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All right, folks, listen up.
Our Affleck trivia question was,
what was the price of a ticket at the very first Super Bowl?
Well, for the answer, let's check your list.
Let's get some help from Courtney Thorne-Smith.
Hi, I'm Courtney Thorne-Smith from Melrose Place.
Did you know the tickets to the first Super Bowl
were sold for $6, $10, and $12, and the game didn't even sell out?
Last year's game attracted a sellout crowd of more than 76,000 people,
and the tickets cost up to $350.
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I ran into these binoculars.
I bought half a bratwurst off a guy tailgating in a parking lot.
I bought the Super Bowl trophy.
Seriously, you think it's real?
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Denver's Pro Bowl running back Terrell Davis,
New England Super Bowl quarterback Drew Bledsoe,
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The world's biggest house party will number 72,000 strong
come game time just about two hours from now.
And, folks, they will be rocking for Super Bowl XXXI
between the Patriots and the Packers.
But, you know, no city beats New Orleans for its love of music.
So, while we're here, let's get down at the House of Blues
with the guy who loves his music, our own Coach Jerry Glanville.
You know, Jerry, it's obvious that Elvis isn't in the house,
but the guys who are joining you,
they're considered to be the kings of New Orleans.
Hey, JB, we're here at the House of Blues
in the French Quarter, baby.
We got any Patriots fans here?
We got any Packers fans here?
We got any Neville Brothers fans here?
For Fox Sports, we'll break on the count of three.
One, two, three.
Hey, New Orleans on the Neville Brothers.
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It gives the flowers and the bud Happy all day long
Down comes the rain
And it makes the forest round the world Big and strong
Up comes the wind Once we go from Mexico
It blows the storm so strong
It breaks the people on wake-up message With the blessed tongue
So teach our children the happy new song Teach them loud and clear
Oh, at the end of all darkness So there shall be light
Oh, daylight will come No matter how long the night
God gave us voices to spread the sounds Of happiness and joy
We sing for the children of every nation For every girl and boy
Love is the answer we all should pray To help the world move round
Because when we pray the prayers go up And the blessings come down
Oh, can't you hear us? Why can't we all live in perfect harmony?
When we learn to live as brothers All the people of the world will be free
Oh, at the end of all darkness So there shall be light
Oh, daylight will come No matter how long the night
Oh, at the end of all darkness So there shall be light
Oh, daylight will come No matter how long the night
Oh, at the end of all darkness So there shall be light
Oh, daylight will come No matter how long the night
Who's gonna win this Super Bowl? The Packers.
The Packers. Who's gonna win this Super Bowl?
The New England Patriots. The Patriots.
J.B. from the House of Blues, back to you.
We're having all the fun down here.
All right, Jerry, we're not having too bad a time up here, buddy,
but let me tell you about this.
A guy who the Patriots are hoping will be in the face of Brett Favre all day,
defensive end Willie McGinnis.
Yes, he adds a little bit of speed along with that strength
to the defensive equation for the Patriots,
and the third-year player led the Patriots with nine and a half sacks this season,
and guess what? This week, added as an alternate to his first Pro Bowl.
All right, now this athletic trivia question
will test the knowledge of the most knowledgeable out there.
Which three colleges have each produced a record three Super Bowl starting quarterbacks?
All right, put your thinking caps on.
We'll find out what the answer is after this.
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All right, for all of you football sharpies out there,
when we left for commercial break, the question,
the ath-like trivia question, was which three colleges
have each produced a record three Super Bowl-starting quarterbacks?
Well, for the answer, we turn to two cast members from Fox's Party of Five.
Hi!
Hi, I'm Neve Campbell.
And I'm Scott Wolf.
And we're from Party of Five.
Can you name the three college football programs
that you've been working on since you were a kid?
Can you name the three college football programs
that have each produced three starting Super Bowl-quarterbacks?
That's easy. Joe Capp, Craig Morton, and Vince Ferragamo
all came from the University of California.
Daryl Lamonica, Joe Theismann, and Joe Montana all played for Notre Dame.
And finally, Bart Starr, Joe Namath, and Ken Stabler
all played for the University of Alabama.
Hey, I got a question.
How come Neve gets the high-stepping bear and the boxing leprechaun
and all I get is this elephant?
Don't you do anything?
Well, Scott, you also get Chris Slade, New England's linebacker
who wanted to deliver this message to his parents.
Big show, ma. Everybody in Virginia.
This is what it's all about right here.
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Today, go ahead.
Think about Green Bay and New England.
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Think about it.
Your eyes say Green Bay, but your tail says New England.
Probably when they were carrying the coaches off the field,
because that meant that it was over and we had won.
And that stands out the most among any plays that we did
or anything else was seeing Coach Buddy Ryan and Coach Mike Dick
being horse-did onto the shoulders of the rest of the team.
And in the background, you can see McMahon, you know,
with that wink on his eye, that look on his eye,
and Matt Seward, that's it.
Believe it! The dream is reality!
The Chicago Bears are world champions of football!
And there is the banner commemorating that victory in Super Bowl XX.
Walter Payton's 85 Bears had the league's top defense
that paced him the victory over the New England Patriots.
As we welcome you back to the sleek digs of Fox Sports Super Sunday.
The Green Bay Packers had the league's top-ranked defense this season,
but in the last seven games,
New England has posted numbers that rival the pack.
Now examining both defenses are three guys who know how to get it done.
Howie, Ronnie, and Matt Millen.
MUSIC
All right, let's start. Linebackers, Green Bay Packers.
Biggest thing about the Packer Linebackers
is that they are a function of their defensive front.
This group basically gets it done with four people,
and I'd say you'd be hard-pressed to find a better all-around group.
Lines up wide, sells the outside move.
Harris-Barton's feet get crossed over.
He's over-committing to the outside,
and Reggie uses what Earl Leggett invented and called the hump move.
And this is a bad example of how to block Gilbert Brown.
That's a good example.
This is a run play. This is not a pass.
This is a pull that's not backing up in protection.
Gilbert Brown is knocking him in the backfield,
into the running pack, and blowing the play-up individually.
MUSIC
One of the things that Green Bay really likes to do
is they like to get Santana Dotson and one of the defensive ends,
in this case, Reggie White, to the left side, out on an island.
Santana Dotson is a defensive tackle,
but he's lined up head-up on the offensive tackle,
and Reggie's out in space.
This essentially puts Reggie and Santana on an island one-on-one
with the right guard and the right tackle.
This year, having Santana, having Gilbert, the secondary,
can now go out and put some pressure with the safeties.
They can gamble with Leroy Butler.
MUSIC
He's kind of snooping around the line scrimmage,
trying to figure out what's going on, trying to give you...
I don't... Well, and here he comes.
I'm curious if Drew Bledsoe, can he pick that up?
Is he smart enough to be able to pick that play up?
Because if he's not, if he doesn't throw that back-side slam,
he's gonna have a tough day.
When Butler is best is when he can free up,
and they have the ability with Simmons, with those big strong hands...
He puts that handshaker like Rob Martin.
And he just... The glove.
MUSIC
Here he's not locked up in man coverage, which makes us even more impressive,
because he's just bumping him off, not giving him a clean rein inside,
and then coming off.
But you can't let him clean,
because you get a guy like Coates to the middle of your defense,
he eats up your safety... But how many backers want to do that?
Not very many, and that's what makes Simmons so good.
MUSIC
This defense is schematic.
It's comprised of two big play guys, and one of them's a linebacker,
and one of them's a pseudo linebacker.
They take Slade and McGuinness and line them up right inside of each other.
And then they bring them, and you have to... You gotta slide.
Okay, you're gonna slide that way, now you gotta declare.
They drop someone on the center, try to get them on an island,
line Slade, line Slade up outside, McGuinness inside, shoulder to tackle,
and they get them in a fan protection, and they get them in space.
MUSIC
This is another facet of McGuinness' game.
Now, what his size and his speed allows him to do,
and this is something they do today that we really didn't preach a lot of,
is running underneath blocks.
And he's really hooked here,
but he makes something good out of something bad,
shucks the offensive tackle,
and with his quickness and his size, he's upfield, he makes the play in the backfield.
If you look at McGuinness,
I think that Parcells was trying to pattern McGuinness after LT.
Now, the other guy inside, Ted Johnson, he's always around the football.
Exactly. He's got over, around, and under.
Yeah.
MUSIC
Like we talked about with Green Bay and having to recognize
what the Patriots do offensively, same thing for the Patriot defense.
Now you have William Henderson, Edgar Bennett,
Chamora, and regular personnel,
and they're gonna come out and they're gonna pound it on you.
Now, here they come out with Edgar Bennett,
and they're gonna try to stretch the corner, get to the outside.
Second play of the series, two backs, same thing,
different formation, switch the backs,
and again, now they're gonna come outside and try to throw the football.
Third play of the series, now they're gonna go three wides,
one back, one tight end.
They're just constantly changing things.
They gotta be terrified. They gotta be frightened to death now,
because they know that Brett Farr, like you said,
like Houdini will pop out of there,
and having Andre Ryzen and Tonya Freeman,
what do you do as a defensive back?
The strength of any defense is right down the middle.
Baseball, that's right.
And that's an A-sport.
So you and I know a lot about baseball.
Thank you very much.
MUSIC
Well, if you wonder why Matt Mellon is on top of his announce game,
he's always digging for last-minute information
as he's talking with the back-to-back MVP, Brett Farr,
getting ready for Super Bowl XXXI,
as we bring you back inside to talk with our own great, knowledgeable guys.
I know that warm-up suit. He's got my warm-up suit on, Matt Mellon.
The one he stole from you years ago.
Big fella.
You're on.
Howie, you know, so much has been said about Brett Farr
and how to keep him in the pocket,
and if you do make him scramble, make him go to his left,
what adjustments do you see that New England's gonna do
with Slade McGuinness, put him same side?
What do you see them doing to him today?
Well, in order to facilitate New England getting a pass rush,
they have to get it from McGuinness and they have to get it from Slade,
or they have to get it from a number of blitzes.
They can't get it with their down four like Green Bay does.
McGuinness and Slade have the ability to close the speed or the space
on Brett Farr, as they did last week versus Jacksonville.
Pocket breaks down, quarterback gets out,
McGuinness has great closing speed.
On the other side of the ball, I just saw off the phone with John Blaha,
astronaut, landed on the space shuttle Wednesday.
The only two things he could make out from space,
Great Wall of China and Gilbert Brown.
They've got to deal with this guy first and foremost.
New England likes to run the ball between the two defensive tackles.
Santana Dotson, this guy must have been in the witness protection program, Ronnie,
down in Tampa, because he's a heck of a football player.
Okay, we've got defensive linemen worried about Brett Farr,
keep the ends up, keep Farr in the pocket,
make him get rid of the ball, get the blitzes in his face,
but we know against Carolina, he handles blitzes very well.
Ronnie, now you take Green Bay's defensive backs
and you take Evans and Newsom, and you know Newsom's in for a long day.
People are going to go after him in those great safeties.
Robinson and Butler, what do you see them doing differently?
Shermer's defensive secondary doing differently?
Hey, I looked at the secondary two days ago.
Howie and I had a chance to go out to practice,
and one of the things that I saw was Newsom and Evans,
they were working on double moves.
They do not want to give up a big pass play in this game.
Another thing that you'll see these guys do,
they're going to play a lot of too deep,
they're going to put pressure on these guys,
and look for Bledsoe to probably throw underneath.
I think Gilbert Brown's the key in this game.
He has to get pressure up the middle on Drew Bledsoe,
because Bledsoe cannot move like Brett Farr.
I really appreciate you guys being polite today,
because when Howie said there were only two things
he could see from up in space...
You know what, you need to get over that.
You need to let that go, guys.
You got to be self-conscious about it.
All right, folks, there's still a lot more to come
as we count down toward kick-off for Super Bowl XXXI,
including that guy who has had
four previous Super Bowl appearances, Don Beebe.
He's hoping this fifth one with the Packers
will be a victorious one.
Back with more in a moment.
Let's go.
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Many years ago, a flamboyant quarterback
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In a world gone mad, Frank Black could be our only hope.
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The player that coach Bill Parcells of New England did not want,
but boy has he proven to be explosive.
Rookie Terry Glenn set an NFL rookie receiving record with 90-plus catches.
As we welcome you again to Fox Super Sunday.
All right, folks, technology is constantly changing
the way we view things, including sports.
Now, today you can access the league and the Super Bowl
by way of the NFL website at www.superbowl.com.
Now, here to guide us down the superhighway
is Fox's own cyber nut, Tim Green.
Thanks, JB. I didn't know I was a cyber nut,
but for those of you who don't have computers,
this is what an NFL website looks like.
For those of you who do have computers,
you can find us at www.superbowl.com,
and the website you'll see there is going to look a little bit different
than what you're seeing here.
We're going to be doing three things today.
First of all, I'll be here providing game commentary throughout the game,
along with former Cowboys personnel director Gil Brent,
and, of course, Kerry Collins,
the star quarterback for the Carolina Panthers.
Now, besides ongoing commentary,
we're going to be able to answer specific questions
that fans may have throughout the game
about things and players in the game.
And, Kerry, I imagine your focus is going to be on the quarterback.
That's right, Tim. My focus is going to be on the quarterbacks
and see how Drew Bledsoe and Brett Favre are playing.
And I think their play is going to have a big effect on the game, obviously,
and I'll be able to answer any questions that the fans have
that are on cyberspace and on the Internet, on the site,
and be able to help them out.
Great. And the third thing we're going to do is continue our poll
as to people's favorite NFL MVP throughout the Super Bowl.
They've been 30, and, of course, Terry Bradshaw has two of those slots.
He's asked me to solicit as many votes as I can for him.
And speaking of Terry, JB, I want you to clear something up for me.
He's been talking about being a computer whiz throughout the weekend.
However, Ronnie and Howie told me this morning that until today,
he thought Super Bowl.com was a bathroom cleanser.
No, an action film. An action film.
You guys are taking shots.
But I'm the only one that knows how many bales I hate this big place a hole.
Only guy here.
And cling to it.
That's right, man.
Tim Green earned that shot back at you after a couple years ago.
He sure did. He sure did.
Absolutely. We'll share that with the audience a little later.
All right, folks, in a moment, the Patriots plans to stop the Packers.
And as a reminder, Tim Green told us your home on the web is Super Bowl.com
as we look at one of the only two sites that Howie Long said
you can see from up in space, Gilbert Brown.
MUSIC
Many years ago, a flamboyant quarterback made a famous guarantee
that went down in football history. Well, now it's my turn.
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And?
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What does Mike have to say about this?
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When I am out here, I am not just flesh and bone.
I am not bound by fear or doubt.
I am the winner.
MUSIC
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These are the Schmitz of Munich. This is their new Porsche Boxster.
In order to drive it Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
Mr. Schmitz has agreed to assume dog-washing responsibilities.
And Mrs. Schmitz, in return for Tuesday, Thursday and the coveted Saturday,
has to make Mr. Schmitz's favorite Pinkelwurst three times a week.
On Sundays, they share the Boxster.
Of course, this leaves out young Dieter, who has just earned his driver's license.
As in all domestic disputes, it's the children who suffer most.
The Boxster. Once again, there is no substitute.
Now for the Porsche Quarterback Performance Report.
And as you can see, the winner is Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers.
Brett threw an NFC-record 39 touchdown passes during the regular season.
Only 13 interceptions.
This touchdown-to-interception ratio, an impressive 75%.
No surprise, he won his second straight MVP award,
becoming only the second player to do so.
And now Brett's grand prize, a new Porsche Boxster,
presented by the vice president of Porsche cars, Rich Ford.
Well, Brett, you've had a fantastic year.
You led your team here to the Super Bowl.
Hey, who's singing the national anthem this year?
I think it's some big secret.
Hey, guys, did you know that before Super Bowl XI,
the game John Madden led the Raiders to victory over the Vikings?
They didn't even sing the Star-Spangled Banner.
Can they do that?
I thought it was some rule somewhere.
You gotta sing the Star-Spangled Banner before every major sporting event.
Apparently not, because before Super Bowl XI,
Vicki Carr sang America the Beautiful instead.
It's gotta be the Star-Spangled Banner.
Nobody owns that song like Up With People.
Stacy, oh, my God, you have gotta be kidding me.
He's the best dramatic actor on TV.
She's the best dramatic actress on TV.
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Super Bowl XXXI.
The NFL's celebration of competition.
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Everything's a blur in the heat of battle.
Six quick, baby.
Hey, he was lightening.
Oh, boy, what a run that was.
Oh, you believe that?
You're running so fast, you're just moving off of colors.
Oh, a pound.
He knows about Howard, ran through four, five, maybe six packers.
Nobody's gonna catch him.
And then once we get to the punter...
What a return.
With a kicker to beat. Adios, brother.
And he's gonna go touchdown.
That was just great running by Dustin Hall.
Come on, man.
Shots of our specially constructed set here in the Superdome.
Dimensions, 46 by 32 by 14 feet high.
It will make an excellent-sized condo,
but it is our home away from home here for Super Bowl XXXI.
You know, to beat Green Bay, as you just saw,
one of the keys is stopping kick returner Desmond Howard.
Now, coach Jerry Glanville, who built his career
on coaching dominant special teams,
introduces us to three patriots whose task is containing
the former Heisman Trophy winner.
We're gonna light the fire. Let's go, baby, let's go, baby.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
I wish I was special
What makes you special?
Probably one of the things that make me special, I can run.
Because I'm smarter than all the other guys.
These guys make me special, because I just feed off them.
I mean, he blocks a punt, I pick it up, score a touchdown.
I'm special, I'm so special
I gotta have some of you
Attention, give to me
What's your attitude?
My attitude is kill and destroy when I'm out there.
When you get your IRS, you gotta do your income tax.
When it puts down occupation,
do you write down train killer, kill and destroy?
What do you put down for occupation?
I'm gonna put kill and destroy.
Let me show you what the whole assignment is for this week.
