BUT YOU -- THE END OF IT, YOU WOULD SURMISE IT BUT YOU CAN'T SURMISE ANYTHING. YOU HAVE TO SEE IT. THE ONE WE SAW FROM THE ONE END ZONE WHERE WE COULD SEE THE BALL COMING IN, FROM THAT VANTAGE POINT IT LOOKED LIKE THE BALL WAS BETWEEN DANTE HALL'S ARMS AND ON THE FIELD. IAN: RIGHT NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FIRST DOWN AT THE 35 YARD LINE OR A FOURTH AND LONG AND BACK IT UP TO THE 43. DAN: RON BLUM HAS TO SEE SOMETHING THAT HE IS 100% CONVINCED IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO OVERTURN THE CALL ON THE FIELD. IAN: COACH'S CHALLENGE FROM BUTCH DAVIS QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT DANTE HALL CAUGHT THIS CLEANLY. TRAJECTORY OF THE FOOTBALL LOOKED LIKE IT WAS HEADING TOWARD THE GROUND >> THE BALL HIT THE GROUND. IT IS AN IN INCOMPLETED FORWARD PASS. DO NOT CHARGE THE TIME OUT. THIRD AND EIGHT ON THE 44. IAN: GOOD CALL BY BUTCH DAVIS TO QUESTION IT. DAN: I THINK THIS LOOK IS THE ONE RON BLUM WAS LOOKING AT. IT GOES BETWEEN HIS ARMS AND BOUNCES OFF THE GROUND. DANTE HALL DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF FINISHING IT OFF AND MAKING IT LOOK LIKE A CATCH. THE REVIEW SYSTEM IN ACTION AND IT WORKED. IAN: CLEVELAND DOES NOT LOSE A TIME OUT. KANSAS CITY FORCED TO PUNT IT. DAN STRYZINSKI FROM THE SNAP OF KENDALL GAMMON. DENNIS NORTHCUTT STANDING AT HIS OWN 10 WAITING. THE VETERAN, STRYZINSKI, FORMER STEELER, BUCCANEER AND FALCON. HIGH PUNT. DIRECTIONAL PUNTING IS HIS SPECIALTY. LOOKING FOR THE CORNER. DID HE GET IT? DAN: NO. IAN: THERE IS YOUR ANSWER. IT'S GOING BACK TO THE 20. DAN: A COUPLE OF FLAGS DOWN HERE LATE. WELL AFTER THE PLAY. IAN: A 43-YARD PUNT. A NET OF 23. BUT TWO FLAGS AS DAN MENTIONED COMING AFTER THE BALL HAD SAILED THROUGH THE END ZONE AND HIT THE GROUND. DAN: THESE FLAGS CAME DOWN FIVE SECONDS AFTERWARDS. I BELIEVE WE HAD A FRACAS. IAN: PERSONAL FOUL. >> UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS, NUMBER 30, CAPS CITY, IT'S A 15-YARD PENALTY, ENFORCED ON THE 20 YARD LINE BECAUSE THE RESULT OF THE PLAY WAS A TOUCHDOWN. TIME OUT. IAN: IMPROVED FIELD POSITION FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS, FIRST AND 10 AT THEIR OWN 35 YARD LINE, THEY TRAIL KANSAS CITY 7-6 HERE IN THE SECOND QUARTER. JAMEL WHITE REMAINS IN THE BACKFIELD FOR THE BROWNS. GREEN HAS GOTTEN JUST ONE CARRY. THE ROOKIE. PLAY ACTION. HOLCOMB STEPS UP. FIRES. FINDS THE SEAM. IT'S KEVIN JOHNSON. JOHNSON IS INTO KANSAS CITY TERRITORY. A 22-YARD GAINER. DAN: THAT'S EXACTLY THE WAY YOU DRAW A PLAY ACTION. LOOK HOW IT SUCKS IN THE LINEBACKERS FOR KANSAS CITY. THEY'RE FINALLY GOING BACK INTO THEIR DROPS, PERFECT PROTECTION BY THE BROWNS OFFENSIVE LINE AND HOLCOMB DELIVERS A STRIKE. THAT IS HOW YOU RUN A PLCTION PASS. KEVIN JOHNSON NO STRANGER TO CATCHING PASSES IN THIS STADIUM -- ONLY 84 OF THEM LAST YEAR. IAN: HE GOT A NEW FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. HOL COMB A ROLL-OUT ON FIRST AND 10. PUTS IT UP TOP, WIDE OPEN, NORTHCUTT. HE'S IN. TOUCHDOWN, CLEVELAND. DAN: STATISTICALLY LAST YEAR THE WORST OFFENSIVE TEAM IN FOOTBALL SHOWS QUICK-STRIKE ABILITY. IT STARTED WITH ANOTHER JOB OF TREMENDOUS PASS PROTECTION BUT AGAINST THE KANSAS CITYONE THEY COMPLETELY LOST TRACK OF DENNIS NORTHCUT. IT WAS HARD TO FIND A CHIEF IN THE PICTURE WHILE HE WAS RUNNING THAT POST PATTERN DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. IAN: IT IS THE FIRST CAREER TOUCHDOWN FOR DENNIS NORTHCUTT. KELLY HOLCOMB ON A LONG CONNECTION TO DENNIS NORTHCUTT. IAN: SOME SWEET MUSIC FOR KELLY HOLCOMB. A 43-YARD STRIKE TO DENNIS NORTHCUTT, LONGEST PASS PLAY OF HOLCOMB'S SIX-YEAR NFL CAREER. TWO PLAYS, 65 YARDS. IAN: IT TOOK 46 SECONDS. DAN: HE HAD TO BE SHOCKED THAT HE WAS THAT WIDE OPEN. IAN: DANTE HALL OFFENSE DAWSON KICK. RUNS INTO A BRICK WALL AT THE 16 YARD LINE IN THE PERSON OF LEWIS SANDERS. 21-YARD RETURN. DAN: HERE IS NORTHCUTT, HERE IS GREG WESLEY, THE SAFETY. HE SEES NORTHCUTT ALL THE WAY BUT DOESN'T REACT. WATCH WESLEY TO YOUR RIGHT. HE'S LOOKING AT HIM. BY THE TIME HE FIGURES OUT THAT HE'S GOT TO GET THERE, IT'S WAY TOO LATE. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT EITHER HE THOUGHT HE HAD HELP TO THAT SIDE OF THE FIELD, I DON'T KNOW, BUT DENNIS NORTHCUTT, WHEN HOL COMB LOOKED UP HE HAD TO BE STUNNED. CAN I BELIEVE IT I'VE GOT A GUY THAT OPEN? IAN: ON FIRST DOWN, GREEN THROWS TO PRIEST HOLMES OVER THE MIDDLE AND HOLMES PICKS UP FOUR. TACKLE MADE BY EARL HOLMES. NO RELATION. KELLY HOLCOMB, YOU ASKED HIM DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THE LAST THREE YEARS WITH BACKUP QUARTERBACKS IN THE SUPER BOWL? "I'M HUMAN, YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT IT." DAN: HE SAID "I DAY DREAM LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE," HE'S 29 YEARS OLD BUT LOOK AT THAT, HIS SECOND START TODAY -- ONLY HIS SEVENTH GAME. A LOT OF PRACTICE. NOT MUCH PLAYING. IAN: ON THAT KANSAS CITY LINE, WILLIE ROAF IS GETTING A REST, MARCUS SPEARS IN AT LEFT TACKLE, PRIEST HOLMES BARRELING HIS WAY THROUGH AND A GAIN OF THREE. TYRONE ROGERS COMBINING WITH DARREN HAMBRICK. HAMBRICK FILLING IN FOR THE INJURED JAMIR MILLER OUT FOR THE SEASON WITH A RIGHT ACHILLES' TENDON INJURY. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, ON CBS, THE LAW HAS ITS LIMITS BUT ONE EX-COP DOESN'T. DAVID MORSE AND ANDRE BRAUGHER STAR IN A BOLD NEW DRAMA, "HACK," FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 ON CBS. DAN: HIT. IAN: YOU LIKE IT? DAN: I LIKE IT. IAN: TWO OUT OF TWO, CBS. DAN: IT'S A GUY SHOW. IAN: I LIKE YOUR SYNOPSES AS WELL. TIME OUT CALLED BY KANSAS CITY. PLAY CLOCK WAS WINDING DOWN. GREEN WILL HEAD TO THE SIDELINE TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH DICK VERMEIL. IAN: 13-7 CLEVELAND LEADING KANSAS CITY, THIRD AND THREE FOR THE CHIEFS FROM THEIR OWN 24 AFTER CALLING THE TIME OUT, FIVE-RECEIVER LOOK, EMPTY BACKFIELD, GROWN STEPS UP. GREEN SCRAMBLING. LUNGES FORWARD. HE'S GOT THE FIRST DOWN. OUT NEAR THE 29 YARD LINE. BRANT BOYER CUT HIM DOWN LOW TO MAKE THE STOP. A GAIN OF FIVE. DAN: THAT'S A DEFENSIVE BREAKDOWN FOR THE BROWNS IN THE MIDDLE. [THE CAPTIONING ON THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED AS AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE OF THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, INC., WHICH IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURATE AND COMPLETE TRANSCRIPTION OF PROGRAM T. CBS, ITS PARENT AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS AND DIVISIONS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY TRANSCRIPTION OR FOR ANY ERRORS IN TRANSCRIPTION.] [CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY CBS SPORTS DIVISION] IAN: EDDIE KENNISON SPUN DOWN AT THE FIVE YARD LINE BY ANTHONY HENRY. DAN: HE TURNED ANTHONY HENRY ALL THE WAY AROUND ON THIS PASS ROUTE. THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION, I THINK, WITH HENRY TRYING TO DECIDE WHO HE HAD,, BY THE TIME HENRY REALIZED THAT HIS GUY WAS KENNISON, IT WAS WAY TOO LATE. WE TALKED, EARLIER, ABOUT EDDIE KENNISON AND HIS BLAZING SPEED. YOU GIVE THIS GUY A STEP, THERE AREN'T MANY CORNERS IN THIS LEAGUE THAT ARE GOING TO PLAY CATCH-UP WITH EDDIE KENNISON. IAN: A 64-YARD PASS PLAY SETTING UP A FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE SEVEN. HOLMES GETS THE CARRY AND IS UPENDED NEAR THE SIDELINE. ROBERT GRIFFITH WILL GET CREDIT FOR THAT STOP. A PICKUP OF TWO. DAN: IF YOU DID A FREEZE FRAME ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THAT RUN, I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE A KANSAS CITY TOUCHDOWN. THERE WERE BLOCKERS OUT IN FRONT. THEY HAD THE WHOLE DEAL GOING AND THEN GRIFFITH COMES UP WITH A TREMENDOUS TACKLE. GOOD PURSUIT THAT TIME BY CLEVELAND. THAT WAS WELL SET UP BY THE CHIEFS AND CLEVELAND SNUFFED IT. IAN: EDDIE KENNISON THE NFL'S FASTEST MAN COMPETITION. HE WON IT BACK IN 1997. SECOND AND GOAL. HOLMES AGAIN TRYING TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE. HE'S GOT THE EDGE. KANSAS CITY TOUCHDOWN. DAN: AND DWAYNE RUDD RIGHT NOW IS SAYING TO HIMSELF "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT PRIEST HOLMES BEAT ME TO THE CORNER." RUDD HAS THE ANGLE. HE'S GOT THE ANGLE RIGHT NOW. HERE COMES RUDD AND HE THINKS HE HAS HIM AND HE CANNOT BELIEVE THAT PRIEST HOLMES PUT ON ENOUGH OF A BURST TO GET AROUND THE CORNER. NOBODY EVER TALKS ABOUT HOLMES WITH SPEED. THEY TALK ABOUT HIS EFFECTIVENESS. DWAYNE RUDD RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT HIS SPEED. IT SURPRISED HIM. IAN: THERE IS THAT FAULK-LIKE CHARACTERISTIC THAT YOU ALLUDED TO EARLIER. DAN: GOOD POINT. IAN: MORTEN ANDERSEN IAN: PRIEST HOLMES, EIGHT RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS LAST SEASON. HE'S GOT HIS FIRST OF 2002. A FIVE-YARD RUN FOR HOLMES. AND KANSAS CITY HAS THE ONE-POINT LEAD. YOU SEE THE SCORING DRIVE. KEY PLAY, EDDIE KENNISON ON THE HOME RUN BALL FROM TRENT GREEN, 64 YARDS. DAN: IT WAS A WONDERFUL ROUTE BY KENNISON. IAN: KICKOFF BY KENNISON, SHORT KICK, TRYING TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE, CANNOT. A 14-YARD RUN-BACK FOR DAVIS. DAN: LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THAT LONG PASS. HERE IS EDDIE KENNISON RIGHT HERE AND HE'S GOING TO COME DOWN HERE BUT I WANT TO WATCH WHAT HE DOES. WATCH HOW YOU SELL A CORNER ON MAKING A MOVE. WE'RE GOING TO STOP IT RIGHT ABOUT HERE. EDDIE DENNISON -- EDDIE KENNISON IS GOING TO SELL AN UP PATTERN BUT HE SELLS IT HERE, BY THE TIME HE CAN RECOVER YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET BACK IN ON EDDIE KENNISON. EDDIE KENNISON SHOWED RIGHT THERE THERE IS MORE TO HAD HIS GAME THAN JUST SPEED. IAN: WILLIAM GREEN BY HIMSELF IN THE BACKFIELD. GREEN GETS THE CARRY AND TRIPPED UP AS HE CROSSED THE 30 YARD LINE. HE PICKED UP TWO YARDS. CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND CONCLUDES WITH THE ULTIMATE TEST OF TOUGHNESS. THE MEN'S FINAL FEATURING ANDRE AGASSI AND PETE SAMPRAS. IAN: FOR MORE GO TO CBS SPORTSLINE -- GO TO CBS.SPORTSLINE.COM OR AMERICA ONLINE KEYWORD CBS SPORTSLINE. DAN: I HAVE A HOUSEFUL OF DAUGHTERS WHO SWOON EVERY TIME THEY SEE ANDRE AGASSI. IAN: I GO WITH ANDRE AGASSI. DAN: BECAUSE PETE SAMPRAS HASN'T WON ANYTHING SINCE 2000? IAN: THAT WORKS. HOLCOMB THROWING TO MARK CAMPBELL OUT TO MIDFIELD AND THE CONNECTION GOOD FOR 18 YARDS, FIRST DOWN FOR THE BROWNS. DAN: I THINK THE CROWD HERE AT CLEVELAND STADIUM IS FINALLY SAYING "WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH KELLY HOLCOMB," HE'S PUTTING THE BALL WHERE HE NEEDS TO PUT IT. IF YOU SAW THE BROWNS IN PRESEASON YOU SAW THIS GUY WAS IN CONTROL OF THINGS AND HE'S FINDING A FAVORITE GUY IN MARK CAMPBELL, ALL TRAINING CAMP EVERYONE IN THE CLEVELAND ORGANIZATION WAXING POETIC ABOUT NUMBER 83. IAN: GOOD SIGN FOR CAMPBELL. HE MISSED ALL OF 2001 WITH A KNEE INJURY. FIRST DOWN. HERE IS GREEN. HE TOOK A POP AS HE GOT UP TO THE 46 YARD LINE. SECOND EFFORT TO THE 45. A GAIN OF FIVE. IT WAS GREG WESLEY WITH THAT HIT. DAN: WE ASKED WILLIAM GREEN ABOUT WAS THE NFL WHAT HE THOUGHT AND I THINK HE HAD THE SAME RESPONSE EVERY RUNNING BACK HAS HAD WHEN THEY COME TO THIS LEAGUE. "THAT HOLE LOOKED AWFULLY BIG WHEN I TOOK THE HANDOFF," THEN BY THE TIME I GOT THERE IT'S NOT VERY BIG ANYMORE." THEY CLOSE IN A HURRY IN THIS LEAGUE. IAN: HE DID SAY THE TRANSITION HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER BECAUSE THE OFFENSE IS SIMILAR TO BOSTON COLLEGE -- THE ONE THAT HE RAN BACK IN HIS COLLEGIATE DAYS, THREE YEARS WITH THE EAGLES. TIME OUT TAKEN BY KANSAS CITY. IAN: WILLIAM GREEN, THE FIRST RUNNING BACK TAKEN IN THE DRAFT, HE'S GOT THE BREAKAWAY SPEED, THE COMBINATION OF SIZE AND STRENGTH THAT YOU LOOK FOR, AND CLEVELAND -- BUTCH DAVIS SAID IT. WE'RE TAKING A RUNNING BACK. IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT GREEN DROPPED DOWN TO OUR SPOT. DAN: IF IT WASN'T WILLIAM GREEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEONE ELSE. IAN: FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUES ARE STILL FORMING. TO SIGN UP NOW CLICK ON FANTASY AT CBS.SPORTSLINE.COM, OR ON AMERICA ONLINE ENTER KEYWORD CBS SPORTSLINE. A THREE RECEIVER LOOK. KANSAS CITY WITH A NICKEL PACKAGE. SECOND AND FIVE FROM THE 45. HOLCOMB, A LITTLE PLAY ACTION. RUSH IS COMING. GETS RID OF IT. HERE IS WHITE. FIRST DOWN AND MORE. FLAG DOWN. JAMEL WHITE TURNS THE CORNER. WHITE DOWN THE SIDELINE AND FORCED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 11. BUT A PENALTY MARKER ON THE PLAY. DAN: ON A SCREEN PASS LIKE THAT YOUR FIRST INCLINATION IS, WAS ONE OF THE BLOCKERS DOWNFIELD AHEAD OF THE PLAY? MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THAT'S THE CALL. WE'VE GOT A PERSONAL FOUL. IAN: R.J. BOWERS, IT APPEARS -- NUMBER 34. NOW ANOTHER FLAG COMES DOWN AS A HELMET FLEW OFF OF ERIC HICKS. DAN: ERIC HICKS IS DOWN ON ONE KNEE ACTING LIKE HE'S HURT. THERE ARE FLAGS ALL OVER THE FIELD. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO REMOVE YOUR HELMET OUT ON THE FIELD. THE OLD EMMITT SMITH RULE. OUR FIRST CALL IS WE HAVE CLIPPING. THEN THE HELMET COMING OFF. >> DURING THE RUN, CLIPPING ON NUMBER 34, CLEVELAND. AFTER THE RUN WAS OVER, FOR UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT, NUMBER 98, KANSAS CITY, THOSE PENALTIES OFFSET. REPLAY THE DOWN. IAN: NOT NEARLY AS MUCH DAMAGE BUT IT TURNS AWAY A BIG PLAY FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS AND RIGHT NOW THE CONCERN IS FOR ERIC HICKS. DAN: ABSOLUTELY, RIGHT NOW THE BIG CONCERN FOR KANSAS CITY, THEIR BEST DEFENSE LINEMAN, ERIC HICKS, THE CLIP CALLED ON R.J. BOWERS. RIGHT ON THE LEFT. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OPEN FIELD. THAT IS VERY BLATANT. THE PLAY WAS COMING BACK REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT ERIC HICKS TOOK OFF HIS HELMET. IAN: HICKS IS ABLE TO MAKE HIS WAY TO THE SIDELINE. WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH HICKS YESTERDAY. HE SAID HE WAS MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WITH HIS DEFENSIVE SCHEME NOW AS OPPOSED TO A YEAR AGO WHERE HICKS ONLY HAD THREE AND A HALF SACKS. COMPARE THAT TO 2000 WHEN HE HAD 14. DAN: ERIC SAYING "I LOST CONFIDENCE IN MY MOVES, THE MOVES THAT WERE WORKING THE YEAR BEFORE." HE SAID HE'S PUT ON ABOUT 15 POUNDS, HE FEELS A LOT BETTER, HE'S A BIG FACTOR FOR THE CHIEFS ON THEIR DEFENSIVE LINE. THEY NEED THAT TURF TO GET OUT THERE. IAN: A QUICK SLANT FOR KEVI JOHNSON. THAT IS A TIMING PLAY THAT WORKED TO PERFECTION. A GAIN OF 12. HOLCOMB IS THROWING WITH CONFIDENCE. FIRST DOWN CLEVELAND. DAN: I DON'T CARE IF THAT'S OTTO GRAHAM, KURT WARNER OR DAN MARINO, THAT'S A PERFECT STRIKE. THAT COULDN'T BE THROWN BETTER BY ANY ONE OF 20 HALL OF FAMERS. KEVIN JOHNSON, A QUICK JAB TO THE OUTSIDE TO SELL BARTEE ON THE OUT MOVE AND THEN THE QUICK SLANT. ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFEND. IAN: FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 33. SOME CHICANERY. JOHNSON THROWING. WIDE OPEN, MORGAN, TOUCHDOWN, CLEVELAND. 33 YARDS. KEVIN JOHNSON WAS A QUARTERBACK IN HIGH SCHOOL GROWING UP IN HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY, AND HE JUST OWED YOU THE SKILLS TO HIS FELLOW WIDE-OUT QUINCY MORGAN. DAN: THIS LOOKS LIKE A PLAY THAT YOU DRAW UP IN THE SAND, IN THE DIRT IN YOUR BACK YARD WITH A STICK BEFORE YOU RUN IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD. WHAT A BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED AND EXECUTED REVERSE PASS. IAN: WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT FROM THE BAG OF TRICKS NOW, BOTH TEAMS IN THIS FIRST HALF. DAWSON WITH THE EXTRA POINT. ALL SMILES ON THAT BROWNS SIDELINE RIGHT NOW. DAN: THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD HAD TO BE FOR QUINCY MORGAN WAITING FOR THE BALL TO GET THERE. THAT MUST HAVE SEEMED LIKE 15 SECONDS WAITING FOR THAT PASS TO COME FROM KEVIN JOHNSON. WATCH THIS FROM BEHIND. KEVIN JOHNSON. AFTER THE PLAY FAKE. GOING TO COME FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. THERE HE'S GOT THE BALL. EVERYBODY IN A RED JERSEY BOUGHT THE RUN. AND HE REALLY DELIVERED A NICE PASS. A LITTLE FLUTTER TO IT. A LITTLE FLUTTER TO IT. RIGHT THERE YOU SEE ERIC WARFIELD WHO COMES OFF OF QUINCY MORGAN BECAUSE HE SEES IT'S A RUN. AND THEN WHY NOT TAKE A LITTLE TRIP TO THE POUND. YES, SIR. IN LAMBEAU, THAT WOULD BE THE LEAP, IN CLEVELAND INTO THE POUND. WHAT DO WE CALL IT? A SPRING? WHAT DO DOGS DO? HAVING NEVER DONE WESTMINSTER, I'M A LITTLE SHORT OF MY DOG TERMINOLOGY. IAN: I WAS LOOKING THROUGH YOUR RESUME. I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THERE. DAN: THAT WAS A REAL TRIUMPH FOR THE BROWNS, THAT PLAY. IAN: BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED. I DON'T KNOW IF HE ACTUALLY GOT IT TO THE ARMS OF BIG DOG IN THE DOG TOWN. IAN: DANTE HALL FROM THE FOUR. HALL ALONG THAT SIDELINE AND DIDN'T HAVE MUCH ROOM TO WORK WITH. CHRIS AKINS ON SPECIAL TEAMS MAKES THE PLAY. DAN: HERE IS QUINCY MORGAN AND WARFIELD, RIGHT HERE, THIS IS JOHNSON, THE FAKE'S COMING IN HERE, HE'S GOING TO COME AROUND AND THIS IS JUST A BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED PLAY BY BRUCE ARIANS, THE OFFENSIVEINATOR, WARFIELD SEES RUN ALL THE WAY AND THERE IS NOT A KANSAS CITY CHIEF -- BRUCE ARIANS DESIGNED A BEAUTIFUL PLAY, NOT A CHIEF WITHIN 20 YARDS OF QUINCY MORGAN. IAN: HOW ABOUT THE DOG DIVE? DOES THAT WORK? DAN: DOG DIVE? IAN: THAT WORKS? DAN: I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT. IAN: YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST. FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 26. DAN: YOU KNOW, COACHES -- THEY DRAW THEM UP. THEY WORK AND THEY WORK ON THEM. THEY ALWAYS WORK DURING PRACTICE. SELDOM DO THEY WORK IN A GAME AS SWEET AS THAT. IAN: HOW ABOUT THIS. UNDERNEATH THROW TO PRIEST HOLMES. DAN: HOW ABOUT IT. IAN: A LOT OF WORK TO GET TO THAT POINT AS HOLMES MAKES THE CATCH AND NO GAIN ON THE PLAY. HE WAS SMACKED BY KENNARD LANG. DAN: WE'RE BACK THOW THEY DRAW IT UP, IT LOOKS GOOD AND DOESN'T WORK SO WELL. IAN: THURSDAY ON CBS, THIS SUMMER'S HIT SHOW JUST KEEPS GETTING HOTTER. DON'T MISS AN ALL NEW "BIG BROTHER" THURSDAY, 8:00 PM HERE ON CBS. IT WILL BE SECOND AND 10 FOR KANSAS CITY. IAN: WE HAVE ALREADY HAD FIVE LEAD CHANGES HERE IN THE FIRST HALF. BROWNS UP 20-14. GREEN HAS THE PROTECTION. NOW AVOIDS THE RUSH. A LITTLE FLIP. HOLMES HAS BEEN THEIR OFFENSE HERE IN THIS SECOND QUARTER. DAYLON MCCUTCHEON -- HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET UP AFTER THAT HIT. A GAIN OF FOUR. AND A FLAG ON THE PLAY. DAN: ON A HOT DAY LIKE THIS THE FIRST THING GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND YOU'RE HOPING IT'S A CRAMP. YOU'RE HOPING IT'S A CRAMP. >> CLEVELAND, FIVE YARDS, IT'S A FIRST DOWN. IAN: COREY FULLER CALLED ON THAT PENALTY. BUT HIS FELLOW CORNERBACK, DAYLON MCCUTCHEON SLOW TO REACT FOLLOWING HIS HIT ON PRIEST HOLMES. DAN: OF COURSE, IF THAT LAST NAME IS FAMILIAR, THAT'S THE SON OF LAWRENCE MCCUTCHEON. RUNNING BACK FOR THE RAMS FOR SO MANY YEARS. IAN: YOU CAN SEE THE RESEMBLANCE, YOU SAY. DAN: OH, ABSOLUTELY. LAWRENCE AND I PLAYED IN A NUMBER OF PRO BOWLS TOGETHER. JUST A CLASS GUY. STILL DIRECTOR OF SCOUTING FOR THE RAMS. HOW PROUD HE MUST BE OF HIS SON AND I HOPE IT WAS JUST A CRAMP. IT'S VERY HOT DOWN THERE ON THE FIELD TODAY. EVEN THOUGH THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN THROUGH CAMP, YOU STILL LOSE A LOT OF FLUIDS AND THAT WON'T BE THE LAST CRAMP WE'LL SEE TODAY AS WE SEE ERIC HICKS ON HIS WAY IN TO THE KANSAS CITY LOCKER ROOM. IAN: FIRST DOWN FOR KANSAS CITY. FOLLOWING THE PENALTY ON CLEVELAND. LOUIS SANDERS WILL SLOT INTO MCCUTCHEON'S SPOT ON THE FIELD, SANDERS IN HIS THIRD YEAR FROM MARYLAND. 4:25 TO GO UNTIL HALFTIME. PLAY FAKE. GREEN, SIDELINE THROW. KENNISON WENT UP TO GET IT. DAN: DIDN'T HOLD ONTO IT. IAN: HIT BY LEWIS SANDERS. DAN: THE BALL'S UP IN THE AIR, AND EDDIE KENNISON'S DOING A REALLY NICE JOB. HE'S TRYING TO PUT IT BUT THE HELMET OF SANDERS JUST GOES RIGHT ON TO THE FOOTBALL, KNOCKING IT OUT. EXCELLENT WORK BY LEWIS SANDERS. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A KANSAS CITY COMPLETION AND ANOTHER BIG PLAY. IAN: STOPS THE CLOCK. 4:19 TO GO IN THE SECOND QUARTER. NOW IT'S SECOND AND 10 FOR K.C. DAN: WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE WOULD FIND OURSELVES IN A SHOOTOUT? IAN: I'VE DONE ENOUGH CLEVELAND GAMES IN MY LIFE. DAN: HERE WE GO AGAIN. IAN: DANTE HALL. TO THE 40 YARD LINE. JUST SHORT OF A FIRST DOWN. CLEVELAND AND "SHOOTOUTS" NOT EXACTLY IN THE SAME SENTENCE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. DAN: WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW HOT IT IS -- HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO REHYDRATE YOURSELF IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS. THAT'S "BIG DAWG," IT'S HOT, THE MASK HAD TO COME OFF. HE'S GOT TO TOWEL HIMSELF DOWN. I'M ONLY ASSUMING, THOUGH, THAT HE'S GOING TO REHYDRATE WITH DIFFERENT FLUIDS THANT PLAYERS WILL BE USING ON THE BENCH. IAN: THAT MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME, THOUGH, THAT BROWNS FANS AT HOME GOT TO SEE THE BIG DAWG WITHOUT THE MASK. DAN: YOU NOTICE WE DIDN'T DO A FULL FRONTAL BECAUSE WE DID NOT WANT TO REVEAL HIS IDENTITY. IAN: HIS TRUE IDENTITY. DAN: THAT'S RIGHT. YOU JUST GOT A GOOD PROFILE. IAN: ON THIRD AND ONE, PRIEST HOLMES UP THE MIDDLE MET BY WARREN AND PUSHED BACKWARDS. NO GAIN ON THE PLAY. THEY NEEDED A FULL YARD TO THE 41 YARD LINE. THEY DIDN'T GET IT. WARREN ENGULFED HIM. THE CLEVELAND DEFENSE HOLDS. KANSAS CITY WILL PUNT IT. TRAILING 20-14 HERE IN THE SECOND QUARTER. DAN STRYZINSKI. WITH DENNIS NORTHCUTT WAITING, STANDING AT HIS OWN 15 YARD LINE. STRYZINSKI AVERAGED JUST UNDER 41 YARDS PER PUNT LAST SEASON. GETS GOOD, SOLID HANG TIME. GAMMONS SNAPS IT. UP IN THE AIR. STRYZINSKI. NORTHCUTT. FROM THE 12. SHAKE AND BAKE MOVE. NORTHCUTT DOWN THE SIDELINE. NORTHCUTT OUT OF BOUNDS -- HEAVY HIT ON THAT SIDELINE, OUT AROUND THE 35 BY SHAUNARD HARTS. DAN: THIS IS A NIFTY PIECE OF RUNNING. DANCES TO THE SIDELINE. PUT TH AWAY. HE'S BEING AWFULLY CARELESS WITH THAT BALL OUT AWAY FROM HIS BODY BUT DOES HE EVER GET TATTOED AT THE END OF THAT RUN BY HARTS. IAN: LET'S CHECK IN WITH BONNIE BERNSTEIN. BONNIE: HICKS WITH THE CHIEFS HAS AN ANKLE SPRAIN, HE'S GONE INTO THE LOCKER ROOM, RYAN TUCKER WITH THE BROWNS HAS A LEFT KNEE SPRAIN. WE'LL GET YOU AN UPDATE ON MCCUTCHEON. IAN: QUICK THROW TO QUINCY MORGAN AND MORGAN CATCHES CLEANLY FOR A GAIN OF 12. THAT MATCH-UP OF HICKS-TUCKER, THE ONE WE ASSUMED WE WOULD SEE THROUGHOUT THE DAY HAS BEEN NEGATED AND NOW MCCUTCHEON ON HIS WAY TO THE LOCKER ROOM FOR CLEVELAND DEFENSIVELY. DAN: AND QUINCY MORGAN TOOK A HUGE POP THAT TIME FROM GREG WESLEY. YOU IAN: 20-14 CLEVELAND LEADING KANSAS CITY. WELCOME BACK. IANAN -- IAN EAGLE ALONG WITH DAN DIERDORF. DAN: A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND ANGST ABOUT TIM COUCH AND HIS NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY TODAY