>> SO WE ARE FINALLY READY NOW. THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED MATCHUP BETWEEN THE OAKLAND RAIDERS AND THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. SUPER BOWL XXXVII. THE GUYS HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE FIELD, JOHN, FOR ABOUT 25 MINUTES TO BEGIN WITH. >> AND I THINK BOTH THESE COACHES KNOW THAT AND BOTH OF THE TEAMS KNOW IT. I WAS TALKING TO SOME OF THE COACHES ON THE FIELD BEFORE, AND THE THING THAT THEY TOLD BOTH THEIR TEAMS IS, "DON'T PULL YOUR SWITCH TOO SOON." IN OTHER WORDS, "DON'T COME OUT HERE LIKE AN HOUR AGO, ALL FIRED UP." BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS, AND I THINK THEY PLANNED FOR IT AND THEY'RE READY FOR IT.
>> SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI WAS THEIR NUMBER-ONE DRAFT CHOICE, THE RAIDERS PICKING A KICKER NUMBER ONE IN 2000. BACK DEEP — AARON STECKER. AND HE'LL BE JOINED BY DWIGHT SMITH. IT'S OBLIGATORY, OF COURSE, EVERY TIME YOU DO A TAMPA BAY BUCCANEER GAME TO SAY "NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE FRANCHISE, WHICH STARTED IN '76, HAS THIS TEAM RETURNED A KICKOFF FOR A TOUCHDOWN." >> JON GRUDEN WAS SAYING YESTERDAY, "WE'VE ERASED A LOT OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE — THE COLD WEATHER, THE PLAYOFF GAME ON THE ROAD. AND MAYBE THIS IS ANOTHER ONE." >> THE BALL IN THE AIR — IN THE SOFT AIR — ON THIS BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY. AND AARON STECKER TAKES THE KICK AND BRINGS IT BACK TO THE 26-YARD LINE. SO HERE THEY GO AS THEY BUNCH TO THE RIGHT, THEN SEND ALSTOTT IN MOTION. AND JOHNSON THROWS TO ALSTOTT ON THE OUTSIDE. HE'S TAKEN DOWN AT THE 30-YARD LINE AFTER A GAIN OF 3.
CHARLES WOODSON MAKES THE TACKLE. AND BRAD JOHNSON, WHO'S BEEN IN THE LEAGUE SINCE HE WAS DRAFTED BY THE VIKINGS IN '92, JOHN — AS WAS THE CASE LAST WEEK, THEY'RE GOING WITHOUT A HUDDLE ON THE OPENING DRIVE. >> THAT'S THE THING THAT JON GRUDEN WANTS TO DO. BRAD JOHNSON LIKES TO PLAY LIKE THIS. WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS CONTROL THE TEMPO AND CHANGE THE PACE OF THE GAME — ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE SECOND PLAY OF THE GAME. >> ON SECOND DOWN AND 6. THEY HAND THE BALL OFF TO PITTMAN THROUGH THE MIDDLE FOR A GAIN OF 1 TO THE 31-YARD LINE.
SO GRUDEN GOING TO THE NO-HUDDLE. IF EITHER TEAM WOULD'VE GONE NO-HUDDLE, WE WOULD'VE SAID OAKLAND BECAUSE THEY DO IT A LOT. THEY DICTATED THE PACE LAST WEEK AGAINST TENNESSEE. BUT GRUDEN, WHO'S ON THE MIKE — HE CALLS THE PLAYS IN DIRECTLY TO JOHNSON — GOES TO IT AT THE OUTSET. NOW HE HAS THEM HUDDLE AGAIN. >> LAST WEEK, THEY DID THE SAME THING. IN FACT, BOTH OF THESE TEAMS STARTED THE GAME WITH NO-HUDDLE. >> THIRD DOWN AND 5 NOW FROM THE 31-YARD LINE. JUREVICIUS IN MOTION. AND JOHNSON LOOKING LEFT AND LOFTING IT TO THE RIGHT. AND IT'S PICKED OFF BY CHARLES WOODSON! AN EASY PICK. AND WOODSON SETS OAKLAND UP IN TAMPA BAY TERRITORY. >> AND THIS IS A BIG THING. WE TALKED ABOUT BRAD JOHNSON, IF HE GETS TIME. BRAD JOHNSON IS NOT A MOBILE QUARTERBACK, SO HE'S GONNA BE A SITTING TARGET THERE.
AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE REGAN UPSHAW IS GOING TO HIT BRAD JOHNSON JUST AS HE THROWS THE BALL. WATCH REGAN UPSHAW RIGHT HERE. HE TAKES AN INSIDE MOVE. THEN HE GETS A PUSH, AND HE HITS BRAD JOHNSON. IT WAS A COVER 2, AND HE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING ON THIS. HE THROWS IT A LITTLE SHORT, AND CHARLES WOODSON WAS RIGHT THERE. >> AND CHARLES WOODSON PLAYING WITH A PLATE IN HIS LEG, WHO MISSED A LOT OF TIME DURING THE REGULAR SEASON, AND A GUY THEY FIGURED TO PICK ON.
PICKED ONLY ONE DURING THE REGULAR YEAR. SO THE INTERCEPTION — THE RAIDERS IN GOOD SHAPE RIGHT OFF THE BAT AT THE 36-YARD LINE, AS GANNON SLINGS IT TO THE OUTSIDE. AND GARNER IS WIDE OPEN. AND ONE 25 IS TAKEN DOWN BY THE OTHER. TACKLE THERE BY BRIAN KELLY. THE RAIDERS LAST WEEK OPENED UP IN NO-HUDDLE, BUT RICH GANNON, THE LEAGUE MVP, SAYING, "LET'S HUDDLE UP RIGHT HERE." >> I THINK THAT'S THE SAME THING — THAT THEY LIKE TO CONTROL THE PACE. AND AS BILL CALLAHAN SAYS, "WE'LL GO IN AND OUT OF THAT. ANYTIME THAT WE FEEL THAT WE'RE ON A ROLL, WE'RE GOING TO STAY WITH THAT ROLL." >> SECOND AND 2. AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT 20 MINUTES OR SO, THE RAIDERS ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE FIELD, SO ALL OF THE COACHES WILL HAVE TO SHADE THEIR EYES.
AS GANNON FAKES RIGHT AND THEN THROWS INCOMPLETE OVER THE MIDDLE. AND IT'LL BE THIRD DOWN. THIRD AND 2. AND THEN GANNON LOOKING OVER TO THE SIDELINE. GANNON WILL LOOK OVER TO THE SIDELINE A LOT. HE WILL SIGNAL TO THE BENCH A LOT. HE WANTS TO KNOW, "WHAT PERSONNEL GROUPING AM I GONNA GET? WHAT PLAY AM I GONNA GET?" AND HE LIKES IT WITH ALACRITY. >> RIGHT. HE LIKES MARC TRESTMAN TO GET THE PERSONNEL TO HIM RIGHT AWAY SO HE CAN GET THAT CALLED AND THEN GET THE PLAY TO HIM QUICKLY SO HE CAN GET UP TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE WITH MORE TIME.
>> FROM THE 28 ON THIRD AND 2. GANNON. TO BROWN. AND THAT'S A FIRST DOWN AT THE 20-YARD LINE. DWIGHT SMITH MAKES THE TACKLE — THE NICKEL BACK — AND HE'LL PLAY MOST OF THE GAME TODAY. >> AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE RAIDERS ARE PLAYING THREE WIDE RECEIVERS, SO THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS ARE PLAYING THEIR NICKEL. RONDE BARBER, THE RIGHT CORNER, GOES IN, AND HE PLAYS ON THE SLOT, AND DWIGHT SMITH IS THE CORNER THAT PLAYS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THAT'S THE SIDE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR WITH THREE WIDE RECEIVERS. >> FROM THE 19-YARD LINE. TO THE GROUND NOW. TO GARNER. AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK QUICKLY AT THE RAIDER OFFENSE. SECOND DOWN AND 9 NOW AT THE 18-YARD LINE. GANNON SETTING UP. MOVING OUT. AND THEN HE'S TAKEN DOWN AT THE 16-YARD LINE. CAUGHT BY THE DEFENSIVE END, GREG SPIRES.
THIRD DOWN AND 7 NOW. GANNON. FACING A FOUR-MAN RUSH. BUT THAT'S ENOUGH, AS SIMEON RICE COMES IN TO SACK HIM. >> ON THE PLAY BEFORE THAT, IT WAS GREG SPIRES THAT PUT THE PRESSURE ON RICH GANNON. THIS TIME HERE, IT'S SIMEON RICE ON BARRY SIMS. YOU'RE GONNA SEE HIM. HE'LL BEAT HIM TO THE INSIDE. YOU'RE ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT THAT SPEED GUY GOING TO THE OUTSIDE. HE STARTS OUTSIDE, SIMS STEPS OUTSIDE, AND THEN SIMEON RICE COMES RIGHT INSIDE AND HE'S RIGHT ON RICH GANNON. >> NOW A 40-YARD ATTEMPT BY JANIKOWSKI. SHANE LECHLER TO HOLD. AND JANIKOWSKI SCORES THE FIRST POINTS OF SUPER BOWL XXXVII. >> THE BUCCANEERS — THAT WAS A HECK OF A STAND DOWN THERE. AND THEIR SPEED SHOWED WHEN GANNON TRIED TO RUN. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE RAIDER GOT THE BIG PASS RUSH ON BRAD JOHNSON. >> JANIKOWSKI'S SECOND KICKOFF OF THE DAY. IT'S AARON STECKER OUT PAST THE 20. AND THE BACKUP RUNNING BACK PUTS THE BALL DOWN ON THE GROUND AT THE 30-YARD LINE.
AND I'M LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY INDICATION YET THAT IT WAS DOWN. IT'S ERIC JOHNSON WHO COMES UP WITH IT. AND THERE HAS BEEN NO SIGNAL YET FROM BILL CAROLLO OR HIS CREW AS TO WHETHER HIS KNEE WAS DOWN — AND NOW THEY'RE GONNA SAY IT'S A FUMBLE, AND IT WASN'T. AND FOR THE MOMENT, ANYWAY, PENDING A LOOK AT THE REPLAY AND A POSSIBLE CHALLENGE, OBVIOUSLY, IT WOULD BE OAKLAND BALL. HERE IT IS. >> SEE, AARON STECKER GOES DOWN. HIS KNEE WAS DOWN BEFORE THE BALL CAME OUT. IN FACT, HE'S TRYING TO EXTEND IT. YOU SEE THE KNEE IS DOWN AND THE BALL DOESN'T COME OUT UNTIL HE HITS IT WITH THE GROUND — OR HE HITS THE GROUND WITH IT.
THE KNEE IS DOWN RIGHT THERE, AND RIGHT THERE THE BALL IS DOWN. SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PLAYS THAT THEY CALL RAIDERS' BALL, BUT THEY WILL GIVE THIS ONE BACK TO THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. >> NO QUESTION ON A CLEAR-CUT CALL. THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT. >> TAMPA BAY IS CHALLENGING THE RULING ON THE FIELD THAT IT WAS A FUMBLE. WE'LL REVIEW THE PLAY. >> SEE, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THEY THEY'RE A LITTLE AGONIZED ABOUT IS YOU ONLY GET TWO CHALLENGES FOR THE ENTIRE GAME.
AND SO YOU'RE FORCED, IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU KNOW THEY'RE GONNA OVERTURN IT — AND CLEARLY IT'S IMPORTANT AND YOU HAVE TO DO IT — BUT NOW YOU'RE FORCED TO USE ONE OF THOSE CHALLENGES. >> YEAH, BUT AT LEAST IN USING THAT CHALLENGE, IF YOU WIN THE CHALLENGE — WHICH THEY WILL — YOU GET THE BALL BACK. I MEAN, IF YOU DIDN'T CHALLENGE, THEN — THEY GAVE THIS BALL TO THE RAIDERS. THEY SAID IT WAS A FUMBLE AND IT WAS THE RAIDERS' BALL. BUT YOU CAN SEE STECKER'S KNEE WAS DOWN WELL BEFORE THAT BALL HIT THE THE GROUND. >> I WOULD THINK ON THE TAMPA BAY SIDE THERE'D BE SOME CONSTERNATION THAT, SINCE THIS IS SO OBVIOUS, THAT THEY'D BE A LITTLE MIFFED THAT THE OFFICIALS DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. >> AND THAT'S THE THING THAT GOES BACK TO THIS SAME THING OF ALL-STAR OFFICIALS.