Right there, what do you think?
I do not want to see it.
You think he'll do that? He gets that football?
What would you do if he picked that ball up
and he gives you one of those?
I might go smack him and get 15 yards.
You're worth 15?
I don't want to see it.
I don't know if there's a Heisman Award in the NFL.
Before he gets to do that, as soon as he catches it,
I think he's gonna get smacked.
I don't want to see it.
As soon as he catches it, I think he's gonna get smacked.
I don't want to see it.
I've already told you that.
Detroit didn't have anybody forcing the issue.
With Desmond, you gotta force the issue with him.
The first guy that was downfield, he fell down.
That was the flyer. That's gonna be you.
That's me.
You're the flyer.
I'm not falling down.
You're the gunner. You gotta be there by now, don't you?
Right there. That's me.
I'm not missing that tackle.
Go back, go back, go a little bit further.
Right there, that's the key.
Look where the football is.
That's the key.
You think right here you want to smack that?
I want that football.
I think our punt team also and our kickoff coverage teams
will have sort of a sense of urgency,
because we understand if Desmond, if we do miss tackles on this guy,
this is what will happen.
So I think a sense of urgency on our part is really important.
We know if he returns one for a touchdown,
it's a possibility that we could lose the game.
It's all on us.
And I don't want to lose the game for a bunch of guys
that have worked hard all year because of that guy.
See, I'm gonna tell you, if we can set the tone
by getting a big hit on Desmond, making him fumble,
or just causing the team just to fear our special teams,
that's gonna set the whole tone of the game.
You know, Buffalo coach Marv Levy is fond of saying
that offense sells, tickets, defense wins games,
but special teams wins championships.
And certainly we know Desmond Howard is a star,
but pro bowler David Maggott is on New England's side.
That's right. David Maggott, alias Mighty Mouse.
Tough. He'll go all the way,
and he has a great chance of returning points today.
The one thing that I like about David Maggott
is that when you try to tackle him,
you gotta have your big boy pads.
Bernardo Harris, I had a chance to talk with him,
the special team guru for the Green Bay Packers.
He said, man, I'm ready to take this guy out, TB.
I think it's gonna be a great matchup.
Do not go to your refrigerator.
Believe me, do not go to your refrigerator
because special teams are gonna be a big part of this game.
You need to slow down, man.
Hey, man, I'm jacked. I'm pumped up.
I'm ready to hit somebody.
You know how I get fired up.
I'm with you, big guy.
You know, I never thought I would talk about punters,
but when you look at Tom Tupa of New England
and Craig Hendrick from the Green Bay Packers,
punting away from these specialists today
may be, in fact, the key to victory.
Punting is the most important thing,
but when I look at Desmond Howard Howey,
the blocking scheme for him is basically very simple.
It's like a great eye back in college or like Emmett Smith.
You give him the ball and you let him go right or go left,
and that's what Desmond does. That's why he's dangerous.
You don't know which way he is going to end up running.
Yeah, as Ronnie pointed out,
you better not pick your pads up at Toys R Us for this game.
This is a big-boy pads game.
And sit down. The AstroTurf doesn't give you that much speed.
You're done.
You know, last week, Jacksonville,
they beat Jacksonville with special teams.
Green Bay, Desmond Howard has had his big impact on that team
with the exception of Brett Farr.
When Ronnie gives you that serious scowl,
aren't you glad he's on our team, though?
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
All right, folks, up next on Fox Super Sunday,
we'll check in with the guys who'll be calling Super Bowl 31,
Pat Semaral and John Madden.
How many fans can fit inside the Superdome?
We'll try this on for size.
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Insanely interesting, Red,
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So, sweetie, you have been busy.
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Think about it.
Your eyes say Green Bay, but your tail says New England.
You're watching Fox Super Sunday live from New Orleans.
Let me tell you something.
I've been to a beautiful place.
I've been to a place where the field is still made out of grass
and the roof is still made out of sky.
I've been to a place where the crowd's so crazy,
they don't know when to stop cheering.
And the line's so tough, they don't know how to stop trying.
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Lay off the organ music, Liberace.
I ain't talking about heaven, I'm talking about Green Bay.
Now somebody turn down the thermostat in that circus tent
and let's play some football.
This spirit of Vince Lombardi remains alive and well
as we take a look at Drew Bledsoe,
who would love nothing better than to pass his team
into a championship performance today to claim that,
that impressive piece of hardware,
the Lombardi Trophy symbolizing the winner of the Super Bowl.
And right now, let's take you on upstairs to Pat and John,
the guys who'll be calling Super Bowl 31,
get their take on this upcoming game.
Good afternoon, gentlemen.
Good afternoon, JB.
And John, you know the players have been caged up
and you know they're all ready to play.
You know they can't wait for the action to get started.
But you've been there as a coach now.
What's the coach thinking at this time?
It's the same way as a coach.
You know, it's been two weeks
and you've done everything that you can do
and you've said everything that you can say.
And as you say, the players are caged up
but the coaches are caged up too.
And knowing Mike Holmgren and Bill Parcells,
they're really caged up right now
and you can't wait to get out of there.
I always had a rule that once we got to the stadium,
I didn't do any coaching in a locker room
because I thought by then all I could do was follow them up.
So I would coach up until we went to the locker room.
I wouldn't coach in the locker room before the game.
And then of course, you better be ready to coach
once that game starts.
But it never crossed your mind to change anything this late?
No, no, no.
I was, you know, when I first started coaching,
I used to go in and I'd see all the players and I'd remind them,
okay, don't forget, you do this, you do that.
And pretty soon, my players told me I was driving them crazy
and they just wanted to get out there.
And I think that this is what the players are going through now
is we see them out in the field.
We see, you know, Drew Bledsoe out there throwing it.
This is the first time that they've had anything normal
in football in the last two weeks
because the one thing that they're doing now
is they're getting to the pregame warm-up
and they've had that all their lives.
And this is kind of the feeling like,
hey, I finally got to my office.
It's time to go to work.
Players are out, the coaches are ready, and we're ready too.
And the game will start in just about an hour or so.
So Super Bowl 31 coming up and back to you, J.B.
All right, Pat, thank you very much.
And certainly we know that anxieties are building high
and who would know better than a guy who's played the game
four years as a defensive back with the Green Bay Packers
and he's our reporter standing outside the locker room
of the Patriots, our own Ron Pitts.
J.B., I just got through talking to several
of the New England Patriot players.
I'll tell you one thing, they're a very, very confident group.
Here's why.
They feel, hey, we beat the Green Bay Packers in the preseason.
The Packers have to come down here
and prove they can beat us in the Super Bowl.
Now, they're pretty upset at the fact that they think
the Packers have been getting all the attention, all the hype.
It's all circulated around them and it's almost to the point
where the Packers just have to step on the field
and then go back home with the Lombardi Trophy.
They say that's not so.
One thing that Bill Parcells has said all week long to the team,
don't come down here just to play in the Super Bowl.
Come down here to beat the Green Bay Packers.
What he means by that is don't get caught up in the hype
and the drama of what's going on here.
Focus, concentrate, play 60 minutes of football
like you always do and everything will work out fine.
Right now, let's go over to Pam Oliver and see what she's got.
Pam?
All right, Ron, thanks a lot.
And we're here with Antonio Freeman, who should figure
to be a big part of this game today.
Antonio, I'm wondering, though, how is the team
in terms of its readiness, in terms of being mentally focused
and totally on page here as you are about to start this big game?
Well, it all started out.
Coach gave us a one o'clock curfew throughout the whole week
and, you know, it's been getting guys in early,
getting guys a proper rest, so we've really been resting all week
and we've had a great week of practice.
We got some key things done and, you know, we're real excited
and the long wait is really lighting the fire under us
and I look for us to come out real fast today.
How are you feeling as a player about to take part
in one of the most memorable events of your life?
I mean, I'm living out a childhood dream, you know.
Ever since I was a youngster, I wanted to be here in this game
and, you know, it's just funny that I'm here
and only my second year in the league and, you know,
it's just... I'm living out a dream right now
and I just look to go out and just really have fun
and just let everything hang loose.
Your quarterback is very well known
for kind of being a little hyperactive
to begin the game.
He's known to have a case of the yips here and there.
What's the most important thing for Brett to do
and the entire team to do as you begin this game
where nerves are bound to play a game?
You know, we're going to try to come out and start fast,
you know, especially offensively.
We know our defense is going to come out and do a great job,
but offensively, we struggled early on,
you know, throughout the season,
so we want to come out and just get things rolling fast,
give our little defense a little cushion to play with
and, you know, come out and let Desmond Howard
run the punch back, get us great field position
and, you know, we look to click on all centers today,
offensively, defensively, special teams,
and, you know, we expect nothing but good things
from this football team.
All right, thanks so much for stopping by.
We really appreciate it and good luck.
Thank you very much.
Let's go back over to JB now.
All right, Pam, that was a conversation that Pam had
about an hour ago with Antonio Freeman
and when you think about these two squads,
their receivers, these were the two highest scoring teams
in the league, Green Bay number one
and, of course, New England number two,
but how he sized up the receiving corps.
Well, I'll tell you what, it has all the earmarks
of a great, great game in terms of points
and passes thrown.
Could be a record performance in terms of balls thrown
and that's the kind of game, I think,
if for Green Bay you want to put New England into.
If anything, Drew Bledsoe is an extremely talented player
but when forced to throw the ball a number of times,
he makes mistakes.
He has a great group of receivers,
Coach Glenn, Jefferson, Byers,
and he's got Mega coming out of the backfield
on third down and certainly Green Bay
with two all-pro tight ends, Ronnie, Brooks, BB Freeman.
This is a group of receivers
that could really light up the scoreboard.
Hey, I talked to Mike Holmgren and I said,
Mike, you were an offensive coordinator
in the Super Bowl here before.
Are you going to go for the juggler?
He says, I'm going for the juggler.
So Andre Ryzen, I talked to him.
He says, look, we're going to run by these corners.
We're going to do deep post, deep slants.
We're going to try to attack this secondary
and the thing that I'm going to look at
is look for a slot formation, Terry,
with the inside receiver being Ryzen
going to the corner pattern.
Yeah, the one thing about these teams against zones
and both these kids are strong-armed.
Green Bay, a lot of Cover 2 safety is going over top,
but the speed of Glenn and Coach,
a tight end down the middle on Cover 2
with speed like Coach, kills a secondary.
Back out of the backfield, like Byer, kills Cover 2.
Corner routes kills Cover 2.
They have the personnel to get it done.
My only question today is looking at the corners.
And I know Evan's out of Louisiana Tech
right up the road.
I know he's a big, strong kid.
I want to see these corners
and see how they stop him at the line of scrimmage.
If they take him out of their stride
and slow down their timing on the quarterbacks,
especially on Bledsoe,
then I think New England's in trouble
because I know Favre can move around.
At least on paper, this could be an excellent matchup.
Some great receiving tight ends.
8,000 yards passing these two quarterbacks.
Ben Coates for New England, Mark Trimmer
and Keith Jackson for the Green Bay Packers.
Hey, folks, we are a little more than an hour from kickoff.
Here's what's on tap for the rest of Fox Super Sunday.
Today on Fox Super Sunday.
So, we took you where no Super Bowl viewer has gone before.
We brought you into the locker rooms
and living rooms of today's big players.
But we're not done yet.
Now, we'll bring you the week that was in New Orleans.
It's the conclusion of our exclusive Super Bowl diaries.
And Professor Bradshaw teaches the Young Guns
a little history lesson
and how each of these super QBs
can make a little history of their own.
They once said he was crazy to sign with the pack,
but now the legendary Reggie is here in the big show.
He and Howie chatted about perseverance
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Denver's Pro Bowl running back Terrell Davis.
New England Super Bowl quarterback Drew Bledsoe.
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Buffalo's all-pro defensive end Bruce Smith.
Green Bay's Super Bowl quarterback, Brett Favre.
And the man who carried Pittsburgh to the playoffs, Jerome Bettis.
Brett Favre helped resurrect the winning tradition in Green Bay.
This season, the league's two-time MVP has delivered the Packers to their first Super Bowl since 1968.
Drew Bledsoe closed out the year with his second 4,000-yard season.
Bledsoe, like Favre, is a young gun aiming for his first Super Bowl.
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All right, folks, listen up. It's Athlete Tribute Time once again.
This Athlete Tribute Question is brought to you by the Governor of Wisconsin, Tommy Thompson.
Which kickers hold the Super Bowl record for the most field goals in a game?
We'll let you run, check out your books, and come back with the answers after this.
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Once again, our previous Affleck trivia question. Which kickers hold the Super Bowl record for the most field goals in one game?
Alright folks, how sharp were you? The answer is Don Chandler. Green Bay versus Oakland in 1968.
And Ray Worshing, San Francisco versus Cincinnati. That in 82, four field goals apiece.
As we thank Governor Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin. And a little later, we'll hear from Governor of Massachusetts, William Well.
Bill Parcells on your left. Of course, head coach of the Patriots.
Fritz Schermer on the right. The defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers.
Bill Parcells was an assistant under Fritz Schermer many years ago.
Alright folks, two full weeks of preparation can take its toll on the players, especially considering the intense media scrutiny.
Well, we begin part three of the Super Bowl Diaries with some home movies shot by the players.
You see the grass is in just great shape.
Oh, the windchill about minus 25 today. And so we're going to take it back in.
Hey, there he is, Mr. Bledsoe. This is the earliest you've been in all year.
Oh, come on, I'm always here early. Where's all the tuna helpers?
No. You got a wide angle to get me in there, son?
No, where's all the tuna helpers? Long with the new stadium.
We need some new socks. We need some new socks. Yeah, I'm serious. Please, please help us out, somebody.
What's the schedule look like today? It's a regular Friday, it looks like.
Shoulder pads, jerseys and sweats, regular Friday.
Hey, Tup, look, he's trying to steal from the potato ship machine. Reaching underneath.
I'm splurging for my buddies today. First time all year he's splurging.
He doesn't carry any spare change around, he's only got 50s.
I don't know if Green Bay got this.
Here we are at the Stadium Mambo Field, and there's my daddy, okay?
I love you. I love you too, daddy.
Give him a hug, mom. Give him a hug. Okay, I'll give him a hug, come on.
See you there. Kiss my wife, she got the super boobs. See you, son.
We got back here dancing like a fool. Hey, why don't you watch yourself, baby?
What's this, the pregame meal? Yeah, breakfast of champions.
Brett Farr's pregame meal. Beautiful. Prediction?
Packers, 106. New England, 2.
Let's say 38.13. 38.13?
Not bad.
Packers, 50. Patriots, I-7. Ouch.
It's time I'm walking to New Orleans. I'm walking to New Orleans.
Only 12 teams have won the Super Bowl, and only 18 have played in it.
You didn't know all this. I didn't know how to use it, though.
Gotta go kickoff return, baby. That's my calling. Gotta go score some touchdowns.
Mike's a little tight. Practice was a little intense for a Monday practice.
I think he's probably going to be like that all week, so as players, we already expect that out of him.
Even when we practice, you know the play, what play is coming, and you're like, okay, let me do this.
And you're trying to anticipate, so it's kind of like a function of me being nervous and also anxious.
You think about how exhilarating it may feel if you win, and you think about how low it may feel if you lose.
That's the sickest thing I've ever put in my mouth.
Hi, y'all smell. Hey, Brian.
Look at you guys. This is what it's like, people on Media Day.
Bill Parcells, he and the entire team feel really focused towards the goal.
You know, you gotta try to, as a coach, tell them it's just another game.
You don't want them to be so hyped up where they go out and make a bunch of mistakes and being nervous about the game.
I thought they were loose. They were having fun.
There was a sort of quiet confidence that made me feel very good about where they're at so far.
If I was a tree, what kind of tree would I be?
I'd be a palm tree.
Big dog, come take a picture.
Tiffany!
Guys, come on, guys, we gotta go over here.
Five days, five days in the county.
I'm watching you guys dress. I'm gonna get me a couple of pair of them canvas pants about it right here.
Turn my hat sideways.
That's worth the price of admission.
My biggest fear is probably not being prepared.
I've gone over everything I could go over.
I've looked at everything I could possibly look at to prepare myself for this game.
When you start reading the Word of God, read back to what God has already said and you see how rich and how powerful it is.
You see how beautiful it is.
Alright, I'm here. I'm happy. Now I can get my bags and check in.
What are we doing? How many tickets did we come down with?
We came down with 500 seats to take care of last minute stuff with Claire's.
The NFL called and they'd like if we have any extra tickets so we get it to them.
I never thought we'd get to this point and now I can feel the excitement building.
It's the biggest game in my life but of all of our lives.
It's hard to sleep. You come up with 900 ideas. The Super Bowl even heightens that even more.
Just get me to the game. Just tell me when we strap it up and I'm there.
You get anxious. Stomach gets in knots. Biggest game I've ever had a pleasure being a part of.
When I come out of that tunnel, it's just chaos. I just get goosebumps all over my body just thinking about it.
I think I'll understand at that point the magnitude of the game.
Kiss the kids goodbye and tell them I'll see them tomorrow at the game.
All right? All right. I love you. Bye-bye.
And once again we want to thank both the Patriots and the Packers and of course the folks at NFL Films
for making the diaries possible and all the access that they gave us.
And you know we heard Bruce Armstrong talk about almost thankfully only five days remaining.
They've got these practices that I'm sure are pretty mundane.
How important, Terry, is it to practice well leading up to this game?
It's extremely important to practice well.
The better you practice then you carry that into the game and your confidence level always soars.
I only go back to my Super Bowl practices and folks, I don't know how we won them
because I played pretty doggone. I had lousy practices.
We put in this play. We ran it five times in practice and Chuck looked at me and he's shaking his head.
I didn't complete it at all. They're getting close. We're going to do the football game against the Rams.
Howie and Ronnie, third quarter, fourth quarter, third down.
Chuck calls me to the side and says, 70 slot, hook and go.
