weak ground ball. gonzales. inning over. marlins get 1.

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jerseys. team store into your computer. straight from the source. and finish this game off with marlins. and now that the bullpen is the on the left field the bottom of the inning. orr. will not be a good season for the nationals if win here. 12, when were you down 9- 0 pretty good. that's with a flurry. 2 run sungle in the

inning. loaded the bases. swinging says bill they are worried about reportermy john surgery. they are cautious. piles up the innings here this year and the strikeouts. ball and a strike. bob: the innings are 188. never thrown more than 157. josh. that's generous. gone. call. little liberal here. get game in. another delay. get away day. louis. philadelphia. bob: they play tomorrow. have a day off.

they are always on the road. bob: maxwell. strikeouts a walk. there will be menty of he is up for free agency. bob: oh, my! bob: 2 outs. pete orr turned the game into a more comfortable lead, rob. rob: well 4th drive. [ laughter ] >> rob: way nought right field.

easier day. 3. homer downed 2 runs. in. strikes. consider a career as a announcer. i didn't think so. of the russian names i'm -- the english name tough. you would be okay if they were from connecticut, fed off. bob: you are serious about those. games. o-2 to pete orr. pulling out a hook. line and sunker.

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bergmann. gload on deck. then coghlan, rain falling steadily. >> rob: some will be pinch hitting. in front of ramirez. we do not want to face them here we love them on their team going to st. louis. >> bob: hugging the line. orr throws it. >> rob: a hot shower, meal and have fun against albert pujols and company. >> bob: good luck to the marlins. now that the nats are done with them with three more outs, they're our buddies. >> rob: we'll try to help new philadelphia. you let us have this we'll work

hard in philadelphia. >> bob: like broadcasters have anything to do with it fastball into center. gload will be next. , we have doug doug and burnett throwing now, double barrel. >> bob: uh-huh. when were you throwing did they call that dibble barrel? [ laughter ] i think it was more though watch my leg, watch his leg. we had high leg kuks. mack sure the righty is on the right mound and lasty on the

left. nasty weather. >> bob: they're going to stop the game at 6:09 for the second time. the toom they stood with the tarp for a long, long time and did not take it off hasnded up costing all of us here at the end. they were expecting another cell to come through which did not, the game was restarted at 5:00 an hour and # minutes ago. another pause. how about that. espn news until we come back and wrap up. a crazy day of rain and baseball.  so,  again, when you're talking about how this transfers to what's happening today, he is seeing everything.

he's seen ray lewis in baltimore. makes the transition easier. you come back today. now, again, the big throw over top. not having to use the pump fake because great design play to get his receiver open. the vision, how can this vision help me? sees here right down the middle. all about your athletes making plays for you. just about making the play exactly in practice, knowing that, do you know what? this play is designed to get the seam route open. if that linebacker sits there, i'm gonna throw the ball over top. good option to all oef the football field for sanchez to find. got a lot of stuff right there. one thing you have to take away from this, you have a young man who is not afraid to throw the ball over top, not afraid to look up. i think he's ahead of those two guys last year because of that situation. >> perhaps ahead of the young quarterback in detroit, to be fair to matt stafford, has a very different supporting cast. lions are getting better.

speaking of quarterbacks who are at the top of the heap, where a guy like matthew stafford wants to get, it's drew brees. one of six touchdown passes today. saints set a franchise record most points scored in week one. week one of the nfl season. that light up the scoreboard for 45 points. 45-27. that send the lions to their 18th straight victory. what else would drew brees be after the game but happy about his team's week one performance. >> absolutely. score 45. you look ate and you say well, we turned the ball over three times, missed a field -- got a field goal blocked. there's a lot more opportunities out there to be had. that's a good thing. but then again, you realize that it only gets tougher as we go forward here. we have a huge challenge next week at philadelphia. i know that had a big win today against carolina.

so we got our work cut out for us. we know we have to be better next week in order to beat this next team. >> work cut out for us, we need to be better. boy, relish this performance in week one, regardless who it's against. brees' six passing touchdowns matches a st.s franchise record. first time a player thrown at least six tds in a game. the nfl record is seven. first time a quarterback has done it in one game since brett favre did so against arizona a season ago. well, there are finishes and then there are fantastic finishes. then there's what happened in the bengals/broncos game. josh

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todd haley leaves arizona and suddenly the cardinals can't do anything offensively. down 13-6 to the 49ers, early in the third quarter, giants 17-7 lead on the redskins. mario manningham caught his first td pass from eli manning. seahawks 14-0 lead on the rams. tough season in store, it would seem, for the folks in st. louis. cowboys and buccaneers. no monthty kifen anymore, but you say this is all about the run here. >> great job by the quarterback and receiver. had a great timing. running a perfect route. and throwing the ball where it should have been thrown. >> tony romo to roy williams.

