atlanta falcons. >> al: lost five there on the reception. second and 25. ryan. look out. the ball is out. atlanta is able to recover it. chris long is right there to save the bacon for atlanta for the moment. >> cris: they were pushed pretty far back. but never gives up on a play. comes around and gets the ball out. >> al: sack/fumble. mack saves it. third and 29. four-man rush. good protection. floater caught by freeman. devonta freeman gets loose

enough to pick up good yardage out to the 29.is 12th year out of new hampshire, he has been around 12 seasons makes the stop and it is fourth down. >> cris: don't underestimate the 12 yards or whatever it was there. it got them out of a deep hole. the punt would have been around the 40 yard line. they are just needing a field goal here if you are the philadelphia eagles. >> al: bosher averaging only 35 yards per boot. good kick here. sproles fields it at the 19. beats the first man. cuts it back up the field and hammered down at the 31 yard line and another flag. >> cris: you never know for sure if it is, but it looked like a facemask, didn't it.

sometimes you get weird angles. holy smokes. >> during the return, facemask. facemask. 54. 15-yard penalty from the end of the run and automatic first down. >> al: that is like a 270 degree facemask. 4:51 to go. atlanta by a deuce. and then there's our world-famous on-road attraction. the g mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. your highness, thank you for the invitation. yes. though our moat is much larger than this. our great hall is much greater than this much... our parties are much less crowded than this.

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eight catches, only 34 yards, averaging four yards per reception. >> cris: they are staying with that rpo. now one of the things the falcons wanted to do to it is to take away the slants. linebackers have done a nice job there. deep down the field. 2 yard line. intended for mike wallace and robert alford is right there to bust up the play. bringing it back to a third down and eight.

>> cris: this is a brilliant quarterback play by alford on the outside. then gets his head back around. turns the head around and gets the hand on the ball. >> al: perfect. third down and eight. from the 48. foles. pass caught. breaking a tackle is sproles to pick up the first down. he got hit a couple of yards behind what would have been the first down. vic beasley couldn't corral him. big first down. >> cris: vic beasley is go to drop out. unfortunately for vic beasley, he tackled like a pass rusher on

that one. darren sproles is a tough guy to grab. that was the difference. the guy stays alive. >> al: 4:30 remains. foles leads the four-man rush. sproles again. picks up a couple of extra yards. 35 years old. always get tony dungy, the last play that tony coached against sproles in san diego, overtime touchdown. >> that is a good thing for us. >> yeah. >> cris: that guy, so many clutch plays of the year. >> al: only frank gore is older at running back. darren, 35 years old. second down and four.

here is ajayi. and now they have a third down and one. you are at the edge of field goal range here. falcons down on the field. >> cris: i am not sure the fans are believing him. >> al: yeah. if nothing else he will have to come out of the game for one play on a third down and a short two upcoming. >> cris: he is working against jason peters. probably would want someone else. i know one thing it will do. it will allow them to make substitutio substitutions. they have mcclain in the game. more of the pass rusher in jack

crawford. you get all of those run players in there now. shelby, mcclain in there. jarrett can do everything. >> al: right now if they don't gain a yard you are looking at a 53-yard field goal. clement, big hole inside the 20. the last guy he had to beat knocks him down at the 15 yard line. 21 yards. this is one of the hardest plays in all of football to make that open field tackle. there was nobody around. he comes out of nowhere to make

the play. might eat up the rest of the clock. they are already in game winning field goal range. >> al: 3:13. clement taking it to the 11 yard line. atlanta can stop the clock twice and they have a two-minute warning. >> cris: a little bit like new england playing on offense, the philadelphia eagles running back rotation. they all have specific skills. jay ajayi is one of those guys. more first down and second down. looks like they are going back to the jumbo package. then you got corey clement who can catch the football. darren sproles does a little bit of everything. very specific roles. they are jumbo on the right side with an extra offensive lineman in the game right there.