ALL YEAR THEY WORK AS CREWS, AND THEN WHEN WE GET IN THE PLAYOFFS, THE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THE SUPER BOWL, THEY TAKE THE OFFICIALS THAT GRADED THE BEST. IN OTHER WORDS, BILL CAROLLO'S OUR REFEREE — HE WAS THE REFEREE THAT GRADED THE BEST ALL YEAR. AND THESE GUYS GRADE THE BEST ALL YEAR AS INDIVIDUALS BUT HAVE NEVER WORKED AS A TEAM OR A CREW. AND I THINK THAT'S A MISTAKE, AND I WOULD BET IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO THAT WILL BE CHANGED. >> AFTER REVIEWING THE PLAY, IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE RUNNER WAS DOWN BY CONTACT. TAMPA BAY WILL KEEP THE BALL. FIRST AND 10 AT THE 29-YARD LINE. TAMPA BAY IS NOT CHARGED A TIME-OUT. >> I THINK YOU'RE HEARING STECKER WAS SAYING THE SAME THING THAT YOU WERE SAYING — "BALONEY! YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED IT THAT WAY IN THE FIRST PLACE." >> ABSOLUTELY.
ALL OF THE BUCS WERE ANGRY WHEN THEY CAME OFF THE FIELD, AS IF TO SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S AN EASY CALL." IT MIGHT NOT MATTER, BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE MORE CHALLENGE THE REST OF THE WAY. >> AND THAT'S WHY INSTANT REPLAY WAS INITIALLY PUT IN — TO RIGHT A WRONG. THERE WAS A WRONG, AND THEN IT WAS RIGHTED. >> FROM THE 29 NOW. THE BUCS' SECOND POSSESSION BEGINNING. JOHNSON THROWING OVER THE MIDDLE. AND THAT PASS IS CAUGHT BY JOE JUREVICIUS OUT TO THE 40-YARD LINE. HE'S TAKEN DOWN BY THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER, THE ROOKIE OUT OF NORTHWESTERN, NAPOLEON HARRIS. >> IT WAS INTERESTING — WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO CHUCK BRESNAHAN THE OTHER DAY AND TALKING ABOUT THE WIDE RECEIVERS OF THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, I THINK HE WAS AS WORRIED ABOUT JOE JUREVICIUS AS ANY OF THE RECEIVERS. >> HE MADE THE BIG PLAY LAST WEEK, THE 71-YARD RECEPTION — HIS ONLY CATCH AGAINST PHILADELPHIA. THAT'S 11 YARDS, A FIRST DOWN. AND WITH NO HUDDLE HERE AND AN EMPTY BACKFIELD, THE PASS IS JUGGLED AND THEN DROPPED BY PITTMAN.
AND ALMOST INTO THE ARMS OF KEYSHAWN JOHNSON. SECOND DOWN. >> DON'T YOU FEEL THAT THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS ARE A LITTLE JITTERY? >> YES. >> EVEN THOUGH THAT FUMBLE WASN'T A FUMBLE. THEY GO BACK TO PASS, AND BRAD JOHNSON GETS HIT AND THE BALL FLOPS UP IN THE AIR AND CHARLES WOODSON GETS IT. THEY LOOK LIKE HE'S MAKING THROWS WHEN THEY'RE NOT READY YET. I THINK JON GRUDEN IS TRYING TO MAKE THIS A FAST-PACED GAME, AND MAYBE HIS TEAM ISN'T READY YET TO GET IN A FAST-PACED MODE. >> SECOND DOWN AND 10. YEAH, IT'S KIND OF A JUMPY, STUTTERING START TO THE GAME WITH 5 MINUTES HAVING ELAPSED. ON SECOND DOWN. JOHNSON LOFTING ONE. AND LOFTING IT WAY OUT OF BOUNDS.
AND HE'S WAY OFF THE MARK, AND IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE OAKLAND DEFENSE. CHARLES WOODSON, TORY JAMES EACH PLAYING WITH A PLATE IN THEIR LOWER LEG. THIRD DOWN AND 10. DEEP DROP. JOHNSON HAS TIME, THROWS. CAUGHT ON THE RUN BY JUREVICIUS. AND HE'S FINALLY TAKEN DOWN INSIDE THE 40 AT THE 37 BY THE LINEBACKER, TRAVIAN SMITH.
>> MAYBE THE RAIDERS KNEW SOMETHING WHEN CHUCK BRESNAHAN, THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, WAS SAYING, "THIS IS THE GUY THAT I WORRY ABOUT." AGAIN, HERE'S JOE JUREVICIUS HERE. AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE HIM COME ON ACROSS. HE STARTS UP, COMES RIGHT ACROSS. THE LINEBACKER'S WAITING FOR HIM. HE GETS RIGHT ACROSS IN FRONT OF HIS FACE. AND RIGHT AS HE GET ACROSS THERE, BRAD JOHNSON HAS THAT BALL READY AND GIVES IT TO HIM.
>> 23-YARD GAIN ON A THIRD AND 10. NOW A TOSS TO PITTMAN, WHO CAME OVER FROM THE CARDINALS, WHO BREAKS ONE! AND HE'S FINALLY BUMPED OUT OF BOUNDS BY ROD WOODSON. GOOD BLOCK BY ALSTOTT. WHAT ELSE IS NEW? >> THAT WAS A VERY GOOD BLOCK BY MIKE ALSTOTT. AND THAT'S IT. YOU HAVE YOUR LINEMEN, AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR FULLBACK. THEY'RE ALWAYS SAYING THAT ALSTOTT ISN'T A TRUE FULLBACK.
BUT ON THIS PLAY, HE'S A TRUE FULLBACK. HE'S PLAYING A FULLBACK POSITION. AND WATCH HIS LEAD BLOCK — BOOM! RIGHT THERE. AND PITTMAN IS RIGHT IN BEHIND HIM AND BREAKS RIGHT OFF THAT BLOCK. WATCH HOW MIKE ALSTOTT, NUMBER 40, TIMES THIS BLOCK. AND JUST AS HE GETS THERE — HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S GONNA GO UP AND THEN — WHOOM! HE GOES DOWN AND CUTS THE KNEES. >> THAT'S A 23-YARD GAIN. SO BACK-TO-BACK 23-YARD GAINS. AARON STECKER IS NOW IN THE BACKFIELD BEHIND ALSTOTT. THE FAKE. AND JOHNSON BLASTED AS HE THROWS. AND IT'S INCOMPLETE. THAT NAPOLEON HARRIS. WE MENTIONED BEFORE — A ROOKIE. PICKED IN THE FIRST ROUND OUT OF NORTHWESTERN. AND HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB STARTING THIS SEASON. >> AND THAT'S THE THING THAT HAS TO BOTHER JON GRUDEN, BECAUSE EVERY PASS THAT HE HAS, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO HIM IS PASS PROTECTION.
HE WANTS TO GET THE THING PROTECTED. THERE IT IS FROM SKY CAM. AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT BRAD JOHNSON IS SEEING, AND YOU KNOW WHY HE HAD TO GET RID OF THAT BALL — BECAUSE HARRIS WAS COMING RIGHT ON HIM. THAT WAS A LITTLE DELAYED BLITZ. >> STECKER STAYS IN. SECOND DOWN AND 10 FROM THE 14-YARD LINE. STECKER SWINGING TO THE OUTSIDE, THEN TURNS IT BACK. AND HE'LL BE RIDDEN DOWN BY THE OUTSIDE LINEBACKER, ERIC BARTON. >> THAT'S A GREAT SHOT WHEN YOU GET A LINEBACKER AND HE MAKES A TOUGH TACKLE LIKE THAT RIGHT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND GETS UP AND PULLS A DIVOT OUT OF HIS HEAD.
MAN, THAT'S FOOTBALL. FOOTBALL ON REAL GRASS. AND A BEAUTIFUL DAY. YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING BETTER FOR THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE YEAR AND IN A PLACE LIKE THIS ON A DAY LIKE THIS. >> THE SCARIEST THING ALL WEEK WAS THE COMMISSIONER SAYING THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANOTHER GAME HERE IF THEY DON'T BUILD A NEW STADIUM. THEY SHOULD MOVE IT HERE PERMANENTLY. >> WHAT'S HE THINKING? >> THIRD DOWN AND 9 FROM THE 13-YARD LINE.
PASS IS SWUNG OUT TO PITTMAN. BUT THROUGH HIS HANDS AND INCOMPLETE. SO THEY HAVE A 23-YARD GAIN ON THIRD AND 10, THEN ANOTHER 23, AND THEN THEY BOG DOWN. AND HERE COMES GRAMATICA TO TRY TO TIE THE GAME. >> THAT WAS A GOOD CALL ON THE DEFENSE BY BLITZING NAPOLEON HARRIS, AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT MADE BRAD JOHNSON GET RID OF THE BALL WHEN HE DIDN'T WANT TO. AND THEN HE GETS IN LONG YARDAGE. EVEN HE HAD COMPLETED THAT PASS, THEY STILL WOULD HAVE HAD TO TRY THE FIELD GOAL HERE. >> 31-YARD ATTEMPT. BOTH TEAMS WITH EXCELLENT KICKERS. JANIKOWSKI ON ONE SIDE, MARTIN GRAMATICA ON THE OTHER.
TOM TUPA TO HOLD. RYAN BENJAMIN TO SNAP IT. FROM 31. THAT ONE IS GOOD. ROMO TRYING FOR THAT FIFTH RING — TWO AS A NINER, TWO AS A BRONCO. AND THEN HE LEFT DENVER, FOUND A HOME IN OAKLAND, AND HERE HE IS IN THE SUPER BOWL AGAIN. SO 3-3 WITH GRAMATICA TO SEND IT DOWN IN THE DIRECTION OF MARCUS KNIGHT. AND IT'S A BOUNCING BALL FIELDED BY KNIGHT AT THE 8. AND HE'S ROLLED OUT OF BOUNDS UP NEAR THE 30-YARD LINE. SO THE GAME IS ON. A SPECTACULAR SUNDAY, AND THE FIELD ALMOST ENCASED IN SHADOW NOW. STARTED OUT HALF AND HALF.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE LINE IS, AS THE RAIDERS START FROM THE 30-YARD LINE. GANNON HAS PROTECTION. OVER THE MIDDLE. HITS GARNER. HE'S TACKLED BY BROOKS. AND, JOHN, WHAT ABOUT THE CHANGE AT CENTER? WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH TREU REPLACING ROBBINS HERE? >> ADAM TREU IS NOT A STIFF. HE'S A GUY THAT STARTED 14 GAMES AT CENTER FOR THE RAIDERS LAST YEAR. HE'S A GOOD PLAYER. HE'S NOT AS BIG OR AS STRONG AS ROBBINS, BUT HE'S QUICKER. HE GETS TO HIS BLOCKS QUICKER, AND HE GETS TO THAT SECOND LEVEL. HE GETS TO THE LINEBACKERS REAL WELL. HE'S GOOD ON SCREENS. SO THIS ISN'T A BIG DROP-OFF BETWEEN THESE TWO. >> SECOND AND DOWN AND 4.
THEY GO SPLIT BACKS, WITH GARNER AND RITCHIE. GANNON STEPPING AWAY FROM PRESSURE. CHASED BY SPIRES. AND THEN THE PASS IS CAUGHT BUT OUT OF BOUNDS. INTO THE ARMS OF JERRY RICE, BUT HE'S ON THE CHALK. COVERED BY BRIAN KELLY. IT'LL BE THIRD DOWN. >> AND ADAM TREU'S BEEN HOLDING HIS OWN SO FAR. HERE HE'S GONNA GET A DOUBLE. YOU SEE HIM HERE, AND THEN HE'S GONNA GET SOME HELP HERE. THAT'S THE THING THAT HE DOES.