66 yards. cowboys beat up on the bucs. romo 353, that's a career high, three touchdown passes. patrick crayton, 4 catches. >> who? >> that's what they're saying in dallas. romo threw three touchdown passes of 40 or more yards on sunday. romo leads the league in touchdown passes. all 40 or more yards since 2006 with 20. drew brees who had one touchdown of 40 or more yards today is second on that list. colts and jags. coaching debut of jim caldwell as the head man in indianapolis. peyton manning, reggie wayne, shades of peyton manning and marvin harrison. >> true number one here going after the ball. great route runner. he can do it all. >> peyton manning throws for 301 yards, a touchdown and reggie wayne, 162 yards, 10 catches. here's peyton now on his new

number one. >> new sheet that are given on the nfl stat sheet, which is scary. they're giving targets. i don't really like that. there's going to be some guys see the target and go, i was the target. how do that know who my target was, also? i try to get it taken out, but it's an nfl thing. but, you know, i saw him today, he was the target 14 times supposedly and caught ten balls. >> you want to be involved as much as possible. i don't think i'm going to have this kind of day every week. i would hope so. but we just, like i said, i'll take whatever that give me. whenever that call my number, i just want to make something happen. >> the first win, certainly think our team played well and did a great job. i think that one win only tells you is that we won't go 0-16 this year. >> good to see your leader calm and collected. i think coach caldwell will be that way all season, much like coach dungy was.

>> reggie wayne, yes, stately wayne manor. you bet what. big days in his career. today against the jags third all time in terms of receiving yards. what's your opinion on that target thing? >> that's a funny thing here. peyton, i think, is looking beyond that, because as a defensive guy, i'm gonna look at that. what he's saying usually when you get the stats at the end of the game, it shows catches, yards touchdown. basically had five catches, you know, yards and couple touchdowns. the defender you say, i shut him out. had no catches, no yards and no touchdown. but now that are putting on how many times he was the actual go-to guy. i can look at the stat sheet and say, this guy was targeted in this route 14 times. so now i can start to defend a certain route and know who the primary guy is. so peyton manning understands smart defenders will start looking at it that way and not

looking at it like the guy was looked at 14 times. >> spoken like a defender yourself. talk about the ravens, talk about defense here. talking offense though joe flacco. a closer game than we thought. good looking throw here. >> chiefs try and bring the whole package. that's what we call 0 coverage. no help in the middle. got that guy. got to have the inside. can't let him get over top. chiefs going after him. ravens make him pay. >> smart play, touchdown catch. five catches, 77 yards. that score not indicative of how close this game was. it was tied at 24 in the fourth quarter. strong effort by todd haley and the chiefs who did not play with matt cassel today. croyle came on in relief of tyler thigpen and looked good. chiefs were down to their third quarterback. dropped to 0-1 on the season but looked good in doing so. crazeiest finish you may

ever see to a game. broncos and bengals. under 30 seconds to go. bengals had just taken the lead. got to go 87 yards so you draw up this play, ea, huh? >> great job by the db. tipping the ball up. brandon stokely just around the ball making it happen, never giving up on the play. look at brandon stokely. see the tip. kind of gets ready and prepared to receive the ball. safeties go and try and take out the wideout. but again, just an unbelievable play for a great veteran. but, you know, cincinnati bengals, you had this game won basically. >> hard knocks in cincinnati. that did have this game won at 7-6 but the broncos come back to win it. first win for josh mcdaniels. win number one on the season for donovan mcnabb, but how costly was it? we will update his injury and

