Los Angeles Raiders at Atlanta Falcons - September 22nd, 1991

[Music] have been foremost among the raider renegades and have been revered as such by their fans the raiders attitude has been to win at all costs against all odds the commitment to excellence still prevails and excellence is measured in winning alone for three decades the silver and black has belonged to the raiders but today the raiders confront a new challenger to their renegade mystique atlanta under head coach gary glanville has staked its own claim to the image of outlaw his falcons have evolved into the newest bad boys of the nfl draped in black glanville's falcons are patterned after the raiders their hallmark is a defense that swarms and hits and intimidates the falcon defense prides itself on relentless pursuit and gang tackling today in atlanta the falcons will play the biggest game of the glenville era to defeat the raiders is to defeat their role models and to claim a raider-like mystique as well nbc sports presents the national football league today it's the los angeles raiders versus the atlanta falcons bolton county stadium has been sold out for months for today's meeting between the falcons and the raiders and the weather couldn't be better good afternoon everyone i'm don quickie these are the best of times for the teams of atlanta georgia tech reigns as one of the co-national champions of college football the braves are battling for a pennant the olympic games are coming here in 96 and today the falcons hope to come of age in the glanville era by beating the raiders a team he'd like to emulate i'm joined by bob trumpy young quarterback runs this red gun offensive glanvilles it's a tough offense to run yes it is chris miller has the entire offense on his shoulders the red gun requires that responsibility an awful lot of audibles at the line of scrimmage so he's not really ready for it yet just still learning the offense the falcons have a swarming defense but it's a bit undersized the raiders might try to power the ball at it well what uh jerry glanville has designed is a defense that's everywhere blitzes on every down from every spot so the emphasis is the raiders have to run the ball roger craig has been a very big man for the los angeles raiders and he should get the ball a lot today don we're now underway and the raiders bring the ball back across their 20 and they're pushed out of bounds at about the 23-yard line and so jay schroeder who's coming off a good passing day week ago in a victory over indianapolis a shutout win here's the offensive blockers for him wilkerson wisniewski moe's bar montoya in right all of them solid roger craig really coming out of the running back position gained over 90 yards last week with 27 carries a career high extra wide outs come in tim brown will be in there with willie galton urban fernandez even the tight end on this raider offense ethan horton can get deep this is a team with an offense built on speed at the wide receiver position everybody in this league is fast but the raiders are super fast and the raiders start with three tackles in the lineup something they did against denver two weeks ago [Applause] unbalanced line to the left extra strength there and now we have a penalty marker before the raiders get the snap off might be an early delay of game johnny greer is the referee please reset the 45 second clock to 10 seconds there is no infraction the ball was reset by the officials on the field there was a penalty marker down but it's picked up so they reset the clock now and the raiders get set for the first snap of the game there's art shell his team comes in with a two-in-one record sharing first place in the afc west with denver end up and they go right to roger craig nine times a pro bowl player for the san francisco 49ers the falcons defense is giving up a lot of yards to the run tim green rookie mo gardner and mike ganner across the front barry and connor a huge outside linebacker jesse tuggle the leading tackler neon dion sanders an outstanding cornerback mckay is the guy the raiders will go after jordan and case are the safeties a three-yard gain by roger craig it's now second down at seven and there's not much there for roger craig as tim green comes hidden john if there's a problem with this los angeles raider team to this point the offensive line which is huge has not dominated anyone at the line of scrimmage uh the extra offensive lineman in there and that in the first two downs of this first series was james fitzpatrick six seven three twenty and they'd run two straight shots into the line of scrimmage nothing zero that brings up third and long and the falcons are the poorest in the nfl at defencing the run they're allowing 5.2 yards of rush now schrader must throw on third down and seven here comes a bliss and straightener is free to the football falcons have it it's a live ball and in for a touchdown is jessie tuggle so the falcon defense explodes on j schrader the blitz freed the ball and jesse tuggle who led the nfl in tackles last season at least the falcons again this year scoops it up and the falcon defense puts up the first points now the point after attempt by norm johnson the long time seattle kick who's now the falcons is up and good make things happen early for the falcons trump and as we said in our outset they're gonna have blitzes coming from everywhere and this time it comes from the right-hand side of the picture it appears to be it's neon dion sanders he's the one who makes the hit the ball bounces for atlanta tuggle picks it up last year the falcons had eight returns for touchdowns that's interceptions fumble recoveries kickoff and punt returns watch this hit sanders is not touched the ball bounces right up to tuggle seven points without your offense on the field not bad on the third play of the game from scrimmage and they were raider plays from scrimmage the falcons jesse tuggle is in the end zone with a fumble recovery in return for a touchdown of seven nothing atlanta 18-yard return and now the atlanta falcons will kick off didn't we just do this trump we got jamie holland back again along with sam grady [Applause] this raider team i consider with their talent their leadership should be a dominating team even though they shut out the indianapolis colts last week i don't know that that's a true indication of what kind of team this raider team is they're nowhere close to the kind of team they want to be at the end of the season well they had a one-back offense and that's not enough to pick up an all-out blitz as the kick comes down to grady an olympic sprinter with a 15 and he's across the 20 and grady is out to the 26-yard line and the raiders offense comes back out and jay schrader's got to be looking both ways now because as you point out trump the blitzes by glanville are going to be designed to come from all over the field from anybody absolutely anybody that's the problem you as an offensive coach you can sit in there and watch the films and design blitz pickups and have hot receivers but very seldom do you see corners dion sanders blitzing on the third down of the game highly unusual the raiders have had this problem to this point in the season they've yet to score a point in the first quarter early in the game 13-23 if you joined us late the falcons scored on a fumble recovery by linebacker jesse tuggle roger craig goes in motion traitor with a quick out from irving fernandez but cornerback tim mckay is right there to knock him down short gate on the play perhaps three that's one of the best aspects of the of the atlanta falcons defense they're two corners because mackayer and because dion sanders are excellent one-on-one coverage people there is so much you can do defensively if you've got those plastered to the receiver cornerbacks you can do it and the raider fans certainly are aware when they had lester hayes and mike haynes then you saw the raider defense all over the field the key to this defense mackayer 22 sanders 21 in their bump and run coverage they get the wide outs one on one now it's a second down and five play roger fed waits for the hole to open it does briefly and he gets ahead across the 30-yard line where rick ryan number 77 a former all-american from oklahoma made the knockdown and it'll bring up third in short yardage third in about two actually this point in the season that's more carries than they really wanted roger craig to have but with the injury to marcus allen and the injury to greg bell he's got to carry it that much he's willing to there's marcus allen standing on the sideline the raiders are counting an awful lot on nick bell the rookie out of iowa getting healthy next week and marcus is feeling good he's been running now he should be back in a couple of weeks on third down and two the raiders set on their offense at their 35 trainer with a good throw but the big play on defense is turned in by tuggle the man who scored the touchdown jesse tuggle not tall maybe 511 but super strong he weigh he bench presses 510 pounds more than anybody than on this team and maybe more than anybody in the nfl we already got a fight on the field we got the atlanta falcons they're the wannabes in this game they want to be the los angeles raiders talk to johnny greer before the game and i said johnny did you consider maybe a penalty box for this game you know put it on the sideline somebody off for two minutes we'll just call it close but has some game misconduct in this one so the raiders come up short and they'll punt the ball and there is dion sanders one of the best returned men in the nfl ball is hit downfield gossip the putter for the raiders well takes a hop back up field so los angeles with its coverage comes down and downs the thought at about the 26-yard line of atlanta so the falcons send their offense out for the first time and yet they already lead the game seven [Music] first we created the ls-400 luxury sedan now we've taken everything we learned and condensed 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from colorado a number one draft choice verizon is a first-team all-pro receiver andre ryzen caught 82 balls last year 10 for touchdowns haynes and george thomas are both deep speed ryzen's the guy that's tough to defense has great ability to move all over the field and have just outstanding hands first down and 10 now for the falcons their first possession at offense yet they lead the game seven nothing this is broussard trying the left side of the raider defense as we check the silver and black on defense townsend davis golick and howie long the down lineman robinson is in there as a linebacker mcdaniel and lionel washington are the corners extra dbs with lot anderson dorn and lewis raiders right now sitting in their base defense until they see the red gun yeah and the falcons are going with two running backs so they have their standard offense that's kind of the mind game that these coaches playing with each other here to start the game artel said trump the falcons gave you a different look on offensive defense every week give you a lot to prepare for it's now second down and eight and his first throw long ball andre rising took wow down and apparently the official on top of the play thought it was time look at glanville looked like a blatant error by the official uh jerry's never going to be the guest speaker at the nfl officials union annual meeting but that really looked like lionel warson just dragged him down we got it all the way rising excellent speed he beats him now watch it watch washington's right arm left arm i guess what the official is saying is that washington was looking back and therefore the incidental contact is allowed but ryzen glanville and no one in fulton county stadium agrees though it goes as a long out and a used up down it's now third down and eight hiller stands in fires he makes a connection and a player who's not been very productive finally catches the ball as sean collins comes from off the flank that was the red gun the first snap of the red gun it looked like the raiders came with the blitz but they didn't convert the third down you need those receivers to get that 10 yards before you throw it that's on the quarterback you got to wait till they get down there and now scott fullhead comes in to punt the ball there's tim brown the heisman trophy winner in 1987 return man for the raiders could get fairly good field position as fulhas positioned back inside his 20. long spiral in brown has to go to the far sideline fields the bottle is 22. there's a channel of blockers as brown eludes two tackles and finally they really stepped out of bounds but the falcons are going to hit somebody anyway it's football right trump why not there's more than one so let's take a shot interesting art shells up his thought on intimidation he said told us yesterday you intimidate through execution not after the play during the play jerry glanville says we're not dirty but we do live on the edge [Music] [Music] head coach right in front of him kim hilton talking to marcus allen is the offensive line coach already look at that figure surprising figuring out for the los angeles raiders but already the pass protection for the raiders exposed on that blitz by dion sanders that produced the turnover in the touchdown and jerry glenville still been in the air the back judge jerry glanville perhaps you've seen that cut of him from nfl films where he says to an official nfl your cases stands for not for long if you make calls like that or could be not for long for the head coach you lose games because of calls like that the coach is looking for work in another league glanville is very firmly entrenched here his first season the falcons were five and eleven but they improved in every area and this season they're off now to a one and two start got their first road wins in 19 games last week when they beat the chargers at san diego only coach i know in the league that calls both the offensive plays and the defensive sets he suggests offensive plays to june jones that's doug shively assistant head coach in charge of the defense i know of no other coach who does that who has ever tried that in the history of the league is it too much well he says it's my team i know what i want my team to do that's why i'm involved in both the offense and defense there isn't a busier coach in the nfl coming to game day [Music] now the raiders come out of the huddle they set up at their 25-yard line their third possession of this first quarter their first possession turned into an atlanta touchdown with diane sanders blitz jay schwader freed the ball on a fumble and tuggle picked it up ran it in from 18 yards out to jesse tuggle for the only score of the game at seven nothing in atlanta don quixote pitch back goes to roger craig and craig with all those moves and all that leg power drives ahead and a penalty marker comes in late from the referee johnny grier fires one in a personal foul against the raiders gary and connor was on the tackle drop [Applause] personal foul unnecessary roughness 76 weight left guard archiel can't believe it come on they're the ones that are fighting after the player why are you calling it on our guys the one thing this atlanta defense is