YOU SEE HOW QUICK HE IS? BOOM — THAT BALL GOES, AND HE GETS HIS HANDS RIGHT UP THERE, AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT THAT TACKLE IS GOING TO GET OFF OF HIM. SO THEY LOSE ROBBINS, AND IT'S A THING, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE PUTTING A GUY IN THERE THAT NEVER PLAYED. IN FACT, WE WENT TO PRACTICE ON WEDNESDAY. ROBBINS DIDN'T PRACTICE, SO TREU TOOK EVERY SNAP. WE WENT TO PRACTICE YESTERDAY. HE ALSO TOOK EVERY SNAP YESTERDAY. >> THIRD DOWN AND 4. AND GANNON'S GONNA GO DOWN AGAIN IN THE ARMS OF GREG SPIRES. SECOND TIME. >> AS YOU SAY, THAT'S THE SPEED OF THIS TAMPA BAY DEFENSE. YOU THINK OF SPEED, AND YOU'RE THINKING OF DEFENSIVE LINEBACKERS AND YOU'RE THINKING OF DEFENSIVE BACKS. BUT THEY HAVE IT HERE, TOO. WATCH SPIRES. HE'S GONNA OVERPOWER LINCOLN KENNEDY RIGHT THERE, THEN TURN ON HIS SPEED. THE SPEED COMES FROM THE TIME THAT HE OVERPOWERS KENNEDY, KNOCKS HIM BACK, UNTIL HE GETS TO THE QUARTERBACK. >> SHANE LECHLER. FIRST PUNT OF THE GAME. AND THIS IS A BEAUTY.
GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE 15, WHERE IT'S FAIR-CAUGHT JUST IN BOUNDS BY KARL WILLIAMS. YOU KNOW, JOHN, BOTH TEAMS PLAYING A BIT OF HURRY-UP, BUT IT'S BEEN AN AWKWARDLY PACED FIRST QUARTER. >> YEAH, BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL THAT THE OFFENSES ARE REALLY UP TO A HURRY-UP YET. YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO TAKE THAT PACE. AND THE DEFENSES HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. SO FAR, BOTH THE DEFENSES HAVE BEEN THE DOMINANT FACTORS IN THIS GAME. >> THE OFFENSES TRYING TO GO UP-TEMPO, BUT REALLY UNABLE TO ESTABLISH IT.
SO HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH TAMPA BAY STARTING THIS DRIVE WITH 6 1/2 TO GO IN THE PERIOD FROM ITS OWN 16-YARD LINE. KEYSHAWN JOHNSON IN MOTION. PITTMAN WITH THE BALL. SWINGING TO THE OUTSIDE. AND COMING UP TO MAKE THE TACKLE IS CHARLES WOODSON. AND WE HAVE JOHN LYNCH MIKED UP. >> THERE'S OUR MAN. THERE'S OUR MAN! JOE-JOE! TRYING TO COVER HIM WITH LINEBACKERS — AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN. >> THAT WAS ON TAMPA'S LAST DRIVE WHEN JUREVICIUS CAUGHT THE PASS ON THIRD DOWN FOR 23 YARDS. AND THIS ONE IS TIPPED AND INCOMPLETE WITH A LOT OF WHITE SHIRTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OFF THE FINGERTIPS OF MIKE ALSTOTT. >> AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT FAST PACE, THAT HURRY-UP.
IT WORKS AS LONG AS YOU CONTINUE TO GET FIRST DOWNS. BUT IF YOU GO FAST PACE AND YOU'RE JUST THREE-AND-OUT, THEN WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE NOT GIVING YOUR DEFENSE ANY TIME TO REST AT ALL. YOU'RE JUST GETTING THEM RIGHT BACK IN THERE. >> THIRD DOWN AND 9 NOW. WE'VE PLAYED 9 MINUTES. WE'VE ALREADY HAD 22 PLAYS IN THE GAME. BUT IT'S LIKE WE'RE IN MUD HERE RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL, THE OFFENSES LOOK A LITTLE MORE IN MUD — ESPECIALLY THE OFFENSIVE LINES — AND THE DEFENSIVE LINES LOOK LIKE THEY'RE NOT IN MUD. >> THIRD DOWN AND 9. AND JOHNSON JUST THROWS IT INTO THE GROUND, WHICH YOU CAN DO IF YOU'RE OUT OF THE POCKET. AND IT'S FOURTH DOWN. SO THAT'S A THREE-AND-OUT. >> AND THAT'S THE THING — THE FAST-PACE THING DOESN'T WORK IF YOU DON'T GET FIRST DOWNS. ALL YOU DO IS NOT EVEN GIVE YOUR DEFENSE A CHANCE TO GET A GOOD DRINK BEFORE THEY HAVE TO GET BACK IN THERE. >> NOW TOM TUPA WILL PUNT. >> AND I THINK THAT HURTS BOTH THESE DEFENSES, BUT MORE THE TAMPA BAY DEFENSE BECAUSE THEY'RE AN UNDERSIZED, QUICK DEFENSE THAT CAN BE WORN DOWN.
>> DARRIEN GORDON, WHO WAS PICKED UP TOWARD THE END OF THE SEASON TO RUN BACK KICKS, WILL BE THE RECIPIENT HERE. AND GORDON WITH ROOM TO ROAM FROM THE 43-YARD LINE. BUT THE BUCS GET TO HIM AT MIDFIELD AND TAKE HIM DOWN AT ABOUT THE 50. JACK GOLDEN THE FIRST TO HIT HIM. ZACK CROCKETT IS IN THE GAME. HE'S A SHORT-YARDAGE BACK, NORMALLY. AND THEY GIVE IT TO HIM. AND HE TAKES IT TO THE 45-YARD LINE. WE HAVE JERRY RICE MIKED UP — MOMENTS AGO ON THE BENCH. >> WE GOT TO GET SOME POINTS ON THE BOARD. >> I SAY WE POUND 'EM, DOG.
I WANT TO SEE WHAT THEIR INSIDE LIKE, SEE WHAT THEM GUTS FEEL LIKE. THEY CAN RUSH THE PASSER, BUT CAN THEY STOP THE RUN? >> JOHN, THAT'S JERRY PORTER. TWO WIDE RECEIVERS TALKING ABOUT RUNNING THE BALL. WHAT IS THAT? >> I KNOW. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO RUN NOW. THEY GOT BIG LANGSTON WALKER IN AS A TIGHT END, AN EXTRA BLOCKER, AND THEY JUST RUN TOWARDS HIM.
>> AND NOW IT'S CROCKETT. SO THEY RUN THEIR SHORT-YARDAGE BACK TWICE IN A ROW FROM MIDFIELD. HE TAKES IT TO THE 43-YARD LINE. THIRD DOWN AND 4. >> BILL CALLAHAN WAS TALKING ABOUT LANGSTON WALKER, WHEN THEY PUT HIM IN, AND HE SAYS HE INCREASES THEIR EDGE. WELL, HECK, HE WEIGHS 360 POUNDS. WHEN YOU HAVE A GUY THAT BIG, THAT HAS TO MAKE YOU HAVE A WIDE EDGE OVER THERE. THEY START AT LANGSTON, AND THEY CUT IT BACK IN. BUT THEY'RE GETTING THEIR POWER RUNNERS AND THEIR POWER BLOCKERS IN AND TRYING TO GO TO SOME OF THAT STUFF JERRY PORTER WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. >> NOW WALKER COMES OUT, AND THE BACKFIELD NOW — GARNER COMES IN ON THIRD DOWN AND 4. HE'S OFFSET BACK AGAIN. FOUR-MAN RUSH. AND PRESSURE ON GANNON, AND IT'S KNOCKED AWAY. IT'S KNOCKED AWAY BY SPIRES, WHO ALREADY HAS A SACK, SO THEY HAVE TWO SACKS AND A KNOCKDOWN. GANNON LOOKING TO GET IT TO JERRY PORTER. >> AND THE BIG PLAY WAS MADE BY ELLIS WYMS. SOME OF THESE TIMES, THESE TACKLES LOOK LIKE THE SAME GUY. IT LOOKS LIKE WARREN SAPP, THE WAY HE PLAYS.
BUT HE GETS THE PENETRATION. YOU'RE GONNA SEE HIM COME RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, NUMBER 96, WITH THE PENETRATION. AND THE'S THE GUY THAT'S GONNA MAKE GANNON BRING THE BALL DOWN. YOU SEE IT? RIGHT THERE. AND THEN HE HAD TO BRING THE BALL DOWN AND THEN GET IT OUT TO THE SIDE, AND IT JUST WENT RIGHT OFF HIS FINGERTIPS. >> NOW LECHLER, WHOSE FIRST PUNT WAS A BEAUTY, FROM DEEP IN HIS OWN TERRITORY.
THIS ONE MORE OF A POOCH KICK THAT'S FAIR-CAUGHT BY KARL WILLIAMS AT THE 16-YARD LINE WITH 4:13 REMAINING. SO THE STORY LINE BEING PLAYED OUT — IT'S SO FUNNY. BRIAN BILLICK WAS TALKING ABOUT IT ON THE PREGAME SHOW, WHERE ONE COACH SAYS, "I KNOW THIS GUY, BUT HE THINKS I'M GONNA DO THAT. AND THAT GUY THINKS I'M GONNA DO THIS," AND ALL THAT. AND YOU HAVE PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS. >> THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE START OF THIS GAME IS BOTH THESE TEAMS SCRIPT THEIR FIRST 15. SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN OFFENSIVELY HAS BEEN SCRIPTED. AND OBVIOUSLY IT DOESN'T WORK. I THINK THAT THE OFFENSES LOOK A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE, A LITTLE SLUGGISH. AND TO ME, THE DEFENSES LOOK A LOT BETTER AND A LOT QUICKER. >> IF THIS WAS A SCRIPT, THIS WAS A PILOT THAT NEVER SAW AIR, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
SO THEY HAVE TO START AD-LIBBING HERE PRETTY SOON. FROM THE 16-YARD LINE. ON FIRST DOWN, THIS IS MICHAEL PITTMAN FOR A GAIN OF 5 TO THE 21-YARD LINE. TACKLED THERE BY CHRIS COOPER. >> I THINK THEY BOTH CAME OUT WITH THAT IDEA OF THE FAST PACE AND WANTING TO THROW THE BALL A LOT AND DO ALL THOSE THINGS. AND THEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT IT'S HARD TO HANDLE THE PASS RUSH THAT WAY. AND YOU HAVE TO GET THOSE PASS RUSHERS CALMED DOWN BEFORE YOU GO TO SOME OF THOSE THINGS. HERE'S JOHN GRUDEN'S FIRST 15. YOU CAN SEE HE PASSED 10 TIMES AND RAN FIVE TIMES. SCORED 3 POINTS. JON GRUDEN LIKES BALANCE. IT'S A LOT MORE IMPORTANT TO HIM THAN IT IS TO THE OTHER SIDE AND BILL CALLAHAN. >> TWO OF THOSE PLAYS REALLY WORKED — THE TWO 23-YARDERS.
NOW IT'S JOHNSON MAKING HIS FIRST CATCH, ON A SLANT. TACKLED BY WOODSON. >> THIS IS GONNA BE A VERY GOOD MATCHUP. KEYSHAWN JOHNSON IS ALWAYS GOING TO GO TO THE INSIDE. HE SAID, "I WATCH THESE CORNERS, AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE THEIR BACKS TO THE OUTSIDE. I'M NEVER GONNA RUN TO THE OUTSIDE ANYWAY." HE SAID, "THEY'RE JUST SET UP FOR THINGS THAT I LIKE TO DO." >> AARON STECKER IN THE BACKFIELD. JUREVICIUS COMES IN MOTION. RAIDERS WITH A BLITZ. PRESSURE ON JOHNSON, BUT HE SLINGS IT AWAY. AND IT'S ALMOST PICKED OFF BY ROD WOODSON. WE TALKED ABOUT ROD PLAYING IN A SUPER BOWL AGAIN. HE WAS THERE WITH PITTSBURGH. HE WAS THERE TWO YEARS AGO WITH BALTIMORE. HAD THE SEASON-TURNING PLAY — THE 98-YARD INTERCEPTION RUNBACK — AND KNOWS HE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS ONE. >> IT'S FUNNY. I DON'T THINK THAT BRAD JOHNSON THOUGHT THERE WAS ANY WAY THAT ROD WOODSON IS GOING TO GET TO THAT BALL.
