Carolina lore with an interception against Pittsburgh here in the last game last year
What the offensive line is watch Joe Patton?
He'll turn out on Lamar Blake and just enough all it takes sometimes is a little hand to get him out of the quarterback's face
But Gus Ross got to step up in that pocket and compete that ball
Three three ball game 226 to go
No pattern number 68
Certainly know where Tyrone poor
Alvin Harper in the slot to the left number 80
This Leslie Shepard
Three yards was that a good throw mark
I mean a three shift to drop back and he delivered that slant pass to see so many wide receivers catch it on the run
And they can make big plays and it was excellent by Farage
He was only one for eight up to that point after the injury
But now he's back in sync and that's what a quarterback needs. He needs his rhythm back
He sets back his three to five sets boom the balls gone. That's what hurts this type of defense is all this defense
You've got to run the ball. So you've got to get rid of that body your hands if you're a quarterback and throw it downfield
Alvin Harper number 80 laid the block on Chad Cota downfield and that gave them an additional 15 yards as
As we have the two-minute break a three three ball game a
43-yard pass is run after the catch for the Redskins
We the board group led so with a big charge to the season as New England won Eddie George and Tim Brown playing
In the same game that was an oiler victory first down in 10 here after the 43-yard game in a three three ball game
and it's very Ellen
Inside the 20 to the 18
Lamar Latham created a hole there by that rush and he knows and he down stands outside of a block and created a huge
running lane there for Terry Allen
North Turner was worried about the pass protection of sharp for Donnish the guy's six six three hundred and twenty pounds
Let him run block a small linebacker. He's really putting it on Lamar Latham tonight
and second down and to
130 to go
With the first down keep in mind the Redskins did use one of their allotted free timeouts earlier in the half
So they've got two remaining and North Turner is showing some degree of excitement
Remember Michael Barrow talking to us about Terry Allen yesterday and he was saying the thing about Terry Allen
Is the after yards the after the hit yards he said Michael Barrow said you you can't bring your people paper plates
When you're tacked on him
One minute to go first down in 10 at the 19
We have a physical mismatch size mismatch
I think you under throw that fade route and then you that has to be a real precise throw the way he threw it there
But if you throw it you under throw it and you allow Michael Westbrook to go out and now jump Tyrone for there's only 5-8
Westbrook at 6-3. You have a very good throw
He's got a very good throw. He's got a very good throw. He's got a very good throw. He's got a very good throw
He's got a very good throw
Westbrook at 6-3. You have a better advantage make it up, you know basketball play
Playing the drive it started with a fumble recovery by Jesse Campbell 48 seconds to go second
Here comes the blitz again for rock play action to Bowie the tight end
And Bowie has a first and goal at the two and I'm sure the Redskins will use timeouts
Terry Robisky calling on timeout
What the Redskins do with Larry Bowie, he's a fullback slash tight end slash H back
And sometimes that confuses the defense they move him around all over the offense and there he goes in motion
Gets open Gus Rock great play action pass and boom
It's a first down for the Redskins and another good block by a wide receiver Michael Westbrook that time by the way
The the name slash is available now again this year. Oh, that's that's correct
Since Cordell Stewart has gone from not slash, but the quarterback
Stay with us for the halftime halftime Wrangler halftime report. How's that for a redundant?
The Wrangler I got so excited the Wrangler halftime report coming up because we're gonna go back to Vince Keith and Sean
They will have the no-huddle highlights
Opening day on the NFL in the NFL. I used to love doing those no-huddle highlights. I miss those do you oh, yeah
Yeah, but think of the no-huddle. We give you here. Mm-hmm. It's much better. It's livelier now
38 seconds
This is where Carolina's defense in the past a year ago were very very good
Oh
Alan has going to the right play action for us. Look for Bowie fires caught no catch
No catch
Good coverage by Andre Royal the inside linebacker on Bowie
That was a very tight
We weren't ordinarily on these play action passes down by the golf goal line. You see guys running wide open
But Andre Royal was right there
There was good thought did though was make a nice throw that was not going to be intercepted and he caught by his guy
This time they give it to him he comes right
Makes the tackle touchdown. That's just what had emphasized what I emphasized Terry Allen is the yards after the first contact
You can't on tap when you can't show the tackle
You've got a deliverable and when he gets inside the 10 yard line
He smells the goal line and he can't be stopped 15 rushes for 84 yards this far in his game for Terry Allen
You know people misjudge his strength in his quickness and this run you're gonna see strength Jenkins on a good
Walk down clock Bowie as well, and he runs right over Eric Davis
When you need vision you need strength ability to break inside tackles to be a good red zone runner
And indeed he is and on the goal line the running back has to run over someone
Yeah, obviously with 11 guys nobody's blocking the quarterback. That's the guy he had to run over and he did
That's the point and a most impressive drive for the Washington Redskins first
They capture the turnover and then they go the distance of the field highlighted by a 43 yard
Passing catch Leslie Shepherd and here's the touchdown run. Yeah, it was set up by the reception the good offensive line blocking
The Joe Patton out there as well James Jenkins double down, but the last yard to half was all Terry Allen
Matt you mentioned good offensive line blocking. I would take credit for that if I made a block
Terry Allen did that all by himself
He ran over the defender to suck it in there. This guy's been magnificent over the years in the red area
He's got a knack of punching that ball in the goal line and the Redskins throughout their career
We've done it forever. We did it with Riggins in the 80s in the late 80s
It was George Rogers and now it's Terry Allen in the 90s 91 yards and 11 plays after the takeaways three minutes and 36 seconds
and the big play was that slant pattern to Leslie Shepherd the downfield block and
We talked to Dom Capers and said what do you fear most and he said Terry Allen. Yep
and again
This Carolina team with the susceptibility to the running game defensively
Yeah, and then that's you know, usually preseason answers a bunch of questions for you
But I think they raised a lot for Dom Capers team
Blanton will kick off as the Redskins take a 10-3 lead. This one might look
Boy that hurts that'll take the wind out of your sails
Kick off out of bounds by rule the ball belongs to their savers first and 10
40 yards. Yeah now remember all they are really is
All 15 yards away, maybe 18 yards away to be in field goal range. So that was a grievous error that Pete Rodriguez
The special teams coach is well aware
Interesting that no turner talking with us last night said I'm scared to death especially. Yep, because they are so good
We have so many new players. Of course, Blanton is not a new player, but that's a grievous error. I like that
Yeah, you do. Yeah
You see with my vocabulary, I call that a stupid play by the kicker because obviously you can't give them field position with 28 seconds left and a half
After you've just taken the ball almost 90 yards down the football field and scored a touchdown. Grievous error is a stupid mistake
You say potato?
