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2010年9月30日星期四
2010年9月26日星期日
Two-By-Four As Starters Return, Backup Line Get Reps Too
IRVING, Texas - In just the nick of time, it would seem, starting offensive linemen Marc Colombo and Kyle Kosher returned to practice on Wednesday, each back from rehabbing knee injuries.
Practice is not the game, of course. While players who return to the field at Valley Ranch are typically cleared to participate in game situations, the Cowboys will have to monitor how their first-tamers respond over the next three days before making an official ruling on their status for football jersey
the weekend.
With that in mind, offensive line coach Hudson Houck admits the team will have to get four linemen ready to play two spots. Montréal Holland got first-team reps again at left guard on Wednesday, and, with Sunday's final play hardly forgotten, Alex Barron took some starting snaps at right tackle.
Both Colombo and Kosher were listed as having full participation, however.
"We'll see how sore they are, and if they're inhibited from playing or practicing, we'll know that," Wade Phillips said. "So we'll just have to wait and see. We brought those guys back and they practiced, but they didn't practice every snap. But they don't practice every snap when they're working with the first team; we work the other guys so we can have them ready too.
"They're two experienced players that have played a lot for us. And that's valuable, although we have confidence in our backups players too, and some of them played pretty well."
Coming out of Sunday's loss at Washington, the general consensus is Holland performed well at left guard, and Barron held his own except for a handful of plays, some of which just happened to be the most significant in the game. Since Barron is still going to be in the team's contingency plans, coaches have to find a way to eliminate the weaknesses that led to him committing three holding penalties, including the one that negated a game-winning touchdown pass.
Houck, who's aimed to give the former St. Louis Rams first-round pick a fresh start, said Barron's issues could be caused by reverting to bad habits developed over five seasons as the league's most penalized player.
"We've identified the issue," Houck said. "And we know how to correct it, so that's the direction we're going. I haven't lost any faith in him. It's all technique. It's not athletic ability, it's not want-to, and it’s not preparation. Some of the issues on how he sets and what he does, we'll address. We've got the answer; we've just got Dallas Cowboys jersey
to now get it where it's a habit."
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Barron also vowed to correct his mistakes. As the backup to two positions his improvement is important. What's even more critical is for the Cowboys to get better production from their starter, presumably a now-healthy Colombo. A tough, smart guy viewed as a leader on the offensive line, Colombo played well enough in 2008 to earn himself a rather lucrative four-year contract extension.
He kept up the strong play into 2009, but suffered a broken fibula and high ankle sprain in the ninth game of the year. He worked hard to come back in time for the playoffs, and performed well in the wild card win against Philadelphia. He gave up three sacks the next week in Minnesota, however, and this summer Phillips admitted he felt it was too soon to bring him back. Despite months to heal last season's injuries, Colombo still wasn't at his best in the preseason.
On Aug. 15, early in the Oxnard, Calif. portion of training camp, he had to come out of practice early, and required surgery to clean up loose particles in his knee. According to someone with knowledge of the injury, Colombo had a feeling something was wrong with his knee during camp, but after hearing criticism all off-season, wanted to get in as many practice reps as possible.
"All these loose bodies he had in his knee, he's had in there for quite a while," Houck said. "So it's been bothering him. Now it's cleaned out there, and the only thing bothering him is the incision. As far as that's sealed up, we're ready to go. … The guy is as mentally tough as any guy I've ever been around, so he will play hard. If he's not playing well he'll know it and we'll talk about it. But I anticipate that he'll be better than ever."
With Kosher also returning to practice from the MCL he sprained just three days after Colombo went down, the Cowboys had all five of their starters together for the first time in a month. Houck said he'll know by Friday if they're ready to go.
"I think if the quickness is there, the readjusting to movement, lack of Chargers jersey
swelling, all those types of things, I anticipate that the mental part of it will be very easy for them," Houck said. "They'll be tough. They won't be afraid to move because of the injury - they've both had injuries before, so they know how you come back from them. Many times you're a little cautious if it's your first injury."
2010年9月25日星期六
Poole: Quarterback switch now for Oakland Raiders would reek of panic
Bruce Gradkowski is earnest and attentive, a scrappy underdog and designated backup who can come off the bench like a shot of adrenaline.
He's easy to root for and easier to support -- even if football jersey
you couldn't care less about the Raiders. The smallish bundle of kinetic energy that is Gradkowski has gone from prep legend in Pittsburgh to the University of Toledo, to an undated rookie. He has worked and willed his way into an NFL career.
