TB @ ATL | Week 5 | 2002

[Music] of Hawaii number 65 Kenan Corney at right tackle from Kansas state number 74 Todd Winer at tight end from Mississippi State University number 89 Reggie Kelly at wide receiver from Villanova number 86 Ryan finin at fullback from Northwestern number 44 Bob Christian at running back from Florida State University number 28 goric dun and a quarterback from Virginia Tech number seven M the Atlanta Falcons offense introduced to a soldout Georgia Dum as we get ready for today's NFC South B up the Falcons and the Buccaneers Kenny Albert along with Tim Green and Tim you can hear the crowd behind us a new wave of excitement here in Atlanta thanks to 22-year-old quarterback Michael Vic players and coaches around the league already comparing his itial to that of Hall of Fame quarterbacks K he deserves it he is the most exciting young player in the National Football League he is a spectacular athlete I don't think a quarterback has ever been better at running the football I don't think anyone has had a stronger arm he brings the whole thing together but he he not only does the physical things he's doing the mental things he's the highest rated quarterback in the NFC he has not thrown an interception I'm telling you this guy by himself is worth the price of admission and today Vic going up against the stingy Buccaneers defense not only do they stop their opponents but they've scored in three straight games well yeah and this is a defense that a lot of people after last season thought that it might have seen its best days behind it but last season two of its best players were injured Warren Sapp and Dereck Brooks were hurt all last year this year they are healthy Warren Sapp He's the best interior lineman in the National Football League Derek Brooks is the best tackler he is spectacular at the linebacker position and both those guys told us this week they prepared to take on Michael Vic as if he were Barry Sanders and that means today if the Bucks are going to contain Vic they are going to have to Rally a lot of bodies to the football to tackle him and they will not only take on Vic but a familiar face former Buccaneer War Dunn second all-time rusher in Tampa Bay history remember to answer today's Sprint virtual coach question when will the Rams win their first game use your PCS vision from Sprint or log on to foxsports.com the Falcons and the Buccaneers coming up from the Georgia Dome on [Music] Fox Sports welcomes you to the following presentation of the National Football League hold out Georg ad doome Kenny Albert with Tim Green the Falcons have won the Lo both teams coming off routes of the Cincinnati Bengals Falcons had a buy last week and are excited to get back out there and Atlanta is excited last time these two teams played work done who was with the Tampa Bay Buck said it was like Tampa town here in Atlanta Georgia well it's not Tampa town here today the excitement for the Falcons in this city is unprecedented Allan rossome returning after missing two games awaits Martin gma's kickoff takes it at the goal line the former eagle and Packer across the 40 brings it out to the 46 yd line a 46 yd return by rossome finally brought down by Ronde Barber so terrific starting field position for Michael Vic and the Falcons offense [Applause] Vic has not thrown an interception this year and three starts started two games as a rookie last season out of Virginia Tech and he is the top rated passer in the NFC K he's making good decisions and even when everything breaks down and he has to run around that's where I think he's at his most dangerous because he can throw a bullet on the Run Bob Christian and War Dunn in the back field from the 47 yd line off the fake to Dunn Vic complete for the tight end Reggie Kelly in Buccaneer territory gain of five Derek Brooks made the tackle Falcons ranked 19th offensively McLure bothered by a right to injury but he starts Whitfield the senior member of the Falcons at tackle dun and Christian The Backs Jackson and fineran the wide outs and the tight end Kelly who caught the first pass from Vic second down and five finin in MO War done up the middle against his former teammates for a gain of four stopped about one yard shy of the marker by Brooks and Shelton quarrels Buccaneers ranked fifth defensively sap and McFarland in the middle rice and spes on the outside quarrels with Brooks and Singleton Barber and Kelly on the corners L the four time Pro Bowl safety along with Jackson it's third down and one for the Falcons on the Tampa Bay 44 yd line when we asked War dun yesterday about playing against his old defense he said I'm going to run for my life Mar asck hands it off to the first round traffic out of Michigan State TJ Ducket quarl and sap were right there but Bill corono signals the penalty against the Buccaneers [Applause] defense offside Defense number 992 5yd count first down well Anthony McFarland and Warren Sapp in the middle were the biggest concern for the Falcons offensively Dan Reeves told us that his three interior linemen were going to have their hands full all day everyone talks about Warren Sap and so sap draws the double team and that allows Anthony McFarland to make a lot of big plays following the penalty from the 39 V off the fingertips of [Applause] fineran well you got to see Michael Vic just defly avoid Warren Sap on that play because sap had a heck of a pass rush on Travis clarage Vic just steps up watch that work here watch him he's going to get up Vic has to step up and I think that throws him out of his rhythm he launches that ball and he launches it a little high second and 10 from the 39 off the play action Vic can't find anyone he was under pressure from rice and Brooks and he threw it away that was the same play that they ran the first play of the game and this time you see how quickly Tampa Bay's defense adjusted because Dexter Jackson had the coverage on the tight end algae Crumpler you're going to see a lot of that bootleg action today though because the bootleg enables Michael Vic to get outside of the pocket it puts him out on the perimeter and it gives him the option to run or to throw and he has been terrific on third Downs this year it's third and 10 from the 39 Vic from the shotgun good protection and the pass is caught for a first down by Willie Jackson at the 23 a gain of 16 yds from Vic to the former Saint you see how valuable that accuracy of Michael Vic is Ronda Barber is going to fall down on the play there's Barber right there and he's got the outside part of the zone and I think Michael Vic is lucky that barber fell I think if if Ronde Barber keeps his feet that's an interception Barber's had a terrific season went to his first Pro Bowl last year from the 23 Ducket wrapped up by McFarland after a gain of just [Applause] two most of the time today Kenny John Lynch is going to be moving up creating an eight-man front to try to shut down the Falcons Run game here's Lynch right here so now they've got eight defenders in the Box to shut that run down the Tampa Bay defense is not overly concerned with the Falcons wide receivers they think that Ronde Barber and Brian Kelly can handle those guys without a lot of help from the safeties so that leaves John Lynch to move up and there he is right there you see him he's just going to keep sneaking up he can come up and play against the Run from the near side Jackson the intended receiver McFarland got a piece of it on that play it was a it was a pass so Lynch just kept coming I think right now the passes that we've seen Michael Vic throw would suggest that that he's a little on edge he needs to settle down a little bit third down and nine Falcons converted earlier this drive on Third and 10 P looks to escape wrapped up and taken down Ellis whims and then he was finished off by Simeon rice and did you see that defense rally to Michael Vic watch this pass rush you're going to see sap and McFarland they start to close down the middle Michael Vic almost escapes but look here comes Sapp these guys are just going to keep running all day long cuz they know he has a chance and the athletic ability to get away so Simeon rice and Warren Sapp keep running they run to the ball and they stop the Falcons on a big third down and now a 46 yd attempt J fely wide to the right phy has had his problems here at home he misses from [Music] [Applause] 46 the famous Fox Theater here in Atlanta as we welcome you back inside the Georgia D Buccaneers offense going to work from their own 37 yd line following the Miss field goal all St and Pitman in the back field this is Pitman out to the 42 yd line a gain of five Sam Rogers May the stop Kenny Warren Sapp not only the best interior lineman but an advocate here watch him working on the referee and what he's doing he's telling the officials that Michael Vic is jerking his head when when he does the snap count so he's trying to set the officials up to call for a Johnson had the ball stripped Falcons have recovered Sam Rogers the pressure knocked it loose and it was recovered by Ed Jasper only the sixth Buccaneers turnover in five games there's that 34 Falcons defense Kenny and Sam Rogers was the linebacker that came he stripped the ball and the pressure from ja asper and cerney was there as [Applause] well first and 10 32 yd line Ducket couple of nice moves gain seven down to the buccaneer 25 Watch Sam Rogers he comes right off the right side right around Roman Obin and you saw the pressure underneath from Kerney and Jasper to flush Brad Johnson out of the pocket Brad Johnson has taken his share of hits and then some this season so far Tampa Bay's offensive line has a lot of inexperience on it and the inexperience showed on that play there dun split out to the left ho ho ho ho ho ho penalty markers on second and three now let's see if Bill Carolla is going to call Michael Vic for the off sides just Warren Sap set it up we'll see prer snap false start number seven pulling out of the quarterback out of the center 5yd penalty he did repeat second down well we saw Warren Sapp talking to Bill Corolla watch his head it was his head and he actually had some body lean as well but I think Warren Sapp still had the had the off offals focused on Michael Vic because of what he was saying after the last series yeah sa put the idea into the mind of carollo inside hand off Ducket has the first down now to the 18 yd line a gain of 12 terrific start for Ducket I really don't think that the Atlanta Falcons when they drafted TJ duckin in the first round I don't think that they thought he would be as good as he's been look at that average 4.8 yards a carry now they they brought War Dunn in here in the off season they paid him a ton of money as a free agent and I think the Falcons expected that Dunn would carry the load this season but Ducket has shown that he is certainly worthy of picking up part of that burden and today Ducket averaging close to seven yds per carry Falcons in the Red Zone from the 18 it's done CS to the outside and gains two down to the 16 Derek Brooks made the stop War dun is a runner that's probably not as conducive to running successfully against this defense as TJ Ducket only because Dunn is an outside Runner he makes those great breaks and cuts to the outside this is a defense whose linebackers have tremendous speed and the speed of Derek Brooks on that last play was what what kept on down now Ducket has had success Kenny running right at this Tampa Bay defense that's how you have to run at them right at their speed done in the back field with Christian play clock winding down the pitch to Dun looks to cut it back inside Ellis whims made the stop again it's just hard to beat this Tampa Bay defense running tosses or or plays to the outside and here it is it's just a toss play but they're so fast look at the pursuit here's Brooks here's corls here's Singleton I mean they're all out there and then they are all running to the ball D told us yesterday it will be easy to get up for this game I will not need a pregame speech going up against my former Club empty back field third down and eight vent with Tod and he was looking for dun out of the back field John Lynch on the coverage here comes the field goal unit once again for the Falcons well Michael Vic is is not throwing with the accuracy uh that he has shown so far this season you almost have to wonder Falcons had the week off last week and you have to wonder if that week off didn't get him out of his rhythm he needs to get back into his rhythm and start throwing more accurately Vic just two for six so far 34 yd attempt fely was wide right from 46 Just moment to go this time straight through so the Falcons capitalized on the turn Aaron ster has the longest kickoff return in Buccaneers history but did not reach the endzone in fact no Buccaneer ever has in over 1,500 returns but this is still a successful return team this kickoff return team is ranked fifth in the the National Football League so they've not gotten a touchdown yet but they are doing a good job giving their offense field position an outside kick and fely has recovered the Falcons surprise the Buccaneers with the onside kick in the first