2015 Week 3 - Broncos @ Lions

meanwhile denver comes in with all 22 starters healthy and ready to go out they're going to mitch levy he's been out for all three games gary kubiak who last year was the offensive coordinator in baltimore before that head coach of the houston texans for several years in his first year now with denver jim caldwell at indianapolis a few years ago then he went to baltimore and was succeeded by kubiak there as the offensive coordinator in the second year as the head coach here in detroit mcmanus will kick off brandon 10 touchbacks from his 12 kickoffs thus far one of the best legs in the league denver won the toss they have deferred and amir abdullah a rookie he was their number two draft choice played his college ball at nebraska and they hope he can really evolve and quickly as their lead running back so the crowd is ready peyton will look on at first as detroit will get the ball and here we go from the motor city with a touch back and the lions at the 20-yard line let's take a look at their starters matthew stafford georgia joint bill the wayne state calvin johnson jr georgia tech golden tate fighting irish lance moore toledo eric ebron north carolina rally reef university of iowa manny ramirez texas to travis swanson university of arkansas larry warford kentucky cornelius lucas kansas state that offensive line will have to do a better job tonight than they have in the two games prior ramirez played at denver over the past few seasons and their first play is a run that loses one joy bell is tackled by the safety tj ward matthew stafford you go back to 2009 he was the number one overall pick the year before that the lions were oh and 16. 80th career start for stafford who was injury prone his first two years but it's been an ironman over the last five and there is the marcus ware between he and miller coming off those edges and well you've got coming off the edge too quickly is von miller denver's had a lot of penalties in the first two games and even though the defense questions played well defense number 58. undefeated to the quarterback five yard penalty it's still second down a lot of them have come on that side of the ball yeah they have but it's an aggressive bunch and it's going to be interesting to see how they play will they really be willing to take on calvin johnson and golden tate one-on-one with these cornerbacks they are excellent on the outside and they are excellent pass rushing off the edge here's the pistol at least for the moment and now stafford goes back into a more conventional shotgun he's flanked by the rookie abdullah from behind and he gets hit and taken down by demarcus ware so where in the middle of the two guys who just come in from the edges and down goes stafford well they fooled him they they thought they were going to blitz in here so the linemen come down and you can't leave one of the best pass rushers in all the football unblocked on the outside or if you do matthew stafford has to understand that and get rid of the ball you could see the tight end eric ebron he thought it was hot and turned around quickly but stafford just didn't get him to fight third sack of the season for the former dallas cowboy [Applause] now on the third and 14. it's a four-man rush and it's dumped off over the middle for a short game golden tape the seahawk makes the catch so it's a very rapid three and out for the lions not at all what the detroit lions were hoping for there they really are going to have to establish some kind of a running game matthew stafford last week was the leading rusher and if he is anywhere close to that tonight the broncos are going to have their way emanuel sanders drops back deep sam martin is the lions hunter [Applause] sanders collects it at the 26 yard line cuts it back former pittsburgh steeler brings it to the 34 yard line and let's take a look at the denver offense peyton manning university of tennessee cj anderson uc berkeley demarius thomas georgia tech emmanuel sanders smu owen daniels on wisconsin virgil greene nevada tyson bryalo colorado state evan mathis bammer matt harridis boise state louis vasquez texas tech brian harris our lady interesting to watch the denver pace at the outset of the game they come up in the pistol the short shotgun they've only used the pistol twice this season thus far once in each game and manning starts that way and then throws across the middle and that's demaryius thomas making the catch up to the 38-yard line a few years we've been watching peyton no huddle coming to the line and he does it again only brett favre has made more career starts 259 right now for number 18. cj anderson is the running back and manning throws and it's dropped on the outside and that's demaryius thomas covered there by rasheen mathis in his 13th season in the league rasheed mathis one of the leaders on this team he's been around for a long time but he has no fear you could see even with demarius thomas out there one of the great big play receivers he was just gonna hang right there and now this detroit lions defense that was so good a season ago is going to have to match what the broncos are doing on defense the lions were number two in the league last year of defense only seattle was better trips right three receivers set to that side play clock is down to two and manic throws that way and with some blocking is jordan norwood and let's see where they spot this very close and with the yellow line right there a little bit short of the first download jeff triplett may call for a measurement the old packers play where they're just going to block out in front not even look for the ball he stumbled just a little bit did norwood and the knee was down clearly short of the line i thought there well they dressed six receivers tonight and they are short i'll get the chain down in a second norwood for the moment gary kubiak says he's going to use all six tonight but he designated norwood as the number three guy behind thomas and sanders you know and you'd think why not go for it early in the game whatever but the way they've been running the football on offense maybe not such a good op answer to start this one yeah neither team has run the ball well in the first two games britain cole quick to do the punting last week he was matched up in punting duties with his brother who kicks for kansas city pj jones his first game ever yet was hurt last year ir with a shoulder injury so his first play ever notre damer back to receive this punt good deep and angled kick and he bounds out of bounds up around the 12-yard line each team with a three and out detroit with the ball again tonight football being brought to you by bud light the official beer sponsor of the nfl by nissan innovation that excites by fanduel the leader in one week fantasy football and by halo 5 guardians only on xbox one rated team that's lions guard manny ramirez visiting southwest detroit this summer to encourage hispanic youth and their families to stay healthy and play 60 hispanic heritage month hola to you partner thank you very much and to everyone everybody it's a good thing they're doing the national football league from the 12-yard line they come up in the gun with abdullah sitting in the slot and stafford throws and it's caught up at the 19 by calvin johnson let's take a look at the denver defense vance walker georgia tech sylvester williams north carolina malik jackson tennessee von miller texas a m brandon marshall nevada danny trevathan kentucky marcus ware troy a kid to lead kansas tj ward oregon daryn stewart south carolina chris harris jr kansas jayhawk you got the two guys rushing from the ends and then you get the two outstanding corners and there's the first first down of the game that is amir abdullah taking it for a first down up to the 23. can't block him with five offensive linemen put six in there why not lake and tomlinson their number one draft pick this year they're playing him at tight end try and get the running game started just a bit and i'll tell you that amir abdullah is something to watch came out his opening rush of his career scored about a 25-yard touchdown very electric player they like him in the passing game too did that in san diego now you have joy bell as the running back and they slot him from the 23-yard line and pocket breaks down and stafford goes down that's two sacks already you got demarcus ware and malik jackson both there [Applause] danny trevathan is going to come in sort of the underneath coverage here against calvin johnson you say how are you going to double him will you take a line back underneath and protect on the backside and then you also had chris harris jumping on golden tate that's going to be an interesting matchup there are some great one-on-one matchups to watch in this game half a shack a piece for those guys and now you got action here and our referee tonight is jeff triplett both start 77 offense five-year-old hillary still second down that is cornelius lucas and cornelius lucas is going to be the one to watch tonight they're hoping riley reef can get it done one-on-one on the other side with demarcus ware but they know right tackle is going to be the spot they're going to need some help von miller very tough even with chip blocks and helps from the backs and tight ends and usually adrian waddle who might see him before the night's up as well he's coming back from a knee injury so second down at 18 back at the 14-yard line look out from behind and stafford just has to dump it because he could feel the pressure from demarcus ware who's spent the entire game and the first five and a half minutes of it anyway in the in the lions backfield wade phillips the defensive coordinator man who has been around and seen it all and there they are through the first two weeks and we said at the very top they owe that two-and-oh mark to that side of the ball and matthew stafford's gonna have to be careful here because riley reef that time did a decent job tried to run him around but when stafford scrambles right you create tougher angles for your tackles on third and 18 little dump off pass and then getting free and coming close to picking up the first down is theo riddick he's who can provide a big spark breaking tackles needed 18 and they're going to mark it a little bit short of the first down 17-yard pickup now riddick is the first guy we asked jim caldwell give us somebody that maybe people aren't talking about that we should be talking about and the first name out of his mouth was theo riddick he is the guy that is electric in the passing game actually has more catches than rushes in his career reminded me of the opener in new england this year we said to brady you know who do we look for she's dion lewis big knight second punt for detroit fair catch goal four at the 22 by emanuel sanders so 8 39 to go in the open quarter in detroit no score don't miss a second of sunday night football this season with nbc sports live extra take the game with you anywhere watch live on your laptop tablet and connected tv downtown detroit detroit river is there and across the river canada windsor ontario on this sunday night back inside ford field from the 22 manning sets up the screen but the lions are right there owen daniels rasheen mathis comes up to make the tackle that didn't fool him the broncos come into the game after two games this season ranked dead last in yards per game yards per pass play yards for carry their next to last but manning led him on that drive to tie the game in kansas city and then they won it on the fumble recovery in return a week ago thursday this is cj anderson his first gary of the night about a yard josh wilson up from the corner to stop him yeah and what they're trying to do with this pistol is sort of a compromised position now they put the running back right behind peyton manning with the idea if you offset him it's a little predictable you kind of know where the backs gonna go if he lines up directly behind peyton manning it's a little bit more of an opportunity to run either way they're looking for answers they're not having peyton go under center maybe that's the thing that helps this offense they try the pistol maybe that helps and so far nothing's really worked halfway through the first quarter third and 13. manning chased out of the pockets fires and connects and that's emmanuel sanders in amongst the trio of lion defenders so they connect on a third and long don't let peyton manning get his body weight moving forward you won't think there's anything different about how he plays quarterback he zips that one in there on a rope that was one of the better throws we've seen looks like he's loading up on the fastball there perfect spiral from the 35-yard line pistol again this time a little flip goes to ronnie hulman this is his first car of the night stays in bounds and forced out very close to the first down marker and a flag is down [Applause] like james he had a bow flying up there to make a play and then just as hillman was stepping out right in front of the detroit bench here's triplett nobody wants to discuss this now so they've got a little conference call going on who saw what somebody saw that and then that [Applause] well he was clearly out of bounds when he got that shot from ahead of oh verdict after the players out of mouth personal foul unnecessary defense 15-yard period [Music] you know terrell austin this defensive coordinator was really disappointed in how his guys let peterson get outside of this defense a week ago and now here they are on the edge again this defense has been a very disciplined bunch of course