NFL Week 5/NLCS Game 1/ALCS Game 2 Live Blog

Game 1: Cardinals vs. Brewers 4:00 (TBS - Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, and John Smoltz, SR: Craig Sager)

Game 2: Tigers vs. Rangers 7:00 (Fox - Joe Buck and Terry Francona, SR: Ken Rosenthal)

NFL Week 5 Schedule

It has been a less than ideal start for the Eagles defense and now they are facing the Buffalo Bills, a.k.a. the toughest offense they have seen thus far this season.  Seriously.  The Bills.  Yeah. (all times ET; games I get are in bold)

Map of who gets what Sunday afternoon games

Fox games

Seattle Seahawks vs. New York Giants  1:00 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Troy Aikman, SR: Pam Oliver)
Philadelphia Eagles vs. Buffalo Bills  1:00 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Brian Billick, SR: Laura Okmin)
New Orleans Saints vs. Carolina Panthers  1:00 (Fox - Dick Stockton and John Lynch)
Arizona Cardinals vs. Minnesota Vikings  1:00 (Fox - Chris Myers and Tim Ryan)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. San Francisco 49ers  4:05 (Fox - Kenny Albert and Daryl Johnson, SA: Tony Siragusa)

CBS early games

Tennessee Titans vs. Pittsburgh Steelers  1:00 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Oakland Raiders vs. Houston Texans  1:00 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts)
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Indianapolis Colts  1:00 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Jacksonville Jaguars  1:00 (CBS - Bill Macatee and Steve Tasker)

America's Game Of The Week and CBS late games

New York Jets vs. New England Patriots  4:15 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
San Diego Chargers vs. Denver Broncos  4:15 (CBS - Marv Albert and Rich Gannon)

Sunday Night Football

Green Bay Packers vs. Atlanta Falcons  8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, SR: Michele Tafoya)

Monday Night Football

Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions  8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden, SR: Suzy Kolber)

Possible Landing Point For Vick In 2010: Buffalo

Look, I love Michael Vick and am really glad he ended up in Philadelphia, but at the same time, he has been sparsely used; only twice in last night's loss to Dallas (see the comments section in the live blog for my thoughts on that one), so the odds that the Eagles pick up his $5.2M option are looking quite small at this point. So where does he end up? Well, Tony Dungy has not been shy in thinking that Michael Vick is a future Buffalo Bill. From Yahoo! Sports

Tony Dungy says Michael Vick(notes) could potentially wind up in Buffalo, which he says previously discussed signing the quarterback.

Dungy has served as an adviser to Vick since the Super Bowl-winning coach retired from the Colts after last season. Now a commentator for NBC, Dungy confirmed during the pregame show Sunday night before Philadelphia hosted Dallas that the Bills and Vick “talked originally” when Vick was searching for a team after serving 18 months in federal prison for running a dogfighting ring.

The Eagles signed Vick to a $1.6 million contract for 2009, with a team option for the second year at $5.2 million. But he has played sparingly.

“I told Michael to just worry about this year,” Dungy said. “It’s technically up to Philadelphia. If they want him back, he has to stay there. If they don’t, there are some teams looking for quarterbacks: Cleveland, St. Louis and Washington.

“But I think a dark horse is Buffalo. They talked originally. There was some communication there. I think that could be a good spot.”

Vick has not been the weapon for the Eagles some expected and he was in for only two plays in their 20-16 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night. Vick said his focus is on helping the Eagles win a Super Bowl and not where he’ll play next year.

“It’s what I thought it would be,” Vick said. “I knew I couldn’t come in and do anything that would disrupt the rhythm of the offense and what we had going on here. I knew I was going to have to be patient.”

Bills starter Trent Edwards(notes) struggled this season before sustaining a concussion. Ryan Fitzpatrick(notes), a career backup, has been the starter with Edwards out of the lineup.

Vick didn’t want to talk about potential teams for the 2010 season.

“Me and Tony talked about my position in the future, whether I’m here or whether I’m there,” Vick said. “We talked about it, but the primary goal is to help this team win the Super Bowl.”

Vick has completed 2 of 6 passes for 6 yards and rushed 12 times for 27 yards, mostly out of the wildcat formation.

It's good to see Vick's head is in the right place here in Philadelphia and is not looking too forward to 2010. With all of the press in Philadelphia and the performance of Kolb in his two starts, things might be for the better if Vick is with another team next year to avoid the QB controversy, but at the same time, I am really glad that Vick got to be in Philly for a season. Even though we are yet to see him play for any extended meaningful playing time, and whether or not Vick will ever admit this, I do not think he could have come right back in the league and start for a crappy team, it would have had disaster written all over it. I do hope that he sees a little more playing time out of the wildcat and I would really like to see Vick get his first touchdown, either passing or running (or even catching in a gadget) in Philly, but at the same time, at this point, I can't see the Eagles picking up a $5.2M option for how infrequently they are using him.

