Touchdown!
Clever little play.
Ramon, you mentioned
Norm Turner's play calling
and he clearly is one of the best
play callers in the league
because he mixes it up.
And again, running away from the rush
they got burned a couple times
with some early sacks.
They adjusted well
and just to make sure it doesn't happen again
in the critical situation, they roll Gus Perrot out
and Leslie Shepard in front
of Eric Davis for the touchdown.
Norm Turner said last night
about his play calling, it's what I do
best, it's the reason I
got this job, and it's the reason
I will continue to do it.
Now there are flags down.
And Bob McAwee is going to
straighten it out. Norm Turner, 45 years
of age, two years of backup to Dan Fouts
at the University of Oregon.
Then a two year starter.
Went right into coaching
and then into
photography.
Number 71 defense.
That foul will be assessed
on the kickoff.
There will be a re-kick
from the two yard line.
Greg Cregan, another of the aging
wonders of this Carolina defense.
They've got a few guys over 30.
He's going to retire at the end of the season, along with
Gerald Williams, their right defensive end.
Hey, they played long enough. I played against Craig
in the Super Bowl in 1987, and it's one
that I'll sure remember because I'm wearing a bone
on my finger over here, but I thank him for that.
But he's lasted a long time.
He's had a heck of a pro career.
Now the re-kick, Scott Blanton
out of Perrot's hole.
And Dan Turk
snaps it back.
It is good. Trevor Maddison
a long time snapper for
the Redskins.
North Turner, his son Scott Turner
15 year old freshman quarterback
called him last Thursday when last week's
issue of Sports Illustrated magazine
hit the decks and said,
Hey Pop, SI has
picked us to beat the Cowboys in the division.
What do you think?
Well, if we get a couple of breaks, it could happen.
He doesn't back away from the feeling
that he's going to have a good team.
The way this defensive team is played tonight,
I mean, we know it's a long, grueling year,
but the way they're defensive, they played
like this the next number of weeks, they are going
to be contesting with Dallas
for the division lead.
North Turner with a big smile.
Wife Nancy back home watching on television
tonight. Maybe they'll
settle down Tuesday.
Leslie Shepherd
It was his 43 yard catch
after the pass from
Gus Perot that set up the first touchdown
for the Redskins.
In 17 of the 24 points
the Redskins have scored tonight have been set up
by Turner.
In uncharacteristic of Carolina, they were plus
13 last year.
But they've turned it over four times
tonight.
They've yet to taste defeat in this stadium.
But they find themselves trailing now.
Michael Bates
Out for the 27 yard line, the tackle made
by Greg Jones.
Plus 13 a year ago
in posting a 12 and 4
record in preseason, down 8.
And they start off 1997
down 4.
You know, you talk about the
questions that were raised in the preseason
and Dom Caper still has to have
some of those about his team
as he heads into week 2.
625 to go
and a 14 point Washington lead.
The line across the middle
almost picked off by Chris Dishman.
He's gotten one tonight.
He had another wiped out because of a penalty
and he was that close to getting that one.
And that's why the Redskins signed him
in this offseason. They wanted another guy
to go on the other side of Darryl Green
that can cover people man to man and have tight
coverage and Chris Dishman fills that
bill. He's very physical in the line of scrimmage.
He takes that 5 yard chuck yard
and he makes sure that he gets his hands on that wide
receiver where Darryl Green on the other side
on the other end. He'll play off center 12 yards
because he can combat that with his speed.
Second down and 10
Carolina.
We're right in trouble. Chris Mim's got it.
Number 91.
Sean Gilbert of course
continues his holdout
and we chatted with Norv Turnermark about the Sean Gilbert
situation last night.
He said well among other things
he's been designated the franchise player
so according to the salary we give
him that he would earn he loses
$180,000 tonight.
Well the way the Redskins defensive line is playing
tonight it doesn't look like they really miss it.
And Turner
was saying last night, yes he's chatted
with him. He'd like to get him back.
He thinks that Gilbert
and his agent are trying a game of leverage.
