Houston Oilers at Atlanta Falcons - September 9th, 1990

the man in black he ruled the oilers but pittsburgh came in and played the spoilers [Music] so on a horse he took a ride and to atlanta he took his pride a land of gold that glitters now on that sideline he plies his trade the man in black he likes hitters nbc sports presents the national football league today it's the houston oilers versus the atlanta falcons hello everybody this is charlie jones along with todd christensen we're at atlanta fulton county stadium it is a sellout 94 degrees and the humidity is almost 50 percent it's a warm one this afternoon the falcons won the toss they'll be receiving and it is deion sanders who will be returning the opening kickoff tony zindejas will start it all for the houston oilers the blue of houston against the black of atlanta here is gene lang on the left wing and he returns it to the 17-yard line atlanta's offense their offensive line much improved even better when tackle chris hinton returns from a calf injury max and receivers this can be the year the quarterback chris miller could go all the way to the pro bowl now when atlanta goes to the red gun set the running back in the tight end will come out and john collins and floyd dixon come in as additional wide receivers that's the red gun first down atlanta at their own 17. your side's in motion [Applause] and miller comes out has pressure and he is dropped at the seven yard line by william fuller a loss of 10 it will be second down and 20. the houston defense their defensive front is something to prove they want to become a unit that their offense can be proud of now when they go to their spider defense a tackle and two linebackers will come out ezra johnson comes in along with defensive backs steve brown and patrick allen and they join a secondary that will be tested today by atlanta's wide open offense they have to perform like they did here if houston is to win charlie william full of sack did anything but they only went with the two back set for one play now right now they're back to the red gun from the end zone here's the screen and he is back out to about the 17 yard line which is the original line of scrimmage it will be third down in two that's a safe play wanted to get back some of the artists give them a chance to have a reasonable chance of getting a first down a lot of times you panic early in the game and you want to go deep but that was a good safe pass brassard made the play up the field good support on the run by the secondary of houston richard johnson with the tackle there is jerry glanville the man in black [Applause] and jack pardee and the white cap for the houston orleans third down and down [Music] [Applause] miller's pass is complete it's sean [Applause] [Music] it's an opportunity though that sean collins had to get the first down here we get a chance to see meads out in the flat looking to the middle of the field and he anticipates the throw trying to double cover on ryzen that's going to be attacked that they're going to use all day because they want to take rising out of the offense as much as they can scott fullhead jafont and thecube geraldo and mcneil returns it to about the 37-yard line houston's offense the run and shoot it features a massive offensive line with three first-round draft choices that are just coming into their own max and receivers they are seasoned and effective with speed quickness and experience and houston will go with this set regardless of down or field position the run and shoot and it's fun to watch it is fun to watch and people wonder whether or not warren moon is going to be able to establish himself right off the bat he had a poor pre-season his arm wasn't feeling so well but he told us yesterday he feels great and now is the time to assert himself the gains count here's the first down for their own 36-yard line drew hill was the motion man pass is complete to hell and he is out of bounds he picks up nine on the play roland mitchell chases him out atlanta's defense they call it the black way because of houston's offense this will be atlanta's basic defense their defense in front will have to take charge they're still looking for the key pass rusher they're secondary it will feature six defensive backs atlanta's excellent corners but they will be challenged today and one at the 45. [Applause] the brawl inside to lorenzo white he's got the first down defense and that's the black way one of the people that's going to have to be effective today for the defense of the atlanta falcons is marcus cotton here we got a chance to see him in a stand-up situation outside he rushes unfortunately for him ernest gibbons actually gets in his way it wasn't meant to be a block or else otherwise it would have been a tackle for a loss coming up to swarm on defense but he gets the first down nonetheless [Music] yesterday in the conversation we had with jerry glanville he told us that their best pass rusher as of this moment is marcus cotton but yet he had really asserted himself in the preseason they're definitely going to have to have some sacks today to stop the houston offense and here's the run and shoot from the shotgun houston will show it both ways flag is down goes deep into double coverage ernest gibbons the intended receiver scott case broke it up now we'll go back to the blood offensive pass interference excuse me that's the illegal use of the hands there's good defense here a double team situation on earnest givens by bobby butler and scott case we see him look to the left and try to get the free safety out of the middle but case does a good job of staying with his man right here you see him running stride for stride with gibbons and bobby butler gets over there and bats the ball away good play by the secondary of the falcons warren moon checking it out showing his vertical what's going on he knows it's going to be a lot more where that came from and so does the secondary that's right so with the ball back to the 39 it is first and 20. drew hill again the motion man and moon steps away delay of game it will be first in 25. the offenses have to pay attention because they're very conscientious out on the field of getting the clock started right away warren moon houston got a little bit lazy coming up to the line of scrimmage houston started at their own 36. they picked up a first down to the 49 and now they're back to their 34 first and 25. falcons were six in the secondary pressure from the backside passes incomplete haywood jeffries the intended receiver and marcus cotton put a real hit on warren moon there [Applause] warren moon tried to hang in there as best he could but marcus cotton came from the blind side here you see that for some reason steinkiller lets him go because he's occupied if one moon doesn't get that off cotton good hit there evidently marcus must have heard the conversation we have with glanville he's trying to assert himself now charlie and it's second and 25. bill's in motion a little dump screen to white and white is across the 50-yard line football falcons say they have it and they do well this play is set up very well a good call for second and 25 lorenzo makes a good cut here and right there scott case overruns it lorenzo white trying to do too much right here great play there 58 stripping the ball and jordan alertly jumps on it big turnaround of momentum for the atlanta foul exactly what they needed at this point and atlanta with the ball just on the houston side of the 50-yard line no score in the ball game 11-17 time remaining in the first quarter interesting now that atlanta goes back to the two-back offense and it is broussard he's got five has about eight and then he's dumped right in front of the atlanta bench terry canard for the defense you know many people talk about the fact that broussard at five six and a half is just too small to play this game but this low center of gravity is a big advantage for a running back he cuts on the inside of the block of his fullback jones and right here uses some feet to get some extra yardage at five six and a half and over 200 pounds brassard is an awful awful load to tackle that center of gravity tough to handle but what an exciting day for this youngster yes it is isn't it he's the rookie the number one draft choice you talked to him yesterday he said i've got a lot of pressure i've got to learn to relax you got to realize that they didn't have this many people up from pullman charlie [Applause] second and two [Applause] first pass is complete michael hayes there's nothing like coming up second and two you have so many options right there chris miller picks apart the second area for a short game now they're on their heels a little bit after the run if atlanta can establish a running game with broussard they're going to be tough all afternoon it's a first down at the houston 35. now 9 54 and counting no score in the first quarter one turnover fumble by the oilers recovered by atlanta five in the secondary for [Applause] houston from the red gun incomplete floyd dixon the intended receiver and patrick allen had the coverage it'll be second down check of the 10-minute ticker chicago shuts out seattle green bay fourth quarter leading the round the final kansas city 24 minnesota 21. final tampa bay over detroit and a wild one and washington shutting out phoenix and the game starting along with ours we have no score [Applause] dallas leading san diego seven i think that's the only score in the early games and no score here miller far side has the pass complete haynes is dropped johnny means with the tackle one of the advantages of great speed that michael haynes has is of course the secondary has to play off of them a little bit if they continue to hit the short passes they'll be able to stretch the defense a little bit later in the game it's a mind game i think that glanville is playing with the houston secondary doing some different things changing it up preparing to be conservative early in the game the ball at the houston 29 third down and four hanes goes wide to the far side and sean collins is wide to the near side pressure for the backside passes complete all alone [Applause] but somebody blew a coverage well inevitably when you're going to blitz in the situation you see bubba mcdowell coming on the right side of your screen flying in chris miller sees the field and somebody just left dixon wide open there in the secondary if he doesn't have to go down for that that's definitely a touchdown accusing has to regroup and wonder what the deal was back there and johnny meads who yesterday said they're making me play more like a defensive back than a linebacker makes the tackle that's a great effort by meads if he doesn't get him that's a score seven yard line first down goal to go miller 506 for 62 yards so far doug smith with a tackle [Applause] broussard told us he's five six and three quarters and weighs 201 pounds well you know spud webb and those guys made it okay to be short randy newman was wrong short people do got a reason for living they do they've got a good one this afternoon particularly in this offense that we see both from atlanta and houston well they also listed the salaries yesterday in the paper charlie i'd say that broussard has a lot to be happy about short or not it was a gain of a yard to the six second and goal and he's got it [Applause] one of the issues that people are going to debate about constantly is whether or not the run and shoot can put it in the end zone once they're inside the 10 or 5 yard line here you see what happens is they spread out the four wide receivers there's nobody inside once they go with a quick trap to brassard there's nobody up the middle no middlebacker he scores easily and greg davis to attempt a point after and it is good atlanta leads seven to others [Applause] eclipses once appeared only in the heavens but now eclipses are appearing on car and driver's 10 best list and automobile magazine's all-star list mitsubishi the word is getting around goodyear's putting their best foot forward with a goodyear nfl kickoff sale starring goodyear's newest all-season radio the invicta gl now when you buy three you get the fourth tire free and we're passing on more big savings on a great lineup of all season like 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going on i was watching the referee he did not make a motion so it's a live ball that's right nobody blew the whistle houston is going to scream all they want debate about it but the fact is that nobody said anything about it if there's no whistle blown here we get a chance to see andre bruce comes untouched and just clobbers warren moon they're going to debate as to whether or not that was an incomplete pass but in reality it wasn't stumbling trying to pick up the ball everybody stands and waits for a minute what's the deal i believe it's bobby butler that comes up and picks up the ball and scores even the crowd is stunned you think there'd be a little bit more emotion than this for a second touchdown but everybody's still waiting to see what the situation is bob mcelwee says no it's a touchdown six points now he's calling time out on the field and we'll go back and look at the whole play as the officials start a conference [Applause] they may want a review does this come under the purview of the replay official i think it could here we got a situation where there isn't any debate as to whether his arm did not come forward it's a fumble bruce just clobbers him and it's a fumble and i don't know what the debate is right here because the offensive lineman made the mistake of assuming that it was a forward pass here you get a chance to see tuggle almost pick up the ball and then butler pick it up push it in the end zone nobody's sure everybody's looking around butler picks it up for an incidental touchdown here we get an angle from the front no way his arm was going forward it's a definite fumble why everybody stopped is unexplainable no official signals incomplete bobby butler did a heads up job picking up the ball and going into the end zone because you never know what's going to happen right here he pushes it forward kind of like casper did remember that in a san diego game in the holy roller that's right and the extra point by greg davis is good and the surprising atlanta falcons lead the houston orders by a score of 14 to nothing [Applause] listen to my nephew he's gonna be a lawyer like me he's even gonna look like me oh really so does that mean on his first big trial day the jury's gonna notice his winning smile yeah and his great soup yeah oh his little flakes um dandruff for me oh it can happen to perfect people here just use my shampoo head and shoulders but you don't have dandruff i risked my case head and shoulders because you never get a second chance to make a first impression the mitsubishi gallant has won major awards in both japan and america it completed car and driver's thirty thousand mile test with a perfect reliability record and it performed so impressively that one automotive critic even called the gallant a genuine alternative to a bmw if everyone listened to the experts the galan just might be the car that everyone drives mitsubishi the word is getting around you know dad always said norman you have to give 100 every day if you want 100 whole grain only one of these leading cereals has it only wheaties is made with 100 whole grain dad also said norman if you want to be a champion better get your whole brain better eat your wheaties but you better never call me norman and andre bruce started it all charlie this is just what the doctor ordered for andre bruce three years ago he's the number one pick of the draft everybody's talking about how he's going to help atlanta get to a super bowl and over the last two seasons he's been a major underachiever now he's had some problems with the law he's been in jerry glanville's dog house for the longest time and the quickest way to get out of it is to hit somebody and that's what bruce just did he did not have a good pre-season but as we all know pre-season does not count that's right this does atlanta leaves it 14-0 bernard ford is the return man greg davis with two extra points to kick off houston will have the ball again at their 20-yard line and the first fight has started it's out at the 10. believe me there were betting pools in atlanta and in houston as to when this moment would occur and if you had 6 38 time remaining first quarter at the 10-yard line you win that's charlie doing his bob arrow imitation yeah i'm really surprised it took over eight minutes to get to a fight [Applause] welcome back to that ticker in just a moment houston now from their own 20. atlanta in control of the ball game houston to rely on the run and shoot office to get them back into the game here's pressure again from the back side and the pass is incomplete givens the intended receiver but bruce again with pressure chicago wins green bay wins kansas city wins tampa bay washington those are all finals no score in those two indianapolis buffalo now tied at three new england leading miami and san diego is tied up now at 7-7 and here it is atlanta 14 and houston nothing second and 10 at the 20-yard line from the shotgun incomplete and andre bruce number 93 has literally taken control of the ball game charlie jerry has great confidence in his cornerbacks bobby butler charles demery and deion sanders and that's why you get a chance to see so many people coming unencumbered here we see bruce on the outside and they're occupying the tackle there's nobody that's coming out to get bruce as a result he's wreaking havoc in the backfield warren moon doesn't like that at all he's having to take a little bit longer than he wants to to set up where is he going to get help what has to happen in this situation is the guard has to pull out and take a look at cruz but because he's covered he can't do that as a result bruce is coming unencumbered here he is again they throw back a quick out to that side the corner moves up and makes a plus and atlanta comes out with a football the falcons are in the