Week 1 Monday Night Choke Job Part 1

I'd add commentary, but it's 1:49 AM and I'm practically dead. So just enjoy the last 3 minutes of the Bills-Pats game and I'll try to get something up tomorrow morning for the 2nd MNF choke job (a.k.a. Raiders-Chargers).



The Bills just find new ways to lose Monday Night Football games and break my heart in the process. First Dallas, now New England (both by a score of 25-24, mind you), could they at least play the Eagles or San Diego, or another team I decently like/respect and choke to them. When he left the Eagles, I never thought I would openly cheer for T.O. again when the game had no impact on the Eagles. Well, I was wrong, and look what happened.

2009 NFL Preview: Toronto Buffalo Bills

By JFein:

Poor 49er16. It seems like I get all the good ones. Or I guess, I better re-phrase it, I get to re-discuss the teams that the media will never shut up about. On second thought, that would more or less be poor me, wouldn't it?

Anyways, the Buffalo Bills enter this year with a major new acquistion. His name: Terrell Owens. His game: sabotage the team as much as possible. Will he be enough for the Bills to overcome the AFC East or will he screw around with Buffalo just like he did in San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Dallas?

T.O. Gets A T.O. From The Media: From T.O.'s perspective, there is one good thing about being Buffalo. It is a small media market and he does not have reporters following him around everywhere and his minor blow-ups or what not are not as big a story as they would be in the larger sports markets such as his last 3 teams. But T.O. seems to like the spotlight, and in Buffalo, there may not be a lot of that. That being said, with the exception of a year and a half in Philly, we have not seen a whole lot of T.O. in extreme cold so it will be interesting to see how he adapts to Buffalo.

Is Trent Edwards Nothing More Than J.P. Losman Version 2.0? Trent Edwards has been inconsistent at best for the Buffalo Bills. At times he has looked like a decent QB, but other times, er, make that most times, he seems to just be a Losman clone. But now he has something that he has never had before: Terrell Owens. Will that help Edwards or will the constant pressure that T.O. puts on a QB when he does not get 10 catches and 150 yards each game be too much for him to put up with and will he subsequently crumble right before our very eyes? One thing is for sure, if Edwards stinks up the joint, don't expect T.O. to claim that that is his QB. It would be too embarrassing.

Schedule: The Bills, if they can muster it, actually have a pretty decent schedule that will work to their advantage. Sure they have a few tough games such as 2 against the Pats and the Colts and the rest of the AFC South, but they get a gift in that they face the NFC South, which aside from Atlanta, I expect to have a down year. Their other 2 games are Kansas City and Cleveland, which if they are going to contend at all this year, should be easy to deal with. Hey, wait a minute. Buffalo vs. Cleveland has a warm spot in this blogger's heart, as that was the first live blog ever done on this blog. Good times....gooooooood times. Even though I had no idea exactly what I was doing then (some might say that that part has not changed).

Video: The last time the Bills were in the playoffs (yes, it was this long ago).



Prediction: 8-8/3rd place AFC East. I feel like I'm being generous for some reason. I do not get the feeling that this is a team that can legitimately contend for the playoffs, but then again, given their schedule, 8-8 is definitley a doable record, and who knows, maybe they can squeak by. I doubt it, though. I know I'm foreshadowing a bit here, but in my view, the AFC East is not the best division this year (as some say they might be). Instead, that division is the AFC Souch and going back to the Bills and their playoff chances, do not be surprised if we see 2 wildcard teams from that division.

Breaking Down The Music City Miracle

It's somewhat late at night and I'm bored, so I figured why not prove the point that I made in my GMIS post below this. Even if it means reviving a 8.5 year old controversy. Like I in the below post, that is unequivically, without a doubt a lateral. And by the end of this post, you will feel the exact same way, regardless of your view beforehand. The position of the players creates an illusion of a forward pass but if you focus on the ball and/or Frank Wycheck's arm (screenshots of both later) you will see why I am so certain about this. First off, though, in case you did not see the video below or you just want to see it again without scrolling down, here is the original broadcast of that play and the subsequent official review with Mike Patrick, Joe Theismann, and Paul Maguire on the call.



Now let's start breaking it down.