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if he plays well today, i think he's going to win this kevin connors, eric allen. we've got taen nis update. men's finals, rafael nadal taking on del potro. second set, del potro in full control. took the first two sets 6-2. up 2-0 in the third. del potro in the far court. running nadal ragged in this one. we thought it would be entirely the other way around, but it was not the case. del potro moving on to the finals of the u.s. open 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. it's his first career grand slam final. some fallout from a match last night. serena williams losing to kim christers. there was controversy regarding williams and a line judge and what was said. serena issued a statement saying --

what to watch for tonight when you're watching the women's finals of the u.s. open. how about new mommy kim christers. vying for her second career grand slam win. caroline wozniacki called it a dream come true to play in a grand slam saying i have nothing to lose. what does tiger woods have to lose? eight shot lead on jim furyk right now in the bmw championship. and it is, in fact, a final. tiger woods put another trophy

on the shelf for tiger. eight-shot win over jim furyk. >> get a car, too? >> i'm sure. >> at this point -- pro athlete. >> i have no game on the green. >> nothing? >> i'd cross you over though. >> all right. on the heels of tiger's victory, much more from another guy who's got a couple victorys in his poekt. we will have much more on the day around the nfl coming up. we all have confidence and we all have doubt. but when the moment comes... what's going to win? here's to confidence. gillette helps you look, feel, be your best.

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play quarterback in the nfl. only this time, he's a minnesota we're powering our way home here on "the blitz." brett favre starting his 270th consecutive game. ea, we've seen this touchdown run now 23 times. i want you to tell me, how about the tackling here >> what tackling? got to get the face mask across the ball, bring the helmet, bring the pad, wrap up and elevate. right here, lot of arm tackling. not good. one-arm tackle, two-arm tackle. terrible tackling. all the young guys at home are looking at you. you got to provide a good example. what a tackle. >> pro bowl corner back scolding

you out there in cleveland. vikings 34-20 win. jets and texans. where's the defense here, ea? >> cannot sit in your back. can't make plays in the back. only one guys can make plays when he's back pedaling that's larry brown for the cowboys when that hit him right in the numbers, got those two touchdowns. turn your shoulder and get on top. >> going to give me an aba reference. mark sanchez and the jets victorious. so, too, drew brees and the saints. boy, that pound the lions 45-27. seahawks pounding the rams 8-0 right now in the third quarter. matt hasselbeck with three touchdown passes. julius jones with a touchdown run. big difference. giants 17-10 lead now on the redskins. they're in the fourth quarter. new york, of course, their star wideout no longer in the mix, toomer no longer there, but

manningham had a touchdown pass. 9ers hanging on to a 13-6 lead. who said it can't happen? mike singletary and company with a touchdown lead in the third quarter. kevin connors, eric allen, our final half hour and change here. week one of the nfl season. and i don't know that there were any major hiccups for the teams we figured who would win games. got the eagles out to a win. falcons out to a win. cowboys looking good. things going as much according to plan as that can be in the nfl. would you agree? >> some of the teams that lost today played pretty well. chiefs played better. detroit lions, i thought that played a lot better. again, you have some of these situations, cincinnati bengal loss, that had the game in hand. kind of great miraculous play and ended up making it happen for the broncos. but again, most of the time the good football teams are gonna

win. >> one of those good football teams, the philadelphia eagles. although victory sort of secondary, compared to what happened to donovan mcnabb. let's see this eagles defense. like rabied dogs in the second quarter. >> just a good job designing a blitz to get after it. get that one guy open. that's all you need is one guy. then the special teams stepped up big today with who i just think this guy is fantastic player, so explosive, jackson. >> you want to see him get into the end zone. he is so fantastic. 85 yards. eagles led 17-10. third quarter. gonna see this play a lot here in the days to come. mcnabb into the end zone. but after the play, grabbing at his back. appeared to be a rib. michael vick -- >> can't tell if it was the initial hit there or if the guys falling afterwards. but just eagle fans everywhere

right now just holding their breath. >> well, so, too, may be donovan mcnabb, depending on how painful it is. it is a fractured rib. but michael vick on the roster, not available until week three. kevin cobb finished out the game. he was obviously not in a situation where he needed to throw the football 38-10 win. but after the game, mcnabb didn't have a whole heck of a lot to say. brian westbrook did to our sal palantonio. >> we came out to play football. we didn't quite gel the first couple series the way we wanted to. but we kept fighting. guys up front settled down. we started catching the ball. turned out well for us. >> once it became clear that your defense was gonna give you some turnovers and a short field, how much energy did that infuse into this offense? >> that means a lot when your special teams and defense is creating turnovers and scoring points. that means a whole lot for the offense.