I went, whoa, wait a minute. We've been running all week, man. I have completed it all week.
I went in and told the guys in the huddle, 70 slot, hook and go.
And they looked at me like, have you lost your mind?
77 yards later. So practice is very important and you need it to build confidence.
Hey, you're on planes though, right? Absolutely.
Well, I'll tell you, you know, for us, we were underdogs like the New England Patriots coming down here that week.
We took the same approach that the Patriots have taken. Bill Parcell, very physical in his philosophy in terms of practice.
We had a very physical week of practice. We must have had six or seven fights break out.
Matt Millen was on that team. He was probably in one or two of them.
We had a very physical week. We had a chip on our shoulder. We were heavy underdogs.
We couldn't wait to get to this game. We remained focused.
And it seemed like we took it a little bit more serious than the Washington Redskins and we ended up victorious.
Well, if you look at this game, you look at the Green Bay Packers, one of the things that you got to look at,
it's a mirror image of the 49er practices. No pads, nothing where you had to have any contact.
So one of the things that I was thinking in my mind was I had to hit somebody in the sweet spot.
And I wanted to think about and think about. We'll have a chance to calm down first.
I don't think he'll calm down first. I think he'll get excited first.
It's going to be Graham at about the four.
And Graham is taking a round, taking down around the 20.
And let's look at that New England Patriot offense led by Drew Fletzell.
Big, tall, very, very good arm.
Those who will protect him, Armstrong, Roberts, Wobob, Todd Rucci and Max Lane.
Those who handle the ball, Curtis Martin, Keith Byers, the backs, the wide receivers, Jefferson and Terry Glenn and tight end Ben Coates.
We'll check out the Packer defense in a moment.
Two-time Pro Bowl selection, Drew Fletzell.
Packers come with a blitz on first carrier Martin.
The ball carrier stopped by Brian Williams. Let's look at that strong Packer defense.
Jones, Brown, Dotson and Reggie White up front, front four.
Williams, Ron Cox in the middle and Wayne Simmons.
Evans, Robinson, Butler and Newsom the secondary.
It'll be second and ten. Martin stopped for no gain on the first.
And Fletzell back to throw it.
And open. It's Jefferson first down for the New England Patriots.
And that's what they were talking about is getting Drew Fletzell comfortable.
And there's no better way to start off comfortable than a good completion.
Here's Sean Jefferson here. He's going to run up and then he's going to run in.
It's a zone defense so he just comes under control.
Fletzell hits him perfectly. But again, I talked about the line of scrimmage.
And what's making him comfortable is good pass protection.
Martin stopped at the line of scrimmage. No gain again on the first two rushes by the Patriots.
They're really playing that line of scrimmage tough for that sweep.
The first sweep that they ran, the cornerback, Greg Newsom, he came on a blitz.
And they're getting their safety up there. Leroy Butler on first down.
So what they're trying to do on first down the Packers is take away that strong side sweep of the Patriots.
Second and ten passing down for Fletzell.
Byers split wide to the left. They run a drawback play to Martin.
He gets a couple. That's going to bring up third and about eight.
See, I think that's one of the things that they're trying to do, Pat, here is to widen out.
You see, you've got one, two, three, four wide receivers.
And then all you have is a box here. Now, if there's just five guys in this box, then they want to run the ball.
See, so that's exactly what they did. Spread them out to run the ball.
Of course, it didn't work. Third and nine. They gave them a yard. So it's another passing down. They go with four wide receivers, including Fletzell.
Intended for Megan. Incomplete.
And the Patriots will have to punt.
I still think that was a pretty good start for the Patriots. So they got a first down.
They got the ball, you know, outside the 35 yard line, so they're going to have pretty good field position.
And I think that getting a first down is not a great start, but it's not a bad start.
So Tom Tupa back to punt for New England. They'll try to keep it away from the dangerous Desmond Howard.
He has hurt a lot of people with punt returns this year. He kicked straight away. Howard's going to have a chance.
And he's got some room.
Desmond Howard with a good return. Up to the 45. Knocked out of bounds there by the punter, Tupa.
You talk about offense and you talk about defense, but it can be special teams that can win big games, too.
Special teams and turnovers. A 51 yard punt, a 32 yard return by Desmond Howard.
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Get the Superdome and New Orleans. The Packers will take over after a good punt return. In fact, the third longest punt return in Super Bowl history.
Thirty two yards by Desmond Howard goes quickly. That's Edgar Bennett.
He got perhaps a yard. No more than that. Let's look at Farms Green Bay offense.
What a year he had the most valuable player in the NFL, Brett Favre. In front of him, Worklisson, Taylor, Frank Winters, Adam Timmerman and Earl Dotson.
Wilkerson in recent weeks has been outstanding. Bennett and Henderson, the runners, Antonio Freeman and Andre rise and wide.
Mark Shimura, the tight end. Bennett, the lone setback. Two tight ends set up for the Packers and Favre back to throw his first one.
Has a man open. Andre rise and does the dance and Favre got settled down in a hurry.
That is the way to settle down. You know, sometimes you have to start with short passes. I always say when you got a strong arm guy and you want to settle him down and he's anxious, just show it.
Throw a deep one. That's exactly what they did. Here's Andre rise and he's in the slot. He's going to come up against Otis Smith.
He just makes a good quick move to the post, just runs right by him. Brett Favre throws a perfect pass. That was maximum pass protection.
They had two tight ends in. They kept them both in. They had one guy that they were going to take the shot to is going to be Brett Favre to Andre rise.
54 yards from Favre to rise in the extra point by Chris Jackie is good in the Packers. Draw first blood. 54 yards from Favre to rise in. That'll settle you down.
The post right here. Once they do, they have both tight ends blocking. That kind of brings the safety up. So Otis Smith has no help to the inside.
But see now Andre rise and starts outside right there. He makes more boom right there and there's no one in the middle of the field because they kept two tight ends in.
They went maximum protection. Brett Favre had time and threw a perfect strike. Andre rise and that play was set up as one of the plays that they were going to go to early because that was in the script.
Here's the coach first of all that gets that touchdown Mike Holmgren of the Packers. Not only the coach it gets a touchdown but he's the coach that called the play that got the touchdown on the other side of the field.
Bill Parcells let's see his reaction. Well I know the thing that he was he was worried about as he said I'm worried about them getting a big one.
I'm worried about them getting deep on us. Lo and behold it happens right off the bat. And he also said if we do get behind if they do get a big one we can't be discouraged.
He picked up a yard. That's all as the Packers reacted quickly. Yeah Pat we talked early about how one of the things you can look for early is who's controlling the line of scrimmages.
And so far the Green Bay Packers are. I mean you looked at that that play on that on that touchdown and they had all kinds of protection and you watch the type of rush they have here.
Gilbert Brown is dropping back. That's that zone blitz. And you say who's covering Curtis Martin. It's three hundred and fifty pounds Gilbert Brown.
You're kind at three fifty.
Packers by Doug Evans a one handed juggling interception by Doug Evans and the Packers get in good shape.
The Packers are coming out here and they're going after and they aren't waiting around to see what's going to happen. I think Doug Evans really got a jump on that one.
Watch Doug Evans he's going to be right here and it's going to be an out on his side. They bring him in but see how he starts to cover that.
And then right there he takes the jump because at first he was behind the receiver and then when he jumps the ball he jumps right in front of the receiver.
I tell you that is confidence. The ball is going to Terry Glenn.
Doug Evans had good coverage on him and then jumped it.
Fritz Schermer the defensive coordinator is saying that's the way to jump that out.
First and 10 at the New England 28 yard line. Far back to throw it out of the pocket he comes and down he goes.
Back at the 38 he lost him.
Let's look at that New England defense. Things have been happening so fast we didn't have a chance to do that in front.
Willie McGinnis Saga Politelli Mark Wheeler and Farrick Colins the linebackers Collins Johnson and Slade and the secondary Otis Smith Willie Clay lawyer Malloy and Ty Law.
And of course Otis Smith he was the he was a guy that was covering Andre Ryzen on that touchdown pass but he had no help at all to the inside.
No safety help at all. Second and 20 draw play Dorsey Evans gets the carry and gets about four yards inside the New England 35 yard line.
Anytime you see number twenty seven in their scooter recruiter the pack the Patriots are in some kind of dime defense and you see him in there.
Now they usually have they have five six and seven defensive backs.
And here they are. See they have all the defense but one two three four five six seven they have seven defensive backs in on that last one and they'll probably be in the same type of defense now.
Four wide receivers this time. Far screen pass to Levin. This is what killed Carolina a couple of weeks ago.
Levin gets inside the 20 about a yard shy of a first down. You see where Brett Favre ended up here he is back there he was way down under 35 yard line.
He gets back you know anytime you throw a screen pass you want to invite the pass rush and then you'll let your guy get out there and then you keep going deep.
You see Brett Favre he just kept going and going going after he threw the ball to Dorsey Levin.
Levin's has really become quite a threat in his packer offense in the last month or so.
So Chris Jackie comes on from 37 yards out with Hendrick holding to try to put 10 points on the board for Green Bay. And he does.
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Super Bowl 31 at the New Orleans Superdome.
Pat Summerall with John Madden.
Craig Hendricks set to kick it off Dave Meggett back deep with Hassan Graham.
They'd like Meggett to handle it.
Shy of the 20 just a bit for his efforts.
We see Bob Cratch number 61 Pat going in for the Patriots and going in a left guard for William Roberts and Bill Parcells told us that he was going to put Cratch in.
So I mean Cratch of course was a starting right guard for the first four games and then hadn't gotten back into the starting lineup because of injury.
But he says that he thinks he's going to need Cratch in this game to get some running going because to get running going they have to be able to block those two tackles.
Gilbert Brown and Santana Dobson and they hope that they can tire Gilbert Brown out.
He's intended for buyers deflected.
Let's always saying how much he liked this field because it's flat.
There's no crown here in the dome and watch what Santana Dotson here.
That's the guy that we just said they put Bob Cratch into to help block on those two tackles and Bob Cratch went in and the guy that he was blocking was Santana Dotson.
Santana Dotson was a guy that knocked the ball down. There's a guy that's really been a big help to the Packers throughout this year.
Santana Dotson.
Let's make it in motion and here is Bledsoe with the screen pass to Byers.
Keith Byers.
Midfield.
And then the Packer territory tripped up finally by Doug Evans.
That's what they needed a shot like that.
You know you talk about old timers guys that have been around we say Reggie White needs a Super Bowl win.
How about Keith Byers.
He's here just as a fullback.
Now this is a screen.
You invite the rush to come and then you act like you're blocking.
Then you get outside your line slides down.
You get a couple of good blocks there and Keith Byers is like a two hundred and forty five pound guy.
So when he gets in that open field against those defensive backs he is tough to bring down.
Pretty nifty too. Here's Bledsoe to throw it.
Throws it outside to Curtis Martin and Martin slips a couple of tackles and moves inside the Green Bay 30.
Yeah we talked about confidence in a quarterback getting it.
You get it with a couple of completions but here is the most important thing.
Watch this pass protection.
Boom boom boom. Everyone right there.
You see the pocket that Bledsoe has.
Now he can step up and throw the ball.
He had time to look downfield.
He had no one open.
So he came off to Curtis Martin.
But on that battle right there the offensive line of the Patriots won the line of scrimmage flight.
Give Bledsoe time and he can throw it.
Here's Bledsoe back.
Rushed hard.
Incomplete this time.
Intended for Martin.
I don't know if that was a screen pass or just in a hurry or what that was.
I think I think it was a type of screen pass.
They had run one earlier to the right and that's what they wanted to do is run it to Reggie White.
This was going to be a screen pass.
Yeah and he was throwing it to the left.
He got a blitz by Doug Evans.
And there's a flag on the play.
Jerry Austin is the referee.
This is his first Super Bowl.
You know Reggie White just took himself out by number 61 of the offense.
The penalty for that is lost or down.
That's Bob Cratch who came in the game and of course it was a screen.
So when you throw the screen now here's Cratch here.
Now he's just out there blocking.
It's not his fault.
But the ball hit him right in the hip.
I mean he's just going to block and block.
He's a big old lineman.
The screen didn't get out.
The screen was to Curtis Martin.
He didn't get out.
He hit Cratch in the backside.
Dave Wilkins has replaced Reggie White.
And here's Bledsoe to throw quickly.
And it's batted down by Dave Wilkins who just came in the game.
Yeah Reggie's coming back in here.
You know that big screen pass that they ran to Keith Byers.
That was to run at Reggie.
Here's Wilkins right here.
Now he really doesn't rush up the field.
He starts up the field.
Then he just stops because he was getting cut.
And instead of going down with a cut he stopped.
Pushed the guy down.
You see him push him down and then get his hands up.
That was Ben Coates trying to block him or cut him.
Dave Wilkins played that well.
Yes he did.
Third and ten.
Patriots set the packer twenty seven.
Bledsoe.
Incomplete a flag on the play.
Intended for Jefferson in the end zone.
And a penalty flag in the end zone.
That'll put the ball on the one yard line if that's pass interference.
I'll tell you one thing about these wide receivers of the Patriots.
Both Terry Glenn and Sean Jefferson.
They have great speed.
Not good speed.
Great speed.
And great endurance.
That's interference.
Number twenty one in the end zone.
First and goal from the line.
All again.
Craig Newsom the offender.
And you're going to see it in the end zone.
I think he grabs his helmet.
You see right there he's going up.
You see puts his right hand on his helmet and his face mask.
And right in front of Sean's Jefferson's eyes.
First and goal at the one for New England.
Bledsoe.
Touchdown to Keith Byers.
Bill Parcell said yesterday.
Keith Byers is going to do some things in this game tomorrow.
Because Keith Byers is the type of guy that can do a lot of things.
He's a fullback.
He can be a tight end.
An H-back.
A wide receiver.
The big play on that was his screen pass.
Watch his fake.
They get down here in the goal line.
This is what you call a run pass.
You see they fake.
They have a good run fake in there.
No rush.
Bledsoe has time.
And he finds Keith Byers on the end line.
Vinatieri for the extra point.
It's ten seven.
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Green Bay 10, New England 7, first quarter.
A lot of people thought there were going to be a lot of points scored today.
And of course the one that got it started was that screen pass to Keith Byers.
That was for 32 yards.
And of course the pass interference pass to Sean Jefferson.
No one who got it started for Green Bay was Desmond Howard.
On his first punt return.
Let's see if he handles it this time.
Indeed he does.
That's a five.
This time he has cut down from behind at about the 18 yard line.
That's Terry Ray who is down.
Here's the touchdown again.
Now watch the effect of the play pass.
It brings both of these guys in.
Here's Keith Byers.
He's going to come back here.
The closest guy who really gave him trouble was this guy right here.
The umpire almost got in the way.
But see the play fake.
You fake the run.
Boom.
The linebackers come up.
Duck umpire.
Duck.
He finally did.
And then Keith Byers gets it.
Now remember the one to Sean Jefferson.
Watch what they did to Reggie White.
In essence they really triple teamed him.
Rucci had him.
Lane had him.
They got him on his back.
That was the side that they were throwing deep to.
First and 10 Green Bay at the 18.
There's a football player that Ted Johnson.
I'm really impressed with him.
I mean he's a guy that is a bright guy.
A second year guy.
And he just he just seems to know everything.
I mean you just watch here.
He's going to read read read.
And the minute he sees that thing he's always working up feel.
You see what he did to that blocker.
He just exploded on the blocker.
Knocked him into the running back.
But I'm really impressed with this guy.
I mean this guy this guy is going to be one of the best inside linebackers in football.
Three wide receivers.
11 nudges over the right side and picked up a couple.
Chris Slade again led the defense.
And that's who they want to run at is Chris Slade because Chris Slade is a good up to
field guy.
He's a good pass rusher.
And I think if he has any weakness it's being running a right at him.
That's what the Packers are going to do.
But he wasn't weak on that play.
There's a there's a guy Robert Brooks remember when he was injured against the 49ers.
Packers top receiver.
Four wide receivers this time for the Packers.
Levin is in the backfield.
Incomplete almost intercepted by McGruder.
Scooter McGruder was close on that one and that's a defense that we talked about at the
package that the Patriots use they call that their dime defense.
But they have in essence of seven defensive backs seven defensive backs.
So they're going to have everyone double.
Scooter McGruder was right there playing underneath got the jump on it and almost got
the interception.
Hendricks kick.
The 42 yard line lost two on the return after a 39 yard punt.
Bernardo Harris down to make the tackle.
Two of the big plays on that Patriot drive were Keith Byers plays.
That was the old bootleg throwback where they faked to the left and he bootlegs drew Bledsoe
bootlegs to the right and he throws back to Curtis Martin.
Bledsoe's dad was a coach.
Now watch him.
You get a fake here.
You bring Bledsoe over here and then he's going to throw back across this way.
So you fake it to that side bootleg to the right and then boom stop and throw it back
to the left to the guy that you originally faked to two tight ends.
A little bit shy of a first down.
He needed three.
Both of these teams script their first 15 plays and both of these teams were had their
quarterback in mind when they scripted it.
And you can see Bledsoe had four runs and 11 passes.
Now here's the key passes under 10 yards.
You have those 11 passes.
Ten of them were under 10 yards.
So they wanted to start Drew Bledsoe out with some passes to get that established.
But shorter passes third and one.
Bledsoe has gone for the bunch to Terry Glenn who's got it at the five.
Eugene Robinson.
We said that these wide receivers could run.
We saw Sean Jefferson do it.
Terry Glenn that time.
Drew Bledsoe had so much time that Terry Glenn could start on the left side of the field
have double coverage go all the way across the field.
Look he's going all the way across the field.
That's how much time Drew Bledsoe had to make a perfect throw to Terry Glenn.
But again it all starts at the line of scrimmage because if Drew Bledsoe didn't have a good
fake with the play fake didn't have this much time for Terry Glenn to do that then it wouldn't
happen.