From the most straightaway, clear cut angle there is, here is Frank Wycheck at the time of the pass with the ball circled only to make it stand out clearer with the somewhat blurry image.

Okay. Now know I say focus on the ball, but that's when watching it live. Now let's look at Wycheck. His right foot i along the side closest to his own endzone and it is literally all but touching that line. His right arm is partly stretched out. Wycheck is 6'3" tall so he is an above average guy. And while his arm is not fully stretched out, there can be little doubt that that ball is more than a foot across that 25-yard line. But you are just being judgmental, there, though, JFein, you can't say that for sure. Yes, yes, I know. I'm just trying to provide narration for the images which will soon speak for themselves. Now let's take a look at Dyson when he catches the ball.

Also realize that this is before Dyson catches the ball so it still has a bit of movement to do. But look at where the ball is. It is almost right along the 25 yard line or not quite. But if you look at it, compare the distance that that ball is now to Wycheck. Is it humanly possible for Wycheck to have that ball outstretched only by what has to be 1 feet? Compare the images again. I'm not saying it was a lateral by much, but it definitley was a lateral and you can damn sure say that it was not a forward pass. A lateral does not have to be backwards necessarily. If the ball travels in an absolute straight line from Point A to Point B, that is a lateral, and in turn, a legal play in the NFL. So the question is not necessarily did the ball travel backwards, but did the ball travel forwards? And I think you can say by looking at those images alone that that ball did not go forward. Joe Theismann said it best, it's where the ball is to where the ball goes that determines whether or not it's a forward pass or a lateral. That's the key rule. How on earth can anyone say by looking at those images that that ball moved forward (forward being on the left hand side). It just is not there.

And as if that was not enough, I'll give this whole argument one more dagger: Frank Wycheck's right arm. You have where it started above, but look at where it ends up.

His right arm is across his body! How can that be if he threw that ball forwards?? It is a physical impossibility! The only explanation to how the arm he threw that pass with, his right arm, ends up across his body in that quick a time from when he let go of the ball to that picture, is if it was already going in that direction. And how would it already be going in that direction? That could only be if he threw the ball in a straight line or backwards! There is no other explanation needed. Look at the video again and look at Wycheck's arm. His arm is moving across his body the whole time!!!! And the direction of across his body is in the direction of a lateral!!! To those still not convinced that it was a lateral, answer this question in the comments section: How can Wycheck throw the ball one way if his arm is moving in the complete opposite direction??? Because by suggesting that it is a forward pass, that is exactly what you are suggesting. Looking at Dyson will only throw you off. It's the ball's trajectory and a close look at Wycheck's arm that gives you the answer of what really happened. And the answer is without a shadow of a doubt a legal play.

The Eagles Have Finally Made A Big Off-Season Move

Emphasis on the word big because breaking this afternoon is that the Philadelphia Eagles have traded their #28 overall 1st round draft pick, a 4th round pick in this year's draft, a late-round pick in next year's draft to the Buffalo Bills for offensive tackle Jason Peters! Yep, you read right. Jason Peters is now an Eagle! Via CSN Philly

A team source has told CSN's Derrick Gunn that the Eagles have sent three picks to Buffalo for Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters. The deal is contingent upon the Eagles' working out a new contract with Peters, who is in Philadelphia.

The Eagles would give Buffalo the 28th pick and a fourth-round pick in this year's draft and a late pick in next year's draft.

The 27-year-old Peters (6-4/340) has made the Pro Bowl each of the last two seasons. Dissatisfied with his contract – he is scheduled to make a base salary of $3.8 million this season – he held out of training camp last year and had a sub-par season.

A five-year veteran, Peters joined the Bills in 2004 as an undrafted rookie – and a tight end at that – out of Arkansas. In three seasons with the Razorbacks (he left after his junior year), he had 28 receptions for 300 yards and four touchdowns.

Buffalo spent the beginning of his rookie season on the Bills' practice squad before being promoted to the active roster in November. In 2005, he caught a touchdown pass in the opener against Houston before becoming the starting right tackle in Week 9. Peters moved to left tackle the following season.

YES!!!! YIPPEE!!!! WHOOHOO!!!! B-E-A-UTIFUL!!!! GREAT MOVE BY THE EAGLES!!

It's simple, the Eagles were no doubt going to use one of their draft picks on an offensive linemen so instead of risking drafting Winston Justice Version 2.0, they now have used that pick to get a proven Pro Bowl veteran. Pus, the Eagles still have their #21 overall pick and now that one will most definitley go towards drafting a skill position player. Essentially, this is a direct replacement of the departed Tra Thomas and a replacement that I could not be happier with.