quarter it's recovered by the kicker the Tampa native J fely talk about Redemption for a missed field goal earlier on Kenny this is a perfect onside kick watch fely he just squibs it perfectly and then he picks it up himself it's got to go 10 yards before he can touch it as soon as it crosses that 10 yd Mark there he is here's the spot it's got to go to he's just going to squib it along and then fely pounces on it look at that look at the Defenders way too far back then the Falcons kickoff cover cage team they're down there throwing blocks protecting fely what a bold call by Dan Reeves and his son-in-law Jo coach that's right and Tim J fely out of Jesuit High School in Tampa he once tried out for the Buccaneers and soon thereafter they drafted a fellow by the name of grammatica well I tell you that that's a clutch kick right there because you know think about it You' got to kick it just right if you come up short of the 10 yd line everyone's down on you if you kick it beyond the the line far enough for the uh for the opposing team to pick it up then you've given them great field position it's like sinking a 36t putt on first down not that I've ever sunk a 36t p yeah I was wondering about that prior to the snap B start 70 offense 5yd penalty Big Bob Whitfield he's the veteran on that Falcons offensive line and he's going to have his hands full today because Simeon rice is is an exceptional pass rusher he gets to the edge as well as any defensive end exceptional speed sometimes Kenny offenses will run right at him to try to slow him down to keep him from getting up field too far Bob Woodfield the only Falcon remaining from your playing days here one of my former teammates first and 15 Falcons keep it on the ground on first down John Lynch and Derek Brooks combining to bring down War done after a gain of five so second and 10 upcoming Falcons on their third offensive possession Buccaneers have only run two plays on offense and Brad Johnson fumbled Kenny right now though for the Falcons Run game Ducket is averaging 6 .7 yds a carry work done is only averaging 2.8 done in the back field two tight end set on second and [Applause] 10 more flams it looked like Michael Vic pulled out from under the center too quickly right of the snap allall start number seven offense 5yd penalty second down sa's really gotten into the heads of the officials well I think I think Anthony McFarland is getting into into Vick's head look look at McFarland look how quickly he's coming off the ball if those guys up front McFarland and sap are so quick you know they they get into the quarterback's head he's nervous he's worried about getting out of there quick and he loses his concentration on the snap count so the falcon forc back five yds second down and 15 Vick over the middle done out to the 42 yd line wow Anthony McFarland just lambasted Michael Vic on that play again that's that that's that three on two battle the Falcons guards and Center they've got to block these two big guys and the focus goes to sap see the team on sap and then McFarland comes clean and just blasts Michael Vic interesting match up McFarland and the Falcon Center McClure very good friends teammates at LSU there are no friends on Sunday not between the whistles at least between one and four Vick Under Pressure gets rid of it done could not hold on so the Falcons will punt it away and this this is an example and the Falcons were concerned about these two guys watch Sapp and McFarland look at both of them on this play look at the pressure they get on Michael Vic immediately there's McFarland there's sap so Vic never gets time to set up and throw this ball with any touch and then War done you know that that's a ball he's got to catch though so Chris Moore a Buccaneer way back in 1989 punting for the first time Carl Willams backpedaling and lets it bounce into the end zone for a Touchback 58 yd punt baners will start for their own 20 about people talk about the the media being liberal O'Reilly's not liberal so Tune In The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel BR Johnson third all time in completion percentage backfield and the pass is caught for a first down and more by Keenan Mardell finally brought down near Midfield by Keon Carpenter a 30yd pass play Tampa Bay comes out and they force Tamp they forced the Falcons to dig deep into their roster matthysse is the fourth cornerback and he's covering Williams and not only does he not get the coverage he doesn't make the tackle after the catch and the Falcons told us yesterday they had to stop run after the catch they said look this is a West Coast offense we know they're going to complete balls on us but then it has to stop they can't have yards after they catch it well they just did the pitch to Mike all stop and he rumbles for seven yds down to the Falcons 43 before he was brought down by Sam [Applause] Rogers keny the Falcons came into this game hoping that they could stop the Tampa B a running attack with just seven men they wanted to take their safeties MC burough and Keon Carpenter and and put them back behind the cornerbacks to give them some help that means they have to stop the run with just their linebackers and defensive line both receivers split to the left second down and three Michael Pitman a hard hit stopped about a yard shy of the marker by Gerald mcburrows the strong safety I think it was actually yeah it was mcburrows and and Matt Stewart who made that hit but mcburrows just laid Pitman out that's one thing MC burough is very good at he is a run support safety although at times he'll struggle in his pass coverage Johnson forced the call timeout with with the play clock winding down crowd on their feet a sellout here at the Georgia Dome with the Falcons on top by [Music] three following the timeout third down and one for the Buccaneers third down has not been a strength of this offense 21st in the NFL this season from the 41 off the play fake Johnson is taken down a loss of two on the play Matt Stewart with his first sack of the Season it was a great deception but Brad Johnson goes on the naked bootleg and watch watch Matt Stewart just run him down now if that's Michael Vic you aren't catching him but that's Brad Johnson and he's big he's tough he's got a game arm a lively arm and now as they set up for the punt Tom Tupa a former quarterback lines up behind center it's fourth down and three two for the going to try to draw him off they're going to then they're going to line up and punt it most likely Kenny t for the Buccaneers punter who started 13 games at quarterback for the Cardinals through that interception in the end zone week one against New Orleans in overtime so the Buccaneers take the delay of game penalty which will give Tupa some more [Applause] room and Tim the new Long Snapper Morris unoa a former Buccaneer eagle and Bill signed this week replacing the injured Mike solal so un TOA snapping for the first time this season and it's a high snap good job by Tupa taken at the 10yd line Allen rosson return of only five yds up to the 15 White Smith made the tackle a 38 yd punt by Tupa back in Atlanta following the punt Michael Vick and the Falcons will start from their own 15 Kenny Michael Vic has not been accurate with his throwing and the other thing is we've not seen him run the ball he uh has averaged 7.7 yards a carry that's the best in the National Football League right there you see what the rest of the team has done 3.7 so he needs to settle down start to throw a little more accurately and and also you know I think everyone in in in the Georgia Dome here wants to see him take off and make one of those spectacular runs RS he's the leading rusher among quarterbacks in the NFL hands it off to Dunn and dun stopped after a gain of just two setting up second down and eight if you looked at the action of that play it it was the bootleg action so they're starting to set up that bootleg now here comes TJ Ducket and and we talked about this in their last series I think that's a good move I mean Ducket is in a Groove he's averaging 67 a carry and and I think if a guy is running like that you you just give it to him you just you got to feed him you can't keep going to work done if he's not going to pick up big yards second down and eight off the play fake Vic fires and has the first down fan out at the 28 of 10 Not only was that ball very well thrown it had some touch on it you know and that's the first time we've seen that today for Michael Vick nice move by fineran he gets inside you see that ball was had a a little bit of touch on it he didn't use his full arm strength on that pass and he lays it in there [Music] perfectly F and you know the good thing about him is his hands are so good he can catch even when Michael Vic gets excited and throws a rocket feran has the hands to catch it from the 28 yd line the pitch to done Rodney Barber coming up to make the stop yeah I and I've got to say this is the second time we've seen or the third time we've seen the Falcons run that pitch play and I I'll say it again it will not work against this Tampa Bay defense not consistently because you've got Brooks you've got Coral you've got Singleton and they're too fast clock winding down that will do it for the first quarter here in Atlanta Falcons with an outside kick they recovered and seen Michael Vic do what he does best no we haven't seen him take off and run the football and you know he makes these unbelievable plays when he does do that but what we did see on his last pass Kenny was a more controlled pass with a little bit of touch on it and that and that's uh dangerous for this Tampa Bay defense they are going to have to continue to keep the pressure on him with Warren Sapp and and Anthony McFarland up the middle second down and 10 as we start this second quarter VI four for n in the air make it four for 10 Ryan finan the intended receiver and again on that play there it wasn't a completed pass but you saw the you saw Vic kind of placing it in there between the coverage and and you saw his his accuracy on that play other thing is the Falcons have have done a kind of an inconsistent job at protecting uh Michael Vic but when they have done it like on that play uh they've done it very well so Michael Vic is either you know running running around trying to trying to uh save himself or else he's standing back there with plenty of time and they had two weeks to prepare for this Buccaneers defense coming off the bu Vic on Third and 10 fires looking for Willie Jackson and right now for a game break let's check in with James Brown in Los Angeles Kenny and Tim Giants trying to play error free football first possession of the second quarter Collins hooks up with hilard great second effort just a third touchdown in 12 Red Zone possessions this season for the Giants they're up by a touch back to Kenny and Tim thanks JB hey tell Terry you definitely sold a couple of uh of his new books in this booth I know Kenny and I are going to run out and get them I don't know which book to read first Terry's are yours keep it simple 33 yd punt good field position for the [Music] bucks Anthony McFarland of the Buccaneers a left foot strain his return is questionable he'll watch as as the Bucks go back on offense they've run only six plays from scrimmage that should help that Falcon's offensive line protect Vic wow Michael pintman looks to hurdle after to the 41 yd line that was Keith Brooking yep and he brings it he has had 10 tackles or more in each of the Falcons three games so far this season against Green Bay in the open he had 22 tackles went to the Pro Bowl last year for the first time uh He's Got Fabulous instincts he's like o Brian eracer not quite the speed of eracer but the same type of great instincts Johnson on second and nine off the fingertips of the tight end Ricky Dudley playing in his third game with the bucks he's already scored two touchdowns and they want to use Ricky Dudley the Falcons are going to do a lot of press with their cornerbacks to the out out side they're going to keep their safety back to help them deep it's going to let the cornerbacks press and so Dudley is going to have some man-to-man coverage he's going to have some man-to-man coverage by linebackers and occasionally a safety and so Tampa Bay wants to take advantage of that cuz Dudley's a lot faster than he looks third down and nine three receivers set Bucks have to get to the 49 for a first down and kishan Johnson picks up the first with the 500th reception of his NFL career a gain of 14 well Kenny you see kesan talking to Geron Bolden Balden is going to be on kesan all day it's like a fight the light heavyweights are kesan Johnson and Geron Balden these two guys are going to be locked up and then in the middleweight division we've got Ashley Ambrose he is going to try to stay on Keenan McArdle all day long and as I just said these guys are going to try to be up and pressing those guys pressing the the Tampa Bay wide receivers getting physical with them knowing that they have help behind them deep with the safeties and the Falin going with balding against kesan because of his size 6'2 against the 64 Johnson grab Johnson