uh missing and damaging sue off of here and deandre levy has been not in the lineup either so they're two best players from a season ago not playing so you go five wide here manning with a fast throw to andre caldwell he goes nowhere he gets taken down let's take a look at the lions defense jason jones eastern michigan tyrone walker tulsa [Music] north carolina state josh bodz auburn big play slate mississippi state james edible umass sanders clover quinn unm lobos rasheen mathis bethune cookman clover quinn had seven interceptions last season and that led the nfl the running back is juwan thompson and he avoids the tackle in the backfield and then moves forward to about the 42-yard line and that will present us with a third down and four so interesting this offensive line is almost completely new ryan clady was supposed to be the left tackle he got hurt with an injuries out for the year sambrelo is the left tackle evan mathis only been here about two weeks a new starter at center vasquez from right tackle back to right guard and ryan harris comes in to play right tackle so this is a complete remix from a season ago learning on the fly manning spreads it out again he goes five wide lions glitch and then the pass is incomplete you get three receivers all in the same area with defensive backs as well and the pass is incomplete fourth and four they were going for almost a double block here and then come underneath it and sanders just couldn't get quite get to the ball looked like somebody's one of the receivers maybe damaris thomas stepped back a bit to make that block and got right in the path of sanders look at this you know so mcmanus who won the job last year and had a great season this is going to be a 60-yard attempt if indeed he attempts it his career long is 57 and they let the clock run all the way down so they're going to see if they could get detroit to jump off and they didn't and i think they wanted a pun anyway and they figured they might as well get the extra five yards if detroit accepts prior to the delayed game timeout detroit they're first it's a 30-second timeout well that's interesting you know i thought denver was just trying to get him to jump offside and punt get the extra five yards and detroit winds up calling a timeout it's entirely possible they just had some kind of a field goal block out there and we're worried about some kind of a fake or whatever so don't want to make the big mistake there it is very strange though isn't it seeing this offense struggle and gary kubiak obviously rick dennison under a lot of pressure as is peyton manning to get it going because what they've done over the past three years or so has just been as good as anything in the national football league that's lance moore several years with the saints and into the steelers he's back inside the 10-yard line second punt coming here from britain colquitt and that kick will bounce at the eight and get down to about the 11 yard line so the lions are keen again less than five to go in the quarter nothing nothing in detroit i think i can see the genealogy chart right there that is the grandson of vince lombardi joe lombardi whose father was vince's son lions offensive coordinator was in new orleans as the quarterback's coach won the super bowl with drew brees and company a few years back now the oc here [Applause] this drive starting back at the eleven their drives are starting with the 20 the 11 and the 12 and that is joy bell and he goes nowhere malik jackson attacks well on the outside demarcus ware when you talked about joe lombardi he said this bunch is not the easiest group to get your confidence back against and you see it throughout the course of this first quarter demarcus ware has been all over stunts running and one of the things matthew stafford said this week was that marcus ware could run full speed under a table i think you just saw it there [Applause] second and ten from the 11 yard line fake flip and then coming up to make that tackle after again or one maybe two tj ward great run stuffing safety great on the back end and when he plays up near the line he's like another linebacker he really is al that's a that's a great call here he is right in here going to step up and as soon as that thing shows run he is going to step up and play like a linebacker made a couple of pro bowls he was pro bowler in cleveland they got him here in denver and they think he is something special and he is he's been hot in this first quarter third down and nine lions have run 10 plays for 20 yards this time he has time and that is incomplete golden tape could not reel in there is a flag though chris harris covering and the flag is all the way up field to the 36 yard line i couldn't tell if chris harris hooked that inside arm that's what it looked like but i'm a long way away from it [Applause] boy that is some match-up quickness against quickness right there chris harris on golden tate has interference defense number 25. [Music] [Applause] take a look at the top of the screen there see if harris hooks that inside arm right there grabs it you see exactly what the official saw a lot of times that happens in the league and as a matter of fact receivers around the league how many times have we seen it now that they now just go okay i know they're going to take that one away i'm just going to catch it with one hand but that time harris got caught yeah let the arm go limp to make it look like it if nothing else it's a 23-yard penalty so a third and long becomes a first down staffer as he moves to his right hits lance moore for a gain of five yards yeah and you just wonder would they stay away from a guy like akeeb to leave in this game keep talib and chris harris two of the top ten cornerbacks in the league right now and both of those guys obviously on the same team have a first round draft pick and bradley roby as well so they are not afraid of band coverage even if it is against the likes of calvin johnson second and five from nothing there but the right side of the denver defensive line third down well i tell you they've got some run stuffers in here too this is a tremendous team watch vance walker who came over from kansas city and he's probably one of their best run defenders and they have good ones over there too so you think all right we can't take chances with the pass rushers off the edge can't go against these cornerbacks so easily and you can't run the football so easily either the fewest runs attempt in the league in the first two weeks they've run the ball three times tonight now they have a third down and five four-man rush and the pass is picked off at the 45-yard line that is bradley roby who takes it back to the 36. it was roby who picked up the fumble a week ago thursday in kansas city and ran it into the end zone for the game-winning score and roby with a pick and sets payton up with a short field so denver with it when we come back nothing nothing [Applause] well detroit got a break on the penalty getting him out of a third and long but then they give it away it's roby with the pick sets manning up at the detroit 36 yard line and coming up in the pistol and this time he waves cj anderson off to his left looks over the middle crossing to sanders and sanders trying to get to the first down marker very close to it we go back to the pick bradley roby down here he's going to have this guy but he's going to fall back as golden tate comes underneath it's just a really heavy play just a straight zone defense and stafford looked at him the whole way and roby one of the things that akeeb talib was telling us is how many more questions bradley roby has been asking how much more film study he's been doing what a difference maker he is he wants to be in the category with to leave and chris harris from the 26 after a first down looks coming then he gets it away and making the cash staying in bounds cj anderson turns it into a gain of about nine he came on last year cj anderson it looked like for a while monte ball was going to be their guy in the future now he is gone they also have ronnie hillman who's more of a change of pace guy and you've got this guy cj anderson out of the university of california who finished with a flourish last year and won the starting job yeah like 800 yards in the second half of the season and sort of the fantasy football darling going into the season but it didn't start so well second and one now from the 17 and swinging to the outside and finding the open spot to pick up the first down is cj anderson first down at the 13. with a minute to go yeah and you know this pistol thing looks okay doesn't it i mean it leaves peyton manning in the shotgun and not under center where i didn't think he ever looked comfortable i know for gary kubiak it's something that he wanted to try uh but peyton gave kubiak a lot of credit he said hey in the first two games when it wasn't working he's told peyton he goes hey let's go win the game go get the shotgun do your thing and looks like they're going to be committed to that here tonight from the 13 the pistol again and through the middle but really nothing happening there tackle made by tap and anderson is still down on the artificial turf that was a huge hit by daryl tapp [Music] you see right on the tail end of this thing right here daryl taps going to lower that shoulder and almost look like banged helmet to helmet pretty close anderson still down injury time out well there is anderson he was able to walk off under his own power but the apparently going to take him back and check him out and then the clock is wound as the players come back out under the field they'll change ends of the field as manning goes over things on the sideline and that will take us to the end of the first quarter in detroit broncos nothing lions nothing on sunday night for football night and back in detroit aerial coverage being brought to you by geico as you look at downtown detroit across the river windsor ontario ford field downtown america park home of the tigers joins it on his first sunday night of fall so second down and ten as player resumes ronnie hillman is the back from the 13-yard line fake up in the air deflected picked at the 10-yard line lover of quinn league leader last year in interceptions with seven and that's hilote nata the former baltimore raven who deflected it into twins hands [Applause] exactly what they needed out of the big guy right there hello d naught is going to tip this one up and glover quinn already has a pick six this season and the game against san diego comes right back with number two had seven a year ago and he is the leader let's make sure he made the catch hey point of that ball definitely touched the ground every turnover gets reviewed regardless so they'll look at this didn't look like it moved a whole lot doesn't matter if the tip of the ball hits if he has control i think they might give that one i do too i'm you know we are reviewing the previous play [Applause] i don't think the ground helped him control it i think it stands we'll see when we come back after review the ruling on the field is confirmed an interception first down [Applause] very close but it's almost like he got it with his wrists yeah the old bird emanuel rule right well the old one right as long as you have control the tip of the ball can hit the ground and i didn't think that ball ever moved an inch he almost locked it in with his wrist and forearm so each team with a turnover towards denver's first scoring opportunity and they give the ball off to the rookie out of nebraska amir abdullah for gain of five lover quinn certainly is the quiet leader of this bunch uh asking daryl austin i said all right when they're sick of listening to you who is it that they'll pay attention to and lover quinn and rasheen mathis the two that he said but for peyton manning they continue to have issues they cannot get that play-action game going they just have not run it well enough to get the play action passing going and it's really hurting this offense kubiak knows a lot about when he played for him in houston and cash is made at the 20-yard line eric the tight end and that's enough for a first down he was their number one draft choice was he run out of university of north carolina their other tight end is hurt that is brandon pettigrew and this guy could make a big big difference two touchdowns already this season um that's his tenth reception yeah and he he wasn't so good last year he dropped the first pass this year but clearly when they're having trouble pass protecting those quick throws to the tight ends and backs are a good option [Applause] through the middle and running into his own man but maintaining his balance and then the ball is out the ball is out abdullah who had a lot of fumbling issues at nebraska and he fumbles here has it stripped away and it's darry and stewart the safety who takes it away for the broncos well his reputation for fumbling clear in college 23 fumbles in college and it looked like he lands on top of stuart here who then rips the ball out and we got one of those situations when does the backside hit one more time the ball clearly comes out he's down there we can't see it through trevathan on that one [Applause] like last week is the butt down before the ball comes out that's the question and again every takeaway gets review to begin with so they're looking at this in new york boy that is close we're keeping them busy in new york tonight darian stewart came over from the ravens and had an opening day game-winning interception against the ravens so he's off to a good start so the line of