Open thread tonight guys, we've got Flyers-Pens Game 2 plus the Devils taking on the Hurricanes and the Canucks doing battle once again with the St. Louis Blues. See you guys tonight!

Terrell Owens Is Going To The AFC East! (And No, It's Not Where You Think)

Despite all that is going on around the college basketball circuit, I think the most surprising headline of the day goes to the NFL. I figured that it would be awhile for teams to sign T.O., but alas, that was not the case. Just mere days after being released, Terrell Owens has found a new home. Yes, he is going to the AFC East. No, he is not going to Newo N England. He is going to New York. Upstate New York, that is. Yep, you guessed it, Terrell Owens has signed with the Buffalo Bills! From NFL.com

The Buffalo Bills and free agent wide receiver Terrell Owens have reached agreement on a one-year, $6.5 million contract. There will be a press conference at 6:15 p.m. ET at the team’s headquarters.

Um, wow...? Where to start with this one? First of all, Buffalo does not seem like a good fit for T.O. T.O. seems to thrive (and is used to) teams that have stability at the quarterback position. The Bills do not quite have that. It's been an on-going battle between him and J.P. Losman. However, as opposed to who is the better player, the competition has been more along the lines of who can get injured more and/or who can throw away more games. Also T.O. loves the big sports media markets. Look at where he has been. San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Dallas...all major sports markets. And now Buffalo? The team that plays 1 game a year in Canada? Buffalo? T.O. went to Buffalo?

Second of all, this now means that twice a year we are going to have the epic battle of Randy Moss vs. Terrell Owens shoved down our throats. ESPN overkill....HELLO! I may just intentionally avoid The Leader the 4 weeks before and the 4 weeks after both of those games.

Third of all, it's a 1-year deal so that means that surely we're going to have more T.O. controversy at the end of this year and the start of next year. And hold on....T.O. actually agreed to a 1-year deal???? With a team that did not make the playoffs last year???

Well, on the plus side of things, at least he is out of the Eagles' schedule...

Monday Night Football Live Blog Cleveland @ Buffalo, 2nd Half

Those were some scary results I got when I googled Brady Quinn. No wonder Dr. Kornheiser has a man crush on him.

The second half is set to get under way with the Browns leading the Bills 13-10 in a game that's gone from dull to mildly interesting between 1st and 2nd quarters.

"Instead of the fastest 3-minutes, we had the slowest 4 hours." - Chris Berman on the Eagles-Bengals game. It's nice to see he's taking after Dan Patrick and recycling his material. He used that line on the Blitz.

Here's Cribbs on the kickoff return and he takes it to the 25. 1st down and 10 and on comes Brady Quinn.

"Michelle lost her hat from the teams at 20 report, it must be warming up down there." - MIke Tirico

Lewis picks up 3 on 1st down and 2nd down sees Lewis pick up a couple. 3rd down for the Browns. Brian Scott falls down leaving Winslow wide open for the first down and then some, but alas, there was a reason he was so wide open, and that was offensive pass interference. 3rd and 16 now for Cleveland. Quinn under pressure....incomplete. 4th down and that's a hugh 3 and out for the Bills.

Stop talking about the weather!!! It was 15 degrees in Seattle in 2006 but I didn't b***h about it! (Via SSR)

Did you hear Joe Buck during Game 5 part 1 of the World Series? Believe me, compared to that these guys are singing in the cold.

"Very cold night here in Buffalo, it feels like it's in the high teens with the windchill here." - Mike Tirico

Then again SSR, maybe you do have more of a point after all. 1st down from the 39 after the Zastudil punt is a run from Lynch who picks up 4. Injury timeout as Shaun Smith is injured.

Not one mention of penetration from Jaws tonight. (Via SSR)

There wasn't a mention of that last week earlier. Maybe a certain part of Jaws stopped penetrating...

2nd and 6 and Edwards swings it to Lynch who gains 3. 3rd and 3 and Edwards drops back, goes deep, and it's caught by Steve Johnson for 21 yards to the Browns 33! 1st down and a gain of 4. 2nd down and THE BALL'S OUT AND IT'S RECOVERED BY THE BROWNS!

"Down the middle, he finds Johnson." - Ron Jaworski (Via SSR)

Coupled that with Dr. Kornheiser's talk about how he likes boys, and these guys really should get a room together with a tape of Brady Quinn porn playing.

1st down and Quinn gives to Lewis who takes it across the 40 to the 42 for a gain of 5. 2nd and 6 and Brady Quinn scrambles for a gain of 8. 1st down Browns and Quinn passes to Edwards for 5. 2nd down is called back for an illegal formation and it's now 2nd and 10 and the pass is deflected. 3rd down and 10 and the Bills call a timeout.