end zone with the ball that's great run support by roland mitchell a tremendous effort by tim green after he rushes the passer come back out and make the tackle warren decides we're gonna go with a quick throw here i'm tired of getting sacked right here you see royal mitchell come up not quite get blocked and there's tim green the ball comes loose but it's too late bruce coming from the outside now great confidence look at him stand up and come with a two-point stance he's bothering warren moon they're gonna have to make some adjustments on the sideline with their offensive protection montgomery's kick deion sanders drifts back and takes it at the 18-yard line fumbo houston has the ball houston has recovered a fumble eric ferris i think is the one that got it you're right it is it's eric bears [Applause] well if you believe in momentum you'd have to say that the starch has been taken out of them a little bit even though dion shakes hands there trying to be a sportsman he's got a lot of room because of the howitzer the montgomery hit now he cuts up field gets a good block here right around the 25 and right here tries to take too many moves the helmet gets right on the ball great play there by al smith that's what caused the recovery for fairs big break for the houston oilers it is a first down at the 33-yard line still pressure knocked away andre bruce again he takes the ball and warren moon i would have to guess that by now the offensive line coach knows the number of andre bruce that's about the fourth time now he's come in and nobody blocking him right here you get a little bit of the macho posing as he kneels over warren moon and bruce matthews comes over to say i don't appreciate that and neither does warren moon but in the meantime this is turning into the andre bruce show warren moon 307 35 yards and that's a big reason for it right there 93 is asserting himself warren moon takes a timeout the score atlanta 14 houston nothing and andre bruce in control of the game millions of years ago nature created a vehicle that accelerates steers and stops with all fours that ingenious concept has now been engineered 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he enlisted the marines they have to hit the beach helmet for the star of the special teams yeah it was interesting that eric ferguson along with the rest of the special teams members lined up before the game went one length of the field and then another length of the field escorted by the marines he's the one that got to wear this helmet and it's interesting the whole military motif really exists out here because one of the groups out here is jerry's jar head that's right and they also put war paint on eric so he is ready i tell you the way that it's going right now andre bruce may win his own helmet before halftime i would think so they got to put somebody on him here's the option by warren moon he will lose a couple of yards atlanta comes up with the ball the officials are running with them it may be another touchdown it's the second time that's going to happen a great play there by jessie toggle the officials were escorting him it's going to be another touchdown johnny there's no doubt in my mind that this crowd is loud but it's certainly not so loud that it's overshadowing the whistles of the officials everybody's standing around and confused and once again we're going to have a caucus out there on the field warren moon was running the option possibly set up to get away from the pressure of andre bruce well he ran right into andre bruce and once again he was unblocked but he went to the back and as warren moon cut up field jesse tucker nailed him and the ball went loose now they're going to have a debate as to whether or not the ball was dead but who blew the whistle nobody seems to think that they did and once again a major argument detont never had it this easy charlie truthfully i would have been i would have anticipated that early in the game that the emotion would have been in atlanta's favor they would have scored but if they have three touchdowns here that's going to be unbelievable a great job getting off of the block of munchak by tuggle as he makes the ball come loose along with green now from that shot you cannot see if it was a fumble or not well right there it's usually a given if the guy is down they're going to say ball's dead but he's sitting there waiting and if nobody blows the whistle he's doing the right thing running into the end zone from that angle you'd have to think that the ball is dead but we can't see the ball from that side it's interesting though there's automatic reaction of you know when i've got the ball any you know i get up and run with it anyway they signal them all down well give the atlanta defenders credit rather than stand around and debate as to whether or not what's going on both bobby butler and jesse tuggle were smart enough to take the ball into the end zone [Applause] it's a wild and weird first quarter officials timeout a wise decision [Laughter] from the back side we see there's andre bruce taking the back of war moon has no choice but to keep the ball nice play there by jesse tucker but does the ball come out right here it appears to be obscured right there it looks to me like jesse tuggle takes the ball away from warren moon but you see warren waving his arm which seems to indicate that maybe the ball was indeed loose barry pauses for a minute but he realizes he's so far ahead and tim green says get going don't stop run to the end zone now since the officials are not jocking with each other then obviously the replay official is involved here as you can tell by the crowd reaction really popular they love to see those huddles of officials and they have only the replay official can see only what you have seen at home and what we have seen here and you can't overrule it you can't overrule it because we uh we don't see anything that that causes it to be overruled and from all indications you can't tell as to whether or not it was a fumble or whether or not tuggle just made a great play and took it away from warren moon but if he did indeed take it away from warren moon it was clear that warren was on the ground but again on this play as well as the bobby butler recovery it's a touchdown the officials were almost an escort standard play here the option here he goes down and again there tuggle as often happens charlie you'll see that the defense will do that just to do it just to pull the ball aside and see if they can take it away in this case they're rewarded with six points heads up play by jesse tuggle davis with the point after it is good and with five minutes and 13 seconds left in the first quarter it is atlanta 21 and houston nothing charlie jack party's got to be thinking at this point that he's playing 18 people he feels that the officials against him twice now calls haven't gone his way right there you can see a little bit as he's going down that warren moon is losing control but there's no conclusive evidence that the ball is loose nobody else saw it and jesse tuggle is the one that saw it decided to be heads up and go for the end zone now here he's gonna debate it thinking to himself hey i fooled him you know okay that's great let's bring it on back and then tim green says no no no go and even the crowd isn't sure the crowd isn't sure what the deal is they've seen this before they've seen the guy pick up the ball millions of times and make this effort how many times to get rewarded for a touchdown but in this case it does despite the lame spike it is six points [Applause] and atlanta leads houston 21 to nothing well people who'd be just tuning in right now would say to themselves wow that run and shoot for atlanta must be terrific they've already got 21 points but 14 of them have come without them being even on the field and the other was a steve broussard run from six yards out camping a 49-yard touchdown draws that started with a fumble recovery ford will take it in the end zone and down it and houston again will start from the 20-yard line and head-butting continues here let's go to bob costas considerably less excitement really in dallas but the chargers and cowboys are tied at seven here's mark vlasic who rested the starting quarterback's job away from billy joe toliver a pass to craig mckeown who makes some nice moves and dives across that offsets troy aikman's 28-yarder to dennis mckinnon chargers and cowboys tied at seven charles thank you bob interesting quarterback situation in san diego with uh vlasic drawing the starting assignment over tolerable with two good young quarterbacks but there is not an ex anybody with great experience sitting behind them well i know that alex spanos is grateful that mark was able to take away from his uh corporate work there in the pickle factory just to come and play quarterback the run and shoot didn't work they try the running game lorenzo white and it's good for two maybe three tory epps with the tackle let's check the ticker no score pittsburgh cleveland second quarter denver leading the raiders by a field goal cincinnati in front indianapolis buffalo tied new england by one now over miami and san diego dallas as bob costas gave us the update tied at 7-7 and here it is atlanta 21 in houston nothing gibbons the intended receiver and the oilers can't make anything worse and warren moon is telling them calm down calm down i know we're down three touchdowns the crowds against us just calm down that's the veteran savvy of somebody 33 years of age saying hey there's three and a half more quarters of football to play let's relax a little bit and do what it is that got us this far third down and seven at the 23. pressure again for the backside this time the pass is complete to givens gibbs has the first down a flag is down back at the 15. well they're gonna call roughing the passer on andre bruce and of course this is one that's open for debate and this is the kind of thing that really gives them an opportunity to get some momentum we have a little bit of a fight on the field right now but andre bruce is wondering what the situation is all he did is come once again without anyone in front of him and just clobber warren broon bob mcelwee has to decide as to whether or not this was too much here we see the ball is thrown and he hits him right there it's what happens afterwards no that's a bad call i agree that's a bad call but bob mackel we saw was he saw andre bruce with his hands up attempt to go to his head and that's all that bob mcqueen but he stayed below he stayed at the shoulder line didn't he i'm not debating with you it was a rotten call but that's what bob mca we saw hence the additional 15 yards that jerry glanville is going to let somebody else know about boy boy he's greedy he's got a three touchdown lead he wants this one there it is yeah he completely messes with the right nothing wrong with that maybe bob mcawee was the same judge that awarded leonard the victory over hagler right swung and missed uh-oh let not against officials plus mackerel he's probably feeling that he's so familiar with andre bruce now he continues to see him in the backfield he feels like hey we have the personal foul roughing the passer 93 defense 15 yards from the previous spot first certainly charlie we would have anticipated the fact that the atlanta falcons would have had a lot of personal fouls but in this case this is definitely a phantom foul and the falcons with a three touchdown lead do not have to cheap shot at all so the ball goes out to the 38-yard line and it's first down and atlanta now with six in the secondary and warren who is really taking a beating he's got time it's deflected at the line of scrimmage there's a flag downfield at the 42. i think they're going to call dion for illegal contact mike gann deflected the ball this time he did not have the pressure but the defensive line got to the ball but if it's defensive holding that doesn't matter in the case of interference they'd say yes but defensive holding they're going to assess the five yards i believe against dion yes 21 defense five yards automatic first down diana's screaming at the official saying hey wait now the four receivers i got to take care of you know you got to give me an edge here it's the who me reaction [Music] always is it's never his fault it's never yours or mine we've narrowed it down though it's a first down at the 43 for houston in their own territory atlanta on top 21-0 two fumble recoveries for roon touchdown this is complete just short of the first down he'll mark it at the atlanta 49. roland mitchell with the tackle drew hill with the reception what atlanta has been doing is they've had the opportunity to rush four but they don't know when they're going to rush for or from what angle i think the line has been a little confused and right now they want to take a chance to go with the no huddle offense and catch them with 12 men on the field i think that might have been just what they did pass was complete to duncan scott case was there for the defense there are flags on the play it's exactly what happened called a delay against atlanta jerry glanville is noted for making numerous defensive substitutions and obviously in the first quarter he has certainly confused the houston offense now warren wanted to take the chance to catch them in the middle of such a thing that's exactly what happened there were 12 men on the field for atlanta [Applause] we're trying to read the lips to get the exact wordage the stadium mic problem here well it was 12 men you can take your pick as to who it was and of course the way they've been rushing the passer my guess is houston's thinking that they had 12 men on the field for the whole quarter so the ball moved to the atlanta 46 he was second and two so it is a first down [Applause] atlanta has it this time it is rick bryan and i believe this time they're actually going to call him down what do you think ken tippens jarred it loose is that andre bruce is down that would be a significant loss but he's getting up he's going to be okay he's no longer in that three-point stance now he's in a spinner stance just taking off and right there what happens is the guy gets hit and his leg comes out from under him because he doesn't think that's what's going to happen it hit him on the thigh and numbed him a little bit there's rick bryan with the ball but an oilers on top of him this time there's not much debate he's down so atlanta has the ball on their own 42-yard line first down and meanwhile the star of the game andre bruce is being worked on on the sideline it's either a wrist or a hand problem there's an interesting point here did you notice there's about four guys around andre bruce if he hadn't had all those sacks and tackles that have one guy looking at him asking hey go put some ice on it [Applause] first down atlanta falcons lead it 21 to nothing and the ball carrier steve broussard [Applause] stay with us at halftime for highlights updates bob costas will mcdonough and o.j simpson the time here 319 and counting we're still in the first quarter and it's atlanta 21 in houston nothing atlanta with a 49-yard touchdown drive that came off of a fumble recovery bobby butler a fumble that kind of rolled around and he covered it in the end zone and jesse tuggle picked up a fumble and went 65 yards [Applause] blue shirt again carrying on second and six william fuller and now a fight breaks out downfield you know charlie i know that both these teams have this reputation but atlanta's case with a three touchdown lead this is absolutely the last thing you want to do you've got all the momentum you've got the crowd behind you don't distract yourself keep to what's been going for you and of course if you're on houston's side of the ball you want to say hey maybe we want to get something started maybe we want to interrupt the flow of this game because obviously it's not going in our direction or setting foul the contrast of the two head coaches turnovers four for 14. that's what it costs them atlanta one turnover did not cost them actually you could say four for 21 because the touchdown drive started with a bumble recovery that's exactly right they're capitalizing all the turnovers thus far except for one and they're still going with this one third down and five push down floyd dixon wrestled down by chris dishman [Applause] well on third down you're going to get a situation where they're going to flood the right side you can see that he comes out to the flat and rising while not necessarily a pick runs into the way of chris dishman the wallet takes out two steps to get out of the way and that's enough room for miller to fit it in for the first down [Music] and the ball is at the houston 40-yard line first down we have had a lightning hit we have had a power hit here at the stadium and we have lost our monitors here we lost the big diamond vision now it comes back and we were off the air with that power here he's about to get hit again there's about a 30 chance of thunderstorms and i think we can up that well now i know i know that in columbus ohio they claimed that woody hayes controlled the weather now they're going to tell me here in atlanta i know jerry glanville's big but come on not that's going to fit much don't you think it is second and four at the 34. [Applause] and you can hear the thunder rolling in the background and the thunder rolling on the ground is steve broussard [Applause] bubba mcdowell with the stop good run support by mcdowell on that play broussard should have cut it up inside he comes to the outside and stretches it out and gives the pursuit too much time to catch up to it the ball at the 33-yard line going to be third down in two and we're starting to get a little rain and if you were a cognizant of course of what the national football league wanted to do this year in speeding games up with now one minute to go in the first quarter this first quarter already has lasted 50 minutes 5-0 this is the tape that they're going to send to the league and say c you're wrong miller throws passes complete first down and again