hopefully, we can keep this thing rolling. >> how much pain is number 5 in now? you saw him coming off the field? >> i'm sure he's hurting. he's sore. 5 is a great guy. he's a hard working resilient guy. he'll be back soon. >> panthers went 8-0 at home last season. but their home opener today anything like 2008. five interceptions jake delhomme through four of them. 28 points afloud the second quarter. nearly matched last year's total second quarter points aloud. that's for the entire season. obviously a far different story in the post-game comments of john fox, panthers head coach. >> got to go back and evaluate what happened to us. personally, after not seeing the tape, i don't think that's all jake's fault. >> do you consider starting mccowan at the beginning of the second half? >> you know, not really. you know, we talked about it,

but we thought jake gave us the best opportunity at the time. there was a couple plays that, you know, i'm not sure were all jake's fault when you look at the football. >> what was your reaction when you told him you were taking him out? >> none at all. he's a team player. he's going to do what's best for the team. you win this game as a team and lose it as a team. it's not one guy that loses football games. >> questions swirling around jake delhomme and how much longer he is the man to lead the football team in carolina. that know brett favre is at least for this season in minnesota. adrian peterson. spectacular day on the ground. 180 yards. one of his three touchdowns farve hooking up with persy har vin stretching it in. we're gonna see the peterson touchdown run again here, e. a. vikings, are that one of those teams that jump off the page?

>> oh, yeah. that are up among the giants, the eagles, the saints. there's a lot of teams up there. all of those teams have something that make them special. this is what makes the vikings special. that running game. that dominance here. the physical play of the runner. that are able to get a lead and hand it off to the running back and he can put the game away. >> 180 yards rushing for adrian peterson. brett favre 14 of 21. 110 yards and a touchdown. vikings 1-0 on the season. brady quinn is the starter in cleveland, at least for week one. 21 of 35, 205 yards, a touchdown and interception. josh cribbs brought back one for a touchdown. up next for the vikings, a road date against the lions. that would appear to be a strong start for brett favre and company, who get out of the gate

strong in cleveland. >> i was pretty excited. had we scored running the ball, i would have been equally excited. that one ranks up there near the top as well. i asked percy if he kept the ball. he said he did. i didn't know if i tackled him and he lost it. i haven't played with a running back like that. guy is pretty awesome i guess is an understatement. yes, i have tackled a lot of guys. must be new. i had a lot of fun today. i really did. course winning helps. having adrian helps. i had a lot of fun. >> brett favre in his debut. threw a touchdown pass to harvin. compare it to how he started with the jets on september 7th, 2008. farve threw two touchdowns that day and, of course, green bay,

not his strongest game in a packer uniform but went on to have a legendary with green bay. starting anew in minnesota. if you are a vikings fan, so good. >> jets and texans. mark sanchez helping shape the identity of this jets football team e. a., but so, too, is rex ryan. top to bottom such a strong performance by the jets today. >> we were talking about with these teams that are winning are balance. being able to throw the ball. special teams. jets showed today that had all those factors working today. i think ryan's done a fantastic job. defense, that were flying around today creating turnovers. then the young kid at quarterback sanchez made it happen. 107 yards with the running game. jets, again, these are the teams that you look to that at the end of the season, they're playing like this. >> numbers that jump out at you are right there. andre johnson 4 catches, 35 yards. that's a pedestrian day for one of the great receivers in this

league. then slaton 9 carries, 17 yards. rex ryan flying high with the jets. >> we're 1-0. that's where we expected to be. we knew it would be tough sledding against a good football team. but our guys were up to the task. offensive line, i think, played outstanding, you know? i don't think we gave up a sack all day. thought the kid did a great job avoiding pressure in the pocket. made some big throws for us. with the amount of talent we have on this team, i know that i don't have to do everything. and after that costly mistake, i think it was late third quarter, early fourth, the interception. just inexcusable. you can't do that. it was a big-time rookie mistake. but the most encouraging thing was coach ryan, the entire offensive line, guys on defense, it's over, we're not changing our focus, we're winning this game. >> i believe in this football