BUT KELLY HOLCOMB, I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYBODY IN THE STANDS NOW WHO IS WONDERING WE'RE LOST WITHOUT COUCH. IAN: YOU HEAR THAT FROM OFFENSIVE PLAYERS WHEN A BACKUP QUARTERBACK IS COMING IN. "WE CAN WIN WITH THIS GUY." DO THEY TRULY BELIEVE IT? IS THE NEXT QUESTION. DAN: I GOT THE SENSE -- AND I THINK YOU DID TOO, IAN, WHEN WE WERE WITH THE BROWNS ON FRIDAY THAT THEY DID BELIEVE IT, AND IF YOU LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS OF KELLY HOLCOMB, DURING PRESEASON, THEY WERE JUST AS GOOD AS TIM COUCH'S. AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT HE'S BEEN IN BRUCE ARIANS' OFFENSE FOR A LONG TIME. HE WAS WITH ARIANS IN INDIANAPOLIS. AND I THINK HIS COMFORT LEVEL IS SHOWING, RUNNING THIS BROWNS HUDDLE IN OFFENSE. IAN: HE'S GOT A NEW SET OF DOWNS TO WORK WITH, FIRST AND 10 AT THE 48 FOR THE BROWNS. UNDER TWO MINUTES TO GO, FIRST HALF. HOLCOMB ACROSS THE MIDDLE. QUINCY MORGAN. MORGAN, TRIPPED UP DOWN LOW BY WILLIAM BARTEE. A GAIN OF FIVE. DAN: WILLIAM BARTEE AT CORNER FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS. THEY ACTUALLY SWITCHED THEIR CORNERS, WARFIELD AND BARTEE SWITCHED BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT BARTEE WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT. IAN: THROUGH THE HANDS OF KEVIN JOHNSON. DAN: THAT WAS JUST A MISREAD ON WHICH ROUTE TO RUN BETWEEN JOHNSON AND HOLCOMB. IAN: COMING UP, NEXTEL HALFTIME REPORT, JIM, DEION, DAN AND BOOMER WILL HAVE ALL THE SCORES AND HIGHLIGHTS PLUS A PREVIEW OF THE MEN'S U.S. OPEN FINAL. THAT'S COMING UP ON THE NEXTEL HALFTIME REPORT. THE WORST PART IS THEY'RE GETTING PAID TO SIT AROUND AND HAVE AS MUCH FUN AS THEY'RE HAVING. THAT'S NOT FAIR. IAN: YOU COULD TELL THAT FROM THE FIRST SHOW. DAN: THERE ARE SOME WILD CARDS INVOLVED THERE. IAN: THIRD AND FIVE. FOUR RECEIVER LOOK. DIME PACKAGE FOR KANSAS CITY. HOLCOMB, STANDS TALL IN THE POCKET, INCOMPLETE. HE HAD JOHNSON OPEN BUT THE PASS JUST OUT OF HIS REACH. DAN: JASON BELSER WAS RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. I THINK JOHNSON KNEW THAT HE WAS THERE. HE HADEN A LITTLE PEAK INSIDE -- A LITTLE PEEK INSIDE. JASON BELSER, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME COLLISION BUT THAT BALL A LITTLE OUT OF THE REACH OF KEVIN JOHNSON. IAN: FIRST PUNT OF THE DAY FOR CHRIS GARDOCKI, 12-YEAR VETERAN, HOLDS THE NFL RECORD WITH PUNTS WITHOUT GETTING ONE BLOCKED. 825 STRAIGHT. DAN: THAT'S HARD TO ■■ BELIEVE. IAN: THAT STREAK WILL CONTINUE. DANTE HALL WAITING. HALL LETS IT BOUNCE. DAN: ALMOST. IAN: INTO THE END ZONE. DAN: NICE EFFORT. IAN: CHRIS AKINS ON THAT LUNGE. DAN: THAT'S NOT THE FIRST ROLL THAT CHRIS AKINS HAS HAD THIS WEEK. IAN: WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT. NEXT SATURDAY THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS VERSUS THE SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS. IT IS COLLEGE FOOTBALL HERE ON CBS. KICKOFF SATURDAY, 3:30, THE ACTION BEGINS WITH TIM BRANDO AND SPENCER TILLMAN -- OLYMPUS COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY. ON CBS. AKINS GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT ON FRIDAY. DAN: HE ROLLED HIS CAR OVER. IAN: ON I-71. DAN: HE'S VERY FORTUNATE THAT HE'S OUT HERE TODAY. IAN: GREEN FAKES THE PASS. INSIDE HANDOFF. HOLMES. PRIEST HOLMES.x■ IAN: FINALLY KNOCKED DOWN TO THE GROUND AT THE 28 YARD LINE. JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY INVOLVED FOR CLEVELAND DEFENSIVELY, A GAIN OF NINE. DAN: NUMBER 31 FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS, WILLIAM GREEN SHOULD BE WATCHING NUMBER 31 OF THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU RUN THE FOOTBALL IN THIS LEAGUE. YOU NEVER STOP, YOUR LEGS NEVER STOP MOVING. IAN: KANSAS CITY WORKING QUICKLY. THEY ONLY HAVE ONE TIME OUT LEFT. UP TOP. GREEN FOR EDDIE KENNISON. AND A FLAG DOWN. BACK AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. MARK SMITH HAD SOME PRESSURE ON GREEN. THIS ONE'S GOING TO WORK AGAINST THE CHIEFS. >> HOLDING, NUMBER 77, KANSAS CITY. 10 YARDS. REPEAT SECOND DOWN. IAN: SEVEN TIME PRO BOWLER, WILLIE ROAF PICKING UP THE PENALTY. DAN: WILLIE ROAF BATTLING BACK FROM A KNEE INJURY, HURT HIS RIGHT KNEE, THIS IS HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE RIGHT OVER HERE AND WILLIE IS GOING TO -- LET'S SEE HOW HE WORKS ON THAT THING. THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD ONE. HE GRABS COURTNEY BROWN -- WATCH HIS LEFT HAND GET RIGHT UNDER THE CHIN, AND A FULL TAKEDOWN. IAN: AND HE GOT CAUGHT. DAN: PRETTY OBVIOUS. IAN: HOLMES. FROM BEHIND. HOLMES COULD NOT BREAK FREE OF BRANT BOYER. BUT HE DOES PICK UP FIVE. THE CLOCK IS MOVING. 35 SECONDS LEFT. AND A THIRD AND ABOUT SIX COMING UP. DAN: I'M SURPRISED THE BROWNS DON'T TAKE A TIME OUT. I WOULD ALMOST GAMBLE ANF TIME OUT IF I WAS THE BROWNS. IAN: CLEVELAND HAS ALL THREE REMAINING. DAN: I WOULD BE WANTING TO, MAYBE, GET ONE MORE SHOT AT THIS THING. IAN: KANSAS CITY SATISFIED TO LET THIS CLOCK MOVE DOWN. DAN: YOU'RE DARN RIGHT THEY'RE SATISFIED TO LET IT GO. IAN: ANOTHER INSIDE HANDOFF. THIS TIME PRIEST HOLMES IS DEVOURED. MARK WORD CAME FIRING IN. THREE SECONDS LEFT. DAN: CLEVELAND JUST CALLED A TIME OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T CALL ONE 30 SECONDS AGO. IAN: COMING UP, "NEXTEL HALFTIME REPORT," JIM, DAN, DEION, BOOMER. DAN: THE OTHER DAN. IAN: THEY WILL ALL BE ON HAND. SCORES AND HIGHLIGHTS, NEL HALFTIME -- NEXTEL HALFTIME REPORT AND A PREVIEW OF THE U.S. OPEN MEN'S FINAL COMING UP MOMENTS FROM NOW. DAN: I'M SORRY. YOU SAID DAN. I SAID "WHAT?" IAN: IT'S A MATTER OF HABIT. DAN: I HANG ON YOUR EVERY WORD. IAN: YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE MY CADENCE DOWN YET AND YOU'RE ALL OVER. DAN: THERE WILL BE NO LSE STARTS UP HERE. IAN: DAN STRYZINSKI WILL PUNT IT. DENNIS NORTHCUTT. WAITING AT HIS OWN 33. JUST TRYING TO GET IT OFF CLEANLY, HERE, AND THE FLAG COMES DOWN. MAYBE SOME MOVEMENT ON THAT CLEVELAND SIDE. OR WAS HE COAXED OFFSIDE? DAN: IF THE BROWNS WOULD HAVE TAKEN A TIME OUT, IAN, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY GET SOME REASONABLE FIELD POSITION OUT OF THIS, THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD TIME TO RUN AT LEAST TWO PLAYS, MAYBE MORE IF THEY WERE INCOMPLETE PASSES BUT WITH ALL THREE TIME OUTS THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TWO LEFT, CERTAINLY ENOUGH IF YOU'VE GOT A DECENT COMPLETION, ENOUGH TIME TO STOP THE CLOCK AND GET YOUR FIELD GOAL TEAM ONTO THE FIELD. IAN: RON BLUM WILL ANNOUNCE IT. ONE OF THESE DAYS. AS THEY'RE TRYING TO SORT OUT EXACTLY WHO THE IN FRACTION WAS AGAINST. WELL PLAYED FIRST HALF. WE HAVE SEEN PENALTIES, A NUMBER FOR KANSAS CITY BUT WELL PLAYED HALF OF FOOTBALL HERE IN CLEVELAND. >> LEFT DEFENSIVE END MOVED INTO THE NEUTRAL ZONE, CAUSING THE OFFENSE TO MOVE. A FIVE-YARD PENALTY AGAINST CLEVELAND. REPEAT FOURTH DOWN. DAN: IN THE OLD DAYS, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECTLY LEGAL. NOW, IT'S NOT. IF THE DEFENDER IS ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR DRAWING THE OFFENSIVE PLAYER TO JUMP, WELL, THEN THEY WILL PENALIZE THE DEFENSE. I THINK THAT'S A VERY FAIR AND A LONG OVERDUE RULE CHANGE. IAN: THREE SECONDS LEFT. STRYZINSKI DOES GET RID OF IT. AS TIME EXPIRES. THAT TAKES A ROLL. KANSAS CITY WILL TOUCH IT UP. TO END THIS FIRST HALF. FIVE LEAD CHANGES THROUGH TWO QUARTERS OF PLAY. IAN: CLEVELAND 20, KANSAS CITY 14. THE SCORE AT HALFTIME HERE IN OHIO. LET'S CHECK IN WITH BONNIE BERNSTEIN. BONNIE: BUTCH DAVIS HAD NO QUALMS ABOUT PUTTING KELLY HOLCOMB IN THE GAME. HOW DO YOU ASSESS HIS COMMAND OF THE OFFENSE? >> I THINK OUR OFFENSE IS MOVING THE BALL AND WE'RE HAVING SOME SUCCESS, CERTAINLY, OUR PROTECTION HAS BEEN GOOD, WE WERE ABLE TO THROW THE BALL, WE'VE GOT TO GENERATE MORE IN THE RUNNING GAME TO KEEP THEM HONEST. DEFENSIVELY WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB IN THIRD DOWN SITUATIONS. WE'VE ALLOWED THEM TO CONVERT ON WAY TOO MANY THIRD DOWNS. BONNIE: THANKS. IAN: BONNIE, THANKS VERY MUCH. KANSAS CITY 6-10 LAST YEAR, THE BROWNS 7-9, THEY STARTED THE SEASON 6-4, INJURIES AFFECTED THEM DOWN THE STRETCH -- A MAJOR INJURY AT THE QUARTERBACK POSITION TODAY BUT KELLY HOLCOMB HAS STEPPED IN FOR TIM COUCH AND THEY'VE GOT THE LEAD AT HALFTIME 20-14. COMING UP T IS THE NEXTEL HALFTIME REPORT. IAN: NFL KICKOFF WEEKEND. IT IS HALFTIME. IAN: BROWNS LEAD IT 20-14 AT THE HALF AS WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM, IAN EAGLE ALONG WITH DAN DIERDORF. THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY -- YOU'RE A GUY THAT CAN EXPLAIN THE PASSION WHEN IT COMES TO FOOTBALL. DAN: THE INDIANS OVER THE YEARS HAVE CAPTURED CLEVELAND'S ATTENTION, BUT THIS IS A FOOTBALL TOWN. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, COLLEGE FOOTBALL, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN ANYTHING ELSE THEY LOVE THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. IAN: DAN DIERDORF GREW UP ABOUT 50 MILES AWAY. DAN: YEAH. STOP IT. STOP IT. IAN: THE OBLIGATORY HIGH SCHOOL SHOT FOLLOWED BY ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FOOTAGE. THE HALL OF FAME. DAN: THERE IS MY YELLOW JACKET. AND MY BUST. IAN: IS THAT YOUR BUST? DAN: HOW COME YOU GUYS NEVER TOLD ME. I AM NOW OFFICIALLY EMBARRASSED. DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD? IAN: YOU KNEW IT HAD TO COME UP. DAN: I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING THAT MAKES ME HAPPY. THE GAME WE ARE GETTING TO SEE TODAY. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE WOULD GET TO SEE THIS. IAN: A GOOD SEGUE. THIS IS A FUN HALF OF FOOTBALL. FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS, OFFENSE HAS BEEN HARD TO COME BY OVER THE LAST YEAH YEARS -- LAST THREE YEARS, PUTING IT NICELY. DAN: THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE BOUGHT INTO THE SYSTEM. IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING HALF OF FOOTBALL. WELL EXECUTED OFFENSIVELY. WE HAVE HAD HARD HITS. GOOD RUNS. GOOD PASSES. WE HAVE HAD IT ALL. IAN: AND WE HAVE THE KICKOFF. MORTEN ANDERSEN, ANDRE KING GOES BACK TO GET IT, TAKES A KNEE AND A TOUCHBACK FOR THE BROWNS. DAN: I KNOW THAT BUTCH DAVIS CAN'T BE THE LEAST BIT HAPPY THEY'VE ONLY RUSHED THE BALL FOR 24 YARDS. AND THEY HAVE HAD -- THEY'VE GOTTEN EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION BUT LOOK AT THAT. WITHOUT RUSHING, THEY'VE CONVERTED THEIR POSSESSIONS 4-5 INTO SCORING. IAN: AND THEY WILL HAVE THE FOOTBALL TO START PLAY HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER. IAN: ON FIRST AND 10, HOLCOMB THROWING. TIPPED AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND NEVER GOT RID OF IT CLEANLY AS DERRICK RANSOM GOT A PIECE OF IT. DAN: TRYING TO WORK TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FIELD. ONE THING ABOUT IT, THE HAND WAS UP THERE PLENTY EARLY, RANSOM REALLY NEVER GOT BEYOND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE -- MAYBE PENETRATED BACK A COUPLE OF YARDS BUT HE HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TOUCH THE QUARTERBACK, DISRUPT HIS PASSING LANES. YOU HEAR ABOUT PASSING LANES ALL THE TIME. RANSOM THAT TIME SHUT IT DOWN. IAN: SECOND AND 10. SAME BACKFIELD. ON A PITCH FOR GREEN. HESITATING. AND A GAIN OF JUST A YARD. MARVCUS PATTON SLID IN TO MAKE THE TACKLE. CHECK IN WITH BONNIE BERNSTEIN RIGHT NOW. BONNIE: EVEN WITH THE CHIEFS DOWN SIX DICK VERMEIL HAPPY WITH HIS TEAM PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THEY'VE HELD CLEVELAND ON THIRD DOWN. HAVEN'T LET THEM CONVERT A THIRD DOWN YET. HE SAID HIS PRIMARY CONCERN IS ERIC HICKS. THERE IS DAMAGE TO A MUSCLE DOWN BY THE RIGHT ANKLE. I'LL DOUBLE CHECK BUT DICK VERMEIL DOUBTS THAT ERIC HICKS WILL BE BACK IN THE GAME. IAN: KANSAS CITY NINE NEW STARTERS FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. YOU MENTIONED HICKS AND DERRICK RANSOM, WHO JUST MADE THAT PLAY EARLIER ON THIS DRIVE IS NOW SITTING UP. DAN: AND, OF COURSE, ON THE HEELS OF TALKING ABOUT HICKS BEING OUT OF THIS BALLGAME, NOW THE CHIEFS ARE WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE DEPTH CHART ON THEIR DEFENSIVE LINE. IF RANSOM CAN'T GO, THEY'RE STARTING TO GET MIGHTY TH IAN: RANSOM WAS ABLE TO WALK OFF THE FIELD. DAN: HE LOOKED OK WALKING. HE WASN'T LIMPING OR ANYTHING. I THINK IT WAS A BLOW TO THE HEAD THAT SENT HIM TO THE SIDELINE. IAN: FOUR RECEIVERS ON A THIRD AND NINE. FLAGS DOWN. QUICK THROW UNDERNEATH. DENNIS NORTHCUTT. TACKLED JUST AFTER HE TOUCHED THE FOOTBALL BY OWENS AND WARFIELD. A GAIN OF FOUR. A PENALTY MARKER ON THE PLAY. DAN: IAN, THE HOTTER IT GETS DOWN ON THE FIELD THE HARDER IT IS TO MAINTAIN CONCENTRATION AND THE BROWNS THAT TIME WENT TO A LONG SNAP COUNT. >> OFFSIDES. 