it is floyd dixon let's look around the lead [Applause] no score fits for cleveland denver still by three over the raiders jets trail by three colts and bills tied new england leads by one san diego dallas still tired and here it is atlanta 21 and houston nothing and the rain starts to come down as the crowd heads for the exit looking for a dry spot the ball at the houston 23 yard line and chris miller calls for a timeout that stops the clock with 13 seconds left to play in the first quarter i think that's just what we needed don't you [Applause] and now conferences will be held in the rain it has been hot and muggy the last three days here in atlanta and every day there's been about a 30 chance of showers but it paid off this afternoon as here it comes well you know we're still very early in the game but you'd have to say that this was something that was not intermittent but was going to continue and certainly be in the favor of the atlanta falcons because the run shoot offense is difficult to employ in the rain because of all the cuts and all the options that the receivers have to utilize so it's going to be interesting as to whether or not this continues and if it's going to be a factor a deterrent for the houston oilers but as far as the oilers are concerned how will the rain affect andre bruce because he has dominated them boy that's right i agree i don't know if it's going to affect him at all in fact maybe the maybe the rain will loosen up his thigh a little bit because that's what's paining him right now here are the numbers on quarterback chris miller of atlanta seven of eight 76 yards bruce hart has seven carries for 29 yards first down at the 23-yard line and the rain is letting up just a little but bruchard is not they'll mark it at the 15 it'll go for eight it'll be second down and two as johnny meads and steve brown make the stop and we have come to the end of the first quarter and atlanta legion 21 and others today a guy losing his hair can choose between being the man he wants to be we look great with hair do something to save it and the man he could become can't you accept nature like everyone else doctors have hair loss treatment programs that 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help you get a foothold on your energy bills l.a seattle the silver and black attack [Music] and the school of hard nuts [Applause] the raiders battle the seahawks next sunday the preliminary report on andre bruce he has an injury to his wrist he is expected by for atlanta at the houston 15 in his second down in two through sides looks to tackle and he is going to lose five yards back to the 20. william fuller got it the statistics in the first quarter well the statistics are significant of course as you look at the total yards but never mind the yards passing rushing and everything else the key right there is the turnovers three of those four turnovers have turned into touchdowns and right now it appears that the fourth is on its way to either getting a field goal or a touchdown time of possession in this case a little bit overrated [Applause] [Music] [Applause] third and seven at the 20-yard line [Applause] phones are out on the houston bench coming to the near sideline he's done the telephones are out on houston's side so that means you have to take up all the phones on the atlanta side until they come back [Applause] and that of course cuts off communication to the assistant coaches in the press box you know we're less than 16 minutes into the game charlie and already these are some of the most beleaguered officials i would guess in the national football league today they've had to make a lot of tough decisions and hard calls and i guess you know this is one of those things where you wish you hadn't even gotten out of bed in the morning tough day for the men and the stripes the thunder continues to roar overhead but the rain has stopped chris miller has completed seven of eight 72 yards he's been sacked one time losing nine yards on the sack and so his protection entirely different than the protection that warren moon has had on the run and shoot yeah seven for eight but even more significant than that he's yet to be on his backside you see a clean jersey out there i would look for here on third down two straight third down conversions have been with that out route to dixon it'll be interesting to see if the philosophy of miller and glanville in this case is if it ain't broke don't fix it does that work for him the last two third down plays dixon is the motion man [Applause] miller looks left comes back right there's nothing there and he's going to pick up about a yard on the play ray childress brings up the defense to stop him at the 19-yard line so it'll be fourth down and six let's check the ticker still no score pittsburgh in cleveland denver still leads by three as does cincinnati buffalo now by seven over the coast england new england still by one in san diego dallas tied here it's atlanta 21 in houston nothing from the 29-yard line a 39-yard field goal attempt by greg davis full hague is the holder and it's three more for atlanta falcons lead the oilers 24 to another [Music] [Applause] no matter where you look there's mazda we're 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our game thanks a lot juice it just shows that he's right on top of the breaking story he knew that atlanta was going to jump out on top 24 to another and he knew that we had a five beta cap a game ahead of us right andre bruce is in the ball game he's number 93. [Applause] moon gives out to lorenzo white and the black wave is there to greet him after a yard it'll be second down jessie tuggle and andre bruce on the tackle this is what happened in nfl live mike ditka he might retire if the bears win the super bowl this season he also might retire if they don't will mcdonough did kept ourselves gets maybe in the final year of coaching buddy ryan will get a new contract until he becomes a millionaire that's what he said davis decision of the raiders future home will be made in two weeks and you and i will be waiting with baited breath in two weeks we'll have an update it is second and nine at the 21. incomplete jeffrey's the intended receiver it'll be third down and nine one thing they finally did on that play charlie is they're able to block andre bruce they brought the back to his side and you'll see right here that mags is able to step back and they're kind of a zone blocking situation here bruce has been coming untouched and all of a sudden they got somebody in front of him that's an adjustment that bob young and his staff had to make or else bruce is going to run a rough shot over the oilers all day and meanwhile number 58 the touchdown scoring jesse tuggle was applying pressure from the other side third and nine warren reverses his field cuts back and he is to the 26 27 yard line he rushes for six yards though it'll be fourth down and three mike gann cut him down marcus cotton is also there great hustle by marcus cotton too because he's rushing the pass along with andre bruce this time bruce takes it inside and takes himself out because moon's rolling to his left now he rolls to the left and realizes he's got a lot of room to cut back but here the pursuit is too much for him there's cotton coming out of your picture great speed great pursuit to prevent the first down [Applause] and now greg montgomery will kick to deion sanders at the 31. and he returns 11 yards to the 42-yard line [Applause] got it coming in we've got a timeout and atlanta has the lead we'll be back in a moment oh hold it we're not going away 11 52 is the time remaining in the second quarter and the falcons in command of the game well right at the last one of the officials came in and saw some contact that he didn't like and so he stopped in the back number 23 during the run dion does a good job a lot of times when you get scat back type kick returners they have a tendency to go east and west and drive their special teams coaches crazy there you saw dion get the ball and head up field with that great speed and get him an extra 12 yards and now that that's been sorted out we'll take our timeout we'll be back oh here we go how you like me now baby [Applause] [Music] foreign haven't we met somewhere before the mazda miata it just feels right in these uncertain times the intelligent investor sports coverage of the national football league is brought to you by mazda cars and trucks mazda it just feels right by keystone and keystone light bottled beer taste in a can wouldn't that be great and by castrol gtx engineered for today's smaller cars [Music] this is charlie jones and todd christensen atlanta fulton county stadium and the falcons lead the oilers 24 to nothing atlanta with the ball at their own 32-yard line and still 11 52 time remaining in the first half [Applause] miller has all the time in the world to throw and he completes the pass it'll be a first down again it is floyd dixon the return as we return to new york and bob costas and we quickly throw it to cincinnati where the bengals led the jets three nothing until ken o'brien sidestepped the rush and then heaved one 46 yards to al toon who was wide open o'brien who won the camp quarterback battle with tony eason has the jets in front 7-3 in the second charlie bob as you can tell there was no quarterback battle at atlanta chris miller having an outstanding game coming off of a good season last year lowest percentage of interceptions in the national football league could be headed to the pro bowl he is that good drops it over the middle it is broussard and broussard who scored the first touchdown of the ball game the first in his nfl career picks up the first down before richard johnson makes the tackle one of the situations here that people oftentimes underrate is a quarterback's ability to move with his feet and avoid the rush they get all caught up in 40 time but here you see nifty feet moving to the left and then throwing to the right right here avoiding the rush brassard makes the play downfield and gets the yardage but it was miller's quick feet that enabled him to get the first down and a gain of 14 to the 42 here's another look miller right here takes a shot from the back side fortunately for him landed into his line but i think that actually cushioned the blow a little bit charlie lyman don't appreciate it though [Applause] it's a first down [Applause] and there's nothing there for broussard this time johnny means with the stop childress is also there [Applause] in the white cap that is jack pardee the head coach of the houston oilers a man who has been coach of the year in the wfl the nfl the usfl in the southwest conference really a class act charlotte we got a chance to talk with him yesterday a real man of substance he's done it all in football pressure from the outside pass is complete and that is andre risen first up that we have heard from him well they've done a good job of trying to bracket him and take him away but here you'll get a chance to see that he's the blitz pickup right there you see the strong safety blitz and he's right away that he's to break off his route and get the ball here he almost breaks a big one there but he can't keep his feet as mcdowell knocks him down great adjustment by ryzen on the run and a nice throw by miller knowing that the blitz is coming and the first down of the houston 32 miller is now 9 out of 10. can't get much better than that just a little bit okay just a little bit all right all right not a lot just a little this little first down first down at the 20. and it is rising again brown with the tackle okay 10 for 11. that's better 10 minute ticker pittsburgh cleveland no score denver by six over the raiders jets lead cincinnati buffalo by 10 over indianapolis new england in front of miami san diego leading dallas now by seven and here it is atlanta 24 houston nothing and atlanta at the 21-yard line charlie earlier i mentioned the fact that the time of possession is often a very overrated statistic what i meant when i said that earlier is the two touchdowns they had scored have been defensive touchdowns but now at atlanta 13 minutes of possession to houston's only six it appears houston can't score unless their offense is on the field dishman was applying the pressure to miller and he had to rush to throw it's incomplete it'll be second down in ten here's a look at this one well finally miller proves that he's human big blitz coming in from the side dishman trying to make him hurry his throne as a result he couldn't get the ball to rise him and steve brown from the other side second down and down the ball of the houston 21. you know chris dishman had the reputation last year for being somewhat of a dirty player uh he had said to myself and others the fact that he's going to clean up his act a little bit this year he wants to be known as a great player not as somebody with cheap shots he gets personal fouls miller it is incomplete [Applause] so he's running to a dry spell all of a sudden rising the intended receiver and dishman was there for houston you have to give credit to the fact that they're not being predictable miller is rolling every which way right here he cuts up the field they've adjusted that a little bit ryzen right there dishman does a good job of covering him once again miller's hurried throw is too high for him good coverage by chris dishman time 7 54 left second quarter score atlanta 24 houston nothing falcons threatening again third down and 10. miller 11 to 1419 yards rising the intended receiver childress was pressuring him and it's fourth down the kicking team comes in greg davis already with a 39-yard field goal charlie that's going to hurt his average but that was a good decision you don't want to get sacked and take yourself out of field goal position he threw the ball away heads up play by miller who's showing the savvy of somebody who's been in the league a lot longer than he has 38-yard field goal attempt to go with his previous 39-yarder full hague is the holder guy bingham is a snapper right down the middle [Applause] atlanta 27 houston nothing in today's higher revving and hotter running engines where is a greater problem than ever before oil breakdown can shorten the life of vital engine parts that's why there's castrol castrol provides maximum protection against viscosity and thermal breakdown so use castrol because driving today can be a grind castrol engineered for 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comedy is with the hit comedy the finale boys from the writers of the golden girls following a new unsolved mysteries on nbc wednesday with 7 43 left to go in the first half it is atlanta 27 and houston another atlanta 143 net yards to houston's 39. [Applause] 2 yard line four and he returns to about the 24 maybe the 25-yard line of houston's 39 net yards 23 came on one pass play and that's been it for the offense of the oilers well defense by the atlanta falcons spotted at the houston 24. atlanta we're six in the secondary six in the secondary and andre bruce on the defensive right side [Music] pass is complete to drew hill houston now putting two linemen on andre bruce scott case with the tackle well what's happening here is that earlier in the game when they were able to shuffle some people in and out they didn't know where andre bruce was now they're sure and as a result don mags is doing a good job here they're doing some zone blocking which means that it's not necessarily man that they're going to have to take an area so the area that andre bruce now is in is what they're taking and andre bruce is not having the full rain he did earlier atlanta now with four in the secondary second down in one and white will pick up the first down at the 36. well i stand corrected i said that he wasn't having free raid and there he is coming in untouched again this time you'll see what happens is that you've got you've got tim green lining up over the tackle and as a result bruce is on the outside of him reminiscent of the old bear 46. and so what's happening is the tackle has to block green and bruce can come in untouched and there he does big play once again barely getting the first down and the celebration has started early the wave is in progress at atlanta falton county stadium that's original first down of the houston 36. pressure from the opposite side he just throws this away atlanta was looking for a flag of intentional grounding marcus cotton was putting the pressure on it and warren moon just threw it away charlie it appeared that warren moon was trying to set up a screen but i'm surprised that bob mackley didn't call this for intentional grounding fortunately for him the running back is right there in the area and right there i've seen it called in the grasp but bob mcelwee says no marcus cotton shows a lot of speed coming in there on warren moon and it'll be second down in town 5 58 time remaining second quarter it's atlanta 27 and houston another falcons with three touchdowns in the first quarter jeffries juggled it and then pulled it back in at the 41-yard line now an atlanta player comes up with it and anytime that ball is sitting on the ground after what happened in the first period atlanta's going to pick it up and head for the end zone they picked up two touchdowns that way yeah trump fumbles charlie i was about to say that you never know anymore in this game and give you an opportunity to check the 10-minute ticker of the early games and we'll update what's going on of course around the nfl with the late game the receivers for moon seem a little bit unsure i mean jeffrey's able to hang on to that one but it seems like they're bobbling them all over the field which surprises me third down and five we have got flag and an incomplete pass it may have been rick bryan hello a whole host of people and houston did a good job of being disciplined in that situation letting them jump off sides he's going to be very close in the measurements outside 99 defense five yards first down as you saw downfield duncan didn't make a sure catch you know he tried he short-armed it a little