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00:00To throw at this level, you have so much speed and length, you've got to be real careful.
00:04Rarely do you find a clean window down the middle, but it'd be absolutely perfect, and it wasn't there.
00:10A lot of pressure on this kick for Nick Polk.
00:1330-40 yards here down the middle.
00:17Cracking for it, and it's good!
00:20And that brings him a little closer here late.
00:23Such a perfect example of a kicker just doing his job.
00:27And now, well now it's incumbent upon that defense to give him, and their offense, another shot.
00:50So after making this a five-point ball game, they kick it off.
00:56Return starts at the three.
01:00And he's going to make this to the 28th before going down.
01:03The New Orleans offense set to go now, and their defense held up after that fumble.
01:08Only gave up three, so time for this offense to make it up to them.
01:11Get some points of their own.
01:27New Orleans has the offense set.
01:29All right, Brock, here's first and ten.
01:34This is Alvin Camaro with it.
01:37Looks like they've been about two on the opening play of this drive.
01:41This offense is now left with some ground to make up a little bit here on second down.
01:45After that drive starts, the very minimal game.
01:47Second and eight at the 31-yard line.
01:53Following that little two-yard run, it's second and eight.
02:00Chuck to throw.
02:03Complete here to Tyson.
02:05He's going to be taken down.
02:06There he goes for about ten yards.
02:08And that is going to be first down sinks.
02:11That whole operation right there, Kate, delivered with conviction.
02:14Passes have to be.
02:15If you want to pick up first downs, then keep the drive on schedule.
02:21From the 40-yard line now, this is first and ten.
02:32Motioning one in the tight ends.
02:41Running with A-Chan here after the gun.
02:43And he's going to go down right along the midfield strike.
02:46Brock, you tell me about this all the time.
02:48A tight end's top responsibility changes by the down.
02:51And on that one, it was all about blocking,
02:54getting his guys some space to get vertical.
02:56Really got to be some of the most versatile players on the team.
02:59I was spoiled in my life, in my football life,
03:01to watch really the Colts and their 12 personnel
03:04so good in the run game just like that one.
03:08A-Chan again on second.
03:10Stock is made after a game of about seven minutes.
03:13He's going to be able to the first.
03:14In this round game, Kate, it's seen such a steady dose of work.
03:18And what you hope is all of those body blows throughout
03:21can lead to a knock-out punch like that.
03:26First and ten from the 43.
03:31Tight end going in motion here.
03:37Going to the ground again on first.
03:39And he stuck with him, but this one heads the wrong way.
03:41He winds up losing yards.
03:43If he stops, they don't always make the end-of-game highlight reels,
03:46but they absolutely should.
03:48The coaches and players know it.
03:49Offenses are always counting on yards on that type of run.
03:52And any time it results in a loss,
03:54it could be a potential drive killer.
03:56All right, here we go.
03:58Second down.
04:04Back to throw.
04:05Shot.
04:08Dumped off to his running back.
04:10That is exactly why he rallied to the football.
04:12He got to move one tackle, but the next guy gets him for a loss.
04:16He specializes in salvaging broken plays out of the backfield,
04:19but even he couldn't get anything out of that one, Kate.
04:22That defense, they were all over it.
04:26Lost a bunch on that completed pass,
04:29and they're going to need a far better completion here.
04:31Third and long.
04:35Shuck.
04:38That's complete to Vele.
04:40Vele's going to be brought down well short of the neighborhood around first down marker,
04:43so give him about six on that play.
04:45And now it's fourth down.
04:47You know, I like the completion.
04:49You never turn down a completion.
04:51That's just not the right throw to make in that spot to move the chains.
04:56They'll bring out the punter here.
04:58And he'll try to hit this one well.
05:06Now this one, not much of a chance of it staying in the field to play.
05:09They'll mark it out as a 13-yard line.
05:11The Falcons are running back with John Robinson, getting sent to begin another drive.
05:16And last drive left them in a little bit of limbo, Brock.
05:19They were happy to leave with points, obviously,
05:20but not happy that they had to settle for a field goal instead of a touchdown.
05:24Coaches love to say, on offense, let every drive end in a kick.
05:28The bronze medal's a punt, silver medal's a field goal,
05:31and now they're going to be striving for that PAT, the gold medal.
05:35First call here coming from the shotgun.
05:41And it begins here with Robinson.
05:43And he powers through the middle for a game of four.
05:46That is simply a stay-on-schedule kind of run.
05:49Nothing more, nothing less, just right on schedule.
05:52It's now second and six at the 17-yard line.
05:59Four yards on that first down run.
06:02Here's second and six.
06:08On play action, here's Tungabai Long.
06:11Pressured, and he's not going to be able to escape this one.
06:14He's brought down after the seven.
06:16That means it is now third and 16 to go.
06:19That is some serious defensive urgency that really does, Kate,
06:22match the situation we're in.
06:23This is a one-score game.
06:25Even though they have gotten after this quarterback all game long,
06:28they know they can't let up now.
06:36Defense mirroring a stop, and they need to hold once more here on third down.
06:43Back to throw.
06:44Here's Tungabai Long.
06:46He's going for it himself.
06:49So third and 16, no problem for it as they get the first.
06:53You know, these are the type of plays that really get an offense going.
06:57This is a chance for QB to inspire the guys around him.
07:00Calling his own number, carrying his teammates to a first down on that big run.
07:04That inflates an offense, and it can suck the wind out of that defense.
07:12All right, they look set now.
07:14Here we go, first and tap.
07:19Putting a receiver in motion.
07:22Oh, he taps it quick for the receiver coming across here.
07:26They're going to pick up 12 yards on to Flaybrock.
07:28That's going to set them up with a first down.
07:51Shotgun snap, a gift to Robinson.
07:53Escapes the defender.
07:54The stop is made.
07:55First down coming up.
07:57It's a gain of 11.
07:57Well, they sold it like it was a pass.
08:00And by they, I mean everybody involved at the line of scrimmage.
08:03Pre-tied by that O-line.
08:05The quarterback, everyone making it look like a pass.
08:08And then a huge burst from a chunk run.
08:10They've got three timeouts and the two-minute warning left for them.
08:13We've got first and ten.
08:18Staying with Robinson.
08:20He's going to be taken down here.
08:21Did not before the play gets in 12 big yards.
08:24And a first down.
08:25Julian Blackness on the tackle.
08:27A gain of 12.
08:29So that brings us to the two-minute warning in New Orleans.
08:32Falcons trailing by five.
08:36New set of downs for him.
08:38Starts at the 38.
08:44Now tumbled by Loa to throw.
08:48There goes that man again.
08:49But a defender on time this time.
08:52Hit forces the football out.
08:53Incompletes.
08:54We've got second down.
08:55But that incompletion does one thing, Kate.
08:57Gives everybody a chance to take a little breath really on both sides.
09:00And offensively in that huddle, I'm reminding my guys.
09:03Play fast, but not in a hurry.
09:04Play fast, but never rush.
09:06After the incompletion.
09:08Still at the 38.
09:09It's second and ten.
09:13And he is to throw.
09:16We'll get it complete to Brian Robinson Jr.
09:18And this is near the first down, but they need one more yard now to get it.
09:22Third down at the 29.
09:24The Falcons spend the first of their three timeouts.
09:27And they still have two available for them as we approach the end of this game.
09:30And they still have two.