An NFC South Showdown! Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Carolina Panthers Week 11, 2012 Full Game

temperature in the 50s a little bit of a breeze cool here in charlotte north carolina tampa bay won the toss deferred so the panthers will get the football first and cam newton who is offensive coordinator said a little more of a swagger this week not carrying all that weight on his shoulders in practice yeah i think greg olsen has a chance to have a big day i mean you talk about the way tampa plays defense those coverages should allow greg olson to have a nice one and then you look at him up front on the offensive line they've got to play better and getting and playing better as an offensive line means more run blocking they can do that this offensive line should be okay bucketeers try to win their fourth straight game for the carolina panthers they're trying to get a win coming off a tough home loss against peyton manning and the broncos that's amani edwards out of appalachian state boone north carolina not too far from here back to return michael koenig does the kickoff for the buccaneers he's also the punter [Applause] and for greg giano special teams played big last week in a win over the san diego chargers on a block bunted score and an offense that we talked about has been outstanding but that defense amazing tim i guess if you can't run it against the box you throw it and that's where the yardage piles up yeah and i'm curious to see how they hold up in terms of their their past defense and they haven't been great at rush in the passer not a whole bunch of numbers in sac production but 321 yards a game they give up through the air the tampa bay buccaneers on the back end of that d week 11 buccaneers panthers underway and edwards juggles and brings it up [Applause] and return up across the 21-yard line before he's knocked back and that's where that panther offense that we showed you will hit the field meanwhile for the bucks we talked about giving up only 80 yards on the ground gerald mccoy up front having a a pro bowl season even if all the stats and the numbers don't show up no you turn on the tape he is but you know what roy miller is an unsung hero and their run defense all starts with those defensive tackles both of them playing great wait levante david the rookie linebacker out of nebraska all you can say is wow what a year he's had then back in the secondary still led by the old dog rendez barber on first down cam newton to throw and does and completes steve smith always want to get him the ball early and he spins it with great delight and look for this match up to to be one that's going to be tried to be exploited throughout the game steve smith only one touchdown he has clearly been frustrated when you watch the games but eric wright who tamp i know feels good chris about putting him on him and in coverage is dealing with an achilles we'll see if that limits eric wright his ability to to defend steve smith who can still absolutely fly and run first at 10 for the panthers incomplete in the same area for steve smith i love that clap by steve smith and he told us in talking to him on friday getting ready for the game he talks about his frustration he gets upset he said but the one clap is like his fire extinguisher chris it's like okay i'm frustrated i'm moving on here's the fire extinguisher bang put the fire out move on to the next play and that also helps cam newton in the huddle on second down 10 from the 32 of the panthers jonathan stewart the running back call against the panthers false start number 88 offense five yard penalty second down son titan greg olson who was the leading receiver for ron rivera's team so now second and 15. they got to get something going early in this game and that's not the way to do it with a pre-snap penalty ron rivera i mean you think of the last four games here at home chris all the turnovers only 12 points a game if anybody needs that offense to be efficient play well today it's the head coach ron rivera on second at 15 and stewart [Applause] run around against that bunch defense maybe to the 31-yard line panthers have not had a 100 yard rusher in more than a year this is a team with jonathan stewart d'angelo williams in fact cam newton comes into this game as the team's leading rusher yeah that's shocking to me i think if you go back and watch last week's game they they did try to get into more the conventional runs the eye back stuff leading up with the fullback and more of the traditional pieces of the run game but it's unbelievable when you think of the caliber of those two backs that they haven't had a breakout game yet this year so you get an incomplete pass a penalty in a short run it is third down and ten the buccaneers third best in the nfl and taking the ball away right behind the bears and giants [Music] floated and ej biggers had a chance of the interception but it was gerald mccoy who worked his way into cam newton chris he is having a fantastic season and he comes from the defensive tackle spot typically outside shade on the guard we know carolina has struggled at the offensive guard position and here he is locked up on jeff byers and a good defensive lineman knows how to get the edge look at him use that left arm swipe the hands down get some movement by hitting that shoulder get the edge and force the errant throw from cam newton brad norton hunting for roscoe parrish who waves for the fair catch standing at the 23-yard line of tampa bay opening possession stalls for the hometown panthers we do have a flag after a yard punt and no return flag has been picked up let's see what the what bill levy says no flag from the 24 the bucks take over on offense 24 year old josh freeman the swimmer sleeker 2012 model from his own 24 at first and 10. pass is complete who else vincent jackson is 37th catch of the season we checked the offense 18 touchdowns just five interceptions protecting the ball and making big plays it's been really good and and we talked about doug martin what he's been but those two receivers vincent jackson and mike williams both together you know about 20 yards of catch when you average the two of them awesome they've survived some offensive line injuries and have been able to hold it together which has been surprising losing carl nixon davin joseph maybe the best guard tandem in the nfl only one player on that line today drafted jeremy zutow the rest free agents yeah incredible they're doing the job on second and two freeman has time and incomplete for eric the fullback late turning in the formation charles johnson helping to put some pressure on he leads the panthers and sacks with eight and a half and it's chris it is the pass rush and the sack production that is upticked for the carolina panthers over the last several games they have been getting to the quarterback talked about luke healy in the middle thomas davis great story playing some good football that's a good linebacking core then on the back end for the match-ups with captain munderlin and the rookie josh norman against that elite tan and the wide receivers should be fun to watch dj ware checks it at running back and third and two luke stocker the tight end splits out to the top of your screen freeman to throw and floats it for vincent jackson incomplete coverage by josh thomas back up corner and the bucks who have scored 31 points on their first possession are stalled here i think the key here is you've got to get your hands on vincent jackson and you got to play physical with him as you saw josh norman there he's given up five inches in height he's only in his second year and if he's going to be successful against vincent jackson you got to get your hands on him at the line of scrimmage michael kanan standing inside his own 18-yard line at back to return punts captain motherland a boomer from canaan mudder with it from his 15-yard line straight up the middle the ball's out and the bucks had a shot at it back in the pile at the 29 fumbled by motherland after a nifty return and the buccaneers have it coming up with the recovery is dakota watson it's all good for captain munolin as he's taking it right up the gut ball is a little bit away from him in terms of his body looked like he was trying to cradle it there and just lost it eric lorich knocked it out aurelius ben had a chance to get it lewis had a chance to get it dakota watson ends up with it 29-yard line of the carolina panthers and he was already losing that ball before it got popped out after a 17-yard return but a terrific boot by kanan of 53 yards so they're now plus 12 in the take away giveaway ratio the bucket here is up the panthers negative and it's the first down what freeman to doug martin who's not run away luke kinkley the team's top tackler as you mentioned the top rookie tackler factor he and lavonte david are 3-4 in the nfl and tackles chad greenway leads all tacklers the viking linebacker it's obvious luke lee is right at home in the middle of that defense start of the year as an outside linebacker john beeson got hurt their middle backer luke lee shuffles to the middle and it suits his talents chris sideline the sideline player impressive rookie here we go doug martin carries inside the 20-yard line looked like he fell at the 19 near a first down thomas davis on the tackle for the panthers doug martin comes in averaging five yards of carry seven touchdowns he is just short where they spotted it of the first down from stockton california you can say he's right out of stockton in fact he's in there he's in their stockton hall of fame the sports hall of fame there first round pick out a boise state who has produced on third and one [Applause] freeman keeps and got the first down josh freeman is six foot six hasn't been running as much as he has in the past but he hasn't needed to he is bursting with confidence when you turn on the tape he really is and i think we had him several weeks ago and we all know mike sullivan the offensive coordinator comes from the new york giants and i said this is supposed to look like the giant's offense it's not even close i gotta tell you i've watched the giants over the last several weeks not only does it look like the giants offense and what they do it looks better than the giants offense right now and a big part of it is you got that guy right there josh freeman delivering the mail on time it looks good in his fourth season beats the nfl yards per attempt at 8.3 martin carries and is met hard but at 5 9 215 he just keeps powering forward he reminds me of ray rice and i know the comparisons have been made the terrific running back for the for the baltimore ravens who greg shiano coached at rutgers but watch the power here low center of gravity gets his pads down plows right into luke lee wow ejected him right out of the pile he boots people martin [Music] freeman on the move slides at the five for a tampa bay first down and a flag comes in late i think they're going to get one of the defenders for carolina once josh freeman started his slide one of the defenders still hit him foul unnecessary roughness number 50 of the defense going to the quarterback's head who was in the slide half the distance to the goal first down james anderson called and of course when a quarterback slides it's an automatic give up defensive players have to be careful that's right and once he starts his slide you can and the whole question is is did he start his slide before the defender laid out to make a tackle it almost looks simultaneous yeah it's a tough spot for a defender that was bang bang ends up as a first and goal from the three-yard line after the fumble recovery by dakota watson on the punt return bucks in scoring position [Music] freeman has it an end zone at the back of the end zone nate biome the third string tight end has a touchdown [Applause] it looked at first as if freeman was just trying to get rid of the football nate byam comes in motion you see right here he's just gonna slip behind the linebackers and luke lee who was matched up on dallas clark probably held with him just a little bit too long which opened the window behind him for nate byam to get the touchdown first career touchdown for nate byam a free agent out of pittsburgh he was with the 49ers the last couple of seasons more of a blocking tight end but freeman found him to give the bucks the lead here in the opening quarter connor barth on to try the extra point kanan the holder and it is seven to nothing tampa bay three yard touchdown pass six plays covering 29 yards freeman under pressure but tampa bay has the lead tim ryan chris myers there's nate bye who caught his first career touchdown pass josh freeman has thrown a touchdown pass at every game this season and in 13 consecutive going back to last year 15 consecutive is the team record that freeman owns armani edwards watches it bounce short up at the 20-yard line the yet man picks it up and running forward with a pretty decent return at the 29-yard line is siani fua and then a flag comes in number 57 of the receiving team during the return yard penalty first down timeout another self-inflicted wound for the carolina panthers jordan holding adam hayward bucks have the lead panthers have the football downtown charlotte from their own 16 that bucket air defense it was a special teams takeaway but they have 20 and they have scored 83 points off 20 takeaways that's third best in the nfl this year in their own 16-yard line first and ten cam newton from the shotgun with donovan stewart the back way overthrown greg olson the target and incomplete let's get a game break check in with los angeles all right making his first nfl start nick foles has already thrown two interceptions in the game against the redskins and the skids are taking advantage that was after his first rg3 and daryl young for a 7-0 washington lead mission 10. thanks kurt these panthers defeated rg3 and the redskins the buccaneers lost to washington at home but cam newton after completing his first pass on the next two off target second and ten jonathan stewart and he'll have maybe a yard it'll bring a third along lavonte david who rondae barber called the best tackling linebacker he's ever seen and that's a lot coming from rendezvous what an incredible year for levante david who can absolutely run i mean that is his biggest asset he started the season at about 2 30. there he is right in the middle 54. watch him make his read right there sees the fullback go over is patient enough puts his eyes on the running back he is a great tackler and i promise you those splash plays turnovers takeaways interceptions sacks they'll start to happen for levante david who's chris playing at about 220 pounds now on third and nine for the tight end off olson's fingertips panthers just miss on a big play or what could have been a big play now cam newton is one out of five i love the concept of little crossers here's greg he's going to go this way there's the crossing route now he gets open he's got a step on mark barron and cam newton overthrows him by about six inches right off the fingertips he had a big game last week nine catches and a couple of touchdowns against the broncos roscoe parish back to receive taking his time brett norton and it drops around the 46 and bounces up field near the 47-yard line the buccaneers will have excellent field position a 36-yard punt tampa's defense doing its job now its offense takes over with a 7-0 lead panthers promoted richard rogers as the new special teams coach letting go of brian murphy this week and so far a rough start for the panthers special teams in a lost fumble on first down freeman still has it and open vinson jackson inside the 34-yard line came in averaging over 21 yards of catch voted a captain for the first time in his career as he arrives from san diego as a big free agent for the bucks and he takes it serious and he's matched up out here on a rookie and josh norman and he reads the hips of josh norman and as soon as he turns his hips and not wanting to get beat deep the experienced eyes of vincent jackson knows what to do he breaks it off to an out route freeman on time well done pickup of 19 so at the 33-yard line doug martin the back and gets the pitch falling forward for a yard or two keegley again on the tackle doug martin the only current player in the nfl with more