A 27-year-old playing for his third professional team, Gradkowski is downright irresistible as quarterback insurance.
But promoting him to starter six quarters into a season? After one successful half against the hapless St. Louis Rams?
That would be a sign of panic.
The starting job for the Raiders should still belong to Jason Campbell, and not just because owner Al Davis hired Campbell and believes he's reminiscent of two-time Super Bowl winner Jim Plunkett.
Truth be told, Campbell still is the best overall QB on the roster.
There are sound reasons Campbell, 28, was a good acquisition for Oakland. He entered the season with quality statistics, including an 82.3 rating and 55-38 touchdown-to-interception ratio. He has great size, unquestioned toughness and a strong, accurate throwing arm. His grace in the infernal asylum that passes as the NFL franchise in the nation's capital was exemplary.
Campbell arrived as a proven starter who, frankly, had not proved he could win in the league. He was the starter the instant the trade was completed, according to Coach Tom Cable. Coaches and teammates have been impressed with Campbell's professionalism, dedication and ability to direct a team. He's accustomed to this role, having started 52 games in Washington.
A first-round draft pick out of Auburn in 2005, Campbell was promoted to starter in November 2006 and has never, ever come off an NFL bench.
Gradkowski, by contrast, specializes in coming off the bench.
Summoned in the second half Sunday, he led the Raiders to victory over a young and grotesquely defective team bound to struggle on the road. He energized the Oakland Coliseum crowd, engaged his teammates and moved the offense with more rhythm and consistency than Campbell had in the first half. Bears jersey
In what likely was a must-win for Cable, Gradkowski brought it home.
But are two unimpressive starts -- one at Tennessee and the other on Sunday -- enough to deem Campbell unfit for the job with his new team? Well, no, unless Cable and his staff never had any real confidence in Campbell.
And if that were the case, why was Cable so consistently emphatic about Campbell being the starter?
Two starts rarely are enough to get anybody demoted simply on the basis of merit. It's what sports scouts refer to as a "small sample size," another way of saying there isn't enough data to reach an intelligent, meaningful conclusion.
The situation in Oakland is not like those in Buffalo and Carolina, where both teams decided this week to replace their starting quarterbacks. The Bills and Panthers are both 0-2 and have chosen to panic.
More to the point, neither opening-game starter, Buffalo's Trent Edwards nor Carolina's Matt Moore, held a secure grip on the position. Furthermore, neither Edwards nor Moore has Campbell's league wide credibility the pecking order in Oakland is clearly established. It's Campbell, then Gradkowski, then Kyle Boiler. No changes were considered even as the Raiders went through monocarps and a four-week training camp.
Gradkowski is valuable because he knows the system and is fiercely competitive. He's like a good pinch-hitter in baseball, or sixth man in basketball, in that as his best work comes in short bursts.
But how Gradkowski would do over time, assuming he holds up physically, is a mystery -- and should remain so, at least until Campbell has been given a reasonable chance to show he can't hold the job. Like, say, six games. Or a couple more horrid first halves that open the door for the backup.
Gradkowski was the right call last Sunday because the Raiders needed a jolt of something and Cable realizes nobody on the roster can jolt quite like Gradkowski. That's not to say he suddenly became the best QB on the team, or that he earned the starting job on the basis of effective relief.
What Gradkowski earned was increased support within the fan Bills jersey
base, closer proximity to the starting job and additional chances to come off the bench and work his magic.
There is comfort in knowing Gradkowski is there and capable of putting out fires, but it's too soon to name him the starter under the presumption he could summon his "magic" on a weekly basis.
He's easy to root for and easier to support -- even if football jersey
you couldn't care less about the Raiders. The smallish bundle of kinetic energy that is Gradkowski has gone from prep legend in Pittsburgh to the University of Toledo, to an undated rookie. He has worked and willed his way into an NFL career.
A 27-year-old playing for his third professional team, Gradkowski is downright irresistible as quarterback insurance.
But promoting him to starter six quarters into a season? After one successful half against the hapless St. Louis Rams?
That would be a sign of panic.
The starting job for the Raiders should still belong to Jason Campbell, and not just because owner Al Davis hired Campbell and believes he's reminiscent of two-time Super Bowl winner Jim Plunkett.
Truth be told, Campbell still is the best overall QB on the roster.
There are sound reasons Campbell, 28, was a good acquisition for Oakland. He entered the season with quality statistics, including an 82.3 rating and 55-38 touchdown-to-interception ratio. He has great size, unquestioned toughness and a strong, accurate throwing arm. His grace in the infernal asylum that passes as the NFL franchise in the nation's capital was exemplary.