And also all starts with that call on third and short.
That's Bill Parcells it sure is.
Coming into this game and I guarantee you right now Drew Bledsoe has confidence.
Bill Parcells is pulling it all out.
He's going for it.
Again here another another bootleg.
You're going to see him fake again to the left bootleg out here to the right.
And here he finds Ben Coats gets him against the linebacker.
Ron Cox was the guy covering him.
Coats working on Cox makes Parcells happy.
And a tear for the extra point.
Tupa is the holder.
And the Patriots lead at 14 to 10.
How quickly things can turn around.
Remember that that long pass to Terry Glenn.
It all starts with pass protection but pass protection can be helped by a good fake.
Watch this fake that Drew Bledsoe has right here.
He fakes that ball to Martin.
Then he even bends over and hides the football.
And because look at the pass protection look at the time he has he had all day to throw
it because Terry Glenn to run that far even though he is fast needed all day.
Bledsoe with that six foot five or six inch body just doubled it all over the ball and hid the ball entirely.
You know and I think that's part of having a dad as a head coach.
He said he learned things like play fake and screen before he learned how to use a knife and fork.
That's Ray Perkins down at the far end who's the offensive coordinator does the play calling.
And that call remember was on third and less than a yard.
And again it was a great play fake by Drew Bledsoe and by Curtis Martin.
But again it was great great pass protection by that offensive line of the Patriots.
Patriots lead at 14 10 as Desmond Howard.
He's hit at the 25 and taken down there.
The Patriots are excited.
You can just feel momentum change.
Yeah.
This thing starts out and the Packers came out and they were all fired up.
And early in the game Brett Favre hits a big one.
Andre rise and it looks like they have everything going.
And then it comes back and then the Patriots get this thing back.
Again here's the here's a touchdown.
You see the bootleg.
He's coming over.
Good pass protection.
And they see he has plenty of time to find Ben Coates in the end zone.
So the Packers take over at their own twenty five regular offensive set five on the play
pass it was rise and that's that's an area that they're going to work on.
Otis Smith over there on that side that right corner of the Patriots against Andre rise
and he was wide open.
Watch him.
Otis Smith is up there but he doesn't get a bump.
You see he goes to get a bump.
Andre rise and gives him a little move and runs right by him.
Whoa.
They've Brett Favre had just thrown that ball to the inside.
Andre rise and that would have been a touchdown.
But that has to give Brett Favre some confidence on Andre rise to know that they're going to
have Otis Smith out there all day.
They better give all that Otis Smith some help.
Now Ron Pitt says some information Ron.
Well Pat after that last touchdown when the Green Bay Packers defense got to the sideline
Rich Shermer the defensive coordinator immediately came over to him and said hey just relax play
your game.
We're OK.
Now that sounded good but you know the Green Bay Packers on defense aren't used to be in
this in this position that early.
So let's see how they handle it.
Pat you are so right.
I think more than relax and no I think they got to forget about the run and rush the passer
and not go for all those play fakes.
Freeman was the man in motion and is taken down by the rush from the Patriots.
That's Teddy Bruski.
Bruski was there first and what they do is on passing downs when the Patriots go to a
three man line they put in Bruski and Bruski is here now he can either be a linebacker
and drop out or he can be a lineman to stay down.
They don't know what he's going to do.
That time he just rushes.
He just goes right by Timmerman.
I mean Timmerman boom and just pushed him right aside went right by him and Slade came
from the other side and Hendrick is back to punt.
The Packers have lost that momentum.
This is a good kick.
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We're talking here now.
Here's Bledsoe another play pass.
Bledsoe just throws this one away.
They were talking about the things that the that the Packer defense has to do is I think
they have to stop going for the play fakes.
I think they just have to rush Bledsoe and then maybe on the way if the Patriots start
to run and maybe on the way to the Russian the passer then maybe just run into a run.
But I think if they continue to go for play fakes and get caught and stopped on the line
of scrimmage like this and to give Drew Bledsoe all day he's going to eat him up.
Well Fritz Schermer said the first thing we got to do is stop the run.
You can't be too concerned about that though.
This is the 38 Patriots in their own territory.
That'll bring up third and about four to what Fritz Schermer says as he tries to start every
game where he just plays four man and hope that they can control the line of scrimmage
and rush the passer.
Then if they can't he'll add a fifth which is a blitzer.
That doesn't work.
He'll add two blitzers which is six.
That doesn't work.
He'll add seven.
If that doesn't work he said he'll go to just a three man rush and cover with eight.
Megan third and five is in the backfield behind Bledsoe.
He comes straight back this time.
For Jefferson has almost intercepted no flags no flags Tyrone Williams who's really starting
to come on.
There remember that interception that Tyrone Williams had in the in the championship game
that one handed interception a day because Jefferson has a step on him.
Bledsoe threw that ball a little short.
Sean Jefferson runs a 4 3.
I mean he'd be one of the fastest guys in football and when he runs like that you have
to get it out there in front of him.
He tries to make the first man he did it again but not the second as the Patriot coverage
was good.
Mike Bartram was down through Bledsoe in conversation saying I like the way things are going so
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Well we got a little more football here to go.
Yes.
I think it's going to be some great football because so far the Packers had the upper hand
and then the Patriots took it away from them.
And right now the Patriots have the upper hand and it'll be interesting if the Packers
can take it back.
Last play of the first quarter.
The Dorsey Levin backhanded underhanded an Uncle Rube shot.
That was as any any any time you start running to your left and you have to throw it you
just throw it under him.
That's a rubber.
If you like scoring if you like offense we've had it all.
We had a little running passing trick plays bootlegs long passes that had everything.
Not much pass rush though.
Second down and complete intended for Jackson and there is no flag.
Keith's obviously thought there should have been one.
Look at this Green Bay started off two plays right off the bat.
Then they got their touchdown.
That was Andre rising.
Then they got an interception or turnover.
They had four four plays and then you know they had their 10 points right off the bat.
And then after that there was two three and outs and now they're on their third one and
their third one on third down third and six four wide receivers for the Packers.
That's that same defense Pat.
That's that dime defense where the where the Patriots put in Teddy Bruce Key real defensive
lineman and seven defensive back.
They have Slade coming from one side Jones up the middle McGinnis from the other side.
But look at all those defensive backs back there.
Back to punt is Hendrick and Dave Megan.
This one slides off the side of his foot.
Megan has to let it bounce.
It takes a Patriot bounce and then a Green Bay bounce.
The Packers had average one hundred and seventy yards rushing per game in the playoffs.
And this one so far only five thirty super domes sold out.
As you would expect for Super Bowl number 31.
The New England Patriots leading Mike Holmgren's Packers 14 10.
You know Drew Bledsoe was in the huddle and he just there's Drew Bledsoe right here.
He just ran over to the sideline.
Talk to his coaches and then came back in.
I'm not sure when the time clock started but he does have 20 seconds on the play clock.
So he's OK.
First and 10 Patriots from their own 42.
And Bledsoe back to throw.
And throws it away.
Reggie White.
In pursuit along with Wayne Simmons.
Here's what Bledsoe has done so far.
And again if you look at all the successful passes they all start with play fakes.
Excellent play fake and then after the play fake he's also getting excellent pass protection.
But every one of these successful plays had started with a play fake where he fakes the run and then comes out and makes a pass.
And he hides the ball so well.
That's because his dad was a coach.
He said he learned that.
Learn how to do that before he could eat cereal.
That really is still his go to guy.
When nobody else is open he'll throw it in coach's direction.
And here's the guy that they have to block if they're going to throw it to Reggie.
I mean if they're going to throw it to coach you see what Reggie can do.
You see Max Lane got there and he wasn't ready for him.
So if you don't do that what Reggie White just did to Max Lane there was what he calls a bull run.
You better get ready.
If you're back if he looks and you're in your heels he's just going to get underneath and just drive you right back into the quarterback with his bull rush.
So wide receivers. Reggie took the inside path.
Letzo is hit just as he lets it go.
A blitz from the other side by Doug Evans off the corner.
Yeah well that's what Frick Schermer said.
He wasn't getting there with his four.
So what you start doing here's Reggie.
He's going to take it inside.
Then you're going to see the blitz coming from the outside by Doug Evans.
See Reggie White.
He takes the inside.
That's the right side.
Watch the back side.
See it was Doug Evans.
The minute that Blutso saw him he knew he had to get rid of the ball.
He was out there like he was going to cover Terry Glenn.
And then he just took off and he was at Drew Blutso's backside or blind side.
Tupa back to punt.
Good kick.
Didn't miss again.
Desmond Howard after the opening return which was a dandy 30.
Back at Super Bowl 31.
Green Bay 17.
New England 14.
Antonio Freeman got on Lawyer Malloy.
Lawyer Malloy has a strong safety.
And he got because Antonio Freeman was in the slot he had to play a man to man.
Antonio Freeman got by him and ran right by him.
And the free safety Willie Clay never did get over there.
As we said that 81 yard touchdown that's the longest in Super Bowl history by a yard.
That's Dave Megan.
Megan gets out to about the 24.
John.
Watch as here's Antonio Freeman.
Here's Lawyer Malloy.
Here's Willie Clay.
He should be the help.
He should get over there.
He gets right by him and runs right by Malloy on the line of scrimmage right there.
You see it there.
And then Clay right back here doesn't get over and Brett Farr throws a perfect strike.
And Antonio Freeman separates.
Right.
And they were having trouble throwing on second and third down.
So what they did is they started throwing on first down.
That's what Bill Parcells installed.
You know that we've got to watch out for those deep ones on first down.
And if you're going to get up there you got to bump them.
That's Terry Glenn.
Here Malloy is one of those guys that came out of college and in college he was a like a linebacker.
You know a blitzer.
And you know he knew how to play press coverage and he knew how to play tight coverage and he knew how to blitz.
But he really wasn't good on the deep coverage.
That time he wasn't good on the tight coverage because he got up there on Antonio Freeman and he didn't even hit him or touch him.
He just whipped out.
That's Curtis Martin who hammers it up just enough for the first down past the 35 yard line.
The big old 93 there.
Gilbert Brown weighs 350 pounds and you're going to run up the middle.
Oh you're kind to him I think.
Well 370 pounds then.
I mean he gets a couple of those triples in him and he's tough to move.
Oh boy.
And they're going to run right at him.
And you think how in the heck can they do that.
Here he is right here and you have to move that pile in order to run.
Well you start off by double teaming it and you just get a little push.
Here's Bledsoe on the play fake again.
All kinds of time he finally throws it away.
As Reggie White finally broke into his face.
But that's good protection.
And what happens they had good coverage downfield because they were trying to get Sean Jefferson deep all the way across that time.
He was the only guy deep and the Packers down there had three guys on him.
So here's what they're trying to do.
They get Sean Jefferson a bump here.
Now watch at the end.
That's who he's trying to throw to.
He's looking for Sean Jefferson.
And right there by that time the ball is gone.
Second and can.
Coach comes in motion.
And they wrap him up after he picked up a couple.
Patriots at their own thirty seven yard line.
Thirty eight perhaps.
And so far this has kind of been a passing game.
Yeah.
A combined yardage has been a passing has been two hundred and seventy eight yards and 16 yards running.
So the first half of this game is a passing game.
Well it's artificial turf.
It's a controlled atmosphere indoors and you have Drew Bledsoe and Brett Farr.
And here's Bledsoe back to throwing.
He goes from behind.
Off the corner Leroy Butler.
That was the thing we said that you know Fritz Schermer the defensive coordinator was having trouble with his regular pass rush.
So he starts bringing guys.
Here's Leroy Butler there.
He comes up to the outside.
You see he just runs right over Dave Megan.
That's the thing that people try to do to Dave Megan.
They want to get him out as a third down pass receiver.
But then they blitz and make him a blocker.
Butler rush the passer like a lineman.
Well when he saw Dave Megan there he knew he had a physical mismatch.
Two plus kick by Howard at the 19 he's got some room.
Desmond Howard into New England territory.
No flags and the Packers will take over at the Patriot.
Forty seven fifty one yard punt at thirty four yard return.
I'll tell you Desmond Howard has great confidence now.
Terry Ray at the end makes a super tackle here or this is a touchdown.
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Second quarter.
Green Bay 17.
Brett Favre five out of nine.
Two touchdowns.
One hundred and fifty eight yards.
Most of it on two completions.
Well in first down play.
Remember the last time they got that.
Antonio Freeman that was a pass on first down.
I wouldn't be surprised if they passed again on first down right here.
Neither team able to get much going on.
On the ground.
Now and especially on first down.
You know we showed that graphic where the the Packers were minus one point
eight on first down because they're really ganging up against the run on
first down and that's the best time to pass because the Packers had
fallen into that thing where the Patriots would play good first down
defense and then they'd play nickel on second and dime on third and they
really couldn't solve that.
So they started throwing on first down which I thought was an excellent
idea.
Second and nine.
Bennett and Henderson the runners.
And here's Fogg throwing on second.
You think.
Coaches can sometimes get hung up on.
I know they always say to us we've got to establish the run.
You think you can get hung up on that.
Yeah I think you can and just stay with it too long but you don't want to
become one dimensional.
But when you have an Andre rising on one side and the Antonio Freeman on
the other side and they can run free like this just run where you get
behind the linebackers and in front of the secondary you might as well just
do that all day.
I'll tell you one thing.
We talked with Andre Ryzen the other day and he is one happy football
player.
Misread between Ryzen and Favre.
I think that's where one where Favre just had a chance to just throw the
ball out of the ball yard.
Remember he says high school he used to do that.
He said he'd be at the outfield.
He would just throw the ball as hard as he could.
Andre Ryzen caught the pass Antonio Freeman saying hey I was that was not a
pick.
Well he didn't want to pick but he what he was doing is he didn't want to
click because Andre Ryzen was coming across towards and that's why you want
to stay with the run just to have it there enough so that they have to play
the run because if you become one dimensional and they start pass rushing
all the time then you don't have a chance.
So you get them you get them to pass rush and then you run the trap and you
give the ball to Dorsey Levens who's who's one of the hottest players in
football.
There's only two teams in football right now.
That's over the last month.
I mean Dorsey Levens has become one of the biggest threats on this team.
One of the reasons they're here is because he's so hot.
First down Green Bay at the New England 12 and tie law.
He's a corner on that side too.
So that's that's one thing that this Patriot defense has is is is they have
good tacklers back there.
Law and Malloy and Clay and Otis Smith they all tackle pretty well.
The trouble they have it looks like is with speed that you can you may not be
able to run over and run through them but you can run by them.
Malloy and law two players two young players at Bill Parcells.
Well he had Chris Slade on him and Chris Slade made him throw that pass low.
You know we talked about a screen pass how you you kind of let the rusher come
and you you invite him but watch Slade right here number 53 Earl Dotson doesn't
get enough of him and then Brett Favre has to throw that ball over Slade and
that's where he had the problem.
He was throwing the screen to the right and if you're going to throw to that
side you better get that guy's hands down.
You have to cut him to throw a screen to his side.
13 13 year old for the ball.
The Packers want time out.
Mike Holmer is trying to get time out.
He didn't get it.
That was interesting.
Pat I was watching Mike Holgeron on the sideline before that play and he was
trying to get a timeout.
He didn't want to run that third down play as it would have been interesting
had it been a touchdown.
Let's see if we can see it here.
You see his signaling.
You see he's signaling time out there.
He wanted to time out.
He's watching the clock.
He didn't get the time out.
And now of course he got an incomplete pass and now he has to go for the field
ball.
A lot of fireworks.
Yeah.
Thirty four points of fireworks and Drew Bledsoe looks like he's getting ready to
go again.
Again.
And he's had all that success.
We showed all his success and it's been with those play action passes where he
fakes a run and throws a pass or where he fakes a run and bootlegs in other
direction.
Eight plays thirty three yards a thirty one yard field goal by Chris Jackie.
Mike Holgeron as you said tried to call a timeout and just couldn't get it wound
up with three points.
Yeah we talk about the players in this game and the quarterbacks in this game
and the an alignment.
But I'll tell you we also have two of the best coaches the best coaches in the
game today.
But I think in and Bill Parcells who's already won two Super Bowls and Mike
Holmgren on the Packers side I think to his taken down by Bernardo Harris.
These shots from the Bud one airship which also covered a game earlier today.
But why is your beat.
But like twenty seven twenty four in the but bowl of ninety seven twenty seven
twenty four high scoring but bowl high scoring Super Bowl.
You know and this can continue to be high scoring as long as you don't get
separation.
I think if you start getting separation where one team starts getting way ahead
by more than two touchdowns then I think they go into conservative mode.
I think the other team goes into a press mode.
First down.
Let's go up the middle.
Three.
Eugene Robinson.
Well he did.
But so throw that ball.
He looked like Dan Marino on that one.
He just had that thing up there and whipped it in there and Ben coaches pulled
it right out of the air.
I mean that was something to look like the way you're supposed to do it.
That was almost perfect pass there.
I mean he got he got back.
He set up and he whipped that thing and coaches went and just took it right out
of the air.
That was a good looking play.
First and ten at the forty four Patriots in their own territory.
But again it's been success on first down for both teams.
Let's go has hit it.
They try to hit buyers but from around the corner came Butler.
And that's the same same area that they had problems with Butler from before.
He's coming from that back side of blood.
So you see him right there and see blood.
So as looking to the right looking to the right and Leroy Butler hits him right
in the back.
That's the third time that Butler has come from that position and
successfully second and ten Patriots at their own forty four yard line.
Packers since they started to blitz let's no problem.
No blitz this time the Packers back to the twenty six scuffle breaks out for a
moment with the interception shuts down blood.
So in the Patriots you see what blood.
So did he was faking to the right.
Then he was going to bring it back to the left but he had a puppet one more
time.
He was trying to get it deep to Sean Jefferson.
He was leading Jefferson but he let it right into prior.
But that wasn't where he was going to go with the ball the first time he
wanted to go to the right.
That good coverage out there to the right.
