Sunday, September 27, 2020

By The Pigskin Of Our Teeth, Week 2: When Chips Fall

We've got an early contender for worst Thursday night game of the year and it's WEEK 2. Bengals get the ball first. Browns immediately challenge this A.J. Green catch because he was out of bounds. This should take about 15 seconds. Burrow scrambles for a first down on 3rd and 6. Is he their leading rusher? Sheldon Richardson stuffs Mixon on third down, and the Bengals are at the Browns 33 and going for it on 4th and 4. Complete to Boyd for eight and a first down. Adrian Clayborn sacks Burrow at the 2-, forcing a field goal. Oh, NOW Bullock makes it. Of course.


Two quick play action passes put the Browns in Bengals territory. Ex-Falcon Austin Hooper gets another first down. Obvious cut block is obvious.

Mayfield rolls left and gets real close to the first down... the refs say he got there before going out of bounds. Chubb with a tough run through some loose Bengals tackling for a touchdown.

Green with a tough juggling catch. Richardson with a sack to end the first quarter. Here's the comedy we've been waiting for: The center snapped the ball while Burrow was turning to call a time out, losing 22 yards after Burrow fell on it. Chubb crosses midfield. Touchdown Beckham! This is actually very close. Call STANDS. Bengals suddenly hot on offense. Burrow finds C.J. Uzomah in the corner for a touchdown. Oh, a Kareem Hunt sighting. Browns knocking on the door again. Hunt is left wide open for the touchdown. 21-10 Browns. Burrow with another risky throw into double coverage, and Tee Higgins catches it anyway. Slant to Green gets another first down. Bengals now out of time outs with 37 seconds left. This pass has to go to the end zone, you'd think. Let's pump the brakes a bit. That's out of bounds. Field goal is good. 21-13 at halftime. Joe Buck won the Pete Rozelle Award... which will put him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame alongside his father. He's legitimately stunned.
Browns go for it on 4th and 2 and Landry is left completely alone (again) and gets 20. Chubb breaking more tackles. Touchdown! Oh, it wasn't? OK. Browns going for it again on 4th and goal from the 2. Denied! The Bengals stop Chubb and take over. Burrow fumbles! Browns ball at the 1! This time Chubb DOES score. Sendejo killing the Browns. Aikman points out that the Bengals are already going no-huddle midway through the third. Touchdown Gio Bernard! The upside is that they let him carry the ball. And again, they reverse the call and say he was down before hand. Mixon loses four yards. Pass is broken up, but there's an interference flag. Bengals want another one on this 3rd down pass but don't get it. Field goal is good.

William Jackson picks off Mayfield. It'll stand, as the flag was for Mayfield getting drilled after the pick. Burrow gets sacked but there's a penalty on the Browns. Quarterback draw on 3rd and 1 from the 5 yields a first down. Touchdown to Mike (not Michael) Thomas. Extra point is good. 28-23 with 5:55 left. Big run by Hunt! Bates, who played will on Sunday, missed another tackle on that run. Bengals had one of the worst run defenses last year, and that hasn't changed tonight. Touchdown Hunt. It feels like every Bengals third down play on this drive has come up one yard short. Burrow misses Green in the end zone. He finds Tyler Boyd in the back of the end zone, but did he get his feet down? Looks like he did, actually. Why's he being covered by a linebacker? 35-30 Browns with 43 seconds left. Onside kick will not succeed.


Hey, this ended up being pretty good! (Browns 35, Bengals 30)

Signal Finder: NYG @ CHI, LAR @ PHI, DEN @ PIT (end), ATL @ DAL (end), BAL @ HOU, KC @ LAC (end)

The Bears have four guys who will carry the ball. Trubisky waits, scrambles, then flips it to... Montgomery (who's not in the picture), who goes down the sideline to the 15, then cuts back inside and beats every Giant to the spot. Touchdown! Mack buries Jones on a sack and the ball comes out. Bears recover. Field goal is good and it's 10-0 Bears. Barkley being helped off after being tackled out of bounds. Jones throws another interception. Engram wasn't open at ALL. Trubisky just tried really hard to give it back. Barkley being carted into the locker room. Giants haven't been able to sustain anything.

I'm not sure Dion Lewis is the best No. 2 back for whatever this offense is. Wayne Gallman's going to have to take on a bigger role as well. Mooney? Kmet? Wims? Who are these people? I don't think Trubisky's thrown an incompletion on this drive. Well, I just jinxed it. Trubisky dances in the pocket for a bit, the rifles one to Mooney for a touchdown! 17-0 Bears at halftime after Gano misses a 57-yarder after a pass play that got Sterling Shepard hurt. Trubisky gets picked off! Field goal is good from 39. Giants stop this Bears drive and get the ball back. Jones to Tate for 20. Jones gets hit out of bounds and that'll be a flag. Giants going for it on 4th and goal from the 2. Dion Lewis barrels through for the score. Trubisky with a bad decision of his own leading to a Bradberry interception. Mack sacks Jones again. Deflection is intercepted by Eddie Jackson, who runs it back for a touchdown, but there's a flag... on him, for pass interference, bailing Jones out. Jones throws it too hard and it's fourth down. Giants settle for three. Giants sniff out the screen but Trubisky keeps it and runs down the sideline for 11. Two minute warning. Lewis drops a swing pass. Jones completes to Engram on 3rd and 10 for 22 yards.
4th and 5 becomes 4th and 4 after the review changes the spot. Low throw but Lewis catches it. Bears suddenly getting no pressure. Jones works the sidelines. 4th and 1. Slant to Slayton picks it up. Why did they do that? Jones spikes it with eight seconds left. Lewis goes out of bounds for four yards. Four seconds left. Knocked down! Flag! It's on the Giants! Game over. (Bears 17, Giants 13)

Mostert with an 80-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage. Jets starting off Jetting.

Nick Bosa, Garoppolo and Mostert are all out now for the 49ers.


I mean, yeah. (49ers 31, Jets 13) 

Are there fans here? Of course there are; it's Texas. Prescott back after apparently clearing concussion protocol. Big play to Noah Brown, but there's a flag. Ooh, they got the rookie CeeDee Lamb with a blind side block. Deep ball to Gallup! Oh, this one's close. Refs change the call to a completion. Falcons eventually decide to challenge. Did Gallup's "backside" (the technical term, according to Dean Blandino) hit before his elbow landed out of bounds? Call confirmed. There was also defensive holding, so it's Cowboys ball at the Falcons' 5. Run the ball, McCarthy. God. Prescott sneak after three passes (and another DPI call) gets it. Burkhardt jokingly wonders if the Cowboys can trade for Falcons kicker Young-Hoe Koo, who's the only one who can pull off an onside kick anymore. The Cowboys got it! Zeuerlein kicked it like a pool shot and the Falcons just stood there. Lamb gets away and makes a big catch for a first down. The Falcons are going to blow this.