97, DEFENSE. FIVE YARDS. REPEAT THIRD DOWN. DAN: IT'S TOUGH WHEN IT'S IN THE HEAT LIKE THAT TO MAINTAIN CONCENTRATION. THE BROWNS WITH A LONG COUNT DREW THEM OFFSIDES. IAN: RICHIE OWENS THE GUILTY PARTY, EIGHTH YEAR OUT OF LEHIGH. AND IT SETS UP A THIRD AND FOUR FOR THIS CLEVELAND OFFENSE. FANS ARE RUNNING DOWN ON THE SIDELINE. TRYING TO KEEP COOL. KELLY HOLCOMB HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE FILLING IN FOR THE INJURED TIM COUCH. HOLCOMB ON THIRD DOWN. FIRES OVER THE MIDDLE. HE GOT IT TO JOHNSON FOR A FIRST DOWN. DOWN TO THE 40 YARD LINE. DAN: GREG WESLEY CAN'T BELIEVE IT. HE THOUGHT THAT HE PUT A GOOD ENOUGH HIT ON JOHNSON TO KNOCK THE BALL OUT OF THERE. ALMOST A SHADE EARLY ON THE HIT AND GREG WESLEY ISN'T USED TO HITTING PEOPLE LIKE THAT AND HAVING THEM HOLD ONTO THE FOOTBALL, BUT KEVIN JOHNSON WAS ABLE TO, A LITTLE BIT OF THE "HEY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A BIGGER HIT THAN THAT TO GET THE BALL OUT OF MY HANDS." IAN: WE ASKED HIM WHAT HE REMEMBERED ABOUT HIS LAST START, 1997, DAN: THEY BLITZED THE HECK OUT OF HIM. IAN: A TOSS TO QUINCY MORGAN AND HE'S GETTING EVERYBODY INVOLVED WHICH HAS BEEN AS IMPRESSIVE AS ANYTHING. A NINE-YARD GAIN AS BUSH AND MASLOWSKI COLLABORATED ON THE STOP. DAN: BRUCE ARIANS RUNNING THE FIELD. THAT'S GETTING EVERYBODY INVOLVED. THE FIRST HALF WE HAD KEVIN JOHNSON LAUNCHING ONE TO QUINCY MORGAN. IAN: SECOND AND ONE. JUST SHY OF MIDFIELD. ON THE HANDOFF FOR GREEN. AND A PILE-UP AS HE GOT IT TO THE 50 YARD LINE. HE NEEDED ONE AND SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR THE FIRST DOWN. DAN: WORD FROM THE KANSAS CITY BENCH IS DERRICK RANSOM JUST TOOK A HIT TO THE HEAD AND HE'S BACK OUT IN THE GAME AND HE'S OK. BUT ERIC HICKS IS FINISHED FOR THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON. GOOD NEWS FOR THE CHIEFS AND THEIR DEFENSIVE LINE DEPTH. IAN: FIRST DOWN FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS AT MIDFIELD. GREEN AND WHITE SPLIT BEHIND HOLCOMB. CROWDING THE LINE. KANSAS CITY CHECKING OFF IAN: IT IS A HOT DAY, HERE IN CLEVELAND, WITH THE BROWNS LEADING IT 20-14, 11:53 TO GO IN THE THIRD QUARTER, A LITTLE CHALK TALK FOR EARL HOLMES ON THE SIDELINE. RIGHT NOW HE JUST WANTS TO SEE THIS OFFENSE KEEP THIS DRIVE ALIVE ON A FIRST DOWN. HOLCOMB, PLAY FAKE AND HE GOT HIT AS HE THREW. MIKE MASLOWSKI WORKING HIS WAY INTO THE POCKET. DAN: THAT WAS A -- THAT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE HIS INTENDED RECEIVER, JAMEL WHITE WAS ON THE GROUND AS WELL. SO KANSAS CITY -- THIS IS ONE WAY TO KEEP THEM FROM COMPLETING PASSES. YOU KNOCK EVERYBODY DOWN. AND YOU CAN SEE THE LEFT HAND OF MASLOWSKI MAKING THE CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT ARM OF HOLCOMB JUST AS HE WAS THROWING THE BALL, JUST ENOUGH TO KNOCK IT DOWN. IAN: MASLOWSKI ANOTHER OF THOSE NFL EUROPE GRADUATES NOW A FULL-TIME STARTER FOR THE CHIEFS. SECOND AND 10 FROM THE 50. GOOD POISE BY HOLCOMB TO FIND QUINCY MORGAN AND WESLEY MADE SURE IT DIDN'T TURN INTO A BIG GAIN. FIVE YARDS. DAN: IT WAS EASY FOR KELLY H TO BE POISED THAT TIME, IAN, BECAUSE OF THE BLITZ PICKUP. THIS IS HOW YOU PICK UP THE BLITZ ON THE INSIDE BY THE BROWNS. AND THAT ALLOWS THE RECEIVER RUNNING THE CROSSING PATTERN TO BE OPEN. IT WAS JUST TEXTBOOK PASS PROTECTION. HERE COMES THE DOUBLE BLITZ UP IN THE MIDDLE. EVERYBODY'S IN THERE. AND LOOK AT THAT. KELLY HOLCOMB NEVER WAS TOUCHED ON THE BLITZ. IAN: ANDRE KING CHECKS IN AS A FOURTH RECEIVER, SHOTGUN FOR HOLCOMB ON THIRD AND FIVE. KANSAS CITY GIVES THE APPEARANCE THAT THEY'RE COMING, HOLE-- HOLCOMB STEPS UP AND THROWS AT THE MARKER AND MAKES THE CONNECTION TO KING, THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI PRODUCT IN A MATCH-UP WITH BARTEE. IT'S ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN. DAN: THERE AGAIN, WE'RE CONTINUING OUR THEME OF LETTING EVERYBODY GET INVOLVED HERE. IT WAS GOOD PASS PROTECTION, AGAIN, HOLCOMB ALLOWED TO STEP UP INTO THE POCKET. YEAH, HE GOT HIT AFTERWARDS BUT THAT T COUNT BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO FIND HIS RECEIVER AND IT WAS A WELL RUN PATTERN THAT TIME BY KING. FINDING THE STICKS. MAKES SURE HE HAD THE YARDAGE FOR A FIRST DOWN. IAN: DOUBLE TIGHT END SET. CAMPBELL AND SANDERS ON A FIRST AND 10. CLEVELAND MOVING THE FOOTBALL ONCE AGAIN. HERE IS GREEN. STILL WAITING FOR THAT ONE STRONG RUN FROM THE ROOKIE RUNNING BACK. HE PICKS UP THREE AS RANSOM BRINGS HIM DOWN. DAN: IAN, DO YOU SEE A LITTLE FRUSTRATION ON GREEN SNAPPING HIS HANDS? IAN: A LITTLE BIT. DAN: THAT'S BECAUSE HE HAD A HOLE AND HE HESITATED. HE'S NOT SLASHING. WILLIAM GREEN IS -- AND IT'S EXPECTED, HIS FIRST GAME IN THE NFL, BUT HE'S GOT TO JUST -- THERE ARE TIMES YOU'VE GOT TO JUST LOWER THE SHOULDER AND GO AND HE HAD A CREASE AND HE WAS JUST A HALF STEP SLOW. IAN: SIX CARRIES. 14 YARDS. THIS TEAM HAS HAD THREE DIFFERENT LEADING RUSHERS IN EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS. THEY'RE YEARNING FOR SOMEONE TO STEP FORWARD. HOLCOMB, ABLE TO GET RID OF IT ON A SIDELINE THROW TO CAMPBELL. DAN: AND WE ARE SEEING SOME AWESOME BLITZ PICKUPS BY THE BROWNS. AGAIN, GREG ROBINSON, THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR OF THE CHIEFS COMES WITH AN ALL-OUT BLITZ AND IT'S PICKED UP ONE MORE TIME. LOOKING TO COME IN THE MIDDLE, JASON BELSER, THE SAFETY IS COMING, HE GETS KNOCKED FLAT. THAT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL. THAT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL PASS PROTECTION BY THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. IAN: AND THIS CLEVELAND OFFENSE USING UP CLOCK HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER. THEY'VE GOT A FIRST AND 10 AT THE KANSAS CITY 27. DAN: THOSE OTHER 10 GUYS, IAN, KNOW THEY HAVE A BACKUP QUARTERBACK AND THEY HAVE ELEVATED THEIR GAME. IAN: WHITE IN THE BACKFIELD. HOLCOMB WANTS TO THROW IT AGAIN. OUT OF THE POCKET. SLINGS IT TO JAMEL WHITE UNDERNEATH. AND WHITE ONCE AGAIN CREATES AFTER THE CATCH AS HE ACCELERATES INSIDE THE 20 YARD LINE. JUST SHY OF THE 15. DAN: KELLY HOLCOMB STARTS LOOKING LEFT, COMES BACK RIGHT, LOOKING DOWN THE FIELD, WHITE HIS OUTLET AND THAT'S GOOD RUNNING. THIS GUY'S GOT SOME QUICKS. THE ONE STUTTER STEP TO THE RIGHT AND THEN WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT A RUNNING BACK IS WHEN HIS INSTINCT IS TO GO BACK TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND NOT DANCE TOWARD THE SIDELINES. IAN: 12TH PLAYOFF THE DRIVE ON A FIRST AND 10. JUST SHORT OF THE 15 YARD LINE. THEY WILL RUN IT. WHITE WITH A HEAD OF STEAM DOWN TO THE SIX. HE GOT A BLOCK FROM QUINCY MORGAN. DAN: WHAT A HOLE, WHAT A HOLE, MARK CAMPBELL, THE TIGHT END, BLOCKS DOWN. A GREAT BLOCK BY THE H-BACK OUT FRONT. YOU COULD HAVE -- MUCH BIGGER PEOPLE COULD HAVE RUN THROUGH THAT HOLE. IAN: YOU'VE GOT TO RUN YOUR EYES. -- YOU'VE GOT TO RUB YOUR EYES. THIS IS THE CLEVELAND BROWNS OFFENSE. DAN: I THOUGHT IT WAS MONTY CLARK AND WOOTEN. IAN: SECOND AND TWO. WHITE AGAIN. CUTS IT BACK. JAMEL WHITE FINDS THE HOLE FOR A GAIN OF THREE. INSIDE THE FIVE. RICHIE OWENS WITH THE STOP FOR KANSAS CITY. AND IT'S FIRST AND GOAL FOR CLEVELAND. DAN: WHAT YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS AN INABILITY OF KANSAS CITY'S DEFENSE TO FINISH IT OFF. INSTEAD OF TWO OR THREE GUYS PUTTING A HIT ON THE BALL CARRIER, IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE ONE GUY AND IF HE DOESN'T GET THE TACKLE THEN IT'S ANOTHER FIVE OR SIX YARDS. THEY ARE NOT SWARMING TO THE FOOTBALL. IAN: FIRST AND GOAL FOR CLEVELAND. [THE CAPTIONING ON THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED AS AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE OF THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, INC., WHICH IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURATE AND COMPLETE TRANSCRIPTION OF PROGRAM CONTENT. CBS, ITS PARENT AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS AND DIVISIONS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY TRANSCRIPTION OR FOR ANY ERRORS IN TRANSCRIPTION.] [CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY CBS SPORTS DIVISION] DAN: THAT WAS AS WELL EXECUTED A DRIVE BY THE CLEVELAND BROWNS AS YOU WILL FIND. IAN: THIS RANKED 30TH OR 31ST IN OFFENSE. IAN: SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY FOR KELLY HOLCOMB. MATCHING HIS CAREER TOTAL COMING INTO THIS GAME AND HE'S GOT THE BROWNS IN FRONT 27-14. THANKS TO A 14-PLAY, 80-YARD DRIVE TO START THIS THIRD QUARTER. DAWSON ON THE KICKOFF. HALL WILL MOVE FORWARD AND CATCH IT AT THE 14. HALL, STUTTER-STEP. TRYING TO BUST IT TO THE OUTSIDE. COMES BACK TO THE INSIDE. AND CROSSES THE 40 TO THE 44 YARD LINE. ANDRA DAVIS MAKING THE STOP. IAN: CLEVELAND BROWNS LAST YEAR WERE 6-1 WHEN SCORING 21 OR MORE POINTS IN THE GAME. THEY LEAD THIS ONE 27-14. SEVEN MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE THIRD. GREAT FIELD POSITION FOR KANSAS CITY. THEIR BEST STARTING FIELD POSITION OF THE DAY. AS GREEN CONNECTS WITH TONY RICHARDSON. DWAYNE RUDD IN ON THAT STOP. A GAIN OF THREE. DAN: HERE IS ANDRA DAVIS RIGHT HERE. I WANT TO -- WATCH EVERYBODY FROM KANSAS CITY, EVERYBODY STREAK TO THAT SIDE BECAUSE OF THE FAKE PITCH. THERE IS THE FAKE PITCH. BUT DAVIS WENT -- LOOK AT HIM, WIDE OPEN IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE. ANDRA DAVIS, EVERYBODY BUYS, EVERYBODY BUYS THE FAKE PITCH BY HOLCOMB AND BUTCH DAVIS, YEAH, YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE THAT. IAN: HIS FIRST CAREER CATCH IN THE NFL. IT'S A TOUCHDOWN FOR DAVIS. SECOND AND SEVEN. GREEN. INCOMPLETE. ROBERT GRIFFITH ABLE TO TOUCH IT ON THE LUNGE. AND GREEN TOOK A HIT FROM COURTNEY BROWN. DAN: LOOK AT THE ELONGATION THERE BY ROBERT GRIFFITH. TIMED IT BEAUTIFULLY. CUT RIGHT ACROSS THE FRONT. BATTED IT AWAY. IAN: JOHNNIE MORTON THE INTENDED RECEIVER. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE ACTUALLY MENTIONED JOHNNIE MORTON TODAY? DAN: HE DOESN'T HAVE A CATCH. THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TIME HE EVEN CAME CLOSE TO THE FOOTBALL. IAN: THIRD AND SEVEN. FROM THE 46. HALL IN MOTION. GREEN. DEEP DROP. UNLOADS. WIDE OPEN. AND THERE IS MORTON ON CUE, CATCHING CLEANLY AT THE 39 IN CLEVELAND TERRITORY. DAN: I'M SURE AT HALFTIME KANSAS CITY HAD TO SIT AROUND AND TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE GUY THAT THEY WERE SO TICKLED TO SIGN IN FREE AGENCY THIS OFF SEASON WASN'T INVOLVED IN THEIR OFFENSE, AND THAT IS A TREMENDOUS JOB AS THE POCKET CLOSES IN AROUND HIM BY TRENT GREEN OF DELIVERING A FOOTBALL WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO STEP INTO , AND MORTON DOES A GOOD JOB ON A LOW, DIVING BALL OF COMING BACK TO IT AND DIGGING IT OUT. IAN: MORTON, FOUR 1,000-YARD RECEIVING SEASONS AS A MASH THE DETROIT LI-- AS A MEMBER OF THE DETROIT LIONS, HE SPENT EIGHT YEARS IN DETROIT. SAFETY VALVE, HOLMES, NOT MUCH THERE. DARREN HAMBRICK CUT HIM DOWN LOW. A LOSS OF TWO. THURSDAYS THIS FALL ON CBS. EVERY 30 SECONDS SOMEONE DISAPPEARS. YOU HAVE READ THE STORIES OF FAMILIES TORN APART. NOW MEET THE TEAM WHO CAN FIND THE MISSING AND BRING THEM HOME. "WITHOUT A TRACE," THURSDAYS THIS FALL AFTER "C.S.I. " ON CBS. IAN: THANT -- ANTHONY LAPAGLIA, FINE ACTOR. DAN: "WITHOUT A TRACE" WAS JOHNNIE MORTON. IAN: GREEN LOOKS UP, MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, TONY GONZALEZ THAT, BIG TARGET DOWN TO THE 10 YARD LINE. JUST SHORT OF IT. THEY WILL SPOT IT AT THE 11. DAN: A PERFECT POCKET FOR TRENT GREEN TO STEP UP AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE TONY GONZALEZ AND LINE HIM UP ANYWHERE. THAT TIME HE JUST SPLIT ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YARDS OUT AND AGAINST THE ZONE HE'S SO SAVVY, HE'S GOING TO FIND, HE'S GOING TO FIND AN OPENING AND A GREEN. IAN: 30 YARDS ON THE PASS PLAY. GREEN IS 15-20. 201 YARDS. A TOUCHDOWN AND A PICK. ON THE PITCH, HOLMES. SMELLED OUT BY ROBERT GRIFFITH. HE SNIFFED IT FROM THE START. IT'S A LOSS OF THREE. DAN: IT'S A GOOD THING HIS SNIFFER WAS WORKING, BECAUSE HE WAS ABOUT THE LONE BROWN OUT THERE. IF HE WASN'T THERE, THAT PLAY IS AROUND THE CORNER FOR SOME GOOD YARDAGE. YOU TALKED EARLIER ABOUT WHAT A GOOD TACKLER ROBERT GRIFFITH IS. HE WENT TO THE PRO BOWL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH THE VIKINGS. AND ANOTHER FREE AGENT WHO COMES TO CLEVELAND BECAUSE HE BUYS IN TO BUTCH DAVIS'S PROMISE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A WINNING FOOTBALL TEAM. IAN: AND BUTCH TOLD US "WE NEEDED A FIELD GENERAL DEFENSIVELY." THEY FEEL THEY'VE GOT THAT WITH GRIFFITH. GREEN, PLENTY OF TIME, GOOD CATCH BY GONZALEZ WITH THE HANDS. DOWN TO THE FIVE YARD LINE. EARL HOLMES INVOLVED IN THE STOP AND A FLAG ON THE PLAY. IAN: CLEVELAND POINTING IN THE DIRECTION OF KANSAS CITY. DAN: KANSAS CITY IS WALKING THE OTHER WAY. IAN: NOT A GOOD SIGN. DAN: NO. THEY'RE INCRIMINATING THEMSELVES, AREN'T THEY? IAN: HERE IS RON BLUM. >> HOLDING, NUMBER 77, KANSAS CITY, 10 YARDS, REPEAT SECOND DOWN. IAN: SECOND TIME WILLIE ROAF HAS HAD HIS NUMBER CALLED TODAY. DAN: AND I'M SURE DICK VERMEIL IS REALIZING THAT WILLIE ROAF IS GIVING HIM EVERYTHING -- THIS IS ROAF OVER HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE. AGAIN, COMING OFF KNEE SURGERY THAT HE INJURED LAST YEAR IN NEW ORLEANS, AND RIGHT THERE YOU HE IS SOFT TO HIS RIGHT BECAUSE HIS RIGHT KNEE IS THE INJURED KNEE AND IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE BEFORE WILLIE ROAF IS ALL THE WAY BACK. DICK VERMEIL IS JUST GLAD THAT WILLIE IS GIVING HIM WHAT HE'S GOT, BUT HE KNOWS IT'S GOING TO BE A FEW GAMES BEFORE HE'S CEMENTED BACK TO THE ALL-PRO FORM HE WAS. IAN: SEVENTH PENALTY ON KANSAS CITY. DARE WE SAY EIGHT? DAN: YOU KNOW WHAT? WILLIE ROAF ROCKED A LITTLE BIT IN HIS STANCE. I'M NOT SURE HE'S THE ONE THEY GOT BUT HE DEFINITELY MOVED A LITTLE. >> FALSE START, NUMBER 77. IAN: YEAH. >> KANSAS CITY. FIVE YARDS. REPEAT SECOND DOWN. IAN: THAT'S BACK-TO-BACK ON THE PERENNIAL PRO BOWLER. DAN: THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE. HE JUST FLINCHED JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE CAUGHT IT JUST AT THE VERY BEGINNING. THEY WENT AHEAD AND LET THE PLAY GO -- NORMALLY, THE WHISTLE WOULD SOUND RIGHT AWAY AFTER A FLINCH LIKE THAT. IAN: THE COACH SAID IT. HE IS 80% OF WHAT HE ONCE WAS, RIGHT NOW. DICK VERMEIL TOLD US. DAN: THAT STILL MAKES HIM BETTER THAN MOST. IAN: I LOVE HIM. DAN: YEAH. IAN: HE WAS AN ELITE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN FOR MANY YEARS. TODAY YOUR HOME IS PROBAY YOUR BEST INVESTMENT. SO TODAY THERE IS NO BETTER TIME TO COME TO LOWE'S. LOWE'S HAS THE FULL LINE OF PELLA WINDOWS AND DOORS. EVERYTHING FROM FRONT DOORS AND BACK DOORS, TO COLONIAL AND FRENCH. AND EVERY KIND OF WINDOW YOU COULD POSSIBLY WANT. WE'LL CUSTOMIZE. EVEN INSTALL. AND NO ONE EVER BEATS LOWE'S PRICES. BECAUSE LOWE'S HAS LOW PRICES EVERYDAY, GUARANTEED. THAT'S OUR PROMISE. LOWE'S...IMPROVING HOME IMPROVEMENT. GENTLEMEN, WE'D LIKE TO BUY A SONG FROM YOU... FOR OUR NEW AD CAMPAIGN. YOU KNOW OUR STUFF? IAN: CLEVELAND 27, KANSAS CITY 14. 2:59 TO GO IN THE THIRD QUARTER. SECOND AND 28 FROM THE 29 YARD LINE FOR GREEN AND THE CHIEFS. GREEN THROWING. TOO HIGH FOR JOHNNIE MORT ON. DAN: THIS WAS INTO TRAFFIC AND NOBODY KNOWS THAT MORE THAN JOHNNIE MORTON. BECAUSE BOY, DOES HE GET HIT AFTER HE IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THIS CATCH. HIS OWN MOMENTUM TAKES HIM RIGHT INTO A SANDWICH BETWEEN A COUPLE OF CLEVELAND BROWNS -- DEVIN BUSH FROM BEHIND AND BRANT BOYER IN FRONT. THAT'S NOT EASY BEING A WIDE RECEIVER WHEN YOU GET LAID OUT LIKE THAT IN AN ATTEMPT TO CATCH A BALL. IAN: NOW WITH THIRD AND 28, OUT OF THE SHOTGUN, GREEN. A LITTLE FLICK. HERE IS HOLMES. PRIEST HOLMES SHEDDING TACKLERS AND FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN AT THE 15. ANTHONY HENRY AMONG THOSE INVOLVED. 14-YARD GAIN. DAN: HE ONLY PICKS UP HALF OF WHAT HE NEEDED BUT THE REALITY IS THIS IS JUST SPECIAL WORK BY PRIEST HOLMES. IT'S A WELL SET UP -- FIRST OF ALL, WHAT A GREAT CATCH. HE GETS A GREAT BLOCK FROM WATERS OUT FRONT BUT THEN HE'S BACK IN WORKING, HIS OWN MOMENTUM CARRYING HIM TOWARD THE SIDELINES BUT LOOK HOW HE WORKS TO GET IN TOWARD HIS BLOCKERS, DRIVE, DIG, HE KNEW HE WASN'T GOING TO GIVE UP A FIRST DOWN BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY. IAN: HE GIVES MORTEN ANDERSEN A MAKEABLE FIELD GOAL. 33-YARD ATTEMPT FOR ANDERSEN, IT'S GOOD. MORTEN ANDERSEN INCHING CLOSER TO THE ALL TIME POINTS LEADER GARY ANDERSON. IAN: THE NEWEST SURVIVORS ARE HEADED TO THAILAND FOR AN ALL NEW ADVENTURE. AS THE GAMES BEGIN THEY WILL FACE A SURPRISE TWIST THEY COULD NEVER HAVE MICHEL JOURDAIN. DON'T -- THEY COULD NEVER HAVE MISSED -- DON'T MISS THE PREMIERE OF THE ALL NEW "SURVIVOR THAILAND." DAN: YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MORTEN -- MORTEN ANDERSEN, LOOKING AT THE OLDEST ACTIVE PLAYER IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AT 42 YEARS OLD, AND WHEN YOU'RE WRITING DOWN A GUY'S STATS GETTING READY FOR A GAME IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT YOU WRITE DOWN HIS YEARS AND YOU SAY THIS IS HIS 21ST YEAR IN THE LEAGUE. IAN: YEAH. STENERUD, LAWRY, ANDERSON, BIG NAMES HAVE KICKED FOR THE CHIEFS. GARY STILLS MAKING THE STOP. 26-YARD RETURN. KELLY HOLCOMB. WHAT A DAY IT'S BEEN. HOLCOMB TO JOHNSON. HOLCOMB TO MORGAN. HOLCOMB TO KING. YOU SEE THE VARIOUS NAMES WE'RE USING HERE. DAN: HE INVOLVES EVERYBODY AND WE SAW THE LAST ONE FINISHING OFF TO ANDRA DAVIS. KELLY HOLCOMB, THE BROWNS WERE CONFIDENT SPECIAL THEIR CONFIDENCE, OBVIOUSLY, WAS JUSTIFIED. IAN: HANDOFF, GREEN. AND A FRUSTRATING DEBUT FOR THE ROOKIE WILLIAM GREEN. DUANE CLEMONS AND JOHN BROWNING THERE TO GREET HIM. A LOSS OF THREE. THE PASS DISTRIBUTION SO FAR FOR CLEVELAND, 12 CATCHES FOR THE WIDE-OUTS, TIGHT ENDS HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED AS WELL AS THE RUNNING BACKS. HOLCOMB TOLD US HE COULD TELL BY ABOUT MIDWEEK THAT HE WOULD GET THE START EVEN THOUGH BUTCH DAVIS DIDN'T TELL HIM SO JUST THE WAY THE REPS WERE BEING DISTRIBUTED AND THE FACT THAT TIM COUCH COULDN'T THROW IT. DAN: ANOTHER PART OF HIS DISTRIBUTION. NONE OF THEM TO KANSAS CITY. IAN: THAT'S AN IMPORTANT STAT. DAN: YES, IT IS. IAN: COMING BACK FOR THE FOOTBALL. KEVIN JOHNSON. AND A MODEST GAIN OF THREE YARDS. LET'S GO TO NEW YORK. "THE NFL TODAY" UPDATE. JIM NANTZ. JIM: DOWN JACKSONVILLE WAY, PEYTON MANNING FOR THE SECOND TIME TODAY HOOKS UP WITH QADRY IS MAIL. LET'S GO BACK TO IAN AND DAN. IAN: QADRY ISMAIL, ONE OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE COLTS PAYING INSTANT DIVIDENDS. HERE IT'S A THIRD AND 10 ON THE 30 YARD LINE. OUT OF THE GUN. HOLCOMB. TIMING WAS OFF ON THAT PLAY. DAN: HOLCOMB DID THE RIGHT THING. HE READ THE BLITZ AND QUINCY MORGAN DIDN'T. IAN: KEPT GOING ON THE ROUTE. DAN: THAT WAS AN ALL-OUT BLITZ BY KANSAS CITY. MORGAN SHOULD HAVE BROKEN OFF HIS ROUTE. WATCH THE BLITZ COMING UP THE MIDDLE. JASON BELSER, HERE COMES WESLEY, BOTH SAFETIES COME, THAT MEANS IT'S A AND QUINCY MORGAN OBLIVIOUS TO THE FACT THAT KANSAS CITY WAS RUNNING THAT BLITZ. IAN: IF ANYTHING, YOU'RE FORTUNATE THAT DOESN'T TURN INTO SIX. DAN: YOU GOT THAT RIGHT, IAN. IAN: ON FOURTH DOWN, GARDOCKI WILL PUNT IT. IAN: THE DANGEROUS DANTE HALL AFTER THE PUNT WILL TAKE A BOUNCE KANSAS CITY'S WAY AND DOWNED AT THE 43 YARD LINE. THAT'S A 28-YARD PUNT. IAN: KANSAS CITY HAS EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION, CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM. ON THE OPENING WEEKEND IN THE NFL. BROWNS LEADING IT 27-17 OVER THE CHIEFS. DEREK BLAYLOCK IN THE GAME FOR KANSAS CITY. GREEN, LONG BALL ON FIRST DOWN LOOKING FOR BLAYLOCK AND IT'S BROKEN UP. DARREN HAMBRICK THE LINEBACKER HAD COVERAGE ON THAT LONG ROUTE DOWN THE SIDELINE. DAN: DARREN HAMBRICK WAS BROUGHT IN TO PLAY STRONG SIDE LINEBACKER WHICH MEANS PLAY THE RUN NOT RUN DOWN THE SIDELINE WITH THE RUNNING BACK YET HE DOES IT. THAT BALL HIT BLAYLOCK ON THE SHOULDER. A LITTLE UNDERTHROWN. IF TRENT GREEN COULD HAVE MAYBE PUT ANOTHER YARD ON THAT FOOTBALL BLAYLOCK WOULD HAVE HAD A BETTER SHOT AT IT BUT GIVE CREDIT TO HAMBRICK. IAN: ON SECOND AND 10. HANDOFF, RICHARDSON. BRUISING HIS WAY FOR FOUR YARDS UP THE GUT. TIME EXPIRING HERE IN THE THIRD. DAN: WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DARREN HAMBRICK. HIS UNCLE -- JIM "MUDCAT" GRANT. IAN: THE MEDIA GOD KIND TO YOU. WATCHING THE BROWNS?" IAN: PLAY ACTION. HOLCOMB HAS THE TIME. HOLCOMB FOR THE END ZONE. FLAG DOWN. DAN: THERE IS NO QUESTION, BARTEE WAS GRABBING JOHNSON ALL THE WAY TOWARDS THE END ZONE. THEY WILL CALL THIS HOLDING, I THINK, INSTEAD OF INTERFERENCE. BARTEE WAS HAD. AND HE DID THE SMART THING. RATHER THAN GIVE UP THE TOUCHDOWN, HE GRABBED. >> FIVE YARDS. FIRST DOWN. DAN: DID I SAY JOHNSON? IT WAS DENNIS NORTHCUTT, I BELIEVE. WATCH THIS. NORTHCUTT GOES TO THE INSIDE ON -- THERE WAS ONE HOLD. BUT THE BIG ONE'S GOING TO COME RIGHT HERE. HE'SLAWING. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU CAN'T -- YOU CANNOT GRAB THE GUY'S ARM AND KEEP PAWING AT IT AND PULLING IT DOWN. NOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE OFFICIAL. IAN: PLACED THE FOOTBALL AT THE 22 AND A FIRST DOWN FOR CLEVELAND. ON THE MOVE ONCE AGAIN. JAMEL WHITE. CIRCLING. AND A COLLISION OUT AT THE 20 YARD LINE AT JOHN BROWNING WAS INVOLVED IN THAT SMACK. LET'S HEAD TO NEW YORK. "THE NFL TODAY" UPDATE. JIM NANTZ. JIM: IAN, THE BACK OF THE DAY HAS BEEN TRAVIS HENRY OF THE BILLS, 120 YARDS AND THIS HIS THIRD TOUCHDOWN. BY THE WAY, ON THE OTHER SIDE CURTIS MARTIN ONLY SIX YARDS IN FOUR CARRIES, SPRAINED HIS ANKLE, X RAYS NEGATIVE, HE'S OUT THE REST OF THIS GAME. BILLS IN FRONT AS WE START THE FOURTH. BACK TO IAN AND DAN. DAN: THANKS, JIM. THE JETS WITHOUT CURTIS MARTIN -- IAN: A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME. DAN: YES, SIR. THAT IS AN UPHILL CLIMB. IAN: SECOND AND SEVEN FROM THE 19. HOLCOMB. BLITZ COMING. AND FLICKS IT. DAN: WOW. HE WAS STILL IN THE POCKET. I KNOW HE DIDN'T REALLY INTENTIONALLY DROP THE BALL THERE. NO QUARTERBACK WOULD REALLY DO THAT. BUT HE GETS RID OF THIS THING IN A HURRY WHEN HE SEES WHAT'S HAPPENING. IAN: TWO CHIEFS. AS RICHIE OWENS AND ERIC WARFIELD WERE UNTOUCHED. WE HAVE NOT SEEN A SACK IN THIS GAME -- EITHER SIDE. NOW WITH THIRD AND SEVEN. OUT OF THE GUN. UNDERNEATH PASS. ANDRE KING. AND HE PICKS UP A COUPLE. DAN: GOOD PLAY BY MIKE MASLOWSKI COMING BACK TO THE INSIDE WHEN KING TRIES TO GO TO THE MIDDLE, WE'VE SEEN MASLOWSKI WORKING FROM THE INSIDE TOWARD THE OUTSIDE TIME AFTER TIME GETTING IN ON THE HIT AND MAKING THE PLAY AND HE DID IT THAT TIME. IAN: PHIL DAWSON ONTO THE FIELD. GARDOCKI WILL HOLD IT. THIS WILL BE A 35-YARD ATTEMPT. 17 CONSECUTIVE FIELD GOALS MADE. AND THAT STREAK LIVES ON. DAN: IT'S A HOT DAY HERE. YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT OLD "BIG DAWG" INSIDE THAT RUBBER MASK DOESN'T HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SWEAT GOING. IAN: YOU'VE GOT TO WASH THAT THING AFTER THE DAY. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT'S GOING IN THE LAUNDRY. DANTE HALL, TWO YARDS DEEP IN THE END ZONE, TAKES IT OUT, BOUNCES OFF A TACKLER. HALL ACROSS THE 40 TO THE t+ 44 YARD LINE. ONCE AGAIN, KANSAS CITY WITH GOOD FIELD POSITION. A 47-YARD RETURN AS CALVIN PEARSON MADE THE STOP ON SPECIAL TEAMS THE SCORING DRIVE FOR CLEVELAND, EIGHT PLAYS, 50 YARDS, DAWSON WITH A■ 34-YARD FIELD GOAL. THEY'VE SCORED ON SIX OF THEIR EIGHT POSSESSIONS. SEE WHY THE DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW, "LATE SHOW WITH DAVE" IS NOMINATED FOR FOUR EMMY AWARDS. NEW GUESTS, ALL NEW TOP 10 LISTS ON "THE LATE SHOW" HERE ON CBS. DAN, LAST YEAR, CLEVELAND SCORES 30 OR MORE POINTS HOW MANY TIMES? DAN: ONCE. YOU WERE THERE. IAN: I WAS. SECOND TO LAST WEEK OF THE YEAR. IAN: A SHOOTOUT WITH TENNESSEE. THEY WON IT 41-38. THIS IS NOT EXACTLY TERRITORY THEY ARE ACCUSTOMED TO. PRIEST HOLMES GETS THE CARRY. CLEVELAND'S DONE A MUCH BETTER JOB DEFENDING THE RUN HERE IN THE SECOND HALF. GERARD WARREN GOT A HAND ON THAT JERSEY. DAN: GERARD WARREN IS GOING TO BE A STAR IN THIS LEAGUE. IT'S JUST HIS SECOND YEAR FROM FLORIDA. YOU REMEMBER JERARD FROM -- YOU REMEMBER GERARD FROM LAST YEAR, HE GOT ATTENTION FOR LEVELING MARK BRUNELL, AN AFFABLE, NICE FELLOW, DESTINED TO BE A DOMINANT INSIDE FORCE IN THIS GAME. HE IS THE MAN ON THE INSIDE OF THE BROWNS DEFENSE. IAN: EVEN LAST YEAR, THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON YOU COULD SEE THE LEARNING CURVE. HE STARTED TO DOMINATE. THROWN TO EDDIE KENNISON. KANSAS CITY UNABLE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL. AND TRENT GREEN CONTINUES TO FIRE AWAY. THAT'S GOOD FOR 15 YARDS. IN TO CLEVELAND TERRITORY. DAN: THAT WAS AN OUTSTANDING GRAB BY EDDIE KENNISON. IN TRAFFIC. HIGH BALL. CATCHING IT, KNOWING HE'S GOING TO GET HIT. HIS PROBLEMS IN DENVER LAST YEAR WERE WELL DOCUMENTED. HE TOLD MIKE SHANAHAN ON A SATURDAY NIGHT THAT "I'M GOING TO RETIRE, I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE PROGRAM," I THOUGHT WE HAD SEEN THE LAST OF EDDIE KENNISON AND THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND -- KENNISON IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND HE HAS MADE A RECOVERY. IAN: TO TONY GONZALEZ AND GONZALEZ MAKES THE CATCH AT THE 26 YARD LINE. ROBERT GRIFFITH THE TACKLE. 14 YARDS THROUGHOUT AIR. -- 14 YARDS THROUGH THE AIR. FIRST DOWN. DAN: WE ARE SEAG AN -- DAN: WE ARE SEEING AN EXHIBITION OF FINE QUARTERBACK PLAY BY BOTH TRENT GREEN AND KELLY HOLCOMB. THAT WAS A STRIKE TO TONY GONZALEZ WHO IS PROVING TO EVERYBODY THAT MAYBE TRAINING CAMP IS OVERRATED. I THINK IT'S ONLY OVERRATED IF YOU ARE A TRULY SUPERIOR FUTURE HALL OF FAMER LIKE TONY GONZALEZ. I THINK THE ORDINARY GUY S NEED IT. IAN: DRAW PLAY. HOLMES. ON FIRST DOWN. PRIEST HOLMES. BREAKING FREE. OH, WHAT AN INDIVIDUAL EFFORT BY HOLMES. AND A TOUCHDOWN. DAN: RIGHT NOW, DEVIN BUSH, THAT GUY RIGHT THERE, NUMBER 23, IS EMBARRASSED. BECAUSE HE PUT A HALF-HEARTED ATTEMPT AT TACKLING PRIEST HOLMES -- I DON'T KNOW IF HE THOUGHT HE HAD SOME TEAMMATES COMING TO HELP HIM OUT BUT IF HE THOUGHT THAT THIS GUY WAS JUST GOING TO GO DOWN, THERE IS BUSH RIGHT THERE, NEVER EVEN LEAVES HIS FEET. FOR A MOMENT HE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE PRIEST HOLMES WAS GOING TO TAKE A HIT AND GO DOWN, FORGET ABOUT IT -- IT'S NOT HAPPENING. IAN: BUSH HAD LIMPED OFF THE FIELD TWO PLAYS EARLIER, CAME BACK FOR THAT RUNNING PLAY WITH PRIEST HOLMES, AND IT'S FUNNY HOW TROUBLE WILL FIND YOU. DAN: ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH. IAN: MORTEN ANDERSEN. IAN: SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY FOR PRIEST HOLMES. 18 CARRIES, 73 YARDS. THAT WAS A FOUR-PLAY, 56-YARD DRIVE TAKING UP JUST MINUTES. MORTEN ANDERSEN TO KICK IT OFF. IAN: KING AND DAVIS ARE BACK DEEP. THIS IS KING FROM THE SIX. ANDRE KING COMES UP SHORT OF THE 20 YARD LINE AS BORIGHTERMADE THE STOP ON SPECIAL TEAMS. DAN: THIS IS WORTH ANOTHER LOOK. GONZALEZ HERE. WATCH THESE TWO GUYS SEAL IT. MORTEN IS GOING TO SEAL IT OFF, GONZALEZ IS GOING TO SEAL IT OFF HERE, MORTEN SEALING IT OFF HERE AND WATCH WHERE THE INITIAL CONTACT COMES. YARD LINE. PRIEST HOLMES RUNS RHT THROUGH IT FOR ANOTHER 15 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN -- GOOD WORK BY JOHNNY MORTEN, -- JOHNNIE MORTEN, TONY GONZALEZ AND PRIEST HOLMES. IAN: FIRST AND 10 FROM THEIR OWN 19, JAMEL WHITE IN THE BACKFIELD. HANDOFF TO WHITE AND SQUEEZES THROUGH A HOLE TO PICK UP THREE AS WE GO DOWNSTAIRS TO BONNIE BERNSTEIN. BONNIE: IAN, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS KELLY HOLCOMB'S SECOND NFL START EVER, HE TOLD US BEFORE THE GAME THE THING HE TAKES PRIDE IN IS HIS COMMAND OF THE HUDDLE. HE SAID "I MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST QUARTERBACK BUT I AM A GOOD LEADER" AND WATCHING HIM TODAY SPREADING THE BALL AROUND, THROWING TWO TOUCHDOWNS AND EVEN ON THE SIDELINE WHEN THE D'S ON THE FIELD HE HASN'T SAT DOWN, ENCOURAGING ALL OF THE PLAYERS, AT LEAST FOR TODAY, THE BROWNS ARE KELLY HOLCOMB'S TEAM, IAN. IAN: HE SAID "I'M NOT THE SAME GUY I WAS FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I GOT THE START FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS." IT'S CLICKED OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. IT CERTAINLY HAS TODAY. HOLCOMB, TOO LOW AS HE WAS DEALING WITH HEAVY HEAT TRYING TO GET IT TO WILLIAM GREEN. JOHN BROWNING THE PRESSURE. DAN: THIS IS A LOT OF YEARS WITHOUT A LOT OF ACTION. WE'VE GOT ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR YEARS WITH ZIP PASS ATTEMPTS FOR KELLY HOLCOMB. 97ALKE ABOUT THAT WAS HIS LONE START AND YOU CAN -- IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A GUY WITH THAT LITTLE REGULAR SEASON PLAYING TIME IS THIS SHARP. IAN: HE FACES A CRITICAL THIRD DOWN HERE. CLEVELAND WITH A CHANCE TO USE UP MORE CLOCK. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. HOLCOMB BROUGHT DOWN. DID HE LOSE THE FOOTBALL? DAN: OH,IAS YES. -- DAN: OH, YES. IAN: KANSAS CITY'S GOT IT. DUANE CLEMONS CAME FIRING IN ON KELLY HOLCOMB. DAN: KELLY WAS A LITTLE LAX IN HOLDING THE FOOTBALL AND GOT IT KNOCKED OUT. IAN: JOHN BROWNING THE RECOVERY. DAN: THE PRESSURE IS GOING TO COME FROM THE LEFT SIDE. TAKE A LOOK RIGHT HERE. SEE, KELLY HAD THE BALL OUT IN FRONT OF HIM. DIDN'T SENSE THAT IT WAS COMING FROM BEHIND. AND HAD IT KNOCKED AWAY. TREMENDOUS ALSO BY CLEMONS. HE GETS THE BALL. KNOCKS IT LOOSE. THE CHIEFS HAVE THE BREAK THEY NEEDED DEEP IN CLEVELAND TERRITORY. IAN: AND THE FIRST MAJOR MISTAKE FROM HOLCOMB THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS AFTERNOON. FIRST AND 10 AT THE 15 FOR KANSAS CITY. THEY TRAIL 30-24. HANDOFF, HOLMES. BIG HOLE. HOLMES ACCELERATES TO THE END ZONE. TOUCHDOWN, KANSAS CITY. AND IT'S PRIEST HOLMES' THIRD OF THE DAY. DAN: THEY GO RIGHT BACK TO THEIR OFFENSIVE LEFT SIDE -- THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BROWNS DEFENSE. THIS IS WHERE THEY JUST SCORED ON THEIR LAST TOUCHDOWN. AND THEY HAMMER IT RIGHT AT IT, WHAT A HOLE BETWEEN THE CENTER AND THE LEFT GUARD. BRIAN WATERS, WILLIAM ROAF, CASEY WIEGMANN, THE CENTER, JOHNNIE MORTON, EDDIE KENNISON PUTS THE GUY ON HIS BACK, WHAT A WELL RUN PLAY BY THE CHIEFS AND HOW QUICKLY THEY'VE GOT A CHANCE TO TAKE THE LEAD. IAN: ANDERSEN ON FOR THE EXTRA POINT. KANSAS CITY IN FRONT. IAN: TOPSY TURVY AFTERNOON HERE IN CLEVELAND, SIX LEAD CHANGES. KANSAS CITY 31, THE BROWNS 30. DAN: WHAT DID YOU SAY? IAN: TOPSY TURFY -- IAN: TOPSY TURVY. DAN: FIRST TIME THAT'S BEEN CALLED IN 2002. IAN: PAINTS A WORD PICTURE. DAN: I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT IN A WHILE. IAN: MORTEN ANDERSEN ON THE KICKOFF TAKEN BY ANDRE KING, KING THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD TO THE 34 YARD LINE. MICHAEL CLOUD WITH THE STOP ON SPECIAL TEAMS. CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND CONCLUDES WITH THE ULTIMATE TEST OF TOUGHNESS -- YES, IT'S THE MEN'S FINAL AT THE U.S. OPEN FEATURING ANDRE AGASSI AND PETE SAMPRAS. FOR MORE YOU CAN GO TO SPORTSLINE.COM, AMERICA ONLINE KEYWORD CBS SPORTSLINE. KANSAS CITY WITH A ONE-POINT LEAD OVER THE BROWNS. FIRST AND 10 FOR CLEVELAND FROM THEIR OWN 34. KELLY HOLCOMB, WHO HAS HAD SUCH A TREMENDOUS AFTERNOON RIGHT UP UNTIL HE COUGHED UP THE FOOTBALL. ON THEIR LAST DRIVE. QUICK OUT PATTERN TO QUINCY MORGAN AND HE HITS HIM JUST WHE THE BALL HAD TO BE -- WILLIAM BARTEE GIVING HIM SOME CUSHION. A FIRST DOWN FOR CLEVELAND. THEY PICK UP 12. GOOD WAY TO GET KELLY HOLCOMB RIGHT BACK INTO THINGS, BRUCE ARIANS, THE COORDINATOR SHOWING ALL SORTS OF CONFIDENCE. HIS FUMBLE GAVE KANSAS CITY THE LEAD BUT LET THE KID COME RIGHT BACK IN -- HE'S 29, HE'S NOT A KID, BUT EXPERIENCE-WISE HE IS. IAN: QUINCY MORGAN HAS CRACKED THE 100-YARD PLATEAU. NEARLY INTERCEPTED. AS HOLCOMB PUT A LITTLE íD MUSTARD ON THAT ONE TO KEVIN JOHNSON. DAN: THREE PEOPLE HAD A SHOT AT THAT ONE -- MIKEot MASLOWSKI WAS THE LAST AND HE WAS ALMOST ABLE TO PULL IT IN. THAT BALL NEVER DID TOUCH THE GROUND AND IT BOUNCED OVER TO THE RIGHT WHERE MASLOWSKI HAD A SHOT AT IT. IAN: IT WAS BUSH INITIALLY. SECOND AND 10. LINE OF SCRIMMAGE IS THE 46. CLEVELAND NOW TRAILING KANSAS CITY. 31-30. DAN: HERE COMES THE ALL-OUT BLITZ. IAN: PLAY ACTION.x HOLCOMB UNLOADS TO MIDFIELD AND ANDRA DAVIS, A GAIN OF FIVE. RAY CROCKETT ON TOP OF IT TO MAKE THE TACKLE. DAN: CLEVELAND HAS RUN THE BALL NOT VERY EFFECTIVELY TODAY. THEY ONLY HAVE 51 YARDS RUSHING. IN A DRIVE LIKE THIS WHERE YOU WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO GRIND UP A LOT OF CLOCK, GET DOWN AND TAKE THE LEAD, BRUCE ARIANS, OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, I DON'T KNOW THAT HE HAS A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN HIS RUNNING GAME. KANSAS CITY, ON THE OTHER HAND, EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE. IAN: THIRD AND FIVE. FOUR RECEIVER SET. OUT OF THE SHOTGUN. HOLCOMB. STEPS UP. THROWS IT RIGHT AT THE MARKER AND DAVIS GETS LEVELED BY BARTEE. DAN: THE SPOT HERE IS EVERYTHING. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM THE FIRST DOWN. IAN: ABSOLUTELY. THEY HAD TO GET TO THE 44 YARD LINE AND THEY ARE INSIDE THEMARKER.