susceptible to is the cutback because it's small and aggressive and moves all over the place you can cut the ball back roger craig did that time and without the penalty that was a nice six or seven yard pickup they really do bite on fakes the atlanta defense they're off after the ball their motto 11 into the ball or where they think the ball is raiders are going to go deep very soon we'll see when as now it is second down and 18. handoff and hit behind the line of spinach this roger cranked by oliver barnett look at the headbutts jim green is a leading butter number 99. even tougher between plays for this defense during the plays this test to get old we'll check those headbutts as we look at a big play by barnett yeah i don't know who started this insidious thing of head butting people as if you don't get hit but enough in this football game but watch barnett get tough and you're right the ringleader is tim green and uh you know a couple more head butts for good measure you know just just to knock any sense you have in you out get us boom boom boom boom slow motion real thing is tim can lose some iq points he's a law school student here is schroeder on the deep drop on second down and the ball is almost picked off by tuggle incomplete jesse tucker the leading scorer in this game almost had another one well they've done nothing raiders have done absolutely nothing they have not dented the falcon defense rubiski on the left archelle on the right it's not working at this point gentlemen what's next [Applause] atlanta really tightening up its run defense good news and bad for the falcons running the ball on offense they average over five yards of carry but defensively they give up 5.2 but not so far today now schroeder with a long ball call it is third down and 21 for the raiders at their 15-yard line three wide receivers in the game as schrader gets some protection lets it go deep going for the ball out there is mervyn fernandez it's picked off by atlanta dion sanders having a hall of fame day first he freed the ball up on the fumble with the blitz for the touchdown now he makes the pick off so the falcons force yet another raider turnover and they take over the ball when we come back [Music] to keep your competitive edge you can phone it there fax it there even beam it there but there's nothing like being there with us air and the american express card you get a winning combination the airline that begins with you and the card dedicated to providing unparalleled customer service usair and the american express card keep your competitive edge [Music] just how realistic is the audio system in the lexus ls 400. the moment is finally here today we unveil the new model you've been waiting to 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in world-class speed from northern arizona michael haynes in the case of chris miller the offensive coordinator for the falcons june jones first year here and of course glanville came to atlanta from houston with the red gun or the run and shoot june jones is one of those disciples of mouse davis june jones an excellent teacher this is the third offense there's june right there in the glasses this is the third offense that chris miller has learned in four years so he's not got the whole thing yet but he has great ability a former number one pick out of the university of oregon second down and four now as the falcons go to the run bruce sarah bounces inside takes it outside and he's ahead for two yards the tackle on the play for the raiders was made by winston moss an outside linebacker brings up third down and two for the falcons who lead the game seven nothing there's deion sanders who i was shocked to find out is a very quiet shy introverted person some of the time he's a man with a certain style his last game at florida state he showed up for the ball game in a tuxedo in a limousine his last at-bat for the atlanta braves this summer a three-run home run yeah he can go out with a flare can he third down and two now for the falcons who lead the game seven nothing on a defensive touchdown jesse tuggle running in a fumble early in the game miller throwing on the run good coverage on the play gary lewis number 21 defends beautifully makes the hit just as the ball came in pritchard was the intended receiver this is the red gun you see the half roll by chris miller but louis is right there in coverage it was enough to make the first down but lewis knocks the ball away now the falcons will punt the ball as full hague is back in the game and tim brown is back deep again for the la raiders 6 16 to play in the first quarter at 7-0 atlanta 18-yard fumble return by jesse tuggle of the falcons raiders get a good rush omega gets away a good kick and it comes out of bounds at 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down and 10. behind steve smith roger craig turns it up but there's nothing there as the falcons with good pursuit are there to get them darry and connor led the tacklers and now let's check the shick tracer 10-minute ticker dolphins up on the packers on a day when don schula goes for a career win number 300 steelers and the eagles tied up 7-7 in the first quarter philadelphia spoilers and patriots in a tie three all at foxborough and washington unbeaten in cincinnati winless it's the redskins up by three the colt's a surprise early leader on the lions ten nothing steve smith is now the lone setback to pass block for schrader on third down and almost 10. there's a blitz traitor stands in makes the connection to his tight end horton and ethan horton is ahead to the 38-yard line it's a raider first down first completion by the los angeles raiders jeff donaldson on the tackle the tight end to cross the middle falcons had six defensive backs you see the lone linebacker 58 tuggle and there's the hand fighting below ethan horton able to get some separation away from that strong safety and make the reception for a first down again horton running across the middle yep donaldson formerly the houston oilers jerry glanville brings him here that's the first first down for either team isn't it i believe it is yeah there is a 7-0 score on the board atlanta not a fumble recovery and a return of 18 yards by linebacker jesse tuggle on the third play of the game long ball shader airs it out nobody close to it except mackay the left side cornerback tim brown was in the general vicinity but again schroeder tries to go deep on first down raiders don't come close and they go to second and ten i think if there's one accusation you can you can label against this los angeles raider offenses there are some plays that they just give away just throw the ball away they don't look for the underneath receiver i mean you can see the stop and go there by tim brown did not fool mckeyer at all and schroeder still goes to it trader picked off earlier on the deep throw that was taken in by dion sanders now on second down and ten trader with two backs and two wide receivers roger craig and the falcon defenders are reading him all the way there's the head butt man tim green from syracuse an undersized defensive end they tried him at linebacker but he's been much more effective as a defensive end a very good player if small for the position watch the movement you see green running a stunt with the other defensive tackle and he runs around the block and is there to tackle craig in the backfield something that is very characteristic of jerry glanville defenses they'll take chances on almost every down green told us that the falcons practice on friday if you want to one thing that characterizes playing for glenville he said it's the most fun tim green that he's ever had playing football third down and 12 another long ball throw and again the coverage is right there as mckeyer had his hands on the ball and tana receiver was mervin fernandez so schroeder again airs it out but the coverage is perfect falcons every one that's been almost catchable by the raiders has been also almost catchable by the falcons there's nothing intermediate here i mean they throw the the crossing pattern to ethan horton for a first down and then again they go deep tim mckay who was with the miami dolphins last year back on the field is jeff goss at the pump for the la raiders it's a beauty it drives deion sanders back to his 13-yard line and sanders with no lane to go to puts his head down and dies for a yard the ball will be positioned at the 18-yard line as atlanta's set to go on offense now leading the game seven nothing dan turk was down to make the tackle for the raiders working to be the best they can be teammates sponsored by the u.s army throughout the 80s and into the 90s raiders defensive might has been keyed by pass rushers howie long and great townsend the second and fifth 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will's first job get a load of his costume think you'll be needing a booster seat little boy all new fresh friends nbc monday so far no offense for the los angeles raiders as they trail atlanta seven to nothing raiders one for five trying to convert third downs in this game the falcons who got a touchdown on the third play of the game on a blitz by dion sanders that freed the ball from schroeder picking up the fumble was jesse tuggle a linebacker he ran it in from 18 yards out now the falcons are going with two tight ends and two running backs here keep changing looks for the raider defense to contend with first down and 10. running the ball now is keith jones number 38 [Music] and he is ahead for perhaps only a yard as ricky ellison the middle linebacker for the raiders made the top stop we're down to 307 the clock is running in the first quarter i i don't think there's glenville on the sideline june jones in the background or the falcons don't have a first down at this point lead seven to nothing don't have a first down glanville keeps changing what his offense is from that two tight end set now they go to the red gun four wide receivers his first team here in atlanta five and eleven that's what his first team in houston was and the oilers proceeded to make the playoffs three of the next four years miller with some time steps in and drills the ball and this one is almost taken in by anderson eddie anderson the raiders free safety came up on the ball he was a football hero here in georgia from warner robins georgia mike haines the intended receiver zone coverage by the raiders washington underneath anderson he has the deep outside third in that double rotation zone and that's the most difficult completion for a quarterback to make so neither team doing much offensively to this point in the game don that much ball position at the 19-yard line and now a long ball down for chris miller and the atlanta falcons offense it's third down and nine richard the rookie from colorado going back and forth he has deep speed as miller comes to the near flank makes the connection and out across the 30-yard line is george thomas a flyer from unlv gary mcdaniel knocked him out of bounds but it's good for a falcon first down their first first down again from behind the offense probably the aspect of the run and shoot is you read how many people the defense has at the line of scrimmage that dictates what play you call the last time the raiders played a run and shoot houston they didn't really do much good on the run when they commit six guys to the line of scrimmage then the quarterback is going to throw the ball good completion there for a first down by miller george thomas they call him deep heat his primary pattern is just a fly down the sidelines now on first down and 10 miller with a long count goes to a draw play running straight ahead with the ball is eric pigram a first year runner from north texas state good football player averaging 6.4 yards a rush as a rookie greg townsend that time on the tackle the raiders had a game townsend goes inside davis goes outside and happens to run right into the slot where the plays designed to go [Music] [Applause] [Music] well the falcons just can't make up their mind what offense they're going to run they're back to the red gun now as you pointed out trump glenville calling all offensive plays and all the defenses this is a man on top of things says miller throws an out pattern makes the connection coming down with the ball was number 81 michael haynes of the falcons the raiders had a great mike haynes for a number of years playing on the other side of the ball the cornerback lionel washington was covering again quarterback's first responsibility read the number of people at the line of scrimmage zone coverage again by the raiders excellent tackle by washington where haines is going to pick up more yards you know he looks a lot like mike haynes very long legs very long arms very thin kid but with great speed haynes may have been one of the best corners to ever play the game he had that acclimation his whole career you talked about the one-on-one coverage that set the raider defense allowed freed up so many other players and that's what the falcons are trying to get to as broussard runs the ball third down in about three he fights ahead across the 40-yard line of atlanta appears to have enough for a first down winston moss the big outside linebacker number 99 a first year raider game as a plan b from tampa bay was the man who made the tackle now where the spot is they might need a measurement roussard of course was the star last week against san diego with his first career nfl 100 yard rushing day it looks like to this point the atlanta falcons are trying to search out their offense to find out what creates problems for the los angeles raider defense this is a good job of bouncing the ball outside by broussard winston moss 99 still makes the tackle but the secret to that is you get up into the line of scrimmage then you bounce it out as the first quarter ends that will do it for the first 15 minutes and the falcons holding a seven to nothing lead [Applause] we'll be back to fulton county stadium after this the accident took my arm and i thought my job i just couldn't do what i used to so liberty mutual gave me a boston elbow its power and flexibility gave me back the ability to do my job which gives me back the ability to pick up a paycheck [Music] over the past five years more people switched to glidden than any other paint now if that isn't the ultimate test of quality we don't and right now quality gluten paints are yours a terrific savings during our nfl super sale so hurry down your nearest clinton dealer and pick up america's favorite paint at nfl super savings a better way to paint when you've got a tough case of athlete's foot the itching the cracking the burning you want a medicine that acts tough tough acting tanactin clinically proven tank that 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throw lake down the middle look at this he throws it back across the middle i mean it is almost intercepted jerry mcdaniel gets his hand up there but ryzen makes a one-handed catch for a first down pickup so big deal throw it anywhere you want i guess verizon following the ball all the way in he was complaining earlier in the year they weren't going to enough and they started to get the ball his way a lot last