"Rivalry week. Say that when it's 15 degrees outside." - Mike Tirico

3rd and 10 and Quinn from the gun goes deep for Edwards and it's CAUGHT AT THE 27! 1st down Browns. Lewis gets a couple on the carry. 2nd and 8 and Brady Quinn is sacked! And is it all about penetration?....No! Still no mention of it. 3rd and 17 from the BUF 34. Quinn's pass picks up 8 and on will come Phil Dawson to attempt a 43-yard field goal into the wind. It's up....and IT'S GOOD! 16-10 Browns.

Jackson picks up the kickoff and takes it to 42. 1st and 10 and Edwards passes to Lynch into the backfield and he gets a yard. We're reminded of the Music City Miracle. And yes, Bills fans, that was a lateral. 2nd and 9 Edwards scrambles and gets belted at midfield. Offsetting penalties will mean that that never happened. 2nd and 9 again. Edwards throws it away to the rich guy with the front row seat at midfield.

"Is there such a thing as too much time back there?" - Dr. Kornheiser

3rd and 9 and Edwards to Lynch who picks up a 1st down. Caught it out of the backfield and ran all the way to the marker and then some.

"He's saving his quarterback's bacon here tonight." - Mike Tirico

Bacon? 1st down picks up 7. 2nd and 3 and Jackson gets another Buffalo 1st down. 1st down and Edwards fires incomplete. 2nd down and Lynch with a good run for a first down.

"That's how you hit the hole!" - Ron Jaworski

"You don't get holes in the NFL, you get little cracks." - Ron Jaworski
"That was a little crack? I could have driven my bus through that, Jaws!" - Dr. Kornheiser

What a fantasbulous catched by Mercedes Lynch for the first down, he has the legs of a tarantusaur. - Emmitt Smith

Emmitt! Welcome to the blog! It's great to have a star like you here.

1st and 2nd down gives us Jackson runs of 6 and 2, respectively. 3rd and 2 and Lynch goes backwards and on will come Rian Lindell to add to tonight's field goal fest.

Lindell from 31-yards out...BANG! IT'S GOOD! 16-13 Browns

Cribbs takes the kickoff to the 17 as Mike Tirico tells us that no team in NFL history has blown 3 straight 13-point leads. Ravens, Broncos, and now the Bills? We shall see. Oh, by the way, nice gloves Doc!

1st and 10 for the Browns. Quinn fires to Edwards for another 1st down.

That's the end of the 3rd quarter with the score, Browns 16, Bills 13

"Romeo has had 3 soap operas bubble up on him in the last few weeks". - Dr. Kornheiser (Via Mal)

Jerome Harrison takes the hand off AND HE BREAKS FREE AND NO ONE IS GOING TO COME CLOSE TO CATCHING HIM AS HE TAKES IT INTO THE ENDZONE! TOUCHDOWN BROWNS! The PAT makes it 23-13 Browns

This one maybe over, but wait...

McKelvin on the kickoff return AND HE BREAKS FREE, HAS THE KICKER TO BEAT, HE WHIFFS! LEODIS MCKELVIN WILL GO ALL THE WAY INTO THE ENDZONE! TOUCHDOWN BILLS! The PAT makes it 23-20 Browns and this one ain't over yet, folks!

And here's Cribbs on the return and he can break 'em as well. A high kick backfires and the kick is out of bounds. Browns ball at the 43 as that's where it went out.

"I wonder what Shaun Rogers gets up to?" - Dr. Kornheiser after they showed the speed of McKelvin and Tirico announced the speed of Harrison on their respective runs.
".1" - Ron Jaworski

1st down and Quinn fires incomplete. 2nd and 10 and Harrison bounces to the outside ann picks up a first down and a tough late hit will be called as Harrison got bounced over to the bench. Add 15 to that one. It's amazing how momentum can draw penalties. Quinn fires deep to Edwards and it's incomplete as Edwards got his feet tangled.

Lewis takes for 3 on 2nd down. 3rd down and Quinn fires for Harriso who MAKES THE CATCH at the 9. 1st and goal and Lewis picks up 4. 2nd and goal and Quinn overthrows everyone out of the endzone. 3rd and goal...

...Quinn throws it out of the endzone again! Goalline stand for the Bills as we will see Phil Dawson come in to attempt a 22-yarder. Dawson drills it and...IT'S GOOD! 26-20 Browns

Kickoff taken to the BUF 42 and on 1st down Lynch busts one into Cleveland territory at the 44 for a first down. 1st and 10 and Lynch gains 3. 2nd and 7 and Edwards throws it to Lynch for the first down at the CLE 30. Here come the Bills!