team. i believe in the coaches we have. i believe in the players we have. and i believe in the support staff. i have been saying it all along, just nobody wanted to listen. >> he learned a lot from his dad. knowing he's up against the world. sooner you can get that into the locker room, the better. >> that offensive line he talked about, some big time players. alan fan ka, damian woody, ferguson, nick mangold. steps to have mark sanchez back there. 18 of 31, 272 yards. statistically better than two rookie quarterbacks a season ago who led their respective teams to the playoffs. matthew stafford a rookie quarterback in detroit. he could learn from drew brees. when you watch drew brees sling the football. >> it's scary. you wonder how -- and i know rivers is a great quarterback. i say a good quarterback. how did you let him get away? boy, he continues to really show

that there's few guys in the league today that can throw the ball as well as drew brees. >> helps that set it up. brees just eight incompletions. 358 yards. >> let's not forget the running game today for the saints. there's a situation where that can throw it all over the place. that showed today when that get that lead, that can hand the ball off. >> again, no thomas today. >> no thomas. it was mike bail out of the university of arizona. he did a great job. >> passing meters around the nfl. ben roethlisberger. brees, romo, peyton manning. probably what you thought you might see on this list right here coming into the season. and big name players playing to their potential. coming up next here on espnews, warming up in the bull

pen, couple right-handers. mike hill and qadry ismail. they'll take you through to 10:00 eastern time. much more on the late games. great one in the nfc east. redskins and giants. we encourage you to log on to sportsnation.com. send the guys your comments on the games today. you can do it every sunday during the season here on espnews. peyton manning joining elite company in yet another category. we will explain it to y

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what to watch for tonight when you're watching sunday night football. bears and packers. chicago revamping its team, adding jay cutler to the fold. green bay introduced aaron rod jers as their full-time starter a season ago. we could see some offensive fireworks tonight in green bay. let's welcome in bob holtzman from lambeau field. bob, it is the first matchup head to head between two of the league's top young quarterbacks. give us an idea, a feel for the excitement inside lambeau field

about this matchup tonight. >> certainly seems the days of the 13-10 packers slug fest are over with these two guys playing quarterback. first for chicago there's a sense around the bears that jay cutler is the best quarterback that they've had on this team not just in a couple years, but in a couple generations. and if the offensive line, which has been rebuilt, and the wide receiver corp, which is a little thin, can produce around him, there's a sense he will have a very big year. as for aaron rodgers, the packers really feel like this t sky's the limit. he went back and looked at every single snap he took last year on film, sat down and analyzed it. if you look at what he did during the preseason, it was scary. nine of 13 the packers scored touchdowns. he was in total control throughout the entire preseason. the packers expect that to carry over into tonight. >> we could talk about offense, bob, but one of the real under the radar stories in the preseason has been green bay's

switch to the three-four defense under dom capeers. how are that describing how the transition has gone in green bay? >> it's gone surprisingly well. and fast. again, you look at the preseason. don't want to put too much stock in what happened during the preseason. but this three-four defense has created 13 turnovers in the four preseason games. the question tonight is, that haven't been challenged yet by a tandem like matt fortay and jay cutler, who is very difficult to sack. jay cutler is the most difficult quarterback in the league to sack last year. so you have to wonder with just those front three if that will be able to get enough pressure, not on to stop fortay, but to get to the quarterback. >> players in this league talk about it. one game at a time. we hear the cliches. last year the bears were embarrassed at lambeau field 37-3. how much ebbing tra motivation are sesing is carrying over to tonight? >> well, there's definitely come. the reason why, kevin, is that love vi smith has made his team watch the game film from that

game here last november a number of times. that are tired of watching it. that want to make up for it tonight. one big change is smith is in charge of the defense. he's calling the defensive plays, which he was not doing when that came here last year. the big question for the bears, quite honestly, is their secondary. they've had a patchwork secondary throughout the preseason because of injury. charl tillman had back surgery in june. he's just now working his way back. he didn't play at all during the preseason. he's listed as questionable tonight. question, is even if he does play, how successful and how well he'll play. >> the slug fests are no more. might be a shootout this time around. but it is a good nfc north battle. bob holtzman joining us in green bay. bob, many thanks. >> thanks kevin. back to the afc we go. joe flacco and the ravens. flacco one of the surprise storys in the nfl. no longer. cat out of the bag. flacco, 31 yards to mark clayton. ravens got a little more than