No idea what the Cowboys are doing here. They spike it with four seconds left. It's GOOD. These worthless morons.
Only the good die young. (Cowboys 40, Falcons 39)

That's already one more successful screen than the Eagles ran last week. Sanders fumbles and it's Rams ball. Goff rolls out, Mills blitzes, and Higbee makes the catch for a touchdown.

Ertz makes a sliding catch. Scott runs for 12. Kiser all over the place early for the Rams. Field goal is good. Rams have a lot of traveling to do in the early going. Cox down. Rams don't huddle after Kupp picks up a first down, and Kupp picks up another first down. Van Jefferson with a sideline catch at the 6. And here we see Malcom Brown in a goal-line situation (though Akers has a rib injury) End around to Woods for a touchdown.

Johnson gets hit after the punt but there's no flag. Ford tries to save this punt but it already hit the ground in the end zone. Trailing cover man gave up at the last second and Goff hits Higbee on the move. McVay absolutely clowning Pederson after one quarter. Goff is 10 for 10! Zone read keeper fools almost everyone but Marcus Epps, who stops Goff at the 3. Touchdown Higbee and this is approaching disaster status.

Reagor with a tough catch over the middle, and then he heads off. JALEN HURTS SIGHTING. He's next to Sanders in the backfield. Wentz fakes to both and finds Goedert. Reagor is tackled before the ball arrives, and a flag comes out. First and goal again. Hurts out wide. Careful stretching that ball out, Sanders. AND he landed on Semualo's leg, and he's still down. Wentz sneak? Touchdown! They go for two (why?) with a Sanders sweep but it gets stuffed. 21-9 Rams. Brown rushes for 19.

Graham with a sack. Rams do NOT fake this punt. Kugler and Spielman talk about how Aaron Donald's been mostly contained so far because Wentz is getting rid of the ball faster. Kupp fields this punt at the 4, which he shouldn't have. Then he fumbles! Eagles have it at the Rams' 11. Sanders gets six. Then he gets the last five. Touchdown! 21-16 at halftime. Problem here is the Rams have never lost a halftime lead under McVay.

Three and out for the Rams. Boathouse Row B-roll over "Motownphilly" to break. Three straight passes to Jackson, two of them caught. And there's the third catch by Jackson on this drive. First down at the Rams' 21. Wentz gets picked off in the end zone. Replay shows he forced it. That ball had no chance of being caught. Kupp stretches out for a third down pickup. Goff overthrows Henderson in the end zone.
Eagles cover well on third down and force a field goal try. It's good. Blitz lights Wentz up but he still finds Goedert to end the third. Wentz bails out under pressure and Elliott makes it 24-19. Slay hurt after stopping a big play that nobody else tried to stop. Goff goes deep to Higbee for his third touchdown today. Jackson with a bad drop. Sanders picks him up with a catch and run for a first down. Wentz to Jackson for eight on 3rd and 10. Bad throw into coverage ends it. Another big play to Woods. That's not a touchdown, not that it matters. PAT is blocked.

Goff vs. Wentz round 2 goes to Goff, and McVay thoroughly outcoached Pederson. He was fantastic.
(Rams 37, Eagles 19)

CBS production truck lost power in Miami for about 30 minutes as it started to rain. I don't know, guys.


Um, really? This feels like God's giving you a sign. (Bills 31, Dolphins 28) 

And Drew Lock's been knocked out of THIS game. Jeff Driskell overthrows Jeudy on the sideline, then is off-target — but that's because Tim Patrick was interfered with. Good catch by Fant on the sideline. Tomlin challenges, because he kind of has to with about three minutes left. Yeah, that's good. 3rd and 2 at the two-minute warning. Pass is juggled by several players before it falls to the turf. And on fourth down he's sacked by Terrell Edmunds, who came completely free on a blitz.


Welp. (Steelers 26, Broncos 21) 

Watt sacks Jackson, the 39th different quarterback he's gotten. That's a pretty catch and run by Mark Andrews. Jackson takes off for 11. That pass was somehow almost caught. Tucker hits from 32.


What the hell, O'Brien? They don't get it, and Jackson opens the next drive with a pass to Ingram to get the Ravens into the red zone. Boyle sneaks away and Jackson finds him at the 3. Touchdown pass to the fullback Ricard. Did that ball break the plane? I guess it did. 10-0 Ravens. Watson passes the 10,000 passing yards mark, making him the first with that many passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in his first 40 games. Big pass to Cooks, who goes out at the Ravens' 10. Touchdown Fells. Is that Suh in the Baker Mayfield Progressive "Book Club" ad? Hollywood almost broke that one. Tucker hits from 39. Pass is fumbled and L.J. Fort scoops it up. Is he in? Refs say no. They're reviewing this. They change it to a touchdown, and I thought the ball got the pylon and thought they might change it. 20-7 Ravens.

Peters picks off Watson! Yeah, that's a catch. Watt with another sack. Watson finds Cooks near the sideline with 16 seconds left. They decline the penalty, keeping the clock running, but the Texans' motion forces the RAVENS to call time. I don't know if that was intentional, but it got the clock stopped, so it worked out. Quick pass to Cobb, and there's a mini-scuffle afterwards. Refs basically admit they screwed up the clock. Or, as Trent Green is explaining, the ball got moved after it was spotted, so they had to put it back., Field goal is good. 20-10 Ravens at halftime. Texans can't stop the Ravens' run game, but then, few can. Tucker makes it, sneaking it inside the right upright. I feel like the Texans could use DeAndre Hopkins on this drive, especially once the fourth quarter started. Ingram takes off for a touchdown and that should be that. This was a ridiculous first two games for the Texans. (Ravens 33, Texans 16)

Who took Tyrod out? WHO?