week in san diego verizon has mentioned a first-team all-pro player last season here's a throw that's too low for steve broussard to handle he's built low to the ground 5-7 201 broussard and now while we have a moment let's switch to nfl live for this update with bob costas bob all right don seven all tie at veteran stadium bobby brister after hitting eric green with a 50-yarder to set it up flips him this eight-yarder this is an outstanding huge young tight end with wide receivers speed and moves second touchdown pass of the day for brister earlier he had hit merrell hodge steelers 14 eagles seven in the second this is don quickie with bob trumpy in atlanta georgia where the falcons hold to a seven nothing lead over the los angeles raiders falcons with the ball on the raiders side of the field for the first time other than their defensive play when they recovered a raider fumble and ran it in and after broussard and he has taken down at the 45 no game big raiders come hit howie long was one of the lead men bob golick also on the play don howie long told us yesterday he said i don't like playing these run and shoot teams and i said why and he said well because the defensive tackles responsibility is the draws the screens and the runs up the middle he said i'm one of those guys that i like to turn it loose so the first time they placed they played houston he was pretty much stuck on the line of scrimmage now apparently dave adolph the defensive coordinators turned him loose against this red gun offense here we'll see talking to howie long and the falcon claims that this is going to be worse i've been here 11 years i've heard that every week you start to lose interest in all the claims when you come to town locking up the women and children here's a marker as the falcons are slow getting the ball into play i found out something from howie long that i didn't know 75 offense i was unaware that howie long has a tremendous fear of flying sits next to bob golick and they do everything but hold hands uh golic has no problems flying but howie does not like to be in the air toughest one was a flight to tokyo for a pre-season game yeah slept on the floor of the plane for all 13 hours well nothing else certainly well-rested when they they got there huh just 31 years old and yet in his 11th season and playing as well as he ever has he can still cave in the side of that side of the offensive line here he comes with a full rush up the middle as miller delivers and makes the connection and ahead for a first down is george thomas that's thomas's pattern sideline fly well donna it looks like the raiders choice here is to take the approach that the kansas city chief did against houston a couple of weeks ago and that is play zone and rush your defensive lineman as best you can but in playing zone you're going to find dead spots if the quarterback has time and that time just outside of lewis thomas makes the reception for another first down falcons now have the ball positioned at the 34-yard line of the raiders baseball in field still down here the braves have work to do down the stretch run of the national league season as the handoff now goes on a wide carry to keith jones and the raiders string it out knock him down for a loss of three yards on the plate eddie anderson the free safety came up with run support anderson one of those great hitters with good speed uh watch the penetration by the defensive line see standing outside there is 99 aaron wallace he's just standing there waiting to make the excuse me winston moss just standing there to see what the running back's going to do and there was nothing for him to do it was really the penetration by right cornerback lionel washington that set up the loss he was through and slowed up the carrier as now second down and 13 comes up for the falcons and we have a timeout call though chris miller just 26 years old in his fifth year from university of oregon he has thrown for three touchdowns and six interceptions so far this year he has all the ability bulletin from chevy truck now get one thousand dollars cash back on every new 1991 chevy full size the best cash back offer on america's best-selling pickup now through september 25th one thousand dollars on every new 1991 chevy full-size pickup every half ton three-quarter ton one ton every two wheel drive four-wheel drive all with one thousand dollars cash back you must take retail delivery from dealer stock by september 25th see your chevy dealer for details and get one thousand dollars cash back now when you 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seven to nothing there's been virtually no running game either way so far trump the raiders with just nine total yards rushing on seven carries one point three a carry the falcons with just six yards rushing on six carries one yard a pop [Music] now second down to 13 comes up miller standing in the pocket it's looped it could be picked off and it is by anderson eddie anderson still in bounds crosses the 20 and finally he is stood up and knocked back at the 20. intended receiver andre rising fell down don [Applause] right at the edge of the skinned infield he tripped let's see if we can see ryzen on the inside he's got washington 48 right there with him what happened oh they tangle feet so he's down so eddie anderson has a free shot at it like playing right field for the atlanta braves he catches the ball first turn over the day for the atlanta falcons again from behind the defense please come with the blitz eisens no factor easy interception for the raiders really which raider was going to pick it off lionel washington was on top of the ball also anderson took it and convoyed and the return the interceptor anderson got it back to the 20. first down in 10 now for the raiders who've had no big plays handoff running with the ball is the fullback steve smith they put a little more bulk into the atlanta defense but there still is no yards to be gained maybe a yard and a half there mike gan a veteran from notre dame made the stop as we check the itt 10-minute ticker giants up on the browns miami a three-point leader pittsburgh has now gone ahead of the eagles new england a surprise leader on undefeated houston and here in atlanta the falcons lead the raiders who have the ball seven to nothing linebacker jesse tuggle scored a first quarter touchdown in a fumble recovery return [Applause] roger craig is now flanked out as a receiver schrader on second and seven makes the connection to his tight end but for only a gain of a yard ethan horton came across and took the ball darien connor was right with him well you got to give it to this falcon defense even though it looks like there is tremendous disorganization at the line of scrimmage and people moving all over the place when it when it's deployed at the snap of the ball there's always somebody covering somebody there's nobody free very difficult defense to just stand there and decide what you're going to do not only as a quarterback during the game but as an offensive coordinator during the week preparing for the game third down now for the raiders they've converted only one of five previous third downs [Applause] they need a long five almost six trader gets time makes the connection tim brown dances ahead he has the first down for the raiders out to the los angeles 33-yard line again on the play of eight yards jeff donaldson an extra defensive back made the play three wide receivers set to the left of jay schroeder looks like the falcons back in just zone coverage brown does an excellent job of hooking up in that zone got an injury too steve wisniewski is limping off the field it looked like he turned his ankle fitzpatrick 73 is in as his relief as tim brown is to the sideline reagan smith arrow setbacks behind jay schrader protection improves and photos the throw as the connection is made with mervin fernandez and he is across midfield and down to the 47-yard line of the falcons ryan jordan made the stop but it was 18 yards downfield now here's the intermediate part of the raiders pass game mckeyer 22 the man in coverage it's zone all the way a rare snap of zone coverage by the falcons and traitor reads it well so does fernandez and another 40 brian jordan there on the tackle all the raiders first downs to this point by the past don as they seem to be settling into their passing game now schrader with more time surveying the field throwing more confidently as he drops again on first down another throw but this one too much on it for tight end ethan horton or was he covered i'm telling you he was covered robert lyles 54 was underneath him and brian jordan 40 was on top of him he was covered watch it watch the end of this play no play action watch the guys that's covered i'm telling you you can color that one colored covered brian jordan one of the covers he comes right up on the tight end much of the time the strong safety for atlanta schrader is a player equipped with a long distance arm anywhere on the field the receiver gets open he can get it there it's everybody coming guns the ball now and a good defensive play atlanta had the blitz on and then linebacker coverage was very good robert lyles 54 and xoil as you mentioned trump right there to defend the play look at all the people up at the line of scrimmage free safety weak safety outside linebacker everybody coming and still there's somebody back there in coverage excellent job by tipping 54. it was an outstanding excuse robert lowe's 54 to knock the ball away another big third down now for the raiders traitor when he starts fast his confidence build he often continues to hit receiver started slow today but now he's picking up big down for him now third down they need 10. penalty markers are down all over the falcons come with a five-man rush and they've all busted through tim green led the way number 99. see they get the sack and the hole double jeopardy this defense because it's not big will use a lot of stunts loops twists turns and you see offensive lineman all over the place green he makes the twist to the outside beats the center most bar 68 offense decline penalties on bruce wilkerson they'll take the sack again watch connor go inside green comes outside schrader's got no place to go first sack of the day falcons followed by the ceremonial headbutt danville is saying you think green is tough you can see his wife she's lovely but she gave birth on a friday was at practice on a saturday that's tough that's tough fourth down and 23. against a big rush hits a beautiful 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[Music] they go to the run first down kerry one of the big backs gracie johnson runs it it certainly appears that the falcons choice of offense is first down they go with two tight ends two wide receivers and one running back that time johnson and then on the next down they go with the red gun they're certainly not deceiving the los angeles raiders at all you see all those people collected around june jones and jerry glanville neither team really putting up the numbers offensively here don at it all falcons are averaging 1.3 yards per rush on second down and seven the handoff goes to broussard finally they throw a net over him get him greg townsend was the first tackler number 93 along with lionel washington broussard is a very shifty runner he was a number one pick out of washington state a year ago comes in averaging almost five yards of carry had 105 yards last week against the chargers and they said that was his first really big game as a falcon well i mentioned that it falcons were averaging 1.3 yards per rush to this point that average just went down minus yardage there falcons three of five on third down conversions they've all been by the pass third down comes up now falcons need almost 10 from keeping their own end they lead the game 7-0 and a first down throw it is as george thomas that elusive quick wide receiver a running rev from unlv 5-9 on a slant takes it ahead for the first down you see the bump and run up very close torrent doran but this young man does an excellent job thomas gets separation from that cornerback ronnie lott comes in with a little exclamation point on the tackle but it's good for first down the falcons move it out now across their 25-yard line 5 35 to play in the first half it's a 7-0 game atlanta [Music] [Applause] miller again stands in then the pocket breaks down he gets the ball away and throws it to linebacker thomas benson who was not in the game may be against greg townsend oh no he herrera is calling intentional grounding that's expensive that's a loss of down and the penalty and what he's saying is he threw the ball away to avoid the sack thomas benson a raider linebacker not in the game made a nice play on it surprised was he to get it on the sideline you watch what happens here stunts again by the raiders he avoids the first rush but then johnny greer the referee is saying he is throwing that ball away to avoid the sack i think johnny is right on well benson was open he's open they don't throw to him off and he appreciates it when they do good pressure for the first time townsend 93 on him [Music] 75 remember intentional grounding is throwing the ball away to avoid the sack if the referee determines that's what he did therefore the flag mr glanville not happy with at least two calls that happened so far in this first half that one and the one earlier about the holding not called against defensive back gary going at the heavy duty bell buckle today big enough to deflect speeding bullets says they like to hate somebody they all hate me the story of my life seats downfield as mike pritchard the number one draft choice out of colorado a team that shared the national championship last season with nearby georgia tech had a pivot and he might have pulled a muscle doing it he was open he beats jerry robinson 57 and if you're wondering why he has number 35 on he lands right on his belly on that infield mike pritchard was drafted as a running back was a wide receiver at colorado for just one year and that's why he's wearing that running back number even though he is exclusively a wide receiver but a multi-talented individual this guy is one fine player mike pritchard not very big no need to be though comes in with 13 receptions not for the lead with ryzen miller humps over the middle and goes to rome he cuts back and loses about eight yards lost the first down there's two partners three parts to being a receiver don running the pattern catching the ball and then turning the thing up field when i said trump he lost eight he lost eight from where he cut him out he lost a chance for the first down now this is not smart on ryzen's part and actually he's a veteran receiver should know better he's trying to make a big play when all they need is a first down and they got a punt because of that choice but that's his game ryzen is a tremendous open field player he moves around like gayle sayers with those quick lateral moves it didn't pay off that time and now full head does well to get away a punt he takes a hop downfield and takes a falcon roll inside the raiders 35-yard line and with 4 22 to go in the first half the falcons continue to lead the game seven nothing