that wanted from the chiefs. but a win, nonetheless. >> flacco, that was a big play for him. talking about the chiefs pressure. he was able to step away from the pressure and really complete the biggest ball of the day. >> first time he's gone over 300 yards passing in his young career. broncos and bengals. josh mcdaniels. what an off season. 30 seconds to go. got to go 87 yards. unless this happens. stokely off the tip from hall. my friend this is why you get paid the big bucks. explain what happened. >> that's bronco magic right there. i tell you, what you're taught to do as a safety is really go after the player when the ball is in the air. go to the ball. tips and overthrows should be yours. brandon stokley is a veteran. has been around a lot of big time games before. under pressure he just really stepped up and made a veteran play around the ball, got the

ball and basically ran into the end zone for his football team. broncos win one that that should have lost. >> josh mcdaniels may not coach too many more games. he may be the coach in denver for the next 30 years. regardless, i don't know that he'll ever see a finish as zany as this one again. here is the rookie head coach following his first win as an nfl head coach. >> i was yelling don't get caught, don't get caught. stokes is not the fastest guy we have on the field. and then i'm looking up at that time scoreboard, too. i'm wondering if somebody should yell -- should i yell get out of bounds? i didn't know exactly where everybody was coming on the angle. and then it was apparent that he was gonna score, i just looked back and scanned the field for the yellow han ki. >> did you know you need a miracle. you know, at that point. you really do. because you're hoping to get a good kickoff return. when that doesn't happen, you're backed up. you need a miracle. that's -- basically, that's what

we got. >> just an old 87 yard game-winning touchdown in the final 30 seconds. cowboys and bucs. that didn't need no last second touchdown. not when you can do it in the third quarter. romo to williams. great route. great route. ball delivered accurately right on the spot. when it's like that, it looks so easy. it really does. those two guys on that particular play looked like that have been doing it for a long time. >> 16 completions for 353 yards for tony romo. three touchdowns. all over 40 yards. cowboys 34-21 winers over the bucs. jim caldwell making his head coaching debut. filling the enormous shoes of tony dungy. third quarter, a strong start. peyton manning up top to reggie wayne. that looks like that combination might work out. >> definitely is gonna work out. you see the ball delivered right on time. safety barely misses. when you get into the film room,

to say, oh, man, almost. almost is not good enough on that level, when you're facing guys like peyton manning. >> no marvin harrison in the fold this year. wayne shouldering the load. ten catches, 162 yards. it's the third best receiving day of his career. anthony gonzalez was injured in this game. how that impacts peyton manning moving forward remains to be seen. but it did not today. 14-12 colts win over jacksonville. still to come on espnews, 7 to 10 eastern time mike the thrill hill, qadry the missile ismail. ismail. that will have much more on the.

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 it has been five hours, 3 minutes since we through the first pitch. the monsoon conditions have eased up. it is a drizzle the umps are looking right now at 7:00 eastern maybe a decision coming on this one. nats lead the marlins. nobody out 7-2. we'll keep you posted with regular updates.  heard.  got bre tt favre coming back, adrian peterson had a heck of a day, mark sanchez's debut. let's get into it. brett favre. pick six. six best highlights of the day starting with this one. what a remarkable finish between the broncos and bengals. 30 seconds left broncos second and ten, down by one.

brandon mark tipped. stokley, 87 yards to the house. >> allows time to tick off the clock. this is called heads up play. got to be aware of where the football is. brandon stokley never give it up. he is rewarded with the critical game-winning touchdown. >> marvin lewis cannot believe it. vikings and browns. 270 con second oifsh games he's played with the nfl, in the nfl. making his vikings debut. adrian peterson doing all the work today. >> get off of me. this is adrian peterson. ap, as we like to call him. hand off the football to adrian peterson and he does the rest. watch how he maneuvers his body. again, the burst of speed which gets him down the field, an explosive, dynamic player. i think brett favre is liking the idea of playing with him. >> 180 rushing yards, most in the season opener. vikings win 34-20.