YOU SEE ROD WOODSON IS THE DEEP GUY. AND BRAD JOHNSON KIND OF LOBBED IT IN THERE A LITTLE TOO MUCH. AND ROD WOODSON IS PERFECT AT READING QUARTERBACKS' EYES. HE'S BEEN DOING IT ALL HIS LIFE, AND HE DOES THAT AS WELL OR BETTER THAN ANYONE. >> SO JOHNSON'S ALREADY THROWN A PICK UNDER PRESSURE, TWO NEAR PICKS, AFTER THROWING JUST ONE IN HIS LAST SIX REGULAR-SEASON STARTS.
AND WE HAVE A PENALTY. FIRST ONE OF THE GAME AS MICHAEL PITTMAN TAKES IT UP TO THE 35. BUT BRAD JOHNSON — AS BILL CAROLLO WILL MAKE THE CALL HERE IN A MOMENT — BRAD WAS HURT. MISSED THE LAST TWO GAMES OF THE REGULAR SEASON. AND IT'S AN ILLEGAL SHIFT OR FORMATION FOR TAMPA BAY. BRAD WAS OUT. THERE WAS SOME SPECULATION THAT IT WAS A VERTEBRAE PROBLEM. WE KNOW IT WAS A BACK PROBLEM. AND THEN CAME BACK FOR THE PLAYOFFS AND LOOKED PRETTY GOOD THE LAST TWO WEEKS, OBVIOUSLY. >> YEAH, AND WHEN HE WAS OUT, THEY LOOKED TERRIBLE.
THEY HAD SHAUN KING IN THERE AND HAD ROB JOHNSON IN THERE. THEY COULDN'T EVEN GET THE BALL BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AGAINST PITTSBURGH. >> ILLEGAL SHIFT. TWO MEN MOVING AND NOT SETTING. NUMBER 79 WAS GOING DOWN WHILE THE MOTION MAN WAS IN CONTINUING MOTION. 5-YARD PENALTY. REPEAT SECOND DOWN. >> AND THERE IS THE BACKUP TO BRAD JOHNSON. THAT'S ROB JOHNSON. WE SAW HIM THAT NIGHT — THE MONDAY-NIGHT GAME IN TAMPA — WHEN HE TOOK THEM ON A LONG DRIVE LATE IN THE GAME, AND THEN THEY COUGHED THE BALL UP. THE EX-BUFFALO BILL AND JACKSONVILLE JAGUAR.
AND THE NUMBER-THREE GUY, OF COURSE, IS SHAUN KING, WHO WAS THE STARTER IN THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN '99 AND CAME WITHIN 5 POINTS OF TAKING HIS TEAM TO THE SUPER BOWL. >> AND HE WAS ALSO THE STARTER THAT NIGHT THAT WE DID THE GAME AGAINST PITTSBURGH. >> DIDN'T LAST THAT LONG. AND THIS PASS IS DROPPED BY KEYSHAWN JOHNSON. PRESSURE PUT ON BY RODERICK COLEMAN. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LAST SIX GAMES THAT BRAD PLAYED, HOW HOT HE WAS. YOU ADD THEM UP — THAT'S 15 TOUCHDOWNS, ONLY ONE PICK. AND THEN THAT BOTTOM GAME AGAINST DETROIT — THEY HAVE THE WIN, IT'S TOWARD THE END OF THE GAME. HE GETS FALLEN UPON BY ONE OF THE LIONS, AND THAT CREATED THE BACK PROBLEM. >> AND THEN HE WAS INACTIVE. AND THEY GOT A BREAK WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PLAY THAT FIRST WEEK, WHEN THEY GOT THE FIRST-WEEK BYE.
IN FACT, BRAD JOHNSON SAID THAT WAS REALLY BIG FOR HIM. >> THIRD AND 15. THEY'RE STILL SENDING THANK-YOU NOTES TO THE JETS, WHO KNOCKED OFF THE PACKERS TO GIVE THEM THAT BYE. AND THAT'S ERIC BARTON COMING UP TO TAKE CARE OF PITTMAN, AND THEY'RE FORCED TO PUNT. >> THIS IS A TOUGH THING FOR THIS OFFENSE — WHEN YOU CAN'T PASS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET THE PASS PROTECTION, OR GUYS DROP BALLS, AND YOU CAN'T RUN. BECAUSE THE RAIDERS, IN THE RUNNING GAME, ARE REALLY GETTING PENETRATION AGAINST THIS BUC OFFENSIVE LINE. >> AND THERE WAS GRUDEN, WHO IS TOTALLY EXERCISED AND FRUSTRATED WITH THE OFFENSE TO THIS POINT. BARKING AS THE OFFENSE CAME OFF. TOM TUPA TO PUNT. DARRIEN GORDON TO RUN IT BACK. HIGH, FLOATING KICK. GORDON FROM THE 33.
AND THE FORMER SAN DIEGO CHARGER WILL TURN THE CORNER AND BRING IT BACK TO THE 49-YARD LINE. AND THAT'S WHERE OAKLAND WILL START — JUST SHY OF MIDFIELD. >> THIS IS THE THING — WHAT YOU TRY TO DO ON A PUNT RETURN IS FORM A WALL. YOU SEE DARRIEN GORDON HAS THE BALL ON THE RIGHT. NOW THE RAIDERS FORM A WALL ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND HE JUST COMES RIGHT ACROSS THERE. NOW, OF COURSE, FOUR OF THE BUCCANEERS GET TO THE OUTSIDE. BUT WATCH THE WALL FORM HERE. THERE'S A WALL. THERE'S A WALL. THERE'S A WALL.
NOW THAT'S THE END OF THE WALL. SO THE NEXT THING YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ARE THE ORANGE JERSEYS. THAT WAS A GOOD RETURN. AND I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING — THIS TAMPA BAY BUCCANEER DEFENSE — OR SPECIAL TEAMS OR ALL THESE PLAYERS — ARE AS GOOD TACKLERS AS THERE ARE IN FOOTBALL. THEY HAVE NO GUESTS. FROM THE 49-YARD LINE. FOUR-MAN RUSH. GARNER ON THE SCREEN. AND GARNER TO THE 44. >> OLD MONTE KIFFIN IS SITTING RIGHT BEHIND JON GRUDEN. THE FIRST THING — THE AIRPLANE TAKES OFF. SEAT BELT SIGN HASN'T EVEN GONE OFF YET. HE SEES GRUDEN'S HEAD COME OVER THE TOP, AND HE SAID, "YOU HAVE TO STOP NUMBER 25." >> GRUDEN WOULD KNOW.
AND THEY'RE GONNA STOP HIM HERE SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN, SETTING UP THIRD AND SHORT FOR OAKLAND AS THE PERIOD WINDS DOWN. HERE'S GARNER. AND KIND OF LOST IN THE SHUFFLE BECAUSE YOU KNOW ABOUT GANNON WITH RICE AND BROWN AND GUYS LIKE THAT — A LOT OF PUBLICITY. BUT THAT'S 900 YARDS RUSHING AND 900 YARDS RECEIVING. AND WHEN YOU GET UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD — REMEMBER, 1,000/1,000 HAS ONLY BEEN DONE BY ROGER CRAIG AND MARSHALL FAULK. >> AND HE'S THE SPEED FOR THAT TEAM, TOO. IF YOU DON'T PUT JERRY PORTER IN THERE AS YOUR THIRD WIDE RECEIVER, OTHER THAN CHARLIE GARNER, THIS RAIDER OFFENSE HAS NO SPEED. >> THIRD AND A DEUCE. GANNON FLUSHED OUT. CHASED BY SPIRES. AND IT'S INTERCEPTED BY DEXTER JACKSON! SO EACH TEAM WITH A PICK. JACKSON BRINGS IT BACK TO THE 50 WITH 9 SECONDS LEFT IN THE QUARTER. >> MARC TRESTMAN, THE OFFENSE COORDINATOR OF THE RAIDERS, CALLED IT "CLUEING." IN OTHER WORDS, WATCHING THE QUARTERBACK'S EYES. NO ONE CLUES BETTER THAN THE ZONE DEFENSE OF THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.
THE TWO THINGS THAT THEY DID WELL IS, ONE, THE RUSH FLUSHED, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THEY CLUED. THEY JUST WAIT. AND THEY'RE ALWAYS IN POSITION THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS, THE BALL IS IN FRONT OF THEM. IT GETS TIPPED, THEY'RE GONNA BE LIKE DEXTER JACKSON — RIGHT IN POSITION TO GET IT. YOU SEE WHAT THE LINE DOES FIRST? THAT'S WHAT REALLY CAUSED IT — THE FLUSH. THEY FLUSHED HIM OUT AND MADE HIM THROW THAT. SEE WHO DOES THE FLUSHING? IT'S SIMEON RICE. WHAT A MOVE HE MAKES ON BARRY SIMS. THAT'S A SPINNER TO THE INSIDE.
>> ON A FIRST DOWN, THEY GIVE THE BALL TO PITTMAN. HE GETS ACROSS THE 50. AND THAT WILL BE THE END OF THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF THIS SCRUM. BACK IN SAN DIEGO. AL MICHAELS, JOHN MADDEN. MELISSA STARK, LYNN SWANN WORKING THE SIDELINES. SECOND QUARTER OF SUPER BOWL XXXVII READY BEGIN. 3-3. TAMPA BAY NOW WITH JON GRUDEN WATCHING HIS OFFENSE OUT THERE FOR THE FIFTH TIME. THEY'VE HAD A PICK, A FIELD GOAL, TWO PUNTS, AND NOW THIS POSSESSION AFTER THEIR INTERCEPTION. >> AND AGAIN, THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, OFFENSIVELY — THEY'RE NOT A GOOD RUNNING TEAM AND SO THEY HAVE TO PASS AND BRAD JOHNSON HAS TO PASS QUICKLY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T RUN. >> AND HE'S OFF THE MARK AGAIN, AND HE THROWS IT BEHIND KEYSHAWN JOHNSON. HE'S BEEN WAY OFF THE MARK. UNDER PRESSURE AGAIN, AND DOWN HE GOES. >> I THINK THE KEY IS HE'S UNDER PRESSURE ALL THE TIME. THE FACT THAT HE DOESN'T RUN, HE'S KIND OF A SITTING DUCK BACK THERE — THEY KNOW A POINT TO RUSH TO, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT POINT.
AND THE RAIDER DEFENSIVE LINE IS DOING A BETTER JOB THAN THE BUCCANEER OFFENSIVE LINE OF KEEPING THEM OFF BRAD JOHNSON. THAT'S WHY BRAD JOHNSON'S ONLY COMPLETED FOUR PASSES. >> HE'S 4 OUT OF 14. ONE PICK. THREE OTHER BALLS HAVE BEEN DROPPED. THIRD DOWN AND 9. FLAG BECAUSE THE RAIDERS LOOKED LIKE THEY JUMPED. PASS CAUGHT — 39. KEYSHAWN JOHNSON. FOR THE MOMENT, PENDING THE PENALTY, FIRST DOWN. >> AND THAT HAS TO BE AGAINST REGAN UPSHAW. BECAUSE, AS YOU SAID, HE DID GET THE JUMP OR HE GOT OFF RIGHT ON THAT BALL. HE WAS AGAINST ROMAN OBEN THERE. AND I'M SURE IT IS AGAINST UPSHAW. PART OF IT IS THESE DEFENSIVE ENDS WANT TO GET OFF ON THE BALL, AND SOMETIMES THEY START TO ANTICIPATE THE COUNT.