raiders get it when we come back we got a problem any ideas i've got a contact sir well get on it then secure the area get him here now go go where'd you find him he's been with the organization for a while nice job sir with years of training behind them napa technicians provide a secret service everyone 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show critics call the best reason ever to tune out 60 minutes the real life adventures of mark and brian in erie indiana at 7 6 central nbc tonight [Music] here's this last reception by andre rising you can see the marker for the first down is right here and you can also see the mistake he makes he needs four yards from that spot to make the first down and he ends up when he catches it going back the other way now you see the marker at the bottom oh big mistake by andre now back to live action as roger craig runs the ball on first down for the raiders and again that good pursuit of the falcon defense the 11 men to the ball philosophy they got about five over there coming at halftime we'll go to the studios in new york for nf live and a report on sunday number four with will bob and oj coach parcells out of the stadium today doing a game some interesting developments today the vegas perhaps the patriots leading the oilers and eaton team houston patriots got a half back option pass from rookie john vaughan to marv cook for their only touchdown they lead 10-3 why not their quarterbacks can't throw touchdowns let's try somebody else and they changed quarterbacks this week as now we have jay schroeder setting up second down he needs eight the ball the 35-yard line of the raiders [Music] craig again good penetration mo gardner number 67 a rookie from illinois he was the defensive player of the year in the big ten last season 67 not big but exceptionally quick this falcon defense doing an outstanding job at atlanta scrimmage to this point that the raiders have run the ball nine times for 14 yards to this point the first half nine times 14 yards raiders will be throwing it here third down they need a long six almost seven one setback falcons bring people up here comes a linebacker blitz and connor straight around the run throw down field and a penalty markers down from the back judge ethan horton got his hands on the ball we'll see what the ruling is they picked up the blitz of outside backer darion connor and a holding call is signaled against the defense a first down for the raiders back judge watches the tight end and the man that covers him see again the pressure toggle 58 up the middle ken tiffman's 52 [Applause] can't make the reception but the penalty does give them a first down jay schweder with just 35 yards passing the ball so far in the game six for 14 has been intercepted once oh skips off his receiver and almost into the hands of a defender pugla was right on the play roger craig coming out of the backfield roger craig hasn't missed many of his careers the all-time leading receiver is a running back in the history of the nfl over 500 receptions but this one surprises him he didn't even see that ball released and traitor does have that strong arm you need a little touch there he hit tuggle in a bad place ball carry them right off his facemask [Music] [Applause] a second down and 10 play now for jay schrader in the raiders again connor 56 comes on the blitz raider on the run [Applause] free ball we'll see if the play is live one official is marking it dead at the spot where he went down but that ball was loose they're gonna give it back to the raiders traders up and all right it's always reviewable took a hellacious lick from behind though to out straight or hear trump but if they blow the whistle on the field the instant replay is not a factor but i'll bet this ball shows loose he's got it out there not taking very good care of it and then connor hits him from behind and that ball is loose that's a big hitter too darion counter a 260 pound outside linebacker flag thrown line judge fires one up i mean it went up like a mortar shot he wanted that one to be seen he might be getting some talk from the falcon bench he's not pleased with yeah that may be unsportsmanlike it is possible on the atlanta bench it's 15 yards [Music] that line judge has been his ears are burning this entire first half jerry glanville has stepped in all over him but that's a cheap 15 yards for the raiders when they haven't been able to buy many yards at all it's all right to get your team up and intimidating this is the play once again that jerry clanville is questioning why it didn't go to replay this darian connor trump he's something to behold big guy that ball is loose there is no question about that but it was not reviewed now the falcons follow it picks up the decibel level as schrader fires a low ball that skips in incomplete tim brown was the antenna receiver ken mckeyer was covering on the play [Applause] jerry glanville we saw him friday he was going out to run his four and a half miles he said they've got me doing it three times a week i dread that every other day he's he's done one thing here he's got away with words doesn't he he has sold tickets he has sold tickets here in atlanta and he is second down at 10 roger craig slashes into the left side of the falcon defense a wave of black jerseys throws him back not much 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an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in a 15-yard assessment against his team that gives the raiders their best field position now the raiders have third down and eight trailing in the game seven to nothing 155 to play in the first half blitz traitor eluja makes the throw mervyn fernandez and he's going to go in down at the three yard line on an open field tackle by jordan ryan jordan saves a touchdown but the raiders now have it first and goal inside the five huge play by jay schrader bobby butler comes on the blitz on the outside this is mckeyer pushing and shoving match schroeder avoids the blitz makaire almost gets his hand on the ball fernandez does a great job and man the credit's got to go to jay schrader watch the blitz butler 23 has him dead to rights i don't know how he sees him but butler misses that tackle schroeder rights himself and that big rifle arm gets it to fernandez for a huge play now the raiders go with their power alignment fernandez comes to the sideline schroeder's looking to throw runs it into the end zone touchdown los angeles as the raiders andrew glover a rookie tight end fields the ball for the touchdown and now the extra point that can tie the game and now that unsportsmanlike conduct against jerry glanville looms as the biggest play in this first half andrew glover's second reception as an nfl player and his first for a touchdown raiders think he has an upside that's just unbelievable a big fluid rangy player from grambling good hands runs well that time got himself open and as you point out from the unfortunately conduct penalty kept the drive alive now jaeger drives through the extra point and the game is tied seven all get the feeling this is going to be a good one to the final gun inside your smooth running engine is a torture chamber and under these grueling conditions only one leading motor oil meets the world's toughest requirements for viscosity breakdown castrol the only leading motor oil that provides maximum 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premieres with host michael jordan and musical guest public enemy airtime this saturday from behind the offense jay schreider looking exclusively at andrew glover he does a great job of adjusting he lets toggle 58 go by and this is a nice catch terrific catch comes back to it and of course jay schrader's reaction with very little offense in this first half on schrader when he gets it in there traders really stood in under the pressure and now the kickoff as we go to live action the ball is drilled by jaeger deep into the end zone and dion sanders has to down it there and the falcons will go on offense first and 10 at their 20. if you cannot overplay the significance of the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against jerry glanville of the falcons that kept the raider drive alive giants up 13 nothing on cleveland green bay a surprise leader over the dolphins the itt 10-minute ticker bobby brister's thrown for two touchdowns for the steelers new england continues to lead houston washington leading winless cincinnati new orleans a 3-0 team shutting out minnesota so far and the colts who've yet to win a game up at the half by three on the lions nfl live will give you the complete stories the scores the big plays and we go to halftime right now we have 54 seconds to play chris miller throws down field and the ball is taken in beautifully by mike pritchard tremendous reception by pritchard who turned back to the wrong side to take it down for a first down block running back to the line of scrimmage to hurry up offense the red gun certainly produced a lot of problems for the raiders against houston [Music] another throw another catch this is andre rise now they're going to rule he was out of bounds didn't have both feet in so it'll be second down and ten it does stop the clock with 29 seconds to play in the half charity glendale he's just not he never gives up you know he he kind of portrays that image with the with the black uniform and everything tells his team it's us against the world nobody likes us anywhere on the face of the earth including our own fans and his team feeds off of that attitude miller makes a drop makes a throw connection to andre risen who tries to duck the pursuer ronnie lott it is good for a first down to the 45-yard line and the falcons stop the clock with 20 seconds left to go in the half you see ryzen is the inside receiver raiders are going with the zone their idea is after they catch it and we'll nail him miller finds him wide open and smartly this time ryzen gets on the ground before losing eight or ten i see people in atlanta are going to say look this red gun is working why don't we stay in that in this formation well the raiders are playing the prevent game here to make sure that no receiver gets deeper than their deepest defensive back and you hope the clock gets them before they're in position to kick the field goals for the touchdown the overall numbers not very impressive particularly the net rushing yards raiders have rushed for a total of 24 yards in the game 12 carries averaging two yards a rush the falcons have rushed for a total of nine yards in the game actually eight yards on nine carries point nine a rush on first down miller throws the out pattern but his receiver in that area thomas was running a fly nobody home that's the problem with this new offense the red gun with june jones the thing that makes it work picture perfect in houston is that warren moon has had a huge four receivers there for three years and with june jones coming in there's the offensive coordinator on the sideline this red gun or run-and-shoot offense needs great communication great feel between the quarterback and the receiver sometimes it's not going to be there that was one of the times this is the red gun with the four wide outs two deployed to either side on the second down and ten play miller stands in throws makes the connection to andre start to near long field goal range he gets out of bounds at the 33-yard line 12 seconds left time for one more throw to a sideline 36 mcdaniel in the coverage excellent batter run by ryze very sharp cut just leaves mcdaniel in the dust and gets the first down so they basically have a chance for one more play whether you make the choice to go in the end zone or go for the first down i think you throw a quick out take a field goal 12 seconds they can get a pass play off yeah but you need about six or eight seconds for that field goal so the quarterback can't go to a second or third choice first down killer with a quick drop now here comes the rush he's burning some time trying to get away and he wisely runs out of bounds at the 29-yard line with five seconds left so chris miller his wits about him with the raiders in pursuit gets some yardage to make it a shorter field goal and does stop the clock with time to kick it certainly in this situation you don't want the sack look at anthony smith he almost runs down that quarterback so norm johnson the longtime seattle seahawk he played there nine years before he was cut this summer he can take it a long way although his home arena for the last nine seasons has been an artificial turf indoors win that effect of the day it's a beautiful day in georgia temperature about 70. johnson spins up a field goal drive and he's wide right so the first half ends in a standoff falcon 7 and the raider 7 and looming very large in the first half developments the personal foul call against the atlanta coach that kept a raider drive alive that they subsequently scored on 7-7 nfl live is coming up next we'll be right back after these messages from your local station seven seven is the count raiders and the falcons down quickie with bob trumpy as we now take a look at the keystone halftime stats and the thing that jumps out at you there are the rushing yards for the two teams 24 yards rushing for the raiders just eight for the falcons and yesterday archelle said that our offensive line is not dominated at the line of scrimmage and that's what we need to do well they got 12 rushes for 24 yards they're nowhere close to dominating this atlanta falcons defense at the line of scrimmage raiders will kick it off to open the third quarter jeff jaeger teeing up the ball at his 35 yard line dion sanders the celebrated one back deep very shortly you'll be able to purchase your dion sanders prime time wardrobe that will be on the market soon coming out with a line of clothing here is a kickoff taken by sanders at the 10-yard line out to the 20 and a marker down so while the falcons send out their offense we wait for johnny greer a legal block a hold call on the return by the falcons that'll set them back and so again they'll have the long field to go from where this drive starts to open the third quarter holding number 54 on the return first down that's robert lyles very impressive beginning of this season for the raider defense you can't argue with their performance shout out colts last week falcons two quarters this week of course you just tuned in the seven points scored by the falcons came on a fumble recovered and run for a touchdown chris miller now sets his offense three wide receivers in the game now fourth as pritchard goes in motion he's also a running back and they go straight up the middle running with the ball now is the rookie eric pedram 5'9 188 trying to weave his way for some yards into the raider defense he gets a head out to the 21-yard line well now this is the true run and shoot count the guys at the line of scrimmage and if you've got enough guys on your offensive line to push around those guys on the defensive line you run it anthony smith helps on the tackle eddie anderson also on the tackle but it looks like now the falcons choice is to go exclusively with the red gun four wide receivers like houston red gun quarterback