than 800 yards rushing and more than 200 yards receiving he's almost touched the ball 200 times for a guy 5'9 215 a rookie some incredible numbers when you think about what he's done in this five game span i mean he's one of the best rookies ever and what he's been able to accomplish and i think the most since 99 when edward and james of indianapolis had a great year well he was fun to talk to yesterday too good dude likable guy panthers did a job him no gain on the last carry he gets it again here comes the flag as he goes down to the 31-yard line we'll check on the penalty that's gonna be a hold on jeremy zutow neblet could not get off and disengage holding number 76 offense 10 yard penalty repeat second down zuta who played at rutgers under coach greg yeah he's at left guard right there and he's going to end up holding 68 andre neblett who can't get off the block and that's right where the ball tries to go as soon as he tried to disengage and shed the blocker he got held couldn't get to the ball carrier easy call for the official greg sciento said he's an unselfish player he settled in its center was starting to do well but we had injuries we asked him to move and he adjusted second and 20 after the penalty from the 43 of carolina a little screen set up to martin and the panthers do a good job luke keeply again looks like those two are attached at the hip you talked about it when we opened the broadcast two rookies having terrific seasons matching up tell you one thing about keekley that's gone gone unnoticed is he's become a big time leader on this defense i mean he gets all the calls he's the guy that's calling the defense as you see there but you love for your rookies to step up and be leaders but you can't make them this guy's a born leader and i'm telling you the other 10 guys on this defense follow that rookie number 59. third and 10. dj ware checks it at running back to help block for freeman sideline pass incomplete intended for mike williams who has often handled that back shoulder throw wasn't there so it's going to be fourth down and a 51-yard field goal try for connor barth who went to college at north carolina has a lot of family and friends in the area in fact he has a brother kicking for the tar heels he said it's been nine years of the barth family kicking for north carolina and he's trying to do it for the buccaneers 15 out of 19 this year he's made a 57 yarder that was at home against the redskins he got it 51 yards bucks tack on three [Applause] and it's now at 10-000 tampa bay leads and buck fans made their way north here to charlotte josh freeman his 19th touchdown pass of the year and then the 51-yard field goal mike sullivan is offensive coordinator going over things it's 10-0 tampa bay as michael kanan gets ready to kick off the crowd quiet here in charlotte amani edwards will bring it out and lands at the 20-yard line where the panthers take over on offense hey this december the ufc back on fox lightweight champion benson henderson goes up against top contender nate diaz highlighting a full night of four epic bouts coverage of ufc on fox 5 begins saturday december the 8th at 8 eastern 5 pacific ufc on fox d'angelo williams checks in at running back to try and get cam newton in this offense going crowd waiting to erupt deangelo gets it he'll you lose a yard maybe two as mason foster little linebacker came in and made the tackle you said they wanted to commit to the run talking to well they're going to commit to it but they're behind nothing but you got to be patient and there's still a lot of football left to be played for sure i'll tell you tampa they stunt their front a lot which means they take their small defensive ends they crash them down in sight and they count for the linebackers to fill over the top that can be great but they can also get hit for big gashes so carolina will stay committed to the run hoping to hit a big one and there is the commitment with deangelo williams met hard knocked down around the 24 yard line it'll bring up a third down [Music] buccaneers have a 10-nothing lead here the arizona cardinals are leading 10 nothing in atlanta those of you who are following the nfc south post league the saints later in the day out in oakland there's ron rivera already had a change in the front office and special teams and at 8 and 17 in his second year you wonder 29 years of football for ron rivera he said by far this has been the most frustrating time of his career this season 2012 with carolina six defensive backs in for tampa bay on third and six and open and hauled in steve smith with a first down at the 40. there's a flag down back at the 15-yard line michael bennett was in a nice rush ill use of the hands to the face number 63 offense 10 yard penalty repeat third down the center jeff hangar who of course had to step in when ryan khalil was injured and that's part of the frustration of ron rivera he saw some big plays last week called back here's hang gardner right in the middle and again self-destruction and it's michael bennett the guy i told you is having a good rush hangar gets his hands right up in his grill i mean if you do that as a lineman you can initially touch the mask but you got to release it right away and get your hands back down inside hang gartner held onto it the whole way right in front of bill levy and a big play now nullified with a penalty for carolina so now it's third at 16. they bring in three wide receivers carolina from its own 14-yard line three-man rush and cam newton goes down daequan bowers with the sack second year player from clemson in the carolinas delivers on cam newton well he just gets jordan gross on roller skates and we all talk about what you start pushing an offensive lineman back he's on skates and i i promise you jordan gross slid right out no excuse for that three-man rush getting sacked unacceptable greg schiano says special teams a continuation of his defense they blocked one last week here set up for the return with roscoe parrish who slips as the ball drops in front of him and rolls into tampa bay territory this is the first sack this year for daquan bowers who chris talked about had the achilles he's right here watch what i mean getting jordan gross on skates watch the feet of jordan gross see how they slide right out cam newton has no awareness in the pocket until it's way too late that his offensive tackle is beat and takes the sack actually his second exactly but amazing coming off the injury that he had achilles surgery in the off season you would never think that same year any position in particular defensive lineman would be back on the field doug martin three carries 10 yards so far he has two catches in the game as well and he gets the carry going straight ahead let's check in with los angeles for a game break well the falcons trying to bounce back from losing their first game of the season last week not doing it well right now arizona's larod stevens howling scores a short three-yard touchdown matt ryan's been picked off twice already cardinals with a 10-nothing lead chris tim thank you kurt on second down six we have an injured player on the field donald penn the left tackle pro bowl player who worked his way up as a free agent in pain and that'd be a crushing blow for this tampa team todd torricelli the trainer with donald penn who walked over to the bench and they're looking at his lower leg donald penn they had the calf injury in the in the preseason right i i say it every year about donald penn when i get to see him don't let the bad body fool you that guy is a very very good player be a huge loss if he can't get back he's their best offensive lineman bar none right now for the bucks they love to run on the left side demar dachshund will move over the left tackle jeremy trueblood will move into the right tackle spot from the carolina 47-yard line on second down and freeman it's tipped and mike williams had a shot at the deflection by nakamura nakamura had a shot at an interception and he just broke too early on the ball that's really all there is to it it'll be third and sixth the throw looked off from the start and you can see nakamura is coming from back here he just mis-timed his jump misplayed the ball that almost fell right into the hands of mike williams mudderlin knocks it out here comes the crowd hoping for a little defense on third down dj ware back in for the box at running back three wide receivers pressure coming and where with the reception will get a first down inside the 32-yard line of carolina for tackling by the panthers and there's another player in fact two carolina players injured back at the 42-yard line of tampa bay their two best pass rushers greg hardy and charles johnson and these cats together this defensive line has been the best in the league in terms of sack volume for the defensive lineman and that's their two best this is dj ware picking up 15 yards and giving the buccaneers a first and ten but the pressure they were coming after josh freeman impressive josh freeman seeing the blitz out to his right he'll look to his right you'll he'll see the pressure coming thomas davis is coming here now charles johnson's going to come unblocked quarterback's got to take care of the guy that's unblocked that's his guy to beat he's got to beat him with a quick decision and his arm unloads it to where who just pile drives luke kieckley then here's the collision by the two defensive players charles johnson hits greg hardy low and then greg hardy rolls over the top of him talking about a 290 and a 295 pound defensive lineman tumbling backward and we will step aside as the medical staff checks on greg hardy and charles johnson greg hardy and charles johnson walking off the field that combined 15 sacks right there out of the lineup and donald penn returns a tackle for tampa bay on first down from the carolina 32. doug martin inside the 30-yard line nate chandler and frank alexander coming in for the injured hardy and johnson well and frank alexander's played quite a bit in their fourth round pick their number 90. so not a huge drop off there but charles johnson's their best player and the way they were at defensive lineman and is the way they were taking them off the field the trainer holding his arm you don't want to speculate but it looked like some type of a head injury and just kind of helping charles johnson keep his balance chris walking off the field there's a defense without antoine applewhite up with a hamstring john and chris campbell injured earlier in the year quick passes tip away from vincent jackson and it'll bring a third and eight a rough start for the panthers josh freeman of the bucks trying to keep things going coming in with three straight wins but charles johnson not there to put pressure on freeman they don't give up a lot of sex anyway the buccaneers it was surprising to me when you think through nine games and all the throws 13 sacks only with an offensive line that's been ravaged by key injuries on third and eight from the 30. [Applause] freeman throws it's intercepted it's captain motherland look at the captain go touchdown packers there is a flag down it's a late flag though i think this came well after the turnover the ball was already intercepted then there was a scrum going on down on the field so i think this will stand like bad decision by josh freeman to unload that football under pressure [Applause] captain mutherland who ran an interception back for a touchdown and a loss to seattle here in charlotte took that one back all the way ruling on the field is touchdown personal foul during the return of the receiving team of the intercepting team will be a 15-yard penalty on the kickoff number 62. a 74-yard touchdown return to get the panthers on the board and you called it tim the touchdown is good penalty assessed on the kick josh freeman should have never thrown that football chris he had dejuan edwards in his face he had frank alexander behind him and then he just soft tosses it up in the air captain munolin read it the whole way undercut it second game we've done here and in both games captain munoz got an interception for a touchdown his third interception return touchdown and the extra point [Music] justin medlock gets the panthers to within three it's only his sixth interception of this season ted larson was called for the penalty the tampa bay center after the well you saw dejuan edwards on the quarterback and ted larson wasn't having it and and here you're going to see why ted larson gets upset there's dejuan edwards who falls on top of josh freeman now he's staying on him now he's back on top of him understanding there was an interception quarterback's not getting up to go make the tackle and then ted larson comes out of nowhere and just blasts 92 from behind josh freeman said we know how dangerous the panthers can be we don't want them to get right against us and i i think when you mention the ball security and only the five interceptions coming in for josh freeman that's one of the things they've done best is really manage risk they came in plus 11 on the takeaway giveaway ratio they recovered a fumble but captain mutterland named after his great grandfather captain and he also said i named my son captain [Music] he doesn't mind that but the captain does it to the buccaneers not bad being called captain crunch if you're a defensive player that's a good point freeman checking the pictures with dan alaska to back up quarterback and you see after the penalty the great position where they can kick off from [Applause] bucks will take it on the 20-yard line that would have been an opportunity to maybe try an onside kick or something of the goal line college football on fox friday the day after thanksgiving washington at washington state and then on saturday baylor and texas tech followed by stanford trying to quench the pac-12 north against ucla big win for the bruins over your easy how about stanford what they did to oregon oregon to k-state losing but college football on fox begins friday three eastern noon pacific and then saturday at two eastern 11 pacific we hope you're with us [Applause] doug martin carries and there he goes his best run of the day up near the 40-yard line before nakamura knocks him down as the clock runs to wind up the first quarter a turnover on a putt return allowed the bucks to go in for a touchdown freeman a touchdown pass a field goal by connor barth but then the interception run back by captain munderlin gets carolina within three why did carolina need that doug martin in that run game there's a nine man box if you can run against the nine-man box and all those defenders for for carolina you can run against anybody who's proven right there that's the end of the first quarter in charlotte fox nfl sunday continues after a break from your local fox station along with tim ryan chris myers the nfl and fox to start the second quarter bucks with a first down from their own 40 leading by three doug martin six carries 36 yards in that opening quarter and he gets the football on a delay fights forward for maybe a yard and a half greg hardy is back in on the defensive line six and a half sacks this year that's important but no return yet of charles johnson as we check the first quarter stats well carolina again has not been able to run the football that's pretty obvious when you look at that and then the points off turnovers seven apiece and four penalties in that first quarter by the panthers ten total yards of offense for the carolina panthers wow josh freeman his first interception in the last five games captain mudderlin ran it back for six and second down here he's on the move and they got him greg hardy and andre neblett watch ted larson who is late on coming off on greg hardy you see greg hardy just influenced now come back inside and ted larson the center stayed too long with ron edwards the nose tackle and unable to peel back and get on greg hardy before he could get back there and get josh freeman i can't believe how fast greg hardy is talking to ronda bear he said this guy runs a 4-6 40 at 275 pounds on third and 20. four wide receivers for tampa bay wide open in the middle of the field is dj ware across the 35 but it'll be fourth down let's check in with the game break in los angeles in the battle of rookie quarterbacks phillies nick foles has thrown