scrimmage is going to be the detroit 26 and we'll see who has the ball talked to jim caldwell reviewing the previous play once again triplet under the hood now we think detroit's going to keep the ball because he's down before he loses the ball sunday night football home of the butt fumble huh and the butt cam this is all we've been doing the first couple of weeks here's triplett after review the rolling on the field has changed down at the 26 and a half with possession of the football it'll be second down detroit well we had a rear end tonight we had a body part last week and next week we'll have a derriere or a posterior take your pick i'll tell you jim caldwell he has to be a little bit nervous now about amir abdullah all those fumbles in college and we asked him about it and he started knocking on the table in front of him he knows sort of one of those tick tick tick waiting for it to happen and he's out now joyce bell is the running back i'm gonna put a fullback in this set here and quick flip to the right side that's johnson he cannot avoid the grasp of khalid but he only needed four and he got five and it's a first down yeah and when they see this man coverage on the outside i mean there's nobody else around they're just gonna take their chances and feel like the great calvin johnson's gonna get away but sometimes in a game al i can tell you that just getting the football in your hands and sort of getting into the game is a good thing for a wide receiver and i think that was a chance just for calvin to get his hands on the ball and get started but he's able to slow him down and the tackle made there on abdullah so it'll be second down and long well you can forget about eric ebron handling von miller this this design probably just not ever going to work jumps right around and he was by him so fast the fullback burton didn't even have a chance to look at him i'll tell you that von miller is one of the very best players in any position in the national football league they put a full back on the wing tighten it up up front because of that pressure [Applause] this time with a clean pocket but all they can do is fold to the outside and that doula gets tripped up after a very short gain up at the 34-yard line danny trevathan was there to make the tackle third nine you know al one of the things that we've seen about is that the lions don't want to get into small ball again like they did last week right i mean calvin johnson is one of those guys that if you just throw it down the field occasionally he's going to make some plays for you and they really feel strongly that they have to get back to that and we just haven't seen it maybe it's the pressure i'm not sure but we haven't seen those let's just take a shot at letting him make a play let's see if we see one here on third down and nine well you got help over the top here though on third down right here comes the blitz slapping us a swing to his left throw against the grain and tender for abdullah fourth down so they can't take advantage of the reversal of the call and have to putt so when you get to third down and long of course you're going to get help you're going to get two guys and so they're going to try and take away that jump ball but that was a big play in the making right there that matthew stafford just missed sam martin's third punt of the night sanders is back there this is a beauty where he's close to the fair catch that makes it bound into the end zone gary kubiak as the head coach in houston then last year offensive coordinator in baltimore he loves to run he does not like the shotgun he used it only a third of the time over those years and as you can see last year with joe flacco at quarterback all the other teams in the league used it on pass plays sixty percent of the time now this year entering tonight of course he's using it eighty percent of the time that counts the pistol which is the short shotgun but you know you can be stubborn or you can be smart and i give gary i put him in the latter category yeah and it's been neither fish nor foul here for the last few games i think it's somewhere between peyton and gary's offense is ronnie hillman going nowhere you know it's funny so last night meeting with the divisioning team as we do the day before the game into the room walks peyton manning anyways he walks in he goes we're just looking for our first one of the year i mean i've never seen a 2-0 team getting more heat than this one what is this another directv commercial you got the character going but he is truly an entertaining guy anytime he shows up in the room even when he's under siege he definitely always has a sense of humor about him and we enjoyed the conversation second and thirteen and manning over the middle hits sanders he gets to the 23 7 yard short of the first pollock the middle linebacker makes the tackle and we've been talking about offensive lineman and nice umbrella right out here on the outside number 74 is the guy that is really going to be under pressure tonight the only guy for the detroit lions that is active tonight that has a sack is ziggy onson over there but sam rylo is the guy that is not expected to play that was supposed to be ryan clady who's supposed to be the right tackle but he was forced into duty on the left a very tough position third down seven remaining throws that's gonna be a first down that is caught by demerius thomas some questions about whether they'd be able to sign him in the austin they did do a very lucrative contract but they did lose julius thomas to jacksonville i like calvin johnson he uses his size and physical nature to sort of sling defensive backs around a very tough cover and one of the things we're seeing tonight out of the broncos is that they're moving their wide receivers in tight i think they want some of those one-on-one match-ups they don't always want to have their two stars emmanuel sanders and demarius thomas flanked wide get them in there give them some two-way goats and pass and that is owen daniels short gain we go to michelle well you saw cj anderson go back to the locker room he is being evaluated for a concussion i'll point out that he had a concussion last preseason 2014 so this is the second that we know of and as long as he remains in that locker room you get more concerned remember if he has a concussion he cannot return to the field exactly thank you michelle for the protocol in effect right now so they've got hillman and the other back is thompson second and seven fake handoff and then he passes corn and taking it to midfield is benny fowler first-year receiver out of michigan state and down on the field is josh wilson the lions cornerback so wilson will need some attention here we stop the clock at 8 20 to the half so walking off the field gingerly is josh wilson and we can take a look at that denver offensive line that's what it was last year final eight games plus the playoff of course klady got hurt this season in well before training camp in otas now you got a rookie left tackle mathis comes from philly paradise has only made three career starts vasquez has been there a while so he's the veteran and ryan harris pretty inexperienced so that is what you have going on up front in front of manning yeah and it's not that they can't play you know and unfortunately here we've got josh wilson but they just haven't played together they signed evan mathis who's been one of the top guards in all of football over the past three or four years paradis they like inside basque has good moving back to guard and so i mean it's a it's a bunch that could get good but they just haven't had enough time together yet so the last play was that 13-yard pass to fowler for the first down now manning on the detroit side of the field good clean pocket pass the traffic is incomplete that's owen daniels former raven of course he played under kubiak there last year in complete second down ron thompson in is the back now is going to step up make a nice block but watch this this is good pass protection this is the play you got to hit that's plenty of time to get something down done down the field it wasn't a weak pass it was just great coverage by edebo second down ten eight minutes to go in the first half no [Applause] score draw and thomason bangs his way to the 42 yard line tulik makes the tackle and it will be third down and three yeah john thompson getting his first carries of the season he's the guy that john elway discovered while peyton manning was over at duke and david cutcliffe camps that they used to go to and get a little workout in and he was one of the kids just working out from duke liked him so much ends up on the team well of course when elway was the quarterback there for so many years kubiak was his long time back up third and four manning guns it over the middle and it's caught at the 31-yard line that's benny fowler so we talked about six receivers dressing tonight kubiak says i'm going to use them all and he means it that's fowler's second grad here's what we were talking about earlier watch this now and sunbrella is going to run ziggy on so the best passer just around so peyton drops back gets that depth but then steps up around and helps his tackle and has plenty of time to make that big third down completion [Applause] peyton looks more comfortable to me tonight in the shotgun than he has so far this year under center definitely fall now at the 30-yard line ronnie hillman [Applause] to the 28-yard line you know you saw john elway of course you can't end a career any better than the end of john's career after so much frustration getting to the super bowl but not winning it he wins two in a row and walks off into a rocky mountain sunset and that's that's what he wants to happen to peyton yeah i mean there's no way that he couldn't have been influenced by the way his career ended terrell davis let's run the football take pressure off the quarterback and work for him and he certainly wants it to work for peyton manning no question second down and eight manning comes back this way and stand on the street staying in bounds and tackled inside the five is virgil green tonic saves the touchdown and that makes it first down in goal you know what's interesting is virgil green actually had a faster time at the combine then did julius thomas who of course is playing for jacksonville now and i think he's always been a little frustrated that he never really got a chance to be the receiver he was always considered the blocker he said you give me a chance to do this i can make some plays for you and he certainly did there so manning now 13 is 17 for 115 yards you have thompson as the fullback you've had hillman as the running back and this is thompson taking the ball inside the one-yard line chicken down to five minutes to go and half second down and going thompson needs a an injury timeout here so with anderson back in the locker room and thompson on one knee you're down to hillman period and travis lewis is the one i think that hit him [Applause] well we might see a lot of spread formation here coming up but once again drops his head and we know how dangerous that is for every player inside the tackle box not a foul but that is two and we haven't even played a half of football yet [Applause] and the dress dress three backs let's go to michelle well cj anderson is back on the football field on the sidelines he has been cleared for that concussion protocol and his probable al and that's very good news obviously right now for denver especially considering the fact that thompson needs assistance coming off the field [Music] you've got hillman in the backfield at second down in goal the end zone ronnie hillman and there's a flag down at the six yard line and a conference [Applause] jeff triplett referee after the score personal foul unnecessary roughness number 94 in the defense that 15-yard penalty will be assessed on the kickoff the answer so assessed on the kickoff we played 25 minutes and six seconds and we finally have some points on the scoreboard now this is the way it's supposed to look up front you've got your center young center and evan mathis the veteran they worked that combination block perfectly that time i'm telling you sometimes it just takes time for these offensive linemen to figure out how to work together and even louis vasquez who has been playing that position before and then you see ziggy ansa taking it or giving it and then nice job by harris just standing there and not retaliating and getting the 15 yards great coordination up front boy that one had to feel good for the denver broncos it has been a long time wow they did one against kansas city to win it but that one was pretty methodical a little run pass mix too 33-yard extra point is good by mcmanus so they had the ball six and a half minutes 80 yards 12 plays denver league seven to nothing on tuesday night bob costas is going to go to johnstown pennsylvania an nbc sports event special lightning and the penguins face off in the rank that was featured in the iconic film slap shot home of the johnstown jets a million years ago of the eastern hockey league of course we are in hockeytown and that means a statue of geordie howe and go back ted lindsey as a hockey maven yourself chris you do know all about pucks especially at the olympics right i see more of it there than you do calvin johnson comes out of course he'll be 30 years old on tuesdays and he's going to have the boys over for a little celebration it was interesting to talk with him he said i said when did you first know you were different physically than anybody else and he said