what about mark sanchez making his regular season debut? taking on the texans. rookie gooked good, q. >> he looked so good. poised in the pocket. excellent job executing for the young fellow. >> 18 of 31, 273 yards and got the win. saints and lions. lions 0-16 last year. drew brees a remarkable year. >> drew brees is up there in the quarterbacks. do you know what? he came out and played as the star that he is. >> six touchdown passs in week one of the season. how about the cowboys? how about tony romo not having t. o. anymore? >> he doesn't need him. >> tony romo was remarkable. 16 of 27, 353 yards, 3 touchdowns. cowboys get that win. what about the eagles and panthers? two veteran starting quarterbacks to start the game. donovan mcnabb. neither would finish the game

for different reasons. here's mcnabb, three yard touchdown. oh, he's hurt. cracked rib. he would not return to the game. jake delhomme, gives the ball up five times. eagles win the game 38-10. delhomme was benched in this football game. here are the 4:00 games. seahawks all over the rams 28-0. matt hasselbeck having a nice afternoon. giants trying to hold on. that got a six-point lead over the redskins. defense has been stepping up all day for the giants. six point lead with 1:30 to go. look at this nfc west battle between the cardinals and 9ers. 9ers have been in control most of the game. now the cardinals coming back. let's catch our breath. this has been a wild and exciting first week in the national football league. we got to start off with brett favre, of course, because he is back in minnesota. it helps to have a guy like

adrian peterson. >> i think this is why he came out of retirement. this is why he wanted to go to the vikings. it's about his ability to not do too much. give the ball to adrian peterson and let him execute the way he executes. you have a strong offensive line that will get you a ton of yards, yet at the same time it's brett favre and dare i say the word, manage the football game. yes, brett favre, all he has to do is get the ball out to his play makers and don't make mistakes. we're going to see them do a lot of good strong things. >> you want to see it? let's see it. let's see brett favre out there. making his vikings debut. 270 con sifshth start in the national football league. there's that kid adrian peterson. one of three touchdowns farve right here. percy har harvin. 51st different player farve has thrown a touchdown to. look at them go.

look at this running ability. is there anybody in the back that is more versatile than adraian peterson that can do it all? >> it is hard to find a back as versatile as adrian peterson. you see the blocking down the field by the receiver. that's gonna allow him to get to the second level. again, the strength and power and explosiveness of adraian peterson to get that touchdown. >> adrian peterson, 180 yards in the season opener. that get the job done. vikings, lot of people think that can win it all with the addition of farve. 110 yards. didn't have a lot but like you said, he managed the football game and got the win. >> to come out of the game with a win. and to be, of course, we know we can run the ball. but there's going to be times like today where we're going to have to throw it and in order for us to win.

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 >> rob: and the people are filling in for ryan zimmerman he was the story early. a couple of routine plays for ryan zimmerman but for a second baseman a little bit different. he hit as double later in the game earlier goes way deep for a two run homerun. that would make it a 5-1 game at that point. that's big because it opened up the lead a little bit. gave them an opportunity a cushion for john lannan. he did a great job. >> bob: the rain is not stopping. lappian the winner. nats win. more extra straight ahead.

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 >> bob: you take your battles it is win number 50 on the year. they win the series from the mar lanes they are 6-12 against florida not bad after going o- 9. bob and rob let's talk about elijah dukes. >> rob: got the hit in the first inning. got if trouble the bases loaded. came up and hit the first pitch. and two runs. we played another one after that but another good job by dukes at the plate, you know, he got jamed a couple of times, couple of hits he is being much

more patient up there and select of and that's when you are going well everything is good to you, everything is almost a disaster to the pitcher. that's the way it should be, you don't want to expand the zone. >> rob: and he was just solid. >> bob: and he got around that. >> rob: i liked the period. the new growth. looks good. good on him. got a bit of a jam in the first inning. he would give up a run. he had to wait around so obviously his warm up wore off and then the rain came. >> bob: the rain delay was 2 hours and 10 minutes. no way he was coming back from that. more nats extra next. i wouldn't pay to fly in here. why would these airlines charge for bags? why do you charge for bags? what's a flight without bag fees? about a hundred bucks cheaper. free, free, free, free, free, free, free. we love taking care of bags.

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 >> bob: national over the marlins. someone called it rain shortened i called it a rain lengthened game. a long day and, first game you

see this against the phillies a big homerun and runs forced in. i didn't think would be any better. he comes in and goes 4 for 4 and he get #-s 4 solid hits. last one would be a small shot and comes in. and 2nd base. after the delay played shortstop for guzman. start as big doable play. he is a great guy to watch. he came close to hitting three homers. he goes 6 for 9 here. and now to philadelphia and our buddy is waiting. phillies in the middle of a double header today. they day off tomorrow we'll talk about the city of brotherly love coming up tuesday.