starts under the center buffalo's running shoot starts out of the shotgun most do that takes away pretty much most of the running game certainly the exception that goes with play faking as pigram gets the call again and he is taken down by terry mcdaniel the left cornerback for the raiders howie long bob golick scott davis and greg townsend across the defensive front of los angeles with mcdaniel in washington the corners latin anderson the safeties moss ellison are the linebackers when they go to their base defense [Applause] going a lot with extra defensive backs raiders as you know were blasted first week of the season by the run and shoot of the oilers at the houston astrodome when they were beaten 47 to 17. now on third and less than two pegrum breaks ahead with the player's whistle dead by a marker before the snap false start 75 offense still third down that's on chris hinton that was a pretty quick snap they they tried to run what appeared to be a tricky formation and they didn't let hinton get set those are the little things that just kill an offense when you're playing a team like the raiders this guy doesn't do much wrong one of the best linemen in pro football he came here from indianapolis and was a left tackle his entire career makes the transition to right tackle nobody's business no problem there's a hall of fame offensive tackle where hinton could one day one day be archelle the headman of the raiders miller throws and sean collins goes for the ball lionel washroom picks it up it looks to be a live ball it could be a raider touchdown it is so an extraordinary play by lionel washington and the raiders take the lead almost a mirror of the early going the other way around when the raiders had the ball fumbled out at this end of the field was returned by tuggle of atlanta for the first score gotta take a look on replay to see if it's in fact a catch but it's rule to catch on the field well i don't understand why this ball is they try to run a pick but washington does not buy it he's right inside from that angle certainly looks like the catch the referee is looking right at it so they saw it all the way and so all of a sudden the raider defense strikes for a touchdown and the raiders take the lead 13-7 tremendous play by lionel washington let's see if we got a different angle here he drops left and throws back right pressure in his face and he can't really follow through there's not enough to overturn that play on the field if it's called a touchdown on the field [Music] touchdown okay what now what their ruling is he did catch it was their contact that had him down on the ground good point that's exactly what they're trying to rule is shawn collins in contact with lionel washington at the point where the interception is made is his knee down i think it's going to come back down the raiders are going to get the ball but i think they're going to say collins did make contact with washington therefore he's down and the raiders are going to get it but back at the spot of the interception raiders came into the game today with no interceptions to the first three games now they have further review it was ruled a intercepted pass and the runner is stale at the 18 yard line oh that hurts lionel he wanted that td dbs don't get in any of them especially not that easy but i think as you pointed out trump that sean collins did indeed have a piece of money all he did was make contact when he was down miller looks hurt he had a fractured clavicle as tyler bone last year got it in the 13th game of the season he's got seven screws and a plate in that shoulder his throwing shoulder he doesn't look good either back up is billy joe toledo the young man acquired from san diego now the raiders go with the game 7-7 touchdown comes off the board raiders first and ten inside the atlanta 20. right through the hands of the antenna receiver fernandez puts his hands up and falcons almost had it right back the other way with a pick off that carried off a couple of falcons and a raider gonna happen right in front of you schrader doesn't take anything off this one [Music] it's the foot of tuggle you see fernandez running the pick underneath he's wide open tries to get a little too fancy with that reception darien connor right there to make him change his mind about coming in the middle of this defense though raiders dodge a bullet out second and ten roger craig looks for room penalty marker comes in often a hold against the offensive line umpire threw it in game clock is tough with 12 40 to play in the third quarter [Applause] holding it is against the raiders i'm telling you he cannot give this falcon defense enough credit to this point now the raiders have rushed for 24 yards on 12 carries yes 58 he calls all the defensive signals and his defensive captain 88 offense still second down tight end ethan horton doug shively the assistant head coach of the falcons for defense and jerry glanville not as many penalties in this game as i thought that we would uh have i kind of figured that we'd need at least a penalty box maybe shut down for a few minutes but second down and 20 now for the raiders as they're firing and call that here's another penalty mark with the snap of the ball was incomplete at the 19-yard line it again for mervin fernandez that's going to be against atlanta defensive end was in the neutral zone offsides defense free play for the raiders that will make it second down and 15. coach glanville seems to have settled down now in the third quarter after that constant barrage of sweet nothings in the euro 56 defense still second down [Applause] with the clock operator please reset the clock to 12 29. you see the upper right corner of the screen that's darian connor 56 in the neutral zone free play for the raiders they could not take advantage of it [Music] johnny grier is the kind of a referee you need for a game like this trump he's got his stuff together you know he's boss out there this could ignite at any time second down and 15 now for the raiders game tied in the third quarter 12 29 to play in it now the raiders seem to be drawing up a play 11 guys up for the falcons there's a marker down and so is quarterback jay schroeder is coming up to get him with jeff donaldson on a blitz another fight breaks out in the far side of the field willie galt someone else will he got back on his home turf griffin georgia it's not casey william getting into it there [Applause] the falcons came with what lanville calls the sticky defense puts 11 guys at the line of scrimmage and i ask him why sticky look at him all up there everybody's up there he says looks like the defense is offsides again like an old gardener 67 jump but donaldson makes the sack but he said it's called sticky because we either get you or you get us big on both sides puts everybody in a sticky spot we have two fouls on the defense offside defense that's two penalties against this football team that have kept drives alive one on him and one on brian jordan personal foul came when scott case was mixing it up with willy gall [Applause] [Music] a strange day on the field by rushing no first downs today for the raiders they have no first downs rushing in the falcons have but one johnny greer is taking the time out now going to talk to jerry glanville you're right johnny grier is in control here [Music] i like this on johnny grier's part he goes to the sideline gives gives his head coach a chance tells him tells him what the uh what his crew members have said johnny grier is a good listener how often to a certain point yes how often do you see this not often but look he gets jerry glenville to back to back off [Music] there's a man in control very much so as coach shell on the other sideline waiting to see if his raiders can get it in they trailed in the game until well into the second quarter when they finally got a touchdown a quick throw yardage play from jay schweder to rookie tight end andrew glover well it gives the raiders a first down which is the most important thing so now the ball is positioned inside the 15-yard line about the 13-yard line of the falcons [Applause] roger craig nine-new pro from nebraska going wide then cutting back and he's inside down to about the eight yard line patrick craig got about five yards on the play before strong safety ryan jordan knocked him down as we look at the hertz 10-minute ticker fans continue to shut out the browns green bay continues to lead the favored dolphins a one-point lead for the steelers in philadelphia new england going for its second win and it would be a big surprise over undefeated houston new orleans looking early like a possible super bowl team from the nfc looking to go 4-0 on the air here we go sticky again now they back out of it steve smith up the middle trap blocking allows him to get down to the five yard line second and goal from where the ball was spotted was the 10 yard line the falcon defense did an excellent job there because they made the raiders audible just go to a base play jesse tuggle finally makes the tackle along with mike gann but it almost made the raiders go away from eight play they had the audible to accommodate that sticky defense [Applause] good game and a long way to go 10 42 to play in the third quarter set it up third down and eight open man touchdown to ethan horton and markers come in after the play another personal foul will be signal but schroeder has done a great job he has avoiding the sack avoiding the pressure throw case out of here [Applause] all the conversation and late hitting is counterproductive he might be done scott case got a second personal foul caller we'll see if it was him definitely it looks like it might have been [Applause] both touchdowns today by the raiders personal foul 88 offense percival number 40 defense it was not uh this guy was brian jordan that the personal foul was signaled against watch the job that schroeder does again it got him dead to rights that's mo gardner 67. traitor does a great job of avoiding the rush and again that strength of arm tremendous play by schroeder two touchdowns by the raiders both of them to tight ends good job of adjustment by the tight end traitor able to get that ball right to the guy that's open jordan hits him in the face now he doesn't go back and talk to him and he gets a personal foul also now the extra point attempt by jaeger 10 28 to go in the third quarter and the raiders take the lead for the first time in the game as they go out in front 14-7 and we'll be back with the raiders kickoff in a moment [Applause] we'll roast out here we're a thousand miles from anywhere is that a ship ah no one will save us green miller genuine drafts [Applause] cold filtered miller genuine draft for those who've discovered its real graph taste the world is a very cool place making a sports car it seems mandatory to mention how fast it can go all right with an overhead cam engine capable of producing 224 pounds of torque the new subaru svx can reach speeds in excess of 140 miles an hour but how important is that most of the 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the 30 markers down again though on the return eric crudup was down to make the tackle in special teams for los angeles back to the touchdown from behind the end zone ethan horton makes the catch and you can see what happens brian jordan pushes him in the face horton comes back he's somewhat incensed a little shove to the face mask and then a right cross and they call the flag on both of them offsetting penalties but it's pretty much been the nature of the game as it was set up but to intimidate through execution not after the play is over that's the eighth penalty illegal hands 82 kicking team a rare penalty against the kicking team out of coverage they were saying that's the eighth penalty against the falcons and that's now the third penalty against the raiders make it fourth and i'm not sure i've ever seen a penalty on the kicking team on a kickoff other than offsides the guard shell looks down his lament when we talked with him yesterday our game has been knocking people off the line of scrimmage and we haven't been doing that certainly not today as neither team has been able to run the ball raiders just 31 yards rushing on 14 carries [Music] oh they're not going to re-kick it they're going to give them the 10 yards from the spot where the receiver was down falcons have only 21 yards rushing on 12 carries less than two yards a try next sunday following ryder cup golf nbc sports presents more great nfl action beginning with nfl live at the special time of 3 30 eastern time some of you will see dan marino and the dolphins take on the new york jets others will see steve debergan the chiefs face divisional rivals san diego check local listings for the game in your area next sunday on nbc right now it's first and ten good play fake by miller goes to the open man he gets the ball to one of his tight ends that was gary wilkins a big back used primarily as a blocker out of georgia tech look at him he's looked like he really hurt his arm the last time he was hit and uh of course he has that as you said that plate and seven screws in his shoulder only interesting to see just how well he can throw the ball chris miller they're saying it's his upper arm where does the upper arm start stop and the shoulder begins remember those raiders will get out of phillips screwdriver they've been worse than a bad situation as it's now second down and four and up to pedram the rookie he's tough keeps on trucking not done yet down to the 40 and markers come in that's going to be a face mask penalty against the raiders [Applause] there's a there's another flag up the field one official picked up a flag terry mcdaniel personal foul face mass 36 defense first down from behind the defense you see about two or three broken tackles here here's one eddie anderson 93 towns and goes for the ball instead of the player and then mcdaniel left hand on the face mask drags pigram down nice pickup and so often with that face mask goes the head must follow no question about that this pigram's a good looking back out of north texas state now the falcons start to challenge and here's a throw into the end zone open for the score is broussard touchdown atlanta [Applause] steve broussard with his first touchdown of the new season and the falcons enter the raiders drive with one of their own pre-tying touchdowns nice roll-out by chris miller just eases it over ronnie lot 42 anderson is the man that's supposed to be there in coverage it looks like they're looking at it again to see if he was in bounds when he caught that ball or not at the further review the play stands touchdown the official in perfect position staring right down at his feet so it seemed to be good all the way and now the extra point attempt by norm johnson following broussard's touchdown reception the punter is the holder field goal towards the end of the first half but he hits the extra point and we're again tied now it's 14 all and we'll be back with the atlanta falcons kickoff after a this is a car 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fourth touchdown pass of the season for chris miller [Applause] now the high spinning kickoff by jackson is going to be