i didn't hit my growth spurt until like 8th or 9th grade and i was kind of clumsy and not very athletic at all but then sort of by my junior senior year started coming together so teammate roy williams the defensive back gave him the nickname megatron he loves it so the fans is caught speaking of mr johnson turning around adjusting on the play up to the 45-yard line tackled by talib what a catch that was i don't think a keep to leave could believe he didn't make this interception he's coming right to him and calvin johnson just flipped around and made this catch watch this and then strong enough hands to sort of wrestle it away from to leave that was tremendous for the lions first time staffordshire completed a pass and within 20 yards from the line of scrimmage in three games and that's caught by johnson so they get johnson in the game a flag is thrown back at the 39-yard line stafford indicates to his bench it's going to [Applause] ron miller is going to make the inside move against waddle and miller is going to try and block this pass and then his hand naturally as it often does comes down on the head but this is one of those plays now that matthew stafford any time that he sees that one-on-one look even if he has a one play called at the line of scrimmage they're going to kill that play to the past to calvin johnson worked perfectly that time under four minutes to go to the halftime as the pass is caught on the outside by golden tate tackled there by chris harris before turning 30 years old most receiving yards randy moss would have that list at 10 700 larry fitzgerald is right there for the red-hot arizona cardinals and uh well what would he need he'd need 127 yards more tonight that is a good list [Applause] so randy moss biting [Music] [Applause] [Music] is incomplete as he goes down sylvester williams put the heat on third down and seven for detroit one of the problems you try and double team the outside got a double team out here on von miller there that is got a double team on the other side on marcus ware gonna help out there and so what happens your center ends up one on one against sylvester williams inside and he gets the pressure so that's really the magical part of this defensive line and pass rush is they can get the pressure outside and certainly inside with the likes of several of those guys 37 and striper has time and johnson makes the catch great grab johnson just before he goes out of bounds so this has been his drive first down and calvin johnson's gonna get that knee in of course one knee equals two feet all that stuff we learned from john madden over the years see if that knee drops in clean catch i thought there's the knee down and it's over he got the other foot anyway alan johnson getting hot now from the seventeen drop sylvester williams the big 313 pound nose tackle second down now there were a lot of questions about sylvester williams terence knight and pot roast the big favorite around the denver broncos was and here he is right here could sylvester williams step up and allow this team to play the way that they did with terence knighton and so far on this drive it's been his best he's played well second down and 12. gonna take us to the two-minute warning and there it is it's underway the super moon lunar eclipse on a clear night in detroit [Music] stay tuned for the toyota halftime big wins the eagles and the colts each get off the schneid the bengals are 3-0 aj green another fabulous day bob costas heinz ward weigh-in on the first half here at the two-minute warning it's second down and 12 for detroit and they go 5 wide [Applause] [Music] [Applause] what a move by theo riddick first of all watch the way matthew stafford made the catch one handed against his cap and then theo riddick as he is done he is almost impossible to cover coming off the line of scrimmage very quick move there get the ball down to the two rick third year out of notre dame drafted in the sixth round played receiver there he was in the slot a lot come up with bill and a full back burton and stafford before he gets tackled is going to throw that away brandon marshall who was in coverage on the last play as they gotta put the heat on it'll be second down to goal brandon marshall really had a shot at stafford coming through here but he hesitated thinking the ball might be handed off and just picked the wrong guy so at the two at second down and goal 71 seconds left in the hand [Applause] [Music] [Applause] johnson to leave and that's an all-star matchup and they're going to call that one on to leave which is going to make it first down and goal from the one past interference defense number 21 the foul currently [Music] wade phillips isn't stupid he knows that matthew stafford is going to see this and he doesn't care nobody's been playing so better so far than a keep to leave he think he kind of got caught when he wrapped his arms around him early but then knocked that ball out of his hands they feel like that match up is okay for denver they can get it again to leave has to give away four inches running [Applause] if he has possession as he reaches the goal line it'll be good so for the moment a touchdown [Applause] looked like the ball came out on the way down but watching the officials i thought he threw his arms in the air let's see if he crosses the plane just has to reach the front edge there it is that's a touchdown right just the nose of the ball reaches the front edge of the goal line and that's the end of the play no matter what happens after that [Applause] scoring plays review they'll confirm it in gotham [Applause] the correct call so with a minute and three the lions in desperate need of a drive 80 yards nine plays manning's going to get the ball with a minute and three at all timeouts touchdown is confirmed matt crater and now you got chris harris if he goes all the way to the end zone which he won't but he almost it would have been a pair of points eric ebron knocks him out of bounds that's a new rule you block and run it all the way in it's an extra two points for you instead of seven to six the point after is sunday night football being brought to you by verizon watch live primetime games with nfl mobile only on verizon by chevrolet find new roads by corona inviting you to find your beach and by mcdonald's teaming up with the nfl like never before and speaking of chevrolet the vault the impala and the malibu are all built at the detroit hamtramck assembly plan only playing in north america building multiple cars and outside the motown operating since 1985. so talib who has one punt block in his career now has an extra point block and with harris running it down the field it could have been nine to six but he was tackled before he could get to the end zone by eric ebron who was shaken up on the play miller going over the pictures and it's a touch back here so with a minute three and denver leading by one here comes manning and we go back to the block extra point to leave gonna come around the edge there's two that even has to try and block you try and get one arm on each of them he misses talib and then it was off to the races there it's amazing though that talib was telling us last night the biggest moment of his sporting career was blocking an extra point in high school hebron saved the day since he gave up the block but his biggest play ever was blocking an extra point to send him to the state playoffs he said i was the hero he loved that story i love that you said tell me something you did years ago and the patch is dropped here by thomas demarius thomas who's been pretty silent we go to michelle well matt prater al told me before the game that he had food poisoning last night and still felt just awful this evening he was hoping to keep field goal attempts in the low 50s i'm certain he didn't see that one coming no point after yeah and michelle he's a guy who obviously played with the broncos then he was suspended at the beginning of last year lost his job and mcmanus came in and that's how prater wound up in detroit meanwhile cj anderson is back in the game second down and 10. manning throws and that is caught and fighting for a first down is benny fowler who's caught three balls now and manning says give me a timeout with 40 well the clock still runs but they put a couple back on it they put a couple of seconds back on the clock so you're at 48 now it's first down for the broncos at the 31-yard line [Applause] thomas makes the catch up to the 45-yard line wants him to get up there trying to maybe save a timeout if he can and spike it but a lot of time coming off the clock here and denver has two timeouts so you're down to 27 on the snap and the passes of floater and trying to get out of bounds is daniels but he did not they have to take the time out here daniel's tackled inbounds 21 seconds so a lot of wasted seconds there before that can take the time out don't forget to check it out this thursday night on nbc the return of blacklist the season premiere you've got red and liz on the run from the fbi when blacklist returns this thursday night right after heroes reborn on nbc joe lewis arena was joe lewis part of the detroit sports history a lot of history in detroit and brandon mcmahon right on the edge now of his field goal range already has 57 56 and 54 yarders this year second and one denver with one timeout and incomplete behind owen daniels went to three seconds is 18 on the clock it'll be third and one now they're not fooling around anymore they're starting to bring a little pressure on peyton manning this time out of the secondary one of the things that they've had some success with blitzing peyton manning was sort of a delayed or second level blitz and they came after him here but this is a big four or five yards and i'm gonna imagine that peyton's gonna make sure he gets that first it's also third down [Applause] emmanuel sanders doing a juggling act and that stops the clock now you've got a fourth down and one you still have the timeout [Applause] abdul kadoos is the one that knocked that ball out of there and very fortunate kind of an interesting situation here you want to take a shot at this long field goal but you don't want it with 13 seconds on the clock give them a chance to have calvin johnson run down in the end zone and throw one and let him go up and catch it so that was a big miss not completing that one they've got to get the first down otherwise it belongs to detroit and then detroit gets charged with a timeout because they had an injury inside of two minutes so they're charged with it kubiak able to go over a couple of things with peyton manning celebration of hispanic heritage month as nfl.com hispanic heritage with stories about hispanic pride and culture from around the nfl downtown detroit very nice weekend here in the motor city always nice of course under the roof of ford field and i just throw this out here you don't want to take a sack in this situation because then basically you kind of set up at least the potential for a long field goal the other way so manning flanked with cj anderson lyon showing blitz they're coming and manny's gonna go for everything and it's caught and thomas will take it into the end zone wow fourth and one with all of what was going on flag is on the play at the two yard line so deep down field darius slay with the coverage on the play that's 45 yards and a fourth and one pending the call [Applause] on sports for like honda talking number 88 of the offense the 15-yard penalty assessed on the kickoff well that's one of those rare rare times when it's not going to matter but still taunting he goes into the end zone and the crowd is stunned we are too well darius slay obviously thought they were going to try and run some kind of a slant or something inside to pick up just enough yards to try the field goal and peyton manning had another idea he was going to take a shot down the field and so much for all those i can't throw it over 20 yards kind of things you'll see slay he sees the short set and just hesitates and now you got problems just like with calvin johnson that guy is a big rebounder and there was no help back there because the lions brought a blitz slay was saying this week in interviews if he picks peyton off in the game is elected to take the 15-yard penalty on the try [Applause] so they're gonna they have the option of letting instead of on the kickoff which would hardly matter they're gonna make them kick what amounts to a uh 38 48 yard extra point yeah substantial for them because they missed their extra point right right so much sleigh slate was going to slay said if he picks manning off he's going to take the ball over to him with the pen and him autograph him then peyton will take it back the other way peyton reads all that stuff oh yes he does so this is a 48-yard extra point and a conference you ever seen one of these there's a direction on on the previous announcement the foul occurred on a touchdown we can't bank that foul we can't force that foul to try it will be enforced on the kickoff yeah that's what we thought because that was at the end that we had the same thing before we even asked the question right they moved it up to the one yard line and gone for two and the answer was no on the touchdown you have to do it on the kickoff so right you can you can only have it enforced if you line up to go for the two points clear as much oh yeah but of course section 47 sub chapter 12 column e3 there is nobody in the country who well maybe dean blandino does that's that's about it 14-6 back to the td well you see what happens they're going to come