Incomplete.
Jamal Williams
number 22 back there
and it's fourth down.
In a game of leverage when a player holds out
the player always loses. I think that
when you look at the situation Sean Gilbert has to
sit back and say wait, Eric Rett tried
this last year. He lost a lot of money.
He ended up firing his agent coming in
and playing for a lot less money.
It's going to become a point in time very soon where when you
lose $175,000 a week
you have to start thinking now wait a minute
I'm losing a lot of money here maybe
it's time to do what I do best and go back in and play some football.
Brian Mitchell
waits for the kick from Ken Olden.
Mitchell
came close
to touching it.
He did not.
And Damon Pieri is there
to down it for the Carolina Panthers.
541
to go in this one. The Redskins on top by
14 and a week from tonight.
Mark and Pat and I will be
at the feet on the road.
Steven Davis in in the backfield
and Perrot hands it off to Steven Davis.
Out across the 41
two yard line.
The only way Carolina can win this ball game
with 530 remaining is to
force a turn over.
So any ball carrier that has or any runner has the ball
you got to strip the ball carrier.
Kind of ironic in the
huddle too right now you have Michael
Westbrook standing right next to Steven Davis.
Two guys who got into it
just a few weeks ago.
Westbrook comes from the near side.
Davis stays in the backfield on
second down and
four.
Davis out to
the 45 yard line.
Well this is a Redskin team that got off
to such a quick start a year ago.
They were seven and one
and they were tied. They were in the division
lead in the NAC East
in week 13. They went in and lost
to Dallas. Lost another heartbreaker
to Arizona. They wound up
losing three games on the last play of the
game a year ago. Any one of which
goes the other way in there in the playoffs.
Two and six in the last half of the year.
Third and two.
First down Redskin.
And this is the time
of the game when you're up a couple of touchdowns.
You're playing on the road. You need to quiet the crowd down.
You feed your running backs and you
hang your hand on the offensive line and say
guys here's your opportunity. Move them out.
I'm counting on you. That's exactly what's
happening here. And they're doing the job.
They're moving it up. And talk about a hog.
This guy right there. I spent
a lot of time with Russ Grimm and he was
the prototype hog.
Why is it your circles get better
when you start drawing pictures around
Grimm? We went to college
together. We've known each other for 20 years now.
First down and 10.
Michael Barrow drives
Davis back. Stephen Davis
is going to be a guy
that plays a significant role for
Norv Turner this year. You know,
only carried the ball 23 times a year ago.
But a very significant
six yard average.
They want to get him the ball a lot
more this year. They're going to feed Terry Allen
most of the time. But Stephen Davis will be a significant
role player. Time has been
called by Carolina.
Well, the Redskins have
been on the road for all four of their preseason
games on the road tonight. They go to Pittsburgh
next weekend. They finally get back
to their new stadium. They are
at Pittsburgh. And then they
open Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
September 14th
in Arizona. Of course, Jack Kent Cooke
owner of this franchise for three and a half
decades. Passed away
back April
6th at the age of 84.
Joe Theismann, Mark May and teammates
along with Joe Gibbs as a coach.
Victors in the Super Bowl and
this wonderful new facility
will open against the Arizona
Cardinals on the 14th.
Norv Turner was telling us last night that
back in February
he was having a meeting with Jack Kent
Cooke about a free agent. And even
as they were speaking about spending money
on a free agent, Jack Kent Cooke
is picking out the color of the tile for the
bathrooms and locker rooms. And he always had
attention to detail. He always knew his players.
He was a tremendous figure in Washington
but I think his son, John Kent Cooke, when he takes on
the rest, he's going to do an outstanding job also.
On second down and nine
across the 50. Mark, have you seen the new
facility? It's outstanding. You can't miss it
when you're driving down 495. You can see it.
It sticks out and I think it's going to be
wonderful. The intimacy that we had at RFK
were the 55,000 people
screaming fanatics. The stadium would rock
up and down. I think that will carry over
into the new stadium because there's a waiting list
of 25 years for season tickets for the fans
of Washington. Do those four guys in the
beautiful dresses with the pig snouts,
do they have good seats in the new stadium?