fielded by jamie collins as he crosses the 20. [Music] in the end the penalty could decide this game illegal block is the preliminary signal from referee johnny greer blocking below the waist 88 on the receiving team first round john horton next weekend witness all the drama the motion of a great golf tradition when nbc sports presents live coverage of the ryder cup from the brand new ocean course on kiawah island south carolina you'll see the 1991 u.s open champion payne stewart of the always steady paul azinger lead the usa against europe's best including sevi by esteros and masters champion ian wisdom ryder cup next weekend on nbc how trumpy will be at it right now we're watching the raiders go first in 10. schrader stands in our pro skips off his receiver roger craig you know some quarterbacks have an easy ball to catch roger craig has spent his entire career catching the ball from joe montana joe montana throws a very tight spiral lots of revolutions and it's a very soft ball to catch jay schroeder being a former baseball player guns the ball everywhere and even though it's the fourth game of the season and craig has had all summer to practice with him i think sometimes these rockets just surprise you that carried off his shoulder pads roger craig is a great receiver all-time leader among running backs and career receptions now the raiders finally get the big run on the second down and 10 played the power back steve smith takes it straight ahead and he is ahead up to the across the 20-yard line that is the longest raiders run from scrimmage so far today 10 yards to the fullback lead block by roger craig this time they get it somebody on jesse tuggle who last year made 200 tackles for this atlanta falcons defense and first down pickup that is the first rushing first down second rushing first down the raiders have had all day and the falcons have only two well even way early was a raider on the left side bruce wilkerson the left tackle [Applause] there let's check the hertz 10 minute ticker browns around the board but down by 10 packers continue to lead philadelphia has now come from behind to lead the steelers england what could be the upset of the season so fire up on undefeated houston washington by 10 over the bengals new orleans still a shutout leader over minnesota and detroit has now gone out in front 23-10 over the colts another run raiders take it right at the falcon defense on first down first and 15. rick bryan makes the stop steve smith again the ball carrier just can't give enough credit to both of these defensive lines falcons defensive line raiders 2.8 yards per carry steve smith bangs it in there 77 rick ryan 58 tuggle they get a lot of people on the ball every time raiders send all that speed out to different flanks now in brown in the game coming in motion second down and 14 here's a blitz screen pass and the defense is right there tori atlas number 74. an outstanding defensive play the whole falcon defense in position that was a screen pass and the nose tackle reads it right in front of the 13. he runs a game and when the tackle releases in front of him well he's right there to make the tackle outstanding performance by this falcons defense the game is tied 14-0 six minutes and 35 seconds to play in the third quarter now the raiders need long yardage on third down third down and 14. folks could be coming again lone setback is with the nine first sack of the day for the falcons tim green head butter and rick bryant the obligatory headbutt nobody to throw it here throw it to here traders looking all over the place can't find anybody tim green makes the first contact rick bryan there connor there big sack for the falcons now the punt by gossip he hits a beauty under pressure and deion sanders has to fair catch the ball back at his 42-yard line a terrific job hunting under pressure by jeff gossett when we return to atlanta's fulton county stadium the falcons have the ball in this tie game [Applause] filtered miller genuine draft look at this offer 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won't end up a palooka after all these headbutts [Applause] falcons go to the run and again keegram showing his stuff gets it ahead on fighting yards out to the 45-yard line got five when there was nothing there bob golick the nose tackle this is the way this is the way the falcons started their last drive run first and then throw later bob golick's been doing the job a standout player now in his 12th nfl season a very valuable plan b acquisition for the raiders coming from the cleveland browns he's been to the pro bowl three times [Applause] second down and six they try pigman again this time he escapes people wow and fights ahead for three yards when he was stopped seemingly for a loss there's no way in the world this kid should gain three yards on this carry at the point of attack there is nothing watch this spin he avoids that one there's winston moss got him dead to rights he gets by him howie long tries to wrap him up this guy looks like a circus right here a carnival right here whirling dervish with the football brings up third and short though that's a big pickup for the for the falcons doing it with quickness not with size 5 9 188 pounds eric pigram now the momentum is now on the side of the balconies this is a huge third down conversion for don they need just two on third down and they go to pigram and he gets it another marker fired in this one comes from the umpire man who stands behind the linebackers looking right at the quarterback that's a bad sign usually it's on the offense holding and that's the signal that johnny greer gives so a first down run by pigram is negated well that was a big third down now the momentum of the offense and the falcons kind of negated somewhat holding 78 offense to the third down mike kim offensive left tackle this is just for the third quarter i thought there'd be a lot of flags on the field and in the third quarter there'd been more than a share now again still third down to 10 a huge third down conversion here for the 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garner's the man the man with the show everyone's talking about the critics say it scores a hole in one man of the people then meet an odd couple of cops from pacific station i'll grab a burger later you gotta eat steroids hormones and pesticides with the pickle and the sesame seed month robert guillen the show that critics love starting at 8 7 central nbc tonight [Music] chris miller just felt the force of the raider pass rush sacked on third down by winston moss now the subsequent punt and the ball is positioned at the 34-yard line where the raiders go first down and 10 in a 14-14 game don quickie with bob trumpy at fulton county stadium in atlanta 3 20 to play third quarter that late substitution by tim brown just messed up the defense of the atlanta falcons look at them switching they go to the run roger craig powers the ball craig likes so many of the great ones plays every down like the game is riding on it spends everything he's got every carry montoya's out with a full groin muscle and look the raiders going right back to the line of scrimmage to keep this defensive set on the field the falcons have the raiders have three wide receivers and the falcons don't have enough defensive backs to take advantage of it i'm betting they try something deep here they get all the speed on this side of the field golf inside tim right outside and they run it they do on a second down and four play and they got a head for maybe two and a half three yards darion connor who's made a lot of tackles made the stop as marcus allen provides some insight for coach shell got a player down here for the falcons too boy don raiders had the right defense in there but they ran the wrong play in my estimation they had scott case running man-to-man with tim brown do you like tim brown's chances in that spot so do i try to check who the injured falcon is it stops the clock with two minutes and 33 seconds to play in the third quarter and we'll take a look at the hurts 10-minute ticker and here it is brown's getting back in the game against the giants bill belichick the defensive coordinator for the giants super bowl team now coaching cleveland miami's come back to tie the packers eagles have extended their lead to nine points over the steelers patriots continue to lead the unbeaten oilers washington still up on cincinnati darien connor was down new orleans in command this guy has played a terrific game for atlanta darien connor a dominating outside backer from jackson state he is one big dude bill parcells liked him in the draft he is a perfect size for it looks like looks like he got poked in the eye and he is a house he is a perfect size for a real giant lined up randy [Music] very good player he'll be back third down and three now for schrader they go to the draw play and roger craig is taken down for no game wow big big defensive play by the falcons mike gann number 76 made the stop he wasn't ready to take a butt he's he's butted out in this game the raiders have a grand total of two rushing first downs on 18 carries just 52 yards under a three yard for carry average not the kind of offense that art shell and the raiders want to see jeff cassidy in the punt gan who just made the tackle has exceptional hearing many times in his career in college and pros he'll stand at the line and we'll hear what the play call is in the opposing huddle dead series he's won games for notre dame doing it here's the kick downfield taken at the 20-yard line leon sanders breaks it down the line out to the 39-yard line [Applause] next week the nfl goes to week five and following ryder cup golf nbc sports presents more nfl action nfl live at a special time of 3 30 eastern time among the games you'll see the dolphins versus the jets kansas city goes against san diego check local listings for the game in your area [Music] very encounter who got kicked in the eye at a big swelling under it being attended to he's made a load of tackles in on virtually every defensive play coming on the blitz down after down keeping the pressure on schrader the game is tied 14 all good play fake his main pass and is taken down by the tight end gary wilkins well that play has worked that's his second reception on the same play the bootleg by chris miller they throw the touchdown to brassard in the end zone on the bootleg and here's the bootleg again he's out there by himself he's open broussard which should come in the picture here just to the left he was also open justin moss dragged by wilkins his first down pickup that has worked that's something they can put in the bank and go to several times now they don't go to the tight end often wilkins had one catch coming into today's game third quarter winding down and out as we're down to 25 seconds to play in it pigram looks for a place to go and finds a little room head for three yards on a first down carry he's out to the pretty close to the 46-yard line of the raiders bob golick and ricky ellison were the tacklers for los 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alive now both teams have settled in just to knock them out football making no prisoners here come the raiders as miller lets it go long open then it's caught for a touchdown by michael haynes [Applause] longest touchdown receiving reception of the 1991 season beautifully thrown by chris miller boy was it [Applause] came down with [Applause] very ice michael haynes from northern arizona and with world-class lead displayed it there you see the separation he gets from washington and washington is hoping to overthrow it please overthrow it look at that great job by haynes puts his head down and accelerates stretches out to catch it that is picture perfect put that one in the time capsule that's the way they design them to work a slow-motion look a perfect throw our producer today for nbc sports is victor frank our director richard klein executive producer terry o'neal as we see perfection with the long ball for the raid the falcons as they take the lead down the raiders 21 to 14. yes sir chris miller likes it you know don in the middle of this in the middle of this reception we'll come back and show you something just a beautiful job of acceleration by haynes you realize that ball was way out there he put his head down took a couple of big strides to catch up to it and makes the catch [Applause] downfield on the kickoff here comes sam reddy he's another burner with world class speed gold medal in the relay but the falcons with their lanes well covered stay in them make the knockdown on special teams watch this and again watch what happens when he gets by looks back for the football sees it thrown i need more speed what puts his head down one two strides turns around and looks again well for young receivers out there if you can if you can teach yourself to do that you got a place in this league great confidence in his ability that head stays steady miller put it right on the money you can keep your head when all about you now losing theirs and blaming it on you you clearly lost sight of the situation it's been that kind of the day here in atlanta let's see if trader he's looking to counter as he looks deep there's a throw and on the infield fernandez lost his footing and the ball sailed overhead robert lyles tipped that ball down lyles the outside linebacker on the left crater looking down the middle watch the tip just gets it out away from fernandez i think he makes that catch oh we'll see this perfectly mckeyer 22 fernandez does slip watch lyles yes knocks the ball away for an incompletion the braves have a very good fielding infield although they didn't last night [Applause] not the way it plays or what the field they have to play on they've done a lot to try to refurbish this field annually has been the toughest deal to play on because you get so much action the falcons the braves tractor pulls rock concerts everything goes out here yeah they do that of course this is the last season as you watch fernandez mishandled this one this is the last season that atlanta will play here at fulton county stadium they're building the jojo dome they're playing inside starting next year greater not good numbers 9-23 not good numbers got a long way to go 14-31 to play the falcons holding a seven-point lead the blitz has picked up long ball and the coverage was right there willie gault a world-class printer they keep talking about world-class feed but it's out there in the number of people he tried to draw an interference play watch the end of this play raiders do a good job of picking up the blitz but watch watch what galt does [Applause] he's trying to draw the flag bobby butler did have a hand on him but he's looking back at the ball kind of scatter like a cubby a quail there overthrown incomplete now back to live action here's the punt hit down by jeff gossage another good one that dion sanders fair catches at the 34-yard line but the falcons send their offense back out holding a seven-point lead it's not a wagon not a van but whatever 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national football league is brought to you by domino's pizza call domino's pizza right now and