>> al: second down and seven. hands the ball off and into the end zone, jay ajayi. so ajayi 62 yards now. 15 carries. two touchdowns. >> cris: looked like nick foles got up there and saw the defensive line overshifted to the jumbo package, killed the play and came back to the other side. there was nobody there. deion jones tried to run through on the inside and couldn't get n whether or not they ner two a

the clock runs all the way down. >> cris: foles up to the line of scrimmage. no. we are going the other way. once those three big defensive linemen overshifted to the jumbo side, you decided he would go back the other way. deion jones. you can see them overshifted that way to the jumbo. deion jones ran through the middle leaving no pursuit whatsoever. there is nobody left outside. >> al: philadelphia had to use a time-out because they had the touchdown and the celebration. the play clock starts. it was taken all the way down. they are looking at the bench. does that become critical? conversion trying to make it a six-point game instead of five. ajayi again. he does just that.

loses the ball but after he crosses the goal line. the conversion is good and philadelphia leads 18-12. falcons with plenty of time. two time-outs. 2:19 on the clock. >> cris: the ball has to cross the front edge of the line, i think without question it did. possession. that is it right there. remember, it does not have to cross the back, just the front edge. that's it. the front edge of the thing is the line you have to cross and

it did. >> cris: still plenty of time. you can see it, atlanta's defense wearing down. i love the play calls by doug pederson. he went with the big guys and said we are coming at you. >> al: atlanta will start this drive from the 25 yard line after the touchback. well, matt ryan, mvp two years ago. not as good last year. a lot of bad luck last year. 12 interceptions, five were on tipped balls. 35 year game-winning drives in his ten-season national football >> cris: what we have seen so far when they need a chunk play in this situation they put julio jones on jalen mills. they have got that at the top but now it looks like the two

deep safety situation so they will not have that and come back chance. >> al: ryan throws and caught. five-yard gain just to put that next graphic into perspective. the game-winning drives are the most of any quarterback in the league since ryan came in the league in 2008. can they get a play off? they do. ryan on second and four fires. caught in philadelphia territory. jones will take the ball all the way to the 33 yard line. that takes us to the two-minute warning coming with 1:54 seconds left. 36-yard gain. >> cris: that is brilliant coaching right there. the play before ran basically the same route in here and it was open. the coaches saw it and came right back to it. good stick out on the outside by julio jones. snatches it out of mid-air and almost broke it for the

distance. >> al: atlanta trying to turn the table. this is a team that lost a lot of leads and have blown a lot of leads over the last few seasons. julio jones, huge night. a reminder to stay tuned for the volkswagen postgame report. michele as usual star of the game. liam mchugh and a look ahead to lambeau field bears/packers "sunday night football". >> michele: devonta freeman on the sideline favoring the right knee. he has been trying to walk it off but not really testing it.t. looks like the falcons are without him. >> al: last year you will recall in the playoff game he had a bad knee and didn't have a good night. tevin coleman is the running back.

the lightning and thunder and lightning in the atlanta backfield. from the 33. a toss. it looked like ryan held on to it longer than he wanted to and the pass drops incomplete at the feet of coleman. >> cris: jordan hicks was in man coverage and went right to it. matt ryan saw him and he knew he had to go right to the football. jordan hicks, a very smart football player deciphered that one beautifully. sometimes that can go big but one of the linemen had gotten a block he might still be running. >> al: carson wentz getting them stirred up. second and ten. three lined up on the right side. jones in that group. ryan flushed out and down he goes at the 40 yard line. lost his footing and is sacked at the 40. hicks and long are both there. that is going to make it third down.

third down and 17. clearly four-down territory here. the pass is caught going to the ground is jones in front of darby. goes to the ground. makes the catch. phenomenal night for this guy. that is a gain of 18. >> cris: matt ryan, he knew he was going to take a shot. he held the ball as long as possible. he floated it out there. the play they had had earlier in the game. run to the sticks and turn around. watch ryan. he takes a shot here. he had to float it because julio had not turned around. there it is a huge pick up for the first down. look how early the ball comes out. brilliant by matt ryan. that is chris long just as he

threw it. he had to put an arc on the ball so that julio had time to find it. >> al: needed 17. he got 18. >> cris: think they go after mills again. that is where they are making the most money. >> al: ryan fires. jones again picks up about nine. mills on the tackle again. >> cris: they are really not giving him much help on the outside when julio jones is that way. they bring him the other way. >> al: ryan. sacked at the 20 yard line. that will make it third down and long. fletcher cox is in there for the sack. sack of seven yards. it will be third down and eight. >> cris: there is utter

exhaustion on everyone on the field. >> al: atlanta just one time-out. third and eight. that is snagged by sanu. mohamed sanu had a very quiet night and takes it to the 10 yard line and atlanta takes their final time-out right here with 23 seconds. >> cris: watch this jiggle move here. got it. going against the rookie, sidney jones. now it does not look like a lot of time because you are out of time-outs. but effectively you are going to take your shots into the end zone so that there should be plenty of time to get it done. >> al: here we are again as we were last january with a s: afirst doing this usa working on their red zone offense. here they are with a chance to come in here and knock off the world champions if they get it