Chargers lead! Two quick shots to Kelce and Hill get the Chiefs across midfield. Offensive holding cancels out a long pass to Edwards-Hilaire that would have put the Chiefs at the Chargers' 10. Mahomes runs around and can't find anyone open, so he runs out of bounds. Three seconds left. Butker's kick ties it. Nantz: "Hey, the Chargers weren't gonna have that good fortune two straight weeks." OVERTIME. Chargers win the toss. For those of you expecting to see 60 Minutes, you really, REALLY should know how this works by now. Three and out.
Melvin Ingram knocks this pass down. Mahomes scrambles and reaches the ball past the sticks. This run will come up short. Fourth down sneak gets it. Romo and the spotters see that Kelce was open for a touchdown, but only briefly, as Casey Hayward saw it and ran over to cover. Chiefs set up for a 53-yard field goal try on 4th and 1. Time out? Flag? FALSE START. They're gonna try it from 58 now. NOW time out. That one looked good. There's two minutes left, by the way. Let's try this again. IT'S GOOD!
(Chiefs 23, Chargers 20, OT)

The Patriots won't have James White tonight, as he lost his father in a car accident this afternoon. Seattle skies are much clearer than three days ago. No fans at CenturyLink. Seahawks get the ball first. What the hell is Belichick's mask? Deflected and intercepted! Touchdown Devin McCourty! That's not like Greg Olsen.
Carlos Hyde, who's a Seahawk for some reason, with a carry. Wilson slides for a first down. Lockett slips a tackle and gets another first down. Wilson takes off again for 21. Carson sets up first and goal at the 4. Wilson rolls out and throws to Lockett for a touchdown. It's been 40 years since the Patriots have rolled out a quarterback. Well, Diggs is out. Led with his helmet and got tossed immediately. Penalty also gives the Pats first and goal. Cam powers his way through... to the 1? He thought he scored, and I'm not sure he didn't. Nonetheless, they line up and he keeps it anyway, taking it to the left side for the score. 14-7 Patriots.
Diggs's backup just grabbed his knee.
Yeah, if you've forgotten or didn't know, Quinton Dunbar was the other player caught up in the DeAndre Baker robbery mess. Wilson drops it into Metcalf's bread basket and he powers out of Gilmore's grasp and high-steps into the end zone. Folk misses from 51. Weird camera angle made it look even longer than that. Lockett goes down for a moment, and a late defensive holding flag comes out, erasing 3rd and 19. Wilson gets sacked on 1st and 15, which won't help matters. Punt lands at the Patriots' 6. Halftime. Cam with a great, well-placed throw to Meyers for a first down. Edelman saves this pass and is down at the Seahawks' 21. Burkhead carries it to the 7. Jamal Adams wreaks some havoc, blitzing and chasing Cam down from behind, forcing a field goal. Metcalf and Gilmore about to fight. Wilson with a long, soaring throw to Moore for an apparent touchdown! Yeah, that's a touchdown. Moore never actually stepped out of bounds. Dunbar jumps this route and makes the interception. Touchdown Seahawks! No one spotted Swain and that's his first touchdown, and he'll likely never have an easier one. Let Russ Cook, indeed. Edelman bets Adams, then lays out for the catch! 49 yards on that. Cam flips it to the fullback for a touchdown. That single step forward drew everyone to him. He gets stopped by Adams on the two-point try, leaving it at 28-23. There's still 12:20 left. Kraft not here tonight, missing his first game as owner, for obvious reasons. Option pitch by the Patriots gets blown up. Wilson to Carson for a touchdown! Bruce Irvin down. Cam does down the middle to Edelman, who's covered by Adams again. Down to the 1. Newton keeps it and scores. They kick it to make it 35-30. Wilson throws deep on 3rd and 1 and just misses Lockett. Seahawks punt with 1:46 left.
Cam with a backwards slide after a scramble. 41 seconds left. The decibel limit is 70 for the piped-in noise, which favors the Patriots. Another big play to Edelman! They try it again but this one goes through his hands in the end zone. Cam hits Harry at the 2! The Patriots call their last time out. Power left — DENIED! Thought they'd roll Cam out if the plan was for him to keep the ball. Wilson with some thoughts for White, who he played with his one year at Wisconsin. It IS good to have Cam back.


What a game. (Seahawks 35, Patriots 30)

VEGAS, BABY. 

 




Are we sure an all-black building in the middle of the desert was the way to go here? Announcers wearing the old-school ABC yellow jackets, as this game is on ABC and ESPN2 as well for... some reason. Oh, it's the anniversary? Nice. No fans as the Raiders kick off. They've got a new, electric (?) torch, which Al Davis' widow Carol lights. For reference, the stadium is in southern Las Vegas, on the other side of 15 from Mandalay Bay and McCarran Airport. Saints coming out hot. Hill for 8. Kamara for 10. TraQuan Smith gets drilled on third and 4 and Lutz is in to kick. It's good. Raiders are down two tackles. Malcolm Jenkins sacks Carr, who turned right into it. Another burst run by Kamara. Smith fights off a couple of tackles and takes it to the Raiders' 4. Good job by rookie Damon Arnette to catch up to Kamara and knock him out of bounds before the pylon. Jesus, did Jonathan Abram run into a damn on-field crane? Levy recounts that he got hurt in last year's opener as well. He slid into the TV cart AND the line judge (Sarah Thomas). He jumps up and runs off the field. Taysom sneak doesn't work. Kamara records the first touchdown here. Raiders jump offsides on the PAT try, so the Saints take it off the board and go for two instead, 'cause Sean Payton's petty like that. Kamara picks it up. Another flag, this one on the Saints for an illegal formation. So now they're kicking it again. It's good. VEGAS, BABY. 50 years to the day, in fact. They show Billy Andrews intercepting Joe Namath and returning it for a touchdown. Levy calls old Municipal Stadium "The Mistake by The Lake." Riddick: "Hey, I played in that stadium. I know it was just dirt painted like grass, but it was our dirt." Carr, with time, finds Edwards across midfield for 32. Carr overthrows Henry Ruggs by 15 yards. Carr gets sacked after a penalty.
Second quarter starts with a 3-yard Jason Witten catch. Super weird to see him in a different uniform. Raiders putting something together here as this pass to Waller puts them in the red zone. Slant to Waller gets the Raiders to the 2. Touchdown Alec Ingold! The fullback is wide open in the end zone and enters the record books. End zone views look like Madden games with no fans. This is game 210 for both coaches, according to "Levy's Believe It Or Not", which Steve is sure will be sponsored next week. Brees to Jared Cook at the goal line. Touchdown! Carr's been much more decisive since that sack. Edwards runs a hook route and picks up the first down after the catch. Demario Davis comes on a run blitz and wrecks Jacobs. Zay Jones with a diving attempt in the end zone — and they eventually call it a touchdown!
Bad throw by Brees is intercepted! He had to hurry it and the Raiders have the ball on the Saints' 40. Ingold gets pushed out of bounds as he picks up the first down. 25 seconds left. Draw to Jacobs, and the Raiders call their last time out. Nothing's open and Carr bails out. Field goal is good and we're tied at 17 at halftime. Vegas's own The Killers play my least favorite single of theirs, "Mr. Brightside" from what might be an actual rooftop but is equally probably a set. The guys LOVE their blazers. Lattimore gets flagged for DPI, putting the Raiders at midfield. Moreau beats Malcolm down the sideline and makes the catch for 31 yards.
They're inside the 5. Fumbled snap! Raiders recover but it's fourth down. Raiders going for it. Carr rolls out and flips it to Waller for the score. That was perfection. Jalen Richard fumbles the pitch! Saints ball. Riddick straight-up says that Brees is struggling to put the ball where he wants. Waller reaches behind him to catch that for 18 yards. Shot of Jacobs on the sideline taking his gloves off. Saints have nine penalties for 100 yards. Hunter Renfroe lands on his head but holds on. Richard holds on to this pitch, ducks Malcolm, has Lattimore (?) whiff on him, and scores! Riddick points out that that was 3rd and 10 and the Raiders RAN the ball. Brees only has one fourth-quarter comeback of 14 points or more, and that was that nutty Washington game in 2017. And he's only got six minutes to do it.
Smith's been doing everything in the receiving game tonight. Kamara takes it to the 3. Touchdown Kamara. Jacobs back in for the Raiders. Another Saints penalty, this one for pass interference. Who do they think they are, the Raiders? Jacobs only gets three yards, but stays inbounds. They're trying a 54-yarder. Or maybe not, as the Raiders call time. Nope, they're gonna try it. It's GOOD. What a sick win. (Raiders 34, Saints 24)
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Saturday, September 19, 2020