■■ THE DRIVE CONTINUES. DAN: YOU COULD HEAR THAT HIT ALL THE WAY UP HERE IN THE PRESS BOX. ANDRA DAVIS GETS STAMPED BY WILLIAM BARTEE. AND GETS A GOOD SPOT, AND THE BROWNS GET A FIRST DOWN. IAN: DOUBLE TIGHT END SET. FIRST DOWN AND 10 FROM THE 44. CLEVELAND NOW IN BUSINESS IN KANSAS CITY TERRITORY. HOLCOMB. UP TOP. WIDE OPEN, QUINCY MORGAN LUNGEING, TOUCHDOWN. DAN: THE DEFENDER TO THAT SIDE OF THE FIELD FELL DOWN. THAT'S HOW QUINCY MORGAN GETS SO WIDE OPEN OVER THERE. IAN: PENALTY AGAINST KANSAS CITY. >> POINT OF CONTACT, NUMBER 24, DEFENSE, PENALTY DECLINED. TOUCHDOWN. DAN: THAT'S WILLIAM BARTEE WHO WAS THE DEFENSIVE BACK ON THAT SIDE AND HE HAD A FAILED ATTEMPT TO HOLD QUINCY MORGAN. COULDN'T EVEN DO THAT. MORGAN GOES AHEAD AND SCORES. IAN: MORGAN IS HAVING THE GAME OF HIS PRO CAREER. EIGHT CATCHES, 144 YARDS, TWO TOUCHDOWNS. TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLAY CLOCK. CLEVELAND IS GOING FOR TWO. RIGHT NOW, IT IS A FIVE-POINT DISPARITY. THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT SEVEN. THIRD TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY FOR HOLCOMB. WHITE IN THE BACKFIELD. IAN: HANDOFF, WHITE DRIVEN BACK BY THIS KANSAS CY DEFENSE. DAN: THE CROWD UNEASY WITH THAT CALL BUT YOU'VE GOT TO TRY TO RUN IT BUT THE BROWNS HAVEN'T DONE IT WITH ANY SUCCESS. IAN: DO YOU TRY ON A TWO-POINT CONVERSION? DAN: I KNOW, I KNOW. YES, SOMETIMES YOU DO. LET'S FACE IT. ANY SUCCESS THEY HAVE HAD, IAN, HAS COME BY THROWING THE BALL. IAN: ABSOLUTELY. DAN: I GUESS THEY TRIED A CHANGE OF PACE. LOOK AT THE STRIKE BY KELLY HOLCOMB. GRANTED, THE GUY HE'S THROWING TO IS WIDE OPEN AFTER WILLIAM BARTEE FELL DOWN. BARTEE COMPLETELY FOOLED RIGHT THERE BY MORGAN HEADING UP THE FIELD, AND BECAUSE OF THE COVERAGE, HE HAD NO OUTSIDE HELP, JASON BELSER CAN'T GET OVER THERE UNTIL TOO LATE. AND WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK IT -- THAT WE WOULD FIND OURSELVES IN A SHUTOUT -- IN A SHOOTOUT, RATHER, OF THIS MAGNITUDE? I'M STUNNED. IAN: DAN, YOU LOOK UP AT THE CLOCK. 5:52 LEFT. AND BACK AND FORTH W GO. 36-31. CLEVELAND NOW IN FRONT. IAN: THIS HAS BEEN A FUN ONE. DAN: OH, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? IAN: PHIL DAWSON WILL KICK IT OFF. HALL WILL TAKE IT OUT OF THE END ZONE. DANTE HALL. HALL WEAVING HIS WAY THROUGH TRAFFIC AND BROUGHT DOWN AT THE 26 BY ANDRA DAVIS. 28-YARD RETURN. NEXT WEEK MORE GREAT ACTION FOR YOU HERE ON CBS. DAN: LOOK AT THIS. THAT'S A LOT OF OFFENSE FROM THESE TWO TEAMS THAT STRUGGLED. THE CHIEFS PUT A LOT OF YARDS LAST YEAR. CLEVELAND, THAT'S A STUNNING NUMBER. IAN: FIRST AND 10 FROM THEIR OWN 26. THE CHIEFS OPERATE. GREEN IN THE POCKET. GREEN RIFLES TO THE SIDELINE. CAUGHT BY KENNISON. AND THEY'RE JUST PICKING UP CHUNKS OF YARDAGE. EDDIE KENNISON OUT NEAR MIDFIELD. DAN: THIS IS WHAT WAS MISSING FOR KANSAS CITY LAST YEAR. EVEN THOUGH EDDIE WAS ONLY THERE FOR THE LAST FIVE GAMES. SPEED. SPEED COMMANDS DIFFERENT COVERAGES BY THE DEFENSE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT TIME ANTHONY HENRY GIVING ALL SORTS OF CUSHION TO EDDIE KENNISON WHO HAS FOUR CATCHES FOR A LOFTY 30 YARDS PER CATCH AVERAGE. IAN: DO THE NUMBERS. DAN: DO YOU THINK THAT SCARES A CORNER? IAN: KANSAS CITY DRIVING. HANDOFF. PRIEST HOLMES. ABLE TO ELUDE A COUPLE OF TACKLES FROM BEHIND AND HE GAINS FOUR AS ORPHEUS ROYE AND DWAYNE RUDD COMBINE TO MAKE THAT STOP. AND THE CROWD QUIETS DOWN FOR THE MOMENT AS WE HIT THE FIVE-MINUTE MARK OF THE FOURTH. DAN: AND THIS IS WHERE -- WHEN YOU'RE CALLING PLAYS, WHICH IS WHAT AL SAUNDERS IS DOING RIGHT NOW FOR THE CHIEFS, HE DOES HAVE THE LUXURY OF PRIEST HOLMES.■■ HE CAN RUN A BALANCED OFFENSE AT THE BROWNS RIGHT HERE, RUNNING IT OR THROWING IT BECAUSE OF NUMBER 31. IAN: FROM THE CLEVELAND 48 YARD LINE. THIS IS SECOND AND SIX FOR KANSAS CITY. OUT OF THE SHOTGUN. GREEN WANTS TO THROW IT. TONY GONZALEZ GETS HIMSELF FREE FOR A FIRST DOWN CATCH AT THE 38. DAN: HOW GOOD IS TONY GONZALEZ. THIS GUY SIGNED A WEEK AGO FRIDAY. HE SIGNS A CONTRACT, WHAT, NINE DAYS AGO, HAS ONE WEEK OF PRACTICE, I DON'T CARE HOW CONCENTRATED THE PRACTICES ARE DURING THAT WEEK, TO BE ABLE TO COME IN, RUN THE RIGHT PATTERNS, BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE, BLOCK THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND THEN ON TOP OF IT ALL HAVE THE PHYSICAL STAMINA AND CONDITIONING TO PERFORM AT THIS LEVEL ON A REALLY HOT DAY. IAN: A ONE-YEAR, $3 MILLION CONTRACT FOR GONZALEZ. PUMP FAKE, AND AGAIN SOME RAZZLE DAZZLE. THEY HAND IT OFF TO PRIEST HOLMES. HOLMES WITH THE STUTTER-STEP MOVE AND FORCED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 16 YARD LINE. DAN: RIGHT NOW, AL SAUNDERS, THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR IS GOING TO SAY "I'M GOING TO CALL ANYTHING. IT'S ALL WORKING NOW. I'VE GOT GONZALEZ, JOHNNIE MORT EN, -- JOHNNY MORTON, EDDIE KENNISON AND PRIEST HOLMES. IAN: HOLMES, 114 YARDS, THREE TOUCHDOWNS. DAN: BOTH OF THESE OFFENSIVE LINES HAVE PLAYED WELL -- THE BROWNS MORE IN PASS PROTECTION, THE CHIEFS ON BOTH ENDS OF THE OFFENSIVE SPECTRUM, RUNNING AND PASSING. IAN: 15TH 100-YARD GAIN FOR PRIEST HOLMES. TONY RICHARDSON GETS A CRACK AT THIS CLEVELAND DEFENSE AND HE HITS THE HOLE HARD FOR A GAIN OF ALMOST NINE. DAN: RIGHT NOW THE CLEVELAND DEFENSE IS BACK ON ITS HEELS. THE KANSAS CITY OFFENSIVE LINE HAS TAKEN CONTROL OF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND WHEN THEY'RE COMING OFF THE BALL THE GUYS IN THE WHITE SHIRTS ARE GETTING ROCKED BACK. ROAF, WATERS, WIEGMANN, TAIT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT THIS IS AN AWFULLY NICE TIME OF THE GAME TO BE DOING IT. IAN: SECOND AND ONE. KANSAS CITY LOOKING TO REGAIN THE LEAD. HANDOFF. HOLMES CUTS IT INSIDE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. PRIEST HOLMES WITH A MONSTER DAY, HIS FOURTH TOUCHDOWN OF THE AFTERNOON AND KANSAS CITY GOES BACK IN FRONT. DAN: THE CLEVELAND FANS WERE HOPING THEIR RUN DEFENSE WOULD IMPROVE THIS YEAR. THEY WERE 29TH IN THE LEAGUE LAST YEAR. BUT LOOK AT THIS UP FRONT. LOOK AT THE KANSAS CITY OFFENSIVE LINE. WILL SHIELDS, NUMBER 68, GETS TWO GUYS. WIEGMANN AND TAIT, THEY DESTROYED THE CLEVELAND BROWNS DEFENSIVELY AND THIS IS A TUNE THE BROWNS FANS WERE HOPING THEY WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE TO HEAR VERY MUCH HERE IN H@2002. IAN: HOLMES WITH 76 YARDS RUSHING IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. [THE CAPTIONING ON THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED AS AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE OF THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, INC., WHICH IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURATE AND COMPLETE TRANSCRIPTION OF PROGRAM CONTENT. CBS, ITS PARENT AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS AND DIVISIONS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY TRANSCRIPTION OR FOR ANY ERRORS IN TRANSCRIPTION.] [CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY CBS SPORTS DIVISION] IAN: HOLMES OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. THEY'RE GOING TO THROW IT. GREEN ON A SCRAMBLE. TRENT GREEN LOOKING TO RUN IT IN. GREEN SPILLED DOWN AT THE GOAL LINE. DAN: HE DIDN'T GET IT. IAN: MARK SMITH AND■ DEVIN BUSH MADE SURE THAT HE DID NOT BREAK THE PLANE. DAN: HE DIDN'T MAKE IT BY ABOUT SIX INCHES. TRENT GREEN HAS ALL SORTS OF TIME. NOT MUCH OF A PASS RUSH. THE ONLY BROWN WHO GOT IN THERE WAS COURTNEY BROWN. WATCH GREEN GO FOR IT. THAT'S RIGHT. DEVIN BUSH GOT IN THERE. MARK SMITH GOT IN THERE. THEY GOT THE SANDWICH GOING. THERE IS THE FOOTBALL. WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE THE FOOTBALL -- WE COULD SEE IT TOUCHING THE GOAL LINE. THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER OR NOT TRENT GREEN WAS DOWN BEFORE THE BALL TOUCHED T. WATCH THE BOTTOM OF THIS. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE FOOTBALL. THERE IS THE WHITE LINE. THERE IS THE FOOTBALL IN HIS ARM. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT TRENT GREEN IS ON THE GROUND BY IAN: KANSAS CITY WILL HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A ONE-POINT LEAD AND THEY WILL KICK OFF TO THE BROWNS WITH 3:05 LEFT TO GO HERE IN THE FOURTH. DAN: KANSAS CITY'S GOING TO CHALLENGE THIS, IAN, AS WELL THEY SHOULD. DICK VERMEIL JUST THREW HIS RED FLAG OUT ON THE FIELD. IAN: SO THE HEAD COACH OF THE CHIEFS, DICK VERMEIL, WHO HAS BEEN AT THIS A LONG TIME, HIS 12TH YEAR AS A HEAD COACH IN THE NFL, SECOND WITH THE CHIEFS. >> KANSAS CITY CHALLENGING THE FORWARD-PROGRESS SPOT ON THE TRY FOR POINTS. DAN: IN OTHER WORDS, AS CITY WANTS A TWO-POINT PLAY HERE. WHAT'S REALLY AT STAKE HERE, EVERYBODY, IS WHERE WAS THE REST OF TRENT GREEN'S BODY PRIOR TO US SEEING THAT FOOTBALL CROSSING THE GOAL LINE? THIS WILL GIVE US A BETTER INDICATION. BUT WE CAN'T SEE THE FOOTBALL THERE. IAN: NO. THIS IS THE SHOT THAT BLUM WILL LOOK AT. HE GETS LEVELED IN MIDAIR AND TRIES TO STRETCH OUT ACROSS AT THE LAST MOMENT. DAN: KEEP IN MIND, EVERYBODY -- I DON'T WANT TO BE REDUNDANT IN SAYING THIS BUT THE RULING ON THE FIELD WAS THAT HE DID NOT GET ACROSS. HE DIDN'T GET THE TWO-POINT TRY INTO THE END ZONE. SO RON BLUM IS GOING TO HAVE TO SEE ENOUGH -- SEE, HE'S DOWN RIGHT THERE. MY SENSE IS HE DIDN'T GET THE FOOTBALL ACROSS THE GOAL LINE UNTIL AFTER HE WAS DOWN. I DON'T KNOW THATON BLUM'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO OVERTURN THIS. WOW, IT'S CLOSE FROM THAT ANGLE. HE'S GOT THAT FOOTBALL OUT IN HADS RIGHT -- IN HIS RIGHT ARM IN THE POSITION WHEN HIS SHOULDER PAD TOUCHES AT ABOUT THE TWO-FOOT LINE THAT FOOTBALL IS AWFUL CLOSE TO THE GOAL LINE. IAN: KANSAS CITY HAS ONLY ONE TIME OUT REMAINING. IF DICK VERMEIL LOSES ON THIS CHALLENGE THAT'S IT. DAN: I THINK DICK HAS TO CHALLENGE IT. IAN: IT CHANGES THE WHOLE DYNAMIC OF THE GAME. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A THREE-POINT DISPARITY. DAN: IF HE LOSES HIS FINAL TIME OUT, HE'S GOT TO TAKE THE CHANCE. YOU CAN'T FAULT HIM AT ALL FOR ASKING FOR A REVIEW. OF COURSE, WHERE HE MISSED OUT, THERE'S THREE MINUTES AND FIVE SECONDS LEFT IN THE GAME. IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INSIDE THE LAST TWO MINUTES HE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO ASK FOR IT BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE COME FROM UPSTAIRS. IAN: AUTOMATIC. DAN: SO BY A MINUTE AND FIVE SECONDS HE IS FORCED TO RISK A TIME OUT. IAN: NOW MR. BLUM HAS SEEN ENOUGH. DAN: THIS IS A TOUGH CALL FOR RON BLUM. >> AFTER REVIEWING THE PLAY, THE CALL ON THE FIELD WAS CORRECT. THE EXTRA POINT IS NO GOOD. THE RUNNER WAS DOWN SHORT OF THE GOAL LINE. IAN: NOT ENOUGH VIDEO TO BACK UP A REVERSAL. DAN: I COMPLETELY AGREE. ONE MORE TIME WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT BUT THIS WAS AN UNSUCCESSFUL TRY FOR TWO POINTS BY NO MORE THAN AN INC OR SO -- QUITE FRANKLY, IF THEY WOULD HAVE RULED THIS A SUCCESSFUL TWO-POINT TRY, AND CLEVELAND WOULD HAVE CHALLENGED IT, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UPHELD AS A SUCCESSFUL TWO-POINT -- I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE EITHER WAY. IAN: TO SWING IT? DAN: RIGHT. IAN: KANSAS CITY OUT OF TIME OUTS, CLEVELAND STILL HAS TWO REMAINING WITH 3:05 TO GO, YOU ALSO HAVE THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING. IAN: ANDRE KING IS WAITING ALONG WITH ANDRA DAVIS. DAN: IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THIS THAT MAKE ME REALIZE HOW MUCH I MISS THIS GAME THE REST OF THE YEAR. IAN: THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S A SHORT KICK. KING MOVES