two interceptions while washington's rg3 has thrown two touchdowns not much easier than this with wide open albert robertson 49 yards on the score skins the lead 14-3 chris and tim thanks kurt and joe adams the rookie back to receive a punt he has not been active since week three when he fumbled twice against the giants [Applause] [Music] and the rookie from arkansas drafted in the fourth round does his part with a 15-yard putt return nice stiff arm by the rookie joe adams maybe only 180 pounds but watch this wow giving up 70 pounds to eric lorik just juices him right to the ground 23-yard line first down jonathan stewart has room [Applause] first down for carolina near the 35. [Applause] momentum shift after the monitor of an interception helps the offense yeah they got to keep it going and it's a cut back it's going to start left and then it's going to end up going right for jonathan stewart it's a nice block from greg olsen there at tight end but they've got to keep this momentum i mean clearly the defense was fueled by that interception for a touchdown let's see if the offense can keep the momentum going on their side best game of the day today a run of 11 yards so now from the 34-yard line cam has the football and sets up a screen to stuart and there's room for stewart to run all the way down near the tampa bay 35 [Applause] chris this to me is where they've really missed ryan khalil pulling out in front blocking on these screenplays this one's jonathan stewart but they actually do get a very good block from jeff hang gardner who's filling in for ryan khalil and i promise you we watched all their screens last week on tape hang gartner never got out there and blocked anybody jeff hangar right there was instrumental with that block and freeing up jonathan stewart so d'angelo williams checks in for him after a gain of 30. they spotted at the 36 of tampa bay fresh set of downs for the panthers [Music] and has it and newton is running puts a move on it goes down at the 30-yard line i like the fact that cam just made a quick decision that he was gonna run i mean he's been holding the ball too long as a thrower and really too long to decide whether or not he's gonna be a runner that time he put his back foot in the ground saw that the coverage had his wide receivers covered up and he just ran and ended up picking up some nice yards no huddle they go right to the line and d'angelo williams carries after two very productive runs cam newton came in averaging five and a half yards of carry he scored four touchdowns on the ground this year but that one-two punch of stewart and williams and you can even throw in mike tolbert the pickup from san diego who has a couple of touchdowns this year in 14 catches from the 27-yard line of tampa bay it's third and two carolina boy they have just fed and been infused off of that turnover by captain monroe and this whole team they look different here in the second quarter [Applause] complete steve smith first down panthers his second catch of the game memory had a long one called back by penalty great vision by cam newton he's going to feel the blitz coming he's going to roll to his right now he knows he's got steve smith on a shallow crossing route and delivered that one beautiful in terms of the accuracy off the run a 17-yard completion and mike tolbert checks in the former charger played his college ball at coastal carolina first and goal [Applause] end zone throw is incomplete eric wright had a shot at it it was in the neighborhood of steve smith probably a good decision by cam newton to let that one fly because rondae barber was lying in the weeds getting ready to undercut that and possibly get an interception i want to correct what i said it's actually second and ten they can get a first down at the 11 yard line without having to go into the end zone you see that incoming route by by steve smith it looked open for a second but rondae barber was just taking his time back there knowing that cam newton was going to go to that spot undercut it smart for camp but let it go and throw the incomplete [Applause] cam newton will go nowhere it will be third and ten gary gibson former rutgers player from his defensive line spot and you're not going to fool the buccaneers i don't think with the camp newton runs down in scoring position we're just not going to do it greg has said all those years in college 11 at rutgers he's seen a lot of that kind of running from quarterback so his teams are ready for it well think about the first matchup week one the game that tampa won by six there was 13 carries in that game only 10 yards by the carolina panthers now six defensive backs for the bucks on third and 10 from the 11-yard line on greg olson for the slide at the bottom of your screen end zone throw for olson he battles for it there's a flag he's going to get past interference on mark barron mass interference number 24 defense in the end zone while placed at the one first down a major penalty that sets up the carolina panthers on a third down pass interference call watch olson stab inside which forces mark baron to fall inside a little bit opens up a little running lane for him break to the corner well thrown ball mark baron never turns and locates it's kind of a tic-tac fall though i didn't see a whole bunch of contact on greg olsen if he had turned around he might have had an interception you can have contact as long as you flip your head around and try to locate the football first and goal jonathan stewart [Applause] touchdown it took a while through the pile but carolina gets six oh partner we got a good a while through the pile i like that you know what i like i like it was a conventional run high back send the lead back up in front let mike tolbert try to clear it out for you jonathan stewart is a wide load and just punches his way in [Applause] eight plays 76 yards and a happy panther fan he's as excited as cam newton that they got the touchdown [Applause] medlock with the extra point it was 10-0 at one time with 8 53 to go before the half jonathan stewart and the panther fan like what they see now on the scoreboard carolina leads it by four [Music] tim ryan chris myers here and jonathan stewart with a 77-yard drive capped off by his touchdown run to give the panthers the lead and it started in an early part of the drive with a big run watch jordan gross root out the defensive lineman typically when a defensive lineman down on the goal line fires at your thigh pads it's a stalemate not for jordan gross pushed him right into the end zone panthers will kick off the ball off the tee laquan lewis has stepped back to return for the tampa bay buccaneers defensive back from arizona state who was originally signed by tennessee with the dallas cowboys practice squad he had one return for 10 yards last week they've been looking for something on kickoff returns or really has been not 100 healthy and now a spark for the bucks who all of a sudden trail [Music] lewis is bringing it out he's got straight line speed that's what they like about him playing on defense as well he gets up across the 27-yard line where the tampa bay offense will take over trailing by four [Music] we welcome you back to the tar heel state home office of nascar and the nfl on fox first down from their own 28-yard line you're such a motorhead charles johnson help yourself charles johnson remains in the locker room being evaluated but greg hardy has returned on that defensive line and since had a sack for the panthers freeman going deep incomplete for mike williams captain motherland back there covering you know great shiano during practice this week this is a young buccaneer team with a three-game winning streak a game that people think they should win on the road wanted to make sure they were focused there were some media members toward the end of practice kind of joking around on the side and he went over politely and said you know i don't want any cackling going on we we need to focus here we need to keep our mind on what's going on he just said can you keep it down a little bit wants his team serious with the mission at hand well he's serious i got a lot of respect for greg schiano i really do he just he just looks like a football coach tipped away another big defensive play for the panthers it'll be third down charles godfrey here he is and josh freeman's doing a lot of gyrations changing things at the line of scrimmage does not change what godfrey's doing and really good awareness knowing that that tight end was going to run the quick out the nice adjustment for the quarterback with the free runner coming godfrey gets his hands up gets a big pass breakup this team's been totally different since captain munolin got that interception for a touchdown on third down an underhanded flip to dj ware and that goes nowhere and there's luke kinkley again frank alexander the left defensive end is going to go back and watch this and go why didn't i just keep going i would have had a sack on josh freeman you're gonna see right here from the the number 90. watch him just stop oh how about freeman gets him up in the air and then the underhand spiral if that's the beauty of it throws a spiral underhand to wear that goes for nothing the pressure created by that carolina defense starting to affect freeman so a punting situation for kanan he saw the rookie joe adams back to [Applause] return [Applause] adams watches it and stays away he needs to get away that's what cost him playing time when he had two fumbles in that game against the giants carolina's defense has brought them back he'll take over on offense here in a moment [Music] doug martin with 38 yards rushing on seven carries so far including a 20-yard run panthers from their own 32 on first and 10. deangelo williams in the backfield cam newton from the pocket is on the move gets a block and goes out of bounds across the 36-37-yard line you know a lot's been talked about as greg olsen is a very good receiving tight end and i thought it was a terrific trade getting him down here from chicago but where his game has developed chris is as a blocker and not only in the run game and we know the running stuff hasn't been good but when they keep him in for protection that guy's been a huge part of trying to keep cam newton on his feet and he was on that last play after a five-yard pickup second down three receivers in williams the back cam newton keeps it and has a first down running into eric wright [Applause] a 10-yard run [Applause] right off to the left side cam newton is going to turn and he's faking it to deangelo williams that way which is a little wrinkle to their run game most of the time that replay for cam the running backs go in the opposite direction and then he goes the the opposite way of the running back that time they both had the flow going together at tampa bay confused a little bit where they fit in terms of their run defenders passes it complete lewis murphy should have caught it it'll be second and ten i asked cam newton if running the football helped get him going get him in the rhythm of a game sometimes mobile quarterbacks have told me that that helps them if other things aren't working and he said it really doesn't matter he hasn't complained this much about not having designed runs but the captain mutter of an interception return for a touchdown is what turned this game around and the offense hoping to keep the momentum going here [Music] and that won't do it oh lavonte david in on the tackle of jonathan stewart top tackler on the team fourth and tackles in the nfl the rookie draft pick from nebraska couple things to watch watch roy miller with the penetration and then the speed that we talked about with levante david i mean roy miller eats up two blockers and now you got your power inside and then your speed outside with levante david [Music] you never want to say he's derrick brooks or even close because derek's going to the hall of fame but tell you what they got some nice building blocks up front at the linebacker position and at the secondary with some future scores in tampa on third and 13. camden with room to run but can he get the first he puts a move on down [Applause] [Music] [Applause] there is an injured bucket here back at the 30-yard line after a 17-yard run from cam newton aaron morgan back up defensive end is in pain here's the run by cam newton and just watch the defensive lineman separate and create a nice running lane for cam newton right there as soon as daniel theo nassam stepped outside cam newton saw the vacancy in the open lane and then he shakes down the safety in the open field throwing a move from about 10 yards away bam bam bam baron right to the ground rob chatzinski the offensive coordinator as we mentioned said that this week in practice there was a little more of the swagger and the confidence back instead he wasn't walking around with his head down like he was carrying a thousand pounds of weight that's the kind of thing that gets capped fired up he is the leading rusher for the panthers so far in this game and came in as the team's leading rusher meanwhile for morgan the medical staff checking on him with 5 29 to go here in the first half [Music] cam newton's been impressive now since that first quarter you know the first couple of drives where he was clearly off target throwing high balls not getting things out on time he's been a different player ever since as a quick decision maker here's aaron morgan right up here the defensive end no he just got hit by daniel t and the sime as he's trying to turn the corner it's right there the shoulder pad on the front of the helmet of morgan was the clear cause of the injury he was able to walk off remember adrian claiborne on injured reserve out for this buccaneer team on the defensive line it's been a physical game already charles johnson in the locker room we've had donald penn go in and out had greg hardy go in and out d'angelo williams the back a fresh set of downs and the panthers looked like they jumped false start number 77 offense five yard penalty first down right tackle byron bell called for the penalty so it'll be first and 15 now for ron rivera's team once a player with the chicago bears a former teammate of yours want to send out get well wishes to mike ditkin battling a bit of an illness in the hospital we hope coach dick is doing better thinking about your coach [Music] greg olsen he has it all the way down to the 13-yard line [Applause] and it looked like they had some form of a double coverage on him and he just runs right by it you got lavonte david on the inside baron on the outside greg olson's not having any of it look at him run right through the middle of him enough protection for cam newton to make a very nice throw to greg olson who's had a nice game here so far his first catch of the game a 32-yard gain so first and ten with d'angelo williams the back panthers are knocking on the door williams spins down to the seven yard line gerald mccoy maybe kept him from getting down to the goal line and now you can see the panthers being patient with that running game cam newton seems to have settled down after going one for five he's gone three out of five sets and i think they have to be patient i think that's been a big problem with them all year and talking to the players a lot of them have said this offense is about touchdown or checked out there's been nothing in between we've seen the in-between game here tonight [Applause] an excellent tackle made on cam newton he didn't fool michael bennett i'll tell you what ron rivera told me about cam newton running this this reed zone play is he's got and i i said it be a quicker decision maker i mean he rides this place so long and he keeps the ball in there watch as he turns the hand into d'angelo and how long he keeps it in the belly of d'angelo that's too long ron rivera talked about that make a quicker decision either hand it off or pull it out and get around the corner well played by michael bennett so now third and nine after the four yard loss steve smith splits out to the top of your screen six defensive backs in for the bucks [Applause] in the area of steve smith who pushed off and got a touchdown here comes a flag that'll be opi that's an easy call offensive pass interference and a tough hit delivered on cam newton [Applause] that should have