By The Pigskin Of Our Teeth, Week 1: Run It Thrice

We'll do this as long as it lasts.

I have to agree. With no preseason and the schedule upside down because of the pandemic, there hasn't been any real buzz.

There are less than 20,000 fans here at Arrowhead, all wearing masks. It's one of the few NFL stadiums that are currently allowing fans.

The Chiefs players are lined up in the end zone. Not one Texans player or coach is out here. Anthem ends and here they come. After some stretches, everyone gathers around midfield for "a moment of silence and unity" with Mahomes and Watson linking arms at the center. Why are these clowns booing? Michele Tafoya — in the stands — reports that the midfield moment was their (Mahomes and Watson's) idea. Chiefs kick off and it's a touchback. Crowd sounds louder than 20,000. Texans go three and out and that's not a great punt. AL points out that they don't have the player intros this year because they couldn't get into all of the training camps to tape them, which makes sense. Quick pitch to Hardman gets six. Touchdown Demarcus Robinson! He makes a great over-the-shoulder catch while wearing Justin Reid like a backpack. Call REVERSED. What? Oh, that ball's out. Wow. The Chiefs end up punting. Brandin Cooks with his first catch as a Texan. And that's his second. David Johnson turns the corner and that IS a touchdown. Darrell Williams gets stuffed on 3rd and 2. Chiefs go for it because it's 2020. They get it! Clyde Edwards-Hilaire is going to destroy things in this offense. Mahomes rolls out and throws into the end zone but Robinson can't hold on. Touchdown Kelce! Your reminder that the U.S. Open is next week and back on NBC because FOX bailed on its deal with the USGA three years in, which may come back to bite them if this season doesn't finish. Michele reports there were five new COVID cases among NFL personnel (over 64,000 people) in the last three weeks. Watson gets sacked by Chris Jones, who a lot of folks didn't think would still be a Chief this season. Mahomes throws too high for Hill and it's almost intercepted. Edwards-Hilaire getting fed. Robinson breaks a tackle and gets a first down at the Texans' 11. That looks like a Sammy Watkins touchdown. Al reminds us that he had three in last year's opener, and I'll remind you that he didn't have another one until the AFC title game. Review says his elbow was down before he broke the plane, which is also correct. Edwards-Hilaire gets stuffed. Pass to Watkins and this time it counts. Andy's face shield has been half-fogged since about five minutes into the game. Fairbarn MISSES with 25 seconds left in the half. Chiefs have all three time outs. Kelce! Then get Cunningham for a horse collar. They're in field goal range, but Mahomes makes a poor throw that almost gets intercepted. Cunningham gets hit with an illegal contact penalty, but with four seconds left, it'll just make the field goal closer. It's good. 17-7 Chiefs at the half. Did Rodney leave the building? Chiefs get the ball to start the second half. Edwards-Hilaire with a nice run. He finds a hole and scores! Reid's scouts gave him tape of him at Clemson and said he could be their Brian Westbrook if they could get him. Reid saw that tape and said he was better. Al and Cris try to explain away the Texans trading DeAndre Hopkins for 40 cents on the dollar, and they end up at "They couldn't afford to pay him." Who's this other Johnson? Or did Duke change his number? (He did.) Watson gets away from two sacks but still loses one yard. Is it raining? Chiefs punt pins the Texans at their 3. Interception! Looks like Watson's arm got hit. Then Mahomes gets picked off in the end zone but pass interference negates it. Mahomes to Hill for a touchdown, and Hill tosses the ball to no one. 31-7 with 12 minutes left. Stars-Golden Knights is going to overtime. I still don't get why the Texans are still running the ball even though they got 17 there. Touchdown Texans as the refs miss a false start. Andy somehow saw it. Two-point try does not succeed. Stars win! They are a PROBLEM. Announcers discuss the case of Chiefs regular starting right guard Laurent Duvernay-Taurif, who's a doctor and opted out of this season because he's been helping treat COVID patients all year. Another garbage time Texans touchdown. Ensuing onside kick leads Cris to ask Al about the proposed alternatives. Al's intrigued. Onside kick fails because it always does.