FORWARD AND CATCHES AT THE 13.R KING SLIDES HIS WAY ACROSS THE 30 YARD LINE. AND MONTY BEISEL COMES UP WITH THE SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLE. 20-YARD RETURN. THE WAY THIS GAME HAS GONE, IT WOULDN'T BE A SHOCKER IF CLEVELAND PUTS POINTS ON THE BOARD AND KANSAS GETS THE FOOTBALL BACK AND DRIVES DOWN THE FIELD. DAN: NO. IAN: YOU CAN'T PUT YOUR FINGER ON HOW THIS IS GOING TO END UP. DAN: THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU ARE THINKING TO YOURSELF "GEE, DON'T SCORE TOO QUICKLY." IAN: ONE THING ABOUT THE BROWNS LAST YEAR, SEVEN OF THEIR 16 GAMES WERE DECIDED IN THE FINAL MINUTE OF PLAY. THAT'S HOW TIGHT THEY PLAYED. GAMES IN 2001. CLEVELAND ON A FIRST AND 10 FROM THEIR OWN 32. HOLVECOMB WITH A PUMP FAKE. HOLCOMB HAS A MAN OPEN. KEVIN JOHNSON. HE IS QUICKLY DEVOURED BY WILLIAM BARTEE. A FIVE-YARD GAIN. HOLCOMB TO JOHNSON ON FIRST DOWN. IAN: WE WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN WATCHING OTHER GAMES ON CBS. KANSAS CITY WITH THE LEAD. 37-36. BACK AND FORTH WE'VE GONE HERE IN THIS SECOND HALF. NOW IT'S CLEVELAND TRYING TO GO BACK IN FRONT WITH A SECOND AND FIVE AT THEIR OWN 37. HOLCOMB FILLING IN FOR THE INJURED TIM COUCH. IS IT A CLEAN CATCH AT THE 48 YARD LINE? THAT IS THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW. DAN: YES, IT IS. IAN: QUINCY MORGAN FOR A GAIN OF SEVEN AND THEY WILL MOVE THE CHAINS. THE CLOCK CONTINUES TO ROLL. 2:10 LEFT, FOURTH QUARTER. OUT OF THE SHOTGUN. OFF THE FAKE. TIMING PATTERN. DOWN THE SIDELINE. KEVIN JOHNSON IN TO KANSAS CITY TERRITORY AND OUT OF BOUNDS JUST SHORT OF THE 30 YARD LINE. DAN: KEVIN JOHNSON AS HE'S BEEN DOING ALL DAY WITH A LITTLE FAKE TO THE INSIDE, WARFIELD KNOWS HE'S GOT HELP OVER THE TOP BUT GREG WESLEY, THE SAFETY, LATE COMING OVER -- THE SAFETY HAS GOT TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE QUICKER THAN THAT. A BIG DAY FOR KEVIN JOHNSON -- OF COURSE, NOTHING NEW ABOUT THAT. HE ONLY HAD 84 CATCHES FOR THE BROWNS LAST YEAR, IS REALLY THEIR ONLY THREAT. IAN: NOW A FIRST AND 10 AT THE KANSAS CITY 31 TRAILING BY JUST A POINT. HANDOFF, JAMEL WHITE, AND DRIVEN BACK AT THE 29. MIKE IAN: 37-36, KANSAS CITY LEADING CLEVELAND. IAN EAGLE ALONG WITH DAN DIERDORF. THIS HAS BEEN A WILD ONE. EIGHT LEAD CHANGES. YOU CAN'T GUESS THE ENDING RIGHT NOW. DAN: NO, YOU CAN'T. IT'S UNHEARD OF TO SEE THIS TYPE OF OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION BY THE CLEVELAND BROWNS WHO STRUGGLED LAST YEAR, THE WORST OFFENSIVE TEAM IN THE LEAGUE AND BEHIND BACKUP QUARTERBACK KELLY HOLCOMB, A MARVELOUS DAY FOR HIM AND THE TEAM. IAN: ON THE HANDOFF, JAMEL WHITE GETS TO THE 25 YARD LINE. THREE-YARD GAIN. BUSH AND CLEMONS MAKING THE STOP. TIM COUCH STARTED ALL 16 GAMES LAST YEAR FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS BUT COUCH HAS SCAR TISSUE IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW. UNABLE TO GO HERE TODAY. KELLY HOLCOMB MAKES HIS FIRST START IN NEARLY FIVE YEARS AND HOLCOMB HAS PUT UP BIG NUMBERS, 27-39, 326 YARDS PASSING, THREE TOUCHDOWNS. DAN: HE HAS EXPERIENCE IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAN GETTING IT ON THE FIELD DURING THE COURSE OF A REGULAR SEASON GAME. LOTS OF PRESEASON ACTION DURING HIS CAREER. SOME WORK OVERSEAS. IAN: FOLLOWING TENNIS, THE U.S. OPEN MEN'S FINAL. THIRD AND FOUR FROM THE 25. KEVIN JOHNSON. THEY GO CONSERVATIVE. JAMEL WHITE UP THE MIDDLE. RYAN SIMS, THE ROCKY, NUMBER SIX PICK, FIRST MAN THERE TO MOVE HIM BACK WARDS. WE WILL MOVE UNDER ONE MINUTE LEFT. PHIL DAWSON. HE HAS BEEN PERFECT ON THE DAY. 3-3. DAN: WILL WE -- WE WILL BE LOOKING AT A 40-41 YARDER RIGHT HERE. IAN: WE TOLD YOU EARLIER, KANSAS CITY, NO TIME OUTS REMAINING. THEY WILL GET THE FOOTBALL BACK WITH JUST ABOUT 30 SECONDS OR SO. DAN: THAT TIME OUT THAT THEY USED TO CHALLENGE, WHICH WE ALL AGREED THAT DICK VERMEIL HAD TO DO, THAT IS REALLY COSTING THEM RIGHT NOW. IAN: NOW CLEVELAND HAS USED ITS FINAL TIME OUT. WITH 33 SECONDS SHOWING ON THE CLOCK. DAN: DICK VERMEIL WISHES HE HAD THAT TIME OUT -- WISHES HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP THIS CLOCK PRIOR TO WHEN THE BROWNS JUST STOPPED IT NOW TO GIVE HIS TEAM A CHANCE AT A COUPLE EXTRA PLAYS IF CLEVELAND IS SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS FIELD GOAL. IAN: STATING THE OBVIOUS -- IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO GET OFF TO A GOOD START, FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF ON OPENING DAY. KANSAS CITY LAST YEAR OPENED 1-6. THEY JUST COULDN'T GET OUT OF THAT HOLE. CLEVELAND, ON THE OTHER HAND, DID GET OFF TO A GOOD START. THEY WERE 6-4 AND THEN INJURIES RAVAGED THEM AT THE TAIL END OF THE SEASON. NFL KICKOFF WEEKENDS. -- NFL KICKOFF WEEKEND. DAN: RIGHT NOW PHIL DAWSON'S HEART RATE, I WOULD SAY, IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 150. IAN: HE HAS CONVERTED ON 18 STRAIGHT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS. 40-YARD ATTEMPT. GARDOCKI WILL HOLD IT. DAWSON. HE'S G IT. BROWNS REGAIN THE LEAD. DAN: THERE GOES A PENALTY FLAG. WELL AFTER THE PLAY WAS OVER. SOMETHING HAPPENED OUT ON THE FIELD. THIS WON'T AFFECT THE FIELD GOAL -- THIS HAPPENED WAY AFTER THE PLAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING. >> FIELD GOAL IS GOOD. AFTER THE FIELD GOAL WE HAVE A DEAD-BALL TAUNT ON NUMBER 17, CLEVELAND. 15 YARDS ASSESSED ON THE KICKOFF. IAN: THE HOLDER, GARDOCKI. DAN: IT SHOULD BE 90-YARD PENALTY FOR TAUNTING BY THE HOLDER. I'M NOT SURE ANYTHING IS TOO SEVERE. PHIL DAWSON DRIVES THIS DOWN THE MIDDLE. NO QUESTION ABOUT THIS WHATSOEVER. KEEP IN MIND NOW WHAT KANSAS CITY NEEDS TO RETAKE THE LEAD IS A FIELD GOAL. AND GARDOCKI'S FOOLISHNESS HAS JUST GIVEN THEM A 15-YARD HEAD START. IAN: THE NINTH LEAD CHANGE. THIS AFTERNOON. AND KELLY HOLCOMB PUMPING THE FIST, BUTCH DAVIS -- HE WILL GET A FIST PUMP IN AS WELL WITH 29 SECONDS LEFT. NOW DICK VERMEIL AND THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS HAVE PLAYED A COMPETIVE BALLGAME THROUGHOUT BUT NOW THEY FIND THEMSELVES DOWN BY TWO. WITH NO TIME OUTS LEFT. DAN: BUT THE BROWNS FIND THEMSELVES HAVING TO FREE KICK FROM THE 15 YARD LINE. DAN: RIGHT NOW, I WOULD THINK CHRIS GARDOCKI IS FEELING A LITTLE CON TRITE. CHRIS, IT WILL ONLY BE FUNNY IF YOU GUYS END UP WINNING THE GAME. IAN: DAWSON WILL KICK IT OFF. DANTE HALL IS WAITING. HALL GOES TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD TO GET IT. DAN: WHAT A KICK. IAN: FROM THE 20. HALL TO THE 30. REMAINS ON HIS FEET TO THE 35 AND BROUGHT DOWN AT THE 36 YARD LINE. A 20-YARD RETURN. JAMES JACKSON ON SPECIAL TEAMS MADE SURE THAT HE BROUGHT HIM DOWN. DAN: THE CLEVELAND BROWNS DID IT WHEN THEY HAD TO, SEVEN PLAYS, 45 YARDS. IAN: 19TH STRAIGHT FIELD GOAL MADE BY PHIL DAWSON. DAN: AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE. TRENT GREEN TRIED TO GET INTO THE END ZONE ON A TWO-POINT CONVERSION. HE WAS INCHES SHORT. AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE BALLGAME TO THIS POINT RIGHT HERE.■ THE CHIEFS HAVE GOT TO WORK THE SIDELINES. NO TIME OUTS LEFT. IAN: SEVEN DEFENSIVE BACKS FOR CLEVELAND. GREEN STEPS UP IN THE POCKET. GREEN. PUMP FAKE AND SLIDES DOWN AT THE 47. ONLY 10 SECONDS LEFT. A 12-YARD SCAMPER BUT MORE COSTLY BECAUSE OF THE CLOCK. FIVE SECONDS LEFT. DAN: THEY WILL GET ONE PLAY. THEY WILL GET ONE PLAY. IAN: FOUR SECONDS REMAIN. DAN: ALL THEY CAN HOPE FOR IS A TOUCHDOWN OR A PENALTY. IAN: AND THE CLEVELAND BROWNS REMEMBER THE CHICAGO BEARS -- IT'S NOT OVER TILL IT'S OVER. LAST YEAR, IN ONE OF THE WACKIEST FINISHES YOU WILL EVER SEE. FOUR SECONDS REMAINING.? BROWNS LOOKING TO HOLD ON. 39-37. GREEN TAKES THE SNAP. GREEN STEPS UP. UNDER SOME HEAT. HE GOT RID OF IT. JOHN TAIT IS RUNNING WITH THE FOOTBALL. FLAGS COME DOWN. AND TAIT IS FORCED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 25. DAN: LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. DUANE -- DWAYNE RUDD THREW HIS HELMET WHILE THE PLAY WAS GOING ON. THAT'S A DEFENSIVE PENALTY. THE GAME CAN'T END ON A DEFENSIVE PENALTY. DWAYNE RUDD THREW HIS HELMET. IAN: HE THOUGHT HE HAD SACKED TRENT GREEN, AND IN CELEBRATION, FIGURING THERE IS NO TIME ON THE CLOCK, HE TOOK OFF HIS HELMET. >> UNSPORTSMANLIKE PENALTY, NUMBER 57, CLEVELAND, THREW HIS HELMET DURING THE PLAY. IT'S A TACK-ON PENALTY. HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL. EXTEND THE DOWN. ONE UNTIMED DOWN. DAN: THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. THE GAME CANNOT END ON A DEFENSIVE PENALTY. RUDD'S THROWING HIS HELMET IS GOING TO GIVE THE CHIEFS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A FIELD GOAL HERE TO WIN THE GAME. LOOKT HIM THERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THAT JOHN TAIT IS RUNNING WITH THE FOOTBALL. THE PLAY IS STILL GOING ON. IAN: WHAT A TURN OF EVENTS. DAN: WHAT A GAFFE. AND NOW IT COMES DOWN TO THE OLDEST PLAYER IN THE NFL, MORTEN ANDERSEN. IAN: HE HAS BEEN MR. RELIABLE. THIS IS HIS FIRST GAME AS A KANSAS CITY CHIEF, AND THIS IS A 30-YARD FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT. DAN: WITH ZEROS ON THE CLOCK. THIS IS A DISBELIEVING CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM CROWD. IAN: GAMMON WILL SNAP IT, STRYZINSKI WILL HOLD IT, MORTEN ANDERSEN, OLDEST PLAYER IN THE NFL, 30 YARDS AWAY, ANDERSEN NAILS IT, KANSAS CITY WINS. DAN: AND DWAYNE RUDD GOES DOWN AS MAKING ONE OF THE BIGGEST MISTAKES IN CLEVELAND BROWNS HISTORY. IAN: THE CHIEFS HAVE PULLED OFF A MIRACLE DOWN THE STRETCH, 40-39 OVER THE BROWNS. DAN: THE LAST PLAY OF THE GAME. FOUR SECONDS ON THE CLOCK AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS. THE CLOCK HAS EXPIRED. ON THE LEFT, RUDD THROWS HIS HELMET WHILE THE PLAY IS STILL GOING ON. TRENT GREEN GOT THE BALL TO JOHN TA■n. T■E PLAY STAYED ALIVE. MORTEN ANDERSEN, AFTER TIME EXPIRED IN NFL TERMINOLOGY, AN UNTIMED DOWN, 42 YEARS OLD DRILLS ANOTHER ONE. I SAW IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE I BELIEVE IT. IAN: WHAT A SEQUENCE. DAN: DICK VERMEIL HAS BEEN AROUND THIS GAME A LONG TIME AND I'M SURE HE'S NEVER WON ONE LIKE THIS AND I'LL GUARANTEE YOU BUTCH DAVIS HAS NEVER LOST ONE LIKE THIS. IAN: KANSAS CITY HAS PULLED ONE OUT OF THIN AIR. TO WIN ON OPENING DAYHE FIRST TIME SINCE 1998. YOU GO TO THESE STADIUMS THINK THINKING "MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING I WON'T SEE." DAN: I AM GLAD TO HAVE BEEN HERE CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE --WWW.NCICAP.ORG-- JIM: WELCOME BACK TO "THE NFL TODAY" HERE IN NEW YORK. I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE WILDEST OPENING DAY WE'VE EVER SEEN. A REMINDER. THE MEN'S FINAL IS COMING UP JUST MINUTES AWAY. AGASSI AND SAMPRAS OVER THERE AT ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM. WE CAN SEE PETE SAMPRAS LOOSENING UP READY TO TAKE THE COURT. NO ONE EXPECTED HIM THIS YEAR AS A 17 SEED TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FINAL BUT HE WILL FACE AGASSI ONCE MORE. BOOMER: HE WAS RUNNINGY GO DOWN EARLY TO GET ACCLIMATED? MAYBE DETROIT SHOULD STAY THERE. JIM: THIS IS THE WILDEST OF ALL HERE. KANSAS CITY WINS IT ON A HELMET TOSS, DEION. DWAYNE RUDD, WHAT AU ABSOLUTELY THINKING ABOUT? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND? DAN: PEOPLE WILL SAY THE SEE 00 ON THE CLOCK. THAT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF THE GAME IS GOING. BOOMER: THAT HURTS. IAN: JAY GLAZER SPOKE WITH THE NFL DIRECTOR OF OFFICIALS AND HE SAID THAT WAS THE PROPER CALL.■■

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