And he had to come back to the left.
And really when he came back to the left didn't take a good look at it.
So the Packers take over.
And don't forget that story the turnovers in a game of this magnitude
they are always big and the Patriots have turned it over twice.
Yesterday when we were talking to Bill Parcells he says if we don't get any
turnovers we're not going to win and they still have plenty of time to play
to get turnovers.
I don't know why players do that.
I know what Keith Jackson is trying to do the way they spot the ball is is
when your knee goes down it's not where your knee goes down it's where the
ball is when your knee goes down.
So what players try and do is they try and reach out as far as they can.
But then they don't have any strength and that ball gets knocked out of
there a lot.
That's a very dangerous thing.
So many times you see that happen and what he was trying to do he was
successful in.
He was trying to stretch to get a first down which he did but he almost lost
the ball.
And Ted Johnson was there too.
Both Johnson and Collins.
The other thing is is just watch Ted Johnson here.
I mean I mean he's he's the type of guy said he always takes on with his
right shoulder and then and then he just throws his body at that at that
runner and he has he has one of the biggest necks that I've ever seen.
I mean he doesn't have a big head and he doesn't have you know big shoulders
and stuff but his neck his neck is size 20.
Doesn't matter which shoulder he takes it all with.
He says he does everything with his right shoulder.
That's why he just has the band on his right arm.
Five thirty one left to play in the first half.
Green Bay leading twenty fourteen.
Jerry Austin indicates first down Green Bay.
Otis Smith the offender.
We see Otis Smith right here playing the slant.
See Antonio Freeman starts to the outside.
Then he goes inside and instead of seeing if Otis Smith were to put his
left foot up there he wouldn't have to put his left hand up there.
Well we got his left foot back.
He had to put his left hand up there.
Mike Holman looks like kind of saw that the whole way didn't he.
That's what they do on first down here.
It was interesting.
He was trying to go.
He was trying to go out here to Andre Ryza.
He wanted to look.
He was looking at Andre Ryza out on the left side and he came back to
Antonio Freeman.
Here's Freeman and he's going to come across the field.
He's going to come up then he's going to turn in and see Brett Favre and
then Brett Favre is going to hit him right there.
He was his second receiver.
He was looking first to the left to Andre Ryza.
Here's here's the one that he was trying to hit Andre Ryza against
Otis Smith.
You see what happened.
He had that plus he had helped deep first down at the Patriot thirty
four eleven hammers down inside the twenty five.
You see on that sweep.
You know they always talk about a running back and how he has to have
patience.
Levin's had patience on that play.
He's going to start on a sweep.
I watched Brett Favre after he hands off.
He's going to go and he's going to make a jump fake.
But watch Levin's right here.
He has patience patience but and then right when he sees it he turns that
thing up in there.
You don't just slash and run right at it.
You come out.
You let your guards get out there.
You have patience to wait for them.
Then after they get out there and make their commitment then you hit it.
Second and one.
That was the old familiar Green Bay sweep.
Just different people inside the twenty first down Green Bay.
Now they're starting to run it a little bit.
You know defensive players love it when their offense runs the ball because
that means that the offense is controlling it and the defensive guys
get to get a little rest.
The worst thing for a defensive player is three and out offensively.
They're often the Packers two opportunities inside the red zone inside
the 20 about the line of scrimmage.
Maybe a yard before Otis Smith came up to make the stop.
The Packers are doing a lot of things changing in.
Don Beebe was in that time.
Andre rising comes out.
They're going one tight end two tight ends.
Now they're putting Bibi back in and I would expect that this would be a
three wide receiver formation.
That's one thing about Mike Holmgren who calls the plays.
He gives you a lot of different looks and this is a three wide receiver.
Out of bounds at about the ten yard line maybe a yard shy of the first
knocked out by Ty Law.
You can tell the frustration and Bill Parcells now because he wants that
ball back.
But they they had good blocking on that right side that time.
This is a coach here who wants to get the ball back and what he's saying
you see is when you run and you're running a sweep to the outside you
have to get forced to the upside to outside decide to run and do.
And he had no force on that play far headed over to the sideline.
We're going to get the two and a warning as Green Bay leads it 20 to
14 a red hot first half by both teams.
Brett Farms hometown about 60 miles from here.
And I think all kill Mississippi Packer backers.
I don't think there's just a few from good.
I mean everyone if you're from kill Mississippi you're a packer backer and
you're a far backer.
That's not a bad deal.
And you can be a cheesehead from kill and you can be like a half and half.
Yes you could.
If you chose to have you had to say are there more are there more Packer
fans here or Patriot fans here.
Which would you get.
I'd say Packer sounds like it.
Although based on the noise outside the room last night Dorsey Levens in the
last couple of weeks the last couple of games has really developed into a
force and you're going to see him here.
Just come out and just take the ball out there.
You see he's going to have a lead block.
He gets the lead in the four hole bounces it out gets a good block there for
Mark Shamura and then just turns it up the field.
But when you have a good blocking tight end like number 89 or Shamura who on
that play gets to you can always get a soft corner on the strong side or the
side of your tight end.
Now the Packers want to take their time here to score this touchdown from the
two first and goal.
One official said he did get in.
Yes he thinks he did.
Remember where the ball is.
And it looked like the ball was inside the pylon and did break the plane and
the pylons in the end zone out of bounds.
But the ball was inside and we talked about players stretching to get that ball
put that ball where it's going to be.
That time Brett Favre stretched it into the end zone.
Mark Shamura there who made the good block on that play before has a tattoo
the Superman tattoo.
He's been blocking like Superman.
Jackie for the extra point right down the middle.
Green Bay twenty seven.
New England fourteen.
We're just talking about Brett Favre and kill Mississippi and this is the way
they do.
Remember it's a goal line there and the ball has to break the plane.
You see him reach out and here's the ball right here and it has to break the
plane of the goal line.
This officials right there he sees it.
He calls it a touchdown.
The pylon is already down.
The pylon is out of bounds.
His knee is out of bounds there.
But he got the ball in the corner of the end zone.
Right.
It's where the ball is where his knee goes down.
And there's Favre right there.
He knew it.
He said that's a touchdown.
That's my kid.
He was his high school coach and he said that's what he taught him.
Anytime I run with the ball.
He said that's what I learned from my dad said because we used a split T and a
wishbone in high school and he said he was a running quarterback there.
So he said he tells his dad anytime that he runs with a ball and does anything
running.
He said that's for him.
That's what he taught him.
The passing part.
Not so much.
The passing part.
Who takes credit for that.
I'd give that to Mike Holmgren.
He does that pretty well too.
This is Dave Megan out of the end zone.
Megan has cut down at about the twenty two.
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Drew Bledsoe has found something there.
Remember the last time the Patriots had the ball.
They hit Ben Coates right in that middle right in that same area.
Now if they can keep their pass protection they can do that all the time because that's an area that they found open that they can do some work there.
Let's watch Ben Coates.
He's right here and he's going to come up and here's the area that he wants to get to and he's going to work in this middle.
You see the Packers are in a zone and that's what you try and do with your tight end is work the middle.
You see he gets a bump there pushes off.
But look how open that middle is once he gets by the original bump of Leroy Butler.
You see now watch he's going to get bumped right there by Butler.
He pushes Butler off and watch how open that whole area.
I mean there's a 10 yard hole in there after he gets by Butler that they can do some business in there.
Got a first down its first and 10 58 seconds left to play in the first half.
The Patriots have two timeouts left and right now Bill Parcells is looking for a whole lot of places he can do some business.
Three man front for Green Bay.
Patriots will get another first down to Terry Glenn or close to it right at midfield.
Eugene Robinson made a stop.
Bledsoe said let's hurry.
It is a first down Patriots still have two timeouts right.
They're going to have to use one of their timeouts now.
And the first thing they have to think about is get about 15 yards to get in field goal range.
That was Butler who made the defensive play.
That's the first thing that you want to do is you'd like to score a touchdown here.
But you think first things first.
So you need 15 more yards to get in field goal range.
Then after you get your 15 yards then you try and get closer and then you go for the end zone.
You don't have to go for the end zone or the touchdown until you get in field goal range.
Adam Venatieri has hit from 50 yards.
Thirty five seconds left.
New England has one timeout remaining.
They'd like to save it if they can get close enough for their kicker.
Well one thing about a Fritz Schermer defense when they get in these situations he will go to a three man line play a soft zone.
So you don't get a big pass rush here but you have to throw against him.
That's what they're doing now.
Vincent Frisbee he gets out of bounds and that stops the clock with 30 seconds left in the first half.
I mean the Packers really won that one in the first and second they completed the Patriots completed two passes but they still have third and three.
Now they have to complete another one.
Now instead of thinking field goal right now they have to think first down get out of bounds.
They'll go on a three man run.
And right now I think the Patriots have to go fourth down.
I think that they'll go for it on fourth down again and see if they had some timeouts left.
They could have run the ball twice here to get a first down.
But now I think they have to go again they're only fourth and two or three.
So we're talking about a pass that will get them about three yards is what they need right here.
Obviously too far for a Benetti area field goal it would be 60 yards.
They better watch out because that play clocks down to 10 seconds.
Fritz Scherber knew who they were going to.
He knew that on fourth down.
Remember Bill Parcells did that a big fourth down where where he went to Ben Coats he was trying to do it again there.
I think if you had to guess they needed that fourth fourth down they needed to get the first down and the guy to do it was going to be Ben Coats.
And Fritz Scherber knew that now ourselves to it.
Now Mike Holmgren's got 19 seconds in all of his timeouts and now he can go for it.
But look what they did to Ben Coats.
You see that LeRoy Butler has him here and he just grabs him.
And then the inside guy comes and hits him.
Now they'll probably just sit on it clocked down to 14 seconds as far of a sack.
Yeah it looks like it looks like in fact I just saw Mike Holmgren just took his headset off.
So that means he's going to let this clock run out and just take his team in inside and say 27 14.
That's pretty good when you're playing for the world championship.
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As we welcome you inside the Louisiana Superdome 27-14 at the half.
Green Bay Pack is leading along with Ronnie, Howie and Terry.
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And boy talk about a surprising first half.
Well, legends all involved in the pregame coin toss there.
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Boy look at the first quarter.
Right off the bat.
Two tight ends set.
Single coverage.
Slider.
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Andre Wrightson.
He's used to this turf.
Remember all the great years in Atlanta.
54 yard touchdown.
Favre off to a fast start.
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He does that.
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Bledsoe out.
Play action.
Did it early in the first half.
To Reggie Whiteside.
Ben Coates back in the end zone.
10-7 at this point.
Green Bay.
Then Favre back.
This 81 yarder.
Once again great adjustment by offensive coordinator Sherm Lewis and the Green Bay Packers.
81 yard.
Antonio Freeman.
Longest pass completion for a touchdown in Super Bowl history.
The pack of 14 to 10.
Now Favre back.
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27-14.
Green Bay over the patch.
And don't forget, Green Bay Packers and New England.
Two high storm teams in the NFL.
And right now Green Bay only one point off of its average for the season of 28 points.
And we take a look at the first half.
What was happening with the second doors or what was taking place as far as the Patriots
were concerned defensively?
I think if you look at the Patriots, one of the things they were having a problem with
is that their linebackers were trying to take away the run.
So what did Green Bay do?
They started running crossing patterns.
Getting the ball to Andre Rising.
Getting the ball to their receivers in the middle of the field.
Now you loosen them up.
Now you're running the football.
Dorsey Levens is running on the outside.
Taking away the linebackers situation.
And another thing that I like about this game right now is that you've got to get Keith
Byers back in the game.
Yeah, they're starting to run with Levens.
All of a sudden he's got 51 yards in the first half running the ball.
They're bringing Butler off the corner on blitzes out of the slot.
One sack, two hits on Bledsoe.
I'll tell you, that's the key to this game.
How can Bledsoe hold up in the second half coming from behind?
In the previous Super Bowl games there have been eight comebacks.
None by more than seven points.
It's going to be tough for them to pull it off.
Yeah, in this game, look for Green Bay though with his charge.
Does Mike Holmgren go to the run?
In the second half, after he has big leads, he goes to the run.
They've been running away from blitzes.
I think they should stay with five throwing the football.
And the underscore with how we say it again,
New England will have to create history because no team has been
down by more than a touchdown at the half in Super Bowl history.
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Green Bay leading 27-14 at the half
Pat Summerall with John Madden
And John, we expected we might have a shootout
But I don't think we expected that much
And that's exactly what it's been
But there's been three momentum changes here
I mean, the Packers came out, they went boom, and they got 10 points
And then the Patriots came back, and then they got their 14 points
And then the Packers got the momentum again
Now, I think if the Patriots are going to stay in this game
And not get a large separation here
They have to take the momentum back for the second time
And the Packers have been able to strike quickly
Yeah, right off the bat
Remember this first one here
Andre Ryzen, he just runs a post
And he goes right by Otis Smith
And then the second one here, lawyer Malloy is up there
And Antonio Freeman, he makes a little move on him, gets by him
The free safety, Willie Clay doesn't get over
And if you do that to Antonio Freeman with Brett Favre
They're going to make some big plays happen
Halftime statistics, the Packers started a run
Just a little bit right before the half
51 yards on the ground
Passing yards, pretty much even
Here's the thing I think, you know, is the Patriots only being able to run
For 14 yards, they have to get a little running in so they can play passes
And then this other thing, this is the thing that's killing them
Look, they had two turnovers and those two turnovers went to 10 points for the Packers
And they lead by 13
Quick striking, the average time of possession for Green Bay and New England
Two minutes and 35 seconds
The Packers will be on offense first in the second half
And this is Desmond Howard
Couple of outstanding returns in the first half
And Howard out of bounds at about the 24
Where Green Bay will take over
You know, we talked about momentum
How Green Bay had it initially
And then New England took it away from them
Then Green Bay got it back and now New England
Again, if they're going to stay in the game, they have to get it back here
And they have to start right here with their defense
And the way that they started it in the first part of the game was
Stopping them on first down, getting them in second and third and long
Then playing that dime defense
And then Green Bay started to throw on first down
And I wouldn't be surprised if Mike Holmgren looked at that
And made that same adjustment and started to throw on first down again
There's Favre
Favre's roommate for about seven
And that's the way to do it, you know, I mean to come out there and throw on first down
And get, you know, five or six yards
Because if you look how they did on their passing distance from 0 to 5
The real short yard, they were three out of five
Six to ten, one out of one, 11 to 15 yards, one out of four
And then they said they were going to take their strikes
And they did, three out of five, for 157 yards
They need two for a first
Packers at their own 32
And Edgar Bennett
Finds a hole outside, gets a packer first down outside their own 40 stop by Malloy
You know who's a tricky blocker is Frank Winters, the center for the Packers
He never gets a lot of credit, you don't talk about him a lot
But he's one of those guys, watch him right here
How he'll get into his guy, get him turned, the ball's coming out here
But he always, he has all the tricks
I mean, see him get in there, boom, boom, boom
Let the guy penetrate and then turn him or just as a running back gets there
He gets in some odd positions, but it turns out being effective
There's five on first
To Henderson
Who gets outside the 45, about the 46 and a half
Ted Johnson brought him down
I always thought that Mike Coleman was one of the best second half coaches
I agree
Going in, making adjustments, coming out in the second half
And you can see two first downs they've had in the second half
And they've passed both of them
Because when he tried the other way, that didn't work and he knows that as well as anyone
There are some coaches, John, who just can't do that
They can't adjust at the half
And there are some coaches who are good coaches who are not just good game coaches
Mike Coleman is a good game coach
Bill Parcells is a good game coach
They know how to play the game
Then Barb gives to Henderson again
And he's up to about the 40
Well, now they're still checking the goalpost
Yeah, they were checking the height of it
Remember Antonio Freeman?
He scored down there
I don't know if he bent that goalpost or not
But they checked the height of it, but they also checked it at straight
And that looked like a little out of kilter to someone
Well, there was a lot of noise at the half
Maybe it got rocking
And look at the smoke is still in here
There's a lot of pyro stuff
Maybe the pyro pumped it out
Third and short
Barb on third and short
Again, first down, Green Bay
In the first half, it looked like Brett Favre was going to his running backs
And to his wide receivers
And now in the second half, one of the other adjustments they make
Is to start to get the tight end in the passing game
Let's go back and look at what you were talking about with Antonio Freeman
Yeah, remember he jumped up and he hit the goalpost there
Now that could have knocked it out of straight
He looked like he hit it hard enough
Well, yeah, but it just bent it a little maybe
He does have a big cast on his arm
He has that plate in his arm
First down, that's Dorsey Levens
And he got maybe a yard
You know, that's getting ready, excuse me
And he knows that he has to get that momentum back
Now, that's the first time in this second half that the Packers ran on first down
Now, the Patriots are starting to get them in situations they want
Second and long
And then they can go and nickel and then hope they can stop him here
And then go to that dime defense
That has really given the Packers some problems
Second and nine
They come with five down linemen this time
But one of them's a linebacker, he'll back out
No, he comes, Slade
He wheels it to Henderson
And Henderson, a yard shy on the first down
The ball comes down, but he was down William against
Yeah, that's their form of a zone blitz
William against is the right end
And what he does is he drop out
See, here's McInnis right here
And he starts out, then he drops out
Now, on the other side, they're blitzing
So they overload the left side away from William McInnis
And then William McInnis, he starts like he's going to be a pass rusher
And then he drops out
So that's their form of a zone blitz
Didn't do any good though, did it?