Serena's getting her ankle wrapped. Announced attendance is 15,895. (Chiefs 34, Texans 20)

The Game You Didn't Watch Tonight: Miami (FL) 31, UAB 14

Signal Finder: PHI @ WSH, LAC @ CIN, TB @ NO

Cam's going to lead the Patriots in rishing, isn't he? (Because Belichick doesn't give his running backs back-to-back carries.) (Patriots 21, Dolphins 11)
Moose Johnston's with Burkhart this season, as there's been a lot of broadcast team shuffling on both sides. No Lane Johnson, either. Ron Rivera is here and on the sideline, and his offense will get the ball first. Eagles are on a W6 against these guys. Not a lot of experience on this offense, especially with Trent Williams and Adrian Peterson gone. Even the piped-in crowd noise seems louder for the Eagles. Not a great start for rookie Jalen Reagor, who fumbles the punt, but Craig James falls on it. Wentz didn't have to spend the offseason rehabbing for once. Big plays to Goedert and Jackson. Wentz avoids a sack on a blitz and throws incomplete. Chase Young jumps, giving the Eagles a first down. Washington wearing a "49" decal for Bobby Mitchell. Touchdown Ertz! Extra point sneaks through. McLaurin messes with the Eagles again. Peyton Barber (?!) gets stuffed. Punt is downed at the 3. Eagles get out of the pit, then Landon Collins hits Miles Sanders replacement Jason Huntley out of bounds. Kerrigan gets a sack off of heavy pressure (tying him with Dexter Manley for the franchise record), then blows up a screen pass. Big play to Reagor! He beats Ronald Darby for 55! Wentz goes down and fumbles, but Kelce falls on it and the ensuing field goal is good. Reagor back on this punt return after Greg Ward fielded the second one. Wentz gets sacked for the fourth time already. Eagles punt. Haskins scrambles for a first down on 3rd and 6. Avante Maddox with a pass breakup on third and 2. He probably could have picked that off. Field goal is NO GOOD. Jessica Alba's back on TV? DeSean returns just as Pam Oliver was going to report on his status. Hightower with a bad drop, then he takes a late hit with the helmet for a penalty. Ward could cement a role as a chain mover. Wentz takes something off of that one and finds Goedert for an easy touchdown. 17-0 Eagles. Antonio Gibson with Washington's first big play of the game. Option pitch does not go well. Feels like the Eagles' running game just isn't gonna be a thing today. Washington is currently .500 all-time. They haven't won a playoff game since 2005. For perspective, the first iPhone was released in 2007. We have yet to have a punt actually returned in this game. Fabian Moreau jumps in front of Reagor and intercepts Wentz. Two plays and Washington's inside the Eagles' 25. Burkhart and Moose have a Plexiglas barrier between them. No one covers Logan Thomas and he catches an easy touchdown. Wentz comes back with a bullet that goes past Jackson and hits Moreau in the chest, but fortunately he drops it. Then he overthrows Reagor, who would have scored. 17-7 Eagles at halftime. There is nowhere to run. Sims returns this punt from the 4, for some reason. Strip sack ends this Washington drive even though they recover. Wentz gets picked off AGAIN and going to Hightower just isn't working right now, either. Washington already in the red zone. Sims makes a catch at the 3. Barber scores on the second try and it's suddenly 17-14. That Ertz catch probably hit the ground but the Eagles rushed the next play. Sack ends up costly as Elliott just misses from 53. T.Y. McGill, just up from the practice squad, with a sack of his own. He's been all over the place today. Young hits Wentz's arm, forcing another interception, but Washington was offsides. Two-yard quarterback sneak? OK. Now Driscoll's walking to the locker room. Pass is too high for Ward and the Eagles appear to be going for it on 4th and 4 from the 45. Bostic blitzes and this has no chance. Haskins finds Thomas. Now Curry's down. Hopkins kick is good and we're tied. Washington's comeback started before the Nuggets' did, for the record. Alex Smith somehow made the roster. Kerrigan with his second sack. STOP THROWING SCREENS. Thomas stretches to make the catch, then dives forward to convert 3rd and 8. Now Brandon Graham's being looked at. Haskins keeps it, but he slides too soon and gets drilled by Mills (and no flag). Fourth and 1 from the 4. Riverboat Ron! Pitch to Barber and he gets the first down. Touchdown Barber. Wentz overthrows Jackson on 3rd and 3. They go for it and Ertz can't hold on. I don't get that one. Haskins rolls out and finds Sims for 19. Moose notes that this game is the reverse of last year's opener. Hopkins makes the field goal and this one's done. Wentz gets sacked again and fumbles, and this one's REALLY done. This loss is explainable, but it doesn't make it any better. (Washington 27, Eagles 17) For clarification: Collins got thrown out of this game for demonstrating what happened to him a little too well. The Bears scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns, including two in the last three minutes (and those were a minute apart, helped by a Kyle Fuller interception). Explain to me why Matt Patricia still has ths job. Tough day for Philly-related football. D'Andre Swift scored a touchdown in this game! (Bears 27, Lions 23) Damn, man. That's ice cold. Also! (Packers 43, Vikings 34) It didn't get better. (Bills 27, Jets 17) Joe Burrow time! But NOT Justin Herbert time, as Tyrod Taylor will start for the Chargers. Also, A.J. Green is finally back. Good catch by Mike Williams but he was out of bounds. Green almost dropped that one. Burrow was 9 the last time Philip Rivers wasn't the Chargers' starter. Bengals almost block this punt. Burrow takes off... TOUCHDOWN. Where did THAT come from? This good Williams catch will count. Chargers go for it on 4th and 2 with a Taylor keeper, but he stumbles and loses a yard. Bengals punt after gaining nine yards in six plays. Mike Williams AGAIN! He gets popped afterwards and I'm not sure that hit's a penalty. Yeah, it's not. This is followed by a makeup OPI call, so. Field goal is good. Chargers get stuffed AGAIN on fourth down! The Nebgals go three and out, gaining one yard. That's a completed pass to Hunter Henry. Badgley makes a field goal at the end of the half to make it 7-6. Chargers get the ball to start the second half. Nice pickup by rookie Josh Kelley. Badgley from 50... misses right. A.J. Green appears to be back. Field goal is good. Jesse Bates has been wherever Mike Williams has, and he just made a good play to beak that pass up. Burrow feeding Mixon some more. I'd have run a shorter route there but that's me. They only needed two yards. Bullock makes the kick. D.J. Reader down and the cart's coming out. That's bad, as the Bengals were already without Geno Atkins. 13-6 after 3. Touchdown Kelley, angering Austin Ekeler fantasy owners. Burrow with not great numbers. Mixon fumbles! Chargers ball! Harlan's losing it. "Mixon NEVER fumbles!" And he doesn't — that was his first one in 621 touches. Bates with another key pass breakup, this one on Henry in the end zone. Chargers settle for three but still take the lead. Bengals putting together a drive. Intercepted! Chargers read that one. Burrow starts the next drive with a run. That's a tough throw, rook. Be careful out there. And to Ross, of all people. That takes balls; he can't catch anything. That's Mike Thomas, not Michael. TOUCHDOWN Green but there's a flag... and it's on him. Won't count. Field goal will tie it, at least. NO GOOD! Is he hurt? Oh, God, he's grabbing his calf. That was bad from the jump. Holy hell. Hope Bullock's OK but that's such a Bengals way to lose.