done. >> al: coleman in motion to the outside. ryan, buying time. looking down the field and throws it in the seats. 16 seconds. that took seven seconds. last year's game ended with julio jones going up in the air, couldn't make the catch. would have come down out of bounds anyway. second and goal. >> cris: rolling to that direction. working on jalen mills. i mean at this point julio jones has been your offense, right. >> al: no doubt. >> criat lomst a couple of opportun >> al: five wide here. ryan to the back of the end zone and too tall there. intended for julio jones. now you have 11 seconds, third down and goal. >> cris: that is where i disagree. i said you have to work him there. it was obvious presnap, double coverage.

inside. outside. they are going to get double coverage up the field against julio jones. they still go there. that is when you have to come off and trust the other guys. >> al: third and goal. jones on the right side. >> cris: looks like the same coverage. double julio.medy else has to m play. >> al: ryan, hit as he throws and the pass is incomplete. it comes down to this, fletcher cox got in there. one play left in the ballgame right now. >> cris: are we watching the same game over? >> al: close. >> cris: this is just like what happened in the playoffs. i can't imagine jim doubling j and the falcons have not had an answer. >> al: this time julio is coming out to the left side.

you have got coleman wide to the left. jones in the slot to the left. >> cris: they are going to double him again. >> al: this is it. ryan throws. flag is down. hooper was the closest. the pass wasn't even close. what is the call. >> cris: looks like illegal contact. >> before the pass was thrown illegal contact, defense number 58. five-yard penalty. automatic first down. >> al: well, you have got one second and jordan hicks. doug pederson is saying uncatchable pass but the illegal contact is early. >> cris: illegal contact wouldn't matter. if it were pass interference, yes. my second favorite guy is mohamed sanu. he has been clutch in the red

zone before and both are at the bottom of the screen. >> al: jones and sanu, 11 and 12. >> cris: double coverage again. >> al: ryan to jones. no. couldn't stay in. that is the way that opening night ends. >> cris: once you go up in the air the defensive back can push the receiver out of bounds. there is no such thing as a force out anymore. has the ball in his hands but he is driven out of bounds. the philadelphia eagles, philly philly one more time with

passes to the quarterback to win it. this team has a lucky rabbit's foot going right now. >> al: hardly a work of art but at least it went to the finish. >> cris: it did. welcome back nfl. >> al: dramatic ending. tight game all the way through. 18-12 super bowl champs. volkswagen postgame report coming up next after the messages from your nbc station.

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welcome to the post game report. here now, liam mchugh. >> nfl's back and the super bowl champions open up with a win at home. the final score 18-12. the eagles over the falcons. the two teams met in the playoffs. this time on the other side of the end zone comes down with the football but ultimatet of bound get a big win. go now to the players of the game. game ball goes to nick foles, darren sproles and ronald darby. not the most prolific passing night, but another philly special and the super bowl mvp . moments ago, he was with our

michele tafoya. >> how did it give your offense a spark? >> we needed to do something. we were both thinking the same thing. he called it. it was the right time again. we need a little boost, a little something, we had to make a play. it was just the right time for it. >> not a pretty win, but a win is a guys go from here great jo all night long, giving us different plugs, game plan and everything. we keep building. >> congratulations. >> thank you, i appreciate it. >> liam? >> reminder that tomorrow, 7:00 a.m. eastern on nbc sn, pro football talk. and we will wrap things up for philadelphia right after this. preview of the rest of week one. al and cris will wrap it up from philadelphia after this.

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we want to start. >> as many penalties as we saw. >> we just started with a penalty on myself. 5-0 with the 49ers last season. when he came up they gave him a simple plan, only played five games, and they didn't make it too complex. now we spend a whole offseason with him. does he have a full grasp yetan? >> i think he does. they were working game plan to game plaasyear, and it wasn't until the offseason program where he saw the whole playbook and says oh, now i see why it makes sense. he has a really good grasp of this offense, and now it's enabled him to free up his whole workweek. so this week i think he probably spent a lot more time working on the minnesota vikings defense than he did preparing for any other defense that he faced during those five games last season. >> he was perfect, but last year

nobody had a book on him. now there's tape on him. could he be less effective, because people know what to expect? >> there's a lot of tape on him now. but that's any player. it's going to be on the coaching staff to go in and help whateve they have counters off of what they run. it will be up to the coaching staff to help him when teams try to attack their grievances. >> bad news for the 49ers, mckinnon tore his acl. they signed alfred morris before the second preseason game. will it be a morris matt breeda, how do they fill the role with mckinnon? >> this was a crushing blow, he was going to revamp that offense around jared mckinnon.