you'll be enjoying a hot delicious pizza when the game is over [Music] building has been sold out since july anticipating the raiders coming to town and the falcons after leading 7-0 later found themselves down 14-7 now they've come back with two touchdowns and have taken the lead again over los angeles 21-14 a super throw by chris miller to michael haynes from 46 yards out for the go-ahead touchdown and now the falcons go again on offense as piegrum somehow is hit and gets away again and weaves his way ahead to the 38. does this guy dress up with crisco on him somewhere nobody can get a a real lick on this kid untacklable watch the way he dances his feet raiders fans might remember a player that played for the raiders back in the 70s his name was jess phillips well could do that he'd be out there for eight seconds running the ball and gain a yard and a half nobody could get him down he can't make a living in those yards and a half runners though nope negron was a sixth-round draft choice from north texas state nicknamed the doctor and the doctor is operating still on a second down carry he's out to the 45-yard line tackled by anthony smith one of the big aspects of the run and shooter the red gun is that draw and here's the draw executed perfectly anthony smith's responsibility as the tackle is to make that stop he does but not before there's a first down pickup that sprint draw in the run and shoot of the red gun a very valuable play right now is when atlanta wants time off the clock keep possession first down yardage key when you want to keep the possession first down coming up for the falcons at the 45-yard line [Applause] miller right back to eric pedro a little over a yard without spa man not really not even that as they mocked the ball right at the 45 thomas benson and greg townsend with the tacklers for los angeles you can see the way they've spread the yardage around amongst the running backs last week broussard week two pedro week one jones they're not settled on a running back of course they got mike rozier who was a hold out training camp and he ran some of the run and shoot down in houston a couple of years ago so i think they hope eventually he there's rozier right there number 30. he will eventually be this s back in the red gun falcons looking to control the ball with the power game now miller fires in hard and good defense coming over the top was terry mcdaniel the left side cornerback raiders head back to the coliseum where over 90 000 are expected next sunday when the 49ers come in that ball was intended for ryzen and it looked like miller was very late in throwing that ball tonight it's the real life deep sea adventures of mark and brian when they come face to face with the jaws of death and a death-defying dive into a shark tank and here's an eerie update kids who can hear the thoughts of dogs on one of the weirdest new shows of the season eerie indiana followed by two great stars and two great new shows james gardner is a man of the people and robert guillaume stars in pacific station all tonight followed by the premier movie of guilty till proven innocent there's a throw and a catch the ball is lost rising had it is it a live ball ronnie lot picks it up and he's going to keep running with it till we decide they're treating it as a life ball don what they're calling on the field is it was a catch a fumble and a return i'm going to get out of the way because i know you take great delight now as we go to the replay terry mcdaniel was the guy who made the hit now what what the nfl is doing this year is they're making the call on the field and then the replay official has something to bounce what he sees off of verizon certainly chased after the ball he thought he had it i think [Applause] i don't think they'll count that as a catch i mean that's very very close and the raiders are running to play as quickly as they can well umpire comes in no no we're going to review this we can go back and take another glory given this one today [Applause] by the way jerry glanville is beaten up on those sideline officials keeps whispering those sweet nothings okay again he's being reviewed by replay on the field so he's got to have both feet down one ball loose now what do you what the replay gentlemen has to uh has to determine is was the first foot down replay today is dave hawk i mean these things are so fine line it's unbelievable when you look at it in slow motion i agree make a determination i agree i agree with you totally again when the ball reaches his hand he has a little stutter step is his left foot on the ground when he catches it okay it's not was his right foot on her boy that's tough you need incontrovertible evidence to overturn the play i don't know 11 34 to play in the game falcons are in the lead 21-14 and we're driving at the further review the play stands not enough evidence to overturn the call needed that incontrovertible evidence yeah and glanville is not complaining that much he was staring right at the play [Music] looking on him passively but you know he's churning inside everybody involved in this is as the raiders go to the run on first down and there's nothing there tim green a defensive end number 99 a road scholar candidate twice in his years at syracuse do you remember what art shell told us last night about tim green in this defensive line he said these guys cannot stand here all day and be hammered by our big offensive line well to this point it held the raiders to 50 yards rushing on 19 carries they have withstood the heavy pounding of this raider offensive line and they said a 300 pounder counted on 260 by the fourth quarter something's got to give it's got to be the smaller guy that is yet next so far green is still making plays now the raiders go to the run and running with the ball is marcus wilson name which you've probably not heard because he's not played for the raiders before that down he's from scrimmage activated from the practice squad and they did not expect him to see any activity a converted defensive back and he's probably wondering what am i doing out here well he wasn't doing it long he's coming back out now tim brown replaces him falcons have done a good job defending the long ball boy is this a big third down raiders today just four of 12 on third down oh my goodness schrader needs a big throw now third down the raiders need five for a first down as the falcons key the front again here comes the rush schrader takes a look running out of time there's a throw too much on it had an open man in willy galt he threw a high pass ball that golf could not control and now the raiders have to punt the ball with 9 57 to play dion sanders right there play happens to the right everybody drops it's zone for the falcons and he's waiting he's waiting for golf now watch who comes into the picture here deon sanders he didn't give him much room to throw that ball to willie gault jerry glanville thinks that deon sanders is a better cornerback than lim barney formerly of the detroit lions back in the 70s and he said i thought glenn barney was the best i ever saw they said he was the standard i always judged him i saw dion sanders who's ready to run it back from his nine special teams playing has been outstanding and yet another marker down this is it down at the line of scrimmage legal man downfield is the signal against the razors they'll punt it again yeah make them funny again give deion sanders another chance make that punt coverage team run down under another one does not get any easier for the falcons next week they'll go against unbeaten new orleans here 67 illegally downfield on a kicking team still fourth down and turk was down early he's the snapper he's made some big plays though on special teams as coming back out to punt the ball again is the veteran jeff gossett now if you're a special 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bringing you a full line of award-winning automobiles the summer olympic games come to the city of atlanta right now the falcons are holding a seven point lead over the raiders in the fourth quarter play action rollout by chris miller harvard was there so he had to throw the ball in high eller's really sharpened up his passing game as it's worn on the big strike before go to michael haynes first time that rollout that bootleg has not worked for the falcons today as we check the fram 10-minute ticker miami's now gone ahead of green bay houston getting closer at new england cincinnati rallies to tie up the unbeaten redskins new orleans in command they come in here next sunday to play the falcons and detroit appears to be sending the colts down to their fourth straight loss clinton had a bad club got varied opening day by by the redskins and has won three straight now it will if his whole score holds up here is a throw by miller almost picked his ronnie lot tipped it rynell washington gets it and he'll take it back to the 30-yard line so a big turnover now the raiders get the ball to the atlanta 30-yard line with nine minutes and 23 seconds left to play it appears one of the things that that's a that's a characteristic to run and shoot is that the quarterback cannot have a favorite receiver and it looks like he's tying in to andre ryzen now you see lot drop off in coverage 42 tips the ball see rising is covered there's no question about that did that brought up some dust that brought up some dust there in this case some gravel goodness that was awful closer that ball bounce it's going to be reviewed see if we can tell here any better ball is tip no first thing oh that ball bounced that ball bounced finally i think the replay is going to rule in atlanta's favor watch again that this ball bounces on the infield here i'm not consistent bounce wow looks like a cat i think that ball hit between his hands i really do inconclusive play stands or incontrovertible you need incontrovertible get the word right now grier's our man to bring the official verdict here it is interception raiders we had no incontrovertible evidence well put in fact we didn't have any inconclusive evidence more conclusive replays had a big part in this game it is now it's first down and 10 for the raiders who trail by seven 21-14 a lot of time to go in the fourth quarter and off and marcus wilson runs the ball so marcus wilson with the raider running back court depleted our shell was saying everybody talked about what are you going to do with all those running backs at the start of the season he said those things have a way of sorting themselves out with injuries we don't have enough right now really i don't know what's wrong with roger craig there's marcus allen he's got a bad knee of course craig bella is out we know about both jackson marcus wilson is a big man at a crucial part of this game second down and six as we had the man leaving early we'll see if tim green was drawn offside by motion in the offensive line false start [Applause] top of the screen a helmet he moved when tim green moved veteran raider team raiders have 17 players in their roster over 30 years of age [Music] marcus wilson a 6-1 200-pound runner from virginia six-round draft choice in 90 as schrader throws and the ball is taken down by hernandez but they really was out of bounds well that was a great catch though was it goodness that was a great catch screen left i'll direct your attention throws it over the linebacker and defensive back one foot down no it's on the line but nice try by fernandez but he couldn't get the two feet down falcon defense continues to improve under glenville the falcons county this game have now held five of their last six opponents dating back to last season to 14 points or less raiders right now stuck on 14. they can get seven they'll tie the game a stacked formation high to the top of your screen and overload on that side as the falcons deploy three defensive backs schrader throws and he throws it right through an open area of the field scott case was the nearest to it but there were no white-shirted raiders around [Applause] what a defensive game this has been both sides come up with big plays oh jager now comes in for what i would term a long field goal second half to have been tough for the falcons they led all three previous games at the half and lost two of them today we were tied at the half seven all there is jeff jaeger a consistent kicker and a good long range kicker having another solid year at the university of washington his longest pick this year 41 yards he drives it up right through the middle a thing of beauty for the raiders off the foot of jeff jaeger but the falcons still lead the game albeit by four points now with a long way to go eight minutes to play ever since mitsubishi motors began 75 years ago the diamond has been used as the unbending guiding principle of mitsubishi quality the name mitsubishi means 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rocking the big apple next sunday one of the main men in the raiders offense roger craig has an irritated shoulder and it's doubtful he'll play again we'll see the injury to roger craig certainly hurts their chances but what's even worse is a young man named marcus wilson who has no knowledge of this offense is out there playing running back jager after hitting the long field goal to bring the latest backfield kicks off to dion sanders a big open field tackle as coming down to make the play was elvis patterson well in the second half now the falcons have done an excellent job offensively but they have not protected the ball well chris miller has thrown two interceptions obviously drive killing interceptions that have given the raiders a chance this offense now of the atlanta falcons leading by four was 7.50 left we need to tighten things up here chris miller certainly does is june jones well aware of that standing on the falcon sideline falcons want to run some clock if they can and they go to pedram who's been so consistent getting positive yards when seemingly nothing's been there this time he puts his head down and lunges for only a yard so the raider defense wins first down it's second and nine and this is what you don't like to see here a second nine situation turns that raider defense loose now again one thing the falcons have done with some success is the bootleg by the quarterback getting into the tight end of the running back [Applause] ronnie lap backs off the line of scrimmage now as miller goes with the long count stands in here comes that rush on the loose chris miller first down atlanta nice move scott davis finally makes the tackle but he does a good job on number 50 ricky ellison very smart choice here by chris miller not taking a chance with the football now watch the movie looks on puts on ricky ellison and then runs right by him just a defensive end back to make the tackle again pick up ellison top of the picture now watch this move very nice miller just 26 years old earlier this month directing his team flawlessly at this point as the handoff and the carry by keith jones is a hard stick by thomas benson 54. this is no time to lose your cool gentlemen 15-yard penalties at this stage of the game are very stupid falcons taking time off the clock as coach glenville checks the ticker and it's down to 