No gain on 1st down as we find out that no Stanford QB has ever thrown a TD to a Cal player. Holding on 2nd down and that will make it 2nd and 19 now. Edwards gonna throw and it's incomplete intended for Robert Royle, the tight end. 3rd and 19. Edwards short to Lynch and he goes backwards and that may have just knocked them out of field goal range. Nice to see Dick Jauron channeling Andy Reid.

The punt is fair caught at the 17 by Cribbs.

"Donovan McNabb thinks every game is the Super Bowl, he just wants to keep playing." - Mike Tirico

Lewis gets 3 on the 1st down carry. On 2nd and 7, Quinn just launches one straight up into the air and IT'S PICKED OFF BY KO SIMPSON! But this one is going to be challenged and it does not look good for the Bills.

"You can't bank challenges from game to game." - Mike Tirico on the Browns not challenging until now.
"Really? It's not like roll-minutes?" - Dr. Kornheiser

The play is overturned and the Browns regain possession. 3rd and 7 and Quinn finds Kellen Winslow for the first down. 1st and 10 and Lewis picks up 3. 2nd and 7 and Quinn fires deep...Incomplete. 3rd and 7. Quinn from the gun passes and it's dropped by Braylon Edwards! There's another drop, Shutupkornholer.

Parrish takes the punt return to the outside and into Browns territory! 1st and 10 and Lynch pucks up 3 to the Browns 45. 2nd and 7 and Steve Johnson makes the catch for the 1st down at the 35. 1st and 10 and Edwards hands to Lynch who gets 7 there. And the Bills are circling that ol' wagon that Berman loves to talk about.

2nd and 3 and they give it to Lynch who BOUNCES OFF OF ROGERS! TO THE OUTSIDE, LYNCH REACHES FOR THE GOALLINE AND HE'S JUST SHORT! 1st and goal from the 1!

Edwards....QUARTERBACK SNEAK.....TOUCHDOWN BILLS! THIS GAME IS TIED! Lindell to give the Bills the lead on the PAT...IT'S GOOD! 27-26 Bills!

Has this game seemed to go on forever? Or does it just seem that way because it's so cold?? (Via Mal)

It's the cold. And yes, Andy Reid wonders how the Bills do it.

Cribbs takes the kickoff to the 30. 1st and 10 and Quinn finds Edwards for 12 to the 44. 1st and 10 is incomplete. 2nd down and 10 and QUINN FINDS WINSLOW FOR 16 YARDS AT THE BUFFALO 40!

He did it at Notre Dame? You mean almost beat USC in 2005 and get blown out by LSU, Ohio State and every other good team? (Via Walnuts)

Exactly.

2-minute warning and this one's ending in bold, again, folks.

Quinn throws on 1st down and it's NEARLY INTERCEPTED BY MCKELVIN! 2nd down is incomplete. 3rd down and that pass is batted....and incomplete!

And here comes Dawson for a 56-yard field goal to give the Browns the lead. IT'S LONG ENOUGH....IT'S STRAIGHT ENOUGH....IT'S GOOD! BROWNS TAKE THE LEAD 29-27

"That one was stroked beautifully." - Jaws with the late double entendre

Jackson on the kickoff return and he takes it to the 44.

"Unlike last week, I have not declared this game over." - Dr. Kornheiser

Edwards passes it to Royal and the Bills are at the Browns 35!

Lynch gets a couple on 1st down and the Browns call timeout in hopes that they might get the ball back. Boring start, but this is getting crazy!

Lynch gets another 2 yards up the middle and it's now 3rd and 6 as the Browns call another timeout. 3rd and 6 and Lynch to the outside and he gets 2 yards again and we'll be seeing a 47-yarder against the wind.

A 47-YARDER FROM LINDELL IS UP......NO GOOD!!!! WIDE RIGHT! AND THAT'S IT! THE BROWNS WILL ESCAPE BUFFALO WITH THE WIN!

And an eerily similar finish to that ill-fated Super Bowl. 47-yards. Wide right.

Quinn takes a knee and that puts a capper on this one, 29-27 the Browns over the Bills.

Thanks everyone for joining me for my first live-blog on my new blog. Good night and good luck. I will be live-blogging the Eagles-Ravens game Sunday afternoon, if you get the game, I hope that you will join me once again.