AND THAT TIME HE WAS JUST A HALF A BEAT EARLY. >> OFFSIDE. 91, DEFENSE. THAT PENALTY IS DECLINED. RESULT OF THE PLAY — FIRST DOWN. >> HERE'S REGAN UPSHAW HERE. AS A DEFENSIVE END, YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE QUICK. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO GET OFF. AND THEN SOMETIMES IT'S JUST TOO EARLY. >> THAT IS JON RITCHIE, WHO'S ALWAYS BLEEDING. EVERY GAME. HE HAS CUTS ALONG HIS EYEBROW, FOREHEAD. CAROLLO'S GONNA STOP PLAY FOR JUST A SECOND. >> YOU KNOW WHAT THEY CALL THOSE THINGS? THEY CALL THEM CALCIUM DEPOSITS. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST KIND OF LIKE YOU GET A CUT, AND THEN YOU GET A SCAB, THEN THE SCAB BREAKS OFF.
BUT THEY SAY ON HIS HEAD HE HAS TWO CALCIUM DEPOSITS. YOU SEE THEM? RIGHT AND LEFT. FRONTAL. >> THEY NEED A DERMATOLOGIST ON THE BENCH. >> THIS IS THE SECOND QUARTER NOW. HE'S USUALLY BLEEDING AFTER ABOUT 2 MINUTES OF THE FIRST QUARTER. >> KEYSHAWN AN UNHAPPY PUP AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT, THE WAY THE OFFENSE IS GOING. AND HE'S OUT AT LEAST FOR THIS PLAY, AS ALSTOTT… TAKES THE BALL TO THE 37-YARD LINE. >> WATCH JON RITCHIE. NO, THAT'S KEYSHAWN RIGHT THERE. >> AND THAT'S WHY HE CAME OUT FOR ONE PLAY. ROD WOODSON WITH AN ELBOW TO THE HELMET. THAT'S WHY KEYSHAWN WAS ON THE BENCH. AND NOW HE IS BACK IN. THREE RECEIVERS BUNCHED TO THE LEFT, INCLUDING ALSTOTT. JOHNSON STEPPING UP. THROWS. CAUGHT BY KEYSHAWN. JOHNSON TO JOHNSON. FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 30.
THAT'LL MOVE THE CHAINS TO ABOUT THE 26-YARD LINE. >> THAT WAS INTERESTING. WHAT THEY DID IS THEY HAD THEIR TRIPLE OR BUNCH OVER ON THIS SIDE. AND THEN WE'RE WATCHING THEM THE OTHER DAY — HERE'S WHERE THE BUNCH IS. THEY HAVE THREE GUYS RIGHT HERE TOGETHER. AS THE BALL'S SNAPPED, THEY ALL JUST DISPERSE. AND IT'S REALLY TOUGH. IF YOU'RE MAN-TO-MAN, YOU'RE GONNA GET PICKED. HERE'S KEYSHAWN JOHNSON. HE WAS THE INSIDE GUY. IF YOU'RE ZONE, THEY'RE GONNA PUSH AND FIND ONE GUY TO GET IN A HOLE. THAT TIME IT WAS KEYSHAWN JOHNSON WHO GOT IN THAT HOLE, AND THEN HE JUST GOT BETWEEN HIMSELF — WHERE HE GAVE BRAD JOHNSON HIS NUMBERS. >> KEYSHAWN, THREE GRABS. OUT AGAIN NOW. EACH OF THOSE RECEPTIONS HAS BEEN GOOD FOR A FIRST DOWN. KARL WILLIAMS REPLACES HIM.
AND ALSTOTT TURNS HIS SHOULDERS, GETS INSIDE, TAKES IT TO THE 22. TACKLED THERE BY RODERICK COLEMAN. >> THIS IS THE THING THAT JON GRUDEN HAS DONE NOW. HE'S GONE TO TWO TIGHT ENDS AND TWO RUNNING BACKS AND JUST ONE WIDE RECEIVER. AND AGAIN, IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN YOU GET ON THIS SIDE OF THE 50 FOR THE BUCS THAT MIKE ALSTOTT IS A BIG RUNNER HERE. THIS IS WHERE HE DOES THE BEST. HE'S A DOWNHILL RUNNER. HE'S POWERFUL. CLOSE TO THE GOAL LINE, MIKE ALSTOTT CAN BECOME REAL BIG.
>> AND HERE THEY GO BIG AGAIN WITH BOTH ALSTOTT AND BARNES. BUT BILL ROMANOWSKI IS RIGHT THERE TO SAY, "ENOUGH ALREADY." >> [ LAUGHS ] THAT'S PROBABLY EXACTLY WHAT ROMO'S SAYING. "ENOUGH OF THIS. I PRIDE MYSELF IN BEING A RUN STOPPER, AND THAT'S WHY I'M IN HERE. YOU GUYS HAVE HAD YOUR WAY ON A COUPLE OF PLAYS TOO MUCH." YOU'RE GONNA SEE BILL ROMANOWSKI, WHO'S RIGHT HERE UP ON THE END OF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THEY RUN TO THE INSIDE.
HE STARTS OUTSIDE AND THEN JUST FLATTENS RIGHT DOWN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. IN FACT, HE FLATTENED A WHOLE LOT ON THAT. HE FLATTENED DARIAN BARNES, THE LEAD BLOCKER. >> THIRD DOWN AND 8 NOW FROM THE 25. GAME TIED. EARLY SECOND QUARTER. KEYSHAWN BACK IN THERE. BRAD JOHNSON GOING TO THE END ZONE. AND NOT EVEN CLOSE, WITH JOHNSON BEING DOUBLE-TEAMED ON THE WAY DOWN. AND NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT A FIELD GOAL OF ABOUT 45 YARDS. >> AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT BRAD JOHNSON — HE MAKES GOOD DECISIONS. AS YOU SAID, THERE WAS A DOUBLE-TEAM THERE. KEYSHAWN JOHNSON WAS DOUBLE-TEAMED. THERE WAS NO WAY HE WAS GOING TO COMPLETE THAT PASS, SO HE JUST THREW IT AWAY. >> TOM TUPA WILL SPOT THE BALL. ACTUALLY JUST OUTSIDE THE 33. SO THIS IS A 43-YARD ATTEMPT BY GRAMATICA TO TRY TO GIVE TAMPA BAY ITS FIRST LEAD OF THE SUPER BOWL.
AND FROM 43. KICKED KIND OF A SCREWBALL. STARTED OUT AS IF IT WOULD HOOK. >> ABOUT 20 PAST 4:00. GRAMATICA, WHO JUST KICKED HIS SECOND FIELD GOAL, SENDS ANOTHER BOUNCING BALL TO THE 11-YARD LINE. MARCUS KNIGHT TO RUN IT BACK THROUGH THE MIDDLE. AND HE'S TAKEN DOWN BY DEXTER JACKSON. FROM THE 34-YARD LINE. GANNON BEGINS THIS DRIVE THROWING OVER THE MIDDLE. AND JERRY PORTER, WHO MIGHT PLAY A VERY BIG ROLE BEFORE THIS DAY IS DONE, FOR A 9-YARD GRAB. >> I THINK THE INTERESTING THING HERE IS THIS GAME IS SET UP AS THE NUMBER-ONE OFFENSE AGAINST THE NUMBER-ONE DEFENSE, AND IS THE NUMBER-ONE DEFENSE BETTER THAN THE NUMBER-ONE OFFENSE? SO FAR, TAMPA BAY LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBER-ONE DEFENSE. THE RAIDERS DON'T LOOK LIKE THE NUMBER-ONE OFFENSE. >> NOT YET. AND THIS IS CHARLIE GARNER PICKING UP THE FIRST DOWN. SO THEY GO NO-HUDDLE AGAIN AT THAT POINT. A LITTLE UP-TEMPO. AND THAT'S ONLY THEIR SECOND FIRST DOWN OF THE GAME. >> WHICH ISN'T A BAD TIME TO GO NO-HUDDLE, BECAUSE YOU CAN GET THE FIRST DOWN. NOW YOU GET A NEW SET OF DOWNS, AND AT LEAST YOU'RE NOT GOING THREE-AND-OUT.
>> FROM THE 45 NOW. BARBER BLITZING. AND HE GETS PICKED UP. AND IT'S INTERCEPTED AGAIN BY DEXTER JACKSON! AND HE'S ACROSS THE 50 TO THE 45-YARD LINE. DEXTER JACKSON. RIGHT NOW HE IS LEADER IN THE CLUBHOUSE FOR THE MVP AWARD. >> IT'S AN INTERESTING THING — THEY'RE IN NICKEL. THEY'RE GOING TO BRING RONDE BARBER DOWN HERE. SO YOU SEE THE SAFETY JUST SITTING DEEP THERE. AND HE WAS JUST READING. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CLUEING, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WATCHING EYES. DEXTER JACKSON WAS JUST SITTING BACK THERE AND WATCHING RICH GANNON'S EYES. >> JACKSON — >> THEY — EXCUSE ME, AL. I WAS JUST SAYING THEY HAD THE NICKEL DEFENSE IN THERE. RONDE BARBER BLITZED, SO HE THOUGHT THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO HAVE A FREE SAFETY IN THERE. AND BOOM, THERE WAS DEXTER JACKSON SITTING IN THERE. >> DEXTER HAD THREE DURING THE REGULAR SEASON. TWO ALREADY IN THE FIRST 20 MINUTES OF THE GAME.
JOHNSON STARTS TO STUMBLE, FALLING BACKWARDS, AND THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE. JOHN, YOU LOOK AT THAT TAMPA BAY DEFENSE, AND THIS IS PART OF THE REASON THEY WERE CLEARLY NUMBER ONE OVERALL AND NUMBER ONE AGAINST THE PASS. >> HERE'S RONDE BARBER. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. HE'S THE FIFTH DEFENSIVE BACK. THEY GET THE WHOLE THING PICKED UP. AND I THINK WHEN GANNON SEES RONDE BARBER COMING, HE THINKS CORNER BLITZ, SO HE THINKS MAN-TO-MAN. HE THROWS THAT POST IN THERE AND DOESN'T SEE DEXTER JACKSON. >> SECOND AND 10 NOW FROM THE 45-YARD LINE. PITTMAN. SLIPPING OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. TAKING IT THE 40-YARD LINE. UNDER 10 MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE HALF. WE WERE TALKING TO BRAD JOHNSON THE OTHER DAY, AND I LOVED HIS DESCRIPTION. OF COURSE, THE OFFENSIVE GUYS LOVED THAT GRUDEN CAME IN. TONY DUNGY, THEY LIKED HIM, BUT HE WAS A DEFENSIVE GUY. AND IT WAS JOHNSON WHO TOLD US THE OTHER DAY ABOUT JON GRUDEN. HE SAID, "YOU'D LOVE TO BE IN A DISCO WITH GRUDEN AS THE DEEJAY." >> OH, YEAH. HE'S A MOTIVATOR.
YOU WATCH HIM IN PRACTICE — IN FACT, THE OTHER DAY WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO SIMULATE THE RAIDERS OFFENSE, HE RAN THE QUARTERBACK POSITION FOR THE SCOUT TEAM. >> LIKE A FANTASY CAMP FOR HIM. THIRD AND 5. AND THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE. AND KEYSHAWN'S GONNA LOOK FOR A FLAG AND NOT GET ONE. COVERED BY CHARLES WOODSON. AND HE CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HE DIDN'T GET A FLAG THERE. >> DOESN'T BOTHER CHARLES WOODSON. CHARLES WOODSON IS AN AMAZING GUY. HE HAS A BROKEN FIBULA. HE'S PLAYING WITH A PLATE IN HIS RIGHT LEG. HE PLAYED LAST WEEK. DIDN'T PLAY VERY WELL. IN FACT, YOU CAN SEE HE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE HIS MOVEMENT OR HIS QUICKNESS.
AND TO BE HONEST, I THINK THE RAIDERS ARE JUST TRYING TO GET BY WITH HIM OUT THERE AT CORNER. BECAUSE CHARLES WOODSON WITH A PLATE IN HIS LEG ISN'T REALLY CHARLES WOODSON. >> GOOD NONCALL. NOW, TIM BROWN WILL GO BACK TO ACCEPT THIS PUNT. I THINK THEY FEEL A LITTLE BETTER WITH TIM BROWN FAIR-CATCHING THE BALL IN THIS SITUATION THAN WITH GORDON. AND HE FAIR-CATCHES IT AT THE 11-YARD LINE.
ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A SURE-HANDED RECEIVER IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S A POOCH PUNT AND VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF A RUNBACK. SUPER BOWL XXXVII. THREE FIELD GOALS. TWO BY GRAMATICA. ONE BY JANIKOWSKI. AND NOW THE THE OAKLAND RAIDERS BEGIN THIS DRIVE FROM THEIR OWN 11-YARD LINE. GANNON — 5 OUT OF 10. TWO PICKS, TWO SACKS. EMPTIES THE BACKFIELD. THROWS IN A HURRY, AND IT'S OFF THE HANDS OF BROWN. AGAIN, THE BLITZ THAT TIME BY RONDE BARBER UP THE MIDDLE. >> AND I THINK THE KEY IS — THROWS IN A HURRY. THAT'S WHAT THIS TAMPA BAY DEFENSE DOES TO YOU IS THEY CAN PRESSURE YOU WITH A BLITZ OR NOT. BUT THEIR FRONT FOUR IS SO FAST. YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE THAT THEY HAVE THE UNBALANCE THERE. THEY HAVE FOUR AGAINST TWO, SO THEY'RE GOING TO GET A FREE RUSHER. THAT FREE RUSHER'S RONDE BARBER.
AND HE GETS IN THAT POSITION WHEN THEY GO NICKEL. >> SECOND AND 10. LITTLE PUMP FAKE. AND THEN HE HAS TO COVER UP, AND DOWN HE GOES. THAT'S SIMEON RICE, WHO HAD AN EARLIER SACK. AND FOR TAMPA BAY AND MONTE KIFFIN, THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, THEY'VE JUST BEEN QUARTERBACK KILLERS THIS YEAR. WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE — ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS HERE — THE REGULAR SEASON. LOOK AT THAT BOTTOM NUMBER — THE PASS RATING. THAT'S 48.4. SO ALL OF THE OPPOSITION QUARTERBACKS HAVE A PASS RATING OF 48.4. IF YOU'RE A Q.B. WITH THAT RATING — AND THERE IT IS IN POSTSEASON — YOU HAVE HAVE 48.4, YOU'RE ON THE WAIVER WIRE. >> THAT'S WHAT THIS DEFENSE WILL DO TO YOU. THIRD DOWN AND 11. GANNON SLINGS IT INCOMPLETE OVER THE MIDDLE. THAT ONE INTENDED FOR JERRY PORTER. THREE-AND-OUT AGAIN.
>> THERE'S WARREN SAPP RUNNING DOWN THERE. HE'S BEING A CHEERLEADER. "WE'RE PUTTING PRESSURE ON THIS. I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT A NUMBER-ONE OFFENSE IS. HOW 'BOUT US? WE'RE THE NUMBER-ONE DEFENSE." >> AND IN THE SUPER BOWL YOU HAVE A NEUTRAL CROWD. IT'S HALF-AND-HALF. A LOT OF CORPORATE PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY. IT'S NOT A REGULAR-SEASON CROWD, SO IT'S A LITTLE QUIETER THAN IT WOULD NORMALLY BE. AND WARREN TRYING TO STIR THE MASSES, AT LEAST ON THIS SIDE OF THE FIELD. LECHLER TO PUNT OUT OF THE END ZONE. FIELDED, 47, BY KARL WILLIAMS. INTO OAKLAND TERRITORY. AND INSIDE THE 30 TO THE 27-YARD LINE. SO THE FLOW, THE COMPLETE FLOW RIGHT NOW, WITH THE BUCCANEERS. >> RIGHT, AND IT ALL STARTED WITH THAT DEXTER JACKSON INTERCEPTION.
THEN THEY WENT THREE-AND-OUT. THEY DIDN'T GET ANYTHING MAYBE OFFENSIVELY, BUT THEY DID GET SOME FIELD POSITION. THEY GOT TO PUNT THE RAIDERS — BACK THEM UP. THEN THEY STOPPED THEM. THEN THE RAIDERS HAD TO PUNT. SO THIS FIELD POSITION IS KIND OF THE RESULT OF THAT DEXTER JACKSON INTERCEPTION. >> GOING BACK TO IT, SURE. CALLAHAN FRUSTRATED, OBVIOUSLY, OFFENSIVELY. DEFENSIVELY, THEY HAVE TO MAKE A STAND HERE, LIMIT THEM TO NO MORE THAN 3.
FROM THE 27-YARD LINE. PITTMAN. GOOD HOLE. EXPLOITS THE RIGHT SIDE. TACKLED BY DORSETT, BUT NOT UNTIL HE GETS TO THE 21 FOR A GAIN OF 6. >> THIS IS A THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT — THE RAIDERS, I REALLY FELT, OFFENSIVELY, THEY'D BE SATISFIED JUST TO PASS THE BALL EVERY DOWN. THEY'RE NOT HAVING SUCCESS DOING THAT. NOW, THE BUCCANEERS AND JON GRUDEN — JON GRUDEN WANTS BALANCE. AND SOMETIMES HE'LL PASS EARLIER. AND THEN WHEN HE GETS A LEAD, I'LL GUARANTEE YOU HE'S GONNA RUN. THE OTHER TIME HE'S GONNA RUN IS WHEN HE GETS DOWN IN THIS AREA OF THE FIELD. SECOND AND 4. GIVES IT TO PITTMAN. INSIDE THE 10. IT'LL BE FIRST DOWN AND GOAL! >> THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT POSITION AND WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING THAT DEFENSE THREE-AND-OUT. YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO WEAR A LITTLE NOW. WATCH SAM ADAMS.
HERE'S A BLOCK THEY'RE GONNA GET. THEY GET A GOOD DOUBLE-TEAM. GET HIM PUSHED, GET HIM TURNED OUT. AND MIKE PITTMAN RUNS RIGHT OFF OF THAT DOUBLE-TEAM. >> AND HE SETS UP A SITUATION WHERE WARREN SAPP NOW COMES IN OFFENSIVELY TO PROVIDE LEVERAGE ON THE LEFT SIDE. THERE HE IS IN A FOUR-POINT STANCE ON FIRST AND GOAL. THEY GO THE OTHER WAY WITH ALSTOTT. AND HE TAKES IT TO JUST OUTSIDE THE 1. >> USUALLY THEY RUN TO WARREN SAPP'S SIDE. IN FACT, JON GRUDEN WAS SAYING, "THIS ISN'T A GIMMICK THING WHEN WE PUT SAPP IN THERE. HE'S AS GOOD A BLOCKING TIGHT END AS THERE IS IN FOOTBALL." WATCHING HIM IN PRACTICE THE OTHER DAY, THEY DO HAVE A PASS TO HIM.
HE SAID THE BIG THING HE HAS TO DO IS FAKE THEM ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BECAUSE HE'S NOT GONNA BEAT THEM IF HE GETS OPEN. >> WOULD YOU DARE DO IT HERE? >> I WOULD. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, THIS IS THE DOWN TO DO IT. >> SECOND AND GOAL. INSTEAD, IT'S ALSTOTT. INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE GAME'S FIRST TOUCHDOWN! >> THAT'S WHAT JON GRUDEN SAYS. YOU CAN SEE HIM GOING UP AND DOWN WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HE CALLS THAT POUNDING THE ROCK. HE SAYS, "WE GOT TO GET DOWN THERE, AND WE HAVE TO POUND THE ROCK." AGAIN, THEY GO RIGHT AT SAM ADAMS.
WATCH NUMBER 60. WE'RE GONNA SEE COSEY COLEMAN MAKE THIS BLOCK RIGHT HERE. THIS IS A BIG ONE. YOU GOT TO CONTROL THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, CONTROL THE BIG GUY AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE TO GET A LITTLE MOVEMENT SO THAT ALSTOTT COULD GET BACK IN THERE AND PUSH IT IN. >> GRAMATICA FOR THE CONVERSION. AND WITH 6:24 REMAINING NOW IN THE HALF. HIS TEAM IS UP 13-3, AS GRAMATICA SENDS A ONE-HOPPER TO THE 8-YARD LINE. MARCUS KNIGHT. GETS SPILLED AT THE 29-YARD LINE. KNIFING IN, FLYING IN, WAS COREY IVY FOR THE TACKLE. >> I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, THIS TAMPA BAY BUCCANEER TEAM HAVE BROUGHT THEIR TACKLERS TODAY. WE TALK ABOUT TACKLERS ON DEFENSE AND NO GUESTS, BUT SPECIAL TEAMS ARE THE SAME WAY — THEIR OPEN-FIELD TACKLING. I THINK THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD TACKLERS.
THEY'RE ONE OF THOSE GROUPS THAT I DON'T THINK THEY KEEP PLAYERS THAT DON'T TACKLE. I KNOW THEY DON'T KEEP DEFENSIVE PLAYERS THAT CAN'T TACKLE. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE THINGS THEY CALL COVER CORNERS. A COVER CORNER CANNOT PLAY FOR THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. >> AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB TACKLING AND COVERING AGAINST THE RAIDERS, WHO CAN'T GET ON TRACK. AND THAT IS INCOMPLETE. DROPPED BY GARNER. THIS IS THE SEVENTH OAKLAND POSSESSION. THEY HAVE GAINED 39 YARDS IN SIX POSSESSIONS. >> AND I THINK, AL, IT ALL STARTS WITH THE FRONT FOUR OF THE BUCCANEERS.
THEY'RE GETTING PRESSURE. EVERY TIME GANNON GETS BACK THERE, HE DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO SET. HE ALWAYS HAS TO MOVE, AND MOVE AS HE THROWS AND THROWS WHEN HE DOESN'T WANT TO. AND THE RAIDER OFFENSE, THEY'RE A PASS OFFENSE. IT'S A RHYTHM OFFENSE. AND THIS FRONT FOUR OF THE BUCCANEERS IS KEEPING HIM OUT OF ANY RHYTHM. >> SECOND DOWN AND 10 FROM THE 29. AND THERE THEY ARE. GARNER. AND HE'S TAKEN DOWN BY QUARLES. AND, JOHN, THEY'RE ALSO DOING IT WITHOUT BOOGER McFARLAND, WHO GOT HURT. HE WOULD MAKE THAT FRONT FOUR EVEN MORE POTENT. >> AND THEN CHARTRIC DARBY, WHO IS PLAYING IN THERE, IS KIND OF INJURED HIMSELF. THEY KIND OF ROTATE IN THERE. ELLIS WYMS HAS BEEN THERE QUITE A FEW TIMES, AND HE'S COME UP WITH BIG PLAYS. GREG SPIRES, THE LEFT END, HAS HAD MORE BIG PLAYS IN THIS FIRST HALF THAN I REMEMBER EVER SEEING HIM HAVE. >> THERE'S McFARLAND. THE RAIDERS HAVE HAD FIVE STRAIGHT THREE-AND-OUTS. NOW THEY TRY TO CONVERT ON THIRD AND 6 HERE. AND THEY DO. AND PORTER MAKES THE CATCH. HE GETS POSITION INSIDE DWIGHT SMITH AND MOVES THE CHAINS.
>> THAT WAS GREAT BY RICH GANNON THERE BECAUSE HE WAS GETTING THE BLITZ ON THAT SIDE. IT'S EASIER TO THROW AWAY FROM THE SIDE OF THE BLITZ. THE BLITZ WAS COMING FROM HIS LEFT, AND HE THREW THAT BALL TO PORTER TO THE LEFT. WATCH THIS. HERE COMES THE BLITZ ON THIS SIDE, AND HE'S GOING TO THROW TO THAT SIDE. >> AND AFTER THEY PICK UP THEIR FIRST FIRST DOWN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, IT IS GARNER STOPPED BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. NOW ONLY ONE TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF THE SUPER BOWL HAS EVER OVERCOME A DEFICIT OF 10 POINTS TO WIN THE GAME, AND IT WAS RIGHT HERE.