5.50 and running atlanta 21 raider 17. falcons with second down and nine coming up again that second down second nine when you get one yard on first down it's not good it puts a lot of pressure on your offense later pass rushers dig in the tee off there's the handoff to pigram and townsend number 93 coming from right in makes the knockdown for a loss so now third down comes up third and ten great towns in a pro bowler last january this raider defense is designed for greg townsend to make a lot of plays on the pass rush in the running game and there are a lot of sacrificial defensive linemen in that raider organization howie long scott davis there to free things up for townsend to make the tackles and he does the four point deficit though that's a big number raiders if they get it back would have to score a touchdown 4 40 to play black running on third and 10 miller takes a look a throw and the ball skips off his receiver incomplete there is a penalty marker down back at the quarterback and a holding call is signaled against the falcons legal use of the hands hands to the face it looked they'll like down the penalty make it fourth down and again the falcon offense could not sustain a drive here we go hands to the face 69 offense it's declined for sale houston hoover lionel washington who had that interception that led to the last score a field goal helped off there's the snap now pull hey punch the ball it's not too long tim brown will run it back from his 27 30 35 40 45 and up to the 47-yard line so with 4 24 to play and needing a touchdown to go ahead the raiders start this drive in good field position at their 47-yard line one of the things that the falcons are doing is making tim brown go sideways to catch these punts but he does get by a couple of guys nice tackle by the falcons joe fishback to get tim brown down but excellent field position now for the raiders they've not produced a lot of offense in their second half but they are in a game-winning drive situation here see what the character the los angeles raiders has in store for us don this is what al davis hires these guys for win it in this situation trailer with a deep drop on first down and 10. long throw fernandez is open and the ball is tipped away ken teppens came back and tipped the ball away mervin fernandez was wide open at the 30-yard line a lot of falcon linebackers have been in the perfect spot today haven't they we've seen about five or six tip passes and if they're not tipped our receptions by raiders receivers today tippins on that tip raiders with a downfield throw on first down and again they find themselves now with two downs to get 10. schrader a throw and a completion and a penalty marker is down tim brown caught the ball at the 46-yard line of atlanta that falcon defensive line has really given his offensive line fits isaiah davis sitting there not happy with this offensive line's performance to this point in the season don not just today holding 73 offense still second down that spits patrick on the hole in replacing max montoya who's out with that full groin muscle he's only 320 pounds they've all got a pass block now as the raiders have fallen second down at 20 all the way back to their 37-yard line by four points [Applause] very close to a penalty it turns out to be perfect coverage grounds on the outside and you see the drop off on the inside you see the drop-off by mckeyer a little bump by jordan that's allowed the tires looking for the ball the officials are going to allow contact like that when both are looking at the ball obviously those people in los angeles say that's obviously the truth is it even better incidental contact it's called they're both looking at the ball going for the ball exceptionally well now third down and 20 for the raiders timeout falcons another strange choice by jay schroeder though on second down and 20 he goes for the distance and now let's check the fram 10-minute ticker the giants have held on to beat the browns 13-10 miami with a victory the 300th career for coach schuller three-point winner over green bay the eagles get their third win of the season defeating the steelers today at philadelphia houston rallies from behind to beat new england are to lead new england 2017 in the fourth quarter and washington holds to a seven point win over cincinnati seven point lead new orleans a shutout winner over minnesota so the saints on a roll 4-0 and detroit after losing its opener wins its third game while the colts fall to 0 and 4. [Music] and back to this game again third down at 20. i have no idea what you go to here because the raiders they're not they haven't really thrown the ball in the intermediate range that much it's either short or it's very deep robisky there on the left he calls the plays with the graces of archel the head coach third down and the raiders need 20. big rush is it coming schroeder on the run fires he makes the connection and he's going to go for a first down [Applause] brown all-american from notre dame makes the big play he adjusted his pattern when he saw schwader in trouble in a terrific play by jay schroeder the former ucla bruin who makes his most important throw of the day perhaps to keep a drive alive brian mitchell the man who makes the tackle he's the man in coverage but great foot speed by tim brown look at the hand fighting pulls himself by that defensive back traitor finds himself open and gets the ball to brown huge play in the third and 20. they pick up about 30. three minutes and 56 seconds to play falcons 21 raiders 17. first down los angeles 36-yard line of atlanta hitchcock to marcus wilson and wilson fights his way down to the 30-yard line the raiders have to take it in they're down by four field goal this late probably wouldn't help again if you tuned in you're wondering why marcus wilson is out there on the field roger craig out with a bad shoulder jerry glanviller was so animated never stopped talking to the officials in the first half now somber looking on hoping his defense can hold good play call for schrader he hasn't had many in this position second down and four he just checks off make sure everybody's in sync second down four marcus wilson for touching the ball breaks marcus wilson was a sixth-round draft choice out of virginia in 1990 as you said he came off the practice squad i mean al local the al davis's uh executive assistant walks up to us yesterday said oh by the way we activated marcus wilson oh by the way only when we saw number 40 running down the field oh by the way this kid has been the most crucial driver of the game at running down marcus wilson first down the falcon defense up ends him at the 20-yard line and the game clock comes down close now to the two-minute warning oh by the way we've activated marcus wilson he was actually with the colts last season raiders got him as a free agent last april i believe this kid was drafted as a defensive back oh by the way listed as a safety well he's our new favorite guy in the moment because getting the ball every down is davis has some words for his good dear friend sam berkovic alcoa presents fantastic finishes the 1972 playoffs down to one big play it is called the immaculate reception the most famous fantastic finish in pro football history looking for somebody fires it down field and there's a collision that's cut out of the air the ball is [Applause] recycling aluminum beverage cans can help save money since they're worth more at recycling centers 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responded the last two minutes we come now to the last two minutes the game on the line the falcon defense looking to hold that's when kent stabler was the quarterback second down and nine for schrader in the later offense here come the falcons four-man rush throw and the receiver tuned around turning out protests he was held by mckeyer official right there snow and now third down and nine comes up and the raiders down by four have to get it in terry robinski signaling plays in from the sideline jerry glanville who calls all the offenses and defenses happy letting jesse tuggle call the defenses now as i'm field captain third and nine they go to the run and the falcons weren't buying it they went right for it 143 left to play this is don pricky with bob trumpy we watch those of you who've been watching the steelers and the eagles philadelphia 23-14 winner we're at fulton county stadium in atlanta and a huge down is coming up now as quarterback jay schroeder of the raiders goes to the sideline for some council he's down maybe to a last throw fourth down and 12 coming up the ball on the falcons 23-yard line 143 to play and atlanta leads the game 21-17 trump interesting call on that last play they had third down in nine and they go with what appears to be a draw up the middle it did not fool the atlanta falcons at all this is marcus wilson has the running back oliver barnett number 72 makes the hit strange call don the lone set back they go with the draw and he gets hammered by oliver barnett the game put hinge on this play there's the headbutt which has become part of falcon football congratulatory hit by fourth down and 12. raiders have to convert pro to the end zone won't be close intercepted by mackayer [Applause] don it appear to me the only guy that schrader was looking at was the guy in the end zone 83. there we go he had no chance at the ball but mckeyer does double coverage they had fourth and 12 and he throws it in the end zone mckeyer makes a whale of an interception and boy that there's a certain amount of desperation in that watch schrader he doesn't look underneath he is only looking at the corner of the end zone i question that choice i mean you need a first down i'm sure he does now but there's no turning back as the falcons at the bottom a four-point lead the game which they say is the pivotal game of the glenville era this is the game when the falcons thought they could come of age by beating the team that glanville would like his falcons to emulate the raiders 131 to play in a timeout on the field as there was no gain on a first down carry it was a good day for ideas plans for a sidewalk cafe were finalized a river walk was proposed and someone had the vision to bring luxury and romance back to train travel keep those ideas coming and we'll keep making them look their best laserjet printers from hewlett-packard art shell 15 years or raider an all pro tackle and now the coach has lived through so many of these finishes the falcons in command at the moment but it's not over yet schrader could get another chance atlanta 21 los angeles 17 with 131 to go there's actually a loss of a yard in that first down carry and now it is second down and 11. raiders have one timeout left another run tigram fights his way to the 25 yard line another timeout signal for with 125 to play so with a break in the action on the raider timeout their final one will pause for this work if your face were square shaving would be simple if your face were flat any razor would do but your face has curves you need the revolutionary shake tracer the first razor with a blade that flexes to trace every curve on your face compared to other razors tracer puts more of the blade edge against your skin for real faces just like yours tracer from chick traces every curve on your face and now we'll take a look at the canon camcorder replay of the game this was the interception jay schroeder is looking only at the end zone not for the first down he wants the six double coverage scott case inside mckeyer outside and mckeyer makes the interception falcons take over now a big down though as the raiders are out of timeouts third down in the long five miller with a rollout a play fake and a throw a catch and a first down for the falcons as he swings the ball out to mike pritchard the rookie from colorado game over and he's all the way out to the 48-yard line and now the falcons are in position to run out the clock that rollout has worked all day long excellent ball by jerry glanville or june jones or whoever and a good pull member totally uncovered lewis is the closest man number 21 finally anthony smith makes the tackle and chris miller stay in bounds stay in bounds well now there are a lot more believers in the wannabes the atlanta falcons they want to be the los angeles raiders and now the falcons go to that knee to the turf offense miller takes the snap one knee down and the raiders out of timeouts watch the game in the way [Applause] so the falcons and the game that they call the most important of the glenville era one of the most important in the franchise history prevail over the raiders the team they'd like to be like and certainly became a great deal more like winning in the end 21 to 17. the raiders now fall to two and two in the afc west offensive blind did not dominate today for the raiders defensive line played well but running back there really hurt they get nick bell back next week with marcus allen out with roger craig out with that road record under ark shell they are there up and cheering if the braves ever take it into the nls this town will be up for grabs final score falcons win it 21-17 over the raiders will be back to atlanta after this [Music] some men would rather live their lives sheltered in the harbor and some would rather sail into life with the unmistakable scent of old spice clean true and classic old spice one of the legends of the sea good things continue to happen in atlanta as the falcons score one of their most important wins in a long time beating the raiders 21-17 the year when the georgia tech yellow jackets great university located nearby at fulton county stadium chair the national championship in college football with colorado the olympic games coming here in 1996. the atlanta braves last a year ago fighting it out with the dodgers trying to win the nl west braves down by a half game after last night's defeat but there's a big victory to celebrate today in atlanta as we look at a very important play at the close of the raiders offense this one will certainly be examined heavily by those people in los angeles you can see he's only looking at the end zone and there is no way that willie galt can be turned open here he would have to make a hall of fame catch and he does not mackier an excellent interception and turns the ball over to the falcons and they run out the clock to win the game 21-17 nfl live is coming up we'll be switching very shortly to new york for a complete update on everything that happened on this fourth sunday of play as we have a couple of unbeatens continuing in the nfl through four weeks have played and the falcons after losing their first two games they had a one-point loss in their opener here at home to the minnesota vikings a game they really felt they should have won then they were beaten at kansas city they came back to win their first road game and 19 tries the last sunny at san diego now they come home to beat the raiders a game they've been waiting for since the schedule was announced for bob trumpy this is don tricky the final score the falcons 21 the raider 17. right now stay tuned for the sure pro stick nfl report

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Published: Wed Jan 27 2021