Monday Night Football Live Blog Cleveland @ Buffalo, 1st Half

All right folks. Yes, this has nothing to do with the Eagles and/or Andy Reid but Papa Bear AA can't make the live-blog tonight at Awful Announcing so we're having it here instead. This live blog will be run AA style. The comment section is yours to chime in and leave quotes. We'll get under way at 8:30 when our boys Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Dr. Tony Kornheiser (no, he's not really a doctor, he just likes to play one in the booth when players are injured) hit the air. See you then!

"Bills will beat the Browns...loser of this game is done anyway as far as playoffs go." (SSR)

With the way the Bills have looked in their division, I can't say I disagree.

"Feels like it's in the low 20s....and that's just fine with these folks." - Mike Tirico

"Anderson's quarterback rating was so low, if it was his body temperature, he'd be dead." - Dr. Kornheiser

The same can be said for most quarterbacks in the NFL. Very few have a rating of 98.6

Kickoff taken to the 44. 1st and 10 and Edward's pass is PICKED OFF BY WIMBLEY! Not a good start for Buffalo.

1st down and Quinn fires incomplete. 2nd and 10 and Lewis carries for 4. 3rd and 6 from the CLE 47 and that's incomplete. The Browns do nothing with the turnover and they'll punt it away. The fair catch was muffed but Jackson got it back. Edwards will try it again. 1st and 10....

Edwards hands off to Marshawn Lynch who gains a whopping 1 yard. 2nd and 9 and Edwards finds Roscoe Parrish for a gain of 21. 1st and 10 from the BUF 39 and Edwards gets back to the line of scrimmage on the scramble.

"Hey, another zero APR ad that IS NOT annoying. How about that, Toyota?" (Via Yet another idiot with a music blog.)

How about that?

EDWARDS IS PICKED OFF AGAIN! This time by Andra Davis and he takes it to the into Buffalo territory!

"Well, Romo throws 5 INT's last year and wins against Buffalo, maybe the roles are reversed in Buffalo's favor?" (Via SSR)

And Brady Quinn on the bootleg picks up 12.

"A lot of green grass in front of him." - Jaws

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Ralph field turf. 1st down and Quinn finds his full back, Ali over the middle for the 1st down. From the 25, the handoff is to Jamal Lewis who only gets a couple. 2nd and 8 and Quinn goes to deep for Edwards and...It's dropped!

"Brady Quinn looks like he's born to do this." - Dr. Kornheiser fawning over his man crush.

3rd and 8 following the timeout. Quinn to throw and it's broken up by Scott. And on comes Phil Dawson will come on to attempt a 40-yarder. It's up...and IT'S GOOD! 3-0 Browns.

Packers and Saints next week on Monday Night Football. That should be a good one. Here's Phil Dawson and his kick is a touchback.

Lynch takes it up the middle for 7 on 1st down. 2nd down and 3 and Lynch bounces it to the outside and picks up the first. Lynch is absolutely eaten up on first down by Shaun Rogers and that guy flat out scares me. 2nd and 11 and Edwards to Lynch for 3.

"Oh god, Packers/Saints next week? Favre-mania is back next week on Kornheiser Central." (Via SSR)

Yay! 3rd and 7 and Edwards dumps it off to Lynch in the backfield and it goes nowhere. And here's everyone favorite religious punter, Brian Moorman who kicks it to the fair-catching Josh Cribbs at the CLE 26.

"We'll have our eyes focused on Brady Quinn when the Browns take the field next." - Mike Tirico

Dr. Kornheiser can't take his eyes of Brady. Not you too Mike! We can't lose you!

That may have been the grossest fan shot I have ever seen on so many levels. 1st down picks up 8 and on 2nd and 2 Quinn hands to Lewis who goes nowhere and it's 3rd and 2. Quinn faces the pressure and Quinn is forced to throw it incomplete.

Parrish is deep to receive the punt and it's downed at the 1. Did that touch Parrish? Apparently not. Edwards hands it to Lynch and he's "pinballed" to the 4. 2nd and 7 and Lynch takes it for about 4. 3rd and 3 and the Bills are finally realizing that the key to winning most games is establishing a ground game. Something that's foreign to Andy Reid. Timeout Buffalo who barely avoid a delay of game.

EDWARDS IS PICKED AGAIN!!! FOR THE 3RD TIME IN THE 1ST QUARTER!

"Trent Edwards, he's a fairly bright guy he's been terrible thus far." - Dr. Kornheiser

Ex-Eagle Dante Stallworth goes backwards on 1st down and loses 4. 2nd 14 from the BUF 16. Quinn's pass is incomplete intended for Edwards. 3rd and long. Quinn goes toward the endzone and it hits the back of Brian Scott. Incomplete and on will come Phil Dawson. From 33 yards out...IT'S GOOD! 6-0 Browns.