now it's going to have to be a game by game basis. he's going to have to ride the hot hand. whether it is alfred morris running between the tackles or breeda doing the outside zone plays. unpolished receiver out of the backfield. it's not the perfect scenario for kyle shanahan, but they do have some other weapons that they can use, but i think you're going to see a lot of both of those guys, morris and breeda. >> you're a big fanrris >> i'm a big fan of alfred morris. look at his yards per carry, 4.8. they were higher than ezekiel elliotts last year. he didn't have the carries to equal up to the 14 or 1500 yards. i believe they will ride him. i believe three will u-- they will use 22 to come in.

so i believe alfred morris, if he gets to 240, 250 carries, he can hit 1300, 1400 yards. >> you think breeda is a lot more like mckinnon and morris gives you something different, a different style. when we ce back, scott bear will join us. we we'll discuss the oakland at 9:. all your 49ers needs are met ar. we'll take a break. we will come back. xfinity sports game post game. california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call

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post game sports game. you got a first year defensive coordinator, and he'd never coached mack and now has to replace mack. how does he do it? >> he's not going to do it with just one guy. nobody can replace an edge rusher like kahlil mack. it's very rare to have his combination of skill and power. they're going to use a lot of different guys, carradine up front. and then off thedg irvin. everybody knows what he can do. keep your eye on a rookie, ard key. i think he can make an instant impact as a rookie. >> he was defensive player of the year a couple years ago, the locker room all loved him. he's gone, because he wanted more money, and they wouldn't pay it. what does that do to a locker

room? does it, what does it do to the other players? >> it sucks the energy out of the locker room, knowing that you don't know if you can trust the management, you know, kend that locker roo beloved. and you get rid of him like that, he's player on theooit you ship him ba because he wants the money he deserved. and now players start to whisper amongst each other. they won't say it in the media, but they'll whisper amongst each other that they can't trust the management. >> john gruden is still out in play. there's a game a couple days away. you're not adding plays. derek carr says it's good. i ask you. is it good? >> i think gruden can't help himself. back when john gruden was hired,

there was a lot of talk and questions about can john gruden and derek carr work well together? john gruden says a lot of words none of them. they try to beat each other to the office at 4:30 a.m. every kle the good. i expect him to thrive under this head coach. this could be a beautiful marriage between these two. >> dante, you have an issue with plays coming in this late. >> i really do. you've had 35 to 40 days in preseason, not even to add in the days you had in mini camp and off-season practices, and you're still adding plays. that tells me you're not confident in what you'ring de d and not honed in on the game plan. i think you're in trouble. >> there are expectations on derek carr, and he's been

through a lot the last couple seasons. >> he has. last year he stepped back and went back to his rookie year to where his touchdown/intercepti ratio was the far worst of his career. he'll take a lot of deep shots and hopefully he can get his career back to where he needs to be in. if he performs at an elite level he can take this team to an afc championship game. >> when he's good, scott, he can be as good as anybody. the issue has been injuries and inconsistent play. >> and really, last year this team and that coaching staff from last year just got off the rail t rails early and never got back on. it's not reflective of his tal the lev talent level. i think that this group is going to work. their wide receiver core has gone through some upheaval

rekraeptlr recently, not a positive, but shootouts sp sti every time. or will they sans kahlil mack step up. >> what do you think the pulse of raider nation is knowing the team's moving to vegas in a couple year. mack just left, you know, it's a lot for the raider fans to take on. >> yeah, i've been saying, they took a mike t the gut, and now it's about getting your wind back in you. right, it's so close to the seen a -- season and they lost their best player. they're slowly starting to get there. that's why i'm not putting a must-win, not anything like that in week one. but a win and solid performance for an excellent rams team would get the positive momentum going,

get the fan base feeling good. >> we'll take a break. when we come back, mati witie w join us. predictions, next on xfinity sports post game. and i'm raj mathai. also ahead. i-5 remains shut down as thousands of acres are burning. we're live near redding with a look at what's already gone and what's in the danger zone tonight. >> and i'll have a look at the rain outlook and what could help bring california through this wildfire season. this is not a bed.