over the middle Kei Brooking was right there to take down Pitman after a gain of just two well there wasn't a lot of run after the catch on that one and you know Pitman has more receptions than than any of the other receivers that Brad Johnson is throwing to and he does that a lot he throws to Pitman on the check Downs quite often and if Pitman can take it and turn it into something positive then uh you know that's going to that's going to hurt this Falcons defense but Brooking with an excellent tackle in fact only Marshall Faulk and Tiki Barber have more receptions among running backs in the league than Pitman second and eight Johnson on the slant from Mardell stopped about a yard shy of the marker by Ambrose and then there's there's that there's that middleweight division it's Ashley Ambrose against Keenan mcardell and watch him right here there they are and you see that press so he bumps him he presses him and then he still stays with him on the inside slant move that was another good tackle after the catch so zero run after the catch on that play good Tackle by Ambrose third down in two Michael Pitman I think Pitman I don't know I don't think they're not going to give that give him that on the spot Kenny it looked like he made it from up [Applause] here and I don't I think they're going to be I think they're short Kenny so that's another third and short situation where the Falcons defense holds up watch it right here just going to be a little dive play a little trap and it's Ed Jasper is the guy who makes the tackle and Jasper is kind of an unconventional nose guard in this 34 Falcons defense most of the nose guards in the 34 are enormous men 350 Pounders Jasper's only about 300 real spelt but he's quick the Buccaneers head coach John guden initially sent out Martin grammatica on Fourth and inches for what would have been about a 53 yd attempt but now it looks like the Bucks will go for him and the Falcons started with Wade Phillips had five defensive linemen out there but then he pulled them off and he's back in his regular 34 fourth and inches the tall loss to Pitman and it looks like he picked it up on the good second effort he twisted through Ed Jasper was the guy on the tackle again but this time Jasper wasn't able to bring Pitman down before the yard Mark here's Jasper right here watch him working using the quickness working through that line and he makes the hit but Pitman spins and it's a heck of an effort and it keeps the Tampa Bay Drive going Tampa Bay has not really gotten their run game going this season and they fought that against this Falcons defense Falcons 24th in the league in their run defense and Tampa Bay felt like you know what we should be able to run against these guys they're a little lighter they're a quicker defense and that's that's part of that 3 four having four linebackers out there instead of the 4-3 where they have three backers so a new set it down S as Johnson hits all St for a gain of six Matt Stewart coming up to make the tackle for the Falcons really if you if you look at this passing game Kenny it's a short passing game and that's what we've seen we've seen that so far today Brad Johnson's been throwing the ball underneath the biggest pass play they had was was about a 5 yard slant to Keenan mcardell and then Mardell took off and picked up another you know 10 or 15 but so far it's just this underneath passing picking away at this Falcons defense second and four Mardell on the reverse hesitated and then he taken down at the 26 yd line after a gain of three so it will be third and one for the bucks and the and the guy that makes this Balden starts it out but then will over street from Tennessee the Falcons third round pick watch him here watch him hunt this thing down and look at that hustle to make that tackle because I'll tell you what if over Street doesn't follow up on balin's initial hit I think Mardell just keeps running over Street making his NFL debut missed the first three games with a shoulder injury they just they just love his hustle and you can see his hustle on that play third down at one play action Johnson's pass is caught by the fullback J cook and he picks up the first down only his second reception of the season a gain of 12 yds on the play well someone had a blitz peel where they were coming on the blitz and they didn't they didn't peel with the fullback when you rush the quarterback from the outside if you're an outside backer sometimes a safety and the guy who's supposed to block you goes out in a pass padn you've got to peel off of the blitz no one peeled off of the Blitz and it's another first down for Tampa Bay and another another short pass empty Back Field from the 14 and Johnson's pass incomplete Ashley Ambrose on the coverage well that was a well timed Blitz by Keith brooken really well timed he hits the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped watch Brooking here look at that he hits it so quickly that the guard is not able to pull off in time to keep keep him from hitting Brad Johnson look how he times that thing up he was smoking on that play 12th play of the drive for the Buccaneers second and 10 from the Falcons 14 Pitman the lone back Johnson complete M Cardell down to the five Chris Craft made the tackle after a gain of 8 [Applause] yds well Tampa Bay knows by now that Ashley Ambrose is trying to mirror Mardell over the field all over the field so what they did on that play they came out with a bunch they put three wide receivers in a cluster and that forced the Falcons into a zone so Ambrose was not able to play man on mcardell and mcardell got tied up on a linebacker another key third down for Tampa Bay third down and two Johnson looking for Pitman incomplete [Applause] well we said before Tampa Bay has not had a lot of success on third down they went for it on fourth and one on this drive and were successful they picked up a first down on Third and one earlier in this drive but could not pick up the First on third down and two so gratica to attempt a 23 yd field goal from the left hash mark Martin grammatica another high snap Kenny High snap by the new Long Snapper unit TOA and gratica ties the game at [Applause] [Music] three Sean Johnson having a discussion with Richard Mann the wide receivers coach he's not happy he's not getting the ball in the Red Zone he's got no catches in the Red Zone this season he wants the darn ball yes he does got only three catches in the Red Zone last season among his 106 receptions Allan rossome awaiting Martin grammaticus kickoff Buccaneers and Falcons tied at three 8 minutes to go second quarter from the Georgia doome rossome brings it out and forced Out of Bounds at the 21 yd line time now for a game break with James Brown JB Kenny and Tim look at this quick decision by Steve mcir the Titans as he goes back real quick look hey I'm going to take this Pay Dirt 11 yards he did Tennessee up 73 worle out of the shoulder sprain Steven Davis with a knee injury and Tim Green Terry Bradshaw says he's trying to become a prolific Rider like you back to you guys I appreciate I think he's been on the best seller list more than I have though that's what uh JB said during the pregame show New York Times best seller list for Terry keep it simple Falcons will start from their own 22 yd [Applause] line on first down here's Ducket wow look at that did you see that first of all this is what the Falcons really have to keep doing the guy is like a train he's like a locomotive it's nickname the diesel he's got I mean go run right at him look at him run right at him cover up the ball he runs right through Ronda Barber and then he runs right through Singleton and then here comes corls and Jackson and it takes three guys to get him down but not after he's picked up only after he's picked up nine yards and I'm telling you four of those nine yards were just just just blasting guys Ducket look at that has the first down and more out to the 41 one yd line a gain of 10 just feed that man The Rock that's all you got to do I mean I know he's the rookie and I know you spent a ton of money on work done but if it's working like this it's a little cutback play look at it he uses that speed of the Tampa Bay defense against him he gets them going one way they over pursue just a little cutback and then not to the outside but swish straight atam with the heavy man we are done on the sidelines strong first half for Ducket averaging nearly 8 yds per carry and the Falcons keep it on the ground nowhere to go this time Derek Brooks the first Buccaneer in along with John Lynch loss of one on the play that's the first time we've seen Ducket not not pick up big yards so that's the first time so now what you do is you keep duck it in well they're not going to but you now you can use the play action pass because now you have John Lynch and Derek Brooks and everyone so focused on stopping Ducket when he's in there that you can fake the Run do the play action and now Michael Vic's going to have time to throw the pass and D lined up as a receiver empty Back Field Vic out of the shotgun on second down and 11 VI looks to escape and it's taken down by Simeon rice and McFarland was there too McFarland's back in you know you know how Jimmy Johnson on the pregame show said I don't think Tampa Bay is going to put a spy on Michael Vic he was absolutely right I I spoke to Monty kein before the game ke's a defensive coordinator for the bucks and and he said look we're just going to rush him like we normally do the only difference is when Simeon rice gets upfield and Greg spers get upfield to the level of the quarterback I don't want him to keep going and run around I want him to come back on the inside otherwise we're not doing anything special we're just going after him like we go after everyone and that's exactly what they did on that flight third down and 13 Vic again Under Pressure got rid of it that's that's a dangerous that's a dangerous throw I got him [Applause] Y and a late flag comes in as well Rex spes is down that pocket just collapsed someone may have hit Michael Vic helmet to helmet and it may have been Warren Sapp watch SAP right here he's going to come in McFarland gets him down I don't know I don't know if that's a penalty or not Greg spes looked like he hit Vic in that remember you know you can't hit the quarterback in the head I I don't know if that's a that's it or not ille go for pass by number seven passing the ball forward beyond the line of scrimmage it's a 5yd penalty and loss of down fourth [Applause] down Not only was it illegal it's it's it's kind of a dangerous thing to do to carry the ball have it out there I I don't know if if Michael Vic intended that though Kenny I don't know if he intended to even have the ball go out of his hand just slipped out it looked more like he got you know he got sandwiched and that thing just came flying out of there so Chris Moore back at his own 21 hold up let me get out of the way first Carl Williams back deep for the Buccaneers just over 5 minutes to play second quarter tied at three penalty markers more angling the pun towards the sidelines fair catch taken by Williams at the 16 following a 49 yd [Music] punt Bill carollo looking for some help [Applause] think the Falcons are going to just let it stand as it was a pretty good penalty is declined time out so the bucks back on offense when we [Music] return back at the Georgia Dome in a 3-3 game as the Buccaneers defense Tim they've continued to do their thing against Michael Vic well they have especially that front four Warren Sapp Simeon rice uh Anthony McFarland they have disrupted Michael Vic enough to get him out of a rhythm I mean he's only four for 11 right now and this is the worst game that he's had so far thus far I mean he he he's got plenty of time to turn it around but right now this is this is kind of a slump for him bucaneers start from their own 17 yd line a gain of seven for Pitman as we check in with James Brown JB all right Kenny 30 yd closer is Smith to the rushing record career rushing record take a look here off the left side gosh good second effort right there 30 yds to P first touchdown of the season for em Smith boy and now they're on top by the score of 13 to7 the Giants with that reception by ammani tumer waiting for the point after on top now 13-7 Kenny and Tim all right JB so EMT Smith has reached the end zone for the first time this season neither team has reached the end zone today here in Atlanta four wide receivers set second and three pass is caught by Kean Johnson his second reception for a Tampa Bay first down a gain of eight and that's that's a little two on two matchup out there now the Tampa Bay knows what's going on they know that Balden is is following kesan all over the field they know Ambrose is following Keenan mcardell and so that time they do a little wide receiver screen and it's a good play it's a good matchup and a good mixup and you know we talked about Michael Vic not really being in a Groove move throwing the ball and certainly running Brad Johnson on the other hand is being very efficient he's 8 for 11 right now and and he's doing what they brought him in there to do