with the blitz i think it's off as this side right here and so it just creates those one-on-one situations they drop the two ends out thinking they were going to run slants and really it's on darius slade a bit stay back and not give up the big one there the fooler was the guys dropping underneath it so there was no reason for him to react to any sort of slant move at all but that is what we have seen many many times out of demaryius thomas and finally the big plays are back for the denver broncos so we had no scoring in the game until about five minutes remained in the half and there were the numbers to the two guys manning the two long drives and stafford with the one peyton has not hit the ground he was sacked seven times in those first two games he was sacked only 17 times all of last season but once again tonight good protection gave him time demaryius thomas with the touchdown and denver's going to get the ball when the second half starts yeah and peyton said hey i'm honest with our coaching staff if there's a throw i don't think i can make it i'm not 25 years old anymore i get that he said if they have something that i don't think i can throw it that far he says i go over and tell him i might have to hit the cutoff man on that one he knows you know he's like okay some i can some i can't these days and obviously that was what he could she put in some hook and ladders you know that is your cutoff man and there is your touch back despite the fact you had a ticket for 15 yards farther back so detroit won play from the 20-yard line i'll take the semi-story of this half i know people are going to want to talk about peyton manning and he's back and whatever he don't think he ever went anywhere but this offensive line that had been struggling and the decision to go into the pistol formation and just leave peyton manning in the shotgun i think has worked out pretty well a little needle down to end the first half so broncos trying to go to 3-0 lions trying to avoid going to 0-3 it's halftime denver leads by a score of 14-6 and they'll get the ball to start the third coming up next at halftime right after these messages from your nbc's tuesday and a nod to hispanic heritage month the broncos the denver 14 leonis the detroit six eight-point game and the buzz you saw the highlights manning the 45-yard td pass at the end of the half his first completion of over 20 yards in their two and a half games thus far stafford had that one good drive overall 111 yards and an interception it's been on the ground twice and look at the two outstanding receivers of course thomas with a big play at the end and johnson a key factor in detroit's touchdown drive sunday night in michigan's largest city 14-6 denver will get the ball with sam martin to kick it off what a call on fourth and one huh no see it before and when you least expect it comes up with a little magic i thought he just looked much more aggressive throwing the ball in the first half than what i've seen especially when he was under center earlier this year all right so now michael's chris comes with michelle to foyer second half begins with the touch back and peyton's first half chris yeah let's just take a look i mean you you saw some aggressiveness even down to like the grimace on his face he was trying to throw fastballs tonight and anytime peyton manning can get that body weight moving forward he really doesn't have problems making these kind of throws and then here's the one at the end he knew his guy was going to win the jump ball so he gave him a chance to do that but for peyton manning believe me he hears it all he knows he does he's got it he knows everybody's scared but this pistol might be the answer from the 20. and then the catch made by thomas way for a gain of eight let's go to michelle well gary kubiak told me at halftime that he's happy so far with the pistol because he can stay true to his running philosophy and at the same time peyton manning is comfortable in the shotgun one problem running back juan thompson is out with a neck injury out all right thank you michelle so thompson out but anderson is back in and hillman before the touchdown is the other back manning on a roll and nobody opens so he just throws it into the bench with a flag on the play there's no doubt the bootleg is a big part of gary kubiak's offense looks a little different when peyton runs it than joe flacco and some others prior to the pass holding number 50 defense five yard penalty automatic first down little linebacker travis lewis really needs something big defensively out of the lions here and you know they just don't have that star that you have to worry about anymore the way they had it on this team last year there's nobody really to double team they hope nada becomes that inside maybe ziggy but neither one of them quite the dominant player that you have to pay that much attention to minus deandre levy the linebacker all three games this season ronnie hillman takes the ball up to the 36-yard line yeah and levy was that x factor if you will and um he was the guy that when talking to glover quinn he said you know he would just explode and make plays or like a troy polomalo kind of guy that it wasn't ad living or you know going against the plan but occasionally he would shoot in the backfield and make a tackle for a loss or a sack or a big interception and he got the offense off rhythm and we just don't have that right now we're leading back sooner than later next week they go to seattle [Applause] thomas and he gets taken down that the three yard shy of the first down by ansa beyonce watch him he's going to take the helmet off of zambrello first that's a shot and then hustles back you know here is a guy that from ghana that came out and to byu and he walked on he wanted to play basketball that worked out walked on the track team that didn't work out and they said why don't you try football now here he is one of the stars in the national football league third down and five get back out of the blitz and then it's thomas he's going to reach for it and is he down before the ball came loose they're going to rule it at the moment [Music] the first official there that's diggs who takes the ball into the end zone but the official at the end of the play is saying this is down at the 41-yard line and this is going to be close he lands on the defender on mathis where is he down it is challengeable i don't see anything down the hand can be down that does not put you down you've got to get a forearm a wrist i don't think we even got a button on this one they're going to have to challenge it denver's trying to get his punt group out there before caldwell can challenge it i think demaryius thomas had some idea too he got up and started chasing it now they're not going to allow the return but the recovery is a different thing [Applause] that was like slow motion he was rolling over the top of mathis i think carla might have been thinking okay you know everything is reviewed anyway what he's trying to get out of it so he has to challenge this right now and he will and he will probably win it here's triplett after review the ruling on the field has changed [Applause] had not been knocked down by contractor the ball came loose it was recovered by detroit at the 29 yard line it'll be the torch ball first lieutenant to 29. we set the game clock for 13 minutes well the crowd is blowing they thought it should be a touchdown but that's the rule the rule is it it's a fumble and that's what they call it he's reaching for the first down doesn't get it lands on math this ball is loose and then the rule says you you get it from the point of recovery right so there's digs at the 29 yard line and that's why they will take it their crowd is going they thought they shouldn't be given a touchdown yeah and the reason for that obviously one official thought that the play was dead so he blows his whistle so they don't want him to be able to run in but they still are going to allow the recovery 13 minutes on the game please put six seconds back on it you said they needed a big defensive play there it is there you go now they need to do something with it right lions at the 29 yard line and that's going to draw a flag that's sylvester williams and that's going to cost him 15. really good job in the secondary that was going to end up a coverage sack there and then got a gift personal foul unnecessary roughness number 92 of the defense 15-yard penalty automatic first down [Applause] first of all late hit you slide you're protected at that point and then comes the helmet and then you're gonna see eric ebron the little out and up but tj ward was not fooled and on the back side to keep to leave had calvin johnson close enough and undercut that one so he had to pull it down but they still catch a break [Applause] [Music] it's a big game for the lions you know you forget they've got to get off that 0-2 they're playing at home this is one of those games you hope your quarterback is mature enough to win one of these now at home on the road at seattle next week instead of one and two after tonight is joy bell picks up a couple we go to michelle well jim caldwell told me at halftime in spite of running for just 12 yards in the first half they will not shy away from their rushing attack he said the run game's dirty work and he expects some cracks to open up also starting right guard larry warford is probable with an ankle injury he has been on the sideline quite a bit al all right michelle and he's graded out quite well in the first two games this season he'll miss him second down and seven [Applause] abdullah is the running back to johnson johnson very close to picking up a first down talib is there and that will move the change and make it first down and goal i'll tell you wade phillips is not afraid look at this there aren't many times that anybody plays that guy just one-on-one on the outside they have that kind of faith and a keep to leave but we've seen games remember the saints game last year a couple years ago they put two guys like it was a punk cover kind of a thing out there on calvin johnson from the 6. taking it to the two of doula a flag holding 72 offense 10 yard penalty still first down well they had to reshuffle this offensive line in here like larry warford got hit lincoln tomlinson right here and if i were to tell you a duke guard was the acc athlete of the year you would think yeah mike shishevsky has great guards you know but it was lake and tomlinson who has played guard for the football team and acc overall athlete of the year pretty impressive [Applause] for the touchdown just before they get to stafford abdullah is able to take the pass on the run stafford looking over to the bench saying we're going for two to try to tie the game the riddick got it close the first time now the other back amir abdullah coming out of the backfield here he comes with this little thing we see darren sproles do it all the time and i tell you brandon marshall danny trevathan they're no joke as far as coverage guys inside at linebacker but these two backs let's see if they keep exploiting that matchup it's working well well prater had that extra point blocked michelle reported they also had the poisoning so even though there's a ton of time left in the game they're gonna go for two here oregon oregon [Applause] now they're shifting out to help against calvin johnson and he will not come close tj ward stuffs them at the line of scrimmage so they settle for six we have 10 51 to go in the third they do cash in on the turnover though to make it a two-point game at ford field in detroit [Music] oh 50 coming your way from the bay area in february teams never to appear in the super bowl lions browns you saw those the jaguars the texans most seasons since the last championship game appears well the cubs made they're going to the playoffs so who knows sacramento kings not likely detroit 57 years toronto maple leafs in the nhl martha firestone 4 the widow of william clay ford a terrific man who owned this team for so many years they last won a championship here in 1957. and very little postseason success over the last few years you know for all that's gone wrong for this offense and peyton manning they come in here and get a second road win against a good team kansas city last week and come back at detroit you know this team's going to get better they're definitely better tonight than they've been the first two so somebody has to catch him early from the 20-yard line cj anderson he's the running back behind manning and peyton dancing fires over the middle caught that's a game of 15 yards emanuel sanders just one little addendum to that note we had by the way the cubs of course have been in chicago all those years detroit's been here even though they started in portsmouth ohio maple leafs are there the sacramento kings were the rochester royals the cincinnati royals went to kansas city and then sacramento in case you in case you're wondering i can now go to bed and sleep peacefully tonight thank you [Applause] from the 35-yard line first down and that's dropped marius thomas right there over the middle couldn't hang on second down and 10. this is just the look of peyton manning here i didn't think he ever when he was under center dropping back looked this aggressive throwing the ball he's been doing this for a long time now he's going to take a little hitch step back up into the throw but he just looks comfortable he never looked to me even though he did it a lot he did it in college he did it early in the nfl all those things at 39 it just didn't look right when