been a penalty on daniel t on the sign he took cam newton absolutely low penalty is declined i love the way cam newton decided he was going to take a shot knowing steve smith was in one-on-one coverage it was well covered by eric wright steve smith had to throw him out of the way and that should have been a penalty you cannot hit the quarterback below the knee like that if you're daniel t on the side you can't decline the touchdown therefore the 10-yard penalty will be enforced you can't play third down all right he didn't want to decline because it was a touchdown catch if they had ruled it incomplete he could have declined it so sienna says we'll take the penalty we'll see if newton's okay it'll be third and 19. so the panthers will at least get another shot here from the 22-yard line of tampa bay i would think why that penalty wasn't called on t on the simons that he was being blocked into cam newton that'd be the only deciding factor why they would not have thrown the flag on the roughing of the quarterback that's the way it appeared the panthers are going to use a timeout carolina with a timeout so they will have two remaining tampa bay has all three of its timeouts remaining in this first half where tampa bay had a 10 to nothing lead a rare interception by josh freeman gonna change things around tim ryan chris myers hope you're joining the nfl on fox a lot more competitive game i think than some people thought given how carolina with a two and seven record was playing with the bucks coming in with a three-game winning streak well i think this is a big game for for tampa for sure winning four of their last five games but i'm not convinced chris that their fan base really totally believes in them yet i think they're cautiously optimistic but this to me is a real identifier in terms of what this team really is they're expected to win and i'm not so sure that if it doesn't happen today we've got a lot of football left you'll see those fans continue to stay with the energy and the excitement of this 2012 buccaneer football team and what their real expectations are checking on steve smith shaken up we saw derrick anderson getting loose just in case the hit on cam newton causes further problems now third and 19. here's newton end zone near there and a little bit short for imani edwards he had him too just a little late on the decision for cam newton to throw that to imani edwards on the on the corner route he looks like he's in pain he's not moving as smoothly as he usually moves a 40-yard field goal try for justin medlock incomplete so cam newton is now four of 11. medlock 7 out of 9. and a game against the chicago bears where he kicked five field goals and it's no good he had a miss last week here against the broncos that affected momentum he has not been very reliable for the panthers so greg schiano's team escapes good snap good hold and he just yanks it right to the left it doesn't curl back in for him you know he said i was talking to him pre-game he said whatever way those flags are blowing on top the wind's actually going in the opposite direction in terms of how it's going to push the ball the flags were going left and the ball went right he didn't make the the right adjustment yeah that may not seem like a lot but panther fans are frustrated when you when you have a chance to get three and that's a 40 yarder against a team in your division as doug martin carries a big difference seven point lead and a four-point lead and charles johnson by the way has come back in look at those numbers right there chris before the monolith interception for a touchdown and since i mean fueled everywhere not just on the defensive side of the ball offensively they've done their thing much better as well it didn't fuel justin medlock there's charles johnson eight and a half sacks you know i could because i care and they were checking him for a neck injury in the locker room so it's good that he's back out along with greg hardy both collided a little bit earlier so we've reached the two minute warning buccaneers from just beyond their own 30 with all three of their timeouts [Music] and we'll have more from carolina in a moment [Music] all three timeouts for josh freeman from the pocket completes but short of the first down to mike williams looks like the ball may have been pulled away at the last moment and the line judge over on the side though was calling it down by contact he was down before that ball popped out first catch of the game for williams luke is out of his mind he wants this thing to he wants this to be looked at look at him look at luke 59 time out carolina we can take a closer look if it was ruled to turn over it would be reviewed automatically as we're within the two-minute window panthers will have one timeout remaining the buck's all three facing the third and three and here's the last play mike williams on an in cutting route yeah he was down it looked like his back over the ball came out looked like that he might have been incomplete [Music] so it's automatically reviewed rule to catch even though carolina called the timeout for their own purposes they that's around rivera's going over with the officials here it was a smart timeout and give them a chance if they want to review it upstairs give them more time to think about it here in the last two minutes [Music] bucks had a 10-00 lead panthers have come back to take a 14-10 advantage after the missed field goal dj where in the background encroachment number 76 defense five yard penalty results in a first down greg hardy called for the penalty so it is first and ten and marking the ball off across the 42-yard line tampa's got to get something going positive here before the half and kind of recapture some of that momentum chris that they have clearly lost midway through the first quarter remember they come out in the second half and they will get the football offensively freeman hit as he released the football and incomplete that's charles johnson right away that's charles johnson getting the hit on josh freeman trying to deliver some pain to josh freeman they came in the bucks averaging 29 points a game and so far only 10 on the board watch charles johnson come back inside right there josh freeman who's done a marvelous job over the last five games of stepping up in the pocket we've got frank alexander on one side and charles johnson coming underneath to force the air and throw so now second and ten from the 42 a minute 29 remaining in the half there's some movement in another flag [Applause] [Music] well start number 69 offense five yard penalty second down so demar dobson the right tackle goes against the buccaneers so it'll be second and 15. [Music] josh freeman 9 out of 18. he's got a touchdown toss and an interception in this game under pressure again and that goes nowhere to doug martin short of the 40-yard line greg hardy back in a little bit of a coverage role and the bucks are going to use a time-out they will have two remaining some interesting games going on around the national football league today let's check in with kurt benefie coming up on the visa halftime these guys will be more than just eye candy as we get you caught up on all the action around the nfl including the cowboys trying to continue their around as they host the browns and the jets well they'll try and end it tumultuously by beating the rams we'll find out on the visa halftime thanks kurt they're they're actually focused they watch i sat back there with them they have a board with all the games on and they have a place called the avocado room where all the big shots hang out and enjoy the games but you can zero one on whatever game you want they let terry in that room they i think they keep a close watch out terry all afternoon love that guy on third and 12. they have taken this game over in terms of the hits and the pressure on josh freeman freeman completes that's dallas clark into carolina territory but short of the first down decision time for greg giano and he uses a time-out tampa bay has one remaining just over a minute in fact officially yeah this is going to be a tough decision for greg because if you don't get it and carolina has all their timeouts left they're in a good position right around near midfield there's offensive coordinator mike sullivan former assistant quarterback coach with the giants and eli manning in new york now what would you do here given that you're trailing by four i would punt it just because it and and you don't have the momentum going in and it would get a lot worse if you don't get this and carolina gets it with their three-time outs and can somehow move the ball down the field in the last minute and get more points connor barth hit a 51-yarder today field goal kicker in fact he has 10 career kicks of 50 yards or more that he's made right now it's 65 plus i talked to him before the game he said misdirection he can get one 55th [Applause] offense five yard penalty worked out that's smart move he doesn't look like the riverboat gambler type you see him usually he's got a whistle around his deck oh it's in there somewhere in fact jonathan gorilla of the public relations department of the buccaneers and sometimes even for interviews i got to get him to take off the whistle he's just used to carrying it around what he did at rutgers absolutely incredible 46 year old greg sienna a new jersey guy kanan captain munderlin back and watches it roll into the end zone with one minute and one second to go after a 54-yard right there for this first half all the momentum once captain mudderlin picked that one off and made a house call with a touchdown all momentum to the carolina panthers and then a very nice drive a couple good runs by jonathan stewart big third down conversion from cam newton to steve smith and stewart finishes it off with a touchdown munderlin of tones for the fumble punt with his touchdown return one timeout for carolina a minute and a second before the half cam newton on the run close it out of bounds lewis murphy was in the neighborhood it'll be second and ten to be careful here in terms of using up the clock so that you don't have to punt from deep in your own territory especially given the buccaneers punt pressure last week they blocked one and a touchdown out of it against the chargers adam hayward stepping into linebacker today for quincy black who went on injured reserve with a pinched nerve in his neck last week in that victory by the bucks over the chargers [Music] jonathan stewart cut down short of the 24 yard line by eric wright playing with that timeout and the bucks will use their last timeout 46 seconds to play tim ryan chris myers enjoying the nfl on fox as we do every sunday on thanksgiving turkey day oh it's a good rivalry no matter what you see in the standings redskins and the cowboys from texas troy aikman joe buck pam oliver aaron andrews on the call for that one cleveland the browns are leading dallas at the half 13 to nothing today meanwhile the redskins lead 17-3 over the eagles in the third quarter cowboys oh that would not be fun to watch playoff hopes hanging in the boundary well i'll tell you what they got a three-game home stand here now it seems like they're laying an egg early against the cleveland browns down 13 to nothing but with the giants losing a couple in a row dallas wins today be right back in this thing in terms of the playoff pitch [Applause] that is the panthers last time out of the half 40 seconds to go the buccaneers at five and four at the moment as we take a look at jonathan stewart his seventh carry of the day if you're as wide as he is his leg strength and his balance and you saw a good illustration of it there is is really second to none [Music] steve smith had gone into the locker room but back out on the field 40 seconds to go for the panthers both the bucks and carolina out of timeouts send your receivers deep and run your tight end underneath near the sideline and just pick up some yards and chunks have an opportunity to get into field goal range there were five or six buccaneers and no panthers in the neighborhood i think cam newton it doesn't look good because here's greg olson and he's going to come right here to the middle of the field but cam newton knowing he's in the middle of the field with no timeouts left here at the last second just unloads it over everybody not just his receiver there was three tampa defenders sitting right there as well if he had completed that ball underneath no first down that clock would have kept ticking 35 seconds remain on second down it'll be third down we're down to 28 seconds justin medlock who missed a 40-yard field goal try earlier in this game played in the canadian football league for three years he did have a 57-yarder his career long there but they got to cover a lot of ground some 30 40 yards to even give him a chance before the half and this is third down so if you don't get it you know what you may just want to run it out run it out and tammy's got 19 interceptions on the year that's what they're going to do and a good run across the 45 yard line that should bring us to the half stuart says i'm not ready yet for the half i want another carry well you can spike it take one shot 12 seconds you might have time for a play they hustled to the line with 12 seconds remaining jonathan stewart limping over to the sideline and we know throughout his career he's had a bad ankle right he's had foot problems really throughout his time here in carolina it is fifth year deangelo williams the seventh year the one-two rushers in carolina team history there's justin medlock who might get a shot after all you got some options here you take one shot in the end zone or you take one shot past the 30 yard line near the sideline and give your kicker a chance sideline throw incomplete brandon lefell the target eight seconds remain and it's third down tampa bay after building a 10 nothing lead trying to win its fourth straight game won the earlier meeting between these two teams when the season opened at the time panthers didn't really know what to go on he went back to his college career looked at the buccaneers but now they have plenty of weeks of material to study the bucks and they've held up pretty well in the first half [Music] five four throws complete middle of the field randall lafell but no timeouts you can see the red line which sets up a field goal opportunity and that'll end the half a little bit too late on the completion but the panthers stormed back after trailing early to lead 14-10 at the half the buccaneers get the football to start the second half right now let's go to kirk metaphy in los angeles we welcome you back the charlotte north carolina panthers ready to kick off the bucks to receive 14-10 the carolina panthers lead tim ryan chris myers cam newton running the football most effective yet his team has the lead well i tell you cam has been a little inconsistent what we talked about in the open of the of the game he started one for five then he got a little bit hot and then finished the half at 147 now to his credit no turnovers which has been a big story for him and then i think when you talk tampa chris it's about protection i mean josh freeman has been hit almost half of his throws those big plays down the field have not been able to develop charles johnson greg hardy that defensive line dejuan edwards they've gotten after it they've controlled the line of scrimmage howie long made the point at the half that certainly the limit to the amount of runs that doug martin has had has affected the tampa bay offense they've attempted 20 throws and only 10 times if they tried to run it follow your favorite team all season long go to itunes.com nfl justin medlock you missed a 40-yard field goal try or it would be a seven point carolina league that's laquan lewis back to return for the buccaneers josh freeman with an interception and the fumble punt returned by motherland the two turnovers in this game which have had an effect on the scoring jonathan stewart's touchdown gave carolina the lead second half in carolina underwear and lewis will down it 20-yard line for the bucks offense let's check it down on the field with jamie maggio all right thank you chris well you mentioned doug martin ron rivera gave his defense credit in containing the run he also gave me the update on steve smith he said he had a dislocated finger when he disappeared into the locker room for a few minutes there at the end of the half obviously he's returned to the game when i spoke to bucks head coach greg cieno he said we've had a lot of missed opportunities a turnover that completely changed the momentum all we need to do is hit the reset button it's as simple as that thanks jamie from the 20-yard line eric moore is the fullback for doug martin who fights hard to maybe get a yard martin eight carries 39 yards in the game on 20 of those came on one run so this carolina defense they have been stingy across the board defensive line set in the line of scrimmage at the point of attack and then the linebackers flowing over the top along with the safety charles godfrey and run support they've been impressive with the exception of the one nice run by doug martin freeland 11 out of 20. 