I mean just make the short throws make the smart plays Johnson on first down caught along the sidelines by kesan Johnson at Midfield a gain of 18 and he's in bal's face and that's why kesan wants the darn ball because look look at this skill Balden has good position on him he's got it all but how can you defend against this comeback throw I mean Johnson just throws it behind kesan and kesan has the strength and the athletic ability to just spin around and catch really what is an underthrown Ball by Design I I don't know if he got both feet down on that Kenny that may be something they want to challenge but if the snap goes off they're not going to be able to challenge it and now Johnson calls timeout that's going to give the Falcons coaches up in the booth a chance to see this thing I'm not certain whether or not he did get both feet in and it's the Buccaneers who stop the clock by calling time out give the Falcons coaches a chance to look at the replay upstairs there's one foot down two feet I from there you can't tell now that's not going to overturn it with that it's got to be indisputable Visual Evidence all right there's the catch right there there's the left foot there's the right foot I don't know you know you can't tell it yeah you can't tell from that shot either let we'll see if we have uh see if we have yet another one this one here is probably going to give us the definitive look and I don't even think that's you can't even tell from that so so uh even if the Falcons were to challenge I don't think that would be overturned and now the Falcons have challenged I I I don't I don't think that's going to be overturned but uh I guess you never know if the Buccaneers had not called time out once the ball was snapped Falcons would not have been able to challenge but had some extra time Atlanta is challenging they're rolling down the field that it was a catch will review the [Applause] play so Bill collo will take a look at the video and we'll check in once again with James Brown Ken and T EMT Smith 30 yd score answered right back by the Giants Terry Collins second touchdown toss of the day 56 yd to am tum they beat the rookie Corner Derek Ross 147 Giants on top back to Kenny and Tim thanks JB JB I know that uh that that how said there was only two athletes or maybe it was Terry in that in that group there and then I know you got game cuz I know you played basketball at Harvard and I heard the challenge issued Terry Bradshaw that you could take him one-on-one spot him 20 points a 30-point game wow so that issue is decided and then I see Jimmy Johnson catching two balls at the same time one from Joe neth and one from Terry Bradshaw so I think you got four athletes there in the uh in the pregame show I wonder if anyone had ever caught passes from two Hall of Famers simultaneously like Jimmy did I I don't think so I think it's a first I think Jimmy got called out let's take another look at this replay and Tim as you mentioned there must be indisputable Visual Evidence otherwise Bill carollo cannot overturn the call on the field which was completion I mean it it looks it looks like his you know what I'm saying but it it looks to me like the that right foot just that heel goes out of bounds but you have to I think extrapolate I think you have to you know what I'm saying I don't think you can actually see it I got to I got to believe this thing is is is going to stand as a catch so once again there must be indisputable Visual Evidence for the referee Bill carollo to overturn the completion from Brad Johnson to keesan Johnson if it is overturned it would push the Buccaneers back 18 yd from Midfield back to their own 32 and remember Cora might also be looking at at how much time to put back on the clock see that can a Miami 16 nothing over New England Falcons have not had much success under Dan Reeves on instant replays after reviewing the play the play stands as called a completion both feet were in bounds there was not any Visual Evidence to overturn the ruling on the field first down timeout Atlanta that's now it's interesting that carollo said both feet came down in bounds and then he said there's not enough visual evidence but the play stands and the Buccaneers will have a first down at Midfield either way that is a very difficult pass to defend Balden again he had the right position but Brad Johnson that's a that's a called comeback pass where Johnson and and kesan Johnson Brad Johnson get together and say all right I'm going to throw this behind you you're going to come back to it the Cardell in motion on first first out the toss to Pitman running behind Roman oen and he's hit for a loss loss of one on the flight asle Ambrose coming up along with Brady Smith to make the stop Kenny Falcon's defense has done a good job containing the Tampa Bay [Applause] run fitman averaging only two and a half yards per carry today as a team Buccaneers have averaged only 77 yds per game on the ground well don't forget I mean this is a passing offense John Gruden wants to throw the ball second down and 11 three wide receivers the pass is caught by Joe durav vicious for a first down 19 yd pass play from Johnson to durav vicious and Brad Johnson is really starting to go to work a well thrown ball jerro vious a lot bigger than Ash Ambrose he just gets inside on this slant pass so the Buccaneers on the move as we hit the two-minute warning here in [Music] Atlanta up on the Visa halftime report JB Terry Howie and Jimmy will have scores and highlights from around the league and the Fox Sports ticker will keep you updated with up to the second stats that's coming up on the Visa halim report I think the Falcons defense needs to do something to disrupt the rhythm of Brad Johnson in this passing offense they need to sack him they need to come up with a big play there's that Bunch again they've got those three guys in a bunch here that's to keep Ambrose off of Mardell from the 32 Johnson looking for Pitman incomplete brab Johnson now 10 of 14 in this first half and has been sacked twice that was good coverage by the Falcons defense downfield and the disruption came in the form of a little bit of pressure on Brad Johnson but pitman's got to hang on to those John Brad we can win with him those little dump passes though have become a staple of this offense and pitman's going to drop them uh it's going to be hard for them to get into the End Zone on second and 10 pump fake dumps it off looking for Pitman again and he was wrapped up by Travis Hall making his 2002 debut coming back from an injury yeah he had a torn groin and abductor muscle and he sat out all preseason in the first three games and and they didn't know if he was going to be able to to with understand the stress of a game so he came into today he was going to test that thing all out and if it doesn't work if it still bothers me the next step is going to be surgery more tackles than any interior lineman in the NFL since 1996 Travis H look at that 509 and that was a a very well played uh last play by Hall on the screen and a member of the Falcons team that went to the Super Bowl back in 98 fans on their feet third down and 10 big third down this is where Brad Johnson looks for his money guy mcardell but you know Kean Johnson this is where he wants to get the ball when it's clutch time Johnson lofs one up for Kean and it's picked off by Keon Carpenter his first interception of the [Applause] season this is a total defensive effort by the Atlanta Falcons and Kenny it starts with a guy who we've mentioned before Ed Jasper the nose guard watch Jasper and look at the pressure he gets on Brad Johnson right there forces Johnson to LEAP up and throw this ball higher than he wants it to go the trajectory is off and Keon Carpenter comes over and steals it right out of the hands of kesan Johnson that was the kind of big play they needed to disrupt the rhythm of Tampa Bay's passing game sixth career pick he intercepted five two years ago with the Buffalo Bills playing for Wade Phillips the head coach in Buffalo at the time now the defensive coordinator here in Atlanta Wade Phillips brought a new defense here to Atlanta it's the 34 and we've talked about it before and anytime you bring a new D you want to bring some of your old players with you and Phillips has brought four and x bills to Atlanta well October's magical matchups continue tonight game four the Braves and the Giants Atlanta looking to close out the series in advance to the NLCS for the seventh time in the last eight years the magical matchups continue tonight 7:30 Eastern 4:30 Pacific on Fox land is up 2-1 now in game one glavin lost but today he's going to be pitching against Barry Bonds bonds has never been to a world Series so this is going to be a great one to watch tonight Tom glavin versus Barry Bond sounds like a monster movie and you saw leavon Hernandez will start for the Giants perfect postseason record TJ Ducket on first down Falcons have one timeout as we are in the final two minutes of this first half in a 3-3 game following the second Tampa Bay Buccaneers turnover Johnson lost a fumble in the first quarter and he was picked off by Carpenter moments ago I think this conservative approach by Dan Reeves is a good one because Michael Vic has not yet established a rhythm and and I don't think you want to press for something now I think you want to you want to get out of this half your defense just came up with a huge play to keep it 33 I think you want to get into the locker room and let Michael Vick start from scratch say hey second half is going to be a new game just asked the they LED 7 nothing in Arizona last week similar situation instead of running out the clock Carri Collins was intercepted it was returned for a touchdown and that turned the tide yeah and and and as I said I mean right now Michael's not in not in his rhythm he he can get it back quick but I think you wait and you don't do it when you're backed up to your own End Zone I think this is smart a smart decision by Dan Ree and the Atlanta Falcons Vic just 37 yds in the air and only one carry for one yard and and this you can't forget also Kenny this is Tampa Bay defense has scored three touchdowns in the last three games so you don't want to make it four for four and the Buccaneers Tim not able to stop the clock they're out of timeouts so the Falcons will run out the half fast not happy but uh again we look at what happened to the Giants last week especially going up against Tampa Bay probably the right decision Falcons forcing two turnovers in the first half we are tied at three here at a sold out Georgia doome first ever NFC South match up between the Buccaneers and the Falcons you see sap smiling and he and Anthony McFarland Simeon rice they've put a lot of pressure on Michael Vic and they've disrupted him Kenny we have not seen the Michael Vic that that Falcons fans have seen in the first three games of this season we've not seen him run the ball we've not seen one of those spectacular runs and and we've not seen uh the efficiency in the passing game that coming into this game made Michael Vic the top rated quarterback in the NFC so the Buccaneers and Falcons are tied at three halftime here in Atlanta Fox NFL Sunday the be a time report is we welcome you back to the Georgia Dome Kenny Albert along with Tim Green and Tim in the first half so far the defenses have certainly outshone the offenses on both sides yeah they have I mean Tampa Bay and Brad Johnson have gotten the ball moving but anytime they get down near the end zone they've had two they they've had turnovers so that's killed them and then for Michael Vic he's playing his worst game so far but it's not really totally because of him a lot of it is the disruption of this Tampa Bay front four they have put a lot of pressure on Michael Vic they have they have brought the heat they've knocked him down they've sacked him and they're doing their job of keeping him out of his rhythm if Atlanta is going to get this thing going again offensively they have to take the pressure away from Michael Vic sacked twice in the first half only one yard on the ground yeah I mean otherwise Atlanta's been successful on the ground with t J Ducket on the other side of the ball Tampa Bay has who have not been able to run the ball well all season have continued in that way they're only averaging three yards a carry well Tim moments ago our buck Lanford spoke with Buccaneers head coach John Gruden all right thanks coach guden you guys have done something that no one else has been able to do and that is neutralize Mike Vic what's the secret well we got some good players on defense all it's a 60-minute game they guys very dangerous we just got to stay in our Rush lanes and stay very Relentless a 3-3 kind of a defensive battle are you surprised by that at all it's a good football team we're playing we had a couple nice drives uh sty by some turnovers we got to protect the ball and try and capitalize on field position all right coach thanks a lot back upstairs to Kenny and 10 all right thanks very much Buck Buccaneers start from their own 20 yd line Johnson 10 of 16 124 yds he was sacked twice and turned the ball