Eh... kinda? (Chargers 16, Bengals 13)

That's just an odd sight. Saints get the ball first and they start with a handoff to Taysom Hill. My biggest question about the Bucs is if this secondary can cover. What I'm noticing now — probably because the Superdome is always so loud — is that the between-plays crowd noise is almost nonexistent. Here comes Brady. Mike Evans IS playing. O.J. Howard with a drop. He's in midseason form. Brady to Chris Godwin, who now wears No. 14. Announcers discuss the lack of crowd noise. Aikman: "It was louder in pregame warmups than it is right now." Lattimore all up in Evans's grill and that's a flag. Ronald Jones the only Bucs back to get and play so far. He stumbled earlier on a pass that Brady threw low, but he's been the guy on this first drive. Brady sneaks for a touchdown! Aikman wonders if Brady saw the opening over center (really, Saints?) and called his own number. Score bug says -6 for some reason. Oh, that's the possession dot. My bad. Still, it should probably be by the team logo. Also good to see the Bucs back in their 2000s uniforms. Cook makes a 19-yard catch on third down after getting stonewalled on third down on the previous drive. Snap to Taysom, who looks downfield before taking off.

Touchdown Kamara! Caught a screen from Brees and went in untouched. Marcus Williams intercepts Brady! That's a miscommunication. Evans stopped for some reason. Touchdown! Obligatory "these guys are old" graphic — Brees is first in passing yards, touchdown passes and completions, and Brady is second in all three. Buck low-key shitting on the Patriots' inability to add offensive talent, which hasn't happened enough. (Belichick CANNOT draft wide receivers.) Screen to Gronk, who may have gotten a yard. We got a scrap between Evans and Lattimore. Ryan Succop field goal is BLOCKED. Cook had one eye on the end zone and none on the ball. Thomas makes a tough catch in traffic to keep the drive going. Lutz makes it 17-7 with 44 seconds left before halftime. Brady wants a flag on Malcolm Jenkins here but he won't get it. Then he gets called for intentional grounding. Here's our first Leonard Fournette sighting as we start the second half. Intercepted by Janoris Jenkins! PICK SIX. Could've kept Jameis for that amount of money. Williams gets flagged for interference on Evans. Big run by Jones. Touchdown O.J. Howard! Brady throws off his back foot to Godwin. Buck notes the larger practice squad because of COVID as the camera shows a couple of the Saints' guys in the stands. Field goal cuts the Saints' lead to seven. Taysom Play goes nowhere. Brees to Cook for 46! He's still on the Saints? That guy jumps teams every 18 months. Touchdown Emmanuel Sanders. OH NO BUCS. To set this up: There was a face mask penalty on that Sanders touchdown, and the Saints took the yardage on the ensuing kickoff, placing the ball at the 50. Then they kind of pooch-kicked it and two Bucs players collided near the sideline, one of them fumbled it, and the Saints recovered inside the 25. You gotta let that go out of bounds. Short drive ends with a field goal. Saints challenge this Howard catch and lose. I feel like Payton's record on these isn't the greatest. Scotty Miller has Julian Edelman tendencies. Brady FUMBLES but gets it back, losing six yards. Short touchdown pass to Evans makes it 34-23. Going for two is actually wrong at this point, isn't it? They don't get it. LOL they piped in boos after the refs correctly overturned the Kamara touchdown.

OOF. (Saints 34, Buccaneers 23)

Four years, $5 billion, and they can't let anybody in. This fucking year. Open your eyes, Carrie! Al and Cris really selling the new digs. Rams get the ball first. Quick wheel route to Woods for a first down. Rookie Cam Akers takes over at running back. Woods with ROOM. He's at the Cowboys' 15 already. Screens out of motion. Nice. Touchdown! Donald sacks Prescott. Everson Griffen's a Cowboy? When did that happen? Not sure how I feel about the new Rams unis. Drew has decided:

Rams having their way with the Cowboys' defense so far. Rams go for it on 4th and 1 and Malcom Brown picks it up. Now they give it to Darrell Henderson on 3rd and 2 and I'm not sure he made it. Oh, he did? That's a generous spot. Field goal is... no good? Who's this dude? Gallup with a big catch to start the second quarter, but it'll come back for an illegal block. Gallup got away from Ramsey, who secretly sucked last year. Prescott to Lamb for a big play on his first catch, getting to the Rams' 20. Swing pass to Zeke, who breaks a tackle and... scores? Scores. Cooper Kupp has switched from 18 to 10. Did Marc Bulger approve this? Wait, that's grounding? How? Vander Esch is out for the Cowboys with a collarbone injury, which is never good and often bad. Field goal is good this time. The roof is translucent. Legatron's in Dallas, too? And he misses from 53. Seems like Akers is getting the early-down carries but the Rams are using Brown to get the most important yards. Field goal extends the lead. Two-minute drill is surprisingly crisp. Touchdown pass to Zeke gets called back because of OPI. Then Prescott keeps it and... scores! Nope, refs rule his knee was down. Zeke cleans it up with 17 seconds in the half. They show a shot from Friday of the "grey-orange" L.A. skies, as Al calls it. Hollywood Park photo montage, as that was what used to be here. Al says his mother used to sneak him out of school and bring him to the track, surprising no one. Michele won a pick-six when she was 10! Another big catch by Woods. Josh Reynolds (now wearing 11) beats Trayvon Diggs (Stefon's brother) and goes down the sideline to the 1. Touchdown Malcom Brown and the Rams retake the lead. Pass interference flag is picked up after realizing the pass was tipped. Good coaches have won Super Bowls and gone on to coach other teams. No one has won with two different teams, and Mike McCarthy won't be the first. Goff gets intercepted. Replay shows Aldon Smith (!!) hit him in the head, which should have been called. Field goal is good. Cowboys moving quickly here, with back-to-back catches by Cooper. Run up the middle on 3rd and 6? OK, that makes me think they're gonna go for it on fourth down here. Cowboys throw it on 4th and 3 from the Rams 13, but the pass to Lamb is short! Mike McCarthy, ladies and gentlemen. HIGBEE. Footage from a 2015 Giants-Cowboys game segues into a reference that Romo will be here next week to call the Chargers' home opener. This will be changed to an incomplete pass, as Cooper never had control before Ramsey hit him. Seriously, McVay? What are you doing? How do you punt this?