87 yards passing he's been harassed as you mentioned all afternoon especially in the second quarter he's rolling out and throwing in the clear and wide open his loop stalker but he could not hold on the back up tight end to dallas clark it'll be third down and nine another opportunity for that carolina pass rush when you take a peek there at the halftime statistics carolina got the run game going period it's it's really that simple and i'll tell you another big one that's not there on the halftime stats is the third down conversion for the carolina panthers five and nine in the first half they were over 12 last week in that football game against the denver broncos from the 21-yard line quick throw for mike williams out of bounds and incomplete and josh freeman has been off target and they call that the back shoulder fade to the wide receiver he he reads that corner if he's playing on top of the wide receiver which means in front of him throw it to the back shoulder where the guy can't defend it and if it's a good throw it's it's almost undefendable two times he's tried to throw it to mike williams both times they were not good throws michael kanan from his own seven yard line back to pot and rookie joe adams standing at the 31 the 30 yard line off carolina pressure is picked up and an excellent kick backing the rookie to the 20. who can fly and joe adams up to the 37-38 yard line where aurelius ben made the special teams play cam newton will lead the offense after a 58-yard puck and a 16-yard return [Music] [Applause] we welcome you back from the suites here in carolina tim ryan chris meyers jamie machio from the booth to the field 37-yard line on first down here comes the flag false start number 88 offense five-yard penalty first down call on greg olson [Music] steve smith you heard in jamie's report about the finger he has two catchers in the game remember he had a touchdown called back when he pushed off i think that's when he hurt the finger that's what it looked like when he pushed eric right off got the offensive pass interference now first in 15 working against eric wright who has hung in there with that achilles injury [Applause] brandon lafell in motion pressure coming on cab newton and he got rid of it in time daniel tayle that time with another hit he hit newton in the second quarter and he was slow getting up and eric wright is limping and there's that i don't know if that's the same ankle but he's had that achilles and that ankle injury has been bothering him for a good portion of this season charles johnson greg hardy went out came back in from injury donald penn the same let's look at the pressure put on cam newton well daniel teo nesseim has got a non-stop motor he was a nice pickup on his second team here starting in philadelphia and jordan gross just never went with him jordan gross looked like he turned down inside to help out his guard and then to pick up gerald mccoy coming around on a stunt and nobody ever picks up daniel teona simon that was a first down play and the bucks were concerned about right they knew he wasn't 100 percent with the achilles but they're just so thin remember they traded a keep to leave who had been in hot water with the league and the team he's actually active for the patriots now let's see how wright was hurt oh it just happened when he planted i mean when he just planted his foot and he is reaching back where that achilles is there was no roll there was nothing that got on his lower leg it's just when he planted and stuck that heel into the ground something gave out on so laquan lewis who we saw on the return that's number 30 right there i'll have to come in they'll leave leonard johnson for the moment as the nickelback with ej biggers on the other side well and and here's the deal now chris they're going to have to help la juan lewis with steve smith and and that means a lot of times with an outside linebacker or a safety depending on how they're going to cover which is going to open up things big time for greg olsen the tie down steve smith top of your screen at second and 15. [Music] cam newton has it but goes down short of the 30-yard line it'll be third and long gerald mccoy in the middle of the field gerald mccoy does not have all the sac numbers this year only three and a half coming in but watch his penetration as i highlighted him right there watch the penetration of number 93 just wreaking havoc in the backfield center tries to block down on him reads it perfectly crosses his face shoots into the to the backfield for a tackle for loss on cam newton former captain at oklahoma in fact the number of college captains drafted by mark dominic and these buccaneers on third down complete right at the 40 to brandon lafell but short of the first down brad norton coming on to punt and roscoe parish back to receive i was mentioning some of those college captains doug martin eric guys like mason foster levante david want young leaders on this buccaneer team to perish the former buffalo bill has been at least steady on punt returns for tampa bay standing at his own 15. [Music] each team struggling on its first possession of the second half it's a fake look out the up man looked to throw it but he was tackled right away nakamura is short well short and the bucks will take over yeah i don't like that call at all you've got momentum there's the new special teams coach and of course everything has to be okay by the head coach now richard rodgers he can make the call he can look at coach rivera and say look i think we got the look we got the fake and then ron can veto it or say stay with it direct snap to nakamura they had the gunner covered out on the edge and he didn't want to throw it and he tried to run it and just got tackled that's a bad call and worse execution i think cam newton agrees 37-yard line freeman on first down airing it out for vincent jackson it's intercepted picked off by nakamura the punt didn't work but the pick off does it's a tampa bay turnover [Applause] nobody happier than the special teams coach it's all been forgotten already scott freeman the throw was well short vincent jackson was open deep carolina has the football carolina safety haruki nakamura signed as a free agent from baltimore has been under a lot of pressure threatening to take him to the bench his second interception of the year and we have seen more of sherrod martin out there for him but nakamura remember was the guy on the punt team that got the direct snap and elected not to throw it out to the gunner tried to run it gives tampa the ball back and he just put a big band-aid on that getting the interception looked like he knew the route better than vincent jackson did talk about hitting the reset button we're right back where we started here first and ten panthers after the interception and michael bennett with his seventh sack of the year in on cam newton these offensive lines are getting pushed around today both offensive lines have had issues and carolina it's been their biggest week link weak link all year no question about it michael bennett out here and just watched the speed as he runs the corner on byron bell and just gets his dip which means you dip that right shoulder down get to the edge of byron bell who looks like he tried to give him a one-timer if you're an offensive lineman and a defensive lineman gets by you like that you got to turn and recover and get on his hip and run him by the quarterback no second effort by byron bell nice sack by bennett mike tober checks in on second and 18. he gets the football on the screen here comes the flag as colbert gets across the 26-yard line they ran one of these screens last week there was a big gainer that got called back for a flag right in the same area of the field against denver illegal block in the back number 61 offense half the distance to the goal second out and ron rivera the head coach knows that that's the same player that had the foul last week in the same play but he doesn't have a lot of people to go to on that offensive line if you're talking about making an adjustment jeremy bridges who was signed is inactive and there's silitolu right there with the block in the back of leonard johnson and it was silito last week as i said chris it had the holding call that brought back the big screenplay to mike tolbert eric wright out with the injury laquan lewis who gregiano has some faith in said he louis is comfortable playing the corner position knows a little bit about the defense his second go round with the bucks he's in it corner on second and 24. tolbert remains the back cam newton throws on the run olson at the 20 with the catch let's get a game break head to los angeles well matthew stafford hits his tight end tony sheffler the only problem is sheffield didn't hold on threw his hands into the arms of md jennings and the packer defensive back takes it back 72 yards for the score 14-10 packers with the lead on the road in detroit right now in the third quarter christian tip thanks kurt maker break time for the lions no doubt and looks like green bay right now in position as the other wild card here in the second half with seattle given the current division leader on third down and 13. tolbert oh a tank driving to the 30 before run dave barber 37 year old randy barber who's getting pro bowl votes making the tackle bringing up a fourth down pro bowl votes at free safety mind you yeah playing with a sore shoulder what an iron man consecutive starts piling up only player with 25 or more sacks or 40 or more interceptions and adjusting well nortman back to punt [Music] roscoe parish from his 25-yard line bucks will take over on offense after a 45-yard plunge and a seven-yard return carolina leads by four [Music] sponsored by verizon call star star nfl to get nfl mobile from verizon built to bring you the game josh freeman two interceptions today the last time he had two in one game was against the giants and that was back in week two yeah and look at that rating today a 36 rating you know they've won four their last five he has been terrific with 13 touchdowns only one interception in that five game span and a qb rating of about 113. today he's not even a third of that doug martin held to 40 yards [Music] you tell me that means run as doug martin carries across the 35-yard line well that's all doug martin and that powerful lower body he got into his head last night i said give me those weight room numbers man at 5 9 215 the way you move piles what do you do and this is really well played right here by the defensive tackle dejuan edwards who's in perfect position but the cat who squats 550 pounds doug martin just keeps those legs going and pushing and is able to pick up four or five yards he said i bench 410 and i said pounds really is that he said they teased me about the time i spent on the weight room that's four plates in a two and a half chris that means nothing to you but that's four times martin carries again stop short of the 40-yard line buccaneers averaging as we said at the top of the broadcast 29 points a game they had never in the first nine games of a season scored at that rate they're being held in check today in fact the old warren john lynch defenses would say to brad johnson of the buck teams they give us 17 it will take care of the rest now they got to get a first down here they have been awful on third down in this game tampa bay two for nine so far third and [Applause] three it's dj ware who will not get the first down chris i'm sorry charles godfrey coming up from his safety spot and luke lee made sure that ware did not get near the first download what a job by luke keakley right here they're gonna stunt up in front of him and then he's gonna peel over the top and get right under jeremy zutaw and get the tackle bang and then gets help from charles godfrey that is perfect middle linebacker play by your rookie middle linebacker luke kanan from his 30 the rookie joe adams with a fair catch just across the 15-yard line this is turning into your typical nfc south knock down drag out low scoring kind of struggle [Applause] mentioned at the start of the broadcast the matchup of first rounders they both played well i mean doug martin had 47 yards you know over four yards of crack which is good had the nice big one and then luke healy with eight tackles i am looking forward to this rivalry middle linebacker running back in the nfc south for years to come deangelo williams in the backfield for cam newton on first down williams carries greg olsen has two catches in the game same for steve smith cam newton and jonathan stewart the top rushers today for this carolina team i told you before the game and we went into the open that ron rivera and rob jaczynski the offensive coordinator chris were going to commit to this run game today despite the fact that tampa bay is number one in run defense they have run the ball 21 times to only 14 carries by the buccaneers the commitment is obvious bucks giving up 80 yards a game coming in already 82 for carolina as steve smith makes the catch of this one down looks like he's short of the first down marker leonard johnson making the tackle the former quarterback at largo high school in clearwater florida get ready for a double move from steve smith with leonard johnson over there on him steve running those short quick hitters the comebacks the end routes i bet you we see a double move taking a shot out of steve smith before this game's over on third and one mike tolbert in at running back cam newton keeps glides forward panthers do get the first down and in a low scoring game like this remember it was 16-10 tampa bay when they faced each other opening week this is the kind of game that allows the panthers to be patient with that running game and they need to be patient we've talked about it they go for touchdowns or they throw the check down today that hasn't been the case we've seen with some of the underneath routes cam newton has been better throwing over the middle of the field than he's been for most of the year where he's really struggled a couple of nice throws in between the numbers for cam newton jonathan stewart with an ankle injury you saw him live off he's questionable so deangelo williams in a running back gets the carry and turns across the 32 up to the 33-yard line deangelo williams came in averaging three and a half yards to carry you you know from watching him that he didn't forget to run the football he just had real lack of opportunities in all those gimmick runs and he just pinballs off gary williams his offensive lineman keeps the feet going and is able to pick up five [Music] looked like cam dude didn't want to give it to him daniel talenezheim was there for the tackle that's holding it too long make your decision either stick it in his belly read the defensive end and pull it out and go cam's looking at the left defensive end daniel t on the side now he's going to hold it in there hold it in there and the sign comes unblocked and and just kind of slow plays both of them quicker decision quicker ball fake for cam newt make your mind up one way or the other jonathan stewart i guess questionable has an answer he's back in the game in the backfield on third down and looks like a bucket here player jumps but then one of the linemen i think they'll get michael bennett for drawing off byron bell neutral zone infraction number 71 defense i got penalty third down that's a huge penalty it gives him a first