over twice Michael Pitman gains three on first down out to the 23 Keith Brooking made the Stop and you see on that play there the Bucks continue to struggle running the ball Brad Johnson's doing a pretty good job throwing it the turnovers are what has kept this game close because over on this side of the ball look at the Falcons 29 yds passing that is abysmal for this Falcons offense especially with Michael Vic at the quarterback and don't forget coming into this game Vic the number one rated passer in the NFC only 90 total yards for the Falcons Johnson on second and seven incomplete looking for kesan that ball looked like it just got away from Brad Johnson I love what John Gruden said about Johnson this week he said you know let's be honest he's not a real glamorous guy he's an average dresser he gets a $12 haircut every 3 weeks and he's not the most an animated guy but I tell you one thing Brad Johnson is one tough son of a gun he didn't say gun and Johnson is tough he is like a mule back there you hit him with a board and he just keeps going Johnson on Third and seven forc to throw it away under pressure from Brady Smith and Patrick cerney yeah I think Travis Hall got in that as well I they they hit Brad Johnson with a board watch him coming on this play here here comes the pressure right up on the outside and the inside and it really was Travis Hall who10 lbs and moves well watch Paul right there Wham right in the mid Drift But like I said Brad Johnson that doesn't affect him so the Buccaneers go three and out on the first possession of their second half Allen rossome oh he is walloped by Jack golden 58 yard punt 12 on the [Music] return early third quarter Kenny Albert Tim Green in Atlanta neither offense has been able to do much today thanks to the strong defensive efforts by both the Buccaneers and the Falcons well Tampa Bay has moved the ball a little bit in the air and it lands has moved the ball a little bit on the ground mostly with TJ Ducket but work done is back in the game right [Applause] now done only 2.2 yds for carry today and Michael Vic only four completions the pitch to dust looking for Running Room out to the 32 a gain of just one as the Buccaneers continue to bottle up their former teammate spent His Last 5 Years in Tampa still has a home there spent some time in Tampa during the by week he is he's a wonderful guy work done and all he does for single moms and their children I think he what is he bought over 28 homes for families that didn't didn't have those homes provide homes for 28 single moms and 81 children in both Tampa Bay and his hometown of Baton Rouge on second down Flex off the tight end ALG Crumpler there was heat even on that play but you know that's one alga crumpler's got to catch that was a had it had some sauce on it though you know what I'm saying that had some tobasco sauce on that was a that was a zipped ball that was one of those balls where you know again Michael wants that to have want Michael wants that to have a little bit of uh a little bit of touch on it 1 for seven today on third down and an empty Back Field Five receivers set everybody out Vick steps up nowhere to go and he is taken down for the third time today Simeon rice and Warren Sapp made that thing [Applause] possible he's got the head not going cuz he knows that he's the guy that made this thing happen waren and sap he comes like a rhino out of control and Michael Vic is hurt took him a while to get up off the turf Doug Johnson the backup looked like his nonthrowing shoulder is what they're looking at watch it here there's sap he gets a hand on him almost sacks him then you see the elusiveness But Here Comes Simeon rice and rice pounces on him and there's that shoulder exposed that right shoulder and he falls right down on the turf but the key as you said Tim it's the nonthrowing shoulder yeah that's that is a that's a class I mean you don't know what it is but that's a classic uh uh collarbone injury you know where you you get the AC separation or the SC where the clavicle comes comes uh comes out out a joint where it connects either to the either to the shoulder this at the scapula or the uh sternum would be the SC either way it's more Tampa Bay pressure up front to keep Michael Vic out of his rhythm and now maybe out of the game Simeon rice with two and 1 half sacks today for the bucks fair catch called for and a penalty flag as Travis JY was downfield on special teams and jy's trying to say that Germain Phillips blocked him in JY making contact with the Return Man Carl Williams that is kind of what have watch jy's going to get actually get blocked in the back by Phillips that's that's that's a call that's a bad call by the officials that're actually they're discussing it now that that should have been a a and maybe it is maybe it's a flag against Phillips for a block in the back Phillips the rookie out of the University of Georgia fifth round pick by the Bucks the officials very well may have seen that I don't know yes it is against Tampa that's a very good call illegal Block in the back on the receiving team that's a 10yd penalty from the end of the kick there's no fair catch interference cuz he was blocked into him but it is a block in the back for 10 yards first down Tampa Bay guden saying that's so bad but when he sees the film he'll know that it was bad by Germaine Phillips not by the officials [Music] well the official report L Michael Vic a sore right shoulder after he was sacked by Simeon rice moments ago Kenny that's the same shoulder he took a hit on three weeks ago when the Bears came up here and War Holdman popped him with his helmet right in that in that shoulder it's Pitman on first down and Vic told us yesterday that hit by Holdman was the hardest he's ever taken and he told his cousin Aaron Brooks about it because New Orleans played Chicago the next week and Brooks told him that you have to get out of bounds or you have to you have to get down you cannot take those kind of hits and continue to play quarterback in this league and you've got the arm that's that's big enough strong enough quick enough to just sit back there in the pocket so don't be don't be such a [Applause] hero second and four Pitman for the outside has the first out out to the 25 yd line thg Johnson continues to throw on the Falcon Sidelines Vic going to try to throw and see if he can throw that shoulder bothering him I tell you if he does get back in the game they're going to have to do a much better job of protecting him they they've really not protected him well this game looks to be WI in every time he [Applause] throws first and 10 bucks from their own 25 and a 3-3 game quick drop and the pass caught out to the 33 yd line by Kon Johnson Don holl made the tackle after a gain of eight now you see the the Bucks offense is starting to to operate on all cylinders they came out running the ball with Michael Pitman two runs picked up a first down now they go to the short possession type pass to kesan Johnson Redskins have lost both Danny worle and Steven Davis Carolina looking for their fourth win Miami leading New England by 10 inside hand off Pitman out to the 35 close to the marker looks to have the first down how about New Orleans 3 And1 Saints division Rivals of both the Falcons and the Buccaneers leading the Steelers 2 614 and if you look at of course we we called the game in the opener when the saints went to Tampa Bay and gave Tampa Bay their only loss and the way they did it really was Aaron Brooks was able to somehow beat the Tampa Bay defense on third down he ran for first downs he threw effectively for first downs and the Falcons right now offensively today they're one for eight on third down at 133% the saints were 50% on third down and that's how they beat Tampa bet on the 35 Johnson pump fakes and he's taken down he lost the football but he was down he was ruled down by cont yet was he yeah no he's ruled down yep the officials are ruling it down Ben Montgomery the line judge ruled him down by contact and that cannot be challenged if a player is ruled down by contact by an official it cannot be challenged by the opposing side that's really good coverage downfield by the Falcons second here you see Ed Jasper he just he just pushes Carrie Jenkins and if if that was a fumble that would have been a real heads up play by Jasper just to push the offensive guy away Jen R Jenkins T playing with that crack FID played last week as well Johnson actually gained two on the play second and eight pass intended for kishan yeah good coverage Again by the Atlanta Falcons they covered him up on that play and then the play before the one where Johnson looked like he may have fumbled look at this coverage downfield if you stop it look at that man for man man for man man for man man for man and there's a free safety there in the middle to help so that would be a a coverage it wasn't a sack but it it was a coverage play that foiled Brad Johnson in that Tampa Bay offense third down and eight three wide receivers Bucks have to get to the 45 for a first down Johnson just out of the reach of a diving Mardell and Johnson took a hit from the Falcons Ellis Johnson well the Falcons started this out pressing those wide receivers the cornerbacks were right up on kesan Johnson and Keenan Nar L they were right up in their face jamming them around because the safeties were behind them look at this watch this work right here Ashley Ambrose but then Ambrose actually ends up coming off the coverage and look how open Mardell was but by that time the pressure had gotten to Brad Johnson Allen rossome across the 40 to the 44 23 yd return by rossome good field position for the Falcons Vic is heading into the locker room and he is not happy about it he's being escorted in by the team doctor Doug Johnson has taken the field and Kenny I'll tell you this Doug Johnson in the pre-season really excited people here in Atlanta with the accuracy of his passing and Dan Rees was excited about this is his third year in the system and he was excited about how how well Johnson has picked up Dan Reeves offense from the 43 penalty markers free play Johnson complete for federan Brian Kelly made the tackle a gain of 15 yds Tampa Bay came up with the blitz they went with the adage Blitz the young guy Doug Johnson may be young and he may lack experience but offside de defense 97 that penalty is declined first out he's somewhat wise Beyond his years and you saw right there he kept his composure they they showed the blitz he hung in and delivered a perfect pass for his first throw of the game a rare University of Florida quarterback who does not play for the Washington Redskins third season started two games as a rookie for the Falcons two years ago played in three games but did not start last year he's got a stronger arm than any of those other Florida quarterbacks off the play fake on first down Johnson complete to Ducket Ducket inside the 25 to the 22 finally pulled out by Derek Brooks Ronde Barber had a shot at him gain of 20 from Johnson to Ducket and look how well he knows this offense look at the composure Johnson sets up he reads the field watch how long he sits back there it's a playaction pass he reads the field and then here's the touch pass just a dump off to TJ Ducket put it in the big back's hands and let him [Applause] Rumble so Doug Johnson comes in replacing the injured Vic and the Falcons gain more yards on his first two plays than their previous four drives combined and Bucks defense have got to be scratching their heads right now saying who is this guy here's duck down to the 19 a gain of three Derek Brooks made the stop setting up second down and seven well Doug Johnson is in the game Kenny Michael Vic went into the locker room because of this hit Warren Sap got on him then Simeon rice brings him down and that shoulder is exposed that right shoulder and that's what his injury is you see him there wincing in pain as he tries to lift his arm wincing his pain as he tries to throw the ball even though it was his non-throwing shoulder that he's hurt Vic had 37 yds passing Johnson already has 35 Johnson out of the shotgun on second and seven Johnson looking throws and Ronde Barber dropped up Willie Jackson Falcons wanted a flag on the play no flag and there will be a third and seven tell you one thing that that's Johnson thrown three passes completed two of them but he has not had the pressure that Michael Vic had on him all day it's almost as if the the Tampa Bay defensive front four lost the the that smell you know what I mean the the smell of that hunger cuz they have not put the heat on Doug Johnson yet when you see 99 there even though he's huffing and puffing now you be surprised if he doesn't bring the heat real soon Falcons only one for eight on third [Applause] down Johnson's pass is caught by fin but he stopped about a yard shy of the marker setting up fourth down and one and Dan Rees will send out the field goal unit Kenny once again Falcon's offensive line all of a sudden they're protecting the heck out of Johnson watch the block here watch Travis clarage on Warren Sap he runs sap right out of the [Applause] play so here's fely who