Nope
Third and short
The drive coming
And with that last lunge
I think he got the first down
Bill Parcells is hoping for a spot here because we talked about momentum
He knows that his team has to get it back
The Packers know that they can't give it up
And every inch like this in the short yardage is a big deal
Where they put the ball down, he didn't get the first down
Where they marked it
I thought with the last little backward lunge by Levens, he got it
And I would think if they don't get it here
I wouldn't be surprised if the Packers would go for it
And if they do go for it
I wouldn't be surprised if it's a quarterback sneak
Because Brett Favre is a good quarterback sneaker
He says what he does on the quarterback sneak is he looks for the sweet spot
Frank Winters, the center, will tell him which way to go
Now, in the last game, we'd see Frank Winters give him a signal
He would tap the right side or the left side which way to go
This is one time you'd like to be a good sneaker
But the ball is given to Levens
And he doesn't get anywhere near the line of scrimmage stopped by Ted Johnson
And the best play that they have they didn't use
And they went to the other one and they played right into the Packers defense
They needed a momentum changer and the Patriot defense gets it for them
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You know, here's what I always liked about Ted Johnson, Pat, that he plays up the field
Now watch, he's the guy that gets the penetration there that stops Dorsey Levens
You see him get the penetration right there
And that is a big, big play for the Patriots
First and 10, New England at their own 44
Bledsoe back to throw it on first down
Sean Jefferson makes the catch
Defended by Evans
I was watching Leroy Butler and he was between Drew Bledsoe and Sean Jefferson
And Bledsoe threw it right over Butler's head
See if we can see it in this picture here
Here's Sean Jefferson, he just stops in the hook
And Leroy Butler was between him and Bledsoe
And it looked like he was in position where he could pick it off
Watch him go up, well in fact it did hit his hand
I thought so, because I was watching, I thought maybe he was going to intercept it
That's OK, pass complete to Byers
Byers didn't see Brian Williams there, did he?
Byers caught that ball, but that's what you have to do
If you're going to catch the ball inside there, you're going to get hit anyway
So there's no need to look
So he was looking at the ball, concentrating the ball
Oh, Brian Williams gave him one in there
Notice that all the players, excuse me John, are wearing an emblem on their helmets
With the word, with the name Pete, in honor of the late Pete Rozell
There's Bledsoe
And again, I think deflected, intended for coach
And again, Leroy Butler was in there, so he's been deflecting a lot of them
And there's that Pete you were talking about, of course, for Pete Rozell
And I've always felt that Pete Rozell was not only the best commissioner that football ever had
But the best commissioner that any sport ever had
I think that every Super Bowl is really a tribute and a legacy to Pete Rozell
Yeah, he can wear that emblem every game really
Third down, Bledsoe to throw, they pick up Butler
Bledsoe for Jefferson, just over and out of his reach
That was pretty good is that Tyrone Williams, it seems like, you know, that every time they put him in
And he's there, he's there rookie nickel back, and he's out there playing on speed again
Jefferson being one of the fastest guys in the league, he's running a 4-3-40
And he gets by him there, and again that one was just an inch or two too much
They beg it as to pick up the Bledsoe, I mean that's a big thing that Butler is doing now
Remember we saw earlier where Leroy Butler ran over Meaghan, that time Meaghan got him blocked
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Right now the Super Bowl has eight minutes and seven seconds left third quarter
With the Packers leading 27-14
And the Patriots again, their defense has to try and get their momentum back
They had a pretty good shot on that last time when Ted Johnson came up with that big fourth down play to stop them
Their offense couldn't do anything, and now they have them backed up
And this is where if you can get a big play by your defense and create a turnover
That can become a score very easily
First down at the 12 for Green Bay, their own 12
Oh, he noticed Smith and nobody saw him coming, including Brett Favre
You can see it all the way from up here, Otis Smith was lined up on the outside receiver
And you're going to see him come from the outside, here he is right there
He lined up like he was going to cover, it was Brett Favre's backside
There's Otis Smith right there, he looks like he's going to cover, Brett Favre is looking to the right
Then he looks in the middle, I think when he looked in the middle, just out of the shade of his left eye
He saw Otis Smith
Second and 17
The Patriots needed a big defensive play down there, they just got one, now they need another one
Looking for Antonio Freeman, the pump fake didn't fool anybody
That was interesting there, wasn't it, that Otis Smith came on a blitz and knocked Favre down and got a sack on him
So then Brett Favre went to work on Otis Smith having to cover on the next play
Otis Smith just won both of those battles
They needed big plays from the defense, they got the first one you pointed out, they just got another one in incompletion
And now Favre, well this will be an interesting choice right here on third and 17
They're staying in their regular offense, so now the Patriots don't go to their dime defense
And they move the pile out to about the 10, they don't get a first down, but they do get their punter a little bit more room
And the special teams are going to play a big part in this game for the Patriots
If Dave Megan is going to do something, he needs one right here
I mean here's where he can really pick up field position for his team
Hendrick standing back in the end zone
Be interesting, see if the Patriots put a return on or try to block it
I would think they'd put a return on
They did
And it's a good kick
And Megan will field it at the 42 yard line
And the Packers are down in a hurry and do a good job covering and New England takes over at their own 48
Jervie, Travis Jervie down to stop Megan 14, Pat Summerall with John Madden, Super Bowl 31
The Patriots needed a big series from their defense and they got it, the last two times in fact
Yeah, you know the Patriots have to get something going here and somewhere you would think they have to mix a little run in there
They've passed the last 14 times they've had the ball, so all the Packers are doing now
The Packers have them one dimensional and they're just playing pass
Here's your run
Field, there's a run
Yep, 14 straight passes and then they go to the run
And five yards they got
And then I think because if they run and they can run then they can get their play passes and some stuff going
That's Ted Johnson, I think that their middle linebacker has probably played as well as anyone on that Patriot defense today
I like him, he's a very impressive guy, he's a good guy
Second and sixth he was, he is
Here's Bledsoe back to throw
Up into the pocket is Bledsoe and taken down from behind
By Sean Jones as he tried to run it
That's Sean Jones here, now once you start up the field the worst place you can be is behind a quarterback
And then when he starts running up you have to make that move
To come around him, you see he's going to start inside on a pass rush
And then he's there, now when he feels that run you turn and you wheel and you go back up the field
Some defensive linemen just stand there, they keep running
The good ones quell when they see the quarterback run
Had two shots at it and got it on the second chance, first down
Robinson and Butler had him sandwiched but Coach still came up with it
That's one of the things you tell receivers to catch a ball with your hands out in front of you
I'll tell you Leroy Butler is just mugging him
And Coach just gets it because the ball got so close that he hit him in the shoulder pad
Watch him block on Reggie White here, here's Reggie White here
You see there's Max Lane and he was trying to do that hump move to him
And he got just enough help from Rucci, his right guard
Just gave him just enough help
Just a little chip
Five minutes left in the third quarter, Bledsoe has a reverse come in
Faked it
Can't hang on, had it settle in one hand for just a second
Bill Parcells told us yesterday that he has two special plays or two surprise plays to take a shot
That was one of them right there, the fake reverse and pass to Curtis Martin
He has one more there on that sheet somewhere
In fact he was telling us what he has on that sheet
He has six runs, three draws, five play actions, two bootlegs, three screens
Two special plays and 15 drop back passes
And if he gets them all wrong, they've had a big day
Here's Bledsoe
Fires to Jefferson
Makes the catch very, very close to a Patriot first down
He's hit by Tyrone Williams
Yeah, it's an interesting thing, both Santana Dodson and Reggie White are taking themselves out
I don't understand that, I mean this is a time that you have to stop them
And they both raise their hand and come walking off the field
That's, you know, the only thing that I can think of is that it is getting a little hot down there
McKenzie and Wilkins went in to take their place
Gilbert Brown started out and then went back
They're that much shorter than the first down, you don't want Gilbert Brown out
Well they can't take them all out, but if Reggie's going to come out and Santana Dodson's going to come out
Gilbert Brown can't come out
Here's Santana Dodson, number 71
I saw them, they both raised their hands and walked out
It must be getting hot down there
Well, you know, and then they had all that exhaust is still in here
They had fireworks, they had Harley-Davidson's, they had everything
And it's still sitting in this dome
Are you okay?
I don't know, I'm fine, I'm not down there in the field
But I think down there in the field it's getting hot for these guys
It's starting to settle
I think they're starting to feel the wear and tear in the heat
Third and short
Third and deep
He gets the carry
And he's got more
Than enough for the first inside
The 20 is still on his feet, struggles down to about the 17
Stopped by Eugene Robinson
Yeah, that's the old deal when the cats away, the mice play
You know, they take out Santana Dodson, they take out Reggie White
They need a little run and they get the lead there
There's Keith Byers on the lead
And there was no one there
I mean, that was a hole that anyone could have ran through
But again, just by getting enough running, and the Patriots are doing now
Then they can...
7-14, we're in the third quarter, 3-48 left
Yeah, we were talking about how smoky it is
Look at that, Pat, I mean, it really is
This place looks like it's in the fog or something
I know it's getting hotter down there
Let's check in with Bill Maas
Hey, Pat, I'll tell you, it is getting hot down here
As you look up into the ceiling, you see nothing but a fog
And I think it's because the air conditioning ducts are all covered up
Around the sides of the stadium, they're covered up with the banners
So the air is having trouble getting out of here
Back up to you, Pat
Thanks, Bill, 1st and 10 on the Green Bay 18
New England
Flag on this plane
But Curtis Martin is in the end zone
Forget the flag if it's against Green Bay
Martin broke through the middle and got into the end zone
It all started when they started getting some running going
And it all started when Santana Dodson and Reggie White came out
And it's going to be interesting to see what this penalty is or who it's against
That's a touchdown
Curtis Martin was really something on that
Once he hit that hole, this guy has moves on move
He has moves in the backfield, he has moves in the hole
He has strength, and then he has moves when he gets in the open field
But all he sees is opposite color, and he runs away from opposite color
And right through Gilbert Brown, those big arms didn't wrap around him
I still don't understand why Reggie White and Santana Dodson aren't in there
The 18-yard touchdown run, and the Patriots can move close
The tier is extra point is good, and it's 27-21
Look at that, he did, he ran right through Gilbert
There's what Bill Maas was talking about a minute ago
The vents underneath there being covered by the banners
You can see all the way around the stadium
You can see the banner material being blown or the vents or whatever
I think those are the air conditioning vents
And I think what happens is there's no air conditioning coming in here now
And all this smoke is still in here
And I think it's starting to get warmer on the field
And the players are starting to feel it
Starting to get warmer up here
It sure is, Benetieri
Kick goes to Desmond Howard at the 1
Desmond Howard is off
You better turn it on or he's gone
Desmond Howard
All the way
Into the Patriot end zone
As soon as they get back in it
Everybody takes it away, 99 yards
The longest ever in Super Bowl history
99 yards for Desmond Howard
It had been by Fulton Walker
You need momentum changers
You need momentum plays
You need momentum change players
And that's what Desmond Howard was right there
He has become some weapon
The Patriots took it away
And the Green Bay Packers took it right back
And the Packers have to take a timeout
Because they didn't have the right people
They were going to go for 2
They had about 20 guys on the field
Jerry Austin the referee
That's the Super Bowl record again
In case you didn't hear Desmond Howard
And what a factor he's been today
And down the stretch for the Packers
What a pick up he was for the Packers
And we talk about the job that Mike Holmgren does
But it's in conjunction with the job that
Ron Wolf does
Ron Wolf gets the players
And Mike Holmgren coaches them
And Ron Wolf has done an excellent job
Of getting players for this team
Indeed he has
They were very close to letting Desmond Howard
Go at the end of training camp
Well we did a preseason game there at the end
And I thought maybe they were going to get
They were going to let Desmond Howard go
But Ron Wolf knew that he needed a guy
That could return kicks
And he thought Desmond Howard could be one of the best
And he's proven him right
What a weapon you talk about most valuable players
Of course the game is not over yet
The Packers are indeed going to go for 2
And those are the areas that you never talk about
Before these big games
Offensive defense and never the special teams
Farm has forever flags come flying
As a scuffle breaks out the end zone
Rarely does anybody get injured in something like this
Aaron Taylor number 73 for the Packers
Had someone he was holding someone down there
The officials on the bottom
Officials that he didn't want to get in on that one
He got his hat knocked off and everyone
There's Aaron Taylor he comes out of it
We did it
We got that too but that was Desmond Howard
The two point was Brett Favre to Mark Shamura
Finds him in the back of the end zone
Because he had plenty of time
Brett Favre came out there
He had great pass protection
Plenty of time
And then he could go up and do this little
Celebration with Leroy Butler
He said they have one more part of that celebration
That he forgot but watch his kick
First of all you get into your wedge
That's that fourth group
And then you get into the fourth group
You get into your wedge that's that fourth group
And then you follow your next blocker
And then when you break out there
And you're Desmond Howard
You just run to the end zone
Adam Vinatieri is not going to catch you
No but the first thing you have to do
Is get it straight up into the wedge
The wedge of those four guys
That are about 20 yards away from you
And that's exactly what Desmond Howard did
35-21 Green Bay
We're still in the third quarter
3-10 left
You think the Patriots are coming back
You think they're getting in a position
To get themselves in good shape
Maybe take the lead and here comes Desmond Howard
Well the Patriots did come back
And then Desmond Howard took the momentum right away from them
Megan feels it at about the one
Megan is knocked backwards
At about the 23
Jeff Thomason
Super Bowl records set in this game
Four kick returns
You saw what Desmond Howard and the damage he's done
These are all the records set tonight
The most combined points set in the first quarter
The longest pass reception
Most punt returns by an individual yard
75 the longest kickoff return by Desmond Howard
In both cases 99 yards
That's what you call a shootout
You know this isn't the 85 Bears here
This is a dominant defense
This is a shootout offense
This is a kickoff return
Hit by Reggie White just as he let it go
But completes the pass
He fires and fires struggling for extra yards
They're still going down there
Watch Reggie White
Here he comes again
They try and cut him
And anytime you try and cut Reggie
I've seen him do this for 12 years
He'll jump over it
And the one thing you learn
If you're ever going to block Reggie White
Is you can block him different ways
But you're not going to be successful cutting him
Someone should have told Max Lane that
12 years never won a championship of any kind
In his entire career
Reggie White
They're getting closer
There's Bledsoe
Down he goes
And there's Reggie White
And that's that hump move
That's the one he learned that from Howie Long
Where he gets his right arm in
And just pulls the guy
Right here
And he's going to come to the inside
Now watch the right arm there
See him get the right arm
And he just throws Max Lane to the side
And comes right inside him
Here's the hump
You go up the field
Get the right arm in
Get him moving that way
And just keep his torque going that way
And then go inside him
Maybe he heard you say
He shouldn't come out for a rest
Well that's right
Or maybe because he was out for a rest
He was able to make moves like that
That's possible
Reggie White's going to take over this game right now
That's what he's saying
There is a point
There's a point that
That he can't let the Patriots
Get their momentum back
As Coach Fritz Schermer said
Before the game ever started
That Reggie would probably have
He thought would have the game of his life today
But here's the same thing
Now Max Lane that time was expecting the hump move
Which is an inside move
And Reggie just gave him a rip
And went right under him
Here's his wife Sarah
That's her reaction
There's one Howard back for two
And the ball goes out of bounds
That might be the wisest thing the Patriots have done all day
Kicked the ball out of bounds
Now there's two players that have really
Changed things in this game Reggie White there on defense
He just got up and says
I've never won a championship in my life
I'm this close
I'm not going to let this one get away
And before that Desmond Howard making the big play
The exhaust fans here in the Superdome
We understand are in the ceiling
And those are behind the banners for fresh air coming in
Yeah well that's what I was saying
Those are the vents to push the air out
They're not pushing any air out
So there's no air in here
There's no air conditioning
The Levens and he got a yard
Maybe more
Maybe not
Green Bay starting to operate from their own 37 yard line
They're leading 35-21
And now they want to start slowing things down
So I think you know the 35-21
I think now you got your separation
That you can go into a slowdown mode
And of course the Patriots are going to have to go into a fast break mode
The Packers taking their time down to 10 seconds left
And less than 10 on the game clock down
And here's Favre and he's going to take off with him
He's got some room
Brett Favre slides first down midfield
When you're Brett Favre and you're the quarterback
And you're from Kill, Mississippi
You went to college in southern Mississippi
You're going to do things like that
He's the darnedest guy I've ever seen
He's a quarterback who plays like a nose tackle
He says all I need is a couple of hits and I'm ready to go
And he's got the mischief of a 7 or 8 year old in his eyes
How about his foot?
He has like three knuckles in his feet
They look like a hand
And he can pick up a baseball with his foot
We saw him do it
That is amazing
That's the end of three quarters
Thirty-five twenty-one
The Star Wars trilogy is back on the big screen
And each planet is celebrating in a different way
On Earth, people are playing Feel the Force at Taco Bell
Press the game piece to magically reveal if you've instantly won cash
One of millions of prizes or a special edition Hummer
See the trilogy, Feel the Force
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Are you sure this is the right theater?
I'm not even sure it's the right planet
Cray Marama is coming to Colorado this February on Fox 31
Green Bay Packer meeting on the sideline
Well, you know, when you get this close
I mean, this is what it's all about
It's not about the money, it's about being a champion
It's about getting a ring
And know that in Super Bowl XXXI
You will be the champion of Super Bowl XXXI
The rest of your life
They can never take it away from you
And when you get this close
There's no way you want it to get away from you
First and ten, Green Bay midfield
He's done a real good job for the Packers today is Bruce Wilkerson
Because one of the dominant defensive players of the Patriots
Has been Willie McGinnis
And McGinnis really hasn't done much today
I mean, he's been he's been pretty quiet
Bruce Wilkerson has always been a right tackle all his life
He's a very good player
He's a veteran player
He really didn't do a great job on that play
But we haven't heard McGinnis's name much today
Just one time
Right, and if they were going to get any pressure
It will usually come from Willie McGinnis
Or from the other side, Chris Slade
Maybe a yard
Stopped by Ted Johnson
When Bruce Wilkerson came in and started playing left tackle for the
For the Packers, that kind of solidified that position
They started out
Gary Brown played five games
The rookie John Michaels played nine games
Ken Ruckers came out
And of retirement
Played one game, went back into retirement
And then Bruce Wilkerson started three games
And since Bruce Wilkerson started
I think that whole line has gotten more solid
As Mike Holmgren says
He won't give us a whiff
He's a ten year veteran
Five deep
Baby thought he was open
But nobody came close to that one
Five just aired it out
We were talking about Brett Favre before
But wasn't that something where he was on the bus
And he took a baseball
And he picked a baseball up with his foot
I'd never seen anything like that
But he has like size 13 or 14 feet
And that's why he can throw passes like that
And throw off his back foot
He's not going to lose his balance
Hendrick back to punt it
High kick
Megan signals fair catch
Makes it at the 20
I don't know what that dance is
But there's a lot of it
35-21
14-03 left to play
And the cheeseheads
Are starting to roll
A little bit
That dance was YMCA
That's what it was
YMCA
And he doesn't make it back to the line of scrimmage
Reggie White rose to the top
In the last offensive series
And these are two vintage moves
The first one is the hump
And then you expect the hump
And he gives you the rip
Just the right arm under
Both of them against Max Lane
Reggie doesn't look like
He slowed down much does he?