down they can keep their ground game going and chewing up the clock 4 30 to go here in the third it won't give them a first down it will give them third and one at this point and 71 just goes unsolicited down at the bottom ball spotted at the 37 yard line on third and one and stewart is in and running back he gets the carry and he goes nowhere rondae barber swooping in to force a fourth down totally unblocked coming from the right side of your screen rondae barber getting down in there just before the snap and comes around the corner tight bang two yard loss that guy's going to the hall of fame man i'm telling you i know that that story hasn't been written yet randy barber at some point will be in in canton ohio northland's punt for roscoe parish from the zone 10. parish brought down short of the 20-yard line by nakamura a 55-yard punt and a nine-yard return and 37-year-old rondae barber he made the big play and then he played special teams talk about energy [Music] tim ryan chris myers you asked josh freeman if he had the advice for a struggling cam newton he said whatever it is i wanted to get it after the game meanwhile freeman's got his struggles here on first and ten with doug martin in the backfield [Music] got it in the air look out incomplete in fact the last three series for tampa bay three and out interception three and out charles johnson knocked that one away well they've been out of sync and i give the defensive line credit for the carolina panthers and charles johnson up here at the top of your screen and they know we've gotten so much pressure they're going to go to the short passing game so when they do just read that non-throwing hand of josh freeman it comes off the ball charles johnson knows he's going to unload it with the quick pass and gets a pass breakup his carolina defense playing excellent football today as doug martin carries gets to the 20 it'll be third and long luke adding on to his tackle totally he's got seven so far [Music] vincent jackson has a couple of catches but where else should freeman go i i think he's gonna start looking at dallas clark the tight end it's really that simple if you ask me vincent jackson mike williams the big players out on the edge get number 44 involved dallas clark he's right there freeman will run and get the first down across the 32-yard line being chased and looked like he might not get there well i'll tell you what he did is as he's extending the play with his legs he looks to dallas clark dallas clark doing a nice job dallas is going to come off right here and he's going to sit well as freeman goes this way keegley drops and then geekly goes towards dallas clark as soon as freeman looks that way watch this and it opens up a runway so you see him go there as soon as freeman looked over there keegley went over there and opened up the middle of the field josh freeman tucked it picked up the big first down got away from greg hardy to get enough for the first down doug martin carries and there he goes breaks loose near another first down for tampa bay up at the 43-yard line [Music] little guy goes into a pile and he comes out you never know what you're gonna get he's really good at making people miss going off here to the right to the left of your screen to the right of the offensive line which is a bit of a change up for tampa bay who loves to run left so here they change the tendencies get some good blocking up front dejuan edwards just misses the tackle it's that simple the defensive tackle first down after he picked up 10. this time the panthers keep him in check just over a minute to go here in the third quarter little has changed on the scoreboard since jonathan stewart ran in to give the panthers a 14-10 lead you call star star nfl download nfl mobile and get coverage of every nfl game just call star star and download whatever team whatever game you want no matter where you are freeman has it will keep it go out of bounds across the 45-yard line it'll be third down a carolina defensively is prepared for this action look at all the coverage down the field no chance there for mike williams vincent jackson who's going to run the deep over route all the way across the field we've got luke healey in front of him haruki nakamura they got the tight end covered they anticipated that edge play from the quarterback and they covered all three levels of the wide receivers [Applause] although pass that's caught by dallas clark and good enough for a tampa bay first down and that'll bring an end to the third quarter panthers 14 buccaneers 10. tampa bay is on the move in carolina territory fox nfl sunday continues after a break from your local fox station [Music] tim ryan chris myers jamie maggio on the field here in carolina to start the fourth quarter of first down for the buccaneers trailing by four just beyond the carolina 45-yard line let's see if they take a shot at the top to vincent jackson that's clark in motion doug martin has the football there's a penalty flag as martin goes all the way down to the 25-yard line but the flag is back at the 45. there's no foul for holding on the play no foul a 20-yard run by doug martin the officials pick up the flag and the crowd here and ron rivera don't like it when you look at that big gap right to the right side of the offensive line is where doug martin ends up punching it through and i think bill levy the referee is the one who threw that flag and then picked it up and said there wasn't a hold had a conference with the umpire [Music] well that's what you want him to do if it's not through the flag you discuss it pick it up let's play on a 20-yard run so 80 yards now for doug martin from the 25 of carolina piling forward let's check in with los angeles for a game break well maybe the shocker of the day jacksonville at houston chad henney in for an injured blaine gallery hooked up with justin blackman on an 81-yard score listen to these numbers kenny 331 yards four touchdowns blackman 220 yards receiving and a 34-20 lead at the touches chris and tim sometimes you need a veteran quarterback to get a rookie wide receiver going justin blackman has really struggled this year up until tonight what an unpredictable it's so great the nfl on second at seven that's dallas clark angling his hands and hauling it in he's a little short of the first down marker his third catch of the game second on this drive a former teammate of course of peyton manning all those years with the colts and this guy was an elite tight end for the young viewers out here i mean this guy was awesome as a tight end because you don't know whether you want to cover him as a wide receiver or as a tight end that time they had the corner on him and he just runs the end route on josh norman was able to get it to third and about a half a yard doug martin carries and gets the first down all the way down toward the 10-yard line of carolina the buccaneers committed to the run game well he look he's been a different running back since they had their off week and i talked about his 550 pound squat in the weight room you can see it right here as he puts his head down on godfrey and then keeps those legs turning look at those hamstrings i mean he just keeps him going and ends up picking up an extra five yards so it's first and ten they're just beyond the 10-yard line [Applause] officially [Applause] josh freeman cash is complete it's dallas clark again inside the five josh thomas made sure he didn't go any further so they get a first down without getting a touchdown i i gotta tell you when they got rid of kellen winslow and he was really the first casualty of the the coach sean you know culture change in tampa if you will and they went and got dallas car coming out i don't know how much of an upgrade that's going to be he's as old as keller winslow [Music] it's been an upgrade chris especially over the last couple of games dallas clark is playing the seven yard line second and six doug martin and they'll bring up third down at their defense tightening here in the red zone on martin rookie on rookie first rounder on first rounder panther on buccaneer think of how much these two cats these two rookies are going to get to know each other over the next several years in the same division playing each other twice a year it's a rivalry worth watching martin catches a breather on third wouldn't be down that they tried to hit dallas clark again out of this little bunch set to the left freeman is keeping it and he won't get in but he could be close enough for the first [Music] well josh freeman is going to go back and look at the tape chris and and he is going to kick himself for not hitting dallas clark who was wide open for a touchdown and you can see he's going to come out of this little bunch set all clustered up and he's just going to run right to the left wow i mean there's nobody even close to dallas clark and josh freeman actually looked that way and then decided he was going to tuck it and try to run back to the right after the third down run by freeman they're going to measure and that's what they're that's what they're going to have to get if they decide to go on fourth trailing by four it would appear the decision to get the points looks like he's going for the touchdown and not the field goal when it comes to fourth down this year the buccaneers in seven tries have converted five times now josh freeman we saw it last week on fourth down we saw it earlier in this game on third down with that big body on the quarterback snake if they don't get it though this decision could certainly come back to home [Applause] doug martin pulse out there was never a signal for a touchdown it's a touchback the officials rule take away for carolina he fumbled him he sure did i'll tell you what's going to be interesting though and this this will be looked at is did he cross the plain of the goal line before the ball was popped out it's hard to tell from that angle but it looked like i mean just doing it looked like his body and where the ball was was over the plane to the goal line before it was knocked out this will be a better look at it oh that one's going to be close automatically reviewed as a turnover [Music] ruling on the field on fourth down doug martin fumble luke keakley carolina recovery being reviewed by the officials and hard to tell from this angle whether the ball was still secure when it crossed the plane in the goal line this will be a better look at it right here the line judge's backs in the way greg schieno watched the replay they showed it on the scoreboard here and he's thinking hey that's a touchdown the thing is with the line judge standing right in the in the view of the camera there which was clearly the best look is there enough visual evidence chris to turn around viewing the play the ruling on the field stands i think your point tim is that the replay was not distinctive enough that's right [Applause] i was a little confused of what bill levy just said the ruling stands did he say touchdown or no no he did not say touchdown he said stan and again the ruling on the field touched back so 20-yard line for carolina and a debatable call that was bang bang it looked like a touchdown to me before he fumbled but the ruling on the field after review carolina has the football with jonathan stewart and d'angelo williams in the backfield and cam newton ready to throw it completion over there laquan lewis on brandon lafell but it was a fourth down gamble you said to go for the points they actually got not only the first down the touchdown if doug martin hangs onto the football his first fumble in his nfl career give thomas davis a lot of credit for knocking it out [Music] yeah that was a big gamble now chasing points with 11 minutes to go in the fourth quarter down by four i'd have preferred the field goal you have that big long drive you're making plays your running backs picking up big chunks and you end up getting nothing a 15-play drive resulting in nothing for tampa bay on second and one steward it'll be third down the buck defense with runday barber leading the charge and levante david let's get a game break down 13 nothing at home to cleveland the cowboys have come back with 17 unanswered tony romo hooking up with dez bryant on the 28-yard score cowboys have the lead right now 17-13 remember they play thanksgiving day right here on fox against rg3 and the redskins rj3 with four td passes so far today listen too it's heard a tradition every thanksgiving watching the nfl on fox at a good rivalry matchup this thursday over the redskins and cowboys in texas on third down cam newton is going to throw underneath and get the first down to bradley level he's up near the 48-49 yard line of carolina i'll tell you one adjustment i've seen from carolina today is is there receivers making adjustments over the middle of the field when cam newton becomes a scrambler and brandon lafell that time it was perfect cam's in trouble watch lafell he's going to come here and then he's just going to sift back to the middle of the field to be an outlet for cam newton if he decides he wants to throw it effective throwing between the numbers today for cam newton which hasn't been the story all year a 20-yard gain cam newton has not turned it over stewart slips out of a tackle gets down over 46 if tampa playing with that sore ankle mason foster making the tackle it was rondae barber who told us that when we play cam newton we count on getting a turnover here there and you saw the graphic earlier when he turns it over he doesn't win well he's never won a game when he throws an interception which is a shocking number and a really telling stop but when he's a runner the way he carries the ball so loose and we watched him in practice after every play they throw the ball and he does hold high and tight and tries to hold it right but in the pressure of the game he carries it loose away from his body he has fumbled nine times this year when he's carrying the football buck's hoping for a take away here steward carries stopped in his tracks it'll bring up a third down again it's mason foster the middle linebacker who with levante david [Music] quite a team of the future at that position 28 runs for the carolina panthers in this game today we said it early ron rivera told me on the field he said we're going to commit to the run game we are going to run it we know they're good but we're going to commit to it look what they did week one with 13. in a game that was tight the whole way through clearly a renewed commitment to running the football today 28 times and ron rivera's defense keeping the high scoring buccaneers in check with just 10 points on third down quick pass complete steve smith inside the 30 of tampa bay first down panthers [Applause] boy what a big time throw steve smith inside of leonard johnson and behind the defensive end tampa chose to drop michael bennett keep him in coverage on the tight end stevie smith finds the open window is he into the game or what i i as i said how much longer are you going to play he said if you would ask me last last week i just said sunday was my last game after the tough loss at home against the broncos a 17-yard gain candy fakes the run [Applause] [Music] [Applause] touchdown [Applause] chris we just talked about 28 runs in this game and the commitment to the run game that's the the cause what's the effect when you do that i'll tell you what it is watch these two linebackers mason foster and levante david suck up on the play action lafell from the slot receiver position is going to slip right behind him and another big throw by cam newton over the middle of the field so they go on fourth fumble panthers march the other way and brandon lafell on a 29-yard toss from cam newton touchdown pass of the year for newton and the panthers have opened up an 11 point lead cam isn't sitting alone with that towel on after the touchdown toss 21-10 panthers trying to win their third game of the year and avenge an opening day loss down in tampa bay whatever turn of events force a fumble down on the goal line and then march down the field and get seven points laquan lewis will down it so the buccaneer offense which has struggled with josh freeman today is 80 yards away from a touchdown two score game this is a mike perks production directed by michael frank with tim ryan chris myers jamie