Campbell arrived as a proven starter who, frankly, had not proved he could win in the league. He was the starter the instant the trade was completed, according to Coach Tom Cable. Coaches and teammates have been impressed with Campbell's professionalism, dedication and ability to direct a team. He's accustomed to this role, having started 52 games in Washington.
A first-round draft pick out of Auburn in 2005, Campbell was promoted to starter in November 2006 and has never, ever come off an NFL bench.
Gradkowski, by contrast, specializes in coming off the bench.
Summoned in the second half Sunday, he led the Raiders to victory over a young and grotesquely defective team bound to struggle on the road. He energized the Oakland Coliseum crowd, engaged his teammates and moved the offense with more rhythm and consistency than Campbell had in the first half. Bears jersey
In what likely was a must-win for Cable, Gradkowski brought it home.
But are two unimpressive starts -- one at Tennessee and the other on Sunday -- enough to deem Campbell unfit for the job with his new team? Well, no, unless Cable and his staff never had any real confidence in Campbell.
And if that were the case, why was Cable so consistently emphatic about Campbell being the starter?
Two starts rarely are enough to get anybody demoted simply on the basis of merit. It's what sports scouts refer to as a "small sample size," another way of saying there isn't enough data to reach an intelligent, meaningful conclusion.
The situation in Oakland is not like those in Buffalo and Carolina, where both teams decided this week to replace their starting quarterbacks. The Bills and Panthers are both 0-2 and have chosen to panic.
More to the point, neither opening-game starter, Buffalo's Trent Edwards nor Carolina's Matt Moore, held a secure grip on the position. Furthermore, neither Edwards nor Moore has Campbell's league wide credibility the pecking order in Oakland is clearly established. It's Campbell, then Gradkowski, then Kyle Boiler. No changes were considered even as the Raiders went through monocarps and a four-week training camp.
Gradkowski is valuable because he knows the system and is fiercely competitive. He's like a good pinch-hitter in baseball, or sixth man in basketball, in that as his best work comes in short bursts.
But how Gradkowski would do over time, assuming he holds up physically, is a mystery -- and should remain so, at least until Campbell has been given a reasonable chance to show he can't hold the job. Like, say, six games. Or a couple more horrid first halves that open the door for the backup.
Gradkowski was the right call last Sunday because the Raiders needed a jolt of something and Cable realizes nobody on the roster can jolt quite like Gradkowski. That's not to say he suddenly became the best QB on the team, or that he earned the starting job on the basis of effective relief.
What Gradkowski earned was increased support within the fan Bills jersey
base, closer proximity to the starting job and additional chances to come off the bench and work his magic.
There is comfort in knowing Gradkowski is there and capable of putting out fires, but it's too soon to name him the starter under the presumption he could summon his "magic" on a weekly basis.
2010年9月24日星期五
24 sep 10 Remember me? Batch will be Steelers’ QB at Tampa
PITTSBURGH (AP)—The forgotten quarterback is now the Pittsburgh Steelers’ starter.
Charlie Batch(notes), a longtime backup who was relegated to No. 4 status as the Steelers dealt with Ben Roethlisberger’s(notes) off-field problems, will make his first start since 2007 at Tampa Bay (2-0) on Sunday.
Coach Mike Tomlin picked Batch over Byron Leftwich(notes), who is nfl jerseys
recovering from a sprained left knee ligament that occurred Sept. 2. Dennis Dixon(notes) started the first two games, but he underwent surgery Wednesday to repair torn cartilage in his left knee and is out indefinitely.
The Steelers (2-0) apparently decided they couldn’t wait until the end of the week to determine if Leftwich’s still-healing knee would hold up to the stress of playing. Batch has gotten little work since last season, and Tomlin wanted to give him as much time as possible with the starters during the most important practices of the week Wednesday and Thursday.
He’s certainly had enough rest time while throwing only two passes since 2007.
“It feels good,” Batch said Wednesday. “I never imagined it would turn out this way, but here we go.”
The Steelers were so crowded with quarterbacks after they reacquired Leftwich in April—with the intent of starting him during Roethlisberger’s four-game suspension—that the 35-year-old Batch took only a few snaps with backups during voluntary spring practices and training camp.
Because the Steelers didn’t plan to carry three quarterbacks while Roethlisberger was out, Batch likely would have been cut if Leftwich hadn’t gotten hurt during the final exhibition game.