he was going back from under center trying to throw the ball and step up i just didn't feel like peyton manning throwing the ball again thomas and he gets a nice block and demaryius thomas is thrust out of bounds just across the 50-yard line first down well and damaris thomas how many of these have we seen on sunday night football where they just get him the football and he goes 80 yards with it i've seen several of them he's a monster out there it's hard to believe that he and calvin johnson were at the same school and calvin georgia tech said you know i i think i did have a little something to do with the fact that damarius came there said he was much bigger then though i thought he was a tight end when i first met him a nice block there from jordan norwood andre caldwell now comes in thomas out for the moment nine and a half to go in the third paul hand it off to anderson eight four for the 44 into the flag [Applause] holding 74 offense 10 yard penalty still first down that's their top draft choice and rolo came out of colorado sam bradley came out of colorado state and he's the guy who's called for it yeah he just they tried to make that reach block and i think you know linemen get so used to being able to get away with holds especially inside every once while they just get caught watch him try and reach here he's just gonna sort of hook the arm there jason jones i think it was first and 20. pillman is the running back give it to him on a draw [Applause] dean of a couple second down at 18. now ronnie hillman's not really one of those guys that if you're gonna you know go power running and all that sort of stuff that he's gonna have a big day but ronnie hillman in this kind of offense where you're going to throw it throw a throat and then hand off a draw screen flare he's 195 pound quickback the other two are more of the 225 pound variety i think he's scaring anybody with that mouth guard all right well here comes halloween second down and 18. manning good protection again and cash has made it to 49 by norwood every kid in denver is going to have one of those on october 31st well not every kid but you know a few kids look at that and if you're wondering those are the holes that you breathe through right there i never had one of those i didn't that was old school one weather was flopping on my face mask and stuff holly's gonna buy one for you third and thirteen [Applause] intended for the tight end daniels josh binds the linebacker breaks it up you know josh bynes has really done a pretty nice job in there he's been asked to do a lot of different things now and actually was the signal caller and that is good coverage right there pollock had taken a turn to hear whitehead was a signal caller levy had taken a shot at it but he sort of settled so the lions down by a deuce get the ball back mid third chase with a nascar nbc sn live from dover next sunday at 1 30 eastern time 3 eastern on saturday series on nbc yes that didn't come right off the assembly line i don't think so you're not going to see that at dover either do you ever have one of those cars you could actually work on i opened the hood every once in a while i got how in the heck could anybody ever work on these things i did 50 order races at abc i don't know what a carburetor is you can pull it off in those days detroit has it at the 14-yard line first down [Applause] and they start with a two-yard gain by joycon bell well over the past year clearly chris harrison to keep to leave two of the absolute best look at this over the past year no touchdowns just four look at these quarterback ratings 49 61. two top seven corners and they're both on the same team and you combine that with what they're doing pressure wise with demarcus ware and von miller off the edge dynamic pair to deal with on the back end pro football focus bringing me together second down and nine from the 15-yard line [Music] and turning around is golden tate to make the catch and then turn it into a big game golden take great grab avoids the tackles ebron helps lead the way and they have a firsthand midfield that is no surprise right there golden tate last year led the national football league with most yards after the catch he was a high school running back i want to say he had like 23 touchdowns something like that in high school and when he gets his hands on the ball very difficult to bring him down 99 catches last year a lot of injuries to calvin johnson and he stepped up and took him to the playoffs game of 33 from the 48th now a tough running game a seven for the nebraska rookie here's been the feature match up tonight it keeps lead calvin johnson and they have been going at it we've taken this on without a lot of help now occasionally like we're running underneath that one he's had a little bit but you have to give them a lot of credit there are only a handful of corners in the nfl that any defensive coordinator has the guts to match up one on one against calvin johnson and it's been a good show all night abdullah got nine makes it second down and one from 43 yards [Music] bell tackled at the line of scrimmage third and short there's brandon marshall you know brandon marshall and danny trevathan each have had years in which they've led this team and tackles and they just really have never been on the field together much because of injuries or whatever but brandon marshall i remember they were saying that john fox told us he was on the practice squad and playing against the offense every day and basically his own players came up and said get him off of here get him out on the field playing some defense that's tim wright 54 at the top fuel of the screen [Applause] plays the patriots a couple years ago and that's a first down as the pass is caught by gold from the tape to the 35 as a penalty marker was the third and one and the lions are retreating cash interference offense number 85 the 10 yard penalty still third down eric either on the tight end completing his case well this kind of looks like offensive passing interference i think bradley roby's going to agree just knocks them straight over now if all that happens within one yard of the line of scrimmage it's sort of uh they wave it all off but that was two or three yards down the field [Applause] third down and eleven that's not the way and then it somehow winds back up in his arms and demarcus ware is right there to prevent any advance and the lions will have to punt hey that was a good job blocking by travis swanson inside but look at antonio smith the veteran get up and make that play and then stafford came down with it probably wishes he hadn't reminds you brett favre's initial completion in the nfl threw it to himself that counts as a completion well that's probably why he got it martin's kick and point for the fair catch letting it go and the lions are going to pin him deep as it's down by evan lawson at the six yard line sunday night football brought to you by southwest airlines book your low fare now at southwest.com by the kia sorrento the perfect getaway vehicle by clean crisp poor as [Music] top ranked teams in the state of michigan met yesterday martin luther king high school he cast up in overtime and the kids from detroit king are on hand for tonight's game let it go gents as denver takes over at the eight and manning starts with the flip caught by daniels and daniels with some tough runners you know chris john fox had a lot of success i mean how many coaches leave with a 46 and 18 four-year record playoffs all four years but john elway pretty much felt that john was a great turnaround specialist he said i wanted to go down kicking and screaming because their last two games the super bowl two years ago and the playoff game last year they were out of both of them and never in either game and i think that really wore on elway yeah for john elway only one thing matters and he lost enough super bowls and i know that feeling too that you win or you just didn't have a good year that's just the way john elway is that's anderson picking up a first down and you know they had a ton of success but boy you know you get blown out in the super bowl you get blown out last year you take a look at the that was unbelievable well we have fox who of course is coaching uh down the block in ann arbor and led his team to a romp over brigham young yesterday every team i've ever seen jim harbaugh coach after a month they are one of the most physical teams i've seen manning is under direction just goes down and that's devin taylor who was able to burst through it's credit for the sack that was they're gonna try and come up with benny fowler down in the field and there's darius slay with just perfect coverage and finally somebody else with a sack here just no match on the outside i believe that was owen daniels trying to make that block and kevin taylor got the chance over philip hunt tonight and he delivered second down and 21 from the 11. deep drop manning has time manning deep down field and that is caught by emanuel sanders at the 34 yard line how's that for a deep out somewhere in the back of peyton manning's mind he's saying you're happy now that is a 20-yard deep comeback outcrowd that he threw on the exact spot and did that thing move at all there we go the challenge is out there the ball bobbled and i think they're gonna call that incomplete so sanders juggling it appeared to get down inbounds but of course you got to maintain control all the way through detroit has challenged the ruling on the field of completing catch at the sideline [Applause] so once again under the hood goes jeff triplett ruling on the field completed pass we think it's going to get overturned and in fact it is because the teams are now moving back so there goes that pass after the review the ruling on the field is changed [Applause] underground sliding out of bounds with all k loose it is an incomplete pass it will be third down and the other thing that he didn't say would look at it again that's two challenges won by detroit [Applause] it's gonna be third and twenty one if you win two challenges you get a third and triplet's trying to tell the crowd that right now but they don't care they're just happy to see never backing up well we'd like to welcome the crowd to the football game tonight right it's the first time we've heard them in full throat they understand full well the significance of that call to make this third down and a chance for great fuel position for the lions so jim caldwell second year here of course you've coached peyton manning he's a head coach from an assistant coach for many seasons under tony dungy at indy and then manning is going to get the pass away to jordan norwood and he gets ripped from behind in the 29-yard line but they get him well out of the shadow of the goal post and giving the punter full foot a lot of extra room here look like a matthew stafford pass there just dead sidearm across his body and i'll tell you jordan norwood came close at least got him out of the hole came within four yards of it and colquitt now with the line of scrimmage up at the 27-yard line t.j jones back to receive for detroit it's a line driving low kick and a bounce and take a real good denver hop so not a very artistic pun but a very productive one nonetheless 150 yards blind spot monday's number one new drama and critics give it five stars don't miss the show everyone was talking about line spot tomorrow right here on nbc that was a big show i'll tell you people are excited about that one a minute to go in the third quarter [Applause] start this drive and that's bell coming around the outside brandon marshall is there [Applause] a full start here it's going to be penalty number seven on detroit denver also has seven interesting call here declining illegal formation offense number 85 covered up number 77. their penalties decline it'll be second down right they'll take the play [Applause] which was no game well there you go with the manning who was drafted first in 98 caldwell came with dungey when tony went from tampa to indianapolis and then when tony retired after the 08 campaign caldwell took over as the head coach and jim caldwell you recall is a rookie head coach won his first 14 games round up 14 and two and they went to the super bowl where they lost to the saints and that's caught now by ebrain and iran gets taken down at the 26. of course the mutual admiration society with caldwell and peyton manning very collegial before the game tonight yeah i asked jim caldwell is it still weird coaching against them of course with the ravens they played quite a few games together he said but it is strange a guy that you've cheered for and tried to help your whole life all of a sudden you're scheming ways to knock them around try and make them look as bad as you possibly can [Music] end of the third it's a two-point game and sunday night football from detroit back after this now michael's chris collinsworth michelle devoyah air coverage tonight provided by geico yep that's the old silver dome the roof is gone the house that chris collins works as a rookie he played with the cincinnati bengals in there that's where bill walsh won his first super bowl and that's what it looks like today some guy named joe montana went crazy looks like the roman coliseum is funny meanwhile third and sixth big play and they do convert they start the fourth quarter on a pass to calvin johnson tackle by talib just the strength of calvin johnson here keep to leave as a big guy himself but calvin johnson has a way of just running through people and getting some separation that was a big play there that