bit here we see him jump off sides brian bruce green take your pick they're all offsides [Applause] here we get a chance to see warren moon knows that he's got a free play and he fires it right in there but you see right there he knows he's gonna get hit he kind of short arms a little bit the ball comes out warren moon is a savvy veteran and i know that this the crowd and everything else may not be bothering him but his confidence has to be sapped not only by the fact that he's down by 27 points and his receivers have been less than sure handed in the first half houston first down at their own 46. [Applause] it is intercepted and then fumbled will they know they wrote it incomplete good call that's a good call gibbons the intended receiver brian jordan almost had it once again double coverage in that situation warren moon didn't see jordan he threw it right into his arms mixing up their coverages in the secondary and warren moon looks left then comes back to the right right here you'll see a bracket coverage and you'll see that jordan's running underneath there he has the interception and it's actually a good play by gibbons receiver turned defensive back to strip him up the ball or else it's atlanta's going the other way here you see moon looking and he knows right when he threw it but he's a little bit disappointed because he threw it right into the arms of george he was lucky to get that one back and ten again atlanta leads 27 to nothing charlotte they're going to look at this one on the instant replay but i think it's pretty clear that he didn't have possession of it give givens credit a lot of times receivers won't do that receivers will just try to make the tackle and pull the guy down but givens knew that if he could strip him with the ball as he does in this situation right to jordan look at gibbons going over the top taking the ball away from right there jordan doesn't have it he doesn't have possession of it a good job by ernest gibbs down 27 nothing you need any little play that can help you all right let's review that again because it is possession and two feet on the ground now he has both feet on the ground he has he has his hands on the ball and then does the ball come loose after he goes down but the minute he touches the ball givens goes over and gets a piece of his arm and strips him of it you'll see right here he makes the catch right here but right there givens touches it now there's one standpoint right now it's starting to come out and that's the second step okay great job by givens it was a good call it's an incomplete pass i know that ernest gibbons would rather much rather prefer to get the ball and not play db but in this situation who knows if houston goes down and scores and gives him a little bit of momentum this is one of those plays we'll look back on is a very big play second and 10 at the 46. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] atlanta atlanta's outside and the pass is incomplete blue hill the intended receiver well that's in effect going to be a free play for houston again and i don't mean to keep harping on on the receivers for houston but again that appeared to be a catchable ball for drew hill and warren moon needs some help out there when you're down in this situation he's going to continue to throw these guys have to come up with a ball for him maybe that's the old receiver in me charlie i shouldn't be so picky right and it's on marcus cotton and the ball will go to the atlanta 49. well the past defenders are so excited now because they're getting a free reign you'll see that marcus cotton gets a chance here to run unmolested but as long as those situations keep presenting themselves they're going to have some offsides penalties but those are aggressive penalties and glanville's not going to complain about that second and five 4 57 time remaining we're in the first half [Music] [Applause] curtis duncan pulls it down and bobby butler is there nice job by warren with a three-step drop to set up and get duncan the ball first down moving the sticks give him a little confidence throw a pass that's easy to catch and a little curl route now both moon and his receivers establish themselves a little bit better hey we're in control i know we're way down long ways to go hang in there first down at the atlanta 42 a gain of six in the last play and warren moon wants a timeout the score atlanta 27 and houston nothing everest all are armed and dangerous who is the nfl's top gun the assozu quarterback challenge settles the score four minutes and 12 seconds left in a hot muggy sunday afternoon second quarter and a ball game that you could really color black because uh black is back in atlanta and the falcons lead it 27 to nothing they can do no wrong so far black wave defense right yes and it has proven itself led by andre bruh got to be player of the week already throwback screen right side givens and he is brought down by scott case check the 10-minute ticket pittsburgh by three denver by six jets by four buffalo by 13. new england in front san diego by seven and here atlanta by 27 27 to another nfl live of course have all the highlights and scores from around the national football league be sure to be with us at halftime second and seven pass is complete given slips to tackle and the second man gets in so houston putting together a drive that started back in their own territory scott case missed the tackle bobby butler made it reverse it butler missed it and scott made it but for one of the few times both marcus cotton and andre bruce are blocked in this situation warren looks left and comes back right he has plenty of time givens wide open here makes a good move here in and out avoids bobby butler and gets a big gain and this is the sort of thing exactly what houston needed they got to get in the end zone here at the atlanta 19 and this passes defeat to drew hill and he is out of bounds and a flag is down roland mitchell chased him out it'll be against the oilers in that situation the falcons came with seven people you can see that scott case from the outside came in and the defensive or the rather the offensive tackle on that side took a chance and took a grab and hoped that nobody caught him that was a big play for houston but it goes back now holding call against the oilers sometimes you get away with it sometimes you don't the ball at the 29 yard line first and 20. the oilers last year nfl season record 149 penalties and that was under jerry glanville now the head coach of atlanta [Applause] scrambles right and he's going to lose a couple of yards and a flag is down [Applause] tim green number 99 was there for the falcons personal foul lane hit 76 personal foul against atlanta and i want to take a look at that and i tell you why because warren moon was no longer a quarterback he had made himself a running back he had lost all of his protection and this is great pursuit by tim green to run him down he comes into the one side and he's rushing him and warren moon sits he's got plenty of time but he can't find anybody great coverage in the secondary by the falcons here he cuts back and there's tim green to greet him but what happens right here as you'll see there it is there it is right there well they caught him on mike gan he got there too late good golf i don't know there was not a lot of malice in his heart and he was trying to stay off him as he came across and there's a step that you don't see too often anymore never missed an nfl game for an injury that's not something that happens around the league because injuries are prevalent he's probably got the nickname iron horse or something like that meanwhile andre bruce comes back into the ball game number 93. i can't imagine at this point it's too subtle to you nobody no but he was out the stadium microphone is inoperable it's intermittently inoperable at any rate a look at the penalties and a look at the ball which is now on the 14-yard line and it's an automatic first down the penalties there for atlanta have definitely cost them in this drive if houston is able to go in and score on this drive you can attribute a lot of that to the penalties of the falcons particularly in the last couple of plays houston scores [Applause] tony jones the rookie from the university of texas his first nfl touchdown all 137 pounds of yes here the they're giving it to all the big guys trying to get him in and here he is five foot seven 137 pounds cuts across right there makes the catch bobby butler was much too slow in getting up there and quickness quickness is tough boy right there jones in for the touchdown warren moon once again getting a lot of time andre bruce or no andre bruce right there he hesitates cuts back bobby butler can't make the play little jones in for the score taken in the sixth round of the draft out of the university of texas and he's got 4-2 speed in the 40s i believe it you know i feel bad i just said that because you know that throughout the season he's going to be referred to as little tony jones extra point is good and it's atlanta 27 houston seven with the two-minute mark [Applause] definitely what the doctor ordered the oilers had to get it in the end zone there would atlanta go with a hurry up off now it wouldn't surprise me nothing in this game would surprise me well i remember last year in a situation the uh the giants with the lead decided to go with the hurry up offense and gave up a turnover to change the momentum of the game with a 20-point lead i wouldn't be surprised if they decided to be a little bit conservative but then again glanville never does what anybody tells them to do that's true [Music] here's the draw from three yards to the 31 it'll be second down and seven ray childress with the tackle and don't forget to be with us at halftime nfl live bob costas will mcdonough and o.j simpson not only will they discuss everything that has gone on around the league but they'll also oh brouchard is down and they'll have a chance to discuss what is going on here houston had a cardboard cutout ouch [Applause] he is portable moon's pass it is intercepted roland mitchell and mitchell scores there's a flag two flags down back at the 13 and 14 yard line mike gann was pressuring moon [Applause] holding on the run back number 25. it is holding against atlanta i'm assuming that is after the interception let's see if that is true that's right bob mackel we said it was holding on and running back so that's right they're going to get it somewhere on the field to get an opportunity did you hear him or did you read his lips no i read his lips my dad's a speech pathologist that's why i'm able to do that sort of thing warren moon evades the rush right here and he throws just behind he's got him open he throws it behind and that's a nice catch there by roland mitchell's he cuts up field we'll see we're gonna chance here to see what the holding is about right there you can see it right there the left hand of scott case comes out and grabs drew hill if he had just let it go it would have been a touchdown when they see that in the films roland's going to turn to scott casey get ticked off right here you see he's doing a good job of blocking it just as he goes down watch the left arm he pulls on it right there and as you see him fall down right there with his foot underneath case's body the official's got to call that and the ball is at the houston 24-yard line atlanta has it with 48 seconds left in the first half [Applause] he got it nope nope no he didn't catch a short option well the dear official and that was the line judge bill reynolds moved over to say yes and then the official from across should know that it took him out you'll get a chance to see that the ball will actually hit the ground here good call by the official he won hopped it if he's a shortstop good play wide receiver no count second and ten at the 24. 40 seconds left first half 27-7 atlanta [Applause] [Applause] and it is intercepted by houston and it is chris dishman with the interception ryzen the intended receiver this is probably the first bad pass that chris miller is throwing the first half here you'll get a chance to see you'll see rising on the out here and he just decides he's going to throw it to him right there and instead he throws it behind the timing is off he needed to throw that ball a little bit sooner dishman makes a nice catch there keeping his feet in bounds a huge play for the houston oilers saves at least three and houston has the ball at their own 18 first down now with 35 seconds left in the first half he's a little bit disappointed he knows that that was his fault that he didn't get the ball to him a little bit sooner even though dyson did a good job of covering him had he thrown a little sooner dishman probably could have only batted it down and just see right there this is not a frequent occurrence i mean the lowest interception rate in the league last year he's from sheldon high school eugene oregon all right yeah i know that i know that i went there you went there yes yeah they produced some real studs up there in eugene oregon sheldon irish seven in the secondary for atlanta and here's the draw lorenzo white [Applause] it's going to be good for about five yards jesse tucker with the tackle market at the 23 and it's second and five houston's content to run out the clock and after those last two interceptions i think that's wise it's halftime in an extremely long first half completely dominated by the atlanta falcons well it's a situation here where houston has to regroup both from the offensive line and defensively the falcons don't want to change a thing they've got them disrupted halftime atlanta 27 houston seven nfl live halftime activities continues after the halftime statistics turnovers five and two are the big numbers along with 27-7 atlanta and here's bernard ford on the return for the oilers darian connor is the man who cut him down second round pick out of jackson state they're really high on him but right now the linebackers they got in there cotton and bruce are doing the job so houston will start the third quarter with the first down at their own 18-yard line and showing some signs of offensive life in the second half of the second quarter if you notice on the time of possession it's narrowed to 16 minutes to 13. a lot of that had to do with the fact that that long drive that got him in the end zone but still they have a long ways to go three touchdowns to make up 12-yard return by bernard ford and warren moon really taking a beating in the first half houston opens on the ground lorenzo white he may lose a yard [Applause] john rady out of boise state makes the tackle we didn't call his name too much in the first half but they're so preoccupied with everybody else here ready shoots the gap and makes a great play here on lorenzo white gee what do you know andre bruce again he's got to be the nfl player of the week he has to be the defensive player of the week i was going to say if they had the pro bowl votes you'd have to like his chances right after the first week huh it was a college game you'd like his chances for the heisman no no no no what a game he had last night here he comes screen right side and white is pulled out of bounds by toria you know charlie a lot of situations when the andre bruce and the marcus cottons keep blitzing you got to one of the other people have to make up for the slack that they're going to cause by coming you know uh all by themselves and not going into their past defense here you get a chance to see the pursuit of the falcons is something that for some reason the oilers can't seem to overcome they're flying around out there and their defensive coordinator doug shively has to be happy about that third down and three at the 25. [Applause] barely [Music] incomplete there may be a flag [Applause] roland mitchell i think he bumped him before the ball got there there is no fly i think you're probably right warren moon isn't the type to complain about this he has pretty good protection puts it right in there and you can see right there contact a little bit early there surprised it wouldn't call every fourth down and three lorenzo white really isn't a match for andre bruce as you see right there pushes him back into warren moon and causes him to throw off his back foot montgomery kicking to deion sanders a couple of good news the flag is down we asked dion yesterday if you'd like to go to offices oh yes i'm a man of big play well somebody that has that kind of ability to play two sports you got a figure could catch the ball if it gets to the point you know charlie where he is one of the great cornerbacks in the game what they're going to do is they'll just throw to the other side lego block in the back number 30. eugene seal down on the coverage 49 yards on the punt the penalty goes against the falcons limp a little bit but i guess he'll be okay look at that gold hanging out holy cow is that legal i know in the nba it isn't maybe in the nfl they figure it's okay inside the path maybe it's a good luck charm that was nice to lend him your bandana though well i knew he needed help yeah steve broussard who you saw coming limping out in the first half is okay he's back in at the start of the second half i don't think you ought to wear a gold in a football game i think you're going to hurt yourself if he comes could hit somebody in the eye and hurt him absolutely right do it sterling silver maybe platinum is all right platinum's all right atlanta from their own 23 first down some of you'll see platinum are you sure the results of the u.s open the kid did it the youngest in the history in straight sets oh impressive also impressive he went to stanford oh come on why did you have to play my son went to stanford did i pluck ty desmond no would you pledge your home did i plug the fact that they beat the number one team yesterday yeah but you were ready to do it you were ready to do it and i beat you to the point i wonder how many aces sampras had in that what a serve what 30 miles an hour 130. oh about the same as my 40s yeah [Applause] [Music] action fake touch pass is