Prescott scrambles for 12 on 3rd and 13 but doesn't get the first down. Elliott picks it up. Gallup beats Ramsey, but there's a flag. Two flags, actually. OPI and it comes back. Announcers aren't sure about this one and I don't think I am, either. Fourth and 20 is incomplete. (Rams 20, Cowboys 17)

Fowler and Herbstreit on the call! (The U.S. Open ended yesterday, so Chris merely had to cross the Hudson.) Rookie mistake, coach, not getting that 4th and 1 play in in time. Giants punt. MUFFED. They get it at the Steelers' 3! Barkley runs for two, then... they call two straight passes? Neither of which is caught. Field goal is good. Why not try Barkley one more time there? First game Roethlisberger's played in about a year. Claypool!

3-3 after 1. Touchdown Darius Slayton! For some reason Fitzpatrick hesitated, Slayton beat his man, and Jones found him. Steelers go three and out. Interception! Jones gets fooled by T.J. Watt. Not sure what he was looking for there. Eric Ebron's a Steeler, by the way. Touchdown Steelers! Ben beat the blitz and found Juju in the corner. Extra point CLANGS off the upright and misses. 10-9 Giants. Big Barkley catch and run! Topped off with a hurdle in traffic. OPI gives back some of the yardage (turn your mic back on, ref), then a Steelers sack helps force a punt. Jones evades one rusher but can't avoid the second. Two-minute drill time for the Steelers. Big Ben Rumble! He stumbled slightly there but still got another first down. They go over the middle to James Washington and he fights through two tacklers and scores! This extra point is good. 16-10 Steelers at halftime. Somehow the Giants have negative rushing yards? How is that even possible? It's kind of funny, at least to me, that Jason Garrett had to get fired and hired to a lesser position by a division rival to be able to call plays again. Barkley loses four yards. Giants go for it on 4th and 1, the play fake appears to not work, but Jones eventually finds Barkley to convert it. (He had Engram open two seconds beforehand.) Jones scrambles for a first down on 3rd and 9. Barkley with a move to get inside the 5. INTERCEPTION. Dupree's been in Jones's face all night, and he forced an off-balance throw that Cam Heyward, of all people, ends up with in the end zone. Nineteen plays for nothing. That's gotta sting. No James Conner on this drive — it's been all Snell and Samuels. Field goal is good. Steelers have attacked this patchwork Giants secondary all night in all kinds of ways. FUMBLE but Juju falls on it surrounded by Giants. That's a huge break for the Steelers. Snell with a nice gain down the sideline. Whoa, there's only 6:30 left? Touchdown Juju! Giants need bigger chunks of yardage here. Slant to Slayton for a late Giants score. I'm impressed they only used one time out. Two-point try fails and that's that.

(Steelers 26, Giants 16)

And here's the official new Monday Night Football crew: Steve Levy, Brian Griese (both moving up from the college beat) and Louis Riddick. This is basically a college takeover night. No Courtland Sutton tonight for the Broncos. Is Drew Lock good? Let's find out. A few players on both teams kneeling during the anthem. Are the fireworks still going off? What is that? First play is Tannehill taking off and sliding for a first down. Screen to Jonnu Smith for 22 on 2nd and 20. Broncos force a punt and take over. Will we see Clowney tonight? Yes, and immediately, as he tackles Lock after a fumbled snap. Lots of Derrick Henry and Corey Davis on this drive. Gostkowski MISSES. He wasn't great last year. He probably should've done what Dan Bailey did and gone to an indoor team. We got an ejection here? Titans linebacker Rashan Evans is walking off. Oh, he punched a dude in that scrum. Lock makes an ill-advised throw to Noah Fant for a touchdown. Vegas next week! Melvin Gordon fumbles a screen pass and the Titans recover! Titans take over at the Broncos' 23. Wildcat? Like Derrick Henry's throwing the ball here. Tannehill throws behind Pruitt, who makes a nice spinning catch in the end zone for a touchdown. Was that supposed to be the new Bronco in that "Elway drafts for offense" graphic? Lock fumbles another snap, but picks it up and scrambles for a first down.

Pass to Philip Lindsay gets them to the 2. Broncos go for it on 4th and goal with a shovel pass to tight end Jake Butt, but it doesn't work. A.J. Brown tried to spin out of that tackle three times, but he couldn't do it. Ex-Titan Jurrell Casey knocks that pass down. Tannehill gets sacked from behind. Is this a catch? I didn't think it was. The call is a catch, but they're looking at it, and either way they almost have to put a few seconds back on the clock. Call REVERSED. Incomplete, and there are 12 seconds on the clock, but it's also fourth down. Gostkowski misses AGAIN? Levy thinks the Broncos partially blocked it. They did! I'm not sure that would have been good anyway, but still. 7-7 at halftime. That's the kind of bad decision Tannehill used to make in Miami. But it won't stand because of something dumber the Broncos (Alexander Johnson) did. Jewell just took Henry OUT. Wow. Quick pass to Brown gets a firs down. Was that ball out? Titans hurry up and go to Brown again. Casey deflects another pass, possibly costing the Broncos an interception. Gostkowski misses AGAIN! He's gonna be left in Denver at this rate. Lock doesn't see an open receive and almost gets picked by Kenny Vaccaro. Jeremy McNichols gets his helmet ripped off, so that'll be a face mask. Tannehill throws into traffic but Corey Davis hangs on. Slant to Humphries gets another first down as the third quarter ends. Fourth and goal and the field goal team is NOT out. Smith gets away and catches an easy touchdown. There wasn't anyone within five yards of him. Titans lead! Low snap and the extra point is wide left! Good God. Melvin Gordon for 25. I still don't get that signing but whatever. Jerry Jeudy's been... OK tonight. Good catches like that but a couple drops, too. Royce Freeman sighting! First and goal at the 1! Broncos outsmarted themselves last time. Gordon scores! THIS extra point is GOOD. Levy references the Nuggets. Deep comebacks are a Denver thing, apparently. That was a deflection? I thought it went off his shoulder. Titans punt from their own end zone with 4:10 left. Is this a challenge or a booth review? When was the call made? OK, so the ball was snapped with 2:01 left, so this is a Broncos challenge. Call REVERSED, so Brown was down at the 49, taking five yards away from the Titans. DPI puts the ball around the Broncos' 35. Henry takes it to the 16. Announcers want someone, ANYONE, to call time out. Titans finally do with 31 seconds left. Tannehill goes to Brown in the end zone but it goes off his fingertips. Fourth and 1. Gostkowski is out. IT'S GOOD. And Fangio screwing up his own timeout situation leaves the Broncos with only 17 seconds. Hail Mary falls incomplete. (Titans 16, Broncos 14)
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Thursday, September 10, 2020