IT WAS IN 1988. AFTER THE '87 SEASON. WASHINGTON AGAINST DENVER. THE BRONCOS UNBELIEVABLY LED 10-0, AND THE FINAL SCORE WAS 42-10, REDSKINS. THEY HAD 35 POINTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER. SECOND AND 11. AND GANNON SIDEARMS IT TO GARNER. AND GARNER IS OUT TO THE 47-YARD LINE. SO IT'S THIRD AND ABOUT 7 UPCOMING. >> YOU ASSUME THAT THE RAIDERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK BECAUSE THEY AREN'T ONE OF THOSE BALL-CONTROL, RUN-THE-CLOCK-OUT, PLAY-DEFENSE TYPE OF TEAM. THEY'RE THE NUMBER-ONE OFFENSE IN FOOTBALL, AND IN THIS FIRST HALF, THEY HAVEN'T SHOWN THAT.
>> GANNON — 7 OF 15. >> AT SOME POINT — YOU HAVE TIM BROWN AND YOU HAVE JERRY RICE AND YOU HAVE JERRY PORTER. YOU HAVE TO GET THE BALL TO THESE GUYS. >> 16.7 RATING. THIRD DOWN AND 6. GANNON THROWS. AND THAT'S DROPPED. TIM BROWN. INCOMPLETE. DWIGHT SMITH COVERING. A LITTLE BEHIND BROWN BUT CLEARLY A CATCHABLE BALL. >> TIM BROWN'S BEEN PLAYING FOR 15 YEARS, AND HE'S CAUGHT SO MANY PASSES IN HIS CAREER THAT THAT'S ONE THAT HE USUALLY CATCHES. BUT I THINK — WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RHYTHM AND THE OFFENSIVE TEAM OF THE RAIDERS BEING A RHYTHM TEAM.
THIS TAMPA BAY DEFENSE HAS REALLY KICKED THEM OR KNOCKED THEM OUT OF RHYTHM. >> THAT TAMPA BAY DEFENSE CAN MAKE THE OPPOSITION OFFENSE LOOK LETHARGIC. >> AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'VE DONE. >> LECHLER'S PUNT IS FAIR-CAUGHT ON THE RUN BY KARL WILLIAMS AT THE 23-YARD LINE. SO THE BUCS HAVE IT BACK AGAIN. AND MONTE KIFFIN, WHO WAS INHERITED BY GRUDEN — REMEMBER, MONTE WAS THERE WITH TONY DUNGY FOR ALL OF THOSE YEARS.
HE WAS IN PLACE WHEN GRUDEN GOT THE JOB. PITTMAN. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT GRUDEN — EVERYBODY KNOWS THE STORY. PARCELLS WAS GONNA TAKE THE JOB. THEN THEY LOOKED AT GRUDEN, BUT THE RAIDER PRICE WAS TOO HIGH AT THAT POINT. THEN THEY WENT TO GUYS LIKE NICK SABAN AND RALPH FRIEDGEN IN COLLEGE. THEN MARIUCCI HAD A CHANCE. THEN THEY WENT BACK TO GRUDEN FINALLY AT THE END AND MADE THE DEAL. I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, JOHN, IF GRUDEN DOESN'T GET THE JOB, WHAT DO THEY DO? FILL IT ON monster.com? >> WELL, THAT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM. I MEAN, THE GLAZER FAMILY WOULD BE COMPLETELY EMBARRASSED. THAT'S WHY THEY HAD TO PAY THE $8 MILLION, THE TWO FIRST AND TWO SECOND. THEY HAD TO GET JON GRUDEN. >> SECOND DOWN AND 5. FROM THE 28. RAIDERS NEARLY JUMP.
AND THERE IS A FLAG, IN FACT. THEY DID JUMP. >> IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF THE BUCCANEERS WERE TO WIN THIS SUPER BOWL — HOW MANY OWNERS IN FOOTBALL WOULD GIVE $8 MILLION AND TWO FIRST AND TWO SECONDS THIS YEAR TO WIN NEXT YEAR'S SUPER BOWL? >> A FEW MORE THAN WOULD HAVE A YEAR AGO. >> YEAH. [ LAUGHS ] >> THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING VOTE. BUT I WOULD BET AT LEAST 30 OF THEM WOULD. >> IN THE GLASSES, LOWER FIRST ROW THERE. THERE HE IS. THANK YOU, JOHN. THAT'S MALCOLM GLAZER, THE PRESIDENT. AND BEHIND HIM, HIS SONS. HE HAS SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO ARE ALL VERY INVOLVED IN THE TEAM, RUNNING THE TEAM. AND THERE IS THE PRICE. A FIRST AND A SECOND IN THIS PAST DRAFT. FIRST-ROUND PICK IN THE NEXT DRAFT. AND THEN A SECOND-ROUND PICK IN 2004. 8 MILLION BUCKS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO PAY GRUDEN. >> YEAH, BUT IF HE WINS A SUPER BOWL, IT'S WORTH IT. THEY BROUGHT HIM IN TO GET OVER THAT HUMP. AND IF HE CAN GET THEM OVER THAT HUMP, HE'S WORTH IT. >> AND THERE'S AL DAVIS, THE RECIPIENT OF THE 8 MILLION BUCKS AND ALL THOSE PICKS.
BLITZ PICKED UP. AND THAT OPENS UP A BIG HOLE THROUGH THE MIDDLE FOR PITTMAN. IT'S ALMOST AS IF THE BUCS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE RAIDERS ARE GONNA DO. >> WELL, NOW THEY DO BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEM ON THE ROPES, AND THEY KNOW THAT. AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS ABOUT JON GRUDEN — IF HE HAS A LEAD, HE'S GONNA SIT ON IT. WHEN HE GETS AHEAD, HE'S GONNA RUN THE BALL. THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH THEIR PASS PROTECTION, SO HE STARTED TO RUN THE BALL. AGAIN, ANOTHER GOOD LEAD BLOCK BY MIKE ALSTOTT. BOOM — RIGHT THERE. AND PITTMAN IS SHOWING HIS SPEED AND QUICKNESS NOW. >> SECOND DOWN AND 1. ERIC BARTON OUT OF THE GAME AT LINEBACKER. TRAVIAN SMITH IN RIGHT NOW AS THEY WORK ON BARTON'S FOOT. AND ALSTOTT CATCHES THE PASS IN THE FLAT AND THEN GETS ANGLED DOWN BY DORSETT.
AND FINALLY ROMANOWSKI UP NEAR MIDFIELD. AND THAT'S GONNA TAKE US TO THE 2-MINUTE WARNING. SO THE BUCS ARE ON THE MOVE AGAIN AS WE COME TO THE 2-MINUTE WARNING IN SUPER BOWL XXXVII. AARON STECKER IN THE GAME AT RUNNING BACK. 43-YARD LINE. AND YOU'VE GOT UPSHAW COMING ACROSS THE LINE AGAIN. >> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS HAUNTED THE RAIDERS ALL YEAR ARE JUST PENALTIES. THEY HAVE TO GET SOMETHING GOING NOW. THE BUCCANEERS HAVE THE MOMENTUM. THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE MOMENTUM AWAY FROM THEM, AND THE LAST THING THEY NEED IS A STUPID JUMP OFFSIDES. >> 5-YARD PENALTY. REPLAY FIRST DOWN. >> I THINK I'D TELL REGAN UPSHAW, "THAT'S ABOUT ENOUGH OF THAT. WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE OF THESE." IT'S TOUGH ENOUGH STOPPING THESE GUYS NOW WHEN THEY RUN. BUT YOU SEE WHAT THEY DID? JON GRUDEN, THE BUCCANEERS, THEY'VE RUN SIX PLAYS IN A ROW. SIX RUNNING PLAYS IN A ROW. THEN THEY GET YOU PLAYING THE RUN HARD.
THEN THEY GO PLAY-PASS. AND THAT'S WHAT BRAD JOHNSON LIKES TO DO, AND THAT'S WHAT JON GRUDEN LIKES TO DO. >> FROM THE 37. ON FIRST AND 5 AFTER THE FLAG. AND BRAD JOHNSON THROWS. AND THAT'S INCOMPLETE. A LITTLE HIGH FOR RICKEY DUDLEY, THE EX-RAIDER, WHO COULDN'T HAUL IT IN OVER THE MIDDLE. THE GREATEST RUNNING PERFORMANCE IN SUPER BOWL HISTORY WAS HERE IN JANUARY OF '88 — TIMMY SMITH. AND HERE IS, AS YOU CAN SEE — CLARENCE DAVIS — ONE OF JOHN'S RAIDERS. TOM MATTE HAD A 76-YARD FIRST HALF IN THE CLASSIC THIRD SUPER BOWL. AND THERE'S PITTMAN, WHO HAS KIND OF HAD — HE'S HAD A DECENT YEAR. THE NUMBERS AREN'T ELECTRIFYING. CAME OVER FROM ARIZONA AS A FREE AGENT WHEN THEY LET WARRICK DUNN SIGN WITH ATLANTA. AND HERE'S PITTMAN ADDING TO THAT YARDAGE. AND A FLAG COMES IN AT THE END OF THE PLAY. >> PITTMAN'S ONE OF THOSE GUYS, IF YOU'RE NOT READY FOR, HE CAN KNOCK YOU OUT.
I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO — YOU CAN'T IGNORE — WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING TAMPA BAY, YOU JUST CAN'T SAY ALSTOTT, KEYSHAWN JOHNSON, McCARDELL, AND SO ON. YOU BETTER SAY PITTMAN. NOW, IF YOU'RE READY FOR HIM, I THINK YOU CAN HANDLE HIM. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT READY FOR HIM — AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE RAIDERS ARE READY FOR HIM. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE OTHER THOUGHTS OF THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO STOP AND MICHAEL PITTMAN ISN'T THE TOP OF THAT LIST. >> ILLEGAL USE OF THE HANDS. HANDS TO THE FACE. NUMBER 99, DEFENSE. 5-YARD PENALTY FROM THE END OF THE RUN. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> DeLAWRENCE GRANT. JOHN, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IT. THEY GOT AWAY LAST WEEK WITH ALL OF THOSE PENALTIES. THEY HAD NINE IN THE FIRST HALF AGAINST TENNESSEE.
BUT NOW DOWN BY 10. >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE WAY CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE WON OR WHETHER IT'S DEFENSE OR OFFENSE — YOU CAN'T DO STUPID THINGS. YOU CAN'T HAVE PENALTIES. I MEAN, IF YOU'RE A LOT BETTER THAN AN OPPONENT, YOU CAN HAVE PENALTIES AND OVERCOME IT. IF YOU'RE NOT, THEN THEY'RE GONNA KILL YOU. >> SAW JERRY RICE. JERRY'S BEEN SHUT OUT THROUGH THE FIRST 28 MINUTES OF THE GAME. FROM THE 29 NOW. THEY GIVE IT TO ALSTOTT. HE CAN'T GET OUT OF THE BACKFIELD BECAUSE ERIC BARTON, WHO HAD HIS FOOT WORKED ON BEFORE, IS BACK IN AND UPENDS HIM.
>> WHEN YOU SAY JERRY RICE HAS BEEN SHUT OUT, I THINK THAT A LOT OF THAT IS — JUST WATCHING TAMPA BAY BUCCANEER COVERAGE, THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING SPECIAL. THEY'RE JUST PLAYING ZONE, KEEPING EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF THEM. THERE'S NO SPECIAL TIGHT COVERAGE OR ANYTHING THAT THEY'RE DOING TO JERRY RICE. I THINK IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PASS PROTECTION AND RICH GANNON AND NOT LETTING HIM GET IN RHYTHM. >> SECOND DOWN AND 11 FROM THE 30-YARD LINE. JOHNSON THROWS. AND THAT'S KEYSHAWN MAKING A SLIDING GRAB AS HE WENT DOWN ON THE GRASS AND WAS ABLE TO HAUL IT IN.