complete keith jones chris miller continues to look good richard johnson with the tackle good counter move for the quarterback fakes and it looks like the linemen are all going in one direction and he comes back here you'll see the running back come underneath right now see there's jones letting the flow go past him and he's all by himself nice touch pass by chris miller jones cups cuts it up field and runs over johnson for some johnson rather for some additional yardage good play hadn't shown in the first half give credit to the falcons for not being predictable gain of 16 to the 38 yard line first down [Music] [Applause] play action fake again right back to keith jones johnson again with a tackle well under the strategy of don't don't stop doing it until they stop it they do the exact same play over again and it gets another first down heads up by chris miller seeing the defense in the same situation running the same play and a gain of 13. will you do it again i don't think so you know what they say fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me third time is i don't even know i was wondering what you were going with that first down at the houston 49 atlanta 27 houston seven 11 17 time remaining third quarter play action right side and i believe a bootleg all the way yeah you know what i think you're right now let's check in with the hertz 10 minute ticker cleveland on top of pittsburgh raiders now by one over denver in a close one jets by seven buffalo by six new england by four san diego by seven so they're all close except atlanta 27 in houston seven here at atlanta fulton county stadium yeah we should also mention that you know there are two other games throughout the nfl charlie where coaches are coming back to their old clubs in case the redskins and the cardinals it didn't go so well for joe bugle but right now it looks pretty good for kazakh yes it does they're ahead of the cincinnati panels at this point chris miller does not like what he sees and he takes a timeout with the score atlanta 27 houston 7 and 10 27 left in the third cook you drink it just for the taste of it atlanta 27 houston seven chris miller changing his drop this year he has been able to go a three step drop and a five shot drop and a seven stop uh seven step drop and he said what it does it forces the defensive lineman to lift their heads and find out where i am gives me some more time and he really likes it and he is on target again andre charlie you're exactly right last year when he was the quarterback he had a standard seven-step drop and defensive line were just teeing off on him at will now with the changes in the drop and the opportunity to move in and out he's doing exactly what it is he wants to do and in this case doing it with his favorite receiver roles left comes back right gets it to ryzen out in the flat who makes a nice move gets by steve brown cuts up for the extra yardage here's ryzen emotion he waits for the two receivers to get ahead of it makes the move it's an option move right there we can go in or out in this case he goes out because there's nobody in the flat gets by steve brown it takes three four oilers to get him down and the first down at the houston 31. [Applause] atlanta leading 27-7 as they drive again and we have whistles and the play is called we have illegal procedure against the falcons and todd will read the lips of the referee bob mcelwee no we got a shot of deon limping so you do not get an opportunity to read his lips but we will have that for you later in the game well i'm no physical therapist but let me read his legs he's a little bit of pain how about that [Applause] first down in 15 as the ball goes back to the 36-yard line [Applause] and that was first and fifteen he does not pick up the first down but he comes within about three steps you know it's interesting that first and long or second and long one of the more common things that you want to call is the drawer screen here he pulls out and of course they're in a pass rushing mode and there's a big hole there nice block on johnny meets and he cuts to the left good job downfield blocking by the wide receivers as johnson forces him out of bounds but not before he gained 10. yeah they had him out at the 26th okay 10 yards then second and five i thought he picked up a little more but he didn't [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the highlight zone [Applause] i can't believe that 7 000 people voted that the highlight zone i really can't believe that great move though in this situation bubba mcdowell blitzes here you'll see him come off the left or you'll see bubba mcdowell trying to cover ryze look at that he's going forward instead of rising going the other direction there's no way he's going to be able to cover him in that situation all alone for the touchdown nice read by chris miller and andre don quinoa isn't going to be calling you babe don't look for the gig on soul train and the extra point is good 30 47 the celebration continues [Music] nothing refreshes quite like the real colder taste of diet coke [Music] with 100 nutrients hey where's boomer guys guys why don't we have as much quiet here as we had on the uh on the greens okay hit the ball 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[Applause] and here is the return of the houston oilers and bernard ford is the return man and the flag is dropped back at the 33-yard line ken tippins hates his body i mean he hates his body watch number 52 here go into the wedge look at this trying to show off his vertical that's nuts but of course i'll tell you right now that when they get into the film room everybody goes way to give it up if they're offsides that means they're gonna have to kick it off from the 25. we should mention that the reason they had to kick from the 30 was the fact that the official decided that andre ryzen's celebration was not spontaneous in the end zone but was indeed premeditated as far as i could tell how could he know well it's hard to be spontaneous when they hold a contest in town as you said they had 7 000 replies to the content to name his touchdown dance and they named it the highlight zone that's so i i do think that he had at least considered it prior to scoring exactly and i'm sure the referees read the paper and are cognizant of that atlanta offsides on the kickoff and it is refused by houston a touchdown drive of 78 yards in seven plays [Applause] six in the secondary for the falcons houston now trailing 34-7 more than eight minutes to go in the third and the lights are on knocked away good defensive play yesterday was photo day for the atlanta falcons and after they took the official team photo jerry glanville as he did in houston he invited all of the families to come out your kids your wives your girlfriends and come join us for the family portrait and this is the family portrait that was taken yesterday morning it was great you know what and bob phelps ozone that really made that famous in houston of course glanville a lot like bum phillips kind of a country guy with the boots enjoying himself and enjoying the family as well i mean that's a great situation when you come out on saturday and see who the people are behind the scenes with the players second and ten [Applause] moon's pass is complete tony jones who scored the only touchdown bobby butler has the coverage let's check out the 10-minute ticker fave unleading raiders in front 14-6 jets by 10 buffalo by six new england by four good ball game san diego still by seven and here it is atlanta 34 and houston seven change across the field for the measurement it'll be third down in that bar and every time they've gotten the ball into tony jones hands something good has happened they had to look for him a little bit more tony scored the touchdown and when we talked with warren moon yesterday he said you know when you think of speed you think of cliff branch and willie golf did i tell you tony jones has that kind of speed well you know what if he continues to be successful you know we talk a lot about the nolan ryan's and lyle alzados making the over 40 crowd feeling good but tony jones the joe mcneils are going to make the under 150 pound people pretty good too [Applause] quarterback sneak for the first down and warren moon has it he's out to about the 39 maybe the 38-yard line now for an update let's go to new york and bob all right charlie in la the raider defense put two touchdowns on the board in the third quarter first elway was intercepted by jerry robinson who brought it back for a score here vance johnson fumbles after the catch terry mcdaniel picks it up and burns 42 yards for the td they've gone to the fourth 14-6 raiders back to charlie and todd [Music] does that sound like deja vu or the first quarter here well they've done a great job defensively the raiders have drafted really well and i think that that side of the ball has vastly improved over 1989. in the first half all atlanta's defense jeffries pulls it in and another first down to the 49-yard line of atlanta report on deion sanders he hyper-extended his right knee we do not know if he will return obviously not in there on defense right now that would definitely be a problem because the quarterbacks have done an outstanding job today including sanders and that makes one less body on the sidelines if someone else goes down they can be in real trouble here's the pressure and the pass is complete and the race is on out of bounds haywood jeffries they came with an all-out blitz in that situation charlie you can see right from the middle you see the both inside backers coming they come from the outside warren moon knows that he's got single coverage outside and jeffries just beats mitchell to the outside mitchell almost doesn't get him out of bounds here as jeffrey's tightrope for some extra yardage it's one of the few times today that houston has been able to beat the atlanta blitz and houston stepping up their offensive face now with 6-10 time remaining in the third first down at the 14-yard line [Music] [Applause] almost intercepted it was too quick for tony jones to pull in and brian jordan behind him i think may have had the same problem well that was my fault charlie i'm the one that jinxed tony jones i said throw him the ball and right away goes right through his hands bounces off of charles dimro's shoulder pad and jordan almost gets it as well so it'll be second down that's the atlanta 14. [Applause] incomplete that face says a lot right there you get a chance to see warren moon's face he is really frustrated over the fact that his receivers can't seem to be able to come up with the ball i know that this is a little bit low but right there he's open warren puts it to the outside that's a catchable ball it is you get a chance to see warren's look on his face right now he's trying hard not to be frustrated but there it is that says it all come on you guys help me out john maggs has a foot injury jake finishes out with cramps a makeshift line we have some movement before the snap and the flags are down and meanwhile tim green is conversating start not conversating to new words [Applause] that's great here's the conversation a couple of us right there he's saying you know what it's been a long day for me a long day for me don't compound it please well that's what he was thinking third down and 15. david williams is now in for don max at the left tackle spot that could be interesting because that's where andre bruce is he can take advantage of somebody who's newly in the game matthews has moved to center and austin is in his guard and william is on the run and it is caught and down terrific catch by lorenzo white unfortunately wasn't for any yardage got it tim green putting the pressure on warren so what else is new somebody has been with him all day long well you know tim green when he was conversating with him earlier said i'm going to rush you partner that's what happened [Applause] fourth and 15s this has to say something about the tide of the game right here charlie you've got fourth and 15 on the 19-yard line and you're going for it yeah they're saying right now hey a field goal it just isn't gonna do it and a lot of that has to do with the new rules with regards to time that has something to do with it we'll explain that a little bit later the snap with two seconds on the time clock touchdown oh great catch tony jones again what a catch by tony jones he shows some vertical for a little bit five foot seven boy that's all right here he knows right here hey it's fourth and fifteen i'm gonna throw it up and hope for the best but you'd usually pick haywood jeffries your six foot two guy to leap right there he goes up he bobbles it does his feet come down do his feet come down they do and he's got a hold of it right on his right hip you can see he's struggling with it right there near the end and they could have called that incomplete but he gave him the benefit of the doubt warren moon checking it out what's the call he's waiting he claps yes touchdown a little satisfaction moon to jones 19 yards and here's the extra point well i didn't i didn't jinx him after not at all all right it is being reviewed even as we speak debate is going to be right here you can see that he double clutches it and watch as his feet come down as he's going out of bounds take a look at his right hip here you'll see he bobbles it now watch when he gets possession the argument right here is to whether or not he has it fully on his hip now now look right there is it stuck those are two feet does that count as possession if it does that's a touchdown and he hangs on to it all the way through so it is and you know what my feeling is on that he weighs 137 pounds let's give it to him no no no that has nothing to do with it oh it does he continued with he continued with it there's no reason for not to be a touchdown that was terrific catch a little satisfaction for warren who's been struggling all day he needed that badly and it came with 5 12 to go in the third here we get a chance to see the issue right here is the feet feet in the hip you know right there he doesn't have it does he have it right here one two does that count as possession oh yeah up here in the booth we seem to think so right there you can see the ball he has it clutched to his hip you got to give it to him in that situation it doesn't matter if where he catches it it's if it's stuck on his body it appears that it is given his due there's a two-minute time limit this year on the review process jack pardee's got to be thinking hey i've had enough problems today those two fumbles didn't go my way there was no possession when the man went out of bounds no possession when the man went out of bounds they say there was no possession with his feet in bounds i'm sorry i disagree with that you got to give him the benefit of the doc here's the debate right here what they're talking about is that's not a normal catch of course it isn't in the bread basket but if it's on his body in his possession right there on his hip you got to give him that it's in his arm he didn't bobble it right there it stuck and also there was touching by the defensive player that could have forced him even further to the wide side so he couldn't gather it in before he came down well i think it's a terrible call that's unfortunate but i don't think in reality and this has nothing to do 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premieres tomorrow night the fresh prince of bel air followed by the series preview of ferris bueller that's tomorrow night only on nbc and with the ball is gene line al smith with the tackle and we've got a flag and some pushing but let's go back to a replay you know charlie the situation here is how you catch the ball you know we get used to seeing people catch in their stomach or catch it over their head in their hands and that's one of those things that becomes rote just because here in this situation he improvises and puts it on his hip is it in possession right here you're going to see it's on his hip and he has a hold of it the one foot comes down and the left foot right there comes down also that's got to be a touchdown even if his left hand instinctively goes over to cover the ball you know they have to adapt to the spontaneity of that and quite frankly i don't think they they saw that they're used to seeing it a certain way just because it's different doesn't mean it's not right meanwhile that flag was against the houston oilers and the ball has now been moved to the 37-yard line and atlanta has a first down chris miller has completed 15 of 21 for 191 yards [Applause] one touchdown and one interception and he throws why being in the grasp of a defender and it is incomplete it'll be second down let's check the ticker cleveland in front raiders are in front jets by one indianapolis trailing in that ball game jeff george is out with a concussion new england by four san diego 14-10 fourth quarter and here with four and a half minutes to go in the third quarter it's atlanta 34 in houston 7. they can drop the flag there and they should and there is is that a flag finally did i finally see one that's a flag you know they got to throw the flag there but that's frustration on the part of it but it's a rulebook call you got to do it yeah i agree but i mean that's frustration on the part of doug smith you know he's got a situation here where he's tired of pass rushing you know it's late in the game he's you know it's been a long humid hot day he decides to take it out on the quarterback because he can't catch him there's no excuse writing the flags of the officials the atlanta falcons have now moved to the houston 41-yard line that was johnny meads that came in and fell on him here he comes i'm sorry i thought it was oh there's doug smith going over the top yeah you've got to cut yeah we've got to call that almost going in head first great reception michael haynes pulls it in when we asked michael about the offense that the atlanta falcons are running he said it's a receiver's dream well you know it's got to be a long day for somebody like johnny meads