Believe it or not, those guys are lawyers,
attorneys, they work for the government.
I'm not surprised at all. And believe it or not
I think they're graduates of USC.
And here they are without the color
of the uniforms.
The Redskins, of course, for years
and years and years,
had a loyal following in the Carolinas
and in the Deep South
under George Preston Marshall.
The Redskins were the first
National Football League team
to regionally televised
their games. And Mike Pope, the wide receiver
coach, grew up here in North Carolina, said he grew
up as a Redskins fan.
I remember playing with the Redskins. After the game
you go out to the parking lot and you see all these
license plates that North Carolina,
North Carolina, West Virginia,
and you couldn't figure it out. And they said, years ago,
every area within a five state
radius was Redskin country.
Davis with, I think,
enough yardage to move the chains again.
There's nothing like an opening day
win.
We have an injury here. Is that Latham?
Molomar Latham.
Back at the 50 yard line.
But an opening day win,
particularly on the road, gives you
great confidence.
North Turner's team has to go into Pittsburgh
next week. Pittsburgh is angry
with the way they performed today against
Dallas. Could be a tough road game for
them. But they came into here
a place Carolina's never lost.
Go back and take a look at the injury
now, pass to Lamar Latham.
The guy is right down
here. 57.
That was a low
shot there by Bowie.
Right to the knee, yeah.
If you got a crack back on someone like that,
you're supposed to do it above the waist.
That's a low shot.
Here's a guy who led this team
or was second in this team in SACS last year
with 13 and a half, second only to Kevin Green.
And has had
what Dom Capers called a brilliant
preseason. So the look of concern
on the coach's
accountants as he looks
out at Lamar Latham.
Latham will be helped
to his feet. And we can only hope
it's not stuff.
The second linebacker they've lost tonight,
Sam Mills, the comparable
side linebacker went out with an injured ankle.
There is Sam.
Yep.
And it's going to hurt this team because defensively
they rely so much on their linebackers.
All four linebacker spots,
they need the leadership one of Sam Mills.
You can see the expression on Lamar Latham
states he's in a tremendous amount of pain.
He's walking off the field.
Hey, you don't ever want to see anyone injured, particularly
on a play like that when somebody cracks back on
you below the waist.
Well, I don't want to indict without
evidence here, but I think it was Bowie who went
low. Yes, it was.
Larry Bowie.
Make sure you stay with us for the Mercedes
Benz post-game report with Vince Cellini,
Keith Jackson, and Shawn Jones.
That's coming up right after the game.
A complete look at what happened around the league.
Craig Sager will be along with interviews
from Erickson Stadium where
it would appear now the Carolina Panthers will
taste defeat for the first
time ever in this building.
Here's Davis on the loose.
A little screen.
Is he going to call that a block?
It's a pick play by Michael Westbrook.
It's a plus when you go over the game, Bill.
That's a plus, but it's one of those situations
if you get your hands on a guy and it looks like he's
going to spin around and get called for hold, you just drop your
hands and shoot your body as a shield.
That was a smart play by Westbrook.
It looks like El Cordobus with a bull coming at him.
This is a bullfighter from the 50s,
reliving old days again.
The North Turner question is
on the left side of his offensive line,
Sharpe Radonis and Joel Patton.
These guys have done an outstanding job blocking on that flight.
They had cutoff blocks, but they stayed with their blocks
and Stephen Davis was able to cut to his left
and gain positive yards.
Gain of 17.
Davis goes right.
The clock continues to work in the Redskins' favor.
Take a look at the injury
Lamar Lathan once again.
And watch Larry Bowie.
Here's Lamar Lathan right there.
Watch Larry Bowie come from the outside
and he's going to go right after his knee,
right there.
That's not a play that you really want to teach
a guy to do. The guy's really defenseless
because he's rushing upfield. You want to get your head
in front of him and hit him.