hit from 34 missed from 46 this a 32 yd attempt to give the Falcons the lead he does so Doug Johnson moving the Falcons downfield in for the injured Michael Vick and Atlanta takes the lead the gardens Falcons leading the Buccaneers by the score of 6 to three Michael Vic back from the Falcons locker room soer a sore right shoulder moments ago Falcons with the three-point lead the way Doug Johnson played Kenny and the way that Michael was kind of out of rhythm you would expect that Johnson's going to continue to be in this game and the Buccaneers will start from their own 20 we are honored to be joined in the booth by the man who will be performing here at the Georgia Dome after the game The Godfather of Soul James Brown and my partner Tim Green tells me when he played play for the Falcons jams you took some snaps and practice is that right well I used to play a little football you know I mean I'm still on the Good Foot with whatever I do but I used to play a little football and you're a southpaw right mck yeah played a I played a little um uh uh little quarterback you know yeah you got under cender you took some snaps and uh we really came after you well right wait you got to do for us though what we as we asked you to do this when you came to practice you got to give us that you got to give us that hay and then we'll throw it to JB after this play so give us the hey and then to J throw it to JB in Los Angeles you ready for him yeah hey how you doing JB hey I'm back here JB as I get set for the update to tell you what Washington is doing back and forth Game 12 Play 74 yards Steven Davis despite the spraying knee goes in for the score Washington up hey Sammy Kenny tell JB I do feel good you hear that he said he does feel good St on the Good Foot pner still on the Good Foot thanks JB we appreciate it great to see you again all right from one James Brown two another bucks on offense Johnson complete to Pitman out at the 29 yd line all JB James Brown I should say thanks for joining us we appreciate we will look forward to seeing you after the game if I don't see the game I see the back here it is the next step James new CD and he will be performing here at the Georgia Dome following the Buccaneers and the Falcons how about one more I feel good fantastic ow I feel good but Papa's Got a Brand New Bag check it out all right thanks again we return our Focus back to the field and a penalty marker on third down that has to be a first ATT The Godfather of Soul throwing it to our Jam Brown that's got to be a first absolutely one JB to another and as part of the uh resurrection of the Falcons here in Atlanta they've sold out the Georgia doome and they will have postgame entertainment following many of the home games and the entertainment I want right now is to shut down this Tampa Bay offense on third down it just went from third and short to Third and long and Johnson's pass is caught he sh gone down the sideline 76 yds his first touchdown of the Season Falcon defense went to the press one too many times they left Jon Balden out there on an island and the only other man on that island was Kean Johnson watch Balden here's the Press Johnson gets by him and Balden does not have the speed it's almost as if Balden played that like he thought he had help from the safety and Henry Jones was not deep Henry Jones was up playing in a short Zone the longest reception of Kean Johnson's NFL career only his second touchdown as a Buccaneer it gives Tampa a the [Music] lead ah the Buccaneers on top 76 yd touchdown pass Brad John to Kean Johnson only his second touchdown the last two seasons so the Buccaneers now leading [Applause] 106 attakus kicked off taken by rossome brings it out across the 2 five tackled at the 28 yd line and a flag on the play Ryan Ronnie lot son makes the tackle on special teams for the [Applause] bucks I got [Applause] your look at the touchdown Kenny here's Balon he's locked up on Kean here's Henry Jones he comes up so the safety's up and Balden has Johnson man on man he's got to take him the whole way but he doesn't I almost think Balden and and Henry Jones are not on the same page cuz Balden played that play as if he thought he had the safety back behind him but the safety Henry Jones came up to play The Run and kesan Johnson gets behind the [Applause] coverage for Kion is fourth career touchdown in three games against the Falcons as he beat Balden who is starting for the suspended rayu count in Golden out of Hillsboro High School in Tampa in fact he works with the track team there during the off season well Kenny we're being told that Michael Vic has an AC Sprain and I talked about that earlier that's where the clavicle your collar bone connects to your scapula it's right on the top of your shoulder and they're saying he may return they're saying it's 50/50 right [Applause] now and I can tell you firsthand that is an excruciating injury kler thought about laling it back to a teammate takes the short kickoff up to the 39 yd line Doug Johnson Tim during his first drive and relief of Vic pretty efficient three of four 41 yards and the Falcons kicked a field goal getting back to James Brown for a second The Godfather of Soul so how was his arm in practice when he used to come out and visit you guys when you played with the Falcons he he didn't throw the ball he only ran it he only ran it yeah he wanted to run it how was his speed you know he looked he moved around pretty good did you get him I kind of got on the pile you know I know you are the 10th leading sack man in Falcons syst there you go from the 40 Johnson to the air oh nice nice play by by Brian Kelly Kelly got the hand in you know Brian Kelly has been tested this season and and the Bucks defense feel that he has really held up of course Ronde Barbers at the other Corner look at Kelly on this play now he's got his hand on Jackson but he can do that as long as he doesn't as long as he doesn't impede or prevent Jackson from from Catching the ball or get in his way of catching it he can put his hand on it he just can't shove him and and stop him impede him from Catching the ball in that way but he can put his hand on him and make that great play Ronde Barber the other cornerback opposite Kelly Johnson with time on second and 10 looking for the fullback Bob Christian and and with time Kenny is is important again Doug Johnson has not felt the heat from Warren Sap McFarland spers and Simeon rice do the Buccaneers feel they don't have to pressure Johnson as much because he doesn't have the legs Vic do I don't know I I I don't know but they're not getting the pressure on him and they certainly got it on Michael Vick Vic was banged around all game and I think that more than anything got him out of his throwing Rhythm and finally it got him out of the game well Falcons converted their first third down opportunity oh for their last eight Johnson's pass caught by crumer but stopped about a yard shy of the marker and despite the pleas from the fans to go for it Dan re sends out the punter well you're only four points down and you've got a quarterback in the game even though he's your backup he's doing pretty well so I don't think right now in the third quarter is the time to take uh drastic risks I agree 36 yd punt will return in a moment from their own 15 yd line on first down P looking to fight his way through wrapped up no gain on the play setting up second down and [Applause] 10 well a low-scoring first half here in Atlanta we were tied at three at halftime get Albert Jim green buck Lanford on the sidelines Falcons got their early three points because of a Brad Johnson fumble Sam Rogers came through on a pass play and stripped the ball Pat cerney picked it up Falcons got a field goal Falcons offense looked anemic with Michael Vicken there he took a pounding from Tampa Bay's defense Johnson to ster but right there for the Falcons Matt Stewart and caral MCB burrow is a loss of two on the play Tampa Bay defense pounded m Vic right out of the game Doug Johnson came in here's Matt Stewart nice speed nice reaction he and MC Burrows one takes one side one takes the other to make that tackle Tampa Bay was able to move the ball in the first half then when they got down into the Red Zone and or near the Red Zone Brad Johnson threw a pass to kesan Johnson which was intercepted right before the half third down and 12 Johnson looking for durav vious penalty marker looks like Fred Weary may have drawn that flag yes there's jro vicious and we's on him right there pass interference 24 defense first down [Music] [Applause] Falcons cornerbacks have been challenging kesan Johnson and Keenan McCardell all day Geron Balden had the job to stay with Kean follow him over the field Ashley Ambrose you see Ambrose going here he's on Mardell but Kean got the best of Geron Balden and the the last series Cardell out to the 39 close to the marker his 600th career reception so it will be second down and one he has been a fantastic addition to this Tampa Bay team who's a wonderful receiver down in Jacksonville for years and years and a great pickup for the bucks sure-handed great moves comes out of his breakes very disciplined receiver Pitman has the first down gain of three on the play so the Buccaneers their Drive kept Alive by the Fred we pass interference penalty on a third down and 12 Buccaneers with the four-point lead on the move with under a minute to go in this third quarter Brad Johnson hitting kesan Johnson a 76 yd pass flight giving taba the lead longest reception of Kong's 7-year NFL career here goes Mardell there goes Ambrose from the 42 the pass caught by kha Keith Brooking The Tackle leans forward to the 49 a gain of of seven yards on the play once again Kenny Tampa Bay is is shaking that man-to-man coverage by running kesan we saw him do it with mcardell in the first half running him out of that that Bunch those three that group of three receivers six receptions 131 yds and the go-ahead touchdown for keishan Johnson after three quarters here in Atlanta it's the Buccaneers 10 and the Falcons six Tampa Bay Buccaneers looking to win their fourth consecutive game they lead by four they knocked out Michael Vic and they scored the goal ah had touchdown yeah that's right and now Brad Johnson is operating this offense and he's he's doing it efficiently moving down the field and and Tampa Bay just they don't care if they don't win big they'll win ugly they just want to win this is that nfc's the new NFC South Division you've got Tampa Bay you've got New Orleans Carolina Atlanta a divisional opponent you just want to put them away anywh you can Brad Johnson to Mardell but he could not hold [Applause] on and what did uh Howe long called it the NASCAR division NFC NASCAR yeah but then he followed It Up by saying it was the strongest division in the NFC look at the coverage there Ashley Ambrose had beautiful coverage and the thing he does he stays with it it's it's a perfect throw Mardell makes what looks like a beautiful catch but you see Ashley Ambrose he gets his hands in there he realizes the catch has been made but then he strips the ball out of mardell's hands he just stays with that coverage all the way through the play there he is again he is just he has had his hands full all day with Mard Allen now third down in three Johnson Under Pressure got rid of it quickly again looking for Mardell time now for a game break in jbi it's only me throwing it to you this time all right part now take a look at the rookie Patrick Ramsey I think he's got that job in Washington his second touchdown pass of the day back to Kevin locky 23 yd for the score it's Washington by 14 and the third back to Kenny and Tim all right thanks very much JB so the Redskins lost the quarterback as have the falcs another high snap by unoa Tupa and rossome lets it Go and did Cory ivy keep it out of the end zone not look like he did 51 yd punt by Tupa it's the new NFC South re alignment this season Carolina New Orleans and Tampa Bay all leading their games in the fourth quarter Atlanta felt like this was a very critical game for them to win to get them off of the bottom of that division work done gains two out to the 22 as Doug Johnson remains in his third series at quarterback for the injured Michael Vic who suffered a sore right shoulder back in the third quarter and they they actually said Kenny that it is an AC shoulder spray see buffalo on top of Oakland with 219 left another high scoring game involving the crew blso bills Johnson and Vic have each completed four passes Vic only four for 12 and he gained only one yard on the [Applause] ground second down and eight Johnson pump fake spins and complete for Ducket first down out to the 33 yd line John Lynch slams him down after a gain of 11 execution is the operative word for the Falcons offense on this play everyone does their job extreme ly well the offensive lineman sell the pass Doug Johnson sells the pass he turns around and the blockers get out in front for Ducket Tampa Bay's defense has to Rally this is a totally different game now for Tampa Bay's defense with Doug Johnson in the game gone is the threat of the quarterback scrambling around for huge yardage