here he's been in every single play on a very hot day in a situation where they're trying to stretch the defense here is a linebacker he plays more as a defensive back he has to rush back into coverage sometimes blitz sometimes support the run he makes a nice tackle here but it's after the first down first down at the houston 28 yard line three and a half minutes to go in the [Music] third atlanta with another completion this one to sean collins and richard johnson with the tackle of course there's been a lot of penalties to help this drive but one of the questions about the run and shoot was whether or not if you were a hit in the game if you could keep the ball and knock some time off the clock and have time of possession chris miller continues to throw the short conservative passes where they go out he's in the inside moves to the outside cuts back gets open seven eight nine yard gains that drives houston oilers crazy and as a result they're able still without a semblance of a running game to knock some time off the clock two-back offense steve broussard and keith jones [Applause] and here's busan [Applause] and he should pick up the first down he needed a couple of yards i think he got him both al smith with a tackle here we get a chance to see jones lead him to the outside he stutters a little bit inside and as a result it slows him down but he does get just enough for the first down there's that low center of gravity and one of the advantages also to that as i mentioned earlier because he's not going to get injured as often because those big thick legs are going to be more protected against injury a first down at the 16 yard line just outside the 16 actually just inside the seventh [Applause] 52 yards in a touchdown miller with lots of time has a man open and he under throws him at the five but he still scoops it up and it's floyd dixon it's a great improvisational play by miller and the protection breaks down and weaves around a little bit dixon was supposed to go out to the flat and he waves him to cut up field there's a nice touch by miller to get him the ball and dixon is able to reach down underneath and make the catch inside the five here we get a chance to see it the play is obviously designed to go to the other side he pumps there he flips him up field go away from the flat and right there dixon's able to get his arms underneath the ball nice play close to being right there are his hands underneath it they are certainly looks like the nose of the ball might have hit the grass but the official didn't see it first and goal for the falcons four yard line atlanta now with two tight ends and now they're going to review that last reception to see if they want to change it well as i say the nose of the ball looked like it might have hit the ground hodge excuse me did a good job of getting underneath it in that situation here dixon rather right here you can see the heels of his hands where's the nose of the ball if his hands are underneath it in most cases you got to give him the catch but again you know last time i was wrong so who knows what they're going to decide they could overrule this one if they want to of course they could overrule any of them if they wanted to come to think of it what's the mysterious replay booth waves him up field touch pass right here from that angle you can't really see whether or not the ball is there but you got to give him credit for the fact they're able to improvise see i think the auto caller back why because i think i think it hits the ground right through there right his hands are underneath it i know you're right right there well there's the nose of the ball and there's the grass so you're right that's that evidently that's what they saw in the replay booth because they called it incomplete i think they should and i think they made a good call so they're one for one not bad they'd be leading the american league in hitting are you charitable and again uh we've had difficulties intermittent problems with the official's microphone so we're not able to pass all of the information along to you but being the clever broadcasters when they moved it back to the original line of scrimmage we're able to figure it out nothing gets passed up that's right we've got it so it's first and ten of the 16. [Applause] one of the interesting things that the falcons were going to do they had about four dummy people on the sideline signaling the signals in because houston would be able to read them and pick them up because they had that same system last year at russia and he's going to lose a couple well i don't think that picking up the signals on the sideline has had anything to do with a ball game that has been completely dominated by the defense of atlanta needs and sean jones in the last tackle you know we mentioned a little bit about the improvisational play that chris miller had earlier one of the things that happened to him last year is he couldn't call audibles he had no audible situation up at the line of scrimmage so if he came up there and they had to play perfectly defense there was nothing he could do about it now this year he has that option and you can see as a result of plays like the one he had two plays ago and some of the throws that he's made earlier in the game it's evident that he continues to grow in confidence and those are the kind of plays that give you that kind of confidence over the course of the year the kind where you make something out of nothing boys high school's got to be proud of this guy when they brought that play back to the second and ten now it is third and twelve the flag is down and the pass is incomplete and a flag is downfield down downfield and we have four seconds left in the third a lot of stuff going on out here looked to me like richard johnson was going for the ball but they collided and that's what the referee saw it's got to be the hardest call on a football field interference but it's all going to come back anyway oh we called it offensive passive appearance illegal use of hands on offense and offensive fast interference was the signal that's interesting illegal use of the hands to the face 61 offense that's decline offensive pass interferences decline fourth down according to the signals they had offensive pass interference and they had offense illegal use of the hands on offense and they refuse them both and so the down does not go over it becomes fourth down i realize that this is a long shot but maybe they should have taken one of the penalties and for no other reason to try to push them out of field goal range because now if he kicks the field goal that's 30 points to make up as it is if they could have missed it then four touchdowns still puts them back in the game i know it's a long time but that's certainly something i agree with no 36 yards on the field goal attempt and before the snap of the ball time has run out in the third quarter it's 34-7 atlanta and we'll be right back after these messages from your local station [Applause] for the first time you'll follow one crime from the streets through the courts order answer my question a special preview of law and order on nbc thursday this tote is the hottest thing around well i mean i figure if the girls like it i do i like big coats 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now with just under two minutes remaining they've got the lead mourinho scrambles right throws on the run how about this bullet and a nice diving catch by tony page for the seven yard touchdown 27-24 miami over the pats [Music] and that is uh something bob and houston needs to do here they've got to get something cranking you know one of the things that we had talked about charlie one of the new rules in trying to condense the time uh you notice that the time ran out just before the field what is happening now is that after the penalties they are letting the clock run hence the reason with four seconds left of the quarter they were able to run it out one of the problems now in the fourth quarter that's going to hurt the houston owners is the fact that if the receivers run out of bounds the clock does not stop until the five minute mark and so as a result with 30 points behind you know they can hit those out routes and go out of bounds but it's not going to matter because once they get the ball back in play the clock starts again and so what i think is going to happen in the future is a lot of those big comebacks those 30 down 35 to 7 down 28 to 3 kind of situations are not going to occur anymore because they're just not going to have enough time to come back and the cube gerald mcneill downs it in the end zone and houston will start from their own 20. let's look at the statistics through three quarters well yards rushing seems to be an issue here in the second half the falcons have been able to take some time off the clock by giving broussard the ball but of course once again the key statistic here is the turnovers five turnovers have led to the points for the falcons they've been able to maintain that edge the penalties that they have 11 for 90 are not the result of the usual glanville penalties but in fact aggressive offsides holdings things of that nature [Applause] bruce matthews is the center jay pennison bothered by cramps in the third quarter had gone to the locker room munchak and dawson are the offensive guards and warren moon the quarterback in the shotgun and he has all kinds of pressure he gets the pass off it is complete the earnest kevins and gibbons can go 80 yards the oilers picked up the blip well that was reminiscent earlier what they did with haywood jeffries you see raby come out the middle just untouched but all of a sudden all of a sudden there's nobody in center field there he runs a simple post pat and you can see it right here warren moon right here steps back he sees the blitz coming throws it right down the middle there's nobody there do we get a chance to see it stumbled by dimry right there he thought he was making an end move and there's nobody there he's got him beat by seven yards right now is a foot race and ernest gibbons who has been in numerous fastest nfl man competitions is not going to be caught 80 yard touchdown for the oilers [Applause] 17 seconds on the clock from the time that greg davis hit the field 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auto and life usfg standing behind the usa and by levi's dockers if they're not dockers they're just pants hello again everybody along with todd christensen i'm charlie jones with 1439 left to go here in atlanta and atlanta's looking for the on-site kick you can see right there they have nine people up there within that five yard radius but it looks like they're going to kick it deep anyway and they do keith jones lets it go and he goes through the end zone so atlanta will start from their own 20-yard line let's check out the tickers cleveland by 10 over pittsburgh in the fourth raiders on top of denver in the fourth cincinnati by two in the fourth and buffalo comfortably in front of the colts in the fourth again jeff george out with a concussion in that ball game miami by three bob costas gave us that update a moment ago and san diego 14-10 over dallas in the fourth and here it is atlanta 37 houston 14. an opportunity view in case you join us late these are the finals of the early ball games today keith jones and gene lange are the two running backs chris miller the quarterback [Music] [Applause] and here is line and he's going to get back to the line of scrimmage and that's going to be all bubba mcdowell with the tackle it'll be second down and 10. this telecast presented by authority the national football league intended for the private use of our audience any rebroadcasts or other use of this telecast without the express written consent of the atlanta falcons and the national football league is prohibited this game is the property of the national football league houston oilers and atlanta falcons all rights reserved this game is definitely the property the atlanta falcons called that one right that is truth in broadcasting pass is complete far side to michael haynes [Music] a sellout crowd today more than 56 000 on hand patrick allen was there amongst him he was there for the oiler defense of that last play mark it at the 25 and it will be third down and five you know you mentioned the attendance charlie my understanding is that the first three home games here are sold out and i think that's the first time they've done that here in a long time and the possibility that the first five may be sold out and it would not surprise me at all with this sellout and this showing by atlanta with the game on being carried locally here that he couldn't sell out most of the rest of the season off of what the falcons have done here they're a good ball club it'll be fourth and five and the oilers will have another opportunity and could have pretty good field position they look a little lethargic there you know they have the 23-point lead they know it's the fourth quarter and i think that one of the things that glanville is looking for is to operate in other venues they know that they've been successful with what they've been doing earlier in the game and now they want to try some different things you notice they have the two-back set they want to see if they can run a little bit they brought some new people in like jean lang you know one game you know this is only one sixteenth of the season they got to see what some other people can do over the course of the year and this is a good opportunity to let them see and the cube gerald mcneal is set for the return and fulham gets it off he takes it on the bounce and takes it out of bounds that'll stop the clock we've got a timeout atlanta leads it 37-14 one feature of the oldsmobile edge is if your vehicle is disabled we'll reimburse you so you can rent a car pay for a hotel and feed your family up to five hundred dollars so pack an old on your next trip this is the new generation one new duracell battery one old duracell battery after nine loud weeks in a boom box close your eyes no peeking okay open them now which is which this is why we save the new duracell package it holds the copper top tester which tells you if the battery is good or needs to be replaced the new one the old one it's 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a special the summit in helsinki followed by nbc's double feature night paulie and a fight for jenny tonight only on nbc six in the secondary for the falcons houston with the first down at their own 38 yard line trailing 37-14 moon's bass is caught looks like they might have got a face mask there close to the sidelines charles duncan pulled it in and charles dimry was there for atlanta and it is a face mask through defense first down what do you say five yards in automatic first down yeah it wasn't intentional one of those things he went for the tackle and his hand ran across his face man that's been in the news right there not the one screaming but he's been in the news also and he will be because he is ball club his portion of the team has really performed there's no doubt about it doug shively has done a great job in orchestrating something to stop the run and shoot because one of the big debates we had at the top of the show in fact you know at nfl live they were talking about what this was the offense of the 90s and what are we going to do to stop it take a page out of doug shively's book whatever it is he's done and mixing up the coverages blitzing from different angles he's definitely done a good job of stopping the owners offense today [Applause] 49-yard line of atlanta first down 12-52 time remaining [Applause] and it's scott far side and it'll be another first down haywood jefferies with the reception and he was covered by dion sanders so dion's knee is okay that's good to hear he had a flag now i guess his defensive holding from the secondary you call it [Applause] it wasn't on diano's the other side of the field i think bobby butler is the culprit behind the penalty yeah i was 23 i read his lips i promise all right it's refused it'll be a first down at the 33-yard line you know 12 40 and running here all of a sudden this doesn't look so far-fetched i mean i'm not going to sit here and play crescent and guess that they can make a big comeback but if they were to score before the 10-minute mark they might have ourselves a football game [Applause] mike rozier is that the first time for him today first time for him tuggle and cotton make the tackle this is charlie jones todd christensen we're at atlanta fulton county stadium opening the nfl season with now 12 minutes to go in the ball game it's atlanta 37 and houston 14. now let's update the other games second and fourth to 27. [Applause] incomplete there's nice coverage by dion on that situation warren moon in effect threw him a jump ball but dion was right there with jeffrey stride for stride [Applause] it's a timing situation where he wants him to turn around right here and jump but right there dion stays right with him gets a left hand in there and even though it looks like this might be a catch of a ball dion does a good job of pushing him out of the way making it incomplete [Applause] he's all alone out there it looks like lonely being a corner [Applause] [Music] first down at the 20-yard line as moon pulled it back threw back underneath the coverage to jeffries and sanders makes the tackle dion sanders did a great job too i mean he was now look at that he's still limping then he's still bothering a little bit look at right here makes a good job gets away with a little chuck under the chin but then jeffrey gets away with pushing off right here he's right there with him but he slides down makes the catch good play by both both players in that situation was just that offense wins out in this case first down at the 20-yard line it is intersecting the flag is down neon dion with the interception and he loses the ball it is fumbled stripped from him but atlanta recovers it but don't forget we've got to flag well scott case was able to get it back but they're