"Trent needs a Priceless Pep Talk." (Via SSR)

Sadly, Peyton Manning is not here. Actually, that's a good thing. Nice kickoff return to the 49. 1st down and 10 goes not get a lot. 2nd and 8. Edwards hands to Lynch who gets 5. 3rd and 3 coming up. And it's dropped by Steve Johnson! Wow, talk about not helping a struggling QB.

I just realized that my attemps to bold on the Dawson field goals have not gone bold. Does anyone else see bold there?

"It can't be the cold weather because both teams are used to playing in cold weather." - Dr. Kornheiser forgetting about the warmer fall.

1st down goes for a couple. 2nd down goes for another couple and this could not have been a more boring quarter.

6-0 Browns after 1

3rd down and we have an illegal contact call that gives the Browns a 1st down. Lewis gains a yard and a half. Quinn to Winslow for a pickup of 13 and Tirico isn't lying when he's saying that was the best pitch and catch of the night. 1st down and Quinn fires to Edwards who actually brings the ball in! Gain of 19 and a 1st down at the CLE 49. Lewis picks up a measly yard on 1st down and from midfield Quinn goes over the middle for Edwards who makes another catch! 1st down at the 32.

"the players aren't dropping everything because the defenders have caught a few". - Dr. Kornheiser (Via Mal)

"You have to catch the ball with your hands." - Captain Obvious Ron Jaworski

2nd and 6 and Lewis to the outside and he's shoved out of bounds at the 2!

Did Dr. Kornheiser just annoint the Browns the sexiest team in the league?

Timeout Buffalo.

1st and goal and Cribbs takes the ball and he goes into the ENDZONE! TOUCHDOWN BROWNS! The PAT is good and the Browns lead the Bills 13-0.

Short kick and Jackson takes it all the way to the BUF 40. The Bills have good field position, so they have that going for them. 1st and 10 and Marshawn Lynch gets a couple on the wildcat. Edwards goes to Lynch out of the backfield and he picks up 4. 3rd down and Fred Jackson picks up a 1st down into Browns territory at the 34.

1st down and Edwards hands to Jackson who takes it all the way to the 17! Here come the Bills! 1st down and this time Jackson gets taken down in the backfield.

Here's Lynch weaving his way through the Browns defense INTO THE ENDZONE! TOUCHDOWN BILLS! The PAT is good and it's now 13-7 Browns.

"2 touchdown drives after a hard to watch first quarter has made this game interesting." - Mike Tirico telling it like it is.

The kickoff is taken for a touchback.

"He's a great looking kid." - Dr. Kornheiser on his man crush, Brady Quinn

1st down goes for a loss. 2nd down and the pass is caught by Edwards and it's now 3rd and 6 for the Browns. Quinn fires over the middle and he overshoots everyone. 3 and out for the Browns and momentum is with Buffalo now.

"He's gotta take that tight end down the middle." - Jaws giving us a lovely visual.

Edwards fires one deep and the Bills have the ball at midfield. 1st down and Lynch gains 8. 2nd down and 2 and Jackson through the middle gets another big gain.

"Brady Quinn wanted to play in Cleveland. If he ends up very good, he could be the governor of Ohio". - Dr. Kornheiser (via Mal).

Why would he want to set up Brady where he would undoubtally be involved in a sex scandal with Dr. Kornheiser?

Apparently I fell behind and NFL Gamecenter is not working for me. 2nd and 3 from the 27 and Edwards hands it off to Lynch who gets bottled up at the line of scrimmage.

Jackson out of the wildcat on 3rd down and he fights his way for a 1st down. What an effort! 1st and 10 from the 22 and it's deflected by Thomas and incomplete. 2nd down and Marshawn Lynch makes a diving catch, gets back up and gets all the way to the marker. 1st down Bills from the 12 with 31 seconds left. Edwards, scrambling and he gets to the 8.

"We've seen some poor clock management this year in the NFL." - Jaws

*cough*cough*Eagles

Timeout Buffalo. 2nd and 6 and Edwards fires to the ENDZONE...incomplete! Nearly picked off. 3rd and 6 and Edwards stands in the packet, eats dinner there, and ends up throwing it to the drunk guy in the front row. Here's Rian Lindell from 26 yards out. It's up.....AND GOOD! 13-10 Browns.

And that's the end of the 1st half, 13-10 the Browns over the Bills and I will see you in the 2nd half thread!