A LITTLE SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN. THEY'LL SPOT IT AT THE 20. >> WIDE RECEIVERS LOVE QUARTERBACKS WHEN THEY PUT THE BALL THERE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LITTLE BEHIND, BUT WHAT HE DOES — HE BRINGS HIM TO THE GROUND SO HE'S NOT GONNA TAKE THAT BIG HIT. HE LETS HIM GO DOWN. HE DOESN'T RUN HIM RIGHT INTO THE SAFETY. SEE, ROD WOODSON, NUMBER 26, IS GOING TO BE THERE. >> I THINK A VERY BIG PLAY HERE, JOHN, FOR THE OAKLAND RAIDER DEFENSE. BECAUSE IF THEY LET THEM CONVERT HERE AND THEY GO IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN — BIG DIFFERENCE, OBVIOUSLY, BETWEEN 20-3 AND 16-3. >> YOU KNOW, THAT OAKLAND RAIDER OFFENSE NOT GETTING FIRST DOWNS, THOSE THREE-AND-OUT, HAVE KILLED THIS RAIDER DEFENSE. AND YOU CAN JUST SEE THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO GET WORN DOWN. THEY'RE TIRED. IT'S THAT TYPE OF THING BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE ON THE FIELD TOO LONG BECAUSE THEIR OFFENSE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO ANYTHING. >> THIS WILL BE TAMPA'S 42nd PLAY OF THE HALF.
THAT'S A BIG NUMBER IN A HALF. THIRD AND 1 FROM THE 20-YARD LINE. AND IT'S ALSTOTT. WITH THAT SECOND EFFORT, PICKING UP THE FIRST DOWN. INITIALLY STOPPED, AND THEN HE'S ABLE TO ANGLE FORWARD AND A FIRST DOWN. AND ANOTHER TIME-OUT IS CALLED BY THE BUCCANEERS. >> TAMPA BAY DOESN'T REALLY HAVE TO GO TO THE END ZONE HERE, BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE ONE TIME-OUT LEFT. >> JOHNSON SWINGS IT TO THE OUTSIDE. ALSTOTT SLIPS A TACKLE AND PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN AS HE BREAKS OUT OF CHARLES WOODSON'S GRASP TO THE 5. >> YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO — BRAD JOHNSON WAS SAYING THE WAY THAT THEY KEY THIS — IF THEY SEE ROMANOWSKI PLAYING ON THE SLOT — IN OTHER WORDS, IF THEY SEE THIS, IF THEY SEE ROMANOWSKI OUT HERE, THEY KNOW THAT IT'S ZONE. SO THAT'S HIS PRESNAP READ — THAT ANYTIME ROMANOWSKI IS OUT ON THE SLOT, HE'S GONNA HAVE ZONE. IF THEY HAVE A CORNER OUT ON HIM, IT'S GONNA BE MAN. IF ROD WOODSON IS OUT, WATCH FOR DOG. >> FIRST AND GOAL. 34 TICKS AND ONE TIME-OUT LEFT FOR THE BUCS.
AND JOHNSON TO THE OUTSIDE. CAUGHT BY McCARDELL! SPINS AWAY FROM THE COVERAGE. CHARLES WOODSON, THE DEFENDER. TOUCHDOWN. >> BRAD JOHNSON WAS PERFECT THERE. THAT'S THE THING — YOU HAVE TIGHT COVERAGE. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WORK ON — PUTTING IT ON THEIR BACK SHOULDER. BRAD JOHNSON PUT IT ON KEENAN McCARDELL'S BACK SHOULDER, AND ROD WOODSON — CHARLES WOODSON WAS ON HIS FRONT SHOULDER. >> 30 SECONDS NOW… REMAINING IN THE HALF AS GRAMATICA TRIES TO TACK IT ON. AND THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS HAVE NOW OUTGAINED OAKLAND 198 YARDS TO 58. THREE DEFENSIVE PENALTIES ON THAT DRIVE FOR THE RAIDERS.
>> WHEN YOU GET THE TIGHT COVERAGE HERE — McCARDELL'S GOING TO RUN UP. AND IF HE DOESN'T GET BY HIM, HE THROWS IT TO THE BACK SHOULDER. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE DID THERE. YOU SEE, WOODSON IS PLAYING THE FRONT SHOULDER. HE'S PLAYING THE FRONT OF HIM, AND BRAD JOHNSON JUST THROWS IT TO THE BACK SIDE OF McCARDELL. AFTER YOU CATCH ONE OF THOSE AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU GOT A GUY WHERE YOU WANT HIM, YOU TRY AND GO FOR YOUR DUNK. I THINK THAT DUNK WAS A LITTLE SHORT.
>> [ LAUGHS ] AND THERE'S ALSTOTT. AND THERE'S GRUDEN. SAPP, KEYSHAWN, LYNCH. >> AND THIS IS JUST THE END OF THE FIRST HALF. THESE ARE END-OF-GAME TYPE CELEBRATIONS. >> HE'S BEEN KICKING THE BOUNCERS ALL DAY. DROPPED. KNIGHT PICKS IT BACK UP AT THE 9. TAKEN DOWN AT THE 12. AND AGAIN JUST SPECTACULAR COVERAGE BY THEIR SPECIAL-TEAMS UNIT. INTERESTINGLY, GRUDEN WAS TELLING US THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, "I'M WORRIED ABOUT KICKOFF-RETURN COVERAGE." NOT TODAY.
LET'S GO TO JOHN LYNCH MIKED UP. >> MIKE, EVERY PLAY THEY'VE RUN, WE RAN IN PRACTICE. >> I KNOW. >> IT'S UNREAL. >> I KNOW. FEELING GOOD, AIN'T IT? >> YEAH. >> WELL, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR COACH WAS THEIR COACH. >> AND THAT GIVES YOU A HECK OF A LOT OF CONFIDENCE WHEN YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S KEEPING YOU OFF BALANCE, THAT YOU FEEL SO GOOD ABOUT YOUR DEFENSIVE PLAN AGAINST THEIR OFFENSIVE PLAN. >> FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 13. GANNON. LOOKING FOR SOMETHING. AGAIN HE GETS HIT. BY SAPP. THEY HAD A VISE ON HIM THAT TIME. AND THAT'S INCOMPLETE. >> AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT HOW IT ALL STARTS. IT'S A GREAT DEFENSE — COVER 2, ZONE, ALL THOSE THINGS. BUT IT ALL STARTS RIGHT HERE WITH THIS FRONT FOUR AND BEING ABLE TO GET PRESSURE ON THE QUARTERBACK. AND THEY'VE BEEN ALL OVER GANNON THIS FIRST HALF. I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN RELENTLESS PRESSURE BY THIS TAMPA BAY DEFENSE.
>> ALL YEAR LONG THE RAIDER CRITICS WOULD SAY THIS TEAM IS TOO OLD. AND THEY SHOWED THEY WEREN'T TOO OLD. BUT THIS TAMPA BAY DEFENSE CAN MAKE YOU LOOK OLD. >> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, EVERY GAME THAT I SAW, THE RAIDER OFFENSIVE LINE HAS BEEN A HECK OF A PASS-PROTECTING OFFENSIVE LINE, BUT THEY AREN'T IN THIS FIRST HALF. BUT IF THE RAIDERS PASS AND IT'S INCOMPLETE, THEY STILL CAN PULL IT OFF. >> I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THEY DO, BUT WE'LL SEE HERE. THIRD DOWN AND 9. NO, THEY'RE JUST GONNA RUN IT, COVER IT UP, AND THAT'S THE WAY THE HALF IS GOING TO END. WITH A LITTLE PUSHY-SHOVEY AND ALL OF THE REST. AND SO THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS' FIRST-EVER SUPER BOWL APPEARANCE — A DOMINANT FIRST HALF. 20-3. TAMPA BAY, THEY LOST IN THE MONDAY NIGHTER NEXT TO LAST WEEK TO PITTSBURGH. IT LOOKED LIKE THEY BLEW THEIR CHANCE AT THE BYE.
THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO WIN A WILD-CARD GAME, COUPLE OF GAMES ON THE ROAD. THEN THEY GOT A WIN AGAINST CHICAGO. WHEN GREEN BAY LOST TO THE JETS, A MUCH EASIER ROAD. >> AND WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO BRAD JOHNSON ABOUT THAT THE OTHER DAY, WHEN YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, HE JUST LET ALL THE AIR OUT OF HIMSELF. THERE WAS A BIG SIGH OF RELIEF. HE SAID HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PLAY IN A WILD-CARD GAME, BUT THAT ONE WEEK EXTRA WAS JUST MAGIC. >> THEY STILL HAD TO WIN IN PHILLY, THOUGH, TO GET HERE, WHICH THEY DID LAST WEEK. THE KICK IS FIELDED BY KNIGHT FROM THE 5. AND AGAIN A SOLID HIT. AS DARIAN BARNES, NUMBER 30, CRUNCHES HIM UP AT ABOUT THE 27-YARD LINE. FIRST HALF STARTED IN BRIGHT SUNSHINE. NOW THE LIGHTS TAKE FULL EFFECT AS THE SECOND HALF COMMENCES FROM THE 27-YARD LINE.
GANNON. OVER THE MIDDLE. AND THE FIRST PASS OF THE HALF IS COMPLETE, BUT FOR A VERY SHORT GAIN. PORTER MAKES THE CATCH. GANNON IN POSTSEASON — AGAINST THE JETS, BIG SECOND HALF, OF COURSE. TWO TDs. THEY WIN GOING AWAY AGAINST THE TITANS LAST WEEK. 286 THROUGH THE AIR AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS. AND NOW THIS ONE — THIRD LINE. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BILL CALLAHAN WAS SAYING IS HE LIKES TO START THE GAME WITH "CBs," HE CALLS THEM — HIS CONFIDENCE BUILDERS — FOR RICH GANNON. AND I THINK PART OF IT — HIS CONFIDENCE BUILDERS DIDN'T WORK. SO NOW MAYBE HE HAS TO START WITH CBs AGAIN. >> MM-HMM. SECOND DOWN AND 7. AND THAT'S CAUGHT OVER THE MIDDLE BY DOUG JOLLEY. ANOTHER GUY WHO YOU FIGURED COULD'VE EMERGED, MAYBE, AS A BIG YEAR.
THAT'S HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE GAME. THE ROOKIE TIGHT END. >> AND I THINK THESE PASSES HERE ARE THE CONFIDENCE BUILDERS. BUT IN HAVING THE CONFIDENCE BUILDERS, THEY WOULD BE THE SHORT TYPE OF PASSES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETIONS. AGAIN, WHERE THE QUARTERBACK CAN GET BACK, THROW QUICKLY. YOU KNOW, JUST GET THE BALL OUT OF THERE. WATCH OUT FOR DERRICK BROOKS. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WATCHING THE QUARTERBACK'S EYES, HE'S THE BEST LINEBACKER THERE IS AT THAT. >> THAT GAP IN THE MIDDLE, AS YOU CAN SEE.
THIRD DOWN AND 2. EXPECTING PASS. GET ONE TO THE OUTSIDE. AND THAT'S INCOMPLETE. KELLY SAYS, "I DIDN'T TOUCH HIM." INTENDED FOR MARCUS KNIGHT. AND THERE IS NO FLAG. >> AND THAT'S WHEN THOSE CONFIDENCE BUILDERS DON'T WORK IS WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE SHORT PASSES, QUICK PASSES AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER THREE AND OUT. KELLY'S PLAYING REAL WELL ON THIS. HE JUST GETS THERE IN A JAM. AND IT'S HARD TO RUN A LITTLE QUICK OR A SHORT HOOK AGAINST TIGHT COVERAGE BECAUSE THERE'S NO TIME TO GET SEPARATION.
>> LECHLER TO PUNT. KARL WILLIAMS BACK FOR THE BUCS. FAIR CATCH CALLED FOR AT THE 21. AND A FLAG COMES IN AT THE END OF THE PLAY. >> WE TALK ABOUT THIS CREW BEING AN ALL-STAR CREW AND HOW YOU REALLY DON'T LIKE IT. I BELIEVE THE CREW IS WORKING TOGETHER. BUT THIS CREW TONIGHT, IN THE FIRST HALF, I THINK, HAS DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB. THEY'VE BEEN CONSPICUOUS BY THEIR ABSENCE. >> THEY HAVE BEEN. >> I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS THE BEST-OFFICIATED GAMES — THE ONES THAT YOU DON'T NOTICE THE OFFICIALS, YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT THE OFFICIALS.