going to call this on dion sanders they say that he had contact before and they're going to say that he pushed off on jeffries warren moon looked at the other side and came back and they're called dion for pass interference it was a bad throw by warren because he had jeffries for the touchdown but he under threw it a little bit did a good job looking right and coming back left but for some reason he under threw it beyond pass interference 21 defense first down he will get a chance to see it he tries to get an inside release and dion does a good job now right here you're going to see look at that he comes oh boy really ticky tack there he had his hands on his hips and look at that jefferson's already screaming for it he gets it that's no harm no call back no you no that's a bad call in that situation you gotta let it go and the reason i say that isn't just because of the fact that it's a ticky tac foul but you know over the course of the season charlie with four wide receivers flying all over the place and so many balls being thrown these games are not going to be as short as they think if they're going to call that sort of thing a penalty it'll be first and goal to go at the one yard line [Applause] and now an official's timeout moon has completed 19 of 36 236 yards two touchdowns one interceptions two sacks two fumbles and he was beat up in the first half by andre bruce this is the only formation right here that they have that they do not have a wide receiver in they have a three tight end set but in effect none of them are tight ends in fact they've got two tackles at the tight ends in this situation in their goal line offense but it appeared that one of the tight ends whoever it might have been it might have been matthews in that case start 73 offense i think he got excited maybe they thought they're gonna throw him a pass and it's a procedure penalty against the oilers and you're right they don't have any tied into their ball club and so also in this situation that when the tackles moves outside now yes he lifted that right foot but technically in that situation he could have said he was getting himself set i've seen a lot of players most of them because he is a tight end in that situation he also has to report so he's not it's not tackle a tackle i know you haven't been around that long charlie but you'll remember bob the boomer brown of the eagles used to do that all the time pumping with his leg and they never called him but they called on williams in this case interesting though doesn't that call go from tackle to tackle i would think so yeah he's not a tackle well but again see what does the official see he sees number 73 assumes he's an interior alignment he's got to throw the flag yeah [Music] kind of happened to catch earlier of tony jones so now the official now has stopped the clock and now he has started the club all of a sudden receivers come back out another flag is down gibbons says that he caught it official running in said the same thing but the official with the closest look was throwing a flag well they're going to call in the secondary again they're going to call some sort of interference and i'm telling you this has got to be the longest it's like the movie the longest day for these he got it is holding refused and it's a touchdown bobby butler gets caught in this situation we see warren moon right here cut to the right this is a nice catch right here great of hands ernest gibbons way to go down and go get it that's the advantage of being a smurf you're closer to the ground nice catch by gibbons actually good defense there by butler as well so the oilers 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following the ballgame nbc news presents a special with tom brokaw the summit in helsinki followed by nbc's double feature night paulie and a fight for jenny that's tonight here on nbc charlie's given let receptions 124 yards and two touchdowns in the ball game teamwork teamwork it's got to look at that and all of a sudden at the last minute deployed dixon there with him i think it is let's see discretion's a better part of valor in this situation look at that they get it together and they say okay you know who's gonna run who's got it i think what we're gonna have to do here is oh let's get down self-preservation number one rule [Applause] atlanta at their own 23-yard line first down you know charlotte we had mentioned the fact that they scored before the 10-minute mark i mean there's 10 minutes and 33 seconds left if they don't knock off a couple of first downs here if they go three downs and punt like they did last series they'd be in trouble [Applause] keith jones first down and naturally i have to say that don't i they get a first down right off the bat simple straight block and you see him following behind mike ken here he cuts back good block there by ken that springs him into the secondary 12 yard game nice run by jones the ball at the atlanta 35-yard line [Applause] and he's got about three almost got away there at the end nifty little run by broussard i noticed they're running to the left behind scully and glenn we see that doug smith is down see how seriously injured he is appears he's going to be able to get up [Applause] that really hurts when you fall down between first and second base very painful out there on the dirt and of course the brave season is still going on and so that's the reason for the infield like that there's jerry glanville he's got a new belt buckle on his friend in montana he's in a new big belt buckle he wants to he wants to run that clock he's been of course he was at the concert on friday night with uh chris chris davison and jerry jeff walker he's saying as he always seems to do the pilgrim we figured out it's his theme song the words he's a walking contradiction partly truth and partly fiction and i think that that describes jerry well you know you know you can talk about the fact that whether or not you know he's styling but i think the reality is is that what that does is that hides dunlop's disease and you know what dunlop's disease but i don't want to know sure you do that's when your belly done lopped over the belt so that's what that buckle hides right there it hides dunlop's disease and of course you know now here's another thing that people don't realize that's one of the reasons he dresses in black too you know that don't you tell me yeah because black makes you thinner just ask your wife sometimes well he has lost a lot of weight says he gains weight during the season when i saw him yesterday i said first thing you really lost some weight he said well i always lose weight during the summer during the off season and gain weight during the season i think with most coaches it's the other way you know yeah but i'll guess that when he started wearing black he was a porker that's my guess he started wearing black and he's a little bit fat [Music] second and seven keith jones gets the call let's check the entire scoreboard final chicago over seattle final green bay defeats the rams final kansas city over minnesota final tampa bay beats detroit final washington shuts out phoenix final cleveland over pittsburgh final raiders over denver at home final cincinnati over the jets final buffalo over indianapolis final miami over new england final dallas comes from behind to defeat san diego it matches their victory total of all of last year and it's all over but us folks and we still got eight and a half minutes to go sure don't go away [Applause] rise in the motion man and atlanta is going to stay on the ground they do want to run some time off the clock interesting call there third and four though you wouldn't expect that out of the red gun it's gonna be awfully close it depends where they put the ball down you may have seen a little pushing and shoving by number 69 for the atlanta falcons his last name is hoover his first name is houston his head coach ever calls him texas he doesn't like to say the word houston in fact jerry glanville will not say the word houston it's that other team where i worked before well plus the fact that he says that the other thing that he says there about it there he gets into it a little bit with sean jones is the fact that hoover the reason he calls him texas is not just because of that because he says hoover's as big as all of texas it's fourth down i think he's only about as big as the panhandle myself we've got a delay of game called against the falcons they just let the clock run all the way down 7 25 is the time remaining in the fourth quarter 37 to 21 is the score atlanta on top they have led all the way they were out 27 to nothing and since then houston has scored 21 and atlanta scored 10 low snap but he gets it off high and short fair catch is called for and taken around the 32 of the 33 yard line he's complaining that some somebody came by and got a piece of him that's a good job to hustle up and save some yardage on that and the official was reaching for the flag we'll be back in a moment if you buy this new oldsmobile and have a burning desire to haul 5 000 pounds through the desert in the middle of summer go ahead that's how we tested it this is [Music] not because there are no unimportant parts if you have an insurance repair on your home and you have allstate it's in our hands we know some very reliable contractors it's our business too so if you choose a contractor we recommend we guarantee the workmanship of their repairs for one year that's why you're in good hands with allstate a member of the sears financial network okay so what's new with the new generation of oldsmobile [Music] still wondering and the score with just over seven minutes to go is atlanta 37 and houston 21 and what do you have here well you know people out there are going to say that this is ed grimley or martin short when he gets a little bit older but in fact it is a facsimile of charlie jones when charlie jones has done games work where jerry glanville is coached the record has been one and six and so as a result we got this voodoo doll that he gave to us to get over this hex and right now looks like it's working right he put one right through the heart of the peacock and charlie well of course you told me that's your least vulnerable spot it is it is i'm glad he didn't hit the pocketbook [Applause] here is houston from their own 33-yard line i like and the pass is complete and very quickly houston is in atlanta territory here you get a chance to see that they're in what's called the prevent see he's running downfield he's not going to give up the big play but still this is a lot of yardage that curtis duncan is able to get you see that he pushes him out of bounds they set the ball and now the clock is running just as we mentioned before now that will of course stop when there's five minutes to go in the quarter then you can stop the clock by going out of bounds [Applause] [Music] atlanta has been penalized 119 yards the oilers 65 just to bring you up to date there and there's the time remaining just over six and a half and moving just outside the 40-yard line of the falcons [Applause] and over the middle and through the woods is mike roger i can't believe i said that i believe it it's a first down well it's been a long day well it's that hairdo on the voodoo doll you said yeah you wish you had that much i wish i had that in my chair yeah i would moose it and put it up in that same form yeah i like the glasses though that was a nice touch it was a nice touch that was the voodoo of course ed grimley doesn't hike his pants as high as you do [Laughter] all right the ball now at the 30-yard line and first down and warren moon with an opportunity here to get the orders right back in the thick of things moon 22 of 39 he's thrown for 311 yards and you can add about three more they'll give him the reception which is going to be the 27-yard line and the clock continues to move that's jeffrey's on the receiving end and dimry who stopped him now jeffries one of the four key wide receivers is 6-2 by far the tallest and when we watched their workout yesterday and all the wide receivers were in a circle he looked like he was out of place yeah it kind of looked like gulliver in the little fusions actually i mean being over six foot makes you taller than everybody else who is five nine or under [Applause] gain of three second and seven [Applause] pass is complete should be a first down duncan went up and brought it down here we get a chance to see the height oh i was wrong okay curtis duncan's 511. no kidding look at the weights the heaviest of the group is 184 pounds you know this is the byproduct of the bump rule that happened over 12 years ago back then the defensive backs had the opportunity to beat everybody up but what's happening now as a result of the five yard chuck it's bringing in the little receiver into the lead i think it's a good thing now we're inside of five minutes and so the clock will stop has a man in the end zone and givens oh great play by bobby butler laid out and got a piece of it nice play by the veteran we got to give him a lot of credit you know bobby butler got beaten out by charles dimry and dion sanders of course are now the corners for them and butler's been around a long time here you get a chance to see him fakes on the hook there goes gibbons [Applause] cuts right in front this is this is the last one that he got a touchdown online cheap shot helmet to helmet that's a cheap shot yeah you got to call that you got to drop a flag come on no i didn't see that before that's terrible that's terrible that's scott case oh that's especially in the end zone because if he catches the ball and he knocks it out of it anyway that's a touchdown no excuse for that and the strange thing about it is my guess is that in the film room they're going to compliment it for that of course but there's no place for that in football scott k should have never done that and the officials should have seen and dropped a flag but they have not had a very good day but we've said that before do we get a chance to see it again right here as the ball goes past how many steps before he gets there one two he's already on the ground with the forearm underneath the chin that's no cause for that that's 15 yards maybe even throwing him out of the game no reason for that to happen and while we have time out here's a program note the kids are in school footballs are in the air and the start of the new fall tv season is upon us nbc's premiering some of their new shows this week and the hottest show the surefire hit of the season the show that all the critics are talking about premieres tomorrow night the fresh prince of bel air followed by the series preview of ferris bueller that's tomorrow night on nbc ernest gibbons is walking around it appears that he's okay he is tough but once again we have to emphasize the fact there's no call for that in football huh i'm all for being aggressive but you just can't have that happen pass is complete and out of bounds at the three-yard line i suppose you could say it would be poetic justice that scott case would be the one that would get burned in this situation after the hit that he just put on gibbons the cheap shot here you get a chance to see they're coming with an all-out blitz and that means singles in the secondary and that means case has to come from his free safety situation and cover drew hill man for man he's not able to get there quick enough and drew is almost able to get out of his reach and score the touchdown and as charlie mentioned now we're inside of five minutes so the clock will stop when the receivers go out of bounds 4 20 time remaining first down goal to go at the three the oilers trail 37-21 [Applause] there's nothing there rozier troy epps leads the black way i'm surprised that they ran in that situation houston needs to hustle back to the huddle right here or else get up to the line of scrimmage because they can't afford the luxury of standing around and letting the clock tick off now the clock is stopped at 402 but i'm also surprised that they ran the ball because if it fails as it did in this situation it's going to cost them another 25 to 30 seconds they've got a throw even though they're on the 3 yard line and now the clock is round second down goal to go moon has thrown for three touchdowns pressure from the backside does he have it and now four as houston scores it is bernard four that's a nice catch by bernard ford earlier in the game we were a little bit critical of the receivers not being able to come up with the ball but in this situation you can see ford extends himself and makes a really nice catch while he's being covered fairly effectively 3 43 is the time remaining and it's a 37 to 27 ball game with the extra points still to come this is a big extra point because if they're able to get this through that means they're two scores away from actually going ahead and stranger things have happened in three minutes and 42 seconds [Applause] we had some movement i'm along the offensive line and then some jumping by the defensive line and i'm sure there's a lot of conversating also going on a lot of conversation and of course a lot of this is the byproduct of fatigue as we've mentioned at nauseam this game is lasting an awful long time and it gets that much harder just to get down in your stance and go through the motions and of course naturally if you get hit or somebody goofs up tempers get short once again male mckesmo rears its ugly head and it is still a very warm and humid evening here in atlanta and it's about 7 24 here [Applause] oh boy no good that is a big miss tony zindejas misses the extra point let's look at that again well the snap is fine and so is the hole it's just a matter of the five yards takes away that angle but if he has a bad a bad swing it's not going to go through in that situation of course if it's right on the two-yard line that's probably good it weaves its way inside the post but in this case it isn't and it remains to be seen whether or not it's going to be that costly good point the penalty in reality costs the point time remaining 3 43 