Now, with Dixon out and Leftwich not quite ready, Batch Steelers jersey
will make his first start since an essentially meaningless end-of-season game against Baltimore in 2007. Before that, he hadn’t started since the 2006 opener, which Roethlisberger because of appendicitis.
Batch, the Lions’ starter from 1998 until midway through the 2001 season, has been a Steelers backup since 2002, although he missed the 2004 and 2008 seasons due to preseason injuries. He threw only two passes in his lone game last season before injuring his wrist.
“He’s been with the starters, he’s been with the second team, he’s been with the third team,” wide receiver Hines Ward(notes) said. “He understands all the wide receivers. He probably understands this offense better than anybody. We feel good, we’ve just got to protect Charlie.”
Batch’s durability was cited by Tomlin as a factor in choosing Dixon to start the season. Still, Batch is known for his intimate knowledge of the Steelers’ system, and is often seen conferring with Roethlisberger between series to discuss strategy.
“For me, there won’t be many more opportunities, Batch said. “You’re starting to get up there in years, obviously you’re just blessed to be out there in that situation. … I was a little disappointed because I didn’t get that opportunity, but here I am again. All I can do is be ready and go out and take advantage of that opportunity.”
Batch played the final three quarters after Dixon was hurt during a 19-11 victory at Tennessee on Sunday, completing 5 of 11 passes for 25 yards. He was sacked twice.
Many teammates expect Batch to be an NFL quarterbacks coach someday soon. First, he has another game or two to play.
“Charlie’s been in the game a long time and he knows how to play the game,” left guard Chris Kemoeatu(notes) said. “I don’t think we will have any problem with Charlie stepping in there.”
To Batch, the biggest challenge—especially after playing so Vikings jersey
little for so long—is getting accustomed again to game speed. He has thrown 1,472 passes in the NFL, but only 146 over the last nine seasons, an average of 16 per season.
“You try to simulate as much as possible on the practice field,” he said. “I think for me, going against our defense every week, it kind of allows me to go out there and work the pocket a little more in practice and be able to shift that into an actual game situation.”
While Batch is replacing Roethlisberger, his off-field reputation is much different from that of the Steelers’ troubled star. Batch runs a much-praised youth sports program—the Best of the Batch—in his hometown of Homestead, a few miles from Pittsburgh, that has been modeled by much-larger cities.
2010年9月22日星期三
San Francisco 49ers Frank Gore Says Of Saints: "We Whooped Their Behind"
Following last night's 25-22 loss to the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers RB Frank Gore told ESPN, "We whupped their behind up and down the field. They couldn't stand up with us. We beat ourselves. We beat ourselves for the second week in a row. We have got to change."
Gore gashed a shoddy Saints run defense for 112 yards on 20 carries, and he nfl throwback jerseys
caught seven passes for 56 yards and scored two touchdowns. He beat his former team-mate at the University of Miami LB Jonathan Vilma to the end zone on one of his TD runs.
San Francisco head coach Mike Singletary was calm and resolute after his emotional television outburst last week.
After guaranteeing on a San Francisco TV station last Wednesday that his 49ers would "stop Drew Brees," Singletary told the San Francisco Chronicle that it was probably a mistake to make such comments following the Saints' 25-22 win on Monday Night.
"In terms of reining myself in, there was one interview that took place last week that was a little bit off the chart. Should I have reined myself in? Probably so," Singletary told the Chronicle.
"One thing that I've learned about this job, I have to be who I am. I'm not a politician. I'm not a tap dancer. I say things that I feel...The biggest thing that I've learned is it's important to look at how you're wired, and you've got to go with that—until the day I die. I have to continue to learn wisdom in certain instances San Diego Chargers jersey
and learn what to stand for and what not to get upset about. Last week was tremendous for me, matter of fact it was tremendous for our staff."
When asked last week by San Francisco TV sports anchor Dennis O'Donnell about his plans for stopping Drew Brees, Singletary became combative saying, "We will not try to stop Drew Brees, we will stop Drew Brees. Next question."
The next question from O'Donnell was "How about trying to move the ball against the New Orleans defense?"
Singletary responded, "We will not try to move the ball against the New Orleans defense, we will move the ball and we will score."
The San Francisco 49ers nearly made good on Singletary's promises against a Saints team that looked out of sync at times offensively.
The Saints defense was not much better, displaying shoddy tackling while trying to bring down Gore.