Johnson Under Pressure got rid of it to Ducket nice job by Johnson to get rid of the football ball a nice catch by Ducket sap thought he had him and Doug Johnson got his first taste of Warren Sap before this he've done a good job clar just kept sap out sap comes right up under him with the rip Johnson's able to get rid of this football but just barely so now he knows who's out there war Sapp going off the field duckets gained more than half of the Falcons total yards sh Derby replacing Sapp out to the 34 a weder tackle on done and sap comes back in yeah look crowd booing Kenny I mean you know work done I know this is his old team but again he's averaged two yards a carry duckets averaged almost five [Applause] dun went to the Pro Bowl twice as a Buccaneer back in 1997 and 2000 but nothing been able to get going today against his former Club third down and nine from the shotgun Doug Johnson looking for dun and the Falcons will have to punt it away [Applause] well Doug Johnson had some nice protection on that play but he had nowhere to show it nowhere to throw it look here's this cover too there's two safeties deep and that enables the Tampa Bay cornerbacks to press the Falcons wide receiver so Johnson with no target except for work done and the two of them can't conect on the little check down pass that's a fake CR B throwing down field and Kowski thought he had it and then he was hit by Dexter Jackson I think Dwight Smith intercepted that ball klosi thought he had it in his hands on the pass from Moore and what a hit by Jackson leading to the interception by [Applause] Smith we saw one onside kick earlier that worked for the Falcons this time they go for the fake punt Moore throws that ball pretty well under pressure but wow does Dexter Jackson make a play Dexter Jackson knocked his own chin strap [Applause] off you got to admire the Falcons attempt anyway way to spark this team to get something going the first Atlanta turn over best starting field position for the bucks Pitman down to the 42 picks up the first down as we check in with JB Kenny and Tim after a carry Collins fumble Dallas makes some pay Quincy Carter back play action hooks up with Antonio Bryan Bryan's first career touchdown reception it is now Dallas on top 1714 1050 left in regulation back to Kenny and Tam so a seesaw battle down at Texas Stadium Cowboys out on top coming off there huge went over the Rams out to the 38 yd line Keith Brooking tackle on Michael Pitman I think today Kenny WI when Tampa Bay's offense has had their success they've they've done really well on first down they've been in a lot of second and short situations not the case now only about three yards on that run but they've had had a lot of first down passes that have worked really well for them and that's taken a lot of the pressure off of Brad Johnson and and enabled him to hook up on more short passes down field and the bun struggled on first down over their first four games here's Pitman reaching out to the 35 a gain of three setting up third down and three Michael bitman runs like a madman doesn't he I mean he he just runs so hard with such energy on every play he's given himself concussions in the past cuz he runs so hard he is yeah that that's really been the biggest problem for Michael Pitman as he runs so hard it's hard for him to stay healthy see Tampa Bay is just dominated in the offensive category as far as out doing the Falcons almost 300 yd Falcons half of that empty back field on third down and three Johnson to mbell first down down to the Falcons 20 Fred weie made the tackle after a gain of 15 as mcardell signals first down for Tampa [Applause] Bay there is no way you can get to the quarterback when it's this kind of watch this quick releas just three step and boom there it goes perfectly executed play there's the slant route by Keenan mcardell and Fred wey either needs some help on the inside from a linebacker or he's got to get inside position on that because Brad Johnson will take that slant all day long if you give it to him here's Pitman down to the 18 yd line Brad Johnson has hit seven different receivers spreading the ball around kesan with six receptions for 131 yds but Cardell five for 6 8 yards with 8 and 1 half remaining and the Bucks up by four and the B and the Bucks going at it on the clock Kenny in kind of a four-minute offense here Pitman running the ball throwing the short safe passes see the classic shifting of a John guden offense moving the Personnel around guys moving around on the line off the line and it's mccardel again inside the five down to the four before Carpenter brought him down as Mardell and Kean celebrate well mardell's dancing because it's the same play it's just the same play they're doing it from a different formation watch mcardell it's the slant it's the play we just saw him on before just comes up he puts a fake I mean they've got Sam Rogers covering Keenan mcardell that is such a mismatch [Applause] that you know Brad Johnson is is not going to fail to take advantage of that Johnson sees the the field too well to try to cover his top receiver with a linebacker Mike Allin wrapped up by a trio of Falcons no gain on the flank I think about how important this series of downs is right now time running out Bucks have done a good job here on this drive kind of grinding away at the clock Falcon defense the way their offense is has played which is which is not very uh Lively they have got to hold Tampa Bay to a field goal here if they do then they're within one touchdown of tying the game if the Bucks score a touchdown here it could be ugly second and goal Johnson looking for Kean gr on Bal in on the coverage they continue to chat boy it was excellent pressure on Brad Johnson on that play watch you here it's good coverage by Balden there he is he gets his good inside position he jams kesan and watch the pressure come here from the right side Sam Rogers and that takes a little bit of the accuracy away from Brad Johnson's pass rean no red zone recep this season looks like Buccaneers have called timeout can this is where that seventh or that 12th man the crowd in the Georgia Dome needs to take effect and that's one thing the new owner Arthur Blank was determined to do sell out this Stadium get the fans here they're going to have to make a lot of noise on this huge third down play Third and goal coming up for the Buccaneers this drive started when Dwight Smith inter accepted the pass on the fake punt Kenny a touchdown here is going to force the Atlanta Falcons to run a two-minute offense with their backup quarterback Michael Vic knocked out sprained AC he was pounded all game long by that Tampa Bay front four there's Doug Johnson his backup he came out and completed his first two passes moved the moved the ball ball Club down the field pretty well and since then he's struggled the way Michael Vic has [Applause] struggled third and goal for Tampa Bay from the Atlanta four Johnson rolling right throws to The End Zone in complete intended for a diving Mardell what discipline by the Falcons cornerbacks Ashley Ambrose and Geron Balden except for the oneplay B B got beat for the touchdown have done a really fine job look there's the two receivers so Balden actually ends up taking Mardell and Ashley Ambrose ends up covering kesan so they switch the coverage and look at that play there by Jon Balden keeps the Falcons alive even with a field goal there's still only a touchdown behind fromer hits from 22 so the Buccaneers extend their lead to [Applause] [Music] seven 631 remaining in Atlanta a seven-point lead for the Buccaneers as Alan rossome awaits Martin gma's kick gratica hitting on his second field goal of the game moments ago to extend the Tampa Bay Edge rossome turns the corner that is tackled after 15 yd line by Cory [Music] Ivy har bonds bonds the Home Run King has never been to the World Series and here in Atlanta the Falcons looking to come back they Trail by seven Johnson hit intercepted by sap the lateral a Brooks and the Tampa Bay defense has scored for the fourth consecutive game the pressure came from Anthony McFarland initially and then Doug Johnson just got a taste of that Tampa Bay defense the way Michael Vic did all game watch McFarland he comes right through Travis clarage Johnson steps up and then it's spes and rice smashing him Warren Sap with the interception and the lateral to Derek Brooks for the Tampa Bay touchdown maybe a question of whether or not this was an illegal forward pass look at sap how about that and now I I think he I think that was a lateral I I think he I think he tossed that ball back over his shoulder and as you said Kenny Tampa Bay defense does it again look at that toss right there cuz Brooks has to go back behind himself to scoop this thing up and Derek Brooks the allp proo linebacker has been in the end zone three times now this season Atlanta just Ching they ruling on the field after the interception The Return Man pitched It Forward will review the play oh we already saw it it l it looked okay looked like it was a lateral again it's it's it's close but if you're Dan Reeves you may as well challenge absolutely you have nothing to lose and Tim for waren sap it's only a second career interception both against the Falcons as a rookie in 1995 he picked off a Jeff George shovel pass and this his second interception gets it back to Brooks and pending the review the Tampa Bay defense scores for the fourth consecutive game well Doug Johnson was was just blasted by rice and spes I mean blasted and the story of this game really Kenny is this Tampa Bay front four and what they did to the Falcons quarterbacks today because Michael Vic never got into a rhythm he was four for 12 before they knocked him out of the game and then Doug Johnson he got a feel of it as well there's the lateral right there I don't think that we're going to again can he see anything that can overturn it because you have to have again that indisputable Visual Evidence and you think back to that to is City Miracle the playoff game between Tennessee and and Buffalo couple of years back lateral on the on the return which won the game for the Titans and they eventually played in the Super Bowl that year here in Atlanta and you know Kenny it was really interesting during the commercial break I think Warren Sap took the energy from this Atlanta crowd he this is what he was doing during the commercial break right before that play and they were booing him and remember we sat here and I said hey he is picking up energy from this crowd and then sap got into the defensive huddle and he was feeding off of their booze and he's still doing it oh you know what as a as a player you can feed off of booze just as well as you can feed off of Cheers so would you say he sapped the crowd of their energy he sapped them of their energy because look at that I mean if you have 70,000 people cheering for you it's almost the same feeling of of exil exhilaration and Power if you have 70,000 people booing for you when you want them to boo for You sap wants to be the defensive bad guy in Atlanta here today and he was after reviewing the play has been determined after the interception 99's pass was a lateral pass which means legal the result of the play is a touchdown and the play stands as called Atlanta is charged with a timeout so it is a touch out the fourth in the last four games by the Buccaneers defense in Baltimore Derek Brooks takes it back 97 yds into the end zone one week later on Monday night CT Warner picked off it's Brooks again a 39 yd return watch the block sap throws here on CT Warner as Brooks scores and then against Cincinnati M Smith picked off Shelton quarrels 25 yds into the end zone and today the interception by sap the lateral to Brooks and he scores his third touchdown of the Season I'm getting back to sap remember what he told us yesterday he said you asked him if he's if he feels he's hated around the league he says well to love hate relationship they love me except when I'm playing against their team then they love to hate me in fact he won't even order uh room service to his room or food to his room he says I always order the food to the room across the hall and then I listen for him so they don't know what's coming to to my room room and to Warren Sap I'm afraid someone might try to do something with my food which is what Kobe Bryant thought happened to his food during the NBA playoff in Sacramento so Warren Sapp orders food to the room across the hall and then listens for the knock on the door the Buccaneers have scored 14 touchdowns this year four by the defense it's the first time Buccaneers of scored on defense in four consecutive games in team history those two defensive players sap and Brooks we talked about right from the beginning of this game they played all last season injured Brooks with a foot injury SAP with a shoulder injury people said maybe their best days are behind them these two guys spent the off season in long slow painful rehabilitations we talked with both guys about them and they said look we're back we're 100 % and we will be back defensively to where we were before and then how ironic is it