Well he didn't on that series I'll tell you
I mean he knew and he can smell this now
Reggie can smell a championship
The first one in his life
At any level
They swing it outside
To Martin and there's nothing there
To Megan I beg your pardon
And there's nothing there
As the Green Bay defense starting to take charge
Yeah again you know
You can tell the way things are swinging
Swinging and now they're swinging Green Bay's way
On offense and defense and they have
Everything they're going in and now
We talk about a mode
That Bill Parcells and the Patriots
Have to get into they have to get in a fast
Break mode and sometimes
A fast break mode easily
Becomes a panic mode
And that's the one thing you
Can't afford to do you don't want to do
You think you're not
But you are
Here's Latso
Jefferson can't hang on
Incomplete
And the Patriots will have to
Punt
And again good defense
By the Packers
You know good coverage good pass rush
I think that I think that Reggie White
Kind of turned things over where we
Got those couple sacks and then that made
Everyone play a little more cautiously
Get back a little more on their heels
Desmond Howard
You mentioned his name and you associate
Records too but trying to kick it away from
Him again
Desmond Howard
Just jogs out of bounds this time
Nothing developed 52 21
The cheese heads are starting to
Come out
I think the cheese heads have been out
Pat we've been here
For a week and as you as you walk
Around New Orleans
Which is a great place to have a Super Bowl
Place to walk around that's a great place
To walk around and they know how to put on a
Party in the whole week has been a party and
I think I've probably seen more cheese
Heads this week in New Orleans
And I've seen in my life
Gets it outside to Edgar
Bennett
With a fresh view of New Orleans
It's the Bud One
Airship reminding you that fresh beer
Tastes better
And a lot of people had a lot of fresh
Views last night
I could hear them
Yeah there probably a lot of those people
With the fresh views last night you could hear
Are probably here today
Or at least watching today
Second and sixth
Two tight ends set up for the Packers
A lot running
11 49 left
This is Edgar Bennett
First down Green Bay
In Patriot territory
At the 46 stopped by Chris Slade
Jim McMahon
He's waiting to get in the game
Jim McMahon told Brett Favre
He said hey when I went to the
Super Bowl with the 85 Bears
He said I was a starting quarterback
And I got my two backups
He said not just my backup
He said if you're the starting quarterback
He says you have to get your backup into the game
So when I did it I got both my backups
Into the game
So let's see what you can do
Jim McMahon said all they want to talk to me
About this week is what happened the last time
I was here
When I was the quarterback for the Bears
So he didn't talk all the way
I'd like to see Jim McMahon
Swirming around
Lost yardage
Lost a couple
I saw Jim McMahon
Before the game I was talking to him in the field
He comes out early
And he drop kicks
And he drop kicks field goals
He said he was going to go for a world record
60 yards
He said he had a 55 yarder
And he was going to go for a 60 yarder today
Then I had to leave
Was that in competition or?
No, no, just out there
He's out here by himself
Just talking to himself
This is like 3 or 4 hours before the game
What the heck does he care?
Second and 12
Packers at the Patriot 48
There's Favre
He can play
Favre not only
Automolized on that one
But you see him he was talking to everyone
He was automolizing and then
Point and then doing everything
Here comes that New England package that they had trouble with earlier
Yeah and then they started
You know getting some first down passing
And then that got them out of that
And then they started getting their running game going
And right now
Then they have their special teams going
Right now the Packers have everything going their way
10-10
Left to play
I know what Mike Holmgren is feeling now
That's the longest 10-10 minutes
In his whole life
Far to throw
By Shimura
He was open
He had the first down
He couldn't hang on
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I think when Mark Shimura
Is your best friend and you're the quarterback
And he drops when, that's why you smile
Because he's your best friend, what are you going to do
You can't get mad at your best friend
But you can but it won't last
You don't, you don't care about it
Hendrick
May get signals fair catch
Makes it at the 13
The Patriots will go to work from there
With 9.57 left
Packers leading 35-21
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Imagine what Holiday Inns will look like when we spend
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Everybody likes to have a good time
But hey, uh oh
Before you go out to party
Always choose a designated driver
It's a sign of intelligent life
Just comparing how far
And how much this game has developed
And what it's changed into from
Super Bowl number one
Tickets were $12, it was not sold out
Now they're $275
To this one
And this is the foreign
Broadcasting compound
That's Marv Levy of course who's on
In some country
I saw Morton Anderson
Before the game who was such a great
Place kicker here for the Saints for so long
He's doing the Danish broadcast
I know and they're way up there
In that exhaust
Look at them up there
They're all waving, they're having a heck of a time
First and 10 Patriots
At their own 14
Hit about five times
And hit hard
They keep him in bounds and keep the clock running
And that's what the Packers would like to do
You see the Patriots
Have to think now in terms of scoring too
I mean they gotta get a score then get the ball
Back and score again
That's right
It's Megan who doesn't get a first down
Gets only a couple of yards
And now it brings up that big third down situation
That we talked about earlier
And one of the guys that the
That the Packers have controlled well today
Is Dave Megan
Because the Patriots were counting on him
To get him a big play
And the Packers haven't let him get a big play
Oh the coach
The coach will get the first down
And the coach is going to hurry back
Leroy Butler, Leroy Butler
More correctly
There's Ray Perkins the offensive coordinator
Of the Patriots
He's not sure what's going to happen to him after this game
There's a lot of uncertainty of what's going to happen
To the whole coaching staff of the Patriots
No way
No game
Yeah what is going to happen
Well I would be surprised if Bill Parcells is back
I would guess or say that
This is the last game that Bill
Parcells will coach for the New England Patriots
And of course
His coaches will be free
And Ray Perkins isn't sure where
He's going to coach
So going deep
It's intercepted
By Newsom
And the Packers
Will take over
That's when fast break becomes panic
And then you force things and that's exactly what happened here
They knew that they needed two touchdowns
They had to get one fast
So you go fast break then you panic a little
And then you press a little
Then you throw things where you shouldn't be throwing them
Newsom knows that
He knows he's going deep
Before Sean Jefferson
Ever made his move
Greg Newsom read that perfectly
He was just coming off and he started to run deep
For the up pattern
Before Sean Jefferson even started running deep
For the up pattern
8-14 left to play the Packers take over
You're talking about Parcells
There is of course the possibility
That he'll sit out a year
And not coach anywhere
Yeah that is a possibility
I would think either that or a team like the Jets
I don't think he'll be back with the Patriots
I agree with you
No game stopped by Todd Collins
As Craig Newsom he said I knew that was
I was waiting for that one
Because again when you have them by two touchdowns
When they have to score two touchdowns
You know that they're going to take a shot at you
And they have speed like Jefferson
They're going to try and take a shot to Jefferson
So you just run where he's going to go
That's exactly what Newsom did
Reggie White
As we mentioned previously
Never won a championship way back in junior high
Before that
Played all the sports at every level
And never won a championship
And Reggie White deserves a championship
Yes he does
Reggie White's a good man
That's Edgar Bennett
Tripped up by Chris Slade
You know we talk about
What the Green Bay Packers are doing now
Everything that they're in is a slow down mode
Just run the ball
Keep the ball in bounds
On the other side they want to get the ball back
Get them out of bounds
Keith Byers of course they're played
With Keith Jackson and Reggie White
They were all together in Philadelphia
I talked to Keith the other day and he said
If we lose he said I'm going to feel real bad
It's going to hurt
But he said I'm going to feel good
For Reggie and for Keith
Keith Jackson
And I told Reggie White that
And he says if we lose he said I'm not going to feel good
For Keith Byers
But you know he would
Yeah but this is big to Reggie
When we talked to him the other day
He was as tight
And as nervous as I have ever seen
Reggie White and I've known him for 12 years
Reggie has that raspy voice
But as somebody said
There's just a touch of sugar in that voice
And look he's anxious now
It was 6 minutes 45 seconds
There's his wife Sarah
Their family
They know it's not only Reggie hasn't won a championship
They haven't won a championship
They've heard about it for a long time
And that was Reggie's yeah but
You know a lot of players
A lot of coaches you have a yeah but
He's a great player
He's a dominant player
He's going to win a Super Bowl
I think Reggie White is going to eliminate
One of his yeah buts
Don't forget right after the game tonight
On Fox
After the post game show
The X-Files all new
Following our Super Bowl coverage
Which will of course include the presentation
Of the Lombardi Trophy
That will take place out on the field
We'll throw it
To Freeman and he is hit
And brought down short of a first down
By Willie Clay
There's a penalty
I think it was brought down
I think that's going to be a first down for the Packers
And that's where we talked about
Fast break of becoming
Panic and then becoming frustration
That's the next level
The Patriots are going through that right now
Personal foul
Number 32 the defense
15
Bill Parcells has
Made his reputation with the Giants
With his great defensive unit
But to his credit
He has been able to adapt to the personnel
That he was dealt
Well it's just the ball is
The whistles blown
And Willie Clay just
Knocks the ball out of his hand
And then he started to go after him
And that's what they call
Foolish
Antonio Freeman just picked up the ball
It wasn't a first down
He knocked the ball out
I don't know that they would have called that a penalty
Then he went after him after that
Now that was just stupid
He's just even pointing to his head
He's even hit himself in the head
That was a stupid thing to do
That's when pain becomes frustration
Packers leading
35-21
Down to two seconds on the play clock
Here's Dorsey Levin
Knocked out of bounds at about the 36 yard line
Of New England
If I had a team in fact when we picked the All Madden team
We took Dorsey Levin's but here's a guy
Who's like 6 foot 1
240 pounds
Can run the ball
You can play him in the backfield
You can split him out
You can do so many things with him
That he's not a bad guy to have in your team
No he's not
And the Packers would like to keep him on their team
He's going to be a free agent
Well that's one of the things we talked about the job
That Ron Wolf has done to the general manager
Of this Packer team
Ron does a pretty good job of getting the guys
And then keeping the ones he has to
Then it
Straight ahead and didn't get the first down
It'll bring up a third and short
And the Patriots I believe have just taken a time
Out with five and a half minutes left
They have two left
Green Bay has one left
Bill Purcells is thinking
You know we got to get the ball back
We don't want it to end like this
Mike Holmgren is thinking
Let's just get this thing over
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We were staying in a hotel right outside
The mighty Mississippi and I didn't realize
That there were that many ships in the mighty Mississippi
A lot of traffic out there isn't there
Desmond Howard
And his congratulations
He was a big big part of this
And we talked about momentum changers
I'm not sure he's not the most valuable player
Well I have a vote for the most valuable player
I know you do
I got a sheet around here someplace
Other stuff I got it here
I wasn't trying to influence you you understand
I'm not going to be influenced
But I know who I'm going to vote for already
Reggie White
No that's not bad
Well Reggie White
No no I'm going to vote
Don't tell me
Why not?
I'm like one of fifteen or one of ten
It might sound like I'm trying to influence you
I'm going to vote for Brett Farns
Now you can't go wrong with that
That's right
Flags come flying
Whistles start blowing
Jerry Austin and his crew have done
An outstanding job today
I always say
Prior to this now ball start
Number sixty four
Five yards still third down
Wilkinson
Please reset the clock again to five thirty two
They always say
That if you never notice the officials
They've done a good job
Yeah I think they've done a good job
I can't vote for them for MVP
But here's my thing look MVP
Right here I don't want to see
I'm going to fill it out right now
I don't want to see
Packers
That's it right there
Brett Favre Packers third and seven
Favre gives
The door
And Levin's again cuts back
Against the grain and cuts
To about the thirty five yard line
Stopped by Corwin Brown
Clock continues to run
Thirty five twenty one Green Bay
Super Bowl 31
This is one of the reasons I
I vote for Brett Favre for MVP
Look he hands off and then he goes
Back and he fakes that jump pass
No one has thrown a jump
Pass since Sid Luckman
Harry Gilmer
Harry Gilmer after Sid Luckman
A little bit a little bit but I remember Sid
Luckman and Charlie Trippy
Remember he used to get those bubble gum
And the guy would be up jumping in the air with the hand out
And that's what he's done
No one's done that
And now Brett Favre is bringing that back
Most of those guys on the cards had a ball though
He's just plainly
If he ever gets a chance to have a ball in his hand
He'll do it
First down
I wonder if Mike Holmgren
Somewhere is going to put
Jim McMahon into the game
That's George Coons
On the crutches on the sideline who
Is the middle linebacker
His place has been capably taken
By Ron Cox
That was a big improvement in this Green Bay
Defend fall this year with George Coons in the middle
Picking up Santana Dodson
From Tampa Bay
And picking up Eugene Robinson right up the middle
Those three guys
He nudges it over the right side
Down to about the 30
He takes another timeout so they only have one left
A timeout a piece
Left
Summarizing the game for Super Bowl
Records set most of them by Desmond
Howard
239 return yards including
A 99 yard kickoff return
Drew Bledsoe
23 out of 43
Three interceptions two touchdowns
Far
Two touchdown passes and one
Rushing TV
Drew Bledsoe played well today
He did the thing
They just couldn't get any running game going
After they got that drive
Then Desmond Howard broke their back
With the kickoff return
They were that close
Drew Bledsoe had three
Interceptions but that one was kind of a
You know type of thing a desperation thing
There at the end
Second and seven
Far gives to Bennett again
Who nudges inside the 30
About the 29 yard line of
New England
And the clock continues
You see what Edgar Bennett's doing there Pat as he runs
In there he's just not going to
Get a first down ball he wasn't trying to gain a lot of yards
He's not trying to get a first down he's not trying to get a
Touchdown he was going in there and
Make sure that no matter what happened
He was going to hold on to that ball
And that was more important than making any
Moves or any big plays or anything
Bennett and Henderson come out
So Levens will be the runner
Behind far this time
Right now they don't get a first down
It'd be a 47 yard field goal
It's going to be a great attempt
It almost hung on the hip
Long enough for rising to reach back
And get it
And we'll have Jackie yeah sometimes you can
Throw that thing and just throw it a little
Short and let him come back and I think that's what
They were trying to do and it was
Right on the shoulder and he almost
Picked it off Otis Smith shoulder
A lot of people said rising
Couldn't play anymore
He can sure play for the Green Bay Packers
And when we talked to him the other day
We've known Andre rising for a long time
And that was the happiest Andre rise I ever saw
47 yards by Jackie
It's far enough
And no good
To the right
Bill Parcell's going back to work
Again
He just turned and said he wants four
Wides
So again they have to think
The Patriots have to think here in
In terms of getting two scores
So you have to get one quickly
If you don't get it quickly then you're going to have to
Take an onside kick
And they only go for an onside kick
They only have one time out
Like both teams only have one time out
35 21
Green Bay
But of course if they score that's an automatic timeout
They'll get another one at the two minute warning
So they do have three timeouts or so
Packers rush just three
Bledsoe
Bounces one out in the direction
Of his wide receiver
Yeah this is what Fritz Schermer is going to do now
He's going to he's going to get very conservative defensively
He's going to just rush three guys
And he's going to cover with eight
And he's going to play soft zones
There's Bledsoe back again
This one is complete to the outside
And Megan who gets out of bounds
And stops the clock
After he picked up
About five or six
Just outside
The Patriot forty
Three forty six
Left to play there's Fritz Schermer
And again the same thing that
Three man line
Soft zone defense
Santana Dotson
First to arrive
Reggie White right behind him
That should never happen
Never ever happen when you have five guys
Blocking three
They're only rushing three here's Santana Dotson
There's no way
There's no way that he should get in there
He has a double he goes by the center
Goes by the right guard
That is terrible pass protection
That should never happen against a three man line
Well you were talking earlier about what an addition
Santana Dotson had been
He gets in some funny positions
But he sort of slides
Through people
And the Patriots punted
Well the boss started on Reggie went to the outside
And Thompson split him
That's Desmond Howard
Flag on the play way back
In Green Bay territory
Howard almost broke another one
If Howard would have broke one there
I would have had to get my ballad
And bring it back together
And scratch it out I could still do that
You can?
Oh yeah you could do anything what I can put two or three of them in
Do I still have it?
No it's gone
You're the run back
Holding
Number thirty seven of the receiving team
Ten yards he'll be first down
That's about the only way they've stopped
Desmond Howard today
Yeah and I guess that Mike Holmgren
Isn't going to go for the
The quarterbacks and get Jim
McMahon into another Super Bowl and
Get all his players
Playing experience
There's Ron Wolf we're talking about
Ron Wolf and
That's Gene Washington from the league office
Remember the old 49er?