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prediction time. as mattie rejoins us. where will the 49ers finish? give me 15 seconds, a record and a quick reason why. 49ers, what's their record? >> i believe 10-6. i believe they have an elite

quarterback now. and if you can put up points and play good defense to get out the quarterback you can win football games. >> i'm going one lower. i think the head coach is something special. >> a lot of niners. >> i go 8-8. i had them at 9-7. i think thenk they can head int december on the fringe of the playoff hub. >> ultimately, it's pretty optimistic about the team. where do the raiders finish? dante? >> i'm going to go 10-6 as well. >> you like 10-6. >> if they can ride the running. >> i think if they can get some

positive goingearly, it can help them out. >> down the line. i'm going this way. >> they were a six-win-team last year. they lost theirt player. i think it takes a while for an offensive system like gruden to catch hold, so i have them four or fivead have a better record than the raiders? >> yeah. >> might not have said that a year ago. two years ago you definitely wouldn't have said it. now you do. okay. super bowl predictions. >> my super bowl prediction is new orleans saints versus the new england patriots. they both have elite quarterbacks, both were knocking on the door last year. the saints should have won the game to get there. i believe new orleans. >> ydo you have a winner?

>> new england. >> i think the patriots are going to walk through a relatively weak afc andos aheel these dream teams don't work out. the staff to make it happen. >> the pats are due to not make it to the super bowl. so i'm going to have the l.a. chargers going to the super bowl. i think finally, phillip rivers gets ahold of lombardi. i think the saints are going to make it as well. let's go with the saints winning the super bowl over the chargers. >> mattie, i'm going to give you the last word. is jimmy g going to be as good as advertised? he can't be undefeated for his entire career. >> i think he's a pretty good player, a real good player, and the record i'm giving you for the 49ers won't be indicative of

the quarterback play, if they don't make it to the promised la it't jimmy garoppalo. >> it will be because of other reasons, not because of him. >> >> mat etie, good work. nbc bay area news is up next with raj mathai, enjoy. welcome to the xfinity store. thanks, janet. it's my happy place. you can learn how to switch to xfinity mobile, a new wireless network that saves you cash. and you can get 5 lines of talk and text included with your internet. and over here i'm having my birthday party. dj fluffernutter, hit it! ♪ dj fluffernutter simple. easy. awesome. ask how to get $300 back when you sign up for xfinity mobile, and purchase a new samsung phone. visit your local xfinity store today. ♪ ♪

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are threatened. this is new video of some of the wreckage and the flames. >> here's a closer look at where the fire is burning, near the town of lakehead. a nearly 50-mile stretch of i-5 is still closed because of the fire and it's not going to be reopening until at least the earliest, >> jodi hernandez is live in shasta county with the latest. what do you see? >> reporter: this fire is really something else. we're standing right off interstate 5, and you can see the flames rate oight off the hy behind us. you can't hear it, but you can hear the roar of the flames. it sounds much like the crashing waves of the ocean, and it's not letting up. just a little more than 24 hours after it started, the delta fire's not backing down. this is the scene off

interstate a north interstate 5, north of redding. flames threatening the highway r >> it was one of the top fires of my career. that chaotic. >> reporter: they describe what it looked like when it broke out yesterday afternoon. truck drivers abandoned their big rigs to escape the flames. >> it was chaos. vehicles in the road, semi trucks parked, some burning. kind of chaos. people trying to get out of the way of this very fast-moving fire. >> reporter: so far, the delta fire has destroyed at least one home, including stan place in the community of pull ard flats. the decorated vet nearly made it out with nothing more than his military record and his dog. >> when you have like a 90-car freight train coming at you sideways and flame, 200, 300 feet high, you don't really think.

you just are back here live, looking at those flames burning. the fire is burning tonight on both sides of interstate 5. and, again, shows no signs of letting up. this is why the interstate remains closed tonight. a firefighter says they don't want to see a repeat of the chaos that happened out here yesterday afternoon. they refuse to put people back in harm's way. so the highway will remain closed until it is safe. right now, the fire is 0% contained. reporting live in shasta county, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> we'll check back in with you tomorrow. that is a big deal for i-5 to remain closed. it's burning so rapidly, it's showing up on satellite. it can be seen here about halfway between redding and eureka. u it hidieading east-northeast.

nearly $850 million in insurance claims so far from the carr and mendocino complex fires. those fires burned north of the bay area. here they are earlier this summer. state insurance commissioner dave jones releasing