Here's Berline
Goes deep left side
And it's knocked away from rocket Ismael by Stanley Richard number 24
second time Steve Berline kind of hung the receiver out the ball was
Kind of like a punch. Yeah, that had a little mallard to it. Yeah, no
whirly bird
Again, given the defensive back at both times. It has been Stanley Richard had plenty of time to react to the throw
I'll tell you what our technical support staff our camera guys are getting great shots. That was a fantastic shot
10-3 23 seconds to go
Before halftime
starts by the defense
Take part in button Winslow
Winslow Oliver made the catch and the tackle made by Marcus Patton a very sure tackle
And anytime you could tackle a third down back at the open field cleanly like Marcus Hatt did
You're doing very very well. Now you look at Mike Nolan mark. I don't know if you agree with me
But the key I think that their season their playoff aspirations is how well the defense play
Absolutely, it's Mike Nolan came in and he simplified a lot of things on defense
He said hey
We're gonna play a gas control type defense and we're gonna do things simple
But we're gonna do them the best that we can and we're going to do them
Well, and hey, he's got these guys believing in them now. They're gonna say hey, we're gonna run a four three defense
We're gonna run a stunt here. It's just basic fundamentals and he's really made this team believe that they can be much better
a third and five with 15 seconds to go
And a 10-3 game
Harvey comes from the outside
That's up and over throws Wesley walls in the right flat it's the yard line that will be fourth down much improved Washington defensive team
That was the biggest question I think about this this ball club they could score points
It was as productive as anybody on offense a year ago in the NFC
again Walter
On the punt again young man from Cleveland and Brian Mitchell at the 10-yard line
This one not as effective and Mitchell
Michael Bates
Who is an all-world kick returner also does the job as a gunner on front coverage and he was the first man down
And that's really unusual burn and you just mentioned Michael Bates great kickoff return
I made the pro ball to kickoff return guy, but a great cover guy as well
They probably could have made the pro ball as a coverage man. You don't see that too often
bronze medalist in the 92
Olympic Games in Barcelona in the 200 meter
Do you know who won the gold and silver?
Do you do I'm really impressed Mike Marsh?
Well done. Wow. I don't know. I'm I just asked Freddie Fredericks may have finished with the silver
I'm Michael Johnson didn't come home with a medal. That's right. Now. Don't you feel embarrassed if you brought up something? No, I don't
Man, I sure hope I'm close. I don't even want to be right. I just want to be close
My score at halftime is 10-3 Washington. Now. Let's join Vince Keith and Sean for the Wrangler halftime report
Welcome to the Wrangler halftime report Wrangler real comfortable jean
All right, thank you. Mr. Burns
We are at the break Lamar Layton taking care of Gus Barrett in the first half
But the Redskins would rally and they have that halftime lead and we are in CM where the Carolina Panthers have yet to lose
Undefeated last year in regular season and they won their only playoff game here against Dallas
But they have committed two turnovers tonight to lead to the 10 Washington points
Terry Allen Anthony Johnson 84 and 80 yards respectively in the passing yard a big discrepancy there
90 yards for Washington and 18 for Carolina for a month with along with Pat Hayden and Mark May and Steve Berline
First half has not played well only 18 passing yards did throw the interception
Remember, this is an offensive team that can and hasn't in the past turned the ball over much two turnovers led to those 10 points
By Washington marks for the Redskins Terry Allen not a surprise at all. He's played superbly
Well, he's their marquee player on that football team
He's got 15 attempts tonight for 84 yards and a touchdown and Terry Allen here going up to the left side cutting back across the game
To the right. He wants to run the ball between the tackles. Here he is again. You're not gonna tackle with an arm tackle right here
He runs through tacklers and runs over tackles and on the goal line
He just pulls his way in right over Eric Davis. Look at him. You're not gonna stop him inside the 10 yard line
He's phenomenal 10-3 at the half Terry Allen leading the way and let's check in with Craig Sagan
Well burn as you know, Dom Capers makes extensive notes throughout the game
He talks to his team at halftime about what he writes down and you can imagine what he said was pretty much what Pat Hayden said
Two turnovers leading to 10 points. He had one big one circle. That was when they were going in for a touchdown
They fumbled and it went 91 yards the other way for Washington's score
Well, we talked with Dom Capers about the notes he keeps and he said he charts
Wins and losses on each play and he watches the kickoff as do you
And it's Ernie Mills number 89 who brings it out with Michael Bates leading the way
Bates took two blocks in the play
And Mills after the 33 yard line
Jamel Williams number 22 makes the tackle
Dom Capers is very much an organized guy
Michael Bates as we talked about him an unusual special teams player as a returner as a coverage man
And there is a quasi blocker
You talk about speed in the NFL when a guy can win an Olympic gold medal.