Just congratulating Ron
And I know Ron Wolf he's saying not yet
No he's saying victory
Hey watch out Ron
Not yet
We're number one
He deserves it
He's a great guy
Worked with Ron Wolf for
12 years with the Oakland Raiders
He is the number one guy
And he and Mike Holmgren
Get well together
There's Ron Wolf there he's just squeezing his hands
And that's going to be
Two minutes and 55 seconds
And Ron said let's get this one over
You know but it's been
It's been so calm and cool
It's been great both of these coaches
Cooperative they've
Been with us this week and Bill Parcell
Is one of the great guys in
This game and he said I don't expect
He'll be back with the Patriots Mike
Holmgren
I don't know if there's two nicer guys
Good coaches solid coaches good guys
I think
Parcells will come
Because he's a football coach
And he said that so many times
It may not be with the
Patriots I'm pretty sure it's not going to be
With the Patriots I don't think it will be with the Patriots
In fact he's not even flying home with the team
Yeah he has a
He has another flight going somewhere
Else so
33 to 14 for
Green Bay that was Super Bowl number two
You were an assistant coach for the Raiders
Vince Lombardi was the coach of those
Green Bay Packers as his last game
As a coach of the Packers
I did that game
And everyone talked about that championship
With Lombardi and all those
Years and
Now all these years later the
Packers are going to have their own championship
Titletown is really
Going to be Titletown
I did that game with one of the
One of the great announcers who's ever
Been in our business one of the real professionals
In our business Ray Scott
You know you think of the Green Bay
Packers and Vince Lombardi
And Paul Horning and Jerry
Kramer in the Green Bay sweep
And you also think of Ray Scott
Don't you? Yeah you do
You think of the Packers
Santana Dotson who just made that play
You know talking about Ron Wolf
And being with the Raiders Santana
Dotson's father Alphonse Dotson
Played with the Raiders
Yeah
He goes in motion far
Looking the throw
Gets away from the
Guinness
But not
From Bruski
It was funny when we talked to Mike Holmgren
The other day he said one thing he didn't want Brett Favre
To do is run backwards
He said if he got in trouble he always wanted him to run
Forward step forward but when he gets in
Trouble and runs backwards
He said all he does is get in more trouble
At least he didn't do it until
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In Fox's first Super Bowl
Super Bowl 31
Green Bay leading
35-21
Craig Hendrick back to punt
To Dave Megan
35-21 Brett Favre
Your choice for most valuable
Player and that's not a bad one
He's more than a
Quarterback. Brett Favre is a
Football player
That could just play anywhere
They could
He is
Megan
Packer coverage is good
And down there first is Travis
Jervy
The Green Bay tradition
The Packers and Lambeau Field
And Vince Lombardi the trophy named after him
Now to Mike Holmgren
And the names in the history
Bart Starr, Brett Favre
The New
Dynasty
Ray Nitschke
Reggie White
And the new taking over for the old
But I think really they're all going to join
It's going to just be one Packer
Legacy
His third sack of the day
They have Max Lane
Has sure got an education from
Reggie White today
Especially at the end of this game
Reggie took him to school
It's hard to believe in a guy as big as
Reggie is
6'5 and 300 or whatever he weighs
That's that hump move again
Can be so gentle
Incomplete
Intended for Megan
You know that move he learned it from Howie Long
Like I said earlier and how he
Called it a hump move and
Reggie White called it a Howie
He came on when there was a game to be won
Reggie said there's a game to be won I don't know
How much gas I have left in this tank
But whatever it is I'm going to
Empty it out a lot
And he emptied it today
A minute twenty seven
Patriots
Out of timeouts
Packers up by 14
That's always hit just as he let it go
Complete the Brisbane
Who is hit by Newsom
Poor old Max Lane
He's going to be thinking about Reggie White
Max Lane's only in his third year
He's going to be a good one he's from Navy but
Reggie White took him to school today
Three sacks
Seven hurries
Seven hits
Here's Bledsoe
Bledsoe
The Packers have the ball
With the New England 21 yard line
The Packers
Are going to enjoy the fruit
And the Lombardi trophy
And that was Craig Newsom's hit
Where the Newsom hit Brisbane
Williams ends up with the interception
And when we look at it again we're going to see
number 21 come up and really
make a hit watch him here's
Craig Newsom here and he's going
to unload on Brisbane he's going
to knock the ball out watches
it comes up here now he reacts
and he sees it and I watch right
there boom he just knocked
everything out of Brisbane even
made me say boom that's where
the first booms in your life
yeah but that was Craig Newsom
Williams gets the interception
but it was really Craig Newsom
fifty seconds left to play those
who say these games are boring
play a tape of this one or be
part of the Green Bay Packard
team the Green Bay Packer coach
be Mike Holmgren be Reggie White
be Brett five.
Five deals down the clock.
He proves Wilkerson.
They start shaking hands like
Holmgren officially we've just
been notified the most valuable
player of the game is Desmond
Howard.
You were right.
That's what you said you should
have voted for or I should have
voted for you vote for you want
to he was you know he changed
things around I think they all
did a great job I think I think
Desmond Howard did and he's an
MVP and he deserves it you know
who I voted for from a guy who
was almost cut in training camp
the first special team player
ever to win the Super Bowl MVP
title and this is what it's all
about winning a championship
couldn't happen to a nicer guy
the greatest moment of your life
you'll never forget it they
could never take it away.
Dad he has to be swelling up
proud the final score here at
Super Bowl 31 is the Green Bay
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An impressive victory by the Green Bay Packers who capture Super Bowl XXXI.
Desmond Howard, the MVP.
The only special teams player in the history of the Super Bowl to win the MVP.
Desmond Howard, a young man who was almost out of the National Football League just several months ago.
Has a major, major game.
And for the presentation of the Lombardi Trophy, let's take you out to midfield in our own Terry Bradshaw.
Thank you, J.B.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Terry Bradshaw.
And on behalf of Fox Sports, we are proud to thank all the viewers from around the world and millions of people for joining in today with us for Super Bowl XXXI.
Now to present the Vince Lombardi Trophy Super Bowl XXXI Champions.
I'd like to present to you the commissioner of the National Football League, Paul Cagliari.
Bob, Bob and Ron and Mike in winning Super Bowl XXXI today.
You extended a great tradition.
Your team today reminded us all of the great Lombardi teams.
We congratulate you and your extraordinary group of players on behalf of the league, on behalf of Packer fans in Wisconsin, throughout America and indeed throughout the world.
Mike, here's the Lombardi Trophy.
Thank you.
Bob Harlan, it's been 29 years since Green Bay has brought home a world title.
What do you have to say to Green Bay, the new America's team and all of its fans around the world?
I think it's time, Terry, that the Lombardi Trophy goes on to Lambeau Field where it belongs.
Ron Wolf, general manager of the Green Bay Packers.
This is a tough question.
What did you see in Desmond Howard that made you decide to give him a second chance and that this guy could be this instrumental in a victory, the Super Bowl XXXI victory for the Green Bay Packers?
Well, Terry, the real credit goes to the gentleman to my left.
He kept after me to sign him.
We were going to make him our first year, our first pick, and Washington moved in front of us.
But we kept after it and look what happened today.
I'd like to say this to the Green Bay Packers, every member of the Green Bay Packers, well done, well done.
To the fans of Green Bay, this is yours as much as it is ours.
And we thank you very much for that.
Thank you.
Let me move over here.
Mike, it's like we have seen a lot of errors in the National Football League, notably the Vince Lombardi Lombardi era.
And now along comes you, Mike Holmgren.
Is this the new era?
Is this the Mike Holmgren era?
And what does it feel like to be a coach of the gold champion Green Bay Packers?
Well, Terry, first of all, I'm really humbled by the experience.
This is the greatest group of players I've ever been around, the most unselfish group of players I've ever been around.
And my coaches just did an awesome job all season long keeping them focused.
And they are to receive a lot of the credit.
I mean, we were all in this thing together.
Coach Lombardi had a wonderful legacy for the rest of us.
And now we're just trying to do our part.
I hope we can do it for a long time to come.
We see in games like this, there is always a momentum change.
I thought the second play of the game, you had 15 scripted plays, and yet the second play of the game was two tight ends, one back, two wide receivers.
Bingo, 54 yards to Andre Rison.
Why did you select that play?
Well, the whole thing was Brett selected it.
Oh, Brett selected it.
Yeah, I had my script.
And he read a blitz, he audible to a play, and he hit it.
It was beautiful, and that might have been the turning point right there.
Right.
Well, you're audible.
That's amazing.
Big guy.
Reggie White has been 14 years.
What's it mean to you?
You know, I just want to say this.
You know, God brought me here.
I want to say thank you, Jesus.
It's not all about us.
It's not all about what we accomplish.
It's about what God has done in these players, in this team, and Lord Jesus, I just want to say thank you for the opportunity.
This feels good, man.
This feels great.
Feels great.
I want to say hi to my grandmother back home.
Mother, hello, and all my family.
I love you guys.
Brett.
You were a little bitty boy.
You dreamed of playing in the National Football League, and you said, one of these days I'm going to win one of these Super Bowls.
And you did it today.
And this has got to make you feel like your own top of the world, even though you are the MVP in the league.
Well, thanks, Terry.
I tell you, I want to thank our fans, first of all.
Thank the city of New Orleans.
We worked, you know, we worked very hard for this.
We put forth a lot of effort.
We went through a lot of tough times.
Our team, you guys stuck with us.
It's been a long road, but we're here.
We want to thank all of you.
Thank you.
Ron Wolf brought you to Green Bay.
I don't think he expected a man that would have three punt returns, kickoff returns, a regular season, and then two more in the postseason.
And the 99 yard of today is the Super Bowl record, 244 return yards, also a record.
Are you surprised by the results that you have given the Green Bay Packers?
No, not really.
I think that you have to have confidence in yourself.
And through all the adversity and the trials and tribulations, I've always had confidence in myself.
I just think that you have to give a lot of credit to a man like Ron Wolf for seeing through all the BS and trusting his eye for talent and bringing me here and giving me the opportunity to do the things I've done for this organization, this team thus far.
Okay.
You got a pose for us.
You had a Heisman.
It's been five years now since you won the Heisman.
Is there a Super Bowl MVP pose?
Have you made one up?
Well, you think about it, James Brown, world champion Green Bay Packers, Super Bowl 31.
Back to you, big guy.
All right, Terry.
Thank you.
Well, the pose is best symbolized by the Lombardi Trophy.
That is all the pose that's needed.
These Green Bay fans most appreciative of the fact that Green Bay is once again title town.
And let me engage my guys here, Howie Long, Ronnie Light on this.
Howie, you said during the pregame show that other than Brett Favre,
the biggest impact player on Green Bay is in fact Desmond Howard.
Yeah, there's no disputing the fact that Brett Favre is the MVP of the NFL and MVP of the Green Bay Packers.
But Desmond Howard has had the single biggest impact on this team and contributed to this team getting to this point in the Super Bowl
and breaking that long kickoff return today.
Ron Wolf has done a remarkable job.
And I think Desmond Howard epitomizes what Ron Wolf has done there.
He did the same thing with the Raiders, brought people in from around the league.
Dotson, Jackson, Ryzen, Jones, White.
These are guys that he brought in from around the league, took advantage of the system that was in place.
Desmond Howard was an inch away from playing in the Canadian Football League.
And today he is a Super Bowl MVP.
Reggie White, three sacks, a Super Bowl record.
The road less traveled. Reggie White's here. He's a champion.
Brett Favre, July 1996.
He says that he's going to win a Super Bowl for this team.
He said, believe in me. Come here and I'm going to follow you guys all the way here.
What does he do? He wins the Super Bowl today.
But like Terry Bradshaw said, stars have to play like stars.
They had a lot of great stars. We've got Shawn Jones in the back.
Shawn, come on up. We've got Shawn Jones in the little kid.
This is fantastic. So many guys that lived their dreams.
Shawn has played 14 years in the National Football League.
And now he's got a championship.
Well, Reggie White and company have an awful lot to be proud of.
Reggie said all season long that Green Bay was a team of destiny.
And who's to doubt him? In fact, it is true.
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Why don't you take it away?
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It just seems like yesterday when we picked you up at Northeastern University
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and then boom, 99 yards, Desmond Howard.
I've been saying it all year.
You know, Brett won the league MVP and we respect that.
Brett had a great year, but for our team MVP, it had to be Desmond Howard.
He meant so much to our team in terms of field position.
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I'm so happy that he won the MVP.
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What extra incentive did you also have today?
Well, we heard that John Maddon was going to get a coaching job
with Dick and everybody come back, but he kind of blew that opportunity.
We heard that he said that if we played the Patriots 10 times,
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So it just goes to show you, you know, we are a very loose group,
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We'll find out if John really said it.
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All right, a number of stars, indeed, on the Green Bay Packers.
Right now, let's check in with our Ron Pitts, who's standing by with one.
And Tony O'Freeman, who, of course, as you know,
four games he missed during the season with a broken forearm.
He came back and is now winner in the big one, Ron Pitts.
All right, JB, joining me now, two of Green Bay's wide receivers
who had a great day today.
Tony O'Freeman, Andre Risen, got the big trophy.
That's what it's all about, isn't it?
You know, I mean, you know, I like to thank God first,
thank this organization, my family,
all my friends that I've encountered within this team.
I mean, it's the Vince Lombardi trophy,
and we're bringing it back home, baby, where it belongs.
First of all, I'd like to thank Jesus Christ,
and also I would like to thank my family who stuck behind me,
my teammates who accepted me in this organization,
gave me another chance and opportunity to play football
and have fun and become a world champion.
Antonio, you had the Super Bowl record touchdown catch.
What did they win on out there? What did you see?
How were they trying to cover you?
Oh, well, you know, we went to a trips look to the right,
and I saw the safety walk up on me, Malloy, and...
Unusual safety out there.
Yeah, and he came up and bumped me,
and I knew all I had to do was make him stagger
and give him a hard move.
I gave him a hard move, and he staggered.
I got by him, Brett delivered a great ball,
and I was able to run under it,
and the rest was just my athletic ability running,
and, you know, when I was running,
I was just thinking about all those people...
Don't hold anything back.
I was thinking about all those people who said
I couldn't go across the middle,
and that's enough.
Now you see me on the biggest day of my life,
and we're champions. That's all that matters.
Andre, what do you have to say to this?
You bounced around a little bit.
Some people said you had problems hanging on
in different places, but you know what?
You started off with a bomb. You made the big play.
Tell me about it.
I had to get on my knees and pray to God
and thank him again for giving me this opportunity.
You know, it's unbelievable, and this team is remarkable.
We got great, not only great players on this team,
but we got great people,
and I think it's a reflection of this organization,
and it's a reflection of this trophy,
and that's why we're taking it back to Green Bay
for all the players here.
All right, congratulations, fellas.
Don't party too hard up there now.
All right, JB, let's go back to you.
All right, Ryan, certainly New England
has nothing to be ashamed of.
It's a team that started 0-2 this season,
and many people did not even think
they would have a chance at winning their division title,
much less being here.
Right now, let's check in with Pam Oliver,
who's standing by with Bill Parcells.
All right, Coach, your guys made a run at it
for a while there.
Tell me how things got away from you.
Desmond Howard, kickoff return.
I thought we had a, you know,
we thought we might have had him rocking just a little bit.
27-21, you know, we had a lot of momentum on that drive.
Our defense was playing a lot better,
but he made the big play, and I credit him for it.
He's a terrific player, been great all year,
and he was great today.
Can you talk to me about what you may have said
to the guys after this?
A lot of speculation that you won't even be back.
Did you get into that with them?
No, I didn't. I just talked to them about the game
and what happened in the game
and some of the reasons why you lose a game like this.
Then I thanked them for what they'd given to me this year
in terms of effort,
because they have done a tremendous amount,
and they fought hard.
We just cracked a little bit today under pressure.
Is it a bittersweet moment for you?
I mean, I think a lot of people think it's a foregone conclusion.
You're gone. Is this a bittersweet ending for you?
Listen, any time you get to this game,
there's a measure of satisfaction,
but when you lose it, you're disappointed.
No one could be more disappointed than I am
because I do think we had a chance there for a moment,
and you never know when this opportunity is going to come again,
or if.
That's for everyone in that room,
so I'm grateful that I had a chance to be here.
I credit Green Bay.
Mike Holmgren, I think, is a terrific coach
that has a tremendous future in this league,
and Ron Wolf, the GM of the organization,
has done a tremendous job,
and I credit their players for everything that they've done,
so I think they've accomplished a tremendous amount,
and they're worthy of being champions.
They played better than we did today.
Why do you want to leave the Patriots, Coach?
Pardon me?
All right, just for the record,
let us also indicate that Bill Parcells,
when asked about his coaching status,
refused to address those questions,
but once again, congratulations to the New England Patriots
for making it to the Super Bowl.
We'll come back with some thoughts from our guys here
as we continue on the postgame show after this.
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Packers fans claim they are now America's team.
They want that title back.
All right, we're going to go talk with a couple guys from the Packers secondary.
Well, I'm sure believe that.
Let's check in with Ron Pitz.
You'll be joining me right now, Eugene Robinson, Leroy Butler,
and Edgar Bennett, you snuck in here.
I just heard Mike Holmgren say the trophy has our name on it.
It belongs in Green Bay.
Hey, Roy.
Well, I think that's what it's all about.
We set out to do this a long time ago.
We've been telling our kids just way back in training camp
where there's a lot of distractions.
You know, what would this team have to go through?
This means, I mean, more than the world to us right now.
Now, this guy coming here, Eugene Robinson,
did a lot for this secondary, didn't he?
Give me your feelings on being here, starting up on a new team,
and what you've been able to provide for it.
You know, when Reggie White called me about a month and a half
before the trade had happened,
I really felt the Lord Jesus Christ was sending me.
You can hear that thing with the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I really felt that God was bringing me here.
Bibi and I said the same thing.
I couldn't, I didn't imagine how spiritual this team was,
how people relied on Jesus,
and how we still played effectively.
God has blessed us tremendously,
and now to share this trophy with all my boys out here
is tremendous, because 12 long years of me playing,
I got a trophy.
And I'm going to give a shout out to Antioch Bible Church back there.
I know they're praying for me.
Hey, this is tremendous, and I share this with all the fans,
not only in Seattle, but Green Bay, especially.
All right, JB, you heard it. Let's go back to you.
All right, Ron.
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