machio on the field six minutes to go in the fourth quarter and the buccaneers three-game winning streak is in jeopardy [Applause] freeman to throw for mike williams who has to leap in the air with four panthers covering him incomplete tampa bay's lowest scoring output this year 10 points came at a loss to dallas give josh thomas in these carolina corners some credit against these big-time receivers josh thomas is in year number two he really didn't start getting game action on top about week four or five of the season he captained muddlemen josh norman they've all played well for mike williams again here comes the flag that there should be pass interference or whatever josh thomas had to do to get in his way well josh thomas never turned and located the ball a common error for wide receivers when they get done number 22 defense first down spot of the foul common error for cornerbacks when they get defensive pass interference they're in good position which he's in here to the right of your screen one-on-one on mike williams now he's running with him just got to turn his head and find the football he looked for a second and then grabbed him and started forcing mike williams out of bounds that was a good call so up to the 33-yard line they need two scores and you'll need a conversion if you're in tampa bay to try and rally think about this they have been one of the most explosive offenses with passes of 20 plus to the wide receivers zero in this game today here comes the flag off the snap maybe a free play that's complete at the 45-yard line vincent jackson will check on the penalty flag outside number 95 defense penalties declined first down that's charles johnson you just mentioned it was a 22 yard completion the longest of the day yeah charles johnson there at defensive end lined up in the neutral zone and you said it chris i mean that's their first one at 20 plus in this game five and a half to go it's going to take a few of them no huddle freeman incomplete for dallas clark let's get a game break and head to los angeles talking quarterback matt ryan has thrown a career high four interceptions against arizona still when this touchdown run by michael turner from the yard out scored he gave it one of their first lead of the game 23-19 less than seven minutes left in regulation chris tim thanks kurt leaders in the nfc south as you see atlanta has it well in hand the pucks can't afford to stumble here in charlotte especially with the new orleans saints chris [Applause] freeman completes the part at the 40 and he's knocked down run away by thomas davis it'll bring a third down josh freeman in his fourth nfl season has nine fourth quarter comebacks no huddle as they go to the line here [Applause] juggled and incomplete by mike williams usually shorthanded it would have been a first down it looked like josh norman or one of the defenders got his hand in there josh freeman's looking at this the whole way i mean he is staring him down thomas davis is going to get over there no you're right chris that was just a drop i mean norman got it late but that ball already should have been plucked right out of the air for mike williams so on fourth and five the bucks have to go for it it's a mix up in the huddle as dallas clark runs out they may have to use a timeout here sloppy [Applause] the buccaneers will have two timeouts remaining facing a pivotal fourth down under five minutes to play fourth and five tampa bay from the 40th carolina freelance throw first down tampa bay mike williams hangs on at the 30. that is a big time throw from josh freeman the ball placement perfect putting it right on the big body of mike williams and how about the trust because mike williams dropped the throw the play before first and ten no huddle once again mix up with vincent jackson it'll be second and ten there's been a few mix-ups not just there but why they had to call a timeout earlier this one ends up being the conversion and that's just a good throw i mean you got your big receiver against a smaller corner put it right on his numbers mike williams goes and gets it that's one thing i think really since the washington game we did earlier in the year when he hit mike williams down the sideline the trust between the quarterback and the wide receivers has been off the charts deep drop for the panthers secondary freeman's throw underneath to clark pushed back at the 25-yard line by thomas davis but the clock continues to run buccaneers with two time-outs remaining and down two scores and that'll be their form i i think when you see carolina as they're defending the deep ball everyone knows tampa wants to go d with mike williams and vincent jackson there's a lot of stuff underneath when the zones are cleared out on third down and complete it'll be fourth and two [Music] mcconner barth may come out and try a field goal and then the bucks will have to play percentages with an onside kick or kick it deep and hope to hold carolina yeah i like that the field goal opportunity here better than going forward on fourth and two have three timeouts left come play some defense get the ball back again and hope for a touchdown in a two-point conversion if they make this a 40-yard try he hit from 51 earlier connor barth who played his college football at north carolina delivers in front of a silent crowd he's not silent it's a 21-13 game with just over four minutes to go college football the biggest championship games are on fox friday november 30th the pac-12 championship in prime time ucla will play either oregon or stanford and then saturday night december 1st the big ten championship wisconsin going up against either nebraska or michigan the pac-12 and big ten championships back-to-back night you'll see it on fox [Music] tampa bay had a 10 to nothing lead and then the captain mutterland 74-yard interception returned for a touchdown turned the tide jonathan stewart punched it in and then a cam newton touchdown pass since then the carolina defense has held the buccaneer offense in check and out of the end zone now would you one side i wouldn't you got four minutes to go you got two timeouts left if your tampa kick it count on your defense try to get the ball back i mean if you kicking on side here and you give it to carolina at this position of the field they're almost double the first downs they're in scoring position field goal range right you're back to a two score game that's right and earlier justin medlock in the first half missed a makeable 40-yard field goal for carolina which would change the picture but it was the big fourth down gamble when doug martin got toward the end zone but fumbled his first fumble and that changed the time through the end zone carolina takes over at the 20-yard line and here it is i mean this is the cause that fumble could have gone either way it ends up being the effect right here a couple of nice plays down the field and culminates with cam newton over the middle of the field after some good runs play action sucked up sucked up the linebackers he hits lafell behind him touchdown lafell who crams it over the goal post for the the dunk celebration 226 yards passing for cam newton he has a touchdown he has not thrown an interception newton has also run for 33 yards jonathan stewart playing on a tender ankle back in [Music] newton to throw on first down and steve smith has it across the 30. and they're picking on leonard johnson i'll tell you that's a risky play because you you risk stopping the clock on first down if you're the carolina panthers but they've had a lot of success throwing the ball on first down today and everybody has all year i mean you look at tampa obviously worst in the league in their past defense but by a pretty good margin the worst in the league chris on stopping the pass on first down carolina's had some nice success with it and with eric wright out injured with the achilles even though he played earlier today and i keep to leave in new england the secondary can be picked on now you pound it now you pound the run grande barber creeping in stuart carries well let's get a game break and head to los angeles all right chris thanks coming down to the wire in detroit packers and the lions aaron rodgers his new favorite target randall cobb great catch 22 yards touchdown green bay goes up 21-20 matthew stafford and the lions have the ball over a minute left in the fourth quarter chris and tim lions fighting for their playoff lives and tampa bay comes in five and four with that three-game winning streak on the outside of that wild card chase and they've already lost to dallas they have teams coming up on the schedule i think the jets are eating one though yeah well actually tampa bay is playing the falcons and falls that was just the run that was it should have been atlanta then they're at denver and then they're home against the eagles before going to new orleans tampa bay fans who have made their way up see an entertaining game but not enough from their their buccaneer offense can the defense do the job here put on a few pounds second and ten tampa bay used to time out there to stop the clock they have one remaining and they'll probably use it here and it'll bring up a third down for the panthers at 309 to play so it was costly that the buccaneers had to burn a timeout when they had confusion in the huddle definitely and it wasn't the kind of game we expected the way the bucks had been scoring points but carolina backed against the wall owner jerry richardson already with a front office change a special teams coach let go this week panthers had high expectations this year remember last year tim carolina was two and eight they won four of their last six behind a red hot cam newton and i think that's why as ron rivera said we wanted the expectations high well i i think they were unrealistic expectations i didn't think their defense was really ready to make a push now having said that the defense played pretty good over the last five or six games their offensive line the injuries up front has clearly been the story with the carolina panthers and the inconsistent play by cam newton but i don't think ron rivera is going to be judged the rest of this season in wins and losses i really don't he's in year number two you talked about how they finished last year i mean the owner mr richardson you saw right there just got to see him competitive and see progress and i would hope ron rivera will get another year on third and 11 cam newton is going to throw and caught yes how did he keep his feet in bounds lewis murphy [Applause] it looked like it had a chance to be intercepted by laquan lewis unbelievably risky throw from cam newton remember the one he threw that way last week ended up going back the other way for a touchdown he throws this ball just a little bit late but it's got so much velocity on it and so much heat that it goes just past the hand of laquan lewis and what a catch and tapping the toes in bounds by louis murphy really really good great footwork and cam newton threw it high because murphy is 6-2 and lewis is 511. what a big play for a fresh set of downs and tampa bay is out of timeouts [Music] so even if the panthers just run a couple more plays and kick it the clock is the enemy of the buccaneers the only relief they'll get as you know is the two minute warning but the panthers lead up every minute they can you know and one thing you can say what you want about tampa and how good they've been look at the feed here by lewis murphy you can see but it was impressive look tampa didn't play very good offensively last week chris not even 280 yards offense today they don't have 260. cam newton keeps it'll be third down the clock will run and take us to the two-minute warning so a couple of funky games for them in a row offensively after exploding over the last several weeks against san diego they had a punt block for a score and they had an interception run back today it's been tough for josh freeman a two interception game but it's not over yet [Music] coming up after this game the pepsi post game show you saw on the pregame show on fox on the tampa bay buccaneers and rookie doug martin who played such a terrific game but he feels terrible about the fumble on fourth down when he was headed into the end zone for a touchdown it looks like a throw but they've got to turn and run it here cam newt is going to keep and if he gets a first down tampa bay territory but short of the first down marker and of course no timeouts for tampa bay yeah they're going to get the ball it looks like a little over a minute to go with no timeouts chris and i i promise you you'll see carolina defending the sideline because tampa's going to have to work the sideline in the passing game to stop the clock and get relief and they don't have to obviously don't have to work it in a field goal right you gotta get all the way down the field score a touchdown and count on a two-point conversion play clock they're going to let it run down carolina if they want to wait just take a timeout they can [Music] and the panthers do take the time out 109 to play here bucks will get a shot one score down touchdown and two-point conversion pending the punt fox nfl tradition football on turkey day and thanksgiving and tim and i wish you a happy and healthy one to you and your family 4 30 eastern 1 30 pacific troy from joe buck on the call redskins and cowboys from texas cleveland has a three-point lead over dallas with just 54 seconds left the redskins defeated the eagles today 31-6 boy if the cowboys with a ripe opportunity to get right back in this nfc race lose to the cleveland browns today jerry jones may be out of his mind falcons won they rallied to beat arizona 23-19 leaders of the nfc south the saints play later out in oakland and the bucks the young bucks who led early 10-00 they have let a game slip through their fingers give captain manoland a lot of credit for that pick six for a touchdown roscoe parish will let it go through a 20-yard line after a 49-yard kick so 80 yards away with a minute two and no timeouts and josh freeman trying to engineer his tenth career fourth quarter comeback i talked about it earlier the trust with the wide receivers right now in this situation you got to trust them more than anybody and then you ever have before and really count on the size advantage of vincent jackson at six foot five and and of mike williams over on the other side at six foot two you gotta throw it up and to use a basketball analogy let those guys go get the rebound well you get vincent jackson the size as you said six five but really has been mike williams both over 6-2 vincent jackson coming out of the slot down here at the bottom [Applause] but will freeman have time he does here to go sideline vincent jackson the ball is knocked down it's incomplete and josh thomas who's played well in that secondary with captain mutherland today with the big hit impressed with those young corners i'm telling you they will come up and rock you and that time josh thomas punches it out he ended up who knows if vincent jackson won't even gotten out of bounds anyway she got to start taking some shots here [Applause] taekwon underwood top of your screen the third receiver who is not going to factor it all the way for tampa bay freeman throws on the run and there is underwood who takes a hard hit here comes a flag how late was that flag on thomas davis that flag came out so late and you know what i don't agree with it i think it was the reaction of the headlines man who saw taquan underwood laying on the ground i mean he went down and then didn't move and the headlines running in and throws the flag late well you could hear the clang let's see where the helmet connected let's see one two has a chance to protect himself he went more with the shoulder well you can't hit him in the hat anyway i don't care if it's a shoulder a helmet or a foot doesn't matter hit to the helmet 15-yard penalty first down well after the completion that'll be a 33-yard gain with the penalty and it was as soon as that second foot came down as when the shot was delivered by thomas davis [Music] taekwon underwood over on the sideline the referee bill levy reviewing to make sure it was a catch let's take a look at the replay at real time speed that's what they call the bang bang play and mike pereira tell you the