By The Pigskin Of Our Teeth: Built Different

Demi Lovato? I'm gonna go 2:09. 1:41!!! Dear Lord. Rovell has an unofficial 1:50. Still damn fast.

New graphics! Good. The old ones were boring and too big to be as boring as they were. 49ers win the toss and defer. Chiefs get the ball first. Three and out? That never happens. Deebo! Gould field goal gives the 49ers the early lead. Chiefs doing well on first downs so far. Well, until that. Mahomes takes off and gets blasted! Where's the ball? Ward, who hit him, is still down. Turns out the ball went flying out of bounds backwards, and thus it's short of a first down. Reid had brought the kicking team out, but changed his mind. Direct snap to Williams! He picks it up... but doesn't score. Mahomes rolls right... touchdown!

Maybe the world DOES just need a Snickers. Katie certainly does:

Intercepted by Breeland! This should stand and it does. Mahomes gets hit as he throws but still finds Watkins in space. Chiefs go for it on fourth down, and Mahomes pitches it to Williams for a first down.
Buck notes that the Chiefs haven't run a sneak since Mahomes got hurt on one in Denver, a game he and Aikman did. 49ers hold and Butker makes his kick. 10-3. "ALEX?" "KHALED?" Mostert finally starting to get going. I swear Deebo makes more big plays running than catching. I wouldn't be surprised if he had a late height growth spurt. Coleman with a nice run of his own. Juszczyk with some moves after the catch and he'll score. We're tied at 10.
I'm pretty sure John and Chrissy have had that conversation at least 20 times.
Coca-Cola has an energy drink? A Bond movie in APRIL? Screen on 3rd and 14 is... odd, Andy. The 49ers not calling timeout afterwards is even more odd. Fox gettin' fancy with these artistic headshot portraits. Garoppolo's makes him look downright rugged. Big play to Kittle down the sideline, but Aikman thinks he pushed off, and it looks like he's right.
It's halftime! SmackDown spot makes me wonder if AEW would have had the balls to try buying an ad during this game.
Shakira to start, and she's already on stage. That's two upsets. She's done four songs in 90 seconds, including about 20 seconds of "Kashmir." "Hips Don't Lie" gets the most time, which seems unnecessary after she spent the whole time showing us that, in fact, they do not. She's 43 today, BTW. "Jenny From The Block" opens the second part. Is this a different stage? Where is she? J. Balvin is here.
Duet time! "Let's Get Loud", indeed. The choreography right now is freakish.
I was sure Pitbull would at least make a cameo. I know he did the pregame, but that dude doesn't get tired.
Mathieu and Sanders get into it after a Sanders catch. Deebo with another run. It's getting contentious down there. Juszczyk again.
Garoppolo misses Kittle on third down and they settle for three. Watkins finds space and Mahomes finds him. Another first down for Watkins. Mahomes fumbles but falls on it, losing six. Interception! Fred Warner stepped right in front of it.
Bourne! 49ers now at the Chiefs' 11. Juszczyk makes another catch and he's... down at the 1. Touchdown Mostert! Mahomes scrambles away from the rush and dives for a first down on the sideline on 3rd and 5. Third quarter ends. Williams makes a man miss after the catch and gets 13 yards. The 49ers' pass rush has gotten closer as the game's progressed. And now it's there as Buckner sacks Mahomes. Mahomes gets away from the rush and slides for 13. Did that hit the ground? Apparently not?
Looks like an interception off a pass that hit Hill's arm. That's gotta be caught. Right after Aikman says Shanahan's gonna run the ball down the Chiefs' throat if he can, he calls a play action pass and Kittle makes a sliding catch. Chiefs hold and the 49ers punt.
49ers insistent Hill didn't make this catch. Challenge flag is out and they may win this. Call REVERSED. Third and 15. Mahomes getting pushed back, but he gets it to Hill for 44! They've been looking for that all night but the 49ers' pass rush has prevented it. Mahomes goes deep to Kelce in the end zone. Incomplete, but there's a flag? Defensive pass interference? O... kay? Chiefs cash in from the 1 with a pass to Kelce. 20-17 with 6:13 left. 49ers go three and out.

Watkins gets past Sherman and Mahomes makes a great throw to get to the 49ers' 10. Mahomes runs left for five. He's taken some hard hits tonight. Swing pass to Williams, who goes to the pylon and... gets there? Touchdown, but this is close. I think his right foot is out of bounds, but I'm not sure. How does the pylon cam not catch that?
Call STANDS. Chiefs lead! Chiefs kickoff coverage has been on point tonight.
Mostert for 14. Two-minute warning. That's Maisie Williams, right? Garoppolo to Bourne for 16.
Kendall Fuller flies in to break up that pass. Garoppolo overthrows Sanders on third and 10. They barely get this play off and Garoppolo is sacked! That's Frank Clark, who the Chiefs traded for to replace Dee Ford, who they traded to... the 49ers. Fortunately, the Niners have all of their time outs. Williams finds an opening... and scores! That should be it. Garoppolo gets surrounded and throws it away. Intercepted by Fuller!
Who's the MVP? Andy is PUMPED. I've never seen him this excited.
Mahomes gets the MVP award. Kid's a magician.






Burke is talking about the Chiefs' first 10 points, which they got after going for it on fourth and short early in the game deep in 49ers territory. I'm not sure Reid makes either of those decisions 10 years ago. It's a new age. (Chiefs 31, 49ers 20)
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