has been a lot of fun to watch tonight the hottest corner going against calvin johnson one of the all-time great receivers they have been putting on a show announcing seven grabs tonight 72 yards the longest of which one for 25. deep drop steps away down the sideline there's contact then there are no flags intended there for ebron t.j ward strong safety covering hebron makes a nice play and so did matthew stafford he under through this one and he just didn't catch the football he had more problems with drops last year than this but i thought that was one he should have made yep i'll tell you they're doing a decent job though on the outside i think that's lady and waddle now playing out there at tackle von miller hasn't shown up much so what's kill what's the kill haven't called his name since early in the game [Applause] second and ten now he comes around the corner but stafford unleashes it and that's incomplete the crowd of course wants a flag on every place so does stafford roby was the defender it'll be third down and ten definitely a lot of contact going down the field sometimes the receiver has to initiate a little bit to draw the flag just didn't quite fight back through the ball maybe enough in the eyes of the officials more the intended receiver now it's third down and 10. now's when you have to really pay attention to these pass rushers they're going to spread it out you better throw it fast matthew stafford and that's broken up intended for johnson and talib wins that battle so three in complete passes miller put the heat on on stafford that time fourth down well here comes miller off the edge and that was about as good as he could do but this is interesting because this is where akeeb talib knew in that spread formation that stafford was going to have to throw it quick and he sat on that route you could see he thought he had an interception on that one he knew because of the formation there was no way for him to throw that ball deep down the field breaks it up and here's martin's kick fielded at the 18 by emanuel sanders and he's taken down at the 24 yard line by travis lewis two-point game denver ball tonight football brought to you by geico 15 minutes to save you 15 on car insurance by stubhub let your fan out by lexus and their pursuit of perfection and by wendy's that's joey bell grew up in michigan local elementary school on friday 200 students participating in a blue out with the joke bell i know we all tend to focus when players make mistakes in this league but there are a lot of good guys in this league too one of them takes the snap right here you know that ronnie hillman is around the corner up to the 29 yard line rylo came up holding his elbow it almost looked like their wrist shoulder left tackle well certainly got to keep an eye on that now because you know those offensive linemen they've got to extend their arms and pass protection and we'll watch second down and five and manny thinks it'll be encroachment helote nata came across the line give sam brylo an extra few seconds to help recover from whatever it is that ails him now we have another conference here is that who's guilty and you can tell by that reaction [Applause] the five-yard penalty still second down that's matt pared as the center let's see what he does here they're going to do the tap you've got me on that one oh yeah you got me didn't see it eight penalties against the broncos 14 total in the game accepted second and ten [Applause] manning stepping up to avoid the heat caught 30-yard line emmanuel sanders gets bent back makes the tackle that's going to make it third down and four for denver they're sort of tearing up the middle of the field here for the last quarter or so and this is when you know peyton manning intentionally completed that short one to set up this third and five and i'll tell you we're getting down to that point in the game now where it's going to be decided by some of these third and fives [Applause] number three out of nine on third down holman is the back play clock at three and manning's going to take a timeout play is too important here they're messed up denver they're first in terms of setting up well each team each team is trying to establish a russian game and neither has been able to do it denver yards per carry 2.8 against baltimore week 128 last thursday against kc 2-4 tonight yeah and it really they had a big dinner the other night on offense to talk about it and damarius thomas stood up and he said peyton manning do you know that you're the quarterback of the 32nd ranked offense in the national football league and peyton didn't believe it he said no way it's like you know goes to google on his phone or whatever he looks up and sure enough and they all started laughing at him but no laughing matter right now they need a little of that offense and then he said we're 2-0 third and four after the timeout manny dumps it off in the flat juggled caught and trying to get the first down now is ronnie hillman where is he out of bounds appears to be a little short of the first josh bynes knocked him out of bounds that little bobble may have cost him the first down he had to just spend a minute to catch it good hustle by bynes getting over there that was a tough mark but one that went very favorably for the lions boy fines had a long way to go to run him down across that formation so with the 33 fourth and one colquitt averaging 41 yards per boot tonight this will be his fifth punt tj jones back [Applause] jones has room tj jones is going to get tackled up at the 45-yard line so good run back virgil green makes the stop there and with 11 and a half to go in regulation detroit has the ball down by two don't miss any regular season nfl game on nfl game pass you can listen live to game day audio or replay the games on demand nfl.com slash game pass is your entry point okay 11 and a half to go two-point denver league detroit with a ball for 45 after a good return 28 yards and next quarter six to the 49 golden tate you know jim caldwell has been around some super bowl winning quarterbacks over the years and he feels like the matthew stafford now is right in his prime he's seen peyton manning at about year five joe flacco about year five even brad johnson and this is the moment honestly where matthew stafford is supposed to step up and beat peyton manning a 39 year old quarterback this is you're at home you're supposed to win this game right now he is right in the sweet spot of his career johnson is main man and johnson gets tackled but he picks up the first down to lead makes the stop first down [Applause] i'll tell you though i've been impressed with stafford tonight in the fact that he knew he was going to be under siege he knew he was going to have to get the football out of his hand and in many ways the quarterback has to protect the offensive line you think about it the other way but he couldn't sit back there and hold the ball with these monsters coming after him he's he has to do without a running game they can't have anything going on the ground of the night 16 rushes 25 yards it's a yard and a half under pressure loses the ball has it stripped shaquille barrett is the guy who is able to get it extract it and denver is going to come up with a recovery so stafford's going to say he was down of course the broncos are already running off the field stafford is going to say he was throwing it he was throwing it and it should be incomplete so they'll sort this one out as a turnover they'll look at it again coming forward we'll see they're looking at this thing this is where you're really splitting hairs on this thing there's no such thing as the old tuck rule but what happens here is that they contend that stafford was bringing his arm back or his hand back toward his body unless it is a fumble instead of the arm going forward where it could have been ruled as a forward pass crowd of course hates it denver takes over on the turnover has the ball at the 49-yard line andy dalton had a play very close to that a week ago and it was ruled incomplete [Applause] manning throws and that's a first down and that's benny fowler who's had himself a very nice night first year wide receiver out of michigan state okay is this ball coming down towards his body or is he attempting to throw it he's hit as it's going back but he doesn't lose control until it's coming forward there's a lot of subjectivity if you're saying he was bringing that back down to his body and not trying to throw it i i cannot wait to hear the explanation of why that's different than the andy dalton player yeah that's why they that's why they ruled it a fumble you tell me the ball is at the 36 yard line anderson to the 33-yard line so each team now with two turnovers tonight boy there have been a lot of challenges in this game hasn't there i mean it seems like every play is just examined down frame by frame as we go through this sometimes seasons and sometimes jobs are decided by those frames very much a part of today's nfl a long time since i saw a coach win both challenges and get a third caldwell is in that position right now he's left one more in his pocket if he needs it second down and eight long time jacksonville jaguar makes the tackle racine math is an interesting guy had 31 interceptions and pros had 31 interceptions in college and where's number 31 what would ben scully say about that 31s are wild pull up a chair third down and nine snap it at one on the play climb dancing feeling the pressure dropped thomas again with a drop here that's edible covering on the place gonna make it fourth down and you would be looking at a 53-yard field goal which certainly is when mcmanus's range however the downside is if he misses it detroit's going to get the ball down by two points at their own 43-yard line well what a great stand though by terrell austin's bunch on that one to get that turnover and then to hold him through a long field goal about as good as you could ask to hold it mcmanus with that big leg you got a flag and that kick is going to be no good let's see about the call it's a fourth down and nine [Applause] and it was one of the back judges that made the call i don't think it's anybody offsides anything like that too many men on the field possibly on the flick and you can tell by detroit's reaction i think it's it's against them if it is and it's a five-yard penalty it would be fourth down and four something it's a five-yarder here's true formation defense there were several things the ball and it's a five yard penalty it'll fill me fourth down you gotta go six and five here's the problem they've made rules now so you can't overload one side here's the official and he's saying you can't do that one and that is a huge mistake so now you get a reload too many men on one side joe marciano is the special teams coach so now you've got a 48-yard attempt mcmanus gets a mulligan [Applause] all right so a 48-yarder is good to make it 17-12 with 7.50 to go been an odd game playing it in fits and starts and denver has a five-point lead with 7.50 remaining in regulation that was big huge instead of detroit getting the ball to 45 down by two most likely they'll start from the 20 down by five and that's where this drive will begin for matthew stafford so as triplets said you can't have seven guys on one side here comes slay and we'll go back and take a look at who's who here so here he is coming walking in here on the edge and there's the special teams coach marciano what are you doing i think he's sailing through a slave you can't do that you know you try and come down there you try and bluff you try and make a play and there are a lot of they're more special team rules at anything they pass is caught by theo riddick that's a gain of seven second down and three brandon marshall made the stop now we've seen them have success throughout the course of this game with that move by isolating those running backs on the inside linebackers and they just keep flip-flopping those two backs theo riddick and amir abdullah and they're both having success here is abdullah as the running back give it to him they just can't get anything going on the ground darion stewart comes up to make the tackle now you got a big third down and one coming up 17 rushes 27 ground yards for the lions that was an interesting defensive call there they flip-flopped their safeties so they're going to bring down and here based on something with the formation and it ends up darion stewart the safety that came down made that play down very very close the nose of the balls on the 30 he has it and he does first hand [Applause] i can't remember a game where it's been more like inches and frames and milliseconds of time that have decided this game von miller came down and squeezed that one hard and looked like was that brandon marshall just sort of slipped or whatever when he saw lake and tomlinson [Applause] offense five-yard penalty still first down then it's not his fault but it was so it's first down and 15. those guys they want every advantage they can and the great tackles you can see generally they move first when you're at home you obviously have the advantage you can actually hear the snap count and when you're going against von miller sometimes you have to anticipate it and got caught that time detroit they were trying that same play again that little arrow route back inside he just got lost he couldn't find it behind his own guys i think that was manny romero's right in front of him joe lombardi calling in the play and there's wade phillips signaling to the defense second and 15. where another ready to put the heat