San Francisco turnovers and a late power surge by Brees and the Chicago Bears jersey
offense helped the Saints avoid what would have been an embarrassing defeat on national television against a 49ers team that was pummelled by the lightly regarded Seattle Seahawks, 31-6, in their season opener.
However, the win proved to be a costly one for New Orleans as they lost Reggie Bush for at least six weeks with a leg injury.
Peyton Manning: Is He The Smartest Quarterback In History?
The question of the "greatest" is bandied about a lot. Personally, I think it's a hard, if not impossible question to answer because everyone seems to have different criteria and priorities.
However, there's another question which might not be as difficult or subjective is, "Who is the smartest quarterback ever?"
Peyton Manning may very well be the answer to football jerseys
that question.
Certainly there are a handful that would take their place in that discussion. Fellow Colt Johnny Unitas invented the 2-minute offense, and is doubtless among the most innovative of all field generals.
Joe Montana was possibly the greatest ever at reading plays. When Ron Jaworski is doing is previews I'm always impressed with his intellect and grasp of the game.
Steve Young, Roger Staubach, Tom Brady and Donovan McNabb are pretty sharp tools too.
However, watching Peyton Manning play last Sunday night, I started to consider if he's just at a different level than anyone has ever been in his grasp of the game.
A lot of quarterbacks can dominate a game with their arm. Manning dominates them with his brain.
There were a few things that got my attention. First, I don't know if I've ever seen a quarterback dominate a game by handing the ball off the way Manning did through most of the second quarter.
He wasn't throwing but he was calling the plays, and this was beyond reading defenses and reacting to them. He didn't anticipate Giants' adjustments, he forced them. And after forcing them, he exploited them.
It was as if I was watching a chess master play a fifth-grader who was still learning how the pieces moved.
After one Colts touchdown late in the first half, the cameras panned to the Giants, and they looked confused, as though they were still trying to figure out what happened in the first quarter.
Manning wasn't just calling the next play, he was calling plays thinking about what he wanted to do on the next series.
Don't get me wrong, he was reading defenses just as well. At one point he literally called an audible which involved bringing in a change of wide receivers from the sidelines—for the purpose of blocking for the runner. The play ended up gaining about eight or nine yards. It was possibly the smartest called game I've ever seen.
He's had some great receivers to throw to, sure. Reggie Wayne and Marvin Harrison are both in the conversation for Hall of Fame worthiness. Most Hall of Fame quarterbacks have Hall of Fame targets.
When you start making guys like Austin Collie or Pierre Garcon look unstoppable though, there's something more than just the receivers at work. His audibles are putting receivers in place and telling them which routes to run.
I honestly believe that if you give Manning any reasonably capable receiver and he will use them.
Plain and simple, whether they are throwing the ball or running it, what makes the Colts offense work is the mind of Peyton Manning.
Manning might yell a lot at the line, and some of 49ers jersey
that might be gibberish, but don't think for a second that he's not saying anything that's not worth hearing, either.
When he wasn't calling audibles, he was running plays without a snap count at all and beating the Giants mentally that way.
Then there was the drive to close the first half. It was eight plays and took 31 seconds. During it all, Manning never even looked rushed.
Manning gets nowhere near the credit he deserves for his absolute mastery of the two minute offense.
Scott Kacsmar at has done an amazing series on fourth quarter comebacks and game winning drives, where he has done painstaking research to standardize what constitutes a "game winning drive" and has essentially come up with every game winning drive by every quarterback since 1950.
If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. It's one of the best things I've ever read on the Internet. But I digress.
The point of this is that Manning is second all time with in game winning drives with 35. He has more than John Elway (34) or Joe Montana (31). The leader, just so you know, is Dan Marino with 36.
(As an aside I know there are other numbers that have been assigned to these players, but if you have an argument, read the link. I'm just saying, it's tough to argue with a guy who literally studied the game log of every close game over the last 60 years. He makes his case.)
In all likelihood Manning will retire as the all time leader in game-winning drives. Fellow Colt Unitas might have invented the 2-minute offense, but Manning has perfected it.
Finally there was one point where Manning was explaining something to the offensive coordinator, Tom Moore.
It occurred to me that Moore probably has the easiest job in pro sports. He merely needs to give Manning suggestions. Most coordinators just hope for a QB that can execute the game plan. Tom Moore has a QB who can improve on it.
There was one throw that little brother Eli made during the game which I don't even know if Peyton could have made. When I saw it, it sealed the deal for me.
If anything, according the physical attributes they possess, Eli may be Saints jersey
superior to Peyton. The difference between them is not physical, it's mental, and Eli is no dummy.