referees the officials they watch these in in what they call the line feed live speed but i think if you look right there and you see and they see the same exact pictures upstairs in terms of the review that we see right now i think that's a catch i mean one foot down then the second foot comes down there's one there's two it's down he's got possession of the ball before it's knocked out mike pereira you're viewing this along with us our fox rules analyst from the command center what do you see i think the pass is incomplete and the reason why the ruling stands the 15-yard penalty will be enforced at the end of the catch as you were saying mike i like it yeah i would like it as incomplete because the contact came almost simultaneous with the second foot hitting the ground and then he's considered going to the ground and the ball popped out when he hit but i guess bill levy felt that he had control long enough to stay with that movement thanks mike and they tacked on the penalty so from the 47 yard line of carolina 45 seconds no timeouts down by eight freeman to doug martin who has to get out of bounds and that won't do much for tampa bay 38 seconds remaining [Music] remember after the game the pepsi post game show six seconds remain in that cowboy cleveland game the packers did hold on to beat the lions the jets knocking off the rams in st louis highlights of all the games the redskins winners over the eagles but here time running out on tampa bay the worst thing for josh freeman right here would be get sacked have that clock get chewed up in a hurry you want to at least have a hail mary throw at the very end of things second down he just gets rid of it and was nudged in the pocket 32 seconds remain at its third down greg hardy applying the heat greg ciano is telling him now huddle up fellas come together let's go and and freeman was thinking the same thing i was sack's the worst thing that can happen it was he was on his way down what looked like was going to be a sack as he banged into his underground other guy he just heaved it up got rid of it 41 yards away 32 seconds it's third and four and no timeouts dallas clark to the sideline at the top of your screen high snap freeman fires vincent jackson hits out to 25 the clock runs 25 24. he's got to get up and spike it chris got to stop the clock get everybody set josh freeman spiking and now within range you have three plays to get it into the end zone a 17-yard connection setting up the bucks at the 24-yard line of the panthers and take your time as you said you're only down by eight so you got a touchdown and you got to have a two-point conversion to tie this thing up so just be patient if you're josh freeman again you cannot get sacked well and it's second and ten you have to think if it's in the field of play you gotta four down now down to spike it absolutely but you only have 20 seconds end zone throw did he hold on touchdown vincent jackson an unbelievable catch an unbelievable throw oh my goodness they still need two to force the tie a 24-yard pass with 12 seconds remaining oh my goodness did you see it that's what you call threading the needle if you're josh freeman vincent jackson right here out of the slot watch him come down the middle of the field and then watch how josh freeman just lasers it right in between three defenders glue on the fingers of jackson as freeman went down that's the longest pass play of the day for the buccaneers and the booth reviewing as they do on all scoring plays on a 24-yard touchdown toss what an incredible throw and catch and cam newton standing on the sidelines as he's going to see this thing be completed he can't believe it that's not a freeze frame i talked about the trust with your best players and trusting them more than ever freeman just threw it in between two defenders with one on them so three guys there let's watch the end line [Music] feet clearly down possession of the ball for vincent jackson what a grab getting battled look at the strength as luke kieckley is trying to pull it away from him a great example of the strength of going getting in traffic and then hanging onto it with a backer trying to rip it out 12 seconds remain and once the officials okay this as a touchdown the bucks are going to need a two-point conversion they're all for two in the two-point conversion department this year and for josh freeman two interceptions one run back for a score trying to dig the buccaneers out of a deep hole in carolina [Music] they got the ball with the 20. they had no timeouts under 50 seconds and they march down the field after reviewing the play the ruin on the field is confirmed touchdown [Applause] you know what i love the fact that vincent jackson who's been named captain leads him right back into this game and an opportunity to tie it up his fifth catch of the game might be is most important to date depending upon where this conversion goes [Applause] [Music] and the panthers are going to use a time-out timeout carolina their second charge timeout carolina will have one remaining again the buccaneers have no timeouts queen a challenge and i like ron rivera calling the timeout make sure they got everybody understanding what they're doing here tampa came out with three ride receivers one running back in a tight end but it's their blocking tight end luke stocker with doug martin in the backfield how are you going to defend that you're going to stay in your base personnel expect and run are you going to get into your nickel stuff and play pass i mean good time out by ron rivera just getting all the guys in line does tampa come out with a different alignment well i think tampa bay is josh freeman you got to somehow get him out on the edge as a run pass option and i'll tell you they've been sneaky down on the goal line saw dallas clark get a touchdown with that misdirection stuff last week eric lord got in the end zone and doug martin on fourth down and two got into the end zone but lost the football and that's when carolina marched the other way [Applause] freeman end zone conversion vincent jackson tie game [Applause] i'll tell you on the chess board tampa just won that big time they call it timeout that being carolina and then they bust to coverage between captain munderlin and luke keakley they turned vincent jackson free right in the middle look at kingly playing the run the whole way on the running back doug martin he gets sucked up mudderlin thought he had help inside which he should have from the middle linebacker and vincent jackson finds the void and josh freeman more importantly sees it and delivers the ball this stadium in charlotte has turned into the theater of the absurd for the bucks to march downfield with no time-outs with a little over a minute to go and need a two-point conversion with the touchdown to force the tie [Applause] [Music] captain mudderlin who got the panthers rolling with his interception run back vincent jackson who had the touchdown catch and then the conversion he has five catches for 90 yards in this game what a play call by mike sullivan just understanding the the the magnet if you will of doug martin on that middle linebacker lou geekly and luke keackley took all the bait and opened up the throwing window and the maturity of josh freeman at age 24. he's only in his fourth season nine fourth quarter comebacks he drove the team 80 yards in 50 seconds got the touchdown and the conversion with 12 seconds remaining in regulation armani edwards back for carolina he will not have a chance to return carolina has one timeout and will take over at the 20-yard line tim ryan chris myers glad you're enjoying the nfl on fox up on the booth helping us james petralco from tampa hammond maguire from new york i'm going to be very interested to see psychologically how the carolina panthers chris can respond to this situation cam newton all smiles all laughs over on the sideline everything was going great all the momentum had swung in their direction now if they emotionally how do they handle this if they just take a knee and run out the clock does greg shiano do the victory formation rush i guess there's your answer no well he says i'll take overtime after where we were standing 50 seconds ago what a game and i'll tell you the the the coin toss is going to be important here because tampa has clearly all the momentum and after that long drive in a little over a minute i'm sure that the the defense of the carolina panthers right now are winded remember each team will get two time outs we had our first tie in the nfl last week with the rams and 49ers in san francisco you play one overtime period in the regular season where first high since 2008 when the eagles and bengals wound up tied and remember the new rule put in this year for overtime team that possesses the ball first if they do not get a touchdown then the other team gets an opportunity yeah if there's only a field goal by the the team who possesses the ball first both teams will get an opportunity to touch it if in fact whoever wins the toss gets the ball goes down and scores a touchdown it's true sudden death the game's over if the game is tied at the end of the 15 minutes it'll be recorded as a tie fourth quarter timing rules will be in effect each team will be given two timeouts replays will be done from the replay booth if the first team that gains possession scores a touchdown the game is over or if there's a defensive score if not both teams must be given a chance to possess the ball you're the visitors you make the call tails is the call and it is tails you would like the ball what goal do you want to you want to kick that way all right tampa bay will receive down here good luck gentlemen you just talked about it a clear explanation for bill levy momentum on the side of the buccaneers who score to force overtime and tampa bay will get the ball to start overtime it's 21-0 in carolina [Music] week 11 10 game of the year for the bucks and panthers tampa bay exceeding expectations this season carolina and cam newton not living up to the hype from the previous season tampa led early 10-00 panthers led most of the way until the final seconds when josh freeman took tampa bay 80 yards in 50 seconds and needed a two-point conversion to force overtime it's the first overtime for either of these teams this season so many young quarterbacks are at their best when you're in the hurry up mode and it's been clear in this one josh freeman saved his best for last when he had to make it happen and the game was in his hands [Music] justin medlock kicking off laquan lewis from his own end zone will down it so tampa bale take over at the 20 where they took over to start the drive and let's take a look at that 50 seconds how they marched downfield now there was a questionable late hit penalty and on taekwon underwood spread but this is what did it to vincent jackson who held on and then the two-point conversion freeman goes back to jackson to create a 21-21 time and it'll go unnoticed but that ball location down and inside to where only his wide receiver can get it that's not by by surprise that's by design and well executed by the quarterback and i'm sure that that man carrying the football dog martin feels like he's off the hook on his fourth down fumble in the end zone on his way to a touchdown you saw the look on his face when it looked like tampa bay with starring out of defeat that just this fifth quarter if you will this overtime just gave doug martin the opportunity to go up over 100 yards 20 carries for a buck go one each team with two timeouts in this overtime and as you heard referee bill leaving a touchdown by tampa bay and it's over or a defensive touchdown by carolina and it's over martin again has ronan doug martin all five nine of them all the way inside the 45 of carolina now jeremy zutaw who's at left guard pulling and leading the way for doug martin ends up springing up doug martin just with his patience reads the block waits for it to develop there's the kick out then he gets a good block by jamon meredith really good vision and patience by doug martin and then once he sees the whole watches put a foot in the ground bang right there and pick up a bunch of yards a 27-yard gain from the 42 he gets it again he doesn't seem tired falling toward the 41 the rookie from boise state the first round draft pick with his third 100 yard game of his career and greg schiano in his first nfl overtime game now get ready for what tampa has done well all season long and i'm sure ron rivera is telling his defensive coordinator and his defense be ready for the hard play action we've just seen two really good runs by doug martin let's see if they sell it hard and then try to take a shot in the passing game vincent jackson at the top of your screen he goes the other way mike williams has it gets inside the 30 and goes out of bounds already connor barth has made two field goals in this game one a 51-yarder [Music] off coverage for mike williams just going to return it and run the stop route just spot up out there post up josh freeman on time and throws it to him after the 13-yard game over 225 yards passing for free but it's first in 10. [Applause] doug martin the defenders if you just tuned in over time the buccaneers scored late to force it won the coin toss got the football from their own 20. and they've marched all the way inside the 22 of carolina carolina is winded right now and and i'm telling you get ready for a play-action pass second and three right here sell the run hard and throw right behind those linebackers remember a field goal doesn't ensure a win it gives the panthers a chance with the football a touchdown ends on second down doug martin slips the balls out they're gonna call him down right away the official blow on the whistle and pointing to where martin was hit and all replay reviews in overtime are handled by the booth upstairs and it did look like as doug martin was trying to lay out he came down and the ground forced the ball out now the whistle obviously comes out late but i i i think the ball was not popped out until his arm hit the ground so it's third down and one from the 20-yard line martin has carried the load in this drive vincent jackson has it first down tampa bay what a crisp looking drive by this buccaneer offense how about the udemy factor with josh freeman the quarterback who's going to turn and actually just look right and then spin back to the left a really good anticipation throw on the out route to vincent jackson that's pitch and catch versus off coverage eighth play of this drive under 11 minutes left in this game one way or the other freeman end zone panthers win buccaneers win dallas clark has the touchdown [Applause] [Applause] mike sullivan the play calling josh freeman with the execution dallas clark and just running the little wheel route getting it to the outside by design was wide open good throw and then even better catch in terms of catching the ball and tapping his toes for the touchdown you got to feel bad for ron rivera you got to feel great for greg ciano and the tampa bay bucks watch these feet for dallas clark and the official catch waited to make sure possession touchdown doug martin's running vincent jackson's receiving and then dallas clark not an easy grab for the game-winner no james anderson just fell down out there in man coverage and dallas clark goes right around him boy that's impressive what an impressive final drive and then over to into overtime for the buccaneers offense eight plays 80 yards and greg schiano first year as an nfl head coach in his first overtime and the buccaneers didn't waste any time well you get a feeling that the belief on this football team is just going to continue to grow they were at their best at the most critical time of the game 50 seconds to go they were down eight at their own 20 with no timeouts and marching down to get the conversion and the touchdown and they keep the winning streak alive tampa bay has won four in a row and of course you always have to wait because i hope so fast given monday night with green bay in seattle the official review upstairs of the touchdown has been confirmed no extra point necessary a 27-21 tampa bay come from behind win for josh freeman the tenth of his career [Music]

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Published: Sun Jun 07 2020