that on the the the really turning point play of the game it's those two guys it's sap and it's Brooks SAP with the interception laterals to Brooks for the touchdown and John grudin challenged his defense prior to the season he said I want you guys to score nine touchdowns this year they already have four in five games that's a pretty nice luxury for an offensive coach to request plus nine touchdowns from his defense and then looks like he might get him D Johnson to hand off TJ Ducket out across the 25 to the 26 gain of three on the flight and the crowd doesn't like it because you know they've got to go to the air I mean they can't be running the football now they've got to go to a two-minute offense and score two touchdowns quick if they want to have a chance Falcons one and two their two losses have been by three and one point Johnson slides out to the 31 yd line Kenny and the NFL it's it's a world of second guessing in Monday morning quarterbacks but I will tell you this this week in Atlanta people are going to look at these numbers right here and say let's see duck it he carried 11 times he averaged 4.7 and War dun got the ball nine times averaging 1.6 and people are going to second guess and say why would you give dun as many carries as Ducket when that disparity is so great and that theme started to come out the last couple of weeks well it's it's going to it's going to be it's going to be rampant this week in Atlanta and a tough schedule coming up Dan re told us our next four games including today false start 74 offense 5y penalty third down and Dan set Falcons next four games will Define where we are Tim against the Bucks and then Giants and then two more divisional opponents right and and both of those divisional opponents right now Carolina and New Orleans looks like they may win their game so you'll have three out of the four teams in the NFC South right now Kenny looks like we'll be four and one so it's not going to get any easier for the Falcons Giants are on top they we just saw the fox box drop down a few minutes ago and show Giants went on top of Dallas that's not going to be an easy game for Atlanta next week in New York third down and nine as Johnson Fires for the first out to the 37 yd line first CT the game for sha Jefferson Kenny that is the second third down conversion for the Falcons today only the second prior to this they were one for 11 on third down and Tampa Bay in their last game held the Bengals to two for 17 on third down Johnson looking for Jefferson once again again incomplete and really the story here today was this Tampa Bay defensive front Warren Sap Greg spers Anthony McFarland and Simeon rice pounding the Falon quarterbacks pounding Michael Vic keeping him out of his rhythm and you know when you think about the Run game The Run game is that's the quarterback's best friend it's not his dog there's Michael Vick on the sideline with an injured shoulder it's the Run game cuz the Run game takes pressure off of the passing game and Michael Vick averaging 61 yds on the ground coming in today one yd rushing dun could not hold on and in getting back to the Buccaneers defense this is their third Road game this season they played in Baltimore in Cincinnati and now here in Atlanta they have not allowed a touchdown by the opposing offense in three Road games Cincinnati's only touchdown was scored by their defense defense talking with Warren Sap he wasn't uh overly exuberant about their statistics coming into this game because he said look the last three games yeah we've played great but the total record of those teams is 1 and 10 so Monty kein you see there the defensive coordinator constantly challenging these guys constantly asking them to get more and more out of themselves Johnson for Jefferson at the Tampa Bay 44 for a first down gain of [Applause] [Music] 19 Giants continue to lead Dallas Washington by 17 over Tennessee a surprise down in Nashville cinal have come back to tie the Panthers late fourth quarter openland now leading Buffalo Simeon rice got a hold of Johnson but the Johnson able to complete the k [Applause] Rice Ready with two and a half sacks today clock continues to run Johnson with that clock really would have been better off not completing the pass but he didn't know that Oakland going up on top of Buffalo 42-31 and Oakland scored 52 points last week against Tennessee intercepted white Smith with his second pick of the game the other coming on the fake punt attempt the third Buccaneers interception in the second half Domination by the Tampa Bay front four pounding the Atlanta quarterbacks and Warren Sap we got a little vignette of him and his body language it says a lot [Music] [Applause] [Music] that's a that's like a hop Shake move you know K remember yesterday I said to Warren the last thing I said to him was I said hey I said have fun did you see the smile on his face he said oh you know it right I mean he has fun playing this game he plays it all out three tackles one interception and he has pounded the Falcons quarterbacks Simeon rice has done a great job as well Anthony McFarland Greg spers they have just lamb basted both Michael Vic knocking him out of the game there's Simeon rice and Doug Johnson three interceptions the last three drives for the buck defense including the fake P attempt allall stop up to the 35 yd line can take a look at this effort here by Tampa Bay's defense no touchdowns allowed three quarterback sacks three turnovers forced 10 points off of those turnovers look what they did to the Falcons Run game 3-2 a carry third down conversions three of 13 remember I said the only game Tampa Bay has lost this season was to the New Orleans Saints and back for the Saints this is where he won the battle on third down he he converted 50% of them throwing the ball running the ball as you pointed out Michael Vic today one yard as to his typical 61 yards and what you did not see on that graphic is that the Tampa Bay defense scored for the fourth consecutive game as well there Brook's third touchdown Anthony mcfar looks like he's taking a nap he's had such a big day and he's so comfortable he's just going to have a nap oh there he is sap woke him up and said dog you're on [Applause] camera from the 36 the pitch to pck it down to the 34 yd line well today's game produced by PT Navaro directed by Peter blackner our associate director FR Morrison broadcast associate Carrie cler technical prod producer Kevin mcroy pregame show produced by Scott Akerson directed by Bob Levy the studio technical supervisor is Jonathan X the senior producer Bill Brown the executive producers Ed Goran and David Hill crunching the numbers here in Atlanta Eric Merles Ben Bulma Josh weingrad as the Buccaneers let the clock wind down all the way to the two-minute warning as they are on their way to their fourth consecutive Victory led by their [Music] defense Fox NFL Sunday is brought to you by Bud Light for the great taste that won't fill you up and never lets you down make it a but but today of course they're 0 and for that's a huge story and they are without quarterback CT Warner most people know he broke his the pinky on his throwing and he's out he says he'll be back in four or five weeks Martin will start for the Rams right and for San Francisco they've got Garcia but they've got this guy how about Terrell Owens how explosive is he as an athlete look at him here against the Redskins he goes to throw the pass when that breaks down he just turns it [Music] on he has speed he has strength he has athleticism he's got a he's got some moves too and the fans here in Atlanta know about those moves remember the overtime touchdown he scored here last year in the 49ers 3731 Victory well the Falcons LED this game 6-3 in the third quarter and the go-ahead touchdown a 76 yd pass play from Brad Johnson to kesan and then the defense took over they really did take over too and for the Falcons offensively D Johnson LED them to that goahead field goal and they took a 6-3 lead after here plays they injured Michael Vick Johnson complete to fineran for 14 yds Falcons have no timeouts they lost one on the challenge and they Ed their other two Falcons will visit the Giants next week while the Buccaneers will be home for Cleveland hey Kenny October this magical October it it is brutal on the Elks club and the Rotary Club where I live in skinny Atlas cuz look at all these games I mean you got baseball games all over the place you got football look at this you really don't have a lot of days to do anything in this month right and see the Elks they meet on Wednesday nights it's out the whole month is shot the rotary meets Thursday night it's over no one's going to be there everyone's GNA be watching sports on Fox this entire month you got a couple Friday nights off to try to squeeze something in I think he just threw top of some small country that I can't identify that's that's the county that I live in Ananda County Upstate New York sure in the town of scanny analis where the the Elks and the rotarians are going to have a month off well the New York Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks will have some time off after their meeting in the World Series last year both eliminated yesterday baseball continues on Fox tonight with the Braves and the Giants in game four as Johnson is offended by Brian Kelly after this game you've got the Eagles and Donovan McNab against Jacksonville and Fred Taylor Who's just incredible doing a phenomenal job running the ball this year McNab we know how exciting he is or you've got the 49ers against the Rams nearly picked off by Ronde Barber well we mentioned the Yankees eliminated Yesterday by the Anaheim Angels David Wells on the mountain in game four taken Deep by Shan Wooton Jason giab's high school teammate with the Home Run for the Angels and then the Angels doing it defensively the final out David Xin the Angels celebrate their first ever postseason series victory in their history as they move on and will face the winner of the Twins and the AIDS that Series going to a decisive fifth game Johnson to Dun looks to get out of bounds as he hurdled over Kelly clock STS with 26 seconds left now speaking of baseball Doug Johnson was a second round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Devil race and spent two years in their minor league system well Doug Johnson came in and and was on fire there for a little bit but then that Tampa Bay front four came back to life they gave him a little taste of what they'd given Michael Vic knocked him around and since then he's not been very efficient and he's thrown two critical interceptions fourth down and two pass deflected and a penalty [Applause] flat 21 seconds remaining here's Bill Corolla B go use the hands hands to the face 25 defense 5yd penalty from the previous spot first out well Kenny I know Michael Vic was knocked out of this game I know he didn't have the spectacular game that he's had in the first three games this season but it's going to be part of his education he I still contend he is the most athletic quarterback athletically gifted quarterback line up and play in the NFL he's the fastest he can run incredibly well uh he's got an incredible arm he just he did not get into a rhythm today but that's going to happen that's going to he's going to have a long and very successful career and I think this franchise is going to be able to build on [Applause] him I agree he was outstanding over the first three weeks the loss up in Green Bay in overtime Hawkins could have won the Chicago game missed a late field goal and then the 33 route of the Bengals two Sundays [Applause] ago well the Buccaneers will win their third consecutive Road game to start the season first time since 1979 that they will start 3 and0 on the road Carolina now behind trailing Arizona late Cardinals could go to three and two on the [Applause] [Music] [Applause] season out to 14 seconds Johnson theeran Out of Bounds at the 36 with 7 seconds left left so the Buccaneers go to four and one their fourth consecutive Victory Falcons will drop to one and three kesan all smiles longest reception of his career the 76y touchdown pass from Johnson which put Tampa Bay ahead 10-6 and all day long Kenny the Atlanta cornerbacks Ashley Ambrose and Dron Balden did a good job against kesan and Keenan Mardo they limited him somewhat but with Brad Johnson as the quarterback for Tampa Bay if you make one mistake and the Falcons did let's see was it intercepted In The End Zone by Brooks he's on the bottom of the pile and he has the football the fourth Tampa Bay interception on the final play of the game what an effort by the Buccaneers defense and they win it over for the Falcons by the score of [Music] 20-6 14 green buck Lanford and our entire crew Kenny Albert saying so long from Atlanta stay tuned to Fox Sports for the Fox sports game break show with JB Terry Hoy and Jimmy right after these messages and for more information on today's game and the latest NFL news log on to Fox sports.com so long from

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Length: 141min 17sec (8477 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 21 2017