Peyton is just at another level. He understands the game arguably better than any QB that has ever played, and that's his claim to greatness.
San Francisco 49ers: Alex Smith Flashes Potential, Gives Hope to the Bay Area
After the most entertaining football game thus far into the season, the San Francisco 49ers found themselves on the short end of the stick Monday night. The Niners were defeated by the defending Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints in a thrilling 25-22 game.
San Francisco is now 0-2 to start the season after previously losing the nfl jerseys
week before to the division rival Seattle Seahawks 31-6. Against Seattle this team looked hopeless, heartless and their quarterback Alex Smith was already facing heat from the media and fans.
The Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings have also started 0-2. Yet, those two teams have faced much more scrutiny and disappointment then the favorite’s to win the NFC West, the San Francisco 49ers. Why after two games is there very little panicking in San Francisco like we find with these other organizations?
The answer is simple. On national television, on Monday Night Football, on the greatest primetime stage of all of sports, quarterback Alex Smith finally flashed brilliance. Yes, the 49ers didn’t win, and it’s hard to give a lot of credit to anyone in a losing effort, but we can’t ignore what Smith did.
After being drafted No. 1 overall in the 2005 NFL Draft, Smith has been a disappointment in the NFL and labeled a ‘bust.’ San Francisco even thought of abandoning their top pick in favor of backup Shaun Hill, but in the last six games of the 2009 season Smith went 4-2 with the 49ers. Heading into this season he was pronounced the starting quarterback.
Almost every so-called expert has penciled in the 49ers for the NFC West crown, some even consider them a trendy Super Bowl pick. However, everyone agreed in the preseason that Smith was the X-factor and he had to be solid for them to win.
In the first quarter against the Saints the quarterback went 2-4 passing, for 28 yards and an interception. The rest of the game he completed 21/30 passes, for 247 yards and a touchdown. That’s a vast improvement in the last three quarters, but what he did on his last drive was the most impressive.
With 2:12 left in the fourth quarter and the ball placed on their own 18 yard line, the 49ers faced a 22-14 deficit. At this point in the game, there is no way in hell that you can tell me you actually expected Alex Smith to drive down the field, score and successfully complete a two point conversion.
But here is what happened play-by-play:
1-10-SF 18. (2:08) (Shotgun) A.Smith pass short middle to V.Davis to SF 34 for 16 yards .
1-10-SF 34. (2:00) (Shotgun) A.Smith scrambles Bears jersey
left end pushed ob at SF 46 for 12 yards.
1-10-SF 46. (1:52) (Shotgun) A.Smith pass short right to J.Morgan ran ob at NO 39 for 15 yards.
1-10-NO 39. (1:47) (Shotgun) A.Smith pass incomplete deep middle to V.Davis
2-10-NO 39. (1:42) (Shotgun) A.Smith pass short right to F.Gore pushed ob at NO 21 for 18 yards
1-10-NO 21. (1:34) (Shotgun) A.Smith left end ran ob at NO 9 for 12 yards
1-Goal-NO 9. (1:26) (Shotgun) A.Smith pass short left to D.Zeigler pushed ob at NO 7 for 2 yards
2-Goal-NO 7. (1:23) (Shotgun) F.Gore up the middle for 7 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
TWO-POINT CONVERSION ATTEMPT. A.Smith pass to V.Davis is complete. ATTEMPT SUCCEEDS.
NO 22 SF 22, 8 plays, 82 yards, 0:53 drive
With his back against the wall, Alex Smith led an improbable drive down the field to tie the ball game.
In the final drive he threw for three first downs, ran for two and then completed the drive with a successful two-point conversion throw to tight end Vernon Davis. Also, he only threw ONE incomplete pass. Smith showed incredible playmaking ability with his feet, great decision making and delivered perfect throws. Just to remind you, this is on the biggest regular season stage against the defending Super Bowl champs.
The Saints would go on to finish Monday night with a game winning drive and successful field goal attempt that ironically was tipped by a 49ers player, yet still went through the uprights. At this point in the NFL, there is no better head coach/quarterback combo than Sean Payton and Drew Brees.
Still, we can’t ignore what Smith accomplished. In a brilliant final game Bills jersey
drive he came through constantly in the clutch. At the beginning of the season he was asked to just manage games, not make mistakes and let the running game and defense win ball games.
On Monday Night Football, against the best team in the NFL, Smith put his team in a situation to win and instilled hope for the franchise moving forward.
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