on from the outside stafford steps up throws caught on the run and into denver territory goes ebron [Applause] big first down with 520 remaining 29 yards david brewton in coverage right here this is just perfectly thrown by matthew stafford and way to hang in there he was under pressure i think it was von miller right in his face he thought he was going to take a shot that's the kind of big time play you need out of eric ebert at the denver 46-yard line [Applause] on the ground again nothing joey bell second to nine you know it it's sort of that catch-22 they know that they have opportunities with calvin johnson being in a lot of one-on-one situations but the other thing that joe lombardi was talking about is i can't let him force me completely out of the run i know i have to stay with it but it just has not done much of anything here tonight yard and a half per carry second down and nine pressure screen set up but busted up by the broncos over the middle brandon marshall makes the tackle joy bell with the reception third down and long back at the 48-yard line third and 12 and the next snap is under the four-minute mark let's see if they help on the outside guys and then it really becomes whether or not these inside pressure guys malik jackson haven't heard him much tonight he is a good pass rusher inside four-man denver has a huge turnover so brewton beaten over the middle by the tight end ebron on the 29 yarder of tones with the pick there he is watch david brewton just play in the eyes of the quarterback matthew stafford look at that that's the difference between having a safety in there and a linebacker and their linebackers don't make that play as safety absolutely and that is the second time david prudence made a huge play on the game-winning interception by darien stewart in the opener it was brewton who tipped the ball away and a forced fumble last week in the game against kansas city big play brewton cj anderson is the running back now they can begin to play a little clock ball [Applause] to make sure he stayed in bounds diggs makes the tackle detroit has all of its timeouts i don't think matthew stafford can believe it they take one here do the lions watch the middle linebacker come all the way across there and make that play and that was calvin johnson running up the seam and i think matthew stafford when he threw that one was thinking calvin johnson might score what a play wow that's yeah bill caller over there not as emotional a guy as there is in this league what a play [Applause] lions turning it over three times tonight five turnovers in the game a ton of challenges plenty of penalties and it's a five-point game second down and eight for denver at the 49. betsy had a bow showing blitz off the edge down here [Applause] over darius slay boy slay having a nice to forget oh my gosh what a play emmanuel sanders not that big a guy just went up and ripped it away that is bad we're seeing some football plays right now i think slay had the front half of the ball and it was sanders with the back half and he pulled it right out look both of them really have the ball right there and sanders just pulls it out of his hands huge [Applause] shake his head in frustration he was beaten on that pass to thomas at the end of the first half responsible for the field goal snafu played it well but just gets beaten on the play and now denver takes a timeout didn't you love the story that emmanuel sanders told us last night that when he was a kid growing up if your last name was sanders he was cheering for it so deion sanders that was his favorite player and of course barry sanders around here and those two guys would have been plenty proud of that one he said that those two guys named sanders can play in the nfl why can't i lions honor the late charlie sanders at halftime tonight in the ceremony there's his name on the ring of honor his favor his favorite golfer was doug sanders not only just don't get in the chicken i know where you're going with this i'm going nowhere that's where i'm going so it's first and ten at the 15 yard line detroit can stop the clock twice plus the two minute warning from the pistol to the 13-yard line well it didn't cure the running game by any means for the broncos tonight but this pistol formation sure has made peyton manning look more comfortable to me a little action for those of you who have joined us a little late also the game manning's numbers by far the the best outing for him this season stafford has had his moments he had that pass to thomas at the end of the first half on the fourth and one and then the bruton interception gigantic here and denver's trying to make it a two possession lead detroit can hold him to a field goal it's an eight-point game one possession game and they'd have a ton of time but first things first down to one timeout clock will stop with the two-minute warning and second down and eight anderson again yard line and now detroit will take its final time out so we are wrapping up week three here next week we go to new orleans where the dallas cowboys win a big league today and watch that go away against atlanta taking on the saints football night starts at seven eastern time and we go to the dome there atlanta 3-0 under dan quinn what a start 39-28 and the carolina panthers off to a great start as well against the saints mccown played today brees inactive today see about next week encounter 310 yards in the losing effort but it's dallas and new orleans next week on sunday night football matthew stafford wants one more chance [Applause] every time they put demarius thomas in there in the slot they tried to get him the ball third and six pressure for the touchdown so daniels has had a few drops tonight and he finally collects one and does it in the end zone to make it a two possession lead one of the things that will never show up on the stat page what peyton manning just did right there he knew exactly where the pressure was going to come from he redirected his offensive line he moves to the right hits the winning touchdown pass over the edge he knew better than the detroit lions did what they were going to do on that play and mcmanus now for the extra point so with 228 left and only the two minute warning to stop the clock for detroit it's 24 to 12. hayden is going to redirect his offensive line he's going to tell him all to go that way he's going to leave that guy on block he's going to come so what is peyton going to do he's going to move that way and hit the route right down here in the corner understood exactly what was coming for him just moved away from it and hit the winning touchdown pass i don't know how you put that in statistics you don't but that's why peyton manning wins so many games oh and daniels of course coaches love to bring guys who know their systems and with kubiak as the head coach in houston daniel spent so many years there daniels was in baltimore last year so he just keeps following kubiak around the country adapting and adjusting that's what you do in the national football league and that's what the broncos have done over this uh three-week period but look out i mean they're 3-0 with two wins over tough teams on the road and they're starting to feel it a little bit they've started to figure something out here on offense and they go home next week to face minnesota and then they're two road games after that at oakland how about the raiders all of a sudden two and one and then they're at cleveland are the broncos you look at the remaining schedule they're going to have played half their road games in the first six games so they're going to have going down the stretch it's going to be six home and four on the road including two home games against green bay and new england on a pair of sunday nights in november which will be on sunday night football dump off [Applause] second down and nine yard line that's going to take us to the two-minute warning catch is made there by ebron two minutes remaining at ford field denver 24. detroit on sunday night volkswagen post game report coming up michelle on the field with the stars of the game bob tony and mike breaking it down getting you caught up on nfl news i'm sure mike will be talking about ben roethlisberger and then a peek ahead at cowboy saints next sunday night i think there is some news on route this murder right here for mike as theo riddick takes the ball across the 50 to the 48 yard line detroit has to hustle [Applause] fight dragged down 36 first down clock keeps running with a minute and a half that was interesting you could hear guys yelling down down down and they were telling tate to get on the ground don't let them rip that ball out it was his own guy saying it it's incomplete second down well if you want a little good news here for the detroit lions i do think lee adrian waddle coming in the game has done a pretty good nice job out there a right tackle and that's been the big question but no questions about that guy anymore i think we'll uh he'll have a quieter week this week a laboratory frog instead of a rat this week second down to 10. i can't believe you did that in the oven if i had to ready can't pass up a free rat can you and it's going to be a first down getting out of bounds is theoretic so the lions you know they've got that trip to seattle next week right off the bat toughest place to to win in the league then arizona comes in and their cars are red-hot they get chicago in here you get minnesota in here too so the lions played three out of their first four on the road then they get three at home that game at kansas city is really in london [Applause] we're reviewing the previous play all right yeah i think if they sort of reach the ball across the line they'll check that we'll check out for 30 seconds jeff triplett once again to the view the ruling on the field has changed the runner stuck the ball out at the 25 and a half yard line when he went out of bounds the result is a first down detroit and that's a 20 there you go 25 and an eighth yep so 54 seconds first now of course uh detroit needs [Applause] two touchdowns i'm not in that position it's an 11-point game you can take a field goal into the end zone twice and it took four seconds off the clock on the pass to lance moore you know what we have not seen out of the lions i don't think once this year you remember how matthew stafford back in the day used to sort of scramble around a little bit and calvin johnson good and they just throw it an old playground thing and just let him jump up over the top of everybody and make a play just haven't seen any of those at least that i can remember this year i need it pulls the plays [Applause] and why not have another penalty vote start offense number 66. the defensive player moved but did not get in the neutral zone the five yard penalty still second down that's the 17th penalty of the game combined coming into week three 15.8 penalties were being called the first two weeks the highest average through two weeks of any season since the 1970 merging so if you think you're seeing more flags second down to 10. ah there he goes it's von miller finally happened they had two early sacks tonight and now miller picks up one and that's four for them well there goes some von miller running underneath the table again defense number 30. the five yard penalty automatic first down just got enough of his foot [Applause] so that's negated he does not get that sack brewton is the guy who gets penalized but of course he's been the the hero in the fourth quarter tonight put one more second back on the clock well we're parting the hell out of this one aren't we getting some jeopardy music at this point second down and 10. you know you've got to score twice so at some point you gotta sort of throw one in the end zone here don't you not sorta even peyton manning's going what is going on out here second and ten taking tiny little bites here then riddick is out of bounds third and five i have no commentary i don't know i don't know it's an old phrase in the business called emptying the saddlebags just i just want them to go for a touchdown here yeah level 20. [Applause] ready and that's incomplete drives and drabs fourth down [Applause] completion percentage will look good yeah you know it's one of those games i mean you you see games where you know statistics look really good and then you gotta look underneath the numbers obviously 31 out of 44 looks like a good night 281 you know better fourth and five finally to the end zone and that is incomplete there's no flag there's no nothing [Applause] half a minute whatever remains of this crowd i want to say it's a cascade of booze but there aren't enough people left in ford field right now for a cascade more like a light shower yeah sprinkle that was a sprinkle sprinkle right well it was a huge loss for detroit and a huge win for the denver broncos and keep to leave let's give him a little credit boy you can't ask for a much tougher assignment than he had tonight he didn't win them all but he ran he won enough johnson you know you hold johnson to 77 on eight catches rooting for the big play turnovers were big in the game three takeaways for the broncos the broncos go home the broncos go to three you know the broncos will be favored against minnesota to make it 4-0 and uh all is well in the rockies there are a lot of people in this game playing for detroit that still wanted to shake peyton's pennings hand because they know it's not that many more opportunities coming around 2412 the final volkswagen post game report coming up

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