the margin has been cut to 10. get a chance to see ford here right there you see that drew runs into charles dimry and he stumbles a little bit and isn't able to get out it's a good play right there of course technically you'd have to call that a pick but of course the official doesn't know what the intent is look at andre bruce great poise right there by moon to make the throw now watch this what's the competitor he rolls over in his back checks yeah touchdown warren moon is showing a lot today in terms of toughness here he rolls back and you'll see that andre bruce all by himself but fortunately ford is able to free himself soon that's actually a one-handed catch that was a nice play there by ford charles dimrey stumbled a little bit wasn't able to get out there houston has utilized all their wide receivers today a lot of that has to do with the fact that with all the running there's gonna be the fatigue fact and i think that's something else that you'd have to consider with the run and shoot is that these people around the fourth quarter going to get tired because whether they throw the ball or not they're running these decoy routes but theoretically the defense also gets tired oh yeah they gotta run they gotta go with you now is it still too early for the on-site skip i think it is your defense has held them you need two scores i would agree because the situation here is that if you can kick and go three downs and punt yeah although it looks like he's going to do it yes there they are he's going to take a shot at it i would i kick deep defense has been playing has to go 10 yards 10 yards it goes to 10 yards atlanta falls on it good fortune good fortune was it michael haynes a flag is down back at the 35 i believe the oil is offsides atlanta of course will refuse that charlie i'm embarrassed to say that one of the few tight ends in the field gary wilkins it went through his hands [Applause] they're trying to time it up perfectly and that's just too difficult here you'll get a chance to see you've got one two three four five six seven eight bodies all on this left side and they're going to take off before the kick he lets them go but there's just no way that they can all be even you see right there there's about two of them ahead oh wilkins please don't do that and it is number 81 michael haynes thank goodness haynes saved it yes so atlanta has the ball at the houston 49 first down with 3 41 remaining and atlanta leads by 10 37-27 gene lange and he'll pick up nine yards on the play in the clock move charlie the oilers have to take some chances now they got to come up and press the run they got to put seven eight men on the line of scrimmage so if they're going to bleed the clock like it appears that the falcons want to do there's a chance that they could bust out of the open and gene lang almost did that once he gets past the first wave of eight he could go the distance al smith and terry canard on the stop chris miller has completed 18 of 29 for 219 yards [Applause] his number's pale next to warren moons but the issue here is how effective it has been he hasn't had to come from behind a lot of the yards have been meaningless trying to catch up [Applause] [Music] and lang again and he's got the first down let's check all the scores in the national football league they're all finals giving you a chance to see how your favorites did on this opening day of this 1990 season we still have two and a half minutes to go here in atlanta fulton county stadium and the ball is at the houston 36-yard line the game clock is two seconds behind the time clock and as a result the time set on the field so they are going to have to run a play they can't let it go down to the two minute warning but they can get it past the two-minute warning he's able to wait till about two or one seconds left on the clock [Applause] and lying on the right side [Applause] he's back to the line of scrimmage and that's about all that he got and we have an official's time out we have the two-minute warning and officially 159 left to go it's more than just a game 17 and if you play your cards right 20 you could win it all 25 25 i won with that lineup yeah play diet coke super bowl lineup and you could win up to 25 000 game pieces and caps only on packages with super bowl lineup emblems tough luck boomer collect and win or win instantly hey a super bowl trip with 100 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this season well i think that houston's got to be a little bit disappointed with themselves you know at the end of the game they're going to look and see the warren moon through for four touchdown passes and over 300 yards they're going to say that their offense is doing the job but that's not true in critical situations they turned the ball over and that's why atlanta was able to get what appears at this point to be an insurmountable 30-point lead all right as far as the atlanta falcons are concerned how do you access uh what they have done i love their defense and what they're going to do this year well you and i both know that jerry glanville is the pt barnum of nfl head coaches a lot of times he runs his mouth without backing it up in this case it appears that his team does have the people to back it up this looks like a real good ball club atlanta at the houston 31-yard line and gene lange is the ball carrier houston now will stop the clock a chance for us to point out that the executive producer of nbc sports is terry o'neil the coordinating producer of nfl football is john francis today's in tonight's telecast has been produced by george finkel and directed by peter blechner and the other people all involved in our telecast here this afternoon and we thank them all as this warm and humid weekend is coming to a close here in atlanta and right now it looks as if it will be on a winning note for the atlanta falcons 152 is the time remaining and it is second down and five you know charlie obviously this is going to do a lot for the team but it's going to do a lot for the community as well you know when you and i came in i i happened to see some of the bumper stickers they had on the cars there in atlanta one of the ones that caught my eye was said go braves and take the falcons with and one of you know was interesting to me because it said on one of the big billboards as we came in we got a chance to see it said on sunday we'll be at our worst behavior and certainly the crowd has been a factor in this game the crowd has been very involved from the beginning [Applause] miller just downs it back at the 40-yard line and houston will take another timeout took a chance in that bootleg but they weren't fooled they were fooled earlier in the game by but now at the end they're going to let it go was he trying to buy a little time well he was hoping that they'd get fooled he'd be able to run around for a first down because they wouldn't anticipate they'd do a misdirection play but in that case obviously they weren't too fooled by it the kids are in school football's in the air and the start of the new fall television season is upon us nbc's premiering some of their new shows this week and the hottest show the surefire hit of the season and the show that all the critics are talking about premieres tomorrow night the fresh prince of bel air followed by the series preview of ferris bueller that's tomorrow night only on nbc i understand that you're a really big rap fan friend of mine was telling me that down in la jolla you're known as dj jazzy jones is that true who have you been talking to hey that's just what i heard did you wander to last night after our production meeting it's one of your golfing buddies oh no they're still in the golf carts houston with one timeout remaining trailing by 10 and 147 left in the ball game [Applause] and the pass is complete [Applause] to floyd dixon steve brown makes the tackle and it will be fourth down dixon made a great catch here nice leaping catch of chris miller's pass but unfortunately wasn't able to keep himself in bounds and i'm sure that's exactly what they wanted to do is to keep him in bounds interestingly enough now they're going to go for a field goal look you know as we see the replay we see the catcher and he couldn't quite keep his feet in bounds now you're going to ask yourself the question is he is he running up the score here he isn't the reason he's doing this is that he wants to give greg davis some confidence if he's able to hit this 52-yard field goal it's going to bode well down the line he's not running up the score here and he's got it [Music] now now greg knows that he can make that 52 yard and of course down the line one of the tiebreakers at the end of the season is points and of course it's a little too early to think about that but i firmly believe that the reason they're kicking this field goal is because greg davis is a young kicker and he wants to know that in a more crucial situation in games later on if he has to try that 52-yarder he knows that he can make it officially they're going to call it 51 yards he is four for four today 39 38 36 and now 51 yards [Music] big smile on his face too that's one of those statistics i keep track of is those field goals beyond 50 yards and that's something that don't tell me greg davis isn't well aware of and tonight following the game nbc news presents the special the summit in helsinki with tom brokaw followed by nbc's double feature night paulie and the fight for polly excuse me paulie in a fight for jenny that's all tonight on nbc [Applause] 135 still left to go here at atlanta fulton county stadium with the falcons leading the oilers by a score of 40 to 27. greg davis has shown us a lot of leg today have they returned to kickoff yet let's keep them on the end oh they have no they have we've had i know at least three touch touchbacks he's had a lot of in the end zone and he has another one in the end zone he really has shown a lot of legs it's a big priority now with coaches they want somebody that can kick it in the end zone not give them a chance to run it back so houston was died from their own 20. trailing now by 13 points black and a black storm cloud approaching will cover moon completely and it wore number 93 and it was named andre bruce seven in the secondary for the falcons [Applause] did the elvis ever seen the program no i'm still trying to figure out the first chapter of granville's book when he talks about it [Applause] incomplete curtis duncan the intended receiver 126 time remaining they say that the films don't lie when the player is going to get a chance to look at the films they know whether or not they're making the effort take a look at this here he's still fighting still fighting now he's going to run down field the coaches like this sort of effort that's the sort of thing and the films are going to say yeah way to go way to hustle even with the game no longer in doubt ruth shows his hustle that's the way you build a winning tradition i agree and you know we talked about it earlier in the broadcast charlie that he had been in jerry glanville's doghouse i would guess he's gone from the doghouse to the penthouse in one game warren moon 27 of 45 341 yards four touchdown one interception two sacks you'll add to those totals as drew hill goes out of bounds that stops the clock at a minute 18. drew hill's a little bit fatigued as you can tell the rest of the receivers are it's definitely been a long day gain of 13 and a first down at the houston 33 yard line houston has a timeout left atlanta has two [Applause] [Music] [Applause] mike rozier scott case for atlanta and it stops the clock it's a flag down i wouldn't be surprised if they call this a blatant face mask you see the case's hand gets across rozier's face mask and he pulls it down indeed bob mcelwee decides to assess 15 yards instead of five in this instance he'll get a chance to see carrying the ball like walter payton here you see it right here he's got him by the face fest now watch instead of letting it go he jerks on it twists his head around unfortunately the centrifugal force of rozier was taking him in that direction anyway otherwise he might have been injured severely and the ball goes to the atlanta 28-yard line where it's the first down for houston with 109 time remaining trailing by 13 points charlie if they score here it's going to be very deceptive next day in the paper when people look and see 40 to 34 and say no that must have been a great close game a score here a success alongside kick and it could well be a close game jones 24 yard line you see a three deep secondary now they're going to try to prevent the long play from happening houston taking a lot of time to get the playoff [Applause] dunkin on the receiving end i think you've got to take your last time out if you're houston and they just did nice prediction really just there it's part of it is the fatigue the the length of the ball game the humidity uh they're just not able to operate the hurry up offense in a hurry up fashion you know what happens is that fans sitting at home are saying themselves what's the point you know why do this you know why buy score touchdown it's not going to make any difference it's only going to close it a little bit i mean i don't understand that but what happens is that if you know in certain situations that you can do things if you know that you can score in this case in less than a minute then that gives your offense confidence for when it happens later on in the season obviously it's going to help warren moon statistics but that's not the priority they want to salvage a little bit of pride feel good about themselves and even and if they can narrow it to a six point margin who knows that might affect the psyche of some of the players on the bench [Applause] and maybe it won't third down at the 21-yard line third and three moon 30-49 now 384 yards and four touchdowns this is also a good chance for the tony jones of the world if they can get in the end zone to maybe warrant some more playing time down the line as well tipped incomplete with two falcons going for the interception you know both scott case and john ratey wanted that ball so bad they collided with one another nothing like getting that pick it's one of those things that stands out for defensive players they want that interception they wanted us so bad they knock each other off of it here you'll see the dimmer goes up and tips the ball case sees it big hit there right there he's got it but then rady thinks he has it too and they collide that's probably the hardest hit that rady's taken all day bang [Music] fourth down and three atlanta 21 28 seconds left intercepted and dion is off to the races as the celebration continues you know from the outset when he caught that pass he know that he knew that he was going to high-step it he was going to style all the way and that's exactly what happened the curious thing about it is the fact that earlier we reported that he had a hyper-extended knee it didn't bother him at all as he cruised 82 yards that's amazing what adrenaline and style will do for you check him out right here warren moon's trying to get the first down here but dion guesses right and there he is off to the races watch the knees come up right now right now they're coming even with warren moon coming over he's saying there's no way you're going to get me look at him he's already styling as he goes down the sidelines feels good about that and it brings the crowd to its feet doing his thing neon dion check out the dance on a scale of one to ten i give that a six beats the heck out of the highlight zone and the extra point is good [Applause] okay here it is he took that page out of walter payton remember walter used to do with the high knees and he's styling here right now now my guess is right at about this point he's saying to himself you know should i do kind of a michael murphy thing or a paula abdul thing and instead check it out surface okay he's not going to soul train either but he might get into star search and look who he's celebrating with the defensive stars marcus cotton and andre bruce they missed on the high five though that's the only problem with it got to work on that choreography [Applause] still wearing your bandana too we should mention at this point too chella dion sanders was talking about the fact that you know for the first time in the falcons history they had an undefeated pre-season and he said that that bandwagon was getting bigger and bigger as the falcons won game everybody was jumping on it and you got to figure right now that everybody is jumping on the dion sanders bandwagon even though we only hit a buck 58 for the yankees [Applause] and still with 13 seconds to go greg davis will kick off to bernard ford [Applause] high and short [Applause] and another flag is down and another flag is gone why would somebody who has at least four touchbacks today not just kick the thing out of the end zone do you understand that well one thing he had to kick it from uh from the 30-yard line because he had lost to five yards because of the flag in the engine maybe he just didn't feel like he could quite reach it they penalized that dance too oh yeah could he conversate with the official let it go he did it may have cost him another five now the clock is not moved and the reason being inside the last two minutes of either half on a kickoff the clock does not start until it has been touched in the field of play got a shot at two hail marys here running backs awful close maybe they're going to take a chance at a drop light nope there's rozier that should do it there's the countdown [Applause] the atlanta falcons completely dominating the houston oilers [Applause] this is charlie jones along with todd christensen saying so long from atlanta now stay tuned for an nbc news special summit in helsinki followed by the movies polly and the fight for jenny coming up next on most of these nbc stations again the final score atlanta 47 and houston 27. this has been nbc sports coverage of the national football league you

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